Dance With the Devil

? ? ? ? ? Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I own none of the series involved, for if I did there would be a lot more sex.

Figures I'd get sick this last week.

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Kaiya Azure: Yep. Doesn't mean that people don't want one. I mean, Azazel made his own artificial Sacred Gears because he wanted one.

Two weeks later...

"Urgh..." Issei groaned in the club room. Right now it was just him, Azazel and Kiba, the rest of the girls and Gasper were still in the school doing after-class stuff. "Getting kind of annoyed with that damn synchronizing aura training."

Azazel chuckled as he remembered when Rias and Issei had tried to synchronize their auras during training the other day. The fact that both of them had their clothes explode off of them was hilarious. "Well, you were warned that your auras will only synchronize up fully when your minds are in perfect harmony and you aren't distracted by anything else."

"I don't get it though!" Issei groused. "We even tried it with everyone attacking us to simulate battle situations and none of us could focus long enough."

"Well, Grandmaster Happosai did mention that you, Rias and Xenovia all have something clouding your hearts that's preventing you from fully synchronizing your auras." Kiba pointed out.

"I don't know what, but at least Lilith confirmed I didn't have a Shade possessing me again." Issei was thankful for that much at least. "I don't get it, she said Shades were really weak spirits that can only possess people and kill them from within, but she couldn't handle the one that possessed me?"

"She could have handled it, actually." Azazel pointed out. "In fact, most possessions in history were actually Shades doing nasty things to people. The problem with the one that possessed you was the fact that it was that it was latching onto trauma that you suffered and was empowered by Loki's curse. Because of that, even if she eliminated it the Shade would still be able to return because you had vulnerabilities in your psyche."

"Since all of us were willing to dive in and save Issei from it, it can't return?" Kiba asked, wondering about that and getting a nod from Azazel.

"From what I was told about it, it preyed on Issei's fears, doubts and uncertainties when it came to interpersonal relations." Azazel gave Issei a pointed look and the teen looked away, his face turning slightly red. "Due to the trauma that was foisted onto him before he was turned into a Devil, it made it easy for the Shade to latch onto that, read Issei's memories and then it was further enhanced by Loki's curse."

"That reminds me..." Issei looked at his left wrist. "Hey, Ddrag, how come you never said anything about the Shade?"

A green gem formed on the back of his hand. "Well, for one, do you ever notice a shadow?"

"...No, I guess that makes sense." Issei supposed if it was called a Shade then it would be hard to sense.

"Secondly, I just thought you were having flashbacks to what happened before I woke up. Speaking of which, stop having wet dreams about that time."

"I DO NOT HAVE WET DREAMS ABOUT MY ASS GETTING RAPED!" Issei yelled at Ddrag, getting a laugh from the Dragon.

"Then stop remembering the one who raped you."

Issei sighed and slumped against the couch. "It's kind of hard, I don't love her or anything, in fact I hate her, but she was the first girl that ever showed me anything other than disdain."

"Aww, your first crush that wasn't your alone time hand, huh?" Azazel smirked, getting a yell of anger from Issei. "It's perfectly normal, Issei. I thought you were over Raynare though?"

"I am. I just... Sometimes I just wonder if she had decided to not kill me instead of doing that."

"Really," Ddrag spoke up, "if I had been awake at the time I could have made her an offer. What's one more dead Red Dragon Emperor? There have been thousands who held me in the past. But having the children of one? That would be a far greater boon to the Fallen Angels than a dead Red Dragon Emperor."

Azazel snapped his fingers. "If I had known you were in Issei, Ddrag, I might have found a few Fallen Angels that wouldn't have minded having some kids and sent them after Issei."

"Wait, seriously?!" Issei looked at Azazel. "You would have done that?"

"From someone who's had over a thousand harems to someone who wishes to become a Harem King, yes." Azazel smirked at how Kiba and Issei were both staring at him in shock. "...Wait, didn't I ever tell you guys that I've had that many harems in the thousands of years since I fell from Heaven?"

"No."

"Huh. Well, I did." Azazel shrugged. He had loved all of his wives and lovers, even if had never sired any children over that time as far as he knew. "Anyway, back to the aura synchronizing problem. I'm guessing that you're distracted by something or are distracted by their boobs. Of course, even if you're not, maybe there's something going on in their minds that doesn't let them focus completely."

