The Devil In White Coat

by SilusMkhwananzi

Continues from Season 3 episode 1 of Rick and Morty, Rick Sanchez goes out to 'celebrate' his victories. However, after smoking a shitload of crack from across the galaxy, he teleports himself to a world with the two things he hates the most, God and Magic

6. Ricks And Turns

A/N: Hey there everyone, so..uh..yeah, I'm back. It has been a long time but it's finally here. I thought it might be beneficial to address certain things.

So when writing this chapter, I was basically pushing myself more than I should, and I was rushing, a lot. Plus my work schedule and writer's block were what I could only address as a waking nightmare, when it came to writing this thing.

But hey, at least it's finally here write. By the way, because of…situations while writing the chapter, you will notice some inconsistencies with time and powers involved in the action since. Which is why after this chapter, I will take another Hiatus to this time revise all the volumes of High School Dxd, for the DxD fans.

I hope all that doesn't inconvenience you and that you at least find the chapter enjoyable, especially the Rick and Morty aspects.

Well see you next time.

Ricks And Turns

"Follow me, children"

Rick beckoned with a sarcastic voice as he led the peerage to another hidden room within the weapons' vault. Once he had gathered them all up in a line, Rick took out a spanner-shaped device and fired a blue light beam, resulting in a rectangular portal.

"Okay, listen up dickheads. The goal here is to get you all in good shape, and according to the deal, you only have 10 full days to do so. Fortunately, time isn't a problem for me. As I will make sure you have plenty of that."

Rias and the peerage exchanged confused looks, as they couldn't fathom Rick's words.

"Okay, from those befuddled faces of yours that looks like the expression someone would make if they just got asked why coconuts aren't classified as mammals if they've got both hair and milk, I can tell you're confused. Although I can't blame you, I'm a genius, and you're…ahem…not that."

Rick stated blatantly, trying to piss them off.

"Now let me explain. This portal in front of you leads to another dimension where time is condensed, it's a dimension I like to call…uh… btlg Narnia. Yeah. So in layman's terms, 13 hours here, is about a week and 12 hours there. Viser here is going to train you in this dimension. And by train, I mean repeatedly kick your asses until you learn to walk it off. However, for you to not end up being crackheads lost in time, you'll all have to return to this world after spending seven days there. Any question?"

Kiba raised his hands in response.

"What is it?"

"Sir? You can already condense time which is already impressive on its own. So if you don't mind me asking, what else can you do?"

"Everything else, any more questions?"

Issei raised his hand.

"Yes?"

"Yeah, you said this dimension is called btlg Narnia. Is there

any chance that btlg means Bootleg?"

Issei asked whilst cackling, which pissed Rick off.

"Fuck you, I'm not a ripoff. Any more questions? No? Good now take your bags and fuck off because I've got things to do, I'll

see how you're doing at 6 pm, not that it's my top priority"

Rick uttered rudely as he opened a portal and disappeared, leaving the peerage in the hands of the woman they almost killed.

"Well, what are you waiting for? You heard the Master. It's camping time!"

Viser stated with a sadistic voice.

"You know? I'm getting some bad vibes about this."

"Yeah you think?"

Koneko responded to Issei- who was leaning closer to him- in a modest voice.

"So Koneko?"

"What is it?"

"Are coconuts Mammals?"

"Shut up."

"Okay."

Issei responded with a regretful low tone as they went through the portal.

Meanwhile

A few hours have passed and Rick is descending down Tokyo Tower using his jetpack. That part of the city was oddly vacant today, which was a convenient enough time for Rick to check the signal for the second area with diverse concentrated magic, magic that was of earthly origin.

As he landed on the surface, Azazel, the first reasonable person Rick encountered, met him below. As an intellect, Rick could tell that he was stalking him.

"Mr Sanchez, I see you're tinkering as usual"

"And I see you're stalking me as usual, looks like I'm not the only one with a weird alibi"

Rick stated jokingly with a smile, causing Azazel to chuckle as a result.

"It would appear so. So, care to join me for a drink or two?"

"Sure, why not, I was done anyway"

With that, Rick disengaged his Jetpack and the two started walking together.

"Hey, where's your other friend?"

Rick asked in a curious manner.

"Who?"

"Your friend, you know the other guy stalking me, the little raven-haired imp"

"Rick. I came here alone."

Azazel answered with a stern voice.

"Huh? I swear I saw someone else following me. If it wasn't your partner, then who could it be?"

.

.

.

"Nah, I should probably just ignore it."

Rick Island: Bootleg Narnia Realm

A beautiful, lush tropical forest, filled with strange birds, grassy plains and very tall trees. This was the condition of the condensed Narnia, a dimension Rick warped overnight after taking inspiration from Froopyland- a dimension he made to keep the neighbourhood safe from his own daughter.

This however, was more realistic. It appeared to be a giant volcanic island, almost mimicking Rick island, but the creatures, from the beasts of the land, to the birds of the sky, were strange and alien, but still amazing to look at.

This is what the peerage felt when they came out the other side of the portal, a sense of relief and calm, the hot tropical wind across their bare skin, the sounds of nature, and the beautiful scenery.

They had appeared in what looked like a beach in another dimension, but as he peered endlessly at the blue ocean, they could tell there was an edge leading to nothingness. The only landmass in this dimension was the island they were on top of. This truly was an artificial dimension.

Viser came out last, taking a deep breath before going out of the portal.

"Isn't it beautiful?"

Viser said, stretching herself as the peerage watched awkwardly.

"Okay listen up you kids, this is how it's gonna go. I…will beat you up. Repeatedly, and you duty, will be to get over it in some way. Keep in mind that whatever wound you get while here can be healed, so chill out. I am also not allowed to kill you, but you can do whatever you want with me."

The peerage smiled in relief as that technically was an advantage.

"Keep in mind that despite the disadvantage I have, this will hurt, a LOT."

The group still didn't take what she said seriously, and thought she was joking or just being hyperbolic.

"On that note, you did almost kill me once, remember that? I certainly haven't forgotten."

She continued, her voice getting more serious.

"But I blame myself back then. I was like what? …I don't know, a thousand time weaker back then?"

She joked, looking up.

"But don't worry, I promise, that no matter what happens, it's only going to be partially personal. I'm only gonna use like, 30-35% of my power so you know, it's fine. Well, there's no time to loose so let's begin. I can give you a headcount if you wanna run. Would 200 seconds do?"

She asked mockingly.

"We're not running."

Rias responded.

"Yeah"

"If we're gonna kick this bastard's face, we fight!"

Koneko and Issei followed respectively.

"I'm also ready."

"Bring it on lady."

Asia and Kiba uttered simultaneously.

"And what about you?"

Viser questioned, looking straight at Akeno, who chuckled slightly as a result.

"You really need to ask?"

Akeno answered back, her hand already surging with lightning.

"Alright, don't say I didn't warn you."

She lifted her hands sideways, allowing the wind circling around her to slowly lift her up, as she revealed her devil wings, before reducing them to just two pairs. There was silence for a few seconds before Viser was suddenly set ablaze, scaring the Peerage.

It was at this moment that something strange happened. The creature of this land began making uncontrollable sounds, the birds hiding in the trees flying away.

Rias, who was confident in the beginning, could feel a change going on, a change involving bloodlust, anger, vengeance, lust and despair. It was circulating around the area and was like nothing she had ever seen, felt or experience. Just as she was experiencing these things, a sudden realisation dawned upon her, and she began to slowly, move backwards.

"Run."

She uttered slowly, everyone looked at her in confusion.

"Everybody run!"

She said, causing everyone to run for their lives as Viser finally opened her eyes. She looked around at where they were standing and noticed they were no longer there.

"Huh, they're already gone."

She commented. Twelve flames immerged from her body and began to morph until they became her. With the clones complete, she looked at the direction in which the peerage had disappeared

"Well, let's begin shall we"

What followed for the next six days in this world was what could only be described as a gore fest. Involving each member of the peerage, except one exception, the only one who was absent when they attacked her. Other than her, there was lots of blood, gratuitous violence, extreme physical and mental torture and ….other things that shouldn't be mentioned.

The horrific and traumatic events that played out have already been written down in another file, but I think they are too graphic and could change the nature and tone of the story, two things I need to be weary of to prevent that decrepit junkie from escaping. He will accept my gift to him.

Day 7 of Day 1

Rias and her peerage had gone through a lot over the past seven days, it was unlike anything they had ever experienced. Viser and her clones weren't even trying to be lenient when she got her revenge.

It was currently morning in btlg Narnia and Rias slowly opened her eyes and found herself in a grassy plain, the rest of the peerage followed suit. As they regained consciousness, they could hear laughter coming from a close proximity.

They looked out at a distance and they could see her, Asia and Viser, conversing while wearing white picnic dresses, and enjoying a meal of drinks and sandwiches on a large picnic basket. It was bizarre to see something like this happen, considered the violent actions that were inflicted upon them by this now relaxed person who sat in front of them.

It was then they remembered that Asia was abducted by her on the first day they had tried to run away, which made a lot of sense, as she wasn't among those who tried to kill her once. The peerage, with their torn and ragged clothing that they had worn for the past seven days, marched straight to the odd scene. Viser noticed them through the sounds of their footsteps.

"Oh, hello there, how've you been doing?"

She said with a sheepish smile. Issei was about to attack her, but was dissuaded from his actions by the peaceful scenario that lay in front of them.

"Why? Why did you put us through all of this!?"

"Yeah, this was not cool man!"

Rias and Issei asked respectively.

"Calm down you big babies, I was just cooling off steam, it's not a big deal, and besides, you're the ones who wanted to unalive me."

Viser spoke, much to the disgruntlement of the peerage. As she said this, she took out a lengthy sandwich- which was more of a meatball sub- and began to stuff her face.

""What are you even eating?"

"Oh, this"

She uttered to Kiba, motioning the meatball sub.

"This is something that Rick keeps in his refrigerator. Apparently, it's a recipe he pulled from another dimension, it's called Death Sandwich or something. It's really great."

"Well, since you've been clearly enjoying yourself in more than one way, can we at least have something to eat too? We're starving."

Issei requested.

"Sure, dig in, just keep away from the Death Sandwich of Death. I heard that this thing is so delicious and unhealthy, it can literally destroy your stomach, and even its creator suffered the same fate."

"But you're eating it and you're fine!"

"What can I say, I'm just built different."

She continued, which angered Issei even more.

"You're A DEVIL. WE ARE ALL DEVILS. How the hell are you different from us!?"

"Oh yeah."

She realised, whilst sitting in a thinking position.

"Well, I guess I'm just built better."

Her blatant response cause Issei to growl in anger.

"But hey, look at the bright side, at least you're now free from my blacklist. Now we can be buddies. I promise I won't do this again. I'm gonna be good old Master Viser from now on. Now sit the fuck down and eat."

A few minute passed and the basket was almost finished, with Issei and Koneko being the ones who ate the most.

"Hey, didn't Rick say we must be back on the seventh day."

"Well, the seventh day at 12pm, so we still have about three hours left."

And just like that, three hours passed and the team returned back to earth, were Rick was already waiting for them just on the other side of the portal.

Rick Island

As the peerage stepped out of the portal, Rick and Viser's eyes met for a while before either could speak.

"Viser?"

"Master Rick?"

Viser responded hastily.

"Any progress?"

"What do you think?"

Viser responded crudely as he walked past him. Rick smirked at her as she passed by, little did he know how flustered the devil was, as she enjoyed the casual rude chats with the scientist, as it made her feel closer, contrary to Kalawanar, who has a more submissive relationship with Rick.

"So… Looks like you're with stuck with me, Lil Kiddos, for now anyway. So tell me, how'd it go?"

Rick was forced to cover his ears after a multitude of complains in the form of screaming and yelling were forced out of the mouths of peerage, who were too angry at Rick to act civil. Rick immediately regretted asking, although he couldn't care less about what they were saying.

"Do me a favour and save your complaints for YouTube, in case you haven't noticed, this isn't really a democracy, it's a Rickpublic. Now follow me, I need to brief you on your progress."

Rick said as he used his portal gun to teleport away from the room they were in. The ORC followed him through the portal, and appeared in what looked like a university hall, with a projector, auditorium seats and everything.

"Everybody take a seat"

Rick ordered as the ORC did so. Rick switched off the light and used the small remote he had to turn on the projector.

A blue screen, with the physical and supernatural stats of all the devils in the room appeared. The screen was split into five consecutive sections, each with bars that indicated their physical strength, their speed, their magical power level and magic capacity. Within each bar, was a section labelled with a small green line, and another with a small red line. Almost like a bookmark. The red line was ahead the green line to the right.

"Based on my own observation, and Viser's pessimistic tabs, this is what I have come up with."

He lectured, zooming close to Rias's stats.

"From my studies, you are one organism, divided into two different variables and two scenarios. Of course the organism is a Demonic Mutate, or as you call it, a devil. Some of you, looking at you crimson, are born with the mutation, whereas some of you aren't, but rather had the mutation introduced into your bodies."

"Yeah, we already know, but, what does that have to do with our progress?"

Kiba asked.

"That's the thing you see, turns out both variables have one thing in common, you both possess the same supernatural essence, demonic energy, however, most of you don't seem to be using it, the only exception is Rias, Akeno and Kiba, whose abilities seem to be somewhat directly related to that energy."

The ORC stared at each other confused. As a result, Rick scratched his head out of exasperation.

Koneko looked at her hand in realisation.

"Let me try and expand on what I'm trying to say here. Sir Epstein (Issei), you use what I may regard as draconic energy to boost up your strength. Instead of the energy you inherited when you became a devil, you rely on that gauntlet of yours"

Issei looked down in realisation.

"And Asia, your abilities from before and after becoming a devil have certainly not diversified, but because I like you better, your power still bleeds from that IKEAN accessory in your hand. I think we can fix that."

"Wait, what exactly are you gonna do with her?"

Akeno asked

"I'll do the only thing studios do nowadays to gain public traction, I'm gonna rip off Marvel"

Rick said, his voice seemingly turning more serious.

"And what about us."

"Good question, I'll get to that later, but first…"

Rick said taking out a tray of blue jelly beans.

"Have one and then pass the tray forward"

Rick said, handing the tray out to them. Each took a jelly bean and ate it.

"Wonderful, now that we're done, let's get to it. We already know your classifications, so we can get started, RIAS!"

Rick shouted, calling her out by her real name.

"Yes sir!"

"Despite your unique, bloodline, the way you release your power is sloppy and unoriginal, you need to stabilise and focus it before I mistake you for Wanda Maximoff. Kiba!"

"Yes sir!"

Kiba responded loudly.

"Your skill involves swordsmanship, however, you're only adapted to western-style swordsmanship, you need to open your mind and master different skillsets and adapt them with your power, also, try to use your demonic energy to increase the strength of you blows and speed of impact, you can start by simple meditation, this goes to you too Rias!. Asia!"

Rick called out.

"Yes sir!"

She replied.

"Since you're more of a healer, you don't have any offensive or defensive skillsets, however, after my modifications, that's soon going to change. For now, focus on controlling your demonic energy. Issei!"

Rick called out.

"Yes sir!"

"Control your dick."

"Huh, bu…"

"Now is everybody covered? Great, now go to bed, I'll brief you again next morning."

Rick opened a portal leading to their dome. Just as they were about to leave…

"Wait, you and you, stay. I'm not done with you yet. Everyone else can fuck off."

He stated, referring to Akeno and Koneko, who remained in position standing whilst the rest of the Peerage went through the portal.

Rick went on to take a sit at the front- lecturer's- desk.

"Sit"

Rick said as, pointing at the seats they were sitting on.

Akeno and Koneko complied and slowly fell to their seats, looking at each other with confusion in the process. Rick went on to sit on his desk that was facing the entire lecture hall. He took out his flask and drank from it. He then took out a device that looked like a large silver capsule.

He popped open the top like a bottle cap and then proceeded to pour in a blue mix that he kept in the draw of his desk. He closed the top and began shaking the device. Akeno and Koneko sat there watching and casually exchanging confused looks as the old scientist continued in this process.

Rick then pulled up his right sleeve, revealing his artificial collar. He tapped on it, activating the techno-functions of the device, which began to glow and vibrate, making a strange sound, like a teapot on a stove. As this happened, Rick stared intently at the two girls, tapping his fingers in the desk.

As time passed, the sounds and vibrations of the device, alongside Rick's tapping, got louder and more aggressive. The trend continued to the dismay of the two devils present, before it all stopped abruptly, when the device shut down. Rick popped the device open once more, and the portion he had poured in was now solidified and cut into different small 3d chunks.

Rick put his hand into the device and took out a cuboid chunk, and popped it into his mouth before proceeding to chew violently. Since he was done creating his blueberry chewing gum, he could pay attention to less important stuff, the two brats sitting in front of him.

"Okay Detention class, how do you wanna do this?"

Akeno and Koneko looked at each other with an even bigger sense of confusion.

"Huh!?"

They exclaimed.

"To add more clarity, should I beat around the bush like a fucking moron, or should I just burn it and get this over with?"

Rick questioned rhetorically as he put his feet on top of his desk.

"We don't know what you're talking about old man."

Akeno uttered with an annoyed expression.

"So the latter then, great, good thing we're on the same page. I'll make this fast."

Rick pointed towards her…

"Angel wings are supposed to have more plucky feathers than yours appear to have. And as for you…"

Rick pointed at Koneko…

"Cat ears still a big trend for weaboos worldwide, you should consider flaunting yours more often."

