Chapter 11: Fall of the Phenex

OCs are mine

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EternityDragon2610: I am giving him a Devil Trigger, but I'm still unsure if I'll give it to him this chapter. We'll see how it goes.

Deadly Shinigami: I'm aware of the grammar and all that. In terms of spelling, I type this shit on my iPod and this site has virtually NO autocorrect and it fucks up everything. Seriously try typin a chapter without it happening. And with grammar well I never had good luck with English teachers. They'd just tell us to write stuff down, never taught us anything so my vocab and all that isn't the best. But I always miss a spelling error thanks to the "autocorrect" on this site so I apologize. And their will be a Devil Trigger.

Sorry it took me so long to get this up, school's been keeping me busy and I've been sick.

Final chapter of the Raiser arc, let's do it!

On with the show!

I was surrounded by darkness, nothing but. I wondered where I was but I couldn't speak. Their was suddenly a familiar laugh that I couldn't stand to hear. Then the laugh turned into speech.

"Even at you're best you couldn't defeat Raiser. Because of that Rias is all mine, and always will be." Raiser's voice said. I wanted to say something back but I still couldn't speak. "Now... BURN!" He shouted before throwing a fireball at me, burning me to a crisp. The last thing I heard was his obnoxious laughter.

"RAISER!" I shouted as I woke up from my sleep. I was immediately hugged by someone.

"You're okay! Thank God you're okay!" A sobbing voice said.

"R-Raynare?" I moved her so I could see her face, which had tears rolling down, but a relieved smile. "What are you doing here?" I asked wiping some tears off her face.

"I saw what Raiser did to you. I was so scared that you were dead." She said, still crying. My eyes widened in realization.

'That's right. I lost to him. I failed Rias.' I thought sadly. I turned my attention back to Raynare, who was still crying.

"Hey, it's okay. I'm fine now." I said softly, pulling her into a hug of my own.

"Are you really?" A female voice said. I turned to my door and saw that Grayfia was in my room as well. What she implied was true, physically I was fine, but not emotionally.

"Grayfia? What's going on? Why am I back in my room?" I asked.

"As I'm sure you've realized, you lost against Raiser. As a result Lord Raiser and Lady Rias's wedding is being held today." She explained.

"What!? No!" I denied making a quick movement, causing my injuries to flare up. "Urgh!" I flinched.

"Careful, you still have some injuries that haven't fully healed." Raynare said.

"I assume Grayfia took care of the rest?"

"Actually, Asia treated most of your wounds. It was under Rias's orders she stay here and help me treat your injuries." Grayfia looked to Raynare. "And your fallen angel friend refused to leave your side until you woke up."

"And Akeno and the others? Where are they?" I asked lolling at the sheets on my bed.

"They're at the engagement party right now." I didn't respond. I just sat there reveling in my pathetic loss against that snob, Raiser. I felt Raynare looking at me with sad eyes.

"Are you just gonna let my sister marry the jerk?" A male voice asked. My door opened and I saw a man I hadn't seen in six years.

"S-Sirzechs!?"

"It's good to see you, my old friend. I only wish it were under better circumstances." He said walking towards me.

"You saw everything, right?" I asked.

He nodded. "I did. I saw you fight til your last breath. You fought with valor."

"To hell with valor! I fucking lost!" I shouted. "I lost! And now... now Rias has to marry that asshole!" I was crying, but not merely from sadness, but anger as well. Sirzechs walked towards me and handed me something, a paper with a magic circle printed on it. "What's this for?"

"This will take you to the place where the engagement party is. I know that you won't just lie down and accept defeat, that'd be out of character." He said with a smile. Seeing how I could do something now, I smirked.

"And your okay with this, me interrupting an important occasion such as this, Sirzechs Lucifer?" I asked rhetorically.

"This isn't about what's best for the Underworld, it's about what's best for my sister, you know how much she means to me." He said with a chuckle.

"You're a good friend, Sirzechs, thank you." I said with a full grin this time.

"We need to get back. You have about two hours to step in before it's to late. I'll see you then. Oh! And on the other side of that flyer is your means of escape afterwards." Him and Grayfia disappeared in a magic circle.

