Chapter 34: Battle of the Ages
A/N: This took a deceptive amount of time to write. I hope you like it.
Ravel didn't have time to wonder how House Gremory managed to slip a tank into the game, or why Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N Roses was blaring over the intercom system, but was horrified when Adrian managed to snag his whipfist around her ankles, and begin to drag her on the ground as he rode his motorcycle around the field, with one of Risers team, presumably his remaining knight, chasing after him. The tank fired at the remaining Phoenix House members that were clustered together, making them scatter as the shell exploded against the ground. Kiba and Karlamine locmed blades and resumed their fight, while Damon and Katrina took up fighting stances against the pair of cat girls from Phoenix House. Isabela then turned to the only free fighter, that being Issei, and charged at him. Meanwhile the tank was rolling along the field, firing shell after shell at the remaining bishop, making her flee from the other members of the two houses, isolating her from the rest.
"Stop! Dragging! Me! You! Heathan!" Shouted Ravel, as she was still being dragged by Adrian across the ground as he sped on his motorcycle around the field, the Phoenix knight still chasing them. She then vanished, and reappeared in front of Adrian and his bike as he screeched to a halt, spraying her with dirt, quickly followed by a soaring Ravel, plowing into the knight as Adrian released her, kicked down his kick stand, removed himself from his motorcycle, and morphed his arms into a set of razor claws. The knight helped up Ravel, who pushed away the knight smoothing down her dress and dusting herself off. "You are SO gonna pay for that!" Adiran raised his claws up, making her eyes grow wide with fear,
"Does that mean NOW you're going to fight?" Ravel backed away a footstep or two, and called to the knight that tried to save her moments before,
"Siris!" The knight then stood between Ravel and Adrian, and the Devil Virus readied his claws.
Right as Adrian was ready, the tank kept rumbling after the remaining bishop, giving chase all over the field while still firing shell after shell. Inside the tank, Wesker kept up his pace driving the tank without even breaking a sweat.
I just hope she doesn't figure out I'm only keeping her away from helping her allies, the former fallen angel thought to himself, firing another shell.
While this was happening Katrina and Damon were fighting off the cat girls fiercely using hand to hand combat.
"To be honest Damon," said Katrina between punches and blocks, "I was actually kind of hoping I would be fighting alongside Calvin right now."
"Well I'm sorry cueball couldn't make it," said Damon, "but we got two cat girls to keep us busy at least!" He then landed a silencer punch to the cat girl with pink hair, while Katrina powered up her gauntlets, and landed a vibrating super strengthed palm on the chest of the blue haired cat girl, sending her skidding back several feet.
Kiba was beginning to have trouble with Karlamine, and before long his sword shattered.
"My Holy Eraser!" Kiba cried.
"I'm afraid that attack of yours doesn't work on me," said Karlamine.
"Oh really? How about this one? Freeze!" The hilt of his sword then sprouted a balde of ice, shattering Karlamines' sword with one strike. In shock, she dropped the hilt of the broken sword, and drew out a dagger, and just like her sword, the blade shrouded itself in hellfire. She made a downward strike on Kibas' sword, destroying the blade once again, only to see another blade form, this time with a large ring at the top of the blade, housing a small black orb that absorbed Karlamines' hellfire. Karlamine could not even speak, so Kiba put it simply for her, "I can make swords...magical swords. The power is called Sword Birth." He took a swing at Karlamine, which she dodged, and pressed his hand to the ground, creating a blue magic circle underneath her, and forcing even more swords of different shapes, colors and sizes to sprout from the ground beneath her, making her bound out of the way.
"Impossible...!" She muttered.
"Fly apart! Dress Break!" Karlamine and Kiba turned to Issei as he snapped his fingers, and Isabelas' clothes shredded from existence, making her cover herself with an embarrassed blush. "Here, have some mo-!"
"HOLD IT!" The music stopped, Wesker ceased his pursuit with the tank, Damon stopped his fist an inch away from the pink haired cat girls face, while Katrina released the blue haired cat girl from her choke hold. All turned to Adrian, who had slashed up Siris with his claws to the point where she was barely standing, only to see him walk away from her, and start approaching Issei. "Issei?! What the fuck?!"
"What?"
