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Eye Catch #22: Asher is laying on the floor, blushing and looking innocent yet seductive. He's bare naked-he's wearing absolutely nothing. His chest is fully exposed, but he's covering his penis with his right hand. His left one rested on his chest. His knees touch, but his legs don't.

Episode 11: We're In The Middle of the Match!-Part 2

As Issei saw the King and the Bishop land on top of the building, she asked, "Isn't this too early for a direct attack?!"

Shocked as well, Yumi added, "Did she see through our plan?!"

...

As the two male devils put their wings away, Richard smirked at his fiance. "So you knew I would come," he said to her.

The woman, who was several feet away from them, giggled. "A handsome virgin such as you shouldn't underestimate my experience~," she replied.

His smirk became lost as he crossed his arms. "Vulgar woman."

...

"The Ruin Prince, Twilight Healing, Priest of Thunder, Sword Birth, and Boosted Gear," Ravon listed. "Fancy names, but not as fancy as us Phenexes, the immortals." He then spread his arm out. "Unlike you guys, we can live forever!" He then crossed his arms and smirked at Issei. "Do you see that there's no hope for your team?" She gritted her teeth at him. She isn't giving up her hope yet. "Kyo." The neko guy with the blue hair meowed in response. "Ryo." The neko guy with the red hair also responded with a meow as they both went into fighting positions. "I bet these pawns are stronger than you'd expect them to be." When he finished that sentence, the two jumped, ready to attack the female pervert.

She put her bow in one hand, spread her left arm out, and shouted, "Boost Gear!"

"Boost!" shouted the gauntlet before the two neko men stepped and jumped off of it. Ryo then slid on the ground to trip her, only for her to dodge it by jumping.

"What a horrible technique!" he stated, talking about the Clothing Break. However, as she landed on the ground, Kyo appeared and began punching her body.

"You think that you can let your sexual desires drive you?" he asked her. "That's not the woman's job!" Ryo then joined it for the two of them to kick her face, but she dodged a few feet to catch her breath. Damn, were they strong. However, she looked behind and up to see the Final Fantasy-looking man with his large sword out.

"Get her, Silos!" Ravon demanded. He let out a battle cry and swung it down on her, only for her to barely dodge it. It made the ground shake a little, making Issei realize how strong it was. She kept dodging the strikes made with his sword.

"I can't handle this!" she shouted.

"Issei-chan!" exclaimed Yumi, seeing her in distress. However, she then looked up at the roof when an explosion was heard.

...

Richard had a red magic circle as a shield for Risa's attack. He made it disappear. Asher looked horrified at the sight. "Pr-President..." he muttered.

"Aw, come on~! Let's have some more fun~!" Risa said to her fiance. "I want to enjoy this premartial foreplay we're having, honey~!"

"You're ridiculous!" The crimson-haired male then shot his Ruin power to her, only for her to shoot her fire magic, causing another explosion on top of the building.

...

Issei gasped at the sight, worrying for both Richard and Asher. "President!" she shouted.

"I'm alright, Isa," Richard said through the transceiver magic. Silos swung his sword at her once again, but she dodged it. "Worry about your opponent for now."

"B-but-"

...

"I believe in you, Isa," he said as he ran through the smoke and jumped out of it to attack Risa. "Show them all that you're Richard Gremory's subordinate!" He then summoned more of his Ruin magic, turning around, his shirt and jacket flying to see the top of his underwear shown, and directed them to Risa.

...

Issei looked determined, taking in her master's words. That's right! she thought as she looked up at Silos ready to swing his sword at her once again. I'm HIS subordinate! I'll show them what I've got! When his sword reached to her...she blocked it with her gauntlet.

Shocked, Ravon exclaimed, "She stopped Silos's sword!"

"With her arm?!" the FF-looking man added.

"I don't need to think!" she stated, still blocking his sword. "I'm here for my President's sake alone-to kick your asses!" She then managed to grab the sword and break it, leaving Silos stunned.

