Judan: And back again… though I have no idea when this chapter will come out.
Argentum: Same with the next chapter of my story.
Slayer: Who cares about all of that! We have an important review we need to have addressed! So shadow please start us off on that.
Shadow: But of course! Alright this review comes from a guest reviewer. Now in this review he mentioned a couple things about the lemon scenes we deleted in this version of the void emperor.
Judan: Now we have response for the good points he brought up in his review… okay look I at least understand what you're getting at. However beyond what Argentum and Slayer would say about such scenes.
Argentum: And rightly so considering my own arguments I've made.
Judan: Yeah whatever… truth is though we played it off as a bit of a joke there's a personally reason for it.
Slayer: Yeah… you see back when Judan actually wrote the scene I honestly didn't care all that much that he did. However the issue came with our younger siblings. Cause as cliché as it sounds his younger sibling actually read those scenes. Not knowing what they actually were.
Judan: Yeah… got into some trouble back then for it. Now we honestly didn't want to say anything of the real reason so we didn't. However to clear up your confusion we decided to at least vaguely mention what happened. But honestly while I would like to bring back those scenes I'm a bit paranoid about it. So yeah there's my reason for getting rid of them. I hope all of you can understand my reasoning and continue to enjoy the story.
Argentum: Alright we've gotten that out of the way so I'll just finish this up.
Everyone-Argentum: Sure.
Argentum: Okay then… We here at the Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's and Reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their original owners.
Judan: Again I will mention Jing who belongs to PersonaQeminod1. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Kuros
{Hello}= Ddraig
(Hello)= other sacred gears
'Hello'Masamune
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Eleven: Well the secrets out now…
The Spectator
As a shot rang out from the rocky and barren wasteland, Philemon tried to teleport out of the way but the "bullet" still went through his shoulder.
"Huh… I actually thought that was going to be the end for ya. Guess your luck hasn't quite run out just yet. Wouldn't you say you so called god?" Growling at his attacker, Philemon quickly rounded on him.
"And just what does the voidwalker want hmm? This fight didn't involve you so I suggest you get lost! Unless you wish to end up like Modaga?" He then hummed in thought before continuing. "Or is that why you're here? To avenge the death of your chaotic fr-" He didn't get a chance to finish speaking as he was forced to jump to the left. As Philemon did so a bullet flew right in front of his eyes. "Hey! I wasn't finished speaking!" Uncaring Hunter started firing shot after shot at his opponent.
After a three dozen shots Hunter finally stopped to speak. "Do you really think I care about talking? This is a fight, so shut up and fight! Also secondly Modaga wasn't my friend, in fact… I hate him. Thirdly what makes you think he's dead? He's over there eating popcorn!" Surprised Philemon turned around to see that Hunter was absolutely right.
"Hey there!~ Just enjoying you getting your unyouthful behind kicked by Hunter over there. First class entertainment I tell ya!~" He ended his sentence with two thumbs up while he sat on a lawn chair.
Face twitching Philemon turned back to Hunter. "Alright… what in the thirteen dimensions going on here?!" Poor Hunter could only sigh, seeing how he was pretty much forced to answer any questions that needed answering.
"Well it is actually quite simple. You see originally I was supposed to be the only one to actually fight you. But I had promised to take my little sister to her favorite restraint. So I was going to pass. Unfortunately for me Modaga came up with the idea to fight you for a bit until I was done. So here we are now… I honestly hate being here more than you do. But what can I do? A job is a job… especially if it's one given to me from my benefactor." Hunter's apathy only seemed to fuel Philemon's rage even further.
"Do you honestly believe that you're so far above me that you can actually beat me?! I've been fighting for thousands of years! Training hundreds of champions! Destroying many great evils! What makes you think you, someone not even into his late teens can defeat me?!" Hunter stared blankly at him before shooting at him again. "HEY! At least have the decency to actually answer my questions!"
Rubbing the back of his head Hunter finally complied. "Sorry but I don't think I can win… I know I can. Also if you want to talk about people in their teens that can kill you… well… I can recall at least twenty that can." He then began firing at an even faster rate. Growling in frustration Philemon summoned two golden swords and began to block the incoming projectiles.
Eventually he laughed when Hunter stopped. "Is that the best you can do?!" Grinning underneath his mask Hunter pointed both pistols at Philemon. Concentrating his energy he added it to his guns. Eventually they started glowing. "Um what are you doing?" Not even bothering to answer, Hunter pulled both triggers making two streams of light head towards Philemon. Surprised Philemon brought up both his swords, only for them to shatter easily forcing him to teleport away.
"Hey!" Turning around he saw Hunter right behind him. "You didn't think you were the only one who could teleport did you?" Teleporting again, Hunter followed with ease. Unable to fight back Philemon went on the run with Hunter hot on his trail. Knowing he had to do something soon Philemon thought up a plan. Unfortunately he didn't think it completely through…
"Hey what are you doin?!" With Philemon appearing right in front of him, Modaga spilled his popcorn. His plan was to force Hunter to back off for a second, while he got out one of his stronger weapons. Unfortunately using Modaga as a shield was a bad move on his part.
Especially considering what Hunter said next. "I already told you! I hate Modaga!" Firing on their position Philemon cursed before moving out of the way. This left the poor god of chaos to take the hit directly.
"OW!" Of course being immensely more powerful than both of them, he only felt a sharp poke. "Hey Infinium could it kill you to try and not hit me?! Hitting me is very unyouthful!" Hunter didn't even bother to answer as he went back to shooting his enemy. This actually went on for a while until Hunter all of the sudden stopped.
Turning back to his opponent Philemon questioned him. "Okay what are you planning now? Why did you stop, because suddenly I feel as if something bad is going to happen?"
Sighing Hunter answered. "Simple… I'm bored. You're boring me… and I love a good fight, the feeling of adrenaline and the feeling of proving your skill… I enjoy it. But this? This… what you're doing right now… isn't really fighting at all. I am literally chasing you around firing lasers at you as you do nothing. It just feels like we're playing a very annoying version of laser tag. So why don't you just give up and come quietly, it would certainly save us both some time. Besides it's not as if we're going to throw you into a prison or something." He then thought of something for a moment. "Hmm… speaking of laser tag… I think I should take everyone out for a few rounds. Could be fairly fun, and I doubt my girlfriend and little sister have ever-"
Seeing how he was being ignored now Philemon yelled at Hunter. "Do you think you can order me around?! You were nothing but a weak human before becoming a voidwalker! So who are you to judge me?! To threaten me?! To try and command me?! You're just some pathetic pawn that outsider took pity on! Truly! What makes you think you can do anything to me?!" Hunter's answer for his questions was to just shrug indifferently. "Okay… that's it! I hope you said your goodbyes because I'm sending you to oblivion!"
"Hmm… which part of it? Because I wouldn't mind-" Hunter was cut off with Philemon's rage fueled yell. Then putting his hands together with his palms opened up and facing Hunter, he began to gather energy. "Oh? This looks mightily interesting." Eventually a ball of energy could be seen forming in the middle of Philemon's hands.
"Photon Cannon!" With those words a large white beam shot out towards Hunter. His response was predictable.
