It was the day after the announcement of the Rating game between Rias and Sona. I have sorta been on rough grounds with both of them.
Rias was due to me not participating as her knight and Sona was a little annoyed because i called her peerage weak. Nevertheless, it wasn't any different from normal. They were always in a slight mood at more for one reason or another. I had gathered in the corner of the huge garden of the Gremory household with the peerage. The others were all dressed in jerseys as i was dressed in my training clothes that i used as a guy. A grey tank top and black shorts with black and grey hi-tops and it looked fine once they fitted to my size. We were all sitting around a table that was placed in the garden. Azazel placed some documents down on the table and started to talk to us.
"Let me say this first, what i'm going to tell you now is a training menu that focuses on things in the immediate future. There are people who produce good results immediately, but there is also those who have no choice but to look at things in the long run. However, you are all growing young people. Even if you mistake your direction, you will grow well. Now then, seen as Sora is only here for a week i'll say hers first."
Azazel pointed to me as he spoke.
"Despite being reincarnated, like Issei you are high-spec and have a lot of potential. You though, have even more potential than Issei. Ddraig is a strong dragon, don't get me wrong but Zirnitra was on another level. Before he became a sacred gear on his own volition, he was known as the Great Red to the Evil dragon kings. Zirnitra's power is nowhere as great as Great Red's but he is overall the third strongest dragon with Ddraig and Albion just behind but with a large gap. On top of the powers from your dragon, you have a wide variety of other powers and techniques. Your training is not set but i would advise you to concentrate on your magic a little more than your speed or brute strength, i can tell you now that your male form is both stronger than Koneko and faster than Kiba. Your level is much higher than most high-class devils, i think possibly Ultimate class but you aren't letting the others know about it."
"You say it like you know my powers."
"I don't but i can guess. I believe you have already unlocked Balance breaker for Zirnitra and a while ago at that, you just hadn't told anyone. Your artes are another thing to look out for, you haven't shown that many off."
"I had told Issei about my Balance breaker but he only knew about half of it. There are a number of artes that i can do but i'm at the point where i have only the dangerous ones to learn so i'll be doing them soon."
"So light based artes. Do you have training planned?"
"Of course. I will start of like always and do some stamina training and then do physical training. With Koneko, i'll do weights and other exercises before brawling with her. Lastly, i deal with my artes in private."
"That's fine. Next is Rias. From the beginning, you have been a high spec devil with everything, including talent, physical ability and magic power. Even if you live normally as you currently are, those traits will rise and you'll become a candidate for being a highest-grade devil when you become an adult. However, your wish is to become stronger than you would in the future, right?"
"Yes, i don't want to lose ever again."
I leaned back in my chair as Rias started to nod strongly.
"Then follow this up until the battle day and you will be fine. Next is Akeno."
He passes a sheet of paper to Rias who stares at it in confusion.
"..Yes."
"You must accept the blood that flows within you."
Well ... that was put rather bluntly. She starter to frown but Azazel continued without a care.
"I've seen the recorded images of battle with the Phenex family. What was that? With your original specs, you should have been able to easily defeat the enemy Queen, Sora ended up having to deal with her. It cost you the game and ultimately put stress upon Rias to get married to Raiser and also on Sora, he went somewhat berserk and ripped off limbs and put those girls in comas for a few days. You don't know it but it caused stress on Sora and Zirnitra."
I turned my head when both Akeno and Rias turned to me. I shouldn't of told Azazel, that was private matters that i thought he could help with.
"Despite Azazel's lack of keeping secrets, its true. I found it hard to live in my body after the rating game, that's also when i started to run more and laze around in the club room as an animal. I agree with Azazel that you need to get over your problem, it's not even as bad as you make it out to be. A lot of problems could of been solved easier and quicker if you used his power."
"Sora, i think you were a bit too blunt there."
"Like i care Azazel. She is Rias' best friend, supposedly, but she doesn't put in full effort to help her out in dire situations and i end up having to strain myself to try and do my part. She should look at the full picture."
