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Zephyrdor's fall!

As the situation in the human world was going on, Haruki was patiently waiting for anything to happen.

He had to admit that he was rather curious as to when Zephyrdor would make a move.

He couldn't do anything until Zephyrdor did.

Haruki was relaxing within his prison cell, when Serafall came running into the room. He saw that she looked on with a smile, but also a frown also.

"Haru-chan, he's gone now. Rias-chan just contacted me."

"And...did it lead to finding out who leaked the information?"

"Yes, Sirzechs-chan and some others are arresting them right now. There's one that I'm going for, so can you go to the human world Haru-chan."

"Of course, I'll go right away."

"Yes, get going Haru-chan!"

Haruki nodded, and spread his Fallen Angel wings mixed with his Devil wings.

His body crackled with Holy Lightning, and his eyes gave a fierce determined look.

"This is it, finally gonna kick Zephyrdor's ass!"

"Hehe, go on Haru-chan! Make him pay for what he's done!"

Haruki nodded, and switched his clothing to some casual clothing.

"Hated these prison clothing. Hope I'll have to not wear them again."

Serafall smiled.

She was glad that their hard work was paying off.

Finally, they'd be able to stop Zephyrdor once and for all.


Isane couldn't believe that this was happening.

Dealing with someone like Freed all of a sudden, she felt worried.

She felt scared.

She was nervous on what could happen with her parents.

She could feel her arm was giving a deeper burning sensation.

It was something that was becoming slightly overbearing, and she didn't know why that was.

Freed himself showed a disturbing scowl on his face, his eyes showed a disgusting way of thinking.

"What's wrong? Regretting being with the Devils now? Because of that, your little parents are going to be sliced apart! Wasn't I a good boy, making sure that you could watch? I think that makes me really special!"

Isane tightened her hand, and her resolve went through the roof.

She couldn't...she wouldn't allow her parents to suffer.

She wouldn't allow Freed to get the better of her either.

She might not be a Devil, but she at least understood that this person was going to kill her if she didn't do anything.

She turned towards a nearby long lamp, rushed towards it to grab a weapon…

But Freed shot through it, breaking metal pole in half, leaving Isane without a weapon.

"Aah, aah, aah~ I don't think so~"

Isane turned her eyes back towards him, and her anger was growing.

"...You can't do this just because I hang out with Devils...my parents haven't done anything! Why target them?!"

"They decided to give birth to a Devil loving freak like you! So, why shouldn't they be involved? I think it's rather justifiable, don't you think?" Freed took out a bladeless sword, switched it on somehow, and revealed a light blade. "These are effective for fighting against Devils, and while humans aren't Devils, this is able to easily slice through human flesh such as yourself!"

Freed swung his sword right, proving a point by cutting into the right hand side of the wall, leaving a huge gash in said wall.

Isane's eyes shot for Freed.

Only she was there right now, if she didn't do anything...then her parents could be in danger.

"Damn yoooooooooooooooooou!"

She charged forward.

Freed looked on, giggling away as he danced to the side, allowing Isane to glide by him.

By doing that, she rushed towards the nearby kitchen, grabbing a knife, and turned it towards Freed.

But when she did, she saw that he was behind her, and swung his sword, so she stuck out the knife.

The light blade cleaved through the knife, then he embedded his foot into her torso.

"Gwah!"

She coughed up bile from the kick, landing on the floor hunched over.

"Oops! Looks like I kicked you! Now have another!"

Isane saw the foot coming, so she rolled away from him, trying to get to her feet, but Freed came from the right hand side. His leg rose up, and he swung it for the young woman, who raised her arms to block.

But the kick was rather strong, and she went flying backwards, hitting the back wall, and she coughed up a bit of bile as a result.

Freed wanted to cause her more pain, so he twisted an emotional knife.

"When you're cut up, I'm going to kill your parents. You'll have to watch as I cut them until nothing remains, don't worry though...I'll make sure that it hurts! I'll make sure they're alive for all of the torture I'm going to put them under! Even you wont be able to do a thing but watch the deaths of those parents you love!"

Isane's eyes angrily turned to Freed.

Freed showed an uncaring smile, and continued.

"Tell me, which should I do first? Your Kaa-chan? Tou-chan? Either is fine for someone like me~! Even if it is humans, I don't mind cutting them up either! They're nothing but horrible people anyway!"

"My parents aren't horrible! They're really great so screw you!"

Isane erupted and lunged at Freed.

He merely moved to the side, then embedded his knee into her stomach.

She hunched over once more, as Freed pulled away with a skip in his step.

"Parents are gone out of your life eventually. I'll speed up that process, alright? I wouldn't mind doing that for you. Hehe, I can imagine that you might be angry right now, but I'll kiss you goodnight as you leave this world!"

"...You say...Devils are disgusting...but they never...did anything...other than be...nice to me...you're the real monster here!"

Freed was taken aback by her words for a few seconds.

But then he showed a wicked smile.

"I am, aren't I? I even helped a naughty Devil come into this town and get the drop on the others! All I asked was that I could defeat you and make sure you're taken out! Ever since I laid eyes upon you, all I've wanted was to watch you be sliced apart!"

Isane continued to pant.

She felt something throbbing in her arm.

It was strong, and wild.

She didn't know what it was, why it was going off as it was.

Freed got behind her, and slashed towards the young woman, Isane's eyes widened as she felt the blade cut into her skin.

She grimaced, as she fell down to the ground.

Though it wasn't a deep cut, Freed didn't want to kill her just yet, he wanted to prolonged painful experience.

Isane crawled forward as Freed swayed left and right, his long robes swayed in the air.

"My oh my! My adorable Isane-chan! I think that your blood is making me fall in love! Hehehe, I can't help but show my excitement when I see your form covered in blood! Alright then, I'll give you another wound! You don't have to beg me!"

Freed took out his gun, and waved it towards Isane.

Isane felt worried about what was to come next.

She felt regret come over her.

She didn't want to lose anything this time...

Isane thought that she was going to be shot…

When she felt something surging from her arm.

For a moment, she felt something coming from her arm, and it focused her mind.

It allowed her to turn towards Freed, and swing out her leg.

Freed naturally dodged it, but her foot caught his gun, and as he pulled the trigger, the bullet narrowly missed her.

Freed looked baffled by what had happened.

He didn't think she'd have the energy to even try and fight back.

"Huh? You kicked my hand? That wasn't very nice! I'll have you pay for that mistake!"

Isane watched as Freed raised his blade up into the air.

She felt her body freezing up.

She was...scared.

She didn't want to die.

She didn't want to suffer either.

She didn't want her parents to have to worry or suffer.

Isane was feeling the panic.

The fear that was erupting out of her…

And so was something else.

Her arm began to manifest more and more power.

An aura was surrounding her arm.

Perhaps due to the unusual circumstances she found herself in, the aura around her arm was growing more and more.

Even Freed was confused by what was going on.

But, he shook his head, and turned his blade towards her…

When a strong wave blew away Freed's body.

