The gang returns to the inn to rest after removing the archfiend and its threat to this city, everyone was asleep except for Rayne who thought of preparing a strategy for the next task ahead of them. He will be sitting outside in the middle of the night still having his clothes on but not his firearms as they are in a basket at this time, while he sits there Rossweisse will come walking through, noticing him outside she slides the door open for her to walk through to see him.

"Rayne?"

Rayne looks back "Oh hey Rossweisse."

"You got a minute?"

"Sure go ahead."

She will go sit down next to him "It's cold out here…"

"This is the only place where I can get some quiet, while the rest are asleep and thinking of ways to get in bed with me privately."

"You seem to have found a strong team, are you sure you're not creating your own chess team?"

"I can do that?" He turns to her

"Well of course you can, once you leave the former team and have privileges to become the king you can be able to gather your own pieces and turn them all into devils."

"Hmn…" He looks forward "No way Rias would mention something like that…. Although how could she… she doesn't want me to go anywhere."

"Might I ask… Just what is your relationship with those Sekirei now?"

"There just…. Well I can't say friends anymore after what happened in the past." He leans back "I guess you are right about them being part of my chess team, I can picture them now just like Rias' team."

"How so?"

"They all want to get in bed with me… At least now it's not one of those things where I try to fall for one girl and the others will have an all-out fight to win me."

"So who would you pick?"

He sighs "Well… Rias would be upset if I have to choose… But I would choose Akeno, but if I choose her then we will be stuck in a situation with Rias and the others." He looks back "Those Sekirei's…I like those Sekirei's… Each one I care for them and I will protect them with my life, if I am to become the king of the chess board then the king must always have servants to fight for him."

"I see…" She smiles while Rayne looks forward "Although my former master…." She started to blush and gets a few tears going down her face.

"Hey… Are you ok?" He looks to her noticing her crying

"Oh…" She looks back to him closing her eyes smiling to him "It's nothing… So tell me which of the women in there would you choose to be in your chess pieces?"

"Well…" He thinks about it "Musubi can be my rook… Shiryuu can be my knight, Matsu can be my bishop and I guess Tsukiumi can be my queen."

Rossweisse slightly laughs "Oh really?"

"Yeah I guess… Just don't tell Tsukiumi that I chose her to be queen, that woman is funny to mess with but she will think of this the wrong way."

"Don't worry it's safe with me." She stands up "Well…. It's really getting late now; we have plans to do tomorrow."

"Alright… Later Rossweisse."

"Goodnight." She turns back and walks back inside, returning back to her bedroom while Rayne remains where he was for the time being.

Later on Rayne will finally head into bed alone, took a while but he finally fell asleep while everyone else was asleep elsewhere. When the sun rises they will finally get out of bed then make their way to the dining room where Miya and Rossweisse will prepare a meal for them all, both of them work together to make some pancakes for them all as they got up early and thought of making pancakes now before the others awaken. Rossweisse insisted on helping Miya and just when Rayne and Homura enters the dining room they notice Rossweisse coming in the moment they sit down on the floor, seeing her handing them a plate of three pancakes on both of them stacked together, the syrup was already on the table along with the cups and a bottle nearby.

Uzume will come walking in still having her nightgown on, moving to the side allowing Rossweisse to go past her to return to the kitchen while she walks in and sits down in front of Rayne. She will look at him for a while thinking about what Riser said to her in the hospital, he will give her the potion of the phoenix which can heal anyone in exchange of betrayal to Rayne.

Rayne started eating the pancakes and when he looks up noticing Uzume he swallows it down before saying anything. "What is it?"

"Oh… Nothing nothing…" She shakes her head

"Hmmnn these pancakes are great…"

"Glad you like them." Rossweisse comes back with more plates of stacked pancakes, placing them down on the table "I thought of helping out Miya on this, after all it's the least I can do."

"Well I now feel like an ass by doing nothing around here…"

"Well at least you're not carrying your weapons around and not sleeping with anyone for a few days now." Homura said then started to drink

"Oh shut up…" He was about to get a drink but he looks up to Rossweisse before she leaves "Oh by the way… Rossweisse, maybe when we got time can you tell me about your world… Asgard."

"You want to know about Asgard?" Rossweisse looks back

"Well ever since I heard you came from Asgard you got me curious about it, if that's ok."

"Oh not at all… maybe we can discuss about it later Rayne, I guess I can tell someone like you about Asgard and the mythology of the Norse." She turns back and returns to the kitchen

"Well you just got yourself a date." Homura said

Rayne sighs "Oh shut up…"

Both Musubi and Matsu will come through into the dining room then sits down by the table next to Uzume, grabbing their plates full of pancakes and prepare to eat. Shiryuu will arrive last because she was up late last night, Rayne noticed this before he went to bed seeing her fighting by that sword he gave her, not using the flames she just wanted to get used to a weapon like that however she will switch back to her katana and continues trying to get stronger and faster, it's at least she can do for Rayne.

