A/N: Sup guys. wiErD here and here's the last chapter of the story...

Nah, just joking... It's the last chapter for the battle between Riser and Rias so a lot of twist is going to be around here in this chapter. Then I'll add two or more chapters for the aftermath which would include the wedding crashing or not depending on what happens here in the fight and then, we're already bound to the Hold Sword Arc.

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- Dragon Unleashed -

Akeno could only watch as the battle between Natsu and Yubelluna unfold before her. She was already out of her magic power and it would take her time to recover and help him in this fight but knowing how capable Yubelluna is dealing with her opponents, Natsu might be in trouble despite his growing confidence. In her current condition, she cannot do anything to help him in this battle.

She could only hope for his safety and victory in this fight.

Yubelluna chuckled at the pinkette's declaration as she found his words quite amusing since there was no human ever dared to fight against a devil, to a Phenex no less.

"Defeat me, you say? I like you, boy. Well, let's try and shut that mouth of yours now, shall we?" She taunted.

"I wonder if you still have the time to do that after I'm done beating you." Natsu raised his fists before coating them in flames.

"I'll make you regret those words, boy."

"Bring it Bomb Queen! I'm fired up!"

There was a moment of silence between them as the two stared at each other for a moment until both of them simultaneously dashed right to each other with Yubelluna going in for a bomb spell towards the pinkette.

Magical circles appeared beside Natsu from all sides as Yubelluna shouted her victory.

"It's over!"

The circles glowed bright and exploded around Natsu, engulfing him into a large explosion that kicked up a huge cloud of dust. Akeno was shocked to see the pinkette get blown by a series of bomb spells but was relieved after seeing the explosion negated itself and was simply absorbed by him like it was nothing.

Yubelluna could only grit her teeth in frustration, seeing the boy had the power to cancel out her attacks with ease. She was beginning to think the reason why he was very crucial in this fight against them. What's more is that he's also immune to it, however, this does not pose a hindrance to her.

No matter what power he wields against her, she will win this fight for her master.

"What's wrong? Don't tell me you're scared just because a human can match against you?" Natsu taunted. The purple-haired queen locked her gaze at him with pure anger.

"Know your place, human!" She lifted her staff above her before a large magical circle appeared above him. His eyes widen in surprise at the enormous spell launched against him as Yubelluna smirked before sending another huge explosion towards the irritating human before her.

She was expecting for the scale of explosion to be enough for him to absorb since he can do only small quantities of explosions to power up. Absorbing a giant blast like that would force him to overuse his magical power which would pose as a problem for his body if he decided to take it all in.

Another slurping sound resounded within the explosion itself as the Bomb Queen widened her eyes in shock after seeing the pinkette beginning to absorb the whole energy itself.

"Impossible! Your body shouldn't be able to take all that power inside!" She shouted in disbelief.

After gulping down every bit of its power inside of him, Natsu wiped his mouth for a moment before looking towards Yubelluna with a proud smirk in his face.

"Don't take me that lightly, Bomb Queen. I trained myself hard for this day- I didn't waste any time just to get far from here. I trained to defeat all of you."

"Tsk, I guess there's no other choice." She descended down to the ground before finding themselves facing towards each other.

"If my magic can't destroy you, I'll use my own physical abilities to shut that mouth of yours." She spat.

"I'm looking forward to it."

Soon afterwards, Natsu made his first move as he set his hands ablaze before leaping to the air and begun to spin his arms in a circular fashion.

"Fire Dragon's Spinning Tail Attack!" Natsu brought a whirl of hellfire towards the Bomb Queen who dodged it with ease before dashing straight towards him with her staff.

Natsu alerted himself as he leaned down from the swipe coming from his opponent before coating his feet in flames, propelling him to kick her out of the way.

"Fire Dragon's Claw!" The kick went into Yubelluna's abdomen as Natsu sent her flying up in the air before jumping to follow her there.

Akeno could only watch in awe as she saw Natsu able to hold out on his own against a queen which was supposed to be the most powerful piece in the system. Seeing Yubelluna struggling to put down the relentless pinkette, it made her wonder just how much Natsu changed in past few days in their training.

This level of power was completely new to her since he never showed it during their training together.

Just how much powerful have you become, Natsu? She thought in wonder as she continued their watch their aerial battle from above.

On the other hand, the two contenders continued their onslaught against each other as Yubelluna sent multiple spells at the pinkette to knock him off back to the ground. Summoning an array of bomb spells surrounding his vicinity.

"Die, boy!" She shouted in anger as the spells exploded consecutively before amassing into another massive explosion that could be seen throughout the battlefield.

Riser took his eyes off from Rias for a moment before turning towards the explosion in the far distance from him.