I get up from my chair, i had enough of listening to them talk about their training. I didn't need to know.
"Koneko, i'll see you in the training room."
I summon Rhian and get her to jump on my back for extra weight on my run. I then set off round the house doing laps. Each lap was met with Azazel addressing another person. In 6 laps, their was a new addition to the group and a large one at that. Tannin was the name of the large addition according to Zirnitra. I started to speed up and kept going until i complete 20 laps around the large castle. I dismissed Rhian and walked to the training area to meet Koneko. We were using a large spare room on the bottom half of the castle, it looked like a small ballroom.
When i arrive, Koneko wasn't there yet so i decided to start the weight training. She came in once i finished with my weights and after she warmed up, we had a brawl. The fight started off fine and we slowly turned the level up until i was eventually overpowering her. She noticed it and started to push herself and started making silly mistakes. I let it slide for today so we stopped and got to doing other exercises.
The next two days went exactly the same way with the exception of Koneko joining me on my morning run. She did everything that i did and pushed herself in our practice fights. She was running out of steam quickly and i told her to slow down. She did but it only lasted for the rest of that day.
The next three days after that was stressful, i was keeping an eye on Koneko while we were doing our routine. She had stepped everything up without regard to the fact that the normal was too much. She added more laps to our run and quickened the pace, she also added to the number of reps we woulds do to each exercise and our exercise was lifting 8 kg dumbbells in each hand, that was increased from 100 to 150. Push ups and sit ups rose at the same level from 100 to 200. Then finally we got to the brawling, the only thing i could kind of control. I made us wait a few minutes between the transition of the exercise.
In the fight, she tried to speed up her punches and add kicks. It wasn't her style and it could be told easily but she still tried to, this amount of training caused her cat ears to come out without her noticing and they also disappeared afterwards.
The last day was where i took my stand. Once we had finished our run, which he had gotten better at but she was still tired out from it. Once we got to the ballroom, i grabbed her wrist and shoved her against the wall and stared into her eyes.
"Stop pushing yourself. You are not helping yourself, you are only going to hurt yourself."
"..But i have to. I'm the weakest out of all of us ..."
Koneko talks to me quietly while holding back tears.
"And you will become strong like us in due time but you have to take it slow. Tell me how did Kiba become so much stronger than you when you were stronger than him a month or so ago?"
"...He got his balance breaker."
"There you go, he unlocked his balance breaker and got over something which plagued his past. He can now improve all parts of himself to get stronger. You still have something to get over before you can become stronger quicker, right now all you can do is take your training seriously and follow it properly."
I bring out my wolf ears and force magic into Koneko and force out her ears and tail.
"We are going to train Senjutsuu for the rest of today. The reason you are against using it is destruction right?"
Koneko started to look at me slightly worried due to my agitated voice. The tears that she were holding were gone though now.
"...Y-yeah, it's a dangerous power."
"Of course it is. All powers are dangerous. Senjutsuu can be used properly though and for good things. All powers depend on how you use them."
I let go of her and take a few steps away from her and sit down. I pat the spot next to me and Koneko sits there with her legs crossed.
"Clear your mind and take no notice of anything. I will tap your shoulders when you are done."
She gives me a hesitated nod. She takes a deep breath and lowers her head. I get up and move to our things, i take out my phone and play music.
In between the songs were a selection on sounds, animal or sound effects. I do this for 10 minutes and then tap her shoulder.
"You know what to do to train with it. Take it slowly, the power is not bad as long as you are pure. It will only corrupt you if you become too angry, as long as you keep a calm attitude you will be fine. You also know the benefits of the power but you have been too scared to try because you think it might corrupt you before you get the chance."
She looks up to me and timidly nods her head.
"Just take it slow. I'm adding it to my routine as well so i'll be looking forward to see you using it."
We got back to our initial training and finished quickly.
