Hey everyone. Long time no see. It's your pal, Jude Warble!

Now, to start off, i will answer the replies:

Chima Tigon: No. Issei is an essential character in this fanfic, and he will make debut in around half of this chapter.

Guest: On second thought, i will put Yukari in Minato's pairings, but i can't put Aigis since she is an android

Now, i will show the list of pairings:

Akira x Naruko x Futaba x Lavenza

Shadow x Dragon x Hana x Sona x Serafall

Menma x Asia x Ann X Chie

Jean x Haru x Tamamo

Blue x Makoto x Ravel

Yu x Yukiko x Rise x Marie

Kanji x Naoto

Minato x Elizabeth x Yukari

Accel x Kokoro

Misogi x Shiki

That's it for now! I may add some more in the near future!

And now, without further ado, i will leave with the story. As always, Stay Breezy!

10 days later

The first 5 days of training passed away like a breeze of wind.

In those 5 days, the 4 group of fighters trained Rias and her Peerage to the bone, with Shadow taking Issei for himself to train him on some kind of power that he didn't want the others to know about.

Secret touch...Or that's what both Akira and Naruko thought.

On another side, due to her impressive affinity of magic, Asia was trained on magic spells used by Personas, which were taught to her by Futaba, Rise and Fuuka, with Kokoro helping Asia on how to converse her mana for each magic spell, as well as some spiritual training to expand her mana reserves. While it's impossible for Devils to unlock Personas, it was still possible for them to use the same magic spells as the spiritual entities, since both Personas and Devils solely rely on mana for spells, so it wasn't impossible at all.

Moving on, Kiba was training under the guidance of Menma and Mitsuru for swordsman practice, where Menma discovered the young Devil's Sacred Gear, Sword Birth, which allows him to create swords in a similar fashion as Menma's Tracing skills, and all that Menma had to do was to add a new set of arsenal to Kiba's inventory, as well as teaching him some Persona sword skills.

On another side, Koneko was trained in her physicality by Naruko, Dragon, Chie, Kanji, Ryuji, Akihiko and Aigis, who happened to be the power houses of the 4 group of fighters. They recognized Koneko's strength as a Rook to be completely great and nigh-unparalleled, where teaching her Physical-type skills was the final touch.

On another hand, Rias and Akeno were the most powerful in them all, with their magic power being even higher than that of Asia. Surprisingly enough, the ones who took care of training them were Yu, Naoto, Jean and Akira, where Jean and Yu happened to know several types of Lightning type magic spells for Akeno, and Naoto and Akira knew how to use several types of Curse type magic spells suited for Rias.

The rest of the others either cooked food for them, or monitored them do they won't slack off training.

When Naruko said torture, she wasn't kidding at all...

After the first 5 days passed, The 4 Wild Cards in the huge team of human fighters departed to a buisness of their own that they didn't tell anyone about, which made Issei's training shift to those that are around him, where he learned a new move: Dragon Shot, which was strong enough to obliterate a large town, if not a small city judging by both the huge hole it made in a mountain, as well as Kokoro's and Accel's calculations.

Surprisingly enough, the ones that had it easy during their training with Issei were Naoto, Makoto and Lewis, where the latter suggested that Issei should have some kind of weapon and she recommended a gun. Ironically enough, Issei should the experience of a pro while wielding a revolver, being capable of rapid gun shots and accurate bullseye on each target, being able to hit several areas that not even the most professional of snipers could even hope to aim at.

When hearing that, Koneko stated that his excellency in gunslinging was due to him doing perverted stuff with his fingers, which caused Lewis to burst out in laughter.

Now, after intense training, Rias' Peerage ws ready for the battle, waiting in the ORC club room in Kuoh Academy. Their first ever Rating Game.

Kiba was fastening his arm guards, Koneko was reading a book about cats while wearing red fingerless boxer gloves given to her by Akihiko, Akeno and Rias were drinking tea, and Asia and Issei were silently sitting on the coach, with 10 minutes left on the beginning of the Rating Game.

[Everyone. Can you hear me?]

"?!"

Kokoro's voice rang in the heads of the Devils.

[This thing is working, right?]

[All comminucations seems to be fine]

[Alright! We're in the game!]

Came the respective voices of Rise, Fuuka and Futaba inside the Devils' heads shortly after Kokoro's.

"Yeah! Loud and clear!" Rias called a little loudly.

[Okay. We will monitor your status. By no means we are to help you since these are the rules. However we will inform you on your own status in the battlefield, such as your stamina, health, and your mana degree. Be aware of that] Kokoro said.

[By the way, Asia-chan. Magical spells made by Devils won't affect the activation of any magic spell you would cast, since the Persona magic is a magic of the ancient gods in various mythologies, so it's on a higher calibur than that of the ordinary magic spells] Fuuka informed the former nun.

[In addition to this, you can normally cast offensive magic spells of High level, but if you casted only one magic spell of Severe level, your mana reserves will be completely delepted, so be careful. Use the Severe level spell as a last resort if you were forced to] Rise said.

"Roger that" Rias called out, before Grafiya appeared with a blast of red light with the Gremory teleportation circle.

"Ojou-sama. I would like to inform you that it's only 1 minute before the start of the Rating Game, as well as the fact that your father, Gremory-sama, Sirzechs-sama and the entire Underworld will be overviewing the match" Grafiya said.

"Seriously?! The entire Underworld?!" Issei asked in shock.

"With the exception of the Makai Realm, of course" Grafiya said.

"What's the Makai Realm?" Issei asked.

"I will explain later, Ise" Rias answered.

"Oh! Which reminds me. Buchou, you told me that you had another Bishop other than Asia, who is it? And where are they?" Issei asked, causing Kiba and Koneko to give him serious silent stares.

"Yeah. About that, my other Bishop cannot attend this match with us for reasons that i will explain later as well" Rias said, before a huge white magical circle appeared around Rias and her Peerage.

"The Rating Game shall start now. Good luch Ojou-sama" Grafiya said before disappearing in a flash of red light, before the white light became even brighter, only to disappear instantly shortly after.

"Huh? We're still at the school. Did the teleportation fail?" Issei asked in confusion.

[Ladies and gentlemen. My name is Grafiya from the Gremory household. Today's battlefield will be a replica of Kuoh Academy, the school Rias-sama is attending, and i will be the referee of this match] Grafiya's voice could be heard in the speakers.

"Alright. Let's commence. Kiba and Koneko will set traps around the place. Akeno will set a mist barrier aound the place. Riser's territory is the new building beside the forest area, so he will be able to detect us if we occupied the playgrounds, so i suggest occupying the gym, as it's very likely that he will send a Rook to this area, as taking down the dangerous pieces bit by bit will be benefiting for us" Rias said, causing Kiba and Koneko to head out with sets of bombs and booby traps in hand, where Akeno climbed to the roof of the school building to create a mist barrier around the building. Issei and Asia just stayed in their places, with Issei sitting beside Rias, and Asia standing behind them in the coach.

"Issei. You told me that after your training with Shadow, you felt an immense power flow inside you, right?" Rias asked.

"Yeah. He also told me something really weird. And that i can promote at anytime without entering an enemy territory, or without permission from you, Buchou" Issei said, shocking Rias.

"What?! How did he train you?!" Rias asked in shock.

"He just touched my forehead for 10 hours everyday for 5 days, but the moment he touches my forehead with his finger, i feel a great flow of power swirling inside me, and it's increasing every second. It's as if the 10 seconds time limit multiplyer is erased from the Boosted Gear, and it isn't affecting me negatively at all. I don't feel my body breaking. Actually, every second passes, i feel as if i'm infinitely reborning" Issei said, shocking Rias even more, which even made her puzzled. She then placed a hand on Issei's forehead, concentrating on finding the source of power inside him, only to yank her hand away, gasping in shock afterwards.

"His powers...They are increasing by the second...! Also, all the seals on his Pawn powers are unlocked...! Shadow...What have you done...?!" Rias thought in complete shock and disbelief, only to shake it off afterwards.

"No! There is no time to think about that...It's in our advantage...We will definitely defeat Riser with this power...!" Rias thought with newfound confidence, before she stood up from the couch, startling Issei.

"Okay! Issei, you will meet up with Koneko in the gym! Confront the enemy head on should they appear in the gym!" Rias exclaimed, causing the Pawn to stand up immediately.

"Yes, Buchou!" Issei exclaimed before dashing outside the club room.

"Asia! You stay with me on standby! Your healing abilities are our only line of life here!" Rias said to Asia.

"Yes, Buchou!" Asia said back.

5 minutes later. At the gym

"Come out, Riss Gremory's Peerage members!" Xuelan exclaimed to both Koneko and Issei, who were hiding behind curtains, with Mira, Ile and Nel on her sides., which made Koneko and Issei come out of their hiding places.

"Demolishiment Time~!" Both Ile and Nel exclaimed in an oddly cheerful tone that contradicted the sight of them holding two huge chainsaws in their hands.

And with that, the battle begun.

