The Red Dragon Samurai Chapter 14: XIV, a Samurai Jack + High School DxD/ハイスクールD×D Crossover fanfic

("…Gotta get back…back to the past…Samurai Jack.") There's nothing but a black screen.

("I've finally returned to the past and defeated Aku.") The scene then goes down to reveal Jack. His silhouette all white with a white shadow behind him, standing in the dark with his back turned towards the viewer.

("But, I still feared for the future.") Jack is then shown looking out at the horizon from the balcony of his castle, pink Sakura leaves falling all around him and his empire. The scene then changes to show an opening in a snowbound forest with towering trees.

("Though he's gone, his shadow still remains.") The camera turned slowly to the right and stopped when it shows Jack meditating on the snow covered ground, with his right side facing the viewer. There's then a close up of the sheathed Sword, as the blade is pulled from the scabbard.

("Though I will not be around, I will not let the nightmare return.") The scene focuses only on the Sword's blade, as reflection of Jack's eyes was shown in the metal for a moment, before Aku's eyes replaced them.

("With a simple goal, the Sword was passed down to eldest child of the eldest child.") Jack's silhouette, with the sword in hand, stands on top of a hill looking at his home from a distance. But then the scene changes to where there was a woman standing in Jack's place, looking at another city of the in the 19th century.

("To be passed down throughout the times.") The scene fades into another one, this time to a man looking at a city set ablaze in the night, as American bombers fly overhead during World War 2.

("So that if Aku does comes back, there's hope.") Again, the scene changes. But this time shows Kenny's silhouette looking at Kuoh. The city lit by its neon lights in the night atmosphere.

("I've placed my faith in him, and those around him.") Kenny was now sitting on the ground and leaning against a tree while looking up at the silhouette figure a familiar young woman. The screen suddenly goes black.

("His name is Kenny Kurosawa, the Red Dragon Samurai.") Then the title burns itself into the scene, glowing red as it shines in the dark.

The Red Dragon Samurai

Episode XIV

"The Rating Game"

Kenny picked up his phone and turned it on to check the time, as he sat on the edge of his bed in his home, wearing his school uniform, with Sword in its sheath resting on the bed to his right. It was 9:25. 9:25 at night in the Kurosawa residence, and it was the day of the Rating Game.

"Only two more hours before the game," he said, knowing that the game to come was scheduled at 12:00. He and the others of Rias' peerage, including said girl, returned to Kuoh yesterday. They had to go back to school, but were given a day off from their Devil jobs. Now all he had to do was wait unit it was time to go to the Occult Research Club.

Thinking back, he recalled the speech Rias gave them all after he used that powerful attack at the mansion.

—(flashback begins)—

"The House of Phoenix has no respect for us," Rias told her servants as they sat at the large round table in the living room. Each one was dressed in the same casual/camping clothes that they wore when they came to the mansion. "Let's give them a taste of how strong the House of Gremory truly is. They will receive no mercy from us."

—(flashback ends)—

Kenny takes the Sword and pulled out the blade from the scabbard. Setting the sheath down at his side, Kenny held up the Sword with his right hand and stared at his reflection with the assistance of the moon's light through his room's window. "I've been training the whole week for this," he said, looking at his determined eyes' reflection. "I'm not going to let them win. Not when I have the power to prevent it."

Knock! Knock!

When someone started knocking on his door, he turned his head towards it. "Kenny, may I come in," the familiar voice of Asia was heard from the other side of the door.

Kenny quickly sheathed the Sword and said, "Please, come on in." The door opened and in came Asia. However, she was wearing the same nun outfit she wore when they first met, minus the vale. She wasn't wearing the neckless with the silver cross on it, but that was understandable. Her dagger was also equipped onto her hip. "Wow, haven't seen you wear that in a while." He smiled.

"I thought about it, and found out I was a lot more comfortable and flexible in this," she said, while feeling a little embarrassed. "Rias said it was okay, as long as I was comfortable. So… what do you think?"

"I think you look amazing," Kenny complemented. "You look great in your school uniform, but I've always liked this look for you."

Asia blushed and placed a hand on her chest. "You're sweet," she said before pausing for a brief moment. Looking rather hesitant. "U-Umm. Kenny? I'd like to stay here with you. Do you mind?"

"Not at all." Picking up the Sword and placing it on the other side of himself, Kenny moves a bit to the right, before patting his left hand on the bed for Asia to sit. She approached him and sat beside him. Then, to Kenny surprise, the former nun hugged his arm tightly.

"What's wrong," he asked, starting to worry as he felt her tremble a bit. "Oh, nothing. I'm just a little nervous about the battle."

"Yeah?"

"Yeah. But I'm not scared with you by my side," she admitted. "I know that with you, everything'll be alright." Asia paused again, and loosened her grip on him. "Can I stay like this until we leave?"

"You can stay as long as you want," Kenny said. Asia looked up and stared at him. Her emerald green eyes, which had darkened without the aid of light in the room to make them shine, gazing into his forever black ones. Asia has looked at him in the eyes many times in the past, but she was able to see how enchanting they were to look at. They gave him a hardened look, but she knew all too well the wonderful beholder of those eyes.

DING-DONG!

The sudden doorbell ringing almost made the two of them jump out of their skin as they turned their heads towards the open doorway, with the hallway lights still on. "Who's that," asked a frightened Asia.

"More like who's that at this time of night," Kenny said, feeling a little annoyed as he got up from his bed, Sword in hand, and marched out the room. Asia soon followed after him.

Walking out of the room, Kenny looked towards where the stairs were and saw a glimpse of X-9's back as the robot went down the stairs. Most likely to inspect the seen.

The door to Karen's room opened and the young pre-teen stepped out of her room. "What the hell?" She rubbed her eyes, for she was just getting to sleep. "Kenny, I thought you're match thing didn't start at freak'n 12 o'clock," she moaned in complaint.

"It does," Kenny said. Asia came out of the room and looked in the direction of the stairs. She then hid behind the older teen, while Karen reached into her room.

"Who do you think it is," she asked, still feeling scared.

"A dead man." The sister Kurosawa stated threateningly, as she walked past them with her baseball bat in hand.

"Karen, hold on!" Kenny reached out to her to get her to stop. She turned and disappeared behind the corner. "Doesn't she ever listen," he said in exasperation before rushing to catch up, with Asia right behind him.

When the two reached the bottom of the stairs, they quickly turned their bodies to face the front door. A hand on the grip of their weapons in case any danger presented itself. However, when they looked towards the front door, which was open, they saw Karen standing at the doorframe, with something in front of her. They could tell that because whatever it was, they could see its extending out from her sides.

"Karen?" Kenny called to her.

The younger Kurosawa looked over her shoulder. "You got a box sent to you!"

"What," Kenny asked, puzzled, before he and Asia walked over to her. Karen step outside of the house and moved around the side of a large, wooden, crate that was on sitting on a porch. "What the heck is this?" He said when he and the blonde girl stopped in front of it.

"Don't know," Karen said before spotting and picking up a folded piece of paper that was on top of the crate. "But they left a note." She handed it to Kenny.

Kenny took it and opened it.

For your little game tonight.

—Exdor and a friend

"Well, I don't who the 'friend' part is, but it's also from Exdor," Kenny said, surprising the two girls with him.

"My creator set that?" The three of them turned their heads to see X-9 staring that them from where he was at the bottom of the stairs of the porch. They didn't know what the robot felt after hearing the news, but he couldn't have been too bothered, right? Without ever knowing Exdor on a personal level, they was no doubt that he couldn't be too angry or happy about him. But what do they know. They're not robots with emotions.

"Anything you would know about this," Kenny said, folding up the paper and tossing it into the house.

"Negative." X-9 walked up the porch to join them. Walking around to the other side of the crate, as it hung off the edge of the top step, preventing him from standing in front of it. "Here was no signs of a vehicle on the road. There weren't any footsteps. Nothing to indicate a person was here."

'Now that's strange,' Kenny thought before redirecting his attention back to the crate. "Now if only we had a crowbar…" He didn't continue that sentence because X-9 grabbed the edge of the top part with both his hands, digging his fingers in-between the wooden planks, and…"

RIP!

X-9 ripped the entire top part of the cart off with little to no trouble, throwing it off into the air before it landed a few feet away, breaking apart.

"…Or we could do that."

"Kenny…" Karen said breathlessly, bring his attention back to her. She was sharing down at what was inside the crate. Her eyes as wide as dish plates and mouth hanging slightly open. Looking down at the content, along with Asia and X-9, they were all shocked and surprised by what they were seeing. Believing that their eyes were playing a joke on them. "Is that what I think it is?"

"Yeah… it is," Kenny said, still surprised by what he was looking at. But then a thought went through his head. He reached into the crate with both hands and pulled out something. "You know, that maid, Grayfia, said that I was possessed by the Red Dragon Emperor. That must have been a title or something for." Kenny cracked a smile. "Rias had a different name for me. And I think Riser should know it."

Around 11.35pm at night, and almost everyone was getting ready for the battle. Kiba was sitting on one of the sofas, sliding his sword back into its sheath, equipped with a pair of gauntlets on his hands and some lower leg armor. Koneko was on the other sofa, fastening a pair of fighting gloves that a cat paw print on them. Akeno and Rias were drinking green tea elegantly, with the former sitting next to Koneko and the latter sitting at her desk.

