A Problem Devil, Born

by SecretArtLotus

Ending the Tyranny of the Three-Headed Dragon by himself, thus saving the Underworld from total destruction, what happened to our Hero, Sakamaki Izayoi? Making a promise he once made to a family, will he keep it? A Gathering of Young Devils is approaching, what will unfold in the party? Will 'he' attend the Gathering? Marrying Rias, will he still be able protect her last?

46. Chapter 46: Extinguished Star!

Hello, everyone. This is your Author in-progress. I hope that all of you can forgive me if I do not update this lately. Anyway, I will not talk much and I will not answer your reviews yet. I will however answer it in the next chapter.

So without further ado, I present to you A Problem Devil Born~

Ja'ne! ArtLotus out!

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Chapter 46: Extinguished Star!

"Mjolnir?!" Loki looks up in shock at the divine hammer floating down in the exposed pillar of light from the skies.

"All right." Rossweisse said over her head piece before turning towards Issei. "Odin-sama said to let the Emperor of Red Dragon handle it if he's present."

"Me?" Issei asked in surprise. "What about Izayoi-senpai?"

"Odin-sama said it should be you."

"Odin, you bastard!" Loki shouted before gritting his teeth and immediately flies towards the beam but his advances was prevented as his wrist was immediately tied by a blue rope courtesy of Saji standing nearby.

"I won't let you go!" Saji shouted in determination as Rias looks at the Issei.

"Issei. Go."

At her order, Issei quickly nods and flies up towards the blue beam to claim Mjolnir. "Hai, Buchou!" Issei quickly approaches the hammer as he extends his right gauntlet to claim it. "Here I go!" He shouted but before his hand could grasp it, Fenrir made himself known and overwhelm Issei by biting him whole with his fangs before descending down to the ground. "Agh!" Issei shouted in pain under the fangs as everyone watches in shock of the event.

"Issei!" Rias shouted in surprise.

"Issei-senpai!" Koneko shouted.

Once Fenrir descended, he throws Issei away before an array of lightning strike him down with countless of blades piercing the being courtesy of Kiba.

Issei who was slowly falling down, his armor immediately disappears as bloody holes could be seen penetrating his body; his right thigh, stomach and the right side of his chest above his heart. The brunette collided against a cliff before falling down through stones and then lies down in a heap near Mjolnir that stabbed itself into the ground.

"Issei! Hang in there!" Rias said flying down near him before cradling his head on her lap.

"B-Buchou. I'm sorry, Buchou. I failed at the most important moment again."

"Don't speak!" Rias replied with a frown as she repress the urge to cry.

"Buchou, please run."

"Issei." Rias said as Issei lift his right hand towards Mjolnir in front of his eyes.

"Hammer...The hammer..." Issei said before his hand fall down limply, surprising Rias.

"Issei!" Rias shouted before the sound of a sword stabbing into the ground could be heard behind her. Footsteps could be heard nearing her as Rias look up at her husband kneeling in front of her. "Izayoi-kun..." She called out with tears at the corner of her eyes. Suddenly, her eyes widen at the vial presented towards her inside Izayoi's right hand.

"Get him away after this. I think it will take time before he could wake up completely."

"N-No, Izayoi-kun, that's yours. I can't take it. I-I can't take it if it means you will..." Rias trailed off as Izayoi opens the lid of the vial and turns the vial upside down but before he could, a pair of hands grabbed the vial before the liquid inside can drop upon the unfortunate brunette. "Izayoi-kun!"

"Do you trust me?"

At the question thrown at her, she once again recalled the same question at the meeting. Looking directly at her husband's eyes, Rias reluctantly nodded. "I...trust you."

"Then, I'm not going to let my junior die on accord of my carelessness."

The blonde pulls back Rias's hands with his free hand before the liquid inside the vial drops upon Issei's chest and the holes that penetrated his body immediately heals. Seeing the wounds disappearing on the brunette, Izayoi stands up and turns to his right, where a certain evil God is.

"Tell everyone to stay back. Including you, Rias. I'll take over from here." He glances his eyes to meet hers as Rias stretches her right hand towards him but she was too late as the blonde disappeared in a blur.

"Izayoi-kun…Please be careful." She mutters in hopes that her husband would be cautious and ultimately safe. The red head looks down at her Pawn before she glances behind her, seeing Rossweisse standing over her. "Tell everyone to stay back." Nodding at the white haired Valkyrie, Rossweisse flies up towards everyone

Reappearing in front of Loki, Izayoi look up at him.

"You again." Loki narrows his eyes down at the blonde. "What are you going to do now? What hope do you carry if you can't accomplish anything by yourself? That is pathetic." Lifting his hand forward, Loki shoot out a beam of light towards the skies above.

Recalling the action last time, the blonde quickly jumps forward towards Loki, who sense the blonde and shoot arrays of blue lightning towards him to slow him down. But to the god's surprise, blood gurgles in his throat as a fist buried inside his stomach while the lightning that purposely went to assault the blonde had dissipated instantly behind the blonde that had punched the god.

"How...?" Loki managed to ask before he started coughing. Suddenly, Loki felt his body flying down towards the ground behind the blonde. Crashing into the earth, Loki look up in time to see beams of light appeared over his body. Eyes widening, Loki let out a shout of pain.

"..." Kiba looked at the beams of light hitting the evil Norse god over and over while he stood next to Xenovia who was watching the scene of Loki's full scale being used against him. The two of them were standing near Rias who also watch the scene in front of her. After the two had been ordered by Rossweisse to withdraw from fighting Fenrir, the two tried to protest more so Kiba was since he contained the wolf like being and he didn't want to let it escape. Xenovia agreed to the white haired order since she couldn't do anything without her weapon as the blonde had already took it with him earlier and she didn't found it yet.

With much resistance, Kiba had disagree but overtime he reluctantly agreed to withdraw since it was an order from his blonde senior. The two retreated to their King but regretted to see Fenrir break out from its confinement but the being didn't outright chase after them. It was looking at the full-scale attack that Loki summoned to which they noticed along with the evil Norse god lying under the heavy fire much to their happiness. And to their surprise once they have arrived at their King, they were relieved to see the brunette unscathed but was unconscious still.

"Will this be enough to finish him?" Xenovia asked.

"If he used it against himself, then it has to be enough. It has to be." Rias answered with a small frown.

"Even if he is able to withstand the scale and damage of the attack, it will pose a serious threat to Izayoi-senpai." Kiba explained gripping his sword tightly. "

"But what I do not understand is why Izayoi-kun asked us to not interfere." A voice asked as Rias look at her left spotting both Sona and Tsubaki along with Saji behind them.

"He must have a reason to do so. It might very well be related to his training."

"Training? What could possibly Izayoi-senpai be training for? He's seriously as strong as Strong!" Saji emphasized in surprise.

"The tragedy that befell Underworld. It might caused him to do just that." Sona stated as she adjust her glasses before looking at Rias. "Is that right?" At her question, Rias pursued her lips.

"Kaichou, do you mean the Three-Headed Dragon? Is it real? I thought it was a rumour."

"It wasn't." Akeno voiced out landing down on the ground with Irina next to her. The two stand behind Rias as Irina step forward.

"It is very much true to as what the rumour says."

"Then that means...Izayoi-senpai really died fighting that being? He's the Gremory Prince right? So-"

"Saji." Sona called out a little bit harshly as Saji look at his King in surprise before he focus onto Rias and the girls. He'd noticed they hold a sullen expression on their faces as if they already had seen the scene much to his realisation.

"I-I'm sorry! I didn't know you all were there when that happens..." Saji muttered with an apologetic look.

"It is alright. It is in the past now, the Three-Headed Dragon will not set foot to the Underworld ever again after what Izayoi-kun had done to it." Rias tightens her fist as Sona looks over her and raised an eyebrow at the particular statement.

"What did Izayoi-kun done?" Sona thought before a roar interrupts the conversation between everyone.

"RAAAAAAAAAA!"

That roar!" Kiba said as he step forward and look at Fenrir jump out from its confinement and headed straight towards where Izayoi and Loki where battling. His eyes then spotted Midgardsormr already moving towards the same spot, making his eyes widen in realization.

Upon hearing the roar, Kiba instinctively step forward to see Fenrir jumping out of its imprisonment along with Midgardsormr that started to head towards Loki. "They're trying to..." Watching the apparent movement, Kiba look at Rias to warn her about what's to come but his eyes instead watches his King sprouted a pair of devil wings and started to ascend to the skies.

"Izayoi-kun!" Rias shouted watching Fenrir and Midgardsormr heading towards where her husband is. To her, she doesn't want to interfere the blonde's fight with the Norse god but if Fenrir and Midgardsormr were thrown into the fight. She knows that it would not be good and she was certain that it was her time to interfere. She doesn't know if the blonde could fight all three of them at once, and although she trust in his strength, she doesn't trust herself to not help her husband when in need whether he wanted it or not.

Suddenly, a hand around her right wrist shattered her thoughts as the red head looks down at Sona that looked up at her with a small frown on her face.

"I'm coming with you." With that answer, Rias nodded and Sona sprouted devil wings before following the red head towards where Izayoi was.

"Izayoi-senpai, I hope you can hold on long enough." Kiba thought hopefully as he watches Rias and Sona flying farther away towards the blonde. Amidst his worries, he wasn't aware of the worried people behind him that started to be concern about the blonde fighting the Norse god.

"Izayoi-kun." Rossweisse thought calling the blonde's name before a deep sinking feeling in her stomach which makes her unease.

"...Hah, do you think you can..." A voice mutters as Izayoi look up at his position and his eyes trailed over the form of the Norse god amidst the smoke rises above his body. "Beat me?" Loki asked lifting his head to look at the blonde with a smile.

At the moment, Izayoi's eyes widen as razor sharp fangs instantly bite into his flesh.

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Flying above the skies, both Rias and Sona could finally see the damages that the full-scale attack had done. Their eyes widen at the decimated ground which had once been rocky has been replaced by a crater that painted cracks all over the area and rises chunks of earth from the ground itself. But then, their eyes spotted the outline form of Loki standing over a faint silhouette. But as the two takes a closer look at the sihouette, their eyes widen.

They could see drips of blood fall to the ground as the blonde stagger in his stance to prevent himself from falling as blood stained both of his thighs from the holes that penetrated through them. Another drop of blood fall to the ground as both Rias and Sona set their sights on his upper body and they were shock on seeing the sight. Two freshly carved holes were pierce through the blonde's body; one of which his left hip and other is above his stomach.

Rias's eyes widen as she watches Loki lifted his hand and aimed it at the blonde. She slowly watches two beams of light immediately pierce through the center of his chest and above his heart. The red head watches ever so slowly as the blonde stagger from falling but he still kept standing.

"Hm. It seems that you are not all that resilient after all." Loki smiled in satisfaction as both Fenrir and Midgardsormr stood behind him watching over the blonde

"Did you? Neither am I. I'm just a lowly human after all. What do I know?" Izayoi let out a low chuckle.

"That you are." Loki answered to him before watching the blonde staggers his way closer towards him. But the evil god did not make a move and simply watch, knowing that the blonde do not have the strength to carry on.

"I never thought your mutt and lizard could do this much damage. But that's my fault for underestimating them…" Izayoi stopped as he stood directly in front of Loki with his head hanging down which shadowed his face. "Although it feels good to lie down right about now, unfortunately I have to settle something."

"May I know what that is? Because you are clearly are no match for me."

"Is that your mouth talking or your brain? It doesn't take a genius to know you're scared out of your shoes."

"Although I sympathise with you, but insulting a God? You do not have the rights, pathetic human. And for that, I'll grant you an insufferable death. One that will make you lie down forever." Loki explained as he pointed his hand over Izayoi's temple.

