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Chapter 26: Destroy The Stars!
~Kuoh Academy~
"This is..." Sona mutters with a surprised look, looking at the huge deadly whirlwind fog above Pest. Also, it didn't help that the deadly whirlwind was terrifyingly hovering higher than the boundary wall which she knew was very tall. It was even taller than the town itself.
"We have to hurry!" Xenovia shouted at Sona, who nodded in agreement and looked at Akeno that was flying across from her.
"Akeno, can you pour anymore energy, if you will?" Sona asked as her energy flows out from her magic circle through the small portal that was forming from their demonic energy.
"I'm afraid this is draining me of all of my energy that I got left." Akeno said as beads of sweat ran down her forehead. She looked up at the portal that kept its small size rather than being bigger than they wanted it to be. "It looks like we don't have enough energy to make the portal bigger. Impossible as it may seem to our level of power, but sadly it's the truth." She added as Sona slightly frown, knowing that her statement was true. Even though the two of them were High-Class Devils and had a lot of demonic energy in their bodies, they couldn't believe how much power it took to form a small portal out of the screen. Even she was starting to feel out of breath from the constant draining of her demonic energy to flow out to the portal.
"At this rate, we can't support the portal any—" Sona was cut off as a pair of hands came down onto her outstretched hands and Sona looked at her left, seeing Shirayuki-Hime flying next to her. A pair of water wings resembling Devil wings could be seen from her back.
"Let me help." Shirayuki-Hime said looking at Sona, who nodded.
Meanwhile, Akeno was having some difficulty concentrating her energy through her magic circle to the small portal. She was then caught by surprise as Xenovia appeared next to her and put her hands on hers.
"I will help too." Xenovia stated as Akeno smiled.
With the additional support, both Shirayuki-Hime and Xenovia poured out their energy inside each of the magic circles on their sides to let it flow through the portal.
Suddenly, both of Akeno and Sona's magic circles glow brightly. "Everyone poured out all of your energy into the portal!" Sona ordered as the four of them pour out their demonic energy into the portal. Then in less than a second, the small portal that was over the screen instantly became bigger, sending off a gust of wind from its huge presence. Its size was as big as the front face of the school.
"Buchou, now!" Akeno said looking down at Rias, who nodded at her.
"Serafall-sama. Let's do it now." Rias said to Serafall, who nodded at her. The two raised their hands and put it on top of each other. They then channel their demonic energies through their hands, which caused a giant magic circle to appear before them. Suddenly, a bright light enveloped the magic circle and when it disappears, everyone look at the newly transformed magic circle. The outer ring of the circle was blue while in the inner part of the circle was red. The Gremory and Sitri symbols were placed right beside each other in the inner part of the circle, showing the combined force of their powers.
Rias then poured her Power of Destruction into the magic circle, which caused a set of big red static swords to come out from the magic circle, accompanying by large ice shards that were spinning around them.
The red static swords and ice shards flew through the portal without any problems or disruption.
"Izayoi-kun, please received this!" Rias thought with gritted teeth as she and Serafall poured out all of their demonic energy into the magic circle, which caused hundreds upon hundreds of red static swords and ice shards to appear out of from the magic portal and into the portal.
Suddenly, Rias and Serafall collapsed onto the ground after wasting so much energy on their collaboration attack. But before they completely fall, they placed their hands onto the ground to support them from falling.
The two of them looked at the portal that immediately disappears and was replaced by the screen instead. Both Sona and Akeno flew down onto the ground, followed by Shirayuki-Hime and Xenovia. Once their legs touched the ground, their legs immediately gave out and they collapsed on the ground, feeling exhausted from pouring all of their demonic energy into the portal.
Irina slowly walked and crouched down next to Rias, who looked at the four girls that were panting heavily.
"Will that be enough, Rias?" Irina asked to Rias, who was panting with Serafall, who had poured every ounce of her energy into the portal. Given she was one of the Four Great Satan, she knew that the power held inside the ice shards had the equal power as a Satan.
"I'm sure it's enough. It has to be." Rias answered as she looked up at the screen, that was displaying the huge darkish red whirlwind above the town of Hamelin. "We have to hope that the attack can reach through the other world without fail." She said as everyone look at the screen, while hoping that their efforts weren't futile.
~Hamelin~
Izayoi stood on his spot on a roof of a house while he stared at Pest in the eye. The two stare each other before Izayoi crouched down and shoot himself towards Pest, wanting to stop the fog circle from getting even bigger.
When he was at the same height as Pest in the air, he pulled back his right fist and punched Pest, who blocked with her right hand while her other hand release the black fog that made the whirlwind fog bigger.
