Chapter 52: Mercer Falls

Kokabiel was still watching everything transpire with interest, while the ORC, Xenovia, Kessler and Mercer waited to see what Kiba would do next.

"My comrades...they never wished for me to seek revenge. They wanted me free, but I'm not. First I need to destroy the evil that is in front of me." Mercer readied the Holy Sword and his blade, while Kiba summoned his sword. "That way no one else will have to suffer."

"You do realize you have no chance against me, right?" Said Mercer humorlessly. A whistle was let loose near them, and Kiba turned to his friends,

"Hey Kiba!" Called Adrian, "Go ahead and give him hell! I'm a hundred-and-ten percent sure your friends wouldn't want you to miss out on this chance!"

"Adrian..." Murmured Kiba.

"Kick that freak bastards ass!" Chimed in Issei.

"You can do it Kiba!" Rias cheered on, "Fight like a member of the House of Gremory, take him down! Besides, no knight of mine would lose to such a pathetic foe!"

"We believe in you Kiba!" Akeno chimed in.

"Mercer is a twat! Don't lose to him!" Shouted Calvin.

"We are all here to cheer you on!" Shouted Katrina.

"I wanna see blood," said Koneko, her bland tone returning.

"Ditto!" Called Damon. Wesker simply gave him an affirmative nod, while Asia smiled at the knight,

"Kiba...I know you can do it!" She said.

"Thank you," the blonde knight said, and he returned his attention to Mercer, who was patiently waiting,

"Touching," commented Mercer, popping his neck, "Are you ready, Kiba of House Gremory? For I promise you, this fight will be your last!" Mercer has the Holy Sword and his blade at the ready, as did Kiba, but the knight closed his eyes,

"Time for a new sword," he said, "Dear comrades whose souls merged with mine, we shall over come this together!" He pointed his sword high into the air, and the blade began to glow a faint blue. "All our dreams that were stifled can now come true!" White and dark energy began to explode from Kibas' sword, flowing into the sky, "I'll create a sword for Rias and all my fallen friends! Sword Birth GO!" The white and dark energy began to encase Kibas' sword, and after a second of suspense, the energy dissappated, leaving behind a shining black and white blade. "This is the Sword of Betrayer! Invested with both Holy and Devil power! Try and stop it!" Red lettering began to form on the side of the blade while everyone stared in awe,

"Holy and devil power fused together?!" Gasped Rias.

"Makes sense," said Wesker.

"Kiba! I love you in a way that is NOT gay," shouted Damon, "but I may have to fight you for that sword later!" The red lettering stopped forming close to the tip of the blade, and shined with a piercing light, making everyone gasp.

"Ddraig said that Kiba had peaked," said Issei, "So that sword must be Kibas' Balance Breaker!"

"A Holy Devil Sword, huh?" Said Mercer curiously, "Going through Valpers memories, such a thing shouldn't be possible..." Xenovia appeared right next to Kiba out of nowhere, and spoke to him,

"Tell me, knight of Rias Gremory, are the two of us still fighting on the same side?"

"I'd like to think we are."

"Then I have a thought then; why don't we destroy that Excalibur together." Kiba looked to the blue haired girl in surprise,

"Are you sure?"

"I understand that technically we are looking at a Holy Sword," she explained, "but there is nothing holy about that." She gestured to Mercer, who was still waiting with the sword in hand and his free arm still formed into his light encased blade, and now had his fallen angel wings unfurled.

"Agreed," said Kiba. Xenovia stuck her sword into the ground, and held her right hand out to the side, saying some sort of prayer while summoning a magic circle, consisting of light, with the hilt of a sword slowly exiting. The sword in question was mostly a giant blue and gold blade, bound with metal chains.

"In the name of the saint living within this blade..." she slowly gripped the hilt of the sword, and the chains binding it shattered, "I hereby set you free!" She swung the sword in front of herself, readying her own fighting stance, "This sword is called Durandal!" Half the ORC gasped,

"Durandal?!" Kiba gawked.

"It's a Holy Sword!" Wesker observed with surprise.

