Extra Life. Birthday Party

Part 1

"Happy Birthday Rito!"

My friends, who are surrounding my bed, yell that. Today is 18 of May, so it's my 17th birthday.

"Thanks guys."

Ram throws some clothes right on me. They're a formal suit, a tuxedo, and clean boxers.

"Dress up fast; we have to go to Baraqiel's house for your party."

She tells me that before leaving the room with the rest of the group. Baraqiel is going to make a party for me on his house, so we're going to reunite there with the others.

However, there's one little problem left-

"Rina, shouldn't you go out too?"

Yes, I'm somewhat disturbed that Rina stayed behind when I haven't dress yet.

"Don't worry, I don't mind being here."

She says that before sitting. You know, she has said I'm hot since I joined the peerage, so maybe she just likes to see me naked? I don't even know at this point.

Part 2

"This is the first time I come here since I joined this peerage…"

After dressing up in front of Rina, we arrived at Baraqiel's house. Nostalgia is filling because of that. Well, this house is the place I grew up in, so it is only logical.

"Well, we should go in."

When we knock the door, Baraqiel greets us.

"So you're here. Come in, the rest haven't come yet."

I go into the house, take off my shoes, and get confortable on the living room. This is truly nostalgic. Why did I leave this place again? Oh yeah, Ram said living with her was a rule for her peerage members.

"Jin-kun, take off your shoes."

Xie tells that to Jin, who hasn't take off his shoes for some reason.

"Why would I have to do that?"

"Because doing so it's tradition."

"These Japanese and their weird traditions…"

Jin takes off his shoes after being scolded by Xie. Wait, you don't take off your shoes in the United States? You truly learn something new every day.

By the way, Jin is a first-year at Okoma Academy now, so he is on the same class as Xie and Yami. Maybe they should teach him about Japanese manners and traditions.

Someone knocks the door, so Baraqiel goes to open it.

"Oh, Silverage and his peerage came. It's nice to see you here, come in."

Silverage and his peerage come into the living room. They are looking at me with smiles on their faces.

"My best wishes, Rito." (Tsubasa)

"I hope you enjoy this party." (Goldentime)

"I bought some Italian desserts for you." (Nero)

"Happy birthday Rito!" (Yami)

"I hope you like my tea, nya." (Kaihaku)

After they say their greetings from afar, Akai gets close to me.

"I told you I'll come."

"It wouldn't be a happy birthday without my best friend."

"What a great tea!"

My friendly conversation with Akai gets suddenly interrupted by Ham's yell. Goldentime, who seems somewhat ashamed of the situation, explains us.

"It looks like he tasted Kaihaku's tea, huh…"

I know Ham loves tea, so it makes sense he'll make such a fuss over it. Silverage, who has a sword on his hand, starts slashing the air for some reason.

"So, we're going to fight or what?"

Silverage's battle maniac side is shown once again. And of course, Ram gets close to Silverage to scold him.

"Silverage, this is Rito's party, there's no reason to add fights."

"But sweetie, how can a party be a party without fights?!"

I feel a little bit bad for Silverage. Maybe I need to find a way he can fight a little just to calm him down.

The door is knocked once again, so Baraqiel goes to open it.

"Yuma-senpai! Happy birthday!"

Oryu yells that from the door. He won't change, will he? Aside from that, he's also with Suzaku, Genbu, Seiryu and Kurama. It looks like our friends from the Shinto faction are here.

"This place is really nice; don't you think so, Suzaku?"

"You're right Genbu, I can feel a warm aura flowing here."

"Yeah, yeah, just tell me that stupid blue haired isn't going to attack me like last time."

Seiryu seems to be mad with Silverage. Given what happened last time he saw him, it's understandable.

"Well, well, looks like both the Five Principal Clans and the Kyoto Yokai have representative here. If only we had Kanto Yokai here, the main powers of the Shinto faction would be together."

"Isn't Kaihaku from that faction?"

Rina asks that. As far as I know, Nekomata are part of the Kanto Yokai and not Kyoto Yokai. Then, Kurama explains us the situation regarding Kaihaku.

"Kaihaku left that side to join us since she is a close friend of mine. My mom Yasaka had no problem with accepting her."

I always forget this guy is the son of the famous Kyubi-no-Yasaka… since he appears to be around my age, seeing him as an important political figure like the prince of Kyoto Yokai is hard.

The door is knocked once again, and this time is some Okoma Academy students who come in.

"Happy birthday, Rito-kun."

"Thanks, Tenshi-kun."

Yes, that's the blonde Angel of my class, my childhood friend who is the same age as me, Tenshi-kun. One can say he's my best friend aside from Akai and the rest of Ram's peerage. Wait, isn't that a lot of people…?

Anyway, Mikano is also here, and she is kissing with Mint, right on the lips and with a lot of passion. Their relation is going a little bit too fast, don't you think?

"Be more decent! They're first-years watching!"

Edelross-sensei yells that to Mint and Mikano. Are they boyfriends? Have they made it already? I don't know about the details of their relationship, but I want to do it.

"Yo kiddo, happy birthday!"

Azazel-sama opens the door by himself and enters the room with an immature tone.

"And I didn't come here by myself, look who I brought."

When I look behind him, they are two men. One of them is a youth with black hair holding a red sword and the other one is a boy with red eyes and blue hair. No way! This cannot be!

