The Void Emperor

by Dark Guard Productions

Is being upgraded see Redux story when it is out

11. Chapter 10

Judan: ARGHHH!

Shadow: Okay… what's wrong with him this time?

Slayer: Well he somehow lost not only the original copy of this chapter but also the backups.

Rodrick: Backups? You mean there's more than one?

Slayer: Yeah… for all of our stories we've taken to having at least three backups.

Shadow: How did that happen?

Slayer: No idea he didn't tell, you could ask yourself but…

Judan: ARGHHHHHHH!

Slayer: Yeah that….

Shadow: Hmm. Well anyways onto the actual story it seems.

Rodrick: Ah yes, today we introduce a multitude of new characters. Mainly OC's since someone is prob-

Modaga: Not so fast! We don't want to spoil anything now do we? That would be un-youthful!

Rodrick: Meh, maybe.

Slayer: I guess you've finally gotten used to his new tick right?

Rodrick: Wrong. There's just no point in arguing.

Slayer: Or even doing these author sections either for that matter…

Judan: I thought the point was to answer reviews and all that?

Slayer: Oh you're back, but to answer your question I've become more apathetic than usual.

Philemon: In other words he's even more of an emotional husk than before.

Modaga: What is this person doing here? He's so Un-youthful!

Judan: Here for a bit of backstory later on my master.

Slayer: What backstory?! On what?! On who?! You've haven't told me too much of that yet!

Judan: Hmm… You know just because we've changed the account name doesn't mean I have to tell you everything. Besides you edit this stuff so you always get the first look.

Slayer: You know let's just end this stupid section it's gone on much longer than it should.

Philemon: As per tradition, I the newest guest shall do the honors! Ahem… We here at the Dark Guard productions do not own anything but OC's and Reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners now without further ado…

Everyone: Here's the story!

Official pairings:

Rodrick: Ophis, Shirone, Sona, Vali, Lefay, Grayfia…

Issei: Chirno, Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, Irina, Ravel, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Raynare, Kalawarner, Kiryuu…

Red: Mittelt, secret…

Ryu: Sakuya, Rosalia…

Allen: Asia, Gabriel…

Kuros: Masamune, Kuyari…

Walker: Jeanne…

Hunter's Character sheet 1.0

Alias: Slayer

Height: 5 "6"

Age: 15-17

Nationality: Voidwalker/Old-One

Hair: Black

Eye: Blood Red

Special: Blood Magic, Void Magic, Soul Arts

Weapons: Katana (Zanpaktou), Pistols (Soul Guns), Knives (Hunting Knives)

Skills Ranks: Weapons Rank Low grand master, Hand to hand Rank High master, Dimensional Magic Rank Mid-expert, Elemental Magic Rank Mid-master, Strategist Rank Low master, Blood Magic Rank Low grand master, Void Magic Rank High expert, Soul Arts Rank High journeyman, Cloth Magic Mid-journeyman, Tracking Magic Low expert, Rune Script Mid-master, Assassin Skills Mid-master…

Likes: Girlfriend, Adopted sister, "Friends", Food, Cooking, Peace and quiet, "Hunting", The Outsider.

Dislikes: If it were possible to name everything we would, but since it's not we'll just say many things.

Idols: None

Hobbies: Hanging out with "friends", spoiling his sister, Spending time with his Girlfriend, Training, Cooking, Reading a good book.

Dreams: To live a somewhat normal life someday.

Short term Goal: Kill anything and everything trying to hurt him or those he cares for.

Status: Alive… mostly…

As a side note if you want to see someone's stats just ask in a review. If you want to know history, ask for an encyclopedia Omake of that person.

Hello= Regular talk

[Hello]= Kuros

{Hello}= Ddraig

(Hello)= other sacred gears

'Hello'Masamune

Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits

(J/N)= Judan Notes

(S/N)= Slayer notes

Chapter Ten: It has begun… mostly…

The Spectator?

Now I have told you about the Aether, the Nether, and even the Abyss and Void. But there is actually a fifth dimension which helps bridge the gap between universes. Though this one was created by a multitude of the top tier gods, instead of the actual creator. As such this place was null of all life, a placed filled with nothing but red rocks and mountains as far as the eye could see. This place was made for a very specific reason… to settle disputes that could not be handled at negotiation table.

As such it's been used over the millions of years of creation as an arena. A place where no god had to hold back, a place where even tournaments were held. Many even challenged other gods here in order to take their place. In time however as peace seemed to settle in, the place became less frequently used. Now it's nothing more than a bone yard for not only many would be gods, but for many gods that actually fell in combat. It hadn't been used for a fight for millennia… until today where two powerful, and "intelligent" beings began to fight. Oh and I say "intelligent" because…

"There comes a time in every man's life where he asks a single question… Just what am I going to have for dinner tonight?"

"What in the entirety of creation are you on about? Seriously have you been smoking something?" Smiling with a big grin the first man who talked turned towards his confused "opponent". He wore a black turtleneck shirt and black pants fastened by a belt. There was also a butterfly wing mask on the colored orange covering his face. However the bottom right side of his mask exposed his face, although the eye holes don't show his pupils. His hair is also colored a dark burgundy shade and was done up in a short ponytail.

The one who spoke strangely was wearing something much different. "You see I wore black sandals that were wound up to three inches below his knees. I was also wearing grey hakama pants, and a white long sleeved shirt. I also had on a grey cloak that also had a hood but I kept that down. You know so you could see my face!~ You see I look about twenty, but I also had pure silver hair, and my eyes were pure gold. As in color not that they were made of actual gold." The man was about to say something else but the other quickly spoke up in annoyance.

"And there you go again! Just who are you talking to?!" The first man turned to you and winked before turning back and replying.

"Oh no one that you'd know mister old "god" of the "bible". Seriously?! What's up with all of you calling yourselves that? It's like you're trying to take the creators place or something. I can honestly say that I've only ever liked one of you, and that's Chuck. You Philemon on the other hand aren't worth my time." Philemon stood there for a few seconds before asking a question.

"Who's Chuck? You know I don't get out much Modaga, so please be considerate about bringing up names of those I probably don't know." Modaga stared at him before sighing.

"I think we're getting off topic here."

Philemon snorted before retorting. "Like you're one to talk, you're a god of chaos!" Modaga gained an affronted look as he held his chest in mock pain.

"How dare you! I'm not a god of chaos!" He then stood up to his full five foot eleven height, while placing his hands on his sides with a puffed out chest. "I am THE God of Chaos! Mwahahahaha!" Philemon could stare at him before sighing.

"Of course you are… Now let's back to business shall we? I know you didn't ask me to come here for a friendly chat." What little of his visible mouth turned into a bloodthirsty. "And to tell you the truth neither am I…" Shaking his head in disappointment Modaga looked at him with a face full of anger.

"Alright then… if that's what you wish. Now then why did you do it?!" A part of a smirk could be seen as Philemon mockingly answered him.

"Oh? Whatever do you mean?" Glaring at the other god Modaga clapped his hands before extending them all the way out. As he did so a ripple could be seen, and slowly a white wooden bo could be seen coming into existence. (J/N: And yes we mean just bo, because bo actually means staff. So when one says bo staff… they're actually saying staff staff.) Grabbing hold of it he twirled it around before pointing it at his opponent.

Only then did he speak. "Are you seriously going to be playing dumb, or do I have to beat it out of you. Truthfully either way works for me." Staring at the staff as if it was a nuclear bomb set to go off, Philemon shook his head before rotating his hands. There were two distortions before he pulled out two golden long swords. Raising and eyebrow Modaga questioned him.

"Are you sure those puny twigs won't break as soon as I hit them? They look rather fragile…" Thinking his opponent was trying to bluff him, Philemon shot forward at speeds few could see. Modaga however was easily one of these few. Twirling his staff he struck out with the bottom part. There was the sound of shattering glass as Philemon reappeared five meters away. Staring in shock he looked at the two golden handles that were once attached to two, three foot long blades.

Feeling a presence behind him, he turned around to see a maliciously smiling Modaga.

"So… still feel like not telling me?~" Grounding his teeth in anger, Philemon jumped back while summoning a pitch black claymore. Modaga looked interested as Philemon charged again, swinging the blade in a large arc. Bringing his staff back up he easily blocked the great sword. "At first you don't succeed try, try, and try again right?~" His voice was mocking as they began to exchange blows. Growling Philemon snapped at him.

"You wouldn't understand! You with this "great" war of yours. A war that should've been ended thousands of years ago! All of you run around visiting other worlds, dimensions, timelines, and even different universes! Where does that leave the rest of us?!" Scowling at his words Modaga ducked underneath a side swing and rammed his bo into the other gods stomach. Then moving quickly he used the top part of his bo to smash the right side of Philemon's face. The force was great enough to send him into a pile of boulders. As he hit a large cloud of dust poofed up. Modaga watched carefully waiting for any sign of movement.

It was only then that he answered. "That's why we don't allow you to roam freely. Not only are you pathetically weak, but you also don't have the right kind of mindset. Do you truly believe that our actions have no consequences? That messing with the so called "weak" and "powerless" mortals won't be eventually punished? Sure I mess with them, I cause chaos for them. But in the end it usually helps them, it helps them learn and grow. You see… unlike you I actually understand their values and morals."

However even he was surprised to see that Philemon was gone. That's when he heard a voice behind him.

"Armageddon!" Eyes widening as the entire surrounding area turned white, Modaga crossed his arms in front of him. When the light died down, there was only a large ten mile crater standing where the god of chaos stood. Chuckling Philemon spoke.

"It seems as if one doesn't need to be extremely powerful to win. After all… if a mid-tier god such as myself could defeat an elder tier god… then they're not that great if surprise is really all I need."

"You would think that wouldn't you…" Eyes widening at the new voice coming behind him. He turned around, only to see the business end of a silverish black pistol pointed at him.

"Bang." With that one word the sound of a gun shot rang throughout the area.

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Void king

I didn't know what to do; it had already been six days since we brought Lefay back. Currently she was in our medical room, which was really just a couple of beds and dividing curtains. After all we did have magic. However at the moment magic wouldn't be able to really help Lefay. Her physical wounds were healed, but that could not be said for her emotional and mental ones.

Gah! I just feel so useless right now! Clenching my fists in anger I looked towards Lefay's still form. She was in a light blue night dress and was snugly tucked into the white hospital bed. I was sitting to her right on a cushioned chair. I was also wearing a pair of black slacks and a buttoned up dress shirt. However I had the last two buttons undone, and on my feet were black dress shoes. Then around my waist was my black belt. However if one were to look at my face they'd see light bags underneath my eyes, while also seeing some red in them as well.

You see I've pretty much have been by her side for the last five days. Sure I left every now and then to help train the others. But I've mostly been here waiting for her to wake up. For the times I weren't here, I had Rosalia and Itachi look after her. You see I didn't want her to wake up, only to discover she was completely by herself. That just didn't sit right with me. Lefay had just lost her brother, and if anyone knew what that was like… well it would be me. Shirone could also relate, but her sister's still alive somewhere. Plus she didn't really know Lefay yet.

