Itachi Sitri

by Michael Shadow

After the edo tensei was undone, Itachi gets offered a second chance by a dark being, the next thing he knows he has a twin sister, an older sister and two new parents, and they are all devils. I don't own anything! No Chakra Itachi, Itachi x harem(small), more information in ch1. Rated M because it's DxD.

29. Diodora Astaroth!

Chapter 29: Diodora Astaroth!

With summer vacation having come to an end, a vacation which had been entirely spent on training. In the Hyoudou residence, the young Issei stood before a mirror overlooking his own body. He had built up some muscle mass from his training with Tannin. 'Buchou was right… the training with old-man Tannin showed results. But my magic ability is still low.' Issei flexed his muscles before the mirror, looking quite satisfied with the result. Maybe more girls would start to notice him? He sheepishly thought with a grin on his face.

"Issei-san?" Asia knocked at his door, and Issei in a hurry went to open the door for the blond nun.

"A-Asia, good morning." Issei greeted the blond beauty. He truly felt blessed having the former nun living in his house. 'Thank you Buchou!' Issei cried as he thanked his master for arranging things so Asia could live with him. And to top it off, Issei's parents adored Asia. Issei was even starting to think they loved Asia more than him. Well, not that he would blame them, who wouldn't adore such a cutie like Asia?

"I-Issei-san… I didn't know you weren't dressed yet." Asia's face flushed red as she tried to avoid looking at Issei's bare upper body.

"Huh? Ah, sorry my bad." Issei couldn't believe how precious Asia was, she was this embarrassed from merely seeing a man's bare upper body. A true pure maiden at heart is what she was. Issei quickly got dressed in his school uniform, with his regular red shirt underneath his blazer.

After a quick breakfast, Issei and Asia were ready to head out to school. Issei's parents, Miki and Gorou Hyoudou were at the door to see them off. "Have a good day at school, Asia-chan." Miki waved them off. "And Issei, don't go peeping on the Kendo club again. You will give your mother a heart attack if I get a phone call from the school again!"

"I-I get it already!" Issei looked embarrassed as the neighbors might overhear them. Well, the whole neighborhood knew he was a pervert so what was the difference?

Asia as always was smiling with happiness, the family she had found with not just the Occult Research Club, but also the Hyoudou household made her life feel blessed. She had never had a mother or father before, so she was happy about having one in the form of Miki and Gorou Hyoudou. Even though she and Issei had been through their sheer amount of trauma, shared with their experiences with Raynare, and for Asia when she was kidnapped by Kokabiel. Despite it all, her life had never felt more blessed than this. Without the restrictions of the church, without the loneliness, without the discrimination of having a Sacred Gear. Her life with her new family and friends, and with Issei was the best she ever could have hoped for.

It was a normal stroll for the two, Issei and Asia talked about their summer homework, with Issei quietly crying over having to grind his Japanese homework on the train ride back from the Underworld. Thankfully Akeno was willing to help him study. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary, although suddenly a gush of wind blew around them, Asia for a moment blinded with her hair and Issei's eyes beginning to feel watery from this wind ended up covering his eyes with his forearm. The sound of bicycles falling over from this sudden wind that only lasted a split second, the next their vision cleared and standing before them was a young man.

This man had appeared out of nowhere, and already Issei and Asia realized he wasn't ordinary. Despite his delicate features that made him appear as a classic pretty boy, something about him felt off. What is more, he was dressed in some expensive looking clothing. In fact, Issei recognized it as the type of outfits noble devils would wear. At least from what he saw at the gathering of Young Devils during their summer vacation.

The delicate looking man approached Asia, ignoring Issei's entire existence in the process. "Asia Argento, we finally meet."

"U-Umm…" Asia looked in complete bewilderment. Issei's protective instincts kicked in. Was this guy some pervert? He wouldn't let him lay a finger on Asia. Issei was quick to step in-between them. And in that moment, Issei saw the man's expression change for a split second. It wasn't much, but Issei recognized it immediately, disgust.

"What business do you have with Asia?" Issei wasn't going to let some pervert take advantage of an innocent girl like Asia. Well, he was a pervert too, but Issei would never touch Asia like that, unless she asked him to.

"Could it be you have forgotten me?" The man completely ignored Issei, and focused only on Asia. "Perhaps I should have approached you sooner." The delicate man buttons up his shirt, revealing a big deep scar on his chest to which Asia's eyes lit up with recognition.

"That wound… could you be?" Issei looked confused. He couldn't help but wonder. Did Asia know this guy?

"Yes, perhaps you didn't get a good look at my face at the time. I don't blame you, I left in a hurry after all. But yes, I am the devil from that time." Asia became speechless at those words. "My name is Diodora Astaroth. That time you saved my life with your Sacred Gear. Although I apologize for leaving in such a hurry, I had to escape the exorcists. But I want you to know, I've regretted leaving so soon without having the chance to thank you." Diodora held his hand to his scar, looking with a feeling of nostalgia as he gazed into Asia's eyes.

"Oh, well you are welcome… Eh?" Asia looked in surprise as suddenly Diodora tenderly took Asia's hand and kissed it. Issei was gawking in shock at Diodora's actions, he was ready to pummel the pretty boy right here and now. How dare he do such a thing to Asia?!

"Asia, I came to meet you. I apologies that I couldn't greet you at that meeting. But I think the encounter between you and I was destiny. I want you to be my wife, I love you." Diodora proposed to Asia on the spot, and Asia was once again left speechless.

"O-Oi bastard! What do you think you are doing?!" Issei raised his voice, to which they drew the attention of the public around them. In particular two people who recognized Issei's voice.

"What's going on here?" Issei turned his head at hearing this familiar voice. It was his two best friends, Matsuda and Motohama. Both looking at Diodora with contempt. "Hey pretty boy, back away from our Asia-chan!" Matsuda held his fist raised high, unaware of the danger he was in. Issei sweated a bit, Matsuda and Motohama had no idea Diodora was a High-Class Devil. They didn't even know the supernatural existed. They probably think Diodora is a classic pretty boy trying to take Asia away, although that was true, but Diodora wasn't ordinary.

"Matsuda-san, Motohama-san…" Asia mumbled, she had become good friends with them as they were Issei's best friends. She had gone to karaoke with them, Aika and Issei several times.

"Back off pretty boy!" Motohama said as he and Matsuda backed up Issei.

"…" Diodora looked at them nonchalantly.

"We're the Perverted Trio you hear?! We have quite the reputation around here! We will beat the shit out of any pretty boy that dares getting close to our girl!" Matsuda and Motohama declared proudly.

'These idiots…' Issei facepalmed, as already people were whispering around them. Well, he was happy that his boys would have his back, but this was still a dangerous situation for them.

Diodora looks to Asia and smiles. "Asia, I await your answer. Will you be my wife?" Diodora reached his hand out, only for his wrist to be grabbed by the bald Matsuda. Matsuda snarled in anger.

"Don't you ignore me bastard!" Matsuda spat his words with venom behind them. To him Diodora was just like any other pretty boy, thinking he was so high and above people like him, Motohama and Issei. It pissed him off.

However, Matsuda had no idea of the grave mistake he had just made by touching Diodora. Diodora's smile vanishes and his eyes open to glare at Matsuda. Matsuda feels a cold sweat running down his back as Diodora releases his aura. All the humans in the area begin to feel a sudden chill run down their spines, they were feeling sick just being near Diodora. "Don't touch me, human filth." Diodora snarled.

"What's going on, Asia are you okay?" This drew the attention of more people. Asia's best friend, Aika and her other friends Murayama and Katase from the kendo club. All three girls look to Diodora, although he was handsome, he was frightening. Murayama and Katase actually cowered a bit behind Asia. This feeling of bloodlust was too much for them to handle. "A-Asia, are you okay?" Murayama shakingly asks her classmate.

Asia looks with concern, Diodora's attitude seems to have changed suddenly, Asia recognized the feeling of bloodlust, she had experienced that from Raynare, Freed and Kokabiel. "Yes, everything is fine." Asia assured her frightened friends.

However, Aika didn't seem to buy it. As if she sensed the situation, Aika seemed to understand somewhat what was going on. Instantly she fearlessly went up to Diodora's face. "Look pretty boy, in case you haven't noticed. Asia isn't interested in you. So, get lost."

Diodora lazily drifts his eyes towards Aika, his glare darkening. Murayama and Katase both shivered in the corner with Asia. Issei looks worried, did Diodora care if the humans found out about devils? Did he not care if people saw him use demonic power? What should he do? Should he fight? He wants to, but then he would get in trouble for exposing the existence of devils, or would he? Some humans already used them for summons, would this really change anything? Issei was trembling, clenching his fist and itching to bring forth the Boosted Gear to punch Diodora across his face.

Diodora then gives a condescending smirk as he glares at Aika, and raises his dominant arm as if he was about to strike her. Asia and Issei gasped as they sensed demonic power gathering in Diodora's hand. "N-No stop!" Asia pleads, yet Diodora's smirk widens as if he enjoys the sound of her pleas.

Then, however, someone grabs ahold of Diodora's wrist. Diodora flinches as he feels the unusual strong grip. Diodora turns to the one who grabbed him, and his demeanor completely changes to a gentle looking boy as his gaze meets Itachi's. Itachi arrived just in time with both Rias and Sona at his side. "Ah, Itachi. Good morning." Diodora smiles with a polite tone, and a calm and proper demeanor.

Itachi doesn't let go of his grip, and tightens it making Diodora flinch and sweat a bit. "Diodora. What brings you here?" His tightened grip being a sign of a warning, Itachi released Diodora from his iron grip. The situation instantly calmed down with Itachi's presence, the bloodlust and thick atmosphere Diodora was unleashing with his aura completely vanished.

"I came to speak with your fiancé, actually. About a… business proposal of sorts." Diodora's eyes drift over to Rias, who looks angered at Diodora for causing problems for her beloved servants.

"Fine, meet me at the Occult Research club this afternoon. Then we can discuss this business proposal of yours." Rias looks wary of Diodora, her opponent in the Rating Game tournament.

Diodora smiles and gives a bow. "Very well, good day." Diodora then walks away, although as his back is turned to them his expression shifts into a dark menacing one.

In the meantime, as if they had nearly forgotten the whole incident with Diodora. Matsuda, Motohama, Aika, Murayama and Katase are instead left in shock at learning of Itachi and Rias being engaged. "F-Fiancé?!" They all question.

At hearing this, Itachi simply grabs ahold of Rias' hand, much to her delight as Rias smiles and leans onto Itachi's shoulder. Pretty much confirming it. Matsuda and Motohama cry tears of blood as they grab onto Issei's shoulders. "What's with your lack of reaction?! One of the two beauties of our school is taken!"

Issei merely blinks, he has known of the engagement for some time now after all. Although it did still bother Issei as he had a crush on Rias. Issei casually scratches his cheek. "I mean… can any of you honestly say you are surprised? It's not like it is a secret that Rias Buchou and Itachi-senpai are close…"

Murayama and Katase are seen pouting a bit, now that one of the Kuoh princes are off the market, officially anyway. Oh well, they still had Kiba they thought. "W-Well, Asia are you sure you are okay? Do you want to walk together with us?" Murayama looked concerned in case that Diodora came back. Although it seemed like Itachi had scarred him off.

"Mmm, I'm fine, I have Issei here to protect me." Asia smiles, although Murayama and Katase look with suspicious glares at Issei. Although then they notice, Issei had gained some muscle over the summer.

"… If you do anything weird to Asia pervert, we'll kill you!" Murayama and Katase both declared as they went on their way to school.

"Well, I'm staying. No way I trust Hyoudou and these two knuckle heads to protect you." Aika declared and locked arms with Asia, who looked happy at having such a wonderful caring best friend.

"Well, shall we get going? We do not want to be late." Sona interrupted and marched on forward, Tsubaki appearing out of nowhere having kept a watchful eye on Diodora to make sure he left. Tsubaki stood at Sona's side and walked with her.

"Yes, come on let's go." Rias agreed and walked hand in hand with Itachi.

Matsuda and Motohama looked pleased as they got to walk to school with such beauties. Issei lagged a bit behind along with Itachi, Rias, Sona and Tsubaki. "Buchou, can I ask you something?" Issei whispers so that Matsuda, Motohama, and Aika wouldn't hear. Asia with her devil hearing probably could though.

"Sure, what is it?" Rias seemed eager to answer any question Issei had.

"That Diodora guy, what do you think of him? I got this strange vibe from him." Rias looked a bit surprised at such a question.

"Hmm, well, there isn't much to say really. I have only met Diodora a couple of times during small gatherings. I have hardly spoken with him actually. Although he is rather strange, I would say. He is polite and everything towards other High-class devils, but it all feels like a façade."

"Yes, that is a perfect description." Sona added in agreement to Rias.

"Let's just say I would rather spend time with Raiser, than I would with Diodora." Was Itachi's only responds, although it spoke volumes for his thoughts on Diodora.

Asia's heads were in the clouds throughout all the lectures today at school, she kept thinking back on Diodora. When he approached her, he seemed so genuine happy to see her. He seemed grateful. And sincere in his quest to make her his wife. But, the moment Matsuda and Motohama stepped in that all changed. It was like Diodora's mask had slipped. His bloodlust made it clear. Did he perhaps hate humans? It was probably an exorcist that injured him after all. But despite being a devil now Asia used to be a human herself. And Diodora clearly didn't like Issei either. Maybe it was just her he liked out of reincarnates? Because she had saved his life? Asia couldn't help but feel bad as she was going to have to turn Diodora down. Her heart belonged with someone else.

"Asia." Rias' voice called out to her, snapping Asia back to reality. She was in the clubroom. School was already over and it was the afternoon. Diodora would be here soon.

"Yes?" Asia looked a bit flustered over having tuned everyone around her out for a bit. Rias however just looked kindly at her, she probably understood Asia had a lot on her mind after what happened with Diodora.

"Have some tea dear." Akeno came up holding a tray with Victorian style cups with tea.

"T-Thank you…" Asia accepted the tea. Rias, Akeno, Koneko and Xenovia were the only ones currently in the clubroom with her, and they were all looking at her.

"I'm sorry I wasn't there Asia. I would have sent that guy flying." Xenovia declared passionately. Asia and Xenovia had grown pretty close ever since Xenovia joined the club, and ended up in the same class as Asia. Perhaps it was because both were in a similar situation. Former members of the church, now turned devils despite still believing in God, even after their God was confirmed dead.

"It's okay, Issei-san and everyone else were there." Asia smiled warmly at Xenovia who seated herself next to her.

"Even so, I refuse to leave your side when he gets here." Xenovia declared and summoned forth Durandal, beginning to polish the holy sword.

"Xenovia, please save that for the Rating Game." Rias looked pleased at seeing how eager Xenovia was to kick Diodora's butt.

Rias looked at the troubled looking Asia, cracking a little smile as she decided to ease the tension a bit. "Hey, Asia. How far have you and Issei gone?" Rias asked with a straight face, and poor Asia looked like she was nearly about to spit out her tea.

"W-What?" Asia asked looking a little confused.

Rias and Akeno both can't help but smile at the clueless look Asia was giving them, she really was innocent. "I'm asking if you and Issei have kissed yet, gone on a date, or maybe even had sex yet. I mean unlike me…" Rias looked to Akeno who smiled at her and acting innocently tilted her head. "Unlike me you don't have a lot of disturbances at home. Only Issei's parents. Still, you and Issei must have the house to yourself a few times, no?"

Asia's face was beet red, it looked like steam was about to rise from her head. "W-We've held hands… hugged and stuff…" Asia mumbles quietly in embarrassment, but they all hear her none the less.

Rias and Akeno both giggle at the ex-nun's level of innocence. "Really?" Xenovia seems interested in the conversation. "I've already asked Issei to practice child making with me, and let him grope my chest." Xenovia openly revealed with a stoic expression. Xenovia sounded surprised as she had imagined Issei and Asia had gone further by now. Asia looks flustered and pouts a bit out of jealousy.

"Ara, ara, sounds like Xenovia is leaving you in the dust, Asia." Akeno teased the poor little blond former nun.

Asia was totally new at this kind of a relationship, and had no idea how to proceed. "W-Well… how far have Akeno-san and Buchou gone with Itachi-senpai?" Asia out of curiosity asks her two seniors.