[Persona 5 OST: Break In To Break Out]

While Koneko and Xuelan were locked up in a deadly chain of thrown fists, Issei was casually dodging the attacks of the three Pawns attacking him with chainsaws. Surprisingly for Issei, he felt that his body was lighter than a feather while moving. He then ducked to avoid Mira swinging her staff at him, before yanking said staff from her, snapping it in half with a karate chop and delivering an axe kick to her ribs, knocking her on her butt. Ile and Nel attempted to attack him from behind, but he was faster, and he jumped up so high, backflipping and landing behind the two twin Pawns, before taking out his black revolver, and then pointed said weapon at the twins.

"Brave Blade!" Issei called out before pulling the trigger, shooting out six blades that somehow came out of the barrel of the revolver, before said blades traveled at blinding speeds, with three blades stabbing each one of the two chainsaws, causing said instrument to blow up in both Ile and Nel, blinding them with the smoke that erupted from the chainsaws. This gave Issei the chance to charge at the twin Pawns. Rearing his fist back with a battle cry, Issei focused the strength of his arm into his elbow, before using said strength to throw a punch at Nel's face, sending her flying away with an amount of force that broke the sound barrier, shattering the wooden ground below Issei's feet, and sending the small green haired Pawn crashing into the wall and flying outside the gym, leaving an edible hole on the wall, which caused Issei to stare agape at the sight, before looking at his palm, which was coiled to punch the Pawn away in awe...

[Riser Phenex-sama 1 Pawn has retired]

...However, he didn't have enough time to admire his newfound strength, as Ile used the broken form of her chainsaw to strike Issei, who was faster than her, reacting quickly by pointing his black revolver at Ile's face.

"Kouga!" He called out, before pulling the trigger, causing a football-sized ball of bright yellow light to shot out from the gun, hitting Ile dead square in the face, causing the Devil to fall on the ground immediately, wailing in pain as her face was burning by the Bless magic spell.

"Koneko-chan! Throw the Rook to me!" Issei called out, which caused Koneko to immediately comply, punching Xuelan dead square in the face, breaking her nose and causing it to burst in blood in the process, before pulling the chinese-like Devil by the hair, causing her to yelp in pain, before the white haired Rook threw her towards Issei, who boosted himself with his Sacred Gear 10 times in an instant, before forming a crimson marble of magic in his palm.

"Dragon Shot!" He roared before releasing a huge energy beam from the magic marble, engulfing Xuelan in the beam of magic energy, muffling her screams as another wall of the gym was completely oblitrrated. When the beam subsided, Xuelan fell on the ground, with smoke rising from her motionless body, before she disappeared in a flash of white light.

[Riser-sama's 1 Rook has retired]

"Alright!" Issei exclaimed with a smirk, with Koneko staring at him with wide eyes, to which the Pawn noticed, and looked back at her in confusion.

"What's wrong, Koneko-chan?" Issei asked the white haired Rook.

"Issei-senpai...You were...Cool..." Koneko muttered out in shock, which made Issei grin sheepishly while scratching the back of his head.

His grin was soon replaced by a serious look, before he spun around, and delivered a punch to Mira's face, who had just stood on the ground, and didn't even have time to do anything. He then caught her by her blue hair, causing her to scream in pain, before pulling her towards him, and hitting her face with the handle of the gun on the right cheek, causing a nasty bruise to appear on said cheek, and Koneko, in her shock, could swear that she heard something snap with a nasty voice. She then saw Issei pointing his revolver to Mira's forehead.

"Agi!" He yelled, unleashing a small fire ball the size of a football at Mira's face, causing her to scream in pain. However, he wasn't done yet, as he caught Mira again by the hair, before brutally giving her a merciless combo of punches and kicks, where the blue haired Pawn was left defensless in the brutal and merciless wake of Issei's deadly assault, where Koneko was watching all of this with wide eyes that threatened to pop out of their sockets. She then saw Issei finishing the combo with a low kick that tripped Mira to the air off her feet, before he jumped in the air such that he was above Mira's airbourne form, and pointed his revolver at her.

"Megido!" He exclaimed before firing a football sized purple Almighty magic ball at Mira, hitting her in the abdomen, before she was sent rocketing down to the ground, and ince she reached it, a small explosion erupted, causing a huge smokescreen. When the smokescreen faded, however, a huge hole in the floor of the gym, but Mira was nowhere to be found.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Pawn has retired]

Koneko couldn't describe her shock right now. Was that the perverted Issei, who would suck in almost everything? Sure, looks could deceive, but not to this extent.

"Koneko-chan! Behind you!"

"?!"

Snapping out from her shock, Koneko spun in time to punch Ile, who had just stood on her feet, causing the green haired Pawn to stagger back a few steps in pain and for the white haired Rook to gasp at her action. She had just reacted due to Issei's warning and she didn't mean to do that.

"Koneko-chan! Focus!" Issei called out to her, causing her to snap out of her shock, before, she focused her magic energy to her right fist, before rearing her right arm back.

"Megaton Raid!" She called out before punching Ile in the stomach, with the punch being so strong it caused Ile's inner organs to burst inside her body, causing her eyes to nearly fly out of their sockets, and for blood to burst from her mouth, before she was sent flying through the wall that Issei made with his Dragon Shot, sending her toppling away, before she disappeared in whitelight.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Pawn has retired]

"Wow..." Koneko said looking at her fist in amazement from the strength that the Physical type spell packed.

[Ise! Koneko! Are you finished?!] Rias called from her earpiece.

"Yes, Buchou! Koneko-chan and i took down 3 Pawns and 1 Rook that were occupying the gym!" Issei answered.

[Good! Now go aid Kiba!] Rias called out her order, making Issei and Koneko look at each other, before nodding, and proceeded to rush outside of the gym, only to witness the sight of Akeno and Yubellena striking down each other with lightning and fire respectively. Issei looked at this, before running towards the flying Devils, positioning himself right below Yubellena, before pointing hus revolver at the ground.

"Deathbound!" He exclaimed before shooting a magic bullet at the ground, causing a black circular pool to form on the spot where Issei shot the bullet, before several lanky black arms erupted from the pool, clutching Yubellena, restraining her in midair.

"What is this?!" Yubellena yelled in shock.

"Now, Akeno-san! Blow that bitch up!" Issei roared to Akeno, who complied immediately, before lightning cackled in her arms, before shooting towards the sky. Akeno just smiled calmly at Yubellena's restrained form, before declaring her magic spell in a whisper.

"Thunder Reign..."

"?!"

And right as Akeno whispered this, a white pole with wings fell from the sky and stabbed itself below Yubellena on the ground, before a huge thunder bolt the size of a meteor struck Yubellena, causing her to scream loudly in pain, with Akeno keeping the Lightning magic spell active for a full minute, before dispelling it, causing the thunder boltto disappear, leaving an unconscious Yubellena to fall on the ground from the sky with Issei's Deathbound spell vanishing the moment the thunder bolt connected with Riser's Queen, before the party witnessed Yubellena's airbourne body that had smoke emitting from her body disappear in white light.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Queen has retired]

"Hah! Take that, Ramen Philips!" Issei exclaimed with a confident grin, calling out Riser with the nickname that Shadow gave to the Phenex.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 3 Pawns had retired]

"My my. That must be Kiba-kun. Ufufufu..." Akeno chuckled with a calm smile on her face.

[Well, so far so good. Issei-kun is doing very well. The same goes for all of you, guys] Rise said in the Devil's minds.

[Keep on conversing your stamina, everyone. Victory is going to get served to your hands on a plate of gold if you kept up on this pace] Futaba called out.

[Issei. According to the readings here, you seem to have infinite amounts of magic. This phenomena can be discussed later, but i would recommend youto use your most powerful spell against Riser. Just remember that i have told you that] Kokoro said.

[Everyone. Try conversing your stamina. Aside from Issei-kun, the moves that Akeno-chan and Koneko-chan used take a huge amount of mana. Try to be careful while disturbuting your mana on the magic spells] Fuuka said.

[Good job, everyone! Now go and aid Kiba! He is fighting a huge group on his own] Rias called out from her earpiece to Issei, Koneko and Akeno, before said three Devils rushed towards where Kiba was in the playgrounds, only to find said Knight contending against Carmine, one of Riser's two Knights, whose fire coated sword was clashing against Kiba's Light Eraser sword. Issei was about to interfere, only to dodge to his side as a punch came from Isabelle, Riser's second Rook, aiming for his face. He then jumped away from her, before placing hus Sacred Gear arm onto his mouth, with his eyes still locked on the Rook in front of him.

"Promotion: Rook" He whispered, before feeling the strength rise up in his body. He then charged with a battle cry towards Isabelle, who had no time to react to Issei's unimaginable speed (Despite the fact that he promited to a Rook, which would make him slower) as the Pawn delivered a hook to her face, causing droplets of blood to spill from her now swollen cheek. Issei didn't waste any time, and began to deliver a brutal series of punches to Isabelle, hitting her in every singe place in her body, and causing nasty snap sounds to echo throughout the battlefield, where Riser's Rook couldn't even scream in pain as Issei's merciless assault left no chance for her to do so. Issei then finished the combo with an uppercut, causing Isabelle to get knocked off her feet. He then mentally cancelled his Promotion, before wiping out his revolver from his holster, pointing it at the immobile Isabelle lying on the ground.

