~Chapter 25: Mind Power Ki~
It was the day after the party.
Goten got up at the crack of dawn.
There was only one month until the Rating Game against Sona Sitri, and he wanted his group to be as strong as they possibly can!
Before the training could begin, Goten had to head back to Earth to get some things he would need. Most notably, weighted clothing for them to wear.
The only problem was that Goten was still inexperienced with using Instant Transmission to travel through dimensions, so he couldn't teleport back to Earth from where he was. So he decided to ask Rias. He found Akeno and Rias together, chatting and having tea. Both girls' faces immediately brightened upon seeing him.
"Yo!" Goten said with a wave to the two girls.
"Hi honey!" Rias chirped. "What's up?"
"I need a way to get back home to Earth for a little bit. Can you teleport me?"
Akeno giggled."Stay here with me, Goten. I'll show you my own type of training…"
Rias shot Akeno a look, before turning back to Goten as an endearing smile appeared on her face. "Of course! We can leave right now if you want."
"Great!"
Rias prepared the magic circle and Goten stepped into it. Rias happily held onto Goten's arm. She then looked to Akeno with a pout. "You stay here." Rias said while pointing to Akeno and eyeing her suspiciously.
"Be right back!" Goten called to Akeno.
Akeno waved goodbye with a pretty smile in return as the young couple disappeared from the Underworld.
Rias and Goten reappeared in the club room back on Earth.
"Be back in a bit!" He needed to get a few things. Also he wanted to let his parents know where he'll be. The last thing he'd want is Chi-Chi to have a panic attack because he went missing for a whole month.
"Goten wait!" Rias called out, and stopped the half-Saiyan in his tracks as he came to a screeching halt.
Goten turned to see Rias sitting on top of her desk, twirling a strand her long silky red hair. She was blushing slightly as she glanced at Goten with an adorable grin and a hopeful gaze. "Something wrong, beautiful?"
"Nope. Nothing's wrong." Rias smiled with a blush while looking at Goten lovingly. "I just want to give you a little present before you head off."
Goten griined. "Oh yeah? I wonder what that could be." He played dumb.
"Close your eyes." Rias said teasingly. "It's a surprise."
Goten closed his eyes, smiling. "Okay, they're closed."
Rias leaned up gently kissing him on the lips. The first kiss was soft, but she then lovingly kissed him again much deeper than before. He smiled into ths kiss and returned it with equal intensity. Rias let out a cute yelp of delight and surprise at Goten's actions. He picked Rias up and spun her around, placing her on his lap as they continued.
Suddenly, a magic circle appeared in the club room, startling the two.
"Hii~" Akeno said.
Rias frowned. She did this on purpose.
"Why are you always trying to interrupt my alone time with my Goten?" Rias was visibly irritated. She hugged Goten close to her, prohibiting Akeno from making a move.
"Rias were you trying to make advances on Goten while I wasn't around, weren't you? You're so sneaky…" Akeno said as she covered her mouth with her hand while chuckling.
"What do mean by that? Aren't you the one trying to make a move? Goten and I are a couple after all! That means he's off limits to you!" Rias said glaring her friend while sticking her tongue out.
Akeno giggled. "I want time with him too! It's not fair that you're always hogging him!"
"As Goten's one and only girlfriend, I can hog him. I've said this before, Goten is off limits to you. You'll just try to take advantage of him, after all." Rias stood up off of her boyfriend's lap, standing directly between him and Akeno.
"Can I just have him for one night?" Akeno asked jokingly, though she did mean it. She was growing deep feelings. "Maybe just a quick boob feel? I'm sure Goten would love that~!"
"You had your chance the other day in bed when you tried to steal him from me." Rias said, placing her hands on her hips in annoyance. "Only Goten and I can do those kind of couple things together, understand?"
"What if I became his girlfriend instead?"
"Not gonna happen." Rias flatly shot down her friend's jokes.
