"Sirzech, you will pay for what you has done!" Ajuka's form is embraced by his powers, a green aura surrounded him. His face lowered, chin against his chest while slick, wet green hair obscured his eyes that glowed eerily in the shadows. "Entering my lair, removing my knowledge about what I have discovered to improve the Evil Pieces … however, you destroyed my life's work! Stole the Evil Pieces and blemished my trust!" A pair of large, leather bat wings appeared on the Beelzebub's back, stretching out to both sides of his body while in his open palm an orb of green magic appeared that with rapid speed rushed towards them and connected … all his demonic magic froze inside him, and all Sirzech could do is look at his best friend. "However, there is a way to see if the Sirzech that visited me was really you."
"W..what?!" Exclaimed the crimson satan, and for a moment Sirzech doubted his hearing. 'Why do Ajuka say that I had visited him before, and from the state of the castle and from his reaction it was not long time go that he was visited by ...me?! That is so confusing … stop! There are more important matters than discussing with myself about what I have done... no, my doppelganger. Ajuka just told us that he had improved the Evil Pieces, however, they were stolen by the doppelganger and those pieces probably should have ended in my sister's hands.' Eyes widened when they followed Ajuka's movement, closing the distance between them and Sirzech knew that his friend would use that to see if the person in front of him is truly his dear friend, if not … well, let not take that path. "No! Wait...buddy! Can we not do this in another way to prove who I am?"
"I have no choose … for if this does not prove of who you're then you can say farewell to this life." Sirzech tried to break with his own demonic powers to override that of Ajuka, only for his best friend to use his increase of powers against him with Kankara Formula. "Prepare yourself Sirzech or should I call you doppelganger?"
In Sirzech's arms, Rias could only watch one of the strongest satan close the distance between them in an eerie, horror fashion way. The dark-green aura intensified and the outstretched fingers of the Beelzebub satan closed into her brother's forehead. "Nii-san … Noooooo!"
A bright flash erupted in Sirzech's mind when the index finger and middle finger of Ajuka touched his forehead. Flashes of images played itself one after another in rapid succession, all images of him and his wife copulating until at the end the figure of Ajuka briefly appeared behind the clouded window. In his mind, Sirzech screamed out in shame and embarrassment that not only echoed inside but rushed out of his lungs through his throat and to the world to hear. After a long full sixty seconds, Ajuka released him, stepping back and grinned down at his friend. "It seems you're truly my friend, Sirzech." Spoke the green Satan in a passive voice. "My apologies to watch these personal thoughts, but I want you to remind you that in a time of need, any Satan needs to show their most embarrassing moment."
"That was just an excuse to see my glorious moments … AND WHAT DID YOU THERE WHEN I WAS BUSY WITH MY WIFE!" Sirzech cried out in anger, and the power of destruction whirled around him and his sister. "I saw you there in my memories, EXPLAIN!"
"I've never done that my friend," Ajuka said ashamed. "However I believe that this doppelganger somehow confused your mind and implanted these thoughts, knowing that I would somehow see your memories and tried to set us up against one another." Theorized the green satan, pouring all his believe in this knowledge in his eyes and swung them towards Sirzech. "I have no reasons to lie to you, my friend."
Sirzech sulked for a short moment before steeling himself. Wings spreading out of his back and with still his sister in his arms, the satan class devil took air. "We'll speak later about what you has seen, for now, we must find out who or what the intruder is and why he undertake these actions."
A thoughtful expression marred Ajuka's face, his thumb caressing his chin. "From what I deduct, your doppelganger is a master in illusions and magic. He can easily pass for anyone and there must be a reason why the doppelganger walks around like you, and he is not alone."
"Not alone, what do you mean?" Questioned Sirzech who felt his stomach turn uncomfortable when an ugly thought roared its head. Feeling shivers running down his spine, the Devil of Destruction turned his eyes to his friend, sending him a silent message that seemed to ask confirmation about what he thought. "This Doppelganger have a partner in crime that looks like my sister! Unforgivable, I don't know why this person chooses us, but there will be hell to be paid when I get my hands around this person's neck!"
"Walk back in line. Me first Sirzech, I will demand my knowledge back and then I kill him for blowing up my lab." Grunt out Ajuka in dismay when his eyes cast a long look at his castle that is clearly in flames. Several black, leather bat wings sprouted out of his back and with one mighty slash towards the floor, Ajuka launched himself into the air towards his destination.
