Disclaimer: I don't own either "Highschool DxD" or "The Familiar of Zero"

Chapter 12: Travels through Mt. Atlas

(Saito)

The inside of the mountain was just as I expected: rocky, hot, and damp. I, Hiraga Saito, am here with Gasper Vladi looking for the lightning dragon that's here. The reason, the [Earth Spirit] said that he would only help up if we got that dragon out of here. The only rule was that I could only bring one friend, which ended up being Gasper. At first people might think he's a cute girl, but Gasper's a guy. It kind of annoys me he dresses like that, but I've learned to accept it. Anyways, we were moving through the tunnel towards what I think is the right way, since there's no other way. I was expecting to find some monsters along the way but so far nothing appeared.

"This is kind of boring. I wish we can find that dragon already and get this over with."

"I don't want to fight a dragon. Dragons are scary."

There he goes again. All he's done all day was complain about how scared he is. I with he'd get some courage already. It's kind of annoying having to deal with him all the time. I think I'll just ignore him for now. We continued to walk until I saw the entrance to a cave on the side of the tunnel with a bright light coming through. Wonder what that could be.

"Hey Gasper, I'm going to check that cave out. You can stay here if you want."

He nodded his head. With that I walked into the cave. Once inside the cave I caught my breath. Inside this was just about every kind of gem there is, along with both gold and silver. You could buy a few countries with the stuff in here.

"Grrrrr."

Just then I heard a noise coming from my left. I turned and saw what it was. It was the biggest fire dragon I have ever seen. He was looking at me like I was lunch or something. I'm starting to regret not taking Julio with me on this one. If he was here he could have taken control over this dragon with his [Windalfr] powers. But it's too late to regret that now. The dragon lifted up its head and looked down on me. I took out Derf, and prepared to fight.

"Hey partner, you have [Myozthirirn]. Maybe now you can use the [Holy-Demonic] power that's inside of me."

Now that Derf mentions it, [Myozthirirn] does give me the ability to use any artifact. Maybe a [Holy-Demonic Sword] counts as an artifact. I activated the [Myozthirirn] runes. When I did that Derf started to give off a powerful aura.

"Partner, this feels amazing! I've never felt so powerful in all 6,000 years of my life!"

The dragon must have felt how dangerous Derf is right now because he started to shoot large flames at me. I activated the [Gandalfr] runes and jumped out of the way. The dragon then got up and swung his paw at me. I blocked the attack with Derf. When the dragon's paw hit Derf's blade…

"…!"

He roared so loud that I couldn't even hear him. I took a look at his paw and saw that it was smoking and falling apart. What's going on here?

"Partner, I think I figured out my new power."

"Really? What is it?"

"The same as Issei's [Holy Sword]. I have [Dragon-Slayer] powers now. I'm deadly to dragons."

That would explain what happened to the fire dragon. Very angry now the dragon went to finish me off with the mother of all fires when for some reason he stopped.

"Sempai, are you all right?!"

"Gasper?"

It was Gasper. Looks like he came here to help me. And here I thought he was a coward. I smiled at him.

"I'm fine now. Thanks for saving me there Gasper."

Still, his [Sacred Gear] sure is amazing. To be about to control time like that, and it's [Balance Breaker] is also… wait. From what Rias told me Gasper doesn't have [Balance Breaker] yet so how do I know what it is and what it does? Could it be because of [Myozthirirn]? Does a [Sacred Gear] count as an artifact? That's kind of amazing, but I better keep it a secret for now. If Azazel learned of this… I don't what to think of it. Anyways, let's get to work.

"Well then, lets got going. We have to find that lightning dragon."

Gasper nodded. But still, there is a lot of good stuff in here. Maybe I can get [Earth Spirit] give me some of this stuff after this is all over. With that in mind we left the beautiful room of money.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

We were walking…

"ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR RRRRRR!"

Make that running for our lives. We were being chased by a group of five fire dragons. Gasper was so afraid that he froze them for a few minute, which gave us a head start. Unfortunately for us, the dragons were able to ketch up with us really quickly.

"Sempai! How long are these scary dragons going to chase us?!"

"I don't know, just keep running!"

I can't believe this. We get out of one problem only to end up in another. [Mt. Atlas] sure is a lot more dangerous of a place then I thought. But if so many fire dragons live here why does he care about a lightning dragon? We can worry about that latter. Right now we just need to concentrate on getting away from these dragons.

