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"Shirou" Regular speech.
"Shirou" Thoughts.
DRAGON SHOT Attack names.
(Shirou) Words said previously.
"SHIROU!" Shouting speech.
[Ddraig] Dragon talking.
Unbreakable Promise And Unstoppable Wrath
I remembered…
Pain coursing through, on every part of my body.
It hurt so much, I didn't even have the energy left to scream.
I didn't know who they were or why they were doing this, why. That's what I wanted to know.
It's been so long I've lost my sense of time.
At first, I thought "If this is my fate, then just kill me" death would be better then having to endure this.
But those thoughts were destroyed, I couldn't die yet, or rather…
This rage growing inside of me like a burning inferno wouldn't allow me to.
My wrath was all that kept my will intact.
I swore I would survive this, I'll make all of you pay.
I'LL GET MY REVENGE ON EVERY LAST ONE OF YOU!
Shirou stood confident, feeling a bit of pleasure from the intimidated looks on the faces of his enemies.
Shirou summoned his Sacred Gear. "Now then, this might be sudden but, I think I'll kill the four of you."
Dohnaseek was now beside the other three in the air again.
"Dohnaseek, are you alright?" Kalawarner asked.
Dohnaseek stopped holding his chin. "More or less." He then turned a glare to Shirou. "This punk is stronger then I was expecting."
Raynare was starting to have doubts on whether they could win this, but Asia was right in front of her and if she let her get away now she wouldn't get another chance. However as her eyes wandered from Asia to Shirou, she noticed Shirou's Sacred Gear.
Raynare stared for a moment, but then let out a laugh that seemed forced which surprised Shirou and the other Fallen Angels. "…Hehehehe…" Raynare then attempted to look at Shirou with a taunting smirk, but that too seemed forced. "Is that really all you had? Guess in the end you were all talk."
Shirou frowned. "What's that supposed to mean?"
"It means my superiors highly miscalculated your value."
Shirou titled his head a bit, still not getting it.
"To think they thought you were a threat when your Sacred Gear was nothing more than a Twice Critical." Raynare said mockingly.
The other three Fallen Angels sudden felt more sure about this after hearing that.
"You're kidding, that trash is his Gear?" Mittelt said mockingly amused.
"This'll be easier than I thought." Kalawarner taunted with renewed confidence.
Shirou just looked at his gauntlet. "Okay? So what's Twice Critical?"
"It's a pathetic low-tier Sacred Gear that double the power of its user for a short time." Raynare explained.
"So it's basically what I thought it was." Shirou thought.
"Your Gear is worthless, you might as well be fighting me with sticks and stones." She continued to mock.
Deep down Raynare knew things weren't going to be as simple as she was saying, Shirou was strong, the very fact that she brought back up was proof of that. The problem was she was desperate, she was grasping at straws trying to tell herself this would work. That and her intelligence was much lesser than her pride, in her mind she was a powerful Fallen Angel and he was a Low-Class Devil.
"Hmph." Shirou snorted getting her attention. "If that's true then I'm satisfied, after all, last time I beat you with my bare hands if anything you should feel honored that I'd fight you with sticks and stones since it's much more then you deserve." Shirou mocked back.
Raynare scowled while gritting her teeth, her anger returning. "Tch… You."
Shirou then frowned. "And besides that, I thought I told you." Shirou once again used his increased speed to vanish from where he was standing and was now in the air, right in front of Raynare. "Enough with the bravado." Before she could react and before the others could turn their heads to see him right next to them, Shirou hit Raynare with a strong elbow attack on her face. She now had a bloody nose and the strength of the attack knocked her out of the air and into the water below.
The other three all looked at him shocked. They then glared, and all summoned Spears of Light and tried to slash him, unfortunately, they only slashed air as Shirou was longer where he was.
"Where is he?" Dohnaseek asked as they looked around trying to find him.
"Up here!" They heard Shirou's voice and looked up to see he was hovering a few stories above them.
"What? How did he fly that high up so fast?" Kalawarner asked shocked.
Shirou looked at them bored. "Tell me, is everything I do going to be a surprise to you?"
Play OST Naruto Shippuden - Anger (Extended)
Dohnaseek roared and charged at him while Kalawarner and Mittelt followed. Dohnaseek tried punching Shirou left and right, but Shirou effortlessly dodged each one, to him Dohnaseek's fists were moving in slow-motion. Shirou then caught both his hands and held him in place and then headbutted him by smashing his head in Dohnaseek's face which broke his nose and made an audial cracking sound. Dohnaseek screamed and held his face with both his hands leaving himself wide open. Shirou then placed both his hands together and slammed them into the top of Dohnaseek's head making him crash down into the water.
Without missing a beat, Kalwarner charged at him from the right and Mittelt charged at him from the left, both aiming to attack at the same time with Spears of Light in hand.
"DIE!" Kalawarner yelled.
"You first." Shirou replied.
Shirou waited from them to get close and when they were within range he saw his chance. Shirou used to the momentum of how much speed they picked up from their charge and hit Kalawarner with a palm strike in her face which knocked her back, that same second he kicked Mittelt in the stomach which knocked her back. Shirou then charged at Kalawarner and stopped right in front of her, he then spun and hit her in the side of her head with a roundhouse kick. The strength behind his kick knocked her out of the air and into a tree on the ground. He then turned around and charged at Mittelt at high speed, Mittelt saw him coming and tried throwing a Spear of Light at him, but he sailed passed it with ease, without stopping he lands a powerful punch on Mittelt stomach, the punch is so strong a shockwave could be heard on impact, it tore through the fabric of her dress and left an imprint of his fist on her flesh. Mittelt cough blood from her mouth. Shirou was about to finish it. When suddenly Raynare reappeared behind him holding a Spear of Light. She tried to stab him with it but, Shirou just raised his right arm and hits her in the face with a backhanded punch.
