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Chapter 33: Izayoi VS Azi Dahaka!

~Human World~

Kuoh Academy

"Are we going to wait here all day until someone's shows up?" Pest asked annoyingly while she stood beside Koneko. She was clearly annoyed that they have to wait, meaning they would be waiting for any good or bad news about the situation of Izayoi and the others. But she prefer the good news better than the bad.

"I'm afraid so." Grayfia answered her as Pest huffed in frustration. After Sirzechs decided to return to the Underworld to lend a hand, she and the others forces themselves to wait. At first it was hard since the girls were worried about Izayoi, including Pest but she didn't express it openly. But after a while, they started to voiced out their frustration.

"But still the situation as it is... It is dire, correct? For a being that brought a lot of destruction in his wake. What kind of monster is that?" Akeno asked amongst her friends.

"It's a being from my world." Pest answered crossing her arms as everyone looked at her in surprise, including Michael.

"Your world? Does it have beings such as that?" Michael asked as Pest looked at him.

"Not all of them. But your world differs from ours. In Little Garden, we participate a game called Gift Game. We obeyed by the rules of Geass Rolls that is part of the Gift Game. We do not fight till the end until the rules asked for it. But depending on the outcome of the battle, the two forces must decide on the rules beforehand. But there are some people that can overrule the rules and the opponent would be left to follow it without demanding to change the rules." Pest explained as everyone nodded at her explanation.

"Is death involved?" Irina asked as Pest glanced at her right.

"Do you think? Death will always be involved one way or another. In Little Garden, there are gods, demi-gods, demons and such. And people battle against those kinds to help themselves or their Community which is their guild." Everyone went eyed wide at the fact there are many gods in the other world than theirs which had only one god but unfortunately he died in the Grear War.

Pest looked at everyone who was practically staring at her which cause a small blush to appear on her cheeks from embarrassment of being the center of attention. "A-Anyway, when are we going to wait? We can't just wait here! We're practically useless here!" Pest voicing out her frustration to hide the worriness about a certain blonde.

"Sirzechs-sama had advised that we stay here until further notice. We'll be in the way if we decided to venture into the Underworld now. And whose to tell that we'll cost innocent lives while we're there?" Grayfia asked as everyone set their heads down, ashamed of themselves, except Michael and Pest.

"You made your point." Pest frowned while staring at the other way.

Issei gritted his teeth and clenched his fist with a frustrated look. Then, a frown made its way on his face and he sighed.

Xenovia grip tightly on her Durandal and grit her teeth, feeling unfair that she can't involve herself into the battle in the Underworld. But then, she recalled of the three-headed dragon and the fear she felt when she look at it. The feeling was sudden but all she can feel was pure fear of the three-headed dragon. Add to her worries, someone she loved was fighting it right now, not knowing what kind of condition he's in. Xenovia bit her lips when she thought about the last thought of his apparent condition. Death.

She then shook her head, abandoning the thought before she look upwards at the sky, hoping that thought wasn't going to come true.

~Gremory Territory~

Woods

"Venelana? What are you looking at?" Lord Gremory asked from his position on the ground, trying to rest his hands. He looked at his wife, who held a worried look. Then he felt it, Izayoi's presence dwidling for a second. He instantly stood up and walk towards his wife.

Then, he and his wife felt several presences approaching them as they looked up and saw Sirzechs with company.

Sirzechs landed on the ground while restraining Rias, who stopped thrashing in his arms a while ago. Now, her head hung low and and her red hair covered her face.

Venelana gasped at the amount of blood that spread on her daughter's hair and her dress. "Rias...?" She slowly mutters. "Is this Izayoi's blood?" She asked in thought with a frown as she slowly approached her daughter. Then, she looked to her right and watched as Ajuka releases his hold on Serafall, who was covered by blood. Venelana look at the blood that covered Serafall's hair and attire, which was the same as her daughter. And she could honestly say that it belonged to the same person which saddens her greatly. "Izayoi, you really sacrifice yourself for the sake of their safety..." She thought with a deep frown.

"Let go of me Ajuka-chan! He'll die if he fought with it! You know that!" Serafall thrashed around his grip but Ajuka kept his grip on her wrist. They had landed where the other devils gathered from what he could say a quiet travel. He never would have imagined the silence at that time.

"Serafall, would you calm down for a while? Can you think of why he did this?" Ajuka asked as Serafall stopped thrashing and looked down for a second. Then, tears begin to flood her eyes and she fell to her knees. Ajuka let his grip go before he focused his attention at the Gremory Family a few distance from him.

Lord Gremory and Venelana stood across from Rias and Sirzechs, who pulled his arm away from her. The both of them saw how their daughter look and a frown appeared on both of their faces at the sight of it.

Lord Gremory gestured for Sirzechs to follow him, so the mother and daughter could be alone. Sirzechs looked at Rias for a second before he walked away with his father from Rias and Venelana.

After walking a distance away from them, both Sirzechs and his father stood next to each other as they stare into the sky above them.

What's his condition?" Lord Gremory asked to his son, knowing who he was talking about.

"Fatally wounded." Sirzechs said as Lord Gremory's eyes widen for a second before his eyes soften but with a sad look to it. "But he wanted to delay it."

"Can he delay it?"

"…I… I'm not sure. All this time, I thought he could defeat it. But this time, I'm not sure. He's fighting a being that is unbeatable."

"Hey, don't say that. All beings have weakness. Including us, devils, fallen angels and angels. In time, Izayoi will find out."

