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The Church Fight part two!
"Knock, knock douche bags! We'll take the Bishounen with the best penis ever please! Yeah, we'll be taking him back, and making sweet love to that fantastic member of us!"
Ise said with a cool girl smile and a perverted expression as well as a nose bleed as she thought about a naked Takato wanting her to save him...but, Koneko gave her a dark look, and raised her fist upwards in addition to what she was going to say.
"...Never say that around me ever again or I'll come for you personally. ...You need to stop perving on Senpai."
Ise sweatdropped, and her head hung down.
Raynare rolled her eyes at the perverted young woman, and saw the room which held a few Exorcists, including that of Freed.
"Freed, yes, that's right. I guessed that they would be using you to fight us. Doesn't make a difference, you aren't exactly going to go down like this."
His eyes danced along all of the girls in the area and turned gleeful.
"Raynare-sama?! Have you gone to the Devils side? I get it, because you're so fucking weird, you went to that side and became a whipping girl, right? Because, you're a bad girl, and I wish to punish you!"
Raynare didn't even seem to care at all, she just looked to be calm and collected.
"Well, super fuck you. But, because of the long nights, and the endless days-"
"Ooh shut up with your fucking weird sensation on nights and days! It is getting old, keep it shut you tramp!"
Raynare felt triggered at that moment and wanted him to die a painful death.
"I am not a tramp you damn bastard! I'll kill you for that!"
Raynare wasn't one for allowing someone get away with that, and it proved true when she summoned a spear of light and aimed it for him.
Freed wagged his fingers like he didn't care at all.
"Oh Raynare-sama, please don't become angry. I'm sorry, since you're my former boss, after I kill you, I'll definitely brush my teeth and we can have some awesome sex beforehand~ Yes, to have sex with you would be an honour, so I can screw you? Or is that reserved for the lesbian squad here~?"
Raynare twitched her eyebrows.
Ise and the others looked at one another, confused of what he was saying.
"Eh…? What's wrong with you weirdo?"
Ise demanded from the young white haired male, but he didn't even seem to care at all.
"Don't worry brown haired girl...but, it seems that your boyfriend isn't here right now...wait, I know where he is! Me! Pick me! I'll answer!" They deadpanned the man, so he showed a frustrated face. "Well, I heard his delicious screams before. It seems even that bastard has limits as well. Yes, he pissed off Dohnaseek, and wished to show you all his body as well. But, he's going to be dead soon." His eyes went towards Asia, who took a step backwards. "Asia-tan, your boyfriend saved you as well, right? What did you come back for, idiot?"
Asia put her hands together, and showed a resolute face.
"Because it is Takato-san, I will be here to heal all of his wounds! Father Freed, please don't stop us from saving Takato-san!"
Freed looked at her face, and could see that she was being serious.
"Ara, I see. So, you and Takato-kun down there are the ones who are the best couple? That's cute, I like that. So, a Devil, and a nun have gained such a lovely relationship with one another. I'm kinda getting turned on! I wonder, have you boned yet?"
Asia looked on curiously.
"Boned…?"
"Yeah, grind together?" Asia looked clueless. "Have you put your bits together?" Asia still looked perplexed. "Have you fucked already!?" Asia still looked confused. "Geez, what are you, a nun?!" Everyone blinked rapidly at the confusing experience they were having right now. "Ah, right. You are a nun. Well, have you had sex yet Asia? Even you know should know what that is."
"S-S-Sex!? T-Takato-san and I haven't d-done such things! Please d-don't say that! Takato-san and I are...w-we're...T-Takato-san is...d-don't say such things Father Freed! Takato-san and I are friends and are..."
Asia didn't know how to finish that off, and she ended up blushing a little bit as a result.
Freed on the other hand just laughed at the sight that was going on.
"Hahaha! I see! So, I am going to have a good adventure here! Yes, that sounds good to me! I like it!" His dirty eyes went over the young women around and licked his lips excitedly. "My, oh my! A pick of lots of different women! From busty bitches to small bitches as well and even men!" Koneko looked around, and saw Freed looking at her. She pointed to herself, and the young man nodded. "That's right little boy!"
Koneko's eyes blazed with fury.
"...Boy? I'm a girl."
Koneko affirmed, trying to keep calm.
Though that was proving difficult by the passing seconds that were happening due to the antagonizing expressions that Freed was using right now towards her.
But, his eyes went towards her chest, and she felt angered by such an action.
"Your chest says different. There's nothing there, so you have to be a boy."
He snickered, and the room fell silent.
Koneko looked towards Freed, and her eyes blinked a few times.
It was like life was about to end for him, and no one would blame her either.
"...That's it, you're dead!"
Koneko ran forward before anyone else could stop her. Even Yumi was taken by surprised.
"Fuck you!"
Freed laughed, and shot off a few bullets towards her, but Koneko used reflexes that others thought seemed a little cat like, avoiding the bullets, and got close.
The young girl then balled her fist, and embedded it into Freed's torso.
"Gwaaaaaaaah!" He spat out blood from the impact, and was blown backwards. "Y-You heartless bitch! What the hell!?"
"...I am Toujou Koneko, and there is nothing wrong with loli's, I am sure Senpai would say the same things."
Freed was blown back into a pew and it was broken. Freed's body felt wrecked already. Koneko surely did hit hard, and it wasn't even a joke either. He felt a pang of pain reverberating from the place that he was punched.
"Screw you people! Kill them already!"
The Exorcists turned their guns towards them, so Yumi raised her blade.
"Sorry, but I can't allow you to stand in my way! Takato-kun is out there, and I have to save him!"
"Hey Kiba! That's my line! Don't act so cool in front of Takato either!"
Isane complained as Yumi rushed forward. Her speed was so impressed. Isane couldn't even keep up with her eyes. She didn't even know what she was seeing right now, her body danced around the battlefield, and cleaved through a few of the Exorcists around. It wasn't even as if they couldn't fight back either. They just couldn't see her, Yumi was simply too fast.
"Don't even!"
One of the Exorcists clashed with Yumi's sword. The sword of darkness extended onto the light blade, like it was devouring it. The Exorcist became shocked, and saw his blade being devoured, and then the young girl cleaved downwards, cutting down the Exorcist.
"Takato-kun isn't the only one with a Sacred Gear. My own can make me demonic swords, and this is a sword called Holy Eraser, which devours light like yours. You people make me sick, constantly attacking Takato-kun, pushing him past the point of exhaustion, you people don't deserve mercy!"
Yumi stabbed her sword downwards, and the next moment, blades erupted out of the ground. Ise looked on and yelled "Shit!" as the swords raised upwards, like flowers blooming and stabbed through a number of the Exorcists, killing them off all together.
Yumi stood there, her new resolve on the forefront and took off to fight some more as well.
"...If we're doing that, then I'll join in as well Yumi-senpai."
Koneko saw her chance, and jumped forward as well, using her small fists to deliver a series of punches to the lesser Exorcists before her. One came from the left, so she ducked, and did an uppercut, knocking him to the roof, and then knocked him out. Then to the right, the man pointed the gun at her, and shot, but she avoided it, the bullet going by her cheek, then she tightened her fist, and sent it towards the young woman before her, knocking the Exorcist out.
Raynare on the other hand turned to Freed, as Ise summoned her Sacred Gear.
[Boost!]
Ise felt her powers increasing a little bit, while Raynare's spear turned into a light sword.
"H-Hey Asia, stay back, okay? Takato wouldn't be happy if you became harmed, okay?"
Asia nodded, and stepped back.
"Yes, of course Hyoudou-san, please be safe."
Asia said it with a pure heart.
"No worries, fellow harem member?"
"Eh?"
Ise gave Asia a thumbs up, confusing her, while Raynare rolled her eyes.
"Either way, fuck you Freed!"
While Koneko and Yumi took down the other stray Exorcists, Raynare extended her wings and flew at Freed. She was fast, faster than Ise thought, and she charged for Freed. Freed extended his gun and shot at Raynare.
The young woman used her sword to block the bullet, and got close, swinging her blade for his body. Ise was impressed that she was fast enough to block the bullets. But she could see that she wasn't faster than Yumi. In fact, she was considerably slower than her.
"Haaaaah! This is good Raynare-sama! Show me even more!"
The young man and Raynare's blades clashed with one another, and sparks went off together.
"You're not that bad Freed! Though you are a human so it is alright!"
Raynare made a large swing of her blade, and forced Freed's blade to the side. At that same time, Raynare placed her hand outwards, and forced it towards Freed's body. Freed used his gun to block the palm strike, and slashed for Raynare, which she managed to block just in time before it could touch her body.
Raynare then made a stance with her blade and swung for his sword.
Freed clashed blades with the woman and their blades made sparks between them. Raynare and Freed pushed against one another, and didn't even stop at all. Their blades met again and again and even if they were light blades, sparks were coming off the attacks that they were giving one another.
Then, Raynare saw her chance, and stabbed at Freed's hand. The man raised his blade to defend, but the sword of light stabbed the blade of light that Freed had, and destroyed it without mercy, breaking it apart.
"What the fuck!?"
Freed cried, seeing that he didn't even have a weapon anymore, his sword at least was gone. And this was Ise's chance, she saw it and she rushed straight at Freed, her Sacred Gear becoming ready at all.
"Sacred Gear! Activate!"
[Boost!]
A sound comes out from the jewel and the power flows into her body, and her eyes didn't even leave Freed's body. Freed's eyes saw Ise moving closer and she grinned at the sight, while Raynare took a step back, seeing an Exorcist charge for Asia, and took him down with two swings of her blade, cutting him down.
"Raynare-san..."
"Takato, my therapist, would be sad if you died, so don't die."
Asia placed a hand to her face, and she smiled. Ise got close to Freed, and the man himself points his gun towards Ise.
"I'm keeping on telling you! You are annoying!"
The bullet is shot without making any sound towards Ise, but she wasn't going to go down so easily.
"Promotion, Rook!"
The bullet of light didn't pierce through Ise, and instead returns to nothing.
"Promotion!? A Pawn!?"
Freed seemed shocked, and Ise showed a willingness to fight.
"That's right! I am here to protect Takato! I am going to save him! The traits of a Rook! Unreal defence and-!" Her left fist went towards Freed's face, but he used the remnants of the blades handle to block. Even then, Ise pushed forward as much as she could, and Ise saw Freed moving backwards because of the hard punch she gave. "Ridiculous attack strength."
Ise laughs while breathing hard.
Freed is on the ground, but gets up slowly and spits his blood onto the ground. His right cheek is swollen. Because he used his swords handle to defend, he only received.
"…Hmm …Oh man, not only I got punched by a trashy Devil, but she's saying some weird crap to me…Don't fuck with me." Freed makes a howl. "Don't fuck with me! You shiiiiiit! A mere Devil shouldn't act cocky with meeeeee! I'll kill you! Definitely! I'll definitely kill you! I'm going to cut you into pieces, you shiiiiit!"
