Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
DocSlendy; Indeed~
Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; It is indeed, bonding and all~ He did after that event, and he had some beforehand, so he's not bad in a hand to hand fight. It probably would do yeah, Koneko wouldn't be happy about it. Yup, Excalibur is going to be quite the arc, huh. Probably would do yeah~ Well, this game, isn't a canon one, and anything could happen. We'll just have to find out together what's going to happen. His, powers will be...hmmm, well, I can't say right now~ Thanks! He's got a few goals, that have been mentioned in the past, and shall be again in the future as well. Ophis, maybe, Lilith, definitely not. Soon, and dunno, probably sometime in the future. Maybe he could be.
HolyKnightX; Aah, thanks very much! I try my best anyway, to make them good, strong, and such. Hehe, now thinking about it, I guess it could be seen like that. Yeah, they have made up now, and the efforts of that shall be shown in this chapter. And thank you very much!
hellspam; Thanks! Glad you liked it! Yeah, she certainly came into her own here, huh~
Anime PJ; Thank you very much! I'm glad that you like it~ It's going quite well, and while they have kissed, he's a little unsure, but Serafall is helping him see that it is okay. Yeah, that's finally resolved, and now, Koneko and Makoto can grow together, move forward together. I thought Makoto would think of her when needing help with a Youkai, she is the Princess of them after all. It is going to be one ride alright~
Harem Master123; Thanks very much! Well, she very well could be if she wanted, I am sure Makoto would love to have her beside him. Asia and Ravel definitely will be his future Bishop's, heck Asia's already been confirmed by Serafall, even Makoto himself has expressed an interest to take her with him in the future. He'll meet them/met them and might hit it off with some, but dunno who it would be yet. Cool suggestions!
Mr. unknow; They surely are, we're at the games~
tyson113; Thanks! Oh don't worry about that, I've got some big Makoto/Akeno moments coming up soon.
ShadowUzumaki55; Thank you very much! Yeah, they've been bonding quite well huh, setting things up for this, and future chapters. Well, we'll have to wait, and see what's going to happen with regards to that. He surely did give her courage, then Serafall gave him courage, a courage free for all huh~ They...well, we'll have to see what happens~
marco794; She could do either of those things, but the second is probably more likely.
Justin D; Emotion filled indeed. He finally did, and they can move on, become closer because of that, showing their growth as a relationship. She doesn't know, but she's going off what she does know, and what she does know/thinks she knows, aren't good things. Eventually, they'll reconcile. True enough, though Makoto wouldn't really care if she is a Loli or in Shirone Mode. She went full on assault on him...only to have it interrupted in the end. Yeah, I suppose you're right there~ She probably wouldn't have a problem like that~ Yumi is more comfortable with being, sexual with Makoto now, and seeing others, getting closer, she wants to do that too. It is, and it shows their growth, more of that to come in future story arcs. He shouldn't be, but he was raised as human, and while Ise was fine with it, Makoto is different to Ise. Yeah, maybe so~ I see, that sounds wonderful~ And thanks, we'll see the results, soon enough~
Dragonsayianblue; Hey! Yeah, he surely does get 'attacked' in the morning, doesn't he? Yup, some more background on Koneko, Makoto sought out help from the Princess of Youkai herself. Glad that you liked them~ Well, he could have a trigger if people want to piss him off. Yeah, perhaps in the future~
UsagiAngelRabbit; I guess he would be yeah~ They are back together now, stronger than ever. Glad that you enjoyed it~
Nivek Beldo; It can be called something like that yeah~ It was a chapter dedicated to bonding, showing some hints of their abilities for the game, and what might happen too. Yeah, they finally got it out on the table, what was going on, and what they could do to make it better, and now they are showing how closer they have gotten. Yup, Kunou surely was a big help for him here, both on knowledge, and personally as well. Ooh, something definitely is going to happen, can't say what yet though. She surely did kiss him, Serafall wasn't going to wait, she wanted to show her Queen the extent of her feelings, helping Makoto, bridging gaps that honestly needed to be bridged. It surely will, this, and the next two will be the Rating Game.
Guest; Thank you!
Cf96; Indeed~
Skull Flame; It was quite the bonding type of chapter~ Kunou is adorable, just wait until the lap wars come~ She's back, and better than ever, with encouragement from Makoto. And thanks!
Tohka123; Thanks very much! He surely does have his fun moments yeah~ Akeno's making her movement alright~ She isn't backing down right now~ She does yeah, and thanks to her, Makoto was able to go and confront Koneko, and put his relationship with her right back on track, as shown in this chapter. Indeed yeah, with Yumi's training, and also some encouraging to Elmen as well. Aah, thank you! I'm glad that it came out quite well! He does seem to have an affinity for them, Kuroka and Koneko surely will be pleased~ They did yeah, shows that they have grown close, and also shows that they care for one another as well. She does yeah. Makoto and Serafall kissed! They shared their growing affections with one another! It seems so yeah, he's growing to accept it. And thanks!
Blade of Takeda; Thank you! Yup, she's gonna show her stuff soon! And Koneko has moved forward now, and is going to do her best!
With those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Fight for the Gremory part one!
"Phew…okay, gotta get ready…gotta do this, gotta make sure that we fight to the best that we can do it…yes, we've got to…ugh…this is going to be a terrifying battle, it isn't going to be a pleasant time anyway…damn it all…"
Makoto sat on his bed, on the big day, nerves in his body, and making his stomach churn.
Today was the day that they were going to be fighting Zephyrdor and his peerage. Though it was something that he didn't want to do, it was something that he had to do, so Millicas wouldn't have to be afraid, or worried, or anything else.
But he also knew something else that Millicas had to do, it had to do something that couldn't be done with him. Sure, he could fight Zephyrdor, but there was something that he wouldn't be able to do if he was honest with himself.
He looked towards the clock, and saw that the time was 11 AM, the game actually starting a 1 PM. He preferred that it be during the day than the night. Though Devils are creatures of the night, he also knew that he would be able to do it strongly.
This was something that was quite worrying to Makoto, but it had Millicas on the line. He had to do it for everyone, and rely on the others to fight too. To think that a battle like this would be happening, he didn't think he'd be in something like this.
Since Serafall said herself that she didn't participate in the Rating Games, it wasn't something that he thought he would ever have to do.
As he was contemplating his thoughts, his door cracked open, revealing it to be Serafall herself, who had a large smile on her face.
"Hey there cutie Ma-tan! What's going on!?"
Makoto turned towards Serafall as she hopped over happily.
He was jealous that she could be so hyper about something like this.
"Hey…erm, I'm just thinking about something…about the game and all…"
Serafall got to the bed, then smiled childlike.
"Aah! Don't worry Ma-tan! You're my cute Ma-tan after all! I know that you're going to be fighting for Millicas-chan today! You're going to be fighting against such an enemy! Though he's a normal curious person, Zephyrdor is said to be the second strongest young Devil, right behind Sairaorg-chan."
"Who's that?"
Makoto didn't know anyone called Sairaorg, so that name didn't mean anything to him.
Serafall though gave a cheery wink.
"Sairaorg-chan is stronger than Rias-chan and Sona-chan too. He's a very strong person, and though the difference between Zephyrdor and Sairaorg-chan is a little difference, it isn't something that you should take for granted either."
That didn't exactly relieve Makoto's worries and doubts either.
"Sera-tan, are you trying to make me feel worried?"
At that, Serafall turned to Makoto, and then placed a hand on his face, giving his face a gentle stroke.
"The person that I am seeing right now, is also cute too. Ma-tan, you have to believe in yourself, you know?"
"I'm trying my best to do something about this…but, I am worried about everything. I mean, I know that we've trained to our best abilities, but I don't know if we could…no, we have to do this for Millicas-san too."
Serafall's hand went to the top of Makoto's head, stroking his hair gently.
"Ooh Ma-tan, I know that you can do it. You've got the best heart inside of you, and you're going to be able to do this my cute Ma-tan, it is going to be something good. I know that you're worried, but you're my cute Queen, and I won't allow my cute Queen to be so worried. You'll have to use your cuteness power against the enemy."
He wished that it would be that simple, but he knew that it wouldn't be something like that.
It was going to be difficult when they go forward in the fight, whatever the fight is going to be like. Makoto didn't know what he was going to do however, it just seemed to be a little difficult. They didn't even know what they were going to do either when they got to the field of the fight.
"I've read a little bit about the peerage of Zephyrdor, and that's…there's not much information about his peerage, but supposedly, they are quite strong, and I am worried about it not being able to help us either…but, they don't know about us, hopefully."
"A Rating Game, is a game that you can sometimes know everything about your enemies, or nothing about your enemies. Sometimes, you'll just have to use your pieces to your advantages. Like your cute friends for an example, it has to be something like that too. Plus, you've got the best team ever Ma-tan! The problem is though…Millicas-chan has some confidence issues…if she could overcome them, then she'd be able to win the fight against Zephyrdor."
