"" - Talking
'' - Thinking
{} - Sparda
[] - Ddraig
Yukio fuzzy view gave him the sight that he was floating in darkness, his eyes adjusting and widening as he heard Ddraig
[Nice to see you're up]
"Where am I…?" Yukio asked groggily
[Inside your mind…You gave everyone quite the scare when you turned Hollow on us… The "White Guy" will laugh at you if you can't control that kind of power]
"White guy who's that" Yukio asked confused
[He will appear before us sooner or later. Yeah. He and I are destined to fight…I will teach you how to use my real power] Ddraig replied, Yukio feeling more and more confused as he wondered where Sparda was.
[He's dealing with repairing Amonusen after you ripped half the seal from off it]
…
Yukio groaned as he woke up, finding himself looking at the ceiling of his room as his groaned to pull himself into a sitting up position, turning as he heard
"Seems like you are awake." Grayfia spoke from where she sat next to him as she continued
"Raiser-sama won the match. Rias-ojousama resigned."
"Damn it…I blacked out after I managed to break out of that thing" Yukio spoke, rubbing his head.
"Right now there is an engagement party for Ojou-sama and Raiser-sama taking place. It's at the assembly hall that was prepared by the house of Gremory."
"...Yuuto-san and the others are with her?"
"Yes…They went to escort the two. The only ones who aren't at the hall who are related to them are Yukio-sama and Asia-sama because of Rias-sama's wish, Asia-sama stayed here with me, taking care of Yukio-sama. She went downstairs to get a new towel."
"...Do you not agree with it?" Grayfia asked Yukio who sighed annoyed as he answered
"Yes. Even if the battle is over I can't accept it if Rias-sama doesn't want to do it"
"Rias-ojousama obeyed the family's decision."
"I know that but still I know inside she hates the idea of being with Raiser" Yukio replied
"Fufufu." Grayfia started to laugh quietly, a small smile on her face as she continued
"You are a very interesting person. For a long time I have seen many devils but it is refreshing seeing someone like you who moves to protect those around them. My master, Sirzechs-sama, was watching your effort in the battle from another place and said that you were "interesting"."
Grayfia took out a single paper. There was a magic circle written on it.
"This magic circle can transport you to the hall of the engagement party of the houses of Gremory and Phenex. I also have a message from Sirzechs-sama for you."
She paused for a second and spoke with a serious face "[If you want to save my sister, barge into the hall.]. That's what he said. There is also another magic circle on the back of the paper. Please use it when you take back Ojou-sama. It will definitely be useful to you. "
"Please tell Lucifer-sama, thank you….and Thank you for looking after me with Asia"
Grayfia nodded as she stood up and tried to leave the room after leaving the magic circle paper in my hand. "When Yukio-sama was sleeping, I felt a very enormous power within you. The Dragon is the only being that didn't form an alliance with either God, the devils or the fallen-angels. If it's that hatred power, then..."
Grayfia stopped there and left Yukio's room, leaving the teen there to think as he pulled himself out of the bed before getting dressed in the school uniform on his desk. He turned upon hearing the door open to show a shocked Asia who rushed in, after dropping the towel and bucket of water, and jumped into Yukio's arms as she called
"Yukio-san…Thank god. I'm so happy. You slept for two days even when your wounds healed... I thought you were never going to open your eyes again... Yukio-san..."
Asia started to cry in Yukio's arms, the silver haired teen looked down at her sadly as he patted her head as he spoke "Asia, listen to me. I'm going to Buchou's side now."
Asia was very shocked at what he'd just said, knowing what he was about to do
"...It's not...to celebrate...right?"
"Yeah. I'm going to take back Buchou. It's not a problem. I got my hands on a route to go to the hall."
"I'm going too!" Asia said without a second thought. She had a serious face, Yukio sighing as he shook his head
"No. You stay here Asia."
"I don't want to! I can fight along with Yukio-san! I learned how to use magic! I don't want to just be protected!" Asia grabbed Yukio's hand, the boy realising she didn't want him to leave her as he spoke
"No. You will stay Asia. I will get Buchou back. You know, my power is a professional thing for something like this. Don't worry. I will beat up Raiser easily and..."
