Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Blake2020; Thanks very much! Some secrets alright, and poor Makoto doesn't know what's going on. He might be, but Serafall doesn't see Makoto like that. And yeah, it's gonna be fun going forward~ We'll be learning even more about that in the future~ And again, thank you very much!
wweTheBeast2015; Well, thanks very much! Yeah, it is going to get pretty good into plot stuff here. Ooh yeah, they do, and we'll be revealing why in the future, though it was pretty much hinted at heavily in the past as well that they knew something. Aah, thanks! I'm glad that you liked the fight scenes~ For a moment, he was considering it, if only so no one else suffered, but all the girls rallied around him and stopped him from doing that. She is yeah! She's gonna have an interesting redemption arc going forward. And thanks very much!
twisterblake2015; Thanks!
kmubarak2001; Chapters 35 and 41.
Skull Flame; Not everyone is, Ise isn't. She's interested in him, on a using weapon/messiah of sorts kind of way, she's not yet romantically inclined with him. Well, you never know~ That's Koneko for you though~ Katerea, she is. She's gonna make it out. Seems like someone's getting involved, we'll soon see wont we~? Hehe, it was hiding in plain sight it seems~ It is yeah, he's got a full harem. Ise's is still open though. And thanks very much!
Vizard Masky; Hehe, they surely are aren't they~? That would be cool, though maybe not Makoto, I've got some cool powerups planned in the future, maybe in another story, it would be cool. Well, he's gonna be pissed off regardless.
LoamyCoffee; No, why would you think that? Vali's on no one's side, though by the end, it changes to her lovers side. I will be doing it, probably after I've finished my Flash season one story, haven't decided what kind of Oc I would be doing yet, a Kyrptonian or a hybrid maybe or something else entirely. Maybe even Zod's son or something.
Nivek Beldo; It surely did huh, things are getting really heavy here. He does seem to like pissing people off, doesn't he? He did yeah, he tried to kill Gabriel, perhaps to show off, but he also was stopped by Makoto, maybe Gabriel will like Makoto more now for protecting her life? We did yeah, Katerea will play a larger role later on. Eh, more for Gasper, and Koneko than Ise, at least right now. Yup, we're gonna be getting huge battles here. It's safe to say that she's still reading at the moment~
KobayashiSenpai; Thanks very much! It has yeah, we're going all over the place, Serafall vs Katerea for her Queen, she wouldn't let Katerea ever hurt her Queen, but Katerea is determined. Ise and Rias did a rescue mission, only to lose the person they came to rescue. Yup, they took care of the magicians, and now they're coming for Gren once more. We'll find out before chapter 50, I can't say when yet, but before chapter 50, we'll find out some more about Makoto. Ooh, it wasn't Chelia, she's a little busy right now, and it was the Sensei, her blue hair was mentioned. Yeah, there's gonna be some mysteries revealed throughout all of these chapters. And thank you very much!
Harem Master123; Thanks very much! Yeah, people just wont tell him anything, but that's gonna change soon enough. He wont be so angry to never talk to her again or anything, but he wont exactly be happy with it either, but when he does find out something, he's going to find out something about his family, and that's what Makoto has wanted for a long time, his blood family, he loves the Hyoudou's and considers them his real family, but he wants to know his blood family as well if he has one that is. Hehe, it was a very Koneko type moment, wasn't it? Rias, is going through her own arc at the moment, and is going to come out fighting. Hehe, Loli's Wars, kinda sounds like a television show.
ShadowUzumaki55; It very much was yeah. Very action packed, and this one along with the next one is too, but there will be quite a few character moments for those who don't just like fighting. He surely doesn't hold back, and now, he's going to be getting some sweet revenge on Gren for what he's done. She does yeah, and they've come to give a hard challenge alright, we'll be seeing quite a bit of more from them soon. Yeah, two Leviathan's are coming for one another, it is going to be fun! Irina's got her new weapon and will show some cool skills with it as well. We'll be finding out rather soon about that~
Justin D; Cool, I am glad you're and others are catching on~ Not this chapter, but we will be finding out more about him.
Guest 1; That would be pretty cool actually, I like the sound of it.
hellspam; Yeah, that will be fun, wont it? I can't wait for it as well~ Yeah, that sounds pretty good actually~
ChaosJeff; Hehe, I think that maybe she would~
Ancient Sith Tulak Hord; We'll be getting some answers soon, not all of the answers, but some nonetheless~
Anime PJ; Thanks very much! Hehe, seems so~ I'm glad you liked it, Leviathan vs Leviathan, it is fun~ And yeah, we'll be getting some of that in this chapter, but more later on.
ProjectIceMan; Maybe she likes it, maybe she doesn't see it like that, Serafall can only answer that~ Well, Akeno and Gasper aren't going anywhere, no worries about that, and there's a plan for that Bishop later down the road. Maybe so, she probably does yeah~
UsagiAngelRabbit; Thanks! Yeah, but she's gonna be...well, I wont spoil it~ Well, we'll see him eventually throughout the story. They aren't grim reapers, I can say that much.
destroyerofheaven; Oh, okay~ And awesome, glad that you are~
Cf96; Thanks!
Neonlight01; Yup, he surely is becoming more curious. Anyone would with people refusing to explain about it. Yeah, it wasn't surprising though, he seems to be the traitor type, doesn't he? Not yet, he's gonna awaken it eventually, but right now, he's not, he's going to be going through some stuff though. Yeah, it's gonna be fun~ We'll be seeing what he's going to be doing rather soon.
Anonymous; Hey! Thanks very much! No, I wouldn't say that, he was more shocked, than devastated. He was surprised to hear things like that, which even his mind could work out, it could be a reason and with people not telling him things, naturally for a few moments he would question it, but then he regained his composure. Hehe, it does seem like Irina truly has transformed, hasn't she? She truly does want to become someone who gives such things, and yeah, Makoto's heart dies a little when she says it with such strength. They will, there will be a special moment between the two of them. Yeah, seems to be the case, huh~? Erm, I like the ones between Elmen and Kalawarner, Irina and Millicas, and Serafall and Gabriel quite a bit, I like all of them for different reasons.
Tohka123; We did yeah, we'll be finding more out as we get nearer the time. It is yeah, it's going to be rather shocking. Thanks!
Guest 2; That seems like a pretty cool idea, I like it! Thanks for the suggestion!
TDGod; Maybe so~
Kamen Rider W; Yeah, I'll think about it~ Erm, probably not honestly, in a different story she could be.
team zephyr; Hehe, I guess you're right~
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter!
Attack on the conference part two!
Serafall, and Katerea were in the sky, exchanging blows with one another. Serafall's power was rising higher and higher, while Katerea was falling in her power, she just couldn't keep up with Serafall, she was showing a power like no other.
The grades of their power were deserving of their titles. Serafall and Katerea were quite strong together, it didn't matter what else happened, their powers couldn't be beaten by the likes of the enemies.
Her eyes showed that she wasn't going to give up. Serafall was determined right now, she couldn't hold back anymore. Katerea's first movement as of right now was to made demonic power into ropes, and she launched them towards Serafall.
Serafall placed her hand outwards, creating barriers. However, the barriers were wrapped around with the demonic power. As if 'pulling' could be done, she yanked the barriers away, and then charged forward.
"Avoid point blank range!"
Katerea's staff lit up with demonic power, and put it to Serafall's chest. She gasped in surprise as the demonic power left the staff.
"Aaaah!"
Serafall managed to avoid the worst case scenario by forcing the blast to the side. However, it managed to hit her side, and leave some blood, coming from her wound. Katerea looked pleased with the wound that Serafall received.
"Hohoho, seems like the great and wise Sera-" Serafall hit her with her staff. "-Agh! W-What the hell bitch?!" Serafall punched her in the face. "Stop!" Another punch to the face. "Hitting!" Serafall kicked her in the stomach. "Meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!" She went to grab Serafall's neck, but Serafall launched her head downwards, and sunk her teeth in. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Serafall heard her cry as she unhinged her teeth from Katerea's skin, then blasted her with demonic power in the face. A mixture of blood, and tears fell towards the ground along with the young woman named Katerea.
She sprawled out her wings in the sky, and steadied herself before she could be hurt anymore.
"You whore! You fucking bit me!? Whats the matter with you?! Are you that crazy that you'd actually bite me or something!?"
"I'm not crazy! You attacked me, I fought back!"
Serafall exclaimed happily, and then made a grossed out face due to the taste in her mouth.
Serafall placed a hand on the side of her stomach and allowed ice to come from her fingertips. Since the wound wasn't that bad, she froze the wound for it to be dealt with later on. Even then, she was annoyed by how Katerea got so close to do such a wound.
"Sorry Katerea-chan! You got me angry, and I had to hit you!"
"You bit me as well!"
Katerea countered, but the young woman shrugged her shoulders without a care in the world.
"You also attacked my Queen with like, words, and things. So, you don't have a leg to stand on or anything."
Katerea though didn't hold back, waving her staff in front of her, and made several circles of demonic power appear in the sky
"Serafall, I shall murder you right here and now! I've had enough of you and your powers! I'm going to be the Maou-sama by the end of the day! Everyone is going to revere me as the ultimate ruler of this world! And you'll be nothing!"
She yelled out, shooting off the blasts of demonic power that looked like snakes and Dragon's faces coming towards Serafall.
Serafall herself responded by spinning her wand in the air, then slammed it downwards, creating barriers around her. The attacks of Katerea slammed against the barriers of Serafall's, cracking them apart with her powers, but Serafall hung on with the barriers, placing more of her power into the barriers to block the attacks, and eventually, they managed to cancel one another out.
"Phew, that was close, wasn't it Katerea-chan? You could have hurt me with that blast, what's the mater Katerea-chan exactly? You seem to be unhappy right now. Do you want to talk to me about anything? I'd happily listen to Katerea-chan and her woes."
Serafall gave a peace sign towards her, not really all that bothered that the attack nearly beat her barriers.
It wasn't so good for the young woman known as Katerea, she looked as if she was going to kill someone.
Katerea's rage knew no leaps and bounds anymore when Serafall ran her fingers through her black hair.
"Come on you whore! Not only are you irritating me with your body, and your title stealing! You're even forcing me to become angrier than I should! You're not going to be able to beat me Serafall! I'll defeat you and reclaim my rightful title!"
Serafall watched as the charged for her. Swinging her staff at Serafall, Serafall parried the attack with her own staff. She pushed Katerea away and slammed her foot into Katerea's torso, making her cough up bile.
"Did you think I didn't know how to do that? I've been watching my cute Ma-tan's movements too~ I'm no expert or anything, but I know some hand to hand as well!" Serafall swung her staff right, colliding with the young woman's body and forced her body away even more, then slammed her staff into Katerea's torso, forcing her back. "I told you~"
Katerea didn't look happy right now.
But Serafall didn't care, channelling her powers through her staff.
Her wand glowed at the tip, and blades of ice appeared. Katerea looked on with annoyance. Katerea though gulped, when seeing Serafall's power growing higher by the second, she looked like a Maou-sama truly should.
"Serafall, this is enough now. You're not going to win."
Despite saying that, Katerea was panting hard, and couldn't breathe properly.
Serafall on the other hand, while breathing harder than before, still looked like she was going to be able to fight.
"I think you're wrong Katerea-chan~ See, I'm the one who isn't nearly falling over~ Besides, you attempted to murder my Queen, and I can't allow that to happen, especially because it is my Ma-tan and that means he's not going to suffer anymore!"
Serafall waved her wand at the enemy, shooting out shards of sharp and dangerous ice towards the enemy. Katerea placed her hands out, and raised barriers between the shards and herself. The barriers managed to block the attack, though Serafall then thrusted her wand forward, shooting off a large piece of ice.
