"Are you alright, Buchou?"
"Yes, thanks Ise"
I reach my hand to her and she stands up, Kageyama threw me against Buchou to help the heroes escape and it seems to have worked, I can't feel their presence anymore, shit, why did he had to show up at a time like this?
*Badump*
A chill runs down my spine
We both turn to Tatseyo's direction, his aura increased a lot! There's an immense killing intent being directed to us
"W-what is this?"
Buchou asks, there's cold sweat on her face
I can't believe what I'm seeing...
What is this sudden surge of power?
Kageyama suddenly intervened on our fight against the Hero Faction of the Khaos Brigade
We tried talking to him but the heroes managed to flee under his cover
As soon as they fled, Kageyama said something about his emotions and suddenly his aura got huge, it covered his body and didn't stop there, his hair is floating upwards, his eyes became sharper with a strange glow and there's a strong gust of wind even though we are indoors
His aura... I had already saw it's colour before, but now it's huge! It's much bigger than him and the dazzling colours are dancing around, damn, it's even kinda of entrancing, how can such a powerful aura even exist?!
"I won't let you hurt mom! I won't let you hurt my friends!"
What? What's he talking about?
Wait, Liliana-san said his mom was a former hero or something, right? Oh shit!
"Kageyama-kun, you don't understand, those guys were not real heroes, they are members of the Khaos Brigade, they are the evil ones!"
GUH!
I can't move! An incredible energy is holding my entire body from moving!
"Aghh, I can't move!"
"Me neither!"
"How is he doing that?!"
It seems everyone is being held by his power!
ZOOM
My body is pushed towards Kageyama!
He grabs my head which is covered by the helmet with his hand
CRACK!
He shatters my helmet with his bare hand! And grabs my head with an extreme grip! I can feel blood running down from my forehead
I try to move and fight back but it's like hitting a wall!
"I don't have time to listen to your lies"
CRASH
Kageyama throws me like a bowling ball, I go crashing through the floor non-stop and my armor is completely shattered as I clash against the stone ground!
I hit a wall at full force and I feel like passing out, but manage to get up
Ddraig, please rebuild the armour!
[Leave it to me!]
BOOOM!
An explosion?
I recover my armour and dash towards him again
"Kiba! Kusaka-san!"
Kiba and Kusaka-san are laying on the ground, they were defeated already?
"...Sona-kaichou, I'm sorry, I was so focused in the battle that my masks didn't noticed him approaching"
Her sacred gear, [Scouting Persona], allows her to use masks as cameras to detect enemy presence, but we weren't expecting that anyone would show up since we were so focused in the fight, Koneko's senjutsu also didn't work, maybe because this guy is good at hiding his presence
She has an awful expression, she's bleeding and her uniform is torn
"It's not your fault, hang in there, we'll get you out of here"
Sona says this as she grabs Kusaka-san and flies backwards
I too grab Kiba and retreat to where the rest of our nakama are
"I'm sorry Issei, I couldn't do anything, my legs..."
Shit! I look down and see that Kiba's legs are broken! For a [Knight] who relies on speed that's definitely the worst attack he can suffer
"Asia! Heal Kiba's legs and Kusaka-san too!"
"Yes!"
Asia sends her healing aura towards us but...
Her aura changes it's direction! It's going towards Kageyama!
"Asia, what are you doing?!"
"It's not me! He's doing that thing again!"
He can change the flux of aura even from this distance? Shit, how powerful is he?
"I won't let you heal!"
He absorbs Asia's aura then calmly starts talking to us
"Oh, why are not any of you figthing? You all seemed so jumpy in that fight just a few minutes ago, what's with the sudden change? Do you only have courage to attack defenseless humans?!"
He shouts the last part and throws an aura attack at us, it's not aimed at anyone in particular so it only hits the floor, but the pressure is so big that sends everyone backwards and shatters the arms of my armour that I used to shield myself
"Shit!"
How did he became so powerful? This is completely different from the first time, he was already too strong then, but now it's ridiculous, there's no way we can fight against him like this
"D-damn, so that's the guy you were fighting against? What the fuck is up with this monster?"
Saji asks, all the members of the Gremory and Sitri peerage have the same terrified look, there's cold sweat forming on our foreheads, the pressure and killing intent Kageyama releases is enormous, it seems like he's grasping my heart just by looking at him
"He wasn't like that in the first time, was he holding back?"
Xenovia asks, holding back? He defeated us while holding back all this power? Shit, there's no fucking way we can defeat him now, even with Sitri here, this place has become a slaughterhouse
"B-buchou, what are we gonna do?"
Buchou has an angered expression and looks at Sona-kaichou
"There's only one thing we can do, I think you know what, right Sona?"
Kaichou nods
"Yes..."
Each turns to their respective teams and yell
""Run! Let's get away from here!""
Both of them scream, yes, everyone in here has realized that the best chance against this guy is running away, this time there's nothing to be gained from a fight with him, all we can gain from it is another defeat, and by the pure killing intent Tatseyo is giving, it would probably be our last one
"SCRAM!"
One of us screams and we all make our ways towards different exits but...
*CRUMBLE*
All the exits, including the windows, collapse, leaving a ton of stones covering them
"You are not going anywhere!"
[Reconstruct]
Tatseyo says this and the rubble that covered the exits fuses, turning into solid stone
"Everyone, get behind me, I'll blast it open!"
"I'll help you!"
Rossweisse and I stand in front of the thick wall that was formed, I create a dragon shot and she creates a magic circle in her hand and just as we are about to shoot
[Barrier]
Tatseyo's colorful aura covers the walls, the floor and even the roof!
Rossweisse's magic and my aura are deflected and dissipate in the vastness of the factory
"You dare to attack my fellow heroes and refuse to take the punishment? At least have some honor!"