Suddenly, a small laugh escapes out of the blonde's throat as Loki look on in surprise. After that, the blonde let out a full blown laugh surprising everyone watching him nearby. While he laughs, his face did not show as it still shadowed by his hair but as his laugh quieted down, his wide smirk showed then which unnerves the evil God. "…Hah, hah…Sorry to disappoint, but I'm not going down just yet!" At that exact moment, a defining sound similar to an explosion sounded throughout the area.

"Ugh!" Loki cough up blood and his eyes trails down at the fist pierced through his right chest.

"Just how…?" Sona asked in thought seeing the scene with her own eyes, surprised by how strong the blonde's punch was. "Reaping through a Nordic God's body with ease…"

"Wh-Wha…" Loki was at loss for words before a large amount of blood burst out from behind him.

"Pay back is venomous, you know? You did me, I did yours." Izayoi smirks widely before he pull back his fist from Loki's chest and instantly punches him dead center at his chest as Loki travels through the air in the Third Cosmic Velocity before crashing through a couple of gigantic rocks, blowing each of them as he goes.

"Izayoi-kun!" His ears perk up as Izayoi glances at his right and smirks.

Holding out his left hand, he fully stops a charging Fenrir by the snout from colliding him head first. "Now here's what I've been waiting for…At first, I thought you were just an annoyance but those teeth are what really makes you who you are. Strong." Izayoi tightens his right fist and pulls it back. "I hope you don't mind I break them all!" He shouted as he punches Fenrir straight at its snout, blowing him backwards and colliding with Midgardsormr that cries out in pain.

Crouching down, he disappears in a blur and reappears in mid-air above both monsters before he falls towards Midgardsormr and landed on its head with his feet, enlightening a hard blow to it. The blonde follows up by proceeding to punch its head downwards and Midgardsormr instantly falls down and collided with Fenrir that was trying to get up but it was futile. Once Midgardsormr hits the ground, the earth below breaks up completely and instantly blows everything away as everyone watches the spectacle before they dodges the boulders from the skies that were raining down on them.

"Did Izayoi-kun did it?" Irina asked standing mid-air with her angel wings behind her back.

Meanwhile, everyone who was gathered behind her with their wings sprouted, watches the damage in front of them. Their eyes scan across the gigantic crater greeting them and the depth of deep it goes. They waited with baited breath as the smokes rising up from the center gradually dissipates. They looked down as Midgardsormr could be seen lying at the center of the crater while beneath him was Fenrir that did not attempt to stand up as his eyes were seen closed along with the serpent. Suddenly, they revert their eyes to the blonde standing near the edge of the crater and they watch as he vomited blood, much to their surprise.

"Izayoi-kun!" A yell sounded echoed throughout the whole entire area that was dead silence.

"So…When's the process gonna happen? I'm mostly half dead now." The blonde thought as he could see his vision deteriorating and feel his ragged shallow breath. "I guess now's the time to lie down…" He confessed as he staggers back and forth. "Ugh…I hope that Nordic God knows how to stay down until I'm up again. Whenever that is. I'm tired…" Izayoi admitted in thought before he finally falls forward. He catches a final glimpse of red before his vision darkens. "Ri…"

"Izayoi-kun?" Rias asked kneeling down on both legs as she balances the blonde in her grasp to not make him uncomfortable. Frowning, the red head decided to shake the blonde to wake him up. "Izayoi-kun. Please. Wake up." At this, Rias's eyes watered as she tried shaking him once again to get a response from him. Any response possible. "...Izayoi-kun...Izayoi-kun!" The red head cried out as she tighten her arms around the blonde and tried to repress the urge to cry but the tears that fall from her eyes right after betrays her. Fingers intertwining the hairs on the back of her husband, Rias bit her lips in frustration. "Baka...Baka...W-Why?" Rias whispered at the corner of his head before a calming hand lay down on her back, making herself aware of the new presence. Looking at the person at her left, Rias mutters. "Sona..."

"I...I'm sorry." Sona apologized with a frown that is visible on her lips as she see the unresponsive blonde in front of her. Tightening her free hand into a fist, the Kuoh President suppress the urge to fight back in anger towards Loki. But if she retaliate, she knew she would not be able to control herself from the anger bubbling inside of her currently.

After a while, Sona could sense everyone approaching them from above and she glances upwards to see everyone landing behind her.

"Rias, is Izayoi-kun alright?" Akeno asked with a hint of concern in her tone as she steps forward towards the two but a hand blocks her from advancing any further. "Sona?" She asked at the bespectacled girl who looks at her with a frown before she shakes her head.

"Izayoi-kun is no more…" Sona exclaimed as she glances behind her where Rias caressing the blonde in her arms. "Due to the wounds he sustained…"

Meanwhile, a certain Angel walks past Sona towards Rias. Just as she stands in front of the red head, she could see the drops of blood dripping underneath the blonde to which stained Rias's skirt in red and drops down onto the ground, forming a pool of blood. Looking at it nervously, Irina slowly trails the drops of blood to where it originated and the tears that she was suppressing fail to hold out. Taking a step forward and avoiding stepping on the blood, she looks down in front of Rias who held the blonde in her arms. Her hands that were holding onto his right shoulder had been stained by blood. His blood. The sight that greeted her cannot be justify as her tears kept falling down her cheeks while she shakes her head to deny the reality that was present in front of her.

"Izayoi-kun can't be…He can't be…" She kept muttering as she stared down at the unmoving form of Izayoi. Memories started flashing before her as Irina could saw the time where she met the blonde when she first moved in the neighbourhood. The memories where the two of them spend almost everyday playing since their homes weren't far apart from each other.

"It can't be of help." A voice breaks her out of her thoughts as Irina felt a calming hand grasping her left shoulder from behind her. She glances behind to see Rossweisse frowning at her as Irina stared at her. "We can't undo what is done. I-Izayoi-kun did what he could and we should honour him for what he did."

"Honour? What is that nonsense?" At the remark, Rossweisse stared eyed wide at her. "Izayoi-kun wasn't suppose to die!" Irina glares at Rossweisse. "He's supposed to live! Right from the beginning, he always should have. No-Not this. Not like this." Irina bit her lips suppressing the tears evident at the side of her eyes. She then turns her head around before kneeling down, staining blood on her right thigh from touching the pool of blood that accumulated near her. "Izayoi-kun almost died before but now…Why?" She asked herself in frustration as she looks down at the blonde and grips upon his right hand in both hands.

"He almost died before? Against who?" Rossweisse thought before her mind recalled back to a name. "The Three Headed Dragon…" She thought deeply. "Azi Dahaka. Did he fight against it and almost died?" She asked herself before she shakes her head out of her thoughts, suddenly feeling wronged as she glances up and draw her view elsewhere, not wanting to stare any longer that she should. Closing her eyes, a tear fall from the corner of her right eye. "…I'm sorry, Izayoi-kun…I'm truly sorry." She thought as she grips her left elbow with her right hand.

Looking at the three women, Akeno's gaze goes to the blonde lying unconscious in the red head's arms. Clenching her fist, she looks at Sona. "That is not true, Sona. He wouldn't go just like that." Akeno protested firmly before something realises herself. "…Why don't we use the Phoenix Tears that Sirzechs-sama had given us? Izayoi-kun has one." She said to Sona before glancing at Rias who answered her.

"He had one…"

"What? What do you mean, Rias?"

"…He used it on Issei earlier. He was dying and he used it on him."

"…It's all my fault?" Everyone looked at Issei standing in between Kiba and Saji. "But why would he…? I'm not worth it."

"He said he was careless that you died." Rias answered as she stares down at her husband as she weave through his hair with her right hand by his right ear while her left grabbed onto his right shoulder. "It's not your fault, Issei. Izayoi-kun did what he thought is right. I don't blame him for it."

"But I'm better off dead than him!"

"Issei!" Akeno called out firmly as Issei looks at her. "Don't say it like that."

"Why? Because of me, he died. What else did he do it? I'm not worth saving.

"No, he did what was right. You also should know that you as anyone else are worth saving! Rias Gremory had taken upon herself to not let anyone die. It goes the same as in the Gremory Household. It is also applies the same to us servants." Akeno explained which silences Issei. "Izayoi-kun knew that and he tried to not involve you in his stead. If you died, what will Asia-chan feel?" At hearing the last sentence from her, Issei's eyes held realisation. "We will feel sad and remorse for your passing but Asia-chan will take it more deeply." Issei hangs his head down and bites his teeth as Saji looks at him before looking at his Master.

"Kaichou, you can't be serious!" Saji exclaimed in surprise as Sona looks at him and everyone. "Izayoi-kun can't be dead! For all the time I knew him, he's invincible!"

"Even if you think he's invincible, you overlook one fact, Saji." Sona said to her Pawn who stared at her for a moment to listen for her answer. "He's just a human."

Hearing that, Saji clenches his fist.

"But didn't he already survived fighting with the Three Headed-Dragon? So why is this different? If the dragon could destroy the whole Underworld, what makes it different that he can't survive against fighting a God-?!"

"Saji!" At his name being called, Saji stops himself before his eyes look over at his Master.

"…Kaichou…" Saji muttered as his eyes trails the tear dripping from the side of her glasses.

"Saji, we're Devils. He's a human. He is not much different than a regular human being compare to us. So, please…Don't speak anymore." Sona closes her eyes as she hug herself while Saji looks at her before looking down in shame.

Suddenly, Kiba stabs his sword as he kneels down in front of his sword. "This can't be happening…" He said shedding tears as Tsubaki looks at him in sympathy. "This happened because we were weak...We always rely on Izayoi-senpai all this time that we failed to rely on ourselves, on our own strength…Damn it!" Kiba gritted his teeth in frustration as Koneko kneels down next to him and tears were evident on the corner of her eyes.

"Izayoi-senpai, I'm sorry…"

Meanwhile, Xenovia looks down in slight shame, thinking what Kiba said was true about them.

But just as everyone grieves, a voice spoke up that immediately catches their attention.

"It's quite sad apparently." At the present voice, Rias looks up in surprise followed by everyone else as they look upon Loki flying over their heads. "Shouldn't you all be relieved that he is gone? He is a human that doesn't fit in with us upper beings. Why does he want to interfere in our business? I don't really get that." Loki stated crossing his arms as Rias turns her head around.

"How are you able to…? You shouldn't be able to breath or move, Izayoi-kun killed you!" Rias glared ferociously with her teeth gritting as Loki smiles evilly.

"Who are you talking to? I'm a God! I can't die by a mere human!" Loki spread his arms showing his benevolence before his face twisted in pain and he clutch his right chest on instinct while everyone watches him in surprise. "Though it may seem healable but that human disrupted more than just my breathing." Loki thought feeling his breath getting shallow by the fact that his lung got punctured by the blonde moments before. He also felt his ribs inside him had broken due to the massive force in the blonde's punch.

"It seems you're having some difficulties, Norse God of Mischief. No ordinary human can make you feel pain like you are now, correct?" Sona asked slightly glaring at Loki. "You're just bluffing that you can't feel pain and instead, you're feeling true pain by a human."

"Silence, peasants!" Loki commanded as he shoots out ferocious streams of electricity towards Rias, specifically the blonde in her arms.

In an instant, both Akeno and Sona stand in front of Rias and blocked the assault by putting up two protective magic circles.

"Don't think we're letting you go as far as near him." Sona responded.

"You're not going to even touch him!" Akeno added as the two defended against Loki's assault.

"You lesser beings can't possibly beat a God! So you should just give in!" Just as he said that, Loki holds up his free hand and blocked against Durandal along with Holy Demon Sword.

"We will beat you! We'll make you pay for what you've done!" Xenovia gritted her teeth and glares heatedly at Loki.

"We'll kill you!" Kiba added putting pressure on his sword against Loki's barrier. "We won't hold anything back."

"Then I guess you wouldn't mind facing your previous opponents again."

