Replies to my Reviews
Tyrant Overlord Killidia: I'm gonna have to sound my agreement as a maybe. Plus, they're technically still in the midst of the Biblical War. So Akeno showing off Fallen Angel wings is a huge no-no.
Dargon32: First, Rias is a Japanophile. There's no way she wouldn't have seen the Naruto anime if it existed in-universe. Whether it's meaningless or not, Rias might have pictured that an orb of energy in her palm should be spiraling destructively. Second, about {Sword Birth}, I've confirmed your input and conceded on that.
SpartanKing J: About Akeno, that's a no. Remember that the peace conference hasn't happened yet. So Akeno can't go displaying Fallen Angel powers willy-nilly.
Chapter 15: Gremory vs Phenex I
Ravel Phenex entered her brother's room as soon as she heard permission from within, only to redden at the sight of Yubelluna bobbing her head into his crotch as she laid across his lap. "The battle to decide the fate of your engagement is only an hour away, and yet..."
Ravel looked away in mortification as Riser Phenex suddenly growled and shoved Yubelluna's head down as his hips started trembling. "Here you are, laid back as always, Brother."
"Of course, Ravel. Our victory is assured, after all." Riser leaned back into his sofa as Yubelluna sat up and licked her lips.
"I've heard that they went completely off dimension for their training period, along with those humans." Ravel warned against her brother's arrogance. "If we get careless, Rias Gremory might just-"
"There is no "might"." Riser cut Ravel off, his indignance at the mere notion of his loss filling up his room with unbearable heat. "Ten days are not enough for dear Rias and her Peerage to train up enough power to to defeat us. If either of those humans had joined her, I might be wary at their unknown factors. But they haven't, leaving dear Rias predictable and undermanned."
"...urgh." Ravel made a shooing motion at her brother, who chuckled and turned down the heat. "Don't turn your anger on me."
"No matter." Riser briefly exuded a suppressed aura of a regal flaming bird, brimming with prominent arrogance. "I feel sorry for Rias, but we will not disrespect her by holding back. Go and tell Xuelan and the others that none of them are to hold back one iota against our opponents."
Ravel actually smiled in approval at her brother's declaration... until Riser pulled Yubelluna onto his lap and buried his face into her voluptuous chest, gripping her ass tight enough with obvious intentions that sent a mortified Ravel fleeing.
Near the time for the battle, Rias Gremory and her Peerage calmly checked final touches for the impending clash.
"You guys are more composed than I thought you'd be, huh?" Issei Hyoudou commented as he teleported into the Occult Research Club along with Sona Sitri and Tsubaki Shinra. "Not that I don't appreciate the gesture of you inviting me, but how did you get clearance to watch what's pretty much a family matter, Shitori-kaichou?"
"The Rating Game is being relayed to the members of both houses, thanks to the Sitri's assistance." Rias explained as she finished her cup of tea.
"I volunteered to do this myself." Sona added herself, coming up to look at Rias right in the eye. "You are having a Rating Game before me, after all, Rias. Especially against someone you have no business losing to."
Rias smiled at Sona's mix of a challenge and reassurance. "I'll win, so as not to embarrass you, my rival."
A sudden flash of light revealed Grayfia Gremory née Lucifuge. "Is everybody ready, then?"
"Yes. Whenever you like." Rias answered.
"Once the time to start has arrived, they will be relocated to the field of battle." Sona explained for Issei's benefit.
"I see." Issei nodded in understanding. "Zelretch does the same frequently. Well, good luck, Rias-senpai. Shitori-kaichou says that we'll be watching from her own broadcast booth."
"Incidentally, this battle will also be watched Great Satan Lucifer himself." Grayfia added for Rias's acknowledgement.
Rias's eyes widened before sagging sullenly. "So Brother is going to be see this first-hand, huh..."
"Eh? U-Um, did Rias-senpai just call freaking "Lucifer" her brother?" Issei asked in confusion.
