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Makoto vs Sona part one!

Laying in bed from the night before, Makoto saw Koneko and Akeno sleeping. He himself had only just woken up to feel the pairs embraces on his skin, to feel their hot touches, and to love their cute expressions that they had while they slept.

He couldn't be happier right now.

He was very happy and couldn't contain his happiness either.

Akeno and Koneko's bodies curled up to the young boy, who drew them closer with his arm around their body. Akeno's and Koneko's heads laid on his chest, and he kissed the top of their heads, allowing them to sleep.

However, Akeno soon woke up. Her eyes opened lazily, remembering what happened the previous night. Her eyes went towards Makoto who smiled back towards her. She leaned up towards him and caught his lips with her own lips, pulling one another for a deep kiss.

"Good morning Mako-kun."

"Good morning Akeno-senpai."

They greeted one another with love in their voices. His hand went over her cheek, and delicately brushed her face. Akeno sank into the warmth of the young boys hand, and held it onto her face so the girl could feel more of his special kind of warm feelings.

"Mako-kun last night, we had sex~"

"Y-Yes, we surely did."

"And you poured a lot of your juices inside of me. We did a lot of naughty things last night Mako-kun. We even had different positions and everything. But most of all, your hot stuff went into my womb, and you know, with the amount you released, who knows if I am going to be pregnant now? Do you know Mako-kun how good that makes me feel? To have your child, I would be very lucky."

"No, I'd be lucky to have a child with my adorable Akeno-senpai."

Akeno continued to smile, looking deeply into his eyes.

"Mako-kun, when we have our baby, do you care if it is a boy or a girl?"

"As long as it is our baby, I don't care."

Akeno loved how he said that, and all the more, when he smiled towards her. Akeno laid her head near his own, basking in their warmth and love, and even if they had to go to Rating Games that day, it didn't matter to either of them.

"Mako-kun, today, I'm going to be using my Holy Lightning, you know? I'm going to use it on every enemy that I can find."

He took her hand in his own and held it gently.

"I'll be watching Akeno-senpai."

"You don't have to Mako-kun, you'll be busy and exhausted from your own game afterwards to watch ours..."

"No, I'll be watching, Akeno-senpai."

He affirmed for her, causing her to fall deeper in love with him.

"...You are a good man. Yes, I'll be thinking of you, when I use my powers against the enemy. Whoever and whatever I come up against, I'll show my Holy Lightning towards the enemy, and show my full expertise up front."

Upon hearing that, Makoto gently smiled towards the young woman.

"I'll be watching everything Akeno-senpai, do your best, whatever happens now."

Akeno nodded her head, kissing him deeply on the mouth. She took his lips again and again, giving hot kisses on the boys lips, and soon fell against him, and held onto his body, and wouldn't let go, not that he would either.

"Mako-kun, I know we have to go soon. But can we embrace here? Just you, myself and Koneko-chan?"

Makoto nodded, pulling the young woman closer to his form.

"Of course, we'll stay here as long as we can Akeno-senpai. There's no need to rush, we've got plenty of time. Just relax and take your time, my Akeno-senpai."

"Ooh Mako-kun..."

"I love you, Akeno-sen...my Akeno."

"I love you, Mako...my Makoto."

The pair linked fingers together, and enjoyed the time that they had for one another. Even if it was a small time, neither cared. They enjoyed their sexual bliss, and so did Koneko once she woke up. They all laid together, not caring about the outside world, all that mattered was the love they held between one another, and they wouldn't let it go, no matter what else was going to happen, they were going to enjoy each other' bodies now.


The day of the decisive battle had come and now, the groups were standing on a magical circle each in the basement of the Sitri castle, with the Gremory group also being present and were giving smiles to each of them, Serafall also was there, and couldn't stop smiling towards the pair.

Makoto's group, and Sona's group looked at one another, knowing the next time they would see one another, would be the time that they would be facing off against one another, and they didn't care about what else happened, all that mattered was that they were standing, equals with one another.

Holding Makoto's hands were Asia, and Irina, while Sona looked towards them, seeing their uniforms…

What they wore, were outfits that were black and gold, like Makoto's eye colours. They mixed together, yet they still looked like school outfits. And each of them had a symbol of a black Dragon on their left breast pocket to represent Makoto. Serafall thought that it would be a great idea for them to have that, and for once, Makoto actually agreed, and decided to join in with it and wore it with pride.

"You have interesting uniforms. I've not seen anything quite like that before."

Sona noted, as Millicas stepped forward.

"Yes because this also signifies that we're apart of Makoto-san's group, and we all love Makoto-san, and we wont be losing to you, Sona-nee-san."

"Indeed, I suspect that it is going to be quite the match, I am very much looking forward to it."

"As am I, Sona-senpai. Please remember what we said before."

"Yes, I remember. No holding back. I, shall not be holding back, and I hope you do the same, Hyoudou-kun."

Makoto nodded his head strongly.

"I'll not be holding back, ever."

Sona nodded, glad to hear that from the groups.

Rias, Ise, and Xenovia looked over the groups, and smiled.

"Good luck you two, I hope for a great match of the minds."

"Go ahead Makoto! Kick some ass and show them the power of the Hyoudou's!"

"Yes, show them your powers. Irina, since we're on different teams, and we're not fighting, I'll route for you."

The three of them gave their best words to the groups, and they smiled.

Yumi and Akeno walked closer to Makoto, then the girls kissed Makoto's lips in turn.

"Good luck my love, I'll be cheering for you."

"Yes, good luck Mako-kun, kick their butts like you slapped mine last night~"

Ise gave Akeno a weird look as Makoto chuckled awkwardly.

"Mehehehe, thank you you two, I'll do my best."

Makoto replied honestly, and then Gasper walked forward.

"Mako-kun...d-do your best! I-I'll be routing for you!"

Makoto leaned towards her, and kissed her on the cheek, making Gasper break out into a wild blush.

"Thank you Gasper-san, I'll do my best for you, for everyone."

He said while continuing his smile, casually looking towards Millicas.

Sirzechs and Grayfia weren't there, but they seemed to have already moved to a spectator's lounge for the exclusive use of VIPs, along with Odin, and even Rossweisse, Azazel and Vali had gone there, Makoto and Vali already had a private moment between the two of them for him to be wished a good luck between them. It was said that not only the leaders of the three great powers were present, but also VIPS from the other powers were invited.

Their game was getting a lot of attention… because it was Makoto vs Sona, two dreams, and yet, related someway thanks to Serafall. The young woman herself, still wasn't looking good about the fight that was going to go on between them. But now it was different and they were going to be facing one another and she was going to support them.

Tension was within the air, as Serafall looked between the two of them, Makoto and Sona.

"Ooh my, I'm going to be so happy with you two. No matter what, you've already made me proud~ Sona-chan and Ma-tan fighting isn't what I want...but, I know they'll not let their personal feelings to distract them from their goals, so I'm going to cheer for both of you. Go ahead you two, and show us what it is that makes you both intelligent, and how you both shine as Kings, even if ones not a full blood or a High Class. I know you'll both be able to do it, I can be sure that no matter what happens...do your best, that's all I ask."

Sona and Makoto both smiled towards Serafall.

"Yes, that's right, don't worry about it now, Sera-tan. We'll make you proud."

"Ma-tan...good luck, and I love you."

"I love you too, Sera-tan."

As he said that, the magic circle mercilessly began to shine. The game had begun. Makoto and Sona looked at one another once more, before they disappeared in a swirl of lights with one another and they went towards the game.


The place they arrived at after jumping through the magic circle was a place full of tables. Makoto looked at the surroundings, it seemed to be a dining floor, with fast-food restaurants surrounding the tables.

Makoto continued looking around the area, and Asia did the same thing while holding tightly onto Makoto's being.

"Makoto-san, isn't this..."

"Yeah." He finished off for her. "This is the Kuoh shopping mall that we go to sometimes...so, this is our battlefield."

"I didn't expect that the department store near Kuou Academy would serve as the stage."

Millicas said this as she came up next to Makoto and Asia, along with Irina.

"Well, at least we know where we're going to be fighting and are familiar. That will help with plans, right Ma-chan?"

Makoto nodded his head.

"Yes, but I've heard there's going to be some rules...but even then, I don't know what they're going to be. I presume we're going to be learning of them soon. Even then, to use the mall...we wont even have the advantage now, as they'll know about this mall as well..."

As Makoto was contemplating it, the announcement came out from the speakers.

[Everyone, I, the Queen of the Lucifer group, Grayfia, will be carrying the role of arbiter in the Rating Game between the Hyoudou group and the Sitri group on this occasion.]

"Wow, Master, you're even given your name and not called Leviathan or anything."

Kalawarner gave her opinion, Makoto nodding in agreement.

"Seems so. But Grayfia-sama huh. Millicas-san, think we'll get special treatment?"

He joked with the young girl who shook her head while smiling.

"I wouldn't of thought so Makoto-san. Okaa-sama wouldn't favour us."

"Thought so, had to ask though."

Makoto joked and thought about the game against Zephyrdor. Unlike that time, Makoto was the leader. If he messed up, then it would mean the end. He was going to have to be on the ball constantly, and he was getting nervous…

But he also knew that others depended on him, so he would have to do his best.

[In the name of my master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will watch over the battle between these two families. It's a pleasure to be here. To get right to the main topic, the battlefield for today is the department store within the neighbourhood of the school Kuou Academy that Makoto-sama and Sona-sama attend, which has been prepared within a separate space as the game field.]

This department store which had become our battle stage was a two-storied building. It wasn't that big in terms of height.

However, it was a long shopping mall across its two floors and the atrium, so it was considerably large horizontally. The rooftop was a parking lot. Besides that, there was also a multi-storey parking garage elsewhere.

[Both groups have been transported to their respective "bases". Makoto-sama's "base" is on the second floor of the east side, while Sona-sama's "base" is on the first floor of the west side. In order for Pawns to promote, please go to your opponent's "bases".]

Makoto's base and their enemies' base were on opposite ends of the department store. They were on the second floor's most eastern side. The opponents were on the first floor's most western side. Around their base, there was a pet shop, an arcade centre, a dining floor, a bookshop and a drugstore. On the first floor beneath their base, there was a branch store of a major second-hand bookshop company, and a sports-supplies shop.

Over on the opponent's side, there was a grocery shop, an electrical appliance store, a junk food shop, and a general goods store.

During the battle, each side would have to respectively head towards the other end of the department. That was simple and clear, but it wouldn't go like that, Makoto knew that it wouldn't at all.

