Highschool DXD: Devils, Dragons and Demonic Artifacts

C11: Kokabiel

Standard Disclaimer: I don't own any of the recognizable characters

A/N: So, we're at the battle with Kokabiel, which I must admit hit me like a wall of inspiration today. I've had about 100 words written in the past three days, and today all of the rest came to me so easily. I hope I did it justice, even though there will be some different moment from the anime. Next up we have a few chapters of fluff followed by the training in the Underworld and of course the marriage of Sona and Iko. I hope you enjoy and I'll see you for the next one.

Kuoh Academy School Grounds

"You sure you don't want me to call Sirzechs, Rias? We are talking about a Leader Class here." Ikoraiza asked her for probably the tenth time.

Rias smiled at her brother. "I called him when you were making out with your fiancé. His forces should be here in about an hour, so we should be able to hold out until then."

He nodded at that as they entered the school's main building. "Alright everyone, our best chances are if we treat this like a Rating Game. Issei, I need you to be on support this time. Focus on powering up and then transferring that power to the rest of us."

"You got it President, I'm all over it." Issei said with determination.

Rias smiled at him. "I think the rest of us can hold off until Issei gathers enough power. Let's try and be on the offensive for this battle. Our main goal is to stop Kokabiel from releasing the power of those Excaliburs, and unlike the fight with Riser, our lives will be at risk this time."

Issei focused his power. "Promotion, to Queen."

"Did you have anything special planned for me Lady Gremory?" Xenovia asked softly.

Rias smiled at her. "I was hoping you and Kiba could work together on this, I'm sure with the both of you working together that you will be able to stop Freed from using those swords, and please, call me Rias."

Xenovia nodded at her. "I will try to remember that. I must admit that I had my doubts about this cooperation, but I have to say that I quite enjoy this partnership so far. I actually feel like a respected member of the team, instead of a tool to be used."

Rias smiled and nodded. "We do see you as a respected member of the team already. I have always had problems with people who use others for their own ends, and seeing you and Irina work has only strengthened that belief. When this is all over, I want to offer you the same as I offered Irina, you two deserve true friends and not to be used like tools to be discarded when they outlived their usefulness."

Xenovia nodded at that. "I will certainly think about it, but first we need to deal with this threat."

When they got to the athletic court, the magic circle in the center of it was pulsing steadily, the power it radiated palpable throughout the school grounds, and they could see the old man chanting something to it.

"What in the world is that?" Asia asked with a soft gasp.

"The four Excaliburs are made into one, that's just so Valper, you know." Kokabiel said in a bored voice.

Rias glared at him. "You won't get away with this Kokabiel, we will stop this insanity."

The Fallen Angel smirked at that. "So? Is big brother on his way yet? Or is Serafall coming instead, because you don't stand a chance against me."

"Right now we're the ones here and ready to fight, that's all that matters." Rias said with a smirk of her own.

Kokabiel rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers, a gigantic spear of light forming just above them, which he then threw at the gymnasium.

The building exploded on impact, and Issei could just barely avoid getting hit by it.

"What's the matter kid, you scared?" Draigg asked curiously.

Issei picked himself back up and dusted himself off a bit. "Whoa, I have never seen a lance that big before. it's out of this world."

Draigg laughed at that. "Of course it is, look at it, we're talking about a man that survived fighting with God and the Devil King."

Issei smiled at that. "Do you think we can beat him?"

Draigg scoffed at that. "When it comes down to it I'll beat him even if I have to turn most of your body into a dragon."

"Most of my body huh? Well as long as you leave me the important parts, if you know what I mean." He said with a bit of a lecherous smile.

"Since you all came to see me, I'll let you play with my favorite pet." Kokabiel said, returning their attention back to him.

A green portal appeared on the ground, fire spewing upwards, and a three headed creature appearing in the flames.

Rias gasped when she saw it. "Cerberus?"

Issei looked at her a bit confused. "What is a Cerberus?"

Rias smiled faintly at him. "Living at the gates of Hell, he is the watchdog of Hades, and bringing it into this world is forbidden, so let's send it back. Akeno, Iko, you're up."

"Yes ma'am" They said in unison before summoning their wings and engaging the beast.