Fuck! I look around and there seems to be no exit, we are locked inside this factory!
Buchou positions herself in front of us
"Tsk, looks like there's no choice anymore, we'll have to fight"
Kaichou nods her head
"But we still have to find an exit"
"Rossweisse, you can teleport us out of here with your magic, right?"
She nods her head
"Yes, but with this barrier, it will take a while to prepare the spell"
Buchou nods
"Sona, everyone, we have to buy time and protect Rossweisse, let's go with all we got! This a death battle right now!"
"""""Alright!"""""
"Xenovia! Take this!"
I throw Ascalon to her
She takes it with a puzzled look on her face
"We can't measure our efforts, also, you are better with swords than me"
Xenovia smiles and Saji also steps forward
"Geez, if you guys are getting so pumped up, I have to help too, right?"
"Yes, let's do this!"
Promotion: [Queen]!
During the fight against the heroes, me and Saji avoided promoting, but with this barrier that Kageyama erected, we don't have to worry about colateral damage anymore
"Hey, Saji, you can use it now"
Sona-kaichou says with a serious voice
"Eh? Really?"
He turns to her confused
"Right now we can't spare our efforts, let's use everything we got so Rossweisse can allow us to escape"
Saji gulps down but then he answers with a confident voice
"Y-yes! Let's do this!"
Saji's gauntlet glowed in a dark light
"Come forward, the power of the Evil Dragon [Vritra]!"
They are going to summon Vritra right here? I know it's an emergency, but won't Saji lose control in that form?
Seeing my concerned expression, Kaichou speaks
"Don't worry, he's been undergoing training at the Grigori, he now can use Vritra's power without losing control"
Oh? Really?! That's awesome! Saji has really evolved with the help of the Grigori!
Snakes appeared entagling Saji's legs, arms and shoulders as black flames enveloped his body, then the voice of that giant serpent spoke, even though it still hasn't appeared
[Now, my other self, let's show them what we are made of! Let my cursed flames consume him!]
"Yes, let's gooo!"
He charges foward, me and Xenovia go right by his side
"I'll subdue him with my flames! You two attack him!"
Saji's flames enveloped Tatseyo's huge aura as I used my Dragon shots at him and Xenovia swung Durandal's Aura towards him
"Let us help too"
Irina, Hanakai-san, Buchou and Akeno-san also charge, sending magic, demonic and light attacks towards Kageyama. Sona and the others stayed behind to protect Rossweisse, Asia and the wounded
BOOM! KAAA!
All the attacks hit! On our first fight he dodged some of our attacks but now he doesn't even seem to be moving, are Saji's flames really that strong? Well, Vritra is a Dragon King after all...
After the burst of attacks, the smoke dissipates and Kageyama-kun has his head lowered and seems completely dormant, did it worked? No, there's no way it would be this easy.
"D-did we made it?"
I hear Saji asking, but the voice from his gauntlet answers
[Everyone, stay back, he's not defeated yet!]
And just as we feared
"Too weak, too weak! This is useless, useless, useless!"
Kageyama-kun shouts as he clutches his hands and the flames that were holding his aura are extinguished!
"H-hey Vritra, what's going on? Weren't our flames special or something?"
Vritra's flames bear a strong curse that not even a powerful devil would be able to eliminate
He nervously asks the Dragon King and a disapointed voice comes from the gauntlet
[I see, so our compatibility is truly terrible, right, red one?]
A voice comes from the gauntlet in my hand
[This boy exorcised Vritra's curse and used his aura to subdue the flames]
"W-what?"
Everyone has the same anguished look on their faces, but before we can say anything else
"My turn!"
Kageyama declares and disappears from our sight!
"Right here!"
He shows up behind Akeno-san and Hanakai-san! They both shoot magic at him, but Tatseyo doesn't even make the effort to defend and takes the attacks head on!
This is bad, they are both bad at melee combat!
I charge the boosters on my back to attack him, but the same force from before pushes me against the ground and stops me from moving, when I look at the others, they are in the same situation
"Ugh!"
"Guah!"
Except for Akeno-san and Hanakai-san who are getting a merciless beatdown from Kageyama, Hanakai-san uses her [Appaluse Wall] to form barriers but they are shattered by his punches, while Akeno's elemental attacks are blocked and or reflected. But even if I can't move, there's still something I can do!
I point my gauntlet towards him and transfer my power to my dragon shot
[Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost!]
I shoot a massive dragon shot towards him, Kageyama looks at the shot but doesn't make even a sign of dodging or defending, instead he gives a creepy smile
"You fool"
It's all he says before my shot changes direction and goes towards...
"Buchou!"
He made the dragon shot go towards Buchou who can't dodge because she's being held down!
But even if she's down, Buchou can still defend herself, she creates a magic circle to defend from it-
DOOOM!
The shot increased in side drastically!
"Kyaaaaah!"
Buchou yells as she's enveloped in the light of my shot
"BUCHOOOOOUUUU!"
Me and my friends scream as Buchou lays on the ground without movement
CRASH!
"Three are out, now who's next?"
Akeno-san and Hanakai are also throw on the ground, their clothes are torn, and they are covered in blood and bruises
"YOU ASSHOLE!"
I yell at the top of my lungs
[Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost Boost!]
I push my body to it's utmost limits and my body shakes as I try to stand up, but then- My body feels light again and I can stand up normally
"If you wanted to fight me, you should have said sooner, let's cut the crap already, right? You all, come at me!"
He yells as his aura shines
"You bastard, you'll pay for this!"
