A/N: Hello guys, wiErD here and I've got another chapter for you.
This features the phase two of the battle in Riser Arc.
Hope ya like it.
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- The Wrath Within -
As the three fled from the battlefield between Akeno and Yubelluna, Natsu and the others continued their route towards Riser's territory as they marched on the sides, avoiding any sort of contact from other enemies. Their mission is to meet up with Kiba if he ever finishes up his task on defending the backdoor of their base. Originally, they planned to take Akeno with them but with their opponent queen being sent out early as possible, they had to go ahead without her.
Stopping for a moment to recollect themselves from the situation, Issei panted for a moment and not before he looked at the pinkette with an extremely curious look on his face after seeing something amazing earlier.
"How the hell are you able to do that?" He asked in question as Natsu turned towards him in confusion.
"What do you mean?"
"I mean that! How did you cancelled the explosion?!" Even Koneko who had been saved by him looked towards him in curiosity.
"I don't know... I just know how to do it..." He replied. To be honest, learning his power somewhat comes naturally to him without breaking a sweat. Although he didn't know why but somehow, he felt like he did like this before some time ago. However, it was impossible to think about it since he didn't do anything like this back when he was still a kid.
On the other hand, his past memories before he even came to the Hyoudou Residence might tell him something about it and he still haven't recovered any bit of memory of it until now. The only thing he could do is to focus on the fight and try to utilize his power to defeat their opponents.
"Even so, that was pretty badass... I mean, you could eat flames? That's just sick!"
"Thanks... I guess." Before he could even continue their conversation, he felt a light tug in his shirt as he glanced around and saw Koneko with a slightly shy face expression towards him before muttering something.
"Thank you..."
"We friends need to watch each other's backs, right? Plus, this battle is far from over... We need to get to Kiba and go all out together to make way for Buchou."
"Yes!" The two nodded in unison.
But as they were about to move out again, an announcement was soon heard from the skies.
"Riser-sama's three pawns have been retired from the battlefield."
"Well that's our cue... Kiba should be making his way towards us soon." Natsu spoke in which the other two nodded in response as they began to move out once again towards their designated location.
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Meanwhile, Rias and Asia waited on the room back at the club as the former continued to think up a strategy to force Riser out of his base. After the whole incident with Natsu, she was thankful that he was able to save Koneko at the nick of time however, this soon adds up more curiosity on the mysterious power he is currently wielding and the thought of other devils watching their fight right now would undoubtedly try to attract more attention than it originally had been.
She predicted of what's to come for exposing Natsu right in front of the high-class devils. They will undoubtedly try to recruit him by any means necessary to exploit his powers afterwards. Even if they were able to win this fight, Natsu will become the center of attention for the other devils and it would create more rivalries from the other pillars towards hers.
She also doesn't know of his brother's intentions once this comes out since he only focused on the arranged marriage between her and Riser. She could only hope that he won't take part on this matter seriously and somehow help them in warding the others from Natsu.
Shaking her thoughts aside for the pinkette, Rias turned her attention back on the battle as the recent announcements of the eliminated opponents came up shortly after Kiba's victory over them.
"It seems like we also need to move..." She muttered into herself as she bit her lip in thought in which Asia responded with a confused look.
"What do you mean?"
"We need to force Riser out of his throne in order to expose him outside in the battlefield and I think I just have the right thing to do it." She closed her eyes for a moment before opening them up again and stood up.
"... We're heading out. I'm relaying this to the others as well."
Lifting her hand close to her right ear, Rias began to communicate with the others as well.
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"Change of plans... I'm about to head off as well to the battlefield." Others took notice of her plans as they all began to reply back.
"Buchou... wouldn't that be exposing yourself right infront of the enemy? If Riser manages to defeat you, it's all over." Issei replied.
"Riser wants me where he wanted me to be... If I let myself cornered, he will come after me which also exposes him... In that way, both kings will be vulnerable to any attacks from the pieces. Plus, I'll have to fight if I wanted to win this fight." She declared.
"... I'll send in all three of you to the base as diversion to lure out all of the other remaining pieces in order for me and Asia to sneak right pass through... Kiba should also come along as well. I need all of my pieces to show up in order for him to take the bait. Is that clear?"
Everyone hesitated for a moment but decided to place their trust on her and agreed on her plan.
