With Sirzechs, Michael and Azazel:
The Sky above Kuoh Academy Courtyard:
3rd Person POV:
"Look who it is. The descendants of those four idiots that thought they were strong enough to take over the world." Azazel said with a mocking smile as he, Sirzechs and Michael floated up in front of the Satan Descendants, who sneered at his words.
"You have no right to ridicule and belittle our ancestors when the Fallen Angels were the first to retreat from the Great War. Then again, I suppose being as weak as you are, I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you ran away with your tail tucked between your legs like the coward you are." Shalba said with a sadistic chuckle and Azazel rolled his eyes.
"And yet, I'm still here while your brave ancestors are rotting six feet under the ground. I guess being a smart coward is better than being an arrogant weakling." Shalba gritted his teeth at Azazel's words before Creuserey interrupted them.
"Enough of this chattering! Sirzechs, as the benevolent leaders that we are, we are willing to give you this one last opportunity to give up your spot as 'Satan Lucifer' and hand it over to us. In return, we shall spare your wretched lives despite your treachery in the past war." He said, to which Sirzechs just shook his head.
"We both know that you descendants returning to ruling the Underworld would just lead to death and destruction for all Devilkind. Not to mention, there's no way, you're going to forgive everyone who wronged you." He said, to which Creusery just chuckled as he nodded.
"You are not as stupid as you seem. Very well, prepare to die." He said and Katerea didn't need more invitation as she waved her hand with a grin, a barrage of elemental spells flying towards the three leaders before she clicked her tongue as Azazel snapped his fingers and a large light shield blocked her attacks.
"Oh~You're a feisty one, aren't you?" He said and she just rolled her eyes as they both lowered their hands.
"And you're a nuisance." She said, making him chuckle before she gasped as he blurred forward and stomped her in the gut and towards the ground. Shalba quickly released a swarm of hornets, but all of them were quickly destroyed with a barrage of light needles as Michael appeared next to him.
"You still cannot stop yourself from jumping in headfirst?"
"Meh, I knew you'd stop him." Azazel said with a shrug before they both turned as Creuserey released a bright purple orb of flames only for the flames to be destroyed by a small crimson orb of destruction energy as Sirzechs floated closer to stand next to the other two leaders. Azazel looked down at the ground as Katerea appeared with a snarl from the dust cloud covering her and Michael turned to face Shalba as a large swarm of hornets, bees and flies appeared around him.
"I'll take Katerea." Azazel said as a light spear appeared in his grasp.
"I'll take care of Shalba." Michael said with a sigh as he spread his wings out wide, his halo burning brightly
"That means I'll fight Creuserey." Sirzechs said with a shrug as he stared at Creuserey before he frowned slightly as Creuserey pulled out a vial filled with a dark purple shadowy snake from his jacket and a quick glance around showed Katerea and Shalba pulling out the exact same vials.
"You should have killed us when you had the chance. Now, despair as we-!" Shalba was cut off by Sirzechs releasing a barrage of destruction orbs at a blistering pace. The descendants dodged and maneuvered around the orbs before their eyes widened as a small orb went into each of their vials before the vials disintegrated in their grasps.
"I don't know what those vials are, but I will not give you the opportunity to even use it." Sirzechs said and Katerea was about to shout at him before her eyes widened as she felt a terrible presence behind her.
"I'm sad that you forgot about me." Azazel's muffled voice spoke from behind her and she turned before her eyes widened at the golden armoured Fallen Angel general staring at her as a bident-like light spear was in his grasp.
Before she could even blink, he was behind her once more, his spear and armour disappearing and Katerea could only look on as her head fell to the ground along with her arms as her corpse fell over.
"Katerea!" Creuserey shouted as he flew towards Azazel with a snarl before he gasped as something smashed into his back, his eyes widening at the small orb phasing into his body before a transparent dark crimson orb appeared around him.
"It is a shame to see you die, but unfortunately, you have to go if the Three Factions are to prosper." Sirzechs said with a sigh as he snapped his fingers and Creuserey could only give out a strangled gasp as his body disintegrated to nothingness.
'Damnit! Damnit! Damnit!' Shalba cursed in his mind as he stared at the three leaders, who were all staring back at him. Trying to create a teleportation crest under him, his eyes widened as a golden glow covered it and shattered it.