Then, Izayoi started punching her with a series of punches which made Pest to immediately use both of her hands to block it. "As I said, if you can't destroy the stars themselves, you can't defeat a Demon Lord." Pest said to Izayoi, who ignored her and started to increase his speed on punching, simultaneously making Pest increase her speed on blocking. But each time Izayoi punches, Pest deflected it but she noticed that she was to be push back by him, little by little.
"Enough!" Pest said agitated as her whole body was engulfed in dark red energy, which sent Izayoi crashing into a roof. "You'll be the first one to die than the others!" She said as she raised her right directly below the deadly whirlwind fog. She then motioned her hand towards Izayoi, which caused the massive whirlwind of death to head towards Izayoi.
"Damn, Loli-sama..." Izayoi thought as he stood up from the crater and slowly looked up at the deadly whirlwind fog that was dangerously heading towards him. "I guess this is it..." He thought as he clenched his right fist, knowing that he had to use 'it'. A smirk made its way on his face as he stared at the approaching whirlwind of death.
Meanwhile, on top of the boundary wall, 2000 meters above the ground of Hamelin, Sala and Sandora stood beside each other as they looked upon the deadly whirlwind that was heading towards something or someone.
"Onee-sama, what will Izayoi-san do?" Sandora asked with worry as Sala look at Izayoi and the approaching whirlwind.
"Since he's out of time, I should help-" Sala was cut off by sensing something out of the ordinary. She turns to her left and her eyes widen, seeing a giant portal appearing out from the top of the boundary wall just a few distance from them.
"Onee-sama, what are those?!" Sandora exclaimed pointing her finger at the portal which releases a large quantity of big static red swords and ice shards.
"I don't know, but they are heading towards the whirlwind!" Sala said as she and Sandora looked at the red swords and ice shards that were directly heading straight towards the deadly whirlwind.
With Izayoi
"This might be a problem." Izayoi said as he saw that whirlwind completely covered Pest with its huge size and intimidating fog. "But I can't use it here. It would destroy half of the city itself if I decided to use it at this distance." He thought with a frown, knowing the aftermath of destruction he could create if he uses 'it'.
Suddenly, Izayoi's ear perked up from hearing something coming towards him. Then, he was taken by surprise as hundreds upon hundreds of big red static swords and ice shards flew past him towards the deadly whirlwind.
He smirked as he knew the casters of the swords and ice shards. "So, they did find a way… Well, I better get this show on the road then!" Izayoi thought as he gets ready to jump.
Meanwhile, Pest's eyes widen as she looked down at the big static red swords and ice shards headed towards the whirlwind fog. "Where did they come from?" She asked herself as she looked at the big portal over at the boundary walls. "How can they…?" She questioned before she shook her head and focused on the hundreds of swords and ice shards that were coming towards the whirlwind.
She narrowed her eyes as she noticed that the ice shards were strangely positioned in front of the swords instead of the other way. "Are they stupid? They can't reach me." Pest said thinking that the attack was for her.
But when the ice shards had entered the whirlwind with the swords—it exploded within the whirlwind. "What?!" Pest asked in shock as she saw that the center of the huge whirlwind that she created had been frozen over. "This couldn't be possible!" She stated mentally.
~Kuoh Academy~
"Beat that, Maou-sama." Serafall panted with a triumphant smile, knowing that her attack had worked on the fog. She then looked at Izayoi through the screen, "Now is your turn, Izayoi-kun!"
~Hamelin~
While the girls were watching the battle with baited breath, Pest was taken aback from where she stood as the red static swords pierced through the frozen center, making a hole through the center and showed a path towards her.
Recovering from her shock, she swipe her right hand, sending a wave of black wind towards the remaining red static swords that were heading towards her after a lot of them were destroyed from making a hole in the center of the frozen whirlwind. When the black wind enveloped the red static swords, it immediately made the swords fade away without a trace.
After seeing the last of the swords faded away, Pest looked down at the individual that was smirking below her.
"I got you, Loli-sama." Izayoi said as he instantly shot off towards the path that leads straight towards Pest.
~Kuoh Academy~
"Get her, Izayoi-kun!" Serafall and Irina shouted together.
"I trust that you can finish this, Izayoi-kun." Sona thought as Akeno and Xenovia watches Izayoi in anticipation while hoping inside that he would win.
"Izayoi-sama, finish her!" Shirayuki-Hime exclaimed while Rias watches Izayoi approaching closer and closer towards Pest.
~Hamelin~
"There's no escape now, spotted Loli-sama!" Izayoi shouted with a smirk as he gets closer towards Pest.
But then, Izayoi looked at Pest's face and noticed something was wrong. His eyes widen slightly as a wide smirk spread across Pest's face. Suddenly, Izayoi notices that his vision had gotten slightly blurry and his eyes widen, seeing that he was trap inside Pest's deadly wind.