"Indeed." Sona answered, being amused by the dawning shock in Issei's eyes. "Rias's older brother is the Great Satan Lucifer. After we lost our original Lucifer in the Great Biblical War, Sirzechs Gremory was chosen as his replacement due to his strength being unparalleled. So if you get any of your usual pervy thoughts on Rias, you'll have deal with him."
Issei chuckled weakly at the thought of going against the Devil's equivalent to God before suddenly startling. "Hold up a second! Why hasn't this Sirzechs guy done anything for this engagement beyond the Rating Game? You make it sound like he really cares for Rias."
"While I do confirm that Lord Sirzechs cares very much for his sister, a little too much if you ask me," Grayfia spoke for Issei's benefit as he was the only one present to never have met him. "a Satan cannot possess any political ties to their Clan. If he still did, the Clan of Gremory would have an unfair advantage over all others. Also, it's time."
A large teleportation glyph appeared at her words, large enough to span a quarter of the space.
"Let's go." Rias prompted as she stood, causing her Peerage to do the same.
"Good luck out there." Issei cheered, clapping high fives against them all as they passed him, including a reluctant Koneko Toujou. "Remember the painful training I put you all through."
Sona blinked in surprise as Rias, Akeno Himejima and Koneko all shivered as one in terrified remembrance, although Akeno had a pleased blush on her face. 'What did he put you all, through?'
Koneko breathed steadily as she made her way into the recreated gym. The Rating Game had officially begun and with Rias's plan in motion, she could show no hesitation here.
"So that's why you want my help, huh?" Matsuda Takumi wondered as he crossed his arms. "Haku and I get on pretty well most times, so I guess I can give some tips."
"Haku?" Koneko tilted her head questionably.
"A beast type transformer like me has a separate personality that acts as a representation of my basest desires. I may have named mine but I don't consider him any different from me except his form."
"I see..."
"See here, Koneko-chan. The trick isn't to defeat your beast side as some enemy to conquer, but to rather accept it as a quirk of yours that you usually bury deep down in your psyche. The more in tune you are with your emotions and self, the less influence it has over you whenever you tap into it."
As Matsuda had advised, Koneko had given her Nekoshou side a name to better deal with it. 'For Rias-sama's sake, help me, Shirone.'
Anything for the boss-nyan.
Of course, that meant little in terms of agreement.
Compared to 'Haku' who Matsuda had stated to be like an actual tiger with god-level power and a temperament to match, 'Shirone' was like a cat as well. She was extremely fickle and answered only to her base desires.
Also, she not only added 'nyan' to everything she spoke, Shirone spoke like a rapper, alluding Koneko's secret love for rap music.
(KingVessel: Check her wiki page and whenever English Dub Koneko speaks. It's hilarious.)
Amusingly, while Shirone adored being petted by Issei (much to Koneko's horror) and had zero problems at attacking Matsuda, she thankfully still obeyed Rias's voice regardless of whatever mood she would currently be in.
"We know that you're up there, servant of Gremory!"
Snapping out of her reminiscence, Koneko sighed as her presence was discovered before coming out onto the stage to look down on them.
There were four girls present.
"Xuelan, {Rook}."
"Mira, {Pawn}."
"Ile, {Pawn}!"
"Nel, {Pawn}!"
Koneko said nothing but suddenly blitzed forward, slamming her gloved fist through Mira's staff and into her stomach. Xuelan and the twins gawked in shock at Koneko's immense speed, totally shocked at the {Rook}'s sudden action. Ile roared as she revved her chainsaw to spew hellfire and slashed at Koneko, who nimbly dodged, batted Ile's chainsaw aside and after stomping on her foot, cracked Ile's jaw by slamming her palm into it. While Nel numbly watched, she was too slow to stop Koneko's kick from crushing her chest and sending her flying.
This whole exchange went on fast enough that Mira, the first person attacked hadn't even crashed to the floor yet.
As soon as she was done, Koneko swiftly turned about and blocked Xuelan's flaming kick, causing a small shockwave.
