(A/N: Hello everybody, I hope you all are doing good and hope that you guy like the new chapter. Plus thanks for your thoughts on the previous chapter and for that I grant you all a brand spanking new chapter with all the bells and whistles. As always enjoy the chapter.)
-Urahara's Training Grounds-
Day 1, 9:30 A.M.
Ever since they started in the morning Rias and her peerage were training with the help of Yoruichi overseeing their training while Kisuke trains Issei. At the start of their day, Urahara brought some training gear for them including timers and a few fighting dummies. Everyone from Issei to Ichigo picked their respective partner for the day and are training in different parts of the large underground area giving each other their much-needed space for their respective sparring and or practice and every so often taking a ten-minute break so not to be too exhausted by the day's end.
On one side Kiba using his Sword Birth is sparing with Renji and his Zabimaru. "Now Roar! Zabimaru!" Renji shouts as he swings his zanpakutou the segmented blade would extend thanks to the stretchable thread in between them as he swings the sword downward towards the blonde knight.
But Kiba quickly dodges it by moving out of the way while wielding a two-handed longsword as he charges towards Renji. "You have to do better than that."
"Oh don't worry, I got more in store." Renji then pulls back his Zabimaru as the whip-like sword's segments return directly to Renji only for the soul reaper by moving his wrist would the direction slightly change and have it go straight towards Kiba.
But the blonde was quick to react as he blocks the incoming attack with his own sword and quickly deflects Zabimaru.
"Hey not bad, you know with your ability I'd say you would fit well in the Soul Society." says Renji as the soul reaper brings back the rest of Zabimaru on his side retracting the zanpakuto into its normal length.
"You think so?"
"Yeah, I'd say you be a third seat or maybe a lieutenant with a little more training."
"Thank you for your praise, sensei."
"Please just Renji, and I'm not exactly teacher material."
"If you say so, now back to business." Kiba dispels his two-handed sword and summons a pair of long knight swords and quickly dash towards Renji. Only for the crimson-red haired Shinigami to block his attack with his Zabimaru.
As both Kiba and Renji continue with their sparring another spar fight was under way with Uryu taking on Akeno as the raven-haired girl uses her magic to fire her lightning bolts at the Quincy and in turn he response by firing multiple arrows towards her only for Akeno to fly out of the way and fires another lightning bolt at Uryu only for him to dodge her attack with his speed.
"My you're very good."
"Thank you, after many fights that I've been I tend to pick up a few tricks here and there."
"You don't say, also now that I have the chance. I've been meaning to spar with you ever since that hollow swarm yesterday. You're pretty strong." says Akeno as she fires another one of her thunderbolts at Uryu only for the teen to quickly dodge and fire another arrow at Akeno only for her to counter it with her lightning magic.
"Thank you, but it is my duty to protect the town. But I do appreciate your help of exterminating them nonetheless."
"Oh I was simply in the neighborhood when they showed up and I know how much trouble they could be. Especially that big one."
-Yesterday-
Having used the excuse of using the bathroom Uryu quickly goes into action even having felt the presence of a hollow. The slim teen leaves school grounds without detection as he goes into the streets of Karakura following the presence of the hollow.
Reaching a vacant lot Uryu spots the hollow. The large creature has the appearance of a large gorilla with thick dark fur and with the mask having the appearance of a tribal mask with long horns on top and tusks on both sides of the mouth area. But once the large beast like hollow spots Uryu it quickly begins to pound on its chest and charge right at him.
"Simple enough." bringing out his Heilig Bogen Uryu quickly disposes of the large hollow with only five arrows hitting right on the mask, shattering it killing the hollow instantly.
"Well that was easy." says the teen as he puts away his spirit weapon and begins to walk back to school but suddenly a Garganta opens and Uryu felt a large presence behind him.
Uryu looks over his shoulder and he can see a large swarm of hollows coming out of the Garganta. Without hesitation Uryu quickly brings out his bow and begins to fire a large collection of arrows.
Just as the arrows hit the targets more hollows continue to come out of the portal. But suddenly a large lightning bolt hits several of the hollows killing them all in one shot.
The one responsible was Akeno with her devil wings spread out of her back as she flies and lands next to Uryu. "Need a hand?" says Akeno with a smile
"Yes, if it means finishing this quickly," says Uryu as both he and Akeno begin their combined assault of spirit arrows and lightning bolts destroying all of the hollows that came out of the Garganta.
