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Chapter 12: Izayoi VS Raiser, Dragon?
"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.
"Izayoi-senpai." Koneko said looking at where Izayoi was.
"Damn it! Was that Raiser's Queen?" Issei said glaring at Yubelluna.
"Damn it! How dare you do that to Izayoi-senpai! Come down here! I'll fight you!" Issei said standing up from the ground, while Koneko just stared at where Izayoi was.
"Calm down, Issei. Those who are rendered unable to fight are teleported outside and treated." Rias said over the transceiver, while she held her shaking hands on her lap. Izayo-kun didn't die. You need to stay calm!" Rias said as tears could be seen over her eyes.
"But…!" Issei said.
"Give it up, boy. We already planned it to eliminate that weak human. No matter how hard you fight, you can't win against us." Yubelluna said as she pointed her wand at Issei.
"Ara, ara." Akeno said arriving to Issei and Koneko's help.
"Akeno-san!" Issei said seeing Akeno flying in front of him.
"Issei, I'll deal with her, so hurry along. You need not worry. I will avenge Izayoi-kun with all my might." Akeno said as a frown could be seen on her face.
"Okay, Akeno-san!" Issei said as he grabs Koneko, who was still staring towards where Izayoi was.
"Let's go, Koneko-chan!" Issei said but his efforts were ignored as Koneko kept staring at the spot where Izayoi was attacked.
"Izayoi-senpai…" Koneko said as she clenched her fist tightly, while a tear escaped her eye.
"Izayoi-sama!" Shirayuki-Hime called out stopping beside Issei and Koneko.
"I wanted to fight you someday, Priestess of Thunder." Yubelluna said as Akeno was covered by yellow energy.
"It couldn't be… Izayoi-sama wouldn't have…" Shirayuki-Hime said staring at the spot where Izayoi was.
"Oi, you haven't taken me yet." A voice said as everyone turns to the spot where Izayoi was before he was attacked.
"What? How can you be?!" Yubelluna said with a shocked look, seeing Izayoi standing there with dirt all over his jacket. Luckily his jacket wasn't burned or anything by the surprise attack from Yubelluna.
"All I can say is I'm not just a weak human." Izayoi said as he jumped towards Yubelluna.
"And I'm not going to get out of this game anytime soon." Izayoi said looking at the surprise Yubelluna, as he pulled back his fist and punched her in the stomach, prompting her to crash towards the ground.
"Izayoi-kun, it's nice to see you. How is it that you escaped from the surprise attack?" Akeno asked as Koneko approached Izayoi.
"I have a tough body." Izayoi commented as he pat Koneko's head.
"Sorry, Izayoi-senpai." Koneko apologized, as Izayoi smiled and gently stroke her hair.
"Don't worry. But I'm not going to let any of my friends get taken out this game yet." Izayoi stated as Shirayuki-Hime rushed towards him.
"Izayoi-sama, are you okay?" Shirayuki-Hime asked with a concern look.
"Yeah, I'm okay. But I'm going to check on the women over there." Izayoi answered with a smile, as he then focused his attention to the pained groan, that was coming from Yubelluna, who was standing up by supporting herself with her staff.
"Are you having trouble standing up? Let me return the favour of that surprise attack of yours." Izayoi said with a grin, as he lunges forward with his fist raised.
Yubelluna glares at him, and hold her wand in front of her, which caused a purple circle to appear in front of her. She then then aimed her wand at Izayoi, as she blasted a fireball at him from the purple circle.
When the fireball was nearing Izayoi, he punched the fireball, destroying it instantly, surprising Yubelluna. Izayoi was about to attack, but he was stopped as Akeno appear in front of him, flying in the air with her devil wings.
"Izayoi-kun, you should go with the others. I can handle her." Akeno said as Izayoi look at her.
"Fine." Izayoi said as he runs over to Issei, Koneko and Shirayuki-Hime. He wanted to beat her so badly, but he knows that Akeno can handle it from here.
"We should regroup. Let's find Kiba." Izayoi ordered as the three nodded and then set off to find Kiba.
"Raiser-sama's three pawns, retired." Grayfia said.
"Three?!" Issei said.
"Over here." A voice whispered which got Izayoi's attention, as he look to his right, seeing Kiba motioning his hand towards him.
"Kiba!" Issei said as he and Izayoi walk towards him, followed by Koneko and Shirayuki-Hime.
Hey." Kiba greeted with a smile.
"Those three just now…" Issei stated.
"Thanks to Akeno-san's barrier, it was pretty easy to beat them. " Kiba said to them.
Broadcasting Room
"With this, the number of remaining pieces is nine for Raiser-sama and eight for Rias-sama." Tsubaki informed Sona.
"We can't predict the winner yet." Sona stated.
With Izayoi
"I never would have thought that Izayoi-senpai would have survived from that attack." Kiba said Issei explain the surprise attack from Yubelluna. He, Izayoi, Issei, Koneko and Shirayuki-Hime were all in a sports storage room after deciding to regroup together in a quiet place, where no one would noticed them.