Makoto blinked, knowing that she was strong, but to hear it from Serafall, it seemed strange honestly.
"She's that strong?"
"She's quite talented yes." Explaining with a grin, Makoto tilted his head. "She is quite strong yes, that's how it is my cute Ma-tan. She's probably the strongest on the current peerage. But she has some confidence issues, but with Ma-tans help, I am sure that she'll overcome such things."
Makoto took in the information, and hearing it did make sense to him. He knew she was strong, and this just confirmed it, and he was going to be helping her do what she needs to do as well, though it was going to be a difficult fight.
"So…this could end up with Millicas-san being the one…right, we have to also make sure that she's confident enough to do this. Don't worry Sera-tan, I've got it. I'll make sure that Millicas-san also uses her lovely intelligence, and also her power to fight too."
"Good, good Ma-tan! I'm sure that you'll enjoy the fight, whatever happens!"
"I don't enjoy fighting."
Makoto countered, but Serafall pointed at him sweetly, and then winked.
"Don't be cute Ma-tan, I know that you'll be able to do it."
"I'll try my best at least. I'll do what I can do with what I have. I just hope that I'm ready for the fight, whatever is going to go down. Though it is going to be difficult, I know that I am going to fight together with the others during this fight. I won't allow anyone down, I'll do my best to fight for this right for Millicas-san to live as she likes."
"Yes, that's a good way of thinking about it too Ma-tan. Good boy, you're a cute boy Ma-tan. But you yourself also need some courage, don't you?"
Makoto tipped his head downwards, not wanting to worry the others.
Serafall took Makoto's chin, and brought her lips closer towards his own. Makoto was hesitant, not wanting to make Serafall's status worse by doing something like this. But, Serafall pressed on, and leaned closer, and closer.
"Don't worry my Ma-tan, I'm here for you now."
"Sera-tan…I still feel unsure…"
"Didn't we talk about this before my cute Ma-tan?"
Makoto wasn't sure about it, not wanting to do anything to make Serafall's Maou status bad by giving into the feelings that had been growing between the two of them.
Serafall pressed on though, placing a hand on his face, stroking it gently.
"We did…but, this is something of a serious matter. I don't know if we could…I know that you said it is okay…but, I don't know if it would be…I've been reading and the Maou-sama's are important to the world…"
"Well, Sirzechs-chan gets to have fun with his Queen, I wanna have fun with my Queen too! My cute Ma-tan is adorable, and I want to have fun with my Ma-tan too! So Ma-tan, don't worry about such things, and we can do things my cute Ma-tan~"
"Sera-tan I…"
Makoto didn't get to answer her as he was pushed down onto the bed by Serafall, and was left helpless as she climbed on top of him, pressing his lips and her own together, her breasts pressing against his chest.
He tried to fight at first, not wanting to ruin Serafall with his lowly status. But as the kiss went on and on, he didn't feel the desire to fight her off, he slowly sunk into the kiss, and enjoyed it together with Serafall herself.
The time they spent together, gave Makoto the need and desire to win the fight.
"My, already 12.30, we've only got half an hour left."
Yumi spoke seriously as she was near her sword at the back of the room, of the student council room at that.
"Ah, you're right there, Yumi-senpai."
Makoto answered Yumi who smiled, then went back to cleaning her sword.
"Are you worried Millicas-sama?"
"Ooh, just some nerves inside of my stomach is all."
Millicas and Ravel sat together, drinking some tea, and discussed some nerves that Millicas had, Makoto taking note of that, and hoped that she would be able to overcome her worries, and doubts, so she didn't have to worry about something like this.
"Please do not be concerned, we've gathered the best team that we could. We'll have to use all of our abilities together. honestly, I am quite looking forward to what is going to happen."
"Oh? Why's that?"
Asking with a question mark above her head, Millicas watched as Ravel placed her tea down.
"Because I never really got to contribute on Onii-sama's team. I think that this would be for the best, and use my powers to help you out also. I am confident that if we all stick to the plan, we'll be able to do something's together."
"I suppose that you're right…if we can pull our resources together, we'll be able to do something, I think…"
Millicas still wasn't sure.
Though Makoto tried, and others did too, she still felt a little less confident about this. She didn't know what she was going to be doing now, and she didn't know if she would be able to win either, but since everyone else was around, she would have to do her best too.
""…""
Kalawarner, and Elmenhilde glared at one another dangerously. Though words hadn't been conveyed between the other, it was quite clear that neither looked as if they were going to be friends for a long time yet.
Makoto himself was sat with Asia, who clung to his arm very tightly, he felt that she was nervous.
The last member of the group had yet to show up…
Koneko.
Though they had half an hour yet, Makoto was getting worried that she wouldn't show up. Since the day that they talked about her Nekomata status, they hadn't really seen one another, like she was avoiding one another.
"Asia-chan, are you worried?"
Asia placed a hand over her heart, nodding her head shyly.
"I'm just a little worried is all. I don't know if I would be able to take it if this continues happening. Makoto-san and the others look confident, I don't know if I could be confident either."
Makoto took Asia's hand, and gently squeezed it, not missing the fact that she was still wearing the ring.
"Don't worry Asia-chan, we'll be together. I am sure that we'll be able to figure something out together. It might seem a little worrying, but you don't have to worry Asia-chan, we're going to be fighting for Millicas-san and the others."
"Y-Yes! Makoto-san…can I ask you something?"
"Is it about the marriage thing?"
Makoto's guess was kind of spot on, but not fully.
"It's about…staying with Makoto-san. Can we, stay together forever and ever?"
Makoto's lips curled upwards, nodding his head.
"That's okay, we can do something like that. Let's stay together from now on. Devils live for a long time, right? I think it would be the best that we remain together. Besides, Asia-chan's going to become my Bishop in the future."
"Y-Yes!"
Asia was content, hugging onto Makoto's body tightly.
He hugged her back, rubbing her back gently.
"Makoto-san…though this is worrying, I will do my best for the Game ahead…"
"Don't worry Asia-chan, you're someone that is integral to the plan of the peerage. You're going to be the best one that we can have."
The pair continued to stay in such a position and eventually, Asia just rested her head against Makoto's shoulder., hugging onto his arm. Makoto himself just looked on at her, and felt her nervousness disappearing.
It was around 12.39 when Koneko finally came into the room…but something was quite odd about her.
Usually, she'd have her deadpan look on her face but it was something else entirely that she had right now. It was, something that Makoto didn't expect to see, nor did the others in the room either, not expecting Koneko to have it on her face…
A smile.
The smile was very adorable. Makoto was breath taken with such a smile.
"K-Koneko-chan, are you alright?"
Yumi was the one who asked directly, and she responded with a nod, and no words as she strolled through the clubroom.
She walked directly towards the place Makoto, and Asia sat down.
Makoto, and pretty much everyone else, thought that she'd walk right past him…but that wasn't the case.
Koneko hopped onto Makoto's lap, and swayed her body…and that's when he saw what she had out. Rather, she had her natural form on display. The Nekomata's ears, and the Nekomata's tail too. The tail slowly wrapped around Makoto's waist, as she pulled herself towards his body, resting her head on his shoulder, looking up towards him.
"K-Koenko-chan…w-what are you…?"
Makoto tried to make sense of it all, but she placed her hand outwards, stroking the air cutely.
"Because Mako-kun's lap is the best, I have decided to sit here from now on. Your lap, is now my territory nya~"
Makoto's cuteness feelings went into overdrive, hugging Koneko tightly.
"Awwwwwwwwwww! That's so freaking adorable! Koneko-chan, does that mean that you have forgiven me for…s-seeing you like this…?"
"I've…decided to no longer hide myself…because, Mako-kun accepts me…even though I was cruel…when you didn't do anything wrong…I, was unnecessarily cruel towards Mako-kun…but, this time, I've decided to sit here from now on, it is my lap after all."
Elmen's eyes bulged with jealousy as Kalawarner's lips curled upwards.
"Something wrong Vampire-chan?"
"…Nothing at all, there's nothing wrong."
Though she was pissed off, she didn't want to give Kalawarner the high ground this time, and just dismissed her the best that she obviously could.
"Are you sure Vampire-chan? Look how close they are to one another, I think they are so freaking cute with one another. Though, I don't have to rely on cuteness to win my battles. I've got breasts, unlike some I know."
Elmenhilde's eyes shot towards Kalawarner who smirked right back down towards her.
"D-Don't say such things, I'm also going to become more involved with Makoto-kun too. And don't forget, I knew him before you, I know him a lot more than he knew you, and that's going to be the end of it."