"Koneko Toujou, {Rook}." With her own introduction given, Koneko forced Xuelan off, prompting the cheongsam-dressed Devil to flip through the air and land in a crouch.
"3 {Pawn}s of Riser Phenex have been Taken."
With that announcement, the defeated forms of Mira, Ile and Nel disappeared into motes of light.
"Wait, what happened to those girls?!" Issei asked in alarm as he stood up, uncaring for his spilt cup of coffee.
"Relax, Hyoudou." Sona calmed down the Dragon Emperor as Tsubaki cleaned up the mess and replaced the cup with a freshly filled one. "All defeated participants are automatically transported to a treatment facility."
"Oh." Issei calmed down. He may not have liked Riser but that didn't mean that he'd extend his dislike to the yakitori's subordinates. "Like in chess, when you permanently Take away your opponent's lost pieces."
Sona smiled in approval. "Yes. Exactly."
Marion, Burent and Shuriya swiftly ran through the mist covered forest until they reached a clearing.
"The fog seems particularly thick, huh?" Burent commented before she and her comrades had to dodge several traps shooting spells at them.
"Not a very effective trap." Shuriya sneered.
As the others agreed, Yuuto Kiba hummed quietly as he waited for the ignorant girls to move deeper into Akeno's trap.
'Unlike the others, this one's {Queen} level just from her battle power alone.' Koneko mused as she cautiously studied Xuelan. 'I'll have to go all out from the start.'
'This one's strong.' Xuelan frowned as she reevaluated everything she had been told about the Gremory Peerage. 'It seems that Lady Ravel was right to worry, after all. Rather than just Rias Gremory and her {Queen}, all of her Peerage must have advanced greatly in combat capability.'
There was a brief moment of peace...
Then both girls smashed their shins into the other's, causing a small shockwave of wind from the impact!
Xuelan didn't end there, swinging about her other to decapitate Koneko with a flaming kick which was swiftly dodged. Unfortunately, Koneko left a small opening and was immediately punished for it by a flaming right roundhouse kick.
As Koneko was sent backwards hard enough to crash into one of the gym's supporting beams, Xuelan flew after her, punching rapidly against Koneko's raised forearms.
There was a resounding crash as the two smashed down, separating as bits of the gym's beams crashed down around them.
"I'm surprised. It seems that our previous estimation of you and the pretty boy being nothing more than weak ornaments Lady Rias simply fancied might be wrong." Xuelan spoke as she rubbed her sore wrists, only to raise an eyebrow as Koneko cracked her neck and started to walk forward. "Oh? You're coming close to me?"
"I can't thoroughly thrash you without getting closer-nyan." Koneko taunted back as she reallowed Shirone's influence, revealing her Nekoshou heritage as cat ears grew from the top of her head and a tail peeked out from beneath her skirt.
"What?!" Sona's glasses nearly threatened to fall off in reaction to the recent developments. "Hyoudou! What did you do to influence Koneko Toujou into using her native abilities?!"
Issei laughed triumphantly before calming down a bit to reply. "It's a secret! But I assure you. That Chun Li {Rook}, who I'm now 90% sure hasn't got any underwear on, is about to get a... painful defeat."
In the instant Koneko got into Xuelan's space, she threw a fist brimming with azure Mystical flames. Then six hundred more followed all in the span of about ten seconds. "Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh. Eh."
"It's useless to try and match me, shrimp!" Xuelan howled as she matched Koneko punch for punch, hers brimming with blazing Demonic flames. "Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless! Useless!"
Neither {Rook} gave the slightest thought to blocking. Both were focused solely on offense, shooting forth punches capable of shattering entire buildings against the other's fists and body. Debris and flames flew around the two like a raging tornado as the shockwaves and impacts of their blows slowly cracked the wooden ground and eradicated pieces of their clothes.
It wasn't long before the sheer force of both attacks blasted them both back.
