"I'm back!"

"Musubi…."

She will turn towards Homura "Oh hey Homura!" She smiles and tilts her head looking at him "Why are you on the ground?"

Homura sighs "You did that to me…" He slowly gets back up "Couldn't you at least ambush one of them from underneath?"

"Well…" She thinks about it, placing her hand down and moving her finger underneath her chin "I thought did but I don't know who was up here." She looks back to Homura "I can't see through walls you know."

"Good point…" He looks towards Ravel standing by the others. He will look back to his bleeding hand and his shoulder then started using his fire to burn his hand and shoulder, causing him to feel pain and letting a deep sighs.

"Homura?"

"I'm fine… Go take care of them."

"Okay!"

"Another one of those Sekirei's…" Isabela said moving forward and raising her fists "Let's go."

Musubi looks over to Isabela and does the same thing, she will charge first and the two will end up fighting for a while, blocking their fists and trying to get a hit to one another. Xuelan will run over to help her out while Ravel stays behind, staying near Kalawarner while Homura looks to Mutsu then to Ravel.

"You should stop or else I will end her life." Mutsu said still having his sword against her neck

"Then how come you hesitate?" Homura asks looking towards him

"Hmn…"

Uzume and Tsukiumi was done on their end then went over to save the others, Uzume using her bandages to attack Mutsu however he saw it coming and moves back, swinging his sword and cutting the bandages while Tsukiumi comes forth sending her watery serpents towards him while Shiryuu moves out of the way, rolling to the side to avoid the attacks the two do and giving Homura the chance to fight back by lighting his hands on fire then charges towards them.

Musubi was going well against Isabela as she kept blocking her attacks, when she notices that Xuelan coming she manage to grab Isabela's arm then throws her towards Xuelan, sending her body crashing against Xuelan and sending them to the ground. Musubi wasn't going to end it here as she quickly charges towards them then jumps right into the sky, falling back down and delivering a hard punch through Isabela and hurting Xuelan underneath, getting Isabela to spit out blood and sending the two falling through the roof and landing inside, unconscious the both of them.

"Strike!"

Ravel looks over seeing Musubi defeating the both of them so quickly. She looks over to Karlamine swinging her sword rapidly at Homura, stopping him from using his fire while he continues evading her swings.

Back to Riser and Kazehana, she was still fighting him for a time but she can't really do well against his power. Matsu was still trying to free Rayne from the seal Yubelluna did to him. "I can't break you free…"

"That damn bitch putted a seal on my arms and legs…. I can't get out."

"What can I do?"

Rayne sighs then looks to his Rebellious that lies near him "Give me my sword, I guess I have to use it again…."

"Use what again?" She walks over and grabs his sword

"There's no time to explain, bottom line is that whatever happens it's still me ok?"

"Uhm… Ok Rayne…" She lends him his sword then looks out there seeing Kazehana struggling to damage Riser.

Kazehana stands on the roofs looking up at Riser seeing him sustaining a few cuts on his body by her strong wind attacks, that won't go well because he can still regenerate and stays in the sky having his hands in his pocket. "What's wrong? You're struggling…"

"I can still fight… Boy." She sends another gust of wind towards him, giving Riser a few cuts on his face and body but he will end up regenerating again once she is done.

"Are you done now?" He moves his hand to his chest "You can't defeat me; I am an immortal phoenix… Your wind attack is pure useless just like Rayne and all of his Sekirei's."

"Is that so? Well it's funny that I'm still alive and attacking you and you're not really laying a strike at me…." She moves her hands back fixing her hair "You're struggling to take out someone like me."

"If you want to die then i guess i will just have to show you then." He summons this phoenix spear from his hand and prepares to throw it "Goodbye."

He throws it fast towards Kazehana and was about to avoid that attack however out of nowhere her hero will arrive, grabbing her and flying with her away from the attack as it goes through a building and will explode inside. The whole top floor will begin crumbling down and the others that were standing on the roof are force to relocate, jumping to another roof to continue their fight from there before the whole building collapse. Rayne grabbed Kazehana and floats in the air looking down at Riser, when Riser looks up to him seeing his appearance have changed, seeing his devil trigger form in a yellowish and black looking combat armour with his Rebellious attach behind him.

"Well now… I'm glad that you rescued me but I wasn't a damsel in distress."

"I know…" He said having this echoing tone due to the helmet covering his face "But I would still do it again for you." He looks down at her "And the names Rayne, but you probably already know that."

Kazehana slightly laughs while Matsu looks up at Rayne and his new form. "What in the world… Is that?"

The others that were fighting will turn their attention towards Rayne, seeing him in that destructive devil trigger form. "What in the word… Is that Rayne?" Tsukiumi said standing by Uzume

"He's full of surprises…" Homura said

"That's a devil trigger…" Karlamine said looking at him "That form can only be used when someone possesses a celestial weapon."