Xenovia shouts and jumps at him swinging Durandal, me and Saji also charge forward, Koneko, Nimura-san and Irina also attack him
Koneko, Nimura, Xenovia and me fight him at close range, while Irina and Saji use their holy aura and flames to try to subdue, but he's completely unharmed! He easily blocks our attacks and the ones he doesn't block don't seem to be working! He hasn't even moved an inch to dodge or avoid the attacks
"Hahahaha!"
He gives a gleeful laugh while taking my fist head on! It's like hitting a concrete wall!
"Take this, demons!"
"Ugh!"
His fist covered in aura hits Koneko in her stomach, she flies backwards with blood gushing from her mouth
Koneko-chan stumbles to stand up and wipes the blood from her mouth
"So you know how to use Ki in combat? That won't work on me, kitty!"
He charges his fist at my armour, I barely dodge it but his aura emits a powerful explosion that sends me backwards and shatters my chest armour!
Nimura-san makes several faints leaving after-images in the air, thanks to her Sacred Gear, [Procellarum Phantom], she's able to achieve immense speed and give powerful kicks and she also promoted to [Queen] before me and Saji, since she wouldn't cause collateral damage. But Kageyama is not even paying attention to her movements as he's busy with Irina's and Saji's mid-range attacks
Nimura-san appears right behind him and lifts her leg up and then down to give him a mighty kick!
But Kageyama lifts a finger in the air
ZOOM
Irina's light attacks change direction and hit Nimura-san!
"AGHHH!"
A loud scream of pain is heard, this is bad, light is like poison to devils, but how did he know she was right behind him? Was he able to know she was going to attack him just by her presence? Even at that speed? This is insane!
"Nimura-san! I'm sorry!"
Irina says this as she flies in front of her and makes a sword of light in front of Kageyama
"I will not let you hurt my friends anymore!"
Kageyama lifts his hand and gathers aura into it, but instead of attacking, he makes an expression of someone who is looking for something
"One, two, three, four, five..."
He starts counting us, one by one, completely ignoring the battle
"Uhm... where is the teacher and the red eyed girl?"
He's talking about Rossweisse and Gasper!
Wait, does he think Gasper is a girl? Well, I can understand th- wait, it's not the time for this!
"I can understand leaving Asia behind, but why those two? Unless..."
An evil, terrifying smile comes across Kageyama's face, he then answers while looking at us
"You cheeky demons, thought I wouldn't notice it? I can sense they are nearby"
Right after saying that he lifts a finger in the air and aura bullets and explosions fill the factory
"Aaahhhh!"
We are completely overwhelmed by the intensity and throw around the factory
I fall to the ground and my armour is broken, there's blood coming from my body, shit, at times like this we notice how much Asia makes a difference in battle, but I can't afford to stop now!
"Ddraig, please take care of the repairs"
[Ok, partner, just watch your stamina]
Yes, he's right, I've been consuming way too much power in this fight, if this keeps going I might lose my armour before it even ends, but we have to make sure everyone escapes safely!
"Hyoudou-kun, are you alright?"
Saji gets up, he's also badly injured
"Yeah, I'm okay Saji, but how are the others"
"I'm right here"
Xenovia stands up, Irina is with her, their condition is no better
"Good, but how about Koneko-chan and..."
I see a little movement and I rush towards it
"Koneko-chan! Nimura-san!"
Nimura-san has been knocked out due to the light attack, but I help Koneko-chan stand up
"Ise-san, I'm sorry..."
"Don't worry Koneko-chan, you did well enough"
She makes a bitter expression as she says
"Be careful of his attacks, he can also do spiritual damage, just like Liliana-san said"
It's true, I can see that Koneko-chan's touki has considerably lessened and it wasn't just due to the physical damage
"We'll be careful, but we have to go, he's after Rossweisse!"
Xenovia says as she unfolds her wings and flies in the direction Kageyama went
"Hold on Koneko-chan, we'll be back"
Me and the others charge towards him, what we see when we arrive at the place, Kageyama-kun is standing right in front of the group protecting her, Sona-kaichou, Yura-san, Shinra-san, Meguri-san and Gasper. Kiba and Kusaka-san are also with them, since Asia took this as an opportunity to heal them
"You thought I wouldn't notice it? In our first encounter you were one of the first to attack and now you are here hiding on the back? C'mon, I'm not the most brilliant guy in the world, but this is an insult!"
He points towards them
"I don't know what you are trying to do, but it won't work"
He clutches his fist and a massive amount of aura is shot
"This place will be your grave!"
Rossweisse and the others fly and try dodge the attack, but even so they still took some damage
[Sword Birth]
Kiba summons several swords towards Kageyama, but he waves his hand and they are destroyed
"You are not a priority"
He says this as he pulls Kiba close to him and punches him
BOOM
An explosion is created at the impact and Kiba flies backward, he won't be able to stand this, Kiba is not a power type!
But to my suprise, Kiba plants his sword on the ground to stop his flight and stands up
"Are you okay, Yuuto-kun?"
I hear Yura-san asking, it's when I notice, she and Kusaka-san used their Sacred Gears to create a mask and a shield of light that protected Kiba from most of the impact from the explosion!
"I am, thanks you two"
He stands up and Kageyama-kun looks impressed
"To think you would be able to create a defence so fast! But it just happened because I wasn't expecting..."
Kageyama disappears and reappears in front of them
"It won't happen again!"
Kageyama charges the palm of his hand with aura and shoots it towards both of them, Kusaka-san creates several masks and Yura-san summons a huge shield of light
CRACK! CRASH!
They are destroyed in an instant and they are both wrapped in the dazzling light of Kageyama's aura
[Mirror Alice]
Suddenly, a mirror appears in front of him and his energy
"W-what is this?"
Shinra-san's Sacred Gear! It allows her to revert the opponent's attack with double the strength, it's an amazing power that unfortunately has a cooldown period before it can be used again, but can give amazing results against a power type!