"Oh he named it-Ah crap…" The beam than hit him causing a huge explosion, this also caused Modaga to yell out. But not for the reasons one might think…
"No! My Popcorns ruined again! How unyouthful!" Breathing heavily Philemon turned to just stare at the god of chaos. Noticing him Modaga waved at him happily. "Is there something that you need?"
Shaking his head in annoyance Philemon snapped at him. "You do realize I just killed your little voidwalker right? Shouldn't you be… I don't know… more worried about him then your snack?!" Modaga looked confused before answering.
"But Hunter has too much youth to die to that." Upon hearing that Philemon turned around quickly only to see Hunter coming out of the smoke. He was relatively fine, well except for the fact that his coat was a bit burnt. But he was still physically fine.
"You know… just for your information… I did tank an attack from Zeus. He even used his masterbolt on me. So if I'm still alive from that, what makes you think I'll die from your attack… when I'm much stronger than I was back then?" He then pointed his pistol at the shocked god before speaking one last word. "Bang." Firing it the beam of light finally hit its mark as it went through Philemon's right side. Non-lethal to a god, but he wouldn't be moving anytime soon. Falling to the ground clutching his side, Philemon could only watch as Hunter approached him.
"You're not a normal voidwalker are you?! The strongest one of your kind was not even a fifth as strong as you." Now standing above him Hunter knelt down before grabbing the front of Philemon's suit. Then with venom Hunter spoke to him with terrifying eyes.
"Before I was a voidwalker I was infused with old blood. So just make your guess from there, but back to the heart of the matter here. Philemon despite being this weak, you still interfered in a world that wasn't your own! Not even that… you interfered with a dimension that wasn't your own! Did you honestly think we wouldn't find out? That if you went to another dimension, we wouldn't notice? Sorry but you forgot something rather important. You need to travel through the Aether, Void, Nether, Abyss, or even this place to go to a different dimension than your own. You made the mistake of traveling through the Void." Philemon couldn't help but grit his teeth at this.
Just how could he make such a stupid mistake? It was all becoming clear to him now! Why he was caught so easily and why he was fighting a voidwalker. Or at least mostly voidwalker… that whole thing about him being infused with old blood threw him for a loop. Still he figured it was too late to stop anything now, so he just gave an empty chuckle.
"It's too late… a powerful enemy has already made an entrance. In fact he's probably attacking right now as we speak. You see it won't matter what you do to me, I've already set in motion to many things. And though I regret the lives lost, it is too late to stop it! For there is no stopping a Darkwraith in the upper fives!"
With disgust Hunter tossed Philemon back on the ground before speaking. "Not if I have anything to say about it."
"You know interfering in another dimension without permission is forbidden." Hunter shook his head with a small laugh.
"And yet you did it anyway, besides I do have permission. I am the outsider's personal champion after all. You forget that the void is a gateway dimension." Hunter than turned around and swiped his right finger through the air, creating a black vortex. But before stepping through it, he spoke to Philemon one last time. "Oh yeah… by the way now that I'm done with you, you now get to deal with an irate Modaga. So have fun with that..." With a laugh at Philemon's expression he stepped through the vortex. It promptly closed behind him as Philemon searched for Modaga.
"I'm to your left." Looking over he saw an evilly grinning Modaga who was also cracking his knuckles.
"Ah shit…"
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The President
Sighing I watched as Chirno, Grayfia, and my sister finished up their little "competition". Yeah for some reason Chirno joined in on the so called fun somewhere down the line. I think it had something to do with the fact that all three used ice abilities. Speaking of which, Ro Kun was actually trying to teach me how to use ice. I have some control now, but that's neither here nor there at the moment.
Speaking of the moment with a certain Lucifer. "Come on you blasted thing! Oh how I wish Ajuka was here, this is his specialty." Looking to the side I saw Sirzechs working on the barrier. He was trying to at least get the screens and sound system working again. But so far he's been unsuccessful.
Earlier he even tried to destroy the barrier with his power. But unfortunately wasn't able to, but if I was honest I didn't expect him to be able to. You see based on the description I got from Vali and Shirone, the barriers were the exact same kind that the lich Ro Kun fought could make. So if even the Great Red couldn't break it, than I doubted that Rias' older brother could. Not that I was being disrespectful about it! No I was only thinking of the vast power difference between them.
Of course I told Rias' older brother that, but he didn't believe me and went ahead and fired at it anyway. It ended up dispersing harmlessly on the surface. Shaking my head at the memory I looked for Rias' mother who was decimating the remaining puppets in front of her. Seeing how everyone was fine I turned to Sirzechs to try and offer my advice.
"Lucifer Sama I feel as if I should warn you that these barriers probably have some sort of trap on them. Just in case someone messed with them as you're doing now. Our enemies aren't fools and based on what Rodrick has told me about those from the abyss… it would definitely be something they'd do." He looked at me and scoffed before turning back to continue working.
"You put too much stock in what that dragon brat says. I honestly never thought you of all people would fall for him." That actually upset me quite a bit but I didn't say anything as he continued. "But even so I doubt he knows that much about these kinds of bar-" He was cut off as a bolt of lightning hit him in the chest. It actually came from the barrier itself. But with the way he was bad mouthing my Ro Kun… well I thought he deserved what he got.
Maybe this will teach him to listen to Ro Kun more. Blinking I had a quick thought to myself. Huh… seems as if both Rodrick and the other girls are changing me more than I thought. Never would've have thought something like that before meeting them. Looking back at the smoking Lucifer as he coughed. I gave him a bored look at what he said next.
"Alright… maybe the dragon brat does know what he's talking about." Scowling I decided to do something I also know would've never done before. "Gah!" Focusing some magic I dumped a few gallons of water on him. Sitting straight up from that and coming out of his daze he turned to glare at me. "What was that for Sona Chan?!" Giving him an innocent look I spoke politely.
"I'm sorry Lucifer Sama, but I needed to wake you up quickly. You're still needed after all." Narrowing his eyes at me he hummed before turning back to the barrier.
"Be that as it may… I doubt that's the actual reason. No matter… in this situation I will admit to no being of any use here. This barrier… I've never seen anything like it. It may appear round and smooth, but it is actually made up of tiny octagons. Each octagon is actually a full on barrier spell in itself! And with this many put together like this… the whole thing is practically impenetrable." Before I could say anything about Rodrick already telling me this, a voice spoke up to our right.
"If that's the case then how did Rodrick San cut through it? Not only that but the lich we fought in the forest had the same barrier, and he also broke through that as well." Turning to our left we saw the others approach us. The one who spoke was actually Chirno. Although at the way she mentioned that Rodrick could easily cut through these barriers… Sirzechs became rather angry.
"Of course he can… it's not like he has a sentient magical sword that can cut through anything! The only reason he's able to do anything is because of that damn sword of his. Not to mention his sacred gear, trust me without those two things he's nothing." Surprisingly it was Grayfia who spoke up before anyone else.
"Lucifer Sama I would appreciate it if you didn't speak about Rodrick Sama like that. Even without those things Rodrick is strong in his own right. Plus he has other ways of helping that doesn't involve fighting. Not to mention you did ask him to go help Rias didn't you? And remember he jumped right in to help even though he didn't have to." I was genuinely surprised at her words. And apparently Sirzechs was as well.
