Warning: The deeper the story goes, the more AU and crossovers it will have. This story currently takes elements from Fate/Stay Night, The Delusional Guardians (my original WIP series), and Epic Seven. As I introduce more elements, I will list them at the beginning of Chapter 1. The timeline will also be updated as the [UNKNOWN] parts become revealed, as well as more elements in the series.
Timeline of Midnight Sun (all canon events):
~[UNKNOWN] - Creation of the World.
~50000 years ago - A Star splits apart Heaven and Earth.
~[UNKNOWN] Gaia and Alaya are formed.
~[UNKNOWN] The First Angel, YHWH, is created by the Will of the Planet.
~10000 years ago - [God of the Bible] YHWH creates [UNKNOWN] and Michael.
-[UNKNOWN] - Satan is born from [UNKNOWN]
~9990 years ago - The Seraphim are created.
~9980 years ago - Satan and Gabriel meet. Marriage blessed by YHWH.
~9950 years ago - Adam and Eve are exiled to earth due to influence of Samuel.
~6500 years ago - Satan falls from Heaven, becomes King of Devils. Two stories are formed, the [Disgraced Devil], and the Fall of Lucifer.
~5000 years ago - Birth of different Gods due to the different ideas of mankind.
~2000 years ago - Grayfia is born, becomes apart of Satan's concubines.
~1500 years ago - Great War » Satan is [UNKNOWN], Azazel and Michael are weakened, God is [UNKNOWN]
~[UNKNOWN] - [UNKNOWN] has appeared across multiple worlds as different figures, carrying out its duty as a Counter-Guardian and preventing calamities.
~550 years ago - Sirzechs, Serafall, and Ajuka's birth.
~500 years ago - Devil Civil War » Sirzechs becomes a Counter-Guardian, Grayfia and Sirzechs marry.
-[UNKNOWN] - [UNKNOWN] has found a loophole in Counter-Force, creates his own Counter-Force with the same abilities as Alaya's. Transports potential Counter-Guardians across time and space. Events of Arc 3 Prologue - Defiance.
~300 years ago - The Evil Pieces are constructed by Ajuka Beelzebub, given to high-class Devils to use to reincarnate.
-18 years ago - Hyoudou Issei is born.
-14 years ago - [UNKNOWN] constructs the Holy Sword Project (HSP), and collected orphans across Europe.
-13 years ago - Yuuto Kiba becomes apart of the HSP.
-12 years ago - Issei and Irina fall in love.
-11 years ago - Irina moves to the Vatican.
-8 years ago - Yuuto Kiba escapes from HSP, Tosca is left behind as only survivor, Kiba is reincarnated by Rias Gremory. Never finds out he is a dual-wielder.
-3 years ago - Kokabiel attempts to kill Hyoudou Issei, fails due to Satan's power awakening for a short moment. Issei removes all emotion from himself. Is still unaware of his power.
-2.5 years ago - Grayfia and Sirzechs adopt Issei.
-1 month ago - Events of Chapter 1-3 happening within 2 days, Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 have a 2 week time skip.
-1 week ago - Luna and Vali leave for their search for Alaya outside of Japan with an agreement to come back after two days. They still have no returned. Irina and Issei meet again for first time in 11 years.
-4 days ago - Irina is captured by Kokabiel.
-1 day ago - Griselda and Xenovia meet up with Devils, and leave after reaching an agreement. Return the next day with Issei and Grayfia.
-Present - Chapter 8-Unknown
Midnight Sun
Chapter 10
Arc 1
angel of the LORD
"There's no such thing as truth in this world.
Anyone can become a god or a devil.
All it takes is for someone to claim it for it to be true."
"Where are we going Dad?" An excited brown-haired boy jumped up and young boy was looking at his dad, who was packing suitcases into the car.
"We are going on a family trip to Kyoto!" The older man said cheerfully.
"Wow, really?! Isn't it super expensive though?" The young boy looked at their rather run-down house. He also looked at their rather beaten clothes that they have possessed for many years.
"I managed to get a few favors from my boss." The dad explained. "We were given a weekend trip to Kyoto due to all of my hard work. My boss covered everything for us."
"Wow!" The young boy clapped his hands cheerfully. "That means we can eat whatever we want?!"
"Yup!" The dad nodded. "Anything you want buddy." He patted his son on the head.
"That means I can eat Taiyaki?"
He chuckled at his son's excitement at eating a common snack to most Japanese. However, they were not the common Japanese. They constantly struggled to get their food and groceries daily, so they had no money to get common snacks. If they were hungry, they were forced to wait until dinner or lunch. They rarely ate breakfast, leaving the son skinny compared to the rest of his class.
"Yes, it means you can eat anything you want."
The son smiled, lighting up with emotion. "Then can we hurry?"
"We are still waiting for your mom to get ready." The father sighed.