"I see that Yubelluna is still not finished with her job in eliminating your queen and I know for a fact that your human friend is preventing her from doing it." He voiced out.

Rias smirked at his statement.

"Natsu isn't just some mere human. He's a complete different person that even I wouldn't want to mess with. He fights for his friends and never hesitates to improve himself along with the others apart from people like you!" Rias spat.

"Heh. While it's true that I underestimated him and your pawn, I must say, you did a pretty fine job in getting them into shape otherwise, I would be bored in this fight." He laughed which catches her attention.

"What do you mean by that?"

Instead of answering her, Riser changed the topic before turning his attention towards her once again.

"Why don't we just continue our little scuffle? As much as I like to win this fight as early as possible, I want a little entertainment from your peerage, Rias." He replied with lustful eyes which only made the redhead to grit her teeth in anger.

"Don't you underestimate me, Riser!" Launching a spell towards him, both Kings engaged each other once more.


Issei and the others also began working on their battle plan to defeat their remaining enemies and assist their friends as soon as possible. With the latter gaining an unknown power-up from his Boosted Gear, he narrowed his eyes before looking back at Kiba who was in the middle of his battle against Karlamine.

"Kiba! I want you to release your Sacred Gear right now!" He shouted.

"Release it?"

"Just do it!" Realizing his insistence, Kiba didn't waste time questioning his statement before thrusting his sword down to the ground.

"Sword Birth!" Multiple types of swords and blades jut from the ground, heading towards Issei before he used his Boosted Gear that absorbed the power in the process before glowing in bright blue after taking the knight's power.

[Transfer!]

The gauntlet sounded its use before a larger scale of spiking swords erupted from the ground around them, surrounding the whole field where he and his opponents were situated.

Ravel and her allies were surprised as they tried flying away from the scene as the swords threaten to impale them. Some of them barely escaped from the spell but others were unfortunate as they got stabbed multiple times before disappearing from the battlefield, signifying their retirement from the Rating Game.

"Riser-sama's bishop and two pawns were retired from the battlefield." The announcer announced the status of the other peerage as three of them remained.

Ravel along with the other surviving two knights soared through the skies before floating in a safe distance away from the trio as they noticed their situation turning sour.

"His power has suddenly changed? I never thought that the Red Dragon Emperor have something like that!" Ravel stammered.

"This is the new power I acquired. Boosted Gear: Gift!" Issei explained.

"Boosted Gear: Gift?" Siris and Karlamine asked in disbelief.

Outside of the battlefield, Sona and Tsubaki observed the ongoing fight with their comments as they noted all of the development of everyone's power.

"As the name states, it has the power to take in the power of other Sacred Gears, amplifying it with its own power from the dragon inside it, making it a truly powerful weapon against his foes." Sona explained.

"How that does work on other Sacred Gears?" Happy asked as he too was part of the spectators of the fight alongside with them.

"Looking at its usage on the Yuuto Kiba's Sacred Gear, the Boosted Gear took its power and utilized it like it was the same as his though only for a moment since the gauntlet doesn't take the power into its own. Let's just say, the gear simply borrowed its power to take advantage of the fight."

The blue Exceed nodded at her understanding of the power as he and the others turned their attention back to the battle. The fight was starting to turn in the favour of Rias' peerage since Riser's complete peerage has finally been reduced into a handful of several pieces.

At the same time, Ravel and the two knights found themselves at a disadvantage as they still have three more of their opponent fighting against them. What's more frustrating is that they haven't retired one of them and they already lost much of their allies against them.

"At this rate, we're also going to lose against them. Yubelluna is still not yet done with her fight against their queen." Siris spoke.

"We also exhausted our powers against them. It will not be long until they cornered Riser-sama." Karlamine added.

"We are not going to lose against these people. We still have Phenex and our Tears beside us. I'll be giving you some Tears to fight once more. We may be able to stand against them!" Ravel shouted.

"Right! This will our last stand! We will fight with honor for Riser-sama's victory!" Karlamine and Siris spoke in unison.

On the other hand, Issei, Kiba and Koneko finally faced the remaining trio in front of them. All three of them were lined together as they both moved into their battle stance while Ravel gave her remaining Phenex Tears to the other two as they both powered up and recovered their strength instantly.

"This will be the final fight! We will take down Riser together!" Issei declared.

"Not while we're still standing! We're not letting you lay a finger on our master!" Siris retorted.

"Then, let's decide this one last battle against each other as both proud servants of our respective households!" Kiba readied his sword.

"Well said, servants of Rias Gremory!" Karlamine readied her own sword as well.

"I'll take on the midget." Koneko spoke with a blank expression as her gazed locked towards Ravel who backed away from her stony look.

