Three Days Later, First Period:
Kuoh Academy Track Field, Kuoh Academy:
Theo's POV:
"Hey, sensei." Rias said as she walked towards me, finished with her obstacle course dash with Sona walking next to her. Glancing past them, I saw Tsubaki and Akeno conversing with the other girls of the third year, though I did smirk as I saw Cao Cao off to the side with his arms crossed as the girls near him giggled whenever he glanced at them.
Noticing my stare, I grinned at him and he just glared at me before I turned to Rias and Sona.
"Hello, Gremory, Shitouri." I greeted Sona with a smirk and she just glared at me.
"I'm still mad at you about Aki, but that can wait until later. Rias wants to talk with you about something." She said and I just chuckled as I turned to a giggling Rias.
"Well, sensei, I'm certain you know about the exorcists that came to talk with us a week ago?" She asked and I nodded, writing down the finishing time of a few girls.
"Yep, but why do you ask?"
"Well, the reason for their visit was that three of the Excalibur fragments were stolen from the Church and their locations were tracked to be within Kuoh Town. However, since they don't have a precise location, they'll be staying in town until they find the location of the blades."
"Huh, I didn't expect the Church to actually lose three of their precious Excalibur fragments. Wait, did they say who stole the blades?" I asked, frowning as Rias and Sona glanced at each before they sighed.
"Yes, it was the Cadre Kokabiel of the Starlit Night." Rias said, making me sigh as I shook my head.
Great, if the Excalibur fragments getting stolen was not enough, they were stolen by probably the most battle-hungry being in the entirety of the Three Factions.
"I'll ask Rossweisse and Yasaka to keep an eye out for Kokabiel and we'll try and see if we can't find him."
"Thanks, sensei!" Rias said with a bright smile and I chuckled as I nodded, my grin turning a bit nervous as I turned my head to Sona, who was just staring at me before she turned and walked away.
\"You would think a week would've been enough to cool her down." I said and Rias giggled before she skipped towards the rest of the girls, with me writing down the last of the times and letting the girls cool down as I walked towards Cao Cao.
"So, how goes the new life as a student?" I asked as I leaned against the wall next to him, Cao Cao rolling his eyes as the girl around us giggled.
"Let's just say that it's not as fun as I expected it to be. You had to deal with this for an entire year?" He asked and I chuckled as I nodded.
"Believe me, the fun is just beginning." He just groaned as I smirked before my smirk disappeared.
"So, I'm sure you've been keeping note of what's happening in town?" I asked and he nodded.
"Toujou, Saji and Yuuto have been helping the exorcists on the low in finding out where the blades are without their masters knowing."
"What else?" I asked and he sighed.
"Murders across town has risen significantly, but the problem is I couldn't find anything on who or what it is. Either I'm far too late or the person teleports away just as I arrive and I can't find a single trace of where they went. The only thing left at the crime was a large quantity of Holy energy residue, about a twentieth of the amount the True Longinus possesses." He finished and I sighed as I nodded, pushing off the wall.
"I'll keep note of the west. Yasaka and Rossweisse are always monitoring the north and south respectively and since you live to the eastern side of Kuoh, I want you to keep watch on it if you can."
"Sure thing, captain." He said with a nod and I smiled as I nodded, walking to the front to finish the class.
Two Days Later, Final Period:
Kuoh Academy:
Something is wrong.
Something is terribly wrong.
Ever since I arrived at school this morning, it feels as if there's a tense presence in the school's atmosphere, as if there's something here that shouldn't be. A constant sense of something that wants nothing but to burn the school to ashes. That feeling hasn't disappeared even as I'm finishing my final class for the day. In fact, I'd say it's gotten far more stronger than over the course of the day.
As I look at the second years finishing their cooldown stretches, I scanned each one of them intensely before I froze as I stopped over Yoichi's form. The resident nerd had his usual unkempt black hair, dark blue eyes hidden behind semi-rimmed glasses and his lanky frame, but there was an intensity in his eyes that burned whenever he glanced at me, especially when I catch his eyes staring at me with a manic gaze.
"Okay, everyone! That's the stretches! Why don't you all go ahead and take a shower? Yoichi, could you stay please?" Yoichi stopped in his tracks with a perfect 'confused' look before he nodded as I subtly signalled for Issei to stay behind as well.
"U-Um, what did you n-need, sensei?" I didn't answer as Issei slowly walked to be a distance behind him, focusing on their aura and my frown deepened as I detected the large amount of mana burning under his skin.
Yoichi, when I first met him, barely had just a little above average mana for a human, but now, he has enough to be equivalent to that of an Ultimate-Class.
In the blink of an eye, I was kicking at his legs, Issei appearing above him with a spinning roundhouse before our eyes widened as he smirked and disappeared, reappearing far away from us as Issei and I flipped to our feet and glared at him.
