The Red Dragon Samurai

by Cowboy Alchemist

Samurai Jack has finally returned to the past and defeated Aku. Thousands of years later, a high school student named Kenny Kurosawa dies one night. But on that night, a mysterious sword appears before him. Reborn as a Devil by Rias Gremory; Kenny will face the dangers and perils of his new life. Will he be able to protect his love one's and stop the evils waiting for him? R&R

3. III

Episode III

"The Sword of Two Futures"

"…They call me Jack."

Those were the words the man spoken to an amazed Kenny. Sitting on the other end of the bed an elderly Japanese man glowing blue. The old man looked to be an older version of Kenny, only with much longer, unkempt, gray hair that flowed down his back and a long full beard that went past his chest and his mustache covered most of his lips. He was wearing a simple white kimono with gray lining on the sleeves and outer edge of his clothes tied to together. The black eyes of the man carry with them a cold and fierce look that has seen many hardships, but also had a kindness in them.

Kenny stared at Jack, starting to calm himself as he saw the man just sitting there, making no moves against him. He soon relaxed his body and sitting with his legs crossed. "Your name is Jack?" He asked. "Are you part American?"

Jack blinks at him, confused. "American?"

"Well, it's just that…Jack is an English name." Kenny explained. "But you look Japanese, so I was wondering if you were like me; half Japanese and half American."

"I do apologize," Jack said with a bow. "But I do not know what an American is. I am, however, Japanese."

Kenny with a little surprised that he didn't know what an American was. Almost everyone has heard of the United States, except this strange man. Shaking his head, he gets back to the important matters at hand. "Why are you here?"

Jack raised his head up and looked at Kenny. "Because you wanted to know about the Sword, is that correct?"

Kenny eyes widen. "What?"

"Yes." Jack reached behind him and brought forth the sword. "You were wanting to know more about this sword. You plead has awaken my spirit and I've come to you. Just like the night you called upon the Sword."

"Then," Kenny said, bewildered by what he was being told, "You're the voice I've heard." The old man nods with a smile. Kenny looked down with a smile. "Wow." He ran his hand through his hair. "So does this mean you're a living sword?"

Jack chuckled at the question. "No, no, no. You're mistaken." He looks at him with a sad smile. "I'm not the sword, for it's now a part you. I'm just the ghost of a man who has finally found peace."

"What do you mean?" Kenny leaned forward, further intrigued by the man's words.

Jack looked at the young man, wondering how he should explain. He then got an idea. There was a possibility that what he was going to do might not work, but as he's come to the boy in his time of need, he's known the many questions in his head. Kenny's is young and doesn't know about the sword that used to be his.

"Do you what to about the sword?"

"Yes, please!" Kenny exclaimed suddenly. "Jack, I've had this sword with me for a week now and I've never gotten any answers to what it is or why it came to me. I've been attacked by Fallen Angels three times now, and all they seem to say is that it's a powerful weapon that even they don't know about." Kenny then puts his hands together and bowed. "If you are the spirit that knows about it, then please tell me. I don't know what to do with it."

Jack looked at the top of Kenny's head with sympathy, knowing he's been in a situation like his before. Where something beyond his understanding happened and he didn't know what to do at first.

Jack placed a hand on Kenny's shoulder, making the young man look up at him. "Close your eyes and clear your mind." He brings his hands up to Kenny's head and places his thumbs on his temple. "To know the story of the Sword, you must understand where it can from, why it was forged…and the trials I faced with it."

"Wait, you're the—" Kenny wasn't able to finish his sentence when everything around him turned black.

—(Beginning of Vision)—

They call me Jack.

I can't not remember the birth name I was given. All I remember of that life is what was, before it was all taken.

Long ago in a distant land, my father, the emperor of a great and peaceful kingdom, saw the Ultimate Evil growing across the land, destroying and consuming all in its wake. Creating a wasteland of towering black trees that came out of the splitting earth. My father, with the use of a poison arrow, set out to destroy this Evil. Losing all of his best warriors, he arrived at his destination and with the power of the sun, lighting the arrow on fire and plunged it into the Pit of Hate, the center of the Evil. Victory was insight from him.

But what happened next, was only the beginning.

Rising from the Pit of Hate, the Ultimate evil took on its true form.

Aku, the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness.

Father tried to combat the villain, but all weapons proved to be useless against the might of Aku. His physical form, made out of pure evil itself, absorbed all that was used against him. He then imprisoned my father, and made him watch as he destroyed my home.

My father could only look on in horror, shame, and saddest as the demon destroyed the kingdom he was supposed to protect, the people he held dream to his heart were dying, all because he failed.

But then, a mystical white horse came down from the heavens and freed my father from his prison. The horse then took him to a mountain that reached above the heavens themselves, where he was approached by three monks. When the monks opened their eyes, my father found himself standing before three of the most powerful Gods; Odin, Ra, and Vishnu.

They've chosen him to destroy Aku. But knowing that he could only be destroyed by power the human spirit and virtue human righteousness, the three Gods used the pure essence of father and gave it to the monks. The monks, with their mighty hammers powered the blessing of the Gods, forged the sword you now possess.

With the Sword now in hand, my father rode into battle against Aku. He was no match against the Sword and its righteous powers, as he soon found out that it was able to harm him. After finally weakening him, father planted him into the wasteland he created, imprisoning the demon in the earth. But my father knew that Aku will return and knew that when he does, he'll have to be prepared.

Five years later, Aku returned.

And when he did, he captured my father before he could retrieve the Sword. But as he was taken away, my mother took me and the Sword with her and sailed away from our home as Aku unleashes his unspeakable evil. Meeting another ship, mother placed me on it and had me sent away.

I soon found myself traveling the world, learning from the greatest philosophers and training with the greatest warriors of the world. Learning many languages, tactics, ideals, strategies, and fighting styles the free world had to offer. At first I wondered why I was learning from my teachers, unit I soon realized that this was what my father had planned.

If he was to fail in defeating Aku, I was to be his successor.

Years have passed unit I returned to my beloved mother. I was only a five year-old when I last saw her, but I was already a man when I returned into her loving embrace. After being gifted with the Sword, I travel to where Aku imprisoned my father and people and freed him. Then I went from the demon himself.

Wielding the Sword, I step forth to oppose Aku. The battle was long and hard. He used his dark magic and shapeshifting powers against me, but in the end, I stood victorious above Aku, ready to strike the final blow.

