So we reach the next chapter, the day before Easter Sunday. I will be honest I could have kept going with chapter 27 but I felt the ending was perfect as a cliffhanger. I apologize if this will be a short chapter but the next one will be longer.
Terror (Guest): unlikely. Thor is a God and Cao Cao only wanted humans in the Hero Faction.
Guest-Questioner: A lot of characters could have been developed better in the series. My biggest gripe was what they did to the girls, particularly Rias and Akeno, they both were strong women and then they all were dumbed down to rely solely on Issei's power rather than rely on their own skills. No, I'm not going to take a look at that crossover you mentioned I have my own idea for that moment.
Lorenzo Macchiavelli: It's the Exorcists who are forced to join forces, not Thor, he wanted this alliance he just didn't think about the political repercussions of it.
Valtazar: And I hope this chapter will not disappoint.
Optimus470: Thank you next two chapters will be action-packed. Even in real life, the Church has done many atrocities they don't want to admit which I'm sure you noticed in Thor's rant.
Vulcan: I already have an idea for Thor and Kokabiel
Chapter 28
Foes discovered
The unknown assailant didn't pause to question what Thor called him and lunged forward, his speed so fast he looked like a blur. As he drew closer he brought his sword down upon the God of Thunder, the Holy Sword meeting the raised gauntlets of the Aesir who transformed into his armor in the nick of time, his arms crossed before his face to guard against the attack. Thor struggled against the weight of the attack and his confusion about what this man said. He knew this guy's face, he knew his name, so why did he ask that question and attack him? Even before joining Asgard the name and face was a memory that always flashed in his mind even before he joined Asgard.
"Siegfried, what are you doing!? It's me, Thor!"
"Thor? I don't know anybody called Thor! Also, my name isn't Siegfried, it's Freed!" The priest retorted, "Say you have red hair too! Are you related to that big titty bitch Devil ruling this town?"
"Freed! I should have known you were part of this!" Xenovia called as she, Irina, Nero, and Commodus cast aside their cloaks revealing skin-tight black suits, long gloves, and black boots. Their skin was concealed by the black latex, except for Xenovia and Irina, aside from showing off their curvy figures, both females showed a bit of forearm and a decent amount of thigh that Issei couldn't take his eyes off.
The four church warriors attacked Freed's flanks forcing him to retreat, slipping past them easily through the Excalibur's power. The Devils, Dwarf, Henrietta, and Azrael came to Thor's aid, Havarti, he noticed, had magic runes appeared around his hands indicating he was a spellcaster like Rossweisse. Did he use offensive or defensive or support?
"Why did you freeze? Do you know the hero Siegfried?" Havarti asked, keeping his eyes on the white-haired man.
"That's not the other guy you mentioned," Issei said, a fire burning in his eyes upon seeing the vulgar man again, "This is Freed…a rogue Exorcist who helped the Fallen Angels hurt Asia."
Thor sighed with gladness unaware of the action knowing this wasn't the warrior he knew years ago, how and why he knew this man Siegfried was a mystery he still didn't know or tell Odin… yet. Refocusing his attention to the attacker he saw him talk, rather, gloat about the Excalibur's and helping Kokabiel and Valper's attempt to reforge the blades. Thor's eyes narrowed, he looked like Siegfried but he was not Chaos Edge Siegfried, he was a fake or a clone… the latter question sent a shudder down his spine. Heros were humans and were either a descendant of the original or wielders of their spirit, cloning a hero has never been done before.
…right…
He was broken from his thoughts by the clashing of steel, Freed trading blows with Xenovia as she tried desperately to hit him but to no avail, Excalibur Rapidly giving him the speed to easily dodge her strikes. If he was a speedster then Commodus should be trying to catch him which he wasn't doing, instead, he just stood there watching Xenovia duel him. Now wasn't the time for honor or chivalry, they had to gang up on the fake Siegfried and then can get another Excalibur back. As he landed after a backflip he caught sight of something or things in his coat, he wasn't the only one.
"You have the other swords!" Exclaimed Irina.
Freed laughed, "That's right! I got three of these bad boys and you two bitches have the other. Why not give them to me and afterward suck my-Yikes!"
