Percy's POV:
"Now I'm going to send you where filth like you belong."
A fragment of fear flashed through his eyes and instantaneously vanished, an arrogant look all over his face. He pointed at the people behind me who looked slightly afraid. "Those incompetent devils got me to lose my son, Fenrir! They betrayed me! I will kill everyone here until I get him back!"
"Then I guess I'll just have to make you sure won't be killing anyone," I promised to him, cheerily.
Out of nowhere, I dashed forward at insane speeds and brought a fist back and launched it towards Loki, not bothering with a sword. Loki, with his godly reflexes, created a magical barrier to stop me and smirked.
"What do you wish to accomplish? Your bare hands will never get through divine power! You have gotten stronger but so have I," Loki bellowed in vain.
I didn't budge and tensed my muscles, letting my blessing from Ares' increase my mortal side into something more. My strength skyrocketed as my fist pushed into the wall of power, creating cracks all over while Loki gained a stunned expression. That second was all I needed before my fist went through the barrier and hit him directly in the face, sending him far backwards into the dirt ground. I heard gasps from behind me but I didn't think on it too long because Loki was already up.
He wiped the blood leaking from his nose and looked at me with pure hatred, a fire in his eyes. "You DARE touch me? I will use all my wrath to decimate you from the plains of reality once and for all!" He bellowed in anger.
"No, you won't," I retorted simply.
I know, it was pretty stupid fighting a god but I had the upper hand, him not knowing I had several blessings from the gods. He conjured up balls of magic, launching them at me.
With a flick of his hand, several of them aimed towards me and zoomed, intent on incinerating me while he maniacally smiled. With ease, I swiftly dodged each and every one of them causing Loki to become enraged.
He summoned a huge arc of buzzing energy and shot it at me. It was too quick for me to dodge so I did everything I could to stop it and survive. A bright flash of light was emitted from the collision and it blinded me, while I lifted my arm to cover my eyes.
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Rias' POV:
I stood there shocked at the large amount of magic concentrated into one shot, that was blasted towards Percy. A glaring explosion of light was let off when it hit him and he didn't have time to react and all he did was bring his arm up to stop himself from being blinded.
Was Percy just too arrogant?
No, Percy was never arrogant and was confident in what he did. He had spoken with such determination when talking about Loki.
I didn't have much time to think when I screamed.
"Percy!"
When the light dimmed down, I was furious when there was nothing but a burnt char in the ground where Percy used to be. I couldn't believe it, Percy was gone for helping us, putting his life on the line. Asia, Akeno, even Issei were all looking on in sadness and resentment.
Opening my eyes to give out orders, I paused and everyone looked at me confused and followed my line of sight. I was staring at a person in the sky when they chuckled without any humour.
It was Percy and we just stood there stunned, since he was unscathed and without even a sign of damage. The one thing which irked me the most was his face, his look—he didn't look like Percy at all, he had the face of a killer in that moment and I couldn't comprehend it.
Suddenly, he stopped laughing and looked at Loki, his face with a stone cold and merciless expression. How was he in the middle of the sky, floating? He clapped his hands together and wiped them, dramatically. "Do you want to know something Loki?" He looked up and his face terrified me as it was devoid of emotion, his beautiful sea-green eyes that sparkled with mirth now reduced to a poisonous dull green.
Loki was at the same height of Percy now, looking in frustration at him. However, he didn't get time to speak.
"After Tartarus, I learnt the limits of my powers." He pursed his lips. A silence ensued for the three words next.
"There weren't any." What was Tartarus? Wasn't that something related to a mythology like Roman or Greece? What made me stop though was the fact he didn't have limits to his powers, even the Bible God does—he must've been lying.
An eerie silence followed while we took that information in. He continued on. "As long as I trained and my mortality could withstand it, I could do as I wish," He waved a hand horizontally, moving his hands while he spoke. "Make the oceans rise, bring forth a winter colder than anything imaginable, earthquakes able to destroy countries, storms powerful enough to tears cities apart—anything. I felt… incredible." He paused. "But I knew my limits to my powers, I didn't go too far in fear I would cause harm to those I love. Scare them away. So instead, I trained them alone and used them when needed. Honing my powers to perfection, going as far as I could at this stage." What had happened to him?