"What the fuck?!" he exclaimed before she kicked him away.

"Empress of the Red Dragon, if you can hear me, please respond! Lend me your power!" she said to her gauntlet.

It glowed and shouted, "Dragon Boost!"

"Come on, I need more! Feel the emotion in me, Boosted Gear!" She raised both her gauntlet and bow in the air. Both had glowing line patterns on them and the gauntlet's orb glowed as well.

"Dragon Booster: Second Liberation!" it shouted. Soon, she was encased in a bright green ray of light. The winds blew on everyone around it, making them cover their eyes. Issei saw as her gauntlet began to change. It shed its skin, revealing small golden spikes, and grew a new part, having two golden razor plates on it. Her bow also shed its skin, growing larger and having small golden spike and two long golden plates at the ends. Once it was done transforming, the ray of energy disappeared, leaving Issei and even Richard awed at the transformation.

"I-it transformed?" she asked. That would mean that she was stronger, right?

...

Akihiko managed to blow Yubel into the ground of the tennis court, causing him to scream and staggerly stand up and look at him. "Pr-Priest of Thunder..." he muttered in pain. "You are indeed...formidable..." He then smirked at him, however, as his voice got better and said, "A shame that your magic is depleted."

"Oh, it's no worry~," he replied to him. "I can recover after a short rest~."

The purple-haired man scoffed, which made him look confused. "Do you really think you'll have time to rest?" He then got out a small elixir with a red top and golden accents. Akihiko's eyes widened at the sight of it.

"That's..."

"As planned, you fell for it."

...

Looking down at her gauntlet, she saw a dragon crest inside the orb. She then realized why the transformation happened. I get it... she thought. This is my new power now! The orb glowed, making her shoot back a little, but regain herself and nod. She then looked at Yumi, who looked at her Sacred Gear in awe. "Kiba! I need you to liberate your Sacred Gear!"

"Liberate?" she questioned before getting an idea of what she was talking about, her face changing from confused to trusting and ready.

"Come on!"

She nodded. "Alright!" She then raised her sword up and yelled, "Sword Birth!" She dug the tip into the ground, a line of energy reaching towards Issei and breaking the ground.

Dropping her bow, she reached down and absorbed all the energy into her gauntlet. When it was done, her gauntlet shouted, "Transfer!" The crest got out of the orb and floated above her as many and many swords appeared around her, the entire track field now encased with swords.

Ravon screamed and with his flaming wings, flew away from the swords so he wouldn't get hurt. The man in the indigo kimono, Minaru, screamed and tried to get away, but he was impaled with a sword, thus making him disappear in blue dust. Silos also tried to dodge them until one impaled him, causing him to disappear. Kyo and Ryo were also impaled, their clothes tattered, showing most of their chest and part of their underwear as they disappeared. Carl had his arms impaled as well as his chest, making him bleed non-stop. "I...lose..." he muttered in utter pain before disappearing.

"Risa-sama's three Pawns, two Knights, and one of her Bishops have been knocked out," announced Grafier.

"She boosted that Knight's ability with her Boosted Gear?" Tsutomu asked Sora.

"The Empress of the Red Dragon granted her a new ability," Sora answered.

Happy about her action, she raised her gauntlet up and shouted happily, "Boosted Gear Gift!"

However, that happiness was short-lived as she heard an explosion from the tennis court. She looked and saw Akihiko in pain, falling down, looking severely hurt. His clothes tattered, his legs show and his well-sculpted chest full exposed.

"Richard-sama's Queen has been knocked out," Grafier announced as the raven-haired male disappeared into blue dust.

Issei was stunned at the sight. Her skin crawled, her breath becoming shaky. Akihiko, the most powerful piece, was knocked out. "A-Akihiko-san..." she muttered.

...

While Asher was healing him, Richard looked at the sight with an aghast look and murmured in shock and disbelief, "Akihiko...?" He was the most powerful piece alongside him...now he was gone. He looked at Risa furiously, who only giggled at the matter.