The priest zipped to the side narrowly avoiding the large axe that cracked with thunder as its head was buried in the wall cracks forming in the wall from the impact. Thor recalled Jarnbjorn and prepared to attack again before Xenovia rushed the Priest, her strike missing the psychotic man and instead the ground creating a sizable crater forming from the impact, Excalibur Destruction was a weapon Thor was lucky he wasn't facing. As the others moved in to join the battle Freed's grin faded once realizing he was outnumbered, even the psychotic priest knew he couldn't stand against eleven opponents and that red-haired man with the axe clearly wasn't related to the Gremory girl, he probably wasn't even a Devil or human.
"You would be wise to surrender, boy," Henrietta said.
"I could do that…" Freed mussed, "Or I can run like hell and warn Kokabiel."
Thor swore as Freed disappeared in a burst of light, they had lost the swords or so he thought. It wasn't long after Freed vanished that the silver trail appeared and began following him, Havarti's tracer spell was still active. Thor gave chase after the rogue Exorcists, the others following all of them determined to see their goals achieved. The tracer spell was leading them back into the city, deep into the downtown district all the way up a flight of stairs leading into a large building, a building Issei realized was the city hall. In that city hall was Freed, the Excalibur fragments, and most importantly, Kokabiel.
"This is it everyone…our goals are inside that building. The Swords, Kokabiel, and Valper." Said Nero, excitement rising in him that at long last they will get back the Holy Swords.
"We need to confirm that Kokabiel IS there." Henrietta corrected as she eyed the building suspiciously.
"Of course…Let's get this over with." Commodus drawled, the anger after the insults towards the Church by the God of Thunder still burned within his soul.
As they began ascending the steps, Irina stepped before Thor, amethyst eyes looking at him, looking as if they were trying to search his soul, "I know you think the Church has performed many atrocities but please understand there are good people among the Church."
"I know they are or rather were. Those ones are exiled, dead, or turned into Devils. The madmen of the Thunderbolt Project didn't show me kindness. Words alone can not convince me to see the good in your Church. Why are you even trying to convince me when you called Asia a witch and would have called me a Pagan God if Xenovia hadn't. I can't fully trust you, Exorcists. Heaven, on the other hand, is an entirely different matter."
Irina bowed her head, heart filling with pain at the Aesir's words, she and Xenovia did say cruel things but that was before the revelation about Thor. The Holy Sword Project was an evil act against the children of God, the conspirators of the Holy Sword Project who had no knowledge of what truly was going on repented for the crimes they committed but those who worked closely with Valper were excommunicated with the madman. The Thunderbolt Project showed those within the Church lost faith in their own God to use a Pagan… no …a foreign God as a weapon. She recalled Commodus remarking earlier today about how they should have killed Valper and his followers just like he had to those children, an idea she quickly shot down saying it wasn't the way of God but Commodus retorted saying they show no mercy to the enemies of the Church, including those who commit crimes like the Holy Sword Project. So did that mean the Exorcists experimenting on Thor, if any survived, deserve no mercy? She did not know… she could not find the answer to Commodus' question but she would not give up on showing Thor there were good people who followed Heaven.
"If words alone will not gain show then perhaps our acts of kindness will speak louder."
Thor inclined his head, "Let's see after we get these swords back."
The company slowly made their way into the building, Henrietta and Nero taking the lead, their eyes roaming all around for any signs of a trap. There were none waiting for them. Strange… did Kokabiel think nobody would find him… or was he too confident in his own power to believe anyone could stop him? The tracer spell led past the front desk into the meeting hall where voices could be heard from behind the double doors making the coalition pause to listen. There was a tiny gap between the doors allowing them to see Freed talking to someone clad in a pristine black suit and six black wings."
"That's not Kokabiel is it?" Henrietta asked.
"Kokabiel is a high-tire Cadre, he has ten wings, not eight." Whispered Thor, it looks like Kokabiel wasn't alone in his theft of the Holy Swords.
"What are you doing here?" Questioned the unknown Fallen Angel, his voice sinister voice.
"I found the Exorcists snooping around but they weren't alone. They are working with those bats and some weird foreigners. A big titty blonde and little boy and buff red-head and some guy who looks like your leader but younger."