Freed takes out his second sword which only has its handle, though as he tried to activate it, a piece of wood came from the side, and hit Freed in the head, knocking him back a little bit, that time Ise saw her chance and ran forward.
The one who threw the wood was Asia herself, who wasn't pleased with Freed.
"That was for Takato-san Father Freed! You hurt Takato-san and that's what you deserve!"
Asia yelled with pride, Freed's eyes glaring towards her.
"Fuck yooooooooooooooooooooou!"
"No! Fuck you!"
Ise got close, and her fist hit the place where Koneko hit before. Because of the power of the Rook, she managed to deliver a hard punch, Freed's body went into the air, where Raynare flew upwards, and delivered a succession of kicks to the young man, going for his chest, and face, causing blood to come out of his body and then she kicked him through a pew or two, crashing against the ground and made him cry out.
Freed panted, feeling the pain of what happened to him.
However, at that time, Yumi and Koneko had finished taking out the other Exorcists that had strayed. His eyes went to each of them, Koneko, Yumi, Ise, Raynare, and Asia as well though the last one wasn't really intimidating.
Getting closer, Freed became a little nervous on what he was going to do.
"Wow, wow. Is this what you call a crisis? Hmm, for me, getting killed by a Devil is a no-no, so I feel like retreating. And I can't have the Fallen Angel slut Raynare beat me either, that would be a bad mistake or something~ It's a shame that I can't exorcise you guys, but I also don't want to die!"
Freed takes out something round and smashes it on to the floor.
"Cover your eyes!"
Raynare yelled out, as they did. Thankfully they did as a flash went out throughout the area, and doused the area in light.
When the light stopped, they looked on and saw that he was gone.
But, his voice surrounded them from somewhere, where they didn't know.
"Hey. The grunt Devil over there…Ise-chan, was it? To tell you the truth, I have fallen in love with you. So I will definitely kill you. Definitely, okay? I won't forgive a shitty Devil who punched me and gave me a lecture, okay? Then, bye-bye. Also, Raynare-sama, I'll definitely rape you in the future! Bye bye Asia-chan, see you real soon~ I'll screw you so much you wont know what to do with me in the end! Hahaha!"
Then, a noise could be heard of running.
"Damn Freed always was a coward."
Raynare clicked her tongue angrily.
"It doesn't matter about him, we have to go and get Takato-kun before they finish taking his Sacred Gear's."
"You're right." Raynare finished off after Yumi. "Here, we should go here." Raynare fired off a spear of light at the alter, and created a path to the stairs. "Ladies first."
"We're all girls though?"
Asia seemed confused with Raynare's gesture.
"Never mind, lets just go."
Raynare finished, going towards the stairs.
Ise's Sacred Gear lit up once more with the green light of his powers, and she felt her power increase. She then declared "Wait for us Takato, we're coming for you." and walked off with the others towards the stairs.
Meanwhile as that was happening, Rias and Akeno were confronting the Witch. Even against two Devils like Rias, and Akeno, the Witch seemed to be calm, collected, and didn't even show any amount of fear at all.
"So, what connection do you have to my Pawn anyway?"
Rias demanded, taking a step forward.
"Your Pawn huh, well, there's a few things that we have...wait, why should I tell you?"
"Because I am his Master, and I am not going to allow you to take him away."
Akeno watched as the young woman wriggle her finger around, a magical circle appeared around her.
"Well, that sounds like you own him or something. That's sweet, I like it. But you can't beat me, you simply aren't powerful enough to try and take me on. I even cook alive people that can't fight people like me~ And your servants wont be able to beat me either. They are weak, and they can't save Takato-sama in their. As soon as he has his Sacred Gear's taken away by the stupid Fallen Angels, I'll kill them myself, and harvest the Sacred Gears as well."
Rias tightened her eyes, as her demonic energy filled her palms.
"...I don't like the sound of that. You intend to allow my Pawn to die to take his powers?"
The Witch showed a dirty smile on her face.
"I see, so that's what it looks like to care? Well, that's too bad because you can't ever defeat someone like me!"
"Then try me!"
Rias thrusted her palm forward, and a black block of demonic energy was released. The power wasn't a joke, and Rias wasn't holding back. But what she saw next shocked her, and that was the Witch yawning and blocked the attack with a barrier of magic.
"Buchou, we have to be careful, this Witch is definitely strong."
Akeno advised, Rias nodding her head.
"I know, that's why we need to blow her away!"
"Right!" Akeno's finger went up, and a magic circle appeared in the sky, sparkles of lightning appearing. "Bring down the thunder!"
Lightning crashed down from the sky, but the Witch didn't even seem to care, and used her magic to blow the attack, only for Rias to put her hands together, and shoot off a large volume of POD from her fingers.
"Have that!"
Rias announced, only for the Witch to wriggle her fingers, and shoot off a mass of flames towards the POD, and crushed her powers. The flames continued going for Rias, so she raised a barrier to defend herself.
"Sorry, not going to work!"
The Witch used her magic to take down the barrier, and then the flames neared Rias. She pulled backwards, but the flames burned the ground before her, where Akeno stuck out her hand, and sent spears of ice towards the Witch.
The Witch made a barrier of magic to defend, as Rias ran towards the side.
She then put her hand out, and aimed for a good spot where she would be able to shoot down the enemy.
But the Witch was quicker to draw, and sent out a wave of magic for the enemy as well, colliding with one another, and made a huge explosion ring out through the area. Because of the strength of the attack, Rias was forced off the ground and fell down onto her butt.
Akeno didn't stop the attack, and saw the Witch was busy with Rias, so she charged up her lightning. Shooting across the sky, several bolts of lightning converged together, and then Akeno directed her fingers downwards.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
The extra powerful lightning attack fell all the way down and broke the ground around them. However, the Witch was fast acting with her magical abilities, and managed to raise a self defensive barrier to blow the shots.
"Is that it?"
The Witch declared, sending out her onslaught of magical attacks. Even with Akeno raising some barriers to defend, the magical blasts got through her defensive walls, and hit her body, causing wounds to appear on her body.
"Akeno!"
Rias stared down the Witch as she sent volley after volley of POD for the enemy. The Witch however, snickered at the sight, and used her magic to defend.
"As I said, there's no hope for you, you can't beat me. You wont be able to get through my magic. I'm toying with you, you two can't hope to defeat me. Sorry, but that's how it is in the end, you wont beat me at all."
The girls watched as magical circles filled the nights sky, and they knew they were in trouble.
Going down the staircase, the group consisting of Ise, Asia, Raynare, Yumi, and Koneko came to a large door.
"By the way, Asia. You know, Takato is a Devil, right?"
Ise brought up, Asia turning her head to the side curiously.
"Yes, that's right. Takato-san is a Devil."
"And...you know, he's probably going to live for like, thousands of years."
"...Yes, that's right, Takato-san is going to live for many, many years...I wish I could live with Takato-san all those years..."
"Well, why don't you?"
Koneko and Yumi took mild interest as Ise said that.
"B-But, how could I?"
"Become a Devil!"
Isane announced casually, causing Asia's eyes to widen.
"A-A Devil...? Becoming a Devil...Takato-san, is a Devil, and he's still so kind...would I be the same...? A kind Devil...?"
"Yeah, I'm sure you would! Hehe, they've got these group things, called a peerage, I am sure Takato will get one, and when he does, I wanna be apart of his too, if Buchou will let me~ You should do that too! T-That is, if you want to? Or, you want to return to the Church..."
Asia shook her head sadly.
"I couldn't return to the Church...and Takato-san said that even as a Devil, he still believes in God to me...I could believe in God in my own way as a Devil, and I do want to live with Takato-san always...I wonder, if being a Devil would be the best...? Takato-san and I could always be together then...yes, I would love to be with Takato-san always, even if I was a Devil."
Koneko and Yumi were surprised, even Raynare was.
But, they didn't know of the experiences Asia shared with Takato, but Ise looked happy.
"Yeah! It sounds good! I am sure Takato would be thrilled to have you as his peerage member thingy one day!"
Isane cheered, while Asia put on a smile.
Down the corridor, Raynare said "He's on the other side of that door." which made them all the more ready to rescue the young boy, no matter what else happened.
Upon getting to the door, Ise went to open it once more, but Koneko just burst it down.
"...Knock knock."
In her monotone voice, that sounded rather threatening. Even Ise felt threatened by how that sounded as well. The doors were blown away by the punch Koneko gave as well, so much so that the door hit a few of the Exorcists that were within the pit that was the Fallen Angels secret base.
Within the area itself, Ise noticed that Takato was tied to a cross, and he looked to be in bad shape. His body was leaking blood, his eyes looked rather lifeless as well. Because he was tied to a cross, it was also giving him damage as well.
"Takato-san!"
Asia cried out, seeing her friend in such a situation.
His hazy eyes went upwards, and saw Asia stood there with the rest.
"Asia...san...why…."
He didn't understand why she was there.
Because he had done his best to get her away, he didn't want her to be in danger.
"Because Takato-san is my friend! Please hang on Takato-san!"
Takato didn't know if he could. He was having trouble staying awake.
"Why...did you...all come for...me…? You should have...stayed..."
"Don't be an idiot Takato! You're apart of our group! Besides, who else am I going to like huh?! You're got the best-" Koneko glared, so Ise changed her words. "-personality out there! It is big, hard, and throbbing!" Koneko inhaled darkly, scaring Isane. "A-Ah, what I'm saying is, we're your comrades! We'll always come for you!"
Even though Ise shouted that with passion, Takato used what strength he had, and shook his head while tears fell from his eyes.
"...I've always...been a burden...I didn't...want to...burden...anyone again...and I've...done it again...I'm burdening you all...like I did Obaa-chan….I placed...you all in danger...because of me...you should have...left me..."
"Takato-kun! You're no burden! You're our comrade, our friend! Please hang on, we'll rescue you! And we'll never abandon you Takato-kun! You're a member of our group as well, no matter what! Don't speak like that again!"
"What did I say about stealing my lines Kibaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!?"
Ise yelled at Yumi who looked troubled on what to say.
Takato on the other hand shed a few tears at the sight before him.
People truly cared for him.
Besides a few people he knew, he didn't think anyone would care like this.
Dohnaseek stood up, and ran a hand across Takato's face. His fingernails were sharp, and managed to leave cuts across his cheek.
"Sorry about the damage done to this boy. But he's been pissing me off since the beginning, and I honestly don't like it at all. The fact that this boy managed to cause so much trouble. Even now, he refuses to hand over his Sacred Gear. He even is keeping it to his body and fighting with all the will power he has. A lesser person would have surrendered. But his will is keeping them with-"
"Shut up! And let Takato go, now! He hasn't done anything to you!"
Dohnaseek waved his hand through his hair.
"Don't be silly, his Sacred Gear, I'll definitely take it for myself." Dohnaseek brushed Takato's face once more, but Takato opened his mouth and bit down. "Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!" Dohnaseek cried out as he retracted his hand, the others snickering. "You piece of shit! You bit me! You are a dog!"
