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Chapter 3: An Angelic Beginning Part 3

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(Kuoh Academy Gym)

Shinji looked on as the four fighters prepared to fight in this little bout. One the left side of the gym court stood the devils serving the House of Gremory: Kiba and Issei. On the right stood the angels of Heaven: the Ten of Oracles Xenovia and the Ace of Oracles Irina. Asia and Griselda sat in front of Shinji, on either of his sides. Asia had volunteered to help as healer due to her Twilight Healing but Ravel countered that her Phenex Tears would be enough which got Rias to suggest that Ravel heals the devils and Asia heals the angels. Ravel instantly agreed while Asia pouted cutely but accepted.

Griselda was offering moral support to her fellow exorcists but also advised not to show too much their skills. Gabriel and Melpha took both his left and right sides respectively, getting the she-devil Shinji Chasers to realize the message. The two overly buxom angels were showing that Shinji was 'theirs' and that the she-devils that wanted him; Rias and her female servants except for Karlamine (who is crushing on Kiba) and Ravel (who is crushing on Issei of all guys), Sona, Yura, Momo and Bennia would never have him.

The Shinji Chasers discreetly sneaked glances at Shinji before glaring venomously at Gabriel who was responsible for taking him away from them, denying them the chance to make him theirs.

Issei was bit uneasy for three reasons: 1) he was about to fight his childhood friend who he mistakenly thought was a boy but turned out to be a girl who was a tomboy and who later turned into one bodacious hotty with a nice pair of breasts. 2) He didn't want to fight any of Kiba's battles. Despite being under the command of Rias, Issei considers Kiba his rival. 3) He was seriously disturbed by Kiba's mad cackling and rants.

"Kukukukukuku! Finally I shall avenge myself and my fallen comrades! Now Excaliburs, time to end your existence! Kukukukukuku!" Kiba cackled getting Issei to slowly edge away from him.

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"Are you ready for this Irina?" Xenovia asked her partner in this little duel. She had decided to forgo using any angel magic to change her outfit into her battle attire seeing as it would be a waste of energy and so still the wore the Kuoh Academy girls' uniform. In her hands was the Excalibur Destruction; a two-handed sword with a cross in the pommel, a grip long enough that it can be held with three hands, an axe-like guard, a second grip with a chain-like form, and a long blade that ends in three points. Xenovia was ready to show these lowly devils the power of the Oracle Brave Saint.

Irina, still dressed in her school uniform, nodded before answering. "You betcha Xenovia! We'll show these devils the power of the light!" she said getting fired up. She pulled on the bracelet she was wearing causing the bracelet to transform into a sword, specifically a Japanese katana. Her Excalibur piece is Excalibur Mimic; as its name implies allows Irina to change its shape at will into anything she can think of. She had chosen the form of a bracelet since it was less likely to draw attention.

Xenovia chuckled a bit before getting serious. "Good then. Let's show them not just our might but the might of Heaven itself." She said getting a reverent nod from Irina.

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The four were ready to do battle; Kiba had summoned a dozen swords that were ready to cut into the tender flesh of the angels, Issei had summoned his Boosted Gear – Twice Critical form, while Xenovia and Irina had their Excaliburs ready.

"Be careful. Issei-baka has a perverted move called Dress Break. If he manages to tag you, he'll destroy your clothes and keep you from replacing them with new ones for the rest of the day." Koneko informed the angels. Gabriel, Griselda, Melpha, Xenovia, Asia and Irina looked appalled at such an attack. This meant Irina had to be careful since she had chosen Issei as her opponent. Shinji groaned as he face palmed, already figuring that Issei created this "Dress Break" due to his perverted desire to see women's naked bodies.

"Gah! Koneko-chan why would you tell them? I was saving it for a surprise attack!" Issei whined pitifully as Ravel glared at the white-haired Rook for exposing her beloved's special attack.

"Hentai!" Koneko hissed angrily. "And don't call me 'Koneko-chan'. A hentai like you will address me as 'Toujou-san'." She told him not liking him to use such intimate honorifics with her. Only Shinji-kun could do that, and he is not a hentai like Issei.

"I apologize in advance for any and all perverted actions Issei may attempt." Kiba said bowing to the angels.

"Grrr! Kiba don't bow and apologize to them! They're the enemy in this duel!" Issei shouted at the Gremory Knight.

"But I must apologize due to your perverted nature because despite us being comrades under Buchou's command I do see you as a disgrace towards honorable men like myself and Shinji-san." Kiba countered getting Issei to groan in dismay and Ravel pointed her glare at Kiba. Shinji stood getting the attention of those around him.

"Irina tag out with me." He said leaving the bleachers and walking onto the court.

"Wha…" Irina looked at him.

"Tag out with me." Shinji said again. "You're disadvantaged due to Issei being your childhood friend and his perverted nature means you'll have to be more cautious while he doesn't." He told her. "As long as you stay in this fight, he'll do his best to sexually harass you, but with me he won't try such things with me. Besides I can see that you're distracted and we'll talk later if you want." He explained whispering the last part getting and getting a small smile from her. She gave Issei a scathing glare that hurt him deeply before she gave Shinji a hug, left the court and joined her fellow angels. Xenovia gave Shinji a grateful nod, knowing that he kept Irina from being sexually humiliated by that lecher.

"Come you lowly devil and fall to the might of the Ten of Oracles." Xenovia growled before she charged Kiba who matched her with his own charge. In less than a second, the two were repeatedly clashing swords with frightening speed, power and ferocity. Kiba and Xenovia were literal blurs, unable to be seen by untrained eyes.

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{Shinji VS Issei}

"So the Red Dragon Emperor has awakened." Shinji said taking note of the red gauntlet on Issei's left hand. From what he was seeing, Shinji could see that Issei hadn't advanced past the first stage that would cause many a person to think it was the common Twice Critical.

"So you know about my Sacred Gear huh." Issei said while glaring at Shinji. This was mainly due to him taking Irina's place in this bout. Now he couldn't get a chance to gaze at those lovely breasts Irina now had. If she would have stayed, then I could have been tapping that ass for years! Issei thought lecherously.

"I know a great many things which also includes the Thirteen Longinus and their abilities." Shinji said crossing his arms. "The Boosted Gear is a Mid-tier Longinus holding the soul of Ddraig the Red Dragon Emperor of the Heavenly Dragons. You can boost your power multiple times depending on how strong your body is. You can even transfer that boosted power to another person, boosting their power for short period of time." Shinji explained to the stunned Issei who looked at his gauntlet-clad left hand. "Though you're a long way from doing that since you haven't gotten past stage 1 yet. With your stats I give you six months to get to stage 2." Shinji added getting Issei to glower at him.

