Draconis: Where to start.
Kenshin: Let's give the others a chance to shine. Besides, you brought Azi Dahaka and Apophis on for a reason right?
Draconis: Good point. Still I think I'll go to the crowd to start.
Yukari: Are they only watching Kenshin?
Draconis: Yeah. You'll get your credit too though, don't worry. Anyway.
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 124
Demigod X Dragon.
Miyuki: Another Onii-Chan centric title?
Draconis: You and Yukari are both still in the Demigod State yourselves.
Miyuki: Ah right. My bad. Begin!
(start)
With Sirzechs, Rias, Sona, their peerages, Serafall and Azazel, Irina, Negi, Konoka, Setsuna, Kuroka and Le Fay.
"...So that's what Kenshin's Demigod State is supposed to look like eh?" Azazel commented.
"Azazel? What do you mean?" Serafall asked.
"After he had to have it sealed. Kenshin came to me and told me that he felt his control was skewed in the Demigod State. Like Alipheese said. It's like the Elements were controlling him, not the other way around." Azazel explained. "So I suggested he meditate on it instead of actual physical training while in that state, because anytime he sparred with Sun Wukong, Dulio or me, his attacks would kick up the earth, water, wind or fire without his control. I went to Draco about this and he said that Kenshin's External prowess was suppressing his Internal abilities because of his mental and emotional state."
"His mental and emotional state?" Issei and Rias asked.
"Kenshin stands at a precarious position. Sacred Gears which the Spirits have become need strong feelings to grow stronger, but the elements themselves need a harmony to channel altogether correctly at once."
"Having strong feelings...while maintaining harmony? That...sounds ridiculously hard." Sona said.
"No kidding." Negi said. "It sounds like when I first started getting possessed by the Magia Erebea."
"Huh?" Asia said. "You were getting possessed Negi-San?"
"Yeah. I actually held a piece of Hottan's or rather Ialda's soul from an encounter I happened along against Ryuushin and Hottan Ialda." Negi said. "Ryuushin managed to slice part of the soul out and it tethered to me. After my death I gave it to Rias-San and that's how she's the Co-Primordial of Death, because Ialda was one of Yama's transmigrants." Negi explained. She turned to Sirzechs and bowed. "I'm sorry, but I saw no other way and I knew Kenshin would need her help once Hottan Ialda enacted their plan."
Sirzechs shook his head and smiled. "There's no need to apologize. You did what you had to do, and it did end up protecting Rias. I'm thankful to you, Negi-San."
"I'm honored, but..." Negi's eyes became black dots as she smiled curiously. "What was that videoing incident you mentioned."
Rias and Grayfia donned exasperated expressions. "Negi for the love of all that is unholy..." Rias sighed.
"Please let that question go unanswered." Grayfia sighed.
"O-OK. I...didn't realize it was a private matter." Negi said with a sweatdrop. Everyone in the know except Rias and Grayfia shared a chuckle while everyone else was confused.
Sirzechs chuckled nervously before looking at the screen in trepidation. "Kenshin, you just finished battling the Goddess of all Youkai...yet you intend to challenge Rizevim?" He narrowed his eyes. "I hope you know what you're doing."
"Ah, I know who'd like to see this fight." Kuroka said opening a communication circle. "Vali-nya could you please warp to where I am?"
"Why? I'm not exactly busy, but still." Vali said.
"Trust me, I'm watching something you're going to want to see." Kuroka said.
"Very well..." Vali said as a circle appeared next to her and out came Vali. "What is it?" Kuroka pointed at the screen. "Hm...? !" His eyes widened in surprise. "Why is Kenshin fighting that bastard?"
"He tried to ambush Kenshin." Azazel said. "Also I feel all means of teleportation are blocked at where Kenshin is at right now."
"Damn it..." Vali growled.
"Hey Vali, wouldn't a close second to doing Rizevim in yourself, be being able to watch it?" Issei asked.
"Hrmn...I suppose." Vali said.
(break)
With Yukari and Hiruko.
"Shit!" Yukari said jumping back, grabbing Hiruko by the back of her dress.
"What are you doing? ! I could take that attack!"
"Sure you could, but you don't need to be taking unnecessary damage Hiruko-Chan!" Yukari said.
"..." Hiruko nodded as they landed, facing the three headed dragon that was Azi Dahaka. "This one is strong, what do we do? We're both tired from our fight. Even you in that state might not be enough."
"Yeah." Yukari said staring ahead at Azi Dahaka as each of his three heads laughed.
"Good move, getting that tentacle girl outta there." Azi Dahaka's left head said.
"Yeah, she might have jammed her tentacles down our throats." Azi Dahaka's middle head said.
"Still we wanted to eat her!" Azi Dahaka said before all three heads laughed.
"Krh! Not on my watch!" Yukari said slashing Kazeken outward. "Kamikazekiri!"
A massive burst of wind shot toward Azi Dahaka who disappeared. "What? !" Hiruko said.
"Shit!" Yukari tackled Hiruko out of the way again as a massive blast of flames shot toward them.
"Sorry ladies, but we have a job to perform." Azi Dahaka said said as he appeared from their left.
"How much power does that dragon have...?" Hiruko asked.
"I don't know." Yukari growled.
"Haaaaaa!"
"Wha? Gulah? !" Azi Dahaka's right head slammed into the other two, stepping to the side slightly.
"Huh?"
"Feather Bomb Arrows!"
A bunch of white arrows impacted Azi Dahaka's side and exploded.
"Saja?" Hiruko said as her sister appeared at her side.
"Hello Hiruko. We saw you were in trouble and came to help."
"We?" Hiruko said cocking an eyebrow.
"Onee-Chan!" Hiruko looked over to see Miyuki hugging Yukari with a relieved smile. Yukari held her hand out to Hiruko.
"She's my little sister." Yukari said with a smile. Hiruko nodded with a smile and said. "I wasn't going to do anything, I was just curious."
"Eh? Why'd you have to explain yourself to her Onee-Chan?" Miyuki asked.
"I'm sorry, Hiruko loves cute things and must have found your older sister as one of them." Saja said.
"Aaah? !" Miyuki was then glomped by Hiruko.
"You're cute too!" Hiruko giggled.
"T-Thanks?" Miyuki said.
"Though Hiruko, this is a different time, you can't keep them." Saja scolded.
"Oh I know. I just wanna be friends with them." Hiruko said letting go of Miyuki with a smile.
"Well I'm already friends with the younger sister." Saja said with a smile.
"Uhm, everyone, can we save this for later?" Yukari said as she saw Azi Dahaka emerging from the smoke.
"Right." Miyuki said with a nod.
"Yeah." Hiruko said.
"Let's do this...also something worries me." Saja said.
"What?" Yukari asked.
"Mother's mana is disturbingly faint." Saja said. "Did your broth-"
"He didn't change his mind." Miyuki said. "He loves Tamamo and would never willingly break his promise to her."
"If anything I'm guessing Rizevim." Yukari said.
"That's probably what caused that massive wellspring of power earlier." Miyuki said.
"Wait, why?" Hiruko asked. "Kenshin Kuroshi doesn't know our mother on a personal level."
"But Ragnarok Kuroshi does, on a very personal level." Yukari said.
"What does that have to do with it?" Saja asked.
"Because Kenshin and Ragnarok are empathetically linked. This whole trip over here, Kenshin's been feeling what Ragnarok would be feeling, his thoughts, his feelings, his hesitations. Take all that and force that on someone who had to fight Alipheese, spare her, only to watch her damn near get killed by someone else." Miyuki said
"..." Hiruko and Saja went silent with wide eyes. "I-I see..." They both said.
"Alright enough, we got incoming." Yukari said turning to Azi Dahaka. "Nothing's gonna stop me from getting back to Kenshin!"
"Yeah! Same here!" Miyuki said.
"I won't die here!" Yukari said as she charged toward Azi Dahaka. "I want to be with Kenshin!"
"Same here Onee-Chan!" Miyuki said as she flew alongside her.
"No matter where he is." Yukari smiled at Miyuki. "We will be there, right? !"
"Yeah! Wherever Onii-Chan goes we go!" Miyuki said.
"Hm..." Saja smiled. "Hiruko, these two act like we did back in the Divine Wars."
"I see that." Hiruko said as they rushed forward. "Kenshin Kuroshi has splendid followers and siblings."
"Indeed." Saja said.
"Hrm!" Azi Dahaka shouted as several magic circles appeared in front of his three heads.
"What? !" Yukari said crossing her blades.
"Hrmn!" Miyuki said crossing her arms.
"Damn it!" Hiruko said. "Saja, get behind me!"
What Azi Dahaka had released was a massive burst of Flames, Ice, water, Lighting, Storm and Dark Magic All of these congealed into a combination of purple flames, cyclones of curse magic and black lightning.
"Divine Barrier!" Yukari and Miyuki shouted as their eyes glew brightly as massive barriers erupted in front of them, blocking Azi Dahaka's attacks.
"Haaa!" Hiruko yelled as her tentacles absorbed the attack.
"Hiruko!" Saja shouted in worry.
"I'm fine!" Hiruko said as she emerged with minimal wounds.
"Good." Saja said with a smile.
The storm of magic eventually died down.
"Haa!" Miyuki rushed forward, punching Azi Dahaka's middle head, making it back away, shaking the head in question.
