~ 18 ~
We're gathered at the park in our priests' and sisters' attire after finishing up club activity. The plan is to search places where it was less populated, unusual spots, and so on. This went on for hours, and I'm itching for something to point us in the right direction. It's little past evening, so we need to pick up the pace, or return empty handed.
"No progress today as well." Saji sounding just as irritated at the lack of finding anything remotely related to our goal. Thinking over whether to call it off for the day, Kiba stops in front of us. "Hmm? Kiba...?"
"...Yuuto-senpai." Koneko stopping as she felt the presence as well. Killing intent. One I was expecting to attack us.
"Above us!" Saji shouting out. We all looked up to see a white haired priest falling down with a longsword.
"Something like a divine protection for the group of priests ay!" he brings his sword down on Kiba, but the attack was blocked when he summoned his demonic-sword.
"Freed!" summoning out my Boosted Gear which let of a red light, indicating an increase in power.
"Is that you, Takeo-kun? Well isn't this a weird reunion!? How is it? Your power seemed to have increased the last I met you. Is it all right to kill you now?" sounding insane as always.
The sword he's holding is one of the Excalibur they stole, huh? The holy aura emitting from the blade sent chills down my back. We throw off the priest clothes, ready for combat. I held off to let Kiba be the one to start this fight and finish it. Only cutting in to support when necessary, and transferring my power up to Kiba most cases.
"Stretch my line!" Saji punching his left hand that had a lizard shaped head on top. A line shot out from its mouth, which I would assume is its tongue. Heading straight for Freed.
"Such a pain!" Freed attempts to knock it away with his sword, but the line changes direction for his right foot instead and tangled itself around his leg. Freed slashes away at it, though they went past as if it didn't have a physical form.
"You can't cut it that easily. Kiba! With this he can't escape! Beat him down!" Alright, Saji! I transferred my boosted power to Kiba with a grinning nod.
"Thanks you two!" Kiba rushing quickly at Freed with two demonic-swords.
"Chi! So it's not only the 'Holy Eraser', I see! Having multiple demonic-swords. Are you the possessor of 'Sword Birth', perhaps? You are guilty of having a rare Sacred Gear, you know!" Freed relishing in his battle frenzy. "But. Normal demonic-swords can't put up a challenge against..."
KACHIN!
Kiba's swords broke after making a cracking sound.
"...my lovely Excalibur." then we'll have to match it with something that can then!
"Kiba!" summoning Force Edge and catching his attention, I spear the weapon at him. He catches the sword by the handle. "You better not lose to him now!"
"...Guess it can't be helped now." he smirks and readies another demonic-sword to wield with the sword I gave him. Then he glares at Freed menacingly.
"Hahaha! The way you look at my Excalibur is scary. Do you perhaps hold a grudge against it? Well I don't know what happened to you! But if you get cut by this, you can't avoid being eliminated without a trace you know? You will die, you know! You are going to die! Just die!" Freed jumps up to attack Kiba. He manages to block off the attack and moves to strike with his off hand weapon. Freed backs off to swat the attack away and continue his attacks without a moment to lose. The fight rages on, both equally matched in terms of weaponry and skill.
"Sword Birth!" blades erupted out of the ground and just about anywhere. Freed makes a clicking noise with his tongue and starts breaking the demonic-swords coming at him. While he was occupied, Kiba used the swords as platforms and dashed on top of them to get to Freed. He pulls a number of swords he recently strode atop of and threw them at Freed.
"That's a good circus trick! You rotten Devil!" he knocks away the demonic-swords one after another with glee. "My Excalibur. Excalibur Rapidly! In terms of velocity, it won't lose to anything!" Force Edge was holding up well enough, though Kiba's demonic-swords were being destroyed like glass.
"Even with Takeo's sword, I can only do so much!" Freed dashes at Kiba, bearing down on him when Kiba brought up his defenses.
"Like I'll let you!" the lizard on Saji's hand pulls its tongue back, making Freed lose his stance. Shortly after this, the line makes a dim glow. Judging by the flow of power, it's coming from Freed and going to Saji.
"...What is this!? Are you absorbing my powers!?"
"Heh! How's that! This is my Sacred Gear 'Absorption Line'! As long as this line is connected to you, your power will continue to be absorbed by my Sacred Gear! That is until you lose your consciousness that is!" another Sacred Gear user as well? Things definitely have gotten livelier now.
"...Dragon-type Sacred Gear is it!? The most troublesome type. The initial ability isn't that much of a threat. But when it grows, the destructible power surpasses other Sacred Gears on a whole different level. Scary. Man it is such a nuisance!" Dragon-type no less.
