Hey everyone, and get ready for this chapter. This chapter will be the start of the battle against Kokabiel's group, and while this chapter isn't as long as I had hoped, I'm still glad I got it done. And before we began, I decided to do something I had been thinking about for a while in this story, and I figured now was a good time. Hope you enjoy it.

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"Shirou" Regular speech.

"Shirou" Thoughts.

DRAGON SHOT Attack names.

(Shirou) Words said previously.

"SHIROU!" Shouting speech.

[Ddraig] Dragon talking.

Sacred Song And Sword Of Betrayer

Starting from high over Kuoh Academy, a large, imperfectly formed blue and purple transparent dome began to take form. Putting the school completely inside of it. The light of the dome shined in the night, and if it were able to be seen by the eyes of ordinary humans, it would have attracted the attention of almost everyone in the town.

"We have covered the school with a large barrier. With this, unless something disastrous happens, there will be no damage outside." Sona told Rias and the club. The two Peerages, along with Ren, were standing outside the barrier at the front of the school's entrance. Expect the Kiba and the Tsukiharu siblings were still absent. Sona and her servants were standing on top of a large magic circle with the Sitri family's crest on it that acted like platforms. Holding out their hands with magic circles on them towards the barrier, as they kept the dome activated.

"This is to keep it to the minimum. To tell you the truth, if Kokabiel were to fight seriously, not only this academy but the whole region would be annihilated. Adding to that, he has already gotten ready for that. My servants have seen him releasing his power on the school grounds. My servants and I will continue to place the barrier to reduce the damages. I want to minimize the damages as much as possible… It's hard to prevent our school from getting damaged. But it looks like we have to since it's the leader of the Fallen Angels who is moving." Sona made a sharp eye and looked in the direction of the school with eyes filled with hatred. She was probably directing it to Kokabiel.

"Thank you, Sona." Rias said gratefully. "We will do the rest from here."

"Rias. Our enemy is a monster with strength above ours. It's still not too late. We should get your Big Brother…."

Rias shook her head.

"You also didn't call your Big Sister."

"My Sister is… Your Brother loves you. Sirzechs-sama will definitely move. So…"

"I have already informed Sirzechs-sama." Akeno said as she approached the two of them.

"Akeno!" Rias criticized.

But Akeno had an angry expression. "Rias. I know that you don't want to cause problems for Sirzechs-sama. It happened in your territory. In your base. And it happened after the family problem. But it's a different story if the leader of the enemy appears. It is a problem that surpasses the level that you can solve. Let's borrow the strength of a Devil King."

Rias took a deep breath a nodded. "Fine." She said in defeat.

"Thank you for understanding the situation, Chief. Sirzechs-sama's reinforcement will be here in one hour."

"One hour…" Sona processed this information. "I understand. In that time, we, the Student Council, will vow to continue to place the barriers in the name of Sitri."

"There's no need for that."

Everyone turned in the direction of a familiar voice. Who they saw was Shirou in his new combat suit and Mika standing beside him.

"Shirou-san." Asia addressed his arrival.

"That outfit." Rias noticed.

"After the old one got burned away, I got this new one. And unlike before, it's built-in with magic that amps up its defense." Shirou explained. "It's like I'm wearing a suit of armor."

"I see. That's good to hear." Rias said, inwardly relieved.

"Yeah, I'm just wearing this to go with the theme." Mika admitted, referring to her cosplay. "It's like my signature outfit for important events now."

"Moving on." Sona interrupted. "I assume you heard our conversation."

"Yeah, But to be honest, I'm not planning to wait an hour." Shirou said confidently. "We don't need to hold out until some Devil King shows up; I'll just waste Kokabiel myself."

"Shirou, he's a Cadre-Class Fallen Angel." Rias reminded him.

"But I'm me." Shirou reminded her. "Just who the hell do you think I am?"

"You're the goddamn Red Dragon Fucking Emperor." Mika said, amusingly repeating something he had said previously.

"You're damn right." Shirou said, walking towards the school, with Mika following.

The two High-Class Devils just watched them go.

"He sure is confident in his abilities." Sona noted.

"True, but don't forget he's really reliable in situations like this." Rias pointed out.

Sona smiled. "I think we're all aware of that by now."

As they were about to enter through the barrier, Shirou noticed Saito was also channeling magic into the barrier.

"Must suck having to stay on the sidelines, huh?" Shirou asked.

Saito rolled his eyes. "Yeah, not like you'd know anything about that."

"Don't be so upset." Ren said, joining their conversation. "Technically, you've got the easier job."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?" Saito asked sarcastically. "The biggest fight in town, and I get stuck with the crappy job of powering up the barrier, and I'm pretty sure I'm stronger than some of the guys on your group."

"I'll probably never have to do that, but I bet it must be pretty bad." Shirou said, being blunt.

Saito sighed. "Seriously though, this takes up a lot more magic than you'd think. It'd be hell to have to keep this up for a whole hour."

"Don't worry about that; it won't take an hour or even half of one." Shirou said, holding up two fingers. "This'll all be over in twenty minutes."

"Twenty minutes?" Ren asked, unsure. "Are you sure?"

"I'm always sure!" Shirou immediately replied.

"Here's hoping." Saito then looked around and noticed the absence of a certain person. "No, Kiba?"

"He'll be here." Shirou said, believing it was obvious. "It's just a matter of when."

And with that, their conversation ended, and those part of the group that was going to fight went through the barrier. Once they were on the other side, the barrier closed down behind them. Upon entering the dome, they noticed that almost everything within was a different shade of red. The group made their way to the front doors of the main building, planning to go through it to get to where Valper was said to have been sighted.

Once they were inside the building, Shirou promoted to Queen, and as they kept walking, Rias made an odd request.

"Shirou, I'm sorry for having to ask this, but." Rias hesitated. "I want you to be on support for this fight."

Shirou hardly responded to her. "Not funny, Rias."

"I'm being serious!" Rias responded. "I need you to use your abilities to transfer your power to the rest of us to increase our strength."

"And I need you to think for once." Shirou shot back. "Do you honestly think it's worth keeping me out of the fight just to power you guys up? If there's a problem that can't be solved without Boosting, then I'll just Boost my own strength and take care of it."

"But we can't just leave all the fighting to you." Rias argued. "Even if we'll lose some of our strength by leaving you out of the fight, it'll still be more practical if we can strengthen the group as a whole."

"And are they just going to stand there at let this happen?" Shirou pointed out. "Don't forget this is a fight to the death; our enemies aren't just going to sit around and let us power up, and even if they do." Shirou narrowed his eyes. "You guys aren't strong enough to beat Kokabiel, even if I power you up to the limit."

Rias was taken aback by his choice of words. "And you're saying you are?"

"I'd rather try it myself than leave it to you." Shirou answered.

The others just stood there, not knowing what to say or even if they should say anything. They all felt that both of them had fair points in their respective outlooks, but they couldn't really say whose option was the better choice. However, Mika, who obviously didn't share that thought process, got between them and decided to throw in her opinion on the matter.

"If you two wouldn't mind listening for a moment." Mika spoke up. "Why not try this; Broku will stay in the fight at the start of things, but if it gets to a point where someone needs to power up, we'll have the others cover him in case the enemy tries to interrupt. Once the only enemy left is Kokabiel, we'll leave him to Brostein since he has the best chance against him one-on-one."

The King and Pawn considered the pros and cons of this suggestion and decided it was better than just going back and forth, and both just nodded, signifying they agreed.

"Ara, Ara, you're surprisingly good at coming up with an alternative." Akeno noted, sightly impressed.

"Those two may be the Ace and Leader of this group, but I'm the Strategist." Mika said proudly. "Making a plan of action that they both agree on, even begrudging, is my job."

"Now that that's settled, we should probably get going." Ren reminded them. "We're still on the clock, you know."