"Gaaah! That hurt!" Azi Dahaka shouted in anger!
"Too Bad, eat that bitch!" Miyuki said with a smirk.
"Grrh!" Azi Dahaka swiped his claws at Miyuki only to have them batted away by Yukari's blades and Saja's tail.
"Not on my watch!" Yukari said.
"Take this!" Saja shouted blasting Azi Dahaka with a burst of youki.
"Aah, thanks Onee-Chan, Saja-Chan." Miyuki said.
"Hmn, anytime Miyuki." Yukari said with a smile.
"Hmn, anything for a friend." Saja said with a smile.
"Scylla Rondo!" Hiruko said racing past them as swatting Azi Dahaka's body with her tentacles.
"Agh!" Azi Dahaka yelled out in pain. He then glared forward with a smirk on all three of his heads as his eyes glew brightly.
"? !" Miyuki, Yukari, Saja and Hiruko were all suddenly frozen not in ice, but in time.
"This is...? !" Yukari said.
"No way! Can he use Forbidden Balor View too? !" Miyuki said.
"Did...Taimu teach this one as well? !" Saja said.
"G-Ghhh! It's not as strong as his, we can still speak...we have...to break free!" Hiruko said.
(crack!)
"G-Grrhh!" Yukari growled as the shell of time magic around her began to break.
"Hrrrggghh!" Miyuki growled as she did the same. "Hiruko, Saja."
"Yeah?" Saja said fighting against her own shell of time magic.
"What...is...it?" Hiruko said through grunts of effort as she forced her tentacles outward, breaking through the time wall.
"You think that you two and I can get that bastard upright?" Miyuki asked.
"Isn't he already?" Saja said as Azi Dahaka approached them slowly, due to needing to concentrate on his time space magic.
"No, I mean standing up on his hind legs." Miyuki said.
"I see what you're suggesting Miyuki." Yukari said. "She wants me to cut the bastard down."
"Ahh, I see." Saja said. "That's a nice plan Miyuki-Chan. As for your question. I can get him standing upright alone, but Hiruko will need to restrain him with her tentacles.
"Don't worry about cutting through them Yukari-Chan. I can just regrow them." Hiruko said.
"Alright, we got our plan...BREAK!" Yukari said as the shells of time around them broke.
"Nnnguh? !" Azi Dahaka gasped as his eyes went dull.
"Haaa!" Saja shot forward, past Yukari and leaped upward, whipping her tail against all three of his heads.
"Guah? !" Azi Dahaka shouted out, his fore legs lifting off the ground.
"Damn! I guess I'm still tired from our fight!" Saja said as Azi Dahaka wasn't fully upright.
"Don't worry, I planned for that too!" Miyuki said rushing past her, her fists covered in red lightning as she shot toward Azi Dahaka's chest. "Thunderous Dragon Fists!" She said punching Azi Dahaka relentlessly as she finally knocked Azi Dahaka upright on his hind legs. "NOW HIRUKO!" She yelled.
"? !" Azi Dahaka felt numerous tentacles wrap around his three necks and all of his legs. He looked back and saw Hiruko standing behind him with multiple tentacles coming out from under her skirt as well as the sleeves of her dress as she kept him upright. He looked up and saw Yukari above him. "Barrier!"
"Your barrier magic is useless against me in this state!" Yukari said as her eyes glew as she broke through his barrier.
"Damn you!" Azi Dahaka said ripping one of his arms free and punching at Yukari.
"Hrgh!" Yukari growled as she went into a spin spiraling around said arm, cutting it to pieces. She leaped forward, stabbing Kazeken and Ryuuga into the middle head's eyes. "Miyuki, Saja! Do the same!"
"Right!" Saja said flying upward, bombing the head to the left of the middle head with numerous Feather Bomb Arrows.
"Haaaaaaa!" Miyuki rushed forward, both her arms covered in the elements. "Double Elemental Spica!" She yelled punching the left eye of the right head before leaping around it's nose, slamming her fist into the right eye.
"Gaahh!" Azi Dahaka yelled. "I can't see! !"
"Onee-Chan! The rest is up to you!" Miyuki said.
"Right!" Yukari said as she shot downward, quick as a bullet, slicing through Azi Dahaka's body, spiraling around it until she hit the ground. She leaped upward, uncasing her wings. "Azi Dahaka. I'm sure you've been informed, but I've undergone the same training Kenshin, the Dragon of the Elements has. He was Absolute Killing Perfection, well then you can consider me that as well! Even if it was a Chunnibyouish type name."
As she said this. She slashed through all three of their necks, but not deep enough to kill them. "Localized Barrier Magic?" Yukari thought.
Hiruko watched as Yukari shot by Azi Dahaka, slicing into him multiple times, trying to break through his barrier to no avail, until finally.
"Guaaah!" Azi Dahaka cried out as Yukari finally severed two of the three heads completely.
"!" All of them gasped in shock at this, but the middle head merely smirked.
"You think this is the end of me? Think again." Azi Dahaka said as a green aura surrounded his body before his wounds regenerated and his two missing heads grew back.
"You wanna go again? !" Yukari shouted with a scowl.
"We could do this all day..." Azi Dahaka blinked as he received a message. "I see... well ladies I'm sorry, but I'm afraid I have to cut this short." He said.
"Oh no you don't!" Miyuki shouted, rushing Azi Dahaka, her fist covered in the elements punching forward, releasing the blast just as Azi Dahaka disappeared via teleportation magic.
"Are you OK? !" She looked up, seeing Yukari sitting over her after she crashed into the ground.
"I'm fine, Onee-Chan." Miyuki said as she sat up.
"Did you get him?" She looked over to see Saja and Hiruko approaching.
"Tch...I'm afraid not, his teleportation spell activated just before I launched my attack, He's hardy so it wouldn't have killed him anyway." Miyuki said.
"Could they have gone toward Mother and Kenshin then?" Hiruko asked.
"Possibly, so let's go!" Miyuki said as she got up and ran forward.
"Miyuki, do you know where they are? !" She turned and looked toward Yukari.
"I can sense Onii-Chan's youki and mana, Tamamo and Draco are there with them as well, but, I can just barely feel Alipheese's mana." Miyuki said.
"? !" Saja and Hiruko both gasped.
Miyuki looked back and shook her head. "I can barely feel it, but it's stable, almost like it's condensed."
Hiruko and Saja both breathed a sigh of relief. "So she should still be alive?" Saja asked.
"As long as nothing else happens to her, which Onii-Chan, Draco and Tamamo-Chan won't let happen, she'll at worst be horribly weakened, but alive. How far are we from them anyway?"
"We took our battles quite a way aways from Mother and Kenshin's battle, to give them ample space to rage about. We're quite far." Saja said.
"Damn. So Kenshin's on his own against Rizevim. Damn it." Yukari growled.
"What are you talking about, he has Tamamo and Draco there." Hiruko said.
"Except Tamamo's probably healing Alipheese's wound, and Kenshin probably asked Draco to shield them. He's on his own to fight a Super Devil and three fourths of the Primordial of Nothingness." Miyuki said.
"I see...we have to hurry!" Saja said with a fierce look.
"Right!" Everyone said.
(break)
With Minagi and Alma.
The two Succubi, one ancestor, the other the Queen arrived to find Kanade and Erubetie fully formed, but still prone on the ground. "Kanade, are you OK?" Minagi asked, checking on her sister.
"Yeah...I'm just exhausted." Kanade said with a tired smile.
"Erubetie-Chan, you good?" Alma asked.
"Yes, I'm just tired from using my ultimate move." Erubetie said with a smile.
"Baka." Alma smiled, tapping Erubetie on the head playfully. "Didn't Alice and Luka both tell you to never use that move?"
Erubetie smiled back. "Sorry. I...just felt it was necessary." Erubetie said.
"Alright, I'm going to refill your energy, ready?" Alma asked.
"U-Um-!" Erubetie was silenced as Alma's lips overlapped hers.
"Succubus Kiss." Alma thought as she kissed Erubetie.
"Mmn..." Erubetie moaned softly as Alma's tongue traced along her slimy one.
"I see Alma-Chan even knows that technique. Well Kanade, are you ready?" Minagi asked with a giggle.
"Sure." Kanade said as she pulled Minagi down into a kiss, taking initiative.
"Mmmh..." Minagi wrapped her arms around Kanade and deepened the kiss as she used the same technique Alma was using. They parted and Minagi smiled. "That was fun."
"It always is." Kanade smiled as she kissed her sister on the cheek.
"See Erubetie, our ancestors are comfortable with it, why shouldn't we be?" Alma asked.
"U-Um, well...I don't want to share the same lover as Undine." Erubetie said. "It's a small factor, compared to how nice he is, but that's why I chose Issei. It's nothing against Luka or rather Kenshin!"
"Oh I know. You like Issei-Chan more. I was more referring to the two of us. You always seem so embarrassed when I heal you with a kiss." Alma giggled.
"Well...uhm. I keep expecting you to take it further." Erubetie said.
"I can if you want." Alma said with a wink.
"U-Um, no thank you." Erubetie said.
(break)
With Evangeline and Kanon.
"Gah!" Evangeline and Kanon both shouted as they were knocked back by tendrils of darkness.
"I don't really feel like using my human form, so this is what you get!" Apophis said as he belched out volumes of black water from his mouth.