Katerea's eyes widened, and attempted to strengthen her barriers…
But it was too late, and the large piece of ice clashed with her barriers, breaking them down and then the large sheet of ice collided with Katerea. She let out a shrilling "Aaaaaaaaaagh!" cry from her mouth as she was slammed against the ground, creating a hole.
The ice that crushed her melted around her, filling the hole with water. She floated to the top, and Serafall saw that there was a large impact wound on her. The attack of the Maou Serafall managed to hurt her more than she thought.
"Serafall...you're not even a real Maou, I'm supposed to have that title, it is my birthright."
"And I claimed it~ So stop worrying so much~ I'm gonna have to beat you and take you in, alright~?"
Katerea glared from her spot in the water. Extending her Devil wings, she flew out of the water, and landed on the ground. She looked upwards towards the woman in the air, who slowly came down towards the ground.
Landing on the ground, Serafall looked at Katerea once more, showing that she wasn't messing around this time.
"Screw you Serafall! I wont be beaten by this! I'll show my powers!"
Katerea thrusted her staff to the sky. From that, the circles of the demonic power appeared. Roaring and screaming from up above, Katerea threw her demonic power downwards towards the young Maou girl.
Responding to that, Serafall thrusted her hand to the side, and circles of barriers appeared. Serafall's energy poured into the circles above her, and created strong barriers. Though the demonic power rained down heavily, Serafall's barriers managed to hold together, though Serafall was forced down onto one new due to the strength of the demonic power, Serafall was taken by surprise by the wellspring of power that Katerea held.
"Geez Katerea-chan, you've been working out your demonic power, haven't you?"
"I've been spending time with Ophis." She revealed dryly, clicking her tongue when her power didn't work on Serafall. "You as well, have been spending time with someone special as well, your Queen that is, that's an accomplishment, isn't it?"
Serafall pursed her lips angrily.
"I don't know what your intentions with Ma-tan are, but you can save it because I'm not going to let him go to you. Even after this, I'll beat any enemy that wants to have a fight with me, I'll do it all myself, and I'll beat any enemy that will try and defeat and get my Ma-tan, even people like you aren't safe!"
Katerea laughed at Serafall's resolve, finding it incredibly funny.
"Hahaha, you think that boy can have a normal life? Me, or someone else, they'll come for him again and again, and he will be taken eventually. You think you might be doing the right thing, but denying him the chance to fully express his powers? Are you kidding me Serafall? Are you that dense that you can't see that you're going to be holding back your Queen? You must be more stupid than I thought you were."
Serafall shook her head at the sight of Katerea, believing that she truly was a bad woman.
"Katerea-chan, you've gone too far this time. You've even threatened my Queen? You think I could be silent about that? There's no way that you could get away with something like that. My Queen is my adorable Queen and my love, and yet, you are going insane about everything and trying to take him away, it just doesn't seem right at all."
Katerea listened to everything that Serafall said, as she panted hard.
"Serafall, you do realize what Makoto-sama is, and what his power could bring. Yet, you hold him back, why would you do this? What gain do you get for something of this nature? I don't understand what you're hoping to achieve."
"Achieve? Why would I want to be achieving anything? I'm just trying to make my Ma-tan happy after all~ It isn't like I want to have Ma-tan do anything bad for me."
"You're lying." Katerea spat out. "You knew what that boy was when you saw him, he's the Devil boy now, that has the amazing powers to change this world. He was bred for destruction and not allowing him, to release his powers. That's wrong, you're simply not using him to your full potential. Why not make him go crazed, and unleash him into the enemies territory, with his power, he'd be able to take out at least some higher ups before he's put down. He could be sent to kill those Angels if you so desire, I'm sure even a depowered one like he is, he'd cause a lot of damage."
Serafall's eyes began tearing up, shaking her head.
"How dare you ever say that?!"
"Serafall-"
"Shut up!" She yelled at Katerea angrily. "Ma-tan is no weapon! No matter what you say, he's my Queen! It doesn't matter what kind of power he has, Ma-tan is just my Queen, that's all there is too it! He doesn't have to do anything he doesn't want to do! And he's not going to be going with you!"
Katerea looked surprised by the voice of the young woman, and how passionate she seemed.
"For something that shouldn't even matter, you're getting worked up. Makoto-sama, is a tool for power, and you'll be surrendering him over to me, if you don't want to lose your life. Though I could see you going for the death route, and that is fine with me."
"That's right, death is fine with me, but I'm not going to be dying Katerea-chan. If you don't stop, I'll be forced to stop you as well. I don't want to do that, but you're forcing my hand Katerea-chan, you're making me do this."
"I am making you do this, because I have to be with my lord, as well. He might be a Devil now, but he wasn't always and even if he wasn't, I'd still be after him. It's a shame that these years have led to this happening. I suppose it couldn't be helped, I guess that it has been such a time where people stay quiet. Not anymore."
Serafall held suspicions on her face as the young woman produced a bottle from her breast.
The bottle contained a black slithering snake.
Serafall felt something ominous from the snake.
"...What's that Katerea-chan? A cheating move maybe?"
Serafall expressed doubts over the snake, but Katerea placed the bottle near her mouth.
"Today, I have to resort to this. I would have preferred to kill you with my own power, but it seems to not be the case. I'll just have to face you myself, and kick your ass from here to other places. This bottle, I shall be blessed by Ophis."
"You slept with Ophis-chan!? Geez, to even do something as odd as that! You're just weird Katerea-chan!"
Katerea did a face fault.
"No you idiot! I'm being blessed by Ophis! I haven't slept with Ophis! That's just cruel right now! Saying such things to me! I hate you! Now, I'm going to take this into my mouth and be blessed by the grace of Ophis! Haha, don't be such a worried Serafall, you're going to be killed right now."
She wondered what she meant by that.
But the snake slid into her mouth…
And the aura around Katerea increased.
The aura around her swirled heavier than it should be. Serafall could feel the power on her skin and even gulped at the power display before her, like she was looking into the abyss before her. But Katerea looked excited right now, seeing the worried look on Serafall's face.
"My, I didn't know that you could look scared like that."
"My, I didn't know that I could look like this either, don't worry though. I'm going to be fighting to the best that I can. Even if you have grown in power, it doesn't mean a thing to me. My Queen and the rest of those youngsters faced adversity in the face of the much stronger Kokabiel, and didn't give up, and I'll not give up either. I'll beat you with all of the powers that I have inside of me!"
Serafall declared boldly as the young woman named Katerea showed a dirty look on her face, and walked forward.
At the same time, Makoto, Irina, Yumi, Xenovia and Millicas all stared down Gren like he was going to attack. His eyes landed on all of them and he looked pleased with himself right now, his body was twitching with excitement and wonder at the same time.
Makoto, and the others were ready for a fight. They knew that if they lost, they were going to lose Makoto. Makoto, felt unsure that he was risking others lives for the sake of his own, but at the same time, he loved that they all loved him enough to risk their lives for him.
It was a state of unsureness, and kindness at the same time.
Though right now, he didn't have the luxury of thinking, he had to fight for something else, and that's what he was going to do.
"My, this is fun, isn't it? I like this, I really do like all of this!"
Makoto looked at the wild expression that was on the man's face, he also saw that his skin was turning different. He noticed before, but now it was more, noticeable. The skin was turning into scales, sharp looking ones.
He flexed his muscles, worrying the others. His eyes went between all of them and he grinned devilishly.
"This shall be good. For the de-powered me, I can handle all of you."
Gren was cocky, and it irked Xenovia that he was like that.
"That's what you think!"
Xenovia charged forward first with her sword in hand.
"Xenovia-senpai wait! Let me come up with a plan first!"
Makoto complained, but Xenovia didn't listen.
"There's no time for plans, we have to take actions right now!"
She gathered the holy aura around the sword, fulling intending to bisect the man before them, since he was the enemy and they had to take him out right there and then.
Durandal swung down towards Gren's body. The young man looked unconcerned with the large sword coming for him, and extended his hand, catching the blade with his raw hand, the sword not cutting into him, shocking the others around.
"Left go!"
She attempted to pull the blade away, but his hand enclosed around it, stopping her from retreiving the blade. She glared at him, and increased the aura, but Gren's fist went into her gut, making her cough up blood from the impact.
"This, is weak. Why are you so pathetic? I met the previous wielder of Durandal, he wasn't as pathetic as you were. Then again, for a single bitch to become a Devil, you must suck huh. God, I hate people like you!"
Gren's fist filled with an aura, and he went to strike Xenovia once more, but this time, Makoto ordered the Sacred Gear "Freeze!" and it shot out a beam of ice from its mouth, connecting with the man's hand, and froze the aura that was in his hand.
Gren looked towards Makoto, flexing his fingers, and broke the ice around his hand.
"Impressive, your freezing ability is difficult, and unique."
"Freezing Mist!"
Makoto responded to his plight with an order to the Sacred Gear. Responding, the bird released a concentrated mist from its mouth. Gren pulled away, but Yumi stabbed the ground, creating a block with the swords.
"You're not going anywhere!"
Yumi demanded, Gren gritting his teeth, and merely tossed Xenovia to the side, smashing the swords apart. He jumped into the air, avoiding the mist, then clicked his tongue, summoned aura around his fist, and thrusted forward, releasing said aura right for Makoto's body.
Before it could touch him though, Millicas used her POD to collide with the aura, breaking it apart, showing that she had the power to tangle with Gren's aura, which surprised him even more, and was happy that she was there.
"My, you're interesting, aren't you Millicas? I like you, though my lord is better, I might have to kill you first!"
He didn't even hold back. He shot for Millicas, who deployed several spheres of POD, shooting them at Gren. The spheres themselves span around in the air like they had a mind of their own. The POD's strength could even erase the school's building it was that powerful.
"I wont be defeated by any of your movements Gren! More over, you've decided to try and kill my Makoto-san as well, the man that is also going to become my King! I wont allow you to do anything else to me!"
Gren's body turned like a snake, and he avoided the blasts by sliding between them, or outright dodging them, closing in on her.
"No!"
Makoto wouldn't let him, and swung his Excalibur for him, changing it into a whip. The whip managed to wrap around his wrist, and he pulled it backwards, stopping his movements for going for Millicas.
"Then I'll do this!"
Seemingly in sync with one another, Xenovia's holy aura increased, and she released it harshly towards Gren. Gren snickered as the holy aura shot for him. He slowly tightened his fingers, then pulled at his fist, pulling Makoto towards him with incredible strength.
"Freeze!"
Makoto commanded, and the Sacred Gear responded, shooting out the mist at close range. Gren's eyes widened, realizing something.
"You bastard! You wanted me to do this!"
Makoto smirked at the mist hit his body and slowly froze his spirit and mind. Gren's body grew slightly more sluggish, so Makoto undid the whip around his arm, and jumped into the sky, at the same time that the holy aura collided with Gren.
Makoto smiled softly at the sight, seeing smoke surround him.
Though he knew that he wouldn't be defeated with that tactic.
And he was proven right when the smoke cleared, only with his top being destroyed, showing scales across his body. Makoto and the others had a clue on what he was, but they didn't have time to confirm anything, since Xenovia was the closest, he grabbed Xenovia by the throat, and held her up towards the sky.
"Come on bitch, scream for me."
Xenovia did no such thing, even when he pummeled his fist into the woman's torso for a second time. She spat out some blood from the impact, but she wasn't going to cry out, she wasn't going to give in to the person.
"Let go of her!"
Irina cried out, swinging her light sword down. From the sword, balls of light were released, and shot out at Gren.
"Come on, you're attacking me with light? Do you think I'm some kind of Devil or something?"
Gren looked on without a care, and merely tossed Xenovia to the side, and punched forward, slamming his fists against the spheres of light, breaking them apart easily, leaving no case of injury on his person.
"Then, lets dry this!"
Irina's eyes tightened, so she stuck the blade out, increased the demonic power, and made a spear of light from the blade. She twirled around and launched the spear with the momentum of the spin, sending it right into Gren's body.
