A/N: And I'm back with a new chapter! Quarantine here got extended which sucks but it's for a good reason, I can't really complain that much. Stay safe and never, ever discriminate front liners that are risking their health to keep us safe.
Number01BlazblueFan - The thing about Kagari erasing Matsuri and Shizune's memories will be discussed later on.
And with that done, let's get this chapter started!
Disclaimer: I don't own any characters appearing in this fic except if it's my OCs which rarely makes an appearance.
-EARTH 1612-
Kuoh Academy, Kuoh, Japan
Meanwhile back at the clubhouse in the main room of the ORC, we see the ORC, Riser Phenex' peerage, the AWA gang and Souna Sitri & Tsubaki Shinra gathered inside the room recuperating from the battle with Riser still getting treated after his powers & life force nearly drained out of him.
The doors then opened with Chizuru Tachibana, Akeno Himejima and Yubelluna entering the place.
"Hey, guys.'' Chizuru greeted with a two-finger salute, "What did we miss?'' he asked as Akeno made her way towards Rias Gremory and the others while Yubelluna made his way to her comrades.
Kenji Kazama whom is having a conversation with Dante and Yukio Okumura turns to the blonde bundle of annoyance, "You miss a lot ya miserable blonde.'' Kenji replied, "Where the hell have you been?'' he asked, "We've tried to call you but you didn't respond!" he exclaimed.
"Apologies for that.'' Chizuru apologized, "The ladies and I were busy taking on the dastardly look-a-like of mine with an eye-patch.'' he explained.
"You mean... Chikage Tachibana was here as well?" Izuku Midoriya pointed out in question.
Chizuru nodded, "Yeah... he was here.'' he confirmed, "The idiot wanted to fight me and took on the three of us instead.'' he stated, "I just don't understand why he is so obsessed with me or what the hell does he mean about 'trial' and 'standard' but what I understand that whatever that means... it means more trouble.'' he said with a blank look.
"I hate those morons cryptic words.'' Kiyomasa Senju muttered in annoyance.
"Whatever it is, like Chizuru said, it's nothing but trouble.'' Ichigo Kurosaki spoke, "We should tell the higher-ups and everyone about this, so we'll be prepared of whatever the Apostles are planning against us.'' he explained.
Yuusuke Urameshi nodded, "That's a good idea.'' he said in agreement.
Izumo Kamiki crosses her arms, "So, what should we do now?'' she questioned.
But before anyone could utter a reply, a red circle appears on the floor where Grayfia Lucifuge appears above it, "Is everyone doing all right?'' she questioned.
"Well look who decided to show up.'' Chizuru muttered in annoyance, "You know... you and whatever powerful demons you're associated with could at least aided us in taking those jabronies!"he complained, "And I'm not saying that because we couldn't take them but a little help would have been grateful.'' he stated.
Grayfia bowed down apologetically, "My sincere apologies but we were ordered not to interfere as the Demon Lord was interested watching all of you working together in fighting the intruders.'' she explained.
The AWA gang stares at her in disbelief as Kenji placed a hand on his forehead, "Let me this straight...'' he spoke, "... we we're out there, fighting our asses off and nearly got overwhelmed by the invaders, and that good for nothing you call of a Demon Lord decided not to help us because he was more interested of watching us working together?!" he stated in annoyance.
Grayfia bowed down apologetically once more, "Once again... my deepest apologies.'' she apologized.
Rias sighed in embarrassment, "Nii-sama...'' she muttered.
"Anyone want to roast a demon lord, please raise your hand.'' Chizuru beckoned and the entire AWA gang plus Dante raised their hands up, "It's decided... we're hunting down a demon lord tonight.'' he declared with a blank look.
"Hahaha!" a jolly laughing voice was heard all across the room, "You kids sure are an interesting bunch.'' the voice mused.
Suddenly, another red circle appears on the floor, then a man appears above it. The man is tall and handsome, he has shoulder length crimson red hair and blue-green eyes. He wears a black tuxedo jacket over a dark-green buttoned vest, a white collared shirt, a green necktie, black trousers and brown leather shoes. This is Sirzechs Lucifer, the older brother of Rias.