"But when?"

"That's the question that I am fearing and I don't think he has that much." Lord Gremory bit his lips in frustration while Sirzechs look on at his sister still standing across from his mother.

"Rias..." Venelana called out as Rias slowly look up at her mother's concern face. Venelana could see the tears that were still streaming down her eyes to her cheeks. She smiled as she spread her arms out to her daughter, asking for a hug. Then, Rias slowly walk towards her and instantly hugged her like a lifeline.

"Okaa-sama..." Rias closed her eyes tightly as she tried to calm herself down from the horrifying scene that she witnessed in front of her two eyes. But she can't forget the words that came from out his mouth.

"...Sorry, about the promise. But I don't think I can come back after this."

Those words that she heard from her very own ears couldn't seemed to leave her mind. When she wanted to forget about the words to try to remind herself that everything was okay, but strangely and painfully, she would remember those words which made reassuring herself impossible for comfort.

"... Can you talk to me, Rias?" Venelana asked as she soothingly rubs her daughter's back repeatedly. When there was no response made from her daughter, she started to open her mouth to talk but her daughter cut her off.

"Why?"

That one question confuses Venelana and she started to reply to her daughter.

"Why what?"

"Why did he do it? Throwing his life for us like that... Why? Why didn't he follow us? I don't understand… H-He's...a Baka. He's a Baka."

"Is he a Baka to you?"

"...No... But..."

"Then, why did you called him that? For all I know, he has a big heart. He threw his life away for you and Serafall because he cares for you two. He isn't like any other humans who always looked after themselves only and not anyone. He wanted you and the others to be safe…" She explained as she looked briefly at Sirzechs. "Is that so bad of him?"

"For all I know, his mother would be proud if he found something to protect in his life. That something is you, Rias and the other girls who likes him."

"Izayoi-kun's mother... Canaria..." Rias mutters her mother in-law's name as Venelana's eyes widen for a second.

"Nice to meet you too. My name's Canaria. Well, shall we talk over some tea? This'll be an interesting subject to talk to seeing as you're not from this world right?"

Venelana blinked at the vague memory before she started to recollect herself.

"Is Izayoi her son...?"

~Gremory Territory~

"Shirayuki-Hime!" Asuka yelled out as she kneels down beside the kneeling Shirayuki-Hime, who grips her left shoulder in pain. Confusion was written on her face and anxiety filled her body as she didn't know what to do of the sudden action. After the two of them saved a woman and his child from being crushed by a house and bid them farewell, she was shocked by Shirayuki-Hime who fell to her knees and grips her left shoulder in pain.

Asuka then looked at the cause of the pain and her eyes spotted a mark on her shoulder—it was glowing bright blue. "What's going on, Shirayuki-Hime?" Asuka asked as she looked at her face that was twisted in agony and pain, feeling her body was emblaze by fire. Then, terror filled Shirayuki-Hime's eyes as she looked at the direction where Izayoi was currently standing.

"…Izayoi-sama… No…" Shirayuki-Hime thought with a scared look. She didn't want to believe that it was happening to her right now and she didn't dare to find out. But as she was now, her body was screaming in pain. And when Asuka informed her of her mark glowed a bright blue, she instantly piece the puzzles of her sudden pain.

Asuka grabbed her shoulder in reassurance as Shirayuki-Hime weakly look at her. "Shirayuki-Hime? Can you tell me what's going on?" She asked as Shirayuki-Hime didn't dare to tell her the truth, fearing that the reaction would be painful to her. Asuka looked into her eyes and she saw a glint of terror and fear behind them, which was unusual for her to see.

"It's better if you don't know, Asuka." Shirayuki-Hime thought as she turns her attention to look at where Izayoi. She knew ever since that she was marked by Izayoi that she was bound to him for life as his Familiar. Even though this was the first time she had ever experienced something like this, she knew the cause of her intense pain; it was coming from her Master, Izayoi.

"Give it your all, O'Hero born after the wait of hundreds of years!

Exhaust all your strength!

Muster all your resourcefulness!

Show me your recklessness—Become the glorious sword to pierce my chest!"

"Hah?!"

Narrowly avoiding a death scythe coming his way from where his head was a few millimeters away. The pure white ferocious nails contained immense destructive power to kill to which Izayoi knew when he could feel it with the naked eye. The destructive force of the nails instantly blew away the buildings in the town while cutting it into the ground.

After being cut, the cracked pavement lamented, creating a cliff that had the illusion that would lead to hell. Huffing his breath a few times, Izayoi jumped onto a roof that was situated beside the cliff. But the results were his abdomen had started bleeding and blood swarmed into his throat.

"Damn, this is not the time to see my death." He thought as he knew the death battle had begun. It was him in his critical condition between the perfectly form combatant of a dragon.

He kneels on the ground and gazed upwardly at the three-headed and Demon Lord from where Leticia came. Little Garden.

"Demon Lord Azi Dahaka… this is truly the strongest species!" Izayoi thought with gritted teeth.

Strongly clenching his already disabled fists, he trembled before the presence of the enemy's strength compare to the time he fought him before. He now knew that the being in front of him wasn't just an ordinary dragon. It was a Demon Lord in Little Garden that he could say rivalled gods.

Compare to the past opponents, he could honestly the dragon toppled everything. For him this was his first time having a death match with one of the strongest species. He expected that they were a lot of stronger species in Little Garden. He didn't dare to say that the dragon was the only one.

