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If only I did.

First of two parts

Chapter 23

Racing after Issei, who was starting to descend to the ground, Vali turned to Ranma, "So, do you have any idea what to do when we catch up to him?" Vali had to ask, since Ranma was the one who had him chase after Issei. Ranma shook his head as Issei crashed into the ground. "Well, that's just lovely, what are we going to do? I doubt I could use Divide on him enough times even in Juggernaut, to stop him before he boosts beyond what I can handle."

Ranma looked over at Vali for a moment then turned back to where Issei had been blasted off to. "Speaking of which, from what Azazel told me, he's been trying to keep Issei from ever using it unless he intends to die, since it's supposed to kill the user. But you've used it before, right?"

"That's right." The White Dragon Emperor confirmed. "However, since I am the great-grandson of the original Lucifer, I simply use my Devil power as a substitute for my life, but I can't do it for very long."

Ranma was about to say something when there was a loud roar that caused the very air to vibrate and it caused the two armored Devils to stop flying towards Issei. "Ah crap, that really is a lot different than his normal Balance Break."

"Yeah, and it's not monsterous like his Juggernaut Drive would be." Vali commented as he and Ranma were pushed down and away.

Ranma grunted as his fin funnels detached from his body and circled him while pointing just in front of him while energy pooled from them to a point while Ranma put up his hand and charged up some energy. "I'll blast him and then you get in there and try to Divide him."

"Works for me." Vali nodded. "Your best chance..."

"NOW!" A huge green energy wave rushed out of the attack. While the center of the attack was a concentrated beam of pure yokai energy, it was surrounded by a torrent of energy that flowed over it like a wave rippling through the sea.

The energy seemed to zoom foward before bending and twisting in the air, missing Issei by less than a foot.

"Dammit, is his aura that intense?" Ranma grunted as he twisted his hand slightly, causing the beam to turn and arc upwards before coming down and slamming Issei from above. "GO!"

Vali was already rushing in.

"Why do you care if he lives or dies, Vali?" Albion asked his host. "We are eternal rivals after all, there is no reason to help him."

Vali smirked behind his helmet. "If he dies, I'll have to wait for another rival to appear. And since I'll live for a damn long time, how long will it take for another bearer of this power to come anywhere near as close to my power as Issei is?" As he got close, he saw Issei standing while hunched over as the power crashed down on him. "THERE!"

Mere centimeters away from touching Issei, the gems on his armor suddenly glowed brightly.

"BOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOSTBOOST!"

"Ah crap." Vali muttered before getting punched in the face so hard that he was sent flying backwards and crashed next to Ranma. Standing up, he coughed as his helmet cracked before shattering into dust around him. "That hurt." Vali grimaced and looked up as Issei held up his left hand and a black and red aura erupted from his palm, destroying the energy beam that was crashing down on him and eating its way towards Ranma, who cut the energy to the attack. "He can use the Power of Destruction like that?!"

"I don't see why not." Ranma yelled as he and Vali dodged in all directions that they could move in as black and red lightning crackled down across the battlefield. "That power's supposed to destroy anything, right?"

Issei threw his head back and the roar that was let out was a Dragonic one that had Issei's voice mixed in, causing both Ranma and Vali to grimace and fall to their knees.

"Infernal Abyss, what the FUCK?!" Ranma gasped as he looked up just in time to get a knee to the face, sending him flying.

Issei turned to Vali, who was in the air and boosters erupted from his back, launching him upwards at the White Dragon Emperor. "Fast!" Vali gasped in shock as Issei let out a scream and slammed his fist into Vali's chest, causing the armor to crack and shatter, revealing Vali's chest. Vali grimaced before smirking as he grabbed Issei's still out-stretched hand. "Got'cha."

"Divide!" Albion called out as Vali let go of Issei and flew up, using the power he got from Issei to repair his armor. "Vali, even if we use Juggernaut on him, he would outlast us."

"I get it." Vali held out a hand and blasted at Issei, who simply swiped it away, shattering it into particles. "Any suggestions?"

"I got one." Ranma muttered as he floated behind Vali. "Use your Divide on me." Vali turned his head and Ranma could feel his confusion. "Did you forget that I have my King's piece? It's under a seal, I'll unleash it, you can use Divide on me to keep yourself going while Dividing him."

"True, I can use it on more than one opponent at a time." Vali nodded, "but I don't think it would work, he can boost too fast for it to stick."

"Don't tell me you're giving up." Ranma asked and Vali chuckled.

"Who said I was? I can use Divide on him in my Juggernaut," Vali looked back at Issei, "it'll allow me to keep up with him, you'll need to come up with some sort of crazy attack to take him down when I weaken him enough."

Ranma tapped his chin and nodded. "I got an idea, but I'll need a little bit of time."

"I can give you a few seconds." Vali nodded as he rushed at Issei, his body changing and becoming larger and more dragon-like. Rushing forward, he slammed into Issei, pinning his rival down under his bulk.

"DivideDivideDivideDivideDivideDivideDivide!"