But before I could strike down the villain, he opened a portal in time and banished me thousands of years into the future. A future where Aku rules over the Earth and many other worlds. Realizing my failure to destroy him, and seeing the suffering his evils and those who follow him have brought upon the innocent and helpless, I'd made it my mission to find a way to return to the past. So that I can defeat Aku and free the future from his evil.

I've seen many wondrous places and learn more about the world around me. Met many colorful people and helped allies, and battled great and power demons, robots, and otherworldly beings.

But as time went on and as the years pasted, I realized that there was a side effect of my time travel, and I had stopped aging.

Fifty long years have passed, and in that time, Aku destroyed every last time portal.

I'd soon begun to lose who I was. My purpose was gone. I was haunted by my family and those I couldn't save. Others were still dying and suffering, as Aku grasp tightens around the world, destroying all hopes and the will of the innocent.

And I couldn't stop him.

I was cursed to roam the land for eternity, forever reminded of my failure.

But then I found myself walking a road of redemption. I was finding my remembering why I was still fighting, even as a shell of a man I once was. I saw how much the world change because of me, and how much many people were hoping I'd find a way to destroy Aku.

I soon remembered who I was; Samurai Jack.

—(End of Vision)—

Kenny collapsed on the floor on his hands and knees, causing the vision to cut off. Panting heavily and loudly as sweat dripped down his face.

"I do apologize." Jack stands to his left, looking down at him. "I'm fairly new at causing a vision, but it was the only way I could think off to tell you the story."

Rolling over and sits down and leans against the dresser, Kenny rubs his face. "This is unbelievable," he said through his hands before taking them away. "You're actually a samurai warrior who was sent to a future rule by a demonic being? How is that possible?"

"I've wondered that myself," Jack admitted. "But do remember that Aku is a being of great power and has many tricks up his sleeves, with magic beyond our understanding."

"True." Kenny stood up and scratched the back of his head. "What I don't understand is why the Sword came to me." He glances at the mentioned object. "There is no reason for anyone to have. Aku's gone. So why is it that I have the Sword?"

Jack goes over to the bed and picks up the unsheathed sword. "That's something you can blame me," he said with the handle in his right hand and his left under the blade, looking at his reflection with. "You see, after I defeated Aku, I learn that he didn't just have his minions around."

"What do you mean?" Kenny looked quizzical at the samurai.

Jack looked at him with a serious expression. "You said that Fallen Angels have been attacking you, correct, but they don't know what it is?" Kenny was a little surprised by the question but nonetheless nodded.

Jack sighed.

"What is it?"

The old man's eyes narrowed. "When I returned and rebuilt my kingdom, and word that Aku was destroyed spread across the world, humans weren't the only ones who caught wind of my victory. One day, I found myself attacked by three Fallen Angels and two Devils. After easily killing the Devils and two of Fallen, I interrogated the remaining one. I've learned that Aku has gain many allies in the Underworld. Fallen Angels and Devils soon came to his side when he began his conquest. They knew they couldn't defeat or kill Aku, so they offered their allegiance to him, in hopes of obtaining great power for themselves. Aku accepted their offer. They also asked that Aku aid them in bringing Heaven to its knees. For the Angels were the only ones able to stand in his way."

Kenny raised an eyebrow. "Why the Angels."

"The Angels were pure beings and could have thought of a way to destroy Aku, as I found out when a group of Angels seek an audience with me. They said that although their powers were light-based and capable a inflicting a small amount of harm to Aku, they were still corruptible, making their power not pure enough to do a great deal of damage. Worse is that when a light-based attack hit him, he is able to corrupt that power with his evil nature, making him stronger."

"So Aku wanted nothing that could become a treat to stand in his way."

Jack nods. "Yes. They then asked me to join them. Saying that with the Sword and my past experiences, I can free the world of Devils and Fallen Angels. But I denied. Aku was gone and the purpose of the Sword done."

Kenny started to get a wry feeling. "But something happened," he asked, "didn't it?"

"Indeed," Jack said, placing the sword on the bed. "A few days later I was approached again, but this time by the leaders of all three factions. They came to warn me of a band of Devils, Fallen Angels, and even Angels who've allied themselves with Aku, so that they could bring the world to their knees at his side. Now with Aku gone, the leaders relieved to me their next plan of action."

There was silence.

Jack's eyes narrowed.

"To bring Aku back to life."

Kenny could feel himself let out a gasp, as his wide-eyed face filled with horror. "A-aku...back to life?" Even the sentence couldn't be believed by himself. He's seen the memories of what the Master of Masters was capable of and it only terrified him more to think that something like him could be revived. "But how? You killed him."

"That's what I told them." Jack closed his eyes and sat back on the bed. "They themselves have no knowledge of how, but learned that these followers are looking into many different methods and rituals. I asked them if there was a certain way to resurrect Aku. Even though they didn't, the Fallen Angel asked me if I was willing to take my chances." He opened his eyes and looked up at the ceiling. "Was I willing to let Aku return in the future?"

"So what did you do?"

"As time passed, I began to see myself growing again. The time travel effects were lifted. So, the day before my death, I met with the leaders again and came up with a plan, one they swore secrecy too. After my death, I will pass down the Sword to my eldest child, and then that child will pass it down to their eldest child when the time was right. So on and so forth." Jack downcast looked soon grew a sad smile. "As I lay on my death bed, I gifted my eldest daughter with the sword, and told her of my plan. So, I found peace, knowing that she was safe."

Kenny looked at him with wonder before sitting on the bed next to Jack, the sword between them. "So…you were able to find everlasting peace?" He smiled as he turned his head to the old samurai and saw a peaceful expression on his face. Kenny eyes widen as he came to understand. "Then that means…"

"Yes," Jack confirmed. "You are my descendent, and I am your ancestor."

Kenny looked at him and was about to ask a question when the ghost stood up.

"I should be going. I've been in this world for too long."

"Jack, wait!" Kenny stood up, wanting for him to stay. "I have other questions. Like who was the one who had the sword before me? How come my grandpa never told me about it? And if it was supposed to be handed down to me, then why did it appear to me? How did you even return to the past?"

The samurai turned towards him. "I'm sorry, but I'm not able to stay much longer. My time here is almost up." He places a hand on his successor's shoulder. "You'll find the answers soon, but for now; you must vale to me that if Aku returns, that you'll protect the future."

Kenny looked at him in the eyes before looking down. How could he protect the future? He's barely half the age Jack was the day he went to defeat Aku. How does he even know that Aku will return in his lifetime? But as he remembered what he saw, Kenny thought about the evils and suffering the shapeshifter brought on the world. An infinite amount of people, both good and bad, will die by his hands if no one could stop him. Now, as a Devil, he couldn't be sure if he could be effective against the personification of evil.