"That was easy," says Akeno before a loud roar and coming out of the Garganta a tall black hollow with a white mask with a pointed nose and spikes around its neck. A Gillian appears before them with another collection of hollows coming out as well.
"This could take a bit," says Uryu preparing his bow and creates an arrow while Akeno flies and lands next to him with a lightning bolt on hand and ready to fire.
-Present Day-
"Yes, it did look bad and it took a lot longer than I wanted it to be," says Uryu since by the time the whole battle was over school has ended and when he got back the same teacher caught him and got a scolding for ditching class. It wasn't his best day.
"But at least with our combined power we got the job done." says Akeno as she continues to hover while keeping her distance from Uryu.
"Maybe, shall we continue?" says the Quincy as he creates another arrow.
"Sure." says Akeno with a smile as the two continue with their sparring.
On the left side of the training grounds, Issei is breathing heavily having been dodging and counterattacking Kisuke and his Benihime zanpakuto using his boosted gear.
"Now, scream! Benihime! Shouts Urahara unleashing another red beam from his zanpakuto.
BOOST!
"Crap! Not enough time."Issei having to dodge the attack as he was unable to fully charge his boosted gear in time.
"Ca….ha..can..ha….I...ha….take...a...ha….break yet?" says Issei on his back breathing heavily catching his breath having been moved around the area so much.
"Not with that attitude, my perverted-minded pupil." says Kisuke in a sing-song voice while holding his fan covering his face hiding his smile while holding Benihime with his other hand.
"Oh come on man! We've been at this since this morning." cried Issei as he tries to get back on his shaking feet still feeling the fatigue of constant dodging and countering Urahara's attacks.
"Well I did say that I was going to be working you down to the bone." says Kisuke with a grin while wielding his zanpakuto.
"Yeah, that's before realizing that you're too fast and too strong for me to take on. The best I could do is to dodge or counter your attacks. So come on and cut me some slack for once!" says the young teen gaining the strength to get back on his feet but he still feels fatigued.
Before Urahara could answer, his messenger device buzzed alerting Kisuke as he puts away his fan and then takes it out of his pocket. It was a text message from Ururu telling him that there is a call for him and it was important.
"Hmmm well I suppose I can let you rest for a while." says Urahara as he takes his zanpakuto and has it return to its cane form.
"Alright!"
"But in half an hour if I'm not back by then I'd like you to spar with….hmmm….spar with Ichigo."
"Huh? Ichigo? But the guy is way over there meditating. He's been like that for more than an hour."
"True, but I'm sure he'll be back to our reality soon." says Kisuke as he walks back to the stairway that leads back up to his shop.
"Or better yet, leave the kid to me, I mean really Kisuke who knows how long Ichigo will take," Yoruichi says as she comes over to them.
"Don't you have enough on your plate as it is?" says Kisuke pointing out that Yoruichi was overseeing everyone's training.
"Nah, everybody is doing what they're supposed to be doing, I can do one more." says Yoruichi with Issei quickly drooling over her beauty.
"If you say so," says Kisuke as he leaves her with Issei
"Alright Issei, first we-ah." Yoruichi stops mid-sentence as Issei is having another one of his perverted episodes with a face to match while his eyes scan Yoruichi's figure from top to bottom.
"He's no Ichigo, that's for sure." mumbles the flash goddess as she flashes steps next to Issei and without warning, sucker punches him snapping out his perverted daydream.
"Ouch! Hey I wasn't ready," says Issei rubbing the sour spot where Yoruichi hit him.
"Well tough potatoes, if you space out like that you just leave yourself wide open for an attack. The first rule of battle, never let your guard down," says Yoruichi as she puts her hands on her waist as she sees Issei still rubbing his cheek.
"Yeah, gotcha." says Issei as he gets back up to his feet.
"Here." Yoruichi tosses a water bottle to Issei which the teen was quick to catch.
"Thanks." says the teen as he begins drinking.
"Before we start, just take a thirty-minute break like Kisuke says and then I want to see what that red gear of yours is all about."
"You got it." Issei opens the bottled water and begins to drink.
On the far side of the training grounds far away from the rest, Ichigo is sitting on a large slab of rock with Zangetsu resting in front of him. After practicing his swings with his Zangetsu for an hour the substitute soul reaper then sits down, cross his legs, close his eyes and meditates to calm his mind and once he does that.