"The sex might be too distracting." Kiba pointed out, getting a blush from Issei. "Maybe you or them are worried how the others are handling the fact that they aren't getting any and you all are?"

"...That... Maybe." Issei admitted, he had thought about Akeno joining him on more than one occasion, then there was Asia and he still wasn't completely sure how he felt about that and of course there was Koneko. He didn't mind the thought of her, but he wanted to wait with her until she was a little older. At least until she had hit high school properly.

"Don't worry about it." Ddrag spoke up. "Never once in all of my years of being in Boosted Gear has anyone ever tried anything like this. So this is completely uncharted territory for me as well. Then again, you did combine Albion's power with mine, something that's never been done before."

"That reminds me." Azazel gave Issei a serious look. "You haven't used Dividing Gear outside of fighting Vali that first time and that Juggernaut Drive incident, have you?" Issei shook his head. "Good, because if you use it too recklessly it will kill you. In fact, I'd feel better if you had a seal put on it just to prevent even an accidental use of your Dividing Gear until we have a way for you to use it safely."

"...Why don't we ask the person with Omniscience about finding a way to fix it?" Issei asked, getting a raised eyebrow from Azazel.

"Huh, that might not be a bad idea, actually. Okay, when we see her next we'll ask her." The Fallen Angel leader nodded. Looking up as the door to the remodeled classroom opened up, he smiled as several of the other members walked in. "Took you ladies long enough." He said jokingly, remembering how his own wives had taken their time with getting ready in the past as well. "If you took any longer I was going to send Issei and Kiba home and then you'd lose them to their forbidden love."

"AZAZEL!" Issei yelled, his face red. "How could you say that?!"

"But that's what you told me today at noon." Kiba said, looking genuinely hurt. "That I was special and that no one could take that away from me. Issei..."

"Wha?! Wha?! BWUAH?!" Issei floundered for several moments, wondering what brought this on and why Kiba was acting like a girl that had her heart suddenly broken.

That lasted until both Kiba and Azazel broke out into fits of laughter.

"Oh thank the Infernal Lords of the Abyss!" Lilith breathed out. "I don't mind guy on guy action, in fact, I still think Master should seduce the shota in the group."

"I DON'T WANT TO BE SEDUCED!" Gasper yelled as he ducked behind Asia and Koneko.

"Anyway, I don't mind it, but I was seriously worried that Issei became a switch hitter and that all my work managing Rias and Xenovia would go to waste." Lilith shook her head. "Kiba, if you ever want to ride Issei for real, let me know, there's still plenty of the temporary girl curse to use."

Issei sweat-dropped heavily. "I... I dunno about that."

"Issei, you, Azazel and Master all turned into super sexy women when you were splashed with Jusenkyo, Gasper stayed really cute, now knowing that, can you imagine what a pretty boy would look like with a girl curse?"

"Ara ara..." Akeno gave a tight smile. "It's bad enough that I have to watch Rias and Xenovia getting fun time with Issei, but I'm not letting Kiba turn into a girl and sleep with Issei before me."

"Same here!" Asia and Koneko yelled at the same time, an upset look marred their faces.

"Oh?" Lilith gave them a naughty smirk. "So AFTER you've all had fun with Issei it's okay for us to swap his gender and have Issei plow Kiba?"

The three paused and thought about it.

Kiba started to sweat heavily. "You all know that I like being a guy, right?" Sure, Jusenkyo brought up some interesting possibilities and chances, and it wasn't like he hadn't thought about what it would be like to suddenly turn into a girl. But using the stuff just to have sex with Issei? "Then again, I suppose there are worse options than Issei if I ever end up as a girl."

Issei and everyone else gawked at Kiba, who blushed and shook his head rapidly. "Kiba?!" Issei gulped, hoping that the blond wasn't coming onto him. He REALLY didn't want those rumors of him playing for the other team to come true.

"Ah, sorry, just was thinking if I was turned into a girl and couldn't turn back and let my thoughts run loose."

"Ara ara..." There was a feeling of static build up in the room, as well as a dangerous aura of doom coming from Akeno, Koneko and Asia. "Kiba-kun... Would you be so kind as to... Have a talk with us in private?"

