Well, before starting the story I'd like to answer some reviews:
Guest: Thanks, I'm glad that you enjoyed the Chapter.
Guest 2: Yes, Lance doesn't know that he's Half-Angel, but he'll eventually find out.
Hellspam: That explanation will be given in the further chapters, and as for the pact I've actually been thinking about that in the future.
Thanks for those who reviewed. Now, lets' get right to the fight!
Gremory vs. Phenex
Lance was sitting inside of his bedroom, while wearing his Kuoh Academy's uniform and he had stood up with a slight smile on his face.
"Well, I might as well stop by the Occult Research Club and…."
SHINE!
At that moment, the Gremory magic circle appeared on the ground and Lance looked towards it with a confused expression on his face. Once the lied died down, Grayfia had appeared from the magic circle and looked towards Lance.
"Uh, Grayfia-San what're you doing here?"
"The my master Lucifer-Sama would like you to join him in viewing the Rating Game."
"Oh, it would be a pleasure."
Lance then stood up and started walking next to Grayfia, she then activated the magic circle and both of them were transported to another location. Once the light had died down, then Lance looked around and noticed that he was transported to a viewing room.
"He really does take after Galahad."
Lance then turned around and saw a young man with crimson hair, blue eyes and wearing noble clothing with a smile on his face. Lance immedately sensed the demonic power that surrounded Sirzechs' body, he then smirked and held his hand out.
"I take it that you're Sirzechs Lucifer-San. It's great to finally meet you."
"Same here Lance-Kun, you really do take after Galahad when he was your age."
"I've actually been wondering, how did you meet my dad?"
"Well, a couple of years ago there was a group High-Level Demons who were suddenly came from the Human World and started to rampage within the Underworld. And when I along with the other Maou were prepared to intercept them, then suddenly we ran into a teenage Knight who was dragged in along with the Demons. Galahad Du Lac wielder of Arondight the 'Ultimate Dragon Slayer', despite being a Human being he fought against every last Demons and came out of it with barely a scratch on him. When we asked why he protect the Underworld he answered, "Why not? I really don't think I need a reason to protect someone or kick some Demon's ass". And ever since that day, Galahad has always been good friends."
"That's an awesome story, but I've actually been wondering something. Why did my dad always tell me to be careful around Serafall Leviathan?"
At his question, Sirzechs immedately broke out laughing with an amused expression on his face and Lance looked towards him with a confused expression on his face.
"Okay, seriously when I asked my dad why he did that exact same thing."
"Hahahaha, well you see…."
{Where is he?! Where is he?! Where is he?!}
Lance made a confused expression as he heard a young girl beginning to shouting out, he then turned his head as he heard Sirzechs beginning to laugh to himself and Grayfia looked away.
"What're you…?"
OPEN!
Lance then heard the door to the room opening, he turned his head and saw a beautiful young girl with black hair tied in twin-tails, blue eyes, large breasts, and wearing a purple magic girl outfit. Lance looked towards her and noticed that she was looking at him with starry eyes.
"You know you kind of look like So…."
BANG
Before Lance could finish his sentence, she immedately tacked him into the ground and placed him into a bone crushing hug. Lance started blushing a deep shade of red as he felt the girl's breasts pressing up against his chest.
"What just happened?! And why am I sensing a large amount of demonic power coming from her?!"
Lance had wondered out to himself.
"Ah! Lance-Chan, I'm so happy that I can see you again! You went from being completely adorable to being completely handsome!"
"I'm sorry, but have we ever met before?"
"Nope~ Not personally, but I'm Gala-Tan's bestest best friend."
"Well, I actually never got your name."
"Oh, where are my manners?"
She then jumped off of him while making a wand appear in her hand out of nowhere, she spun her wand around in circles before pointing it towards Lance with her tongue sticking out playfully.
"I'm the Magical Girl, Serafall Leviathan! Though you can call me Sera-Tan."
"W-Wait, you're the Maou Leviathan-San."
As soon as Lance said that Serafall pouted, causing him to look at her with a deadpanned look.
"Call me Sera-Tan."
"Uh, S-Sera-Tan."
Once Lance called Serafall by her nickname she wrapped her arms around him with a bright childish smile on her face.
"Why did my dad warn me about you?"
"Well, even Galahad know that she can sometimes go over the top. Well, it looks like that Rating Game's about to start."
Lance then sat down next to Sirzechs, with Serafall sitting down next to him while hugging his arms into her breasts and he started blushing a deep shade of red.
Rating Game Field (Kuoh Academy Replica)
As the school bell started ringing, Rias along with the rest of her Peerage members were sitting down inside of the replica of the Occult Research Club with communication devises in their ears.
"First we have to take down Raiser's Pawns. It will be troublesome if they all promote into Queen."
"Buchou, you seem pretty calm."
Issei had said to Rias with a wondering look on his face.
"The Rating Game has a meaning only if you use the battlefield to the fullest. Usually the base would be a fortress, a castle or even a tower. There are forests and rivers between the two bases and we battle using those areas. This time the school is our stage. Yuuto."
"Yes."