Both Akeno and Koneko were left shocked but the old man, who had figured them all out.

"You know, if you're really that afraid of body shaming, you should know that Onlyfan users are willing to fuck anything this time around, just ask the traumatised pony jar if you don't believe me."

"We're not being immoral you disgusting old fool!"

"Oh is that so, then surely there's a better reason as to why you're going to such length to inconvenience my fucking Job! Why tha fuck are you repressing your true identities? You know that weakens you right?"

"You wouldn't understand our situations, okay!?"

"Try me?"

And just like that, the two of them explained their situations respectfully. Akeno explained how she blames her fallen nature and the fallen nature of her father for her mother's death, and Koneko explained the situation with now renegade sister, who was corrupted by the power she also wields. Each of them tried their best to make it clear as to why they have to repress themselves no matter what, and how it was the utmost crucial thing to do. And Rick, being the gentlemen he was, listened all the way, he gave his ears fully and heard their pains, offering sympathy to their internal suffering. This, along with the overbearing force of his kindness, insured that the response he gave is of the utmost resp….

"Oh Boohoo, cry me a fucking river okay!?"

Nevermind.

"You see? That kind of behaviour is why we didn't want to bother ourselves with someone like you!"

"Did you even care?"

Akeno and Koneko roared respectively.

"I took time to make my own chewing gum instead of getting the one I already had in stock, that's how little I give a fuck!."

Rick uttered, causing them to turn their faces away from him in disgust, which ticked him off slightly.

"You know what, fine, as a though experiment, I'll humour you, just for a minute. Let's just pretend I understand why you are willing to pull an Elsa for your bestie. In exchange, I want you to reflect on this scenario."

Rick took his feet off the table and leaned unto it as he put his elbows on top of the desk.

"If this goes south, a blonde psychopath, with less charm than Bateman in American Psycho, will go balls deep all up in your best friend virgin gutter, and we both know that he's gonna be clapping those cheeks as much as he wants and then brag about to his slutty crewmates. Not only is he gonna be sliding into her DMs for free, she gonna be sliding into her DMs for free in 3D for the next 10 000 FUCKING YEARS, while you douchebags and his dick of a brother watch from the corner of shame and regret like the cucks you truly are!"

Despite Rick's aggravating use of vocabulary, Akeno and Koneko where left in discontent due the realism and likelihood of his words. Rick then took out his portal gun, and opened a portal to their room.

"Go to bed and make sure you think about this, if you want my advice, I'd say get your shit together. Like my niece would say 'get your shit together, put it in a backpack, then stuff it in a shit museum'. Goodnight!"

Rick stated as they walked through it. The portal closed just as Rick opened one to his own room. Scratching his head, Rick jumped on top of his bed and landed on his back. As he was slowly drifting to sleep, Rick heard some footstep. He looked to his left, where the door to his bedroom was, it was Viser, wearing a nightgown that exposed most of her legs, and two of her four-buttoned shirt were open, revealing her cleavage.

"You got room for two?"

Rick paused for a moment whilst starring directly at her chest.

Two Days Later

It was early sunrise and Rick was in the middle of his morning stretch routines, which he rarely does. With the peerage finally having mastered the basics of his regiment. Things were finally going smooth. Speaking of which, while Rick is busy being…well… himself, let me take some time to go through a rundown of what's been happening to the peerage for the past two days within.

We'll start with Kiba. Kiba barely had any problems during the training. Just as Viser had promised, she was finally 'nice'. In her terms, thereby giving meaning to Kiba's beat downs, Because of his inhumane levels of concentration, dedication and skill, Kiba was Viser's best student.

Rias of cause had her destructive energy, which according to Viser, could greatly injure Riser if need be. So she was working on increasing its potency. Along with focusing it at one point, like a bullet, or a pressurised water cannon. Because of this she was the second best.

As for Akeno and Koneko, Rick's words resonated a lot with them, and it forced them to reflect on whether they were being selfish on this issue, to which they concluded by affirming yes. After that, they could confidently use their powers, well, kind of.

Bootleg Narnia was an island occupied by large trees, and their vastness was enough to separate each member of the peerage from each other. So because of this, Koneko and Akeno training couldn't be noticed or heard by the other members, who were also training within the bushes, hence, they would use their hidden attributes when fighting. However, by coincidence, due to constant movement, one member would meet up with them, leading to a loss of confidence and them quickly retracting their attribute, which disrupted them. Hence, they were the fourth and fifth best.

As for Issei, well, let's say he's training was…training. And his mind was as powerful as that of a shonen protagonist. And because of what was constantly happening on the first day. However, for obvious reasons, his speed had increased vastly, and her lung capacity was off the charts, he was essentially as fast as lightning thanks to…things happening. However, his power compared to rest of the peerage is supposedly the greatest, hence he had a proportionally larger gap to cover that the others, and hence he was the sixth best.

Now for the elephant in the room, Asia. Asia was slowly adapting to using her twilight healing sacred gear. And her control of demonic energy was improving faster than Viser thought it would, and adding it to her healing power, she could accelerate the speed of her healing. Viser also got her to use some of her demonic traits, such as increased strength and speed, to adapt to self-defence, which leads us back to Rick.

For these past days, Rick was thinking of the perfect Marvel character to rip o…I mean get inspired by, because Asia wasn't a power type, Rick needed a character whose power was centred on physical attributes. Because giving her something like a the Celestials, Dr Doom, The Living Tribunal or King Knull – all these aforementioned characters were characters that Rick actually considered, he really wanted to give Asia one of their powers, and heard already made successful drafts to do that- would drain her more than her twilight healing already is. Also it would make the main character flawed. Also plot.

So after three full days, Rick had someone, although they weren't fully the MCU, yet, they were still relevant enough to suit Asia and the electric attribute she was slowly developing from studying Akeno's power.

So after he was done with his weird morning stretches, Rick, using the collar, turned on the surround sound speakers in the room, and a loud pitch echoed across the room, alerting everyone. Issei was particularly frightened by the noise, as he let out a scream whilst getting up. Koneko on the other hand, did not show a reaction, as she expected the old man to do something this annoying.

"Good tidings…bitches."

The peerage just stared around, with tired and angry eyes.

"Meet me in my lab, pronto."

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Thirty minutes passed, and the peerage was well dressed, and ready for a new day of training. As the team approached Rick, they noticed that he was compiling multiple things, from books, to chemicals, and even injections.

"Uh… Mr Sanchez?

Rias called out.

"Oh goodie, you're here. Hey, shorty, be a dear and hit the lights will you? And make sure you hit the left one, okay, don't do something my Grandson would"

Rick asked Koneko whilst pointing at a grey switch behind him. Koneko was irritated, and was hesitant, but ultimately decided to do what Rick said. She turned off the lights, thereby leaving the lab in complete darkness. The only source of light remaining was the glowing, bubbling pink substance that Rick was working on. Rick put on his goggles so as to carefully study the substance's reaction. He then reached for his pocket and took out red powder in a pack and phased it into the container with the substance. The substance's bubbling intensified for a few minutes, before completely stabilising. However, the pink was now much brighter, with a whitish fade to it.

"That should do it"

Rick said, talking to himself.

"Okay, you can turn it back on now"

Koneko turned the lights back on.

Rick took the fluid and put it in very small vial. He put the vial in a small box and set it to Japan's room temperature for ten seconds. He then took it out of the box and stuck and injection into the vial to extract the fluid.

"Okay Asia, come on"

Rick said, squeezing a small amount of the fluid out of the container.

"Huh!"

Asia screamed, moving away from Rick.

"Rick what are you doing?"

"You'll see"

Rick answered Issei as he got closer to him. Asia was standing behind Issei.

"Rick, you're not putting that thing inside her"

Rick sighed at Issei's overprotectiveness.

"Look, I worked on this thing for an entire night, it's gonna be fine."

"You worked on it for one night, and that's supposed to reassure us?"

Koneko stated.

"People who test their own inventions are those who believe there's a chance they won't work, I don't have the luxury for that doubt, now quit treating me like I'm sus and get over here"

"No"

They all responded. Rick was pissed.

"Listen to me and listen to me well, this is my dips, I am above you, I… own you, you are my property, and as long as I say that no one can do a thing about it. Now taking that into consideration, I ask you two questions. One, if I wanted to poison her could I? and two, will any of you be able to stop me?"

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"I guess those question answers themselves"

"Smart answer Ms Bloodnut, I like it, it makes you sound like Princess Merida and Sherlock Holmes's lovechild."

Rias frowned and narrowed her eyes angrily at Rick's response.

"Now do we have everything cleared? You!"

Rick called out to Asia, who slowly started to move away from Issei.

"Yes sir!?"

"Get over here!"

"Yes sir."

Asia heard what Rick said loud and clear, so she he let go of Issei and started moving towards Rick. Issei tried to stop her, but Asia reassured him.

"It's going to be fine Issei"

She said with a sheepish smile. She finally got closer, she lifted her small sleeve all the way up to her shoulder.

"Here, just make it quick, okay?"

Asia said as she closed her eyes, waiting for the injection. A few second seconds passed and Asia looked up to see Rick standing there confused.

"W…what are you still doing?"

Rick asked.

"Huh?"

Asia wondered.

"I just finished giving you the short, you've just been standing there biting your lip for 30 seconds."

"Wait, really, but it didn't even hurt."

"I'm a perfectionist, the point of an injection is to remove the pain, not introduce new… pain. Now let it sit for an hour, it's gonna take a while for your new copyrighted powers to settle in. Also, have this…"

Rick said as she gave Asia two bracelets. These weren't ordinary bracelets as they seemed to be of alien tech. Asia took them from Rick hands and fitted them in each hand. The bracelets seems too thick when Rick gave them to Asia, but somehow they were able to fit in when Asia put them on.

"What are these?"

"It's military tech I retrieved from a group of Zigerion scammers who were after my concentrated dark matter formula. Which they almost succeeded before I… you know, wiped them of the intergalactic map."

Rick stated blatantly, unaware of how shocking his statements were to the Peerage. Back within the CFC, Rick would do all of these things and no one questioned him, it felt normal for him and everyone in his world.

However, things were different, in this world, not even Devils, let alone Trihexa herself, could pull off the things Rick has, and in this world, the least was expected from humanity, especially those without sacred gears. So to see some old man, who appeared out of nowhere, with nothing but a 15 second long fart, saying things like 'concentrated dark matter formula' and 'intergalactic map' was nothing but mind-blowing for these poor devils' uninitiated brains.

"Each of them is laced with a Nanofiber defence mech. And it can emit telekinetic waves."

. . .

"Huh?"

The peerage stuttered in confusion which caused Rick to sigh.

"A huge blue forcefield that goes 'boom boom' and 'move stuff with your mind' powers, the Zigerions couldn't perfect the technology, but with my modification and a bit of isotope 322, I was able to make some improvements. Just clasp both your hands into a fist and that should activate it."

"Wow! Thank you Mr Sanchez. I promise to use them well!"

Asia stated enthusiastically.

"Uhuh, okay, get ready to enter the Narnia portal, Viser will be on her way in a moment."

Rick stated as he opened the portal and left. The Peerage left the room and flew back to the mansion, where Viser was waiting for them. They praised and congratulated Asia for her new undiscovered abilities.

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Meanwhile, Rick appeared back in the capital. He was seated in the same café where they had met up yesterday. He was waiting for the fallen angel to arrive so that they may take that detour they were talking about. Of course the fallen angel did arrive in his casual outfit, and was ready to go.

"Sorry for being late, I had work."

"Sure, let's just pretend I believe you."

Azazel chuckled at Rick's sarcasm.

"Very well then, have it that way? Are you ready?"

"Yeah let's go, not like I have anything to do anyway."

With that, Rick opened a portal to the underworld. It led right outside the entrance way of the Gremory family estate. Right beside the door was Sirzechs and her fiancé, Grayfia.

"Mr Sanchez."

Grayfia, who had already met the man, greeted her scornfully, with her gaze narrowed to reveal an angry expression.

"Ms Tits."

Rick replied, earning a disgusted look and a grunt from the maid-themed devil as she headed back to the mansion. Sirzechs didn't take kindly to the old man's words.

"Old man, if I were you, I'll be wary about how I address my wife."

"And If I were you, I'd watch how I react, Will Smith, because I'm the Alice of this Wonderland, and I'm no Chris Rock. Now let's just go inside before I blow this entire dimension up."

Rick said as he shoved his way past Sirzechs and inside the mansion. Sirzechs rubbed his heard in distress, as Azazel walked past him.

"Azazel, does he always make such annoying jokes?"

He asked. Azazel leaned closer to his left ear.

"He's not joking."

Azazel whispered, then he followed Rick. He walked into the mansion, leaving Sirzechs confused and stuttered. He took a deep breath to calm himself down and followed Rick and Azazel inside the mansion. He caught up to both of them, and led them deep down the halls, to what appeared to be an office setting. He sat in the main office desk before offering them a seat.

"Okay, gentlemen, now that we're here, let's get to talking."

Sirzechs said as he turned to Rick.

"Mr Sanchez, how are things coming along with my sister and her peerage?"

"Oh, you mean bloodnut?"

"Bloodnut?" (×2)

Azazel and Sirzechs questioned, puzzled.

"If I were to loosely summarize, I'd say…"

Rick stated, scratching his head in thought. This forced Sirzechs' curiosity to increase, as he was slowly beginning to expect the worst.

"Right now, your sister and her lackeys are at a draw with their rivals, well, at least judging by the stats I collected from both sides. Your sister's ability at this point should be equal that of Firehead's."

Rick stated, arrogant to how shocking his words were to Sirzechs.

"And all that in just three days, I'm impressed old man"

Sirzechs replied, sighing in relief.

"Mm, yeah… you owe me by the way"

Sirzechs looked up at the old man, who was taking a sip from his container.

"What?"

"You owe me"

"Owe you? For what?"

Sirzechs asked, confused.

"The thing"

"What 'thing'"

"The training thing, according to your little sis, this whole thing was your fault, and since she has nothing to give that I actually want, you will."

Rick answered confidently.

"And what is it that you actually want?"

"For you to be my back-and-call."

"And what if I refuse?"

The question forced Rick to rub his temple, as at this point, he expected the message to be clear by now. But no, it wasn't, Rick had more to do if he wanted to prove his authority, and fortunately, he had prepared beforehand.

"Rick, while I'm vaguely aware of your capabilities on earth, this is the underworld, and in here, your human capabilities are meaningless."

"Oh yeah, and these human capabilities are the same ones you entrusted to train your sister to defend herself from being a cumdump thanks to your assholery. "

Rick's offensive blabber angered the devil, as he immediately began radiating his demonic energy as a means to intimidate the old man into submission. Azazel who was besides Rick was somewhat tense, as he had been careful to avoid any conflict with the current Lucifer.

"Ho! Look who's finally putting on their big boy pants…"

Rick uttered as he took a sip from his flask.

"…But seriously though, you should stop that, I think we both know how this is gonna end."

He continued, Sirzechs stared at him for a while before settling down. He took deep breaths and stared at the old scientist.

"What do you want?"

Sirzechs asked calmly.

"Two things. You see, truth is, I'm a bored man, and I'm suffering…from success. So since I've got nothing to do, and the fucker writing this isn't planning on handing me back to Dan and Justin soon, might as well go nuts, become famous, live a little. Which is why I want you fund me. I need a plot of land, any land, I don't care if it's barren since I can just terraform it. Make sure there are official deeds to it. I'm gonna use that land for some random experiments, and who knows, maybe even build a country there."

Rick stated. While his proposal was harmless in theory, it felt practically risky. Sirzech's didn't fully comprehend the scope of Rick's cunning, and had to only guess that it was something that could rival the powers of the underworld. The presence of such a mind, especially if that mind was a Human's, could lead to instability and reshape the status quo. As such, Sirzechs couldn't risk that, since he himself was a leader.

"No."

Sirzechs replied.

Rick looked down in disappointment.

"Well, too bad, I guess I'll have to stop your sister's training program. And just to add salt to injury, maybe give that power to her boyfriend."

"Is this supposed to be funny or threatening, just how efficient could your artificial influence be."

"Good question, you should ask my servants, or my…fiancés, as they'd prefer to be called"

Rick, responded dismissively.

"Fiancés, what is he talking about?"

"A once two-winged angel now seraph stronger than me and Michael combined and can create new spells using Hebraic Biblical passages and a once stray now high-class pure-blooded devil who has the abilities of every pure devil bloodline in existence and immune to holy attacks from any pantheon."

Azazel answered, referring to Kalawanar and Viser. The response shook the devil as he couldn't understand the logic behind it.

"What kind of leader would give his subjects so much power?"

"The kind who can afford to."

Rick answered Sirzechs.

"Y…you a madman!"

"Of course I am, what your point? Just think of all that power, in the hands of the most unhinged motherfucker you could think of. Or better yet, after I boost him, I could brainwash him into attacking the underworld, and starting a war. Maybe have him take your mommy, your wife and sister as warbooty after he wins."

Sirzechs was now trapped in a corner. If he refused Rick's offer, he could potentially destroy the underworld, maybe even side with terrorists and radical factions, and if he accepts, Rick will potentially destabilise power systems. However, weighing both outcomes, Sirzechs managed to come up with the best answer.

"Very well then, Rick, we have a deal, now what's your second request?"

"Oh that's easy, just tell your annoying spy to stop following me!"

Rick demanded much to the confusion of the devil and the fallen angel.

