Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Justin D; If you think they went sour before...just wait until the near end of this chapter. But yeah, things did go south didn't they? He did yeah, it eventually came back around that it would do something like that huh. And yeah, who could that be? Well, only time will tell who it is, and what she really wants with Makoto. That could be pretty cool actually, I might end up doing something like that. That would be pretty cool thing to say, and yeah, maybe he might do something like that, ultra instinct, that could be something unique to Makoto huh.
hellspam; They do yeah, and Xenovia isn't pleasant about that at all, she wants blood, but Makoto put her down and stopped her from doing it. I'm glad you did, as we're getting quite close to a major Akeno moment, well in the next vol I should say, but it isn't all that far away from now.
Vizard Masky; He did go through quite a bit last chapter huh...well, he's about to go through a bit more now actually. Well, I am glad that I could make you feel emotions like that, it always makes me happy when I can inspire and bring out things from my audience. Hmmm, a rage sequence huh, it could happen. We're getting close to a major fight, who knows what's going to go down now. Hehe, maybe it could be seen as something like that with his Sacred Gear. It probably will eventually yeah, but not for now. Hehe we'll be seeing quite a bit of that in the future.
Harem Master123; Thanks very much! Yeah, poor Makoto huh, going through all of this when he only wants to help people out, he can't control what he's born with. Maybe he will, but they will definitely have a reconciliation and talk about a few things, and such, can't spoil much of it right now. Well, thanks for the suggestions on both of them!
KobayashiSenpai; Thanks very much! Eeh, I dunno either, my schedule is usually quite hectic, so I only have a few hours now and there to write, and just try my best. Yeah, you're right there, there are quite strong reasons for the pair of them to be with Makoto first. And thanks, here's the next chapter!
Anime PJ; I do yeah. I don't mind though, fans are always welcome to reach out to me if they so desire. Hehe, maybe so, then again looking at the series, I can see why it could be hard to distinguish sometimes. It was yeah, probably some of the more emotional stuff I have written in a while. Well, Saji's not gonna die, but well...let's say he won't always be a prick. Xenovia during this arc, was very rude, crude, and downright horrible, but she got better, and became one of my fav's actually. Yeah, you're not wrong, thanks for the vote!
DocSlendy; Asia is a pretty cool choice, she is so adorable and with Makoto, she's even more adorable. He is and Xenovia is, Xenovia, no arguments there.
ShadowUzumaki55; They have yeah, and reactions raged from expected to unexpected in different people. He is yeah, he doesn't really care that Makoto can wield holy swords, he just wants to get one up on Makoto, but as of right now, Makoto doesn't see Sona as anything other than a friend, that will obviously change later on though. He did yeah, he certainly taught her a lesson that she probably won't forget. Right now, she can't, and has hurt the young boy, but he'll get better and so will she. I suppose so yeah.
Guest 1; That all sounds pretty cool yeah, and yeah, I don't see why not. And I like those ideas yeah, thanks for the suggestion!
yoga pratama; He did yeah, he showed her what's what. Thanks very much! She did yeah, and reacted quite negatively to it. Well, it could do in the future, and we'll see lemon's for Makoto's harem members yeah, I'll probably mention it for Ise's own ones, and not go into detail with it. Hehe, yeah she does seem to know him quite well. Do they? I've never watched it so I don't know.
Guest 2; He does have the natural ability, Xenovia said it last chapter that Makoto wasn't apart of the project, and Yumi would have mentioned by now that he looks familiar to someone she knew if he was in the project, so it is pretty safe to say that he isn't apart of the project, so no worries about that. Hmmm, finding Tosca early huh, that could be interesting. Thanks for the suggestion!
Skull Flame; She is, but he's got more on his mind right now than to worry about Princess possibly being something else. She does love him, but she's being clouded by her hate for holy swords, which seems to include Makoto as well because he hid that he could do it, that stung more than anything else. Though she'll begin seeing the error of her ways as we go forward. Hehe, I suppose so, Saji will get better once seeing, eventually, that Makoto isn't his enemy, nor is he looking to be either. Go Koneko! She did yeah, she wanted to throw her superior weight around, but didn't realize who she was fighting. And no worries, about the swearing at all. Doesn't bother me. She is from canon yeah, and she very well could be, can't say if that's right or not yet, but it very well could have been. And thanks very much!
Guest 3; I'm sorry, I've never watched or played (if it is a game) before, so until I do, I can't say yeah or no to that.
Nivek Beldo; It was yeah, very action packed. It will, but we'll be seeing more of it in this chapter. Hehe, well Rias believes that she is an evil cat. Makoto has bigger things to worry about than the cat being a possible evil cat. Yeah, he eventually was found out by Yumi, and she does yeah, she only sees Holy Swords, and doesn't like them, and couldn't see that she was hurting Makoto by saying what she was saying. Hmmm, that's a good theory, it very well could be. Can't say who it is, but she's very determined to make Makoto stop doing what he's doing, but being as good as he is, he isn't going to stop, where we might see a consequences to his kindness. That's Serafall for you, she's a very zazy type of girl, but she's a very good person who can cheer Makoto up, even when he's in a very dark time, that's one of the most important qualities that Makoto loves about her. Xenovia did yeah, but Makoto really did kick some butt. And yeah, in all honesty, Makoto probably would have been recruited into the Church if they had found out who he really is. And thanks very much! Glad that it did! Not really, it's been three story arcs now, and he's gotten to know quite a few of the women on a very personal detail. It's not going to be in the middle of this arc, Makoto doesn't have time for something like that. Well, thanks for the suggestions!
Tohka123; Thanks very much! She did yeah, and she didn't react well to it it seems. Yeah, it seems Makoto's on quite a few peoples radars and we'll soon see why that was. It is yeah, but they did have a special moment between the two of them. Yeah, those two did take advantage of the situation, Saji for malice reasons, and Xenovia just because she doesn't like the idea he can wield Holy Swords. Issei surely did didn't he? Such a good brother. They did yeah, they supported Makoto when others turned their backs on him, and have rallied beside him and want him to become strong and lead them. Yeah, they all do have a strong reason to do anything with the young boy, and thanks!
UsagiAngelRabbit; Aah they will do, don't worry~
Cf96; Thanks very much!
tyson113; Thanks! He didn't want to reveal it just yet.
Guest 4; Heh, funny thing is, Serafall would actually do something like that. So, great idea!
Anonymus; Hey thanks, I always try and make things interesting. Yeah, things are gonna kick up more in the future. Yeah, that is the reason, though Makoto couldn't really say anything, if he did, then it would've played out like it did last chapter regardless, he worried on what could happen, and it ended up happening. They do have a good love between one another, which we'll be getting even more of in this chapter. Yeah, those are some good reasons, and it kinda does make me want to do it, so I am gonna consider it, and how it could go. Thanks very much! Erm, I dunno, I suppose a busty red head, kinda like Rias, but different somehow, unless it goes the completely opposite way, and goes Loli or something.
Neonlight01; Exactly, he couldn't. He couldn't say as look what happened. It didn't go down very well for either of them. We'll find out eventually, who that person is. Saji just wants to one up Makoto, that's all there is too it really. Any ammo he can have, he's gonna use it, even if it hasn't gotten anything to do with him. Hopefully yeah, we'll have to wait, and see what's going on with it. Yeah, there's an argument for all three of them really, and thanks for the vote!
Guest 5; That would be awesome actually, I don't think I've seen something like that before. That could be an interesting idea, thanks for the suggestion!
Guest 6; Yeah, that seems pretty cool to me, and I will do soon.
Well, with those reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Eye scream!
In an undisclosed location, a young woman with long blue hair walked through a shrouded area, and she walked forward as slowly as she could.
She took in the surrounding's that she held, and remembered the last time she was here…
It was so long ago, yet seeing the images carved against the wall, it felt like yesterday to her.
But now, that didn't matter.
What did, was what was going on.
She felt like she needed to come here.
She felt like she had to go there, or something bad would've happened.
As she walked, she got to the front of the area that she wanted to go to, and she saw that there was a glow on an old stone table.
She walked forward, and she felt something run through her.
She placed her hand on the table, and the glowing became stronger, and stronger.
As soon as she saw that, she pulled her hand away, and then the glowing formed a shape.
It was an image, a hologram of something.
The young woman couldn't make out what the figure was, but it was something strong.
"It has been a long time."
The blue haired woman, spoke with her gentle voice.
[Yes, I am sorry. I've been, rather busy these few years. I thought you might come here.]
"Yeah, it has been a long time. I saw, the boy again. He's a Devil now."
The head tipped down, on the hologram, and then the blue haired woman felt horrible about saying it.
[The life, I thought I was giving him, wouldn't end up like this. I understand that it wasn't one hundred percent, but it seems like he is caught up like this, and with the others trying to get him as well, this is going to be a difficult time.]
The blue haired woman slowly moved her head to the side, as she thought about what to even say about this.
"I know what you're thinking about, and it must be difficult for you, but you can't quit now."
The person in the hologram didn't know if they could say they were or not. But, something about the way the young blue haired woman said it, made it seem like, it was difficult for the hologram person to accept it so easily.
[I have no intention of quitting, but I also have to do a few things, and I, wont be able to protect him…]
"I have warned him but-"
[He's stubborn, for the people he cares for. He's still the same person that he was back then, even if he doesn't remember. But, I don't know what to even think right now. They are after him, but a direct confrontation would be difficult for even them, and I currently don't know where they are. I have a few theories but, it doesn't matter I suppose if I can't find them.]
"I can protect him, but once more. I, wish to also see his progress now that he is a Devil like this."
The hologram nodded in thanks.
[Thank you, you don't have to do anything for us, but here you are, helping us like this. It is amazing to say the least, and I am so grateful to you, for everything that we have been going through, so thanks very much for this.]
"Don't worry, I can do this one thing for you, then I don't know where we stand. Because of what happened in the past, I shall do this for you, since you did something for me. But, this is as far as I can go without getting fully involved. I don't know if I want to involve myself with this."
[Any help would be appreciated. Others can't know that I am alive yet...they suspect, but don't truly know. I have to make sure that he, and I are protected, safe. They, don't understand what I understand.]
The blue haired woman bowed her head, as the hologram flickered.
"Have my word as a contract, I shall do this for you, once."
[Yes, thank you.]
The hologram then disappeared as the blue haired woman bowed her head once more.
She knew, what she had to do now, she just didn't know how she was going to go through this in the future.
But, she did know that she would have to fight as much as she could for the person that she truly did wish she could see face to face again, it was the thing that kept her going, and that was something more than, anything else.