"Partner draw me. I have a plan."

I don't know what he's up to but it has to be better than nothing. I took out Derf, stopped and turned to meet the dragons. Right before they came before us Derf started to release his [Holy-Demonic Power]. The dragons started to back off after that.

"Derf, what did you do?"

"Remember partner, I have [Dragon-Slayer] powers. So some dragons are nothing to me."

Seems like Derf really like his new ability. Well, it does come in handy. Anyways, now both me and Gasper can ketch a breather. To think that there would be so many dragons here in this mountain. If it wasn't for Gasper's [Sacred Gear] and Derf's [Dragon-Slayer] powers we would be dead by now. At first I thought that having Gasper would be kind of annoying, but he's actually a pretty nice guy. Well, I guess it's about time we got moving again.

"Hey Gasper, we better get going."

"Okay Sempai."

So we started to move again. Wonder what else is going to happen in this mountain.

XXXXXXXXXXXXX

This cave just seems to go on and on. Just where is that dragon? We've been down here for… how long as it been? Anyways, we kept walking for what seemed like forever when I heard a strange sound coming from up ahead. It sounded like a cry of pain. I looked over at Gasper and saw that he heard it too. We walked over to see what it was. When we got here I held my breath. Sitting there all chained up as a yellow dragon. The dragon looked like one of those fire dragons we've been fighting. That must be the lighting dragon, but why's he all chained up?

"Sempai, I don't like this. It seems dangerous."

"You think everything seems dangerous, but I have to agree with you this time. This is dangerous. Gasper, you stay here. Not only will you be safe but if anything dangerous appears you can use your [Sacred Gear]."

He nodded. I then walked out of our hiding place and entered the opening. The dragon looked over at me.

"[Myozthirirn], you shouldn't be here."

"You can talk? I thought only rhyme dragons could talk."

"That's not true. There were lots of dragons who could talk at one time: rhyme dragons, lightning dragons, ice dragons, earth dragons, and water dragons. But now we are only a small number of us. But that's not important right now. [Myozthirirn], you must escape before it's too late!"

What's he talking about? As I was wondering this, someone started to talk behind the dragon.

"I never thought someone would come here."

The person walked out from behind the dragon. It was a girl. She had long pitch black hair and crimson red eyes. Her outfit was a black pair of pants, a white shirt, and a black jacket. She was a very beautiful girl, like at the Tiffa's level, but she doesn't look like she's from this world. She took her sword and pointed it at me.

"So, who are you? And what are you doing here?"

Looks like I better do what she wants for now.

"I'm Hiraga Saito, also known as Saito Chevalier de Hiraga. What's your name?"

She looked right me suspiciously.

"I'm Angela S. You don't need to know my full name. Now, why are you here?"

"The [Earth Spirit] ask me to get that dragon right there out of here…"

"Is that so? Well then, I guess that make us enemies. You see, I need this dragon right now. Sorry, but I'm going to have to kill you now."

With that said she rushed right at me. If it wasn't for the training I got from Agnès that would have got me. I jumped out of the way, grabbed Derf, and attacked her. She blocked my attack, but her sword shattered.

"Looks like I win."

"Not really."

With that said another sword appeared in her hand and attacked me. I blocked her attack.

"How did you do that?!"

"Partner, that sword of hers has [Demonic Power]."

"[Demonic Power]? And the sword just appeared. Don't tell me…"

"You know about this kind of stuff? Well then that makes explaining easier. This is my [Sacred Gear], [Sword Birth]."

[Sword Birth], the [Sacred Gear] that allows you to create any kind of [Demon Sword] you can think of. It's the same one that Yuuto has. But her [Balance Breaker] is different. I can't tell everything about it from just being near her. I need to see her actual [Balance Breaker]. But I get the basics and I can tell that it's dangerous. The girl named Angela rushed at me again, but before she could, she froze.

"Gasper, Was that you?"

"…"

He must be scared to answer. Well, as long as she's frozen I can…

"So there was another one here. He seems like a cowered so I'll kill him later. Now then, Lets continue."

This is going to be a lot harder than I thought. Just who is this girl?

I decided to end the chapter here. anyways, Saito and Gasper have found the lightning dragon, but there's a mysterious girl has chained up the dragon and now Saito has to battle her. Who is this girl and why does Gasper's Forbidden Balor View not work on her? Crimson Dragon Emperor.

REVIEW!