[This time, there will be special rules. Documents on this have been sent to each group, so please check them. A single bottle of the healing item "Phoenix Tears" has been provided to each team. Furthermore, the time to form a strategy before the battle is thirty minutes. Contact with the opponent during this time is forbidden. The game is scheduled to start after thirty minutes. Then, let the strategy time begin.]


After the announcement, everyone quickly gathered together. They couldn't waste even one minute of this time. Makoto sat down and Millicas got onto his lap, Ravel sat down next to him, and the others sat around them.

"The battlefield is modeled on the department store near Kuoh Academy. So it's an indoor battle."

Makoto said this while looking at a guide map of the department store's interior that was depicted on the dining floor's wall. There was also a personal diagram of the place divided into chess squares in Makoto hands.

They had encamped ourselves in the aforementioned dining floor and were planning out their strategy.

Ravel looked over the document with the special rule that had been sent to them.

"The rule this time states [Don't destroy the department store which has become the battlefield]; in other words, we can't do any showy battles. Which means, some of our more destructive members will be held back, while the enemies have members that excel in close quarters combat."

Makoto narrowed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about this rule.

"Then that means people that excel in destruction like Kalawarner-san, Millicas-san and even myself have to hold ourselves back."

It was just as Makoto said. By saying that it was an interior battle and furthermore that the building itself couldn't be destroyed, so they were going to have hard times. Makoto's more destructive techniques would be sealed for the most part. And if he did damage the area, then he knew repercussions would occur, and Makoto didn't exactly want to have to deal with that.

"That really is troublesome. A battle of large mass attacks has been mostly sealed."

Millicas put a hand against her cheek with a troubled face. She gave her opinion after letting out a sigh, and then Ravel looked between the other members, shaking her head once more.

"However, it is a good thing that we all can do less showy battles as well. Mostly, our team is full of people that excel in the area of techniques, even the more members that don't, can and have to hold themselves back or we'd have trouble from the people watching. We're being evaluated after all, we can't let down Makoto-sama from this."

Makoto's group all nodded their heads, while he looked on between them.

Then, after thinking for a few moments, he lowered his head.

"…The Rating Game isn't something you can win simply by having a lot of power. The battle situation changes completely according to the battlefield and rules. Because this is a ground where even Devils that lack strength can depend on wisdom and rise higher, it has become popular in the Underworld and among the other powers. The rules this time may be disadvantageous to us. However, if we can't make up for this, we won't be able to win and advance in the games from now on. Everyone is looking at us right now, the entire Underworld. And most of the Underworld aren't on our side, that much is clear. However, we'll prove today that even if we're a bunch of Low Class Devils and other creatures, and whatever else, we're not quitters. Just because we happen to be in an unfavourable situation, we can't falter, and we'll turn this into a win for us."

Everyone was beginning to feel their motivation for the games ahead. They all were inspired from what Makoto was saying, and how they felt right now. They couldn't deny that they were feeling worried or wronged by the Underworld, it simply didn't matter, because Makoto were going to do their best, no matter what.

Millicas, having heard what Makoto said, couldn't deny that they were growing strong, and also was glad that he could motivate them, so she added her own thoughts to the games ahead.

"That's right Makoto-san, that's exactly right. There may be indoor battles like this on true battlefields as well from now on. If that were the case, we wouldn't be able to completely display our power like today. This may be a good opportunity for us. Today's battle is most suitable for getting used to indoor team battles. And, like you said, we might be the underdogs, doesn't mean those underdogs can't bite back."

Among this discussion where all the smart people were talking, Kalawarner timidly raised her hand.

"You know Master, I didn't exactly plan on holding my powers back. I trained where I would be using my Sacred Gear in full. Using it like this, I don't know how I feel about it. I feel worried about it Master, I don't want to let you down."

"You're not going to let me down. And I know, this isn't exactly favourable for a few of us here. But, we'll just have to push through. Using your Sacred Gear in small bursts would be good, right? If you use it in small doses, then it would be better. Only use it when you're sure it can hit the enemy, I think that would be a good way to use it."

"…Y-Yes. Rather, to be honest, I'm really worried, but…I'll do my best Master. Even if I have to hold myself back...I'll show my best foot forward."

Makoto smiled happily at her words.

He then continued with the talks.

"Even if we attack, the atrium of this shopping mall is a problem. You can grasp the progress of the opponent from both the first and second floors. It's the same for the other side."

Millicas also expressed her opinion.

"I've considered an attack from the parking garage as well, but they would also be looking out for that too."

Ravel nodded her head, and continued.

"Yes, it's the same for moving from the rooftop. Whether it be breaking through the centre, from the rooftop, or from the parking garage, we have to advance along these routes. Since we can't leave the department store itself. So, we're stuck in these formations."

Makoto put a hand to his chin and stroked deeply.

"There should be cars in the parking garage as well. That's what I feel, after seeing that they reproduced even the merchandise and merchandise shelves. They may have copied the cars that were parked there."

The conversation between the three were things that some of the others couldn't follow. They'd go off into their own little worlds, and speak about different things. Even then, it didn't matter, because they weren't going to back down either.

Irina raised her hand and gave a proposal.

"Ma-chan, I'll go look at the rooftop and parking garage. Since there are stairs nearby, I'll go check them out."

Makoto nodded.

"Please do, Iri-chan."

Irina immediately headed out at a quick pace.

"Are the cars important somehow?"

Elmen asked that question honestly, not understanding why they were acting like this.

"I don't think Sona-senpai would drive them recklessly, but they can use them to hide inside of the cars, and also, they could use the cars as bombs. They also could even plant some traps around the area of the cars, and use them to attack us in different ways."

"Well, you're not wrong. But my, you've thought about quite a bit huh Makoto-kun."

"Exactly. I've had to think about it as hard as I can. Anything is a potential weapon. The food, the items in the store. Things that you wouldn't think of. Sprays could be turned into flamethrowers if used correctly. And they're in the food department...hmmm, food department..."

Ravel, having a similar line of thought, extended her thoughts as well.

"I understand what you're thinking Makoto-sama, and it is a very good possibility. Also, Makoto-sama, we have to believe that you, are the main target. Before, you would be able to go out into the open world and fight. Now, that you're the King, you can't fight recklessly."

"I've also been thinking about this as well. I know, if I am taken out, then the game ends there and then. Sona-senpai must also understand my personality and how I would want to fight with the others, and she'll be expecting that...that's why I've got a few ideas. I've been thinking about Sona-senpai and what she might do as well. I'd like to believe all the times we've played chess, I've figured out some of her mind. And I'd like to believe I know what she's going to do. But as I think there's many possibilities that are storming through my head right now."

"She is going to be a tough opponent no doubt. But Makoto-san, we're all going to support you. Sona-nee-san is tough and smart. But we'll be stronger, and smarter. Besides, I've got a few ideas that I would like to share as well."

The strategy-planning continued on after that as well and they decided on even the minute tactics. The others were impressed once more, with the talking and how it was going between them, and what could happen as well.


In the VIP area, looking at the screens, were various Devils and even a God in the form of Odin. Serafall had entered not long before, and her hands were together, watching the two facing off with their strategies. Ise, Rias, and the others also were there, overlooking the match itself.

"Goooo! Ma-tan! Sona-chan! Kick some butt! Yeah! I love you both! Yahoooooooo!"

Serafall was showing a good disposition, but inside, she felt her heart hurting her right now. Because of the fact that they were, the two people she loved, she found it hard. But even then, it didn't mean she couldn't cheer for the pair of them and hoped whatever happened, it would be for the best.

"Yes, indeed. Serafall-san, is it okay if I cheer for Makoto-kun?"

Gabriel's sweet words caused Serafall to slump downwards.

"Yeah, cheer for Ma-tan. I'd be weird if you cheered for Sona-chan, not that she'd want you too anyway..."

Gabriel cocked her head to the side, but decided to cheer for Makoto all the same. While they talked, Yumi looked towards Akeno and spoke quietly so Ise didn't hear it, but Gasper could hear as she was sat close by.

"So, Akeno-san, you did the deed with Makoto-kun then?"

"Jealous, Yumi-chan~?"

Yumi shook her head.

"No, because Makoto-kun and I did it just before we came down before to go to the Rating Game, though Vali also joined in as well with Serafall-sama as well as even Koneko-chan so...Vali seems to want to hog Makoto-kun's time whenever she think that she can do something like this."

Akeno looked surprised, at the fact that Makoto had done it with not only Serafall, but Vali, Yumi and Koneko as well, and pouted, wishing that she was apart of it, and so did Gasper who shyly looked down to the ground.

"Ara, so Vali-chan also becomes a perverted girl when she is with Mako-kun. Last night was the best though~ I'll never forget it, especially because Mako-kun said that we should be a family one day and hopes that I become pregnant~"

"Well, that's what me and Makoto-kun are doing as well. We're also trying to make a family as well."

"Fufu, I see. Well, I'm going to give Mako-kun a baby before you."

"We've had over a month head start."

Yumi shot back, as Gasper got between them.

"N-No, I'm going to be with Mako-kun soon and we'll have a baby toooooooo!"

""Shhhhh!""

Gasper clasped a hand over her mouth as Ise turned towards them.

"What are you three talking about? Y-You're going to have a baby with Makoto? You have to have sex for that, you know?" Akeno, Yumi and Gasper just blinked at Ise. "W-What are you..."

"Ara, don't worry about Mako-kun Ise-kun, he's bright, we'll be able to see him fighting hard~"

Akeno noticed the look on his face, and had to say something and also blocked off the line of communication all together.

Ise smiled in appreciation.

"I'm not worried about him, he'll be fine."

"That's good, because I'm worried for Kalawarner, and hope she doesn't make too much of a mess honestly..."

Mittelt muttered to herself, making a worried face.

"Haha, don't worry, she'll do great!"

Ise spoke towards Mittelt who put on a complex face.

Rias watched Sona and Makoto both talking about their strategies.

"Damn, these people have complicated thoughts…"

Rias muttered to herself, while Azazel chuckled.

"Indeed, they have very complex thoughts. Vali, your husbando is going to be showing his smart side. Are you turned-" Vali punches Azazel in the stomach. "oooon..." He croaks out, turning towards Vali with teary eyes. "W-Why…?"

"I'm watching Makoto strategic thoughts, don't interrupt that."

Azazel continued shedding tears, while Vali looked rather interested. While she would want to see the rules be abolished, she didn't mind if she could see Makoto and his peerage kicking some ass one way or another.

Odin stroked his beard, while Rossweisse sat next to him and didn't move, looking towards the screen that had Makoto's face on it and how serious he looked.

"Fufufufufu, are you watching your future boyfriend in the games?"

"O-Odin-sama! I-I am here to support Makoto-kun!"