Kalawarner just smirked, while Elmenhilde frowned deeply towards the Fallen Angel girl too.
"S-So, Koneko-san…y-you're…erm…s-showing such things…"
Millicas' face was a mixture of surprise, and happy that Koneko's no longer afraid.
Koneko turned towards Millicas resolutely, taking Makoto's hand in her hand and held it tightly.
"I'm not afraid anymore, Millicas-sama. Because…I realize that…if it happens, if it goes too far…then Mako-kun will also stop me…I feel it deep down, Millicas-sama. Mako-kun is going to stop me if I go too far…so, that's why I am going to use the power that I sealed long ago…if I'm beside Mako-kun, then I am going to do my best."
Millicas was happy, as this would also increase their chances of winning. But, something else about it also…because she was Rias' Rook, and though Makoto wasn't on Rias' peerage, he was able to help Koneko's heart open to the idea of affection, and seeing how Koneko was now, purring away on Makoto's lap as she played with his hand, the redhead was pleased, and happy for both Koneko and Rias too. Of course, she was also glad that Makoto and Koneko managed to settle the awkwardness between the two of them.
It was ten minutes before the game was going to start, when a red glowing appeared on the ground. The figure that appeared was that of Grayfia herself, bowing her head towards Millicas, and the others too.
"Is everyone ready? It's ten minutes before the match."
Everyone stands up after Grayfia confirms them all.
Makoto felt something holding his hand, so he looked…and it was Asia. He guessed that it would be Asia. But on his other hand, there was Koneko herself. She had a shy look to her, and her cheeks were unusually red.
"Koneko-chan? Is something wrong?"
Koneko briefly looked up, matching his eyes, and then looked back down with the same shyness as before.
Makoto hadn't witnessed Koneko showing such a side to her, and he found her to be absolutely adorable.
Grayfia then starts to explain about the battle.
"When it becomes the time to start the battle, you will be teleported to the battlefield through this magic-circle. The location of the place is in a different dimension used for battles. You may fight with all your power. It's a disposable space so feel free to fight to your satisfaction."
"So…we can cut lose, and go free, huh? That would be something interesting to say the least~ Kuku, it is going to be something fun huh~?"
Kalawarner was quite excited right now, she looked like she was going to be in the middle of a good time too.
Grayfia ignored Kalawarner's words, and continued on regardless.
"This "Rating Game" battle will also be viewed by members of both households from a different location through broadcast." Grayfia explained, then she looked over everyone in the room. "Maou Lucifer-sama will also be viewing this battle. Please do not forget about it."
"So…Otou-sama is also going to be viewing this too…"
It was at this time Makoto, Elmen, and Asia looked shocked with what Millicas said, the others seemingly knew the truth, even Kalawarner seemed to be aware of something that the three weren't aware of.
"Wait…"
Asia tried to gain the words, but had difficulty.
Makoto himself then picked up from where she left off.
"Otou-sama…and Maou-sama…s-so, you're saying…"
Makoto came to the conclusion, and so did Elmenhilde, even Asia came to the conclusion.
"That's right…my Otou-sama is also the Maou Lucifer too."
[Ooh wow! That's freaking amazing!]
Asia and Elmen said the same thing as Makoto himself (Asia not saying freaking but she did say the rest), all of them shocked and worried at the same time.
Yumi then came close to Makoto, placing her hands on her shoulders, and leaned closer.
"Allow me to explain. In the previous Great War, the Maou-sama's was in a critical condition and has passed away a long time ago. But there would be no Devils if there aren't any Maou-sama's. That's why The Devils decided to keep the names of the Maou's and let it be inherited to the ones with enormous powers. So the current Four Great Maou's are the Ultimate Class Devils that are the successors of the first generation Maou's that has inherited their names. So that's how it is. Then "Lucifer" and "Beelzebub" isn't a personal name but more like a managerial position."
As Yumi explained, Makoto understood what was going on.
Ravel then carried on from the ending of Yumi's words.
"To tell you the truth, out of the three factions of the God, the Fallen Angels and the Devils, the Devils have the least power. We are actually in a tight spot but we are still safe because the current Maou-sama's has a power equal to the previous Maou-sama's."
"Wow…so, Sera-tan is like that then…huh."
"Though my Otou-sama, is also known as the Crimson Maou. He's also the strongest, and that's not me just boasting either."
Makoto was in awe, he had no idea that Millicas, and by extent Rias, was also related to the Maou that was the strongest. If she was his child, he could only guess on how powerful she actually was as of this moment in time.
"So…he's, the strongest Maou-sama among them huh…but, wow, it is amazing that they had at least the equal power to replace the original Maou-sama's, that's gotta count for something, am I wrong in saying that?"
Millicas nodded, as Elmen coughed into her hand.
"From what it sounds like, the Maou-sama known as Lucifer, is also Rias-senpai's Onii-sama…and couldn't inherit the title…makes sense why Rias-senpai is the next heiress of the clan, it would make things more…easier to understand."
"That's right, and it also is one of the reasons she is pressed to marry Riser-san, to carry on the Gremory clans line…and the same with me actually…"
Grayfia's eyes lowered so insignificantly that no one truly noticed what had happened.
"It's about time. Everyone, please head to the magic-circle." They gathered to the magic-circle after Grayfia urges them to. "Also, once you get transported, you cannot use the magic-circle until the game ends."
"So, we can only return here after the outcome."
Millicas nods at Makoto's thoughts on the matter.
"That's right. Win or lose, we'll be coming back here eventually."
The magic-circle's symbol changes to another one which is not that of the Gremory's and it starts to emit lights. He knew it wasn't the Sitri's either. But, if it wasn't there's, then he didn't know what he was doing either.
The light covers them and the teleportation begins.
When the light died down, they entered a different area all together.
They weren't at the school anymore, they were somewhere else entirely. Makoto didn't know where they were at first, the area was dark. Even with their Devil eyes, they couldn't see where they had actually been transported too.
"Damn, it's even darker than I thought…"
Kalawarner murmured as Millicas agreed.
"Even for Devils like myself, I cannot see all that well in here. Just where have we been transported exactly?"
Elmen then noticed something.
"There's a light over there, let's check it out."
Nodding at one another, they all went forward towards the light that they could see.
As they neared the light, Makoto felt something odd clanging around on his outfit. Before, he wasn't wearing anything that would clang, but now, he heard the noise, and it made him feel worried that he wouldn't be able to understand what was going on.
When they made it to the light however, they suddenly were shocked when they saw that they were in fact at…
"T-This is the amusement park that is in Kuoh, isn't it!?"
Elmen was shocked, with the others being in the same thought too.
That was right, they were in an amusement park. The big carriage wheel could be seen quite clearly in the centre of the park. They themselves happened to be at the entrance of the park, standing right next to the ticket booth where they were inside apparently, though they didn't understand why it was so dark.
The parks area was massive, it was an exact replica of the area. Makoto, and the others who didn't know about such things were impressed, they didn't think that they'd manage to make something like this honestly.
"W-What are you wearing!?"
Suddenly, Ravel exclaimed as she looked at Millicas, drawing the others attention.
"A-Aaaah~! I wasn't wearing this beforehand!"
Millicas, was now wearing a red magical girls outfit, it looked exactly like Serafall's just red.
"A-And what about you Ravel-san, you're wearing something like that too."
Ravel looked down at her own outfit, shocked when she saw that she was indeed wearing an orange magical girls outfit, embarrassed when Makoto pointed something like that out.
And it wasn't just them either, they all wore magical girls outfits, besides Makoto who was in a boys version. Koneko was wearing a white one, Makoto wore a blue one, Yumi wore a green one, Kalawarner wore a purple one, Asia wore a bright pink one not unlike Serafall's own, and Elmenhilde was wearing a yellow one.
"What the fuck is this shit!? I don't recall wearing this beforehand!"
Kalawarner made a cry as she pulled at the outfit.
"Grrrr, damn Maou-sama. She's making us like her personal toys or something! I can't see myself like that! It isn't fair at all! I don't like this! I don't even want to do something like this!"
Elmenhilde covered her body the best that she could, but she couldn't stop feeling more embarrassed by the second.
Koneko dipped her head down, embarrassed.
"…This can't ever be something I thought would happen…no, this is also the work of that person too…"
Makoto knew who she was referring too, and knew that she would do something like this to them.
Asia on the other hand seemed to like the outfit, turning around happily.
"Wow, this is good Makoto-san, isn't it? I really like my new outfit~"
Makoto knew she'd say something like that honestly, Makoto just didn't think that she would be like that right now however. It wasn't something he honestly thought that he would come across if he was honest with himself.
