Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Clarent excalibur; Thanks for the vote! I thought it would be, they're like that after all~ Asia and Isane do have a good friendship huh. Le Fay's going to be searching for ways to help her brother, could lead her to Zenki and the others. I could see a scene like that happening!
yogaratw607; That would be pretty cool, maybe he'll be able to do something like that.
Yukilumi; Not really, kissing directly is something saved for a particularly romantic moment, I believe anyway. Maybe so, there's things that separate them though. Well thanks, glad you like him. It depends who's fighting who and how long it takes depends on that. It is based on anime so yeah he'd have some traits like that.
ShadowUzumaki55; Thanks very much! Haha, that's Isane for you, she's quite the forward type of person huh. They would have yeah, Vali put a stop to that for now. It was horrible yeah, but Zenki came to protect Asia from Freed, and dropped him right away. They got Mittelt yeah~ Akeno's come a good long way and is able to harness her power to a good degree. She might arrive there soon, first she's going to try somewhere else.
Silver crow; Thanks! Glad you like it. His goals are something that will be shown as the story goes on. Yeah Elmen does suit Pawn. I guess that he could do something like that. Thanks for the votes! Yeah, those ideas sound pretty awesome! It seems that his rep precedes him. We'll be getting some steamy scenes in the future. Zenki does know about the Boosted Gear due to research so he shared his knowledge about it. Yeah, I can confirm he's met Tobio, and Lavinia. I can't say anything about the others, he might have met them. Ravel can see through her tricks, and got her own back. She's seen it before, so she at least knows he can control others projectiles. Yeah, it's gonna be fun when she finds out huh. Freed went against the group, and killed someone though Zenki managed to come and save them. Mittelt got caught for now, and the others soon shall follow. Akeno is currently stronger than the likes of Raynare, Bikou on the other hand is right now stronger than her. Walburga fought off Arthur, but right now couldn't overpower him, and yeah, she didn't use it, not right now anyway. We'll see his plans coming together as we go through the story. It wont be this chapter Le Fay and Zenki meet, but they will meet quite soon. I can't reveal if his heritage would be different or not. He'd definitely reign Issei in if he was going too far. Yeah, he wouldn't have fire, that's Natsu's thing. I don't know about Gajeel yet. Yeah, that would be cool if she was on the team. August could survive yeah. Yeah, she could be stronger. Dunno about Levy and Juvia yet. That would be fun with Irene. He wouldn't get that sword. Not sure about Hanabi yet. Maybe he could be that.
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Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Capture the Fallen Angels part one!
Arthur, sitting before the man who had captured him, couldn't move. His arms were bound, and his sword had been taken away from him, and locked within very complex magical seals that even he hadn't seen before, even with Le Fay.
Whoever had made them, clearly wasn't a weakling at all.
It was as if he was attempting to taunt him with the sword being right there, within the same room, yet he was out of reach. He couldn't even use his powers with the sword.
Then the man who had caught him, moved forward, running a hand through his hair.
"Hello, Arthur. You simply could have followed me, but you're forcing me to take control over you."
"Tch, you captured me yet you didn't get my Imouto. Are you worried about that?"
"Worried about the little magician? Hardly. She'll show up sooner or later, and when she does, I'll bring her in. But I was there for you, Arthur. Your skills in wielding a blade, while not completely polished will be a good asset to my growing group. I do like finding unique and interesting people to be beside me."
"Like your Witch."
Arthur spat out, not wanting to give this man any kind of satisfaction.
In fact, even though he couldn't see the man's face, Arthur knew that dark intentions laid ahead for him, yet he simply didn't care.
"Walburga, she does have her uses. She's not in the upper echelons of my group, but she's got a good deal of knowledge on a variety of people and has multiple connections that are good for someone like me. But ignoring that for the moment, aren't you happy that you get to be one of the first test subjects for me? I've been perfecting my technique for a while now, and I'd like to see how you're able to resist, and what I need to do to adjust."
"Need to do to adjust…?"
Arthur murmured not quite understanding what he was talking about.
Some technique that needed to be perfected?
How would he be a test subject?
Just what was going to happen to him?
"Don't worry Arthur, you're precious to me, I wont harm you."
Arthur thought that was laughable at best.
"...Then why did you capture me? What are you going to be doing to me exactly? Experimenting on me? What kind of experimentation are you going to do on me? Is it to do with the Holy Sword Caliburn?"
"Caliburn and experimentation huh? I hadn't even considered that. That could be interesting, infusing the power of a holy sword into a body...perhaps I'll do just that, thanks for helping me along Arthur-kun~"
Despite his tone being playful, Arthur sensed a darkness within his voice.
It was chilling.
Creepy.
He could feel it sending shivers down the man's spine.
"I'm not a sadist myself, so I don't want any harm to come to you, Arthur Pendragon. Resistance is futile, am I right?"
He joked with Arthur who was getting more and more agitated.
He definitely felt worried about what was going to happen next.
All he knew was that he was going to be experimented…
But what that meant, he truly didn't know.
Zenki, later into the night, took the trip towards the Grigori once more. Mittelt kept trying to wriggle her way out of his grasp, but she wasn't able to do that, she wasn't strong enough.
"Help! A Devil has kidnapped me!"
Mittelt cried to the others walking in the Grigori.
But since they were aware of Zenki and who he was as a person along with his connection to Azazel, they didn't even bat an eyelid.
"Honestly, did you think that would work?"
Mittelt developed teary eyes.
"Y-Yes...n-no, I don't know...alright, I'm scared!"
"You don't have to be scared, no one's going to hurt you now."
Mittelt scowled up at him.
"How am I meant to know that? You're a scary existence, I might even die, and you're not even caring about my well being!"
"I do care about your well being. I didn't kill you, did I?"
"You could want me as your servant! You Devils would want me as a girlfriend! I'm sure of it!"
Mittelt argued, with Zenki raising an eyebrow.
"Erm...if that's what you think then you're way off base. All I'm doing is delivering you to Azazel-san, I wont be doing anything further with you."
Making it to the door of Azazel, he lightly tapped on it.
"I'm going to die if you let Azazel-sama take me! My death will be on your head! I hope you can live with that, because I certainly wouldn't be able to do it!"
"You and I both know that Azazel-san wouldn't hurt you like that. You're being quite dramatic all of a sudden."
As he said it, Azazel opened the door.
Seeing Mittelt, and Zenki stood there, he let out a sigh at Freed.
"Seriously, do any of my subordinates actually work for me and not have some hidden agenda?"
Zenki gave a bemused smile while Mittelt thrashed side to side.
"It wasn't me Azazel-sama! I didn't betray you! I only have the utmost respect for you!"
Trying to save her own skin, Mittelt began to cry.
"Mittelt, you already have betrayed me by attacking my friends within Kuoh." Azazel said it while narrowing his brows. "Anyway, I'll have her arranged to be taken away." Azazel snapped his fingers, and some guards came from within his office. "Come now, Mittelt. Did you think you'd succeed? You're a good Fallen Angel with decent skills for your level, but you couldn't have beaten the likes of Zenki or Vali."
Mittelt went to speak, but her mouth felt dry.
Her body felt cold inside.
She truly didn't know what she was going to do now.
"Azazel-sama, I didn't...I mean, I only went along with what Raynare wished for...I didn't do this to harm you..."
Mittelt did sound regretful of causing upset, and tried to smooth it over…
But Azazel just lowered his eyes.
"But in the end, you did harm me Mittelt. If you had believed in me, then you'd understand that I wouldn't have done anything like this. I love Longinus', but I don't want to take them away from their possessors. The only times I would is if they asked, or they were too dangerous in the current hands they would be in and were being used for evil deeds. Even then, it would be a hard thing for me to do. I...I'm disappointed, Mittelt."
Mittelt realized what she had done.
In the end, she knew that she had messed up, and that she wasn't going to be able to do anything other than repent in prison.
Mittelt cried as she was being taken away by the guards.
As they had disappeared, Zenki turned to Azazel who seemed to be a bit disheartened.
"Azazel-san, it isn't your fault that this happened."
"No...maybe it isn't, but still...the owner of the Boosted Gear has been placed into danger because of my Fallen Angels."
It seemed like Azazel was being a bit harsh on himself, at least what Zenki could gather.
"Azazel-san, you can't blame yourself for them. It seemed that they also were working with Dohnaseek due to their goals. You couldn't have known about them."