After the blowout from what happened with Makoto being able to wield a Holy Sword, Makoto returned home, and got to thinking about what happened, and why it happened, and what Yumi was thinking about what Makoto was, and what he could be as well.
He had many different things on his mind, and he knew that there would be difficult things going on in his life. He just wished that this would end already, so he didn't have to deal with Excalibur, or Yumi hating him.
He knew she was going through things, but if she wouldn't allow him close, then it would be too difficult for her to admit that she needed help, and Makoto understood that, he didn't want her to worry about it anymore.
He walked into the living room, to see that Asia was sat there, seemingly waiting for something.
She held an expression as if she had been thinking about something deeply.
Asia was a worrying type of person, and he could understand why that was as well, if he was Asia, then he probably would be feeling the same as well, he would be worrying about her if she was going out at all times of the day and night.
He didn't mean to worry her, of course he didn't mean that.
"Asia-chan, are there...is something going on?"
Asia looked towards Makoto, and he saw that she looked, unsure of what happened.
"Makoto-san is back, I am so relieved."
Makoto moved closet to Asia.
"Sorry, I have been gone a little while huh. It's been quite the hectic day today."
"Makoto-san, I was worried since you have been coming home late lately."
Makoto walked towards Asia, and placed a hand on her leg. She looked towards Makoto, and smiled gently.
"Sorry about that, there's been things that I have been doing lately, some different things. I didn't mean to worry you Asia-chan."
Asia offered a small smile towards Makoto, and then held his hand.
"Don't worry Makoto-san, I understand. I wont worry about Makoto-san, because I know he is strong, and capable. But, Makoto-san, please come back to me safely, and don't disappear at all, I wont be able to take it."
Asia's eyes welled up with a few tears, so Makoto took her hand gently, holding it within his own hand.
"Asia-chan is worried, but she doesn't have to be. I know, you are worried, and I am a little bit. But, you don't have to worry about me, I will definitely come back to Asia-chan, no matter what happens to me, I am going to be coming back to Asia-chan."
Asia smiled, that's all she really needed to hear to make herself feel good.
But still she couldn't help the worry that she held within her heart now.
"Yes, Makoto-san would be able to do something like that, he would come back to me. That's why, Makoto-san, I will be waiting for Makoto-san to return, and when he does, if he was injured, I will definitely heal all of his wounds."
She knew, in her heart of hearts.
She knew that Makoto was putting himself into a dangerous situation.
But, she knew it was for the right reasons, at least for the reasons Makoto knew of anyway, and that's all she needed to know. Though, she wished that she could help out more, but if he didn't tell her, then it would be for the right reasons.
"I know Asia-chan, you don't have to worry. I'm gonna do my best for you and the others now. You don't have to worry."
He assured her, though he still felt worried himself. It was going to be, difficult going forward with things like this.
A few days passed since what happened with the others.
Since that day, Yumi hadn't spoken to Makoto, she didn't want to. Saji, being Saji, wouldn't speak to him not that Makoto cared. All he cared about right now was helping Yumi, and that's what he was going to do when he could.
Though he still held reservations about working with Xenovia, if it was for Yumi, and Irina's safety, he would endure for the moment. Though he did wish that Yumi would talk with him more, and wouldn't blow him off.
But still, he waited outside of the school gates, expecting Yumi to come by at some point. He wasn't going to hold back this time, he needed to have some kind of answer from her, he needed to speak with her.
And as luck would have it, she came walking by, she had to. This was the only way, barring magic, to enter the school, so he would have an answer from the young girl, eventually, and now this is what the chance would be, he wouldn't let this chance go either.
"Yumi-senpai..."
His voice expressed his joy, and his relief.
Yumi casually glanced towards him, and stared at him.
He offered the smallest of smiles that he could, wishing that she would just, speak with him again. Wishing that she would just say something, anything to him, and that he wouldn't have to deal with the others like this.
But then, Yumi turned her head, and began walking away without saying anything.
"Yumi-senpai, please wait...please."
Yumi heard the tone he used, how begging it was, desperate for him to be heard by her.
Yumi looked towards him, as he walked closer.
"Please, Yumi-senpai, please don't ignore me. I know that you might dislike me at this point, because I can wield a Holy Sword, and I am sorry about that. I, guess it was because of the experiments done to you, which were terrible, but this is...Yumi-senpai, I don't want to be like this, with you, a rift between us, I don't want that. Don't you know that Senpai?"
Yumi inhaled a few breaths, as she moved closer.
"The thing is, you lied to me."
"I lied, so I could protect you."
He stated strongly, wanting to protect her was one of his priorities, and this was one of those times.
"But, this is Holy Swords, I needed to know this-"
"Would it have made it any better?" Yumi fell silent as he continued. "Because, I can wield Holy Swords, I didn't want to say, because I knew of your friends suffering, I didn't want to add to that Yumi-senpai, you know me. I'm the same person. Just because I can wield Holy Swords, it doesn't make a difference to me. I'm still the same Makoto that you have always known."
"Are you? I mean, are you really the same person I knew? You didn't keep secrets from me before."
Makoto hung his head down.
"If I had told you, you would've just reacted like this anyway. So, what would have been the right way to say it Senpai? Did you want me to say it like I had this big sword that I could use, and people died because they couldn't? As soon as I had heard about this, the things that happened to you, how could I just say that I could wield these swords? It wouldn't of been right Yumi-senpai, it isn't right. Do you think I want to wield Holy Swords, knowing what your sadness is like. I didn't do this to you Yumi-senpai, I was just born with this ability. I didn't ask for it, I didn't kill your friends for it. I was, just born with it, like you were born with the power of your Sacred Gear, can't you see that from me Senpai? I wouldn't hurt you, you have to know that Senpai."
Though he said it kindly, Yumi still wasn't sure.
She didn't know what to say, she didn't even know what to think.
He did come up with some good points, and what could be said, and what should have been said as well.
This time, he knew that he was telling the truth.
But there was something holding her back from just accepting it.
Due to being wrapped up in her own things, she didn't know if she would be able to continue onwards like this.
"Everything is confusing right now, Makoto-kun. It's difficult to even think."
"Yumi-senpai, I know you might be worried...but, I am here for you. Even if you push me away, een if you tell me to go and never come back, I'm not going to leave because, you're my Yumi-senpai. I kissed Yumi-senpai right after she came to save me from the Fallen Angels, you came for me Yumi-senpai, even when I was scared, you still came to protect me, and I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for Yumi-senpai. Please, don't hate me because of this. It's just a Holy Sword wielding power, does it make me different?"
Yumi felt her walls breaking away.
The expression on his face, the way that he spoke, and how kind, even despite how things went down, he was being kind to her. He was being patient, and wanted to connect with her as well, something that others wouldn't be able to do despite the situation. He was there for her, he always was going to be.
"Makoto-kun, I...the thing is, everything is hard right now, the information that you, can wield these swords, when in my past, others died for it, is very difficult to swallow. I just need some time to think about it."
Makoto nodded in understanding.
"I get it Yumi-senpai. You don't have to worry, my feelings for Yumi-senpai aren't going to change because I still care very much for Yumi-senpai, you're the person who I care about very much, the one that I love very much."
Yumi looked down at the ground, trying to think of what she should say, what she could say, she didn't know either way. She felt like Makoto could be the one that she loved...but, her mind was messed up right now, and she didn't want it to be like that.
She looked at his innocent face, and peered deeply within his eyes.
The levels of sorrow behind his eyes, caused her to have a sad face, she didn't like it at all.
Even though she felt on opposite ends when it came to Makoto right now, she still felt uneven when she looked at Makoto's sorrow filled face, it was one of the hardest things in the world, to see him looking like that.
Yumi collected herself, then bowed her head.
"Makoto-kun, I need to think. When this is over, let us, talk again about this. For now, let us just, work to this goal."
It wasn't exactly what he wanted to hear, but he was going to take it all the same.
He nodded his head.
"S-Sure, take all the time you need Senpai, I understand. I'll be waiting for Yumi-senpai to come back to me."
Makoto smiled towards Yumi who smiled back.
She then left the opposite direction, and he looked on towards the place that she left.
He steeled himself, nodding to himself.
He knew that this would have to be the only chance that he could to make himself feel, good again. He was going to concentrate on the mission at hand, then he was going to go forward, and hopefully connect with Yumi once more, the person he had grown to love.
He walked into the classroom, ignoring the weird looks from Aika, who was speaking with Asia herself. Makoto didn't know why Aika was there, when she wasn't supposed to be in the class as well, since she was a second year, and a first year.
Asia looked on towards Makoto, seeing that he sat down without speaking, and looked out of the window. He seemed deep in thought, and she was worried about him. He didn't know what was going on, but she knew something was going on.
"What's wrong with your other half anyway Asia-chan?"
Aika brought up to the young girl.
Asia turned her brows downwards.
"I, don't really know. Makoto-san seems to be sad right now, about something. But, he wont tell me what that is. I think Makoto-san doesn't want to worry me about something's, and I understand. But, I would like to understand what is going on right now."
Aika turned her face with a weirded out face.
"Aaah, I am sure that he is just being stubborn...well, I am going to go and see what's going on with him!"
Aika stormed over towards Makoto who stared out of the window with a sigh.
When making it, she slammed her hand onto the table, but Makoto didn't even flinch at the sight.
"Gee, you're looking down today~"
Aika teased as Makoto stared out of the window.
"I'm not interested right now in what you have to say. I'm busy with things in my mind, please leave."
He replied with slight venom, knowing what this woman was like. She wouldn't stop, she was a relentless person, and she never would stop either.
"H-Hey, you're depressed all of a sudden, what's going on with you? I thought that the Shota-kun wouldn't be this sad, especially in front of your fiancée Asia-chan. You do know that she cares much about you, and if you hurt her like this, then she might start feeling depressed, isn't that a bad thing from your perspective or something?"
Makoto didn't have the time to deal with this person.
"Hmmm, Aika-senpai, you know your perverted equal is out there, looking for you, and wants to have fun with you, you know that?"
Aika's face turned downwards as Makoto's curled upwards.
"D-Don't say something like that! Please, don't hate me like this!"
Makoto rolled his eyes, shaking his head.
"I don't hate you Aika-senpai, I was just saying that you and Ise-nii could have some fun together. You and he, are the same as in perverted equals, and that's okay for someone like me. You two can be together, and have fun together."
Aika looked disgruntled, she didn't want to do something like that, she didn't want to be with Ise.