"SERAAAA-TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
Meanwhile, within a viewing area of sorts, there were many people, wanting to see Millicas, and see how she would grow and use the peerage that she was given by her friends coming together. Most wanted to see some good fights, some wanted to see how she came along with the others, some were even interested in the Queen of Serafall too, and wondered to see what's going on.
Some very prominent figures had gathered, even including that of some of the Maou's.
Serafall sat there in the area, looking down at the area that was before her. She could see that her 'master plan' had worked thoroughly, and she was truly enjoying herself
"Kukuku, how cute~ My own personal magical army~ Against Gabriel of course~ She's going to get it when she sees this new cuteness arrive! All of them are too freaking adorable! They are the best ever!"
A man who sat beside her, a man with hair not unlike Rias' and Millicas' own, gave Serafall an incredulous look.
"Serafall…that's why you asked for it…they don't seem to be happy."
"But you can't deny that your cute child is also more adorable like that too Sirzechs-chan!"
The newly named Sirzechs slammed his palm against his face…but then turned towards Millicas and had a happy smile.
"Well, she is a very adorable right now~ Serafall, you're a genius~ Uuuuu! My daughter is a magical…" He paused when he saw that Millicas was clinging to Makoto's body tightly. "W-Wait!? W-What is your Queen doing with my daughter!?"
Serafall's lips curled upwards.
"Didn't you know about that your daughter has a cute crush on my Queen?"
Sirzechs' face fell downwards.
"S-Surely it is a mistake!"
"What's wrong with my Queen!? He's cuter than yours!"
"No way! My Queen is the best!"
Serafall's eyes blazed as did Sirzechs own eyes.
"Don't say such things! My Queen has a cute body with a tight butt, and nicely shaped hips too!"
"W-Well, my Queen has large breasts!"
"Mines got a big penis! Beat that!"
"If Grayfia had that I would be scared! B-But, my Queen is also beautiful too! You can't say that she isn't!"
"Screw that! My Queen's gonna become the best one ever! He'll defeat your own weirdo Queen! I mean, what the hell is Grayfia-chan!? Is she a Gabriel sympathiser!?"
"Yes, she likes her more than you!"
Serafall gasped, developing teary eyes as Sirzechs did too.
"T-That's not even funny…"
The look on Serafall's face couldn't deny that she really was sad right now. It was cute, it really was a cute sight to behold.
"I-I'm sorry Serafall! I didn't mean too-"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!" Serafall's eyes leaked tears as her heart felt weak. "Ma-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! Sirzechs-chan is bullying me again! He's jealous of my Queen and hates me, and thinks Gabriel is better when she's really not! She smells like wet dog all of the time!"
Sirzechs tried to console Serafall, but at this point, she was shedding tears that couldn't be quelled alone.
Back at the amusement park area, the gang were looking around the area, trying to not think about the outfits they were in. they couldn't even take them off at this point. It was probably something they would just have to deal with constantly. And even if it was weird, it had to be done now.
[Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the House of Gremory and today I will be the arbiter of the Rating match between the House of Gremory and the House of Glasya-Labolas.]
"That's coming over the PA system of the park, right?"
Elmen guessed, as Makoto nodded his head.
"Seems like. And it's Grayfia-san too. She is gonna be the arbiter huh. Interesting."
[In the name of my Master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will be keeping my eye on this match. By using both Millicas-sama and Zephyrdor-sama's opinion, we created this battlefield which is a replica of the amusement park that has set up in the human world, in the town that Millicas, and the peerage of her also live in.]
"So, you chose this Millicas-san?"
Asia asked kindly, as Millicas nodded shyly.
"Well, we know this place…and Rias-nee is having the school, so I thought that a location that we knew would be good. Besides, we have to come together now, and we have the advantage here, well at least I think we will."
Everyone nodded at what she said, as it did make sense. They all, or at least, most knew that the amusement park, and its layout's, and knew where to go, and what they could come across too, something fun too.
[The location where both teams were transported will be their "base". Millicas-sama's "base" would be the ticket office, at the front of the amusement park. Zephyrdor-sama's "base" would be the nurse's station room located at the opposite end of the amusement park. For the Pawns to use "promotion", please head to the enemy's base to do it.]
Once she said that, the communication between them and Grayfia was cut off, leaving the others to make their way into the ticket office again.
Getting inside, they saw the light switch, and switched it on, revealing a room that one would expect, though it appeared more as a longue, and was bigger than expected.
"Everyone, will you all please put this transceiver in your ears."
Millicas gives everyone an earphone type transceiver.
Ravel says it while putting it in her ears.
"At the battlefield, we will be using this to communicate with each other."
So we will receive the orders through this transceiver huh. This is an important item. I need to make sure I don't break it.
[Now it's the time for the commencement of the battle. Also, this match will continue till it reaches eight in the evening in the humans time. So, Game starts now.]
With that, the game had begun, leaving everyone to stare at Millicas.
But the girl…looked unsure of what to do, seeing all of the eyes on her.
"Millicas-sama, we have to begin now."
Though Ravel said it kindly, Millicas just stared forward, not sure what she has to say now, she was frozen. She didn't know what to do, or what to say, she just looked on, and felt her hands sweating nervously.
Seeing that she was struggling, Makoto couldn't take it, so he walked forward, and placed a hand on the top of her head. Immediately, Millicas looked up, and saw the kind eyes of the boy staring right back towards her.
"Don't worry Millicas-san, it's alright. Let's just do our best."
"Y-Yes…I'm just a little…n-nervous, a-and what if we d-don't win or anything…I'm worried Makoto-san…I'm truly worried…"
Makoto didn't like the fact that she was like that, what Zephyrdor had reduced her too now, and wanted to inspire confidence within her, so he gathered his own confidence, facing each of the members of the group.
"Though we haven't been together long, we've all got jobs to do today, together. We might not be a proper peerage like Zephyrdor's peerage, but we've got something unique here, we're all different to normal Devils, so, let's make our strategy, and take down this enemy that's before us! He might be strong, and he might have a full peerage, but we're doing this for Millicas-san here! So, let's go out there, and do our best for this girl, okay!?"
Makoto cheered on everyone in the group, showing how strong they would be together, and it seemed to inspire the others too.
[Yes Makoto-kun/san/sama! We'll do it for Millicas-san/sama!]
With Makoto's words and everyone getting really pumped too, it seemed like the plan was going to be set, and it seemed everyone was going to have their roles too. They just hoped that they succeeded in the battle too.
Millicas herself looked on at Makoto, and her cheeks turned red at how, commanding he could be, and how he took charge when she was doubting herself, and in his own way, he gave her the courage to go forward.
"Alright." She stepped forward confidence slowly returning. "Let's get to work. Our opponent might be Zephyrdor, but we're gonna win. We don't have the luxury of losing right now, we're gonna beat the opponent that is before us, because we're also representing two Maou-sama's, in the form of my parent, and Makoto-sans King, let's show Zephyrdor the power that we've got together!"
Millicas had determined eyes, this time they weren't going to fail either. They now, were going to have the plan that would be able have them win the fight, even if it was difficult, they were gonna work together, and fight together.
"Ooh, I hope we aren't late!"
Rias came rushing into the viewing room with Ise, and Akeno trailing behind her. Most of the people didn't respond to her presence, and neither did Serafall who was too busy looking over the screen which held Makoto, and the others discussing a plan together. Sona also had joined in the room, looking over the meeting's between the peerages, and in particular, she was interested in the Gremory's plan.
"Rias, and…some of her family it seems."
Sirzechs made his voice known as Rias dutifully bowed her head. But Sirzechs waved his hand, stopping her from bowing her head, and gestured towards the left hand side, allowing her to sit down with her two members.
"Onii-sama, has it started yet? I'm sorry we're late, we were just getting in as much training as we possibly could get in."
"No, they are currently in discussion of an idea…truthfully, I am pleasantly surprised by what is happening right now. Though the idea may seem simple, I can't help but feel that there's a deeper meaning to the plan."
Sirzechs got that feeling, as Rias looked towards the screen with the others.
From what it seemed like, Millicas, Makoto, and Ravel were deep in conversation, making the plan itself. Surprise was on Rias' face as she listened to the plan too, she didn't see how it would work…but the three of them seemed to be really going for it.
"D-Damn, I didn't know Makoto was a strategist…?"
Ise was dumbfounded as he listened to the plan, it went over his head honestly.
"Ara, I think Makoto-kun is showing a cute manly side right now~ After all the training we did together, perfecting his new technique, I hope that he gets to shine during the game…though the enemies peerage are stronger than Riser's peerage."
Ise's expression turned grim.
"H-Honestly Akeno-san!?"
"I've heard that they shouldn't be inferior to Sairaorg-sama's, and his peerage is probably one of the more balanced between the peerages of the young Devils, or at least a peerage that are very strong too. And then there's the King himself…he's a very dangerous opponent."