"I cannot be unworried!" Asia raised her voice which was mixed with tears and she had a very sad face.
"...You might get bloody...and crumbled...and mushy again...You m-might even turn into that Hollow again… Are you going to go through all that pain again...? I don't want to see Yukio-san in that state again..."
Yukio grabbed Asia's hand gently before speaking with a smile "I absolutely won't die. I promise. Remember how I was alive when I saved you? That's why I will be okay. I will not die. I will live and stay with you forever like I promised."
Asia nodded while wiping her tears, Keiko speaking up from the doorway
"Asia-chan, believe in him…He looks prepared enough in my opinion although I have to make sure you don't go Hollow on us again before you leave"
"...Then please promise me one more thing." Asia spoke up as she held onto him
"I promise to come back with Buchou…and to not go Hollow" Yukio spoke, Asia smiling as she looked at him before Yukio asked
"Asia, I need your help with something..."
Yukio then told Asia the circumstances, she agreed and went to her room and got a particular thing. With the former nun gone, Yukio turned his thoughts towards Keiko as she spoke
"I'm going to put something on you that'll seal your spiritual powers so you can't go Hollow for now…until I can figure out a way to seal the Hollow"
"That monster I turned into?" Yukio asked, Keiko nodding as she directed her brother as she started to cast what she called Kido spells on him. Yukio turning his thoughts inward to the next part of his plan as he mentally called out 'Ddraig…'
[Yeah, Yukio…?] Ddraig asked, having been waiting on the call
'Do your thing…' Yukio mentally spoke, feeling Ddraig smile as he got to work while Keiko worked on suppressing his power for the moment.
…
Yukio opened his eyes to take in the unfamiliar place he'd been transported to by the magic circle which Grayfia had given him. Looking around he found himself in a spacious corridor which had a row of candles on the wall along with a huge portrait of a man with crimson hair, who he assumed was someone from Rias' family.
He started to jog down the corridor in the direction where he could hear noises, speeding up as the gigantic doors opened to see lots of dressed up devils enjoying themselves.
'This hall is massive…' Yukio thought as he walked inside, looking around for familiar faces before he clocked the giant chandelier attached to the high ceiling. Looking around at the large crowd he saw a flash of crimson following it to see a woman who had her crimson hair up, she wore a red dress and some part of Yukio just knew it was Rias from the first glance, a smirk grew on his face as he decided to make his presence known to the hall as he started to shout
"Ladies and Gentlemen…!"
The devils around looked at Yukio, Rias's eyes widening as she looked at him, shedding a single tear as her lips moved to say "Yukio". Raiser, who was standing next Rias seemed to look annoyed
"I am Hosokawa Yukio and I have come for Rias Gremory-sama!" He continued, the hall becoming noisy as Yukio continued towards Raiser
"Hey you! Do you know where this…." The guard started only to stop as a trio jumped in to stop him and the other guards.
"…You are late" Koneko spoke, wearing a dress, as she moved to stop some of the guards before him
"Yukio-kun! Leave this to us!" Yuuto spoke, dressed in a white tuxedo
"Ara-ara, you finally came." Akeno spoke up, who was wearing an expensive looking kimono, as the trio stopped the other approaching guards.
"Thank you…" Yukio spoke with a smile as he stopped confidently in front of Raiser
"I challenge you Raiser Phenex to a duel for Rias-sama's freedom!" Raiser made a confused and shocked face as other guests started to speak up
"What's going on, Raiser?"
"Hey, Rias-dono. What's the meaning of this?"
Then a man with crimson hair walked towards the trio as he spoke "It's an event that I organised."
Yukio recognised him as the one from the portrait in the hall, surprised as Rias spoke up "Onii-sama"
"I wanted to see the power of the dragon, so I asked Grayfia."
"Si...Sirzechs-sama!? You can't do something irresponsible like this!" A middle-aged man panic
"Who cares, the "Rating Game" from last time was very entertaining. But it was one-sided because my sister who has no experience at the game had to face the genius Raiser-kun."
