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"HAAAGH!" Drake shouted as he soared at Kokabiel with Rebellion held high above his head, swinging it down to meet the Fallen Angel's weapon. Kokabiel only smirked as he raised his blade to block Drake's strike. The collision of their weapons created a shockwave that caused the clouds surrounding them to vanish and the wind to pick up. Even down below a few brought a hand up to block the gust from affecting their sights.
"Interesting, you certainly have more power than the rest of them. But will it be enough?" Kokabiel taunted as he put more force in his weapons and started to push Naruto back, but it was quickly put to a halt as Drake mirrored his actions with equal force.
Drake gritted his teeth as he glared at Kokabiel, "Whether it is or isn't doesn't matter! I will defeat you!"
The two stared at each other for several seconds before pulling away from each other and traded several blows, spinning his spear Kokabiel positioned it with the blade pointing at Drake's head and jabbed forward. Bringing his sword up as quickly as he could, Drake deflected the spear from piercing his face and spun over Kokabiel's extended arm and raising Rebellion above his head and brought it down. But Kokabiel did a spin himself to dodge the attack before using the momentum of his rotation to increase the power behind his swing.
Drake raised up an arm while shouting. "Gilgamesh!" In a flash of light, Rebellion was replaced by the Devil Arm, meaning Drake's arm was protected by the metal gauntlets which Kokabiel's spear bounced off. Taking advantage of the Fallen Angel's surprise, Drake reared back before he drove a fist into Kokabiel's chest, sending him flying back through the air before he halted,
"i'm impressed, son of Sparda!" Kokabiel raised a hand and created hundreds of Light-based weapons around him before firing them at Drake. The half-Devil's eyes narrowed as he extended his wings as far as they could go before flying away from the projectiles.
"Oh come on." Drake groaned when he saw the projectiles following hime like homing missiles... and they were coming in at him from all sides.
"Don't act so surprised. This battle is on a completely differently level than anything you had to deal with before!" Kokabiel let out a bellowing laugh as he watched Drake duck and dodged his Weapons of Light before using Excalibur to destroy the ones that missed him. "You're good at handling a bunch as a time, but what about the entire arsenal?" With that said, the long haired man raised his hand and pointed it at Naruto, directing all of his weapons to attack Drake at once.
"Drake!" Rias shouted out in worry as Drake was trapped in the center of all the weapons. Akeno and the others had worried looks as well as they watched the weapons come at Drake from every single direction.
Drake looked before he quickly disappeared in a blink, and then reappeared outside of the mass of weapons, the Yamato in hand which he sheathed until everyone heard the clink! sound, followed by the weapons shattering to pieces.
"Grr... you gave the Yamato." kokabiel narrowed his eyes. "The weapon used to seal Lord Mundus in the Demon World. Taking that from you will ensure the portal is opened and he returns."
"Over my dead body." Drake retorted.
Kokabiel chuckled darkly. "That's the point."
Drake scoffed then disappeared in another blink before reappearing right beside Kokabiel, Yamato unsheathed with a flick of blood on the blade. Kokabiel blinked and placed a hand to his cheek, his eyes widening when he felt blood. Soon, a line appeared and blood started to drip down his cheek.
"It would be so easy to kill you with this..." Drake said but narrowed his eyes as he dispelled Yamato. "However, that'll just be too easy and quick."
He then flew right at Kokabiel and tackled him in the air, bringing his fist down on his face repeatedly until Kokabiel caught his fist and returned the physical attack with a headbutt, forcing Drake off him then he spun him and went to throw him but Drake whipped out Ebony, aimed and fired.
BANG!
"AHHH!" Kokabiel yelled as he clutched his face, more specifically his right eye, where blood could be seen leaking out between his fingers. Drake took tje change to summon his next Devil Arm.