"A celestial weapon?" Homura looks to Karlamine

Karlamine looks back to Homura "There have been very powerful and rare weapons in the world, kept hidden in the form of a ring. Some say it's just a sacred gear but I believe it's –"

"You shouldn't be talking to your opponent." Ravel said interrupting the two "Get back into the fighting…"

"Y-yes…" She holds her sword with two hands to it. "Shame I can't enhance my sword on you, flaming my sword will be bad for me."

"Yeah." He raises his hand showing his fireball floating above his hand

Rayne will land back down to the roof then slowly puts her down. "Well you're a good boy." She ends up giving him a kiss to the cheek of his helmet before getting back away from Rayne.

"Thanks gorgeous." He looks back to Riser then walks forward "Riser… I have a question to ask you and I want an answer."

"A question in the middle of a fight, why now?"

"That dagger you said that you were going to use to kill me. I want to know where you got that weapon?"

"Oh really is that all?"

"Tell me the truth!"

'Very well then." He flies back down and lands nearby having his hands back in his pocket "It's true what I said, there are only two of these daggers found and one of them has been found but the hunters got their hands on it. That is where i found it."

"Did you kill any of the hunters in order to get this dagger?"

"Of course not… killing humans is a bad thing for me and I would have to deal with it later, no. I did not kill any hunters to get that dagger, although someone already did it and I just retrieved what I wanted from them."

"Wow… stealing stuff from their dead bodies, isn't that a little too much for someone like you?"

Riser sighs "I didn't steal it from their bodies; I asked one of my pawns to retrieve it for me while they are all dead."

Rayne looks down for the moment crushing his fist. "Where… Did you get that dagger…?"

"From a bar somewhere in this city."

"….."

"Rayne?" Kazehana looks to him

"Those are my friends…" He mumbles to himself "There… all dead…."

"That is right there all dead!"

"…" Rayne looks up then suddenly appears in front of him laying a punch to the side of his face, sending Riser flying in the air then smashing through the side of the building. Rayne will stand where he was breathing heavily, lowering his hands then tries to take a deep breath to calm down. "Damn you!"

Riser comes out of there not a scratch on him, coming out of the hole in the wall then ends up flying towards Rayne while he does the same thing. Kazehana and Matsu stays where they are watching this while the fight elsewhere is still going, Mutsu still fights against Tsukiumi as he continues swinging his sword rapidly at her, continues avoiding his swings but she did take a few cuts on her clothes especially her skirt, causing her underwear to be shown and got her to blush but she raises her hands up creating a watery shield in front of Mutsu then ends up using the watery shield as an offensive weapon by firing off watery torpedos towards him getting him to back off, striking some of them in half while he retreats.

Uzume will back off in this fight since she would be no good against Mutsu if he charges at her, she decides to jump back over to Matsu then looks to Kazehana as she comes over to get her bottle back.

"Well look at you, back in the game."

"Thanks for coming back to our side Uzume."

"I know… I just wanted –"

"Don't bother apologising." Kazehana said "Love is a really powerful weapon; it can get powerful people…" She looks back to Rayne seeing him fighting against Riser for a while.

"Oh that reminds me…" She looks down then lifts up her skirt "Rayne wanted me to keep these safe." She had this small little bottle that she attached to her leg with a bandage, undoing the bandage and taking it out and showing it to the others. "He said we can use this for something."

"What is it?" Uzume asks looking at the bottle

Kazehana walks closer to it. "Well… It isn't wine so maybe it could be…." She turns back towards Rayne then to the bottle. "Oh now I understand."

Yubelluna will end up crashing to the ground near a sports car while Rossweisse lands on the road having a few scars on her body. "Do you submit?"

"How is it that I am losing to a rook like you…." She sits up and looks up at her

"Because I was once a royal guard to the king of Asgard, I am Rossweisse, now a devil and rook to Rias Gremory. I will not fall to someone like you."

"I see… Well I got news for you…" She slowly gets back up then looks to her "I don't want to submit, I will be a fool if I do and I will get in trouble with my king."

"Then I guess we end this." She raises her hand at her creating a symbol

"I guess so…" She smiles and does the same thing. "We will end this with strength of our power we have left…"

"Agreed…"

As the two blast at each other with what they got, Homura was still fighting against Karlamine for a while. Ravel will just watch the two but will be force to fight as Musubi comes charging at her, forcing her to fly back and avoid her punch, sending it punching to the ground hard.

"Hey… You shouldn't be sneaking up on me like that, I was watching."

"Oh sorry…" Musubi takes a few steps back when she looks over to her "I thought I can knock you out and stop you from attacking my friends."

She sighs "Unbelievable… You are such a brute." She would hear an explosion occurring on the streets behind her, turning back and seeing smoke covering the area. "What's going on down there?"