"Dog...sorry, I told...before, Dohnaseek….your death...would come today...you, will die..."
Dohnaseek didn't like that, and created a spear of light. The others winced, Ise telling Asia to hang back which she did, and Dohnaseek's spear was raised to Takato's face.
"I will cut your body up! I'll chop you into messes you piece of horse shit! Do you want that!? Do you want to be sliced and diced!? Because I will do!"
"Don't you even touch my therapist!"
Raynare flew into a rage, and summoned swords of light in her hands. She charged right for Dohnaseek, but before she could reach him, Kalawarner got in the way and showed a dirty smile on her face.
"Sorry, I can't do that. I have to stop you now!"
Kalawarner deflected the blades of Raynare, who pushed her backwards. Mittelt then got involved.
"Sorry Raynare! Seems like times have changed! And so have you!"
Mittelt's spears of light rained down on Raynare, but Raynare managed to cut through them with little difficulty. However, in doing that, Kalawarner saw her chance, and charged for the young woman, flying her out of the area, Mittelt following so a battle could go on between them as well.
"Well, that's unexpected. A fight between bitches huh."
"Shut your damn mouth you bastard!"
Ise had enough and charged forward.
Her aim was Takato who was tied up. However, she didn't even think about the priests that came for her. One appeared before her, so she raised her arm to deflect the light blade, knocking it back, and then kicked him to the side.
Takato was surprised she did that so easily, and could feel a weird power coming from the young woman.
Koneko then jumped forward like a ball, and bombed the area, her fist smashing the ground, and broke it away, as she said "Koneko's kitten burst." something Takato got giddy about as well, since it sounded like something an anime heroine would say, and then Koneko grabbed one of the downed Exorcists body and swung him around like a bat, something he was immensely impressed with at that moment in time.
"Seems like we'll all have to go out in this fight as well." Yumi raised her sword, and then stabbed the ground. "Sword Birth!"
The swords from her Sacred Gear rose from the ground like flowers, pushing away the ground and the Exorcists in Isane's path. For once, Isane was glad that the young woman actually knew how to do something like that, but she was glad as well for giving her the opportunity to get towards Takato.
Because of that, she made it to Takato as Dohnaseek raised his spear of light. His spear aimed for Isane, who raised her fist to defend against it, but Takato while feeling drained, swung his body to the side, the cross going with him slightly, distracting Dohnaseek just enough for Isane to slam a hard fist against Dohnaseek's body. Because it was in relatively the same place that Takato had landed blows before, Dohnaseek coughed up a little bit of bile, and he staggered backwards as a result of that.
As he was busy being distracted, Ise used her Rook strength to rip away the chains that were on Takato's body. With nothing holding him up, he fell face first into her cleavage, something she was very happy about, and he looked exhausted.
"Ise-san..."
"Yeah, we're all here now Takato. We wont let anything happen to you, I promise."
"No...we have to...run...Ise-san..."
"Y-Yeah, lets!"
Using her Rook strength, she could carry Takato bridal style. This time, Takato didn't even care, he was too heavily wounded to even think about what was going on. Though, he did feel embarrassed about his head being on her breast.
"Fucking Devil! Don't think you can take away my Sacred Gear from me! I will have it! And I shall become the ruler of the Fallen Angels!"
"Rule shit you bastard!"
Dohnaseek formed a spear of light, and aimed for Ise. Ise however jumped away from the spear which pierced the ground and then took off running through the sea of Exorcists that Koneko and Yumi were fighting.
"Hey! Kiba! Koneko-chan! We've got to go now!"
Ise said while running, but Yumi and Koneko shook their heads.
"We've got these, get Takato-kun out of here."
Yumi said while her darkness sword erased the light swords and then she cut them down.
"...She's right, we've got this."
Koneko made a determined expression, and embedded her fist into a few of the enemies.
Ise, despite not liking the situation, looked at Takato in her arms, who was having a hard time breathing.
"Takato..."
"Ise-san...don't worry...about me...get yourself..."
"Don't be crazy, I'm okay, you're okay. Asia's gonna heal you, and you've n-not lost your Sacred Gear, you're going to be okay!"
Ise declared, getting back to Asia. Asia overlooked Takato and saw the harsh wounds on him, wondering how that was even possible that he was still awake with the amount of wounds across his body.
"Takato-san, we came to save you, you're going to be okay."
Takato breathed a little harder and muttered "Asia-san..." before his eyes closed. Ise worried, panicked, but his eyes opened once more, relieved. It seemed like he was fighting with everything that he had inside of him.
"Hyoudou-san! Get out of here! What are you still doing here!?"
"...Yeah, get Senpai out now."
Yumi and Koneko made up their minds, and she could see that Takato was in a lot of pain, so she nodded her head.
"Alright! But call me 'Ise' from now on! I'm going to protect Takato with my life!"
Ise, Asia and Takato in Ise's arms turned and ran away. Dohnaseek however didn't like that, and formed a spear of light.
"I wont let you run!"
His spear aimed for Ise, and launched it.
Ise gasped, since she was carrying Takato she couldn't deflect it.
Fortunately, Takato's hand reached out, and shadows erupted upwards. The shadow caught the spear, and it disappeared in said shadow. Everyone was confused by what happened, only for the spear to come out from behind Dohnaseek who didn't expect it.
STAB!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
The shadow managed to spit out the spear from behind Dohnaseek, stabbing into his side. He didn't suffer a life threatening wound, but it allowed Takato, and the others to escape up the stairs, while begrudgingly leaving behind Yumi and Koneko, hoping that they would be okay.
Meanwhile, outside Raynare, Kalawarner and Mittelt were having a duel of light. The two girls ganged up on Raynare, but she was holding her own rather well. Kalawarner came for her with her sword of light, but Raynare parried her.
"You betrayed us!"
Kalawarner yelled, only for Raynare to look on with uneasy eyes.
"Well, I have my therapist, I need to have him around for me to get well! With all of you destroying my heart, with the endless nights-"
"Shut up now!"
Mittelt deployed several spears of light for Raynare. Raynare glared, and used her light sword to cut them down, only for Kalawarner to see her chance, and slice for the young woman's body. Raynare winced as she moved out of the way, but received a cut on her body, and made her grit her teeth at the same time.
"So, you two really are going to fight me to the end, aren't you?"
Raynare panted at the feeling she felt of the cut on her body.
The Fallen Angel girls turned their heads to the side.
"You're forcing our hands." Kalawarner began. "We were going to be great again, don't you even see that? Because, we had power, we could have had amazing powers of the Sacred Gear's! There's no way that we could have ever been beaten! But, you betrayed us, and deserted us, and ended up doing this all for your own pleasure! Why did you turn on us!? For your fucking therapist?!"
"Well at least he listens to my problems! Unlike you people! I'm supposed to be the fucking leader, and all you people do is have that bitch Dohnaseek, and he isn't even strong enough to deal with someone like me! Please! Someone listen to me about the endless days-"
""Shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup!""
Kalawarner and Mittelt charged for Raynare, so she did it back, and they fought within the air an epic battle of Fallen Angel wills.
Once reaching back into the Church main area of the sanctuary, Asia said "Please put Takato-san down." and that's what Ise did. Laying the boy on the pew, Asia's hands glowed with green light, and washed over his wounds. They knew if they didn't heal him soon, then he would die. They just knew by the pain on his face, and how he was trying his best to hide it as well.
"Ise-san….Asia-san..."
Ise bent down and took Takato's hand in her own, and held it tightly.
"Don't worry Takato, we're going to get you away from this soon. We just have to heal you until you don't die anymore, then we'll make a break for it."
"No...the Fallen Angel...will come...you have to...get away..."
Takato breathed hard, pain rippling through him.
"Let him come then and I'll beat the shit out of him of course Takato!"
Takato placed a hand on Ise's face, and brushed it while his tears rolled down his face.
"Don't...not for me...not again...you died...because of me...I couldn't protect you..."
Ise's hand cupped the one on her face, as Asia continued her healing.
"No, no, that's fine! Because that was my decision! I decided to stay with you as well! And then we...you're going to be okay so don't talk about shit like you're going to die or anything! You're going to be fine! We'll all protect you, I promise you!"
"Ise-san...why would you...do this for me…?"
"Because you're important to me! We're friends! We are always doing weird things together! Just hang on, and I'll deal with this bastard if he comes! I can defend you, I promise! I'll do everything that I can to defend you! Even if it means that I have to fight as hard as I can! Because it's you Takato! Today, I saw your tears, and tears don't belong on a face as cute as yours! So, just hang on and then we'll..."
Takato's hand brushed over Ise's face.
"Thank you...Ise-san."
Ise smiled, as Asia continued the healing the best she could. Since he had some hard wounds, it took longer than she expected to get him from death. And because of the fact that he was also drained from the Sacred Gear near extraction, it was going to be tough for him as well.
Asia soon had his injuries healed to an acceptance level.
"Hyoudou-san, Takato-san is going to live for the moment. But we have to leave, yes?"
"Y-Yeah, that's right, we'll leave and-"
"Not on your fucking life!"
Dohnaseek erupted from behind them, and sent a kick at Ise. Ise received it in her body and was blown backwards.
"I-Ise-san!"
Takato yelled, trying to stand up, but he felt drained and he fell backwards. Asia wrapped her arms around Takato, as if she was defending him from the incoming Dohnaseek. Takato himself took a dark glare towards him.
"Please leave Takato-san alone!"
Asia yelled, but Dohnaseek had a wide dirty smile on his face.
"Sorry, but I'm taking his Sacred Gear one way or another. If I have to kill him first, then so be it. But I shall be getting that Sacred Gear of his. And if you get in my way, then I'll fucking kill you as well. I've had enough of this day! People attacking me, being stabbed by my own spear?! What the fuck is that shit exactly!? I really hate people like you!"
Ise watched on, as Dohnaseek came close. Takato held Asia close as she did the same.
It was clear that neither truly had the energy to fight, or could fight in the case of Asia.
And she wasn't sure that she would be able to do it either.
She didn't think she could win.
She wasn't Rias.
She wasn't Akeno.
Hell she wasn't Yumi or Koneko either.
What could she do?
She didn't know at all, but she understood that if something happened to Takato, then her anger would overflow. She couldn't stand it, after everything that had happened, if Takato died, then she wouldn't…
"So, which one of you shall I kill first? Or, shall we make it a double kill? You both are in love, right? How about you die together in a glorious death together?"
Takato, using what energy he had, got onto shaky feet, and glared hard at Dohnaseek, keeping Asia behind him.
"You...leave her...alone..."
Dohnaseek twisted his head to the side, then raised his hand.
What he did next was unforgivable in Isane's eyes.
"Fuck off."
Slamming the spear into Takato's shoulder, an already weakened Takato let out a cry, and dropped to the ground, where Dohnaseek stomped down onto Takato's wound, causing it to bleed even more than it already was.
