Chapter 13
Disclaimer: I do not own High school DxD or Fairy Tail they are property of Ichiei Ishibumi and Hiro Masima respectively.
Kiba engaged in a sword duel with Xenovia while Issei was left to fend off Irina's sword with his gauntlet.
Kiba slashed left and right with increasing speed. Xenovia was able to block all of them matching his speed. This made Kiba's anger increase and he started to blindly slash left and right. Xenovia was now easily deflecting or dodging his sloppy attacks.
"Calm down Kiba and focus" Natsu tried to get through to him but failed.
Kiba just kept on attacking in a blind rage not bothering with his form.
While Kiba slashed like a madman Issei had a bit of trouble with Irina. He could not get around the sword's reach. Though he trained with Kiba it was more hand to hand. All he could do is dodge and block with his gauntlet.
Issei then fired a Dragonshot at low power trying to change the course of the battle but Irina easily dodged it. The shot travelled to where Kiba and Xenovia were locked in combat.
"Xenovia look out" Irina yelled.
"Kiba watch out" Issei warned his friend.
Xenovia hearing her friend's call jumped back and out of the way of Issei's attack while Kiba did nothing to dodge. In his blind rage Kiba did not hear the warning and got hit. He however stood back up and charged Xenovia with reckless abandon.
Xenovia used the reckless charge to her advantage and dodged the predictable slash from Kiba before cutting him on his arm with her Holy Sword. The effect a Holy Sword had on a devil was that their strength would quickly fade. Kiba however did not go down running purely on adrenalin.
"You disappoint me Kiba you should have been able to beat her with ease if you only kept a cool head" Natsu said under his breath.
Before he could attack again Natsu appeared behind him knocking him out cold.
"Why did you do that, I could have easily defeated him" Xenovia asked angry that this man interfered with her battle.
"The battle was already decided I just did not want him to get hurt due to his own stupidity more than he already has" Natsu calmly explained while taking Kiba to Wendy for healing.
Kiba's defeat left only Issei and Irina to duke it out. Irina wasn't giving Issei any opportunity to fire off another attack. With his option running out and exhaustion starting to set in he decided to use a special move.
"Dress Break" Issei yelled firing a blast at close range.
Irina was able to deflect the shot but it was now on a course for Wendy, Asia and the unconscious Kiba. Natsu quickly stepped in incinerating the attack before turning to Issei with a deadly stare.
"Look where you shoot that" Natsu yelled in anger.
"It was Irina who deflected it to them" Issei squeaked out in fear. Issei started to retreat keeping his eyes focused on Natsu.
"Keep your eyes on your opponent" Irina yelled before swinging her blade at Issei.
The blade made contact but not with its target. Irina shouted in surprise when she saw her blade resting on the back of Natsu's shoulder before quickly pulling it back and retreating a few paces. Natsu didn't even flinch instead he pulled his fist back and threw it forward sending Issei barrelling into a tree.
"If you ever use that disgusting attack with Wendy or Akeno around you will be sorry" Natsu shouted in rage.
Nobody picked up on his slip of Akeno's name as they were all frozen in fear.
"I'm sorry I promise I will never do it again. Please don't kill me" Issei plead.
Akeno came up behind Natsu and gave him a comforting hug from behind whispering to him to calm down. This seemed to do the job as Natsu calmed down.
"Sorry Issei I got carried away" Natsu apologized with shame in his voice.
"I-It's fine" Issei stuttered out sighing in relief.
"I'll just call this Irina's victory" Rias said disappointed that her pawn and knight was defeated.
"Now for you girl I will have to teach you some manners on how to talk to your senior and a member of the church's Vatican" Xenovia said remembering the disrespectful tone Wendy used when she berated her still angry because her fight was interrupted.
Before she could take two steps she felt a suffocating demonic aura flaring up behind her. She became frozen in fear.
"Did I just hear you threaten Wendy in my presence? And because she defended a friend you wanted to kill?" a deep gravelly and soft demonic voice said from behind her.
When she slowly turned around to see what just talked to her she almost fainted due to fear. She was staring into golden draconic eyes with black slits filled with malice. She could not tare her gaze away from the frightening eyes.
"Xenovia" Irina yelled in fear and without thinking rushing forward with her sword drawn.