"I'm a bishop! I don't need any fighting!"

"Don't care." The white-haired junior replied with an emotionless expression.

"H-Hey, you're not serious, are you?" Ravel asked doubtfully but she knew that Koneko will try and pummel her down as well.

With both sides uttering their final declarations towards each other, they all rushed against each other except Ravel for the final battle against them.


Natsu and Yubelluna continued their rampage throughout the battlefield as their attacks levelled buildings due to their destructive magic. Apparently, Natsu is gaining the upper-hand as he kicked the Bomb Queen down to one of the replicated school facilities, causing it to collapse as she crashed into it.

The pinkette landed a safe distance away from the cloud of debris before him as he waited for it settle down.

Moments later, Yubelluna staggered away from the ruins with scratches and wounds all over her body. Her clothes were not spared from the crash, seeing that some her body parts were revealed, especially on her chest.

Natsu never fazed one bit at the exposed breasts before him and continued to show his cautious expression throughout the fight.

Yubelluna looked at him with pure anger.

"I-I will not be defeated here- I'm the queen that serves Riser-sama! M-My victory will b-be assured!" She declared.

"You fight well. Honestly, it was quite hard to fight against a powerful queen who also embodied the power of the immortal Phenex." He mused.

"I don't need your appreciation nor your pity!" She retorted.

"I never pitied you in the first place. I was complimenting on your fight against me. Fighting against you is fun!" He grinned.

"Heh, you sure got the guts to let down your guard against an opponent." She mocked.

"What's wrong with that? I can't fight an enemy who cannot fight anymore. It's not my style, you know." He replied.

"H-Hmph. This is the first time a human had talked to me like this. No wonder why Rias-sama and her servants were so fond of you- You're too soft-hearted." She realized.

"Maybe…" Natsu trailed off in thought.

"But that kind of attitude can be easily deceived and it will bring you harm in the future." She warned.

"Nah, I don't think so. What you said about it can be quite the opposite. Being soft-hearted and helping others is not a bad idea. It drives you to train harder to protect those you care about. Same as what you always say about fighting for your master. Isn't that a good thing?" He spoke with a lighthearted expression on his face.

"After seeing you fight for your master, I realized that you're not exactly a bad person and I understand how it feels to protect someone with your own might. I think that we're just the same."

"Your way of speaking makes me think that you wanted to become friends with me." She added.

"Why not? Isn't it forbidden for rivals to become friends?"

"Heh, you're full of surprises, boy. But you're forgetting that I'm still your enemy and I won't stop until I get rid of you and your friends for my master's wish!" A surge of power was felt around the Bomb Queen as Natsu noticed the sudden change of her magic power.

She ascended into the air before she lifted her staff as a massive ball light circled with multiple magical circles formed above her.

Akeno widened her eyes in surprise at the sudden change of Yubelluna's power.

"Natsu, be careful! It seems like she's trying to obliterate the whole field around her! She's ending this fight right now!" She warned.

"I know that..." He hesitated for a moment before looking at the Bomb Queen above him. "It seems like I have to end this too."

Slowly sinking his body with his stance, Natsu began to call out his own killer move as flames danced around his body. Rubble floated around him as the intensity of the heat rose higher that even Akeno could feel it despite being far from him.

Yubelluna smirked as she finally mustered her powerful spell. Looking towards the pinkette down below, she swiped her staff downwards as the ball followed through her direction and headed straight to him.

"DIE!"

At the same time, Natsu also powered his powerful spell as he spun his arms clockwise before the flames followed through his gestures.

"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art, Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" Flames swirled in front of him, forming a massive torrent of exploding flames as it collided with the ball that soon created massive gales that blew everything back.

Trees and other nearing buildings couldn't withstand at the powerful winds as they were all blown away. Even Akeno had to grab on her own in order not to get blown away.

Yubelluna widen in shock as her spell is starting to wane. The flames inching closer to her as she struggled to push back her opponent's spell.

In a few seconds, the ball dissipated, unable to contain the powerful flames before her until she was engulfed completely by the flames. Her strength left her as she was left in pain and felt the heat through her skin.

It was warm yet at the same time scorching and deadly as she couldn't withstand its intensity. The flames eventually simmered down as Yubelluna, now sustaining burns and wounds all over her body as she began to fall from the sky.

Natsu didn't waste any second and decided to sprint fast to catch her before she could plunge straight to the ground.

Fortunately, he was able to catch her just in time before her head hit the hard ground and protected her.

The fight was finally over between them.

Yubelluna was already suffering from her injuries and she couldn't even lift her head with her remaining strength. She was expecting to fall down to the ground hard but she felt nothing but a pair of warm hands wrapped on her back as Natsu slowly carried into a nearby tree and nestled her head onto its trunk.