"My…what?"

"Don't play coy with me, Azazel already told me he had no idea who it was, so I can only assume you and your weird ass family had something to do with it."

Rick continued.

"I'm sorry, I still don't understand, could you describe what this 'spy' looked like?"

"You know, black raven hair, purple eyes, short, and dressed appropriately enough to attract paedophiles on Tiktok?"

Rick responded. Azazel thought deeply about the issue, as he was just as confused as Azazel was. After some deep thoughts, Azazel finally realized what was happening, and for the old scientist's sake, hoped it wasn't the case.

"Rick, this 'spy', did she have tapped breasts"

"Well, I'd prefer to use the term nipples cause that's an insult to breasts, but yeah, why?"

Azazel looked at Sirzechs and they both nodded at each other, acknowledging the fact that both had caught on to what was happening.

"Rick, how long has she been spying on you!?"

"I don't know, about a week now, maybe."

Sirzechs and Azazel looked at each other, a sense of fear engulfed them and shone in their faces.

"Okay will someone explain to me what the fuck is going on!?"

Rick exclaimed angrily.

Narnia World

4 Narnian days Later

Chaos and destruction covered the landscape as each member of the peerage duelled against their own set of clones. Among them was one who was making the most progress.

Kiba channelled more of his demonic energy onto the blade he was using, and by doing that, he was able to counter Viser's clone in a stalemate. Unlike the other members of the peerage, particularly Issei, he wasn't running away from the clone, but rather, he took every blow, as he perceived every ounce of pain as a lesson to make him get stronger.

The fight between him and the clone was particularly intense, reminiscent of a life and death situation. However, it has to be noted that Kiba was still taking more blows by far. So eventually he got exhausted and fell to the ground in defeat. The clone took out a small container of its tear and administered it to Kiba, who was instantly healed on the spot.

Kiba stood up, examining his hands.

"You think you could go again?"

Viser asked, intimidating the teenage devil. Kiba glared at the devil before taking a stance and readying his weapon.

"I thought you'd never ask."

With that, the fight continued

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Rias, Akeno, Koneko and Asia were attacking their clones. Yes, Asia, could now hold an offensive position. After the unique abilities given to her by Rick. Asia was able to sense danger around her and react at lightning speeds, she was able to move faster, and she was able to use those skills for combat, among three other abilities to be revealed later.

However, the potency and duration of the ability depended on the amount of demonic energy she used. If she used a lot of demonic energy, her abilities would be stronger but would drain quicker, if she used less demonic energy, her abilities would be less potent but they would last longer. Each ability drained basically the same amount of energy, but the more abilities she used at a time, the more demonic energy it cost.

Asia didn't have that much demonic energy to begin with, so she had to mostly depend on the Zigerion Defense Mech to push Viser away while she healed Viser…okay that sounded confusing, didn't it?

So speaking of Asia, Asia had the most unique form of training, apart from Issei -this is because at this moment, they were the only ones who were charged with more than one clone, although bear in mind that Asia's clones were charged with less powers that all the others.

So Asia's task was simple at first, a clone of Viser would manifest itself in front of her, and then injure a part of its own body- usually the arm- and ask that Asia heals it. Every time Asia did, it would inflict a deeper wound. To one point, the wound was even bone-deep, and Asia had managed to heal it. Which meant that she could control the power of her sacred gear much easily.

The other thing she was supposed to cure was an ever growing wound. In this second Phase, the clone would inflict a wound on itself, and then it would keep on adding devil energy to spread the injury. Asia would have to add more power unto her twilight healing to keep up with the speed and close the wound.

The third phase- that is the current phase- was even more challenging. Asia had to heal a clone of Viser, while defending herself from another clone that was on the offensive against her. Which proved to be extremely difficult for her, but at least it did help in terms of control in tough situations.

Rias, Akeno and Koneko on the other hand pretty much had the same issue. They had to master control of their demonic energy more efficiently. Since one of them was pure-blooded and the other ones didn't want to reveal their other selves-this is despite the fact that they were already using those hidden halves in their day to day lives, albeit a lesser version of it.

Among the three, Rias was the one who was able to use her abilities more efficiently, this was due to the fact that not only was she pure blooded, she was also freely using all her powers, unlike Akeno and Koneko. Also, the realisation that this fight was all about her future also helped motivate her. Among the two concealing themselves, Koneko was second after Rias, due to the fact that she was more confident in her abilities than Akeno. Followed by Akeno herself, this was due to the tragedy of her childhood.

And now as for the protagonist himself.

"AAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaugh!"

Yeah, Viser wasn't messing around. Issei held the most powerful of the sacred gears, so of course she was going to use more power- about 21%- on Issei compared to the rest. And five clones, yes, five clones, including the Real Viser were after his ass.

"At first it was just 1 clone and herself, but Issei kept on running and running and running for the first five hours after the 1 minute head start. It helped on his case as it did increase his speed. He was using Ddraig to boost his speed, agility and lung capacity, and due to constant shock from chances of imminent destruction, Issei's body could hold more of Ddraig's powers by the passing minute. Thanks to running away.

However, 5 hours of running is enough annoyance for someone who has nearly endless stamina. The boy hasn't even tried attacking yet, although he was as fast as lightning than lightning at this point, the boy was that fearful for his life. Viser wasn't having it, so she split more power between four more clones. And the clones continued to chase the boy across the forest.

*ohmygo… I mean Ohshitthey'recatchingup. They are catching up! Ddraig, more, NOW!*

Issei screamed internally.

"Issei y…"

*NOOOOOOOOOOW!*

Issei screamed, interrupted Ddraig.

"Huh, very well then, boost"

Issei's power increased, and he could run even faster, although his body was beginning to develop pain all over, it was better compared to the ass whooping that left him bloodied two-earthly- days ago.

The clones were having a hard time catching him, the guy was so fast that he was literally running uphill-from a distance, it almost looked like a Sonic the Hedgehog speedrun- Which is exactly what he was doing at the moment. Eventually he stopped at the edge of a cliff.

Now he could use his devil wings to fly, but at this moment, he wouldn't fly fast enough, as he still wasn't adept to flying at fast speeds yet. So at last, the boy decided to become a man, and face her head on. It was about to be the fight of a lifetime, his lifetime.

The man closed his eyes.

*Are you ready, Ddraig*

"Finally, it's about time, let's end this. BOOST!"

Issei was about to launch an attack. The clones were finally relieved and were ready to counter, however, their boss approached and reabsorbed them. She wanted the pleasure all to herself.

Viser took on her fiery phoenix form, and dashed towards Issei. The flames that made her up transitioned into a fiery whirlwind. Issei saw this as an opportunity to try and hit her, but he couldn't, as the flames split apart and circled around him before rematerializing back into a tangible form behind him.

"Hi."

Viser whispered in Issei's ear before binding his arms with both hands. She then pressed against his back with her chest and leaned even closer to his ear.

"You were running away Ise" She whispered.

"Well…"

"And I was chasing you Ise"

"I…"

"I was chasing you for 5 hours Ise"

"Well I…"

"I was chasing you for 5 hours because you were running away for 5 hours…Ise"

Viser responded with whispers, this time, Issei didn't even try to answer, because Viser would just interrupt her again.

"Why are you running Ise? Why are you running?"

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"I asked you a question Ise."

"Oh uhh…yes. Of course."

"Habdo neshim, do you know what that means?"

"Uhh, it means respect women?"

Issei stated

"It means respect women, good, you can translate it. For a second there I forgot you were a devil…Wait… Is this turning you on?"

"N…"

"Don't lie to me boy, I can practically smell the horniness."

"Y…yes. Kind of."

"Good, enjoy it while it lasts, because what I'm about to do to you won't."

Viser stated, her voice slowly reflecting her inner rage. Issei could feel it from behind him, he tried shrugging her off to escape.

"If you continue to move like that, I'll crush your spine"

Viser threatened. Causing Issei to stop moving in fear of his life.

"Besides, it's only fair I do this, as payment for wasting 5 hours of my time, don't you think?"

Viser stated, with a sadistic smile on her face. Issei didn't respond.

"Unless of cause, you think otherwise, then maybe we can move on to my second option, which involves breaking things that aren't meant to be broken, and shoving them were they aren't meant to be shoved."

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"I…I'll take the first option please"

Issei responded with a low voice, admitting to the inevitable.

"That's what I like to hear. For that, I promise to be gentle."

Gulp.

Devil Matriarch: Phoenix

Viser transitioned back into her phoenix form.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa hahaaaaaaaaa. AAAAAAAAAA…"

.

Wait a minute? Did I say 'fight' of a lifetime? Sorry, my bad, I meant to say torture, it was gonna be the 'torture' of a lifetime…again, yep, I had to run it over reapetedly while writing this as it made less sense in context but this is literally the friendliest term I could use to describe what she did to him.

The devil cried in anguish, his screams reaching every other member of the peerage, as they got distracted from their training, feeling a bit sorry for Issei, despite knowing that he was gonna be fine in the end.

Back On Dxd Earth

5:38pm

Rick and Azazel are in Rick Island, discussing everything about the deed with Sirzechs, and news about his new spy friend.

"So let me get this straight, I'm under surveilled by the most powerful being in this reality"

"Yep, Ophis, and technically she's the second, but that's also complicated. The thing about her is that once she sets her eye on something, she's sure to get it. I honestly can't think of any force in this world that can dare oppose her"

Azazel responded. They were currently at the rooftop of Rick's mansion, gazing down below.

"You know, the way you phrase it makes it sound like you're sorry for me."

"I'm sorry for her."

"You're a terrible liar."

Rick responded, earning a smirk from Azazel. He then went on to look at his watch.

"Well, looks like they'll be back in a few minutes."

"Who? The Peerage? You said you sent them into a space where time is condensed right?"

"Yeah, so If I'm guessing correctly It should be around evening of the 7nth day by now, and they should be packing 2 minutes before 6 o'clock.

"I see, that's not confusing at all."

"Again, you're a terrible liar."

Rick stated with a monotone voice.

"Come now, you know I meant to be sarcastic this time."

Azazel answered as he and rick stood up, it was getting windy outside so Rick and Azazel went back inside.

A few minutes passed, and Rick and Azazel were waiting at the Narnia portal for them to return. And alas, they did.

Huh, Azazel looked at them in wonder, none of them appear even scratched or tattered. However, from the growth in power, Azazel could tell that they were definitely experienced. Issei on the other hand was particularly silent for some reason.

"Hey, Ponytail, you alright?"

Rick asked as he walked past him.

"What do you think?"

Issei uttered in a low voice.

The peerage went to on to rest their minds.

"Huh. So she did the thingining huh?"

Rick questioned himself.

"The Thing…ining?"

"Yeah, it's the torture method that involves crushing the diaphragm or something? It's a lot to take in. Come on, I have some interesting stuff to show you, I've been working on this one for the past three days."

"uhh… yeah. Sure"

Azazel uttered as he followed Rick. Rick showed him whatever it was that he had prepared. After he was done, Rick opened a portal to Azazel's abode, and he bid him farewell.

An Hour Later

Everyone was seated in the briefing room as per Rick's instructions. Rick finally arrived drinking a bottle of Sapporo, before smashing it to the ground like the respectful person he was.

"Good evening cock suckers, how are you all doing?"

Rias and Koneko responded by raising their middle fingers at him.

"Nice I see. So before we begin, does anyone have any comments?"

No one responded, Rick looked up and noticed Issei was still in shock.

"Issei, I see you look very concerned up there, you're giving us the 'fear factor gone wrong' vibe, is there something you'd like to share with us"

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Hopelessness, Misery and anguish,
I am suddenly breathless.
If I struggle, I'll surely perish,
the pain is endless.
' In this temporary world, what is there to gain? ´
she asks me as splits me asunder.
I shall never strive again,
for she only shows mercy, when you surrender.

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"Okay then, thank you for the um… mesmerizing poetry, bro. That definitely didn't unnerve anyone"

Rick spoke sarcastically.

"So let's look at how you all did today"

Rick said, pulling up their states in order of those who made the most progress. In order of who made the most progress.

"Kiba, you're doing extremely well, if I didn't know any better I'd say that you were exceeding my expectations, and I never say stuff like this lightly so keep it up, boy"

Kiba nodded in respect.

"Rias, the way you can concentrate your energy has really advanced, not only that but your demonic energy has grown, good work Bloodnut"

Rick stated.

"Asia, I see you've unlocked all five of your new 'totally defensive' physical abilities, and have mastered four of them, I can't say I'm not impressed, however, you still need to learn how to use your abilities more efficiently, which is why I will be asking Viser to be focusing more on your hand to hand combat than your healing."

"Yes sir, thank you, sir"

Asia exclaimed with a sheepish smile, to which Rick smirked.

"As for you, the wondering sisters, I'm not sure how long you're planning to keep this up, but as a man of secrets myself, I'll keep my distance. But all I can say is, you…

He pointed towards Akeno.

"Your control is excellent, but you could also do with attack potency. The same goes for shorty here. And now for the elephant in the room."

Rick looked at Issei.

"Ise! My dude, whatever happened out there, man?"

Rick was messing around with him, but he didn't respond.

"Look, I'll try to be as cheerful as possible. Of all the members of the peerage, your physical endurance and power have grown the most. And you can now hold more Devil energy than all of them, thanks to advancing your gear, and honestly, I should put you up there with Kiba actually.

However, here's the problem. Your power at its fullest potential is about a thousand times stronger than the power of your friends' full powers combined, according to my research, you and I should be the only two people in this room who can kill God. So to sum it up, everyone else is proportionally more advanced than you, because they are closer to their full potential, which is lower than yours than you are to your full potential, which is higher than theirs."

Rick finished speaking and waited for a reaction from him, to which he got none.

"I'm gonna pretend you understood what I just said and encourage you to roll up your sleeves and put some elbow grease into your training, and maybe learn to handle torture with…less…p…poetic trauma."

Rick finally concluded briefing them individually, as he looked up to all of them.

"Okay, so from now on, you'll all be looking at your own starts, take these."

Rick said as he opened the desk shelf and pulled out a tray with futuristic-looking watches in them and handed a watch to each member of the group.

"Everyone got a watch, good. Now put it on and tape it twice."

They did as told and as they did, a holographic screen was projected in front of them.

"You'll notice two stats marked with 30 small bars each, these represent physical aptitude and demonic strength. You'll also notice that there are two bookmarks in each of the bars, with the red bookmark exceeding the other bookmark. Now the red bookmark, is your full potential, meaning the full extent and application of your power. The other bar is the level you need to be in to defeat five of Riser's lackeys. That is as far as I will take you, you'll have to reach the red bar on your own."

Rick explained, to which all of them understood.

"Any questions?"

Kiba raised his hands.

"Yes Kiba, what is it?"

"Sir, I noticed this section on the bottom right that says 'metaphysics', what is that? And should we be concerned about it?"

Kiba asked as he tapped the section, and the screen changed from blue to green. Displayed on the screen were long complicated equations.

"Oh yeah, that. Those are Wave Functions, mathematical representations of necessary principles that define your extrinsic and personal existence."

"Um…necessary principles?"

"You know, Destiny, Death, Dream, Desire, Destruction, and Delight. You don't need to worry about these, the only people I've met that can decipher them are me, Bill, and Yahweh. And between the three of us, only Yahweh can properly manipulate them since he also exists necessarily.

But here's a fun puzzle for you. Anyone who manages to put these equations to use will become necessary, and gain the power to control all things in and out of reality, be they tangible or intangible, literal or metaphysical."

The team marveled as they looked at the Hologram, they didn't understand most of what Rick was relaying, but his last statement was truly tempting to them.

"Okay, that's enough, just tap the watch twice to turn it on and off."

With that, everyone turned off the watch.

"Good, class dismissed, now go to sleep."

Rick said as he was about to exit the room. However, before he could go anywhere, he was called back. The reason was well…

Back when the team was packing, they kept on hailing insults about Rick. Asia couldn't really understand where they actually stemmed from, as she thought Rick was a genuinely nice guy. I mean sure he was rowdy and a little mean-spirited, but deep down- very deep- there…somewhere, there was a heart of gold.

So she planned to try and convince the team that Rick was a good guy on the inside. How you ask? By having him tell a Bedtime story of course. Asia had a personal belief that the stories one told were a window into their hearts and thoughts, and so she thought she should, you know, do that. And boy did it go as you'd expect. But you know what, you guys be the judge of this.

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Rick was sitting on a small stool, in the middle of the beds of the peerage. All the members were in their sleeping gowns, and ready to rest. With that, they were ready to hear some of Rick's delightful tales.

"Are you guys being serious about this?"

Rick asked.

"Very well then. Everybody, hearken to my tail, and tail so true and ancient, a tail as long and old as my huge dynamite penis."

Ignoring the scientist's gross remarks, the peerage leaned in closer to hear Rick clearly. Rick, the great storyteller and 'Morty-vater' of souls, took a deep breath, and opened his lips, as he told his…uh…soothing tale.

"Once upon a time, There was group of 6 teenagers, 4 girls and 2 boys, all of them were devils. One of them, a red haired girl, was betrothed to a fiery mess on the behest of his stupid brother.

"Ooo, family drama, I like where this story is going?"

Issei stated, smiling in anticipation.

"Huh, Issei…"

Kiba sighed as he scratched his temple.

To free herself from marrying the creep, the girl proposed a pokemon battle against him, if she wins, she won't marry him. So in order to win, she sought the help of a so called 'shwifty one', a well-aged, handsome legend with a based attitude and a sexy unibrow that speaks for itself.

