Sparring with Barakiel turns out to be in front of everyone again but without Sirzechs and Grayfia obviously as they aren't even here. We were watched in anticipation and it seemed like no-one there was bothering to side with Barakiel. I don't know which way to take that, I suppose I can just not care like normal. Standing opposite Barakiel, I summoned my own longsword made out of light. Mine was silver compared to his yellow. Mine was lacking compared to his and his didn't even seem full, it felt slightly barren.
Our spar started when a slight rumble passed through the floor. The moment our swords clashed, mine broke apart. We distanced ourselves and I created another sword but fused it with my divinity causing a faint silver glow to wrap around my body. Our swords then clashed again and the light in mine wavered from the hit. Barakiel looked at me with a blank expression.
"Gin-kun, I hope your powers dont result to just this."
"Point being? I only just became a Fallen Angel, you can't expect me to have automatic control over these powers."
"So you know why your 'holy' magic is wavering?"
"Probably because i'm not doing it properly, other than that i'm unsure. Even if my power is weaker, it should be able to take standard strikes."
The corner of his mouth raised up as he lashed out at me catching me off guard. His sword connected with mine and I didn't even move. I should of known he'd strike and Barakiel knows that too. My concentration is off but why?
The only thing would be because I can't control it yet. I'm irritated that I don't have control over the power I wanted and looked up to. That combined with a fighting nature while in a fight is riling me up further than it should. Frankly there isn't really a point to using a sword made out of light in my first fight let alone without even training to make it.
With a flick of my wrist, the sword disappeared leaving my body coated in my divinity. I pushed my right foot back and charged towards Barakiel. My right fist collided with Barakiel's sword and I sensed it waver just like mine did, so did Barakiel. A split second later while my fist was still planted against the face of the blade, it's power started to grow and the sword started to fill up. The heat rose along with it and started to rival my divinity and kick it out. Small crackles of bright yellow electricity started to collect around his body.
I jumped back to make distance and activated my Tsukiyomi armour complete with the wings. With both tiger gauntlets on, small specs of diamond dust started to float around my body cooling the temperature of the room. I took off towards Barakiel in an arc, I feinted one punch and then jumped back while watching his movements. He stayed in place as he brought his swords up with the point facing downwards, it seemed weird to me to do it that way.
Seeing that Barakiel wasn't going to bother moving and wait for me to attack him, I allowed my ears and tails to come and started to run around the edge of the room. As I ran round I kept my eyes locked on Barakiel while planting my hand on the wall every second leaving behind a rune. I skidded to a stop right in front of Rias and used this to my advantage by staying there. While I stood still I locked gazes with Barakiel allowing my two tails to create a simple magic circle with my divinity and 'holy' magic. Once created I ran towards Barakiel, I feinted another punch and jumped.
"Divine Streak."
I fluctuated my divinity and it pulsed out throughout the training room reacting with the magic circle and the runes around the room. They all amplified in size from reacting and shot out beams of pure silver as the magic circle sent out golden swords in the midst of the silver beam which was larger than the ones the runes unleashed. As I landed I saw a pillar of silver centred around Barakiel as he stood there doing nothing.
One thing came to mind, it was too weak. I saw ten black wings sprout out of his back briefly before a single flap destroyed the pillar and acted like a shield towards the continuing beams. I deactivated the beams and stood at a standstill with Barakiel. He was as disappointed as I was, the invocation was perfect but the power was weak. My use of 'holy' magic to strengthen it was a good idea but I didn't use enough to deal any damage.
My divinity so far is basic, it's at a level for simple protection. Once I go to a shrine dedicated to Tsukiyomi, i'll receive the next stage. The next stage is the ability to strengthen my divinity and have it grow, that is done through the repeated use of the stronger 'Tsukiyomi' powers. A completely divine 'Divine Streak' would be a good start.
Barakiel is still too strong for me to rely on my own powers. To fight on par or even able to wound him, i'll have to use a weapon of some sort. The Lunar Gear will do, everything there is practically unbreakable.
"Umbriel."
To my tiger gauntlets came a 2 meter tall double-headed scythe with the blades shaped like a crescent moon. I shifted forms and morphed the tiger's into simple gauntlets made out of ice. Tapping the bottom of the scythe, split the pole in two giving me a scythe in each hand. I slid my hands to the bottom of the poles and a chain formed wrapping itself around my wrists.
I took a step forward and stopped abruptly confusing everyone, including myself. I could feel a build-up of malice. I haven't dealt with it yet but it feels right at home in my body and that scares me a little, though for some reason now that I know this everything points to continuing.
I charged forwards and clashed with Barakiel who created a second sword to have an easier time against me. His eyes narrowed as mine changed gaining the cat-like slit for my pupil.
"Gin-kun, stop. Stop right now."
"No chance in hell, Barakiel."
I instantly lashed out with the right scythe and caught his sword, I then lashed out with the left scythe in the same way. Through instincts alone, their ability activated. 'Lunar Requiem', the ability to eat anything that couldn't live on a moon. Only solid things can live on a moon.
With no swords there, my momentum carried and the two scythes were able to cut right into Barakiel's chest causing a shallow wound. That should of meant the end of the spar in my favour but that was far from it, the pure sight of blood compelled me to continue and so I did. With my arms crossed, I flipped the blades up and positioned them right behind Barakiel's shoulders and kicked out pushing his body backwards cutting off his arms.