"...So Sirzechs-sama, you are saying that the last game isn't fair?"
"No, no. I don't think so. If a Maou such as myself says that, then I would be making the old nobles look bad. The connection between the high-class devils is important."
The Maou said with a smile, Yukio could tell he was helping Rias which explained why Grayfia had helped him get here in the first place
"Then, Sirzechs. What do you want to do?" A middle-aged man with crimson hair asked him.
"Father, I want to make my cute little sister's engagement party into a flashy one. Dragon versus Phoenix…. Don't you think it's the ultimate event? To stir up the party by having a battle between legendary creatures. Nothing can beat this entertainment." Everyone in the hall became silent with Sirzechs' words before the Maou turned to Yukio as he spoke
"Dragon user-kun. You have my permission but I forbid your Spiritual powers for this fight…Don't want you to turn Hollow again"
The atmosphere in the hall changed as Yukio nodded understandingly as Sirzechs turned to Raiser "Raiser, can you show your power once more right in front of me and Rias?"
Raiser previously shocked expression turned to a smirk after hearing the Maou limitation on his opponent before speaking "Alright then. I cannot decline if Sirzechs-sama asks me. This Raiser will show his last performance before settling down!"
Rias was still in shock at the fact her brother knew what Yukio had turned into during the fight but it made sense, the bony white mask, the savage brutality he'd shown against Ravel, Yubelluna and Raiser. The Maou then turned to asked Yukio, who was mentally preparing himself,
"Dragon user-kun. What prize do you want when you win the match?"
"Sirzechs-sama!?"
"What are you saying!?" The relatives started criticizing after Sirzechs' offer.
"He's a devil, so we need to give him something great for asking him to do something. Now dragon user-kun. I will give you anything. A peerage? Or the most beautiful woman?" The Maou asked Yukio while ignoring the voices of others around him, noticing that he wasn't affected by the other things he'd offered as prizes.
"I ask that you to call off Rias Gremory-sama's and Raiser's engagement" Sirzechs made a very happy face when Yukio answered him without any pause.
"Okay then. If you win, then it will be called off"
"Thank you very much, Lucifer-sama" Yukio spoke bowing to Rias' older brother who went back to the end of the hall.
…
The centre of the hall was cleared in a hurry so the fight could take place there. The devils in the hall were looking at the space with interested eyes as the club members were sitting in the same place as Rias, Sirzechs was sitting next to his sister. At the Phenex side, the relatives, their servants and Raiser's sister were sitting. Yukio and Raiser were confronting each other. Yukio already had his Boosted Gear appear on his left arm. Raiser had a confident face.
"Please start!" The person in charge of the battle gave a call for the start of the match Raiser let his fire wings out and pointed at Yukio's gauntlet.
"Your ability is already cracked. A Sacred Gear that keeps on doubling the power of the user, "Boosted Gear". Also it seems like you gained a new ability that can transfer the multiplied power into an object and your allies… Amonusen is just a giant club with destructive capabilities…I would say you should turn into your Hollow form to defeat me but Lucifer-sama forbid it and any of your spiritual powers"
"That was merely me losing control on my power in the game…anyway I only need Boosted Gear to kick your ass around this room" Yukio retorted with a smirk before calling back to Rias.
"Buchou! Allow me to use "Promotion" here!" She nodded at Yukio's request, the Pawn hearing a noise inside of him as he spoke up
"Promotion, Queen!" His power increased as he held his gauntlet above him as he shouted
"Shine On! Over Boost!"
[Welsh Dragon Over Booster!] The jewel in the gauntlet released a red light. The red light shone throughout the entire hall. A deep crimson coloured aura covered Yukio as Ddraig reminded him of things.
[Only 10 seconds you've got for destructive power, Yukio... It's all I can do…until you trigger it for real]
'It's long enough to beat the crap out of him' Yukio thought as he stepped forward while the red aura covered his body, starting to form into red plate dragon like armour which the gauntlet that was normally equip to his left arm was now also on his right. The green jewel was now also on his shoulders, knees and the middle of his torso while on his back was something akin to some sort of rocket booster propulsion.
