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A True Devil

Chapter 7 – Church Arrivals

Previously on A True Devil

"Fine" Kai whispered as he rubbed his cheek then turned to Sirzech. "After some convincing looks to Layla with a slight glare I will fight Lord Riser for Rias's freedom on Issei Hyoudou's behalf" Kai said as he stepped forward. "Wonderful" Sirzech said clapping his hands. Kai looked to Riser who had wide eyes. 'Oh, looks like he remembers what I did when he visited' Kai thought with a smirk. "Let's get this battle underway then" Sirzech making a magic circle below Kai and Riser sending them to the large courtyard outside which would serve as the battlefield. 'After this Zech and I are going to have a little talk' Kai thought with an evil grin.

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Now

Courtyard

Kai and Riser stood facing one another on the courtyard. "So, how do you want to do this, until one of us dies, surrenders, or gets unconscious?" Kai asked Riser who had gotten over his shock at who his opponent would be. "I think unconscious would work" Riser said seeing Kai release a breath. "That's good, I wouldn't want to ruin this suit" Kai said as he took off his bowtie putting it in his pocket. "Now, I want you to show me everything you've got bird" Kai said as he looked at Riser who was frowning. Raising his hand Riser created a large fireball and threw it at Kai landing head on.

Kai jumped out of the way as smoke began to rise. "Wow, that's some impressive firepower" Kai said as he landed back on the ground. "But you are holding back, I want to see your full power" Kai said as the smoke cleared. "Fine" Riser said as his flaming wings burst out from his back as he took flight hovering in the sky. Creating more fireballs, he threw them at Kai who just jumped around dodging all of them. "Stop dancing around" Riser growled slightly. "Alright" Kai said as he jumped up high so he was above Riser then brought his leg down hitting Riser in the face sending him into one of the walls at the side of the courtyard.

Kai landed back on the ground gracefully looking at the dust from the rubble. "Oi, are you alright their bird?" Kai asked as he took as step forward but quickly jumped back when some more fire was thrown at him. "Fuck" Riser said darkly as he got up from all the rocks. His body was covered in flames healing all his wounds but his clothes were still damaged from the crash. "Oh look at that, so that's the strength of your regenerative abilities" Kai noted as Riser walked towards him.

"Do you have any idea how annoying it is?" Riser asked and Kai could feel the increase in Riser's power. "What crashing into a wall, I wouldn't call it annoying, uncomfortable not really annoying" Kai said as he saw Riser's expression darken more. 'It seems that he's finally serious' Kai thought with a smirk. "Not that, when you call me bird" Riser said as flames started to erupt around him. "Oh the nickname, I just found it fitting" Kai said angering Riser even more. More flames started to gather around Riser making the ground beneath him become charred.

Kai ran forward punching Riser in the face breaking his nose and sending him staggering back. "Son of a BITCH!" Riser roared as he ran at Kai punching him in the stomach with his fist covered in flames. As it collided Kai quickly jumped backwards landing on the ground which was charred form Riser. "Ouch" Kai muttered as he rubbed his stomach where he had been hit. Riser turned around glaring at Kai who just looked with the bored expression.

The flames around Riser started to gather and form a shape. 'What is he doing?' Kai thought as he watched the flames form a giant bird behind Riser. "Now I'll show you the true power of a phoenix" Riser said as he raised his hand and the flaming bird went charging at Kai. 'I can't dodge that' Kai thought as he groaned internally. 'Best use some of my power then' Kai thought as he raised his hand. When he swung down a huge gust of wind like a large wave was went flying towards the bird extinguishing the flames and sending Riser tumbling backwards.

"What was that?" Riser asked as he stood up looking at Kai. Kai vanished from view reappearing in front of Riser sending his fist upwards hitting Riser in the chin making him lift of the ground slightly. Sending a kick to Riser's head he was pushed back to the centre of the courtyard. Flames covered his body again healing his wounds. 'That ability of his is a problem' Kai thought when he noticed something from the corner of his eyes. 'Is that?' Kai thought looking up in the sky. Turning back to Riser then back up again Kai smirked. Taking a few step backwards Kai raised his hands. "Now for my attack" he said as he lowered his hands.