Battling with the dragon before, his body was in a death frequency. Not just his hands, but his upper and lower kept screaming. He grits his teeth as he thinks about the fastest way of victory while he continues to bleed. But sadly, the enemy wasn't giving him the time.

Running through the pile of wreckage, the three-headed made a creaking sound. Catching Izayoi with its ruby eyes, the dragon spread his wings and took flight for the first time.

"—GYEEEEEEEEEEYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa!"

The cry even blows the buildings back to the wall of the town, crushing them into nothingness.

Currently facing with not possibility of winning, Izayoi felt mortified. But he stood up and went the opposite direction where the others escape from the three-headed dragon.

"Stop looking down on me, you oversized lizard!" Izayoi shouted as he run towards the nearest mountain, jumping over the wall of the town before continuing his way. He knew. He knew that he have to win, no matter what. No matter what the cost. If his muscles weren't giving up on him, then he would fight. If they weren't functioning well, then he would forced it to function correctly. Because he knows this death math was a one-time trip and he wanted to make the best of it.

With his foot digging into the earth as he goes, he pulled the distance away from the three-headed dragon. But as he goes, the three-headed dragon gave a sly smile and snorted.

–Tearing him, the dragon raised it's right hand and ordered.

A condescending laugh let out from Izayoi's mouth as he narrowly avoided the shadow blades from attacking his back like before. "Do you think I didn't forget about that?" Izayoi asked mockingly. He knew the speed of the shadow blades and the difference was of a blink of eye to get him slash at. It was a good thing that he fought with the dragon long enough to know some of his attacks that he could avoid.

The second blades and then the third, relentlessly chase after Izayoi, trying to snipe him off.

Like what he could describe as a scattering rain, the blade attacked like a storm. With every hit bearing the power for an instant kill. He knows that if he dodges was a few milliseconds late, decapitation would surely happen.

"…Tsk." Izayoi dragged his wounded body to a halt, his back facing the mountain behind him. Even if his body had suffered wounds that would take time to heal, including his organs that were punctured, his eyes remained unyielding.

Seeming to accept the unyielding gaze, the three-headed dragon snorted and it twisted its long neck, with the three pairs of eyes locked on Izayoi. The three-headed dragon quickly drew closer to him. With its burly body twice the size of Izayoi, yet his speed was superior than Izayoi to close up the distance between them.

Seemingly not caring the dragon suddenly appeared from somewhere out of his perception, Izayoi had took it upon himself to take the death match seriously. Even though he was mortally wounded, he had already admitted that his opponent was undeniably faster than him.

Looking at his serious gaze, the three-headed dragon was slightly surprised by it but he didn't give the reaction to his draconic face. Even if the situation faced by the human was dire, he did think that he would gain a sense of absolute uncertainty in the death match between them. But his gaze had told him differently, much to his curiosity. The three-headed dragon then measured Izayoi's current condition and muttered.

"...Yes. Before this part of the battle, your body was already approaching death. If you were not injured, you could have been able to escape. Yet, you gave up the chance to."

A smirk appeared on his face as Izayoi moved his right hand to the side, ignoring the pain from the result of his action.

"Didn't think you ask that... full of sympathy in your voice. But I already made up my mind ever since you came here and left destruction in this place." Izayoi stated with full of mirth on his voice but he knew what he meant by his statement.

—'If you were not injured, you could have been able to escape.'

That is—not being able to match even at his full potential— meaning, much to his humiliation.

Even he was humiliated by the three-headed dragon pity statement but his statement was true. As always Sakamaki Izayoi never doubted his victory, the thought of losing never crossed his mind.

The strong would inherently be the strong, while the weak would always be helpless. He and the three-headed dragon shared the similar value and philosophy but now, he was severely trampling him underfoot.

Now, he had become the weak while the dragon had become the strong.

"It really pisses me off…" Izayoi thought as he unable to bear the anger that he had never experienced before in 17 years. He never once would have thought that he would on the verge of death. That thought never crossed his mind except when he grew old but that was a long time to him. With the negative feeling that he had never felt before, Izayoi smiled upwards at the dragon.

"….Ha. Thanks for the mercy… But I think I can struggle a little bit longer than you think. I might just take back my word on not coming back. I'll just have to try." Izayoi stated as he starts to hold onto the promise that Rias had promised him to kept. Even if the promise had been impossible after he had mortally wounded, but he for once, would like to try. Try to win for her sake and the other's.

Looking at unbending confidence that was being held in those pair of eyes, the three-headed dragon held an amused but malicious smile.

"Hoho. Your fighting spirit is commendable and so is your promise. It seems as if violence can't subdue you. But how do you feel about this despair?" The three-headed dragon said as he raised his white claws, he dug it into his shoulders. Huge amount of blood started gushing out, dyeing the upper body of the dragon red. The blood trickled onto the ground before it started to move suspiciously as if gaining life.

The earth and deadwood started to change shape to be a two-headed dragon after bathing in Aži Dakāha's blood.

"Wha—" Izayoi thought feeling anxious by what he was witnessing right in front of him. That sight was too abnormal for anyone. Devouring the earth, two-headed dragons started to appear— all of them, exuded a sense of coercion that rivaled gods.

After obtaining the characteristics of ferrite, the two-headed dragons emitted out an even more ominous gesture.

"Two male, four females fled. Kill them."

"What?!" Izayoi asked as he regained a defensive posture. However, he had suffered gaping wounds and he was unable to stop the two-headed dragon from going. Like a fired arrow, three dragons flew down towards the other side of the woods, where the whole clans of devils were present.