"You're pretty good." Koneko commented as she rubbed a bruise on her right cheek without taking her eyes off Xuelan for anything other than a brief survey of her body. A good chunk of her school uniform was burnt away now, revealing parts of her underwear. 'Maybe Issei-senpai had the right idea about those special clothes...'
"What do you mean by "pretty good"?" Xuelan growled as she spat out a broken tooth. Her own clothes were much less damaged, really driving the point of fighting in other clothes than her school uniform into Koneko. "I'm just getting revved up."
Xuelan thrust her arms forward then cupped them at her side, yelling as flames gathered into a ball at her side.
'...is that a Hadoken?' Koneko idly cursed Rias for... Wait, it was actually Gasper's fault for Koneko mistaking her enemy's attack for a famous Mortal Kombat move. She'd have to remember to stock on some garlic later.
Xuelan finished charging her attack and thrust her palms forward, shooting forth a gigantic surging fireball which matched Koneko in size.
Koneko looked at the approaching attack before closing her eyes. "Shirone."
When her eyes opened again and revealed slits instead of pupils, the girl who smiled, revealed sharp teeth fit for felines, and batted away the fireball to uselessly blast through a wall was Shirone.
"Nya..." Shirone breathed softly as her body took on an eerie whitish-blue glow.
"What... What is this?!" Xuelan took a step back, her nerves shaken as her opponent seemed to have switched personalities... and power levels, which she could feel still rising.
Shirone tilted her head and then stuck out her tongue playfully.
Xuelan snapped and started punching forward, shooting fireballs that smashed against everything and threatened to burn the gym down.
As Xuelan kept punching and firing, Shirone kept dancing rings around Xuelan the entire time, at one point falling backwards to dodge a powerful shot. As she continued to do so, azure flames started to gather into Shirone's right hand.
"Dammit! Not yet! It's not over yet!" Flames burst all over Xuelan's form, lashing wildly all around her. "Try to get closer to this!"
Shirone's grin grew wider, taking those words as a challenge, the flames in her palm growing larger and brighter until it was almost blinding white.
"DIE!" Xuelan thrust her arms forward, shooting forward a tremendous beam of compressed flames. It was a final move of desperation, being overkill but sufficient to defeat Koneko.
But Xuelan wasn't currently fighting Koneko.
She was fighting Shirone.
Instead of meeting it head-on, Shirone chose to slide her way past it by grinding her charging flames on the fiery wave motion blast up to Xuelan's utterly gobsmacked face.
"[Senjutsu: Kasha(Sage Arts: Burning Chariot).]"
At point blank range, Shirone spun about and unleashed a 360° slash of azure Mystical flames which engulfed Xuelan and ripped through the gym, darkening the area a bit as it briefly appeared as a gigantic chariot wheel which incinerated the entire gym.
"1 {Rook} of Riser Phenex has been Taken."
With a little shake of her head, Shirone landed away from the burning building and relinquished control back to Koneko.
"Oh my!" Akeno cheered as she landed next to Koneko who instantly leaned into her comforting frame. "You saved me quite the trouble of destroying the foothold~"
"I had... to... try my best... for Rias-sama." After recovering a bit, Koneko pushed off to stand on her own. "Also, Issei-senpai may be an unrepentant pervert, but he and his club put serious efforts into our training. We can't let it go to waste."
"I couldn't agree more~" Akeno agreed, her eyes looking down on Koneko with some pride. "We should teach them to never underestimate the Peerage of Rias Gremory for the rest of their lives~"
'We also owe him for getting you to accept your heritage. Even if it's just a bit, he's gone far beyond what we could do.'
"What was that?!" Marion yelled as she and the others saw Shirone's massive attack. "That wasn't from any of ours!"
"Ah. It seems that Koneko-chan got a little excited." Yuuto hummed as he strolled into the clearing with a sheathed katana. "Oh, well. It is ungentlemanly to needlessly waste time and energy. Especially when the ladies in front of me are already well caught in our {Queen}'s trap."