"Takato-san! Leave Takato-san alone! Please!"
Asia cried out, seeing the boy that she had developed feelings for being in such a state.
Ise also looked on, and her anger rose.
With each stomp of Dohnaseek's, she could feel her anger was going to burst.
She couldn't take it.
She couldn't live with it.
The fact that he would be in so much pain for defending Asia.
It was unforgivable.
"Leave him alooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooone!"
[Dragon booster!]
"What!?"
Dohnaseek looked back towards her, and saw that Isane was being filled with power.
The Sacred Gear on her left arm activates as if it responded to her shout. The jewel in the gauntlet makes a bright shine. Some mysterious mark appears on the gauntlet. At the same time, power flows into her body. From my left arm equipped with the Sacred Gear to her whole body.
"I-Ise-san..."
"Don't worry Takato! Rest, I've got this!"
Ise went ahead while having his body overflow with power. He thrusts his fist towards the Fallen Angel front of her who is smirking, but he dodges as if he was dancing, he didn't even seem to care that she had attacked.
"My, what level have you grown too? I haven't heard a call like that before. Maybe your Sacred Gear is worth it."
Ise looked behind to see Asia helping Takato to a pew, and sat with him, healing his wound.
His eyes were on Ise, who smiled back towards him.
"Ise-san...don't..."
"Shhh now, Takato. It's alright, you've protected me before, you did it while you were getting hurt, and you died for my protection. I knew that day, you probably could have gotten away, right?" Takato didn't say anything, but Ise knew the truth. "But, you stayed for me, you died for me. Because you are a truly lovely man, a man that I really like." Takato's cheeks burn red, while Ise's did the same. "So, shut up, sit back, and allow me to take the front this time."
"Ise-san..."
Ise smiled, and turned back to the Fallen Angel.
Takato didn't like it, he didn't want anything bad to happen to Ise either.
"I heard that your Sacred Gear was a common Twice Critical huh. I will explain it so even a dummy like you can understand. It's a simple power difference. I have a power of 1000. You have a power of 1. You can't shorten the gap between us no matter what. Even with the ability of that Sacred Gear, the power doubled is only 2. It's futile! How can you win against me!? Ahahahahahahaha! So stand down you bitch and I'll take Takato's Sacred Gear! Maybe I can seal that mouth of yours shut hahahahaha!"
[Boost!]
Takato noticed a change in her power once more. She had grown in strength again. Something about her Sacred Gear, it seemed to be making her powers grow by the second...no, there were more than that actually going on.
He could tell that she was growing in strength but it wasn't by the second. It seemed to be set intervals of time when it was happening.
"Have this douche nozzle!"
Ise ran forward with a fist full of her energy. Dohnaseek looked amused, like she wouldn't be able to win either. He dodged it easily, and then formed light within his hand. He didn't even seem to be putting any effort into this, and Ise's fists kept getting dodged.
If she couldn't touch him, then she was just wasting energy.
He wished he could do something, anything to help her.
But he didn't even know what he would be able to do in this.
If he tried Trick Vanish, he was sure that he wouldn't be able to make it work. His stamina was almost depleted, and he wouldn't be able to fight with her. But he didn't want Ise to be alone during the fight.
"You've grown a little bit in power, but it isn't enough."
The next moment, like butter, Dohnaseek's spear of light went through Isane's leg, blood splattering out of her body.
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
"Ise-saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!" Takato yelled as she cried, and fell down to the floor. "Attacking a woman like that! You're despicable!"
Dohnaseek glared as Ise tried to pull out the spear, but the light was burning her hand. She screamed once more, tears ragging at Takato's eyes, he couldn't stand to see Ise in such a situation, he didn't want her to be like that because of him.
Trying his best, he stood up, but as soon as he took a step, his energy left him and he fell down to his knees, panting. Asia rushed to his side, and held onto him while crying "Please don't go Takato-san!" as she was worried that he would die.
Ise on the other hand, looked on towards Takato's tears, and developed a smirk.
"D-Don't cry Takato...I said before, your tears don't suit your adorable face..."
His eyes met hers, and saw her resolute face.
It was stunning to say the least.
"Ise-san..."
"Awwwww, that's cute." Dohnaseek smirked. "That's adorable, you can't even fight someone like me huh. And you're crying for the girl? Why would you? Because both of you are going to die. It just depends on which different times."
"Leave her alone..."
Takato growled, but Dohnaseek waved his hand like he didn't care.
"Neither of you have the power to fight me. You can't even avoid my attacks. It doesn't matter what you try, what you do, because you'll not return to anything at all. That's what happens to Devils scum like you two. You can love one another in the nothingness void of the afterlife you're going to endure!"
Dohnaseek made another spear of light and aimed for Ise.
She was trying to pull out her spear of light, but she wouldn't be able to dodge in time because of that. He saw her suffering, and Dohnaseek didn't even care. That built rage within Isane, she put everything into what she did and now that she was going to be gunned down. He couldn't have it happen at all.
"Well then, disappear!"
"Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Responding to his shout, shadows erupted forth, spinning around Isane. As they did, the shadows went around the spear of Dohnaseek's that was in Isane's leg, and broke it out of her, while forming a defensive wall to block the spear of light.
Dohnaseek became shocked, and looked towards Takato who was panting hard.
"Don't you touch Isane-san you piece of shit."
[Boost!]
Isane felt more go into her form, as she stood up. Thanks to Takato's defend, she wasn't as hurt as she could have been. The shadows danced around his form, as he sat on the ground with Asia stood beside him.
"Ise-san...listen to me, okay?" She looked and nodded. "Y-You have to avoid his spears of light, and I'm...I'm not sure if I can provide assistance...but, I know a thing or two about...fighting...and I can...help, guide you...okay? Listen t-to my voice...and you can do this...I leave in you my strength...because, I believe in you…Ise-san..."
"Takato..." Seeing his determined look, even with the wound in her leg, he had been beaten more, so she did what she could. "Right! I've got it Takato! Leave it to me!"
Dohnaseek looked on and became quite surprised to say the least.
"Hmmmm, so you two are going to be facing me? Well, and those shadows as well, that seems to be an oddity. Well, could that be another Sacred Gear perhaps? Even if it is, I don't know...but, if it is, then that's two...and that's even more rare! Yes, I'll take that one as well! And add it to my powers! Even your bastard Sacred Gear could stand against two! Fufu, killing you Takato is going to be very worth it."
Said the man as he formed a spear of light. Takato blinked rapidly, and watched how Dohnaseek moved. Since he wasn't fighting, he could use his experiences to help Isane avoid the worse case scenario.
"Left!"
Responding with her quick times, Dohnaseek's spear of light was avoided. And Dohnaseek couldn't believe it.
"How did you know..."
"That's my secret. I've been fighting for a little while in my life." Takato blinked, seeing him form anther spear. "Right! Then duck!"
"Got it!"
Ise did as he advised, and moved right and ducked, avoiding two spears at once. Takato smiled, as Ise got up off the ground and rushed the man. Dohnaseek's eyes glared out harshly, and he didn't like this at all.
"Fucking shit! Just die already!"
Dohnaseek made a sword of light, and Takato saw where it was going, so he advised him swiftly.
"Raise your arm and block Ise-san! Then swivel around him, and elbow him in the back!"
Doing as he said, Ise raised her arm, and blocked the sword, only to twirl around him, and elbow him in the back. Then she took initiative, and put her hands together, slamming them both into the back of Dohnaseek's head, his eyes popping out comically.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! You fucking bitch! I'll seriously kill you!"
"Jump!"
At his call, Ise jumped as Dohnaseek swung his blade, and she landed backwards. The wound on her leg caused pain to run through her, but Takato shouted out a few commands, and she did as she could, blocking or moving out of the way of Dohnaseek's attacks.
Dohnaseek...he felt rage.
He felt his anger growing by the second.
He didn't like how he could advise her so well.
How she could even move like she was.
It was pissing him off.
"You people are abnormal! I seriously am not liking this!"
"Too bad!"
Ise yelled, and lifted up a nearby pew. She launched it at Dohnaseek, who cut through it easily, only for Ise to be right on him. The man took a step backwards, and aimed his sword for her chest. This time Takato knew she wouldn't be able to dodge it, so he grabbed a broken piece of wood nearby and threw it hard at his head.
"Aaaah!"
He wasn't hurt, but stunned by the wood hitting him. So much so that Ise was given all the time she needed, delivering an extra hard punch to his body. The result was him coughing up blood, and was forced to move backwards, away from Takato and Asia, Ise standing there protecting them as if she was their guardian.
"Well done Ise-san, just a little more. The others should arrive soon. Even if we can't win, we can stop as much as we can with this-"
Before he could finish, a large crashing sound came down from the roof. Takato wrapped his arms around Asia to protect her, while Ise was floored by the sudden shockwave of a body hitting the ground harshly.
When their eyes turned towards it, they were given a shock.
"Raynare!"
Yes, it was Raynare who had been floored.
It looked as if she was unconscious.
Takato winced at that, and the next thing of the two other Fallen Angels floating downwards. Mittelt looked wounded, and so did Kalawarner. They seemed to be quite tired, Raynare had given them a truly good fight.
Ise looked between them, seeing the three Fallen Angels having regrouped.
"Kalawarner, Mittelt. You took care of the trash?"
Dohnaseek smirked out, while the others glared.
"We had trouble, she managed to cut us all up. But yeah, we stopped her."
Takato looked at the downed Raynare, and saw that she was bleeding as well. He couldn't even tell if she was alive or not at this point. But whatever she was, he just hoped that she was okay, and not dead.
"Good, that's good. Then that means we can take care of these bastards."
Dohnaseek said with a sneer.
"You couldn't take on a low class Devil Dohnaseek?"
Kalawarner almost seemed amused.
It didn't exactly sit well with Dohnaseek either.
"Sorry, I was caught by surprise. It is those bastards, both of them are a nuisance. The Devil boy and the girl as well. Her Sacred Gear seems to be a little bit more than a Twice Critical as well, so we have to be careful."
"I see. Well, we're all together now, they can't defeat us at all. We'll just kill them and harvest their Sacred Gear's."
"Dibs on the healers!"
Mittelt sang out, while Dohnaseek chuckled.
"That's fine with me, I'll just take Takato's. Kalawarner, want the girls, Isane's?"
Kalawarner's smirk grew.
"Sure, I don't mind, a Sacred Gear power is a cool thing, it seems to be helping her."
Dohnaseek turned his attention towards Ise, Takato, and Asia. Ise looked between all three of the Fallen Angels, and knew that she couldn't take them all. She was only managing a little bit against one of the Fallen Angels, never mind three of them.
Takato knew that if they stayed, they would be dead.
If they fought, they probably wouldn't win.
But, he could do something that would be helpful if he could pull it off. If he could fight at least a little bit, then he would be rather happy.
If he could save them, then he would do his best, he would make damn sure.
"Ise-san, run away right now."