"Where is Kenny and Asia," Rias asked after taking a sip of the tea.

"They said they'd be here in a little bit," Kiba informed her, right before the door open.

"Sorry we're late!" Kenny's familiar voice brought all them attention to the doorway, and they were speechless by what they saw.

Standing there next to Asia, Kenny was wearing a modern-style samurai armor. The metal armor consisted a tall kabuto helmet—which he held under his right arm—with a pair of black horns that were pointed upwards, a pointed top, and a circle helmet crest. Heavy-looking rectangular shoulder guards that extended outwards past his shoulders, chest armor that was made up of overlapping plates, kusazuri thigh guards and a tasset that extended past his knees, armored sleeves, forearm and hand guards that covered his hands and fingers, greave shin guards, and big metal toed boots. Underneath the armor pieces was a dark gray green hitatare robe, a pair of hakama pants, and black socks. Strapped to his left side by an over the shoulder leather holster was the Sword, in its scabbard, with his left hand on the grip.

"This thing isn't built to ride bikes, so we had to walk," Kenny said, as Rias, Akeno, Kiba, and Koneko stared at him in complete and total awe.

"K-Kenny," Rias said with a blush, admiring the boy's strong, broad finger that the armor seemed to intensify. Kenny approached them and stop about two feet from the table.

"Where do you get that armor," Kiba asked, standing up, as did the Rook and Queen.

"Oh, this?" Kenny turned his chest to the right to look over his shoulder and show them a bit of the back side. "It was sent by Exdor and a friend. They wanted to give it to me to wear during the game."

"Wait," Akeno said, continuing to scan the armor, "how did Exdor know about the game?"

"And who's the friend," Kiba asked.

"Don't know," Kenny admitted with a smile, feeling a little embarrassed. "But I wanted to wear it to let them know that I'm Rias' samurai, and that I was going to beat them. So what do you think?"

"I think you look brutal and amazing," Akeno complemented with a bright smile and her hands together.

"Totally badass, man." Kiba grinned with approval and gave him a thumbs up.

"…You'll kickass," Koneko with a small smile. Rias stood up from her deck and walked around the sofas to reach Kenny.

When she did, the redhead placed her hand on the chest armor and smiled up at him. "You truly are my cute samurai," she said, much to his embarrassment. Not the comment he was going for. Just then the doors to the clubroom opened and stepping inside was Sona and Tsubaki. When the Sitri heiress' eyes landed on Kenny, who was looking over his shoulder at her, she gasped by the sight of the armor.

"Kenny, what are you wearing," Sona asked dumbstruck.

"Samurai armor that Exdor sent," Kenny answered, turning his bodied at an angle to face her without straining his neck. "But what are you doing here? I just didn't expect to find you to be here with us."

"There's a live broadcast of the competition so that family members can watch," Rias stated, bringing his attention back to her. "Sona and Tsubaki are here to help out with that."

Kenny nodded his head to that, before Sona said, "And besides, it's her first Rating Game. I wouldn't miss an event like this for anything."

"Well, I promise to do everything in my power to make it interesting for you," Rias said with a confident expression. Even though on the inside she was nervous. Just then a magic-circle opened behind the Devils and out appeared Grayfia.

"It's almost time," said the maid with her hands together. "I hope you're ready, my lady."

Rias placed herself at Kenny's right side, who had turned his body to face Grayfia. The other members of her peerage gathered by the two and stood at the ready. "Yes," Rias said, "we're ready whenever you are."

"When it comes time to start the battle, we'll use this circle to teleport you to the battlefield," Grayfia explained to her and the rest that were participating in the game.

"And where is that," Kenny asked.

"In a neutral, alternate space created just for the game," Akeno explained to him. "Because it's not really, we're able to fight with all our powers and do some damage. Even burn it to the ground." She giggled at that last part and places a hand on her cheek, making Kenny sweat drop.

"I'll be in the student broadcast booth calling the game," Sona told Rias. "We'll be cheering you on. Good luck." She started walking towards the exit, moving past Grayfia.

"Thanks a lot," Rias said. "Just try to keep the play-by-play far."

The two black-haired ladies stopped a few feet from the door and looked over their shoulders. "Oh, I'll keep it clean," Sona told her, still holding up her serious persona. "Though if I was a betting-girl, I'd say you're going to beat that scumbag seven-ways from Sunday." Rias smiled at her joke and watched as the two exited the room.

"There's something I forgot to tell you." Grayfia said, bring all their attention back to her. "This 'Rating Game' battle will also be viewed by members of both households from a different location through the broadcast. Among them is the Great Devil Lucifer."

Rias stared at her with a shocked expression before forming an annoyed one. "Oh. Brother Dearest."

"Wait!" Kenny whipped his head to face her with a shocked face. "Lucifer? As in the Lucifer? Lord of the Underworld? Satan himself?!"

"That's right," she answered right away.

"Yes, but not in the way you're thinking," Kiba said, tucking his sword to his left side. "His name is Sirzechs, although throughout time he's been known by many names. During the Great War, our leader died. To tell you the truth, out of the three factions of the God, the Fallen Angels and the Devils, the Devils have the least power. Sirzechs took over the thorn, taking on the name of Lucifer, and lead us through a dark time, as he was just as powerful as the previous Lucifer. They call him the Crimson King, and he and four other powerful Devils, Beelzebub, Leviathan, and Asmodeus are what make up the Four Great Satans."

"And with Rias beng his younger sister," Kenny said, remembering said girl telling him he was her brother, "it's important for her to inherit her household." He then sighed. Not like he needed more important factors on the line in this fight.

Then a crimson-red magic-circle appeared underneath, breaking them from their conversation. "It's time, everyone," Grayfia announced, outside of the circle.

Rias nodded with a determined expression. "Then let's go!" Gathering closer together, the group waited. Then one by one they all disappeared in a flash of light, until Kenny was the last. He closed his eyes, gripped the helmet and Sword tighter and waited.

He too disappeared.

When he opened his eyes, Kenny was puzzled. They hadn't gone anywhere. They were still in the clubroom. "Did it not work," he asked, looking from side to side. Maybe there was a failure in the magic-circle, like with Akeno's teleportation after they fought the X-models.

[Your attention, please. Hello everyone. I am Grayfia, a maid from the House of Gremory and today I will be the referee for the Rating match between the House of Gremory and the House of Phoenix.]

Kenny looked up with a curious expression. 'Was she using the broadcast system?'

[To create the battlefield you'll be competing in, I took suggestions from both Lady Rias and Lord Riser. You may recognize this place, as it is an exact replica of Kuoh Academy, an education institution in the human world.]

"A replica?"

"Just take a look outside," Rias said. Kenny, curious as to what was going on, walked over to one of the closed windows and pushed the blinds open. He gasped when his widened eyes were met was a green sky that was brighter, deformed shape of light in the sky that reminded of the northern lights. Other than the sky, everything was where it should be, from the main building, the gym, the field, the Clubhouse, and even the trees.

[Each team has been given an area to serve as its home base. Lady Rias is stationed in the Occult Research Cub's club room located in the old school building.]

"Show me where Phoenix is," Sona ordered, as she and Tsubaki were in a large room with a long table that they were sitting at. In front of them were a cluster of floating panels that displayed different areas of the battlefield.

"Yes, ma'am," Tsubaki said and flicked her finger, causing one of the panels to turn over to show Riser in a dark room with a few of her servants gathered around him affectionately.

[Lord Riser house base is located in the Student Council's room located in the new building.]

"I know it's not really, but he better not make a mess in that room," Sona growled with a twitching eye, knowing the kind of man Riser was.

[For the Pawns to use "promotion", please head to the enemy's base to do it. Good luck to all.]

"Then that's where I need to go," Kenny said seriously, placing the helmet onto his head. "I'll fight my way there to promote."

"I wouldn't do that if I were you," Akeno said, smiling. "Unless you want to get your ass handed to you."

"Play smart, Kenny," Kiba told him. "Odds are Riser will want to move his Pawns into our territory right away. We need to keep enough play nearby to make sure that doesn't happen."

"Yeah, I guess you're right," Kenny sighed, looking down. He then placed a hand on his chin to think. "Then the best move we should do is to take out the Pawns, before they have that chance." He felt a tug on his thigh guard and looked down to see it was Koneko. She presented him a pink growling object the size of a marble. "What's this," he asked, taking the pink object with his fingers.

"These earphones will help us to communicate with each other," Rias said, as the pink communicator floated up from her finger and went into her left ear. Kenny wasn't even going to question how it flowing into her ear was a little creepy, and just put in his left ear.

[Now it's the time for the commencement of the battle. Also, this match will continue till dawn in the humans' time. So, Game starts now.]

GONG! ... GONG!

Two long hollow gong bell sounds echoed. The Rating Game has started.

Kenny's right hand gripped the Sword.

In Riser's home base it was mostly dark, with only a few purple lights shining in the room. The blonde man was sitting at a chair with two of his servants kneeling on the floor on both sides of him. One was kissing his bare chest, while the other one had her face close to him, was he groped her breast. Both of them seemed to be in bliss of being around him, as Riser had an arrogant sneer on his face. "Those failures don't deserve to stand on the same field as us," he told the other members of his peerage.