Erupting on Isane's arm, was a red gauntlet.

The power surrounding her, was something Freed didn't expect.

"Ara…? What the hell…? Did she just awaken a Sacred Gear…?"

Freed watched on as Isane's arm erupted in a bright red light.

The aura around her was increasing, Freed saw that she held pain on her face as she did so as well.


Meanwhile, Kuroka watched Zephyrdor take his hand out of his pocket, and he aimed it forward towards her. She then stuck out her hand, as a wave of demonic power came outwards, erupting towards the young woman.

However, the moment that it got close, Kuroka allowed a barrier to appear, blocking off the attack all together, and kept herself safe.

"Your demonic power wont work with me."

Kuroka said with a strong smile.

Zephyrdor scowled and stuck his hand outwards, allowing his Knight's to move forward. Each held blades within their hands, and they aimed them towards Kuroka.

Kuroka looked on, not bothered by the blades pointed at her.

"You've got your peerage attacking me?"

"Yeah, you've got no one."

Kuroka chortled.

"Better think again."

Kuroka snapped her fingers, and as soon as she did, a magic circle appeared on the ground.

With a flash of light, Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, Ravel, Koneko and the ice doll appeared.

Sona was watching over Asia on the request of Haruki, making sure that she'd be safe.

Kuroka used her powers to seal off the area, so no humans would interfere or be harmed in the battle ahead of them.

Zephyrdor took a step back as Rias pulled forward.

"T-The ice doll...b-but he isn't here! He's in the Underworld!"

Zephyrdor panicked, as Rias chortled lightly.

"Perhaps he is, but his Sacred Gear is an Independent Avatar type. It can act without Haruki being around."

"Ufufu, my Otouto left us a present while he was away to make sure you stay away~"

Zephyrdor scowled as Akeno said that, so he snapped his fingers, and had his Knights rush forward.

"Kill them! Make sure that they die!"

Zephyrdor's angry words weren't gone unnoticed by Rias, so she stuck her hand to her own Knight.

"Yuuto! Take one of the Knights!"

"Yes!"

Yuuto grabbed his blade, and rushed forward.

One of the Knight's engaged Yuuto in a fierce duel of blades. Each blade swung for the other clashed violently together, creating sparks between their swords.

As he did that, the other Knight shot for Yuuto…

Only for him to be frozen solid by the ice doll on Ravel's command.

The Knight tried to fight the freezing power of the ice doll, but it couldn't in the end. The ice grew too fast, and even when the Knight tried to swing his sword, the Knight couldn't do anything but watch as the ice grew across their body, and then froze them like a statue.

"It seems your Knight wasn't fast enough."

Ravel said as the ice doll glanced towards her.

Zephyrdor gained an angry face, watching as his other Knight battled Yuuto's own blade. Yuuto came from the left, then the right, which the Knight blocked each time.

"You are good, Knight of Zephyrdor, but I wont lose to your blade."

"Yeah right! I wont lose to a Knight of Gremory!"

Yuuto then tossed his sword up into the air, summoning another one to his side. He stuck out outwards, and it caused a vortex of wind to suck the Knight towards him. As the Knight's blade was being drawn closer, Yuuto summoned another sword.

The sword was seemingly made of ice, swinging it forward, and hit the blade of the Knight's, causing it to begin freezing. The Devil watched with shock as the blade froze, and the winds that was sucking objects to him, caused the frozen blade to shatter into many different pieces.

"M-My blade..."

"Hah!"

Yuuto used his speed, and the man's confusion to slice him down, taking him out of the fight.

Zephyrdor was bewildered, and his hands tightened ever so slightly.

"...Even if you take my Knights, my Bishop's wont surrender!"

The magic users stepped forward, so Rias and Akeno did the same thing.

"Fufu, I guess it would be our turn Rias."

"Yes, that's right, lets blow them away together!"

Rias and Akeno turned their powers towards the magic users.

One of the magic users turned her hand towards Rias, and shot off an array of ice spears.

Rias though thrust her hand forward, releasing a strong block of power of destruction, making it turn the spears of ice to nothing, forcing the Bishop to erect a barrier around her. Even then, Rias' power destroyed the barrier, and blew the magic user backwards.

"Your power is strong, but I wont lose to you."

Rias cupped her hands, summoning her demonic power, and shot it forward in a strong wave.

The Bishop placed her hands forward, trying to create a thick wall of aura, but the power of Rias' was able to overcome the woman, and sent her flying towards Zephyrdor, wounds erupting all over her body and she was knocked out by Rias.

As she did, Akeno flung her lightning towards her opponent, who managed to use his own demonic power to block Akeno's. The enemy was surprised when seeing the power not breaking through Akeno's own.

"I thought you were the same as that Haruki? Where's your Holy Lightning? Then again, it is a power of a disgusting Fallen Angel, and your Otouto...hehe, he's going to suffer while we thrive you disgusting Fallen Angel."

Akeno scowled, she didn't like people speaking negatively about Haruki.

She didn't care if it was directed at her…

But not her brother.

She increased her power, a golden aura forming around her.

The Bishop became a little nervous as her power grew.

"H-Hold on..."

The Bishop gathered magic power, and shot it for Akeno.

But Akeno stuck out her hand, and unleashed her power right towards the enemy.

Though it wasn't Holy Lightning, it managed to create a devastating blast, destroying the Bishop's attack, and sent him smoldering into the ground.

"Don't speak about my Otouto in such a negative manner."

Akeno's cold words came out, and she continued showing a strong aura around her.

Seeing his Bishop's taken out, Zephyrdor was getting angry, and stuck his hand out towards the Rooks.

They took a step forward, so Koneko and Ravel did the same thing.

"...Ravel-san, stay back, this is a fist fight."

"No, I'll be okay. Don't worry. Did you think I've been sitting on my hands and knees all of this time?"

Koneko tilted her head.

But then she shrugged as one of the Bishops came for her. Koneko allowed her ears to come out, as well as her tail, and was able to see the Rook's approaching moves. Seeing the Rook, Koneko stuck out her hand, and fired off several blasts of Senjutsu.

The Rook used strong defence to block each and every attack, though it caused wounds to appear.

Koneko used this chance to dash forward, and summoned Senjutsu around her small fist.

The Devil summoned his own power, and punched towards Koneko.

The pair created a shockwave between the two, but Koneko's strength and Senjutsu managed to push through. Her fist connected with the enemies body, and sent him flying backwards, Senjutsu going through his system, and began disabling him.

"...My Senjutsu is inside of you, your body is going to be stopped now. Your aura isn't that strong compared to those who I have fought before."

The man looked worried as he felt the power creeping inside.

As Koneko finished off her opponent, Ravel was dealing with her own opponent. His large fist came for her body, so she coated her body in flames, and shot them off towards the incoming fist.

Despite the heat of the flames, burning his skin, his fist continued for her body, slamming against her upper body, and blew away some of her body.

But due to being a Phenex, her body regenerated instantly.