"One-Shot Kill!" He declared before pulling the trigger, and thr moment he did so, a yellow bundle of energy the size of a small building, and shaped into a rocket emerged from the muzzle, hitting Isabelle head on, causing the Rook to wail in pain, before the energy rocket blew up in a small explosion, leaving a crater that can fit a building behind, but there was nothing that remained from Riser's second Rook.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Rook has retired]

"Okay! Like Shadow-sensei said to me: Never waste any time!" Issei exclaimed with vigor, before silently whispering underneath his Boosted Gear arm.

"Promotion: Knight" He whispered before strength returned to him once again. This time, however, the strength came to his feet, before he charged at both Kiba and Carmine, who were engaging in a deadlock.

"Kiba! Spell! Now!" Issei called out to his friend, before he pushed Carmine off him. He then manifested his Light Eraser Sword once again, as it was broken by Carmine's own fire sword, before charging at Riser's Knight.

"Vorpal Blade!" Kiba declared out loud, before passing behind behind Carmine in a blast of blinding speeds. Not a second later and thin lines of swords slashes started to gleam around Carmine's body, causing her to gasp in pain at this. Issei took this opportunity, and punched Carmine away, knocking her off her feet. Following that, Issei opted a perverted grin on his face.

"And as Shadow-sensei said: Use everything effective you have in your disposal against your enemy, even if it's shameful!" He exclaimed before holding his Boosted Gear arm above his head, with his thumb and middle fingers positioned in a finger snap.

"Dress Break!"

"?!"

And once Issei snapped his fingers, Carmine's armor plates started to crack, and her clothes started to rip itself off her body, and not a second later, she was completely naked, just like the day she was born. It took a few seconds for everyone in the battlefield to process what had just happened, including Carmine herself.

"KYAAAAAAAAA!" Carmine yelled in embarassement, closing her legs on her lower region, and hugging her chest to hide her breasts, with tears streaming down from her eyes, glaring at Issei with gritted teeth.

"Monster! Pervert! Lust incarnate! Your a woman's worst enemy!" Riser's Knight kept on throwing insults.

"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! How did you like my special-super-duper-for-striping-women's-clothes-instantly-special move?! Yeah, that's right! My sensei taught me how to transfer magical energy to an object, before causing said portion of magic to erupt from afar, instsntly destroying all women's clothes! This is my own special move: Dress Break!" Issei exclaimed with his nostrils leaking two streams of blood, while grinning at Carmine.

[Hold on! Does Shadow-kun even said that?! He doesn't look to me like that type of person!] Rise roared in anger, causing the heads of Rias' Peerage to hurt badly.

[...Shadow is not a pervert, but if it's for victory, he will do anything even if it means embarrassing himself...] Kokoro muttered with her tone carrying slight annoyance.

"Okay! Now for the finisher!" Issei exclaimed, before a crimson magic energy marble appeared in his Boosted Gear palm.

"Dragon Shot!" Issei roared, shooting a crimson beam of energy from his palm at Carmine, engulfing her, and causing her to disappear instantly, leaving path of destruction carved in the wake of Issei's energy beam.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Knight has retired]

"Hah! Take that!" Issei exclaimed with a confident grin.

"This technique is really cruel, but at least it's effective, right?" Kiba said to Akeno and Koneko chuckling nervously, where Koneko had a blank look on her face, and Akeno was chuckling.

"Hey, Pawn-kun"

"?!"

The voice that was calling for Issei happened to be Riser's remaining Peerage members: Ravel, Ni, Li, Mihae and Siris, where Issei and his companions were on the other side.

"Ni! Li! Take down the Pawn! Mihae! Siris! Take down the Rook and Knight!" Ravel ordered.

"My. My. Then who i'm going to fight?" Akeno asked with a slight smile.

"Watch us, Akeno-senpai! We will rock them hard!" Issei exclaimed charging head on, with his Knight Promotion still on. Ni tried to delivr a kick to his leg, only for Issei to sidestep the kick, before delivering a roundhouse kick to Ni's face, causing her to stagger back a little. Issei then ducked underneath a kick from Li, before punching her in the stomach. He then took out his revolver, aiming it at Li's face.

"Bufula!" He exclaimed before shooting a ball of misty ice, and once it made contact with Ni's face, it encased her entire head in a block of ice, causing the cat girl Devil to clutch her head from the freezing feeling that resulted from the block of ice encasing her skull.

On the other side, Koneko and Kiba were fairing very well. The blonde Devil was able to fend off easily with Siris, producing a fire sword in hand, and an ice sword in the other hand. He used his fire sword to easily slice through Siris' staff, before stabbing his right arm with the ice sword. He then jumped back a little away from Siris.

"Sword's Dance!" He roared causing a set of 10 English styled swords to appear in the air above Siris. Kiba raised his sword, before bringing it down, causing the swords to descend on Siris, stabbing her in various area: 3 swords in the chest, 3 swords in the abdomen and 1 sword in each limb, before Siris fell to her knees, disappearing in a burst of white light shortly after.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 1 Knight has retired]

Grafiya's voice in the mics showed shock in the announcement.

On the other hand, Koneko was beating Mihae down to a pulp, brutalizing Riser's Bishop with a series of merciless punches, before taking her by the neck and delivering a choke slam to her. She then pulled Mihae by the hair to her feet, not giving the Devil time to recover, before suplexing her to the ground, cratering the concrete.

"Koneko-chan! Kiba! Time for a finisher!" Issei called out, making Kiba jog towards Issei, and for Koneko to lift Mihae by the hair, where the Devil was barely standing on her feet. Koneko then punched Mihae towards Ni, who was still recovering from Issei's kick, before the Bishop collided with the Pawn, causing both to get knocked down on the ground once again. Issei then placed his Boosted Gear hand on Kiba's shoulder.

"Kiba! Use your Sacred Gear!" Issei told Kiba.

"Alright!" Kiba said back before stabbing his sword on the ground. At that moment, Issei's Boosted Gear gauntlet shone with green light.

"Boosted Gear: Second Liberation!"

"?!"

And just as the sound of the Red Dragon Emperor echoed from the gauntlet, the green light immediately disappeared, before revealing that the gauntlet changed in shape. It was now dark crimson in color, with its scales increasing, the claws became even sharper and longer in each finger, and two long yellow protusions emerged from the area just above the elbow. Issei smirked at this, before concentrating magic power towards Kiba.

"Sword Birth!"

"Transfer!"

"?!"

Those were the respective voices of both Kiba and the Red Dragon Emperor, before a bed of swords suddenly erupted from the ground, stabbing Riser's 2 Pawns and Bishop in several areas of their bodies, restraining them in their places.

"Koneko-chan! Now!" Issei called out before Koneko jumped from behind them, with her fist reared back in midair, with said limb swirling with white magic energy

"Sledgehammer!" She exclaimed before a building-sized sledgehammer appeared above both her companions and their impaled opponents. Koneko then swung her fist downwards, causing the sledgehammer to descend upon the 2 Pawns and Bishop, crushing the three female Devils instantly.

[Riser Phenex-sama's 2 Pawns and 1 Bishop has retired]

"Alright! That takes care of all of Riser's Peerage sans only one!" Issei said bumping fists with both Kiba and Koneko.

[End Music]

"Okay! I suppose that your the only one left!" Issei exclaimed with a smirk, cracking his knuckles menacingly, causing Ravel to flinch in fear.

"Wha?! I won't fight! I will just watch from the sides! But know this! Riser-Onii-sama is a Phenex! An immortal! You have no chance of defeating him! Besides, the battle is over when the King falls! And Onii-sama is fighting Rias-sama right now! Look!" Ravel yelled at Rias' Peerage, pointing at the roof of the school building, only to see Riser already on the roof trading blows with Rias. This made Rias' Peerage ignore Ravel and run towards the school building to aid Rias.

"Hey! You have no chance of winning! Why don't you instead spend the remaining time talking with me where it's safe?!" Ravel yelled, which caused Issei to stop in his tracks, which caused Kiba and Koneko to stop and look at their partner, where Akeno had already flew to the roof to assist Rias in fighting Riser. Issei then spun around, glaring angrily at Ravel, before extending his right arm that didn't have the Boosted Gear gauntlet towards the Bishop, causing said Devil to take a step back unconsciously.

"Go talk to yourself. Come any closer and i will strip all of you clothes off" Issei said in calm anger, causing Ravel to blush slightly before hugging herself, which made Issei resume running, followed by Kiba and Koneko in tow.

"Don't say that i didn't warn you!" Ravel yelled but got no answer.

Rias' Peerage then reached the roof after 2 minutes, causing Riser, Rias and Asia to look at them.

"Buchou! Rias Gremory-sama's Peerage reporting for duty!" Issei called out.

"Issei-san! Everyone!" Asia called out in a happy tone.

"Everyone! Your here!" Rias exclaimed with a smile.

"Tch. To think that pests like you would defeat even Yubellena. It seems that i have underestimated you" Riser said grunting.

"Your not taking Buchou from us! We will defeat you, Riser! Immortal or not, your going down!" Issei exclaimed at Riser, making said Devil growl in anger, before flames bursted around him, and two wings made out fire and shaped into that of a bird sported from his back.