"Hmm, we've kissed a few times, been on dates, and slept naked together… Although usually that last part involves multiple parties." Rias revealed although shot Akeno a quick glare.

"I have kissed Itachi, and got frisky with him in the shower, and slept naked with him and Rias in bed. It was true bliss." Akeno sighed with nostalgia, holding her dominant hand to her cheek. "And of course, I have masturbated to him but I am sure Rias and Kuroka have at least done that." At this Rias blushed a bit at how blunt Akeno was.

"M-M-Masturbated?" Asia's face was the same shade as a tomato.

"Ara, have you never done that Asia?" Akeno leaned down to Asia cupping her hands around the innocent nun's cheeks. "Want onee-chan to teach you?" Akeno offered and Asia felt a bit lightheaded.

"Akeno, leave the poor girl alone…" Rias sighed and Akeno playfully backed away.

"B-But does Itachi-senpai respond to such… assertive advances?" Asia asked wondering if Issei would respond to it. Honestly it was like Asia wasn't aware of how much of a pervert Issei was.

"Hmm, depends on his mood, I guess. He hasn't been against sharing a bed with me. And he was also the one to kiss me first. But with Issei, I don't think you have to worry. That child focuses too much of his time onto his libido." Rias assured Asia, surely with someone like Issei, Asia didn't have to worry about her advances not being too much or not working.

Asia began thinking if she should be more assertive, maybe it was good? If it worked on someone like Itachi to a degree, then it would work on Issei. Asia then looks to the only one in the room who has been quiet. Koneko was hiding her face behind a comic book, although she was lightly trembling. "Koneko-chan, how far have you gone with Itachi-senpai?" Asia casually asked and the nekomata flinched to the point her cat ears and tail came into view.

"W-Why would you ask me that?" Koneko lowers her comic book, her eyes meeting Asia's who tilts her head in confusion.

"But aren't you in love with Itachi-senpai?" At hearing Asia's question Koneko ends up stuck in her own thoughts. Especially to a recent event at the start of the summer, when Itachi went into her room and asked her to come to his bed. Koneko's legs felt like they had turned to jelly and she was left speechless, in the end Itachi princess carried her to his room. Koneko remembering the sensation of being lifted into Itachi's big strong arms made her face turn red like a tomato.

Akeno and Rias both giggle at Koneko's reaction, even if Koneko was sort of like their competition, they didn't mind it. "I bet Kuroka would love to see Koneko-chan's reaction right now." Akeno without warning snaps a picture of Koneko flustered face and at the speed of light mails it to Kuroka.

"Guh!" Koneko looked like a deer caught in the headlights, as she sat there gaping at what Akeno had done. "What have you done?!" Koneko raised her voice, which was quite rare.

Meanwhile on the roof of the school building. Kuroka laid on the roof watching the clouds go by, when suddenly she felt a buzzing sound from her phone. Kuroka opened the mail from Akeno, and instantly squealed a bit. "Nya, Shirone is so precious. Onee-chan is making this her new wallpaper." Kuroka giggled. "I can't wait to show it to Itachi-sama, he needs to see Shirone's cuteness."

Back in the clubroom, Koneko in a huff returned to reading her comic book. Rias looks at her cute little pouting Rook. "Koneko, you are free to pursue your feelings. But, know that I won't go easy on you. Itachi is mine." Rias gave her permission for Koneko to follow her feelings towards Itachi, which caused the younger nekomata to flinch. Koneko gives a small nod, and hides her face behind her comic book.

"Hey Rias, what about me?" Akeno eagerly asked.

"… Yes Akeno, you are free to pursue your feelings as well." Rias sighed knowing Akeno and Kuroka were her biggest rivals.

"In that case, want to have a threesome with me and Itachi?" Akeno bluntly asked and Rias nearly fell out from her chair.

Before Rias could respond however, Issei and Kiba entered the clubroom, along with a box containing the still shy Gasper. Once they entered the room, the crossdressing vampire popped out from the box, but still remained seated within it to feel safe. "Sup' we're here? Has that bastard arrived yet?" Issei asked looking annoyed from just thinking about Diodora.

"No, not yet…" Rias still looked a bit troubled and flustered from Akeno's question earlier. Akeno merely giggled, enjoying seeing Rias reaction. But as Rias said that, a magic circle appeared on the floor and emerging from its nearly blinding green light, is Diodora Astaroth.

The gentle looking Diodora looks with a refreshed smile as he lays his eyes on Asia. "How are you doing? It is I, Diodora Astaroth. I have come to see Asia." Diodora in his hands holds a bouquet of flowers.

"My, it seems he is quicker than I thought." Azazel at that moment arrived through the front door, now that he was a teacher at Kuoh Academy, and the advisor of the Occult Research Club, he invited himself in whenever he pleased. Although with Azazel this time was Irina Shidou, who had now turned into an Angel serving as Michael's Ace. Irina was dressed in a standard Kuoh Academy girls' uniform, having transferred recently into Issei, Xenovia and Asia's class.

Diodora gives the flowers to Asia, and then looks to Rias. "Miss Gremory, as I mentioned earlier this morning, I have a business proposal for you." Rias guides Diodora to be seated on the couch, while Rias sits with Akeno at her side at the one opposite from Diodora.

Asia looks a bit nervous, as this whole exchange was about her. Issei noticed Asia's body slightly trembling, and grabbed a hold of her hand. Issei wasn't going to let this creep near Asia.

"Rias-san. I will get straight to the point. I would like to trade Bishops." Diodora offered, presenting holograms of two young women dressed in matching outfits that made them look like holy women. "I assure you, each of my Bishops holds magic power that rivals that of a Queen. It will be a fair trade I imagine."

"Iya! Is he talking about me?!" Gasper in terror tried to protect his own body, but Issei slaps him on the head.

"Of course not." It was clear that Diodora was after Asia. Asia held onto Issei tightly as a sign that she didn't want to join Diodora.

"The servant I am seeking from you Rias-san, is the Bishop Asia Argento." Diodora says without any hesitation whilst still keeping that refreshed smile.

"In that case, I'm afraid you have wasted your time, Diodora-san." Rias as Diodora spoke without any hesitation while keeping a smile on her face. Although Rias' eyes showed a look of distrust. "I have no intention of trading. I'm sure you have capable Bishops, but I don't wish to lose Asia. She is my important servant, and like my own little sister."

Issei felt like he was about to cry, Rias didn't even as much bat an eye at the holograms of Diodora's Bishops. Asia looks touched, her green eyes getting teary at hearing how highly Rias thought of her. "In that case…" Diodora might still be smiling, but his aura felt dangerous. "Let's say if I win the Rating Game, and claim Asia. Or better yet, I forfeit the round in exchange for Asia. That way you will be able to advance in the tournament, and realize your dream of becoming Rating Game champion."

"I have no intention of making a bet, you have nothing to offer me. Even if you surrender, regardless I am going to win in our Rating Game. So, your surrender has no appeal to me." Rias' eyes grew more intense, she was getting pissed off at Diodora's attitude.

"… Are you implying your victory over me is guaranteed?" Diodora's smile faded.

"Yes, of course." Rias responded without hesitation, all whilst having a cute smile on her face.

"Heh, I had no idea the great Rias Gremory was so overconfident and full of herself." Diodora clenched his fists, clearly, he was pissed off as well.

"Not overconfidence, just a fact." Sparks were flying in the room as the two High-class devils glared intensely at each other, hatred clearly visible in their eyes.

"We'll just have to see about that, won't we? After all, even if your family produced the current Lucifer. My house produced the current Beelzebub. I really don't think you should underestimate me, Rias." Diodora dropped the honorifics, as he stood up from the couch and glared down at Rias.

"Lord Ajuka Beelzebub, and Sirzechs Lucifer have nothing to do with this. Unlike you, I don't feel like using the accomplishment of another family member as if it was my own to brag. My strength, is my strength alone. Which is why I am confident we'll crush you in the tournament. And no matter what you taunt me with, or offer, I will not give or bet away Asia. She will never be a part of your peerage."

"… Very well, I understand. I will retreat for today, but I will not give up." Diodora walked over to Asia, and got on his knee to take her hand. "Asia. I love you. It's okay, destiny won't betray us. Even if everything in this world rejects us, I will overcome them no matter what." As Diodora attempted to kiss Asia's hand again, Issei shot his arm out and grabbed Diodora's forearm. Diodora looks to Issei with the same refreshing smile making him look even more creepy after what he said next. "Please don't touch me. I feel a bit sickened to be touched by a filthy dragon."

SLAP!

In that instant, Asia slapped Diodora's cheek. Asia hugged onto Issei and says with her voice raised a tiny bit. "Please do not say that!"

"I see, I understand." Despite the red mark on his cheek, Diodora kept on smiling. "If I were to defeat the Sekiryuutei, Hyoudou Issei. I would like to hear your answer to my proposal, Asia."

"I will not lose to you!" Issei instantly went up in Diodora's face, his teeth grinding in anger as he glared at the smiling devil. "I will show you the power of the dragon you called filthy to the extreme!"

The silence that followed was broken by Azazel's mobile phone ringing. "Well, it seems you will get that chance soon. The Rating Game between Rias Gremory and Diodora Astaroth, will take place in five days from now." At hearing that Issei began looking pumped up and ready. "Which one of you would like to decide the battle arena?"

Diodora had a sinister smirk on his face as he raised his hand. "If it would be alright, I would like to decide on the battle arena." Rias didn't voice any objection, the arena didn't matter to her, she was going to win is what she thought.

"Very well… Diodora Astaroth gets to decide the battle arena." Azazel messaged this info to Sirzechs and the rest who were arranging for the game. "What would you like the arena to be?"

"Hmm, I want it to be an identical replica of Kuoh Town. The entire city will be our battlefield." Diodora's unexpected and surprising request was met with confused looks all around. Wouldn't that give Rias the homefield advantage?

"Sure, whatever kid." Azazel shrugged noncaring about the matter. "It's decided then."

"Wonderful, I look forward to it." Diodora smiled and vanished through a magic circle.

For the next five days straight, Issei was so heated up by this Rating Game that he trained every single day. The days went by fast, and the very night before Issei was in his room. Standing by his desk, Issei held onto a pink frilly wristband. A memento from his first date with his first girlfriend, Raynare. For some reason, Issei found himself unable to part ways with it. He knew it was wrong to keep it, after everything Raynare did to him and Asia. Perhaps Issei wanted to keep it to remind himself of the greatest mistake of his life? His mistake of falling for Raynare in the first place.

"Issei-san, can I come in?" Asia was knocking at his door.

"Yeah, of course." Issei answered without any hesitation, and the door creaked open revealing Asia's face. Asia entered the room dressed in her nightgown. "Can't sleep?"

"Uhh, no, no, I just wanted to see if I could sleep with you…" Asia sheepishly mumbled, looking nervous as she did.

"Eh?" Issei looked completely caught off guard. "Sleep… with me?"

"Yes, I was hoping we could share a bed." Asia pushed her two index fingers together, hoping this assertive play Akeno and Rias told her about would work.

"No, but… are you sure?! Like you want to cuddle up to me together in b-b-b-bed?!" Issei was close to freaking out, this was a dream come true for him.

"Yes." Asia smiled and Issei's heart skipped a beat.

"O-Of course you can!" Issei was quick to accept, to which Asia looked overjoyed. But Asia's eyes then drifted over to something in Issei's hand, the memento from his date with Raynare. "Issei-san, what is that?"

"Huh? Oh, this?" Issei looks a bit uncomfortable, which Asia quickly picks up on.

"Is something wrong?" Asia asked with concern.

"Eh, n-no, not really. Back when Raynare fooled me, calling herself Yuuma and asked me on a date… I bought this for her and gave it to her. After she died, well… I just picked it up." Issei wasn't sure how he was going to explain this, Asia without a doubt hated Raynare, so did Issei himself for that matter.

"What?! Why do you still have that? You should get rid of it." Asia looked with nothing but concern for Issei, not even anger or resentment for keeping a belonging of Raynare.

"… I know I should throw it away. But, at the same time it reminds me to never let myself get fooled like that again." Asia comfortingly grabbed onto Issei's hand.

"You won't be fooled again. You have me, Rias Buchou, and everyone else. We will be there to help you." Asia assured, and Issei couldn't help but smile at the kind former nun.

"… You are right. Once we've defeated Diodora, I am leaving this thing in the Rating Game dimension, if that doesn't work or isn't allowed, I will just burn it afterwards." Issei acknowledged that Asia as right, he should just get rid of it. Maybe that will even help him get closer to get rid of his Raynare nightmares. Ddraig did say that Raynare had latched a piece of her consciousness somewhere on Issei. Maybe it would be weakened once he got rid of this stupid wristband.

"Wonderful, now let's go to bed." Asia declared and Issei without hesitation hopped onto the bed. Thinking he couldn't be further surprised tonight, Issei found himself gawking as Asia began to undress until she was as naked as the day she was born. "W-W-W-What are you doing, Asia?"

"Umm, Buchou and Akeno-senpai gave me some advice… Saying they did this sort of thing with Itachi-senpai. And that you might like it…" Asia laid on top of Issei, naked, her breasts pushing up against his chest.

Issei was gawking and smiling like crazy. 'Thank you! Buchou! Akeno-san! But damn you Itachi for having Buchou and Akeno-san lay naked with you in bed!' Issei thought, feeling like he was about to cry. Out of happiness, or maybe jealousy, or perhaps both. As Issei and Asia drift off to sleep, neither notices the pink frilly wristband glowing ominously on the desk.

The next morning, Issei and Asia were ready to leave the house to meet up with the rest of their club for today's Rating game. Miki and Gorou Hyoudou were there to see them off. "Have fun with your club activities kids!" Miki waved them off.

"Be sure to be home by dinner." Gorou reminded.

"We will! See ya mom! See ya dad!" Issei and Asia waved them off and began walking to school. But no one noticed two ominous figures hiding in the background of the Hyoudou house.

Rias' peerage gathered together at the Occult Research Club. Asia in her nun outfit, and Xenovia in her erotic latex battle wear, while the rest were in the usual Kuoh Academy uniform. "It's about time!" Rias looked enthusiastic for her first Rating Game, standing together with her peerage in the middle of the room.

Itachi and Sona had both gathered for moral support. "Be sure to defeat Diodora, Rias. I would very much like to face off against you in the semifinals." Sona challenged, and Rias was more than willing to accept. Both were looking for a chance to go head-to-head in a Rating Game.

"We'll be watching and cheering you on. Make sure to put on a good show." Itachi encouraged, and Rias eyes glowed with determination. She wasn't about to disappoint Itachi.

"Not to worry, I will wipe the floor with Diodora. And later with Sona. You just make sure to focus on your future match." Rias confidently declared and Itachi smiled as he admired Rias' confidence.

"You can count on it." Itachi and Sona prepared to teleport to meet their peerage at the stadium to witness the Rating Game. "Good luck." Itachi wished as he and Sona vanished.

"Everyone, get ready. Our opponent is Diodora Astaroth. Despite being a normal High-class devil, Diodora is blessed with a lot of demonic power. And he is quite crafty. Make sure to be careful out there, and also let's kick his whiny butt crying back home!" Rias passionately declared.

"Yes, Buchou!" Issei and the rest responded with equal enthusiasm. A magic circle glowed beneath them, and prepared to transport them to the Rating Game dimension. Issei closed his eyes from the blinding light of the circle, and once it faded, he opened them and was gaping. They stood in the center of Kuoh Town. There were skyscraper building all around them, Kuoh Academy was even in the distance. Cars were even parked around the street to make it look more realistic. If Issei didn't know any better, he would say they were currently in the town. But the multicolored sky suggested otherwise.

Rias looked on edge, her eyes scanning their surroundings. There was nothing but silence for a certain period of time. "This is weird…" Rias called out and just like that everyone was on edge. There was no word from the announcer or anything, everything was quiet like a ghost town.

Then on one of the skyscrapers, a screen suddenly turned on. It was blurry and snowy at first, but the image cleared up revealing Diodora sitting on a throne. Just what is going on. "I am sorry, but today's Rating Game is cancelled." Diodora casually declared with a refreshing smile on his face.

"What is the meaning of this?" Rias frowned, looking cautious if Diodora has planned something.