-Ichigo's Inner World-
Once he opens his eyes Ichigo is no longer in Urahara's training grounds but instead, he finds himself standing on the side of a tall building and unlike before the place isn't underwater. He looks around and he could see other tall buildings and a clear blue sky with a few clouds here and there.
But he's not here for the scenery. He begins to look around to see if he could find Zangetsu but he doesn't know how he would look like since the last time they saw each other he and his inner hollow were fused as one.
Ichigo walks on the side of the building and eventually reaching the edge of it and all he could see is a black void below the buildings. He looks to the other side and thought about jumping to the other building but after looking down again he quickly shakes the idea since he doesn't want to risk of falling into the abyss and probably be back in the real world.
"Hello, Ichigo."
Ichigo quickly looks over his shoulder and there he was. A tall, lean-built, and stoic middle-aged man. He has pale skin, high cheekbones, stubble, and long ragged black hair with brown highlights. His attire consists of a tattered white dress shirt with an upturned collar and cuffs, black pants, low-heeled boots, and a long, amorphous black overcoat with a burgundy highlight that flares out into ragged ends. He also wears a brown-tinted, semi-transparent wraparound sunglasses.
"Old man Zangetsu." There was no mistaking it in front of Ichigo is his Zanpakuto spirit how he originally was before being fused with his inner hollow….speaking of which.
"Wait, if you're here. Where is he?" Ichigo asks asking about his inner hollow.
"I'm not sure, I've yet to see him but I can still feel his presence in this place." says Zangetsu.
"I see." Ichigo begins to feel his inner hollow's presence but where exactly is he is anyone's guess. Still, he can't help but worry that his inner hollow would pull any of his stunts.
"I'm sure he will show himself in time, but for now I ask. What brings you here, Ichigo?" says the tall dark man remaining serious as ever.
"I just came here to see how things are in here, but I guess when my powers were restored I guess this place just went back to normal."
"That's correct, when your friend released the reishi into your soul, it was able to restore your inner world. Granted since the reishi belongs to others that you call comrades, it somewhat changed this place but nothing too drastic."
"You mean the collection of new buildings?"
"Yes, mostly that but I'm sure you didn't just come here to just talk about that. Right?"
"Yeah Kisuke told me I need to learn to control my power and I figured who else that can help me with that but you."
"I see, very well. If you really want to learn to fully control your spiritual power you must face me head on if you dare," says Zangetsu as the spirit summons his weapon counterpart and waits for Ichigo to make the first move.
"Alright then." Ichigo then draws his weapon and quickly charges at the old man beginning his training to fully control his powers.
-Urahara's Training Grounds-
11:30 A.M.
Meanwhile, as Kisuke returns to the shop above he sees Tatsuki practicing her karate using a training dummy that with a closer look one can see it wearing what looks like a crude drawing of Riser's face taped on the dummy as the girl keeps punching and kicking the dummy relentlessly.
Kisuke watches Tatsuki until she stops and grabs her water bottle. Seeing an opportunity to speak with her Kisuke approaches her. "Pardon me, Ms. Tatsuki. Do you have a minute to speak?"
"Yeah? What's up?" Tatsuki says after taking a few gulps of water after the workout she did as she walks over to Kisuke with the man himself giving her a small towel to dry off her sweat from her forehead.
"Ms. Tatsuki, I don't think it's wise for you to join in on the upcoming battle."
"Wait, what!? Why not!?" Tatsuki says loudly in anger.
"To put it simply, you have no offensive abilities to speak off, aside from being resistant to reiatsu, being spiritually aware, high endurance which is always a plus and let's not forget the obvious expert level karate that you possess. But I fear that alone won't be enough."
"Then what am I supposed to do?" Tatsuki says in an annoyed tone.
"Before I would answer that, tell me Miss Tatsuki. Why did you join Rias in her endeavor to break the marriage? You two only knew each other for a few days at best, or is there another reason that you want to do this?."
"..." Tatsuki looks at the ground unable to use the right words to answer Kisuke.
"Is it because of what happened a few years back?" Kisuke asks and this time Tatsuki looks up at him even without saying a word Kisuke got his answer. But Tatsuki gathers her words and speaks to him honestly.
"Sorta…you see, ever since Ichigo got his powers for the first time I felt like we were drifting apart. At first, I thought nothing of it thinking he was just being moody. But when Orihime got taken during the whole war thing against Aizen and Ichigo then just plain tells me that it's none of my business. I mean how am I going to react to that?!"