"What?!" Kiba looks up and his eyes takes on the image of Fenrir above Loki to jump down towards them. "Xenovia!" He stated as the two of them jumps back as Fenrir lands down on a magic triangle casted by Loki.

"What is the meaning of this?" Rossweisse asked in surprise.

"How can Fenrir survive the attack from Izayoi-san?" Tsubaki asked.

"He's a God Killer, that's why." Loki answered before he withdraw his left hand from casting his assault as Sona and Akeno drop down their barrier. "And also…" He trailed off as he flicked his left finger, enlightening a summoning octagon behind him and a newly Midgardsormr appears above Loki while the previous one had disintegrated into soil.

"You gotta be kidding! Why are they all alive?! Izayoi-senpai killed them all!" Saji shouted looking up at both Midgardsormr and Fenrir. But something catches his eye as he look closer at the wolf. "Huh?" He squinted his eyes as to see Fenrir limping and constantly shaking its head. "Kaichou, Fenrir..." Saji pointed at Fenrir as Sona looks at where he pointed and sees the flaws on the beast.

"It's alive but it did not recover from Izayoi-kun's assault. This might…be to our advantage!" Sona thought before glancing at the blonde in Rias's arms and she closes her eyes from looking. After a while, she opens them and glares at Loki. "Everyone, we have no choice than to fight."

"We don't have a choice at the start." Kiba grips tighter around his sword. "Anyway, if this will make all this anger disappear, I'll volunteer."

"Kiba-san." Tsubaki thought looking at his back from standing behind him.

"We're not going to let Izayoi-kun's sacrifice be in vain! He sacrifice everything for us on account for nothing. I'm oblige to pay it back hundred folds." Xenovia said glaring at Loki.

"Then, please do demonstrate your eagerness to do so." With that, Kiba answers.

"Our pleasure." Kiba and Xenovia immediately sprinted and jumps down into the crater to face Fenrir. Falling down in mid-air, Kiba glances out of the corner of his eye as he catches Koneko falling down next to him before he focus his sights on the beast awaiting their presences.

Gripping onto his sword, Kiba instantly stabs it into the ground once landed which ignite countless of blades to collide with Fenrir. Following after the opening assault, Xenovia slashes down her sword on the ground when she landed and shoots out a yellow energy ark which hits Fenrir directly, which causes the wolf to howl in pain.

"What?" Loki asked as he heard the howling pain. But just as he turns to look at Fenrir, he look back in time to erect a barrier against the thousands needles that sought to hit him.

"Your fight is with me, Loki-sama." Rossweisse said with a serious look as Loki smiles amusingly.

"Alright. I accept your challenge. Let's see how you fair." Loki mocked as Rossweisse narrows her eyes. "In the skies, Valkyrie." With that, Loki instantly flies upwards as Rossweisse stops her assault and looked up. With a burst of magic, she goes off towards Loki.

"Izayoi-kun, give me strength." Rossweisse thought hopeful as she pursue the Norse God in a battle in the skies.

On the edge of the crater, Sona looked up at where Rossweisse left to fight Loki before she looks at Midgardsormr standing in front of her. She then glance over her shoulder and nods at Tsubaki who gotten her permission before she flies up, attracting Midgardsormr's attention. When the dragon was distracted by Tsubaki, a strike of black and white thunder along with yellow lightning hits upon Midgardsormr from above, causing it to cry in pain.

Upon seeing the action, Sona looks at Akeno and noticed the furious glare evident on her face. Frowning at the woman's expression, she did not advise her before Akeno takes off to the skies and ferociously attacks Midgardsormr. "For what you've done, I will leave nothing out of your corpse, not even a single trace of it left!" Akeno let down her hands, bringing forth lightning and thunder to strike the Midgardsormr, which push it backwards until it cries in pain and falls down.

"Akeno…" Sona muttered before she glances behind at Tsubaki. Nodding towards her, Tsubaki flies towards Akeno to join up with her on fighting Midgardsormr that was beginning to rise up.

"Kaichou, what am I going to do?" Saji asked behind Sona.

"Yeah, what about me?" Issei added as Sona turns halfway to look at them.

"Provide help for Rossweisse and back her up if need be. As I observed, Loki will not last long with the injury it sustained from Izayoi-kun."

"Hai!"

"Hai!" Immediately, the two Pawns looked at each other and nods before they sprouted their wings. Issei looks at Rias and Irina who watches over his blonde senior and he wore a look of determination. "Don't worry, Izayoi-senpai. I'll pay him back for sure!" With that in thought, Issei and Sajj fly towards Rossweisse to provide backup. With the two already left the scene, it leaves Sona to look at both Irina and Rias.

She watches Irina looks down at Izayoi and shed tears to which they dropped upon his right palm.

"I'm going now, Izayoi-kun. I'm gonna help Xenovia and the others." Irina said to him, hoping that he would respond but she knew it will not be done anytime soon. Irina stands up and stared longingly at the blonde. "Peace be upon you, Amen." She muttered before she walks past Rias with a determined expression and flies off towards Fenrir to join up with the others.

"So…" Loki stops himself to stay afloat in mid-air above thousands of feet from the ground. Across from him stood Rossweisse who stared at him cautiously. "What will you show me, Valkyrie? I intend to see your arsenal of magic that an expert like you have compare to mine."

"Then let's see what you have." Rossweisse said as she shoots lightning towards him to which Loki deflected it with a barrier before countering her with a blast of fire. Pulling back her right hand, she spread it out in an ark to shoot a wave of water that cuts through the flames that flies over her head. Rossweisse look up amidst the flames to see Loki shooting off energy beams via a magic triangle.

Despite that, Rossweisse counters it with a cast of her spell which is erecting a barrier and pushes it towards the beams that hits it before exploding, covering everything in sight.

"Impressive. Now can you handle the next one?" Rossweisse looks around the smokes to find Loki before she looks forward and nearly avoided a slice of energy wave. "How about we step it up a little?" At that, Rossweisse dodges a few energy slices before erecting an energy shield to defend against them. As Rossweisse busied herself with dodging and defending againt Loki's attacks amidst the smoke, Saji and Issei were seen approaching closer to them.

"Saji, look out!" Issei said as Saji look up and he dodged by flying downwards.

"What was that?" Saji asked looking back at the energy slice that was seconds to hitting him.

"I don't know but there's more coming right now!" Issei stops to look at the incoming energy slices heading towards them. The brunette spread his left arm to which causes the red dragon gauntlet to appear. He then let his gaze falter for a bit before he looked at where the energy attacks were coming from. "They're coming from in that smoke!" He pointed out before charging up a red ball of energy and throws it at several energy slices and destroying them once they came in contact with it.

"Rossweisse-san must be fighting with Loki in that smoke." Saji exclaimed as Issei nods. "We should help her."

"That's why we're here." Issei answered before he and Saji flies towards the smoke. As they arrive closer, the both of them could see Rossweisse deflecting against the same energy slices with relatively ease before they watch her charging up something in her free hand. After a moment, Rossweisse releases a stream of flames that expanded in a circle and ridding all of the smokes to reveal Loki smiling at her.

"Watch out!" Saji warned as he dodges the stream of flames followed by Issei. When the two got over their bearings, they focus themselves towards the Norse God smiling at them.

"It looks like you've brought help." Loki stated as Rossweisse looks behind her to see Saji and Issei.

"You two…" She said before she turns to look back at Loki. "Then I guess I'm not wanted to bring help?"

"As if, you all can't beat a God like me!"

"Saji-san." Rosseweisse mutters as Saji looks at her. "Both of Issei-san and I will distract him momentarily. Find yourself a better position to hide until he's guard is lowered."

"Okay." Saji nodded before he looks at Loki and backs away before he retreated by flying downwards away from them.

"Is he retreating? I thought he would stay to fight. Nevertheless," Loki said as he smirks at Rossweisse and Issei. "…prepare yourselves." With that, Loki lifted both of his hands and shoot out dozens upon dozens of energy blades with electricity around it. "I, Loki will teach you a lesson for thinking of defeating a God."

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Looking down at her husband in her arms, Rias gazes down at him before tear made itself known as it fall from the corner of her right eye towards the ground. But then a light shine against her eyes to which causes her to squint her eyes in reflect. She then let her gaze fall towards the blonde's left pocket pants. From there, she immediately spotted the sharp edge of the Gift Card poking out of his pocket. At the sight of the glowing card, Rias's eyes widen.

Gazing at the visible Gift Card poking out from the pocket, Rias slowly reaches out her right hand towards the object. Just as she had gotten a hold onto the edge of the cards, she slowly pulls it out from the pocket and gazes down at the card in her hand. Recalling the appearance of the card and its uses from her conversation with her husband, she tightens her thumb on the surface edge of the Gift Card. She then glances at the soft blonde locks on her left shoulder and her left hand begins to softly run her fingers through the hair behind the blonde's neck. Biting her lips, the red head looks at the Gift Card and stare at it.

"Please…Help him. One more time, help him." Rias pleaded in her mind as she stares at the Gift Card intently. But as she wishes for help, she couldn't ignore the silence that greeted her. No response was formulated from the card as fresh tears started to resurface at the corner of her eyes.

"Rias…" Sona mutters at the sight of the red head's attempt to plead in front of a card. The bespectacled girl then stretches out her hand and grasp the red head's left forearm where the tips of her fingers gently touches the side of Izayoi's hair. "Don't torture yourself anymore…It's no use."

"No…I'm not giving up." Rias answered after a moment of silence between them. "I always stand in the sidelines when Izayoi-kun always fight in the front lines. But no matter what I'd do to try to help, it doesn't make me less of a coward. I did nothing!" Rias raises her voice as Sona looks at her, slightly regretting the decision to comfort her friend. The Gremory Princess stares down at the Gift Card before the flickering crimson aura that surrounded her begin rising into life.

Sona's eyes widen as she watches what transpired before she tried to speak up. "Rias, you have to calm—" But before she could finish, she was caught by surprise by a burst of power colliding her and pushes her into the air. Mid-way into the air, Sona immediately sprout her devil wings and levitate in the air, stopping her advance on falling onto the ground.

"Hm?" Loki turns his head towards the powerful presence before he dodges a hit from Issei in his Boosted Gear Scale Mail and continues to fight.

"No matter what I'd do, I did nothing. I can't help Izayoi-kun…I'm useless…" Rias mutters as she let her head down while tears fall to the ground. "But I don't want to give up…Not now…" She mutters she slides her left hand down onto the apparent hole of the blonde's chest. Upon touching the hole, Rias bites her lips before a green glow started to engulf her left hand. "I'm not going to give up. So you shouldn't give up too, Izayoi-kun…You're not one to give up, I know that. But I can't believe you if you don't wake up." She whispered to the blonde as she pours her energy on healing the blonde, ignoring the voice at the back of her head that her husband wouldn't wake up. But just as she kept healing, a voice immediately shakes her out of her stupor

"Rias-chan?" At the mere voice, the red head slowly looks up and she came face to face with a pair of yellow eyes belonging to a certain nekoshou who stared at her in slight confusion. Meanwhile, Sona flying above watch in slight surprise as she looked at the nekoshou that suddenly made her appearance out of nowhere unexpectedly.

"Kuroka." Rias thought looking at the newly arrived nekoshou in surprise as she did not expect her arrival at all. Suddenly, her frown deepens as she watches Kuroka's eyes moves away from her gaze somewhere else; which she knew where. "I'm sorry, Kuroka…" She uttered silently as she stops healing.