Rather than having to deal with it all, Aika walked away from Makoto, and then walked out of the classroom. As it happened, Millicas came walking into the classroom, walking towards her seat, and saw Makoto.
She smiled, and walked closer towards him.
"Makoto-san, how are you anyway?"
Makoto turned his half smile towards her.
"I'm okay I suppose. So, Millicas-san, you okay?"
"Yes!" She replied chipperly as she sat down beside him. "Makoto-san, we're going to be going to see...no, we're gonna be bowling soon. On the weekend, apparently that's what humans do together during the weekend. I haven't been bowling before. Are you going to come Makoto-san?"
Makoto gently smiled.
"I, don't know yet. Depends if everything has been sorted by then. Hopefully, it would be yeah."
Millicas hoped that as well, so they could have fun together.
"You're right Makoto-san, I am sure that we'll find something very soon. I don't know what that thing is yet though."
"I know, we'll just have to fight."
Millicas nodded strongly, showing her appealing side.
"Yes, Makoto-san is right of course, Makoto-san will be able to do this. And I'll be right beside you as we do it Makoto-san."
Makoto was glad that Millicas was going to be there.
He trusted in her, and she did in him as well, they had a unique bond between the two of them.
"Yeah, we'll fight together. Also Millicas-san, aren't you worried that, things could happen? Aren't you worried that you could be in danger?"
"It is okay, Makoto-san is always putting himself in danger for everyone else, and now, I am going to do the same thing. I wont stay behind as everyone is risking their lives for this, and I am going to do my best."
Makoto had to admire the young girls strength, and how she was, it made him happy that she could be like that.
"Yeah, I understand Millicas-san, you're a good girl like that, and I respect that. Millicas-san, I think that we can do it."
Millicas nodded at Makoto's resolve.
They were gonna have to do it this time, no matter what.
During the lunch break, Koneko happened to sit upon Makoto's lap, and ate silently. Makoto himself still felt unsure of what he was supposed to do. Makoto, looked towards Koneko, and sure that Koneko was okay on his lap.
"Hey Koneko-chan...thanks for helping us out until now."
He spoke softly, and he showed a small smile on his lips.
Koneko turned around on his lap, and it looked like he was straddling him.
"...Because the others could be hurt, I would also become like this, and help you guys out."
Makoto looked towards the young girl as she continued sitting on his lap.
"Koneko-chan, when the Holy Sword thing came up, and it went down, I didn't hear your thoughts on the matter."
It was true, she didn't say a thing about it.
She didn't even comment on what was going on, and Makoto was curious as to what she thought on the matter.
Koneko thought to herself about it for a few moments, then she nodded to herself resolutely.
"...Mako-kun isn't different to the one that I knew beforehand. I, do not mind if you can or can't wield a sword. I, am different to Yumi-senpai, I don't mind which you can and can't wield. You are the same person that I, care for."
Makoto felt his mouth curl upwards.
"Koneko-chan, everything has been weird lately, but you're still the same as normal. I think I needed that stability lately."
Koneko could understand with everything going on, and especially Yumi being as she was with him.
"...Is Yumi-senpai speaking with you anymore?"
Makoto felt the sting to even think about Yumi right now, knowing that she wasn't exactly accepting of Makoto right now, and that she didn't want to speak with him much. Even with their little talk in the morning, Makoto felt the sense of betrayal from her, that she felt betrayed on what he did during that time with Excalibur, and it made him feel complex honestly.
"...It's hard to answer that, she doesn't know what is going on. She said that she needs some time, and I respect that. Once this is over again, I will address it once more, and say what has been, and what hasn't been going on, and what we could do to go forward."
Koneko knew there was more to that, than what he was saying, and it made sense to her.
"It is an answer I expected."
Koneko admitted, as Makoto smiled weakly.
"Koneko-chan, about what happened with the Holy Swords, the thing is..."
"You don't have to explain to me, Mako-kun, I know that Mako-kun is going through things right now, and you don't owe me an explanation. You, didn't want to worry Yumi-senpai, yes?"
Makoto was glad that she understood, after everything that had been going on lately, he was glad that she understood.
"That's what I convinced myself with yeah. I thought that maybe it would be okay to hide it away, but maybe I just made it worse by keeping it to myself. If they knew I could wield a sword...well, you saw what happened. Saji-senpai...well, I don't care what he thinks, he'll use any opportunity to get at me."
"...Yeah, Saji-senpai is jealous because he can't speak to Kaichou on the same level as you can. He, feels frustration in that particular relationship."
Koneko understood, quite well, and Makoto was glad that she did.
"He does, and I get it, though I don't quite agree with his methods either. And then there's Xenovia-san...well, she's the type to be very forward, and only have a single mindset. If she sees it against her faith, then she's gonna lash out, without even thinking of the implications on the matter. She's like that though, I guess Irina-chan knows better than that though."
"...You and this Shidou-san have some kind of past relationship, don't you?"
It was almost bitter that Koneko said it like that, with some venom.
Makoto wanted to back off, but Koneko being on his lap wouldn't allow that.
"K-Koneko-chan, are you alright…?"
Koneko's stony eyes fell upon his form, and he felt, cold inside of his body.
"...You and Shidou-san, I heard from Asia-san, that there was an agreement between the two of you, what was that?"
She kept up the pressure, Makoto feeling it right into his heart, and he didn't want that either.
"T-That doesn't matter Koneko-chan."
Makoto thought that would satisfy her, but it didn't seem to in the end, with the way that Koneko was looking at him.
"...It does matter, because Mako-kun is concealing the truth for some reason. ...What could be so important as to hide it from me?"
Makoto felt his heart slowly stopping the moment she said those words, it was like the world had come to a screeching halt, and he didn't know how he was going to be able to get through something like this, he didn't know at all.
"K-Koneko-chan, why does it sound like you're grilling me for information all of a sudden…? Is there something going on that I should be aware of?"
Truly, he felt like he was being grilled on something that he didn't want to divulge.
Koneko didn't show even a hint of mercy.
She looked like if she could, then she would butcher Makoto with her eyes alone, but Makoto had to wonder why it meant so much to Koneko like this.
"N-No! Koneko-chan it is just, Irina-chan and I have a history! It's just, something that we have is, we have been friends for years, I met her when I was a kid, and we talked a lot, and prayed, and..." Koneko looked strongly towards him, Makoto bowing his head. "...That's not the answer you were looking for, right?"
Koneko swiftly shook her head.
"...What is the relationship between you, and Shidou-san?"
"N-Nothing more than friends, that's the truth. I haven't seen her in many years, I haven't had the chance to even talk with her for years. That's the honest truth, Koneko-chan, I can't say what our relationship is for now."
Koneko stared at Makoto, wondering if he was speaking the truth.
Makoto felt like he was being watched right now, like a hawk, and he didn't like it. It was like Koneko was waiting for her chance to snatch him up, and make Makoto her prey, it was that scary that Makoto was sure that he was going to die because of her.
But when seeing his honest face, she nodded, and brought up another topic.
"...Mako-kun is worried about Yumi-senpai as well, aren't you?"
"Yeah, I am worried that she wont be able to come back. I've tried my hardest, but Excalibur is the only thing on her mind nowadays. All she thinks about is Excalibur, and it's unhealthy. If she only focuses in on that aspect of her life, she's not going to move forward with her life either. It might be enough to break down the Excalibur, but would that settle stuff within her heart? Excalibur, the sword itself, might not be enough to satisfy her, if I had gone through it, I wouldn't be satisfied with that either."
Koneko nodded.
"...I understand what you're thinking of, Mako-kun. Perhaps, you could help her come to her own thoughts in the end. Whether, that would be your own help by being there for her, or you being able to help her cut down Excalibur as well...That's how it is."
"Yeah, I am gonna do my best Koneko-chan."
"...I'll also help Mako-kun with Yumi-senpai."
Makoto smiled gently, and bowed his head.
"Thank you, Koneko-chan, it means a lot."
She nodded, and they continued eating their food together.
After school on the same day.
They gathered in the park and changed to the priests' and sisters' clothes after finishing their normal club activity. The crosses they were wearing were fakes. If they were real then they would had gotten injured.
Ise, Kalawarner, Irina, Xenovia, Saji, and Elmen along with Ravel went into one group, and the others went together. Ise and Makoto thought that would be best, since Xenovia wanted Makoto's blood, and Saji was being quite horrid. Ise was with Ravel who was able to organize and fight well, and they also held out a good strong resolve.
Makoto, Millicas, Koneko, and Elmen along with Yumi walked towards one of the places that they needed to go, and walked together. Because they needed to lure out the people, to lure out the places.
Though it was difficult, it wasn't hard to admit something like that.
They weren't making good progress with one another in regards to the Excalibur hunting down.
"Geez, seems like we can't catch a break, huh."
Elmen sighed out.
It was indeed true.
After all of what they have done, they couldn't get what they wanted, and that was Excalibur, and they didn't want to back down for something like that.
The others could see that Yumi was, pulling away from Makoto, and didn't want to be near him. It was, quite depressing that Yumi didn't want to be near him, when he was only trying his best to keep her safe, and protect her.
"This guy really doesn't know the meaning of wanting to fight, does he?"
Millicas brought up, Makoto snickering.
"Are you getting impatient Millicas-san?"
Millicas shook her head.
"Not at all, I just wish that we could find them and make them stop as well it wouldn't be that bad if we did that. But, it is a good thing that we split up, because even Freed wouldn't be as stupid as to attack us all in a big group. No matter if we're Devils or with the Church, we would have combat experience, so attacking us wouldn't be a good idea, even Freed would see that."
Makoto hummed at the reasoning's.
"Yeah, that's also another reason we split up like this." At that moment, Makoto's phone went off. "Irina-chan, is something-"
[Ma-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!] Makoto winced at the loudness of the voice. [Tell Ise-kun to stop being perverse with Saji-kun! T-They said that I am a gangster with large breasts! I don't even know what a gangster is! And then they said that their respective Master's breasts are the best, and I don't know which is best! They asked me, and I became scared, and rang Ma-chan for assistance!]
Makoto breathed out, Elmen slapping herself in the face, Koneko reserving judgement for the moment. However, they all loved that they weren't with that group, since it seemed like Makoto and the others got the better end of the deal.
[If that's the heretical Devil, then tell him that he's going to be punished by-]
[Don't threaten Ma-chan Xenovia!]
[You're a heretical Devil for loving the Devil! I will not allow this to mess with the mission!]
Makoto noticed a certain pause in Irina's voice before she continued.