"Kiba! Just beat the guy! The problem with the Excalibur can come after that! This guys is seriously dangerous! Standing in front of him makes me tremble! If we leave him be, he'll cause harm to me and Kaichou also! I'll keep him weaken by absorbing his power, so take him down!" Saji suggesting a plan. Even if it was sound reasoning, Kiba looked conflicted by it. I figured the reason why; he wants to win with his own power. He understood though it would be more beneficial to finish Freed of now.
"...I feel reluctant, but I also agree to finish you off here and now. There's still two more Excaliburs that were stolen. I will have to hope that the others are strong." readying his weapon.
"Ha! I'm stronger than the other two,you know! The moment you four beat me, there aren't others who will put up with you guys! Are you sure? If you kill me you won't have any holy-sword battles that would satisfy you." Freed asking with a wretched smile.
"Hmm. Sword Birth, huh? A Sacred Gear that can have an infinite number of powers depending on the possessor." a voice of another person commenting aloud. Looking at the direction of the sound, an old man wearing priest clothes stood there.
"...oh, old-man Balba. Is that you?" everyone looked stunned at Freed's word. The Genocide Archbishop? Here? The same bastard that disposed of Kiba and his comrades shortly after the end of the Holy-sword Project. Another fateful meeting.
"...Balba Galilei!" Kiba glaring at the old man with an intense hatred in his eyes.
"I am." stating nonchalantly. "Freed, what are you doing?"
"Old-man! I can't run away because of this guy's weird lizard tongue!"
"Hmph. You still can't use the holy-sword perfectly yet. Use the 'element' I gave you more wisely. I'm researching because of that. Gather the holy element that's running throughout your body to the blade of the holy-sword. With that, you should be able to cut it."
"Yeah, yeah..." his sword begins to gather light around it. "Like this!" the line Saji had on him was cut off easily. Crap, he'll be escaping! "The next time we meet will be the time of our ultimate battle!"
"I won't let you escape!" a girl's voice yelling behind me before someone rushing past me.
KACHIN!
Sparks went flying when Freed's sword and the person's weapon. Xenovia!
"Yahoo! Takeo-kun." I turn to see Irina in her gear and weapon drawn as well.
"Freed Zelzan. Balba Galilei. As fugitives of our lord, I will cut you both down in the name of God!"
"Ha! Don't say the name of the cursed God that I hate! You bitch!" The two exchanging words before Freed took something out of his pocket. A ball of light? Not another one of his flash bombs! "Old-man Balba! We're escaping! We need to report to the boss, Kokabiel! See ya! The alliance of Church and Devils!" he throws down the ball on the ground.
A bright light bursts out from where Freed and Balba once stood. Covering the area and blinding us. By the time we recovered, the two were long gone.
"We're going after them Irina."
"Okay!"
The two nod at each other and sprints off.
"I'm going after them as well! I won't let you escape Balba Galilei!" Kiba rushing off along with them.
"Dammit! Nevarra!" making a direct summon for her. She appears in a magic circle by me in wolf form. "I need you to stay alongside Kiba. If anything happens let me know." she nods silently before I hand her Invictus in its sword form. "Just in case things get dicey." the wolf takes the sword by the handle in its fangs and runs to track Kiba.
"Why did you tell her to track him?" Saji asking why we aren't chasing after them.
"Because we have to answer to our masters behind us..." pointing my thumb behind me. He looks confused at first while looking at the direction I pointed at, then paled instantly.
"When I thought that the flow of power was irregular..."
"This is certainly troublesome."
Rias and Sona were standing there with serious faces. I stood my ground while looking as straight face as I can be.
"Takeo. Would you care to explain what is the meaning of this?"
"...Destroying Excalibur. You two..." making an unpleasant face while resting a hand on her forehead. After the fight with Freed, Rias and Sona took Saji, Koneko, and I to a nearby park. We're currently sitting seiza in front of the fountain.
"Saji. You were doing something like this behind me? You truly are a troublesome child." Sona scolding her Pawn with a cold expression.
"Auu...I...I'm sorry Kaichou..." Saji turning deathly pale it bordered dangerous. He must be really scared of her.
"So Yuuto went after that person called Balba?"
"Yes. I think he's with Irina and Xenovia...I also sent Nevarra to track along with them if something happens..."
"A sound move to make." she turns to my other partner in crime. "...Koneko."
"...Yes."
"Why did you do this?"
