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Apprentice of Ophis (first edition)
Summary: After searching for a long time, the infinite dragon god finally found someone who can help her to regain back her home. Someone to call her own. Even though he can be quite unpredictable at times
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Chapter IX: Fall of Khaos Brigade II
Kyoto
Kokabiel was looking down at the barrier.
Below him was Kyoto city, the city that housed major Youkai clans for centuries.
And his armies were attacking it. Well, to be precise, they were trying to destroy the barrier surrounding it and at the same time avoiding the oncoming attacks. But the Youkai can't get out of the barrier because they were outnumbered, and outmatched.
He looked around to see his armies, most were his followers but some he received from Rizevim.
After his crushing defeat at Vali's hand, Azazel put him into a special prison. He thought that it was his end and then he came, Rizevim Lucifer. He wouldn't have taken the offer given to him by that man but considering his situation, he didn't have a choice. Also, the deal he struck with the old devil actually would help him, to reach his goal.
To start the next Great War.
He was told to attack the Youkai faction, he was going to object severely till he heard the reason. It seemed that the Kyoto Youkai faction showed some interest in joining the peace treaty made by the Three Factions. So if they were destroyed, all the other factions would be wary of Biblical factions. And in the next Great war, even they might join in.
It would truly become the Great faction war.
Kokabiel smirked when he saw cracks appearing on the barrier.
In the whole Kyoto Youkai faction, there were three individuals he was wary about. Yasaka 'The Youkai leader', Kurama 'The Crimson Monster' and Kuroka 'The Nekoshou of the Void'. Three of them together could drive back the attack but he was assured that amongst these three two of them would not be here.
"Too easy." He threw a strong holy spear at the weakened barrier.
With that, the barrier went down.
And in an instant, one-fifth of his front lines were destroyed.
Everyone backed off and looked at Kokabiel who was also stunned at the sudden development. From the ashes of the deceased, Kurama emerged.
It was a frightening sight.
His hair was crimson red and so was his eye. But what worried him was the spiritual red cloak surrounding him.
"So that is his special power?" Kokabiel mused, then he looked to his followers, "Leave this fox to me and get to the city. Kill every …"
And he was sent flying by the said fox.
Kurama immediately went after him, killing those who tried to follow him. When he reached the fallen angel, he was already up and grinning at him.
"Ahh, finally a fight that I can enjoy." He took flight as his twelve black wings came into view.
Wait?
"I see you are surprised to see my power-up." Kokabiel mocked as he looked at the stunned Kurama. "Let me test my powers against you, after all, there is a debate as to who is the strongest Youkai in your petty little faction. Is it the half-breed or his whore of a wife?"
Kokabiel wanted to anger Kurama because he thought that Rizevim meant Yasaka and Kuroka went to Kuoh town, leaving Kurama behind. And that meant that if Kurama were to focus solely on him, it would be easy for his army to ravage the city.
Also, he wanted to test the new powers that he got from Rizevim. He just wished he had this before so he wouldn't be shamed by that devil spawn.
Now it was his turn to be surprised when he saw Kurama.
Because his skin started to crack.
"Let me tear your balls off."
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Kuoh Town
Itachi was stationed outside of the school with other angels and a few exorcists.
Because of his Longinus, he wasn't affected when time stopped. He didn't need to be a genius to know that something big was about to happen, something big and bad. So he quickly took action.
It wasn't hard to locate the source of power since most of the other signatures came to a standstill. Knowing that everyone inside the main meeting hall wasn't affected by the time, he used the power of lightning and rushed to the old house where he found the boy responsible was being held captive by a few cloaked figures. He didn't have time to interrogate nor to chitchat, so he finished them off swiftly and knocked out the little devil, effectively stopping the time distortion.
But that was when he realized, he made a mistake.
He wasn't the only one outside who wasn't affected, but that person alone wasn't able to stop that from happening.
Out of nowhere, another cloaked figure came and teleported a pillar of some sort right above the school. Waves of power came out from the meeting hall and the looks of it, it seemed that the unknown pillar absorbed the power around it. And in a second it swallowed the building.
Itachi came out from the old school building fast and threw hurls of thunder and fire blasts at the pillar but it seemed to absorb them as well.
To his horror, the school building was gone. And all of it happened in less than a minute.
"What happened?"
And all hell broke loose.
In a second all three factions armed themselves and started pointing fingers. It started to get worse,
"Enough!"
The chilling voice halted everyone. Grayfia took a few steps forward and saw that Itachi and he also stepped forward.
