I do not own Highschool DxD nor do I own Diablo. All rights respectively go to Ichiei Ishibumi, the series' creator, and Blizzard Entertainment, the company who made Diablo.

OP: Metamorphose feat. Ishida Yoko – Over the Testament (Shinmai Maou no Testament BURST OP)

(As the music begins, a flash of white light occurs as the camera moves upwards to depict a mural showing the entire universe like a tree, first starting with the Burning Hells and their masters, the Seven Evils, as they light up in red. Aidan appears first in a blue background with a bare chest before it cuts back to the mural moving upwards to the middle showing Sanctuary/Earth and all the other realms surrounding it, including the Underworld which light up in green. Then Rias appears in a red background, a bit further back than Aidan yet also naked before it reverts back to the upper portion of the mural, showing the High Heavens and their leaders, the Angiris Council, illuminated in a white glow. Akeno is the last show further back than Aidan and Rias, also naked and with a yellow background. The last image shows the entire mural illuminated in its respective colors.)

Over the Testament (The title of the show is revealed as Highschool DxD: The Prime Evil)

sabireta kono sekai ni habikoru (Aidan is standing on top of Tristram Cathedral, looking out to the sunset over the horizon before he turns briefly to his right to face away from the camera)
gizen to jiko gisei sore ga bigaku ka? (Rias is shown in front of the ORC Clubhouse before she turns around fully and then begins to walk forward)
honne o kakushita koduku na PIERO (The camera cuts to Akeno in her miko outfit at her shrine, her eyes closed before she opens them in a serious expression)
kyou mo kimi wa Poker face (Asia is shown in a church praying before she turns around to the light. The next image shows Kiba leaning his back against a wall, head down and eyes closed, with the spirits of his dead comrades surrounding him in comfort)

kamen hazushite saa kocchi ni kite (The Gremory rune is shown before the background turns black. Rias appears amidst the flames of the Burning Hells soon afterwards with the rune still present)
arinomama no kimi shiritaikara (Aidan's left arm, from his Sacred Gear that was holding Silentium, is corrupted as he activates his Balance Breaker, making him scream into the air as the shadow of Diablo appears above and behind him)kagayaki ni tsutsumare yasashii kaze ga fuku (Rossweisse, fires a powerful blast of lightning from on high at a group of flying Demons. Xenovia was on the ground as she slams Durandal to the ground, creating a massive quake that topples the incoming Demons in front of her)
sonna sekai o misetakute chikai o koeta (Kiba charges across the rooftops with Sword of Betrayer in hand. The camera follows him where he was charging towards the towering Belial, Lord of Lies. He jumps up to dodge a blast from the Demon Lord before spinning in the air and cutting off one of Belial's horns)

arata ni kizamareru kibou e no ayumi o (Koneko is seen next running across the rooftops as the camera follows her, charging at Azmodan, the Lord of Sin. She lands roughly on one roof before jumping upwards, dodging Azmodan's attack before she runs across the Demon's left arm and delivers a swift kick to his head)
tsugi no PEEJI ni kakishirushi (Rias fires a powerful blast from her Power of Destruction, only to be caught in a blast herself by Azmodan, sending her flying away)

ugokidashita jikan wa New age (Rias is caught by Aidan who smiles at her to which she returns. Then the two lean in for a romantic kiss as they are enveloped in a red power, their clothes also dissipating in the process)

(Aidan is shown in his Balance Breaker, Primal Terror Vengeance, starting at the back as the camera steadily turns around to show him until the last shot shows his left demonic eye. Between each frame, quick-time images appear; the first one being Venalana Gremory, Lilith, and the angel Aurelia in her mortal guise but with her back facing the camera, the second Sirzechs and Grayfia, the third being the Student Council led by Sona Sitri, the fourth being Loki and Diodora Astaroth back to back, and finally the last one showing Sinestra as the Angiris Apostle with the Angiris Council members looking over her, including Tyrael as the Archangel of Justice and Malthael as the Archangel of Wisdom)

(The final image shows Aidan looking to his right at Sinestra in the air, ready to take part in the Eternal Conflict)

"Aaaaahh!" A servant of Zephrydor is sent flying away past the said Master from none other than Sairaorg Bael.

"Damn you!" Zephrydor said, with fear ringing in his voice, "If this is it then you can bet your balls I'm going out swinging!"

"Then bring it on," Sairaorg shouted, accepting the challenge.

Zephrydor soon unleashes a variety of magic blasts over at Sairaorg. But on every single blast done to him, Sairaorg simply blocked the attack with his own enhanced fists filled with his Touki power. If anything, they were more like annoying flies to him than magic blasts.

Zephrydor was shocked. "Bastard! He blocked it!?"

Sairaorg smirks. "It's my turn now."

Dashing up close and personal faster than the eye can see, Sairaorg readies himself a powerful punch filled with his Touki.

*BAM*

And Zephyrdor is sent flying just like his servant before him, enough for the cameras to catch it to the point he makes an impact on the wall. Sairaorg Bael had just won another Rating Game.

Back at the ORC clubroom, everyone was watching the said Rating Game with a variety of reactions. Since the announcement of them fighting against Diodora Astaroth in the next Rating Game, Rias decided they should all spend some time watching available footage from the other fights going on. But for this Rating Game, it was all one-sided as Sairaorg easily defeated Zephrydor and his Peerage, demolishing them all on his own.

"Holy hell…" Aidan was shocked to see while staring at the screen with raised eyebrows. If he was going up against Sairaorg one day, he best be ready. And scared.

But that is when he hears a familiar voice from the screen.

"Sairaorg!" Li-Ming called out as she appears from a magic circle to congratulate the young Bael. "That was outstanding! Great job!"

But Sairaorg smirks, "Li-Ming, did you just appear in the middle of a Rating Game just to congratulate me? You know there is bound to have some consequences for that."

"There she is!" Devil security suddenly arrived to apprehend.

And Li-Ming had that uh oh look. "Oh crap…"

*SHOOM*

And just like that, Li-Ming teleports out of there immediately.

Aidan face palms at that. Li-Ming is indeed the most independent one of the nephalem, having such great power that comes with such pride.

"A flawless victory. They say he's the strongest Devil in the Rating Game," Kiba made worth mentioning.

"Zephrydor's power is ranked almost as highly," Rias added. "He's quite well stepping in as a substitute."

"Substitute?" asked Aidan.

"The first heir to his house died in an accident," Rias explained as she removed the magical screen.

*SHOOM*

Then a green magic circle appeared on the floor of the clubroom.

"A magic circle?" Gasper was surprised and scared.

"Astaroth, of course," Rias said with disgust. Upon hearing that, Aidan's body tenses, the dark urges within his heart resurfacing as the form of Diodora Astaroth appears. Just his own arrival made Aidan want to puke.

Appearing before them was Diodora, still bearing that smile with his eyes closed. "Salutations, everyone. How lovely to see you again."

As ever his voice was filled with such arrogance and pride. Aidan could only glare at him, trying to restrain his rage from simply overtaking him. The only thing keeping him from wanting to kill Diodora was the fact that Rias spoke for the group, politely as a noble. Everyone else was ordered to move to the side of the room. Both Diodora and Rias sat on the couches, face to face like they were in a business meeting.

"Shall we proceed to business?" Diodora asked as he removes his cape and sets it aside. "I would like to offer a Bishop trade, Lady Gremory."

Gasper froze in a second, thinking it was him being traded, but Aidan reassures in a whisper to his ear, "No, no no. He's not talking about you." That made the half-vampire red in embarrassment,

"You want to trade for Asia?" asked Rias in a neutral tone.

Asia gasped while Diodora chuckled. "Am I that transparent? I can assure you it is a fair exchange." Lifting a finger, he summons two holographic girls from two green magic circles. "Both of these Bishops of mine are hardworking and will serve—"

"I will stop you there," Rias interrupts holding her hand up. "Your offer is rejected. Asia is not only a valuable member of my Peerage, but also I think of her as the little sister I never had." Rias crosses her arms on that.

"Thank you, Rias," Asia smiles gratefully.

"Using a roster trade and try to get the woman who turned down your marriage proposal shows me you're not only uncouth but have no idea what she wants," Rias continued as her body glows red for a second.

It could just have been Aidan's imagination but couldn't help but see a very faint shadow of Diablo roaming over her, if not the soulstone sliver in her heart glowing brightly a bit.

Diodora looked at Rias with half-closed eyes, his pupils were red and yellow oddly enough. "How disappointing, you didn't find my offer acceptable today, but I won't let that dissuade me."

He stands up and walks over to Asia, kneeling and grabbing her free hand.

"Our meeting and reunion were both predestined. Even if all the forces in the Underworld stood in our way, I would do anything necessary to overcome them all. I will never give up. I love you, Asia."

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a fed up Aidan roughly grabs Diodora by the face, lifts him up, and throws him to the ground.

*BAM*

The impact was enough to shake the room as a dazed Diodora rolls backwards and gets up, apparently now pissed off at Aidan.

"Creatures like yourself should know their place," He spitefully said as he stood up and brushed his shoulder before covering his mouth like he was disgusted at something or rather someone. "I cannot stand being touched by a filthy nephalem such as yourself. Revolting."

Aidan's temper gets ready to burst out as he decides he has had enough of this fool. But before he could make his move…

*SLAP*

A slap came out of nowhere, with Diodora's head turned sideways, his expression hidden. And it came by none other than Asia Argento.

"I refuse to sit here and let you talk to Aidan that way," Asia frowned at the Devil.

Diodora suddenly reverted back to his usual personality and smiled at Asia like nothing happened before. "Yes, I understand. My apologies." He then looks over at Aidan and points a finger. "This isn't over, nephalem. We'll pick up where we left off in the next Rating Game." He then looks back at Asia. "Once I've defeated him, I hope you'll accept my love, darling."

But Aidan decreed, "Wrong."

*SHIING*

And at once, his Armiger was conjured up, surrounding Diodora as he was surrounding by a multitude of phantom blades. He seemed to have kept his expression up, as if he was not threatened by the nephalem's power.

"We end this right here and right now," Aidan said darkly.

As Diodora glares at Aidan, he could feel the tips of the phantom blades poking at his skin, ready to pierce him. Everyone else in the room looked at Aidan though in fear, thinking that the dark influence of the Prime Evils was affecting him once again.

Rias wasted no time in issuing a command with slight worry in her voice, "Aidan, release him. You can deal with him in the Rating Game. Not before, we do not want to cause unnecessary war."

Aidan stares at the redhead with his demonic red eyes as if he would not obey, but his expression changes upon turning his gaze over towards Asia who pleads the same.

"Please, Aidan, no more," She pleaded. "Not until the Rating Game. I know you want to protect me, but not like this."

Aidan sighs heavily before he drops his arm, dispersing away the Armiger and letting his normal self return back to normal as his eyes return to their natural blue color and the corruption in his arm subsides.

Aidan then warned, "Consider your life spared, Diodora. Death would have been too merciful for you anyway."

Diodora, whether he was unmoved or not, hastily conjures a green magic circle and disappears, but not before leaving one final glare to the nephalem.

Back at Aidan's house, all the girls minus Rias and Koneko were having tea at the table. Kiba and Gasper were back at their homes, and Koneko was with Aidan out somewhere in the middle of the night. Luckily for them, Koneko wasn't taking him to a love hotel. The nekomata may be fond of Aidan but she has not yet exactly confessed feelings for him.

"Aidan and Koneko haven't come back yet," Asia pondered in worry. "Are they still out fulfilling contracts?"

"We had some last minute requests," Akeno revealed.

Rossweise commented, "Being a devil seems like a lot of work." But that is when Rossweisse realized and asked, "Hey, where's Rias?"

"She's held up in her room plotting out a strategy for our approach in the next Rating Game," Akeno said.

Xenovia looked over and saw a worried Asia. "Asia, there's no reason to get worried. Just remember that Aidan will be there to protect you."

Akeno concurs, "Right. Fortunately, Aidan's there to look out for all of us."

Asia nodded in affirmation, "Yes of course. He always does."

Rossweisse was particularly surprised. "I never would've thought a bunch of girls would trust him so much."

"We're here now because of Aidan," said Xenovia. "He even allowed us to share his home with him."