"Rias-chan, why is Izayoi-kun laying down like—that…?" Kuroka's eyes trailed over at the pool of blood forming beneath the blonde before noticing the hollowed holes that decorated parts of his body. Suddenly, the world appears to slow down as Kuroka looks at the blonde and immediately senses something wrong; preferably the life force of the said blonde—had diminished. Her eyes widen as Kuroka noticed her vision was wavering before she takes a step forward and another until she stops to kneel in front of the blonde along with Rias looking up at her as she arrived. "…Izayoi-kun?" She called out to the blonde who laid on the red head's lap with his eyes closed but her question remain unanswered. "Izayoi-kun?" She tried it once again, wanting no more than to prove that what she sensed from him wasn't true. But as the time tickers away, Kuroka stretches down her hand and grips onto the blonde's hoodie, clenching it in her hand before tears falls down on top of her hand.

After a while, Kuroka heard a voice as she slightly tilted her head upwards to see Rias's lips and noticed how she was mouthing something towards her.

"Look after Izayoi-kun for me, will you?"

After that, she watches the red head laid the blonde onto her lap before putting a single blue card on top of the blonde's chest and standing up. The black haired nekoshou looked at the red head that turns around without any moment before watching her walk towards Loki while her body was enveloped by her red aura. After watching the red head walked away from a good distance, the nekoshou turns to the blonde on her lap and she noticed that her breathing was getting shallower, difficult to breath. Without any word, the nekoshou hangs her head down as she cries silently while gripping onto the blonde tightly.

Suddenly, an enormous amount of magic could be felt from everyone as a red aura skyrocketed towards the skies, drifting away the clouds as they covered the skies.

"So...Lucifer's blood resides in you." Loki exclaimed as he slowly flies down to meet the red head walking towards him in slow strides before stopping.

"Buchou!" Issei shouted as he and Rossweisse stops to stand above them.

"I wonder how powerful you are compare to him. At least, you appear to be more powerful than that blonde." He stated as Rias didn't respond to his insults and stood still on her spot. Her hair shadowed her face from view but the red aura enveloping her body was still present. "Why don't you speak up? You are allowed to. Did you decide to close your mouth when that blonde died? That's a strange decision to make." Just as he finishes, Loki waited to see the red head's reaction but after a while he didn't get any which bothers him. Lifting his hand, he aim it at the red head. "I'm losing interest on your silence. Let this be your lesson." He stated as he shoot a stream of electricity towards her.

But just as the electricity approaches the red head, a pair of glowing red eyes slowly look up from the red strings of hair. At that exact moment, a burst of power flow out of Rias as the shockwave of the power instantly destroys the electricity and pushes Loki backwards which caught him by surprise. Surprised by the sudden burst of power, Loki watches the red aura that enveloped Rias skyrocket to the skies, lighting the sky into a shade of red.

"…You don't deserve to live anymore." Rias muttered as her eyes glared heatedly at Loki who heard her statement and smiled.

"Then prove it to me how powerful the blood of Lucifer runs through your veins." He said as Rias glared at him as the earth shook beneath her feet. The small rocks and stones that lie innocently around the area had been evaporate by the burst of the red energy which leaves nothing but a bare and decimated land.

From afar, everyone watches the two facing each other while waiting for one of them to react; in this case they were waiting for the red head because they can't help but experience a sense of awe at the show of pure energy flowing out of her that they have never seen before. For Rias's servants that were watching the display of her power in a whole different view compare to before, they were shocked beyond words. Having to see a power that had never been displayed before especially from their Master who they already know of her current power in the field was shocking to believe.

"Rias…" Sona mutters as she observe her friend facing against the Norse god. Feeling a sense of doubt that the red head would not accomplish winning, she still held the bit of hope that she would manage through on beating the evil Norse god.

"This amount of energy…It's unbelievable." Kiba stated looking up at the red aura that could be seen stretching towards the skies above.

"Releasing this much power at once, will she be alright?" Xenovia asked in slight worry as she saw how much power her Master was releasing at the moment and she can admit that it was beyond what she imagined. "Will this not tire her out immensely?"

"I don't think she would have cared…" Kiba answered with a frown before he grits his teeth and pushes his sword deeper into the ground causing the swords that had been stab through Fenrir to push deeper into its flesh. "This should never have happened!" He exclaimed in slight anger. "Izayoi-senpai is…" He hesitated before sighing deeply while suppressing his sadness at the death of his dear friend. "If only we had been stronger, if only..." He stated closing his eyes tightly as Xenovia glances away hiding the sadness in her eyes from the scene of watching the blonde she held affections for lie lifeless in front of her.

"If only we had been stronger…" Xenovia answered as Kiba remain silent while Irina frowned before looking at Koneko who clenches her fists tightly.

"Lightning!" A stream of black and yellow lightning strike down at the serpent like dragon with immense force that blacken the rocky surface beneath it.

"Akeno…" Tsubaki said in thought at watching the Lightning Mistress striking down Midgardsormr with forces that she admit was terrifying to see. A frown curve downwards as she saw the tears at the corner of her eyes while a look of pure rage could be seen on Akeno's face.

"Lightning!" Hearing her angry shout upsets Tsubaki as she witness strike after strike of lightning on the serpent. From where she was standing currently, she could almost smell the burnt flesh of the serpent due to the excessive attacks.

"To have someone you care died, is it that painful?" Tsubaki asked herself before she crosses her arms and summon her mirror, deflecting Midgardsormr's flames before returning it with double the force. Hearing the serpent cry in pain, she witness yet again the stream of black and yellow lightning striking the serpent with much force. "…I'm sorry, Akeno." She thought in slight pity.

Suddenly, a giant tremor catches everyone's attention as everyone turns to it while Kuroka only look up to see Rias lifting up her hands forward as a small sphere made up of dark energy appeared in front of her palms. Suddenly, the sphere turned bigger till it was double the size of the red head.

"What is that…?" Irina asked looking eyed wide at the appearance of the dark sphere, sensing an ominous energy originating from the sphere.

"Is she planning to use that here?" Kuroka asked herself. Frowning, Kuroka looks down at the blonde. "Should I move him?"

"What?" Rossweisse asked as she looks at Rias holding the hovering sphere directly above her palms. She then watch the red head shoot it forward which caused a burst of wind to flow behind her as the sphere heads towards Loki.

"My, is this your hidden power? All diverge into one ball of the Power of Destruction?" Loki asked mockingly before he pulls his right hand back and brings it forward, shooting off a large stream of electricity, unaware of the small stones hovering from the ground and fly towards the sphere before being disintegrated. Just as the large stream of electricity hits the approaching sphere, it immediately causes a reaction; the electricity immediately surges inside before being burst out around the sphere into the empty air. "What is this?!" Loki asked shockingly at his power being rendered uselessly.

"This level of power…Has she been hiding this all along? Such an ominous energy…" Sona stated to herself, surprised by the fact that her friend is displaying a power that herself did not know about. "The ability to neglect other forces and rendering it useless by destroying it." She said understanding the concept of Rias's new power after she observed how the energy sphere easily destroyed the Norse god's attack.

"Such nuisance…" Narrowing his eyes, Loki brought forth his hands and such, shoot off streams of electricity towards the sphere to destroy it. But when the assault hits the sphere; it immediately surged into the sphere and disperse around the sphere without a single casualty visible around the area. Frustrated from his failure, Loki finally bring his right hand upwards, shooting a ray of light towards the sky. "Now you'll see true power, Gremory!" He exclaimed with a slight smirk as the sky darkens and started to circulate around. Suddenly, rays of lights immediately strikes down from the skies above just like before. The only exception is that the each light didn't make its mark on the ground. Each of them was instantly pulled towards the dark energy sphere that stood still in its position while circulating in slow velocity. But this time, the sphere appears to be pulling everything with much force than before due to the assault by the Norse god.

"…" Rias look at her sphere that was pulling everything in its own magnetic field while she stood on her spot, observing the situation. She pursued her lips as she recalled the last time she summoned the sphere.

Flashback…

"Can you stop it? It's a good thing Yasaka-sama is here, or we wouldn't be able to stop it." Kuroka asked standing next to the tired looking Rias.

"How can I stop it?" Rias turns to Yasaka standing beside them.

"It's not for me to answer, Rias. You have to figure it out yourself."

"What if I can't stop it?"

"You will in time. When the time is right for you to learn it properly. In the meantime, you have to know your intention about using this power. What will your intention be if you decided to use it in the most critical time?"

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Present

"…Yasaka-sama…" Rias thought deeply with a frown before she looks up at her creation. She spare a glance over her shoulder and then look at her comrades standing in the distance. She clenches her hand as she nods to herself, knowing her intention on using it right now. Looking up, her hands immediately engulf in her energy as she prepared to end the fight with the Norse god. Just as she went to step forward, she was interrupted by a voice.

"Do you need some help?" At the recognition, Rias look at Akeno standing next to her with a smile.

"Akeno…Are you alright?" She asked as she noticed the dried tears evidently on her cheeks.

"I'm alright now. Tsubaki had a part in this."

"Did she?" A small smile stretches across the red head's lips. "Then, you know what we have to do right?" Just as she asked, the black haired nodded in understanding.

"This is all for…Izayoi-kun's sake." Akeno stated directly looking at Rias.

"And ours. I'm sure he would want that." Rias finishes with a smile as Akeno look at her in slight surprise before nodding in the end. The two of them then faces each other backs as they focuses on their target; Loki.

"Rias…"

"Yes?"

"Can I add my own fair share on this?" At her statement, Rias raises an eyebrow in confusion before a look of realisation dawn on her face. A small smile appear on her face as she looks forward.

"…I don't see why."

"Thank you." After she said that, Akeno sprouted both her Devil and Fallen Angel wing followed by Rias who sprouted her Devil wings altogether. The two of them spare a look at each other before ascending up towards the sky.

"Go get em, Rias-chan, nya!" Kuroka thought watching her red headed friend flew off with her Queen. Then, a frown smeared across her lips as she looks down at the blonde in her arms and fresh tears appears on the side of her eyes, ready to fall. "Izayoi-kun, why do you have to go first?" She asked clenching her left hand on the blonde's sleeve. "…You know you have a special someone waiting for you, nya. It's still small and it's growing but it's waiting." She whispers sadly before smiling slightly. "It's waiting for both of us to be there. But without you, what will I do? I don't know how to take care of it if it's born without it's…Papa…" She whispered before frowning at the last part.

"Kaichou." Sona looks at her right from her position and saw Saji flying up to her. "What do you think they are doing?" Sona look up and saw Rias with Akeno flying up to the sky.

"I'm certain they are about to end the enemy." A voice stated as Sona look behind her to see Tsubaki standing behind her. "Kaichou, Midgardsormr has been defeated." She bows her head to Sona who nods.

"Well done. Speaking of which, are both Rias and Akeno about to finish the Norse god?"

"Yes. I think they decided that it is time to do so after the event that had transpired." Tsubaki stated as Sona thought deeply at the statement before looking at Rias and Akeno who had already flew up above the clouds, disappearing from the scene.

"…Then I suppose this is the time we step in to help."

"Kaichou?"

"Rias can't get all the credit by herself and we, of Sitri can't stand by the sidelines helplessly. We have to prove ourselves from the training we had. And also, we can't be outdone by Rias." Sona let out a smile at her servants.

"Understood." Tsubaki bows in agreement while Saji smiled widely before nodding.

"Got it, Kaichou!" Immediately, both Tsubaki and Saji flies at opposite directions, leaving Sona to stand in mid-air.

The bespectacled teen adjusted her glasses as a blue magic circle appears in front of her. Hanging her head down, Sona stood silently. After a moment, blue aura appears from underneath her feet before it started engulfing her entire body. "We, of Sitri are glad that we have met you, Izayoi-kun. You are an individual that is different from others and we all acknowledge it. I apologize if I am not as strong as my elder sister to pay you back. But allow me to give it my all. For ours, hers and my sake." She thought as a single tear escapes her glasses while Sona concentrated gathering magic energy.

Meanwhile, Saji flies and stops a good distance from his Master. He stood with his feet spread as he tightens his fists and he gritted his teeth.