But as these questions ran through his head, new question can up. Why was he even thinking about it when his heart already knew the answer?

"I will." He looked up at the samurai.

But Jack's ghost was already gone.

"Your mission is now mine, Samurai Jack."

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The next day came and Kenny was walking through the park on his way to school. He'd gotten used to the sunlight and didn't feel bothered by it—which Rias told him was a side effect of him being a Devil—as his mind was looking over the events of last night. He was the descendent of Samurai Jack. A samurai warrior who was sent thousands of years into the future by a powerful demon of pure evil, who after fifty years in the future without aging, returned to the past and destroyed Aku. Now, he was tasked with bearing the sword used to destroy Aku, in hopes that if he does return by his followers that Kenny will be ready to fight him, just like those of his family before him.

How would you respond to that?

"I should tell probably tell Rias about this," he said to himself. Even though she told him to refer to her as 'President', he finds himself more comfortable calling her by her first name. "She'd told me that if I learned anything about the Sword to report it to her." For want of a better name, he started calling the weapon just 'the Sword'. With nothing else for it to go by. "I doubt that she'll even believe it, or even let me keep it. It was blessed by the Gods, so I guess it counts as a holy weapon. Then again, these were Gods of three different mythologies, and the Angels are servants of the biblical God."

He sighed and scratched his head. "I just hope that nothing else happens."

"AH!"

The sudden voice's cry and the sound of something dropping made Kenny turn his head to see someone on the ground. He couldn't help but sweat drop as he saw a girl with a white veil over her head with light blue accents, face first on the ground with her arms out, and blush when her butt was sticking out and her panties were showing. "Hey," he said, approaching the girl. "Are you okay?"

The girl moaned. "Why I'm tripping everywhere."

Kenny walked over to her and holds out a hand. "Do you need so help?"

Raising to her hands and knees, the girl looks up and grabs his hand. "Thank, good sir." She stands back, before a gush of wind takes her veil away, and Kenny was left stunned.

She was a pretty young girl with green eyes and long blonde hair that flowed all the way down her back, with split bangs over her forehead and a single strand sticking out from the top, sloping backwards. She was smaller than him, about Koneko's height, had a dark teal nun outfit with light blue accents, and brown boots with black straps in an X-shaped pattern. Around her neck was a silver cross neckless.

'A nun?' He thought before walking over to the veil and picking it up. "I believe this belongs to you." Kenny said, holding it out to her.

"Oh!" She takes the veil and places it back on her head. "Thank you so much."

Kenny couldn't stop the smile from forming. She really was cute. "No problem." He notices movement to his right and looks down at her travelling bag, which opened with some of her clothing spread out on the sidewalk. He bends down and grabs one of her clothing. "How about I help you."

"Ah, it's fine," she said before kneeling down to grab some of her clothing. As they placed the items back in the bags, Kenny couldn't help but see a flicker of pink from behind her veil, but he chose to ignore it.

"Are you a traveler?" Kenny handed her the last of her clothes, which was a pair of her underwear. Blushing heavily, she snatches it from him and quickly places in the bag before shutting it, as Kenny stands back up.

"N-n-no, that's not it." She said, standing up too. "I was assigned to the church of this town. But I got lost." She looks up at him. "I'm sorry, I'm not used to speaking Japanese, so I apologize if I'm a little hard to understand."

"No, no. You did well." Kenny said, holding up a hand. In fact, it was spot on to him. Rias did tell him that Devils are able to break language barriers.

"May I asked you something?" She put her hands together, as if she was begging. "If you're a local, then could you take me to the Church?"

Oh, well." Kenny said, scratching the back of his head. "I guess I could."

"Really?" The nun exclaimed with excitement. "Oh, thank you! The Lord must have sent you to me!"

Kenny chuckles nervously. "Right." He was then struck with a negative feeling when he saw her grab her cross and pray into it. He was a Devil, and she was a nun. The two were supposed to be enemies. But Kenny couldn't attack her. Not when she didn't do anything wrong, to him that is.

The sound of crying was soon heard and the two looked to a young boy near one of the playground playsets on the ground, balling his eyes out. Looking closer, Kenny saw a red bruise on the boy's knee. Before he could react, the nun quickly runs over to the boy and he follows. Kneeling down in front of him, the young girl asked, "Are you okay? Boys shouldn't cry over a minor injury like this."

She holds out her hands and places her palms on the wound.

Then a bright green light orb appears from her palms.

Kenny looked on with wonder as the light flashes onto the boy's knee. Suddenly, he grasped his left hand as it achingly throbs. Looking back at it as it heals the injury, Kenny wondered if it was a Sacred Gear, for they were special powers given to humans. 'That could be why it's reacting like this to it.' The light disappears and the boy's mother, who saw what had happened, quickly grabbed her son's hand and drags him away. He looks back that them and waves with a smile.

"Thank you, Sister!"

She smiled and waved to the boy.

"How did you do that?" She looked back at Kenny, who was staring at her. "Did that really just happen," he asked.

"Yes, it's the power to heal. A wonderful gift God gave me." She said, but looked a bit sad, even though she's smiling. "Truly. It's wonderful."

Something was bothering her, but Kenny didn't go too deep into it. Whatever happened to her, she'll tell on her own terms.

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As they walked towards the direction of the Church, Kenny's mind was still on the fact she had a Sacred Gear. He didn't know that there were ones that had the power to heal. Many give the user great power, like him, but never the ability to heal. What other Gears were out there, and if she's a member of the church, then does that mean that there are other members who do too?

"There it is!" The Sister suddenly said.

Kenny looked up as she pointed to a lone Church off in the distance. But the moment he laid eyes on it, a terribly chill went down his spin. Sweat starting coming down his frozen face, and he shivered in place. Was it become he was a Devil? He could feel great danger all around himself that he couldn't react.

It was a place that belonged to God and the Angels, his enemies now.

She belonged the God.

"Listen," he said to her. "I've better be going, I'm meeting up with so friends of mine and I've kept them waiting long enough. Goodbye, Sister." Kenny turns away.

The nun grabs his arm.

"Please wait!" Kenny looked back at her, who looked saddened by him leaving her. "I've never thanked you properly."

Kenny turned his body to face her. "It's okay. I was only trying to help a person in need."