"Yes, your future boyfriend. Don't worry, it is fine, you can date him and be my personal attendant, it would be alright."

"O-Odin-samaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"

Rossweisse yelled out with a cute expression on her face. But Odin poked the young girls face.

"Don't worry, how about I set up an arranged marriage between you two?"

"A-Arranged marriage?! You're going to marry Makoto-kun and myself!?"

"By the power vested in me-"

"Odin-sama! You can't marry me without the groom being present!"

"-I now pronounce you, husband and wife, you may kiss the husband when he's finished his Rating Game."

Rossweisse looked mortified by Odin's words, and he chuckled.

"Ma-tan just gained a wife!? Awww, and I wanted to marry Ma-tan!"

Serafall complained angrily, and pointed harshly towards Odin but he continued to chuckle.

"Hohohohoho, don't worry Serafall, this is legally binding, Rossweisse is married to Makoto now."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeh?! W-What if Makoto-kun doesn't want me as his bride?! A-And what if I don't want him as my husban-"

"Shit!" Ise yelled out, his body shaking. "M-Makoto got even a hot wife like her?! Geez, I don't even know who she is and I'm jealous of that Shota!"

"Please stop saying weird things! Makoto-kun and I are married!"

Rossweisse showed a mix between a happy, and unsure face as he body shook. Azazel looked on and just chuckled as did a few others.


Once half the time had passed since the strategy session started, they had solidified their plan. Makoto, Ravel and Millicas thought that this would be for the best. Even then, they didn't know it was going to be for the best. That's all they could do. Sona was intelligent, and they had to take in various thought processes from the young woman.

Makoto looked around at them and spoke.

"The game will be starting fifteen minutes from now. We'll gather here again in ten minutes. Everyone, please remain on standby with your respective methods of relaxing until then. Don't stress out, we're going to be okay. Win or lose, all we can do is try our best. And if we lose this day, no one can say we didn't try our hardest, so lets relax until then."

[Yes!]

Everyone was stoked for the games ahead.

After that, Millicas walked towards the coffee shop and made herself some happily, together with Ravel. Elmen was eating donuts at a donuts shop with Kalawarner.

Asia and Irina were talking about this and that in front of a hamburger shop. Koneko was rummaging through the drugstore beside the dining floor. It made sense to him why she would be doing something like that.

Makoto looked around the area, and went towards the left. He walked through the corridors, and came across what he had been looking for. He smiled, and entered the room, going through some more long corridors.

Finding himself in a security type room, he went towards the consoles, and other things inside of that room and looked around the area, and saw that they were working, which was what he wanted.

"Come on, there's got to be something, if everything has been replicated then..."

Makoto continued looking for something's that he would need as a backup plan. Something that he thought that he'd need if he came across something.

And then, he did come across it, and he smiled.

"Yes, if I kachunk kachunk this, and twizzle that around, and then slam this down into here..." Makoto fiddled around with some technology that was around and then smiled. "Yes, this shall do the trick." He equipped the device to the back of his pants, and smiled. "Phew, with this, then maybe we'll be able to-"

"Ma-chan? Are you in here?"

Suddenly, from the door, Irina came through and looked towards Makoto. Makoto stood up, and walked over towards her.

"Hey, Iri-chan, are you okay?"

"Yes, I was just wondering what you were doing?"

"Just something if something happens, we might be able to take advantage of the game, is all." Irina tilted her head curiously. "Oh, it doesn't matter. So shall we go..." Suddenly, Irina approached Makoto with a luminescent blush on her cheeks. "I-Iri-chan?"

Irina pushed Makoto into the room, and closed the door behind her. While her eyes fluttered, she inched closer to Makoto, and pressed her lips onto his own. He didn't mind the kiss, and embraced it, allowing the young girl to do as she would like. They went towards the seat in the security office, and Irina got onto Makoto's lap as he sat down, and continued kissing him deeply.

Then when she finished, she broke apart from Makoto, and smiled sweetly.

"Sorry about that Ma-chan, I just needed some courage."

"Oh, please don't be worrying about that. I'm glad I could offer you some courage."

Irina nodded her head happily, clinging to the boys body.

"Ma-chan, we're really going to be fighting today, are you nervous?"

"Maybe a little, but not a whole lot. I'd like to think that I am calm. Though truthfully, I do feel uneasy. This is the first time that I will be going as the King, I don't want to let anyone down, you know?"

"Yeah, I understand. But we're all behind Ma-chan. All of us are going to support you. Even in this time that we're moving, we have to do what we can to make this a good movement. Also, Ma-chan, I've been thinking about something long and hard lately, and I want to share my thoughts with you, okay?"

"Y-Yeah, sure, what is it?"

Sensing that she was trying to say something important, Makoto listened intently to her words.

"It's because of Ma-chan I can stand here on the battlefield. I'd be nervous otherwise. But seeing Ma-chan here, how you are, and how confident your face is, I've decided that soon, Ma-chan, we should definitely make love with one another."

"Eeeeeh!? Y-You say that now?!"

Irina's face turned into a massive blush, she couldn't stop.

"That's right, Ma-chan, I have to say it now because I deeply love you Ma-chan! I want to do naughty things with Ma-chan!"

"I-Iri-chan, I never thought you'd be the one to say things like this..."

"Don't worry about that now, Ma-chan. I'm good, I'm okay. I've adjusted to being a Devil, and I want to spend all of my time with Ma-chan and we can do e-ecchi things as well, I would love Ma-chan and I to do ecchi things together, wouldn't you Ma-chan?"

"Y-Yes, of course I would. Though now is hardly the time to discuss such things..."

"I think it is perfect Ma-chan~ We're alone and together, and in love, and happy with one another. Wouldn't it be amazing if we were always together like this Ma-chan~? We could even have a baby or something. I'd like one of each Ma-chan, a boy and a girl, wouldn't that be good~?"

Makoto chuckled happily, his arms being around Irina.

"Yes, definitely, I'd like that as well."

Makoto said it with a happy smile, as Irina hugged his form.

"I'm glad Ma-chan, let us stay together always."

"Yes...but first, there's a few things I need to do. I need to have Asia-chan and Ravel-san do something for me."

Irina tilted her head, as she saw something weird poking out of Makoto's pocket.

"What's that Ma-chan?"

Makoto chuckled happily as he answered.

"This just might turn the tides for us yet Iri-chan, and I've been checking and everything here works, which works well for me as well, because what I've just set up, Sona-senpai is never going to see coming."

Irina didn't know what Makoto was talking about, but since he looked confident, he was going to be okay with this, and allow her to deliver everything that was needed.


It was the appointed time.

They had gathered at the dining floor and were waiting for the starting time. Makoto and the others looked between one another, waiting for the announcement time. While nerves filled all of them, they didn't back down, they were going to be going all out together.

Then, an announcement streamed through the store.

[It is now time to begin. Furthermore, the time limit for this game will be a blitz-style of three hours. Then without further ado, game start.]

"Game start!"

Kalawarner was pumped, Elmen rolling her eyes.

"Don't sound so happy, I'm a bag of nerves right now."

"Don't worry Elmen-chan, everyone. Don't let the bigger picture cloud your mind. Just focus on what is in front of you, and do your best, that's all we can do now." Makoto looked towards all of them, and smiled. "Right, as discussed, we'll all be going in our ways. Koneko-chan, Ravel-san, and Asia-chan will come with me. Irina-chan, Elmen-chan, Millicas-san and Kalawarner-san will go together as well. If we're right, then what we've discussed is going to come back. If the plans need to change, we'll talk through the communications devices, but remember the set of plans we've set."

They all listened with a vigorous situation between them all.

Once Makoto was done, he looked between his peerage once more, and offered his heartfelt smile.

"Now, everyone. This match is going to be huge, I wont deny. However, whatever happens, know that I am proud of all of you, I am very proud to call you all my peerage members, my comrades, and thank you for standing beside me." They each smiled wildly, the boy nodding his head at the approving smiles. "Now, lets get out there and kick their asses!"

[Yes!]

Immediately, they all got pumped up, and ready to fight. Millicas looked towards the other girls, and then nodded her head.

"Kalawarner-san, Elmen-san and Irina-san, please follow me and we'll go through the parking garage."

[Right!]

The girls answered, and they took off, leaving the others together. Makoto looked between all of them, the four girls that were with him, and then took off with them once smiling towards them. Asia and Ravel stuck at the back, while Koneko stood close to his front.

Makoto had a plan, he just hoped Sona followed what he thought that he would thought she would do. However, Sona was a very intelligent woman, and he knew that he couldn't defeat her in smarts alone. That's why he was glad that Millicas, and Ravel, two very intelligent girls also held onto the fact that he was her peerage member.

He deeply inhaled as they made their way towards the enemies. Even if it is a big department store, it didn't matter, because Makoto knew himself that he would have to deal with one member of Sona's peerage and if he thought right, then he would meet that person soon enough.

Koneko beside him had her Nekomata parts out, and her ears twitched happily.

But then her eyes focused, and she looked serious.

"...Mako-kun, we've got two enemies coming this way."

"Two?"

"...Yes, two. I can't tell who from this distance, but definitely, two are moving towards this location."

Makoto clicked his tongue.

"That's outside of my calculations, I thought that for sure, they'd send more this way and that's why...maybe Sona-senpai predicted that we'd be going this way and decided to take down the others instead...well, it doesn't matter, we've still got some good ideas that we can use. Ravel-san, Asia-chan, be ready because...yes, it seems that we'll have to go with that scenario, okay?"

""Yes, we're ready.""

The girls nodded their heads at the same time.

Makoto looked towards Koneko.

"Koneko-chan, if what I do believe is true going to happen, then you need to let it happen, okay? Then use that opportunity to take down the opponent."

"Got it, Mako-kun. Leave one of the enemies to me, and we'll go with your plan."

Makoto nodded his head, and smiled gently.

"Good, then lets do this. Be careful though, we know of Azazel-sensei's involvement with them, and know that they could have some new equipment. Be ready and be careful at that, okay? No matter what, it seems like we're in a situation where it might turn out heavy."

Makoto said it seriously, making the others incline their heads.

He then looked towards Koneko once more.

"Koneko-chan, how long do we have?"

"Current pace, three minutes."

"Then lets go cautiously. We can't discount the fact that they could also use items that are inside of the shop."

Makoto allowed his Sacred Gear to be summoned to his side, and formed it into a sword. Koneko also tightened her fists, and walked towards the opponents that they knew would be coming around for them.


As they walked forwards, at about three minutes later, Koneko suddenly felt a spike upwards, and turned her eyes upwards.

"Above!"