"Armour!? You made the power of Sekiryutei into a real form!?" Raiser had a shocked expression as Yukio spoke
"This is the power of the emperor of dragons! Balance Breaker, "Boosted Gear Scale-mail"! If you want to stop me, ask Maou-sama! Apparently it's the "Hated Forbidden Technique"!"
[X] The count started and Yukio shot forward, magic blasting out of his boosters as he aimed a left punch straight to Raiser's face. Raiser dodging it as Yukio fired flames from both his gauntlets to stop himself from smashing into the wall, instead landing feet first into the wall which cratered around him.
[IX]Yukio jumped back towards Raiser, his boosters firing up to launch him towards Raiser, who made a stance as his magical aura rocketed up as he spoke
"Shit Sekiryuutei brat! Sorry but I won't hold back! I don't want to admit it, but right now you are a monster! Die right in front of your master, Riassss!"
A pair of fire wings appeared on Raiser's back after he howled, a whirlwind of fire surrounding him as he threw a punch at Yukio. The Pawn didn't manage to avoid the main impact of Raiser's punch, as he was hit in the helmet, feeling the flames as if it would scorch his skin off under his armour. His own punch had hit Raiser's face much to Yukio's delight as Raiser coughed up blood much to everyone's surprise.
[The fire of the immortal bird Phoenix can leave a scratch on the scale of dragons. It's not a good idea to keep on taking it.] Ddraig commented as Yukio managed to hit Raiser with another punch to throw him away
[VII] Raiser picked himself up, angry as he spoke
"Why aren't you scared of my flames….monster boy…and how did you use Holy energy against me?"
Yukio opened his hand to showed it to Raiser who looked shocked at him "A cross!? You have a cross!?"
Devils in the hall started to scream at the fact; Yukio had brought in an item which they were weak against. Yukio thanked Asia for letting him bring it with him for this fight.
[VI]
"I increased the effect of the cross with my Sacred Gear and punched you. A holy attack that has increased drastically can even be used against high-class devils. Even if it's the immortal bird Phoenix, you won't be able to heal this attack, right?"
"Absurd! Crosses bring intense suffering to devils! Even if you wear dragon armour, touching it is absolutely….." Then Raiser realised the change in Yukio's left arm for the first time, having not given Yukio's appearance much of a look as he asked
"...Did you give your...left arm to the dragon residing in the gauntlet...? So that's the reason for your insane powers...!"
"Yeah, that's right. I gave my left arm so I can use this power for a temporary period. My left arm is the arm of actual dragons. That's why a cross doesn't work on me." Yukio declared, glad that Ddraig had mentioned it as the way to gain absolute power.
"If you do that then your left arm won't return to normal! Do you know that!?"
"So…?"
[V]
"I will do anything I have to, to protect those that I care about... anyway it's a pretty cheap deal, don't you think?" Raiser's eyes changed after hearing what Yukio had just said.
"You are crazy... That's why you can hit punches without any hesitation... You are scary. I have become scared of you for real, for the first time. That's why!"
Both of Raiser's wings turned into a bigger flame. "I'm going to beat you with everything I have!"
Raiser rushed towards Yukio while the surroundings were engulfed by fire, the latter steeling himself for his next attack on the blonde devil.
[IV]
"Heaaaa!" Yukio shouted as he pulled his power into the cross he was holding onto before throwing his left fist towards Raiser's face a large flash of light from the two incredible powers colliding. When the light faded Yukio had lost most of his armour from the attack as well as the cross being knocked out of his grasp.
[I'll start reforming the armour…] Ddraig spoke as Yukio quickly replied
"Leave it…just give me the gauntlets, boots and chest armour"
[Seriously…? You want to fight in such an unprotected state] Ddraig asked surprised as Yukio started to run to pick up the cross from the ground, managing to dodge the attack from Raiser with a quick blast of flames from his gauntlets.
Yukio grabbed the cross just in time to throw a punch at Raiser who was trying to attack him from behind, the blonde devil spewing up blood as Yukio reached into his one of his pockets for a bottle.