"Moooom!" He cried out. "Hurry! I want some taiyaki!"
The mother finally stepped out of the house, carrying two suitcases. "I'm here! I'm here! Just don't scream too loud. We don't want to disturb anyone."
"But we need to spend as much time as possible at Kyoto!" The boy stomped his foot. "We rarely go anywhere."
The mother put the last of suitcases into the car. "Okay, let's go!"
The boy cheered as he climbed into the back, and his parents went into the front.
"You comfortable back there?"
"Yup!" The boy nodded happily.
The boy sang and joked with his parents, as they continued down the freeway.
The sun was high in the sky, just like their high moods for finally having a vacation. As far as the boy remembered, they had never gotten one within the 15 years he was living with his father and mother.
They were one happy family, enjoying each other.
"Are we there yet?" The boy complained, pulling typical behavior of a bored child.
The dad took his eyes off the road, and looked at the boy. He smiled, "Not yet buddy. We still have about five hours to go."
"Aww, but I wanna be there soon."
"It's okay, just take a na-"
DIE!
"Watc-"
The father was cut off, as the mother screamed to get his attention.
The father tore his brown eyes off of his son, and looked at the road, only to see him hit the back of an expensive looking car without being able to even brake. Since he was going at a high speed on the highway, their car flipped over the car they hit. They landed perfectly in front of the car they just hit, who had braked upon impact.
The car they had hit from behind then hit them from the side, as they landed slightly sideways. They skidded sideways, in front of another car, who swerved, only to hit the car to their side, who had braked. One by one, incoming cars either managed to brake in time, or they ended up colliding and adding into the pile of cars.
The boy's head was ringing, his vision foggy. He saw smoke, and small flames.
"D-daddy? Mommy?"
There was no response from either of his parents.
He heard muffled shouting and screaming.
"Ca...ambu..."
"Some...ol...LP!"
He saw the blood, the dash board crushed and too close to his parents. He saw the side of the driver door completely crushed inwards, and saw his Dad's neck bent at an unnatural angle. Shards of glass were scattered all over the vehicle.
He didn't dare look at his mother's seat, who had even more blood splattered over the dashboard, seat, and the radio.
He saw shadows behind the car, their voices much more clear.
"I can see someone in there, still moving!"
"Take them out!"
The window of the backseat shattered, similar to his mind.
He looked at the window that had shattered, and the two men who unlocked the door after reaching in through the broken window and simply unlocking it from the inside. Their eyes met, and the boy fainted.
The only thing that the boy recognized before fainting was the first man's golden blonde hair, and the second man's black hair with blonde bangs.
Satan sighed as Dusk Breaker disappeared from within his grasp. There was no need to use it now that Artoria had returned to whoever she served.
He knew that despite both of them being dogs of Alaya, they were still on opposing sides. Why else would she have come and attempted to kill him with the power of her sword? She had most likely believed that because he had an Anti-Planet Noble Phantasm, he was unable to use the full power of his own Divine Construct.
However, she didn't expect him to be able to repel a full strike from Excalibur: Sword of Glory with only a small amount of Dusk Breaker's power. After all, who ever heard of a Noble Phantasm being unable to defeat a Magi's power?
A Noble Phantasm was always the strongest, the pinnacle of victory. Whenever a Noble Phantasm is cast, only a second Noble Phantasm is able to match against it.
Yet, Dusk Breaker was able to match Excalibur without needing to unleash the full power of a Divine Construct. It was something that something even as mighty as Alaya couldn't be able to predict.
He turned his head to look upon the assembled Devils and exorcists. His eyes stared at Kiba, looking at Excalibur Morgan, before dismissing him.
"What was that, Brother?"
The mighty Fallen Angel narrowed his eyes at Satan.
His midnight black eyes looked at Kokabiel, before dismissing him as well. "It is something that only she and I both understand. Don't tell me you don't understand what we were talking about despite your long age as a servant of Alaya, just like us."
"It's not that!" Kokabiel snarled. "I'm talking about how you knew her. It was clear that you two were familiar with each other. That's how you knew about her life and the parallel to hers. That's how you knew of everything about [EMIYA] Shirou Emiya before his ascension."
"That is precisely what I was talking about." Satan sighed as he gently stroked the air, almost as if there were something there that they were unable to see. "I will give you a question that will answer your own question. How do you think that I know of her world?"
"You cannot travel across worlds. That is something completely forbidden. The only way for you to travel across different worlds is-" Kokabiel stopped himself. His red eyes widened in shock.
"Yes, that is indeed what happened." He nodded in confirmation, not needing to read Kokabiel's mind.
"That's why you are missing in a large chunk of the history books of the supernatural. You didn't go into hiding after your sealing. The sealing was just a cover-up created by [Omnipotent God] YHWH to protect you, and all those you cared about. You knew that if truth had gone out, they would be targeted due to your lack of presence on this world."