~Kuoh Academy~
"No, Izayoi-kun!" Serafall exclaimed with wide eyes, followed by Irina's shock look. Xenovia stood up abruptly from the ground while shock was evident on her face as she watches the battle that turns for the worse. Meanwhile, Sona lay quietly on the ground while she watches the turn of events that was escalated suddenly.
"Izayoi-kun!" Rias shouted with wide eyes, seeing that he was trapped by Pest's deadly wind.
"No..." Akeno mutters as she covered her mouth in shock.
~Hamelin~
Insert (Scarlet by Kudou Asuka)
"As you said, there's no escape now." Pest said with a smirk. "It's all over now…" She thought as she recalled the turn of events that she had surprisingly witnessed in the last few minutes. She was genuinely surprised that her whirlwind of deadly contagious fog can be frozen. To her, it didn't make sense at all. But since she didn't have the time to think about all the mindless questions forming in her mind, she had to focus onto the battle that would determine her victory or her downfall.
So, when the big red static swords had made a path towards her for Izayoi, she knew that she had little time to waste of a counter attack. In order to proceed with the plan she had formed, she pretended to be completely surprised by the attack that suddenly appeared out from the portal that she had saw. After Izayoi jumped off from the roof towards her, she was hiding the smirk inside, knowing that her plan had been successful. In the end, her plan worked out and she was smiling triumphantly down at Izayoi.
"Heh! Do you think this can stop me?" Izayoi asked as he slowly pulled his right hand back due to the thick fog like substance that was slowing down his movement. Pest watches in surprise as Izayoi can move, talk and be conscious at the same time.
Normal people such as the guards of Salamandra couldn't move or talk after they were hit by the deadly fog, because they were dead to begin with when the fog had already reached them. But in front of her, she was surprise that Izayoi could move in her thick wind that she formed to adamantly restrict any movement possible.
"How can he?" Pest questioned under her breath as she watches as Izayoi looked up at her and smirked.
"It's a little too soon for that!" Izayoi shouted as he punches the thick fog in front of him, causing the deadly wind around him to instantly disappear, surprising Pest. After he's been released from the wind, he fell backwards towards the frozen circle-shaped fog.
Recovering from her stupor, Pest frowned in frustration and shoot out a blast of black wind towards the falling Izayoi.
"She is taking this seriously…" Izayoi thought while falling as he saw the blast of black wind closely approaching him. "But it's good to see that she is serious about this! It's more fun that way!" He said with a smirk as he pulled his right fist back and punches the black wind, sending a gust of wind to blow away from their collision. But due to the sheer size and power the blast of wind held inside, not to mention that it was also supported by gravity, it causes Izayoi to be blown back and crash into the frozen circle-shaped fog, sending shards of ice to fly everywhere.
"Now that was some attack, Loli-sama! Now I know that you're not holding back!" Izayoi commented with a smirk as he stood up from the frozen crater.
"And I can show you what a Demon Lord can do! You freak!" Pest said as she shoots out a huge blast of black wind towards Izayoi.
"Ha! That attack is getting pretty boring now. Do you have anything else other than that?" Izayoi asked as he punches the huge wind attack, destroying it. Izayoi look up at Pest and crouched down, "I'm coming for you, Loli-sama!" He said blasting off from the crater, bursting out ice shards from where he jumped.
"I'll make you regret—" Pest was interrupted as her eyes widen, seeing Izayoi appearing in front of her. Suddenly, a fist was buried in her stomach which causes Pest to instantly fly back and disappeared inside the clouds above Hamelin.
"This should do it." Izayoi thought calculating that the distance between Pest and the town was far enough.
Pest stopped to look around at her surroundings, seeing that she was inside the grey clouds that flying by Hamelin. "Is he going to launch a surprise attack in here?" Pest thought as she looked around for any signs of Izayoi. When she didn't find him, she focused her sights in front of her but the clouds were blocking her vision.
She then swept her hand towards the side, causing the clouds to instantly be swept away to the side. Pest looked down and she spotted Izayoi, who was falling down through the skies. Deciding that this would be the time to end the pointless battle between them, she shot out several big blasts of black wind towards the falling form of Izayoi.
Pest watches as the attack close in on Izayoi, but suddenly her eyes widen as light penetrate her sights and her eyes widen as she saw that the blasts of black winds had disappeared simultaneously as the light appeared. She covered her eyes with her right hand as she look at where the light originated. Growing frustrated on the presence of the light, she swept her right hand to the side and looked at where Izayoi was while summoning out all of her spirit power out of her body, causing a huge black wind to come out of her sleeves and gathered around her.
