Shirou's POV...The Next Day…

I wish I could have taken a picture of Vali's face when I told him about our battle. I wish that I had. I regret not thinking of it until later.

Vali's jaw drops after I finish "How?! How the hell did you manage that? You haven't even unlocked Balance Breaker yet! I should have outclassed you!"

I nod "You did outclass me. I just outsmarted you. You just need to learn how to expect the unexpected."

Kuroka smirks, wrapping her tail around my waist as she nudges me "Don't rub it in Vali's face, Shi. It's bad enough that he lost to you."

I shrug, allowing her to cuddle up to me, as is her usual "Well, I'll just rub it in later then. Now then, let's eat and then get on the road, we've got things to do!"

POV Change: Amaterasu's POV…

I grunt, teleporting Susanoo, Tsukuyomi, and Yasaka to a different location "Alright, you all need to be on your best behavior. I mean it. I'm looking at you, Susanoo."

The black-haired boy tosses his hands up as he walks off towards the buffet table "Me? I'm a fucking angel! It's Tsukuyomi you need to look at! She's a sneaky bitch!"

I roll my eyes as Yasaka sweatdrops "Yeah, yeah. Go eat your food. I'll call you when it's time to go."

As Yasaka and I mingled with the other Gods and Goddesses that had come to this party, I was drawn by the familiar racket, coming from close by. I knew exactly who was causing it. I was gonna kill that bastard, I swear.

I charge through the crowd, following the sound of a crying girl, and of course, Odin, the leader of the Norse Mythology, was right in the middle of everything. I growl as Odin laughs "Of course, Rossweisse the boyfriendless Valkyrie is crying. Why am I not surprised? Though I'm impressed, a body like that ought to get you somewhere!"

I hang around Shirou way too much. Without thinking, I charged forward, bringing Odin to his knees as I summon a flaming sword "Odin, you dickless prick. Why am I not surprised, you always hit on anything with tits. I'm getting tired of listening to you though. How about I shorten your beard by a few hundred inches?"

Not going to lie, I was expecting to have to fight off Valkyries, but no one did anything. Quite a few of them smiled and gave me a thumbs-up. I smirk, sticking the sword close enough to start to singe his beard hairs "Come on, you old fuck. Move, make me cut your throat out."

Odin shivers, saying nothing. I smile, looking over to the silver-haired girl "Honey, Rossweisse, was it? Why don't you come live with us? We in the Shinto Faction will treat you much better than this fuck."

He doesn't treat his Valkyries with respect. I was expecting to have tried to convince Rossweisse to come with us. Almost instantly, she agreed. But, before I could take her to Yasaka, there was one more thing I had to do.

I looked down at the still-scared Odin and did my best Shirou impersonation "You will leave Rossweisse-chan alone, and you will never so much as think about her again. If you do, I will know. After that, you will not have to deal with washing your dickless self again. Understand?"

Odin nods rapidly, and so I take Rossweisse's hand and leave. I didn't want to take any more chances than I had to. It was time to leave.

I sigh, shouting at the top of my lungs "Amaterasu's idiotic siblings and Yasaka! It's time to go! It isn't even necessary to tell these idiots about Kokabiel. We can handle it ourselves."

Tsukuyomi and Yasaka came over from talking to other Gods, or in Tsukuyomi's case, flirting with them. Susanoo came over, a bowl of Spicy Soba Ramen in his hand, and three bowls balanced on his head "Don't judge me. They're for Shirou. They have good Soba here."

I roll my eyes and then my phone vibrates. I put up a finger, pulling it out "Hello?"

Shirou's voice comes over the other line "Hey, Su-chan...how's it going?"

I blink and then sigh "What'd you break, Shirou?"

Shirou's voice panics "Why is it that the one question that you ask?! Kuroka, what do I do? She knows!"

Kuroka's voice, also panicking, growls "You're still on the line, idiot! You just gave yourself away! Dumbass!"

Susanoo snickers as Yasaka takes the phone from me, growling into it "Shirou Amajiki, you have to the count of three to tell us what happened, or I swear to God, I will come down there and I will put my boot so far up your ass that it will be stuck there for years!"

Almost instantly, Shirou spills "Well, we met up with Vali, and he wanted to fight, so I kicked his ass by outthinking him, and then today we went into Kuoh Town, and everything just went to hell! I met this girl, Mitsuki Hyoudou, whose twin brother is the Legendary Red Dragon Emperor, and...it just went to hell."

I couldn't help myself. I took the phone back, chuckling "Is Miss Mitsuki cute?"

I can almost hear Shirou blush as he mutters "Yes. And she's powerful. She's the bearer of the Incinerate Anthem, and she's good at using it. She's also the bearer of Excalibur Blessing."

I chuckle "Do you need us to come down to you now, or do you just want to wait until the Meeting of Factions?"

Kuroka comes onto the line, sighing "We should be okay as is, so you can wait until the Meeting. Now, we've got to go. I've got to go make sure that Shi-chan doesn't do anything stupid, like challenge...Mi-chan. Damn it. I've got to go! Shirou! Stop it!"