Rias then turned to her Pawn. "Issei, use your Sacred Gear to enhance our power."

"You got it President." He said as he summoned his Boosted Gear and made sure Asia was behind him.

Kokabiel perked up a little at seeing the six demonic wings of Ikoraiza. "Interesting, where did you get those wings?"

Ikoraiza smirked at him. "You would like to know, would you. I merged my power with the Ancient Demon Moloch, and in return I was gifted these."

"You are the wielder of the power of Moloch, that is interesting to say the least. Come boy, let's test your power on my pets, maybe if you are strong enough you can take me on." Kokabiel said with a similar smirk.

Ikoraiza smirked and flew directly to one of the beasts, focusing his energy into himself. "Rias, let's spread this out a little, I've got an idea." He said with a smile to his sister.

She nodded and started leading the other beast away from him. "The Power of Four, into one, Moloch's wrath, incarnated in Death, War, Plague and Famine. Give me the power to send this beast back to Hell." Ikoraiza said as he unleashed his power onto the beast.

The effect was instantaneous, the beast shriveling away to a skeleton and then turning to dust, blown away by the winds.

Everyone looked at that with awe, Rias and Akeno most of all. "I'll explain later, now we have a battle to fight."

The girls nodded and turned their attention back to their own Cerberus, with Iko flying in to help them.

The beast was just about to lunge for him, when seemingly out of nowhere one of his heads were cut off, quickly followed by the beast itself being cut in half

"Well done you Xenovia, now let's finish this thing off." Rias said with a smile.

They nodded and formed up again, preparing to take on the other two beasts.

Meanwhile Issei had reached the appropriate amount of power to transfer. "Head's up guys, power cocktail incoming.

Ikoraiza, Akeno and Rias smiled at him. "Nice one Issei, let's do this."

Issei jumped towards them "Transfer"

They gasped from the influx of power, Ikoraiza's eyes burning a bright crimson, which matched the smirk currently on his face.

Rias smiled at him, knowing he loved the chance to show off a bit. "Akeno, you ready?"

"Of course Rias. Call out Thunder!"

The Gremory siblings shared a smile and blasted another one of the beasts with their power.

The last one of them was making a move on Asia, but was stopped in his tracks when swords sprung from the ground, impaling it on them.

Asia smiled and quickly hugged him. "Thank you Kiba."

He smiled at her. "Don't mention it Asia, I would do the same every time, for any of my friends.

By now all of the Cerberus were dead, and they turned their attention to Kokabiel once again.

The Fallen Angel smirked at them. "Well done, you actually managed to defeat them."

Rias and Ikoraiza glared at him. "Oh yeah, well take this!" They shouted before releasing a simultaneous attack on him.

He didn't even flinch as he deflected it. "Impressive, Moloch's magic combined with the energy of Destruction and the Red Dragon Emperor, but you are too late. The sword is complete, and to stop its power, you will have to defeat me."

Ikoraiza glared at him. "Rias, you and the others focus on that sword, I will keep that bastard busy."

She nodded a bit warily. "Be careful brother, there is no point in you sacrificing yourself for this."

He smiled and gave her a quick hug. "Don't worry, I wasn't planning on dying today, but please hurry, I don't know how long I can hold him off."

She nodded and flew back towards her peerage, glancing back at her brother, who seemed to have a weird aura about him.

Kokabiel smirked and summoned his own wings, his throne disappearing around him. "Well, well, Ikoraiza Gremory himself is going to fight me. How very interesting. I'm wondering how your new powers hold up against mine. Are you ready?"

Ikoraiza smirked at him. "I was born ready, are you ready to die Kokabiel?"

"You are truly delusional if you think you might actually beat me with Moloch's powers. Who do you think locked him up in that Tome in the first place."

Ikoraiza smirked at that. "Maybe you have, but combined with my powers, his powers have more than doubled, and I have been aching to test them against a worthy opponent."

"Then have at it Ikoraiza Gremory, give me your best."

Ikoraiza summoned his powers again and felt how even his body now changed from using them.

It seemed to take Kokabiel of guard for a bit. "Impressive, I never thought I would see that again."