Though Gren managed to build his defence, and swung out his arms, deflecting the spear of light with his body, stabbing it into the ground and it disappeared all together. Makoto looked towards Irina who scowled as a response to what Gren did.
"My defence is the best, naturally of course. I gained it from my parenthood, I managed to wield the defence of the past before me. Though I've been weakened, my scales are just as powerful as always, and I'll not lose either."
Gren retracted his hand when Makoto swung the blade down. The blade of holy sent out a holy wave from the blade, and it went to collide with Gren. Gren's eyes beamed as he slapped the holy power away and charged for Makoto.
He was rather fast but Makoto tapped into the power of Excalibur Rapidly, and enhanced his speed, moving out of the way as a fist went for him. The air changed from the fist, but Makoto's Sacred Gear opened its mouth and a wave of ice came out of its mouth.
The shard of ice shot at Gren, but Gren opened his own mouth, and from his mouth, flames erupted. Makoto gasped, and pulled away, seeing the ice melt away and the flames consume some of the ground, so much that Yumi had to jump away as well.
"You're a Dragon..."
The others were surprised as well. They couldn't believe that they were facing a Dragon.
"Humanoid Shaped, but yes, I am a Dragon as well."
He said it like he was nothing.
"I've never seen a Dragon like you before though. How could you be a Dragon?"
Millicas' words were stronger than normal, so Gren shrugged his shoulders.
"I'm quite abnormal anyway, but there's more than you've ever thought about. The one talked about before, named Ophis, is the one that is also a Humanoid Shaped Dragon. There's others also around..." His eyes went towards Makoto briefly, then turned to the others. "But, that's neither here nor there. But now, it's time to fight! My lord, please put up the best kind of fight! I want to feel your body dying before me with my fists!"
Gren's eyes went towards Makoto, but Yumi got in the way.
"I can't let you hurt Makoto-kun!"
She stabbed the ground and sent a wave of Holy Demonic swords right at the enemy. Gren laughed, and tightened his hands, thrusting them forward, smashing apart the blades. She glared at Gren for that, but he looked like he was having the time of his life.
"This is thrilling! The union of demonic and light powers! It is wonderfully disgusting!"
Yumi glared, but then Xenovia flanked him, tightening the Durandal in her hand. Summoning the holy power, she swung down her sword, releasing a devastating power from the blade, enough to cut into the ground.
"If your eyes are only on Kiba, then you'll never win this fight!"
Durandal's holy wave went towards him, but Gren pushed backwards, the wave going before his body. He then opened his mouth towards Xenovia, and shot off a fireball big enough to be compared to a human's body.
Xenovia stood with the sword across her body, but Makoto knew she wouldn't be able to take that, so he ordered his Sacred Gear, and it shot forth a freezing beam. The ice beam from the Sacred Gear landed on the ball of flames, and began freezing it.
Xenovia watched as the ball of flames became a ball of ice before her, and when it was frozen, she cut it apart with her own sword, showing it towards Gren who chuckled as a response.
"You wont beat us, we've got numbers. And you've got yourself, that's it. Even if more powerful, we'll still have to beat you."
"But, you're all people that rely on techniques. Though besides Durandal user that is. Your powers cannot defeat my absolute power! And when I receive all of my true powers, then I'll be able to use all of my powers to defeat even God and Maou-sama's!"
Like a bullet, he shot for Makoto's body. Makoto reacted to yelling "Ice Shield!" which summoned a shield of pure ice before him. Gren couldn't see where Makoto was, so he punched forward, and slammed his hand through the ice, fulling expecting Makoto to be on that side…
But he wasn't.
"What?"
He couldn't understand, where Makoto had gone.
He knew that he had a fake Excalibur, but he knew it wasn't powerful enough to hide him and his blade like that. The blade maybe, but the body, he didn't think that it would be all that possible, so he was unsure of what was going on.
"Haaaaaaaaaah!"
From the left, Millicas released a large amount of POD towards Gren. Gren grinned like a maniac, and put his arms in a cross position.
The POD went for him like a snake, but Gren tanked the attack from Millicas, though from the attack, the clothes on his arms were obliterated, and his scales were cut into from the power. Millicas' eyes tightened, and shot some more blasts forward.
Gren just stood there, tanking them. Though with each blast, more and more of the scales on his body became damaged, just showing the power of Millicas Gremory all the same, she was the strongest one there, everyone knew that, even Gren knew that.
"My, Millicas Gremory, you do hold up to hype. You're quite strong-"
DON!
From behind, a holy aura released. Gren growled, and looked towards that location, seeing a re-materializing Makoto there, who held out the Excalibur Replica, smirking right at the man who held a small burn on his back.
He placed a hand on his back, and grit his teeth at the same time, rather annoyed.
"You blindsided me. That isn't even Excalibur, you shouldn't of been able to make yourself invisible with that."
"Naturally, I also added the power of illusions, mixing it with my demonic power. I made the blade invisible, and the rest of me due to a demonic power, and my own Nightmare Excalibur blade, and then unleashed Destruction in you. Though it didn't do as much as I thought, it showed a weak part."
"Not weak, just shocked and stunned. I had forgotten that I was fighting the lord, who was known for making weird techniques. But, techniques aren't going to beat me. I'm a person that surpasses the reason for techniques."
"Even if you say that, you're on a level to Kokabiel, aren't you?" Gren's eyes tightened. "Or, maybe even a little weaker? You said your powers are being held back, right? How much is being held back right now?"
"I'd say I'm around 25 percent of my full power."
The others gasped at the words of Gren, disbelieving what he just said.
"Y-You're not even at half of your true power?"
Irina said with a raised eyebrow.
"That's right, we've got seals on us. The key, is right there." He pointed swiftly towards Makoto. "You're the key my lord, Chelia made it so. We need you to become strong again, to truly use our powers to destroy this world."
"...So, you're saying that even with the fact that you're at 25 percent of your true power, you're on a level of Kokabiel? That's madness."
Yumi couldn't believe it, and chose to not accept it. She couldn't imagine how strong he truly was.
"Funny thing is, I'm not even the strongest either." He revealed with a grin. "We've all got specialities, I've got my immense defence and strength as well. Others have unique techniques that make up differences, we all have special powers based around what kind of person we are. My lord there, is a very powerful young man, the lord of our group."
"M-Me?"
Makoto pointed at himself with doubt, but Gren just smirked.
"That's right, even your power is being blocked as well. Though you've become stronger, your true strength has yet to be revealed. So, I'll just have to take you back, so we can become strong again, we can fight again and be a family again."
"Family…?"
"That's right, we're a family, my lord. With you at the head, a select group of us became family, you actually brought us together. But it seems like you don't even remember. I suppose that it couldn't be helped either, though I have to admit that it is going to be amazing when we come together. So why don't you come back now? Stop upsetting the little ones, our family needs to become complete, without that bitch Chelia."
"Chelia...san. Why do you hate this person?"
Irina asked the question so Gren sighed.
"I'll answer for my lord's sake. The reason is, because she did this to us, she did everything to us, she even made you forget my lord. She didn't foresee us coming together again, perhaps she was cocky or couldn't do it all. But she's the cause of this, the world would have been brought to their knees if we had our powers at full. Not even Great Red, and that abomination 666 would have been able to face us!"
Gren raised his fist into the sky and declared it boldly.
The others thought that he was a mad man and said something like that.
Makoto couldn't even think that he would do something like that.
"I don't know what Great Red or 666 is, but you're crazed, I'd never do anything like world ending!"
Makoto denied that he would ever do something like that.
But Gren showed a sickening smile.
"Perhaps right now, you wouldn't, but the you in the past, after everything that happened, I do think that we could do something like that. You would have done it, we would have even been able to make Ophis our bitch and she would have fallen to our powers. Even the one that came before us, the so-called first generation weren't ever as strong as us, we were magnificent, and we will be again!"
"I wont let you win!"
Gren's words were cut off when Yumi rushed at him with her sword. Using a Holy Demonic blade, she swung for his neck. He didn't even try and block it and just flexed his neck muscles, the blade slashing the scales. It managed to cut the scales slightly, but also chipped Yumi's blade as well.
Gren smirked once more, and grabbed Yumi's blade. He pulled Yumi closer and slammed his open palm right into her chest, his fist clad in energy, an energy that was quite dense, and powerful at the same time.
"Yumi-senpai!"
Makoto rushed as she went firing off to the side. He rushed and caught her in his arms, seeing that she was breathing heavily from the palm strike. Xenovia looked on and tightened her grip on her blade.
"I'll cut you down!"
Xenovia didn't hold back, seeing a comrade be hurt, and came swinging at the young Dragon boy. She came left, and right at him, but with the easiest of movements, he avoided the slashes, then back handed Xenovia across the face and sent her slamming into the ground.
"Xenovia!"
Irina rushed to Xenovia's side, making Millicas glare.
Millicas' power began radiating once more around him, and how powerful it seemed to be as well.
"Don't even mess with my friends!" Millicas radiated a power like no other, and she caused the power she had to erupt from her in a wave. "Destruction Wave!"
Seemingly a new technique, it made a surfing wave of destruction and the wave went right for Gren. Gren watched with keen interest, and tightened his hand. An aura appeared in his hand, and he then thrusted it forward.
"What?"
He couldn't believe what he could see, the power he fired off, it didn't work. Millicas' power managed to break the power of Gren downwards. Millicas waved her hands around, and the POD surrounded him like a tornado.
Gren looked around as she compressed her hands together. The tornado collapsed in on itself, and bombarded Gren from different directions. Makoto was surprised by the amount of power that she used, but Makoto could also tell that it was a power of easily an Ultimate Class warrior, something he probably wouldn't even be able to muster up.
Millicas panted hard as the power disappeared.
"Aaaaaaaaaaaagh! You've surprised me little one!"
Gren stood there in the middle of the area, and his body was covered in wounds. Her power managed to break down the scales he had, and blood came out of his body. He stood there with bewilderment on his face and Millicas smirked in victory, panting hard.
"See, I told you, don't mess with my friends."
She panted out, but rather than become more angry, he placed his hands on his body and ran them up and down. The blood on his scales lingered on his fingers. He also looked towards Millicas, with a smile on his face.
"My, you've got so much power, yet it is unrefined right now. And for now, I'm going to take Makoto-sama back!"
The young man's eyes went towards Makoto wildly. He glared and then activated the power of his Sacred Gear.
"Freeze!"
Makoto yelled, the bird responded, and shot forth a beam of ice. Gren rushed forward at incredible speeds. The ice hit Gren's body and began freezing him, but he flexed his muscles, and broke the ice off his body, and continued running at Makoto.
He grit his teeth and his hand went to his eyepatch.
"Then I'll have to use..."
Before he could finish, Gren appeared before him and his clawed hand stabbed forward for Makoto's chest. He tried to move out of the way, but Gren's movements were high, and he knew he wasn't going to be able to get out of the way in time.
However…
"Did you think I'd let you touch him?"
Makoto was stunned when he saw another hand latch onto Gren's hand.
It was feminine, and slender. He could also see blue entering his eyes. He saw pale blue hair waving in front of him. His eye went upwards, and saw the dark blue eyes looking right back at him, and he saw a cold aura around the young woman.
"It's you...Sensei."
"Call me, Tiamat."
Makoto's eye widened as Gren smirked, but before he could do anything, Tiamat tossed him to the side without a care, and launched him into a building. His body slammed harshly against it, and nearly broke the barrier that was there.
"Tiamat-san...y-you were that crazed Dragon that attacked me during the familiar forest incident! I remember you!"
"Yes, it does seem like our reunion has occurred." Tiamat nonchalantly replied. "By the way, you're fighting the one named Gren, yes?" He slowly nodded. "And you're losing."
"I have a plan, I've just not had chance to execute it yet. Gren's capabilities were more than I expected, so it is hard to suddenly execute a plan of attack, you know?"