"Ah shit, here we go again"

Koneko remarked, dumbfounded.

Of cause the man refused, because he had better, much more productive ways to waste his time.

Rias at this point was gritting her teeth in anger.

The girl begged and begged, even offering to suck the man's HUUUUUUGE di-

"Okay, we get it! JUST MOVE ON ALREADY!"

Rias interrupted, causing Rick to move on.

But he refused, especially because the man didn't want to be viewed as the next Victor Salva. So the girl decided to take matters into her hands and as a result, failed spectacularly. Because of that, the next 10 000 years where gonna be nothing but agony. A century passed, and the red haired girl not only had to worry about being a demonic soccer mom, but also had to worry about getting underworld child support for her 650 children, whose 1990's 'Ashton Kutcher' jackoff of a father couldn't give two shits about. As for the friends, the short white haired one and the blonde dude started a gymnastic together, but was later ran out of business as humanity lost hope in fitness because of an upcoming pandemic. The black haired one got into a very sexual open relationship with the ponytailed one to drown their depression. Eventually they broke up after things got too stale and his dragon infused dick couldn't satisfy her anymore.

After Rick had made things look awkward between the two of them, Akeno and Issei tried hard not to look each other in the eye, and it became more difficult by the second.

The raven haired one signed up to work for Underworld's pornhub and would be featured in a lot of gangbang videos. She would later be fired for almost going too far with one of the pornstars on set. As for the ponytail kid, he becomes a registered sex offender 2 weeks after the divorce.

As for the blonde girl, she searches for the Shwifty one, and seeks his help, out of a good heart, he agrees. The old man gave the girl $20 trillion worth of precious stone from the gold he 'borrowed' from across universes to get his resources. She starts orphanages and soup kitchens worldwide, and becomes the C.E.O of a non-profit organisation called…um… the Correlation Of Really Really Usefull People Together. And they all lived happily ever after…in their imaginations.

THE END

"The morale of this story my younglings, is that whenever you have the Rick on your side, take as much advantage as you can, before it's too late. So what did you think?"

Rick opened his eyes, he noticed the horrified eyes staring at him from the left, and the disgusted ones from the right. Each filled with enough dread and trauma to keep a man awake just long enough for his college graduation.

"I can tell from your 'bitty eyes' that you enjoyed that"

Rick said as he got up from the chair and began stretching his back.

"Well don't you worry about it. There's only a 50% chance that it might actually happen, there's also the other 50% chance I made the statistic up just to piss or scare you off. Well, time for me to go, have fun trying to sleep tonight. Hehehe."

With that, Rick left the room using his portal gun, leaving the poor kids traumatised, but hey, at least now they'll train harder to make sure that it doesn't happen, right?

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God bless.

The Next Day

The next morning, Rick was briefing the peerage before their next venture to Bootleg Narnia. As he was doing so, his phone rang. Rick picked up, it was Azazel.

"Oh hey dude. Can I call you again later? I still gotta take care of my precious losers here."

He hung up after.

"Oh geez."

He uttered.

"Okay, team Rick, time to roll out, you've only got six days before the match begins, so be sure to bring me good results, not sob stories, now get out there."

He continued.

The peerage went in through the Portal, with Kiba ahead of everyone else, and Asia behind.

"Hey, Asia"

Rick called to her.

"Huh?"

Asia gestured as she heard Rick calling her.

"What is it?"

She asked.

"You wanna know the trick to winning?"

"Yes!"

Asia nodded.

Rick leaned closer to the girl's ear.

"Well…whisper, whisper, whisper, whisper, and whisper."

Asia face became red in embarrassment because of what Rick had told her. She covered her reddened face and quickly ran past everyone else as she went through the portal.

Speaking of the call. Rick had to call Azazel again since Azazel previous call was cut. Azazel picked up his phone.

"Hey Az, How's it going?"

"Rick, what happened, you didn't pick up your phone?"

"Yeah sorry, I got caught up in some…work"

"Let me guess, The Crimson Princess and her peerage?"

"Yeah, but nevermind that, tell me what's happening?"

Rick stated.

"I got word from Sirzechs, he told me your deed will be finalised tonight. However, you can still do whatever you want with the land mass during the process. Just be sure to be there tonight for the signing."

"Good, I'm on my way. I'll see you soon."

"Sure thing."

With that, Rick hung up.

"Hey Kalawanar!"

A blue circle formed behind Rick and Kalawanar immerged from it.

"Yes Master Rick?"

"Get yourself ready, we're going to the underworld."

"Is something wrong down there?"

Kalawanar asked.

Rick walked closer to Kalawanar and grabbed her by the shoulder.

"Tell me angel, how much do you know about politics?"

Kalawanar looked in thought.

"Um…Rule with an iron fist and um…crush all rebellion?"

Rick smirked at her words.

"Then no, there's nothing wrong going on in the underworld…yet"

He uttered.

"Now come on, go get ready, I'll see you outside the mansion."

Bootleg Narnia

Three Narnian Days Later(Day 3 of day 4)

As always, things were very tense in the training field as Viser pushed these young devils to their limit. Even though she was holding back quite a lot.

The Peerage had improved a lot, as this time, they weren't just getting their butts kicked. One person in particular who seemed to be progressing well was Kiba.

He was fighting toe with one of Viser's clones. The clone was using its large claws to attack him, and Kiba his sword. They kept slashing at each other, but Kiba was using so much force that he got disoriented quickly, also the loud sonic bash his sword made as it made contact with Viser's claws didn't help. Viser used this opportunity to slash away Kiba's sword.

Kiba's hands were now raised upwards due to the force. Fortunately, he was still holding his sword in his left hand. However, his chest was now exposed for Viser to freely inflict damage, but before she could do that, Kiba opened his wings and flapped them to create enough force to push himself away from the clone. He concealed them after, and as he was still being dragged back by the force, Kiba plunged his sword to the ground to counteract it.

"Sword Birth!"

He used this chance to summon weapons from the ground using his ability. He managed to trap the clone in the chaos, giving him the chance to strike. Kiba channeled as much demonic energy as he could to ensure that his strike would be lethal. He opened his wings and flew vertically upwards, he then positioned his sword towards it.

Then, with great force, Kiba launched at it and sliced the clone. And from the right side of the neck to the bottom left of its stomach, Kiba cut the clone in half, causing it to light up in flames and disappear, re-joining its master.

Kiba became the first person to complete the training, and it took four ordinary days and exactly three weeks, three days, and 36 Bootleg Narnian hours to do so. As Kiba was panting, with a satisfied smile on his face, the real Viser came by to see him.

"Wow, so you're the first one huh?"

Kiba narrowed his gaze as she saw her. Although he had certainly grown stronger because of her, the training was still a nightmare, especially on day one when she was just beating them up and basically just torturing and ridiculing them. He would never forgive her for that experience, as it not only affected him but also affected his friends as well, especially Issei, who was her main focus.

"Oh don't be so glum, because you won, you won't see me again? ...huh?"

As Viser was talking, he noticed something that she should have the moment she arrived.

"What is it?"

Viser just pointing behind him, Kiba looked behind him and was shocked by what he saw.

That Same Night

That same night in the Narnia world, everyone was gathered together by Viser. Everyone except Kiba, who was speaking to Viser.

"What do you think this is about?"

Issei asked Akeno, who was right next to her.

"I can't say, but if they had to drag us here, I'd say it's something important?"

"Maybe they're dating now, who knows?"

Issei said, jokingly.

Just as they were talking, Viser walked in and Kiba followed behind her. They both stood in front of everyone and were ready to make an announcement.

"Okay so here's the news"

Everyone waited in anticipation.

"Kiba has officially completed his training, which means he won't be joining you for the remaining days."

Everyone was shocked. At the same time, they were happy with their friend's progression.

"However, things went a little… let me say, too well"

Everyone was confused by what Viser was now saying.

"Kiba, you can show them now"

Kiba stepped up front, took a deep breath, and revealed his wings. Everyone's jaw dropped at what they were seeing, all of them had gotten stronger ever since the day of torture, but they never expected this to happen. What they were seeing now was unexpected, and seemingly improbable. Instead of one pair of devil wings, Kiba now had two, which means that he had self-evolved.

"Congratulations Kiba"

"Yeah Man"

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Meanwhile

Dxd Underworld

That Night

"Okay just move it to the left, and try to not shake it too much, I just resized that thing so it might be very unstable"

"Understood, Master Rick"

"I'm glad to hear that, if that blue crystal hits the ground, whatever species survives in the next million years will be using devils as fossil fuel."

"Says the guy who thought it was a good idea to bring it down here in the first place."

"Shut up Azazel, I can hear you!"

Rick refuted the sarcastic Azazel, who was night bathing down below on the desert grounds.

Rick had previously requested a piece of land in the underworld, and since he wasn't exactly a so-called 'superior species' like everyone else there, Rick needed some connections.

Azazel was his first plan occasionally, but after his contract with Sirzechs, things changed. Now Sirzechs did not want to comply with Rick's request, so as a sign of respect, Sirzechs purchased unfertile land that surrounded an unappealing dry valley. He had no idea what the old man was planning to accomplish- he was just passing time-, but he knew that whatever it was, he isn't going to let him enjoy the process of fulfilling it.

When Rick, Azazel, and Kalawanar went to check up on it, they were distraught by what they saw. They also noticed that the land was cursed so Kalawanar had to use his holy energy to dispel the curses. Using her biblical enchantment, she was also able to erect springs around various parts of the island, as per Rick's orders.

Rick, on the other hand, designed a blue energy crystal- the same crystal he had in his former shy pooping place. The crystal- which was the early part of the project- was finished at twilight. There was one other thing that Rick had to do- this one involving alchemy- to put the finishing touches before calling it a day. He just needed to design it in his holographic sketchbook. It didn't help that in the process, Rick had to instruct Kalawanar on where and how to move the crystal, and where to finally put it. This took until sundown, which is where we are now.

"Good, now just gently put it in the middle, and let go on 3"

Rick stated, referring to the middle of two hilly landscapes with sharp tops pointed at each other. Kalawanar did as instructed.

"Aaaaand 3!"

Kalawanar let go of the crystal and flew to where Rick- who was seated atop a hover chair- was. The crystal stayed afloat.

"Okay Azazel, your turn."

Azazel's pupils turned to face Rick as if annoyed or tiresome.

"You watch, you do the work, now put some elbow grease you junky"

Rick stated.

Azazel got up and dusted himself off. He stretched his hand towards the crystal, summoning a magic circle. As he did so, his body was engulfed in dark power. He fired that energy at the crystal for a few seconds before ceasing.

It was currently night-time, meaning that the valley was currently engulfed in darkness. However, due to Azazel's energy, the crystal emitted a blue glow, making it the current source of light for the surrounding area.

The blue light sent a massive wave of blue energy across the entire valley, fortunately, Rick surrounded himself and everyone around in a forcefield to prevent them from making contact with it. As a result, the crystal glowed brighter, showing that it was finally becoming stable.

The energy that was being ejected from the crystal was so intense that it literally affected the magnetic field and you could see aurora borealis surrounding it.

Just a few moments after that happened, Sirzechs and Grayfia arrived and were surprised to see how much the landscape had been altered. This included the Blue floating crystal that illuminated the entire area, and the Northern Lights centered at the source.

The Devil didn't want to seem troubled, so he just ignored it externally and headed toward Rick.

"Oh hey there, I just want to tell you how thankful I am for this. I didn't think the soil would be this good."

Rick said taunting the current Lucifer, whose true emotions were slowly beginning to show.

"My Lord, just ignore them."

Grayfia said, tapping him on the shoulder"

"Oh, Ms. Tits! I didn't see you there, how's life been treating you?"

"Will you just leave me alone!?"

Grayfia yelled back at Rick.

"Just take your deed."

"My deed, who told you I was gonna be the owner, I just said I would inherit it?"

Rick responded playfully as he snatched the deed from Sirzech's hand, his pupils looking sideways.

"What? Well if this does not belong to you, then who does it belong to."

Rick just smirked and turned around. He motioned to them to follow him as he walked away. Once they got to the area, Rick put his left arm around Kalawanar's shoulder and pointed forward, instructing her to keep her eyes forward. He then pulled up the holographic sketch. The design sketch lifted itself up from the small board and folded itself up into a small rectangle.

"Begin 3d rendering, golden project"

The rectangle suddenly flew off to where Rick had instructed everyone to keep their eyes on. A few seconds passed and there was only silence until that was disrupted by the sound of a giant laser beam striking the area, the frightening beam carried spiritual power, courtesy of Rick's brilliant mind and enormous assholery.

Once the laser beam was deactivated, a massive pool of molten rock was left behind. The bubbling sound from the melted material could be heard from half a mile away. The massive pool sprang upwards, causing a sudden trauma on the earth below.

It sprang up to about 3000 meters into the sky, covering an Area of 1500 square meters. From Sirzech's point of view, it looked as if they were an invisible force holding this sudden uplift, which was nothing below impressive. This continued for about 30 seconds until the molten rock melted into a perfect rectangular prism.

"Is that it?"

Sirzech's asked, sounding disappointed.

"Sshhhh, just wait for it."

Rick answered excitedly.

A few seconds later, a crack was heard. A piece of rock fell from the tall 3000-meter prism. Then, more cracks began to form. The size and quantity of these cracks grew to a point in which when pieces of the cuboid fell to the ground, they were regressed to dust particles.

Giant vacuums started moving toward the site and cleared the dust. Once that was done, the area was left clear for everyone to gaze at what was left behind. Keep in mind, the scientist had absolutely no motivation to do this, he was just being a massive jerk.

What remained was a golden statue that covered an area of 1500 square meters, and was 3 000 meters tall. The statue was a giant feminine figure with 6 pairs of wings. The statue was also wearing the Apron of Ephod. This was the clothing worn by the Jewish high priests of Levitical Priesthood and bloodline- the bloodline Aaron bore, the first Great Jewish Priest who was also Prophet Moses's older brother - during the first and second temple periods of Israel.

This holy garment was originally worn over a blue material and was made of blue, purple, and scarlet material, with designs of a gold threat skilfully woven into the fabric. This garment was fastened at each shoulder and had an intricately woven band with which it could be fastened around the waist. Gold settings on each shoulder were onyx engraved with the names of the twelve sons of Jacob or Israel. Fastened to the ephod was a breastplate into which the Urim and Thummim- Lights and Perfections- could be placed.

There were twelve precious stones on the plate. There were aligned in 4 rows in the breastplate. The first row was Ruby, Chrysolite, and Beryl. The second row was Turquoise, Sapphire, and Emerald. The third row was Jacinth, Agate, and Amethyst and the fourth row was Topaz, Onyx, and Jasper. Rick decided to take creative liberties and engrave the names of the twelve disciples of Jesus into these ones.

To note, the stature was entirely made of precious stone, however, through the use of lighting, Rick was able to replicate the colors of the original cloth. The precious used for the clothing was genuine in the statue.

The statue also wore a necklace that seemed to have a cross around it. The statue's pose was like that of the Statue of Liberty. The only difference was that instead of a torch, it was the Menorah, a Jewish symbol alongside King David's star that consisted of the seven lampstands. Rick intentionally made sure that these lampstands burned in seven different colors, and that each lampstand represented the seven spirits of God which can be found in Revelations and Isaiah.

Despite all of that, Sirzechs wasn't shocked in the slightest by it, because there was another feature that shook them more than the rest, well more like it freaked them out. This is the same feature that shook Kalawanar as she was engulfed in emotions. Tears were visible in her eyes as she slowly began to weep. How could she not, the statue was built in her likeness after all.

"Here, sign it. That's an order."

Rick said as he handed her the deed.

"The city's not complete yet, we'll still need residents and all that. Meaning that we're gonna have to start searching for people with those weird sacred gear things once we're done.

"Master Rick?"

Kalawanar uttered as she put both her hands on top of the scientist's shoulders, slowly pushing herself closer to him. This was when Rick realized what was about to happen. It was also the same time I did some research and found out that Rick (198cm) is actually taller than Kalawanar (175cm). Azazel felt awkward standing right next to them so he shifted sideways

"D…do you really mean it. Is this really all for me Master?"

Rick looked directly into her face. She had a genuine affectionate look going on and her eyes were glowing, and her cheeks were as red as strawberries. It seemed like a cross between genuine romantic bursts of emotions, and genuine horniness. Rick tried to ignore it and turned her face aside.

"W..well, duh, obviously, but don't get the wrong idea, I've built plenty of statues of myself across the mult…"

Rick couldn't finish his sentence as his mouth was covered by Kalawanar's lips. Rick felt awkward in this situation, but he ultimately let it happen, after all, it didn't hurt anyone. Kalawanar eventually let go of Rick, but not what she felt at the moment. She took the deed and signed it. She gave the deed back to Rick, before quickly taking off to the sky in excitement, to marvel at her statue.

"…Okay, so that happened. Well, it was great doing business with you, I do hope you come visit whenever you get the time. It's gonna take us about three weeks to at least finish with the capital."

"So you're gonna be putting the capital here?"

"Yeah, why not. This is 20 000 hectares we're talking about. Hey, come check this out."

Rick said as he fired a portal. He rushed into the portal, and Azazel followed him. Sirzechs and Grayfia stood there and looked suspiciously at the green portal. Rick's head popped up from the portal.

"Hey, why are you standing there, come on. This is really exciting stuff, I promise."