Goten had been watching the whole verbal scuffle between the two beauties, sweat-dropping as he tried to break up the argument before it went further. "Stop it, girls." Goten said in a soft tone. "Please, be nice to each other! I hate it when you girls fight, especially over me."
The two older girls sighed when they realized Goten was right. Both girls apologized and sat down, with Rias at her desk and Akeno on the nearby couch.
Rias sighed sadly and put her elbows on her desk, resting her chin in her hands. She hated when her possessive side took over, but Akeno always pushed her buttons. From Rias' point of view, it was just plain unfair!
Meanwhile, Akeno still had her amused grin spread across her face and was quietly giggling to herself, only angering Rias further.
Goten smiled. I'll be back soon girls. I just gotta take care of a few things." He turned back to the two of them with a smile so warm that could melt the two busty girl's hearts. With a wave, he walked out of the door and headed for the outside world.
When Goten reached the outside of the Occult Research Club, he turned and saw Rias looking down at him through the open window smiling. Her long, luscious crimson-red hair silently blew in the cool summer air. The young couple stared at each for a brief moment until Goten winked at her and flew off/.
Akeno soon joined Rias at the window, and together they watched Goten as he flew further and further away back towards his house on Mt. Paozu. The mighty half-Saiyan appeared as a bright orange dot slowly fading from view until he disappeared from sight.
"We have to talk, Akeno." Rias said with a sigh.
Akeno grinned. "You're finally letting me have Goten?"
"No! I love him and he loves me! I'm planning to marry him someday!"
"So do I!" Akeno interjected. "I truly love him just like you do."
"That's my point." Rias said.
Akeno asked as she returned to the couch. "Then what?
Rias sat down at her desk and sighed. "Whether I like it or not, we both have feelings for Goten, and there's nothing I can do about it. Which is why I think we should call a truce. No more fighting over him. At least for now. It's not right for us to do that to him."
"But teasing you is fun~!"
"Akeno, I'm serious."
"Fine, agreed." Akeno said, smiling at her master and best friend. "Actually, I have an idea that could benefit both of us."
A devilish smile appeared on Rias' face. "Tell me."
"Girls are nuts…"
Five minutes in the human world and those two were already arguing.
Some things never change.
Goten said sighing again, before refocusing himself on his objective, which was get home and eat some lunch!
He touched down on the grass in front of his house a bit later. Steam was coming from the small house, signifying his parents - or at least his mother - were home.
Just like Goten thought, Chi-Chi was worried sick about him.
Goku had constantly reassured his wife that Goten could take care of himself, but she was too distraught about her baby boy growing up too fast.
It was only made worse when Goten said he'd be gone for a month to train.
Chi-Chi almost fainted when she heard that. She had mellowed out considerably since Goten was born, and even more so as he grew up, but she still worried about her son just like when Gohan was young.
However Goku was beaming with pride. Goten was growing into his own man, and a true hero. "At this rate, he may get stronger than Vegeta and I! We gotta keep on our toes!"
"You're just like your father! Why can't you go back to my sweet little Goten who never wanted to leave my side? You'd hide behind my dress and cry 'Mommy' all the time. I want those days back!" Chi-Chi gushed.
"Chi-Chi, Goten will be fine! He's a teenager now!" Goku said while trying to console his wife.
"Yeah, Mom! I'm almost sixteen years old now! Plus, Rias and Akeno will be with me too! We're training in the Underworld for a big fight!" Goten chimed in.
Goku's interest was piqued. "Big fight? What for?"
Goten shrugged. "It's another Rating Game between devils. I'm not fighting this time though. I'm just training everyone! That's the reason I came home. I need to get weighted clothing for the team to train in. But I want everyone to start out slow and gradually build their way up!"
"That's my boy!" Goku lit up with pride. "I still have all of our training clothes! We put them in capsules for safe keeping…is that okay?"
Goten nodded hastily. "Yeah that's perfect!"
"Great, I'll go get them!"
Goku soon returned with a small yellow box filled with six capsules in them with the word training gear written on it in red crayon, probably by a younger Goten.