Makoto argued with a pout on his lips, Tiamat showing a rare smile.
"Then, if it is you, I'm sure you would have a plan, you usually do have a plan after all. So, while you've got your plan, it's about time for me to stop hiding away and pretending that you aren't who you are anymore. I've known since back then when we...met, and I've been denying it, I thought you were long gone, but you've confirmed who you are to me. So, it is about time that I pledge myself to you and fight for you."
"F-Fight for me? Pledge yourself to me?"
"A pact." Tiamat revealed. "We'll be making a pact together."
"...Erm, did you just decide that for me?"
Makoto's hesitant voice was met with a hard stare from Tiamat.
"Are you against it? I am a Dragon King, is it because of my appearance? Do you find me unattractive?"
Makoto's eye ran along the young woman's body and then shook his head.
"No, not really, you're quite beautiful. I was just, wondering is all. Y-You want to really make a pact with me?"
Tiamat lazily looked towards Makoto, as Gren stood up.
"Yes, of course. We don't have time to discuss the different requirements for the pact. However, you'll have to gift me your shirt."
Makoto's face tinged pink as did the others.
"W-Why?!"
"Because that's what I desire, give me your shirt. I want it, right now. If you want my assistance, give me your shirt. You're lucky I've not gone straight for your underwear, that's for the next time we do this together."
"W-We're doing this next time!? With my underwear!?"
"Take your shirt off, and give it me. I want it, right now."
Tiamat stated again, as Makoto's cheeks turned pink.
But he knew that it was a serious situation, so he knew what he would have to do. Slowly, he removed his top, as Tiamat's eyes were intensely on him. He felt embarrassed about doing this, but he knew that he would have to do this.
Taking off his shirt, leaving his top half naked, he shyly gave the shirt to Tiamat.
She pulled it closer, then turned around and brought it to her face, a smile appearing on her face.
"A-Are you sniffing it!?"
"Don't be absurd." Tiamat rejected, and whisked it away with magic, turning back to see him. "You, also have a cute top half."
He allowed his cheeks to turn pink even more at the compliment.
"W-What are you going to do with my shirt anyway?"
"That's for me to know, and for you to not find out. My shirt now, with your scent. Now, for the fight, let us become serious." Tiamat slammed her feet onto the ground. "I could transform, but I can also fight in this body as well." She walked closer to Makoto, and took his hand. "Build up your ice, and I'll provide the fire, it shall be strong, yes?"
"R-Right!"
Makoto summoned his Sacred Gear, and placed the ice between his fingers. Tiamat's mouth erupted with flames, and she allowed them to dance towards the ice, and he didn't know how she was doing it, but the ice and the fire mixed together like his signature technique. But because the fire from a Dragon was hotter, and stronger than the fire he could muster with demonic power, it was surprising to see what happened.
The ice and flames mixed together brilliantly, forming a sphere. However, unlike the one Makoto could form on his own, this one felt ten times more powerful due to her flames, and he solely concentrated on the ice making portion of the battle.
Gren looked on, and then gulped.
"Well, a Dragon King on your side isn't good."
Makoto smiled, renewed vigour filling him. He then allowed his hand to extend, showing the sphere before Gren. Gren's eyes narrowed at the sphere, and the same could be said for Tiamat, though for different reasons at the same time, her eyes being on the young Dragon before him.
"That's right, and this Dragon King isn't going to be losing this time to you. I also fought your leader, and forced him away from this boy, I will also beat you down and force you away from this young man once more. By the way, don't exaggerate your levels of power, you're fighting with more than 25 percent."
"How much is he going?"
Makoto asked with interest, causing Tiamat to tilt her head.
"I'd say about 35 percent."
"That's only 10 percent more!"
"It doesn't matter, we've got to blow him away! I could do it myself, but I feel as if I need to save my power for another fight, so let's do this!"
"You're right! Now, taste the Fiery Ice Wave!"
Makoto punched forward, and slammed the fire ice wave forward, the powers attack was so powerful that it broke the ground apart. The wave took up the height of Makoto, and even as tall as a fully formed male, over 6ft. It even made a harsh sound at the same time.
"Shit!"
Gren immediately breathed out fire from his mouth which clashed with the fire ice of the powers. Gren's eyes narrowed as Makoto's ice began freezing the flames of Gren.
Since Makoto could concentrate of freezing and Tiamat controlled the burning aspect, Makoto's ice froze the flames of Gren, which were being weakened by Tiamat's flames.
Usually, it would be harder to freeze Gren's flames due to the power that they held, but thanks to Tiamat's powers offsetting Gren's, Makoto's ice flourished and froze the flames, and then the combined ice and flames went forward, colliding with Gren's body.
"Aaaaaaaaagh!"
Gren cried out as he was slammed with the powers combined. His body bounced off the ground and then slammed against a wall, or rather, through the wall. Makoto and Tiamat didn't stop the attack, and allowed it to flourish strongly, bombarding him with the powers.
When they stopped, Makoto couldn't believe that even the Maou and other protected grounds of the school were damaged that much because of their powers.
Makoto's eye went towards Tiamat who looked down at him curiously.
"Tiamat-san, how did you know that I was going to do that? Can you read my mind?"
Tiamat's fingers brushed his skin and then moved closer.
"Because I know the explosive type of man you are known to be. You don't have to worry about something like this though, we'll have to fight strongly together. Gren right now isn't at full power, if he was, this fight would be harder, but since he isn't, we can do this together."
Makoto slowly nodded his head, changing the bird into a sword, and he held the other sword, the Excalibur Replica in his hand, crossing them together into the shape of an X, and as he did, Yumi and the others also joined him.
Makoto looked between his friends, and himself, and then towards Tiamat.
With Tiamat there, someone who was renowned as the strongest Dragon King, then he knew that they'd be able to do it.
"Let's take him down. I've got a plan, and with Tiamat-san here, we can pull it off easily. So the plan is..." Briefly explaining it to them, the others nodded, Tiamat smirking at the sight of the boy using his mind. "...and with that, we should be able to stop him."
"Right Ma-chan! We're with you!"
Irina stated for the group, the others nodding their heads.
Gren walked towards them, and his eyes glared harshly.
"You pieces of shit! Seriously, you're not going to win against me! I'm powerful now, and then I'll gain more power when we finally get our powers back! My lord, don't stand in our way or I'll be forced to fight you as well! I'll have to beat you! I don't want to do that my lord, but I'll do it if you don't comply and do this for me!"
Makoto didn't seem to care though and he held out his swords.
"Then come at me."
Gren didn't accept that and he rushed forward. He shot off at Makoto at blinding speeds, with his hand tightened. Thrusting it towards Makoto, Tiamat got in the way and blocked the strike with her own arm, annoying Gren.
"Why are you even here Tiamat?! You should be gone already!"
Gren tried to understand, he was having trouble understanding.
"I am here, because I have my duties to fulfil, and that means I'm going to be coming for you!"
Tiamat pushed him away, then moved to the side, to see a charging Xenovia. Gren smirked, and punched forward, but Makoto grabbed Xenovia by the back, flipping over Gren, at the same time Millicas was right there, and aimed a POD blast right for him.
Due to the density of the blast, Gren crossed his arms and blocked the shot, however, Xenovia from the sky, with the charged blade of Durandal, swung her sword from upside down, releasing a dense holy aura.
"Damn it!"
Gren didn't see it coming, or rather didn't think that Xenovia would do it in the sky, so he received a blow to his back. The power of Durandal's sword forced the young man forward, then Yumi and Irina were right there.
"Holy Demonic sword!"
"Light sword! Shoot!"
Yumi stabbed the ground and sent a wave of Holy Demonic blades towards Gren, at the same time Irina concentrated on the light sword with her demonic power, creating a light arrow from the light blade, and shot them off towards Gren.
Gren tightened his fists, and smashed against the swords on the ground and the light arrows coming from Irina, breaking them down rather easily. Though because of the number of them, he had to pay attention to that at the same time.
"Do you think this is going to be able to stop me!? I'm all powerful! You can't defeat me!"
So said Gren in his superiority complex shining through.
Yumi showed that she didn't care all that much.
"You're right, we're not strong enough to defeat you, but there's someone else that can."
At Yumi's words, Gren gave a suspicious look.
However, when he looked towards the back of him, he saw that Xenovia was there, charging her Durandal, and beside her, was Millicas. Her POD ran through her fingers, and Xenovia's blade looked dangerous with the holy aura.
"Try this!"
"My destruction wont be lost to anyone else!"
Said Millicas after Xenovia, the young woman releasing her holy aura. The blades aura shot for him, and so did Millicas' POD. Gren growled, and punched the ground, sending a shockwave at Yumi and Irina.
The pair had to jump away and landed near Makoto, but then his eyes went backwards, and he knew that these kind of powers wouldn't be polite with him, so he inhaled, a fire gathering deep in the pit of his stomach, and he shot off a flame ball right for Millicas' power.
"No! You can't do this!"
Xenovia yelled out, seeing her attack being ineffective.
Xenovia's, he managed to move out of the way of the blast, but Millicas was different. The flames and demonic power met one another, colliding in a brilliance like no other, the powers sending shockwaves out throughout the area.
When the powers broke one another down, Gren growled out dangerous….
But then Tiamat came up towards him and casually slapped him across the face. The power of the slap forced Gren to be pushed to the side. Tiamat then challenged Gren to a fist fight, which Gren happily accepted.
"To face the Dragon King! Even like this, it is fun!"
Tiamat didn't say anything as a response, and dodged a fist from the young man. Gren growled, and tightened his fist once more, sending it for Tiamat. However, Tiamat blocked the punch with her arms, then sent out her power, blasting him backwards and away from her.
Gren landed on the ground and went to move once more...
But then he felt something, different.
He looked down at the ground, and saw that there was, ice wrapping around his feet. And from around him, there was a field of ice. It seemed to Gren that Makoto had lured him their with the powers of the others.
"No!"
He knew what this was, and he knew what he was supposed to do, so he punched downwards, creating a shockwave through the ground. The ice was obliterated from the impact, and he looked to the source of the ice...but he only saw Makoto's Sacred Gear.
Seeing that he wasn't there, Gren's eyes narrowed suspiciously.
"What are you even doing!? Don't hide from me!"
Gren looked around, trying to find the young man.
He sniffed the air, thinking that he might be able to smell Makoto out with his enhanced smell…
But, he couldn't even do that either.
"You've erased your scent as well, that's amazing. To even think that far, and to use the Excalibur's in tandem, even with the weakened powers of the replica, it is amazing." Gren's eyes looked around the area, as the bird Sacred Gear released a mist. "Ooh fuck you bird!"
The man shot forth a flame blast towards the ice bird, but when he did, the flames just went through it, like it wasn't there.
Was it an illusion?
He didn't know at all. It could have been, but it could have been something else entirely.
That brought new confusion to the man, so he did it once more, shooting off the flames in the form of spheres, but once again, he didn't know why it didn't work.
"Where are you?!"
He yelled out angrily, however he then sensed something from behind him, accompanied by a cold feeling around him…
No.
It wasn't around, it was above him.
Gren looked upwards, and saw Makoto in the sky, shooting down a cold mist, or rather, it would have been a mist, if it wasn't for Makoto to use the power of transparency to mask the power of the mist, washing over him.
"Y-You..."
He couldn't believe it, and he looked towards the bird in the sky, but it vanished, and what appeared there was Irina, giving off a cute wink towards Gren, her hands dancing with demonic power, and then the fake mist that was coming off, Yumi was behind an area, releasing mist from an icy blade, shocking the man.
"That's right! Freeze, my Sacred Gear!"
Makoto ordered the Sacred Gear beside him to freeze, which he did. Gren went to move, but his mind and spirit was frozen, due to Makoto's Sacred Gear and he couldn't move, the ice wrapping around his feet and lower body, freezing him to the ground.