"You will not escape my grasp, Shalba. Let the Light of our Father cleanse you of your sinful body." Michael said as he clasped his hands together, Shalba's eyes widening as an orb of light appeared around her and before he can speak, the orb shrunk instantly, leaving nothing but ashes behind.
"Well, that was easy." Azazel said with a smile, Sirzechs chuckling as Michael shook his head.
"Come. Let us see go and see if Theseus may need some help." Sirzechs said and the two Angels nodded as they floated down to where everyone else were watching Yasaka, Rossweisse and Theseus fighting against the Titan Brothers.
A few minutes earlier:
Kuoh Academy Courtyard:
Theo gritted as he pushed Anaklusmos against Koios' greatsword, pushing with all his strength while the Titan Lord was grinning happily as he held him back with ease. Theo's eyes widened before he pushed off of Koios' greatsword and flung himself through the air, barely dodging the backstab from Krios as the Titan of Stars tried to end the battle swiftly.
The two Titan Lords were then surprised by the barrage of blue fireballs coming at them from all direction along with the barrage of elemental spells, each ducking and moving around the attacks while Theo jumped back and landed in front of the two ladies.
"Thanks for the save." He said and Yasaka just smiled as Rossweisse giggled.
"Let's try a combo this time." Yasaka said as blue flames coated her claws and maw, Theo chuckling as his vibration aura wrapped around Anaklusmos and numerous silver Norse sigils and runes appeared around Rossweisse.
"Sure thing." He said and that was all she needed as Yasaka bolted forward, Theo and Rossweisse swiftly on her heels as the spell barrage attacking Koios and Krios abruptly stopping.
Koios quickly turned around and was greeted by a flame-coated fist smashing into his jaw, sending him flying back and as Krios turned to slash at Yasaka, he cursed as a silver barrier blocked his attack before he gasped as the rapidly vibrating Anaklusmos stabbed into his chest.
The vibrations shook and quaked his insides before he grunted as Theo landed a quick knee to the gut, making him keel over slightly before his head snapped back as Theo jumped and landed another knee to his face.
Golden ichor splattered through the air as Theo broke Krios' nose, but the Titan's eyes glared at him as he swiftly dodged the follow-up roundhouse and grabbed the demi-god by his outstretched leg.
"Oh Shi-!" Theo barely had any time to speak as Krios roared, smashing him into the ground before following up with a stomp, Theo gasping as he was driven into the ground before Krios frowned as a silver Norse crest stopped his sword from piercing Theo's skull.
He turned his head to glare at the Valkyrie before his eyes widened at the sight of the dozens upon dozens of runic sigils surrounding him and Theo, the demi-god chuckling as he disappeared in a flash of silver and reappeared next to the glaring Rossweisse.
With a snap of her fingers, explosion after explosion covered Krios in a monstrous cloud of heat and smoke as spell after spell was fired continuously at him.
"Thanks." Theo quickly thanked her and she smiled and nodded before he turned to where Yasaka was facing Koios, only to wince at the sight of her barely blocking and dodging his attack.
With a lunge, he was gone from Rossweisse's side, being nothing more than a bright green blur dashing across the courtyard and as Koios felt his presence approaching, he turned around before he gasped as an aura-coated trident stabbed through his chest and ripped him away from his current prey.
"You okay?" Theo asked as he stopped next to Yasaka, who just gave him a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah, stupid question." He said with a sheepish chuckle and she rolled her eyes with a smile as Theo held his hand out, Anaklusmos ripping out of Koios' chest, who was lying on the ground, and quickly flying back to Theo's grasp.
"You might not be as powerful as your father and his brothers were at your age, but you certainly are more skilled and tactical. I can respect a man that uses his brains in battle." Koios said with a smile as he stood up, his wounds and armour visibly healing before their heads turned as Krios walked out of the explosion's smoke cloud with his helmet missing.
"It's just like you to respect the enemy. Remember what happened the last time you did that?" Krios said with a frown and Koios rolled his eyes as he placed his sword on his shoulder.