Ikoraiza did not answer, instead he charged up another ball of energy, pouring more power into it than he ever had before. He then concentrated it into a smaller form and channeled it into a beam that he targeted at Kokabiel.

Kokabiel had trouble resisting it and ultimately it ripped through two of his wings, making him plummet to the ground due to the imbalance.

Ikoraiza flew down and smirked at him, looking at the Fallen Angel that was struggling to get up.

While Ikoraiza was battling Kokabiel, the others were closing in on Valper.

"Valper Galilei, I am Kiba Yuuto, a survivor of the Holy Sword Project, one of the children you tried to murder. I was able to live because I have been reborn as a Devil. I refused to die because I knew that someday I would get my revenge on behalf of my fallen comrades!" Kina shouted as he charged him.

Valper backed up. "Freed. Take the sword and kill them all."

Freed cackled and flipped over Valper to grab the sword. "Of course old man, just sit back and enjoy the show."

"Your fight is with me Freed. I will be the one to end you." Kiba said with a determined look in his eyes as he started walking towards Freed

Xenovia smiled and fell in step next to him. "You are not alone Kiba Yuuto. I will stand next to you."

Kiba smiled at her. "I'm thankful for that. Let's make this bastard pay for everything they did. To Irina, and to my fallen comrades."

Xenovia nodded and together they charged at Freed, who deflected their blows with ease.

"Just give it up, no matter how many times you try, you can't beat this sword." Freed said with a maniacal cackle.

"Don't forget we're here too asshole!" Issei said before kicking Freed in the face. "Kiba, go deal with that Valper guy, we'll hold off Freed."

Kiba nodded and stalked towards Valper, who by now realized he was all alone, since Kokabiel was still battling Ikoraiza, and Freed had his hands full in battling the rest of them.

"I'm going to give you one chance to get down on your knees and apologize for everything you have done before I end your life." Kiba said calmly.

Valper smirked at that. "If you do that you might lose the only chance you ever get to learn the secret behind the Project. You see, you and your comrades were useful after all. I found the thing I needed to finish the project. It turned out those poor bastards lacked a specific gene to use the Excaliburs, so I extracted and crystallized enough of the gene to create the crystals required to wield a Holy Sword."

He then pulled out a blue crystal from his robes and again smirked at Kiba. "This is the last one of the crystals created from those poor bastards, here, I'll even let you have it. we can create higher quality crystals anyway." He said as he threw the crystal at Kiba's feet.

Kiba picked up the crystal and smiled at it. "How many deaths did your blessed research take, how many people died for this. No matter, I will avenge every single one of them by taking your head." He said as the crystal glowed brightly and essences flowed out of it.

"Whoa, what's that? It almost seems like people." Issei said softly.

Rias smiled at him. "It's probably the different powers from the battlefield mixing with Kiba's emotions. Our powers together with the trembling of his heart must have released the souls from the crystal."

"I prayed and wondered, why was I the only one, why me. It wasn't fair for me to have survived. There were kids who had bigger dreams than I did, who wanted to live more than I did. It was a mistake, someone better than me should have made it out of that nightmare." Kiba whispered to the crystal, when a small girl latched onto his sleeve and smiled at him before they all disappeared.

In a glowing blue display the various essences flowed into Kiba, leaving them all in tears.

Kiba then smirked at Valper. "My comrades were right. Even without a God we don't have to lose our faith, and together with them, I am not set on revenge anymore, but I must destroy the evil in front of me to truly be free and so that no one else has to suffer."

He then summoned his sword and smiled at it. "It's time for a new sword, one that will serve Rias and will always remember me of my fallen comrades. Sword Birth!"

Waves of Dark and Light energy surrounded his sword, transforming it into something new. "This is the sword of the Betrayer, a sword infused with both Holy and Devil powers, just try and stop it." Kiba said before once again stalking towards Valper.

"If he can handle that kind of power, than so can I." Xenovia said as she flipped back from Freed and stuck her sword in the ground. "Oh Peter, Besilius and Dionysus and the blessed Virgin Mary, I ask you to hear my prayers."

A golden circle appeared in the air and slowly a chained sword appeared out of it. "By the saint living in this blade, I hereby set you free." She said as the chains broke and she swung it a few times. "This is called Durandal."