"Izayoi-senpai. Don't worry about us, we'll pay that bastard of a god thousand times over!"

A good distance from Saji's position, Tsubaki stands in mid-air as the three of them had performed a triangular formation in the skies. Above the triangle, Rias and Akeno stopped to stand right besides each other as Loki stood in his previous spot and tried to destroy the omnipotent sphere slowly approaching him while pulling him towards its core.

"What is this power? I never seen such raw power compressed and grows each time it pull something in its gravity pull. What kind of Gremory's power is this?" Loki thought to himself, growing frustrated at his failed attempts of stopping the sphere while enduring the pain of his right chest that was still in the mix of healing. Clenching on his right fist, Loki erected a hexagonal magic barrier in front of him to which it collided with the sphere, causing frictional sparks to burst out from the contact. "I, Loki will not be put down by a mere Gremory!"

Pursuing her lips, Kuroka watches the intense scene in front of her and noticed some of the earth in the crater were being pulled out simultaneously. Suddenly, her thoughts were broken as a huge chunk of the earth in front of her was pulled out towards the gravity pulling sphere. She looks down at the blonde in her arms and nodded to herself, "We have to get out of here, nya." But just as she was about to teleport the both of them, a shiny light penetrated her eyes. "What?" She questioned as she looks down at the Gift Card on top of the blonde's chest, glowing.

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Flashback…

Shiroyasha's Dimension

"So, when will you answer my question?" Saurian Demon King asked lifting his head up to look at the blonde standing across from him with his arms crossed.

"Are you getting impatient, Saurian Demon King?" An amused tone come out from the blonde's mouth as the blue haired Demon King sighs. "I thought you were the patient type of guy. Did you change in the span of time we spent together?" He teases with a playful smile.

"Save your teasings until it is appropriate to."

"Oh?"

"If my previous question can't be answered yet, I'll ask another, can I?"

Smiling, Izayoi gesture his hand forward at him to continue.

Taking note of the gesture, Saurian Demon King speak up.

"How did you stood toe to toe against that Demon Lord. It's impossible for an individual to stand against the oldest Demon Lord such as it."

"How do you expect? Well, to shorten the long explanation, it was entirely one-sided." Izayoi started as Saurian Demon King stand still and listened. "Whenever I land a punch, he would just brush it off like it was nothing, so I figured that he wasn't any ordinary monster or dragon. That lizard doesn't have anything that can pierce his mass of a body...And I wasn't one. Long story short, I fought with everything I got against that Demon Lord. I can't even feel anything including the pain and I kept striking it senselessly."

"The result?" Saurian Demon King asked keeping his eyes trained on the blonde to hear the result of his fight against the oldest Demon Lord in Little Garden. If the blonde had been able to live fighting the Demon Lord without any help right after, he wondered how strong the blonde is if he fought seriously right now. But if he switched places with the blonde and fought against the Demon Lord himself, he knows that it would be an intense battle seeing as he'd been trained for thousands of years and had strengthen and harness his powers to match those of Water Goddess and Gaia combined. From his intensive training, he'll know the battle would be entirely different from the blonde's. But the result of the battle would be false victory and it would match with the blonde's result. Defeat. If his strength can be match with the blonde who did not undergone the training he had went, he doubted that he would appear successful on fighting the Demon Lord and winning against it alone. He would just waste his energy due to the hardness of the Demon Lord's body bouncing off his attacks like it was nothing.

"The result? I wouldn't call the time fighting that Demon Lord as result. I don't think you can even tell if fighting it would bring any result. The fact is 'it' can't be defeated, as much as I hate to admit it." Izayoi explained with a frown as Saurian Demon King stare at the blonde. "And if you thought about fighting against that Demon Lord. You got another thing going; it wouldn't change or prove anything if you fought it."

"...I trust that it is." At the answer, the blonde quirked an eyebrow."I doubted that I can defeat the Demon Lord all by myself. I wouldn't risk my life over that measly decision."

Letting out a smile to cross over his face, the blonde readied his stance by crouching slightly; digging his feet under as the earth recoil by trying to cover the sole of his shoes.

"Since I answered your question, I guess that you'll offer to show something after this? More effort possibly? Because I notice that you've been slacking. Care to explain?" Izayoi smirked.

Sighing, Saurian Demon King thought back to the fight they've been busying themselves for. For as long as the battle went on, he couldn't concentrate very much since he was disturbed by the trivial his opponent had been experienced. But during their battle, he hid his disturbance without the blonde finding out. But as he figured, the blonde had known about him for a while to which he wasn't so surprise; he'd known the blonde would find out soon enough. The characteristics that he had known about the blonde had convinced that he was a natural on all sorts of things; mostly adding advantages to fights than anything.

"Since a little of my curiosity has been answered; I'll prove a little what efforts you've been doing during our one sided battle." Saurian Demon King as Izayoi stare at the blue haired in amusement before he shrug off his shoulders.

"One-sided battle? You can call it that." Izayoi stated before he clench his fists. "So how will you prove-?!" He was cut off as a fist nearly collided with his face directly albeit his crossed hands blocked the fist from advancing to his face. A wide smirk spreads across the blonde's features. "I thought your not a head-on type of guy, Saurian Demon King."

"I think it's time you have to familiarize yourself by fighting the same type of opponent as the Demon Lord you have fought. Which means there will be no break until the time is over. Do you find this agreeable?"

"Why do you want confirmation? I'd agreed to Shiroyasha's offer wholeheartedly before. So why should I stop now? Rather I'm a bit touched by your offer." Izayoi smirked before he disappeared from his spot, leaving a breeze pushing backwards from his spot

Glancing around with his one eye, Saurian Demon King lifted his right hand to the side to which blocked a foot milliseconds after. A strong breeze flows out from the collision as both fighter made eye contact.

A wide smirk from the blonde against a small amused smile forming on the blue haired.

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Shiroyasha's Dimension

Thousand Eyes Quarters

A pair of yellow slit eyes watches in amusingly as Shiroyasha kept her focus onto the small television in front of her where it displayed the ongoing battle live from the real battle outside. The white haired Demon Lord expresses a chuckle as she saw a tiniest of smiles on Koryuu's face, which surprise her but amuses her at the same time.

"It seems like the blonde had rub on you, Koryuu." The white haired Demon Lord commented before she thought about the disappearance of another Demon King. "Where's Karyou-chan though? I never seen her for a while."

At the thought, Shiroyasha thinks deeply about her disappearance before her eyes trails upon the timer that displayed at the far right corner of the television. Her eyes widen before it expresses a glint of amusement in the pupils.

"Oho~This will be bothersome. But will it cause much trouble for you, kid? I have my doubts but we'll see in just a second, won't we?" After her remark, she watches Koryuu punches Izayoi across the bared crater that was once filled with water but instead was filled with black ashes overall.

Battlefield

"Hah, you know I just washed?" Izayoi complained as he looks down at himself, noticing that his clothes were now covered in ashes that wipes that light colors of his vest and blended with it. The blonde then looks up at Koryuu who approaches him and stands across from him.

"Then, it is all more reason you should avoid being toss into this ash pot." Koryuu stated.

"Is that supposed to be a joke coming from you?" Izayoi raises his eyebrow with little amusement as Koryuu frowns.

"Is it?"

At his question, the blonde brushes his shoulders from the ashes before glancing at Koryuu. "Then, I'll show you how to get dirty!" At the statement, the blonde disappeared before reappearing in front of Koryuu and launches a roundhouse kick down onto his head.

"Hm?" Koryuu easily lifted his hands and blocked the kick with his wrists. "This is will not work—"

"You'd think?" Suddenly Koryuu's eyes widen as the feet that had landed on his wrists phased through them before he felt multiple punches to his stomach, pushing him slightly back. After that, he felt a hand tugging onto his shirt and throws him towards the edge of the crater, coating him in black ashes.

"…" Koryuu opens his eyes before he started coughing from the ashes entering his mouth. The blue haired Demon King looks up from the crater at the sight of the laughing blonde.

"Who's dirty now?" The blonde questioned cackling in delight.

"You should let your guard up rather than leave it lowered." A new voice stated in amusement before a whip of flames wraps around his waist and throws him across the crater towards the edge. Karyou smiled as she flick her right fist causing the whip of flames to disappear from its hold around the blonde before seeing in amusement of the blonde colliding against the edge of the crater. After that, an amused smirk formed onto her lips as she saw the blonde cough into a fit from the ashes around him.

"…Laughing, huh?" Izayoi asked looking up at the bemused Phoenix Princess in his sights.

"Who's dirty now?" Karyou asked putting her free hand onto her waist.

"Haha, you got me Karyou-hime." Izayoi pushes himself from the crater behind him and take a stand in front of it. "But I hardly know that you hid such a playful side of you." A questioning brow raised as the blonde look amused at the black haired Demon King.

Smirking in return, Karyou replies. "That is because you don't know much about me."

"Only in name and background, I get it. But after this, I'll know you entirely." A perverted glint made itself known in the blonde's pupils.

"You wish. But you shouldn't worry about that now, unfortunately. You should worry about how you will survive after this." Karyou explained as Izayoi raises his eyebrow in slight confusion before realization dawn on him and he take a look on his left wrist.

00:00:10

"Huh, so it's that time of the week." Izayoi said as he look up and noticed Koryuu had already walk to stand next to Karyou. "Shall we get started?"

"I don't intend to bring out my full power but if you bring out your all into this intervention, then I will." Koryuu said to the blonde, who let out a playful smile.

Shrugging his shoulders, the blonde looks at Koryuu. "Who wouldn't like the opportunity of seeing Saurian Demon King giving it his all? I'm delighted to accept your offer. Anyway, if I don't, the chances of survival would be slim to none, right?" The blonde let out a smirk as the ground beneath them started to shake uncontrollably as the three combatants stare at each other.

The first one to react is Karyou who levitates towards the skies as flames started to circle around her just as she goes, leaving both Izayoi and Koryuu to face each other.

"Funny how things goes when you're the human to face beings superior than you." Izayoi joked as he stand still while he stares at Koryuu. "So, when will I get to see you in your full form?" At his question, Koryuu didn't answer and instead stayed still on his spot.

Suddenly, drops of water started to come out of the ground simultaneously a large burst of water appeared out of thin air and both liquids started to circle around Saurian Demon King. But before the water engulf him in a water tornado, the eye patch that covered his right eye begin to unravel and immediately get itself sweeps in the water.

Izayoi's smirk widen as he felt the spiritual powers of the two Demon Kings increasing by the second, much to his excitement. "Yes, this is what I'm talking about!" He exclaimed in excitement before he felt light pierce his eyes and he look up to see Karyou sprouted wings of flames and the flames circling around her started to form a giant being of a phoenix around her.

After that, a giant shadow loom over him and covered the giant phoenix out of sight. The blonde look up to see waves of water started to rise above the giant shadow and his eyes reveal an astonish glint.

"A water dragon, huh? It seems I have to step up a bit here since I'm in over my head challenging them with their full powers in display." Izayoi commented before his smirk widen in total excitement. "But that's just what makes it more interesting!" By then, his right hand started to shake before it abruptly stop and the blonde tighten his fist.

Meanwhile, Karyou who was levitating in the air looks down at the water dragon that had revealed itself in front of the blonde who stood still in his wake.

---

Thousand Eyes Headquarters

"So, Koryuu has finally shown his form, huh? I didn't think he would do something he normally wouldn't do. But on what terms, hm?" Shiroyasha asked herself looking at the massive size of the blue water dragon within the television. An amused smile formed on her lips as her eyes sets on the blonde standing in front of the water dragon. "So he'd bet on that, huh? An eye for an eye. But will it go as plan? What fun..."