Musubi will end up charging again while she wasn't looking, Ravel quickly created a symbol in front of her hand then sends this phoenix blast at her, sending Musubi flying back and burning the chest of her shirt. "You did it again!"

"Oh sorry…" She gets back up and stands ready "So uhm… Are you going to fight me?"

Ravel looks back towards Homura seeing him unleashing the fire dragon upon Karlamine seeing her jumping out of the way to avoid the flames but then Homura will end up appearing out of the flames of the dragon, sending two fireballs at her hitting her chest and sending her falling back to the floor. Homura stands triumph while she lies there trying to get back up, Homura was force to send another fireball at her, hitting her chest and sending her back on the ground and not getting back up.

"I am sorry about that, you fought well." He pulls down the mask covering his mouth and nose then walks over to Ravel and Musubi. "Looks like you are having problems."

"….." Ravel flies back then looks over to Tsukiumi seeing her still fighting with Mutsu.

Mutsu will soon get the upper hand and leaps in the air to swing down at her however Shiryuu will come to the side, blocking his sword with her sword. Appearing in this again and stopping Mutsu again, causing him to back off then looks at the two while standing ready.

"I came back to help you out."

"Well now, I needed that. He is really annoying."

"Well he is a strong male Sekirei."

"Good point…" She turns her head to the side "Oh damnit…"

Both Akitsu and Haihane got back up off the ground, they are injured badly but they still wish to fight. They walk over to Mutsu and try to help as much as they can, he didn't mind and he was ready for another round, having his blade in front of him and so does Shiryuu, they both charge to one another for another clash of swords.

Back to Rayne and Riser the two continues fighting while the others watch, both of them backs off from one another then will charge again, they decided to use their fists and with Riser still regenerated it's difficult to defeat him while Rayne continues sustaining damage from him, he will end up flying back and takes a deep breath before getting ready to charge.

"I notice you are sustaining damage." He said crossing his arms "This must be the time that you are reaching your limit with that armour, you won't last against me."

"Is that so? Well in case you didn't know… I was only giving my friends time to deal with you, they are soon to finish their battles and you are force to surrender to us…"

"Yeah right…"

"You really are one annoying son of a bitch you know that Riser? Although I can never compare you with Astaroth…"

"Astaroth… the guy who murdered your family and destroyed your whole life?"

"Yeah him… I ended up jamming my sword through his throat, now he's long dead and all I wanted was peace. Yet morons like you continue to deal with me, you all never learn, you should be fearing me and not fighting me."

Riser sighs "Oh stop this talking…" He was about to charge however a gust of wind occurs yet again. "This again... That annoying little – " He would see something appearing in the wind, seeing that little bottle coming to his face.

Kazehana made the wind fierce when the bottle got closer to Riser, she used the wind to create a type of saw that will go flying past the bottle causing the side to shatter and sending that bottle of holy water over Riser's face. This burned like hell as it goes melting his face like acid, giving him an immense pain from that, covering his face as it continues burning him.

"Now's my chance!" He leans back then flies forward at speed with what he has left. "Hope this works!"

While Riser is dealing with the pain, Rayne comes charging in and giving him a hard punch to the chest causing him to feel that well. He gasps and coughs out blood while spreading his arms from that punch, feeling his regeneration isn't working anymore thanks to the holy water to his face. When Rayne saw this he ends up flying higher than Riser then gives him a kick to his face, sending him falling from the sky and landing to the roof hard while Rayne floats there for a while until his devil trigger will finally end. His armour shatters to pieces while he floats there, seeing the armour falling while he watches it but with his armour gone he will start to feel the pain from those attacks which will get him to finally fall from the sky then land on the ground near the others.

"Rayne are you alright?" Matsu said running towards him.

"Yeah… I went a little overboard…"

"What was that?"

"My Devil Trigger." He looks up at her "You could say my release mode." He then looks towards Riser seeing him slowly getting back up "You just can't stay down now can you?"

"Damn… Damn… Damnit!" Riser repeats himself when he gets up, being infuriated after what just happened. "Rayne… I will not lose this fight to someone like you!" He gets up when he said that then looks over to him and his friends "Never!"

Rayne sighs "He can't surrender…"

"Then I'll take care of him." Kazehana said "Leave him to me…"

"No Kazehana…" He gets back up "I got this, go help the others. This is my fight and my alone…" He takes a deep breath then moves his hand back to grab the handle of Rebellious on his back. "Awaken one more time…" His body gets consumed in black and red destructive energy, turning back into the Devil Trigger again. "One more time…"

He charges towards Riser blasting wind at the group, he goes charging and uses his fists and not his sword against him. Riser summons a phoenix spear then threw it towards him however Rayne avoids it and that spear goes past the others, smashing through a wall. Riser will spread his phoenix wings and charges towards Rayne trying to punch him but Rayne ducks down to avoid it, he then lays an uppercut punch to his chin sending him flying back then takes another punch to the chest pushing him back away from Rayne while he floats there looking back to him, crossing his arms looking at Riser seeing he's not in shape anymore.

