"" - Talking
'' - Thinking
{} - Sparda
[] - Ddraig
It was 11.40pm and all of the club's members were gathered in the old school building, waiting and relaxing. Asia was the only one not in school uniform, being that she was wearing her nun outfit. Yuuto had a gauntlet on his hand and had some armour on his lower legs to cover his Knight's weakness, his swords were leant against the wall. Koneko was sitting on a chair reading a book, on her hands were martial artist fingerless gloves which Akeno, Rias and Yukio also wore while the two third years were drinking green tea elegantly.
"Yuuto-san…Can I borrow a sword?" Yukio asked, the idea coming to him due to Amonusen being more of a giant bat instead of a sword at the moment while it was sealed, the Knight gave him a confused look as Yukio decided to explain
"Amonusen's not much more then a giant bat considering it's sealed and then I can only really use it well as a demolition tool with the attack I know…plus I want to save it for an emergency"
Yuuto gave a look to Rias who nodded before smiling as he nodded "Alright…anything in particular?"
"Erm…just something one handed will do" Yukio replied confused, Yuuto making a black hilted sheathed katana out of thin air which he held out for Yukio to take.
"How did you make that…?" Yukio asked confused as he accepted it, attaching it to the belt loop in his slacks over his right hip as Yuuto explained
"My Sacred Gear allows me to make any swords I can come up with…and what effects"
"Wow, that's a great Sacred Gear for you…and thanks for the sword…" Yukio spoke as he unsheathed the katana to look at the steely blade for only a moment before returning it.
The magic circle in the room started to glow ten minutes before the match, Grayfia appearing from it as she looked around the room before speaking
"Is everyone ready? It's ten minutes before the match" Everyone stood up after Grayfia confirmed us before then starting to explain about the battle.
"When it'll be the time to start the battle, you will be transported to the battle field with this magic circle. The location of the place is in a different dimension used for battles. You may fight with all your power. It's a disposable space so feel free to fight to your satisfaction."
Yukio nodded as his worry about destroying something he shouldn't disappeared, making the idea of him just using Amonusen to raze the whole field down slightly appealing before he realised something as he turned to Rias before asking "Umm, Buchou…? You have another "Bishop" right? Where is that person?"
He noticed that the air in the room turned weird as everyone aside from Asia and himself seemed to change.
"Unfortunately the other "Bishop" can't participate. I will talk about that in the near future." Rias said it to me without looking at Yukio in the eyes, something about how she was acting made him think it was a complicated matter until he focused back onto Grayfia who spoke in this weird atmosphere.
"This "Rating Game" battle will also be viewed by members of both households from a different location by broadcast. Also the "Maou Lucifer-sama" will also be viewing this battle. Please do not forget about it."
'Lucifer…?' Yukio thought surprised that one of the Maou were going to be watching until Rias spoke shocked
"Onii-sama is... Is that so... So Onii-sama is also going to view this battle."
'I guess that makes sense…wait Lucifer-sama is Buchou's brother…I guess he had to take on the name of Lucifer when he became the position' Yukio thought shocked before Yuuto spoke up
"Are you confused because Buchou's family name is different to the family names of Maou-samas'?"
"Yeah…Is it that cause he's Lucifer-sama that he had to change his last name?" Yukio asked as Yuuto nodded before speaking
"In the previous Great War, Maou-sama was in a critical condition and has passed away a long time ago. But there would be no devils if there isn't any Maou-sama. That's why... To tell you the truth, out of the three factions of God, fallen-angels and devils, the devils have the least power. We are actually in a tight spot but we are still safe because Gen-Maou-sama (Current Satan) has a power equal to the Sendai-Maou-sama (Previous Satan)."
"So Buchou's brother was chosen to be a Maou from the Ultimate-class devils then?" Yuuto nodded at Yukio's question before adding
"Sirzechs Lucifer is also known as "Crimson Satan". He is Buchou's Onii-sama and the most powerful Maou-sama…That's why Buchou has to inherit the house." Yukio nodded understandingly as Grayfia spoke up
"It's about time. Everyone to the magic circle" The group gathered to the magic circle before Grayfia continued
"Also once you get transported, you cannot use the magic circle until the game ends."