"I suppose you two do not know what happened."
Her voice was strong but the threat wasn't lost to both of them.
Before Itachi could answer,
"No but one thing is for sure," He then pointed at the sky, "Whoever responsible is coming right now."
He noticed it one second before everyone else.
The sky started to slowly tear open. Grayfia narrowed her eyes when she felt those presence, how could she forget?
"Man, take a position. The old has returned."
All the devils immediately followed their general but before they could charge.
"Balance Breaker: Fortress of the Ancient."
Out of nowhere five pillars emerged and slowly started to descend. The moment they landed on five corners of Kuoh town, everyone felt it. A huge power encircled the town, completely trapping them.
"Itachi-san, what is the meaning of this?"
"Grayfia-dono, please look around. We are in the middle of a populace area. If we start fighting without a proper plan, there will be lots of casualties." Itachi replied back. This was one of the variations of Balance Breaker he had, one of the strongest barriers but because he had to maintain it constantly, he can't concentrate on anything else.
Grayfia knew that, but she also knew from experience that if those devils get the upper hand in the fight, it will be hard to win.
"I will be relying on you, Tobio-san."
Tobio gave a dry smile, "Dropping the hard part on me, eh?" He then pointed at the sky, "It seems that they aren't going to pull any punches."
Itachi grimaced when he saw what Tobio meant. Three of the four old satan came, with fully prepared armies. Tobio was right, they weren't going to pull any punches, they will come with everything.
It seemed both Tobio and Itachi came to grasp the situation at the same time.
"Lady Grayfia, the barrier will not hold long if they go all out. I will open a way, take your men, and intercept them." Lots of devils thought that they were going to be used as scapegoats but Itachi's next words made them gawk, "Also take command of the angels and exorcists."
"I will come as well," Tobio came forward.
It took a minute for Grayfia to understand what Itachi and Tobio were doing, they were indirectly making her take command of all the able beings available. She wanted to ask why but when she looked at them, everything was answered. She was older and more experienced than them, they knew that. And they were betting on that.
"I am sorry but I have to maintain the barrier, so I cannot tag along." Itachi's voice was remorseful.
"It is fine," Grayfia looked to the sky and saw that their enemies have finally arrived.
It was too late,
Katerea Leviathan, Shalba Beelzebub, and Creuserey Asmodeus, along with thousands of devils and magicians were standing in front of them. Only the barrier was separating the two armies. Grayfia could lead all of them and start the fight but she knew that even if they win, it would come with heavy casualties, considering the fact that if they can win.
Because the main obstacle is the three satans, even if she and Tobio go against them there is a high chance one would slip past and would attack the armies, reducing their numbers. And even if they have strong individuals but they are outnumbered.
Both Itachi and Tobio felt her dilemma, but unfortunately, Itachi was stuck in maintaining the barrier. He knew that if he release the barrier and join the fight, the chances of them winning will increase by a huge margin but the fight between these two armies will decimate Kuoh town for sure.
While the allied armies were not sure what to do, their savior came most unexpectedly.
Out of nowhere, the clouds dispersed and from the starless sky, black lightning fell upon the old satan side. And in just a blink of an eye, many of their enemies had fallen. And then, everyone saw the cause.
Now it wasn't only the barrier that was separating the two armies, but also him.
White Dragon Emperor.
"Charge!" Although Grayfia wanted to ask so many questions, it wasn't the time. She immediately took the chance to attack, they dealt the first strike and the opponent was distorted, now with Vali on their side, the power is balanced.
No, it tipped more to their side.
But even so, she couldn't shake off the bad feeling in her heart.
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Unknown Place
Almost everyone was still gaping at the spot where Naruto was just moments ago. After his declaration, his holographic image disappeared, even so, most of them were still having a hard time digesting the information.
"You mean to tell me," Azazel blinked and looked around, "That the wielder of 'True Longinus' is being personally trained by Ophis, the dragon god?"
"We have bigger things to worry about," Ichigo replied as he took out a small dagger. Sirzechs looked at Ichigo with a calculative gaze and the rest became wary of him. Azazel though, had a curious look.
"Unless you can take us out of here directly, I think we can learn a bit about the real Naruto." Sirzechs pointed out. Even though the red-headed Maou was usually cheerful, he never liked facts that were fully unknown to him, a trait he got because of the civil war.