That night wasn't fun for me, it was a party to welcome the Young Devils. It was hosted by Sirzechs but it was more of a gathering for the nobles but i gained a lot of attention from the guys and i have no idea how many times i said the details about how i was both a girl and a guy. It became tedious and boring and also very tiring. The girls from Rias' peerage, the maids and also Sona made me wear a dress. I was harassed for a full hour before i gave up and let them put one on me, i ended up wearing a black dress which exposed a lot of cleavage and also showed off a lot of leg. They also put me in black high heels which reshaped to me making them actually feel comfortable, i also was fine walking in them. I had never worn any before so i was surprised. The whole party was just a painful memory.
I stayed at the Gremory house that night with Sona before going to her family home in the morning. When morning came, we had breakfast and left immediately. We arrived in front of another castle which looked pretty identical to the one we were just at.
We entered the castle and sat in the dining room while we waited for her parents to arrive.
"Sora, your stuff is already here and you'll be staying in my room with me. I have already told my parents about your situation and they were fine with it."
"You mean they wouldn't be bothered if you were a straight up lesbian?"
"I believe so. They have always just wanted me to be happy so they were fine if i was a lesbian."
"Nice parents. Have i got an area to train?"
"You have. We both are training in the front courtyard."
"I might wreck it a bit."
Sona just shrugged to me before speaking.
"The grass has been perfect so the gardeners haven't had much to do so it would be good if you did wreck it a little."
"I guess i can make up for you seeing as your training will be watering the plants."
I earned a swift smack to the head as the doors opened and a man and a woman entered.
They came in and sat down across from us without a word.
"It's nice to meet you, Okami Sora-chan. I am Lord Sitri."
"I am Secora Sitri. It's a pleasure to meet you."
As i looked at them i could tell that she was a mixture of the two. She looked identical to her mother with proportions and facial features but gained her eye colour, hair colour and sight from her father.
"It's nice to meet you too, Sir, Madam."
My personality is seriously different as a girl, they are probably going to prefer me as a girl.
"We heard about what you said to the higher ups, at the gathering you had where the rating games were announced. We would like to thank you for being in Sona's peerage rather than Rias' peerage."
"It's fine. Sona had more of a goal than Rias does."
"Would you want to be apart of her school?"
"I don't know. The enforcer of security there would be a fun gig."
We then continued to have a light conversation where Sona didn't speak much, if nothing at all.
"Sona. We have something important to talk to you about, we waited till now because it involves Sora."
"..What is it?"
Sona sounded slightly troubled, hadn't heard her be this way before.
"Serafall has told us about your relationship with Sora-chan, it also seems that she has taken an interest in 'him' as well. What we want to know is whether you are serious about him?"
Lord Sitri speaks first before Secora speaks to fill us in better.
"We are only asking because we are being hounded by other clans about arranged marriages for you and we can only keep them at bay for so long. Basically, if you don't decide to marry Sora or find someone else quickly then we might have to arrange a marriage for you."
"I-I am serious but we have only been dating for a month or so. Marriage hasn't even crossed my mind."
Sona answered her parents with a troubled tone as i sat in my chair with a plain expression not giving anything away.
"So then become engaged and if it doesn't work out then call it off between yourselves but we can keep it a secret until you find someone if that's the case."
Secora was now sounding like she was pressuring Sona into making the decision.
"Ok! I'll marry him but we'll do the ceremony when he can transform back."
"Great! How long then?"
Both Lord and Lady Sitri turn towards me with starry eyes.
{Sora will be able to transform into a male again approximately 2 days after the rating game with Rias Gremory. But the training he/she has done has slightly quickened the process so their is a small chance he could transform back during the fight.}
Zirnitra spoke up for me and the parent seemed satisfied. They called over a Butler and whispered something to hi.
We sat in silence until he came back minutes later with two small blue boxes. Lord Sitri placed the two boxes on the table and passes one to me and the other to Sona.
"These were my parents rings, our rings get passed down every other generation so we will pass our rings to your kids. We will know confirm your marriage to the public and start planning the wedding, it'll be three days after your Rating game."
We both opened the boxes as Lord Sitri spoke to us happily. In the centre of each bow was a ring, mine was a silver band with devil letter engraved in italics. Sona's was the same but held a blue jewel on top. I took the ring from the box and summoned a chain, i hooped it through the ring and tied it around my neck.