Ise felt worried for Makoto now, he didn't want Makoto to be in a situation where he could be hurt. And if they were stronger than Riser's peerage, then he was worried for them and what is going to become of them all.
"Buchou, is Makoto and everyone going to be okay?"
Asking for his younger brothers sake, he didn't want Makoto to be hurt.
Rias downcast her eyes, and then smiled gently.
"Ise, Millicas is stronger than myself."
"Wha…? S-Seriously?"
He didn't know that, but Rias nodded her head strongly.
"Yes, it might seem shameful of me to say it…but she is stronger than myself. And she's intelligent too. Plus, Hyoudou-kun there…he's quite smart too, and Ravel too…damn, they have three brainboxes on the team, they aren't stupid by any means at least."
Sona coughed into her hand, gaining their attention.
"Hyoudou-kun in there is also capable of making good movements." Sona brought up. "You see, though I trained Hyoudou-kun hard during that time…" Serafall's right eye went towards her, causing her to shed some tears. "…t-that I'm deeply sorrowful about." Serafall nodded. "The point is, I understood something about Hyoudou-kun that some others might not realize, not even you Hyoudou-san."
"What's that then?"
Ise didn't think there would be anything that he didn't know about Makoto, having grown up with him.
Sona pushed her glasses up her face, and gained a small smirk.
"Hyoudou-kun's intelligence is different to my own. While he's quite intelligent, and probably, if given the chance, we'd have the most interesting chess match. His thoughts are…different to my own. While I stay within the confines of a box and work with what is before me, Hyoudou-kun's intelligence reaches out to the different, and unusual, in a good way. Like his Sacred Gear…let's just say, if I am right, then there's a few secrets to that Gear that could give it an edge over some used in his hands."
Ise didn't know what Makoto's Sacred Gear could do, beyond ice attacks. But if Sona was saying it, then something different was about the Sacred Gear, and it wasn't something that should be trifled with either.
"Ready, Koneko-chan? Ravel-san?"
Makoto slowly walked towards the far east of the area as he held a sword of ice in his hand that looked jagged too, with Koneko, and Ravel, an eerie fog that was slowly encroaching around the entire field, something that Makoto, and the others all knew what it was.
Those two…did not get along.
They were glaring at one another like there was no tomorrow. Koneko's eyes were slits, and Ravel's own eyes looked like they were going to burn Koneko alive. The only reason why they weren't going to be burned, was because Makoto stood between the two of them.
"Erm…yeah, so are you two ready for this fight?"
Makoto cut into the conversation again, wanting to know what was going on with them, surprising the both of them when he waved his hand in front of their faces, gaining their attention before anything else could happen.
"…I'm ready Mako-kun, let's do this thing."
"Yes, Makoto-sama, I shall also be ready to accompany you as well. Shall we leave right now?"
"Yeah, we've got to get the plan in motion after all."
Ravel very much agreed with this, smiling as she looked at the mist that was spreading throughout the battlefield.
"That's something we should be doing. It is only thanks to the special people here that this plan shall work. Though I have to admit my distaste with working with a cat such as this."
"I'd rather be me than you, KFC."
Ravel's rage couldn't be more pronounced right now, she truly looked like she was going to defeat anything that she came across, and if that included Koneko, then so be it.
Ravel's eyes turned murderous as Koneko flashed a peace sign.
"What was that about KFC!?"
"You, need to join your family back at the KFC joint. Also…I could go for grilled chicken Princess too."
"I'll give you grilled chicken Princess in a minute!"
Ravel and Koneko squared off with one another, but was the pushed back by Makoto, who got between them.
"Okay, you've both got in some good jabs at one another. Why don't we now, head forward, and make sure that the enemy is defeated? Doesn't that sound like a good idea for us all?"
Ravel and Koneko mumbled something negative about the other, and then agreed, Koneko taking Makoto's hand, Ravel glaring at such an act. But they all went together onwards towards the area known as the bumper cars.
As they walked, they all heard Elmen through the communications device.
[Up ahead, at the bumper cars, are three enemies waiting for you there. It seems like, they want to have a showdown with you too.]
Makoto placed a hand against his ear.
"Thanks Elmen-chan, how is the plan going?"
[It should start showing its effects soon Makoto-kun. The mist has already covered more than 50 percent of the battlefield. Don't worry, we've got it here, just make sure to survive.]
"Understood."
Makoto looked towards the others, Koneko and Ravel nodding at him.
"Let's go Makoto-sama, Koneko-san. If Elmen-sama is right, then we soon should see the effects of our plan working."
They both nodded, and walked forward towards the bumper cars.
Immediately, as they stepped inside, they saw the large arena, and three people or more like goblin looking Devils were before them. Makoto remembered their faces from the profiles they were given just before the game, so he knew what he was looking at right now.
"A Rook, Pawn, and Bishop have gathered here now."
Koneko made a bitter expression, as did Ravel.
"Almost the same as us, besides the Queen that is."
Ravel mused aloud, as Makoto nodded his head.
"It doesn't make a difference, we'll just have to blow through the enemy."
"Very much agreed."
Ravel's words came through quite clearly, making all of them nod as they walked forward.
The Bishop of the group inched closer, towards a large bumper car.
"Hello, Queen, Rook, and Bishop of Millicas Gremory…wait, you aren't the real Evil Pieces of the group, are you?" There was a sense of arrogance around the Bishop, and the other members too. "Well, that doesn't matter, because we're gonna blow you away with our might! Let's show them the power of Zephyrdor-sama!"
They all hopped into the bumper car, the Rook at the driving seat.
"They want to play a game it seems."
Makoto had dangerous eyes, as did the others.
"…Mako-kun, I'm driving. He'll most likely use his Rook piece to enhance the crashing abilities and also, give us a run for our money with the defensive capabilities. I can do the same with our car, we shouldn't be that different. Though, that Rook has the same capabilities as a Queen."
"He's that strong?"
Makoto was stunned, but Koneko confirmed it as they got into the unusually large bumper car, allowing Ravel and Makoto to stand in the back of it, while Koneko got to the front, channelling her powers through the bumper car itself.
"My estimation is that, and also, I can sense his strength, it isn't something to laugh at."
"Then, we'll just have to give them hell, right Ravel-san?"
Ravel stepped forward confidently, nodding her head.
"Let's give them hell, as you said Makoto-sama!"
"You heard her Koneko-chan, ram them like there's no tomorrow."
Koneko's eyes turned sharper than usual, looking like she was going to kill.
"I never lose at games such as these, let's show them our efforts too."
Ravel then looked towards Koneko who's eyes looked resolute.
"Does she…know how to drive?"
Makoto chuckled awkwardly, shrugging his shoulders.
"I don't know at all…let's just find out then…"
Koneko stomped down on the bed, and had a surprising smirk on her face.
"Let's burn rubber baby."
Makoto was surprised by Koneko's strong face right now, she truly did seem eager to fight, and he wasn't going to stop her either.
Meanwhile, during the beginning of their fight, Millicas, Kalawarner, and Yumi were heading from the opposite direction, from the west hand side to move forward. These three, unlike Ravel and Koneko, seemed to get along well enough. Though Yumi and Kalawarner seemed to be having something of an odd feeling between the two of them, something that neither could shake off, slightly untrusting of the others.
"Millicas-sama, do you think the others will be okay?"
Yumi wanted to believe in everyone, but she still held her doubts about what was currently happening.
While looking worried, she answered while nodding.
"We've got to believe in them. If they can take out who we suspect to be sent, then this will make the games easier. For now, we've got to head this way so we can do our part of the plan as well…remember, we all have our missions on this plan, we have to do our best to fight with the best of our abilities."
Though she thought that would give her the courage to move forward, Yumi was still hesitant. She believed in Makoto and the others, but some far deep in her mind, gave her a worrying feeling, and also something else too.
Kalawarner though looked determined too, and wouldn't let go of her happiness.
"Honestly, I think that fighting in the Rating Game is pretty good. Makoto-sama surely does understand my happiness~ Fighting and overcoming my past, it truly is the best thing that I could go through."
"I'm glad that you're enjoying this…because this is torture for me."
Millicas adopted a sad smile, as Yumi placed a hand on her shoulder.
"Do not be concerned, Millicas-sama. As you said, we've got to believe in them."
"Right…everyone is fighting for me…so, I have to do the same too!"
Nodding at the girl, Millicas continued on with the others.
[Incoming you guys, two opponents!]
Using the mist to search for enemies, Elmenhilde gave them the word of what was to come.
Millicas clicked her tongue.
"I didn't think they'd come this way…"
"Millicas-sama, it is alright. You take Kalawarner-san forward, and I'll deal with the two incoming enemies, I promise you."
Millicas looked towards Yumi, feeling unsure.
"Are you sure that we should be doing this right now?"