Gritting his teeth at the dragon's cruel way of despair, he glares coldly at the dragon, his nonchalant demeanor gone.

"What should you do, human? Gaining time would be meaningless. The only way to save your comrades is to destroy me." The three-headed dragon said down to him as Izayoi yelled.

"—Stop joking around! You oversized lizard!" He jumped towards the three-headed dragon and launched a series of punches at his chest. He didn't mind that his fists would further be damaged but he did not want to admit defeat even if he knows that his defeat was inevitable. Droplets of blood sprayed out from his broken fists.

"Gaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"

The indomitable fists that kept striking, accompanied by blood each time it strikes.

"...!?"

A bitter voice slightly leaked out from the three-headed dragon.

The atmosphere affected by the storm of hundreds of punches in under one second could be seen, even the trees were over rooted from their roots and blown back. His foothold could not withstand with Izayoi's might and they started sinking into the ground. But despite the onslaught of Izayoi's punches, the three-headed dragon only shook slightly.

Punching deeply into the dragon's abdomen, Izayoi found out there was a secret hidden inside the dragon's body.

"(How heavy...! Definitely, not a body mass a three meter body should have...!)

Izayoi's fist could only generate a trace of movement.

Although it wasn't known what gift it had, but the three-headed dragon had the quality of a continent or something equivalent to a continent concentrated in his mere three meters of body. It was of course inevitable that his fist would be crushed.

Unable to determine the quality of the three-headed dragon, even Izayoi's fist which could destroy the stars did not stir the dragon up. The punches that were in the third cosmic speed kept hitting the belly of the three-headed dragon.

"Nu...!"

In one step, the three-headed dragon placed its right foot backwards.

Izayoi did not let go of the subtle body movement and decided to punch faster than before. Then, he changed punching at the neck by sending three punches. Then, he delivers a few punches to the middle head before continuing to punch at its abdomen again. Even if it was unlikely to topple the dragon over the ground, but at the same time it was overwhelming it.

"Right now, if I miss this moment. I really can't win...!"

Izayoi's crushed right hand put up an Aurora, instinctively showing something to crush the dragon, the gift that can split the dead world. With an Aurora appearing in his right hand that could eliminate the stars in the night sky, turned into a huge pillar of light that reached up the sky. The three-headed dragon started to shake because of the shock.

"Wha—?!"

His impression revealed a surprise revelation as he stared at the dragon which acted as the center, the earth and atmosphere vehemently rumbled. Only whirlpools concentrating on the three-headed dragon's palms produce a hot sphere and its heat was more intense than lava.

"What... burning Gift is that?" Izayoi asked in thought as he sucked in cool air while he stood in front of the heat that was enough to scorch his skin. But no matter how much destructive power it held, Izayoi was determined to end it now.

Pulling the handle of the light, Izayoi swung it down towards the three-headed dragon's heart.

Holding the compressed spheres in it's hand that were as bright as day, the three-headed dragon took the blow.

Originally it was thought that the ball would disappear upon contact with the aurora, but the aurora and the sphere interweave together to release an even greater heat, which surprised Izayoi. But he didn't want to believe that he stood no chance against the three-headed dragon power compare to his.

"Damn, this can also do it, bastard!"

Injecting all the power into the pillar on his right hand, Izayoi pushed it down with even more force.

But the burning sphere constructed by the three-headed dragon caused an even greater momentum, releasing a more shiny radiance.

The strong repulsive force released by the two burning spheres slowly turned into a ball of light, distorting the surrounding light with the power of its swirl.

The Aurora as well as the hot lava waves from the sphere was sent flying, the aftermath was the destruction of the nearby mountains, completely annihilating them. The spheres that were in conflict with the power of the aurora forcefully crushed everything under the moon.

The rubble surrounding the two started to decompose to something smaller than an atom as the aurora pillar and burning sphere simultaneously dissipated.

Smoke covered the whole area as Izayoi weakly looked up and he quickly turns around to head towards the two-headed dragons were, knowing that everyone was in danger, especially the six people that had been targeted earlier. Crouching himself, he pumps energy into his legs and shot through the forest, leaving dusts in his wake. But he was unaware of the six pairs of ruby eyes that glowed amidst the smoke from the result of the explosion.

Running as fast as he could, he staggered along the forest before his knees collapsed due to his mortal wounds gaining the advantage of his body. Huffing a few breaths as he tried to stand up, but his knees immediately gave out. "How pathetic can you get?" Izayoi asked himself before he looked up with determined eyes. "Come on!" He thought as he gritted his teeth and stood up upright. But then, a hand gently put itself on his chest. He then looked up and he was greeted by a frowning Kuroka.

"Izayoi-kun..." Kuroka mutters as she felt his life force was draining away by the minute.

"What... Are you doing here?" Izayoi asked as a tear fell down from Kuroka's eyes.

"Don't go...you're going to...die if you go..." Kuroka sniffled as freshly new tears stream down her cheeks but she didn't wipe it away with her sleeve because if she did, the tears wouldn't stop.

"...No. I'm not. Don't be... So negative, Kuroka." Izayoi smiled as he slowly pecks her forehead, startling her. When he pulled back, he looked at her startled face before she looked at him.

"But..."

"Trust me..." Izayoi said brushing away the tears that stained her cheeks. Kuroka leaned into his palm before she slowly nodded. "Then... Can you help me on a little surprise attack?" He asked as he looked behind him while Kuroka looked at where he looked; a red portal that was visible in the night sky.