"Alright." I said standing up.

"What are you doing!?" Raynare asked in shock.

"I'm gonna get ready to crash a wedding." I said bluntly.

"What!? But Raiser will kill you!"

"Michael." I heard Asia's voice say.

"Asia." Asia ran to me and wrapped her arms around me.

"I-I was so scared. I thought... I thought you weren't going to wake up." Asia said, crying like Raynare was. I felt horrible for worrying the two of them, I hated seeing them cry.

"I'm sorry I scared you Asia. But I'm okay now." I said, wrapping my arms around her as well. Now for the hard part. "Listen, Asia... I'm going to get Rias."

"Y-You're going to fight again?" She asked.

"I have to."

"I'll go too." She said firmly.

"No, Asia. I want you to wait for me here." I responded just as firm and serious.

"No, I want to fight with you, Michael! I don't just want to be protected anymore!" She holds onto me tighter, as a way of saying she didn't want to be away from me.

"Asia, I'll be fine alone. I'll bring Rias back, and kick Raiser's ass." I assured her.

"No!" She cried. "I don't... I-I don't want to see you in that state a-again. I don't want to see you hurt. Ever." I felt Asia's tears on my shirt as she spoke. I stroked her head and spoke softly to her.

"I'll be okay Asia, I promise. I promised that I'd always be with you, that's why I can't die. I'll come back with Rias and I'll be with you forever. That's another promise."

Asia pulled back from my chest and wiped her years away. "Then... Please, bring her back." She said, smiling now.

"You know it."

"What!? Asia, how can you possibly be okay with this!?" Raynare asked.

"Because... I have faith in Michael. I have faith that'll he'll win."

"But..."

"Raynare." I called. I turned back to her. "Did you think I'd be able to win against you when we fought?" I asked with my hands on her shoulders.

"I... No."

"And did you think I'd be able to save Asia?"

"...No."

"That's right. It seemed impossible for me to do either, but I succeeded. Who's to say I won't succeed now?" I asked.

Raynare was silent for a moment, thinking about what I said. "*sigh* Okay. Just please, come back to us, to me." I nodded.

"I will." I released Raynare and asked them to leave while I thought of a strategy. "How am I gonna go about this?" I asked myself as I sat back down on my bed.

[If I may make a suggestion.] Ddraig asked from the green Boosted Gear gem that appeared on the back of my hand.

"I'm all ears."

[Balance Breaker.] He said.

"Huh?"

[I can temporarily give you use of the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker, however it'll be incomplete and comes at a price.] He warned.

"Just what will this "Balance Breaker" do?"

[It will give you the power to defeat your enemy, Raiser. But if you use it, you'll be unable to use the Boosted Gear for three full days.]

"And what's the price to pay for this?"

[Your left arm. You'd have to sacrifice your only human arm for the arm of a dragon. That is the price to pay, for this power.] That sounded like one hell of a price to pay. Give up my only normal arm, to save Rias from eternal unhappiness?

"Pass."

[Are you sure? If you face Raiser without it, you'll most likely die.]

"If I'm gonna win this I wanna do it by using my own natural strength. If I do it any other way it'll just be an empty win, in my book." I explained.

[*sigh* Very well. Whatever you think is best, partner.] The gem that appeared on my left arm disappeared after that.

The Underworld

I appeared in the Underworld using the magic circle Sirzechs gave me. In the current hall I was in there was no one there but I heard noise further down the hall. I quickly ran down to where I heard te commotion and came to a set of two large doors. I heard the priest in their ask if anyone objected to the marriage.

'Wow, talk about timing.' I thought.

I stepped back and charged the doors. Once I was close enough I drop kicked them open, and probably scared the shit out of everyone. I recovered with a roll and said "I object." Once Rias saw me I could've swore I saw her shed a single tear and silently utter my name. "To those of you who don't know me, my name is Michael Williams. I am the son of Sparda." I heard some gasps at my introduction. People were already whispering about me already, mostly about how I was a myth.

I walked closer to the "happy couple" until I was stopped by a guard. "You! Just where do you think you're..." He was cut off by a guy in a white tuxedo. It was Kiba.