He gazed at the horizon of the Underworld wistfully. "And then came the war." His eyes darkened considerably. "I did everything I could but they took her. I brought forth my powers and ripped apart Gaea, that wretched bitch like paper!" Wind raced by him out of nowhere and then just left, like nature itself hated his words. "Now, I use my powers however I want. With blessings from the gods, I became more divine. More powerful to stop the enemies, protect my family but I guess I still can't. The best I can do is destroy vermin like you." Gaea? That was an earth goddess of some mythology? Who was Percy really?
Questions raced through my mind when Loki laughed, wiping a tear. "Ha, ha, ha! Amazing story! It must've been fun watching your girlfriend fade away in front of your eyes! Aha! You think I'm afraid?" It didn't seem like the right thing to say when Percy's face morphed into something else.
Percy pulled out a gleaming bronze speed that looked deadly. In a blink of an eye, Percy appeared next to Loki, swinging his sword. Loki vanished from his spot while Percy missed his swipe. He looked around cautiously until he spotted him away from him.
At a speed as fast as Kiba, he dashed towards Loki in midair and then left a tail of steam behind before appearing next to Loki; he smashed the butt of his sword strongly into Loki's head and sent him hurtling to the earth.
Kiba jogged to my side and I looked at him when he asked, "What should we do, President?"
I didn't know what to do. If we entered, we'd surely get annihilated in the crossfire but they were both going to destroy the landscape and I couldn't allow that. I gathered my servants and explained the plan. "Look, we can't get in between Percy's fight since we would get destroyed, as powerful as I am. I cannot fight a god and if he can, then we should be weary of the damage." I then went onto our own mission. "Anyway, we have to do something and the best we can do is protect the vicinity and the devils nearby if there are any nearby." I exhaled from the stress of the god close to us. "I'll call my brother of Sona and inform them of the situation, for now: Kiba and Xenovia, head over to the closest areas of life and press them away. Akeno, go and block attacks that exit their zone. Rossweisse, Koneko and Asia, together, go around to stop any attacks, I'll meet up with you once I've called somebody. And Issei, you stay with…" Like the idiot he is sometimes, he ran off to the battle between two forces of nature. "...me." I ended and huffed at his attitude.
Everyone went to do what they were tasked with except for Issei who would hopefully not get hurt. With nothing I could do about it, I urgently created a call through demon magic and attempted to ring Lucifer, Sona, or even my mother.
Every time I tried, some sort of magic blocked my calls and it cut after second. It was probably Loki's doing and that made me hesitate, how did he block signals from exiting a certain boundary? Choosing to go and stop Issei, I pulled out my wings and raced to him.
I saw him shout with fierce determination, his boosted gear glowing intensely from all the doubling of power and he transformed into his balance breaker, the voice drowned out by the gusts of wind. Dust and debris were being flung around from the actual fight which was a distance away, and Issei started running towards it, his red armour glistening in the dark light.
I chased after him while gazing at the two opponents. Loki and Percy were having a clash of power, one using magic and the other using the elements themselves—fire and water to combat him back. Suddenly, Percy screamed, his aura fluctuating dangerously as something absurd occurred. He brought forth a storm, cackling with extreme current while many bolts from the sky rained down around him. It looked terrifying.
However, Issei was still charging towards the battle and I became worried for his safety even more. I couldn't let him get hurt for all the times he got injured for me. A steely determination entered me and my speed increased. On my way, I zoned onto the battle again.
Percy's body was shaking uncontrollably, his hair flying around, clothes whipping around and screams tearing through the air. Loki was standing there, creating a barrier around himself to defend against the thunder. However, several bolts struck his shield and tore through it and he was sent to the ground again in a mess.
Percy stopped screaming and dropped, skyrocketing to Loki's landing place with extreme velocity. Loki, slowly got up and dusted himself before looking up and showing… a glimpse of fear? Percy barrelled into him, sending him across the landscape and scraping against the floor. Without giving him rest, he vanished into water and appeared by Loki's side, sending a punch into his face. His face was set into a ruthless expression. This wasn't him.
Issei had still reached them before I could. He boldly stood next to Percy, who had grabbed Loki by the collar of his shirt, and tried to hit him. For some reason, Percy swiftly stopped him and pushed him back.
"No," He said calmly. "This is MY fight. Go away before I make you Issei," Percy threatened. But Issei stood his ground.
"No," he retorted. "I can't let you do that! We're friends and I have to help you anyway," He yelled.