CRASH. Something landed hard at the exact location where Riser was standing. "Now that is one way to make an entrance if I do say so myself" Kai said as the dust cleared. When it finally did everyone was greeted with the scene of Issei in his Balance Breaker on top of Riser who was now unconscious. "Agh, I feel like I hit a truck" the groaning came from Issei as he Balance Breaker vanished leaving him normal again. He was covered in cuts with bruises all over. "Nope you hit a bird" Kai said pointing at the ground. Issei opened his eyes to look below him. "Oh what the fuck" Issei grumbled as he moved away while crawling.

"DDRAIG!" all the attention now turned to the source of the noise. Tiamat was now in her dragon form flying above when she looked down and noticed Issei. "DID YOU THINK YOU RUN AWAY FROM ME?!" she yelled as she flew downwards. "NOT AGAIN!" Issei cried trying to move but feel to the ground. Kai looked at this and smiled. 'Well I think Issei has done a lot tonight' Kai thought as he stepped in front of Issei who was on the ground with his eyes closed.

"I think that is enough Tiamat" Kai said and the dragon stopped flying instead she landed on the ground still in her dragon form. Tiamat was silent for a few minutes. "Can I hit him one more time at least" she finally said. Kai looked at her then back to Issei who was shivering looking up at Kai with pleading eyes. "Alright" Kai said as he walked away with a smirk. "WHAT!" Issei yelled to Kai's back when he looked up. "AAAHHH!" Issei cried as a Tiamat's large foot connected with Issei crushing him in the ground along with Riser who was still unconscious.

"Alright, I'm done" Tiamat said as she changed back into her human form, her clothes didn't look like she had been in a fight, there were perfectly clean along with her hair and makeup. 'I'll never understand how they do that' Kai thought as he looked down at Issei. "He's still alive right" Kai asked Tiamat who just nodded. "Yes, barely, but still alive" Tiamat said as she walked back to where the other guests were. "OI ZECH CALL THE MATCH ALREADY!" Kai yelled at Sirzech who had been watching with wide eyes. "Oh right, the winner of the fight is Lord Kai" Sirzech said and Kai nodded creating a magic circle below him so he would appear beside Layla.

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"ISSEI!" it was Rias who yelled as she flew down to Issei, still in the wedding dress. Issei lay unconscious on the ground in the large foot imprint beside Riser. "BROTHER!" it was Ravel who said this as she flew down so she was at Riser's side. "Issei can you hear me?" Rias asked panicked as she tried to shake Issei awake. "Rias" Issei's voice came out soft and in immense pain. "Is it over" Issei asked seeing Rias smile. "Yes, it is, can you move?" she asked shifting Issei slightly making him groan. "Come on, let's get you some help" she said creating a magic circle below them so she could take them to a medic.

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Ballroom

"Well I must say I didn't expect that to happen" Sirzech said as she watched Rias leave with Issei and Ravel with Riser. "I didn't either. In a way I think that your plan worked with Issei saving the day, even if it wasn't the way you wanted" Kai said as he stood beside Sirzech. "So he unlocked his Balance Breaker then" Sirzech asked when Erigon decided to speak up. "That was an incomplete one" Erigon said as Tiamat stood beside him. "It's true, that's the only thing that saved him" Tiamat spoke like it was no big deal at what she did.

"Well, when Riser awakens he'll think that I defeated him with an 'attack' instead of being sat on by Issei" Kai said with a laugh along with the others. "So does this mean that the engagement is over?" Kai asked seeing Sirzech nod. "Yes, but I think it all worked out in the end. I suspect that the Vanishing Dragon will make an appearance soon" Sirzech said and Kai chuckled. "Maybe. But right now you and me need to have a discussion about involving me in things I don't like to do" Kai said sweetly watching as Sirzech paled. "Good luck" Grayfia said as she walked away. 'Oh Maou please have mercy' Sirzech thought as a Kai created a magic circle below them sending them to the arena for their 'discussion'.

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"So what should we do now?" Ciel asked since their King had left. "I don't know about you but I'm getting more food" Rei said as he ran off to one of the food tables. "He really is a dog" Becca said looking at her partner for the night chow down. "Everyone is leaving" Ethan said as the group watched all the guests leaved the ballroom since the engagement was cancelled. "We should leave as well then, Lord Kai will be busy 'talking' with Sirzech for a while" Layla said looking around.