"For the plan to succeed, we have to keep going. If it is two opponents, then I will have to do my best in stalling them here, and waiting for the chance to go forward."
Millicas wasn't sure if she should do it or not, but Yumi's smile seemed to assure her.
"I see…then, if this is how the Games are also done, please do your best Kiba-senpai, and we'll go on ahead. Kalawarner-san, please follow after me, and we'll go to our intended direction, while Kiba-senpai deals with the enemies here."
Kalawarner nodded as Millicas rushed towards the left, Kalawarner following after her.
Yumi stood there, waiting for the opponent.
[Kiba-senpai, they should be right before you in five seconds tops.]
"Understood."
Yumi placed a hand on her ear, and wore a face that said she wasn't messing around. Even her sword at her side looked sharper than usual, she wasn't messing around this time, she was going to be fighting the enemy the best that she could.
Then, as she waited, two enemies appeared before her. They were so cocky that they didn't even attempt to attack right away, just appearing before Yumi like nothing was going on. One was a goblin looking man with a large sword, and the other was a petit man that had a disfigured face, wearing what appeared to be a magicians rope.
"Knight, and Pawn of Zephyrdor-sama, am I wrong?"
The Knight answered while nodding his head.
"Knight of Millicas, it seems like you've come to meet us. Truthfully, I am glad that you came here now, so I could beat you. I've always wanted to challenge a Knight in a battle, so we have the chance to fight with our swords."
Yumi smirked, as she withdrew her blade, holding it out in front of her.
"I as well, I have been wanting to fight a Knight too. Though, the way that your Master operates kind of disgusts me, so I can't say that I am all that thrilled to fight against someone like you. Though I do sense the honour of a Knight deep within you."
The Knight withdrew his own blade, as the Pawn looked on with a toothy grin.
"Perhaps I have something like that, but I also have something to prove too. So, I have to fight the enemy that is before us, and I cannot stop either, I will have to show the results of the training, and we will stop you! Now!"
Directing towards the Pawn, Yumi was astonished when the Pawn's body glowed brightly, and then turned into a bolt of lightning. Yumi remained shocked as the Pawn's lightning body went into the sword, fusing with it almost, and gave it a powerful charge of lightning.
"That's…some technique."
Yumi stated, the Knight nodding.
"We've been together for a long while now, and have gained such an ability. So, now Knight of Millicas Gremory, show me what you've got inside, and I shall answer your resolve with my own resolve too!"
The man charged forward, so Yumi did as well, slashing their swords at one another.
What Yumi witnessed however, was the sword that she held gained a large crack as lightning crashed against the blade. Though she didn't receive a shock herself, she could see that her sword did receive a large crack.
She couldn't have that happening, so she concentrated the best that she could, fixing the crack in her sword with her will alone, and she managed to do that too, pushing against the mans blade, creating sparks between one another.
Back to the fight with Makoto and the others, Koneko and the opponent Rook charged at one another at high velocity. Makoto and Ravel grabbed one another's hands to stabilize one another in the fast moving bumper car.
"Do it!"
The Rook commanded the Bishop of the group, who gathered water as sharp as needles, firing it towards Makoto's group.
"Ravel-san! Your turn!"
Makoto commanded, and with a nod, Ravel's hands ignited with flames.
"Do not think that normal water will be able to beat the flames of the Phenex."
Ravel waved her hand, unleashing an orange blast of pure Phenex fire. The fire immediately melted the water so only steam remained, firing the rest towards the opponents car as they were going to clash against one another.
"I don't think so!"
The Bishop's hands glowed, and erupted a barrier around the car itself, blocking the fires of Ravel herself. However, the flames were strong enough to penetrate the barrier, so it allowed the cars to crash against one another strongly.
"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
The Pawn in the opponents car let out a cry as the cars were forced to push off from one another. Because they were evenly matched, no car was able to overcome the other one, and the sliding floor didn't help either, sending both teams flying across the floor.
"It seems that we're quite equal to them."
Koneko murmured as she clashed against them again, resulting in the same type of adventure, no one gaining dominance over the other one.
"We've got to come up with a plan, the effects of our plan won't show much water yet."
Ravel put her thoughts forward, Makoto nodding and thought as they clashed again and again.
No side was winning, it was just a bash of superpowered bumper cars. Though Makoto had to admit that he was having fun. Though he shouldn't be having fun with this, he just felt like the fun was coming towards him, and he wasn't going to stop the fun either, he just had to do it.
But then, Makoto thought about something as he held his ice sword in his hand, and held a resolute look on his face.
"Koneko-chan, how good is your steering?"
"I'd say it isn't bad, why?"
"Then, get ready to do a sharp turn, and concentrate on strength. Ravel-san, when the opportunity presents itself, you'll know what to do, you'll see what I mean when we're ready, is that okay Ravel-san?"
Ravel bowed her head, as she saw something interesting, seeing the opponents hold a hand to their heads.
"Yes, I understand Makoto-sama, I am ready."
"Then, Koneko-chan, at the ready!" Koneko nodded, as she put her foot near the peddle. "Then, let's go!"
"You got it!"
Koneko showed her mad skills, and drove forward the fastest and strongest that she could. Makoto and the Phenex girl looked at one another as the opposing side came right towards them, but seemed a little sloppy compared to before.
Makoto went to the edge of the bumper car, as they neared the car. Koneko could see what Makoto was doing, so knew what she needed to do too, understanding what was going on, even Ravel could venture a guess on what is going to happen.
"Right! Here we go!"
Concentrating his strength of the Rook from his Queen piece, Makoto stabbed the ground as strong as he could, using it as an anchor, and at the same time, using his feet to hook onto apart of the bumper car, bringing it up on a slant, Koneko twisting the wheel at the same time.
"W-What the fuck!?"
The Rook was stunned when the side of the bumper car was brought up slightly because of the sudden twist, the cars metal scraping against one another, friction between the two heating up as Ravel saw her chance.
"Winds of the Phenex, blow them up!"
Ravel directed her hands towards the bottom of the car, as she hung on for dear life, using her control over wind to blow up the car to its side, so it was half way from tipping over, the Bishop, Pawn and Rook in a daze at what happened.
"Here! Taste this!"
Koneko saw her opportunity, jumping out of the drivers seat, and thrusted her hand right into the bottom of the opponents car, using her strength as a Rook to cause it to fly off in the walls direction, smashing against it, and caused a miniature explosion right there.
Makoto dislodged his blade from the ground, seeing it in tact, and then aimed his blade towards the enemy, Koneko getting into a fighting stance, Ravel standing next to Makoto, and summoned her flames of the Phenex right near her.
"That was a good idea Makoto-sama."
Makoto smiled at Ravel as the group of enemies came walking out of their attacked bodies.
"Thank you Ravel-san. I thought that it would be a good way of doing it. I remember it happening in a game I played when I was younger when I played it with Onii-chan. He did something quite like that to me, so I just thought that we should try it here, and it seemed to have worked."
Ravel looked towards Makoto, and then felt her face slowly heating up.
Koneko noticed that, and took aim with a glare in her eyes.
However, they didn't have the chance to fight as the enemies walked over towards them.
"D-Damn you Gremory group…"
"Never thought I'd be called that…"
Makoto murmured, thinking about his Master being Serafall.
"Either way, shut your faces! We're gonna bury you in the name of Zephyrdor-sama! Don't underestimate us! You feel me!?"
The Bishop was getting rowdy, Ravel turning up her nose.
"Don't sound so hyper all of a sudden. Well, that's also something that we have to do. But for now, why don't we fight the enemies now, Makoto-sama? I suggest that you take the Pawn, Koneko-san takes the Rook, and I'll fight the Bishop."
Koneko turned her head towards Ravel, bewildered.
"…Are you in charge now?"
Koneko felt bitter if Ravel was trying to lead the group now, it wouldn't be something that she thought she would have to deal with, especially if it came from someone like Ravel herself, it didn't feel good in her stomach.
Ravel herself turned up her nose at Koneko, trying to act superior.
"It was just a suggestion, is all. I'm not saying that you do as you are told. But, maybe it would be better if you did."
Koneko was going to refute that, but Makoto got between them, and sighed.
"Okay, I agree with Ravel-san, it's the best tactic that we could do now. Ravel-sans a match for the Bishop, Koneko-chan is the same Rook class as the Devil there, and I should be able to fight against the Pawn."
"…Because Mako-kun said it, I shall do as you ask. …Not Ravel-san though."
Ravel's tongue stuck out, then the three charged for their opponents.
Koneko challenged the Rook, and Ravel challenged the Bishop, taking their battles away from Makoto and his opponent.
The Pawn looked battle hungry, looking like he was going to rip Makoto's body apart at the seams, and this time, he didn't want to fight this person. It almost reminded him, that he was looking at Freed right now, a person he never thought he'd see again.