But after a while, her eyes widen as she noticed that she can't feel her wind gathering around her. "Wha… How come I can't?" Pest asked herself in disbelief.
"Surprise?" Izayoi asked as Pest gritted her teeth at the voice.
"Where are you, you freak?" She demanded as she tried to shoot out a blast of black wind at his direction but she gritted her teeth in frustration as she saw that she couldn't shoot out the said attack because of the immense light. "Show yourself!" She demanded again.
"I'm right here." Izayoi said as Pest looked at where she heard the voice.
"W-What is that?!" Pest thought with wide eyes at the sight before her. Because in front of her was Izayoi, who directed his right palm at her. But she was focused completely on the object over his palm. "This power… Is it coming from that?" She thought as she slowly steps back, fearing for the first time at the power held inside the object. "W-What is this…?" She asked herself.
The object that was floating over Izayoi's palm was in the form of a small beam of light that completely illuminate the sky just from its small presence.
"The story ends now, Loli-sama." Izayoi said with a smirk to Pest as he thrust his hand at her, causing the beam of light over his palm to turn into a huge pillar of light.
"This is imp—" Pest was cut off as a piercing sound could be heard passing through her. Her eyes widen, seeing that she was pierced in the stomach by the huge pillar of light.
"What?!" Pest exclaimed with a shock look before coughing up blood from her mouth, as a thin line of blood ran down the corner of her mouth. "Impossible... This power! He couldn't have such power! The power… To destroy the stars!" She thought with wide eyes. She was shocked that the object could hurt her even more so pierced her body. Regardless, she couldn't even think straight now as she felt the intense pain from her stomach.
Meanwhile, everyone look at the night sky, seeing a huge pillar of light that penetrated the sky, lighting up the whole sky. But they were taken aback as large cracks started to appear over the sky of Hamelin.
"Is this his true power?" Sala thought looking at the huge pillar of light piercing through Pest and penetrated the sky. "It's so powerful..." She thought as Sandora look up in awe of the huge pillar of light.
(End the song)
~Wooden House~
"Miss, look at that!" The little girl said pointing her finger through the window. A glint of wonder appeared in her eyes as she saw the huge pillar of light in the sky.
"That's an enormous amount of power... I can feel it from all the way here..." Leticia thought in surprise of the power held in the pillar. After she thought about that, she and the smiling little girl stare at the pillar of light.
"Is this Izayoi-kun's real power?" Asuka thought with wide eyes as she looked at the huge pillar while she was on top of Deen's right shoulder. She was surprised that a huge pillar of light had suddenly appeared over the night sky, and illuminated the night sky. She never did know of Izayoi's true power and she speculate that his ability to destroy other Gifts would be his true power. But she was wrong and now, she was seeing the true potential of Izayoi's power for the first time.
After that, her eyes widen as the whole sky was engulfed in light, engulfing both Izayoi and Pest in it, which were in the skies at the time.
"So, this is the end, huh? Beaten by a lowly-human. This is a pathetic death." Pest thought as she felt that she was floating in a bright lit area. She then open her eyes and a small smirk appeared on her face, "Well, he isn't such a weak human after all. If that freak joined my Community before me, I'm sure he'll be my boss and I'll be his maid. Huh... What am I thinking?" She asked mentally as she squinted her eyes, seeing that light was engulfing her.
"Anyway, this fight was the most fun I ever had in my life. I should be grateful about that even if it's a little."
~Hamelin~
After a while, the light dissipated and everyone look up towards the night sky, noticing the cracks were spreading throughout the whole sky of Hamelin. Suddenly, the sky instantly exploded in shimmering lights while revealing the real night sky of Salamandra. The townsfolk noted that the deadly fog had disappeared without a trace and they slowly walked outside of the wooden houses and into the streets. The townsfolk were in awe at the shimmering lights that were floating down on them and onto the whole town, making everyone came out and witness the breath taking scene.
The wide smiles and astonished opened mouths could be seen amongst the townsfolk and guards as they stared in wonder at the shimmering lights.
"Waa..." Asuka mouthed staring eyed wide at the tiny lights that were falling down from the sky.
"Lights! Pretty lights!" Rattenfanger said waving her hands around while she stood on top of Asuka's head.
Asuka giggled at her friend before she stick her hand out and caught several tiny lights in her hand. She stared down at the lights with a smile before they disappeared from her hand.
"You really are something, Izayoi-kun." Asuka thought with a smile.
"Well, I can guess this is the good ending for the townsfolk." Izayoi commented with a smile as he fell through the skies while he watches the quantity of people staring jaw-wide at the display of small lights floating down at them. But all of them had one thing in common. They were smiling.