"Thank you, i would wear it but i doubt it would fit me like this."
I bow my head as i thank Sona's parents as Sona sat next to me speechless. She bowed at the same time as me.
Her parents then up and left the room to go and settle details and tell the underworld, i guess. I stand up from my seat and poke Sona's shoulder and recieve no reaction. I poke her again a few times and still nothing, i shrug my shoulders and go outside to start my training. Three weeks left to train before i could show off my moves and be married. I wonder how the school will take it as well as me being female at times. Also there is Saji, i wonder how long he'll cry for.
I spent the next two and a half weeks training by myself. I mastered two new artes and a new mystic arte which will win us the rating game, hopefully.
Claiomh Solais and now taken to me and i receive no backlash from it and it also surges some holy energy through my body as i hold it and the magic lasts for an hour after i have finished with the sword. The limit is only the hour, i can use it as much as i want in that hour with no problem. I was able to make myself some light spears, my personal light spear was a silver coloured spear that had the centre cut out. I could also create up to three of them and barrage with it. I had strengthened my water and ice attacks with Great Deluge, the water became more accurate becoming stronger and ice now covered a larger area.
I have also unlocked a layer of touki to cover me when i deploy my wolf ears and tail. I practiced with both sides of balance breaker and have got my operational time up to a week, i had learned from Zirnitra that most of his possessors only got one side of the balance breaker. Only one got both sides before me and he was his very first possessor and was unknown to the three factions. The final ability i learnt was to create a tremor when i kicked the ground with the heel of my foot. I think it got it up to 4.7 on the Richter scale, it's getting there.
For the remaining half of the week, i oversaw and trained with her peerage to get a hold of their styles. Sona's bishops also taught me reverse magic which was good but it came with a decent backlash. The two pawns were training with Yura to learn martial arts, i joined in with them and took all three on and won. I only just won though due to Saji wrapping his line around me, the others came at me quickly so i couldn't deal with the line until late on in our fight.
I then had a one on one fight against Tsubaki in front of everyone. We were both similar fighters although my sword skills were more versatile and thanks to them i won. She beat me when it came to magic but i won everywhere else.
The last day consisted of us going through a selection of strategies we could take and who we each compliment.
"Information has been passed round between me and Rias by Azazel. Most of it is vague thanks to Sora not saying a lot about his training but there are things we do finally know. Hyoudou-kun has reached his balance breaker but he doesn't have a long operational time so we will have to be careful, Kiba-kun has also redone his swordsman skills so he could be slightly stronger or fight in another way. Thanks to Sora, Koneko-chan has come to terms with her power and is now using Senjutsuu so our presence can be seen but luckily enough Sora can use it too. This is all we know."
The strategies continued even after i fell asleep.
It was finally the day of the battle. We, Sona's peerage, had gathered in the magic circle that had appeared in the Sitri castle. Everyone bar me was wearing the Kuoh academy summer uniform, i was wearing black t-shirt and skinny jeans. I had also tied my hair up into a pony tail. I had also already summoned my gauntlets and boots. We were seen off by Lord and Lady Sitri as well as the butlers and maids. A blue light encompassed us and teleported us to a new place. After we reappeared somewhere new to me, i looked around to see a number of shops.
(Everyone, i, the Queen of the Lucifer group, Grayfia, will be carrying the role of arbiter in the 'Rating Game' between the Gremory group and the Sitri group on this occasion.)
During Grayfia's announcement, i started to take a walk around the area. I stayed in our area but after looking around i still couldn't tell where we were.
I didn't really know that many places back where i lived. I knew my house, the school, the convenience store and the pet store was.
(In the name of my master, Sirzechs Lucifer, I will watch over the battle between these two families. It's a pleasure to be here. To get right to the main topic, the battlefield for today is the department store within the neighborhood of the school 'Kuoh Academy' that Rias-sama and Sona-sama attend, which has been prepared within a separate space as the game field.)
Department store near where we live? I really don't know much about where i live.