~Gremory Town~

(Insert Song- Scarlet by Asuka Kudou)

"What is—?!" Asuka asked as she saw three two-headed dragons headed to her right, where she knew the countless presences of people were at the moment. Seemingly aware the danger that the civilians would face, she lifted her red wine card from her dress but she was stopped by a hand from Shirayuki-Hime.

"I'll get you to them." Shirayuki-Hime said ignoring the pain that was coursing through her body. "Then, you can summon away." She said as Asuka cast a concern look at her. But Shirayuki-Hime reassured her with a smile. "I won't be stop by a little pain." She assured as Asuka grab onto her shoulder and Shirayuki-Hime flew to the skies, ignoring the pain entirely but she had doubts that the pain would disappear overtime.

Asuka glanced upwards at Shirayuki-Hime seeing the twisting pain visible on her face. But she didn't stop her from flying knowing that thousands of lives are in danger. But along the way, she was worried about something or someone because she hadn't seen him before the meeting. Yet, why did she have a bad feeling spurning in her stomach?

"...Izayoi-kun, I hope you're okay."

Hoping for his safety, she was unaware of the danger that would befallen on the person she cared for.

Other side of the woods...

Sirzechs looked at the kneeling Serafall, who was still crying after they had left Izayoi to battle the three-headed dragon.

"How is her condition?" Sirzechs asked turning to Ajuka, who shook his head.

"Not well."

Sirzechs nodded in acknowledgment with a sad frown on his face. "What about you? How's your condition?" Ajuka asked looking directly at Sirzechs, who held a sad frown.

"Do you think it'll be that easy to just leave him?"

"You've experienced that before with your own eyes, haven't you? The Great War." Ajuka stated.

"Please don't remind me of that war. It's better to just leave it in the past. But he didn't deserve to sacrifice his life." Sirzechs explained clenching his fist. But then his eyes widen at seeing his little sister walking towards Serafall and kneeling down beside her.

"If he didn't, what would become of your sister and Serafall? His attentions are praise-worthy and honourable. Even more so, that he is a human." Ajuka said with a frown, coming to fully respect of Izayoi when he ordered them to leave while he fought with the three-headed dragon.

Sirzechs nodded at his statement while he focused on his little sister, who was hugging Serafall in a comforting hug. Then, he looked at his right, seeing his mother standing by the side while she watches her daughter comforting Serafall.

"It's not fair…" Serafall muttered hanging her head low as Rias kept hugging her. "We should have help him? Why did he send us away?"

"I already asked that. But you already know why he did that, right?" Rias asked glancing at her mother, who nodded at her with a smile.

After a while, Serafall pulled back from the hug and lifted her head to look at Rias with dried tears staining her cheek.

"Do I?" Serafall sniffled.

"He doesn't express it so much because that isn't how he is. But he expressed it clearly for us when he spent time with us." Rias explained recalling the date with Izayoi.

"…I love you."

A tear dropped from Rias's eyes as Serafall frowned at the sight.

"…Because he love us, that's why." Rias smiled at Serafall.

Serafall's eyes widen at her words and a small smile appeared on her face, "…How can I forget about that?" She asked herself as Rias looked at her, to which she looked at her in return. "I'm supposed to know that most of all, right? How silly I am…" She said with a smile with tears at the corner of her eyes. But then, their moment was interrupted by a shout.

"Leticia!" Sala called out as Leticia looked up from her position and her eyes widen at the appearance of the two-headed dragon in front of her. —A monstrous dragon with two heads, whose body was made out white marble. The only piece that was flesh, his crimson eyes, sparkled with a hideous light and eyed its prey.

Those eyes showed no signs of sentiment. This creature was not given any emotions. Its only motive for moving was to hunt down its prey.

"Clones..." Leticia said before she narrowed her eyes and take on a fighting stance with her lance in hand.

"What did you say?" Sirzechs asked as he rushed to stand beside her, followed by Ajuka. Meanwhile, Venelana ushered her daughter to stay back along with Serafall.

Then, the cries of devils all around the forest could be heard as the appearance of the two-headed dragon had shocked them to their core.

"Prepare to fire! We have to protect them!" The Captain of the guards called as the entire squad of guards aligned in front of him and held out their hand, summoning their own magic circles.

"You may fire at will! ... Now!" The captain ordered as the squad of guards launched countless of fire balls towards the three two-headed dragons.

In respond to their assault, the two-headed dragons launched their own version of fire balls towards them. The result was the dragon's fireballs had exploded that instant they had made in contact with the guard's fireballs. The backlash of the explosion had sent almost the entire squad to blew away, burned by the massive explosion.

"...I-Impossible!" The captain said lifting his head above the ground where he lay. There were scorching burns all over his body from the explosion. "What kind of power does it hold?" He asked while gritting his teeth before unconscious greeted him.

"Leticia, I think it's targeting us." Sala said seeing the two-headed dragon's eyes were looking at her and Leticia, more or less than the civilians that were fleeing from the place for safety.

"So it would seem." Leticia answered. "These beings have gained divinity..." She thought recalling the beings that appeared in the war before. Gripping her lance, she shot through the skies to battle for the first time since she arrived in the Underworld. She may not have her Divinity back, but she may as well fight to keep the others alive. There were a lot of innocent lives that were at stake here and she didn't want to risk those lives just because the two-headed dragons were only targeting her.

"Don't forget about me." Sala said breaking her chain of thoughts as Leticia look at her and smiled, to which she return with her own smile. Then, the two look in front of them and each engage one out of the three dragons by themselves.