As she was knocked back a bit from his punch, Shirou turned around to finish her with another punch but before he could, Dohnaseek reappeared and grabbed his arm and summoned a Spear of Light.
"You're dead!" Dohnaseek declared.
Dohnaseek prepared to stab Shirou with his Spear of Light, but Shirou was unfazed.
"You're slow." Shirou replied.
[BOOST!]
CRACK!
With his power temporary doubled Shirou then used his other arm to grip the arm that Dohnaseek used to hold him in place, he then strengthen his grip and crushed Dohnaseek wrist, there was a loud crack heard, and Dohnaseek stopped his attack and let go of Shirou because of the pain he felt, Raynare noticed Shirou wasn't paying attention to her anymore and tried to attack him again, but Shirou without even looking hit her with a chop on her side. Feeling the impact of that attack stop her. Shirou used the remaining ten seconds of power to grab both of them by the head and slammed their heads into each other, this made both of their foreheads bleed. Shirou then felt his power-up was gone and thus let go of them and punched Raynare in the face sending her flying into the water, then kicked Dohnaseek in the stomach also knocking him into the ground in a different direction.
Shirou saw the two of them fell. "I forgot to tell you this, but I'm known for my brutality." Shirou informed them.
He then looked to his right to see Kalawarner back in the air. She summoned a Spear of Light and threw it at Shirou, but Shirou lazily tilted his head and the Spear harmlessly flew passed him. Kalawarner was surprised by the ease in which he dodged her attack. Shirou then flew towards her at high speed, but halfway there he changed his direction and Kalawarner saw him circle around her, he then closed the gap and appeared behind her and kicked her in the back sending her back down and this time in the water.
A second later, Mittelt appeared above him with a Spear of Light in her hands, attempting to slash Shirou from above.
"I'll Kill You!" She screamed.
Shirou simply raised his arm and blocked the Spear with his gauntlet. Mittelt was shocked that her attack didn't work, and in that moment of carelessness, Shirou grabbed her arm and pulled her down from above him and making her facing him up-side-down.
"You'll die trying." Shirou replied.
Shirou then threw a strong right-handed punch on the right side of her body, causing her great pain and launching her into the water. He then turned to see Raynare standing again, Shirou then flies higher up in the air.
"Get back here!" Raynare yelled as she flew after him.
After deciding he was high enough, Shirou came to a sudden stop, Raynare who was surprised tried to stop as well but before she could Shirou speed blitzed to her and kicked her in the stomach, the force of his kick made her stop and cough some blood, Shirou didn't stop there. Shirou grabbed Raynare from both sides of her body with both of his hands and then lifts her body above his head.
"PILE DRIVER!" Shirou roars.
Shirou then fly's downwards at fast speed while holding onto Raynare who in vain is trying to break free from his hold. Shirou then reaches the fountain and just mere inches from the surface he smashes Raynare headfirst into the water. If it were the ground she most likely would have died but the water slightly softened the impact and she survived.
Shirou then dodged a Spear of Light from the right and saw Dohnaseek in the air, Dohnaseek then summoned another Spear of Light and Shirou flew towards Dohnaseek as he prepared to throw his Spear.
"You can't dodge this!" Dohnaseek yelled.
Dohnaseek then threw his Spear at Shirou, Shirou seemingly made no attempt to dodge it, then as the Spear was dangerously close Shirou simply dodge with a barrel roll and sailed passed the Spear without stopping his advance. Dohnaseek was shocked at how he was able to dodge his Spear in such a way. Shirou then flew past Dohnaseek and stopped behind him.
"Can't I?" Shirou replied.
As Dohnaseek turned around the face Shirou, the moment he did Shirou hit him with both his fist and punched Dohnaseek in both sides of his face at the same time. That attack made blood fall from both Dohnaseek's ears and nose, it even knocked out some of his teeth. Shirou then finished his attack by raising up his left leg and bring down an axe kick on Dohnaseek's head. The kick knocked Dohnaseek out of the sky and in the water with the other three.
Shirou looked down on the four of them in the air, all of them had grave injuries and had trouble even getting up. They all looked at him with contempt while he just looked at them with his eyes narrowed as if they weren't even worth his time.
Music Off
"Y'know I'd have been disappointed if I'd actually expected anything from you all."
Raynare struggled to get up and glared at him while panting. "Damn you… This wasn't supposed to happen."
"Hmph… You seriously thought you could win just by bringing a few weaklings whose power is just a hair below yours? Don't be so vain."
Shirou then flew back down to the ground and stood in the spot where he was when the fight started. While Raynare, Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, and Mittelt flew back up in the air, but slower than usual due to their injuries. They then formed a square formation where they were all close to each other.
"You bastard," Dohnaseek spoke. "How were you able to constantly read our moves this whole time?"