Akeno nodded, "That's true. I feel bad we haven't actually thanked him for all the kind things he's done."

But that is when an idea popped up in Xenovia's mind. "Then what are we waiting for!? Let's thank him!"

All the other girls though looked confused as they looked at her. "Huh?"

MEANWHILE…

Aidan meanwhile was with Koneko, riding back to home on a bike. Now Aidan was not one to ride bikes despite knowing how, but he needed the exercise anyway. Plus, he didn't want to rely on using magic so much for him to get to his contracts.

But what was most surprising was that it was a contract requiring both him and Koneko specifically. It was however no surprise that Kharazim was the one to call the two of them. Since Kharazim was not part of the nephalem members who stayed behind after the rescue of Baraqiel, he had plenty of time to take care of things on his end with Ivgorod Yoga, along with his nephalem compatriots' other shops.

"To think Kharazim suddenly requested the both of us out of the blue," Aidan said. "Then again, I didn't finish my contract with him last time I did it."

"It was fun sparring and meditating with you, Aidan-senpai," Koneko said behind him while holding on.

Aidan looks behind Koneko. "Sorry, Koneko. While I wanted to use a Town Portal or at least magic circles, I need to stop relying so much on magic and focus on my physicality."

"No. This is fun, too." But that is when Koneko notices something as she perks her head up. "Aidan-senpai!"

Aidan halts his bike with a screech, feeling something as well. Koneko then jumps upwards and forwards in a somersault before landing up front. Once she lands, she is on one knee, catching the scent.

"This presence!" Koneko could tell.

Little did she know that it was right next to her, in the form of a familiar black haired nekomata sitting on top of a wall.

"Long time no see," The recognizable voice of Kuroka spoke up.

Koneko turns around, surprised to see her blood relative. "Onee-sama!"

Kuroka jumps off the wall and lands in front of Koneko, but not before Aidan gets up front to protect the latter.

"Here for round 2, little pussycat?" asked Aidan at the ready.

Kuroka however kept bearing a smile as she comes up close to get a good look at Aidan's expression. He was neither deterred nor startled as he kept his hard gaze on her.

"Your face has gotten a lot more gallant since I last met you," Kuroka noted. "Is that because you've reached a Balance Breaker? Or is it because you've come to know women?"

Kuroka then cups him and licks his left cheek like a cat. She takes a step back, admiring the taste. "Hmm. So this is what a nephalem tastes like. I like it." Suddenly her cheeks turn red as she comes up to his face again. "Hey, hey, hey. Want to try making children with me?"

Aidan was still unmoved, even as Kuroka lets out a bit more of her cleavage in order to seduce the nephalem. "I want a nephalem's child."

Luckily for Aidan, Koneko steps up front with arms wide open, to Kuroka's surprise. "Onee-sama, Aidan-senpai's…" She looks away with a blush on her face despite her hard gaze. "I won't give him to you."

Aidan then asks Kuroka, "Can't you ask someone else to do that for you? Like Vali for instance?"

"I turned her down," Another voice popped up. And speak of the devil, it was the descendant of Lucifer himself who came in via a magic circle.

"Vali," Aidan greeted calmly. "And here I thought you'd be meeting Issei."

Vali chuckles. "If I did, he'd be itching for a fight. And probably accuse me of unleashing Loki onto you all."

"Correction. That was Belial in disguise as Loki."

But Vali shrugs, not caring who it was. "Same thing."

"Loki did that on his own," Kuroka said. "We only escorted him to the Underworld. And we all figured once his real identity was exposed, you'd take care of that."

"In fact, I think we should be thanked," Vali interjected. "We saved you all from Fenrir."

"You didn't come here just to meet us by coincidence though, did you?" asked a deducing Aidan.

Vali smirks, seeing as how smart the nephalem is. "I heard you're participating in a Rating Game?"

Aidan nods. "So the rumors say. What of it?"

"Your opponent is the heir to the Astaroth family. Be careful around him."

"Thanks for the warning," Aidan sarcastically thanks. "I've already met him. Twice."

"I'm sure my words of advice would remain unheeded by Rias Gremory. So at the very least, I thought I'd tell you."

But Aidan knew that there was more to it. "Sounds like you know the son of a bitch personally."

"Once before. Our last encounter was a bit, shall we say, nasty. He tried to seduce our nun friend named Mirana Shatarova. Luckily, we were able to prevent that from happening."

"Like I said, thanks for the warning," Aidan sarcastically repeats his thanks. "Is that all you came to say?"

But then Vali's expression changes as he looks upon Aidan, seeing that Aidan was in something of a hurry and wanted to get straight to the point. "We need to talk. Privately."

Aidan, standing down, decides to walk with Vali, leaving the two nekomata sisters alone. Both the heir of Lucifer and the nephalem walk side by side until they are somewhat a distance away from the two sisters.

This was a first for Aidan, having to speak with Vali Lucifer himself for the first time face to face. But he could only guess just what this was about. However, instead of getting straight to the point, he engages in some small talk first.

"Where have you been lately?" asked Aidan casually as they walked. "Last time I saw you, well…"

Vali tries to keep a straight face as he and the nephalem walk, taking their time. "I've been hunting Sinestra. She's already begun her crusade against various Churches around the world."

"For what purpose?" asked a peculiar Aidan, realizing how serious this private talk was going to be.

"Demonic corruption, which is no surprise. But the method she did it in made my blood boil, realizing the depravity of her madness."

"What do you mean?"

That is when Vali stopped, making Aidan see it as he turns to him. "She assaulted the town of Shuya, in the Ivanovo Oblast province of Russia. Along with a cadre of elite Elder Angels. The town was lit up in flames and everyone there was slaughtered, including the head of the Russian Orthodox Church."

Aidan's eyes narrow. He should have expected this from the Angiris Apostle. And he had heard nothing of such news. Last time he saw Sinestra, she was forced to return to the High Heavens by Imperius for her actions. Whatever punishment was inflicted on her, Aidan did not want to know but it either made her crazy or made her more convicted in the Elder Angels' zealous ideals of order.

Vali continues. "Our nun friend, Mirana Shatarova, was there at the time. But luckily, we managed to rescue her along with a few dozen survivors. For now they are in the care of the Slavic Pantheon at one of their temples hidden in the forest."

This made Aidan curious. "Why rescue Mirana? What makes her important to you?"

Vali smiles a bit. "Mostly because of my best friend, Julian Shamsiel, and how important she is to him."

"Julian Shamsiel?"

But that is when Aidan's mind flashes back to when he first saw the young man when he first fought Kuroka. He was there when he came to retrieve her and Bikou. The next time was of retrieving Fenrir and his sons, though Aidan was incapacitated at the time.

"Julian and Mirana had been dating for quite some time. The Church usually doesn't allow nuns to be in a relationship, so it was kept secret. As did we, for their sake. Despite me and Kuroka being Devils, we accepted her as a friend, even cared for her well-being."

"You said Julian was your best friend?" Aidan asked.

"Childhood friend to be exact," Vali explains. "We grew up together and he is someone I consider to be a surrogate brother, much like how you view that male Knight in Rias Gremory's Peerage. Although I like to think that our brotherhood bond is much stronger than what you have."

Aidan rolls his eyes on Vali's comment. He wasn't exactly lying on that but the tone in which he said it was mixed with a hint of arrogance.

"When he heard Sinestra was enacting the purge over at Shuya, he wanted to get over there immediately to save Mirana. So we did."

"What of Sinestra?" asked Aidan. "Did you engage with her considering how she stole your powers?"

"Luckily no," Vali shakes his head. "But sooner or later, I am going to kill her the next time I ever see her again."

Aidan was a little concerned. "You're okay with the fact that you'd kill your own sister?"

Vali admits, "No. Not normally. But her betrayal made me realize who she worked for all along. And the ideals that she had come to accept from the Elder Angels. In her eyes, we are nothing more than Demons who take a different form. I realize just how far she had fallen under their graces, which is ironic if she sides with those fools."

Aidan tries to reassure. "You can leave Sinestra to me if you want. After all, it is me whom she declares to be her rival. Not you or Issei."

"I don't deny that," Vali looks over the horizon. "But I fear she may take advantage of your upcoming Rating Game against the heir of the Astaroth Family. How and when, I do not know."

Both Vali and Aidan look up at the stars together in contemplation, wondering if the High Heavens were still watching from up there. Wondering if Sinestra is also watching over them in amusement. One thing is for certain for the two of them: the next time they meet and fight Sinestra on separate occasions, it will be worse than the last.

Blood will spill.

By the time both Koneko and Aidan get back home, the first thing they see when they walk through the door were the girls. Dressed in such lavish outfits, mainly skimpy shirne maiden outfits, that caught the nephalem off guard.

Akeno was the first to greet him. "He's back. Welcome home, Aidan."

Aidan however was surprised, blushing brightly in shock. "What in the— What the hell's going on here?"

Akeno playfully felt hurt. "Oh no! Don't you like it?" She asked as she gives a very good view of her booty in her short skirt.

Gulping and clearing his throat, Aidan smirks a bit. He then grabs Akeno's left tush and squeezes it, eliciting something of a moan from the Priestess of Thunder.

"Does that answer your question?" He asks flirtingly.

Akeno looked back with a blushing face of amusement, licking her lips seductively.

"Welcome home, Aidan." Asia said in a peculiar slutty nun outfit. "We put these on for you."

"Yes, welcome home Aidan," Xenovia smiled coming into view with her battle outfit.

If any other male were here like Issei, they would be ecstatic at the sight with their eyes in the shape as hearts and their tongues out hungry for their bodies. But before he lost himself to such pleasures, Aidan asks, "What exactly is going on here?"

"It was actually all Irina's idea," Xenovia revealed. "We wanted to show you how much we appreciate you."

Aidan was surprised. "Irina? She told you of this?"

Xenovia nodded. "She did. Though to be honest I don't think she expected things to be this extreme."

"Should it be a vagrant display of nubile flesh, or should we make it a touching moment to cherish?" Akeno asked with a chuckle, slightly pressing herself into Aidan as she runs a finger down his strong chest.

Aidan flirts back, "Good question. Either a strip dance or a dance right here and now. To be honest, I don't know which is better."

Before Akeno could answer back, another voice calls up, "What's going on down there, you guys?"

And out came Rias in her normal attire, unaware of what was happening. Aidan felt like he got froze in spot, seeing the situation he is in surrounded by beautiful women in sexy outfits and his girlfriend walking in on the sight.

"Oh, hi there Rias," Akeno smiled nonchalantly at her. "We're making Aidan happy to show how thankful we are to him."

Rias, upon hearing that, could only frown from the top of the stairs before she turned around and went back to the room. Whatever her expression was when she ran was unknown.

"Uh oh," Aidan feared, thinking he may have pissed her off.

"Do you think she got upset about being left out?" asked Xenovia.

Sighing to himself, Aidan breaks away from Akeno and says, "I'm going to go check up on her."

Aidan walks up the stairs but only reaches halfway when all of a sudden, he sees Rias floating down in a sexy Devil outfit that showed most of her skin. She even had her Devil wings out and a forked tail. And she also held a pitchfork in her right hand, bearing a smile as she looks upon her nephalem.

"I take that back," Aidan said. "She's okay."

Floating down in front of her nephalem boyfriend, Rias poses in an alluring and sexy way that would have many men get nosebleeds just from the sight of it. She places a hand behind her head to show herself off.

"So how about it, Aidan?" asked Rias. "Don't you think this looks amazing on me?"

Aidan could only smile as he holds his girlfriend's hands. "Yes. Without a doubt."

Rias could only smirk, relishing in the moment with him. "I'm well aware of your personal proclivities, wouldn't you agree?"

Aidan soon follows Rias' gaze back to a frowning Akeno who then takes off into the air and then changes into a more sexy outfit. From her skimpy and sexy miko outfit came a purple two-piece bikini.

"Presto chango bikini technique. You don't think you've won yet?" Akeno tauntingly asked as she floats to the other side of Aidan while Rias straightened up and pouted. "Be honest. Your imagination is pretty weak so you like clothes that leave very little to it."

That left Rias a little more annoyed than usual but that is when Akeno looks over to Aidan with that seductive look, revealing her next move.