"...Little boy…" Havarti growled eyes flashing with the intent to rip Freed's face off. If there was one thing Dwarfs did not enjoy it was being mistaken as children. Azrael's hand stopped him from charging in and alerting Kokabiel.
"Foreigners?" A new voice questioned, this one feminine and commanding its speaker unseen by the doors, "Who was the red-head?"
"How the fuck should I know? He was tall with a braid and used a giant axe with thunder and-"
"A giant axe with thunder? You fool! Do you realize who that is! It is Thor Odinson! God of Thunder…you led them straight to us!"
The doors burst off their hinges, coming at them like an angry bull was a tall woman. She was tan-skinned with green eyes burning with fury, long, thick, wavy brown hair, and large breasts which Issei couldn't pull his eyes away from. Despite her beauty, she had muscles twice as big as Henrietta's and wore armor in fashion to the warriors of Greece. It didn't take a genius to know who this woman was and it was Azrael to voice it.
"It's an Amazon!"
The Amazonian woman was on them in seconds, her fist reeled back at her first target; Irina Shidou, the orange-haired beauty's surprise left her wide open to attack and would have either sent her flying down the hall or broken her neck had it not been for the Son of Odin shoving her out of the way and taking the blow head-on sending him tumbling like a tumbleweed out of the hall into the front desk. Henrietta charged the woman, sending her slamming into the wall and commanding the others to retreat back outside to fight in the open before she was headbutted by the Amazonian and sent flying into the opposite wall and began a wrestling match within the hall.
"OUT! OUT!" Havarti shouted, taking Koneko's hand and leading the others back to the front office.
As Xenovia looked back over her shoulder she caught sight of the eight-winged Fallen Angel shouting to someone over the sound of battle, probably Kokabiel and whoever else was in the building. She winced as the Greek woman was given a hard punch to the face.
"What is an Amazonian doing here? Themyscira was destroyed wasn't it?" Azrael questioned. Since he was an ally of Asgard he was given the documents about what happened at Olympus. The island of Themyscira was reported to be destroyed by the Khaos Brigade during their attack on Olympus and all the Amazonians were wiped out.
"A question we may have answered hopefully," Thor answered, his mind focused on escaping the building to gain more space to fight the enemy and try to inform Azazel. He halted as a barrage of light spears landed between him and the doors. Looking up he saw the six-winged Cadre floating before them, his expression smug. Beside him was another six-winged Cadre, this one with eerie red eyes and wild long hair reaching just above his waist.
"Well, well, well. I never thought the Devils and Exorcists would ally against my master. Let alone another pantheon… and the Governor-General's half-breed son." The red-eyed said, frowning at Azrael.
"And who are you?" Havarti asked.
"Malak and Saul." The suit-wearing Care introduced, "We are our Lord Kokabiel's personal aides."
Thor grimaced, personal aides meant there were three Fallen Angels to deal with, Azazel and Odin never mentioned this. Before mote words could be exchanged there came a crash from the hall and out tumbled the Amazonian, armor rent and blood flowing from a nasty cut across the face. Henrietta wielded a sword, blue runes glowing on the blade, her armor scuffed with a few rips in the green shirt, the Einherjar was proving more than a match for the Greek woman. Before she could attack again Issei rushed in from her blindside with a red gauntlet with a green gem on his right arm, the legendary Boosted Gear said to hold the power of the Red Dragon Emperor within, if he had mastery over the power they may stand a chance. Thor watched Issei slap the woman on her muscular thigh, an action Issei ogled at, before narrowly dodging a swipe by her, and as he did so a magic seal appeared where his hand had been.
"What is this!?" She demanded eyes shifting between Henrietta and Issei.
A wide grin Thor had seen upon Odin many times appeared on the boy's face as he put his forefinger and thumb together.
"Dress Break."
He clicked his fingers and in an instant, the woman's armor and clothes burst forth from her body disintegrating into nothing leaving her as naked as the day she was born. The Exorcists reeled back in shock at such a lewd technique, Malak and Saul couldn't help but eye the woman's figure, Kiba sighed, Henrietta raised a blonde brow, Azrael and Havarti exchanged confused looks at what effect the spell had, and Thor… the Son of Odin felt an unbridled rage slowly form within his stomach, beside him Koneko inched away fearing the God's famous rage that would come forth.