"Nii-sama!" Rias called out in surprise.
Sirzechs chuckled, "It's good to see you, Rias-tan.'' he greeted, "I'm glad that you're okay after that battle.'' he said with a smile before turning to the AWA gang, "You must be the special allies of Rias-tan that Grayfia-chan has told me about.'' he pointed out, "Please to meet you all, I am Rias-tan's older brother, Sirzech Lucifer and a current Demon Lord of the Underworld.'' he introduce himself.
Sirzechs was about to say something when suddenly, Chizuru appears before him and KICKS him hard on the face, "HOWATAAAA!'' the blonde shouted with a Bruce Lee-like expression as Grayfia, Rias and her peerage, and Riser's peerage stood their in shock.
I mean... Chizuru did kicked a demon lord on the face.
And with a second later, Kenji, Kiyomasa and Izumo joined Chizuru in angrily kicking down the demon lord on the floor, whom is curled in a ball protecting himself with his arms.
"You bastard! You got a lot of nerves showing yourself in front of us when were clearly pissed off at you!" Kenji growled.
"We want to vent our frustrations and you just volunteered!" Izumo shouted.
"Eat my dusty boots ya cretin!" Kiyomasa exclaimed.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I promise I won't do it again!" Sirzechs cried in fear.
"Everyone, please calm down and please refrain yourselves from harming the demon lord!" Grayfia admonished.
Meanwhile, the others watches the four kicking Rias' older brother on the floor with mixed expressions from disbelief, concern, shock and fear.
"President... is your brother... a pushover?'' Issei Hyoudou questioned.
Rias sighed, "He is at times.'' she confirmed.
A few minutes later, after Ochako Uraraka and Yuuto Kiba managed to convinced Chizuru, Kenji, Kiyomasa and Izumo to stop kicking the demon lord, everyone are seen gathered around the living area with a heavily bandaged Sirzechs standing in front of them with Grayfia standing behind him.
Sirzechs chuckled nervously, "Okay... I must admit that I do deserved getting kicked like that.'' he admitted.
Izumo huffed, "Believe me... you deserve more than that.'' she claimed.
Kenji crosses his arms, "All right... I know your here for a reason, so spit it out and let's get this over with.'' he beckoned in annoyance.
Sirzechs nodded, "First off... I want to tell you all that because of the unexpected interference the results of the Rating Game holds no winner.'' he announced, "And because of that... Rias-tan is still engaged with Riser-san.'' he pointed out.
Rias frowned, "I see.'' she muttered.
"Damn it!" Issei cursed in frustration.
Chizuru crosses his arms, "So, what are we gonna do about it?'' he asked, "Are we gonna settle it with a rematch?'' he pointed out.
Before Sirzechs and Grayfia could utter a reply, Riser spoke, "No need for that.'' the Phenex heir spoke while sitting up on the couch, "I'm backing out from this engagement.'' he announced which taken everyone aback.
"Nii-sama! Are you sure about this?'' Ravel Phenex questioned in shock.
Riser shrugged his shoulders, "It's the best I can do for now after Rias and her pawn saved me from death.'' he replied, "As much as I hate to admit it... they saved my life and despite everything I've done, they still decided helped me... so... I'm at least grateful for that.'' he admitted before turning to Rias, "You're free now Rias.'' he declared, "You don't need to worry about this shit again.'' he stated before turning to Sirzechs, "Am I right?'' he inquired.
Sirzechs nodded, "If that's your decision... then all I can do is respect that.'' he replied in agreement.
And with that, Rias' peerage let's out a cheer while gathering around the still shock Rias, "This is great, President!" Issei cheered.
"Congratulations, Rias, you a free to be what you want.'' Akeno complimented with a smile.
"President... congratulations.'' Koneko Toujou said with a smile.
Rias stood still for a minute before smiling, "Thank you everyone.'' she said in gratitude.
Chizuru chuckled, "Well what do you know... the Phenex' heir has surprising heart of gold.'' he mused.
