The Third King of Kuoh Academy

Chapter 8

I slid behind a tree to avoid a third barrage of bullets from the four priests that had positioned themselves behind the fountain. I pressed my back against the tree and tried to transfer all my fire magic into my hands. My left fist burned dark blue while my right was black. I clasped my hands together and peered around the tree only to be immediately forced to hide behind it once more. Another barrage of pistol fire came my way so I pressed myself against the tree once again. Man I've lost my touch.

"Come on devil!" The fallen angel called. "I thought you were so strong? What happened to that stupid cocky attitude earlier? These are just priests kid, come on!" He taunted and flew above the fountain trying to aim his spear at me.

"I need a plan…" I told myself and racked my brain for some way to get to them without getting a light bullet blasted through my skull. I heard the pistols sound again and bullets whizzed by the tree.

"I thought you were some big shot high class devil! Guess you're just some mangy stray then, someone move in and finish this kid off." He commanded and the priests began to grumble about themselves. I leaned against the tree, looked at my hands, clenched my fists, and exhaled. When I reincarnated my servants it did weaken my powers a BIT, but I'm still no push over.

"Guess it's time to nut up or shut up." I whispered and dashed out from behind the tree. The priests were a bit startled and fumbled with their guns before shooting, which bought me enough time to slid and reach the fountain wall. I heard the shots whizz above me and smiled. I leapt straight up in the air and concentrated my flames into my arms.

"Is this what you wanted fallen one?" I asked as black and blue flames shot from my back and darted across the black sky. I flew straight at the group of priests with my hands cupped together behind my head. When I got within ten feet, I brought them down and smashed the ground right in front of them. The area in front of me exploded and the four rouges went flying backwards.

"Worthless humans, I'll just handle you myself!" The fallen angel screamed behind me and threw his light rod at my back. In a split second I conjured my spinning fire disks and back flipped over the rod just before it hit ground where I was standing.

"My turn fallen one!" I screamed as I spun around in midair and threw both of my disks at him. He dodged the one on the left but the right one sliced across his ribs. He howled in pain and clutched at his leaking wound.

"Had enough, cause I can do more if you want?" I asked as I landed on the opposite side of the fountain wall. I'm feeling good, remembering all my old tricks…

"I'm not even closed to finish with you devil scum! I'm not leaving until you're lying at my feet bleeding, and wounded!" He snarled at me and summoned two blue light rods in each hand. He dived down and landed on the wall just in front of me. He brought the first light rod down in arc towards my head. I easily back stepped and avoided it and didn't even re-summon my disks…this was too easy.

"You gonna hit me or not old man?" I taunted and did a little foot hop as he brought both his light swords at me in a cross slash. I bent backwards and watched them sail right over my head. In response, I put all my weight on my back leg and then back flipped, kicking him in the face in the process. I landed elegantly on the narrow cement wall and watched the old fallen one grab at his chin.

"No devil has ever defeated Dohnaseek and I'm not starting my losing streak today!" He bellowed and slashed upwards with his left hand sword. I hopped back and was barely able to avoid his lunge strike with the other sword. He's getting a bit too reckless, better end this…

"Well I think it's my turn now Dohnaseek, my friend." I teased just as he brought his right hand sword in a cross slash at my head. I slowly brought up my left hand and reformed my disk, blocking his sword in the spikes. I spun the disk and his sword broke into tiny pieces of light.

"Don't think I'm done yet devil!" He yelled and slashed upwards with the other sword, to which I replied with the summoning of my other disk. I held my hand at my waist and caught his sword in the spikes yet again. I spun the disk and broke his other sword.

"Come on man, you fell for the same move twice." I complained and didn't even give him time to answer before I brought my left elbow across and connected it with his face. He sprawled backwards and I used the disk in my right hand to give him a nice uppercut slash.