"Instead, I bring you a terrorist attack from Khaos Brigade and the Old Maou Faction." Diodora's smile turned into a sinister one, his eyes opened revealing his wicked gold-colored eyes.

"What?!" Rias looked in outrage at Diodora's claim, and the refreshing smile of Diodora twisted itself into a sinister smirk. "You dare disrespect the Rating Game system… And claim you are affiliated with Khaos Brigade?!"

"All of you will die here today. The agents of Khaos Brigade have already begun their attack. An army of High-class devils, mid-class devils and even a leading member of the Old Maou Faction are leading the attack." Diodora claimed yet Rias didn't seem impressed and merely unleashed her full aura, she was beyond pissed off.

"You scum! There is no way those Khaos Brigade agents could ever hope to fight against the Faction leaders and all the Gods present to watch the tournament! This will end with your execution you traitor!" Rias shot back at Diodora, yet he wasn't intimidated and merely chuckled.

"The Gods won't lift a finger, not if they wish to stay alive that is…" Upon hearing Diodora's words everyone looked in confusion. Why would the Gods risk dying if they helped?

"Rias, can you hear me?" Itachi contacted through a commlink, and Rias was quick to respond.

"I hear you, Itachi what is going on?"

On Itachi's end everyone in the stadiums looked to be on edge, they were surrounded by members of the Old Maou Faction and Khaos Brigade. Even the Gods in the arena were trembling in fright. "It's not good… that's for sure." Itachi mumbled, a cold nervous sweat running down his brow.

The source of the Gods fears, stood in the center of the arena. The tiny form of a little girl, it was Ophis. The Dragon God lazily looked around amongst the crowd, a smile forming on her face as she saw the frightened Gods starring at her. "Good evening~" Ophis greeted the Gods.

Azazel sat with Sirzechs, Michael and Serafall. "Well shit… This just got complicated." Azazel cursed, they couldn't even cancel the tournament to pull Rias and her peerage out. But at least they managed to keep it so no one else could get in, meaning Rias had to deal with Diodora and his peerage alone.

"What's wrong, Azazel?" A new figure approached them, and old man with a long white hair and a matching beard. With a white and gold monocle over his left eye. He was dressed in elegant robes. And he was accompanied by a young beautiful woman with long silver hair, blue eyes, and dressed in a grey suit.

"Oh, old man Odin… In case you haven't noticed we have a problem." Azazel nudged towards the center of the stadium. Odin walked up closer and stroked his beard as he looked at Ophis in the center.

"Ah, yes. The Dragon God of Infinity, Ophis. I can understand now why everyone looks to be pissing themselves in fear." The fact that Odin didn't seem worried got Azazel curious.

"You didn't bring Thor with you by any chance?" The strongest God in Norse mythology, Thor the God of Thunder, and also considered amongst the Top 10 strongest beings in the world. If he was here, they might keep Ophis distracted by teaming up and manage to send back up to Rias and the others.

"Unfortunately, no. Thor didn't really have any interest in coming here, he isn't convinced these tournaments will be entertaining enough for him." Odin chuckled despite the danger they were in. "What Gods are present here anyway?" Odin looked around the stadium. "I don't see Indra, Shiva, Hades, Poseidon or Zeus… In fact, I don't see any of those in the top 10 strongest. Well, besides you Sirzechs Lucifer. Does that mean I am the strongest God here? My that is troubling…" Odin despite his words didn't look distraught, and merely stroked his beard while awaiting Ophis to make her move.

"Odin-sama! This is really bad. How can you act so casual?!" The woman accompanying him questioned, clearly frightened at the presence of Ophis.

"Rossweisse, what good would panicking do? If we were to face Ophis in combat, we would need all the Top 10 to come together and fight against it. If we panic and rush into things, without a doubt we will die. Those clever bastards of the Khaos Brigade, sends in their big gun to keep us all in check. I can sense it now… if any God as much makes a move, Ophis will slaughter them. And no God, is about to risk their lives for Devils." Following Odin's example, Sirzechs, Michael, Azazel and Serafall were keeping their heads cool as well. Odin was right, no God would risk dying to Ophis to help Devils.

"As expected of the Chief of the Norse Gods." The sound of clapping came from above. A handsome man with long brown hair cladded in black armor with a cape came out of a magic circle.

"… Shalba Beelzebub." Sirzechs calmly addressed this newcomer. One of the descendants of the original four Maou, the one carrying the blood of the original Beelzebub, Shalba.

"Fake Lucifer and Leviathan… Where are the fake Asmodeus and Beelzebub? I would like to kill them as well." Shalba arrogantly declared, he sure felt confident with Ophis on his side. Sirzechs already saw it, the snakes of Ophis slithering around Shalba's body. Shalba wasn't taking any chances.

"Who knows, knowing Ajuka he is probably in his laboratory. And Falbium, well he is probably asleep." Sirzechs despite his calm demeanor was radiating with anger and killing intent. Shalba had dared attack during Rias' match, and most of all he dares to put his dearest little sister Rias in danger.

"Heh, why that glare Sirzechs? Did I interrupt something important?" More soldiers of the old Maou faction arrived, but neither side dared to make the first move. If Sirzechs made the first move, Ophis would get involved, if Shalba made the first move all the Gods present might join the battle. Even if Ophis was here, if a battle erupted the Gods would fight for their lives. It was a standoff.

Shalba eyed the screen showing the Rating Game arena, seeing Rias and her peerage as well as his new associate Diodora and his peerage in the replicated Kuoh town. "Ho? A Rating Game? Why don't we watch? Diodora, slaughter the sister of the fake Lucifer." Shalba spoke through a commlink, and Diodora on the screen grew a wicked smirk.

"It would be my pleasure." Diodora snickered.

Azazel held a commlink to his ear, patching through to Itachi. "Itachi… do you think you and your peerage could slip into the Rating Game arena?"

"Already on it." Itachi was already ahead of Azazel, he and Kuroka having already used Youjutsu to create mirage clone stand-ins for Itachi and the rest of the Sins. As they snuck their way towards the monitoring room where the system of the Rating Game was being controlled. Without a doubt some members of the Old Maou Faction already have taken over it, to make sure there would be no disturbances in the battle between Diodora and Rias. And to make sure there would be no retiring, and that the battle wouldn't end unless a side was dead. "Rias, we'll try to come and support you. In the meantime, just put on a show and battle Diodora and his peerage to distract Shalba and his goons."

"Yeah, I got it." Rias calmly responded through the commlink. Itachi wasn't sure how long it would take for him to be able to arrive and help Rias and her peerage. Itachi and the Sins needed to be stealthy, if they were spotted it could spell trouble. And although Itachi had no problem being stealthy, there were those of his peerage that lacked in that department.

"Harry, Bob…" Itachi looked to his two biggest peerage members, even though Bob was only in his 10-hour state, he was still quite big and could easily be spotted if not well hidden. "This mission requires stealth, think you two can handle it?"

"I will try my best captain…" Bob nodded, it was hard for him being stealthy, but he would try his best.

"Why don't we just eliminate that Shalba?" Harry asked, if they defeated Shalba their problems would be solved.

"Shalba is protected by Ophis, and in case you don't remember. Last time we tried to fight that monster, we all got taken down faster than it takes me to tie my shoe." Damian pointed out. Shalba wasn't the real issue here, the real problem was Ophis.

"I wasn't prepared last time, this time I will-" Harry was too prideful for his own good, his defeat to Ophis was the most humiliating experience in his life and his pride refused to accept it.

"Damian is right Harry… Ophis is not someone we can defeat yet. Not without the proper preparations. Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Gasper, Xenovia, Issei and Asia are at risk of getting killed. We don't have time to argue, you will follow my orders." Itachi gave his Rook a strict glare, Itachi wasn't messing around.

"… I understand." Harry nodded, the Gremory group had also become a part of his family. And regardless of his pride, Harry wouldn't risk the life any member of his family to satisfy his own pride.

"Want me to hide them?" Raven asked, as with her magic she could keep Bob and Harry in a pocket dimension until they get to the monitoring room.

"Would it work? Wouldn't we risk getting detected by Ophis?" Itachi couldn't help but be nervous, last time neither Raven or Kuroka were able to conceal their presence in the face of Ophis.

"If we use senjutsu together, along with Jack's Presence concealment skill, we should be able to do it." Kuroka suggested. Itachi didn't have any better suggestion, and decided to go along with it. "Alright, everyone but me, Kuroka, Jack and Raven will be kept in Raven's pocket dimension. Once we get into the Rating Game arena, we will release you."

"Wait, can't Raven just teleport all of us into the Rating Game dimension?" Eto suggested, but Raven was quick to shut down the idea.

"No, unless we have control over the monitoring room, we'll just get pulled back out. We need to take the room first, then teleport into the Rating Game dimension arena." Eto sighed at how complicated this had to be, the half ghoul was tempted to get another chance at Ophis. Just a tiny taste of the Dragon God of Infinity's blood would make her unstoppable. But Eto also knew now from experience, that she couldn't get close to the Dragon God as she was now.

"Alright, let's get on with it." Jack began using her presence concealment skill, and Itachi and Kuroka both used their senjutsu abilities to conceal the groups presence entirely. Raven then got too work, and sucked Bob, Harry, Eto and Damian into a black void that was her pocket dimension.

"Oh, and don't worry about the Hydra… I feed him earlier this morning." Raven assured, although Damian was sweating a bit.

"Wait… Are you telling me that monster might try to eat us?" Before Damian could back out, he, Bob, Harry and Eto vanished into the pocket dimension.

"Let's go." Itachi, Kuroka, Jack and Raven began their stealth mission.

Meanwhile, in the Rating Game dimension, Rias was beginning to plot out her strategy. Diodora was still on the screen looking down on them. "Now before we begin, I will give Asia Argento the chance to surrender herself to me."

"Never! I will never let you touch Asia!" Issei was quick to step in front of Asia, glaring at Diodora on the screen. Diodora's expression turned into a sour frown as he glared at Issei. Although it didn't last long as Diodora's sinister smirk crept back up.

"Oh? Really, even at the risk of these pitiful humans?" Four screens on the side of the building lit up, showing images that caused the group to gasp in shock.

"You vile…!" Rias hissed, her eyes twitching in anger. "What do you think you are doing?!"

"You bastard!" Issei was trembling in anger, his Boosted Gear gauntlet activating in a bright red light. "I will smash your face in!"

"What is a town without civilians after all." Diodora chuckled as he enjoyed seeing the troubled looks on their faces. "Before the games, I had some of my peerage gather some human filth. Although, these humans have one special trait, they all share a bond with Asia, and you Hyoudou Issei."

On one screen it showed Miki and Gorou Hyoudou tied up in chains, hanging over what appeared to be a bath of acid. Judging by the acid and the surroundings, they were in some sort of chemical factory. The second screen showed Issei's two friends Matsuda and Motohama, tied together and hanging over the side of a skyscraper. The third screen showed Aika Kiryuu, Asia's best friend, tied up in a chair surrounded by barrels that looked to be rigged with explosives. And the fourth screen showed Murayama and Katase from the Kendo club, also friends and classmates of Asia, they were being held over a meatgrinder.

"You coward!" Xenovia accusingly pointed the tip her Durandal towards the screen showing Diodora.

"You dragged my friends and my parents into this…! I will fucking kill you!" Issei grinded his teeth in anger.

"They know nothing of the supernatural! They are innocent! Diodora, if you even have a shred of honor let them go!" Rias shouted at the smiling devil.

"Here is the deal, either surrender Asia to me now and I will give you time to save these pathetic humans. Or, don't surrender Asia, and I kill these humans right now. The choice is yours." Diodora chuckled as he saw their troubled expressions. "Well, what's it going to be? Are you going to prioritize Asia over these humans? I wouldn't blame you, Gremory. After all, we Devils are selfish by nature. These humans will die in what, about 60 years from now anyway? Well, the younger ones anyway. Whilst Issei and Asia will live for hundreds and maybe thousands of years. What difference does it make, if they lose their pathetic human family and friends now rather than later?"

"…" Rias was at a loss for words, she was unsure of what to do. Her servants were her number one priority, therefor Asia's safety was her priority at this point. But these humans might not be a part of her peerage, but they were friends with members of her peerage. If Rias let them die, Asia and Issei would be crushed. What would Itachi do? Was all Rias could think about.

"If I surrender, will you let them go?" Asia stepped forward, her eyes looking at Diodora with contempt. At hearing this, Diodora's smirk widened, looking pleased.

"Like I said, if you surrender to me Asia. I will give Rias and her peerage time to save the humans, and not kill them on the spot." Diodora snickered as everything was going according to plan.

"Okay… I surrender." Asia stepped forward.

"Asia! No!" Issei ran up to her.

"Issei-san, please, save mother and father… Save Aika, Murayama, Katase, Matsuda and Motohama." Asia had tears in her eyes, as one of Diodora's magic circles appeared beneath Asia's feet, taking her away.

Issei shakingly nodded, holding back the tears in his eyes. "Asia… I will save them I swear, and then I will come and save you." Issei declared to which Asia smiled, having full confidence that Issei, Rias and the others would pull through.

"Now that Asia is mine… You all have about 30 minutes to save the humans. Tick tock." Diodora let out a malicious laughter, that echoed even as the screen were shut off.

Rias shakingly clenched her fist, she felt ashamed she wasn't able to make the decision herself. Now Asia was in danger, but they had a small window of time to save Asia along with Asia's and Issei's family and friends. "Everyone, split up! Find the hostages! Koneko, Gasper, you two go and look for Murayama and Katase, they are probably in some butcher factory. Issei will look for Aika Kiryuu, from the looks of the footage she is in some abandoned warehouse down by the docks. Kiba and Xenovia, look for mister and miss Hyoudou at the chemical factory. Akeno search for Issei's two friends Matsuda and Motohama. I will find that scum Diodora and find out where he took Asia. When you find the hostages, meet up back here with them."

"Okay, but Rias, don't go in alone without backup if you find Diodora." Akeno knew that Rias was probably stronger than Diodora, but if the Old Maou Faction was involved it was too risky to go in alone.

"I know, let's go!" Rias ordered and they all split up to begin the search.

It doesn't take long for Kiba and Xenovia to reach the chemical factory, Kiba rushes at the door and slices through it like hot knife through butter. The door falls down and the two knights rush in. Both Xenovia and Kiba are on guard, who knew what kind of trap Diodora had laying around.

"Help!" They hear the sound of a woman crying out for help, wasting no time Kiba and Xenovia head towards the source. "Help!" The woman hysterically cries, a slipper falling into the acid bath beneath her.

"Calm down, Miki! The chain might come loose!" Gorou Hyoudou tried to calm down his hysteric wife, even though he was also scared over the situation. Gorou looked around for any way they could escape.

"Look dear…" Miki looks with relief as she spots Kiba and Xenovia.

"Hang on sir, ma'am, we'll get you down from there." Kiba reassures, after how Issei helped him get through his past, the least Kiba could do to pay his friend back was to rescue his parents.

"You two… are friends of Issei and Asia, right?" Miki asks as she noticed Kiba was dressed in the standard Kuoh Academy male uniform.

"…" Both a bit hesitant to answer, as then they would basically reveal Issei and Asia to be devils.

"We already know, just get us down from here." Gorou revealed, smiling at the confused looking Kiba. "I do not care what my son has become… he is still my son. And Asia is still our sweet adorable daughter. Devil or not." Gorou states, and without hesitation Kiba brings out his devil bat wings and flies up to them. Kiba cuts the chain and grabs onto the couple. With his devil strength he was able to hold them both without any difficulty.

Kiba flew Miki and Gorou Hyoudou down to the floor, and cut them free from the binding chains. "I don't understand… how do you know? Did Diodora tell you?"

"Who?" Miki asks, obviously having never heard Diodora's name before.

"We overheard Asia and Issei talking one night… It was the first day Asia came to live with us, and we were naturally curious if our son had found love. The two shared stories and experiences with this Raynare woman… It sounded crazy at first, but as time went on, we kept noticing small things every now and then." Gorou revealed, his face softening with a smile as he lowered his head to Kiba. "We are grateful, for you people saving my son's life. Even if it meant turning him into a devil."

"And thanks for saving us." Miki like her husband lowered her head in gratitude.

"… Issei is lucky to have such wonderful parents." Kiba smiled with a hint of envy, he had never known much about his family after all. "I'm Kiba Yuuto, I attend the same club as your son and Asia."