"Akihiko-san was..." the blonde-haired guy whispered in shock.

"It looks like you've lost your much-boasted right-hand man~," the yellow-haired woman stated, still giggling.

As the Bishop was done healing him, the red-haired King stood up and retorted, "Yet I still have Yumi and Isa!"

"Hmph~." She then replied in a cold voice, "You wish."

...

"I...I can't believe Akihiko-san...lost..." the Pawn muttered sorrowfully. But then she heard Yumi screamed, making her turn and see her caught in explosive purple fumes. Aghast, she ran to her to save her. "Kiba! Kiba!" she kept shouting before it was too late. As she jumped to save her, she dissolved in blue dust, making her land on the ground. She looked down at the ground, on her knees and shaking. "N-no..." Her eyes were welling up with tears. She couldn't believe it. Most of her comrades-her friends...all gone.

"Take," Yubel said, making her look up at him angrily.

"You bastard!" she shouted from the top of her lungs.

"Richard-sama's Knight has been knocked out," Grafier announced.

...

Richard blocked another attack and shouted in shock, "Yumi?!"

Risa laughed at his distress. "Just give up already, Richard-hun~!" she shouted to him.

"As if I would!" He then shot more of his Ruin magic to her face, making her fall down. However, she stood up, her face healing with her fire magic.

"If you can't already tell, you'll just hurt that cute Bishop and your stupid little Pawn," she said to him coldly. Richard only furiously glared at her, the Ruin magic seen in his eyes.

Horrified of what might happen, Asher muttered, "Issei-san..."

...

Ravon appeared next to Yubel and said, "Took ya long enough, Yubel."

He smiled at him. "As rumored, that Queen was powerful," he said to him. "So I had to use this last resort, as expected."

The boy smiled back at him. "Great! It's still a victory anyway! I knew I can count on you!"

"Then..." The purple-haired King flew away.

"Wait, what's that bottle?" Issei asked Ravon.

Looking confident, he answered, "The one and only Phoenix's Tears. It's a treasure my family made so any wound would be cured instantly!"

She gritted her teeth at him. "Cheater!"

He snickered. "It's not cheating if we're allowed to use it up to two times in this game. You have a Bishop with Twilight Healing too."

...

Asher began to heal Richard as he blocked Risa's flames with a magic circle. The winds it brought flipped the bottom of his shirt and jacket up, showing the top of his dark underwear.

...

"It's a pretty expensive item that my family can only make," he continued. "Immortality and these tears have brought the Phenex family only fortune since this game began!" He began to laugh. She couldn't believe it. Those can heal their injuries?! Having a bad feeling about what might happen, she ran towards Yubel's direction, causing Ravon to notice and stop laughing. "Hey! Don't ignore me!"

The only Pawn in the game opened the door to the new school building with a determined yet serious look on her face. "Alright, I need promotion," she whispered to herself. "Give me the powers of a Queen." She felt her body have more power in it. She nodded and ran up the stairs to be with Richard and Asher. Please wait for me! she thought. I swear that we'll win, President!

While the crimson-haired male blocked yet another blast of fire from Risa, Issei came out of the roof window and shouted, "President! I'm here!" She got out of the window and ran up the roof to meet up with them.

Richard looked down happily, relieved that she was there. His clothes were torn from the power of Risa's fire blasts, showing half of his chest, abs and a pec, his sleeves shredded as well as 30% of his pants, showing his dark underwear. "Isa!" he shouted in relief.

Asher saw her as well and smiled wide. "Issei-san!" he also shouted.

Yubel appeared next to his King and asked, "Can I deal with the Pawn girl and the Bishop boy?"

Risa shook her head and answered, "No, Yubel~. I'll deal with all of them myself, so that they could get a clue for once~."

Richard glared at her angrily once again. "Don't be stupid," he replied in a cold voice. "You'll have to get pass ME first!" He shot his crimson magic at her, slicing off her arm. She only giggled as the fire magic generated her a new arm.