"...I don't want Yuuto-senpai to go away..." Koneko stating her feelings about why she went along with the plan. Rias looked confused than angry when hearing this.
"...Saying this when it has already happened won't change anything I guess. But what you two did could have affected the world of Devils. You understand that, right?"
"Yes. I'm sorry Buchou."
"...Yes. I'm sorry Buchou."
Koneko and I bow our heads in apology.
SLAP! SLAP!
My eye twitched slightly at the sound that was coming from Saji's direction. I didn't dare look to see the state that Saji could be in.
"Looks like you need to reflect on your behavior."
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please forgive me Kaichou!"
"No. One thousand spankings."
SLAP! SLAP!
I could have sworn I detected a hint of demonic-power in each slap. It even sounded painful.
"Let's go to him with the rest of the club members when we receive word from Nevarra. We will decide what to do from there. Okay?"
"Yes."
"...Yes."
Koneko and I replying back. She lowers down to hug us both.
"...You two really are stupid children. Making me worry so much..." Rias saying with a caring motherly tone while patting the both of us on our head. Rias...I'm sorry for all this. Lying, making you worry about us...
"Kaichou! They get to finish with a good atmosphere!"
"They are them. We are us." Sona still spanking Saji mercilessly. Hang in there Saji, that dream will come true at some point.
"Buchou. I was wondering if you can bump up my punishment to two thousand spankings?" Rias looks at me surprised at the request. Either at the fact I knew I wasn't getting off easy or at the increase of the punishment.
"I would have settled for a thousand. Why add more?"
"I got Saji mixed in this, and I want to make it up to him for helping me this far."
"Takeo! You would go that far for me!? You really are a good friend! Ow! It hurts!" Saji crying out while still suffering his punishment.
Stunned at my selflessness, Rias smiles and nods. Two thousand demon-powered spanks can't be that bad...right?
~ Time Skip: Two Thousand Spankings later ~
I hope you feel better after this Saji. I don't think I can sit for a while, let alone feel my ass. The sun is setting, indicating it's closing to night. We parted ways with Koneko midway as we near my house. She and I didn't regret going along with the plan. Hopefully Kiba's alright. Xenovia, Irina, and Nevarra were with him so it's a solid group of warriors that have each others back.
"We're back!" announcing to anyone listening in the house that Rias and I are home. The two of us had our shoes off and were about to walk through when Auntie Raven popped out the corner with a lewd face.
"Hey, Auntie. What brings you here?" I don't mind the company, though I didn't know she was coming. She waved to us, beckoning Rias and I silently till we reach the kitchen.
"Come along now, Asia-chan."
"Hauu!"
Asia hopped up as if being pushed by Raven. Asia was wearing an apron. Okay, nothing different, I've seen her in an apron before. Wondering why she was called here, I notice that she was exposed more than what's expected of wearing clothes under an apron. Almost as if she isn't...N...no...
[Albion]: "Well this is unexpected..."
[Ddraig]: "Agreed. Think the other girls are in on this as well?"
[Noctis]: "Want to see Tiamat in one also? It'll certainly get the blood pumping."
That it would, but right now I need to solve the debacle of seeing my beloved daughter probably nothing but underwear behind that apron!
"...A friend of mine in our class told me... That you have to wear nothing under the apron when you work in a kitchen in Japan... It's e...embarrassing...but I have to get used to Japanese culture..." Asia saying with a red face.
...FRAK! My daughter is trying to kill me! She starting to become an erotic girl because of the influences on her! Who in their right mind told her something so awful!? ...Wait...I know one person.
"...Asia. Did Kiryuu tell you this?" holding my nose to prevent a trickle of blood coming down.
"Yes. Of course I'm not wearing my underwear... It feels cold... Auu..."
Asia's not wearing underwear underneath...? I did not need to hear that! An airhead! She's becoming an erotic airhead! I don't want this to happen! What's worse is that it's Kiryuu's that stoked the flames for this to happen.
"Ufufufu. She looks darling doesn't she? I'm definitely supporting these things. Aaah, I remember when your mother use to do something similar with my brother. He even had the same reaction as you."
Mom did something like this with my dad!? I find that baffling to believe since she's an Angel and all. How the heck didn't she fall from that? And dad reacted the same as me? I would understand as well when an Angel pulls something like this on you.
"...I see. So there was a strategy like that." Rias sounding slightly regretful. R...Rias...? What are you thinking? "Asia, you can become a real Devil. You really are a lecherous girl." NO! Not my daughter!