"Well it doesn't matter if you know my Longinus' power or not," Issei growled towards Shinji. "I'm going to humiliate you and show Gabriella she needs to trade up to someone better and claim those beautiful oppai for myself. Oh I can't wait to play with those delectable oppai." Issei said drooling as he imagined Gabriel offering to service him with her huge oppai. Because of his fantasy, Issei didn't notice the taciturn glare on Shinji's face or that his eyes now resembled twin pools of darkness due to calling mostly on the power of darkness thanks to being an embodiment of Twilight.

"Issei Hyoudou," Shinji spoke in a demonized voice shaking Issei from his fantasy and spooking everyone in the room including Gabriel. "You disgust me greatly due to your perverted behavior. You have the gall to stand there and claim you're going to force yourself on my girlfriend. Even worse you're having fantasies about it! You better pray to the Satans that I show you even an iota of mercy in this spar." Shinji said with a feral growl as his turned back to normal.

Issei at first was freaked out when he saw Shinji's eyes since they were like two voids of utter darkness but he shook it off. He scoffed believing that despite being an Angel, Shinji was 'average' and thus weak. Issei charged Shinji intent to humiliate him in front of everyone and prove that he was nothing but hype. Shinji deftly dodged all the sloppy punches and kicks Issei threw at him. To Shinji's trained eyes Issei was nothing but a bull who knew nothing but how to charge forward. He could also tell that Issei had the makings of being a power-idiot; a brute-force fighter with no finesse or technique who only uses pure power to solve their problems.

Shinji had faced a few power-idiots in the past and all of them were easy to beat since they didn't know how to properly use that power.

Issei grit his teeth as Shinji continued to make a fool of him; no matter what he did he couldn't lay a hand on Shinji to hurt him as the angel dodged him with Knight-level speed and grace. Which wasn't surprising; Shinji is a trained fighter with years of extensive training while Issei on the other hand was the typical street brawler. Due to being a devil only for two months, Issei had spent most of his learning about how to be a proper devil and due to his slight dim-wittedness was struggling to grasp some of the basics so Rias was focusing on those problems. This meant he had yet to start physical training, something that Koneko, Xuelan and Isabela would enjoy greatly since they could harshly beat him without getting in trouble for it.

Issei decided to switch tactics, going from hand-to-hand to long range combat by putting some distance between him and Shinji before launching his, as he called them, Dragon Shots. Shinji easily dodged the dragon fireballs and after several moments of seeing that his latest trick wasn't working, Issei stopped his attack before Boosting as much of his yoki as possible, getting a green aura to form around him as the gear called out multiple Boosts. Issei grit his teeth as he pushed himself due to his desire to outdo Shinji, doing a dangerous x30 Boost. Shinji raised his eyebrow at seeing Issei straining to contain his own boosted power.

Shinji could sense that Issei was now slightly stronger than an above average Low-class Angel which was unimpressive to Shinji because as an Archangel he has 20,000 times the power of an average Low-class Angel.

Issei glared at Shinji as he raised his left hand and shouted; "DRAGON CANNON!"

An impressively large discharge of energy, the size a Toyota Prius, was fired from the gauntlet and traveled towards Shinji at an impressive speed. He merely stared the blast down unflinchingly as he had seen and faced worst. Shinji quickly summoned his trusted legendary Holy Sword and channeled his vast holy energies into it to enhance its already immense holy powers and easily cut Issei's attack in two. The two halves traveled past him and sailed towards the walls where they impacted and activated the seals which absorbed their energy and dissipated the explosion before it even happened.

Issei gaped as he saw his attack get cut in two since he put all of his power into it. He then noticed the sword in Shinji's hand and realized Shinji used it to cut his attack. He couldn't tell what kind of sword of it was besides it being of European origin causing him to question why Shinji would use a European sword instead of the traditional katana like a Japanese man would use.

Shinji desummoned his sword before speaking. "That was impressive Issei-san." Shinji praised the Gremory Pawn who scowled. He didn't want this bastard's praise. "Now let me impress you with an ability that only I possess; Twilight!" Shinji said as he held out his right hand. A three-dimensional magic square as a glowing orb of Light and Darkness appeared in said hand before Shinji launched it with a shout of; "PARADISE LOST (らくどロスト, Rakudo Rosuto)!"

Issei was unable to dodge to the three-dimensional magic square as it was traveling at subsonic speeds (Shinji was giving him a chance to dodged this). It struck him with severe authority, where it expanded around him as the torrential powers of Twilight ravaged his body as the light aspect of it was the fatal weakness of a devil like him. He couldn't even scream in pain, only a silent scream ripped its way out his throat as he was devastated by Shinji's attack. Soon the Paradise Lost ended with an impressive explosion that rocked the gym. The duel between Xenovia and Kiba stopped shortly, only to see what was happening.

"ISSEI-KUN!" Ravel screamed when she and others saw Issei. Issei's ruin and ravaged body was lying in a large crater. His hair was burnt and mostly gone, most of his skin was blackened and burnt, cracked in several places that it looked painful to even look at, and the blood that managed to leak out was dried and caked onto his skin. His shirt was a tattered and burnt mess and his pants were barely able to hide his modesty being nothing more than skimpy pair of daisy dukes for men (Donald Dukes).

The devils looked at Shinji with wide eyes, a variety of emotions going through their eyes; awe, respect, and fear. But for the Shinji Chasers, lust was also present as power was sexy in their eyes and add the fact that the young man they wanted has such power only made them want him even more. Ravel glared darkly at Shinji for harming her beloved Issei, doing her level best of restraining herself from attacking him. Kiba while shocked at the display, shook it off as his desire for vengeance overruled his concern for his peerage mate.

Xenovia merely snorted as she saw the defeated devil, having already known that Shinji would win and win handily. Griselda and Melpha were curious of Shinji's Twilight ability given its unique properties. It was the first time they saw Twilight in action since being told about it. Asia while shocked at her leader's ruthless attack, realized that the devil wouldn't have been merciful to her leader. Ravel was already by Issei's side forcing him to drink her Phenex tears watching as they slowly but surely healed him.

Shinji had won his duel. Now only that left Xenovia and Kiba.

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{Xenovia VS Kiba}

"That fool you call a comrade should have known challenging St. Shinji was idiotic." Xenovia told Kiba after forcing him back. "That lecher may be the newest Red Dragon Emperor but he is nothing but an ant compared to St. Shinji." She told him as she attacked him once again.

Kiba blocked her attacks, gritting his teeth at the power and speed behind them. He had been foolish in underestimating her due to his rage towards the Excaliburs. She was matching him evenly so far in this duel and that was unforgivable to him! He should be dominating her; owning her like a pimp does his whore and yet she was evenly matching him!

"You keep calling Shinji-san Saint. Why is that?" he asked hoping to distract her. Xenovia merely pressed her attack, keeping Kiba on the defensive.

