Chapter 4

It was almost night, classes ended just a couple of hours ago. Kamito was practicing his swordsmanship techniques, he decided not to use his full power at the Blade Dance unless required. The reason of him not wanting to use his full power is simple, there are those that have extremely good senses and could sense the power of an Elemental Lord within him. But he will not hesitate if his life or Restia's life is in danger.

Claire was walking the academy's grounds while thinking of a plan to get Kamito to join her team. 'I need him if I want to win the Blade Dance, if I don't win the Blade Dance... I will never find the truth of 4 years ago.' This were Claire's thoughts at this moment.

4 Years ago a certain tragedy happened, it wasn't really a tragedy for most people, but for Claire it was. The so called tragedy was that the Fire Queen of that time betrayed the Elemental Lord of Fire for unknown reasons. The Fire Queen was actually Claire's older sister, Rubia Elstein. Because of this, Claire's parents have been thrown into prison, it was going to happen to Claire to if the Dusk Witch had not intervened.

"Kamito, I think you should not exhaust yourself now. If you do, there might be some problems if something happens while summoning the Demon Slayer." Restia warned Kamito.

"Yeah, I think you are right." Kamito knew what could happen if the Demon Slayer decides to not be friendly, it would be even worse if he is exhausted because of training. He considered to use Ren Ashdoll's power if a fight might break out, but that would atract a dozen of spirits. Of course that could not happen in the Human World, but the reasons of not trying to summon the sword spirit in the Human World were quite obvious. Except for causing very severe material damage, alot of Elementalists might be atracted by the power to and then it could turn into an utter mess. Considering that Kamito is very secretive about his stuff, this would be a nightmare to him.

It was well past sleeping hours, the perfect time to attempt the summoning.

"Are you ready, Kamito?" Restia asked the boy while walking towards the Astral Gate.

"Yeah, I am."

Kamito activated the Astral Gate resulting in him and Restia being transported to the realm of Astral Zero, the perfect place for the summoning. They walked for some minutes and arrived to an arena. This was the arena were Kamito had his duel with Ellis, Kamito thought this might be a good place because of no trees impending his movements.

"Let's start then!"

"Solemn Queen of Steel, the holy sword that destroys demons, Become my iron blade, and give me power!"

Kamito found himself in darkness, just pure darkness. Nothing was there, however he heard a voice. "Why do you seek my power?"

"To save this world, and to protect what is dear to me." Kamito calmly answered.

"Is that so? Demon King."

"Yes. Even if I am the Demon King, I do not wish to destroy this world that the Sacred Maiden protected." Kamito reassured the voice.

"What you said now is the same as your thoughts. Because of this, I will be your sword from now on, Master." The voice said and then he found himself being in someone's lap.

"Kamito, what happened?" Restia asked Kamito, worry was evident in her voice and eyes. Kamito then proceeded to tell Restia what happened.

"That is good, Kamito. The Demon Slayer has the same power as an Elemental Lord, with this our quest will be much easier." Restia said with a smile.

"Yes, Restia." Kamito said then drew Restia's face closer to his, eventually ending with a kiss under the moonlight. This situation seemed rather nostalgic to Kamito...

-Flashback(Three Years Ago)-

Chears could be heard all around the arena. It was one of the most important events, The Blade Dance. Not only that, but it was also the final round making all the people around curious about who will win between The Holy Knight of The Holy Kingdom of Lugia, Luminaris Saint Leisched or The Mysterious Blade Dancer, Ren Ashbell, who is also being the favorite to win by 99% of all the people watching. The other 1% have high hopes for Luminaris because she has a holy spirit, and Ren Ashbell has a darkness spirit.

Holy totally countered the darkness attribute, this led some people into believing that Luminaris has a very high chance of winning. If that wasn't enough, with darkness attribute is very close to impossible to win against holy attribute. This would make the person with the darkness spirit being afraid or trying to run for dear life, but it wasn't the case here...

On one of the sides of the arena was Luminaris Saint Leisched with her Elemental Waffe 'Murgleis' in the right hand. On the other side was the one who defeated every other participant of the Blade Dance in no more than 3 seconds, Ren Ashbell with the Elemental Waffe 'The Vorpal Sword' also said to have the title: -Sword that pierces the truth- in the left hand.

Ren Ashbell appeared to be very calm, this was unusually strange considering she is facing someone with a holy spirit. This couldn't excite Luminaris more than it already does, she was waiting for a strong opponent, and said strong opponent is right in front of her! This is her chance to prove that she is The Strongest Elementalist!

'Restia, what do you think?' Ren asked her contracted spirit Restia through mental communication.

'Mhmm... She seems pretty strong, although if you use your full power this match will be over in less than a second. So, what will you do?'

'Obviously fighting like I'm having trouble then unleash my full power.'

'A sadist like always I see.' If Restia was in her human form, she would probably have a big grin on her face.

'It's Greyworth's fault that I became sort of like a sadist. Anyway, let's start!'

