Devils of the Void NEW
Ren, boy reincarnated into the world of Highschool DXD and a Servant to Rias Gremory. however, things are not what they appear to be as more worlds begin to converge and new mysteries unfold.
And here we are at the first crossover fight! we also get some idea of how strong Ren really is in comparison to some of the more powerful individuals of the world as he goes up against a full power former queen of gods. hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3
3rd Person POV
Lightning flashed across the sky, illuminating the childlike form of Athena as she stared at the Himi-Miko who held the Serpent she sought.
"I should like for you to hand over the Snake," she said, extending a hand, "Should you refused, I shall take it by force."
the girl backed away slightly as a large green barrier appeared.
"A barrear? that will do nothing to help you."
the Goddess twitched her fingers and a large crack appeared in the shield. more followed before it shattered, sending the young woman flying back. before she could hit the wall behind her, another young woman appeared and caught her.
"Liliana?" questioned Yuri as she looked up at her old friend.
"Concede and give it to her," said the blue clad knight. before Yuri could answer, Liliana suddenly darted forwards and blocked the massive blast of energy Athena fired at the two girls.
"Hurry up!"
"I can't!" exclaimed Yuri.
inside though, she was panicking. since Athena had appeared she had been trying to call for Godou and yet he hadn't come. she put her hand inside her shirt to ensure that the Gorgonian was still safe, only for her fingers to brush against the flyer Ren had given her. at that moment, Athena upped the power of her attack. Liliana let out a cry as she struggled to hold back the unrelenting assault of the Goddess. Yuri squeezed her eyes shut, desperately wishing she could do something to help her friend.
as soon as that thought crossed her mind, a bright red glow appeared from her shirt as the flyer shot through her fingers and into the air where a large red circle appeared, followed by a shape shooting from the circle and landing in front of Liliana, a blast of fire splitting Athenas attack down the middle, sending both halves flying in different directions to blast the wings of the shrine to pieces. Liliana collapsed as her energy vanished from holding back such a powerful attack.
"Few, looks like I arrived just in time," said the figure as he straightened from his crouch. Yuri gasped at the sight of Ren standing before them with his fist outstretched and smoking.
"R-ren?" questioned the young Himi-Miko.
"Yo Yuri," said the red-headed Devil, "You're looking fine this evening. Is the Gorgonian safe?"
"Yes, its right…" Yuri reached into her top, only to freeze as she saw the stone medal on the floor a few feet away. the Brunette dove for it, only for the medal to shoot through her fingers and into Athenas hand.
"Ancient Snake, I have found you at last," said the young looking Goddess as she began to glow an eerie purple, "Shrine Maiden, Child of the Outcasts, speak of this for generations, for the Queen, the Trinity shall revive. to descend here once more!"
"This can't be happening," muttered Yuri as Liliana struggled to her feet.
Rens eyes narrowed as he focused on his hands, cupping them before him. a red magic circle appeared followed by a ball of fire that quickly grew before he fired a blast of flames hot enough to melt the cobblestones beneath it at the Awakening Goddess. the flames hit, only to simply sputter out against the aura of the Goddess.
"An admirable attempt, but pointless," said the Goddess as she raised her arms to cup the floating medal above her head, "Now, I shall sing the hymn of the Ancient Goddess who ruled the Heavens, Earth and Darkness. The lamentation of the Queen denounced as the Vile Snake. My name is Athena, she who once nurtured life, the great mother of Earth, she who controls the Darkness, Ruler of the Underworld, the Queen who knows the wisdom of the Heavens. Here I swear the Athena of now will once more become the Athena of old!"
as she spoke, the young Goddess was covered in darkness and a powerful black wind swirled around her. Ren scowled at the sight, summoning forth a wall of golden fire to prevent the fire from reaching the three mortals.
"This is not good," he muttered as he felt Athenas power skyrocket, easily overtaking the power his Grandma had been outputting, "I could have taken her before, but now I'll be lucky if I can last a minute. I'll only have one shot at this, so lets make it count. Yuri!"
The brunette jumped at Rens shout.
"I can only stop her for a second, call out to Godou with all your heart!"
"But-"
"Just do it!" snapped the Devil, before turning back to face Athena and pulled the small pendent his Grandmother had given him out of his pocket. At that moment, the wind that hid Athena from view had dispersed, revealing a now adult Athena with waist length silver hair, a white Grecian toga and a crown of purple flowers in place of her usual hat.
"Oh, it would appear that I cannot yet use this power properly," said the Goddess, flexing her hands, before focusing on the mortals arrayed before her, especially the Devil who was glaring at her with a small pendent hanging in his grip that seemed to be glowing yellow, "Oh, you still intend to fight me?"