"H-How could you...w-when did you..."
"Well, it began when Yumi-senpai, and Iri-chan began." Makoto began getting to a corner, Xenovia going to another corner, Irina and Yumi going to a corner as well, so they were in a square around him. "While they distracted you, I began forming my mist, and my powers. Xenovia-senpai and Millicas-san were distractions for you. Even since then, I've been misting you, but you didn't notice. I used the power of Transparency to hide my mist against you, and got into the air. So you didn't become suspicious of my movements, I had Iri-chan make an illusion of my Sacred Gear, Yumi-senpai provided the ice. Also, because of Tiamat-san, I managed to douse you more in the mist, freezing you by the second, your mind and spirit of course."
Gren couldn't believe it, he had been tricked by Makoto all along.
All of this, was just a set up.
"I knew that you'd be dodging my mist, roughly knowing of my abilities, that's why I had to get to a secure area, and make sure you didn't know, where this sword came in handy, it can even hide my powers, you know?"
Millicas and Tiamat got into the sky, and charged their powers on the freezing Gren.
Makoto held out his sword, Excalibur Replica, Yumi her Holy Demonic sword, Irina a sword of light, and Xenovia Durandal, all four of them charged their blades with as much power as they could, Makoto's bird providing the freezing, keeping him in ice, even as he tried to break out, and because of the mist still inside of him, his movements were slowed down and his mind couldn't keep up with everything going on.
"Gren, you've been terrorizing me for a while now, and now, I'm going to end it!"
Upon revealing that, Gren's eyes widened.
"N-No! You can't do this to me! My lord, please! Come on, you're supposed to be with us! You can't abandon us my lord! We care about you! We want you beside us!"
"Well, you have a funny way of showing it."
Makoto's harsh words came with a slash, when all four of them shot forward, the sword users.
Coming from four directions, each of the blades cut into the man's body, the swords of Excalibur, Durandal, light and Holy Demonic, pierced his flesh, blood coming out of him, and dashed away as flames and POD fell down from the skies, obliterating the area.
With all six powers converging on a single point, the lands were devastated, and Gren was in the middle of all of that.
Makoto looked on as the roaring flames and POD stopped, and left Gren in the middle. Heavy wounds were on his body, and blood came from his body. But, he looked alright, he didn't look as if he was going to die, but he was knocked out.
Makoto looked to the others, who smiled, nodding and just looking extremely happy.
"Amazing Ma-chan! You're so smart! Your plan worked!"
"Heeee...it was also thanks to you guys, that I managed to do it, we did it all together, I couldn't have done it without you..."
Makoto panted, feeling some fatigue. Yumi and the others looked towards Makoto, and smiled.
"Gren's been defeated. Makoto-kun, it seems that this part of the battle is going to be done for the moment."
"Yes, I also need to go and take care of Sera-tan and make sure that she's alright. Since she's dealing with the power of an Ultimate Class Devil, I'm concerned for what's happening. Besides, her Queen should also be fighting for her as well."
Millicas nodded her head, as several magicians began moving around them.
"Makoto-san, you go and find Serafall-sama, we'll deal with what's going on here. Since we're your future peerage, we'll also fight these enemies, and make sure you've got nothing to worry about. We'll also detain Gren as much as we can for the moment."
"Right, thank you, Millicas-"
At that moment, an explosion could be heard. Makoto and the others looked on to see Katerea floating in the sky, Makoto's eye widening, realizing that she was there, then the one that she must have blasted was Serafall.
"Go Makoto-san, we've got this."
"Y-Yes, I'm going!"
Makoto yelled, and rushed towards the area, Tiamat appeared beside him and grabbed him from behind, lifted his body upwards, and jumped into the air. The pressure around them built up as the jump turned into flight.
Makoto turned to see Dragon wings appearing out of the back of Tiamat.
It made sense since she is a Dragon and does have them.
Makoto flew high with Tiamat and once getting there, he saw that Serafall was on the ground inside of the school building. Makoto jumped off Tiamat, and rushed to her side, seeing that she had some wounds on her body.
"Sera-tan! A-Are you alright!?"
Makoto looked towards the others briefly, and only saw Koneko, Ise, and Rias, he couldn't see Gasper, and wondered why.
Though he couldn't help but notice Vali was floating around nearby.
"Ooh Ma-tan, you're okay, I'm relieved. I got blindsided by something and I received a harsh wound which drained a bit of my powers, pisses me off." Her eyes went behind him towards Tiamat who was glaring at Ise. "Ooh, Tiamat-chan is there as well, that's unexpected, so did she decide to reveal herself Ma-tan? It seems so to me."
"That doesn't matter Sera-tan, the thing is, we beat Gren, he's defeated."
"You actually defeated him?!"
Katerea roared, Makoto turning towards her with a sly grin on his face.
"Yes, I did beat him. We beat him, together. But you're still around I see. You must've cheated because my King would have whopped your ass long ago if not." Serafall nodded confidently, Makoto turning her head towards Vali. "Vali-san...you, seem different, what's going on…? Why aren't you...fighting against Katerea right now?"
Vali's eyes moved to the side, unsure of how to respond.
"...Honestly, I'm seeking a good fight, and this doesn't interest me, Katerea isn't a person that interests me in the fight."
"But...something's going on, your demeanour is off...you're not..." His eye went towards Katerea who smirked. "...Vali-san, please tell me that you're not working with her...did you betray us all…? Please tell me that you didn't..."
"No, I didn't betray anyone nor did I let them inside, however, I'm sorry Makoto, this is the person you shouldn't have to see. I'm..."
Katerea, to kick it home, revved up the experience and caused the others to become angry with her words.
"The instant you decided on peace, arrangements were made to invoke the Sacred Gear of the kidnapped half Vampire and begin the terrorist attack. The Hakuryuukou ran wild along with me once we saw a good time. It'd be good if we could bury any one of the leaders of the three great powers. It was fine if the meeting was broken because of that. Though because of the young lord being here, our objectives have changed to retrieving you, young lord. So, come with me right now."
Makoto couldn't believe his ears right now, his eye on Vali's form who was making it obvious that she would be avoiding contact.
"Vali-san, you just said that you weren't working with her..."
"And I'm not. She's lying, I didn't run wild with her, she's an idiot trying to play your mind, don't take anything she says with a grain of salt, she follows a man named Apep, so you can tell she's screwed up." Katerea pouted but Vali just glared at her, making her back down. Her eyes went towards Ise who flinched. "But, I had been hoping for a good challenge, and yet...it seems no one here would be adequate. Well, the Dragon King Tiamat might be fun to fight as well."
"Y-You're doing this for a fight? Are you freaking kidding me!?"
"That's who I am, I love the challenge of a fight. I got the offer while I was en-route returning to headquarters. Sorry, Makoto. Though, I'm not helping them, I'm only doing this because, I want to be free as well."
"You already were free…."
Vali shook her head.
"No, while being with Azazel was...Azazel is fine, though this side gave me an attractive offer. Peace, I wouldn't be able to fight strong opponents. You understand, right? This is what I have to do, I have to amass power, to defeat the person who stands before me, the man that I have to go and kill is..."
"You don't have to do this! Y-You could stay with me, I mean, fighting with Vali-san would be...there's more to life than fighting Vali-san. Sure, I know why you choose to do that, it's because it's all you know, Vali-san! I know that! But you don't have to do it, you can just...you can just fight on our side, there's plenty of options to fight Vali-san, you can fight the enemies that we have, they'll satisfy the fighting that you have...besides, if you choose that side, I wont be able to look at you anymore."
That hit Vali hard, and it made her regret that she wanted to fight.
She could see the pain that was on his face, and his eye displayed a sadness like no other.
It hurt that he had to be like that.
"Makoto the thing is..."
"You once said to me, I'm the most important thing to you...why isn't that enough Vali-san? Why, can't I be enough for you?"
Once again, she was battered by emotions, and she didn't like it.
She didn't think that she would have felt this strongly about many of these wild emotions.
But then, Vali tossed her head to the side.
"My real name is Vali. Vali Lucifer." Makoto showed a stunned expression on his face. "I'm a descendant of the previous generation's Maou Lucifer who died. However, I'm a child of mixed blood born from an Otou-san who was the old Maou's grandson and a human Okaa-san. I obtained the Vanishing Dragon's Sacred Gear because I'm half-human. It was just by chance. However, I, who is a true blood relative of Lucifer and is also the Vanishing Dragon, was born. If there really is such a thing as fate and miracles, I may be that. Just joking." Makoto scowled, but Vali then dipped her head. "...I don't deserve to stand near you, I only cause you pain, it's better if you ignore me from now on. I'm the Lucifer that's exactly like my Otou-san and my Ojii-san. Those two only caused pain to those they were supposed to love...and I had done the same thing to you, Makoto. I, hurt you, I got you hurt once...and I regret ever allowing myself to feel anything for you, it's...you've already hindered my ideals, and plans with your words, and I've hurt you once more, I can't take the eyes you're using to look at me right now...why don't you just forget me and fight me, like we're enemies?"
"Don't be stupid Vali-san...you're still worried about that?"
"Of course, it was my fault that you died in the first place. If I had been here, then you wouldn't have been turned into a Devil, I don't deserve to be near you anymore, I've thought about it, and saw how happy you are with your friends and loved ones-"
"Vali-san is my loved one too!" Makoto yelled with tears forming in his eye. "You think I ever forgot about you!? All the times we shared together! So, I got hurt, fine! Yes, it was terrible, but I never blamed you Vali-san, I told you this before! And you're not like your Otou-san or Ojii-san...I remember you telling me what they did to you, none of it was your fault, you're not like them. You never hurt me, you never hit me, you never attacked me. I got hurt because of some asshole, not your fault! And now...I can protect you just as much as you've protect me. You've protected me for years...and if it is a fight you're looking for, I can find them for you...you don't have to leave, you can stay, with me. If you don't like how it is with Azazel...stay with me. Hehe, maybe even join my future peerage...I wouldn't mind that, Vali-chan and I could live together forever."
Vali's eyes lowered, and Ise saw the genuine sadness Vali had due to the heartache she caused Makoto.
"Again, I've caused your heart to hurt. I don't even know why you bother with me, when I put you through so much."
"...Because, Vali-san is the one that I-"
Before he could finish, Katerea's arms turned into tentacles, while everyone's guards were down and wrapped around Makoto, and dragged him towards her. Worming around his body, he was brought right towards her, and held in her arms.
"Makoto!"
Ise yelled, activating his Boosted Gear. Rias also allowed her demonic power to swirl around her hands, Tiamat's mouth erupting with flames. Vali's eyes also sharpened on the woman.
"Katerea! Let go of him right now!"
Serafall went to strike, but Katerea held up the boy in their path.
"Nope, this is the perfect chance, we're going to be taking this boy, and restoring the powers of the new generation, and then we're going to take out you people that are in love with peace. This is how we've got to work it, Serafall. Indeed, you're strong, but I have this child of the new generation, we've got to take advantage of this boy, and take him with us to a new place, and allow him to come back home to the people that love him."
"We love him you bitch! Let him go right now before I kick the shit out of you!"
Ise roared, his anger rose, and Vali noticed that the bracelet that Ise had been given to activate Balance Breaker, was glowing. His anger, was helping him slowly realize his Balance Breaker, and it brought back words to what Azazel said, how Makoto truly did have control over the two Heavenly Dragon's.
"My, that's such a strong resolve, little Sekiryuutei. But don't worry, this child wont be killed, we'll be using his power and he'll return to the fold once more. He'll return to our side, and you wont have a leg to stand on either."
Serafall's eyes fell upon her once more, and the atmosphere got colder, and colder.
"Release my Queen you bitch. I don't and wont ask again. You've gone too far Katerea, and I'm not going to allow you to abuse my Queen like this, now let him go."
"Have you resolved yourself, Serafall?"