With Rias

"We have to keep the civilians in order while they handle the monsters." Venelana said to Rias and Serafall, who watched as the two-headed dragons started to form fireballs in their mouths before shooting it at the forest, burning the area. They then focused on Leticia and Sala, who were trying to suppressed the dragons but they couldn't stop all of the fireballs at once from destroying a part of the forest and spreading the fire across the forest.

"No!" Serafall shouted all of a sudden as Rias and Venelana were startled by her sudden shout. They turned towards her and they were surprised to see that she glared at the two-headed dragons. They watched as Serafall walked forward towards the center of the two-headed dragon's attention which stopped their assault. Meanwhile, Leticia and Sala stopped their own assault and looked at her in question.

Sirzechs and Ajuka looked at her in confusion, "What is she doing?" Ajuka asked as Sirzechs didn't answer but he kept watching at his fellow Satan.

"I... I've had enough of you two or three-headed dragons!" Serafall shouted as Sirzechs and Ajuka watches their fellow Satan releases a lot of magic that flows out of her, creating an aura that surrounds her whole body. "B-Because of you! Because of you... Izayoi-kun... is going to die!" Serafall shouted as she raised her hands and brought it down on the ground, creating giant ice spikes that burst out from the ground while simultaneously freezing the ground as they go.

Seeing the massive scale attack, Leticia immediately flew away from the area, followed by Sala. The two of them then watches with wide eyes as the giant ice spikes headed towards the two-headed dragons.

The two-headed dragons were forming fireballs to counter against the massize scale attack. But they were interrupted as the giant ice spikes had pierced them before they could even counter against it. One of the dragons had managed to avoid the ice spikes that pierces the other two dragons. They were pierced from their arms, legs and neck which restricted them of movement and stopping their fireballs altogether. Blood spurted out from the necks of the two dragons before they dissolved into earth and faded away.

Everyone who watches the scene were astounded by the massize scale attack from Serafall that instantly killed two of the three dragons that were clones of the three-headed dragons. Then, they focused on the wide area of the forest in front of them that was frozen to the bone. The trees, plants and earth had been frozen over by the massize scale attack.

Serafall panted, feeling a quarter of her magic power had been used to make the attack as powerful as she had wanted it to. She panted because of the frustration she kept inside her for so long since Izayoi didn't escape with her and the others. After she launched her attack, she felt slightly relieved that she had released her frustration on defeating not one, but two dragons to which she let out a smile at the satisfying result.

"That's what you get..." Serafall smiled and she turns around to greet Venelana and Rias. "Rias-chan, look what I done!" She said as Rias smiled and nodded. But then Rias look behind her, seeing a massize fireball heading her way.

"Serafall-sama! Behind you!" Rias shouted as Sirzechs and Ajuka reacted immediately by flying in front of Serafall and preparing to launch their attacks to counter the assault. Then, Sala and Leticia came flying by and stood in front of the two men, surprising them. Sala raised her sword and attempt to slice the fireball in two. Suddenly, a shout was voiced out, surprising everyone.

"Ojou-sama, cover everyone!"

Immediately, Sala, Leticia, Sirzechs, Ajuka and Serafall looked on at the big massive red hollow armor that suddenly fell in front of them. Then, the hollow giant lifted up his arms to the side as a shield of light appeared in front of the giant.

Suddenly, everyone could see someone landing in front of the giant golem and jumped towards the massize fireball. Rias's eyes widen, followed by her mother as they saw a glimpse of the person's blonde hair, which reminded them of a certain blond they knew. Aside from them, Sirzechs and the others couldn't see anything as the giant golem blocked their view from seeing. But luckily, Rias and her mother could see because they stood by the sidelines, little ways from them and the giant golem. But they were still behind the golem's light shield, seeing as they stood under its outstretched metal arm.

"Ha! You're not going anywhere near them when I'm here!" Izayoi shouted as he pulled back his fist and punches directly dead center of the fireball, which caused to destroyed immediately. But just as it was destroyed, the two-headed dragon made its appearance by appearing directly in front of Izayoi when its fireball was destroyed.

"Hmph!" Izayoi pulled back his palm, putting up an Aurora before he thrust it in front of him where the two-headed dragon stood.

The two-headed dragon didn't made any attempt to move as it didn't have to react and instead it was instantly pierced through its chest by the huge pillar of light that transformed from the small beam of light over Izayoi's right palm. Then, light illuminated the whole area whereas the two-headed dragon was disintegrated by the light. Everyone held up their hands to cover their eyes from the blinding light before the light disappeared after a while.

They pulled down their hands as Asuka looked in front of her and gasped at the sight in front of her. The luscious forest that was filled with trees, plants and grass were instantly turns into a wide deserted plain area with no remain traces of any greens in sight. Aside from that, the ice spikes that killed the two other dragons were also gone. Even the forest that had been frozen had been destroyed in the light, leaving nothing but the earth as the result of the light. Putting her hand at the side of Deen's head, she commanded.

(End Song)

"Deen." Asuka commanded as Deen let down his arms which caused the shield to disappear. Then, she spotted a certain blonde standing in the center and was walking towards them which caused her to smile. "Deen, move aside." Asuka commanded as Deen moved its body aside, letting everyone look in front of them.

Leticia's eyes widen, followed by Sala. They then moved aside as Leticia looked at the figure.

"Izayoi-sama...?" Leticia uttered lowering down her lance as she and Sala stared at him.