'So we return here only after the outcome' Yukio thought taking a deep breathe to calm his nerves, glancing down to see the magic circle's symbol changed to another one which is not that of the Gremory's before glowing, the light covered them and the transportation started.
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When Yukio opened his eyes he looked around to find that they were in the club room, his eyes drifting to the window to see a white sky as a voice came from out of the school broadcast system
[Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the Gremory household. Today I will be the arbiter of the Rating match between the Gremory household and the Phenex household.]
[In the name of my master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will be keeping my eye on this match. By using both Rias-sama and Raiser-sama's opinion we created this battlefield. The battlefield for this match is a replica of the school Rias-sama attends to, the "Kuoh Academy".]
{Perfect replica from the looks of it} Sparda spoke as Yukio mentally agreed, picking up on a few of the things he'd noticed about the room from all the time he'd been there.
[The location where both teams were transported will be their base. Rias-sama's base would be the Occult research club room located in the old school building. Raiser-sama's base would be the student council's room located in the new building. For the "Pawns" to use "promotion", please go to the enemy's base.]
"Everyone please put this transceiver in your ears." Akeno spoke as she gave everyone an earphone type transceiver, Yukio popping it into his ear as he remembered something that Rias had said before
"In the battlefield we will be using this to communicate with each other." Yukio mentally noted that he should avoid from destroying it otherwise he'd be unable to find out anything if he was on his own.
"Now it's the time for the commencement of the battle. Now this match will continue till dawn in the humans' time. Then, Game start." Grayfia stated before the school bell rang to signal the start of the game.
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"First we have to take down Raiser's "Pawn". It will be troublesome if they all promotes into "Queen"." Rias said while sitting on the sofa, a confident tone in her voice. Akeno starting to prepare tea while Yukio looked confused which Rias noticed as she spoke
"Yukio, the "Rating Game" is originally a game that doesn't finish in a short time. There are times when it becomes a "blitz", but mostly it's a game that takes very long. Just like the actual chess game. The "Rating Game" has meaning only if you use the battlefield to the fullest. Usually the base would be a fortress, castle or a tower. There are forests and rivers between the two bases and we battle using those areas. This time the battlefield is the school. Yuuto"
"Yes." The Knight spread a map after Rias urged him to, Yukio looking over the school grounds it showed. All of it was divided into grids like a chess board with letters across the top and numbers down the side. Rias then circled the old school building and the new school building with a red pen to mark the two bases as she spoke
"There's a forest near our base. It's safe to think that this is also our territory. In other words the new school building would be Raiser's territory. It's likely that there will be an ambush when you enter their territory. The school field is visible from the new school building. So it's dangerous to pass here." Yukio nodded as he followed along, the school field is visible from the new school building and since they couldn't transport by magic circle foot or wing would be the best way to move around, although he couldn't fly yet.
"Then…We have to go through the sports ground to get to the new school building but they'll be expecting that" Rias nodded at Yukio's observations as she spoke
"Yes, the enemy will expect that so he'll have his servant at the sports ground...He'll have his "Knight" or "Rook" positioned in one of the club rooms located in the sports ground. No, if it's a sports ground you will need a person with "mobility". So he'll have 1 "Knight" and 3 "Pawns', a total of 4 servants positioned here. Then he'll have control of the sports ground."
Then Yuuto added his thoughts "The gym near the old school building. Shouldn't we occupy this location first? If we capture it here then we will have a route to the new school building. The gym is a passage to both of the buildings so we could also restrain the enemy."
Rias nodded at Yuuto's opinion as she spoke "Yes, I also have the same opinion. First we will capture the gym... In terms of location, the opponent may have his "Rook" positioned there. Since it's inside a building, it would be better to use the "Rook" with destructive power over "Knight" with mobility."
"…Yuuto and Koneko. You two set a trap in the forest. Take another map with you and mark the places where you set the trap in. I will make a copy afterwards and give it to everyone."
"Yes."
"...Roger."
Koneko and Yuuto left the room straight away and took a map and a weird tool box with them.
"Everyone else will be on standby until they finish setting up the trap. Oh, Akeno."