Katerea still sneered at her as if she wasn't in the care at all. Despite everything, she still had the nerve to speak like that, and it pissed off Makoto more than anything else.
"That's my King you're talking about right now, I'd shut up if I was you."
Makoto threatened, but Katerea laughed as if it wasn't a care at all.
"You don't have much of a position to stand on, do you Makoto-sama? You're coming back with me, Apep-sama shall definitely reward me for retrieving you and your body. Speaking of, I didn't know they made boys this cute, I could definitely take advantage of yo-"
At blinding speeds, Vali slammed a hand into the back of Katerea's head, her eyes popping out of her skull, and she released Makoto from her grasp.
He fell forward and looked stunned that Vali just did that, but she flew to the other side, and grabbed the boy, cradling him in her arms, and flew away from Katerea, her glasses falling down to the floor, and shattered upon impact.
"W-What the fuck Valiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!?"
Katerea yelled, blood coming from the back of her head from the impact that she received.
"Vali-san..."
Makoto whispered, as Vali held onto him.
"No one threatens to take advantage of my Makoto." Vali glared harshly, sending a demonic wave at Katerea, who had her arm blasted, and heavily wounded from the blast. "You went too far, no one is going to try and take my Makoto away from me."
"Vali-san...I-I thought that you didn't..."
Makoto wasn't sure what the hell was going on right now with Vali. She showed the caring side that she did, but she looked...guilty. Like, she didn't want to do anything to him, yet she was guilty because of what happened in the past.
"...You're still mine, even if I don't deserve you. That's why, I have to choose this side, so you aren't in danger anymore. Because of me, you were placed in danger, I should have realized that it was you that they were after, and again, I placed you in unnecessary danger..."
"Did you let them in? Did you...I mean, did you let them fight like this…?"
Makoto asked straight away, to which Vali replied with a simple word.
"No." Makoto's heart felt relieved. "I, am...was taking advantage of the situation, is all."
"Vali-san that's...stay with me, okay? I promise, you can stay with me, and we'll do more...than mere fighting. There's more to life, than fighting. I'll help you find your Otou-san and Ojii-san and help you fight them...I promise. Just...stay with me. You said you have no family to me once, that's not true...you have me, I can be family too, you don't have to be alone and fight, you can still fight powerful people...but, you can also stay with me...and you can join my family, Vali-san. You can...join my peerage Vali-san, I'd always have a special place for you beside me."
Vali looked upon the boys face, then huffed slightly.
"...Only you could deter me from fighting...you know, Azazel might be angry with me-"
"Don't worry about Azazel-san, I'll take care of it."
"How can you do that then?"
Vali looked on with intrigue, but Makoto smiled.
"Don't worry about that, we'll figure out a way. Just...stay with me, I already lost you once...I'm not doing it again. I can't...stay with me, Vali-san."
Vali inhaled a breath, then sighed out.
"Already, you've made me feel differently. Okay, Makoto, I'll trust in you, and stay."
Makoto's face turned upwards, nuzzling against her face with his own.
"Vali-san, don't think about leaving again."
"I just said I'd stay, didn't I?"
"Hehe, I know, I just want you to be with me from now on. Because...I truly...love you."
Vali's smile came to her face briefly, caught his lips in a fiery kiss, and she groped him from behind as well, so he moaned into her mouth, making her smirk.
"I love you as well, my Makoto. Besides, you were mine first."
Makoto chuckled, and continued embracing Vali for a few moments.
Tiamat walked closer, and grabbed Makoto out of Vali's arms, and had a hard gaze for her.
"Do not play with his feelings again, Hakuryuukou, you're not immune to my flames in that armour."
Vali huffed at the threat, not caring at all.
But then Serafall's eyes went towards Katerea, and her body surrounded itself with an aura of power. Katerea was surprised. Even more than before, it seemed like Serafall was truly serious right now.
Katerea gulped as Serafall walked forward, using the powers of ice around her. She froze the ground she stepped on, and the air around her was truly cold.
"Katerea, you've done the wrong thing, threatening my Ma-tan. I can't have you do something like that. Especially, because he's my most adorable Queen, you've been taking advantage of this, and been hurting my Queen, and I can't have that happen, it isn't allowed at all."
"Serafall...you're foolish! Don't try anything with me!"
Serafall ignored her, the power building around her. The area around her was converted to a series of ice, and nothing else. Everything around her was frozen, Makoto was shocked that she was this pissed off, it was radiating off her body.
"…So I am. I may be foolish. But, I'm also very pissed off right now. You've done enough of this now. I can't let you get away with this, I'm going to put my power into this, and freeze you until there's nothing left at all, you wont even get away with it."
Katerea's face twisted angrily at Serafall's announcement.
"What nonsense! Very well, I'll deal the finishing blow right here and now. I will destroy you, the bitch of the Devils, and the one that stole my title from me! I'll be the one that ends you Serafall! You're not walking away from this!"
She spoke in a strong tongue, and her power raised.
But then, Makoto jumped out of Tiamat's arms, and got to the side of the young woman.
"That's my King you're threatening, and as her Queen, I will not stand for this at all!"
"Ooh! I'm so scared! You're without your true powers! You two can't touch me! I'm stronger than you all!"
Makoto and Serafall looked to one another, then nodded their heads. Grasping one another's hands, Makoto's and Serafall's connected hands turned to ice, like a shell around it, though the ice looked as if it was ethereal, surrounding the pair of their connected hands.
The aura surrounded the pair of them and then within an instant, the ground and the entire building became a world of ice. Ise jumped but Rias and Koneko remained calm and the ice just froze under them, Ise slipping on the ice and fell down, Tiamat huffing slightly.
The bird of ice broke down and latched onto Serafall's body, increasing her freezing capabilities all at the same time.
Katerea on the other hand, looked annoyed, and pissed off at the same time.
"Y-You can't do this to me! I wont be beaten by your powers!"
Katerea's hands glowed with demonic power, and she unleashed a barrage of them right for Makoto and Serafall. They held out their hands, and a wave of ice was released. The powerful attacks from the pair washed over the ice, and then, instantly, they were frozen.
More than what she could do before on her own, where it took effort to freeze her attacks, their combined powers, managed to freeze it instantly. Serafall and Makoto looked on at the woman who was slowly losing her will to live.
"As expected of my Makoto, he truly is shining right now."
Makoto looked towards Vali briefly, then turned his eye towards the young woman in the sky.
"I suggest giving up."
Makoto said it with a declaring tone.
"You've got to be kidding me! I wont ever lose to any of you people!" Her eyes went towards Serafall. "Serafall! Even though you possess that much power, you-"
"No, this is the power of my Queen as well, because of the power that he has inside of himself, and allowed me to borrow the ultimate freezing of his Sacred Gear. While he doesn't have the powers of us high ups, his freezing powers are amazing, and his powers added to my own, I can freeze your powers easily. Though maybe I could beat you with my own powers, you got in a cheap shot and wounded me which hinders me along with your friends doing the same thing. With this, I'll defeat you."
"Tch, you and your bitch Queen. I will be retrieving him for now, it's not even a joke either!"
Katerea yelled at the enemy before her, Serafall didn't seem to care all that much though.
"No, you wont be taking my Queen. I've already said it before, he's my Queen and I wont be allowing anyone to take him from me. Especially, least of all, people like you, who are going to be fighting against people like us. You've had your chance, and I've been merciful until now but no more Katerea, tonight, you're going to be finished off, I am going to take you out right here, and now."
A bluish-black aura covered Katerea's body as she clicked her tongue.
"I am one who is descended from the great true Leviathan! Katerea Leviathan! I won't lose to an annoying pretender to my throne like you!"
Serafall just made the gesture with her fingers.
"Come get me then."
"Don't look down on me!"
Katerea wore an extra-large aura, and flew out at an extreme speed towards her. It was an instantaneous event. Katerea dived at Serafall and Serafall also responded with tightening her hands, and from her hand, a spear of ice was formed.
"Thanks to Ma-tan's powers here, I can form my ice into shapes easily!"
The woman looked surprised but didn't stop going and shot off many types of demonic power towards her, shooting them off like they were barrage of bullets, though she didn't seem to care, Serafall that was.
Her powers activated, and she swung the spear in her hands, releasing a cold wave. Within seconds, the demonic power froze instantly, and the cold wave continued towards Katerea who cried out angrily, and placed barriers in front of her.
The barriers became frozen, one after another. She added more layers while flying backwards, but they froze more and more, Serafall swinging her spear around again and again, releasing more cold waves instantly.
"Make this stop!"
Forming her demonic power into a snake, she shot it around the area, and it slivered through the sky and went towards Serafall.
"Sera-tan!"
Makoto gasped and went to help her, but Serafall turned around and stabbed the snake demonic power, and with the piercing, the ability to freeze activated as well, flowing through the demonic power, and created an icy snake in the sky.
"You're kidding me!"
Serafall shook her head.
"No, I'm really not. By boosting the freezing power of Ma-tan's with my own powers, which is freezing itself. Ma-tan's powers of freezing are amazing already, but by adding my ice magic to it, the freezing has become even more so, it wont even be beaten by you Katerea!"
Katerea's mouth huffed and puffed, she looked as if she was going to kill someone.
She hated Serafall more than anything.
Though Serafall was up against an Ophis empowered Katerea, the power that she uses right now, increases her own power to freeze, therefore being able to freeze anything Katerea was throwing at her, and she was at her limit.
"It isn't over bitch!" Katerea changed her arm into a tentacle-like thing and wrapped it around Serafall's left arm. A suspicious pattern emerged on Katerea's body. "That is a self-destruct-use technique formula! I'm going to be the one that takes you out! Now that you're connected with me, this strong magic will also activate and kill you while I die! You are going to die and I'll take you with me!"
Makoto gasped at the sight.
"Sera-tan! N-No! I can't lose you now!"
Makoto yelled with tears in his eye, but Serafall just looked down towards him.
"Don't worry my cute Ma-tan, I've got this, thanks to you as well. Your Sacred Gear, has a special power inside, it can be used for many things, and with my own ice powers added onto it, I wont be losing this person."
"Tch, you're not going to be getting out of this Serafall." Katerea grinned and showed a dark smile. "You aren't going to win, no matter what else happens. I've made sure that you can't do this to me, I'll be the one laughing as we both blow up together. Ideally, I would have rather just killed you and lived, but with you out of the way, the dawn for the new world is going to be beginning soon. With the lord there being unprotected, I shall also receive love from the new world, and be admired by everyone and everything."
Rias grabbed Ise immediately, and placed barriers around her. Makoto looked on and shrugged off both Vali's, and Tiamat's attempts to protect him, only concerned that his King was about to die, he couldn't have that happening.
"N-No! Sera-tan! You can't! You can't die here! Please!"
Serafall looked towards Makoto as she tries to cut the tentacle, but to no avail.
"That tentacle is a special-make that absorbed my life. It won't break."
Katerea laughs like a horrid villain, but Serafall just cocked her head to the side, with the sky opening up. Serafall radiated power from the area that they were in, began snowing. The snowflakes fell down towards all of them, even Katerea was surprised to say the least.
"Is that what you think, huh?"
Serafall asked with a glare for the young woman.
Katerea turned her head upwards.
"That's what I know. You wont be making it out of here."
Serafall didn't even flinch for a second, and showed how powerful she was by tightening her eyes.
"You see, Katerea, there's something about my Queen's Sacred Gear you don't understand. It has the power to freeze. More than make shapes of ice or deliver devastating attacks, Ma-tan's Sacred Gear has the power to freeze, anything, even powers as well. That's what Ma-tan's power is, and by pumping my power through it..."
Suddenly, the Sacred Gear that had been latched onto Serafall's body glowed white, and the power of the bird increased. The power of the bird increased to an insane degree, and the tentacles around Serafall's body, froze, instantly. Even the spell that Katerea had used, froze in its place, stopping all together.
"W-What!?"