"E-Eeh, hey…erm, Pawn-san. I guess that it is a fight between the two of us huh."
The Pawn didn't look amused, and withdrew two blades, holding them in a reverse grip position, so his blades were running up his arms. Makoto looked down at his own blade, grimaced…but then saw that the Pawn looked a little, off, and then nodded to himself.
"Look…boy, we're not gonna be making friends here, let's just do this already you bastard!"
The Pawn charged right away, jumping high. Makoto took in a breath, slashing towards the enemy with the blade that he had, only for the Pawn to block the blade with one blade, swinging his other blade towards Makoto's chest.
"Shit!"
He gritted his teeth as his outfit was slashed, leaving a small bit of blood on his chest. But he pushed the bladed Pawn away from him, and caused the man to skid across the ground. Pulling away, Makoto looked at the injury, weighed it up, and deemed it unnecessary that he would need healing right away.
"Awwww, it seems like the boy is wounded~"
A sadistic look on the Pawn's face drew Makoto's annoyance, as the Pawn's eyes turned heavily sadistic.
"Well, that's the only wound I'll be inflicted upon by you, you know that?"
Makoto answered the thoughts of the Pawn with a small gleaming glare.
The Pawn however didn't seem all that bothered, and pushed forward.
"W-What speed!"
Makoto was stunned when he saw the speed of the Pawn, almost believing him to be a Knight. Even though Yumi was faster, Makoto didn't think that he would come across a Pawn that could go this fast before.
However, it didn't stop him from reading the situation, swinging to the left, and at the same time, a piece of the ice was released from the blade, a chunk of the blade itself launching for the enemy that was coming from the left.
"Naïve boy!"
The Pawn sliced through the Queen of Serafall's ice attack, and continued going towards Makoto, bringing both of his swords right towards Makoto's chest, going for a stabbing against the young boy's body.
"Whoa! Don't think so!"
Because of his training during the time that he had during the week or so, Makoto tried his best to avoid the stabbing. One of the blades went completely away from him, Makoto using the blade he had to parry the attack. However, the other blade slashes across Makoto's rip area, leaving a small gash right there, cutting into him.
A small trace of blood was released, Makoto didn't allow it to stop him though as he swung his sharp sword to the left, only for the man to block it with his own blade, and then he jumped backwards, putting out his hand, and fired off a blast of demonic power.
"Why don't you try that!?"
Makoto looked up, and then put his hand outwards. It was a high grade of demonic power, it wasn't something to easily be trifled with, it was something he thought a normal Pawn would be capable of, but he didn't stop.
Remembering everything that he had been taught about demonic power, he made it manifest into a ball, and shot it off towards the blast the Pawn made, colliding with one another, exploding it, cancelling it out.
Makoto's eyes stained with annoyance once seeing the Pawn's attack was cancelled.
"I can't waste too much power here, I've gotta end this quickly…"
The Pawn landed on the ground, but stumbled and clutched his head.
"Ooh my head…it feels…fuzzy…"
The Pawn murmured, but that's all Makoto needed, flashing forward with his speedy Knight powers, appearing right before the dazzled Pawn. Because he was in such a state, he didn't realize Makoto was there until he slashed for him, causing a gash to appear from the mans chest, blood spewing out of him.
"And this!"
Makoto didn't stop with the assault, thrusting his fist forward. But by now, the Pawn regained his senses, using his blade to block the punch. But the force of the punch was something the Pawn didn't expect, the Rook's strength being added, and blown the Pawn away from Makoto's body, the Pawn went skidding, and then stopped to a halt.
Looking up towards Makoto, the Pawn smirked.
"Well, I heard that you're the Queen of Serafall-sama, is that wrong?"
Makoto was wary of this person, he always seemed to be up to something.
"No, I am, why?"
The Pawn giggled evilly, almost menacingly.
"It's just, this is weak, I thought that the Queen of the…ugh…my head is…the Queen of the Maou-sama would be stronger than this. Zephyrdor-sama has nothing to worry about if you're the best that he has to offer, surely!"
Makoto looked at the enemy, seeing how he looked, almost a little sleepy by now, and that worked to his advantage too.
"If, that's how you feel, then I'm not gonna stop you~"
"Don't use that light-hearted tone with me!"
The Pawn didn't waste any time, slashing towards Makoto from the left and the right at the same time.
Baring his teeth, Makoto ducked the first blade and then slashed with his own blade towards the mans chest. The Pawn used his other sword to block the strike just in time, only for Makoto to tighten his fist, slamming it into the Pawn's stomach.
"Gwaaah!"
Because Makoto channelled the strength of the Rook into the hand he had, the Pawn didn't have a choice but to cough up some blood, and send him flying across the ground, slamming into the ground several times, before coming to a stop.
"And don't you forget that I am the Queen of Leviathan, and I will stop you if I have too. Don't ever mistake something like that either. Though I might be inexperienced unlike you, don't underestimate our group either, we won't lose to something like that."
"T-That's it! Don't make this something about peace and crap! I'm gonna end you right here and now!"
Seeing Makoto's face, pissed the Pawn off, wanting to carve the enemy up into pieces.
Makoto himself looked on with a dazed face, but then readied himself, seeing the Pawn's movements being less than what they were beforehand, so he took this chance to rush forward too, surprising the Pawn immediately.
"Screw off!"
The Pawn slashed from the right, but Makoto stopped right as the blade would've stabbed him, forcing his body to do a backflip. The mans other blade came for Makoto, slashing heartily, but the blade itself scratched the floor, causing sparks to fly up.
Returning to his feet, Makoto saw his chance, and spun around, building up speed and strength at the same time, glancing over towards Ravel who shared an understanding look towards him too, knowing what he was going to do.
"Yumi-senpai taught me about using blades, and though I'm not an expert like her, I can see your weak point's, you favour your right hand side, over your left, so your left hand side is the weakest, so take this!"
Makoto came from the left, where he thought he was the weakest, and this chance, he swung as hard as he could. The reaction time of the Pawn was off by some seconds, and didn't even see the blade approaching him until it was too late.
"Aaaaaaaaaaargh!"
The Pawn received a deep cut into the arm he had, but Makoto wasn't done yet, tightening his fist as tight as it could go.
"Why don't you fly away!?"
Embedding his fist into the mans stomach, he coughed up blood, and was sent hurdling towards Ravel's position.
Ravel briefly turned from her fight, to send a wave of fire towards the Pawn.
Because he felt his head being dizzy, he didn't try to block the attack, receiving burns as a result of the attack, sending him towards Makoto again who jumped up to meet him in the middle, with his knee out.
"Also, you let your guard down, so don't underestimate us again."
Makoto's knee embedded into the Pawn's stomach, a large amount of blood was spewed up, splattering the ground and his body was about to be sent flying when Makoto grabbed his waist, and ensued that the enemy was down for the count, spinning around and thrusted him towards the ground at the same time, creating a shockwave that lifted up several of the areas flooring, even Ravel, and Koneko felt the Pawn's body smashing against the ground.
Makoto landed on the ground, as the Pawn's body began lighting up.
"S-Since when did you have the power to do…this…? Y-You weren't considered t-the strongest of y-your group…"
"I'm still not the strongest either. But, I trained my butt off for this fight. Day in, and day out, I practiced so hard for this fight, to make sure that your Master doesn't actually ever try anything with Millicas-san."
The Pawn looked to be in a daze as the light took his body away from the fight, out of the area, and to another place all together.
[Zephyrdor-sama's one Pawn, retires.]
With the announcement from Grayfia, Makoto's lips curled upwards, and then looked towards Koneko, to see that she was dodging the Rooks large punches. Because he was strong and big, and surprisingly fast, it seemed like she wasn't able to get close enough to deal a direct punch towards the enemy itself.
"Koneko-chan! I'm coming to-"
"No." Koneko stopped him, jumping back as she avoided another punch. "I, will deal with this opponent. It is the least I can do now Mako-kun. Do not worry, I do not intend to lose here. Leave this one to me, catch your breath."
Makoto wasn't sure, but he knew that if Koneko said it to be true, then she probably wasn't joking around either, and could leave it to her. Ravel herself was having a battle of demonic power, so he couldn't interfere there either or he'd get caught up in the battle and get blasted away.
Koneko dodged towards the left, and her fist glowed with a blue white colour, almost appearing as fire, but it wasn't exactly fire either. Some kind of blue energy was within her fist, and she then looked, reluctant to use it…
It seemed to be difficult for her to let it be used.
"If I use this power…will I be exactly like Nee-sama…? Will I, go out of control too…?"
Though she thought that she had mentally prepared herself for using it, something deep within her, just stopped her movements, and she looked unsure of if she should do it or not, this being her chance to do so.