"…He's right." Koneko added.

"Then let me say this before we begin." Rias began to walk in front of the group. "My servants. We will be on the offensive. We will go inside the barrier and draw Kokabiel's attention. Unlike the battle against Phenex, this is a battle of life and death! Even so, I will not forgive you if you die! We will survive, and we will continue to attend this school!"

[Yes!]

Half of them replied to her with energetic voices.

"But I don't actually attend this school, so that line doesn't work in this case." Mika pointed out.

"…Okay, most of us will continue to attend this school!" Rias tried again.

This time Shirou spoke up.

"That still doesn't work. I don't even like this school, so I can't get motivated to fight just for that. I think I might just ditch tomorrow anyways."

"And I might join him." Ren added.

Rias just sighed in defeat, knowing the feeling was gone. "…Let's just go."

The battle would take place in the middle of the school field, where a bizarre phenomenon was taking place. There were four Swords that were releasing extreme lights while floating. Those Swords were on the ends of a strange-looking magic circle that was spread out on the whole school field. Surrounding the Swords were giant spiraling golden beams of light, all of which seemed to be swirling together. In some way, it looked almost beautiful, except for the fact that it was certain death for Devils. In the middle of the magic circle was none other than Valper Galilei, who appeared to be controlling it with his hands raised and a positive look on his face.

Most of the members of the Gremory Peerage became speechless upon seeing what was in front of them, even Ren, who could still feel the pressure despite not being a Devil. Shirou, however, just looked prepared.

"So. What the hell is that…?" Shirou asked what everyone was thinking.

"I'm going to make the four Excaliburs into one." Valper said it as if he found it amusing.

"Valper." There was a voice from up in the sky. When all of the club members looked up, there was Kokabiel, who had the moon as a background. He was sitting on a tall throne pedestal, making him look like a final boss character. He sat up in the sky while looking down on them. He was even crossing his legs confidently. "How much longer will it take for the Excaliburs to merge?"

"It won't even take five minutes, Kokabiel." Valper answered with confidence.

"Is that so? I will leave it to you." Kokabiel moved his eyes from Valper to Rias with an evil grin. "Is Sirzechs coming? Or is it Serafall?"

Rias gave him a look of defiance. "In the places of my Brother and Leviathan-sama, we…."

Kokabiel only looked amused and interrupted Rias by snapping his fingers. Upon doing so, a massive Spear of Light as large as his body formed in his hand. The group stood ready when he attacked, but to their surprise, the Fallen Angel threw the Spear off to the side.

SWISH! BANNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!

The gym building was suddenly engulfed by a huge explosion, knocking everyone except Shirou, Rias, and Akeno off their feet with its cloud of dust and shockwave.

When the dust cleared, they were stunned and terrified to see the large Spear of Light standing where the gym building once stood. The building itself was gone. There wasn't even a trace of it. It was destroyed completely by the power of Kokabiel.

Kokabiel groaned. "Boring. Well, that's okay. It will be entertaining."

Shirou clenched his fists after seeing that display of power. If he compared that Spear of Light with that of the Fallen Angels, he fought before. It was like comparing a toothpick and a fishing rod. Yet, for some reason, he wasn't all that concerned, regardless. After all, it wasn't like it would even hit him either way, or more specifically, he wouldn't let himself be hit by it.

[Are you scared, partner?]

Shirou looked at his left hand as the back of his palmed lighted up once Ddraig started to talk to him.

Shirou scoffed. "Ddraig, did you seriously just ask me that?"

[I just wanted to be sure. But even you should understand he's on a different level. He is so strong that his name has been recorded in the bible since ancient times. He is the one who survived the battle against God and the past Devil Kings.]

"Yeah, but he's a worthy opponent for me." Shirou kept his cool. "Looks like I'll finally have a chance to go all-out again."

[Heh, I see. So you truly have no intention of stalling until the Maou arrives. Well, that's fine too. Show him your power.]

"Now. I will have you all fight my pet that I brought from hell." Kokabiel clicked his fingers.

Then from the depths of darkness, there was a sound of the ground rumbling as it came closer to them. The thing that appeared was something none of them were expecting. It was ten meters tall. It had a large body. It had four legs, and each leg was thick. Also, the claws that grew from each leg looked so sharp they cut through trees. The eyes that were glittering from the darkness were red. From its mouth, what it had were dangerous-looking fangs. The fangs were close to each other, and from the gaps, there were white breaths pouring out. The animal which resembled it the most was a…Dog. A dog from hell, with three heads.

ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!

Its howl was so loud it felt like it shook the ground! The three heads howled at the same time.

"…Cerberus!" Rias said it with a voice filled with disgust. "It's a famous creature that has the nickname of Guard-dog of Hell. It lives in the gate to Hell, no to the Underworld. But to bring it to the humans' world!"

"I feel like we're getting our mythologies mixed-up." Shirou muttered under his breath.

"Shirou, including your power up, how many times can you transfer your powers?" Rias questioned.

"How many?" Shirou thought about it for a moment. "Probably twelve or thirteen times if I was Boosting to the maximum, fourteen if I push it."

"I see; then we won't have to worry about you running out of stamina anytime soon." Rias said, relieved.

"Just know I'm only Transferring power to you once." Shirou informed her. "If you can't beat it even with double your power, then I'll do it myself."

Rias smirked. "If I can't even take down a wild creature like that." She spread her wings out from her back and flew up into the sky. "I don't have the right to call myself the heir to the House of Gremory!"

Akeno followed her and magically transformed her clothing into her Shrine-Priestess outfit. Together with Rias, the two of them flew in the air and attacked Cerberus.

ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!

A sudden familiar howl caught everyone's attention as, before they realized it, another Cerberus appeared. In fact, three more appeared, bringing the total up to four.

"It can't be." Akeno said in utter shock. "Why is there more than one."

Kokabiel chuckled while looking down on them from his throne. "Mass-producing them wasn't as hard as you might think, so I decided to bring up the numbers a bit."

"You cur." Rias cursed.

One of the Cerberus jumped after making a growl. One of the heads opened up its jaw wide and breathed out fire. A strong torrent of flames was let loose.

PROMETHEUS CANNON!

FLAAAAAAAAAAAME!

Acting quickly, Ren jumped in front of the incoming flames and decided to fight fire with fire. Activating his Sacred Gear, Pyro Drake, he unleashed a strong burst of fire himself. However, unlike the torrent that came from Cerberus, Ren's attack was more of a smaller blast of fire, similar to a flamethrower. But that also made it more concentrated and harnessed more power.

Both fire attacks clashed, resulting in a clash of inferno, but Ren's attack almost effortlessly broke past Cerberus' and made contact with the three head beast. The impact of the attack blasted him away to the further ends of the sports field with a strong crash.

"Who cares how many there are." Ren said, satisfied. "All that changes is the number of targets we've got."

The others looked on impressed. However, Kokabiel just looked amused. "Ha, this is entertaining."

Shirou then appeared in front of the floored and burnt Cerberus and summoned his Boosted Gear. "Don't show off too much, Ren. You'll just get out staged by me."

[BOOST!]

The gauntlet started to flash. It hadn't even reached the limit. But what was this strange phenomenon? Shirou was feeling doubtful about it when Ddraig talked to him and explained.

[It's telling you that it can store the Boosted power up without having to use it. Therefore you can fight without triggering a Reset and still be able to Transfer power to Rias Gremory or Akeno Himejima. However, in exchange, your own power won't rise should you choose to do this.]

"What? Since when was that an option? I mean, that's convenient and useful, but why am I only able to do that now?"

The normal effect for the Boosted Gear is that once Shirou used Boost, his own power would be doubled, and after hitting someone or getting hit by someone, his power would return to normal, and if he wanted to Boost more than once, he needed to wait ten seconds until he could Boost again. If he wanted to sustain his extra power or Transfer it to someone or something else, he couldn't fight until he was done Boosting.