[III]
"Time for phase two!" Yukio called as he opened the top before throwing the holy water inside over Raiser's face, throwing his left at him as he called
"Boosted Gear Gift!"
[Transfer!]
"Cra..." Raiser spoke as he noticed Yukio's attack; the power transferred to the holy water multiplied its effects on Raiser's body causing it to boil against Raiser's skin. Raiser's fire wings started to shrink because he couldn't maintain its form. The holy water burnt Raiser's body insanely to the point that there was smoke coming out of his whole body.
[II]
Yukio took the second bottle of holy water from out of his pocket, sprinkling it onto his gauntlet as he looked at Raiser, the smoke that was coming out from Raiser's body weakened, leaving him looking worn out in both body and clothes.
"W-wait! Do you even know!? That this engagement is important and necessary for the future of devils! It's not something a devil brat like you can butt into!" Raiser spoke scared as Yukio walked towards him
"I don't care about that… I only care about what Rias-sama wants and that is you out of her life" Yukio spoke as he focused his power on the cross and holy water in his gauntlet
[Transfer!] He heard before punching Raiser deeply into the gut, Raiser spewing blood into the air before falling backwards unconscious.
The little amount of armour he had split apart as his time ran out, Ddraig sighing in relief as he spoke up
[You scared me then…not wanting the full set of armour back] Yukio slipped the cross into his pocket as he turned to walked over to Rias, Ravel stood before him, her stern eyes wavering slightly as Yukio bowed his head to her as he spoke
"I'm sorry for what happened during the Rating Game…I wasn't myself when I fought you or your brother's queen…I promise to try and find a way to make it up to your clan" Ravel seemed surprised by what he said as the silver haired teen continued forward till he stopped before Rias
"Let's go home, Buchou…" Yukio spoke with a smile before turning to Lord Gremory next to her as he continued
"I'm very sorry for my actions. But I will be taking Rias-sama with me." Rias' father didn't say anything and closed his eyes. Yukio doing a quick look around for Sirzechs who was supposed to be sitting next to him wasn't there and was gone; hoping to thank him in person rather then through what he'd ask Grayfia to pass on.
Yukio gently took Rias' hand while taking out the magic circle that Grayfia had gave him. Turning it over there was a shine before a large four legged beast appeared from it.
"Griffon..." Someone in the hall said making Yukio believe that was what the creature was. Griffon made a roar and then started to move towards the hole he'd made earlier, Yukio turning to Yuuto and the others before he left
"I'll be waiting at the club room!" Everyone smiled at him and waved their hands, the Griffon flew up to the sky of the underworld while carrying Yukio and Rias.
…
Yukio looked at the sky of the underworld, surprised that it was purple as he heard Sparda spoke up
{So what did I miss…?}
[I'll explain things to him…just enjoy your time with Rias] Ddraig spoke up as Yukio mentally sighed before feeling Rias touch his cheek as she spoke
"You dummy." Yukio looked at her to see the bitter smile on her face, although she seemed to be relieved to be free from Raiser. Her eyes turned to Yukio's left arm, gasping as she touched it with a sorrowful face. Yukio's left arm was covered in red scales and had sharp claws.
"Your arm... You gave your arm as a price to borrow that power...?"
"Yes. It was a good deal. With Amonusen being out of action and Lucifer-sama forbidding my spiritual powers it was my only option to defeat Raiser and save you" Yukio spoke with a smile, Rias only looking sadder as she asked
"You know that this arm won't turn back to normal anymore, don't you?"
"Yeah…Ddraig explained it all to me before hand… I'll just have to start wearing long gloves or bandages over it" Yukio replied with a slight shrug as Rias added
"Asia will definitely cry if she finds this out.
"She already knows…explained things to her before I left" Yukio replied, rubbing his right cheek which Rias now noticed was slightly bruised.
"...You may have broken this engagement. But a new engagement might be brought in, you know? If you keep on doing this..."
Yukio answered with a smile on his face to Rias who had a sad expression.