"Your attacks wont be able to break me down."

The Rook took a step back, and launched his fist forward.

Ravel coated her hand in flames, then she allowed her flames to shoot forward.

Like a flame thrower, the flames burst forward so strong that the ground began to be scorched.

"I've also been training for one day to become Haruki-sama's servant, and I shall not be a hindrance, so have my flames."

Ravel's flames increased in intensity.

Koneko watched from the left hand side, and saw the flames burning the Devil more and more. The Devils fist tried to fight through it, but Ravel's increased strength was more than enough to blast the Devil away in the flames of intensity.

Zephyrdor watched with a stunned face as they were overcoming his Devils.

He thought for sure that they'd be no match…

But they were proving to be a match, for with only his Queen, and Pawns left...it wasn't going to be a good time.


Back with Isane, with the newly awakened power that she had, she heard a [Boost!] coming from it. But the power that she felt...wasn't something that she was used to seeing. Feeling the power flooding through her, she turned her eyes back to Freed.

"...This must be it...the Sacred Gear that Haruki told me about..."

"Sacred Gear...that's a Twice Critical perhaps…?"

Freed said with some doubt on his face.

"Twice...Critical?"

Isane asked, Freed though smirked.

"Yeah, it's a lousy Sacred Gear, it's very common. I guess the Fallen Angels had a common one like yours to deal with!"

"E-Even if it is...this is the power that's mine...the power that Haruki said was special..."

Freed stuck out his tongue.

"Did he now? Maybe he was lying to you? Devils do that, you know?"

While Freed was trying to destroy the faith that she was supposed to have in others, trying to use logical things humans would believe about Devils...in this instance, she just couldn't believe in Freed, seeing him as more heinous, than the Devils she had interacted with.

"Maybe Devils do...but Haruki wouldn't! He protected me! He's helped me! He's done a lot for me already! And he has a great body!"

Freed blinked at her words.

He was quite caught off guard.

"...What an odd thing to say."

"It's true!"

Isane countered, Freed still remained surprised for a few seconds.

But then he chortled, and simply rolled his eyes.

"So, the Queen of Leviathan has a good body, does he?"

"Yes! A very good one! I wont be able to lose until I see it again!"

Freed became bewildered by her.

Isane definitely had an...interesting thought process.

"Whatever you say, I wont be able to hold back anymore!"

But then he shook his head, and charged forward.

His blade came for the young woman, but she raised her arm, and blocked the shot with her newly awakened Sacred Gear, the metal on metal clanging together so strongly that Isane was pushed back but otherwise safe.

[Boost!]

Ten seconds had gone by, and she received another boost in power.

She could feel it deep within her, so she charged forward.

She noticed that she was able to move a little better than before, and she came close to Freed.

Freed stuck out his sword, and forced it towards Isane.

Isane used her Sacred Gear, and blocked the strike once more.

This time though Freed brought out his gun, and aimed it for her forehead.

Isane became fearful, and jumped out of the way, as he pulled the trigger.

The bullet went by her ear, but she felt something slashing into her arm.

Freed had used that as a distraction, and his blade ended up cutting her arm.

[Boost!]

Isane felt it again.

Another burst of power.

Freed saw the aura around her growing, becoming stronger.

"...What the hell? That isn't Twice Critical...it's boosted more than a single time…."

Freed seemed worried about what was going on.

It was definitely something that he didn't expect it to be.

Isane though...felt something was wrong.

It wasn't something that she liked either…

She felt as if something was going out of her control...


Back with Rias and the others, confronting Zephyrdor, he turned to his female Queen. Her strong appearance suggested she had a good deal of power, but when Kuroka stood forward, the Queen's wicked eyes fell upon her.

"Are you my opponent?"

"It seems like that to me nya."

The Queen scowled, summoning wind magic around her.

She seemed to be well versed in wind magic, and she shot it towards Kuroka.

Kuroka moved her hands before her, summoning a barrier to block the strong wind attacks.

The attacks bombarded the barriers, as the Queen aimed her hand upwards. From her palm, a swirling vortex of wind gathered, sucking in more and more wind that seemed to be increasing in strength.

Kuroka remained cautious, but also she felt how strong the Queen was, and she tilted her head.

"It seems that the Queen-chan has a bit of power."

Zephyrdor smirked.

"My Queen's attack power is second to only myself! She is a superior Queen, even in terms of firepower to those like the Queen of Gremory and Sitri. It is going to show the incredible power of my clan!"

The Queen turned her hand towards Kuroka, and unleashed a strong burst of wind.

The wind swept down, blowing away some of the area with the pressure along.

But Kuroka wouldn't allow her to continue on, pouring her power into Senjutsu, and Youjutsu combined. Allowing the powers to swirl together, Kuroka flung her fist forward, and she unleashed her own devastating attack.

The attacks collided together, creating an immense shockwave that would have even knocked down the likes of Rias and her group, if the ice doll didn't create a shield for them to be protected from such an attack.

The shockwave continued on, with their powers pushing against one another.

"I must admit, this Queen's power isn't a joke. It's definitely that of a High Class Devil nya."

Zephyrdor continued to smirk, believing that his Queen had the advantage.

However, while their powers were colliding with one another, Kuroka moved her fingers in the air, and began creating a eerie mist. The mist gave off a foul feeling to those who saw it, and she herself held a smile on her face.

"Nyaaa, but I'll have to show you the ability that I've been able to use. Here, have this Queen-chan~"

Kuroka allowed her fingers to shoot forward, and the mist followed afterwards. Travelling through the area, it held a specific target, and that was towards the Queen herself.

The Queen scowled upon seeing the mist, and released a strong wind from her body…

But Kuroka formed barriers in the air, blocking off the strong wind attacks, and the mist continued.

The Queen then saw the mist surrounding her body. She panicked, and tried to use her own power to block, but because she was diverting her attention elsewhere, her initial attack was weakened to the point Kuroka's Senjutsu Youjutsu combination broke through it, and smashed into the Queen.

The Queen was overwhelmed by the direct attack power of Kuroka.

Zephyrdor was stunned when he saw that his Queen's attack was dispelled by Kuroka, and that she had received a strong wave of Kuroka's power, which seemed to disable the Queen enough for Kuroka to beat her down.

"Your peerage seem to have strong attack, but they're weak on defence, and using tactics such as my mist was enough for the Queen to become nervous. Even your Rooks, Knight's and Bishops focused on direct attack, and lacked the ability to switch to defence if the need arose."

Kuroka spoke directly to Zephyrdor.

Zephyrdor could feel his nerves growing more and more.

He was becoming worried about what might happen now.

But, he didn't want to give up either, and showed his clenched teeth.

"S-Shit...this doesn't matter to me! My Pawns are all promoted to Queen even before coming here! So they shall kill you!"

He allowed his Pawns to go forward. He called out to them, forcing them to promote to Queen each. Their powers increased, and they looked ready to face down the enemies.