"Who knew getting saved by the same girl you tried to marry by force will end up showing a good side of you.'' Kiyomasa added with a grin.
Riser glares at them, "Shut up, you mongrels!" he growled, "I am just grateful that's all! I just did the right thing!" he reasoned which prompted everyone, sans his peerage, burst out laughing at his expense, much to his chagrin.
Sirzechs rubs the back of his head, "Well... I'm definitely going to get an earful from both father and Lord Phenex but I think that is something I need to live up with since I gave Rias-tan so many hardships because of this engagement.'' he admitted with a smile.
Grayfia smiled, "It's a good way to start making up with Rias-sama.'' she pointed out.
Sirzechs chuckled, "You're right.'' he said in agreement before turning to the AWA gang, "By the way... there is something I want to talk to you people about.'' he said.
"Ready for another round of beating?'' Chizuru guessed with a raised eyebrow.
Sirzechs raised his hands up nervously, "Um... no.'' he replied, "I just want to know how is everyone from the AWA doing?'' he questioned.
Chizuru crosses his arms, "Well... they're doing fine.'' he answered when suddenly his eyes went wide in realization and not just him, the rest of the AWA gang's eyes went wide of what they just heard, "Wait! How did you know about the AWA?!" he exclaimed in shock.
Nejire Hadou then turns to Rias, "Did you tell them about us?'' she questioned.
Rias shook her head, "No, we didn't.'' she answered.
Grayfia then spoke, "Nobody told us about you.'' she said, "Though we weren't aware that you kids were from the AWA up until those strange people appeared and interrupted the Rating Game.'' she stated.
Kenji rubs his hair with both hands, "Okay... I'm totally confused!" he admitted, "Can you please tell us how do you know of the AWA?'' he questioned, "Because I'm pretty sure that we've only told Rias and Souna's peerage about this!" he pointed out with Rin Okumura nodding in agreement.
Sirzechs turns Grayfia whom nodded, the demon lord then turns his attention back to everyone, "You kids are already aware of the invasion in ZeroTopia, right?'' he questioned with the AWA gang, the ORC and Souna & Tsubaki nodding in response while Dante and Riser's peerage has no idea of what are they talking about, "Believe it or not... a few devils such as myself got ourselves involved in the event that has been known as the Invasion." he declared.
This taken the AWA gang aback, "Wait! You were in the Invasion back then!" Chizuru exclaimed in shock before looking at Kenji, "Really?'' he questioned.
"Why are you looking at me?" Kenji asked, "I don't have the answers for that revelation.'' he pointed out.
"Well... out of all of us... you were present during the Invasion.'' Yuusuke pointed out.
"There were literally a hundred people back then!" Kenji replied, "And besides... I never really took part of the war, I was more of a cabin boy back then and I only met the heroes after the war, and half of those heroes already left!" he explained.
"Nii-sama... how come you never told me about this?'' Rias questioned.
"There are good reasons for that, Rias-sama.'' Grayfia spoke, "But I believe that you'll understand once Sirzechs-sama explains everything.'' she stated.
Sirzechs then started explaining. It all started somewhere in the Underworld when he was having a meeting with the other demon lords when suddenly, they were under attacked by a large number of different and mysterious creatures, and because the attacks were unexpected and the creatures kept on coming, they were nearly got overwhelmed by them. Fortunately for them, Lelouch Lamperogue and a group of four Saiyans arrived by jumping out from a blue vortex and aided them in taking down the invaders. After eight hours of fighting, Sirzechs and his fellow demons thanked Lelouch and his companions. Lelouch then explained to that the multiverse is in chaos and Sirzechs and his fellow demons agreed to assist them.
After the battle against the invaders, Sirzechs and his fellow demons decided to take their leave but without saying their farewells to Lelouch and everyone. And upon returning back to their own world, they decided to keep the experience to themselves in concern of the Angels and the Fallen Angels finding this out and would recruit other people from other worlds in case another war breaks out.
"I see...'' Rias muttered, "So that's why I had no idea about this.'' she admitted.
"Ditto.'' Riser muttered in agreement.