Ichigo just threw the dagger which immediately released fire. Everyone got defensive but no one took any action. In a second, the flame started to move around in a controlled fashion, and soon it took the form of a lion. The flaming lion looked at Ichigo and everyone could tell something passed between them. With a bow, the lion ran outside, smashing the door open on the way.
"I sent my familiar to gather some data." With a sigh, he sat down, "What do you wanna know?" Seeing almost everyone getting ready to ask questions he warned them, "Bear in mind that I don't know everything, if you want every detail, take it to Naruto later."
"How much you can say?" Azazel asked, there was no enmity in his voice, just curiosity.
"How much do you know?" Was Ichigo's simple answer.
"Nothing much, just the fact that Khaos Brigade was founded hundreds of years ago. And it houses quite a lot of dangerous beings." Sirzechs asked.
Ichigo knew that when he would get out of there, the first thing he would do was bash some common sense to Naruto, and then bash him again for putting him in there and then would sick his girlfriends on him.
"Look, if you wanna know the origin of Khaos Brigade, I am not your guy." Ichigo gave a frustrated stare, "But I can tell you what happened after he came."
"It is quite vague; don't you think?" Michael said.
"Well, I can see where you are coming from," Ichigo groaned, he wasn't used to handling dramas, at least not like this, "Khaos Brigade doesn't have a good reputation, but you will see where the fault truly lies. For now, think of it as an arrogant faction. They have some laws and they do what is right or just for them."
Seeing that everyone was getting where he was going, Ichigo continued, "Like I said I don't know how Khaos Brigade came into, but at some point it started to attract attention. But as Sirzechs said, most of them were powerful and dangerous beings. As far as I know, Khaos Brigade houses Old Satan Faction, Hero Faction, Magician Faction, and Pure Youkai Faction. They each have their agenda, and so they created their group within the organization. To them, Ophis was just a figurehead and power source, nothing more. But all of that changed when Naruto came into the picture.
"Now," Azazel mused, "Guess we did know nothing about Khaos Brigade."
"I don't know about other so-called factions, but you do know that members of the Old Satan faction are wanted criminals." Sirzechs wasn't surprised to hear that his previous enemies were still active. When they won the civil war, they couldn't get any of the four original Satan. They fled the underworld the moment they knew their defeat was inevitable. Sirzechs and his friends didn't have time to look for them as they had to get the whole underworld and devils under control.
"Trust me, Naruto wanted to sell the Old Satan faction to you guys long ago, but it is not as easy as it seems." Ichigo looked at Satan and grimaced because the look Sirzechs was giving showed that he wasn't happy with that answer. "Tell me this Sirzechs Lucifer, no lies, if those hundreds of devils that participated in the 'Nekoshou hunt' were still alive, would you capture them and turned them into the Youkai faction? Even though they would have been marked as wanted criminals?"
Sirzechs closed his eyes and sighed. He didn't have any comebacks for that.
"Look, those weasels are smarter than you think." Ichigo continued, "The moment Naruto joined the Khaos Brigade, most of the ringleaders of the factions went into hiding."
Now that caught everyone's attention.
"Ophis was strong but she was naïve, that was one of the main reasons that the Khaos brigade was able to cause all the problems. But Naruto was different. He was smart, cunning, and frighteningly powerful. But the best, he didn't have any origin." Ichigo leaned in, "Because you see, Naruto didn't join Khaos Brigade as Naruto Uzumaki, wielder of 'True Longinus', he joined as 'Phantom Knight', Ophis's right-hand man."
"I don't understand, how is that different?" Michael asked, well it was the question that went through everyone's head.
"Except for the fact that he was associated with Ophis, no one knew anything about him. But he knew everything about everyone else."
Seeing that everyone still had a confused look, Ichigo elaborated, "When Naruto introduced himself as Ophis's right-hand man, he made some rules. Now naturally, no one followed them and ridiculed him. But after seeing him cutting down one-seventh of Khaos Brigade's members, everyone relented."
Everyone blinked.
It took a few seconds for them to understand what Ichigo just said,
"Wait, you mean he killed …" Sirzechs was surprised, and so was everybody else.
"It was justified. He gave simple rules, no unnecessary killing, rape, or destruction. Naturally, they didn't follow the rules and went as far as to boast to him after doing those heinous acts. He replied to them by taking their lives. They complained to Ophis but she couldn't do anything. Because here is the fact, he made it look like an accident. But everyone knew."
"Wait, you said before that he didn't introduce himself as the wielder of 'True Longinus', are you telling me that he hid the fact that he has the strongest Longinus?" Azazel asked.
