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Ok, ok, ok. First things first. The question I asked you all on the previous chapter about who would win in a fight, Madara Uchiha or Ainz Ool Gown.
The crazy amount of feedback I got from you guys was insane. So many Ainz supporters and so many Madara supporters, it took me a while to read through them and try to decide. They are powerful in their own rights, believe me on that.
Ainz may have some OP magic attacks and he is also very skillful with weaponry and hand to hand combat. The same could be said with Madara, but if I were to pick a winner, I would honestly say that I really can't answer.
Anyway, enough of that, it is time to begin the next chapter.
Grayfia couldn't believe the words that were coming out of his mouth. She was amazed at how he spoke with her and how he just said that he will destroy the system that the Devil's created to maintain order and to grow their ranks.
She clenched her teeth and had to hold back from hitting him or even insulting him.
"I can't believe that you have the ner-" Grayfia stopped speaking when she saw Rias walk up to him with her bangs covering her eyes.
She was trembling a little bit, but she quickly stopped and tried to slap him across the face. Madara saw this from a mile away and he grabbed her wrist and he leaned a bit closer to her. Rias couldn't budge at all, she was staring at his one visable eye, it was as if she was being sucked into a endless void.
"How bold of you. Even if you could try and hit me, I would see it all before you could even connect." Madara said.
Rias had tears in her eyes. "I thought I could trust you, but it seems that you're nothing but a liar and manipulative human being." She said.
Madara smiled at her insult. "I am many things, but a liar I am not. Trust isn't something so easily gained over talk or some kind of gift exchange. You need to earn it becasue I learned that the hard way." He said as he was starting to remember Black Zetsu.
"Why are you even doing this? Why are you so intent on doing everything that will cause everyone to hate you?" Rias asked with a furious expression.
"I want peace, that is all. A world where everyone can love, laugh, smile, and live freely without any restraints. That is what I want, but you Devil's hate such a thing becasue all I see in your corrupt system is hate, sadness, and loneliness." Madara let go of Rias's wrist and went back to crossing his arms.
"We treat our people with respect and kindness. How is that all of the things you just said? Sure, we may have some flaws, but this word isn't perfect." Rias said.
"Exactly, I hate seeing a world so far gone who has lost the hope of living or even to those who are suffering all the time. Your system is based on slavery and the way I see it is that a dog can't go far without their leash. Now tell me, is that a life people should live, Gremory?" Madara asked as he narrowed his eyes.
"You think our system is nothing but slavery?" Grayfia asked.
"Yes, you resurrect the people who are about to die at near death becasue of a silly weapon they have inside of them. You wouldn't do such a thing if it was just a human who had no weapon or special talents becasue you see them below you and that is what I despise in this very world." Madara said with a hateful expression.
"We can't change how the system works. It's a complicated system and that is how we Devil's maintain our order, our peace, and our prestige." Rias said.
"As I said, you all care about yourselves and nothing else about this slow rotting world." Madara looked over towards Kuroka, giving her a glance saying come here.
She walked over to him and he looked over at the Koneko who was startled by him looking at her. "Follow me." Was all he said as he started to walk away from the group.
Kuroka and Koneko both followed, but Koneko was on her guard just in case if something went wrong.
Madara stopped walking and he turned around to face them. "Why did you bring us here, Lord Madara?" Kuroka asked.
"If I want to save a world, then I have to start somewhere and that is with the both of you. If I were you, I would reconcile with your sister before it's too late." He said.
'Too late? What does mean by that?' Koneko asked herself as she looked at her sister to see a saddened expression.
"If this is the only family you have, then stop fighting becasue one of these days you will regret it if one of you dies. What would you do then if you have lost the one person in the world who deeply cares for you and wants nothing but the best out of you? Who else would you turn to becasue family isn't some relationship, it's the most precious thing you can have in life." Madara said as he kept his serious look.
"After what she has done, I wouldn't care what happens to her. Rias is my family now." Koneko said, making Kuroka frown.
"That's how family works child. You can't stay mad at them forever since whatever she did to make you like this was all to protect you." Madara said.