However, now Ddraig is telling him that is no longer the case.

[It means that both you and the Sacred Gear are evolving day by day. It has made possible what you desired as you can't continue the fight while needing to Transfer power to your comrades without having to Reset. You wanted to fight while storing power for later. It has now let you do that.]

After hearing the explanation from the Dragon inside his arm, Shirou started to think about this. "So it manifests my desires." He said out loud, thinking of the possibilities.

Though as he took the time to think, the fallen Cerberus got back up and pounced at him.

"Shirou-san! look out!" Asia cried out with worry.

Shirou easily saw it coming and brought out Dyrnwyn. "First things first."

SLASH!

The instant Cerberus got close enough was the moment he was finished. Shirou unleashed three slashes that hacked off one of the heads of the Cerberus' two front legs, this attack sent them upwards into the sky with blood and smoke gushing out, and the Cerberus started to vaporize. It was the effect of the Holy Sword.

"I never thought I'd see a Devil wield a Holy Sword so skilfully." Kokabiel commented. "Although, I suppose this is a special case."

"Shirou, I told you to focus on increasing our power for now." Rias said, upset.

"Oh, don't worry about." Shirou replied.

[BOOST!]

"If the abilities evolve based on my desires, then maybe this'll work." Shirou aimed his gauntlet at Rias and Akeno and gathered the power he Boosted into his hand. They both appeared as two small, baseball-sized, emerald orbs of light. "It worked."

"What are those?" Akeno asked, confused about what she was looking at.

"Your support." Shirou smirked as he cocked back his fist and readied himself. "Transfer; Shot!"

[TRANSFER!]

Shirou fired both the orbs at Rias and Akeno. Once the power hit the two of them, an enormous amount of power went to Rias and Akeno, surrounding their bodies with a green flaming aura. They instantly gained an enormous amount of Demonic-Power. Both of them were shocked at the amount of power that was overflowing from them. And more than that—

[AAH~!] Both Rias and Akeno let out a sexual cry of pleasure after receiving the power up and having it overflowing through them. It was like they had reached a climax.

"Oh, for fuck sake." Shirou face-palmed, knowing he should have seen that coming.

"Wow, since when could you do that?" Mika asked, curious and impressed.

"I'll explain later." Shirou replied, lifting his gauntlet. "You need some?"

Play OST - Fairy Tail - Mystogan Theme

"No thanks." Mika turned down the offer as she aimed her hand at one of the Cerberus. "I already have a solution to this."

Mika waves her hands around and suddenly creates five magic circles on top of the Cerberus. One yellow, one red, one dark blue, one light blue, and the last one purple. Each one of them looked to be filled with a strong magical force.

Mika smiled. "In a fight like this, I need a strong opening spell, so I gathered up a lot of Demonic-Power before the fight started. All I needed was a target."

FIVE LAYERED MAGIC CIRCLE: DAYBREAKER!

Mika activated her spell, which released a concentrated beam of magic power directly below it her target. The beam was so large it was like a narrow skyscraper had suddenly sprung up and completely engulfed the guard dog from Hell. The pressure from the attack made the ground shake some more and sent out a shockwave that was felt by everyone on the ground. After a few seconds, the beam dissipated and Cerberus' body was utterly vaporized.

Shirou slowly approached her. "Woah, where the Hell did that come from?" He asked.

Mika happily answered her brother. "While I was studying stronger spells, I discovered an interesting method. Magicians who are strong enough can chain spells together by linking up different magic circles." She explained. "By doing that, I can unleash a magic attack much stronger than my current power could normally handle. The only problem is it takes a while to make."

"I love seeing you blow people away with explosive magic." Shirou praised.

"Your words aren't enough, Broviral. What I want is your heart~" Mika said in her usual perverted tone.

"Anyways." Shirou continued, ignoring her entirely. "Now there's only two Cerberus's left."

"Actually, there's only one." Akeno said, lifting her finger up towards the sky.

Her Demonic-Power was radiating so much it was blanketing her entire body. She was surrounded by a strong yellowish-golden glow, along with sparks of electricity all over her. Thanks to the power up she gained, the Gremory Queen was ready to unleash all her power in one shot.

RESOUND THUNDER!

Akeno pointed her fingers to the sky and started to control the thunder. Her fingers were aimed toward the Cerberus.

The Cerberus tried to run from the spot as if it predicted the upcoming thunder, and while it was a hideous beast from the deepest pits of hell, it was still an animal that had instincts, and right now, those instincts were standing warning signals like his life deepened on it. Because in this case, it did.

STAB!

Countless Swords pierced through the Cerberus' limb! The Swords were coming out from the ground! This is…

"I won't let you escape."

The person who appeared was the group's "Knight". It was Kiba's Sword-Birth. He suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the battlefield.

"I knew he'd come." Shirou thought, pleased once he saw Kiba's arrival.

FLASH!

The Thunder went down at Cerberus after it lost its movement due to the Demonic-Swords. The lightning was so big that it couldn't be compared to the ones she normally uses. The lightning covered almost half of the school grounds.

RUUUUUUUMBLEEEEEE!

The howl of the Cerberus was overshadowed by the sound, and its body turned to nothingness from the Lightning. Because of its major power up, the potential Demonic-energy got used up rapidly, responding to its strength of it. Even if it were Rias and Akeno, continuous shots would have been hard for them. This shot tired out Akeno completely. The moment the other Cerberus disappeared, Rias pointed her hand towards Kokabiel.

"Take this! Kokabiel!"

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN!

There was a gigantic mass of Demonic-Power that shot out from Rias' hand. It was more than ten times bigger than the usual shot Rias fires. It gained high velocity and went towards the leader of the Fallen Angels, who was sitting up in the sky.

Shirou was somewhat confused.

"Something's odd. I Boosted their power, but it was just one Boost." Shirou thought. "How did they release such high velocity with just that? Did they get stronger somehow?"

The truth is the two of them were stronger. Back during their training in the mountains, Rias resolved herself to get stronger for the sake of being someone strong enough for Shirou to rely on. And Akeno felt some shame and guilt for being the only member of the Peerage to have accomplished nothing during the Rating Game against Phenex, despite being the Queen.

Because of these thoughts, the two of them had. They both trained in secret whenever they had the time ever since. They wanted to both increase their magic power and Demonic-power, along with their maximum reserves. After training for so long, they were both able to make milestones in their abilities and are both much stronger than before. This is the result of them showing that new strength for the first time in a real fight.

Alias, things aren't that easy.

Music Off

The power of Destruction fell on top of Kokabiel. Rias was hoping he would perish with that. But he just stretched one of his hands to the front.

BAAAAAAAANG!

He was blocking Rias' shot with only one of his hands. Rias' expression showed she couldn't believe it.

GUUUN!

Kokabiel faced his palm towards the sky. The shot that was fired by Rias changed its direction and went up to the sky, and disappeared. Kokabiel showed his malicious smile after seeing the smoke coming out of his hand.

"I see. Rias Gremory's power would grow this much because of the power of the Red Dragon Emperor. Interesting. This is very interesting indeed. Kukuku." Kokabiel started to laugh by himself as if he had found it funny.

ROOOOOOOOOOOAR!

The last remaining Cerberus let out a vicious roar.

"Oh yeah, there's one left." Shirou noticed.

Though before anyone did anything, Koneko rushed in a strike at the dog's eye, causing it to step back.

"Should we help her?" Mika asked.

"…Not yet." Shirou decided.

Koneko continued her assault as she jumped onto Cerberus' head and grabbed it by the ears, forcing the middle head to bite down on the left head's neck. Koneko kept wrestling with the heads, trying to avoid their bites. Eventually, she was flipped off and thrown into the air. One of them reached out and managed to bite her, which scratched her arm along with tearing the front bit of her Uniform shirt, a side of her skirt, and a bit of her bra.