So really that only left me to stay by her, and once she wakes up actually talk to her.

[You know if you keep thinking like this… I'll have no choice but to believe you have feelings for the girl.] Breaking out of my thoughts I turned slightly red as I snapped at him.

This has nothing to do with that Kuros! Sure she's beautiful, kind, strong, and smells nice. But that doesn't mean I love her!

[Uh…] I sighed before speaking in a much more reserved tone.

Alright so I like her, big deal. Right now she needs my help, so any romance will have to happen later. But seriously… did the girls really think that they were being sneaky? I knew why we were trying to get in contact with Lefay the moment they mentioned her name. Kuros snorted before speaking again.

[I agree with you kid still… she's bound to become one of your mates now or as you like to call them… your princesses. Especially since you like her smell.]

What do you mean by that Kuros?

[She smells like lavender right?]

That last part confused me, but before I could question him I heard the door open. Turning around I saw Ryu in his usual clothes and Vali in a…

"Vali why are you dressed up as a nurse?" She was currently wearing a white, short skirted nurse's outfit. However upon hearing my question she giggled before answering me.

"Well I'm here to help in Le Chan's recovery, so I'll be the nurse for today."

Blinking I sighed before speaking in a bored tone. "So… you like dressing up in clothes like this… But you don't like the skirt for the uniform..." Hearing my statement she blushed before rubbing the back of her head sheepishly.

"Well… that's mostly because I'm not used to wearing such things in public. And all those perverted men keep staring at my legs… Plus this is really only for you, and I think Ophis' otaku-ness is starting to get to me." I pinched my nose in exasperation as she kept talking, only now in a worried tone. "As for why we're here, it's because of you. Ro Kun you need to go and get some rest, you're no good to anyone half asleep. Don't worry me and Ryu will be here when she…" She stopped speaking as we heard groaning from Lefay. Scowling Vali said one last thing. "And never mind ugh… every time."

Shaking my head at her, I turned to Lefay who was now sitting up. She looked around blearily as her eyes adjusted to the light.

Eventually her vision cleared enough to see, looking around she saw all of us. "Ryu? Vali? Rodrick? What are all of you doing here….." Her voice trailed off as her memories came back to her. Eyes widening she turned to me. "Rodrick is Arthur really…" I nodded my head sadly at her question.

Gripping the blankets she looked down with closed eyes. Her lips were trembling as what happened came back to her. Tears started dripping down her face as she remembered the horrors of what happened. Doing the only thing I could do, I pushed myself onto the bed and hugged her to my chest. I didn't say anything; instead I let her cry as I rubbed her back softly. This was the same thing my mother did for me when Isaac died. She didn't say anything; she only sat there while I cried in her arms. So that's what I decided to do for Lefay.

You know they're strange… these emotions we're all able to feel. In some cases one wishes to keep them and always experience them. But in other cases some wish to throw them away. As to never get hurt again, truly I tried doing that before I met Masamune. But now I wouldn't trade them for anything, I have way too many people important to me for to do that.

[I'm glad you feel that way kid, otherwise I wouldn't have ever chosen you. After all a user without emotions is rather useless.] Mentally agreeing with Kuros, I refocused on Lefay and placed my chin on her head bringing her in closer. Letting go of the bed she instead gripped onto my shirt, now truly crying as tears streamed down her face. Eventually the front of my shirt became rather soaked from all of her tears. But I didn't care.

Instead I waited patiently until she had no more tears left. When she did stop crying she breathed heavily as I held her. As if she wanted to cry more, yet just couldn't. Eventually after an hour she calmed down enough to speak.

I was still hugging her but she moved her head to the side to speak. "I'm sorry… I didn't mean to break down like this." Vali smiled softly before speaking.

"Don't worry about it Le Chan. I acted pretty much the same way after my mother's death. You should know, you were the one to help me during that time. Really the least we could do is help you out as well." Despite the circumstance's Vali's words put a small smile on Lefay's face.

Though a frown quickly replaced it. "Thank you Vali, but what did I say about that nickname?"

Vali smirked before replying. "To not use it? But really… when was the last time I actually listened to you?" Ryu couldn't help but snort a bit when she said that. As for me I looked down to see Lefay's pouting face, which was actually kind of cute if you asked me. Still there was work to be done, there were too many questions. Unfortunately this would bring up the recent tragedy Lefay just went through. So with a sad sigh I spoke to her.

"I'm sorry to ask you this Lefay, but I need you to tell me what happened." She looked up to me with sad eyes before sighing.

"Alright but can you just... well hold me until I'm done? It'd make me feel better, and you're just really warm." Her face was now blushing a bit. However I just smiled softly while bringing her in closer. This made her face bright scarlet, but I could feel that it made her feel a bit better.

Then she began her tale. "Now it happened about… uh how long have I been asleep?"

Quickly I answered her question. "About six days now, really you had us all worried." Looking apologetic she continued.

"Well than it happened about two weeks ago now. A man in a white coat armed with a katana approached our residence. Behind him were two dozen strangely dressed individuals. I guess Arthur felt something off, because he told me to hide until he left. They talked for a while, and he tried to convince my brother to join him and his master. I guess Arthur didn't like their plans because he refused. That's when it happened… they all attacked. It was without warning, they just started killing everyone. My brother went up against their leader, but the fight didn't last very long. One attack from his opponent and…"

She stopped speaking at this point and clenched her eyes closed. As she tried in vain to stop the tears I just held her, Ryu trying to help her spoke after a minute.

"He then destroyed Caliburn and killed him right?" She nodded her head while taking deep breaths to calm down. After a few moments she began speaking again.

"Yes… It I don't know how but I have to believe his sword was special somehow. It was four feet long and the blade was pure black."

"Uchigatana." She looked at me confused before I explained. "Sorry but the sword he had was an uchigatana. Not exactly like a Dai-katana, or an actual katana. They're made to be easily drawn while also being longer. Still you're probably right about it being special. Anything capable of cutting through Caliburn, is on the same level as Masamune. Did you happen to hear its name?"

Shaking her head sadly she spoke. "No, he never said anything about his sword. Though I wish he did… that way it would've been easier to research anything on it. Anyway after my brothers… death… he quickly left with his body and swords. After that I joined into the fight to help but… everyone was quickly killed. I did my best to help, but they were just too strong. I eventually killed the last one, but by then everyone was dead. At the time I didn't know what to do! I just felt scared and helpless. So I stayed, set up traps and waited to see if any more showed up. After that… well you know the rest."

Once she was done we sat in silence until we heard a strange growl. Looking over to Lefay who looked rather embarrassed, we realized that it was her stomach. Not that I could blame her for it, she hasn't really eaten in a few days. I.V. drips wasn't exactly food you know. So chuckling I spoke to her softly.

"Would you like something to eat?" She quickly nodded her head yes. "Well alright then let's see what I can…"

Lefay interrupted me before I could continue. "Actually could you just stay with me? I just feel better with you here." Sighing I looked towards Ryu.

"Hey can you get something for the lady? It appears that I'm still needed." Ryu's reply came with a smirk.

"Sure… just don't claim her while I'm gone. I'd hate to intrude on any "extracurricular" activities when I come back." He quickly ran off as I tossed a frost shard at him. Now while I looked rather angry, and Lefay was blushing madly while clinging to my shirt, Vali… well she was actually looking thoughtful.

[One guess as to what she's thinking about. You've definitely got yourself a wild one here kid.] Internally agreeing with the void dragon I turned my attention back to Lefay. She seemed calm at the moment, but I knew that she was just putting up a strong front. Inside she was probably a mess; however she did ask me a question I wasn't really expecting.

"Rodrick, you once told me that you lost your brother. That he died in front of you. How… how did you deal with that? How did you cope?" Her question surprised me; really I thought that I'd have to be the one to initiate this conversation. But as usual, one of the important women in my life have surprised me once again. Still I didn't know how to answer in a way that would truly help her. So I decided to do the only proper thing… tell her the truth. Following my instincts I kissed her head lightly. She blushed heavily but I knew what I was doing.

So taking a deep breath I spoke. "In truth Lefay… I have never gotten over my brother's death." She looked up at me surprised while I continued. "You see his death haunts me to this very day. There are just too many questions floating around in this head of mine. If I was stronger could I save him? If I was the one following him would I have died instead? If I didn't ask him to go to the park with me the day we were kidnapped, would he still be alive? There are many of these thoughts running around my mind." Closing my eyes I sighed while feeling the sad looks of both Lefay and Vali on me.

Once I opened them I continued. "Truthfully you never really get over the death of a loved one. Especially if you see them die. No! You never not think of them, you never not feel sad or guilty. Really the best you can do is remember them fondly, remember the good times, and then think how they died for you. Then you just try and live the best life you can, you just… try to make sure their deaths weren't in vain." Things then went silent as Vali and Lefay thought about my words.

After a few moments Vali sighed before joining us on the bed. She then leaned into my left side, seeing how Lefay already had my right. She then spoke with a soft voice.

"You know… you're quite wise for your age Rodrick. Sometimes I forget you're actually a year younger than me. Still I wish I heard those words when my mother died. Then perhaps I would've had a more normal childhood." I snorted at that comment before speaking.

"With Azazel as your guardian? I doubt it. Seriously he wouldn't be my first choice for a parental figure." (S/N: Cue sneeze from said fallen angle.) We all gave a short laugh at that before Lefay looked at Vali confused.

"You know I just noticed something. Why are you leaning against Rodrick like that?" She then examined her clothes before continuing. "And why are you dressed like a nurse? Especially a um… sexy nurse…"

Vali smirked before speaking. "Oh? Are you asking why I'm doing what you're doing? Leaning and snuggling into our dear Void Emperor like this?" Lefay blushed but Vali continued before she could say anything. "Well let's just say you're in luck. Our dear Ophis Chan has decided to share our dragon, and I'm one of his girls. As to your question on this outfit… I was really just playing the part while trying to get to Ro Kun."

I glared down at her for not only that last comment, but also for saying that nickname. Really ever since Sona called me by it, the other girls have slowly adopted it for their own usage. Still Ro Kun? Was that the best they could come up with? Makes me sound like some little kid to me.

Still Lefay looked rather surprised by her statement. Not that I blame her… the last time she saw me and Ophis together was two years ago. And at that time Ophis, was extremely jealous of anything that got between her and me. Trust me she barely tolerated me spending time with my adopted sister. It was only because of her age, and how much I enjoyed being with her that Ophis allowed it. It got even worse for a while after we actually got together. But she's now mellowed out quite a bit since then. Thank the creator for that! Because I doubt the other girls would appreciate being incinerated.

Still Lefay seemed to be doing better, if her contemplative face meant anything. At this point both girls were now sitting up without my support. But as Vali kept speaking, I began to understand where Lefay's thought process might be going.

[Well she is rather attracted to you, and now she's learned that Ophis is willing to share you… well if I were a betting reptile, than I'd bet she's thinking of asking you as to if she could join.] I mentally sighed before replying.