Although she was too wounded to move, her eyes moved slowly towards the figure before him.

"W-Why? Why would you save me?" She cringed but her attention is focused on his answer to her question.

"I just couldn't leave you like that. Whether you're an enemy or not, I know that you needed help." He sighed.

Yubelluna stared at the human before her in wonder. Never in her life, would someone really care for her safety despite being enemies. She always looked ahead of her goal without taking heed of the people around her. She never bothered to care any of them but this man never hesitated to reach out when she was wounded.

Her body had started to glow as she lost her will to fight however, as she vanished through the battlefield, she gave the pinkette a satisfied smile before parting a few final words to the pink-haired boy.

"Riser-sama is a High-Class devil. Defeating him will not be as easy as this."

"I know that but that doesn't stop me from continuing my fight against him. We will bring him down together!" He declared.

"Hmph- Then may the fortunes of this battle be forever on your favour, Natsu Dragneel."

Yubelluna simply vanished through the air as the light ascended through the skies, ending her participation in the Rating Game.

"Riser-sama's queen has been retired from the battlefield."

Natsu lightly smiled underneath his breath as he gazed through the skies before turning his attention back to Akeno who is still recovering her strength at the moment. He went back and helped the injured queen up as he slung her shoulders over to his and started their way towards Riser's base.

"You won." She congratulated with a smile on her face.

"See? I told you I can handle it." He grinned back.

"Yes- I commend you for your outstanding performance against an opponent that is the same level as me but I don't like the way of your smooth talking with her." She frowned in irritation. Natsu looked back at her with a surprised look.

"You heard that?"

"Every word of it. Honestly, you shouldn't feel so soft even if you were in a middle of a battle. It's fortunate that Yubelluna isn't as ruthless as I thought she would be."

"But she did not take advantage of me so I think that's fine-" He stopped as he felt a painful pinch to his sides as Akeno puffed in annoyance at his reply.

"It hurts- Ouch!" He yelped in pain as the black-haired woman pinched him harder.

Seriously, he just really don't understand it. As much as she wanted to remind him of his actions every time, it's impossible to let it sink in his thoughts. Befriending an enemy in the middle of the fight is plain stupid.

Who knows what might happen if the enemy took advantage of the situation?

What's more is that she didn't like the way Yubelluna looks at him in a different light. It was a miracle that she finally retired from the battlefield.

The two continued their way towards the other side of the battlefield as Natsu carried Akeno right beside him until they heard another announcement.

"Riser-sama's two knights have been retired from the battlefield."

Both fighters sported a smile towards each other before looking over to the distance.

"It seems like Issei and the others did it!"

"We should regroup with them and assist Buchou." Akeno suggested which only made the pinkette to nod in response before starting their journey towards the scene.


Ravel landed down on her back as Siris and Karlamine were eliminated by her opponents, leaving her the only piece in his brother's peerage. Her eyes stared fearfully at the trio who were just about a few meters in front of her, awaiting their final judgement on her.

"This fight is over. Do you have anything to say?" Kiba pointed a sword towards her as a means of threat against her.

"Can't you see I'm unarmed? As expected of Rias' peerage, you're all brutes who don't show mercy to their opponents!" She retorted.

"Says the one who started this fight in the first place." Issei joined in the conversation.

"What are you going to do with me? Kidnap me to force my brother to stand down?"

"Fine by me." Koneko added with a blank expression.

"Wait- This girl is related to that punk?" Issei asked in curiosity.

"In any case, we should deal with her as well. She's the only thing that is left in their peerage and after that, only Riser remains." Kiba suggested.

"Wait a moment. Let's leave her aside and focus on Riser. Our main goal is taking down their King. In other words, once we put down Riser, this Game is over." Issei replied with a different idea.

"True, but who knows if she might give his brother one of those tears. We can't allow to take any chances." Kiba dissuaded.

At the same time, Natsu and Akeno finally arrived at the scene with the latter having to recover some of her magical power to fight once more.

"Hey guys!"

"Natsu!" The trio turned to greet the newcomers. Ravel could only gaze at the pinkette with a surprised expression.

That boy defeated Yubelluna? Just how powerful is he?

Noticing the girl's attention towards him, Natsu looked at her with the same look.

"Yo!"

Despite the friendly greeting, Ravel returned with a mocking remark towards him.

"It seems everyone is gathered together." Akeno spoke at the appearance of all the members of the Occult Research Club.

"Yeah- We had our tough battles but we managed to overcome them with the help of others." Issei replied with a proud smile.

"Yes..." Koneko added with her usual blank expression.

An explosion interrupted their flow of conversation as all heads turned towards the top of the building and saw Rias currently battling against Riser although, it seems like she was having a hard time dealing with him.