However, Ravel had other ideas, and turned towards the ice doll.

"Okay, please freeze them, and we'll finish them off!"

The ice doll did as she was asked, and raised her arms into the air. Creating a cold atmosphere, the cold air spread around them. The ice began to form, and ice spread around her, as she directed her hands forward.

A mass of cold erupted outwards.

Freezing the ground, and anything that came across it.

The Devils looked stunned, as they stuck their hands out, shooting off masses of demonic power.

But the power was frozen, as well as their bodies.

They weren't able to even escape as their bodies were being frozen.

"W-What the hell?!"

"I-Is this the true power of a Longinus?!"

The Devils tried to fight it.

They shot powers, they swung weapons, they tried to escape.

But the cold was too fast, and strong for them to even try and escape.

Their bodies were wrapped around with strong ice.

They were completely frozen solid, as the girls, and Yuuto readied themselves.

"Now everyone, lets finish them off."

On Rias' command, they all blasted powers forwards.

Rias shot her Power of Destruction, Akeno shot her lightning, Koneko went close and delivered a Senjutsu filled punch, Yuuto went up and used his sword to slice his target, Ravel shot off her flames in a flamethrower like manner and Kuroka used her Senjutsu and Youjutsu to blast forward.

"No...it can't...be..."

Zephyrdor watched with horror as the attacks combined, and finished off the Pawns in one fell swoop.

They couldn't escape due to the fact that the ice had stopped all of their movements.

Zephyrdor didn't believe that they'd be this strong.

He had an idea of Kuroka, but the others…

He thought his peerage members would have been enough.

But, that wasn't the case at all, and now he was feeling more worry as time went on.


Back with Isane, she felt another [Boost!] run through her, but the power...was beginning to overwhelm her.

First using the Sacred Gear when first manifested, the power itself growing more and more, and she felt a heavy pressure on her body.

She saw that Freed was stood there, so she raised her hand, and took it into a punching position.

Freed looked on curiously as he came at her, so she moved forward.

Feeling more power come to her, she managed to dodge out of the way, and get towards his left hand side.

Even Freed was surprised when he felt her foot embed into his stomach, the force behind the kick was so surprising that he coughed up bile.

"W-What the...you weren't this good before..."

Isane couldn't explain it either, she felt instincts kicking in, she felt her power springing forward.

However, she felt something...going on.

Deep inside, the power was feeling as if it was bursting out of her.

It didn't feel right at all.

"What the hell is this? My body feels power...but, it feels heavy on my body...it feels like that I can't...contain it...is this, what Haruki told me about? My body...being unable to handle the power of my Sacred Gear without training...? The more power I use...the more it will...crush me..."

She felt as if she was going to succumb to the power that was deep within her.

She began sweating, her body was shaking.

Her eyes were losing focus.

Freed watched her, keenly examining her face.

Seeing that she was having trouble, Freed believed he understood what was going on, and he couldn't contain the evil happiness that was building deep inside.

"I get it now, because you're a weak human-chan, your body can't handle the great power of your Sacred Gear. You're rather incompatible with such a power, and you're going to be losing control of yourself soon. Well, that's not good, I'll have to put you down before you can run out of control."

Freed grinned sadistically, and he rushed her.

Isane tried to move, but she felt her legs feeling heavy for reasons unknown.

She almost tripped over when Freed got in close.

His blade, aimed for her chest, and he lunged forward.

She panicked, feeling death being rather imminent.

[Boost!]

She felt the power come to her once more, allowing her to move her arm in the way.

The blade hit the Sacred Gear, leaving a small scratch on it, before Isane tightened her fist.

"Have this you ass!"

Isane poured her power into her fist, Freed went to dodge out of the way, when he felt a hand grab his own.

Looking down, he saw Isane had a tight hold of him, and watched as her fist slammed into his face.

The force of the punch sent him skidding back, and his head hit a wall, leaving blood running down his face.

Isane panted even more, collapsing to her knees, understanding the power was taking over her, but she didn't know what else to do.

Freed pulled his head forward, running a hand across his face, seeing the red blood on his hand.

"Is this a joke? An untrained girl being able to make me bleed!? You are kidding me! For this, you'll die quicker!"

Freed rushed her, using all the speed he could do.

Isane tried to move, but the incredible power was too much for her, she felt it taking over her body and mind...


However, the moment the blade went to strike her down, a hand grabbed the blade, and broke it apart with brute strength.

Isane blinked, as she felt a breeze coming from the door.

She looked, seeing it wide open.

She then looked to the right, and saw that Haruki was stood there, his eyes on her own.

"H-Haruki..."

"Isane-chan...it seems that you've been through quite a bit. Don't worry, it's over now, I'm here."

Freed scowled when seeing Haruki, and pulled out his gun.

But before he could raise it, Haruki didn't even look as he shot off a small needle of Holy Lightning, penetrating the gun, and caused it to explode in Freed's hand, who let out an "Aah!" as he felt burns begin to appear on his hand.

Haruki's eyes turned to Freed...and tilted his neck.

"Who the hell are you?"

Freed blinked.

He blinked once more.

Then his eyebrows furrowed angrily.

"Freed! Freed Sellzen!"

"Freed...Sellzen?"

"Yes! That's right! I am Freed Sellzen! I'm the Devil Slayer!"

"What are you? Buffy for Devils?"

Freed wore a perplexed expression.

"What?"

Haruki rolled his eyes.

"Whatever, so you thought you could attack this girl, did you?"

"Associating with Devils like you! It is a crime that warrants death!"

"And your attack of this girl warrants death also."

Haruki placed Isane down on the ground, leaning against a wall.

Freed pulled back, as he snapped his fingers.

From the snap, a light shone on the ground.

Forms began to appear from the light…

Stray Exorcists.

Isane was bewildered, seeing more than twenty appearing within seconds…

"As if."

But within a second and two words from Haruki, they were all shocked to the point that they couldn't keep their consciousness.

They didn't even have the time to raise their weapons, attack or anything.

Even Freed was astonished to see the Exorcists being taken out of commission.

"Y-You couldn't have! You were supposed to be in the Underworld!"

"The only way you'd know that is if you were in a relationship with Zephyrdor."

"Sorry, he's not my type!"

Haruki raised an eyebrow.

"I didn't mean it like that."

Haruki sweat dropped, while Freed chortled.

"Well, whatever! But you know who is my type? It's you! You definitely are! I want us to have a relationship that lasts seconds! As my blade cuts into you, and makes you bleed! Is it alright?! Can I kill you with my-"

Before Freed could continue, Haruki disappeared.

He was shocked, and he didn't know what to even think.

But then a second later, he received a blow to his upper body.

The blow was so powerful, Freed felt his inner organs shaking from the attack.

He also felt electricity running through him.

The place Haruki punched also opened up a hole, and his blood began to leak out of him.

Freed didn't even have time to cough up blood as he was sent slamming into the ground.

Blood leaked out of him as Haruki stared down at him, with a cold expression.