"Will you please resign, Richard, my love~?" she suggested. "You know it's all over~. After all, I read through ALL your moves~. Checkmate~!"

"Shut the hell up, Risa!" Richard retorted. "Checkmate? Reading my moves?! Stop trying to make me laugh! I, the King, am still standing!"

She frowned at him and crossed her arms. "I guess I have no other choice then. Yubel, do that."

"Yes, my lady," he replied as he hovered over to the three remaining devils.

Issei has never felt so pissed off in her life. This bitch... she thought before feeling her pained areas healing. She saw Asher with a solemn face, healing her back. "Asher-kun?" she asked.

"This battle has been intense...and horrifying," he whispered to her in a voice of sorrow. "I'm so glad you've survived and made it this far..." His eyes began to water, making Issei feel terrible for him. He was right. This battle was unlike anything she's seen before. And despite her allies being treated outside of the game, she felt as though they really were gone...but they'll win. She just knows it. Plus, she's there, as she promised to Asher.

"I did promise that, remember?" she asked him.

He closed his eyes and smiled at her. "I do." He stopped healing her as her back was completely healed.

"Thanks, Asher-kun. You're our lifeline. Just step back-" Suddenly, a purple magic circle went through Asher, making him puzzled at what's going on. But then the perverted devil knew what's going on: Yubel locked onto him. Both of them looked up to see them before they blew up. Richard covered his eyes through the smoke.

"Ash! Isa!" yelled Richard before the smoke cleared, showing Issei's back, which was exposed because of the blast. Her back glowed red, showing that she was promoted to Queen, but only for a short time. He ran to them and crouched down. "Are you two alright?!"

"A-Asher is..." Issei replied a little weakly due to the blast, but, she was smiling as Richard did as well. She carried an unconscious yet unharmed Asher. Only his right pant leg was blasted off.

"He's alright. He just lost consciousness due to shock."

Yubel floated back to Risa, landed next to and said, "My apologies. I didn't expect that girl to shield him with her body."

"No matter, Yubel~," she replied with a smirk on her face. "At least he's unable to use his Twilight Healing now~." She giggled, pissing both Richard and Issei off.

"You bitch!" the only Pawn yelled.

"After taking my shot directly..." Yubel said.

"She used a Queen's defensive ability~," the female King stated. "Promotion saved her."

Still carrying the former priest, Issei asked Richard, "President, we're still fighting, right?"

He turned to her and nodded. "Yes," he answered.

She had a solemn yet determined face on her once again. "I may not know what checkmate or reading moves mean, but I can still fight!" Her eyes watered and she let out a couple tears as she shouted, "As long as I'm standing, I'll fight until the very end!"

He admired her determination, which was the same as his. "Well said, Isa." He turned to his hated fiance and finished, "Let's defeat Risa together!"

"Yes, President!" Risa continued giggling at them. Issei looked down at Asher and whispered, "We'll win and go back together, Asher-kun. I promise." She then set him down and whispered, "Boost."

"Boost!" shouted her gauntlet. She grabbed her bow and arrow and went into position, being in front of Richard.

"Another boost!"

"Boost!"

"One more boost!"

"Burst!" However, as she took a step, she suddenly slipped and fell down the roof, making the red-haired male looked down at her in shock.

"Isa!" he shouted. Yubel and Risa laughed at her misfortune. All the boosts...to her, it felt like an anchor and the more she boosted her power, the heavier it was on her. That was why she slipped and fell down. That anchor felt too heavy on her, making her weak.

"The Boosted Gear places a physical heavy burden on its host," Sora explained. "That makes it incomparable to other kinds of Sacred Gears. I should note that it's a miracle that a girl like her can withstand many rounds of power boosts. However, her magic already depleted when she took Yubel's shot directly, making her body already over its limit."

Issei landed on a part of another roof. As she tried to stand however, she coughed out blood and began to just lay there in pain, weakened.

"ISA!" Richard shouted again. It killed him to see her in pain like this. Not her...

Risa still continued to giggle before saying, "It's all over now~."