"Huh? You say that like it was hard." Shirou responded tauntingly. "I was able to read your moves 'cause they were easy to read. You guys all do the same thing, your hand to hand skills are at an amateurs level so they aren't hard to dodge, and considering I fight people with that same level of skill almost every day I'm used to them. As for your Spears of Light, I basically get how you use them, you guys can summon one after another but the problem is you only know how to throw them straight forward since I know where they going to come from how could I not be able to dodge them."
They all clenched their teeth, anger at the condescending why Shirou lectured them on their fighting style, however despite their anger they couldn't say anything because they couldn't deny that it was the truth. And that plus the fact that nothing they've done so far has even fazed him brought them frustration.
"I-Incredible…" Asia whom the others seem to have forgotten stared at Shirou with amazement. Sure she knew Shirou was strong since she saw him fight Freed, but this was different, this was on a whole other level.
Shirou's movement weren't like from when he fought Freed, where he was limited in space, charged at his opponent, and sometimes let himself get hit. Shirou right now was different, he was very skilled and his technique was flawless without any wasted movements. It was like watching a veteran warrior fighting children. She didn't think Shirou had the power to beat one Fallen Angel, yet here he is overwhelming four, and to think he's only been a Devil for a week. It was both amazing and terrifying.
Dohnaseek turned to Raynare. "Any ideas? We can't just let him humiliate us like this."
"I know that." Raynare smirked. "There is one thing that'll work."
Raynare then turned to Shirou. "Shirou, you say that we can't defeat you? Then let's test that theory."
Shirou raised an eyebrow. "What are you up to now?"
Raynare, Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, and Mittelt all summoned Spears of Light, Raynare's was red, Dohnaseek's was blue, Kalawarner's was yellow, and Mittelt's was pink. They all held up their Spears ready to throw them.
"Dodge this next attack if you can Shirou and even if you do look at what's behind you." Raynare taunted.
Shirou knew she was refereeing to Asia who was only a few feet away.
Raynare's plan was to fool Shirou with a bluff. In truth Asia was far too valuable to risk destroying with this attack, however, Shirou didn't know that, so Raynare believed he was under the impression that if he dodged she would get hit by the combined attack and die, and since it appeared that Shirou wanted to protect Asia she believed he wouldn't let her be in danger thus he wouldn't dodge. Her plot was even if Shirou was stronger than she thought, he wasn't strong enough to withstand four Spears of Light at the same time.
Shirou didn't look worried at all. "Is that your last-ditch effort?" Shirou sighed. "Fine I'll play along, but I won't need to dodge."
Raynare grinned believing her plan had worked. "Then Die!"
The four of them all threw their Spears at the same time as they all flew side by side towards Shirou, the Spears of Light swirled around each other and then they all combined into a single large beam of light that was the combined color and power of the separate four. Shirou saw the attack coming towards him and then planted both he feet firmly on the ground, then brought his left arm back and once the attack reached him, he punch the beam of light with his gauntlet covered fist.
[BOOST!]
The result was an overwhelming power struggle, the power of the beam of light was clashing with the power from Shirou boosted power. The clash of power was Shirou trying to use the energy of his Twice Critical to push back the beam of light fired at him and destroy it and trying to do it before he hit the ten second time limit, while the beam of light was meant to overwhelm him, push him back and blast into him, the Holy beam of light was meant to destroy his body and end his life upon impact. Their struggle of power was causing damage to the scenery around them, shockwaves were being disbursed, the water in the fountain was being blown into waves, there was a strong wind blowing in every direction attempting to blow everything away, and the clash of power looked like a kaleidoscope of bright colours on the side of the power of light clashing against a strong green color from Shirou's side.
Shirou clenched his teeth trying to overpower the beam of light, then with one final push his Sacred Gear released an even brighter glow and Shirou pushed his fist forward. Resulting in the beam of light being overpowered and destroyed. Everything was clear now and Shirou stood back in place not even seeming tired from that display of power.
"Hmph… Is it sinking in yet?" Shirou commented.
The four Fallen Angels all looked at him shocked and with disbelief, also with fear this time. They couldn't understand. That was their combined strength which they were counting on to succeed and yet he still overcame it, and he seemingly did it effortlessly. They didn't know what else they could do, what else was there to do, the Devil standing before them was someone they couldn't defeat.
Shirou saw their looks of fear and was satisfied, he then brought out his wings and used this opportunity. With a flash of speed he appeared before the Fallen Angels inside their square formation, as they all broke out of their stupor the see him beside them, Shirou made his attack. Shirou laid down in mid-air and spread out his limbs attacking all four enemies at once, Raynare was hit by his left arm, Mittelt was hit by his right arm, Kalawarner was hit by his left leg, and Dohnaseek was hit by his right leg. These attack all hit them at the same time and sent them crashing into the ground in four different directions. Shirou remained in the air looking down on them.
"I gotta say you guys were really grasping at straws with that last one, weren't you? Did you seriously think the combined power of four losers like you would be enough?"
Raynare looked up at him from the ground. "This shouldn't be possible, you-you just recently become a Devil, how did you gain this power?"
Shirou smiled. "I trained all week last week."
Raynare grit her teeth. "I hate you!"
"Bitch you love me."
Raynare got even more frustrated.
Dohnaseek then asked. "This power isn't normal, are you really just a reincarnated Devil?"
Shirou chuckled a bit. "It's true, I am a Devil, but." Shirou then held his fist in the air. "I'm also the one who looks down on all other races." Shirou declared with pride.