"REI WE'RE LEAVING!" it was Mia who yelled this. "WHAT ALREADY, OK GIVE ME A MOMENT!" Rei yelled back. After a few minutes he arrived back with his jacket in his hands acting as a packet as it was filled with food from the table. "Ok, I'm ready" Rei said with a smile. Layla sighed and created a magic circle below the entire peerage. "See you soon Grayfia" Layla said goodbye and the group vanished. Grayfia stood there "I should prepare a doctor for Sirzech when he returns" Grayfia said as she vanished through her own magic circle.

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~ The Next Morning ~

The Household

Kai arrived back at the household late the night before after dropping Sirzech off with Grayfia to have all his injuries seen to since the 'discussion' went well. There was no school for the day since it was a public holiday so that is why Kai was currently at home. "Morning" Kai said as he yawned walking into the dining room where breakfast was already prepared for everyone. After breakfast everyone gathered in the lounge to decide what to do for the day.

Pulse. Everyone reacted at the same time when they sensed the energy. "Exorcists" Kai said. "What would they be doing here" Erigon asked thinking what they could want. "Very odd, there are only two of them. Do you think the other devils have noticed them yet?" Becca asked and Kai shook his head. "No, the only reason we could sense it is because of me, but there's something off about it as well" Kai noted when Ethan spoke up. "I recognise this energy, it's Excalibur, well the fragments" Ethan said surprising Kai.

"You're right" Kai muttered as he sat back down. "But to bring those swords into devil territory, they are either stupid, very brave, or both" Kai said as he sighed. "Mia could you send one of your familiars to watch them, I want to know what they are doing here" Kai asked Mia who nodded. A magic circle appeared on the table and a pixie appeared. "Lily, go watch the exorcists and if anything, happens report back" Mia said to the pixie on the table who nodded flying out the window. "When was the last time we encountered that sword" Kai asked.

"I believe it was about 300 years ago" Ethan said looking down. "Oh yes, I remember I told you to return it back to the church instead of keeping it for yourself" Kai said looking at his Knight. "True, but it's not every day you meet a devil that is able to wield a holy sword" Ethan explained with some pride in his voice. "Yeah, I'll talk to Mikey [A.N. Michael's nickname] about letting you keep one after the conference for the peace meeting, they had to postpone it thanks to Zech" Kai said remembering that the meeting was supposed to be this week but it changed.

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Afternoon

Ring. Ring. Ring. Kai took out his phone looking at the caller ID seeing it was Rias. "What do you want?" Kai asked slightly annoyed since they were in the middle of playing poker.

"Sorry for bothering you, but there some exorcists have arrived in town and tomorrow they would like to meet with me about something" Rias spoke and one could hear the concern in her voice.

"And, you called me because" Kai asked annoyed.

"I would like you to be there, I don't know what they want so I'm not sure it they are a threat" Rias asked making Kai groan.

"Fine I'll be there, but if you want to make sure they don't become a threat then don't say anything stupid, actually make sure Issei doesn't say anything stupid" Kai explained as he hung up the phone before Rias could answer. "I fold" Kai said as he put his card face down. "So tomorrow I'm meeting with the exorcists at the clubroom, Layla you will be joining me and so will you Ethan" Kai said leaning back. "If anything goes wrong I want you to secure the swords" Kai said to Ethan who nodded.

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~ Until the Next Chapter ~

So this chapter was hard to write in the beginning because of the fight with Riser. Since he knew he was outmatched facing Kai so I added a little twist. Issei saves the day in the weirdest way possible. So the holy sword arc is next when Xenovia and Irina come to town, since Kai and his peerage already knew what it is about since Mia had her familiar follow them.

So for the next chapter I want there to be the fight between the devils and exorcists. So the choices are should Kiba fight Xenovia or should he be knocked out before and Ethan fight Xenovia. Who should fight Irina, Issei or Kai. Then about the Excalibur's that they have should Ethan take them away since the two are being reckless or should the exorcists keep them.

Please review and tell me your choices, also any other ideas for the story would be helpful.

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