"We should go and reunite with Buchou. She needed help." Akeno suggested.

"What about her?" Kiba turned over to Ravel with suspicion.

"Leave her! She's in no condition to fight. We're going to take down their King right now!" Natsu urged which finally got the others to nod as they all sprinted off to the building, leaving the bishop to stare in surprise at their fleeting figures before confronting her brother.

On the other hand, Riser was simply toying with Rias as he continued to launch fire spells at her while also recovering from her deadly attacks. As one of the few born as pure-blooded devils and also as a Phenex, he had the ability to completely regenerate from almost any of the attacks thrown at him.

His regeneration abilities are beyond normal which slightly gives him the invincibility over his opponents.

"Hmm. It seems like most of my pieces were already taken out. I have to say, I'm amazed at the performance of your peerage, Rias. But you're forgetting one fact that I'm the King that reigns far higher than any of them. It will take more than just a couple of servants to put me down." He boasted.

"Let's see about that!" Rias launched another spell at him in which he easily took and regenerated his injuries in an instant.

"You can't defeat me, Rias. Resign already!"

"Who told you?!"

Both kings launched their spells again at each other as another huge explosion erupted between them, creating a smokescreen. Moments later, the dust settled down and the redhead was showing signs of exhaustion despite being constantly healed by Asia.

"Buchou-san!" Asia called out in worry.

"I'm fine, Asia. I just need a little bit more power to hold him back until others arrive." She reassured.

"N-Natsu-san and Issei-san will come, right?"

"Yeah- They will."

Slowly standing up straight, Rias faced the nonchalant Phenex with a serious look as she found him to be quite easy-going despite being outnumbered.

"You seemed pretty confident in this battle. You're the only one who's left standing in your peerage. Resign already, Riser!" Rias taunted.

"Fufu. Don't mistake me for a coward, Rias. I expected that you would put up a fight against me and my complete pieces so it doesn't matter if some of them remain or not. I looked forward to taking all of your peerage alone." He smirked evilly which made the crimson-haired girl to grit her teeth in frustration.

"Speaking of your peerage-"

Suddenly, two figures emerged from ceiling underneath them as Kiba and Koneko appeared behind Riser with their weapons at the ready against him.

"We're here, Buchou!"

"Kiba?!"

"Haaaaaa!" Kiba shouted as he tried to cut the Phenex down with his sword but was caught by surprise, seeing that Riser easily stopped his weapon with his own bare hand.

"Is that all?"

Koneko balled up her fists and went for a swift hook to Riser's stomach, sending him flying to the sky.

An array of lightning caught Rias' attention as she gazed to the skies and saw Akeno preparing her spell against him.

"Take this!" A large magical circle appeared above Riser before a large lightning bolt struck him down back to the ground, causing an enormous cloud of debris. Everyone shielded their eyes from the dust and not before long they heard Akeno shouting towards them.

"Natsu! Issei!"

The names of the two boys were called out to the battlefield as Riser tried to recompose himself until he saw two boys on opposite sides with their spells ready.

Natsu inhaled air through his lungs as flames began to spiral around with it while Issei accumulated enough boosts from his gauntlet which lets him create a miniature red beam aimed at the blonde man.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Dragon Shot!"

Both surges of power met Riser on both sides, engulfing him in a sea of energy before resulting a fiery explosion that blew everything back.

The two landed next to each other to regain their position. The rest of the others also formed up around the two until Rias and Asia descended back to the ground with relieved smiles on their faces.

"Sorry, we're late." Natsu apologized.

"Our fight with his peerage took longer than we thought. They did put up a good fight." Kiba reassured.

"Hard…" Koneko replied with her usual blank expression.

"Everyone…" Rias trailed in her words after seeing her friends alive and okay.

"Natsu-san! Issei-san!" Asia cried out in joy after seeing two of her stepbrothers.

"Yo! Asia!"

They exchanged their greetings at each other until they felt a chuckle coming from the smokescreen. Their eyes shifted back towards it with their expressions filled with caution and seriousness. It was then Riser emerged from the dust with slightly tattered clothes.

Their eyes widen in shock after seeing his body didn't sustain any damages from their attack combinations.

"Impossible! How is he still okay after that attack?" Issei stammered in disbelief.

"N-Not even one scratch." Asia stuttered.

"Do you all honestly think that an attack like that would defeat me? Although I have to give praise to your efforts on that one. Not everyone could perform a simultaneous offensive attack with great teamwork." Riser remarked before flames regenerated some of his fatal wounds and fixed his clothes in just an instant.

The atmosphere around them changed immediately as both sides were left into a silent stare-down between each other.