Kiba then came over with a map of the school that's gridded like a chessboard, and he spread it out on the table in front of them. Rias then started marking both theirs' and the enemies' bases, she then looked towards them and stated.
"There's a forest near our base. It's safe to assume that this is also our territory. In other words the new school building would be Raiser's territory. It's quite possible that there will be an ambush when you enter their territory. The school field is visible from the new school building. So it's dangerous to pass through here."
"Then do we have to go through the sports ground to get to the new school building?"
"Normally, yes. But the enemy will also know that. So he'll have his servant positioned at the sports ground. He'll have his Knight or Rook positioned at one of the club room's located in the sports ground. No, if it's a sports ground, you will need a person with 'mobility'. So he'll have one Knight and three Pawns, a total of four servants positioned here. Then he'll have control of the whole sports ground."
Van then pointed towards the gym on the map and stated.
"Buchou, it's about the gym near the old school building. Shouldn't we occupy this location first? If we capture it here then we will have a route to the new school building. The gym is a passage to both of the buildings so we could also restrain the enemy's movements."
"Yes, I also have the same opinion. First we will capture the gym. …In terms of location, the opponent may have his Rook positioned there. Since it's inside a building, it would be better to use the Rook with destructive power over Knight with mobility."
After saying that, Rias then turned her attention towards both Kiba and Van.
"…Yuuto and Koneko, you two set a trap in the forest. Take another map with you and make sure you mark the places where you set the trap in. I will make a copy afterwards and hand it to everyone."
"Yes."
"Got it."
Both Kiba and Van then left the room, but not before taking a map along with them along with a weird looking tool box. She then turned towards everyone else and stated.
"Everyone else will be on standby until they finish setting up the trap. Oh, Akeno."
"Yes."
"After Yuuto and Koneko returns, can you cast illusions and mists around the forest and the sky? Obviously a trap that only reacts to Raiser's group. That's how the start of the match will be like, though it seems like this battle will become intense midway through it. So I'll leave the issue regarding the mists and the illusions to you, Akeno."
"I understand, Buchou."
Rias then started coming up with different strategies for the Rating Game, leaving only Issei and Asia with nothing more to do.
"Buchou? Do you need me to do anything?"
"No, not at the moment. But, Ise since you're a Pawn you'll need to use Promotion."
"Right!"
He then looked and noticed Rias patting the spot that was next to her, Issei then sat down next to her with a slightly nervous expression on his face. He then started blushing as he felt Rias hugging him with a smile on her face.
"Listen up, Ise. You have to beat your opponent even if they are girls, okay? You can't hold back. They won't hold back against you."
"Y-Yes, I understand!"
Issei had agreed with Rias as he stood at attention.
"That's a good boy. Use the 'Promotion' to change into Queen. The battle will change if you promote into the Queen that possess the strongest power."
"But it feels weird for me, who am a guy, to turn into a Queen. I can already hear Lance beginning to laugh."
"It's just a name for a role in chess, so you don't have to think too deeply about it. Plus, there is a Male Ultimate-Class Devil who's classed as a Queen. We are already at a disadvantage by having fewer members than Raiser. So you have to prepare yourself to work over the limit. If we lose even a single person, our situation will get even harder."
Issei then smirked at what Rias had said and he replied, as he turned towards her.
"Neither of us would let that happen, we already promised that we wouldn't lose here."
"Yes, I will be relying on you all. My adorable, Ise."
As the real battle started, both Issei and Koneko started heading towards the gym that was near the New School Building. They then walked into the back entrance and went into the platform, as they were walking inside Koneko suddenly muttered.
"…Presence. Enemy."
"We know you are there, servants of Gremory! We watched you coming inside."
They followed the direction of the voice and found a young woman in a Chinese dress, the twins and a girls with a wooden staff in her hand. Both Issei and Koneko then revealed themselves to the members of Raiser's Peerage, Issei then looked forward and called out.
"Boosted Gear, standby."
[Boost]
"…I will leave the Pawns to you, Ise-Senpai. I will take care of the Rook."
"Right!"
Koneko then got into a battle ready stance and began charging towards the girl in the Chinese dress, while Issei stood in front of the three Pawns. Issei then looked forward and made a shocked expression on his face as he saw the two twins wielding using chainsaws.
"Disassembling time."
Issei was slightly creeped out by their cheerful tones, he then turned his head and saw Koneko expertly fighting against the other Rook. He then turned around as he saw one of the Pawns named Mira, who started swinging her wooden staff towards him and Issei started dodging each of the attacks.
""Split, split, split, split, split!""
Issei turn around as he heard the two twins coming towards him with their chainsaws, he jumped back and started effortlessly dodging both of their attacks. Issei then heard the sound of something towards him, and he dodging an attack coming from Mira.
[Boost]
At the second boost, again Issei felt his power being increased through his Boosted Gear and the three Pawns started looking towards him with an irritated expression on their face.
"Ah, geez! This is so frustrating~!"
"Why isn't it hitting him!?"
"…I can't break through his guard."
[Boost]
Issei smirked as he heard the third boost from Boosted Gear, he then held his hand out and shouted.