"Yes!" With a unified reply to each other, everyone began their move as Natsu, Koneko and Issei ran towards the track and field course. It didn't take long until Kiba reunited with them as he swiftly jumped out from the bushes and readied his sword to fight.
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"Where the hell have you been?" Issei asked.
"Cleaning things up... Just about done in changing my objective since Buchou changed plans..." He replied with a cool accent.
"Well, we're all here... We might as well should begin our mission!" Natsu smiled wide.
"Right behind you." Koneko added with a blank expression.
With the four charging in towards the empty field they all stood on each other as Issei brought out his Boosted Gear once more together with others bringing out their powers.
Punching the ground with sheer force, Natsu roared in the skies as he began to call out the rest of Riser's peerage.
"COME OUT HERE! WE'RE HERE, YOU KNOW! ARE YOU SCARED OF US?!" Shouting out a taunting remark, it didn't take long for the other team to respond as seven girls emerged from the shadows near the building where Riser's base is located. They all wore in different types of outfits varying from delicate formal outfits to their battle suits and maiden outfits. Flame-like wings sprouted widely which serves as their flight, seeing that they all can fly freely granted from the power of the Phenex.
They descended down to the ground in a couple of seconds before facing the other four who readied themselves against them.
"It's about time all of you showed up here... Some of us here can't wait to avenge our fallen comrades." One of the girls spoke with a slightly angered tone as she thrusts her giant sword right before her, causing the ground beneath her to crack. Beside her was also a woman with brown hair donning an armor with swords and daggers strapped right on the side of her waist.
It only made the four to assume that they're the two knights of the Evil Pieces.
"That's what they get for underestimating us." Natsu taunted.
"Then I'll make sure to remind you all that you're foolish enough to face someone like Riser-sama."
There were only a few exchange of words between them as Natsu and the others began to charge towards them in which five of them met up with them on a battle clash. Kiba got himself paired with one of the knights, Koneko faces a pair of cat twins, Issei got himself a rook which he groaned in response due to the poor selection of his opponents lately while Natsu faces the other knight with a large sword.
It all seemed like a fair fight between sides as they all called out their respective magics and began to clash towards each other, bringing in another phase of the match between Rias' peerage and Riser's peerage.
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On some part of the match up, Kiba and the unknown knight began their introductions.
"I'm the Knight that serves Riser-sama, Karlamine... It's pleasing to have another knight to keep me company in this pointless fight." Karlamine unsheathed her sword which soon burst out in flames.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that. I'm Kiba Yuuto, Rias Gremory's Knight... A battle between Knights had been a dream of mine." Kiba responded with the same manner as he took out his dark sword in the process before moving into his battle stance.
"Well said... Rias Gremory's Knight... But I'll be the one who will defeat you!"
And in just like that, she dashed right towards him in fast speeds, leaving small gales from her feet due to the quickness of her moves in which Kiba responded with the same manner as he also dashed right towards her before a loud sound of metals clashing each other boomed throughout the area as sparks flew from all sides with the two knights sword clashing with each other.
They both retreated back after their power struggle and continued for another bout as they brought out a flurry of attack right into each other with each of them perfectly deflecting and parrying each of their own strikes.
Their speeds were so fast that their figures were only seen into momentary silver blurs followed by sparks from the clashes of their swords against each other.
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Issei could only amaze himself as he saw Kiba in action firsthand. Well, he did saw him do his thing back at the extermination mission a few weeks back but for him to do such speeds like this is kinda insane. It looks like there's still some things he needed to improve if he wanted to become stronger like him.
Turning his attention right towards his opponent, Issei boosted his power once more as the green orb glowed once more into his gauntlet, charging up his power for every ten seconds.
His opponent seemed to be different from the others as she wore a black jacket and matching jeans with three leather straps located on both her arms. Her jacket had a wide collar which is slightly open that reveals her large breasts and cleavage and was also cut off at her midriff. She also wore a pair of fighting gloves similar to Koneko to enhance her blows.
Her light brown hair is somehow adorned with three red highlights across and a white mask to cover the right side of her face.
"So my opponent is you, huh." Issei asked in anticipation.
"Allow me to introduce myself... My name is Isabella. I'm a rook that serve under Riser-sama."
"Hyoudou Issei... Rias Gremory's Pawn!" Issei declared before another glow on his gauntlet appeared once more
[Boost!]
"Well then, let's rumble... Rias' Pawn!"