Kuros… anyone with even half a brain could guess at what she's thinking. In fact I'm more surprised that I'm all for it!

[Well she does smell like lavender.] I internally growled before questioning him.

Alright what's with this lavender stuff?! What does her smell… have to do with anything?! A few moments later I was answered by a surprised Kuros.

[You mean it wasn't obvious enough? Wow… I thought you were smarter than this, if I knew you didn't know I'd have told you sooner.] I scowled while waiting for him to answer me. [Well okay then… I guess I'll put it to you like this. What does Ophis smell like?] Blinking I answered him.

Lavender obviously.

[That's right… now what does Shirone smell like?]

Like lavender… My thoughts trailed off as I started to understand.

[Very good, now tell me what both Sona, and Vali smell like.]

Lavender….. Oh wow… I can't believe I've been this stupid! I mean once understandable, twice coincidental, but five times! What's up with that?! I could feel him shaking his head before answering.

[Do I really have to explain everything? Elder dragons can smell a certain scent coming from their prospective mates. That scent gets stronger the more you develop feelings for them. The scent one smells comes from the parent that took care of them the most. For you that'd be your mother. There I explained! Really I can't believe I had to in the first place. Genius my scaly a…" He was cut off with the sound of ringing metal. A few moments later Masamune spoke.

'Sorry about him just carry on and kiss your new princess!~' Shaking my head I refocused on the girls who were now looking at me strangely. Clearing my throat I explained.

"Sorry it was just Kuros being a moron, however he did tell me something interesting."

With a raised eyebrow Vali questioned me. "Really… and what could that be? Must've been interesting for you to zone out like that." I laughed nervously before speaking.

"Actually it had to do with an elder trait I didn't know of until now. Apparently Elder dragons smell a specific scent from their potential mates. The scent he said comes from the parent, which took care of them the most during their childhood. For me that would actually be my mother." Vali's eyes widened for a second before her face turned thoughtful. Lefay however looked confused.

"Why would Kuros bring that up all of a sudden?" I looked at her for a few seconds before turning away with a cough to hide my blush. After that it didn't take a reason to understand.

So a smirking Vali quickly spoke up. "You smell the same scent coming from our blonde mage don't you?~" Lefay looked at her for a few moments before turning back to me.

"Is… is that true? Because I don't think I'd really mind…" At this point she was poking her fingers together shyly. Now by no means was Lefay shy, but I guess even when it comes to love even she had trouble. Still I once again had a choice to make. But as usual I decided to go with my instincts. Coincedentally this coincided with Masamune's "adivce" so…

"Mmph!" Yep… I kissed her right on the lips, but with the way she accepted it I don't think she minded.

'You should listen to my advice more often.~" Ignorning the talking sword I focused on Lefay. Unforunately our delightful kiss was interupted after a few moments.

"Ahem…" Turning around the three of us saw Ryu standing in the doorway. Next to him was also a blushing Rosalia, and a suggestive whistling Itachi. In his hands was a white ceramic soup holder and a spoon. After a little staring he finally spoke. "You know… I believe I specifically told you no "extracurricular" activities while I was gone? And what are you doing right now?" Vali was the one to quickly answer him, much to our joy… and also pure embarrassment.

"Oh we weren't doing anything like that. You shouldn't think such dirty thoughts Ryu. Ro Kun was just giving her a first kiss to welcome her into the harem." Ryu blinked while I slapped my forehead.

I then spoke quickly. "You know I don't really like that term. It just seems a little demeaning to you girls. Which is why I just call you my princesses instead, it just sounds better you know?" Both Lefay and Vali smiled brightly at my words, obviously pleased. As for Ryu he just shrugged.

"Well it's not my place to tell you what you do with your love life. Anyway I hope you like mushroom soup Lefay."

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Infinite Dragon

I sat on the bed covering my face with my hands. My mind a mess as I tried to understand what Vali had just told us. Shirone seeing my distress hugged me from my left side. Breathing slowly I tried to calm down, but I was seemed to failing in that. I just couldn't process what Vali had just told me. The first part was fine, I was glad Lefay was doing well and she joined us. I didn't even feel jealous about Rodrick kissing her first. Really the only one besides Lefay he did that with was actually me. But I wasn't jealous because I got his first everything, after all like I said before I called first dibs.

No it was what she said after that which got to me. The one where she told us about the whole thing concerning our apparent lavender scent. That was the part making me "freak" out as the others would say. It was because of the smell of cinnamon coming from my love. Really if what Kuros said was true, than that scent was there because I once had parents looking after me. It meant at one point in my life I wasn't alone. At one point I had a family, a mother and or a father with me.

But what happened to them? Why don't I remember them? And why was I all alone for so long? Like a child, thoughts of abandonment and hate ran right through my head. Did they hate me? Was I not good enough? All of this quickly made me start breathing even harder. Trying to help Shirone talked to me softly.

"Ophis I can probably guess what you're thinking. But you should really stop! You'll only tear yourself apart with those thoughts. Just take a moment to calm down, we'll help you figure this out." Removing my hands I redoubled my efforts to calm down. But I've never felt this way before… really the closest I could come to this was when I begged Rodrick to never leave me. Only this time I didn't have him here to kiss me and tell me it'd be okay.

Oh how I wanted to just run up to him and force my mind into his sacred gear. Oh how I wanted to interrogate Kuros! He knew something! He just had to know who my parents were! Really as I thought about it more… it only made sense. How he knew what I would do next despite never meeting me. How he could easily guess what my favorite color was (which is actually a deep blue by the way). He even knew I had a connection to the void! I didn't even know that!

And let's not even mention how old the old timer actually was! Feeling movement from my right I felt more arms wrap around me. Looking over I saw Vali hugging me with a small smile.

"Ophis Chan please calm yourself, it won't do you any good to start panicking now. Instead you should think about the good things that come from this. For example it now seems likely that you did at one point have a family that loved you." I stared at her for a bit before looking down at my feet.

"How do you know that they loved me? You never met them, and I was alone for so long. So how can you say that and yet sound so sure?" Vali smiled before hugging me tighter.

"Easy… why would you smell any of their scents if they just straight up abandoned you? At some point they must've taken good care of you." I actually had to perk up at this, because what my mate sister said was true. Why would I smell their specific scent if they never took care of me? Still that left some more questions. Like why did they leave me in the first place if they cared for me? But most importantly… where were they now?

Clenching my fists I spoke with conviction. "It seems as if I need to try harder. I need to somehow get the old timer to tell me what he knows. And I know that he knows! Why else would he say he didn't know what the cinnamon scent I smelt coming from Rodrick meant, yet explained it all to him right after that?! He's lying about something and I don't like it!" As I spoke I could feel my anger increase and it felt… strange… I've never really been this angry at anyone before. Not even at baka Red when I misinterpreted his actions when he barged into the gap.

Truthfully it actually kind of scared me. Still the others must've noticed my feelings because Shirone quickly spoke to me.

"I can feel your emotions right now, but let me tell you it's perfectly fine to be angry. Just don't let it consume you okay?" Vali nodded her head before continuing where she left off.

"That's right! Besides Kuros is hiding important things from you, so your anger is perfectly understandable. But if we want to get him talking then we got to plan this out thoroughly." Finally calming down at their words I nodded my head in understanding.

After that I smiled lightly. "Thank you. Really I don't know what I'd do without the both of you." Both smiled before we began to talk about more lighthearted subjects. Naturally I started off. "So… what do you think we should do about the bedding arrangements? Also I've been feeling an itch to make more love to Ro Kun." Both blushed a bit at my blunt words, but recovering quickly Vali spoke.

"That's a change in subjects… but for this I think we need the other girls here as well. It'll only be fair, as for the whole making love thing… I think it'd be best to wait on that until Lefay had her chance. After that we can do it when he has free time with any of us." Shirone nodded in agreement before speaking.

"Yeah I guess that's only fair, but I must agree with Ophis… I just want to do it again with him." All three of us sighed airily at the thought of having another night like that again. Even though none of us could walk straight for the entire day afterword's. Still this all meant that we'd need to get together with Lefay, and Sona to discuss multiple things. I think we'd also have to invite Rodrick as well, after all… we have been excluding him from our meetings despite the fact he's a crucial part of it. Didn't help that we've been practically ignoring any opinion he might actually have…

Don't get me wrong, we weren't trying to be controlling or mean. We've just truthfully been forgetting to invite him. Which now that I think about it.. that actually makes it worse on some levels.

Oh well it's not like he won't forgive us or anything. I blinked for a second. Wow that makes it sound even worse.

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Spectator

It had finally arrived! The day everyone had been waiting for, the day of battle, the day of reckoning, the day of… Oh forget it! It was the day of the rating game, and currently the participants were in the clubroom preparing. Jing wore what he called his redcap outfit, Shirone wore her new battle kimono but also put on black fingerless gloves, Issei wore his battle clothes, Akeno wore some kind of black miko outfit, and Rias and Kiba wore their school uniforms. Something that Issei questioned her on.

"Hey Buchou, why are you wearing your school clothes? Won't they just get damaged in the fight?" Rias looked up from her desk where she was planning, to answer him.

"Well… originally I had planned for everyone to wear the school's uniform. But it seems as if only Kiba here got the memo. You see I thought it'd be nice to wear something that really tied us all together. But as I said that idea kind of went out the window." She grumbled a bit at the end but Issei could now at least understand her reasoning. Hearing a knock at the clubrooms door, it was opened to reveal a small group of people. The group of visitors consisted of Rodrick, Sona, Grayfia, Ryu, Sakuya (Who was glaring at Grayfia and vice versa), , Lefay, Cirno, and Ophis.

Rias was actually surprised to see Lefay up and about. Seeing how when they met her the first time the girl still seemed slightly out of it. But now she was up and moving. Now while the others were wearing their usual attire, Lefay was wearing something new. Mostly because her old clothes were too badly damaged to salvage. She now wore a black thigh length skirt with black tights. She was also wearing a white long sleeved blouse with three buttons at the cuffs of her sleeves. She also had a black corset over the shirt that was tied in the back. The collar of the blouse was also buttoned up in the front.

She was also wearing black boots with white laces that went up about half calf. Then finally on her head was a new smaller black sorceress hat.

Seeing Rias staring Rodrick spoke up. "Sorry for the intrusion, but seeing how we have a few minutes left we thought we'd stop by and wish you all good luck. Though with Issei I doubt you need too much of it." Rias nodded her head appreciatively before Grayfia spoke.

"Rias Sama I also came to inform you that the Maou Lucifer, has decided to watch your rating game." This brought on a multitude of reactions. There were some angry scowls from Rodrick, Issei, and even Jing. While the others just looked rather surprised.

Still processing Rias spoke. "So Onii Sama has decided to come and watch huh? Well let's just hope we don't disappoint him then." Sona smiled at her friends nervousness before speaking.

"Don't worry, I'm sure you'll do fine. After all you worked very hard under Ro Kun's tutelage." Rias raised an eyebrow at the nickname Sona gave Rodrick, while Issei was snickering. Grayfia however looked a bit thoughtful about something before she blushed. Rodrick however sighed before speaking.