"Most of the enemies that seen the legendary spear, didn't live to tell the tale. And few who did earn his respect and vice versa, and swore to keep it a secret. So, except for a handful of people, no one knew about it." Ichigo replied.
The room fell into deep silence.
Everyone was processing what they just learned.
Suddenly Ichigo jerked and looked in one particular direction.
"Did you find out what happened?" Michael asked.
"Ya,"
"You know, we didn't ask you the main question though," Azazel said with a sheepish smile.
"We call it 'Black Hole, it is still in the theory stage." Ichigo started explaining, as much as he wanted to hide this, he knew that they had the right to know, "It is a space-time dimensional prison. Supposedly it was to teleport one particular marked place to a dimension that is fuelled by the energy of its prisoners."
"So, when you told us to stop …" Sirzechs paled.
"Yes, the outburst of your powers together activated the prison." Ichigo replied, "The good news is there are lots of holes in this dimension. If I am to guess, they made this in a hurry, so they couldn't cover everything."
"We can use them to get out?" Michael asked hopefully.
"Yes, we can."
"I am hearing a but coming." Azazel gave a tired smile.
"It will take a few hours." Ichigo gave a rueful smile, "I think they knew about the cracks in the dimension because some of them are so obvious, but didn't bother to fix them."
All the leaders realized what Ichigo was implying.
"They just wanted to hold us here."
Ichigo nodded and looked out of the window.
"Let's hope Naruto and the rest can hold them off before we finish."
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Hero Faction
George never questioned Cao Cao; not his skills, his charisma, his connections, his ambition, and not his power.
He wielded 'True Longinus' after all.
George knew a lot about Longinus, which shouldn't come as a surprise as he wielded one himself. And here was one of the reasons he followed Cao Cao without question. Never in history, has there been a record of anyone wielding 'True Longinus' before. Yes, it was mentioned throughout history but there was nothing about anyone possessing it.
So the fact that Cao Cao was the first wielder of 'True Longinus' made him very special, and also very dangerous. Quite a lot of people in Hero faction followed him because of his ambitions but then some followed him because they had no other options.
When Cao Cao approached the key members of Hero Faction and told them about his plan regarding Ophis and her Knight, it sounded farfetched; very farfetched; until he laid out the full plan. There were no holes, everything was accounted for, any kind of abnormalities, and their counters were thought ahead.
The first part of the plan required preparation. It took years to prepare, but no one other than the selected members knew about it.
The next stage of the plan required only him, Cao Cao, and Leonardo from the Hero faction. And the army Cao Cao received from all other factions of the Khaos Brigade. Because the rest of the Hero faction was on standby for the next steps of the plan.
Their plan worked. He didn't know how Cao Cao got Samael or all those other ancient artifacts, but it worked. He also had a major part in the plan. He had to make a dimension similar to Alfheim, the land of elves. According to some legends, their land was supposed to be protected by strong dragon-repelling magic. They were not sure, but they still relied on that information.
And George was able to pull it off, he wasn't sure if it was the legend that was true or was it because of the 'Dimensional Lost'.
Ophis was seriously wounded.
But before they could press on with the attack, the 'Phantom Knight' came. He caught Ophis and just looked around. Cao Cao followed up immediately. He barked order after order to his army but then his voice was cut off.
An absolute silence reigned over the place.
It was understandable.
Because the 'Phantom Knight' who was feared by almost everyone in the Khaos Brigade, was wielding 'True Longinus'. It just wasn't possible, no one didn't care if the Longinus he was wielding was fake or real but the mere thought of someone like him having it just screamed disaster.
The spear the silent Knight was wielding was giving off a different aura than that of Cao Cao's.
The aura of absolute supremacy,
Then they felt his rage. It was so raw and so pure that George was sure that most of them would be suffocated to death. And then it was gone, vanished in an instant, just like how it came.
He looked around and uttered two words.
'Heaven's Law'
It wasn't a voice, but an echo, a judgment.
A blinding light emerged from him and enveloped the area, just for a few seconds and then it was gone. And so was Cao Cao's army. There was no scream, no clashing sound, heck there was no sound at all. One second they were there, and the next, they were gone.
That was the first time George saw an enraged Cao Cao. He charged at 'Phantom Knight'. But all he did was swing his spear, with one hand, and Cao Cao was forced to fall back.
He just said a simple sentence,
"Wait for me."
And then he left with Ophis.
The words kept echoing throughout his head as they made their way to where others were. They weren't expecting what they saw there. Everyone was lying on the ground, injured but not badly though.