Tsukiumi will make her way to the kitchen to see Rossweisse and Miya seeing them preparing for the next batch of pancakes. "Good morning Tsukiumi." Miya said looking over to her "Interesting in some pancakes?"

"I am not hungry right now; I'm going out for a walk."

"Somewhere you going?" Miya asks

"Just… somewhere I can be myself, thank you." She turns away and walks out of the inn.

Rayne just arrived in the kitchen noticing Tsukiumi leaving, he was carrying some plates and cups as he and others finished eating. He walks over to the two and places the dirty dishes on the kitchen table. "Where's Tsukiumi going?" He asks when he places the dishes on the table

"She wanted to go out somewhere." Rossweisse replied

"Oh…" He looks over to the door

"Going after her?"

"She'll be alright." He turns back then heads back to join the others.

Tsukiumi will head on a skyscraper looking out the entire view of the city, seeing some places smoking up due to either battles or monster attacks. Pretty much all the population maybe gone except for those who are Ashikabi, the Sekirei's continues their tournament until there is only one left standing however with the devils and the monsters appearing here and there it will be difficult to actually win this tournament when they come to interfere in the fight. The headquarters of the MBI that lies in the center of this city is still operational and all military is stationed there, just to stop any monsters from sieging the tower although if something big appears then they are in trouble although it is strange that nothing big like a powerful devil or fallen angel hasn't attacked that place yet, there's also no sign of any Hero Factions yet so it could really be true that they are working together in all of this, just to help the MBI control containment and also to help continue the tournament.

While Tsukiumi stands there on the edge of the building arms crossed she will detect someone coming towards her, turning her eyes to the side but not her head, feeling it's another Sekirei coming towards her. She quickly turns back and sends forth a large blast of water towards her opponent however a large gust of wind comes blasting through the water, cutting the water blast in half and almost hits her in the process but misses past her, causing the water to collapse while the Sekirei who cast that attack didn't sustain any damage.

"Now now… Is that a way to treat someone who wants to just want to get some peace and quiet?"

"It's only you… Kazehana."

She walks over to her and stands by her side "What brings you back here?"

"I thought of quieting myself down, being with all those women in that inn is a nuisance."

"Is it all because of your Ashikabi?"

"Yes… And because of Miya I can't get to sleep with him anymore…"

Kazehana slightly laughs "Yeah she has a strict rule in there, that's why no one doesn't want to go near that place but yet you lot somehow got stuck there."

"If only we had somewhere we can actually have time for ourselves…"

"My my I never thought you would really be falling for an Ashikabi? Was it the kiss that changed you?"

Tsukiumi started to blush and looks away embarrassment "That… Is none of your business."

"Oh it is now." She smiles looking at her "I guess you two didn't do it yet."

"He…" She looks forward crossing her arms and remaining calm "We don't have time for something like that… I don't have time for something like that."

"Yeah keep telling yourself that."

"Oh shut up…" She moves away from Kazehana "If you want a fight here and now then you are clearly asking for it."

Before they could really go into that right now they do hear an explosion going off in the far distance, it was a large one that can be seen from miles away. Both turn their heads towards it as either a fight or a slaughter is happening down there, either a Sekirei fight or a survival against the demons. This brought the attention to the people in the inn as Rayne comes outside standing on the roof with Rossweisse seeing the explosion was near them, Rayne decided to head out there to check it out and takes Rossweisse and Musubi with him while Shiryuu stays in the inn with Matsu, Miya, Uzume and Homura for the time being.

"It appears that it's time to depart for now." Kazehana said when she turns back "But we will see each other again soon… Tsukiumi." She then walks off while Tsukiumi watches her leave the scene.

In that explosion caused half a building to light on fire, it will eventually collapse onto the street as Riser with his two Sekirei's, two knights and his queen standing together looking down at the destruction of an Ashikabi and his two Sekirei's. Rayne and the others arrive right at the end of it, appearing behind them seeing them all looking back to Rayne except for Riser who has his back facing Rayne.

"Riser!"

"Aren't they…." Rossweisse looks on the ground seeing the two Sekirei twins lying on the floor, both got their crests removed. "Are they… dead?"

Rayne looks down at them then back to Riser and notices he has his foot on the back of his friend's neck, seeing him lying there on the floor with an assault rifle on the ground and a lot of bullets on the ground. Davis got his head towards Rayne, before he could say anything Riser ends up snapping his neck with his foot, killing him here in front of Rayne.

"….."

Riser turns back towards Rayne once Davis is dead "Well hello again Rayne."