"Yes."
"After Yuuto and Koneko return, can you cast illusions and mists around the forest and the sky? Of course, a trap that only reacts to Raiser's group. The start of the match will be like that. We will have to move around during the mid-game, so I'll leave the mists and illusions to you, Akeno."
"I understand, Buchou." Akeno confirmed Rias' order, the strategy had already begun.
Yukio guessing he and Asia would just wait for now till the others were done, Rias looking over to Yukio as she waved him over "Yukio come sit here."
Yukio sat next to Rias who then pointed at her thighs as she added "Lay down here."
"Why…?" Yukio asked confused as she smiled and answered
"I have to unlock some of the seals that were placed on you" Yukio nodded as he complied, blushing despite himself as he rested his head on her thighs. It darkened as he felt her touch his cheek before moving her hand onto his forehead. Yukio's eyes widened as he felt a comfortable power grow inside of him shivering once he heard Rias whisper into his ear
"Do you remember? The talk about where I used all my 8 pieces of "Pawns" to reincarnate you?"
"Yes." Yukio replied, just as softly
"At that time, your strength as a devil was low so I had to put a limit on your power as a "Pawn". You, who just reincarnated from human, didn't have a body that could endure the power of 8 pieces of "Pawns". To put it simply, you would be the strongest after Akeno. So you needed to attain more power or else your body would break. So I just unsealed a bit of the seal." Rias explained, Yukio glad that his training wasn't just for using Amonusen but for being able to use his natural power as well.
Rias started to pat his head, Yukio feeling more like a pet then anything else at the moment as she spoke "Yukio, you have to beat your opponent, okay? You can't hold back. They won't hold back against you."
"I know that" Yukio replied with a serious nod once he'd managed to sit up
"That's a good boy. Use the "promotion" to change into "Queen". The battle will change if you promote into the ultimate "Queen"."
Yukio knew that Rias had already thought about everyone's roles carefully and had already made a plan for there move so he couldn't cut loose or go against it otherwise it might go against whatever she had planned at the moment.
"Buchou, I will do my best to make you win" Yukio spoke honestly; he didn't want to say anything that he wouldn't be able to hold up and this game was a uphill battle already for them.
"Yes, I will be relying on you. My cute, Yukio" Rias spoke with a smile as she looked at him.
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Yukio and Koneko were standing in front of the old school building; they would be working together for the next part of the plan. Rias was standing at the entrance to send them off as she spoke "Alright Yukio, Koneko. You won't be able to avoid the battle once you get into the gym. Move accordingly like we discussed. That location will be an important place."
Both nodded at Rias as Koneko spoke "Yes, I will."
There target was the gym which would be the first battle they would have to win
"Then I will be going as well." Yuuto spoke, putting his sword into its sheath and got ready to go.
"Yuuto, move accordingly like we discussed."
"Affirmative."
"Asia will be on standby with me. But we will be going after we get a signal from Ise and the others. You cannot be taken down, definitely. It will be over if we lose our healer."
"Y...yes!" Asia replied energetically even though she was nervous, her ability allowed the others to move recklessly in our strategy. The winning factor was to protect there "King"(Rias), and Asia who was the healer.
"Akeno, I trust you to move when you think it's the right time."
"Yes, Buchou." Akeno spoke with a nod. Rias had said that the outcome will be decided with her move. Yukio knew he would have to use what skills he had to in an attempt to conserve his energy for later on.
"Now my adorable servants. Are you ready? We can't turn back now. Our enemy is Raiser, who is said to be a genius from the house of the immortal Phenex with a promised career. Now! Let's blow them into pieces!"
"[Yes!]" All of them replied together and headed off to go through there own part of the plan. Yukio, Koneko and Yuuto left the old school building
"Yukio-san! Everyone! Please do your best!" Asia cheered from behind, each raising there hand to wave to her. During the trio's trip to the gym, Yuuto headed off to go with his part of the plan as he spoke
"Then I will be waiting for you ahead!"