Kageyama is blow backwards and hits the ground
"Now! Attack him!"
We take the advantage that Kageyama is on the ground to jump him and try to subdue him
KABOOM
But a large explosion is created, stopping us from approaching him, so even that wasn't enough!
"Kukukukuku, amazing..."
Kageyama laughs as he stands up, he's very injured, so even he can't stand if his attack is reverted at him
"What an amazing ability! Reverting my attack against me! And it worked marvelously, as expected of my own attack! And you even increased it's power! It would have been enough to take anyone down, but..."
He says this as his aura shines and his wounds start to close and even his clothes were rebuilt!
"I'm not 'anyone'!"
He says as he lifts his hand and several aura shots spread through the factory, changing directions and hitting Shinra-san right at her blind spot
"Gaaah!"
She screams as several aura bullets pierce her back and she's pulled to the ground
"Shinra-san"
"Shinra-senpai!"
"You bastard! Vritra, consume him!"
Vritra's flames engulf him, but Kageyama's aura extinguishes the flames once again
"Now, I'll go for you!"
He dashes towards Rossweisse
"We won't let you!"
Sona says as she creates several water beasts, Yura-san summons a shield of light and Kusaka-san summons several masks.
"Too weak!"
Lots of aura beams are created around Kageyama, shattering the shields, masks and destroying the water beasts as Sona, Yura and Kusaka are also blow away
"""Kyaah!"""
They scream and fall to the ground covered in smoke
"KAICHOU!"
Saji screams and throws an outburst of flames towards Kageyama
"Can't you see this won't work? Insolent fool!"
Kageyama's aura destroys the flames and uses his telekinesis to punch Saji into a wall, me, Xenovia and the others are also pummeled against the floor
"Don't forget about me!"
Kiba charges at him with a holy-demonic sword and Kageyama blocks it with his finger
"Trust me, I did not forget"
The swords that Kageyama shattered earlier are rebuilt and swarm around Kiba!
"How about having a taste of your own swords?"
"Kaah!"
Kiba yells as his own swords cut and pierce his body as he falls to the ground, again, he's using our own attacks against us!
"I couldn't stop it... to think that my own swords..."
Kiba says as he passes out on the ground
"Now, you..."
He points at Rossweisse, Gasper and Asia who were standing behind
"What were you planning?"
"It's none of your business"
Rossweisse makes several magical attacks who are deflected by Kageyama, Gasper (who had already drunk my blood) turns into a swarm of bats and paralyzes him
"We are the last line of defense! You are not getting us so easily!"
We are freed from his telekinetic grip! Yes! Even if he's strong, Gasper's time ability will still work against him!
The bats gather around Kageyama and start using their energy absorbing powers to reduce his aura, I make a fireball in my stomach and prepare to transfer my power into it, but-
"GASPER! GET OUT!"
I saw it! For a brief moment I saw Kageyama-kun's eyes move! He's not paralyzed, he's faking it!
"Ah, so you saw it?"
Kageyama's aura frees him from the stopped time and he lifts his hand in air
"Wo-woah! Stop this!"
The swarm of bats starts swirling around in the air as if they are in a tornado
"Let Gasper go!"
Since I know that energy attacks won't work, my only choice is to go toe-to-toe with him!
But when I charge forward, Kageyama's telekinesis hits me and forces me against the floor or walls
"Ugh!"
CLASH!
I watch helpless as the bats violently clash against each other and Gasper returns to his normal form
"Oh..."
He says as he passes out on the floor
"Now, no more games!"
Kageyama turns to Rossweisse and Asia and forms a powerful aura in his hands
KAAA!
Suddenly a small lightning hits Kageyama, but it's much weaker than Akeno-san's, it doesn't even bother him
"Rassei!"
The small sprite dragon appears between Kageyama and Asia! Even her familiar decided to show up!
"Grrrrr!"
He starts roaring to Kageyama, but his answer is far from intimated
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! What the hell is that?"
He moves his hand and grabs Rassei in his hands
"Leave him alone!"
Kageyama completely ignores Asia's request and starts pulling his wings
"A dragon? Is it real? A dragon! Hahaha! First an angel and now this! I'm really meeting so many interesting creatures! It's a pity you'll all die here, so I'll have no evidence of this battle!"
He plummets Rassei and starts to mercilessly kick him like a stray dog!
"You fucking dare to protect this devil?! You dare to stand in my path?!"
"Please stop!"
Asia pleads with tears on her eyes, I also cry tears of anger seeing this completely one sided beatdown, he's so infatuated on it that he's not even pinning us down anymore, so I furiously fly towards him, charging the boosters on my back
"Let him go!"
"Don't interrupt me!"
Kageyama creates an explosion that throws me back against the wall of the factory and shatters my armour, everyone, including Rossweisse, tries to attack him but he defends and sends them back while continuing the merciless attack on the defenseless dragon
"Learn your place, winged beast!"
He yells as he gives the last kick and throws the sprite dragon on a wall
"Ras-"
Asia tries to call the dragon's name, but is stopped by Kageyama's hand on her throat
"Guah!"
She gasps for air as his grip tightens on her neck
"Let her go!"
Rossweisse charges towards Kageyama and tries to kick and punch him, she's even using magic to reinforce her abilities, but Kageyama effortlessly blocks them all without even letting go of Asia's throat
"Shit, I can't use my flames when he's holding her!"
Saji says, we understand, as long as he's holding Asia, we can't make any dangerous attacks that might hurt her as well
"Oh, you must really treasure this girl, right? You are even taking me head on, but so be it, have as much of her as you want!"
Kageyama lifts Asia in the air with his telekinesis
"Here!"