Ren glared harder as he lifted the pendent he held.
"I'll fight with everything I have," he said, "A devil I may be, but I was once human. I will protect my friends and everyone else with my life if necessary!"
deep inside Rens soul, the eyes of the Spirit of his Sacred Gear opened. the being known as Z suddenly found himself remembering his past, a girl with blond hair, protecting the humans he traveled with from powerful enemies and a blue clad figure who fought with everything he had to protect the innocent.
"Heh, oh my friend, if only you were here," whispered the spirit, "You would make a much better partner for this man than I would. A hero to protect the innocent, not a killer like me."
outside, the pendent in Rens had suddenly flared and extended, becoming a massive scythe made of golden wood with a gleaming bronze blade emerging from the mouth of the serpent that decorated the top.
"Oh, how interesting that you wield that blade," questioned Athena, holding out a hand and manifesting a scythe that appeared to be a dark mirror of Rens.
"Yuri, call for him," whispered Ren before pushing of the ground with all his Rook strength, rocketing at the Goddess with enough speed and force to pulverize the ground.
said Goddess simple smirked and raised her scythe to block, easily stopping the Rooks strike, although the force of the blow crushed and shattered the flagstones around them and the Tori gate Athena had been standing under. the Goddesses violet eyes were filled with amusement as she stared into the eyes of her opponent.
"Impressive strength," said Athena, even though she was holding him back easily, "but that is to be expected of one such as you. lets see how strong you really are!"
she pushed back, hard, sending Ren skidding back, and followed after the red-headed Devil with a barrage of rapid strikes the Rook just barely managed to deflect or dodge. The few that did hit however scored small, painful cuts, despite Rens Rook defensive powers. Ren disengaged, hopping back a few feet and activating his Phoenix Gear, hoping that the power increase he got from the fiery armour would be enough to even the playing field slightly.
the now armoured Rook fired the jets on his boots and shot forwards in the armours customary skating manner, leaving twin lines of fire in its wake. Athena raised her scythe in preparation to block, only for Ren to dig the blade of his scythe into the floor and use it as a lever to spin and deliver a fire enhanced kick to the Goddesses abdomen. Athena skidded back a few feet as Ren landed and yanked his weapon from the floor and went into a spin, fire shooting from his armour to increase his velocity. the momentum of the spin was enough to send Athena skidding another few feet as the two scythes clashed. Athenas face morphed into a scowl as Rens fighting style devolved into a series of high speed fiery acrobatics that were almost impossible to predict and hit with tremendous force.
the two human girls watched in shock and no small amount of awe as the red armoured figure spun and flipped around Athena, seemingly keeping her on the defencive with his speedy maneuvers and unorthodox attacks. however, no Mortal short of a Campione can stand against a Goddess on Athenas caliber for long and, although he was a Devil and extremely strong for his age, Ren was still a low-class Devil. he may have been able to hold his own for a while, but the fact remained that Athena was in the top 100 of powerful beings on the planet at full power and Ren barely even ranked on the scale. the only reason he had lasted this long was because Athena had underestimated him and he was extremely fast and agile. so it was no surprise when the Goddess finally lost patience and blasted the Devil, sending him flying back into the shrine, trailing flaming shards of broken metal as his armour shattered. Ren coughed up blood as he struggled to his feet before collapsing to his knees as the Goddess stalked closer.
"You are very strong," she said, wiping the blood from the split lip Ren had given her away, "You have to potential to become one of the strongest beings in existence, perhaps even more so than Ophis. It is to bad you will never have the chance."
she raised her scythe. before she could bring it down in the finishing blow however, a voice distracted her.
"We need help Godou Kusanagi!" yelled Yuri, "Athena is here and we need your help!"
silence and stillness settled over the courtyard before a gust of wind blew through the area, kicking up the leaves and dust from the fight as the Campione of Japan appeared next to Yuri, glearing at the Goddess.
"Oh, so you have finally shown yourself God-slayer?" questioned the Goddess, turning away from Ren to face the larger threat.
"I knew you would be here," said Erica, looking up at Liliana who was stood on the roof, "I heard you had come to Japan so I knew you would show your face at some point. were you protecting her?"
Lilianas answer was to leap away and vanish from sight.
"And what about our Devil friend," said Erica, turning to look at the limp form of Ren where he was embedded in the wall of the shrine with blood running down his face.
"He took on Athena one on one to protect us," said Yuri, "He was even able to hold her back."
"Is that so?" asked Erica, looking over at the Devil with interest.