"What… was that…" He whispered.
"He's a pervert…" Koneko answered pitying Thor for seeing the disgusting technique for the first time.
"That's obvious," Thor said with a deadpan expression, THIS was what the Heavenly Dragon's power was being used for? If he ever uses that technique on his female friends especially Rossweisse or even his mother… Rias would be weeping over his grave.
"Ha!" Issei shouted in triumph, eyeing the woman's amazing features, if she wasn't an enemy he'd love to get smothered by those enormous breasts, "Now that you are naked, you can't possibly…"
The pervert's gloating was cut short as the Amazon he stripped of armor grabbed him by the head before slamming him into a wall sending concrete flying everywhere, the boy's surprise to see her still attack him despite having nothing on was blocked by the woman's large hand. He saw darkness as he felt his head pounding with pain at the impact before feeling a punch to the gut and his head slammed into the wall again followed by her hand starting to squeeze his head intending to crush it. Try as he might, Issei could not break free of her grip, he tried to boost his power to fire off a Dragon Shot before he heard the sound of steel slicing through fresh, followed by a cry of pain and the red liquid of blood splashing onto his skin and school uniform. His stomach lurched as he saw the Amazonian stumbled back, the left arm missing up to her elbow now lying before Issei's feet as Henrietta stood before him with her sword coated red, the blue runes still glowing beneath it. This woman felt no embarrassment being naked in front of him, did she have no modesty like Akeno and the President and only wanted to fight?
He watched her recover and prepared to attack again before the Einherjar stabbed her through her throat. He was able to thank her but Henrietta cut him off her voice full of disgust, "Your technique is useless, boy. Amazon's, Greeks in general, have no modesty; they won't care if they are clothed or not; they will still fight and kill like she was going to do with you if I didn't save you. If you wanna survive, stop drooling over the God of War's Daughters and fight to save your city!"
"Arthenia!" Screeched a woman.
Henrietta turned and felt her heart drop, more women stood before them, more Amazons, about ten to fifteen of them and they all looked exactly the same save the eyes, some green eyes others an eerie yellow.
"Well, this is quite a sight to behold." Cackled another newcomer followed. From a side door came Freed accompanying an elderly man in priest robes, he had glasses and had a bald spot atop his head covered by the cap he wore, "I did not believe such an alliance was possible but here it is. Exorcists and Devils trying to stop us. How amusing."
"Valper Galilei!" Kiba growled as images of his time in the project flashed through his mind.
"So this is the madman behind the Holy Sword Project? And they all came to see us. How charming the whole welcoming committee is here to greet us." Havarti said.
"I admit I'm disappointed you couldn't handle them Freed. I thought I told you that you must control your feelings to control the sword." Valper scolded calmly.
"Oh yeah? I'd like to see you fight eleven people at the same time, one is the God of Thunder!"
Valper blinked and searched the crowd spotting Thor, he looked long and hard at him then recoiled in surprise and fascination, "My word… the Pagan God is among them yet… he looks no older than you? Wait a minute…" he paused and looked harder at Thor, a second later his browser shot up and his mouth hung agape before he could say anything another voice chinned in.
"Did I hear that right, Valper? The Son of Odin's is gracing us with his presence?"
A shiver ran down Thor's spine, spotting red eyes appearing from the darkness. Slowly the form of Kokabiel took shape as he stepped into the light, his black hair reaching to his shoulders, his magnificent black robes trying behind on the floor, and those dark ten wings spread wide to indicate his rank and power within Grigori. His maniacal grin showing teeth filed to fang with the power to bite off a human's neck, he looked more like a vampire than a Fallen Angel.
"So the traitor comes out at last," Azrael said, ready to contact his father at a moment's notice, he did not flinch or step away as those blood-red eyes fell upon him.
"Ahh yes. The half-breed son of Azazel. Another hybrid." Kokabiel retorted lazily, his eyes sweeping the room, "Only four Exorcists…children with the Excalibur's we need. How foolish of Michael to do such a thing. Hmm looks like it's just a part of Gremory's Peerage, how disappointing and others looked upon Thor and Henrietta intently, "Oh! An Einherjar AND Odin's son! How exciting!"
