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Chapter 11: The Game Begins!
"They might be too weak for you, but do not hold back! Crush them completely." Raiser stated to his peerage full of women.
"The only reason we're playing this silly game is to break down that crimson-haired girl's pride." Raiser said.
"But leave the human to me." Raiser said with a smirk.
With Izayoi
"Rias, go back to the clubroom. I'll be handling the orders from outside." Izayoi said as Rias nodded, thinking that Izayoi could handle the situation outside while she handle the inside.
"Issei, Asia, come on." Rias said as she and the two walk back towards the clubroom.
"Izayoi-senpai, what's the plan?" Kiba asked standing beside Koneko and Akeno.
"The enemy main base is the new school house. And the quickest way to it is to cross the schoolyard, but we'd be in plain sight." Izayoi explained as the others nodded.
"So, why don't we take the gym first?" Izayoi asked pulling out the map of the school from his pocket and giving the map to Kiba. Izayoi didn't need to even look at the map as he already memorized the whole area of the school.
"That'll be good, considering the gym is near to both the old and new school house. It's pretty close to our base and would help to keep the enemies in check." Kiba explained pointing his finger at the location of the gym which was in the center of the battlefield.
"The gym is like the center of a chessboard. Taking it first would give us a tactical advantage." Akeno explained as Izayoi nodded.
"Right. It's indoor, so a Rook's power would be better suited than a Knight's mobility." Rias said over the transceiver.
"But first, we need to secure the defensive line." She stated.
"Kiba, Koneko, would you set up traps in the forest?" Izayoi ordered keeping his eyes at the new school house that was in front of him.
"Hai!" Kiba stated.
"Roger. Come, Shiro." Koneko said holding out her hands in front of her, as Shiro appear in her hands with a puff of smoke.
"We'll be going, then." Kiba stated as he and Koneko walk away from Izayoi and enters the forest to set up the traps.
"Akeno, once the traps are set, use illusionary magic on the forest and the sky above it." Rias stated over the transceiver to Akeno.
"As you wish." Akeno stated as she left, leaving Izayoi and Shirayuki-Hime to stand at the front of the new school house.
With Rias
"Issei, I'll release the spell cast upon you, just a little." Rias said sitting next to Issei, who raised an eyebrow at her.
Rias then placed her hand on top of Issei's forehead, as he felt it.
"I feel new power flowing within my body." Issei thought.
"Remember I told you I spent eight pawns to resurrect you?" Rias said.
"Y-Yes." Issei said looking at her.
"Right after resurrection your body couldn't handle all that power. So, I locked it up in multiple layers of spells. I just released a small part of it." Rias explained.
"Then the power I'm feeling right now is…" Issei said.
"It's your inherent power. To fully acquire it, you need Boosted Gear and a tough body to withstand it. You're still not there, though." Rias stated.
"So that's what that intense training was about. " Issei said.
"Sorry for thinking of you as a monster! I'm so terrible!" Issei thought with anime tears streaming down his cheeks.
"Listen, Issei. Defeat your opponent, even if it's a girl. Don't hold back. They won't be holding back either." Rias exclaimed.
"I got it! I promise to bring your victory!" Issei said with a fist in front of him.
"Yes, I'm expecting much from you, Issei. " Rias said with a smile.
"Buchou, can you hear me?" Akeno's voice sounded through Rias's transceiver.
"Yes. I hear you." Rias replied back.
"The preparations are complete. " Akeno said as Rias stood up from the couch.
"Then here's the game plan." Rias stated to her.
"Rias-sama has begun to move." Tsubaki informed Sona.
"Since she lacks manpower, it's impossible for her to defend the base perfectly. But she has Izayoi on the front line. So, this battle could become interesting as I expect." Sona said.
"Listen, you won't be able to avoid a battle once you enter the gym. Make sure you follow me or Izayoi-kun orders." Rias informed to all her servants.
"Yuuto, are you ready?" Rias asked.
"Everything's looking good," Kiba informed.
"Akeno, please be ready and await the right moment." Rias said to Akeno.
"Hai, Buchou." Akeno said back.
"Commence operation! My lovely servants, our opponent is Raiser Phenex, a man considered a promising talent even among the immortal Phenex! Now, let's kick his ass!" Rias informed her servants.