---

Battlefield

"...So, how do we finish it with a bang?" Izayoi asked himself in thought looking at Saurian Demon King's True Form and the Phoenix behind him that lightning the skies above with its fiery aura glow. His smile widens as he stares at the two demon kings about to release their fullest towards him and he knows that he had to return their favour back. The blonde's gaze shifted towards upwards and he started to smirk. "Guess it's time I repay back." The blonde thought before he glances at the calculative gaze of the water dragon in front of him. He watches as the dragon somehow knows and water started to appear out of thin air and build up in front of it. Just as the water ball started building up, the earth shakes violently.

Looking down at the shaking ground, the blonde let out a wide smirk before he looks at the water dragon. Shifting his feet to compose his position, the blonde instantly shoot upwards towards the skies, leaving a chunk of the ground bursting out from the earth where he last stood.

"Is he going to show it?" Karyou asked in thought, wondering if she was going to see the earlier light that she had seen prior to the current fight. She admitted that when she saw the light, she had developed a sense of slight fear but not scared enough for her to cower. But to feel the fear of a power that she assumed was powerful. The Phoenix Princess could only watches as the blonde kept shooting upwards towards the skies before she saw his body slows down and turns to face her. Her eyes trails a wide smirk evident on the blonde's face before she heard him shouted loudly.

"Give me your best shot, Demon Kings!" At this, the blonde's body slowly maneuvers down and heads towards the two demon kings.

Watching this, Karyou immediately shoots a couple of large fireballs at him with a command of her hand.

Seeing the approaching fireballs, the blonde leans his back backwards before pulling his right fist and punching the nearest fireball which caused the fireball to propel forward hitting other fireballs instantly and immediately caused an explosion in the skies, blinding the demon kings from.

Karyou narrows her eyes at the explosion seeing that the blonde had caused the explosion. Before long, an ever glowing light burst apart the black smokes in the skies causing Karyou to look at it in surprise. Her eyes spotted the blonde in the center and looked at the beam of light that hovered above his right palm. At the sight of the light, Karyou immediately clenches her fists before bringing forth all of her spiritual energy inside her which caused the flames around to her form the ever growing phoenix to grow bigger. With her sights set onto the blonde, the phoenix princess merely stretch her right hand forward before the phoenix that she was standing inside immediately flies towards the blonde leaving behind fiery wisp of flames in his wake.

"..." The water dragon that stood below watches as Karyou launches her attack to which causes the water that was forming the water ball to stop. The dragon then opens his mouth as it hovers in front of the water ball. Lifting its head towards the blonde, swirls of water started to appear on each side of the dragon's mouth as the dragon dig its claws into the ground. With its eyes looking at the blonde, the water ball levitate upwards covering the appearance of the blonde entirely. A burst of wind flows out of the dragon as it immediately breathe out a beam of water out of his mouth and collided the water ball before pushing the giant water ball upwards straight towards the blonde. With the maximum force of the water beam pushing the water ball, it'll releases the true damage of the water ball once hit.

The dragon closes its mouth immediately as it saw the water ball nearing the blonde along with the flying phoenix. Its draconic eyes watches as the blonde smirks and pulls his right arm back before he thrust it forward causing light to illuminate the whole skies and swallowed it into silence before an explosion occurs horrendously right after. A loud boom and a burst of wind thrust towards every direction accompanied the explosion.

"..." Shiroyasha watches in pure curiosity as she perch herself to stand on the wood panel outside of her room. Her eyes spotted the light that engulfed the skies and she waited patiently for the light to dissipate to know of the end result that the fight had bring forth.

Karyou's gaze stares at the light below her outstretched hand that blocked the light from hitting her eyes but the light penetrated the holes of her hand and crafted cut-off holes of her royal sleeves, and it kept hitting her eyes but she endured it to wait for the light to disappear. She didn't know why but the light she is witnessing, was a light that seemingly blind her in astonishment and awe.

From down below, a blue eye squinted at the furious winds blowing at his direction before Koryuu who had reverted to his human form stare at the light that still illuminate the skies. His eye patch that was once swept away from the water tornado had patched itself on his right eye. Other than that, blood drips from his knuckles from his previous battles but he didn't care about it because it was the least of his worries. But the demon king couldn't help but be patient of the result of the blonde's countering against both the Demon Kings attacks. He also couldn't question the appearance of the light and how strong he had felt it the second the blonde revealed it fully. "If that power truly is the one that banish the Demon Lord from another lord, then it mustn't be underestimated. And also, if that Light Gift can cancel off the gift that the demon lord used during their final faceoff...It is a powerful gift indeed." Koryuu thought deeply as he stares at the light that was starting to diminish by the minute. After a while, the demon king spotted a lock of blonde hair at the corner of his eye falling down from the diminishing light with smoke smoking out from his body. The tattered clothes slaps furiously against the wind as the body plummeted down towards the ground and causes an explosion across from where he stood.

Koryuu look up at the diminishing light and saw the results; which was nothing but the drift of the clouds that formed a gigantic circle around the entire area. Aside from that, there wasn't nothing that was worth mentioning since there were no damages to the skies. After a moment of scanning the skies, the demon king decided to check on the blonde to see if he had survived the attack. Just as he arrived onto the edge of the ash crater, Koryuu look up to see Karyou flying towards where the blonde had crashed before he continue onwards.

After passing by the trees, Koryuu finally arrived to the clearing where the blonde crashed. His remaining eye scans the clearing and noted the severity when the blonde crash; a giant crater was formed with the said blonde lying in the center. Stepping closer to the edge of the newly-formed crater, Koryuu watches as Karyou stood in front of the blonde who had his eyes closed.

Looking down at his left wrist, Koryuu watches the timer.

00:00:01

Glancing upwards at the unconscious blonde, the blue haired demon king voices out to his sister.

"Is he still breathing?" A blunt and straight forward question voiced out from the demon king as Karyou looks down at the blonde intently. After a moment, Karyou lit up her right hand with flames to finish the blonde since the timer on her wrist will finally end. Just as she had proposed, she'd kill the blonde if he couldn't endure to fight against the demon kings which were her and Koryuu. And by her view of the blonde in front of her, she knows the blonde wouldn't get up anytime soon. Staring down at the blonde lying in front of her, Karyou forms a fireball and immediately shoot it towards the blonde to which the fireball only hits the area meters away from the blonde's head.

"If he is, he wouldn't be lying here. Is that right?" Karyou asked glancing over her shoulder towards Koryuu, who silently looks at her with his casual look. "Did you expect a human could withstand such an attack of that magnitude in the first place?" At this, Karyou had already turns around to leave but before she could walk any further, a hearty laugh stops her.

"Haha...Where do you think you're going? And also, do you think I'm that...human?" A weak but surely laugh catches her attention and Karyou turns around to see the blonde weakly sitting up before looking at her with half-lidded eyes, ignoring the blood that started to sip out from various parts of his body which were the results of the final battle and staining the front of his tattered vest in red.

Suddenly and magically, a Geass Roll revealed itself above the two which floats down to levitate in the air between them, surprising Karyou. At that moment, the wrist timer around Izayoi, Karyou and Koryuu immediately shatters into nothingness.

Surprised by the appearance of the Geass Roll, Karyou was interrupted from her stupor by a hearty but weak laugh again. The black haired phoenix princess looks down at the blonde smiling up at her.

"Don't think you'll get rid of me that easily. Anyway, find a reason to smile will you? You at least deserve to give me that, you know?" The blonde demanded but not so much in a demanding voice, instead in a playful voice.

"..." Karyou stared at the blonde before shaking her head. "You've proven me wrong, something I wouldn't thought possible to occur. But don't get so full of yourself if you'd think I smile for you." A small smile made itself known on her face as she finishes her sentence.

"Hah...You just did."

A small smirk replaces her smile before the phoenix princess turns around and walk away.

"Unfortunately, that wasn't for you." At this, the blonde couldn't care less as he watches the hips of the phoenix princess moving side to side.

"This is worth it." The blonde muttered with a smile before he immediately lays on the ground and stares at the skies, ignoring the severity condition of his body right now. But then, a face blocks his vision and the blonde found himself facing a smiling Shiroyasha.

"Well, kid. You did it. Congratulations!"

"Hah...Wouldn't thought I'd make it."

"Your body is sturdier than it looks, you know." Shiroyasha replied. "But sadly, you need to recover. Your blood cells isn't going to produce if you lose blood at the same time." At her statement, Izayoi couldn't help but to give a laugh in agreement.

"Hahaha...Well said."

---

Time Skip

Thousand Eyes Headquarters

"I thought of once that you wouldn't be able to survive against a unison attack by two Demon Kings. Do you know that?" Shiroyasha asked amusingly as she glances up at Izayoi sitting across from her while he wraps his wrists with scrolls of bandages. Other than that, his entire torso was wrapped with bandages along with his forehead. A tint of blood could be seen staining his bandages torso along with his forehead.

"Oi, do you know who're you talking to right now?" Izayoi replied back glancing up with a smirk.

"As per you know who I am?" At this, Izayoi smiled amusingly.

"Fair enough. But I can't quite understand that I'm the only one doing business with bandages in the end." The blonde complained with a sigh as he tighten the knot on his left wrist before moving on to his right and grabbing a scroll of bandages evident at his right thigh.

"'No pain, no gain' as the saying goes. Correct?" Shiroyasha smiled as Izayoi stifle a laugh and started wrapping his bandages on his right hand slowly.

"Yeah. That's one way to put it in my situation."

"Don't be discourage, gaki. At least you pay them back by a spill of blood." Shiroyasha explained before unfurling her fan. "I caught a look earlier that Koryuu had to wash the blood from his hands at the nearby river. Karyou-chan also put herself in the bath not too long ago. Undoubtedly trying to wash away her blood."

"Heh, really?" Izayoi smiled as he started to wrap the bandages on the corners of his fingers. "But can I really call that an achievement overall?" He asked as Shiroyasha smiled behind her fan.

"Do you know that few ever survive fighting Demon Kings in Little Garden? Hundreds of demi-gods, gods and the likes battled against the proclaimed Demon Kings. Only four Demon Kings stood out the most and survived the onslaught of the gods while few died in ashes." Shiroyasha explained. "The four living Demon Kings fought gods and strived." A swish of a slap resounded as Shiroyasha closes her fan. "But imagine that a human with his Gift, but a human no less can withstand and battle on the same field as them? I assure you that I did not expected it to happen, and so are Koryuu and Karyou-chan." Just as she finishes, a door slides open and showed Koryuu standing in the doorway.

"Although, it is unfortunate to mention this but it is of no lie."

"Hard to hear it from you, Saurian Demon King. But making you bleed a little isn't such a big achievement for me. It is an achievement but not enough for me to accept it as one."

"Why is that?" Koryuu asked. "Surely you're aware the achievement you've accomplished is not a common occurrence in Little Garden."

"Can you stop with the pity?" The blonde asked as Koryuu looks down at him questionably. "I know pity when I hear it. Your comfort right now is an act of pity and sadly, I don't take pity." The blonde stares at Koryuu directly in the eye.

"…Understood." Koryuu answered. "But our battle isn't a normal fight, is it? So why can't you accept your accomplishment?" He explained. "I know of your capabilities in battle. You're an enigma that mostly relies on pure instinct. But you don't have the proper training and experience."

"You forgot the fact that I didn't beat you both."

"But you had won against us in Gift Game."

"Literally beat you." At his answer, Koryuu frowned.

"Although that is true but is that really you should be thinking about?"

"Do you think I'd be that narrow-minded?" Izayoi asked. "I admit that it was accomplishment of spilling your blood but it doesn't compare to spill the blood of another being. Even if I fought against you on the same playing field but the end results? Spilling little blood from my opponent that is above my status? No, that's not what I target."

"…I see. So you are saying that your Gift isn't as powerful?" Koryuu asked as Shiroyasha smiles amusingly. "Your Gift isn't weak to clash with ours."