Koneko's eyes widened a little. "You remind me of me and Izuna a little." Madara walked up to her and stood beside her, not batting an eye towards her. "Make up and forgive before you truly do lose everything." Madara said, only making her hear what he had to say.
Koneko stared at his back as he walked away from them, thinking on his words.
"What were you just talking about with her?" Rias asked.
"Why must you know everything about me and what I am doing?" He asked in a cold tone.
"Maybe she is just worried about you and wants to be there for you," Akeno said with a smile.
Rias hit her, keeping her furious look. "I simply don't care what you do, but I will tell you this. You can keep on trying, trying, and trying to stop me from destroying your pathetic system, but the outcome will always be the same. You and everyone else will soon feel my wrath."
"Are you threatening us, Lord Madara?" Grayfia asked.
"Hahahahaha, threatening you? I'm not threatening you or trying to lay a hand on you." Madara's sinister smile returned and his eyes started to become menacing. "What I'm trying to tell you is that I'm declare war on you all!" Madara said with joy.
One by one, Rias with Sona and everyone else widened their eyes as far as possible. "W-War?! Are you going insane?!" Rias asked.
"Oh no, I said that I will destroy that system of yours and I will also kill off the Old Satan Faction. The time has come where I will free one of the worlds problems and make sure that you all see that it was flawed as well."
Grayfia's eyes hardened. "You're telling me that everyone behind you is on board with this?"
"Indeed, they all want a world where they don't have to be in constant fear. They want a life of peace. No war, no hate, no suffering, but what I see is that you oppose such a dream and want to keep enslaving innocent lives that want nothing to do with your culture." Madara explained.
"What are you talking about? The innocent lives that you speak of beg to not die when they are dying and when we hear there cry, we come to fulfill there wish. So I don't see a problem to our methods." Grayfia said.
"Of course you don't becasue you are blinded by greed. Have you ever wondered on what they really wanted? Do you honestly think some people want to be a Devil and live a life of slavery?"
"I-I didn't really think about that." Rias said.
"You all are selfish and want nothing but power."
"I think you don't understand, Mr. Uchiha. Power is the will of people who keep thriving and wants to progress forward and keep growing even more. Our system isn't slavery, you were given a second chance at life and the chance to rank up once you have been truly recognized and become truly powerful. That is why we thrive on becoming the best." Grayfia explained.
"You're wrong, power is not will, it's a phenomenon of physically making things happen." Madara corrected her.
Grayfia stepped up a little to be a bit closer to him. "How are you so sure that you can take on an entire faction with just this many people? Our might and teamwork will overcome your ego, then you will soon realize that you were the fool from the beginning." She said.
"Is that so? Would you consider dying together teamwork as well?" Madara asked.
Grayfia simply had enough, her eyes were filled with the intent to kill. She raised her fist back and launched a punch at Madara who was simply standing there in his same pose with a bored expression.
Rias was able to get in front of her and her fist was a only a few centimeters from Rias's face. "Don't let him get to you like that."
"Remember this Gremory, the next time we meet, it will be on the battlefield." Madara turned around and started to walk away with his group in tow.
"I think my brother isn't going to like what I have to say." Rias said with a worried expression.
"Ara ara, he just loves to take control of everything," She said.
"Now is not the time to be thinking of perverted thoughts Akeno," Rias said.
Kuroka and Koneko were both looking at each other and they both didn't know what to say. Koneko decided to break the ice, but Kuroka flung herself at her and held her in a tight hug with tears coming out.
"I'm so sorry, Shirone. I feel terrible for leaving you and making you think I abandoned you, but Lord Madara somehow knew I did all of that to protect you from being..." She couldn't finish the words from the thought of having her sister be experimented on.
Koneko didn't know what do, she wasn't mad or happy, but lost and confused. "I-I-I." She couldn't muster up any words and she just hugged her back with tears as well coming out.
"Shirone, I wanted to come and tell you, but I couldn't becasue I knew you hated me and I couldn't face you after what I have done." Kuroka said as she tightened her hold of her.
"I shouldn't be doing this. If someone see's us, I could get in trouble for doing this. You're a wanted criminal, Kuroka. I can't just be with you or talk with you whenever I want becasue you are classed SS stray." She said as she didn't look at her.