"DAMN YOU, RISA!" The Ruin Prince shot two blasts of his magic to her, chopping off both her arms before they regenerated.

"Aw, Richard-honey~!" she replied. "Don't YOU realize you don't have that much magic left~? Why don't you be honest with yourself and admit your defeat~?"

"Never in eternity!"

"Pr...President..." muttered Issei, causing the man to gasp and look down at her. She was slowly climbing up the roof. "I...I'm...alright...I'll...do anything...to win..." She paused to cough out more blood. "I'll become...the strongest Pawn...as promised...since you trained me...so hard..."

Risa looked down, her eyes widened that the female pervert still wasn't down. "Oh, will you just die already?!" she yelled angrily as she let out her flaming wings and flew to her.

She slowly but surely stood up, blood stained on her clothes and dripping from her mouth. "I...I can still...fight! I'll...keep my promise!" She cried for him, wanting to keep fighting if it weren't for her weakness. Risa reached to her and punched her face.

Richard's eyes began watering at the sight, shouting from the top of his lungs, "ISA, NO!"

As the yellow-haired woman began to beat Issei up by punching and kicking her, she said, "I'll...fight! I'm your...pawn, President! I can still fight for you!" Risa punched her face once more and landed a powerful kick on her stomach, making her cough out even more blood.

"Isa! Please step back!" the crimson-haired man yelled at her. "PLEASE!"

"I..." she replied in pain as Risa continued hitting her.

"That's an order! Please obey it!" He was near tears just seeing her like this, making him have no other choice what to do.

"I..." she repeated before the female King punched her face once more, her nose bleeding. "I just want to make you smile..."

Richard gasped. That's what she wanted to do? Make him smile? Like back at the training camp when she said...

"I'd love you regardless of rank and name," she said. His eyes widened and he looked at her. "I can see you right here, right now and...you're my number one, Richard-senpai!"

That quote alone made him feel more attracted to her. He blushed and let out a tear. "Isa...you're so..." he muttered, his breath shaky.

"You annoying little bitch!" Risa shouted to her, causing Richard to lose his blush as he saw her grab his much loved girl, whose face was bruised and bleeding due to her punches and kicks. "You are nothing but a mere subordinate, yet you oppose ME, Risa Phenex!" Her free hand was clenched and engulfed in flames.

"Risa, what are you trying to do?!" Richard asked her both furiously and sorrowfully.

"Oh, YOU know! I'll respect this little bitch's feelings and burn her..." She smiled sadistically and laughed in the same manner. "I'll burn her so badly that she'll be BEYOND treatment~! Deaths in Rating Games are considered accidents, after all~!" However, the brown-haired female opened her eyes and looked at her coldly, causing her to tense up and increase the amount of fire in her fist. Issei managed to generate a bow, a nonmagical one, and point it at her.

"You bitch..." she muttered in pain.

"I'LL KILL YOU!" Risa shouted from the top of her lungs. Issei might be in pain and might be unable to fight, but as long as she gets that one shot to Risa's stomach-

"ISA, NOOOO!" shrieked Richard, flying to the females, crying. "STOP, RISA!" He then embraced her, shocking both her and Issei. The Pawn could not believe her eyes. He was embracing her...but he was crying...and gritting his teeth...there was no way he would- "I lose...I'll resign. Just...stop..." The perverted girl landed at the tip of the roof, her pupils shrunk in shock and her body stiff. He...he announces his loss? He's resigning?

Risa smiled evilly and wrapped her arms around him, her head resting on his shoulder. She looked at Issei and announced, "Check...mate." She began to embrace him tighter, giggling in pleasure.

"Pr...President..." the Pawn muttered in shock, her eyes watering. "No...no...you can't..."

"Richard-sama's resignation has been confirmed," Grafier announced. "Risa Phenex-sama wins this game."

Why...? she thought. President...

Well, damn...Risa wins...

Anyway, how was this chapter? I never did like this moment in the original and I don't like it here, but I'll deal with it.

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