"What?!" Burent instantly shot up a magical flare which sputtered out as it hit a transparent dome. "We got distracted by the weak traps!"
"I'll give you praise at least. Distracting us with traps designed to keep us out while actually aiming to keep us in was genius." Shuriya complimented. "However, do you think that you can beat us, three-on-one?"
"I don't think I can. I know I can." Yuuto walked past them, sheathing his katana as he- wait a minute.
Marion scrunched up her brows in confusion. "He's sheathing his sword? When did he draw-?!"
In an instant, frozen blood burst from the girls as their bodies finally registered that they had been attacked by Yuuto's {Flame Delete: Katana Form}.
"After all, I've defeated you all already. {Knight}s are fast after all."
"3 {Pawn}s of Riser Phenex have been Taken."
This time, Sona pleasantly noted that it was Issei with the slack jaw.
"Moto, what the fuck did you and Kiba do as your training?!"
"That must be Yuuto-senpai." Koneko noted before turning to head for the next spot. However, as she did so, she was totally unprepared for Shirone seizing control of her body to tackle Akeno out of the way.
*BOOOM!*
A sudden explosion wrecked the spot where Akeno had just been standing three milliseconds ago.
"Oh, my. I missed." Yubelluna spoke in a sadistic tone as she slowly floated above them. "Oh well, I can just try again."
Shirone hissed and stood protectively before Akeno as she glared at Yubelluna for the sneak attack. She was suddenly patted between her cat ears by Akeno.
"Koneko-chan, please, go and regroup with Yuuto-kun." Akeno spoke in a cheerful tone. And By 'cheerful', I mean 'shadowed eyes and dangerous aura of electricity'. "I will defeat their {Queen}."
Shirone instantly snapped back to Koneko. "Understood."
As she left, lightning and explosions promptly ripped through the air behind her.
Yuuto hummed as he squatted next to Koneko in the (fake) equipment shed. "I'll be frank. It's practically a miracle that we've been able to come this far without a single loss."
Thankfully, Koneko could see where he was coming from as she nodded in agreement. "Hit-and-run tactics won't work anymore. Shirone just wants to blast away everyone gathered together as a group, but that's also no good. They are trained combatants who wouldn't do something as stupid as gathering up together."
"We'll have to tempt them, then." Rias spoke from their earpieces. "Yuuto-kun. I believe that Riser's two {Knight}s are still unchallenged, right?"
Yuuto blinked and then hummed while rubbing his chin.
Yuuto stood out in the middle of the (fake) track field, smiling pleasantly as he stood upright with a sword planted before him. A little ways aside, Koneko stood a bit behind behind, a disbelieving look on her face which would be obvious to anyone who knew her expressions well enough.
'There's no way there's an idiot {Knight} who will answer a brazen challenge like that.' Koneko thought a small gust of wind blew over from Akeno's far off battle, which was very visible despite being on the other side of the battlefield. 'It's too suspicio-'
"I question your sanity, coming out to confront us head-on like this." Karlamine yelled out as she approached. "However, it's always a joy to meet fighters who boldly step out, front and center! You're my favorite type of idiots!"
'Ah. It's an idiot.' Koneko deadpanned.
She is a fucking moron-nyan. Yuuto ain't so weak that a sneak attack's no good-nyan.
Even Shirone agreed.
Yuuto drew his sword out from the ground. "I am a {Knight} in service of Lady Rias, Yuuto Kiba!"
Karlamine drew her own sword, igniting it almost immediately. "I am a {Knight} in service of Lord Riser, Karlamine!"
""Let's have a upfront battle!"" The two yelled in unison before clashing immediately. Soon enough, the two disappeared into a rapidly teleporting haze of sparks, steel and flames.
Koneko sighed and raised her forearm, blocking a surprise attack from Isabela who had silently attacked from above.
"Oh? You're not bad." Isabela commented as she leapt back to Ravel's side as the latter casually approached.