"Oh," she said with a downcast look. "I see." Kenny did feel bad for not being able to receive her thanks. Even though she was a Nun she didn't show hatred towards him for being a Devil, though she may not have known, and she was wonderfully kind and beautiful. She then looked up at him with a warm smile. "Then peace remembered my name; Asia Argento. I hope to meet you again."

Kenny felt his own smile coming. "And my Kenny Kurosawa. I'll remember your name to the end of time."

Blushed by his claim, but her smile grew. Bowing her head, she runs off towards the Church. She stops and waves at the black-haired boy, who waved to her in return. Kenny watched as she turned around again and runs on until she was out of sight. A sad look came upon him then. Asia was a wonderful girl and it was hard to think he couldn't be friends with her, just because she a nun. But that's what his life was, now.

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Kenny pushed the metal gates open as he walks into the front schoolyard. Another thing that he learned was that on the night he was revived, Rias and someone else were able to contact other Devils from the Underworld to make repairs to the school's gate and the front doors that were destroyed by Yuuma. But Kenny wondered who this other person was.

Making his way around the side and across the dirt field, he approached the clubhouse when his phone binged. "Who's that?" He reached into his pocket and turns it on.

The messenger's thumbnail was Rias winking and doing a peace sign.

{Your Loving Master}; Go to the Student Council's room, we're meeting there.

Kenny sweat-dropped at the screen. His response was;

{Kenny}; How did you get my phone number?

{Your Loving Master}; You sister :P

{Kenny}; Oh ~_~…wait, where the Student Council?

{Your Loving Master}; …just go to the second floor. There'll be someone to take you there.

Kenny sighed as he pocketed his phone before heading towards the school. Why were they meeting in the Student Council? He walks into the school and reaches one of the stairways in it. It was a Saturday, so no one was there. Rias did tell him that the principle allowed the Occult Research and other clubs to come to school for the weekend meeting.

Reaching to the top of the stairs, Kenny stopped when he saw three girl students waiting for him.

In the middle was a buxom young bespectacled woman wearing semi-rimmed glasses with square lenses, long straight black hair that extends all the all the way down to her knees with split bangs. Her eyes were Heterochromia, with the left being violet and right a light brown. To the right of her was a young girl with wavy white hair and blue-green eyes. And on the other side was a tall tomboyish girl with blue, shoulder-length hair with making eyes. Her body was more athletic than the other two, sporting a blue sweatband on her left wrist, sneakers instead of the dress shoes, and black thigh-high socks.

"Hello," said the bespectacled one. "Are you Kenny Kurosawa?"

"Yes, that's me," he responds with a bow. "Is there something I can help who with?"

The first one bowed her head to him. "I'm Tsubaki Shinra and I'm the vice president of the Student Council." Lifting her head up, Tsubaki gestures to the white-haired girl. "This is Momo Hanakai." Momo bows before Tsubaki turns to the blue-haired one. "And this is Tsubasa Yura."

"How's it going?" She asked politely in a tomboyish manner.

"And who are here to escort you to the Student Council room. If you would please follow us?"

Kenny nodded and the girls began to guide him down the corridor. The sound of the two pairs of dress shoes and two pairs of sneakers echoes with each step. As they continued on, Kenny looked between the girls as Tsubaki was in front, Momo to his left, and Tsubasa on his right. He couldn't help but wonder if they were Devils too. And if they were, who else in the school was?

"So," Tsubasa suddenly spoke up. "I heard that you fought against a Fallen Angel the night you were reincarnated."

"Um." Kenny looked at her before scratching the back of his head. "Yeah, I did."

"And you were able to still stable her after she did it to you?" She smirked with an impressed look. "I have to say, I'm most impressed."

"Why thank you." He smiled at her. Tsubasa's cheeks started to suddenly turn red, causing her to look away. Tsubaki and Momo looked at their friend, a little surprised. Tsubasa was never known to take much interest in other guys, often socializing with the teammates on the many sports teams she was on. Granted, she wasn't as popular with the male students, not like themselves and Rias.

"Tsubasa," Momo said. "This isn't the time to flirt with Kurosawa." The two's faces turned red.

"M-Momo!" Tsubasa shrieked. "That's not what I was doing!"

Tsubaki was the next one to speak. "Please retain your volume. And you said it yourself that thinking of him fight made you attracted to him." Kenny face turned redder.

"S-So?" The blue-haired girls looks away pouting. "I attracted to guys who get muddy after a fight, so what?"

Kenny face got redder as he looked down at the ground. Looking back up, he was surprised to see a familiar redhead standing outside a room, leaning against the wall with her eyes closed and arms crossed.

"Miss Gremory?" Tsubaki asked as they stopped before a door. "Is everything okay? You two didn't fight again, did you?"

"No, no, it's not that." She opens her eyes and looks at and enter her. "I'd like to speak to my servant, please." There was a sternness in her voice that left no room for arguing. The girls nodded the room, leaving Kenny and Rias out in the hall.

"Rias, is everything—?"

"You are to stay away from that church."

"Huh? How did you—"

"I'm serious," she scolded him. "To us Devils, the church is enemy territory." She walks away from the wall and stands in front of him, looking sternly at Kenny. "Just stepping into it can cause major rifts between the Angels of Heaven and the Devils of Hell. You left it when you looked at it, didn't you?"

"Yeah," he answered, remembering the terrible feeling.

"That was you new instinct telling you of the danger. Remember, even though what you did was an act of kindness, the Angels are always watching over their territory. Being involved with someone from the Church is also a dangerous game. Especially an exorcist, if they have a Sacred Gear. You'd be killed, even with that sword by your side."

Flash memories of Asia's healing Gear played in his head.

"You'll be killed and there'll be no coming back from that. You'll be obviated. Going to neither Heaven nor Hell. You'll be gone forever."

That thought sunk deep into his mind. To be gone, no Heaven or Hell? What would that be like? "But," he said unnervingly. "She's not like that. Asia wouldn't hurt anyone. She's innocent, kind, and caring girl."

"Like Yuuma?" Rias suddenly said, making him freeze. "Have you forgotten about her, and how kind and caring she was? Don't you see? You a being that has two enemies on both sides! You have a powerful artifact that they could consider a treat. What if her meeting you was a tick, like Yuuma? What if she was only being nice to you because was leading you to your death?"

"YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW THAT!?" Rias gasped at his sudden outburst, taking a step back. Kenny's had his head tilted down, his eyes shadowed as he grits his teeth in anger. "You don't think I don't know that?" He said, while his fist trembled. "I was waiting for her to just show me her true colors. Waiting for her to try and kill me." His tense shoulders fell as he let out a sigh, calming himself. "I'd hoped, that just once, I wouldn't have to battle for my life again. That we could set aside our differences and be friends. But I guess it's impossible, since I'm a Devil."

He felt a hand a pair of hands cup his face and lifts it up. Look at her in the eyes, Kenny could see the guilt and sadness in them. "I sorry," Rias said. "I got caught in the heat of the moment. I never should have gone that far."

"No, you're right. I've shouldn't have gotten involved with her." He sighed. "I really do like her as a person, but I shouldn't be taking chances."

"I just want you to be careful." Rias said, cherishing his face. "I've almost lost my adorable two times, I don't want to lose you, Kenny."

"Um, Rias?" They two looked towards the door and saw Kiba standing there. "Don't you think it's too early for kissing?" He teased.

Wondering what he meant, Kenny and Rias looked back at one another and saw close their faces were. Her vixen body pressed against his strong one, breast squished against his chest, as his hands were on her hips. "Ah!" They quickly separated from each other, with their faces the same shade of red as her hair. Quickly composing herself Rias walked into the room with Kenny in tow. Inside the Student Council Room was a big, long table with chairs pushed into it. Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko were on the left hand side of the table and Momo and Tsubasa were on the other. At the end of was Tsubaki whispering in the ear of a young, attractive, bespectacled woman who he could've mistaken for her sister, sitting at the head of the table.

The door closing caught their attention and Tsubaki went to the seat to the girl's right. "Well, I'm glad you've made up," Sona said with a smirk. "Honestly Rias, you're too soft on your servants."

"We both have our own styles of doing thing." Rias responses with a smirk of her own.

"Wait." Kenny glanced and pointed between the two girls. "You two know each other?"

"Indeed we do." She pushed out of her chair and walks around the table, standing in front of him. "You probably heard about my other name, Sona Shitori, but allow me to fully introduce myself. My name is Sona Sitri, and I'm the heiress of the Sitri Clan."

"I see," he said, looking down at her. "So you're a Devil too?"

"Yes, as is the rest of the Student Council." Sona turned around and walked back to her chair. After sitting in it, she gestures to the chair at the other end of the table, opposite of her. "Please have a seat and we'll begin."

Glancing at the chair, Kenny walked over to it as Rias walked over to her seat, which was to his right. Sitting in it, he looked around the room and noticed that everyone's attention was on him. "Could some please explain what's going on here?"

"Well Kenny," Rias said, leaning back with her arms crossed. "The events of last night, with you awakening your Sacred Gear with the sword and the mystery behind the blade itself has come to the point where answers are in order." She looks towards Sona. "I've asked Sona to analyze it so that we can determine what it is and where it came from."

"Indeed," Sona said, with a look of pride. "I've been looking into many ancient artifacts and weapons that could tell us what the sword is, but I'll need to look at the sword itself to say."

"Yeah, about that." Kenny scratched the back of his head was a nervous smile. "That's really why I came here."

"What do you mean," Akeno asked.

He took a deep breath. "I know the Sword's origins." Before he knew it, almost everyone sat up from their chairs. Bombarding the poor boy with a thousand questions. "Wait! Wait a minute! Let me explain."

"Enough!" Sona shouted, causing everyone to stop. "Let Kenny explain himself. I'm rather interested about this sudden knowledge as well, but let's not suffocate the boy." Everyone glanced at each other and sat back in their seats, allowing Kenny to breathe a sigh of relief. "Now Kenny." She pleases her head on top on her hands. "You said to Rias that you yourself don't know about the sword's past. What changed?"

"Last night I was visited by the ghost of one of its second owner." Kenny took off the shinai bag as he continued to explain. "I was wanting to know about it myself, so I tried asking it." He slipped the sheathed weapon out before placing it on the table. "I was about to give up when a blue light appeared, taking the form of the old man. A warrior who was called Samurai Jack."

Sona stared at him deadpan while raising an eyebrow. "A samurai…named Jack?" She asked disbelieving.

"Yes."

"So," Kiba lowered his raised hand. "What did this 'Samurai Jack' tell you."

"Heh." Kenny let out a short chuckle. "Everything but the end of his journey."

For the past hour, Kenny told them everything that he knew. From the Emperor to Aku's awakening. From Odin, Ra, and Vishnu, to the creation of the Sword, and then the battle against Aku and his imprisonment. He then talked about him returning and capturing Jack's father as his mother sends him away to travel the world to train and prepare himself, to his return to his parents, and his battle with Aku. Their eyes widened to their maximum when Kenny told them about Jack's banishment thousands of years into the future and his fifty long, immortal, quest to find a way to return to the past and defeat Aku. He explained how he couldn't see the end of the vision, so he just told them that Jack returned and destroyed the Shapeshifting Master of Darkness. He then went into detail of the rogue Devils, Fallen Angels, and the Angels who sided with Aku when he began his rule and how they plan to resurrect him. Ending his story with Jack's plan if Aku was to ever return and how he was the samurai's descendent.

"…and that's about everything I know." Kenny looks up at them to see their eyes glued to him and his sword. Disbelief and wonder filled their expressions as they took in everything that was said to them. Rias and Sona, beginning the oldest Devils in the silent room, were just as stunned by the story of the lone samurai. Their parents have told them many stories of knights and dragons and of great quests, but this one takes the cake.

Sona cleared her throat and pushed her violet glasses up. "Well…that was…an amazing tale you told," she said while trying to find the right words. "But do you ready believe him, this Samurai Jack?"

"What do you mean," Kenny asked.

"There's nothing like what you told us." Rias continued for Sona. "There's no books, no records. Nothing to prove your story."

"Are you saying that I made the whole thing up?" Kenny said indignantly as he clenched his fists.

"We're not saying that you did or that Jack did," Kiba spoke up trying to calm him. "What we're saying is that this is all so amazing, that how could we no question it. As there are some loopholes in the story."

"…Who was the one who carried the sword before you," Koneko asked.

"Why didn't the leaders of the three fractions say anything about this," Tsubaki then asked.

"What kind of world did Aku create?" Momo pitched in.

"How can these followers revive Aku?" Akeno asked.

"And more importantly," Rias spoke, "how did Jack return to the past?"

"Well, I was only able to see glimpses of various places and people." Kenny explained. "He was new at creating memories and couldn't tell the whole story. But I don't think that he was too focused on finishing the story, other than to warn me of the threat of Aku."