With her hands raised up, she charged towards him with right hook in which he narrowly dodges as he could feel the air blowing away with each of her swings which only made him more cautious due to the force of her punches.
One hit can actually injured him way more than he bargained for. However, her speed is not as good as their knights and his enhanced reflexes that he gained from the training helped him avoid all those heavy blows.
"What's wrong? Can't attack now that you got yourself cornered with your allies... Rushing in front of the battlefield is not advisable even in army strategies."
"Heh, just waiting for the right time to bust up that beautiful face of yours." Issei retorted.
"Words like that can't faze me... I know what a type of man you are... You're a lecherous devil with perverted thoughts towards woman... I'm sorry to say but I'm not all the woman you normally see." She tried to kick him right in the stomach but Issei managed to arc his body enough to avoid the kick before leaping away from her before another boost resounded from his gauntlet.
[Boost!]
"Not yet! I need more power to use boost my attacks in order to defeat her!"
Isabella continued to her onslaught towards him as Issei was left avoiding her attacks due to his gauntlet still not collecting enough boosts to perform his powerful shots. Taking a hit from his stomach, Isabella moved on for an uppercut to his face as Issei flung backwards and immediately recovered in mid-air but not a long while he spurted out some blood from his mouth.
"Hmm… It seems like you're able to withstand yourself from devastating attacks. You're not the same person that Mira used to fight before. Rias Gremory must've train you very well." Isabella remarked.
"Of course… I didn't waste my time in the last few days. The training I had with Kiba and Koneko made me like this. I was glad that I trained with them otherwise, I wouldn't be able to last longer in this fight." Issei replied as another boost resounded from his gauntlet giving him a few more rounds to call out his counterattack.
[Boost!]
"Hmph, let's see about that."
With his enemy continuing her assault on him, Issei could only grit his teeth in frustration as he was left to defend himself in the process while waiting for the gauntlet to power up into its fullest potential.
In the midst of the battle, Rias and Asia silently sneaked through the bush as they successfully made it pass the whole enemy since their attention was solely focused on the other four which gave them enough time to get into Riser's base and will eventually battle him there.
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Natsu finally gets himself prepared as he faced one of the knights of their enemy which specializes speed. Aside from the big sword handled beside her, he could not underestimated his opponents that easily since he took caution to every fight he had during his first days towards the supernatural world. In any case, he'll have to finish up here and try to help Akeno in any way he can.
He had a feeling that she might be in danger if this fight drags on.
"I'm afraid this is where you would only come further... I don't know where you got yourself involved in this but I suggest you refrain from your position and leave." The blue-haired pony-tailed woman spoke.
"Sorry... but I'm far beyond to go back... Might as well carry on and kick that Rice's ass and head home." He replied nonchalantly.
"How dare you to mock our master's name?!" She lifted her giant sword pointed towards him.
"Don't get intimidated by him so easily, Siris... It's one of the fundamentals of the art of war. Making your opponents lose their focus and take advantage of the situation. I've seen all the types and you're not an exception." Another girl appeared from the sidelines in which Natsu took notice.
She was a beautiful young woman with a long blonde hair tied into twintails with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons to keep them in place. She had several bangs lying on the front of her forehead. Her outfit features a light pink dress with white frills and a magenta ribbon bow at the front.
"Who are you? If it's a two versus one battle, I could take you both on together." Natsu flared up in flames but the girl dismissed his claims with a nonchalant look as she walked throughout the sidelines, observing the fight as if she was some referee.
"Oh, don't mind me… I'm not your opponent and I can't fight since my piece doesn't specialize in terms of combat and offensives. My name is Ravel Phenex, a Bishop in my big brother's chess piece." She replied.
"So you're a useless servant then. Wait- What did you just say?!" Natsu conclude but came with a huge shock after hearing something from her. A tick mark appeared on the girl as she looked at the pinkette with an irritated expression.
"I'm not useless… Good Satans, boys are so hard to deal with… In fact, I find it hard to believe that you actually have a pink hair…" She sighed.
"It's my natural hair color… Got a problem with that?"
"No… Just curious… But honestly, Rias Gremory sure do have a weird taste on men… One's a handsome man but also a sword-lover, the other was a pervert and now, a pink-haired human whom she still didn't bind as a servant." She looked at the pinkette from head to toe as if she was examining his very figure.