"Wow, thanks Dad!" The half-Saiyan said as he took the box from his father and shoved it into his pocket.
"I can't stay though! I gotta go!" Goten said while waving and running out the door and blasting off. He had that same happy grin like when he was a little boy.
"Bye, sweetie, I love you! Be careful!" Chi-Chi waved to her son. He was becoming more and more like his father with every day.
Goten arrived back at th clubroom a few minutes later.
He found both Akeno and Rias sitting on the couch, giggling and happily discussing something, but quickly hushed up when he walked into the room.
"What's so funny?" Goten asked.
"Nothing."
"Girl's secret."
"What's with these two all of a sudden? Just half an hour ago they were at each other's throats again!" He thought while sweat-dropping.
Rias and Akeno hugged him from opposite sides, making Goten blush.
"How's this?"
"Does it feel good?"
"...Yeah!" He babbled.
The girls giggled and each kissed him on the cheek before they vanished.
The trio instantly reappared in the Underworld.
"Hey, we thought of something earlier~" Akeno said.
"You should train us too sweetheart~" Rias added.
Goten looked between the two busty beauties, blushing. "...Oh... yeah?"
"Yeah, both of us versus you. Who would win~" Akeno said.
Goten gulped. Are they... teaming up? He couldn't handle that. it'd be too much. "Umm..."
"Do you think you can handle that~?" Rias winked at him.
Goten shook his blush off and sighed. "Girls I'd love to train you but I can't. We seriously need to focus and I can't have... this.. happen!"
Akeno giggled while Rias pouted.
He wanted to. he really did. But he wouldn't be able to focus even for a minute if those two were there. Especially if they teamed up!
He gave both girls a kiss on the cheek and scurried off the find the others, leaving Akeno and Rias satisifed with their hearts fluttering.
Goten found the others quickly.
He gathered all of them outside the huge palace, standing before them confidently like a commander talking to his troops. Goten reached into his orange gi and pulled out the capsule box.
Let's see…" He saw five different capsules with five labels in ascending order from one to five. He picked the first capsule labeled '1' and d threw it into the air.
In a large puff of smoke, the capsule exploded and revealed a box.
"What's in the box?"
"Light Weighted Training Clothes!"
Weighted shirts were neatly folded on top of each other, and boots were neatly aligned in rows of two, as were the wristbands. "Help yourself, guys. They're all the same weight. Ten pounds each!"
After a few minutes of struggling, Issei, Kiba, Koneko, Ravel, Asia and Xenovia were all suited up in their blue-colored gear. They growled and groaned as they could barely move in the gear that totaled fifty pounds for each person. "T-This is s-supposed to be l-light?" Kiba said while sweat-dropping.
"How are we supposed to train like this?! I want to fly!" Xenovia blurted out as she lost her balance and fell backwards onto her ass The impact was much louder and harder due to her increased weight, leaving a tiny crater where she fell.
Ravel wobbled up to Goten and hesitantly stared up at him. He was a good nine inches taller than her, which intimidated her slightly. "Um…excuse me, Mr. Goten, w-why are w-we wearing this again?" Ravel said as her whole body shook due to the intense weight, trying her best to stay on her feet.
"I told you just to call me Goten! Saying mister makes me sound like some old guy. But anyway, it's to increase your stamina. If you train with this, your bodies will be much tougher afterwards as a result."
I get it now! Thanks!" Ravel said. She then smirked and stuck her tongue out at Koneko.
Koneko pouted and stared down her new rival. "Stupid Bird Girl…"
"Now everyone, we're off!" Goten said proudly and started marching away from the front of the Gremory's massive estate.
"Off to where?!" Issei said as he wobbly followed Goten who was marching far ahead of the rest of them.
"The mountains!" He turned around with a large, toothy grin and flashed it to the devils in front of him. "You gotta get used to the weighted clothing somehow, right? The best way is to walk or run around in them. And what better place to do that than an uneven terrain?"
"…Are you sure this'll work?" Koneko said as she almost tripped over her own feet.