"I am Xenovia Quartet." Xenovia was quick in her introduction, she just wanted to hurry up and rescue Asia. "Did your kidnappers reveal anything?"

"… No, it all happened so fast." Gorou rubbed a sore spot on his head. "I was on my way to work, after seeing Asia and Issei off with my wife. When we both suddenly got knocked out, next thing I knew we wake up here." Gorou let out a tired sigh, but still noticed the concerned look on Xenovia's face.

"What's wrong dear?" Miki as well had noticed.

"I-… We…" Xenovia was at a loss for words, she wasn't sure how to break it down to these two parents that the one they view as their daughter had been kidnapped. And that they were currently somewhere in the Underworld.

"The one who kidnapped you, is named Diodora Astaroth." Kiba revealed, there was no point in hiding anything. There was nowhere for Gorou and Miki to run anyway, so they had to be protected by them throughout this entire battle. "Diodora is a devil of noble blood, like our master, the one who revived Issei and Asia, Rias Gremory. Today, we were supposed to have a friendly tournament game with Diodora. But it turns out Diodora is a traitor who works with a terrorist organization known as Khaos Brigade. Diodora, did all this, grabbed you two and a few others, to mess with your son Issei and Asia. He wants to take Asia for himself, and took you hostage so she would have to surrender to him or else he would kill you."

It was a lot to take in, Miki and Gorou were taken aback and trembling. "Wh-What? S-So, Asia has been taken by this Diodora?" Miki's face seemed to be overcome with dread, and Gorou looked visibly angry. "Where is she?! We need to save Asia!" Kiba could see where Issei got his fiery spirit from.

"We're working on it… Issei and the rest of our friends are rescuing the other hostages. We need to make sure they are safe before going after Asia." Miki in panic reached for her phone, although was shocked to discover there was no service.

"W-We need to call the police."

"We can't. There is no cell service down here." Kiba put his hand over Miki's phone, urging her to put it away. "Besides, they wouldn't be much of a help in this situation. We aren't in the human world at the moment." Kiba revealed to which Miki and Gorou looked perplexed, Gorou was quick to rush towards the exit. It looked like Kuoh town, but the sky was multicolored.

"What's going on?" Gorou trembled and Miki looked to be panicking a bit as she looked at the sky.

"We're in a different dimension, this was meant for the tournament. We are in a replica of Kuoh town. It's all really complicated, but the gist of it is that this is a dimension in the Underworld, and the whole town is an identical replica." At hearing this from Kiba, Miki's eyes rolled back as she fainted. Her husband not even trying to catch her, as he was too busy gaping and processing this new information. They were in hell.

"Ehehehe…" Kiba gave a nervous chuckle at seeing the expected reactions out of Gorou and Miki Hyoudou, Kiba reached for the commlink in his ear. "Buchou, Issei-kun, we've found Gorou and Miki Hyoudou. They are safe."

Meanwhile, Issei rushed through various warehouses across the docks but he couldn't find that annoying Aika Kiryuu anywhere. "Yosh! Thanks, Kiba! Make sure my folks aren't hurt, I'm counting on you pretty boy!" With that, Issei continued his search.

Rias flying around the replica of Kuoh in search for where Diodora had taken Asia. They couldn't have gone out of the Rating Game dimension. This was all a sick twisted game to Diodora. He wouldn't run away, not yet anyway. "Well done, Yuuto, Xenovia, make sure to keep them safe and meet us at the rendezvous point. Gasper, Koneko, Akeno how goes the search for you guys?"

"We found the girls, Buchou." Koneko replied through the commlink, as she and Gasper reached the meatgrinder. Seeing the crying Murayama and Katase hanging over by a rope.

"What's going on? Murayama?!" Katase cried in panic as they were hovering over the meatgrinder.

"T-This has got to be some nightmare…" Murayama was in denial, looking in disbelief that they would ever be in this kind of situation. "It has to be…" Murayama shed tears as they were facing death.

As the panicking Murayama and Katase wailed and moved around, the rope snapped. "Gaspie!" Koneko called for the vampire.

"R-Right!" Gasper using his Sacred Gear, his eyes glowing and focusing intently on the falling Murayama and Katase, freezing them in time and midair long enough for Koneko to leap and grab them out of harm's way.

The two girls were then unfrozen from time, and were screaming bracing themselves for the pain. Although when it never came, they slowly opened their eyes. And to their shock, the tiny academy mascot character, Koneko was holding them both over her shoulders. "Hostages saved." Koneko said into the commlink, tossing Murayama and Katase to the floor like sacks of potatoes.

"W-What's going on here? Hostages? Why were we being held hostage?!" Murayama and Katase had so many questions, one of them being how someone tiny like Koneko could lift both of them with ease.

"W-We should go, Koneko-chan." Gasper, too shy to approach the two girls, hid away with a paper bag over his head. although this dark room, made it so his eyes glowed menacingly through the eyeholes. Murayama and Katase both cried out in fear. "KYAAAAAAA!"

"Right." Koneko showing no reaction, further showed off her strength and lifted both Murayama and Katase over her shoulders once again. And walked out of the building with them. Then Koneko's wings popped out, and Murayama and Katase looked like as if their eyes were about to pop out of their skulls. "Time to go." Koneko without hesitation took off into the air.

"W-Wait! At least cut us free!" Murayama and Katase both cried, still tied up, the sound of their cries dying out as Koneko flew away with them. Gasper shortly followed, by turning into a swarm of bats.

Hanging over the side of a skyscraper, Matsuda and Motohama were both blue in the face as they were looking down. It was a long way down, and if the chain holding them broke, they would splatter like water balloons all across the pavement down below.

"Oi, Matsuda. How the fuck did we get here?" Motohama casually asked as they were hanging there, back-to-back tied up in chains.

"I've got no idea dude… One moment this insane hot chick shows up, the next thing I know here we are." Whether the duo was paralyzed by fear, or if they just assumed this was all some dream, kept them from screaming and panicking.

"Matsuda, this is a dream, right?" Motohama began sounding unsure, swallowing a big nervous lump in his throat. His vision growing hazy as he looked down.

"A hot chick talked to us, so yes, I would say this is a dream… I hope so, otherwise… I DON'T WANNA DIE! I'M STILL A VIRGIN DAMMIT!" Matsuda cried, and Motohama shortly followed.

"IF THIS IS A PRANK FROM THE KENDO CLUB, I'M NOT LAUGHING!" Both perverts seeming to have accepted the reality of the situation, began crying and bawling their eyes out in the face of death.

"Ara, ara, you two certainly made it easy to be found with all that shouting." The calm silky-smooth voice of a woman reached the two boy's ears. Matsuda and Motohama looked up, seeing a figure with wings flying before them.

"An angel." They both blurt out, looking dumbfounded.

"Ara, ara, not sure if it's appropriate to call me an angel." The figure came into view, and both the perverts blushed as they recognized the sexy curves of Akeno's body.

"H-Himejima-senpai?!" Both boys look even more dumbfounded.

"Ara, Akeno will do just fine." Akeno giggled, resting her right hand on her chin. Her angelic like smile radiating to the two perverts making them completely forget the dangerous situation they were in. With the tip of her finger, Akeno zaps the chain with lightning, cutting through it, and grabbing the end of the cut chain holding the two boys.

Without any warning, Akeno flew off with the two boys towards the rendezvous point. "M-Matsuda!" Motohama's voice turned a bit high pitched as he looked up, Matsuda following his friend's gaze. Both boys gawking and practically drooling over seeing a glimpse of Akeno's black panties under her skirt.

"Best day ever…" The two boys happily laugh amongst each other.

'They do know I can drop them, right? Well, not that I care.' Akeno thought, although she didn't really care. The only man for her was Itachi after all. "Here we are." Akeno went in for the landing. Kiba, Xenovia, Koneko, Gasper, Gorou, Miki, Murayama and Katase already having gathered.

"H-Himejima-senpai?" Murayama and Katase were further surprised seeing Akeno was here as well, and that she as well had wings.

"M-Murayama, Kiba-kun is right here… With that sword he looks so hot." Katase was too busy looking at Kiba, urging her friend to do the same.

"Tch! Pretty boy!" Matsuda and Motohama, still tied up in chains scowled when they saw Kiba.

"You must be friends of Issei, hello." Kiba smiled and casually greeted.

"What the hell is going on here?" Motohama and Matsuda were finally freed from the chains as Kiba with his sword cut them loose.

"Right, I suppose you all deserve to know. But first, tell us what happened. What is the last thing you remember?" Kiba asked the two perverts and the Kendo girls.

"Well… Katase and I were at the Kendo clubroom. When this weird woman came out of nowhere. She had a sword and attacked us during practice, next thing we know we wake up over that meat grinder." Murayama shivered at the thought, both her and Katase were still a bit shaken up over having been kidnapped.

"Hey, the same happened to us. Some hot chick ambushed us on the way to school." Matsuda pointed out, and Motohama nodded.

"Yes, her measurements were-"

"We don't need to know that part." Koneko quickly glared at the pervert with the glasses.

"Okay, now that we told our part… WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Matsuda was freaking out, as he looked up at the multicolored sky.

"Long story short, you were kidnapped by Devil terrorists and you are now in hell." Koneko was and brutal in her explanation.

"Eh?" The four human Kuoh Academy students all froze up. "W-We don't have time for jokes!" Katase pointed at Koneko, who in responds flashed her wings, and on que so did the rest of the Occult Research Club. "Wh-What the?"

"We are Devils, and this is a dimension in the Underworld made to be an exact replica of Kuoh Town." Kiba revealed, and the color from their faces all drained.

"N-No… That's, impossible… this is a nightmare…" Murayama has a full-on panic attack and falls to her knees. "It has to be… this has to be a nightmare…"

"Afraid not." Kiba sighs as they all retract their wings back into their bodies. "All of us are reincarnated Devils, our lives were saved by our master Rias Gremory, and we now serve under her as her devil servants." Kiba revealed and at the mentioning of their academy's red-haired princess they all looked further shocked. "That also includes the lives of Issei Hyoudou and Asia Argento."

"Asia is… a devil?" Katase mumbled, they couldn't believe their sweet innocent classmate and friend was a devil.

"Issei… no wait that can't be…" Motohama and Matsuda were trembling at hearing of their friend and final member of their trio.

"Yes, Issei-kun was killed by a Fallen Angel, and Lady Rias saved his life by reincarnating him into a devil. The entire Occult Research Club consists of Devils that serve under Rias." Akeno revealed, as it all seems to have sunken in, one question was left on their minds.

"T-Then why did you save us? It was devils that kidnapped us, right? Why would you, devils save us?" Murayama looked skeptic about the whole situation, and fearful of the entire Occult Research Club.

"Like Koneko-chan said earlier, it was a devil terrorist that kidnapped you. Although we were made aware that he was a terrorist just moments ago." Kiba explained, he really didn't want the explain the complex political world of the devils to all of them.

"Diodora Astaroth, I'm sure the four of you remember him?" Akeno asked and at the mentioning of that name, the blood of the four students went cold.

"T-That guy that was harassing Asia?" Murayama carefully asked and was met with a nod from Akeno. "He kidnapped us? But why?"

"Because he wants Asia." Xenovia spoke up, looking beyond angry. "Right now, that bastard has Asia, she gave herself up to give us time to save all of you!" Xenovia unleashed her aura causing the ground beneath her to crack open.

"Sc-Scary!" Matsuda and Motohama both backed up in fright.

"Asia… is in trouble?" At hearing this Murayama picked herself up from the ground.

"Diodora Astaroth has a sick obsession with Asia. He didn't want to stop until he had her. So, he kidnapped the people closest to Asia, so she would surrender to him." Now Motohama and Matsuda were both shaking.

"Then what are we waiting for? Let's go bash his face in!" Matsuda declared with an angry look on his face.

Meanwhile, Issei opened another warehouse, and finally found Aika. After having looked through at least fifteen by now, he finally found her. "Oi, you alright there Aika?!" Issei rushed forward, trying not to tip over any of the barrels rigged with explosives.

"Hyoudou? Is that you?" Aika lifted her head up, her vision was a bit blurry as she was in a daze, but she still recognized the shape of Issei. "Wh-What's going on?" Aika questioned, looking a bit scared from seeing all these barrels around her. Are those explosives?! Overcome with a sense of danger, she struggled to break from the bindings of her chair.

Issei rushed up, and broke the chair, thus loosening the robes on Aika's body. "Wow…" Aika commented looking amazed at how quickly and easily Issei broke the chair. Issei then lifted Aika up bridal style and ran out of the warehouse. "H-Hey!" Aika let out a small surprised yelp at being suddenly lifted up.

"Let's move!" Issei rushed out of the warehouse, as if Diodora was watching him the explosives went off and the warehouse blew up in flames. Issei while holding onto Aika tucked and rolled out of the way from the explosion. Issei took a small breather, and looked at Aika curled up in his embrace. "Are you okay?"

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine, where is Asia?" Aika was quick to ask, and pushed herself off from Issei. "Did that creep get her?!" Aika looked angry, her hands curled up into fists.

"Whoa! Hold on, what happened to you?" Issei tried to calm Aika down, he was also worried about Asia. But Issei knew he had to be careful about this whole devil business with those who were unaware like Aika.

"That creep Diodora or whatever, he grabbed me!" Aika revealed, that Diodora himself had grabbed her instead of sending one of his servants to do it. "He told me…" Aika trembled as she thought back to when she got grabbed.

Diodora had appeared out from the shadows, and pulled her in while holding his hand over her mouth. Aika could only let out muffled sounds, as the next thing she knew they were flying. Diodora had wings. "Greetings, human filth. I apologize for the discomfort, but I need you in my plan to get my beloved Asia." Diodora snickered, and at the mentioning of Asia, Aika trembled and glared at Diodora from the corner of her eye. "Asia will see her poor best friend in trouble, and then surrender herself to me. I can't wait. I will savor each moment with Asia. I just so love to break pure innocent girls. What is more, I cannot wait until I rape her in front of that wretched Hyoudou Issei. I want to savor the moment, her screams, his pained expression, looking all helpless as I have my way with her." Diodora's sickening laughter irritated Aika to no end, she tried to kick Diodora, but ended up merely wailing around in his grip.

Aika, having told all this to Issei urged the now frozen stiff Issei to move. "That creep is going to rape Asia, we have to stop him! He told me everything, just so I would tell you. He is waiting for you, with Asia on top of the tallest skyscraper in the city."

Issei looked with anger, his whole body shaking as he heard about Diodora's plans for Asia. "… I'm going to kill that bastard!" Issei lifted Aika into his arms, and without worry or concern for Aika's reaction, brought out his devil wings and took off into the air.

Aika gasped as she held onto Issei, looking at his wings. The same wings like that Diodora had. "Hyoudou, you…" Aika mumbled in shock, seeing those wings were enough for her to understand the situation. And seeing the multicolored sky she realized they weren't back home after all. Just what was this anime type of plot bullshit? Aika thought. She was freaking out, devils were real? And they were in hell or something, right? Aika however, collected her thoughts, she couldn't freak out, not when Asia was in trouble.

"Buchou! Everyone! I have Aika Kiryuu! And I know where Asia is!" Issei called over the commlink.

"Where?" Rias asked as she was flying around, blowing holes in any suspicious areas to see if Diodora or his servants were hiding there.

"At the top of the tallest skyscraper! That fucker is pulling some cliche movie bad guy bullshit! And Aika told me, she was kidnapped by Diodora himself… He said he is going to rape Asia! Buchou! We have to stop him!" Issei's body let out a green glow as his power and speed were boosted up by his Boosted Gear.

"Agreed, I will erase Diodora from existence if he as much laid a hand on Asia!" Rias snarled, and with purpose flew towards the tallest skyscraper in town. "Issei, drop Kiryuu-san off at the rendezvous point, then head over to the skyscraper with the rest."

"Right." Issei nodded, although Aika wasn't having it.

"Oh, hell no! I'm coming with you! I want to help save Asia!" Aika declared, stubbornly holding onto Issei.

"You can't, it's going to be dangerous." Issei said, but Aika merely tightened her hold on Issei.

"I'm going!" Aika went right up in his face, she was determined to save her best friend no matter what.

"Buchou…" Issei carefully spoke through the commlink.