As the line goes dead, I laugh nervously "Sounds like they're having a good time…"

Yasaka sighs "Ama-chan...get us home."

I nod, summoning a magic circle "On it."

Shirou's POV...Later That Day…

As Vali and I are sparring outside, Mitsuki races in, Issei right next to her "Guys, where's Rias-sama?"

I shrug, narrowly ducking underneath Vali's gauntleted fist "No clue. Why do you ask?"

Issei growls "Because a girl got taken by the Fallen Angels! We need to save her! She's innocent!"

I blink, looking at Vali "You said she got taken by Fallen Angels? You realize that chances are, she's been taken into a Church, which means that you Devils are at a disadvantage, right?"

The brunettes growl, in unison "I don't care! She doesn't deserve this!"

I sigh as Vali nods "Well...we can go save her...if you can get more people to come. We're going to need a hell of a lot more people to come since I can't muster more than maybe two Delete Fields and don't have Balance Breaker unlocked."

Almost instantly, the brunettes take off, heading into the house. I look over to Vali "You have a feeling that we just did something really bad?"

Vali nods, his scale mail disappearing "Oh definitely. At the very least, maybe we can get you to unlock Balance Breaker."

I grunt, rolling my eyes as I re-enter my fighting stance "How am I surprised that you're the only one who wants me to unlock Balance Breaker in the middle of a fight?"

Two Hours Later…

Mitsuki sighs as Issei growls "Rias-sama won't let us do anything about Asia-chan. Who knows what hell she's going through!"

I groan "Oh man, Kuroka's sooo going to kill me for this. Mi-chan. Ise. I'll help you. Vali and I will help you."

Mitsuki practically leaps into my arms "Thank you, Shirou-kun!"

I sweatdrop, awkwardly patting her "Y-you're welcome…"

Vali grunts "If we're going to invade a Church, we might want to do it now, while everyone is out. Shirou, do you think you can handle the power of a Holy Sword?"

I grunt "Depends...which holy sword?"

Vali shrugs "Well, Arthur managed to pick up Excalibur Nightmare when he found Ruler, and he always keeps Ruler with him, so Nightmare. That way, we can have two Excaliburs at our side."

I grunt "You do realize I can make Holy and Demonic Swords, right?"

Vali grunts "Yeah, but your Holy Swords need work. Just take Nightmare as a precaution."

I sigh as Vali opens a magic circle, pulling the aforementioned Holy Sword out "Fine. Now come on, before Kuroka finds us."

Vali smirks "You are scared of her, aren't you?"

I blink "You've never been around her when she's pissed! If you have, you'd know why I'm scared!"

As everyone laughs, Vali summons a magic circle and teleports us away. I don't know why I'm doing this, to be honest. It's a given that, even if I manage to survive this, Kuroka's going to kill me. Hell, if she doesn't, Yasaka will when she finds out. Oh well...at least I die for a good cause!

Ten Minutes Later...Outside the Church…

I grunt, not for the final time "Why did I agree to this?"

Vali shrugs, the Divine Dividing glowing "No clue. So what's the plan?"

Issei shrugs "I figured that we'd go for the all-out assault."

Mitsuki sweatdrops "Really? When I begged them to come, I figured you'd have a plan…"

I grin "Well, to be honest since Kuroka's going to kill me for doing this anyway, why not go out with a bang? I'm with Ise on this one."

Vali sweatdrops "Of course you are. And I thought I was the one who liked to fight...even though I know you always have a plan! Idiot!"

I sigh, grabbing Issei and pushing him on "Exactly. I always have a plan. Now let's go!"

I grin, summoning my gauntlet as Vritra grunts "[Kid, you sure you know what you're doing?]"

I chuckle "Yes, Vritra. I know. Now come on, Issei. Let's go save this girl."

I gesture and Demonic Swords fill the space, breaking open the doors. I grin as the others follow behind "Knock Knock, motherfuckers! Anybody home?"

Issei quickly pushes me away as a light spear almost takes my head off. I grin as several Fallen Angels come out of hiding "Oh good, we're going to have a party!"

{Balance Breaker: Vanishing Dragon Scale Mail!}

I duck underneath a Fallen Angel's fist before drawing both Dwyrmyr and Excalibur Nightmare. Mitsuki draws Excalibur Blessing and the two of us tag-team, managing to defeat three Fallen, just by ourselves. I grunt, gesturing as we hear a cackling laugh "Mi-chan, Ise! Go and get her! Vali and I will take the rest of the trash out!"

As the Hyoudou siblings charge forward, Vali grunts "Half Dimension!"

{Half Dimension!}

As Vali takes care of the energy, I growl, black fire covering my fists "Dwyrmyr! Chaos Striker!"

The blade lengthens, turning black as I disappear, cutting through the Fallen. Before I can think about anything else, a sharp pain hits my shoulder. I growl as a green-haired man cackles "Come on, Devil bitches! You think you can handle me!? Too bad!"