"Launcher!" I screamed and followed him as he flew straight into the air. I flew up right in front of him and brought my arms across my body before doing a cross slash with my disks. I followed this with a spinning strike and cut him across the chest about eight times. I finished the spin, brought both my legs up, kicked him square in the chest, flew back and watched him fly towards the ground, and brought my disks together.

I fused them together with magic and threw my hands up, throwing the disks into the air above me. The spell I used took effect and the disks broke into ten separate, smaller disks that formed a half circle around me. They floated their and each disk had a black magic circle inside it. I snapped my fingers and each disk started to spin on its own until they had generated enough power to unleash my attack.

"Hey Dohnaseek, how you doing down there? Listen man, it's been fun but I gotta jet. But don't worry I got one last special trick just for you." I brought my left hand up and formed a small black ball in my palm.

"What…what's your name…devil?" He chocked out as he rose back to his feet and tried to re-summon his light blades. He's a tough one, I'll admit that.

"Blackflame, and you're about to find out why." I said slowly and the color fell leaked from his face. "Yeah that's right, I know you know who I am Dohnaseek. Anyway, farewell friend!" I threw the small fire ball at him and the disks released their pent up magic energy. A massive torrent of black and dark blue fire flew out of each disk and the flames traveled through the air at an amazing speed. They engulfed Dohnaseek as soon as my small fireball struck his chest. When the smoke finally cleared…there was a pile of ash and black fedora where the fallen angel had once stood. I landed in front of the small pile and knelled before it.

"You can rest now my friend. You have fought well and I thank you for all you have done in your life. You may have been a fallen angel but…" I grabbed the fedora, placed it on my head, stood up, and began to walk away. "I would never hold that against you. I'm sorry, Dohnaseek."

I walked over to the remnants bench where I had been writing my letter and picked up the small, yellow parchment. I finished my note and threw it through a black portal I had summoned. Hopefully it will reach Sirzechs before the day is over. The sky above me began to clear and it showed a clear, blue, morning sky. I placed my hands behind my head and began my journey home, smiling the whole way there, the fedora still on my head.

Later that night…

I reclined on the black leather couch and propped my feet up on the glass table in front of me. I just popped in "Going the Distance" (whatever it's a good movie!) and I had a full jumbo bag of popcorn and a large Diet Coke next to me. It was around eleven at night, so the younger girls were in bed and it was just me, Aria, Violet, Brittany and Ashlen sitting in the living room. Seraphin didn't want to watch a "girly love movie" so she was off doing something violent probably. The opening music played and Brittany nuzzled up to my arm and grabbed a hold of me. It was the absolute perfect set up!

Ashlen was sitting with her head on my left shoulder, Aria was lying across her with her head on my lap, Brittany was holding my right arm and squeezing it between her boobs, and Violet was sitting on the floor with her head between my legs. I smiled and exhaled happily as I leaned my head back against the soft leather.

After fighting earlier today, plus the drunk girls this morning, and plus all the crap I had to deal with when I got home (another Violet and Seraphin fight of course) I just wanted to relax. I had to explain to the girls where I got the hat and they hated the way it looked so they made me throw it out. I was super bummed but hey…the misses want what the misses want right? Anyway, the opening scene finally came on and just as I was about to take a sip of my drink, something started buzzing in my pocket.

"What is it now?" I sighed and pulled out a small black card. It had the words "summoned" glowing in bright white letters on it. "Issei?" I asked and the girls looked at me. "You girls want to help me save some poor, helpless, super awesome, pervert?" I asked and they all started to laugh.

"Oh I have to hear this story when we get back!" Aria said and she and Ashlen stood up laughing. Brittany sighed; she actually wanted to watch the movie with me.

"I'll get the portal ready." She said and gave me a faint smile before walking into the foyer. Violet stood up and pulled her two daggers, Wind and Rain, out of her waist band. I swear she carries those things around like prostitutes carry those tiny guns, concealed and well hidden in places you'd never look.