"Working with Zephyrdor huh? I didn't think he'd want to have an Exorcist with him. I guess he was more desperate than I thought he was. And you, terrorizing this girl and trying it with her family, you truly are someone that is an example of how humans can be cruel."

"S-Screw you...D-Devil scum..."

"No Freed, screw you..."

As he was speaking, he heard a pained cry from behind him.

He turned, and saw that a strong aura was leaking out of Isane. He could see that her eyes were beginning to become more intense. Veins were protruding from her eyes, the aura was rapidly growing more and more.

He could see that there were cracks within the Sacred Gear itself.

"Shit..."

Haruki went over to her side, and felt the aura coming from her.

It almost knocked him back, but he dispelled it with Holy Lightning.

Getting to her side, he saw that she was struggling to breathe.

Her body was becoming more and more pained.

"H-Haruki...w-what's...ha-happening to me…?"

Haruki placed a hand on her cheek.

Seeing the pain on her face, how she was trembling with the increased power...

"I'm sorry Isane-chan, I had no idea that this would happen. He used a strong device to transport you here, they're very rare so I'm shocked Freed had one."

"Haruki..."

Isane began to cry.

Haruki tried to relieve her of her worries, and explain what was going on.

"It's alright. I know you feel in pain...your Sacred Gear awakened, and because you used it right away without allowing your body get used to the power, your power is running out of control. Your Sacred Gear could break if it continues, and that...would kill you." Isane began to panic, so Haruki placed his forehead against her own. "But don't worry, I know how to stop it. Do you trust me Isane-chan?"

"Y-Yes...b-but my parents…"

"They're alright, I looked over them when I first arrived, they're blissfully unaware of what's going on."

Isane cried tears of relief.

More than herself, she didn't want her parents to be harmed because of this.

Haruki then placed a finger to the back of her neck, and shot a small electric burst through her.

Isane was stunned, and her eyes began to close.

She didn't suffer any pain when he shocked her.

All she felt was a pleasurable feeling.

Haruki overlooked her appearance, then placed his hands on her Sacred Gear.

"...So, it is Boosted Gear after all...I had a suspicion based on how Vali-chan reacted...but, Boosted Gear huh...no wonder she's feeling like this, she's an ordinary human who's had no training, I remember when awakening mine...it's alright Isane-chan, I've got you, you did well to survive this long by using it so quickly."

Haruki rubbed his hands across the red gauntlet, and began using some magic's to help Isane.

Some sealing magic, some magic's that could stop the unruly power, release it in a healthy way, so Isane's power didn't kill her, and he used Holy Lightning to destroy the aura for the time being. While not fully sealing her Sacred Gear, he did place some seals on it so Isane's body could naturally get used to the power that she now had awakened.

Freed watched on, and began laughing.

"A Devil...in love...how sweet..."

Haruki rolled his eyes as he continued working on Isane.

Once he was finished with Isane, he walked over to Freed, who grinned up at him.

"You are...so powerful...I want...to fight you...and tear you...limb...from limb..."

"Whatever you say, Freed."

Haruki slammed his foot into Freed's face, knocking him unconscious.

Haruki then walked over to Isane once more.

"I'll get Asia-san to heal her...and have Sona-san guard them...just in case any other nasty surprises come...to think Zephyrdor would work with an Exorcist when he's shown disdain for other Factions...he truly must be desperate. I best get to work quickly, and get to the others just in case."

While Haruki worked on making sure Isane was taken care of, he also thought about what could be happening with the others...


Back with Rias, and the others, with the peerage of Zephyrdor defeated, Zephyrdor was becoming worried. Seeing Kuroka and the others advancing, he knew he was in a bind. He believed he could take a majority of them out if it was one on one fighting, but with them all together...he just knew something bad could happen.

So he waved his hands forward, and created a magical circle on the floor.

As he did, something rose from it.

Ten feet tall, and looked like a mash up of different creatures, some being Devil, some being Youkai, some being European monsters, and other things, it breathed out fire, and the power it had, was rather powerful.

Kuroka sensed that it had the power of an Ultimate Class Devil.

"Now you'll be afraid. Remember this Kuroka? This was something that your former Master had been working on. It's rather powerful, and none of you combined can defeat it. Heh, you're about to die, and then I'll be the only survivor here. Sorry that you can't see what's about to happen, but your powers will be rather good to add to these creatures, don't you think?"

"You were never smart enough to create these."

Ravel glared, Zephyrdor laughed.

"Perhaps I didn't have the technical ability to create them. Naberius did all of the hard work, all I had to do was allow these creatures to devour others. That way, you're going to be adding to the collection of powers I have. Power of Destruction, Holy Lightning, the Senjutsu of the neko's, and Sword Birth, along with your fire powers and immortality Ravel Phenex. Those are some strong powers."

"...You're going to feed us to your beasts?"

Rias said with a disgusted expression.

Zephyrdor gained a wild wicked grin.

"Naturally! I'm sure the Maou's would also suffer, right?"

"What have you got against the Maou's?"

Akeno demanded, Zephyrdor chortled.

"Those buffoons are useless as Maou's. They might have power, but they're really awful leaders. You don't let others grind you down, you grind down your opposition. I think they're rather unfit to rule the Underworld. That's why I'll make sure that I've got enough power to take down the Maou's, and that would have been helped if you didn't interfere with things that didn't concern you. Originally, I was going to have Haruki eaten, gaining his Holy Lightning and his Longinus over ice, that would have done rather nicely to fight against the Maou's. Serafall would have been devastated at the loss of her Queen."

Akeno gave an angry expression on her face, while Zephyrdor moved his hand forward.

As he did, the beast charged towards the group, who got into a battle position…

When a flash came through the nights sky.

A trail of light was within the air, as the beast suddenly received a huge blow to the torso, along with a massive wave of demonic power.

"Haruki?!"

Zephyrdor yelled, believing that it was…

But he was proven wrong when it showed Vali, in her Scale Mail armour form.

[Divide!]

Along with showing her appearance, the power of Vali's Sacred Gear activated, stealing the power that the creature had. The creature also had a large hole in the body of the creature, but it began regenerating.

"Sorry, but he's currently dealing with something else. While he's away, allow me to accommodate you. Though, I did promise that I'd not fight you, because Haruki wanted to do that himself. Still, he promised me the opportunity to fight something strong, and in this instance, it seems that he's right."

Zephyrdor ground his teeth.

"Don't just stand there, kill her!"

Vali watched as the creature pulled back, and unleashed a wave of fire from its mouth towards her. Vali's aura shone outwards, and she unleashed her demonic power, clashing violently between the two of them.

The flames, Vali had to admit were rather strong.

But she wouldn't give up, and continued to push her power into the attack.

The flames were being pushed back, when Vali saw that the hand of the creature lit up with what seemed to be water. The water looked rather violent, and it came towards her in a strong burst to try and crush Vali.

Vali spread her wings, and allowed her Sacred Gear to activate.