"Godou Kusanagi, you survived?" questioned Athena, "Oh no, you revived."
"Sorry to disappoint," said the King.
Athenas reply to was to laugh heartily.
"Splendid! and that is why you are my old enemy! bearing the detestable title Demon Lord."
"Are you OK Yuri?" asked Godou, not taking his eyes of the Goddess.
"Yes, I'm fine," said the Himi-Miko, "But Ren is badly hurt."
"Godou, use the golden sword," said Erica.
Godou closed his eyes and a large, golden circle bearing the crest of the Warrior appeared beneath his feet.
"Using words of power, I bring forth justice in this world! Powerful and eloquent are these enchanting words. For they are powerful and bring forth victory! For they are powerful and bring forth healing! "
from the circle, a curved golden sword emerged that glowed with a powerful golden light.
"I will ask you one final time," said Godou, "I have no wish to fight you. Please leave and do nothing more."
"The words you speak are dull," said the Goddess, "After so long I have finally regained the Ancient Trinity. I should like to play a while, if only for a short time."
"Play huh?" questioned Godou, thinking back to the burning city and seeing the limp form of his friend embedded in the wall, covered in blood. he gritted his teeth as his grip on the hilt of his sword tightened.
"Oh, I like that face," said Athena, unleashing a blast of purple energy. Godou swung his sword and deflected the blast, destroying a part of a nearby wall.
"Erica, please protect Yuri and Ren, on your honour protect them with your life," said the King, "I've decided, its time to kick some ass!"
"As you wish my lord," said the Knight, "So you've finally given up that fake pacifism of yours."
"Must you call it that?" asked Godou.
"Godou, heres a small pre-victory celebration," said Erica, moving forwards and kissing Godou full on the lips. Yuri gasped and covered her eyes, a faint blush on her cheeks.
"This is all the knowledge of the Goddess that Africa, Europe and the Orient proclaim the strongest, all the knowledge of Athena. Rip her apart, rip apart the Rogue God Athena. for I shall be by your side as long as you wish it so!"
as the two kissed, the golden glow surrounding the Golden Sword grew until it engulfed the area, trapping Devil King and Rogue God within the Golden World.
as soon as the light faded, Yuri dashed over to where Ren was stuck in the wall, gently pulling the unconscious Devil from the shattered wood. she lay him down flat and immediately went to work on his injuries, only to find that her magic simply sputtered out against his skin.
"That will not work child," said a voice, causing Yuri to quickly spin to face the voice. standing before her was a tall woman with long, blond hair and intelligent grey eyes, dressed in a toga not unlike the one Athena was wearing.
"What do you mean?" asked the Himi-Miko, "And who are you?"
"I am Rens Grandmother," said the woman, "Are you aware of the different forms of the Gods?"
Yuri blinked in confusion and shook her head.
"Then you may call me Chie," said the woman, "As for why your magic won't work, it is geared towards healing humans, not Devils."
"Devils? is that what he is?" asked Yuri, looking down at the young man who lay in her lap.
"Indeed," said Chie, as she pulled a small bag from her pocket with what looked like small cubes of flapjack inside. she knelt beside the prown devil and gently fed him a small piece of the food.
Yuri was about to ask what she was doing, only to stop when Rens wounds began to steam and close at a rapid rate.
"Oh my, I have never seen such a strong reaction to Ambrosia before," said Chie, "He should be fine now. take good care of him Yuri Mariya, you and the other girls in his life."
"How do you know…" Yuri looked up, only to find that the strange woman had vanished, "What was that all about?"
at that moment, Ren coughed and opened his eyes.
"Ren, are you alright?" asked Yuri, looking over the newly healed Devil for any lingering injuries.
"Yeah, better than alright actually," said the Devil, "Did you heal me?"
Yuri shook her head.
"I tried but my magic didn't work. it was a woman calling herself Chie who healed you with some kind of food."
"Wisdom huh?" muttered Ren, "For a woman who prides herself on intellect she doesn't have much of an imagination."
Yuri blinked in confusion and was about to ask what Ren meant before the fiery Devil got to his feet.
"Well, I guess I'd better go get ready," he said, stretching and wincing at the cracking of joints.
"Get ready for what?" asked Yuri.
Ren glanced at her and grinned as a flame appeared in his hand.
"The end-game."
a pair of bat-like wings suddenly shot from Rens back and, with a powerful flap, carried him high into the air over the park. when he reached the place where he could sense the massive amount of power coming from that indicated the place Godou and Athena would leave the Golden World from, he stopped and raised his arms above his head.