"Koneko-chan!"
"Die!"
She was snapped out of her thoughts when the Rook threw his fist at her, and because she was deep in thought, she received a punch to the face, sending her flying. Though the injury itself wasn't all that bad either.
"Got you!"
Koneko's body was caught by Makoto, who skidded across the ground with her in his arms.
Koneko's face went towards Makoto's own, and saw that despite catching her, he received some damage to his back, but it wasn't nearly life threatening at all, Koneko being in a state of confusion, a state that she didn't like.
"…Mako-kun…I'm…"
Koneko didn't know how to say it, and felt sad that even though she tried, she wasn't able to do it…
But the next thing Makoto did, was place his hand on the top of her head, stroking her hair gently as the Rook approached.
"Koneko-chan, do not worry if you can't use it. We can fight together, it isn't a worry. I know you're worried about this power, but I'm right here. I won't let it consume you. I'll be right here to stop you if you do lose control. You don't have to be scared, you're not going to turn evil, okay?"
Something about his words, gave Koneko the courage to continue onwards.
She felt his courage coming from him, and it made her feel courageous too, like she could fight with her power.
Taking Makoto's hand in her own, she stared at him with a vulnerability that Koneko rarely ever showed.
"…Will you watch me as I use the power?"
"My eyes aren't on anyone else other than Koneko-chan."
Koneko's face tinged pink as she stood up, and looked towards her opponent.
The opponent himself was right before them, swinging his massive fist towards them…
But before she could actually nail her fist into Makoto's and Koneko's bodies, Koneko's tiny fist filled with the blue aura from before, crashed against the mans hand. The mans eyes changed noticeable with the power Koneko used, his hand feeling funny, numb almost.
"Ngh…"
"My Senjutsu affects the body's insides. You, cannot defend against my Senjutsu. Because…that person is watching, I cannot show an uncool side of me." She then looked upwards, as if staring at the sky. "…Because it is that person who accepted me…I won't lose now!"
Koneko turned her eyes right back to the Rook, pushing the mans large arm towards the right, and gathered Senjutsu into her fist. Tightening it as tight as she could, the man tried to pull away from her, but Koneko's fist embedded itself into the mans stomach, his eyes widening as he felt something happening to his body.
"Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"
At that instance, the Rook vomited blood, Makoto was highly surprised by this.
Then he fell down to the ground, blood continuing to spew out of his mouth again and again, even the ground turning from brown of the wood, to red of the blood. Makoto thought that he was looking at the murder scene before him.
"He's finished now."
Koneko's words sounded heartless, but Makoto was highly impressed.
"Damn Koneko-chan, your Senjutsu surely is beast."
"…It seems like it is, as you say, beast. The damage done to the insides of the man, shall not carry over to the outside of this battle. But, it will be enough to send the opponent out of the fight. I damaged the blood vessels, and no longer will he be able to build up strength either. Your body has been damaged inside, you won't be able to move now."
She spoke to the man at the end. The man fell down to the ground as he continued vomiting blood. Because of that, the retiring light surrounded the man. He attempted to speak to Koneko, and Makoto, but his voice failed him, and all he could do was glare forward towards the enemy.
[Zephyrdor-sama's one Rook, retires.]
Koneko then walked towards Makoto, putting her hand in a cute motion, clawing the air in an adorable manner.
"Mako-kun, did you see it? Did you see…my resolve?"
Makoto nodded his head, as Koneko put her head against his chest. At first, he was confused, but then heard her purring, almost melting his insides with pure cuteness that Koneko did so easily, and adorably at the same time.
"Koneko-chan did amazingly well. But wow, Senjutsu surely is very scary, but also very beautiful too."
Koneko's face went upwards to meet Makoto's, and then a cute smile appeared on her lips.
"Mako-kun is unexpectedly gentle."
"Unexpectedly huh…how fun."
At that moment, Makoto and Koneko heard a loud crashing of powers.
Turning, Makoto and Koneko saw that Ravel was dominating her opponent with her fire powers, showing that she truly is a Phenex member, and also a High Class Devil (something Makoto learned during the training) blasting the enemy with her powers.
The opponent Bishop was doing quite well, matching Ravel blow for blow. But Ravel's demonic power was higher than the enemies power, and she was able to blow away the enemies power with his own power.
"She's doing quite well, isn't she Koneko-chan?"
"…Even if she is, she won't be fighting in her families fight with Buchou either. Riser won't be using her."
Makoto had to wonder why that was, when it seemed like Koneko was a very good asset to have on the battle field, even just her mind was good, so using power was to be expected…though, he didn't know what he was going to do now.
"W-Why are you strong!?"
"Actually, I'm considered probably the weakest Phenex, but we've got our plan, and we won't be losing out now. So, taste this!"
Ravel once again generated a large volume of fire from her Phenex abilities.
The Bishop seemed to be tired, but raised a barrier and blocked the attack. However, the barrier itself broke apart, giving Ravel amble time to fire off a large flame ball towards the opposing Bishop enemy.
"Iyaaaaaaaaaa!"
The Bishop was surprised when receiving the attack, being flung away with burns on her body. Because of Ravel's damaging attack, Ravel's flames burned off some of the clothes of the male Bishop, Makoto averting his eyes, not wanting to see that, even Ravel and Koneko seemed grossed out too.
"Ravel-san…my mind won't be able to endure something like this for much longer…"
"I know, but I shall deal with the enemy now."
Ravel sighed out, and gathered flames as the enemy Bishop stood up.
"D-Damn you Ravel Phenex…we heard that you weren't a fighter."
"I don't usually involve myself for such things, but this time, you've interfered with my friend Millicas-sama. You all made her cry, you made her feel fear, and worry, and that's not okay with me! I don't like that aspect of the fight either! So, don't underestimate me either! I won't hold back because my friend is in danger! Now, burn with my fires!"
Ravel's power increased higher and higher. The flames also increased around her, and burned even the air. It was so hot that Makoto and Koneko stepped away from the power that was before them, the Bishop gulping out with worry, and fear too.
"S-Stay away from me!"
The man tried his best, firing a blast of demonic power towards Ravel's face.
"Ravel-san!"
Makoto was going to go forward, but Koneko stopped him, the power ripping through Ravel's face…but something else happened instead. Ravel's face, was flame itself, and regenerated and revealed nothing there at all.
"…Don't forget, she's the Phenex member, and she also can regenerate too."
Makoto forgot that detail, only seeing Ravel being in danger, and didn't like it either.
However, Ravel put her hands forward, releasing a wide arch of flames that doused the area in front of her.
"N-Nooooooooooooo!"
The Bishop deployed several barriers in front of him, but Ravel's flames crashed through them again and again, smashing them apart, melting them away, leaving nothing that would indicate that they were there in the first place.
Makoto, and Koneko winced when feeling the heat of Ravel's flames, engulfing the enemy whole.
The screams of the Bishop were drowned out by the roaring flames.
By the time it had been down, a burnt body landed on the ground. The skin wasn't charred, but the body itself had some severe burns, and Makoto saw that Ravel seemed to be alright, not really using all that much demonic power herself.
Ravel walked towards the downed enemy as light gathered around his body.
"Y-You think you've gotten us beat…but we're the weakest members…w-we are weak…our peerage will obliterate your own…you'll burn in eternal hellfire's for this…Millicas, and Zephyrdor-sama will be together with one another…don't mistake something like that…"
"Then, we'll just have to blow the enemy away then, with our united powers."
Makoto spoke as he stood next to Ravel, Koneko being right on his hip too.
"…Damn you all…"
Those were the last words of the enemy Bishop as he disappeared with the retiring light.
[Zephyrdor-sama's one Bishop, retires.]
With his body gone, Makoto, Ravel, and Koneko looked at one another.
"First battle round to us, huh."
Ravel inclined her head.
"It seems that our battle is also moving on quite well. I wonder how the others are getting on…?"
At that, Ravel and the others took a breath, pressing on with the battle that was at hand…
End chapter!
So, that's the first part of the battle out and done! Makoto, Koneko, and Ravel showed their stuff, with their fights. But, since this is only the beginning, anything could happen in the fights. But Koneko also overcame her worries, and with help from Makoto, she's doing her best to overcome her past, even if only with her Senjutsu for the moment.
The match with Yumi will begin next chapter, and the other fights too.
Well, until next time, thanks for reading!
Issei; Rias, Yura, Aika, Bennia, Jeanne, Walburga, Xenovia, Mittelt, Reya, Mira, Katase, Murayama. (WIP)
Makoto; Serafall, Yumi, Millicas (fem), Irina, Gabriel, Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Kalawarner, Ravel, Kunou, Tiamat, Akeno, Vali (fem), Sona, Le Fay, Elmenhilde. (WIP)