"Skipping over any questions about that, let me give you some last pieces of advice…" Having everyone's attention he continued. "Don't be stupid, don't play fair, don't ever let down your guard, and most importantly… don't lose." He smirked at the end causing everyone to laugh a bit. However after she recovered, Rias did have to question him on one thing.

"Um would you mind explaining what you mean by don't play fair?" Rodrick for his part was only too happy to explain. If his evil grin meant anything…

"What I mean is use unfair tactics, use traps, don't accept challenges, and also… if you must, aim low if you know what I mean." Rias adopted a look of understanding while beginning to think. During this point certain people approached certain others. Rodrick, Lefay, Ophis, and Sona walked up to Shirone. Then at the same time Cirno went up to Issei. With the before mentioned group they all did a tight group hug, before Rodrick kissed the white haired girl. Though Grayfia twitched a bit after seeing him kiss all his girls.

However what happened between Cirno and Issei, was a bit different than their usual interactions.

Clearing her throat Cirno spoke softly. "So… I guess this is it?" Issei nodded his head with a small smile. Cirno also smiled before continuing. "Well it's too bad I can't help, after all as the strongest I'd be quite useful yes?" Issei chuckled at her usual baseless boasting. But before he could say anything, Chirno grabbed his collar pulled him down to her level and kissed him. The others quickly turned to watch and while most were happy. Two individuals named Rias and Akeno felt a rise in jealous anger. Well mostly in Rias, but Akeno felt it a bit as well. Mostly because the fairy girl just stole Issei's first kiss, and he seemed completely fine with it.

Still after they parted Chirno said something real quickly before running out the door. "Good luck and don't die!" After she left Issei just stood there in a daze. Seeing where things were going Rodrick cleared his throat before speaking.

"Alright then I guess that's about everything. Just remember my advice, and also remember we'll be rooting for you." With his piece said he left along with the others before things got a little dicey. He did not want to be in the room with two jealous women. The irony of that thought was lost on him since he didn't notice Grayfia's twitching.

Ten minutes later Grayfia's voice sounded through the speaker system. "Attention all participants! The arena has been set and you will teleported shortly. As another handicap to himself Riser "decided" to give the home field advantage to Rias Gremory. As such they will be fighting in a replica of Kuoh Academy. Please make any last minute preparations. I Grayfia Lucifuge, queen of Sirzechs Lucifer will be refereeing this match." With that the system turned off again.

Humming a bit Issei spoke. "I said it before, but now I'm certain she is quite the professional. Not to mention I'm fairly sure we have to thank her for the field advantage." Turning to Rias he continued speaking. "Now then what's the plan Buchou? Do you want me and Jing here to go all out and wipe out Riser? Or do you want to test your group's strength a bit before that?" Rias shook her head before answering.

"I'd like to check out what our training with all of you has done first. But if things start to get problematic feel free to jump in. As for the rest, we'll be using the magical radios to communicate." She then gestured to Akeno who quickly passed out some glowing orbs. Blinking at them for a bit Issei shrugged before putting his into his left ear. After a bit of testing just to make sure they were functional Rias continued.

"Now our first objective is fortifying the old school building and the surrounding area. Kiba I'd like for you and Jing to be in charge of that. Make sure to put your speed to good use and put as many as possible. Also as Booker san said… don't make any of them nice." The two saluted her before she turned to Koneko and Issei. "Now for you two I want you to head to the gym. Fight off anyone there but don't exhaust yourselves. Wait for our signal then quickly leave. Akeno will then blow up the building, taking out anyone inside while taking away a strategic position. And Issei… don't use your full strength when fighting. As I said I want to make sure we actually learned something these last couple weeks."

Issei nodded his head in understanding as she continued. "Now after that you two will meet up with Jing and Kiba at the fields. There you will take out anyone you see. After that, once Akeno's dealt with his queen we'll all head over to take on Riser. Again don't use your full strength unless you absolutely have to. Does everyone understand the plan."

"""Hai!""" Rias smiled and was about to say something else when Grayfia spoke on the PA system again.

"Will all participants please standby. You'll be teleporting in one minute." At her words everyone became serious as they waited. Closing her eyes Rias hoped that they were ready.

As all the planning was going on our group of spectators, were currently settling down in the stands. Looking around Rodrick saw a lot of people that he didn't know, although he did spot someone familiar…

"RODRI TAN!" That was all he heard before he felt something collide into him.

"Ugh…" Coming out of his daze he looked up to see his attacker. Sighing he greeted said person. "Hello Serafall, now can you get off me?" Giggling the Maou Leviathan did as he asked. Getting up and dusting himself off Rodrick took in her full appearance. Serafall is actually a beautiful girl with long, black hair tied into twin tails and violet eyes. She also had a rather small body, even if her chest was actually rather large. She was dressed in a magical girl's outfit. Which she had once told him it was from Magical Girl Milky Spiral Seven. She even had a magic wand which she kept on her person.

Sona upon seeing her quickly hid behind some of the other group. Although right at the moment her older sister's attention was on the Void emperor.

"So how have you been lately?~ It's been a while since I've seen you, and oh! How's your mother? It's been a while since we've all gotten together!~" Trying to be nice he answered all her questions with positives. Leaving out some of the more… dramatic filled parts of the last two weeks. After finishing up his summary her attention quickly focused on Ophis. Whom she quickly picked up in a tight hug.

"Oh Ophi Tan!~ It's been so long since I've seen you! How have you been?!~" Ophis' face was smothered by the leviathan's breasts leaving her unable to answer, or even say anything at all. Unaware of her suffocating of the smaller girl, Serafall continued. Luckily… or unluckily depending on your point of view she managed to see Sona peeking out behind Ryu and Sakuya.

"So Tan!" Gulping while her sister dropped the infinity dragon, whom began to breathe deeply. She was assaulted by her sister. Luckily she was taller than Ophis, as such she wasn't smothered. Meanwhile Rodrick was trying to help Ophis breath normally again. As for Cirno… she was suddenly very happy that she was the shortest in the group. Thus allowing her to evade the Maou's "affections".

"Oh It's been so long!~ It's always great to see my little So Tan!~" The heiress could only grin and bear her sisters affections, mostly since she was supposed to be helping with the broadcasting. But her peerage pushed out the door so she could spend time with Rodrick. Although her pawn Saji looked rather peeved about it. There was then the sound of someone clearing their throat, which stopped the current commotion. Turning around everyone saw someone who could pass as Rias' older sister.

Dropping her sister Serafall turned to speak to the woman. "Venelana! It's good to see you as well!" Venelana looks very much like Rias, only with shorter brown hair and purple eyes. She was also wearing a brown and red Victorian like dress with white tights and brown dress shoes.

When she spoke it was with a smile and kind voice. "It's good to see you as well Serafall San. But really I came over to see who all of these young people are." Rodrick almost snorted seeing how Ophis was way older then she was. But managed to keep it in. Still being polite he introduced himself.

"Hello Ms. Venelana I'm Rodrick Booker and these are some of my peerage members and friends." After that everyone introduced themselves politely. Even if Ophis did surprise the woman with her own identity. Still once they were done the brown haired woman introduced herself.

"Well it's a pleasure to meet you all. I'm Venelana Gremory, and I'm both Sirzechs and Rias' mother. She has told me quite a bit about all of you." She then turned to Rodrick with a smirk. "Although she's only begun saying good things about you quite recently. However my son still complains about you all the time." Rodrick's eye started twitching at that while the others laughed at him.

"Hey what's… Oh… you…" Turning to the sound of the new voice Rodrick narrowed his eyes. Standing a few feet away from them was Sirzechs. The two ended up just glaring at each other for a minute, until Rodrick finally spoke.

"So… how has the con king been lately?" Narrowing his eyes at the name, Sirzechs gave his own response.

"I've been doing well dragon brat. How about you?"

"I've been doing fine. You know actually helping people, facing down monsters and saving the day. You know the usual. What's going on in your life?"

Sirzechs folded his arms before speaking. "I've been running an entire faction, looking over important treaties, preventing new wars. You know… the usual for me." Both kept speaking in an underlying tone that suggested insults. And as they continued it only got worse. Still ignoring the two bickering power houses, the girls went back to conversing amongst themselves.

Venelana was the first to continue speaking. "So… Sona I heard that you and a few others have decided to share Booker san. How exactly did that happen?" While Sona stared at her blankly Serafall gasped.

Turning quickly to her sister she hugged her again, only this time tighter. "Oh I'm soooo happy for you! When did you get together with our amazing Rodri Tan?!" Quickly turning to the other girls for help she was dismayed to see them backing away. Clearly they didn't want Serafall's "affections" again.

Traitors! Luckily for her before anything else could happen, they heard Grayfia announce that it was time for the rating game to begin. Dropping her sister to the floor again, much to Sona's relief Serafall clapped her hands.

"Yeah!~ It's time to watch the fight! I can't wait to see Ria Tan win!" After that everyone settled down even Rodrick and Sirzechs. However once Rodrick sat down he was quickly cuddled up with his three girls. Ophis took his lap, Lefay his left arm, and Sona his right. Serafall seeing this only giggled, and kept giggling each time she looked over to them. Meanwhile everyone else besides Sirzechs sat down to watch. Sirzechs watched for the most part, but kept glaring at the void emperor. As for Cirno she sat down next to Ryu and Sakuya. Hoping that Issei and the others wouldn't get to hurt.

And with that the games began!

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

Inside the clubroom Issei felt a pull in his stomach, but after a few seconds it settled down. Checking to see if they really did make it through he walked over to the window.

Whistling he spoke. "Whew… besides the red colored clouds and sky, they did a pretty good job on this replica." Indeed they did, seeing how everything looked exactly the same as the real academy. Turning around he awaited Rias' orders.

"Alright we're in, so I suggest we start immediately. Akeno start building up magic, Kiba, Jing please start planting the traps. And like I said make them nasty." Kiba nodded, but Jing grinned menacingly. As the two left Rias sighed before turning to Issei.

"Issei Kun please tell me… what are our chances of winning without you going full strength?" Issei hummed for a few moments before answering with a shrug.

"All in all I say they are decent but not great. If you were all a bit stronger than this would be quite easy. But we did what we could for you, so I would have to say if they had no surprises… at least a sixty percent chance. But seeing how they most likely have some, along with phoenix tears… I'd say it's somewhere around forty to forty five. Well at least that's what Rodrick told me, and seeing how he's pretty much always right I'd have to agree with him." Everyone grimaced at the numbers before Rias asked one last question.

"Did he tell you what it would've been like if we didn't train?"

He nodded his head before answering. "Yeah somewhere around twenty percent." He then smiled brightly before continuing. "Seriously though… all of you have really improved. You actually managed to at least double your chances of winning. So you should still feel proud of yourselves. I know I am." Everyone smiled happily at his words, although Rias was blushing lightly. She had to admit to herself that she had grown closer to Issei over the course of their training. Especially with his recent change, before he was an unrepentant pervert. Now he was a more redeemable pervert.