Sirzechs and Grayfia looked at each other before complying and following them. The four were now standing at the podium on which the statue stood upon.

Rick dashed towards a golden post on the podium and pointed at the statue.

"Check it."

Rick uttered

The couple looked at the post and immediately broke into a sweat when they saw it. On it, an inscription was chiseled in 5 extinct biblical languages, Sumerian (Noah), Akkadian (Abraham), Archaic Hebrew(Moses), Galilean/Northern Aramaic(Jesus Christ), and Ancient Greek(Saint Athanasius), and it wrote:

KALAWANAR THE GREAT: ETERNAL RULER OF THE KINGDOM OF ARPHAXAD/ARPACHSHAD

As beings of old, Sirzechs, Grayfia and Azazel could read and understand these dead languages.

"Are you serious!?"

Grayfia uttered loudly.

"What?"

"We're at war with the fallen right now, and you want give a piece of land that's under our jurisdiction, to ONE OF THEM!? is this some kind of joke to you?"

Grayfia uttered loudly as she drew closer to Rick. Rick put his hand on her shoulder and gave her a genuine look, which creeped her out. He took a deep breath as he was about to respond, and Grayfia waited anxiously for the answer.

"Yes."

Rick responded. Grayfia eyes immediately turned white due to a sudden loss of brain cells.

"Well, time to go. I'll see you soon. There's gonna be wireless electricity by the way, so be sure to stop by once we're finished."

Rick opened a portal.

"Kalawanar! Are you finished?"

Rick called up to her.

"Yes! I'm on my way!"

Kalawanar flew straight at into the portal, screaming in excitement. Rick sighed and entered, followed lastly by Azazel before the portal closed up.

"Grayfia?"

Sirzechs called.

"Yes?"

"After the Rating Game is over, please summon the other Great Satans, we need to hold a meeting about this."

Sirzechs stated with a serious voice.

2 Minutes Later

Issei couldn't sleep tonight. Something was weighing him down. According to Rick, he was the peerage's biggest asset, yet at the same time, he was the one wielding the poorest of results. Kiba on the other hand, the dude he considered a rival, was wielding the greatest results, according to Viser, he broke Rick's expectations.

Issei looked at Rias and Asia, who were both lying asleep. He needed enough strength to fight for and protect both, and also to prove his love and worth to the former. However, things seemed grim at this point, it seems like his dreams weren't even close to fulfilment.

These heavy thoughts caused him to begin to contemplate the days when he was just a closet pervert with his two best friends, at least back then, he could drown himself in his delusions. At least back then, even though he knew that his perverted desires were far from fulfilment, maybe even impossible to fulfil, he could still be happy despite that fact.

However, things now just seem out of hand. A gate to his dreams had opened, but he still isn't able to reach it, and that fact keeps rubbing itself in his face. Now unlike before, the reality of the feasibility of his desires just brings him nothing but sadness.

However, all that brooding nonsense was about to end once and for all when…

"Okay (burp) you little shit, follow me"

Rick demanded, as he suddenly appeared in the dormitory and dragged Issei through to the portal.

Issei and Rick appeared in a room that was back in the mansion.

The room was rectangular, and had no furniture in it. There was a thick red line that split the room into two equal sides. Rick and Issei were currently standing on the left half of the room.

"Rick where did y…?"

"Just hold on"

Rick interjected.

He then turned on a switch that was next to him. The right half of the room floor lit up briefly before seemingly returning to normal. Rick then turned to look at Issei.

"Okay, take your socks off and cross the line."

Rick demanded.

"Err, what?"

Issei stuttered, asking for clarification.

"I said, cross the fucking line!"

Rick demanded once more, albeit loudly.

Issei, feeling frightened, immediately took off his socks. Then he slowly began to walk towards to the right half of the room. He hesitated at first, but after the torture thing Viser had put him through, he honestly had nothing to lose, so he just gave in and put his right foot across the line, followed by his left foot.

At first it seemed as though nothing had happened. Then all of a sudden, a strange form of pleasure began to creep all over Issei, it started all the way from the bottom of his feet. It went all the way up to his chest, his head, his scalp, his stomach, and other…regions.

Suddenly, Issei slowly dropped down to the ground and began to moan in ecstasy.

"Oh, oh my, RICK WHAT IS THIS? WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?"

"I made you one with absolute reality."

"Oh HOLY FUUUUCK"

Issei couldn't control the amount of pleasure that was pulsating through his body, it felt like he was in heaven.

"Aaaaah, Oh shit. Ah fuck!"

Issei continued.

"Yeah, true level bitch."

Rick said monotonously.

Meanwhile, Rias, Asia and the rest of peerage could hear mourns coming through the still-opened portal. Rias and the peerage went through it and saw what was happening.

"Ahhh fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK"

Issei mourned, his orgasmic screams only increasing as he continued.

"Rick, what the hell is going on?"

Rias asked, generally concerned about what was happening. However, the very sight and state that Issei was in turned her cheeks red, as a part of her was curious.

"Don't worry about your friend, he's doing fine, in fact, he's better than fine."

"Why is he mourning like that?"

Akeno asked.

"Great question, but because of how you asked it, I feel like I have to clarify that he is not related to sex at all. This is something called Satchidananda, a metaphysical state of oneness with truth, consciousness and bliss."

"Um, Rick, I don't think you understand Issei at all, he's definitely in the mood."

Kiba stated.

"No, you chum bucket, he's experiencing the truth of reality, close to absolute reality. And the ecstasy is overwhelming him, just look at that face, does that look like someone who's in the mood."

"Yes."

Koneko answered.

"Well, you've never been fun or smart so believe whatever you want."

Rick responded, Koneko just raised his eyebrow at Rick.

"Ahhh yes, Aaaah fuck yeah!"

Rias went and stood just two inches away from the line, before calling out to Issei.

"Hey Issei, are you okay? How are you feeling there?"

Rias asked as Issei continued.

"Ahhh, P…prez! Whatever you do, don't go anywhere! I'm….I'm, I'M REALLY CLOSE!"

Issei responded.

"Wait what!? Computer, full body analysis!"

Affirmative. His testosterone production has increased by 95%

*Fuck!*

Rick turned to look at Koneko, who was smirking for being right.

"Fine you little grandma, you win."

Rick uttered begrudgingly.

"I was hoping this experience would be more philosophical but I guess I'll have to work with what I have.

He went back to the wall and turned the machine off, stopping the process.

"Okay, time's up. You, get out of there. You think I'm gonna let you jizz all over my perfect mechanism?"

Rick uttered before turning to look at the rest of the peerage.

"And you, go back to bed, this isn't a museum."

Rich commanded as he 'helped' them go through the portal and into their rooms. Rick then turned to look at Issei, who had stood up and dusted himself off.

*Huh, so he isn't freaking out? It must be because of the devil-genes*

Issei came back to the left side of the line, with a disappointed look on his face.

"Oh man, I didn't even get to finish"

Issei stated as he walked back to the portal. Just as he was about to go through, Rick closed it.

"Hey!"

Issei yelled.

Rick grabbed him by both arms and pinned him to the wall.

"Hey man, look, I wasn't gonna Jizz on your fl…"

"How did it feel?"

Rick questioned.

"What?"

"I asked you how it felt. Did it feel great?"

Rick continued, referring to True Level (or just Leveller).

"Well, it…it was amazing!"

"Good, because Viser gave me interesting news."

"Wait, Viser? What did she say?"

"Well…"

Rick began a recent memory.

3 Minutes ago

A few minutes passed as Rick lay in his bed, but just before he could get some shuteye, Viser appeared.

"Oh hey there, you seem a little more distraught than usual"

"Master, we have a problem."

When Rick heard that last word, he really paid attention.

"Who is it?"

"It's Ise"

"What's wrong with the ponytail Kid"

Rick asked.

"Well. One of them completed the training".

"Let me guess, was it Justin Bieber?"

"Yep, even self-evolved."

Viser replied.

"Huh."

Rick interjected.

"I'm sure you know by now that Kiba and Issei share opposing ideologies, Kiba being more on the straight and narrow, not to mention he's a man of conviction. Issei on the other hand is more of a degenerate, perverted and… well, closed off from the norm."

Viser explained.

"Well, based on what you just said, I'm guessing the ponytail kid sees Justin Bieber as some form of rival, it wasn't just a test of strength, it was also a test of ideologies"

Rick analysed.

"And with Kiba winning, and him being the least progressive it was clear who was more superior in both. So when that happened, Issei took an emotional hit. It felt like he lost both in strength and Ideology. Everyone in the peerage tried to cheer him up, but to no good. Think you can do something about that?"

Viser inquired.

Rick sighed deeply in annoyance.

"Yeah sure, why not?"

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Now

Rick has Issei pinned to the wall.

"Oh, so she brought that up didn't she?"

Issei contemplated, his face appearing more down than usual.

"Do you remember what I told you before the training began?"

"Let me guess, you said you wanted results, not sob stories"

"Good, so you have a memory, now listen to me and listen clearly. You are a pervert, you're a simp, scum, filthy, a closet pervert."

"Okay, I know, I know I'm not Kiba okay, so you don't have to rub it in! Next thing you're gonna tell me is that I must learn from him"

"What no, fuck Kiba and his dumb convictions, no one gives a fuck about that shit. You are a fucking degenerate, so instead of being a pussy, just own it!"

"But I did, and I'm still behind him!"

"So what, you're just gonna assume that you're weak just because you like some tits. I like tits too, and even then I can reshape galaxies when I feel like it!"

Issei's eyes lit up at Rick's words.

"Wait, do you really like boobs?"

"Like? I fucking love em. And you like them too. You see? I know who you are. I know who you are boy because you're me! Minus the simp part. Also I'm not just saying this because it is a Guardians of the Galaxy reference"

"Wait, really? If that's the case, then why were you being a dick to me and my pals at school, if you had just told me we're the same, we could have been buddies you know!?"

Issei said, with tears whirling in his eyes.

"I was just fucking around man. Listen, my point is, even pervert can do some sick shit, I know this and I'm the biggest perv there is. If you find it comforting, just think of me as God, and you being made in…ugh…bits of my image."

Rick spoke confidently

.

.

"I really don't want to think that?"

Issei retorted, dumbfounded.

"Yeah whatever, fuck you. Look, how about we just make a deal. If you promise to complete your training before the start of the game, I'll give you permanent entrance and unlimited usage of the True Level Surface."

Issei's spirit lit the moment he heard that.

"REALLY!"

"Sure why not, you could even invite the other girls if you want."

And those word are what struck the nerve. Just imagining Rias, Akeno, Koneko and Asia's True Level reaction was enough to light a spark in the young devil's heart.

"Richard Sanchez!"

Issei called out in a serious and monotone voice.

"Huh?"

"I won't let you down, you can count on that!"

Issei answered.

"There's that fire I wanted to see, go show who's boss you degenerate sicko! Also never use my full name again!"

Rick said, reopening the portal to the dorm. Issei went in, feeling more confident than before. He had found conviction… I think.

And just like that that, night passed.

Day 6 of Training

Issei had taken Rick's advice and as a result, he had grown a new sense of confidence and bravery. His goals-lofty as they are- and ideals, were now fully affirmed by Rick's bet and words, but mostly words…definitely words.

As a result, Issei was no longer using his new culminated lightning speed to run away from Viser, but to combat her. It was certainly not fun, as he was taking a huge beating. However, his pain tolerance had grown as well and he could easily tank it.

But let's reserve Issei's story for later on. Right now, let's look at Rias. Of course, being the King of the Peerage, Rias was an essential part of the entire game. Her skill was exceptional, and her demonic power was great.

Rias was dodging attacks from Viser, however, like a normal being, her stamina wasn't infinite, she needed to find a way to get rid of her. However, that would require an extreme amount of energy. Which is why she came up with the idea.

She would unleash her power of destruction and condense it in her hand. That way, the force of impact would be great, not to mention she could easily focus it as she wouldn't be using that much power. She would also be saving power in the process.

Meanwhile, Akeno and Koneko kept trying to use the power of their true identities. Identities they either feared or despised. Whenever they would try, they would hesitate, leading to instant defeat. Of course, they felt that if Rick hadn't brought up the topic, things would have gone much better. Ignorance is bliss after all.

At the same time, he wasn't wrong, the holding themselves back did seem a little selfish, as their friend's livelihood was at stake. Fortunately for them, they would receive a little push from an unexpected source.

This leads us to our protagonist, Issei. As stated, Issei could now fight against Viser's clones. This would allow her body to adjust to a boost in strength as much as he now was to a boost in speed and lung capacity.

Of course, Issei was not one for hand-to-hand combat, although he was slowly learning. But in the meantime, he would focus most of the new ability he has, the demonic energy blast. This was a move that he can conjure by storing p demonic energy in the palm of his hand and using his sacred gear to boost its potency before firing it.

The move did drain him a lot, as he could fire about 30 blasts before getting tired out. So he decided to break apart the shots into intervals of 15 shots, and take a break for 30 minutes before firing the next set. Within that 30-minute break, he would focus on his strength and pain tolerance.

Akeno and Koneko could notice the hard work Issei was putting on, and how there was barely anything destructing him and they found it very odd, especially with how much damage he was receiving. He has been working this hard for the past six days of the seventh day they had been here and not even once, did he seem to be getting weaker, or losing motivation. If anything, he was becoming even more industrious by the second, almost as if he was possessed.

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It was now night-time and they were about to rest. Viser allowed this because they would return to the earth the next day. Also, she had made an announcement about their new winner, Rias Gremory.

After congratulating her leader, Issei sought Asia's help so that he could recover from some of his injuries. And after that, he isolated himself from the rest of the group. He then went downhill and ended up next to a river, that was glistening due to the full moon of that night. He noticed a large boulder next to him and admired it. He then went on to sit right below it, and rest his back on it, with his arms crossed behind his legs.

Issei took a deep breath, and with a big smile, looked up to the sky.

"Okay, just three more days and that room will be mine."

He uttered.

"Room? What room?"

"Huh?"

Issei looked to his side and could see Akeno standing right next to him.

"Don't bother asking Akeno, it's probably something dirty again."

Issei looked to his other side and could see Koneko.

"Oh give me a break!"

He responded.

Akeno chuckled at the banter.

"Mind if we join you?"

She continued.

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Two minutes passed as the three relaxed under the boulder and Akeno finally decided to ask the big question.

"Issei, I noticed that you've been working very hard lately, and if you don't mind me asking, what's pushing you?"

"Huh? Why do you wanna know?"

Issei chuckled whilst scratching his head.

"Just answer the question twerp."

Koneko retorted.

"Well, if you were to ask me, then I would say uuuuuuuuuuuuuh…."

Issei looked up in deep thought before looking down and chuckling. Akeno and Koneko stared at him, confused by his reaction.

"Oh who am I kidding, you already know me, the reason's definitely perverted."

He said scratching his head.

"Oh…I see"

Akeno uttered, trying to sound sincere, she was hoping to take a few notes out of Issei's page, in hopes that maybe she could find something that could motivate her to strengthen herself as well. The same goes for Koneko. However, it would appear that Issei, wasn't going to be the one to give them that.

"…But that's just it, isn't it?"

Issei continued.

"Huh?"

"That's it, I am a pervert down to the born, a shameful degenerate who gets destructed by any pair of boobies he sees. But at the same time, I couldn't be more proud of myself."

Issei uttered, much to the confusion of the two female devils.

"So I guess the reason I'm fighting, is because I'm a big pervert, and I'm not ashamed of it. So in a noble sense, I'm fighting for the right to prove my resourcefulness…as a pervert. And I do it with pride. I shouldn't be ashamed, scared, and spiteful of what I am, nor should anyone else, not you, not me, not anyone else. Everyone should have the right to become who they are, and not be ashamed of it."

And there it was, the push they all needed, from an unexpected source. If this dude was willing to show how versatile his perverted drive is, then what's stopping them from showing how versatile they are as a fallen angel, and as a sage user. It was just what they needed.

"Well, that hurt my head."

Issei said as he stood up and left.

"I'll catch up with you tomorrow."

And with that Issei left.

The seventh day of the sixth day finally arrived, and the peerage returned to earth.

On the seventh day, Koneko and Akeno would fight with even greater confidence, for themselves, and their friend. This of course shook Rias, who knew about their past and where they came from, but it also made her happy that they had rid themselves of that trauma.

On the second day of the seventh day, Akeno's victory was announced, and on the fifth day of the seventh day, Koneko would also follow. Now it was only Asia and Issei who were left.

Day 8 of Training

Rias, Akeno, and Koneko completed the training respectively, but unlike Kiba, they did not evolve. Now Asia and Issei were the only ones left. Speaking of Issei, he had previously promised Rick that he would start to take things more seriously, and well, he did start taking things more seriously.

In a matter of three days, Issei had developed two new abilities, courtesy of Rick's advice. He could now rip women's clothing apart just by a simple touch, and he could conjure up Demonic energy into his sacred gear, and fire it in the form of a destructive orb.

As for Asia, well, she was carrying a severely injured unconscious Viser clone. She was currently jumping across trees, trying to find a hiding spot in the forest. However, Viser didn't make this easy for her, as she had to find a place to heal the clone fast before the clone seemingly died, and she had to do this while defending it from other clones that wanted it dead.

Viser had really good eyes thanks to Rick's advancements, so she used this to her advantage to pinpoint Asia across the forest. So despite her ability, Asia still couldn't hide from Viser's clones within the trees. So she decided to finish this once and for all.