"But I kinda understand their reasons though why this was kept a secret.'' Souna admitted, "Because of the hostile relationships we had with the Angels and the Fallen Angels... if they found out that us demons met people from other worlds... they will quick to assume that were recruiting them in strengthening our forces, resulting of them doing the same thing.'' she explained.
Grayfia nodded, "That is correct.'' she confirmed.
Dante snaps his fingers, "A Plus for keeping it a secret.'' he mused.
"Well... now we understand how you come to know of the AWA.'' Chizuru said, "Damn those jabronies for exposing our secrets!" he complained in annoyance.
"Don't worry... the other demons still has no idea about your true identities.'' Sirzechs reassured, "Only those who took part of the Invasions are aware of you kids are not demons.'' he explained, "Well... most of you are.'' he added.
Ravel then spoke, "Wait a minute! Are you saying that these people aren't demons?!" she pointed out.
"A few of us are half-demons.'' Chizuru answered referring to Yuusuke, the Okumura twins and Dante, "But the rest of us are just weirdos with weird abilities.'' he said with a casual smile.
"Who are you calling a weirdo?!'' Kimial "Kim" Diehl demanded in annoyance.
"That's cheating!" Ile and Nel exclaimed.
Chizuru scoffed, "All is fair in love and war, desperate times calls for desperate measures.'' he said with a shrug of his shoulders, "Besides... when you're up against something or someone so powerful... you know you'll do a lot of things just to win.'' he stated, "Even if it means resorting to dirty methods.'' he added with narrowed eyes.
"Michael Jackson" Rock Lee tips his Fedora hat, "Honor is real in AWA but we're still scoundrels through in through.'' he commented.
"Which makes us no better than the Apostles.'' Kenji thought with a blank look.
Riser was about to argue when he realized that Chizuru's logic made sense, "You... you had a valid point.'' he admitted.
Izumo crosses her arms, "So... what now?'' she questioned.
Sirzechs nodded, "You see... another thing I want to discuss about with you kids is that my fellow demons and I, those who took part of the invasion mind you, decided to finally formed an alliance with the AWA.'' he announced.
This surprises everyone as Chizuru spoke, "Really?'' he questioned, "Not that we don't mind but you couldn't have form an alliance with the AWA during the aftermath of the Invasion.'' he pointed out, "So why now?'' he asked.
"Back then... we were busy with Underworld problems and politics, and we don't want to get involved too much with the problems of other worlds.'' Grayfia explained, "But things are different now... with the invaders once again causing problems in this world, we're definitely are in-need of the aid of outside experts to take care of them.'' she stated.
"And that's why we've decided to finally form an alliance with the AWA.'' Sirzechs declared.
Chizuru nodded, "All right... you got me convinced.'' he replied, "But what's the catch?'' he asked.
Sirzechs chuckled, "You're very perspective, I'll give you that.'' he mused, "You see... while my fellow Demon Lords and I decided to form an alliance with the AWA, we decided to keep the alliance a secret as well to keep the Angels and the Fallen Angels from suspecting of something.'' he explained.
Izuku nodded, "That's understandable.'' he said.
"I think the higher-ups will agree in keeping this alliance a secret.'' Yukio pointed out.
"Well... with settled... guess I'll contact the higher-ups to tell that you want to form an alliance with the AWA.'' Chizuru said before pulling out his phone and walking off to make a call.
As this is going on, Rias turns to his older brother, "Nii-sama... if you wouldn't mind... my peerage and I would love to join the AWA.'' she suggested, "We would love to lend the AWA a hand in saving different worlds from the invaders.'' she declared.
"My peerage and I would like to join as well.'' Souna said in agreement.
Riser then got up from his seat, "We would like to join this AWA as well.'' he declared, "I want to get my hands on that scoundrel that nearly killed me.'' he growled in anger.
Sirzechs nodded, "If that's what you want.'' he accepted, "Rias-tan's peerage, Miss Sitri's peerage and Sir Phenex' peerage will represent the Underworld as part of it's alliance with the AWA.'' he declared which made everyone cheered in excitement.
Kenji crosses his arms, "Great... more headaches are joining us.'' he muttered in annoyance.