"Don't grt too cocky, you pesky little low class Devil! Just because you and your shitty companions defeated my Peerage doesn't mean that you could defeat me! I will show you all! I will incinerate all of you into ashes right in front of Rias' eyes!" Riser roared in anger, ascending to the air slowly, which made Rias and her Peerage glare at him, with each one of them entering their fighting stances, either reading their weapons or magic.

And in one voice, all of them proclaimed in confidence and vigor.

"Bring It On!"

At the same time/During the beginning of the Rating Game. In the Collective Unconsciousness

It took 5 days for Philemon to open a portal to the Collective Unconsciousness.

At that time, for the past 5 days, the four Wild Cards had their training inside the Velvet Room. They wanted to be in top condition for their fight.

Each one of them had his own thought for the upcoming battle.

Yu Narukami was accidently dragged to this crisis of world destruction, being chosen by Izanami alongside Tohru Adachi and Taro Namatame in order to see whether the world is worth getting destroyed and shroudded in eternal fog that would cover the whole world in lies forever. He saw several people that soon became his friends there, and even managed to save them from getting killed by their own hidden ego, only for him to cooperate with them against Izanami herself to save the whole world from destruction. However, Yu felt that this time is not like everytime. They were not going to fight one, but two gods that would threaten to destroy the whole world for real and good to save two fellow Wild Cards. Nevertheless, Yu chose this willingly because he thought of Minato and Minako's friends, imagining himself in the places of the latter two, and imagining what would be the state of his friends, his uncle, his parents and Nanako. He wouldn't let this go. This must end now.

Akira Kurusu was a normal kid, who just tried to save a woman from being rapped by a rotten drunk politician, only for said politician to frame him of assault, giving him a criminal record he did not deserve, causing him to spend a year worth of probation in Shinjuku, where he attended Shibuya Academy. There, he met his friends one by one, saved others that later joined him on his journey to change rotten adults' hearts for the sake of having a peaceful world. He suffered from betrayal and even near-death situations. He had weapons pointed at his face, but he never fret. He just glared at the face of death, so for him, this was nothing, since he would literally fight Death itself. They had to defeat this thing to save not only Minato and Minako Arisato, but also the whole world that once discriminated him.

Aigis was happy and worried at the same time. Happy because she was going to finally save two of the most precious people in her life, and worried because she might put both herself and the people that are helping her in trouble and they might die in the process, but it was a 1 in a million opportunity, and the fact that they were chosen for this specific mission means that both Philemon and Igor are trusting the fact that they can and will win, but she couldn't shake that feeling of danger at all. Nevertheless, she must do her best, even if it means that she will die. She can't back down from it now. She will save them, no matter what it takes.

Shadow Otsutsuki knew what it means to die, since he suffered from the worst kind of death: Dying while alive. So this was no exceptiom at all. He even took the name of the creator of Ninjutsu out of both respect and thebelief that 'Shadow Kreutz Aensland' died 15 years ago, but to be dragged into this never ending hellish abyss is worse than death for him. After escsping Konoha, he realized that the only way to feel alive was to have a goal in life, and when the Great 12 were formed and he was appointed as their leader due to being the strongest out of the group, he soon realized his goal in life: Make a family, and a huge one at that. He sat the goal of gathering too much people and making them trust him to form bonds that will never ever break, but the problem was that he ws afraid. He didn't know what was he afraid of. Be it death before achieving his goal, or that others around him won't trust hum, he had no idea, and that's why this mission to kill those so called gods will be the perfect and golden opportunity for him to know the answer to his fears. He will kill Death with his bare hands, even if it means to break all the laws behind it. Well...Aftr all, he is the Lawbreaker.

5 days later, there they are, right in front of the Great Seal, where Nyx is sealed, with Minato and Minako's petrified form being glued to the door inside the realm of souls, where it felt that they were floating in space, where innumerable amounts of stars gathered underneath their feet.

"According to Igor, Nyx is sealed inside this door, and Erebus would try every once and then to break the seal" Yu said.

"So this means that Erebus will be showing anytime soon" Akira said.

"That right, Kurusu-san. We have to be on our guards" Agis said.

"..." Shadow remained silent as ever.

Suddenly, a huge black portal appeared, and out of it came a black long arm the size of a mountain, reaching for the petrified forms of Minato and Minako. The figure was revealed to be a double headed bull-dog hybrid, with red glowing eyes and huge white horns. It was pulling on the petrified forms of Minako and Minato, trying to yank them out to break the Great Seal and reach Nyx.

"It doesn't look that strong at all..." Shadow muttered to himself.

"This thing is the manifestion of the malice of countless masses...Should it connect to Nyx, it will result in The Fall..." Aigis said.

"This means we have to finish it off before going against Nyx, right?" Akira inquired.

"Nyx is not an evil being. It's just that Minato and Minako-san wanted to seal her off Erebus so they won't merge together to bring forth The Fall on the world. Also, even if we defeat Erebus, he will reform after a year, since his existence solely depends on the malice of the infinite masses, since he is made out of them. There is no way we can kill it" Aigis said a little sad.

"I have a plan of disopsing of both him and Nyx. We just have to beat both of them down to the ground" Shadow said.

Okay. Just don't forget about it" Yu said, taking out the Totsuka Blade from his sheath that was strapped to his left hip, with Akira wiping out Paradise Lost, and Aigis preparing her cannons, where Shadow unsheathed Murasama with said sword cackling red lightning and glowing crimson in color.

"It's now or never! Let's take this fucker down!" Shadow exclaimed, before taking out his Evoker, however, once he took it out of his pocket and pulled its trigger to his head, it shattered apart into pieces.

"What?" Shadow asked himself in confusion.

"Otsutsuki-san's powers are so strong the Evoker can't handle it" Aigis said.

"Okay. It's not that tough anyway" Shadow said shrugging his shoulders, before his right palm was surrounded with blue ethereal flames, with the kanji of 'Fool' appearing in black colored writings on his palm.

"Okay, everyone! Our opponentsvare self proclaimed gods! They will bring ruin to our world! It's time we show them the power of humans!" Shadow exclaimed out loud.

Akira gripped his silver butterfly mask with his red gloved right hand, Yu manifested a blue ethereal card with the drawing of the Fool on it, Aigis' Evoker bandanna shone blue in color, and Shadow positioned his right hand to his heart.

"Satanael!"

"Izanagi-no-Okami!"

"Messiah!"

"Warble!"

Akira ripped his mask off his face.

Yu crushed the ethereal card with his hand.

Aigis' bandanna emitted a glass breaking sound.

Shadow slammed his blue flames infused palm to his chest.

And once those actions were done, out came the form of Satan when he was an archangel, the true form of the creation deity of Japan, the awaited messenger, and the King of Grimoires respectively.

"Time to take you down!" Shadow exclaimed, with Erebus shifting his aim at them, before lunging at the 4 Wild Cards.

[Persona 5 OST: Blooming Villian]

Akira commanded Satanael to attack, causing the archangel to punch Erebus in it's right head. Izanagi-no-Okami followed, swinging its spear at the other head, before Messiah used its coffin half to slam one of Erebus' four legs, causing the black monster to stumble down, before Warble swing its scythe at its other leg, slicing it, however the beast didn't roar in pain. It just seemed that his roar was actually that of anger, before a stream of fire shot at Satanael's face, causing Akira to grip his face and scream in pain as the burning sensation stung his face severly. Erebus then stabbed Izanagi-no-Okami with one of its horns, making Yu gasp while clutching his stomach before spitting out blood from his mouth, falling to one knee in pain. The abonimation then pushed Messiah away, before spitting out lightning from its other head at Aigis' Persona, causing electricity to course through the android herself, before she fell to her knees with smoke erupting from her. Followed by regenerating its torn limb before slamming it at Warble, before Shadow's forehead started to leak out streams of blood.

"What...? These attacks of his affect the soul as well?! So thst means that my Die Ewgkeit protection method will be useless..." Shadow thought gritting his teeth.

"Normal attacks will make little progress to this abonimation! We have to think to attack using magic spells!" Yu called out, to which Akira nodded back.

"Satanael! Riot Gun!" Akira exclaimed before Satanael aimed its long gun at Erebus' head, before shooting out several bullets in the shape of thunder streams at the head of the black minster, causing it to get knocked back.

"Izanagi-no-Okami! Megidolaon!" Yu roared out, causing the creation deity to spin its double headed spear in front of it, making a white glow appear on the center of the circle in the middle of the spear, before a blast of energy emerged from the circle colliding with Erebus' other head, causing it to roar in anger, before it swung its huge arm at the Personas, but Aigis saw this, and commanded Messiah to block it to prevent the abonimation from harming them. Messiah then pushed Erebus away, causing it to stumble back.

"Messiah! God's Hand!" Aigis exclaimed before Messiah released a small smoke bundle from its hands, before a mechanical building sized yellow rocket shaped as a fist rocketed towards Erebus' body, slamming so hard into it that the abonimation got knocked off its feet with a hard thud on the space ground. It then roared in anger.

"Lawbreaker!"

"?!"

Shadow's palm erupted in white light, before it faded after a couple of seconds.