"Mhm."
"Hell, I punched him in the face so hard that I bashed his back side of his head against the window and breaking it."
"I see."
"I just….what I'm trying to say is that I don't want to be left behind and let Ichigo do everything. I mean yeah he has help but I want to help him too. I mean, me and him have a history for crying out loud, that should mean something…..I just want to fight by his side and have him know that I will always be there when he's in a bind."
"Hmmm...I see I can understand your situation…..come with me I might have something in my shop that can help you with your dilemma and might assist you in the upcoming fight."
"Really!? Thanks, Mr. Urahara!"
"Don't thank me just yet, I just need to make sure it works first." says Kisuke as he and Tatsuki following him head back up to the shop.
Meanwhile, close to by to Uryu and Akeno's sparring Chad and Koneko are exchanging punches and kicks.
"You're a lot stronger than I expected," says Chad as Koneko delivers a powerful punch hitting his Brazo Derecho del Gigante in its shield form. The force of Koneko's punch was enough to push Chad back but only a few meters.
"And you're a lot tougher than I thought, most would go down with just a few of my punches," says Koneko as she and Chad have been
"Yeah, I can feel it. You got a lot of power, but whatever you throw at me I can take it," says Chad as the large teen then fires another El Directo at Koneko only for the young teen to quickly move out of the way and dash towards the tall teen and delivers a collection of punches and kicks with Chad blocking most of them.
Once Koneko stops her barrage of attacks she looks over to Chad with her usual stone face look. "Can I ask you something?"
"Sure."
"Why do all of this to help us, exactly? We barely know each other from a hole in the ground," says Koneko with her expression remaining the same as ever.
"Well...it may be true that I might not know much about Rias or the rest of you, but if Ichigo is willing to help her then I will do the same." says Chad answering Koneko's question.
"So in a way, he's your King, like how Rias's is ours," says Koneko
"Uh...yeah, but it's more just being a loyal friend and that we made a promise a long time ago." Chad isn't familiar with the peerage business but in a way, he does understand where Koneko comes from.
"Oh….so wanna take a break? The timer of our spar ended a few minutes ago."
"Yeah, sure."
Meanwhile, close to the stairway, Asia practices her defensive magic by creating a barrier similar to Orihime's while Rias teaching her more defensive magic while Rukia would fire her kido spells at her to test their endurance. Orihime herself would coach Asia, helping her and giving her tips on how to create different forms of barriers including one with spikes on the outside.
"Ok I'm ready!" says Asia as the girl through concentration and using her magic creates a wide emerald-colored barrier as she prepares to take Rukia's kido attack.
"Alright, here I go, Hadō #33. Sōkatsui!" Rukia fires a small stream of blue energy at Asia's barrier.
"Ngh!" Asia's barrier begins to crack but with her magic Asia manages to restore the barrier and successfully blocking Rukia's kido spell.
"Very good Asia, but now let's see how much it can take. Rukia if you will," says Rias
"Gotcha, Hadō #33. Sōkatsui!" Rukia fires another stream of blue energy this time with more power behind it.
As the kido spell hits Asia's barrier she's feeling the pressure as her barrier begins to crack in several spots while being under the strain of Rukia's kido attack.
"Don't give up Asia, you can do it!" says Orihime cheering Asia on.
Asia can feel the fatigue setting in while her magic barrier continues to crack more and more but she won't submit as she increases her magic barrier to the highest she could muster eventually restoring and repairing her cracking barrier.
"There we go!" says Orihime with joy.
"I knew she could do it." says Rias with pride in her bishop.
At this point, Rukia's Sōkatsui has stopped to which Asia dispels her barrier and falls on her rear on the ground breathing heavily.
"You did great Asia!" says Orihime going over to Asia with Rukia and Rias close behind.
"Hah...hah...haah….thanks." Asia getting up on her feet with the help of Orihime.
"I was a little worried that your barrier was going to break by my kido. But you pulled through," says Rukia being impressed by Asia.
"Ye-yeah….can..can I take a break..please?" Asia asks still breathing heavily after all of that.
"Of course, Asia you've earned it," Rias says going over to a small fridge that's under the stairway and gives Asia a bottle of water.
"Thanks." says Asia as she sits on a large flat stone taking a break with Orihime sitting next to her and having a conversation.