"Then come with me? We can be together without worrying over something trivial as this." Kuroka suggested as she let go of her.
"I can't... I won't abandoned Rias becasue she gave me a reason to live and a home, I can't just leave her. Besides, I will be classified as a stray as well if I go with you."
"Lord Madara wants to remove the system that Devil's value so much. If there is no system, then we can be together without having to watch our backs every couple of steps." Kuroka said.
"You truly do care for him don't you?" She asked.
Kuroka formed a small smile. "I don't just care for him, I owe him everything. I thought he was another power hungry fool who wanted to destroy the world, but he wanted to do the complete opposite. He wanted to make a world for all of us to be happy in where there isn't any wars, hate, or even sadness. That's why I'm asking you to come and help him achieve this goal, so I could come and be with you." Kuroka said.
"I wish it was that easy, but... What did Mr. Uchiha mean by before it's too late?"
Kuroka saddened and she held her own arm. "I don't know if he would like me telling you this, but his brother died during war and Lord Madara is planning on starting a war to remove the system and the Old Satan Faction." She said.
Koneko looked to the ground. "I see, he wanted us to make up before war started and when it's war, there is no time for talking during that." She said.
Kuroka turned around and saw Madara walking away. "Shirone." Koneko looked up at her with a questioning look. "For what it's all worth, I'm glad I at least spoke with you becasue I hope next time we meet, I could properly explain everything to you."
"Wait, are you leaving?" Koneko asked, startling her by the way she spoke.
"I have to leave now, but remember, I will always truly love you, Shirone. No matter where I am. No matter where you are, I will always and I mean always love you." Kuroka said, giving her one final hug before leaving a stunned Koneko.
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Sirzechs was sitting in his office, looking through some paperwork as the meeting between the factions is coming up. He needed to be ready for what is to come and what to really expect at the meeting.
Having an Archangel or even the Governor of the Fallen Angel's as an enemy would prove problematic for him. He wanted to settle it peacefully and put everything behind them and move on.
A knock came to the door. "Come in." Sirzechs said as he kept his focus on his work.
The doors to his study opened up and a messenger entered, handing him a envelope and leaving before giving a bow. Sirzechs grabbed the small package and opened it up to see what it was about.
He slowly read it and as he got further down, his eyes were slowly narrowing. He was about to let out a sigh until the doors were opened with intense force. Rias barged in and walked up to her brother with her peerage slowly following behind her.
"Rias? What's the matter?" He asked.
"We have a problem and you're not going to like it at all." She said.
"Well speak up, what's this problem?" He asked with a smile.
"Mad- I mean, Mr. Uchiha has been working and conspiring behind our knowledge and has recruited multiple members to his little group. The wanted notorious criminal known as Kuroka is working with him and the man who holds the True Longinus. Oh, about that Tiamat problem as well, apparently, she has been working with him as well." Rias explained.
Sirzechs looked over at his wife. "Is this all true?" He asked as his smile vanished.
She only nodded her head in shame. "I forgot to say... Mr. Uchiha is targeting our system and wants to erase it from existence. He has also announced to us all that he has declared war on us all." Rias said as she clenched her fists.
Sirzechs eyes widened and he was awestruck by this declaration. Out of all the times, he is wanting to start a war over a system that we have created. "That can't be, How is that possible?" He asked.
A magic circle appeared and Sona with Tsubaki were now in the office. "Hello, Rias. Lord Lucifer, I came here to tell you that I have informed my parents about the situation and is willing to help out with the problem." Sona said.
"War you say? I was hoping that another war wouldnt arise, but it seems that it was just impossible to avoid." Ajuka said as he entered the study room.
"Lord Ajuka?!" Sona said.
"Let me ask you all this, how many of our people will die during this war? Thousands, tens of thousands, half our race or maybe all of it. We all have seen what Lord Madara is capable of, but how many of us will come out alive?" He asked everyone.
Everyone couldn't think of an answer as they pondered on his question.
Koneko was starting to have second thoughts after what her sister has told her. "He wants to make a world for all of us to be happy in where there isn't any wars, hate, or even sadness."
"What can we truly do then? Who knows who has joined his side." Sona said.