"Good put your finger up," Akeno said as holds one index finger up. Aidan, not understanding what was going on, complies. But that is when that finger touched Akeno's nipple, thanks to the Queen reaching out to it and pressing it against her. It was enough to get her moaning erotically. "That's good, just like that."

At this point, Aidan's mind was completely empty, the lust overtaking him again. Rias, not wanting to be left out, takes the nephalem's right hand over to her left breast. She was not going to lose on this one, not to Akeno in a sexy outfit competition.

She soon begins to moan as well. "Oh yes when you touch my breast I get hot all over. Feel my heartbeat?" Rias soon glared at her best friend. "I'm never going to give him up."

Akeno had the same glare as well. "Same goes for me."

Both of them soon let go of their nephalem's hands and power up their aura. Another catfight, like at the pool last time, then broke out, the two of them trying to blast each other away with their power.

"Deal with it already. Somnus is way more into the size of my girls than yours," Akeno smirked.

Rias smirked as she refused to back down. "Wrong. Somnus prefers the gentle sloping of my snowy peaks. Got it?"

"So not true! And you sound ridiculous."

"This from the girl who says she wants a paizuri from Somnus first thing in the morning?"

Aidan could only give a heavy sigh, seeing his two girlfriends once again fight over whose breasts were better and which one he liked more. Truthfully, he liked both of them, but it was not exactly simple to answer with that kind of response. Maybe he will get a better answer the next time he has sex with them in bed, individually or together.

"Well that escalated quickly," Asia said from far back.

Xenovia concurred. "Yeah but we're too smart to get between them."

"Hey Aidan," Koneko soon tugs on Aidan's arm. "Do you like this look?"

Aidan could only say this while staring at her with a blush on his face. "So many mixed emotions right now…"

"Nya~" Koneko winked and pawed with her right hand cutely. For a nekomata, she really was a cat.

After that whole seductive debacle was settled, Aidan and Rias were back in the bedroom, with the latter sitting on the bed. By the time they got in, Aidan had to explain his encounter with Vali, but whether Rias was listening or not was unknown as it seemed her expression was fixated on her catfight with Akeno.

"Seriously, Akeno can be such a pain," Rias said while brushing her hair slightly in irritation.

Aidan could only quietly laugh sheepishly at that remark, seeing that the competition between Rias and Akeno was only going to get more fierce in the days to come. Rias was always the fierce competitor over Aidan and his heart despite being his number one girlfriend and main love interest. If anything she seemed possessive, not wanting him to be distracted by other girls. While Akeno and Asia are exceptional, she still wants her nephalem all to herself.

Rias then sighs, getting to the matter at hand. "No problem. It was actually the perfect way to relieve a little stress. However, Vali is a different matter. The absolute cheek, coming and going as he pleases in my territory," She stated further as she plays with her hair.

"I know he wasn't trying to start any trouble, as he wanted to speak to me privately about a serious matter," Aidan said while crossing his arms in thought. "But what he told me regarding Sinestra was most disturbing."

"Be that as it may, I still need to send a report up the chain. I certainly don't intend to trust Vali completely in this. But there's something about Diodora's attitude that doesn't sit well with me."

"I concur, Rias," Aidan agreed. "I never liked that guy the moment I first saw him. He wants to take Asia away. But that is not going to happen. Not while I am around her."

Aidan could only say such words with spite, his hand clenching into a fist like he wants to tear out Diodora's spine from his head. Somehow, the voices in his head from the Demons seem to be approving and convincing him to do just that. If he does that though, he'll go back to that dark path again and become a Demon. It scared him but the temptation was real.

Suddenly, Rias places both of her hands on the side of Aidan's head and brings him to her chest. While surprised at first, Aidan begins to feel himself relax in the warmth and smell of his girlfriend. Rias must have sensed his stress and anger towards Diodora, hence her action. Good thing Aidan never gets tired of leaning his head into her rack for relaxation as her breasts did feel soft. Like sleeping his head on a white cloud.

"You feel responsible for bringing Asia into this world," Rias smiles fondly as she wraps her arms around his head. "Blaming yourself changes nothing."

"Yeah, I know," Aidan acknowledged softly as he closes his eyes in peaceful warmth. "Asia told me how happy she is to be living here with us. I'm glad she sees things that way, but when I think about everything she lost... it hurts."

"Well that just means one thing. We're all going to have to work together to make sure she has the happiness she deserves. Of course; I hope the same for the rest of the household. You especially."

Blushing brightly, Aidan smiles as he replies, "Thank you, my love."

The two lean for a nice romantic kiss, one that lasted just a few seconds. But those few seconds were more than enough for them.

"This is why we should cherish moments like these," She said ever so softly, petting her nephalem's soft head. "Oh, I almost forgot. The TV studio of the Underworld sent a request for you to make a guest appearance."

Aidan slowly stands up and tilts his head questioningly. "An appearance? Why would they want me?"

"No idea," Rias smiled as she stands up placing her hands on her hips. "It won't be until sometime after tomorrow's Rating Game. So let's focus all of our energy on winning that. Shall we?"

Aidan nods in acceptance. One problem to tackle at a time.

LATER…

Aidan was taking a soaking bath down in the bath house on the basement level of the skyscraper home. As he leans back and soaks in the hot water to relax his muscles, he takes the time to remember about the private talk he and Vali had.

"Sinestra…" Aidan spoke softly. "I knew of you to be dangerous, but not insane. Is purging this world of innocents due to the presence of Demons really the only course of action for you?"

But then, that loud ringing noise hits his head like a sharp pain. This one was worse than the last in that it made Aidan clench his face with closed eyes and gritted teeth. It was like a loud, sharp, ring that was long and continuous, enough to give a major headache. It was the same one made whenever it indicated something about Lilith.

And those rings only got worse and louder. It was as if Lilith was getting closer and closer with every second that passed. Aidan wondered though if this was some hallucination, a vision from the future, or just some bad effects of his nightmares. Whatever the case though, he knew in that moment that something is bound to happen in the near future. And Lilith will be in the middle of it. Whether that was good or bad he did not know.

He didn't know if it was just his nerves or not, but he swore that in the middle of his sharp pain of headache, he could feel Lilith's talon-like fingers up his spine and her teeth right by his ear. It was as if he was slowly falling into her grasp, into her influence. If she claims Aidan, what will become of him? What will be her next move after that?

Sighing, Aidan gets out of the bath and dries off. He was on his way back to the elevator to get to his bedroom when he heard noises coming from one of the training rooms.

"Who could be in there this late at night?" Heading towards the door and opening it, he saw it was Xenovia.

The blue-haired girl was doing flips, jumps, and all kinds of attacks with Durandal in one hand, a practice sword in the other. Aidan takes the time to watch her from the sidelines before she finishes working. Xenovia, sweating and a little tired, turns to see Aidan right there by the door.

"You're still up?" asked Xenovia as she pants slightly.

"Just got out of a bath," He smiled as he leans against the door. "What about you?"

"A little last-minute training," Xenovia said looking down slightly.

"You were working hard this morning too," He pointed out to her with a raised eyebrow.

"I had too. I'm not as strong as Kiba, it hurts to admit it but Kiba has got a lot more talent at sword fighting than I do," Xenovia admitted in a humble mood.

"I concur," Aidan chuckles a little. "I can hold my own in a sword fight but Kiba has more experience than me and can pull tricks that even I cannot do. But to me, you and Kiba are the best swordsmen I have ever met."

Flushing slightly, Xenovia smiles, "That means a lot to me."

Smiling back, Aidan soon conjures up Silentium in a flash of light. Taking the blade, he hands it out to Xenovia flat side down. "Take it."

Xenovia gasped, staring down at the blade and then the nepahlem in shock. "But it's yours."

"Just take it, Xen," Aidan kept up his smile. "Since Durandal can be difficult to wield, you will need it. And not to worry. With my Armiger, I can conjure up any weapon at my disposal."

"Are you sure?" Xenovia asked. But then Aidan answers her doubts by passing her the sword which she took in her right hand while moving Durandal into her left.

"If you need my blade, just ask. We're a team, Xen," Aidan smiles with a shrug. "Plus, you are really good at duel wielding."

"Yeah, got it," Xenovia said while looking at Silentium. "Hey, you'll one day leave the Occult Research Club and head out on your own, right? Will you try and reach the top?"

"Honestly, Xen, with me being a nephalem, I have not given much thought to ranking. I know it is a great honor, but I am not after fancy titles nor fame nor power. Instead, I just want to protect and defend you all from whatever comes, Demons or otherwise. Perhaps I could be an adventurer or something if I have the chance."

"Asia expressed she would follow you when that day comes," Xenovia said staring at me.

Noddingly slightly, Aidan chuckles, "Yeah, she would do that. I promised to always watch over her no matter what."

"In that case, when you go, take me as well," Xenovia nodded as she said this.

But Aidan was surprised. "Are you sure? There's plenty of other things you can do without me in it."

"My life is more interesting when you're in it," Xenovia smiled which made Aidan flush in red.

But he smiles all the same. "Alright then. Do as you wish."

"I'm really glad you walked by when you did. Just talking to you is already calming my nerves." Leaning forward, Xenovia gently kisses Aidan's cheek.

*CHUU*

"That was a thank you," She said before her eyes went wide. "Would you have preferred it on the lips?"

Aidan however smiles, "A kiss on the cheek is more than enough for now. Get washed and to sleep, Xen."

Aidan then turns and takes his leave, heading out the door, through the hallway and into the elevator. Xenovia watches him the entire time, never taking her eyes off the nephalem she admires.

Once inside the elevator, Aidan gently touches his cheek and smiles fondly. "Well, that was a sweet moment… If only she could be like that all the time."

Once the elevator doors opened up, it showed Asia and Koneko standing there in their pajamas, holding their pillows to their bodies.

"Hey Aidan," Asia smiled at me.

"Oh, hey you two. What's going on?" Aidan asked.

"We've been waiting for you in bed."

"I just finished speaking to Xenovia," Aidan said as he walks out of the elevator with a smile.

"Aidan, if we lose the game, I just want you to know that um…" Asia started to mumble in her pillow.

Koneko took that moment to look at Asia. "Let Diodora say what he wants. There is no way in Hell that we are handing you over to that weirdo loser."

"Thanks, Koneko," Asia smiles.

Aidan concurs as he places his hands on Asia's shoulders. "Don't worry. We're not going to let him touch you. He'll have to get past us if he wants to."

"That's right," Koneko nodded.

"We'll take care of him swiftly, and then get back to the three-legged race."

This made Asia feel more relaxed as she, Koneko, and Aidan return to the latter's bedroom to get some shut eye.

Meanwhile at Azazel's house, he was on his couch with some bourbon, talking to someone else on the other side via a magic circle.

"Sorry for calling so late, Sirzechs," Azazel apologizes. "But it's about the accidental death of the heir of the Glasya-Labolas Clan and the sudden unexplained increase in Diodora Astaroth's Devil power."

Sirzechs speculates, "You think they're related after all?"

"So it seems," Azazel confirms after taking a drink.

"I see. Then perhaps Rias' report on Vali's warning factors into this somehow. Which of course assumes it isn't disinformation."

"Or maybe they're not as unified as we first assumed," Azazel smirks.

But Sirzechs was not so sure as he had a face of reluctance. "I see no other options. Prepare to set your plan into motion."

"Good. Both Michael and old man Odin are on board with this as well. Though, I'm not very proud of using those kids this way."

"They've been through Hell before, Azazel," Sirzechs stated, recalling their mission to Tristram. "Even Diodora would have to be careful when dealing with them."

Azazel does not deny that. "True. But then what comes next after him? Somehow, I got a bad feeling that Diodora is meant for a big role. What it is exactly, I do not know, yet I wager the Demons will have a hand in it."

"Do you think it is possible he could be aligned with the Burning Hells?" asked Sirzechs.

"Maybe. But we won't know until he reveals his true colors. Say, wasn't there a barrier Lucifer built to prevent the Demons from manifesting in the Underworld?"

Sirzechs nods. "There was. But that barrier has now deteriorated to the point it is now breached easily. Somebody had sabotaged and weakened it intentionally. Now our home is in the same state as Sanctuary in that the Demons can invade at any time."