Behind the group of girls were Xuelan, Karlamine, and Isabelle. They didn't care about his speech, as they glared at him while the others were still blinded by their affections for him. Affections the three of them lost when they knew what he was really doing that fateful night.

Riser wasn't just watching them as they fought the X-Models, he was also fucking some of his servants as he watched them.

When they had gotten back, he told them that he wasn't pleased by their performance and expected better, saying that if it was one of the servants he did it with instead of them, then they probably would have done a better job and dare not question their loyalty. That brought about an anger in them that they kept to themselves. How could they be so blind!

This wasn't the kind master that came to them when all of them died during World War 2. This wasn't the man that came to Xuelan after she was raped and killed in China, or Karlamine when she was beaten and gun down with her father during France's invasion, and even Isabella when she was burned alive with her five sibling in Stalingrad.

That man never even excited, and now they could see it clearly. Riser then offered two forms of forgiveness to the three: one was a slap in the face, or give him pleasure with their bodies.

Before, they would do anything for a few rounds with Riser, but they felt like throwing up when he said that.

They took the slap, much to Riser disappointment.

If only Yubelluna could see through it all, too.

"Show no mercy." Riser continued with his speech. "Break their spirits, shatter their pride, and force them into submission. If I didn't crush her this is meaningless."

In all honesty, they're only following along with the others because they didn't have anywhere else to go. If they left they'll be rogues, and be hunted down. And the other is to see Kenny again, who they started feeling strange feelings for. They couldn't explain it, but after that night they could only think of the black-haired teen and how strong, kind, and brave he was.

Personally, they all wanted to see Kenny kick Riser's ass.

Back at Rias' base, the busty redhead was now sitting down on one of the sofa with her left leg over her right one, and arms crossed under her chest, as she had the others gather around her. Akeno standing at the office desk preparing tea, Kiba and Koneko were standing in front of the table, with the blonde Knight holding a large rolled up paper, and Kenny and Asia were sitting on the opposite sofa. The samurai-armored teen had taken his helmet off since wasn't going anywhere anytime soon.

"First, we'll have to take down Riser's Pawns," she told the others, sounding quite confident. "It will be troublesome if they all promote into Queen."

"You're rather calm about this," Kenny commented with a raised brow.

"The battle has just started, Kenny. The Rating Game is originally a game that doesn't finish in a short time. There are times when it becomes a blitz, but mostly it's a game that takes very long. Just like the actual chess game," she explained to him. "This game has a meaning only if you use the battlefield to the fullest. Usually the base would be a fortress, a castle or even a tower. There are forests and rivers between the two bases and we battle using those areas. This time the school is our stage. Kiba."

"Right." Kiba nodded and unrolled the paper he held in his hand on the table. It was a grid map of the whole school, with letters and numbers on it, much like a chessboard.

Rias pulled out a red marker and circled the old school build. "The enemy base is just across the way." She then circled the new school. "Cutting through the school grounds might be quick, but it's not an opinion."

"… They'll see us coming a mile away," Koneko said. "Correct," Rias confirmed, "and we might as well be sitting ducks."

"What if we go through the track field and sneak into the back," Kenny asked, leaning forward to have has arms on his knees. "We'll have the element of surprise."

"But that's the most obvious entry point available," Rias countered. "And Riser knows it." She then pointed to a clubhouse on the map. "My guess is that he'll have his Knights or Rooks positioned at one of the club rooms located in the sports ground."

"That doesn't leave us with very few opinions, then, does it," Akeno asked.

"First things first," Kiba spoke up and pointed to building labeled gymnasium on the map. "I think we should secure the gymnasium before we do anything else. It's adjacent to their home base and not too far from us, and most importantly, it'll service as a devious for the other side."

"It's also in the center of the battlefield," Akeno told everyone. "Whoever gets to it first is going to have a leg up for sure."

Kenny leaned back into the sofa and crossed his arms. "And no doubt Riser knows that as well," he said. "He's played the game numerous times and as likely perfected a strategy that he feels works for him. We hardly have one to counter his, so the next best thing we can do is learn and adapt to whatever he throws at us."

"You're both right," Rias said, leaning back too. "Then we'll have to make sure he doesn't get that gymnasium. And given the opinions we have, that's our best chance." She then turned her head to Koneko. "Koneko, do you think you can handle getting into the gym and locking it down?"

Koneko nodded.

"All this talk of fighting is starting to scare me," Asia said worriedly, catching Kenny's attention.

"Don't worry," Kenny said to assure her. "We have Rias on our side. All we have to do is put our faith in her and we'll be fine."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." She smiled at him.

Rias then stood up from the sofa. "To do that, we'll need to set up a defensive perimeter," she proclaimed. "Kiba and Koneko, get out there and sets some traps in the woods, ASAP."

"Got it," Kiba said before lifting up a hand. The familiar summoning circle appeared and out came the chicken. It backflip from his hand and landed on his shoulder.

"… Let's go, Shino." Koneko summoned her small kitten into her cupped hands, before Shino leaped up onto her head.

Kenny then stretched out his hand and conjured a Familiar summoning circle, bring out Aoimoku. "Go with them, boy," he instructed with a head rub. "I want you to provide backup." The white wolf nodded his head and walked over to join the Knight and Rook, with Koneko trying to distance herself for Aoimoku for some reason.

"Wish us good luck," Kiba said before, the three turned around and walked out of the room, leaving Rias, Akeno, Kenny, and Asia there.

"Akeno, next we'll need your expertise," Rias told the black-haired beauty. "Once they're done setting up the traps, your illusion magic will come in handy so be prepared."

Akeno bowed. "I'll be ready." She then turned and exited the room.

"And what about us," Kenny asked, referring to himself and Asia. "What do you need us to do?"

"Asia, you're my healing support, so in order to keep you safe, you'll need to stay close to base," Rias told the young blonde. "If we lose you then it'll all going to go to hell."

"Right," Asia nodded with a brave expression.

"Kenny, come over here and sit."

Confused by the order, but Kenny didn't question her and did what he was told. Standing from the sofa, he walked over to the other one and sat down next to her. Rias then patted her lap.

"Now lay your head on my lap."

This caused him to lightly blush and eyes to widen, but Kenny nonetheless obeyed and turned his body to the left and laid back. It wasn't easy, as the Sword and the shoulder guards made it almost impossible to get comfortable. But the feeling of Rias' thighs touching his hair and neck was like resting on a cloud. He closed his eyes, smiled, and sighed as Rias placed her hand on his head and began to play with a lock of his hair.

"I take it you're comfortable," Rias said.

"No, not at all," he jokingly said. "This isn't the best thing to be laid down in."

"Well, if you want I could do it again after the battle," she then offered, while Asia stared at the scene with a pout, not being able to hide her jealousy. "Now Kenny, I'll cast a little spell on you."

"Oh-no."

"It's nothing bad. It's just a seal that I'm going to unlock." She then placed a hand on his forehead.

Thu-thump!

Kenny gasped at the sudden change in his body. Then, an incredible amount of power flooded into his body. It wasn't like the kind that he had gotten from the Boosted Gear, as it was a power of its own. What he was feeling now was something that came from within him, and it felt familiar and comfortable.

"When you became a Devil, I told you it took all eight of my Pawns pieces," she told him. "But what I didn't tell you was how much power you'd receive."

"I don't understand," Kenny said simply.

"If I had unleashed everything all at once, your body wouldn't have been able to take it. So I casted a spell to keep your powers at bay. Because of the spell, your abilities come to you in small, manageable stages. What I just did now was unseal another portion of your powers. This is only the beginning of what you're capable of, Kenny. That training we did was meant to have you cope with the power of Boosted Gear and the Pawn. Though there are areas you still lack in." She then started patting his head.

"Ah!" Asia turned her body sideways with her hands together to pray. "There I was, being jealous when all along Rias was just trying to him," she said. "Dear God, please forgive me for being so stupid and letting I awful jealousy get the best of me."

And then the headache came.

"OW!"

"I'm counting on you to do your best," Rias said. "I know that those three girls that were with you that night are your opponent, but you can't hold back."

"I don't think they'd like it if I did," Kenny said sitting up. "I told you I'd make Riser bleed, and that's what I'm going to do."

"Then I can't wait to see it for myself." She smile warmly. "I know you're not going to let me down."

"Rias, do you copy." Akeno's voice came through the communicator.

Rias placed her right hand to her ear and said, "I hear you loud and clear."

"We're ready when you are."

Rias stood up from the sofa with her hand still to her ear. "Alright, you guys, here's the game plan."

"Gremory might be about to make her first move," Tsubaki said.

"With as many pieces she has missing, Rias wouldn't be able to protect her home base and launch a force assault," Sona stated with her chin on his right hand. "Because of that, she'll have to force her way in with tertiary attacks."

Kenny stepped out of the front door of the old school building. He saw Koneko approaching him and slipped the helmet on. The next part of the plan had to involve the two of them working together.

"Okay then, Kenny and Koneko," Rias voice said through the communicators. "You won't be able to avoid the battle once you get into the gym. Move accordingly like we discussed. That location will be an important place."

"Roger," the two of them said simultaneously.