Katerea yelled as she looked at her arms, which froze deeply. She couldn't even feel them, they were that numb, she even felt the power of her spell, had been frozen at the same time, leaving nothing at all going on there.
"...Ma-tan's power can even freeze peoples special powers. He hasn't reached the place where to do that yet, but more than just blasts of power, he'd even be able to freeze an opponents special powers, even the powers of magic, and even Sacred Gear's powers. Of course, it depends on how much power Ma-tan has, the level of skill he has, but when he gains more power, he'd even be able to freeze Sacred Gear's special powers from activating. That's Ma-tan's true ability and thanks to my cute Queen, I also froze your spell, and stopped you from blowing up."
"Impossible! Y-You can't do this to me!"
Katerea was shocked, but Serafall just showed a warm smile on her lips.
"It was fun Katerea, you're just going to have to disappear now."
Serafall's eyes narrowed upon the young woman, and channeled her powers into her hands.
She looked on at the enemy before her, and Katerea, looked as if she was going to die. She pulled away only for Serafall's eyes to focus on her.
"Where are you going Katerea? Didn't you want to fight me as well?"
"Fuck off and die you bitch!"
Katerea made several circles in the air, and shot off demonic power in a futile attempt to make her stop. But Serafall waved her hands forward, releasing cold waves and froze the demonic power at the same time.
Serafall looked onto the frightened appearance of her.
"Just stop this, I can't lose here, you wont beat me!"
"I'm sorry Katerea, your heart is full of hate and evil intentions, and for that, I can only apologize. But you threatened my Queen and I can't have that, especially due to you being the one that has been trying to kidnap my Queen and you even threatened to do things to my Queen no one should try, for that, disappear." A cold aura appeared around Serafall, and she forced her hands forward. "Celsius Cross Trigger."
With those cold words, an area of cold was erupted, and within seconds, the entire area was converted to ice. Unlike how Makoto freezes, where it freezes the object itself to the point that it wrapped around it, this froze the outer-layer of the area without wrapping around it so it looked as if it was a blanket of ice around it, but it also had a profound effect on Katerea.
Katerea's body was frozen.
She wasn't dead, but she was frozen.
"You'll be taken into custody for this..." At that moment, Serafall placed a hand on her wound. "Aaah."
"Sera-tan!"
Makoto shot up, and held her in his arms, seeing that she was tired, but for the moment Katerea was stopped. She could have killed her, but Serafall knew what she would have to do to get some information out of her for Makoto's sake at least.
At the same time, Irina and the others looked over the body of Gren, seeing that he was still alive. Irina smiled, not aware of what was going on right now.
Yumi walked closer to Gren, and began tying him up with rope.
"What kind of rope is that? Does the Shota like to tie you up?"
Xenovia's crude words were met with a glare from Yumi.
"No, Makoto-kun doesn't tie me up, though I wouldn't mind honestly."
Yumi's face tinged pink once more about the feelings that she had for Makoto and what could happen as well.
"I see, I have been thinking about having Ise tie me up and then we can have sex with a condom."
"You'd have to get through the fact that Buchou is there and would stop you."
Yumi reminded, continuing to tie up the man.
"Even then, I'd throw vodka for her, and she would just run for it."
Yumi had to admit that she could be speaking the truth right now, even though she wouldn't say it aloud.
"I'm glad that we were able to beat this guy!"
Irina cheered happily, Millicas nodding her head.
"Even then, if what this man said is true, then we have to be careful and become stronger as if the others aren't even at full power yet, then we'd be in trouble if they were. We have to become stronger so we can-"
"Beat the enemy?"
Their eyes stopped moving and so did their bodies.
Their eyes looked towards the source of the noise, and what they saw, was Orochi stood there. She smiled towards them, and waved happily.
"Hey guys~ It's me, pop sensation Orochi-chan~"
They all looked at one another curiously.
"Pop sensation...Orochi-chan?"
Millicas asked curiously, with Orochi nodding happily.
"That's right!" She announced happily, but saw they all looked blankly at her. "Ooh come on, you people don't know who I am...?" All of them gave her a curious look. "I am pretty famous, pop sensation Orochi...? Does it ring a bell...? A little one...everyday young life, Junes...?"
She sang at the end, hoping to jog their memories.
Once again, they shook their heads, so she turned her head to the side, and sniffled.
The others looked at one another, with Irina bravely asking "Are you crying?" causing Orochi to turn back with wet eyes.
"I am not crying! I mean, for God's sake! Really!? The Neko along with the Vampire didn't know me and now you people don't either...?" They drew a blank, so Orochi snapped her fingers, and her phone appeared. She pressed some buttons on it, then she cast a spell, creating a large version of the video on her phone. "Watch this, it's me, pop sensation Orochi!"
They all curiously watched the young girls large hologram dancing and singing, and they all thought she was pretty good.
Once it was done, they gave some claps, Orochi rubbed the back of her head bashfully.
"Aah, you all liked it~? Be honest~"
She looked for their answer, allowing the hologram to disappear.
"It's pretty good yes, you yourself, probably a little too sensitive though."
"Aah, you've got a wonderful voice! And your dancing is top notch! I'm jealous~ I'll never forget pop sensation Orochi-chan~"
"Even though I don't understand why you cried, you have a lovely voice."
"I'd have to agree, you seem a little crazy, but you've got a nice voice, with cool dance moves."
Yumi, Irina, Xenovia and Millicas all praised her, causing Orochi to adopt a childlike smile.
"Awww, you're too kind~" She waved bashfully, then adopted a serious face. "We're going to be fighting soon, because you've taken Gren-chan there~ Even though he can be mouthy, he's family, and you never leave family behind, or forgotten, you know? So, please surrender him, or I will have to become angry, and you wouldn't like me when I am angry, because when I'm angry, I become bitey."
They all glared towards her, and raised their swords, or demonic power in the case of Millicas herself.
"You're threatening us once more. How crude you are, pop sensation."
Millicas growled out, but Orochi winked.
"Awwww, you're all adorable, but it doesn't matter right now. I have to take back Gren, we have to become a family once more."
Like a bullet, she shot off and made her way quickly. Yumi was the fastest and reacted first, swinging her sword for Orochi. Orochi giggled gently, and raised her arm, which broke out in Dragon scales, and blocked the sword.
"You're a Dragon too..."
Yumi murmured, as her fingernails grew, and the claws became coated in poison.
"That's right~"
SLICE!
Her fingernails went through the sword, cleaving it apart, and went towards her body. Yumi pulled away, avoiding the claws at the last second, breathing slowly as Orochi winked towards Yumi, and twirled.
"Those claws of yours, what is that strange liquid?"
Yumi was suspicious, and so were the others as well.
"Ooh, I wouldn't get it on you, it can even poison a God at full power, and for a low class Devil like yourself, you wont be surviving."
"We'll see who doesn't survive!"
Xenovia recklessly charged for the young woman, swinging Durandal at her. Orochi's smile twisted and her eyes slitted when Xenovia got close. Like a snake, she twirled around the blade, and her claws shot for Xenovia's face, coated in the poison.
"Xenovia!"
Irina yelled, shooting off a light arrow from her light sword, but Orochi just grabbed the arrow of light, and her poison coated it as well. The poison bubbled onto the arrow of light, infecting it, and then slowly, it became chipping away at the light, like an infection.
She then threw the spear right towards Millicas, but the young girl shot forth a blast of POD, and crushed the spear and the poison before it could touch her body, the demonic power heading for Orochi herself.
Orochi giggled, and danced around the power, and shook her hips from side to side, and then blew a kiss.
"Silly Devils, you can't beat me like that~ Shall I sing you a death melody~?"
"Don't get too close to her, if she infects you, she'll kill you. Her powers must revolve around poisoning targets."
Yumi said to Xenovia more than anyone else, Xenovia showing a dissatisfied face.
"What kind of woman does this?"
"Her powers are dangerous Xenovia." Irina said it strongly. "You can't rush into this fight, because she could infect you and we don't know what that would do to you. We have to think of a plan to fight this enemy."
Irina's words made Xenovia feel complicated, as she wanted to fight and that was the end of it.
"Ooh my, that's cruel, you've ganged up and are bullying me~ How will I cope~?" Orochi danced fire at her mouth. "Now, why don't we burn?"
Yumi and the others pulled back when Orochi breathed out a large amount of flames. Because of the intensity, and the flames covered half the grounds. They couldn't see what was going on because of the flames.
When they died down, the young woman held Gren in her arms, and a circle was beneath her feet.
"No, you can't take him!"
Millicas yelled, but Orochi raised one finger in response.
"Sorry red head, but he's family, and we can't leave him now~ Enjoy~"
"No!"
Yumi dashed for her, a new sword in hand, and slashed for her.
However, just as she made it, the woman disappeared, leaving the area, making Yumi and the others growl in discontent.
Makoto and the others looked on as Serafall panted rather heavily.
Because she had exhausted a part of herself, she stood beside Makoto with her wound. Makoto retrieved his Sacred Gear immediately, and held onto Serafall who smiled right back towards him.
"See, my Queen? No Katerea or anyone is ever going to take you away from me, I promise you that Ma-tan."
Makoto smiled with tears in his eye.
"Y-Yes of course, since it is my King who was the one who did it, I knew you wouldn't lose so easily!"
"Of course, that's how it is after all my Queen, I had to do this, because this is what has to happen. If that idiot didn't blind side me, then I could have taken her myself, but thanks for lending your Sacred Gear to me, it seems we're so cool together~ You see Ma-tan, you have to believe me in when I say you're not a weapon like they said, you're a very special boy."
Makoto smiled happily, and hugged her tightly.
But then he looked towards the others, and gained a confused face. Before he could ask his question, he looked towards Koneko and moved closer. Seeing her injuries, he moved closer, and placed his hands on her body. As he did, ice grew on her open wounds, effectively stopping them from continuous bleeding for the moment.
"...Mako-kun..."
Makoto gently embraced Koneko with tears in his eye. Koneko looked at his eye, and saw the tears, adopting her own, but a more happy version this time. His fingers ran through her hair, and he stroked her head.
"I'm so glad you're okay Koneko-chan, I'm so sorry, if I had known this would have happened, I never would have left. You got hurt, and it is because of me..."
"...No, it is okay Mako-kun, you did the right thing...I tried my best to defend Gasper-chan and yourself but..."
"You did amazing Koneko-chan, I'm sorry I couldn't of been here to defend you. Next time, I definitely will be here right away, no matter what. You're too important to me to let you go, Koneko-chan. I'm never letting you go, ever again Koneko-chan."
Koneko's cheeks flushed a healthy red colour. She briefly pulled away and saw his face smiling towards her. He had been worn down, but he still offered his smile towards her. Koneko moved closer, and gently caressed his cheek with her lips, blushing madly at such a movement, she never thought that she'd find anyone to do this with, but she had found Makoto now.
Makoto looked as she pulled away, a small blush on his cheek.
"K-Koneko-chan..."
"Mako-kun...I can stay with Mako-kun...even though I failed..."
"You never failed, don't worry about that now, I'm here now."
Koneko fell against him, and held onto him tightly.
As she did, Makoto couldn't contain his worry anymore, having noticed since the beginning.
"W-Where's Gasper-san anyway?" At that moment, Rias, Ise, and Koneko looked down at the ground. "W-Wait, why...what's going on? Where's Gasper-san anyway? Please tell me where Gasper-san is." He looked towards Ise who held his hands in sorrow. "O-Onii-chan, what happened to Gasper-san?"
"A-Ah, Makoto...the thing is, we tried...but he was too strong..."
Makoto was getting more worried by now, he couldn't contain it.
"Onii-chan...has Gasper-san been..."
"Don't worry about the Vampire, she's with me."
A new voice came around and they all looked towards the source of the voice.