The blond sweat-dropped heavily. "Eh heh, you know I was joking, right?"

The three had identical scary smiles and Kiba found himself trembling as he took a step backwards when they walked up to him. "HELP!" He yelled as he was grabbed and dragged out of the room.

"Better you than me." Lilith muttered before sighing and walking over to a couch and flopping onto it. "Mouuu... I'm a sexy succubus, why isn't Master here pampering me?"

"Because he has to deal with something personal in Nepal because some crazy lady kept yelling at him in his dreams?" Atsuko pointed out helpfully.

"Maybe he found someone better and left you?" Mittelt pointed out.

"NOOOO!" Lilith sat up, her eyes tearing up. "MASTER! FORGIVE ME!"

Shrugging at the looks she was getting, Mittelt walked over to Lilith and sat down next to her. "You know that I was kidding, right?" Lilith sniffled. "Seriously, Lilith, I have to go to therapy once a week for my issues, you're fine."

"I know, I just didn't realize how long a month without him is." Lilith sighed and idly kicked her feet up and down. "After all, I've known him almost my whole life."

"Wait!" Issei chimed in as he thought about that. "Didn't you say that you've known him since he was twelve or something?"

"I'm only eight years old. I turn nine in two months. I've known him since he was eight." Lilith gave him a smirk.

"So he is a lolicon, huh?!" Issei was suddenly worried about Kunou and Koneko, the latter of whom was in the hallway with Akeno and Asia all talking to Kiba.

"I'm more of a perverted shotacon, thank you very much." Lilith rolled her eyes. "Succubus, remember? I was fully capable as soon as I woke up." Though, now that she thought about it, it was a little weird, were all succubi able to have sex when they were born? Or was she the exception because Jedah created her body and she wasn't even born? 'Then again, how do succubi get born anyway? Do we lay eggs or give live birth? Curse it to the Abyss, Jedah, why didn't you give me any information on this stuff?!' It wasn't like she could go to school to learn about succubus reproductive habits. 'Maybe that's why I want to have kids? Who knows?' She shook her head to clear her thoughts. "Then again, succubi take like ten years and we're fully mature until we hit three hundred, then we just up and die." Such a thing probably didn't apply to her, since she was a Devil now and they could live for thousands of years. "Anyway, if anything, I'm the deviant and Master's a victim." She frowned as a thought came to her before she dismissed it.

"Explains so much." Irina muttered to no one in particular, getting a nod from Mittelt.

"Well, anyway," Azazel cleared his throat. "Since we're all here we can..."

He was cut off as the air seemed to shimmer for a brief moment, afterwords an explosion was heard and the whole building shook and everyone fell off their feet.

"The fuck?!" More than one person yelled at the same time and ran to the windows to see what was going on.

Out in the school yard were hundreds of golems on the ground firing energy beams at the school, in the air were Soul Bees and there was a giant, multi-headed Dragon-like serpent thrashing parts of the school.

"Well... I've never fought against a hydra before." Ddrag commented. "If it's anything like the one from legend, make sure to chop all the heads off at once and use fire on the necks. And just so you know, the best way to fight such a thing is to shoot it with arrows from a distance so you don't have as many heads all at the same time to deal with."

"The heck is going on?" Azazel muttered before shaking his head. "Nevermind, everyone, let's go."

(-)

Flying high above the battlefield, Azazel looked around for the source of the attack and frowned as he couldn't see anything. 'Those are the Annihilation Maker dolls that we faced on the bridge in Kyoto, so where's the user?' Still, he had to deal with that blasted hydra. 'Now how did... Oh right, Heracles shot all the heads with arrows at the same time, cut off the heads one at a time and burned them before they regenerated.' He wasn't the Greek Demi-God, but he could shoot all the heads with arrows. Holding his hand up, dozens of light arrows filled the sky before he snapped his arm down and launched them at the large beast, only to watch as one of the heads opened its mouth and sprayed out fire, another one spewed ice and another one was spitting some purple stuff that, when it hit a few of the Soul Bees instantly caused them to scream in pain and fall to the ground, spasming as their flesh rotted away. "...Oh yeah, the hydra was super poisonous, wasn't it?" Needless to say, his arrows were mostly destroyed. Mostly, because a few got through and pierced some of the heads. There were pink, black and white spears joining them as Mittelt and Irina joined him in attacking the hydra. 'Good thing Ddrag warned us about this thing, huh?'