Together, one a Satan with the power of destruction under his control, and the other Satan with his own unique power that is equal to that of his friend … Kankara Formula, a power that has the chance to control others Demonic Powers of his opponents. Alone, they are a match to fight an ArchAngel to a standstill or wipe out entire armies, however when together, they can fight God-Like beings to a standstill. And right now their fury is aimed at the doppelganger that both Satan's suspect is at Sirzech Former home. Rushing through the twilight atmosphere of the Underworld. Wind rushing past their wings, while a young Heiress of the Gremory House could only protect her eyes from the harsh wind by covering them with her hands.
"Nii-sama – where are we going?" Rias asked with her adorable voice, causing her older brother to lessen his terrifying mask to slip away for a short moment. She tilted her head slightly up and her eyes for the first time witnessed the tiredness from him. "Nii-sama?"
Sirzech let out a tired sigh, relaxing his facial muscles and tried to send his sister a reassuring smile. The appendages that are wrapped around his little sister tightened slightly, and at first glance, that gesture would seem as if Sirzech tried to assure her for safety while in truth is that the Red Satan tried to ignore the growing feeling that is all too familiar to him. Feelings of insecurity and trouble awaited him in the near future … this is equally troublesome to a mountain of paperwork!
"Let your honorable brother do his thing, Rias-chan, he is currently trying to come up with a plan to capture the intruders without damaging your Ancestral Mansion." The voice of Ajuka came from her left, Rias eyes turned to the Green haired Satan who just like her brother held a serious mask on his face.
"Capturing, why?" Questioned the smaller Devil.
"From what I understand, this doppelganger chose Sirzech's form with a reason. Another reason is that this person does not operate alone and have an accomplice that masquerade like you. And our last reason at why we need them alive, why did they steal a full set of Devil Evil Pieces?" Ajuka told the younger Devil, his eyes firmly locked at the Gremory Mansion that grew with each push of their wings. "And Rias-chan, I want you to look for Grayfia and stay with her. I believe that these intruders are very dangerous and it will be safer for you to stay with her. Understood?"
Rias moved her head up and down rapidly, showing that she understood his command. Her eyes wide at the strong aura that her brother's best friend radiated, and she knew that the intruder would gain a heavy slap upside the head. "Can I have my pieces when you and my brother are done with them?" She asked the Green Satan before a frown appeared on her cute face when she sees Ajuka slap his head. "Hahaha... silly..."
"Sirzech! Why did we overlook to use portals to cut down the time to arrive in your parent's mansion?" Exclaimed Ajuka before a green circle with the Beelzebub crest appeared in midair under his feet. The light engulfed him before his form vanished. Rias suddenly tilted her head to cast a glance at her brother when Sirzech let out a low groan out of his throat and a second later the familiar crest of the Pillar House of Lucifer appeared under the pair.
Gremory Mansion, Shirone cell...
Kuroka's sensei waved his hand, a black orb appeared a few inches in front of the group while his free hand formed a Tiger seal that weaved an illusion around Kuroka and Shirone. Face muscles relaxed, Naruto watched how the Orb of Destruction surged through the narrow path of the dungeon towards them. Crystal blue eyes with a white flower pattern narrowed a bit, studying his enemies' attack. The Orb of Destruction clashed against his Truth-Seeking Orb that has conjured itself by his will into a black, concrete wall. His own Orb of Destruction shredded that of the Satan, tearing the Orb slowly, layer by layer like a monkey peels away the skin of his banana. The result was an explosion that would have been equal to the Human's Atomic bomb – and dust blew off from the ceiling, walls, and floor. Obscuring the Satans view.
"Aw! Is this the way how you greet guests – Satan Class Sirzech Lucifer?" The Doppelganger voice ran through the curtain of dust like a knife through butter. "Assaulting an unarmed young man, but Devils are like that, aren't they?" His voice adopted a mocking tone, yet it felt cold and brought shivers down the Satans spines. "They are nothing more than Fermin. Congratulations, you do you title justice – Satan Lucifer, worst of the trash! Judging an innocent young girl that has nothing to do with the crimes of your own kind!"