In the nearby woods, Kiba stood in an opening with one of his hands on his sword's pommel. Standing next to him is Aoimoku, scanning the area like a guard dog.

"Kiba, you all set?"

"Yep, I'm in position now," he said.

Standing on the roof of the old school house was Akeno. Her long ponytail flowing in the winds.

"Akeno, stand by to move. I'm counting on you."

"We totally got this."

"Now then, my adorable servants," Rias said with a smile. It was finally time to strike. No more waiting and planning. Now is the time for action. "Are you ready? We can't turn back now. Our enemy is Lord Riser, a gifted warrior from the immortal House of the Phoenix with a promised career. Now then! Let's go and blow them away!"

"Yes!"

Kenny took his hand away from his ear and turned his head towards Koneko. "Let's move," he said. She nodded and the two ran off towards. He had to admit, the armor was lighter than he thought it would be. There was still some weight, as to be expected with any type of armor, but he was able to run at his full speed. He was going to speed how well he fought in it now.

Since the main entrance is connected to the new school building, they knew they can't enter from there. So they went to the entrance that was on the opposite side of the building.

Stopping in front of it, Kenny raised a fist to have them halt. Glancing over his shoulder at Koneko, before turned his head back toward then door and approached it cautiously. Placing his left hand on the grip of the Sword, he used his right hand and grasped the doorknob. He turned it and the door opened. It was unlocked.

The two shared a glance, before Kenny opened it all the way and let Koneko pass by him, then he entered after her. They came into the back of the platform and hid behind one of the sides. All the lights were off, with only the outside providing a light source.

"…They're here," Koneko said. Kenny didn't have time to be surprised when the light in the court suddenly turned on.

"We know you are there, Kenny! We watched you two coming inside."

Kenny recognized the voice of Xuelan. He sighed and patted Koneko's shoulder. "Time to rock and roll," he whispered, knowing there was no use hiding from them. The two stepped out from the corner and turned to face their opponents.

Sure enough, it was Xuelan, along with three other girls. Among them was the blue-haired girl Mira, and two girls that surprised Kenny a lot.

The two were very young twins, maybe no older than Karen's age, with turquoise hair, which they keep tied to one side of their head with a yellow ribbon (opposite to their sister), and blue eyes. Both of their outfits consisted of gym uniforms, which consisted of white t-shirts with blue accents, black leggings, and blue sneakers over knee-high socks, similar to the one girls' gym uniform from Kuoh Academy, only without the logo. They also wore an orange wristband on their right wrist.

Kenny stared irked and dumbfounded at the twins. 'Okay, this guy is not only an asshole, but a pedophile.'

"Looks like we meet again," Xuelan said with a hand on her left hip, snapping Kenny out of his thoughts. She looked from his feet to the top of his helmet and blushed a bit. He really handsome in the armor. "I didn't think I'd see you looking like that."

He shrugged. "A gift from Exdor," he said before looking at the others. "I thought I'd wear it when I defeat you master."

'And I hope you do,' she thought.

"Like that's going to happen, boy," said Mira, stepping forward and pointed her new staff at him. "Lord Riser would never be defeated by a weakling like you."

"Yeah?" He cocked an eyebrow. "And would you three mind introducing yourselves."

"Gladly," she said with a smirk. "I'm Mira, and I'm a Pawn."

The twins saluted together. "I'm Nel, and I'm a Pawn," one twin said.

"My name is Ile, and I'm also a Pawn," the other twin said.

"… The Rook would be a problem," Koneko said with a serious expression. "Based on her power-level, she has the power of a Queen."

"Yeah, she's strong alright." Kenny grabbed the Sword and unsheathed it. There was no going back now. He placed his left hand on the blade and activated the Boost Gear. He holds the weapon in both hands in front of him. "Boost! Now!"

[Boost!]

"… I will leave the Pawns to you, Kenny," Koneko said, taking a step forward and cracking her knuckles. "I will take care of the Rook."

"Sorry, but no thanks," Xuelan suddenly said, taking a few steps forward herself, surprising her comrades and their two opponents. "I'm not interested in fighting you, girl. I'll fight Kenny Kurosawa, you three take out the Rook."

"You can't be serious," Mira argued. "Is it because of those X-Model things?"

"If you're worried about my feelings getting in the way, then I should tell you that's not going to be a problem," Xuelan sternly responded. "Besides, I want to see how much stronger he's become."

Kenny and Koneko stared at her with eyes slightly widened, confused and surprised by the fact Xuelan would want to fight him. They then turned their head towards each other, with Kenny's expression wordlessly asking her what to do.

For a moment she stared blankly at him before lightly frowning. "… Keep your eyes on the prices and off her boobs, playboy."

He sighed. "Right, I'll fight her and you handle the other three," Kenny said. "We'll watch each other's backs and provide support if necessary."

She nodded.

"Then let's rock!" He exclaimed and launched himself off the platform and into the fight. "YAAHH!"

"So she decided to attack from the center after all," Riser said in the dark room, with only Yubelluna with him. "How are things on the other front?"

"My lord," Yubelluna responded. "You Pawns; Shuriya, Marion, and Burent are moving in on the enemy as we speak."

In the forest surround the school area, three forms zipped to and from one tree to another at fast speeds that they were like flashes of yellow light. The three young women then stopped on the forest floor to look at their surroundings, as a thick fog covered most of the area.

The first of the young women—Shuriya—had long, pale blue hair, amber eyes with purple highlights around them, and tanned skin that was wearing a bikini made up of a metallic underwire brassier and a silk loincloth that exposed her sides, a silver colored tiara, and neck rings with a ruby and blue gem respectively. Other accessories include ruby orb earrings, a snake themed bracelet on her upper arm and a transparent pink veil across both her arms.

The other two, Marion and Burent, were dressed as French maids. With Marion having shoulder length light brown hair and dark brown eyes. Her French maid uniform was a buttoned, sleeveless one with a white laced design, along with a standard maid headpiece, cuffs, and a white half-apron to go with the set. She also wore light gray tights.

Burent, on the other hand had shoulder length brown hair, and had a maid's uniform that was also sleeveless, but exposed her breasts cleavage with a white laced design on the edges, a maid headpiece, half-apron, and forearm length fingerless gloves.

"Damn," Burent said, "this fog is so thick we wouldn't be able to see anything."

Then a red magic appeared a few meters from them, standing tall. With a quick flash, it launched glowing projectiles as long as spears at them. The three Pawns saw the danger and quickly jumped out of the way, letting the projectiles impale trees and the ground.

"A trap," Shuriya said in amusement as she flew through the air. "Did they really think that something like that would work?"

"The Gremory's are dumber than I thought," Burnet mocked as she and Marion were in the air together.

"A cute trick from a Rating Game virgin," Marion said.

"HYAH!" Xuelan sent a flaming, left side roundhouse kick towards Kenny, but he quickly jumped back to avoid it.

Landing a few feet away, he prepares to go on the offensive, but Chinese flew through the air and launched a fiery thrust kick at him. He blocked her low-heeled shoe with the Sword, and then used it to push her foot away to the side. Xuelan followed this by spinning around on her right leg and sending a backwards roundhouse kick. Kenny back away from her before it could connect with his face.

Standing back on both legs, she sent a flaming punch at him, but Kenny dodged by sidestepping to the left. Xuelan then swung her fist backwards at him. He leaped back to avoid the attack, before seeing it was his best time to start his attack. He charged at her with is Sword stretched out to his right, when suddenly she turned around, bent over to have her hands almost took, making her large rear sit out, before kicking him in the gut.

DANG!

The shoes covered foot impacted the chest armor, knocking almost all of the air out of his lungs and taking him off his feet. Rocketing through the air, with his helmet falling off midway, he slammed into the wall on the other side of the gym and leaving a large imprint of himself in it.

Koneko, who was a few meters away, turned her head for a second to see how he was doing before redirecting her attention to Mira, as she thrusted her staff at her. Koneko jumped over the blue-haired girl, landed behind her, and then kicked her in the back to send her away.

She then heard an odd set of sounds coming from behind. Looking over her shoulder, she saw the twins standing there with innocent expressions. However, they each held behind their back a running chainsaw, ready to hack and slice the white-haired girl.

Koneko raised an eyebrow.

"Come on, Kenny!" Xuelan exclaimed as she approached the modern samurai, as he pried himself out of the wall and fell to his hands and knees. She deliberately stepped and crushed it, hoping it would get him to fight back or. Truthfully, she didn't want to fight him, but she, Karlamine, and Isabella understood that they were still members of Lord—no, Riser's peerage, and had to fight to be able to keep out of trouble. "All this time to get stronger and the best you can do is dodge and avoid my attacks?"

Kenny gets to his feet and wiped a drop of blood from his lip. He knew that he wasn't really fighting back as much as he wanted, but that was to see how he can approach this fight. He knew that Xuelan was a Kung-Fu master at best guess, so it was suicide to try and get too close to her without getting his head kick off his shoulders.

With this mind, he sheathed the Sword, without deactivating the Boosted Gear, and stepped a few feet away from the wall. Kenny then raised his clenched fists and spread his legs a bit, getting into a fighting position. It's a risky move, but it was best opinion.

Xuelan raised an eyebrow at this. "You really believe that you can win in a brawl against a Rook," she asked, without trying to mock him.