"B-But-"
"There's three of them Ise-san! We can't defeat all three like this! You're going to be killed! We can't have that happen! Ise-san, run and get the others! Take Asia-san with you!"
"And do what? Leave you to fight all of them?!"
Ise yelled, as the three Fallen Angels gathered light.
"We've got no choice, sometimes you have to sacrifice things in chess. If I am a Pawn, then you can sacrifice me, and get away….Ise-san, please, just don't die again. I can't handle it. People here are dying, for me. Raynare might even be dead...and that would be my fault. If you died as well, and Asia-san...I couldn't take it, so please run away ise-an! Take Asia-san and run away please!"
"Takato, I simply can't-"
"What makes you think you're going to get away from us exactly?"
Mittelt snickered, launching her spear of light at Ise who also had a [Boost!] go through her. She dodged the spear, but it did cut her arm, making her wince.
Ise looked towards Takato, and saw that he was trying desperately to get up, despite Asia trying to stop him.
She understood what she had to do.
"Screw all of yooooooooooooooooooooooooooou!"
"Ise-san!"
Takato cried as she charged.
With feelings fueling her, she managed to land a punch on the unsuspecting Mittelt, and forced her backwards. She tried second time with Kalawarner, but Dohnaseek got between them, and slashed her face with his spear.
"Aaaah!"
She cried, the light entering her system caused her to feel weird. Then Dohnaseek kicked her to the side, and into a pew, breaking it apart.
"Ise-san! No, please stop!"
Takato was doing his best, and managed to stay on his knees. He showed a worried face for the young woman, and tried his hardest. Mittelt recovered from the punch to the face, and ground her teeth.
"Piece of trash! Kicked me! That's it!"
Mittelt moved forward with a fluttery wing, and swung her spear for Ise. Ise, who had been knocked down, tried to move, but the spear slashed her chest, exposing some of her breast, which Dohnaseek took note of and seemed happy enough.
"My, so you do have a good chest. Well, you've got a pervy face, but a good sized chest..."
"Leave her alone!"
Takato summoned his strength and rushed towards Dohnaseek. He even said "Promotion Rook!" and gained the powers of the Rook, his enhanced strength aided him in carrying his legs, but when he got to Dohnaseek, he back handed Takato so hard that his body slammed against a pew, and broke it completely down.
"Takato-san!"
Asia cried out, and went to move over, but Takato raised his hand and stopped her.
"Don't worry Asia-san, I'm not dead yet."
Asia cried as Ise, and Takato tried their best.
No matter what they did, they were outnumbered. The attacks that landed upon them, broke them down, and more so than ever. They got slashed, stabbed, and kicked, and punched as well. All of these attacks, and more broke the wills down of Ise, and Takato.
But as long as the other was fighting, they didn't give up.
Takato fought, so Ise did. Ise fought, so Takato did.
They fought for one another, and to protect the other.
But they were outgunned, and out matched.
Because of their failing stamina, and energies that couldn't be manifested, they were within a bind.
They were mercilessly beaten down.
They did their best, but they couldn't do it in the end.
Even Asia, who watched on helplessly, couldn't do anything and ended up crying because of it.
She hated that she couldn't help them.
Even if she got the chance to heal them.
But, she couldn't get close enough before the Fallen Angels would attack them.
"And how the mighty have fallen down." Dohnaseek said as the girl and boy were on the ground in different places and at a distance. "It seems like you both care enough for the other. It is very touching. But, I am afraid I am going to have to kill one of you..." His spear of light went between them. "Now, which one should I kill...you..." His spear went to Ise, who glared. But Dohnaseek smirked, and shook his head, and his spear went towards Takato. "No, you." Takato glared on, Dohnaseek's smirk became more sadistic. "Don't worry, this spear wont make your body disappear, you'll die a good death. Call it a warriors death. Because, once you're gone, your powers shall pass onto me. Your lovely Sacred Gear's can flow into me and I'll take them, all of their powers for myself!"
"...You're going to take my Sacred...yes, I guess...but, leave them alone...Ise-san and Asia-san...just leave them alone...you don't...have to kill them...just take mine...and leave them alone..."
Even at deaths door, he still pleaded for them.
Both Asia, and Ise were crying at this point.
Because of the sacrifices he had done for both of them and still continued to do.
He truly was a good person to do this.
To love like this.
To keep them safe with everything that he had.
In their eyes, he truly was a man that they cared for, even loved.
Dohnaseek cocked his spear to the side in a turn of events.
"Nah."
And then he threw the spear at Takato.
It was like slow motion, Takato's memories flashed before his eyes.
He remembered different things about his life.
His grandmother's face.
His friends smiles as they looked towards him.
The girl that was before him, his special friend who always showed love and care for him.
The new friends he had met.
And now he was going to die.
No more worries.
No more pain.
He was going to die…
Or that's what he thought.
Just before the spear could pierce his body, a body moved from the side.
Takato's eyes widened when seeing who it was.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Takato's screams pierced the Heaven's themselves, as the spear stabbed the young maiden with a heart full of gold, and hair to match.
The young woman's eyes widened at the feeling of the spear inside of her, and then coughed up blood, falling backwards, as the spear disappeared.
"Well, that was unexpected."
Kalawarner murmured out, as Takato caught the young girl.
"Ooh shit..."
Ise didn't know what to say and shed tears at the sight.
Takato held Asia in his arms, and cried hard, his tears falling off her face, and landed on her face.
"A-Asia-san….no please...no, d-don't die...u-use your powers, heal yourself...y-you can...Asia-san, please you can do..."
Takato took her shaky hand, and placed it to her wound.
But, Asia didn't activate the Sacred Gear.
They both knew why that was as well.
Because even if she tried, she wouldn't survive.
"Asia-san..."
"Takato-san..." She coughed blood, making Takato cry even more. "Takato-san...you...were kind to me...my first friend...you saved me...so much..." Her eyes were turning dull, while he held her hand tightly. "...I...I wanted...to save...Takato-san...at least once...friends...do that...for each other..."
"I-Idiot, you're not a Devil, you can't survive attacks like that...don't you see, you're going to die and I can't..."
Asia placed a hand on Takato's face, and brushed his skin gently. Her hand was weak, yet her eyes showed her conviction to stay alive for at least a few more seconds.
"Takato-san...is an Angel...my Angel...is Takato-san...I wish...I could have...stayed with you...forever...Takato-san...you were…my friend..."
"Y-Yeah, of course we're friends. You're the best Asia-san, you made my life happier by being in it. You made me smile, and gave me strength. We were going to run away together, remember? We were going to work out together, and have a flower shop together...we were going to sell flowers, and try different foods from everywhere..." He sobbed his heart out, his tears flowing down and bounced off her skin, making her smile weakly. "Asia-san, don't go...stay, with me...I can't lose you too..."
"Takato-san...thank you..."
And then, she died.
Asia became floppy in his arms, she had gone already.
The young girl, rather than die hating the world, died smiling.
Because that's the kind of person she was. She was a generous and lovely girl who did wonderful things. She wasn't the strongest, she didn't have the best life either. But, she had the best heart. She was strong, she was pure, and she gave her life for a Devils own life.
Because, they were friends.
Because they truly did care for one another.
Asia, died for Takato.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
Dohnaseek laughed horribly at the pair on the ground, Takato's eyes were glowing with his rage and an aura was slowly surrounding him, as Ise growled.
"You bastard! You dare laugh at her death!? She died saving her friend! Fuck you!"
Dohnaseek continued to laugh at the despair on Takato's face.
"It's cute, I like that you two are like this now. Thank you for being like this. Crying over a bitches death. Don't worry, she didn't die in vain. She will have her chance at a good life later on. Her Sacred Gear shall be used by us, and she will live-"
"No..."
He displayed a rare anger that Takato usually didn't do.
Pulse after pulse went through him.
His aura was growing by the second.
Anger and rage was building within Takato.
His aura reflected that, and so did the shadows.
They were growing and twisting and bending all the same that was truly frightening.
Kalawarner and Mittelt gasped at the sight, pulling backwards, while Dohnaseek glared on.
"What is this, boy?!"
Takato looked on with his eyes glaring harshly.
Then, a wicked smirk appeared on his face.
"You're dead."
As soon as he said that, his shadows grew larger than him and spread out everywhere, covering the building with his darkness.
Outside, Akeno and Rias were getting pushed back by the Witch. They had a few wounds across their bodies, while the Witch seemed to be alright about everything that was going on. She even waved her hair around happily.
"It seems like you didn't win. And it seems the fighting inside of the Church has come to a halt. I guess that your peerage members are dead."
Rias panted heavily.
"D-Don't count my peerage out just yet, they'll surprise you."
Rias was sure of this, but the Witch rolled her eyes.
"Is that the case? Well, why don't we have some fun and see what the corpses of your..." However, before she could finish, the entire building was covered within darkness. Rias, Akeno and the Witch became shocked. "This feeling...Takato-sama has..."
"Takato..."
Rias looked at the building with worry. It was like the entire building had been blanketed with darkness.
"Buchou, I'm feeling a spike of power from within the Church, it feels like it is Takato-kun's energy. And that darkness is..."
"My mistake, I didn't think that Takato-sama would awaken such a power. Something terrible must of happened." The woman took a noticeable step back. "Well, that's me for today, I must be going. Have fun."
"Wait! You're running away!? Why?!"
The Witch giggled dirtily.
"Fuck this, I ain't facing that shit. Sorry, but I've got things that I want to do, and I don't feel like dying today."
Whatever had her spooked, worried Rias, as the Witch teleported away. Rias and Akeno gave a sigh of relief, but worry as well, due to what was going on inside of the Church.
Back inside, Takato's legs couldn't move anymore, so the shadows pushed his body up, and held his legs to the ground. He was standing thanks to the shadows holding him, and his eyes were vacant, like he wasn't even there.
Ise looked on as well, and her worry was on high as Takato seemed, lifeless.
She couldn't explain it, and she was immensely worried for the young man.
Even so, Takato didn't look all that bothered anymore.
He had been pushed past the point of anger.
Point of rage.
He was lost in his anger, and his anger was turned on high.
"W-What is this?!"
Mittelt yelled, as she sent off a spear of light towards Takato. Takato looked on and then his shadow burst forth before him. The shadow devoured the spear of light, only to reappear behind the young girl, and stab her from behind.
She cried at the stabbing, Kalawarner panicking.
"Fuck him!"
Kalawarner charged forward with her sword in hand for the young boys body. However, he summoned his staff to his side, and said "Light seal." and even if it did take a chunk of his mental and physical stamina, her light sword disappeared like it was not there at all, disgusting marks running up and down the young woman's body.
She looked at Takato who was giving her the death glare.
"N-No! Stay away from me!"
Kalawarner turned her heels, and ran, but shadows erupted from behind her, and the tentacles wrapped around her legs, pulling her down to the ground. She cried at the banging on the ground as a shadow on the ground stretched upwards and outwards.