"I had placed Raynare, Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, and Mittelt in a group a few years ago. Raynare was always quite loyal, she was quite devoted to the Grigori...but there was always an element of inferiority within her. I felt like she held these feelings of worthlessness, but in the end, I couldn't even do anything in the end to dissuade her, despite trying to pair her off with people that could help her along. Even then, to go this far...I'm surprised, the Raynare I knew...I thought I knew, wouldn't go this far, and this deep into a darkness like this. I had asked Raynare what she thought about Dohnaseek, and she said that he had done a disservice to the Grigori. I took her at face value...I couldn't have guessed she would have done this."
"We can't predict what's going to happen sometimes Azazel-san, even if you attempt to make every prediction possible. There have been cases from both Fallen Angels, and Devils sides...respectable people show sides to others that were hidden away."
Zenki tried to comfort the Fallen Angel, and Azazel did appreciate that.
"Perhaps you're right. Though it seems that I keep causing trouble for you guys."
"Aha, no worries about that. It isn't your worry about what's happened here. We'll get the Fallen Angels soon enough when they emerge once more, and you can ask them about the reason they betrayed you. You still have plenty of people that wish to follow you, Azazel-san."
"Yes, you're right. I'm sorry to ask you once more, can you bring in Raynare and the others for me?"
"Sure, it isn't a problem….well, we hope it isn't a problem anyway."
Azazel raised an eyebrow curiously.
"What do you mean? Do you have some knowledge on something I don't?"
Zenki hummed as he began explaining the series of events until now, and what they thought about what had happened, and in the end, Azazel was quite surprised by what had happened.
Zenki exhaled as he finished the explanation.
"...And that's it. We aren't sure, but the power to hide their presence wasn't the Fallen Angels doing. At least, not all their doing. Vali-chan mentioned that...I believe her name is Kalawarner, was able to hide within a barrier, but that shouldn't of hidden it from Kuroka-san and Koneko-chan's senses."
"Yes, the Fallen Angels shouldn't have that kind of ability. But even if they are, why would they help out the Fallen Angels? They had the power back then to even contend with your Otou-sama for a little while, and seal us both in a different space."
Zenki folded his arms, taking in all of the information.
"That's why I'm dubious. I'm sure that if they wished for whatever they wanted, why not come and do the job yourself? Is it because they don't want us to know it's them? Either way, I'm only taking it as a precaution for now. If we find more evidence...it could be Bikou had helped them do it. He might have some unknown ability to hide us. I have heard he does know Senjutsu, so it could be that he's more skilled than I was aware of."
"Hmmmm...it could be to do with Bikou, he's worked for us for a good while now, and while he does love fighting, he didn't seem to have a truly evil heart to me. Perhaps Raynare offered him something that would allow him to join her side for the time being."
"Vali-chan's intent on fighting him."
Azazel let out a small laugh at what he had said.
"Haha, typical Vali. I'm sure she'd love to do something like that. Well, I'll see what I can make of the situation here. Though Takumi, you should be aware of something I've been hearing rumours about recently."
"Rumours?"
"There's a new forming group, I don't know if they're connected to the incident a few years ago with Asia, and the Nekomata girls. But I have heard that the supposed leader of the group is Ophis."
Zenki swallowed his spit with a gulp.
"O-Ophis, as in the Dragon God Ophis?"
"Yes, that Dragon has usually stayed out of every conflict. But it seems that Ophis is currently becoming involved. If Ophis is, then it's going to be a complicated situation. I thought I should warn you, in case this is connected to Ophis. Though I think it is unlikely, I wouldn't know what Ophis would want with the Boosted Gear, there's been no reports on Ophis currently attempting anything with the Heavenly Dragons. Ophis has been seeking strong people I believe from the intelligence reports that we've received."
Zenki put on a complex expression.
"I hope that it isn't Ophis. Though I do have to admit that I am intrigued by the power that Ophis does have."
"Is that Vali's battle maniac ways shining through there?"
Zenki let out a small laugh.
"Nothing of the sort. It's just, Ophis is a Dragon God, wouldn't it be interesting to see how that operates? The thought of studying a very powerful being like Ophis...though I wouldn't confront Ophis right now, that would be suicide to a high degree."
"I'd tend to agree. Either way, I'm sure that this will be resolved soon. Keep me updated on what's currently happening."
"Of course. Hopefully, it should be finished with soon enough. When they show up again, I'm having my peerage and Rias-chan's search for anything that could help us find them. They might not be in the town right now but as soon as they show up, then we have them."
"That's a good idea. Then I'll leave it to you."
Zenki inclined his neck, and was glad that despite the situation, Azazel still seems to be the same Azazel as always.
Meanwhile, Raynare, Kalawarner, Freed, and Bikou had been teleported somewhere else entirely. The area was dark, and it was confined. Raynare moved forward, and tried to get out of the area, but she was forced back by a barrier.
"Raynare!"
Kalawarner went over to her, and helped her up.
"I'm fine, don't worry about me."
She spoke kindly to Kalawarner, attempting to understand what was happening.
"What is this place? And how can I cut up the people here so we can leave?"
Freed murmured, as Raynare looked up and down.
"H-Hello? Is anyone here?"
Raynare called, but didn't get an answer.
Bikou folded his arms.
"Is this some kind of dungeon for you girls?"
"I keep telling you, that I didn't do this!"
Raynare roared while growled, and began tightening her hands.
"Hahaha! We're really in trouble now! Fallen Angel-sama's are we going to be killed?! But I've been a good boy! If it is a Devil, then I'll slice them down!"
"Calm down Freed." Kalawarner said it while waving a dismissing hand. "We're going to be alright, lets just keep calm now. We have to assess the situation and make sure that-"
"Let me out! Let me out! Let me out! I'll cut up everyone and I'll make them bleed horribly!"
Kalawarner gave a deadpan stare to Freed who was running around the small confined area they were in.
"...Or we could do something like that."
Raynare pushed Freed backwards towards Kalawarner, showing an annoyed face.
"Alright! My name is Raynare, and you've captured us for some reason! What kind of reason is that exactly? Are you attempting to get information out of us? Because we don't know anything about whatever you're attempting to do!"
Raynare tried to call out.
But she didn't receive a response, which angered her even more than before.
Seconds, turned to minutes, and minutes turned to hours, and no matter what they did, they couldn't get out. Even Bikou couldn't get out of what was happening, and he was the strongest on there.
"Shit, this is really bad. If we stay here much longer, I might freak the hell out!"
Bikou snapped, while Freed sat down on the floor, and felt his anger growing higher and higher.
"This is stupid. They've just left us here. Is it those sadistic Devils? I couldn't believe it, even they wouldn't do something so foolish!"
Raynare ground her teeth.
"This is getting ridiculous, I wont be stifled like this! Come out right now! We've been here for hours now! If you're going to just kill us, then get it over with already! Fight me! Come on, I'm ready right now for a fight!"
"Raynare! Shut the hell up now! I'm not dying for you!"
Bikou angrily growled at her, igniting rage within Raynare.
"I'm paying you! You do as I say!"
"No, I wont do as you say if it leads to my death! Don't you remember that I was only here for a brief amount of time to fight Vali and Zenki?! I didn't come here for you! So cut this crap out right now, and stop antagonising the enemies!"
Raynare paused at the yell.
She couldn't hide her astonishment at his yelling.
"Alright Bikou, cool your jets please. There's no need to freak out."
Bikou placed a hand to his forehead.
"Seriously, this woman is infuriating..."
"I can hear you! We're literally in the same barrier!"
"I know you care hear me!"
Raynare scowl showed itself more and more, seeing the playful smirk on his face.
He was playing with Raynare.
Rubbing her hands on the sides of her temples, she began looking around in despair.
However, then Walburga came up towards the barrier, and showed a sadistic sneer on her face.
"Hello there my lovelies, and Freed." Freed blinked in slight annoyance while Bikou wondered about being apart of this girls 'lovelies'. "It seems that you're all trapped here, aren't you hehehe~"
"Who the hell are you?"
Raynare demanded from the woman before them, with Walburga winking.
"My name doesn't matter, but I've been tasked to ask you all something." Raynare and the others blinked curiously. "It seems that you're after Isane Hyoudou's Sacred Gear, the Longinus known as Boosted Gear, right?"