"No, an untrained human going up against a devil is like an insect trying to fight a lion. It is impossible. It's too dangerous for the humans to get involved." Rias rejected the idea, although more chatter came up on the commlink.

"Umm, Buchou… We have a similar issue." Kiba spoke as in the background Matsuda, Motohama, Katase, Murayama, Gorou and Miki were rallying up ready to help in the battle.

"Knock them out if you have to! We're not bringing them." Rias ordered.

"Ah! Hey!" Issei screamed from his end, followed up by a sound of static.

"Listen here princess! I'm going! And you can't stop me! I don't care if you are a big shot devil, I will fight to save Asia!" Aika having pulled out Issei's commlink declared from her end, she wasn't backing down.

"I understand you all wish to save Asia, Kiryuu-san. But Diodora is a High-Class Devil working with a terrorist organization of supernatural creatures. If you come with us into battle, you could die."

"Listen princess, because I'm only going to say this once. I. DON'T. CARE! I will help in rescuing Asia from that creep, it's not fair that she has to deal with these types of situations… Such a good and pure girl, shouldn't be in these types of situations."

"Buchou, with all due respect. Maybe they should accompany us. We have no way of escaping this Rating Game dimension anyway. So, they will be stuck here regardless. It would be safer if they were with us, instead of being unguarded in the open for Diodora and his peerage to pick them off one by one." Kiba voiced his opinion, either way none of these humans were safe. The safest option would be to have them close by, so that they could protect them. "Besides, once Itachi-senpai arrives with reinforcements we'll be okay."

Rias sighed and rubbed the bridge of her nose. "Fine, but keep them close and protect them at all cost."

"Yes, Buchou." All her peerage replied through the commlink, to which Rias smiled.

"Let's go and eradicate that bastard Diodora and rescue Asia." Rias had arrived before the giant skyscraper, looking at the top floor where she saw Diodora standing in the window smiling down on her.

"Hyoudou, we need to make a quick stop." Aika pointed towards Kuoh Academy, and Issei nodded and flew down with Aika in his arms. Once they landed, they were met with Kiba, Xenovia, Gasper, Murayama, Katase, Matsuda and Motohama.

"Hey guys." Issei greeted, and quickly his two friends ran up to him.

"Dude, what the hell?!" Matsuda punched Issei upside the head. "You don't tell your bros you're a devil now?! What the hell man I thought we were homies for life!"

"Sorry guys… but honestly, what was I supposed to say? That some hot devil chick made me into a devil?" To Issei's surprise both Matsuda and Motohama shouted "Yes!".

"What are we doing here anyway?" Issei asked as Kiba cut the lock on the academy gates.

"They said they wanted weapons." Kiba replied as Murayama, Katase, Matsuda, Motohama and Aika rushed into the academy grounds having no time to waste.

"And my folks?" Issei asked seeing his parents weren't here.

"They are with Akeno and Koneko at your house, your father said he wanted to get his… gun." Kiba replied.

"… They do know this whole town is just a replica, right?" Issei looked dumbfounded, but Kiba snickered.

"Do you really think that is an issue for the genius Ajuka Beelzebub?" Kiba asked as Issei looked confused.

Inside the academy, Aika opened her locker and found everything to be there. Including a stun gun. Aika smiled and held the stun gun as it gave off small flickers of electricity. "I have to hand it to the devil society. They really made an identical replica."

Meanwhile Murayama and Katase walked out of the Kendo clubroom in full Kendo armor with their Kendo swords in hand. And Matsuda and Motohama walked out from the gym storage wielding metal baseball bats.

Meanwhile at the Hyoudou household, Gorou was going through the desk at his study and pulled out a revolver. With a cold look on his face, Gorou loaded the gun with six bullets. "Your Devil technology, really got everything down to the last detail, huh?" Gorou looked to Akeno.

"Yes, for this game the entire town was scanned from a scanner made by one of the Four Maou, Ajuka Beelzebub. From every last splinter in the boards, every brick, everything is a complete identical twin to the original."

"Wonderful!" Miki Hyoudou walked out from the kitchen with a frying pan in hand. Gorou sweat dropped a bit at his wife's choose of weapon, well he had suffered under the wrath of the frying pan before so he supposed it would do the trick.

Within the center of the town, Rias levitated before the gigantic skyscraper, glaring at Diodora who smirked condescendingly down at her from the top floor. Rias in her rage and anger, unleashed her demonic aura. Diodora looked casually as he swayed back and forth a glass of wine. Diodora's calm demeanor didn't falter, even as Rias' aura caused all the windows on the skyscraper to shatter. Glass rained down from the skyscraper, and wine ran down Diodora's hand as his glass had broken.

"What a waste of fine wine." Diodora sighed and had one of his servants deliver him a napkin. "I must say I am a bit disappointed. I had hoped for the Sekiryuutei would be here… So, I could become one with Asia before his very eyes."

Rias snarled, her blue eyes burning with intense rage. "Return Asia at once, and you will live… Refuse and I will erase you from existence!" Diodora merely chuckled at Rias' threat.

"You will let me live, you say? And what, I face some prison time? Or perhaps execution for treason? Hmm, I don't find either option to be pleasant. So, allow me to propose a third option… I will take Asia, kill all of you, and toss Asia away once I am bored with her. How does that sound? Of course, I will grant Asia the possibility to reunite with all of you in the afterlife, by killing her." Diodora had a sadistic grin plastered on his face as he responded with his own demonic power. Although, it became evident Rias' power dwarfed Diodora's.

"I will erase you then…" Rias coldly stared at Diodora and fired off a blast wave of destruction.

Diodora remained calm, and Rias' attack was repelled with a magic circle. "Heh, I must admit…" Rias gasped at seeing Diodora repel her attack. "You are quite powerful, Rias Gremory… Much more powerful than the former heir of Glasya-Labolas was when I killed him. However, thankfully the Old Maou Faction provides me with alternate means of power." Two black snakes slithered out from Diodora's robes, and wrapped themselves around his body causing him to emit a brand-new vile energy of power. "It is a miracle, what a mere fraction of Ophis' power can accomplish. Her snakes are quite useful… I myself am limited to only two, but that is more than enough." Diodora launched a wave of demonic power at Rias, who was quick to counter with her wave of destruction.

The clash of the two demonic powers rocked the entire town, the windows of the surrounding buildings reflecting in a crimson red light and a sickening green light. The two attacks evenly matched in power exploded, blowing mighty shockwaves across the replicated Kuoh town.

Rias having been knocked down a little from the explosion, glared and gritted her teeth in anger at Diodora, his cowardice knew no bounds. "Pathetic, unable to rely on your own power to fight. You shame your household and the current Beelzebub!" At this Diodora's smile faded, he opened his eyes and glared at Rias.

"Please do not mention that man in front of me ever again…" Diodora snarled at the mentioning of Ajuka, and unleashed a second wave of demonic power at Rias. Thunder and holy lightning then rained down from the heavens, and clashed in a loud crackling noise into Diodora's attack.

"Rias!" Akeno came flying in, accompanied by Xenovia and Koneko. And down below at the first floor of the building, were Issei, Kiba, Gasper, Miki, Gorou, Matsuda, Motohama, Aika, Murayama and Katase.

"… You really brought them along, huh?" Rias looked to Akeno, and could only sigh. Granted it was better they were under their protection rather than getting picked off one by one by Diodora and his peerage.

"They refused to stay behind with Asia-chan in danger." Akeno added, and Rias had to admit for mere humans they were brave. Their devotion showed a true bond of friendship which Rias couldn't help but admire.

"Asia has made a lot of good friends… Please, make sure they are protected." Hearing Rias' words from the commlink, all of her peerage nodded in agreement, especially Issei. "Issei, Yuuto, Gasper, protect our human allies and advance up the building all the way to the top."

"Yes, Buchou!" The three males of her peerage responded and entered the building.

"Heh, I predicted as much… the sentiment of the Gremory family is your greatest weakness. My servants are stationed all around this building, awaiting your precious servants. In the meantime, me, my Queen and Bishops shall entertain all of you here." Diodora smirked as three young women stepped out from the shadows and joined him at his side. "Oh, but it gets better." With a snap of his finger, snakes emerged from the shadows and wrapped around his servants. The girls moaned a bit as the snakes slithered around their bodies, tightening their grip before fading as their energy added to their own power. "Each of my servants, have been given a single snake from Ophis. Things seem dark for you, Rias Gremory." Diodora chuckled.

The moment Issei and the others entered the lobby of the building, question was where to go? Issei's father Gorou quickly headed for the elevators, but was instantly stopped by his son. "Stop!" Issei went before his father and the rest that attempted to use the elevators.

"What? We need to reach the top, don't we?" Gorou questioned his son.

"Yeah, but that Diodora has probably his servants ready to cut the cables if they see the elevator coming. We'll be sitting ducks!" Issei's words greatly shocked his father, who backed up with a look of disbelief before he began to cry.

"To think, my son has grown some brain cells…" Gorou cried with pride over Issei showing off some knowledge, and actually sounding smart. Issei sweat dropped and wanted to punch his father, but there was no time.

"We have to take the stairs." Issei went towards the stairway, but his father instantly rejected the idea along with Matsuda and Motohama.

"No way." All three of them said at once.

"What?! Why?!" Issei questioned and his father exploded in his face.

"This building has over 50 floors, there is no way me with my old back is going up those stairs!" Gorou declared.

"But Asia is at the top waiting for us!" Hearing his surrogate daughter mentioned, something seemed to spark in Gorou.

"Carry me." Gorou said to Issei, who instantly rejected the idea.

"Like hell I am!" There was no way he was carrying his father up those flight of stairs, although with his devil strength it wouldn't be a problem.

"So, you are going to let your father have a sore back?!" Gorou was then smacked upside the head from Miki's frying pan.

"Enough whining! Let's go!" Miki scolded her husband and their son.

"Y-Yes ma'am…" Father and son cowered back together.

Aika was quicker than the rest, and was already headed up the stairs. Murayama, Katase along with Kiba quickly followed. With his speed Kiba could probably reach the top in no time, but he couldn't leave the others behind, he needed to help protect the humans against Diodora's peerage that might be lurking in the building. Gasper turned into bats, nearly giving Miki a heart attack.

"I will go on ahead and scout the upper floors for enemies." Gasper said and Issei gave a nod and thumps up at his Kouhai. The bats flew up the stairs, and creeping out Murayama and Katase as they flew over them.

"Make sure to keep us posted, Gasper-kun." Kiba said to the horde of bats as they flew up.

"Understood!" Gasper replied.

"T-Those bats… was that cute little girl?" Murayama and Katase looked dumbfounded.

"Huh? Gasper is a boy." Kiba pointed out, shocking the three girls.

"W-What?" Aika questioned, how could someone that cute be a boy? He was dressed in a girls uniform you know.

"Gasper just likes to cross dress. He is also half vampire which is why he can turn into bats." Kiba added and instantly the imagination of the girls began running wild.

"V-Vampire?" All three imagined a cute Gasper in the classic Dracula outfit with blood dripping from his fangs. Aika, Murayama and Katase all had shivers run down their spine from that image.

"G-Gasper-kun… he is really cute." Murayama blushed a bit as she pictured the cute cross-dressing vampire.

"Wh-Whatever, we need to continue." Aika couldn't process all this information at once, and for now all that mattered was saving Asia.

Issei in the meantime were beginning to head up the stairs with his parents and two best friends. "Hey, Issei… How did you become a devil anyway?" Matsuda asked, both he and Motohama couldn't help but be curious.

"… Well, you met her but she erased your memories of her." Issei revealed, earning him confused looks from Matsuda and Motohama. "Remember me asking about a girl named Yuuma?"

"Huh, yeah that imaginary girlfriend you claimed you had. What about her?" Motohama recalled the period where Issei claimed he had a girlfriend to them. But that couldn't be possible, Issei was unpopular like them, so he shouldn't be able to get a girlfriend.

"She wasn't imaginary! She was real, and she also killed me…" Issei revealed earning a collective of gasps from his friends and family. Miki and Gorou had heard Issei and Asia talking about this Raynare who supposedly killed Issei and Asia, so they were reincarnated as devils by Rias. "She was… A Fallen Angel, before the Peace conference recently, Fallen Angels and Devils were natural enemies and competed for control over the Underworld or some shit. Fallen Angels, are basically Angels that sinned and were kicked out of Heaven. Amano Yuuma, was a fake name she used… She pretended to be a girl from a different school, and asked me out on a date."

"Wait, so you didn't even know her? Issei that is careless!" His mother scolded him.

"Yeah, well, I was thinking with my dick, I guess. I just wanted a girlfriend. And… she was so cute, beautiful and had big boobs, so I… said yes. Then after our date, she killed me because of this." Issei's arm activated the Boosted Gear.

"Whoa! What the hell is that?!" Matsuda and Motohama looked in shock at seeing the red gauntlet appearing on Issei's arm.

"… Uhh, how do I explain this?" Issei rubbed his chin, trying to come up with a good explanation. "Well, it is called a Sacred Gear, and it was created by the God of the Bible." Mentioning the God of Christianity didn't seem that surprising for the humans, I mean they had basically been confirmed that devils and angels existed for them now. "The God of the Bible made it so, that some humans will be born with Sacred Gears. Several important characters in human history had Sacred Gears. Yuuma, or rather Raynare had been told I had a dangerous Sacred Gear by her boss Kokabiel. And she was ordered to kill me. That is when Rias Buchou appeared, and saved my life."

"Uh, so your Sacred Gear thingy is dangerous?" Matsuda asked looking with intrigue at Issei's dragon arm.

"It is apparently a really powerful one. One of the 13 Longinus. Said to be the strongest out of all the Sacred Gears from what I know. Mine is the host of a Legendary Dragon named Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor."

"A dragon?!" Miki freaked out from the idea of her son hosting some monster.

"Ddraig is a really nice guy, mom. I mean, he is a little odd though."

"You are the odd one here, partner." Ddraig grunted from the green jewel on Issei's arm.

"It spoke!" Matsuda, Motohama, Gorou and Miki all freaked out.

"Hey, you awake buddy?" Issei casually asked the Dragon who gave a mere huff.

"Of course, I am. Ever since you're training with Tannin, you have become strong enough to make me communicate with others."

"Sweet, anything else?" Issei looked a bit excited over his growth.

"You should be able to use the Balance Breaker for a full hour now. Make sure you smack that devil prick, and show him the power of a dragon." Ddraig had heard Diodora call him a filthy dragon, and he was pissed and wanted to show that spoiled devil brat the true might of a noble dragon.

"You got it." Issei smirked, he wanted to kick Diodora's ass more than anyone.

"…" Both Matsuda and Motohama were speechless, their friend was someone this amazing? Born with some type of power you would only find in anime or manga.

"Our son… to think he was someone this amazing." Gorou and Miki both looked with pride.

"Well, good we have you on our side then. With a Sacred Gear like that, Diodora should be easy to handle." Matsuda and Motohama snickered, they couldn't wait to take down this pretty boy who kidnapped their Asia.

"I'm not the only one with a Sacred Gear, Kiba and Gasper both have one as well. Kiba can create all these kinds of swords with different powers. And Gasper can use his eyes to stop time." Issei didn't see himself as someone that amazing, he was still a beginner sort of, and someone like Kiba was much more amazing than him.

"Pretty boy!" Matsuda and Motohama growled a bit with jealousy that Kiba had suddenly become even more special. "But that cute girl can freeze time?" Matsuda and Motohama looked excited at thinking of the cute Gasper.

Issei suddenly hung his head down, he felt for them, he truly did. "Sorry, that cute half vampire is a dude who likes to cross dress as a hobby." Issei revealed, and instantly crushed the spirits of Matsuda and Motohama. Lightning struck in the back of their minds, as their image of Gasper was shattered.

"Why God? Why? How can you be so cruel?" Both Matsuda and Motohama sulked in a corner.

"I know, I had the same reaction." Issei put comforting hands on his friends' shoulders. Issei pulled them up from their slump, they needed to continue.

Meanwhile, Kiba was having a similar conversation with Aika, Murayama and Katase as they asked him about his sword, and Kiba went on to explain about Sacred Gears. And mentioning a bit about his own, Gasper's, Issei's and Asia's.

"Asia has one of these Sacred Gears?" Aika looked with curiosity, all while Murayama and Katase looked amazed at Kiba for his power.