"Well, it's complicated… And I like it better this way." He gave a small smile as he faced the other two with determination.
"Seems like it… In any case, Siris is going to accompany you… Good luck with that." She sprouted her flame-like wings and soared above them together with the other girl who seemed to be in the same piece as her since she also doesn't fight.
Looking down on his opponent, Natsu began his attack on the sword wielder as she also charged towards him before giving a long wide slash towards him in which he easily dodged as he dived in front before using his hands to keep his balance on the ground before flaring up his feet ablaze and sent it towards her.
"Fire Dragon's Blazing Kick!"
Siris quickly retracted her sword to block the kick towards her which soon made powerful gales around them before the force pushed her away, skidding for a few moments before looking at the pinkette in disbelief at the display of his power.
"What kind of power is that?" She asked.
Without giving her a reply, Natsu lunged in towards her almost instantly, grabbing her face with his right hand before setting it in flames before spinning them.
"Fire Dragon's Wing Attack!" Flames shot out from all places as Siris was thrown aside and crashed into a nearby stall, shocking the two spectators from above at the tide of the battle.
"Siris!"
"Just so you know, I don't like holding back even if you happen to be a girl. Hurting my friends is one thing that I won't let pass if you try to hurt them." Natsu warned as he turned his attention towards the other two with an angered expression.
Before he could even continue, a large sword was sent towards him in blinding speed in which he easily caught which surprised the other two as he looked back towards the dust where Siris had crashed and saw her standing up from that attack earlier.
"And might I remind you that your opponent is me." Siris spoke as she stood defiantly towards him with a determined look in which made the pinkette smile as he threw back the sword towards her before flaring up again.
"I'm all fired up!"
As the fight continued outside, Rias and Asia walked from the entrance, making sure that they're not being followed by anyone at the moment. Asia held on to the crimson-haired devil as they wandered through the empty building until a familiar voice resounded from the stairs which soon caught their attention and turned towards it, only to see Riser standing right in front of them.
"I knew you would be here... My little Rias." Riser spoke.
"I'll end this fight here, Riser... You're completely cornered!" Rias retorted.
"You think you can defeat me with just an intimidation... I guess you should try harder and think for a moment of who's being cornered here." He replied.
"You lost almost half of your pieces... What more can you do against this pitiful situation?" She taunted.
"Heh, like I said, who do you think is cornered here, Rias..." Instantly summoning a flaming ball on his hand, Riser immediately threw the fireball towards them, shocking them in the process as Rias barely got enough time to sprout her wings and shield Asia before flying away as an explosion occurred afterwards, destroying half of the building and left nothing but embers and burned debris around in the vicinity.
Walking his way towards the destroyed area, Riser took a momentary look on their previous position before looking up and saw a hole in the ceiling which only made him chuckle.
"The girl is so persistent."
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On the other hand, Karlamine seemed to have gained the upper hand as her sword manages to destroy Kiba's dark sword, leaving only his sword hilt on his hand.
"My Holy Eraser!"
"Your sword is no match for our flame... You should give up already, Rias Gremory's Knight!"
"Well let's see about that." Without having his composure falter from intimidation, Kiba held the sword hilt up front until ice began to form around it before shaping into another sword in which is now made of ice to seemingly counter the flame sword his opponent is currently wielding. Karlamine could only widen in shock as she saw another sword formed almost instantly on his opponent's weapon.
"You have another Sacred Gear?!" Thrusting down her sword towards him, Kiba parried on her strikes which soon froze the flame sword in the process, rendering the knight weaponless before grabbing a small flame dagger behind her back and tried to destroy his sword once more.
"Sorry but this is only as far as you go..." Kiba taunted as he created another sword in replacement of his destroyed one which now features a small dark hole that soon sucks up everything around them including the flame that was on her dagger as well.
"You bastard... Just how many Sacred Gear do you have?!" She demanded.
"I don't have many of them... More like I create them with my Sword Birth... With this, I can create any magic sword at will." Placing down his left hand down to the ground, he summoned an array of swords from underneath in which Karlamine barely dodged as she jumped away from the male knight with a frustrated look on his face.
Issei could only stare in awe at the knight's power.
"Woah... I never thought he got that kind of power." He spoke but not a long while his attention was called back as Isabella came rushing onto him with right uppercut which he tried to dodge as he leaned his body sideways before another boost came up on his gauntlet, signifying his full charge.