Another head followed up and reached out its mouth, closing it with the girl inside.

"Okay now." Shirou got ready to attack.

But he stopped when he suddenly saw the beast's jaw was trembling, and that followed with it being forced open. Koneko was using her legs to press open Cerberus' mouth with her Rook strength. Struggling, the White-haired girl gave one final push, and with a kick, she backflipped out of its mouth, knocking out some of its fangs as a result. Making the creature cry out in pain. Landing on another head, Koneko jumped forward and kicked it in the eyes sending the three-headed dog to the ground in a thud. Landing on the ground herself, Koneko grabbed her hurt arm.

"Are you all right?!" Asia shouted, running towards her fellow Devil.

Grabbing her injured arm, Koneko nodded. "…For the most part."

"Good grief." Shirou appeared beside them. "Can't you go one fight without having everyone see your underwear?"

Koneko looked irritated. "…I don't do it on purpose."

"I know, you aren't Rias." Shirou turned his attention to the Cerberus, who got back up. "Let me take care of this."

"…Wait, …I want to defeat it myself, …Please let me." Koneko insisted.

"We don't have time for—"

GAAAAAAAAOOOOO!

Shirou was interrupted when the creature in question leaped out and pounced on the three of them.

SLASH!

One of the heads of the Cerberus that was coming at them went up into the sky. It was cut. And the person who was responsible appeared to be the one who wielded a long Excalibur. It was Xenovia. The head of the Cerberus that was cut turned to dust.

"I have come to back you up."

STEP!

After saying that, Xenovia went on slashing toward the Cerberus' torso. The Cerberus howled in pain because it had lost one of its heads.

GAAAAAAOOOOOOO!

The Cerberus' torso split in half after receiving a fatal strike. There was smoke coming out, and the Cerberus started to vaporize.

"The strike of the Holy Sword. It gives critical damage to Demonic-creatures. As Shirou-kun demonstrated before." Akeno grinned.

"I rather we didn't need the help, but I'm glad she's here." Rias said with a smile.

STAB!

Xenovia thrust her Sword deep into the Cerberus' chest to finish it off. At that moment, the Cerberus' body turned into dust and disappeared.

"You sure took your time getting here." Shirou commented.

"Sorry, I had some trouble finding the place." Xenovia explained. "So what's the situation?"

Before Shirou could answer, a loud and excited voice shouted out.

"…It's complete."

Valper voiced. Then the four Excaliburs that were placed in the center of the school field started giving out incredible amounts of light.

Kokabiel started applauding. "The four Excaliburs are going to become one."

"That was the longest five minutes of my life." Shirou muttered.

It started giving out divine light that spread throughout the school field. Because of its brightness, everyone covered their eyes faces with their hands. When they stared at the center of the school field, they saw that the four Excaliburs were put on top of each other. Afterward, the light shot up in the air as a beam. The beam of light went all the way into the sky. Anyone with awareness of the supernatural could see it. Excalibur was originally one. It was split into seven, but four of them were going to become one. When the bright lights were gone, there was one Holy Sword at the center of the field, giving out a blue-white aura.

"Oh no." Kiba said in shock as Xenovia gasped.

Valper laughed happily as his eyes gave him a look of madness. "Finally, it is done!" He exclaimed. The magic circle spread around the whole school field, and it started glowing and gathering power. "Because of the light created by the Excalibur when it turned into one, the spell on the ground is also complete. I suggest you all leave quickly. This whole area is going to be destroyed in less than thirty minutes."

His words astonished everyone there. Thirty minutes meant by the time Sirzechs arrived; it would already be too late. "If you want to save it, you'll have to defeat me. Kokabiel said with a smirk as he spread his ten wings and sat up from his throne. "Ready, Rias Gremory?"

The floating throne pedestal vanished in a shower of light particles while Rias turned to face her new opponent.

"I'm ready!" Rias responded with another shot of her powers.

DOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNN!

Once again, another massive amount of Demonic-power shot out from Rias' hands and raced towards Kokabiel. However, he surprised her again by actually catching the attack. Akeno, however, wasn't going to give him the opportunity to do anything with the Demonic power in his hand. With a snap of her finger, the Gremory Peerage Queen launched a large Thunderbolt at him.

But just like Rias' Kokabiel caught it. He then mashed the two powers together over his head, now holding up a huge Black and Crimson ball of Demonic-power and death, which he threw at Rias. Rias froze in the air. She couldn't get away from it. The attack was going to hit her. "Chief!" She was then taken by surprise when Akeno put herself between her master and the Demonic-power.

MAGIC FIELD BARRIER!

BAAAAAAAANG!

Mika acted quickly and put up both her hands to activate a defensive spell meant to protect Rias and Akeno from the attack. Once it hit, the sphere and the barrier collided in a power struggle between offense and defense. This created a large shockwave that knocked both the girls away despite not getting hit by the sphere. They were falling from the sky until Shirou and Kiba spread their wings and flew out, catching Akeno and Rias, respectively.

Lucky though, the barrier proved strong enough to stop the Demonic-power ball as the sphere faded away into nothingness. Mika breathed a sigh of relief.

Shirou held Akeno in bridal style and landed back on the ground. When they landed, Akeno groaned and opened her eyes. She felt herself in the arms of someone strong, holding her close and securely in their warmth. Akeno looked up at the face and saw that it was Shirou, looking down upon her. "Shirou-kun?"

"Mind telling me what that was about?" Shirou asked, still holding her bridal style. "I told you guys I would take on Kokabiel."

"I'm sorry. I just wanted to do whatever I could to help out in this battle." Akeno said, looking away from him. "But I just wasted all that power you gave me."

Shirou sighed and put her down. "Listen, why do you think I want to fight him alone? Because I'm not stupid, this guy's no joke, and if you go at him unprepared, you'll die." He then walked towards Kokabiel with his fists clenched and ready. "That's why I'm here. No one's dying while I'm around."

Akeno watched him go in amazement before smiling with a blush. "And there he goes." She said to herself. "Fearless and confident as always, but that's why so many are drawn to him."

Now Shirou was floating in the air, confronting the Cadre Fallen Angel, his Sword already drawn from its sheath. "Don't get cocky just 'cause you can deflect some magic. When I'm finished with you, you'll just be a pile of feathers."

Kokabiel looked at him, amused. "I'm surprised you can still keep that composure of yours. Or are you just hoping that Sirzechs will somehow arrive in time?"

"I never intended on waiting for anyone from the start." Shirou answered back, keeping his tone defiant. "I'm all we need to stop a senile rampaging crow like you."

"Hahahahaha! You're a fool. You really think you can stop me?" Kokabiel cackled.

"I don't think I know!" Shirou shouted as the blade of Dyrnwyn ignited in flames, and he charged at his opponent, ready to fight it out. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM!" He roared.

Shirou slashed his flaming blade at Kokabiel, who raised up his fist to block it. Shirou used the momentum from his attack and shifted his weight to throw a strong punch with his right arm, aiming at his face. The Fallen Angel swayed his head to the left and dodged it, though Shirou saw that coming and changed the direction of his fist, slamming Kokabiel with a backhanded punch on his right cheek. This got him, and as he flew back and summoned two Swords of Light. Shirou extended his right arm and covered it with a Blade of Lightning, followed by powering up. With that, they both dived in and began an exchange of attacks.

[BOOST!]

KATCHIN!

Everyone watching was both surprised and amazed. Throughout this battle, they had witnessed how much Kokabiel outclassed them with his massive amount of power, and yet Shirou was somehow holding his own against him. The idea of him defeating Kokabiel on his own now seemed like a possibility. However, there was one person who watching and seemed preoccupied with taking care of something else.