(Both groups have been transported to their respective bases. Rias-sama's base is located on the east side of the second floor, while Sona-sama's base is located on the west side of the first floor. In order for pawns to promote, please go to your opponent's bases.)
Opposite sides and different floors. Sounds like a fun and rather tight arena, close combat fights then unless we are allowed to destroy the scenery. Probably not because we could cause the place to collapse.
(This time, there will be special rules. Documents on this have been sent to each group, so please check them. A single bottle of the healing item 'Phoenix Tears' has been provided to each team. Furthermore, the time to strategize before the battle is thirty minutes. Contact with the opponent during this time is forbidden. The game is scheduled to start after thirty minutes. Then, let the strategy time begin.)
"Sora!"
I heard Sona call my name and i turn round and run to her and the others.
"I know you are bored right now and just want to fight so i'll tell you what you will be doing and you can go and ready yourself. You don't need to know this plan."
"Sounds good to me, dear."
"...When we start you will be the vanguard with Saji and Nimura, if you come into contact with Issei then leave him. We aren't allowed to destroy the department store but we can make some light damage. When it becomes endgame, i'll need to to go to the roof."
I nod my head and walk away from them. It was nice to be saved from long talks about strategy, she must of noticed me fall asleep the last time she spoke about strategies. I left the room we were in and moved to the hallway where i could see the central plaza and i sat down on the ground.
'Zirnitra. What's the state of Overlimit now?"'
{You have maxed out the possibilities of Overlimit. You can stay in Overlimit for 5 hours straight or you can have ten minutes where you can perform rapid mystic artes.}
'Let's go with the 5 hours for today.'
"Overlimit!"
The windows shatter around me as the wind shoots out from my body and i gain a gold aura.
I then blank my mind and concentrate to activate my Touki and when i open my eyes i have now gained a new layer of aura. White then gold.
Now that i had got myself ready, i stood up and walked into the plaza and looked around the area. There were three floors and the roof. The first floor holds furniture stores and electrical appliances as well as kitchen equipment.
{5 minutes. It would be best to go back to Sona and the others.}
After hearing the time from Zirnitra, i walk back to the others. When i enter i see them all relaxing as Tsubaki and Megumi sharpening their swords.
They all turn to me as they feel my presence filling the room.
"Sora, you seem to be ready."
"I sure am, Sona. I'll give you the details on what i hadn't told anyone else. The white aura around me is Touki and i got it through Senjutsuu, i'm pretty sure
Koneko hasn't got it yet. The gold aura is my Overlimit and I've perfected it so it lasts for 5 hours or a constant 10 minutes of mystic artes which will weigh me down a little but it would be best for artillery type attacks."
"Is there anything else you want to tell us?"
"The mystic arte is light based so it'll destroy the enemy. My two new artes are combination artes which i didn't know before, i doubt i'll use them though. There is also a power that i kept quiet about and that is my ability to use Holy magic."
"How? Has it got something to do with Claiomh Solais?"
"That's correct Sona. As long as i have Claiomh Solais out and in my hand, i can use Holy magic as much as i like. When i dismiss the sword, i can use holy magic for an hour before it disappears without a limit."
(It is now time to begin. Furthermore, the time limit for this game will be a blitz-style of three hours. Then without further ado, game start.)
"Everyone, you know what to do. Let's move out."
I set off first with Saji and Nimura just behind me. We went straight to the third floor as the others split off and went in different directions.
As we walk along the third floor i look off the balcony to see the two bishops standing in the central plaza with a holographic Sona.
Shinra went to the basement/car level with Yura and Megumi and the actual Sona moves up to roof level. I feel her presence disappear for a second before i feel it again. From the third floor balcony, i saw Issei and Koneko move along the second floor. I point them out to Saji and Nimura and we move along our floor to get just above them.
"We are going to have to move quick because Koneko will notice us."
They nod to me and follow closely to try and mask the aura of the three of us. It took us a minute of being careful to finally be right above them.
Saji tied a rope to the balcony and swung down as i jumped down to the second floor and caught the balcony to lift myself up.