"See you soon!" Yukio called back as he went along to the gym with Koneko, deciding to go through the back door which was surprisingly open. The pair entered quietly to avoid being found out, Yukio realising that the gym looked like the actual thing. They came to a stop at the back platform from where they entered; the curtain was up so they could look into the court. Yukio jumped slightly as Koneko spoke
"...Presence. Enemy."
"We know you are there, servants of Gremory! We saw you coming inside." A loud female voice called out, Yukio wondering how the white haired girl knew as they both walked out to be seen by there opponents.
Yukio eyes scanning the court to pick up there opponents the first was a woman with a china dress, then there was the green haired twins and finally Mira who he'd already defeated before. If he remembered right, the woman with the china dress is "Rook". The twins are "Pawn". And Mira is also a "Pawn". Before Yukio came here, he was shown the photos of the enemy at the club room and what piece each of them was so he knew they were facing 3 "Pawns" and 1 "Rook".
"Boosted Gear" Yukio spoke, slipping into a ready stance as his power started to increase.
[Boost!]
"...Yukio-sempai. I will leave the "Pawn" to you. I will take care of the "Rook"." Koneko spoke as she moved to stand before the opponent Rook, Yukio moving so he could easily keep his eyes on the trio of Pawns as he nodded
"Alright" Each of there opponents slipped into there own stances, Yukio's eyes widening as the twin girls pulled chainsaws from out of the bag they each carried, starting them up as they whirred in the quiet air.
"Disassembling time." Both of the twins said happily, Yukio sighing as he gripped the hilt of the katana with his gauntlet. He didn't want to show off yet but Rias had said she wanted him to disable them before Akeno was ready.
Turning his gaze to the Rook battle nearby, he was surprised at the loud noises coming from there punches. Yukio expected Koneko's smaller size would allow her to dodge easily but the opponent Rook was giving as good as she got.
Mira stick cut the wind as she readied it before he turned his attention to the twins
"Split, split, split, split, split!" They spoke while they charged towards him, grinding their chainsaws on the floor with sparks coming from off of them.
A small smirk appearing on Yukio's face as he used his Sonido to dodge there attacks and the katana from Yuuto to perform lots of small cuts to the twins' legs before appearing behind them as he clicked the katana back into its sheath. Looking back he saw that both were sat on the ground, moaning in pain as he'd cut there legs enough to stop them from moving.
"How…?" One of them spoke shocked as they looked over to where he'd appeared as the other added
"No fair…" Yukio shrugged as he turned to face Mira who seemed as surprised at her two fellow Pawns as he spoke
"It's three on one…Let's go"
[Explosion!] His Boosted Gear called, Yukio disappearing again with his Sonido before appearing in front of her throwing an uppercut with his left fist that she barely blocked with her staff, which snapped from the force as he hopped up before bringing his right fist down onto her head, knocking her into the ground as he focused his magic power into his left palm before slamming it into the ground as he called
"Fire Tornado!" Around where Mira stood a cyclone of flames burst out which started to constrict on itself as Mira screamed in pain from the fire attack which soon disappeared revealing her to be badly burnt and lying on the floor.
"Ku!" The sound of the china dress woman drew Yukio to look and see Koneko's opponent with her hands on the floor while Koneko maintained her fighting stance as she took a quick glance around.
"Good work Koneko-san" Yukio spoke with a smile, checking on the chainsaw twins to see they were trying to get up with little success before hearing Rias' voice from the transceiver.
[Yukio, Koneko. Can you hear me? It's me.]
"Yes! Both Koneko-san and I are safe!" Yukio spoke with a smile
[That's good to hear. But Akeno is also ready! I want you two to move accordingly to the plan!] Rias spoke, Yukio and Koneko exchanging a glance as the former nodded before starting to run towards the entrance
"Are you running away!? This location is supposed to be an important place!" Raiser's servants became shocked by the pair's actions. Yukio knew that the gym was considered the centre of the arena from the map. As they left from the central entrance there was a big flash of lightning which fell down and destroyed the gym easily
"Take this." Akeno's voice drew Yukio attention to see her smiling as she was flying in the air with her wings spread, she had her right hand raised upwards with electricity covering it.