"Now! Kill it with all you got!" Shadow roared to his companions.

"Roger!" Akira exclaimed before he made Satanael point its pistol at Erebus.

"Behold The Truth!" Yu yelled, before Izanagi-no-Okami spun its spear in front of it, causing lightnung to cackle around the center circle in the spear.

"Time to finish this! Commencing Final Annihialation Mode!" Aigis ezclaimed before Messiah's palms formed a white orb of white light in between it.

"Sinful Shell!"

"Myriad Truths!"

"Judgement Of The Scorned!"

Satanael fired a building sized bullet from its gun, Izanagi-no-Okami fired a gigantic lightning bolt from golden circle in its spear, and Messiah fired the orb of light inits palms. Once those three attacks made contact with Erebus, the abonimation's roars were muffled by the blinding light as if said light was blocking sound itself, before the explosion traveled to the Great Seal, causing the petrification around both Minato and Minako to crack at a rapid rzte, before it completely crumbled apart, revealing their stark naked bodies, before they both fell to the ground, only for Aigis to catch them, before the blinding light traveled to the edges of the Collective Unconscioysness, encasing the infinite realm of infinite souls in complete whiteness.

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Aftr a few minutes, four pairs of eyes opened, only to reveal that both Erebus and the door holding the Great Seal were nowhere to be found, but only one thing stood out in all of this other than the fact that Aigis was holding both Minato and Minako in her arms.

Nyx was floating in front of thrm in her full glory and true form: A nebula sized gigantic egg with white wings.

"That's Nyx?!" Akira asked in shock, before gasping out, and falling to his knees before gasping out for breath, with Yu following his example shortly after, and Aigis falling to her knees with smoke rising from her body, only having the enough amount of strength to hold Minato and Minako in her arms.

"Shit! Those lsst attacks took a tool on us!" Akira growled.

"But how?! That wasn't supposed to happen!" Yu called out with a tired tone.

"That's because Nyx's influence is so strong as the concept of death it steals away our life and magical energies!" Aigis answered with smoke increasing out of her body.

"..." Shadow was the only one standing with absolutely no signs of fatigue apparent on him, staring silently at Nyx, who seemed to be glaring at him.

"I got this" Shadow said before opening his palm in front of Nyx.

"Chaos Control!"

"?!" And just as he said this out loud, Shadow, alongside Nyx, disappeared with a flash of light from the infinite realm of souls, causing the three Wild Cards to blink in surprise.

"What in the world had just happened...?"

Akira's whispered question got no answer at all.

At the same time. In the Rating Game

"Bring It On!"

[Persona 5 OST: Rivers In The Desert]

Issei began the clash by charging forward, prompting Riser to create a huge fire ball and aim it at Issei, only for the Pawn to dodge with neck breaking speeds to his side.

"Promotion: Queen!" Issei declared out loud, feeling the power roar intensely inside of him, before he charged towards Riser, aiming his right fist at him, but Riser blocked it with one of his fire wings, with the burn rising to Issei's fist, but Issei didn't seem to feel any pain at all, before he took the chance by wiping out his black revolver and aimed it at Riser.

"Panta Rhei!" He called out before pulling the trigger, causing a mini tornado to burst from the muzzle, shooting Riser away from the team, knocking him off the air and into the ground.

"Everyone! Boost is on the way!" Asia exclaimed before her hands had rainbow colored light dancing around them.

"Heat Riser!" She called out before orange, blue and green lights danced around each and every single member of Rias' Peerage. Issei, in response, readied his Boosted Gear.

"Transfer!" The gauntlet roared before the trio of lights shone intensely around each one of Issei's companions. He then took out his revolver, before aiming it at Riser once again.

"Megidola!" He roared before shooting out a purple orb of Almight energy the size of a football, to which Riser manifested his fire wings once again to block it. Unfortunately for the Phenex, the magic orb exploded on the wings, but he then started to roar in pain so suddenly following the explosion of the magic orb.

"WHAT'S THAT?! DIVINE MAGIC?!" Riser yelled in anger and pain together, where his tantrum gave Koneko the chance to get close to his guard, her fist is brimming with white light-shaped magic energy.

"Skull Cracker!" She called out loudly with her monotone voice, before her fist found its way to Riser's face square on, and just as the name of the attack applied, Riser felt his skull shatter under the pressure of Koneko's punch, which made him stagger back a little, and once he regained his composure, he found that his vision got blurry, seeing an afterimage of everthing around him, which made him open for Kiba's assault.

"Heat Wave!" He called out, before slamming his sword into the ground, causing an orange wave of energy to travel around the roof, and to Riser, and once it made contact with him, he ws blown away off his feet to the air, where Issei jumped into the air, spinning above Riser's vulenrable airbourne form, before delivering an aerial round house kick to Riser's abdomen, causing Riser to cough out blood violently, before he was sent rocketing towards the roof once again, cracking the roof in the process. Rias then charged her palms with magical energy afterwards.

"Mudoon!" She exclaimed before dark red energy balls appeared in the air above Rias, before mercilessly pummeling down the doned Riser, causing the crater to widen underneath Riser's body. After this merciless assault was over, Akeno charged her hands with electricity with a sweet smile on her face.

"Ziodyne!" She exclaimed before shooting a huge stream of lightning from her hands, causing Riser to scream in pain as he was electrocuted with Akeno's magic attack. After a minute or so, Akeno stopped her assault, and the lightning vanished. Riser, who the smoke was emitting from his body, was having all of his injuries healed up on a rapid pace, before he stood up smirking.

"Ha! Give it up, Rias! Even with the combined efforts of you and your worthless pests, you can never hope of defeating me!" Riser exclaimed with his grin growing even more, only to see Koneko jumping up high into the air above him, staring down at the Phenex with her calm and cold look on her face.

"You talk too much..." She muttered before charging her fist with magic energy.

"God's Hand!" She exclaimed, before a huge mechanical yellow arm with rocket boosters appeared above Koneko's head, causing Riser to release an unconscious 'Eh?' from his mouth, before witnessing Koneko swing her arm down, causing the mechanical arm to descend towards Riser, crushing him underneath it, before it blew through the crater, rocketing towards the lower floors of the buildings, creating holes in the roofs and floors of each floor in the school building, before the arm flew outside and into the sky, before Riser coated his body with fire, and roared out loudly, pushing the mechanical arm away, and causing it to disappear in a poof of white smoke.

"Asia! Now!" Rias called out, making the former nun nod, before raising her hands towards Riser's direction.

"Debilitate!"

"?!"

And just as Asia roared this out, a huge black ball ungulfed Riser, before three smallers orbs of light of orange, purple and green colors appeared and spun at a high rate, before the black ball shrunk at a rapid pace, seemingly became absorbed inside Riser, before it disappeared completely. The next thing Riser knew was that he felt his power being drained of him, and he felt like fainting on the spot while in mid air. This gave the chamce to the others, as Koneko grabbed Issei by the legs, before spinning him in the air, causing the Pawn to scream out comically, before he was thrown towards Riser by Rias' Rook, positioning his Sacred Gear arm towards the Phenex's face, before punching him so hard that Riser's head felt like it would fly off his shoulders, having felt even more pain for some reason.

However, the Phenex had no time for thinking about that, as he witnessed Issei jump on his shoulders, before positioning himself behind Riser's back, wrapping both feet around his waist before catching Riser's neck with his right arm, and wrapped his left arm around his head, clutching Riser in a powerful sleeper hold, where Riser tried to claw Issei away, but to no avail, as his strength felt like it was leaving him, and his movements were sluggish and slow, and add to the fact that his vision was blurry as well, which made things even more difficult.

"Buchou! Now!"

"?!"

Hearing Issei's roar ring inside his ears, Riser looked with blurry eyes where Rias was, only to see her preparing a huge magic ball of the Power of Destruction in both hands above her head. This time, the ball was around 3 to 4 times larger than Rias.

Seeing this, Riser tried to desperately free himself from Issei's grip, even to the point of clawing in his clothes, but not even his fire, which was weakly emittied from his hands, wasn't even hot, and it didn't do any harm to Issei, who quickly let go of Riser, jumping into the air, where Riser looked behind him, only to see the airbourne Issei giving Riser the finger with a cocky grin before taking out his revolver, aiming it at Riser, who looked in front of him, only to see that Rias was preparing to throw the enormous ball of Devil magic energy.

"Checkmate, motherfucker!" Issei roared out at Riser.

"Extingushed Star!"

"Megidolaon!"

"?!"

And just as they yelled their respective attacks, Rias threw her magic ball, and Issei pulled the trigger. The ball of the Power of Destruction crashed into Riser first, attracting him to it like a manget, burning his flesh, and causing him to scream in pain as the magic ball dug into his flesh like saw blades. Issei's magic bullet came shortly after, and just as it came on contact with Riser's back, it explded into a huge magical dome of Almighty magic, around the same size of Rias' Extinguished Star.

[Whoa...This is amazing...] Rise whispered.

[This potency of Issei's magic...It's strong enough to sub-atomize all of Tokyo...] Kokoro muttered with shock apparent in her voice.