"It's here!"
He pointed the gauntlet towards her as a small red orb appeared on his palm.
[Explosion!]
"Take this... Dragon Shot!" Locking his fist for a moment, Issei simply delivered a punch to the orb which soon turned into a giant red beam that simply went straight right to Isabella, missing her in just mere inches before resulting a large explosion in the far distance as everyone looked at its destructive power.
"T-That Sacred Gear... is something dangerous. I must defeat you right here and now!" Knowing the capability of his Sacred Gear, Isabella tried to finish off the brunet but he was able to dodge once again before returning a punch right towards her chest though resulting only a soft punch.
"Heh, that punch isn't enough to defeat me..."
"I wasn't aiming for that anyway... Burst it open, Dress Break!" Clicking his fingers once more, Isabella's clothes were instantly torn open, instantly exposing her assets much to her embarrassment.
"W-What's this-"
"So much oppai~ With this, I can get another power-up!" Moving with the same stance as before, Issei readied another shot towards her which soon only obliterated her completely as the rook disappeared from the vicinity before an announcement resounded from above.
"Riser-sama's rook has been retired."
"Yes! I did it!" Ignoring the disgusted expressions of his opponents, Issei shared his triumph against his enemy with joy.
With this, another piece of Riser have been reduced.
On the other side of the battlefield, Akeno and Yubelluna have been exchanging their strong attacks at each other as both lightning and explosion wrecked the field around them, leaving nothing but destruction in each of their intense clash against each other.
Akeno pointed her finger straight towards Yubelluna as lightning bursts out from her finger and shot towards her in lightning speeds. The Bomb Queen changed her direction as she disappeared into a silver blur before reappearing some distance behind Akeno before lifting her staff towards her.
"I got you!"
"I won't let you!" Akeno quickly glanced about and shot another lightning strike towards her which collided with the bomb spell that soon resulted a huge explosion around the vicinity as both women were sent away due to its devastating force.
Akeno crashed on the ground as she let out a grunt shout of pain before ignoring it as she struggled to stand up on her knees before looking towards the other side where Yubelluna crashed into.
Her clothes were slightly tattered from their continued battle and her stamina isn't holding up either. Fighting against a fellow queen is surely difficult. Not to mention the type of magic she was currently holding.
Moments later, Yubelluna emerged from the crash with the same state as her as they both sustained injuries from their fight.
"I must say, you do possess such strong powers, Priestess of Lightning. Your title befits your very nature." Yubelluna remarked.
"Same goes to you, Bomb Queen." Akeno returned the favour.
"However, this is only as far as you go."
"Hmph, you making it seem like that you won this battle already… I'm just getting started." Akeno taunted as lightning flashed around her, showing her capability to fight for more.
"We will see."
As the two float into the air, Akeno and Yubelluna continued their intense clash of magics towards each other as both sides struggled to overpower the other. Their spells were literally smashing into anything after being deflected easily by their hands. The scale of destruction is nothing compared to that of her power back at her encounter with the fallen angels.
Both of them were giving their very best and tried to pull out the best of their abilities to take each other down. Despite all that, their fight ended in a fair stalemate though with Akeno slightly gaining the upper hand due to her usage of lightning against her enemy. Every strike that went through the Bomb Queen electrifies her body, sending a full wave of pain since lightning directly attacks and connects through the insides of the body.
What's even more dangerous is that one of those strikes could potentially paralyze her in the process if she was not careful.
Akeno summoned another ball of lightning on her finger as a large magical circle appeared right below Yubelluna before releasing a barrage of lightning strikes to the ground, engulfing her in a bright crackle of light before resulting a large explosion that could be heard from the other side of the battlefield.
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At the same time, Natsu turned around in worry as the explosion occurred near where Akeno was fighting, slightly averting his attention away from his opponent before looking up in worry through the distance.
"Akeno..."
"It's no use in worrying..." The same girl who had been blabbing nonsense throughout the fight began to speak as she also noticed his attention towards the other side of the field where their two queens were fighting against each other.
"What are you talking about?"
"That queen of yours is already defeated from the start... She can't outmatch our queen especially when she had an ace up on her sleeve to counter her."
"What do you mean by that?"
"Let me make this simple... One of your Bishop carries Twilight Healing... A support spell that can rejuvenate any person from their injuries. We, the Phenex household are known for our Phenex Tears."