Goten chuckled to himself and stopped. He realized that he got a little ahead of himself. "Of course! When my dad was a kid, he did training much worse than this for eight months straight! And look where he is now!"
"…Wow!"
"That's so cool…"
Issei and Xenovia said respectively, to which Goten nodded. "Look you guys, I wouldn't be training you like this if I knew you couldn't handle it. I've already assessed all of your skills and powers, and I know every single one of you can do this. Even you, Ravel! You may be a new part of this team, but your role is just as vital as anybody else's."
Then he got another idea.
"Ok, let's try something else first. Everybody line up!" Goten called, breaking Ravel out of her inner thoughts. Once the six trainees were all in a line side by side, Goten smirked. "I want all of you to jump as high as you possibly can. No wings, no Sacred Gears, or any of that. Just your own physical power."
One by one, Kiba, and the rest tried to jump, but could barely make it an inch off the ground and almost fell flat on their faces.
"Well that was fucking stupid! Why'd you make us do that?" Issei scolded. This training was completely different than when Goten had trained him weeks ago!
Goten chuckled. "That was just a test. You can barely jump, right?" The six teens nodded. "Well, when your training is complete, try jumping high again. Then you'll see just how much you've improved."
The six members, and even Rias and Akeno who were watching from the sidelines, were surprised.
"You've been helping us out all this time, even when I kept pestering you to become a devil. How wrong I was... I shouldn't have done that. And you're such a goof you don't even truly realize the incredible impact on us already…Without you, I can't imagine where I'd be today…I love you Goten." Rias thought while smiling adoringly at her boyfriend as he led the team off for the real training to begin.
As his team waddled along in front of him, Goten turned around and grinned widely. "See ya in a bit!" He waved goodbye to the two girls; the two girls he cares about most. Rias waved goodbye in return while Akeno winked and blew a kiss at the half-Saiyan.
A few hours went by since the six young devils had left on their first day of training. Goten had the team start off just by walking around the perimeter of Gremory Castle, which soon turned into running, and then uphill and downhill travel while wearing the gear. The team was exhausted just by moving in the fifty pounds of heavy gear, so the half-Saiyan let his friends rest every two hours or so.
Soon, hours turned into days, and their progress slowly increased. Fifty pounds soon turned into one hundred pounds.
Rias and Akeno did their own individual training in preparation for the Rating Game against Sona, while Goten continued to train the rest.
During their breaks, Goten took the time to get some training in of his own. Even though he wasn't fighting, he didn't want to slack off for even a day.
Watching them inspired them to keep going.
"Look at him go!" Kiba pointed high up into the sky.
Goten was transformed into Super Saiyan 2 kicking and punching ferociously into the air. He fired blasts forward, and teleported in front of his own oncoming attacks and blocked at the last possible second. He had twenty-five tons of weight on both wrists and ankles, totaling a whopping one hundred tons of weight! And the most amazing part is that he made it look easy. The weight looked like it was nothing for him!
"H-he's amazing!" Ravel marveled at Goten who had surpassed Super Saiyan with a face full of wonder. She had never seen Super Saiyan in person before, and it was more incredible than she could ever imagine.
"He's like a golden angel!" Asia added. She was in awe just watching the ascended half-Saiyan zoom around the sky at a speed faster than a fighter jet.
Meanwhile, Issei and Xenovia were sprawled out on the ground, guzzling down bottles of water as they were drenched with sweat.
"I think Goten is trying to kill us..." Xenovia said gasping for air.
Issei silently nodded in agreement. He was too out of breath and exhausted to even speak.
In addition to wearing the weighted gear, the six devils also learned to fight under the guidance and teachings of Goten.
From what the half Saiyan could tell, the two that benefited the most from the training where the two bishops of Rias' peerage: Ravel and Asia.
The two blondes didn't know how to fight at all, and thus couldn't really defend themselves if someone attacked them. The others, while still needing work, at least knew how to fight a little bit. Ravel in particular loved the attention.