"One, that was not my fault. Demeter and Hera were yours and Hyperion's to defeat and you two decided to underestimate them and were sealed away. Two, I'm the Titan Lord of Farsight, Foresight, Intellect and Knowledge. Of course, I would respect someone who uses tactics and their brain in battle instead of bulldozing through everything like you idiots do."
"Oh, go fuck yourself. It's not my fault that most of the time, my power is all I need to defeat them."
"And look how good that did you last time?" Koios said with a knowing smile, to which Krios just grumbled as Yasaka and Theo slowly retreated to stand next to Rossweisse.
"You have a plan?" Yasaka asked Theo, who gave a chuckle as he nodded.
"Yeah, divide and conquer."
"Yeah, not following that plan. Best case: You survive long enough with severe wounds from your battle. Worst Case: You get killed." Rossweisse said with a frown and I rolled my eyes as Yasaka nodded with her.
"They're too strong together and not to mention, they've known each other and fought alongside the other for millennia. We've known each other for a little over a year and even then, we fought together once." Theo said with a sigh, making the ladies frown before he smiled.
"Listen, we've sealed away Hyperion and Iapetus, which means they're not going to underestimate us once. It's actually a surprise they haven't taken their true form." Yasaka just gritted her teeth and he sighed before an idea came to mind.
"Yasaka, how many of your clones can you create while we're fighting them?" Theo asked and she frowned at him as he slowly created a plan.
"Corporeal ones? about 10 to maybe 20."
"And just pure illusions?"
"As many as I want." She said and he grinned.
"Can you make them look like others?" Theo asked and both she and Rossweisse caught onto the plan as she smiled.
"Yes and I can make them look like sigils and attacks as well." She said and he chuckled as he nodded.
"Then you understand what I'm trying to say, right?" He asked and she giggled as she nodded.
"You ready, Rose?" Theo asked the Valkyrie and she smiled as she nodded, making him smile before he turned back to the Titan Lords, who were done waiting as Krios bolted forward and Koios released a rain of jagged icicles down onto them.
A large silver sigil appeared above them and just barely blocked the ice as with a snap of her fingers, a sea of clones, sigils and attacks spewed from Yasaka, with clones of Theo and Rossweissei going out with the others as well.
Theo grinned as he sensed Krios and Koios stop their attacks and feeling Rossweisse place the tracking spells on both him and Yasaka, which would allow them to know where the others were at all times, he bolted forward at top speed. Krios' eyes widened as Theo appeared from his many clones flying through Krios before he gasped as a fist coated in the quake into his jaw.
Theo could feel Krios' jaw bones cracking under his knuckles before he was sent flying through the sky, which Theo took advantage of as he darted in between his clones and attacked him relentlessly from all sides.
Koios tried to create an ice barrier around him to see which clones were real before he cursed under his breath as a monstrous blue fireball melted through the ice barrier.
Cleaving it in half with his sword, he ignored the clones attacking him before he leaned back, Yasaka cursing under her breath as she barely missed carving his throat out. Koios glared at her as he stomped at her, gritting his teeth as the silver runes appeared in front of Yasaka and blocked his attack, glaring at the smug Valkyrie before he leapt back as Yasaka created a gigantic flame sword and brought it down in one powerful swing.
The ground under the sword was melted instantly, the surrounding ground charred completely and the Kyubi glared at where the Titan was glaring back before he frowned as Krios was sent skidding to a stop in front of him.
He could see the multiple stab wounds on his body that were healing before he looked up at Theo, who was covered in golden ichor along with his trident as the demi-god came to a stop next to the glaring Kyubi.
"Are you done playing around?" Koios asked Krios, who just rolled his eyes as he pushed himself up and made his word disappear.
"Yeah, I'm good with a sword, but not as good as you or Hyperion." He grumbled as he dusted himself off before a light yellow glow covered his form.
Theo barely had any time for his eyes to widen as he coughed up spittle and blood, Krios grinning as he buried his fist deeper into his chest before smashing the demi-god into the ground.
Yasaka was also not spared as the Titan Lord spun through the air, delivering a triple roundhouse that had her vision spinning before she gasped as she was sent flying back towards Rossweisse.