Still, there were enough heads to keep them busy for awhile. Looking down at the ground, he saw Issei, Xenovia, Kiba, Koneko, Atsuko and Lilith dealing with the dolls with Rias, Akeno, Ravel, and Rossweisse dealing with the Soul Bees in the air. Both Kunou and Gasper were staying back to avoid any dangerous fights. He knew both would be pretty strong in the future, but the problem was that that was the future and neither one was really suited for combat just yet.

(-)

"Dragon Shot!" Issei yelled as he blasted another doll into pieces. "Are those Hero Faction fuckers here for revenge?" He was actually kind of hoping so, he wanted another shot at Cao Cao and he was sure that Kiba, Xenovia and Irina all wanted a rematch against the jerks that beat them in Kyoto as well.

"If they are, they're being stupid." Atsuko commented as she punched a doll into another one. "You think they'd come with that spear guy's full power and blow us all up right away so that we couldn't fight back."

"Maybe they just decided to send them here to distract us from something while they're in the area?" Xenovia offered before creating a sigil next to her ear. "Hey, Azazel, do you think this might be a distraction of some sort?"

(-)

Up in the air, Azazel nodded and flew up and back to get out of the way of a torrent of fire that was launched his way. "Yeah, I'm getting that feeling too. Maybe they're after something." Which would have been odd, after all, all his most powerful and dangerous stuff was in his labs in Hell. And it wasn't like this city had a lot of powerful artifacts or fighters that would join them willingly, so what could they be after?

As the last head of the hydra was pierced and pinned to the ground below, Azazel looked at Rias, who was already directing Kiba to use his flaming swords to cut the heads off. 'Obviously this isn't the real hydra of legend, that thing was so strong that it took Zeus's bastard son to kill it after all.' He supposed it was the weakness of the Annihilation Maker Longinus. Outside of its Balance Breaker form that is. "I really don't want to know what kinds of monsters that thing can create in that state." He had no doubt that Cao Cao's little friend already had his Balance Breaker unlocked, from what he had been told everyone who had a Sacred Gear in that group already had their Balance Breakers unlocked, even if only a few of them showed it off.

"Hey, Azazel." A voice he hadn't heard in awhile caused Azazel to turn around in mid-air. Behind him in black pants and a black, long-sleeved shirt, was Ranma, who was waving at him from on top of those barriers he was so keen on using for footholds. "Sorry that took so long, business in Nepal was a pain."

"I bet." Azazel nodded and turned away to look at the battlefield. "Too bad you didn't show up earlier, but this is mostly self-contained by now."

"Yeah, it seems so." Ranma said as he got up behind Azazel. "Hey..." Ranma said after a few moments, just as the last of the dolls on the ground and the Soul Bees were taken out.

"What?" Azazel asked as he shot a few of the Soul Bees that got away from the containment zone.

"Sorry about this."

"Sorry about whaeee?" Azazel's eyes widened and he looked down at his chest, seeing a bloody metal blade sticking out of it.

"You're a good person, Azazel. Jedah gave me a better offer, that's all." Ranma said as he pulled the sword out of Azazel from behind.

Grasping at the wound on his chest, Azazel turned around and gaped at the sword in Ranma's hands. "That..."

"Yep." Ranma gave him an emotionless stare as the sword in his hands started to glow black before he swung it down, sending a black wave of power surging into Azazel and causing him to get engulfed in an eruption of magical energy that sent him falling out of the sky.

(-)

"Finally." Issei grumbled as the last doll exploded. "Now that that, WAGH!" He let out a yell as something crashed into the ground with enough force to knock him away.

"Father blast it!" Azazel groaned from the crater.

Running over to the crater, Issei and Kiba, who had joined him, both gaped in shock at seeing Azazel's outfit torn up, revealing a bloody hole in his chest that he was gripping at in pain. "What the..?"

"MASTER?!" Lilith screamed as she looked into the sky, causing everyone to look up and see Ranma, in a black outfit, standing there in mid-air, a familiar sword in his hands that was dripping blood.