[D-Don't say such things! Ma-chan is a good person, don't you bully Ma-chan! I am not going to let you bully my Ma-chan ever again you fiend!]
[Makoto-sama, please save me from these people! All of them are very scary! Especially Kalawarner-sama who keeps calling me grilled chicken Princess with a side of lettuce and mayonnaise, which I don't even like at all!]
Koneko snickered, earning a surprised look from Makoto. Her eyes then turned away so she didn't have to look anymore.
"Ravel-san...have you seen any signs of enemies?"
[N-No, besides Kalawarner-sama, no I haven't. We're still looking currently. But don't worry, we're not going to give up this side-]
[I wanna grope Buchou's large tits later on!]
[Don't rub it in my face, bastard! You get to do that with your master, I can't do that with my own! It isn't fair damn it! I wanna play with my master's breasts too! But because of your damn Otouto, we can't even have that going on!]
[You leave Makoto out of this jackass! Wanna fight, I'll give you a fight you bastard!]
Makoto was glad that he was with this group, so did Millicas, and the others.
Elmen took the phone, and closed it off, cutting off the call.
"I can't deal with them sometimes."
Makoto chuckled in agreement as Koneko continued to smirk.
"...I would have loved to hear Kalawarner-sans thoughts on Ravel-san, I am sure they match my own."
"Koneko-chan, don't bully Ravel-san, she's a good person."
Makoto advised, but Koneko shook her head.
"No, Ravel-san is a person, good is a hard pill to swallow."
"I would have to agree sometimes. She's like me, blonde, and I don't like it when people get in my way like that. I wont be ignored!"
Elmen chimed in, showing a wider smile than normal.
Makoto didn't know what to say against that, since Koneko and Elmen both seemed to be set in there ways.
"I like Ravel anyway, she's always nice to me. We get along quite well."
At that moment, Makoto got a message.
He checked, and saw that it was from Ravel.
"Is that Ravel?"
Millicas expressed her thoughts, Makoto nodding his head.
"Yeah."
"And what did she say?"
"Goodbye sweet world, I'm taking Kalawarner-sama out."
Millicas grimaced, as did the others, barring Yumi.
She was concentrated on what was going on now.
But, she couldn't deny that she was enjoying herself, and that she could see herself loving the conversations that was going on right now, Makoto himself also noticed that Yumi seemed to be listening in as well.
"So, she wants to kill Kalawarner...can't say that I am surprised, Kalawarner really does piss off people. She has a knack for it."
Elmen folded her arms as Makoto placed his phone away.
"I'm sure that they don't have to worry about such things. Ravel-san isn't going to be killing someone, probably."
That end bit didn't relieve Millicas at all.
He then turned to Koneko.
"Koneko-chan, could you use your Senjutsu to sense in case Freed is following us?"
"...You think he is?"
Makoto shrugged his shoulders.
"It's a feeling I am getting, maybe it is something else entirely. Don't worry about it though if you don't want to or are worried about-"
Koneko grasped Makoto's hand , and looked right into his eyes.
"...Mako-kun would stop me."
"Yeah, I would if you went out of control. Don't worry Koneko-chan, I am right here if you ever loose yourself, I'll pull you right back."
Koneko got her ears and tail out, looking around them with her Senjutsu, something that she was uniquely able to do. With Makoto beside her, she would be able to do it, she would be able to defend herself, and use her powers if Makoto was right beside her.
He didn't mind, he would be her anchor if he had to be. He was more than willing to be able to do it, he was going to be beside her like this, and use his presence to calm Koneko if she was going to go off the deep end, she wasn't going to be like that for all he had inside of him to protect her.
As she sensed, Makoto felt like she wasn't revealing something.
"Koneko-chan..."
"Mako-kun, it's here. Freed, is, here."
That instant everyone felt chills in their body's. Elmen sniffed the air, and then she looked up.
"Look up!"
From the sky, Freed was coming down at top speeds.
"Something like a divine protection for the group of priests aye!"
Yumi took her demonic sword out quickly and blocked Freed's slash. Makoto could easily tell the strength difference between Freed's sword, and Yumi's own. Yumi's blade paled compared to Freed's own blade.
"Freed, why don't you piss off already!"
At that moment, Makoto summoned his Sacred Gear, and brought it out to its sword form, swinging it right towards Freed, unleashing a sharp burst of shards right towards Freed's body. They were sharp, they could even pierce steel if they had to, Makoto made damn sure that he could do that with the sword that he had.
Freed felt it coming, and looked towards the incoming shards. Then, he brought out his Holy Sword, slashing through the shards of sharp ice, Makoto gritting his teeth for the moment at the sight of what happened.
"Freed!"
Makoto yelled right towards him, wanting to show that he was pissed off with the person that was before him. He wasn't happy at all, he wanted to end this person once, and for all. If he could, then he would right away.
Freed's disgusting eyes fell upon Makoto's body, and he looked like he was going to murder anyone that he could, and his eyes were on Makoto's body, wanting to hurt, and kill Makoto, it was like a passion for all.
"…! Is that voice you, Makoto-kun? Heeee. Well isn't this a weird reunion!? It's interesting, trying to bring up things that don't concern you! How about getting out, how about that? Just get out of my life already!"
This bastard has a crazy attitude like always. He was even holding an Excalibur. Makoto wasn't knowledgable on the Excalibur itself, he knew it was though…
"Please save us!"
"Don't let us die!"
"Please heeeeeelp!"
Makoto was briefly distracted by the voices entering his mind, causing him to shake a little bit.
"Don't look away idiot!"
Freed used that chance to rush towards Makoto, and went to stab the young boy.
But, before he could, Koneko gathered the whitish-blue aura like fire in her hand, shooting off the sphere right into the path of the man.
Freed didn't have a problem with cutting through it. But at that moment, Yumi appeared right before him, slashing down towards him.
"Aye! A tactic like this is also adorable!"
They took off the priest and sisters clothes, revealing their usual uniform. Millicas armed herself with some POD, firing it off without even a seconds notice. Freed was surprised, and went to strike it down with his sword…
But, at the last second, Freed stopped, realizing how dangerous it was, and jumped away at high speeds. Millicas' attack clashed with the area he stood on, and it obliterated it into nothingness, it disappeared without a trace.
"W-Well, I can also fight as well!"
Elmen stuck out her hand, and she summoned some magic. Using her limited expertise on magic, she swung her arm towards the enemy Freed, unleashing a slicing wind. It formed the shape of a blade, slicing through the air.
"Such a pain!"
Freed brought up his blade, and slashed it towards the winds. As he did, Makoto noticed that he was getting faster, and faster, and contemplated the use of the Holy Sword Excalibur Nightmare, even if the others didn't know about that.
The Holy Sword cut through the winds of Elmen, Freed giving her a confused look.
"Who are you…?"
He looked suspicious towards the young woman, Elmen showing a less than happy face.
"Elmenhilde." She explained, Freed still not sure. "Elmen?" Freed still hummed. "The Vampire? We've met before."
Freed carefully looked upon this girl, trying to suss out many things about her.
Elmen herself didn't look pleased, she looked rather pissed off at the moment.
"...Are you Ravel Phenex?"
Elmen looked livid, Millicas turning her head.
"You've never even met Ravel-san! How do you work that one out!?"
"Because, you're very similar, and who hasn't heard of Ravel? I have, she's awesome."
Elmen breathed out heavily, showing her teeth.
"S-She's awesome!? W-What about me?"
"What about you, you little bitch?"
That had done it for Elmen, she looked ready to murder.
"I'm going to bite you, you little shit!"
Elmen growled, then she jumped Makoto's back, sinking in her teeth.
"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! W-Why a-are you biting me!?"
He let out...a moan.
A very sensual, and sexual moan. It felt good her teeth. She bit him in one of his erogenous zones. Most blushed at the voice he let out, his legs failing him, or felt like it. Elmen herself drunk deep, her blush growing by the second.
When she broke away from him, her body quivered, falling to her butt. Her face was bright red, she crossed her legs, and a black and gold aura surrounded her body. She was empowered by Makoto's blood, even Millicas was amazed by how much he felt from Elmen right now.
"S-So powerful, your blood is intoxicating Makoto-kun, I love your blood, I want more..."
She tried to get him, to try and bite him.
It was like lust was exploding inside of her, she couldn't handle it.
But, before she could, Millicas blocked her path with her powers.
"Elmen-san, please concentrate. We need to fight here, we don't need you becoming sexual right now."
Elmen pouted but nodded.
She stood up, still holding her legs closed. Putting her hands by her side, darkness gathered around her. It was incredibly strong, it was twisting and bending to her will alone. She directed her hands forwards, and shadowy hands erupted from the shadows across the park, thankfully no one was around.
"W-What is this shit!?"
Freed sliced through one of the shadowy hands, but another grasped his arm. Elmen pulled him downwards with that power alone, and then smashed him against the ground. He let out a cry and a cough of blood erupted from his mouth, Elmen smirking.
"Who's better now bitch? Me or Ravel-san?"
Freed looked towards her, superiority in her eyes.
She was sure that he was going to say her, he had to say her, it wasn't something that he couldn't say either…
But, her hopes smashed that moment.
"Ravel."
Elmen snapped.
"Aaaaaaaaaagh! Screw Ravel-san! She's not even a real person, I am Elmen, and I am awesome! No way, she can't be like this now! I don't like this at all! That's it, you're going to be obliterated for this you cheeky fucker!"
Elmen couldn't hold back, shooting darkness right towards Freed. Freed cut through the hand that bound him, but Makoto kept seeing Elmen shooting off spheres of darkness, trying to blast him out of existence.
"Damn...she's pissed off."
Makoto expressed his worries for the moment, Koneko however shook her head.
"...It's because Ravel-san brings that out in everyone. Pure rage. At least with myself, I see myself disliking her intently. Ravel-san is, like that with everything, and everyone she touches, also becomes angry. She's genuinely, a bad person."
Koneko looked strongly as Millicas whipped her hand left, shooting off a blast of the power. Using her power, Millicas shaped the POD into a spear, shooting it off like a giant bullet that wouldn't stop either.
"Hey, that's not nice Koneko-chan."
"Ravel-san isn't nice either."
Koneko stated, as Yumi foolishly rushed forward with her sword, annoyance of Freed within her mind.
She held two demonic swords within her hands, showing that she wasn't going to be backing down this time.
"Yumi-senpai! You can't fight him like that! Remember, what happened with Xenovia-san! He'll also use it to his advantage! Please listen to me right now, and don't do this without us backing you up! We're here for you, Yumi-senpai!"