"When Lords Michael and Raphael restored our memories of Second Impact, the Angel Wars and the failed Third Impact, there were many who wanted St. Shinji to be rewarded for his actions in bringing salvation to the world like his fellow Messiah Lord Jesus Christ did centuries ago. So it was decided that he should receive the greatest of honors; Sainthood." Xenovia explained not letting in her attacks. She quickly took advantage of Kiba's shock at the information by smashing him with the flat side of Excalibur Destruction, leaving him spiraled out on the floor. She stood poised ready to stab Destruction into Kiba who rolled out the way and hopped to his feet.

He started his own relentless attacks, trying to press the holy swordswoman but she blocked all his attacks while not being forced on the defensive as she did him when she attacked. Their swords were blurs as they attacked but Kiba made very little headway. Overextending on a slash, Xenovia dodged easily and was inside Kiba's guard, smashing him in the gut with Destruction's handle, sending him flying back several feet. He landed roughly on his back, gasping for breath from the force of Xenovia's attack.

Xenovia stood with a relaxed yet guarded stance, waiting for Kiba to stand once more. Growling, Kiba stood summoning a new sword before charging her. Once again Xenovia met his charge, expertly blocking Kiba's attacks whilst she 'damaged' him with minor taps from her attacks, signifying she scored yet another hit on him. Kiba was quickly beginning to lose his composure at Xenovia's laid back and calm way of battling him and how she wasn't even trying to harm him as he was (though he had yet to harm her) trying to harm her. It was as if she wasn't even trying; that there was some smug assurance she could beat him anytime she wanted.

He looked into her dark yellow eyes and what he saw pissed him off; she was looking down on him!

Snarling like a beast, Kiba began attacking erratically; his attacks were wild and all over the place yet Xenovia looked to be the immovable object being unfazed by the wild attacks as her blade met Kiba's repeatedly. She expertly blocked each attack and dealt her own that left Kiba with yet another 'cut' to the growing collection of 'cuts' on his person. This only served to infuriate Kiba even more that he had yet to injure the holy swordswoman. After several clashes, Kiba would jump back and summon a variety of swords with various abilities but not one worked against Xenovia's blade as they shattered after a few blows.

That was due to Excalibur Destruction's unique ability; destruction. The sword embodied the immense destructive power of the True Excalibur, being the second strongest of the Excalibur fragments after Ruler. With this power, it was not hard for Xenovia to withstand the blades of her opponent (a word she used very loosely), merely toying with Kiba before destroying his current sword, forcing him to summon a new one to continue their little dance.

Growing bored, Xenovia decided to end this charade of a duel, quickly charging a large amount of Excalibur Destruction's holy-destructive aura along with her own angelic aura, getting a faint glow around the blade. Losing himself to his anger at being toyed with by Xenovia and his rage at seeing an accursed Excalibur piece and not being able to destroy it, Kiba was unaware of the danger until it was too late.

"DIVINE HOLY SLASH!" Xenovia shouted as she launched the Getsuga Tenshō-like energy wave-slash point-blank at Kiba. Said person was unable to dodge and took the brunt of the attack; his sword shattered to pieces like glass as his body was ravaged by the holy energies surrounding him as he was blasted into the wall as the energy wave/slash devastated him.

When the holy energies finally dispersed, a ravaged and beaten Kiba was revealed. His body was ruined; multiple cuts and gashes marred his body, his clothes were nothing but rags; his shirt was shredded to pieces and his pants were tattered shorts. Most of his face was a crimson mask, his own blood obscuring his vision as he stared blankly in front of him. He was in so much pain that if felt like someone replaced his all of his bodily fluids with gasoline and then set it on fire hoping to burn him alive from the inside out. It was just that painful!

He painfully moved his head to look at Xenovia, standing triumphant with the Excalibur resting on her shoulder. Her eyes, it was her eyes he hated most.

She was looking down on him again. The smugness in which she could defeat him clear as day; the ease in which she could hold his life in her hand and spare it on a whim made his blood boil. Yet he couldn't do a damn thing about it because she had proven to be his superior in the art of the sword. So with his Knight's code, he'll concede this match to her but there will be rematch no doubt about it.

With that, Kiba passed out from the pain he was in, Xenovia winning this duel as her King did his… just in a more systematic process.

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Kiba stared blankly, not focusing on a particular object or person, just blankly staring ahead into empty space. After Ravel had healed him which he politely thanked her, he and his fellow devils left for the ORC HQ while the angels left for wherever they were staying. Rias and Sona were conversing about the situation as their peerages lounged about in ORC headquarters. Karlamine looked at her crush with worried green eyes as she did her best to comfort him in his time of need but he merely ignored her and continued to stare ahead blankly.

The others milled about except for Issei who repeatedly cursed out Shinji the entire time even with Ravel reassuring him that he would be able to avenge himself against Shinji. The only reason he stopped cursing Shinji out was due to Ravel offering to let him touch her oppai later when they were alone. That led Issei to rant about the healing power of oppai and how liked he Ravel's the best (since she was the only woman letting him touch her breasts).

"I believe we should allow this temporary alliance to happen Rias." The ever logical Sona said to her fellow Top-class devil and heiress. "We may be strong but Kokabiel is ancient Fallen Angel of tremendous power who survived the Great War and is even recorded in the Bible. Despite the bitch Shinji-kun now dates, Gabriel-san is the only one who can fight and defeat him." She said adjusting her glasses. Then a vicious smile appeared on her face as she went on. "Who knows, they may even kill each other and during his emotional turmoil we (and I mean myself you redheaded cunt) comfort Shinji-kun and in comforting him we lure him to our side." Sona licked her lips at the thought of having Shinji to herself.

Rias also smiled a vicious smile at the thought of Gabriel dying and being able to lure Shinji to her side to and have him to herself. She sighed dreamily at the thought of Shinji as her servant, boyfriend and future husband. Having him as a servant would boost her own immense status tremendously and she would get even more brownie points for being able to convince to him to fall from Heaven and become a devil as he should have been. Shinji Ikari former Angel of Heaven, then Fallen Angel then a devil all thanks to her, Rias Gremory.

Who would want to be a damned angel when being a devil was more advantageous and far less restrictive. As a devil one can drink, smoke and most importantly have sex which the angels frown upon. As a devil one can do whatever they wanted so long as it didn't bring any harm and shame to the clan and the Underworld in any way. There was just so many opportunities that only a devil can experience and soon Shinji would know of those experiences when he finally became the devil he's supposed to be.

Rias couldn't wait to find a way to get Shinji to herself and she would get to pamper him with some being very sexual and naughty in nature. Just thinking about it was making her wet. She crossed her shapely legs to control the itch in her loins.