Once again, the King of Devils nodded solemnly.
"Will you-" Dusk Breaker formed within Satan's hand once again, as he blocked the strike from Excalibur Morgan. His midnight black eyes stared into Kiba's grey, the exact shade of mortal steel. "-talk in a language that we can understand?!"
"It's not hard to figure out. You just have to place all the details together." He looked at Grayfia, who had turned unnaturally pale. She had not moved from her spot in front of Irina and she looked at her former master in disbelief. "Grayfia has already done so."
Kiba struggled against him, his blade creating sparks against the equally conceptual weapon Satan wielded.
Satan heard a loud gasp. His eyes turned from Grayfia, onto the water heiress, Sona Sitri. She had stood silent in the shadows, merely observing the battle as a way to find a method to defeat Kokabiel and him.
"You died."
All looked upon the King of Devils, gauging his reaction to Sona's statement.
"That is the reason why you disappeared. You were not sealed. You were slain in battle. Mother told me about how she waited. She waited for you to come back to your Castle Lucifaad, to take her to a dance under the stars at the Garden of Lucifaad. But you never returned, even after months of the conclusion of the Great War.
Why didn't you go back to her the moment you were revived?!" Sona screamed at him. "Do you know how much hardship my mother has been through? She was forced to marry my father simply because she was no longer apart of your concubines! She doesn't even love him, but was forced to marry and bear children to preserve the blood of the Sitri clan."
Satan didn't say anything, he merely stared at Sona.
"She still doesn't know you are alive! Does anyone even know you are alive?!" She continued to rage at him.
The Devil pushed against Kiba's sword, the scrapping of metal on metal being heard, despite neither weapons being metal. He kicked Kiba to the side, causing an instant chain reaction. The exorcists charged towards him, with Freed chasing after them.
He blocked Xenovia's invisible sword and kicked her away just as quick, and grabbed onto Griselda's Excalibur: Blessing, stopping her swing from connecting, yet still somehow not being burned by the Fragment.
"I'm not alive." Satan finally answered her. His voice was quiet. "I don't think you understand the works of the Planet itself."
"Then tell me." Sona continued to antagonize him. "Tell me so I can understand why you decided to just drop off the face of the Planet even after you returned to this world."
Satan looked at Griselda, and she nodded. Satan let go, and she stepped away, picking Xenovia up. Freed stood by Kokabiel's side.
"You know the answer, don't you, Griselda?" Satan rose his eyebrow.
Sona was about to speak up, but Griselda looked at the heiress. "I believe she needs to hear it from the man who broke her mother's heart."
Satan turned back at Griselda's answer. "I am a Counter-Guardian. It is a system constructed by the entire omniverse, not just this world. We refer to this world as a Planet, simply because it is the easiest to understand. In this Planet, there are two beings. Alaya, the consciousness of Humanity, and Gaia, the World itself. These two control the Counter-Force. There are many different versions of the Planet, but these two remain the same. More prominent on some worlds than others, but still there nonetheless. Alaya of this world is one such example. He has fallen in battle on this world, but is more powerful than Gaia on other worlds, such as the world [Future and Last King] Artoria Pendragon came from.
I was was not originally from this world either. I was a byproduct of something forbidden. I was created from nothingness, beyond the Dimensional Gap of this world. However, I ended up in this world, similar to the Dragon Knight Luna. And upon my entrance to this world, I was recognized for my power. I became the [Disgraced Devil] upon in my fall from the Crack in the World. Am I Lucifer, the theory crafted upon God's first Angel falling from grace ? Or am I the [Embodiment of Evil], crafted from the dark imagination of humanity? Or am I neither? There's no such thing as truth in this world. Anyone can become a god or a devil. All it takes is for someone to claim it for it to be true."
He raised his arm, and within it, did Tempus Vernum Ruptor appear once again. "This is my weapon, my Divine Construct, that had graced me with its infinite presence. I was granted it by Gaia's will, chosen to wield one of the most powerful weapons ever created due to my similar nature to such a weapon. Both of us are merely concepts crafted by the subconsciousness of other beings, so similar to Aurora Diemque, Dawn Bringer, and Ea, the Star that Ruptured Heaven and Earth. These are the three most powerful weapons ever constructed from the very willpower of humanity, each to symbolize the beginning of man."
"You still haven't answered the question, [Personification of Evil]. You are merely dodging around it." Griselda interrupted Satan.