When i got up i saw Issei recoil back from a kick to the gut from Saji. Nimura drops down from Saji's back and stands to his side.
Koneko goes to help Issei but i launch a beam from my fist to cut her off.
"I can't let you help them Koneko. Let's see how much stronger you have got."
I catch Koneko's attention and move away from the others and give us all room to fight as Koneko follows me.
{It seems like Issei has a countdown before he can go into balance breaker.}
I turned my head quickly to see Issei trying to dodge attacks from Nimura and Saji. They were pushing Issei back easily but Issei was still able to get some punches off but they all seemed to hit Nimura and tire her quite a bit.
She took three punches from him before starting to tire.
(One of Rias Gremory-sama's Bishops has retired.)
"Cerberus Strike!"
I catch Koneko off guard as her concentration shifts to thinking about whether Asia or Gasper was taken out.
It was probably Gasper. I hit Koneko with two punches before knocking her back with a final one.
(One of Sona Sitri-sama's Pawns has retired.)
I looked out of the corner of my eye to see Nimura lying on the ground with her body becoming blue particles and Saji continue to fight against Issei.
I could feel the power in Issei start to rise so i am pretty sure that he is about to go into his Balance Breaker.
"Saji, be careful. Issei will go into Balance Breaker soon."
Then out of the corner of my eye i see a fist covered in white spirit energy come towards me.
I dodge it but only just and i dropped to the floor and swiped at her with my leg knocking her down.
I cover my fists in spiritual energy and grab hold of Koneko's leg and drive my fist into her stomach.
"Come on Koneko. You've gotten stronger the only thing you lack now is speed, improve that and you'll easily be stronger than the others."
I reel my fist back as i'm in a crouching position with my left hand holding Koneko down despite her new sluggish form due to my spirit punch.
My fist then starts to glow blue as a black spectral cape forms on my back.
"Dhaos Blast."
[Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker.]
My fist connects with the floor just in front of us and explodes forming a blue sphere to envelop us and deal damage to Koneko in the form of spirit energy.
When the sphere disappears, i let go of Koneko and see her limbs turning into blue particles.
"You are a lot stronger Koneko, keep at it."
I jump back from Koneko and turn towards Issei and Saji to watch their fight.
(Both of Rias Gremory-sama's Rooks has retired.)
(Sona Sitri-sama's Knight and one of her Rook has retired.)
...That was quite lucky to knock both Xenovia and Koneko out at the same time.
I kept my attention on the fight between Issei and Saji for a little while longer. Saji was now sending punches at Issei that were covered in light, each punch made him considerably more tired but i could tell that the punches were dealing considerable damage to Issei. Then they both sent a punch at each other at the same time. Issei's punch connected with Saji's face and Saji's punch just connected with Issei's chest making a slight crack in the armour. Saji dropped to his knees but his arms held onto Issei even when his body started to turn into blue particles.
"Well done Issei .. i think, you barely even beat him and he hasn't even unlocked his Balance Breaker. You seriously need to train more."
I kick down into the ground to cause a tremor and i jump from the second level to the first.
(Sona Sitri-sama's last Pawn has retired.)
We have now lost four compared to their three. I moved through the central plaza and made my way past the two bishops and ran behind the stairs between floors and masked my presence. I also knelt down to keep out of view and i watched the area to keep an eye on the Bishops, it wasn't endgame yet so all i can do is watch and take on fights i can win easily or strike and run. A minute or so passed before Issei appeared in his armor, i also noticed that one line was still connected to Issei. The end of the line was just behind the two bishops and it was connected to a blood bag.
{They are forcing him to become weak and make him retire. It's a good strategy.}
That's what Zirnitra said but it wasn't to my liking, i would of preferred to beat him senseless to make him retire but that's me i guess. Shinra then appeared and stood next to the two Bishops, she ran past me so i should be good to stay here. I felt more presences arrive on the scene and saw Kiba join Issei. I felt more presences but they weren't here .. yet. I gave up watching this situation and moved to the roof and joined Sona, she welcomed me with a smile.