"Issei-san, everyone, good luck!" Asia in thought in a praying position.
With Izayoi
"Izayoi-sama, what's our role in this?" Shirayuki-Hime asked standing behind Izayoi, with his arms crossed over his chest.
"Shouldn't I ask my question first? Why didn't you follow Rias and the others to the clubroom? Weren't you supposed to guard her?" Izayoi asked still looking at the new school house.
"W-Well, I don't want to just stand around, not doing anything. I want to be of use to you, Izayoi-sama." Shirayuki-Hime said as Izayoi shook his head in amusement.
"You're stubborn, you know that?" Izayoi stated with a chuckle.
"Well, I can't stop my sexy familiar to want some action around here. If you will, you'll be accompanying me, is that all right for you?" Izayoi asked with a smirk, as Shirayuki-Hime blushed from being called sexy, but she smiles and bows her head to him.
"That's all right for me, Izayoi-sama!" Shirayuki-Hime stated as Izayoi picked up several pebble from the ground.
"Then let's start to help the others by," Izayoi said as his eyes spotted the gym from a distance.
"Destroying some buildings along the way!" Izayoi grinned as he pulled back his hand which held a pebble, and he then throw the pebble towards the gym. The pebble pierced through the sky in light speed as it flew towards the gym, which Issei and Koneko were assigned to go to.
"Let's go, Shirayuki-Hime." Izayoi said as he runs towards the gym, followed by Shirayuki-Hime.
Principal's Office
"I knew they'd attack the center first. Tell me how the other team's doing." Raiser ordered to Yubelluna.
"Hai. Three pawns, Schlia, Marion and Bulent, are attempting infiltration." She said.
Gym
"Rip it, rip it apart!" IIe and Nel said chasing around Issei, with chainsaws in their hands.
Suddenly, they were knocked back by an explosion from the walls beside them, which caught everyone's attention in the gym.
"Sorry to interrupt. But I can't seem to rush and just defeat Raiser like that. So, I hope you don't mind that we crash the party?" Izayoi asked standing next to Shirayuki-Hime, while they appear from the big hole in the wall.
"Izayoi-senpai?" Issei asked confused.
"You! Raiser-sama said to not fight with you. He intends to fight you himself." IIe and Nel said getting up from ground after being knocked back by the force of the explosion.
"If so, where is he? If he wants to settle me himself, he should have come here than just sit in principal's office. And according to that fact, that's a coward." Izayoi said as IIe and Nel glared at him.
"Don't call Raiser-sama like that!" The two twins said as they charged at Izayoi.
"I let you think what you think. But the fact still remains that he is a coward to fight me." Izayoi said as he disappeared, causing the twins to stop their assault.
"Where did he go?" They asked looking around for Izayoi, but they couldn't find him anywhere.
"Right here, girls." Izayoi said as IIe and Nel look around for any signs for Izayoi, but they still couldn't find him.
"Behind you." Izayoi stated as the twin's eyes widen, and they look behind them to see a grinning Izayoi. They raised their chainsaws to attack him, but they were caught by surprise as Izayoi caught their chainsaws with his bare hands.
"Let's get these dangerous weapons away okay, girls?" Izayoi asked as he tighten his hold over the chainsaws, which caused cracks to appear on the chainsaw's blades. And then the chainsaws that the twins held were instantly destroyed before their surprised eyes.
"What?" The twins exclaimed in surprise.
"You know it's dangerous for loli and cute girls like you two to hold chainsaws?" Izayoi said with a smirk, as the twins step back from him. They didn't attack as they were shock by Izayoi's strength and the fact that he stop the violent chainsaws with his bare hands, really surprise them both. Add to that, they didn't have anythign to attack him with anymore, after he destroyed both of their chainsaws.
"Shirayuki-Hime, let's go. Issei and Koneko can handle the rest, right?" Izayoi asked looking at Koneko, who nodded at him.
"Hai, Izayoi-senpai!" Issei said.
"Anyway, I have to praise Raiser for finding such beautiful women." Izayoi said looking at Xuelan who was on the floor, with Koneko standing beside her.
Xuelan look up at Izayoi and blushed at his comment, "I'm not going to summit to your sweet talk, human!" Xuelan said blushing.