[Raiser Phenex-sama's 3 "Pawn" and 1 "Rook" are defeated!] The arbiter, Grayfia's voice echoed through the battlefield, signalling that she had taken out those who were inside the gym. Something Yuuto had told him came back to Yukio at that moment
"The "Lightning Priestess". That's Akeno-san's nickname. Since Buchou isn't in an age where she can play in the official matches, not many people know about her. But she is famous in a certain group of people."
"We did it, Koneko-san" Yukio spoke with a smile giving her thumbs up, Koneko looking back at him, giving him a small nod.
"…Yes Yukio-sempai" She said it with a calm voice, Yukio noticing the barely there smile on her lips.
[Everyone, can you hear me? Akeno did a perfect attack and finished it. With this, the first phase of our plan is completed.] Rias' happy voice came from the transceiver they had in there ears again.
Yukio had said before he could destroy the gym if she wanted to but they were going to keep Amonusen for when he needed to dish out large amounts of damage as well as him and Koneko being the bait for there opponents to come into the trap.
[That lightning takes time to charge after she uses it. So repeated use is impossible. The enemy still has a greater number than us. We will also head out as soon as Akeno's magical power recovers. So I want each of you to move to the next phase!]
"Right!" Yukio spoke with a nod, understanding that meant that Rias and Asia were moving out now. His and Koneko's next move was to regroup with Yuuto on the sports court.
A loud explosion roared near him, Yukio looking to see where it came from before his eyes widened
"...Ko...Koneko!" Yukio shouted as he rushed over to where she was lying on the floor a bit away from him. Koneko's uniform was torn as if she had been attacked with a bomb
"Take this." An unknown voice spoke, Yukio looking up to see a shadow up in the air flying with its wings. It was a woman dressed up as a mage and wearing her hood.
'Raiser's Queen!' Yukio thought annoyed as she spoke
"Fufufu. When you hunt a prey, it's best when the prey accomplished something because that's the time when the prey is most vulnerable. It's enough for us to "sacrifice" our pieces in order to take down one of your pieces. Your group has a small number of members to begin with. Even this would be enough to put your group into a tight spot. Even if you defeat us, you cannot defeat Raiser-sama. It's useless to resist."
"...Yukio-sempai...Akeno-sempai..." Koneko spoke with a voice that was about to disappear, Yukio turning his gaze back to her as she continued
"...I'm sorry...I wanted to be of more use to Buchou and everyone..."
"Y-you don't have to apologise. We were doing our job. It's not a problem. I'll make sure to get some revenge for it…just hold on for Asia" Yukio spoke, hoping to keep her there long enough for Asia to come, only for Koneko's body was covered with light, starting to fade and then it disappeared from where she laid. Yukio closing his eyes as Grayfia announced it
[Rias Gremory-sama's "Rook" defeated.]
{At least she's only injured and now in a hospital} Sparda spoke up, Yukio mentally nodding as he spoke levelly to Akeno as he stood back up
"I'll leave her in your hands, Akeno-san" Akeno nodded as Yukio turned planning to continue with the plan as the black haired Queen readied lightning over her whole body as she flew up to meet the enemy Queen, Yukio running away from them as lightning and explosions filling the previously quiet air.
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Author's Notes
Here's the first part of the Rating Game. Yukio using a sword from Yuuto made sense as Amonusen is just a giant bat at the moment until it gets unsealed. Not sure if Sonido can be used like how I had him use it against the twins but it seemed like a cool way for him to take them out.
Next chapter has his dark side come out which with what I'm currently planning will mean he'll fight Raiser at the party with the incomplete Welsh Dragon Scale Mail, so he'll get Boosted Gear Gift next chap as well, as I was planning to save Amonusen's Balance Break for Kuroka although it would be achieved during the training with Tannin along with properly triggering Welsh Dragon Scale Mail probably for when he first fights Vali at the Peace meeting.
As for Saji and Yukio, part of me is tempted to have there past involving being in a band together and use that for some funny moments between them when they meet. As for Yukio's familiar I've not decided on it yet although I will probably pick something fire based and will write it in for before the Excalibur Arc starts.
Anyway hope you enjoy and I'll try and answer any questions as long as it doesn't really spoil anything.