"Damn," Azazel curses. "There's only three Lesser Evils in Hell now, with Azmodan, the Lord of Sin, at the top. He's an uncanny tactician and will attack us where we will least expect it."

"And where defeat would break our will to resist. We should get into contact with Tyrael, have him organize our defenses. With him and the Horadrim, we may be able to anticipate where Azmodan will strike."

Azazel nods in agreement. With Tyrael, they may be able to drive off the Lord of Sin or the other Lesser Evils should they come and invade. Tyrael has met Azmodan on the battlefield several times in the Eternal Conflict, thus his expertise will prove very useful and vital to the defense of the Underworld.

But Azmodan would not be the only one on the move.

"There's more," Azazel informed. "I have been told by Shamsiel regarding Sinestra. Apparently, she has gone on a crusade of purging various towns across Earth, in areas where she believes to be a large concentration of 'demonic corruption'." Azazel says those words with air quotes.

"Purge? You mean the towns are destroyed?" asked Sirzechs.

Azazel nods. "She would have likely brought a legion of Elder Angel troops, yes."

This was troubling. With Sinestra commencing a purge of the Church, it will give the Three Factions a headache. Michael and the other Angels would be powerless to stop it and frankly, they cannot do anything. If they fight against their elderly brethren, it will be seen as a form of betrayal. With an alliance made with the other two races, this puts them in a very difficult position.

"If Sinestra has put herself back on the grid, she wants to be found," Azazel said. "Trouble is, we cannot locate her."

"What do you mean?" asked Sirzechs.

"The attacks are random and occur in remote locations far from our eyes. Last I heard though, she was moving west towards the Middle East. To the city of Jerusalem."

This troubled Sirzechs greatly, for if Jerusalem was attacked, it will mean the loss of all three major religions around the world. Fighting Demons in the Eternal Conflict is one thing. But genocide on the human race is an entirely different issue. If Sinestra continues purging the faithful from the Church, then the amount of followers to uphold the teachings will decrease over time. Simply put, another persecution of Christians.

"Do you think she'll appear at the Rating Game?" asked Sirzechs in concern.

"Knowing her, it's possible but I would say it's about 50-50. She was always the unpredictable one. But she loves the smell of battle, especially against the Demons. If Azmodan invades, then the possibility may be 80-20."

"Then the situation is more dire than I thought," Sirzechs said in concern. "I'll converse with Michael. He may be able to warn the Church of the impending attack. Who knows when Sinestra will go after the Vatican?"

"Agreed. Best of luck to you."

Sirzechs' magic circle disappears as Azazel goes for another fill of strong bourbon. He then gets up from his sofa and walks over to the window, looking at the moon in contempt. His mind was not focused on the Demons or Diodora or sending the kids to deal with him. But rather, he was now focused on Sinestra, and of her purges.

Truth be told, he still cannot fathom why Sinestra backstabbed her brother Vali like that and steal his powers. She said this was the will of the High heavens but not even the Angiris Council would commit something that bold. It must have been done of her own free will, in the event that she meets and destroys the Prime Evil. Azazel fears that Sinestra may be looking for people with Sacred Gears born within them, and stealing their powers for her own benefit.

'You and Vali were like family to me, Sinestra. And this is the last thing I ever expected from you.'

Azazel closes his eyes and sighs before opening them as he glares at the moon, like he saw the tiny speck in the sky that was Sinestra. His next thoughts were now bitter and filled with disappointment.

'Is this your true nature? A belief so deep you're willing to destroy the world all because of Demons!? ...Is that the price you're going to pay just to get back at us?'

Azazel was only met with silence. And yet, he could not help but hear, in his own mind, the faintest chuckle coming from the Angiris Apostle.

The following day, everyone from the ORC were wearing their standard battle attire, which was mostly their school uniforms. Asia was the only one wearing her nun outfit minus her veil. Xenovia was in her standard tight black suit she used before when she first appeared long ago.

As for Aidan, he wore a different attire rather than his school uniform. He was wearing a black jacket that he keeps unzipped with dragon-motif buttons, zipper tag and sequin details on the pockets. Underneath, he was wearing a steel gray shirt with dragon prints. He was also wearing black cropped trousers and black buckled boots with red soles along with a black motorcycle glovelet on his left hand.

As for the reason of the change of clothes, he wanted an outfit that was agile and loose, but not enough for it to be easily destroyed nor slow him down. While his academy uniform is nice and all, he has already destroyed a few sets in the process whether it be from battle or transformation. While Rias managed to cover the costs and get him replacements with Sona's help, Aidan didn't want to take any chances this time with this second Rating Game.

He just hopes that the Demons in his Sacred Gear remain contained. Even though he was against the son of a bitch Diodora, he just hopes he can contain his anger.

"Have a good trip, all of you," Rossweisse smiled as she nods at them.

"Do your best," Irina waved as everyone vanishes in a flash of light underneath the magic rune.

"Hey, you two," Azazel calls out from the shadows. "You got your things ready?"

"We do," Rossweisse confirms while switching to her Valkyrie attire.

"Yessir!" Irina winked happily.

"Good. Because this next portal will take us far from their eyes. Be ready."

MEANWHILE…

As the light died around the group, they arrived at their destination: the Rating Game arena where it looked like a section of the Underworld that was little more than a barren wasteland of a floating island connected to a large temple nearby. Aidan looks around with a frown, having a bad feeling about all this.

"Is this where they expect us to fight?" Kiba asked looking around.

"How strange," Rias muttered. "The referee should have announced our arrival by now."

"But what if there has been some kind of problem?" Gasper asked looking up at Rias.

Aidan concurred. "Something's not right."

Then, a gasp was heard from Asia as she pointed something behind the group. "A magic circle."

This magic rune was orange and bearing a symbol that seemed ancient. "That's not the crest of Astaroth," Rias realized.. "Be on your guard."

Aidan summons his Armiger around him as Xenovia and Kiba summon their swords while Koneko sprouted her ears and tail. Akeno called upon her lightning was Rias surrounds herself in an aura of red from her Power of Destruction.

Multiple Devils soon appeared around them, with Rias recognizing them. "If memory serves, I've seen that crest somewhere before. Those Devils are loyal to the Old Satan Faction of the Khaos Brigade."

"So, they're terrorists?" Xenovia asked as she looked around with a frown.

"To the despicable usurpers and the false royal house of Grempry, we are here t take back what is ours," One of them said to us in a prideful voice.

'This is what Vali was warning me about,' Aidan thought to himself. But his thoughts were then distracted by a scream.

"Kyaah!"

Aidan turns around to see Asia held upside down and glowing green, held prisoner by an unsurprising Diodora Astaroth.

"Diodora," Rias spat in anger.

"You despicable coward…" Aidan snarled, his eyes glowing red.

"Greetings! I'm sorry I can't stay and chat, but Asia Argento will be coming with me," He said with a grin as he grabbed her by the leg.

"Not while I have something to say about it!" Aidan said as he conjures many blades of his Armiger, all pointed to Diodora.

"I demand an explanation!" Rias glared up at the black-haired Devil opponent.

"These Devils of the Khaos Brigade have come to murder every last one of you," Diodora revealed with those creepy eyes. "Isn't that sufficient enough?"

"So, you allied yourself with lowly criminals," Akeno said through her gritted teeth. "Criminals who allied with the Burning Hells?"

"You traitorous dog!" Rias shouted pointing at Diodora. "First you defile the sanctity of the Rating Game which alone deserves and death. And second laid your filthy hands on Asia," Rias said as her aura of destruction increases, the dark shadow of Diablo encompassing her from the soulstone sliver.

"Well if you want to do something about it, you'll have to fight through all my friends," Diodora smirked down at the group. "While you're busy with that, I will be taking my time getting to know this little creature. Biblically, how's that sound, nephalem?"

*SNAP*

With a snap of his fingers, Diodora launches a volley of green magic missiles at the group. Everyone takes cover while Aidan fires his volley of Armiger back at the missiles, dispersing every one of them.

"Aidan, pass me your sword!" Xenovia shouted.

Nodding in reply, Aidan summons Silentium and throws it up in the air while Xenovia takes to the air and grabs it, readying her attack.

"Asia is my friend, creeper. I won't let you get away with this!" Xenovia shouts as she flies towards Diodora. However before she could make the strike, Diodora holds Asia up and uses her as a shield. Veering off course, Xenovia lands on the ground and glares, "Coward!"

A laughing Diodora soon vanishes with Asia in hand into a magic rune circle.

Before everyone could get a chance to reconvene, they were soon distracted by another thing.

Aidan's Sacred Gear glows brightly on his left hand, indicating some sort of presence. It was a strong one, for it glowed in the same way whenever he was in the presence of any of the Seven Evils.

And this presence was close.

A dark black mist soon emerged, covering the surrounding landscape. A black mist so malevolent and evil that it could not have been Diodora's work nor the work of the other Devils. Whoever it was though, the group would get their answer right about now.

"You thought you were so clever…" A dark demonic voice said from the black mist. "That you could hide from my wanton gaze."

The image soon reveals itself to be a Demon who, judging by its appearance, was no ordinary one.

The Demon was huge and extremely corpulent, emphasizing his dominion over the sins of Gluttony, Sloth, and Greed. He appeared to walk on six insect-like legs which, along with his torso, were opulently decorated with treasures and trophies, mirroring the sins of Pride and Wrath. His face featured a large, glowing mouth full of dagger-like teeth and a forked tongue, and his visage had four glowing eyes. From his back, two large horn-shaped appendages extended.

Aidan was truly shocked, seeing who this was. Although the group was not up close and personal with this Demon, they could still see his massive size from afar.

"Mortal fool!" The Demon cried as he conjures a massive fireball above his head with his two massive hands before he slams it to the ground.

*BAM*

In that moment of impact, dozens of what appeared to be meteor showers rain down upon the battlefield. But it was from those meteor showers that Demons suddenly emerged. Demon Troopers to be exact, who form the backbone of the Demonic Legions. Every single one of them were armed to the teeth, with crude weapons made only from the fiery infernal forges from the Burning Hells.

Like a swarm of locusts, they quickly take over the battlefield and destroy all in their way.

Everyone in the ORC cover themselves, seeing the Demons rush and swarm over their position.

"Scatter!" Aidan cried as he and the ORC disperse away, separated from one another.

"Drown in the tide of Sin!" The Demon cried as he summons more Demons, emerging from their fiery portals next to him. "Even now, my minions march forth… Claiming this misbegotten realm in my name!"

As the enormous Demon conjures a large ball of flame in its hand, it hurls it towards an area of the battlefield and destroys the building structure. "For I am Azmodan! And my reign of Sin will not be stopped!"

Once the ORC rally, they could only witness to their horror that this was all a trap. And the Underworld was being invaded by the Demons. Caught off-guard, the Underworld cannot assemble their troops nor call for aid. It was as if Azmodan anticipated this and took advantage of the Rating Game to invade.

Aidan was very pissed, seeing the endless swarms approach and realizing Diodora was the one to cause it all. His anger made him punch the ground, creating a small crater. "That son of a bitch Diodora played us all for fools! Now we're being invaded by Azmodan himself!"

"Aidan, calm down," Kiba attempts to reassure. "Focus on the enemy first before us. Then we'll go give Diodora a beatdown."

Slowly standing, Aidan nods, "Yeah, you're right. Let's be done with this and go after him next."

"Stay alert. I'm not sure we can take this many all at once," Rias said, seeing the army of Old Satan Devils and Demons working together. She was unaware that a blue flash of light appeared behind her and the group.

"Hyaah!" Akeno's yelp was heard as someone behind her lifted up her skirt.

"Mmmm, that's a sweet piece," An elderly voice spoke from behind, one very familiar.

Akeno was feeling uncomfortable at the act. "Um, uh!"

"These cheeks alone were a good enough reason to tag along."

*SHIING*

A plethora of phantom swords, conjured up by Aidan, appear out of nowhere and surround the elderly pervert, telling him to back off of Akeno.

"Back off, Odin," Aidan warns. "Or you're going to get more than a punch compared to last time."