"Who do you think I am?" Izayoi asked standing next to Koneko and Shirayuki-Hime.
"It's a good thing Izayoi-senpai made it, or not, we would have lost our Rook." Kiba said as he look down at Koneko.
You know, I wonder why this jacket isn't burning from that attack earlier… I mean it's just a normal jacket for royals, right?" Izayoi said looking down at his non-burned jacket. He was curious as to why his jacket wasn't burned from Yubelluna fire magic.
"I think that jacket has a magic field around it, Izayoi-sama." Shirayuki-Hime said as Izayoi look at her.
"Yeah, by the looks of it." Kiba said looking at Izayoi's jacket.
"Yuuto, Issei, can you hear me?" Rias voice interrupted them.
"What's going on?" She asked.
"We're doing just fine, Buchou." Kiba informed her.
"Yeah, we're doing alright." Izayoi said to Rias over the transceiver.
"Izayoi-kun, but how…?" Rias asked as tears of joy cascaded over her eyes.
"I'm not going down that easily, okay? I told you I'd fight Raiser, right?" Izayoi asked as Rias smiled.
"Yeah, you did." She said as Asia who was sitting across from Rias held a happy smile, hearing the news about Izayoi.
"Anyway, Asia and I will launch a surprise attack on their main base, so distract the enemies as possible to buy us some time." Rias said as a frown appear on Izayoi's face.
"The plan was to wait for Akeno to recover and destroy each building individually, but that won't work since he's already brought out his Queen." Rias explained.
"I don't think that's such a good idea, Rias. I doubt Raiser will be waiting for you to do this kind of act." Izayoi said as Rias smiled at his concern for her.
"Yes, Buchou. It's way too risky for the King to leave the base!" Kiba stated.
"The enemy must be thinking the same. That's what I'm going for." Rias said.
"Rias…" Izayoi said.
"Phenex's body might be immortal, but his mind is not. If I deliver an attack strong enough to make him lose his fighting spirit, I can win. I'll break down Raiser's spirit myself!" Rias explained with a smile.
"I'm sorry, Izayoi-kun. But I have no other choice, trust me. I know that you can defeat Raiser. But I want to prove to myself, that I can at least do something than let my lovely servants suffer." Rias explained as Izayoi sighed.
"But be careful." Izayoi said.
"Alright, Izayoi-kun." Rias answered as she cut the connection between them.
"So, what's the plan, Izayoi-taichou?" Kiba asked as Izayoi let out a smirk to spread across his face.
"As Rias said, we have to distract the enemies and buy her some time. And with that said, let's show them what we're made of." Izayoi said as he went out, followed by everyone.
"You're all hiding, aren't you?! Fight us fair and square!" Issei yelled out as Izayoi look around the school yard, which they arrived at.
Issei and Kiba look in front of them, seeing a person step out from a burst of dust, "I'm Raiser-sama's knight, Carlamain. You must be out of your mind to come at me directly." Carlamain said. Carlamain is a young woman with light brown hair and green eyes. Her outfit consists of a full set of silver armor with black accents that appears to be a cross between a European knight's (chest plate, gauntlets and geaves) and a Japanese Samurai (hip plates and shoulder guards), and wears a headband that goes across her hair and forehead. She is equipped with a broadsword and a dagger, both of which are held with brown belts slung across her hip. The broadsword is slung on her left hip, and features a red jewel on the pommel and has bandages across the handle for grip. The dagger, which is located behind her hip, features a gold hilt with bandages on the handle.
"However, I like idiots like you!" Carlamain stated unsheathing her sword, and pointing it in front of her, as a burst of flames covered the whole sword in flames.
"I'm Rias-sama's knight, Kiba Yuuto." Kiba introduced as he unsheathe his own sword.
"I was looking forward to cross swords with a fellow knight!" Kiba said holding his sword in front of him.
"Well said, Rias Gremory's Knight!" Carlamain said as she charges at him with her flame sword, to which Kiba retaliate by charging at her with his own sword.
"Amazing!" Issei commented watching as Kiba and Carlamain exchanged blows after blows.
"Don't let your guard down, Issei." Izayoi said looking in front of him.
"All Carlamain thinks of all day is swords, swords, and more swords. She seemed upset about sacrificing some pieces too. What an unbelievably unrefined girl. And when I thought I finally found a cutie, it turns out he's another sword freak." Ravel said as two more of Raiser's servants surrounded the four of them.
"My goodness, how unfortunate." Ravel said with a smile, as three more of Raiser's servants appear behind her.
"He's using all his remaining pieces to deal with us! Buchou's prediction was spot on." Kiba thought glancing behind him to see Koneko, Issei, Izayoi and Shirayuki-HIme were surrounded by the remaining pieces of Raise's peerage.
"But really, Rias-sama seems to have a strange taste in men." Ravel said looking at Issei.
"A cute character with a sharp tounge?!" Issei said as he raised his hand and points his fist forward.