"Durandal? Is that another Holy Sword?" Issei asked softly.

Xenovia smiled at him. "Durandal is a sword on par with Excalibur, said to cut anything in this world. What Freed holds is just a broken Holy Sword, it is no match for Durandal."

Freed scoffed at that. "I don't believe you." He said as he activated his Excalibur's abilities yet again.

Xenovia smirked and deflected them before jumping up, and faster than anyone could see she sliced through Freed's sword.

At the same time Kiba had relieved Valper of his head, a smile on his face now that it was finally over.

As expected Freed used one of his pellets to escape in a bright flash of light.

By now Kokabiel had created some separation from Ikoraiza, who seemed to be on the brink of exhaustion. "Poor Valper, he really did have his uses, but I guess he had that coming, the church always was effective like that, even with their master gone."

"Alright Kokabiel, explain." Rias demanded.

He laughed maniacally at that. "I guess that secret is out in the open, alright, in the last Three Way War, God was actually killed along with the Four Great Devil Kings."

Everyone gasped at that. "No, that can't be." Xenovia said almost in a whisper.

He smirked at that. "Oh but it is, the prayers and exorcisms go on to a certain extent because the system is mostly intact, and I've heard Michael himself has taken over in God's absence."

"Call out Thunder!" Akeno shouted angrily, using the moment of distraction to attack him.

Due to two of his wings being damaged beyond repair, He had no choice but to fold the rest in on himself, creating a shield. "Oh, she with the power of Baraqiel is trying to fight?"

Akeno glared at him and poured more power into her attack. "Don't speak his name. I am nothing like that creature!"

"What's a Baraqiel?" Issei asked confused.

Ikoraiza landed next to him and put a hand on his shoulder. "One of the Fallen Angel leaders, using thunder and lightning, and he is my Akeno's father, unfortunately."

Issei nodded at that and smiled up at her, letting her know it was okay.

Akeno smiled back at her lover and her friend, letting her glamour on one of her wings fall, revealing her Fallen Angel wing.

"What an amusing House, Rias. The Red Dragon Emperor, a ruined Holy Sword Project subject and Baraqiel's daughter. I guess a preference for inferior products must run in the family." Kokabiel said with a smirk.

Rias and Ikoraiza both glared at him, and they shared a look with each other before nodding. "Your insulting comments about our brother will not be tolerated, but for insulting my servants you will pay the ultimate price and DIE!"

Ikoraiza smirked at him and took a stand beside his sister, after being healed up a bit by Asia "And on top of that, you hurt the one I love, that is inexcusable."

Kokabiel only smirked. "Then let's do this one on one again Ikoraiza. Just you and me, one final time."

"No, because I have already proven I can take you on, and judging by the way your two broken wings are not regenerating in the slightest, I think you don't have the energy to take me on a second time." Ikoraiza said evilly.

"Perhaps, but I promise you I will not go down without a …" Kokabiel started to say before he was interrupted by a flash of white that shattered the barrier.

Kokabiel actually looked frightened at the appearance. "The Vanishing Dragon is here?"

Without a word the man in the white armor swooped down and ripped off two more wings. "Your wings remind me of a filthy crow. Azazel's wings are deeper, like everlasting darkness, and someone who has fallen lower than the grounds hardly needs wings."

"You bastard, DIE!" Kokabiel shouted before flying up and summoning a gigantic spear of light.

The white dragon extended an arm "Divide."

"His name is Albion, and one of the powers of my Sacred Gear is Divine Dividing. It cuts the power in half of anything that it is touching, sustaining me with that power instead. You better hurry or you won't be able to defeat a human."

He then flashed forward and planted his knee firmly in the gut of the Fallen Angel. "I've been told you're getting out of hand. I've been ordered to bring you back, even if it takes all of my power, but I see someone did most of the work for me." He said before flashing to a big hole and going down even further.

The moment Kokabiel was gone, the big magic circle floated up and dissipated, leaving behind a shower of gold flakes.

"The waves of the magic circle, they are disappearing." Tsubaki said softly.