"How arrogant." Kalawarner responded.
"Yeah well, arrogance is a right that's given to the strong, but I guess weaklings like you wouldn't know about that, would you?" Shirou mocked them.
Raynare was so frustrated right now she didn't even register his words. All she could think about was the hatred she felt about this entire situation.
Shirou's strategy was simple, he first begins the fight by dodging their attacks and stuck to counterattacking to get an idea on their level of ability. Afterwards, he deliberately kept attacking them one at a time, turning a four on one fight into a one on one fight in fourth succession. To make this work he repeatedly hit them with strong attacks that would take them out of the fight for a short time and then moved on to the next opponent, since he was much stronger than each of them individually it was an easy task. And since they had almost no teamwork skill or coordination they were unable to break this pattern otherwise they might have been able to turn the fight around at some point. While fighting like this Shirou kept the impression that he was stronger than all of them put together with the intention of breaking their will to fight and making them easier to defeat, this goal was accomplished when he demonstrated his greater power and destroyed their beam of light.
"Now then, I've played with you guys long enough, It's time I kill you." Shirou said coldly.
Raynare tensed up when she heard that. "Kill me? No, no, no, no, I can't die here, not when I'm so close. I had a perfect plan!" She looked at Shirou with anger and frustration. "It was perfect until he cameand ruined it!" She then looked towards Asia. "…No. Not yet."
After formulating a plan, she made her move. Raynare summoned a large Spear of Light. Shirou seeing this prepared to move in but, oddly enough Raynare didn't throw the Spear at him, instead she threw the Spear at the water beneath him. Upon impact the Spear exploded causing a large body of water to rise up around Shirou, Shirou didn't know why she would do this except for possibly using it as a smokescreen before attacking, thus Shirou had his guard up. However, his thoughts were proven wrong.
"Iyaaa!"
Shirou's eyes widened as he recognized the voice of that scream. He finally realized Raynare's plot, she used the water explosion as a distraction to make him think she'll go for him, when in reality the same second she threw the Spear, she went towards her true target; Asia.
The moment he realized that Shirou rushed towards where Asia was as fast as he could. He saw Raynare hold Asia with her wings wrapped around her.
"Damn it! ASIA!" Shirou called out.
"SHIROU-SAN!" Asia cried out.
Just as Shirou was about to reach them, Raynare disappeared and the two of them were no longer there, causing Shirou to simply fly passed empty space. He then stood on the ground.
"Asia.…." He spoke.
Shirou then clenched his fists grit his teeth and felt something snap inside himself.
Dohnaseek, Mittelt, and Kalawarner were in the air and saw what had happened.
"Raynare escaped." Kalawarner said.
"And she has the nun too." Mittelt said.
"Then there's no longer a reason for us to be here." Dohnaseek pointed out. "We got what we came here for, let's use this chance to get away."
Play OST Naruto Shippuden - Heavy Violence
No sooner then he finished saying that, Shirou appeared right in front of him and kneed him in the chin, which knocked him back.
"You're not going anywhere." Shirou spoke in a dark, haunting tone.
Shirou was different now, both his eyes had the same golden glow they had when he first fought Raynare and he was covered in the same black aura as he was from that last fight as well. Kalawarner and Mittelt were frozen with fear after being comforted by both of them that they made no attempt to escape.
"Playtime's over. You bastards, I'LL SLAUGHTER ALL OF YOU!" Shirou roared.
[DRAGON BOOSTER!]
Shirou was so full of rage he didn't notice at the time, but after that new different announcement, his Twice Critical had changed into a different form. It now had spikes going around both side greatly resembling Dragon scales, it became a deeper shade of red, two golden spikes manifested on the lower edges of the gauntlet and a mark of a Dragon appears on the center of the green jewel.
This change gave Shirou even greater power, that plus the power he already received from change to his eyes and aura made Shirou into an overwhelming force of power, and he planned on using every bit of that power to kill the three in front of him.
Shirou then flew in front of Mittelt and unleashed a flurry of punches so fast his hands seemed like a transparent blur that couldn't be followed, he rained down his attacks all over her defenceless form and the power behind his attacks were so strong, Mittelt felt as if her body was breaking.
"YOU THINK THE LIKES OF YOU CAN EVER STOP ME!" Shirou screamed while punching.
After a few seconds, he stopped and Mittelt was now a bruised and bloody mess that was barely alive, Shirou watched as she no longer had the energy to fly or move and thus flew into the water beneath. Shirou then turned to face Kalawarner, Kalawarner who saw him turn his attention to her felt immense dread fill her mind, she turned and to fly away, but before she could even attempt it she felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw Shirou holding a firm grip on her that prevented her from moving.
Kalawarner knew she was cornered. No wait, don't kill me, please I beg you!" Kalwarner pleaded.
"Forget it." Shirou said mercilessly. "I said that I would kill you and I'm a man of my word!"
Shirou pulled his fist back then smashed it into Kalawarner's face, it was even more painful since it was the fist with the gauntlet covering it. After causing her pain from his hit, Shirou then let go of her shoulder and placed his grip around her left. Shirou then held her in place while he ruthlessly punched her in the stomach over and over again, he didn't stop even when he heard her ribs breaking or when he saw he coughing blood.
"Please… No-No more…." Kalawarner begged while panting.