Izuku chuckled, "Really? I'm actually pretty excited about this.'' he admitted, "I can't wait to see the full extent of everyone's abilities especially Hyoudou-san's.'' he said with a smile.
Kenji then turns his attention towards Issei whom is currently taking to Asia Argento and Yuuto, "Hmm... I wonder where did he learned to transform into some sort of Kamen Rider-like armor made of scales.'' he muttered in deep thoughts.
"Probably from training.'' Izuku replied.
Kenji's eyes narrowed in suspicion, "I believe he didn't got that from any form of training...'' he muttered.
Later that night at the clubhouse where everyone are seen celebrating Rias' freedom and the alliance between the Underworld and the AWA has been finalized. Both Sirzechs and Grayfia left to attends some business, Riser and his peerage also left but told everyone that they'll see them again at the AWA grounds. Dante, despite being promised to help get him back to his world, decided to join the AWA as well.
Everyone are seen scattered all across the room having a conversation with Kenji talking to Souna and Tsubaki when Asia walks towards, "Excuse me?'' the blonde called out getting their attentions, "Have you seen Issei-san around?'' she asked.
Kenji shook his head, "No, I haven't seen him.'' he answered, "Sorry.'' he apologized.
"No, it's okay.'' Asia reassured, "But where could he have gone to?'' she questioned in concern.
"He's probably somewhere in the clubhouse.'' Kenji said.
Souna spoke, "Come to think of it... I haven't seen Rias either.'' she pointed out.
"She must have step outside to get some fresh air.'' Tsubaki concluded, "I mean... she might still be in shock now that her engagement with Riser has been dropped.'' she stated.
Souna nodded, "I think so, too." she said in agreement.
Kenji facefaulted, "I think I had an idea to where they are.'' he thought.
Meanwhile outside the clubhouse, we see Rias and Issei standing by the front yard, staring at the starry night skies.
"Quite a night we have, huh, Issei?'' Rias mused.
Issei nodded, "Yeah.'' he answered when suddenly, Rias gently placed a hand on his left cheek, "P-President?'' he muttered in surprise.
"Why? Why do you have to sacrifice your arm for someone like me?'' Rias questioned in regret.
Issei chuckled, "Well... just like what Chizuru said... desperate times calls for desperate measures.'' he answered, "It was a good deal though.'' he admitted, "I thought I could use it to defeat Riser but I used it instead in taking on that guy.'' he explained, "But don't you worry about me... your happiness is more important than my arm.'' he reassured with a smile.
"This time it may have been cancelled, but another engagement proposal can come in at any time.'' Rias pointed out in concern.
"Next time, it will be my right arm.'' Issei spoke which made Rias' eyes widen in shock, "Then my eye, I guess.'' he followed, "I'll come save you, no matter how many times.'' he declared, "I'm Rias Gremory's pawn, after all.'' he said with a proud look.
After hearing Issei's declaration, Rias couldn't resist it any longer, wrapping her arms around him, she quickly caught him in a deep, passionate kiss. Issei's eyes widen in shock and after Rias pulled away from the kiss, Issei's mouth was wide open.
Rias chuckled, "That was my first kiss.'' she confessed, "Japanese girls give it a lot of meaning, don't they?'' she pointed out.
"Y-Yes, they do...'' Issei answered when he realized something, "Wait, first kiss?!" he squawked, "Was it really okay for me to have your first?'' he asked in concern.
"What you've done is just as valuable...'' Rias pointed out, "... so consider it a reward.'' she said with a smile.
The two stares at each other for a minute before sharing a hearty laughter.
And that's it for chapter, I hope you all enjoyed it! And as stated in the chapter, Rias' peerage, Souna's peerage and Riser's peerage, and as well as Dante, are now part of the AWA! I know that Riser's peerage is an odd addition but I like them, so I decided to have them join the AWA.
This character debuted in this chapter:
Sirzechs Lucifer is from High School Dxd
Next chapter will be an epilogue and after that, we'll be heading back to All Worlds Alliance Stories for more shenanigans.
Until then paalam!