As the difficulty gradually increased, the team sparred with each other. They dodged attacks, and slowly pushed their limits further.
Two weeks had passed.
All six of the Gremory devils had become fully adjusted to the one hundred pounds of weight they wore on their bodies.
Today was the day.
"Alright guys, you can take off the gear now!"
Excited cheers erupted from the group at Goten's words as the devils quickly took off the weighted clothing, causing a loud thud when it crashed into the hard ground. Issei, Kiba and the girls sighed intense relief as a enormous weight was literally taken off their shoulders. The devils were smiling and congratulating each other that they all survived, and the most grueling part was over with.
"Wow! My body is so light now!" Kiba said as he stretched his muscles freely without the strain of the heavy weight.
"…Yeah, I feel great!" Koneko did a few quick air punches and kicks feeling stronger than ever before.
"This is amazing!" Issei did a few small leaps off the ground. "I feel as light as paper!"
Goten folded his arms and smiled. "See how high you can jump." It was time to see if his training truly paid off.
That again?
"Trust me." Goten added.
The six devils looked at one another for a second, before effortlessly jumping thirty feet into the air like a speeding bullet! They went high above the trees with ease.
"So what now!? Can we learn about Ki now?!" Issei asked eagerly.
"Yeah. It's time."
Issei was the most anxious of them all. He felt he was the weakest of the group, as he still hadn't achieved Balance Breaker yet. The current Red Dragon Emperor wanted to protect Asia more than anything, by all costs. He loved Asia. But he could never tell her how he feels. How could he? His first girlfriend killed him. Destroyed his confidence, and basically traumatized him. So how could he bring himself to confess to Asia? That's why he wanted to train. Even if he couldn't physically confess, he wanted to show Asia how much he cared for her.
And so, Goten's explanation of Ki began. All of the older members of Rias' peerage had a decent grasp of the concept of what is Ki was because of them watching Goten use it so frequently. It took the group only a day to be able to control their Ki at a basic level, so Goten decided to move on.
"Alright, guys! It's time for the next step! Flying! Now this is a little tougher than it seems. But when you get good, it becomes as easy as walking!" Goten said as he flashed a huge toothy grin and levitated about ten feet off the ground for a few seconds, and then landed softly on the ground again. "But you guys are strong, that I can tell. You've learned Ki really fast, so flight should be easy!
"Goten, how did you learn how to fly? Was it just naturally picked up when you were a kid?" Kiba asked his friend curiously. It was hard for the swordsman to imagine a time when Goten couldn't fly or even turn into a Super Saiyan.
Goten smiled at the fond memory of his own flight lessons. "Actually no, when I was seven my brother taught me. Though funny thing, my niece Pan was an infant when she learned to fly."
"Well I guess we all start somewhere, right?" Kiba said chuckling.
"Yeah!" He chuckled. "It's time to try your first flight. Just use your energy…and be careful!" Goten said slightly nervous about how this whole lesson would turn out.
What he saw was surprising to say the least. Xenovia and Issei were just jumping up and down. Pretty much what he did on his first try.
Kiba just squinted his eyes hard, trying to make it happen. No luck there either.
Xenovia and the remaining devils were just stretching their bodies as far as they could hoping it would work. Just like Videl.
Goten sighed. "Let's try again."
They all stopped and relaxed for a moment.
Xenovia was the first to try, while the others silently watched with their eyes glued to the knight.
A few seconds went by as she focused her energy and concentrated with all her might, until finally she levitated a few inches off the ground. "You guys! Look at me! I'm flying!" Xenovia cried out in pure joy as she went higher until she was about five feet off the ground.
Next, Kiba was the one to fly. "Me too! I'm floating!"
They were wobbly and couldn't really fly straight yet, but Goten was amazed completely baffled at their incredible progress! Kiba floated over to Xenovia and high-fived her. The others cheered.
Then just as quickly as they found the energy, they lost it.
They lost control and fell. Kiba landed on his butt while Xenovia landed on her head.