"And speaking of possible relationships," Sona said having crossed her slender legs and faintly blushing. It was clear to Rias that Sona was having the same thought about Shinji as she did. "Still no word on Riser's killer?" the Sitri heiress asked curious about the Phenex Clan's attempts of locating Riser's murderer.

Rias just huffed as her thankfully dead ex-fiancé was brought up... again. Two years ago, Riser Phenex had been killed by a powerful Top-class Exorcist with Yubelluna living long enough to alert the Phenex clan about his death before succumbing to her own wounds and dying also. The Phenex clan had been up in arms wanting to avenge Riser but since they didn't know the identity of his killer they couldn't just up an attack the Vatican without causing another war which no one really wanted. And the Satans put their collective foot down on such an idiotic action. Still the Phenex have spent millions of dollars trying to find the identity of the exorcist that killed Riser so they could avenge him.

Personally Rias didn't couldn't give two shits about Riser. Hell she actually wanted to meet his killer and thank him/her for freeing her from her Satan-damned engagement with the bastard. Besides that, the only other good thing for Rias was that due to being his fiancé she inherited everything he once owned (his peerage included) due to the laws concerning what happens should one of the devils in an engagement die off before they could solidify the union.

Even though she could have an extra peerage, Rias just couldn't handle two peerages at once so she had transferred Riser's former servants to her peerage and even got a few more Mutation Pieces so she could make the transfer successful.

Xeulan, Isabela, Ravel Phenex, Mihae, Karlamine, Siris, Ni & Li, Ile & Nel, Mira, Marion, Shuriya and Bürent were now part of her peerage since she had a Rook piece, her two Bishop pieces, a Knight piece and all eight of her Pawn pieces left. She used the Transfer ability of the Evil Piece system to Transfer Xeulan to her main peerage using her final Rook, she used her second Mutation Piece to Transfer Isabela for her third Rook, Ravel and Mihae were Transferred as both of her Bishops, Karlamine took her final Knight while she used her third Mutation Piece on Siris for a third Knight, and Ni, Li, Ile, Nel, Mira, Marion, Shuriya and Bürent joined as her Pawns.

"Still nothing on that front but you know how I really feel about Riser." Rias said callously since she didn't give a damn about the dead bastard. She knew the only reason Sona brought it up was that right now she [Rias] would be Rias Phenex (shudder) since there had been talk between her father and Riser to move the wedding date up. "Besides that let's get back on topic. I wholeheartedly agree about the alliance but my Knight won't like it. Despite my faith in him, his hatred may cause him to go Stray and possibly cost us." Rias told her friend/rival while glancing at her blonde Knight in worry.

"Perhaps we can possibly reach a compromise that would allow Kiba to free himself from his painful past?" Sona suggested getting a look of contemplation from Rias.

"That… that could work but will they agree to a compromise?"

"I'm sure that Shinji-kun is reasonably enough to listen to reason."

The two heiresses continued to talk and make plans for this, both agreeing not to tell their older siblings about this as if they did they would be forced back to the Underworld with their siblings' peerages watching over them like hawks which would restrict their freedom greatly. Besides this was Rias and Sona's chance to show not just their parents but their sister-complexing Satan siblings that they can take care of themselves.

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"Irina-san," Shinji said entering the girl's room. After returning to the HQ, Irina had immediately locked herself in her room and hasn't come out since. The only time she was seen was for dinner but she only took her plate and left back for her room not to be seen again. It wasn't hard to see that Irina was having problems trying to cope with the revelation of the Holy Sword project. After all she had just learned the organization she put her faith into and put her life on the line for on a daily basis willingly sacrificed 300+ children and teenagers all in an attempt to gain more powerful warriors.

Shinji scanned the room until he saw the girl was huddled in a corner of her room hugging her knees to her ample chest and dressed only in a white tank-top with the saying 'Angel Mode' air brushed on the chest and black bike shorts. Her vivid purple eyes were glazed and almost lifeless.

Shinji approached his distraught Ace and quietly sat in front of her, organizing his thoughts as he rested his chin in his right hand.

"Why?" Irina spoke getting Shinji's attention. "Why would the Church allow such a project to happen?! Why did so many innocent people had to suffer and be sacrificed just to give me and others the ability to wield holy swords?! Just please tell me... why?" Irina begged tears falling. She felt so lost. She had always believed in God; that he was just and righteous, that he brought suffering only the sinful and grace to the righteous. So why did God allow innocent people to suffer because of HSP? Surely there had to be another way to create artificial holy sword wielders so why?

Irina felt herself being pulled into a hug and just gave in, returning the hug and letting her tears fall, soaking Shinji's shirt in the process. Shinji just held the distraught girl, rubbing her back as he tried to sooth her. Nearly an hour later, Irina calmed down enough that she was only sniffling.

"I know to a degree what you're going through Irina-san." Shinji began still holding the girl. "To put your faith in an organization only to find out about the skeletons in the closest." he said remembering when Ritsuko revealed the Rei clones and their origin to him and Misato. Then there was Ritsuko showing them the Eva graveyard and telling them the truth behind the Evangelions which left Shinji sick to his stomach. It still does to very this day.

"The reason why the Vatican did what they did was most likely desperation. To the Vatican and the Church as a whole, they're at a never-ending war with the forces of darkness and so they need every advantage they can get. Sometimes such advantages come at a cost like what the Holy Sword Project created and to some such costs are needed." Shinji told the girl who tightened her grip on his shirt. "The only thing we can do is to hopefully learn from this and find alternatives that don't require such sacrifices." he said getting Irina to nod into his chest. The two didn't know how long they sat like that but Irina needed some comfort and Shinji was willing to give it.

After several moments Irina then realized her current situation; she was sitting in Shinji's lap snuggled up to him with her right arm around his neck and her left hand on his defined chest while her face was in the crook of his neck.

Blushing deeply, Irina jumped up and hastily apologized for her 'sinful' actions. "St. Shinji-sama I'm so sorry for my sinful actions. Please forgive me!" she pleaded not wanting to suffer Gabriel's wrath. Everyone in Heaven knew of Shinji's relationship with Gabriel and everyone could see just how in love the two of them are. Therefore Irina was deathly afraid of Gabriel getting the wrong impression from the scene and believe she [Irina] was trying to seduce Shinji.

"Irina-san there is no reason to apologize as you did nothing wrong. All that happened was me comforting you in your time of need. Nothing more, nothing less." Shinji said standing up and getting the girl to nod shyly. "You want me to warm your plate up?" he asked seeing the barely touched food on the night stand. Irina nodded shyly towards the legend feeling a bit ashamed for almost wasting Shinji's food. After all his food was far better than just the bread and soup she ate the Protestant and she would easily admit not wanting to go back to just bread and soup.

Irina thanked Shinji and dug in promising to clean the plate herself when she's done. Shinji closed the door to Irina's room, seeing Gabriel leaning against the wall.