"Water? Is he trying to mo- Ow? !" Kanon cried out before Evangeline grabbed her and went into the air. "That...burned..." Kanon said.
"Damn...either this is his digestive fluid or an ooze that could even damage gods!" Evangeline said as it washed away, leaving burned defiled land in it's wake. "Damn...Looks like I was right. If it was even able to harm you and I."
"Let me go, I can fly." Kanon said, forming a pair of wings made of vines.
"Right." Evangeline said.
"So what do we do now?" Kanon asked.
"Well, we can't land on the ground, he'll just puke up that deadly water again." Evangeline said. "! Incoming!" Evangeline shouted as spears of darkness shot toward them.
"Damn!" Kanon shouted as they both dodged, but still got wounded for their troubles.
"Malleus Aquilonis!" Evangeline shouted, slamming Apophis with a massive sphere of ice.
"Heheh." Apophis chuckled as darkness erupted around him.
"? !" Evangeline's eyes widened in shock as her spell dissolved, leaving Apophis unharmed.
"This is bad..." Kanon said.
"Yeah, no shit! Alright, this is going to wear me out, but I don't have a choice." Evangeline said as a cold aura wrapped around her, shards of ice spiraling around her. "Heed the Contract and Serve me, oh Queen of Ice! Come, Unending Darkness, Eternal Glacier. Bring Death to All that has Life, Eternal Rest!"
As Evangeline chanted, Kanon watched as Ice formed and encased Apophis completely. "No way..." Kanon said in shock.
However, she would be shocked again as Darkness erupted from the glacier Evangeline trapped him in and began melting away before she could finish the spell. "Aagh? !" Evangeline felt the shock to her mana reserves, dropping out of her Queen of Ice form and literally starting to drop to the ground.
Kanon rushed forward and caught her. "Are you OK?" She asked.
"Haa...haa...I'll live, but I'm afraid I'm no longer useful in this battle." Evangeline growled. "Damn it..."
"It's OK. Do you still have the ability to move?" Kanon asked as she eyed Apophis warily.
"Yeah. What's your plan?" Evangeline asked.
"Evangeline, I need you to leave this area immediately." Kanon said.
"What? And leave you to deal with him alone? ! Are you nuts? !" Evangeline shouted.
"Please." Kanon said with a calm tone as the vines around her began to bulge. "What I'm about to do...I don't want anyone to see...it's too ugly."
"Hrmn...Well...I guess if I'm of no use here. I'll leave, but understand that I will send reinforcements." Evangeline said.
"That's fine. Just send Mother to disable me." Kanon said as her skin also began to bulge.
"Hm? You think you can get away Vampiress!" Apophis said, charging after a retreating Evangeline before a mass of vines cut him off. "Eh?"
He turned to see Kanon, but not as the beautiful plant youkai she was, but as a mass of vines, fly traps, flowers and all plantlife, all governed by a single, titanic insect flapping it's wings.
"What the hell is that? !" Apophis said.
"Damn you for making me go into this ugly form!" Kanon screamed. "I'LL KILL YOU! !"
"Oh really? ! Let's see it!" Apophis said rushing toward Kanon.
"Haaaaaa!" Kanon shouted.
(break)
With Rizevim and Kenshin.
Kenshin and Rizevim stood across from each other. All the fighting going on around them. "So that snake slut is on life support so you and those animist sluts are sent to beat me?" Rizevim asked, an amused tone in his voice.
Kenshin bristled at this. "You know...the Yonseirei hate you calling them sluts." Kenshin said while keeping a level head.
"Oh well I'm sorry." Rizevim said mockingly.
"And I hate it as well." Kenshin said. "I will not have you slandering their names. I will not have you slander Alipheese's name either."
"..." Rizevim glared at Kenshin. "Who are you to deny me what I want?"
"I am Zettai Sesshoumaru. The ultimate assassin. Absolute Killing Perfection and this killer has come for you." Kenshin said as his purple aura wrapped around him, the elements still spiraling around his arms and legs. He turned his head to smile sadly at Lilith. "I'm sorry if you think any less of me for saying that, but that's just who I am in the end."
"Mmn." Lilith shook her head with a faint smile. "Aniki is Aniki."
Kenshin's smile widened as he turned back toward Rizevim who scowled. "I promise I'll tell you everything about me later."
"OK." Lilith said before she felt a hand on her head as she ate her ice cream. It was Draco who smiled at her.
"Don't worry, that idiot's a man of his word, just like my brother was." Draco said.
"Lilith wasn't worried, but thank you." Lilith said.
"Well I felt like reassuring you anyway." Draco said with a grin. "You can call me 'Uncle Draco.'
"Wouldn't it be more like 'Grand Uncle Draco?'" Tamamo asked with a snide grin as she healed Alipheese.
"Oh like you're one to talk you ancient, cradle robbing fox!" Draco shouted.
"If you factor in the time travel and Mundus Magicus' ridiculous age laws, then no I'm not robbing the cradle!"
"Compared to your old ass, he might as well be a child!" Draco said.
"Oh you had to go there didn-!"
Lilith pushed them apart. "This isn't the time or place, let's focus on the battle."
Draco and Tamamo blinked curiously, but nodded with smiles. "Thanks Lilith-Chan." Draco said.
"Yeah. I guess we were getting a little too heated." Tamamo said as Draco petted her head.
Meanwhile...Kenshin stared Rizevim down. "Before we begin. I want to let you in on a secret, because it's about to not matter whether or not you know anymore."
"Oh?" Rizevim said.
"Sirzechs, he built his peerage specifically to deal with you, should you become a problem, which you have." Kenshin said
"What do you mean by that?" Rizevim asked.
"Sirzechs, Grayfia, Surtr Second, Souji Okita, Mcgregor Mathers, Bahamut, Enku, Beowulf, Me. Outside of me, what do they all have in common?" Kenshin asked.
"They're all his slaves? Oh nevermind, that doesn't separate you from them." Rizevim chuckled.
"They don't have Sacred Gears." Kenshin answered. "Also, for calling us all slaves, you've earned a harsher beating." Kenshin said before going on. "Grayfia, on down to Beowulf...none of them have a Sacred Gear for you to cancel. They were all just badass on their own."
Back at Lucifer's Castle. Surtr Second grinned. "Thanks for the compliment boya."
"Hahaha, right?" McGregor laughed.
"Hmph, nice show of respect from the Strongest Youkai." Souji said with a smile.
"Indeed." Enku said.
Bahamut made a noise that sounded like a laugh. Beowulf looked down. "He included me too? These fuckers routinely use me as a mule!"
"Well Beowulf-San." Issei said putting a hand on his shoulder. "Aren't you the reincarnation of Beowulf, the guy who slayed Grendel by himself?"
"Kid, we just watched him decimate two Grendels and a Ladon in a matter of minutes." Beowulf deadpanned.
"Those were clones. He needed help with the real Grendel. They can say they upped their abilities, but really Kenshin was just a genius as he took them out." Issei said before adding. "A completely insane genius, but a genius nonetheless."
"Huh, I guess you got a point there, thanks kid." Beowulf said with a laugh.
"Yeah, I mean aren't you supposed to be one of the top five strongest Pawns? I need to surpass you if I'm gonna become the Ultimate Pawn for Chief Rias." Issei said with a grin.
"Heh." Beowulf smirked holding out his fist. "Looking forward to seeing what you become. Sekiryuutei."
"Hey, just call me Issei." Issei said.
"Very well." Beowulf said as he and Issei bumped fists.
"I tell you that to tell you this." They all heard Kenshin say as he walked forward. "That service, will no longer be required of them..."
"..." Rizevim went silent as Kenshin slowly approached him.
Watching this Vali noticed something. "Hey, take a look at that bastard's face."
"Huh?" Azazel said looking at the screen. "Wait, Vali has a point, Sirzechs, Serafall look!"
Sirzechs and Serafall looked at the screen closely. "Wait...Sirzechs-Chan...is it just me, or does that bastard look...scared?"
"..." Sirzechs went silent.
Rizevim didn't know what was happening to him, but a quiver of nervousness filled him.
(skf!)
"Ah?" Rizevim gasped, realizing he'd stepped back.
"Something the matter?" Kenshin asked, still approaching him. "Is the Son of Lucifer as much of a coward as his father was when he died?"
"! !" Rizevim's eyes widened in anger as he charged mana into his left hand. "Damn you! !" He yelled throwing the mass of mana at Kenshin.
(Boom!)
The area Kenshin was at exploded in fire and dust. Draco noticed Tamamo wasn't crying out in worry. "Tamamo?"
Tamamo shook her head and smiled. Lilith took a spoonful of her ice cream. "Aniki's in no danger."
"What...did I put some salt in you?"
"!" Rizevim heard Kenshin...from behind him.
"You're not going to harm the peace we're trying to create anymore." Kenshin said.
"H-How...? How did he take my back so easily?" Rizevim thought.
Back at Lucifer's Castle everyone was wondering the same thing. "Onii-Sama, can you replay that in slow motion?"
"Right." Sirzechs nodded as he did just that.
They all watched Kenshin shooting out of the smoke. "Is Kenshin using Shundou?" Setsuna said.
"No, this...this is natural speed." Negi said seeing Kenshin turning as he passed Rizevim. "You can't do that using normal Shundou! I only achieved it using Raiten Taisou!"