The sound of a shattering blade could be heard as Irina brought her blade down on the demons back. She was surprised that her sword that was infused with holy magic had no effect on this being of darkness.
"Answer me" the demon ordered Xenovia.
This was too much for the girl and she fell to her knees crying in fear waiting for death to take her away from this demon and his terrifying power.
"Natsu calm down she isn't going to hurt Wendy" Akeno's kind and calming voice made Natsu stop releasing his power.
"Never threaten or hurt her ever again got that?" Natsu asked the girl who was a crying mess on the ground who could only nod in agreement.
Irina went to comfort her friend before walking away. She kept looking back with fear in her eyes as if waiting for the demon to attack them at any moment.
Before they were too far away Rias called out to them.
"Can you please tell me who stole the Excaliburs?" Rias called out.
All they could hear was a faint "Kokabiel" coming from Irina before they turned a corner and was out of sight.
"That bastard is the one who stole those weapons" Natsu said in an irritated tone.
"You don't like him do you?" Asia asked the question that didn't need any answer.
"He just wants to continue the war between the three factions looking for strong opposition. My biggest problem is he refuses to fight me the coward" Natsu wined and getting frustrated because fist he couldn't fight the church people then he hears Kokabiel is back to his antics again.
Koneko giggled at this but upon noticing Natsu getting frustrated decide to do something to take his mind of it and calm him down. And what better way than to have him bake her more sweet treats.
"Hey Natsu can you show me how to make some cookies please" Koneko said and looked up at him with a cute expression.
This immediately lightened his mood as he quickly picked up Koneko making her blush and running to the ORC building to share his knowledge of baking. The group giggled at his antics before slowly making their way after Natsu and Koneko.
When they arrived Koneko and Natsu was already busy mixing ingredients.
"Thank you for calming Natsu down I was afraid he might have seriously hurt someone, how did you manage to do it?" Rias asked her Queen.
"I just talked to him" Akeno replied quietly with a blush.
Seeing this Rias decided to tease her Queen and best friend to get back at her for all the times she teased her. Dragging her to another room saying they have something to talk about to the rest of the group.
"You like him don't you" Rias said in a sing-song voice.
"N-N-No… " Akeno tried to deny it but the huge blush said otherwise.
"Oh my you do" Rias said with a large smile. Even though she wanted to tease her she was also happy her friend found someone she seemed to be enchanted by.
"Yes I do" Akeno sighed.
"So are you going to make a move on him?" Rias inquired letting her high school girl out.
"Well the thi…" Akeno mumbled.
"I can't hear you speak up" Rias said with a sly smirk on her face.
"Well the thing is we are already together" Akeno replied after steeling her nerves.
"Since when, how did it happen, I want details" Rias spewed the questions out.
Akeno proceeded to tell Rias about the first night they were on the bridge in the Dragon Realm and how when she went to look for him and found him training. She continued to tell Rias about the moment they shared at the lake and how she kissed him.
"You kissed him?" Rias exclaimed interrupting the story.
"Yes I did but I apologised to him because I didn't think he like me back. After I started apologising he kissed me back and said that he like me" Akeno said with a heavy blush on her face.
After that she explained the mate thing that Natsu told her about.
"So you are his first mate? I guess that makes you the alpha mate?" Rias asked happy for her friend.
"No we haven't fully complete the mating ritual yet. He said that the alpha mate will be his first time. He also said that the alpha is chosen by his instincts and will be someone who would keep the rest under control" Akeno explained.
"That sucks" Rias said a little sad that her friend will not be his top girl.
"It's not a problem because unlike devils he said that he will love every mate the same. The alpha mate is more for the rest of the mates. As for his first time I can accept not being first but second is mine" Akeno replied with a glint in her eyes.
"That's good to hear. But why did you keep it secret?" Rias asked.
"I just wanted to have him to myself for a while longer. He also said that he will not take another mate until he met his alpha mate to kind of make it up to me that I'm not the alpha" Akeno replied.
"I thought you said you didn't mind not being the alpha?" Rias inquired wondering if her friend lied to her.
"I don't but I'm not going to say no to more alone time with him" Akeno said smiling brightly.
"You sly devil" Rias smirked at her devious friend.
"Anyway enough about my love life how are things going with Issei" Akeno smirked happy to turn the tables on Rias.