Kalawarner looked on, and saw that from the inner of the shadows, there were blades...made from the shadows. Like they were apart of the incoming darkness. They slashed and stabbed their way inside of the shadows, and then with a flick of Takato's hand, Kalawarner got dragged towards them.
"N-No! Stay away from me! You can't do this to me! Please! Come on!"
Kalawarner pleaded, but Takato's vacant eyes filled the area, and it didn't seem like they cared all that much.
"You hurt Raynare, you might have killed her. You tortured me along with Ise-san. Your sins have been set, your punishment is dance of a thousand shadow blades."
She looked at the shadows pulling her, and no matter what she did, nothing seemed to help at all. It was like she was being drawn to the abyss, and she wouldn't be able to break free either of what was happening.
"Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
Kalawarner was dragged into the darkness door of the blades while she tried grabbing things that could stop her, it didn't work and she was dragged into the darkness door, and the sound of flesh being cut could be heard along with loud screams.
Ise watched on, seeing how the cold look wasn't of Takato, it was something else entirely, who was broken.
SPIT!
"Gwaaaaah!"
From a pillar, a shadow of it, the young woman's body was spat out, wounds covered her entire body and she was already unconscious. She crashed down, instilling fear into Mittelt, even Dohnaseek wasn't looking so hot either.
Takato's cold eyes landed on Mittelt.
"You're next."
"N-No! I wont be defeated! I'll kill you!"
Mittelt made many spears of light, and threw them towards Takato. Takato raised his hand, and a wall of darkness came forth, blocking all of the spears of light. They shattered upon impact, leaving Takato pretty safe.
Then, the shadowy wall erupted forward, and shot at Mittelt like drills. She took to the sky, and used her light sword to block one attack, but another shadow came from behind her, and wrapped around her, and tossed her to the side of the room.
"Aaah!"
She hit a wall, only for the shadows to come close to her. She cried, and threw her sword of light at the shadow, but the shadow expanded, and sucked in the attack. The young girl cried, as the sword came from behind her, stabbing into her wing.
"You hurt Koneko-chan once, didn't you? You also tortured me along with Ise-san. Your sins have been set, punishment is darkness breaker."
Mittelt didn't know what that meant, but it soon became clear when darkness formed above her into a sphere, and hit her downwards, crushing her under the large volume of darkness. It broke even parts of the Church that it touched, and blew away everything that was nearby.
Then, as he finished, it disappeared, and revealed, the unconscious body of Mittelt.
Takato's eyes then went towards Dohnaseek.
"Dohnaseek, it seems like you are about to be punished. I am not sorry about this."
Takato's voice was cold and unforgiving.
He wasn't going to back down now from any of this.
He stiffened his body, and held himself angrily.
"You trash! You can't be like this! What the fuck are you?"
"You killed myself, and Ise-san once. You chased me, and you killed Asia-san right in front of me. You tormented me, you tortured me and Ise-san. You kicked me around. You bled me, you stabbed me, you beat me...your punishment, is pain!"
From behind him, spears of darkness came forth, but Dohnaseek was wise to this, and used his sword of light to block the shadow spears. Clashing together, Dohnaseek smirked.
"I'm going to like having this Sacred Gear! You can't beat me with cheap parlor tricks!"
Deflecting the shadow spears, he charged for Takato. The young man waved his hands up and down, and spears of darkness came from different places around Dohnaseek. Using his sword, he deflected the spears of darkness and headed for Takato's body.
Getting close, his sword raised for Takato's body and swung down. The young boy extended a shadow nearby, and absorbed the sword into it, and then spat out out from behind his wings which cast a shadow, and stabbed it through his torso.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"
"There, you have matching wounds with the woman you killed."
Takato waved his hand, and a tentacle of shadow rose up, and slammed Dohnaseek away from the young boy. His body hit the ground in a heavy manner, and made him cry out as well. He gripped his torso in pain, the sword still inside of him.
He tore out the sword, though he was in pain when he did.
As he did, Rias came up the stairs with the others. They stayed back, and watched Takato's shadows dancing all over the place.
"This flow of power..."
Akeno felt pulses and waves from Takato, Koneko looked on and hugged herself.
"The kind and gentle Senpai...he must have been broken..."
Koneko looked sad, as Dohnaseek got off the ground and threw a punch towards Takato. The boy avoided it, and grabbed his hand, and hauled him over the shoulder, thanks to the Rook's strength enhancing his body.
"Impact!"
Throwing him down onto the ground, shadows followed the form, and slammed down into Dohnaseek's wound, spreading it even more, and caused blood to erupt from him. Dohnaseek cried even more because of the pain, but didn't stop glaring at Takato.
"Y-You fucking bastard! They were supposed to be mine!"
"Life's not fair, get used to it, for as little you have left."
Takato then proceeded to attack Dohnaseek with his shadows, and blew him away in different directions. Rias watched on and understood something.
"This is why it took a Mutation Piece..."
"Buchou?"
Akeno called, Rias hugging her upper body.
"When reincarnating Takato, it took my Mutation Piece Pawn. I couldn't do it with my Rook, or my Bishop or even my Knight, I needed a piece with values more than what I had, and with the Mutation Piece which had a good value, I was able to reincarnate him. This is why, this is Takato's power."
Rias was impressed with what he could do.
By now Dohnaseek didn't have a hope in hell, and was being played with.
Takato allowed his shadows to wrap around Dohnaseek's limbs, and held him up. Tied up, Takato summoned a shadow to his side, and it became a hammer. Adding his Rook strength, he aimed for the Fallen Angel, who was panicking at this point.
"N-Now! Hold on! We can cut a deal! We don't have to do this!"
"Deal…? Didn't I suggest a deal with you…? Wasn't it about keeping Ise-san and Asia-san safe…? Look what happened to them. You killed Asia-san, in cold blood, and Ise-san got nearly killed because of you. You deserve punishment, death for what you've done to them!"
BANG!
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Dohnaseek's body was blown through a wall, knocking down the wall that was there, and he was passed out on the ground. Takato on the other hand, panted, reaching his limits, and fell down to the ground, the darkness ceasing around him, and disappeared into nothingness.
His eyes flickered, and he came too.
It took him a few moments to realize what was happening, then he turned down to Asia, and saw her dead body, and hugged onto it as well.
"Asia-san..."
He shed tears, as the others watched on.
However, from behind a pillar, a young man with white hair steps out, and moves towards Takato without the others knowing. At first they didn't see him, but a deranged smile was on his face. He pulled out a new blade of light, and made it buzz.
That's when they were alerted to his presence.
"Freed!"
Yumi yelled, and went to move forward, but Freed smirked, and held out a gun.
"So sorry! I've got to punish this bitch now! He took down the Fallen Angel-sama's that were my friends and all! So, leave it to me! I'll deal with them now, there's no need to worry! I'll kill this boy and then you end your life!"
Shooting several bullets, Yumi didn't have a choice but to block them with her sword, but Freed ran towards the downed Takato. Because he was exhausted, he couldn't move, and winced when seeing Freed cross the distance.
Smirking down, Freed raises a blade towards Takato. His wild eyes were very focused on the young man, and the others went to move, but Ise saw red.
"No! I wont let you hurt Takatoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!"
[Explosion!]
The sound from the jewel made just now sounded especially strong. The jewel shines even brighter. Such a bright light. It's dazzling. Ise wasn't holding back now, and she rushed forward. Because of the situation, she didn't even care about her own wounds and proved to save Takato.
Getting close, she balled her fist and aimed for Freed himself.
"What!?"
Freed looked on as Ise got close. He took a swing at her, but she blocked with her Sacred Gear, and pushed the light blade away from her body. Then, she took aim for his face once more.
"You try and hurt Takato, you have to answer to me!"
BANG!
Ise's fist planted itself inside of Freed's face. It bent around her fist, and all the energy she had, was lost with that punch, and she fell to the ground. But the punch itself was very effective, and managed to knock Freed through another wall as well, knocking him out of commission for the moment.
Takato panted, looking towards Ise, and saw her smiling despite being on the ground. His hand went towards her face, and stroked her gently, as he held onto Asia's dead body.
"Ise-san...you came and protected me, you are a very kind girl after all."
Ise scratched the back of her head, and came next to Takato, her head on his shoulder.
This was when Rias walked closer while giving Koneko an order to retrieve Dohnaseek, and got before Takato. His eyes went downwards, fully expecting her to chastise him or something. However, what she did was wrap her arms around his body and gave him a hug.
"Buchou I..."
Rias patted the back of his head, as he cried for Asia.
"It's okay now, you're here with us. I'm sorry we were late, and what you had to go through."
"N-No, it wasn't as much as Asia-san...she died for me...she saved me with her own life..."
"Yes, that's right. She did, she must have truly cared about you, whatever you did for her, she must have truly been devoted to you to sacrifice herself for you."
"E-Even then, everyone that cares for me...keeps paying the ultimate sacrifice...I couldn't even protect Asia-san….I tried my hardest, I did everything I could...and it wasn't enough. Couldn't I even do anything…?"
"Even then, you won the fight today, Takato, Ise. You both went above, and beyond for what happened. And it seems, Ise, you have a very special Sacred Gear. One of 13 in fact, something that only you can possess right now."
Ise cocked her head.
"W-What?"
"Boosted Gear." Rias' words caused Ise's hand to beat like it had a heart. "That Sacred Gear is one of the 13 and you have it in my peerage. Fufu, seems like we will have a lucky break from here. But, it seems Takato even has two Sacred Gear's, I wonder how that happened..."
"Can't people be born with two?"
Takato wondered, but Rias shook her head.
"No, at least I've never heard of such a case before. So, why you have two, it is hard to say. Either way, it seems that we've got some interesting members. And we're not done yet either."
That confused Takato, as Koneko came back, dragging the body of the defeated Dohnaseek.
"Buchou. I've brought it."
She dumped the body of Dohnaseek in front of them all.
"Thank you, Koneko. Now then, let's wake him up. Akeno."
"Yes."
Akeno lifts her hand up. Then water appears up in the air. Akeno splashes the water created in the air on Dohnaseek.
"*Cough* W-What the hell?!"
His eyes shoot open, and he went to stand up, but was stopped when Rias shot off a small ball of her POD, stopping his movements.
His eyes looked towards her, and he narrowed his brows.
"…The daughter of the Gremory clan…"
"Hello, my name is Rias Gremory. I'm the next heir of the House of Gremory. It will be for a short while, but nice to have your acquaintance."
Dohnaseek glares towards her, but then he smirks.
"…You think you've got me, but too bad. This plan was kept secret from the higher-ups, but it isn't like I will be undermined. I shall be saved, by Kokabiel-sama! Kokabiel-sama! Come, and save me from these people! I am your loyal follower!"
They looked around, but nothing happened.
However, a shadow at the wall smirked, and then did something, making a few certain something's disappear.
A few seconds later, Rias deadpanned.
"Seems like no one's coming to help you."