"Boosted Gear!" He said as Issei's red gauntlet appeared on his hand.
"Boost!" The gauntlet said.
"Oh, excuse me, but I'm not fighting. " Ravel said raising her hand in dismissal.
"Isabella." She said as Koneko look in front of her to see a light brown haired woman stepping up in front of her
"I am Isabella, Raiser-sama's Rook." Isabella introduced. Isabela is a woman with short, light brownhair and grey eyes. Her hair has three red highlights across, and wears a plain white mask which covers the right side of her face. Her outfit consists of a black jacket and matching jeans. The jacket has wide shoulders and a wide collar, and features three leather straps on both her arms. It is also slightly opened, revealing her rather-large breasts and cleavage, and it is cut off at her midriff. Her jeans have a section (on her right pantleg) cut off, revealing some of her thighs and butt, and also features three leather straps on her calves, just below the ankles, and two extra straps on her right pantleg to keep it in place. She also wears black fighting gloves and boots to enhance her blows.
Here I come, Rias Gremory's pawn!" Isabella said as she charges at Issei, but she was stopped by a punch in the stomach, causing her to flew back.
Isabella stood up from the ground, as she look up, seeing Koneko stood in front of her.
"I'm your opponent." Koneko said holding her fists in front of her.
"So be it, Rias Gremory's Rook!" She said as she charged at Koneko.
"Hey, who do hell is she?! What does she mean she isn't fighting!" Issei said to Isabella, pointing his finger at Ravel.
"She's a bishop in the game, but she is more or less than just a spectator." Isabella said exchanging blows with Koneko, to which she dodge and block some of it.
"The hell?" Issei asked.
"She's the little sister of Raiser, her name is Ravel Phenex." Izayoi said as Issei look at him in surprise.
"How do you know that?" Issei asked.
"It seems that Rias-sama has got a sense in men after all." Ravel said looking at Izayoi with a smile.
"Issei, get that perverted mind off of your head." Izayoi stated looking at Issei, who had a perverted smile on his face. He was thinking that he knew why Raiser would want his little sister in his harem.
"H-Hai!" Issei said shaking his head out of his thoughts.
"Shirayuki-Hime, we'll deal with the twins over there." Izayoi said as Shirayuki-Hime step up in front of him, while raising her hand in front of Izayoi.
"I'll deal with those two myself, Izayoi-sama." Shirayuki-Hime said as Izayoi raised an eyebrow.
"You should prepare to battle Raiser, if Rias is in trouble." Shirayuki-Hime explained.
"Are you sure?" Izayoi asked.
"I'm not just a weak Familiar, Izayoi-sama. I'm your strong and sexy familiar." Shirayuki-Hime said blushing furiously for calling herself like that.
"I'm glad to know that." Izayoi said with a smirk, not expecting her to call herself that.
"Buchou!" Issei shouted as Izayoi look up at the new school house, seeing Rias carrying Asia using her devil wings and landing down on the roof of the new school house.
"Did he see through our plan?" Kiba thought.
"You knew I'd come, didn't you?" Rias asked with a smile while hiding the frown inside.
"Izayoi-kun was right. He knew that I would come." Rias thought sadly feeling guilty not to trust Izayoi.
"A virgin like you shouldn't underestimate my experience, Rias." Raiser said standing on top of the roof, opposite of Rias.
"You're as vulgar as usual." Rias commented.
"Ruin Princess, Twilight Healing, Princess of Thunder, Sword Birth, and Boosted Gear. Those are quite fancy names, but we are Phenex, the immortal. We're immortal!" Ravel said as raising her right hand to the sky.
"Do you see now that there's no hope for your team?" Ravel asked.
"Li! Ri! I bet these pawns are stronger than you expect. Attack that black haired girl!" Ravel ordered as Li and Ri charge at Shirayuki-Hime.
"Pawns? Ha, I'm not going to lose to you weaklings!" Shirayuki-Hime said with a smirk, as water suddenly appear covering both of her hands.
"What? Is that a Sacred Gear?" Li asked as she and Ri charges at the waiting Shirayuki-Hime. The two then jumped and landed down in front of a smirking Shirayuki-Hime.
"No, I'm just a familiar for Izayoi-sama!" Shirayuki-Hime said quickly raising both of her hands as a burst of water came out of her palms, pushing back Li and Ri.
Shirayuki-Hime then raised her right hand, as two tornado like whirlpool appear beside her. Li and Ri sttod up drenched in water, as they look up at the tornado.
"How can she do that?" Ri asked staring up at the tornado in surprise.
"You shouldn't let your guard down, girls!" Shirayuki-Hime said as she points her right hand at Li and Ri, as the two tornado approached the twins, while tearing the ground apart from the force of the tornado.
"Li, what should we do?" Ri asked looking up at the tornado with a scared look.
"We should run!" Li said as she turns around and tried to run, but she was held back as the two were pulled towards the two tornado. The two fiercely run but it effortless as the two had gotten sucked up by the tornados.