Sona looks down at the table and thinks. How was she supposed to think of this? From what Kenny told this Aku was the personification of all evil, and if that was true then he was a major threat. Look back at Kenny, the heiress saw that everything he was saying was the truth. But there was one thing that she needed to make sure of. "Kenny, if everything you've said was true, then I must ask you; what was your response to Jack? What did you say when he asked you to continue the plan?"

Kenny took in a breath and looked at her with that fierce look Rias told her about. "I told him that his mission was mine now."

Sona leans against her chair as a smirk appeared. "Okay, then."

"Huh?" Everyone in the looked at her in surprise.

"Come on Rias," she said in an almost taunting tone. "You've known him longer than the rest of us here, so why wouldn't you believe him."

Rias looked at her for a couple of seconds before sighing. "I guess you're right. Maybe it's because I'm afraid that more danger is placed on his shoulders." She stood up from her chair, followed by the other members of her peerage except Kenny. "Thank you for your time, Sona. But we most be on our way." Kenny stands up and follows the rest of them out the room.

"Oh, and Kenny." He stopped just before exiting to look back at the Student President. "If you're ever in the mood to talk about something, please do."

Kenny smiles. "I will. Thank you."

—(That night)—

Not much happened after the meeting. Kenny pasted out a few more flyers before heading back to the clubhouse. When he arrived, he walked in on a conversation between Akeno and Rias. The black-haired beauty said that they've received and order from the Arch Duke to hunt down a Stray Devil.

"So what is a Stray Devil?" Kenny asked from behind Rias as the whole group works towards their destination, as using the transportation circle would have alarmed the target, with the sheathed sword in his left hand.

"They were Devils who turned into Servant Devils, like you, by a Devil with a peerage." Rias answered as they continued on. "However, they betrayed or killed its master. They become power-hungry and will often cause destruction and chaos."

Kenny eyes narrowed. These things were like stray dogs then, causing trouble.

"When found, the master or the Devils are ordered to eliminate them. That's the law of all Devils." She looks over her shoulder at him. "Sometimes, Angels and Fallen Angels are tasked with killing Stray Devils."

After a few minutes of walking, the group finds themselves standing in front a large unused building on the outskirts of town. Since the rogue entered into Rias' territory, the High-class Devils gave them the orders. Rias explained to her peerage that there was a Stray Devil that's been luring humans to the building, where when inside it feeds on them. That was more than enough to get Kenny on-board.

'Eating humans,' he thought in disgust. 'I didn't think that there're Devils like that. But then again, Devils are evil beings. The only way to keep others in line was to have laws to abide by.'

"Smells like blood," Koneko said, pinching her nose. Kenny glances at her before facing the doors of the now unsettling building. They approached them and enter.

His knees started to shake as he felt the eerie and haunting atmosphere surrounding him. The only source of light was the moon coming through the windows as they walked through the hallways. Rias was up in front with her hands on her hips. "Kenny," she started, "this is a good opportunity to see how we Devils fight."

"But I already know how to fight," he said, confused by what she's saying.

"True, but you don't know how we do things." Rias smirked at him over her shoulder. "So for now, I want you to stay back and let the rest of us show you, as I explain the traits each of us have."

"Traits?"

"As you already guested; long ago, there was a war between the Devils, Angels, and the Fallen Angels. As the conflict dragged on, no side was able to become greater than the other. As a result, all three sides lost most of their troops before the war came to an end hundreds of years ago, with no winners.

"The Devils were no exception." Kiba, who was at Kenny's right side, continued after her. "Our generals, who commanded many troops lost them after the war. They couldn't even form new armies after. Many of the Pure-Blood Devils lost their lives in the war too. "

Akeno then picked up where he left off. "A hundred years after the war and there's still tension between the three opposing sides. They've lost just as many of their people as we did, but we're still in a state of a Cold War; we can't let our guard down, but we're ready to strike back."

"And so," Rias continued, "we created a system to train a small elite group of soldiers, called the Evil Pieces."

"Evil Pieces?" Kenny raised an eyebrow.

"The Devils based the Evil Pieces off the human game of Chess. Ironic, since the servants are Devils who were reincarnated from humans, but it's a popular game in the Underworld. That aside. Masters are the King pieces, which is me. From there, they're able to create five classes of warriors, each with a special trait. One Queen, two Knights, two Bishops, two Rooks, and eight pawns."

"I see, so you used an evil piece to bring me back to life," Kenny wanted to confirm, as they pushed open another set of doors. Leading to a dark room. "So Rias, what's my piece?"

She turns around and smiles at him. "That's easy, you're a—"

Rias stops there, and Kenny knew why as he felt chills all over his body.

There's something in here, and it was out for blood.

"I can smell something…disgusting!" A low, nightmare inducing, voice came from the darkness in front of them.

Rias showed no fear as she step forward and calls out, "Stray Devil Viser. We are here to eliminate you."

There was nothing at first, unit something came out of the shadows. Kenny was horrified when it was the top half of a woman's corpse lands to his right. Her eyes filled with a terrified and painful look as blood flows out of her severed waist and arms. "You bitch!" He growls and was about to attack when Akeno stops him with a hand on his chest.

"Don't do it," she said.

"Ketaketaketaketaketaketake!" An abnormal laughter starts echoing around the room. Kenny places his right hand on his, ready to draw it out.

STEP!...STEP!..STEP!

A drop of sweat runs down the side of his face as the giant footsteps came closers. He soon found himself raising his look upwards, a look of disbelief grew on his face, as a shadow covers the group.

Standing a few meters and towering over the group was a gigantic monster that reminded him of a centaur. The top part was a naked voluptuous young woman with short white hair and her other half was gigantic and beastly, with four lion-like legs with sharp claws, and a viper's tail, carrying a spear in both hands.

"Leaving your master's side and rampaging as you please definitely deserves a place in the lowest pits in Hell. In the name of the Duke of Gremory, I'll gladly destroy you."

"You're cunning, for a little girl!" Viser readies a spear. "I will rip your body, and color it in red, just like your hair!" Her thrusted it at Rias.

She only laughed with her nose. "Kiba!"

"Right!" The blonde teen sprints as soon as Rias gave the order. Moving faster than Kenny could respond.

"Kenny, I want you to watch as I lecture."

Kiba's speed increases as he dodges the spear's attack, appearing on the right side of the monster-like woman. Viser looked at him and thrust her other spear, but it only hits the floor as Kiba vanishes again.