"Krh!" Rizevim growled as he turned, trying to kick Kenshin's legs out from under him, but Kenshin anticipated this with Undine's power and jumped over the attempted leg sweep. "Grh!" He growled again in frustration as he punched at Kenshin's face.
"Serene Dance." Kenshin said as he dodged the fist at the last second, ducking down as his right arm extended forward, his thumb and middle finger curled inward, in front of Rizevim's face.
"Gaah!" Rizevim shouted out as Kenshin's middle finger flicked him in the face, shocking him as it sent him into a painful tumble. He stopped himself and saw Kenshin looking down at his hands.
"So this is the true power of the Demigod State." Kenshin thought.
"You fucker!" Rizevim said, shooting toward Kenshin.
"..." Kenshin raised his hand, still not even looking at Rizevim and swatted his hand away. Kenshin keeps doing this, infuriating Rizevim, because...Kenshin wasn't even looking at him."..."
"Grrrh! !" Rizevim growled. "Take this! Lucifer Kick! !" He yelled.
"Hmph..." Kenshin closed his eyes, his hand still batting away Rizevim's legs.
Watching from Lucifer's Castle, Vali could only stare in shock. "Vali?" Azazel said, seeing the look on his face turn into a smirk.
"Heheh...He's clowning Rizevim and I have a pillar to climb! Thank you Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi!" Vali laughed.
Hikari turned to glare at Azazel only for him to smile and shrug, as if to say. "Hey, it's not like I didn't try to check his violent impulses"
Hikari nodded with a smile. "I guess I don't have any room to talk, given how not only Kenshin, but Yukari turned out." She thought.
"Grh!" Kenshin growled, grabbing Rizevim by the face, throwing him over the shoulder, sending the Son of Lucifer bouncing off the ground.
"Damn you! !" Rizevim roared rushing toward Kenshin.
"You fucking fool." Kenshin said as he leaned backward slightly, Undine's power's guiding him. He leaned forward, dodging Rizevim's second kick, leaning back again to dodge his third, before crouching down to avoid Rizevim's third kick.
Draco, Tamamo and Lilith all watched from the sides. "He's fine-tuning his movements more and more." Tamamo said.
"Indeed he is." Draco nodded.
"Lilith is confused...is Aniki going to be OK?" Lilith asked.
Draco looked over at her and smiled. "Aniki is going to be perfectly OK."
Lilith stared up at Draco for a few moments before closing her eyes with a smile, going back to enjoying her ice cream.
"Rrrraaahhh!" Rizevim roared punching down at Kenshin, only for him to disappear before impact.
(tmp)
"? !" Rizevim turned to see Kenshin behind him, a distance away. "What...but how? !"
"Because your moves are weak." Kenshin said.
"Krrh! I am your better damn it! I will beat you into the ground Ragnarok's reincarnation!" Rizevim spat angrily. "Now, answer me! How are you dodging me!"
"Fine, I'll give you the courtesy." Kenshin said with an impassive glare. "I'm not letting my emotions control me."
"What? !" Rizevim shouted. "Something as simple as that? !"
"Seeing you stab Alipheese through the chest stirred up a lot of angry emotions inside me. Most of them were from Ragnarok. The rest were from me promising Tamamo that I wouldn't allow her mother to die." Kenshin said. "The Demigod State puts a lot of pressure on both the mind and body. So when my mind is distracted by my emotions. My body is forced to deal with the burden of controlling it. However, if I accept my emotions, but don't let them control me. What you see before you is the result." Kenshin said. "The perfect flow of not only the elements, but a somewhat imperfect flow of Ophis' mana that made up mine, and the power of Great Red's flesh that makes up this body of mine...So there are deeper depths for me to go, like Shiva said...There is a whole other realm of power waiting for me..." Kenshin said. "It probably awaits Issei too."
"Krrhhh!" Rizevim growled. "That didn't answer much."
"It would have if you had been paying attention. One of the Elements is Water. Which internally allows me to sense blows coming at me, though it's connected to my level of power. I've sensed your attacks coming at me, and dodged accordingly with both the power of Water and the Power of Wind." He paused to smile. "Thanks for that Slyph, Undine."
"No problem Kenshin-Chan!" Sylph said through the green orbs on his knees. "You know we love you!"
The orbs on Kenshin's forehead glew. "Sylph is right. We will always be there to help you." Undine said. "Because we love you."
"Hmhm." Kenshin smiled. "I know, and I love you all back." Kenshin said.
"Grrhhh!" Rizevim growled. "Stop complimenting those animist sluts and fight me!" Rizevim said before being decked in the teeth by Kenshin.
"Stop...fucking...calling them that." Kenshin said with a growl.
"Grhh..." Rizevim growled before leaping forward, intending to take Kenshin's head off.
"Flash Kill-Tornado!" Kenshin shouted, shooting by Rizevim, slashing him across the chest with Angel Halo as a twister erupted around him.
"Gaaah!" A light shot out of Rizevim's chest before he started panting. "W-What was that? !"
"That was your mana." Kenshin said pointing Angel Halo at him. "This blade in my hand, isn't a sword that can kill, but it is a sword of sealing." Kenshin said. "The second angel the Primordial Goddess of Light, Ilias ever created. Lucifina was a kind, caring soul. She didn't enjoy killing, so she crafted this blade to not kill, but to seal away Youkai for a time as a punishment. She also dealt this out to Angels that she felt went too far."
"? !" Rizevim's eyes widened.
"The more I cut you with this blade...the weaker you'll get, see...even though Sirzechs' peerage won't need to deal with you anymore, I won't be the one to kill you." Kenshin said. "That job belongs to your grandson."
"Heh." Watching from Lucifer's castle. Vali smirked. "So I get to watch him get his ass kicked, and I still get to kill him? Hahaha! Thanks Kenshin!"
"Haa..haa...haa..." Rizevim panted. "Damn you Kenshin...no matter what this power is that you're using. I will destroy you." He thought. "Just like I did your predecessors!"
"Tell me." Kenshin said. "Is the reason you hate Ragnarok so much because he killed your dad and then celebrated by banging your mom?"
"I-!" Rizevim paused as he realized what Kenshin had just said. "WHAT? !"
"Oh? You didn't know?" Kenshin chided with a coy smile. "Yeah, Lilith, the Devil, not the adorable Dragon Goddess over there, had a falling out with your Daddy Lucifer. Apparently a lot of the Devil clans were begging him not to continue the war, and went to Lilith, his wife to try and appeal to him. Lords Gremory, Sitri, Phenex, Agares, even Zekram Bael tried this. They convinced Lilith to plead with Lucifer. That Devilkind didn't have the will to fight anymore."
"Grh..." Rizevim growled.
"Not only did Lucifer refuse, but he relentlessly beat his wife for her supposed 'insolence', only to be stopped by Ragnarok himself. It was then that Lilith, the Devil Queen gave her blessing. Seeing that Lucifer didn't love her, but only used her to continue his bloodline." Kenshin said. "She gave her blessing to kill Lucifer, but only if he came back to her, so she could reward him."
"You're implying that my mother REWARDED Ragnarok for murdering my father? !" Rizevim yelled.
"Oh that's exactly what I'm implying." Kenshin said. "While he was fighting Lucifer's war for him. She became close to Ragnarok. Even meeting with him in secret so she could vent about her dumbass husband's ridiculous actions. She even asked...did Devil Kind even mean anything to him. I guess somewhere along the line she fell for him. She may have given you those fruits of wisdom and life, or rather maybe she didn't...maybe she hid them in Purgatory because she hoped no one would ever find them. you did say she was conceited." Kenshin said.
"Grrrh!" Rizevim's teeth ground together in anger.
Kenshin smirked. "Let's face it beardo. Your mom was violated by Ragnarok, or rather Ragnarok was violated by her in ways that would make some Succubi green with envy"
Watching from Lucifer's Castle, Beowulf spoke up. "I've noticed something."
"Yeah?" Surtr Second said.
"Kenshin seems to like talking a lot of shit when he fights." Beowulf said.
"I know why that is." Everyone looked over at Sona. "It was when he finally beat me in chess. He told me that it's more difficult to win when your opponent and I quote 'owns real estate in your head'"
"Really? What did he do to get in your head So-tan?" Serafall said.
Sona adjusted her glasses. "Onee-Sama, I don't mean to be mean, but that's really none of your concern."
Instead of pouting, Serafall giggled. "Eh, I guess you have a point."
"Eh, knowing Kenshin it was probably sweet talk." Rias said. "Since he was facing you anyway, Sona."
"Yeah, probably." Negi laughed.
Sona merely growled under her breath. "It wasn't so much him speaking as it was him looking at me right in the eyes, like he was admiring beauty." She thought. "It was new. Most people admired me as the Sitri Heiress, that idiot Barbatos heir among them, but Kenshin...you were the first one to appreciate me as a person." She glanced at Saji whose eyes were glued to the screen. "There was you...but I'm sorry, I only ever looked at you as a little brother. I know you appreciated me, and I will always treasure your service, even if I don't say it and I'm glad you have Momo and Ruruko." Sona turned to the screen and smiled. "It seems you got the both of us Kenshin. Onee-Sama and I. You understand what we need."
Meanwhile Kenshin and Rizevim, the two clashed, Shiroi Tengoku against a mana created sword made by Rizevim. "Not using that Angel Halo of yours?"