"Ah!" Li and Ri said as their clothes were rip apart by the violent vortex of the tornado, and then they both disappeared in a sparkle of blue energy.
"Raiser-sama's, two pawns, retired." Grayfia said.
"Good going, Shirayuki-Hime." Izayoi said looking at Shirayuki-Hime fighting the twins.
"Thank you, Izayoi-sama." Shirayuki-Hime said with a smile, bowing her head at him.
"I can't handle this!" Issei shouted dodging a sword from slashing him sideways.
"Issei!" Kiba said.
"Let me have some more fun. I want to enjoy this oremarital foreplay, you know?" Raiser said.
"Don't be ridiculous!" Rias as she shoot her red energy at him, which Raiser shoot his fire at her, causing both of the attacks to explode.
"Buchou!" Issei said.
"Don't worry. You should worry about your own opponent!" Rias said over the transceiver.
"Izayoi-sama!" Shirayuki-Hime said as Izayoi stared at Raiser with narrowed eyes.
"I know." He replied back.
"Dragon Booster Second Liberation!" Issesi's gauntlet said, as Issei was covered in green energy that was twisting like a tornado.
"I-It transformed?" Issei asked looking down at his new form of Boosted Gear.
With Akeno
"P-Priestess of Thunder, you're indeed formidable. But your magic is already depleted. " Yubelluna said after crashing to the ground in the tennis track.
"Worry not. I'll recover after a short rest. " Akeno stated her clothes ripping on some part of her body.
"I'm not sure if you'll have time to rest. " Yubelluna said pulling out something from her pocket.
"That is…" Akeno said with a surprised look.
"You fell for it. " Yubelluna said with a smile.
"Raiser-sama's one pawn, two knights, and a bishop, retired." Grayfia stated
"You win." Isabella said to Koneko as she disappears into blue energy.
"Raiser-sama's rook, retired." Grayfia said.
"He boosted the Knight's ability with his Boosted Gear?" Tsubaki questioned.
"Emperor of Red Dragon granted him a new ability:" Sona said.
"Boosted Gear Gift!" Issei said raising his gauntlet to the sky.
"Izayoi-sama, look!" Shirayuki-Hime said pointing her finger behind Izayoi.
"Rias-sama's queen, retired." Grayfia said as Izayoi's eyes widen, seeing Akeno fell from the sky, but she could touch the ground, she disappeared in blue energy.
"Akeno." Rias said with a surprised look.
"Akeno-san was…" Asia said healing Rias's shoulder.
"Looks like you lost you much-boasted right –hand woman." Raiser commented.
"I still have Issei, Yuuto, Koneko, Shirayuki-Hime and Izayoi-kun." Rias said with Asia at her side.
"You wish." Raiser said.
"I can't believe Akeno-san was defeated!" Issei said as he then heard a sound from beside him, which prompted him to look.
"Kiba!" Issei shouted seeing Kiba falling and disappearing into blue energy.
"Take." Yubelluna said flying in front of Issei.
"You again!" Issei said.
"Rias-sama's Knight, retired." Grayfia said.
"Yuuto!" Rias said.
"Resigned already, Rias!" Raiser said.
"As if I would!" Rias shouted as she hit Raiser at the side of his head with her Power of Destruction.
"You still can't tell? You'll just end up injuring that bishop, rook and your pawn. And most certainly, you're boyfriend." Raiser said as flames started to heal the wound on the side of his head.
"Issei-san." Asia said.
"That took you a while, Yubelluna." Ravel said looking at Yubelluna.
"That Queen was strong, just as rumoured. I had to resort to this, as expected." Yubelluna said holding a vile in her hands.
"It's still a victory. I knew I could count on you." Ravel said.
"Then… What is that bottle?" Yubelluna asked flying away from Ravel.
"Phenex's tears." Ravel said flying in front of Issei.
"A treasure of my family that can instantly cure any wound completely." Ravel explained.
"That's cheating!" Issei exclaimed.
"Oh, we are allowed to use it up to two times in the game." Ravel explained. "You have a bishop with Twilight Healing, too. It's an expensive item that only my family can make. Immortality and these tears have brought the Phenex family only fortune since the Rating Game began!" Ravel said as she laugh but Issei run away from her.
"H-Hey, don't ignore me!" Ravel said but Issei was stopped seconds before he could reach the door of the new school house.
"Issei…" A voice called out as Issei look back, seeing Izayoi standing with his hair shadowing his face.
"Get away from here." Izayoi stated as Issei wore a confused look. He was going to save Rias, but why was it that Izayoi was stopping him?
"I'll handle Raiser. You and Koneko get away from here. I don't want you to get caught up in our battle." Izayoi said as Issei look back at the new school house, and then he look at Izayoi. He look reluctantly to decline, but he knows that Izayoi is far stronger than him, and he trusted him.
"Alright, Izayoi-senpai. Beat him real good, okay?" Issei exclaimed with a smile, as he runs past him, meeting up with Koneko.