"Everything about that man is a mystery. No one can really understand where his power comes from, what he truly desires or even where he came from." Akeno said.
"We have been keeping an eye out for him ever since the Riser incident and he wasn't breaking any rules or even starting anything with anyone until after his trip to Kyoto. He has stepped over the line and is taking action by declaring war on us." Grayfia said.
"He is one man with powerful allies, what is that compared to an entire army?" Tsubaki asked.
"That's just it, he may be one man to all of us, but we all know deep down that he is the combination of a top Cadre Fallen, High-Class Devil, and even the strongest of the Angel's into one body," Sirzechs said.
"He is right. It would take all of us to just outsmart him in combat. I have seen it first hand on how he grows after he makes a mistake. He learns from so quickly while fighting and he knows what the enemy has planned for hime even before they get the chance to strike." Ajuka said.
"His knowledge of battle is far greater than Kokabiel's. The three factions are split when it comes to him since half of them respect him and acknowledges his power while the other half despises him." Sona said.
"I-I see," Tsubaki said.
"Sometimes I truly wonder if he is human at all." Ajuka stated.
"What should we do? I don't think that we could easily beat him with what we have." Rias said with worry.
"It's no matter, we will continue as planned and discuss this matter with him at the meeting. I assume you had set up a match with Sairaorg and Madara in the upcoming days?" Sirzechs asked.
Rias held her hand tightly. "Yes, you are right."
"You will cancel it, we have bigger problems now since Madara has announced to us all that he will be starting a war here soon. Also, we will have to cancel everything else that the Devil's are doing as well, we need to prioritize on the matter at hand." Sirzechs announced to them as he got serious.
"If I may ask, what's our plan here?" Sona asked out of curiosity.
"It's simple and we should have done this from the very beginning. We are going to put Lord Madara in a cage for all of the crimes he has committed and aligning himself with notorious criminals." Sirzechs said as he stood up from his seat.
"But how?" Xenovia asked.
"Everything will play out at the meeting between the factions. We will simply gain his trust and say that we will shut the system down. That is when we catch him by surprise and chain him up while sealing his eyes." He explained.
Sona and Rias both were contemplating on if this plan could actually work. They knew how slippery he can be and trying to catch him off guard is something that is impossible as humans trying to fly.
"Grayfia, I want you to start preparing the meeting room," Sirzechs ordered.
Grayfia bowed and went to the human world to prepare for the upcoming summit.
"Now then, how are we really going to convince him?" Rias asked.
"To know your enemy, you must become your enemy," Ajuka said.
"What do you mean?"
Ajuka cleared his throat. "If you want to know what he is thinking or how to gain his trust, you must become him."
"I... See." Rias said with a little worry.
"But the real question we should all be asking ourselves is how do we become a God to stop a God?"
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Madara eyes reverted back and his little band returned to Azazel's home. "Lord Madara, was it necessary to explain our goal to those Devil's? They will try to now find a way to counter our plan of removing their system." Tiamat said.
"I agree, now that the Devil's know what you are after, it will prove quite difficult now." Cao Cao agreed with Tiamat.
"Everything will work out in the end." Madara said with confidence.
"How can you be so sure?" Freed asked.
Madara kept a bored expression as he started to explain. "The Devil's are probably all thinking of a way to try and subdue me becasue they know that I am a threat to them. They will try to make us lower our guard when we least expect it, but I have been five steps ahead of them the whole time."
Everyone looked at Madara with a confused expression. "They may have figured out that I've been harboring powerful people, but do they know that I have created an allegiance with the Fallen and the Youkai's?"
"No, they don't." Kalawarner said.
"They want to remove me from the playing field as soon as possible, so they will most likely try to do so at the leader summit." Madara explained.
Kuroka put a finger on her lips and thought about it. "He is right. The Devil's don't want another war and they certainly don't want to lose a portion of their forces. I can see now why they would try and eliminate you as soon as possible." Kuroka said.
"In war, you have to be strong enough to be someone who the Devil's would fear." Madara said.
"How are you so confident in yourself? What drives you to be this fearful or even deadly? You once said that power is not will, it is the phenomenon of physically making things happen. What did you mean by that?" Cao Cao asked.