"Let's do it, Boosted Gear!"
[Explosion]
Issei felt overwhelming power began surrounding Issei's entire body, he then smirked and started his own counterattack.
"I'll take care of you first!"
Issei charged towards one of the twins, appearing in front of one of them and knocked them down towards the ground.
"You! How dare you hit my Onee-Chan!"
The little sister then charged charging towards Issei with her chainsaw, he then rotated his body around and dodging her attack.
"Sorry about this."
With a swift hit at the back of the neck, the younger sister fell unconscious towards the ground with Issei laying her down on the ground. Mira then charged towards him with her wooden staff, Issei instantly caught the wooden staff and he effortlessly broke it. Issei then pulled his fist back and aimed it in front of Mira's face, but stopped in front of her face. She then made a nervous expression on her face and stopped attacking him, but she looked at him with a confused expression.
"Why didn't you finish your attack?"
"Because, you're not the one I want to punch."
Mira blushed slightly at what Issei had said, he then looked and noticed that Koneko had already defeated her opponent. Both of them then started hearing Rias contacting them over their transceiver and she had asked.
[Ise, Koneko. Can you hear me? It's me.]
"Yes! Both Koneko-Chan and I are safe! More like we are doing well right now!"
[That's good to hear. But Akeno's preparation is also completed! I want you two to move accordingly with the plan!]
Both of them then started running outside of the gym, with Raiser's servants looking at him with a confused expression on their face. Once they had exited the gym, there was a powerful strike of lightning crashing down towards the gym instantly destroying it.
"Take."
They looked and noticed Akeno flying over them with a with her Devil wings spread out, with a smile on her face.
[Raiser Phenex-Sama's three Pawns and one Rook retires!]
Issei then looked towards the gym with a surprised expression on her face, he then remembered something that Kiba had told him.
The "Priestess of Lightning", that's Akeno-San's nickname. Since Buchou isn't the age where she can play in the official matches, not many people know about Akeno-San, but she is famous among certain group of people.
He then smirked with an impressed expression on his face, he then looked towards Koneko with a smile on his face as he placed his hand on her shoulder.
"We did it, Koneko-chan."
"...yes, good work Ise-Senpai."
They then started hearing Rias through the transceiver and she stated.
[That lightning takes time to charge it to use for the second time after she uses it. So using it continuously is impossible. Though the enemy still has a greater number than us. We will also head out as soon as Akeno's demonic power recovers, so I will leave the rest to each of you till then. So please move on to the next phase!]
"Right!"
As they were preparing to remove out, Issei's eyes suddenly widened and he grabbed bridal style and jumped out of the way causing Koneko to blush slightly.
"What're you…?"
DOOOOOON
At that moment, there was a large explosion where Koneko was standing and then his attention was caught towards the air.
"Fufufu, great reflexes and here I thought she'd be an easy target."
"Well, my parents always told me always be aware of my surroundings and never lose focus or else I might end of making a mistake and end up dead."
Koneko then blush as she jumped out of Issei's arms, and she looked away slightly.
"…Thanks, Senpai."
"No, problem. But, we'll just have to…."
They then noticed Akeno suddenly appearing out in front of Raiser's Queen with a slight smile on her face, she then looked and stated.
"Ara ara. I will be your opponent. Raiser Phenex-Sama's Queen, Yubelluna-San. Or should I call you the 'Bomb Queen'?"
"I don't like that name because of its bad taste, 'Priestess of Lightning'. Though I was hoping I can fight you."
"Ise-Kun meet up with Yuuto-Kun and Van-Kun. Koneko-Chan and I will take care of here."
"B-But!"
"Ise-kun. You have your own role, correct? Go then. This matter here is my job."
He were stopped as a golden aura started surrounding Akeno's body around her entire body, she then made a determined expression on her face.
"It's okay. We'll will defeat this Queen with everything we have!"
"Akeno-San and Koneko-Chan, I will leave this place to you."
Issei started heading towards the sports court where both Kiba and Van were, he then heard the announcement.
[Raiser Phenex-Sama's three Pawns retires.]
As he continued running towards their destination, once he got there they ran into both Van and Kiba with both of them wielding a different sword.
"Hey Ise-Kun."
"It's about time that you got here."
Kiba had said with his usual refreshing smile on her face, while Van had smirked slightly.
"Also, was it you two who defeated the enemy Pawns?"
"Yeah. The clubroom located at the sports court is an important location. So it's natural that there are lots of enemies. We somehow managed to lure the Pawns that were keeping their eyes over there and took them down. But the person in charge of this location is quite calm and hasn't responded to my provocation. Well, it seems like she used the Pawns to watch my attacks. Seems like Raiser Phenex likes to battle by sacrificing his servants. It's something only he is able to pull off because of his immortality and the number of servants he has."
"The enemies who are in charge of here are one Knight, one Rook, one Bishop. Three pieces in total."
"Well, it looks like we got an even number, but in terms offense we got the upper hand. And since we eliminated the gym they'll put more strength here."
"Van, you actually kind calmer…well calmer than Kiba."
Van made a slightly confused expression on his face, but he smiled slightly and looked towards Issei.