The Devil shrugged. "I merely wished to give background information. But the simplest explanation is that when we die in our original worlds, we are bound to the Counter-Force for the rest of eternity. We are transported across space and time to stop disasters capable of destroying the entire World, Alaya and Gaia included. We are here to prevent the World from turning into a Land of Steel, a world that has even Gaia itself praying to wipe out the rest of humanity to stop abusing the last of its resources. A world devoid of a natural Planet's resources, yet humanity's will still clutching onto one last hope, praying for one last miracle that will never come. A world where the Planet itself has already died, yet its inhabitants are still living. In short, it means that I have already died, and I am back in this world, to stop another calamity from happening...so similar to the parallel of [EMIYA] and [Future and Last King]."
His midnight black eyes looked into each and every one of the numerous Devils, each one turning more and more pale.
"Kokabiel and I are both Counter-Guardians, beings of absolute power, reaching heights none other has ever reached before. Kokabiel is a Dawn Knight of [Delusion], [Delusion]'s star. I am made from the perception of humanity on the fabricated myth of the one named Satan. We are [Nova of Delusion] and [Personification of Evil]. We were both sent here, to Kuoh Academy, through Alaya's cunning tactics, to stop something that may threaten the World. That is why we have all gathered here under the guise of the Excalibur theft."
"Then...what is the threat?" Saji shakily asked, the Prison Dragon finally spoke for the first time ever since seeing Issei's transformation into Satan.
"It's simple..." Satan looked up at the sky, and smiled, his eyes tracking something in the sky.
They all looked up, and saw nothing. Nothing but an empty midnight black sky, with a sun low in the air. Had the sky not been endless darkness, the horizon would have been bathed with the beautiful colors of the sunset.
The reason they didn't see what Satan saw?
Because it had moved too fast for even Kokabiel to see.
It took a moment for him to register, but Kokabiel roared in pain as the pain from the spear that had pierced his side shot up his body. His body had moved on its own, but wasn't fast enough to move out of the way.
Satan moved, his hands gripping onto the shaft of the spear and pulled it from the ground. It should've been impossible for someone to pull a long...halberd out of the ground, as they shouldn't have been tall enough to do it.
Yet, Satan did it with such ease, almost as if the spear or halberd wasn't just as tall, or even taller than him. Satan kicked Kokabiel in the chest, sending him flying backwards.
"Took you long enough." Satan smiled at the one who just landed.
Her long silky white hair was just as the way Issei had remembered it. He felt himself strangely attracted to her, despite never meeting her personally. It was only Issei, and he only knew her for a short month.
"I don't even know who you are."
Dragon Knight Luna stood tall, as her amber eyes stared at Satan. His midnight black eyes stared back at her.
"Of course you don't." His smile got bigger. "It wasn't me who knew you."
Her eyes narrowed at him, before opening wide in recognition. After all, there were only three people who knew her personally. She had just returned with Vali Lucifer, and Grayfia was standing just meters away from her.
Which meant the man that was currently interacting with her was in some sort of twisted way, Issei.
"What happened to Issei?" She glared at him in distrust.
"I am Issei. Actually, it's the other way around. Issei is me. I am merely his complete memory and personality." Satan rose his hand, not the least bothered by the spear's weight. "He did appear to be quite...unnatural didn't he? A lack of knowledge of human emotions. That is because he was missing the other part of his personality. Me."
Luna stared at him, before holding out her hand. Satan placed the spear into her hand, and she twirled it into a single circle.
"And to answer the question, Incarnation of [Dragon of Flames that Trapped God], the threat is simple." Luna and Satan both pointed their spears at Kokabiel, who was just getting up. "It is the thing that he serves. In order to defeat the threat, we must eliminate its allies."
"Vali will not be coming for this fight. He is busy with a new ally of our own." Luna said, as she bent her knees, preparing to charge at Kokabiel.
"Oh? Who?"
She let a small smile on her face. "One of you."
She took off, aiming for Kokabiel, moving just as fast and sudden as she had arrived to aid them in the battle. In fact, it seemed the entire time, Satan was merely stalling until Luna would arrive, almost as if he knew she would arrive.
Satan blinked in confusion, before giving a light, almost unnoticeable shrug at his disinterest for who his newest ally of his small trio was. He vanished, moving even faster than Luna even, who was moving fast enough she was only a light gust of air.
Kokabiel formed a light-sword, blocking Luna who materialized in front of him. His blade clashed with the tip of her spear, only for his eyes to widen as his body moved to duck underneath the conceptual blade of Satan's. However this movement swayed his grip on his sword, allowing Luna to move quickly, slicing his arm slightly. She kicked out with her leg, sending Kokabiel back once again, only for Satan to appear right behind him. Satan grabbed him while Kokabiel was still being sent backwards, his own body skidding back several feet, digging into the sand. At the last second, he twisted his body, using all the momentum Kokabiel had given to him into his throw.
Luna was there to receive his toss, kicking Kokabiel downwards into the ground. The ground shook as it cracked, unable to handle the power of the Outsider's kick.
"Incredible." Griselda gasped.