"Where is Eris!?"
Kokabiel grinned, "Wouldn't you like to know."
Anger swirled within Thor, he wanted to wipe the grin off that bastard's face.
"I could kill you now but that would ruin the fun. I will spare you. You will be my messenger to the Sister of Lucifer. I will destroy this town, kill her and Leviathan's sister, as well as you Son of Odin along with your friends to start the war and show that the Fallen Angels are the superior race!"
Thor wanted to laugh in Kokabiel's face, this guy was an idiot. If he wanted war it would be stopped immediately, Sirzechs was more than a match for the arrogant bird, Odin, and Azazel, albeit will mourn the loss of their children, will do all in their power to maintain peace. Azazel would even take the blame if Kokabiel is successful, which he wouldn't of course. What he still didn't understand was why rogue Exorcists and Fallen Angels were working together with Amazonian women who were supposed to be dead? Just what in the Nine Realms was going on?
"Go, Son of Odin! Take my declaration to Lucifer's sister and I shall be waiting for her arrival at where she rules!" Kokabiel commanded.
"What about the Holy Swords?" Valper asked, itching to get his hands on the fragments Xenovia and Irina had.
"I think one more should be enough to reforge your Excalibur…" Kokabiel said scanning the group before his eyes fell on one of the holy sword maidens and grinning his usual grin, "Malak?"
The moment his subordinate was addressed a blur of motion happened, the low-tire Cadre had been floating beside Saul before he zoomed straight to Xenovia, impaling her in the side with a light sword, the bluenette shocked at the speed the Fallen Angel displayed. Her golden eyes stared into Malak's violet as he plucked Excalibur Destrectuion from her hand before withdrawing to had the sword to Valper who was acting like a child who just revived a brand new toy. As she felt her legs give way Nero rushed to catch her before she could hit the floor, Commodus for his part roared like a bear being poked one too many times and rushed the enemy his Speed Saint making him a blur to the enemy. He charged straight towards Valper to get the swords or at least kill the bastard before he could reforge the Excaliburs but was intercepted by one of the Amazons who easily caught his kick and with a sickening twist dislocated the left limb before punching him hard in the face making him skid across the tile floor back to his comrades.
Thor gritted his teeth at the hopeless situation; another Excalibur lost with two Exorcists wounded, one in critical condition, the Exorcist's chance to destroy the Holy Swords failed. They could still attempt to rush the enemy and die like warriors or they could retreat, regroup with Gremory, heal their wounds, and call for help. Catching Henrietta's eye he saw the teacher sheath her sword and nod for him to agree to Kokabiel's words. Slowly, angrily, the God of Thunder began retreating to the door keeping his eyes on the enemy should they attack at the last minute. When he reached the door he opened it beckoning his comrades to follow them, albeit the Exorcist and Kiba were more reluctant to do so but complied, Xenovia and Commodus being aided.
"What the hell is wrong with you!?" Commodus shouted once outside and clear of danger, "We were THIS close to getting the swords-"
"And dying a useless death!" Havarti shot back, getting fed up with this Exorcist always yelling at his prince, "Lord Thor chose a tactical retreat. We need to warn Gremory that she cannot stay out of this. This isn't YOUR problem, it's ALL our problems. Whether you like it or not we all must unite to stop this madman from blowing Kuoh to kingdom come and prevent the restart of the Great War. Speaking of YOU, Commodus, both you and especially miss Xenovia need medical attention and Rias just so happens to have a healer that you Exorcists foolishly excommunicated for having a pure heart!"
"Havarti enough!" Thor ordered the Dwarf, "I want to hear no more arguing between any of us but you are right it is time we all work together to ensure peace continues! Kiba, contact Rias right now!"
Just then a red magic circle appeared at the bottom of the steps leading to the building a familiar rose symbol within the center, a second later Rias Gremory stepped out followed closely by Akeno and Asia, the red-heads gaze locked with Kiba. As soon as she was inches away from the blonde the Devil princess slapped the Knight hard across the face causing Azrael to wince and to be thankful neither his mother nor father ever struck him.