"Eh!? I don't want to become a lecherous Devil!" Asia replying with a troubled face and teary eyes while Rias smirks.
"Wait a bit. I will also do the same. Asia. You have done well by making the first move." she leaves the scene we're making.
"Oh! Wait, Rias-san! I want to help also." Raven skipping after her. Oh great gorram god...
"Ummm, what's going on? I don't understand the situation..." the blood flow finally stopped, I rest a hand on Asia's shoulder.
"Asia, it looks good on you. Just don't make it a habit of doing this often. I don't think father can handle losing any more blood." Rias said she was going to do something similar in a few minutes so I need to recuperate myself for the worst. Instant knock out. Asia looked shy about the compliment.
"Asia."
"Y...yes?"
"If those guys ever come from the Church, I'll protect you." wrapping an arm around her shoulder. "I just hope you don't regret living this life..." I don't want to bear losing her again. Not after everything we went through in our lives before and after meeting each other.
"...Takeo-san. I don't regret it at all. I haven't forgotten my faith in God. But I gained something more important than those feelings to him."
"Something important?"
"Takeo-san. Buchou-san. Everyone in the club. My friends in school. Nevarra-san. Tiamat-san. Takeo-san's uncle and aunt. Everyone is important to me. I don't want to lose them. I want to be with them forever, and I don't want to be alone anymore." Asia said with a small trembling voice while in my arms.
"You'll always have us with you, Asia. So don't cry when you feel sad. Smiling always suited you the most."
"...I'm glade I came to this country. I got to meet my first friend. Takeo-san..." resting her face in my chest, sweetly muttering to herself. I'm glad you came to Japan as well...
—!
My brain froze at where I was. Sure it was an endearing scene, but there was one thing that threw it off. She's hugging me while wearing only the apron, leaving her back and rear exposed! Her near snow white complexion in full view of where I'm looking at. Just back away slowly...
"I got kicked out when Rias acted all embarrassed... Ah... Oh hello~."
Raven coming back to see me and Asia in this position. She smirks playfully.
"Auntie!"
"Looks like the old crow walked into a romantic moment. My apologies. Never expected you to be so direct though." good thing you didn't hear about me and Rias then. "Not that I don't mind having grand-kids from my nephew, but try to be responsible now." you don't have to remind me. I release my hug on Asia and walked off in a panic...
"Takeo! I have also worn it!" Rias stood in front of me...wearing an even more erotic apron than Asia's! Does it even qualify as an apron let alone an article of clothing?! It's JUST covering her lower parts while her bust seems ready to...break free...
GUSH!
Even more blood from before came flooding out from my nose! I steady myself on the counter to prevent falling down out of blood loss.
"Now Asia. We will start cooking with this."
"Y...yes."
The two stood in the kitchen...nude from behind... Am...am I dying? Lucis saw all this and decided to help me to the living room couch. I lied on the sofa with tissues in my nostrils.
"Hope you're feeling alright from all the blood loss."
"At least all the stress from my day went away along with the blood." joking about the silver lining.
"Perhaps. Take care of them, Takeo. They're a real keeper those two."
"Hahaha... that they are..." slowly fading to rest with a smile.
That night; Rias, Asia, and I were fast asleep together after dinner. Eyes shot up from the pressure I felt from meeting him before. I get out and walk to the window. This will be Rias's and Asia's first time meeting him as well as she's up and out the bed to stand by me. Asia just woke up from feeling the presence as well. Though this is one of few meeting the Fallen Angel outside my house. Looking down, it wasn't him, but...
"...Freed." spitting out the name with malice under a hiss. It was the shitty white haired priest form before.
"...A Fallen Angel." Rias saying with hatred and clicked her fingers to change in her uniform and went out the room.
"Yahoo! Takeo-kun. Asia-tan. Looks like you guys are in a bad mood. Were you doing alright? Ara ara, were you guys having sex? Then I'm sorry. Not reading the atmosphere is my charming point." among other things you bastard...
Asia followed Rias out, while I jumped straight out the window with a silent thud after throwing on my combat attire.
"Something you need, or are you the plus one to the Fallen Angel just outside my house?" pointing up to where the person of interest floated up with the moon behind him. Rias and Asia looked up to see a man with ten black wings behind him. He wore a black robe with a number of accessories on them.
"This is our first time meeting, daughter of the house of Gremory. The crimson hair is beautiful. It reminds me of your brother that I hate enough to make me want to vomit."