"Balrog!" He shouted, and a pair of gauntlets and greaves appeared on his arms and legs respectively, giving off a fiery aura. He reared back and then punched Kokabiel in the stomach, leaving a burst of fire, followed by a burn mark, then spun and kicked Kokabiel up the chin which sent him flying higher into the air. Teleporting after him through Darkslayer Style, Drake reappeared above Kokabiel and brought both feet down into Kokabie's chest which sent him plummeting halfway down towards the ground.
Down below everyone was looking up at the battle with various emotions, most of it being awe at the fact that Naruto was going toe to toe with Kokabiel when they were having such trouble.
"Incredible, he might actually stand a chance." Xenovia commented as she leaned on her sword, marveled at the true capabilities of the son of Sparda.
"Yes but we can't afford for Drake to prolong in this battle." Grayfia said as she crossed her arms with a serious expression, "Kokabiel's spell is still active and if he takes too long then it will go off and destroy the area. And the worst part is that I don't think Kokabiel is at full strength yet."
"Wha- Seriously?!" Issei exclaimed in shock as he spun to face the silver-haired woman.
Grayfia nodded. "Drake understands. He's trying to hurt Kokabiel and also end this as quick as he can. He didn't kill him with the Yamato because he's right. It would've been too easy and quick. He wants to make Kokabiel suffer for putting us in danger, for trying to undo his father's work by releasing Mundus. For Drake, this is personal."
"Hehehehe… GHAHAHAHA!" Drake was surprised when Kokabiel began to let out laugh, coming to a stop as he studied the Fallen Angel. "Now this is exactly what I wanted! The perfect beginning to my war! You truly deserve the title as that Devil's Heir, Drake Sparda! All that power at your disposal. I wager that all that power flowing through your body right now, that wonderful sensation of superiority is like nothing you've ever felt before!"
Closing his eyes briefly, Drake took in a deep breath before he answered Kokabiel. "You're right about the power flowing through me, it's incredible. But, so what?"
"Heh, I figured as much. That is the best part for warriors like you and I, we feel more alive when we are in battle then we do anywhere else." Kokabiel said with a smirk as he pointed a finger at Drake, "You can deny it all you want by saying you desire peace, but in the end you can't deny what's in your blood!"
"My blood?"
"Before Sparda had his desire for peace, he was just as bloodthirsty and cruel as as any other Devil. Did you really think he didn't take pleasure in spilling blood for sport? That he was always as great and good as his legend made him out to be?" Kokabiel asked with a chuckle. "You did not see what I saw in the Great War, boy. I saw your father cut down many of his fellow Devils, many Angels and Fallen Angels, all under Mundus' command and by his own will. Sparda and Mundus may have been Devils themselves, commanding an army of demons created by Mundus, but Sparda had noproblem in slaying his enemies. Why, I'm sure he even took a few females of all three for pleasures of the flesh-GAH!"
Drake appeared right before Kokabiel and punched him in the face hard before drawing Rebellion and slashed it across his chest, leaving a line that began to leak blood.
"You've spoken ill of my father one too many times, Kokabiel." Drake growled, his eyes flashing a demonic red. "I understand my father may not be perfect, no father is. But he chose to make himself better when he woke up to justice, when he realized what Mundus was doing. My father is and always will be a hero. But he won't be just any hero... he'll always be my hero. You're just a relic of the past, Kokabiel. Forever clinging to the glories of the past, trying to restart something that has long since ended while everybody else has moved on."
"Tch. All that power in your hands, AND IT'S ALL WASTED!" Kokabiel shouted as his power skyrocketed and a column of Light Magic surrounded him, the torn shirt flying off before vaporizing due to Kokabiel's power. "You say that I'm not moving forward, but you're wrong! Once I have annihilated you and your little group my Second Great War will begin, Mundus shall return and conquer this world, and I will finally have everything I need."
Drake rolled his eyes. "Spare me the bad guy speeches, please. This fight's getting boring already."
"Boring? BORING?!" Kokabiel raged. "I'LL SHOW YOU BORING. YOU LITTLE SHI-!"
SHING!
CLINK!