It was Kiba, and he was walking straight towards Valper. He stopped a few feet away from the old man and the newly formed Excalibur. He gripped one of his Swords tightly in his hands. "Valper Galilei." He said calmly, but in his eyes, the flames of hatred were burning like an inferno. "I am a survivor of the "Holy Sword Project." No. I am the one who was killed by you, to be more precise."

This got the attention of everyone who wasn't fighting. Kiba closed his eyes and smirked. "I have continued living by being reincarnated into a Devil. I refused to die because I knew…." He opened his eyes again. "…One day, I would avenge the deaths of MY COMRADES!"

He charged forth, intending to end Valper's life.

"YUUTO!" Rias cried out at her Knight. "NO!"

Kokabiel, who noticed what was happening, decided to do something. He pushed Shirou away from his blades and converted them into a large Spear of Light, and threw it in Kiba's direction. Shirou saw this and dashed towards him with the increased speed that came from his promotion, almost disappearing as he did so. He appeared between Kiba and the Spear and held up his Sword, flaring up its Holy aura.

BAAAAAAAANG!

When the Spear hit the ground, it caused a massive explosion of Light, and a large amount of dust and rubble formed in the spot where the two of them were standing. Kokabiel grinned evilly at what he had done, while everyone else looked shocked and concerned for the two Devils that were hit.

"SHIROU! YUUTO!" Rias shouted in worry.

"Relax, they're fine." Mika told her. Appearing to be the only one there who wasn't worried.

And her words were revealed to be true as once the dust started to clear, it showed the form of Shirou standing firm with his feet planted on the ground while holding his Sword in a defensive stance which helped him block the Spear. Behind him was Kiba on one knee. He looked a little ruffled but was otherwise unhurt. Rias breathed a sigh of relief while Mika smiled.

"I thought so; it'll take a lot more than that to stop him."

Kokabiel though, cackled at the sight. "You were able to reach my attack before it hit, and on top of that, you used the Holy-aura of your Sword to block it while knocking that little rat behind you out of the way." He mockingly praised as if it was a joke. "You really are making this entertaining for me."

"Maybe I wasn't clear enough." Shirou aimed the tip of his blade at his enemy. "When I said no one's dying while I'm around, what I meant was the only ones dying today are you people!"

"You seem to be under some kind of delusion, or do you actually believe you're at my level?" Kokabiel asked, making Shirou glare at him hatefully. "To me, that was just a warm-up to stretch my legs a bit. Why don't you try something more simple for now? Freed!"

"You called!" The White-haired boy priest emerged from literally out of nowhere. "I'm here~!"

"Use the Excalibur in the circle. It shall be the last entertainment. Fight while using the Excalibur that has turned into one from the four Excaliburs."

"Yeah yeah. Geez. My Boss sure uses people recklessly." Freed put on a crazy smile while holding the Excalibur located at the center of the school field. "But but! It's like, I'm so honored to use the Excalibur-chan that has become super wonderful! Something like that? Uhehehe! I will just chop some Devils now!"

"Are kidding me? This again." Shirou sounded fed up at the idea of fighting Freed again, like a child who had only one game that he played every day until he became sick of it. "I swear, this better be the last time."

"Wait." Ren told him as he appeared by Shirou's side. "Let me take him."

"What?" Shirou was confused by how out of nowhere his request was. "Why? I can finish this in a second, literally. I mean, it's just Freed."

"That's right. It is just Freed. That's why you should leave this to someone else. You can't waste any strength on grunts. We all need you at your best to beat Kokabiel." Ren looked serious and determined to fight this battle and for Shirou not to do so. "Let me do my part and take him on."

Shirou thought about it briefly, and then he nodded. "Go on then, but I get to cut his head off."

"Deal." Ren smirked and walked toward him.

"So it's your turn first, huh? Torchy?!" Freed asked with his crazed smile. "I was hoping for a Devil but chopping up a human isn't so bad either; it's just like Priest-hunting!"

"You're nothing but an overzealous cockroach. No matter how many times you get crushed, you keep coming back." Ren stopped a few feet away and used his Sacred Gear to light his fists a blaze. "So this time, I'll burn you to ashes."

"How scary~" The Psycho Priest just seemed to get more excited. "Let's see you try!"

"I'll start by burning off your tongue!" Ren exclaimed as he created a Javelin of fire in his right hand and charged at Freed.

"Too slow." Freed disappeared in a blur before Ren could hit him. He stopped and looked around for him.

Kiba got back up and looked towards Shirou, who was just watching the fight. "Shouldn't we help him?"

"Who, Ren?" Shirou asked as if he didn't understand why he would ask. "There's no need for that. I mean, I'll admit the Sword he's using is trouble, but." He watched them with an unconcerned expression on his face. "Who do you think has been training with almost every day now? When Ren gets serious, no one can avoid getting burned."

"Now, watch carefully! Can you keep up with the Chopper-Rapidly?" Freed appeared behind the flame user. Upon hearing his voice, Ren looked over his shoulder. "So fresh!" The madman exclaimed with his tongue out. "Such an amazing Excalibur! This bad boy can make anything happen!"

Freed brought his four-in-one Excalibur down on Ren, but already knowing what to do, Ren made his flame Javelin vanish and clapped his hands together.

Play OST - Magi - Eye Of The Dragon

KAGUTSUCHI!

FLAAAAAAAAAAAME!

Surrounding Ren was a large sphere of fire that covered himself and everything around him in a dome of raging flames, the radius was only a few feet wide, but that was far enough for the flames to consume Freed as intended. After a few seconds, the Psycho Priest in question leaped out of the flames; he was covered in burns and looked extremely pissed. Ren dispersed the attack looking untouched, though the ground around him was burnt black and smoking.

"Like they always say, look before you leap." Ren taunted.

Freed started shaking, and his eyes darkened as if he could that someone who dared to talk down to him while he was holding the Sword in his hands. "From Shirou to this fucker… THIS TOWN IS FILLED WITH PEOPLE WHO PISS ME OFF!" Freed bellowed angrily before his merged Excalibur started to glow.

The blade then extended in a flexible way, similar to Irina's Excalibur.

BASH!

Ren effortlessly dodged the first blade.

"It's not just Mimicry, you know!" Freed said, bringing the Sword over his head. Going high in the air, the blade split into four thin blades that went towards their prey.

BASH! BASH! BASH!

Once again, Ren dodged all four attacks by waiving past the blades.

"It's a nightmare!" Freed exclaimed as multiple copies of himself appeared. Ren looked around as his eyes narrowed. The clones then jumped at him. "This is the power of Excalibur Nightmare! Don! Don! Don! How do you like it, well, Torchy?"

"An illusion?" Xenovia gasped.

"Transparency!" Freed exclaimed as the blade of the fusion Excalibur seemed to have disappeared. The copies of Freed took turns attacking him, but Ren slipped pasted and avoided all attempts at his life.

"How's he doing that?" Akeno asked, shocked by the power Freed had.

"It's the four Excaliburs." Xenovia informed her. "He can use all their abilities."

"Does that mean Ren-san can't do anything against him?" Asia asked, worried for her friend.

Xenovia shook her head. "I'm afraid not on his own."

"All of you!" Shirou called out, getting their attention. ".….Shut up and watch."

They were all surprised to hear him say that. It meant that Shirou believed that Ren could still overcome this on his own. They watched interestedly to see why he thought that even though they couldn't see how.

"DIE!" All the copies of Freed came at him from every direction and charged at Ren simultaneously.

"Now." Ren muttered as he took this chance he was waiting for and jumped upwards in the air; once he was high enough, he held out his hand towards Freed and gathered up flames in his palm.

INFERNO SWARM!