He grabs Rossweisse's leg and uses her a bat to hit Asia!
Asia's body is sent flying and hits a pillar of the factory! If it wasn't for Kageyama's aura barrier, I'm sure it would have broken
"Asia!"
Xenovia screams as she goes towards her friend, at this point Kageyama is not even trying to hold us down anymore
"You are too weak!"
Even after beating Asia, Kageyama doesn't let go off Rossweisse, violently swinging her at the floor and pillars of the factory
"You!"
I fly right in front of him
"We'll be your opponent, so let her go!"
Rossweisse is covered in wounds and blood, but she's still counscious, if I can distract him, maybe she can still work on getting us out of here
"Uhm..."
Kageyama says as if he's carefully considering it, then a grin appears on his face
"As you wish!"
He then spins Rossweisse like a throwing disk and sends her flying with a powerful aura shot!
She flies and hits a wall at full speed, hitting the ground uncounscious
"What are you so mad for? I let her go didn't I?"
He says in a mocking tone, this guy...
An intense hatred takes over me
And just as I'm about to have a showdown with Kageyama
A sword stands between us
"I'm sorry, Ise, but me and Irina won't be satisfied if we don't grab a piece of him, so allow us to join you, okay?"
Xenovia and Irina have killing intent oozing from them, Irina's wings are flashing black and white, could it be wrath?
"I understand"
Xenovia picks Ascalon and Durandal, while Irina forms a sword of light in her hands
"Let's do this, all of us!"
I say this as me, Saji, Irina and Xenovia prepare to attack him
"Yes, for Asia-chan!"
Xenovia and Irina attack attack simultaneously, their team work is impecable, as expected of a warrior duo that worked together for years
Saji tries to subdue him with his flames and I keep punching and kicking Kageyama. Xenovia and Saji seem to be the only ones able to actually attack him from a distance, and everytime that Kageyama tries to use Vritra's flames against us, he extinguishes it before it can harm us.
But no matter what we do, it doesn't seem to be working, aura attacks, light attacks, punches, kicks, slashes, Kageyama just blocks it or makes it change direction, he hasn't even dodged during this whole fight and everytime he sees an opening, he punches us with his fist covered in aura, which can cause physical and spiritual damage to us
After several exchanges, we are already battered and tired, while we are catching our breath, Kageyama speaks
"Heh, you are already tired? This is going to end even sooner than I thought!"
Seeing this, Saji says with an anguished look
"Why is he still so energetic?"
[What is it, my other self?]
Even Vritra seem worried
"Why our flames don't work against him? Even if I can't imprison him with my curse, his energy doesn't diminished at all, why is he not even tired even though I've been sending my flames all this time?"
"True, even if his stamina is greater than ours, he has been blocking our attacks and attacking for a while, how is he not even tired?"
Xenovia also speaks
Saji clutches his fist
"I don't care! No matter what, I'll definitely make him suffer for what he did to Kaichou"
"Yes, that's the way! It's all we can do for now"
I say to Saji. Yes, let's make sure we give our best!
"So we can't defeat you in a long term battle, right?"
Xenovia asks, she has been swinging Durandal and Ascalon at him, but the damage doesn't seem to be working at all
"As expected of someone who could fight against Rias-senpai's peerage, you are even better than I thought"
Irina says and Kageyama laughs at their words
"I'm feeling popular right now! Trying to make me go easier on you by flattering me?"
Xenovia sneers
"Never, but you didn't try to take Durandal from me even once now? Why is it?"
Kageyama shrugs
"Not worth the trouble, with or without it you'll still lose, even with this new sword of yours, the result will be the same"
Instead of getting mad, Xenovia smiles
"I see, so that's how weak I am at your eyes, but I'll show you how wrong you are! Irina!"
"Yes!"
"Ise, Saji, stand back!"
We jump back and the church duo stands together and Xenovia makes a cross symbol with both her swords as Irina starts gathering more and more holy aura on her sword
"You haven't even tried to dodge any of the attacks from anyone so far, so I take it you are not dodging this one as well, right?"
Kageyama opens his arms
"Of course not! Whatever you two have, please use it! I'll gladly take your last desperate attack!"
"You'll regret this!"
The enormous aura from Xenovia's cross attack mixes with Irina's holy aura and envelops Kageyama in it's power, even his huge aura is engulfed in the attack!
CRASH!
Even the wall behind Kageyama was broken! It means that this attack was enough to even shatter his barrier around the factory!
I know we should escape, but we can't leave them here, we can't possibly leave them, also, I don't think Kageyama would let us escape so easily
And in the attack's aftermath, Kageyama is... standing?!
He is battered, I can clearly see that it damaged him, but that attack should be able to retire even a high-class devil! He wasn't even moved by the attack!
"Amazing! I even had to use my barrier to defend against this attack, you trully are amazing"
He then looks back at the destroyed wall
"And I take it that you two didn't take this opportunity to escape because your friends are still here, right?"
He says in a mocking tone
"Well, it's not like I would have let it anyway"
After he says that, the wall and the barrier are rebuilt
"Now, you two..."
He says pointing at Xenovia and Irina, the two put everything they had in that last attack, so they depleted almost all of their stamina, Xenovia can barely hold her sword anymore and Irina's holy aura has severely diminished
"You are so weakened now that I could probably ignore you two for the rest of this battle, but I can't risk any of you walking away like last time"
He charges close at an incredible speed and gets right between the two
"So you'll have this!"
And unleashes a terrifying aura attack at Xenovia!
"UGHHHH!"
She screams as she's blow backwards and flies towards a wall, falling uncounscious at the impact
"Now you!"
He pins Irina on the floor, with her back facing up, then he starts caressing her wings
"I never would expect that the first angel I saw would be helping demons..."