"I am disappointed in you, Kiba!" Rias said in a stern tone, like a mother scolding a child, "I cannot believe you would stoop to such a level! You lied to me! You disobeyed my direct orders to seek revenge! You are a Knight of the Gremory household not a failed experiment to the Church! If Lord Thor wasn't here you would be dead!"
Her Knight's eyes were downcast at the reprimand delivered by her, Kiba knew she would do this to him and deserved it for acting as such.
"Miss Gremory, how did you know where we were?" Henrietta asked, movement from Koneko pocketing her phone answered the blonde's question, she must have contacted her master during or after the confrontation.
"What happened? Koneko said you ran into Kokabiel? Is he inside!?"
"He is but wanted us to deliver a message," Azrael said explaining everything to the red-haired beauty. When he finished she did not look happy one bit.
"That man… how dare he threaten my town. How dare he even THINK he can commit such an act! I will not allow him to harm my town or my servants! Kokabiel will pay!"
"Madam President."Kiba suddenly said directing her attention back towards him, "You are right, Madam President. I would be dead. I…I was being stupid to direct my anger toward those swords and for disobeying your command. I see now that it is not the weapons, simple tools, I should hate, but Valper. He took my life away, he killed my comrades, comrades I have waited to seek revenge for. But…" He looked up staring Rias dead in the eye, a fire smoldering in his grey eyes, "Lord Thor has made me realize that it is not revenge I want but vengeance for what he has done and I won't do it alone. I…am a Knight of you, Rias Gremory, and will seek my vengeance with your aid, with Lord Thor's aid, so that my comrades may rest easily once I see Valper defeated!"
"You do not wish to kill him?"
"So long as he is stopped from hurting any more of my comrades, yes." He then faced Nero and bowed low, "I'm sorry for my behavior."
"I'm not the one you should be apologizing to…" The blonde Exorcist said glancing towards Xenovia who was being tended to by Asia, the deadly wound on her side slowly closing from Asia's Twilight Healing. Commodus meanwhile was being tended by Akeno but the Speedy Saint had a look of disgust at having a Devil so close to him and tending his broken leg.
"I'm sorry…" Kiba said, "I was so-"
"Save it." Xenovia whispered her eyes staring up at the sky, "Your apology is not needed. Not yet. Not until we see this mission through to the end."
Kiba nodded in understanding, she had just been stabbed and lost her Excalibur, the pain of failure must be wracking her brain right now and she needed to get rid of it before they battle Kokabiel. Suddenly he felt slender soft arms wrap around him and embrace him in a tight hug as his head was pressed against something soft and large, the president's chest he concluded, a place he was sure Issei wished to trade places for.
"Kiba…my brave wonderful Knight. I'm glad you are making peace with the past and I will be more than happy to help you in battling your demons. However," She added sternly making the Kiba look up at her, "That doesn't mean I'm letting you off the hook for this behavior. When this is over you shall receive a thousand spankings tomorrow morning. I expect you to face such a punishment with the bravery of a Knight."
"Y-yes master." Was all Kiba could say with an awkward smile.
Rias smiled back gently tapping his cheek before addressing Thor and his team, "Lord Thor, thank you for helping my Knight I hope he wasn't any trouble for you."
"Not at all. I know exactly how he feels. I too was in a similar position."
"One that I hope you will someday share with me." She paused before giving a quick scan of the people gathered with her, "So, it looks like you will be getting that alliance you asked for. I hope this will be the first step in the direction toward our people coexisting in harmony."
"So do I, miss Gremory, so do I."
"Please… just call me Rias." She said with a smile.
"As you wish, Rias."
The two redheads exchanged smiles for a brief moment. This wasn't exactly how Thor pictured coexistence to happen but it was the in the right direction towards it. Once Kokabiel has been stopped then the real talks for peace and unity could begin.
"So… were will Kokabiel be waiting? What exactly did he mean by the place you rule?" Henrietta asked.
"He's going to the school. With all that has happened there recently, I'm positive all the magic in that area is a perfect spot to reforge the Excalibur."
"Then that is where we go!" The blonde declared raising her sword high into the air, the moonlight making the runes glow, "We shall fight or die trying! If a second life awaits us after death then let us be rewarded for our bravery!"
"Oh my, it seems someone is eager to punish some Fallen Angels. That makes me excited too." Said Akeno once Commodus and Xenovia were healed.