"You son of a bitch…"

Riser looks back "Friend of yours?" Then back to Rayne "Well he didn't put much of a fight, neither did his twins." He looks back to them then to the others "Well then… I guess it's time to finish off that little fight we had don't you agree?"

"Yeah…" He raises his hand up, awakening his Rebellious then aims it towards him with two hands to it. "I'm ready when you are, you damn bastard."

"Not here… How about we try a little game." He places his hands in his pockets then walks to stand between his peerages "Your team against mine, let's see which one is the strongest and which one is dead weight."

"Is this a rating game?" Rossweisse said

"You could say that… But instead of the rules of the rating game, this is real life action fight between two Ashikabi."

"So it's a team death match huh…. So what happens if we win this fight?"

"Then you win against us and you are one step closer from becoming the last Ashikabi left in this city." He raises his arms "As you can see while you lot have been hiding in that inn, I have been tracking down all Sekirei's and eliminated them all. There's some left but are probably in hiding so were pretty much the only two people who has a lot of people."

"But you only have two Sekirei's! The rest of your team is all but devils!"

"Yes you could say that… but to be honest it's not about the Sekirei's anymore… This is about surviving the inside of this place, this so called 'under the dome'."

"Well then… Meet me at the eastern side of town… That is where I will be, bring all of your friends or your all dead."

His queen Yubelluna will create a transportation symbol underneath them which causes them all to vanish out of there without a trace, this upset Rayne well but he lowered his blade then returns it back to his ring. He went towards Davis and the others to check them although it's pretty clear there dead, he went on one knee looking down at Davis, not shedding a tear or anything while Rossweisse and Musubi comes walking towards him to cheer him up a bit.

"I am sorry for your friend Rayne." Rossweisse said to him placing her hand to his shoulder.

"We have been hunters for years… He joined before I did, didn't know much about him at the start but… Now I am the last survivor of that platoon we got drafted in…" He stands back up and looks back to the two with a serious look. "Rossweisse… Musubi… We're going to accept his challenge and defeat him, only then can we escape this damn city."

"Are you sure about this Rayne, this could be a trap."

"Maybe.. But we don't have a choice here… If we don't then he can hit us where we live." He turns his body towards them "Were going to defeat him and end this damn tournament once and for all."

"Rayne… Remember what we said to you about Riser… You shouldn't kill him or else bad things will happen…"

"I know and I don't want Rias to get all the blame for this…" He crushes his hands tight "But… I am going to make him hurt, if I can't kill him then I might as well break his so called 'ego'."

"Well I'm not stopping you… But we should prepare for what is to come."

"Yeah." He nods "Let's get out of here…" He looks back to them "This tournament… Has gone too far."

They return back to the inn to let the others know what has happened, Tsukiumi was already there waiting for him to return seeing he's alright. He and the others will explain what had happened out there, telling them this tournament is about to end soon once Riser and his team is defeated in battle.

"This is going to be a tough fight; we are not just fighting Sekirei's but also devils who serves that man. He will try anything at defeating us but I hope we all walk out of there alive, or else I will end up avenging your defeats."

"Well you can count on me!" Musubi said standing up "I am ready to take these guys on."

Rossweisse slightly laughs "Well you have a fighting spirit… So count me into this fight."

Rayne looks to Homura and Uzume "I know you two are not my Sekirei's…"

"I don't see any problem." Homura said "There's nothing to do here and I would feel like a jerk if I stay here while your all out there fighting."

"And you Uzume?" Musubi said looking at her "Musubi?"

"Oh uhm…." She looks to Rayne, remembering what Riser said to her. She will nod and try to have a smile on her face "I'll help you Rayne… Besides if you guys are gone then there will no longer be any more entertainment out here."

"Thanks…" He will turn to Miya "You know if you joined us…"

She started laughing "Oh my I shouldn't… I'm a house lady, I shouldn't get involved in this."

"But the way you are in swordsmanship you can own his knights."

"I'm sure all of you are ready for this…"

"Uhhh count me out of this you know… I'm not a fighter remember." Matsu said

"It's alright… You can be our eyes in the sky."

"Thank you Rayne."

"So… Musubi, Tsukiumi, Shiryuu, Rossweisse, Homura, Uzume and Matsu. In three hours we are about to get into a strong firefight, I don't want anyone fighting alone or trying anything stupid, if we want to survive then we have to work together, that is what Riser is going to do in order to win against us. Furthermore… Don't fight Riser when you see him or else you lose, he's immortal but I may have a way to defeat him."

"You have a way to defeat him?" Uzume asks

"Yeah… I have a way to defeat him, and I need a Sekirei to do it."

"Well I guess you all should prepare for a great fight." Miya said

"Yeah… Let's do this."