Meanwhile, Sirzechs let out a smile as he glanced at Ajuka, who nodded in return. They both moved out of the way, letting Serafall to see who is in front of her.

Out of the corner of his eyes, Sirzechs could tell Rias was moving towards the figure walking towards them.

"Izayoi-kun?" Serafall asked out loud as the figure looked up and she could see a smile visible on his lips. A smile appeared on Serafall's face as she walked passed Sirzechs and Ajuka before passing Leticia and Sala.

Rias and Serafall meet up together as they looked at each together and smiled. They then looked in front of them and their eyes spotted Shirayuki-Hime landing in front of Izayoi. They walked closer to them and their eyes finally spotted the glowing mark that was on her left shoulder.

"...Izayoi-sama, your life..." Shirayuki-Hime muttered, not wanting the others to hear her say. Izayoi smiled down at her before he look at the glowing mark.

"...This told you, huh?"

Izayoi then looked at Shirayuki-Hime, who nodded at him. A sigh escaped his mouth before he smirk playfully.

"That's cheating..."

Shirayuki-Hime let out a small smile at him before she suddenly fell to her knees, to which Izayoi caught her. Blood started to leak from his abdomen for his fast movement on catching her, but he didn't mind. "I'm sorry..." Shirayuki-Hime muttered laying her head on Izayoi's shoulder, a tired expression evident on her face. "I can't hold it like you are, Izayoi-sama."

"You're in pain..." Izayoi said to her with a small frown as Shirayuki-Hime smiled.

"It'll be like that if you're near..."

"...Okay, I get it." Izayoi said stopping her before he carried her up in his arms. He then looked at Leticia, who walked towards him and carried the weak Shirayuki-Hime in her arms after being handed from Izayoi. After he handed her, Izayoi slightly stagger to which his face twisted into agony for a brief second. In response, Rias and Serafall immediately rush towards him.

"Izayoi-kun, don't strain yourself." Rias stated with worry laced in her voice while she grabbed a hold of his left hand.

Grabbing onto his right, Serafall nodded at her words before speaking her own mind. "You need to rest."

Izayoi lightly laugh and looked up at the worried faces of Rias and Serafall. He squeezed their hands in reassurance. "Sorry, but that's the last thing I'll be doing right now." He answered with a smile.

"But why? You can't fight if you don't rest." Rias said.

"... The three-headed dragon is still...?" Serafall looked at Izayoi before he nodded at her.

"Yeah, that lizard is still here." Izayoi said as Rias's eyes widen and she immediately protest on what he was going to do.

"No! Y-You're not going to fight him with all that injuries on you. You'll-" Rias was cut off as Izayoi let go of her and Serafall's hand before he wrapped his hands around the two in a hug, startling them.

"Then, it will be something that I promised myself to do."

Rias's eyes widen at his words and she look down.

"...And what did you...promise?"

"...To protect you, no matter what." Izayoi exclaimed as tears started to appear at the corner of Rias's eyes. "That goes for you all of the others, including you Serafall." He added as Serafall smiled with tears in her eyes. She then closed her eyes and started to lay her head on his shoulder, relishing in the warmth that Izayoi provided. Even if its for the last time for her.

"But I don't want you to go..." Rias mutters as she grip onto the back of his shoulder, not wanting to let him go.

"Ha... That's not your decision, princess." Izayoi let go of the hug before he turns around and stood in the center of the destroyed area. Rias and Serafall watches him with a frown before their eyes spotted the three-headed dragon slowly landed in front of Izayoi, sending a burst of wind towards him just as he landed.

While the wind blows, it blows Izayoi's hoodie back which reveals his back side.

"Izayoi-kun?!" Asuka thought as she covered her mouth from shock as she and everyone could see the fatal wound that had adorned on Izayoi's body. A hole could be made from his abdomen, much to their surprise and shock of seeing, especially to Rias and Serafall.

A frown made its way on Leticia's face as she and Sala could see how badly wounded he is from his head to his upper body. They then focused on the wound that had shown itself to them and they couldn't believe how Izayoi could move while sustaining such a wound that not even a normal human could endure for long. They knew that his organs had been punctured just from seeing where the wound was. And they knew that his time was getting closer but they didn't want to believe it no matter how true the truth and reality were to them. But still, they wished they could make the dreadful feeling arising inside them disappear.

(Insert Song - HDXD OP 2 Short version)

Sensing the stares that were occupied to his back, he knew that they had seen it, much to his slight anguish. Tightening his fist, Izayoi looked up at the three-headed dragon and he smirked.

"When did you ever be so generous, lizard? I thought you would destroy me defenseless, there and then." A playful smile crossed Izayoi's lips as Azi returned with a smile of his own.

"Called it another wish before your unavoidable death. I assumed that everyone knows by now?"

"You really have to announce it, huh?"

Izayoi smirked as he took on a fighting stance, readying himself for the last fight.

"No!" Rias shouted as she attempted to run towards him, fully knowing what would happen if he fought with the condition he was in. But then she was stopped by an arm around her hand as she looked at her own mother staring at her and shaking her head. Turning her head at Izayoi, she shouted his name.

"Izayoi-kun!"

Hearing his name being called, he tighten his grip in his fists even tighter than before. Looking up at the three-headed dragon, he shuffle his feet slightly before he shot towards the three-headed dragon for the battle of the Underworld.

But before he could even reach the dragon, Izayoi suddenly disappeared out of sight in front of the shocked Demon Lord.