"I'll beat him real good. You can count on that." Izayoi said as Shirayuki-Hime, who was behind him, saw that Issei and Koneko run away from them, tending to stay far away from the new school house.
"Shirayuki-Hime, can you get away from here, too? I don't want my Familiar to get hurt." Izayoi exclaimed glancing back with a smile.
"B-But… O-Okay, Izayoi-sama. And don't let your guard down when you're fighting him, okay?" Shirayuki-Hime asked as Izayoi nodded, as he turns his head to look up at the new school house's roof, which had Raiser to the far left of the roof, while Rias and Asia to the right.
"Alright." Izayoi said as Shirayuki-Hime turns away from him and run towards Issei and Koneko, but she glanced back at Izayoi, who was just standing there in his spot. After glancing at him for a while, she continues to run towards where Issei and Koneko were.
"You! What are you thinking of doing?" Ravel asked seeing as Izayoi just stood there, with hair shadowing his face from view.
"Can you get away too?" Izayoi asked startling Ravel, who look at him in surprise.
"Get away? Why would I do that?" Ravel asked flying with flame wings in her back.
"I don't want you to get hurt, of course. Even though, you're Raiser's little sister. I'm not that bad of a person. So, will you?" Izayoi asked again, as Ravel look at him, wanting to deny his request, but she felt reluctant to decline.
"O-Okay. But you're not going to be able to defeat Raiser. He's immortal." Ravel stated as she then left but not before casting a glance back at Izayoi.
"Akeno, Kiba… Don't worry, I'm going to finish this once and for all…" Izayoi said as he disappeared out of view.
Underworld
"Sirzech, what is he doing?" Ajuka asked as he, Falbium and Sirzech were watching the battle in front of a screen, and they were perplexed on Izayoi's actions. They were confused as to why he told his friends and Ravel to get away from the new school house. And why he was standing there, without doing anything.
"I don't know… But I think he is going to end this." Sirzech answered back, looking at Izayoi. He too was perplexed on Izayoi's actions, but he believed him that he can end this battle once and for all. If he can defeat him two years ago, then he can beat Raiser as well.
"Izayoi…" He mutters.
Battlefield
"Where's your boyfriend now, Rias? Is he too much of a coward to face me?" Raiser said blasting his fire magic at Rias, who was blocking it with her Power of Destruction.
"Don't call him that!" Rias said glaring heatedly at Raiser.
"Then where is he?" Raiser asked with a shrug of his shoulder, proving his point that Izayoi isn't here with them.
"Izayoi-kun, where are you?" Rias thought as she blocked another blast of fire from Raiser.
Suddenly, a punch to Raiser's cheek, sent him to crash into the ground of a deserted area beside the new school house.
"What?" Yubelluna asked flying to the sky, after witnessing Raiser being punched.
"We're not going to give up." Izayoi said as Yubelluna saw that Izayoi was standing on top of the roof.
"You again!" Yubelluna said as she sent a fire blast at him, which Izayoi destroyed with just the back of his hand, surprising her.
"Yubelluna!" Raiser voice called out to her, as she look at him and rushed towards him, landing beside him.
"Izayoi-kun!" Rias stated rushing towards him, and giving him a hug.
"Are you okay, Rias?" Izayoi asked hugging her back, seeing as Rias had some rip on her school uniform.
"Yeah, don't worry. I got Asia to heal me." Rias said which earn a smile on Izayoi's face.
"Thanks, Asia." Izayoi said to Asia, which she bows her head at him.
"Don't worry, Izayoi-senpai. That's what I do best!" Asia stated with a smile, looking at him.
"Rias, can you and Asia get away from here?" Izayoi asked pulling back on their hug, as Rias look up at him.
"I'm going to fight Raiser, and end this now." Izayoi said with a smile, which Rias smiled at him.
"Okay. We can do that." Rias said as a sad smile appeared on her face.
"But after you're done, can you return to us? To me? I'm not going giving an exception if you lose." Rias said as Izayoi smiled and grins.
"Don't worry. Fighting with Sirzech is much harder than this. Even though Sirzech wasn't able to get a hit on me." Izayoi said as Rias giggled.
"If that's true, then beat him, Izayoi-kun." Rias said as Izayoi nodded.
"You should go now." Izayoi said as he turns to his left, seeing Yubelluna flying away from Raiser.
"Okay." Rias said as she look at Asia, who nodded at her. Rias then summoned her devil wings, as Asia wrap her arms on her. But before she flew away, she kissed Izayoi on the lips, giving him good luck on the soon to-be battle.
Izayoi look back at Rias, who was flying away from the new school house with Asia beside her.
"Shirayuki- Hime, take care of Rias for me." Izayoi said on the transceiver to Shirayuki-Hime.
"Okay, Izayoi-sama." Shirayuki-Hime said as Izayoi cut the connection between them. Izayoi look in front of him, seeing as Raiser was waiting for him to show up.