Shirou stopped punching and just looked at her, her stomach was so bruised it was a dark purple colour and large amounts of blood was spilling from her mouth. Shirou didn't even look the least be mournful from the state he put her in and simply let go of her, letting Kalawarner fall into the water beside Mittelt.
Shirou then looked to Dohnaseek.
"You're next."
Shirou then rushed to Dohnaseek and prepared his assault. Dohnaseek tried to escape but it was in vain, as before he could even attempt it Shrou appeared in front of him. Shirou then spun and hit Dohnaseek with a strong roundhouse kick aimed at his left arm.
CRACK!
"AAAUUGGGGHHHH!"
The Shirou behind Shirou's kick was so strong the bones inside Dohnaseek's left arm were broken and his arm bent in a painful-looking angle. Dohnaseek held on his arm in pain as he howled in pain. Shirou didn't let him do that for long as he relentlessly unleashed a barrage of punches all over Dohnaseek's body with the same speed he used on Mittelt, he finished it by flying above Dohnaseek's head and hitting him with a downwards punch that sent him into the water with the other two.
Shirou then looked down on the three of them with disdain in his eyes, they were cold and unforgiving.
Dohnaseek had a broken left arm, twelve broken ribs, several fractured bones, three teeth knocked out, a broken nose and blood dripping from his nose, mouth and ears.
Mittelt had a mild concussion, dizziness, open wounds all over her body, the bones in her arms, shoulders, ribs and chest were cracked, there was large damage to her stomach and blood was dripping from her mouth, nose, and forehead.
Kalawarner had a fractured shoulder, all her ribs were broken, her vision was a little blurry, her stomach area was bruised purple and she had blood dripping from her mouth, nose and forehead.
Shirou knew in the state they were in now, anyone could kill them, thus his work was almost complete.
Dohnaseek cough as he was on his knees. "Damn you Raynare, you led us to our death and then you abandon us."
"That's true isn't it." Shirou agreed. "That really was a dick move on her part and you guys really didn't deserve this, I mean I'm still gonna kill you of course, but I give my pity."
"How kind of you." Dohnaseek said sarcastically.
[BOOST!]
Shirou then held up his hand in the air. "I've been meaning to try this out for a while, but I was pretty sure I need more training, but since I have my power doubled and I've promoted to Queen, I'm pretty sure it'll work." Suddenly magic power started to gather around Shirou's hand and that power soon turned into electricity which was growing and discharging around the palm of his hand.
RESPOND THUNDER!
Shirou was using the same magic attack he saw Akeno use in the battle against the Stray Devil. After seeing her stance and how she gathered her magic power around her hand, he attempted to do it himself however it wasn't nearly as strong as Akeno's one, but this time his magic power has doubled from his Sacred Gear, his magic power had gone up from his promotion and his power has increased further from the effects of his dark aura. All those factors have made his Thunder even stronger the Akeno's.
"Lightning magic?!" Kalawarner spoke fearfully.
"Yes, I set this aside for the end and look at where you all are." Shirou said refereeing to the fact that they're all knee-deep in water. "Since your all soaking wet and the fact that your all so injured that you can't even stand up, it goes without saying that you won't survive this."
Those words filled the three of them with great terror. It had finally sunk in, there was no escape, no way to get out of this hopeless situation, they were about to die.
"Any last words?" Shirou asked.
"You're a monster." Mittelt responded.
"Yes, I am, too bad you didn't realize that sooner."
Shirou then brought his hand down. "Die!"
BOOOOOOOOM!
BAAAANNNGG!
Shirou then released the Thunder in his hand and it blasted into the water fountain, this caused the electricity to stream throughout the entire body of water and electrocute Dohnaseek, Kalawarner, and Mittelt with an extremely high shock. All of them let out a loud scream before their bodies exploded and after Shirou's attack. In the end, all that was left was a large amount of black feathers floating in the water. Shirou looked unfazed by this action and only glared into the distance.
"You're next, Raynare."
And then he turned.
And then he flew away.
Music Off
A tired sigh escaped Shirou's lips as he shut the front door to his house behind him. Shirou was now back to his usual self, both his eyes and aura were normal.
"I'm back…"
Despite being on a couch several feet away, Mika was still able to catch Shirou's words, giving him a glimpse from over her hand-held game.
"Hey, Brocopter!"
"Hey, Shirou." Ren greeted coming out of the kitchen.
"Ren? You're here?"
Ren scratched his head. "Yeah, I brought Mika home for you and decide to wait for you to come back before I left."
Shirou nodded. "I see, thanks."
Shirou then began to make his way upstairs.
Mika then approached him. Perhaps it was because of the determined look on his face, or the fact that he wasn't wearing his weights. It also could have been the smell of blood coming from him. But both Mika and Ren could tell something was wrong.
"Hey, Big Bro…" Mika looked around. "Where's Asia?"
Shirou didn't look at her. "She's out for a moment, I'll bring her back soon."
Mika was a little confused. "But why did you come back without her if you were just going to bring her back?"
"I had to get something first."
"Then where is she now?"
Shirou scowled annoyed. "Look stop asking questions, I'll get her back alright."
"Shirou." Ren spoke up. "Asia was taken by the Fallen Angels right?"
Both Shirou and Mika were shocked by Ren's words. Mika because she was now worried about Asia's safety and Shirou from wondering how Ren knew.
"What? Is that true?" Mika asked teary-eyed.
Shirou knew he couldn't hide it anymore and sighed. "Yeah… It is."