Bikou raised his hand.
"Actually, I'm just wanting to fight strong opponents."
Walburga stares at him for a few moments, then shakes her head to his annoyance.
"Whatever. Either way, if you want the Boosted Gear, then you'll have to do what I say, wont you? Because without us, you're going to be killed." Raynare and the others clenched their fists together. "However, if you don't want that future to come to pass, then how about you work with us and we'll gain you some new kind of power?"
"How could we trust you? We don't even know who you are."
Kalawarner spat out, she didn't want the others to be hurt either.
However, as she was speaking, a new being revealed himself from behind Walburga.
The man himself, was a man they were familiar with, and that was, Kokabiel himself.
"Ko-Kokabiel-sama?"
Kalawarner spoke everyone else's thoughts, trying to understand what was happening.
"Yes, that's right, Kalawarner, everyone. I'm the one who was able to save you from the jaws of death."
"But...who is she?"
Raynare called curiously.
Kokabiel snickered.
"Yes, this woman is an acquaintance of mine. You don't have to worry, her ability to use magic is the reason she's working with me. Raynare, I thought that you'd be able to handle it, but I didn't think that Zenki Astaroth and Vali Lucifer would be able to repel you like this."
Raynare found that slightly suspicious.
She didn't get why he'd believe that.
Most would be able to tell that the power difference between her, and Zenki or Vali, is something that couldn't be measured so easily. While she hated to admit it, it was simply something of a failure for her.
"Kokabiel-sama..."
"That's why, I'll help you this time, don't worry about it."
Kokabiel's words sounded sweet, but Raynare didn't quite understand why he was being sweet.
Did he also with for the Boosted Gear?
Or was it for something else entirely?
It just didn't make much sense to her.
Kalawarner folded her arms.
"Kokabiel-sama, this is generous, I wasn't under the impression that you'd ever help us. I thought for sure that you'd turn us into Azazel-sama for what we've done."
"Usually, I would. But I sympathize with your plight. I know your feelings on the matter are hard, you've been pushed around for a long time now due to your rank. I also feel the same in regards to how I'm ranked. I might be ranked high, but being underneath people like Azazel..."
"Azazel-sama's great! What are you talking about Kokabiel-sama?"
Kokabiel let out a small chortling sound, seeing the rage that was building on her face.
"I'm just saying, for people like us, we're in a situation where others lord power over us. I wish to also change that. Your idea on gaining the Boosted Gear is a brilliant one, and I think that we should go forward with that kind of mentality."
"Kokabiel-sama, are you saying that you want the Boosted Gear then? Do you really want that kind of power?"
"If we work together, then we can first gain the Boosted Gear from the weak user-chan, then we can go for more of the Longinus'. They aren't something I much care about, but as of late, it seems that the people that use the power of the Longinus, have been gaining more and more power, and possibly in the future, they're going to be able to surpass people like us. We have to look to the future, and the future is the power of the Longinus'. So, what do you say? If you decide to team up with me, then we'll all gain the power of the Longinus'."
Kalawarner, and Freed seemed to be quite thrilled with that idea.
However, Raynare felt like something was off.
More than it should be.
Kokabiel let out a small laugh, and began walking away with Walburga, explaining "I'll come back, I'd like an answer by then." and disappeared.
Once out of sight, Kokabiel snaps his fingers, and turns into the leader of the group once more, Walburga letting out a small laugh.
"It seems that they were fooled pretty easily."
"Kokabiel is slimy anyway, he for sure would attempt something like this, and they'll believe one of their leaders. Besides, I can test something with these Fallen Angels, the efforts of my research."
"Are we really going for it? The Boosted Gear?"
At Walburga's question, he simply tilted his head side to side.
"Boosted Gear...I'm currently not interested, I'm more interested in seeing the fruits of my labour, and if I can test it out with these girls, then we'll see what works, and what doesn't." He produced some kind of jewel, and tossed it to Walburga. "I'm going to leave it to you Walburga, give this Raynare, she seems to be reckless enough to try it. Just make sure that we don't lose Arthur."
"Hahaha, don't worry about that. I've got my eyes on that boy, I'll make sure he stays around. But do you think he'll fully commit?"
"He's got a strong will, we'll use this as a test, and see where he can go from here. Eventually, his will, shall crumble down. It's just a matter of when and how it is going to crumble down. Anyway, get him prepared Walburga, you'll be moving soon enough."
Walburga saluted happily.
"Right! Leave it to me~"
Walburga giggled ever so slightly, and began moving around, while the leader of the group showed a dark smile on his face, moving away from the area.
Later on, Zenki went patrolling with Kuroka, and Yumi. Koneko was with Vali, and Asia, leaving Rias and Akeno back at the house to keep Isane safe, and also they could spread out in this manner to check the town.
Going to various places, they attempted to find a trace of the Fallen Angels.
But unfortunately, they couldn't find anything about them at all.
No clues.
No energy signatures.
"So, Kuroka-san, Yumi-chan. Find anything?"
Kuroka shook her head.
"Clearly, they're not here in this town right now nyaa. We've searched over this town a few times, and they've disappeared. But I'm sure that they'll appear soon enough nyaaa."
Zenki folded his arms.
"It's suspicious that someone...would do something for the Fallen Angels, unless they have an agenda in mind. Either way, thanks for your efforts, we have limited options right now, and can only wait until we sense them once more. In the meantime, we'll head back to the house, and think of preparing for any situation that might come about."
"Ooh that's great nyaaa~ I could do with a rest~"
Kuroka, Zenki and Yumi travelled back to their home, and
When going inside of their large home, Zenki pulled Yumi to the side, and went into a private room together, to deliver some news.
"Yumi-chan, while I was delivering Mittelt-san to the Grigori, I received news from the Underworld, that the next child is ready to come out of the barrier now. They've safely been cleared of the worse effects of the poison, so when this mess is over with, we'll go and see them in the Underworld, okay?"
Yumi's face curled upwards.
Every time she heard a child from the Holy Sword Project was going to be free, it did feel amazing, and she could hardly wait.
"Zenki-kun...yes, I can't wait for it to happen! It's been so long...but, I'm glad that my comrades...no, my family, could begin living together normally. Though I haven't found the person responsible yet...to know that they're going to be safe and happy...it makes me feel so good..."
Zenki adopted a kind smile, holding onto her hand.
"Yes, the younger ones have aged to a point where they're around the same age as you were when we first met."
"Yes...they've grown so well, and are so happy now. With the place they're at, safe away from anyone that could harm them."
"We can bring them to see the newest member being released from the barrier soon enough."
Yumi wrapped her arms around Zenki's body, who did the same right back.
"Thank you, Zenki-kun. For everything you've done for me. You always come through in the end, you work harder than anyone else behind the scenes. You do more for us than we even realize, and even now, all these years later, you're still doing your best for me."
"Of course, you're apart of my peerage, I'll do anything to make your life better."
Zenki ran his fingers through her blonde hair, and gave her a light kiss on the cheek, causing her cheeks to turn bright red at the feeling of his lips on her. Her eyes met with his own, and her fingers brushed his face gently.
"Zenki-kun...thank you, I mean it."
Zenki shook his head, and continued to hold onto her.
His hands soothingly stroked her back, as her hands went down his own back.
"No problem, Yumi-chan. Lets hope this gets sorted out soon." As he said it, Yumi began moving her fingers through her shirts openings, and unhooked her shirt. "Yumi-chan, what are you..."
"Zenki-kun...b-before the others come back, c-can we also...c-can you also play w-with my boobs too…? Everyone's be-becoming more forward lately...a-and I also wish to have some fun with Zenki-kun too!"
Surprised at her declaration, Zenki sat down on the bed, and brought her down with him. Falling down onto his lap, she twisted her body so her legs hung on the right hand side, and her body was held close to his own.
"Yumi-chan, we have sometime, I'll comfort you if you wish?"
Hearing that, Yumi took the chance, and took off her shirt, along with her bra. Freeing her bouncy breasts, her nipples were erect, her breathing became slightly laboured with the thoughts of what they could do together.
"Yes...Zenki-kun, please play with my breasts...just for a little while, we could have some fun together..."
Looking up at him with a cute expression, his fingers brushed over her face lovingly, her body felt warm from the touch, his kind eyes on her almost caused her to fall into him. Tenderly, her fingers took his hand, and placed it on her breast.