Makoto and the others looked up to see Saji swinging down with Ruruko, the Sitri Pawn, hanging right beside him, and also, from the side, there seemed to be a large mask there as well, several in fact which made Makoto feel weird.

"Hah! This is our first attack!"

Saji came down towards Makoto with his knee out in front of him, but Makoto merely raised a barrier, and blocked the knee. However, at that moment, Ruruko jumped towards the barrier, and with a strange armour on her legs, it was doused in aura, and she kicked forward. The impact of the blow was more than Makoto expected, which shattered his barrier, forcing him to jump away as Ruruko's kick went towards him.

Saji's line also shot towards Makoto, and attached to his right arm. He became annoyed as Ruruko went towards him at speeds he wasn't even sure she'd be able to do normally, and thought it was because of the things on her legs, and sent a few kicks towards him.

He went to avoid, but Saji pulled on the rope, which forced him forward. Ruruko's kicks went towards Makoto's body but he tapped into the speed of the Knight from his Queen piece, narrowly avoiding all of the kicks sent towards him, and then sliced sideways, sending a few shards of ice towards the girl.

"Darn! You move fast!"

Ruruko looked annoyed at the fact Makoto avoided a kick from the young girl, and then she did a sweeping kick, smashing apart the ice daggers he sent towards him, which impressed Makoto.

Saji also looked annoyed as well, as the pair stood together. Koneko got towards Makoto, and her fists tightened as well as the boy stabbed the line that was attached to his arm, and froze it, then tensed his arm, and it broke off his arm. Makoto noticed from the line, a bit of red, and he noticed that there was a small trickle of blood coming from his arm.

"...So, they're doing that, quite ingenious."

Makoto observed keenly, Saji looking even more annoyed that Makoto managed to do that.

"...Mako-kun those leg armours, and those strange masks. They're giving off weird presences. I can't explain it, but those are like a Sacred Gear, but not exactly..."

"Like a Sacred Gear..." Makoto looked towards Ruruko's legs, and then back to her face. "I get it, Azazel-sensei's help. He is a Sacred Gear freak, and he loves making artificial ones and there's been rumours about the Sitri and Azazel-sensei making deals...these must be those so-called Sacred Gear's that are artificial, right? Even then, that kick was powerful, so they aren't anything to take lightly."

Makoto analysed swiftly, making the others become on high alert.

Saji showed a sneer.

"Damn, and we didn't think you'd be able to guess. Well, Kaichou also thought about this as well, and thought you'd make at least this guess. But, it seems we were right as well, and that you'd come this way."

"And those masks? That's an Artificial Sacred Gear as well?"

Makoto demanded to know, as Saji smirked even more.

"Well, it is special anyway."

"...It's most likely one of those from Azazel-sensei Makoto-san, it has the same feeling as well."

Asia held a serious expression on her face that almost looked different to her usual look.

"You aren't the only one who trained." Saji said it with a smile on his face. "I trained hard, harder than ever, and I knew that we would have to be fighting you. In fact, I requested to fight you, Hyoudou Makoto."

"You, asked to fight me?"

Saji inclined his head, and looked serious.

"Honestly, even Kaichou is worried about you and your head. But I said to Kaichou that I wanted to be the one to defeat you. The other Hyoudou tells me that he wants to face you, and I am the same. I want to fight you with everything that I have. I've heard of what you've done in the past, and how strong you've become! But, I wont rest until I've managed to beat you! Even more than Hyoudou Issei, you're someone that I want to fight! And I'll defeat you as well! But, it seems you fell in our tactics. Honestly, you're foolish, you come this way, and even bring your healer with you and even your secondary healer with the Phenex girl? It's like killing two birds with one stone."

"Don't worry about my tactics Saji-senpai, don't count me out just yet. Besides, you decided to show yourself directly, haven't you? Between us, who has the worst kind of tactics?"

Saji's anger grew more by the second.

"Nimura, I'll leave that cat to you, I've got this one."

"Right, Saji-senpai!"

The girl was pumped, and her legs kicked outwards as well. Ruruko then went forward at a high speed. Koneko ground her teeth, as she appeared beside her, and unleashed a kick. Koneko barely had time to block it since it was so fast, and hard, it managed to even blow away Koneko with a single kick.

"Koneko-chan!"

"Your eyes are on the wrong person!"

Saji made a line with his Sacred Gear, and shot it towards Makoto. Makoto turned his head to see the line, so his eyes glowed, and a beam came out. The beam went in a sweeping motion and cut through the line. At the same time, Saji narrowed his distance, and sent a kick towards Makoto's abdomen.

"Naive!"

Makoto used his Sacred Gear to block the attack, pushing off his foot, and sent his own fist towards Saji. Saji grimaced with the punch nailing him in the torso. Saji received the force of the punch and forced the man's body backwards. He skidded across the ground, and his back hit a glass window, shattering it upon impact, and fell through it.

Makoto didn't waste time, and took his sword towards Saji. He gathered sharp ice around his form, and then shot it out like bullets. The downed Saji grimaced at the sight...but then the floating mask took off on its own, and got between the two of them.

"...It acts on its own..."

Makoto murmured, as the shards shattered upon the mask, and turned to small dust particles. He looked into the eyes of the mask, and felt...weird. He didn't know what it was, but he knew that there was something about that mask, almost as if it was looking into him...no, it was like someone was looking at him directly.

"To be saved like that is..."

[Don't worry Saji-kun, I've got your back.]

The mask suddenly spoke with the others floating up high like a birds eye view, and Makoto recognized the voice.

"That's Kusaka-senpai's voice...so, she can see what we're doing...and can act accordingly. Either she's nearby, or she's able to see through the masks...well, this isn't a bad Sacred Gear Azazel-sensei has made, I'm impressed. It's a matter of spying, Sona-senpai also has someone like that who can spy on us from all over the place, I had a similar thought to have Elmen-chan do this but she'd go into bat form, and you could have taken her out, so I didn't. Even then, it doesn't matter to me!"

Makoto took his blade, and made a stance. Saji got off the ground and readied his Sacred Gear. Then, Saji shot off a few lines towards Makoto's form. Makoto dashed forward, and unleashed several strikes with his blade, cutting through the lines with some difficulty. The last time he remembered seeing his Sacred Gear, Saji was fighting Freed, and even he had a hard time dealing with it even with Excalibur. This time, Makoto was having a harder time as well, and could see the lines trying to touch him. Thankfully, he managed to slice through them for the most part.

"Try this!"

Makoto brought up his blade, and swung it downwards, shooting off a blade of ice towards Saji. Saji took off running to the side, only to see Makoto dashing forward at speeds that he wouldn't be able to do easily.

But then the mask got in the way. Makoto backed down, seeing if it had any offensive capabilities. But it didn't do anything, it seemed to be more of a shield than anything offensive...only for Makoto to see through the side of the mask, Saji shot off a line that headed for Makoto's body.

He dodged to the side, but the line continued going towards something. Makoto cocked his eyes backwards, and saw that there was a light up above, and the line was going towards that. Putting two and two together, he realized what Saji was intending to do.

"He's going to blind us! Close your eyes-"

Before he could finish, Saji and Ruruko who equipped sunglasses, and the lights from up above managed to shine brightly. The lights blinded everyone that didn't wear shades...however, Makoto' special eye still could see through the light, and he saw Saji on the movement going towards him. He closed his normal eye, and watched with bated breath to see what Saji was going to be doing towards his form.

Saji got close, and thought that he would manage to get his upper hand, but as his fist went towards Makoto's abdomen, Makoto moved his hand in the way, and caught his punch, keeping it steady with his hand tightly around it.

"W-What!? B-But you shouldn't be able to see!"

Saji complained as Makoto readied his blade.

"I've got the eye for light, if you catch my meaning~"

Makoto readied to pierce Saji's abdomen, knowing where to stab to do the most damage yet not kill Saji, he didn't want to do that, all he wanted to do was cause Saji to retire.

"Well, I've got friends looking out for me!"

But once more, the mask got in the way and took the stabbing for Saji but the sword went through the mask, and Makoto yelled "Freeze!"which it did, freezing all the to the core, and then Makoto pulled his sword out, causing it to shatter, leaving a few more masks to go.

"I've got you!"

Saji used this time to shoot out a line around Makoto's neck, tightening and felt like strangulation was happening to him right now, and pulled him downwards.

Makoto's body bent down, and Saji's knee went upwards. Makoto tried to react in time, but he received a blow to the face, forcing his face upwards. Thankfully, he managed to channel the Rook's defence into his face just before he could receive the blow.

"One more!"

Saji tried to deliver a punch to Makoto's abdomen, but the Sacred Gear in Makoto's hand changed shape, and formed a wall of ice.

Saji's hand hit the wall, which then turned into a spike, piercing Saji's hand.

"Aaaaaaah!"

Saji cried, pulling his hand backwards. Makoto's Sacred Gear then turned into a sword once more, and sliced through the line around Makoto's neck, giving him time to push away from him, and put a bit of distance between the two of them.

Even though his hand was hurt, Saji placed his hand outwards, and a demonic power was formed. Somehow, it seemed to have been augmented, and it shot towards Makoto.

"Sacred Gear!"

Makoto channelled the power to freeze anything to come to his side, and formed a wave of ice. The ice hit towards the demonic power, and it began freezing in the air. But Makoto noticed that the power was something that Saji shouldn't be capable of producing on his own and he had to put in more effort.

"Damn it!"

Saji cursed, as the power froze within inches of Makoto's body. Makoto slapped the power frozen away from his form.

Makoto inhaled a breath, seeing the look that was on Saji's face, and how he looked impressed right now towards the older man.

"That's not bad Saji-senpai, I had trouble dealing with that then. If I didn't put some more power into it, it wouldn't have frozen. I can't help but wonder, how you managed to suddenly become quite strong at demonic power. You don't have the Boosted Gear, and you aren't sucking my power away. So what's going on with that Saji-senpai?"

Makoto couldn't deny what was going on was strange, he couldn't seem to work it out. Unless Saji got suddenly very great at demonic power and he didn't know about it, then he would swear that Saji was something completely different to what Makoto thought that he would be.

But then, as Makoto's eyes went over Saji...he saw something.

A line.

From Saji's Sacred Gear, to his chest...no, it was going to his own heart.

Saji was using his own body to do something, and Makoto figured out what it was as well.

"Your life force..."

He couldn't believe what Saji was doing.

Why would he draw upon his life force for a Rating Game?

Did it mean that much to him?

And if it did, why did it mean so much to him?

He couldn't make heads or tails of what he was trying to do.

But Saji put in a confident expression on his face.