I looked towards her to see her mouth moving but nothing was coming out, is she speaking through the hologram and unconsciously moving her lips.
A white pool started to form in front of me and i stuck my right hand over it.
"Holy light of Protection! Shine down and destroy the darkness! Claiomh Solais!"
The silver holy sword slowly rose out of the white pool and i took hold of the grip and the white pool disappeared.
I could then feel the holy power run through my body.
"Sona.."
"What is it Sora?"
"Can i end the match now? It may cause slight recoil but the girls can defend from it especially because they are bishops and a queen."
"Are you sure it'll defeat them?"
"Of course. It's three moves of pure holy power dealt by me and Claiomh Solais, it's strong enough to deal with most Ultimate-class devils."
"Ok .. Do it."
Sona put her hand to her ear to speak to the others, i wonder why i wasn't given one.
"Girls, as soon as you see Sora put up a defensive barrier. Drop the image of me."
Sona nods to me and i jump and smash through the glass on the roof and fall through the air.
I drop the sword and connect my foot with the pommel and ride the sword down.
All their eyes turn to me as i drop from the sky.
"Radiant Destruction."
My sword connects with the floor and oozes a white pool across the ground and explodes causing smaller holy explosions to form around me and the others.
(Rias Gremory-sama's Knight and Bishop has retired.)
(One of Sona Sitri-sama's Bishops has retired.)
It seems the attacks was stronger than i expected if it broke through their defense.
I step off the sword and take it in my hand. I face the remaining opponents which was Rias and Akeno with Issei who was struggling on the floor.
"Even if i didn't do this now, Issei would be out in a minute thanks to Saji. So know this Issei, the one who beat you was Saji, not me."
Slash!Slash!Slash!Slash!
I slice in front of me with Claiomh Solais.
"Radiant Wave!"
Four thick lines of white then appear from where i cut and flew towards my opponents.
Issei quickly stood up and took the hits causing him to drop to floor. His balance breaker disappeared and he started to cough out a lot of blood as his body was severely burnt.
(Rias Gremory-sama's pawn has retired.)
"I think i'll end this now."
I covered my left eye with my right hand, my eye flashed and a blue aura. Both of my gauntlets then morphed into black claws, i took my right hand from my eye to show it shine a brilliant blue. I clawed in front of myself four times causing blue cut marks to appear and they go right through Rias and Akeno. The first two destroyed their clothes and the last to formed three 'X' shaped wounds on their chests. The blue aura disappeared from my gauntlet and i picked up my sword and jumped into the air bringing the sword over my head.
"Divine Conqueror."
I drop down again and crash into the ground with my sword causing the ground underneath Rias and Akeno to break apart and send energy up through the cracks causing damage to the two girls. The energy carries the two girls a few metres into the air and when the ground reforms the energy slams the two girls into the ground. I move from my position and slice both girls once and appear behind them as a the background becomes pitch black and a full moon appears with the two girls in the centre. I sheathe Claiomh Solais.
"Lunar Requiem." /I know Lunar Requiem is another mystic arte but i use the moon part as an extension./
The moon breaks in half and shatters sending pieces into both girls.
(Both Rias Gremory and her Queen have retired. Sona Sitri-sama is the winner.)
As we are teleported from the battlefield, i dismiss Claiomh Solais but keep my new claws and boots.
We are teleported to a hospital room. I notice that i'm in a room with Koneko, Yura and Xenovia so i come to a conclusion that this is the Rook room.
I leave the room quickly and leave the hospital. Both my gold and white aura has disappeared and i am greeted by some Nobles.
They congratulate me on winning and ask me about the power and sword i used. I didn't bother to tell them anything and walked to the fountain in front of the hospital and sat down. I sat there for a few minutes with my eyes closed before i sensed two people approach me. As i opened my eyes, i saw Sirzechs and Sona making their way towards me. I looked behind them and saw the whole of Sona's peerage following behind them and there was also Rias with her peerage.
"Yahoo Sora-chan."
Sirzechs called out to me with a cheerful grin and was holding a small box.