Bursting from his hand was a swarm of over a dozen fireballs that were launching towards Freed at high speed. Once they hit the ground, it started a chain of explosions that came together, covering everything nearby. It was like setting off a minefield. Once Ren landed, and the explosions ceased, there was a pillar of smoke that surrounded the spot of the attack. When the smoke cleared, Freed was revealed to standing there on one knee; parts of his skin were severely burned, his blade was now visible, and all his illusions were gone.

Music Off

"An invisible blade? Illusions of yourself? Do you think I'm stupid enough to fall for those thousand-year-old tricks?" Ren asked, almost insulted. "If I can still see the person holding the Sword and the real one is mixed in with the illusion, then all I need to do is attack all of them at once. A child could figure it out."

Freed got up and coughed. "…Well…Aren't you smart?"

"No, you're just stupid, as always."

"Guess he really didn't need help." Kiba noted.

"And he's still not at 100% yet." Shirou added.

"This is ridiculous!" Valper shouted angrily. Shirou looked at the excommunicated Arch-Bishop and saw him glaring at Freed. "Freed, you're wielding a Sword that has the greatest power possible after fusing the Excaliburs. How can you be let be overwhelmed by a mere Sacred Gear wielding human?!"

"Cram it, you shitty Geezer!" Freed sneered at him.

"You know, since you don't seem busy, I think now's a good time to ask." Shirou said, addressing Valper. "I know you ran the Holy Sword project, we all do at this point, but the million dollar question is, why? Why did you start all this in the first place?"

"I think we'd all like to know that." Ren agreed.

"Hou, you want to know why? Fufufu!" Valper chuckled for a moment before he started talking. "Very well then, I should at least tell the last survivor of that project. To meet you in a far east country like this. I feel fate. Fufufu. You see. I like Holy Swords. I like them so much that they come out in my dreams. Possibly because my heart was fascinated by the legend of Excalibur since I was a child, that's why when I found out that I can't use Excalibur, I went into despair." He turned towards Shirou, more specifically, the Holy Sword he was holding. "I held admiration for those like you who can wield it because I couldn't. That feeling became so powerful that I started an experiment to create those who could use them. Then it was complete. It's thanks to you and the others."

Play OST - Arslan Senki - Shirarezaru Hibi no Kanata yori

Kiba lifted his eyebrows, seemingly in doubt. "What? Complete? You disposed of us after finding us to be a failure."

Valper shook his head. "I realized that there was an essential factor needed to wield Holy Swords. So I used the numerical value of the "factors" to investigate its capability. Most of the test subjects had the "elements," but they didn't have the numerical value needed to wield the Excalibur. Then I reached a conclusion. Is there a way to take out the elements and gather them?" Valper explained to them with a look of insanity.

Kiba's eyes widened. He looked horrified while Shirou clenched his fist, looking ready to kill someone. "And let me guess, doing that would also end up killing them."

"Correct." Valper simply answered as if he had admitted to something perfectly fine. This only fuelled Shirou's rage.

Xenovia seemed like she had just learned the truth and gritted her teeth hatefully. "I see. I understand now. The thing that is put inside the HolybSword wielders when they received a blessing is….…."

"That's right, Holy-Sword wielder girl. We take out the Holy elements from those who have them and crystallize them. Just like this." Valper took out an orb that was giving out light. It was a shiny orb. It has the so-called Holy aura in it.

"With this, the research on Holy-Sword wielders improved. Even so, those fools from the Church banished me for heresy and took away my reports on the research. By looking at you, I see that the project was succeeded by someone. That Michael. He made me look like a criminal, and this is the result? Well, it's that Angel we are talking about. Even if he takes the elements out of the test subjects, he won't go as far as to kill them. That part only would make him more human than me. Kukukuku." Valper laughed pleasantly.

"…You killed my comrades and took out the elements needed to wield the Holy Swords?" Kiba asked Valper with his voice filled with killing intent.

"That's right." Valper replied, still speaking in a pleasant tone. "This orb is from back then. I have used three of them on Freed, though. This is the last one."

"Hyahahahaha! Other guys besides me died because their bodies couldn't synchronize with the elements! Hmmmmm. If I think like that, that makes me special." Freed laughed manically.

"You really are a cockroach." Ren stoically commented.

"FUCK. OFF!" Freed shouted back.

"…Valper Galilei. How many lives have you sacrificed for your greed and experiments…." Kiba's hands were shaking and there was an aura of anger coming out of his body. What an incredible intensity.

"Hm. If you say that, then I will give this orb to you." Valper threw away the orb as if he had lost interest in it. It rolled on the ground and went to Kiba's foot. "My research has reached the stage where it is possible to mass produce them in the right environment. First of all, I will destroy this town with Kokabiel. Next, I will gather the legendary Holy Swords stored around the world. Then I will mass produce Holy-Sword wielders and start a war against Michael and the Vatican with the combined Excaliburs. I'm going to show the result of my research to those foolish Angels and their followers who have convicted me—"

"I think you have the wrong idea. You seem to think you're actually going to live through this." Shirou interrupted him and flared up his aura. "Before you can even blink, your head will be resting at my feet."

Kiba leaned down silently and picked it up. He patted the orb sadly, lovingly, and dearly. There was a tear on Kiba's cheek. His expression was filled with sadness and anger. "…Everyone…"

Then it happened. The orb that Kiba held started giving out shallow lights. The lights started to spread, and they eventually covered the whole school field. From the ground, there were lights coming out, and it started to form a shape. Then it formed into a proper shape. It took the shape of people. There were boys and girls who were giving out blue-white lights, and they were surrounding Kiba.

"The various powers that are present on this battlefield made the spirits within the orbs appear." Akeno said.

"Everyone! I….….…I!" Kiba said through his tears, trying to find the words.

"I think I get it." Shirou thought, simply watching in silence. "Those kids must be all the victims of the project. Looks like they came to give him his closure."

"…I have always… Always thought about it. Was it all right that I was the only one that survived… There were those who had more dreams than me. There were those who wanted to live more than me. Is it all right that I am the only one to have a peaceful life…"

Then one boy's spirit smiled, and it seemed like he wanted to say something.

[Don't worry about us anymore. You are alive at least].

Music Off

There were tears coming out of both of his eyes because it seemed like their thoughts had reached him. Then the spirits of boys and girls started to move their lips in a rhythm like they were singing.

Play OST - Fairy Tail - Lyra's Song

"…The Sacred Song." Asia mumbled.

They were singing the Sacred Song….… Kiba started to sing while shedding tears. When they were going through the painful experiment, this was the only thing they obtained to keep their hopes and dreams. This was the only support they had to continue living during their harsh life. Kiba and his comrades had the smiles of innocent children. Their bodies started to glow blue-white. Those lights were getting brighter, with Kiba in the center.

[We were no good alone.]

[We didn't have enough elements to wield the Holy Swords. But.]

[It will be okay if we are together.]

The others could also hear their voices. Originally the Sacred Song was supposed to make Devils suffer. But they didn't feel any pain at all. Instead, most of them felt warmth. Something warm that was thinking about friends and comrades.

[You have to accept the Holy Sword.]

[It's not scary.]

[Even if God is watching.]

[Our hearts are always…]

[ONE.]

Music Off

Their spirits went up into the heavens, and they turned into a big light that fell down to Kiba.

[Partner.]

Shirou looked down at his arm, having suddenly heard the voice of the Dragon in his arm. "What?"

[That "Knight" has reached it.]

"Reached what?"

[Sacred Gears change and evolve while using the feelings of the possessors as a key. But there is a different territory to that. When the feelings and the wishes of the possessor make a dramatic change that changes the flow of this world, the Sacred Gear reaches it. Yes. This is….…]

Ddraig made a laugh of enjoyment.

[Balance Break.]