"Are we going to fight Master?" She asked and spun the daggers around in her hands.

"Yes we do." I replied and she sighed. Fighting never really was her favorite thing, but she's good at it. We walked into the foyer and saw Brittany standing in the middle of a black vortex on the floor.

"Coming or not? And tell me you paused the movie Varian." She said in a slightly irritated tone, like a house wife that always has to do stuff instead of relaxing. So, after running back and pausing the movie, I jumped into the portal and we flew through the black void to our unknown destination.

Moments later…

The portal opened to reveal a small, dimly lit room with candles in one corner and a couch next to them. There was a small, bloody heap in one of the darker corners, but I didn't pay much attention to it. My main concern was the scene in front of me.

I saw my friend, Issei, lying on the ground with a gunshot wound in his knee cap. And a little ways way from him was a scary looking old guy in a blue priest robe and a white dress shirt. He had long, crazy looking white hair and terrifying red eyes. But worst of all was who he had captive.

In front of him, pinned against the wall, was the same adorable nun girl from this morning. Her hands were held above her head by a light sword and her clothes were cut so that you could basically see everything on her. The crazy looking priest guy was molesting her and taunting Issei all at the same time, well at least until I stepped in of course.

"Get your hands off of her!" I screamed and my disk flew right past Issei's head before slicing a thin, but deep, cut into the priests arm. He clutched at his elbow area and stepped back.

"Oh, so we got more devils for old Freed to cut up and massacre. I'm delighted!" He yelped with glee and pulled his sword out of the wall, causing the blonde to fall at his feet. "And it looks like little miss slut of a sister forgot to complete the barrier too!" He kicked her face as he continued walking towards us

"Man, this one is off the charts crazy." Ashlen said and shuttered a bit. I can't blame her…the creepy ones scare me too much.

"No one treats a girl that way! Violet, Aria, let's get him. Ashlen, get Issei to a safe distance! And Brittany…" I was about to give my Queen an order but then I saw her massive wind slice attack fly right at the priest. He jumped forward and hit the deck just as the wind sliced the air above his head. The walls on both sides of the room had huge gashes in them and most of the furniture was cut up too.

He jumped up and charged at Violet, who didn't even move from where she was standing. She just watched him come, held out her daggers, smiled, and blocked his first downward swing. She parried the strike with her right hand dagger and a splash of water flew at the priests face.

"Awe come on! What kind of trick is that?" He whipped his face with his left hand as he continued to swing at Violet. She parried a sideways slash with her left hand dagger and the sword flew back a few inches. It was just enough of a distraction for her to slid in and smash her elbow into the guy's stomach. Then she took a step back and slashed at his chest with her Rain dagger.

"You're too slow old man! I thought rouge priests were suppose to be feared." She taunted as she ducked and juked around him so she could get on his left side and slash a long cut through his ribs.

"Owww, oh I love it when the sexy ones can fight!" He howled and swung at Violet with his sword. Her lighting reflexes prevented him from getting a good strike on her, but he still slashed her arm pretty good. She rolled out of the way and crouched on the ground a bit farther away from him. She clutched the wound to stop the bleeding, but there was no way she was done.

Just as Freed turned back to the four of us, Violet threw both of her daggers into his back and he howled with pain. He tilted his head back during his scream and it gave Aria an easy target. She started running, jumped up, and came flying down at him and decked him with one punch right across his face. He went spinning to the floor and Aria landed in a cool crouched pose in front of him, her purple hair landing perfectly on her back. She stood up and placed her hands on her hips.

"Like that creepo, cause I got plenty more." She started to walk forward so she could pick him up and throw him across the room, but before she could get close to him he rolled over and shot his small light pistol.

"Like that you devil slut? Awe is my light bullet too much for you sweetie?" He taunted and I watched her clutch her stomach and fall to her knees.