Odin, keeping up a smirk yet complying to the nephalem, backs away. Once he does, Aidan disperses his Armiger.

"Lord Odin, what are you doing here?" asked a shocked Rias.

Odin laugh as he leaves poor Akeno alone to be tended to by Aidan. "We discovered that Diodora Astaroth has been making deals behind everyone's back for a while." He then calls out to the Devils and Demons around the group. "Here me, I am the great AllFather of the Norse Gods! Whoever can take my head will become a warrior of legend!"

Nobody was buying it though as every Devil and Demon fire their magic projectiles at him. Chuckling, Odin summons a magical shield to hold off the attack easily.

"That brat Azazel's plan was brilliant and in sheer simplicity. Lure them in and take them all down in one fell swoop."

As Odin speaks and concentrates on his shield, he expands it outwards as its energies vaporize every Devil and Demon in the vicinity.

"So what does this mean?" asked Akeno.

"It means instead of fighting a Rating Game, we were brought here as bait," Rias explained.

"Hurry up and get going," Odin urged as he turns around and smiles. "I'll hold the front lines while you kids make your escape. Besides, I'm aching for a good fight."

"There's hundreds of thousands of Demons there, Odin," Aidan remarked. "You won't survive against that many!"

But Odin laughs. "A pup who hasn't seen two decades is a thousand years too young to worry about a warrior like me." Odin then waves his cane in the air. "Come forth Gungnir!"

Odin was soon surrounded by a vortex of rushing water behind him before a golden three pronged spear appears in his hand. He twirls it between his fingers before he blasts away a group of Devils and Demons with ease.

"Rias, are you alright?" asked another familiar voice. A magic rune circle emerges from the ground before revealing Sona, Tsubaki, Saji, Tsubasa, and Issei.

"Sona?" asked a shocked Rias. "What are you doing here?"

"Azazel sent us," Sona explained. "We've been informed of the situation. And I can only take my strongest members with me to aid Odin."

"Azazel?" asked a surprised Rias. "But how did—"

"He told us of this possible outcome," Tsubaki intervened. "He came to us and asked for help, fearing something like this would happen."

"We're off to kick the Demons' ass to kingdom come again!" Saji said cracking his knuckles. "Besides I've been dying to try out these new additions to my Sacred Gear."

Issei nods with his fellow Pawn, wanting to test the result of his training. "Damn right, Saji."

"We'll stay here and assist Odin," Sona said. "You should get a move on and stop Diodora."

Aidan however was concerned upon seeing the humongous armies of the Burning Hells. "I don't know, Sona. There's already too many Demons swarming the battlefield with their Devil allies. And with Azmodan here in the flesh—"

"Actually, that is an illusion," Odin said, making everyone turn their heads to him.

"What?" asked a confused Aidan.

Odin explains, "Azmodan is here but not in the flesh. That form you see may look like him, but it's just an illusion used to spread despair on us. Make us think that the Lord of Sin has shown himself here in the Underworld. But Azmodan would not show himself out in the open like this. It's not his style as a general."

Looking at Azmodan from afar, Aidan realized Odin was right. As the best military tactician in the Burning Hells, Azmodan would never show himself out in the open like this so recklessly. It was not in the Lord of Sin's style despite his eternity of experience in combat. Arrogant though the Demon Lord may be, he was not stupid. Any other Lesser Evil would perhaps do the same but Azmodan would not just throw himself into the fire unless the situation forced him to. The illusionary form was just being conjured up by the Old Satans to make it so.

So while the Lord of Sin may not fall today, his army can be driven back to the vile pit they crawled out of.

Rias turns over to Odin keeping himself busy with the Demon Troopers. "Lord Odin, we shall take advantage of your generous offer immediately."

"Excellent! Once you're outta harm's way I can really cut loose on these vermin," Odin said while rubbing his shoulder. "Let's see what these Demons got for us!"

Rias commands her Peerage, "Let's double time it to the temple."

"Double time it, understood!" Everyone replied, taking off immediately to the temple.

Sona meanwhile turns to her Peerage members and commands, "Alright. Let's send these Demons back to the pit they spawn from!"

"Understood!" Tsubaki said as she brings out her Mirror Alice.

"Right behind you!" Tsubasa conjures her sword.

"Let's kick some Demon ass!" Issei exclaimed as he enters into his Balance Breaker mode.

"Couldn't have said it better myself," Saji concurred.

Odin smirks, seeing that this fight oughta be fun to watch.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Azazel, Rossweisse, and Irina were already holding back against the Old Satan Devils and their demonic allies. Irina uses her rings of light while Rossweisse utilizes her Valkyrie powers to handle the Winged Moloks in the sky. Azazel assists her, using his magic to easily decimate the numbers.

'It's been a while since I've fought Demons,' Azazel thought. 'Not since the Exile. Rossweisse and Irina can handle them. For now though-'

Azazel soon calls in Aidan via a magic earpiece as the magic rune circle appears next to him.

"Nephalem, you alive?"

Aidan was a bit annoyed. "Can this wait, Ahz? We're in the middle of a warzone."

"You can gripe at me all you want later," Azazel shoves it off with a hand wave as he pulverizes another Demonic Trooper. "But for now shut up. They're all over the game field and swarming around the VIP room. The Old Satan Faction is pressing a full scale attack while you guys are distracted by their Demon allies. Lucky for us we have contingency plan."

"What kind of contingency are we talking about?" asked Rias.

"We sprang ambushes all over the area," Azazel said. "The fools walked right into our trap. I had to leave you all in the dark or risk having Astaroth, or even his master Azmodan, become aware of our plans."

"But what if something had happened?!" Gasper asked frantically. "Anyone of us could've gotten hurt or killed!"

"As the strategist of this battle I will take full responsibility. If you still wanna take your anger out on me when this is finished, then my life is yours as payment."

"Oh shut it, you two faced sly fox," Aidan rolls his eyes.

"Then you've prepared yourself for death," Xenovia said in a shocked tone.

"You're still a dick," Koneko muttered.

Azazel ignored those insults as he disintegrates another Demon. "The point is stay hidden until this battles' over. Just let the rest of us handle these terrorist scumbags."

"Then that means you're on the battlefield too?" Kiba asked.

"Damn right I am. Been a while since I faced Demons anyway," Azazel confirmed while scanning the open battlefield and seeing the illusion Azmodan. "But the zone is huge so I'm pretty far away from you guys. Standing between us is Azmodan's army, which is massive in size and scope with the Old Satans now as part of it. You guys best stay out on this one."

"We're not running and hiding, Azazel," Aidan said, not having that kind of talk go to him. "Diodora Astaroth has kidnapped Asia! As long as he has her, I'm not going anywhere!"

Azazel was surprised. "Wait, what!?"

"He took Asia away and we're going to go save her! If she dies, there is no hope!"

"We will go find and rescue Asia," Rias spoke for her boyfriend. "We won't stop until we have her back and have Astaroth's head on a pike as an example to any who would harm my household!"

Azazel was content with that. "Excellent! Just as I've come to expect Gremory! I'd be glad to clear out the way for you. Now go rampage your hearts out!"

For once, everyone in the ORC agreed to the Fallen Angel Grigori Governor's, who was also their club teacher, advice.

"Thanks Azazel. Not that we needed your permission," Rias smirks.

Azazel then speaks over to Aidan. "Listen up, kid. You show that betraying bastard the power of the nephalem, and pop him in the mouth once for me, alright?"

"He'll get a lot more than that," Aidan concurred as he clenches his fist, ready to give Diodora pain.

The Gremory group arrived at the temple where Diodora was holding Asia hostage. Aidan's thoughts were filled with anger and fear, all directed at Diodora. He was going to make that son of a bitch suffer for everything, but he also feared for Asia's safety. He also feared for the others; Azazel, Odin, and Sona and her group battling against Azmodan and his Khaos Brigade minions. While they were more than formidable to hold against the tide of the Army of Sin, the numbers of the Demons were also endless. Diodora knew this would happen, hence why he is aligned with such a group, having practically sold his soul over to Azmodan.

Regardless, Aidan cannot back out an go help them. Asia must take priority for the sake of Rias' Peerage. They were going to get her back, no matter the cost.

'Hold on, Asia. Just hold on a little longer. We'll be right there soon.'

The group then came across a group of people covered in hoods and robes, like they were waiting for us. They would have to be none other than Diodora's Peerage, awaiting for the ORC's arrival.

And speak of the Devil himself, Diodora's voice suddenly came from somewhere within the room. "I knew you would follow me. That's why I put together this little welcome party."

"I'm not impressed so far by your taste," Aidan venomously said. He could not detect the bastard's presence, which means he is a coward hiding behind his Peerage.

Diodora was unmoved. "Now it's time to play our game."

"Are you serious!?" asked Akeno with clear anger in her voice, also unimpressed.

Rias however smirked, confident in the predicament everyone was in. "Unfortunately, today's Rating Game has been canceled. Of course, you already knew that."

"So, we'll play my game instead. Should you refuse, Asia will become mine." Diodora said with confidence as two stone doors behind the robed figures opened up. "You'll have to fight two separate battles simultaneously. On the right path two Rooks and eight Pawns await. The battle on the left will be against my Queen and Bishops. You can split your forces anyway you see fit."

'Divide and conquer,' Aidan thought. 'He's trying to separate us since he fears our combined power. Either he is serious in this game or leading us into a trap.'

Rias then commanded, "Aidan, Koneko, Xenovia, and Gasper. Take out his forces on the right."

Gasper asked, in shock, "Ten of them against the four of us!?"

"Don't forget, Aidan absorbed all eight of our Pawn pieces," Kiba said to Gasper. "So as far as power is concerned, we have a slight advantage."

"Then let the game begin!" Diodora announced amusingly.

Soon Koneko, Xenovia, Aidan, and Gasper were all transported to a new location, far from Rias, Akeno, and Kiba. Aidan looks around to see that the area was of open space, which was exactly what Diodora wanted if he was going to send ten of his Peerage members at the four. While outnumbered five to two, numbers do not win a war.

Gasper then saw ten magic rune circles appear. "Oh man here they come."

"By the way, all of my Pawns have already been promoted to queen," Diodora's voice revealed. "I like to hedge my bets."

Rias heard that over the announcement, but instead of feeling insulted, she chuckled and shook her head. "I knew you weren't one to fight fair, but this is a new low even for you."

Diodora's forces appeared before them as one of them tosses off her cloak, most likely Diodora's queen. Akeno then smirks as she steps forward, "Just a queen and two bishops? They must have a lot of confidence in themselves."

"Xenovia, I need you to keep those Rooks busy," Rias called over the comm.

Xenovia harnesses Durandal as she blocks the two attacks aimed at her before pushing them off her sword. "I was made for fights like this."

"Koneko, work crowd control on those Pawns."

Nodding, the nekomata perks her ears up and fills her hands with senjuutsu energy and fires away her blue fireballs at the Pawns.

"Aidan, give Gasper a quick taste of your blood. He will need it for the battles to come."

Nodding, Aidan takes Silentium and makes a small cut on his finger, having it bleed a bit before giving it to Gasper to swallow.

Once he finishes with that, he conjures up his Armiger, the phantom swords swirling around him, ready to slice and dice.

"Alright, let's do this," Aidan said.

"Time to even out the playing field, Somnus." Rias commanded. "Show them what it means to challenge a nephalem."

Aidan nods, following Rias' idea. "Promotion to Queen!" Once Aidan is promoted to Queen, he looks over to Koneko. "Koneko, cover me."

Koneko goes up front of Aidan as she blasts two Pawns away with her fists.

*BAM*

*POW*

Aidan, with his Armiger, fires away a flurry of phantom swords at the Rooks and Pawns, each blade more lethal than the last. Slashed marks were made and while it caused them pain, it was not enough to incapacitate them. With that in mind, Aidan conjures red lightning in his hands and slams the ground, creating an electric shockwave that stuns them. The Rooks had strong defensive powers so it would take more than mere magic to destroy them.

But even so, the Pawns and Rooks counterattacked rather ruthlessly despite the pain in their wounds. Aidan had no problem evading nor blocking their attacks with his conjured up swords, but they were proving rather difficult if not annoying to take out.

"The hell? They just won't stay down," Aidan remarked.