Moaning at the tender touch, Yumi felt his hand rotate across her breast, as she bit her lower lip, suppressing a small moan. But Zenki leaned closer, and lightly kissed her earlobe, surprising Yumi who let out an audible moan.
"Your ears are quite sensitive Yumi-chan."
He whispered huskily, Yumi's appreciating eyes locked together with his own, and leaned closer with her own lips, pressing them against his cheek, and began trailing kisses across his cheek, and down his jaw, while his hand continued playing with her breast.
His fingers slid between the nipple of hers, and lightly pinched them.
"Aaah, Zenki-kun~"
She mewed out happily, her face flustered as he continued working her breast with his hand. Biting her lower lip from releasing the moans, Yumi continued kissing Zenki's neck and then in a surprising turn, lightly bit his neck, and nibbled at the flesh.
This time, it was Zenki that had to suppress the moan due to how light her touch was.
"My Yumi-chan, you've become more forward."
Yumi's eyes fluttered with a sheepish expression spreading on her face.
"...It's because of the others, that I have to be forward like this."
Zenki chortled, gently stroking her face.
Yumi's body curled closer to Zenki's own, and held onto him.
"Zenki-kun, while we're here, maybe we could..."
Before she could finish, the door opened to reveal Vali stood there.
Her eyes narrowed at Yumi, who gave a small pout.
"Vali-chan, have you come across anything?"
"They've just arrived back in town, inside some kind of rundown Church."
Zenki stood up, with Yumi holding onto him.
"Right, then lets make sure that this town is secure first, then we'll go and get them."
"Right." Vali glanced at Yumi who quickly left. "Zenki, this doesn't feel right to me."
Zenki put on a complex expression.
"You mean because of how they suddenly just appeared."
"Yes, I feel as if they're making themselves too obvious. A rundown Church, not even attempting to hide themselves."
Zenki could agree with what his Queen was thinking.
"Then they're probably going to be doing one of two things. Either laying a trap for us at the Church, or stalling at the Church, and send people here to capture Isane-san. We can't have either go...hmmm, I'll have to split off the group into two teams. Vali-chan, I'll have to rely on you to lead a group, and keep them safe for me, alright?"
"Heh, asking me something like that. Naturally, since you asked me, I'd do it for you, my Zenki."
Hearing the affection within her usual stoic voice, he felt good, and knew he'd be able to rely on her for anything.
"Then, I'll begin making some strategies, even for this house as well. If anything manages to get by both of us, then at least we can keep the occupants of this house safe. I'll work some of my most complex seals on this house so even people stronger than us would have difficulty in getting past it."
Vali showed a slight smirk on her lips.
"As I said when we were younger, it isn't your power that makes you dangerous. It's your skills. Make sure to give them hell, Zenki."
"Haha, you also my Queen." Zenki pulled closer, and kissed her cheek. "Be safe, Vali-chan."
Vali let out a small laugh.
"If you're going to kiss me, it better be-"
Before she could finish, his lips overlapped with her own in a tender kiss between them.
Vali gave a surprisingly soft smile, as they embraced one another's bodies.
Their lips meshed together again and again as Vali slid her tongue into Zenki's mouth. Not surprised by her action, he allowed his hair to run through her silver hair, and budged closer to the young woman's body, feeling her large assets pressing against his chest.
Before their kiss ended, Zenki felt Vali grope him from behind, as he chortled.
"Vali-chan, you can be quite forward, can't you?"
"Hmph, I suppose that I can be sometimes. Though I do like that part of you."
Zenki chortled, kissing her once more, before pulling backwards.
"Come on, lets get going."
With their hands connected, Zenki led the young silver haired woman away to get ready for a fight.
Having been separated from her brother, Le Fay had limited options. She didn't have many people that she could rely on, and furthermore, she knew that if she told certain people about what's happened to Arthur, they might try and take advantage of the situation.
She knew however that the Hero Faction had been interested in having Arthur join, and if she could get them on side, then perhaps she could attempt a rescue...though she had to find exactly where they had gone to begin with.
Arriving at the Hero Factions base, Le Fay strolled forward and attempted to enter the building, when a thick fog came before her. The fog was so thick that she couldn't even see the building anymore, but she knew who was responsible for it.
"Georg-sama, please allow me to pass. I wish to speak to Cao Cao-sama."
Le Fay called out, unable to see Georg at first.
But then a few seconds later, he emerged out of the mist.
A boy around teenage years with glasses and wearing a modified school uniform, tilted his glasses at Le Fay who could feel the coldness of his stare burning into her.
"Le Fay, where's your Onii-sama exactly? Cao Cao-sama has been expecting an answer."
"That's why I came here. Georg-sama, it's terrible, he was captured by some man that had amazing power. Even Onii-sama couldn't do anything against him."
Georg was captivated by that.
"A power, that even your Onii-sama couldn't fight?"
"Yes, we've got to help him out! I-I don't know what's going to happen to Onii-sama! W-Will you please help out? It all started when a Witch named Walburga approached us, and then it escalated from there!"
Georg looked bewildered for a few moments, before exhaling slowly.
"If they managed to be your Onii-sama, then they must be powerful."
"E-Even then, we have to save him!"
"If we endanger ourselves for one person then..."
Le Fay couldn't believe what she was hearing.
Georg was denying her the chance to save her elder brother?
"But Cao Cao-sama surely would help if the circumstances were explained..."
"While it might be worth the risk, we don't know this opponent. We can't just blindly rush in to help your Onii-sama if we can't know what kind of opponent we're dealing with. Arthur is a strong man, Cao Cao-sama has even said that he's powerful, so if your Onii-sama lost without being able to do much, then we might not fair much better, and we can't split off our forces right now to lend assistance."
Le Fay didn't know what to say.
Cao Cao was even denying the chance to help her brother?
Realizing that she wasn't going to be gaining any help from the Hero's Faction, she turned her neck to the side.
"...I understand, if you wont help me, then I'll find someone else that will."
Georg folded his arms.
"And that person is?"
"...I don't know yet, but I'm sure there will be someone that will help me find my Onii-sama. I can't...I can't leave him in their clutches."
Le Fay turned around, and began walking away.
She knew that this might be a long shot.
But it was one of the only places that she could go right now.
But if she couldn't get assistance from the Hero Faction…
Then she had to look deeper.
The time had arrived, where Zenki and the others would go and get the Fallen Angels. It was night, and they had stationed themselves within Zenki's living room. Zenki looked between his peerage and Rias' own with Rias stood beside him, Isane was also there, and watched as Zenki was going over a few last things before anything else could happen.
"So first of all, I've contacted the Underworld about the current situation, and they're busy right now so they can't send any backup, but will come as soon as they can."
"There has been some problems there lately, so hopefully, we'll be enough."
Rias added, Zenki mentally agreeing, and continued on.
"Azazel-sans given us permission to bring back the Fallen Angels. He wishes for them to be alive for the moment, so if at all possible, I'd like to honour that request. He also said that if it does become a situation where we have to absolutely kill them, then he said that it would be alright. But only as a last resort, okay?"
They all agreed with a nod of their heads.
Zenki then coughed into his hand, to continue.
"Okay, we're going to be heading towards that location right now." Zenki began, looking between the groups. "According to the reports we have, they're currently stationed within the old abandoned Church that's past the school, and in an isolated area, so we can have a battle there, while also placing a barrier around to not affect the humans of Kuoh."
"Yes, that would be best Zenki-sama. Though since it is the Fallen Angels, do you expect them to be difficult?"
Ravel asked, Zenki gave a serious expression.
"On their own, we can handle them. The only troubling member is Bikou, we don't know what he's currently capable of, besides the obvious that his race is known for. From what I've been told, he also has dabbled in Senjutsu and Youjutsu, so he could be a capable threat."
"Heh, I'd like to see him use that stuff against me nyaaa~ I'd show him who really is the capable Senjutsu and Youjutsu user around here~"
Kuroka laughed it off.
She thought she'd be able to handle Bikou with her own Senjutsu abilities.
"Well, we'll be careful regardless of what abilities that he has, and what kind of Senjutsu prowess he has, right Vali-chan?"
Vali nodded slowly.
"Definitely. I'll face him with that in mind."