Though he tried to warn her, but she didn't listen to Makoto at all. It was like she was just going to fight, and ignore Makoto's words of warning, even though even Millicas knew that it was a bad idea to solve such things.
"Chi! So it's not only the "Holy Eraser", I see! Having multiple demonic swords. Are you the possessor of "Sword Birth", perhaps? Wow. You are guilty of having a rare Sacred Gear, you know!" Freed seemed like he was enjoying it, which was the opposite of what he was saying. "But. Normal demonic swords can't put up a challenge against…" Yumi's two demonic swords broke after making a sound of a crack. "…my Excalibur-chan."
Freed continued the sword strike, heading for Yumi's body. The blade seemed to be vibrating, and that wasn't something that she wanted to have to deal with, but even then, she couldn't give up. Her friends revenge was screaming in her mind, and that, was the driving force for this now.
"Ku!"
Yumi once again created demonic swords. But it seemed like the Excalibur was too powerful, and broke her sword, continuing to go for her body. Because she couldn't react in time, she naturally thought that she was going to be cut to ribbons…
"Freeze!"
But, in the end, Makoto came in and blocked the sword with his Sacred Gear in its sword form. Freed licked his lips devilishly while Makoto growled in discontent, releasing a mist from his Sacred Gear, pushing against Freed's Excalibur.
"Fufu, what a cute boy huh. I can see what you see in him Knight-chan, he's adorable. But, he's also gonna be punished for being so cute, and cuddly. Fuck having a face like that, I've gotta cut until there's nothing but bone left!"
Freed pushed Makoto away, and swiped at Yumi with his sword. Just before he could, Makoto swung his mist right into Freed's face, the power to affect the mind and spirit, causing it to freeze a little bit.
Freed was ambushed by the new sensations of his mind becoming slower due to the mist, Millicas using this chance to launch an attack right at Freed's torso. Freed rolled his eyes, trying to shake off the feeling, putting his sword to his torso.
The POD clashed with the Excalibur blade, and due to the strength, Makoto saw that Millicas had managed to actually crack the blade itself, leaving it in a shocking state. But, Millicas watched as Freed cut the POD in half, taking a breath.
"Damn, you're strong little girl. You really need to be careful or someone is gonna end up murdering you."
Freed went to attack Millicas, but a combo of Senjutsu balls, and a sphere of darkness attacking Freed broke up the assault, Millicas sending a glob of POD right for Freed. Freed dodged to the left, using the speed that he seemingly required from somewhere, Makoto knowing that something was off, and he knew it had to do with the Holy Sword that he was holding, believing it to be Excalibur Rapidly.
Millicas didn't stop the assault though, chasing him with the POD power that she could use. Makoto looked towards Yumi, seeing that she was getting more and more agitated.
"Yumi-senpai, please work with us, we can use a good move, if you believe in me Yumi-senpai."
As he said that, Freed managed to cut through Millicas' power, even though it was very difficult to say the least.
"I can still go on! I don't need your help!"
Yumi ignored Makoto's helpful suggestion, she wouldn't even consider it. For all intents and purposes, that stung Makoto, due to the fact that he wanted to help her, and she wasn't going to even accept it either.
"Hahaha! The way you look at my Excalibur is scary. Do you perhaps hold a grudge against it? Well I don't know what happened to you! But if you get cut by this, you can't avoid being eliminated without a trace you know? You will die, you know! You are going to die! Just die!"
Freed jumped, and Makoto got ready to fight.
Yumi tried to block him by making the demonic swords appear around the area. But…
The Holy Sword, which was covered in white-blue light, broke Yumi's swords in a single blow! Freed did his second strike without any moment to spare, but Makoto knew what he would have to do, so he looked towards Koneko.
"Koneko-chan!"
She nodded, and leapt forward.
She summoned her Senjutsu, and shot it towards Makoto's sword. The ice sword felt the Senjutsu wrap around it, and Makoto saw that it was glowing a cool colour, and Makoto smiled.
Makoto swung the blade for Freed's incoming blade, and clashed against one another. The Senjutsu tapped against the blade, and the aura around the blade of holy began to dissolve a little bit, shocking Freed, but Makoto smirked dangerously.
"Koneko-chan and I also have some cool techniques. By using her Senjutsu, and my mist that affects the spirit and changed its properties, we combine that to lower the power of an enemies weapon, which means your own blade Freed, and I wont be having you hurt my Yumi-senpai anymore!"
Makoto swung his sword right at the Excalibur, and cut against the blade. Though he only scratched the strong metal itself, it showed that Makoto's, and Koneko's combined attack worked, the scratch surprising that of Freed.
"N-No! That can't be happening! This is the almighty Excalibur-sama! I can't have the blade losing to something like this!"
Makoto looked towards Yumi, and bowed her head.
"Yumi-senpai, please let me help you. I know you don't like me right now, but we can do this, together. I, please let me help you, Yumi-senpai. Please, I want to help you, please let me help you Yumi-senpai."
Yumi looked towards Makoto, and saw that he really wanted to help.
Whether she wanted it or not, didn't matter. All that did that he wanted to help her.
Yumi walked closer to Makoto, grasping his hand. He looked right at her face, and didn't know what to say as a response. Whether she accepted him or not, neither of them really knew. Right now, there was a difference however, and that's what they were gonna go for.
"…I have to use it since I received it! "Sword Birth"!"
ZAN!
There were blades coming out around the whole area. From the ground. From the light pole. There were different shapes of blades popping out from different places. However, all had things that were in common with one another.
All of them held the icy mist and Senjutsu power that Makoto combined. Makoto, and Yumi combined their powers together, and made the blades erupt from everywhere, and Freed, couldn't be more devastated right now, he was seeing his death slowly coming to him.
"Chiii!"
Freed made a noise with his tongue, and then started to break the demonic swords going at him. But, he also could see that despite that, the swords were draining the Excalibur's power. Freed realized that he was going to be breaking down with such things, and he needed some kind of escape, or something else.
"I won't let you get away from me!"
Yumi disappeared with her demonic sword as soon as she found an opening. She used the demonic swords as a platform and moved around freely. Yumi was fast, she was able to move so that not many of the others could even see her at all.
Along with the sound of the wind, there was a demonic sword heading towards Freed. Yumi threw one of the demonic swords when she was using the demonic swords as a foot path. Though, she swiftly moved between the swords, launching them all.
Because they all had the auras around them, Yumi was actually glad that she listened to Makoto now, and that she could, and might have a chance to break these swords aura down, and that's how Yumi loved the idea of what was going on.
"Uhaa! That is a good circus trick! You rotten Devil!" Freed knocked away the demonic swords one after another with an expression of excitement. But, at the same time, the swords aura was breaking down little by little, and it made the world of difference as Yumi gained a smile at the sight. "My Excalibur is "Excalibur Rapidly"! In terms of velocity, it won't lose to anything!"
The Holy Sword that Freed held started to vibrate at the tip, and then disappeared. The Holy Sword was moving that fast, and it made Makoto's thoughts be realized, he knew what it was that he was facing now for certain, and it made sense the swords vibrating like it was.
Makoto himself focused, placing power into the freezing aspect of his abilities, and he knew what he would have to do now. Millicas looked on, instantly knowing what Makoto was doing, so she gathered POD in her hands.
She didn't want to kill...but, this time, if she had to, then she was going to be doing that as well, and she knew what she would have to do.
KACHIN!
"It's not working!"
The demonic swords that Yumi had in both hands crumbled.
"DIE!"
The moment Freed's sword was going downwards at Yumi…
Millicas shot forth a wave of destructive power. The destructive power was so strong that even the air couldn't get in the way, it was breaking down due to the power that Millicas was using, and Freed had to jump away from the blast.
The blast continued, and obliterated quarter of the park alone, and she held back. Though in her heart of hearts, she felt like she was going to have to fight as well, and this is what she was going to fight for, that's what she was going to do.
Freed grimaced at the sight before her, then looked cheerily towards Millicas.
"Wow, the redhead is a badass too. I didn't expect it. Seems the Loli's have grown stronger recently! Yes, the Shota's, and Loli's are amazing in this era! Even-"
"Shut the hell up!"
Makoto had done the trick that he wanted, releasing a beam of pure freezing power, he concentrated as much as he could on this, and it travelled faster than Freed was expecting, and he had to block with his sword…
And when he did that, the vibrating sword, stopped doing that.
It stopped all together, and became like a statue at the same time. Freed looked shocked at the sight, and didn't know what to expect either.
"N-No! This freezing power is cool Shota-sama! Please don't do anything to me...wait, why do I care? This is good, I like this power, yes, this is a cool power! But, I wont have you hurt me like this either! I wont have it done!"
Freed tried increasing the aura…
But, something was off.
He tried forcing the blade to move as he wanted it to.
But, it wasn't working.
It wasn't doing what it was supposed to be doing, and that, wasn't something that he liked.
He couldn't like this, it was like he was being stopped.
"Like it? Just before wasn't for show, you know? We are gonna beat Excalibur, and I wont tolerate any shit from you either Freed! I remember when you walked into that cell that time, and how you taunted me with death, I wont be dying because of you!"
Freed tried to break the ice, but Makoto looked towards Yumi.
"Yumi-senpai, please! Right now!"
Yumi nodded, holding her sword tightly. She moved forward with her blade clutched tightly, and she looked like she was going to cut through Freed. She wasn't going to stop, this was her chance, and she wasn't going to lose it either.
When she made it towards Freed, she ignited the blade with electricity, and looked right towards Freed's blade.
"This is for my comrades! They died because of that damn Excalibur, I wont be loosing to this person now!"
She collided the blade with the frozen Excalibur's blade, and the electricity ran across the frozen blade. Using the lightning, the ice conducted it, and ran through the Excalibur. Yumi watched her dream being realized that very second.
She could see pieces of the Excalibur being broken off, she could see the Excalibur being broken. And then Freed looked at his Excalibur being destroyed, it was like his life was being broken as well, he couldn't even think correctly.
Koneko however, then sensed something.
"Yumi-senpai, move!"
Just as her dream was being realized, Koneko forced Yumi to jump away. At the same time, a bullet of light soared through the sky, where Yumi was, just missing the young girl, who jumped to meet the others.
"Hmmmm, that's a very good move young girl. You seemed to have sensed my power. Well, I am not that powerful myself, it seems like the gun was able to force her to move, just as the precious Excalibur was going to be destroyed. Freed, I can't have you breaking the very precious blades that are of Holy descent as well, I do not like this."