"On par with Excalibur, it can cut anything in this world!" Explained Akeno, matching Weskers surprise.

"Interesting," said Mercer calmly, "The Holy Sword you're wielding isn't one that should BE wielding...and yet here you stand."

"I'm one of the rare few who can naturally wield a Holy Sword, including Durandal. What's funny is that this sword is so dangerous that it must be kept in another dimension when not in use." Mercer laughed, clearly unafraid of Xenovia, Kiba and their swords.

"Why don't we put those claims to the test then," Mercer charged at the two sword users, Holy Sword and Blade at the ready. Xenovia took Durandal and slammed it against Mercers Holy Sword, and with one strike, the sword cracked, and shattered to bits. Mercer was shocked, but quickly pushed that emotion aside as he readied his light encased blade, ready to strike at Xenovia, only for Kiba to dart in the way and block Mercers attack with his Betrayer. Blades clashed, and Kiba forced Mercer back, dissappearing in a flash, and to Mercers shock, felt a slice at his chest, then his back, arms, kneecaps, throat, and the rest of his body. Soon several cuts appeared, leaking dark and white energy, making the bioterrorist fall to his knees with a roar to the sky.

"Yes...see how our powers overcame Excalibur?" Kiba asked, presumably his friends that are now inside himself.

"No...it...it can't be!" Mercer said to himself, "After all I've taken within me, after all I absorbed, I still get beaten by a pair of teenagers?!" Kiba glared at Mercer,

"Prepare yourself, Alex Mercer. For as long as you live, so does Valper Galilei!" Mercer looked to the ground in thought, and something seemed to have sprung into his head,

"I think...I think I understand now..." He murmured, "...The disruption between holy and devil powers...it's possible that not only the devil king but God himse-ACK!" Mercer had no chance to finish his sentence, as a light spear shot down from above, entering the back of Mercers' neck, going down into his body, and sticking into the ground. Most of the ORC gasped, with Adrian actually shouting,

"NO!" Alex Mercers' head tumbled off his shoulders, and his body was reduced to a black tar, then a golden dust, and finally into nothing, leaving no trace of Alex Mercer left on Earth.

"So sorry Mercer," Kokabiel said unapologetically, "It was fun seeing you try your hand at House Gremory, but you were not supposed to figure that out!"

"F-Figure-! YOU FEATHERED FUCK! I STILL NEEDED INFORMATION FROM HIM! LIKE HOW HE MANAGED TO SURVIVE BEING ABSORBED BY JAMES HELLER!!" Shouted Adrian, rage already at a boiling point.

"Just what are you up to Kokabiel?" Asked Rias, ready for a fight at a moments notice.

"I'm destroying anything I find tedious," explained Kokabiel, "Now I have grown more bored than before..." He looked to both Adrian and Issei, "You there! The boys with the dragon arms!"

"What do you want, Koka-bitch?!" Shouted Issei, making a jab at his name, yet no one, including himself, was laughing.

"Raise your dragons powers as high as you can and transfer them to one of the others!" Said Kokabiel, sounding more like an order than a request.

"You must have a death wish if you actually want us to raise our powers as high as we can go!" Called Adrian. Kokabiel laughed,

"Don't get so full of yourselves. You will need more than a powerup in order to stop me!" Shouted Kokabiel. Adrian popped his neck,

"I'll hold you to that 'raise powers as high as we can' bit, just know it isn't wise to piss off a dragon," he warned. He then lifted up his gauntlet, and heard Penglog shout,

"Devour!"

"Boost!" Shouted Ddraig, readying his own power as Rias stepped between the two, keeping her eyes on Kokabiel but spoke to Adrian,

"We are out of time..." Adrian took her hand in his own,

"We got all the time in the world," said Adrian, turning her head to his own, and laying a gentle kiss on her lips before they both began to make their way towards Kokabiel, with Issei still powering up, and Adrian still draining energy. Kokabiel sported a cocky grin,

"Really?" Adrian said nothing as he and Rias began to grow closer and closer...