As Issei's strength started to fade, his eyes suddenly glowed.

"BoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoost!"

Vali grimaced as he was taken aback by how fast Issei had recovered. 'FUCK! HURRY UP, RANMA!"

Behind Vali, Ranma held his hands in front of him as his King's piece hovered there between them while surrounded in a green sphere. "Alright, let's do this." He whispered before the sphere that surrounded his King's piece shattered and the piece flew into his body.

Ranma gasped and his eyes widened. "Oh fuck, this is... GAHH!" He screamed as a pillar of pure green energy erupted from his body.

While the area was bathed in pure green light, Issei managed to push Vali off of him and grab the transformed Vali by his throat and judo toss him to the ground. "DIE!" Issei spread his wings and flew up as a black and red orb formed in front of his hands.

"BoostBoostBoostBoost!"

Letting out a roar, Issei launched his palm forward, sending the Power of Destruction at Vali.

"DivideDivideDivideDivideDivideDivideDivide!"

The power shrank and fizzled, leaving just scorch marks on Vali's armor as his Juggernaut ran out of power and he returned to his normal Balance Break armored form.

A moment later, a large, green-colored thing slammed into Issei from the side and Vali blinked behind his armor as he took in the scene more. "...Albion, am I crazy or is Ranma covered in an aura in the shape of a cat and is currently fighting Issei in close-range combat?"

"The aura looks like a tiger." Albion replied as Ranma dodged out of the way of an attack and slapped at Issei, knocking him down to the ground. Issei growled and swung his arm out, sending a wave of power out at Ranma, who nimbly dodged out of the way, while Issei got to his feet and grabbed the pouncing Ranma's aura, his arms shaking, as he tried to hold off the tiger aura.

"...A tiger vs dragon... Never thought I'd see it happen in my life." Vali muttered.

Issei's gems suddenly glowed gold as his aura erupted outwards while he let out a yell. "BoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoostBoost!"

Issei suddenly started moving so fast that both Ranma and Vali seemed like they were standing still as Issei zipped in, slammed his hands into the chest of the aura manifestation and tore it in half. "HAAA!" He yelled while tossing the energy construct to the side, causing it to dissipate. Before Ranma could react, he was struck in the stomach, causing him to double over and Issei grabbed his over-sized shoulderpads, crushing them in his grip. Ranma looked up as Issei's left arm was covered in an aura that Ranma could tell was Holy in power.

Suddenly Issei jerked to the side as Vali did a dive kick, knocking him away.

Ranma looked up, his armor falling to pieces around him as he threw his arms up. "Stop this, Issei!" He yelled and crossed his arms as suddenly several nearly transparent boxes surrounded Issei, trapping him inside.

"That's..." Vali looked at Ranma in confusion. "What is that?"

Ranma had his arms crossed as more boxes formed around the ones that had Issei trapped inside. "A skill I learned from a Devil Hunter clan that I wiped out. They tried to use it on me and I turned it around on them."

"An entire clan?" Vali asked in surprise. "That's impressive, but what good is just trapping him in the boxes supposed to do?"

"You're supposed to collapse the box and crush what's inside, killing it." Ranma shot back. "It's pretty brutal."

Issei let out a roar as his body glowed black and red before he punched forward, causing all the boxes to turn a bright red as they exploded outwards, sending Ranma and Vali crashing to the ground. Issei held up his right hand and a large sphere of power formed above Issei before he dropped his hand down, sending the sphere rocketing towards Ranma and Vali, where it slammed into them, exploding and kicking up a ton of smoke and dust.

When the smoke and dust cleared, both Ranma and Vali were out of their armors and laying on the ground. "D-damn..." Ranma grunted as he pushed himself up.

"How are you still going?" Vali asked as he rolled onto his stomach and pushed hismelf to his knees.

Ranma smirked before coughing up some blood and wiping his lips. "I'm a lot tougher than I look." He looked at Issei, who was glowing with power. "Still, how do we beat this? His power keeps increasing."

"Oi! Brat!" A new voice spoke up and Ranma's eyes widened as he turned around to see an old man with a trimmed beard wearing a suit and smirking at him. "You're a pain in the ass to find, you know that?"

"Zelretch?!" Ranma gawked in surprise. "What are you doing here? Please tell me that you're not here to do something silly."

"Nah," the old man shook his head and pulled out a long, familiar-looking sword. "Here, the cursed Excalibur you gave me. I took it to the Fae, they weren't exactly happy with the abomination, so they fixed it, but decided to leave the taint on it." He tossed the blade towards Ranma, where it landed on the ground near him and slid to a stop next to him. "It's a complete Holy sword now. It just needs a name."

Ranma picked up the sword and examined it for a moment. The hilt was blue, the handle was gold and the blade was silver with a black sheen to it. Unliked the abomination before, which was a wicked-looking scimitar, this was more of an European-style broadsword.

"Um," Vali spoke up and pointed at Issei, "he's about to do something again."