"Yes, Asia has a Sacred Gear called Twilight Healing. With it she can heal any injury. It put a target on her back, as Fallen Angels pursued her for that power. And attempted to steal it from her, which is what caused Asia to die. And which is how Asia was reincarnate into a devil by Rias." Kiba revealed, and the girls gasped that Asia was killed for her power. Especially one that could help so many people.

"They killed her for it?" Aika looked in worry wondering if Diodora had planned to do the same once he was done with Asia.

"Nearly all Sacred Gear wielders tend to live a cruel life. Not all are as lucky as us, to be found by a warm caring person like Rias." Kiba's voice carried a hint of grief, considering his own past.

"Hey pretty boy!" Issei called, as they had finally caught up with Kiba.

"You made it." Kiba smiled at seeing his comrade.

"Hyoudou, I heard you were killed by your ex-girlfriend." Aika teasingly added. Issei cringed a bit at hearing Aika now knew of it as well. "Honestly, you see some tits and you fall hook line and sinker for a pretty girl. Pathetic."

"Sorry for being a perverted virgin…" Issei mumbled.

"Whatever, this Diodora guy… You think he will take Asia's Sacred Gear?" Aika asked worryingly.

"… Maybe, all I know that freak claims to be in love with Asia. Yet he wants to rape her in front of me. Asia used to be a nun, but she was excommunicated for having the power to heal a Devil. That Devil was Diodora. I think he has been after Asia since the start, and all this has been a part of some scheme to get Asia. Whatever he wants, we're going to stop him." Issei declared, and Aika clicked her tongue in frustration. Despite being Asia's best friend, she had no idea of Asia's suffering.

"Yeah, we will beat the shit out of that Diodora!" Matsuda and Motohama eagerly cheered, although none of them had any idea what they were getting into.

"Enemies up ahead!" Gasper called out warning them. They all came to a halt, as eight beautiful women came to greet them. They all coldly and emotionlessly stared at them.

"They are Diodora's Pawns." Gasper's bats formed back into his body, warning Issei and Kiba to keep a lookout for the pawns using promotion.

"All eight at once? Well, as a fellow Pawn, I will take them down!" Issei declared as his Sacred Gear roared in a booming echoing voice. BOOST!

"Pawn?" Aika questioned, was Rias using Issei as some sort of Pawn? And Issei was aware of his role?

"The Devil reincarnation system is based of chess pieces to define our roles. I'm a Knight so is Xenovia-san, Gasper-kun is a Bishop like Asia, Akeno-san is the Queen, Koneko-chan is a Rook, and Issei-kun is our only Pawn, he took up all eight pieces when Rias reincarnated him." Kiba replied, going in front of the humans as a means of defense.

"So, Hyoudou is some sort of sacrificial foot soldier? Isn't that a bit cruel?" Aika questioned.

"No, Issei has as much value as any of us. Rias isn't sacrificing any of us, she would give her own life before losing any of us. That is just the kind of person she is." Kiba removed any concerns or judgment Aika may hold towards Rias.

"Yeah, without Rias Buchou, I would be dead so I am very grateful." Gasper timidly expressed his gratitude towards Rias.

"You said it Gasper, I owe Buchou my life. And for her, Asia, and all my friends I will fight to the death!" Issei declared passionately.

Aika smiles and mumbles. "Guess the princess is an amazing person… despite being a devil. She sounds like a good person."

Kiba realizing the doubts Aika may have had towards Rias, smiles. "Not all devils are bad, true most devils are selfish by nature. But like humans some are bad some are good, kind, loving and caring. Rias is a prime example. She and her family treat their "servants" like family." Kiba then chuckles. "Although, she can be a bit selfish in certain regards." Kiba thought of Rias and her affection towards Itachi, and just how protective Rias can be when it comes to her beloved.

Diodora's pawns didn't utter a single word, they just stood there, emotionless as if they were robots. Their eyes made them look broken, like they didn't have any feelings at all. "Eh, they gonna just stand there, or what?" Motohama looked a bit awkward as neither of them seemed to make a move.

"This is weird." Kiba commented, he couldn't help but see Diodora's Pawns in a sorry state. Their eyes looked dead, devoid of any feeling other than loyalty towards their master. "Let us pass, or face the consequences." Kiba didn't let his guard down, and held his blade up.

"… Any threat to master Diodora, must be destroyed." A girl responded, her voice like her eyes devoid of any feeling, sounding almost robotic. Their bodies glowed with an ominous aura from the snakes gifted by Ophis.

"Kiba, if you would." Issei held his hand out while nudging his head towards Gasper. Kiba instantly understood and dragged his blade across Issei's palm drawing blood. "Gasper, here we're going to need to give it our all." Issei held his hand out to the half vampire. Gasper looked intoxicated by the scent of blood. Gasper gave a fearful nod as he took a few drops of Issei's blood onto his tongue.

"Eh? What the heck?" Matsuda and Motohama looked a bit excited from seeing the expression Gasper was making.

Gasper's face felt hot, his cheeks flushed red, then the sound of his heartbeat echoed throughout the room. Gasper's eyes glowed red, and his body released this weird aura. The air around Gasper changed, just like it had done during the peace conference.

"Kill the vampire first." Having noticed the air changing around Gasper, all eight pawns sprang into action towards the vampire hybrid. Gasper gazed up at them, his eyes widening and letting out a red glow. In an instant, all eight of Diodora's pawns froze midair during their assault. All having been caught in Gasper's Sacred Gear.

"Yosh! Let's go!" Issei and Kiba sprang at the frozen pawns, although jumping down onto them were two hooded girls in black cloaks. Kiba blocked a punch from one of the girls with his sword, judging by the weight of her punch Kiba realized she was a Rook. Her strength sent Kiba skidding backwards. While Issei challenged the second girl head on, smacking his fist against hers. Like Kiba's opponent, she was a Rook as well. In fact, they were twins from what Issei could tell by their matching faces. "Buchou has given me permission! So, don't think you can overpower me! Promotion Rook!" Issei pushed Diodora's Rook back with ease, sending her flying with a single punch.

"Kya!" The Rook squealed a little as she was launched into the air, her back crashing into the ceiling.

"Issei-senpai! I can't hold the pawns back much longer!" Gasper warned, even with Issei's blood, holding back all eight pawns that were gifted with a snake from Ophis was too much for him.

"Roger! Just hold on a little longer! Gasper!" Issei rushed towards the frozen pawns, clapping his hand onto as many of them as he could. Although before he could touch the last one, she jumped away. Gasper fell to his knees panting, guess he couldn't hold them in place any longer. "Don't worry, you did good, Gasper!" Issei smirked as seven of the pawns had magic circles glowing onto them. "Dress Break!" With a flick of his finger, Issei blew away the clothes of Diodora's pawns.

All seven girls shrieked in horror at their naked bodies getting exposed. "Tch!" The eighth pawn who had been spared the humiliation took a leap further back.

"Whoa! Nice Issei! Nice move!" Matsuda and Motohama cheered for their brother and friend, while excitedly eyeing the naked bodies of the seven beautiful girls before them.

"P-Pervert!" Murayama and Katase on the other hand, weren't that impressed. In terror the two girls hugged each other for protection. Miki facepalmed in embarrassment, as Issei was boasting with laughter as he took in the praises of Matsuda and Motohama.

The eighth pawn of Diodora, leaped at Issei, although then suddenly electricity surged through her body. "Can you perverts focus!" Aika glared in anger, not impressed considering what was at stake here. Aika having fired off her stun gun into the pawn's back, looked a bit spooked as it didn't seem to have any affect.

"…" The pawn lady glared at Aika, ripping off the tasers from the stun gun. She walked towards Aika who backed up in shock. Even though this girl was a devil, she shrugged off a surge of electricity being shot through her body like it was nothing.

"Ora!" Matsuda and Motohama attacked the eighth pawn from behind with their baseball bats. Although with little to no effect, as the pawn didn't even react to their attack. Murayama and Katase followed up by striking the pawn with their kendo swords. They struck her in the shoulders and everything, yet she didn't budge.

"Annoying little bugs!" The pawn snarled, she grabbed onto the kendo swords and pulled them out of Murayama and Katase's grasps. She then flung the kendo swords into Matsuda and Motohama knocking them onto their asses.

Before the pawn could even attempt to kill them, a gun shot was fired off. "BANG!" The pawn tilted her head back a little, as a bullet bounced off of her. Angrily she looked to the side, seeing Gorou Hyoudou holding up his revolver. His gaze fixated on her, as he unloaded every bullet he had. "BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG! BANG!" Yet the pawn walked through the bullets, with them merely bouncing off of her skin.

"Shit!" Gorou cursed as their human weapons had no effect. All their attacks were like mere bug bites to a devil, only mildly annoying at best.

"Ugh!" The pawn grunted as a cut appeared across her torso, having been slashed by a blade. The pawn shakingly looked behind her seeing Kiba. Having used his knight speed to blind her, and cut her down with ease. The pawn fell over in a pool of her own blood, dead.

"Nice save there Kiba." Issei gave a thumbs up, having dealt with both the Rooks already.

"Yeah, seems our training has really paid off. I couldn't imagine dealing with them this quickly before." Kiba acknowledged their fallen opponents, in the past they would have struggled against them.

"Kiba-kun is just so cool…" Murayama and Katase dreamingly fawned over the valiant Gremory Knight. Causing Matsuda and Motohama to look on Kuoh Academy's prince charming with scornful looks.

"Thank you." Aika unlike the two kendo girls, merely gave Kiba her thanks for the rescue.

"No problem. Although, I should remind you of Buchou's words. An untrained human going up against a devil is like a bug trying to fight a lion. Your weapons won't do much good other than to distract them while we deal the finishing blow." Kiba knew of course it was pointless for these humans to fight devils, but at least they had some way to defend themselves and not get killed instantly.

"… I will say, everything happened so quick. And we couldn't even see you move." Matsuda pointed out, as none of them were able to see Kiba spring into action to eliminate the last Pawn of Diodora.

"Huh, you guys couldn't see him?" Aika's question was met with some surprised stares.

"… Kiryuu-san, you could see my moves?" Kiba asked looking rather curious. Aika was just an untrained human, right?

"Well, no… but I sort of felt you move if that makes sense? I couldn't see anything but a blur and before I knew it, it was over. But it was like I could feel the direction you went." Aika tried her best to explain it, Kiba looked with intrigue and rubbed his chin.

"Interesting…" Kiba hums, making a mental note of having Akeno or Koneko check Aika if she had any special abilities.

"Anyway, we need to continue moving." Aika wasn't about to stand here for idly chit chat, they still had to save Asia.

"What about them?" Gorou looked to the seven naked girls huddled together, desperately trying to cover up their bodies. Without any further words, swords popped up from the ground all around the seven girls, and the two unconscious Rooks. Trapping them like they were in a cage.

"They aren't going anywhere." Kiba having used Sword Birth to trap Diodora's beaten servants to prevent them from regrouping and attack them from behind. "Gasper-kun, if you would."

"Y-Yes!" The shy Gasper turned back into a flock of bats and made his way up the staircase to check for any further threats.

"Let's go everyone." Issei was the first to follow Gasper, his mind rushing with the thought of rescuing Asia. The rest shortly followed, with Kiba going last to cover their flank in case of an ambush.

For the longest time in silence, they advanced up the levels of the building, not encountering any further enemies. This troubled Kiba greatly, they had defeated all eight of Diodora's pawns and his two Rooks. And currently Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, and Koneko were engaging Diodora and his Queen and two Bishops in combat. Meaning there were two Knights still left unaccounted for. Kiba would check with Gasper over the coms in case someone up ahead had taken out the crossdressing vampire. Yet Gasper would always respond back, with nothing further to report on the enemy. 'Something isn't right… We're almost at the top, yet no sign of the enemy…' Kiba pondered on in his thoughts, unsure of what to make of all this. There weren't any traps up ahead either from Gasper's reports. Was Diodora Astaroth this confident in himself? Or was he confident that his alliance with the Old Maou Faction would save him should things not go his way?

"Issei-senpai! Kiba-senpai! I've detected an enemy at the second last floor!" Gasper's bats swarmed over them and Gasper's voice echoed out from the swarm to warn them.

"How many?" Kiba asked.

"Just one." Gasper replied, and Kiba looked more unsure of what to make of this. Only one? Where was the second Knight?

Issei skidded into the hall, his eyes landing on a familiar figure standing at the end of the hallway. "Ya it has been awhile." A white-haired priest greeted him, with a sadistic grin plastered on his face, and his mouth covered in blood. And two mangled corpses behind him.

"Freed!" Issei snarled as the same rouge priest who they had thought was killed during the Kokabiel incident stood before them.

When Kiba came around the corner, he looked with shock as he recalled cutting Freed down during the battle with Kokabiel. And yet, here he was, alive. Freed's gaze widened with glee as he spotted Kiba.

"Ah, that look. You both thought "This guy is still alive?!" right, Issei-kun, Kiba-kun? Oh, don't look at me like that. I've missed you boys." Freed chuckled as he licked the blood around his lips. Freed then started to scratch his face, ripping into his own skin, drawing out his blood. "For all these months, I dreamt of you… I craved for you… I've missed you." Freed cackled looking even more psychotic than ever.

"What are you doing here? How are you alive?!" Kiba summoned forth his Sword of Betrayer.

Matsuda, Motohama, Aika, Murayama, Katase, Gorou and Miki all looked in confusion at this priest. Freed's demeanor and his aura sent chills down their spines. "Issei… who is this creep?" Motohama broke the silence and looked to his friend.

"A shitty-priest who we have fought several times! This bastard tried to rape Asia once!" Issei was shaking with anger, wanting to beat Freed down. "But a few months back, we thought Kiba had killed him." At hearing how Issei described Freed, the kendo girls backed up with a look of disgust on their face directed at the former priest. Aika, Matsuda and Motohama snarled at Freed in anger after hearing what he tried to do to Asia. Gorou aimed his reloaded revolver at the former priest with intent to kill.

"This man tried to harm Asia? Our Asia, someone I view as my own daughter?" Gorou's words were filled with venom as he glared at Freed who only chuckled at Gorou's killing intent.

"Aww, you brought your damned human family and friends? That is so sweet, they get to watch as I devour you. Like I did with Diodora's knights." Freed spat something out from his mouth. All their faces nearly turned blue as what Freed spat out was a finger.

"… This guy, he has quit being human." Gasper said while in fright hiding behind Issei.

At this Freed began laughing, and at that moment Gorou have had enough. "BANG! BANG! BANG!" Gorou began emptying his gun into Freed, yet the maniacal priest kept laughing as the bullets bounced off from his skin with no effect. Just like it had done with Diodora's pawn, human weapons had no effect on Freed.

"That's right! After the battle my body was taken away by Old Maou Faction sympathizers! And I was given to this shit Diodora!" Freed's body begins morphing, swelling up causing his clothes to rip. Freed grew a horn from his head, and his arms and legs grew several times thicker. "They promised to give me power! And then they turned me into a Chimera! Fuhahahahahahahaha!" A single bat wing erupted from Freed's back, along with an extra muscly veiny arm. Freed's very face changes and loses its original form, his mouth grows wider with sharper fangs, his face resembling a mix of human and dragon.

"The hell…" Issei and all but Kiba backed away in disgust.

"…" Kiba in silence stared Free down, looking with a hint of pity in his eyes. Once a Priest devoted to hunting down devils, had sunken even lower than Kiba could even imagine was possible.

"Hey, you all are here for that slutty nun that fell for Issei, right?" Freed cackled, his voice sounding deeper and like that of a beast.

"Don't you call Asia that you piece of shit!" Issei snarled in anger at how Freed talked about Asia.

"Hey, did you know? Diodora Astaroth's hobby that is. His hobby is beautifully crazy, and just listening to it makes my heart beat." Freed suddenly began talking about Diodora. "Diodora's taste in women. That rich boy certainly has great taste. Apparently, he has a fetish for girls affiliated with the Church! Yes, a fetish for nuns!"

Issei quickly matched up those words Freed said with Asia, a former nun. "Bastard…" Issei mumbles, clenching his fist in anger, the frilly pink wristband he gave Raynare began glowing faintly in his pocket.