Unleashing her power, her Sacred Gear called [Half Dimension!] and from that, a field appeared around Vali. The water that came in violently was halved, shrinking down but still had some power behind it.

Vali was surprised as the water hit her armour, and caused it to shake ever so slightly.

"So, it does have some power then? Not bad at all."

As she said it, the creature raised its fist, coating it with water, and flames combined, then brought it towards Vali. Vali allowed her aura to shine, as she did the same thing, clashing with the last fist of the creature.

A massive shockwave rang out, and broke through the ground.

Zephyrdor was blown away while the others were protected by Haruki's doll of ice using her powers to stop the power reaching them.

"That fist...it caused my arm to shake...hah, now this is what I have been waiting for. I'll have to thank Haruki later for this."

Vali showed an excited face, as she unleashed more strong fist attacks towards the creature.

The creature matched it.

Even with Vali's halving field up, the fists were still strong enough to contend with Vali's powerful strikes.

Using kicks, and punches, Vali still couldn't break through completely, something that surprised the others a good deal.

"Even Vali is having trouble...this opponent is rather strong."

Rias murmured, Kuroka waved her hand.

"Maybe, but I sense Vali-chan has the superior power. The creature simply has strong destructive power, and regeneration. Can you see it nyaa? Vali's fists are reaching the creatures body, but the regeneration of the creature is healing the wounds. However it seems to be slowing down each time that Vali-chan's attack reach its form."

True to her words, Vali saw that her attacks were causing the creature to back away each time her fist reached its body. Seeing more and more injuries, seeing the body of the creature being unable to heal correctly, it was clear that Vali's power was overcoming the power of the creature.

"Have this."

When Vali saw an opening in the torso area, Vali slammed her fist hard into the creature, and unleashed a strong wave of demonic power.

Blasting a large hole in the body once more, Vali noticed that the creatures regeneration was slower than before.

It was running out of steam.

"It seems that it is time for me to end this once and for all."

Vali called her demonic power to her hands, and aimed it towards the creature.

It opened its mouth to release fire once more, but this time Vali shot off large spheres of demonic power, while keeping the halving field around her.

When the flames got close, the field managed to cut the flames down to a point that when they reached the armour, the flames washed over said armour, but weren't able to harm her all that much.

Instead, she concentrated on the demonic power, and allowed it to come from both sides.

Trying to crush and kill the creature with pure power, Vali was slightly stunned to see that the creature unleashed some kind of barriers, blocking Vali's powers to the degree that Vali felt her power being pushed back.

Zephyrdor smirked, and took his hand to aim at Vali.

"Looks like you're stuck? While you are, I'll make sure that you will die!"

Zephyrdor unleashed a strong wave of demonic power.

But the moment it came close to Vali, the ice doll waved her hands, and caused the power to freeze in the air. Becoming like an ice statue, the demonic power fell to the ground, where it shattered into many different pieces.

Zephyrdor turned to the ice doll, who wagged a finger towards him.

Zephyrdor scowled, knowing that she basically was saying "You're not getting any closer~" and imagined a voice that was rather cheerful yet scary.

Vali, seeing that her attacks being closed, moved her hands, and caused them to split apart, before raining down on the barriers, blasting them more and more. Rather than try and use all of the demonic power, Vali tried to see the limits of the barriers.

The creatures barriers weakened with each hit of Vali's power.

Then eventually, Vali's power broke through, so Vali used this chance to summon more power, and unleashed them in giant spheres, repeating the tactic, but this time with it working as the creatures body was hit from both sides, crushing it with her demonic power.

Vali overlooked it, before huffing.

"The regeneration of this creature is rather good. But it pales compared to those like that Phenex girl. It is a mere imitation of such a power."

Kuroka smiled, and elbowed Ravel playfully.

"See Ravel-chan? You were mentioned~"

"It seems I got praised by Vali-sama, now I am happy~"

Ravel and Kuroka smiled, as Vali allowed her two demonic spheres to hold it in place.

She then rushed closer, flying at speeds even Yuuto couldn't see.

She touched the demonic creature, and allowed her Sacred Gear to activate.

[Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!]

Taking the power from it, and adding it to her own, Vali allowed her demonic power to shine.

With the increase of power thanks to the creature, and how its aura had lowered a good degree thanks to Vali, Vali's silvery aura compressed within her hand, before she pointed it at the creature fighting off two spheres already, trapped within the spheres.

"For a short time, you did give me some trouble. I'll commend that with my power destroying your body."

Vali unleashed her demonic power, and it swept the creature up with it.

Destroying it all over, not even leaving a spec behind so the creature couldn't regenerate anymore.

Eventually, Vali killed off the creature completely, exhaling slowly, but felt satisfied that she could have a fight like that.


Once the creature was slain, Zephyrdor looked devastated.

He didn't know what he was going to do.

That was his strongest, any other would be a waste to use now.

He didn't have any allies left, Vali was stronger than him.

Kuroka also had great power.

Ravel furrowed her brows when seeing the deranged and scared look on Zephyrdor's face.

"You never could beat Haruki-sama, that's why you were doing all of this. Isn't that right Zephyrdor?"

"That's not true! I'm stronger than him!"

Ravel shook her head.

"If that was true, why go to all of the trouble to frame him for murdering your relative?" Zephyrdor gasped when she said that. "Yes, Haruki-sama and we have been aware for a few months now that you've been spreading disgusting rumours about Haruki-sama, attacking villages and leaving behind evidence that Haruki-sama might be involved, and even to try and take your own relatives life, they knew it was you right away. But we needed some proof, and now we have it. Don't we?"

"You have nothing."

Zephyrdor was so sure that he said it with confidence.

Ravel tilted her head, then she pointed back to the house.

"Not so, you've already been outed. We fitted cameras to the house in the event you'd attack here. Your little attack has been broadcast straight to the Underworld's higher ups." Zephyrdor's face fell as Ravel continued. "You have no wriggle room this time, no technicality will get you off Zephyrdor. Face it, this time you're really finished."

Zephyrdor felt his heart race.

It had to be a lie.

It couldn't be real.

Zephyrdor's eyes glazed over with anger, and fear.

All of his time planning...he was stopped now.

If what Ravel was saying was true…

Then they had tricked him and now he was wanted by the Underworld.

His life was over.

His hand rose up, and he aimed it towards the group.

Vali went to move...when she felt something coming.

She hung back, watching with keen eyes.

"I-I wont die because of you people! You are nothing to me!"

His demonic power went to come out…


When Haruki appeared, grabbing Zephyrdor's hand, and used his Holy Lightning to dispel the power.

Zephyrdor's eyes went towards Haruki, and fear was engrained within them.

"You..."

"Zephyrdor, my dear Zephyrdor~ Here I am, to stop you. This time, for good." Haruki's hand rose up, and coated it in Holy Lightning. "I'm going to enjoy this. I've wanted to kick your ass since the day I met the vileness that is you. By the way...what you had assassinated, was not your relative, it was merely an ice doll with some transformation magic on it~ Iryuka-chan allowed it to happen, she was more than happy to stop you, you sorry pathetic excuse for a Devil."