Drake appeared behind Kokabiel, Yamato and Rebellion in hand. He stayed still, even as half of Kokabiel's wuings fell off his body, followed by blood gushing out the stumps left. The Fallen Angel screamed in pain as he plummeted the rest of the way to the ground, smashing hard into the earth. Drake flew down and landed, flicking the blood off his swords as he approached his downed enemy. Kokabiel got to a knee only to be kicked in the face, followed by a boot pressing down on his forehead before Rebellion was stabbed through his left arm, and Yamato through his right.
"This fight's over." Drake said, taking Ebony out and aiming it down at Kokabiel.
Issei was the first one to speak as he let out a cheer, "Alright! Drake won!"
"He did it, he actually beat Kokabiel." Kiba said in awe.
"… Drake Sparda, what a fearsome man." Xenovia stated as she stared at Drake's back before turning her attention to the other Devils in the group.
"I'm so glad he's alright." Rias whispered to herself as she let out a relieved sigh.
"Me too Rias." Akeno said as she walked up to her King's side. "We should let Sona and the others know that the battle is over."
"Right."
Grayfia could only smile as she stared at Drake's back, "He's come a long way."
"Never doubted him." Raynare shook her head, getting nods from Kalawarner and the Phenex maids.
"Kill me..." Kokabiel said from under Drake. "If you don't... Lord Mundus will do worse to me through his own means. He will-"
BANG!
The gunshot echoed as Drake lowered the smoking gun, blowing it away from the barrell while staring at the now dead Kokabiel, killed by a gunshot through the head. He holstered the gun and retrieved his swords, dispelling Yamato and slinging Rebellion across his back as his coat billowed in the wind.
"Was already planning on that anyway." He commented as he stepped off the body.
Suddenly, the entire barrier surrounding the school started to crack and break apart, making everyone snap their heads up to see white sphere of light hovering above them. The light lowered down until it was just above the trees before coming to a halt and dispersed to reveal a figure floating above their heads.
"So you managed to defeat Kokabiel, not bad." A male voice came from the second figure, which was a male figure wearing a white armor covered in blue jewels. The physical appearance of the armor, helmet and even the blue wings on his back screamed dragon-like.
"Those wings… you're the guy from the docks with Azazel." Drake said as he studied the wings on the white armored man's back.
"Who is that guy?" Issei asked himself as he stared at the armored man, feeling a bead of sweat falling down his cheek as he braced himself. "What is this feeling I'm getting from just looking at him? I'm trembling but it's not from fear."
[Be careful around him Issei,] The brunette looked down at his gauntlet to see that the green jewel in the center was glowing.
Lifting up the gauntlet closer to his face, Issei raised an eyebrow. "Ddraig? Do you know this guy?"
[Not personally, but I do know that he is the host of my rival, the Vanishing Dragon.] Ddraig answered causing Issei's eyes to grow wide as he recalled Ddraig's earlier warnings about the Vanishing Dragon as well as the message Xenovia had told him earlier. [And very soon he will be your rival to come.]
Raynare narrowed her eyes as she heard what Ddraig had said through the gauntlet, "The Vanishing Dragon, also known as the White Emperor Dragon. Like the Red Dragon Emperor it was sealed away in a Sacred Gear called the Divine Dividing, but that's the only thing those two have in common. Unlike your Boosted Gear which increases your power every ten seconds and allows you to transfer that power to someone or something else, the Divine Dividing can halves their opponent's power every ten seconds and uses that power as their own."
"So the legends were true after all." Rias said as she listened to Raynare's explanation, and Ddraig's as well to her shock since she never expected the dragon within the gauntlet to actually speak, while keeping her attention on the man, "But why are you here then if Kokabiel has been defeated?"
"To confirm his death." The White Dragon Emperor said, then glanced at Freed. "And to bring one in for interrogation if possible."
"I told Azazel that if Kokabiel got out of hand... I'd kill him." Drake said, narrowing his eyes as he stepped up to the White Dragon Emperor. "If he's got something to say about me killing Kokabiel, then he knows where to find me."