The light that split the abyss night looked as if it was giving blessings to Kiba. After the light disappeared, Kiba opened his eyes and scowled at Valper, who looked a little worried. "I understand now. My former comrades weren't wishing for me to deliver their vengeance. But it's not like everything is solved. Yes, it hasn't ended. If I don't take down the evil thing right in front of me, there will be a repetition of the incident that happened to us." He said before walking towards the old man. "Valper Galilei. As long as I don't kill you, there will be those who would suffer the same fate as us."

Valper looked at him as if he was speaking to a rat. "Hmph. It's been said for a long time that research always comes with sacrifices. Haven't you realized that yet?"

"You certainly are evil!"

"Yuuto! Do it! You have to finish this yourself! Surpass Excalibur! You are the servant of I, Rias Gremory! My "Knight" will not lose to a mere Excalibur!" Rias shouted.

"Yuuto-kun! I believe in you!" Akeno added.

"…Yuuto-senpai!" Koneko said in a normal tone, which was loud by her standard.

"Please do your best!" Asia joined in.

"Slice them to pieces!" Mika yelled.

"Make the final blow!" Ren reached out his fist towards him.

"Chief Rias, Akeno-san! Koneko-chan, Asia, Mika, Ren-kun. Everyone." Kiba muttered. The tears in his eyes continued to fall. This time with joy.

"Hahaha!" Freed let out his disgusting laugh again. Though he was fried, he could still fight. "Why are you crying? You were singing with joy with the ghost-chan. It's really a nuisance. It's totally the worst. You know I hate that song. Just listening to it makes the hair on my skin crawl! I don't want to hear it anymore. I'm totally at my limit! I'm going to cut you into pieces and calm myself! With this ultimate Excalibur that has merged four of them!"

Kiba got into a fighting stance. But then, a thought came into his head. "…I will become a Sword." He dropped his stance and pointed his Demonic-Sword to the sky. "My comrades. My comrades who have merged with my spirit. Let us overcome it together. The feelings we couldn't say back then! The wishes we couldn't fulfill back then! Right now, right here!"

Two powers, his Sacred Gear and the spirits of his comrades, exited from the Sword.

"I shall become the Sword of the Chief and my comrades! Please respond to my feelings now! Sword-Rebirth!"

They mixed. It started to align and formed a shape. The Demonic-power and the Holy-power were combined. Kiba could feel it, the sensation. My Sacred Gear and his comrade were telling him. This is sublimation. It was giving out Divine light and an ominous aura. Two opposing powers were coming into harmony. Darkness and light came together to create a breathtaking sight. When it stopped, what appeared in his hand was a single Sword… It was completed.

"Balance-Breaker "Sword of the Betrayer." Kiba declared.

"So that's his Balance-Breaker?" Shirou asked.

[That's right. That is the Ultimate form of his Sacred Treasure. However, it appears to be a Sub-Species. Rather than a regular one, this is a unique Balance-Breaker made specifically by the "Knight" born from his own will.]

Shirou processed Ddraig's words, finding them to be a very interesting bit of information. "A person can create a new Balance-Breaker just for them based on their own will, huh?" This gave Shirou many ideas. If what Ddraig said was true, then he could just imagine how much potential his Sacred Gear could have once he got his Balance-Breaker. He then thought of something else. "Tell me, why can't I use my Balance-Breaker? Am I not strong enough?"

[No, in fact, you've already reached a stage where you're powerful enough to have it. However, acquiring Balance-Breaker requires you to reach your peak in both body and mind. You need a certain catalyst to truly grow beyond what you already are, just as the "Knight" has. Once you've achieved that, Balance-Breaker will be yours.]

"So I need to be triggered, huh? That'll be complicated?" Deciding to settle this later, Shirou came out of his thoughts and went over to where Kiba was.

"Holy and Devil powers fused together?" Rias looked at her Knight with astonishment.

"Ho…Holy-Demonic Sword…? Impossible… The polar opposites of two things cannot merge…." Valper made a strong expression as he tried to fathom how the creation of Kiba's new Sword was even possible.

"You shall receive the power of this Sword that has both the power of Holy and Demonic powers with your own body." Kiba roared.

He ran towards Freed. Freed tried to grasp his movement with his eyes, but Kiba got out of his sight by doing a few feints.

GINNNNNNNNNG!

Even so, Freed blocked his strike. But the aura that was covering his Excalibur was being erased by his Sword.

"That Sword surpasses the originator of Holy Swords!?" Freed said in a shocked voice.

"If that was the true Excalibur, then I could not have won against it. But that Excalibur cannot cut the feelings of my comrades and me!" Kiba said with confidence.

Freed clicked his tongue and stepped back after he pushed back Kiba.

"Stretccccccch!"

His Excalibur started to twist as if it were alive. It moved randomly and came towards Kiba with intense speed using the ability of "Excalibur Mimic." Then his Sword split into two at the tip of the blade and started to come at him with godspeed. That was thanks to the ability of "Excalibur Rapidly." It accurately tried to pierce the Knight from every direction, but he blocked each strike. Freed's killing intent made it easy for Kiba to read his moves. Because he knew which direction the killing intent was coming from, parrying Excalibur wasn't a problem.

"Why!? Why isn't it hitting!? You are supposed to be the unrivaled Holy-Sword-sama, aren't you!? Weren't you supposed to have lots of legends of being the Ultimate Sword!?" Freed shouted. His expression was filled with both enjoyment and impatience. "Then! Then I have to add this as well!"

The tip of the Holy Sword disappeared. Transparency pheromone. This was the power of "Excalibur Transparency." Using that ability, he made the blade transparent. But since he couldn't change the direction of his killing intent, even if he couldn't see the blade, Kiba could still sense it.

GIIN! GIN! GIN! GIIIN!

The transparent Sword and the Holy-Demonic Sword made sparks. Kiba was still parrying all of his attacks.

Freed narrowed his eyes and made a shocked face.

"Yes. Keep him there like that." Xenovia suddenly intruded. She held the Excalibur Destruction in her left-hand and thrust it into the ground.

The blue-haired girl then held out her right hand in the air.

"Saint Peter. Saint Basil the Great. Saint-Denis. Holy-mother Mary. Please hear my voice." She started to chant something. As she did, the space in front of her arm became distorted. Xenovia put her hand in the middle of the distorted space. She reached in and pulled something right out of the dimensional gap. What appeared was a single long blue Sword with a golden edge that was as big as her body. It gave out a strong Holy aura. Chains were bound to the Sword, tying it into the gap. "In the names of the saints who reside within this blade, I will release it. Durandal!"

Not just Valper, even Kokabiel couldn't hide his astonishment. They weren't the only ones. All the Devils, along with Ren, were completely blown away, not once expecting this turn of events. After all, Durandal is a Sword that is so famous that it is on par with Excalibur. And in terms of slashing, it is the Ultimate Sword. No one expected Xenovia to have it.

"Durandal!?" Kokabiel spoke in shock.

"You were not the wielder of the Excalibur!?" Valper asked in utter disbelief.

"Wrong. I was originally the wielder of Durandal. I was also chosen as the holder of the Excalibur. That's all." Xenovia made a stance with Durandal. She seemed more comfortable with it than Excalibur.

"Absurd! According to my research, we haven't reached the stage where someone can wield Durandal!?" Valper shouted, refusing to believe it.

"Of course. Even in the Vatican, they haven't made someone who can wield Durandal artificially." Xenovia agreed.

"Then why!?"

"Unlike those common artificial Holy-Sword wielders like Irina, I'm a natural-born wielder." Xenovia answered with a hint of Pride.

Valper became speechless at her words.

"Ah, so she's like me." Shirou thought, on the fact that he was a natural-born wielder himself. "That still doesn't explain everything, but whatever."