"You just leave these guys to us." He said, raising his sword against the guards.

"You're late." Koneko mentioned, stepping in as well. She was wearing a pink dress.

"My my, you finally came." Akeno was wearing a beautiful black kimono.

"Well you guys know me, gotta make a last minute entrance." I said, shrugging my shoulders. "Thanks for the help." I said seriously before continuing down the isle. "Raiser Phenex!" I called, pointing at him. "I've come to take Rias home!"

The whispers from the crowd about me turned to irritated questions towards Raiser and Rias. Everyone was asking what was happening and looked confused or upset about my interfering.

"It's an event I arranged." Sirzechs said, emerging from the back walls.

"Brother."

"L-Lord Sirzechs!? You can't possibly do something so irresponsible!" An older man denied.

"Oh, I can, and I am. I wanted to see the full power of the dragon and the Dark Knight against the phoenix, so I arranged it myself." He revealed. "The Rating Game was entertaining and all, but my sister was at a great disadvantage since she had no experience, as compared to your multiple victories in the Rating Game."

"So you're saying, Lord Sirzechs, that it was unfair?" Raiser asked.

"Not at all, Raiser. I'd be making the old nobles look bad if I, a Satan, said such a thing. This is an important matter after all."

"Then what do you suggest, Sirzechs?" A red haired man, who I assumed to be Rias's and Sirzechs's father, asked.

"Simple, Father. I wish for my cute little sister's engagement party to be flashy. Dragon/Son of Sparda vs Phoenix. Surely you also think it sounds interesting? A once in a lifetime opportunity, if you ask me." Sirzechs turned to Raiser. "What do you say, Raiser, will you show off your powers for us again?"

Raiser formed a fearless, smug, confident smile. "How can I decline a request from a Satan, Lord Sirzechs Lucifer nonetheless? Very well, Raiser shall showcase his powers to everyone once more before he is wed." He sounded as eager as me to get this started. Good!

"Son of Sparda, what would you accept as a prize once you win?" Sirzechs asked me. Notice he said WHEN I win. God the look on Raiser's face was fucking priceless.

"Lord Sirzechs!?"

"What do you mean WHEN he wins!?" People were asking. They were going so far as to actually criticize his decision in this, bastards had balls to do that.

"He's still a devil so it's only appropriate to give him something for agreeing to this. Now what do you desire? Your own peerage? Women? Name it." He happily offered.

"Well as tempting as a peerage sounds... There's only one thing I want." I started comedically but became serious. "And that's Rias." Sirzechs smiled at my answer.

"You have a deal." He agreed without a second thought. Though I expected nothing less from him, especially in this situation.

Once the hall was cleared, only Raiser and I stood in the center. On the sidelines were the families of Raiser and Rias. The Gremory family and my fellow teammates sat on one side, while the Phenex family on the other. Sirzechs was sitting next to Rias.

Raiser had a look on his face that said he already won, that I shouldn't bother being here. But I had an expression that spoke for itself as well. It simply said "fuck you".

"Begin!" The announcer of the battle said.

Raiser spread his wings of fire and declared "Raiser will finish this, and you, in only a minute." Fucking hell, I hate him.

"I don't care how fast this goes, no matter what, I'm kicking your ass." I declared.

"Hahaha! That is big talk coming from such a small Pawn. Since your so confident, allow Raiser to crush your hopes. He will crush you and burn you in a mere five seconds." Oh I was gonna enjoy this.

BGM: Walk by Pantera (covered by Avenged Sevenfold)

"Rias, mind if I use promotion?" I asked. She nodded and did so. "Promotion: Queen." I only needed one more thing to be ready. "Royalguard!" I said snapping my fingers and briefly surrounding my body in yellow energy and electricity. "I'll win this for ya Rias! I'll put out this smug bastard's flames and show him not to mess with you or any of us! I'll do it with this Boosted Gear!" I raised my left arm and the jewel began to shine.

[Boost!]

"And this Unholy Arsenal!" I crossed my right arm with my left arm and it glowed as well.

[Best of luck, partner. You may need it.] Ddraig said.

'Dont worry, I'll kick his ass for sure!'