From the side, there was an old man that was wearing a priest investment, and also held a gun that had a smoking barrel. This man, made Makoto furrow his eyebrows, he felt like he knew something about this person, but he couldn't be sure.
"Who are you?"
Makoto demanded, only for the man to look towards him.
As soon as he saw Makoto, he tightened his gaze on the young boys body.
"My name is Valper Galilei, at your service, Queen of Serafall-sama."
"You know of me."
Makoto was surprised to say the least.
He didn't think that he would be known by the enemy, especially one as disgusting as Valper.
"Yes, I do know who you are yes. And if you know what is good for you, I suggest you leaving right away, I will not tolerate your presence in this place. I hate Devils like you, and you should've died many years ago."
"Fuck you old man Balba."
Elmen spat out, Valper's eyes twitching at the name.
"Balba? It's Valper."
Elmen shook her head, pointing right at him.
"No it isn't! It's Balba!"
"It's Valper Ravel Phenex!"
Elmen gasped, as did the others, even Yumi did the same thing. They all knew that was Elmen's trigger today, and that wasn't a good thing. The aura around Elmen's body, looked dangerous. She looked like she was going to murder at any second, she was truly pissed off now, she wasn't going to be able to come back from this either.
"M-My name is Elmen, not Ravel! How many times do I have to say it!? Have you met Ravel-san!?"
"No, but who wouldn't want to meet her? She is amazing."
That was a very triggering word for anyone to use. It seemed to upset Elmen, and even Koneko felt that sting as well.
"Fucking scumbag."
Elmen spat out, wanting to claw his throat out.
"…Valper Galilei! You are my enemy through and through!"
Yumi glared at the old man with eyes full of hatred.
Valper ignored Yumi, and looked right towards Freed.
"Freed, how could you let Excalibur end up in such a state?"
"Old-man! They used some weird hippy shit!"
"We didn't..."
Makoto argued, but Freed growled.
"I can't shake this ice off, they have done things that I don't understand! Some things have even been stopped, and the holy aura can't be used properly, and I don't know what to do! The Excalibur wont respond to me old-man Valper!"
Valper, looked between and saw the strong ice that encompassed the blade, and wouldn't let it go. He walked over, intrigued to see what was going on with the blade.
"It does seem strong. For now, we can't fight them, we'll have to escape, and repair the blade elsewhere."
Freed seemed content with that, and he smirked dangerously towards the others.
"I will be escaping now! The next time we meet will be the time of our ultimate battle! Especially you, Ravel Phenex!"
"I am NOT Ravel-san! Get out of my life!"
Elmen made darkness within her fingers, and was ready to blast. Millicas herself seemed worried about something, but she couldn't put her finger on what that was.
"I won't let you escape!"
There was someone who went past them with a very fast speed, and then Freed took out a light blade. He couldn't use his Excalibur for obvious reasons. The blades clashed against one another's blades harshly.
"Yahoo! Ma-chan!"
"Irina-chan!"
Irina was also there as well. She seemed unusually peppy.
"Where are the others? Shouldn't they be with you or something like that? Please tell me that they are okay."
Millicas called, so Irina held down her sad expression.
"When we were searching, Rias-sama, and Sona-sama came, and they did bad things. Poor Ise-kun and the others were caught, only Ravel-sama seemed to have gone mad, and told Rias-sama to go to the corner...she went to the corner, and felt sad for a few minutes."
Makoto could only wonder what Rias was doing right now, but it didn't matter right away, Makoto looked on with worry though for the others.
"Freed Sellzan. Valper Galilei. Rebels. I will cut you both down in the name of God!"
"Ha! Don't say the name of the hateful God that I hate! You bitch!"
Freed and Xenovia exchanged swords, but he took something out from his jacket.
"Old-man Valper! We are escaping! We are going to report to the boss, Kokabiel!"
"There's no other way."
"See ya! The alliance of Church and Devils!"
Freed threw down the ball of light on the ground.
FLASH.
The bright light was too intense for their eyes, and they couldn't keep their eyes on the prize.
Makoto grimaced at the light, then when it died down, he, and the others looked around for the enemies…
But, they had already gone.
They all didn't know what to even think, besides Koneko who knew where they had already gone.
"We are going after them Irina."
"Okay!"
Xenovia and Irina nodded at each other and sprinted from here.
"I'm going after them too! I won't let you escape Valper Galilei!"
Yumi didn't care anymore about the others. She just took off as she liked, and wasn't going to be looking back either. She was going to go and get her target, no matter what.
Makoto looked on as Yumi disappeared...and he couldn't take it.
He couldn't leave her to be punished like this, it wasn't right at all.
"Yumi-senpai!"
In the end, he couldn't stay back, and chased down Yumi.
The others attempted to follow, only for Rias, and Sona to appear. They stopped in their tracks. Though only Koneko really was the only person Rias had any authority over, the others also felt their bodies freeze at that very moment.
"Shit...okay, shit Koneko..."
Koneko stood in front of Rias, as she was going to give her a punishment for disobeying her orders. Millicas,and Ravel stood nearby, Kalawarner and Elmen together already went to see if she could track them down, they couldn't be punished by Rias since they weren't apart of her house, that was her peerage. Millicas, was her niece it was different. Ise had already been punished, and now it was Koneko's turn.
Ise, and Saji laid on the ground, having received their punishments, holding a certain part of them in pain. Sona stood nearby, wondering what Rias was going to do about this, she also wondered what was going to happen with Makoto, and wondered if she should, or could even track him now, since he had become good at masking his presence.
"...I did it for Yumi-senpai, and Mako-kun..."
Rias placed a hand on her forehead.
"I know that Koneko, but this is...damn, what if something happened?"
"...I won't be sorry for trying to help my friends."
Rias bit her lower like, trying to think of something.
"Right, that's wonderful, and I applaud you, but it was reckless. Without even consulting me...damn it, I'm gonna have to punish you."
Koneko understood, and knew what to do.
She got on all fours, and stuck her butt in the air, Ravel smirking, wanting to see Koneko be punished for saying the things she had said to her before.
Rias however shook her head.
"Put that butt away, I won't spank you, I'll leave that to Makoto later."
Koneko flushed at the idea of Makoto actually doing that, it actually pleased her more than she thought it would.
"WHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHY!?"
Ise screeched from the side, Rias barking "SHUT UP!" making him comply.
Koneko got off the ground, tilting her head.
"...What are you going to do to me? ...Make me be Ravel-sans best friend?"
"What's wrong with being my friend?"
Koneko gave Ravel a dry look.
"...A lot of things, especially the addiction."
As always, Ravel didn't understand.
"What addiction?"
Koneko chose not to answer, looking to Rias for answers.
Rias coughed into her hand.
"Yes, Koneko. I have thought of the best punishment I could, it is one that is so out there, I can't believe I didn't think of it before. It is a super punishment. One that will test all of the mental strength you have, and it might hurt you. But, it has to be done for this to succeed, you understand Koneko? This isn't for me, but for you."
Koneko gulped, wanting to know what this super punishment was.
"...W-What is it?"
Rias leaned closer.
"Koneko, for your punishment...you, cannot..." Rias moved even closer, frightening Koneko. "...you cannot sit on Makoto's lap, for a month."
Koneko blinked.
She blinked again.
She blinked for the third time.
"What is wrong with you!?"
Rias was stunned at the outburst.
"W-What?"
"Denying me Mako-kun's lap!? Are you sentencing me to death!? I'd rather be spanked than be denied Mako-kun's lap for a month! Are you out of your mind!?"
"W-Well..."
Rias was left speechless at the angry Loli, something of a first for Rias to see Koneko like this.
"No, I don't accept this! Denying me my lap, which I own?! That is completely messed up!"
Everyone was surprised by the outburst.
Koneko wasn't so expressive like this...until now.
Being denied Makoto's lap, seemed to awaken something within her, and everyone was frightened.
"Koneko, please..."
"No, I don't accept it, this is not what I decide! For this Buchou, I want to join Mako-kun's peerage in the future. He wouldn't be this abusive towards me, to deny me the very seat that I always sit!"
""No you're not!""
Rather than Rias answer, Millicas and Ravel answered instead.
Koneko glanced at them, then turned to Rias strongly.
"...I'm going to make a call to Princess."
Rias' face drained of colour immediately, fear overcoming her.
"D-Don't you dare bring that fucked up cat here! You don't know what she really is! She's a dominant, I'm a submissive! She commands me, I obey her, and she frightens me more than life itself!" Koneko took out her phone, Rias put her hands out in resignation. "Okay, okay you win Koneko! He's yours, you're his! Join his peerage, I don't mind, and you can sit on his lap as much as you like! Just please don't make that phone call, you don't know how mad that cat is! She's like a Dementor from Harry Potter, she'll suck your soul right out!"
Koneko put her phone down, calming herself to the usual Koneko.
"...Then we're in agreement."
Rias nodded her head, shedding a tear of relief.
"Y-Yes, run along home now, and don't make a phone call to Princess, and you're Makoto's peerage member, you're his Rook now, just don't call her please."
"...Thank you Buchou, I shall consider it greatly."
Rias gave a thumbs up with a sob, her hand was shaking dangerously.
"Rias? Why are you scared of a cat?"
Rias' eyes turned to Sona, desperately searching her face.
"Sona, you don't understand, that cat is evil. It's not normal, she's insane. She regularly makes me make her food, and drinks, and massages, and if I don't do it, she flips out, and goes evil on me. You know, we should have her here, she'd win against Kokabiel because that bitch took out Riser with ease, so she can defeat him and we'll be safe."
Sona gave Rias a curious look.
"I don't get why you'd be afraid of...a normal cat."
Rias turned her eyes away, shaking her head.
"She's not normal, she's evil, insane, and she'll attack, and I can't Sona, so..."
Ravel and Millicas looked at one another.
"So...all we have to do is threaten her with Princess-sama, and she'll do anything for you?"
Millicas nodded at her words.
"Seems so, I'll have to remember that."
Millicas smiled as did Ravel, but they couldn't deny they were worried for Makoto right now.
Makoto didn't know where he was truly going.
He didn't even know if he was going in the right way.
But, it didn't matter, he had to chase down Yumi, and the others if he could help it.
As he ran, it was clear that he was alone now, he wasn't there at all, he didn't even know what he could do or not.
He rushed into the forest, and looked for anything, or anyone that could lead him to the others.