"Durandal is a Sword that ravages beyond what people can imagine." Xenovia continued. "It cuts anything it touches. It doesn't even listen to me most of the time. That's why I have to keep it in another dimension. Otherwise, it would be dangerous. Even I, the holder, have a hard time with it. Now, Freed Zelzan. Thanks to you, we can have a decisive battle between Excalibur and Durandal. Right now, I'm shaking with enjoyment. Don't die in a single strike, okay? At least use the Excalibur to its fullest!"

The blade of Durandal started to give out more Holy-aura than the Excalibur Freed held. The aura it had was more powerful than even the Holy-Demonic Sword.

"Is that even allowed!? It became a situation like this! You shitty bitch! I don't need any of that for this setting!" Freed shouted and moved his killing intent to Xenovia.

"That is a Holy Sword, but it isn't a Holy Sword. Even if it's a Holy Sword, it's the same as any other weapon. It changes depending on the person using it. That is a Sword of heresy. And so in the name of God, I will cut you down!" Xenovia declared.

Freed closed in and slashed his Transparent Sword towards her.

GAKIIIN!

With a single side slash, the Excalibur shattered. Because of the pressure given by the swing of Durandal, there was another large crater in the school field.

"So it's just a broken Holy Sword, huh? It can't even compete with my Durandal." Xenovia made a sigh while looking bored.

Freed's expression was that of a person who snapped. "Are you serious!? Are you really serious!? The legendary Excalibur-chan is shattered into pieces!? Horrible! This is really horrible! Kaaaa! Was it wrong to use something that was broken from the start? The shallowness of humans. The foolishness of the Church. I want to grow up while taking a glimpse of it!"

Through his mad ranting, Kiba went right at him, preparing to end it. Freed also couldn't respond to it in time and tried to block the Holy-Demonic Sword with the remnants of his Excalibur, but….…

BAAAKIIIN!

A shallow shattering sound echoed. The sound of the Excalibur crumbling.

"Did you see it? Our powers have surpassed Excalibur." Kiba gently whispered to his Sword.

Freed, completely out of options, knew he had to get away somehow. But before he could even take one step, Shirou appeared in front of him with blinding speed beyond even a Knight and already had his Sword drawn, preparing to slash. His expression was a dark and merciless one.

"I should have done this a long time ago." Shirou said in a dark tone.

Igniting the blade with flames, Shirou slashed out his Dyrnwyn, and with one swing, Freed's head was chopped off his neck. Freed's head fell down while blood came out of the now headless neck. The decapitated head in question rolled on the ground, stopping slightly next to the body as they both rested in a pool of blood. In a few seconds, both the head and body lit up in flames, burning away like a large torch, burning away any evidence that the one known as Freed Zelzan ever lived.

The field was as silent as a grave. No one dared to utter a word. Freed was a hated existence that no one would mourn. But none of them knew what to say after seeing Shirou just execute him like that. A battle to the death. You couldn't stand in this place unless you were prepared to die, and you had to accept the fact that it wouldn't be weird to lose your life. But it was easier to die than to kill. That's what most of them felt. Shirou obviously didn't share that sentiment, however. From her expression, Mika didn't seem to mind either.

"Ho…Holy-Demonic Sword…? Impossible… Two things that are conflicting existences cannot merge…." Valper Galilei made a strong proclamation, fortunately enough, bringing everyone's attention to him instead of Freed.

Shirou pointed his Holy Sword at him and prepared himself to end his life as well. "You're next, old man."

But Valper didn't notice Shirou's threat and kept babbling to himself. "…I see! I understand now! Holy and Demonic. It will be an explanation. If the beings that represent the two become unbalanced, then it is possible! Then not only the Devil King but the God has also…."

STAB!

A Spear of Light pierced through Valper's chest, and he seemed like he had realized something. Valper went down after throwing up a solid amount of blood. Soon his dead body vanished into particles of light.

"Valper. You were remarkable. The reason you went up to that conclusion proves that. But, I don't mind whether you are with me or not. I could have done it by myself from the beginning."

Kokabiel, who was up in the air, was sneering. The one who killed Valper was Kokabiel.

"Hahahaha! Kahahahahahahahaha!" Kokabiel laughed loudly and landed on the ground. An overwhelming pressure. The leader of the Fallen Angels finally stood in front of the group while sending out an intense aura and confidence. While smiling fearlessly, he said. "Red Dragon Emperor. Increase your power to its maximum, and then fight me."

He made an order full of confidence, and Rias got enraged. "Are you trying to give us a chance!? Don't mess around!"

Kokabiel seemed amused by her outburst. "Don't mess around? Hahaha. You guys are the ones who are messing around. Do you guys think you can defeat me?"

Shirou stepped forward, not caring about how strong his opponent was. "And what happens while I'm powering up? I seriously doubt you'll be patient enough to just wait for us."

"Hahahaha! No, of course not." Kokabiel pointed to the group behind Shirou. "To pass the time, I'll be fighting the rest of them. The Sister of Sirzechs and her Peerage, including the Holy-Demonic Sword, a powerful Sacred Gear user and the wielder of Durandal. I'll be entertained for a few minutes at least."

Every one of them snarled at Kobabiel. They knew that he was stronger than they were, but it was beyond just looking down on them if he felt he could beat all of them by himself without a struggle, even though they felt a lot of pressure from facing a Fallen Angel that had been recorded in the bible since ancient times. The fact remained that if they didn't defeat him, this town would vanish.

"Guys!" Shirou yelled out, getting everyone's attention. He held up his Boosted Gear and prepared himself. "…Stall him."

Those simple words, filled with the same arrogance that they knew only Shirou could pull off, somehow ignited their fighting spirit, and they all hardened their resolve, ready to take on this overwhelming foe.

"Don't be too upset if we defeat him before you're ready." Akeno said in a teasing manner.

Shirou smirked. "Hmph… Don't get cocky."

[BOOST!]

And that's the chapter. To start things off, It was obvious Shirou wouldn't just go along with the whole "Stay back and support the group" because, really, he's a pure-breed fighter. Not to mention he doesn't recognize the others as being strong enough to win without him, so of course, he didn't agree to it. I also wanted Mika to be the one to break them up because that's part of her specialty.

Next, when taking out the Cerberus', I wanted to demonstrate Shirou's new ability, unlike Issei, who just got a signal that told him when he had enough Boosts. I wanted Shirou to have something more useful for his fighting style, so now he can stock up on Boosts while fighting, and he can Transfer power from a distance. He'll get more abilities like that later, so look out. I also demonstrated Mika's growing repertory of Magic. I figure layered magic circles would be a good match for her.

And I wanted to show Rias and Akeno's growth in power for this fight because. Rias said she would get stronger back on the mountain, but I didn't want everyone to think those were empty words, so I showed the results of her training to show that she is putting in the effort, and Akeno is doing the same for her own reason. And as for Shirou asking about Balance-Breaker and Subspecies, he will be getting his Balance-Breaker very soon. But Subspecies won't be for a while.

Then there's Ren. I decided to give him his long overdue time in the spotlight, and I did so by having him roast Freed and his merged Excalibur. Ren has had his Sacred Gear for years, and he trains with Shirou every day. If you weren't expecting him to be stronger, then you obviously weren't paying attention. And this was Ren without using Senjutsu.

Speaking of Freed, I decided to have him be killed right now by Shirou. I was honestly tired of him always coming back, and to be honest, I wanted to kill him much sooner, but I needed him to wield Excalibur first. So this is the end of Freed, don't expect to see him again. As for beheading him, I just really wanted to try that in this story. What did you think? Was it too much?

The final opponent is now Kokabiel, and don't worry, Shirou and Kokabiel will fight in the next chapter. It'll be a huge fight and expect a big surprise in the next chapter too. There you'll get the answer to a question you've been waiting for since the beginning.

Anyways thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. If you want more, leave a review. If you liked the story, click the follow/favorite. If you want an early release, feel free to become a patron, and as always, have an awesome day.