He grips her wings forcefully!
"AHHHHH!"
Irina screams in pain as Kageyama starts pulling out her wings with his own hands!
"That's enough!"
I charge my wings and fly towards him
"Stay there!"
An aura shot hits me and Kageyama pushes me and Saji against the floor again
"You don't deserve this wings, so I'll be taking them as a souvenir, I hope they still last after I kill you"
Irina's screams fill the factory as he mercilessly pulls them, he's not even using his telekinesis, he's directly pulling them out with his hands, blood keeps spilling, but he doesn't seem even slightly disturbed by it, simply shielding himself from it so it doesn't stain him. How much hatred does someone has to have to do something like this?
Irina finally passes out from the pain, her wings have almost been completely pulled out, Kageyama then tosses her as if she was a piece of trash
He then turns at us and a grin full of malice draws on his face
"Hahaha! You two have that beautiful killing intent I recognize from all the other demons I've already faced, guess you aren't so different after all, huh? So let's settle this already!"
I'm taken over by my anger, this guy, he won't listen to us! He attacked my friends with the intent to kill, he let the terrorists escape, he destroyed every shred of hope my friends had and now he's gonna mercilessly kill us if we don't do something!
When I look at Saji, he's also giving off a strong killing intent, like Buchou said, this was never a fight, this is a death match
"Hehe..."
I give a small laugh, now I see it, if it was Buchou, she would have noticed it from the very beginning, but I was too slow to realize untill now
"So that's what you were aiming for..."
He tilts his head
"Uh? What was I aiming for?"
I give a bitter smile
"Don't pretend it, the reason why you took us down one by one, the reason why you deliberately let us go all out against you, was to see us like this right?"
"What are you talking about Hyoudou?"
[Despair, my other self]
"De-despair?"
"Yes, Saji, that's why he let us do as we pleased, that's why he didn't took Xenovia's sword, and that's why he ripped Irina's wings as well"
At my words Kageyama bursts into a mad man's laughter
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! You are right! But that's not all! The blonde girl was defeated after seeing her precious pet crushed by my boot, the teacher was helpless as I used her own body to beat her friend, I purposely let all of you who could create shields use them, even though I could make my attacks avoid them, just to see the despair on your faces as I broke them! The hopeless look of the crimson girl as she was wrapped in the power of her own slave was priceless! Seeing the sword girl and the angel scream and cry as it sunk into them that there was nothing they could do was also great! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"W-what? So you were toying with us all along?"
"Of course, if I wanted, I could have ended all this battle much sooner, but it wouldn't be enough, once my anger goes loose, I want to destroy every last shred of hope and confidence you have with sheer terror and despair! And look at how you are now, killing intent oozing all over, not even a shred of compassion in your eyes, I knew it, you guys are no different from any demon!"
Me and Saji freeze in terror at this guy's words, he is completely different from when we first fought him, now it's like a mad killer in a frenzy. He was actually having fun torturing us before going for the kill!
[Partner, calm down, you are exactly where he wants you to be]
"I'm sorry Ddraig, but I can't calm down, no matter how much I try, I won't calm down untill I avenge my friends!"
Kageyama answers with a twisted smile
"Oh, I wanted to ask you something for a while, but who is Ddraig? Is it the voice coming from your gauntlet? Can it talk to me as well?"
[Shut up, you lunatic]
Ddraig says to Kageyama, whose smile only gets broader
"Amazing, I'm seeing so many amazing things today! And you, blondie, what do you have with you? Does your gauntlet speaks too?"
[I am the Prison Dragon Vritra, beware human, my host is on the verge of going crazy on you]
Kageyama laughs hysterically again
"Dragon?! As in a real dragon? That spits fire and all? HAHAHAHAHAHA! That's awesome! I'm actually fighting a dragon today! So that's what those snakes coiling around him are and those flames as well? I wonder what will happen if I push him further..."
Kageyama then points at Saji
"Hey, blondie, those flames of yours, they were trying to stop my movement and seal my aura, but you were also stealing my energy right?"
Saji smirks
"Heh, so you noticed it? Yeah, even if you can destroy my flames and my curse, it will steal your energy, but I didn't thought you would have so much..."
Then he points his fist covered in flames towards him
"But even if it's just a little, any damage I can do to you will count!"
He declares fiercely, but Kageyama laughs and answers in a mocking tone
"Hahahahaha! You really are a idiot! Fucking stupid! Do you really think I wouldn't have attacked you first if you really were a trouble to me?"
He says it all with a disguted face
"W-what do you mean?"
Saji replies astonished, Kageyama laughs even louder
"You are all so stupid that you not even noticed this? Look closer at the smoke you idiots!"
"Smoke?"
I say looking around, there is no smoke here
[So that's what it was...]
[I had my doubts, but this monster is actually doing it]
"Ddraig, Vritra?"
"What are they doing?"
Me and Saji ask
"Hahaha! So the dragons noticed, about time, huh?
[Partner, look closely at your jewel]
I take a better look at the jewels on my armour and see a faint, almost smoke-like, line coming from it and going towards... Kageyama?
"W-what's the meaning of this?"
Saji asks while also looking at his gauntlet
[It's not just us, my other self, take a look around and you will notice]
Me and Saji look around and it's true! The smoke seems to be coming from Kageyama's aura and connecting to many places, even our fallen friends!
[My other self, he has been stealing energy from the whole place, including your friends, this whole time]
Vritra says in a nervous voice
"W-what? Then, it means that-"
Kageyama interrupts him
"It means your attacks aren't doing squat! I can manipulate energy and I can also absorb it from almost anything and anyone to turn it into my own. You think you were doing damage to me, when in fact you are the weakest one! Even that tiny dragon cub did more than you!"