"Raiser will humor your false courage and give you the first attack."

"I'll attack when I want, and I don't feel like it now." I said with a bored tone.

"It's your cremation." Raiser charged me with a fist engulfed in flames, but I royal blocked it with my left arm and pinched his stomach with my free hand. I pushed the arm he was attacking with to the side and kicked the side of his face. "Well, your attacks are a little better. But they won't do much against Raiser." He said fixing his hair.

[Boost!]

"Shut up and attack me!" I demanded. He grinned and attacked me with a barrage of fiery punches. I (royal) blocked as many as I could but he did get a few good hot hits in. He hit my chest and burned a portion of my shirt and jacket. He punched my face and left a burn mark on my cheek. I jumped back at one point and Raiser stood there, chuckling.

"Don't think Raiser doesn't see what you're doing. You're intending to perform that "royal release" technique you used before. Well I hate to tell you that you won't get the chance." He said.

"Worth a shot." I shrugged. I took Rebellion from behind me and ha of turn into Gilgamesh. "Now let's try a little offense." I said letting the mask cover the lower part of my face.

[Boost!]

I used the jets on the leggings to increase my speed as I sprinted towards Raiser, while he himself used his wings. As I charged Raiser I also charged the jet on my left hand to prepare and attack, but not the kind Raiser was expecting. Once Raiser was close enough, I executed a small jump and used the jets on my right leg, alone, to spin myself around and kick Raiser in the face again. The jet on my fist just reached the third charge as I came back around and punched Raiser's left shoulder blade.

I swiped his left leg, grabbed it along with his arm, and tossed him into the wall. I used the jets again to increase my speed before he could recover. I kicked his chest with both feet, and recovered with a backflip. Once I landed you could clearly see my eyes were red. I disposed of Gilgamesh and grabbed Raiser's face with my right hand.

"Hey Raiser, if you could be a plant, what would it be?" I asked with an evil smile.

"W-What?"

[Boost!]

"In my opinion..." I paused to drive him back to the floor. "You make a good face plant!" I then proceeded to push him farther into the ground with my spectral hand as I dragged him across the hall by his head. After dragging him about halfway across the hall I threw him across the rest of the hall. Raiser recovered, and he did not look happy.

"Enough of this! Time to burn!" Raiser said throwing a barrage of fireballs at me. They came at me faster than I could block. Smoke and flames surrounded where I was standing so no one could see me, and I couldn't see anything. Raiser used my lack of sight to his advantage and tackled me to the floor. He tried to grab my face with his hands, that were on fire, but I grabbed his wrists. Only problem now was my hands were hot now. I managed to get my feet under him and pushed his body off of mine. I glanced at my hands, which were red, and slightly, steaming.

I turned Rebellion into Agni and Rudra and sent a tornado of wind towards Raiser with Rudra while Agni was still on my back, since Agni would probably help Raiser more than he would damage him. Raiser's wings were extinguished so I sent three more wind slashes at him as I ran towards him. I traded Agni and Rudra for Lucifer.

I stabbed his right arm and left leg with one sword for each limb. I flipped over Raiser and kicked him to the floor, forcing the unstable swords further into him. I quickly shot them, causing them to explode and destroy the limbs they were penetrating. They were starting to regenerate so I quickly picked Raiser up, while switching to Gilgamesh, and using the jets to increase momentum as I spun around. I threw Raiser into the ceiling I got up to his level, thanks to air hike. I grabbed his shirt and hurled him back to the ground. Smoke surrounded the area he landed in. I pushed myself off the ceiling, but before I could reach Raiser a fireball was thrown at me. I was barely able to dodge it. I landed in front of Raiser, who's limbs had completely regenerated, and he still looked a bit pissed.

"Damn." I muttered. Raiser didn't even say anything this time, he just started pelting me with fireballs. The fact that've just shot them right away caught me off guard so he hit me with most of them. Once there was a small opening I used it to (royal) block the rest of his shots. I slowly shifted forward, still blocking his attacks, and his attacks got stronger as I got closer. Once I was in front of Raiser, before I could do anything, he grabbed me by the hair and threw me into the wall, leaving a me shaped indent in it.