"Well, that's because I'm been in battle for as long as I could remember way before I met up with Rias and became her Knight. But, dealing with a Phenex even I would get become slightly nervous about that."
Van had explained as he
"Well, thanks Van for you are…always confident when it comes to a fight."
"Shut it, Kiba. By the way, I meant to ask what was with Lance after Raiser talked about his dad and the other Paladins? He really doesn't seem like the guy who'd lose his cool easily."
Issei then made a slightly shocked expression on his face, before answering with a slight sigh.
"Your right, Lance is the type of guy who never loses his cool in any situation no matter how severe it is, but I've only seen him really lose his cool once when…."
As they were beginning to talk to each other, they suddenly heard a young woman's voice.
"I'm the Knight of Raiser Phenex-Sama, Karlamine! I've become bored of trying to sniff through each other's strategy! Rias Gremory's Knights! I challenge you to a duel!"
They then turned their attention towards the baseball court where there was a woman clad in armor standing their, Van then smirked slightly and stated.
"What a brave girl."
"Since she introduced herself, I can't hide myself both as a Knight and as a swordsman."
"I guess, I can't either."
Both of them then started walking towards her, with both Issei and Koneko falling after him, once they made it their they made their introduction.
"I'm the Knight of Rias Gremory, Kiba Yuuto."
"I'm the Knight, Van."
"I'm the Pawn, Hyoudou Issei."
Karlamine then made a happy expression on her face, then stated.
"I'm happy that there are warriors like you two in Rias Gremory's group. Coming out here directly from the front. That's something people with normal sanity won't do."
"Right, this coming from the girl who's standing in the middle of a field where she could be ambushed."
Karlamine then drew her sword from its sheath with Kiba drawing out his own sword with a slight smirk on his face.
"The match between Knights. I have been waiting for this. Personally I would like to fight in an intense sword fight."
"Well said! Rias Gremory's Knight!"
Both of them then charged at each other with great speed as their started having their swords clashing against each other, with sparks starting to fly into the air. As they were watching the battle Van sighed slightly, while scratching his head.
"I probably should've fought her instead, now I'll have to…."
"You seem bored."
Both of them then turned their head and saw a young woman wearing a mask that covered half of her face along with a beautiful girl with blonde drill hair and wearing a pink western dress. She then looked towards Issei with a slight calculative expression.
"Hmm. So this boy is the Pawn that Rias Gremory adores?"
As she continued giving him the same expression, Issei activated his Boosted Gear and the girl only waved her hand.
"Don't worry, I'm not going to be your opponent. Isabella, why don't you be his opponent?"
"I was planning to in the first place. Now then, let's fight since we are both bored."
"Ah, yeah. That's okay, but isn't that Bishop going to fight?"
"Because, she's Raiser's little sister."
Issei then made a slightly shocked expression on his face, causing Van to laugh slightly.
"Hahahaha, hard to believe isn't it. A girl like her being related to a pompous prick like that."
"Ah, I've heard rumors that you can't stand High-Class Devils."
Van then smirked slightly while shrugging his shoulder at what Raiser's sister had said, before responding.
"I don't hate all High-Class Devils in general, I just don't like the pompous overconfident types with their holier-than-thou BS…so the number of High-Class Devils that I actually like are very limited."
Issei looked towards Van with a slightly confused expression on his face at the tone from his voice, but was stopped as he heard Isabella preparing to attack.
"Now, here I come! Rias Gremory's Pawn!"
He turned around and noticed Isabella aiming forward for his face, Issei moved his head out of the way and started dodging the attacks. She started launching a barrage of attacks with each one being from unpredictable angles and places, even when he dodged the attack she came back with another attack. She then kicked forward, with Issei blocking the attack.
[Boost]
Once Issei regained his balance he heard Boosted Gear's announcement, Isabella then looked towards him with an impressed expression.
"I was taking you lightly. To tell you the truth, I thought I got you when my kick hit you…. Especially your stamina is magnificent."
"Well, you can thank my parents for that…I've been training since I was a kid mainly because I wanted to keep up with my friend and so I can protect what's important to me. That's why I'll defeat you."
Issei then started hearing the sound, of the wind beginning to air and noticed Holy Eraser was blown apart by Karlamine's sword which was surrounded with flames.
"Unfortunately, your Sacred Gear won't work on me."
"She won't beat Kiba like that."
"Then I will also tell you this. Unfortunately, this isn't everything of my Sacred Gear."
"What? Nonsense. Knight of Gremory, it's unsightly for a swordsman to…."
"…Freeze."
Kiba's sword then started being surrounded with ice, and formed into an all new blade completely made out of ice.
"In front of this sword, 'Flame Delete', all types of fire will disappear."
"A-Absurd! Are you telling me that you have two Sacred Gears!?"
As they started clashing against each other, Karlamine's sword was complete turned into ice and she threw her sword away while grabbing a short sword from her strap.
"We are the members of the all mighty House of Phenex that rule over fire and wind! Taste it! The whirlwind of fire!"