"What?" The Demon Lord exclaimed before he found himself disappearing along, surprising everyone at the disappearance between the two.

"Where did they go?" Sirzechs asked as Venelana loosen her grip on Rias, who looked at where Izayoi disappeared.

Everyone was taken aback by the event that transpired in front of their eyes and they can't explain what happened. They then started to search for the two combatants around the area until Rias focused in front of her, seeing the black haired nekomata standing a few distance from her and was looking up at the sky. Confused, she then followed to where she looked. Suddenly, Rias's eyes widen as her eyes landed on a red portal that was clearly visible in the sky.

"What... Is that?" Rias asked which caused everyone to look up.

In the skies, Izayoi reappears above the red portal as he looked down at the ground beneath him.

On the ground, the three-headed dragon reappears with shocked eyes. But it didn't face the portal, instead it faces the opposite direction.

"What is this trickery?"

The three-headed dragon looked around to find the source of his displacement.

In the skies, Izayoi smirked as he put up an Aurora. "Hah... Using this for three times really tires me out... But it's all worth it up to this point!" He thought as he thrust his right hand at the portal, which caused the small pillar of light hovering above his hand to turn into the huge pillar of light that instantly hits the portal and pushed it downwards, where the three-headed dragon stood.

"Heads up, you oversized lizard!" Izayoi shouted as the three-headed dragon look behind him and his six pairs of ruby eyes widen at the portal in front of him. Then, the dragon let out a malicious smile as he grip both of the portal's sides, surprising Izayoi.

"Ha! Do you think you're strong enough to put me into another world?! Your power alone is not enough!"

Gritting his teeth, Izayoi grip the handle of the light and pulled it aside before he descended downwards. When he was close enough to the portal, he gripped onto the handle of the light tightly before he swung it down on the portal as hard as he can.

"But I have the reason to use that power! Unlike you, Lizard!" Izayoi shouted at the top of his lungs before the huge pillar hits the portal dead center, which caused red sparks to burst out from the portal. "I know I lost, but I'm not going to die any time sooner, Demon Lord Azi Dahaka!" Izayoi said focusing all of his remaining energy on the huge pillar of light which caused it to lit up brightly.

"Gahhhhhh!"

The three-headed dragon's eyes widen as the red portal cracks and the red sparks around it begins to travel onto his whole body, enveloping him into the series of sparks.

"Impossible!" The three-headed dragon thought before light engulfed him and Izayoi whole. "Simply impossibl—!"

(End Song)

"Look at that!" Asuka pointed her hand at the dome of light which was at the other side of the forest. Everyone looked up at the light and they put up their hands to cover their eyes from the blinding light that lit the night sky.

Only one thought crossed in each girls' mind as they witnessed the light, which reminded them of the person that could wield that type of attack and use it.

Kuroka watches the light with a frown before she tighten her hand that was on her chest, feeling nervous, uneasiness and anxiety in her all of a sudden.

After a while, the light dissipated, which caused Rias to let down her hands and looked at the direction where the light originated from.

"The three-headed dragon..." A voice interrupted the silence as Rias looked behind her, seeing Leticia held a surprised look. "...is gone." She finishes as Rias turns around to look at the same direction and she realized that the ten feet three-headed dragon had disappeared after the explosion of light.

Casting a glance to her right, she saw that Kuroka had disappeared from her spot. Knowing where she would go, she flew to the skies towards Izayoi. But she stopped mid-way as a light penetrated her sights and she look down at her right hand, seeing it glows. And it was dimming by the minute, much to her confusion.

"What is..." She then realized that the light was coming from her wedding ring which bounds her and Izayoi together. Realizing the light was dimming which caused her eyes to widen and realization came upon her.

"No. No. No!" Rias said before she sped up towards where Izayoi was, desperately hoping inside that he was still alive...

To Be Continued...

No, Izayoi! Well, how's the cliffhanger? Suspense, right? It's really makes me upset that I didn't finish it in this chapter but you'll just have to be patience with me, okay? Anyway, here's today's questions:

1. How were the fighting scenes?

2. How was Izayoi's battle with Demon Lord Azi Dahaka? It was cool and epic right? Because it was to me.

2.5. How was Azi Dahaka's defeat? I know it's not a defeat but he disappears, right? So, it counts as a defeat to me.

3. What do you think about the drama in this chapter?

4. How was the chapter overall? Is it exciting and satisfying to you?

5. Lastly, what will happen in the next chapter? Will Izayoi live or... I'm not going to say it because you know what I mean. Answer these questions when you finished reading it, okay? If you have any other comments to make aside from answering these questions, you can comment on it.

Now to my Daily's Answer~ Anyway, if you still have any questions that you want to ask so badly. I mean BADLY. Feel free without hesitation or restraint, leave a question in the review box below.

JMK2: Thank you for your review. I really appreciate it and I feel relieved. Also, thanks for your comment about Sona and Ophis. I'll be sure to think about it.

Zechs-DXD: Thanks for your review about the sad scene of Rias and Serafall with Izayoi. Because to me, it is sad! :(

San: I'll think about it.

DarkElucidator: What did you mean by Izayoi encountering the Angels? Can you speak in details? Sorry if I didn't understand your message.

ahsoei: Yes, this Azi Dahaka is Mondaiji tachi's version instead of Highschool DxD's version in the wiki. Also, I will write about how Izayoi met Kuroka in a bit. But now now. So, I'm sorry if you can't read it yet. But I hope you will be patient with me.