"Phenex? What's that?"
"It's a special potion made exclusively from the Phenex household. One drop will instantly regenerate the user which in this case, our queen carries one... The battle has already been decided from the start. You're queen is doomed to be defeated later on."
"This is bad... Natsu, you have to get to Akeno and assist her... What she said is true about those tears and it's clearly a potion to regenerate any person who uses it!" Kiba advised.
"You don't have to tell me that!" In an instant, Natsu flared up his feet in flames, propelling him up high in the air before flying towards Akeno and their queen is currently fighting.
"I'm not letting you get away!" Siris tried to catch him but she was met with a clash as Issei came up to confront him with a determined look.
"Not if I can help it!"
"Issei..."
"Go, Natsu... Akeno needs your help... We'll handle this!" Issei collected his strength and pushed the knight back before a light glow appeared on his Boosted Gear.
[Dragon Booster Second Liberation!]
"Trust us on this... Make sure you come back with her with us! I'll definitely continue fighting even if it takes my whole body to be battered all over! I'm Rias' pawn and I'll fight for her sake together with my friends." Moments later, Issei was then engulfed in a surge of power as his gauntlet transformed again before facing against his opponent once more.
"Alright... I'll leave them to you, Issei." Smiling in content, Natsu dashed away, leaving Issei, Kiba and Koneko to deal with the others.
'Wait for me, Akeno...'
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The battlefield around Akeno has gone completely destroyed as the tennis court have been reduced into multiple craters and destruction as she fought valiantly against Yubelluna with the same strength. Using her devil wings to flap away from the bomb spells aimed at her, she returned a series of magical symbols which generated lightning around it that will soon result a massive lightning explosion.
Yubelluna gritted her teeth in frustration as she found herself at her mercy as her spells aren't enough to knock out the queen. What's more is that she had more durability and stamina to last longer than her.
Pointing her staff towards her once more, she tried to lock her down with another bomb spell.
"That is useless!" Akeno shouted as she soared through the skies before massing a giant magic circle above her, engulfing the whole field around them and left the Bomb Queen completely exposed and trapped.
"It's over!"
Swiping her fingers down, Akeno brought down an array of giant lightning towards her, resulting into a flashing blast that could be heard throughout the map as dust and rubble flew around in all directions, showing off its destructive force.
Panting heavily on her breath, Akeno slowly floated away, waiting the whole aftermath of the battle between as she used up all her magic on that last attack. Judging from the her final attack, it was nearly impossible for anyone to escape that spell. It was designed to formulate a wide-area destruction and can potential kill anyone who is not prepared for it.
Moments later, the dust eventually settled, revealing a severely wounded Yubelluna who somehow survived the attack due to the use of her staff to shield herself from the blast.
"That was some pretty deadly spell, you got there, Priestess of Lightning... If I hadn't used my staff earlier then I would've been retired from the system." Yubelluna smirked despite her injuries.
Akeno could only bit her lip in frustration as she was unable to take her opponent down in one final move. Her magic is running low and it will take awhile for her to recover in the process. But situation she was currently having right now, prevents her from recharging her strength.
"In that case, I'll just have to use up every bits of my power to take you down." She replied back.
"I wouldn't be so sure of that." Picking up something from her robe, Akeno could only widen in disbelief as she recognize the potion she just brought out.
"That's-"
"You fell for it..." Taking the lid of from the bottle, Yubelluna took a drop unto herself as the wounds surrounding her body instantly vanished. Her strength was also restored almost instantly, seeing her aura becoming more stronger than ever than it was before.
"It's time for me to finish this fight... You fought well, Priestess of Lightning but this match is decided from the start."
Without giving her time to reply back, Yubelluna summoned an array of magical symbol around Akeno much to her surprise before she was enveloped in light until a series of explosions followed afterwards.
"Gaaaaaah!" Akeno could only scream in pain as the explosions torn most of her clothes, leaving her partially naked as she plunged straight to the ground.
"I'm surprised you survived that... Normally, it would be enough to retire you from the battle but I guess I underestimated you." She mused as she sends another magical symbol above Akeno before emitting another explosion that further wounded the lightning mage in the process.
Akeno struggled to stand up on her own as her body was all sore from the constant explosions and the depletion of her magic power from her last attack. At this rate, she's not going to hold up any longer.