Kenny surprised her by smirking. "Maybe I can, and maybe not."

Xuelan's confused expression and blush turned into a serious scowl again. "Then let's see how if that's the case!" She charge at him. Kenny ducked his head under a flaming. Then rolled to the left to avoid an upward kick.

After stopping a few feet away, he turned around and started using his Gear to block a series of fiery kicking Xuelan sent at him with her left leg. Starting to take in her movements, Kenny was beginning to see that the young Chinese woman was more focused on not just on close-quarters combat with her Kung-Fu fighting style and her pyro abilities, but also kicking. Remembering when he fought her and the other two, she was mostly a kicker. And it was mostly her left leg.

After sending one last kick, Xuelan twirled around to the left and thrusted her left foot out again, hoping that she'd have the same results and send him flying.

POW!

The impact was strong enough to create a small shock wave, but he wasn't taken off his feet, and only had his feet slide back a little.

Kenny was ready was ready for her. Before Xuelan kicked at him, he placed his hands in front of his stomach, and caught her foot. Grasping her ankle with his right hand, Kenny pulled her towards him and swings his fist forward, shocking Xuelan, who didn't have time to react.

POW!

The punch struck her in the left cheek, causing her to grit her teeth by the pain of both the impact and the edge of the Sacred Gear digging into her cheek.

As he lets go of her leg, Xuelan staggered backward to regain her wits and stable herself after the punch. She had to admit, he was a lot more impressive than when she last saw him. With her cheek busied and cut, Xuelan smiled at him and whipped away a bit of blood from her lips. "Nice one," she said in approval, but gasped when she saw him with the Sword out and charged at her.

STAB!

Kenny thrusted the Sword into her. It wasn't all the way through her, but it was enough to do damage. Xuelan screamed out in agony and coughed up a bit of blood.

POW!

He then kicked Xuelan off the blade and her feet. Sending her a few feet back before landing on her back. Groan and moaning in pain, Xuelan held her left hand to her stab wound and tried to use her right arm to push up her body into a sitting position. Gritting her teeth with one eye closed, she stared at Kenny, as he just stood where he was. The Sword's blade covered in her blood.

'Now I see,' Xuelan thought to herself, while struggling to get back on her feet. 'He was waiting for the perfect moment to grab me and land a hard hit on me. Not just to do damage, but to buy himself enough time to pull out that sword again and stab me.' On her one hand and knees, she gently lifted herself to stand. Curious, the young Chinese woman looked down at her stab wound and took her blood-covered hand away for a moment to examine it. She'll fight like normal, but the wound will reduce some of her fighting abilities.

"Look out!" Koneko's voice suddenly call out to Kenny, making him look over his left shoulder at her. However, he was shocked to see it was the twins coming at him with their roaring chainsaw over their heads.

"What the hell?" He exclaimed with while eyes.

"Slice 'em up! Slice 'em up! Slice 'em up!" The two chanted happily. When they approached him, the first one swung her chainsaw at his head, but Kenny ducked his head and held the Sword in a reverse grip to block the saw of the second twin, who went for his legs. He then kicked the second twin away and tackled the first in the stomach with his shoulder, forcing her onto the ground.

Taking a few steps back, Kenny looked at where Koneko was and saw her still dealing with Mira. The twins most have sneaked away.

"What are you two doing?" Xuelan demanded with a frown. "I told you I'd handle this!"

"Yeah, but it was tying trying to slice up tiny over there while Mira tried to show off again," said Ile… wait, or is that Nel?

"Then we saw you being hurt and thought that it was best we take over," the one twin Kenny kicked said cockily, getting back up. The two then charged again.

Giving them his full attention, Kenny blocked, parried, and dodged the two chainsaws that the twins swung at him. Sparks flew off the teeth and blade, as the moving lawn tools felt like it was going to take the Sword away whenever they collided.

Having enough, Kenny jumped back to give himself some breathing run. But then he noticed something out of the corner of his eye. Turning his head, he saw Xuelan charging at him again. Turning his body towards her with the Sword positioned in front of him.

Xuelan then jumped into the air and almost seemed to hover above the ground, much like you would see in Kung-Fu movies, before sending a furious barrage of flaming at him. Shocked by this for only a moment, Kenny quickly moved his katana from side to side, blocking a kicking before blocking the next in a frantically fast pace.

When she finally landed on the gym floor, she kicked her left leg at him again. And just like before, Kenny caught it in his Boosted Gear hand. But unlike last time, he Boosted…

[Boost!]

And turned his body to the right, as he began spinning. Xuelan yelped in surprise when she was taken off her foot as Kenny began twirling his body around, luckily not having her hit the ground. After about three rotations, he lets go of the Rook and lets her fly.

The twins charged at him, but their eyes widened when they saw Xuelan coming right at them, before she slammed into them and they all fell to the ground.

"Ah, geez! This is so frustrating~!" One of the twins complained as she pushed one of Xuelan's legs off her chest.

"Why can't he just take a hit!?" Whined the other one as the three untangled themselves from each other and stood back up. Xuelan didn't complain and only stared intensely at the samurai, as he pointed the Sword at them.

"Time's running out," Kenny whispered to himself, with and intense scowl, and tossed the Sword into his gauntlet, causing the jewel to glow. "I'm not sure if this is going to work like I want it to, but it's for Rias and that's more than enough for me!"

[Boost!]

He swung the Sword to the side. "I'll need more than that. Let's go!"

[Explosion!]

And with that, his body was overflowing with power, as silver flaming aura cloaked his body and the blade turned white.

This shocked Nel, Ile, and Xuelan.

Kenny then rushed at them at great speeds. Snapping out of it, the twins charged at him too, with one of the young girls a few steps in front of the other.

The one ahead of the other swung her chainsaw at his head, but Kenny ducked under it, without slowing down, and cuts her across her left side as he passed by her. A split second later, while the first twin was stumbling forward, he was near the second twin. She swung her chainsaw down on him at a diagonal angle, but he twirls out of the way and cuts her across the back.

These two cuts weren't deep and only left a mark, they were enough to make the Pawn twins fall on their stomachs.

"YAH!" Xuelan high kicked at him, but Kenny sidestepped to the left and slashed her stomach. Again, it wasn't deep, but it was enough to make her hiss in pain and stumble back.

Kenny then ran a few feet away from them before stopping and sliding his right foot across the gym floor when he turned around to face them. 'It's only a first attempt, but if this works, then I'll use it on Riser too,' he said in his head while scowling at his opponents.

"We can't lose to this punk," said one twin when they got up on their feet with their chainsaws in hand.

"If we do, Lord Riser will be pissed off!" The other said as they glared at him.

The twins pulled the handles that started the chainsaws and both of the tools ignited into flames.

"We will definitely dissemble you into pieces!" They both proclaimed and charge at him, with Xuelan staying behind to see what happens.

"Bring it!" Kenny opened his wings. He then brought his left hand, which was holding the Sword, over to his right side and stretched it past his left shoulder. The Sword and Boosted Gear Jewel glowed.

The twins drew closer.

"Special Move!" Kenny exclaimed, and slashed the Sword horizontally to the left. "ARMOR BREAKER!"

Suddenly the last cut he made on all three of his opponents glowed, surprising the female Devils.

SLICE!

The cut on Nel's left cut grew and deepened, now becoming a fatal, large gash that was almost half way from separating her waist and upper body, as it let out a massive amount of blood.

SLICE!

The same happened to Ile's cut, as it dug deep into her flesh and unleashed a large amount of blood.

SLICE!

And final Xuelan's cut did the same, turning from a small cut that looked like it was from a small knife to a gash that was like she was almost cut in half by a large blade.

The girls, with wide eyes and silent scream of pain, fell forward. But before the twins could hit the ground, their bodies were enveloped by a bright light, before beginning to fade and disappear. This left only Xuelan to collapse on her stomach with a thud.

[Two of Lord Riser's Pawns, retired.]

"Such power," said Tsubaki in wide-eyed astonishment.

"It must definitely live up to its name," Sona said, equally astonished while being impressed too. "To turn a simple cut a make it grow and have more damage will O.K. and even kill the most armored of enemies."

Kenny walked over to where the twins had left their chainsaws and looked down at them. "Damn, I hope that didn't kill them," he said with slightly wide eyes, starting to feel regret. "I didn't even think that it would work."

"They're fine."

Snapping his head upwards, Kenny saw Xuelan laying on her stomach only a few feet from him. A pool of blood underneath her as she gritted her teeth in pain with one eye closed. "Xuelan!"

"Their... Their bodies were taken in a safe place to heal. That's how it works whenever someone is defeated," Xuelan explained as she struggled to her hands and knees. Her right hand held firmly on the bloody wound. "They're… being t-treated for their wounds."

Knowing that brought a sigh of relief to Kenny. They might have been his enemies, but he didn't want to kill them if he didn't have to. He then turned his head left towards Koneko, and saw that she was standing a few feet away watching him. At her feet was Mira, laying on her stomach with her staff broken and groaning in pain. The black-haired teen and white-haired girl's eyes met and they nodded. Mission accomplished.

"Kenny, Koneko, what's your status?" Rias' voice came over the communicator, prompting Kenny to place two fingers to his ear.