Not too long after Xenovia and Kiba, the others soon took flight as well. They all ended up falling as well.
Instead, Goten had them start with just getting off the ground, and thenwork their way up.
They all wanted to fly like Goten and the other Z Fighters do so badly that they occasionally got ahead of themselves.
A few days had passed since the flying lesson, and there was only one week left until the Rating Game against Sona. As the devils got stronger, Goten's training got a little bit harder. In addition to improving their flying skills, the devils had learned how to fire basic Ki blasts. Over the prior week, all six of the devils had learned to fly and were now focusing on increasing their speed while flying as well as their own attributes, just as Goten had explained to them before.
"Ok, finally we've come to the final step of your training. Individual training!" Goten explained.
"Excuse me Goten," Ravel Phenex asked in a polite and reserved tone, "could you please explain what you mean by individual training?"
"Gladly!" Goten happily said. "Basically, all of you have different strengths. Before, you were just training your body to get stronger and learning a technique that can benefit all of you. But now, each one of you will slightly go on your own path for what benefits you the best. For example Kiba and Xenovia are swordsman, so they'll primarily improve their sword attacks."
"Oh, ok! I get it now!" Ravel chirped happily.
Goten then took a step back and took his time teaching a few skills to each of the devils in particular.
He started with Xenovia and Kiba, the Knights of the group, and went on to explain to the two swordsman about the benefits of channeling their Ki into the swords. After a few failed attempts, the duo succeeded and their Ki freely flowed through their powered-up swords. With the new power of infused Ki, both weapons glowed a faint yellow color. Kiba and Xenovia then sparred with each other with their new skill.
Goten moved on to Asia. He explained to her that while she has improved tremendously over the past three weeks, the shy blonde still had some things to learn that could really benefit her. Asia was already developing a powered up Twilight Healing on her own, but having another technique in her arsenal could never hurt. She did mind training. And soon was able to make her healing power take a physical form and form it into a ball of energy.
"Great, now test it out! Fire that ball at Kiba from all the way over here!" Goten gestured to him with his thumb.
"A-Are you sure…?" She asked timidly. She was afraid it might actually hurt him and not heal him! It was a valid fear though. Nobody had done this before, and even Goten was a little cautious of the result, which is why he told Asia not to make the ball that strong.
"Okay…! Here I go!" Asia fired the bright green healing ball directly at her friends, and they instantly felt better.
Xenovia jumped up on her feet, but almost collapsed again due to her fatigue. "Me next!" Asia complied and slowly formed a second healing ball that was identical to the first and carefully fired it at the blue-haired Gremory Knight. Just like with Kiba, her minor wounds were healed as well.
"Wow, I feel great! Thanks Asia!" Xenovia said picking up her Durandal and swinging it a few times.
"Yeah me too!" Kiba said as he activated his Balance Breaker once again and did a few swings and slashes of his own.
Goten then moved on to Koneko.
Since she fought in a similar way to Goten, he taught Koneko how to channel her Ki into her punches and kicks to make them much stronger. Koneko was still uncomfortable using her senjutsu because of her fears of becoming like her older sister Kuroka, so she used Ki as an alternative. She was also aware that the two were similar in how it is used, but felt a little more comfortable using Ki instead.
"Alright Koneko, I want you to hit me as hard as you can." Goten said folding his arms.
"But…you might get hurt!"
Goten chuckled and waved off her concerns. "Nah, I'll be fine. I've endured much worse in the past. Besides the best way to increase your strength is to spar with each other!"
"…Okay!" She said as she charged Goten ready to punch him.
Goten quickly put up a hand to catch the blow just before it hit him. "Keep goin'!"
Koneko continued kicking and punching. Goten blocked each hit, but he could still feel the great power behind the hits. For any regular human, they'd be in a lot of pain after one solid punch from Koneko.
Eventually they stopped after Koneko gt tired. "That was great, Koneko! You were awesome!" Koneko smiled and gave him a friendly hug, only to turn to Ravel and stick her tongue out at her to get back at the blonde for earlier.