"Then I'll send you towards him, but you'll be going with Rias-chan and a few others, alright? We can't be sure if they have anything up their sleeve, while also worrying about if the enemy that has been confronting us for years could appear."
"I'll go along with it, though they aren't to interfere with my battle."
Zenki bowed his head.
"Understood. Then I'll be staying here with Isane-san, in case any enemy attempts to try and take her. If we leave her with her parents...then it could drag them in. Targeting Isane-san's parents is on the minimal of my list of expectations so I've had Sona-san and her peerage over watching them, they'll be enough Isane-san so don't worry."
"Haha, I'll rely on your knowledge then~ I don't know much about all of these crazy things, but it seems like you understand it better than I do."
"Yes, I'll do my best. Anyway, attacking Isane-san herself is something that is a good possibility from these Fallen Angels, and we also can't take the chance that the enemies are going to be using the Church as a distraction in an attempted to grab Boosted Gear."
Isane, becoming perplexed, raised her hand upwards.
"E-Erm...shouldn't I go with you guys to this Church? Wouldn't that be safer? That we stay together?"
Zenki shook his head.
"It's too dangerous to put you in that situation. Since you're still a human and untrained in the usage of your Sacred Gear, you could be captured if we walk into enemy territory. And if it is a trap at the Church, then we can move in and save them if needed. They'll be monitored by Koneko-chan and Kuroka-san will monitor us, keeping the lines of communications open at all times."
"Aah...I see, so I'd...I understand."
"Isane-san, it's nothing to worry about. You're worrying about what happened with Akeno-san, aren't you?"
Zenki could see it within her eyes.
She was still thinking about the previous night with Akeno, and the Fallen Angels that had attacked her.
"Well...if I had the power to fight, then you'd not have to protect me..."
"You've only just found out about this world, even if you were a Devil right now, the chances of you winning against Bikou last night was going to be on the very low side. You'd need to train before anything happens like that. We all can get stronger after all."
Isane smiled softly at his words.
They made her feel better than before.
"Then the ones going to the raid on Raynare, and the others are Vali-chan, Rias-chan, Yumi-chan, and Kuroka-san. The ones staying with me are Koneko-chan, Ravel-chan, Akeno-san and Asia-chan. Ravel-chan, I'll leave the house defences to you. Akeno-san, I'll leave guarding Isane-san and Ingvild-san to you."
"Understood, Zenki-sama."
"Yes, I'll defend them both if it comes to it."
Ravel and Akeno said it while Zenki continued.
"Kuroka-san and Koneko-chan are both Senjutsu users so they can alert us to any presences coming. I discussed this with Rias-chan before, and she was alright with this formation, so lets go along with it."
[Right!]
Rias took her group to the door, and stretched.
"Come on everyone, lets get this over with."
Vali, Yumi, and Kuroka strolled forward, bidding farewell to Zenki and the others, before departing to get it out with. Zenki, Asia, Akeno, and Ravel sat down on the couches, while Isane looked a little worried about the situation at hand.
Though she had decided to trust in the Devils since they seemed to know what they were doing.
Rias, Yumi, Vali and Kuroka arrived at the location that they were supposed to go to, and strolled forward.
The area was in the middle of a woodland area, with a deserted Church before them. It hadn't been used in a while, with Yumi noticing the various objects of holy being shattered, the crosses, and the pictures had been thrown outside with huge holes in them of known figures in religion.
It seemed the Fallen Angels had a party with wrecking the entire area with ease.
Kuroka immediately began to move her fingers, and create a barrier around the area, which sealed it off. Not only sealing the Fallen Angels in, but keeping the humans and other types of people safely away from the battle.
"There nyaaa. We can go out a good amount here. Though please refrain from city destroying blasts. My barrier wont be able to handle more than a few of them at best since I'm doing this quickly nyaaa~"
Kuroka meowed out, with Yumi giving a calm smile.
"Thank you Kuroka-san, that should be a big help when Vali-san uses her powers."
"Exactly, I thought it would be best if it happened like this..."
"Hmph, then we should get this over with. Are they in their Kuroka?"
Vali asked while looking ready for any kind of challenge.
Kuroka nodded without pause after quickly sensing the surrounding area before them.
"They haven't scampered off, if that's what you mean~"
The young woman sang out, with Vali nodding and beginning to move forward.
Rias overlooked the Church, and she placed her finger to her chin in deep thought about what they were going to do.
"So, should we attempt to sneak in or-"
"Hah!"
Vali unleashed a destructive ball of demonic power, and completely obliterated the doors to the Church.
"O-Okay, so we're going with the direct approach then..."
Rias murmured while sweat dropping.
Yumi took out her sword as Vali huffed.
"Hmph, lets just get this over with."
Vali stated once more, as they entered the Church.
Upon getting inside, they saw that Kalawarner, Freed, Bikou, and finally a bunch of Stray Exorcists were there. Kuroka placed her hands behind her back, and hummed about what she was seeing right now.
"Awwww! I was hoping to see Zenki-kun here! I wanted to have fun with Zenki-kun!" Showcasing his crazed personality, Freed stuck out his tongue, and waved it around. "However, I wouldn't mind fighting Onee-sama there~" His eyes went to Rias, who scowled. "Yes, you red head. Care to show me any of your abilities you crazy woman!"
"I am not crazy, and I'm sorry but Zenki couldn't make it. How about if I take you on?"
Freed showed his teeth, and his eyes slit themselves while Kuroka cocking her head.
"Geez, it seems that Raynare chick isn't here."
"It's a diversion, probably."
Rias murmured, with Yumi inclining her neck.
"I also came to the same conclusion."
Kalawarner immediately stepped forward.
"Rias Gremory. It seems that you haven't come with Zenki Astaroth, is there a reason for that?"
"Was he necessary for this? I'm under the assumption that we can handle this by ourselves."
Kalawarner gave an arrogant stare.
"Taking your opponents too lightly will only end in your destruction you idiot."
"I never take my opponents lightly, but I also don't take threats lightly either. Kalawarner, Freed, your boss Azazel has given us permission to bring you in. So if you'd like to come quietly, we can avoid-"
"Be quiet red head, I came here for a fight. If they surrender so easily, then I wont get a fight with the current Monkey King."
Rias turned a scowl towards Vali but she didn't even seem to care, and just stared forward.
Bikou, upon hearing his name, placed a hand to his ear.
"Ararara, did I hear my name being called? That's because I'm amazing!"
"Heh, I don't know about amazing, but you feel to have around Ultimate Class level in power, I'd like to see what kind of skills you actually have."
Bikou took out his staff, and twirled it around.
"That's fine with me. That's all I came here for after all."
Vali nodded strongly.
"Yes, that's what I wanted. Red head, do as you wish with the Fallen Angels, I'll deal with the Monkey King. Zenki will be fine with it."
Rias just nodded with a complex expression on her face.
"Alright then, I'll leave him to you. While you're doing that, Yumi, Kuroka, we'll deal with Kalawarner and Freed."
Kuroka grinned, and turned her eyes to Kalawarner, who flinched at the sight before her.
"I want to fight the busty Fallen Angel."
Kalawarner gasped as Kuroka sent a wink her way.
"N-No! No! No! No! Noooooooooooooooooooo!"
Kalawarner screamed as loudly as she could, while shaking her body side to side.
"Don't scream! I know how to deal with busty girls, I deal with them all the time!"
Kalawarner looked shaken by what she had seen.
Kuroka looked scary to her, she didn't want to have to deal with it.
Rias sighed, placing a hand on Kuroka's shoulder.
"Kuroka, how about dealing with the large amount of Exorcist's here? I'll deal with the Fallen Angel." Kalawarner looked enraged. "Yumi, how about dealing with Freed there? It should be possible, right?"
"Yes, my skills should be enough for him from my estimation."
Rias nodded as she stepped forward.
"Excellent, then lets get to it."
Kalawarner ground her teeth as did Freed.
But then Freed, showcasing a deranged smile, poked the side of Kalawarner's breast, earning a dark glare from the young woman.
"Hey Fallen bitch, is it alright to fight now?"
"Don't call me a Fallen bitch Freed." She said with an antagonizing voice. "Yes, do your job."
"Sweet! Then I want the blonde haired sword girl! Is she the Knight of Zenki-kun? I wish to fight the Knight-chan right now!"