"I didn't think you'd take his side like that Grayfia… But perhaps you're right and perhaps not. Only time will really tell, but you are right about him going to help Rias so I'll thank him for that at least." It was times like these that made me question just why Rodrick and Sirzechs hate each other. I mean they're both good people in their own right, so they should get along perfectly right?
Ro Kun even gets along with Beelzebub Sama and Onee Sama, so he should get along with him. Yet they don't… why do they hate one another so much? Shaking my head from those thoughts I refocused on the task at hand.
"Onee Sama we've been unsuccessful at breaching the barrier. We've tried everything… even reprograming the barrier is futile. Seeing how when he tried Lucifer Sama got hit by a lightning bolt." Chirno snorted at this while Rias' brother glared at me. Hey say what you will about my current behavior, but I really didn't like how he was insulting my Rodrick at every turn. I mean Ro Kun only talks bad about Sirzechs when asked about his personal feelings on him.
Sighing I couldn't help but turn my mind back towards everyone else. Thinking about them only made we worry even more. And though I felt bad about it… I was mostly worried about Shirone and Rodrick. Over the last few weeks I've come to see Shirone as a younger sister. We just seemed to click like that I guess, I mean Rias was still one of my best friends but she was the third on my worried list right now. This was followed by my own peerage that I couldn't get in contact with. At this point I just hoped they were all okay.
Feeling a soft hug I was surprised to see my sister hugging me nicely for once. "You don't have to worry too much, I'm sure Rodrick and the others are fine. For now all we can do is believe that they'll be okay." At her words I couldn't help but smile and hug her back. It was honestly at times like these that I truly appreciated having Serafall as my older sister.
"Aww… that's so sweet!~" Looking over to our left I saw Chirno giggling. "I always did like moments like this, they're just so cute you know?" Clearing my throat I let go of my sister.
"You know Chirno San… I thought you'd be worrying more about Issei."
Chirno grimaced before answering. "While that is true seeing how he is now the love of my life… It's just like your sister said. We need to believe everything will turn out alright in the end." Unable to help herself my sister ran up and glomped Chirno in a hug.
"Oh! Aren't you just the cutest little lover?!~ Issei Kun is sure lucky to have someone like you care for him!~" Her cries muffled in my sisters breasts, Chirno began to turn slightly purple. Shaking my head I ignored it for now, seeing how no one was capable of stopping her.
Still they're both right, I just need to hope that they'll be okay.
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The Spectator
With another gunshot Hunter couldn't help but sigh. So this is a Darkwraith… I'm not that impressed. He really wasn't… so far all he had to do to keep this guy down was to keep destroying his head. So for a master marksman such as himself… it was all too easy. As he kept up his attack he heard a couple of voices in his head.
The first voice to speak belonged to a young woman. 'Well not everyone can be as strong as us!~'
At her words another older woman talked down to her. Yeah but… if this is what we have to worry about than what's the point of even trying? As a child you still seem to misunderstand the situation…
'I'm not a child you dairy cow!' Groaning he tuned out his two bickering tenants and refocused on the task at hand.
"I'm going to kill you!" Blinking in surprise he looked at Dust who seemed to be emitting a very potent bloodlust. It was so strong it was even affecting the surrounding air; this made it harder for Issei and Jing to breathe. The two of them simply weren't used to this amount of killer's intent. Even Hunter was slightly affected though he quickly shrugged it off. So cracking his neck Hunter spoke in a bored tone.
"Is this really all you got? I honestly thought that Darkwraith's… even one at the fifth spot would be tougher than this." Both Issei and Jing looked on with widened eyes at that bit of info.
Issei in particular could only grit his teeth. And here I was thinking this guy was around the third mark. Shows what I know! As Issei cursed his weakness Hunter began to shoot at Dust again, this time Dust actually moved his head to the side. Raising an eyebrow at Hunter continued firing, if only to test out the water so to speak. Each time Dust made small movements to avoid each shot.
Hunter couldn't help but grin at this. "So you actually can fight…" The Darkwraith only glared at the voidwalker with glowing blue eyes, and then he did something unexpected. Reaching his hand out to the left a strange vortex appeared. Reaching inside it he pulled out a large great sword. It was highly demonic looking… the blade was nine feet long and colored blood red. The edges were serrated and it had a weird glowing yellow eye in the middle of it. It had no guard and was a foot across, the handle was two feet long and was wrapped in black leather bandages.
At the sight of it the same young women spoke to Hunter once more. 'We're in trouble…' Rolling his eyes Hunter pointed his guns at Dust.
"So you have a big sword… big deal I've fought enemies with much bigger weapons."
He scoffed before speaking. "Well this is my Darkwraith weapon! It is indestructible, sharp, deadly… and! I've killed millions with this sword! The name of my sword is… the Can Opener!" Hunter couldn't help but just stare at him.
"The can opener… that's worse than Modaga calling his staff his poking stick." Behind me Issei and Jing nodded their heads in agreement… which sent Dust into a blind rage.
"Don't you ever insult my sword!" With that he charged the voidwalker. As Dust swung downwards at Hunter, the voidwalker raised his two pistols and used their tops to block his sword. This actually got him to struggle to keep his footing as the ground underneath him broke and cracked from the impact.
In pain the older woman yelled at him. Gah! Be careful this guy is strong enough to actually scratch me a bit! Taking what she said to heart Hunter pushed back and jumped to the left. With no resistance Dust's sword hit the ground… and was promptly obliterated it… Jing, Issei, and Hunter couldn't help but stare at the fifty foot crater Dust created.
I cannot allow myself to be hit directly. Quickly shaking himself from the shock, Hunter began to once again pepper Dust with spirit bullets. But with a feral grin he put the flat side of his sword in front of him as a shield. As such the attack simply bounced harmlessly off his blade. Scowling heavily, the voidwalker stopped and ran forward. Jumping up he kicked the sword with all he had. Not expecting such a move, Dust wasn't able to stop his own blade from smashing into him. Seeing the Darkwraith off balance Hunter took advantage by dropping down, and sweeping his legs from underneath him. With him on the ground Hunter once more began shooting with vigor.
"Argh!" The Darkwraith screamed in pain as he was turned into Swiss cheese.
Stopping Hunter took a moment to observe him. Huh… I can still feel life from him so he must still be alive. That's when even faster than before he regenerated, he then grabbed his sword and swung at Hunter's left side. Surprised he was barely able to block it with his armguard. The power behind the attack launched the voidwalker away, skidding across the ground Hunter righted himself up. Grimacing Hunter held his bleeding left arm in pain dropping his gun in the process. I think he broke my arm with that one. Getting up with a laugh Dust began taunting him.
"See! That's what happens when you mess with a Darkwraith! Mwhahaha… ha… ha… Hmm, you know laughing evilly isn't really my thing." Despite the pain Hunter was in he could only once again stare at Dust with a blank look upon his face. Deciding to use Dust's temporary distraction, Hunter used a healing spell to fix his arm. Dust noticed this and growled. "If you think I'm going to let you heal than you're mistak-" The Darkwraith was cut off as an energy bullet was shot into his mouth. Then as his body fell to the ground again Hunter went back to healing. By the time Dust was up again Hunter's arm was completely healed. Smirking the voidwalker once more picked up his left pistol.