"Wait a second! There's still one thing I don't understand." Said Asia gaining everyone's attention "Why were Amazonian women working with Kokabiel?"
Nobody could come up with an answer to the former nun's question. Either way, they too would be stopped and, if any were left alive, interrogated for why they chose to help Kokabiel. As the mythological coalition prepared to head to the school to face Kokabiel they all gave pause when they heard the door open and footsteps approach from behind. They turned and saw a man standing at the top of the stairs, a handsome man by the looks of it, he had long straight hair a mixture of red, orange, and yellow, the colors of fire Irina noticed, eerie yellow eyes and strong muscles, the eyes and muscles were awfully familiar to those who encountered the Amazon's, in fact, they were exactly like them.
"Can we help you?" Rias asked as calmly and politely as she could, a feeling of dread creeping over her.
"Why yes, you can." The stranger said, eyeing each and every one of them carefully as if he was sizing them up for a fight, "You all seem like strong people. I cannot wait to see how you will deal with Kokabiel and his henchmen."
This put everyone on edge, if he knew about Kokabiel he wasn't human. Rias stepped forward to challenge the stranger, "Then come with us and we will not disappoint you."
The stranger smiled a wicked smile, "Oh no, no Lady Gremory. I won't be coming with you. I will be facing you. Or rather… my daughters will."
Now everyone was confused by his words. This man had daughters working for Kokabiel? Who were they? They were rewarded when Thor gave a sharp intake of air, they saw sweat forming upon his brow as he took a good look at the stranger.
The face…the body… he saw statues of this man back on Olympus, heard his name mentioned before he went off to seek revenge for his daughters, daughters who Thor had just encountered. The God of Thunder felt himself quack in his boots at who he was standing before. A man who was known far and wide in the Greek Pantheon, a man who held many titles.
Blood luster.
Warmonger
Father of the Amazonians
Brother of Athena
Son of Zeus
God of War
"...Ares…"
Fear filled the teens when the name was said, none of them prepared to come face to face with the most famous God of War. Their facings led the God of War to chuckle lightly.
"I know… it's quite a surprise for you youngster to all be standing before a God who can kill you in an instant. You must all be dying to know why I'm working with Kokabiel. I guess I could say…because I'm bored. Back in the day wars plagued the world, both human and supernatural, and oh how I loved seeing man and monster alike do battle, their blood making rives among the battlefield! But now peace has come… oh sure wars pop up once in a while in the human world for war is in mankind's nature but they are nothing like how they used to be when huge armies clashed. Now they sit around talking about peace." He paused and gave a long sigh, "Because of that I have grown bored and wish to see another war happen. Either the Fates are on my side or it's pure luck that my cousin ran into Kokabiel. She told me what he wanted, how I could not agree to such an idea!" His yellow eyes bulged with excitement, "War! Armies fighting, killing, and dying! Blood flowing! What a glorious idea!"
"And your daughters? What about Themyscira!?" Thor demanded.
"They were divided on the subject; some wanted war, some wanted peace… so I killed my daughters who wished for peace and burned Themyscira then left to get "revenge" on the Khaos Brigade. Since then I helped Kokabiel and his Exorcist in stealing those Holy Swords. Now we shall have a war by making you all the first casualties of it. See you at Koh Academy."
He vanished in a burst of fire and smoke, the smell lingering in the air. Relief flowed over the coalition when the God of War left each exchanging concerned looks. Things just went from bad to worse; they weren't just dealing with a Cadre, but a band of demi-goddesses and their father.
"I won't allow Kuoh to be destroyed. If Ares wants a war he will get his war but it's going to end tonight!" Rias declared loudly, regaining her composure and drawing herself to her full height, eyes burning with determination as she turned leading the prince of Asgard and the others to Kuoh for the coming battle.
And thus we come to the battle we've all been waiting for with some major twists like the God of War and the Amazons aiding Kokabiel for the pleasure of war. The Amazonians being Ares' daughters I am not 100% certain on but I recall reading somewhere that they were his children. Kiba may have a new goal but he still needs to confront Valper and face the Excaliburs. Next time we shall witness the climactic battle, The Holy Waltz of Kuoh Academy!