Zephyrdor's face fell.

He...had been deceived to this level.

His mind was being crushed with the revelation.

His mind was splitting apart.

He tried so hard...and he had been foiled so easily.

"Now, I'm gonna enjoy this~"

Haruki's fist slammed into Zephyrdor's face, as Holy Lightning transmitted into him.

His fist bent around Haruki's own, and he was shot down towards the ground.

Tearing through the earth, Zephyrdor screamed and howled.

Blood leaked out of his broken nose, his eyes became wider as his fearful eyes went towards Haruki.

"Y-You...bastard!"

"Zephyrdor please, not in front of the ladies~"

"I'll fucking kill you!"

"Good luck with that!"

Haruki gained a wide sadistic grin as Zephyrdor shot for him.

Allowing demonic power to fill his hands, he swung them for Haruki again and again.

But the punches didn't react, and were deflected by Haruki without much effort.

"If you're curious, I wont be using my Longinus. I don't need my girl to kick your ass."

Zephyrdor was enraged by that, pulling back, and gathered a mass of demonic power.

He aimed it for Haruki, and sent it off…

Only for Haruki to use his Holy Lightning to dispel it.

Destroying it within a burst of power, Zephyrdor rose his hands, and created many barriers.

It came to the point that ten barriers stood between Haruki and Zephyrdor.

"Fufu, look at those precious barriers. Zephyrdor, you are nice to treat me to such a sight. But your barriers I'm afraid are nothing."

Haruki unleashed a burst of Holy Lightning from his form, and blasted through each barrier.

Zephyrdor tried to make a retreat, but the lightning caught up, wrapped around him, and shocked him to the point that smoke began to come off of him. Blood leaked out of him, his eyes were blazed with rage.

"N-No! No! No disgusting Fallen Angel is going to overcome me!"

Zephyrdor rejected it, and placed his hands outwards.

Before he could gather demonic power, Haruki appeared, slamming his knee into Zephyrdor's chest, embedding it so deep that blood shot out of Zephyrdor's mouth.

His body hunched over, his face going past Haruki's shoulder.

With a single finger pressed against Zephyrdor's chin, Haruki pushed his face back to meet his own.

Haruki and Zephyrdor locked eyes, with Zephyrdor feeling more and more fear.

"It seems that this Fallen Angel is going to overcome you. You know what's worse?" Zephyrdor was afraid of the words he was going to say. "You wanted something you never worked for. You expected everything to be handed to you just because you were born into a higher than some status. Status doesn't make the leader, it takes a lot more than someone like you who has no charm, no charisma, and pathetic for hating others due to what they were born as."

Haruki brought up his hand, and unleashed a strong bolt of Holy Lightning to him.

Wrapping around Zephyrdor, the Holy Lightning flung into the street below.

With the blast of Holy Lightning, the area got devastated.

Even Kuroka felt the shockwave through her barriers, and felt them shaking from the impact.

Akeno raised a finger to her lips, a huge blush on her cheeks.

"Ara...looking at my cute Otouto like this, makes me feel so hot between my breasts...aah, Haruki, you're making Onee-sama excited right now~"

Haruki glanced at Akeno, and smiled, who did the same thing back.

Haruki then flew down to Zephyrdor, landing before him.

Zephyrdor's desperate eyes went up, raising his hand, but Haruki kicked it down into the ground, stopping the power with his own.

"Y-You fucking bastard!"

"No Zephyrdor, you're the bastard."

Haruki smirked, as he began unleashing his power onto Zephyrdor.

Using lightning attacks, sending pain through him, caused Zephyrdor to howl.

His body was bleeding, and wrecked with pain.

Haruki got some enjoyment out of it, but mostly he felt disgusted that Zephyrdor had gotten away with it for as long as he did.

But, no more.

He wouldn't allow Zephyrdor to walk away without receiving punishment.

Zephyrdor felt the holy power within him.

It wasn't enough to kill, it was more than anything that he had ever taken before.

Tears came from his eyes as Haruki bent down.

"The pain you put innocent people through, was a lot more than what you're feeling. Ripping families apart, killing those who didn't do anything wrong. You truly are a vile Devil, aren't you Zephyrdor?"

"Y-You...know...nothing...I am...a Devil...with high...s-status...you're...a lowly...Fallen Angel...that came in...you are not a Devil! You...deserve no praise...that goes to...people like me...who are better than...you..."

Haruki rolled his eyes.

"I don't do this stuff for things like glory, I do it because it's the right thing to do. Helping people doesn't have to have any rewards. I did it long before I became a Devil, and being acknowledged for it, doesn't matter to me. Seeing people being able to live happily is the reward for me. But for a greedy Devil like you, who couldn't hold back, and hurt innocents to get what you want...Naberius was the same. Now you can join him and return to nothingness."

Haruki's hand lit up with Holy Lightning.

Allowing it to stream around his hand, Zephyrdor felt his body tensing up.

"Y-You can't kill me! They wouldn't allow it!"

"Dead, was the order I was given when it comes to you."

Zephyrdor became even more frightened.

He wanted it to desperately not to be true.

But as he thought about it more and more, he couldn't see why Haruki would lie, unless it was to mess with him even more.

"That's a lie!"

Haruki rolled his eyes, and stuck his hand out.

Summoning an official document, he presented it to Zephyrdor.

"See? The order was that I should stop your evil plans, and kill you if you endanger the lives of others."

Zephyrdor handed his hands on the floor, rejecting what was going on.

"It's all lies! You did it all! You were working with Naberius! I didn't do anything!"

Haruki was surprised that he was freaking out this much.

Zephyrdor always appeared cocky.

But on the inside, it seemed he was a coward that deflected blame onto others.

"Trying to lie now isn't going to save you. It's clear that it was you...or rather, you got someone else to do it for you." Zephyrdor's face fell, as Haruki continued. "Your actions have caused a lot of grief, providing support to someone like Naberius, trying to cause panic in the Underworld by framing myself, and Kuroka-san. The Maou's Queen going off the rails, and killing people could seem plausible for those higher up that already had doubt within me. But, it didn't work. We came across your scheme months ago, we've been waiting for you to slip Zephyrdor, for those who you had working for you to reveal themselves. Some of the Old Devils, they've been captured, the ones you bribed, and assisted Naberius. You trying to put me in prison, only made the process a little faster."

Zephyrdor breathed harder and harder.

He just couldn't believe it…

"B-But..."

"Did you think, after a few years, I'd drop my guard? I never drop my guard Zephyrdor, the perks of living in a time your clan tried to kill you relentlessly for simply existing."

Zephyrdor felt like his life was shattering apart.

Everything he had done...was being ruined.

Ruined by a Fallen Angel that he hated so much.

Clenching his teeth, Zephyrdor pooled his power and aimed it for Rias and the others.