After regenerating once more Dust was even angrier than ever before. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" As I said… angry…
As Dust charged Hunter once more the voidwalker could only sigh. You know what… I think I'll end this now. Then focusing his mind Hunter teleported right behind Dust.
"Wha?" Seeing the voidwalker disappear made him pause in his tracks, allowing Hunter to start shooting him again. Blowing a hole through his chest, seeing his attack successful Hunter began to teleport around Dust so fast he created after images. Only appearing for a moment to attack before blinking off again. He was doing this so fast that Dust's regeneration didn't have time to keep up. Even his magical self-repairing clothes were now long gone.
Again the young woman talked to Hunter to make an observation. 'As a side note we must learn how such clothing was made. It'd be really helpful in the future.' Mentally agreeing with her Hunter kept on his attack, only stopping when the Darkwraith was nothing but a blood stain. Seeing this Hunter stopped with heavy breathing, but making sure to keep his guns trained on the blood stain. He was suspicious especially since he could still feel life from the stain. Unfortunately his suspicions were well founded. Jumping back in surprise, he watched in horrid fascination as the blood on the ground rose up. It was then started twisting and turning. The amount of it was even increasing quickly turning into some gory fountain.
Eventually it started to take a shape of some strange creature. The creature had a reptilian head with sharp teeth and blue glowing eyes. It also had two lanky arms with huge paws, with five long finger and sharp claws. Its legs were raptor like along with its body and tail. But most of all it was big… ten feet tall and twenty two feet long. When the creature was finally formed the blood hardened into a crystal like substance. However the most worrying thing was that his power… it had actually gotten about twenty times stronger.
Looking at his new paws appraisingly he spoke with a slightly metallic voice. "It's been a while since I've used this form." He then turned to back to Hunter causing the voidwalker to gulp. Seeing this the creature seemed to grin. "I'll admit my human disguise was ill suited to fight someone like you. What with his stupidity and soft fleshy skin, but now in this form I can easily fight back." Gritting his teeth Hunter pointed both guns at Dust once more.
Laughing Dust spoke up with enormous confidence. "Well then… shall we get started?" Giving out a hollowed like laugh he ran at Hunter with arms outstretched to his sides. The voidwalker's eyes widened as he was completely caught off guard by Dust's new speed. Unable to dodge correctly, Hunter felt my right side get slashed by Dust's claws as he tried to twist himself out of the way. Clenching his teeth in pain Hunter took a shot at Dust's exposed back. However much to our hero's surprise they simply dispersed harmlessly.
The older woman made a quick comment on this. Well that ain't good. The younger woman scoffed before speaking.
'Well duh! Geez… how about you give me a try?' Giving a half-hearted chuckle the voidwalker agreed and holstered his pistols. Turning around Dust looked at him curiously until he saw Hunter clap his hands together.
"Ahh… so you've decided to get serious then? No more spiritual pistol shots and whatnot?" Ignoring him Hunter pulled his hands apart, as he did so a sword started appearing as if from thin air. It was a four foot two long nodachi in a brown sheathe. Taking a hold of it Hunter tied it to his left side before drawing out the blade. Holding it to his right Hunter waited for Dust to make a move. Fortunately he didn't have to wait long as Dust ran directly at him once again. However this time the voidwalker was ready for both his speed and strength.
Taking a swipe with his left claw Hunter easily blocked it with his nodachi. He then pushed it to the side in order to block the Darkwraith's other claws. Pushing back once more Hunter stabbed at his enemies' mid-section, Dust simply jumped back and then jumped forward. At this moment all but the fight left their minds, their instincts telling them when to dodge, counter, block, and strike. Each time blade met claw a shockwave rang out, their speed now moving faster than their observers could follow. The battle would've continued as well if it weren't for a new comer.
"Master Dust, I believe it's time for us to leave this place." Dust stopped mid attack to turn to the speaker, Hunter on the other hand…
'You know this is why everyone keeps saying you're a bad influence on your sister…' Slashing down Hunter caught Dust off guard, and finally managed to wound him.
"GAHH!" Yelling in pain he jumped back as he held the wound now going across his chest. Looking down at the voidwalker with fury he was about to attack again when his servant spoke up again.
"Master Dust! You can deal with this interloper later. That wound will heal quickly enough when you return to human form. For now we have our orders to head back to Master Xilo." Turning to the man with the sheathed rapier Dust sighed.
"Fine… but when we're done with this world, the voidwalker is mine! Make sure to tell Xilo that Faylen." Nodding his head Faylen turned to Hunter who kept his guard up just in case.
"I'll be honest and say we never expected one of you to get involved in this. After all I thought all of you were stationed in dimension five. Hmph… we'll just have to see you later then." With his piece said Faylen opened up a black vortex the size of Dust and stepped in. He was soon followed by Dust but not before he gave his enemy one last glare. When they were gone, the voidwalker couldn't help but slump down to his knees sending his nodachi away.
Now that… that was something I really wasn't expecting.
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The Void king (A little earlier)
Finally making it to where the others were fighting I felt relief as I saw everyone alright.
[Well… mostly alright because that girl with no head seems to be dead kid.] Even though I couldn't help but scowl at his words, I still took them to heart. Rushing forward I killed five netherlings that decided to pounce on my kitten from behind. As she turned around she looked at me in surprise before sighing in relief.
"You have no idea how badly I wish to jump you right now. But that'll have to wait until later it seems." Chuckling at her statement I nodded my head in agreement.
"Yeah but where is everyone else? I know for a fact Jing, Issei, and Sakuya are alive." Stopping for a second I sliced through another netherling before continuing. "But where are they? Also do you know what happened to Riser?" Grimacing she hit another enemy to the side with her bo before answering.
"Jing and Issei are fighting a Darkwraith named dust over where the school building used to be. As for Riser… well he's no longer with us… Ravel said Dust destroyed his body." Shocked I almost didn't kill a netherling that jumped at my face. Looking around I did see Ravel and Rias fighting with us. However they had hallowed looks, especially Ravel who looked ready to just collapse. Grimacing I shook my head as I kept listening to Shirone. "Sakuya however is fighting some guy named Faylen. He's the one who killed Siris over there; he also called himself an Abysswalker."
[Dammit… it seems as if our enemies are being way more aggressive than we thought.] Agreeing with Kuros I looked around for Sakuya, once I spotted her I became worried. Currently she was cut up pretty badly, and was fighting a guy with a rapier and dressed as a butler of sorts. However what was worrying was that he seemed to be in much better shape.
No! I will not allow another one of my precious people to die! Growling I shouted out to Ryu.
"Ryu! Take care of the rest of these things, I don't care how! I'm going to go help Sakuya!" Giving a worried glance towards his girlfriend he turned back to me with a nod. Taking that as my cue I sped towards Sakuya who was about to be stabbed. When I got to her side I easily knocked the thinner blade away from her. Looking at me in relief she spoke.