I growl as Vritra rumbles "[You're extremely lucky that you're not a devil. You've just been shot by an Exorcist's light gun. It's going to hurt like a bitch, but other than that, you'll be fine. I would suggest that you take care of him quickly though before he proves to be more of a threat.}"

Vali and I disappeared, and I was thankful that we had tried to learn Taijutsu the last time that Vali and his team were in Kyoto. Using our speed, enhanced by Vali's Balance Breaker and my Touki, we were unable to be matched by most people. As Vali kicked the Exorcist up, I went up with him, exploding out of the gate. Having sheathed both of my swords, I summoned a pitch-black Demonic Sword and a pure white Holy Sword. I grin, flashing a couple of fangs as I start to spin "Sorry to cut this short, but we've got friends in the next room, so...Darkness Blazing Spin!"

Combining my fire with my swords did the trick. Vali and I managed to one-shot the bastard without even really trying. I knew that my Touki would only last a couple of minutes longer, thanks to my lack of total control over my Ki, so I knew that I would have to work fast.

Nodding to Vali, I sprinted into the next area, just as the blonde that must have been Asia Argento started to scream, a ravenette Fallen Angel cackling as Issei and Mitsuki are both on their knees. Mitsuki growls, purple flames curling around her hand as she charges at the Fallen "I'll kill you for hurting her!"

I jump down, grabbing onto the Fallen and practically tossing her out the window edgewise "Sorry Mi, but leave it to the professionals. I wouldn't want you to have a change of fate. Me on the other hand...oh well."

Leaving Mitsuki and Issei to deal with Asia, I jumped after the Fallen Angel, catching up to her in no time. As she tried to fly away, I cut through two of her four wings with the black sword. She screams "Please! Don't do this! I'll do anything!"

I grunt, eyes dark "What were you doing with that girl?"

The ravenette shivers as she looks at me "I...I was being forced to help Kokabiel, the Fallen Angel of the Stars, to get a healing Sacred Gear...I didn't want to do this, I swear! Please, spare me!"

I growl as Vritra grumbles "[I do not sense any lies in her. She is telling the truth. I would say that we spare her, at the cost of her becoming our servant. With that said, it is your choice.]"

I sigh, hauling her to her feet "My name is Shirou Amajiki. I'm the bearer of the Vritra Gears and the guardian of Yasaka, the Queen of the Yokai. Who are you?"

The ravenette bows slightly "I...I'm Raynare."

I nod "It is nice to meet you...I tell you what. My pal trusts you, so I will too. I will take you to Kyoto with me, and you'll be a part of the team. With that said, if I ever so much as think for a second that you are about to betray me, I will cut you down before you can even notice what the hell is going on. Do you understand?"

She nods, so I pick her up in my arms, getting her to blush slightly "Good. Now, I'm going to take you back to the others, and we're going to get you patched up. I apologize about your wings."

As I start flying back, Vritra grunts, chuckling "[Kuroka-chan is so going to kill you.]"

I shrug, landing at the church "Oh well. Vali, you and the others here?"

What I see next...terrified me to no end. Instead of the people I left behind, there were a lot more. Rias and the rest of her peerage...and Kuroka, and Vali's team were all there. Kuroka narrows her eyes "You're an idiot. And who is this?"

I allow Raynare to drop to her feet and then keep her behind me, knowing exactly how people will react "This is Raynare. Before you or Ise decide to kill her, Mitsuki, it wasn't her fault. She was being forced to take Asia's Sacred Gear for Kokabiel, the Angel of the Stars. She didn't want to do it. And so, I'm taking her to Kyoto. She will be a part of my team. If anyone wants to argue about it, they can take it up with me. And before you complain that 'Oh, she tried to kill Asia.' I know. She knows what will happen if I so much as think she might betray us. Now, with all of the questions asked...can we please go back home? I'm extremely tired…"

I fell forward, my stamina shot. I had not expected to have to train and then fight my way through a lot of Fallen Angels. Then again, I did get shot, so, I have an excuse. No one can take that from me.

(Author sighs) "Well, that's chapter two of The Black Knight of Kyoto. As I'm sure you've come to notice, I've put the Blood Hero: Ketsueki on hiatus. I just haven't been feeling that one, you know? Well, anyway, the next chapter, Kuroka gets pissed, and it's the Meeting of Factions. Shirou gets pissed at the incompatibility of the Factions and stalks off to go deal with the problem himself. That gets him almost killed and shows how much Kuroka cares about him. When Vali and Issei work together to retrieve Shirou's half-dead, now extremely scarred body, Kuroka cries. Soon enough, Shirou will also achieve two Balance Breakers in his first fight with Kokabiel, right before almost dying. The last one, and strongest, is Dragon King's Flame Prison of Guilt. That will happen while Kuroka is healing Shirou for about three days, Vritra using the time not only to train him but also transform him into a dragon, giving him more power. Oh boy, have I got plans for this story! Alright, thank you for all the support you guys have shown for these stories, and I love you all! Peace!"