"And the ones he preys on are the passionate and strong believers. Do you know what I am trying to say? Hey, do you? All of Diodora's servant girls, are former believers of the Church! All of them are famous nuns and Holy-maidens from various areas! His taste is really something, don't you all think?! He seduces those sluts and makes them into his toys! He is a true devil! He speaks with sweet words to the passionate Holy-maidens and make them fall for him! And then he breaks them mentally and spiritually to become his slaves!"

"Does that mean, Asia was…" Issei was shaking even more, as he was beginning to connect the dots.

"Yes, Diodora was the one who wrote the scenario for getting Asia kicked out of the Church! He found Asia to be his ideal woman! But knew that taking her away from the Church would be harder than the rest! So, he created this scenario! After all, Asia is a very kind girl. He got knowledgeable information on her Sacred Gear from someone, and found out her Sacred Gear can even heal Devils! So, the rich boy put his attention there! "Maybe she will get kicked out of the Church if another believer sees her healing me"! He thought, even if it left a scar, he would be fine with it as long as he could have sex with her! That's the way that rich Devil boy lives!"

Now Issei was livid, as he even remembered Asia saying she never regretted healing that devil. Asia was so kind she didn't regret helping someone even if it got her excommunicated from the only life she had ever known! What the fuck is this?! Issei's eyes shined green for a moment, his snarls beginning to sound like a dragon's growl. "Get out of my way, bastard!" Issei snarled at Freed, but Freed only laughed in Issei's face.

"Oh, but it gets better Issei-kun." Freed chuckled. "Did you know? Diodora was there, when that bitch Raynare took her Sacred Gear?" At hearing this Issei and the rest froze up. "He had planned to interfere the moment Asia died, kill Raynare, and resurrect Asia into his peerage. Acting as her savior. Saving her from despair, and then rape her! He would have raped her body and heart! That is his favorite form of entertainment! But then… you guys interfered. And that red haired bitch resurrected Asia instead."

"Enough of this." Kiba stepped in front of Issei who was about to engage Freed in battle. "Issei-kun, save this feeling for Diodora. I will silence that vulgar mouth of his, for good this time." Kiba like Issei was filled with anger and hatred, Asia had become his precious comrade just like Issei. And hearing of this mental game of torture Diodora had put Asia through, angered Kiba as much as anyone else in the room who knew the kind hearted former nun.

"Yes, this is what I have been waiting for! Cassanova! Woo my heart once more! As I feast on your flesh!" The crazed monstrous Freed jumped at Kiba. Kiba filled air into his lungs, and then emptied them with an exhale.

SWIFT!

Kiba vanished from sight, and what followed was the slicing sound of a sword cutting through flesh and bones. "Ugh!" Freed groaned as his body was sliced up into multiple pieces, all his limps severed, his wing, torso, and his head was severed from his body. Freed's eyes shakingly trailed to look behind him, seeing Kiba with his sword drawn. "What the hell? Even with my new strength… I couldn't keep up?"

Freed's head rolled on the ground, Kiba had defeated him in a single attack. Issei and Gasper even looked in shock, even they couldn't keep up with Kiba's speed. "Wow, awesome…" Matsuda looked in awe along with the other humans, feeling like they were seeing just how much of a difference there was between a human and a devil.

"Hihihi, Cassanova, once again you have wooed my heart… I think I'm in love~" Freed was only a head, yet he still kept talking. "It doesn't matter, you won't be able to defeat Diodora, or those behind him." Kiba walked up to Freed's head, and stabbed the head with his sword, and thus Freed and his vulgar tongue was silenced forever this time.

"You can continue howling to the Grim Reaper in hell." Kiba gave his finishing quote, and the perverted trio were wooed and couldn't help but think Kiba looked cool.

Issei quickly shook away the thought on how cool Kiba looked, and rushed up the final stairway. "Diodora! I will never forgive you!" Issei roared, he was on a mission, just above them were Asia and that bastard Diodora. This ends now!

The battle on the outside was even reaching its end, Diodora was the only one still standing. With his Queen and Bishops on their knees. The destructive might of Rias, Akeno, Xenovia and Koneko were too much for Diodora's peerage members. The Astaroth heir snarled his eyes filled with disappointment in his peerage for this failure. "Get up." Diodora commanded.

Diodora's Queen crawled onto her knees, lightning flickering around her injured body. Her bones ached. Her body burnt with several injuries that would leave scars. Yet a single command from Diodora, made all her pain stop and she was able to pick herself back up. The two Bishops followed the Queen's example, and for their wicked master they picked themselves back up. Otherwise Diodora would discard them, and they would truly have nothing.

"Your servants' bodies cannot withstand anymore, yet you force them to continue? Their eyes, they fear you… What sort of torture did you put them through to inspire such fear?" Rias looked at Diodora with disgust.

Diodora smirked and looked to the back of the room, where Asia was trapped within a device, a circular device carved into the wall, it resembled a magic circle. "Stick around, and I shall demonstrate my methods on Asia here."

"You vile disgusting bastard!" Xenovia roared and summoned forth Ascalon along with Durandal, with both holy swords she attacked Diodora. Only to be met with a barrier that repelled Xenovia back.

"Asia!" A loud voice echoed around the top floor, as the door was knocked down.

"You finally came." Diodora snickered as the dust from the fallen door settled itself, revealing Issei, Kiba, Gasper and the humans in the background. Diodora took his attention away from Rias, leaving his Queen and Bishops to handle her and the rest.

"Issei-san?" Asia looked towards Issei, her eyes were swollen, she was crying. Her eyes were so red that it was clear she had been crying for a long time. Seeing that Issei reached a conclusion.

"Diodora! Did you tell Asia about the whole scenario of yours!" Issei snarled as he remembered what Freed had told them about Diodora.

"Yeah. I told Asia everything. I wanted to show it you as well. She had the best expression the moment she found out everything was going according to my plan. That look of hers, turned me on quite a bit~" Diodora gave a sickening smirk at Issei, who was clenching his fists so hard that blood dripped onto the floor. "I even left a video of it. Should I play it? She really had a splendid face. The expression of the women affiliated with the Church falling, no matter how many times I see it, I never get bored of it."

Asia began to sob, and instantly Aika rushed out from the crowd. "Asia!" Diodora let the human run up to the sobbing nun. "I will get you out of here, don't worry." Aika attempted to yank Asia loose from her bindings, but to no avail.

"How amusing." Diodora snickered at the pointless efforts of Aika. "Although, I still find myself lacking of excitement. Asia still has hope inside her. Yes, I'm talking about you guys. Especially the filthy Sekiryuutei over there. Because you saved Asia, my plan was a failure. It was brilliant, I was supposed to appear and kill that Fallen Angel woman Raynare, after she killed Asia. I was then going to give Asia my evil-piece. You were honestly so weak. I didn't think you would win. But then, that Ghoul woman interfered. And I realized, with the Sins involved, the plan was a failure. I had to postpone it quite a bit, but finally she is mine. Finally, I can enjoy Asia."

"Shut up!" Issei spat, his Sacred Gear glowing red and green as he boosted his power up yet Diodora remained unfaced.

"Asia is still a virgin, right? I would hate for her to be used by a filthy dragon like you. Then again, it might make it even more fun to rape Asia in front of you, while she screams your name."

"SHUT UP!" Issei roared and his whole body began to glow bright red, his friends and family backed up in awe as they saw Issei was now cladded in red armor.

"Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!" Issei's Sacred Gear echoed across the room, and Issei exploded with incredible levels of power. Issei's body engulfed by a red fiery aura of raw power. The winds of Issei's aura knocking over everyone near him, even Kiba. Diodora backed up a step, his cape blowing intensely behind him from this wind. "Diodora! You! You are the one person I will never forgive!"

Rias looked in awe at her Pawn's growth, Issei's power was swelling by the second from his Boosted Gear as it kept boosting his power, even with his Balance Breaker active. "… I knew you could reach it. You've come a long way, Issei." Rias smiled, knowing what she had known all along, Issei's potential could make him reach the realms of the Gods one day.

"Buchou, everyone. Please don't interfere! This bastard is mine!" Issei pleaded for everyone to let him be the one to beat Diodora.

"Issei, I would have preferred if we all defeated him together. But it looks like we can't stop you. You can't hold back, okay?" Rias listened to Issei's plea, and allowed it. With this power, Issei could crush Diodora.

Rias' reply was just what Issei wanted to hear. "Ddraig, can you hear me?"

"What is it partner?"

"Let me do as I want just for today."

"… Alright."

Seeing Issei as he was now, Diodora began laughing. The dark aura of Ophis' snakes emitting from his very being. "So, this is the Sekiryuutei! But I am also powered up! With the snake Ophis gave me! I can kill you instant-"

GOOOOOOONNNNN!

The boosters on Issei's back ignited with fire, and Issei launched himself at Diodora delivering a sharp punch into the Diodora's stomach before he could finish his sentence. "Gah!" Diodora's body bends forward, his face distorted in confusion from feeling this intense pain. He couldn't react to Issei's speed. Issei pushed his fist forward, in an attempt to destroy Diodora's insides. Diodora vomits out the insides of his stomach along with blood.

"And what happened to the instant kill you were talking about?" Issei pulled his fist back, watching Diodora step back while holding onto his stomach.

"I-Impossible! With Ophis' snakes I shouldn't lose to the likes of you!" Diodora's eyes were wide open, his pupils vibrating in anger. "I'm a High-Class Devil! The blood relative of the current Maou Beelzebub!" Diodora held his hand forward, and unleashed a barrage of bullets of his demonic power. "There is no way! A noble like me! Will ever lose to a filthy reincarnate like you!" Diodora's number of demonic powered bullets showered down onto Issei like rain drops.

Issei walked towards Diodora, without even making an effort of dodging the attack. The magic bullets gathered in Issei's hand, and was reflected back onto Diodora. Diodora in panic rolled over dodging his own bullets as they crashed into the wall behind him in a fiery explosion. Issei kept advancing forward without any care.

"No way… I thought Gremory was the only one I had to worry about… Not you! No! I refuse to acknowledge you!" Diodora threw his arm back and launched a massive wave of demonic power straight at Issei.

Issei pulled his fist back, generating a tiny sphere of red energy. "Dragon Shot." With a mighty punch, Issei launched a counter blast. Issei punched the sphere, and the sphere blew up into a destructive wave of power that sounded like a dragon's roar.

Diodora yelped in fright and fell onto his ass, the destructive wave flew right past him taking a few strains of Diodora's hair as it clashed into a neighboring building reducing it to rubble in a mighty explosion.

"Atta boy!" Gorou cheered for his son, he and Miki looking on at their son with pride swelling in their hearts.

"Wow…" Matsuda and Motohama were left in awe at witnessing their friend's power. This was the power of a Sacred Gear? The two couldn't help but feel a little envious at Issei, he looked so badass right now.

"Oi… Since when did Hyoudou get this cool?" Murayama and Katase were also left in awe, the pervert they usually ended up beating with their kendo swords for peeping at them changing, was displaying a level of power beyond their wildest dreams.

Aika smirked at seeing the frightened look on Diodora. "Asia, look, your knight in shining armor is coming to the rescue~" Aika smiled at seeing Asia look in awe at Issei, he was doing this for her.

Diodora attempted to flee, but Issei ignited his boosters and closed the gap in no time. Diodora quickly created a defensive barrier of magic circles around himself. "It looks weak!" Issei roared and his fist broke right through the barrier with ease, and Issei's fist clashed into Diodora's face.

Diodora hit the ground from the impact, his face bleeding and tears forming in his eyes. "It hurts! It hurts! It hurts! Why! My Demonic power hit you! I was supposed to have my power increase drastically with Ophis' power!" Issei lifted up Diodora and slammed his fist straight into Diodora's stomach.

Issei wasn't done, he grabbed onto Diodora ready to punch him in the face again. "I won't be defeated by a filthy dragon!" Diodora created a thick wall of aura, Issei hit the wall and his impact was stopped. "Ahahahaha! Did you see! I have higher demonic-power than you! There is no way that a power idiot Sekiryuutei can defeat me!"

"How about I show you the power of the power-idiot then?!" Issei roared and his Sacred Gear roared with him. "Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!" An intense amount of aura burst out of the booster, and the impact of my punch increases.

Diodora gasped seeing a crack made in his aura, and then the wall perishes with Issei's fist increasing its impact, Diodora couldn't react as Issei buried his fist into his face. "Don't make our Asia cry!"

Diodora held his hand out to blast Issei at point blank range, but Issei grabbed onto his hand and bent it backwards crushing Diodora's bones. "Argh!" Diodora cried in pain, but his cries were cut short as Issei slammed his fist into Diodora's face launching him into a wall.

Diodora falls to the ground, he crawls up and shouts. "This must be a lie! There is no way I will be beaten! I was supposed to win against Bael! Against Itachi! There is no way I will lose to a nobody like you! I am Diodora from the House of Astaroth!"

While Diodora threw his temper tantrum, Issei closed the gap between them using his boosters and delivered a kick to Diodora's chin launching him into the air. Issei followed after and threw a heavy punch into Diodora's abdomen sending him flying to the floor. "DAAAAAAMMMM ITTTTTT!" Diodora had painful expression on his face, his confidence drained from his face. "Why?! Why is this happening?!"

"Get up! We're not done!" Issei stood over Diodora, his body releasing an ominous red aura. He was going to beat Diodora into a bloody pulp.

"Ugh! Go to hell!" Diodora roared and aimed his good hand towards Aika and Asia. Diodora launched a wave of demonic power towards the defenseless best friends. "If I can't have Asia! Then no one can!"

"Dammit!" Issei in fright took flight towards Asia and Aika, he grabbed onto the two acting as a shiel. Diodora's blast never reached however, as a wave of destruction devoured Diodora's attack completely. Rias floated before them, Diodora's Queen and Bishops were all defeated by Akeno, Koneko and Xenovia.

"You've lost. And you can forget about surrendering." Rias showed no compassion, and charged a destruction sphere directed at Diodora, preparing to erase him from existence.

Issei rips Asia loose from her bindings, and takes her and Aika safely over to the others. Asia is quickly met with a group hug from Gorou, Miki, Murayama and Katase. "Asia!" They all cry in relief over seeing that Asia was unharmed. Xenovia jumped in on the group hug, ripping Asia away from the rest and spinning the giggling former blond nun around.

"Thank goodness you are alright." Xenovia cried as she held onto her friend for her dear life.

"Thank you for worrying about me, Xenovia." Asia gently stroked the sobbing Xenovia's back. That is until Aika decided it was her turn, and grabbed Asia in for a hug.

"I was so worried…" Aika held onto her best friend tightly.

"Kiryuu-san, I'm sorry you all got caught up in this." Asia apologized. They were all held hostage because of her. But of course, none of them blamed Asia.

"Eh, it's fine. We can handle that level of excitement." Matsuda lied through his teeth. He was genuinely terrified when he woke up hanging over the side of a building. But he didn't blame Asia, that's for sure.

"Yeah, we aren't some cowards, we had it all under control." Motohama despite his words was trembling. All this tremor and display of power had left him a bit frightened.

Diodora shakingly looked up at Rias, genuine fear overtaking his usual calm facial expression. "N-No way… this aura is more powerful than what the Sekiryuutei just showed… were you holding back against me all this time?"

"Earlier you said you would defeat Sairaorg and Itachi… If either of them had been here, you would have been dead the moment you declared yourself an ally to Khaos Brigade. Seeing as you are related to lord Ajuka, any final words before you face oblivion?"

"… Hehe, you think this is the end? Maybe you should take another look…" Diodora smirked and looked towards Asia, Rias looking in panic turned around to face Asia whose body was beginning to glow.

"Asia, what's happening?" Aika looked to be panicking, especially since none of the devils had any idea what was going on.

"Asia…" Xenovia weakly called out as Asia was suddenly surrounded in a pillar of light. When the pillar of light disappeared…

"Asia?" Issei's armor vanished. His eyes widened in disbelief as Asia was gone. No one was there.

"Wh-What just happened?" Rias looked in utter disbelief, they had beaten Diodora, Asia was supposed to be safe, but now she was just gone. "What did you do?!" Rias shouted at Diodora, demanding answers.

"… I didn't do anything." Diodora snickered weakly.

"If that damn Mist-user Longinus had lent us his power, this wouldn't have happened." A new unfamiliar voice entered the ring. Rias looked up and there was Shalba Beelzebub, floating in the sky. "Looks like you failed, Diodora. And here I had hoped to make that girl into a bomb." Shalba's aura exploded all around him, his power dwarfed Kokabiel and the power of Creuserey and Katerea.