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Two minutes later, Asia is attending to the injured clones by healing some of the small injuries, she knew she couldn't heal the fatal injuries yet, as they took more time, and would be interrupted by the two clones, who were now cornering her.

One was to her left and one to her right.

Asia stood up, she looked to her left, and then to her right before closing her eyes and taking a deep breath.

*I'm not gonna lose, just remember what Mr. Rick said*

Asia spoke inwardly.

She recalled the 'secret to victory' that Rick had told her about. Just as the clones launched themselves at high velocity, and with fists ready, Asia opened her mouth and shouted the words out loud.

"? ? ? ? ?!"

She shouted out loud, this caught Viser off guard, as such language wasn't fit for someone like Asia. Asia lifted her hands astride and caught the fist in mid-air. Forcing a bit of devil power in her body, Asia conjured an electrical current from her body that shocked her opponent away. She then raised her hands upwards and activated her twilight healing.

She had previously realized that she didn't actually have to touch the person she was healing when using her sacred gear, she just needed her hands to be really close to the wound. So she had been trying to elongate that distance even more, and now was finally the time to show that.

"HEAL!"

She yelled out, a great green light lit the area, and after a few seconds, the clone was completely healed, meaning that Asia had passed the test.

Rias, Kiba, Akeno, and Koneko were watching the fight from a safe spot, their jaws dropped when they heard the things that Asia was yelling, and they could immediately tell that Rick had something to do with this.

"What tha…"

"Why, just why?"

"What kind of man tricks an innocent girl into saying such things?"

"I'm never getting over this."

Rias, Akeno, Kiba and Koneko commented. However, that wasn't the only thing that shocked them. There was another revelation, when she caught the fist, she accidentally opened her wings, and she only noticed it after healing the clone. Just like Kiba, Asia had also self-evolved in having two pairs of wings.

Day 9 – Final Day of Training

At last, the final day before the rating games, the time for Issei to finally prove himself was finally here. Everyone else was watching from a safe distance, as Issei and Viser were about to duke it out. This time, it really was going to be the fight of a lifetime.

Issei versus Viser certainly wasn't expected. But here we are.

They stood on top of the same hill where Viser broke Issei's diaphragm. Issei was intensely staring at Viser, who simply returned with a smirk.

"So, everyone else's made it accept you. Are you ready to quit, or do you wanna continue from where we left off last time?"

Issei just stood still and took a deep breath, before returning her comment with a belittling smile, which shook Viser.

*Such composure, he's not reacting to what I say? My, he really has grown, but has he grown enough yet?*

Viser commented inwardly, as she left towards Issei. Issei still refused to move, which made Viser question his intent. But as he got closer to the boy, and was about to strike him, she noticed that she was open, so she propelled herself sideways to avoid getting closer to him as she passed past him. However…

"Hmmm, so you really didn't even notice it did you?"

Issei spoke in a demeaning tone.

"Of course I did, why do you think I dodged it?"

"Huh"

Issei chuckled slightly.

"What's so funny boy?"

"Do you really think that's what I was talking about?"

Issei said as he raised his right hand upwards. With just a snap of his fingers, Issei tore the devil's clothes to shreds, shocking her once more with his precision.

She had so many questions at this point until she remembered that Issei's speed was currently his greatest asset.

"Viser."

Issei called out to the devil.

"Thank you. Thanks for chasing me around and torturing me when you caught up. I sure learned a great deal from that. And developed personal feelings of my own. I'd be sure to use them…WHEN I WHOP YOUR ASS!"

Issei uttered, which slightly frightened Viser and the peerage, who watched and heard it.

"Hmm, don't get too cocky I'm still not done with you!"

Devil Matriarch: Phoenix

Viser ignited into flames as he attacked him.

Viser-in her phoenix form- whirled around Issei, circling him. Before reforming again behind him and locking her with both her arms and locking him in position.

"Time to suffer."

Viser squeezed harder. However, Issei wasn't affected at all, in fact, his chest didn't even seem to be contracting. Viser immediately let him go and moved back.

"Hey now, why'd you stop?"

Issei asked sarcastically.

"I told you that kinda turned me on, didn't I!?"

Issei shouted as he suddenly appeared closer and punched her in the face, she had temporarily deactivated her phoenix form and was therefore vulnerable to Issei's attacks.

*Ddraig!*

*Boost!*

With his left fist, Issei punched Viser in the face. Fortunately for Viser, she managed to block it with her hands, although judging by how much that hurt, that punch would have definitely cost her a tooth or two.

Issei finally decided to take the offensive and launched at her.

Both began to repeatedly exchange fists, and whenever Viser transitioned to flames, Issei would then take the defensive and wait for her to attack. It was then that he when Viser would solidify. He made use of these very brief intervals to attack, and he didn't miss. Although Issei did take a lot of hits when she was in flames, the burns really inflicted a lot of damage.

The fight took to the sky, and everyone marveled as they watched the scenery. As the two flew past the cloud, Issei launched an attack with his left hand, but Viser caught it. He did the same with his right fist and foot, and his left foot, but they ultimately got caught.

Issei saw this as a chance to activate his new power.

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From a distance, the peerage noticed a giant red beam appear from the sky. Once it disappeared, Issei, now clad in dragon-like armor, was grabbing a struggling Viser by the neck as she flew down to the ground.

Issei was no longer using his devil wings, but the dragon wings that came with his new form. And with these, Issei could fly just as fast as he could run, and right now, he was flying vertically downward.

"What tha hell is that?"

"Is that really Issei?"

Koneko and Kiba wondered as they stared at the sky.

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Meanwhile, Viser managed to yank her way out of Issei by pushing him away with her feet. She ignited into flames once more and began flying away from him.

Issei launched explosive red orbs in her direction, which she

constantly dodged.

"Why are you running Viser!? WHY ARE YOU RUNNING?"

Issei yelled out as he laughed maniacally whilst launching the orbs, which slowly began to burn the forest.

"STOP RUNNING AND FIGHT ME YOU SLUT!"

Issei continued.

Viser suddenly disappeared, causing Issei to stop mid-air and start looking around.

"Hey there!"

Viser called out from above Issei. Who looked up and saw…things.

"So tell me, who were you calling a slut again you little shit?"

Viser said, as he summoned a magical circle from her left hand and fired a weakened blast of destructive energy, forcing Issei to fall to the ground.

Issei crash-landed, but managed to not obtain any visible damage. His armor was still intact, but he could tell from the sudden rising body pains that he had used too much energy.

*Okay, I've only got one chance to get payback*

Viser landed next to her, but the moment her foot was about to touch the ground, Issei had already flown behind her and managed to lock his arms around her chest, just like she did to him.

"This is for the last time."

Just as Issei was about to squeeze harder…

"I think that's enough, don't you Ise?"

Devil Matriarch: Agares

A blue barrier instantly formed around them, causing their interior to become blue as well. Time seemed to not be moving in this barrier. Viser slowly moved Issei's arms before turning to face her.

"Congratulations Issei."

Viser said.

With a flick of her left finger, Viser managed to break Issei's armor entirely with a strong force but held Issei with the collar to make sure he wasn't blown away as well.

The barrier was deactivated. This was followed by a strong wind blowing in the direction of the flick. Then out of nowhere, Viser pulled Issei closer, and kissed him on the lips, which puzzled the people watching, and infuriated a few who had taken a liking to Bully Hyoudou during the battle.

Viser pulled the frightened, confused, and tired-out Issei away from her lips, allowing him to rest.

"You won!"

Viser flew Issei back to where the peerage was watching, and left him in their hands, where they attended to him and celebrated his victory.

Although Issei didn't self-evolve like Kiba and Asia. He was officially the strongest member of the peerage. In Body, Spirit, and conviction, he was above all of them.

All these events on the 9 days ever since the Peerage started lodging in Rick Island, also known as the 'Rickpublic of Themyscira' or 'Themysciran Rickpublic', making it the 9th day of training, the day before the rating game. In Bootleg Narnia, it was 10 weeks and 11 hours.

Viser noticed that the forest was a little burned up.

Then using water magic, she summoned a flood that washed over the forest and extinguished the flames.

Rick Island

18:00

The peerage finally came out of the portal, feeling confident and ready for any obstacle. On the other side was Rick like always.

"They're ready."

Viser said as he passed past Rick.

"Congratulation, you finally get to leave my Island."

Rick uttered in a monotone voice.

"You know, you could be nicer?"

"Whatever you say King Jellybean. Here, take this."

Rick responded to Issei.

Rick continued as he handed him a card with a seven digit code.

"A deal is a deal. The Levelling room is down in the basement, you can go there after celebrating with your friends. See, how's that for being nice?"

Rick uttered.

Rick then turned to address Rias.

"Bloodnut, remember, as much as you might want to and as much as I can see why, don't kill him."

"First off, please stop calling me that, I'm not the only crimson haired person in my family. Secondly, of course I'm not gonna kill him, I understand the situation."

Rias responded.

Rick turned to look at Akeno and Koneko, who were mad, not because of his remarks, but because in his own way, he was right. And no one wants an asshole to be right. Rick noticed their sour expressions and produced an evil smirk.

"And you two, may I just say, you've outdone yourself. Loving the big-dick energy by the way. Tell me, what pushed you? "

Rick asked, bending to their level. The two looked at each other, confused. Could he have been talking about their newfound confidence or…something else?

"We…really have no idea what you're talking about."

Akeno responded.

"No? Good, I didn't give a fuck."

"Just go lie in your deathbed and retire you rotting old psychopath."

Koneko answered spitefully.

"Woah, look at Ms Potty Mouth here. Sounds like someone just realised they'll never be tall enough to enter the ride."

"Hey the 40s called, they want their insults back."

Rick and Koneko stared at each other with enraged expression. However, Rick ended up smirking and starting roughing Koneko's hair.

"Congratulations cat, you just became the second most interesting thing in the god forsaken world."

Koneko turned her face to the side with as her cheek reddened from the compliment. Wait, Compliment?

Rick turned to Asia.

"Aaand speaking of the most interesting person…Asia, Hi(burp)gh Five!"

Rick spoke, his voice sounding more lively than usual.

"Keep it up SG"

"Now you're all capable of defeating five members within Riser's booty gang, Barbie's Ken included. You can stay here for the night, if you want…"

Rick said, giving Issei a wink. To which Issei responded similarly.

"For now, why don't you go up to the roof, they are two people waiting for you up there. Go have fun. For today, and just today, I'm gonna be nice Rick. So savour it while it lasts. Now everybody fuck off."

Rick said as he left the mansion. The peerage went up to the roof, where they found Sirzechs and Grayfia waiting for them. After Sirzechs apologized to Rias for his brilliant idea, everything was settled between them and they could talk to more comfortably again. There was talking, celebrating, recalling of memories, and laughter, almost as if the game was already won. When all of that cocluded, everyone went back home, and the peerage decided to sleep in, courtesy of Issei begging them too.

And with that. The moment of truth began.

09:00pm:

"Just comeon, it's gonna be fun, I promise"

"Fine then, just stop pulling me around"

Rias responded to Issei as they dashed towards the levelling room. Rick had given Issei and the peerage complete access to the mansion. They reached the entrance, Issei entered the code to the lock and unlocked the door to the room. The Peerage followed behind the enthusiastic Issei as he hurriedly looked for the switch with an innocent smile on his face.

Issei looked to his left and found the switch. He turned the thing on, thereby activating the levelling mechanism.

"Okay everyone, it's ready, just jump on in."

Issei uttered with a sheepish smile.

The peerage questioned his motives, as they were aware of his own reaction the last time Rick shoved him in.

"Issei, where is this going? What exactly are you planning?"

"I don't know what you're talking about prez. This is just a simulation that's meant to show you a world beyond this one, the reality from afar, with pleasures infinite. Remember?"

Issei said, trying to sound sophisticated so as to fool them into going in.

"Pleasures infinite huh? First off, that didn't even make sense, secondly, I don't see how any of that is important right now."

"Fine, but we might as well have fun doing this, I mean if the old man is right *which he most likely is*, we're gonna win anyway. So why not just celebrate beforehand?"

Issei cheekily responded, which caused Rias to stutter.

"Yeah celebration, because this is exactly what this looks like."

Koneko responded in a lowly voice right next to Kiba, who sweatdropped because of it.

"Listen Issei, we understand how much you like erotic things. But you have to consider how others feel about it too, you can't force people to do erotic things with you. Please understand, for me at least. Please?"

Rias said, touching his chest as her eyes glowed with utmost sincerity. Issei responded by taking a deep breath of acceptance, and tightly grabbing her shoulders, which shook her off her focus.

"…I understand"

Issei uttered with a mature look in his eyes. Rias looked up to his face and blushed at how much the boy had grown, he could see it in detail, all by just looking at him. He had matured, both in conduct, and behaviour…

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"Um, Issei, you can let go of me now."

Rias tried to move, but Issei's grip kept her immobile.

"Quick question Prez, ever stage-dived before?"

"Whaa…"

Rias answered puzzled, but just before she could finish, her clothes were suddenly torn apart, leaving her even more confused.

"Issei, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"

"Sorry Prez, but I worked hard for this, and I'm not going to waste it!"

Issei replied.

"But I thought you said you understood?"

"I thought so too. STAGE DIVE!"

Issei said, jumping on top of the true leveller while holding. Issei fell on top of the leveller, losing his grip on Rias in the process, although she was positive that she was also on top of the leveller as well.

A few seconds passed with both of them on top of it, and Issei could immediately feel it, the pleasure slowly coursing all over his body.

"It's happening! It's fucking happening!"

Issei moaned.

All of a sudden, he had some squirming behind him. He looked behind and could see Rias kneeling down, her right hand covering her…part, and the left hand her cleavage, and while Issei was drunk in sensual stupor, and could see clearly and as a result, he could swear that the later hand was moving up and down in a massaging manner.

"Ahhh"

She moaned in orgasmic ecstacy.

Rias couldn't explain it, but it was as if all the pleasures she could ever feel were being fulfilled at once, particularly her sexual desires, all coming down on her, especially in her nether region, where it became so much that she felt she needed to act accordingly it to relieve some of it. However, when she did, it got worse and now she can't let go.

"Aaaaa!"

She continued as she unknowingly 'massaged herself', forgetting that other people were watching her. Issei watched in wonder.

"Is she, is she rubbing one off?"

Rias finally opened her eyes, and saw a blushing and sexually elated Issei starring at her lastingly, which invoked anger within her.

"You idiot, this is all your fault don't look at me!"

Rias said as she angrily pounced on top of him, which was a big mistake. Issei's testosterone levels were on overdrive. And the scent that came off him only worsened Rias's predicament. When she caught a whiff of it, she transitioned from being super mad, to super turned on, and now they were rubbing against each other awkwardly, as they both moaned.

Meanwhile Kiba and the rest of the gang watched this uncomfortable scene. Well, some of em found it uncomfortable.

"What tha f…"

"Language."

A traumatised Koneko responded to a traumatised Kiba who was about to swear.

"Sorry but am I the only one who finds this…uh…what's the word?"

"Messed up? No. No you're not."

Koneko answered Kiba. Her young eyes looking disturbed.

"How about…uh?"

Koneko stuttered as he looked to his side. Akeno was undressing for some reason, which shook them even more.

"Akeno. Don't."

Koneko beckoned.

"But why not, it looks fun, why waste it."

Koneko said removing her undergarment. She ran towards he leveller and jumped upwards.

"Wohooo!"

She shouted with a smile as she jumped on top of Issei and Rias. Her sadistic nature and the wasted state of her friend gave the impression that she could take over the whole the whole situation and play with them. Which of course, worked as well as one would expect as the sudden pleasure slowly took over her.

"Aaaaaaaaaah!"

Her plan failed.

She moaned helplessly as she also grabbed hold of one of Issei's hands, rubbing herself against it uncontrollably. Issei noticed but didn't pay attention to it.

This continued for about 10 minutes until...

"I'm going in too"

Koneko and Asia looked to their left and they could see Asia nervously taking off her top.

"I'm not going to let them outplay me"

Asia spoke with determination as she jumped on top off Issei. The pleasure of the leveller overtook her and just like that, she was rubbing on top of Issei, moaning sensually.

This went on for minutes as Kiba and Koneko awkwardly watched the scenario ensue. It was like something they had never seen before. Although it would be more correct to say it was something they never wanted to see…EVER.

"Ahh! Issei!"

"What is it Asia, is everything okay?"

"I feel something, something's coming out of me!"

"Wait really!?"

Issei said, trying to control himself.

"Issei, I'm coming too!"

"Same here!"

Akeno responded after Rias, whose tongue was sticking out.

"Ise…"

"Pre…Mmm"

Out of control, Rias pulled Issei closer and kissed her, the tongue action continued for a while. Out of all of them, Akeno was the only one who seemed to be handling the pleasure better. She looked on top of Issei and could see the desperate look in Asia's eyes. She couldn't tell if it was because she wanted to go for Issei's lips before Rias did, or because she was turned on by watching them kiss. Whatever it was, Akeno found it adorable and couldn't help but want the girl for herself at the moment. So without hesitation, she pulled Asia's face closer to hers, with a sadistic smile on her face, and planted a kiss on her face. Asia was taken by surprise, but it was too difficult to resist, so she let it happen and relished the moment.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

They all moaned loudly.

At tha very moment, all four them released, as they clinged on each other.