Madara smirked. "If you want to change something that you absolutely dislike, would you sit idly by and pray that it will change overtime?"
"No, I wouldn't."
"Then you understand my point, you need to take action and remove the problem yourself. You can't hope that life can easily get easier as time goes by, you need to physically change how the world is progressing and fix the problem yourself by giving the world your solution." Madara said.
"How can one such achieve a goal when the world itself doesn't want to change?" Cao Cao asked.
"As I said, you can't just hope that the world will change overtime since the concept of hope is nothing more than giving up. A word that holds no meaning. If one is to change something, then they need to physically make it happen."
Everyone sank in his words and understood where Madara was getting at. They all had their own goals before he arrived, but how could they actually achieve their goal if they aren't strong enough to do so.
"Hate, rage, compassion, love, forgiveness. All these emotions are a powerful weapon to make you stronger and make you go to heights that you couldn't even reach yourself. But every emotion has a weakness and that weakness can be used against you in battle." Madara said.
Everyone were knocked out of their thoughts as he started to speak again.
"My weakness was love and I was truly blinded by it that in the end, my brother perished in war and that is when I lost myself in hate and anger. I didn't care about anything, I saw how the world was and I wanted to pratically destroy it."
Everyone looked at him with shock except for kuroka who was once again saddened by his words.
"But in the end, I realized that I was wrong." Madara said as he remembered his final moments with Hashirama.
"How were you able to keep thriving and living after what you have lost?" Tiamat whispered. Luckily no one heard her.
"Use the emotions that is build up inside of you to grow stronger and to grow into a more kind and loving person, but always remember that every emotion has a weakness and it will eventually gobble you up and swallow you into the darkness as it did for me." Madara said as his eyes got droopy.
Madara'a group all finally understood why he is always so ruthless and disrespectful, but Kuroka and Tiamat truly understood him and finally knew why he doesn't love anyone or himself and it was all from the loss of his brother and how it changed him drastically more than they thought.
Madara left the living room and entered his room to start getting cleaned up after his battle with Indra.
Everyone else was either sitting or standing in the living room, fully digesting everything that Madara said to them. They fully understood how Madara got so powerful and ruthless and it wasn't by training every single day or even cheating your way through to get stronger, but being engulfed by hate, sorrow, and sadness throughout his whole life.
They wanted to avoid all those emotions and try to become stronger as a team.
"I'll be back." Kuroka said as she went to go check up on Madara.
Kuroka knocked on his door, but their was no answer. She waited a bit before knocking again, but to her avail there was no response again.
She gave up on knocking, so she just opened the door and walked in while closing the door behind her. It was a little bit dark in the room, so she turned on the lights and a blush came rushing over her cheeks.
Kuroka couldn't move a muscle at what she was staring at. Madara was standing in front her while only wearing his pants with the bandages still around his shins and his shoes where you could only see his toes.
Kuroka saw how well formed his body was and his rock hard six-pack. There were some scars over his torso area that truly showed off his body. She just wanted to throw him on the bed and jump on top of him, but she had to restrain herself from doing so.
"What are you doing?" He asked nonchalantly.
"I wanted to come talk with you and you didn't respond when I knocked." She said as she tried to keep eye contact as this was the first time seeing his exposed upper body.
"If I don't respond, then it means I don't want to speak with anyone." He casually said.
"I just wanted to say thank you for giving me the chance to speak with my sister, it's been a while since I spoke with her and you gave me a chance to do so and I just wanted to say thank you." She said.
"If I can't bring families together or even protect those who can't protect themselves, then how can I save an entire world?" He asked.
Kuroka smiled a little a bit. "Still, you help me and everyone else to make their lives easier, but in the end we can't do anything for you. I feel ashamed that I can't be of any use to you, but I believe there is one thing I possibly can do to make your life easier, Lord Madara." She said.
Madara looked at her to see if she would continue, but his eyes quickly widened a little at what she did.
Kuroka pressed her lips against his and held it their for a bit before removing her lips from his.
Kuroka smiled and opened his door before stopping and turning towards him. "Just know that me and the other girls truly love you for what you did for us, so don't think you have lost that emotion." Kuroka said, giving him one final smile before leaving.