"I take it you heard that." Shinji asked though both knew it was a statement. The two Archangels walked down the hall to their shared bedroom.

Gabriel nodded. "Yes. Irina-san had just recently become a Top-class Exorcist and on top of you taking her as your Ace she didn't have time to be briefed on such topics. Finding out about the project itself from the lone survivor has dealt a severe blow to her faith in father's teachings." the beautiful angel said. "I managed to calm Asia down and explain why Holy Sword happened, the explanation being similar to your own." she said getting a 'thank you' from her beloved.

"Does Irina-san know the 'real' truth?" Shinji asked putting emphasis on the word 'real'. Gabriel shook her head in a negative, the angel claiming that most of the reincarnated angels didn't know the real truth per Michael's order. In fact very few humans know the real truth and they were all part of the higher echelons of the clergy and swore blood oaths to keep this truth hidden. Shinji told Gabriel he would tell his Brave Saints the truth considering they would be fighting Kokabiel, it would be imperative so that their Brave Saints were not despaired in the middle of combat.

Gabriel had been reluctant in telling the others the truth but Shinji claimed that the betrayal the others would feel would be even worse and cause them to be distrustful of the high-ranking angels. Shinji asked Gabriel to trust him and let him handle this getting Gabriel to agree having faith in her boyfriend/King. Once in their master suite, the two legendary archangels got ready for bed; taking a shared shower before cuddling up naked in their king-sized bed.

"Goodnight my Shinji." Gabriel said kissing her beloved.

"Goodnight my Gabriel." Shinji returned enjoying the kiss as he hugged Gabriel tightly.

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Xenovia looked at her King wondering what he wanted to talk about as it had to be serious given his serious expression. Also Shinji had asked her to follow him for some privacy citing the walls have ears which left the girl confused as she didn't know walls could listen. Just how much did the walls hear on a daily basis? Just how many secrets did the walls hold within them?

Stowing that thought, Xenovia dutifully followed after her King and wondered what it was he wanted to tell her if they were leaving the shrine. The two were dressed in casual clothes; Shinji in a black leather biker's jacket with the saying 'Brave Saints Oracle' along with the yin-yang Infinity symbol on the back, white/gold/black jersey-styled A-shirt with the saying 'KoO' (King of Oracles) on the front and his name on the back, black wristbands and fingerless gloves, gray South Pole jeans and black Lugz boots.

Xenovia wore a matching women's jersey with the saying 'ToO' (Ten of Oracles) on the front with her name on the back. It did nothing to hid the perfectly round and large shape of her ample F-cup breasts and her crucifix was worn above said breasts. She wore gray skinny jeans that brought attention to her well-defined rear end and her toned and shapely legs and black zipped boots finished the look.

The two angelic warriors were standing atop Kuoh Tower enjoying the view of Kuoh Town which took Xenovia's breath away seeing the town like this.

"There is a reason I brought you here Xenovia," Shinji began getting the exorcist's attention. "Besides the stunning views, I'm going to tell you the real truth behind the Christian religion." he said looking the young woman in her dark yellow eyes.

"And what is this secret St. Shinji?" Xenovia asked.

Shinji sighed, running a hand through his hair before deciding to just be blunt about it. "God is dead." there he said it. Xenovia blinked as the words repeated themselves in her head. God was dead? But how? He's immortal; the Alpha and Omega and is the very definition of eternal! He lived since before the universe even began, having created it himself. His power is superior to all; unmatched by even the other deities and the Satans themselves. So how could he be dead?

"You must be lying St. Shinji. There is no way that God, the God-who-created-the-universe-and-everything-in-it can be dead! He just can't!" Xenovia tried to deny.

"I'm afraid he is Xenovia." Shinji said staring the woman down. "God died a thousand years ago in the final years of the Great War."

"Great War?"

"Yes. You know the story of Lucifer, his rebellion and 1/3 of Heaven falling after the rebellion failed. How they fell and became the devils of Hell (Underworld). What you don't know is that Lucifer and his followers didn't go away quietly as the Bible claim they did. For 150,000 thousand years Lucifer and his devils waited; building up their numbers to create a vast army to challenge that of God's. Then 9000 years ago, the devils launched what would become the Great War."

"You mean Armageddon already happened?!"

"No. The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse weren't seen nor active during the Great War." Shinji told his Ten who calmed down slightly. "The Great War raged for 8000 years, spanning the natural and supernatural worlds with Devils, Angels and Fallen Angels fighting to win. The Fallen Angels pulled out of the war first 6000 years into it, leaving only Heaven and Hell left to fight. In the final years of the war, the Satans were killed off one-by-one leaving only Lucifer who fought God to the death. The deaths of God and the Satans ended the war with all three sides exhausted and in what is called a Cold War." Shinji told his Ten.

Xenovia stood there, just numb from what she learned. The almighty deity that she was taught about since she was taken into the Church, who she worshiped every day, fought and bled for was dead. Did that make everything she did in his name worthless? Was all her training; all the blood, sweat and tears she shed to become an exorcist, a Top-class exorcist useless? Was there any reason for her to continue and fulfill her goal of gaining the illustrious rank of Paladin? With God dead was there any reason to remain faithful to a religion without its principal deity alive?

Before she could fall to her knees in despair she was pulled into a hug by Shinji. At first she tried to fight it; to lash out at the man who shattered her world, to scream and curse him. But she couldn't because she felt drained; emotionally and spiritually drained. Yet as she was held by Shinji, she couldn't help but notice his warmth and how it 'invaded' her body; spreading from her chest and outwards. She felt at peace along with being safe and protected; that there was nothing in the world that could or would harm her. Her arms moved of their own accord, wrapping around Shinji and causing her to hug him tightly. She buried her face into the crook of his neck, inhaling his scent and leaving her lightheaded.

So soothing… Xenovia thought as she hugged herself closer to Shinji. Does Lady Gabriel feel like this every time she hugs St. Shinji? Xenovia wondered. To be constantly wrapped in a soothing warmth that was like an impregnable barrier keeping out all things harmful. Yes she could understand Gabriel hugging Shinji so much.

"God may be dead in the physical sense but he still lives spiritually." Shinji said gently getting Xenovia to perk up slightly. Shinji pulled away getting Xenovia to let loose a slight whimper at the loss of his delicious warmth. She wanted more of it; to be forever wrapped in its comforting embrace. "God is alive and well in here." Shinji said pointing to Xenovia's heart.

"My heart?" Xenovia questioned.

"Yes your heart. As long as there is still one person who believes in God and follows his teachings, God is alive. Each and every Christian in this world keeps God alive and thusly he can never truly be dead no matter what. Just as the Satans aren't forgotten by the devils, God isn't forgotten by the Angels and Christians of the world." Shinji told the woman who let a tear loose as she hugged him tightly.