There was a moment of silence between them until Natsu and the others made their first move and dashed towards the devil before releasing a series of different spells towards each other.

"Let's go!"

Natsu lit up his feet in flames, propelling him forward as he met Riser face to face before he tried increasing the power of his flames to power his kicks.

"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Riser simply blocked the flaming kick with his one arm before smirking.

"Is that all?" He taunted.

"Don't underestimate me!" Gritting his teeth in anger, Natsu leaped away before coating himself in flames and launched himself yet again towards him.

Riser chuckled at the reckless attacks before summoning a magic circle underneath him.

"It was clearly foolish of you to challenge against a high-class devil, human! You should learn your place!" The circle beneath him began to glow in bright red.

"I won't let you!" Another voice resounded from the behind them as Kiba struck his sword to the ground before applying his magic.

"Sword Birth!" Spikes of blades jutted themselves upwards, forcing Riser to use his flame wings thus, cancelling his spell but was left unguarded as Natsu slammed his head in his abdomen, sending him higher before Akeno appeared right before him.

"Lightning Orb Formation!" Five lightning orbs surrounded Riser and started to spin fast before closing their distance to each other to trap the Phenex inside.

"Hmph- Child's play…" Riser taunted before sprouting his wings and began to enlarge them enough to negate the lightning around him which surprised Akeno in the process.

"We're not done yet!" Rias flew above Riser from behind and amassed a large destructive spell on her hands before swiping them down to him without hesitation.

The spell collided with him and sent him plunging down to the ground, creating another cloud of dust in the vicinity.

"Issei! Now!" Rias shouted as the brunet prepared his charge once more and pointed it at the smokescreen.

"Take this, you bastard! Dragon Shot!" Locking his left fist briefly, Issei punched the red orb before him as a large red beam shot its way towards Riser, engulfing his body before resulting another huge explosion from the distance.

Issei panted in exhaustion as he felt the huge strain on his body after using much of his Boosted Gear throughout the battle. Even though, Rias had released some of the dragon's power inside him, his body still can't handle all the drained energy he wasted in every one of those shots.

"You okay?" Natsu asked in worry as he got his arm just in time to prevent him from falling to the ground.

"Y-Yeah. Just a little shaken up." He reassured.

"Don't overdo it."

Issei could only put up a light smile towards his brother before all of them turned their attention back at the dust in front of them, waiting for it to subside to reveal the aftermath of their battle.

Moments later, their eyes fell into shock and disbelief as they saw Riser emerging once again with no damage at all.

"It can't be! After all those attacks we threw at him and he still didn't take any damage?!" Akeno was completely distraught at the sight before her.

Everyone else simply gritted their teeth in frustration, seeing that their attacks have no effect on him no matter how many times they hit him.

"Is this all your peerage can do, Rias? I must say, I'm disappointed in you. I expected a better fight with them but it seems like they're not as powerful to fight against a high-class devil." He sighed.

"You're so full of yourself! You're underestimating us!" Rias retorted.

"Well I guess that's all you can do. Now, let me show you just how fearsome a high-class devil would be."

With flames glowing as large as the field around them, Riser simply released a huge surge of heat around his vicinity, engulfing everything around him including all of his enemies.

Everyone could only shield their eyes from the blinding light until everything was simply drowned in bright light.

After a couple of seconds, the light simmered down, revealing a scorched field together with burning buildings and trees around it. Everything was just burned to the earth and the once beautiful academy was turned into a smoking cinder.

Riser landed a safe distance as he looked over to a few bodies in front of him who sustained multiple burns and injuries from his powerful attack. It seems like they managed to survive altogether but lost all the strength after receiving his attack.

He was surprised to see that all of them haven't retired yet from the system. It seems like they have enough spare power to keep up and fight.

Two figures caught his attention from the other end of the battlefield as he narrowed his eyes in suspicion. Natsu shielded himself to protect Asia in the nick of time, seeing that she didn't sustain any injury apart from them although she passed out as a result.

"You survived my blast? It seems like I underestimated you too much." Riser mused.

The pinkette spoke as he slowly let go of Asia. He looked over to the lying bodies with a distraught look on his face as he saw Issei and his friends completely wounded and barely conscious in the process.

On the other hand, Rias struggled to get up on her knees despite her injuries and glared at Riser with an angered expression.

"H-How could you- Riser!"

"You should know the risk of challenging me, my Rias. In terms of my experience of Rating Games, you should know that it takes a lot of skill and talent to defeat against a King. After all, the King is the essential piece in the game." He paused.

"I'll give you one last chance, Rias. Resign and accept our engagement. If you still intend to fight, I'll bring more pain to your precious little servants." He threatened.

"N-Never!"

Riser sighed.