"Once and for all…" Izayoi mutters as he disappeared.
"So, you show up. I thought you were going to bail out like a coward would do." Raiser taunted looking at Izayoi, who appeared in front of him.
"I decided that I'll fight you. And I intend to do just that." Izayoi said narrowing his eyes at Raiser.
"You know you're not going to win." Raiser stated with a smirk.
"If that is so, then why is it that your cheek isn't healing by now?" Izayoi asked with an arrogant smirk, seeing Raiser's cheek was bruised from his punch.
"Maybe it's because you didn't punch hard enough." Raiser mocked as Izayoi smirk.
"Then, I'm not going to show any mercy on you for what you have done to Akeno, Kiba and especially Rias." Izayoi said as Raiser laugh.
"I can do whatever I want. I'm going to win, that's for sure." Raiser stated as he stop his laugh.
"We'll see about that, Phenex." Izayoi said as he and Raiser look at each other.
"What makes you thi-?!" Raiser was cut off as Izayoi punch him in the stomach, sending Raiser crashing into the ground a few distance away from him.
"B-Bastard!" Raiser said he spit a large amount of blood from his mouth, and he could feel some of his bones broke from the force of the punch. He then lifted his hand, and fired a fire blast aimed at Izayoi. But before that could happen, Izayoi appear in front of him and kneed him in the stomach, breaking his bones that were strangely slowly healing from the Izayoi's punch earlier.
Izayoi then punch him in the face, which prompted him to spit some blood from his mouth. He then continued his assault by punching him again in the stomach, sending him crashing into the ground a few distance away from him again.
"Why can't I heal fast than I used to?" Raiser thought with clenching teeth, not knowing why his healing weren't fast as it was used to. He was pumping a lot of magic into his healing when he was punched by Izayoi. But he can't understand why, after all that magic he was wasting, he can't seem to heal fast enough.
"Something the problem, Phenex?" Izayoi asked with a smirk.
"Shut up!" Raiser said with gritted teeth, shooting several huge fire blasts at Izayoi.
"Sirzech's were more powerful than these." Izayoi mutters as he punched the closest fire blast, destroying it instantly. He then punched all of the huge fire blasts, wasting no time destroying them easily.
"I'm not going to lose! I'm a Phenex! I'm immortal!" Raiser yelled in frustration as he charges at him, while sending several fire blasts at him.
"Then, I'll teach you the meaning of losing." Izayoi said dashing towards him, dodging the fireblasts, which surprises Raiser to stop his charge.
"I'm not going to lose. And let you take Rias away!" Izayoi said appearing in front of Raiser, as he punch him in the stomach again, but this time he was sent flying to the sky.
"I'm going to end this." Izayoi said as he unconsciously raised his right hand up and put his left hand on the raised hand. After all this time, he knew that he wasn't using his full power with his punches, but deep inside, he can feel it.
A dormant power that is in his body.
Suddenly, a beam of light appeared from Izayoi's hand, which caused the atmosphere around Izayoi vehemently rumbled, due to the present of the beam of light in his palm.
Underworld
"What is that?" Ajuka asked eyed wide at the amount of power that Izayoi held in the small beam of light.
"I don't know. I never saw him use it before." Sirzech answered staring at the screen with wide eyes.
"Really interesting. And that amount of power that he held. It's enormous!" Falbium commented with wide eyes, watching Izayoi with a beam of light in his palm.
Broadcasting Room
"What is that?" Tsubaki asked watching as Izayoi summoned a pillar of beam to appear in his palm.
"I honestly I don't know, I never saw anything like it before." Sona said staring eyed wide at the discovery of Izayoi's new power.
With Rias
"Buchou, what is this?" Issei asked sensing powerful energy nearby.
"I-I don't know…" Rias stated as she look at the direction of the new school house, where Izayoi was.
"Izayoi-kun, I hope you're okay. And please come back." Rias thought.
With Izayoi
Izayoi sucked in cool air, closing his eyes for a while, and then opens it as he look up at Raiser.
"Raiser Phenex, I hereby declare you retire!" Izayoi shouted to the sky, as he thrust up his hand at Raiser, which the beam of light in his palm turned into a huge pillar. The pillar pierced through Raiser's chest, who yelled in pain, but the pillar continues its way to penetrate the shell of the alternate world, causing cracks to appear above the area of where Izayoi and Raiser are.
"Buchou, look!" Issei said pointing his hand up at the sky.
"Izayoi-kun!" Rias thought with a worried look, looking up at the cracking sky, which was being penetrated by the huge white pillar that came out of nowhere.
Suddenly, the cracks that formed at the sky from being penetrated by the huge pillar shatters opens, instantly allowing light to surround the whole battlefield, and Izayoi quietly disappeared in the light, to which he closed his eyes and drifted into slumber.
After a while, the light dissipated, leaving a barren wasteland where once the new school house stood minutes ago, and the trees that were near the new school house, were completely destroyed, leaving nothing but only the ground to see.