"..." Kenshin didn't say anything, as a clone appeared behind him, grabbing Angel Halo from Kenshin
"? !" Rizevim's eyes widened. "When did he utter the phrase for a clone? !" He tried to struggle away only for the real Kenshin to hold him by the wrist .
"Haa!" Kenshin's clone yelled slashing at Rizevim, cutting him down the left as Rizevim jumped back.
"Grh!" Rizevim roared as he rushed Kenshin as his clone disappeared, punching him across the face, knocking him across the face. "Take this!" Rizevim said slugging Kenshin across the face again, grabbing Kenshin and kneeing him in the chest before throwing Kenshin to the ground.
"Wait? ! What's going on? !" Issei said. "Why does Rizevim suddenly have the advantage? !" He asked as they all watched Rizevim start to savagely beat Kenshin.
"You think you can get away...with killing my father in a past life, defiling my mother, and mocking me about it? !" Rizevim shouted.
"Heheheh!" Kenshin smirked, bleeding from the nose, among other places. "That pissed off look would make me cream my pants if I were a full on incubus!"
"Rrrgh! Shut the fuck up! !" Rizevim roared as he continued to beat Kenshin into the dirt before finally pointing a mana made sword at Kenshin's face. "Any last words you literal motherfucker."
"..." Kenshin's right arm extended outward, his index finger pointing.
"? !" Rizevim looked over, seeing Kenshin leaning against a rock face.
"I hope you enjoyed beating down my clone, by the way, the blood was from the False Image Illusion. The only illusion I know." Kenshin said. "Also, my clone has a present for you."
"!" Rizevim's eyes widened as the clone grabbed him by the wrist, forcing the mana blade through his own chest.
The clone smirked. "Bunshin...Bakuhatsu."
"? !" Alipheese's eyes shot wide open as Kenshin's clone exploded. They narrowed and she let out a sigh. "Whew..."
"Mother!" Tamamo said embracing her.
"Tamamo..." Alipheese said hugging Tamamo back with a smile. "It's alright. I'm OK."
"Alipheese...it seems your plan worked." Draco said.
"Plan?" Tamamo asked as Alipheese 'sat up'
"Everything will be explained shortly." Alipheese said.
"OK...but um..." Tamamo looked at her mother. "Why are you shorter than me now?"
"What?" Alipheese said before looking down at herself. "...Oh for fuck's sake, I didn't know a consequence of me doing what I did would result in me being lolified!"
"It might have something to do with expending your mana, in any case watch." Draco said pointing at the fight.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!" Rizevim roared, exploding out of the dust cloud his mana burst had erupted and shot toward Kenshin.
"..." Kenshin stepped forward and merely extended his hands toward Rizevim. "Hey Rizevim, I've been pumping small amounts of elemental magic into you with each strike I've landed." You know why that is?"
"? !" Rizevim was frozen in midair as he tried to slash Kenshin across the throat with his sword.
"It's so I could freeze you with Wind Possession and Water Possession." Kenshin said as he held his hand out to Rizevim before leaning forward. "Also. This ability doesn't work so well if my opponent is stronger than me...yet it works just fine on you."
"!" Rizevim began thrashing around. "YOU ARE NOT STRONGER THAN ME! I'VE SURPASSED EVEN MY FATHER!"
"Shut up." Kenshin said as he extended his right arm outward. Sending Rizevim toward that direction before raising that arm upward, Rizevim moving upward in response.
"Bite the pillow bitch." Kenshin said. "I'm goin' in dry." Kenshin said as the elements surrounded his left leg. "HAAAAA!"
With a roar, Kenshin leaped upward, raising his left leg upward, slamming it into Rizevim's sternum.
"Guoh? !" Rizevim's eyes widened as he spit out stomach acid and blood before being sent skyward.
This also had an adverse effect on the environment around them as a massive burst of air exploded from them.
"Oh shit!" Draco said getting ready to move them all with his time magic only for a barrier to form over them all. He looked down at Lilith extending her hand forward. "T-Thanks Lilith-Chan."
"Mm." Lilith nodded, taking another bite of her ice cream.
"Oh? Who is this?" Alipheese asked.
"This is Lilith, Co-Primordial of Nothingness." Tamamo said.
"Oh?" Alipheese said before extending her hand toward Lilith with a smile. "Pleased to meet you. I'm Alipheese Fateburn, the Primordial Goddess of Darkness."
"Mm." Lilith nodded and shook her hand.
"Hm?" Alipheese looked at what Lilith was eating and became interested. "May I have a bite of that please?"
"OK..." Lilith held out a spoonful to her.
"Haauommh..." Alipheese took it into her mouth. "Mmmmhh!" Alipheese cupped her cheek, moaning in delight. "Wow! It's so milky yet so sweet! Lilith-Chan I simply must ha-" A tub of ice cream was presented in front of her. She turned to Draco.
"Don't try and steal her treat. She's stronger than you. Here." Draco said. "It's the same flavor."
"R-Right." Alipheese said before turning back to the fight. "In any case, that was perfectly done."
"Oh? That's a rare bit of respect from you Mother." Tamamo said with a smile.
"Respect where it's due. The way Kenshin's fighting is godlike." Alipheese said.
"Huh?" Kenshin turned to face them and saw Alipheese standing. "Oh good! You're up...but now I have a question for you." He said.
"What?" Alipheese asked.
"We both went to battle against each other, it took forever, yet here I stand smacking around this idiot that took you down." Kenshin said.
"Yes? You did wear me out after all." Alipheese said, glancing away.
"Oh that's bullshit and you know it. You could have absorbed the dark mana out of here to juice back up. You've lived thousands of my lifetimes, do you believe I'm dumb enough to think you couldn't pull it off." Kenshin asked.
"Well then what's your question?" Alipheese said.
"Did you take that 'deathblow' on purpose to shake up my and by extension Ragnarok's emotions?" Kenshin said.
"No!" Alipheese said. Kenshin continued to glare at her. "...Y-Yes."
"Mom! What the fuck? !" Tamamo shouted.
"Alipheese...bitch move." Kenshin said before hearing a thud behind him.
"I'll make it up to you both later." Alipheese said with a sigh. "Finish the job so we can leave."
"Right." Kenshin turned to the crater formed a distance away, where a gasping, coughing Rizevim laid. "Rizevim...you get it now right? You can't beat me."
"Rrhhgh!" Rizevim lurched upward, falling forward, and shakily and stubbornly pulled himself to his feet, still gasping for air. "Uggaaahh!" He cried out, falling to a knee.
"Do you understand the pain and suffering you've inflicted on everyone you've killed. Do you get how it feels?" Kenshin asked.
"Oh don't give me that shit! You yourself called yourself the ultimate assassin. You dare talk to me about the pain and suffering of the people I killed?" Rizevim said. "You must think yourself to be God!"
"No, I'm not your Grandfather." Kenshin shook his head. "The difference between us is...I feel immense remorse for the people I killed. You don't." He scowled. "You think it's a fucking game. Well, I'm here to tell you...it's Game Over."
"Krrh..." Rizevim growled.
"..." Kenshin continued to scowl at Rizevim.
"Kenshin! I do not fear the divine power you possess! I defeated Heinrich, Shin Tatsu and your father and I will defeat you again."
"Again?" Kenshin said. "You didn't even defeat me in our first fights where I succumbed to my stab wound to the heart from Forbesii who was wielding the Tsurugi no Kami, and in Heaven where you retreated after Issei and I whooped that ass."
"Grrrhhh!" Rizevim growled. "Kenshin...!" Power exploded around Rizevim. "I am the Son of Lucifer, God's creations are mine to play with!"
"Tch..." Kenshin growled.
"Kenshin...I could destroy this world if I wanted to." Rizevim smirked. "Would it serve me better to keep it intact...think hard on that."
"..." Kenshin gazed onward as the power Rizevim was emanating vanished. He felt a presence behind him and jumped going into a spin kick sending the Son of Lucifer flying into a stalagmite with a kick to the face. "Hrm!" He kicked his foot downward, sending a fissure toward the stalagmite Rizevim crashed into, making the top fall onto him.
"Hold on..." Kenshin said looking around. "This feeling." He held his hand up to his ear, a magic circle appearing. "Sirzechs are you watching this? !"
"!" Sirzechs' eyes widened. "Kenshin? You can communicate with us?"
"I've always been able to communicate with you all, I was just too busy fighting for my life against Alipheese and running a train on Rizevim to notice! What the hell? ! Is every fight I'm in just going to be fucking movie night for you? !
"Kenshin, this is only limited to my office." Sirzechs said.
"He's lying, we're all in the public quarters of Lucifer Castle." Serafall said with a smile.
"Serafall!" Sirzechs shouted.
"How many and how long?" Kenshin asked,
"Um...My peerage, Rias' peerage, Sona's peerage, your friends Negi, Konoka and Setsuna. Azazel, your peerage that didn't go with you, Raynare, Sextum, Serafall, Mana, the mercenary you hired as well as Vali, Kuroka and Le Fay." Sirzechs answered.
Kenshin kept an eye on the stalagmite, seeing Rizevim still buried under it. "How long?"
"Well...both yours and the Dark Goddess's groups were still together when we started." Sirzechs said.