"Thank you St. Shinji." Xenovia sighed as she nuzzled his chest inhaling his scent once again and found she liked it. Their moment was ruined when they sensed a large spike of a fairly strong yoki signature, an immense seiki signature and a severe amount of bloodlust. They jumped a bit when a large sonic boom, as loud as the loudest of thunder claps, rang through their ears. Xenovia instinctively pulled herself closer to Shinji due to the suddenness of the sonic boom and Shinji instinctively hugged her tighter in order to comfort her. Realizing their position, the two quickly broke apart, both faintly blushing but they snapped out of it when the yoki signature began to fade rapidly.

"St. Shinji one of the devils seems to be in trouble." Xenovia told her King as she summoned Excalibur Destruction and ready to receive her orders.

"Could Kokabiel be attacking already?!" Shinji asked sensing for the Fallen Angel but couldn't find him. The only massive power level he could readily sense was Gabriel's so it wasn't Kokabiel. And Gabriel didn't have tainted energy. The yoki was he sensing was barely Mid-Class Angel range and weakening fast. Bringing forth his golden wings and his halo appearing, he spoke; "Xeno lets fly and investigate this. We won't use the mandala because I want to get the drop on whoever this is." he said getting a nod from the swordswoman who released her white wings with her halo appearing as well. The two angels quickly flew off the tower towards the source of the spike.

As they flew, Xenovia had a stray thought; Did St. Shinji give me what is called a pet name? The girl blushed at the thought.

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(During Shinji's talk with Xenovia)

Kiba was wandering around the town, conflicted on what he was to do in this situation. He failed to destroy an Excalibur and avenge himself and his Holy Sword comrades because he underestimated his opponent. If the situation was just about those blasted swords he would devote all of his time to his mission of destroying the accursed Excaliburs; even if he had to go Stray and use the most underhanded of tactics, as long as he destroyed those damned swords then he would finally have peace.

But the situation was not just about those godforsaken swords. A legendary Fallen Angel was plotting to murder his master and the master of the Sitri peerage to start another Great War all to prove the supposed superiority of the fallen angels.

Now he was torn between his desire... no his need to avenge himself, his Holy Sword comrades and destroy the Excaliburs and his duty to his master Rias and his current comrades on the Gremory peerage.

Satan-damn it! Kiba mentally growled. I must destroy those damned swords but with Kokabiel prowling around it is my duty as a Knight to protect my master at all cost! But the swords are so close... but Kokabiel is threatening my King... Kiba growled to himself as his need for revenge and closure warred with his duty as a Knight. As he continued to have his mental debate, Kiba was unaware he was being followed until his stalker spoke and leveled his KI (Killing Intent) at him.

"Well if it isn't a shitty devil-chan wandering town." the stalker spoke spooking Kiba as the blonde Gremory Knight turned to face the voice's owner. The person was male, in his mid-to-late twenties, fairly tall with pale off-white hair, crazed red eyes glinting with insanity and a sadistic/twisted smile on his face. He wore a clerical uniform with a long dark greenish-black overcoat. "I spooked ya didn't I? Ha! A shitty devil-chan getting spooked that's rich!" the unknown man laughed getting Kiba to frown.

"It's clear that you're an exorcist but how did you know I'm a devil? My aura is under control and tightly concealed." Kiba asked preparing himself for a possible battle.

The exorcist's twisted smile became even more twisted as he spoke. "Actually I didn't but ya confirmed it for me so thank ya." he said getting Kiba to scowl at how he was tricked. "I was just looking for another person to kill when I spotted ya and I couldn't resist the temptation of cutting ya up since a pretty boy like ya must scream real good." he said licking his lips as Kiba scowled darkly at him. "Besides that I'm a Fallen Exorcist so I don't really care if ya human or not, I gonna feel the orgasmic pleasure of killing ya!" he shouted blurring out of sight and was suddenly in front of a stunned Kiba who barely ducked the sword slash in time.

Using his Knight power, Kiba blurred away from his attacker and summoned a Holy light eating sword from his Sacred Gear Sword Birth. He froze when he sensed a familiar Holy energy coming from the sword in the man's hand. It was styled like a Kris (and/or Keris; an asymmetrical dagger) but was as long as a normal European sword with a black and gold hilt. It was glowing the usual golden-yellow color of Holy power which was immense compared to the normal lightsaber-like swords exorcists carry.

"Is... is that an Excalibur?!" Kiba demanded with an angry hiss that would make Koneko proud.

The man just laughed before giving Kiba a cocky/sadistic grin. "You can bet ya sweet ass ya shitty devil-chan. This here is Excalibur Rapidly. With his badboy I have enhanced reflexes and can move at hypersonic speeds... like this." he said one second in front of Kiba and in another second right behind him ready to decapitate the blonde Knight.

Shit! Kiba cursed as he barely dodged yet another insanely fast sword swing, getting a few hairs cut off in the process but it was better than his head. Using his Knight speed, Kiba blurred into his attack that the Stray Exorcist easily blocked. Kiba tried to use his Knight speed to its maximum but the insane exorcist matched him evenly throughout the entire exchange. Despite the man wielding an Excalibur piece, he and Kiba were evenly matched though Kiba held a slight advantage due to being used to high-speed combat. This was due to him being a Knight Piece and his training with Karlamine and Siris.

The exchange continued for several long moments, the swordsmen clashing repeatedly with frightening levels of ferocity. Both were putting out large amounts of killing intent as both tried and failed to kill the other. On one clash the sheer force behind their blows forced them apart, the two skidding back for about twelve feet before they stopped.

"Un. Ya shitty devil-chan ain't half bad but I ain't using my full strength!" the man claimed before vanishing in a large sonic boom that destroyed the ground and left a large crater. Soon the exorcist was behind Kiba with a sickening smile on his face.

"ARGH!" Kiba screamed in unholy pain. A fountain of blood erupted from his chest due to a fairly deep slash mark from his right hip to his left shoulder. He fell to a knee, his sword clattering to the ground as he grasped his injury. The pain, sweet Satan it was too much! He was already fading in and out just from the pain alone not counting the rapid blood loss. It's just like with Xenovia! He mentally cried trying to and failing to fight the pain.

"Well shitty devil-chan it was good while it lasted even though I'm only at half-mast here." the man said gesturing to his partial-erection before walking towards the downed Kiba. Soon he reached the beaten Gremory Knight and lifted Rapidly in the air like an executioner's axe. "Time to die shitty devil-chan!" the man screamed. But before he could kill Kiba he was hit by a sudden energy wave-slash of holy energy that sent him down the alley like a skipping stone. "FUCK!" the man roared/wheezed in pain as he gripped his injured chest. He wasn't even bleeding because of the attack's heat intensity having cauterized the wound.