Percy smiled sadly. "I'm sorry," He uttered before letting go of Loki and dashing towards Issei, breaking the sound barrier and punching Issei with his bare fists. I don't know how, but Issei in his balance breaker, was sent spiralling in my direction because of the force of Percy's punch. Unluckily, he crashed into me and I was sent onto the floor.
Getting up, I rushed to Issei who was choking up some blood. Why would Percy do this? It made me furious but I shoved the feeling aside. I kneeled next to him and asked concernedly, "Are you alright, Issei? Are you hurt? You're coughing up some blood." I looked over his body and saw the metal in his stomach was slightly indented.
Issei just chuckled, blood pooling next to his face. "Hah. That was some punch. I'm fine Rias, except the fact he almost broke a rib but somehow he didn't…"
Standing up, I screamed for Asia, and motioned her over. Thankfully, she spotted me and Kiba noticed, picking her up and delivering her to me within minutes. "What happened?" He asked, panting.
"Percy told Issei to go because it was his battle. And then Issei didn't budge so Percy punched him away." I explained.
Asia gasped at Issei's condition before instantly dropping to her knees and using her twilight healing on his wounds. "I'll heal you Issei. Just hold on!"
"I'll be going back, President, if I'm done here?" He questioned me. I nodded and let him carry on with his task.
Slowly, Issei was healing and then his balance breaker disappeared in a bright flash of light and his body was slept behind. His stomach was brutally bruised in colours with his face coloured in blood. I winced at the pain he was probably feeling. I tried not to get angry at Percy and stayed rational, intent on helping Issei heal.
"Asia, carry on healing him," I commanded my bishop. "I'll be seeing what's going on with the other two."
Asia looked at me and nodded. "Alright, President."
Issei craned his neck and glanced at me. "You have some injuries too, Rias, don't lie," He mumbled.
Asia stood up and was about to come over to me before I put up my hand. "Leave it Asia, focus on healing Issei. I only have a few minor scratches and marks. I'm not important as my peerage, you all come first," I told her, before looking at Loki and Percy.
In the background, I heard Asia, mumble an 'okay, President.' I concentrated deeply and could see clearly through the dirty air. Percy was swinging his blade or sword around, trying to cut Loki and he was avoiding every swipe easily, to be expected from a god.
Suddenly, Loki using his Norse magic, created many illusions and duplicates of him surrounding Percy. I looked at each of them and they all radiated the same aura, wearing the same outfit, with the same smirk. However, all Percy did was smile and bring his sword down like he did at a Kuoh Academy, bringing forth a decimating earthquake shaking the very foundations of the earth. Cracks and huge crevices spread outwards from the centre point and raced outwards in random directions, heading to the homes of devils.
I glanced and saw Akeno trying to stop a crack from advancing any further with her magic. Looking back, I found all of Loki's illusions gone and one left in complete and utter revelation. Without mercy, Percy rised up while I tried to stabilise myself through the powerful shaking of the ground. He ran towards Loki who had just exited his state and delivered a devastating uppercut.
Loki trembled under the force and flew backwards when Percy insistently came back, violently thrashing Loki into the ground, punches and kicks. Every second, they fell deeper into the ground, only slightly.
I had to stop this. No matter how much Loki ever did, we couldn't kill him—he was a god, a person and I wouldn't let Percy kill him. Percy wasnt a killer and this could cause some problems in the mythological worlds.
Unleashing almost the full potential of my powers, I teleported next to Percy and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder to stop him from plunging his sword into Loki.
Loki looked up and sneered, spitting to the side. Red liquid was leaking from his body, cuts here, broken bones there with a bloody face, causing me to flinch at his horrific state but not feeling remorse.
Percy turned and looked at me, his eyes becoming kind like normal. "Rias, what are you doing here? You can't be her, I warned you to stay away," He tenderly said to me. His eyes had softened and attitude had instantly changed.
I shook my head. "I know but I can't let you do this." I gestured to Loki. "To kill Loki. As bad as he may be, killing him won't do anything." I wisely told him.
However, my words didn't affect him. He frowned. "I can't do that," Percy replied. "He killed my friend—someone I had went to war with and tr gods forced me to let the dipshit live! Fuck relations with the Norse," he spat angrily. "Now I have to kill him. How can I let such a disgusting wretch survive in this world, he deserves to go to hell for causing havoc again." He snarled while glaring at Loki.
"We are already in hell!" I replied without showing any anger to Percy. He couldn't go anywhere else?