He didn't know how long he had been running for, not that it mattered all that much in the end. Makoto just needed to do this, he needed to find Yumi, he needed to make sure that she was okay. He also had to find Irina, and that's what he was striving for. Xenovia, he wasn't so sure about it honestly.
He also had some questions, on why it was happening.
What was happening to him.
He seemed to be getting triggered when Holy Swords, and other things came up. If he could, then he would have to beat the information out of them. He needed this, he needed to make sure that he knew all of the facts.
It was clear that he wasn't going to be able to find anyone…
That was until he came across Irina stood there, looking around with a confused expression on her face.
"Irina-chan! W-What happened to you?"
Irina gasped at the voice, but then turned to Makoto.
She smiled in relief.
"Ma-chan is here, I am very relieved in this. I lost sight of Xenovia as we were running."
"Oh, so Xenovia took off without saying anything to you?"
Irina nodded as she made her katana appeared.
"She is quite reckless sometimes, and she runs off without me even knowing about it."
"But, if we work together, I am sure that we would be able to find the pair of them. Both Yumi-senpai, and Xenovia-san as well."
"You're right, we'll find them Ma-chan, and then we'll make sure that we all go together!"
Makoto had to admire her optimism, but something else about it wasn't something Makoto cared for honestly.
"Yeah, you're right. But, to just leave you like that, is it really okay?"
"We have a mission to do Ma-chan, we have to retrieve Excalibur, and Xenovia is very understanding on this mission. She might be very, out there with it and all, but I do think that Xenovia is a very capable warrior, and even though you might not think that she is, she really does care about her mission."
"She might care, but she goes about it the wrong way."
Makoto rationalized, Irina not really having an opinion on that.
"Maybe she does, that's how it is after all Ma-chan."
"I suppose you're-"
At that moment, Makoto felt a chill go down his spin.
Irina felt the same thing, and it felt like their insides were on fire.
Yet cold on the outside.
It also felt, moist.
The air felt a little wetter than it should be. Even if it was raining, it wouldn't feel like this, and they both knew it wasn't even raining either. Something about the air made them both shiver, and look around at the same time.
"Ma-chan..."
"Yeah, I feel like it as well. Keep your guard up, and get ready for-"
"Anything?"
Makoto and Irina span around to meet the person who spoke.
Standing there, was the man that Makoto met before, the one that could control the water that was black. The dissolving water that was. Makoto knew that this enemy was no laughing joke, he was far above anyone he had fought before. He was even towering over Gren when it came to the power department.
"You...what's your name?"
Irina was surprised that Makoto was talking as if he had met this person before.
The man directed to himself.
"Didn't we cover this last time? It doesn't matter what my name is, sire."
"Sire…?"
Irina was in the dark, she didn't know what was going on.
"Right, Exorcist-chan, he is our sire. He is supposed to be with us, but it seems like he isn't. he's running around, playing hero, when he should be with us, in this new age, the age that we have set before us. Makoto, that's the name you go by here, isn't it?"
"That is my name though."
The man gained a smirk.
"For now, I suppose it is. I presume Chelia named that you, didn't she?"
Chelia…
It was a name Makoto had heard before.
From this person, from Gren, people kept saying that name which made little sense to him, he didn't even know why the name was mentioned at all, Makoto didn't get it. Even Irina didn't hear what the name was, and she was sure that she didn't get it at all.
"Who is that person?"
Irina this time was the one to ask the question, she needed to know as well, since Makoto seemed like he was having something going on.
The man ignored Irina, and turned his eyes towards Makoto once again.
"I am, sorry for what Gren has been trying to do. You see, he has a classic case of jealousy, and he doesn't understand your importance. He doesn't get it at all, but it doesn't matter to me, because I want you by our side, once again. We are all needed for the coming days, we are all wanted and desired for this, even that Chelia as well, we need all of you. So, come back to us now, Makoto. Unlike Gren, I am willing to do deals with you. Kokabiel, is causing you problems, yes?"
Makoto nodded, as Irina stood beside him.
"That's right, but why are you..."
"It's all well and good, right now, to try and fight him with, gumption or something. But, if you want Kokabiel dead, all you have to do is come with me, and we can take care of Kokabiel, we can defeat him easily for you."
"Y-You can defeat Kokabiel?"
Irina became aware of this slowly as she felt the power rolling off of him.
It was so powerful, so strong, that Makoto didn't expect Irina to even stutter, when she usually was so confident.
"Hush, I wont answer you, so don't bother even speaking you wench. I only answer the sire, you are not him. Speak again, and I will end your miserable existence, do you understand me Shidou Irina of the Church, daughter of Shidou Touji."
Irina held herself, as she thought about her own father briefly, and what and why this man knew about her and her family. And if he knew that, what else did he know? Was he a psychic or something like that?
She didn't know, yet she did want to understand as well.
"Y-You know my Papa? How do you know things like that? Whats going on at all? Please tell me whats going on right now!"
The man glared towards her, then shot off a bullet of his dissolving water. It moved so fast that Irina didn't even realize it but it didn't matter, as Makoto made a wall of ice to block the path of the bullet, tapping into the speed of the Knight for assistance.
But…
It then happened.
The bullet shot through the ice, and Makoto tackled Irina down to the ground. The bullet hit the ground, it would've pierced Irina's heart if she didn't get pushed out of the way, then she would've been killed.
The ground where the bullet pierced was still melting, like it was acid.
Both Irina and Makoto freaked out at seeing that.
Even seeing the ice being melted so easily was a shocking surprise.
"I told you, one word out of you, and you're going to end up dead. I am trying to talk to the sire here. I do not need your interruptions."
"You just attacked Irina-chan! H-How dare you!?"
Makoto demanded as he and Irina stood up together.
The man casually glanced at Irina.
Irina felt dead inside at that moment.
His eyes then went towards Makoto once more.
"Because, she was speaking, when she shouldn't. Makoto, please don't be difficult, I am trying to make sure that you have the best life, and Irina here, along with the others, are getting in the way of that."
"Don't say that. Irina-chan and the others don't get in the way, they are people that I love very much, please don't say anything like that again. I love...I mean, I really care for all of them, and that's something you shouldn't even involve yourself with! Now, if you don't have anything else to add, then please get out of my life already, and take your friends with you! And that Gren as well, I don't need to hear about him anymore! Don't come near me anymore!"
The mans eyes widened at Makoto's shout.
That...devastated him.
Just hearing the rejection in Makoto's voice, it felt like it was, a blow to his heart.
It felt like someone had taken a sword, and stabbed it through his heart.
He looked on as Makoto held the sword out in front of him, and Irina stood beside him…
Irina.
The way that he looked at her, was almost full of killer intent.
Like he was going to murder someone, and that was, Irina.
"You...what have you done to our sire you little bitch!?"
Irina gasped at the tone used, and felt like she was being given the piercing stare.
Makoto himself held out his sword, and readied himself.
In the air, the water slowly began mixing together with the mans power. He held black water around him. It swirled slowly, and only in little streams. But, it made all of the difference as the power became more, and more faster, sharper, and grew heavier as well.
"Y-You need to calm yourself, I haven't done anything to Ma-chan-"
"Lies!" He snapped, as the water condensed in the hand he held out. "You have been corrupting him! How dare you keep him away from his real family!? We're his family you little whore, you're nothing but a distraction! I wont lose Makoto to people like you! Especially from the disgusting Church! Go and die you bitch!"
Makoto watched as the sphere in the mans hand split, into tiny arrows. Makoto then swung his sword, and released shards of ice at the incoming released arrows, Makoto made sure to make them as strong as he could.
The arrows, and the ice met one another. But the arrows, melted the shards of ice. Though they did, Makoto noticed that it became a little less about the power, but the dissolving aspect, that it could be dissolved like it was, it was quite frightening to say the least.
"Wall!"
Makoto stabbed the earth, forming a sphere of ice around them. Irina watched as Makoto placed his hands together, and she saw that there were magical equations that ran through his fingers, concentration on his face was amazing.
"Ma-chan, what are you doing..."
Makoto stuck out his hands, and the equation wrapped around the barrier of ice, just in time for the arrows to attempt to pierce the ice. However, a combination of the magic, and the ice, stopped the arrows from piercing the dome.
"It's a spell that Rossweisse-san taught me about, and I was able to use them to help me in the fight like this. Though I know it wont work that well, we have to go now, Irina-chan, we have to leave and not return to this guy. He's too dangerous, to fight, he's on another level all together. We can't fight him."
"R-Right, he's very dangerous. Ma-chan, let's go and find the others."
However, neither got to do that, because the mans water broke through the barrier that Makoto made from a combo of ice and magic, and went straight for their bodies. Makoto had enough sense to get out his wings, and grab Irina.
Seeing though he wasn't going to make it out without injury to Irina or himself, he chose himself and allowed the water to burn his back, shielding Irina from the blast, causing blood to erupt from his back, and he let out a "Aaaaaaaaagh!" scream which Irina winced at, but felt, her heart beat increasing by the second due to the fact that he protected her.
Flying out of the area, Makoto landed on the ground with a grimace.
"Ma-chan! Please be okay!"
Makoto winced as he placed his Sacred Gear sword to his back.
From the sword, the ice grew, and covered the wound that he received from the water. Though by no means was it a solution, it was merely meant to be a stop gap measure, and it was something that Makoto had to do now.
"I'm okay Irina-chan, but we're not going to be if we don't leave."
Makoto warned, as Irina saw the man slowly moving towards them.
She looked at the place she and Makoto were before, and saw that the ground had been melted away, only what appeared was a melted mess. It didn't even look like a real thing at all, and that made Makoto feel sick as well as Irina.
"Sire, please don't make me hurt you, I don't want to hurt you, but I will if I have to. I will make sure that you will come back with me, and that's not something that I will be happy about, hurting you that is, I don't want to do that. Now, come with me, and all your needs shall be answered. I shall be happy with you if you come with me right now."
"I'm not going anywhere with you! You just tried to murder Irina-chan and myself!"
The man took a deep breath.
"My intent was to murder her, not yourself. She, riled me up, and I wasn't happy. Because she was becoming a nuisance, I had to do something against her, so that's how it is. I have to kill her, so you don't hold anymore distractions and I will be able to make you fly high, without that worthless bitch."
"Don't call her that!"
Makoto stuck out his hand towards the Sacred Gear.
It responded, and spat out the sword that he held onto just in case.
Excalibur, Nightmare.
That's what he held in his hand, and Irina was flabbergasted.
"Ma-chan, why..."