The Valkyrie tried to slow down the Kyubi's speed as she used slowing spell after slowing spell, but that left her open as Krios grabbed the floating Yasaka by the leg and disappeared.
Reappearing next to the shocked Valkyrie, he grinned as he spun and smashed the Youkai through her defensive spells and into her chest, making her gasp in pain before Krios grabbed both her and Yasaka by the skull before driving both of their heads into the ground.
"Ah~That's exactly what I needed." Krios said with a smile as he glanced at the two ladies before grinning as he leaned his head to the side, Anaklusmos missing his skull and Theo giving him a baleful glare as the Titan jumped back to his exasperated brother while the demi-god checked on the girls.
"I was hoping to get a chance to attack them myself, but I suppose you wanted all the fun like always." Koios groaned and Krios chuckled as he rolled his shoulders, both Titan Lords grinning as they walked towards Theo.
"Yasaka? Rose? You two good?" Theo asked as he kept his glare on the approaching Titan Lords and he had to admit, it felt as if a mountain was lifted off his shoulders as the two ladies groaned and pushed themselves up.
"Apart from the monstrous migraine and the broken arm, I'm good." Yasaka muttered as she slowly stumbled to her feet, Rossweisse nodding with her as she stemmed the bleeding from the back of her head with a spell before standing up to her wobbly legs as well.
'The clones had disappeared when her concentration was broken and I'm not too sure that she can create more. Not to mention that they're actually taking us serious and not playing around like Hyperion and Iapetus did. What do I do now?' Theo thought to himself with a frown before his frown deepened as the two Titans began to glow brightly.
His eyes widened as the glow died down, revealing the Titans now in their true forms. A black humanoid being with the head of a ram and covered in stars and constellations was standing where Krios stood and a humanoid polar bear with dark blue fur, a mane of blue ice for hair and dark blue eyes was standing where Koios previously stood. A large jagged slab of ice in the shape of a sword was in the grasp of the polar bear and the starry humanoid had two bright purple light spears in its grasp.
"Well, we're fucked." Theo said with a chuckle as he felt the aura of the two Titans wash over him and they felt monstrous, far larger than his own.
Yasaka couldn't help but pale as she felt the dominating presence ripping through the air and Rossweisse was visibly trembling as the Titans' aura washed over, making her nauseous as she could feel their resentment and hatred.
"Yeah, this is where we step in." Theo's eyes widened before he gave a released sigh as Zeus appeared next to him, Amaterasu and Odin walking alongside him.
"Nice job on keeping them busy. Leave the rest to us." Zeus said as he patted Theo on the shoulder while carrying the bag filled with the sealing rods and before Theo could speak, Amaterasu waved her hand and the five divine beings disappeared in a bright flash of orange.
That was it for Yasaka and Rossweisse as they fell to their knees, Theo slowly taking deep breaths as he calmed his trembling hands.
"They were actually toying with us." Theo muttered to himself with a strained smile as he turned Anaklusmos back into its pen form before putting it away, pushing his fear to the back of his mind as he walked to where Rossweisse and Yasaka were staring at the ground.
Turning to where everyone was still watching, the leaders gave him a nod as they saw the state of Rossweisse and Yasaka and he gave them a slight smile before he walked towards the ladies, wrapping them in a soft hug before they disappeared and reappeared back on his bed.
"It's okay. We're alone." He whispered to them and that was all they needed as their trembling increased severely, Yasaka gritting her teeth as tears flowed down her face while Rossweisse buried her face into his chest as she tried to stifle her sobs.
Despite his best efforts, Theo couldn't stop the few tears that flowed out of his eyes as he cursed his fear and weakness for not even being able to speak in the Titan's presence and he thanked Cao Cao as he had probably sensed them coming and kept Kunou away from them. A
s Theo sat there and let the girls release all of their fear and pain, he only had one thing on his mind.
'I need to get stronger.'
A/N: And there we go! Another chapter, another week!
I hope that I showed you how powerful the Titans truly are and not just them, but also how powerful the chief gods are.
I also wanted to show you all that Theo is not without his own faults and yes, I know.
It kinda feels forced, but I've already made my bed by making him too strong in the beginning, so it's time to lay in it.
Anyway, as always, read, enjoy, review and until the next one… Ba-Bye~!