After a while of watching, Izayoi looked down and landed onto a roof, immediately creating a crater onto the surface of the roof. He stood up from the crater and continued to watch the smiling people, who were basking in happiness.
"The end." Izayoi said with a smile, knowing that the Gift Game had ended with a happy ending.
Meanwhile above the boundary walls, Sala and Sandora also look at the shimmering lights in amazement. They were speechless to say anything as they know that it could ruin the amazing moment. Sandora held out her hand in front of her as the tiny lights landed on her palm and she stared down at the lights with an astonished look on her face. After a while, the lights disappeared from her hand without a trace.
Then, Sala realized about something, "Izayoi!" She said interrupting the moment as she looked up at the sky, noting that Izayoi and Pest weren't there to be seen. She then looked down at the town and tries to search for any signs of him. After that, Sandora walk up from behind her and joined her on searching for Izayoi.
After a while, Sala spotted something and she squinted her eyes to see closely at the figure standing on top a roof at a distance. Then, Sala's eyes widen as she recognize the figure and a smile appeared on her face.
"Onee-sama!" Sandora shouted looking at where Sala had flew off to.
Meanwhile, a bright smile could be seen on Sala's face as she picked up her pace and flew straight towards where Izayoi is.
"I'd better bath after this." Izayoi stated looking down at his bloodied arm and the right side of his shirt, which was staining in blood. He then looked up and his eyes widen in slight surprise, spotting something shining above him. He stretched out his right palm in front of him, and the object instantly fell directly onto the center of his palm.
He looked down at his palm, seeing a ring lying lifelessly down on his palm. He looked at it, confusion written on his face. With a shrug, he pocketed it inside his pocket before he heard a voice behind him.
"So, you defeated a real Demon Lord." A voice said as Izayoi look behind him, seeing an unfamiliar short girl in a blue kimono standing in front of him with a smile on her face. But then, he recalled that her voice was very familiar and he immediately compared her voice to the stranger that he and Asuka met along the way to her house before.
"You're the stranger that gave us these cards." Izayoi said showing his blue colored card to the white haired girl, who nodded in response.
"Yes, I was the one who gave you two those cards. Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Shiroyasha. Anyway, I thought you would pay no mind to the meeting-" Shiroyasha was ignored as Izayoi turns away from her to look at someone at his right.
"Izayoi-kun!" Asuka called out as Deen let her down with its hand. Asuka hopped onto the roof as she walked over to stand in front of Izayoi.
"It seems that you got a new Gift in store." Izayoi said with a grin as Asuka smiled at him before she pulled out her red wine card and showed it in front of Deen, which caused the card to glow red. Suddenly, a large magic red circle appeared above Deen. Then, Deen disappear along with the magic circle as the red glow around the card disappeared.
"It seems you know very well how to use the cards now." Shiroyasha said to them, but Izayoi and Asuka didn't reply back to her statement.
"You did a good job on doing this, Izayoi-kun. I am impressed." Asuka said with a smile pointing to the tiny lights that fell down on them.
"It was of no problem for me to handle, Ojou-sama." Izayoi replied with a smile. "So, how did you get Deen?" He asked.
"Well, I just appear in a cave and I accepted a Gift Game from the 130 children..." Asuka said with a smile as the two completely ignore Shiroyasha.
"Hey! I'm right here!" Shiroyasha yelled trying to get their attention.
"What is it, japanese-clad loli? You got something to say?" Izayoi asked looking at her as Shiroyasha lightly glare at him.
"Well-" Shiroyasha was cut off as Sala landed on the roof, followed by Sandora as everyone look at them, except for Shiroyasha.
"Hey, Sala. Do you believe me now?" Izayoi asked referring to his win, as Sala smiled at him.
"As hard as it was to believe, it seems you were right." She said as Sandora smile at Izayoi.
"I didn't know you were so powerful, Izayoi-san! We watched the light show that you said. And it was beautiful!" She exclaimed with a bright smile as Sala nodded in agreement.
"It was true. I had never experience something so beautiful in my life. Even though it was wrong to me that we could experience something like that at that time. But overall, we were delighted to watch it together. Your light show was amazing." Sala complimented with a smile as Izayoi smiled in return.
"Thanks. I noticed that everyone in the town were enjoying the aftermath of the light show." Izayoi exclaimed looking at the tiny lights that were falling down from the skies of Salamandra.
"Hey, would everyone listen up?!" Shiroyasha shouted getting everyone's attention.
"Shiroyasha-sama! I-I'm sorry I didn't noticed you." Sandora apologized as she bowed her head slightly at her while Shiroyasha smile at her.
"It's nice to meet you again, Shiroyasha-sama." Sala said with a smile, looking at Shiroyasha.