"That's right, I'm using my life force! With my low magic, this is the only way for me to shoot powerful attacks. I convert my life-force into magic power using my Sacred Gear's ability. It's just as you see. I'm [risking my life], as it were."

"Geez, Saji-senpai, I do know something about life force, mine was poisoned not long ago, yet, you're trying to die or something?"

Saji smiled with a serious look.

"Yeah, I intend to die. I intend to beat you with the intention of dying. —Do you understand our frustration, having our dream laughed at! Do you understand our desperation as we believe in our dream? This battle is being broadcast across the entire Underworld. We have to show the seriousness of the Sitri group in front of those guys that laughed at us!"

"I'm not laughing, I stuck up for Sona-senpai, that's why we're fighting right now! Don't you think I believe in her dream as well?! Don't you see how it is myself, and my peerage as well! We also have goals...yes, I acknowledge that Sona-senpai's goals are more magnificent than my own, but I simply can't lose because I believe in her ideals. I, and she made a promise to fight to our best, and that's how I am going to live as well. I also have to prove that I deserve to be here! We're being looked down upon as well! And I wont let you get away with this either! I wont allow anything other than your demise to happen! So come at me!"

Makoto made several ice spires in the air, and shot them towards Saji. The bewildered Saji placed his hand out, and again, one after the other, intense demonic shots were fired filled with life force energy, crashing through his spires of ice, so he used his speed to dodge the attacks, and then he charged forward. His sword rose in the air, but the mask got in the way and blocked his strike from reaching its target, though Makoto felt a little weird from what the line that attached to him before did, he could feel his chest getting hotter, as if something had happened...


As Makoto and Saji fought one another, Koneko wasn't doing so hot.

Ruruko's movements were good, they were strong, she was fast. Koneko could read her movements with Senjutsu, but she couldn't get her place to attack directly. Because of that, Koneko couldn't finish the battle.

If she could get one hit in, then she was sure that the enemy would fall down.

She might be fast, but Koneko knew she wasn't the sturdiest either.

Because of that, she knew that whatever she could do, all Koneko had to do was get to her and deliver a single punch, one punch would be the best for Koneko. Now all she had to do, was work out how she was going to catch up to her.

"...Stay still!"

Koneko's Senjutsu formed a ball, and she shot it to the side. When she thought she had gotten her, the sphere went through it, as if it wasn't there. It was an after image that the speed of Ruruko managed to make.

"Haaaaah!"

From beside Koneko, Ruruko's kick reached her body and blew her backwards. Koneko grimaced, skidding on the floor, and got to her feet, only for Ruruko to be right on her, her kick arching upwards, and kicked Koneko in the face.

"Koneko-san!"

Asia gasped and tried to make demonic power as did Ravel, and they shot it off. But Ruruko managed to slide around the powers being shot which pierced nearby shops and broke the glasses around, but Koneko got her chance, and threw some Senjutsu towards her.

"Nope! I wont let you win against me!"

Ruruko used her legs to brace the impact. Because of the impact on her legs, her body wasn't affected, and therefore, the Senjutsu didn't take affect, leaving Ruruko to be safe at that moment in time.

Ruruko then turned her hand towards Koneko and gathered demonic power.

"Though I might not be promoted, I will still show off the results of my training!"

Even if she was worth a single Pawn, this Pawn was giving Koneko some trouble, and saw the girl shooting off a block of demonic power. It wasn't on the levels of Ravel or even Makoto, but it wasn't bad either, so Koneko poured her Senjutsu power and made a blue sphere of the energy, taking aim at the girls power.

"Haaaah!"

Just as Koneko's power collided with the demonic power, and cancelled it out, Koneko sensed a change within Ruruko, and felt her presence close by. Turning, Koneko saw that Ruruko was right there, her leg embedding into Koneko's face.

Koneko was blown away with a kick, and slammed onto the ground. Koneko felt some blood trickling down her cheek, from the wound on her head. She winced at the pain, and was annoyed that Ruruko was getting this far.

She had to prove that she was Makoto's Rook, worthy of being the Rook.

She couldn't allow Makoto to lose either.

She wouldn't allow him to lose against this opponent.

She would prove to Makoto, to Rias, to everyone, that she was Makoto's Rook, and his lover as well, and win this match.

So, on shaky legs, Koneko got up, and revealed her Senjutsu at the same time dancing between her fingers. Ruruko looked surprised to see Koneko standing up after the kick that she had just given the young girl.

"My, you're very sturdy, when I used that during training, Saji-senpai couldn't stand. I put a lot of my strength into that kick, yet you managed to hold on? I'm very surprised, and a little angry~ Because, I have to finish you off for my Master to win the game. We also have to do it you know?"

Koneko looked towards Makoto, seeing him face off against the mask and Saji at the same time, and saw Ruruko briefly glancing at them as well. Since she knew she didn't like Makoto, it would have to be someone else that she was looking at and was looking for approval as well.

Her eye went back towards Ruruko, and held a determined look on her face.

"...Are you trying to impress the other Pawn in your group as well?"

Ruruko's face turned slightly red at the sight of Koneko, and her words as well.

"W-Why would you even say that?! H-He's right there!"

Koneko gave a deadpanned look.

"I...don't really care about your current relationship with him, but I recently just made Mako-kun my boyfriend as well, and he's my King, and I can't lose to you either, so prepare yourself to get beaten by myself!"

Koneko didn't stop, and sent a fist clad of Senjutsu for the young girl. Ruruko gasped, but then her feet touched the ground, and as if she was dancing, she avoided getting hit by Koneko, and swung her foot for Koneko's left.

Koneko caught the foot in time, blocking it with her Rook enhanced defence, saving her from being hurt. But the impact of the blow caused a violent wind to be stricken up from the force of the impact, blowing around Koneko's hair and the likes.

"...Those leg armours aren't bad, Azazel-sensei has made it more difficult for us to beat you."

"Mehehehe, honestly, you're very scary Koneko-san. If I fought you without these, then I surely would lose. But even then, it doesn't matter because I have them. So, I'm going to have to take you down now Koneko-san!"

Ruruko sent several kicks towards Koneko who blocked them all. Though with the attacks on her form, Koneko received several wounds from the kicks of the young girl. Even then, Koneko didn't stop with her own attacks, sending several spheres of Senjutsu towards her opponent Ruruko.

Ruruko used her impressive speed to avoid all of them, this was Koneko's worst kind of opponent, an opponent that specialized in speed. And it got harder as the time went back, since Ruruko didn't have any plans of stopping now.

Then Ruruko stopped, and looked towards Saji who nodded.

"Right, then I will do this!"

Koneko watched as Ruruko moved forward….and then went around Koneko. The young girl rushed around so fast that clones seemingly were made. Koneko could tell which was the real one however, thanks to her Senjutsu.

"You can't confuse me, I can sense where you're going to be and where you're going. I'll just have to finish you off!"

Ruruko smirked, and rushed towards Koneko. Koneko tightened her fist, and sent it towards Ruruko...but, Ruruko jumped over Koneko's body, and rushed towards Asia and Ravel, the pair gasping.

"Asia-chan! D-Don't attack her!"

Makoto yelled, but Saji snickered, and attacked Makoto with a bullet of demonic power.

Makoto however, stabbed the ground and a wave of ice went towards Saji. Saji grimaced at the sight, and shot off a bullet of demonic power, but the ice reformed as soon as the attacks hit the ice wave.

"S-Shit! Don't do this!"

The boy cried out, and jumped away, as the mask came and blocked the attack. Even if it was sturdy, Makoto saw that the ice managed to wrap around the mask, and froze it in a thin sheet of ice, then he raised his Sacred Gear and shot mist out towards Saji, blinding him with his powers.

At the same time, Ruruko got near Asia, so Ravel stood in the way with a shaking hand.

"I-I wont let you!"

Ravel bravely put her hand forward, and shot out a demonic blast. Ruruko dodged to the side, and got beside Asia, as Koneko chased onwards. Asia gasped at the sight, as Ruruko prepared her legs, aiming for the healer.

"Since the Phenex clan are harder to deal with, I'll take care of your healer! Then, Hyoudou-kun's spirits will go down, according to Kaichou!"

Ruruko then did something that would piss off most.

She relentlessly delivered a few blows to Asia's body. The young girl, received a few blows to her chest, legs and arms, before a final one to her abdomen, which caused her to cry out "Kyaaaa!" and was flung backwards, hitting a wall.

Because Asia wasn't a tank, the retirement light went around her body with beneath her glowing as well slightly, as Makoto took something out of his pocket, and held it to his mouth, watching Asia's body disappearing from the area.

[One of Makoto-sama's Bishops, retired.]

The surrounding area heard Grayfia's voice, the PA system at that surrounded the entire area, and Ruruko looked pleased…

BANG!

"Gwaaaaah!"

But because she was distracted, Ruruko received a blow to her back, and Senjutsu was dug into the young woman's body. Ruruko's eyes widened in pure shock and horror at the feeling, and a change occurred within Ruruko's body.

"…I drove a fist clad with spirit energy into you. Since damage was also dealt to the blood vessels flowing inside you at the time, you won't be able to build up magic anymore. Furthermore, the damage also pierced through your insides…You can't move anymore."

Ruruko fell down towards the ground, as the retirement light went around her body.

"…Saji-senpai, I'm sorry."

After she let just those few words leak out, the girls body shone and she disappeared from here. She had retired and been transferred away because she had sustained serious damage.

[One of Sona Sitri-sama's Pawns, retired.]

With this, from the announcement, it seemed like both sides lost one person.

Saji looked on towards Makoto once the mist had stopped clouding his vision, and saw that rather than him being angry, sad or disheartened, he appeared...normal. Something was off, he definitely didn't understand what was going on at that moment in time.

"...W-Why aren't you angry? We just took down your healer. Your peerage has suffered a major blow. We also suffered a blow with Nimura, but you suffered an even greater loss. Kaichou predicted that you'd also be disheartened and wouldn't be able to move correctly...yet, you're looking as calm as you did before."

Makoto turned back to Saji, and he held his blade in front of him.

"I'm in a Rating Game, Saji-senpai. Of course, I'm pissed off, but I wont give up fighting because we suffered a loss, it would be disrespectful towards the fallen if we gave up now. Besides, I've got you to deal with."

Saji panted as he looked towards Makoto. He felt slightly tired from the repeated shots that were fired from the continuous shots that were being fired from his being towards Makoto, and the one he fired to break the mask of Reya's free, and it floated around with the others, but was damaged.

Koneko looked on and then stepped forward.

"I'll help, Mako-kun."

Makoto looked towards her, and shook her head.

"No, Koneko-chan. We've still got our plan to do, save your strength. I'll defeat Saji-senpai."