"Karlamine's head is filled with nothing but swords, swords, swords!" Ravel chastised as she watched Karlamine nearly decapitate Yuuto, only for the swordsman to block and kick her away. "She turned a glum face towards sacrificing our {Pawn}s when heading for Lady Rias's base, too. Geez, could anyone be more unrefined? And just as I thought that Lady Rias's cute {Knight} might be interesting, he turns out to practically be a male version of Karlamine. I wonder what that means for Lady Rias's tastes."
As she spoke, the rest of Riser's Peerage showed up as well, surrounding Koneko with six challengers now. It looked like Rias's plan of drawing in the opposing Peerage into direct combat was working pretty well.
"I see." Koneko cracked her knuckles as she simmered at the insult aimed at her {King}. "You want to be the first one here to die."
"Oh, I beg your pardon." Ravel waved Koneko away in a haughty manner. "I will not be fighting. Isabela."
"Just as Xuelan, I am a {Rook} as well." Isabela spoke as she approached. This time, Koneko noted that she wasn't dressed in her previous attire. Isabela's mask was missing as she was now wearing a frilly red shirt which was snug enough to outline her large bust, a black corset vest over it, a short and frilly skirt which rode high enough to expose her garters which connected to her black thigh high stockings with black shoes. She at least kept her fighting gloves from before. "In acknowledgement of how of your treatment of my fellow {Rook}, I will going all out right from the start!"
She growled loudly, a mild haze overcoming her visage as she grew a pair of wolf ears, a full set of claws on all her limbs and a mouth full of fangs. Interestingly, as her body shape changed, her clothes changed along with it, transforming so as to not be damaged. "Come here, kitty."
Koneko fell back as Shirone took control, hissing violently as her reappeared cat ears and tail stood up straight when she fell forward into a hunting crouch. "I'm gonna rip ya guts out, bitch!"
The two beast-type Devils slammed against each other, Isabella managing to push Shirone back a full meter with her strength. The Phenex Werewolf leapt backwards to dodge the flaming claws that swiped at her, briefly managing to retaliate with her own flaming claws.
"What the fuck did you mean that you're not fighting?" Shirone took advantage of the brief space between them to ignore Isabella and face Ravel instead. "The fuck you even doing here, then-nyan?"
"She may be taking part in this as a {Bishop} but she's mostly just a spectator!" Isabella explained as she charged again, finishing her words with a flaming bite to Koneko's head, which was immediately dodged. "Lady Ravel is a Pure Devil of the Phenex Household rather than a Reincarnated Devil like the rest of us!"
"It seems Issei-sempai's insult for Riser also applies to you as well, you useless yakitori-nyan!" Koneko snarled, catching Isabella's outstretched arm and body flipping her into the ground hard enough to severely crack the field.
"U-U-U-U-Use-Useless yakitori?!" Ravel raged before turning to Mihae, one of the Japanese Devils in her Peerage. "What does 'yakitori' mean? That brute called Brother that as well before."
Mihae, for very understandable reasons, hesitantly replied while quickly shifting out of range. "Um, it means 'grilled chicken'."
"Grilled chicken?!" Ravel exploded with outrage. And Hellfire. Lots of it.
"Well, technically she called you useless grilled chicken." Yuuto clarified as he and Karlamine passed by, ignoring Mihae and the others' rapidly shaking heads and waving. Ravel shrieked as she promptly exploded in flames again, setting Siris on fire and needing Mihae to put the unfortunate {Knight} out.
"PFTHAHAHAHAHAHA!" Issei collapsed off his chair as he hugged his ribs, uncaring as he smacked a spare hand on the ground in roaring laughter. "That was beautiful, you guys!"
It took years of training for Sona to suppress her own amusement down to a wide smile.
Karlamine smirked as she panted after separating from Yuuto for a bit. "Splendid. This is truly one bright spot in this whole Game."
"Well, I'm glad that you approve of my skills." Yuuto replied with a smile. "You pretty good as well. I guess I'll have to take you a bit more seriously before moving on to Riser. Now then, let's finish this."