Freed lunged forward, and came at Yumi again and again, forcing Yumi to block with her sword, as Freed's gun wielding hand came up, attempting to shoot Yumi in the face, but with swift movements, she dodged out of the way as the bullet left the guns barrel, so Yumi used that chance to slice forward, forcing Freed to use his light sword to block the sword, causing some sparks to erupt from their clashing swords.
Jumping backwards, Freed showed a deranged smile.
"My, you do have good sword skills. Well, I also have amazing skills, and they're better than scummy Devils!"
Yumi took a distance, seeing that she was a distance away from the others, so she could face down Freed by herself.
"You have a rude mouth, I'll have to teach you to be nice to ladies."
"Ladies? I don't see ladies. I see a bitch from the Devils side! So, are you Zenki-kun's bitch too?"
Yumi sharpened her eyes as she took a stance.
"You really are rude. Speaking as if you're superior."
"Guess what Devil girl, I am superior in every way! Devils are nothing but cutting up bodies for me! Target practice for my gun! You don't even realize it, do you? You are nothing to me, and as soon as you're cut up, I'll be heading for Asia-chan as well!"
Yumi's hand clutched her sword even tighter than before.
"...You're going to be gunning for her, are you?"
"That's correct, I'll be heading for her! If you don't want me to kill her, then I suggest beating me! But, you can't beat me with your current skills! Now, have this you bitch!"
Freed took his gun and shot off several bullets for the young woman. Freed's gun accuracy was great, but Yumi managed to use her sword to cut through each bullet of light as if they were moving at a slow speed.
Freed looked annoyed by that, and continued firing, seeing Yumi gaining ground between them, getting closer with each trigger he pulled, and still continued to cut down the bullets, even when she was on top of him.
"How are you doing this?!"
He demanded, taking a swipe at her with his blade.
Yumi raised her sword before her face, blocking Freed's own sword, and forced him away with a heavy swing of her blade, his feet leaving the ground, and flipped in the air.
But as he did flip, Yumi stabbed her sword down into the ground, unleashing swords from the ground below Freed to pierce him from different angles.
"Ooh no~ I'm in trouble now~ If I'm caught, does that mean, I'm going to die~? I can't have that happening now, can I~? But, that doesn't mean I don't have a trick or two up my own sleeve! Now, see this!"
Freed turned his blade downwards onto the incoming swords, and swung outwards, cleaving through the blades. Even though they were her own special sword, he still managed to cut through them like butter, landing on the ground safely.
Giving suspicious eyes, she saw that his sword was seemingly looking tougher than average light swords.
"Like it? Have you noticed? My sword is amazing just like me! It's a fusion of a few light swords, I call this my ultimate blade! It might not be as flashy as Holy Swords, but it can still cleave through Devils as if they're paper!"
At the mention of Holy Swords, Yumi's expression darkened.
She could feel the anger for the Holy Swords running through her.
"...Whether it's a light sword, or a Holy Sword, I will cut them down without exception, and that includes you as well."
Freed showed a scary smile that could intimidate most people.
"That tone, you suddenly have changed into being a scary person. Could it be that you hate Holy Swords? Though I can't seem to care. Holy Swords are perfect for cutting down shitty Devils like you! And then once you're cleaved through, I'll go for your damn King! I'll make sure that he's cut down without remorse! Hahaha! Then maybe I'll go and cut up Asia-chan?"
Yumi shook her head.
She felt disgusted by that man.
She placed her sword outwards, and caused it to become a blade made of darkness.
Freed raised his eyebrows in confusion.
"The sword changed? What did you do? Could you be a possessor of a Sacred Gear?"
"Perhaps I could be. Maybe you should do your research the next time you wish to face people like me?"
Freed scoffed at the idea, twirling his blade around by the hilt.
"Yeah right, being cautious with any Devil? I don't need that, I'll just cut through your sword! And then I'll cleave you in half!"
Freed shot at Yumi with a good speed. It wasn't her speed though, she could see where he was coming from, and when came from the right with his blade, she clashed with her own sword, creating heavy sparks through the area, and caused Freed to be shocked for a few moments.
Yumi's sword then seemed to have a life of its own, as the darkness from the blade began to devour the power of the light sword of Freed's blade. Sucking it in, and causing the light to become less and less dense, Freed gave suspicious eyes.
"My sword! W-What are you doing to it?! That Sacred Gear, it couldn't devour light, could it!?"
"My Sword, is called Holy Eraser, it's a sword that can devour light as you've guessed." Freed watched as Yumi swung outwards, destroying the blade of light, and the swords tip managed to cut the top of his outfit, leaving a small trail of blood to run down his chest. "And you, are the one who is going to be ended here. You wont be able to beat me, and if you can't beat me, then you can't beat my King, so don't even try it!"
Freed watched as Yumi came at him from the left and right, forcing him to block with his sword coming back again and again, but the blades of light kept getting devoured,Freed had to dodge out of the way, but Yumi's blade landed several cuts on his arms, and his upper body.
Blood erupted out of him as Yumi took a stance with her blade.
"Then I'll finish this!"
Yumi shot forward to cut down Freed.
Freed watched as the young woman got close, so he pointed his gun at point blank ranged, at her forehead,
"Die!"
Freed shot forward.
Yumi, with her incredible speed, managed to knock the gun off course, so the bullet went zooming by her face, leaving a small cut on her cheek as she moved her head out of the way at the same time, Freed's eyes falling into a despair look on his face, as her sword penetrated the gun, and shattered it apart.
"Sorry about that, it seems that I'll have to also fight hard and take you in for my King."
With one last sword swing, Yumi sliced down Freed, and he fell down onto the ground, blood pooling out of him.
But Yumi had him stay alive, knowing that's what Azazel and Zenki wished for.
Back with Zenki and the others, ten minutes had passed since Rias and the others had left, and they were awaiting any news that was going to come about.
"I-It's strange that we haven't heard anything yet..."
Isane murmured, Koneko twitched her ears.
"...I can sense them, they're currently fine."
"Ah, that's quite amazing from you loli-sama."
"...What does that mean?"
She said while giving a hard stare to the young woman.
Isane waved her hands in front of her while sweating ever so slightly.
Zenki gave a bemused glance, before cracking his neck backwards.
"Hehe, I'm sure she doesn't mean anything Koneko-chan."
Koneko sharpened her expression on Isane.
"...I don't know, maybe we should give her to the Fallen Angels. They might cure her perverseness."
"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeh! Y-You wont give me to the Fallen Angels, right?!"
Koneko didn't say anything, and just kept her head down.
Asia thought about what happened with Freed, and why he had done what he did.
Zenki could also see it in her eyes that something was off.
Pulling closer, he placed a hand on her shoulder, snapping her out of her thoughts.
"Zenki-san?"
"Don't worry, this will be resolved soon enough Asia-chan."
Though those words did relieve her, she also kept thinking about the poor soul that Freed had killed in such a brutal manner.
"Y-Yes, I'm sure everyone will be fine..."
She seemed more distant, and he could guess what it was about as well.
"Is this to do with Freed, the crazy Exorcist?" Asia flinched at the name, so Zenki overlayed a hand on her own. "Don't worry, I wont ever let him, or anyone ever hurt you. Remember, back when we first met?"
Asia let out a small giggle.
"Yes, I remember. Zenki-san was so brave, even as a child."
"It was a crazy time back then huh. Our forbidden relationship as it were."
"I'm glad, that it isn't forbidden now, Zenki-san. I've learned a lot these years I've been with Zenki-san and the others. It also means that I can do this..." Asia leaned up, and gave him a small tender kiss on the lips, then she hugged his arm. "...whenever I want~"
"Yes, you surely can."
Zenki leaned back in his chair, and began thinking of the others with Asia also leaning back, and continued holding onto him.
Isane glanced at Zenki who then took out a notepad, and began writing a few things down on it, while Asia sat quietly with a cup of tea in her hands.
"Y-You're quite relaxed despite what's happened."
Isane noted to Zenki who gave a light smile.
"It might seem like I'm relaxing, but I'm thinking of many possibilities that could happen. I trust Rias-chan and the others to get the job done, though I have a bad feeling that the people that could be behind this, are going to be some unexpected surprises."
"T-That doesn't sound good..."
"Don't worry Isane-san, I've been caught up in situations like this beforehand, and have several plans to handle it. Even this house, it has several defences and if they attempt anything on our home turf, then they're going to be surprised themselves. I've even consulted with my Otou-sama about this before, and he's even giving me some help in buffing up the defences for this house, due to Ingvild-san being among others."