"Okay. But why is your face red?" Izayoi asked with a sly smile, as Xuelan blushed furiously from embarrassment.
"Izayoi-sama, I suggest you stop you're flirting. There's no need for such an action in a Rating Game." Shirayuki-Hime exclaimed with an annoyed look, as Izayoi walked over towards her.
"Okay, okay. I know we have to go but I was just having some fun." Izayoi said with a smile standing beside her.
"Let's go." He said as Shirayuki-Hime nodded and the two then left the gym by walking out from the big hole Izayoi made.
"Where should we go next?" Shirayuki-Hime asked turning her head to look at him, as Izayoi thinks it over for a while.
"Kiba?" Izayoi said over the transceiver in his left ear.
"Hai, Izayoi-senpai?" Kiba asked as he clutched his sword to face the three servants of Raiser.
"Nothing. I'm just asking if you need some help over there." Izayoi stated as Kiba look at Schlia, Marion and Bulent.
"I think I'm okay. There's no need for any help over here, Izayoi-senpai. I can take care of this by myself." Kiba said as Izayoi nodded.
"Then, be careful." Izayoi advised.
"Hai, Izayoi-senpai!" Kiba replied as he cut the connection between them.
"Well, I'm bored. I don't know what to do anymore." Izayoi said as he turns his head around, seeing Issei and Koneko running out of the gym. After they run out, a yellow circle appeared above the gym, as the circle suddenly shoots a bolt of lightning down at the gym, instantly destroying it.
"Take." Akeno said in her priest's clothes, flying above the air with her devil wings on her back.
"Raiser-sama's three pawns and a rook, knocked out." Grayfia said.
"A-Amazing!" Issei said looking up at Akeno.
"Akeno-senpai is well known as the Priestess of Thunder. I heard that those who know her are aware of her alias and immense powers. " Koneko explained.
"The Priestess of Thunder, huh? I'd die for sure if she punished me with something like that." Issei stated.
"She destroyed the strategic location, using an offensive move. A very bold tactic for a first timer, as one would expect of Rias." Sona said.
"But wouldn't this force Riaser-sama to go all out for the game?" Tsubaki asked.
"I'm afraid so. " Sona stated.
"The real challenge begins now. We're still outnumbered. It'll take some time for Akeno to be ready to fire another shot. We'll join you on the battlefield as soon as she recovers. Until then, both of you should start getting ready for the plan's next phase." Rias said over the transceiver to Issei and Koneko.
"The next phase is…?" Issei asked looking down at Koneko.
"We're to meet up with Yuuto-senpai around the track field, and annihilate the enemies in the area." Koneko said to Issei.
"I wonder if Kiba is all right? Well, knowing him, he's probably doing just fine with a handsome smile. Koneko-chan, we should go too." Issei said as he extended his hand towards Koneko, but she withdrew her hand from him.
"Don't touch me." Koneko said as she walked ahead of Issei.
"Don't worry. I'm not going to use it on a teammate!" Issei said.
"Still, that is a terrible technique." Koneko stated.
"Looks like she's seriously hating me for that. Wait, Koneko-chan!" Issei said as he walked to catch up to her.
"Wait here." Izayoi ordered Shirayuki-Hime, sensing that something bad will happen.
"Izayoi-sama, wait!" Shirayuki-Hime said as she watched Izayoi disappeared. She then turns towards Issei and Koneko, who were walking towards the track field, and then her eyes widen, feeling something bad was going to happen also.
"Koneko!" Izayoi said as Koneko look behind her, seeing Izayoi grabbed on to her and then he threw her far away from him towards Issei, who caught her in his arms. After Izayoi threw her away, the spot where he was standing exploded, sending the whole area to be burned and destroyed by the explosion.
"Izayoi-senpai!" Issei shouted as Koneko look at the explosion that occurred with wide eyes.
"Izayoi-kun! What happened to Izayoi-kun?! Respond, Issei!" Rias said standing up from the couch, as a scared look fell upon her face. Meanwhile, Asia just sat across Rias, as she held an horrified look on her face, while covering her mouth out of fear and shock.
"Rias, don't underestimate me… Raiser Phenex. Still, who said I can't send my queen to fight the human instead?" Raiser said with a sinister smirk.
"Take." Yubelluna said with a smile.
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