"Don't worry. At least you know of me than to completely ignore me like those two over there, especially the boy." Shiroyasha said referring to Izayoi, who laughs while Asuka stifle a laugh. Shiroyasha then took a deep breath before she look at everyone gathered in front of her.
"I'm sorry that I can't participate and put a stop on those three Demons myself. But when I arrived here, I noticed that you were halfway on defeating those Demons by yourselves. So, I decided to not participate seeing as you were already busy dealing with the Demons themselves. I hope you won't hold any bad thoughts about me. But I am impressed nonetheless." Shiroyasha explained to them.
She then looked at Sala, "But the one thing I did not expect was your sudden arrival to Salamandra, Sala." Shiroyasha said covering her smile with her blue fan.
"I had a bad feeling that something bad would have happen to my hometown and my siblings." Sala replied as Shiroyasha nodded in understanding. "Anyway, I didn't think that there was a Demon Lord in the East." She added as Shiroyasha wore a frown over her fan.
"It seems that she wanted to get to me than to get to you all." Shiroyasha said getting everyone attention.
"Yes, she wanted to declare vengeance upon you, Shiroyasha. You ruled over the sun in Little Garden." Sala said as Izayoi raised his eyebrow at her statement, trying to figure what she meant.
"Yes, but not entirely of it, I'm afraid." Shiroyasha replied.
"But majority of it is you, correct?" Sala asked as Shiroyasha smiled nonetheless to her.
"Yes, the majority of it." She answered as she look at her left, sensing someone flying towards her. A smile made its way on her face as Leticia landed in front of her.
"It's good to see you again, Leticia. What have you been doing lately?" Shiroyasha asked as Leticia look at her.
"Searching for someone." She answered as Shiroyasha held a smirk on her face.
"A lover, perhaps?" She asked as Leticia blushes a little but she shook her head, implying that she didn't search for her lover. Shiroyasha then turns to everyone in front of her, who was looking at Leticia's arrival. "Everyone, I like you to meet Leticia Draculair. A former Demon Lord and a friend of mine." She said as Izayoi look at Leticia with an amused smirk.
"Former Demon Lord, eh?" Izayoi thought in amusement. Then, he step up forward as Leticia look at him in slight surprise. "Why are you here?" He asked as Leticia turns her body to face him.
"I'm here trying to find someone that freed me." Leticia answered which confuses everyone, except Shiroyasha, who knew that she was imprisoned.
"Freed you? You mean you were imprisoned?" Asuka asked in surprise.
"Yes, in stone." She answered as Asuka's eyes widen, figuring out who had imprison her. She turns to look at Izayoi, who held a smirk on his face.
"You arrived at the right place." Izayoi said to Leticia, who looked at him in surprise.
"Then, you're the one who defeated Perseus?" She asked as Izayoi shrug his shoulders.
"Depends. Seeing as he was weak and I had to fight his former Demon Lord slave. It doesn't count that he was defeated, though." Izayoi explained as Leticia immediately bowed her head in front of him, surprising everyone, including Shiroyasha.
"I will serve under you, Master." Leticia declared as everyone look at her in shock, except Izayoi, who just look at her. Leticia lifted her head and look at Izayoi.
"Okay. But something isn't right." Izayoi stated as Leticia looked at him in confusion.
"What isn't right, Izayoi-kun?" Asuka asked with confusion in her voice.
"Come on, I can't have her serve me if she didn't want to, can I?" Izayoi asked surprising everyone from his statement. He then in turns look at Leticia again, "Tell me, what is it going to be? You can go as you wish or you'll be a maid for me. The choice is yours." He asked as Leticia thought deeply about his offer.
Then, a hand gently grasped Leticia's cheek as she look up at Izayoi. "There's one thing I forgot. If you choose to be my maid, I won't treat you like an object like other sick perverted guys out there. But at the same time, I won't force you to serve me." Izayoi said as Leticia's eyes widen. "I got enough maids as it is, even if it's only one. But if you want to be, feel free to join. Remember, it's your choice. So don't be stress out about your options, alright?" He said with a smile, surprising Leticia. After a while, he pulled his hand away from Leticia's cheek as Izayoi look down at Leticia.
Meanwhile, everyone watches the moment between Izayoi and Leticia. They were touched that Izayoi wouldn't force her to make a decision. Instead he let her make her own decision with her own free will. Asuka and Sala smile at Izayoi, who was waiting for Leticia's answer. For Sala, she was now looking at Izayoi in a different light than before. Even though she didn't like him fighting off Pest alone earlier, but inside she somehow knew that Izayoi would defeat her. It was strange to her. But that's what happen that made her decide to let him fight her alone.