"Look at you Riser… You're a mess; at least have some dignity and surrender. You lost this fight."

"Never…"

While Riser flies back he notices that Rossweisse comes back after defeating Yubelluna, not able to see her but she was lying on the floor on the streets. Rossweisse went to help take care of Akitsu and Haihane, but Tsukiumi already took them down while Shiryuu continues clashing against Mutsu again. He looks to the others seeing Ravel flying back in the sky while Musubi and Homura took care of the others, standing ready to go after her but they are out of her reach.

Ravel moves away and looks over to Riser seeing him hurt so she flies over to Riser however she ends up getting attacked by Kazehana, using her gust of wind to send her flying off course forcing her to land somewhere on the roofs getting her to watch as Mutsu continues fighting against Shiryuu until finally the two backs off from one another, sustaining a few cuts on her body and not Mutsu.

"It seems we are at our limits…" He said looking to her then to the others standing nearby but not attacking. "I guess we will end this." He looks back to Shiryuu

"Yes…" She stands ready raising her katana up while holding it with two hands to it. "I'm ready."

The two will charge to one another ending this with one swing of their swords, both sprints past each other when they swung their swords and both will end up freezing for the moment until finally Shiryuu moves forward and sheathes her katana while Mutsu stays where he was but stands normally, feeling a deep cut through his chest and noticing that half of his katana is removed due to so much fighting his sword was no match against hers.

"I see… My sword couldn't cut through your sword, but yet I did too much on –" He sighs when a gust of his blood spills out of that wound, sending him collapsing to the floor. "I'm sorry… Yubelluna…"

When Mutsu closes his eyes due to being close to death, his crest on his body will end up vanishing away and the same thing goes to Haihane who was still on the ground next to Akitsu, both are defeated and their crests are removed so they won't be coming back up again. With the two Sekirei's dead the only one left is Akitsu who is still lying there, trying to get back up while the others stay together looking at her.

"Why isn't she dying like the others?" Shiryuu asks looking at her "She's sustaining the same damage as Haihane but…" She looks to Haihane then back to her

"It's because she is a different type of Sekirei." Tsukiumi said crossing her arms "She cannot be winged and merge with an Ashikabi, she can only stay with them until she really dies."

She looks up at them then looks down to the ground. "All I wanted was an Ashikabi… Riser is the only one who thought of me that day, I only do as he see fit and serve him well… Do what you want to me now, you have already killed the others there is no need to hesitate on killing me."

"Akitsu correct? I do understand what you are going through." Rossweisse said "You don't have to throw your life for Riser; I really doubt he will throw his life for you."

"It doesn't matter; I may not be his Sekirei but I will be by his side."

"Then we should get rid of her." Tsukiumi said taking a few steps forward, raising her hand and about to summon water.

Rossweisse lends her hand to the side stopping her from coming any further. "No… There's no need for more bloodshed." She looks to Mutsu and Haihane then to the others that Musubi and Homura defeated "This fight is over."

Riser will end up falling from the buildings then lands on top of a car while Rayne flies down then lands down near him, still in his Devil Trigger form he watches as Riser slowly gets up off the car. "How is this possible…." Riser said while slowly getting off the car then falls to the ground, looking up at Rayne while he stands there. "To be defeated by a lowly human… who is just a pawn… This is… Impossible…"

"Give it up Riser." Rayne finally returns back to his regular form "All of your peerages are done; you have no choice but to surrender."

"But… How is this possible?"

"I'm not just a pawn you know… Pretty much after this is done I will probably become a king of my own chess board." He looks up at the top of the building seeing all of his Sekirei's standing up there. "And they are all going to be part of my new team." He looks back to Riser "My new team of devils."

"….."

"So this is the last time I'm saying this…" He walks over close to Riser "Give it up… Now, you damn son of a bitch."

"I… I surr…."

Riser slowly looks up at Rayne then started looking behind him at the sky, seeing the red energy field that he put around this place slowly started losing its power. It started flickering a few times until finally the whole energy field around here started to break in pieces, causing Rayne and the others to look up and notices they are free to get out of this small area.

"What is this…" Rayne said then looks back down to Riser "Is this you're doing?"

"No… It's….."

A sudden gunshot went off nearby, someone fired a gun the sound of a revolver, firing only one round and send someone blood spilling to the ground and they would end up falling to the ground dead. The Sekirei's above are shocked to see what just happened, they didn't see it coming.

TO BE CONTINUED…..