Back into stage, Riser's screams were soon muffled by the dual blasts of magic that cornered him from both sides, before Rias' magical ball exploded shortly after, engulfing the entire battlefield in a blast of blinding light afterwards.

Not a few seconds later, and the light faded, and with it, appeared a 15 m crater, completely sub-atomized into the ground. Other than that, all the buildings of the replica of Kuoh Academy was good and well, but there was nothing that remained of the Devil known as Riser Phenex.

[Riser Phenex-sama has been defeated. Checkmate. The Winner is Rias Gremory-sama]

[End Music]

Grafiya's voice echoed from the mics as Issei landed on his feet from the air, before jumping into the air, fist bumped above his head.

"Alright!" Issei exclaimed.

"Yeas!" Asia said with tears falling from her eyes with a bright smile on her face, before she and Akeno hugged each other. Koneko revealed the slightest of smiles on her face for the first time ever, Kiba smiled brightly at Issei, flashing a thumbs up to the Pawn, and Rias was smiling warmly at Issei from the top of the building.

"THANK YOU! SHADOW-SENSEI! YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR PROMISE TO ME AND MADE ME THE STRONGEST DEVIL IN EXISTENCE!" Issei yelled out to the sky of the pocket dimension they were in.

"ALL HAIL SHADOW!" Rias exclaimed throwing her fist into the air.

"YEAH!" Her other Perrage members followed her suit.

Before the final blow in the Rating Game. Unknown Place

A void of whitness.

Complete emptiness.

Shut off the entire reality.

And in a blink, the silence in this void died down, after a flash of white that didn't even seem to appear due to the whitness inside the void appeared, revealing Shadow, with Nyx at the opposing side. Shadow glared at his opponent with cold sweat running down his face, feeling the intensity of the powers of the goddess of death. Nevertheless, he managed to calm himself down a little, taking a deep breath in, and then out, before taking out his blue flames-infused right palm, before slamming it into his heart.

"Warble!" He exclaimed making Warble appeared in a quick burst of flames.

[Naruto AMV: Bury Me Alive]

"Warble! Shadow Hound!" Shadow called out, before millions and millions of floating golden circular saws appeared above Nyx. Warble pointed the shaft of his scythe at the goddess, before the army of circular saws rocketed towards Nyx, stabbing every single corner of the egg shaped deity, only for a shockwave to get released from Nyx, blowing away the saws, which caused Shadow to shield himself with his arm, where one of the huge circular saws found itself embedded into his raised arm, causing him to hiss in pain. He then bit his tongue before dismissing Warble. He then placed his palm to his heat once again.

"Baal!" He roared out, before Baal appeared behind him, with Nyx remaining silent.

"Baal! Ayamur!" Shadow exclaimed, before Baal extended his arm towards Nyx, before three huge energy slash waves traveled towards the goddess of death, only for Nyx to swat the slashs casually with her wings, before it shot a thin red laser from one top of its egg shaped body, with said laser shooting straight through Baal's chest, causing the brother of Anat to open his mouth in a silent scream, before it disappeared in a small burst of blue flames, leaving Shadow, who clutched his chest in pain, before falling to his knees, coughing out blood. Nyx's attack are capable of directly attacking the soul just like Erebus' attacks, so his Die Ewgkeit's defensive mechanisms cannot protect him at all.

Clicking his tongue to try to ignore the feeling of pain, Shadow slammed his palm into his heart once again.

"Daisoujou!" Shadow roared before the skeletal monk appeared behind Shadow.

"Daisoujou! Samsara!" Shadow roared with his teeth covered in blood, pointing at Nyx's silent form, before a circle of yellow light appeared underneath Nyx, followed by 3 huge bright yellow tailsman that were floating around Nyx, standing vertically in the air, before it started to spin slowly, then it increased in its pace of rotation gradually in time until the three floating tailsman around Nyx started to appear as nothing more than a blur, and after a few seconds, the circle started to glow intensely in bright golden yellow light, before everything exploded in a bundle of golden yellow tailsman, leaving a huge smokescreen that surrounded Nyx. Shadow waited in silence while with Daisoujou behind him silent as ever. The silence screamed for a couple of seconds, before suddenly, a huge shock wave blew away the smokescreen, only for the reason about it to be Nyx, who flapped her wings to scatter the smokescreen away, and for millions of black feathers to scatter around Nyx's enormous form, before the feathers aimed themselves with some kind of unseen force towards Shadow, before they rocketed towards both Shadow and Daisoujou, stabbing both the Persona and its owner mercilessly, pelting them with sharp black feathers. Daisoujou disappeared after being pelted with enough feathers, leaving Shadow alone, who had just turned into a pin cushion, having been stabbed in literally every single area in his body.

[Stop Music]

The black haired boy fell to his knees, his powers completely fading away. Normally, he has infinite stamina, but due to having his soul attacked several times brutally, he was now in a near death situation. The last thing he saw was a glowing crimson red orb that was around Nyx's size floating above her, before said orb descending slowly, touching the floor, engulfing the entire void of whitness in crimson blinding light..

Unknown Place

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Darkness...

Silence...

Fear...

Horror...

Despair...

Those were the only things he felt...

Instead of only once, he died a million times in a day...

He called for help...He screamed, cried, wailed until he throat gave up on him...

And yet...Nothing...

"?!"

Shadow snapped his eyes, looking at his surroundings, only to find himself in a desert at nighttime, where no clouds and no moon were even found in the sky. Only stars danced in the sea of infinite blue.

Narrowing his eyes in front of him, Shadow saw a source of orange light, which he assumed to be a camp fire, with someone sitting on a log close to it. Pushing his legs into the sand, Shadow made haste towards the fire, and after a minute, he managed to reach the camp, and once he saw who was sitting, he was completely stunned.

It was a man of average build, pure white hair, a youthful face and blue eyes, with a wing-shaped eyepatch over his right eye, an inverted red cross design on his bangs, and what appear to be pointy red ears, similar to those of a youkai. His outfit consisted of a baggy white cloak with a red insigna on the middle, alongside two black belts on each shoulder and a black belt around his waist.

Shadow could only say one word.

"Father...?"

"Hello, son. Why don't you have a seat?" Asuka asked Shadow, pointing at the log beside him. Still in shock, Shadow silently complied, and sat on the log, gazing silently on the fire, not making any kind of eye contact with Asuka.

"I suppose your wondering what's going on right now"

Asuka's phrase made Shadow shift his gaze from the fire to him to see him smiling calmly while gazing on the fire.

"Long story short: Your dead, or to be more frank, your in between life and death. Your in a realm of nothingness that exists between life and the afterlife" Asuka answered.

"Then, what are you doing here?" Shadow asked.

"Me refusing to die has lead me here. In truth, i didn't want to leave your mother, or you, or your little sister" Asuka said.

"What? Little sister?" Shadow asked in slight shock.

"Yes. She is the spitting image of your mother. You will know her when you see her" Asuka smiled at Shadow while answering, which made Shadow lower his head until his hair shadowed his eyes.

"Why did you have to be so foolish?" Shadow muttered.

"Hm?" Asuka hummed in confusion, which promoted Shadow to stand up, anger blazing in his eyes, with tears of blood running down them, glaring at Asuka.

"You could have lived! But you chose to die! Your foolish sense of justice is what made me what i am right now! I'm no longer an ordinary being! I'm a monster! A freak! Why did you do this to me?! Why?!" Shadow yelled at Asuka, whose smile faded at that, staring sadly at Shadow, who was gritting his teeth with his bloody tears streaming down his face.

"I...Held a huge burden on my shoulders. I'm actually a man from another dimension that is parallel to yours. I made creatures called Gears in hope of using technology with magic in order to defend from invasions and wars that could land on my hometown" Asuka said averting his gaze from Shadow.

"Wars can never ever make you acheive peace" Shadow muttered spitting his words out of his mouth like venom.

"And i knew that the hard way. I used my best friend and his lover, and turned both of them into Gears. My friend sought out to kill me and his lover that was turned into a monster, but he couldn't. In the end, i had nothing left here, so i traveled to another dimensiin, where i met your mother, and we fell in love with each other, before we took refuge in Konoha. I gave them informations about Gears and created them for the village. But then i knew about the corruption of the village when you were about 3 years old, and your sister, Alice, was still in her mother's womb. That's where you saw us completely humiliated, before witnessing something that you should have never seen: Blood" Asuka explained, before gazing at the fire with a sad look onnhis face. Shadow just stood thrre, silently staring at his white haired father for a couple of seconds, before sitting on the log once again, gazing at the fire in silence.

"I'm really sorry, Shadow. I was the one that is responsible for your agony. I made crisis in my previous world, and i wanted to do it better in another world, but all i bring in my wake is disaster. Forgive, my son" Asuka said with his sad gaze directed at the fire. It was at this moment that Shadow stood up, used his arm to wipe the bloody tears that stained both his eyes and face, and looked blankly and coldly at Asuka, promoting the white haired youthful-shaped adult to look at his son in confusion.

"Father. Your the one that brought me to this world, so don't ask for forgivness. I'mthe one who should be sorry for yelling at you like that. If anything, i should thank you, because i met lots of wonderful people because of this crisis. Also, your not a crisis maker, your a Star. Our Star" Shadow said causing Asuka's eyes to widen in shock, before a warm smile cracked into his lips, before he stood up, facing the emotionless and cold face of Shadow.