Four pairs of eyes grew in size into dinner plates. The accusations that her sensei somehow knows that there are other in the known about her innocent. Of course, she has told her sensei, but that those on the top … someone she thought that could be trusted with the protection of her sister... "You knew?! You knew that I was innocent! Promising me to clear my name while keeping my sister safe, Nyaa!" Suddenly it dawned on her that this whole thing was orchestrated by the Satans. "Nyaaa! Now I see! Devils, you wanted my Shirone for your Monster of a sister … Using my own sister like some toy, yet you knew that could not happen while my former scum of a Master was alive..."
"She knows your plans now Sirzech. That Stray cat is too dangerous to let her roam free, and that accomplices of her certainly is dangerous. I would never have thought that she would have the magic to use illusions to this high level, but her emotions were her downfall. Her love for her sister gave out her identity, now if only the Doppelganger let his illusion drop..." The Green Satan, Ajuka Beelzebub hissed in a quiet voice to his friend. Only to cut off his own words when an oppressive power saturated the dungeon, and his eyes quickly shifted towards the Doppelganger who has launched an Orb of Destruction towards them, "Sirzech, Defensive shield, NOW!"
Hearing the warning of his friend rang loud and clear in his ears, Sirzech summoned quickly a shield that is made by his Power of Destruction. For a moment the two Satans let out a breath of relief, and a red-haired one's lips curled up in an arrogant smirk. "Tsk... that man feels very confident by mocking me by using a weak replicate of my Devil's Magic." Spat Sirzech out in disgust and hate, now knowing that someone could duplicate his powers. "Let's overpower him, followed by capturing him and pressure this Doppelganger to serve us," Sirzech whispered to his friend, his darker Devil sides took over … Sirzech the Devil of Greed. "Because I let no one run free with such power..." The Red Satan's smirk fell from his face when in front of them the shield showed some strains. Cracks appeared at the center that slowly spread out more across the surface of his shield. "Impossible...!"
"Keep your concentrating – Sirzech!" Ajuka roared, stepping in with his hands pushed forward. Wisps of Devil's Magic whirled around his open palm, using Kanara Formula to strengthen his friend's Power of Destruction shield. In front of their eyes, Sirzech's shield slowly, but surely restored when the cracks mended together until only one black smooth surface is left. "How are you keeping this up, my friend?" Shouted the Satan class Devil over the wind that was forming from the collision of those two equal powered attacks. His sleek green hair moved to all sides, while his Devil's Magic increased when new cracks appeared in the shield. "Nevermind, we need to find a way to take them out. If we doubl—"
"No! We can't increase our strength with my parents, sister and all the servants still in the building." Retorted Sirzech with a strained voice. Large pearls of sweat trailed down the side of his head, sliding towards his chin and fell on the floor. "I'll need you to evacuate the Mansion … and send my wife to me. Together we can stall them before you return ...ugh Aaah!" Cried out the Crimson Satan when a burst of power slammed into his shield, causing him to sink to his knees. With restrained strength, Sirzech lifted his head a bit up and glanced at his friends. "Go! Go now while I still have the strength to keep him occupied."
Narrowing his eyes, Ajuka could only grit his teeth firmly on one another while clenching his hands into fists. In his eyes, several emotions ran through them that revealed that he feared for the loss of his friend, worried about what could happen when doing the evacuations and pride that Sirzech put so much trust into him. "Alright Sirzech, I will warn the others to evacuate and send Grayfia to you. Hang on, and show that idiot why you don't mess with two Maou of the Underworld."
"So that is your decision. Dying alone … here under your ancestral home?" Sirzech heard while a new replicate of the Orb of Destruction flew into his shields. The power behind that collision sends the Crimson Satan several feet back that left a trail behind of where he had planted his feet firmly on the floor. "A fitting end for you. After all, you wanted to end an innocent girl's life here in this very dungeon or did you want to make a show out of the whole thing?" Another blast of the Doppelganger sends him a few feet further away from the Nekoshou's prison cell while his shield showed that it caught some more damage.
"I'll get you Bastard! You cannot be stronger than me, nor can you defeat a Maou! We're the ultimate being … even God feared us!" Sirzech's loud voice bounced from the walls of the dungeon. Eyes flared with Unholy Devil's Magic that started to grow in volume which caused cracks to appear on the walls. Starting to push more magic into his shield that started to grow in thickness and strength while Sirzech himself pushed himself forward. "I cannot be defeated by a damn co..."