"Ahh fuck. That was fucking amazing"

"Ise, I won't forgive you for this"

Rias stated angrily, her hand tightly placed around Issei shoulder as she panted.

"Huh, says the girl who kissed me first. And here I thought I was the perverted one."

Issei mocked, teasing her.

"Hmm!"

She interjected as she turned her head from Issei, her cheeks completely red from embarrassment. Akeno let out a small chuckle, which caused Issei and Asia to start laughing. Remember, Koneko and Kiba watched all of this happen, ALL OF IT. They were left white-eyed and dumbfounded by what had happened that they didn't even notice Rick walking past them and switching off the True Leveller.

"EHEM!"

The old man interjected.

This shook the 6, as the 4 who were in the Leveller stood up and noticed that the Leveller was off.

"Rick!?"

Issei yelled.

Rick was carrying clothing which he threw at Rias.

"Put this on."

Rick stated.

"Wait, how did you know I needed clothes, were you watching us!?"

"No, Viser was, do you really think I'd put myself in a situation where I'll need to see a fucking therapist? Just go clean your asses up, the game's about to start. Meet me outside the house."

Rick created a portal.

"What a jerk!"

"Agreed" (*2)

Said the people who just jizzed all over Rick floor.

Now it was 9:30. Eventually, 2 and a half hours passed and the Peerage were now waiting at the ORC headquarters for the battle to start.

00:00: The Day Of The Game

"Wassup Bitcheeees!"

Rick said as he entered a fancy building. This was the place where the games were being broadcasted, with both the Phenex and the Gremory household watching. Due to Rick's complications with Sirzechs, he was granted full permission to the 'screening', of course he brought along his best pal, Azazel, which freaked a few of the devils out, but the fact that Sirzechs was walking along with them made things better.

Also, rumours of a man beyond genius were slowly spreading in the underworld, some devils assumed it was him, and they were proven right when the man suddenly spawned two connected hovering seats out of nowhere. At the middle, there were compartments for Popcorn and drinks that were already made.

"After you, my good sir?"

Rick stated to Azazel whilst motioning to one of the seats.

"Why thank you, good lad."

Lad? Lad.

So anyway, Rick sat down and took out two pairs of glasses. He handed a pair to Azazel.

"Computer, activate Screening and project dimensional space #3225s1."

Rick stated, a holographic screen suddenly popped up in front of them.

"Hey waiter! Get me the heaviest stuff!"

"I'll take the opposite of that please."

Rick and Azazel ordered respectively.

"Just get it for them"

Sirzechs told the scared waiter whilst scratching his head in annoyance.

"Hey, don't get mad at me Red, you're the one who let me train your sister, so you still owe me."

Rick uttered jokingly.

"So, you're ready for this?"

Rick continued, as he turned his focus to Azazel.

"Why not?"

"Trust me, this is some shit you don't want to miss"

"Well, it's a rating game, who'd want to miss it?"

Azazel uttered.

"Game? No my friend, you're mistaken, this isn't a competition. It's a slaughter.

[Attention everyone, the contestants have been transported to the Field, the Rating Game has officially begun]

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Meanwhile

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Back in the field, Rias and her Peerage are aware of their new strengths, and of how stronger they had become ever since they began their torture.

However, they couldn't underestimate their enemy, so they had to make sure that they formulated a plan to ensure their victory. If they wanted a chance to even stand in front of Riser, they needed to take very precautious steps.

Well… That would have been the case, if it wasn't for the fact that they're about 10 times stronger than they originally were. Koneko strength was insane, Kiba sword techniques were unmatched, Akeno was an elemental Queen, Asia defence was impenetrable, not to mention that enhanced healing ability, Issei power and endurance was beyond ordinary and was like a god among them, and Rias was basically a nuclear extinction bomb. What was there to plan?

Four of the six devils were seated in the ORC, contemplating on the countless ways they could win this. Combining the rigorous torture behind the strength, and the fact that they were pissed at Riser for making them have to go through this, the approach was probably going to be a show off-y one.

Issei, Kiba, Asia and Rias were seated in the old school building, sipping tea.

"So, you're sure we can trust Rick's statistics?"

"Well, it's not like we have anything else to go to?"

Rias answered Kiba.

"I mean, in the likely chance that this isn't the case, shouldn't we still be coming up with more plans. I mean we can't actually test if the scientist was right or not."

[Three of Riser's Pawns, a Bishop and a Rook have retired]

Grayfia announced.

This startled the four, as they didn't expect things to work out as well as they did. Koneko and Akeno suddenly entered the old building.

"The old man was right"

Koneko uttered.

Koneko and Akeno had volunteered to go out and see if the old man was correct when he said they could basically blitz Riser's peerage at this point, and judging by how quick they had managed to defeat 5 of Riser's pieces, the Scientist's thesis held.

Akeno and Koneko launched themselves unto the sofa and rested for a while before readjusting themselves into proper positions, and grabbing the tea cups that were preserved for them.

"So…what do we do now?"

Issei wondered. They really wasn't much they could do. If they did go all out, they'd just win. As Rick had stated, each of them was now strong enough to take out 5 or more of Riser's pieces at once. They didn't even need to do anything, they'd just have to send out Akeno and Rias while the rest played cards or something.

"I got it!"

Rias suddenly raised up his hand in excitement as he shouted out.

"Let's show off."

"Whaaaa."

The rest of them exclaimed in confusion.

"Prez, you know you'll marry this man if we lose right?"

"Yeah, but at this point we know that isn't gonna happen, so why not have fun. Let's think of this as a team vacation. How about that?"

Rias continued, answering Koneko.

The peerage still doubted her words, and despite the easy victory that lay ahead of them.

"Okay fine, let's make it a stress relieve session for being forced to torture ourselves."

Rias suggested with a monotone voice. The whole team agreed, as nods filled the room. Asia was the only one who found that too far, probably because she suffered less.

"You know what Rias, I do have some stress to relieve. Let's do it!"

Kiba stated as he stood up

"Why not? I'm in!"

Koneko said standing up.

"Hmmm, I'm gonna make them kneel."

Akeno said as she also stood up.

"I don't get what's going on right now, but I'm also going to help!"

Asia said, standing up as well.

*Hopefully I don't have to shout that line out again?*

She thought, covering her face.

"Yeah, let's do this. I can use this as a chance to bust out those cool action movie lines I've been saving up ever since I became a devil!"

Issei exclaimed as he stood up.

Everyone looked up at him in awe.

"What?"

Issei wondered, where they planning on laughing or belittling him for what he was saying. Where they going to brush off his statement like a child?

"Issei."

Kiba called out.

"What do you want now?"

Issei grumbled.

"Can you teach us…some of those lines?"

"Huh?"

Issei looked up in shock.

One and A Half Minute Later

The door of the old school building burst open as Rias and her peerage, came out, with Issei taking the leading the lead.

"Okay everyone. It's Morbin time!"

"Yeah!"

Issei shouted as they walked to the new school building.

Meanwhile…

After the sudden defeat of five of his pieces, Riser was sure that Rick had it in for him. They were originally going to head on to the territory after Rias's peerage didn't show any response for a while, but after their display of power, Riser decided to hold on a little longer, as he was sure that Rias was coming for him.

Meanwhile…

"So, Rick, you're sure you didn't enhance them?"

"What? Of course I didn't enhance them. Why do you ask?"

"Well, because of the substance you told me about, the one you never told them about."

Rick and Azazel were spectating and commenting on the battle and the characters as the battle proceeded.

"What are you talking about?"

"That thing you talked about, the one you laced in the jellybeans before lying about them being just plain confectionaries? What was it called? Peginum? P…Purginum."

"It's called Purgium, and no. That is not an enhancement. I did give it to them, but it wasn't to enhance their physical trait, but to strengthen their battle determination. Now stop questioning the logic and enjoy the show. This shit is about to get good."

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The school sports ground. There was a special route. So of course Rias had to do something about that. Which is why she sent for Koneko and Asia to take care of the Area. Kiba, Akeno and Issei would accompany her to take care of the man who started all of this.

But's let focus on Asia and Koneko for a moment. The two entered the hall were the volleyball court was. And they could already see 6 of Riser's pawns waiting for them.

There was a rook whose name was Isabella – A female Ninja - and the rest of Riser's remaining pawns. These were Eel and Nel - twins who carried chainsaws- Ni and Li, who were beastly humans with cat features, and Mira, a martial artist who mastered fighting with a staff.

"So, you think you can take care of the pawns?"

Koneko asked Asia as she leaned closer to her ear.

"Um…sure, I guess I could try"

She responded.

"Good, and also, whatever you do, please don't say that line again. Rick is an evil old man."

Koneko cautioned her before taking off to attack the Ninja. Asia was left embarrassed by Koneko, no matter what she did, she still couldn't get over what she had said. However, now was not the right time to think about this, as all 5 of Riser's pawns had surrounded her.

Nel, one of the twins, was standing a few feet in front of her. Eel was behind her. Ni and Li were to her left and right respectively, with Mira being in the same position as Ni was.

"Let's see if you can escape this, Rias's bishop."

Mira taunted.

Asia took a deep breath, before getting into a stance.

"Nyaa!"

They all attacked simultaneously. Mira, unlike the rest, jumped upwards as she approached her so that she could prevent her from jumping upwards. Fortunately, Asia's defence senses where now much stronger than before.

She could tell that she was in danger, and had to employ one of her new tricks. She closed her eyes, and took a deep breath, before suddenly turning invisible in front of their eyes. This surprised them and caused them to stop in their tracks, as they suspected Asia to be the weakest alongside Issei.

"What tha, where'd she go"

"How am I supposed to…Nya!"

Ni responded to Mira before suddenly being sent flying by an unknown force – which of course was Asia – and crushing into the wall. When Asia had vanished, they had originally thought that it was some sort of teleportation ability, until they remembered that those weren't actually allowed in the game. After Asia attacked Ni, they realised that the girl had just turned herself invisible.

"Everyone, back to back, ny-now!"

The all suddenly grouped closer to each other, their backs turned against each so as to cover each other better.

"Ehem!"

A voice exclaimed. They looked aimlessly around, as they knew the voice was from the girl, they just didn't know where she was. However, when they looked up, they could see the source of the voice, standing upside down on top of the roof, not falling down like any ordinary person would.

It was if her feet were stuck to the roof. Asia raised her fists to towards them. She jumped down towards the Pawns below her and activated her bracelets as she got close. Causing a repelling force to repel them and render them unconscious, and just like that, she had won."

Asia stood up, her face looking serious.

"Well done Asia, you did really well."

Koneko complimented Asia. However, she noticed the serious look on her face.

"Asia what's wrong?"

"Koneko, I wanna say it now."

"Say what!?"

She responded before realising what Koneko was referring to.

"Wait, Asia, don't, it's too embarrassing!"

"I know, but I just can't help myself!"

Asia exclaimed as she clenched her fists.

"Asia wait, let's talk about this!"

"I'm sorry Koneko, but I'm gonna say it!"

"No, Asia, don't do it!"

Asia looked up and screamed to the top of her lungs.

"I'm Italian Gwen Stacy Motherfuckers!"

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[5 of Riser's Pawns, and a Rook, have retired]

"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"

Rick was laughing uncontrollably as Azazel and Sirzechs stared at him with confused and weirded-out looks.

"Gwen… Stacey?"

"Oh lighten up dude. I was originally gonna have her say Miles, since I copied his powers into her, but then I realised that you know, since they're both chicks, and blonde, and almost around the same age, I might as well turn this into an odd female representation moment. Trust me, it's good for ratings."

"You…are a monster."

Azazel stuttered.

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Meanwhile

Asia lay sideways on top of Koneko's lap, covering her face with both hands out of embarrassment.

"There there. There there."

Koneko comforted her whilst patting her on the head

Meanwhile Issei, Kiba and Akeno had made it to the ground surrounding the new school building, meaning that Issei could now temporarily use the gift of other pieces.

Issei had already assumed the role of Queen, as he wanted the boost in demonic energy. As of now, the three were about to be in a standoff against Carlamaine, Seiris, Yubelluna and Ravel, the king's younger sister.

"And here they are!"

"Yep"

Kiba and Akeno commented respectively.

"So you guys can take care of this right? I've got stuff to take care of"

"Go get her!"

Akeno opened her wings and flew up to where Yubelluna awaited her. Whereas Kiba had to face off against the two knights whilst ignoring the living YouTube comment section that was Ravel. Kiba readied his sword.

"I worked hard preparing for this, so don't be afraid to at least make this enjoyable for me, okay?"

Kiba stated with a sheepish smile.

"Don't overestimate yourself. If you overstep your bounds, I might ruin that handsome face yours"

Seiris responded as she readied her large sword.

"I look forward to it"

Kiba responded.

Without hesitation, the two knights rushed towards Kiba, who just stood still, taking a deep breath as he channelled his demonic energy.

*Wind*

He chanted inwardly.

Just as the two knights neared him, a giant whirlwind immerged, forcing both of them to stop dead in their tracks.

*Earth*

Kiba continued.

Suddenly, her sword transitioned to a new form as earth formed, creating a sword made of earth.

*Swordbirth*

Kiba chanted plunged his sword to the ground with full force.

Multiple swords began to immerge from the ground, forcing the two to pull back. Because of the impact, dust covered the area, making it hard for Carlamaine and Seiris to see.

Luckily as knights, they could rely on their other senses. Particularly hearing. Both of them listened closely for sound, hoping that would help them track Kiba. However that didn't help, as all they could hear was the sound of footsteps in all directions.

"What tha f…"

Slash slash slash slash.

And just like that, the two knights found themselves completely discombobulated. They both lay next to each other on the ground, confused by what had just happened. As they looked up, Kiba's head immerged from above them as the Knight stared both of them down as he showed of his weapon

"Say hello to my little friend."

He uttered jokingly before walking away.

[Two of Riser's knights have retired]

*It's too bad though, I didn't get to use most of those cheesy lines Issei taught me. I only used one*

A loud bang echoed above him as he walked towards the school building, it was Akeno and Yubelluna hailing massive attacks at each other.

"Hey Akeno! You need some help!?"

Kiba called out to her.

"No thanks! Although I wouldn't mind if you silence the Living Youtube Comment Section here!"

"Little phoenix?"

Kiba turned his gaze to right in front of him. There, a small girl in noble dressing could be seen. Her face was pouting in frustration. This was the same person who was spouting mean comments and demoralising comments at him and Akeno during the fight. The fact that her voice could reach both of them, especially with the amount of noise produced by the two queens as they battled each other was astounding.

Kiba slowly started walking towards the bishop, who revealed her fiery wings and started to fly away. However, before she could fly further, Akeno pointed at her, a small electrical current shocked her and forced her to the ground. This was a simple spell that Akeno had learned during her torture. An original spell that strains one's mind temporarily.

Ravel was about to stand up again when she saw Kiba kneeling in front of her with a sheepish smile. He lay his hand on top of her head gently, causing her to shake in fear.

"It's okay, you don't have to be afraid. This will be quick okay?"

Ravel could feel Kiba's demonic energy rising.

"Aaaaah! Eep."

[Riser's Bishop has retired]

*And now to see Issei's fight, but first…*

Yubelluna kept launching explosive attacks at Akeno, but Akeno kept dodging them and using that new attack to weaken her, soon enough, Yubelluna was drained, which is when Akeno blasted her with lightning, forcing her to finally fall to the ground.

[Riser's Queen has retired]

Akeno descended to the ground and landed right next to Kiba.

"Well, that was a shocking experience."

Akeno remarked, sighing.

"At least you still had room for a pun."

"Oh don't be too discouraged, you got to fight two opponents, which counts for something right?"

"I guess."

"Now come on, let's go see what happens next."

Akeno stated as they headed straight ahead.

They were finally at a clearing, with the new school building now visible. Koneko and Asia already stood at the clearing, watching the two Kings as they discussed something before battle.

"Koneko, Asia."

"Kiba, Akeno, how are you guys doing?"

"Pretty good. Um…are you okay Asia?"

Kiba asked, noticing Asia looking more embarrassed than usual. Asia immediately ran towards Akeno and buried herself in her chest.

"She said the thing, didn't she?"

"Yep."

Koneko responded.

They all looked up at the building, waiting for it all to start falling.

"So we're supposed to just watch, right?"

"Yeah, according to Issei, it wouldn't be as cool to just gang up on the poor dude"

Koneko confirmed

"I swear, that guy can be weird sometimes"

"Yeah, but you know, sometimes weird is good."

Akeno commented.

The bushes from which these devils were conversing in were partly on fire, thanks to Akeno, it was an electric fire so of course, water wouldn't help anything, so they just sat and watched the two Kings as they were about to face each other atop the New School building's roof.

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"You're not going to make this easy are you, Rias Gremory"

"No, I'm going to make it hurt, but don't worry, you're not gonna die."

"And how is that supposed to be better!?"

"It's not. Hey Riser…"

Rias cheekily responded.

"…I wonder how long you can keep dodging."

Rias continued as she pointed her index and middle finger at Riser, as if pointing a gun.

"Pew, pew."

Balls of destructive energy shot from her fingertips like bullets. Riser activated his phoenix form and stated dodging them, which he didn't need to do since they'll just pass through him, but there was one problem with that. The orbs that Rias shot seem to hurt even then, despite not actually damaging him, it still gave him stinging sensations.

Rias stopped firing, almost as if she was destructed. Giving Riser a chance to return to normal.

"Is that all you got?"

"Wow, your questions are surprisingly well-timed Riser. It looks my backup arrived just in time"

Issei landed right next to her in full dragonian armour.