"You might've noticed but they are immune to the wounds from your Armiger," Diodora arrogantly revealed. "I cast a spell on them that seals away their ability to feel any fear or pain that you could inflict."

But Aidan only smirks in response of that note. If they are immune to pain, then so was he. He was going to skewer them all along with their master, no matter what.

ON THE OTHER SIDE…

Rias grunts as her shield was being peppered from green magic bolts. "Enough!"

"Underestimating my master was a foolish mistake," Diodora's queen arrogantly said. Like King, like Queen.

"Akeno, Kiba!" Rias calls upon her Queen and Knight respectively to attack.

Akeno chants with a cry "Thunderbolt!"

A blast of pure yellow lightning blasts down on one of the Bishop's magical circles, destroying them easily. It gave Kiba enough time to use the distraction to his advantage as he slices down onto the Queen, which soon follows with Rias utilizing her Power of Destruction to blast at the enemy.

The Queen and the Bishops should have gone down easily but the smoke clears away to reveal that the other Bishop were still standing, along with a green aura surrounding her body.

"Any damage we do is getting immediately healed by the combined power of the two Bishops," Kiba said in anger.

"They fight well together," Akeno commented with a smirk on her face. "Even better than Riser's Evil Pieces."

BACK TO AIDAN'S GROUP…

"These Pawns…" Aidan noted as he recovers. "It's like they are two to three moves ahead of us."

"Their attacks are perfectly coordinated," Koneko said as she launches more of her senjuutsu fireballs at them, but the enemy dodges easily.

"The way they move, it's almost like a violent ballet," Gasper noted. Dancing as if their hearts beat as one."

"Heartbeat, huh?" Aidan realized.

If what Gasper said was true, then the enemy could predict their movements before they have a chance to attack. The most obvious way to counter it would be backup plans upon backup plans, but with Asia in a bind, there was no time for backup plans. They needed to end this fight here and now and get to Diodora Astaroth swiftly so that they can rescue Asia. But with his Peerage in the way, getting past them was proving difficult.

If only he could extract that information by any means necessary.

"Let me help you…" A voice soon popped up into Aidan's mind, a very familiar one. "Raw power is everything. Look inward to their souls and torture them for information."

Suddenly, time seemed to slow down as everyone and everything stood frozen, including the air around them. It happened instantly in a flash of light and out of nowhere at that. This had never happened before.

Then, a ghostly apparition of Mephisto emerges and comes next to Aidan, strangely not in a mood to possess his host. Not one to simply jump to conclusions of what the Lord of Hatred was doing, Aidan gets right to the point of what is going on.

"What is this?" asked Aidan.

"An opportunity," Mephisto said. "You're outmatched. Death is all but certain for you and your friends. I can save them. I only require the briefest moment of control for you to use my power."

Aidan's eyes widened at the thought. Allow Mephisto to control him briefly to provide him and the others the edge they need against the Pawns. Strategically, Mephisto was right in that they were outmatched and outnumbered, if not overpowered. But would possession by the Lord of Hatred for a surge of power be worth the price for victory?

"Accept my help, or watch them die. Choose quickly: time has not stopped."

Aidan, feeling a heavy weight over his heart, made his next decision. He better not regret this.

"Take care of it," Aidan accepted in a melancholic attitude.

"Gladly," Mephisto gleamed.

And with that, Mephisto's apparition stitches himself inside Aidan, assuming control of him for only a brief time.

"So how do we not die?" asked Koneko.

"We have to do something now!" Gasper said.

*FWOOM*

Suddenly, a red and black dark aura emerges from Aidan as his eyes glow a demonic red, the black veins crawling back up his neck and the soulstone chunk in his forehead glowing a crimson red.

He approaches the eight Pawns before him, before the voice of Mephisto speaks through his orifice for all of them to hear.

"Suffer before the Lord of Hatred. Flagellum Spiritus!"

With one arm extended outwards and the hand formed into a claw, a dark bluish aura of power, cackling in lightning, emerges from Aidan's hand. But that was just the start of it.

Screams were soon heard next as the Pawns suddenly and instantly faltered, their eyes widening as they begin to feel a pain in their bodies like no other. It felt like thousands of flagellum whips carving out their flesh with each swing taken. And it was not just their flesh, but also their minds and souls being deteriorated as well, each taking the blow.

While this was brutal if not dark for Aidan, nobody had any idea that Mephisto was in brief control over him.

"AAHHH! What is this?" One of the Pawns said.

"It hurts. It hurts. It hurts!" Another screamed in pain.

The screams continued for all eight of the Pawns present, each of them brought to their knees as Aidan tightens his grip on them, his hand cackling more in dark demonic power.

"Now, speak to me," Aidan said in Mephisto's voice. "How do you intend to destroy us? What methods did your master give you to defeat us?"

One of them was soon forced to speak, having endured too much of the torture. "The first move is to stun or even blind the little vampire kid."

Then the next Pawn said, "The six of us against one of them make pretty good odds."

The third revealed, "Attack the vampire while they're distracted."

With the info in hand, Aidan knew now what he has to do. He calls out to the half-vampire Bishop and commands in his normal voice, "Gasper, those three are all targeting you! Use your power to freeze them in place!"

"Okay I'll do it!" cried Gasper.

Gasper's body, as soon as he activates his power and freezes the Pawns in place, breaks apart into dozens of tiny vampiric bats that soon swarm over the three Pawns and begin draining their life force.

With them frozen and being drained, Aidan unleashes a barrage of red lightning at them, incapacitating them and getting rid of them for good. Then he turns to the next three.

The fourth Pawn was absolutely shocked. "I can't believe it. They stopped the attack cold."

"No way," Another Pawn said before asking in fear, "Do you think they were able to read our minds!?"

"If that were true they'd know we were attacking the cat girl," The sixth said.

Having given out the information of their strategy unwillingly to the enemy, Aidan repeats the same process.

"Those three are coming after Koneko," Aidan said to Gasper. "Stop them in their tracks!"

"You got it!" Gasper cried.

"I'll come to you!" Koneko runs.

Like before, Gasper freezes them in place, allowing Koneko to unleash her senjuutsu flame orbs at them, burning them to a crisp. With six Pawns down, that just left two more left tortured and frozen in place.

"Bastard how are you predicting our every move!?" asked the seventh Pawn.

"Are you reading our minds?" The eight asked Aidan.

"Not exactly," Aidan answered as he feels Mephisto release his control over him, allowing Aidan to regain command over his body and mind. "I merely extracted the strategy you employed against us and unraveled it before your eyes. If not harming your souls directly so as to break you easily in giving the information."

With that said, Aidan conjures his Power of Destruction and enhances it with power from his Sacred Gear, the spirit of Baal enhancing it to be exact. Then, at a point blank range shot, he unleashes hell and obliterates his opponents. The last two Pawns were soon dispersed into white light, thus ending their threat.

Koneko rallies over to Aidan. "That was amazing, Aidan-senpai." She earns a head pat from the nekomata, much to her pleasure as she smiles with eyes closed of the head pat.

Meanwhile, Xenovia goes to take care of the two Rooks before her. Luckily for her, the Rooks were in disbelief of what they had just saw.

"The pawns," The first Rook said in shock.

"All of them gone," The second Rook was also in shock.

Xenovia laughs in excitement, which was unusual. "It looks like I'll really be able to cut loose now."

"What?!" The Rooks said looking at the Knight.

Xenovia: "When I first met my friend Asia I said some terrible things I've now come to regret," Xenovia began her speech as her holy blade Durandal glows in power. "I called her a witch and a heretic. But even after these insults, she still accepted me and made me feel at home. I will protect her. Aura transfer, Durandal to Silentium!"

Xenovia soon calls out to Aidan's sword and sure enough, the blade appears before her. She takes it and forms an X-formation with both blades raised in the air.

"With your combined powers, I will smite my enemies! I have the strength because friendship is magic!"

*BOOM*

After saying that, the holy aura of both blades destroys parts of the temple, taking the Rooks with them. Xenovia was left relatively unharmed, giving a satisfying smile of victory.

That last remark though made Aidan tilt his head in confusion, wondering what the hell she was talking about.

On the other side of the battlefield, Rias, Akeno, and Kiba were having difficulty against their opponents who was peppering them down with her power. They could only defend with rune shields as the Bishops healed the wounds of the Queen, restoring her energy. The fight was being grounded to a standstill and time was of the essence.

"We have to take out both bishops and the queen simultaneously," Akeno grunted underneath the strain of the blasts she and Rias were defending against. "The question is how?"

Aidan could see the struggle from the other side and said, "At this rate, they'll cave in. We have to get in that fight."

Koneko then pokes Aidan's arm, catching his attention. "I have an idea. Try this."

She then whispered something into Aidan's ear. Soon enough, an established comm link appeared on Akeno's left ear.

"Hey Akeno."

"Somnus?" Rias asked wide eyed.

As for Aidan, he bore a look of uncertainty but decides to continue on with what he is about to say next. "Oh man. If you can win that fight, I promise to take you out on another date next Saturday."

Aidan soon cuts the comm link off and turns his head to Koneko. "You really think this is going to work, Koneko?" Aidan asked, with the nekomata nodding. Aidan however was not so sure. "I doubt a second date with me is that kind of incentive, but I'm flattered."

Suddenly, Aidan could feel a surge of power, yellow and out of control. It came from the other side of the battlefield. It cackled with lightning all around, indicating it to be from Akeno.

He was in total disbelief. "What the hell?"

As for Akeno, well thanks to another promising date next Saturday with her nephalem, she could not help but feel overjoyed. She keeps up her usual smile but giggles happily, to her everlasting delight.

Rias however could not believe it. "Somnus, I can't believe you'd ask her out right in front of me."

"It only shows there's room in Somnus' heart for my love," Akeno giggled happily for herself.

"I don't want to hear that from someone who has a sudden wellspring of power after being promised one measly date with another girl's man," Rias snapped as her magical power grew and became stronger, enhancing the size of her shield.

Akeno however retorted back as her power begins to match Rias', "I'm not going to think of him as your man no matter how much you've slept with him."

"I sleep with him all the time! Last night was no exception," Rias said before she turns her face away in a blush. "In bed together… he didn't stop nibbling my breast the whole night."

"Somnus tosses and turns a lot when he's unconscious. It's happened to all of us," Akeno smirked.

"Yeah well how many times have you had sex with him?" Rias shouted. "I've done so four times already!"

Kiba was the only witness to the banter of his master and her Queen. "Jealousy. It truly is women's kryptonite."

Diodora's queen was getting very annoyed as her body glows blue. "I demand you stop this nonsense! You ignore me and fight amongst yourselves over a boy!?"

Big mistake as both Rias and Akeno glare back at her and cry, "Back off!"

And with their powers unleashed at the trio, both Diodora's Queen and Bishops were down for the count, their clothes shredded as they lay unconscious before dissipating in white light.

"Nice, looks like we've won," Gasper summed up.

"As I'd expect from our king and queen," Xenovia bowed her head with a smile. "One hell of a devil attack finisher."

"Word," Koneko nodded with a smile.

By the time everyone is reunited, the girls were still arguing.

"This isn't over, Akeno," Rias said while still angry.

Akeno however did not feel threatened and giggled, "Right, right."

"Listen I'm serious!" The red head retorted in a pouty mood.

"So am I!" Akeno laughed as everyone walks up the main stairs.

Rias however was serious. "I think you and I are going to have a little chat about boundaries after we've rescued Asia."

Akeno took it as a challenge. "I have no objections, Rias. Asia's like a little sister to me as well so let's focus on getting her back. Only the king and his two knights are left."

As the ORC continue to the main temple, they come across the main entrance strangely opened for them as if Diodora was inviting them all into his lair. That is basically signing one's own death warrant if they would allow the enemy to come in this far.

"It's unorthodox to send your queen out to the front. Why keep knights in reserve?" Rias questioned as everyone walks through the doors and into a dark hallway.

Suddenly, an all too familiar voice speaks up. "Yo yo yo! Long time no see suckers!"

Walking into a large entryway with nothing but walls, a massive blue curtain, and red carpet, a certain figure in the form of a Stray Exorcist walks out, bearing that disgusting smile.