Suddenly, butterflies started to strangely flutter inside her stomach, surprising her. But she didn't let the surprise showed on her face, and instead she kept smiling at Izayoi.
Meanwhile, Leticia grasp her cheek that Izayoi touched, and she look at him, while contemplating on her decision whether or not she wanted to be a maid for Izayoi. But then she recalled that Izayoi wouldn't treat her like an object, like the previous communities that had traded her with another ever since her community's destruction. And since she was lastly been enslaved in Perseus community, it didn't help her that she had been imprison in stone from the head of Gorgon for her aggressive acts recently. She had to admit being turned to stone was unfavourable on her part and she was certain that she wouldn't see the light anymore. But she was surprised as she had been released from the prison, after hearing that someone had defeated Perseus himself, and his slave, Algol, a former Demon Lord.
After hearing all of that, she escaped from the community and tried to find the individual that defeated Perseus and Algol, and possibly serve under him or her. But after the searching ended in failure, she searched for her friend, Shiroyasha to give her any leads about the mysterious individual. And so, she was surprised to find out that two individuals had been teleported from another world to theirs in Salamandra. Shiroyasha said that it was one of the two that defeated Perseus and his slave. Immediately, she and Shiroyasha transported to Salamandra using her shop. But after arriving to the city that she knew was holding a festival by then, she was shocked to see that city had been turned into a town. And large clouds of smoke were rising all around the town.
Shiroyasha was also shocked to find out, but she gave Leticia orders to find out about what happened to the city of Salamandra. After receiving her orders, she flew off in search of the cause of this tragedy. Suddenly, she was met by Ratten, who was trying to block the townsfolk of Salamandra from escaping. She quickly flew in to save the townsfolk but after losing her Divinity, she wasn't as strong as she used to be and managed to block a fire attack from the possessed Fire lizards of Salamandra.
But when she found out that Mandra was in trouble, she was surprised to see a large mass of steel punched the Strom that intended to touch Mandra. After that, the Fire lizards stopped their attack and she immediately helped the citizen of Salamandra to escape from the area, letting the girl in the red dress to take care of Ratten.
After a while of helping the citizen, she noticed a large dark red, black fog coming towards them. She alarmed the townsfolk and guards to get indoors. After they got inside the wooden houses, she flew off to check the situation of the town. While in the skies, she watches as the fog was spreading to the whole town. And she watches as bodies lie unconscious in some streets, presuming that they were dead, which saddens her.
Then, she heard a little girl calling for help and she instantly headed towards her. After that, she met Izayoi, who saved her from touching the fog that had dangerously closed to her and the girl. After she had flown off to hide in a house far away from the fog, she took a glance back at Izayoi, who had jump off towards somewhere.
In her mind at that time, she couldn't fathom that Izayoi had similar appearance as her friend, Canaria. And now, she had the choice of choosing between being free or being a maid for Izayoi, which the previous communities did not gave her at all. Except from being a maid to serve them, to which she downright denied.
"If you want to be a maid," Izayoi said as he held out his right hand towards Leticia, who looked at it. "Just put your hand on mine. Sorry if it's too bloody." He stated with a playful smile as Leticia pulled her hand away from her cheek and slowly let her hand down on Izayoi's hand.
"I don't mind. Because I'm your maid from now on." Leticia said with a smile as Izayoi smile in return, seeing that Leticia had chosen from her own will, to which he noticed on the sincerity of her smile. He doesn't know why, but from the first time he met Leticia, he knew that she looked a bit lost. He doesn't know why he knew but after hearing she wanted to find the one who defeated Perseus which was him, he couldn't deny to ask if she really wanted to serve under him, which surprises him. But now, he's got himself a new maid who was good in his opinion but he doubt that Shirayuki-Hime would take it easily. But who doesn't want a girl like Leticia on a regular basis? With all her curves, he was pretty convinced that she had a pretty nice body hidden underneath her clothes.
"I'm going to take good care of you. Don't worry about that." Izayoi assured to Leticia with a mischievous smirk.
"What are you implying by that, Izayoi? And what's with that smirk?" Asuka asked as Izayoi look back at her.
"What are you talking about that?" He asked with a playful smile.
"Are you thinking of doing something perverted to Leticia after we get back? Since she's now your maid?" Asuka stated as Izayoi pulled his hand away from Leticia and he walked to stand behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist and putting his head on her left shoulder.
He tilted his head as a smirk appeared on his face, "How would you know?" Izayoi asked as Asuka glare at him in mock anger.
"Izayoi-kun!" Asuka stated as Leticia blushes at Izayoi's arms that was wrapped around her. Other than that, she had never been this close to any man before in her life but she was extremely close to Izayoi now, with his body behind hers.