Ravel huffed and stood up next as it was her turn.
"You Phenex were proficient in fire magic right? You could do some cool fire Ki attacks!"
"Y-You're just a dumb mortal! What do you know about high class devils?" Ravel said.
Goten scratched his head in confusion at Ravel who was standing in front of him with crossed arms and a blushing face. "I don't get it! One minute she's sweet and the next minute she says stuff like that, yet she's blushing! Girls really are weird." He shrugged when he realized he'd just a headache the more he thought about it and dropped it.
She looked up at him, pouting.
"Well I figured out most of your powers by seeing you and Riser fight so I just figured that would work."
"Okay!" Ravel's tough exterior disappeared almost immediately and was replaced with a bright and happy smile, only confusing him more. She smiled and gave him a tight hug of her own before going to join the others.
Ravel and Koneko glared at each other again and sparks of lightning even appeared between them.
Last, Goten went to Issei. He knew what Issei's resolve was, and had every intention in helping his friend out.
"Everything I've tried didn't work! No matter how much training I do, I still can't reach Balance Breaker! I even developed an attack of my own by combining my Ki and my boosts, but I still can't get it!" Issei complained. And Goten had to admit, his complaints were justified. "So what's wrong?"
"The key to your Balance Breaker. It comes in response to a need. Not a desire. My dad told me that when I training to get Super Saiyan 2."
"What the crap does that mean?"
Goten chuckled. "I mean it's not gonna happen just because you want it to. It has to be triggered, just like Super Saiyan 2 was for me when Kokabiel almost killed the girls."
Issei looked down to his Boosted Gear and then back to Goten. "What kind of trigger?"
"An emotional one, I guess. What else is there?" Goten shrugged before putting a hand on his chin to think. "Oh! Think of Raynare! I know I spared her, but imagine her!"
Even though Raynare did do some really evil and selfish things, Goten was glad he spared her. Everyone deserves second chances. Goten hoped that maybe, just maybe that Raynare could become good. He had to admit that Raynare was really pretty, and wouldn't mind someone like her as an ally if she ever resurfaced in the future.
Issei grimaced at the thought of his Fallen Angel girlfriend turned murderer. "Yuma…"
Goten could feel Issei's energy increase as he became angrier. He hit a mark. He didn't want to hurt his friend, but he had to if Issei was going to achieve his Balance Breaker.
"Think of what she did to you! To Asia! Especially Asia! She almost killed her, remember!? You couldn't save her. Remember how you felt!"
Issei suddenly began to have flashes back to his first and only date with Yuma, before getting mercilessly impaled through the chest while being mocked.
Will you die for me?
He remembered meeting Asia for the first time, and having her taken from him to be sacrificed. Asia would've died in his arms if it wasn't for Goten.
Raynare.
Just hearing her name broke his heart, sent cold shivers down his spine and enraged him all at once.
"I couldn't save Asia because I was too weak…" He mumbled, grimacing at thought of the bitter memory. "She killed me…She killed her… I let everyone down… Well no more! I won't fail Asia anymore!"
"Almost there…." Goten thought to himself.
"ERAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Suddenly the red armor on the gauntlet expanded across Issei's entire body covering it in a metallic, crimson-red armor covered with green jewels and large red wings. Red energy exploded from around Issei and raw powerful energy poured out from Issei's body.
[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker! Boosted Gear Scale Mail!] Ddraig's voice came from the green jewels.
Issei stopped for a moment and regained control of his anger. He looked at his hands, his feet, and the rest of his whole body before he actually understood what just happened. "I did it… I did it!" He started jumping up and down freely, shooting into the air and flying with his new dragon wings.
Once his celebrations were done, Issei descended back to where the group was and deactivated his new armor.
"Thanks, dude. I really appreciate the help. If it wasn't for you….we'll I'd be fuckin' dead for one, but I would've never transformed without your help. Thanks again bro." Issei said and fist-bumped his friend.