"Kiba's my Knight, a perfect combination of speed and agility. Those who become a Knight have their speed increased."

The blonde jumps into the air, before a blue light shines in his left as a European sword appears from it. He draws it from its scabbard, reflecting the moonlight off it.

SLICE! SLICE!

Both arms came off as Kiba landed behind her.

"GYAAAH!" Viser stumped as she screams in pain as blood spews out of her severed arms.

"As you can see, Kiba's strongest weapon is the sword," Rias said as Kenny looked on in amazement. "With his ability as a Knight and his mastery of sword combined make him the ultimate Knight."

Viser looked back at where Kiba was and raises her left foreleg. "Damn insect!" She brought it down on him, but disappears again as Koneko suddenly rushed under her incoming foot.

STOMPS!

Kenny watched in horror as Koneko is crushed under the giant foot, creating a dust cloud. "Koneko!" He tries to rush towards her, but Rias stop him with a hand on his chest.

"Don't worry," she assured him. "Koneko's not one to be squished so easily." Confused by what she meant, Kenny looks back at where she was and was astonished to see her holding up the foot of the monster, looking rather annoyed than anything. "Her trait is the Rook. A tank on the battlefield, she's given absolute strength and high defenses."

Viser, looking down at the small girl in disbelief, puts more pressure on her. Koneko was unfazed and unaffected as her feet dogged deep into the crater made by the impact. She suddenly throws it up into the air.

"Fly bitch," she said as apathetic as ever, before jumping high under Viser and delivers a sharp punch into her stomach. The giant body of the Stray was sent backwards and slams into a wall, destroying it.

Kenny's jaws hung open as he watched the whole thing. 'That why Mr. Scotts like to fight her? She could destroy him!"

"And lastly, Akeno," Rias announced, gesturing to said person.

"Yes President." She laughed as she approached the Stray as it lied there bleeding. "Ara ara, what should I do?"

"Akeno is my Queen; the strongest piece in the set after me. She's the unbeatable Vice-president of our team, with the traits of all the other pieces."

Viser lifted her head up and glared at the black-haired beauty with hate. Akeno didn't seem fazed and laughs fearlessly at her. "Ah? Still have energy I see." She said with a sweet smile. "How about this?"

She raises her hand to the sky.

FLASH!

BOOM!

All of a sudden bolts of lights came down from the sky, breaking through the ceiling, and striking down on Viser. The beastly stray howls in pain as the electrical attack courses through her body. Her nerves were on fire, as she was burning and smoking from the lightning.

"Ara ara," Akeno said as her face now carried a scary and cold look, even as she smiled. "Looks like you're still able to move. That means you can keep going." She calls upon the lightning again and hits Viser again, making the Stray Devil scream out as if it was dying. Akeno strikes her with a third bolt, not letting up her assault.

She licked her lips in a seductive manner.

"Akeno excels at attacks, using her demonic-powers to defeat her opponents." Rias said as she stayed to the right of Kenny, who only watches the brutality with wide eyes, not saying anything. "She could use elemental powers like lightning, ice, and fire. As you've already seen, she's very kind and sweet, but in battle she's the ultimate sadist." Kenny only glances at the redhead from the side.

"And you're okay with this?"

"Oh, don't worry," Rias assured him, waving a hand at him. "She's very kind to her comrades, so you don't have to be scared." She turns her head to him. "She even thinks you're very cute and handsome." That got him to blush. He always thought that she was gorgeous, on pare with Rias, and that added to the redness on his cheeks.

Akeno giggled as she prepared another attack. "Ufufufufu. You're a tough girl, aren't you? Taking all my lightning." She surprising backs away. "But I'm not the one to finish you off." She turns and talks towards the gathering group. Rias passes Akeno, and walks up to the Stray Devil.

"Well then, any last words," She asked.

The only thing that came out of Viser's mouth was; "Kill me."

Rias held out a hand. Black and red demonic-powers start to build up in her palm. "Then disappear."

DON!

The giant mass of power shot from her hand and stroke Viser in the chest.

KA-BOOM!

The red and black explosion covered the whole body. Dust cloud clears and all there was left was a crater in the floor. Viser was gone.

Rias looked at the spot where the evil being was, wanting to confirm it was completely destroyed, before sighing. She turned towards the others and smiled. "That's checkmate. Good work everyone."

Kenny let out a sigh of relief, glad that it was all over. But then he remembered something. "Ah, Rias," he said, walking up to her. "You didn't tell me my piece."

"Oh, you're right." Rias turned to him. "Well Kenny…you a pawn."

"…"

"…"

"…huh?"

—(The next morning)—

Top of Form

In all honestly, Kenny didn't know how to feel. He was sleeping, that's for sure as he was on his bed staring at the ceiling. Who won't be after a long night of hunting? But there were two things on his mind.

Bottom of Form

The first thing was his role as a Pawn. Rias didn't tell him much after that, only for them to head back to the clubhouse. 'What was I ever supposed to do, be the fight one into battle?' Looking over to his left, he saw the Sword leaning against his bed, just the way he left it. It didn't really bother him that he was the lowest piece in the set, so long as he's able to protect the others. The speed of a Knight would have been nice and the power of the Rook would have been useful too. But he was fine with being a Pawn, so long as he's able to carry out his promise to Jack.

But he wanted to get stronger.

Sitting up, he sat on the edge of the bed and grabbed the Sword. Unsheathed it from the scabbard, he stares at his reflection in it. He sighed. "Now that I'm a Devil, I'm bound to be immortal." Placing the blade in his lap, he leans back and stares at the ceiling. "That means that if I don't have to place the burden on my children. I could wait and prepare myself for that day. The day the followers come for me. The day Aku returns."

Take the sword, he swiped his left hand across the length of the blade, activating the Sacred Gear. Aku will return. His followers are looking for ways to bring him back. Maybe they've already found a way, he can't be sure. But when they come for him, as he has the only thing that can kill Aku, he has to be ready. As a human, he can only gain more strength, skills, and brain power to fight against them. But they're Devils, Fallen Angels, and Angels. Human abilities are not going to win against them.

Kenny needed to do more. He needed to find the power within his Sacred Gear and use it. He needed to know the powers of a pawn.

Kenny needed to be the Ultimate Pawn.

—(Tomorrow night)—

Kenny road on his bike towards his towards his next client. Earlier he asked Rias if she could train him to be stronger. She said that there was, but said that he wanted to learn how, he had to complete a pact. So with the shinai bag on his back and the location device in his left hand, his head turned towards the designated house.