"Who are you?!" I demanded, Anaklusmos' pen form appearing in my grasp as the Boosted Gear appeared on Issei's arm.
"Hahaha! I see. A son of my detestable nephew Poseidon and the newest wielder of the Boosted Gear. I must say I did not quite expect this kind of welcoming." The voice that came out of Yoichi's mouth was booming, each word echoing with the crackling of a blazing campfire as my frown deepened.
Their aura were now visible and it was nearly twice the size of my own, a scorching heat pulsing off of them as I released my own aura to combat his.
"I asked a question! Who are you?!" The being just chuckled as it ran a head through its hair, which was now just a blazing purple fire as it stared at me with orange flames burning in its eyes.
"Ah, forgive my manners, my dear grandnephew. I am your granduncle Hyperion, older brother to your grandfather Kronos and the Titan Lord of the East." He introduced himself with a smirk and a bow, not missing the wary glance and adjustment to my form as I was now fully tense, ready to counter whatever he threw at me.
"Do not fear, grandnephew. I will no attack you because of circumstances. Rather, I'll wait until later tonight. Come and find me here on the school ground and we'll see how powerful the descendants of my power have gotten."
"And what makes you think that you'll make it out of here alive?" Yasaka's voice asked as she reappeared from a silver magic crest alongside Rossweisse, with me smiling as I expended my senses and found Cao Cao waiting with Kunou next to the car.
"Ah, one of the Norse Pantheon's silver angels and a beast-human of the Shinto Pantheon. Isn't this a surprise? I thought the Norse and the Shinto were still in a war with the Greeks?"
"That is far in the past.." Yasaka said as small blue fireballs floated around her, Rossweisse creating a series of magic crests above Hyperion as I transformed Anaklusmos into its xiphos form and Issei transformed into his scale mail. Even with all of us near him, Hyperion didn't even look a single bit worried as he pulled a monstrous great sword out of thin air, with me gritting my teeth as Yoichi's form burned away and revealed the true gigantic form of Hyperion in his golden armour.
"Then let's see how powerful you all have gotten!" He exclaimed and before he could attack, a bright white light appeared besides him, making us all stop before my eyes widened as a ten-winged being with long black hair, pointy ears and crimson eyes appeared next to Hyperion, dressed in a black overcoat with a black suit underneath it. Shit, as if things weren't complicated enough.
"What do you want, vile crow?" I was surprised slightly to hear the venom in Hyperion's voice, though then I remembered the stories that Father used to tell when I was younger.
'The Titans are nothing but dickheads with power to anyone that is not a Titan.'
"Nothing much, pagan. Just to inform you that you are not allowed to attack anyone until the deadline." Hyperion just growled before he huffed, his greatsword disappearing as he grinned at me.
"Tonight, dear grandnephew. You have one opportunity to kill me or else the world will burn." Before he could even blink, I was in front of him, my blade slowly crawling for his neck as a fully boosted Issei was in front of Kokabiel with a fist pulled backward to punch him.
Unfortunately, before we could connect, a bright white light blinded us and as I stopped in my tracks and jumped back, I blinked a few times before I cursed under my breath as I saw that they were gone.
"Son of a motherfucking bitch." Issei cursed next to me as he deactivated his scale mail and the Boosted Gear, making me snort in slight amusement as Yasaka and Rossweisse gave him stern stares that made him chuckle nervously.
I immediately twisted on my feet I felt two energies appear behind us before I relaxed as I saw the Gremory magic crest, Rias and Sona appearing from it before they both looked surprised as they saw the four of us staring at them.
"I assume you've met Kokabiel?" Rias asked and we nodded, with her groaning as Sona pinches the bridge of her nose.
"Well, he said that he had a partner that helped him and we don't know who that was."
"It's Hyperion, the Greek Titan Lord of the East." I said, making their eyes widen as both grew pale before I shook my head.
"Since I'm certain that you two are not even near powerful enough to fight Kokabiel let alone Hyperion, we're going to be there to help you two."
"Even him?" Sona asked as she nodded at Issei, who just grinned as I chuckled.
"Believe me, he can keep up."
"Okay, we'll see you later tonight then." She said and I nodded, the two of them teleporting away as I turned Anaklusmos back into its pen form and put it in my pocket.
"Great, why can't Cao Cao work this time instead?" Issei grumbled and I chuckled as I shrugged, Yasaka and Rossweisse giggling as he groaned.
"Think of it as a learning experience. Besides, how many times can you say you got the chance to fight a Cadre and a Titan Lord?" I asked and he just stared at me with a deadpan.
"I want to live a long life, sensei, not die before I can even meet my first girlfriend." Rossweisse and Yasaka giggled at that as I just stared at him before I shook my head.
"It's either that or the entirety of Kuoh gets destroyed, which means no more going on picnics with Asia."
"We're kicking their asses tonight!" Issei exclaimed as he rushed to his house, making me chuckle as I turned to the amused ladies.