As the two girls talk Rukia would look over to Asia and then turns her attention to Rias and walks over to her "Rias."
"Yes, Rukia."
"I've been thinking since Asia is good with magic. I wonder if it's possible to teach her offensive magic."
"Hmmm….what brought this up?"
"From what I've seen she's very good with magic and with the battle ahead of us, I feel she could learn a few attack spells."
"Hmm...that is true but the thing is Asia is not one to hurt someone intentionally, she's similar to Orihime to that regard."
"True, but even Orihime has her own special attacks with her powers."
"That maybe so but I do plan on keeping both of them next to me during the battle."
"So I take it you're already making plans for the fight."
"Considering what we're up against, I have to. Even with the rest of you joining the battle and with the following days of training, there's no telling what Raiser has up his sleeves not to mention where the battle might take place."
"I see,"
-Ichigo's Inner World-
What felt like a few hours have passed in the real world. In Ichigo's inner world it felt like days have passed by as the building that both Ichigo and Zangetsu is torn to shreds as they been fighting nonstop.
Ichigo can feel the exhaustion setting in having been fighting his zanpakuto spirit for a long time. But during their fight, Ichigo little by little relearns to control his power and attack and now he feels that he's finally got a hang of his powers again.
Sensing this as well Zangetsu stops fighting and dismisses his weapon counterpart. "I see that you have regained control. But I fear this is only the beginning."
"Yeah, I figured. I've still had yet to use my bankai." says the orange-haired substitute soul reaper.
"Yes, but for now we are done for today. As you can see your inner world needs repairs." Zangetsu shows Ichigo the amount of damage that they have done to the place."
"Damn….I take it this could take a while to fix."
"Not really, just give it a day and the inner world should return to normal."
"Alright, but before I leave...I can still feel 'his' presence."
"As do I, 'he' must be up to something. But for now, return to your world and let me worry about him for the time being." says the old man zanpakuto spirit.
"...Alright I'll leave 'him' to you, later." says Ichigo hesitant at first to leave but seeing Zangetsu's always calm attitude gives him a sense of security as he closes his eyes.
-Back in Urahara's Training Ground-
Ichigo opens his eyes and he can hear his friends sparring and training among themselves. He tries to get up but his legs are asleep for being in that crossed position all this time. He checked the time on his cellphone and it was already 3 pm.
"Oh, you're back."
Ichigo looks over and sees Rias standing in front of him. "Oh hey."
"So how did it go? Have you found enlightenment?" says Rias jokingly
"Ha, you're hilarious," says Ichigo sarcastically as he slowly gets to his feet and stretches for a bit before returning to his normal body that was lying next to him by a few feet.
"So I take it you got control of your powers?" says Rias
"Sort've there's still much I have to do," says Ichigo as the two teens head back to join the others.
"I see, but at least you have the next seven days to be fully ready," Rias says with a smile.
"Yeah...have you been waiting for me to come back?" Ichigo asks wondering if Rias was just sitting there waiting for him to return.
"Ah no, I mean I was...just a little worried that you took so long is all." says Rias as she tries to hide her blush from Ichigo.
"Well...if you say so." says Ichigo as the two return with the rest as Kiba is currently sparring with Uryu while Akeno fights with Renji.
"I see they're having fun."
"It's good for everyone to know each other's fighting styles and techniques," says Rias
Ichigo looks around and notices that Tatsuki isn't around. "Hey, where did Tatsuki go?"
-Inside Urahara Shop Storage Room-
After answering and speaking with the person in the phone call, Kisuke takes Tatsuki to the storage and shows her one of his many inventions. "So what exactly is this thing," says Tatsuki as she looks at a box with a white orb inside.
"You could say it was an old device that I made a few years back. It supposed to help those have a better control of their spirit energy. I think this will be perfect for you."
"Sooo…..what am I supposed to do with this?" says Tatsuki as she takes the orb in her hands and immediately she can feel some sort of energy swirling around inside.
"Wha-what's this?"
"That would be your spirit energy and by the looks of it, you possess a lot of it. For the time being, I want you to use this to concentrate your spiritual power inside the orb and once you reach that point, take control of it."
"But what am I supposed to do with it when I control it?"
"Hmmm...well you could always shoot it like a projectile attack like in those popular fighting games in arcades." says Kisuke with a cheery attitude while holding his fan again covering his grinning face with Tatsuki just looking at him with a not believing face.