"Lies! I am the one that can do it! He'll come for me and then we'll rule together! Once we get that little shit's Sacred Gear's!"
He pointed at Takato, so Yumi swings her sword, cleaving off Dohnaseek's arm, and blood came shooting out, shocking everyone around.
"You wont come close to Takato-kun again, after what you've done, I'll cut you down myself. That was for Takato-kun you bastard."
Sensing the venom in her voice, Dohnaseek knew she wasn't messing around. His bloody stump was hurting him, and it caused him a bit of pain. And it was bleeding profusely as well, and because of that, he cried to himself.
"To tell you the truth, ever since you came to this town, we've been wondering what you have been doing. Though I never thought it would be on this kind of scale, or you'd be foolish enough to target my family. But, we eventually found out that it was your own plan as we captured one of your Stray Exorcists. By helping you, you thought you'd get a higher status. But, it seems like that you can't because you wont do it on your own power. And for targeting my precious servants, I wont allow you to live for much longer, so choose your words carefully, if you don't want to die right here and now."
Dohnaseek knew that he was surely going to die here.
He didn't even know what he could do to prevent any of this.
"Getting hit by a single shot won't even leave a trace. The princess of the Duke who has the power of destruction. Buchou is a powerful Devil who is called a genius among the group of young Devils after all."
Yumi makes a comment to praise her master.
"She is also called the "Crimson-Haired Ruin Princess", you know?"
Akeno says it while smiling.
Then, Rias leaned closer, her demonic power gathered within her palm.
"Now, I'll have you disappear-"
"No."
Takato spoke up, shocking the others.
"Takato?"
Takato stood up, with the help of Koneko.
"No, let me." Takato turned to Yumi, and placed a hand on her sword. "Can I?"
"Takato-kun..."
"This monster killed Ise-san, Asia-san and myself, and nearly did it again to Ise-san and myself. This is my catharsis Yumi-chan, please give me your sword."
Yumi could see how much it meant to him, so she did just that. Then, with the help of Koneko, he walked over to Dohnaseek who was panicking.
His eyes pierced Dohnaseek's.
"I told you, today would be your last day, didn't I?"
Panic rose within Dohnaseek's eyes. He looked frightened. He didn't even know what he could do to calm himself down. His eyes stained with the colour of fear, and his sweat fell from him like buckets as well.
"N-No! You can't do this to me! Come on! W-We can rule together! With your power, and my intelligence, we'd rule together! We'd serve Kokabiel! B-Because you are a Devil, it would be difficult...but, it would be fine! Please, reconsider before you-"
"Dohnaseek, shut up. I used to be normal, the idea of killing turned my stomach...you've opened my eyes, some evil people deserve to be gone so they stop hurting others, Asia-san taught me as well, that trusting others is better than not trusting anyone...too bad you didn't learn that lesson."
Takato cleaved through Dohnaseek's arm, making him scream.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
Blood shot out of the amputated arm, as Takato glared even harder.
"That was for Ise-san. This, is for Asia-san."
Next, Takato rose his blade, and stabbed it through Dohnaseek's chest. Even with that wound, Dohnaseek didn't die. His eyes leaked massive amounts of tears, and blood ran down Yumi's blade that Takato was holding currently.
"P-Please don't do this..."
Dohnaseek cried out weakly, only for Takato to pull out the blade, and he dropped down to the ground. His eyes still showed life, so with the help of Koneko, he hovered over Dohnaseek, no forgiveness within his eyes.
"I was a human...before all this shit. My life wasn't the best, but I had my…I had someone who cared for me...and then my world was flipped. You killed me, and Ise-san, because of our Sacred Gear's, something we couldn't choose. After that, I was stabbed, beaten, burned, cut, and bled from many different parts of my body. All so you could have my Sacred Gears. Sorry, but you did the wrong thing. And then, to top it all off, a young girl...who was a Saint, was killed, for protecting a Devil like me. You, killed her, while she defended me, and you have the audacity to try and beg me to help you…? To team up with you? After all you've done, go to hell...no, return to nothingness, like you threatened me with!"
With a single stab, it was ended.
The blade went right through Dohnaseek's head, and he died, with astonishment on his face.
He couldn't believe it, even at the end of the days, he was killed by Takato.
Once he had finished off Dohnaseek, he went over to Asia, and cradled her dead body. Yumi came over, and hugged Takato, as did Ise, Koneko and Akeno, all four of them decided to hug him as tightly as they could for what he has been through.
Rias watched on, seeing the pain on his face and recalled what Asia's power was. Takato, having already been through enough for one person, she had decided something, and bent down towards his body.
"Takato, you know, this girl, Asia, died to save your life."
"Y-Yeah...I failed to protect her..."
"Would you fail, a second time?"
Rias' question brought confusion to Takato and Ise, while the others stayed silent.
"W-What are you saying?"
Rias pulled out a Bishop piece, and it had a crimson outline.
"This, Takato. Remember when we talked about Evil Pieces?" He nodded. "Well, this is what I thought would be for the best. To save this girl, to bring her back as my Bishop. And it wouldn't be a bad deal either. Because of what she is, what powers she has, the supporting Bishop would be for the best, right?"
"B-But...that would rob her of her afterlife….that's selfish...I couldn't...do that to her...I can't let you do that..."
Rias saw that he was torn up inside, it was similar to the situation he had been put in so she could understand.
However, Ise leaned closer to Takato.
"Hey, Takato...she said that she wanted to be with you, always."
"Ise-san..."
"As she died, I heard her say it...she wanted to be with you, Takato."
"But, she's a girl of God...would she be okay being a Devil…?"
"She was okay loving one." Ise replied, making Takato shed a few tears. "I don't see why she wouldn't want to be a Devil, with you."
Takato wiped his eyes as Koneko nodded.
"...The perv's right, she said before we rescued you...as long as she could be with you, she'd be okay with being a Devil."
"R-Really Koneko-chan?"
Koneko nodded.
"Yes, she said that to the perv...I am sure she was doing it for pervy reasons, for her weird harem idea thing..." Isane sweat dropped, Koneko continuing. "But, when she said it, I felt her genuine feelings. She...would want to be with you, Senpai, even as a Devil, I don't doubt that at all. ...Besides, she sacrificed herself for you, it shows that she truly did have strong emotional feelings for you."
Takato had to think about it.
He knew Koneko wouldn't lie about it, and neither would Ise.
If that was Asia's wish, to be with him...and maybe it was selfish, but he did want her around, because he really liked her, and wanted to stay with her.
"I'll protect her...I'd always protect her...Ise-san, this is why I really like you, because even if you're perverted, you're so nice to someone like me. Thank you, Ise-san. And you as well, Koneko-chan, thank you for saying such things, it puts my mind at ease, knowing Asia-san wanted this." Ise's cheeks burned red and Koneko nodded slightly with reddened cheeks, while Takato's did as well. His eyes went towards Rias, who adopted a smile. "Buchou...would you..."
"Fufu, of course. Naturally, you'll take care of her now, as you'll be the senior Devil."
"Okay...I'll definitely protect her with my life."
He nodded, pulling away from the young woman that was dead.
"Good response Takato, that's exactly the response I like to hear. Now, let us reincarnate this Sister back to this world." Then, Rias placed her Bishop piece on the young woman's chest, and started the demonic power. "I order, in my name Rias Gremory. You, Asia Argento. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Bishop, be delighted with your new life!"
The crimson chess piece glows and goes inside Asia's body, and Rias stops the demonic power as well.
Nothing happened for a few seconds.
But then, Asia's eyes cracked open, and her head rose up.
Blinking as she looked around, her eyes looked upon Takato who was crying heavily.
"Takato-san…? What happened…?"
"Asia-san!" His arms went around her, hugging her tightly, as she did the same. "I'm sorry Asia-san, maybe I'm selfish, but Rias-buchou brought you back...she made you a Devil, because I wanted you to come back..."
Asia thought about it for a few seconds, and then looked into Takato's eyes.
"Am...I staying with you Takato-san? Forever?"
"Y-Yes, of course!"
Asia's face became delightful.
"Then, I'm happy! To be with Takato-san forever...even as a Devil, with Takato-san is the best!"
Takato chuckled, petting the back of her head, and stroked her long blonde hair.
"Asia-san, I'll protect you, forever."
Asia fell against Takato's chest, and snuggled against him. He held onto her, and the others smiled.
But then Ise blinked.
"Shit, the other Fallen Angels!"
The others became alert, having completely forgot about them.
Looking on, they saw, apart from Raynare, who was unconscious, they were gone. Even Freed as well.
"Ara, I thought they would have been unconscious for a while yet. Yet they managed to escape, somehow~"
Akeno giggled out wholeheartedly, but a nervous undertone could be heard.
"What are you going to do with Raynare?"
Takato asked, as he held onto Asia.
Rias placed a finger by her cheek, and thought about it.
"Well, I haven't decided yet. We'll have to contact the Fallen Angels and explain the situation then we'll go from there."
Takato nodded, and then sighed out. With the mission of the Church done, he could finally relax…
A few days later, Ise walked towards the Old School Building. Walking through the corridors and up the stairs, she made it to the clubroom. She expected to be one of the first people there, since it was rather early (she blamed her clock for that) however, she was wrong.
"Ise-san, good morning."
Takato greeted, sitting on the couch of the clubroom.
"T-Takato! A-Aah, hey! Takato, y-you're okay!?"
"Fufu, yes, that's right. I'm okay, I've rested for a few days and recovered my stamina. Though I didn't care for when Buchou would get into my bed naked, I'm sure that woman is trying to give me a heart attack."
Ise chuckled slightly, and moved closer.
She went to sit opposite Takato, but Takato patted the side of him.
"Why don't you sit next to me?"
"I-Is it alright?"
Takato rolled his eyes playfully.
"We've been holding hands Ise-san, it is fine."
"Then I will!"
With no holds back, she jumped beside Takato, and stared into his eyes as he did the same.
"Ise-san, I've been talking to the others, and I heard how you were the first to stand up for my decisions."
Ise's cheek turned a little red, scratching it with shyness.
"Y-Yeah, I couldn't lose you….we've been through too much together already, and I didn't want you to disappear."
Takato's hand placed itself over Ise's own, and snaked his fingers across her hand. Both of their faces turned beet red, and her eyes fluttered while his own focused upon the young girl. His fingers gently brushed her hand, causing her cheeks to turn darker red.
"Ise-san is so kind to me, you've been there since the beginning of our journey into being a Devil. Even if you cause me trouble sometimes." Ise cried at that. But Takato smiled wildly. "I wouldn't have you any other way Ise-san."
"T-Takato that's…."
Takato placed a hand on her cheek, and gently brushed her skin. Soothingly, his fingers went across her face, and ran through her air. Ise felt accepted at this moment, all of the fears and doubts that she held, were slowly melting away.
"Ise-san, I'm happy that you became a Devil with me, I wouldn't of survived otherwise. You saved me from the Church, I'll give you a reward."