"It's about time you got here." Nodding my head to her I turned back to who I assumed was Faylen.
"You know… I don't appreciate people going around trying to kill members of my family." Backing away from me with narrowed eyes he started talking
"I must admit… when I first heard that you killed Hermit I was rather surprised. I didn't think that it was possible for any being in this world to kill him. But now… I guess I have no choice but to accept such a thing. You are… after all… standing right in front of me despite the use of such barriers." He then looked at Sakuya and smirked. "I also must admit your queen was a surprise, but she was vastly inferior to me." Clenching her fists Sakuya took a step forward before stumbling. Seeing her fall backwards I quickly caught her in my arms.
"Don't push yourself." Sakuya frowned before looking away from me in shame. Giving her a sad look I set her down before turning back to Faylen. "You know… it isn't that she's inferior to you… no if anything I bet you caught her off guard. But let me warn you… if I catch you insulting her again…" I left the threat hanging as Faylen snorted, however looking back to Sakuya I saw that she was giving me a small smile.
Alright so queen's confidence is now back… now it's time for me to deal with this guy. Pointing Masamune at my soon to be opponent he did something unexpected.
He sheathed his blade and spoke calmly. "Oh there's no need for that anymore, our part in the mission was only partially successful. If I'm being honest… I thought Lunona and Fai'es could stall you a little longer. I was really hoping to be done with the useless women and kill the last Phenex heir. Our attempts on her father and brothers were successful after all."
Eyes widening I couldn't help but question him in shock. "What do you mean by that?! I know you guys killed Riser but…" Faylen cut me off with an insanity fueled laugh. Backing up away from him while helping Sakuya do the same I watched him in concern. When he was done he gave me a lopsided grin.
"You think this was the only attack?! Sorry to disappoint you but we assaulted multiple places. However the one on your home was quickly repelled without damage, mostly thanks to your wards and the Great Red. Doesn't matter in any case! We killed many targets, example all but the Phenex daughter and mother are now rotting corpses! Riser's peerage is pretty much gone! Two pawns, a bishop, a rook, and a knight is all that is left. In other words Li who's fighting over there, Ravel of course, Mira another pawn who your pawn took out, along with the last knight and rook. Everyone else is dead! We even managed to kill Zeoticus Gremory! I'd tell you the other's but we'd be here all day long."
I couldn't help but stare at him in horror. We were played like fools… I couldn't believe we let this happen! No… I couldn't believe I let this happen! Here we were trying to see if Riser would marry Rias, and these guys used that against us! For Voids sakes! Even two of the Maou's were here!
Controlling my anger I spoke with a sharp edge. "If you ended up killing anyone close to me… there will be no place for you to hide in any universe… NO! There won't be a place for you to hide in any dimension! The fact that you already killed family belonging to my friends is bad enough! Do realize that I will hunt all of you down for this!"
Faylen snorted before retorting. "If that's the way you want it then fine. We were planning on killing you anyway. Now then I must attend to-" He was cut off when we all felt a huge surge of dark power wash over us. It was like Ophis had gone dark, but that was impossible since well… she's Ophis. She wouldn't do such things; but the power was unbelievable, and I couldn't even imagine what the source was. "Master Dust… that weak fool…" Hearing Faylen say that I quickly turned my attention back on him.
"What?! How could your master be this powerful and a weak fool?!" Looking at me he did something which ticked me off. Faylen smirked before freezing time for a second and ran from the area. "You got to be kidding me…" Shaking my head I had to assume that Faylen went to tell this Dust that it was time to leave. So sighing and sheathing Masamune I turned to Sakuya. "Hey can you stand?" Looking at me she nodded her head and tried to stand up on shaky legs. Seeing this I shook my head and walked up to her.
"What are you-?!" Putting my arms around her I picked my queen up bridal style. "Rodrick! I can move just fine!" She was blushing in embarrassment, but I knew that she needed help.
"Sorry but as King I need to make sure that all of you are well taken care of. I'll just get you to Ryu alright?" Still blushing she turned her head away and nodded. Shaking my head I went back to where the others were, just in time to see Ryu kill the last netherling and sheathe his blade. Looking around he spotted us and quickly ran over.
"Sakuya! Are you alright?! Do you need medical attention?! Where does it hurt?!" As he continued fussing over our queen, Sakuya turned to me with an irate expression.
"And this is why I didn't want you carrying me…" Laughing sheepishly at my lack of foresight I turned back to Ryu.
"So are you going to continue worrying about her… or are you going to take her from me?" Stopping he cleared his throat before nodding. Gently handing Sakuya to him I went to check on the others. Now with the fight over I could see just who had survived. Luckily I could tell everyone on our side was fine, those of Riser's peerage though seemed a bit ruffled. At the moment I could also see which ones survived… Ravel, the knight Karlamine, the rook Isabela, and the pawn Li. I'd have to check the infirmary to see who the last one alive was.
However now with the fighting over they all collapsed in grief. Not only for the loss of Riser, but also for their dead friend Siris. I would say the others as well but… they didn't know about them yet. This meant it fell to me to tell all of them, something I really wasn't looking forward to. However before I could say anything I felt something ram into me. Looking down I saw Shirone hugging me tightly, so with a smile I hugged her back.
"I told you I would jump you when this was over." Chuckling I scratched the back of her ears before speaking myself.
"Yes you did, and I'm also glad that you're okay my kitten." Blushing she reached up and kissed me before backing away with a frown.
"So what do we do now? I can only assume we won or something right?"
Shaking my head I answered her. "Unfortunately this all simply a distraction. Their goal was to kill off the Phenex clan, what their reasons were I do not know. Besides that quite a few people in the underworld was watching this rating game. They used that to hit a multitude of other places. Not to mention quite a few of Riser's peerage died, along with…" Looking at Rias who was trying to calm Ravel down I leaned down and whispered into Shirone's ear. "They also killed Ravel's father and the rest of her brothers. Not to mention Rias' father." Looking at me in shock she was about to say something when I heard a familiar voice behind us.
"Well… if it isn't the copycat." Flinching I rounded on the person who said that only to see…
"Hunter? What in oblivion are you doing here?!" Smirking he stepped forward and gave a quick glance at Shirone before turning to me.
"Well I was in the neighborhood and decided to stop by..." I gave him a bored look only for him to scoff. "Why do you think I'm here?! Darkwraiths are kind of my responsibility." He then sighed before smiling. "But it seems as if you're doing alright for now. Saw you fighting that strange woman from before, so I decided to let you handle that one. However even my sister could handle a Darkwraith at the fortieth spot. Speaking of which…" Grabbing me in a headlock he whispered to me in a way that even Shirone couldn't hear him.
But that was a given seeing how he had plenty of practice. "I hope you're treating her well by the way… because if you're not… well let's just say I won't be held responsible for what I might do to you. Even if she is a different version of her I will castrate you if you hurt her." Gulping I nodded my head and he let go. "Alright with that out of the way let's move on shall we?"
[It's time like these that I remember just how strong and scary he is…]
'Yeah you said it…' Clapping his hands he got everyone's attention.
"Well everyone I can say that we've had quite a rough day, however it's about to get even rougher. Because I do believe me and Rodrick here have some things to say." Finally noticing him Rias spoke up.