"Aria!" I screamed, "I'll kill you, you priest maniac! I'll never let anyone hurt her, ever!" I was about to make a dash for her but the priest was back up on his feet before I knew it. He ran up to her and kicked her right in the face, sending her to the floor, before moving on to the rest of us. His gaze was clearly set on me and I was charging right at him, but someone else got to him.

"How dare you!" Ashlen screamed and bodied him with a well placed forearm to the jugular. As the priest tumbled through the air, Brittany brought her left hand above her head and released a massive wind shear attack. The air in front of her seemed to curve into blades as they flew straight at Freed. When the wind reached him, he went flying backwards and had cuts all over his chest, arms, and legs. He landed with a thud behind the couch and I was pretty sure he was going to stay down.

I ran over to Aria and tilted her back so that she was lying across my knee. The wound wasn't too bad the bullet didn't go that deep, but if I didn't do something soon…! I set my hand alight with a light blue flame and pressed it against the wound. The wound sizzled and Aria twisted in pain, she was barely conscious.

"I know it hurts sweetie, but just be strong. I'm so sorry you keep getting hurt!" I cupped her cheek with my other hand and held her close while I constantly blinked to get rid of my misty eyes. I can't be weak now…she's going to be okay. I gently kissed her forehead and applied more pressure to the bullet wound. It seemed to be healing and the light magic was draining into me so she should be okay. I felt my head grow dizzy from the constant contact with the Holy Light though…but I can take it, I have before.

"You think I'm done already devils? Well Freed Zelzan doesn't quite that easy and he's even got some back up!" I looked up and saw the priest dancing on the couch across the room from me. Violet and Ashlen both ran up to me and crouched by my side while I attempted to heal Aria. The priest put his hands up above him and cheered as a fallen angel portal opened above him.

"Oh not good, we've got to do something and get out of her." I muttered and the two girls next to me stood up and got ready to fight. Then I felt someone glide over me and I was greeted by the sight of Brittany landing in front of me. Man she has a nice butt…NO, wrong place for those thoughts! Anyway, she unleashed another massive air shear attack, but this time the priest hid behind the couch so the attack was less severe. The couch was ripped to shreds and he had a few more cuts, but he jumped back onto the couch without any effort and then charged at us with his light sword.

"Brittany, get out of the way." I said coldly and she replied without turning to verify. She sled to the right and, after placing Aria gently on the ground, I bolted from my crouched position. I flew at Freed, my whole body engulfed in dark blue flames. He laughed and shot at me, but I just blocked the bullet with my fire shield.

"Oh I'm screwed." He said and his face fell when he saw me leap at him. I flew through the air and tackled him into the couch. I punched his face a few times before I grabbed his collar and held him above me.

"You shot Aria and tried to hurt my other friends. I think it's over for you now Freedy boy." I snarled as I brought my fist back and…released him.

A sharp pain shot through my body and my grip loosened. I saw Freed fall and land on his feet before immediately smashing a light ball into the ground disappearing. I turned and saw all four of the girls and Asia lying against the wall…unconscious. How? I turned a bit more and saw…her.

There was a bright red and black light at the other end of the room. And in the center of it was the red haired devil, Rias, with the rest of her peerage. The small white haired girl was holding Issei and he was calling for Asia as they prepared to teleport. Of course she'd ignore his request and leave the nun…typical. But why am I so dizzy…oh no she didn't…!

I kept staring at them as I fell to my knees and I even saw Rias wink at me with that stupid grin on her smug face. But, next to her, I saw the same black haired girl with the ponytail look at her in disgust. I looked at Akeno, confused. Why…?

I looked up at the ceiling just before blacking out and saw the fallen angel portal start to close. At least were somewhat luckily. I also heard the sound of another portal opening and a loud scream like sound. I saw a red haired blur run towards me just as everything went black and I fell onto the couch, asleep. Soft arms wrapped around me and I was out like light.

Rias…maybe I'm not leaving just yet.