"Next time I'll be at full power with Amonusen…anyway I will definitely come and save you. That's until your happy with who they pick…or you find someone your…"
Yukio was surprised to find his lips blocked as Rias had her hands around his neck, kissing him softly for about a minute while his brain froze in shock.
She laughed at the shocked look on his bright red face as she spoke "My first kiss. It's something that Japanese girls treasure right?"
"Eh...? Yeah…I guess…" Yukio replied despondently, surprised that she would give such an important thing to him as he decided to ask
"Are you sure? That it was with me?"
"You did something that's worth a kiss. It's a reward."
She said it while smiling at Yukio, whose blush darkened despite himself as they enjoyed the rest of the ride through the underworld.
….
"So, like how I just explained, I, Rias Gremory, will be living in this house. Please take care of me Onee-sama"
At Yukio's house, in the living room, his crimson hair bishoujo master was next to him and just finished explaining things to Keiko. Yukio finding it confusing to why she wanted to move in with him although he found her reason slightly suspicious
"I want to strengthen the relationship with my servant." Was what she had said to him although he suspected that she just wanted to be closer to him, after all he did take out Raiser and break the engagement.
"Alright…Rias-san" Keiko spoke with a smile, after he'd returned with Rias, Keiko had explained a lot to him and the rest of the club to do with Yukio's powers and how he was currently still sealed from his spiritual powers until she found a way to prevent him turning Hollow again. Yukio gaze trailed down to his left arm which now looked human, thanks to the research from Rias and Akeno did on Dragons. Apparently, by decreasing the magical power of the dragon, you can stop it from turning into a dragon's which he had to do every few days, a blush hinted at his cheeks as the method of reducing it was a bit erotic.
[You know you like being pampered by them] Ddraig spoke up, amused as Yukio's blush darkening a shade as Sparda spoke up
{Shush Ddraig and help me with this…}
Ddraig had started to avoid the topic of whoever "the white guy" was he'd spoken about at the time which was helped by whatever measures he was helping Sparda with but at least Yukio knew something was coming for him.
"Now, Yukio. We have your sister's permission. With this I am a member of this family. Can you take my luggage to my room right away?"
"Alright…" Yukio spoke as he pulled himself to his feet before going to fetch them as Asia jumped up after him
"Yukio-san, I will help as well."
"...Auuuuu. Looks like there's only hope for polygamy... But... But... It will be against the teachings of God... But at this rate...auuuuu..." Asia started to mumble something as Yukio turned back to her with a confused and embarrassed look
"Huh? What about polygamy?"
"It's nothing." She answered as she looked in the other direction, seemingly in a bad mood ever since Rias had came here, Yukio wondering if she saw Rias as competition for his attention
"Yukio, that goes here." Rias started to order him as soon as he'd put the luggage in her room.
"Ok"
"Yukio, I want to take a bath after this... Yes. I will wash your back."
"Erm…S-Seriously?" Yukio looked at her confused as he blushed, wondering where her sudden ideas had came from.
"Geez! If you are having a bath together, then so will I! Yukio-san and Buchou-san! Please don't leave me out of this!" Asia started to complain with teary eyes, Yukio starting to agree with his earlier theory that she didn't want to lose him to there crimson haired master.
"Asia. I'm sorry but this is how it is. Is it alright if this is a proclamation of war?"
"Uuuu, I don't want to lose but it seems like I will lose!"
Ddraig was laughing inside Yukio's head as the silver haired teen sighed silently, giving up with trying to figure out how girls thought as he watched the sparks fly between the two of them.
...
Author's Notes
Hope you enjoy the fight considering Yukio's stronger then Issei was his armour would probably survive Raiser's attack. As with what I'm planning to do with Ravel, I'm not sure whether to include her in Yukio's harem or not but figured to leave it open for now. As for his familiar I'm tempted to go joke around with Yukio having a phoenix familiar or something like Ifrit.
With Irina she'll be another one of Yukio's childhood friends and the only hint I'm going to give to Amonusen's balance break is Bankai although I haven't come up with a name for it yet. Thanks for all the ideas.