This was the first time even she saw the battle of two Counter-Guardians. The last time anyone in the world witnessed one was in the Great War, with the three-way fight between Satan, Azazel, Michael, and God himself, almost a millennium and a half ago.
It was even more amazing how an Outsider, who should've been restricted by Alaya and Gaia, was able to keep up with two at their strongest, meant to protect their very World against anything and everything.
BACK!
Blinding light flashed, and both Satan and Luna were sent backwards, both slowing to a stop at the same time. Their amber and black eyes looked at the source of blinding light.
Kokabiel rose from where he landed, his red eyes blazing with rage. "Brother, I believed that we were going to achieve that utopia together. Why now? Why would you betray me now when we are so close? We are all together. You used to be an Angel, a Follower of God! You were Father's best friend! Why are you abandoning our dream, simply to serve as a dog? Do you remember who you are?!"
Satan was calm as he answered. "Of course I remember. I remember our shared dream." He closed his eyes, and gave a long sigh, his calm voice slipping into tiredness. "But the question is...do you remember?"
Kokabiel opened his mouth to retort, but Satan appeared right in front of him, his arm already moving to grab onto his neck. Kokabiel jumped to the side, Satan's hand smashing into the ground, cracking it slightly. However, Satan allowed himself to flip, the strength in his grab allowing him to do a complete front flip, his legs locking onto either side of Kokabiel, trapping Kokabiel face up on the ground.
He leaned forward. "Which part of history do you remember? Or are you simply confused by my very own history?" His midnight black eyes narrowed. "There are so many variations and beliefs, even you would get confused. Which one do you remember? Which one is the true origin of the spawn of-" He moved, dodging Kokabiel's formed lightspear that would have dug into the back of his head.
Satan materialized a few feet away from Kokabiel, seemingly "glitching" into existence with how many afterimages were left.
Kokabiel's red eyes were full of confusion, yet full of understanding. The legends of the mighty one named Satan, the one that stood in front of him, had so many iterations of myths from humanity, that many don't even remember which one is the true origin story, and which ones were those made up by those who simply wanted to make up a story.
"I remember the one that I knew. The one that married my Sister, the one that became my Brother. The one that arrived upon this world by the very thoughts of YHWH himself, and reappeared once more as a Champion of Alaya. The one that lead the very armies of the Heavens before being cast out due to the works of the [ABYSS]." Kokabiel narrowed his eyes. "Don't tell me that was a fake one that I eventually came to believe."
Satan merely gave another smile. "Hyoudou Issei...a poor eighteen year old boy. Born in Japan, raised in Japan, never allowed to leave Japan. Forced to believe he was a normal human boy, lead astray from his true origins as the holder of the [Personification of Evil] himself."
He pointed Dusk Breaker at Kokabiel. "Lost his parents at the age of 15 in a freak car accident, but we all knew what really happened. Someone attempted to assassinate the young boy before he can awaken as Satan. It was-"
An Angel of the LORD
Power flowed out of Satan, darkness darker than anything else they had ever seen.
"I can see his memories. I recognize that voice, calling upon the power of God to cast upon the Earth. I saw the aftermath, the utter destruction cast upon civilians, natural denizens of this World, over the mere elimination of a single Outsider."
Tendrils of darkness shifted around him, almost as if they were alive.
"I have no idea what you are talking about." Kokabiel gritted his teeth.
"I'm sure your brothers would. [Watcher of God's Children] Azazel and [Seraph of Delusion] Michael can vouch for what happened." Satan's midnight black eyes narrowed at Kokabiel. "Tell me...why did you attempt to kill Hyoudou Issei at age 15, before his power had awakened. What could have caused you to kill your own brother, the [Personification of Evil], the only one who could have related to you and your time as a Champion of Alaya?"
"Who sent you?"
It had turned from a fight into an interrogation, attempting to squeeze out more information out of him.
"I already told you, I don't know what you are talking about." Kokabiel repeated.
Satan gave a chilling smile. "Then I'll have to beat it out of you."
That was a cue for the battle to restart.
Luna and Satan dashed together, while Kokabiel drew his Dawn Blade from its invisible sheathe. Dusk Breaker clashed against Dawn Blade, yet the Divine Construct was not able to drive back the blade gifted upon Delusion's Dawn Knight.
Kokabiel moved his body slightly, still being able to hold back Satan's raw strength with a single hand, and grabbed onto Luna's spear's shaft. His red eyes flashed with power, as he roared.
"Raynare!"
Both Satan's and Luna's eyes widened at the name.
Satan had completely forgotten about the four-winged Fallen. While she may only be four-winged, much weaker than the average mid-tier Devil, there was a reason why she was serving Kokabiel. It had been under his nose the entire time, and he failed to realize that Kokabiel had a squire.
Raynare was Kokabiel's squire, similar to the medieval ages where a knight would have an apprentice.
That meant that she had what all squires wielded.