Luminaris started to charge towards Ren intending to do an upfront attack. Although Ren didn't even twitch, she just stood there like a statue. 'I got her!' When Murgleis was about to hit Ren, she simply dissapeared from the spot.

"What!?" Luminaris yelled not believing her eyes. Although she was angry on the outside, inside her was awe.

"(Yawn) To slow." Ren simply said from behind Luminaris.

Luminaris turned around just to see Ren charging towards her at unbelievable speed intending to do a slash attack. Luminaris barely blocked the slash attack, even if the attack was blocked, the strenght of said attack carved fear into her soul. 'Is she a monster!?'

Ren then jumped back and said "So you were able to block that attack huh? Then I will use more stronger attacks, prepare yourself!" Ren took the stance required for one of the Blade Arts.

"Absolute Blade Arts - First Form, Purple Lightning" Ren shouted. All Luminaris saw was flash of purple pass beside her. Then she suddenly felt pain coming from her right side. 'What was that...' Luminaris fell on one knee with a cough of blood.

"Oh, already down? Even if I didn't even put half of my strenght in that attack." Ren then sighed as if saying 'Is this a joke?'

'Is it really good for you to be a sadist?' Restia asked Ren through mental communication.

'Eh, I'm just having some fun. And as I said before, you can blame that old hag.' Ren responded.

"Heh, who would believe you only used half your strenght on that attack." Luminaris got up pointing Murgleis at Ren.

"No one, that is because I didn't even use half my strenght on that attack." Ren simply shrugged after saying that.

"Wha..." Luminaris then shook her head and prepared to use a move only meant to be used as a last resort.

"Divine Armament Release!" Shouted Luminaris. After that a blinding light surrounded her.

Divine Armament Release was a move only few could use. In fact most people didn't use it because it can kill their opponents. This move fully manifests the Elemental Waffe into the Human World, making it physical. Not only that, but it also brings the contracted spirit real power.

All the spectators began to have the same thoughts. Those thoughts were that Ren Ashbell will certainly lose. Although the spectators were cheering Luminaris, Ren appeared to be very very calm. This only made the spectators very confused, even Luminaris was confused.

"Ah, so that is your full power?" Ren yawned after saying that, apparently she was very bored for some reason. This only helped to make Luminaris very angry.

Luminaris charged towards Ren with great speed. Luminaris got near Ren and did an upfront slash, Ren blocked the attack just in time. The force of the attack was very big, because of this Ren got knocked back into the side of the arena, creating alot of dust. Everyone thought the match was over... But when the dust revealed Ren was standing there without a scratch, as if never been hit by anything in the first place.

"H-How!?" Luminaris stammered not believing her eyes.

"I will now show you my full power." Ren grinned after saying that. Insane amounts of divine power began to be felt by everyone in the arena, all of that coming from just one person...

"Oh Lord of Darkness, Grant Me Your Power, The Power of Darkness!" Ren finished saying the words required for unleashing a part of Ren Ashdoll's power.

"What are you..." Luminaris was very shocked at the display of power before her, not only her, but also all the spectators were shocked. So shocked that they stood with their mouths wide open.

Ren pointed her sword at Luminaris. Darkness began to swarm around the sword and Ren. Then black lightning began to form at the tip of the sword. "Pierce the truth, Vorpal Blast!" Ren shouted, her voice got heard by everyone in the arena.

"This attack..." Luminaris couldn't do anything but exclaim. The power generated by Divine Armament Release dissapeared in an instant after Ren began to show her full power before everyone. Her Elemental Waffe was flashing as if trying to say something.

When the black lightning hit Luminaris, she fell face first to the ground. She was trying not to fall unconsciouss. Then she heard footsteps, Ren was standing above her, The Vorpal Sword pointed at her back. Before the sword pierced her back she only heard "Next time, I won't hold back."

"Winner, Ren Ashbell!" A voice announced, making everyone cheer and applaud.

After the match was over, alot of people were searching for Ren Ashbell to conduct interviews and to try and get autographs. But she was nowhere to be found, it was as if she didn't even exist. Of course that isn't the case...

Under the moonlight, somewhere on a clearing in the forest, two figures stood. One was standing with it's back on the ground, looking at the sky. The other one was staying with it's back to a tree, looking at the other figure, which had it's head on the other figure's lap.

"So we won, right Ren?" Restia said to the figure staying on her lap.

"Stop calling me Ren! And yes, we won Restia." The figure with it's head on Restia's lap said.

"Fufu, of course Kamito." Restia smiled at the figure, which was Kamito.

"Now our wish is much closer to being fulfilled." Kamito said to Restia with a smile, then he put his left hand on her cheek. The left hand had the seal of the contract carved on it. Then he drew Restia's face closer to his. Ending it a kiss under the moonlight...

-Flashback End-

"Just like that time." Kamito said to Restia with a smile.

"Yeah, just like that time." Restia smiled.

Author's note: A short chapter I know. I apologize for the time it took me to upload this chapter, I got held up by watching other anime and reading the Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance Light Novel. I hope I can upload the next chapter faster. Once again, I apologize. That is all, bye.