"Th-Th-Th-They are Denpachi and Nicolas!"

I, Akai, Yami and Xie are shocked to see them here! The rest, however, look somewhat confused; well, except Silverage and Mint, they already know who they are.

"I'll introduce them to those who don't know them. The one with the sword is The Strongest of Grigori, the super elite Denpachi Okumura."

"It's nice to meet Rito's friends. I hope we can get alone."

"And the little one is the super elite Nicolas Tepes, a Daywalker Damphir known as The Second Strongest of Grigori."

"Please take care of me."

Denpachi keeps his friendly tone, while Nicolas remains emotionless as usual. The fact the two super elites of Grigori, Denpachi and Nicolas, are here drives me crazy. Even when I'm used to see them at Nephilim, seeing them on this house is a big honour.

Silverage looks at them with eyes filled with bright.

"So these are strongest members of Grigori, huh. Would you like to have a match against me?!"

"Oh, I didn't know we would have battles on this party. Why didn't you tell me, Azazel? Of course I do!"

Yeah, Denpachi is also a battle maniac, so he and Silverage will surely get alone. By the way, the fact he can address Azazel-sama casually is because of his status as super elite.

"You can fight, but do it outside; it took a lot of effort to clean this house."

After Baraqiel sets his conditions, we go outside to see a battle between the strongest!

Part 3

"Well, since this battle wasn't originally a part of the party, I'm going to set the rules. The battle will have a limit of 2 minutes; I don't care if there's no result by that time."

Denpachi and Nicolas are on one side, Silverage on the other. The Strongest of Grigori vs. The Strongest Young Devil. This is going to be the most awesome battle ever!

"Well then, start!"

As Baraqiel declares that, Silverage takes out a sword from his shadow. However, before he can make a move, his limbs are held by vines. And it isn't only vines; plants of many types, from bushes to trees, are covering the field.

"You caught me… can I ask how did you do that?"

"That's the power of my [Sacred Gear], [Innovate Clear], which allows me to create extremely realistic illusions."

"So these are illusions? They feel so real I wouldn't have guessed it… well, since I can't move, you have to go after them."

With those words, the Dog God appears from behind Silverage and goes right at Denpachi, but he blocks the sword on its forehead with his red sword.

"[Canis Lykaon]… so you also own a [Longinus], huh. You must be Silverage Erklight, am I right?"

"Call me Silverage Lucifuge, the Devil of the Dog God."

"Going by that, you must be a half Devil hybrid… well then, take this!"

He throws his sword, not to Silverage, but to a totally different direction. However, halfway through its fly, it changes its direction and pierces Silverage right on the shoulder!

"How could you do that? There was no chance of that being possible!"

"There was a slim one."

Mint's complains gets refuted by Nicolas, who speaks without having any emotion on his voice.

"I just increased the chances of the sword hitting by using my [Sacred Gear], [Telos Karma]."

A [Sacred Gear] that creates realistic illusions and one that increases the chances of an event happening. Those are the powers of the [Longinus] wielded by the super elites Denpachi of the [Innovate Clear] and Nicolas of the [Telos Karma].

"Interesting powers, however, just what is this sword? It has been burning since I got hit by it."

"That's a sword I obtained after killing an Ultimate-class Exorcist on a mission: it's the legendary Holy Sword Galatine."

Yes, not only he has amazing combat skills and great strength, Denpachi also owns a [Longinus] and a legendary Holy Sword. There's a reason neither Akai nor I would dare to challenge him.

Denpachi goes to where Silverage is and takes his sword. He slightly cuts his index finger so blood comes out of it. Nicolas gets close to him and starts sucking his blooded finger.

"I think this warm up lasted way too long, for that I'm giving my blood to Nicolas so he can release his Vampire powers."

After sucking Denpachi's blood, Nicolas' eyes shine and he turns into many bats. Silverage just grins before this.

"Well then, the warm up is over."

Silverage yells as gets covered on a black aura that destroys the vines! The true battle starts now!

Silverage attacks the bats that make up Nicolas with his sword, while at the same time they bite him to suck his blood and pull hands from the shadows to attack Silverage. I heard those hands also suck magical power, so Silverage must be careful of them.

Meanwhile, Denpachi is exchanging slashes with the Dog God. While those are on a close combat, many blades appear from the floor trying to attack Denpachi, but he blocks them by creating animals and plants with his [Sacred Gear]. They look so real that watching those animals being cut in half gives me shivers.

So this is the power of those known as the strongest. They're able to fight on pair between themselves, which clearly shows their immense strength can only be rivalled by the other.

"Time out! The battle is over!"

Baraqiel yells that just as the battle was getting into its best part!

"Not fair! I want to continue fighting these [Longinus] wielders!"

"Yeah, I also want to keep fighting with this Devil!"

"This is Rito's birthday party, so he must be the centre of the show, not battle maniacs like you two."

Silverage and Denpachi complain about their interrupted battle, but Baraqiel isn't allowing them to keep going. Nicolas, on his side, appears to give either way.

As the battle maniacs sit down, everybody takes a glass to officially start the party.

"For Rito's birthday, cheers!"

"Cheers!"

As everybody says that, my 17th birthday moves on a party with all my important comrades!

Volume 6 – End