A Dawn Bow.
While the Dawn Knights fought on the front line, the Dawn Squires would behind the lines, wielding bows to assist their Masters and King [DELUSION]. While these Dawn Squires were chosen by Dawn Knights, and hence could range from any experience and power, the bows themselves would help their lack of power.
Each shot from the Bow contained the same amount of demonic energy from a High-Class Devil, perhaps even an Ultimate-Class Devil.
Luna screamed in pain as the blast of energy tore through her mid-section. Blood flew as her armor did little to protect her. After all, her armor was never designed to absorb or even deflect blasts from the Sun itself.
"Luna!" Satan growled, only to be knocked to the side by Kokabiel.
"You forgot about [DELUSION]'s ranks didn't you? Even better, you forgot she was even here!" Kokabiel chuckled. Satan dodged Kokabiel's next swing. His midnight black eyes were filled with rage at Kokabiel's cheap shot.
He turned his eyes down to Luna, before being forced to snap it back to Kokabiel, who continued his assault.
He knew he was at a disadvantage with Dusk Breaker, despite being a conceptual weapon, being simply too long compared to Kokabiel's short sword. He reacted as quick as he can, attempting to put as much space as he can between Luna and him. He also knew that Raynare would have to wait several more moments before she would be able to fire another shot from her Dawn Bow. Something of that incredible power sapped into one's energy source. Satan knew her energy source would not be very high as she was only a young Fallen.
An Angel grew more powerful as they grew older, the same rule applying to their Fallen counterparts.
He took more steps backwards, as he spun Dusk Breaker into a circle, deflecting all of Kokabiel's strikes.
He then took a spin around, so Kokabiel's back was to the relative large group of Devils that had merely stood around to watch Kokabiel and Satan's fight. Despite their boasts to have Genshirou Saji fight against Kokabiel, the blonde merely stood watching in shock, as Luna laid bleeding, and Satan being steadily pushed back.
"Do they really honestly expect you to defeat him?"
A soft voice spoke in his head.
He wasn't crazy. He knew who it was after he was protected from grabbing onto Artoria Pendragon's Excalibur. She merely wished to not show herself just yet, and Satan trusted her to come in at the most optimal time. Kokabiel had not yet figured out that she was here, watching.
"Clearly, they do."
He gave an inward snort, as his mind split. One half to fight Kokabiel, the other half to talk to her.
"How do you plan to go into a standstill with your Brother so that I can have a grand entrance?"
Satan jumped back as Kokabiel slashed downwards. As the Fallen's momentum carried him downwards, Satan punched him straight in the abdomen, sending him flying back into the already destroyed forest.
"Kiba!" Satan called, his long black hair flowing in the wind. The Devil's head snapped to him, as his eyes narrowed at the King of Devils. "Give me Excalibur: Morgan."
He looked as if he wanted to argue, but Kokabiel reappeared right in front of Satan, his blade already descending. Satan moved to the left, and held out his left hand to Kiba.
The survivor of the Holy Sword Project cast a look at his blade, before throwing it like a spear at Kokabiel. The Cadre's eyes widened at the sword, as Excalibur: Morgan suddenly changed shape, from a normal sword into a javelin. As the Counter-Guardian dodged the projectile, Satan swung with Dusk Breaker, causing the Fallen to be forced to move back again.
Satan picked up Kiba's personal Excalibur, and the javelin morphed back into a European long sword. Still much longer than Kokabiel's Dawn Blade, but still much shorter than Tempus Vernum Ruptor. Dusk Breaker disappeared from his grasp, as he held onto the sword with both hands.
Their swords clashed, as Satan commanded Asia Argento, the one that Hyoudou Issei had lead to the Church, which had led to the reunion of childhood lovers. "Heal Luna! She is an Outsider, so healing will be slow, but heal her nonetheless!"
She moved by the command of a King. It may not be her King, but a King nonetheless. She ran meters to where Luna lay, and attempted to carry her, but her inadequate strength prevented her from doing so.
Satan was forced to turn his attention away when Kokabiel once again, continued attacking him. Satan rose his new blade, and attacked with relative ease. No longer was he on the defensive due to the form of his Noble Phantasm. He was now able to match attacks with Kokabiel.
He deflected Kokabiel's blow, quickly bringing around his sword in a counter-attack, the sword drawing a small cut in Kokabiel's robes.
It wasn't much, but it showed Satan was able to match up against Kokabiel when he had the correct tools.
The two ageless beings continued their duel, as in the background, Asia healed Luna, who had woken up and looked upon the battle with half-lidded eyes. Asia was able to see the frustration in her eyes, as she had just joined the battle, and had already been taken out within minutes.
"You never answered my question."
"I don't need to." Satan shot back to the voice.