The White Dragon Emperor stared him down before everyone heard an amused exhale. "He knew you would and he has no problem that you handled it your way... though he may be a little annoyed to not get straight answers from Kokabiel himself. So he'll have to settle for Freed instead."
"Tell him he's still an asshole." Drake said and walked away towards his girlfriend.
"Get stronger, Drake Redgrave, son of Sparda." The White Dragon Emperor said, causing Drake to stop but he didn't turn to him. "One day... there may be a fight between us, to see who is the strongest."
Drake looked at him and smirked. "I'll be waiting. But I think you've already got a rival for that."
[Indeed. Are you just going to ignore me, White One?] Ddraig asked from Issei's Boosted Gear, making the White Dragon Emperor halt his pace in grabbing Freed to look back at Issei.
[I was wondering when I would see you again Red One,] A new voice spoke up, this one was coming from the White Dragon wings, which flashed as the voice spoke. [Our battle is destined to continue.]
Ddraig's voice could be heard letting out a grunt, [Agreed, it is inevitable. Until we meet again Albion.]
The tension created from the two Dragon's words caught everyone's attention, no more so than Vali and Issei who hardened his stare at the white armored man. It was obvious to everyone that when the time came for these two to do battle, it would be one filled with destruction.
[Yes, and be sure to make your host as strong as he can be.] Albion said as Vali spun around to continue his departure, Yumi was already floating in the air next to him. [It would a shame if he was too weak to face mine when the time comes.]
"Hold on!" Issei called out to the White Dragon Emperor, "Who are you? I don't understand!"
"… If you want to understand then get stronger my archenemy, I look forward to our future fight." He answered as his body began to glow bright, before turning his attention towards Drake. "As for you, Drake Sparda... consider my words." Before anyone could say anything, he grabbed Freed and took off at incredible speeds leaving behind dust clouds in his wake. Soon he became a bright flash in the distance.
"So the White Dragon Emperor actually appeared, huh?"
Rias turned her head to see that Sona and her Peerage were making their way towards them, "Yeah, though it looks like he wasn't needed."
"True, this victory was thanks to Drake." Sona said as she pushed up her glasses before turning her attention to her Queen. "Tsubaki, we've got a lot of work to do in cleaning this mess up. We should have all the damage done to the school repaired before classes start."
"Would you like us to help you out?" Rias offered with a smile only for Sona to dismiss it with a shake of her head.
"No, this is the job of the Student Council." Sona said before she and her Peerage got to work.
Unbeknowst to everyone, a figure was watching them from a hill overlooking Kuoh Acade,y. The figure was a male, but was covered by a dark cloak that obscured most of it's person, and his face was shrouded in darkness.
"Kokabiel... you stupid idiot." The person growled in anger, shaking his head. He crossed his arms, revealing the right one was a completely demonic-looking arm while the left was human. "So hungry for war and quick to rush the plans. A good thing we knew this would happen, but a bad thing you did not pass." The figure turned and started to walk away as a portal opened for him to walk through. "After all, my father does not tolerate failure of any kind."
It didn't take long for things to go back to normal... in that being school reopening and nothing being out of the ordinary thanks to the repairing efforts made by Sona and her Peerage. Right now, the ORC were in the clubroom when they got a surprise visitor, well mainly a surprise for Drake, Issei and Asia.
"Hey, Son of Sparda, Red Dragon Emperor."
"What the..." Drake blinked in surprise to see Xenovia standing at the doors of the clubroom, dressed in the Kuoh Academy girls' uniform. Drake frowned then he looked at Rias. "So that's what you were talking about, huh?"
"Why is she here?" Issei stood, looking at Xenovia with unease.
Rias, on the other hand, greeted Xenovia from her desk. "Oh good, you found us. Welcome home," she said, getting a confused look from Issei and Asia. "Everyone, I like for you to welcome our newest Knight."