"Yes, please try and stay calm Isane-sama." Ravel added while exhaling slowly. "Zenki-sama is a good strategist, and I have some noteworthy plans as well, the pair of us together have been able to think our ways around more powerful opponents before. Of course, there is a limit on what a plan can do, but we've taken precautions."
Isane did feel a little calmer now than before.
She trusted in Zenki's ability, and how she could still do her best.
Akeno, seeing that they had sometime, strolled over to Zenki, and hugged his arm.
"Zenki-kun, this is a little worrying, isn't it?"
Zenki smiled softly.
"Don't worry about it Akeno-san, we'll soon deal with this problem."
"I know, Zenki-kun is good at thinking of different scenarios, we'll be fine."
Zenki showed his kind smile towards her, reassuring Akeno that they'd be alright.
While they waited, Koneko suddenly raised her head.
"...Senpai, I'm sensing three powers coming here along with several weaker powers. One is relatively small, around Middle Class Devil at best, but the other two…"
"Stronger than High Class? Is it Bikou?"
Koneko shook her head side to side.
"….No, I don't believe so. It doesn't feel like a Youkai...they feel...human."
Zenki found that rather odd.
"Human..." Zenki walked to the window with Ravel following behind him, and stared out of it, to see three figures coming in closer. "...well, it seems that they're more prepared than I thought they'd be. They've even brought some Stray Exorcist's with them. Koneko-chan, come with me. Ravel-chan, get the defences for the house are secure along with erecting a barrier around here to defend the town from this battle, then afterwards make sure that Rias-chan's group is safe, and after that, help with the Stray Exorcists outside."
"….Understood."
"Yes Zenki-sama!"
Zenki nodded slowly seeing Ravel shooting out of the room, and Koneko walking beside Zenki, as he turned to Akeno.
"Akeno-san, please stay here with the others, and keep them safe should they get past the barrier."
"Okay Zenki-kun, be careful."
Zenki smiled softly at Akeno, then turned to Asia who looked worried.
"Asia-chan, don't worry, we've got this."
"But Zenki-san, these people feel strong...and I feel a holy aura..."
Zenki wore a complex expression as he nodded his head.
"Yes, so do I. It is quite an intense holy aura, it can't be a mere light sword from an Exorcist...I guess that we'll find out what that is soon enough. Be prepared for any healing that we might need Asia-chan."
"Y-Yes! I'll heal all of our wounds!"
Zenki nodded and walked towards the door, with Koneko following.
Isane began "Zenki..." as Zenki turned towards her.
"Don't worry Isane-san, I'll defend you with my very life."
Those words caused her to blush bright red.
He then walked outside with Koneko.
The ones that appeared were Raynare, Walburga and Arthur.
But with Arthur, there seemed to be something...different about him. His eyes seemed to be almost vacant, as if he wasn't truly there.
However, since Zenki didn't know Arthur, he was more captivated by the sword within his hands than anything, and couldn't tell much difference about the way he had, since he didn't have a frame of reference.
When they walked outside, Zenki noticed Arthur's hand moving upwards.
"Then, I'll begin!"
Arthur raised his sword into the sky, and turned it onto Zenki himself, and without a word, unleashed a very high powered holy wave towards Zenki's form.
"Senpai!"
Koneko let out her worry…
But then she saw that Zenki had already reacted.
Sticking out his hand, and creating the formula within it, Zenki managed to stop the power mid air, then twirled his hand, shooting off the power right back towards the trio of people, only increasing the power more and more.
"Ooh my, so this is the famed Kankara Formula, is it? Intense, I can feel a very complex calculations within that magic circle of yours. It's even more complex than forbidden magic, and you're using it like this?! Fantastic!"
Walburga pulled forward, and erected a giant barrier that grew to the size of the house, so Zenki split off the holy aura into chunks, that became like spears of holy aura, and pierced the barrier in different areas, while also using his formula on said barrier, weakening the structure more and more until it simply shattered, Walburga clicking her tongue at the sight, and unleashed a myriad of spells to take down Zenki's reversed attack on them.
However, one managed to get through, and go right for Walburga's body, but she merely laughed, and said "Do it~" to Arthur, who used his incredible speed which Zenki noted to be faster than the current Yumi, and slice down the attack meant for Walburga.
"Ararara, it seems that you're a bit reckless, aren't you~? Though, you did save me so I'll have to thank you for that~"
Walburga said it to Arthur who just kept his narrow eyes on the two before them.
"You should teach some manners, attacking recklessly like that could lead to a troubling situation."
Though Zenki said it with a calm voice, his heart trembled, and worried about the fact that Arthur didn't even seem to be phased by it, his attack being reversed like that. If anything, it seemed like he was enjoying it.
"Sorry about that, he was jumping the gun a bit. He assumed you were the enemy right from the get go. Though you managed to nearly get in a hit with a single attack, the rumours about you aren't exaggerated, are they? I'm interested to see what else you can do, Zenki Astaroth."
Zenki glanced at Arthur, who's near vacant eyes just stayed on his form.
It was as if the man was looking for a challenge right now, and that challenge was going to be something difficult.
Koneko placed a hand on her mouth, feeling worried about what she was seeing.
"...Senpai, that sword. It couldn't be a..."
"Holy sword?" Koneko bit her lower lip. "Yes, it definitely is a Holy Sword, but what Holy Sword it is...it feels stronger than the average Holy Swords. It isn't Durandal...could it be an Excalibur…? Perhaps...no, Excalibur was broken into seven fragments, and this feeling from that blade...no, it couldn't be, the Holy King Sword, Caliburn!"
Deducing the sword, Walburga didn't even deny it.
"The ultimate sword to slay Devils~"
Walburga sang out, Zenki's eyes narrowed at the three major players before him.
"We haven't been introduced yet. How do you do? My name is Zenki Astaroth. I know you're called Raynare, Fallen Angel-san, but I don't know who the other two are. Would you be so kind as to introduce yourself to us?"
Raynare shook her head.
"Yes, I know who you are, and they're going to be the ones who kill you if you don't agree to my terms."
Raising an eyebrow, Zenki stayed at high alert in case either the holy sword user, or the Witch decided to fight.
"Terms? What terms exactly?"
"Zenki Astaroth, give over the Boosted Gear possessor, or these guys will kill you."
Zenki's eyes sharpened.
"A threat, Raynare?"
Raynare gave a condescending look on her face, beginning to produce a spear of light within her fingers.
"It's a promise. I have the power to stop you. The Holy King Sword, and a woman that excels in magic. You can't fight and win against this kind of team, Zenki Astaroth, so don't even try it. You only have some loli cat with you."
Zenki found it half amusing that Raynare was saying these things due to how she herself knew she couldn't take him and had to rely on others, but also half curious about why these two would even follow Raynare's orders when she was clearly the weakest out of the trio, so she either had something over them...or it was due to something unknown by Zenki himself.
However, Koneko's face turned into annoyance when Raynare tried to insult her.
"...Loli cat? Is that an insult?"
"Your breasts are small! I had to check if you even had any at-"
"Zenki-senpai, I'm going to kill her."
Zenki could feel the anger within Koneko escaping through her words.
It clearly wasn't a good idea to anger Koneko.
"Don't worry Koneko-chan, I think your boobs are great."
Koneko nodded, pointing at Raynare.
"...Zenki-senpai likes my chest for how it is, it doesn't have to be big to be desired."
Raynare tossed her hands up in the air.
"Well, I mean if he's a lolicon, then I'm sure he is going to love your chest and everything about your small body. Though I'm sure that most men desire a body like mine...besides Azazel-sama for some damn reason wont even look in my direction...your King is a lolicon!"
She diverted from being brought into a conversation on her failed love life with Azazel.
Zenki gave bemused eyes as he folded his arms.
"Lolicon, huh? Well, I haven't really considered myself as..." Zenki began with a joking tone, but with one sharp look from Koneko, he smiled awkwardly. "Lolicon or not, Koneko-chan is a very important member of my peerage, so do not be rude to her, or I'll punish you!" Raynare tightened her hand as Zenki glanced at the other two who didn't even make a move. "So did you recruit them? Or did they recruit you?"
Raynare's face turned slightly embarrassed, but then snapped at him.