Goten smirked. "Your power is massive. I knew you'd be able to do it. I'm sorry I had to bring back those old memories for ya. I just had to bring it out in some way, and it was the best I could think of."
Issei smiled. "Nah, man. Don't sweat it. I'm really grateful. You're a true friend, Goten."
"Now comes the fun part. Learning to control it!"
"I'm game!"
And so, the last week before the Rating Game went by in a flash.
Now, it was the finally the day of the Rating Game. All six of the devils were ecstatic to show off their new moves to Rias and Akeno, and more importantly the Sitri devils during the battle. After a big breakfast, they were all required to meet in the foyer of Gremory Castle.
The group finally returned from their month long training session on the montain.
Oh how she missed her Goten so much. She'd only see him when he'd sneak back to the castle for food - and the ocasional goodnight kiss.
But now that was all over. And Rias could go back to having her lovable boyfriend all to herself again.
What seemed like hours rolled by, but it was only a few minutes and nobody from the Sitri side had arrived yet.
"Did they pussy out!? Does that mean we win?" Issei said as he started getting antsy.
"No way." Goten said. "I saw the look in Sona's eyes when Sirzechs announced the game. She'll be here."
Sona must have heard him, as she entered the room while adjusting her glasses. Her entire peerage was with her, except for Tsubaki.
Goten immediately noticed something was off, but brushed it off as she was just a little late.
"Sorry for the wait, everyone. I just had to approve something with Sirzechs." Sona said.
"Approve what?" Rias asked her childhood friend. "What could she be approving with Big Brother at a time like this? Did she get a last minute addition to her team?"
"You'll find out very soon, Rias. By the way do you plan on fighting in this Rating Game?" Sona asked the half-Saiyan, hiding a smirk.
"Me? Fight? Nah, not this time. I don't think it'll be fair to have me in the battle this time. I think Issei and the others will be plenty strong now that they're finished with my training. Besides, I only fought against Riser to save Rias."
"I see…" Sona said.
"Well then Goten, whadda say you fight me?!"
A boy suddenly came into the room and confidently declared that. He had on a black tank top, long black pants, and yellow shoes. He had piercing deep blue eyes, and light lavender colored hair.
"T-T-Trunks?! What the hell are you doing here?!" Goten excitedly declared. He jumped up from his seat and fist-bumped his best friend.
Trunks folded his arms in typical Vegeta fashion. "I should be asking you that! I stopped by your house last month to see you, and your parents tell me you're down here for some Rating Game against Sona. So I asked Tsubaki if I could fight on her side if you were fighting for Rias. And here I am today."
"I'm in. I've been waitin' for this. Rias, is that okay with you…?"
"S-Sure…!" Rias said hesitantly.
"This is gonna be a great fight, Trunks. I can tell." Goten said with a confident and cocky smirk, "...and this time, I'll win."
"Don't be so sure of yourself, Goten. I'm gonna win, just like last time." Trunks fired back at his best friend.
Rias was completely blown away by the news. "A rematch?! You two fought before?!"
"Yup. Eight years ago, in the final round of the Junior Division of the 25th World Tournament. It was me and Trunks." Goten said.
"And Goten lost." Trunks said confidently.
Goten growled at his friends taunting. "You got lucky! I'll beat you this time for sure!"
"We'll see about that…" Trunks replied to his younger friend."This is gonna be a battle to remember!" Trunks said lightheartedly.
"Definitely!" Goten replied, clenching his fists as he prepared for his biggest fight in over four months. Four months too long.
Trunks and Goten stared each other down with confident and cocky expressions spread across both Saiyan's faces as they awaited to be teleported to the Rating Game dimension. Trunks fighting for the Sitri, and Goten fighting for the Gremory.
Who will emerge victorious in this rematch of friends? And who will win the Rating Game?
A/N: Boom. Goten vs Trunks rematch.
This was a toughie. Lotta stuff I wanted to cover in this chapter, so if the pace seems fast that's why. The big fight is finally coming next chapter. I bet you guys didn't see that comin' lol