Okay not that much of a change, but still it helped her see the good character he kept underneath that.

Before she could think further, static filled her communication piece as Kiba spoke. "Buchou we're done placing the traps. Although… I think O'Dyna san may have went a bit over board on some of them…" Some more static as they heard Jing.

"HA! Didn't Booker san say to not be nice? To not play fair? Besides… these traps aren't lethal so they should be fine. Anyway we're heading to our next location." With that he ended the call while turning back to Kiba who was frowning.

"You say they're non-lethal… but still… this just seems, a bit too mean." Looking back to their gauntlet of traps only made him shudder. Jing on the other hand only shrugged.

"Don't worry about it too much, now let's move into position."

Back in the clubroom Rias could only frown at what the two boys had told her. What exactly could Kiba have meant by it being to "mean"? Deciding it wasn't important Rias turned to Shirone and Issei.

"Alright Koneko, Issei you two are now up. Make me proud." Both gave a salute with a smile before exiting to get to their target. Eventually making it to the gym, they heard an announcement made by a shaky Grayfia.

"Riser's… thr-three pawns have been… re-retired…" They could only give one another worried looks, before looking back to the gym door. Shirone then took a deep breath before kicking the door open. Inside were already a few of Risers peerage. So she didn't see the point in sneaking in. There were four pieces to be exact, upon seeing their opponents one of them stepped forward.

She was a well-endowed young woman with shoulder-length black hair and blue-green eyes. Her hair has was styled into two Chinese buns on both sides of her head, while the front features bangs that form a slight V-shape across her forehead. Her outfit consists of a navy blue qipao with gold accents, a white sash around her stomach, and black, low-heeled shoes. The qipao is open at the chest area.

When she spoke it was with some arrogance. "Well, well, well… it seems our opponents have chosen to fight us directly. How nice, yet foolish of you. Now I Xuelan Riser's rook will take you out!" The three girls behind her quickly cheered. Narrowing her eyes Shirone stepped forward.

"I as Rias' rook will take you and the twins on. It'll be a nice warmup." She then punched her fists together before turning to Issei. "Hyoudou Sempai I leave the one with the staff to you. I'll take on the rook and the two with chainsaws." Sweat dropping at how casually she said that, Issei spoke.

"Am I the only one here who finds the prospects of the two small girls wielding chainsaws strange?" Somewhere in the stands Rodrick, Ryu, and Lefay voiced agreements. The two they were referring to were two very young twin girls with turquoise hair. They kept them tied on one side of their head with a yellow ribbon opposite to their sister. They both had blue eyes. Both of their outfits consist of gym uniforms, which consist of white t-shirts with blue accents, black leggings, and blue sneakers over knee-high socks, They also wore orange wristbands on their right wrists. Both of their chainsaws are colored blue. Although one had a red carrying case, and the other had a red one.

Issei also didn't want to find out if they could in fact slice right through him. Still hearing themselves being called out the twins introduced themselves and Nel (the one with the red) and Ile (The one with the blue). Issei blinked at their names before turning his attention to the staff wielding girl. She was a young girl with blue hair and light brown eyes. Her hair was styled with four short ponytails, with two of the four pointed up and the remaining two pointed down. The front of her hair featured split bangs going across her forehead, with side bangs framing her face.

Her outfit consists of a white haori with a red obi, which is worn under a red happi coat. She wears bandages on her forearms and shins, and wears black guards over her hands. For footwear, she wears a pair of zori. Observing her opponent she huffed.

"So I get this weak plain looking boy? Oh well… my names Mira I hope you provide some challenge." In response Issei gave the same smile as he did Jing when he underestimated him.

"You know you shouldn't ever underestimate an opponent. They might actually surprise you." She huffed before getting into a fighting stance. As everyone got ready, Shirone took a breath before pulling something out of her sleeve. It was a smooth silver cylinder about nine inches long. She then closed her eyes and channeled some of her chakra into it. There was the sound of sliding metal, when she opened her eyes again instead of a nine inch cylinder. There was now a four foot staff. Smiling she placed both hands on it while pointing it at her opponents.

Alright then, it seems it's time for me to try out my new skills. Looking back at her opponents she charged forward.

Surprised Xuelan spoke out loud. "Watch out! She's fast for a rook!" Recovering from their shock, Nel and Ile quickly stepped forward and swung their weapons. However both were surprised to find Shirone easily blocking both attacks with her undamaged staff. She also couldn't help but grin and think back to when Rodrick gave her the new weapon.

Flash Back! Ten days ago…

"Alright how do you feel with the new weights?" Shirone could only glare at her mate while she tried standing up. Evenly distributed on her chest, arms, legs, and even stomach were metal weights. Each one weighed two hundred and fifty pounds. Chuckling at her look, Rodrick who was still tired and worried over Lefay. Took something out of his pocket dimension before throwing it into the ground in front of her. While she looked at it curiously, as it stuck out of the ground he continued speaking.

"Now I know as a rook you're more of a hand to hand fighter. However as of right now you can't really deal as much damage as you'd like with your fists. As such I thought a new little present would benefit you." Looking back to him briefly she looked back to the rod before picking it up. "Alright now to see what it really is, all you have to do is add a little chakra. Go on it should be easy enough." Focusing on the cylinder she did what he told her to do. After a second her eyes widened as it extended outwards. It was a beautiful staff with rounded capped ends now. However the metal held a certain familiar sheen to it.

This made her question him. "Did you make this out of…" Her voice trailed off as he quickly answered the incoming question.

"Yes it's made of mythic steel. Took the rest of my mythril bars to…" She looked at him shocked before questioning him with concern.

"Are you sure you want to give me something like this? I mean you certainly could make better use of it right?! Really I can't accept this!" She would've said more, but he quickly approached her and started petting her head. After calming her down with his petting Rodrick spoke.

"Now, now… this is of course a worthy use. After all I want all my princesses to be protected. So I thought why not give my cute kitten a special staff? One that is enchanted just like Issei's Grimoire. Well I say enchanted just like his sword, but really they couldn't be any more different." Finally stopping his petting Shirone questioned him.

"What do you mean by that?"

Chuckling he answered her. "Well that was meant for him to have an edge in battle. Still being mostly human, just with an incredibly long life span. However this… this is made to help you. Now within the next nine days I will have you trained in the way of bojutsu! And you will also learn the special enchantments by experimenting with it yourself. However first you need to name the staff." Looking down at the weapon in her hands, Shirone furrowed her brows and thought.

After a minute she smiled. "I think I'll call it…"

Flash back end! Back to the rating game!

"Sorry but you won't be able to even scratch Neko Sasayaki (Cats Whisperer) then you're wrong." Gritting their teeth in anger, they didn't see the see the roundhouse kick coming, until Shirone backed a few steps away and they stumbled forward. Needless to say the Nekoshou was surprised when they both disappeared into blue particles, after they stopped rolling across the floor.

"Riser's pawns Nel and Ile have been retired." Issei who was casually blocking a side swipe from Mira turned to Shirone.

"See what did I tell you? All of you have improved quite greatly now haven't you?" The white haired girl nodded dumbly, before her instincts yelled for her to move. Listening to them she jumped to the left, allowing Xuelan to move past her. The black haired girl then recovered quickly and turned to face her.

"That was pretty good, but don't think you've won quite yet." Narrowing her eyes at the Chinese girl, Shirone twirled her new staff before holding it out behind her with her left hand. However before the fight could continue they heard Rias over the radio.

"Good work you two! Now please evacuate the area, Akeno's about to take out the building." A Bit disappointed that she couldn't finish her fight, Shirone stilled followed orders. Leaving a confused Xuelan and Mira behind.

"Hey where do you cowards think you're going?!" Mira's voice rang out as the two left the building. And not a moment too soon, seeing how it was completely destroyed by a bolt of lightning.

"Riser's pawn Mira, and Rook Xuelan retired."

"Ara, ara! Nice work keeping them distracted you two!~" Looking up both saw Akeno flying high above them. They were about to compliment her when Rias' voice spoke over the radio again.

"Nice work everyone, now go and meet up with Kiba and Jing. Some…thing…. Tells… me tha…. this is whe….e the game really… begins…" Everyone quickly became confused as to why Rias was starting to break up.

Trying to sort it out Issei tried to talk to her. "Buchou you're breaking up. Is something going on from your end?" Rias' answer only made him more worried.

"Wh… was th-… Is… you… brea… up!" Gritting his teeth he looked to the other two seeing how Akeno descended in worry.

"Something isn't right, the magic radios shouldn't be breaking up like this. Now it's either Riser doing something to interfere with the signals. Or somethings wrong with the pocket dimension itself." They would've talked more if Issei's hair didn't stand up on end. Feeling something coming he quickly tackled the two girls. "Look out!" Not a moment later a large explosion erupted from their previous positions. All three looked over in annoyance at the medium sized crater. After helping the girls up Issei looked towards the sky to what they thought was Riser's queen. However what was announced next surprised them greatly.

"Rise… quee… etire…" Something was now very wrong if even the Pa system was on the fritz. Still what was in the sky was someone they would not mistake for the bomb queen.

"Hello!~ My names Dust what are yours?~"

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

Up in the stands everyone were now out of their seats and watching the screen in concern. The screen that was supposed to be playing live footage of the rating game. Was now going from clear picture, to complete static and it kept switching between the two. Eventually Grayfia appeared with a panicked look on her face. Seeing her Sirzechs quickly questioned her.

"Grayfia what's going on in there? The last thing we heard was Riser's queen retiring, although that was after the static." Grayfia quickly started to explain things to her king.

"I'm not exactly sure but somehow, the entire pocket dimension is being taken over by someone, or something else." Sirzechs was about to say impossible, when multiple black portals appeared all around them. Everyone quickly got ready for a fight. A good thing to as many, many corpse puppets started pouring out of them. Lefay's eyes quickly widened as she started having flash backs of her brother's death. Her breath quickened as she started to panic. Seeing this Rodrick hugged her softly before making a decision.

"Ophis I need you to get Lefay out of here, after that bring in Red and Vali. We'll need their help." Obliterating ten corpse puppets with magic, she turned to Rodrick and nodded her head. Quickly running to them Rodrick let go as Ophis grabbed her hand. Then in a flash they were gone.

Seeing this Ryu turned to him. "You do know there's no way for anyone else to come into the barrier now right?" Drawing Masamune and cutting down an attacking puppet Rodrick smiled sadly.

"Yes but I figured it was best for both Ophis and Lefay this way. Now both are safe, after all we don't know if there are any Nether creatures around here. Plus Lefay was close to a panic attack." Seeing his reasoning Ryu nodded before slamming the palm of his left hand into the face of another puppet. Completely smashing in its face, then with a wave of his right hand a magic circle appeared. Quickly sticking his hand into it he pulled out a demonic looking katana.

It was three feet long with a jagged edge and was blood red in color. The hand was brown and looked like it was made of rotting cloth. The guard also looked like it was made of bone. Twirling it around he bisected two puppets with ease. Elsewhere Sakuya was easily killing dozens with precision throws with her knives. Each one taking off a puppet's head. Looking smug she turned to Grayfia who had just taken out a few with ice spikes.