"That is not your concern! What matters is that you're going to lose this fight! You can't hope to win against these two! Even if you're the famous Zenki Astaroth, they both have abilities that are superior to you! They'll kill you and your peerage if you don't hand her over right now!"
Zenki, rather than show worry, just showed a challenging expression on his face.
"You really think a threat like that is going to work? I wont be handing over the Boosted Gear, nor will I be surrendering in anyway possible. Though you have gained a few impressive people, you shouldn't underestimate your opponents either."
Raynare showed an evil smirk, while Walburga withheld a laugh.
"Then, show us what you've got...then we'll be taking the Boosted Gear all for ourselves!"
Zenki glanced between Arthur, Walburga, Raynare, and the Exorcists.
He knew that the Exorcists would be fine to deal with, Raynare could be a little tricky only due to the fact that she was with these two, and could support her, but the main threat was Arthur and Walburga.
He didn't know what they were capable of.
Whatever it was going to be, Zenki knew it was going to be dangerous, so he wasn't going to hold back, he was prepared to fight.
While Zenki went to engage Walburga and Arthur, Koneko turned to Raynare, who looked on with a bitter smile. Koneko knew that Raynare seemed to be rather dangerous, but she wasn't sure what kind of tricks she had up her sleeve.
"I get the loli cat? Alright then, I can do that."
Koneko tightened her hands, seeing Ravel joining her.
Raynare scowled at the Phenex, who waved a hand.
"Koneko-san, I'll handle the Stray Exorcists here, you can handle the Fallen Angel."
"...Understood, it shouldn't be that difficult."
Raynare flew into a rage, and snapped her fingers.
"Attack them!"
The Exorcists quickly took up arms, and shot forward for Ravel and Koneko. Koneko saw Ravel spreading her wings of fire, and spread them far and wide, causing the flames to grow higher and higher as the Exorcists came in with swinging swords.
"I'm sorry, but I'll have to burn you down!"
Ravel placed her hand forward, unleashing her incredible flames of the Phenex clan, and unleashed them towards the Exorcists. Because of the way the flames were used, it washed over them instantly, and took them down within an instant.
Their blades of lights were destroyed with the flames, and so were their guns, with Raynare looking on with a gob smacked expression on her face.
"What the hell is she?!"
"I ask myself that a lot of times."
Ravel scowled at Koneko who ignored her for the most part, tightening her hand as Raynare summoned a spear of light, taking aim for the young cat girl.
"Then, I'll kill you little cat girl!"
Koneko rushed forward as Raynare got close. The sword slashed for the young cat girl, who quickly jumped, dodging the slashing movement, and then thrusted her palm for the upper body of Raynare, who surprised her by moving her blade up, blocking off the attack, with Koneko's fist managed to hit the sword of light so hard that it crumbled under the attack.
Raynare's scowl grew on her face, flinging the cat girl backwards with a wave of her arms, and then summoned several different spears of light, taking aim towards the young girl, with Koneko raising her eyebrows curiously.
"You surprise me. For a girl with no breasts, I thought you'd have no style to fight."
"...Clearly, you have an issue with your feelings. Perhaps you should seek some help."
Koneko scowled at the sight before her, and merely went forward with a hard punching movement. Raynare tossed her spear forward, but it was batted away by Koneko's attack, and flung into the ground, causing Raynare to grit her teeth.
Koneko then got before Raynare, and tightened her fist, tightening her hand, and sent it sharply for Raynare, who quickly flew up into the sky, avoiding the heavy duty fist that smashed deeply into the ground, Raynare feeling the shock wave even within the air.
But due to that, Raynare was thrown off balance for a moment, and in that moment, the young woman wasn't aware of Koneko's surroundings, so she saw the young cat girl leaping upwards, delivering a hard punch to the woman's torso, sending her flying into the ground.
"Gwaaaah!"
Raynare spat out bile, looking up to see Koneko coming down with an axe like kick that was going to knock her out.
Raynare responded with a barrage of spears of light for Koneko.
Activating her Senjutsu, Koneko managed to use that to shoot down the spears of light for the young woman's body, crushing them under the power of Koneko's, and she came down with her fist tightening for Raynare.
"No! I wont let you do anything to me! I can't leave, not yet! I have to accomplish my mission!"
"Sorry, but I can't let you."
Koneko's fist went forward so Raynare made a barrier of light to block the fist.
But even then, Koneko's fist slammed deeply into the barrier of Raynare's, and blew it away after some resistance, embedding deeply into Raynare's torso, the Senjutsu flooding Raynare's system, and caused deep damage into her being.
Raynare's body began shaking at the intense feelings that she felt, while Koneko removed her fist.
"...I had to stop you. I'm sorry about what has happened."
Raynare's despising eyes shot for the ground.
Her body filled with hatred.
Her eyes filled with her anger at the situation at hand.
She couldn't…
It couldn't end in her defeat.
"N-No! It can't end like this….i-it can't...I-I still haven't...I haven't done what I wanted in life...all I wanted, was love from a good…man...I just wanted Azazel-sama...to accept me...if I gained power...then maybe he'd love me too..."
"...Love is an amazing thing, and rejection is very difficult. However, if you have to hurt others for love, then you have to question if that truly is worth it. ...Isane-san isn't on my favourites list...but, she's an innocent, albeit perverted, human girl that didn't deserve you attacking her."
Raynare's eyes began to become soggy.
She knew that this was the end.
Even Koneko could deal with her easily, and if that was the case...then she didn't know what she was going to do next...
"I guess, I've got no choice then, do I?"
Koneko raised an eyebrow.
"A choice in what?"
Raynare's darkened eyes turned towards Koneko, and she went into her outfit.
As soon as she did, she produced what seemed to be some kind of jewel, and placed it against her chest.
As soon as she did, she suddenly erupted with power, but it also began causing her immense pain to run through her system.
"W-Wait, what is..."
Raynare's eyes shot for Koneko, as her body began to change.
Raynare's body grew taller, her skin gained a reddish hue to it, and large wings appeared from behind her, in the form of different types of creatures wings. Koneko gasped, and went to move, when Raynare's hand went towards her, and her light power grew higher, unleashing a barrage of power, which Koneko couldn't dodge out of the way of, eclipsing her body, and sent her smashing away, as she let out a cry.
Ravel turned towards her, and saw Koneko's body flinging through the air, with a mass of wounds on her body, and Raynare's body grew with power, but also it seemed like her pain was increasing more and more by the second, being lost in said pain.
"Z-Zenki-samaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Ravel called for her King, seeing Raynare's power growing to levels they hadn't expected.
What was happening...Ravel truly didn't know, but she felt worry for Koneko.
End chapter!
So Arthur's kidnapper is using him as some kind of experiment that we saw bits and pieces of in the past childhood arc, and see more of it going forward. What his ultimate goals are, will be explored in the future. He also gave Raynare some kind of jewel as some kind of test, using Raynare and Arthur for his future goals, it doesn't seem like he really cares about Raynare or the Fallen Angels, only to test what this jewel is doing to Raynare, and the extents that Arthur is being used for.
Zenki and Azazel meet once more, delivering Mittelt to him, while discussing abit about Ophis, and what she could be doing. Le Fay also went to see Cao Cao, but Georg stopped her, and wouldn't give her assistance, now she's going to be seeking help from someone else.
Then at the end, the fight to defend Isane begins, with not only Raynare, but Walburga and Arthur, with Zenki taking on both Arthur, and Walburga, two powerful opponents in their own right. And Vali is going to be fighting against Bikou, while Yumi managed to beat Freed, and Rias is going to be fighting Kalawarner.
Also, thanks for the votes everyone! It seems that Elmen becoming a Pawn was quite popular, so she'll be a Pawn.
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Well, until next time, with the wrap up fights with Zenki and some others showing off their abilities.
Zenki's Peerage.
Queen; Vali.
Bishops; Asia, Ingvild (mutation).
Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.
Knights; Arthur, Yumi.
Pawns; Ravel (2 pieces), Kuroka (3 pieces), Le Fay (2 pieces), Elmenhilde (1 piece).
Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Ravel, Kuroka, Vali (fem), Serafall, Kunou, Le Fay, Xenovia, Yumi, Rias, Isane, Akeno, Irina, Rossweisse, Ingvild, Ophis, Elmenhilde.