"Umm… who are you?"
He was about to answer when Issei who was running towards us yelled. "Hey Hunter! You do realize we can't teleport like you right?!" Rolling his eyes Hunter turned to Issei and Jing who was next to him.
"Well that's not exactly my fault now is it?" By the time they both made it to us Issei was panting, although he was continuing to glare at Hunter. However before the two could argue further Ravel walked up to him.
With red eyes she questioned him. "Did you manage to defeat Dust?" With a sad expression Issei shook his head, with that Ravel looked down with more tears. "I see… but I'm glad… you made it… back alive…" She was outright crying now causing everyone to look at her with pained expressions. Even Hunter was looking rather disgruntled, which only made me feel worse for what I had to say.
So with a deep breath I spoke, just needing to say this. "Ravel…" When she turned to me I continued. "There's no easy way to say this but… they also targeted the rest of your family. I don't know why but they did. And based on what Faylen told me… everyone but your mother was killed. They also targeted the rest of your peerage in the infirmary, only one pawns alive." Her eyes widened along with the rest of Riser's peerage. However Ravel and the blue haired nekomusume named Li looked the worse.
With breathless words Ravel fell to her knees. "No… it can't be… It just can't!" Holding her face in her hands she cried for her loss. Unable to handle not doing anything Issei actually knelt down and hugged her, something which she immediately accepted. As for Li while she was crying it wasn't as bad, no instead she seemed angry and conflicted.
"I know that it might seem selfish… that it might seem terrible… but I hope that the last pawn is my sister. I'm sorry everyone…" Karlamine smiled at her before giving her a hug.
"Don't worry I understand that you care for everyone, but Ni is your twin sister." Looking away from them I turned to Rias.
Seeing my look she backed away a step. "Please don't tell me one of my family died!" Sighing I spoke softly.
"Sorry Rias, but it seemed as if they killed your father." Backing further away she turned around and clenched her fists.
"Is that so…" Her fists then became so tightly clenched that blood seeped from them. I could also hear her trying to calm herself down by taking deep breaths.
"Is everyone alright?!" My thoughts disturbed, I turned around to see everyone from our cheering side coming towards us. However there was only a few of us able to answer Venelana.
Unfortunately that was me and Hunter… who answered before me. "Well if emotionally scarred and slightly battered means alright… then I would say we're doing wonderfully!~" Giving him a deadpanned stare, I turned to Venelana who I could tell recently cried about something.
"Ignoring my friend's sarcasm I would have to say we could be better. Also I hate to say that your-"
I was cut off as she held her had to me. "I already know about that Booker san… we checked over on their side after checking the infirmary. I'm sorry to say that only Mira and Lady Phenex survived this attack. The latter only because my husband sacrificed his life to save her. However both are being treated by Sona and her peerage for their injuries. Now where's Rias?" Sighing I pointed to where she was and her mother was off like a bullet.
"Rias!" Looking up with tears Rias turned to her.
"Mother I'm glad you're alright. But is father really…" As Venelana nodded her head Rias began to cry as her mother hugged her tightly. Turning away I went to a nearby tree and just sat down. I couldn't take all that was happening; it was just too much to take in right now. Feeling someone near me I saw Sirzechs and Hunter.
The con king spoke first. "Can we sit here?" Seeing no harm I nodded my head, this prompted him to sit to my left as Hunter sat to my right. For a while no one said anything, until Hunter gave out another remark.
"So… are we just going to sit here and say absolutely nothing? Because if that's a yes then I'm leaving." Looking at him both me and Sirzechs chuckled before speaking.
Sirzechs spoke first. "Alright I guess I'll go first." Turning to him we listened. "First I would like to say thank you… thank you for saving Rias' life. If it wasn't for your peerage and even yourself… I have no doubt that I'd have lost another family member today." Nodding my head I spoke nicely to him for once.
"You don't have to thank us… well me and my peerage at least. You should probably thank Hunter here. But the rest of us did it to help our friends. Nothing more… nothing less, after all I know what it's like to lose those close to you. By the way…" Turning my attention onto our third member I started asking questions. "Why are you here? I mean I could've sworn you were just a figment of my imagination a little bit ago." Raising an eyebrow at me Sirzechs looked at me weird.
However we both listened as Hunter answered us. "Well to be completely honest, I just came from a fight with a god." We couldn't help but stare at him as he continued. "You see I won't say names cough Philemon cough! But he was basically responsible to showing this world to Xilo. You see he may have come here from his dimension to try somethings. This peaked Xilo's interest and bam! Here he is wrecking everything. You see I was assigned to deal with Philemon so I did… after that… well maybe it was a bit cruel to leave him in Modaga's hands but I needed to get here and save everyone's butts. But after this I'm gone, because I'm sure the lot of you can handle this."
[Modagaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa….]
'Okay we get it dear! We know you hate him!' Ignoring the two bickering couple I spoke up.
"What exactly did this Philemon do?" He looked at me before smirking.
"Sorry but you'll have to figure that out on your own." Both of us glared at him but he continued speaking unabated. "Anyways you should know that Darkwraiths actually have a secondary true form. This form boosts their power tremendously. You probably felt it earlier, even so Dust was only at the SS+ rank. Same as me actually, but still enough to pose a threat to almost anyone here."
I couldn't help but speak up at that. "Only SS+ really? He felt like a SSS to me." He looked at me before scoffing.
"That's because you guys here in dimension six are only at the fifth spot in strength. Everywhere else is much stronger, with the Abyss, Aether, Nether, and Void tied for the strongest." I couldn't help but groan at that.
"So which are second, third, and fourth?" Surprised that Sirzechs asked that I listened carefully.
"Well… the second is dimension thirteen for… umm… reasons. The third is my dimension number five, followed by number seven. All together there are thirteen as you might already know. But the strength system used universally is the one created by the top four. Of course this doesn't mean that the weaker dimensions don't have strong people. But enough about that, I need to ask you something." Turning to me he continued. "Why did you think I was a figment of your imagination?"
Wincing I answered him. "Well… you and the others only appeared in my dreams; you know the ones where we fought all those random guys. So I had thought it wasn't really happening until now."
He ended up scoffing at me for my answer. "Really? Well sorry to break it to ya, but Modaga and Shadow really were messing with us. They say they hate each other yet they keep doing things like that." It was then that I finally realized something and stood up in anger.
"So it was Modaga who kept moving our clock!"
"What about our clock?" Looking towards the new voice I saw Sona who was the one to speak. Behind her were Serafall and Grayfia looking at me strangely. "Um… it doesn't really matter." With that the other two stood up as Sirzechs spoke to his queen and fellow Maou.
"So I assume that everything's alright now? The injured are treated and any remaining enemies are dealt with?"
Grayfia nodded her head before speaking. "Of course Lucifer Sama, both Mira San, and Lady Phenex are now both well and awake. However they are both in grief right now, so I thought it best to leave them be for a moment." Nodding his head Sirzechs turned to Sona.
"And where's your peerage?"