"So that makes thirty for me already, how much do you have?" Growling the "ultimate" queen answered her.

"Twenty seven, but I'll pass you soon enough!" Both would've said some more things, but Serafall destroyed fifteen with a large blast of ice and quickly spoke to them both.

"That makes forty five for me!~ You two should really try and keep up!" Eyes twitching they redoubled their efforts in destroying the zombies. As for Sirzechs and his mother they were easily blasting the undead with balls of destruction. Although the Maou couldn't help but growl at the situation.

"They really planned this well. Not only are we cut off from reinforcements, but they just keep coming!" Destroying another one Venelana nodded her head in agreement.

"You're right, but I think these are the distractions. We need to get into the arena and help Rias!" Growling in agreement Sirzechs thought hard on what to do. And unfortunately… what he came up with was not something he liked. However before he could ponder further a raspy laugh echoed through the stands. Turning to the source of the laughter their eyes widened in disgust at what they saw.

It was another undead being, however this one was missing most of its skin and had some white bone poking out. The being wore a tattered brown cape and a red jerkin that was also torn up. It's eyes were a blazing red and had a few tufts of hair on its head. It was also wearing what looked like brown leather pants, although it was mostly gone now showing off calves and thighs. Or what was left of its calve and thighs… then finally it wore red dirt encrusted boots. In its hands was a large black maul.

When it stopped laughing it spoke. "Well look at what we have here? Pitiful living creatures with nowhere to go? For I Jorgen the lich has come to smash in your skulls! But first I'll kill the one who murdered my brother!" He then charged at Rodrick hammer held high. Narrowing his eyes Rodrick was about to strike back, when a large wave of destruction forced Jorgen to stop. Turning to the source they saw Sirzechs who quickly turned to Rodrick.

"Hey dragon brat! Take your knight, and queen and go help Rias and the others. Something tells me they'll need your help more than we do up here." Rodrick looked for a bit before nodding his head. He then quickly spoke to the others.

"Okay you heard the con king let's move!" He then turned around the slashed the air with Masamune, opening up a rift that showed the arena. Without hesitating the before mentioned two ran to it and jumped through. Once he was sure they made it, Rodrick sent a small smile to Sona and mouthed a "be safe" to her before he also jumped in. Much to Jorgen's fury as he rounded onto Sirzechs.

"You wretch! I'll smash you into a pulp for this! Then I'll go and destroy that dragon!" The devil king only grunted while bringing up his left hand. He then covered it in destruction magic before speaking.

"I may not care for the brat, but I still won't let you through. Instead I think I'll destroy you!"

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Red Emperor

Things quickly became chaotic once that guy Dust showed up. It was fast, and definitely unexpected.

"Hiyah!" Using Grimoire I slashed through another strange violet colored creature alien thing. They were small and appeared after Dust introduced himself. About two feet in height, fat, and only had stubby arms and legs. Not even really a head! Well besides yellow eyes and pure white fangs. They were also all glowing a bit, and there were hundreds of them! They were attacking not just our side but anyone else as well. We had learned that after rejoining Jin and Kiba.

They were also fighting alongside of whatever was left of Riser's peerage. Speaking of which I saw a blonde girl about to get the jumped by one of them. So moving quickly I cut it right down the middle right as she turned around.

She was actually a cute girl with dark blue eyes. Her long blonde hair was tied into twin tails with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place. The front of her hair has several bangs hanging over her forehead, with a V-shaped fringe hanging over the bridge of her nose. She was wearing a light purple dress with dark purple accents and a blue bow at the front. At the back there were three feather-like extensions mimicking a bird's tail protrude from the dress, which, when combined with her wings of fire, give her a bird-like appearance.

Still the situation surprised her as she looked up at me, checking on her I quickly spoke.

"Are you alright?" Nodding her head I smiled before turning around to cut another one in half. "Good but you should pay more attention to your surroundings." Though I didn't see it the girl blushed a bit before shooting a ball of fire at another one. Slicing through another with his red spear Jing spoke up.

"Is there really no end to them?" I found myself unable to answer as I was forced to fend off five more. It was then that we heard a loud boom, coming from the replica of the main school building. Me and the girl I just saved grimaced in worry. Because it was up there, that Rias flew to help Riser fight off whoever that Dust character was. Turning back to the fight at hand I noticed that the alien creatures had stopped attacking. Hearing some clapping, we all turned to a see a man step out of a black vortex.

He was wearing a long suit coat that reached his ankles. Underneath was a white dress shirt with a black tie around his neck. On his hands were white artist gloves, and he was also wearing black socks and dress shoes. On his head was also a black top hat with a white band around it. Then finally his eyes were a glowing blue with black sclera, he was also holding a golden handled rapier in his right hand. Though it was currently sheathed in a black scabbard.

When he spoke it was with a soothing yet stern voice. "It's nice to see that all of you aren't a bunch of weaklings. Or else this fight would've been a bit boring. However you should just give up, right now master Dust is taking out your kings. And trust me it won't be too much trouble for him to kill them both." At his words one of Riser's knights, I think Siris was her name became rather angry. So with a battle yell she raised up her large Zweihänder and charged him. It was a bad move on her part. Because in what seemed like teleportation the man was behind her.

Slowing down to a crawl before stopping completely she spoke. "Ho-How?" Blood then spurted from her neck and she toppled over headless. The blonde girl I just saved along with others of her peerage all yelled out in despair.

"Siris! NO!" Gritting my teeth I quickly realized what he had just done.

And it wasn't pure speed. "Guys be careful! He can control time to a certain degree!" The man's eyes widened at my words but his expression quickly became neutral again.

"I'm impressed… you're the first person to ever figure that out." I couldn't help but smirk at his words.

"It does help that I spar against someone like you all the time." I then glared at him in anger. "But that doesn't matter right now. You just murdered someone and feel no remorse. So I hope you don't mind if we kill you!"

He narrowed his eyes at me before speaking again. "Hmm… I see. I knew there were others with time manipulation. I just didn't think I'd find any here. As to killing me… I doubt you can, but I guess with this you deserve to know my name." He then gave a quick bow before standing up straight and continuing. "My name is Faylen, and I'm the Abysswalker to the Darkwraith Dust." I couldn't help but become fearful at his words. But not for me, oh no! I was worried about Rias! Seeing my distress Faylen disappeared. However before he could do anything he appeared with his sword drawn.

But what was different was that Sakuya was blocking it with her knives. There was also a smirk on her face as she spoke.

"Now isn't this interesting… it would seem that our time abilities cancel themselves out."

Faylen narrowed his eyes before speaking. "So it would seem…"

Turning to me Sakuya spoke. "Issei I suggest you get a move on, Rias and Riser will need help. Rodrick and Ryu would but they got their own opponents right now. As for the rest of you, continue taking out these Netherlings. They really are bothersome." She then vanished only to reappear a few meters away. "Go! And hurry to!" Nodding my head I quickly left to go help Rias. However I was surprised to be joined by Jing and the blonde haired girl.

"What are you guys doing?" The blonde answered me first.

"I'm going to go help my brother! What does it look like I'm doing?" I blinked for a second.

Brother… that means she's Ravel the Chicken's younger sister.

{Wait so he had his younger sister in his peerage? If what he said was true… and that his whole peerage was actually a harem… then…} I quickly cut him off not wanting to think of such things.

Whoa Ddraig! Now he may be a lot of things… but I seriously doubt he'd do that with his own sister! Ddraig grunted but didn't say anything else. So instead I turned to Jing.

"So why are you coming? Really I thought you hated Riser more than the rest of us."

"Tch… I do but I still need some answers from him. Can't ask if he's dead, plus I like Rias so I find helping her is more acceptable." Nodding my head in understanding we all raced to the building. Well me and Jing did… Ravel just spread out wings of fire and took off with us underneath her. I may have also taken a look of her panties when she did… not intentional mind you! Okay maybe a little…

Still pure white… a nice color on her… Shaking my head I cleared my mind and focused on the fight at hand. My perversion could be settled later after all. Eventually we made it to the building where we easily climbed up the side, seeing how we didn't have wings like some people. What we saw wasn't pretty.

"Rias!" Looking up at me from her position behind Riser she gave us a pained smile.

"Thanks for coming I think we'll need your help." A large portion of her clothes were ripped and charred, and she was sitting on the ground exhausted and covered in cuts and burns. As for Riser standing in front of her… well he was in better shape although he was breathing heavily. Ravel landing besides us called out to her brother.

"Onii Sama!" That had caught Dust's attention as he turned to us. His eyes glowing an ethereal blue as he observed the younger Phenex.

Then with an insane smile he spoke. "Ah… at last my guinea hamster arrives!" Ravel with some fear stepped back a bit. I on the other hand instinctively moved a bit in front of her with narrowed eyes.

"Would you mind explaining why you called Ravel that? And also its guinea pig, not hamster." The Darkwraith clapped his hands happily before speaking.

"But of course!~Thanks for telling me that. Also I guess there's no harm in telling you the plan, seeing how you'll be dead soon.~ Now while it's true I was ordered to kill as many people as possible… I was told that my main objective was to kill the little sister , all the while testing out her regenerative powers. After that I was to capture Riser and kill as many people as I can then leave. Simple no?"

Riser surprisingly was the first to yell at him. "If you think I'll let you lay a hand on my sister you're dead wrong! Riser will burn you to a crisp you monster!" He then sent a giant wave of fire at Dust, who screamed in agony. Breathing heavily he smirked before his face twisted up in anger. The rest of us… well we could only watch in morbid fascination.

"Ow! OW! OWWW! That really burns! Oh well.~" With a wave of his gloved hand the fire burning him was put out. Once he was seen again, we all saw that whatever skin was burned off was regenerating. Seeing our faces he spoke. "Your faces are hilarious!~ You should really see them~ to bad I don't have my camera on me. Still you're probably wondering why I'm not dead yes? Well let me tell you! It's because I can heal from anything just like you Phenex's, isn't that just grand?~ Although I must say my healing factor is about ten times better. Because unlike you… I'm immune to the effects of this!"

He then dug into his black cloak and dug out a… "Is that a marshmallow?" My question didn't faze him.

"YES! Wait…" He then looked down at the thing before shrugging and eating it. "Sorry wrong thing.~" He then dug a bit deeper before pulling out what looked like an ordinary bullet. "Here we are… now as I was saying I'm immune to this!~ The dark maker bullets! Isn't that a nifty little ability?~" Having already heard what they could do I scowled. But he kept talking. "Also there's a name on this bullet, no like an actually literal name on it. I put it there myself! Want to know who's name it is?" While he was talking Ravel made her way over to her brother, however the rest of us kept silent.

Unfortunately he kept on talking. "The name is Ravel Phenex!" He then made his left hand into a loose fist, with his fingers covering both the bullet and his thumb. I realized what he was doing to late. Laughing insanely he flicked his thumb out. This sent the bullet out of his hand at blinding speeds. His target… Ravel Phenex.

"Look out!" My words came out too late, however something happened which we didn't expect.