Aidan growls, recognizing who it was. "Freed."

"Yes yes! I'm hardly killed that's a fact," The deranged priest said while waving his hands in front of him like mad. "As you can see I'm still totally alive and kicking."

A frowning Kiba glared at the mad priest. "What are you doing here?"

Freed explained, "After our last encounter, I scooped up by that wackjob Vali. To make a long story short the Khaos Brigade picked up the psycho priest free agent standing in front of you."

"And that's why you're here as Diodora's knight?" Rias asked with her arms crossed.

"His knight?" Freed laughs as he grips his head like Joker. "Ah hahahaha! I ate them both! They were finger licking good!"

Aidan was appalled, seeing as how the deranged priest could go that far. "Disgusting…"

"Okay I think I might actually puke," Koneko said grabbing her nose.

Freed laughs like mad before he suddenly bends forward like in mad pain before a massive brown bat wing appeared from his back. His entire body and skin turned the same color of brown and deformed. It almost looked demonic in nature, with half of his face bearing more teeth with one large right eye. He retained his silver hair and his clothes but he looked so twisted, an abomination that displays his true nature.

Gasper was right behind Aidan. "That's nasty."

Aidan concurred. "It's almost…demonic in nature."

"Since we're all old friends here let me share a tidbit of gossip with you. It's a tasty secret about Diodora's household, you know all those pretty young girls you just beat up? Every one of them was a respected nun before Diodora got his greasy mitts on them. A couple of them were even saints," Freed revealed.

Xenovia stared at the monster in shock. "What did you say!?"

"Diodora the explorer loves bringing passionate holy women down to the depths of hell with smiles and sweet talk. That's how the freak gets on! Ahahaha!" Freed exclaimed happily.

"What do you mean, Freed?" asked Aidan. "What does Asia have to do with this?"

"Once upon a time there was spoiled high born Devil brat. He saw a holy woman who was as pretty as a peach. Blonde, petite, I'm talking totally his type. But the woman was a guarded treasure of the church. So he knew there was no way he could kidnap her and get away with it. So the clever devil brat came up with a plan. If the people of the church saw her healing an injured agent of hell like him then they excommunicated her."

Aidan's mind then flashes back to what Asia said earlier. 'Sorry. I was just thinking… I don't regret saving Diodora back then.'

"No…" Aidan was horrified. While confirming for himself that Diodora was suspicious, he didn't think the foolish Devil had gone this far in creating such a web of deception no one could conceive. Anger rose in him as he grips his hands into fists, ready to charge in with the Armiger and take down this abomination.

"This is no time to be reckless," Rias said as she comes over to her beloved's side and tries to reassure him. "Save your strength for Diodora, Somnus."

Freed however had more to say in an attempt to break Aidan's morale. "Once she hit rock bottom in despair over the church's betrayal, he'd snatch the girl up when she was at her lowest and make her his completely ravaging both body and soul. A man's gotta have a vice, and Diodora loves breaking the will of little young girls like her more than anything else!"

Aidan growls, allowing the Prime Evils within rage out of control and feeding on his rage. But then he feels Kiba put a shoulder on him to stop.

"You save those feelings of rage for your upcoming battle against Astaroth," He ushered.

Aidan, despite wanting to kill Freed to shut his mouth, knew Kiba was right and stood down, letting go of his fists. "Very well…"

"I will face Freed. Let me put a stop to his filthy talk." Kiba walked towards him with his Sword of Betrayer.

"Look what we have here! It's the pretty boy knight who used his scary sword to cut me down last time we met," Freed mockingly said. "But no hard feelings. I got this bodacious body upgrade because of you. The super invincible mutated monster freed is coming to get you mister puny Mark. You wanna throw down? I'll through down Nancy!"

Freed then rushes towards Kiba, charging like mad.

Kiba glared back, "We'd all prefer it if you ceased to exist."

Using his Knight speed, Kiba somehow ends up behind Freed with a swing faster than anyone could see. And Freed was split in two horizontally. For all of his mutated transformation and strength build up, it was hardly helpful.

"Oh come on. When the hell did you get so strong?" Freed asked, still alive as Kiba stares down at him without a word. "Well, it won't matter soon. You chumps don't stand a snowball's chance in hell of beating the big shots pulling the strings."

Kiba replied. "Maybe. But you should've saved your last words for the god of death."

*SLICE*

And with that, Kiba slices Freed's face in half, thereby ending the mad priest once and for all. One hopes his soul is dragged down to the Burning Hells to be tortured for all eternity.

As the rest of the ORC arrive, the blue curtains on the walls roll up to reveal Diodora Astaroth lounging on a throne with Asia above him, attached to some device keeping her in place. She looked as if she was weakened, like it was draining her life. It seemed almost demonic in nature.

The laughing Diodora soon asks mockingly, "What took you guys so long?! You should've seen her face when I told her the particulars of my plan. Her expression was absolutely priceless."

"You're a real scumbag you know that?" Rias asked menacingly, glaring at the Devil.

Diodora continues to laugh. "I never get tired of it my favorite moment is when a woman of faith and conviction gives into despair!"

Aidan activates his Armiger and growls, "I'm going to enjoy making you suffer for this, Diodora!"

"On the contrary. Dear Asia still clings to hope. She still has her dear friends. Especially you big bad nephalem. Of course, I'm certain she remembers the Fallen Angel Raynare. After that maniacal birch had killed poor little Asia, I had planned to off Raynare and give Asia an Evil Piece and I mean that both literally and euphemistically."

Rias continues glaring back. "You are disgusting."

Diodora chuckles at that remark. "You may be right. I was caught off guard when the nephalem or a reasonable facsimile there of interfered with my plan. I made the costly mistake of waiting, assuming a weak Devil would die instantly. And to add insult to injury road comes in to snatch Asia up into her Peerage."

Rias then frowned in shock. "You were behind it all. From the very beginning."

"Don't worry, I've forgiven you. After all, being part of your club is the reason she's gotten her hopes up so high. She'll drop into the deepest despair imaginable once I've killed her friends in front of her very eyes. Asia is still a virgin isn't she? I don't want the nephalem's sloppy seconds."

"Diodora…" Aidan's voice begins to sound very demonic-like.

"I must say I do rather enjoy the idea of stealing her away from you though. Our own custom virgin primae noctis. I must admit the mere thought of taking Asia away as she calls out your name is absolutely delicious!" Diodora grinned like a madman.

That however would be his last mistake.

"ENOUGH!" Aidan cries as he could no longer hold back his rage.

*FWOOM*

Activating his Balance Breaker, Aidan allows the dark powers of the Prime Evils course into him like raging torrents of rivers of blood. Madness and visions of blood fill his eyes and mind, his focus now on making Diodora suffer and granting him a fate much worse than death. For death was too much of a mercy for one such as him.

An amused Diodora laughs, "Nice armor! The lights are a cute touch! But I have a snake direct from Ophis, supposed so venomous it's bite is rumored to be an instant kill! Oh I'm better—"

*BAM*

One gut punching blow to the stomach was enough for Diodora to be caught off guard as he spews blood. Surprisingly enough, Aidan decided not to use his sword on this one, because this was just too personal. And fists were called for this one rather than swords.

Growling demonically thanks to the Evils within him, Aidan throws Diodora onto the ground.

"I'm a high ranking Devil, you wretched boar! Part of the bloodline of the current great Devil Beelzebub!" Diodora soon launches many magical attacks against Aidan, but they all proved useless as they just bounced off while Aidan approaches him. "How can a well breed noble like me loose to a lowly reincarnated savage like you!? It just isn't right, it isn't fair!"

Diodora tries to create a magical shield to protect himself from me, but it didn't work as Aidan breaks through the shield easily with a punch.

*BAM*

Another blow to the face sends Diodora flying across the ground. And leaves him wracking in pure pain the likes of which he never felt. He rolls around the floor like a pathetic child cradling his face.

"It hurts, my beautiful face!"

"Pathetic," Aidan said in a dark tone. "For all your power, I cannot believe that a slave of Demons like you would ever be in their service. You are nothing but expendable and a waste of my time! Now you will get experience that which all your victims felt: pain. Pain and despair!"

"I don't understand," Diodora said in pure fear. "I've gotten so much stronger with the power Ophis gave me. I refuse to let a filthy nephalem beat me like this!"

Raising his hands, Diodora creates a barrier to separate himself from Aidan. He laughs maniacally mad, gloating like he was now invincible.

"And now you're trapped, my magic barrier is impenetrable! An idiot like the soon to be dead nephalem hasn't got a chance in hell of beating me!"

"It's not me you are facing," Aidan said as the visages of the three Prime Evils emerge above him, glowing in their respective colors. Diablo was red, Mephisto was blue, and Baal was yellow.

Walking towards the barrier, Aidan digs both of his hands towards the barrier and tries to pry it out open outwards, his sharpened claws piercing through and breaking down the barrier.

"Keep trying, it's cute!" Diodora taunted.

Aidan however was unmoved. "You've underestimated me for the last time. No one makes Asia cry!"

*SHATTER*

Destroying the barrier easily like glass, Aidan soon uppercuts Diodora and sends him flying straight to the ceiling. He then falls to the ground hard before getting up on shaking legs while using the pillar for support.

"Impossible, I can't be defeated. I beat Agares. I even had a plan to deal with Sairaorg," Diodora coughs up more blood. "There's no way I'd ever expect to lose to the Gremory family, whose main claim to fame is fraternizing with their servants! I am Diodora of the Astaroth family!"

Diodora soon launches his full on power to wards Aidan but he counters back with a fully powered Armiger combined with a red lightning reminiscent of Diablo's. Holding up his right hand as he charges up his shot with the phantom swords spinning in a cycle around him like some sort of power generator, Aidan waits for the shot to get up close before he fires away, cutting through Diodora's energy shot like butter.

*BAM*

The blast was so powerful to make a hole right next to Diodora himself, a very large one. Diodora was so petrified he shrinks back down to the floor, fear gripping him like a gnarled root. Aidan approaches him swiftly, a dark red and black power aura overwhelming his form as the Demons begin to feed off of his essence.

"I'm not finished with you yet…" Aidan said. He then begins to give Diodora a world of pure pain.

Aidan grabs Diodora by the chest and lifts him up with both hands.

*BAM*

With one headbutt to the face, Diodora's blood shows from his mouth. But Aidan continues going as he picks him up by his hair with his left hand.

*BAM*

*POW*

With two powerful right hooks, Aidan pulverizes Diodora's face as the second punch sends him down to the ground.

Then Aidan comes up with a left kick to the face.

*WABAM*

Diodora is sent to his back, which allows Aidan to pick him up by the throat with his right hand and choke him. Then, he rams him into the wall again.

*BAM*

After that, Aidan picks him up with both hands, ready to deliver a brutal beatdown with his head and the wall. Punches would never be enough for him to vent his rage on this would-be rapist of Asia. But even so, this was all too personal for him.

*BAM*

*POW*

*BANG*

*CLUNK*

Each blow given to Diodora was one filled with such brutal rage that the scared Devil noble's face was left without recognition. Blood pours out of his nostrils and mouth as his eyes become black. Every single time he was either headbutted or slammed to the wall, his cries of pain only worsened. Some would rather pity the poor fool for being forced into this hellish torture, but for the ORC, they had mixed reactions.

Koneko was taking in the satisfaction of seeing this Devil get pulverized. Normally she would want to join in on the fun but even she would not go as far as Aidan was doing. Still, it sort of scared her to see him so filled with rage and venting it all out on Diodora, terrible as he is.

Gasper did not want to look, not liking the sight of blood being plastered all over the wall. He clings to Akeno to hide behind her.

Kiba felt this was proper justice for Asia. Still, it would be quicker if they could just kill Diodora, perhaps slice off his head. But given of his noble status despite being in league with the Khaos Brigade, there is too much red tape standing between him and his sword. Xenovia bore the same thoughts but for her, she would gladly cut through that red tape to make Diodora pay, all because her best friend was kidnapped by someone she never liked. She'd go to the ends of the earth to make Asia safe.