Satan ducked under a swing, and grabbed Kokabiel's wrist, preventing Kokabiel from swinging back around. Satan gripped Excalibur with a single hand, and mid-swing, it changed into a one-handed short sword.
"The bow is ready."
"Shit."
Dusk Breaker formed behind him, as the Noble Phantasm acted with a mind of its own, deflecting the shot from the Dawn Bow. However, despite Satan's effort in deflecting the arrow of light, it still pierced his right shoulder, causing him to growl in pain, while also weakening his swing, allowing Kokabiel to avoid the swing, and grip onto Satan's wrist as well.
This lead to them in a standstill.
"Cheap shots." Satan spat. He knew had he gotten hit directly by the arrow, he would not have been able to survive, even with her protection.
"All is fair in war." Kokabiel gave a small smile. "You should know, right Brother?"
"My wars were never easy." He gave a growl. "I never cheated. I refuse to stoop to [EMIYA]'s level."
Blood continued to pour from his shoulder, her protection doing little to help him heal from a direct blast from the Sun. An Artificial Sun yes, but a Sun nonetheless. Satan attempted to shake his right arm from Kokabiel, but pain shot through his body.
He was a Devil, vulnerable to sunlight. Of course he wouldn't be able to move smoothly.
"If you want, I can arrive now. Michael is allowing me to."
Satan gave no answer to her, as he felt the rise of power. He blinked, as he realized that this was not the Dawn Bow, but rather the energy of a Dragon.
But not a pure Dragon.
Black flames burst from the ground as they wreathed around Kokabiel's legs.
"Finally. I was waiting for him. He would have been a fool with all the statements of fighting and never join the fight."
After all the boasting, the [Dragon of Flames that Trapped God] had finally joined the fight. The blonde panted as the flames constricted Kokabiel, slowly wrapping upwards.
"I can only sense three of the four Sacred Gears in you." Kokabiel said calmly, seemingly unaffected by the black flames.
Saji fell of his knee, as the flames glowed. The black gauntlet with purple accents glowed, as the purple orb in the middle shook violently. His grey eyes squinted, as blood slowly dripped out of his right eye.
It gave Satan just enough to get out of Kokabiel's grip. He pulled out of Kokabiel's grip, leaving him immobilized alone.
"To think that Vritra's Sacred Gears have fallen to a Devil. Though not fully complete, it will be a dangerous weapon to us Fallen and even Angels. If the Holy Element within us gets absorbed, we may never return."
"Why would you tell us that?" Rias blinked in confusion.
Kokabiel gave a smirk. "Do you really think you'll be able to absorb the Holy Element within me with the people you have right now? The people that are already strong enough already have this knowledge. There is no reason to be selective about this knowledge." He turned his eyes at Saji, who was still on the ground, panting. He was struggling to keep his flames around Kokabiel, attempting to absorb his power.
"The wielder of Vritra there, he is struggling to take in my power, and I hardly feel any difference. This is the difference between one of you low and mid-class Devils and one of [DELUSION]'s Dawn Knights.
"Beware, he is stalling for time so he can get out of the flames, as well as allowing his Dawn Squire to draw her Bow once more. He can boast as much as the Devils, but even he knows it will be difficult to get out of the flames that trapped even Father himself. He may be a Dawn Knight, but he knows he isn't stronger than Father."
"What exactly are all these Dawn Knights, and [DELU-"
SILENCE!
Kokabiel's red eyes glowed with power as he glared at the water heiress. Despite being constricted by the flames, they were able to feel his rage at Sona's attempt to speak the name of a cosmic being. "You are not worthy enough to speak the name."
Satan narrowed his eyes at the Cadre, but answered Sona's question. "Dawn Knights are simply put, Knights of the Sun. They are constantly at war with the Dusk Knights, the Knights of the Darkness. [DELUSION] is the King of the Dawn Knights, ruling over the cosmic equivalent of the Heavens. [ABYSS] is something that shouldn't be spoken about. None know of [ABYSS]. All we know is that the Dusk Knights side with it."
"The Dusk Knights are ruled by [CLARITY]." Kokabiel clarified, as his red eyes calmed down. The sinister and rage look was gone and was replaced by an older being that was far above matters of this world. "[CLARITY] is the King of the Dusk Knights, ruling over the cosmic equivalent of the Dark Heavens. There is no 'Hell'. It is a matter of paradise and a darker paradise."
"I stand corrected." Satan shrugged as his shoulder was almost completely healed, a light dark smoke drifting from it. "I don't partake in cosmic matters. I simply acknowledge what Alaya tells me. I know not much of [CLARITY] and [DELUSION] but that they created the first Worlds. Anything else, I don't know anything about. After all, I have never met them, nor did they ever offer me a position in their ranks as a honored Knight."
"The Bow is ready, beware of the next shot. You may not be able to avoid it. The Sun is in your veins."