"That's Excalibur Betrayal?!" Xenovia gasped as she recognized the sword. "How do you have it?!"

Ranma didn't answer her as he looked at everyone's shocked looks. The sword glowed black again before he swung it down, sending a wave of dark energy that flattened Xenovia, Kiba, Koneko, Irina and Rossweisse. Falling to the ground, Ranma touched down and ignored the groaning bodies on the ground.

"MASTER?!" Lilith yelled as she ran out, confusion on her face. "What's going on?! Why are you attacking us?"

Ranma closed his eyes and sighed. "I really wish I could say something stupid like "I want to test my potential" or "I'm an avenger" or something stupid like that." He opened them and gave her a small smirk. "But like I said, I'm not an Uchiha. Oh, before I forget, I just remembered. Lilith Aensland, I have two orders for you."

Lilith felt her body stiffening as her eyes widened. She couldn't even speak at that moment, the compulsion of her Devil's Pledge was forcing her to not only listen, but obey whatever he said.

"First..." Ranma began and held up two fingers to Lilith who thought she saw some guilt on his face as he spoke. "You cannot fight against me nor can you come with me. And my second order is this. You cannot tell anyone anything regarding me."

Lilith felt her body trembling before it started to throb and the orders were etched into her very being. "Ma...ster..?" She asked as she slumped to her knees, hurt evident in her voice.

Ranma lowered his hand and then looked at the others, shock evident on their visage. "Well then..." He turned to the person he was most interested in at that moment. "Hello, Issei... I heard you beat Sairaorg, congrats." He gave the Red Dragon Emperor a smirk. "I knew you could."

"What's with this crap?!" Issei yelled as he felt his body trembling. "First you show up, stab Azazel in the back!"

"Quite literally." The Fallen Angel grumbled in pain.

"Then you blast my friends and you just hurt the one girl who loves you more than anything else in the world! What the hell are you doing?!"

Sighing at Issei's confused and angry look, Ranma shook his head. "If only you knew, if only you knew. But I'm afraid telling you will have to wait, huh?" Turning, he looked up as he saw Atsuko rushing at him from the air.

"I don't know what's going on, but I'm going to slap you so hard that you come back to normal and then we can talk and then, AAAAAH!" Atsuko screamed out as Ranma held up a finger and blasted her with a concentrated and powerful bolt of lightning, knocking her back and causing her to spasm and twitch in pain.

"I knew about that weakness, Atsuko, you told me about it, remember?" Ranma sighed and turned back to Issei. "Well?"

Issei was trembling as he glared at Ranma. "Well what?"

"Aren't you going to stop me?" Ranma gave him a smirk. "Or are you just going to let me get away with flattening all of you, taking Nabiki and leaving?"

"What?!" Rias gasped as she listened in.

"Yep." Ranma looked up at her and smirked. "This whole attack? Gotta thank Leonardo the next time I see him, that is if he can even think straight, Jedah really did a number on his mind, but this whole thing was just a set-up to kidnap Nabiki and keep her away from you guys."

"You're..." Issei growled. "WHY?! After they hurt your wife I thought you wouldn't be able to work with them!"

Ranma chuckled at Issei's angered look. "If you want to know, go on, blast me with as much power as you can. I won't stop you from firing." He gave Issei a condescending smirk. "Or are you so pathetic that you can't do it?"

Growling, flames surrounded Issei as his gauntlet started to glow.

"WELSH DRAGON! BALANCE BREAKER!"

"I swear!" Issei yelled as he transformed into his Bishop form. "I'LL WIPE THAT SMIRK RIGHT OFF YOUR FACE!"

"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!"

Ranma smirked as he saw Issei's red aura expand outwards. A green aura surrounded him in response. "Well, is that all? Come on, you used a lot more power when fighting Vali. But then again, if you go too hard, one of us will die."

Groaning as he finally felt himself recovering from that surprise attack, Kiba looked up and watched as Issei, pointing his cannons at Ranma, continued to power up. Oddly, it looked like Ranma's aura was flowing out and meeting Issei's half-way. 'Wait, why is the air crackling?'

"Do you see it?" A voice whispered in Ranma's ear.