He asked if it's the family of the dead officer, but she said it wasn't. Instead, it was a gamer who lived alone.

Stopping the bike at an ordinary looking house, Kenny dismounted. "Time to make a pact," he said with enthusiasm, throwing his fist in the air with a smirk.

He walked up to the front door, he was surprised to see the front door wide open. 'What the?' Kenny approaches the house and stops before the doorway. An uneasy feeling started to wash over him, as if he had a bad feeling about what was going on. There were no light inside as he looked through the door, with not even a sound to be heard.

He narrowed his eyes.

SHHHHHHHING!

Slowly unsheathing the sword from his back, he held it out with both hands, ready to defend himself if anything happened, and steps inside.

Not bothering to take his shoes off, he slowly and carefully walks across the fine wooden floor. Keeping his eyes glancing around him. He stops and upwards at the staircase that led to the second floor. No lights. Continuing his trek, he saw himself approaching a corn and quickly puts himself against the wall. His heart hammers in his chest as he steps side to side to the corn before stopping.

Kenny slowly stuck his head around the corner.

There was a door at the end of the hall, slightly open, with a faint light coming from behind it.

He comes out from behind the corner and walks towards the door silently. "Hello," Kenny asked quietly, trying not to startle the coup. "I'm the Devil from the Gremory's household, and I'm here for the client."

There was no answer from the door, so he stopped in front of it. Sweat ran down his faces and a sense of fear enters his body. He reached for the door handle with trembling hands and slowly enters the rooms. It's a living room with a television, a sofa, a table and such. Nothing out of the ordinary as the television was on, but had static on it, being the only source of light.

He looked to the right, and he gasped loudly as his eyes widened in horror.

There staked to the wall was a bloody corpse. The corpse's arms were spread out as its hands were staked in the palm and the legs were together, feet on top of one another and staked thought. Hanging upside down.

Kenny clapped his mouth shut with his free hand, trying to prevent himself from puking. "W-what the hell this?"

"'Punishment to the wicked and those who do bad deeds'!" Kenny snapped his head towards the voice, seeing someone on the standing up from the sofa. "I just borrow the sentence from someone important," said the people as he faces Kenny with an evil smile and a crazed look. He was a young man with short white hair and a red eyes, wearing clerical looking clothing.

"Hmm hmm." The young man's insane smile grew. "Well, well, if it isn't a Devil!"

To Be Continued…

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{Playing Shine by Mr. Big}

[Instrumentals] The opening fades into the inside of a dark room with the moonlight coming from the window. The light moves against the wall, turning the areas that became covered by it a light blue. As it gradually shifts, it soon reveals the handle of the Sword, as the weapon leans up against the wall. The light then touches the unsheathed blade, causing it to reflect and shine off the metal.

[I never really feel quite right] Kenny, wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans, was out at night standing in an open plain with a few trees behind him. His hair flying in the wind and his hands in his jean's pockets as he looks upwards, the green grass under and around him flowing against the wind as well.

[And I don't know why, all I know is something's wrong] The scene stays like this for a moment, before switching to present a close up of his face. Showing an expression that tells the viewer he was deep in thoughts, as his black eyes weren't focused and his lips were parted a small bit.

[Every time I look at you, you seem so alive] High up on a white balcony in the night time, Rias stands there in a white sundress, with her arms on the railing as she leaned on it while looking up at the moon. She face carries a bright smile as her vixen figure is seen slightly through the dress as it and her elegant crimson hair flies in the wind gracefully while glowing into moonlight.

[Tell me how do you do it, walk me through it] The scene changes to show different images. The first was of Akeno as she smiles sweetly at the viewer in a lovely kimono, holding an umbrella in her arms with her in a bun. The next image is of Kiba as he stands in a gym, wearing Kendo equipment and the mask tucked under his armpit, giving the camera his charming smile, while in the background were many girls smiling at him back with hearts in their eyes.

[I'm following every footstep] Koneko's next shown, sitting on the sofa in the clubhouse with a piece of chocolate in her mouth, looking at the viewer blankly as she holds up her hand in a peace sign. The final image shows Asia in her nun outfit, brushing a few stray hairs behind her right as she smiles brightly, while standing in the park with the playground behind her.

[Maybe on your own you take a conscious step] Returning back to Rias, the camera shows her up close from the left side, with twinkling stars shining in the background. Her bright expression turned to a sad look as her gaze fell. She placed a hand on her left breast and sighs with her eyes closed.

[Do you wanna give it up? All that I want…] Her eyes opened, but only half way. Showing that she's hurt in some way and sadden about something. The camera then shows the left side of her, before Rias turns her head to the left and a surprised expression appeared on her face.

[Is for you to SHINE~] The scene changes to a white surrounding and the camera moves upwards, showing Kenny in his average school uniform, with his back facing the camera, the Sword in his right hand, and the scabbard in his left as his long black hair flows in the wind.

[SHINE~ down on me] The camera zoomed out to show Rias, now naked, staring at Kenny's back with her right shoulder facing the viewer and her head turned towards him.

[SHINE on this life that's burning out] A side angled view, and Kenny now is seen facing Samurai Jack, whose ghost stands a few feet from him. The camera focused on Kenny face for a movement, before switching over to Jack's. The samurai gives him a smile and disappears. Kenny lets out a sigh with his eyes closed, as he was now standing on a cliff as the sky turns orange in the afternoon.

[SHINE~] Rias, now fully dressed in her usual school uniform, walked up to his right and places a hand on his shoulder. Kenny looks at her as she gives him a smile, then Akeno comes up and stand with him too. Then Asia, Kiba, and Koneko.

[SHINE~ down on me] Kenny smiles fondly at them for a moment, before his expression quickly turned serious and he faces forward. The others do the same, readying themselves for battle.

[SHINE on this life that's burning out] The scene changes to show their backs and zooms out to revival Aku's towering silhouette before them, with the setting sun behind his head.

[SHINE~] The image then changes into a watercolor-like painting. Then everything fades out, as the song comes to an end.

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Narrator: "On the next episode of The Red Dragon Samurai…."

?: "I'm a priest~ A boy priest~ I cut devil-like people~"

Asia: "Keep away from my friend."

Karen: "I've learned everything from Grandpa, two weeks before his death.

Yuuma/Raynare: "Well isn't that sweet."

Narrator: "The Red Dragon Samurai. Updates coming soon."

Rias: "Kenny what was that?! Where are you? Kenny?...KENNY!"

Narrator: "Only on Fanfiction."

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