"Hey. What is it?"
"I just came to congratulate you and give you this medal."
Sirzechs passed me a box, i opened it to see a medal attached to a string of silver loops.
"Thanks i guess."
I took the medal out and hung it round my neck, it went well with the ring.
"Sona-chan, haven't you and Sora got something to tell the others?"
Sirzechs looked at us with a growing grin and Sona came over to me and stood by my side.
{Sora, you can be a male again now. I set your clothes back to your normal.}
I felt my clothes loosen on me and my boots shift from a large heel to a flat bottom and my body is covered in a black light.
When the light disappears i am back in my male form. I take the ring from the necklace and put it on my finger, it fit perfectly.
I looked to Sona and smiled, then she addressed everyone.
"In three days, we are getting married. You are all invited."
Rias' face pales as Saji and Issei gain confused faces. The others look happy and Koneko gains a jealous look.
"To who?"
Saji was the one who asked this as he started to get jealous.
"To me."
I answer in a plain deep voice. Oh how i missed being like this, i feel more relaxed even though i'm uptight like this.
Saji and Issei both get extremely jealous and Saji becomes upset.
I spend the next two days being fitted for a suit for the wedding. They were putting me in a silver suit just because of my hair.
My brown eyes stood out well and they were the first thing i noticed when i looked in the mirror while i was being fitted.
My hair was also slightly longer as well but it was barely noticeable. I had spoken to Koneko a lot about it and she was a little upset but i brightened her up when i said she had no reason to feel that way. My reason was Devil wife and Youkai wife, i could technically have it as animal and human marriages so it's different. Sona knew how i felt about Koneko so she said she would allow it and only her. So there was that but the others were acting strange around me, especially Rias. The others were a bit upset with me because i beat them in the rating game, Akeno was a bit pissy because i used holy power to defeat them. Rias was really annoyed, especially at the fact that i was marrying Sona.
The wedding went exactly as it was planned and it was exactly to my expectations, terrible. I hated it, speaking to all the nobles and being the centre of attention was both terrifying and annoying. Sona had to flick my nose multiple times throughout the night to calm me down and to keep me from being mean and rude to the nobles. There was one thing i learned from the evening and that was that i automatically became a high-class devil due to being married to one. Attached to that was another thing, when you become a high-class devil you get your own evil pieces. This didn't always happen in these cases because low-class devils could have automatically become high-class devils without the power so it would be stupid but due to the Rating Game i was given silver evil pieces by Beelzebub. I already knew that i was only going to participate in Rating games as Rook or Knight and never really as a King. Maybe once or twice at special events so i already had my pieces down on who they would be. That night was fun and unexpected, i knew what normally happened but i didn't expect Sona to be up for it. Luckily she was, so we ended up having sex after i completely made sure that she was ok with it. The day after the wedding was our last day in the underworld. I spent it with Sona and her family and i was tormented a little by Serafall, she was jealous about both of us which was a little weird to understand.
When we got back, i sorted out all of the new clothes i was given into my room and told Gofannon about everything. As soon as that was done, the day was for relaxing so i went out and got my peerage. A full team of 15 and each piece was taken up by a wolf. When i was counted in it as the King, there was 8 males and 8 females. My Queen, two bishops, knight and four pawns were females. The other four pawns, two rooks and knight were males along with me. I gave my knights daggers and taught the Queen and two bishops some magic. They learn quickly due to already being so obedient to me.
The bishops both seemed to be better with water and ice magic whereas the queen used both fire and lightning.
The wolves didn't really have their own names but i had given them different color collars so they went by their colours.
The Queen was Sky Blue (Sky), Bishops were Pink and Yellow, Rooks were Brown and Black, Knights were Red and Blue. The pawns were Green, Purple, Grey, White, Indigo, Lilac, Crimson and Silver.
There is the rating game down, i feel like i made the strategize time a cop-out.
Now all of my characters are married to Sona, i think that tells you guys something about her.
Well, other than that there isn't much new in this chapter.
I'll see you guys in a day or so, Ciao.