At the mention of a reward...Ise was excited.
"R-Reward!?" Her cheeks flushed, and a perverted face came over her, while he nodded shyly. "S-So, what's the reward!? A look at your crotch!? A grope?! Can I touch your delicious penis...oooh! Takato! Can I cup your balls please!? No! Maybe I can suck on your penis while cupping your balls! Ooooh! The possibilities are endless!"
"...You're so perverted." Ise sweatdropped, but Takato then placed his lips onto her cheek, making her gasp at the feeling. "However, Ise-san, you are a good person and a very beautiful woman, never think you aren't. Don't worry, you always have me in your corner."
That filled Ise with more emotion than ever before.
So much so that she held a few tears within her eyes.
"Takato, I..." Ise pulled closer, and her hand brushed over his face, even touching his lips. "You kissed my cheek...does that mean you like me…?"
"...It means Ise-san is someone precious to me. You are important to me Ise-san, and I've never met anyone like you before. You've got weird qualities, you're kind, perverted, spy on me in the shower, and yes, I know you've felt my crotch when I slept that one time, which woke me up by the way, and perversely giggled about it as well." Ise sweat dropped, but Takato smiled brightly. "However, Ise-san, is someone that I consider someone I truly like, thank you for coming to save me Ise-san, it means everything to me."
"Takato…."
Ise's fingers brushed over Takato's lips, and pulled his head back gently, so his lips were easily accessible.
"I-Ise-san, what are you doing…?"
"Ehehe...can my reward be to kiss you?" Takato gasped, while Ise continued to blush. "I've...thought about it often, the taste of your lips on my own...sorry, maybe it would be rude to ask...but, I always thought that kissing you would have been the best..."
"Ise-san..."
Ise looked down at the young boy who was blushing immensely. The shyness alone turned her own, and how he looked at her as well, which was a huge turn on. He seemed very sexy when acting shy, or coy, and it caused it to feel immense happiness bursting inside of her.
She leaned toward him, as he turned his head.
"Ise-san, the thing is…."
"Shhhh, don't worry Takato, allow me to take the lead. I understand, you're cute and shy, allow me to take control."
"N-No, it's not that, but it's..."
Just as he was going to say something, when Ise's lips overlapped with Takato's own. Surprise filled his eyes, as she held onto him. Her lips pushed against his again and again, and his mind was drawn to Ise, while thinking about someone else as well. But, he saw how Ise was enjoying it, so he didn't stop her, and held her in his arms.
Ise's blush became brighter, and her kiss became deeper, the girl crawling onto his lap, straddling him, his eyes widening.
But then, the door opened, so Ise pulled away, satisfied, leaving a panting Takato, the girl smirking "Ooh yeah, best first kiss ever." making Takato panic.
"T-That was your first..."
"And my only~ I told you, I want you Takato, and now I've kissed you, that means I'm officially in the harem~"
Rias, who had walked into the room, giggled.
"Seems like you two are very close. Did I hear something about a harem?"
"Y-Yeah, Takato and I have moved into a new relationship status to it's complicated~"
"We're not Facebook Ise-san." Ise chuckled happily, snuggling against the young boy. He held a complex face, while Rias tilted her head. "By the way, Buchou, what happened to Raynare anyway? I mean, in the end she did pull through and helped us out. If she didn't buy time against the Fallen Angel girls, we'd be dead for sure."
"Yes, about that. It seems that the incident is being investigated. With the mention of Kokabiel, a leader, apparently going against what Azazel wanted, an investigation is going on at the Grigori. As for Raynare, I was assured that she wouldn't be killed. But she is going to need some therapy and all, Dr Takato."
Takato cringed as Rias smirked slightly.
"Ugh...don't say that..."
"But, according to Raynare, it seems like you are a very effective therapist, ever thought about going into the profession?"
"Nah, I don't think so. Already lived through it, don't wanna experience that again." Rias made a guilty look appear on her face, Takato noticing. "What's with that face?"
"N-No, nothing at all. I'm just sad that I wont be able to experience Dr Takato at work." Takato shuddered and hoped nothing would happen to him. "Either way, I am glad you both have recovered from the ordeal. My two Pawn's, my only Pawn's."
"Two...I thought there were eight all together?"
Ise showed a confused face as she said it, Takato nodding in agreement, trying to ignore the fact that Ise's butt was on his crotch.
"Yes, there are, and my two Pawn's are you two. When I was reincarnating you, you both took my Pawn's. Ise, you took seven, while you Takato, you took my last one."
"Oh...so, I'm worth a single Pawn..."
Somehow, that seemed worse than ever before, that was literally the weakest.
However, Rias waved her hand, and moved closer.
"No, because the Pawn I used on you, was special."
"Special…?"
Rias nodded, sitting down beside Takato.
"That's right. That day, when I saw you both, I couldn't use my other pieces. Not my Knight, not my Bishop, not my Rook. Takato, Ise, you both have high specs as Devils, due to your unique powers. Takato, your piece is one that is a very rare one, one that one out of ten Devils had, and I had been blessed to have two."
"Two? Who used the other?"
"That person isn't here right now, it is my other Bishop." Rias waved off the question, seeing that from the door, there was a pair of red eyes looking into the room, or more specifically Takato, wondering why she was doing that. "Either way, yes, that value you took, is rather high. So even as a single piece, your piece is special, in turn which makes you special, my Takato, and my Ise, my two Pawn's. And now that we've seen a bit why you both took that many, it seems that you, Ise, the Boosted Gear holder, and you, Takato, the two Sacred Gear holder, is going to be a rather interesting deal. So, why don't you aim to become the strongest, together?"
Ise looked towards Takato who was under her, and he smiled back up at her.
"I'm going to become the strongest, so no one ever gets killed again. Not, Asia-san, not Ise-san, and you Buchou, as well."
"M-Me?"
Rias was surprised she was mentioned, so Takato filled her in.
"Akeno-san said that you had fought off the Witch who tried to take me and became upset that she tried to kill me, so, I'll repay that with my declaration that even if I'm difficult, and will argue with you when I think you're wrong, I'll protect you."
Rias' eyes fluttered, and her cheeks turned the same colour as her hair.
"...Takato, you truly are a strange boy." Rias leaned closer and placed a kiss on his cheek, surprising him and causing him to blush, Ise sending off death glares towards Rias. "I promise, your life as a Devil is going to improve now. With the Fallen Angels out of the way, and the Witch seemingly gone for the moment, it's time to find out what it is like to be a Devil, with all of the perks of being a Devil as well. Fufu, I'm sure the new girl is also going to be jealous of me as well~"
"New girl…" Takato heard noise from behind him, so he looked to see Asia stood there, in the school uniform. "A-Ah Asia-san, I was wondering where you had gotten too~"
"It has to be… R-Rias-buchou is very beautiful and, so is Ise-san so you will also like them Takato-san… No, no. I can't think like that! Oh, lord. Please forgive my sinful heart." A sharp pain runs through her head and she leans down, clutching her skull, making Takato cringe. "O-Owww...my head hurts."
"Of course. If a Devil makes a prayer to God, of course you will receive damage."
Rias says that normally. He really wished that she would stop being so normal about it and would show worry or something like it.
"Uu, that's right. I turned into a Devil. I can't face God any more."
Asia seems a bit troubled, he understood why and wondered if he did the right thing to help her.
"Do you regret it?"
Rias asks Asia with interest.
Asia shakes her head.
"No, thank you very much. No matter what situation I am in, I'm happy as long as I am with Takato-san."
"Asia-san that's..."
Asia put her hands together.
"Takato-san is my Angel Devil now!"
"A-Angel, Devil?" Asia nodded her head strongly. "Asia-san, I'm not really an Angel..."
"Shhh Takato, she's been invited to join the harem now~"
Ise sang out as if it was normal. Again, he wished these women would calm down when it came to things like that.
"Because she is a Devil, Takato, would you look after Asia? She seems the most attached to you now. And because she's going to be in your class as well, since that's what she asked for. Would it be okay to place this burden on you?"
His eyes landed on Asia as she shifted nervously.
"Of course, Asia-san, I'll look after you. She's no burden to me."
Asia adopted a large smile, and rushed Takato, hugging onto him. Surprisingly, Ise was okay with it, and allowed it to happen without becoming jealous.
"Thank you Takato-san! Definitely, I am going to do my best now!"
"I'm sure you will Takato-san, thank you..."
Takato petted the back of Asia's head, as Yumi, Akeno and Koneko all entered the room. Koneko, upon seeing Ise on Takato's lap, glared very hard. Ise felt frightened, and hid herself within Takato's embrace.
Yumi walked over, and sat down on the free side of Takato, and gently held onto his hand shyly, the both of them shyly looking at the other. Koneko continued to glare at Ise, as she walked over, sitting down next to Yumi, and finally, Akeno walked behind Takato, and wrapped her arms around his neck, pushing her large breasts into his head, making him shyly blush.
"Ara, what happened to the party?"
"Party? What party?"
Takato questioned Akeno, only for Rias to snap her fingers. When she did, the area was doused in party attire. Banners hung, not unlike the ones that Rias had done when she tried to give him the exact same thing during the beginning of his Devil life. Only this one had all three of the new Devils names on.
While acting shyly, she made a cake appear as well.
"It might be good sometimes to gather in the morning to do these kinds of things, right? S-Since we got new members, I made some cake, so let's eat it together."
[Yes!]
Rias dished out the cake to everyone, and Takato took a bite.
Rias looked on exactingly, like she wanted his approval.
"Buchou, did you make this cake?"
"Yes, why? Is it good? Bad?"
"Actually..." His cheeks turned upwards delightfully. "It is delicious~"
Rias adopts a smile, nodding her head.
"Here, have some more Takato. And, officially, welcome to the Gremory peerage. Lets all have fun from now on."
After all the bullshit that they had going on for a long time.
After all the stuff that Takato had to do, all the stuff that happened…
Finally, they could relax together.
Takato, finally could enjoy a day without worrying about his death…
And he was going to enjoy it.
End chapter!
So, that's the end of it for this arc! I hope you all enjoyed it. We got glimpses of the future skills of Takato, and what took over him. It's going to be a ride as we discover more about him and his past. Ise also stepped up, and helped Takato in a massive way, saving his life, and got a kiss, though she kissed him, it was still a kiss, and their relationship has been bumped up a bit. We'll be moving beyond that for these two in the future. Also, something happened with Kalawarner and Mittelt, but what happened…? Don't worry about Raynare, she'll pop back up, if not only for her sessions with her 'doctor' as she calls him.
Next chapter, we'll be delving into the familiar's arc, and yeah, with nothing else to say, thanks for reading everyone, and until next time!
Takato; Ise (fem), Vali (fem), Rias, Akeno, Asia, Koneko, Yumi (fem), Gasper (fem), Xenovia, Irina, Rossweisse, Ravel, Kuroka, Kunou, Le Fay, Ophis.