"To think that I would end up saving you Gremory Knight."

Kiba weakly looked towards the voice, his glazed eyes taking in Xenovia in her 'Angel Mode'; eight pristine white wings spouting from her back and a white halo above her head. Oh how he hated those dark yellow eyes of hers; once again she was looking down him, even moreso given his defeat by this unknown man.

Xenovia turned from the defeated Kiba to the man she attacked, easily recognizing him. "Freed Sellzen. Former High-class Exorcist of the Vatican. Banished for heresy because you not only didn't believe in God you only wanted to kill, not caring if they be human or not." Xenovia recited as she began walking towards the struggling man. "Wanted for the murder of 150 people, thirty of which were members of the clergy and also includes the rape of five nuns. It is time for you to pay for your sins for I am Xenoiva – the Ten of Oracles to the Archangel of Twilight St. Shinj!" Xenovia declared leveling Destruction at Freed.

Freed growled as he fought through the pain, forcing himself to stand as he tightly gripped Rapidly. "Ya shitty angel! I don't give a damn if God himself was here... I'll fuck 'em up like I'll fuck ya up!" he shouted about to charge when he suddenly froze.

"Freed return now! Your time limit has passed." an unknown yet powerful voice spoke, though only Freed could hear it. Growling to himself, Freed reached into his pocket even as Xenovia launched herself to stop him. Using Rapidly to boost his speed and reactions once again, Freed rapidly threw down several marble-sized orbs.

"Shit!" Xenovia cursed as she quickly shielded her eyes with Destruction as the smoke-flash bang combo pellets went off. Thankfully she wasn't blinded but she knew that Freed had escaped divine punishment which didn't sit well with her. Feeling her King land beside her, Xenovia relaxed and desummoned Destruction. "He got away St. Shinji." she said downcast she couldn't punish Freed.

"Don't worry Xeno. Punishment comes to all the wicked. It's just a matter of time." Shinji said getting the girl to blush faintly again at the use of his pet name for her. "Let's get Kiba healed up by Asia and discuss this with the devils. Things have gotten even more complicated." he said with a sigh getting Xenovia to nod.

Shinji approached the passed out Kiba, picked him up and slung him over his shoulder and ignoring the blonde's blood staining his jacket and shirt before summoning a mandala to take him to house. Asia and the others were waiting outside since if Shinji took Kiba inside it would do more harm to the already injured devil as the house was 'blessed by Heaven'. Placing the blonde devil on the ground, Asia went to work on healing him and in a few moments she was done. Picking up the Gremory Knight once again, Shinji and Xenovia teleported to Kuoh Academy to talk with the devils.

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"Who. Attacked. My. Knight?!" Rias ground out as she glared at the angels. She and Sona were in the ORC HQ discussing their plans to deal with Kokabiel when Shinji and his fellow angel Xenovia came in carrying her Knight. Seeing her Knight's ruffled appearance along with the blood on Shinji's jacket and shirt, the Gremory heiress was up in arms demanding who had attacked her faithful servant. Rias then found the edge of Excalibur Destruction near her jugular as Xenovia stared coldly at her with a taciturn glare.

"To assume that we attacked your slave is foolish especially since my King has put forth a possible alliance between our groups." Xenovia said her dark glare freezing Rias with fear. It felt like she was being admonished by Grayfia when said woman was in her 'Onee-sama Mode'. Xenovia removed her blade from the redhead's throat, desummoning it as she began explaining what happened to Kiba. "Your slave was attacked by a fallen priest known as Freed Sellzen. I managed to save your slave and force Freed to retreat." she explained to the devil heiresses.

Rias sighed before she bowed before the angels; "I thank you for saving my Knight's life. As a Gremory, I care deeply for my servants so again thank you. Also I apologize for jumping to conclusions."

Xenovia stared at the Gremory before nodding. "It is alright Gremory-san, you merely allowed your feelings to get the better of you." the blue haired angel said as Rias stood from her bow. "If there is nothing else, we'll take our leave." she said but Rias stopped her and Shinji.

"Please wait." Rias said getting the angels' attention. "There is something more I'd like to discuss with you. Since you know of my Knight's past is there a way we can come up with some sort of solution/compromise that would allow Kiba some semblance of peace." she said almost pleading. "I fear that his hatred towards the Excaliburs will cause him to go Stray and if that happens then I'll end up having no choice but to hunt and kill him, especially if he refuses to come back." she added not telling them that the Gremory Clan was the only clan that didn't have Stray Devils. If it was found out that one of her servants went Stray, it would be a massive blow to not only her but also her clan's reputation.

Shinji thought deeply on Kiba's situation, he had been ever since he heard Kiba's story. It reminded him greatly of his stepfather's actions against him in the past timeline. He mentally had a revelation when he remembered Xenovia's info on Freed.

"There is a possibility," Shinji began getting Rias to perk up. "I believe that Kiba is transferring his rage and hatred he has towards the Excaliburs instead of at the one responsible, most likely in the belief he wouldn't be able to find and kill Valper. From some newly gained information I believe that Valper himself has allied with Kokabiel. If I allowed Kiba to kill Valper would that be enough to give him some peace?" he asked the Gremory Princess.

"As soon as he wakes, I'll tell him about this possibility and pray to the Satans he'll take it." Rias promised giving Shinji a bow while thanking him. With that done, the angels finally left leaving the devils alone as Rias focused on her Knight, sighing as she heard him murmur about his vengeance.

Kiba... Rias thought sadly hoping to all that is unholy that Kiba takes Shinji's compromise.

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"This mission is truly the most complicated I have ever been on." Griselda sighed pinching the bridge of her nose. After returning to the HQ, Shinji had called for another war meeting, since there was more to the recent attack. Xenovia revealed that she not only recognized Kiba's attacker but also the attacker's weapon, the Excalibur Rapidly. "Freed is a battle manic and coldblooded murderer with Top-class exorcist skills to back him up. With him working with Kokabiel then we have two dangerous foes to deal with." the Spanish beauty of an angel said.

"Not just Freed but also the Genocide Archbishop himself." Shinji added. "Valper created the means to make artificial holy sword users so he's the only one can give someone that ability. And from the info Xenovia told me about Freed while on the way here, he wasn't a natural holy sword user like us." Shinji said gesturing to himself, Xenovia and Griselda. "It's clear that Valper is now allied with Kokabiel along with Freed. With Grigori's support through Kokabiel, Valper can continue his project while giving those under Kokabiel an increase in strength. And to Kokabiel such a sacrifice is acceptable." he explained.

"I do not like this. We are blind in this situation and Kokabiel seems to hold all the cards." Gabriel said with a frown. "We don't know if Kokabiel has anymore reinforcements besides Freed and with Valper arming Kokabiel's forces with the ability to wield holy swords, he holds the advantage. We may have to call in reinforcements for ourselves." she said wondering if Michael would give them reinforcements but shook her head in a negative.