"Somebody ring the dingster!?"

Issei exclaimed.

"Yeah, him."

Rias commented, pointing towards a now pissed-off Riser angry Riser.

"This is wonderful, as if you couldn't stain your family name any further by allying yourself with a weak human, you now have to rely on this perverted excuse of a pawn for backup? Just marry me already and maybe I'll help cover-up your actions. That is, if I don't find your embarrassment too cute."

"He's too annoying, but I think I can work up enough patience while you rack him up a bit?"

"Sure thing Prez, just sit tight and watch, he won't see this coming"

Issei said, whilst petting Rias shoulder. He then turned to face Riser.

"You better move away if you know what's good for you boy, because I'm really not in the mood right now."

Riser stated, trying to intimidate him.

"Hey buddy, Did you have dinner yet!?"

(Whoosh)

Riser didn't notice him until immense pain infiltrated what was between his legs where Issei had mercilessly kneed him.

"Cause tonight I'm gonna be serving omelettes."

Issei whispered in his ear with a deep voice, his intimidation actually working on Riser.

Riser swiftly moved back from Issei to allow himself to heal. He was about to release a highly pitched melodious tune of anguish, but unfortunately, he took it like a man and held his breath.

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Sirzechs winced at what had just happened, as his forehead broke into sweat. The same was with Azazel, although having spent more time with Rick, he expected this to happen.

"Oooooooo, he just kicked in the part that matters"

"What, he's balls?"

"I was gonna say his pride but I guess they're both connected so you're not far off, I guess."

Rick answered Azazel.

"Rick, you may have been a great help to my sister, but know that to me, you're nothing short of a cheating manipulative scum. The scrotum, seriously?"

Sirzechs criticized, scratching his forehead.

Rick eyed him intently, with a 'you can't be serious bruh!' deadpanned look on face. One could almost say that Rick thought that Sirzechs was being a hypocrite.

"Hey Azazel?"

Rick called to the fallen angel loudly enough for Sirzechs to hear.

"Yes Rick?"

"If I remember correctly, a certain someone thought it would a good idea to go along with this Rating Game thingy because he thought it was a good way of forcing her own sister to submit and go along with his stupid marriage idea after making her understand her helplessness. Am I wrong?"

Sirzechs's voice started cracking as he released a large sweatdrop from the back of his hair. Azazel knew where Rick was going with this. He looked at the troubled and nervous Sirzechs and gave an evil smirk before deciding to just play along with Rick.

"Why yes, yes Mr. Sanchez, your observation couldn't be more correct? But If I may add to that, this individual you're talking about, he has long crimson hair, does he not?"

Azazel uttered sarcastically whilst imitating a thinking position and rubbing his goatee.

"Oh yeah, and I think he's name starts with an 'S' too. Hey, wait a minute…"

Rick continued jokingly. Both he and Azazel slowly turned to face Sirzechs. Their sarcastic stares held on for 30 seconds.

"Well…I…um…you see…"

"See what fuckboi?"

Rick mocked.

"Well…I was…well…"

"Mm yeah, you smell that? It's called shame. Breath it in while it's still fresh Pal."

Rick continued whilst 'eloquently' sniffing the air. Azazel finally couldn't take it and began to chuckle under his breath. It was loud enough for the other Devils and Sirzechs to hear. It also didn't help that his shoulders were uncontrollably moving up and down.

"Oh control yourself Azazel, you're a leader for crying out loud! Show some dignity!"

Sirzechs exclaimed, trying to change the subject.

"Oh yeah Azazel, you be sure to take dignity lessons from this guy cause he's got a lot of that, Am I right or what!? Wubba Lubba Dub Dub!"

Both Rick and Azazel lost their minds as they burst into hysterical laughter, each grabbing each other shoulder from their hover seats. Suddenly, a slight cackling could be heard in the intercom, Sirzechs didn't want to believe it but he was sure that laugh came from his wife, who by the way, also helped with this idea.

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Meanwhile, the hit from Issei had caused quite a lot of trauma, although the physical ramifications could certainly be accounted for, Riser mind and heart was a completely different matter all at once.

"Kid, you know you don't need to get involved in this, right?"

"Oh I can two reasons Pal. First, I let myself get tortured for this. If it wasn't for my master being able to heal me after crushing my ribcage over and over, I'd be sounding like Voldemort from Harry Potter right now."

Issei explained.

"I don't know who that is, but I bet it suits a pervert like you."

"Oh you're just asking for another career ending beating aren't you Flameo?"

"Whatever, and what's your reason number 2?"

Riser asked.

"I could tell you, but I think it would make for a great scene if I do that while kicking your ass?"

Issei stated, his voice getting deeper and deeper.

"You little shit, you're too cocky for your own good!"

Riser transitioned into flames as he readied to attack Issei.

However, Issei just took a deep breath and stood still as he readied himself for the assault.

Riser unleashed his flames upon him, but was surprised to notice that Issei wasn't even injured, until he noticed something, a highly concentrated and strange sheet of invisible energy surrounded him. This was the ability Issei used to withstand Viser's crushing strength, with surpassed Riser's power by a lot.

This was bad, as it meant that Issei was gonna be difficult to stop, until he noticed a weakness. Riser pushed himself from Issei.

*Hmm, I see, the pervert isn't moving, which means*

Riser unleashed a lot of demonic energy, causing a large gust of wind to repel some of the materiel that was part of the roof. He then lowered his body, leaning headwards towards Issei. He then reverted back into flames and leaped towards Issei whilst twisting his body.

This made his body take the form of a small asteroid. He headed Issei in the stomach with force causing him to move backwards until he slowly fell off the building to the ground with his back.

Riser landed on top of him, his feet astride Issei's tosso, with small ounces of blood in his forhead.

"Wow, you look like shit. How did you figure that out?"

Issei wondered.

"You weren't moving when I was attacking. At first I thought that was just your way of intimidating me, until I realized that was actually a necessity, that forcefield of yours requires a lot of concentration, meaning you need to be completely still!"

Riser stated loudly, his voice sounding more and more maniacal.

"Oh give me some credit will you? You make it seem like I was trying to make it obvious."

"You fool me once, shame on you, you fool me twice, I kick your ass…any last words pervert"

Issei chuckled.

"Don't get so cocky you bastard, look above you."

Riser realized the person he had forgotten about from the roof. He looked up and saw her, Rias flying up above him. She was pointing at them with her index finger. Destructive energy suddenly flew from her fingertips like lightning and headed towards Riser.

Riser immediately flew from that spot, leaving Issei lying on the ground to take the hit. Fortunately, the energy bolt split and fell to his side, missing him as Rias intended. Rias landed on top of Issei and reached out to him with her hand, helping him get up.

Issei took it and got up from the ground.

"Why didn't you move when I launched the hit?"

"Because I needed to make it obvious. And besides, everyone knows you could never hurt me."

Rias looked at Issei with a surprised.

"I guess you have a point, after all, who could hurt such a cute thing"

Rias said, rubbing and roughing his hair. Issei gave a sheepish smile in return.

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"Oooooow, look, they're flirting."

Akeno commented.

"Yeah, how cute."

Koneko followed with a monotone voice while petting Asia- who had an angry tick mark on her forehead as she watched the scene unfold- in the back.

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"So do I go in first, or we take him together."

"Together. Your sacred gear can't hurt him for long, but it does more damage than my power."

"But won't your destructive energy you know, 'finish the job' quicker?"

Issei questioned curiously.

"Come now, we don't wanna be merciful now do we? And besides, Rick asked me not to kill him."

"I guess that makes sense."

Riser readied himself for the ultimate advance, clenching his fists at both sides. He had no choice, it was either all or nothing.

His whole body transitioned to fire as he advanced towards them. Issei was about to stand in front of Rias and take the full force of Riser's hit. However, Rias held out his hand in front of him and stopped him.

"Don't worry, I got him."

Rias stood in front and took a deep breath before unleashing a large burst of destructive energy from his hands. Somehow, when it his Riser, it weakened him and forced him to fall to the ground. After a few seconds of grunting, he finally gained enough strength to move.

"How…"

An uppercut from Issei interrupted his question and sent his flying.

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For a second, he could see, but then, all of a sudden, he couldn't anymore, before he could again. The force of Issei's left jab still moved him upwards when he awoke. He looked downwards and could see Issei and Rias flying towards him. He unleashed his wings and repeatedly flapped them to counteract Issei's force.

And with that, the fight commenced. Issei, who had greater speed, flew past him, with a fist. Riser transitioned to flames before Issei could hit him, once more. Just as he was being confident, red streaks of destructive energy from Rias hit him, forcing him to rematerialize, but just then, Issei landed another blow to his head while he least expected him, forcing him to fall vertically downwards, Issei flew down towards him until he was close enough for his voice to reach him at free-fall.

Riser was almost feeling dizzy as that punch had messed up his head. But he eventually woke up.

"Hey Goldilocks, look at me! Turn around and look at me you one-dimensional, antagonistic peace of shit!"

Riser pulled his face up and stared at Issei with a frightened look.

"Number One, never mess with a man who's only reason to keep wondering this cruel world is boobs, the only reason why another man would ever criticize another man of perversity is hypocrisy! "

*What the fuck is he talking about?*

Riser pondered in his confusion whilst still free falling.

I've never scored once in my life, but at least I'm man enough to own it. Number 2, you said you wanted my last words didn't you? Well, I've got two…"

Issei readied his fists and flew even closer to Riser.

"TRUE LEVEL, BITCH!"

Issei punched the devil in the gut, forcing him to hit the ground at an even greater force than he was free falling, his impact causing rubble to scatter sideways, creating a small crater, Issei gently landed a couple feet away from him, just enough to see his full body and Rias landed right beside him.

Riser, with the small amount of willpower he had left, stood up, his feet wobbling.

"That…was three words"

"Who gives a shit?"

Issei cruelly responded whilst readying a blast from his hand and firing at him, causing a large explosion.

"I may not know numbers, but I know this."

Issei said looking at walking closer towards Rias.

"Rias isn't yours…"

Issei said, forcefully pulling her closer by the hips.

"Issei, I…"

"…She mine."

After saying that, they both locked lips in front of the giant explosion.

[Riser, the King, has retired]

Grayfia announced.

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Everyone watching the battle watched that final part with a sweatdrop in their head. It was hard to distinguish whether it was romantic, or they should be worried about something. This included Grayfia, Azazel, and Sirzechs. Rick enjoyed the heck out of it, it felt like watching a Chuck Norris movie, or better yet, an anime version of 'The Expendables'.

"Uhh…huh, I see, so the second reason why he didn't back down was because he was in love with my sister, who could have thought?"

Sirzechs stuttered.

Azazel let a small cough.

"I… um… Rick? May I just say something?"

"Go on…"

Rick insisted

"In all my life, this is some of the weirdest stuff I've ever seen."

Azazel commented honestly.

"Oh yeah? Welcome to my world pal."

Rick finally stood up from his seat.

"Going somewhere Rick?"

"Yeah, it's about something weird I was…you know what? I'll fill you in later. For now, I have to catch up with someone. And it's gonna take hours to prepare. Adios."

Rick said as he opened a portal to Rick Island and disappeared, surprising the devils who weren't aware of Rick's teleportation gun.

The rating game started at 00:00 and ended at 03:00. With that, Rias and his peerage had won the match, and Issei, had finally scored his first girlfriend thanks to a little push from an old man in white coat.

Next Morning

Rick was standing in the middle of a desert, waiting for someone. He looked sideways and started drawing on the sand to pass the time.

*When's this motherfucker getting here?*

Rick wondered when all of a sudden, Michael landed on the ground

"I see you're fashionably late."

"I'm the leader of heaven Rick, and that comes with a lot of responsibility."

"Yeah sure, and what does that involve, sitting around and gloating."

Rick joked.

"Just tell me why you brought me here?"

Michael asked impatiently as Rick looks around.

"Tell me, angel, do you know where we are right now?"

Michael scanned the area to get a clear scope of the surrounding.

"Well, If I'm not mistaken, we are currently between the border of Southern Mesopotamia and the Arabian gulf."

"Uhuh?

"This is somewhere outside the Nabataean zones, between Babylon and Arabia, it's also about 300 miles south of Akkad and Abraham's birthplace, Ur Qasdim"

Michael continued.

"You know, instead of taking yourself down nostalgic history lane, you could just say we're between Iraq and Saudi Arabia."

"I don't like the new world maps."

"So you prefer the ones with the dead empires that no longer exist? I mean, of course, you would, with that crusader vibe you got going on there, you're destined for unforgettable failure"

Rick mocked

"Just stop joking around and tell me why you brought me here…huh?

"Geez fine since you're so important. Okay so my satellite back in Tokyo detected two places with an insane diversity of magic and what came up was the underworld, aaaand…that."

Rick said, pointing towards the Saudi part of the desert. He looked at Michael and saw a disappointed look on his face.

"Oh cut the face, don't tell me you can't feel it.

"Feel what?"

"That thing over there"

Rick said, pointing over at Saudi Arabia.

Michael peered closer, narrowing his eyes, he could tell something was off in this region. However, before he could process it, a group of Arab nomads of about 7 men and Women, along with a few children, passed by.

These people were among those of the Northern Arab tribes that chose to wander the clear Arabian Desert as the gulf kingdoms- these are Saudi Arabia, the seven Emirates, Oman, Kuwait, Qatar, and Yemen- modernized after the discovery of oil.

"Are those Nabateans?"

Michael noticed them. Rick looked at the angel and could see the excitement in his eyes.

"What's got your dick so hard?"

Rick asked jokingly.

"Mr. Sanchez, you have no idea how rare these people are, these people are what remains of the Nabateans, the children of Nebaioth."

"Yeah whatever, I know, Nebaioth, child of Ishmael, Abraham's firstborn. Can we get back to the topic"

Rick stated mockingly.

One of the men pointed at Michael with a shocked look on his face as he took off his Ghutra.

"Father! Look, Allah has sent down his Angel! (Arabic)"

He said.

The old 120-year-old man slowly looked up to where one of his sons' was pointing and his face lit up in joy and shock.

"All praise be to Allah, this has got to be a good day for the house of Ishmael and Prophet Muhammad. (Arabic)"

"Let's call upon him, maybe he will bless us! (Arabic)"

"Come to us, Oh angel of God! (Arabic)"

"Come and bless us, oh angel of God! (Arabic)"

Michael felt a sense of nervousness growing within him as he heard these people call towards him with such hyped enthusiasm. He then turned to face Rick, who was right next to him.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you"

Rick advised. Despite Rick's warning, Michael let out his wings and slowly took up to the sky, the men's eyes followed his ascent. He lifted up his hands, which caused a heavenly light to envelop him. The Nabatean Arabs marveled at the sight and bowed in disbelief.

"God is great!"

"God is great!"

"God is great, there is no one like him. There is no one greater"

"Praise the God, the lord of Abraham, who exalts Ishmael, our father and his son Nabaioth, and our great prophet Muhammad"

Rick noted the praise with his translator and sighed as he found it cringy.

"Wait till they found out he kicked the bucket."

"Don't you dare Mr. Sanchez!"

Michael retorted angrily at Rick, who was merely joking around.

Then, without hesitation. Michael slowly flew towards them. The Nabateans slowed stood their father up from the ground and helped him walk up front. Michael intended to attend to the old man first. The old man, with a hopeful smile on his face, reached out as Michael slowly descended toward him.

However, as he was about to touch him, something...hold on a sec

"YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, MICHAEL. IF YOU ENTER, SO WILL THE DEVIL IN WHITE. RETURN TO CANON. YOU CANNOT LET HIM LEAVE"

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A great purple force pushed him back, and by doing so, repelled his hand and his entire body a few miles in the opposite direction. The angel screamed in pain as the force felt like it was burning through his body.

"ألجأ إلى الله"

"لقد رفضته الأراضي. كيف يمكن أن يكون ذلك؟ هذه الأراضي مقدسة جدا ونقية"

"إذا رفضته الأراضي ، فهذا يعني أنه ليس مقدسا كما يبدو. يجب أن يكون شيطانا متنكرا ، شيطانا يرتدي معطفا أبيض"

"إذا كان هذا هو الحال ، فمن المؤكد أن هذا يجب أن يكون أسوأ يوم في بيت إسماعيل. هيا يا أولادي، دعونا نهرب من هذا الوجود الشرير"

The Abbasids quickly readied the camels, sat their father on top of one and they rode off westward.

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He couldn't feel anything, not his body, not his consciousness, when all of a sudden, as if he was being drowned, Michael woke up gasping heavily for air.

He then tried to move his hand but then realized that he couldn't move. It felt like all of his angelic strength had been drained from him, and there was nothing left. With no hope for motion, Michael hopelessly lay in the desert, his back on top of the sand as he wondered what on earth had just happened.

Rick popped up to his location, and slowly moved his head to his view so that Michael could see him.

"You okay buddy, that uhh didn't turn out well did it now"

Rick said as he turned his head southwards. The force that has hit Michael was now fully manifesting as a barrier that closed the Northern border of the Arabian Peninsula. A few seconds later, Michael could slowly feel his strength and powers returning to him. This was a relief, although he could help but look up at the clear sky and wonder:

"Well, that's one way to end a chapter. Sorry, I'm not talking about you."

Rick said, looking at Michael

''איל איל למנא שׁבקתני''

To Be Continued.

Next Chapter…

Issei Jr. Hyoudou Pt 1.