"But Mako-kun, this battle is..."

"I know, Koneko-chan. But I can't give up on the feelings Saji-senpai has as well. He didn't attack you, when he could, nor Ravel-san either. Well it seems their aim was for Asia-chan as well, and it can't be helped...even then, he's giving me a challenge, and I'll accept that challenge with everything that I have inside of me."

Saji looked towards Koneko as well.

"…Sorry, Toujou Koneko-chan. I want to win against Hyoudou, against the Queen of Leviathan one-on-one. Didn't I tell you? Our dream is serious. We will build a school. We will construct a school without discrimination in the Underworld. And I will become a teacher…That is my dream…This battle is being broadcasted across the entire Underworld. That's why this has meaning. I, a Pawn! Will win against the Queen of Leviathan! I will defeat him! I'll win and say it boldly! That I will become a teacher!"

Saji was serious. His gaze was strong and had neither shadow nor gloom anywhere in it.

Koneko looked between them, then went towards Ravel's side, and sat down, Ravel doing the same thing with a small tired expression on her face, and her hands were shaking lightly, but she seemed to be doing alright beside those things.

Makoto's eyes and Saji's met one another with the mask floating nearby.

"Seems like that we're going to be crossing blades, Senpai! Or in your case, hands! Well, lets do this!"

"Yes! Lets!"

Saji and Makoto rushed one another, and went into their final battle.


At the same time, inside of the VIP room, everyone was watching the matches unfurl, how they all fought. And everyone could agree that the fight was quite good, how they both used different kind of tactics, and were forcing one another to resort to different kind of movements.

"Yahoooo! That's right Ma-tan! But Sona-chan is also doing amazing! Yes, this is the best kind of fight! A fight of the minds! Ooh, I can't be more happy right now! Ma-tan is surely showing me why he's got a cute mind~"

Serafall kept pumping up her fists, and looked happy to be alive.

Gabriel joyfully clapped her hands together.

"My, Makoto-kun is something of a genius to come up with that. Sona-san is also very intelligent and is making movements against Makoto-kun, but Makoto-kun and the others are countering them as well...I'm so impressed with their intelligence~"

Gabriel looked so happy to see what was going on, she couldn't stop shaking her body around.

Azazel stroked his chin, looking very interested at the baffled Grayfia who didn't know what to say. And then he looked at the matches going on between everyone that was fighting, the fight between Makoto, and Saji, and the other groups fight as well, seeing the Artificial Sacred Gear's shine.

"So that's what he planned. Damn, your Otouto is smart Ise. Sona didn't see that coming, and truth be told, neither did I. It is an ingenious tactic, he's surely taking advantage of the area that he is in, and using his knowledge of human technologies."

"E-Eh…? I don't get it..."

Ise looked baffled, but Rossweisse clapped her hands together.

"That's so smart! Yes, go Makoto-kun, what a lovely tactic!"

Odin also expressed interest in what was happening.

"Yes, your husband is good, isn't he Rossweisse?"

"H-He's not my husband!"

Rossweisse showed tears, Odin chuckled deeply.

Vali chuckled at the sights going on as Princess hopped onto her lap.

"Well, I am happy with Makoto. Yes, he can be the brains between us, to predict that far what an opponent is going to do...it simply is brilliant and to make countermeasures against that, what a boy he is."

Azazel looked towards Vali, and saw a lustful expression on her face.

"Hahaha, Vali. It is true, isn't it? Seeing this side of Makoto, it makes you happy, yes?"

"Indeed, seeing the boy I love, fighting and coming up with such plans, I am impressed, and very happy."

"Will someone tell me what's going on?! What did he do?! He lost Asia, didn't he?!"

Vali looked back towards Ise, and rolled her eyes.

"You're clueless."

"Why am I clueless?! I saw her go up in lights!"

"Think about what you just said, and what kind of equipment Makoto has and what he hasn't used."

"W-What he hasn't used…?"

Ise couldn't think.

What was the thing Makoto wasn't using?

He didn't know at all.

Vali rolled her eyes.

"There's something that Makoto hasn't used, and you also are here, with the announcer, think about it. A few people have worked it out, and it seems that damn Rias is also struggling as well." Rias looked offended. "But no matter, it seems Makoto hasn't done with his plan yet, even with Azazel giving Artificial Sacred Gear's to the Sitri team. Making it harder for Makoto, are we Azazel?"

Azazel chuckled as a response.

"As soon as Sona heard she'd be facing Makoto, she struck up a deal with me, that's all. They're prototypes, so they aren't as strong as the real thing of my Artificial ones, but with the data that we're getting will help to give them true ones, it is quite the sight to behold, I am happy~"

Vali rolled her eyes, and watched the match unfold…


Several minutes before that happened, Irina, Kalawarner, Elmen and Millicas moved towards their destination. Elmen was sending out her mist, and it went through the area. It was a Vampire ability that she could do, which allowed her to search for enemies that happened to touch her mist, and that's what she was doing on the behest of Millicas.

We advanced forward while cautiously looking through the dimly-lit parking lot. Because we had both encountered a lot of spies in our missions, moving forward like this was our strong point.

Millicas and Irina walked in front, with Elmen right beside them. Kalawarner took the rear just in case they did an attack from behind. The deeper they went into the car passage, the more likely is that they would be able to do that.

"My, this is scary~"

Kalawarner admitted with a smiling face.

"Yes, that's right, it is rather terrifying, isn't it?"

Elmen also admitted, but Millicas showed a strong face.

"We have to do this for Makoto-san. We know what our job is, and if we can advance to the point where we are able to beat the enemy, then it is all good, I do believe that if we manage to fight off this enemy, then Makoto-san and the others will take care of the rest."

"But, what if our main plan fails?"

Irina questioned quickly, to see Millicas smiling.

"Then we'll just have to do what we can to make sure our other plans don't fail. Together, Ravel-san, Makoto-san and I have thought of several scenarios. Of course, we're aware that Sona-nee-san is very intelligent, and could out-think us all alone, together there is a difference, and even if we fail, like Makoto-san said, we can still be happy with the knowledge that we are doing our best. And we also have to be careful for Azazel-sensei's deal with Sona-nee-san. We don't know what it is, but we soon will discover what it is that we're dealing with."

The others nodded, and continued going forward.

They advanced down the passage from the second floor and set foot on the first floor of the parking lot, though they didn't notice that some masks were floating around the area, and were focusing in on the Millicas group.

They stopped however when Elmen looked back towards them, and their eyes knew what she was going to say before she said it.

"Three enemies, we're going up against."

Millicas stopped, and looked ahead.

"Three...and there's four of us. We should be able to deal with them. Going from likely culprits, the Queen will definitely be there. The others...they could send the Rook and the Pawn...no, Sona-nee-san would send her Pawn towards Makoto-san, but there's also another Pawn so it could be her as well..."

"Well, we wont know until we go out and see who it is!"

Kalawarner stepped forward, antagonizing Elmen.

"Geez, she's a freaking idiot, she's going to get us all killed."

Kalawarner didn't care what Elmen said, and stood before them all. Millicas sighed, and followed after her with Irina following afterwards. Since the others also were going, Elmen went with them as well.

"We know you're there, all three of you, you might as well come out now."

Kalawarner demanded from the enemies, so they did just that.

From behind stone pillars, the three stood out of the area, and showed that it was Tsubaki, the Queen, along with Tomoe, the Knight, and the Rook Tsubasa as well. Millicas noticed the weird katana that was being held in Tomoe's hands, and the weird looking yoyo that was within Tsubasa's hands as well.

"Millicas Gremory, Kalawarner-san, Elmen-san and even Irina-san as well. How do you do?"

The three enemies surrounded the group. Millicas could tell, this wasn't just an ordinary opponent, it was a hard enemy to deal with.

"You've secured this area well."

Millicas noticed at the three of them being there, and how they stood. The three of them looked hard and strong. Tsubaki even held a naginata in her hands, so Millicas knew that she would be a different kind of Queen than Millicas would be who fought with powers distant and Tsubaki was a more up close and personal kind of girl.

"Well, that's how we do things around here. Also, it seems you've prepared yourself well. Since you're the strongest of the pieces Hyoudou-kun possesses, it is best if you're taken out here, so that's why I have to be the one who faces you off in a serious battle."

Millicas made a stance with her POD in her hands, Irina showed off a new device on her arm. It looked to be like a bracelet, and with a flicker, she managed to make a light sword with ease, surprising that of Millicas.

"Whats that?"

"Azazel-sensei upgraded my weapon and instead of holding it, it is mounted onto my wrist, and because of that, I'm free to use more light attacks. And instead of time being wasted in the conversion, the light can be made from my demonic power easily and within the same time it would take an Angel to make a sword or whatever of light!"

Irina looked pumped up, Kalawarner chuckled and formed a spear of light with her aura around it.

"This is a real spear of light, keep up."

Irina furrowed her eyebrows angrily as Tomoe cocked her blade to the side.

"Errm..."

"What?"

Irina noticed it first, seeing Tomoe's cheeks flushing red.

"WHAT'S IT LIKE TO HAVE A SHOTA BOYFRIEND!? THEY SO CUTE AND EVEN HAVE THE BEST KIND OF BODIES! AND THEY EVEN CUDDLE YOU TIGHTLY, RIGHT!? DO THEY BEHAVE AND BE GOOD BOYS!? Y-YOU'RE DATING A SHOTA, YES?!"

Irina looked at the wild looking Tomoe.

"Eeeeh...you're looking and sounding weird, I wont let you near Ma-chan..."

Tomoe leaned forward with pep, and her breasts bounced happily.

"But you have to tell me! D-Did he have cute expressions when he sleeps at night!? Please tell me! Does he make cute faces when he sits on your lap?!"

"I wont let you touch Ma-chaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan! You Shotacoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooon!"

Irina rushed forward with her blade, and Tomoe responded with her own blade, clashing violently together. The ground shook with the power of their blades meeting and Irina's blade lost its density due to the power that she received and the power of Tomoe's blade.

"You have to tell me the cuteness of Shota's! T-They're adorable, right?! They make the best cuddle partners, right?!"

"You're almost as bad as Abe-senpai! She even went mad for Ma-chan because he's a cute boy! I wont allow your people near Ma-chan!"

"My people?!"

"Yes, the Shotacon's!"

"I'll not give up!"

Millicas and the others watched with sweatdrops at the fights going on between Irina and Tomoe.


Sighing out, Millicas turned her eyes towards Tsubaki.

"Kalawarner-san, Elmen-san, team up and defeat that Rook, I've got the Queen. That's how it should be, right? The Queen vs the Queen?"