"Koryuu." At this, Koryuu looks at Shiroyasha. "If I may ask, you do know that the Gift the blonde use isn't at its fullest?" After she finishes, Koryuu's eyes display surprise in its pupil. "It is none other than the slight manifestation of the blonde's Gift. The kid does not acquire the full extent of it, instead he only learned the tad bit of it; which is the light that clashes with Karyou-chan and yours."

"Manifestation? It isn't the full extent of his Gift?" Koryuu asked in thought, confusion and curiosity plagued his mind. "How can a manifestation be that powerful…? If he had only discovered it, then how much powerful will it be once it reaches to its full form?" He asked in curiosity as he was intrigued by the blonde's unknown power that had just been discovered.

"Hate to break it to you but it's true." Izayoi added as Koryuu dismiss his thoughts to look at him looking down at his right hand. "...But this isn't, wasn't enough to put an end to it. To end Demon Lord Azi Dahaka." He stated as Shiroyasha frowned slightly at the mention of the demon lord.

"Yes, it wasn't enough but you put an end to its terror over your citadel. Isn't that true?"

"But the fact still remains; it's still alive."

"Then, you have to prepare yourself." Koryuu stated as Izayoi pull out his Gift Card from his pocket.

"Gain new Gifts, eh?" Izayoi glances up at Koryuu, who nods. "Yeah, I already know that. But there's just something off…" He mutters as he focus on his right hand.

"What's wrong, gaki?"

"I felt something was wrong when I fought with Demon Lord Azi Dahaka. I didn't have any doubt that I would die but I still survive till this day. I don't know but it's like I'm in a game of fate."

"Why is that?" Shiroyasha thought. "What's gotten you to think about that in the first place." She asked as the blonde tighten the bandages on his right hand for the last time.

"I recently thought about it but the more I thought about it, I felt like fate is intertwining with mine." Izayoi mutters looking down at his right hand before he smiles at Shiroyasha. "Anyway, I think I'll sleep in for the night." He finishes as he stands up and stretch his arms above, cracking his bones into place. Sighing in relief, the blonde turns to Koryuu and extend his right hand forward. "Since I'll leave tomorrow, it will be better if we finish our farewell." Izayoi smiled as Koryuu look at him before he stretch his own hand and shake hands with the blonde. Pulling back from the Demon King, the blonde walks past him and left the room leaving him and Shiroyasha.

"Fate is intertwining with his. It does sound vague to believe." Koryuu explained to Shiroyasha who closes her eyes.

"But if the kid feels that way, then he's aware of it. I don't even know what is his fate originally."

"Then, why don't you invite him to Little Garden? He possesses an uncommon Gift that both of us do not know of. If he is in the world, wouldn't he discover more to his Gift than staying in the world that he inhabits now?"

"I am aware of that. But once you enter Little Garden, there are no shortcuts to get out. To get out, you have to consult with her. She's the ticket to getting out of Little Garden." Shiroyasha explained as Koryuu frowns, knowing who she was talking about. "Anyway, if word spread out to Little Garden that a human defeat a Demon Lord. You can be sure that she will be the first to investigate it."

"How can you be sure that she will?"

"She will either send in her companion or she will come herself. She will not come if the subject isn't interesting to her. And to both of us, the blonde has already become an interesting topic to talk and think about." She smiled at Koryuu. "So far, we've only scratch the surface on knowing this blonde's potential. If 'she' found out about that sort of information, I'm betting that she wouldn't let it slip pass."

"…I agree. As the rumours has circulated around Little Garden, Queen Halloween isn't a figure to be underestimated. She's unpredictable in her actions."

"…Sheesh, why are we talking about her? Can we change topics that is not related to her?"

"And that is?"

"…Soon, I'll be returning to Little Garden to check things that have been left for too long. Even if the Demon Lord has been absent from the world, I can't ignore the apparent changes since I have been gone. And also, I'm thinking about replacing myself in the Thousand Eyes."

"…Why is that?"

"A bunch of regulations of releasing my true self. You shouldn't worry too much."

"Who is the candidate that will replace your stature in the Community?"

"I was thinking about asking Bull Demon King but last I heard of him, he is still busy with the Ona Community. So I can't reach to him to ask him about my request. But interestingly, I have another candidate that I have found is worthy to replace me." Shiroyasha let out a smile as Koryuu looks at her. "It is none other than you, Koryuu." As she finishes, Koryuu expresses mild surprise but he didn't show it.

"Tomorrow's the day, huh?" Izayoi asked himself as he walk through the halls towards his designated room after he exited Shiroyasha's. The blonde smiles at the thought of seeing everyone after his absent of half a month. "Wonder how's everyone training. I can guess that Issei would be the one mostly suffering. As far as I know, his teacher would be none other than Tannin, the former Dragon King." He smiled amusingly, knowing the identity of the former Dragon King from the books he read in the Underworld a few years ago and the history told by Sirzechs himself stating that the Dragon King had turned itself into a Devil because of its species dying out. Just as the blonde finishes his thoughts, he stops in front of his room. Clutching the handle in his right hand, he slides over the side and enters the dark lit room. As he closes the door, he immediately notice the lit candles apparent standing on the two small desks across the room. After that, his attention was solely focus on the individual sitting on his bed. Her back was facing him and the blonde could only watch as the woman silently breath before standing up and turns around to face him.

"Karyou?" Izayoi asked as he look at Karyou who adorned her princess attire excluding her sleeves and the lack of head jewellery on her head, leaving her short hair cascading over her shoulders. Karyou glances sideways as her cheeks glowed in either frustration or embarrassment because her eyes were apparently glaring down at the floor and seemingly blaming it for her situation right now. All in all, with the way that she looks, she could be mistaken to be a normal average girl excluding the princess aura and jewellery. "What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be bathing?" The blonde asked as Karyou immediately glares at him but the blonde did not cower beneath the terrifying yet cute glare.

"Did you forget the winning conditions of the Gift Game? If I win, I get to kill you. But if you win…You get to have me. My whole body." Karyou glares at the blonde as she spoke but she was gulping down the slight nervousness that appeared in the pit of her stomach. The Phoenix Princess watches the blonde as he let out a smirk that spreads across his lips. At the sight of his smirk, she wanted to personally rip his lips off.

"I didn't think you'd be this eager to get it on. But who am I to judge a princess deniability of fairness?" Izayoi asked as he walk towards Karyou and stands in front of her while the black haired kept glaring at him.

"How can you possibly understand me?"

"I'm not. But do you think it's time that I do?" Izayoi smirked as he lift his right hand and slowly cup Karyou''s chin in his palm.

"It's a given that I want to burn you alive but…I have to uphold my bargain." Karyou's glare soften which makes her look vulnerable to the blonde. "I…I'm ready when you are." She said looking up at the blonde with determination and strong will that was apparent in her eyes. But the blonde knew better than to trust them. He knew underneath the strong walls behind her eyes were a cover to hide her fear.

Looking down at the black haired, the blonde leans down his head towards her as Karyou watches him getting closer and closer. Just as his lips were about to brush against hers, she unconsciously withdrew back. Watching her action with half lidded eyes, the blonde offered a smile.

"…I think it's time for you to go to sleep, don't you think?" At this, Karyou look surprised by his response. The blonde withdraw his hand to settle upon her shoulder. "I can tell that you're afraid, Princess. Don't force yourself on things like this without thinking." He said as Karyou look at him before she glares at him.

"Afraid? I'm not—"

"Don't lie to yourself. You're better than that." The blonde stated which silences the black haired. "It's been a heck of two weeks and—"

"Are you a coward then?" Karyou asked as Izayoi looks down at her with a raised eyebrow.

"…"

"Do you think I came here all this way without thinking? I already thought about it earlier and I finally decided on my own will. I loss, and I get to pay the punishment. Don't sympathise me because you think I'm weak. I know what I am doing, and I'm not going to leave because you pitied me—" Just as she finishes, a pair of lips immediately came upon hers taking her by surprise. She then felt a pair of arms lifting her up and letting her down onto the bed below her. Karyou looks at the blonde kissing her roughly before she closed her eyes and tried to slow down her raging heartbeat. Before long, Karyou felt the blonde pulling back as she watch a thin line of saliva hanging from their tongues. Karyou breath a couple of times as she felt the air inside her being sucked out from the intense kiss.

"Any regrets now?" Izayoi asked as Karyou looks at him, feeling kind of hazy from the kiss before she respond with a shake of her head. After she responded, she felt a hand cupping her right breast and she suppresses the urge to moan. She felt the blonde kneading her breast before squeezing the tip that poked out from the fabric. Feeling him brushing against the tip causes her to bite her bottom lips to suppress the moan. But when the blonde slip his hand underneath the fabric that covered her breast, she can't help but release a moan. Unconsciously locking her hands behind the blonde's neck, she arch her back slightly at the pleasure that strangely overwhelming her.

"What…is this feeling?"

"Are you starting to feel good, Princess?" At the blonde's question, Karyou immediately put on her glare.

"No. And you'll never—no~" She moaned feeling her breasts being violated by the blonde's hands that is kneading them pleasurably.

"Really? It doesn't seem like it." Izayoi smirked as he free his right hand from Karyou's right breast and trace it down towards the valley below her legs.

Karyou's eyes widen at the feeling of two fingers rubbing themselves against her womanhood through the fabric that covered it. She spare a glance at the blonde above her before she felt the fabric separating her womanhood from being seen. She shut her eyes tightly and turns her head to her right to prevent herself from seeing her embarrassment. A dark blush cover her cheeks which glowed amidst the dark.

"You know even if you already thought about it, why are you so embarrass about, Princess?" Izayoi teases with a teasing smile sparing a glance at her position.

"You don't know how embarrassing it is for me. So just continue." Karyou mutters.

"There's nothing to be embarrass about, Princess. You look beautiful." Izayoi stated truthfully as Karyou's eyes opens wide, surprised by his words before her blush darken and her grip tighten around his neck. The blonde watches the black haired staying still before looking up at him directly at his eyes. After a split second of contact, Karyou lunge forward and capture his lips with hers. After a while, Karyou pull back. Her chest heaving up and down from the lack of oxygen used in the kiss. After she had settled with her breathing, Karyou looks directly at Izayoi and speak up.

"...If I lose my virginity to someone, I would not pick someone as weak of a man. And I would not lose it to a stranger or an unsuitable man to begin with. But you…You're not one of them. Though we just met but I have known about you, Izayoi." Karyou let out a small smile to grace features. "So I am grateful that you are the one than any to make love to me." Surprise could be seen in Izayoi's eyes at her confession. "And I request…" She avoided her eyes from him. "You to continue…"

A smirk spread across the blonde's face at the request. "Whatever your order, Princess."

"Will that thing fit…inside of me…?' Karyou asked looking down at the piece of rod lining up in front of her womanhood. She closes her eyes instantly as Izayoi's cock enters her folds and pain overwhelm her for a second before it was replaced by pleasure the next. She could feel the blonde's tip piercing the entrance of her womb which unconsciously causes her hips to move along with Izayoi's thrust, making the tip of his cock completely enter her womb mid-way. "What is this feeling…? Why is my hips moving? I can't stop it. It…feels…good." She thought as she thrust her hip up and down in rhythm along with the blonde.

Drops of sweat rain down Karyou's neck as she tried to keep her mind intact at the pleasure that started to cloud her mind. But it was no use as she kept feeling good each time the blonde pierces her womb every second.

"Why is this tiring me easily?" She thought in slight confusion, wondering why she was sweating and feeling fatigue than when she fought gods in the past. But the more she thought about it, the more she can't concentrate as the slouching sound coming from her hip being thrust against the blonde interrupted her thoughts. Suddenly, a pair of lips press down against her right shoulder blade, taking her by surprise as Karyou looks down in surprise. Watching as Izayoi kisses her shoulder blades before pulling back and glances up at her with his well-known smirk. After that notion, the blonde lean his head down and immediately put his mouth onto her right breast, surprising her of his strange move. A strange sensation came over her as she felt the blonde suck on her breast tip before grazing his teeth against it. As he grazes, Karyou couldn't endure and clamp down her teeth at her release.