Ranma turned around and faced Issei, holding the sword to the side as powerful black energy built up in the blade. "In that case, I'll call this... Excalibur Shadow!" He called out as the black energy suddenly erupted and Ranma slashed upwards, sending a wave of power out that slammed into Issei, who screamed in pain. "The light that protects from the dark!" Letting out a yell, Ranma jumped into the air and did a horizontal slash, sending the wave of power to slam into the already existing vertical pillar of power.

As the pillars of energy faded, the armored form of Issei hovered in mid-air, not moving and the lights on the gems had faded and gone dim.

"Issei..?" Ranma asked as he floated towards the still figure. "You alive?" He asked and touched Issei. There was a loud cracking sound and suddenly the armor shattered, revealing a knocked out Issei. "Woah!" Ranma grabbed Issei. "Got'cha buddy." He slowly flew to the ground and put Issei down. "You really need to stop getting sudden power-ups that you can't control."

A sudden laughter had Ranma turning his head towards Vali, who was doubled over, laughing. "I'm sorry, it's just... Hahahahaha! You basically nailed Issei to a cross!"

"...I guess I did." Ranma shook his head. "Why is that so funny?"

"Did you forget who the most famous person to get nailed to a cross was?" Vali asked and Ranma's eyes widened in surprise. "My family has a bit of history with him."

"I suppose you would find it funny." Zelretch smirked, though he privately thought it was funny. "But, seriously, brat, you're lucky I came to Hell looking for you. I went to your place but you weren't there. I almost left, but decided to find where you were."

"Yeah, about that." Ranma said as he stood up. "How in the name of your sorcery power did you convince the Fae to fix this?" He asked as he pointed to the Excalibur in his hands. "And if this is a Holy sword, how am I using it? I got no Holy power in me."

"Well, for one, it's back to being a Fae weapon and not a Holy weapon," Zelretch said as he rolled his eyes. "Secondly, they were going to destroy it and I simply told them that was what the one who had it said that's what they would do, since they probably couldn't fix it."

Ranma gawked at the old man. "You taunted them? No, you pulled a ME and taunted them?! To their face?!"

Zelretch chuckled. "Your old man was many things, but I have to admit, his idea of taunting things works out well when you can prick their pride."

"...I really hope it doesn't snow in Hell again." Ranma muttered. "Seriously, since when is my dad considered a genius?!"

"Also, I keep telling you, you really don't know enough about yourself to make any judgement calls." Zelretch told Ranma. "Look into your family history some time."

"I know, my mom's side is part Demon, I turned myself into a Devil, there's no way..."

"I meant your dad's side of the family." Zelretch shook his head and pulled out his Jeweled Sword. "And you should look further back into your mother's side of the family. You'll find some interesting answers. Anyway, I'm out of here."

After the old man opened a portal and left, Vali walked over to Ranma. "So, who is that guy?"

"The guy who taught me magic." Ranma answered with a shrug. "Dad somehow summoned him to our world and he was amused by Lilith and myself. I still don't know what he's thinking."

"Anyway, I'm going to go." Vali turned to leave.

"Wait!" Ranma grabbed his shoulder. "Could you watch after Issei? I need to check on Lilith."

"Why?" Vali asked with narrowed eyes. "He's my rival. Why should I care about him?"

Ranma tapped his chin. "...You like girls with big butts, right?"

Vali tried not to show any response. "...I'm listening."

"I know some succubi who have big, juicy, jiggly asses that would love to have you as a partner."

"I'm not looking to have any kids." Vali scoffed and turned. "I'll be the last of my family."

Ranma put his hands on the back of his head and sighed. "Well, I suppose so, I mean, it's not like you couldn't work to undo the legacy of Lucifer in the world or anything, right? Besides, if the rest of your clan is dead, doesn't that mean that the legacy of Lucifer is whatever you want it to be?"

"I'll always be bound to the legacy of my family." Vali grumbled. "And what would you know about families?" Vali spun around and pointed at Ranma. "You don't even know everything about your family!"

"You got a point. But the past is the past." Ranma said and walked past Vali. "All I know that is if I was you, I'd try to make my own legacy and not tie myself to my past so much. Besides, you're not a bad person. Isn't that why you hid your mother and half-siblings away from the rest of your family?"

Vali's eyes widened and he growled. "You... How do you know that?!"

Ranma raised an eyebrow. "Nabiki has a form of omniscience, remember? I asked her about you and got that information. She wasn't looking for that, she was just wondering what happened to your mother, since she didn't see if your mother had died." He sighed at Vali's angered look. "Trust me, I meant no harm. I won't press the issue, but you're proof that your family doesn't have to be the pieces of shit that they were in the past."

"Whatever." Vali huffed and walked over to Issei and sat down. "Go! I'll stay here. I need to think."

Ranma nodded. "Thanks, Vali." He said as he took off.

After Ranma was gone, Vali pursed his lips and sighed softly. "...A new legacy, huh?" It wasn't anything he had thought of before, but he wondered if maybe he could finally be free of the chains of his past.

End Part 1

Second part will be Jedah vs Lilith

And yes, Vali likes big butts and he cannot lie.