"You really want to take this the hard way? Then let's see if this changes your mind." Riser stomped his foot from one of Koneko's legs, causing her to scream in pain.

"Kaaaaah-"

"Stop it, Riser!" Rias shouted. Her tone of voice changed immediately along with her strong façade after seeing Koneko in pain.

Suddenly, Riser felt a small rock thrown at him, causing him to look around and saw Issei barely standing on his feet. His breaths are heavy and the strain on his body reached its limit due to his overuse of the Boosted Gear, leaving him completely vulnerable.

A smirk escaped from the blonde-haired man as he looked back to Rias with an evil look.

"It seems like your precious little servant still intends to fight. Well, I guess I should also finish him as well."

Walking towards him, Rias began to notice his attention being focused on Issei himself, causing her to worry.

"W-What are you doing, Riser?"

Instead of answering, Riser ignored her.

"Stop it! You're my opponent, Riser!" Her voice was getting louder.

In just a few seconds, Riser stood face to face to Issei who still had his hardened expression filled with determination despite being powerless.

"I-I will protect, everyone! N-No matter what!" He managed to shout his words which only made Riser to chuckle.

"Well, this is the end for you." Summoning a large flame on his hand, Riser locked his eyes onto the brunet with the intent to kill.

"Disappear!-"

"SHUT UP!"

A flashing uppercut surprised Riser as he was immediately sent towards a burning debris as Natsu came in and punched him away before he could even kill the brunet in the process. Rias and Issei were completely surprised at his appearance but something was wrong.

Scales are seen around the pinkette's arms and face, clearly resembling that of a dragon. Canines were more visible in his teeth and flames swirled violently around him like a blazing inferno.

"N-Natsu?" Issei tried to speak his brother's name but a menacing growl only escaped from the pinkette's lips as he gazed over to the blonde haired devil in front of him.

"W-What the hell? I'll make you pay, bastard!" Riser immediately charged at the pinkette with anger but he was taken aback as he got kicked into the gut almost instantly as Natsu lunged at him in lightning speeds that sent him back, surprising the others as well who saw him.

"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!" Natsu roared through the skies as flames jut down from the ground below him, creating massive tremors as the field that contained the replicated school ground began to destabilize.

Skies began to crack from the immense power Natsu was giving and everyone could only hold on their own feet from getting blown away.

Outside the game, Sona and Tsubaki took caution of the unfolding situation. Panic and uncertainty were clearly present on the two and Happy could only stare in worry at the screen before him.

"Natsu…"

Grayfia alongside with Sirzechs also widened their eyes in disbelief at the sudden turn of events.

"That boy's power is growing stronger. The field cannot take all the energy released from him. What do you suggest we do, Sirzechs-sama?" The silver-haired maid looked at the red-haired Satan who seemed to have regained his composure after being taken by surprise.

He was eerily silent and seemed to pay no heed of the situation.

"Sirzechs-sama?"

On the other hand, Tiamat began to recognize the power being released from the pinkette itself.

'Dragon Force?'

Her eyes widened in disbelief but not long before she recognized the person right in front of her.

"Natsu?"


Riser narrowed his eyes in suspicion as he observed the pinkette right in front of him. His eyes were turned into red glowing orbs, his arms and feet are both covered in dragon scales and for some reason, he could see an apparition of a giant red beast formed in flames. It loomed behind the pinkette with the same glare as his.

A menacing roar resounded from the background as the flames grew more intense.

"So, you've finally used your trump card now, eh? But no matter how strong you can become, you can never destroy a Phenex!" Riser taunted.

Natsu slowly sank his body before moving into his battle stance while Riser did the same. Both opponents readied themselves but the pinkette simply charged at him without warning, disappearing into a crimson blur and destroyed the ground from where he was previously at due to his insane speed that surprised the Phenex.

Moments later, Riser felt a wave of pain from his back as Natsu kicked him from behind and sent him away before dashing after him and delivered a knee attack on his face that sent him high into the sky.

"W-What the- How did you get so fast?" Riser stuttered in disbelief as his eyes can't follow through his speed.

Natsu reappeared again from above and clasped his hands together before slamming him straight to the ground, bringing in a huge cloud of debris as a result.

"I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!" Not done with his rampage, Natsu plunged straight towards Riser into a flaming meteor that soon created another shockwave around them.

Other spectators were left watching in awe and worry as the pinkette continued his relentless assault on Riser without stopping. His friends looked at his transformation, seeing that it happened to him for the first time.

Akeno noticed the scales formed around the pinkette's arms and could only wonder about the unknown power that was present inside him.

The atmosphere surrounding him is somehow strong that it sent chills down to her spine as if she found herself face to face to a fearsome creature.

"Natsu…"

With her current injuries, the black-haired girl could only utter his name as the battle began to turn for the worse.