"Nice to meet you, one of the leaders of the Fallen-angels, Kokabiel. My name is Rias Gremory. I will also add one more thing. We and the house of Gremory are a being who are closest to the Maou, and also the furthest from it. If you are here to discuss politics with me, then it's no use." I doubt with Kokabiel's personality, he wants to negotiate.
"A gift." he throws something near us.
It was a person! I reacted instantly and teleported to catch him or her. The person in my arms was...Irina! She's covered in wounds, blood, and breathing heavily. Did it happen when chasing down Freed?! And what about Kiba? Xenovia? Nevarra?
"Crap...Irina! Asia!" she wasn't responding to my hails. So I call Asia to me to heal her. A green light covered her body, then moving to Irina. Who's expression soften as she breathes normally again. Her Excalibur was missing.
"She came into my base. So I gave her a welcome. Well, I couldn't catch the other three." laughing after stating it. So the three made it out. "And I wouldn't do something stupid as talking with a Maou. Well, if I rape and kill his little sister, then Sirzechs' anger will be pointed towards me. That won't be bad..."
CRACK!
The space around me began to crush under the killing intent venting at Kokabiel. Everyone looked at the source of it with surprised faces.
"Hmm. Quite the power you have there, little brat. You look familiar, do I know you?"
"No one of importance...just the little brat that's going to rip the wings off your back for that vile comment you spoke. Feather by feather for every word you speak from here on." coldly threatening him with no shred of mercy in the words. "If you're not here to talk then why bother coming here?"
"I'll be rampaging in this town using your base, Kuou Academy, as the starting point. Then Sirzechs will appear, right?" Kokabiel answers with joy. Still the battle hungry bastard I remember from before.
"So you want another War between the three sides again." irritated at knowing his answer.
"Precisely what I'm wishing for. I thought that Michael would start a War if I steal the Excalibur... But what he sent were grunt Exorcists and two holy-sword wielders. It's boring indeed! That's why I'm going to rampage at Sirzech's sister's base. It looks fun, right?"
Rias clicked her tongue in anger. It took everything to not simply bull rush him head on without a plan. How stupid can this man be? Start a war with both Michael and Sirzechs? Both side's strongest leaders, and he wants to fight them both.
"...Damn battle-freak." he just laughs at the insult.
"That's right! I was bored after the war between the three sides! Azazel and Shemhaza weren't keen on the next war. They then started to collect something boring like Sacred Gear and started to do some weird research. Something useless like that won't be of any use to us! …...Well, if it's a different story if it's a 'Boosted Gear' like the one the brat over there has... But it's not something you can find so easily. Azazel might be interested, but I'm not at all. His collection hobby is crazy."
Neither is finding that wielder of the Boosted Gear who also has Divine Dividing either. I'm surprised word hasn't gotten around about that. You'd think someone would have noticed. I'll admit Azazel's hobby borders on the insane if not already past it. But at least he isn't you.
"Either way, I'm going to be starting a battle involving the holy-swords, Rias Gremory. For starting a war! A school where both little sisters of Sirzech's and Leviathan's go to. It must be filled with demonic-powers so that I can enjoy the chaos! It's also the best place to release the real power of Excaliburs! It's a good place for the battlefield." at least feel bad for the people that have to explain the after math. Magic does wonders repairing it, but imagine a regular person going to school to see it in ruble.
"Hahaha! Isn't my boss the best? His craziness is the best. So I'm also eager to do it. He even gives me treats like this." Freed going just as crazy while pulling out a sword for each hand. Excaliburs! There were two on his hips as well.
"Excalibur Rapidly. Excalibur Nightmare. Excalibur Transparent. Excalibur Mimic. I might even want to get Excalibur Destruction from the other girl. Ha! Am I the first person in the world to be in possession of this many Excaliburs? I also received an element from the geezer Balba that allows me to wield holy-sword. Right now I'm in a hyper mode that allows me to wield all of them, you know? I'm invincible! I'm wonderful! I'm the strongest!" please just shut up, I can't stand your ranting along with your voice!
"Balba's holy-sword research. It's the real deal if it shows this much result. To tell you the truth, it seemed suspicious when he joined my plan." so Kokabiel and Balba are in on it together. "Hahaha! Let's have a war! Little sister of Sirzechs Lucifer, Rias Gremory!"
Another blinding light from before fighting with Freed burst out again. I curse violently at the cowardly retreat while regaining my vision. By the time it returned, the two were gone.
"Takeo! We're going to the school!"
"Understood!"
A battle against a hated adversary; one of the leaders of the Fallen-Angels looms in the distance where the school was.