He started laughing humorlessly. "This?" He waved to his surroundings. "You think this is hell?" He wiped a stray tear from his eye. "Don't make me laugh. This is nothing. Even the Underworld I visit is much more terrifying than this and then hell… that's where all the evil gods, titans and monsters reside. Ready to kill one another to escape the poisonous air and scorching land. That is truly hell." His words hit me hard, did such a thing exist? It didn't matter, I had to stop him.
He was about to bring his weapon down before I pulled his hand away and he stabbed the ground. "Stop it Percy," I pleaded. "I can't let you become a monster—you're not a killer." I was about to break, how could such a loyal and caring friend do such a thing?
He shook his head sadly and stared at me regretfully, then stared at his blade. "Don't you see it?" He whispered, but I heard it.
"I already am a monster."
And he stabbed the sword into the heart of Loki, golden blood oozing out endlessly. The light faded from Loki's eyes, his body going slack while I watched it happen in horror. All I did was stand still, frozen from what just happened to him.
Why?
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Percy's POV:
I watched as Loki burst into a shower of golden dust, scattering the area around us. My grip slackened, my sword clattering to the floor and me feeling guilt for making Rias go through this with me.
I turned to her to see her frozen when she shook out of it and looked at me with a mixture of emotions: sorrow, confusion, frustration, betrayal, all swirling wildly in her bluish emerald irises. Just the sight of her, in her flowing crimson red hair deepened my guilt.
I knew she had killed before, but the way her kind killed… I knew they never saw the blood, the sight, the death in first person. Deaths all happened by magic and you never truly felt the sensation of murder.
"Why?" She whispered to me.
I gazed up at her. "Why?" I asked myself. "Because he deserves it. He took a life and I took his, well he'll come back but still…" I muttered, gazing at the carnage around me that I caused.
"What do you mean?" She questioned curiously but hesitantly. She looked a bit shaken but not afraid, and I thanked every god out there that she didn't fear me.
"He isn't dead. He is immortal and so will reform in the version of hell for his world but that will take a while," I simply explained. "It's just, the feeling of destroying him lifted a regret off my chest. I let a friend die in battle because of him but now I feel… lighter?" I tried to put this feeling into words.
"You know Percy, I'm not shaken up by the fact you killed someone, just the fact you killed a god…" Rias suddenly clarified which lessened my guilt.
"You are..?" I asked her cautiously. I didn't believe her words, how could you not be scared I just killed a god.
"I've seen humans, devils, fallen angels, so many things die. Never a god. I feel betrayed you didn't listen to me but if he doesn't die anyway, then it does not matter." Rias said. "Plus, you are one of my best friends. You had your reasons and I trust you. You wouldn't do harm to anyone unless it was for the good of your loved ones."
My face lit up lightly and I leaned forward, pulling her into a hug. I didn't care, I just hugged Rias tightly, not letting go of her. I didn't care if I was 18, being weird or whatever, she trusted me and is still happy to be by my side. Rias embraced me back, placing her head on my chest. We stayed like that for a minute before I pulled back. Unfortunately, being next to the pervert trio in Kuoh Academy, this sparked a revolting thought in my mind which disturbed me. How her breasts were plush and soft against my chest.
I tried to fight my blush but it was no use, the thought sat in the front of my mind while I silently cursed Issei and those idiots under my breath. "What are you blushing about?" Rias asked me, a knowing smile on her face.
I waved my hands frantically. "It's not what you think, just Issei and his hideous thoughts infected my mind." I told her and she sighed at that; huh, she understands.
"Anyway," I scratched my neck. "thanks for that speech and it helped me. I don't know where I'd be in this country without you Rias, remember that please. Just know I'll always be with you."
Tears gleamed in her eyes. "And I with you." I just laughed heartily at the situation and she just joined in. A cough brought us back to reality.
Akeno looked a bit aggravated at us, I don't know why. "If you're done with your joking, I think we have some cleanup and work to do, President." She informed Rias.
Rias straightened herself. "Sorry Akeno, it was just… stressful. We should contact the devil counsel, surely they will do something about it. I doubt you, my peerage can unfortunately do much in fixing this." She concluded.
I stretched, my bones popping. "Alright girls, let's group up and do something about this mess," I piped up.
[End of Chapter]
A/N: I know, I know, a day late but my mind was being ripped apart by a fucking headache, alright?!
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