Gritting her teeth in anger, she mustered some of her strength to stand up and tried to send a spell towards her but she easily deflected it, seeing that it was only a small lightning spark sent towards her.
"Give it up already, Rias Gremory's Queen... Once this is done, I'll dispatch your friends especially that pink-haired boy."
"Don't you lay your hands on him!" Mentioning the name of the pinkette, Akeno immediately went back up before releasing a surge of lightning wave from her hands towards her in pure anger. However, Yubelluna simply lifted her staff the protect herself from it before smirking in response at the exposure of her weakness.
"I see... It seems like I'll have a little fun with that human once I'm done here."
"Not while I'm standing! I'm not letting you hurt him!"
"This is the end!" Deflecting the wave easily, Yubelluna delivered another series of explosions towards her once more.
Akeno laid down on the ground, completely injured. The retiring system isn't taking her right in since her consciousness is still there.
"It's time to say goodbye, Priestess of Lightning." What seemed to be like her final move, Yubelluna made her own version of a giant magical symbol above the downed queen with an evil smile on her face.
Akeno could only curse herself for letting her guard down. She failed to fulfill her duty as Queen and a friend to protect all those around her. It looks like this is as far as she can go. Unknowingly, tears came about from her eyes as she felt her imminent defeat.
"I'm sorry, Natsu..."
It was then her vision have started to brighten due to the glow of the circle above her until she met a seemingly large explosion that soon shook the entire ground around her, resulting massive gales that went through the other side of the battlefield.
*BOOOOOOM*
Yubelluna stood in triumph as she marveled on her power right in front of her and managed to dispose the queen. Retracting her staff right beside her, she tried taking off her gaze from it and focused on the other side of the battlefield where the others are currently when another similar slurping sound was heard from behind, widening her eyes in disbelief.
As she glanced back, she saw the explosion began to negate as the blast whirled around in point until she finally recognized the figure in front of her.
It was the same pinkette who cancelled her powers earlier.
Natsu engulfed the whole explosion through his mouth as he gave a light pat on his stomach before looking back towards her with a wide grin.
"Sorry to have kept you waiting... You ready for another bout, Bomb Queen." Natsu taunted as he balled up his fist in determination.
On the other hand, Akeno was utterly surprised to find Natsu in front of her and saved her just in time.
"N-Natsu?"
"Hey Akeno... Looks like I made it just in time." He smiled towards her.
"B-But what about Issei and the others?"
"Don't worry... They said they're going to take care of things from there... I just can't stop thinking that you're in danger... Looks like I'm right." He guessed after looking that situation she was having.
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"You bastard, you always get in my way of obliterating my opponents. I'll make you pay!" Yubelluna shouted in anger.
"Sorry but I'm not the type of guy who leaves one of his friends behind, especially when they're in trouble. I'll take you on alone, Bomb Queen." Natsu taunted.
"Natsu... don't. She used a Phenex Tear on herself... You're facing a fully recovered queen." Akeno tried to dissuade him but Natsu simply ignored her before speaking.
"Well, that same goes to me as well... I got a lot of power-up from the blast earlier which makes this battle even more fairer for the both of us..." He reassured.
"Are you sure about that, boy? You think you got the guts in facing an immortal Phenex which also happens to be the most powerful piece in Riser-sama's peerage?"
"Heh, Phenex, my ass... But let me remind you something too, Bomb Queen." Shadowing his expression for a moment, Natsu flared up in crimson flames as his body slowly coated in flames before a surge of power was felt by both queens as Yubelluna narrowed her eyes after seeing through the angered expression of the pinkette towards her.
"You made a big mistake of hurting my friend!"
A/N: And stop... I think that's about stop right here. As you can see, there are some scenes picked up from the canon but I think that's just about that since the rest of the battle would be my deviation. Looking at the pace of the battle I think I might need to extend this into a four chapter battle in Riser's arc before going to the aftermath, then head to the Holy Excalibur arc which will introduce two characters as well and you know who those two are. Also there's also one other girl who might appear on that time, it will take time for me to get there but it's just a reminder to give you guys an insight on the future chapters.
Aside from that, Natsu will be making a revealing of his true self in the next chapter, specifically to Tiamat who will recognize him later on.
That's all for now... Thanks again for supporting this story. Look forward to the next update.
- wiErD SpeCtrumz blacking out... ... ...