"..." Kenshin slumped. "So you all saw me use a Grendel Clone to rip through a Ladon Clone's barrier like a nutcracker?"
"Yes, Surtr wants me to tell you that was...and I quote 'fucking savage.'" Sirzechs said.
Kenshin blinked. "Umh..."
"What is it?" Sirzechs asked.
"It's just weird to hear you drop an 'F' bomb." Kenshin said.
"Haha...you're not the only one giving me a weird look." Sirzechs said.
"Wait, you said everyone's been there since the beginning." Kenshin asked as something struck him making him pale. "Please tell me they missed the conversation Alipheese and I had before we started. Tamamo and Draco were still there."
"Um...I'm sorry, but we all heard it. I even spit out my wine when you mentioned how long you lasted with Alice-Sama." Sirzechs said.
"Oh god damn it." Kenshin facepalmed. "Well, so much for me getting any sleep when I get back." Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Sona, Serafall, Negi and Rossweisse all blushed with shy giggles. "Well it'll be fun at least." He said with a sigh.
"Help me..."
"!" Kenshin turned to the rock Rizevim was buried under.
"Please...don't kill me...don't feed me to Vali."
"Hey Sirzechs. You said Vali was there right?" Kenshin said.
"Yes?" Sirzechs said.
"I want to ask him a question. Do you still want to waste him yourself...or would you be satisfied with watching me kill him?" Kenshin said. "I mean, watching me beat Rizevim to death has to be like porn for you."
"..." Vali went into thought. "Killing Rizevim myself would be the most satisfying, but, being able to watch it is a different experience altogether...hmmn..." Vali turned to Sirzechs. "May I have that communication circle Lord Lucifer?"
"..." Sirzechs nodded and extended his hand, letting Vali grab the communication circle and put it next to his ear.
"Kenshin, can you hear me?" Vali said.
"Eh? You got Zechy to give you the communication circle?" Kenshin asked.
"Yeah." Vali said.
"Kenshin's Assassination Station, you want em dead, we take their head." Kenshin joked.
"Pfft..." Vali let out a snicker at this. "Very funny."
"Well what's the verdict?" Kenshin asked.
"It doesn't matter. I've been enjoying the ass whooping you've been laying on Rizevim. Though I'd like to kill him myself, I'm fine with watching you do it."
"..." Kenshin nodded. "Alright, but understand that Absolute Killing Perfection requires a fee."
"Yeah Yeah, if you kill him for me I'll pay you." Vali said shaking his head. "Jeez you really take pride in that title." Vali said.
"Only a psychopath takes pride in being an assassin. I just tell people that so they know what they're getting into." Kenshin grumbled as he cut communications. He slashed horizontally and blew the stalagmite rubble burying Rizevim apart. "Get up Rizevim."
"G-Ghh..." Rizevim grunted as he stood up. "Haa..." He sighed out before taking out of his manufactured Phoenix Tears. He was shocked when Kenshin didn't even bother to stop him.
Kenshin spoke. "Go ahead. It won't change anything."
"..." Rizevim went to pour the vial of Phoenix Tears on his wound only to freeze as Kenshin's left hand launched forward, gripping his wrist.
"One condition though. You and and your buddies in Qilppoth cease your operations, stop terrorizing us and stop trying to release Trihexa and also stop your actions against Alipheese and I. In that I mean, stop trying to kill us. Just return to your hole in the ground and wait for Vali to get strong enough to kill you."
"Yes! I swear to do just that!" Rizevim shouted.
"Alright." Kenshin said pulling out a pair of handcuffs. "Take your Phoenix Tear and put these cuffs on, and I'll send you to death row for Vali to execute you.. A fitting punishment for someone like you." He said with a scowl.
"Naturally." Rizevim said pouring the Phoenix Tear over his wound, healing it.
"Alright..." Kenshin said. "Put these on and keep your word.
However Rizevim looked down at the cuffs. "I'm not going anywhere...not until..." He pulled one of his hands back. "You die by my hand!"
"Earth Guard." Kenshin said before Rizevim's hand struck his chest.
(crack!)
"Aaaaggghh!" Rizevim stepped back, his hand broken.
"I gotta say, I expected more." Kenshin said. "In the end, you're just a sneaky little bitch. At your current strength you could never hope to kill me...let alone defeat me...and even as I stand now...Sirzechs would fold both of us like laundry."
"What...the hell makes you say that?" Rizevim said with a pained growl.
Kenshin held out his pawn pieces. "Back when your gang and the Hero Faction raided the Underworld Capitol, Sirzechs himself was elsewhere. Fighting Hades with Heaven's Joker, Azazel and the Vali Team outside of Vali himself." Kenshin said. "As I was heading to the capitol. I felt something from these...as they all turned crimson. A deep power...the strongest one I've ever felt."
Sirzechs blinked as he watched this. "He...felt me using that power?"
"It would seem so." Grayfia nodded.
"Even this form I'm in pales in comparison." Kenshin said. "This is why I challenged him to a fight." Kenshin said looking down at his hands. "I wanted to know where I stood against the Strongest Devil." He looked over at Rizevim. "Let me ask you something, have you ever trained?"
"I haven't, obviously!" Rizevim growled.
"Hmph..." Kenshin scoffed softly. "So Heinrich, Shin Tatsu and my Dad were all holding L's from a man who has never trained a day in his life."
"That is some grade A Bullshit not going to lie." Heinrich commented.
"You could have ended up stronger than me if you just trained your power." Kenshin commented.
"Fuck you..." Rizevim said, scowling into Kenshin's eyes. "The truly powerful don't need to train. They are strong from the jump."
"That's sad...because you actually believe that." Kenshin said. "I ask you again...Rizevim...will you do as I have asked, stop releasing Trihexa and retreat back to whatever hole you crawled out of...I really would rather like to keep my promise to Vali if I can help it."
(drop!)
The third Sephiroth Graal that was stolen from Valerie fell out of Rizevim's pocket, going unnoticed by Kenshin, but noticed by Rizevim who scowled. "I will never go back into hiding, in fact I will continue to do as I please.
"Hmn..." Kenshin closed his eyes. "Alright then Rizevim, you leave me with no alternative...sorry Vali."
"Vali, just what is my worthless grandson to you?" Rizevim asked.
"A friend...no, a brother in arms." Kenshin said. "He and I experienced similar pasts, so I sympathize with him, after I kill you. I intend on helping him reach a form like this. Issei too."
"Intriguing...but...I have a surprise for you." Rizevim said.
"? !" Kenshin looked over to see a third Grendel Clone bearing down on him, it's mouth wide open. He dove toward Kenshin who had no time to react as the Grendel Clone's jaws eclipsed around him.
(gulp!)
"? !" Everyone watched in horror as Grendel C swallowed, sending what they could only assume was Kenshin down it's throat. "Kenshin! !" Rias, Negi, Sona, Akeno, Issei and others screamed.
"Uhyahyahyahya!" Rizevim laughed. "So much for your superior strength Kenshin! Enjoy becoming Dragon shit!"
"Ullgh? !" Grendel C coughed out as his body froze.
"What? What is it Grendel Clone?"
"Grrh...a...a massive case of heartburn...I should be fi-ulgah!" Grendel C was cut off as a spray of fire blades shot out of Grendel C's nose and mouth. "Aaaagghh...! !" Grendel C was cut off as this spray of tendrils of flaming knives surrounded him, shredding it's arms, legs and torso down to nothing until only Kenshin remained. He slashed his sword outward, casting the flaming blades away.
"Nice try, but you should know, that's not the only time something or someone has tried to eat me." Kenshin said. "When I was ten, a rouge General of the Nine Divisions of Hellas used a concoction to become a giant and tried to eat me. I responded by reverse disemboweling him." Kenshin said. "I then proceeded to chug half of a fifth of vodka and pass out."
"Hrm..." Rizevim said before smirking, holding out the third Sephiroth Graal. "Interesting...Kenshin, you're the first opponent I've ever had that made me turn OFF my Sacred Gear Canceler." He said as the Holy Grail glew brightly. "It could be said that you're connected to the principle of life right now yes?" Rizevim smirked widely. "Alright then...two can play at that game."
"? !" Kenshin looked on in shock as a dark, but powerful aura wrapped around Rizevim.
"Huh? What's all this now?" Alipheese asked.
"...Creat- no...Rizevim feels stronger." Lilith said.
"Ooohhh...oh wow, this is just how I imagined it." Rizevim said as he looked down at his hands.
"Kenshin, you need to finish him off now! He's combined his mana with the Principle of Life, gaining the same powers as you!" Draco yelled.
"Care to explain Tamamo?" Alipheese asked.
"Hrmn..." Tamamo grunted. "It would appear that the Holy Grail, or Sephiroth Graal gave Rizevim extensive abilities used to try and bridge the power gap between him and Kenshin."
Rizevim smirked and lunged forward, slashing his mana sword at Kenshin. "!" Kenshin crossed both Angel Halo and Shiroi Tengoku in front of him.
(skffff!)
Kenshin was driven backward across the ground. He lowered his blades slightly. "...So you've bastardized my Demigod State hm?"
"I wouldn't say that." Rizevim said. "I've just taken my rightful place as your better. Prepare yourself Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi!"
Kenshin closed his eyes letting out a sigh. "You my better?" He opened his eyes with an indifferent glare. "Fine then, let's see it." He said slipping into a stance.