"And that's how you manipulate a horny 17 year old." I said with a grin before Yasaka walked forward and traced a finger across my jaw.
"And if we win, Rossweisse will let you put it in the other hole, right Rose?" She said with a smirk as she turned to Rossweisse, who blushed as she nodded and I grinned excitedly.
"We're kicking their asses tonight!" I exclaimed as I rushed towards the parking lot where Kunou and Cao Cao were waiting, the two ladies following after me.
Later that day, Night:
Home/ HQ:
"And you make sure that you listen to Cao Cao whenever something happens, okay?"
"Hai, Kaa-chan." Kunou said with a nod and Yasaka nodded as she hugged her one more time, Rossweisse giving Kunou a smile and a nod as I turned to Cao Cao, who was leaning against a wall with the True Longinus leaning on his shoulder.
"Make sure to keep a close eye on her. Anyone that is not myself, Yasaka or Rossweisse, you take them out with extreme prejudice."
"Kill first, ask later?" He asked and I chuckled as I nodded, making him grin eagerly before we turned back to the girls. Yasaka sighed before she nodded as she let Kunou go and stood up, Rossweisse patting her on the shoulders as I walked to stand next to her.
"Remember, kill all who isn't any of us three."
"Will do, captain." Cao Cao said with a nod and I smiled as Rossweisse created a teleportation crest under us before we disappeared.
Kuoh Academy Main Entrance:
As we reappeared in front of the main entrance gate of Kuoh Academy, I whistled slightly at the light blue dome around the school, Sona's peerage floating in the air and maintaining the barrier as Rias and her peerage waited in front of the entrance along with Sona, Issei and the blue haired exorcist, who was dressed in the skintight black bodysuit that they call 'battle gear'.
I swear the church really is just one hypocritical organization.
"Good evening, everyone. I assume everyone is ready for the battle?" I asked as the three of us walked towards them and they all nodded, making me smile before I spoke.
"Yasaka and I will take on Hyperion. Issei, you and Rias along with her peerage can take on Kokabiel as well as any rogue exorcists that he may have brought along. Rose…"
"I'll help Sona and her peerage maintain and strengthen the barrier just in case one of them tries to escape." She said, making Sona frown.
"What's wrong with the barrier?" Sona asked and Rossweisse just sighed as she transformed into her Valkyrie attire.
"Well, firstly, you layered the barrier segments in even-even-odd when even-odd-even is the best barrier formation to use. Next, you didn't add any anti-teleportation runes around the barrier to make sure they can't get away with teleportation." Rossweisse said as she floated up into the air, the barrier being completely covered in a kaleidoscope of runes, each of them being from different runic languages as I grinned at the shocked group.
"And with that, we'll see you inside." Yasaka said with a smug smirk, making me chuckle as I followed her inside.
As we walked onto the main courtyard, I frowned slightly as I saw a pillar of bright blue light rising up into the sky, a series of runic circles hovering above the ground where the pillar poured from as well as the huge amounts of Holy energy pulsing out of it.
Standing next to the pillar of Holy Energy were two men dressed in priest's outfits, one being a young man with white hair and bright crimson eyes and the other being an elderly man. The young man had a manic look in his eyes and a wide grin that grew the moment he noticed us walking onto the field.
Floating in the air while sitting on a throne was Kokabiel, smirking happily as he saw us walking onto the field and floating on a throne made out of golden flames was Hyperion, who chuckled as his throne disappeared and crashed into the ground.
"Ah, grandnephew, I see that you've finally arrived! Let us start with our battle and-!" I didn't give him chance to finish his sentence as I slashed at his neck with Anaklusmos, Hyperion cackling as his greatsword appeared in his grasp and blocked my attack.
He pulled his fist back to punch forward before he gave a silent gasp as Yasaka appeared on my shoulders, holding herself up with her hands as she landed a double stomp into his throat.
Using that opportunity to punch him away, I leapt back with Yasaka flipping off of my shoulders and landing next to me as I turned Anaklusmos into a trident.
"Hahaha! Nice! Very nice!" Hyperion wheezed out as he rubbed his throat, flames wrapping around his throat before I frowned as I saw his wounds disappearing.
Glancing back, I saw Issei, Rias and Akeno walking towards Kokabiel while Kiba, Koneko and Xenovia walked towards the two priests before I turned back to the grinning Hyperion as Yasaka slowly lowered herself onto all fours next to me.
"So, I think this is a good date for us." I said to Yasaka with a grin and she rolled her eyes before she answered.
"Don't even think that this is enough to not have movie night." She said and I chuckled as I twirled the trident and got into a stance, Hyperion having gotten impatient as he rocketed forward and I grinned as Yasaka and I blasted towards him.
A/N: And there we go!
The start of the Kuoh Academy battle! Next up is a series of battle before the end!
As always, read, review, enjoy and until the next one…
Ba-Bye~!