"Thank you. Thank you, Shadow. Thank you for making Lewis a mother, and thank you...For making me a father" Asuka said, before suddenly, Shadow gasped, before mysterious voice rang inside his head.

"I Am Thou...Thou Art I...Thou Hast Turned A Vow Into A Blood Oath..."

"It Shalt Be The Key To Breaketh The Yoke Of Thy Heart..."

"Thou Hast Awakened To The Ultimate Secret Of The Star, Granting Thee Infinite Power..."

"Thou Shalt Be Bestowed With The Ability To Summon Samsara Lucifer, The Ultimate Form Of The Star Arcana..."

And after the chant ended, the picture of a man with brownish orange hair wearing a blue gentleman suit with 10 wings sporting from his back, with the left 5 wings being that of a black bat's wings, and the right 5 wings being that of a golden angel feathrrly wings appeared in Shadow's mind, before vanishing shortly after.

"Are you alright, Shadow?" Asuka asked in worry.

"I'm fine. But i see now why did i come here: To meet you. To find answers to things inside of me. Thank you, father" Shadow said, but this time, it was not with a cold face.

It was with a small and gentle smile.

"THANK YOU! SHADOW-SENSEI!"

"?!"

Hearing the familiar voice yelling his name, Shadow looked in the fire as the voice came from there, only to see a bubble above the fire, where it showed Issei pumping his fist into the air, with a victory grin on his face.

"Hyoudou-kun...You have won..." Shadow muttered.

"THANK YOU! SHADOW-SENSEI! YOU HAVE KEPT YOUR PROMISE TO ME AND MADE ME THE STRONGEST DEVIL IN EXISTENCE!"

At this, Shadow's eyes widened in disbelief. He finally heard it.

He was needed. People wanted him.

"ALL HAIL SHADOW!"

"YEAH!"

Rias and her Peerage soon followed after, praising and hailing Shadow, whose smile increased by the second, until it became a huge and gentle smile.

"See my son? Even The Wrath himself, The Root Of All Sins, can smile" Asuka said with a smile.

Suddenly, Shadow's body started to shine in green color, causing him to gasp.

"What's happening?" Shadow asked.

"My dear son, you are a concept that is essential to this world. You can't die, but you couldn't get out of here, because all that you needed was a little push of will" Asuka said smiling, before witnessing Shadow opt a sad look on his face.

"So, i will never be seeing you again?" Shadow asked, which made Asuka smile warmly at him, before placing his hand on Shadow's head, ruffling his hair slightly.

"Don't say that. I will never be leaving your side. I will always be beside you. Always supporting you. No matter which path you take, i will support you in it. Now go. Go to the people you made bonds with. Go to the people that needs you and you need them...And never leave their side" Asuka said, where his motivational speech made Shadow's bright, and almost child-like smile return to his lips.

"Thanks...Father..." Shadow whispered before the green light glowed even more, and with a flash, Shadow disappeared from the realm of nothingness.

Which in turn left Asuka, all alone once again.

But honestly, he didn't mind it at all. He was thinking right now of going to the afterlife, the Collective Unconsciousness, and leave this realm, now that his message to his beloved son was received and acknowledged.

His body was then starting to glow white, before he started turning into white glittering dust, with his body from his legs started to turn into said glitter, all while he was staring into the sky of the realm devoid of life, smiling gently.

Not a minute after that, Asuka closed his eyes, and completely turned into white shining dust, which ascended to the night sky of the realm of nothingness, departing to the afterlife.

The void of whitness

[Nightcore OST: My Demons]

He snapped his eyes open.

His wounds healed instantly.

He pushed himself slowly up from the ground.

He stood up straight, glaring at the embodiment of death.

His right palm burst into blue flames with the kanji of 'Star' appearing on it, before slamming it into his heart.

"Samsara Lucifer!"

And just like that, the First Fallen Angel, and the Morning Star, came into life in a burst of blue flames, closing his eyes with a small smile on his face.

Nyx reacted to this by releasing a shock wave from her form, but said shockwave was easily swatted away by one of Samsara Lucifer's wings. Shadow then charged towards Nyx, unsheathing Murasama in a rapid and fluid motion, which caused the blood red blade to glow intensely, before crimson lightning started to cackle around it violentely. Nyx reacted to this by flapping its wings, causing a raid of feathers to rain down at Shadow like missiles, to which Samsara Lucifer reacted to by blocking it with his wings, coiling them around both himself and Shadow for protection. Nyx, seemingly growing angry from this, shot a thin red laser from her body at Shadow, to which Shadow stopped his running and blocked it with the blade of his sword. And with a vigor roar, he swatted away the laser, reflecting it back to its shooter, hitting Nyx dead on, and causing a crack to appear on her egg-like body frame. This seemed to make the goddess of death even more angry, before a crimson orb of light appeared above Nyx, but this time it was twice her size, before it fell slowly like how a meteor falls on Earth. Shadow simply closed his eyes and took a deep breath, before snapping his eyes open at Nyx.

"Samsara Lucifer!..."

Hearing his summoner call for his name, the Persona spread his 10 wings to his side, spreading his arms in the same manner as well.

"Morning Star!"

A thin circle appeared in between Samsara Lucifer's hands, before a blue thin beam shot from it towards the crimson orb of Death. The two attacks struggled for dominance. Each one of the two attacks stuck in a semmingly never ending deadlock. And after a couple of minutes worth of struggle, the two attacks exploded, causing a massive smokescreen that obstructed the view of the two opposing sides. For a few seconds, silence was the only thing that s reamed, and even Nyx seemed to be waiting, until suddenly, Shadow burst out from the smokescreen, inches away from Nyx, with his sword raised with both hands above his head, glowing intensely red, before a red saber beam that towered over the form of the goddess of death erupted from Shadow's Murasama.

Roaring out loud, Shadow declared his attack.

"Ittoryodan: Genmurei!"

Shadow swung his sword downwards, causing a crimson energy arc to fly towards Nyx and pass her at blinding speeds. Shadow landed onnthe ground, looking at Nyx with anticipation. At first, nothing happened, but after a couple of seconds, A line traveled vertcally on Nyx's giant egg-shaped body...Before she got split in half, and the halves slowly parted away from each other. Suddenly, Shadow heard a voice echoing around the void of whitness.

"Child of hybrid...You have managed to defeat me without the mysterious power that you used to defeat Erebus...But you must know that...You have just walked a path...Where there is no turning back...People desire Death...And maybe i won't return...But there will be...Harbringers...Of Death...That will...Come..."

And just as Nyx muttered these final words, her form begun shining with white blinding light, encasing the entire void of whitness, where Shadow covered his eyes to shield himself from the light.

In The Velvet Room

[Persona 5 OST: Hymn Of The Soul]

It took him a few seconds to blink his eyes, before gazing on the familiar ceiling of the velvet blue room.

Shadow sat up from his sleeping position on the velvet blue coach he was sleeping on, only to see Igor and the Velvet Room Denizens sans Hana avaliable, with Philemon, Hana, and his fellow three Wild Cards were nowhere to be found.

"What is it, Igor? And where are the others?" Shadow asked.

"Before i answer these questions, i would love to congratulate you on defeating Nyx, and saving your two fellow Wild Cards. With this, your mission is done, but your journey is far from over" Igor said.

"What do you mean?" Shadow asked in confusion.

"This brings me to your earlier question. Your three Wild Card fellows have returned safely with Minato and Minako Arisato. I have already told them that i have something only you can achieve, and now the focus is solely on your path" Igor said.

"..." Shadow simply stayed silent, waiting for Igor's response.

Igor didn't say anything. He just snapped his fingers, showing 2 bubbles that showed 2 scenes in front of him.

"Now, pray tell me: Which one will you choose first?" Igor asked.

"The left one" Shadow answered immediatrly, having seen the image of a certain swirl on a headband.

Getting close to the bubble, Shadow begun to see and listen to the conversation.

"Now, today we want to discuss something" A bandaged man that was close to a mummy said.

"About what?" Hiruzen asked, knowing the answer to it already, if Minato's smirk was any evidence. Tsunade and Jiraiya seemed to tense at it as well.

"It's about the hybrid freak and the Kyuubi whore" The bandaged man said coldly. It was at this time where Tsunade stood up from her seat and slammed both hands angrily on the table.

"You have crossed the line right now, Danzo!" Tsunade yelled in anger, to which Danzo just waved it off before continuing his speech.

"Anyways, as i was saying, i think it's time for Konoha to get both its loyal weapon and its Jinchuuriki back" Danzo said. This time, it was Hiruzen's turn to slam his hands on the table, and to stand up.

"This is completely insane! You have aleady ruined the lives of these children! What else do you want?! Let them live and leave them alone!" Hiruzen roared.

"They were already citizens from Konoha. I didn't give them permissions to run from the village. Besides, the Akatsuki may reach them before us, so we have to make our haste" Minato said with a cold and calm smile. This made Hiruzen grit his teeth in anger.

"Listen Minato! Listen all of you! If anyone dares to get close to these children, i will personally stand in their way!" Hiruzen roared causing gasps to fill the council room.