"What!! The fu-uck?!" Adrian gestured to the nude Isabela, doing his best not to look her way, and now everyone on the field was aware of the predicament. Adrian turned to Isabela, "I am so sorry for my friends' actions, I wasn't aware his attack would do that. Let me help you." He then made a red magic circle above her, and let it lower over her, allowing her clothes to regenerate.
"Hey! Why are you helping the enemy??" Issei shouted, stomping his foot in the process. Without even turning, Adrian brought an elbow to Isseis' face, sending him reeling back. Isabela inspected her outfit,
"You really did that...for me?"
"You can thank us later..." said Damon sliding up behind her, and bringing the butt of his gun down on the back of her head, making her dissolve into the same sparkling blue mist that took Koneko, "...just not today." Adrian then walked up to Issei, grabbing two handfuls of his shirt and yanking him up close,
"You had ten days to come up with a REAL technique, and that was the best you could come up with?" He asked in an insidious whisper, "Before this day is over, I promise you, I will fucking shoot you."
"And I'll lend him Black Dahlia to do it!" Said Damon, holstering his weapon. He then turned towards the school house, and his brief smirk vanished, "Uh, Adrian? I think you may want to see this!" He pointed to the roof, and the Gremory team saw Rias and Asia floating down, with Riser on the opposite end of the roof. Adrian swore to himself, and called to his friends,
"Beat down everyone in sight!" The music then kicked back on, starting at the final verse, he charged back at Siris, locking his blade with her sword, while Kiba and Karlamine began to lock blades as well. Damon rejoined Katrina in fighting off the cat girls, who now had the upper hand against the Goddess and Hunter as they used their feline agility, and Wesker fired the tank back up and began chasing down the other bishop once again. Issei stood numbly in the center of the field, dissappointed in himself.
Why did I think that Dress Break would make the others proud of me? He thought to himself. He then tightened his fists, I know one way to get myself back in the game! He placed his left fist to his chest, "Red Dragon Emperor, if you can hear me now, respond by lending my your power!" His gauntlet shouted,
"Dragon Booster!"
"No I need more than that! I ask that you fully connect with my emotions! Boosted...GEAR!"
"Dragon Booster! Second Liberation!" Right then, Issei was encased in a green flame, and his Sacred gear grew more yellow spikes, and became even more edged, surprising everyone on the battlefield,
"Kiba! Unleash your Sacred Gear with everything you got!" The knight looked at Issei surprised,
"Do what?!"
"Just do it!" Kiba then bore a smirk and stabbed his sword into the ground, sending a blue energy zigzagging towards Issei right as the final words to the song were sung overhead,
"It's gonna bring you..." Issei punched the blue beam, aabsorbing it into his Sacred Gear, "Down! Huh!" He then sent a magic shockwave across the entire field, sending magical swords shooting up from the ground, piercing all of the Phoenix House members on the field.
"Two of Lord Risers' pawns, two of his knights, and two of his bishops, retire," said Grayfia overhead. The Gremory team looked to Issei, equal parts shocked and impressed as Damon lowered the one way barrier surrounding themselves.
"Yeah! Boosted Gear rocks!" Shouted Issei, pumping his fist in the air, only for everyone to turn to the tennis courts in horror, seeing Akeno and Calvin, the latter of which was holding a shattered Amp, dissolved into the blue mist.
"Lady Gremorys' queen and one of her pawns, retire." The world seemed to stop, as everyone looked at the smoke cloud in the distance, hope beginning to dwindle as they saw Yubelluna holding an empty bottle in her hand. Adrian turned to his friends,
"EVERYBODY TO THE SCHOOL HOUSE! NOW!!" A second explosion rang out, flipping the tank Wesker was piloting, and landing on Kiba, making the knight vanish,
"One knight of Lady Rias', retires." Wesker barely crawled out from under the tank, as Katrina grabbed his hand and hauled him out, dashing with everyone else to the school house, the Bomb Queen hot on their heels. The other three pawns made it through the doors, ushering Katrina and Wesker to hurry up. The Goddess was almost to the doors, and almost made it, until Wesker yanked his hand away, and shoved Katrina through the doors, keeping himself outside as be placed a magic wall between himself and the doors. Damon and Issei slammed their fists against the wall, trying to break Wesker into the school, but he simply turned his back, dropping his sunglasses as he drew a pair of Desert Eagles from inside his coat. Katrina grabbed Issei while Adrian grabbed Damon, and forcefully they dragged the two up the stairs as Wesker made his last stand...