"Nothing at the moment sadly, with everything that has been going on we haven't spent a lot of alone time together" Rias sadly told her.
The girls continued to gossip for a few more minute before deciding to return to the group.
"Promise you won't tell anyone" Akeno asked Rias.
"Your secret is safe with me don't worry" Rias responded with a smile.
When they returned Sona, Tsubaki and Saji entered the ORC building.
"Hey what happened with him?" Sona asked motioning to Issei who still seemed shaken and a little pale.
"Hey Sona don't worry about Issei he will be fine. He's still a little shaken from what happened after they fought the two girls you saw yesterday before school" Rias informed her.
"Ha Issei got scared of some girls from the church, that's hilarious" Saji said laughing at his rival supposed fear of a girl.
"I am not afraid of some church girls" Issei yelled regaining his normal demeanour and suddenly getting over his fright from earlier.
"Oh yeah then what scared you so much that you looked like a ghost?" Saji said not believing Issei's claim.
"Him" Issei pointed at Natsu who was just coming out of the kitchen with Koneko.
The two made some cupcakes. While Natsu started offering everyone some of the cupcakes on his plate Koneko waited for him to take his seat so that she can take her new favourite seat.
"You are afraid of Natsu, what's so scary about him?" Saji asked not seeing what his rival was so afraid of because Natsu seemed like a nice guy and he could not picture him as scary while he handed out cupcakes.
"Try throwing an attack in Wendy's general direction if you want to see exactly why he is scary" Issei mumbled but still loud enough for everyone to hear before hastily adding "Not that I would ever do something like that"
Saji was a bit confused and looked at the rest of Rias' peerage for answers.
"Please don't antagonise Natsu I don't want this building to be destroyed" Rias said.
"If he wanted he could pulverise you while still mixing ingredients for more cupcakes" Koneko gave her input while happily munching on a cupcake while sitting on Natsu's lap.
"I'm not that weak" Saji declared not wanting to believe that the guy who just handed out cupcakes he made and now had Koneko in his lap would be able to beat him easily while not even paying attention.
"It's not so much focused on your lack of power rather his seemingly unlimited power" Akeno said before eating her cupcake with a content smile on her face. She did not mind Koneko sitting on Natsu's lap too much even though she would have like to be the one sitting on his lap but until she told everyone that Natsu and her were mates she would let Koneko have her seat.
"Just how strong is Natsu?" Sona asked looking at the pink haired man who was too deep in conversation with Koneko at the moment about baking to reply himself.
"According to Ddrag, the Red Dragon Emperor, it would take all four Satans to get him to fight seriously" Rias said without batting an eye.
"N-No way" Sona and Tsubaki stuttered out while Saji started to get a look of fear in his eyes. Sona had told him about the Satans and their power before.
"Uhm did anyone see Kiba leave?" Issei suddenly asked.
The group looked around and sure enough Kiba could not be found anywhere. The only ones who didn't seem worried was Sona, Tsubaki and Saji because they were not yet aware of exactly what occurred an hour ago and Natsu who seemed to know something. Rias and Issei turned a questioning gaze on Natsu
"I don't know where he is but I think he wanted some time to himself. He lost against someone who was below his skill level due to him being in a fit of rage. That would make anyone frustrated, the thing that made it even worse for Kiba was that the person who defeated him wielded a Holy Sword" Natsu explained.
"But Kiba wasn't struck down by Xenovia it was me who hit him with a Dragonshot" Issei rebutted.
"That might be true but he still sees it as a loss against the Holy Sword because of he didn't let rage overtake him he would have either defeated her already or dodge your attack" Natsu explained further.
"I'm going to go looking for him" Issei said before heading towards the door.
"Koneko, Wendy please go with him and make sure neither he nor Kiba does anything stupid" Rias asked.
"Would you mid joining them Saji?" Sona asked her pawn.
When the three nodded in acknowledgment they turned and followed Issei out the door.
Chapter 13 has been completed. I am going to pump out as many chapters as I can before my classes starts again. I will continue this story but it might be at a less frequent pace once I start with class again. Any way if you have some suggestions for members of Natsu's harem feel free to tell me with how you think they might get together. I already have plans for four more members but you will have to wait and see. See ya next time.