Summoning a good chunk of it, all he had, Haruki saw the desperation on his face.

"I'll kill your fucking Onee-sama, and her friends! Then you'll-"

"-Die."

Haruki finished off, as he shot a blast of Holy Lightning, blasting the demonic power before it could reach the girls.

Because he did, the power rebounded and caused it to explode around Zephyrdor.

Haruki watched as Zephyrdor's body went up in destruction as he succumbed to the power he was releasing.

Zephyrdor's life came to an end, Haruki exhaled slowly, before turning to the others.

"Geez, didn't think it would blow up like that. He must've added some explosive power to it."

Kuroka snickered.

"Aah well. He got what he deserved nyaa. For causing all of this trouble."

Haruki agreed, and moved to the others.

His eyes caught the sight of Vali making a retreat.

"Vali-chan, where are you going?"

"Back to the Grigori."

She replied as she allowed her wings to shine.

"Fufu, you could always stay and celebrate. We finally put a stop to his disgusting plans."

"Perhaps later, alone with you."

Haruki winked as Vali remained stoic face but a slight tinge of pink danced on her cheeks.

"Then I'll be waiting for you my cute Vali-chan."

"You better be prepared for when we're alone."

Haruki chortled, nodding a single time.

With that, the Dragon girl left the area, leaving Haruki and the others alone.


With her gone, Haruki turned to the others.

"Seems like Zephyrdor had a hand with some Exorcists."

Kuroka furrowed her brows.

"I did sense a weak holy power..."

"Yes, someone called Freed went after Isane-chan, tried her parents first based on what I sensed. A fight broke out between them, and her Sacred Gear awakened. Nearly killed her actually. It was beginning to go out of control. But I managed to put a stop to it, and now she's currently resting under the watchful eye of Sona-chan and the others of her peerage, her wounds are being taken care of by Asia-san. Seems like when you transported her, she was sent somewhere else, a trap laid for Freed, thankfully her parents are safe due to that barrier I put up before leaving."

Rias folded her arms.

"I didn't expect them to go for her. I didn't think they'd work with Exorcists either. I presume strays?"

"I believe so, I'll be having them handled over to the Grigori."

Akeno looked uncomfortable when he said that.

Haruki understood why she did.

"Still, it's a relief that she's okay, and so are her parents. It could have been troubling if something happened to them."

Rias added, Haruki inclining his neck.

"Yes, they're all okay. Anyway, good thing this is resolved. Even the people connected with Zephyrdor have been taken in by Sirzechs-san and Sera-tan."

"Then, that's it, right?"

Akeno asked, Haruki furrowed his brows.

"It seems to be...for the moment."

Akeno tilted her head.

"Are you saying it isn't?"

"Don't worry Onee-sama, I'll handle it~ Just a loose end that needs stomping out, that's all."

Akeno tilted her head in wonder, while Haruki just continued to smile.

She didn't know what he was thinking about, but she did trust him enough for him to handle it, and know that he'd be okay, no matter what would happen.

Haruki folded his arms, watching the others celebrating while he chortled to himself.

"He didn't even come to help Zephyrdor, guess he was just using him in the end, but that's how cowards like him are after all. Trying to hide so well, but I know you're apart of it, even if you did everything you could to keep your name away from Zephyrdor's, and appear as innocent as possible. Nice touch trying to have an alibi when the attempted murder was going down by being with Ajuka-sama...Ah well, your time will come Diodora, just like Zephyrdor's has done. There's always been something off about that guy, in ways he always felt more evil than Zephyrdor, at least he's a bit smarter than Zephyrdor and tries to conceal his evil along with betraying Zephyrdor with the higher ups to take the heat off him, but it wont work for long. When the time comes...he's going down."

Though Haruki didn't voice his thoughts, he was very sure that Diodora was apart of it.

He knew the type Diodora was, he had betrayed Zephyrdor already, he didn't cover for Zephyrdor at all when questioned about the night the 'murder' took place, something Zephyrdor didn't know and thought Diodora was with him till the end.

Though Haruki was aware that Diodora didn't get exactly what he wanted, he had a feeling of what it was he wanted and why he had teamed up with Zephyrdor in the first place, but didn't have concrete evidence against him for the time being.

When the time came, Haruki was going to make sure Diodora paid for what he had done.


Having heard of the devastating news...Diodora's fears were growing.

He thought that he'd be able to get Asia, but Haruki had made sure that she'd be protected.

He couldn't make a move now.

"Shit...Shit...Shit!"

Diodora kicked a table that was close by, with enough force for it to break.

He broke out into a sweat.

The nerves he felt were evident on his face.

He stared at an image of Haruki, his anger for him growing and growing.

He didn't care about Zephyrdor, but now he was gone, he knew he'd have to do something.

"That damn Haruki...no, that stupid Zephyrdor, he couldn't even distract them long enough for me to get my precious Asia. It wont be like that for long...I wont fall as easily as Zephyrdor, Haruki you wont be around for much longer...I wont let you get in my way for Asia...even if I have to kill him myself...that bastard wont ruin it for me..."

Diodora showed an evil smirk on his face.

Though he had lost a good chunk of his support network now due to the ideas of Haruki and the Satan's, he wasn't going down without a fight.

He knew he'd have to think more strategically, that he'd have to do something about Haruki before he could get to Asia.

He didn't care much for the former Fallen Angel human beforehand.

Now that he had Asia and she was under his protection, Diodora was going to do what he could to kill him, and gain the innocent nun.


End chapter!

So that wraps up Zephyrdor's story! He tried to take down Kuroka, but she had some back up, and together made quick work of the group, showing the strengths of Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, Koneko, Ravel and Kuroka also. Freed tried to attack Isane, but as she was growing in more and more danger along with her feelings to protect her family came about, her Boosted Gear awakened! Showing some of her power, she pushed back Freed, but like how Azazel worried about in canon, it began to cause her to go into a berserker like state with the power overwhelming her, with Haruki managing to help her stop before it overtook her, and made sure that she would be okay, once stopping Freed in his tracks.

Then finally, after Vali came to defeat one of the creatures Zephyrdor had with him, Zephyrdor and Haruki had a match! Zephyrdor tried his best, but in the end found himself unable to fight the power Haruki had amassed over the years, and defeated him, then killed him when he tried to attack Akeno and the others.

If anyone's wondering about Diodora and what's going to happen with him...all I can say without spoiling it that his time will come, and when it does...it's going to be quite fun to write about.

Also, Happy New Year to everyone!

Well, until next time, thanks for reading!

Haruki's peerage

Queen; Vali.

Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.

Bishops; Ravel, Asia.

Knights; Lint, Meredith.

Pawns; Elmenhilde (two pieces), Kuroka (three pieces), Le Fay (three pieces).

Haruki; Serafall, Sona, Ravel, Koneko, Kuroka, Gabriel, Akeno, Vali (fem), Isane, Xenovia, Rias, Irina, Asia, Rossweisse, Le Fay, Meredith, Elmenhilde, Lint,