"Kenny here," he said with a smile. "Mission accomplished. The gym is ours, with two enemies out of the fight, with two Pawns… retired, I think is what she said?"

"Good work Kenny. Akeno's in position. You need to get out before she brings the thunder."

Kenny and Koneko glanced and nodded at each other, before running towards the exit.

"Hey!" Mira yelled at them, as Xuelan position herself to sit on the hard floor. "Come back here! You can't run from a fight you didn't even finished!"

The young Chinese woman didn't call out to them, as she stared at the two's figures moving farther away from her before exiting out the gym through a door. She had a feeling that something was coming. She didn't know how and why, but she had a gut feeling that this was where they join Nel and Ile.

'I wish you the best of luck, Kenny Kurosawa…"

Dark thunder clouds with lightning charging into them appeared over the gym. On the ground, Kenny and Koneko fled from the building as fast as they could. They part of the plan—to lure a part of Riser into the gym—was over. Now it was Akeno's turn, and the duo didn't want to stick away to see the show.

Flash!

A large bolt of light shot down from the clouds and went straight for the gymnasium.

KA-BOOM!

In a large and fiery explosion with a shockwave that knocked both of them down, the build was reduced to rubble with a billowing cloud of smoke traveling upwards into the air.

"Boom!" Akeno exclaimed, flowing near the smoke in her miko attire with her hand raised to the sky.

[One of Lord Riser's Pawns and Rooks, retired]

"Incredible," Kenny said in astonishment as he and Koneko picked themselves up.

"… Yeah, that's one way to put it." Koneko agreed. "She's the real deal… That's why her title is the Priest of Thunder. She knows how to bring the boom… and she likes it."

Watching the Queen fly above them, Kenny could most definitely agree with the small girl. Akeno place a few fingers to her lips as she giggled, blushing slightly was a strange happy look. She then licked her finger.

'Oh yeah,' Kenny thought with a comical deadpanned expression with blank white eyes. 'She a dominatrix.'

"Stay focus out there." Rias' voice can throw again. "The Phoenixes still have us outnumbered. We'll need to buy Akeno a little more time so she can be fully ready for her second attack. Once her power's replenished, we'll start to make preparations for our next move. Until then, stick to the plan and I promise you we will win this thing."

Kenny looked down at Koneko. "What's our next move then?"

"… We need to the athletic field," she stated. "… Kiba's waiting for us there…. If we see any bad guys, we own them…. Sound good?"

His response was a sigh as he turned his head towards the forest and sheathed the Sword. "I just hope he and Aoimoku are doing okay on their own," he said with a concerned expression.

Back in the forest Marion stretched out her hand and shot out a bright orange beam of magic from her palm. The beam hits the ground where a crimson magic circle was, destroying it. "Do you think the Gremorys really believe this stupid traps are going to slow us down at all," she asked with an unimpressed expression.

While the maid was doing that Burent was searching their surroundings. Her eyes then widened when she spotted something through the tree line. "That's their home base, isn't it," she pointed towards the old schoolhouse. The others saw it and the three approached it.

However, they stopped in surprise when the schoolhouse, including surrounding trees, became deformed and brighten like a bright light shine and the building was reflecting it. Then a fog came in and the Occult Research Club vanished into thin air, leaving the three Pawns in an opening inside the forest.

"What is this," Marion asked.

"Hello, ladies." Kiba's voice said from behind them, causing the young women to look behind them. Soon, the handsome knight walked out of a foggy path and presented himself to them, with his chicken on his right shoulder, and his right on the handle of his sword, which was on his left side. "You gals looking for some company," he asked with a kind smile, while the chicken glared them. "Because if you're feeling lonely this evening, I might be the man for you, along with some help."

The three Pawn's attention was then taken to the sky, as a large, transparent Gremory circle appeared over their heads. "Damn, we walked right into that one, didn't we," Burent said with a frown.

"What we lack in manpower, girls," Kiba said, tapping the right side of his head with his finger, "we make up for in the brain."

"I hate to burst your bubble, because you're kind of my type, blondie," Shuriya said with a seductive smile, "but as cute as you are, do you think that you and a chicken can take all three of us at once?"

"It's not just me and him," Kiba said, puzzling them.

Then there was a primal growl from behind them made the Pawns' blood run dry. Turning their head, they saw nothing at first. Then stepping out from behind a tree was Aoimoku. The sight of the large, snaring white wolf frightened the young women enough to take a step back.

"Now then," Kiba said, being their attention back to him, as he smirked with confidence. "Shall we begin?"

However, unbeknownst to them, Aoimoku's bright blue eyes flashed for a moment.

Kenny looked up with a thinking expression. "Nah, he's fine," he said, waving it off like it wasn't anything to be concerned with. He then looked at Koneko with a smile. "But let's go give him and hand anyways."

She gave him and the two began to walk side-by-side toward their fellow servant's location. There were going to help Kiba defeat the Pawns to turn the tide, before Riser gains any other advantage.

KA-BOOM!

A sudden explosion went off right where they were.

"GAAAHH!" Kenny screamed out in pain while flying backwards from the explosion. Almost half of his armor protection was gone. The shoulder guards, forearm and hand guards, and sleeves of his robe were cut to a shorter length, leaving his arms exposed. The hakama pant legs were cut to only a few inches above his knees, with his thigh guards, tassets, and greaves destroyed. The high black sock and shoe on his left leg still remained on his left, leaving his right one bare. The only piece of armor still left on him was his cuirass breastplate, with the addition of the scabbard on his hip.

Kenny hits the ground with a thud, before rolling sideways for a few feet before coming to a stop. Baring his teeth, he groaned as he pushed himself up into a sitting position. "K-Koneko," he called out to his friend before looking at where she was.

The sight he was met with left him petrified.

The small white-haired girl was in the air, falling fatally, with a look of pain on her face. Most of her uniform was gone and left her almost naked, with only a few pieces on clothing hanging onto her, including her fighting gloves, socks, shoes, and panties.

"Kenny!" Rias exclaimed, shooting up from her place on the sofa. "What happened to Koneko?!" Asia watched from the other sofa with a horrified expression and a hand over her partly opened mouth. What could have possibly happened? "Kenny, talk to me! Kenny!"

Koneko landed hard on the ground with a thud in the crater the explosion made, with her body smoking a bit, along with many burn injuries.

"Koneko!" Kenny quickly got to his feet, grabbed the Sword off the ground, and rushed to her side. When he reached her, he got on his knees, placed the Sword on the ground to his right, and held her gently to his breastplate. "Koneko," he asked in an attempt to get her to open her eyes, but to no response.

"Fufufufufu." He heard that chuckle before. Looking up, Kenny found Riser's Queen, Yubelluna, hovering in the air above them. "That's one," she said with a sneer.

Kenny glared and snarled at her. "Damn you," he growled.

"When you hunt a prey, the best time to take them down is when the prey accomplished something because that's the time when the prey is the most vulnerable," Yubelluna said with an amused expression. "It's enough for us to 'sacrifice' many of our pieces in order to take down one of you. Your group has a small number of members to begin with. That alone will be enough to give a huge damage to your group, right? Even if you defeat us, you cannot defeat Lord Raiser. It's useless to resist."

"… Kenny… I'm sorry." Kenny looked down as Koneko spoke in a regretful tone, her voice weakened from her injuries. When she looked up at him, it looked like she was on the verge of tears, but was too hurt and exhausted to let out her tears. "… I just… I just wanted to be of more useful to everyone… and serve Rias well…"

"And you did," Kenny said quickly to assure her. "But not is not the time to talk. I'm going to—"

Koneko let out a small cry as her body was enveloped in the same light that Nel and Ile had when they were taken of the battlefield. And just like them, Koneko disappeared from Kenny's arms.

[Lady Rias' Rook, retires.]

Kenny remained on his knees and stared at his hands for a moment, his side bangs hanging down with his eyes hidden behind his hair. He could still imagining Koneko's damaged body in them. Maybe if he had noticed Yubelluna sooner? Maybe—No!

He clenched his fist and resolved his will. She's safe. There's nothing he could've done.

Grabbing his Sword again, Kenny stood up and looked up at Yubelluna with a scowl. She was going to pay.

"Kenny," Rias' voice talked to him again on the communicator, He noticed that her sounded upset but was restraining herself. "I know you're upset about Koneko, but you need to stay focus."

"But…"

"It's time to give up, handsome," Yubelluna said, causing a shock expression and blush to form on his face, but he quickly shook it off. "Lord Riser has hopes that you'd be the last one to fall before Lady Rias, so that he can destroy you for stealing her first kiss. But he also doesn't mind if we have a little fun out of you." She points her scepter at him to unleash an attack. But before she could, Akeno floated down from above and positions herself in front of Kenny.

"Ara ara. This is getting exciting," she commented. "Why don't I be your opponent?"

"Akeno?" Kenny looked with a surprised expression.

"Kenny." Akeno turned to face him. "I can take care of this trash. You go on ahead, okay?" She then closed her eyes and smiled. "Oh, and don't worry. I'll make sure she pays."

"'Make me pay'? How exciting!" Yubelluna said as Akeno turned her attention back to her.

"I'll be fine, Kenny. Just go." Akeno's body was then cloaked in a yellow aura that sent a chill down Kenny's spine. He stood there and stared at her for a moment, then nodded and ran underneath the flying women towards the school.