From out of nowhere there were a large amount of wind and fire engulfing the entire area, creating a whirlwind. And it started reaching towards where the others were,
"That Karlamine. Has she forgotten that her allies are here as well!?"
Kiba's ice sword was then melted away to nothing, but he only smirked confidently and held his sword out again.
"I see, you are trying to burn us with the whirlwind of fire…but."
Kiba's sword then changed again, into sword with an orb in the middle near the tip of the sword and the flames started sucked inside of it.
"Replenish Calm. It's been awhile since I last showed more than two demonic swords for one battle."
"…Multiple Sacred Gears. Are you a Sacred Gear possessor who takes the weapons of other Sacred Gear users and makes it their own?"
"I don't have multiple Sacred Gears. I also don't take the Sacred Gears of others and make them my own. I created it."
"Created…it?"
"Yes. 'Sword Birth'. I can make any type of demonic swords. That is the name of my Sacred Gear and its true ability."
And as Kiba held his hand out more and more demonic sword started appearing from the ground around him. With Issei's Boosted Gear beginning to sound again.
[Boost]
"Alright, Boosted Gear! Explode!"
[Explosion]
Again Issei's power started to become overflowing, he then held his hand out and fired off a huge Dragon Shot towards Isabella. And it started flying towards Isabella, the Karlamine then shouted.
"Isabella! Don't take it! Dodge!"
Isabella listened to her instruction and dodged the attack, with Issei's Dragon Shot going towards the tennis court and completely annihilating it. Karlamine then made a slightly terrified expression at the destructive force of that attack.
"Isabella! Defeat that Pawn! That boy! That Sacred Gear has the power to change the outcome of the battle!"
"Affirmative! Boosted Gear! It will become a big threat if we allow him to use 'promotion'! I will take him down before that happens!"
Isabella then charged towards Issei, but was stopped as she noticed that he had already appeared in front of her with his fist pulled back. And he aimed his attack forward with Isabella blocking the attack, but was send flying slightly due to the attack. Issei then gathered demonic power around his hand and fired off another attack towards Isabella. Once the attack made contact Isabella was sent flying and landed on the ground, before fading away into light.
[Raiser Phenex-Sama's Rook retires.]
[Reset]
Karlamine then looked forward towards Issei with a slightly impressed expression.
"Apparently both Isabella and I have been taking that Pawn and the Boosted Gear too lightly. Just like I thought, I shouldn't take him as an ordinary Pawn. But a Demonic Sword wielder…what fortune. I may have a destiny of meeting swordsmen who wield special swords."
"Hmm, so there is someone besides me who uses demonic swords?"
"No, it wasn't a demonic sword. It was an Excalibur."
At that moment, Kiba's expression completely changed while leaking killing intent from his entire body causing great confusing to Issei, but Van only narrowed his eyes.
"Tell me about that Excalibur."
"Hmm, seems like that swordsman has some connection to you. But since we are swordsmen, talking would be rude. I will answer you with my sword!"
"…Is that right. …If your mouth can move, then it won't be a problem even if you turn into a state where you are on the verge of death."
"What's up with Kiba?"
Before Van could answer, they were stopped as they heard more and more servants approaching them.
"So it's here."
"Huh? Where's Isabella-Nee-San?"
"Don't tell me she was defeated?"
They then turned around and saw two more Pawns, one Bishop, and a Knight approaching them with Van scratching his head slightly.
"This might be slightly difficult."
"Hey, the Pawn-Kun over there."
Issei then looked towards one of the servants as they called his name, she then pointed towards the New School building.
"Raiser-Sama said he's going to fight your princess one-on-one. See there."
He then turned around and saw both Rias and Raiser standing in front of him, he then started hearing someone calling him on his transceiver.
[Ise-San! Can you hear me, Ise-San!?]
"Asia! What happened? Is it about Buchou?"
[Yes. Right now I'm with Buchou-San on the school rooftop. The opponent, Raiser-San, challenged Buchou to a duel and Buchou-San accepted it! Thanks to that we were able to get into the school building without any problem….]
"Seems like Onii-Sama made a challenge since Rias-Sama was doing well in the battle unexpectedly. It would have been our win if we fought normally, so he gave her pity. At this rate, she will be defeated before you fight him."
"Buchou is strong! Akeno-San and Koneko-Chan will also come here as soon as she defeats the Queen! Kiba will also defeat all of the servants here with his demonic swords combo! I will also use my Boosted Gear and…."
"The 'Crimson-Haired Ruin-princess', 'Priestess of Lightning', 'Sword Birth', 'Dark Knight' and 'Boosted Gear'. Just hearing the names gives me chills. But your opponent is the 'Immortal Bird'. No matter what kind of power you have, it means nothing against the immortal bird."
Issei then laughed slightly to himself, causing his sister to look towards him with a confused expression.
"What're you laughing at."
"Well, your opponent is possessor of the Welsh Dragon the Red Dragon Emperor and I won't lose to a walking Yakitori."
"Are you going to beat him until he loses the will to fight? Or are you going to defeat him with a strike that rivals God? Are you trying to win this match?"
"Damn right."
She then looked towards Karlamine and commanded.