Matsuda, Motohama, Murayama, Katase, Gorou, Miki and Aika all had their faces turn into a shade of green. Some even emptying their stomachs by throwing up in the face of such a frightening aura. Kiba, Xenovia, Gasper, Koneko and Akeno were all trembling and on alert, shivers running down their spines.

"The sister of the annoying fake Maou. Do you know who I am?" Shalba looks to Rias, who seizes her trembling and stares down the one from the original Beelzebub's bloodline.

"… Shalba Beelzebub." Rias spat out his name with venom in her voice.

"That is right, I am Shalba Beelzebub, the descendant of the original Maou Beelzebub." If there was one thing the humans understood, it was the word Maou.

"This guy… is Satan or some shit?" Matsuda was trembling in fear along with the other normal humans present in the room.

"If you are here… what happened to my brother and the others?!" Rias looked furious. Shalba couldn't possibly have defeated Sirzechs, Azazel and the others.

"Oh them, I left them in the capable hands of Ophis. I decided to watch the show up close instead." At that name, Rias felt a sense of dread. The last time they all came face to face with Ophis, all the Sins were taken out quickly, and Itachi ran away when Ophis called him a Clan Killer. "Now, Diodora… Looks like I am going to have to take over. I shall kill you along with the sister of Sirzechs." At this Diodora looked shocked.

"W-What, wait a minute, I am working together with you! Not against you! Why would you kill me?!" Diodora questioned as he trembled in fear before Shalba.

"Why? Frankly it is because you are related to that fake Ajuka. I never intended to let you live in the first place." Shalba revealed and Diodora looked taken aback and attempted to crawl away. "Pitiful, for being related to the fake Beelzebub I will save you for last. I will destroy all those who carries the bloodline of the current fake Four Maou." Shalba's eyes were filled with hatred, he really hated the current Maou faction and all those related to them with a burning passion.

"You coward! Instead of challenging the current Maou directly you target their families?!" Rias' glare had a level of hatred that rivaled Shalba's own, her hatred towards Shalba had only intensified with Asia's death.

"But of course, it would be meaningless to kill the current Maou without letting them taste despair first." Shalba's words were cold and ruthless.

"Scum! For your crime in killing Asia! I will erase you from existence here and now!" Rias unleashed her full power, and explosion of destruction aura that blew away the roof of the building. Shalba looked insulted by Rias' statement.

"You dare even assume you can erase me? The nerve!" Shalba's aura clashed with Rias' creating violent storms of power. Shalba was further infuriated that Rias' aura didn't cower before his own. Was the little sister of the current Lucifer this powerful?

Before they had a chance to clash, everyone's attention was drawn towards Issei, who wandered around aimlessly as he mumbled. "Asia? Asia? Where did you go? Hey, let's go. We are going home. Dad and mom are here waiting. I-If you hide, then we won't be able to go home. Hahaha, Asia sure likes to play around." Walking unsteadily on his foot, Issei called out for Asia, sounding broken.

Seeing Issei acting like this, caused Koneko and Gasper to cry. Kiba was unable to look at him, trembling over his own weakness. Akeno looks away with tears running down her eyes. Xenovia trembles with rage, seething her teeth as she clenches her grip onto Ascalon and Durandal.

Miki falls to her knees, sobbing into Gorou who also sheds tears over the loss of Asia. Murayama, Katase both gasp and shed tears over Asia's death. Matsuda and Motohama cry as well, unable to look at Issei right now as the pain was too much for them to bear.

"Asia…" Aika collapses and breaks down crying. "Bastard… I won't forgive you!" Aika cries as she glares at Shalba.

"I won't forgive you! I will kill you! I will cut you down!" Xenovia leaps at Shalba, tears streaming down her face as she slashed Ascalon and Durandal violently at Shalba.

"Futile." Shalba shrugs off Xenovia's attacks as if they were nothing, his mere aura launching Xenovia crashing into a wall.

"Give Asia back… She is… my precious friend! She is my kind friend…. She was kinder than anyone! Why!" Xenovia punched the ground till her knuckles bleed. Her tears dripping onto the floor.

"Vulgar reincarnated devil and the dragon which is the same as garbage. The princess of the Gremory seriously has bad taste indeed. That girl disappeared beyond to the dimension. Her body should have perished by now. It means, she is dead you fool. No amount of sobbing or begging will change that."

Issei's gaze locked onto Shalba, and continues to look at him. Issei looked bizarre. His gaze was emotionless. Yet, his body was vibrating with power. "Rias Gremory, take everyone and leave this place at once. If you don't want to die, then it would be better to leave here immediately." Ddraig's voice spoke from Issei's gauntlet. "Things are about to get dangerous. You devil over there. Shalba was your name, right?"

Issei shakingly walks over to Shalba, his eyes turning green. "What of it? Filthy dragon." Shalba looked down on Issei and Ddraig.

"You. Made the wrong choice." The whole building was shaking violently, and Issei began emitting a blood-like red aura. His aura kept rising, getting bigger and stronger. The top of the building shined like red beacon. Issei's mouth begins moving as he begins a chant, not just with his voice. But the voice of young, old, male, female. A creepy sound which is mixed together. "I, who is about to awaken… Am the Heavenly Dragon that has stolen the principles of domination from God…"

"Everyone, run!" Rias understanding Ddraig's warning called out to her peerage. Kiba grabbed onto Aika and flew away, Akeno grabbed onto Murayama and Katase, while Koneko grabbed onto Matsuda and Motohama and Xenovia grabbed Gorou and Miki Hyoudou. Gasper followed after them and along with Rias flew far into the skies as Issei continued powering up through this chant.

"I laugh at the "infinite", and I grieve at the "dream"… I shall become the Red Dragon of Domination…" Issei was back in his armor, although the armor started to change. It became sharper, and it grew large wings. From hands and feet claw-like things grew. On the helm, many horns started appearing. "And I shall sink you to the depths of crimson purgatory!" The armor began swelling in size, unleashing a beast like roar Issei blew away his surroundings with this blood like aura. "Juggernaut Drive!"

Diodora screamed in fear, his servants coming to his aid and latching onto their master to shield him. All are blown off from the building and sent plummeting down to the streets bellow.

Shalba looks at the Juggernaut Drive form of Issei, as it unleashed a beastly dragon roar. "Ho? Juggernaut Drive, huh? Just like Vali… A filthy beast. This will provide me with great entertainment." Shalba flew away, further than the Gremory group. "If he is on a rampage, I wonder if he can differ comrade from foe?"

Rias and the rest safely landed on the streets bellow, putting down the humans. "All of you get away from here!" Rias warned, but was blown back as something red came crashing down. The ground exploded into a miniature crater, as the roaring miniature dragon form of Issei stood before them. In his rampage, he couldn't tell which was friend or foe, all he was, was a mindless monster who sought out destruction.

"Tch! Yuuto!" Rias called out to her knight, who was quick to jump into action as he stabbed his sword to the ground.

"Sword Birth!" Swords stabbed up around the rampaging Issei, penetrating his armor and keeping him restrained.

"Gasper!" The vampire hybrid quickly tried to hold Issei in place by freezing him in time.

"Ugh! I can't!" Gasper cried out as Issei with a mighty roar shattered the swords, and blew Gasper away knocking him unconscious.

"Argh!" Xenovia jumped in with Ascalon, hoping the dragon slayer blade would have any affect. She slashed at Issei, and he howled in pain as she cut through the armor on his forearm. But Xenovia was then smacked aside, crashing violently into the concreate ground making a dent in it. Xenovia bounced off the ground and was sent skidding right into a row of cars.

Raining thunder bolts clashed onto Issei, as Akeno in her Shrine maiden outfit flew above and struck holy lightning onto Issei in hopes of stunning him. Yet the rampaging beast he was now, merely shrugged it off and jumped at Rias. Although Koneko came to her master's defense, and smacked her fist into the roaring dragon. Although despite her Rook strength, Issei didn't flinch.

Koneko brought out her nekomata ears and tail. Her speed increasing as she moved around like a cat. Using her senjutsu, Koneko created spheres of blue fire and bombarded the rampaging dragon. Issei howled in what sounded like pain as his body was engulfed in blue fire. Koneko panted a bit as she stared into the fire. "Huh!" Koneko gasped as she sensed it, Issei's red dragon claws flew out from the fire and the massive beastly form jumped out at her.

But before Issei could sink his claws into the tiny Koneko, he was blown back with a wave of destruction. "Over here!" Rias called out to gain Issei's attention. Rias moved like a dancer and blasted Issei with destruction waves that knocked him back a few steps. Rias created ten softball sized destruction spheres and flung them into Issei.

"Ugh!" The rampaging dragon grunted, as the dense spheres of destruction clanked into his armor. The bombardment kept on going knocking Issei around. Rias with her power, was the only one present who could hold off Issei while the rest would flee.

"Everyone, run! I will hold him off!" This order didn't sit well with her peerage, well those that were still conscious anyway.

"We're not leaving you here!" Akeno refused to follow Rias' order, and Kiba and Koneko stood with her. Despite the danger, Murayama, Katase, Aika, Matsuda, Motohama, Gorou and Miki stayed and tended to the unconscious Xenovia and Gasper.

"This is not up for debate! Leave now!" Rias ordered strictly, keeping Issei in place with a cage of magic circles where the dense spheres of destruction would bounce around and clash into Issei's body.

"We cannot abandon you, Buchou!" Kiba was loyal to the end, he would die before he would see Rias die. And that was a promise, Kiba had promised himself to be the first of his comrades to die, he refused to let anyone die before him. Although with Asia now gone, that promise was broken. And Kiba cursed himself for his own weakness.

"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!" For every boost, Issei's powers doubled and eventually he broke free from Rias' cage, his aura shattering Rias' destruction spheres and breaking the cage around him. The beast roared at Rias, seeing her as the only threat. The aura Issei unleashed knocked Rias over.

"Ugh!" Rias grunted as she fell over, she looked up as the rampaging Issei inched closer to her. His fists raised, aiming to finish her off.

"No! Rias!" Akeno cried out, neither of them having the strength to fight Issei in this current state.

Then, however, a new powerful aura exploded around them and Issei's attention was diverted as he looked above. Coming swopping in was Bob with his Warhammer raised, Bob slammed his hammer into Issei, launching him straight into a skyscraper.

Besides Bob, six others arrived on the battlefield, the Seven Deadly Sins. Bob, Damian, Eto, Harry, Jack, Kuroka, and Raven. "Seven Deadly Sins, reporting for duty." Kuroka acting as leader announced.

"Heh, took you guys long enough." Rias greeted the sins with a smile on her face. But one thing was on Rias' mind, if the Sins were here, where was Itachi?

Shalba frowned upon the arrival of the Seven Deadly Sins, and the vile Juggernaut Drive rampaging Issei. "If the Sins managed to enter the Rating Game dimension… then that means…" Shalba had a cold nervous sweat running down his back.

Ophis looking at the monitor and seeing the arrival of the Sins merely chuckled. "Looks like my dear Itachi reached the monitoring room." Ophis in fact had been aware all along of Itachi and his peerage sneaking away, and she had allowed it. "Now then, let's see how things play out." A playful smirk spread across the Dragon God's face as before her arrived Sirzechs, Azazel, Michael, Odin and Tannin who grew back to his full dragon size.

While the Sins infiltrated the Rating Game Dimension to aid Rias and the others. Itachi was currently in the monitoring room of the games, bodies of Old Maou Faction soldiers scattered at his feet, and more soldiers coming in by the second. Itachi fought of the hundreds of soldiers that tried to enter the room, to send in reinforcements to Shalba and Diodora. "I will not let one of you get past me." Itachi's glare sent shivers of fear down the soldiers' spines, yet they continued the assault. Itachi had stayed behind, his peerage being enough reinforcements, or so he had originally thought. But with the sudden explosion of Issei's Juggernaut Drive transformation things had grown complicated. If Issei was anywhere near as powerful as Vali was in that form, things could get out of hand really quick.

That's the end for now!

Here we are folks, I decided to speed a bit through the whole Diodora thing, although there is still more to go with his character in the next chapters of this arc. We'll divert or focus away from Diodora for now, and onto the rampaging Issei. The stage for the battle is set, in a replica of Kuoh Town. A real classic style monster rampaging in a big city type of battle. Now first thing I want to point out, is how much more dangerous I think Juggernaut Drive Issei is than Vali. As Itachi demonstrated in his fight with Vali, it was possible to avoid getting his power divided from Vali. But with Issei, he will continue to just boost up his power, growing stronger and stronger. Although he is now a mindless rampaging beast, he is still filled with killer intent and very much a threat for our heroes.

The question is, will the Sins be enough to stop the rampaging Juggernaut that is Issei? Or will Itachi have to get involved? Maybe he should, that way he will have beaten both the Heavenly Dragons. Will they manage to save Issei before Juggernaut Drive eats away at his life force? Or will they be too focused on making sure Issei doesn't kill anyone? I am going to work on the next chapter right away, maybe you won't have to wait so long for it, but I have two exams coming up soon so it might take a while. But if I feel inspired enough to write, maybe I can manage to finish it in good time before the exams.

Anyway, leave a review!

-Later!

(Responds to reviews):

RazerGamer501: Thanks! I hope I can manage another quick update. I really don't want to leave you readers on a cliffhanger for too long.

fallendemon248: Thanks! I can assure you all, Sona will continue to improve.

velniar: Thanks! And there is always a chance that some of Tokyo Ghouls characters make an appearance.

Ainz227: Thank you! I can guarantee that this Tsubaki is way beyond than she was in cannon. As for Tomoe and her breathing style techniques, yes, they are inspired from Demon Slayer. I decided to have that be her ability because in cannon Tomoe came from a demon hunting family. So, I thought the breathing styles would be fitting for her. Itachi wouldn't have had an easy time back then to teleport to countries under Heaven's jurisdiction without permission. Even with the peace conference he would probably still require permission. And yes, had Rias fought in a Rating Game against Raiser she would have had no problem winning, especially with Koneko and her senjutsu skills backing her up, now that Koneko has accepted her powers a long time ago.

TroxX101: Thanks!

Guest: Thanks!

Mr. Haziq: Raul will be a returning character, so we'll have to wait and see if he will be trouble or not.

SolSparda369: Sona is smart, but so is Ravel. They are both good strategists, but Sona ended up coming out on top.

Dasgun: ._.

Poharan: Serafall is going to freak when Gabriel starts showing an interest in Itachi. But as for Sona, Ravel is confirmed to be a good strategist as well so I may have buffed Ravel's intellect up a bit in this story, so what? Sona is smarter than Rias, yes, in cannon during their Rating Game Sona did outsmart Rias, true. But Rias was able to come back, even after Issei was defeated, Rias was able to figure out Sona's plan and confronted her and overpowered her. But if you feel I underestimated Sona, then fine, I will try to do better in the future.

Guest: Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kuroka, Raven, Eto, Ravel, Gabriel, Ophis. Those are the girls in Itachi's harem.

: You are welcome! Oh, that will be one heck of a rematch!

4Alucard: True, I decided to change Ophis a bit by making her more sadistic. But she still does have an innocent side to her, which will be explored more later.

andresskorskiruiz: Thanks!

merendinoemiliano: Thanks! The Khaos Brigade is on the move.

Ambrosios745: Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy my story. I did give Issei and Asia their time to shine here, because I agree this arc is a pivotal moment for their relationship.

zmenard05: Yes, it was based of the Joker nightmare from Arkham Knight.

Arclight001: Yeah, Raiser did at least put up a decent fight.

Sage of Prophecy: Thanks! And Itachi eventually getting the Rinnegan isn't out of the realm of possibilities, but if he does get it, it isn't until much later. As for Itachi meeting an Adult Sasuke and Sarada, it is also possible, but that again won't happen until much later.

gost'-74608: Thanks!

razmire: Well, Raul is an original character, since Raiser's second brother isn't even named in the cannon DxD story. I do plan on Raul coming back in future arcs of the story.

Williams1996: Well, he has mastered quite a lot of things by this point. Magic, demonic power, senjutsu etc.

Guest: The harem will remain at the number of 9, I don't plan to go higher than that.

Michael Ars: Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!