Sona smiled and nodded. "I think they have done it, let's go and see if Iko and the others are okay, the rest of you can go home and rest up for a couple of days, thank you for everything you have done today.

They all nodded and Tsubaki, Koneko and Kuroka walked up to their King, following her onto the school grounds.

They were just in time to see the White Dragon Emperor disappear with Freed under his arm, a bright flash of pure white light making sure no one saw where he went.

"Rias, I see everything worked out. Well done." Sona said with a smile.

Rias smiled and nodded. "Sona, good to see you, and yes everything worked out, no small part to my brother. You should have seen him, going one on one with Kokabiel and kicking his ass."

Sona couldn't help but smile at that. "I'll be sure to ask him all about it. Where is he anyway?"

Rias gave a nod to the side where Ikoraiza was being tended to by Asia, and he truly looked like he was on the brink of exhaustion.

"Kuroka, would you mind retrieving our love?"

Kuroka smiled at that. "Do you have to ask Sona?" She said before making her way over to him.

Sona just smiled and made her way to Akeno, while Rias went to Issei and the others. "Are you okay Akeno?"

Akeno nodded and gave her a hug. "Of course I am, I had our love to protect me after all. He was amazing in that fight, and he even made me accept my Fallen Angel side again, just by calling me his."

Koneko smiled and hugged the raven-haired Queen. "He has that effect on us, you should know that by now."

Akeno nodded and smiled at her. "You're right, but I still think it was really sweet, albeit he did look a bit scary in his demonic form."

"He was just overprotective of you Akeno, and I think it's best that you come with us tonight, he will need all of us close tonight." Sona said with a smile as Kuroka came back with their love in her arms.

"I'm afraid he used too much energy, he's out for the count." Kuroka said softly.

Sona smiled and caressed his cheek softly. "The poor thing, we better get him home after we finish up here."

Kuroka nodded and lowered herself down with him in her arms, so that Akeno, Koneko and Tsubaki could be close to him as well.

"Sona, would you please take good care of my brother, he has truly given his all today, and without him we would surely not be standing here like this." Rias said with a smile to her passed put brother.

Sona smiled at her. "Oh, we will take very good care of him Rias, you can count on that, but I think it is best if you come with me to get Irina, I'm sure she's awake by now, and my familiar will only be so much company."

Rias nodded at that. "I think that's for the best, she needs some time to get used to her new life, and I think I'll have another member to my peerage soon, judging how Xenovia reacted to everything today."

Sona smiled at her. "I think you will, but I think we better start cleaning up. We should be able to get everything sorted out before classes start."

"Do you need any help with that?" Rias asked with a smile.

Sona shook her head. "No, we should be fine, although we would appreciate you guys taking over the pool for this once."

Rias smiled at her. "That's the least we can do, consider it done on the weekend, and we would like to invite you all for a swim once we're done."

"I think I speak for everyone when I say we would gladly take you up on that, but for now we'll go get Irina and then we will start on the clean-up." Sona said with a smile.

"Then I say we call this a day and go and get some rest, we'll see you tomorrow Sona, good luck with the clean-up." Rias said with a soft smile.

Sona smiled at her. "Thank you Rias. We'll be fine."

Rias smiled at her and then followed her through her portal, so she could get Irina and take her home with her, Issei and Asia.

Student Council Chambers, the following day

"I'm so glad that's all over, I can't remember the last time I slept so well." Ikoraiza said as he relaxed on the sofa, Tsubaki cuddled up against him.

She smiled and kissed his cheek. "You were exhausted love, you weren't even awake when we got home and put you in bed. But we are so proud of you for everything you've done, I can't help but love you more for it."

He smiled and pulled her into a kiss. "I did it to protect you all baby, so we can have a future together."

Tsubaki smiled and crawled on top of him. "And trust me that we all want to thank you for what you've done, Sona more than anyone. Ever since that proposal she's been dying to get you alone."

He could only smile at that. "Well she's been trying to go further every time if we are alone and she has the chance, and I don't think how much longer I can resist her. Her seduction skills have gone through the roof ever since Kuroka joined us."

"That's true, but I must admit we have all taken a page out of Kuroka's book recently." She said as she let her hand glide under his shirt.