I pushed myself out of the wall and tried to kick Raiser, but he caught it with one hand. I tried to use my other foot but he caught that one as well. I kept my upper body upright, then I got an idea. I leaned back and placed my hands on the floor. I used every ounce of my lower body strength to bring my legs up, while Raiser was still holding them. A Raiser shaped indent was made above the one I made. The impact caused Raiser to release my legs and I moved out of the way before he fell, face first, onto the ground.

'Now's as good a time as any.' I thought to myself.

I took the stance with my legs spread, and slightly bent, with my fists next to my waist. The yellow light formed in the center of my chest and soon the yellow light, and the black smoke that was coming from it, surrounded me and when it died down, I was revealed to be in my Dreadnaught form.

Raiser stood back up and saw this and said "Raiser is not intimidated by this! You can only hold that form for so long, and you become much slower. All Raiser needs to do is avoid you until you change back."

"We'll see how that goes." I said.

Rebellion changed into Nevan. I played one large power chord, which summoned a swarm of bats which attacked Raiser. As I continued to play, more bats were summoned and more electricity flowed through Nevan. I had some bats surround and protect me instead of attacking Raiser. They followed the pillar of flowing electricity the was also surrounding me. Raiser had destroyed the last of the bats I sent to attack him and came at me. With one last powerful strum I unleashed all the bats and lightning surrounding me at Raiser.

As Raiser slid across the hall, I summoned Lucifer and threw six swords at the ceiling above Raiser and snapped my fingers causing them to explode. The ceiling above Raiser collapsed, but Raiser destroyed every piece with a barrage of punches. I moved as fast as I could to Raiser, but it felt like a had five ton weights on each limb.

The armor on my body disappeared as I got as close as I could, revealing my red eyes to Raiser. I noticed that it was gone and cursed "Fuck!" At that moment Raiser grabbed my throat. "Gah, double fuck!" I rasped.

"This is more like it, now I can crush you and burn you to sinders!" He said. Fire ran down from his shoulder to the palm of his hand and my throat was practically melting. Once the heat reached my throat I grabbed Raiser's face with my right had and used my spectral hand to push him back.

"*cough* *cough* Fuck that was hot!" I said.

'I've got one last tactic, I just hope it works.' I raised my right arm to my chest. Red Queen appeared out of it as well as another sword, it was the sword I had been working on, finally complete, but never tested.

Flashback

I had a little less than an hour to leave and I was sharpening and adjusting my weapons once more before I left. I turned to see the empty hilt of the sword I was working on. I still couldn't find the material I needed, I still didn't even know what it was. Suddenly my familiar, Kaede, came down. She had her hands behind her back for some reason.

"Oh, Kaede, what's up?" I asked, dropping the empty hilt.

"Master, I mean Michael, I uh..." She stuttered.

"What is it, Kaede?" I asked. She walked closer to me and held out her hands. She held some kind of strange metal in them "What's this?" I asked, taking the material.

"It's what you need to finish your sword."

"What!? But how'd you know what it was and where to find it!?" I asked in shock.

"I'm a wolf familiar remember, I have a good nose." She said tapping her nose. "I recognized the smell of your other sword because a similar material was on the walls of the cave I was in when we met."

I quickly sat up and hugged Kaede. "Kaede you're the best!" I said graciously. I gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, causing her to blush, and got to work on the sword. And with the help of my Unholy Arsenal, I was able to get it done before I left.

Flashback end

"Say hello to my two royal swords: Red Queen and White Prince." I said swinging the blades.

"I'd rather say goodbye to you!" Once he started flying towards me, I tossed Red Queen and White Prince into the air and pulled out a bottle of holy water.

"Gunslinger!" I said being surrounded by a purple aura. I opened it, threw it in the air and shot it. I just needed to be careful not to get any on me.

"Boosted Gear Gift!"

[Transfer!]