I feel my eyes wdie
"He can even do that? He has been stealing our energy this whole time? Ddraig, you didn't noticed it before?"
[I'm sorry partner, but he was doing it gradualy and slowly, and since we were in the middle of a battle, I assumed it was just your energy output]
So even Ddraig didn't noticed untill it was too late, Kageyama truly is a monster
[My other self?]
I hear Vritra saying and when I turn to look at Saji, he has a hopeless look on his face
"N-nothing, I did... nothing?"
"You are right! Your flames are useless, your curses are useless, your stealing is useless! MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!"
Kageyama keeps repeating the word 'useless' and the look on Saji's face turns from hopeless to an outright panic and terror like I've never seen before
"S-Saji, calm down, don't let him get to you"
I try to get closer, but Vritra's voice warns me
[Stay back red one! He's completely lost now, not even I am able to reach him]
"Useless, I'm useless... I couldn't protect Kaichou, I couldn't protect anyone, even though I'm a dragon king, he can absorb energy better... I just... AHHHHHHHHH!"
Saji screams as black flames envelop his whole body and the snakes who were coiling around him get agitated
"That's the face I wanted! Despair at your powerlessness! Panic in front of me! Let the terror consume you!"
[Congratulations esper, you sent him into your desired despair, so be ready to face the consequences]
Vritra says in a scary voice
"Come forward, Dragon King Vritra!"
Saji yells, wait he's going to summon Vritra right here? Inside this factory?
"Wait, Saji!"
[It's useless partner, that boy has completely given up to despair]
"HAHAHAHA! Amazing! To think your despair would take you this far!"
The enourmous snake Vritra appears, coiling it's huge body and lauching towards Kageyama, who also charges forward, attacking with his aura
[To think you would be able to clash with me on equal ground, you trully are a monster]
"People tell me that a lot you know!"
Vritra attacks him with it's large body, flames and fangs, while Kageyama uses his telekinesis, aura attacks and explosions to counter
I think about joining in, but Ddraig alerts me
[Don't budge in partner, Vritra's host is completely out of control, if you try to intefere he would probably attack even you as well]
"E-even me?"
So that's how far into his own misery Saji has fallen? With no other choice I step back and keep watching the fight
"It's my first time figthing a real dragon, you know? I don't feel like the cub counted. I kinda feel honoured now, you said your name was Vritra, right? I've read about you before, so now you live inside kids?"
[I might be using this boy as my host, but I'm still strong and proud as a dragon! Burn into your brain the image and name of the Evil Dragon King that will defeat you!]
"Hahaha! You talk a lot! Mom did said that lizards tend to be cocky!"
[Li-lizard?]
Vritra seems offended at Kageyama's remark and intesificates it's attacks
[You'll regret having brought me to the battlefield!]
Vritra's flames actually managed to subdue Kageyama's aura for an instant and it coiled it's body around him!
[Caught you!]
But instead of seeing worried, Kageyama sneers
"You trully are strong, as expected of a dragon, but you know... mom already told me that you guys have a weakness to stones"
After saying that, Kageyama uses his telekinesis to free himself from Vritra's grip
CRUMBLE CRUMBLE
Kageyama makes the entire floor above Vritra violently collapse on top of him and covers the dragon under the fast falling ruble
"That's not a meteor, but I'll make up for it with this"
The "lines" of energy around the factory intensify around Kageyama's hands and a huge ball of energy is formed
"Vritra! Get out of there!"
I scream, but the Dragon King seems to be immobilized under the rubble
"Now die!"
He throws the massive ball of energy against Vritra, the dragon is enveloped on it and disappears
"That was entertaining"
Kageyama says as he walks towards the wreckage and grabs Saji, who is unconscious now
"I really underestimated you, in the peak of your despair and misery you were able to obtain an amazing power"
He lets him go and Saji's body falls to the ground
"Now, now..."
Kageyama turns around and looks at me, I can feel his killing intent on my skin
"You don't even need to tell me that you are the strongest among them, I wasn't actually planning to leave you for last, but you actually withstood it all and your friends seemed so eager to go first, hahahaha!"
He says in a cheerful tone, I can feel my blood boiling with hatred
"You... you won't listen to me if I say we are not your enemies and that this was all a misunderstanding, right?"
Kageyama's face turns into one of pure anger
"You still going to try that? How desperate are you?"
I smile bitterly, well, it was worth the shot
"Ddraig, let's do this"
[Yes, partner, untill the end!]
"Hoho! So now you'll fight seriously? I was actually thinking you would try to run away through the hole I created when smashing the other dragon, but you are very loyal aren't you?"
"Of course I won't run! I'll never abandon my friends!"
[Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!]
I charge forward and envelop my arm in aura
"Too slow"
Kageyama grabs my hand and shatters my entire armour just with his pressure
"You are strong, but without the armor you are nothing"
He speaks in a tone of despise and throws me against a wall with his telekinesis
"Now that there's only you left, I wonder what form your despair will take..."
BADUMP
I can feel his killing intent, his animosity
I can hear my heart accelerating
And then memories with my friends start coming to me
Buchou, Asia, Xenovia, Kiba, Irina, Akeno-san, Koneko-chan...
I can't lose here! If I do, Buchou and the others will die, they'll be exorcised and die! I can't let this happen!
My armour starts regenerating
DOOOOOM!
CRACK!
Only to be broken again...
"I'll start with you, DIE!"
I can see his unreal anger and killing intent as he and the overwhelming aura approach me.
I get up and try to walk, but I'm being holded in the spot by his telekinesis
"AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
I scream in pain as I feel my muscles and skin burn
What is this pain?
No wait, I know what it is, it feels like when I was hit by that light bullet from Freed or the light spear of the fallen angels, only this time it's on my entire body.