He groaned softly at that. "Tsubaki, baby, I promised Sona she would be the next, I can't break that promise to her this close to our wedding, and as much as I love all of you, I just can't break a promise to Sona, unless I want to end up like Saji and Issei and get a magical spanking."

"I know you can't baby, and we all understand, but we do like to tease you a bit, that never hurt anyone." She said seductively.

He smiled and kissed her. "That's true, and you girls have become awfully good at teasing lately, and there is no reason to not indulge ourselves a little bit."

Tsubaki moaned into the kiss and smiled into it as his hands wrapped themselves low around her waist, coming to rest just above her skirt. "Oh Iko, the things you do to me, just by that simple touch."

"You know baby, I can feel the lace of your panties beneath your skirt, I can't remember you wearing something like this before."

She blushed at that. "It's only for you that I wear things like this, I have never had a reason to wear something like this, I even found a bra to match."

He smiled and opened up her blouse. "I must say I like it baby, it really shows off your curves, and I have always liked your curves."

That made her blush darken a bit. "Thanks love, that means a lot to me. I know I'm not as gifted as Kuroka or Akeno, but I hope it will still be enough for you."

Ikoraiza smiled and kissed her again. "Of course it will baby. I love each and every one of you for whole other reasons than the size of your breasts."

At that moment Sona came back into the room and smiled when she saw her usually composed Vice President lying on top of their lover with her blouse open and his hands on her butt. "Why am I not surprised to find you two like this. It's almost like you two really can't be apart."

They smiled and Tsubaki went back to cuddling him, after redoing the buttons on her blouse. "I can't help it Sona, he's so comfortable to cuddle up against, and we kind of went too far with our teasing, and somehow the topic turned to my underwear."

Sona just smiled and cuddled up to her fiancé as well. "Is that so Iko? If you like Tsubaki's now, then you will love what I have selected for our wedding night."

Now he blushed a little. "I think I will love anything you will wear that day baby, I just hope I won't make a fool out of myself in front of your sister. I would hate to upset Serafall already."

"Baby, she was okay with us getting married, there is no way that you will ever upset her, but we do have to talk about something else that concerns the wedding. Have you settled on a Best Man yet?"

He smiled and nodded. "Of course I have, and you know who it is, because she would flay me alive if I chose anybody else beside her."

"So you asked your sister then. Fair enough, that will make my choice for Maid of Honor a lot easier. Tsubaki, would you stand by my side on my wedding day?"

Tsubaki smiled at her. "I would be honored President."

Sona smiled and kissed him. "That's settled then. I love you Iko, and I must once again say that I am so proud of you for how you handled yourself in the battle against Kokabiel."

"I love you too Sona, and I must admit that the thoughts of you and the girls were my main motivation for what I did to him. I just couldn't live with the thought of him hurting you." He said with a smile.

"Well, you certainly showed him what it is like to mess with a member of the Gremory family, although I must admit it was a bit of a shock to see you had changed so much, exactly how much power did you use?"

"As much as I had to, my love. and I've heard a lot of people talk about those changes, but I can't remember much of it." He said softly.

Both Sona and Tsubaki smiled at that. "When we found you passed out, with your eyes open, I might add, you still had horns on your head, and your eyes were a vibrant red, even your aura looked red, the only thing was missing was a tail to complete the picture, even your wings were still out, all six of them."

"I seriously never knew that I could change that much girls, I hope I didn't scare you off with that." He said softly.

The girls smiled and kissed him deeply. "Baby, wild horses couldn't drag us away from you. The only way we will ever leave you is if we would be compelled to, and I seriously think that is not going to happen."

He smiled and pulled them both close. "The same goes for me. I would never in my life voluntarily leave you, only if all of you would want me to go, which I really hope will never happen."

"It won't. We all love you way too much to ever leave you willingly, all of us will forever want you in every single way possible, and in a few weeks, when we are married, I will rock your world." Sona said huskily.

He blushed at that. "The things you do to me, my love, they are truly out of this world."

She smiled and kissed him. "Technically we are out of this world Iko."

He smiled and kissed them again, pulling them closer, glad to have at least two of his girls in his arms again after a hard fought battle, which he hoped would be the last one for a while.