Karlamine smiled in approval. "Yes. Let us!"
"Kiba, the difference between us is that we're actually opposites of each other." Motohama Nakakuni commented as he observed two blades of ice in his hands. One was Yuuto's creation while the other was Motohama's. "Or rather, our flaws are."
"What do you mean?" Yuuto curiously questioned.
"I'm pretty imaginative in creating anything I want out of snow, but I can't create anything I'm not trained enough to use, which is why I simply stick to simple weapons that don't require much skill. For you, it's the opposite. You're already trained sufficiently but have become rigid due to that. I mean, do you even realize that you pulled out {Holy Eraser} by instinct despite no Light energy nearby?"
"I see..." Yuuto looked down to the sword in question. 'He's right. Considering that his powers are based on snow, {Holy Eraser} is utterly useless in this scenario! Just like he said, I am too rigid...'
"Which is why we're gonna fix that. {Sword Birth} makes you more of a creator than a warrior like me, Kiba. If we find out that there is something we can't do, always remember that we can just create something to do it for us. Creation for the situation and Modification for the specifics."
Yuuto dispelled his ruined sword and recreated {Flame Delete: Katana Form} in one hand. In the other, he created {Replenish Calm: Katana Form}. Crossing the two blades across his chest, Yuuto charged at high speed with a rare bestial grin on his face.
With a matching grin, Karlamine sheathed her sword, concentrating immense amounts of flames into it while summoning every single ounce of speed she had as a {Knight}. When she drew her sword out while charging forward, it was wreathed in flames hot enough to make her sword glow red.
"[Nitoryu: Aoi Kusho Giri(Two Sword Style: Blue Void Slash)!]"
"[Phenex Slash!]"
The two {Knight}s clashed hard enough to generate a powerful shockwave that destroyed the landscape around them. For a moment, there was silence as smoke, steam and dust filled the air, before Karlamine stumbled out with two critical slashes on her sides.
"Ma...rvelous..." Karlamine coughed out before collapsing into motes of light while Yuuto stumbled out with a less serious injury.
"1 {Knight} and 1 {Rook} of Riser Phenex have been Taken."
Shirone huffed at the others left as she raised her fist from the unconscious Isabella's face, watching the female werewolf disappear into motes of light. "Now then, it's just the 3 of you left."
"Hah? Are you two delirious that you can't count properly?" Ravel derided unnoticing of Ni and Li's trembling as Koneko eyed them. "There are 5 of us!"
"Minus 2. Soru." Shirone blurred, getting into the twin catgirls' space as she embedded her fists into their faces. With a roar, Koneko smashed their heads downwards into the ground, pushing her fists deep enough to crack the ground. "There. It's 3 now-nyan."
"2 {Pawn}s of Riser Phenex have been Taken."
Ravel hid her grimace behind a haughty smile. "It's still 3-on-1 on our end, kitty."
"No." Yuuto came up to Koneko's side. "It's 4-5 on our end."
"No. It's 3-on-4. Let's not interfere with our {King}s~"
Yubelluna crashed down with heavy injuries. As she stumbled to her feet, she looked up to see Akeno wreathed in lightning as she lightly tossed up a small golden vial with red liquid in it. With a sadistic smile, Akeno crushed it in her hand.
Rias briefly looked at her servants as she passed them, the Phenex Peerage too distracted to notice her behind them as she smiled encouragingly at her Peerage, with Akeno the only one to notice and secretly respond.
Win, Rias.
I will, Akeno.
Throughout the whole thing, Riser watched the whole thing with his increasing anger meshing with the heat filling the room. Finally, he had had enough after he noticed Rias's approach and it was confirmed that Ravel would have to fight in battle as well.
"Fine." With a sigh, Riser stood up, unleashing twin wings of flames. "I'll do it myself."
KingVessel: Done! Also, for those who noted Koneko's thoughts of the Hadoken, it's deliberate. Koneko is unlikely to know the true franchise that it belongs to, compared to Gasper. Please review!