Standing there in the sky, or rather, flying on Dragon wings, was Apep, along with Gasper in a dome beside him. From the dome, it looked as if something was happening, as Apep was glowing as well, and Makoto felt, something different all at the same time, Koneko staying right beside him and wouldn't let the boy go.
"Apep! W-Why do you have Gasper-san!? Let her go right now! How dare you even touch her!?"
Makoto yelled, only for Apep to grin from ear to ear.
"My lord, it seems like Katerea has been taken care of, but not dead? Well, that's fine. She was just getting in the way anyway."
"She was supposed to be your comrade! And you just toss her aside!?"
Makoto yelled, but Apep just laughed.
"That's cute, it sounded like you cared."
"I do care!"
"Not just him asshole! We all care about comrades!"
Ise added after Makoto, but Apep snickered.
"For the perverted owner of the Boosted Gear to care about a comrade, she has to be a woman, right? She was a woman, so any woman would be fine with you, even though she was a total bitch? Well, you do eye up even your enemies, because of their bodies, how have you not been killed until now?"
"Because, I've been...erm...eeh...girls are...erm, you know..."
"Stop confusing the Sekiryuutei, he isn't that intelligent to begin with."
"Yeah!" Ise announced, then growled at Tiamat. "Hey!"
"Shut up Sekiryuutei or I'll burn you down to the ground!"
Ise backed off with a cry.
Then, Apep looked over towards Vali.
"Vali, aren't you going to be fighting the Sekiryuutei?"
Vali's eyes went towards Makoto who adopted a sad look.
Seeing that, she couldn't do it in the end.
Sure, she wanted to severe ties, because she didn't want to endanger him again.
But, seeing the expression on his face, and how sad she was making him, she shook her head.
"...I have no desire to hurt Makoto."
Makoto's eye widened, and his face tinged pink, Apep being rather surprised.
"So, that's it, is it? Well, even the young lord has tamed this Dragon girl as well. Hahaha, I remember when we had our sanctuary and how the lord allowed Dragon's to live there and be loved and loved in return, then all the disgusting people came and took us from home. And now, to think that Vali is also not fighting for the Khaos Bridge. You'll also receive punishment for even trying to go against the factions."
Vali shook her head once more.
"I do not care, I'd rather face punishment than hurt him again."
"Awwww, that's cute Vali, but I'm going to be taking him away now, you can't stop me either."
"You want to bet?"
As soon as she said that, she disappeared in a blinding speed, only to reappear behind Apep. Without blinking, a darkness appeared behind him, and blocked Vali's direct punch, but Vali activated her Sacred Gear.
[Divide!]
Using her power, she divided the power of the darkness wall, and increased the aura around her fist. Within an instant, the darkness wall was broken down and her fist went towards Apep, however he just smirked.
"Waaah!"
Gasper let out a cry and her Sacred Gear activated without her intention, and was used on Vali. Though she wasn't powerful enough to entirely freeze her in time, her hand was momentarily stopped, enough for Apep to move out of the way.
"Don't use Gasper-san like that! How dare you!?"
Makoto yelled as loudly as he could, but Apep just snickered.
"My lord, don't show such a sad face, don't worry, I'm not going to kill her, I'm just using her to procure you...though, afterwards, I might kill her, I haven't decided just yet."
"How could you!? I wont let you get away with this!"
"Ma-tan wait!"
"Mako-kun!"
Makoto didn't pay the heed to either Serafall or Koneko, and summoned the sword form of his Sacred Gear, slashing forward, and released an ice wave. Apep stuck out his hand and released his dark water, melting the ice immediately, only for Makoto to leap over the dark water, and swung his Excalibur Replica down at him, releasing a holy wave.
Apep went to move, only for Vali to appear beside him and grabbed his arm, slamming her knee into his stomach, making him cough out bile, then she threw him towards Makoto's holy wave. Apep though just snickered, as if he wasn't in any pain and placed his hand towards the dome Gasper, who once again had no choice but to activate her Sacred Gear, and froze the holy wave in time for a few seconds, and leapt over it, and charged for Makoto's body.
He growled, and went to attack, but Apep was faster than last time, appearing right before him, his hand reaching for Makoto's body. Makoto's eye tightened and went to strike, but Vali appeared between the two of them, blocking Apep's hand from touching Makoto's body, and pushed him away from Makoto.
Apep turned his hands towards Vali, and shot off several arrows of dissolving water. Vali streamlined through the sky, avoiding some of the arrows. However, some grazed his form, and burnt off some of the armour he had.
"To affect even my armour like this..."
"At full power, I'd melt you to death. For now, it seems like I've only managed to get this far!"
Apep's hands waved around and swirls of black water appeared. Clapping his hands together, the dark water formed a spear out of said water, and he thrusted it at Vali. Vali moved to the right, but the spear cut into the armour, melting it away.
Vali pulled away, and shot off demonic blasts of incredible power at Apep. Rather than fight them, he activated Gasper's Sacred Gear, and froze them in time, flying upwards, and avoided the waves of power all together, throwing the spear at Vali.
Vali used her incredible speeds, and shot off to the side, the spear headed for Ise. He let out a cry and jumped out of the way, Rias letting out a cry due to the spear piercing the ground near her, and was melting it.
"Fucking shit Vali! You could have tanked it for me! I could have died! What about me huh!?"
Rias complained, but Vali just sighed heavily, and turned away from her, triggering Rias.
Apep adjusted his stance in the sky, and then smirked.
"My, Vali, you've become soft."
"Not soft, focused."
Vali responded with a glare.
"Focused? Focused on, what exactly?"
"Focused on protecting this boy. Azazel was right about one thing, and that was, the Sekiryuutei and I do share one thing in common, and that is, keeping this boy here safe. Even if I have to go through punishment, I'll be staying beside him...seems like Azazel was right, he does have the power to sway the Heavenly Dragon's. So, I am going to be fighting you, and I will kill you. Especially for daring to take this boy for yourself, how dare you even try?"
"I try, because he's our lord, and we need to be reunited. For now, it seems like I have to use the power that I didn't exactly want to." Apep stuck out his hand, and he raised it to the sky, and slowly, a spell began to be formed, and at the same time, Gasper's dome glowed, and she let out a cry. "That's alright, I'll just use this, this spell is going to make you come with me my lord. Since it requires great power, using that half Vampire's special friend inside shall also do the trick as well. Well, having the power of even a fraction of a God would be good, and with the power of the young Vampire girl anyway, this spell shall be formed."
In the sky, a circle was created in the palm of Apep's hand. The circle had ancient and different types of ruins on it. The circle then moved upwards, and a shape appeared in the circles, below the circle, and then what appeared was a darkened purple skull with a disgusting aura around it.
Serafall and the others looked on with unsureness.
"This type of power is ancient, and requires a tremendous power to use. But, with the power of the Vampire here, it should be able to be required that I could make this happen." His eyes went towards Makoto who flinched. "The time is now my lord, I'm going to bring you with me, and then we're going to be perfection again, we're going to be happy together again. Now come back to me, my lord!"
The others watched as Apep launched the spell right at Makoto.
Makoto shot ice out towards it, but the spell broke through the ice immediately, and headed for him.
"Ma-tan!"
Serafall cried as Tiamat took to the sky.
She shot forward, but Apep sent out a black water blast at the blue Dragon. Tiamat howled and breathed fire out of her mouth, clashing with the black water, and cancelled one another out due to the powers they had. Koneko also tried her hand, summoning her Senjutsu and shot it out in a ball, but it was also crushed by Apep's powers.
Makoto on the other hand took off to the sky, and flew as fast as he can, but the spell was hot on his heels. The spell was rather fast as well, faster than Makoto, and it was like a homing missile, it just wouldn't stop.
Makoto flew up and down and still it followed.
Makoto felt his heart beat increase.
The spell closed in on him, the speed was too fast for his body to escape.
But then, just as it was going to hit…
"..."
Vali got in the way of the spell, and the spell hit Vali's body, going inside of her, and affected her.
Makoto looked on, shocked that she had shielded him from the spell.
"Vali-san...Vali-san! Vali-san! Vali-san! Please! Don't be hurt because of me! Please don't be hurt because of me!"
Makoto yelled, but Vali just looked on, like nothing was happening, or rather, she wasn't all there. Her eyes looked lifeless, but when he did call her, her eyes did flicker slightly. Makoto looked on towards Apep who grinned.
"Damn, and I was aiming for the lord as well. Well, either way, I suppose it doesn't matter all that much. Since the Hakuryuukou is on our side now, it is going to be perfect. Now, we only have a weakened Maou-sama, a Dragon King, a cute Loli Neko, and finally, the weak Sekiryuutei and whatever that woman is there."
"You fucking shit! I am Rias Gremory thank you!"
Rias growled angrily.
Apep ignored her, triggering Rias even more.
"Vali, isn't it about time to work through your problems? Don't you want to go and fight, the Sekiryuutei for me?"
Upon hearing that, Vali's eyes turned towards Issei, and looked rather, sadistic.
"...Hyoudou Issei, the weak owner of the Boosted Gear, it sorrows me that you aren't stronger."
Makoto couldn't believe that Vali had done this for him, protected him from such a disgusting spell.
"Vali-san, it's me, please...please don't fight anyone Vali-san, don't hurt my Onii-chan and come back to me..."
Makoto spoke gently, to connect with her, but she shrugged it off, like she didn't recognize him.
Makoto looked towards Apep, and growled.
"What have you done?!"
"I just made Vali's mind become mystified is all, and pulled on a deep desire. And one deep desire is to fight strong opponents, and the opposite user-kun of the Boosted Gear. Vali still has her personality, but she can't see you my lord, all she sees is her goal of fighting strong opponents, it's like a trance and she's not going to be waking up anytime soon. I was going to use it on you, and have your deep desire to have a true family come true, and have you come back...but, this works just as good."
Makoto looked towards Gasper who kept letting out small cries due to the dome around her, which seemingly was doing something bad, then there was Vali who was squaring up to Ise, who looked frightened, and finally, there was Apep in the air, who was smirking dangerously.
Makoto inhaled and exhaled.
"...Fine, I know what I have to do." Makoto placed a hand on his eyepatch, and began removing it. "It's time for me to use the present Azazel-san gave me, so I can save Vali-san and Gasper-san from you."
End chapter!
Sorry to leave it there, but I thought that would be the best place to leave it!
We got some quite cool moments this chapter, with Makoto, Yumi, Millicas, Irina, Xenovia and Tiamat (I'm sure most people saw it was her who was the mysterious Sensei, but more backstory on her, and Makoto for later) vs Gren and coming out on top, Serafall vs Katerea, and then somewhat Makoto (only empowering Serafall due to her being injured) helping her, Serafall managed to beat Katerea but she's not dead! She'll be coming back and her redemption is going to be, a fun ride to go on. Though Orochi showed up and took Gren back for herself, though he wont be safe forever~ We got a sweet tender moment between Makoto and Vali, clearing whatever doubts Vali had now are gone due to Makoto talking to her so she'll be sticking with Makoto, and there was a sweet moment between Makoto and Koneko as well! And now, we're going to the home stretch with Apep almost turning Makoto, though Vali took it for him, showing that rather than fighting, she would protect him, but by doing that, Vali's been turned into a puppet and is only focused on fighting, and wanting to fight him, while Makoto along with some others will be facing Apep next chapter, along with the reveal of Makoto's new eye (or eyes maybe~?), and also, something's going to go down between Makoto and Gasper as well next chapter.
Well, that's it for this chapter, until next time, thanks for reading!
Issei; Rias, Yura, Aika, Bennia, Jeanne, Walburga, Xenovia, Le Fay, Mittelt, Reya, Mira, Katase, Murayama. (WIP)
Makoto; Serafall, Yumi, Millicas (fem), Irina, Gabriel, Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Gasper (fem), Kalawarner, Ravel, Kunou, Tiamat, Akeno, Vali (fem), Sona, Elmenhilde, Ophis, Katerea.