Emerging from one of the craters where he crashed, Riser staggered away as his regeneration abilities are being put to work. The attacks coming from the pinkette were not exactly weak. They were so powerful that even a seasoned high-class devil wouldn't be able to take it all in. Thanks to his regeneration, he still can fight despite the overwhelming odds.

Looking back at the enraged pinkette, Riser smirked.

"You're completely different from what I took you to be. It seems like you're not all that talk either as well."

Natsu ignored his reply and simply went on glaring at him with a very angered expression. The flames grew more intense in response to his emotions.

"Well I guess you're not here for any talking either. Why don't we settle this once and for all?" Riser summoned his flames once more and enlarged them before throwing it straight onto him.

A fiery explosion resulted after that but not long his eyes widened in disbelief as the explosion spiralled around the pinkette, eating the whole fire itself in the process.

"What the? Just what are you?!"

Without wasting any time, Natsu dashed towards him in blinding speeds, headbutting Riser to his stomach that sent him flying away once more as the latter tried to hold his ground but was taken aback after seeing the pinkette right in front of him and received a right hook to the face, sending him further away from the battlefield.

"Die, lowly human scum!" Riser tried to counter him with a kick but Natsu caught it easily with his bare hands before opening his mouth to charge his roar in point-blank range.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!"

What resulted after that was a massive wave of fire ravaging half of the entire school ground, turning it into a scorching earth as Riser received intense burns despite being immune to fire.

He was completely shocked to see himself suffering from burns despite his nature able to withstand any form of fire. His eyes turned yet again to the unmoving pinkette in front of him. The flames around him weren't ordinary.

"I don't know where you'd get that power but I'll be the one who will destroy it with my very own hands!" Riser tried to charge at him but Natsu simply went in for an uppercut to his jaw, sending him flying once more.

"SHUT UP!"

Placing his arms into a circular fashion, Natsu began to form his final move on Riser as the flames began to surround him before compressing into a powerful whirl of fire around him.

"Dragon Slayer Secret Art-"

"D-Dragonslayer?!" Uttering his chant, Riser stuttered in disbelief.

"-Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!"

Natsu spun his arms clockwise that soon followed a seemingly massive torrent of flames that engulfed Riser before feeling the continuous exploding flames around him that greatly damages him as he fell straight to the ground.

His body is beyond worse and his regeneration abilities could not work the same as before. Riser winced as the burns on his body continue to hurt him as he was left crawling on the ground, completely defeated by a human alone.

"I-Impossible. I-I-I would n-never lose to such a l-lowly being like you-" He wasn't finished as Natsu stomped his foot on his head, seemingly not done yet with his onslaught against him.

Others took notice of the pinkette's actions as they all alerted in the process including his friends.

"Natsu. That's enough." Rias tried to call him off from the fight but Natsu ignored her and simply focused his attention on the downed Phenex.

"Please don't hurt my brother!" Even Ravel who was watching the whole fight begged him to stop.

"YOU TRIED TO HURT MY FRIENDS!" Everyone could see that he's completely drowned in anger as he tried to summon a large fireball from his hand to end him once and for all.

But before he could even proceed on his rampage, the skies above them shattered open. Fragments of the replicated world fell like broken glass as a blue magical symbol surrounded Natsu and simply knocked him out in the process.

Before his body could fall to the ground, a mysterious woman appeared right into the scene, catching the dragonslayer in her arms as her majestic pale blue hair flowed gracefully from the battlefield.

"This battle has gone long enough. I'll hereby declare this game to be cancelled immediately." The woman spoke with a stern tone as she gazed over to the rest of the group.

Ravel rushed to her brother's side to help while Rias and the others regrouped together before looking back towards the woman once again.

It was then Issei's gauntlet orb began to emanate in green light as Ddraig recognized the woman right in front of them.

[Tiamat?]

Hearing the voice of the Red Dragon Emperor, Tiamat turned towards the brunet with anticipation.

"It's been a long time, Ddraig."


A/N: And that's it for the chapter. Honestly, I might just not include about the engagement any time soon since the arc would now focus on Natsu's identity throughout the world as a dragonslayer.

Tiamat will play a significant role in this arc so there will be a lot of new twists coming up next chapter. Oh, and the first meeting between Ddraig and Tiamat is here as well. And also Natsu's first usage of the Dragon Force. It's the plot bridge for Tiamat to enter the story since she is included in Natsu's forgotten past.

There's a lot to talk about but I'll end this right here. If you still have any questions, feel free to ask me anytime.

And as always, leave a comment and tell me what you think of the chapter so far. Have a nice day and thanks for reading.

- wiErD SpeCtrumz blacking out… … …