"Me too! I can't let my two grandchildren live in a crisis because of their foolish father!" Tsunade exclaimed.

"Me as well! I officially quit my job as a spy for Konoha, and i shall departure to where my granchildren are!" Jiraiya exclaimed as well.

"Very well. You may go, but know this: Once you go there, you all shall be considered as enemies" Minato said crossing his arms, before witnessing three of Konoha's eldery ninja retreat angrily from the council room.

"Okay. With that being said, i shall dispatch the fresh teams of our elite Genin" Minato said snapping his fingers, causing 4 giant poofs of smoke to appear in the room. And in their place was Asuma Sarutobi with Ino Yamanaka, Choji Akemichi, and Shikamaru Nara, Yuuhi Kunerai with Hinata Hyuga, Kiba Inuzuka and his white dog Akamaru, and Shino Aburame, Maito Gai with Neji Hyuga, Rock Lee and Tenten, and Kakashi Hatake and Yamato with Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, Sai Shimura and Mito Namikaze, who happened to be a very beautiful woman with long red hair, fair skin and ocean blue eyes.

"Okay. Now you all know your mission: Retrieve the hybrid freak and my daughter" Minato said, earning a collective 'Yes, sir!' from the 4 Genin teams.

"Minato-sama. If i may inquire, what about Menma-kun? Shouldn't we retrieve him as well?" Kakashi asked which made Minato scoff, before saying only one phrase.

"I have no need of such useless garbage as him. He is not my son"

This reply caused Kakashi, Kunerai, Yamato, Asuma, and Gai to widen their eyes in shock and disbelief.

No wonder they left this village.

"Okay. You may leave now" Minato said, making the Genin teams and their teachers head to the door of the council room.

"Mito. Sasuke. Wait here please" Minato called, causing the addressed two to stop in their tracks. Minato then knelt down on his knee, addressing Mito with a warm smile on his face.

"Listen to me, Mito. Your brother Menma is no longer himself. He is completely corrupted by that hybrid freak. So what i need you to do is to kill both of those two, since the moment that i stepped foot into this cursed place, and Menma was lost. I xouldn't save him at all, but your sister Naruko has shown promise. She was still hanging from that freak's control. I want you to save her as well, my dear daughter. Do not fret at all, and don't hesitate. Got it?" Minato asked his daughter, to which she nodded with tears building on her eyes.

"Yes, father. I will do as i am told" Mito whispered.

"Okay. You may go" Minato said, making Mito head outside the council room. Once she was out, Minato addressed Sasuke.

"The Uchiha Masacrre had just left you as the last survivor, Sasuke. This means that you must have wives for you to rebuild your clan. Once you capture Naruko, she's all yours, and just then, the Uchiha clan will rise again and even stronger than before, but before that, i want you to break Menma right in front of her eyes. You get me?" Minato said, causing Sasuke to opt a dirty smirk on his face.

"Yes. Thank you, Hokage-sama" Sasuke said before heading out.

The bubble that held this footage then shrunk until it disappeared.

All the while Shadow was glaring at this, his anger rising up, but suddenly, he hunched over, clutching his sides in pain, before coughing out blood.

"W-What is...this...?" Shadow managed to gasp.

"I can say that this is the result of you suppressing your Incubus side. I already know about you being a hybrid of a human, an Incubus and a Gear. And this process is natural, since you were suppressing your Incubus side unconsciously, it was just waiting for the chance to evolve, which will in turn weaken you for a considerable amount of time" Igor explaimed.

"B-But..." Shadow managed to say before coughing out more blood.

"Once your Incubus powers evolve, you will become even more stronger, even more stronger than the current creator god of the Amala Network. Nevertheless, by defeating Nyx, you have became a new existence: A Godslayer, and an independent one at that" Igor said.

"What are you...Talking about...?" Shadow gsped out, before coughing even more blood.

"Which brings us to the second sight" Igor said pointing at the second image bubble on his right, before he commanded it to fly to Shadow, who wasn't able to move from the pain.

Shadow looked at the bubble with focus and attention despite his pained state.

A man was walking in the streets of Kuoh town at night. Said man had long dark hair in a ponytail, sharp green eyes and slightly tanned skin. He was wielding a gray gauntlet and a katana. His outfit consisted of a dark navy blue jacket with white stripes, a light top, a brown belt, white pants with shin guards, white boots and a white scarf.

"My my. What does a samurai from the parallel universe of the Amala Network doing here?"

"?!"

The man swiftly turned around and drew his katana out, only to see that it was Hana, who was standing with her right hand on her hip, and a small smile on her face.

"Who are you? I can sense a powerful essence from you that is equal, if not exceeds mine" The man asked gritting his teeth, only for Hana to bow politely to him.

"My name is Hana, one of the Denizens of the Velvet Room, a place that exists between dream and reality, mind and matter. It's a pleasure to meet you, Flynn. Or should i say: Pawn of Creator Nanashi?" Hana introduced herself before smirking at Flynn and standing up straight.

"I am glad to be of use to Creator Nanashi. And i'm simply following his orders, and my orders is to find and eliminate Shadow Otsutsuki, since he will pose a threat to my master should he reach his full power" Flynn said, causing Hana to close her eyes, humming to herself with the same smile on her face ever plastered.

"I see. Well, in that case..." Hana trailed before raising her opened right palm, before it burst into blue flames with the kanji of 'Fiend' written on her palm, before she clenched her fist, with the sound glass breaking following after.

"Mother Harlot!"

Exclaiming the name of the mother of all abonimations, Hana had Mother Harlot in her full glory behind her: A gigantic, 12 feet red-colored dog with 6 heads, with the skeleton of a woman wearing a red noble lady dress with a golden cup held in her right hand sitting on the dog.

"...I shall be your opponent" Hana finished her speech, smirking at Flynn, who readied his katana for battle.

The bubble then begun to shrunj before disappearing away. Only then that Shadow hunched over to the ground once again, clutching his sides in pain while coughing out even more blood.

"As for you, my dear guest, you will be sent to a safe place while all of those events transpire" Igor said.

"Wha?! I cant! I...Must be...With them...They need...Me...Ugh...*Cough*" Shadow managed to gasp, coughingn out more blood.

"The only thing you have to worry about is your own self, my dear guest. Do not worry. Your friends might not be as strong as you, but i'm sure thst they are more than enough to this challenge. Umtil then, i shall bid you my farewell, and wish for you to return safely and healthy" Igor said before a blinding white light engulfed the Velvet Room.

The Underworld. A few minutes after the end of the Rating Game

"Woot! That was terrific! Never thought Rias-chan would win! Issei-chan was so cool as well!"

Those were the words of a beautiful girl looking in her late teens with black hair, tied into twin tails and blue eyes, along with a huge set of E-cups that completely contradicted her child-like body appearance and her short height of 160 cm while dressed in a pink magical girl outfit that did very little to hide her important parts.

Serafall Leviathan was someone that loved to be carefree and ongoing, never loving to be in one place, always looking for multiple possibilities for fun, and the Rating Game of Rias vs Riser was off the roof. Not to her only, but to the entire Underworld.

She also heard Issei Hyoudou, Rias' Pawn, talking about a man called Shadow, and thst he called him Sensei.

How she would trade everything to meet this young man...

"Omph?!

"?!"

And when she was swimming inside her thoughts, something fell on Serafall, knocking her off her feet, and causing her to land face first on the ground. Shaking hrr head, she shoved away the thing that fell on her and looked at it...

"Huh?"

...Only to find that it wasn't a thing, but it was a person.

It was a male with silked black hair that had red stripes on some hair strands, wearing what looked like a bike gangster outfit with odd looking shoes lying on the ground unconscious.

"Oh my...He seems to be hurt" Serafall stated, forgetting about the fact that a man just fell on her from the sky.

"Okay. I suppose he needs some care. Up you go~" She said in a sing song voice, before hoisting the unconscious man on her shoulder with one arm with unimaginable strength.

Unknown to Serafall, that was actually the man she wanted to meet.

Now, from a side, Shadow was thrown into the Underworld, from another side, Konoha is making another invasion against Shadow's friends, and on the third and final side, A Godslayer turned god was literally declaring war at the parallel universe Shadow was in.

What will happen next...?

And Done!

Woot! Around more than 14 k words in this chapter! Not thst i'm surprised. That's the least i can write.

Now, to list Shadow's Ultimate Personas:

Initial: Warble.

Fool: ?

Lovers: ?

Chariot: Asterios.

Hanged Man: ?

Hermit: ?

Magician: ?

Justice: ?

Judgement: ?

Strength: ?

Tower: Orpheus Telos.

Fortune: ?

Emperor: Baal

Empress: ?

Priestess: ?

Aeon: ?

Sun: Metatron

Star: Samsara Lucifer

Death: ?

Moon: ?

Hierophant: Daisoujou

Temperance: ?

Devil: ?

Hunger: ?

Faith: ?

Consultant: ?

Next Chapter: Naruko and Menma vs Konoha 12, Hana vs Flynn, and Shadow's time in the Underworld.

Until Next Time And Next Chapter!

Jude Warble, Out!