The two stared each other down. Daring the other to make the first move when they both shot toward one another. Kenshin raised both his blades overhead. "Twin Heavenly Demon Revival!"
"Urrryyyyaaah!" Rizevim slashed forward, meeting Kenshin's attack with his blade.
"..." Lilith extended her hand forward, encasing herself, Draco, Tamamo and Alipheese in a barrier as the area around Kenshin and Rizevim exploded in a massive power surge.
"Whoa...shit..." Draco said with wide eyes.
"Thank you for that Lilith." Alipheese said.
"Of course." Lilith nodded.
"..." When the dust settled...Rizevim and Kenshin floated over a massive crater. Kenshin looked down at it, and could even see a small pool of lava bubbling up. "If we continue fighting here. Nothing good will come of it..." He looked over at Tamamo, Lilith, Alipheese and Draco. "I don't need to pull them into this either." Kenshin thought as he brought out his wings. He turned to Rizevim. "Follow me." He said before taking off.
"Hmph! Don't want to scar this world of savage beasts too badly hm?" Rizevim said taking off after Kenshin, catching up with him. He swung his sword at Kenshin's neck, only for him to block with Angel Halo. Rizevim then reared his leg back and kicked at Kenshin's head.
"Hrm!" Kenshin swatted Rizevim's leg away and stabbed Shiroi Tengoku at Rizevim, however Rizevim smirked, diverting the kodachi at the last second. "Tch." Kenshin grunted as he fired a burst of Katentou out of the sheathed blade, making it curl around and attack Rizevim from behind.
"Nice try!" Rizevim said firing a blast of mana behind him, destroying the stream.
"Ninefold Rakshasa!" Kenshin shouted.
"Sorry Kenshin, but no." Rizevim said diverting each and every strike. "This is incredible! I move so fluidly in this state!" He said as he split Kenshin's arms out to his sides. "Now DIE!"
Rizevim's sword went through Kenshin, however...the Kenshin he stabbed was merely an afterimage that vanished. "Hm?" He glanced over, seeing Kenshin flying away.
Kenshin looked around. He saw Yukari, Miyuki, Saja and Hiruko wrapping up their fight against Azi Dahaka. "Can't go there..." He looked over in the other direction seeing Evangeline retreating from a massive dark eastern dragon and a massive amalgamation of vines, flowers and insects. "The fuck is that?" He muttered. He started to scan the area when he saw Rizevim bearing down on him. "Shit!" He crossed his arms to defend as Rizevim kicked him to the ground.
However his momentum didn't stop when he hit the ground. "Damn!" Kenshin growled as he stabbed Angel Halo into the ground.
"? !" Alma, Minagi, Erubetie and Kanade all saw him go across the ground near them, before slamming into a nearby plateau. "Kenshin-Chan!" Alma shouted as the four of them rushed toward him.
"!" Kenshin extended his arm outward. "Stay back!"
"!" All four of them stopped.
"Better do as he says ladies." Rizevim said landing a short distance away. "You don't want any of what I am right now."
"..." Alma, Minagi, Erubetie and Kanade could feel the raw power rolling off the both of them.
"I'd say we're evenly matched now, but I was stronger than you before this power boost so I have a leg up." Rizevim said.
"That right?" Kenshin drawled. "Then try harder."
Rizevim narrowed his eyes in disdain. "You're still so calm...oh well...by the end of this you'll be quaking in fear."
"Sure I will." Kenshin snorted as he rushed forward, slashing at Rizevim's neck. Rizevim blocked with his sword and threw Kenshin back.
"Nice try, but my body is stronger than yours now." Rizevim said.
"Really? Then why's your arm shaking?" Kenshin asked.
"It's shaking in excitement, now DIE!" Rizevim shouted.
"..." Kenshin disappeared as Rizevim stabbed at him, appearing above him. "Heavenly Demon Revival!" He shouted slashing Rizevim across the back.
"Hurrk? !" Rizevim choked out as his torso began quivering.
Kenshin landed behind him and kicked his right leg out from under him. Rizevim popped back up, panting.
At this time, Alipheese, Lilith, Draco and Tamamo arrived at the scene. "What's happening to him?" Lilith asked.
"His body is struggling to contain the power of the Principle of Life he connected himself to." Alipheese said as Kenshin kept attacking Rizevim, making the shaking in Rizevim's body get worse and worse.
"Yeah that makes sense." Draco said. "Power like that ain't nothing to sneeze at."
"Perfected Crimson Dragon's Fist!" Kenshin said slamming Rizevim in the stomach.
Rizevim got up, but now his vision was swimming and he couldn't stop shaking. "What...is...happening...to me?"
"Remember what you and that jackass Marius did to Valerie Tepes?" Kenshin asked, before pointing at him. "You're doing the same thing to yourself and at an alarming rate. At least with Valerie it was slow, so the only thing that happened to her mind being broken which thankfully I was able to fix. With training she should be able to handle it." He crossed his arms. "You did say that the Demigod State, especially now that I've perfected it...is similar to connecting to the Principle of Life...however I only managed this after honing my body to withstand it...when I first activated this against Yama in Rashoumen...it was only for an instant and after Yama left...I passed out."
"What are you saying? !" Rizevim shouted.
"Abandon the Principle of Life and Valerie's Sacred Gear...or be destroyed by it." Kenshin said.
Back at Lucifer's Castle, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. "Whew...that was kinda nervewracking, not gonna lie." Negi said.
"You're telling me." Rias said.
To Kenshin's surprise, the Sephiroth Graal stopped glowing and Rizevim's body stopped shaking. "Wow, you actually see reason?"
"Che." Rizevim growled, but then smirked. "I'm going to let you in on a secret of my own. On the way over here. While you and the snake slut were throwing down. I bumped into a group of mutated youkai."
"Mutated Youkai?" Kenshin grunted while Alipheese looked confused.
"There...shouldn't be any Youkai on the Deadlands." Alipheese thought.
"They weren't much to note of, so I may have...well I'll let them speak for themselves." Rizevim said.
"!" Kenshin's eyes widened as evil dragons swarmed his location.
Rizevim turned and started to retreat. "In my condition, I can't retake Lilith with those three surrounding her. Ah well...there's always next time."
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes in regret as he watched Rizevim retreat on the back of an Evil Dragon. "Rizevim...if you think I'll hesitate to kill Evil Dragons that attack me...just because they were Youkai...and that Alipheese is watching...then you really don't know how many innocent lives I've had to END!" He moved to start killing them when a voice shouted out.
"Thunder of Judgment!"
"? !" Alipheese heard the voice as well. "That's? !"
All the Evil Dragons were obliterated. Kenshin blinked before slowly turning to see a blonde haired woman, with sapphire blue eyes wearing a white toga with a pink boa and two white angel wings. "...Ilias? How are you out of the Tsurugi no Kami? ! And in your true form again? !"
"..." Ilias turned her head away from Alipheese and the others. while Micaela stood behind her indifferently. Her lips moved as if to say. 'I'm not'
"Well, whatever. Explain it later. I have a Super Devil to go clap!" Kenshin said before turning back to the direction Rizevim retreated toward.
"Forget it." Ilias said. "On the way over after I had Micaela warp me here to Makai. I flew over here and I felt Yama's presence. I think he may have been watching your fights. Also..."
"G-Ggguuhhh? !" Kenshin's muscles expanded and tightened.
"A mortal like yourself can only maintain a Divine State for so long, before your body can't handle the stress anymore. I'm surprised you still had anything left after Alipheese beat you down." Ilias said.
"Actually I won." Kenshin said. "Tamamo, please...reapply the Malak seal. I can't ignore this pain."
"Right Right." Tamamo said eying Ilias and Micaela warily as she approached Kenshin and placed her hand on his abdomen and making a handsign. "Hrmn!" She widened her eyes as she pressed harder. Kenshin grunted as the sleeping dragon marking appeared back on his stomach before the crisscrossing lines extended back toward the palms of his hands and the soles of his feet.
"Haa..." Kenshin sighed as he pulled away from Tamamo.
"!" Tamamo wrapped her arms around Kenshin's head and kissed him deeply.
"Mmm? !" Kenshin's eyes widened for a moment before closing his eyes and wrapping his arms around his kitsune lover's waist, returning the kiss.
"Oh my~" Alma giggled.
"My thoughts exactly. It seems Tamamo found herself another lover~" Minagi giggled.
"Hmhmhm." Erubetie silently laughed.
"Hmn. You were the one who was out here all alone Tamamo. I'm happy for you." Kanade said.
Meanwhile Alipheese and Ilias faced each other down. Draco and Micaela respectively at their backs. "Ilias..." Alipheese said.
"Alipheese..." Ilias said.
"Mmn?" Kenshin glanced over at this and broke the kiss. "Sorry Tamamo, I need to take care of this."
"Mhmhm, go ahead." Tamamo said.
Kenshin walked up to them. "Ilias, you can drop the act now." Kenshin said.
"Act?" Draco and Alipheese said.
"Haa...alright...Micaela take your mana back." Ilias sighed.
"Yes." Micaela said.
"..." Ilias shrunk down into her powered down form, her womanly features all gone replaced with childlike ones like Alipheese.
"Hahahaha!" Alipheese laughed. "Amazing, you're in the same sorry state as me!"
"Oh shut up you snake bitch!" Ilias shouted.