"I'll only get one shot at this, so lets make it count," muttered the Devil.
A red magic circle appeared above his hands, followed by an orb of fire almost ten meters in diameter. the orb compressed, shrinking down to the size of a golf ball, glowing with a molten red light. The red headed devil repeated the process, creating huge fiery orbs then shrinking them down and layering them over the smaller orb until it was the size of a tennis ball and practically burning up the air around it. by this time, the two Godly beings had emerged from the golden world and were glearing at one another across the clearing.
"Guess that won't work, it would have been nice if I could have defeated her with that," said Godou.
"In that case, leave the rest to me," said Ren as he floated down from the sky, "Now that her Divinity is no longer empowering her, I can fight on par with her."
"You got it," said the God-slayer, "I have no interest in killing her anyway."
he leaped into the trees and out of sight
"How are you moving?" demanded the Goddess, shocked that the boy she had so badly injured now seemed to be in perfect health.
"Oh you can thank my Grandma for that," said the Devil, "I guess you could call it divine intervention"
"Divine intervention?" asked Athena, before her eyes widened in shock, "Wait, you can't mean…?"
"Yep, I'm a Legacy," said Ren with a grin, "And I hope your ready cus I'm not holding back!"
he raised his hand, the glowing orbs glow increasing as it compressed once more down to the size of a golfball.
"Phoenix Kings Blazing Cry!"
The red-headed Devil thrust his hands out, unleashing all of the power contained in the tiny orb in a single blast of intense heat and power, instantly vaporizing the ground beneath it. Athena hastily summoned her shield and met the blast head on, causing the energy to flow around her and into the trees, instantly turning anything in its path to ash. and yet, even with her shield at full power she was still being pushed back and she could feel her defence buckling under the intense heat.
"Such incredible power!" thought the Goddess, "Hes only a Low-Class Devil! How can he create this much power?"
a second later, Athenas shield collapsed, allowing the Goddess to take the full brunt of the attack. the beam carried on until it hit the lake in the distance, causing a huge explosion of steam as the water boiled away instantly. the beam faded, leaving a panting Ren stood at one end of a deep trench, his arms still outstretched and his palms bleeding from the insane amount of power that had been pumped through them. laying in the middle of a small patch of untouched ground was the form of Athena, back in her childlike form with the stone medal at her side.
Ren teetered and would have collapsed had Godou not caught him.
"Heh, looks like I won," said the exhausted Devil, "Took everything I had, but I beat her."
"That you did," said Erica as she hopped out of the trees, "I'll admit that I was a bit wary of trusting you, what with you being a Devil and all, but you've definitely earned my trust."
"Heh, thanks," said the Devil, "Hmm, looks like shes still alive."
The chibified Goddess struggled to her feet, holding her injured side. Rens cheeks pinked lightly as it was revealed that her clothing had been destroyed, either by the intense heat of his attack, or her transformation earlier.
"Hurry and strike the finishing blow," she said, "That is the right afforded by the victor."
what she got was a jacket to the face.
"Theres no need for that," said Ren, gingerly standing on his own feet, "As a Devil, I can't become a Campione and I don't think Godou is interested in taking your life."
"Got that right," said the God-slayer, "All I wanted was to kick her ass and get her to leave."
The Goddess looked at the two males before her then down at the jacket she held in her hands.
"I see," she said, "You truly are strange ones. Godou Kusanagi, Ren Tenno, I shall carve your names into my heart."
she slung the jacket over the shoulders as smoke covered her form and she vanished.
as soon as she was gone, Rens legs collapsed again and he fell over backwards.
"Oh man, I'm definitely going to sleep for a week," he said, ignoring Erica scolding Godou.
"Em, not to break up the celebration, but what are we going to do about that?" asked Yuri who had just arrived, pointing at the huge crater that had resulted from my attack.
"Oh, we can worry about that later," I groaned, "Right now, I need some sleep!"
END! I hope people like the fight and Athenas intervention. as you can see, while Ren is pretty strong among his peers, compared with a Goddess, hes incredibly weak. also, if you're wondering how Godou can stand against Athena if shes that strong, think of it like this. although Athena is in the top 100 in terms of power and if she were to face off against say Vali, she would kick his ass. However, a Campione can fight on equal terms with her, even if they happen to be weaker than Vali, because they have an immunity to her powers and their powers also trump hers. you follow? thats the best explanation i can come up with, so sorry if you cant. it makes sense in my head at least.
anyway, we also caught another glimpse at who Rens spirit might be, and some people might actually be able to guess correctly now. and no, its not Zangetsu.
Please drop me a review and I hope to see you next time!