This caused my adrenaline to further increase at the sight of blood spurting out from his arms momentarily. Circles of light appeared around his shoulders cutting off the leak and I snarled in agitation. In place of his arms came his ten wings which all sharpened, to counter them I made the blades of the scythes disappear. Barakiel then started to barrage-style attack me with his wigs but I beat off each with rapid movements of the two metal rods.
I moved closer to Barakiel, inch by inch as I beat off his attacks. As soon as I got into his reach, he wrapped his wings around my rods and pulled me closer, then sending his right foot into my side while ripping the poles from my grasp snapping the chains in the process. I skidded to a halt next to the wall but jumped away briefly as I saw two light spears flying towards me. Turning towards the owners, I saw both Raynare and Kalawarnar holding onto light spears.
"Gin-kun, snap out of it."
"Snap out of my primal instincts? Why should I? This is fun."
I may of asked questions but I never intended on receiving an answer. I used the wall as a kick board and pushed myself off and towards Raynare and Kalawarnar. Seeing a gap between them, I decided to take it and wrap my tails around them pulling them with me. Once catching them, I dropped to all fours like a dog and slammed their bodies into the floor once releasing my tails in the process not to hurt myself.
I feel something come towards me and defend myself with my two wings getting one destroyed in the process. I look up to see Rias with her hand out meaning that she was the one who had just attacked me. Scanning back and forth, I see the other devils now standing up leaving only Asia, Koneko and Gasper still sitting on a bench along the far wall. The two girls that were still sitting wore a look of complete fear which both excited me and saddened me. Asia's fear compelled me to do more but Koneko's tore at me. The sight of it alone bore right through me and the scent.
Koneko fearing me was not something I wanted, it put me on the same level as Kuroka. I can't do that to Koneko, i'm meant to be showing her the good in Senjutsuu and not reinforce the bad that she has seen and experienced first-hand. I stood up and the malice just started to float away, my eyes returned to normal but the situation did not.
With each step I took closer to Koneko, she placed herself closer and closer to the wall behind until she couldn't no more. Along with each step came the morphing process, this was my first time succumbing so my body will be confused especially with it happening now that i'm matured. Silver fur was starting to grow out of my arms as the ice broke away.
I stood directly in front of her full of sorrow as she hugged herself to stay safe.
"I'm sorry-nya."
With that said I left the room quickly and transformed.
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Since having this taller body, I started to think differently about being seeing my cat form. Now i'm not bothered who sees it and thus, i'm now sitting on Okaa-san's lap in the living area being patted. Loyalty was never something I bothered caring for, maybe it's better to say I never found anyone I could trust so I decided to just live. That would lead me to think that i'm not embarrassed or as a Nekoshou, i'm not embarrassed about people seeing me as a cat compared to being seen as a kitten. Perhaps it's simply a male thing in some respects.
After lying there for nearly an hour, I decided to jump off and make my way to the third floor. Once on the third floor I entered the currently occupied spare room which was being used as the girl's lounging room. The only person there was Rias. I entered unnoticed but not through masking my presence, I jumped onto the coffee table in the centre of the room finally gaining Rias' confused attention.
"I'm sorry for what happened-nya."
"Gin-kun?"
Her cheeks took a red tint as the realization hit her. I suppose cat's can be cute too, it's not just kittens that get a girl's heart a'fluttering.
"That is correct-nya. I hurt her, didn't I-nya?"
Rias simply nodded to me. I was thankful for the nod, words would have hurt more. I slouched into a prone position and just lay there as the other girls came into the room. Every girl in the household except Koneko and Okaa-san came into the room, while not fully taking in my presence. Rias took advantage of this and picked me off the table and placed me on her lap, it angered me but i'm no stronger than an actual cat and my claws wouldn't do much to her so I decided to sulk it out and just lie there.
As I lay there on her lap I took in the actual amount what transpired had put on everyone. It looked like I had created a serious funk. As much as I felt like I should be included, I couldn't be and reluctantly at that. I was in the process of being patted by Rias and on my stomach of all places. In between the satisfaction I tried to rustle myself free but Rias ended that attempt by opening her legs and making my body fall through before securing me in place. Everywhere bar my head was warm because of this.
"Rias, when did we get a cat?"
It seemed that Akeno had finally noticed, I looked to Rias to see her reaction and she just smiled blissfully but I could see something hidden there.
"For a few days."
Cryptic answer but it sure does answer her question, unfortunately for me she is smart enough to understand.
"Ara Ara, so that's Gin's cat form."
"Yes-nya. My body is in fluctuation from what transpired-nya."
"For how long?"
That's a rather dangerous sounding question, especially from Akeno. I'm not going to answer that, and so I didn't. I just lay still and 'reluctantly' revelled in Rias' affection. It's a strange feeling, hating and liking at the same type. My body is in pure bliss while my brain is full of disgust.
It's safe to say that it'll last for a while too.
A nice amount for a simple fight.
To the level of the malice he had, it was a relatively small amount and nowhere near the level Kuroka's was at.
This means that Gin can break out on his own accord with a sufficient reason and doesn't want to kill everyone in sight.
A reason to why it didn't progress too far is because of the training room. It's new and hadn't really been used so a lack of hate.
This is it for the daily chapters in between arcs but next chapter with have some repercussions from this along with officially starting volume 5. Ciao-nya.