"They're right now dealing with the bodies, but they told me to come here and check up on everyone. Speaking of which…" She then turned to me before giving me a hug. "I'm so glad you're safe Ro Kun." Smiling myself I would've hugged her back… but I saw Hunter's blood red eyes narrow on me.
"Ro Kun eh?" Unfortunately before I could even begin to explain my circumstances… I saw a teleportation circle with my crest on it appear a few feet away from us. After a moment the rest of my group stepped out of it. Fortunately they all seemed fine… unfortunately Lefay, Ophis, and Vali were searching for me. Upon seeing me hugging Sona they all ran and joined us.
"""You're Safe!""" Hugging them all, and thanking everything that Ophis wasn't mad at me I sighed in relief… until I felt Hunter's killing intent spike up.
"So… mind telling me who all these girls are Rodrick Booker?" Again before I could answer someone else did, unfortunately that someone just happened to be Ophis.
"We're his mates."
Sucking air through his teeth he smiled at her. "Really now… and tell me, Sona said something about our clock. Do all of you share a room?"
Ophis nodded her head making my grave deeper. "Yes we all share the same bed in fact."
"Hmm… I see and have you… well you know… done it yet?" Again Ophis nodded her head with a dreamy expression. The others seeing where this was going, but not quite understanding why gave me a quick kiss before backing away. They even dragged Ophis away, because right now Hunter's aura was completely visible and was colored black.
Turning to me he slowly gripped his pistols. "So would you mind standing still for a moment? I need to kill you for defiling my sister." Laughing nervously as he held his guns at his sides I backed up.
"Um mercy?"
"I don't believe in mercy."
[We should probably run now…]
I agree…
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The Red Emperor
"AHHH!"
"I'm going to kill you! You son of a gun! How dare you take my sisters purity!" Hearing yelling and gun shots, I couldn't help but take my attention off Ravel and look over to where noise was coming from.
What in the hell is going on over there? I couldn't understand what I was seeing, for some reason Hunter was chasing Rodrick around while trying to kill him. Eventually this was enough to distract everyone from their grief. Ravel still clinging to my shirt sniffled before speaking.
"What are they doing over there?" Eventually everyone stopped what they were doing as everyone else came towards us. Although certain people ran to certain people.
"Ryu! Sakuya! I'm glad you're both okay!" Koakuma was the first to make it to our knight and queen, and was the first to tackle them in a hug. It was nice but I had to take my eyes off them as I heard a voice.
"Issei Kun!~" Looking over I saw Chirno smirking at us. "You know I'm fine if you want a harem, but I'd like to meet them first before you go kissing and hugging them." Both me and Ravel turned red as we let go of each other.
Thinking quickly I spoke. "No! It's not like that Chirno Chan! I was just trying to comfort her. Most of her family just died you know?!" Her teasing look softened as she turned to Ravel.
"Right… sorry about that, but we can say for sure that your mother is going to be alright." Ravel smiled softly when she heard that.
"That is a major relief… thank you for telling me… Uh Chirno right?" Chirno nodded her head before walking up and hugging Ravel herself. Surprised Ravel accepted the hug gratefully.
However I did hear Chirno tell her something. "You know we can easily share him, I'm fine with that." Blushing as Chirno let go, my ice fairy walked up to me and gave me a hug. "I really am glad you're safe." Hugging her back I bent over and kissed her. She was surprised but quickly accepted it; however this only made Ravel look a bit jealous.
{Seems as if Ravel really did come to like you partner. But seeing how you saved her life, comforted her, and even made a promise to avenge her brother… well I'd say it was bound to happen.} Ignoring Ddraig I let go of Chirno before grabbing her right hand. I then turned around and offered my right to Ravel who continued to blush while taking it.
You know I think this whole gentleman thing is actually paying off!~ Smiling softly I walked us over to where the others were. But again my thoughts went back to the gunfire.
"Take your death like a man!" Confused I let go of Ravel and Chirno and went to talk to Red. He was actually talking to Sirzechs and whom I had to guess was Serafall Leviathan. She was kind of hard to miss, especially with the way Rodrick described her. As for Rodrick's own harem they were talking amongst themselves.
So really he was the only one I could question. "So… what's going on over there?" Turning to me Red shrugged.
"I have no idea really… but if I have to guess, one of Rodrick's "princesses" is actually that guy's sister." At this Koneko spoke up as she and the rest of the girls made their way to us.
"Sorry but we were just discussing that. So we know for a fact that none of us are related to that Hunter guy." It was then that Sirzechs spoke up with an intelligent thought.
"Well… he did say he was from another dimension, so maybe one of you is his younger sister in that world. Like a different version of you or something." We all stared at him including Serafall and Grayfia. "What?" Ignoring him for the time being we all went off to do our own thing. "Hey don't just ignore me!" Shaking my head I saw Ravel and Chirno talking to each other, and decided to let them be. However it was Jing that really caught my attention. He was talking to a blue haired Nekomusume. I think her name was Li, and she wore a school's sailor uniform that was cut off at her stomach and was colored blue. Her hair was short and her blue cat like eyes were red and puffy.
Deciding to not interfere I listened as Jing spoke to her. "It's been quite some time Li, I just wish I got here before all this happened. Then maybe Ni would be…" He trailed off as Li smiled softly at him.
"It's alright… I know you've kept searching for us. And really it wasn't your fault, we were all fighting for our lives and you were dealing with the ring leader. I'm just glad to finally see you again." Jing chuckled before becoming serious.
"Yes but I need to ask… what ever happened to my cousin? I would swear that she would be here in Riser's peerage as well."
Li shook her head and shrugged before answering. "To be honest it was strange… at first when we came to him Riser simply treated us trophies. But after a few years he seemed to start liking us a lot more, and started seeing us as actual friends. He then gave us a choice of whether to leave or not. Not knowing where we could go me and Ni stayed, but your cousin left. I haven't seen her since…" Li then looked down as her ears flattened on her head sadly while Jing sighed.
"Hey now it's not your fault. At least with this I know she's alive somewhere, and that she's not a prisoner to anyone. Besides… I think having you here is enough for now." Li brightened at that before hugging him.
"I've missed you so much!" I decided to leave after he hugged her back, only this time I was more confused than ever.
"Die for taking my Neko's innocence!"
Okay ignoring that from the deranged voidwalker… I know that Jing said that his home was attacked, but I didn't think that his cousin was one of the ones taken.
{Yeah but who would've thought that those cat girls were actually friends of his. Or maybe a little bit more than just friends if you know what I'm sayin.~} Snorting I walked back to Chirno and Ravel, the latter of which was now talking to Grayfia.
"So Lord Gremory really did sacrifice himself for my mother?"
Nodding her head Grayfia answered with a soft smile. "Yes he did, but that was all we got from your mother before she passed out. It seems as if she used up a lot of energy to heal from the worst of her wounds." Ravel nodded her head before turning to look at Rias.
"Should I go and…" She was interrupted by Grayfia who shook her head.
"No… right now I think Rias just needs to have her family with her."
"GET BACK HERE!"
"I'M SORRY!" Eyes twitching Grayfia turned back to where Hunter was trying to murder Rodrick.
"I'd wish that he'd stop trying to do that already." Both Ravel and Chirno sighed before nodding in agreement.