"Onii Sama?" In shock from her new spot on the ground, Ravel looked up wide eyed as Riser stood in her previous position. However this time there was a large hole where his stomach was. However this time it wasn't healing. Falling over Ravel ran to him.

"Riser! No please don't die!" Surprisingly Dust seemed to be crying during this scene. This allowed me and Jing to make our way over to the others. Ravel thinking quickly took out a glass vial filled with liquid from a pocket on her dress. "Here drink this!" Looking at the vial Riser shook his head before speaking with effort.

"Sorry Ravel… but the phoenix tears won't work this time. Huh, huh… The dark maker bullets cancel out all… unnatural healing. I now realize their full terrifying potential… Ha… ironically as I'm hit with one. Sorry but I think this is it." As Ravel cried with heavy sobs Riser turned to Rias. "Rias… please forgive me for what I've done, and please… take care of Ravel, and the others. You don't have to take them into your peerage. But just.. help them…" He was fading fast and all Rias could do was nod her head sadly.

Because he may have been a jerk and a pompous idiot. But in the end… he wasn't evil, no in truth he was just someone who loved his sister. As the light faded from his eyes I couldn't help but clench my fist in anger.

So this is it… This… this isn't right! Riser didn't deserve to die like this! At least not before I beat some sense into him! Looking over to Ravel who was now holding her face as tears came, I stood up from my spot before turning to Dust who was also crying.

When I spoke there was an edge even I never heard before. "And what exactly are you crying about?" Dust looked to me while sniffling.

"Because I used my bullet on the wrong person you jerk!" I didn't know what to say to that so instead I drew my sword before speaking.

"Well that's too bad, because based on what you said. I have to assume you don't have any more of those bullets. So now it's my turn! For hurting Rias! For killing Riser! And for making Ravel cry! I swear I will kill you myself!" Taking up a fighting stance I didn't notice that Ravel had dropped her hands to stare at me.

"Issei…" However before I could charge him I felt a hand on my shoulder. Looking over I saw Jing who also looked rather livid.

"If you're going to fight him, at least let me help."

I nodded my head in agreement. "Yeah I'll probably need it, this guy isn't like anyone else we've ever fought. I suggest you be on your guard, who knows what his actual abilities are." Jing nodded his head while making his spear disappear.

"You're right, which means I should use my primary weapon on this guy." He then called out a name while holding his hands to his right side. "Moralltach the Great Fury!" There was a bright light and when it died down he was now holding a huge buster sword. It had a sliver handle, with a light blue blade with runes engrave into it. Grinning he held it out in front of him. "It's been a while since I've used this, think you can keep up?"

Grinning myself I summoned the boosted gear while still holding my sword. "Sorry but the question is whether you can keep up?"

Dust's laughter interrupted us. "Sorry… but those aren't the questions you should be asking. No! You should be asking if you can keep up with me!" He then bent down and picked up a tiny speck of dust.

Wait… dust! Following my instincts I turned around and tackled both Rias and Ravel.

"HAA!" flicking it towards us the tiny speck transformed into a medium sized laser. Luckily Jing saw my actions and jumped out of the way. But where was once Riser's body and a part of a building, and even a forest behind it… was now a large trench. It was smoking like it was just recently lit on fire.

{Such power from such a small speck of dirt?! Issei please be careful!} Reassuring Ddraig I turned to the shell shock girls I was holding.

"Are you two alright?" Both nodded their heads weakly, but soon after Ravel started to cry again.

"My brothers body… It's gone…" Feeling for her I just gave her a quick hug while gently reassuring her.

"Don't worry, we'll defeat Dust and avenge your brother. Count on it." She looked up at me with tears but nodded her head. Standing up I turned around. "I think you two should leave, as unfortunate as it is. In your conditions you'll only get in the way up here. Just let us handle this from here on out." Rias opened her mouth to protest, but then closed it and nodded solemnly while turning to Ravel.

"We should go Ravel, maybe we can help somewhere else. But I don't think we can here." Ravel nodded her head sadly before both called out their respective wings and took off.

Dust laughed as he watched them take off before picking up another piece of dirt. "You know… I always did like moving targets!~" My eyes widening I dashed forward while starting my boosts.

{Boost} As Ddraig's voice rang out from my sacred gear Dust turned to me confused. He then cried out in pain as I lopped off his right arm. I was then shortly followed by Jing who bisected him at the waist. Knowing that he would just reform we jumped away from his body.

"OI! That really hurts you know!" Although he said that, he was actually smiling as his legs quickly reformed underneath him. His arm also came back at the same time. Although it was a bit disturbing seeing how his old body parts were still lying on the ground. Laughing he dug through his cloaks pockets, only to pull out a few smooth white rocks. He then proceeded to talk. "So I'm guessing you haven't figured out my specialty magic yet have you?"

We shook our heads as he continued. "Well it's simple really.~ You see I have the ability to accelerate particles, as in actual particles of matter. Though only through other objects. The bigger the piece of matter the more devastating the attack! As such I also went ahead and learned dust magic. Do you get why you can't win now?" Our eyes widened as we quickly understood what he was getting at.

This guy can actually create particle beams and canons! One large enough can completely obliterate this whole area! Laughing at our faces he jumped up and fired the white rocks at us. However by the time they reached us we had moved out of the way, and they were now practically giant lasers.

"Mwahahaha! YES!YES! Dance you weaklings! Dance!" There was nothing we could do as we weaved around the deadly attacks. We even had to leave the school building as it was now completely gone.

{Boost! Issei you just need to hold out a bit longer! With a few more boosts we should Boost! Dang it! Anyway we should be able to take him out in one Boost! Stop it! In one shot! Boost! I curse you stupid god of the bible! BOOST! Okay that was on purpose!} Ignoring the unimportant parts I understood what Ddraig was saying.

Thanks for telling me Ddraig, I just hope I can hold out long enough to use that chance.

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Void king ( A few minutes earlier)

We were moving as quickly as we could, already I could feel both Nether and Abyssal energies flying around ahead of us.

"Where do you think you're going?" Eyes widening we all jumped back as a large chakram passed by our last position. Then as if pulled on a string it flew back to its owner's outstretched hand. There standing was a woman with a dark aura surrounding her. She was dressed strangely however. She wore a black cloak with a hood, although it wasn't. she also had a black bandage wrapped around her right eye. Her left eye was a glowing violet and had a black sclera. Her hair was done up in a long braid and was a deep black.

On her feet were black short boots with stiletto heels. She was also wearing black tights and a white mini skirt. She was also wearing a white Arabian dancers bra with nothing over it. Then finally she wore white arms warmers and metal bracelets. She was also incredibly short and had a very small chest. Not to Ophis' or Shirone's extent but still small. However I couldn't help but notice that she had some pretty good curves. However before I could get a good look at her chakram I heard Kuros hiss.

[Just what we needed… another Darkwraith. Although this one doesn't feel all too powerful… If I were to guess I'd say she's somewhere around the mid-twenties in terms of strength. Still be careful you never know what these Darkwraiths might do.] I couldn't help but scowl at his words.

At this rate we won't make it to the others in time. Looking behind me to Ryu and Sakuya I started giving orders.

"Ryu, Sakuya! I need the both of you to go on ahead. I'll take care of this nuisance." Turning back to my opponent I saw her scowl at my insult. Behind my knight and queen gave me an affirmative and ran off. But a few meters off, Ryu was forced to stop as the blade of a snake sword struck at him. Using Arcane Throne he batted it away before turning to Sakuya.

"Keep going we'll catch up!" With a slightly worried look she nodded her head and kept going. Turning back to his attacker he took a second to observe the obvious female. She was wearing a black short kimono that stopped about mid-thigh. It was trimmed in red, and had a slit running all the way up its length on its right side. She also had a brown belt looping over her shoulder with knives holstered onto it. Around her waist were another two belts crossing each other with even more knives. On her feet were shinobi tabi and sandals. She also wore black fingerless gloves with studs in the knuckles.

Finally she wore a wooden full faced fox mask, and had light blue hair that reached down to her back. The fox masks features were also painted red.

Observing her weapon we saw a one edged sword about two feet long. The back was serrated and the blade looked like it was divided into segments. It was also three inches wide from the front of the blade to the back. The handle looked like it was made of brown, and it had a simple crossguard.

The Darkwraith looked at her helper and smiled. "Well nice of you to show up at the last minute Fai'es (Fai-es)." I gritted my teeth at the name.

The abyssal's word for snake… somehow it's rather fitting. Any further thoughts were interrupted by Fai'es.

"Well I needed to hide until it was the proper time to strike mistress Lunona (Lu-no-na). As it is fitting of me as your Abysswalker." Kuros snorted at the name.

[And that's abyssal for Full moon… that really can't be good.] I really couldn't help but agree with the void dragon on this one. After all… Darkwraiths are named off of their powers after all. Still as I observed them I couldn't help but think that these two were quite different than Xilo. In fact they didn't seem quite as hostile. Though before I thought Xilo might actually be regretting taking the lives of others. Now I fully believe he enjoys it! Mostly because of the way he's already going around ordering the deaths of others. That might just be me being angry about Lefay's recent tragedy. But I still felt that way. But these two just felt more… casual I guess. As if they're just fighting because they were told to, and really didn't care if they won or not.

Still they attacked first so they're still enemies. So turning to Ryu while the two kept talking I gestured my head towards the duo. Seeing this he nodded his head and charged forward. Swinging his sword at her, Fai'es only barely noticed before bringing up her own in defense. As the two blades clashed I ran forward in an attempt to slash Lunona. Seeing my movements she tsked before jumping back and throwing her chakram at me again. Easily batting it to the side I took a moment to observe it. It was large, about four feet in diameter. The blade was made up of three parts each four feet long and three inches high. The inside was made of smooth metal.

After taking my quick look I continued my assault. Looking angry at my easy dismissal of her weapon, she back flipped away from my swipe. She then made a pulling motion with her hand, easily understanding what that meant I ducked down as the chakram flew over me and back into her arms.

"Hm… You're one of the few people to actually dodge that. Maybe this will be more fun than I first thought." Narrowing my eyes at her I quickly took out my left pistol and fired on her. Not even flinching she quickly used her chakram to block my enchanted bullets. "No, no, no!~ You'll have to do much better than that cutie.~"

"Hmph." Jumping back I put away my pistol seeing how it was worthless at the moment. I then wave my arm around me creating dozens of ice shard. Then pushing my hand forward I sent them all towards her. Still smiling she weaved and bobbed her way through them. Those she couldn't dodge to smashed with her weapon. Then as she dodged the last one she threw her weapon again. This time as I blocked it I actually felt quite a bit of resistance. Gritting my teeth I tried to hold my ground but I was being pushed back a bit.

Eventually with a grunt of exertion I deflected it to my left side. How she only smiled as she held her hand up, making the weapon pause in mid-air. Then swiping her hand in my direction it came back at me. Seeing where this was going I decided not to block it this time. Instead I ducked and ran back towards her. Swinging my sword down at her unprotected form I thought I had her. However all she did was wave her hand and Lunona had he weapon back. Using it to block Masamune I started pushing her back. The suddenly releasing the pressure on my attack I quickly thrusted my sword forward.