"What happened here?" Cao Cao shouted.
"Arthur." Siegfried groaned.
"We don't know what or why," Jeanne continued, "He suddenly attacked us."
Cao Cao was shaking with anger. George understood what happened, Arthur was a spy and he could guess easily whom he spied for.
"Did he do anything else?" George asked calmly, but inside he was anything but calm.
"He left. I think he attacked us so that he could use that chance to," Jeanne couldn't finish as she looked at Cao Cao and shivered.
"He said that we have dug our graves. He said with so confidence," Siegfried looked at Cao Cao, "What happened back there?"
"Nothing," Cao Cao replied calmly, George and Leonardo knew not to say anything, "We injured Ophis and were able to absorb a bit of her power."
Then he looked at George, "We are going to Kuoh Town."
George got the meaning, he immediately started working on creating the portal. But somehow he thought that he really should heed all the warning signs he was getting.
"Ophis is badly injured and with her current condition, she wouldn't be able to fight back." Seeing the confused looks on everyone else's face Cao Cao started explaining, "Ophis has a base at Kuoh Town. And I am sure she is being kept there right now along with her lapdogs guarding her."
"We go, kill them and finish what we started."
No one questioned Cao Cao, because that was the first time they saw him so angry. They didn't want to be on the receiving end of his fury. It didn't take long for George to finish preparing, "I managed to make a portal to one of the bases in Japan. It is close to Kuoh Town, should take an hour to reach from there."
Cao Cao nodded and then went forward.
And one by one, everyone followed him through the portal.
The place was dark.
It wasn't the darkness that George was afraid of, it was the ominous feeling he got the moment his feet landed.
Before Cao Cao could even utter his first order,
The sound of clapping echoed throughout the place.
George could feel dread filling his heart.
"So predictable."
Everyone whipped their head toward the direction of the voice. 'Phantom Knight' was slowly coming out of the shadow, but this time, he had no mask. Oh how much everyone wanted to see his face but not like this. His blonde hair was like the bright sun meant to eradicate darkness, and his azure eyes were like a glowing blizzard meant to bury all evil. But his expression was what scared George, he was looking at them as if they were children, bad children that had to be punished.
"George, barricade the area." Cao Cao roared.
With a mocking smile, 'Phantom Knight' snapped his finger before George could even blink.
One second they were in a dark room, now they were outside, and no one knew where it was. The land was covered with trees and rocks, as far as their eyes could see. And up above, the starless night sky covered the area like a blanket, no, more like a barricade.
"So naïve."
Cao Cao shouted and rushed to him only for him to be blocked by the same-looking spear, but it was Cao Cao who was forced to step back, just like the last time. The rest who didn't see it before, just gawked at him. George could feel their fear, it was understandable. Because he was scared, didn't know why because for all the reasons it could be the 'Phantom Knight' whose spear was fake.
"So weak."
But it sure didn't look like it.
"Cocky, are we?" Cao Cao had a maniacal look on his face, completely opposed to what everyone was used to seeing, "Boasting about yourself with that fake thing, and in front of the real one no less?"
Cao Cao stepped forward but was surprised when his opponent just nagged his finger with a wide grin.
"Please Cao Cao," He laughed, it sounded so wrong, "Let's not be rash. You created such a wonderful opportunity with all this planning and preparation for so long, you set up this event so exquisitely,"
Then he looked at all of them, really looked at them.
His eyes held no anger or hatred; but just hunger.
"For me to make my real appearance to the whole world. To show everyone who I truly am and what I am truly capable of."
It took a few seconds before the words settled down. Cao Cao just laughed upon hearing that, "Is that so? Then let us see, with everyone else here as witnesses, as to what you really are. You against me, real against fake, or are you gonna run away again?"
"Ah~ You poor cynical man," He gave a mock sigh and shook his head, "Guess I have to explain it to you thoroughly."
He then tapped his spear lightly on the ground, but the sound rang heavy, very much so, "Come at me, all of you, with everything you have, with everything that you know. With all the powers, skills, weapons, and blessings in your arsenal, come at me."
He then gestured at them with his other hand, "Because at the end of this dark night, none of you are leaving here in one piece."
"Balance Breaker: True Longinus Götterdämmerung."
The starless pitch-black night was then illuminated by a white sun. A sun that was shining brightly behind his back, waiting for his command to descend upon them.
"And that is a promise."
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Done
Well, turns out this is the last chapter. I remember writing chapter 10 but can't find the finished version.
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