"Karlamine. I will leave that Knight boy to you, but if you lose we won't fight in one-on-one. We will defeat him together. Or are you trying to lower the name of Phenex?"
"Siris."
"Affirmative."
The a young woman with a wild appearance and wielding a large sword started walking towards Issei, reaching for her sword.
"She is Onii-Sama's other Knight. Unlike Karlamine over there, she doesn't have any of that 'honor of a knight'. She will defeat her opponent. Just like that."
Siris then drew her sword and started charging towards Issei as she was slashing her sword downwards, but was stopped as Van intercepted her attack with his own sword.
"Sorry, but I can't have you taking him out in this little fight."
"You're not going to win Dark Knight."
"Huh, I haven't heard that name in a long time…well, it has been a long time since I last flipped my switch."
Van had smirked slightly almost sadistically as his eyes turned from blonde to a dark crimson, which had slightly terrified Siris. Both of them then started slashing towards each other with each attack canceling each other out, despite Van's sword being lesser than in weight.
Siris then clicked her tongue and stepped away from Van, an aura surrounded her sword and she fired off a shockwave towards him. Van held his sword out and started blocking her attack, but then his sword split in half. And Van was pushed back a great distance with what was remaining of his sword in his hand.
"So what do you plan do with a sword like that?"
"You know, I get the fact about not having 'Honor of the Knight' before meeting Kiba and Souji-Sama. In the past, the only thing that I cared about was fighting and enjoying every second of it. But, in this time I'm not fighting for myself."
Van then held his hand out with a darkish blue aura started surrounding his hand, which started sending a cold chill down Siris' spine.
"Let them hear your voice, those who've fallen in the battle, those who've held you in their hands. Reveal yourself and come forth, Muramasa!"
A sheathed dark blue/black demonic katana appeared in Van's hand, he reached for the sword hilt and he unsheathed it releasing its blade. Once he did a darkish blue aura surrounded his entire body, he pressed his foot against the ground charged towards Siris. He appeared in front of her and started launching a barrage of slashes with Siris only being able to block his attacks.
"What is this?!"
Siris was shocked by the sudden increase of power being released by Van.
"The Demon Sword, Muramasa it increases the user's power and speed greatly, but it brings them into the deepest despair. …but, to me this despair is nothing!"
Siris gritted her teeth and slashed her sword horizontally, Van blocked the attack with his katana's edge and it began to go through her sword like nothing. She made a shocked expression on her face at what had just happened, but she was stopped as Van vanished suddenly and a slash mark had appeared on her back.
"I-Is this the power of the Dark Knight."
Siris had asked herself as she fell onto the ground with a pained expression on her face.
"Van that was..."
Van then started stumbling backwards before falling down on one knee, causing Issei to look towards him with a worried expression.
"Don't worry, it's just that this sword also eats away at my demonic power and stamina at a fast rate...a double-edge sword. Don't worry about me just end this!"
At Van's demand, Issei only nodded in agreement and activated his Boosted Gear.
"Alright, let's go Ddraig! Boosted Gear!"
[Dragon Booster Second Liberation]
Issei's Boosted Gear then made another announcement, and it started changing with it extending all the way to his arm with more jewels on it. Issei then started charging towards Kiba, while holding his hand out.
"Kiba! Release your Sacred Gear!"
"Sword Birth!"
As Kiba was releasing his Sacred Gear, Issei placed his hand on the ground next to him and he shouted.
"Boosted Gear Gift!"
At that moment, a large sea of demonic sword started coming from the ground and nearly engulfing the entire field. Van made a shocked expression and started flying into the air with his Devil wings.
Each of the swords started stabbing into the servant's bodies' each of them spitting out blood from their mouth with their final words being before disappearing in a bright light.
"…Impossible."
"Are you telling me this is the power of the Dragon…?"
[Raiser Phenex-Sama's two Pawns, two Knights, and one Bishop, retires.]
Kiba looked around with a surprised expression on his face, along with Van who landed on the ground next to them.
"Ise-kun. I'm surprised. This power…."
"Yeah, Kiba. I used the gauntlet to strengthen your Sacred Gear."
"Who would've thought that you had that ability?"
[Raiser Phenex-Sama's Queen retires.]
All three of them made an ecstatic expression on their face, Van then pointed towards the New School Building.
"All that's left is the King and Bishop."
"What're you…?"
"She avoided the attack."
Van the pointed and saw that she was still active with a shocked expression on her face, and she commented.
"What happened? Yubelluna was supposed to have the Phenex Tears."
"You can thank Chris-Sama for that, he stated that the slight drop of water would nullify the effects of the Phenex Tears. And since it was our Queen and Rook against your one Queen, all that's left is to take down the King. Issei you go on ahead."
"What about…?"
"We can watch the match from here, besides I can't move for a while and I don't see Kiba carrying me all the way there."
"I really don't mind, we're friends and allies."
"Let me rephrase that, I don't want to be carried."
Kiba laughed nervously at Van's tone, Issei only shook his head in agreement and started heading towards the New School Building.
Inside of the VIP Room
Sirzechs was looking towards what happened with an impressed expression on his face along with Serafall who was still hugging Lance's arm.