I'm reminded of Liliana's words...
'Their extreme exorcism skills'
They only need the power of their mind to kill us, right?
I look down and just as I feared, my body feels like it's dissolving, burning slowly
So that's how it feels... to be exorcised
Damn it, Liliana! If you were here none of this would have happened! Shit, will no one come to help?!
I have to do something! Buchou and my friends can't die!
I will protect everyone!
Even if it means that I have to use it
The Juggernaut Drive...
A power that can even defeat Gods and Maous, Kageyama took damage from the powerful attacks from Irina, Xenovia, Shinra and Vritra, so even he won't survive that
If I use it, I will also lose control and I could hurt everyone, but that won't happen, because if I use JD again...
[You'll die]
I hear Ddraig saying, yes, my life force still hasn't recovered from the last time, so if I use it, I will die for sure, but if I don't, then everyone might die!
"Ddraig I'm sorry"
Buchou I'm sorry...
"I'm sorry everyone, but I can't lose you, even if it means... my death"
I say with barely any strength in my voice as I stand up
Yes, I made my resolve, even if it means to die I'll save everyone!
"Ddraig get ready, I'll use the Juggernaut Drive!"
[I understand partner, we might die here, but let's drag this asshole to hell with us!]
I really don't like the idea of going to hell, but whatever! Let's do this!
"Oh, what a nice face you are making, is this your realization of what's about to happen?"
You are right, I have finally wielded to this despair and miserable feeling, but I'll win this, no matter what!
[I who am about to awak-]
KABOOM!
Just as I'm about to start the chant, I hear an explosion and even Kageyama turns around
"What is this? Someone just broke in!"
Someone? Someone came to help us?!
"The fallen angel, huh? And he brought reinforcements..."
Fallen angel? Does he mean Azazel-sensei? Wait, he knows that Azazel-sensei is a fallen angel?
He turns to me with anger in his eyes
"Was that what you were planning? Calling reinforcements to take me down?"
The grip on my body tightens and I scream in pain
"It doesn't matter, I'll kill them too and then all of you!"
"I would think twice if I were you, esper!"
This voice! I look up and I see him, Azazel-sensei!
And... Liliana-san?!
Kageyama's killing intent is instantly redirected towards the fallen angel governor
The intense burning feeling is gone in a flash, I give a breath of relieve as I'm able to breath normally again, but I still can't move my body
"If you lay a finger on the boy, then the girl here will suffer the consequences"
Azazel sensei is holding Liliana-san while pointing a spear of light at her
"Help me! Please help me!"
Huh? What's with the damsel in distress act!?
That won't work sensei! He will feel that she's a devil as well!
"Really? You are trying to use hostages now? How low are you willing to go?"
That's all Kageyama says before extending his hand and pulling Liliana-san to his own arms!
Ara, it worked? Maybe in the heat of the moment he couldn't tell if she was human or not...
"Are you alright?"
He asks Liliana-san
"Ah..."
She blushes before answering in an agitated tone
"Kageyama-kun is so cool!~"
She says as she wraps her arms around his neck and puts a mask on her own face
"Now!"
Azazel shouts and flies high in the air
"How do you know my- Wait... you are not human!"
He realized it now!
"Sorry, my dear!"
Liliana-san says this while smiling
She opens the coat she was wearing...
Bombs!
Are those bombs?! Are they going blow the place with everyone in here?!
TSSSSSSSSSSSSSS
From the cans strapped on Liliana's chest a thick smoke comes from and it envelops her and Kageyama-kun
"Issei! It's poison! Hold your breath and run over here!"
What? Poison?!
I hold my breath and run as fast as I can close to Azazel sensei who was watching the smoke envolving the two as if he could see what was inside of it
I'm really injured so just running this much pains me
"A-Azazel-sensei, what was that for?"
"I'm sorry for being late Issei, Rossweisse contacted me, but it took a while to call Liliana and break that boy's barrier. Is everyone alright?"
So it was Rossweisse's idea to call sensei? That's right, she must have seen that there wouldn't be enough time to get us out, so she asked for reinforcements
I breath in relieve
"Yes, I wouldn't say they are fine, but I think no one took mortal damage"
"That's a relieve, if a human happened to kill a member of the Gremory or Sitri peerage, there's no way to tell what could have happened"
"So you're going to poison him?"
"That's only going to make him sleep for a while, according to Liliana, that poison is especially made to take down espers, she will take care of the rest from here"
Suddenly, a flash comes from inside the thick smoke
And when it dissipates, Liliana-san and Kageyama have disappeared.
"Where did she took him?"
"To a place where he'll understand things"
"I see..."
BADUMP
"Ugh!"
Suddenly an intense pain assaults my body and I lose the strength in my legs, my armor vanishes because of the exhaustion.
"Issei!"
Azazel sensei helps me stand up
I look down and I see that my body is covered in blood, well, he did broke my armour several times
"You lost a lot of blood, don't try to move"
"N-no, I have to help Buchou, Asia and the oth..."
That's what I say before everything turns black and I pass out
Afterword: If someone makes a Danganronpa reference just because I used the word "despair" I'm going to Ora someone in the face! Okay, now that this is out of the way, I would like to explain this fight. Yes, it was completely different from the one before it on purpose, Tatseyo is in a complete rage state (100% anger, remember?) and he feels betrayed for trusting them before, so I made this fight into a one where Tatseyo wanted them to feel as much pain and despair before killing them. Also, do you guys even remembered Rassei? Yeah, it was weird for me how Ishibumi almost tossed him away after Fafnir appeared, he was Asia's first familiar after all. I also gave the Sitri a bit more of the spotlight on this one, since the first fight was all about the Gremory.