"I've been wanting to fight you for what seems like ages, 'Priestess of Thunder'," Yubelluna said.

"Oh, have you," Akeno asked innocently. "That's sweet, but the pleasure is truly mine, 'Bomb Queen'." And with that, the purple-haired vixen's form growled with a violet aura as she sneered at her.

[Three of Lord Riser's Pawns retires.]

"Wait," Kenny said as he across the field, with a sidewalk that had a roof over it on his left, "does that mean—AH!" He yelped when his right arm was grabbed, before the individual pulled him underneath the roof of the sidewalk.

Looking to his right to face the person, Kenny found that it was Kiba, with Aoimoku standing next to him with, and the chicken on the white wolf's back. "Hey," he said with a smile.

"Kiba! Aoimoku!" Kenny grinned in relief before kneeling down to pet his Familiar, who began lick him, causing him to giggle. He then had him stop by pushing his snot away. "I take it that those three out were you're doing," he said looking up at the blonde.

"Yeah, but I got one," Kiba said as Kenny stood back up. "One of them underestimated my chicken and got her butt handed to her. And Aoimoku didn't have any trouble with the last one."

Kenny looked at his Familiar with wide eyes.

There was a bit of blood on Aoimoku's lips, and he licked it off without breaking eye contact.

"Currently the remaining pieces on Lord Riser's side have the advantage at nine," Tsubaki told Sona. "Lady Rias has only five players left."

"… They cannot afford to get careless, though."

Now Kenny and Kiba were inside of the dark storage room that housed many sports equipment. Both teens have sent their Familiars back and were now waiting for further orders. The storage room proved to be a blind spot for their next objective; the sports courtyard.

"So we've lost Koneko," Kenny said with is his against the wall, next to the entrance door that was cracked open slightly so that he can watch out for any other Phoenix servants, all while taking off his remaining shoe and sock to balance himself when he stands.

"Yeah, I heard," Kida said, grimacing. "She must be feeling regrets. I never knew what she was always thinking about, but she was really pumped for this match. She was working hard when we were setting the traps in the forest."

They remained silent for a moment before Kenny pushed himself off the wall and stretched his fist to Kiba to fist bump, surprising him a bit. "I don't know how, but we're going to win this." He proclaimed with an intense determined expression.

"Of course." Kiba responded and fist bumped his fellow man.

"Kiba, Kenny, do you read me?"

"We're here." Kenny answered with a hand to his ear. "What's new?"

"I'm laughing a sneak attack on their base with Asia. I want you to draw as many of the enemy away from the entrance as possible to buy us time."

This awfully troubled the two male Devils. "That doesn't sound like a good idea," Kenny told her. "You'll be right where he'll want you to be."

"I know that, but I'm left with no choice. I was planning to give Akeno time to recover so she could blast them one by one, but now Riser sent his Queen, so I need her focus there."

"Yes, but don't you think it's too risky to have the King leave the base," Kiba asked, with Kenny nodding in agreeance.

"With any luck, Riser will be thinking along the same lines. Here's hoping I can take him by surprise. If we can strike him strong and hard enough, we might just be able to fight out of him and win. His body may be immortal, but his heart is not. And trust me, I'll have no trouble whatsoever breaking that devil's black heart."

She defiantly had confidence, but would that lead to their downfall? Kenny couldn't tell, and he was all for getting up close and take out the douchebag. But he knew that there had to be something done about the Phoenix servants before he was going to get to him. Sighing, he faced Kiba and said, "Well, we got our orders." Kenny grinned with his own confidence. "Let's go introduce ourselves to the others."

"Balls to the wall, my friend," Kiba responded with a smirk.

The two of them ran out of the storage room and arrived onto the sports court, which was behind the new school.

They then stopped a few steps onto the court. Kenny's jet-black eyes moved from right to left, scanning the open field for any sign of the enemy. He couldn't see them, but he could feel them. And he knew that they saw them both.

"We know you're out there," he called out to them, his voice being heard throughout the court. "If you wanna fight, then come and face us!"

At first there wasn't a response. Suddenly there was a laughter heard to the boys' right. They turned their heads toward the oddly familiar voice, and at first they saw nothing. But then a large dirty cloud rolled across the field in front of them. Within the cloud, they could see the silhouette of a figure appearing, but weren't able to see who the individual was. The dirty cloud cleared away, reveling there to be Karlamine.

"Hello, Kenny," she said, with a hand on the handle of her new broadsword. It was basically the same sword. "It's a pressure to see you again. But to clear, I'm not going to show you any restraint and am not holding back." She then pulled out her sword and got into a ready stance. "You're an idiot for demanding the remaining number of us to come out and fight, but I'll happy to." Using her pyro-magic, she ignited the broadsword.

Kenny bent is knees slightly and grabbed the handle of the Sword. But before he could pull it out, Kiba placed a hand on his shoulder, stopping him. "Let me handle her," he said with a smile. "I've always wanted to fight another Knight." He then raised his head to Karlamine. "How about it?"

Karlamine narrowed her scowling eyes. She was looking forward to fighting Kenny, but here this Knight was challenging her to a duel and there was no way she can refuse him. Her knightly code demanded it. "Very well." She pointed her sword at him. "Prepare yourself!" And with that, she speeded towards them.

Kenny quickly backed away before Kiba pulled out his black-bladed sword and charge at her, matching her speed.

CLASH!

With godlike speed, the two Knights clashed their blades. Appearing and disappearing everywhere, their bodies were blurs, with Karlamine and her flaming sword being the only one being noticeable. The two would only be seen clearly when they clashed swords, which those moments would last for about a half second, before disappearing again.

"Whoa," Kenny said in amazement, his eyes were unable to keep up with them. "So this is how Knight Devils battle."

"Indeed it is."

Kenny quickly turned around towards the direction of the voice. As he thought, it turned out to be Isabella standing a few feet away.

"Oh, that Karlamine! Geez." Kenny's attention caught by a new voice. Looking in its direction, he saw a beautiful, young girl with dark blue eyes and long blonde hair tied into twintails with large, drill-like curls and blue ribbons keeping them in place. The front of her hair had several bangs hanging over her forehead, with a V-shaped fringe hanging over the bridge of her nose. She wore a long, pink dress with white frills and a magenta bow in the front. "Her head is filled with nothing but swords, swords, swords. It's freaken ridiculous," she complained before walking onto the court. By the way she dresses Kenny guessed she was one of Riser's Bishops. "I can understand that you and she were bothered when Xuelan was sacrificed, Isabella, but those over Pawns? She really needs to get it together."

As she approached him, Kenny noticed that Isabella was also approaching him on his left. He then looked to his right and saw a young girl, with long black hair, wearing a Kimono with a color pattern of purple, orange and pink with her hair tied on the opposite side.

If the first girl wasn't really dressed for fighting, then this one must also be a Bishop too.

"Furthermore, when I thought I found a cute boy, he also happens to be a sword freak too." She then smiled confidently. "Guess this isn't my lucky day, now is it."

Just then, a tall young woman walked to the girl's right side while staying behind her a few feet. The new girl had brown eyes and long black hair with blue tint done in five thin ponytails going around her head, which are held up by a golden hair accessory on top of her head. Her outfit consisted of a white top with black accents that appeared to be modeled after a Chinese cheongsam, which featured a diamond shape on the chest area, giving a view of her well-developed breasts and cleavage, red shorts, and armored, knee-high boots with matching gauntlets. Mounted on her back was a giant Zweihänder that had a black blade with silver edges, and had a black hilt with a red handle.

Judging by the sword, and her armor, Kenny would have to say she was the other Knight.

And then appearing on the blonde Bishop left side, behind her, were two twin teenage girls that looked like cat-girls, with light brown cat ears with strips and a fang sticking out of their mouths. Despite them being twins, the girls had so major differences, with one having blue hair tied in a ponytail, red eyes and her fang on the left, and the other having red hair in a braid with a pink bow at the end, blue eyes, and her fang sticking out on the right side. Both of them wore short skimpy, white sailor uniforms that revealed their abdomen, shoulders, and lower breasts, short black skirts, and orange ascots wore in different ways respectively. With each wearing red and blue fighter's gloves and leg guards that matched their hair color respectively.

They had to be the last Pawns on Riser's team.

Kenny was surrounded by six attackers. Excluding Yubelluna, this everyone left of Riser's forces. Smiling on the inside, he secretly praised Rias for her quick thinking.

Farther away from the sports court and hiding behind a bush, Rias and Asia pecked over it to make sure the coast was clear, as they were close to Kenny and the six girls surrounding him. They then quickly made a run for it, hoping to make it to the entrance of the new school without being compromised.

"And what am I even looking at," the blond girl said rudely with a hand on her chin and a raised brow, scanning Kenny from his bare feet to his face. She had to admit, he was handsome. "He's a hunk, but Lady Rias has the worst taste in boys with sensible fashion."

'A cute girl with an attitude. How original.' Kenny stared at her with an impressed expression, which he quickly turned into a scowl when he got back on track. He then pulled out the Sword and swiped his hand against the blade.

[Boost!]

"Please, don't point that thing at me," she said, turning her head away with a raised hand. "I'm not going to be your opponent."

Kenny blinked two times in confusion. "… Excuse me?"