The water glowed, showing it's increase in power and deadliness. I used a rapid shooting technique called Honeycomb to cover them in the airborne holy water. I hit Raiser's face with whatever didn't cover my bullets. The bullets themselves mostly hit his torso. Steam started rising from his burning flesh and he covered his face as he screamed in bloodcurdling agony.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

"Swordmaster!" I caught my swords and pulled back on White Prince's throttle three times, while also holding the brake, and the guard extended. Then I disconnected Red Queen's blade and placed it in White Prince's extended guard connectedness my two swords together and male one big sword. A sword I called Black King. I called it that because once the swords connected the blade turned almost as black as Kiba's Holy Eraser. Unlike the individual swords, Black King can hold six Exceed charges, instead of three. I pulled the throttle four times, achieving four Exceed charges.

"W-Wait! Think about what your doing! This engagement is important to the future of all Devils! This isn't something a low class devil like you can interfere with!" Raiser pleaded, revealing his burned face.

"I'm sorry, I don't give a fuck!" I said, running towards Raiser. I cut his chest with my sword. "I couldn't care less about this stupid wedding!" I said running back, cutting Raiser's back this time. "You made Rias cry!" I said cutting his chest again. "And for that..." I cut his back again and withdrew Black King. My right arm glowed blue, showing my intense focus and emotion. I pushed Raiser across the hall with my spectral arm and quickly pulled my arm back and brought him back to me.

[Boost!] I got one last boost in before delivering the final blow and quickly switched to Royalguard.

"I'LL MAKE YOU SUFFER!" I released my hold on Raiser with my spectral arm and performed a royal release with my left hand, sending him all the way back across the hall.

BGM end

As Raiser crashed through the wall, I merely looked at his body and reviled in my triumph over him. I was proud of myself, not only because I saved Rias from this asshole, but also because this victory brought me a step closer to surpassing my father. The fact that I did it alone made it even more valuable to me

After my short reviling and said to Raiser "Sorry Raiser, but Sparda's blood is just hotter than the phoenix's." I turned around to see Raiser's sister, Ravel, standing before me. Igor in her face and interrupted her before she could say anything "Dare you. When Ravel looked down and said nothing I moved past her to go to Rias. Her father stood between us, and Sirzechs had seemed to have disappeared. I looked into Lord Gremory's eyes and then bowed. "I'm sorry for all of this, Lord Gremory, but I'll be taking Rias home." I said seriously.

He said nothing, he just moved to the side, allowing me to go to Rias. I held out my hand for her. Rias blushed and smiled happily and pulled me into a hug. "Michael, thank you." I gave into the hug.

"You're welcome, Rias." I pulled out the flyer Surzechs gave me and flipped it over. A giant winged beast, known as a griffon, appeared out of it. "This'll take us home." I told her as I helped her onto it, trying not to look up her dress. Then I turned to Kiba and the others. "We'll see you guys back home!" I said jumping on the griffin as well. Once I was on we took off.

I admired the sky above us and while it was darker than the one I grew up under, I couldn't help but think of how beautiful and serene it was. My train of thought had come to an abrupt stop when Rias placed her hand on my cheek. "You dummy." She said with a small smile. She then brought her hand to my bare, scared and burned chest. I didn't realize how much pain I was in until her cool hand made contact with my searing hot flesh. I hissed a little in pain, causing her to pull back for a moment, before placing her hand back on. "You caused yourself so much pain, just for me." She said sadly.

"It could've been worse. I could've lost my arm to the dragon in my Boosted Gear." I told her.

"What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you later." Rias drew her attention back to my injured torso.

"Asia will be sad when she sees you like this." She pointed out.

"I'll be coming home with you, as long as I'm alive, she won't be AS sad." I said hopefully. I only wish that se won't cry when she sees me. Fingers crossed.

"You may have stopped this engagement, but there will, surely, be another." Rias pointed out, her hand still on my chest.

"Then I'll gi through just as much pain to prevent that one. I'll take this pain and much worse pain until you are happy. That's not just my duty as your servant, but as your friend." I said holding her hand in my right one. I was going to continue with my statement but something blocked my lips. And it was Rias's own lips that had pressed against mine. I released Rias's hand and she threw her arms around my neck. There was no tongue involved, but it was still VERY passionate. I gave into the kiss and placed my hands on Rias's waist and simply enjoyed the feeling her soft lips on mine.

Rias pulled back and giggled, cutely. "My first kiss. It's something teenage girls treasure, right?"