He didn't show any acknowledgement of her words.
"But it's not like this World will matter to them. Cosmic entities won't care much for an insignificant world that is already run by Alaya and Gaia. They refuse to succumb to our level and down from their respective Heavens." Satan gave a long sigh. "After all, we aren't living within the World of Phantasma. They are currently under war. Sun King Armaehaunts is currently under attack by Houvdon Archelio."
"What?" Griselda blinked in confusion, as did everyone else.
"I thought you didn't know much about 'cosmic' matters." Kokabiel questioned.
"I don't."
Kokabiel tilted his head in confusion, completely forgetting about the flames that continued to sap at his power, as Saji practically lay on the ground, gasping for air.
"Enough." Satan extended out the one-handed sword, and Excalibur: Morgan shifted back into a long-sword. Satan suspected the reason for its shifting abilities was due to its connection to Kiba's sword birth, but he wasn't completely sure.
"I will end you here. I cannot allow you to go back to your master."
Satan knew that he wouldn't be able to use its full power, as he wasn't the wielder of the Noble Phantasm. It was only allowing itself to be touched because Kiba had allowed Satan to use it.
That was why he brought out Tempus Vernum Ruptor once again. He stabbed Excalibur: Morgan into the ground, as the long conceptual weapon formed within his hand again. Kokabiel widened his eyes as he looked at Satan channeling his energy.
"NOW!"
He heard the shot from the Dawn Bow, coming from an unknown place, but both Satan and she knew where it was being aimed at, directly at Satan's head. Just hitting his heart would allow him to live for several more moments, enough time to unleash Dusk Breaker's power. Hitting the head would instantly vaporize all the blood, killing the Devil in an instant.
A shield of mimicked sunlight formed, protecting him. It wasn't the same pure sunlight that the Dawn Knights and Squires used. It was artificial, even more artificial than the Dawn Bow's artificial Sun.
It was the power granted upon Angels.
He heard the rattle as the shield cracked under the pressure, but he knew there was no fear. She wouldn't allow him to get hit, she would be willing to get herself hit over her love, even if it meant taking the unleashed power of a star.
He let his power go, his midnight black eyes glowing despite the fact that his eyes of darkness shouldn't allow any reflected light.
"Tenebris Coeli!"
Power split apart the world. Darkness exploded from his right hand as he completed the spear's thrust. His eyes glowed a dark purple as Dusk Breaker split apart space itself, shredding reality and dreams alike apart. The sky itself peeled as the darkness that enveloped the battlefield slowly scrapped away, almost as if the entire world was nothing but a canvas.
The canvas that displayed the world ripped slowly. The Dimensional Gap peeked through these rips. Hearing became distorted, as voices became unheard as the ground continued to rumble. Black lightning sparked from the shaft of the spear, cracking the ground as it formed a small bubble around Satan and the Angel. It sent the arrow from the Dawn Bow into darkness, as it simply absorbed the light.
Just as the night sky disappeared, and parts of the blue sky was revealed, the sky cracked into a spider-web like pattern, even cracking over the Gap Between Worlds, which should not have been possible.
Black dots danced in Satan's vision, as waves of power washed over him, all concentrated at Kokabiel, aiming straight at his heart. His eyes were wide open in fear as he gazed upon one of the three Noble Phantasms that simply should not have their full power unleashed.
Black lightning encased the spear as it left Satan's hand, aiming straight for Kokabiel. A loud booming sound was heard as it passed through the space between Satan and Kokabiel faster than it should have from a single thrust, rather than a throw. The shape of the spear distorted, turning into a sharp formless lightning, similar to the black lightning that covered it.
It stopped just before it struck Kokabiel, time itself stopping.
Blue light flashed from behind Kokabiel, as a single cry echoed through the battlefield as time continued merely split seconds of split seconds after it had stopped. But in that small of time, it was enough for the cry to be heard by the World, and for it to proceed with its command.
FIREBOLT!
Flames washed over the battlefield.
Late update, but hey, it's here now. So sorry for the long wait, but I've been busy.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, as well as the return of a character who hasn't really had an impact on the story yet. If I'm being honest, Vali and Luna have both not made that huge of an impact on the story yet. But that is because they will have a huge impact starting mid Arc 2+. After all, they are main characters to this story.
Kokabiel fight will be concluded next chapter, and the entire Arc in the chapter after the next.
I'm not sure when the next update is, but I do know that I will be writing the next chapter of A Demon's Reality before writing this one.
Until next time,
-Houvdon
Next Chapter: Calling of God
Arc 1:Forsaken Utopia
Arc 2: Godslayer
Arc 3:A Hero's Regret
Arc 4:End of the Dream
Arc 5:Second and Last Sun
Arc 6:The Delusional Guardians
Arc 7:To the Abyssal Dawn
Epilogue:To the Tomorrow We Walk