Heaving, she looks up at the blonde smirking down at her before she was caught by surprise at his cock penetrating her womb. A single thought immediately cross her mind at the notion. "He…He didn't release it?" After she asked, she was immediately shaken by the blonde lifting her by her legs while he kneels down on both legs. Karyou's eyes widen at the change of motion and pace as the blonde started to thrust faster which sends a different sensation than before. She felt her body quake from the sensation and strangely want which confused her. Suddenly, she let down her hands over his neck and grasp his back underneath his arms, tightening her hold around the blonde as she feels the rod inside her grows.

She huffed as she tried to grasp what was about to happen and as she look at the blonde in front of her. She didn't know what came over her but she lunge forward once again and captures his lips. She heard the blonde muttering something under the kiss but she just nodded without a single thought and intertwine her tongue with his. All of a sudden, Karyou's eyes widen as she immediately pull back and arched her back as her eyes roll to the back of her head, feeling a burst of warm liquid filling her womb. At the same time, Izayoi's eyes widen in surprise at Karyou's hands burning his back and dragging them downwards before he felt warmth overcome him, feeling a sense of newfound energy entering him.

"I…It's so warm…" Karyou thought as she leans down her head down on Izayoi's left shoulder, panting. Drops of sweat could be seen decorating her face and upper body as she pants tiredly, exhausted from the pleasurable moment she had experienced. She stay still in her position as she thought about the thick liquid inside her sloshing around in her womb. "And it's so thick...This feels awfully weird…" As she thought about it, she glances up at the blonde to catch a glimpse of his smirk before she closes her eyes and lean against his shoulder, feeling fatigue from their intercourse.

"…What is this warm feeling—" A pair of eyes flutters slowly as her fuzzy vision covered her sights. A yellow light presented itself in front of her but she couldn't see properly due to her poor vision. Closing her eyes, Karyou waited a few moment before she felt the light was familiar; similarly familiar to her flames. Curiosity plagued her mind as confusion mixes in with her curiosity. Deciding to find out about the matter, Karyou opens her eyes slowly as her vision readjusted and she could see her vision clearing up. As her vision clears up, she could finally see the yellow light in front of her and her eyes widen before a frown curved downwards on her lips. She stayed still on her position as her head was leaned against Izayoi's right chest with her bare chest was covered by the blonde's chest as well. Her bare naked body was covered by a bed sheet that is shared with the blonde's body.

Watching the flames for a moment, her right hand that lay down beside her face clenches into a fist.

"…I'm…sorry."

"You're awake? Sorry to wake you up." Izayoi replied with a small smile as he looks down at his left hand that was currently engulfed in golden flames but it did not burn him one bit. The flames flickers as it lit up the room nicely with its light becoming the sole light since the candles that had been set up earlier had died. "…Don't apologize, Princess. Although, I did not expect this but it happened."

"I apologize for my wrong doing." Karyou mutters as she watches the flames with sad eyes. "This was not supposed to happen. I let my lust and pleasure overwhelmed me…I'm sorry, Izayoi."

"Do you think I hate it? Wielding the flames of the Princess Phoenix."

"…I am not sure."

"I can assure that I don't hate it at all. Yeah, I admit it was a surprise. But it was a good kind of surprise to me." At this, Karyou's eyes widen a little before she spares a glance up at the blonde's smile directed at her to which she glances away soon right after. "Thanks for the Gift, Princess." After he said that, Karyou spare another glance at the blonde's left hand in flames before she lifted her right hand from his chest and slowly approaches his hand. When she comes near it, she stops her movement before she gently intertwine her hand with the blonde's, which causes the flames to engulf both of their hands.

A small smile curve upwards which replace her frown as she look upon the flames engulfing both her and Izayoi's intertwined hands.

"…You are welcome, Izayoi."

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Present

The Thousand Eyes Headquarters

Night

"Was it a wise choice leaving him unattended?"

"Why do you say that, Karyou onee-sama? He has finished his training with us after winning the conditions that were presentable on the Geass Roll. I don't see why we should disturb his time." Koryuu explained standing next to his sister.

"I don't say we should disturb him. But was it a wise choice to not monitor him for a time being? He just received his new Gift; which isn't an easy task to control because of his blood." Karyou remarked back.

"Do you think he will not be able to handle the Gift, Karyou onee-sama?" At the question thrown at her, Karyou looks down.

"Not entirely."

"Be rest assured, Karyou-chan. The blonde can handle it." The silhouette of Shiroyasha could be seen entering from the doorway outside. The white haired look up at the black haired princess in question with an amused smile. "Am I sensing that our choice was wrong, Karyou-chan? Since we have known him for two weeks ever since, I doubt that you wouldn't know him by now."

Glancing away, Karyou answered.

"I'm not saying that it was a foolish choice, rather I was asking if-"

"You're worried about him." Saurian Demon King concluded as Karyou's eyes widen slightly before looking at the blue haired. "Your worried that he'll be consumed."

At the answer, Karyou look down with a small frown.

"It's not normal for a human to be using a Gift such as that." After she finishes, she lift her right hand and flames started to engulf the hand. She stare at the depths of the flames before continuing. "Furthermore, a Gift of that calibre in the hands of a human...It isn't hard to imagine."

"Fret not." At the words, Karyou look at Shiroyasha. "He wouldn't be beat by it. I know that."

"How do you know about that?"

"Even if he is a human, at the same time he is not. For a human that was born with the power to overturn the earth, heaven and stars. It isn't a easy task to wield the Gift he has now before he was a child. So, during that time period, we might as well conclude that he has been in control of his Gift ever since. You both had experienced his power firsthand, am I right?" At the two Demon Kings nods, Shiroyasha continued. "So I wouldn't say that he would be consume. He'll be able to master it just like his own Gift. Preferable, if he use it properly."

"Knowing him, will he use it properly?"

At the blue haired's question, Shiroyasha sighed. Looking back at the doorway where she entered, she recalled the sight of the battle that took place ever since the blonde arrived. And she admit, that she was surprise atleast that the said battlefield was overwhelmed by the scars that painted the whole place. But at the same time, she wasn't surprise. Fighting two Demon Kings at the same time could lead to that revelation.

"Knowing him, he'll be in control if he chose not to destroy everything."

"I get the feeling that we'll be seeing him soon enough, right?" A small smirk played on Shiroyasha after realizing what the Demon King was saying. She glances at the old television positioned at her left before she looked at him.

"You're right. But not now."

"Why?" Karyou asked in confusion as Shiroyasha look at her with a small smirk which causes the black haired to feel uncomfortable under her unnerving gaze.

"Because there are more important things to do than checking on the blonde and promptly disturb him."

"Disturb him? How can do-"

"So, how did it feel?"

"Huh?" Karyou asked raising an eyebrow in slight confusion.

"Are you serious. Karyou-chan? Do you really not remember the fantastic feeling that happened for the first time in your life?"

"Fantastic feeling? What did you-"

"The moment where you turned from an innocent girl into a woman."

At the statement, Karyou's eyes widen in realization before she turns away with her cheeks blazing in red.

Seeing her reaction, Shiroyasha smiled perversely.

"By your reaction, I figured that you realized what I mean." Looking at both of the girls, Saurian Demon King silently turns around and left the room to rest in his room and waits the white haired to call him soon enough. After he left, Karyou and Shiroyasha were the only ones that were present in the room. An eerily silence engulfed the situation before the white haired grins. "...How long did you las-?!" She was promptly cut off by a fireball hitting her right in the face and causing smoke to blow out from the room on her side.

A moment later, the sound of a door opening and closing could be heard before the smoke clears away and showed Shiroyasha coughing amidst the remnants of the gas. Her hair was once again turned to black just like before and her kimono was blacken also.

The white haired turns to the door in question where the black haired Demon King left in suspected embarrassment. A smirk begin to play on her face as she thought about ways to corner the girl turned woman eventually, know she wouldn't answer her directly without running away, much to her amusement. The truth of her amusement was; it was the first time she had saw the woman run away in embarrassment instead of standing her ground like she always does in battles. And the individual that had changed that unexpected aspect of her was none other than the blonde.

Standing up from the ground, Shiroyasha picked up her pipe next to the upside down table and the ash pot that had spilled the black ashes onto the tatami mat. The white haired inhaled her pipe before exhaling the smoke from her mouth as she pull it back. A second later, she coughed right after causing her to cover her mouth with her free hand.

"I think I shouldn't do anything until I can wash this off." She stated before she look up at the opened door behind her and look up at the darken sky of her game board."Huh…I'd never thought I see the day Karyou-chan would worry about someone." Shiroyasha thought as she smiles. "I can't blame her though, that blonde always has a knack of being problematic. It's in his blood. But, it's a good change for her." She explained before continuing. "Don't worry too much, Karyou-chan. The blonde knows what he's doing. One way or another, he'll come through in the end."

Outside of the room, Karyou stood at the other side of the door before she started walking down the hall to her right and stops; looking up to meet Koryuu standing in front of her.

"You should not worry for Sakamaki-kun's safety. He knows the risks. He also knew the risk before fighting us. We can't underestimate his ability."

"…Wielding such powers can determined how the user uses them. I'm not underestimating his ability. I know that he has the potential to grow but…" Karyou sighed.

"You cannot admit it to yourself that you're worried for him. Is that the truth hidden behind by the silence?" At this, Karyou looks up at him for a moment before gradually walking past him to sleep for the night, ignoring the gaze from the one-eyed man.

Watching as his elder sister went away, Koryuu looks down at the floorboard before resuming to go to his own room.

"It seems the rest is all up to you, Sakamaki-kun."

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Meanwhile...

"Where am I?"

Opening his eyes, Izayoi looks around at the orange background greeting him everywhere.

Suddenly, flames started appearing in front of him and he shielded his eyes against it before he looks at the flames recreating a humanoid form. After a moment, the blonde stared at the fully created entity in front of him which display her nudity but it was made out of flames. He watches her flying towards him and stood directly upon him. He stared at her before watching on as the entity stretches her hand and planted it on the center of his chest.

"I will…protect you."

To Be Continued…

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Okay, folks. Unfortunately, that is the end of the chapter. I apologize that I did not update any sooner. I'm sometimes experienced writer block but most of the time I was busy with real life.

Daily Question:

So far, Thor's hammer, Mjolnir appeared! Though, Issei wanted to use it, unfortunately he got bitten by Fenrir and Izayoi had to use the last Phoenix Tears after the previous ones had been used to heal both Xenovia and Kiba.

After that, Izayoi got to battle Loki alone until he got bitten by Fenrir which resulted to Loki's assault on killing him. Izayoi, No! But the blonde still held on and pierced Loki through with his fist, how cool is that? (And also badass if you all envision it.)

Right after that, Izayoi died , which causes everyone to battle Loki. In this chapter, we got to see Rias's new move! Extinguished Star! It's pretty cool if you look it up.

And also we get to see the continuation of chapter 41; where Izayoi trained in Shiroyasha's pocket dimension. So, we skip to the flashback at the end and we got to see Izayoi talking with Shiroyasha and Koryuu. Then, he got to have 'alone time' with Karyou. Hehe… But what about the Gift that Karyou lend to the blonde?

Anyway, I hope you love the chapter. Remember to review, favorite and follow it! Because it's been quite a long time prior to my last update. If you experienced any kind of confusion regarding the chapter and which part, I'll gladly answer it. PM'd me alright?

So, what will happen in the next chapter? Will Loki meet his demise? Stay tune!

Ja'ne! ArtLotus out!