Mika's expression was that of a sad puppy. "But how?"
"It's complicated." Shirou then turned to Ren. "But how did you know?"
"I told you, Youkai are good at sensing others without being noticed, shortly after we parted ways I felt a clash of different powers, one was yours and the others were Fallen Angels, what happened?"
"The one I faced the first time grabbed Asia and ran, and I killed the other three."
"Big Bro." Mika spoke still upset. "What's going to happen to Asia?"
Shirou clenched his fist. "Nothing's gonna happen, 'cause I'm getting her back and I'll kill that overgrown crow this time."
"You realize she'll have back-up right." Ren pointed out. "It'll be just you against an army of Exorcists."
"That won't stop me! I have to save her," Shirou then thinks back. "I swore it."
"Are you saving her because of that or because she's your friend?"
"What? I…" Shirou didn't answer.
"She is your friend Bronaka." Mika added. "I know it and you know it too, even back when you first saved her, it wasn't because you felt obligated like you do with others, it was because you personally wanted to save her, Asia's my friend and she's yours too that's why you're going to save her now."
"I know that to Shirou." Ren said. "I could tell the moment I saw you guys today, you had fun with her and you acted differently when you were with her than you did with others, the only times you were that open with yourself was when you're with me, or Aika, or Mika, you wanted to keep her safe and now she's someone among the few people you actually like isn't she?"
Shirou heard their words and processed them, before letting out a small laugh. "Heh, am I that easy to read? The truth is, Asia never had a friend before in her life, that's why she asked me to be her first." Shirou then looked determined. "Regardless of anything else, I will save her no matter who I have to fight."
"You won't do it alone." Ren stepped forward. "I'll go with you."
Shirou didn't expect that. "You will?"
"I don't have a master or rules I have to follow so it's not a problem. We'll do it together."
Shirou knew Ren was serious and accepted it. "Yeah alright," They both fist-bumped.
Mika sensing the serious atmosphere didn't comment on this being a Yaoi moment to her.
Shirou then turned to Mika. "Mika, go to Rias and tell her what's going on, she'll want to hear about this."
"Go to your Devil not girlfriend and tell her you're going to storm an enemy stronghold to save a girl you meet yesterday?" Mika summarized and gave a thumbs up. "Sure leave it to me."
"Okay before we go, there's something I came to get."
Shirou then went to his room and looked under his bed. After that, he pulled a box out from under there and opened it.
"Been a while since I wore this."
It was uncharacteristically quiet in the Occult Research Club's meeting room that evening.
Kiba was busy reading a book.
Akeno was sitting on the couch, taking polite sips from her teacup.
Koneko was busy munching on snacks.
Rias meanwhile was busy getting ahead on paperwork, both for club activates and Devil work.
BANG!
Then the door flew open and a hoodie-wearing girl drenched in sweat stumbled through the door while breathing heavily trying to catch her breath. Kiba came up to her and helped her stand straight.
"Are you okay?" When Kiba got a good look at the girl's face, he noticed she looked familiar, as if he'd seen it somewhere before. "Um… Chief, were you expecting a visitor today?"
Rias sat up from her seat her eyes widening when she saw the distressed, exhausted, and sweaty face of the girl who appeared before them. "Mika?" She immediately rushed to her side, causing her servants to stare at her in confusion. "Mika? What's wrong? Are you hurt? What happened?!"
"Calm down!" Mika took out a bottle of water and drank it which lessened her fatigue. "I'm fine, I just have trouble walking far distances, considering I hardly ever leave my room, it's amazing I even made it here."
Rias breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank goodness, you had me worried."
"Chief, who is this girl?" Kiba asked.
"She's Mika, Shirou's younger Sister." Rias informed.
The others were surprised by that fact but noticed a slight resemblance between the two.
"This is the Sister Shirou spoke about." Akeno said.
"In the flesh." Mika responded.
"But I don't know what she's doing here though." Rias added. "Mika, why are you here? And where's Shirou?" From what Rias knew about Shirou despite their few interactions Shirou treasured Mika's well-being above all else, it made no sense to her that he'd let her come here alone, especially after their last encounter. "Why isn't Shirou with you?"
"He told me to tell you what's going on."
"What do you mean?" Rias asked, needing more information.
"There was trouble today, Big Bro was attacked by a group of Fallen Angels." Mika clarified.
With that news, everyone's eyes widened with shock. "Damn them, I knew this would happen!" Rias spoke up with concern. She then moved in closer to Mika. "Is Shirou alright? Did he survive?"
"I said calm down!" Mika pushed her away. "He's fine, he beat them."
Now everyone was confused. "Wait, your saying Shirou beat a group of Fallen Angels alone?" Akeno asked, having trouble believing it. "I don't see how that could happen."
Mika scoffed. "I know it's hard to believe by people like you all, but Big Bro did beat them, the fact that he is alive and told me to come here is proof of that." Mika had a good point, they all doubted the Fallen Angels would just let Shirou go, so the only way he could still be alive is through defeating them, however that in of itself didn't make sense to them either. "Anyway, I didn't come here to tell you that."
"Then why did you come here?" Rias asked.
"I'm passing along a message, Asia was taken by one of the Fallen Angels, and Big Bro is gonna storm the place and get her back." Mika explained.