"Rias-Chan and her Peerage are doing an excellent job for their first Rating Game!"
"Yes she is, and the Red Dragon Emperor is showing off his power excellently but there is still the issue with Raiser's Immortality."
"Trust me, this match is only getting started. For those who've seen them, you should know that you should never anger a Dragon."
Rating Game Field (New School Building Replica)
He rushed inside of the building, once he stepped inside he shouted.
"Promotion! Queen!"
Issei promoted to Queen and instantly felt his strength flowing through his body, once that was done he continued rushing towards the top of the building. Once he made it to the rooftop he pushed open the door and he shouted.
"Buchou!"
Rias turned around along with Asia and saw Issei standing behind them, with and smiled out of joy while Raiser clicked his tongue out of annoyance.
"Ise!"
"Ise-San!"
"The Dragon-Brat, huh. That Ravel, she let him pass."
"What'd you expect me to do."
A sudden voice appeared behind him and he saw Ravel appearing behind him with wings of flames, Raiser only shrugged his shoulder and turned toward Rias.
"Rias, I've got to say I'm impressed I never expected that you're Peerage would be able to completely take out mine. But your Queen is exhausted along with your Rook, your two Knights…you should know that I can't be defeated."
Rias only clenched her teeth out of irritation, Issei then started walking towards Raiser and glared towards him with an angered expression on his face.
"Just before you made fun of mine and Lance's dad along with the other Paladins."
"Yea, so what? If they really lived up to the hype, then why're the dead right now."
"Making fun of Heroes who decided to risk their lives, and trying to force Buchou into something that she doesn't want to do. That's something that I refuse to allow! Balance Break!"
A bright light started surrounding Issei's gauntlet and his body, and once it died down Issei had donned his Balance Breaker armor. Raiser looked towards Issei with a shocked expression on his face along with Ravel, who was in awe.
"Armor?! You made the power of the Welsh Dragon into a physical form?!"
"This is the power of the Emperor of Red Dragons! The Balance Breaker, Boosted Gear Scale-mail! If you want to stop me, go and ask Maou-Sama! After all, it seems like this is the 'The Hated Forbidden Technique'!"
[Partner be aware that the time limit is only one hour.]
"Got it Ddraig!"
Raiser clicked his tongue out of irradiation and spread his wings of flames, while flying into the air. Issei then charged towards him with his magic boosters, he held his hand out and fired off a large Dragon Shot towards him. Raiser moved out of the way, with the Dragon Shot exploding into the sky creating a massive explosion.
"Shitty Welsh Dragon brat! Sorry, but I won't hold back! I don't want to admit it, but right now you are a monster! In front of your master, Rias, peeeeeerish!"
A large amount of flames started surrounding himself with flames and he fired off a massive whirlwind of flames towards him.
"Fire bird and Fenghuang! The hell fire of our clan that was praised as being that of a Phenex! Taste it with your own body and turn into ashes!"
[The fire of the immortal bird Phenex can also leave a scratch on the scale of Dragons. It isn't a good idea to continue being hit by at.]
But I can't to that, that person is looking at me.
Issei had mentally responded to Ddraig, he then looked forward and started to charge towards Raiser with his fist pulled back and Raiser charged towards him.
"There's no way that I will perish from a crappy fire like yours!"
Raiser punched forward hitting Issei in his face with Issei returning the attack, Issei felt the intensity of Raiser's flames despite being covered in his Balance Breaker.
"Are you scared!? Are you afraid of me!? Of course! You are merely a trash if you didn't have a Boosted Gear! If you didn't have that armor, then you would have perished before my fist reached you! That's right! If you take that gauntlet off, then you have no value!"
[Boost]
[Transfer]
Issei clenched his right and aimed it towards Raiser's face, once he did he was sent flying backwards slightly. But he only smirked and looked towards him.
"That won't work on…."
At that moment, Raiser started coughing up blood from his mouth and he looked noticing what was in Issei's hand and his face eyes widened.
"A cross?! You have a cross?!"
"I punched you while increasing the effect of the cross with my Sacred Gear. A holy attack that has increased drastically can even be used against High-class Devils. Even if you are the immortal bird Phenex, you won't be able to heal this attack that easily, right?"
"Absurd! Crosses bring intense suffering to Devils! Even if you wear a Dragon's armor, touching it is absolutely foolish…."
He then looked towards Issei's left arm and noticed that his arm was giving off a pulse unlike the rest of his armor.
"…Did you give your…left arm to the Dragon residing in the gauntlet…? So that's the reason for your insane powers…!"
"Yeah, that's right. I gave my left arm on Lance's advice, since my left arm isn't demonic. Crosses doesn't work on me."
"If you do that, then your left arm won't return to normal! Do you know that!?"
"What about it?"
Issei then started charging towards Raiser while launching a barrage of attacks, with each attack causing more and more harm to his body.
"Buchou will be able to come back just with one arm of someone like me, you know? It's a pretty cheap deal, don't you think?"
"Damn brat, don't think that this will be enough to take me out!"
"I don't."