"Wait, what?" Issei looked at the blue-haired girl in disbelief. "You're joking, right?"
PA!
"Son of a bitch!" Issei exclaimed after being he and Asia were startled by the pair of black wings that grew out of Xenovia's back, before she closed them. "Okay, what gives?" he demanded.
"After I found out that God was actually killed by the Demon King, I was desperate, so I begged for Rias to take me in." Xenovia explained.
"Having a Durandal wielder would be nice. With this, you, Drake and Kiba, will be the sword fighters of this group," Rias told them with much enjoyment. But it seemed all too fast for Issei to believe.
"And I was transferred to this school. From now on, I'm a 2nd year student and also a member of the Occult Research Club. Let's get along." Xenovia says, while breathing with her nose, trying to sound cute.
"…Don't make such a cute sound with a serious voice," Issei said.
"I copied Irina, but it looks like it's not easy."
Drake then asked, "But why did you really want to be a Devil, in our group? Is this even what you wanted?"
"Without God, I have no meaning," Xenovia stated, with a hand on her chin to show she was thinking. "But I'm not sure if become my old enemy is the best thing. But…for the little sister of the Devil King, she's been shockingly kind. Oh, I hope I made the right choice." Straining her thoughts, she placed her face in her hand. "I feel like I have, but there's so much doubt." Xenovia then puts her hands together to pray. "Please, help me, oh Lord!"
She received some damage because of that, hold her head down while mumbling something.
Drake sighed and shook his head with amusement. "It's never going to be a dull day with us."
"Boy, oh boy, what a day." Drake sighed as he entered his bedroom at Devil May Cry, taking his blazer off and throwing it onto the desk chair. Rias was busy doing some paperwork at the clubroom, so she won't be home for another couple of hours, Raynare and Kalawarner were out demon hunting, and the maids were busy. That actually reminded him of the kiss he gave Grayfia. What possessed him to do that? Maybe it was just gratitude, plus the situation, and his growing attraction to her.
He shook his head. He had Rias. That was more than enough for him, despite his growing feelings for several girls.
He plopped himself down on the bed with a huff and stared up at the ceiling for five seconds then chuckled. "You know… you're attempts to sneak up on me in the past haven't work, and today's no different… Kuroka."
Drake sat up and turned his head towards the windows to see a black cat sitting propped up on the interior ledge. The feline said nothing as first before it exploded in a small cloud of smoke, "Aww! Why can't you let me have my fun, nya?"
"Maybe next time." Drake replied as he watched the cat's figure was replaced by a familiar busty figure … though there was thing he wasn't expecting as the cloud dissipated. "...Why are you naked?"
"Of come now, what kind of cat do you know wears clothing." Kuroka teased as she crossed one of her long, smooth legs over the other while placing her hands on the ledge behind her, arranging herself in a pose that made her enormous breasts push out more as if to put them on display. "Besides, do you really want to complain on the view?"
Drake shrugged. "As a healthy, hormonal teenage guy, can't really complain but I do have a girlfriend."
"Should open her to the idea of sharing." Kuroka smirked.
Drake sighed and shook his head before he smirked at her. "If you can't wear clothing as a cat, why keep the headband?"
Kuroka blinked a few times at his question before she reached up between her cat ears where her headband was located, and to Drake's surprise she gained a somber look. "This headband… it very precious to me. I could never get rid of it."
"Your mother's?" He asked with a sympathetic expression. Kuroka was caught off guard, then Drake reached into a nearby drawer and pulled out a locket, which he handed it to her and she opened it to see a picture of a beautiful blonde-haired woman smiling gently. "That's my mother. So I know what it's like to have very few things belonging to her to remember her by."
"She's beautiful." Kuroka said with a small smile before she handed the locket back and Drake shoved it into his shirt.
"So, what brings you to my humble home?" Drake asked curiously as he crossed his arms.