Rias was shocked one again. "What?! Does he have any idea how reckless that is? He's planning on entering an enemy stronghold, filled to the brim with exorcists and enemies that use Holy weapons, and he's going in there alone?!"
Mika smiled and nodded. "That's his style, he always does things this way."
"Don't just smile about this!" Rias frowned. "But I don't understand it, why would he go this far just for Asia? She's practically a stranger to him."
The others were curious about that as well, from what they knew of Shirou, they never thought he'd care enough about someone to risk his life for them after knowing them for such a little amount of time.
"It's only hard to understand for you guys cause you don't know a damn thing about him." Mika retorted. "Didn't you hear what he said before? He said he'll protect Asia no matter what!"
Rias still didn't understand. "All for that?"
Mika then smirked. "Tell me, what's wrong about trying to save a friend?"
It was really dark…
Shirou had never been more grateful for his Devil eyes. Otherwise, he would have been absolutely blind in the woods on the outskirts of town. He was also grateful that none of the Humans patrols had the same gifts.
It wasn't even the hostile presence that he felt upon entering the territory of the Fallen Angels that told him he was on the right track, it was the increasingly frequent number of Stray Exorcists patrolling through the area. It was to the point he couldn't even risk walking on the ground. He had to resort to hiding behind trees and moving from one to the next when he saw an opening. Fortunately, without wearing his weights his movements were swift enough for him to not be seen.
This was how Shirou got around, using the dark of the night and the best stealth he could manage.
However, as time went on, patrols became increasingly scarce.
It became much easier to get around, but Shirou's Devil instincts would kick in whenever he felt close to danger.
He could see the Fallen Angels' base of operations in the distance, the old Church.
He remembered that Church, it was the same one that he led Asia to the day they first meet. And it was also the Church he went to all the time when he was a kid. Back when he was still a believer he used to go all the time, along with his childhood friend and his family who were extremely religious. Shirou's mother never wanted to go however, and whenever he asked why she would never give an answer.
But now wasn't the time to think back on hazy memories of the past. He was here for a purpose, he had one single goal in mind and he was going to get it no matter what.
All he needs to do now was wait for the right time.
"Psst… Shirou." Ren spoke coming out from the bush behind Shirou.
"Ren." Shirou whispered. "Okay we're here, now keep your guard up."
"Got it, so what's the plan?" Ren asked.
"Look at the Church." Shirou pointed to the old Church. "There's only one why in and that's the front. I'll sneak in, disintegrate that stupid crow stripper, grab Asia and leave."
"Simply and to the point, but it might be harder than all that. For starters, I'm sensing dozens of Exorcists inside the Church to." Ren pointed out. "And even if you can outrun them, the one's outside will see you and attack you from both sides."
Shirou scratched his chin. "True, if it were just me I could do it, but not while carrying Asia."
"Don't worry, I have something to help with that." Ren then reached into his pocket and brought out a face mask and a plastic grenade. "When you get inside use this."
"An explosive?"
"Not just any explosive, it's a specially made bomb I filled with Senjutsu. It's filled with a Senjutsu mist that if inhaled by Humans, it becomes a deadly poison, it won't kill them but it'll mess them up so much on the inside they won't be able to stand or see right for hours." Ren explained.
Shirou took both. "Ren I know I don't say this often, but I think you're a genius."
"You're right you don't say that often." Ren replied.
"Wait, what's the mask for?"
"Asia of course," Ren noted. "It won't hurt you since you're a Devil, but she'll need a mask to protect herself from it."
"Huh, you'd think I'd have remembered that."
Shirou then placed both in his pocket.
Shirou then got ready to head for the Church. "Alright let's go."
"Actually, you go on without me." Ren didn't move.
Shirou stopped. "What, why?"
"I told you, there are Exorcists outside to and there's only one bomb, you go inside and save Asia. I'll stay out here and take out the ones patrolling around the forest."
Shirou blinked. "That's… Actually a good idea. Okay, we'll do that."
"Oh before that." Ren then reaches into his pocket and takes out a cigarette. "Mind giving me a light?"
Shirou smiles and takes out a lighter, he then lights Ren cigarette. "Hey, won't they see you coming from the smoke?"
Ren shrugged. "I'm a Youkai, my speciality is being able to hide my presence. I could literally come at them with a flashlight and they still wouldn't be able to see me unless I let them."
Shirou nodded. "Cool, remind me to buy you a drink after all this."
Ren smiled and nodded. "I'll hold you to that."
They both got ready to move out.
"One more thing." Ren spoke, this time serious. "Before we do this, are you sure you can get this done?"
Shirou simply smirked. "Ren. What do they all say around here?"
Ren smiled. "If it's one on one, Shirou will win."
"Your damn right." Shirou then made his way to the Church.
Ren then made his way through the forest.
BANG!
The front doors to the Church exploded inward from the force behind Shirou's kick.
Shirou wanted to try a quieter approach, but right now his anger was building up the closer he got to Raynare.
Right now Shirou was wearing something different than usual. Shirou was now wearing a jet-black leather jacket that reached down to his back, the sleeves stopped at his wrists and the front of the jacket was open. He was wearing a shirt beneath he jacket that was the same colour, the shirt was a short sleeve shirt that had the same length as the jacket, it was fabric and it seemed like it was easy to move around in, it had a V-shaped caller by the neck, and it seemed to be tight enough that it hugged his skin and displayed his muscular figure beneath. On his hands were dark gloves that had metal braces on the knuckles. His pants were also black leather jeans that were slim and without any sag, and they had some chains around the pockets. His shoes were spiked black boots that reached up the bottom of his knee caps and had surps on the back heels.