"Freed, left it behind on one confrontation that he had, it's the reason Yumi-senpai knew I could wield Holy Swords. I was planning on letting Yumi-senpai break it, and give the core to you guys so it can be reformed. But, now I have to use it, sorry for deceiving you Irina-chan, it seems like we wont be able to walk away without incident."
Makoto didn't waste time in running forward with both swords in hands.
From swinging the Holy Sword, Makoto made images appear.
He didn't know how he was doing it, it was like life, and death was happening, and he needed to do it, so that's what he did. He made images of himself, running, and dashed between them, Irina was surprised as well.
"Ma-chan can use it so well...how can Ma-chan do something like that? Even if he does practice with it, he couldn't of had more than a few days at best, yet he's wielding it with the skills of a professional, and it is scary to see Ma-chan so good, how did it happen? Has Ma-chan done things like this before...no, Ma-chan couldn't of done this before. But, why does it seem like he can do it easily?"
Irina was deep in thought as the man raised his hand. He made a ball of the dissolving water that swirled around dangerously. He looked between the illusions that swapped out with one another, surrounding the young man himself.
They were in front, behind, left, and right of him.
They surrounded him like they were going to murder him at any second.
"Don't expect me to pull punches!"
Makoto said confidently, as he whipped around the battlefield like he owned it, which he did right now.
The man took a chance, and shot a bullet of the water towards the left, having sensed Makoto there. However, just as it hit the image, it distorted, showing that it wasn't the real Makoto, which surprised the man.
"Makoto, you are more intelligent in battle than I expected. The old you, was very tactile but this is, not bad either. This is the old you shining through, even you using the Holy Sword, I remember when you used to use it very well, it was a good thing to see."
The man fired bullets of the dissolving water, in many directions. But, each time, he pierced the images, and not the real one, which made Makoto smile.
He then moved in with both swords up in the air.
"Haaaaaaaaah!"
Using the Knight's speed, and the Rook's strength, Makoto swung fast and hard. The ice, and holy blended together, to make a holy ice attack. It was powering one another, and Makoto used both of them right on the enemy.
He was sure that he was going to cut through this person.
He wasn't holding back, he couldn't hold back either.
He wouldn't hold back…
But, then it happened.
The man grabbed the swords with his hands, and while they cut into his skin a little bit, it didn't matter all that much.
Makoto looked, shocked that he wasn't able to cut him more than this.
"Makoto, good attacks. But compared to your real power, this is lacking. I am sorry, but that is it now. You cannot hope to beat me while you're like this, and I will have to fight you seriously if you don't think about-"
"Let Ma-chan go!"
From the side, Irina rushed in with her Holy Sword, and swung it for the man's neck. He dropped Makoto's blades, stopping Irina's blade with his two fingers, only displaying his power even more than before.
It was very shocking to see that.
But it gave Makoto what he needed, he placed his Sacred Gear's ice in one hand, and fire of demonic power in the other. He combined them together, into a sphere, of a mixture of the powers. This wasn't fully powered, he didn't have the time to charge one up.
But, he didn't mind right now.
He had to fight for Irina, and the others, and that's what he did.
"Irina-chan!"
Irina nodded, pulling the sword away, and jumped away.
The man turned to Makoto and saw the sphere, smirking.
"Good, that seems good to me. I shall fight you like this then."
Makoto breathed out, and then unleashed the attack.
It froze, and burned the ground at the same time as it headed for the man.
"Strong!"
Irina noted, as Makoto pushed on with the power. He wasn't going to hold back, he was going to use all of his power to fight this enemy.
As it neared him, the man raised his barrier of water.
"Sorry, but I can't have you beating me this time my lord."
Makoto inhaled, and then exhaled at the attack clashed with the dome.
From the powers he used, he tapped into more of his Sacred Gears power, sending the ice power stronger.
The ice then did something that the man wasn't expecting at all.
The ice began freezing the water of the dome that the man raised, surprising him.
"N-No way, you can't do that to me...that's something that I can't even imagine. But, that's it, huh! You're good Makoto-sama!"
The fire of the attack smashed through the ice, and then the attack of fire, and ice created an explosion between the two of them.
Makoto and Irina both looked on as the dust cloud raised into the air.
Irina went towards Makoto's side, and smiled.
"Ma-chan's really powerful, I didn't know much about that at all. Well done Ma-chan, I knew you would be able to do it."
"A-Ah well, I am sure that it was something that I had to do to make sure that he stops-"
At that moment, Makoto saw something cut through the cloud of smoke.
It headed for Irina at a fast pace, and she was unaware.
"Irina-chan!"
Makoto let out a cry, and charged for Irina…
STAB! MELT!
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagggggggggggggggggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Something, devastating happened.
From the attack, the attack was going for Irina's heart, once again, like it was going to kill her.
But, Makoto made it to her, at a cost.
Just as he pushed Irina out of the way, he tried to stab the attack with his sword, but all that did was weaken the power of the attack. But, still, it stabbed Makoto somewhere, somewhere that he didn't expect to be stabbed…
His eye.
His black eye was stabbed by the dissolving water, and did just that.
Besides the eyeball itself, everything else around it was, protected, safe.
But, Makoto was struck with the attack, and he, lost his eye.
The eye dissolved away in an agonizing power attack.
Irina regained her composure, then looked towards Makoto who was clutching the eyehole that was left, blood leaking out of the hole.
Makoto let out cry after cry from the attack, it felt so painful that he was surprised the attack didn't knock him out. He rolled on the ground in true pain, it felt more painful than the time he was stabbed with light spears, this was a very painful experience.
"MA-CHAN!"
Irina cried out, and rushed to his side.
She looked over the wound, and saw that there was, nothing there anymore.
The eye had gone, and she began crying when realizing...he had saved her.
Her life, was saved because of him, and in response to that, he lost his eye for her.
His eye, had vanished, and there was nothing remaining.
Only blood came from the socket, like a waterfall.
Though with his sleeve, he managed to stop the blood flow a little bit.
"Ma-chan...you saved my life, it was meant for me, and now Ma-chan has lost his eye...why did Ma-chan do this…? Why did you do this Ma-chan…? I don't understand why you'd do this Ma-chan. You didn't have to do this for me..."
Despite the pain, Makoto looked up at her, and gained a weak smile.
"Iri-chan, I never forgot you...even when years passed by, Iri-chan was always on my mind...I never made any effort to forget, because Iri-chan was the person I decided to be with, and then disappeared, and then came back at a time when everything was hard...but, I couldn't have Iri-chan, because you can't die because of this person, I wont let you die, and I'll make sure this bastard pays for this."
Makoto's words made Irina begin shedding tears.
Though right now, the cloud of smoke disappeared, and the person appeared mostly unharmed, she didn't care.
Makoto took his eye for her.
He took a shot that was meant for her, and she couldn't take it.
All the emotions swelled within her.
Every emotion she had, she couldn't begin to understand why this was happening.
She couldn't get why this was happening.
And then for the first time in a long time, she felt a strange emotion.
She, hated him.
She hated the person who did this to Makoto.
"How dare you..."
Irina growled out as she stood up.
She looked towards the person who attacked Makoto, and clutched the blade in her hand tightly.
"How dare I!? How dare you!? You should've been killed, not have Makoto-sama take it! You've damaged sire you hateful bitch! You've done this!"
"Don't say that because you attacked, and Ma-chan saved me! He protected me from you! I wont let you hurt Ma-chan anymore! I'll kill you!"
Irina, in a futile effort, rushed the man, and swung her katana again and again for him. She came from the left, and the right, but nothing seemed to be working right now. Nothing seemed to be getting through right now, even though she felt like she was going to bleed him dry.
She didn't think she could hate this much.
But, she did.
She hated him with all of her passion.
The reason was because, no one hurt Makoto and got away with it in her eyes.
She wasn't connecting with his body.
She wasn't even getting close, but it didn't matter because she was angry.
As she did, Makoto made the Holy Sword Excalibur Nightmare, back into his Sacred Gear, getting off the ground. The newly loss of his eye really did affect him, he expected to see normally, but he couldn't see anything on one side of his face.
It was gone, it truly was gone.
"Did you think you'd get away with pissing me off you hateful whore!?"
Irina felt him grab her neck, and hold her up.
The man growled at her, and made a dagger of water, dissolving black water, and went to thrust it against her chest…
But at the last second, Makoto shoulder barged the man, forcing him to let go of Irina, then shoved a demonic blast right into his face.
At that second, Makoto grabbed Irina, and began running.
"Ma-chan!"
"We have to go!"
He said seriously, and she nodded as well, so they ran together.
But, that didn't make the other one stop either.
"Get back here!"
The water man yelled, as he rushed forward towards them.
Makoto and Irina ran as fast as they could run, but he was going to get them.
It was like a horror movie.
It was like they were getting chanced by a serial killer, and they weren't going to be able to get away either.
Just as he was about to get them, a sea of flames cut them off, and the man.
"Who!?"
He growled as he looked around.
From the sky, the blue haired woman descended, and landed on the other side of the flames, facing off against the man.
"You two need to run away right now."
"It's you again..."
Makoto could see from his one eye who it was, but the blue haired woman shook her head.
"I told you to run away right now! Please just run away before this person tries to do something!"
Makoto didn't know what to do.
Leave this woman to fight alone?
Could he do that?
Even though he wasn't his best right now, to still leave her alone like this.
It wouldn't be right, would it?
He didn't know, but he felt complicated on the matter.
"I told you to run away, do it!"
Irina saw the unsure Makoto, so she grabbed his hand, and turned.
"Thank you very much! Come on Ma-chan! Let's get going!"
Makoto was pulled along with Irina as they ran away.
Makoto watched the blue haired woman combat the enemy, and wondered...why?
Why did this woman save them?
Why did she come?
What did she really want?
He wasn't sure if he was going to get the answers he desired or not, he didn't know at all.
End chapter!
So, shit went down in this chapter huh! The mysterious beings at the beginning of the chapter, Asia and Makoto having a cute moment between the two of them. Yumi is kinda talking to him but not really. Then we get to the 'fight' of the phones, and then the actual fights. We even got a combination of Makoto's, and Koneko's powers, and even Koneko somewhat secured a place in Makoto's peerage if she ever desires to go there. Seems like there are a few people that really want to do things to Makoto...and did. If you read the chapter, then you read what happened, but it also shows Makoto's love for Irina, to go through that for her.
Next chapter, we'll deal with the fallout of that, and onto the final part of the arc. Oh, and thank you for the votes everyone, it really helped me and I am pretty sure who I'm going to do the first lemon with now! 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, Ophis. (WIP)