Kalawarner turned her spear towards Tsubasa, and Elmen also looked towards Tsubasa as well with a tightened hand.

"Right, leave it to us."

"Yes, we'll do this!"

Kalawarner immediately went forward, and threw her spear as Millicas and Tsubaki got into a fight all their own. The spear continued the aura of her Sacred Gear, Variant Detonation, and it was strong. Because it was light and it could explode, a Devil could lose easily towards that kind of fight.

However, before it could reach her, Tsubasa's yoyo looking weapon began to spin and it changed shape. Going in front of her, it formed a shield of light. The spear hit the shield, and created an explosion towards the shield...but, when the dust cleared, the shield was active, and didn't have even a dent on it.

"D-Damn, that seems to be sturdy!"

Elmen noted, summoning some darkness to her hands.

"That's the weapon they got off Azazel-sama. It can't be normal...it isn't a normal type of Gear, is it? Azazel-sama wouldn't hand out Sacred Gear's for nothing...no, wait. Because it is Azazel-sama, he would hand out something else instead, and that thing is Artificial Sacred Gear's."

"Artificial, you're saying they aren't the real thing!?"

Elmen let out in surprise, but Tsubasa showed a grin on her face.

"That's right, no point hiding it. My Artificial Sacred Gear is a prototype as well. We Sitri's aren't mad power house, but we don't have bad abilities either. And with this, Twinkle Aegis, we wont lose! Even Tomoe got a power up as well! We Sitri's aren't going to lose because of this either!"

Kalawarner watched as Tsubasa swung her weapon around and then sent it towards Kalawarner. Kalawarner summoned a spear of light and threw it towards the enemy weapon, but then the weapon for hers changed. From a normal yoyo, a presence of light surrounded the weapon and broke the the spear of Kalawarner's, continuing for the woman's body.

"Kalawarner!"

Elmen pushed the young woman out of the way, as the thing came for her. Just as the yoyo was going to hit, Elmen raised her hand and created a shield...but the shield of magic was broken through and she was hit in her body as a result.

"Elmen! Shit! Bitch, don't do that!"

Kalawarner went to Elmen's side, as she held her side, feeling the wound on her body. It wasn't a joke, Tsubasa truly wasn't playing around ether. The dancing of the yoyo didn't go unnoticed either, and came back down with the fire appearing around it.

"Kalawarner! Move!"

Kalawarner looked up as well on Elmen's eyes going up as well. Seeing it come down, Kalawarner grabbed Elmen and escaped backwards. The yoyo pierced the ground as Tsubasa went forward as well with her fist outstretched.

"Try this!"

With her fist full of her feelings, Tsubasa's fist came towards Kalawarner, but the young woman formed a sword of light and slashed towards her. But the yoyo came back around and formed a shield, blocking the sword from touching her form, and then Tsubasa allowed her fist to continue going on and impaled Kalawarner's torso.

"Gwaaaaaaaah!"

Kalawarner received the hard blow to her form, and was blown away along with several cars in her path. Elmen then placed her hands out in front of her, and formed a few spheres of darkness from the shadows around her.

"Have this!"

Elmen wasn't the strongest, but she wasn't bad either. Her attacks went outwards like a bullet of darkness. Tsubasa turned towards the enemy, and allowed her yoyo to come back. Then the yoyo changed once more, and turned into a giant shield of light, blocking all of the attacks of darkness from Elmen's powers.

Elmen tightened her eyes upon Tsubasa.

"It seems that with your Rook trait, and your shield of light, along with the fire that burned me, you have an Artificial Sacred Gear that can change into different properties, yet maintains a yoyo like form. To change its power...I can only guess Azazel-sensei designed it that way, or like his own Artificial Sacred Gear, there's a creature sealed inside of your Sacred Gear. Even through artificial means, it seems you're quite the opponent with that. That's rather impressive."

Elmen noted, Tsubasa nodded her head.

"You're quite smart. Yes, that's exactly it. I wont hide what I have done and I am sorry, but I am going to have top defeat you. My Master also wishes for it. Truthfully, I'd like to fight your King, Hyoudou Makoto, as I've heard that he's good at fist fighting. But, I don't mind fighting you girls either."

Elmen cocked her head, and then formed a magical circle within her hand.

"Have this!"

From the magical circle, a blast of fire came out towards her. The young girl tilted her head, and released her Sacred Gear in the form of a yoyo, and cut through the fire, sending it towards Elmen's body.

Elmen moved away from the attack, just as Kalawarner had recovered, and the had thrown a spear of light towards the young girl. Tsubasa gasped, seeing how they used Elmen as the distraction and it was too late to bring back her yoyo as well.

She didn't have a choice.

"Reverse!"

The instant she had the spear touch her hand, she called out a reverse which did something to the light. Something that no one had expected at all.

Even though the aura of exploding still happened, Kalawarner saw that the spear of light had turned into a spear of demonic energy somehow, and because of that, even though she was hit with the exploding power, she didn't receive the light damage, and only came out with a few burns on her body.

"What kind of power…? That's not a normal magic I've ever heard of."

Tsubasa smiled towards Elmen.

"Well, even if it isn't, it doesn't mean it is unique, does it? We didn't just have these Gears gifted to us, we've been training and coming up with a different plan of attack as well. You guys are amazing, so we'll have to be equally as amazing!"

Tsubasa didn't hold back, and she rushed Kalawarner. Seeing Kalawarner has a more destructive enemy, she came at her with punches and kicks. The punches and kicks were quite fast for a Rook, but Kalawarner had trained, and could react to them, summoning her Sacred Gear, and formed swords of light, slashing for the young woman.

"I've trained for Master, I wont lose to the likes of you!"

Kalawarner made different shapes of slashing techniques. As the sword near her, Tsubasa called "Reverse!" once more, and the sword turned from light to demonic, and she flicked it to the side, causing it to explode away from her body.

But the other sword came towards her, and went to pierce her shoulder…

"Twinkle Aegis! Shield! Protect me!"

But the young woman used her Sacred Gear to turn it into a close coming yoyo which formed a shield of light for defence, blocking off the sword and made it explode.

"You fucking bitch! Seriously, you're beginning to piss me off right now! I wont have it from you anymore!"

Kalawarner was pissed off, seeing the shield of light didn't have a dent on it, but then Elmen clapped her hands together, and formed a blast of darkness. Because she was blocking the attack, and if she reversed the darkness, it would only turn to light, she crossed her arms over her body and took the attack, which blew her backwards.

"Kalawarner! She can't take us both at the same time! We have to work together!"

Kalawarner looked towards the enemy, and saw how it worked. They did work together, and it did manage to stop the young woman and blew her away. They knew they would have to finish it quickly so Kalawarner consented.

"Fine, I know already, we'll deal with this shit, and then get it over with!"

Kalawarner formed a sword, and went to move, but Tsubasa changed the properties of the yoyo, and turned it into a flaming circle. Kalawarner reacted too late, and hit the young girl in the centre of her body, making her widen her eyes with the flames coming off the yoyo blowing her backwards, and hit her body into a car.

"I'll stop you!"

Elmen could see how dangerous the enemy was, so she placed her hands on the ground and stretched her shadow.

The shadows beneath Tsubasa became like hands, and wrapped around the young woman's legs.

"W-What?!"

"Heh, I'm a Vampire, remember?"

As she said that, Kalawarner got up from the ground, and summoned a few spears of light. They all held her aura in them, so they weren't something you'd mess with, as they would explode if something touched them.

Tsubasa ground her teeth as Kalawarner flicked her wrists, and sent the spears of light towards the enemy. Tsubasa made a shield appear, and the spears hit it one by one in a concussive force. The spears made more explosions by the second and soon became a cacoon of exploding energy around the shield, and cracks appeared. The cracks got bigger with the more spears thrown at the barrier.

Kalawarner saw that and grinned.

"Have this!"

She made an extra large spear with her Sacred Gear added, and threw it at the barrier. The spear pierced the barrier, and exploded it, causing it to shatter. Tsubasa became more surprised by the attack, only for Kalawarner to be right on her, and sent a spear for her upper body.

Tsubasa jumped to the side, only for Elmen to control a few darkness blasts, landing in the centre of Tsubasa's body and hit her away from the affected area. Tsubasa spat out some blood with the attack that she received from the attack, blowing her through a concrete pillar, and hit her body on the ground.

She winced in pain, as Kalawarner smirked, panting slightly.

"Did that take a lot out of you Kalawarner?"

Elmen walked closer, and the young Fallen Angel inclined her head.

"Bitches shield was tougher than I thought. Added with the Rook's power, it seems to be quite the sturdy defence."

Elmen nodded.

"Yes, that's why we have to fight together, and defeat this enemy quickly."

"Easier said than done."

Kalawarner and Elmen then rushed the enemy, and got into a fight with her, putting pressure on her, and forcing her hands.


While that happened, Irina and Tomoe were duelling with one another. Tomoe held a sword that looked like a mixture of light and darkness, and Irina knew that it had high attack powers, since it was crushing through her light swords easily.

Their swords clashed violently, and sparks went off between their weapons. Because of the destructive powers of the young girls sword, Irina was having a hard time in dealing with the opponents weapon.

She knew she'd have to come up with something, but she didn't know what she would have to do to get them to do something. To get through the sword, Irina would have to use some new tricks, but when she was going to release them, she didn't know at all.

"My, you're very good~"

Tomoe complimented, swinging with the sword skills of a professional.

Irina responded by avoiding the slash and brought up her light sword, making a stab for the young girls body. But Tomoe raised her blade, and brushed the light sword to the side, and twirled around with her blade, then released a devastating blast from close range.

"Iyaaaaaaaa!"

Irina was forced backwards because of the high destructive power. She landed on the ground, and looked at the wounds on her body. She grimaced at the feeling of the sword devastating her body like it was.

"Hehehehe, it seems like you've got a good swordsmanship, but with this sword, I wont lose! Azazel-sensei said that it was because of my compatibility of this blade, and how it shows its strong form, I wont be able to lose to anything or anyone either!"

Tomoe made a stance with her blade, and took off towards Irina.

Irina got off the ground and changed tactics. She made a spear of light and demonic power in both hands, shooting them off towards Tomoe in bursts. Tomoe raised her dark and light katana, and cut through each of the attacks going for her body, surprising that of Irina.

Irina leapt backwards to avoid a slash of Tomoe as she crossed the distance, forming a sword of light from her hand, and charged for the young girl.

"Have this!"

Irina's blade clashed with Tomoe's own blade, causing Irina and Tomoe to glare at one another.

"I wont let you touch Ma-chan you weird Shotacon!"

Irina strongly stated, showing her strong resolve.