She moved quickly but I still managed to give her a long cut across her stomach. Jumping back a few feet she finally looked at me angrily. But not for the reason I expected.

"You… you… You monster! Look at what you've done! Now I'll have an ugly scar and no one will ever marry me! Oh what shall I do now?!" She then began crying while I could only stare at her in shock. Her sobs were real and I actually started to feel bad for some reason.

What Masamune said next didn't help either. 'How dare you make this poor girl cry! I thought me and your adopted mother taught you better than that! Have you seriously no shame!' Kuros quickly came to my defense.

[Uh… dear… you do know she was trying to kill him a few moments ago right?] Still apparently Masamune didn't care as we saw Lunona sink to her knees. Her sobs becoming stronger, as her wound sealed up into a thin yet long scar.

'Oh that doesn't matter! Look at her! Now go and apologize right now mister!' At this time both Ryu and even Fai'es had stopped fighting. Although the latter was sighing in exasperation.

"Mistress please… this isn't time for tears, or even your obsession with getting married." Holding her stomach Lunona sniffed before glaring at her subordinate.

"You can't possibly understand how it feels! I'm short and tiny! Plus I already have this eyepatch! Now with this scar, I'll never get anyone to marry me! The only thing I had was my curves! Now with this scar I can't show them off anymore! Oh how I just want to love someone and be loved!" She then went back to crying. Fai'es could only shake her head at her antics before turning to us.

"For what it's worth I'm sorry that we are enemies. But I'm mostly sorry for my master's actions here. The poor woman has been trying to settle down for over a thousand years now. However because of her… um… well the reasons she said before, that hasn't been going too well." She then walked over to Lunona after making her weapon disappear. Placing her hand on her master's shoulder she turned to us one last time. "I do hope we can meet again under better circumstances." She then teleported themselves to places unknown, leaving the both of us gawking.

'See! That poor girl was just misunderstood! So you better apologize the next time you see her! I mean what if it was Shirone or Ophis!' Shaking my head while she ranted I turned to Ryu.

"If anyone asks, we forced them to retreat because we were stronger." Ryu turned to me and nodded his head, although he still looked confused. Sighing I spoke again. "Alright enough of that we need to go help the…" I was interrupted as a loud explosion and a bright green light filled the sky. Quickly I recognized what it was. "That was Issei's dragon shot! Whoever their fighting must be strong! Come on we need to hurry." With that the both of us sped on.

That my friend is one long line break… let's kill it.

The Red Emperor

Me and Jing were almost on our last legs. Dust however seemed perfectly fine, truthfully I would've gone balance breaker a while ago. But he wasn't giving us enough time to really do anything but dodge.

This isn't good… Ddraig are we ready yet?!

{Almost partner! Boost! God damn it not again! Why can't I just speak normally?! Does that have to- Boost! Oh for the love of… just hang on for another twenty seconds!} Even in this situation I couldn't help but chuckle at the crimson dragon's antics. Still becoming serious again I looked up to see Dust smiling down at us.

He was also mocking us. "Bleh! Bleh! Blah!" Yup like a child he was sticking his tongue out at us while making noises.

I'm going… to murder him… With a snort from Ddraig and another boost I started dodging once more. Seriously! This is just ridiculous! With his dust magic he pretty much has infinite ammo! It was really that bad, whenever Dust ran out of smooth rounded rocks, he'd just make more from the dust clouds that kept billowing up. But what was worse… I had a feeling that he was holding back quite a bit of power from each of his little "lasers". In fact I had a feeling he wasn't even showing what his real abilities were! Insane, and childlike he may be… but dumb he was not.

{Boost! There that should be enough! NOW! Go get him partner! Boost! Oh for fu…} Quickly tuning him out I stopped moving to point my sacred gear at Dust. Looking confused he watched as I formed a small green ball in front of it.

{Explosion!} Grinning I yelled up at the Darkwraith while feeling power course through my veins.

"Take this! Dragon Shot!" I then launched the small green ball at him and it shot off like a speeding bullet. His eyes actually widened before it hit, and boy did it hit! The dragon shot exploded and a bright green light filled the sky. Quickly turning away from it, me and Jing covered our eyes. Eventually the light died down and Jing spoke to me.

"I've got to admit… that was actually pretty impressive Issei." I gave him a thumbs up while panting in exhaustion.

"Yeah but it put everything I had into that. Seventy two boosts outside balance breaker is pretty difficult to pull off." He nodded his head in understanding before we both looked back up. There was a large cloud of smoke, but no signs of Dust yet.

Wait… smoke… dust… Oh crap! Turning to Jing I yelled at him.

"WE got to move!" Luckily he listened to my advice, however before we managed to move thirty feet the entire cloud of smoke fell on us. All of it turned into a bright wave of death. When it connected to the ground, we were both thrown from our feet from the force behind the explosion. After a few seconds I recovered and turned around. "We are soo lucky…" Behind us now was a giant crater where the entire school building used to be. I could even see the others fighting on the other side of it.

"Are we dead yet?" Turning to Jing whose face was in the dirt, I shook my head.

"No… at least not yet."

"But you will be soon.~" Eyes widening I turned to see Dust standing behind me. He was completely fine, well except for some burns that were rapidly healing. His black cloak was also nowhere to be seen. Instead now we could see his black leather armor. It was actually pretty standard looking, except it also had dark colored chainmail underneath. Looking down at me narrowed his eyes, before picking up my exhausted body by my coat with his left hand.

He then spoke in a tone of anger. "You know… that was my favorite cloak. And even if I must commend you for actually harming me like you did… that doesn't mean I won't obliterate you now." He then took out another rock with his right hand and put it up to my chest. "Well dragon booster boy… it's been fun. But this is the end of the line for you. Hehe… I've always wanted to say that!~" The rock started glowing as I struggled, but I was just to weak to do anything. "No use fighting your fate just accept it. I also always wanted to say that!~"

Ignoring his stupidity I began to think of Chirno, and also of Rias and Ravel and the promise I made to them. Eventually I stopped struggling and closed my eyes.

Sorry everyone… but it seems this is the end for me.

{Partner I can honestly say it's been an honor fighting with you. You've been one of the best hosts I've ever had.} Thanking Ddraig for his words I waited, but it seemed as if my salvation came in the sound of a gunshot. And also a bunch of strange splatter hitting my face. Opening my eyes I saw to my surprise… Dust's entire head blown to pieces. As he dropped me and fell backwards I can only say one thing.

"Eww…" I then heard a voice from behind me.

"Really? I save your life and that's all you can say? Tsk… people these days I tell you." Turning around I saw my savior. He was wearing a long brown leather coat, that was opened from the waist down. It also had a high collar. He also had on black leather pants stuffed into brown long boot with metal greaves. On his hands were black leather gloves with metal forearm protectors. Around his waist was a single leather belt with buckles on both the front and back. Hanging from his shoulder was a belt that looped around him.

He also had two gun holsters attached to his sides. On his head was a brown leather cap with feathers on both of its sides. He was also wearing a black undershirt that had a face mask attached to it that went over his face. Over his red eyes were black circular sunglasses. On his right side was a sheathed katana.

Currently he was holding a black and silver desert eagle in his right hand. There was some smoke coming out of the barrel, so I had to assume he really did just shoot Dust's head. Seeing me staring at him he spoke.

"Like I said no gratitude, still you should probably move away from that guy. He'll probably be regenerating right about… now." Turning back to Dust, I saw that he was correct as he slowly regrew another head. So although I was still sore I jumped back away from the body as Dust jumped to his feet.

"Argh! I'm alive! I'm alive! I'm…" He was cut off as the guy behind me shot him again in the head and also in the torso. Dust promptly exploded again.

He then spoke in an annoyed tone. "Why is it that I always have to fight people who like speaking while fighting?! Oh well, it's easier to get rid of them that way." Me and Jing who had walked over to us, could only stare at him strangely. We then saw him fire more bullets into Dust, making his body parts go all over the place. When he stopped I cleared my throat and spoke to him.

"Um… sorry about staring earlier. I just really thought I was going to die, but really thanks for saving me." He looked at me and nodded his head, while also firing at Dust without even looking.

"No! That was my favorite foot! Just kidding I don't have a…" He was cut off again when his head exploded. Me and Jing could only stare as this new guy easily dealt with Dust. The same guy who was about to kill us with ease a few seconds earlier. However it would seem as if Dust had enough, as his body jumped up and he quickly ascended into the air. Once up there he fully reformed and started yelling.

"Enough is enough! It's time for you to die!" He then started firing off dozens of particle beams at us. However or rescuer only took out his other pistol calmly. Then with quick and accurate precision he shot all of the beams midair causing them all to explode prematurely. When the dust settled we could see the Darkwraiths stunned face.

"Well I guess that's enough for the warmup… so how about we get onto the main event?"

Lunona character sheet 1.0

Height: 5 feet exactly

Age: Unknown

Nationality: Darkwraith/Abyssian

Hair: Black

Eyes: Black sclera with glowing violet pupils

Special: Abyssal magic…

Weapons: Chakram

Skills: Telekinesis High master, Teleportation High master, Abyssal Magic High master, Throwing Weapons Mid-grandmaster…

Likes: Cute guys, sparring, Fai'es

Dislikes: Those who make fun of her looks and body.

Dreams: To get married to a wonderful guy

Idols: None

Hobbies: Cooking, Cleaning, Dancing, Singing, Training, Gossiping…

History: One of the few Darkwraiths not completely evil, or actually really evil at all. Instead she just listens to those higher on the food chain. All the while trying to find the perfect guy.

Status: Alive

Judan: Finally! The first part of the rating game is over! And we finally have it posted!

Slayer: I can't believe the amount of people your killing off here… I like it!~ (Thumbs up)

Ravel: Well I don't! You killed Siris and my brother!

Rodrick: Join the club of those whose brothers were killed, we have hats.

Ophis: Oh Rodrick dear.~ Don't think you're getting off easy for that little trick you pulled!

Rodrick: Ah crap! (Runs away)

Ophis: Get back here! (chases him)

Lunona: Well they're a lively bunch.

Philemon: I agree although I would like to find out what happened to me. By the looks of things you shot me!

Slayer: Meh… you'll live, probably…

Dust: Those things hurt though! I mean seriously what are they made of?!

Modaga: Find out next chapter you freak of un-youthful nature!

Dust: Sniff… Big brother Shadow Modaga's being mean to me!

Shadow: Good on him then.

Dust: Uh… uh…

Judan: Well I believe that's it. So Lunona care to finish this up?

Lunona: Sure!~ Now this has been a Dark Guard production, now signing off!~

Everyone/minus Ophis, Dust, Rodrick: Goodbye!

Ophis: Get back here!

Rodrick: I'm sorry!

Dust: Why does everyone hate me?!

Shadow: Please… please just end this…

Slayer: Okay.

Judan: And we are done in five… four… transmission terminated.