Deciding to shed a little light I spoke up. "Well if you think about it… Hunter's actions are actually justified." All three of them turned to me as I elaborated. "Alright imagine this… even if it was a different version, Rodrick did have sex with his younger sister. So it is honestly only natural that he'd try to kill him. No doubt Sirzechs would murder anyone who did that with Rias." After a moment of thinking all three of them nodded their heads in understanding. "Also based on the Neko comment I have to guess that sister is actually Koneko. Most likely adopted but he seems to love her quite a bit." Again more nods as more gun fire rang out.
Shaking my head I was about to say something when Ravel spoke up. "Say… you think that maybe I could join Rias' peerage?" Blinking we all turned to her in surprise while she blushed and continued speaking. "Well… until Issei gets that draconic set my brother told me Booker san had. I think that would be best since I owe Rias a debt for her father saving my mother. So working for her would be a good way to repay her."
I nodded my head at her logic but had a few questions. "I can understand that… but why would you like to join mine?" Blushing more heavily she answered.
"Well… you also protected me with your life and… I just feel safer with you is all…" Laughing Chirno slung an arm around the slightly taller girl.
Then with a sly smile and teasing voice she spoke. "You don't have to me so shy Ravel Chan!~ If you like Issei, just go ahead and say it!" The poor girl was even redder now, but her face turned to shock as we heard giggling. Looking at the source we found an embarrassed Grayfia who quickly cleared her throat.
"Ahem… I think I'll go check up on the others…" She then did exactly that leaving the three of us bewildered.
Coming from my shock first I spoke. "Did we just hear ice queen Grayfia giggle?" Both looked at me and nodded.
Okay it is official… this day is not only the worse of my life, but also the strangest.
"HELP ME!"
Yep definitely the strangest…
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The Void king
After being chased around by Hunter for an hour, the others were eventually able to piece together what I did. I was then saved by Shirone who stepped in front of him.
"So I'm your younger sister in your world huh?" Stopping Hunter looked at her with a soft expression.
"Yeah, though you're actually my adopted sister. I don't know if this happened to you, but I found you right after your sister left you. I was actually hired to capture you, but I decided to help you instead seeing how you were just a scared little girl." Shirone smiled at him and gave him a hug.
"Thank you then for taking care of me Onii Chan." Apparently it was the right thing to say as he quickly forgot all about me. Instead he quickly hugged her back. Sighing in relief I saw Shirone stretch out her right arm and give me a thumbs up.
'Well of course that worked… who can deny her adorableness?!~' Completely agreeing with Masamune I walked back to the others, although I could see that Red was smirking at me.
"So you've managed to survive huh?" My eye twitched at his comment but I didn't say anything. Instead I looked around me, and only ended up frowning. Ravel, Chirno, and Issei were talking about something with confused faces. Koakuma and Ryu were attending to Sakuya. Jing for some reason was hugging Li while they talked to Karlamine. Sirzechs was next to Rias and his mother; they were all hugging while they comforted Rias. Akeno was talking to a Grayfia about something, then my girls were talking about who knows what with Hunter. Although judging by Shirone's blushing face, he was telling them stories about a younger her.
This just left me and Red which I was fine with. "Red I need to ask you something." Hearing my serious tone he nodded his head. "Earlier I felt a huge surge of dark energy, and it was enough to match Ophis'. Hunter later told me that it was Dust going into his true form. So I must ask this… if dust is that strong, how strong do you think Xilo is?"
Thinking about it he gave me a pained expression. "To be honest if that's the case… then we have to assume he's at least almost as strong as I am." I grimaced while nodding my head, it was the same conclusion I came to. But I needed to hear it from Red himself. I actually asked Kuros before this, but for some reason he's been rather silent. Masamune told me it was nothing to worry about; it was just that he was thinking heavily on something. But I was still concerned, but also kind of angry with the void dragon. After all… he never told me that a Darkwraith had two forms!
[That's because I didn't know!] Shocked by his words I held my head. [Sorry about that… but I really thought only the top three had true forms. I didn't realize number five and four had one as well.]
Alright then… but what do we do?! Is there some way for me to get stronger more quickly? I heard Kuros sigh before answering me.
[There is kid… but I don't know if you're quite ready for it yet. If you're not… well you could lose control and eventually die.] Grimacing I turned around and looked at everyone again. Seeing Rias crying, my girls talking, Jing comforting Li, and even Chirno and Issei helping Ravel I decided that I needed to do whatever it took.
Bring it on Kuros… I need that power, I need to be able to defend my friends and those I now call family.
[Alright then… but first we need to clear this whole mess up. After all who knows where the enemy will strike next. All of them are cunning, sinister, and just downright nasty. Truly a bunch of more despicable people I could never meet. They're probably in their base thinking about who or what else to destroy!]
Ah it was beauty that killed the line break…
The Necromancer (Conversation in Abyssal)
Staring at my black and blue brother and at my sister who was currently crying on the floor I just had to ask. "What in the Abyss happened now?" Sighing Fai'es answered me.
"My lord… you see my Mistress… well she broke down after being cut across the stomach by the one called Rodrick." I stared at her dubiously before she elaborated. "The cut was across her stomach and now an ugly scar has formed." At that Lunona began crying even harder.
"I'll never get a husband now!" Looking at her I just sighed.
Again with the whole husband thing?! She's been going on about this for the last thousand years! Shaking my head I turned to Dust who broke down and hugged me.
"Big brother someone beat me up!" I didn't say anything which made him continue. "There was this small guy, with guns, and sword, and he beat me up! I even used my true form!" As my eyes widened I pushed him away while gripping his head tightly.
"Did you just say you used your true form?!" Nodding his head fearfully I questioned him further. "Who was it?! Tell me now!"
"It was Hunter Infinium! But I think he was only here for this one time!" Dropping him I turned to Yuloto.
"We need to move fast, one of our true enemies have noticed our presence. More than likely thanks to Modaga. I need to you to tell Kokabiel and Walker to move out as soon as possible!" Saluting me he left me with my crying brother and sister. Shaking my head in frustration I addressed Faylen and Fai'es. "Get these two out of here! I need to think and their crying isn't helping!"
""Yes Sir!"" With that they literally dragged their masters out of my throne room. Sighing I looked at my right hand before taking off my glove I wore over it. Now visible was a jagged scar going all the way up my hand. The scar was long and went even to my shoulder. Just looking at it made me growl with pure hatred and anger.
"So… they want to play rough again eh? Well I'll just have to show them who's rougher!"
Slayer: Alright and another bites the dust!
Dust: You called?
Shadow: No…
Judan: Yeah… well not much to say, but I hope you like how I attempted to fix the way I wrote the battle between Hunter and Dust's true form.
Argentum: I think it's a bit easier to follow now.
Slayer: Yeah… keeping it simple and simply not talking about my abilities in greater detail was definitely for the best.
Rodrick: You still had him almost kill me though…
Judan: Yeah… that's hilarious.
Rodrick: Hate you all…
Argentum: Heh… well since we got nothing left to say… Li want to end this version of the chapter as well?
LI: Sure... Now then this has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!~
Everyone: Goodbye!