Issei then reached out and took out a bottle that was filled with holy water, he opened it and spilled the contents on him. As the contents of the water started spilling on him, his entire body felt like it was being boiled away. And he started screaming out of agony.
"Ugaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"…Is he going to die?"
Issei had asked Ddraig.
[No, even if the effect of the holy water has increased, it won't be simple to kill someone from the Phenex clan.]
Is that right, Ddraig?
[However, the effect of the holy water extinguishes a lot of their stamina and their force of will. Even if it's a Phenex who can come back to life from ashes, losing a great amount of stamina and force of will is…. He won't be able to recover his emotional strength right away.]
Issei then nodded and started channeling his power to both the cross and holy water in his left arm, along with his demonic power.
[Transfer]
"H-Hold on! Do you even know what you are doing!? This engagement is important and necessary for the future of Devils! It's not something a Devil brat like you can butt into!"
"I don't care about any of that. If anyone talks bad about anyone that I care about, including Rias! Then that's reason is enough for me to beat the shit out of you…!"
Issei then drove his fist into Raiser's stomach, causing him to cough out a large amount of blood and Raiser kneeled down on one knee with a pained expression on his face.
"For me to lose like this…."
[Raiser Phenex-Sama has retired. It is the victory of Rias Gremory-Sama.]
Raiser then landed on the top of the roof, with Issei landing in front of him while disengaging his Balance Breaker and at that moment Ravel appeared in front of Issei blocking his path. Issei only pointed up his Dragon arm towards her with a determined expression on his face.
"If you have a complaint, then come to me. I will take you on any time!"
At his light threat Ravel only blushed slightly, Issei then turned around and started walking back towards Rias with a smile on his face.
"We won Buchou."
"Thank you, everyone and thank you Ise."
"Well, it wasn't…."
Before Issei could finish, Rias stepped in front of him and pressed her lips against his causing Issei to blush a deep shade of red. Once they separated away
"My first kiss. It's something that girls treasure in Japan, right?"
"Eh? Y-Yes, it certainly is! Huh!? Your first kissssss!?"
Issei then started stammering with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"A-Are you okay with it!? T-That it was me?"
"You did something that's worth having a kiss with me. It's a reward."
Dias smiled towards Issei has everyone else started to gather around them each with a look of accomplishment.
Inside the VIP Room
Lance looked towards what happened with a smile on his face, he then commented while making a laid back expression.
"Well that battle had a happy ending for them, but what about…."
"I never wanted to put Ria-Tan through a forced engagement if she didn't want to, but even as a Maou I couldn't intervene. So that's why I sought out help from the son of friend and the Welsh Dragon."
"You're really a caring Onii-Sama to her…but, really I got to know why did my dad want to be wary of Serafall?"
"That's because she practically kidnapped you one time."
At that moment, Lance spit take at what Sirzechs had just told him and he looked towards him with a shocked expression on his face.
"Are you kidding me?!"
"I'm not kidding, Galahad had called us to the human world and showed us a 1yr old you. Serafall found you completely adorable and asked if she could hold you and Galahad let her, while he was talking with us Serafall ran off screaming, "I'm going to make this adorable Lance-Chan my sidekick!". Hahaha, Galahad was more shocked than anything for a few seconds before he spent all day chasing after Serafall!"
"Muu, it's not like I wasn't going to give him back…he was just so adorable."
Lance deadpanned both Serafall who had a cheerful expression and Sirzechs who was just laughing to himself with Grayfia sighing slightly at the antics of the Maou, but Lance only smiled slightly.
"What odd Maou."
"Just wait until you meet Ajuka and Falbium."
"Really, I can't wait."
"Lance-Kun, can I ask you a question?"
"Sure thing."
Sirzechs then looked towards Lance with a more serious expression on his face, before asking.
"What exactly do you remember about your mother and her side of the family?"
"Little to absolutely nothing, I feel like I've met her before and I can see a picture of her and I know that she's my mom. But, if I ever try and remember anything about her…I end up with a splitting headache."
"I see."
"Wait, why're you asking?"
"Hahaha, no reason…no reason at all."
Lance was slightly confused by Sirzechs' sudden change in tone, but he ignored as he saw Rias and the other being transported outside of the Rating Game field.
A/N: And there goes the Chapter Eight of the Magic Knight, the Rating Game between Rias and Peerage vs. Raiser and his Peerage. In this battle, they revealed the results of their training. With Van revealing his Demon Sword along with having some disdain towards High-Class Devils who abuse their status, but besides that I'm sure everyone else knows the rest of it. Issei had his battle against Raiser and defeated him, with Lance having a conversation with the two Maou revealing their relationship with Galahad. And something doing with Lancelot sudden lose memory. Well, until next time.
Lancelot's Harem: Yumi, Jeanne, Irina, Xenovia, Le Fay, Sona, Serafall, Rossweisse, Yasaka, Valarie, Seekvaira, Kuroka, Lavinia, Yuuma, Griselda.
Issei's Harem: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Asia, Ravel, Tsubasa, Aika, Isabel, Katase, Murayama, Mira, Kunou, Karlamine, Xuelan, Kiyome.