"Yeah, I see it." He could see the auras clashing against each other, lightning crackling from where they were. "Come on, Issei, show me what you got!"

"FUCK YOU!"

Ranma smirked at him. "In another world, you probably are."

"DRAGON CANNON FIRE!"

"Issei! NO!" Kiba yelled and watched in horror as Ranma's aura surrounded Excalibur Betrayal and he jumped head-first at the oncoming attack, striking it right as he got to where he saw the electrical build-up.

"REVERSE STRIKE WAVE!" Ranma yelled as he swung his sword downwards at the exact moment that Issei's attack got there.

What happened next made everyone watching gape in shock.

Ranma's aura, having surrounded Excalibur Betrayal, cut into the oncoming attack, spinning and twisting against Issei's attack. The beams suddenly started to waver, swaying from side to side before bubbling like sauce that was over-cooking on the stove.

Kiba, Rias, Asia, and Akeno watched in horror as the beams seemingly exploded from within and a green spiraling energy came rushing at Issei, washing over him and causing him to scream out in pain.

"ISSEI!" All four yelled as they watched the energy wash over him and erupt in a powerful wave that sent him flying backwards. When the attack ended, Issei was on his back, back in his regular form and twitching in pain.

Ranma let out a sigh as he made Excalibur Betrayal disappear. "Well then." He could feel the anger of the others from where he was. "I think I should dissuade any notion you have of winning here." He reached behind him and pulled out a large dagger with a green and pink gem on the hilt and ornate markers on the blade. "Besides, haven't any of you noticed something odd?" Ranma smirked and pointed at his right wrist. "I haven't been wearing my seal this whole time." Pulling his sleeve down, Rias and Akeno both gasped in shock as they saw the band missing.

"I'm more concerned about the dagger, honestly." Akeno muttered, wondering what he was going to do with that.

Spreading his wings, Ranma took to the air and noted Mittelt hovering not far away, a shocked expression on her face. "I guess I should get this out of the way." He muttered and looked to where Gasper and Kunou were at. "Gasper Vladi!"

"EEK!" The Dhampyr squealed in fright.

"Tell me something! Does the name Valerie Tepes mean anything to you?"

Gasper's eyes widened as his body trembled. "What? What does that mean?"

"In one month! I shall be in Romania, if Valerie Tepes means anything to you, I'll see you in the Vampire lands." Ranma then looked at Rias and Akeno. "Now then, to show that I could have killed them all at any time..." Holding the dagger in front of him, it started to light up. "If you were wondering where my King's Piece went, it's right here." He grinned as light erupted from the dagger.

"No..." Rias began as she and Akeno stared in shock.

"...Way." Mittelt, Gasper and Kunou all gasped out as they saw the result of what happened.

Hovering in mid-air, Ranma's body was covered in a bright green scale mail armor with bright blue gems over his wrists, elbows, and knees. His armor had large shoulders that were reminiscent of a certain space bounty hunter with gems in the center of both of them. His chest had a large blue gem where the center of his chest was and his eyes were a bright blue as well. The armor was rather stream-lined, being less bulky than either Issei or Azazel's Scale Mail armors and behind Ranma was a ring with three prongs attached to it that, if they were on a clock, would be pointing at the two, three, four, eight, nine and ten positions.

"Dagger of the Life Giving Dragon, Life Stream Dragon Balance Break." Ranma said, breaking the silence that had descended over the battlefield.

In the crater, Azazel looked up at Ranma's new form and grimaced. "Using my perfected Sacred Gear for this, huh?" He groaned in dismay. "First Vali and now Ranma? I really know how to pick 'em, don't I?"

A screen popped up in front of Ranma, revealing Jedah's grinning face. "We have the girl, I think it's time to come back now."

"I guess so." Ranma said and looked at Mittelt. "..."

A black sigil appeared above Ranma before washing over him and causing him to disappear.

Mittelt trembled as she looked at where Ranma was a moment before. "...Why? WHY DID YOU BETRAY US?!"

Betrayal Chapter 1 End

And THAT'S why I didn't name this arc until now.

And yes, that Reverse Strike Wave is just the Backlash Wave from InuYasha.

Now I just need to give Ranma white hair somehow. XD