Tomoe pouted her lips.

"Mouuu, just a little look~ I just want to know what it is like to hold onto a cute younger boy! They need to be protected, and taken care of! I have to make sure that all of my love is received and shown towards the younger boys!"

Irina backed away as Tomoe's sword gained a dark and light aura. She allowed the aura to extend outwards, and then she swept forward. Irina crossed the blade she had over her body and the pairs weapons clashed together once more, but the attack broke through Irina's sword, and forced her down onto the ground.

Tomoe didn't stop though and she jumped upwards with her blade, stabbing downwards.

"No!"

Irina pushed off to the side, avoiding the stab, and then jumped away as Tomoe slashed towards her body. Tomoe was right on her form however, slashing right at her again and again. Irina felt her body being pushed backwards, and didn't know what she was going to do…

But then she thought of Makoto, and how hard he would be fighting and didn't give up either, she wasn't going to allow Tomoe to get the better of her, and the rest, she wouldn't allow it to happen, no matter what.

She stood tall, and held out her hand with a light sword being formed.

"This is for Ma-chan! Hyaaaaaaa!"

Irina dashed forward, and allowed her blade to sail through the air. The young woman responded with a quick slash as well. Her sword cleaved through the enemies weapon, and Irina's body almost cut through her body, but Irina summoned demonic power to her side, and launched an attack from close range, blasting her and forced her backwards.

"D-Damn that hurt..."

Tomoe looked at the wound on her body, and how high of a grade Irina's demonic power was. Since she couldn't summon her light with her other hand, she could only give off a demonic wave from close range.

Tomoe then stood up, and looked towards Irina, who did the same thing. The warriors spirit was within their forms, and their eyes displayed their willingness to fight no matter what. Irina raised a blade of light, while Tomoe raised her katana tight into the sky.

""Lets do this!""

The pair shouted with vigour, and didn't stop either, showing how tough and strong they were through their techniques and skills.


Meanwhile, Millicas was facing off against Tsubaki. She held her naginata in front of her, and spun it around. Her different coloured eyes landed upon the red headed young girl, who held the POD in her fingertips.

She knew Millicas was powerful.

More so than she was.

She had to be careful, no matter what she was going to do.

She raised her weapon, and spun it around happily.

"Then, let us begin!"

Tsubaki rushed towards Millicas immediately, so the young girl pointed her fingers towards Tsubaki and shot off a bullet of POD towards her.

Tsubaki dodged to the left, but Millicas, manipulated the POD and turned it to follow tsubkai.

"Y-You can control the direction!?"

Tsubaki was surprised as the power hit a part of Tsubaki's torso, blowing off her clothing and left a remarkable mark on her body. Tsubaki placed a hand on her wound, and spun her naginata once more towards the young girl.

"Shinra-senpai, don't worry so much about it."

Millicas took off running. Unexpectedly, she was faster than Tsubaki thought she would be, and she shot off a few bullets towards her with her POD. Tsubaki had no choice but to dodge the attacks the best that she could, but it was quite difficult for her to do so, she was completely on the defensive.

"Haaaah!"

Tsubaki rushed towards her, and finally got close after making a few feints. She went to slash towards Millicas, only to see Millicas raise her hands, and formed a barrier. But it wasn't a protective barrier. It was a barrier of POD, she had shaped her POD into a wall, and as soon as the tip of her blade touched the POD wall, it disappeared without a trace.

"Have this!"

Millicas slammed her hand on POD and it spiked outwards. Tsubaki leapt backwards, but the POD spikes cut through some of Tsubaki's flesh, and the destructive aspect of the power Millicas wielded, caused the bespectacled girl to receive quite harsh wounds on her body.

She put some distance between them, and looked at her body, seeing the wounds on her bleeding. Millicas wasn't an enemy to trifle with. Definitely, she wielded the power that could be said to be at least very High Class, if not Ultimate Class on her own and if she took a direct attack, then she would be doomed, she just knew that she would be.

"Shinra-senpai, you're running away, why?"

Millicas walked closer, with her POD surrounding her fingertips.

Tsubaki grimaced, looking at her wounds. If this had been outside of the games, then maybe even she would have been erased. She was sure Millicas wasn't using full power either. This girl was Makoto's trump card, no doubt about it.

She was his most powerful piece, and she couldn't allow him to have such a girl on his team, she would have to do something about her.

"...You've managed to shape your POD. I've heard not even Rias Gremory can do that. In many ways, you're worse than she is in the fact that you're more powerful. I'll have a very hard time defeating you, but I'm not out just yet!"

Tsubaki took on a resolve, and gathered demonic power. With a flick of her wrist, she sent forward a sizeable blast of demonic power enhanced by the Bishop power. Millicas waved her fingers forward, and collided with the POD itself, erasing Tsubaki's demonic power all together, and continued for Tsubaki.

Tsubaki dodged to the side, only to see Millicas enclosing around her, putting pressure on her body, and shot bullets forward like they were shotguns. Tsubaki ground her teeth, and moved as fast as she could, to avoid all of the attacks.

But some were fast, and Millicas changed their direction, and made them converge on the young woman. When Millicas thought that she had gotten her, the masks floated down from above and got in the way.

"What are..."

Millicas watched as her attacks blew away the enemies masks. With each hit, a piece of the mask was blown away and turned to nothingness. However, Tsubaki used this chance, and ran around the POD's attacks, and swung what remained of her naginata at close range for the young loli girl.

Millicas turned to see the naginata coming for her body, so she jumped backwards, and put her hand outwards, allowing her POD to be shot out, which collided with Tsubaki's leg, causing her to cry out as blood shot out.

"Aaaaah!"

Tsubaki's cries caught the attention of Millicas, who then forced her hand upwards, and formed a sphere of POD, and threw it towards Tsubaki, hoping to take the young woman out. But, more masks came in the way and received the blow of the power, breaking them down with her powers alone, crumbling them to nothingness.

Tsubaki placed a hand on her leg, and grimaced at the feeling.

Millicas was truly powerful, and if she could unleash her full power without destroying the area, then she knew that she would be able to win against her easily, even then that didn't mean anything good was going to come of it.

[One of Makoto-sama's Bishop's, retired.]

Immediately, upon the announcement, Millicas and the others knew what that meant, while Tsubaki held a smirk for Millicas herself.

"It seems like our plan is a success, and your healer has been taken care of. Dealing with a Phenex is next to impossible as we don't hold the power of God's within us. However, from our unique understanding, Hyoudou-kun holds a lot of protective affections for Asia Argento-san, and if she is taken out, then that means he'll lose his fighting spirit. So, this match shall soon be over."

Millicas just looked on towards the young girl, and chuckled softly, confusing her.

"Makoto-san is going to lose his fighting spirit, is that how you're seeing it?"

"That's how it is, he's going to lose his spirit to fight, and that means-"

[One of Sona-sama's Pawn's, retired.]

Tsubaki grimaced at that announcement.

"Seems like we're one for one now."

Tsubaki furrowed her eyebrows.

"Indeed, we surely are one for one. But our one is okay, because we've got plans for you yet, Millicas Gremory. Since you're the target to beat, why don't we go through that right now!"

Tsubaki activated a few magical circles, and sent all of her attacks towards Millicas. Though Tsubaki wasn't one for magic, in this time, she would do so and sent them out in a burst.

Millicas replied with her powers springing forth, and allowed it to dance around her. The power converged into a single place that was within her palm, forming a deadly sphere of it, which grew, and grew into a giant sphere that was easily the height of Millicas, and then she shot it forward.

"Have that!"

The demonic power of Millicas easily crushed the likes of Tsubaki's powers…

But then Tsubaki smirked.

"You fell for it. Mirror Alice!"

Millicas looked on towards the enemy, and saw a large oriental mirror appear. Millicas went to stop her attack, not sure what the mirror did. But, the power hit the mirror, and caused it to shatter, and from that, an attack was sent right back. But unlike before, Millicas' power that was shot back, was twice the power that she had shot out.

"No!"

Millicas raised some barriers, but the attack crushed through her barriers easily.

Kalawarner looked towards her, and saw the power, and knew one thing.

"Damn it!"

Kalawarner flew towards her, and got between them.

BASHIIIIIIIIN!

"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh!"

"Kalawarner-san!"

"H-Hey Kalawarner!"

Kalawarner received the brunt of the attack, and blood erupted from all over her body. Because it was Millicas' kind of power the young woman was retired immediately, and the announcement came as a shocking surprise.

[One of Makoto-sama's Pawns, retired.]

It was a hard announcement, Millicas' body was shaking with rage.

Kalawarner sacrificed herself, so Millicas could stay in the game.

Sona's tactic worked, she saw through how they would fight. She might not have seen Kalawarner taking the attack, but she saw through Millicas Gremory firing such a shot towards her, and that ended up bad for the young woman.

And then she heard a screeching sound behind her to see Irina being flung towards her, and Elmen dodged an attack that was being sent towards her, and they regrouped together. Seeing that, Millicas grimaced, and looked at Tsubaki who was smirking.

"When this mirror is destroyed, the impact on it is doubled and returned to the opponent. I am a counter-user. Millicas Gremory, it was a mistake to send your full power towards me. Though taking out Kalawarner-san wasn't our objective, it was you, Millicas Gremory. So, now, you've got nowhere to go, you're stuck with us."

Millicas, Irina, and Elmen were being pressured by the announcement that was going on. Tsubaki, Tomoe, and Tsubasa were all there, ready to face them all. And they knew they couldn't lose, no matter what else happened.


Sona, with Reya beside her, looked on through the masks of her Artificial Sacred Gear, and then looked towards Reya herself. Her eyes set on Makoto himself, who fought Saji with great vigour, rubbed her eyebrows.

"It seems, the deciding bout will soon begin, Hyoudou Makoto-kun. I'm sorry, but even if you're Onee-sama's servant, her Queen, I am going to have to end you with a finishing blow. You're too smart to fall for normal tactics. However, this shall be a tactic that you'll never see coming."

Sona embraced the feelings of herself, and how much her thoughts mattered.

How much her mind was going to prevail. Even if it is was an underhanded method, she couldn't back down now, she was going to come out on top, no matter what else happened, for this is what she wanted to happen.

Sona, was serious.


End chapter!

So, we got the first half of the battle! We got Makoto vs Saji, Koneko vs Ruruko, Irina vs Tomoe, Millicas vs Tsubaki, and Kalawarner and Elmen vs Tsubasa with their results going strong. Sona's got something planned, but so does Makoto as well. How will it turn out? Who's going to win? Lets find out next time when the conclusion of the match happens, along with a surprise from Makoto to one of the girls as well~

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.