"H-Huh!?" I asked, blushing wildly. "I-I took your first kiss!? A-Are you sure it was such a good idea giving it to someone like me!?" I asked. Another reason I was worried was that it was my first kiss as well, and I wasn't sure if it was as good for her as it was for me.

"You did something that was worth a kiss. It's a reward you've more than earned." She answered. I was still kinda unsure if I REALLY deserved it though.

{Oh Christ, son, just accept something for ONCE! It's an honor and privilege to kiss a Gremory! Even I never got to do that!} My dad stated, slightly disappointed.

'I don't see it as kissing a Gremory, I see it as kissing Rias.' I said in annoyance.

{Nevertheless, kid, I'm proud of you. You defeated a powerful opponent, a Phenex at that.}

[And without the Balance Breaker. In fact, I have reason to believe you will achieve the Boosted Gear's Balance Breaker naturally any day now.] Ddraig praised as well.

{The same may even go for the Unholy Arsenal.} My dad added.

I smiled at the thought of becoming stronger and enjoyed the ride on the griffon.

The next day

I awoke to a knock at my front door. I walked downstairs in my sleepwear, which consisted of a grey tank top and black pants, to answer the door. Turns out my early morning guest was Rias. Thank Satan too cause I didn't have my glove on, so my entire right arm was exposed, and it would've been hell, or heaven rather, for me to explain that to anyone else.

"Rias? What are you doing here?" I asked, rubbing my eyes.

"I've decided to move in with you. It'll give me a chance to get closer to my adorable servant." She answered placing her hand under my chin.

"C-Come again!?" I asked in shock. That's when Raynare and Asia came down.

"Why are you do loud?" Raynare asked, groggily. Then she saw who was at the door. "Oh. It's you." She said, clinging to my arm. "What brings you here Rias?"

"I've decided to move in." Rias answered, moving closer to Raynare. I didn't like the direction this was going. I saw that while this was going on, Asia was watching with wet eyes and an unhappy expression. The horrible road this was going down, took another dark turn.

{You seem uneasy, son. Cheer up, you're living every guys dream! You've got three beautiful girls living with you, and Kaede makes four!}

[Better get used to it, kid, all my previous users always had harem of beautiful women. This is only the beginning, and it's only gonna get better.]

'WHAT!? A harem!? I don't want a harem! I can barely handle one girl! How the fuck am I gonna handle an entire harem!?' I asked in my head.

[{Deal with it.}]

'Fuck you guys!'

While I argued with my dad and Ddraig, Rias seemed to finish her argument with Raynare. "Michael, would you be a dear and take my luggage to my room?" She asked.

"Wha- Uh, yeah sure." I said, taking some of the bigger bags.

"I'll help too." Asia said, taking the smaller bags. I heard her mention something about polygamy as we carried the bags to the only empty room I had left, the room next to Asia's. I wasn't paying attention, so I just shrugged it off. We placed the bags in the room.

"I'd like to take a bath after this. Mike, would you like to join me? I'll wash your back for you." Rias offered, causing me to blush.

"W-w-well if you don't mind and actually want me to..." I stuttered. Why I was actually considering accepting her offer, I'll never know.

"I-If you two are taking a bath together, then I'll join too! Michael, Rias, please don't leave me out!" Asia pleaded, her eyes still moist.

"Sorry, Asia, but this is how it is. Is it all right if this is a proclamation of war?" Why was Rias asking that!?

"Uuu, I don't wanna lose, but it looks like I might!" Asia said sadly.

"You'll both lose!" Raynare said, appearing out I nowhere, and clinging to my arm. "If anyone is going to have Michael to themselves, it will be me!" She declared.

"No! It will be me!" Kaede cried, appearing as well, and holding onto my other arm.

'Seriously, why does every girl I know suddenly have an obsession with me!?'

Sorry again, for taking forever. Being sick and all, I had negative motivation to write. I'm actually still all, but fuck it, I don't wanna keep you guys waiting.

Anyway, imma post about two or three extra chapters, before moving onto Excalibur, though they'll probably be shorter.

Next Time: The Demon and the Demon Slayer