"Make me you angel cunt!" Alipheese shouted.
"Snake slut! Angel Whore!" The two goddesses traded barbs back and forth.
"..." A mark grew on Kenshin's forehead. "BOTH OF YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP!" He said slamming his fists over both of their heads.
"Hey!" Draco said before Micaela extended her hand out toward him.
"They both deserved that, let's not lie." Micaela said.
"Yeah, I guess so." Draco shrugged.
"Aah! What the hell? !" Ilias and Alipheese shouted.
"Because you two are being fucking idiots!" Kenshin shouted back. "Ok first, How?" Kenshin said turning to Ilias.
"Haa..." Ilias sighed. "While I was sleeping in the sword. A blue figure shrouded in light even brighter than mine came to me. I asked what they wanted and they replied. "The Primordials are all needed to defeat Trihexa...that includes you or your successor."
"..." Kenshin stared at Ilias. "God freed her?" Kenshin thought. "I mean it's not like he's going anywhere... but still...wh-? !"
"Kenshin?" Draco asked as Kenshin's eyes widened.
"Aah...?" Kenshin said
"Wha?" Alipheese said as Kenshin's eyes went dark.
"Relax...I implanted a message from the Primordial of Being into his head." Ilias said.
"..." Alipheese looked back at Kenshin.
"? !" Kenshin's eyes widened as he saw the same blue shadow Ilias was talking about appeared before him. "? !"
"Keep those two alive."
"!" Kenshin gasped. "Those two, you mean Ilias and Alipheese?"
"Yes, and their war has to stop, they both are required to save this multiverse."
"You...are you...God? The Almighty...the Primordial of Being?" Kenshin asked
"Yes, you're right about that. They must both live on. If they don't pass on their Primordial title and power to another, Trihexa will be impossible to defeat." God said.
"!" Kenshin watched the Almighty disappear. He looked around. Everyone else was just acting normally. "Was...I the only one that saw him?"
"You seem confused." Ilias said. "I implanted a message for you, from him."
"Aah." Kenshin said. He woulda have went on when a familiar voice shouted out.
"Kenshin!" He turned to find Evangeline running up to him.
"What's up?" Kenshin said.
"That plant woman...Kanon I think her name was. She needs that snake woman's help." Evangeline said.
"Why what happened?" Alipheese said.
Before Evangeline could answer, the woman in question appeared, still in her transformed state. "DRAGON! WHERE ARE YOU? ! WHY DID YOU SUDDENLY RUN AWAY? !"
"What...the fuck...is that?" Kenshin said.
"Kanon had a special ability...to transform into a massive beast of both plantlife and insects." Alipheese explained. "The only problem with this is...her more...primal instincts come to the forefront. This and the fact that she values beauty in herself and nature makes her not want to use it. I usually take her out of the state, but I don't have the power for that now."
"..." Kenshin turned to the beast. "...Hmn..." He went into thought as he watched the beast rampage.
"Kenshin?" Tamamo said.
"Be right back." Kenshin said uncasing his wings and flying toward the beast, taking out his dual blades. He flashed behind the beast. "Hm?" He noticed several large insects flying toward him. "Fuck off." He said obliterating them with a Katensho. He looked down at the head of the beast, looking down at the neck. "..." He launched toward it and sliced through the nape.
"GRUAAAHHH!" The beast cried out in pain.
"Come on outta there you." He said as his hands reached into the wound until they found a body. He pulled them back and found his arms linked under the arms of Kanon.
"Uuhhhnn...thanks Mother..." Kanon said in a daze.
"..." Kenshin pulled her into a cradle with his arms and smiled. "Not Alipheese actually."
"Huh?" Kanon looked up at him. Her cheeks flared with a green blush, seeing him smiling down at her.
"Come on, let's get you down from here." Kenshin said.
"R-Right." Kanon said, glancing away.
He flew back to the others and even saw that Yukari, Miyuki, Saja and Hiruko had arrived. He also noticed the latter two glaring at Ilias. "Will you two cool it? She's not a threat."
"You know what she's done to us right?" Saja said with a hiss.
"Of course I do, but she's not going to do anything, and if she does I'll deal with her like I dealt with Alipheese." Kenshin said putting Kanon down and walking toward the two goddesses. He missed the slightly miffed expression on Kanon's face, but Tamamo didn't.
"Hm? Is she pouting that Kenshin put her down?" Tamamo wondered before laughing to herself. "Oh my Mom, that is precious!"
"I need a favor from you two." Kenshin said.
"What?" They both asked.
"Pull your power back, think of storing it inside yourself like a core in your body." Kenshin said.
"...I mean...OK, I don't get it though." Ilias said.
"..." Alipheese glanced at Kenshin with trepidation.
"...Alipheese you owe this to me after that stunt you pulled." Kenshin said with a frown.
"Fine..." Alipheese said with a sigh and did the same as Ilias. "?" She looked over at Ilias. "Funny...it doesn't hurt to look at her."
"Now what?" Ilias said, thinking something similar.
Kenshin reached down and grabbed both of their hands, and brought them toward one another. They both realized what he was going to do and instinctively tried to pull their hands back. "If this hurts, I'm sorry, but let it happen." Kenshin advised.
"..." They both nodded nervously. Kenshin extended their hands toward one another until their palms touched, pressed against each other.
"!" Ilias' sapphire eyes and Alipheese's ruby eyes widen in shock.
"Does it hurt?" Kenshin asked.
"...No..." Ilias and Alipheese both said
"Didn't this all start because you two being around each other only brought each other pain?" Kenshin asked. "Then it just snowballed from there as you created your youkai and angels?"
"..." The two remained silent.
Micaela and Tamamo looked at Kenshin, smiling. "All I'm asking is...that can you two finally bury the hatchet?" Kenshin asked. "Or at least find a different outlet to continue your rivalry?" Kenshin asked.
"Like what?" They both asked.
"Hmn...how about this. Both of you come back with me and my group." Kenshin said. "We'll find something." The Ancestors went to say something, only for Kenshin to wave them off. "We'll talk later. I'm just saying, think about it."
"Kenshin." Yukari said approaching him.
"Yo?" Kenshin said.
Yukari pointed at Lilith. "How?"
"Convinced her to tell Rizevim to piss off." Kenshin said only for Lilith to approach him.
"Aniki, can Lilith have some chocolate?" Lilith asked.
"Sure." Kenshin grinned handing her a chocolate bar.
"Thank you." Lilith said.
"Alright. I gotta do one more thing." Kenshin said making a magic circle. "Yo Sirzechs everyone still there?"
"They were getting ready to leave, but yes." Sirzechs said.
"Well if they're all there, I take it the exorcists were dealt with?" Kenshin asked.
"Can I have the communication circle Onii-Sama?" Rias asked.
"Sure." Sirzechs handed it off.
"Kenshin, can you hear me?" Rias asked.
"Oh, heya Rias." Kenshin said. "So how did everything go?"
"Not going to lie, it got sketchy." Rias said.
"Go on?" Kenshin said.
"Well that La Croix person showed up and according to Hikari-San, she brought the Eighth Demon Queen into the fold." Rias said.
"? !" Inside Kenshin, Heinrich let out a shocked gasp.
"But also according to her, she's not under anyone's control." Rias said.
"I see..." Kenshin said. "Anything else?"
"Kiba somehow manage to steal the aura of Cristaldi's Excalibur replica." Rias said.
"Oh the irony." Kenshin drawled with a smile. "He goes from wanting to destroy Excalibur, to basically wielding it himself."
Kiba let out a chuckle to himself. Rias nodded and went on. "Also we got to see Arthur-San in action."
"How'd that go?" Kenshin asked.
"I'll let you watch it yourself when you get back." Rias said. "Also Xenovia managed to both control Durandal and Excalibur and beat Vasco Strada."
"Oh shit? !" Kenshin said with a surprised grin. "You go girl! I knew you had it in ya!"
Standing next to Rias, Xenovia smiled proudly. "So Kenshin, how long do you think it will take you to get back?" Rias asked.
"Eh, shouldn't take longer than a week here in Makai. I plan to sail to Yamatai, use the Kyoto Youkai faction's portal, say hi to Yasaka and Kunou and then just warp back to Kuoh. We'll probably take a day here to recoup though."
"Very well, see you when you get back, love you." Rias said.
"Love you too babe." Kenshin said with a smile as he canceled the communications. "Alright...with all that done...I'ma nap." Having said that, Kenshin promptly fell on his back, out like a light in seconds.
"..." Kenshin's peerage members, Ilias, Micaela, Alipheese, Draco and the Ancestors all stared at him for a moment before they all burst out laughing. Even Lilith couldn't help a quiet giggle. Draco meanwhile thought to himself. "Kenshin, you are one brave bastard. Falling asleep around everyone here." He thought.
And that...is how this day drew to a close.
(chapter end)
Draconis: Phew.
Kenshin: (Standing in front of a kiosk with two buttons on it. One read 'Beat Rizevim' the other said 'Troll Rizevim') Heh... (angles his pinky and index fingers and presses both buttons with a smirk.)
Alipheese: Aaah...now I see why I went down so easily.
Draconis: Yep. Anyway Next time Kenshin, his group, Alipheese, Draco, the Ancestors, Ilias Micaela and Lilith all have a little R&R before returning to Kuoh. See you all then.
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