"Oh come now Ms. Tatsuki, have I ever mislead anyone?...Don't answer that," says Kisuke quickly covering more of his face with his fan.
Tatsuki looks at the orb and looks back at Kisuke and after thinking for a few minutes. "Alright I'll try it out, who knows? This thing could give me the edge I needed."
"That's the spirit and feel free to take it home with you, think of it as extra homework," Kisuke says in a happy tone.
"Yeah, like I don't have enough on my plate. But you know thanks again," says Tatsuki as she puts the orb back in the squared box and heads back down to the underground chamber.
"You're welcome and don't mention it," say Kisuke
-Somewhere in The Underworld-
Meanwhile in an old colosseum deep in the underworld just as Rias and the gang are training Riser and his peerage are training as well with the blonde himself overlooking his peerage training.
"Keep at it! Not once should you ever give leniency to your foes in battle," says Riser as he watches his peerages fighting each other as if they are willing to take each other's lives.
The two maids Marion and Bürent fight each other in hand to hand combat while the chainsaw wielding twins Ile and Nel fight the twin catgirls Ni and Li.
Mira and Shuriya fight it out using their respective abilities as Isabela and Xuelan go fist to fist with each other exchanging blows with their respective martial arts. Finally Yubelluna and Mihae battle using their respective magic.
Ravel then flies over to her brother and lands next to him. "Don't you think this is a bit overboard? I mean this battle shouldn't be that hard if all we have to worry about is a rag tag bunch that Rias slapped together."
"Don't be so sure Ravel, even what you say is true it doesn't mean we can't be ready for what's to come. Not to mention we have plenty of Phoenix potions to fully heal ourselves," says Riser with an arrogant tone.
Ravel just looks at her brother and then turns her attention to the fight between Karlamine and Siris going sword to sword. "I still don't understand why to go this far if we're going to win anyway?"
"Then you don't need to, for me, it's making sure that victory and the hand of Rias Gremory are mine completely and when I defeat that orange-haired peasant that defied me I will scorch him until he's nothing but ash!" Using his pyrokinetic powers Riser fires a powerful fireball hitting a dummy and reducing it to a pile of ashes.
"Yes...he will burn for his defiance...Hahahahahaha!"
To be Continued!
Ending Theme - Roundabout by Yes
(A/N: Yes I added the first ending theme from 2011's Jojo's Bizzare Adventure, I feel that it fits very well with this fic and maybe making it a thing plus it's super catchy and that ending though. ;)
But now to answer the questions made in the review section. 1st to Matemeo: For now as you can see Team Riser is training hard and not planning to lose this battle. For your second question, the whole Rias vs. Adjucha thing was just ill advised and just a mistake on my part as I thought that the bleach universe was stronger than the HDxD universe. Heck, two of my friends who fully know both series royally chewed me out for having Rias lose to a hollow, so as of now Rias is stronger than how she was in the beginning. Plus I think Ichigo vs. Riser can go either way ;) I won't say more about that.
For AJ: I've been debating with myself about adding both Shinji and Hiyori and ultimately cut them from the battle, but it doesn't mean they are out of the story completely as they will show in season 2 in the Excalibur Hunt and Kokabiel fight.
For SomethingAncient: I believe we already talked about this if not I will say that I have fixed the issue of Tatsuki's reasons for joining in this chapter as you might have already read. Plus it's not like I'm going to throw her in a den of lions bare-handed and have given her something that can give her an edge and a little shout to a certain fighting game series. And if Issei does count as 8 pieces he's still one person. Plus and I probably already said this to you but politics is never my strong suit and I didn't consider them in my planning for the story.
For REQUIEMCROSS: Yhwach nor the 1000 Year Blood War Arc will be in this story since he's just too overpowered as I said it before and Ichigo only has his Soul Reaper and Hollow powers that's it.
So yeah, sadly Shinji and Hyori will not be participating in the fight after debating with myself and asking a few of my friends I decided that Rias's team is fine as it is. So yeah! Next time the gang continues their training and having a day to relax and prepare for the battle for Rias's freedom.
Last thing and I'm very glad that so many people keep favoriting and following my story it means a lot. Please leave a review to know if you guys like the chapter as I always say that your reviews keeps me motivated and keep continuing till the grand finale which won't be coming for a loooong time. So til next time ladies and gentlemen, Later.)
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