"I wanted to check on you, nyah~!" Kuroka replied as she perked up instantly, silently grateful to Drake for changing the subject. "I was there at the school during the battle with that Fallen Angel, and I got to see you show what you're truly capable of. I was really impressed!"
"You were there, huh? I'm guessing to watch over your sister."
Kuroka giggled as she shot a hand into the air, which made her breasts bounce from the sudden movement. "That's right! I was watching from the side and was going to interfere, but it looked like I wasn't needed, nya. Though it looked like you had some trouble in the middle of the battle."
"Kokabiel's not an easy opponent, but I won in the end." Drake shrugged.
"But still, you managed to come out on top, and that counts for something." Kuroka smiled mischievously as she rose up to her feet and started walking up to Drake, who noticed the alluring way that she was swaying in her hips and the seductive look she was giving him as she got close. Soon she was inches away from him and pressed up against him, making him lower his arms as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Such a powerful man, already filled with so much power and the potential to get even stronger than this, nya~"
Drake raised a brow, trying to not let his body react naturally to having a beautiful, naked woman pressing her body against his. He didn't get flustered around women anymore like he used to, but he was still a young man attracted to the opposite sex, had a sexy as hell girlfriend... and now had an equally sexy woman in his bedroom, naked, and pressing her breasts into his chest. If anybody walked in at this moment, it would be as if they walked into some porno.
It was one thing to shrug off her seductive tactics while in a fight, but for her to be doing something like this while completely focused on him was on a different level entirely… and the look in her eyes as her own lightly blushing face rose closer to his."W-What are you-?"
Kuroka leaned up to get closer to his face and let out a sultry whisper as her lips was millimeters from his own. "Tell me Drake… would you like to make some children with me?"
Drake's eyes widened at the question before he reached up and grabbed Kuroka's shoulders, stopping her from continuing. "W-What did you say?!"
"Come on now," Kuroka replied as her golden-yellow eyes locked onto his icy-blue. "You know exactly what I said, nya. The children we could ma-"
The appearance of the red, Gremory magic circle caught their attention. Kuroka's eyes widened briefly before she looked at Drake and smirked.
"Consider my offer, nya~" She said, then kissed his cheek before proceeding to transform into her cat form and go out through the open window. And a good thing too, because Rias appeared two seconds after Kuroka disappeared.
"Hey sweetheart." Rias greeted her boyfriend with a peck on the lips.
"Hey babe." Drake said with a smile as he held her close, but glanced back at the open window. He sighed and shook off Kuroka's affects and her words.
That woman was certainly a bad kitty...
Indeed she is. Well, that's it for the Holy Sword/Kokabiel arc. Next chapter will be Drake and Rias' date, along with the first lemon of this story. And afterwards, I'll either be doing a small arc on Kuroka and Koneko's backstory, like their past coming back, and Kuroka revealing herself to everyone for reasons... or I'll go into the Peace Treaty arc. But I think I'll do the former, since it will help Kuroka in a certain way. Just need to try and execute the arc perfectly.
And also, it is official, I WILL be bringing back A Betrayed Devil. And this time, I'm most likely going to have the story go through the OC's years of exile, however I could use some help for arcs before canon begins. Unless I just start the story off with the OC having his own peerage/team and they are a mercenary team while putting flashbacks in to how he met those characters?
Also, does anybody have any ideas for me to include Chisato Hasegawa (From Testament of Sister New Devil) into A Betrayed Devil but not as a Peerage member? I never see her get picked for DxD harem fics, especially when there's women from other anime used. Let me know in the reviews or look me up on Discord.
Harem: Rias Gremory (Alpha and main girl), Akeno Himejima, Raynare, Kalawarner, Xenovia Quarta, Kuroka, Yasaka, Yubelluna, Xuelan, Karlamine, Serafall Leviathan, Grayfia Lucifuge, Gabriel, Kiyome Abe and Rossweisse.
Issei's harem: Asia Argento, Koneko Toujou, Ravel Phenex and Irina Shidou.