Then, Izayoi let go of his arms around Leticia as he stood beside her. "Okay, okay. I'm kidding. But it wouldn't hurt to hold a health examination on her body, since we don't know if she's sick or—" Izayoi was cut off as Asuka lightly slap her hand on his left shoulder, which caused Izayoi to playfully smile at her.
"Pervert!" Asuka said as Izayoi raised an eyebrow with his still playful smile.
"What are you talking about, Ojou-sama? You don't have any proof if I'm a pervert or not. I only think perverted thoughts. There's a difference." He said as Asuka glare lightly at him.
"That doesn't help Leticia-san!" Asuka said as Izayoi laughs.
"Asuka?" Rattenfanger called out popping out from between her breasts as Izayoi look at her.
Asuka looked down at Rattenfanger before she look at Izayoi, who was looking at Rattenfanger with a smirk.
"This is interesting. I never saw anything come out between your breasts." Izayoi commented as Asuka blushed and she grabbed Rattenfanger out from her spot. After she grabbed her, she immediately covered her chest with her free hand.
"Pervert!" Asuka shouted as Izayoi laughed again.
"Asuka, who?" Rattenfanger asked pointing her hand at the laughing Izayoi. Asuka looked at her in her right hand and she smiles.
"This is my boy-" Asuka shook her head before answering back. "I mean, my friend! His name is Izayoi." She answered as Rattenfanger look at her before she look at Izayoi.
"Zayoi?" Rattenfanger pronounced as Izayoi set his head right in front of her.
"Izayoi." Izayoi said.
"Izayoi! Izayoi!" Rattenfanger replied to him as Izayoi tickle her by scratching his index finger on her stomach, causing her to fell on Asuka's hand and laughs.
After that, Izayou pulled back his finger and he looked at Shiroyasha, "Anyway," Izayoi said getting her attention. "How do we get out of here?" He asked as Shiroyasha pulled out her fan and covered her mouth that curve into a smirk.
"Don't worry about that. It'll come sooner than you expected." She answered as she stick out her hand at Rattenfanger, who jump onto her hand and looked at her with a curious look. Meanwhile, Izayoi and Asuka were confused at her statement.
Suddenly, Izayoi and Asuka glowed white, drawing attention from everyone. The two looked at themselves in surprise.
"Asuka!" Rattenfanger shouted from Shiroyasha's hand as Asuka smiled at her.
"It's okay. I'm alright... Merun. That's your new name from now on." Asuka said to her, giving the fairy a name after knowing that her community was called Rattenfanger.
"Merun?" The now named Merun asked about her new name.
"Yes. Merun." Asuka replied as Merun smiled.
"Merun!" She said excitedly which caused Asuka to smile sweetly at her.
"Shiroyasha, what's going on?" Izayoi asked as he and Asuka look at Shiroyasha for answers.
"That's your ticket to return home. Unfortunately, the time between here and your world are different. When you'll return home, it'll just be for a day. But here, it would change so much. Probably a couple of months. Give or take." Shiroyasha explained to them as Sala look at Izayoi, a small frown could be seen under the dark. But she kept it hidden from being seeing by Izayoi and the others.
"It looks like you'll be leaving." Sala said to Izayoi, who turns to her. "Just so you know, it was an honor to fight alongside you." She stated as Izayoi smiled and put his right hand on his hip.
"Yeah, it was. Anyway, stay well." Izayoi said to her in response as Sala smile in return. When she was about to walk towards him to shake hands for his leave, her feet accidentally hit a rock due to the crater on the roof. Her eyes widens as she fell into Izayoi's arms, but unfortunately Izayoi hit a rock by the back of his right shoe, which caused him to fell backwards.
Leticia and Asuka rushed to help Izayoi from falling by grabbing onto both of his shoulder, since he grabbed onto Sala's elbows to stop her from falling.
"What the?" Izayoi thought before Sala and Leticia glowed white. And before anyone could explain why, the four of them that were glowing in bright white light—instantly vanished.
To Be Continued...
That was the ending. How do you like the chapter so far? Do I surpass your expectations? Anyway, Izayoi had defeated Pest alone! And it was absolutely amazing when he uses his Aurora Pillar! So cool! Wouldn't you agree?
1. How do you like the fight between Izayoi and Pest? Do you love it?
2. Do you love that Leticia has now became Izayoi's maid?
3. How were the Rias and the others? Do you like how they help Izayoi even if they are in different worlds?
4. How was the cliffhanger?
5. Is the chapter too fast-paced?
6.. What's your favorite part in this chapter? Answer these questions in the (Review) box below so I can know what you think. If you have any questions you want to ask, PM me, alright? Because I don't want you all to be confused. It saddens me, :(
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