"I cannot be defeated by a damn copy-cat, you said." Flowed the sentence at the same time out of his opponent's lips. Slowly rising his hand, index finger extended forward just like his opponent and a pitch black orb started to grow at the tip. "What about this," on the Doppelganger face, his eyes shone with amusement when spoke the words. "Hakai Bimukyanon!" Droned the Doppelganger at the same time when Sirzech spoke the chant, a black beam shot from his fingertips and straight towards his opponent. The two attacks collided with one another that has devastated consequences.
'How did he know my own created technique?' Ran the question through Sirzech's mind before the two attacks gave birth to a dark, destructive sphere that quickly grew into size, pushing the walls apart and Sirzech further away from the Nekoshou prison cell. The ceiling caved in and large brick of stone fell with thundering sound on the floor. Dust rose up in the air that obscured their view, which the Satan found annoying and send an Orb of Destruction through the curtain of dust that blew up Shirone's prison cell.
Coughing, Sirzech pushed himself in a seated position while blinking away the dust from his eyes. Slowly the Satan climbed back on his feet and moved forward. His magic whirled around his hand, ready to be used if his opponent is not defeated. "Sirzech! Are you alright my love?!" The Crimson Satan turned around to meet the person who has called out to him. For a moment, Sirzech relaxed and send her a confirming nod that there is nothing wrong with him before his attention turned back to the Prison Cell. "Ajuka suddenly appeared and told me to come to you soon. He said something about a Doppelganger."
"You are right, Grayfia, I fought a Doppelganger. Someone who has the same Devil Magical ability like me and that is very dangerous for our people." Sirzech told her while entering the Prison Cell of the Nekoshou. The Satan's eyes grew in size when he noticed that there is no one in the room. Suddenly the sound of the door moving and slamming shut that finished with a loud clang of the locket. Whirling around, Sirzech noticed that it now is him that is locked behind bars. Lunging himself at the bars and his fingers wrapped around the bars. "Grayfia! Why am I locked in this cell?" Demanded the Satan while sending his wife a glare.
"Fufufu... this your punish—" Grayfia sentence is cut off when ice gathered around her and froze her in place. Behind the first Grayfia, an exact duplicate of Sirzech's wife appeared in the dungeon and glared at the one that is frozen. Sirzech seeing the cold light shine in his wife's eyes could only shiver at the punishment that she will give out to him.
"That Doppelganger is right, you will be punished … husband." Said his wife, her magic embraced the cell door that froze at contact. "It is time you take your station serious, and not handle this like one of your games. Now follow me and get back to work." Grayfia finished her sentence with a flick of her finger at the ice structures. The Ice Tomb shattered and to the Devil's annoyance … the Duplicate of Grayfia vanished in a puff of smoke. "On second thought, I'll let you sit here for a while." Her lips curled up in a smile while the crimson devil circle of the Pillar House of Gremory lighted up from under her feet.
A few moments before Grayfia showed up and the Crimson Satan shooting his Orb of Destruction at Kuroka's sensei, Kuroka herself and her sister, the first mentioned just finished his illusion that hid the group under a Genjutsu. '"Kuroka-chan, did you succeed in freeing your sister from her bounds?" The Black Nekoshou glanced up at her sensei, showing that she now held Shirone in her arms. "I think that the time has come for us to leave this depressing foundation. Kamui!" She sees the air around her distort and before Kuroka could understand what happened, Kuroka, Shirone, and her sensei vanished from Shirone's former prison cell. Dark, gray stones were replaced by smooth white walls, portraits adorning the halls.
"Nya, we are back?" Kuroka said, her arms still firmly wrapped around her sister's form. She glanced up at her sensei, a smile firmly plastered on her face. "Thank you, sensei."
"No need to thank me, my cute apprentice. Go, take a shower with your sister before you uses the onsen, ne?" Answered her sensei with a smile. Kuroka could only nod, lifting her sister in her arms up before she left to clean herself and Shirone. She undressed her sister, her eyes lost their sparkle when the clues of malnourished showed up while water fell down of their body. Her gentle fingers moved through her sister short, silky white hair … cleaning them off of that dirt.
"Shirone, I'm sorry that you experienced such horrors. Please, forgive me." Kuroka clutched her sister firmly against her chest, tears ran down her cheeks that mixed together with the water from the shower. She cried louder when she felt her sister return the gesture, and her words. What Shirone said felt as if a heavy pressure was finally lifted from her shoulders.
"I forgive you, Kuroka-nee-san."