"Ugh…" Rias stood up from the ground, shaking her head to see what was going on.
"Issei? Koneko? Shirayuki-Hime?" Rias called out.
"Buchou... What just happen?" Issei asked standing up from the ground, while holding his head.
"Buchou." Koneko said sitting on the couch with Asia, who was waking up from her short sleep.
"Rias-sama." Shirayuki-Hime stated, making herself known as she stood up from the wall behind her.
"Is everyone alright?" Rias asked as one by one, they all nodded.
"Raiser-sama, King, retired." Grayfia said as Rias eyes widen, recalling the battle between Raiser and Izayoi.
"Due to Raiser-sama's defeat, Rias-sama wins the Rating Game." Grayfia said as everyone let out a smile to the victory they have achieved, but Rias wasn't smiling, she was waiting for a certain blonde haired man to come back to her.
"Now? But… Izayoi-kun has not return yet." Rias said to Grayfia, which she could hear.
"I'm sure he's been transported back to the Human World after his battle with Raiser-sama." Grayfia assured her as Rias look back at the new school house, but her eyes widen when she saw that there was no school house in front of her.
"Rias-sama?" Grayfia asked as Rias suddenly summoned her devil wings and went outside the Occult Research Clubroom through the window, as she headed off to the now barren wasteland that held the new school house minutes ago.
"Izayoi-kun…" Rias thought worriedly as she sees look down at the barren wasteland, she could see that everything was destroyed, to the point that she couldn't see any trees that were standing near the new school house minutes before Izayoi battled with Raiser.
"Something's not right!" Rias exclaimed as she look left and right for any signs of Izyaoi, but sadly she could not find any, which sadden her greatly.
"Izyaoi-kun, where are you?" Rias asked as she look one last time, and then she heads back to the Occult Research Club to exit the battlefield, wanting to left the battlefield to search for Izayoi in the Human World.
Unknown World
"Ugh… Where am I?" Izayoi groan as he woke up from his slumber, and he sees that he wasn't in the battlefield that Rating Game was held.
"You've been asleep for a while now, boy." A voice called as the now standing Izayoi, look around for the voice.
"I'm right here." A voice called, but the voice was booming with its deep tone, unlike the voice that spoke softly a second ago.
Izayoi then look up, and his eyes widen, seeing a massive red Western Dragon with a horn on its snout. His overall length measures around 100 meters, which to Izayoi, he was extremely massive. But a smirk suddenly appears on his face, recognizing the red dragon from the books he had read about from Sirzech.
"You're Great Red, right?" Izayoi asked as the dragon landed on the ground, and look at Izayoi.
"Yes. I am Great Red." The red dragon now named Great Red said as it narrows its eyes at Izayoi.
"Though, I want to know why are you here?" Great Red asked.
"Don't know. I just awaken to my true power's potential, and I defeated a Phenex. And then, when I woke up, I'm here in this…" Izayoi said looking around at the Unknown World.
"Dimensional Gap." Great Red stated.
"Dimensional Gap? I heard of that before, it's the gap that exists between Earth, Heaven and the Underworld. And it was the home of Ophis, right? I read it in some old books from Sirzech." Izayoi said as Great Red raised his claw and swiped at Izayoi. But he was surprised that Izayoi had caught his claw by his left hand, which was bare.
"Is this always how you treat people?" Izayoi asked pushing Red's claw away from him.
"Hmm… No one can block my attack like that. But I question on how do you know Ophis?" Great Red as Izayoi raised his eyebrow.
"Didn't I explain it already? I read about her in some old books from Sirzech." Izayoi explained as Great Red smiled a toothy grin.
"Sirzech, huh? The Ruler of the Underworld?" Great Red asked as Izayoi nodded.
"Yeah. Do you know him?" Izayoi asked looking up at him.
"I heard of him. But what I heard is that he is extremely powerful and holding the title Lucifer." Great Red said.
"Really? It wasn't that hard when I beat him, though." Izayoi said shrugging his shoulder, seeing as he couldn't see Sirzech powerful, after he had beaten him.
"Oh? You know I heard of a person that beat Sirzech. I heard he had to recover for two weeks." Great Red said.
"Yeah, bruises and soreness all over he's beaten body. But who could blame him? He was the one that decided to make me a part of his peerage." Izayoi stated as suddenly a claw from above, caught his attention, as he raised his left hand and grab the claw before it could flatten him flat on the ground.
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"If that is true, then you're the one that defeated Sirzech. I don't know if you're lying or nor when I heard that you defeated Sirzech, but when you block my claw. I know that you're powerful." Great Red said as Izayoi laughs.
"Is that so? Well, seeing as you have started your attack already. I might as well, attack too!" Izayoi said as he grip Red's claw, and punched it using his right fist, which caused the claw to instantly return back to its original spot.
"I can tell you're strong. But how can you survive the atmosphere around the Dimensional Gap?" Great Red asked.
"Do you mean people suffocate when they enter this Dimensional Gap?" Izayoi asked as Great Red nodded.