Akeno, like the others, was satisfied to see Diodora defeated and beaten up by Aidan. Frying him with electricity may be more proper than this bloody beatdown by her nephalem lover but punches and headbutts will have to do. Still, even she felt a bit of pity for him. Such great potential was in him for a noble and he wasted it all by aligning with the Khao Brigade and causing misery for the group by kidnapping Asia, all because he was captivated by her. What a waste indeed.

Rias however was another story. She was not so concerned of Diodora but rather of Aidan. She has seen his rage firsthand before but not his brutality. This wasn't similar to what he did with Riser, but it was still a bloody mess. Though she approved of him taking on Diodora by himself and easily overpower him, if not wanting to kill him, she did not expect him to be filled up with so much anger that he decided a warning was not enough to keep him away from Asia. Anyone else would have done otherwise. Yet still, she cannot help but wonder if Diablo, within his Sacred Gear, is having a hand in this, feeding him his power as his negative emotions continue to pulsate within him.

The thought of it filled her with dread as she keeps looking at her lover beating the hell out of him.

*THUD*

Aidan threw Diodora down to the ground, but then he picks the bloody dazed Devil up and violently throws him behind him, making him crash into another wall behind them.

*BAM*

Diodora, dazed and bloody with blurry eyes, coughs up so much blood as fear overwhelms him body, mind, and soul. Fearing for his own life like the coward he is, he tries to crawl away, only to be grabbed on by Aidan and flipped to his backside. Aidan then grabs his head, gazing his darkened expression of hate at Diodora.

What happened next though was something no one else saw coming as Aidan lifts up a thumb over one of Diodora's eyes.

*TSSH*

"AAAAAAHHHHHH!" Diodora screams of having his right eye poked out by Aidan's left thumb.

Blood flies out everywhere all over Aidan's armor as he begins to pierce his thumber deeper into Diodora's eye, intent to make him permanently half blind. While both eyes would have been better, Aidan wants him to witness the utter terror he will experience, enough to send him into the darkest depths of despair.

Behind his bloody helmet, Aidan begins to smile evilly, taking in the satisfaction of Diodora's pain. He had not felt this good since putting that hole in Riser's stomach. He loved the sight of Diodora Astaroth getting what he deserved as blood continues spraying out like geysers, coating his armor that he did not care.

What he did not count on was the reaction of his eye gouging.

"AIDAN, STOP!" A scream of plea was heard, which made a blood hazed Aidan turn to see, to his shock, a horrified Rias. Followed by a shocked Akeno holding a scared Gasper, Koneko hiding behind Kiba who was aghast, and Xenovia absolutely shocked and petrified.

Chaos and confusion made Aidan stop his torture of Diodora, wondering why the ORC were looking like they were afraid of him. But that is when he realized it as he looks back at Diodora, seeing the brutalized and bloody face of the defeated Devil. Gasping in shock of what he was doing, Aidan's vision of blood begins to clear up, making him see what he was really doing. Torturing a Devil who was so obsessed with Asia he was willing to rape her to make her his. Aidan was so consumed with anger and rage that he had lost sight of his goal of rescuing Asia. Diodora was just the barrier separating him and Asia apart, but that wall had already been destroyed. Now all Aidan was doing was destroying the rubble.

Killing Devils like Diodora was one thing. But torturing them for delightful pleasure was another. And that was not him.

Dropping Diodora to the floor, Aidan steps back, seeing his own hands covered in blood. His breathing felt a bit erratic, his mind feeling like a ton of bricks weighing down on it. His body shaking in fear, seeing what he was becoming.

"…dan…idan…Aidan… Aidan!"

The voice of Rias makes him turn to see his beloved up close and holding his face in her hands, trying to snap him out of his dazed.

"R-Rias?" asked a terrified Aidan.

Rias gives a small smile. "It's over. He's beaten."

But it wasn't for Aidan. As long as Diodora lived, he will come back with a vengeance. And Aidan does not want to take chances. A part of his mind was still trapped in its blood haze, but he felt that there was enough punishment. Now comes Diodora's fate to be sealed but not through death as it was still too much of a mercy.

Aidan soon picks up a frightened and pulverized Diodora in his left hand and brings him up close. He glares at the pathetically defeated Devil as his eyes glow red with terror, giving off that flaming glow. Diodora was barely clinging to life yet still retained enough cognition to be in utter terror of the nephalem.

"You don't deserve to live…" Aidan said in a dark tone. "But death is too merciful for one such as you."

*SHIING*

Aidan soon opens up with his right arm stretched out a dark swirling portal in black and dark blue colors behind Diodora. The defeated Devil looks behind him with one remaining eye and what he saw leaves him so scared he literally peed himself.

"Feel familiar, little slave?" asked Aidan in Diablo's voice. "You've been there before in your nightmares. Welcome to the Realm of Terror."

Diodora looks at the dark portal in total fear. It is lonely and desolate, filled with horrific scenes of darkness and shadow, fear and surprise. The resultant tension constantly cycles to a crescendo of madness and horror. Consequently, this realm is the least populated of all the realms of Hell, as few demons can withstand its unrelenting torment. The Armored Destroyers, Demons who were the bulk of Diablo's army, were an exception, and prior to the Dark Exile, they crawled thick as locusts over the realm.

Aidan suddenly throws Diodora to the portal, his body lands near it as he is slowly sucked into it. Screaming, he grabs the ground but finds himself edging closer and closer to the portal's vortex pulling him in. Mainly because there were some shadowy arms reminiscent of wraithlike demons compiled of long arms and narrow faces.

"AAAHHHH! NOO! NO! NOOOOO!" He screams in pure terror and despair. "PLEASE, I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE! I DON'T WANT TO DIE!"

"It's not death you need to worry about. But endless torture," Aidan said as Diodora is soon pulled in and the dark portal closes, sealing away the arrogant noble's fate.

With Diodora Astaroth now gone, Aidan quickly flies up to Asia and tries to rip off the restraints. But it wasn't working.

"Damn it, she won't come loose!" Aidan said, trying his best.

"Surely the power of the nephalem is enough to break it," Rias said in shock.

Aidan takes the time to examine the seal placed on Asia. If anything it looked almost demonic in nature, like something from the Burning Hells. But that is when he hears Mephisto's voice speaking to him, like the Lord of Hatred observed through him.

'This is a custom made seal created by that Devil thanks to his alliance with the Demons. His defeat would normally set the victim free. But perhaps on the off chance you were able to defeat him, he must have had the seal set to consume her entirely rather than let her escape.'

"There has to be a way!" Akeno said in shock, not sure what to do.

Aidan then calls out to the device's prisoner.

"Asia, can you hear me?" He asked.

"I'm still here," She said rather weakly.

There had to be a way to break Asia free of the device. With Diodora gone, only he would know how to destroy it. But that's when Aidan gets an idea. A very risky idea.

"Asia, I'm going to cover your body with my magic to protect you. This may hurt but I'm going to use my Armiger to set you free."

Asia nods as Aidan rests his hands on her body, making her glow in red and providing a protective aura to shield her hopefully from the blast and the Armiger.

*SHIING*

Aidan then conjures his Armiger, the phantom swords swirling around him in a circle.

"Aidan, be careful!" Rias urged.

Standing back, Aidan brings his swords upwards as they point down towards the device. Then, one by one with such tremendous speed, they skewer themselves into the device until it was fully covered, surrounding Asia.

Aidan then conjures Silentium and raises it up high, filling it up with his nephalem power as it glows red. Filled up with so much power the winds begin picking up and lightning rages around his form, the visage of Diablo appearing briefly before fading away.

"Krisol'fak Aram!" Aidan cries. "Terror Blade!"

And with one swing, Aidan unleashes a downward swing of his sword right down onto Asia.

*SHIING*

*BOOM*

The entire device, along with Asia and Aidan, was covered in a massive explosion of pure red energy. Asia screams in terror, falling into Aidan's arms as they both fall backwards. Thanks to Aidan's barrier provided to her, Asia remained relatively unharmed.

"Beautiful..." Akeno said, touching her face before running forward.

Koneko smiles as she shakes her head. "Man you're reckless, but hey you're also the best. For a nephalem."

Everyone rallies forward to Asia and Aidan, with Xenovia being the first to hug her as tears of joy fall.

"Asia, thank god!" She cried. "I wouldn't know what to do if you were gone. I mean it."

Asia walks up to her friend with a handkerchief in hand and dries her tears. "I'm not going to go anywhere, because I'll always have you and Aidan to protect me. Right, Xenovia?"

Xenovia smiles and nods, "You can count on me. I'll look out for you no matter what the future throws at us."

Rias walks up behind Asia and wraps her arms around her from behind, pulling her into a tight hug.

"I'm sorry," Asia said looking at Rias.

"You haven't done anything to apologize for," Rias reassured. "I'm just glad you're back with us where we can keep you safe."

Asia nods in agreement, "Yes… I feel the same way."

"I'm so glad Asia's back!" Gasper exclaimed with small tears. "But now my brain's freaking out about all the scary stuff that happened today!"

Koneko pats his head gently. "It's alright. There there, Gaspy."

"Aidan!" Asia soon runs up to the nephalem and wraps her arms around him tightly.

Aidan hugs back, careful not to squeeze the former nun. "Sorry I'm late."

"I believed in you." She said looking at him. "I was sure you would come for me, Aidan. I know you always will."

Pulling back, Aidan places his hands on her shoulders. "I'm so sorry you had to go through all this. I should have acted sooner."

Asia however shakes her head with a smile. "I'm fine now, because you're here with me, Aidan."

Aidan smiles, glad to have her back. "Then… let's all go home. Together."

"Yes, but before we leave I'd like to say a little prayer," Asia said walking away for a moment.

Aidan, feeling like she deserved a prayer, replied with a smile, "Go ahead."

Asia soon gets on both knees as she begins to pray in silence, with a golden light encompassing over her body. Strangely enough, Aidan's mind felt connected to Asia's, allowing him to hear her voice.

"Heavenly Father, please hear my earnest prayer. Continue protecting Aidan and help him grow as you always have done. Plus from this day forward until the end of time, let us live together in peaceful bliss with Aidan."

When her prayer was finished, Asia suddenly and mysteriously…vanished in the golden light. Confusion spread immediately to everyone, wondering what on earth just happened. Aidan could then hear her remaining words.

'Swear to me we'll be together forever. I don't want to be alone. You promise, Aidan?'

Those words echoed in his mind, cementing themselves within as confusion and sorrow soon overtook him and everyone else. They had just rescued their dear friend from the clutches of the enemy, only for her to vanish just after being rescued.

From the darkness, behind the shadow of a pillar in the same room the ORC were in and was concealing her presence, Lilith watches with an evil grin of glee. She chuckles at the amusing shock of the ORC, one unheard by them. Her hand for some reason had that same golden light emanating from her hand before it died down.

Now, everything has been set for the final act of the play.

This chapter took a while to make as it combined two episodes together. Much like Riser's Rating Game episodes, this Rating Game also conbined three episodes together but only did two as I want the next chapter, the Juggernaut Drive episode, to be separate. Plus ending it with Lilith keeps the reader reminded that she is still playing a major role.

First thing we start off with is the bastard Diodora wanting Asia before he is refused is request, slapped, and threatened. Then we go to Vali and Aidan speaking about Sinestra, for they know she will return very soon. Then comes some harem shenanigans between Akeno and Rias, Aidan's talk with Xenovia, and then the Rating Game turned into an all out battlefield between the Three Factions and Azmodan's Army of Sin. Now to let you all know, Diodora is aligned with the Khaos Brigade who are in turn aligned with the Burning Hells, which makes him a traitor.

Flagellum Spiritus. Torture of the Spirit in Latin from what I can translate. I took inspiration from SWTOR where you accept Valkorion's power the first time to save everyone. Except it isn't so much a one shot OP kill but rather a gruesome torture for information. I was tempted to have Lilith intervene on this but decided to keep her hidden awya in the shadows until she can show herself.

Finally, this ends with Diodora getting beaten up Kratos style like what Kratos did to Poseidon, sent to the Realm of Terror which is a fate worse than death, and Asia disappears after her rescue all thanks to Lilith from behind the scenes.

Next chapter will be the one I have been wanting to do: the Juggernaut Drive episode. And Issei will not be the only one going on a rampage.

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