Two legendary archangels was already pushing it, but they also had two Ophan in Griselda and Melpha, two Virtues in Xenovia and Irina, and a Ruler in Asia. They were already treading dangerously enough as it is so Michael wouldn't risk inciting the Shinto Faction's wrath.

She and the others were on their own for this.

"We need to be extra attentive and careful. Freed may have told Kokabiel about his encounter with Kiba and Xenovia so Kokabiel may move earlier in his plans. If he does then we need to be ready to act." Shinji said getting nods from the women.

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(Unknown Location)

"ARGH!" Freed screamed as he was roughly thrown into a nearby wall, his body making a sickening crack noise due to the sheer force behind the throw. Freed struggled to through the pain as he heard his 'attacker' approach him and lift him up by his throat. Freed painfully opened his eyes to stare into the satanic red colored eyes that had no pupil and iris, just completely red and glowed ominously in the candle lite room.

The being holding Freed was that of a young man with pale skin, jet-black hair, an angular face giving him sharp features of a classic bishie and unique pointed ears. The man wore a high-colored black robe with gold detailed accessories. Out of the man's back were ten pitch-black bird-like wings and he produced an aura that had Freed feeling like he was drowning in an immense sea of pure, unadulterated power.

This man was the legendary Fallen Angel Kokabiel, an Ophan-class angel of immense power and the former Cadre of Military Affairs of Grigori.

"Freed," Kokabiel spoke in his dark yet refined voice. "I allowed you to go out and have some fun since I understood that you were feeling antsy." the dark Ophan said tightening his hold on Freed's throat and getting the man to gasp due to lack of oxygen. "All I asked (in reality ordered) is that you didn't bring attention yourself and left the devils alone until I said so. As long as you followed that one order then you could have killed to your heart's content, hell even rape a few women. I don't care." Kokabiel said moving his face closer to Freed's. "But you did bring attention to yourself and even worse you attacked one of the devils, a pitiful devil servant who likes getting ass-fucked by his slut of a master, but a devil none the less. So Freed do you know what's going to happen next?" Kokabiel asked with a sadistic smile that would scare even Akeno.

"Now, now Kokabiel. I need Freed alive since he's exceed my expectations." a voice drawled as its owner appeared. It was bespectacled elderly man with monocle-styled glasses, gray hair and moustache, wearing the uniform that denotes him as an Archbishop. It was true what the new arrival said about Freed; the fallen exorcist was able to easily wield the Excalibur pieces with no problems whatsoever and even mastered their powers shortly after wielding each. With the combined might of all the Excalibur pieces in Freed's hands combined with his own natural skills, he was the man's greatest creation.

Kokabiel looked to see the Genocide Archbishop Valper Galilei approach him.

"Besides we still need Freed for the plan which I'm happy to say is ahead of schedule." Valper said getting a twisted smile from Kokabiel and getting him to drop Freed who hacked and coughed as he tried to breath.

"It's ready then?" Kokabiel asked as excitement coursed through his being.

Valper nodded to the dark legend. "Yes Kokabiel. The bomb is ready and will give the world the best fireworks show when we detonate it." the Genocide Archbishop said with a disturbing smile. "I even increased its destructive yield by tapping into the infinite energy field of nature chakra. Now it can and will take out ALL of Japan instead of this pathetic little devil town."

"Kukukuku! The dawn of another Great War is upon us! Soon all will know and tremble at the unrivaled might of the fallen angels with me Kokabiel leading my brethren in glorious victory after victory!" Kokabiel raved madly as his eyes glowed with insanity.


And cut! Chapter three is done and Chapter four is final conclusion to the Angelic Beginning Arc of Angel Warrior: Archangel. I originally wanted this to be a three parter but I just couldn't do it as I really got into this story so it will be a four parter. Now I know I made some changes to the story and I'll explain why. I got a Guest message asking about Riser Phenex and will he be in the story. It stumped me as I never really thought Riser since this story focuses on Shinji's life as angel so there would be no Shinji VS Riser like in Rise of the Satan V2. So I really had to think about it as I know I surprised everyone by adding Issei in chapter 2.

After some time thinking about it, I came up with a back story to explain Riser's absence in this story since I really don't care for his character. It will be explained some time later as it will cause friction between Shinji's group and Rias'. But how is the question.

For Issei yes there will be a rivalry, a one-side rivalry, between him and Shinji since Rias wants Shinji but Issei wants Rias. I only added Issei as a way to add more drama to this.

I have also reverted back to a few things that were in the original version of Angel Warrior. Issei will have the Boosted Gear because in Agent of Grigori, Shinji has the Boosted Gear and I didn't want to do the same thing with Shinji having the Boosted Gear in both stories. Besides really thinking about it, Shinji wouldn't be able to do much with the Boosted Gear like he would in Agent of Grigori since in chapter 1, Shinji is already working on the Illegal Move Trident. Besides Shinji already has the True Longinus which is the most powerful of the Longinus.

So Breast Dragon Emperor Issei will happen just like Butt Dragon Emperor Vali. Besides Shinji will have Cao Cao as his rival but how that works out is a surprise.

Another thing is to answer a question I was asked recently. Will I turn this into a harem since HSDxD is harem anime? And if I do then who will be in it?

As for the angelic power levels, which was a challenge as its mentioned in HSDxD that an angel's power level and rank are determined by their wing count. I had to do some thinking on how I can make a realistic angel power level chart and then it hit; Dragon Ball Z my all-time favorite anime and he first anime I watched as a kid. After that I looked up the Super Saiyan Power level information because that would be somewhat similar since angels with more wings would undoubtedly be stronger than a normal two-winged angel. Now remember, angels can increase their power levels and wing number through intensive training, so unlike the super saiyan forms they don't go back to their 'base form', its permanent.

So here is the Angelic Power Level Chart for not only my Angel Warrior story but also my other Evangelion and HSDxD crossovers.

Angelic Power Level Chart: Each wing gained is a 10x power increase for that angel

Two Winged Angels: Base form

Three Winged Angels: 30x their base Seiki

Four Winged Angels: 40x their base Seiki

Five Winged Angels: 50x their base seiki

Six Winged Angels: 60x their base seiki

Seven Winged Angels: 70x their base seiki

Eight Winged Angels: 80x their base Seiki

Nine Winged Angels: 90x their base Seiki

Ten Winged Angels: 100x their base Seiki

Eleven Winged Angels: 1000x their base Seiki

Twelve Winged Angels: 10,000x their base Seiki

Archangel Class Angels (Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, Shinji & Raphael (similar to Super Saiyan)): 20,000x their base Seiki

Well it's that time; read and review. Flame will be ignored.