"Well, I'm an exception then. But you shouldn't talk when you battling!" Izayoi advised disappearing from his spot, surprising Great Red. Suddenly, Red felt a blow to his chest, which prompted him to be pushed a few meters back, while he felt the pain spreading around his chest from the force of the punch.
"Boy! You're going to be dead when I'm finish with you!" Great Red said exhaling a fair amount of air as he then breath out a massive fire blast that swept around the Dimensional Gap. But he was surprised as his fire breath was completely stopped, which caused him to look down at Izayoi, who was grinning.
"That doesn't work on me, old man!" Izayoi said as he jumped from his spot towards Great Red.
"Old man?! How dare you mock me? I'll show you, how about this?!" Great Red said flapping its wings, surprising Izayoi at the pressure of the wind pushing back at him. He crossed his arms over his chest, as he flipped back on his previous spot.
"You're good, old man." Izayoi commented looking up as Great Red quickly swipes its massive claw at Izayoi from the side.
"That doesn't work on me, old man! Haven't you got any other tricks on you?" Izayoi asked gripping Red's claw with his left hand.
"Then, I'm going to squash you dead, boy!" Great Red said as he pushed down his claw, which caused Izayoi to push back against the doubled force of the claw.
"You got some strength there, old man. But I'm not going to die anytime soon and I'm not going to die in this place of nothingness!" Izayoi said pulling back his right fist and punched the claw away from him.
Izayoi instantly jumped towards Great Red, and kicked the horn on its head, which caused Great Red to flew back a couple meters away.
"Boy, who are you?" Great Red asked feeling his horn cracked a little by the force of Izayoi's kick. He was surprised by the strength possessed by the boy, and he knows that strength was on another level of power if stopping his fire breath was any easy task.
"The name's Sakamaki Izayoi. And I'm a human." Izayoi introduced as Great Red's dragon eyes widen.
"Human? How can that be? This Dimensional Gap would have killed him in seconds. But he is standing in here like nothing is happening to him. And that strength he possessed… That isn't any ordinary power." Great Red thought looking at the grinning Izayoi.
"If you're a human, then that limits your power to not survive this battle!" Great Red said as he raised both of his claws and swiped it down on Izayoi, to which he caught it both with two of his hands gripping it.
"You're finish, Izayoi." Great Red said as he inhaled air inside his lungs and he breath out his fire breath, which enveloped Izayoi, who couldn't do anything with both of his hands preoccupied on Red's claws.
As he breath out his fire, he felt his claws instantly pushed back to his sides, but he continue to breath his fire at Izayoi. After a while he stopped his fire breathing and waited for the smoke to dissipate. And just as the smoke disappeared, "As I said, I won't die in this place of nothingness. And I ain't starting now!" Izayoi said as Great Red's eyes widen, seeing Izayoi was still alive after a while of burning.
He could see that his arms were crossed in front of him, meaning that he defended against his fire breathing but he was still alive and his arms were still intact, but he had low burns on his arm till his elbow. His folded sleeves that were folded at his elbows, were burned, leaving the top of the sleeve to remain intact above his shoulder.
His pants were burned below his knees, but his shoes that were below his feet, weren't melted or burned to a crisp like his sleeves. And his blue jacket that he wore had been burned from below his knees till his waist.
"How did you survive, boy? That fire could have entirely melted a human in seconds!" Great Red said in surprised. He couldn't believe that this boy survived a few minutes of sustaining high-degree of fire. But he couldn't help but be surprise and impress by the boy's strength and will.
"Old man, I'm not going easy on you now." Izayoi said as he flipped back a few distance away from Great Red, who watched him.
"Taste this!" Izayoi yelled as he raised his right hand up to point at Great Red, as a beam of light appear from his hand, shocking Great Read when he felt the level of power inside the beam.
"What… Burning power… is that?" Great Red thought in shock, watching as the beam of light turned into a huge pillar that penetrated the Dimensional Gap, shocking him even more.
"What?! He penetrated the Dimensional Gap? That's not even possible!" Great Red thought watching the Dimensional Gap had cracks over it from being penetrated by the huge pillar.
As if pulling the handle of the light, Izayoi swung down the huge pillar towards Great Red's horn, to which he held both of his claws to blocked it.
"You can't defend against this, old man!" Izayoi yelled as he pushed it down, not giving his full power but he wanted to test his power that he was using now, instead of pouring all his power into the attack.
After a while, Great Red's claws were getting pushed down little by little by the huge pillar, which caused Great Red to grit his dragon teeth, shocked to see that Izayoi was holding this much power in his human body. Then, after minutes of defending, Great Red let his claws down, tired of defending by the extremely powerful force that the huge pillar possessed.
And with that, the pillar came in contact with Great Red's horn, causing a ball of light to enveloped both Izayoi and Great Red entirely, including the Dimensional Gap, that had shattered when the light burst open at the collision of the huge white pillar and Great Red.
After a few seconds, the light enveloped everything quietly.
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