This was his combat outfit, he wears this only wears it when he goes to a fight and he feels will be a hard one.
That's also why he wasn't wearing his weights this time.
The Church looked just as debilitated and run-down on the inside as you'd expect from a Fallen Angels hideout. Everything was old, broken, ruined, and devoid of any life.
Still… Shirou could feel his Devil instincts warning him of danger. His instincts were more accurate than his sense. Someone else was here.
"I know you're hiding back there!" Shirou called out. "Stop hiding and come out asshole, or I'll come to you!"
CLAP CLAP CLAP
The steady beat of vigorous clapping filled the air, causing Shirou to look to a space behind one of the demolished statues.
A familiar white-haired priest stepped out into the open, with an amused grin on his face. "Bravo! Excellent detection skills, Shirou-kun~!"
"Freed, so you did survive." Shirou said irritated, looking at Freed as nothing but an annoyance. "What are you doing here, don't you have little boys to molest or something?"
"Ha! Meeting you again is like a reunion!" Freed laughed, this time drawing two Swords of Light. "Since bullets don't seem to work, I won't bother with my gun this time. So I just cut and slash you into as many pieces as I can, I so excited just thinking about it~!"
Shirou snorted. "Get real freak, I didn't come here to fight canon fodder like you and I'm low on time so tell me; where's Raynare and where's Asia?"
"OOOOOH! You're here for that Devil loving whore of a sister?" Freed asked spinning his arms and swords around in a theatrical, roulette-like motion before pointing to the altar behind him. "They're both right down those stairs behind me, they lead to the secret underground assembly hall hidden beneath the alter."
"Not so secret if you just tell people, but I do appreciate your honesty, as payment I'll finish you quickly." Shirou cracked his knuckles. "It'll be painful as all hell but maybe you'll live."
"Heh, I'm afraid not~!" Freed smiled like always. "See, I've never met the same Devil twice before! You know, since I'm super strong, I cut Devils into pieces when I first meet them! Once I see them, I cut them up on the spot! I then kiss the corpse and say goodbye! That's how I used to live! But since you completely ruined my style, I'm so lost! That's no good~. It's not good to interfere with my lifestyle~! That's why~! You really piss me off! I hope you will die! Actually die! You trashy Deeeeeeeeeeeevil!"
After showing his joy and sadness, he is in a rage now.
Shirou just stared at him with half-lidded eyes. "…You have problems man."
"Yeah, well I don't think it matters considering I'm going to KILL you right here and now!" Freed said grinning.
Shirou sighed. "What is it with you people that makes you so conceited?" Shirou then scratched the back of his head. "Anyway, as much as I love spending time going back and forth with trash-talk against a mentally deranged priest, I literally have more important things to do, so let's just wrap this up already."
Freed looked amused. "Now aren't you the one who's being conceited, you barely survived the last time we fought," Freed then held up his swords. "And I've already seen what you're made of~!"
This time Shirou was the one amused. "Hehehe…Oh Freed, I'm surprised Raynare's gotten anything done right if she's got a dumbass like you working for her." Shirou mocked.
"What?!" Freed was anger, curious, and a bit confused.
"What you saw was just a taste of what I'm really made of." Shirou smirked. "Now here's the rest. [Promotion: Queen]"
Shirou's declaration brought forth great power once again. After that, he beat the metal braces on his gloves into each other and let out a cocky, Shirou-like grin.
"What the?! What is this?!"
"It's the signal for your last moments alive!"
Shirou charged at Freed.
That's the chapter. And tell me what you all thought about that fight, or more like that one-sided massacre between Shirou and the Fallen Angels, truth be told it took me ages to finally get that all done, I thought about it like this, Shirou beat Raynare back when he was Human, with his weights on and without Boosting. So with the added strength of being a Devil, the increase in speed and power from promoting to Queen and doubling his strength made him too much for them and then some.
Of course, they could have beaten him if they were more skilled, but Shirou has tones of experience fighting multiple opponents by himself and is extremely skilled, while they all seem to be the kind of fighter that only know the basics and usually just fight weak opponents. And as for the end of the fight, Raynare is a coward and afraid of Shirou, plus she really wants Asia's power, so if she thought she could get it at the cost of abandoning the others than she would take it. Not to mention this marked the return of Shirou's strange power that he doesn't know about yet and the awakening of his true Sacred Gear since they both respond to strong emotions like his vengeful wrath.
Anyways Shirou has now invaded the Church to crush Raynare and take back Asia, and next chapter will definitely be the last chapter of the arc. So get ready for Shirou to finally put down the sad stripper Angel, oh and Freed I guess.
And by the way, as for his combat outfit, I wanted to give him one because I felt it was needed and I thought it was a good idea, I felt it was lame how in the canon everyone's fighting clothes were just their student uniforms, they even upgraded them to be durable, fireproof, and have strong resistance, and yet still made them student uniforms and I felt that was a waste, so I gave Shirou some real fighting clothes, which he will wear during important fights or moments.
I also decided to bring Ren along for the ride because I want to give him more screen time and I have something I want to do with him next chapter.
Anyways thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed, if you want more leave a review if you like the story click the follow/favourite, and as always have an awesome day.