"Isabella, why don't you fight him."

Looking towards the mentioned girl, Kenny watched as the masked Rook approached him. "It's good to see you again, Kenny Kurosawa," she greeted with a hard tone. "I hope that you've grown stronger, as I hope this to be a fight to remember!"

She charged and started throwing punches at him, but Kenny was able to dodge them. "Wait a minute!" Kenny called out before pointing towards the blonde Bishop. "You're just going to do what that Bishop said? Can't she do it herself?"

"She may be a Bishop, but she's a special member of our peerage," Isabella answered and continued to swing her fist at him. This time, while continuing to dodge punches, Kenny blocked some attacks and swung the Sword at her when he could, only for her to dodge it. "But for the most part she likes to watch."

"Why?" Kenny demanded while slashing the Sword at her head in an arc, but Isabella ducked under it. Why would she just watch when the rest of her comrades are fighting so hard?

"The Lady is Ravel Phoenix."

"Phoenix?" Kenny ended the brawling by jumping backwards to get so distance from the masked Rook.

"That's right," Isabella confirmed, while the girl in question was waving at them with a fake innocent smile. "Ravel is one of the household Devils, but she's also Lord Riser's little sister."

Kenny froze as he stared at Ravel with a dumbfounded expression. "… Huh?" This girl was in a peerage, which is made up of Riser's harem… which means… He then cringed "Okay! That is just creepy!"

"That's what I thought when I first heard of it," Isabella murmured to herself before saying; "According to Lord Raiser, 'Having your sister in your harem has a significant meaning. You know the significant view of having your close relatives? You know how there are people who look up to and also get jealous about it? Well, I'm not into little sisters, so I have her in my group as fashion'."

She sent an uppercut at him, but Kenny back just in time to avoid it. "That doesn't mean it's any less sick and perverted," he argued before ducking under another punch. 'Even if she is cute.' He ducked under another punch, but didn't see the other hand and…

POW!

Almost all the air was knocked of his lungs when the fist connected with his stomach, sending him flying off his feet.

[Boost!]

'That's boost number five,' he thought. 'But is going to work with her?' Kenny flipped his body backwards in midair to land on his feet, only to stumble a bit upon landing.

"I must say, you've really improved greatly from the last time we've met," Isabella stated with an approving smile. "Looks like Rias Gremory has been training you well."

"Thanks for the compliment," Kenny replied with a smirk. "And I'd have to say the same for you too. You three must have been training hard yourselves."

"That's correct." Her expression turned to a more serious and grim one. "We've learned from experience that fateful night that we are not all powerful as we're meant to believe. That there are others out there that are stronger than us and will take us down in only a few seconds. With that in mind, the three of us trained to be ready for any enemy that comes our way."

"That's good. I'm the exact same way. I've trained hard for Rias. To protect her, and everyone else." He points the tip of the Sword at Isabella. "That's why I'm going to beat Riser!"

Rias opened the door to the main building, allowing her and Asia to enter before letting it close behind her.

There wasn't a sign of anyone in the building. It was deserted.

"Riser's been expecting you." The voice turned their attention to the second floor, where Riser was leaning his back against the railing with his left side point at the two girls. Chuckling menacingly, he said, "Hello, my beloved Rias."

CLASH! SNAP!

When Kiba's Holy-Eraser sword and Karlamine's flaming broadsword clashed once again, the black blade of the male Knight shattered, as it was destroyed at the base of the weapon. This shocked Kiba.

"Unfortunately, that attack doesn't work against someone like me," she stated while getting ready to charge at him, wanting to end this duel quickly so she can get over to Kenny and fight him.

"Oh yeah?" Kiba challenged. "Well, what about this one? Freeze!" Suddenly, the sword grip he was holding onto grow another blade, this one was the one forged from ice: Flame Delete.

"You got to be kidding me!" Karlamine exclaimed in frustration and charged. "There's no way you have two Sacred Gears!"

CLASH!

The swords once again locked when Kiba blocked Karlamine's attack.

Suddenly, the flaming blade froze and turned to ice.

SHATTER!

To her further surprise, the blade fell apart like glass. That was her second sword that she lost. Growling, she glared at Kiba, reached behind her, and grabbed her dagger from her waist. It didn't matter. Even though she resented Riser, Karlamine took pride in being a servant in the House of Phoenix by igniting her blade and chopping down on Kiba. He brought up his ice sword to block the attack.

SHATTER!

Forming steam, the flaming dagger shatter the Flame-Delete. However, Kiba at all bothered by this and smirked. Stretching out his right arm with the grip in hand, another blade took form. This time it had an odd opening near the end.

A shocked Karlamine didn't have time to react when a small sphere was created inside the opening, and then a strong force started pulling everything in like a black hole, sucking in the fires on her blade. "Wait a minute, how many Sacred Gears do you have?!" She cried out over the high winds, trying desperately to hold onto the blade.

"You misunderstand," he said in a normal tone. "I don't have multiple Sacred Gears. I just simply have the ability to make them at my will. I possess 'Sword-Birth'. You've ever heard of it?" Cutting off the black hole, Kiba slashed at her in a horizontal arc, but Karlamine jumped away. "I make swords. Magical swords!" He then got on one knee and placed his left hand on the ground, summoning a blue magic circle.

When she felt the ground below her rumble, Karlamine's quick reflects had her jumping high into the air before many sword blades of different shapes and sizes came spiking out of the ground from under her feet.

"No way," she said in frustration. Looks like this fight was going to last longer than she'd hoped.

"Wow," Kenny said in amazement as he watched the battle from where he was. "I had no idea he had that kind of power."

"Moron!" He turned his head back to Isabella, who was charging at him with a fist cocked back. "Never turn your head away from a fight!"

BAM! Break!

She punched him hard in the chest, causing his breastplate to break apart, and send him flying a few feet away before bouncing off the ground once, and then coming to a stop on his stomach. Now the only things left on him were the torn hakamaand hitatare.

"Come on," he grunted in annoyance, as he got up with his left hand where she punched. "I need that boost."

[Boost!]

"Finally!" Kenny transferred the Sword over to his left hand and stretch it out to his left side. Just like training, the gantlet and sword were cloaked in a furiously flaming silver aura, as the blade turned bright white and the jewel light up.

Isabella rushed towards him.

"RED DRAGON SLASH!" Kenny called out his special move before raising the Sword over his head and slashing downwards.

SHHHHHHIIIIINNNNNNKKKK!

The large white mass came out of the arch and raced towards Isabella at incredible speeds. Digging through the ground as it rushed at her. However, she was able to get out of the way, but not before being pushed to the ground by it.

The arch continued on for a second before…

KA-BOOM!

Exploding in the distance. However, astonishing almost everyone on the court, after the explosion, glowing white cracks started to form on the horizon, where the arched went and detonated, and spend upwards for a second before stopping. Even Ravel was found herself a little scared by the power of this Pawn. Was it him, or that sword? Either way, it was strong enough to put almost break the Rating Game barrier!

"Okay… didn't mean to do that," Kenny said, shaken by the damage of the special move. He was more that sure he held back on his power.

Isabella stared at the crack over the horizon for a moment before turning back towards Kenny. "With an attack like that, he'll have to wait before doing it again," she said with a stern look. "This is my chance!" Jumping at him, she tried to punch his face, but Kenny moved his head out of the way with ease.

"How about this!" Kenny quickly slashed the Sword diagonally at her, making a small cut just underneath her large breast.

Isabella hiss when she felt the cut, but was confused by, as she was expecting him to leave a large gash on her. "Is that the best you got?"

"No," Kenny simply said, before having his right hand let go of the grip, leaving the Sword in his left hand. "This is. Armor Breaker!" He slashed the Sword across to the left.

SLICE!

"GAH!" Isabella screamed in pain with a mouth full of blood, as the special move made the cut dig deeper into her body and extend to her left shoulder and right hips.

"Now for the finishing blow," he exclaimed charging a second Red Dragon Slash. Isabella, trembling with her hand soaked with blood as they held the gash wound, didn't attempt to dodge or do any other defensive moves. She knew that there wasn't anything that she can do, against what was about to come. All she can do, as he raised the Sword over his head, is wait for the end of her role in the game.

'May all the luck in the world come to, Kenny.'

SHHHHHHHIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNKKKKKK!

When the Red Dragon Slash made contact with her, Isabella intently vanished, as the arch continued onwards. However, unlike last time, it broke away and disappeared a few meters away from where Isabella once was.

Ravel watched the phenomenon with a scared and anxious expression. "Isabella!" She called out worriedly.

[One of Lord Riser's Rooks, retires.]

Kenny closed his eyes and sighed, before standing straight again from his pose: feet spread and tip of the Sword's blade touching the ground. "Well, that's over with," he said to himself.

"Hey you, foot soldier," Ravel called out to him, making Kenny open his eyes and look at her, before pointing her hand off to her right. "Just a heads up, you may what to watch this." Kenny flowed her finger and gasped when he saw Rias in the air with her wings out, holding Asia tightly, as she descended downwards onto the roof of the new school. After watching her land on one end of the gable roof, he traced his sight towards the other end and his eyes widened even further when he saw Riser there.

"Oh no," he whispered.

On the very same roof, Rias closed her wings, as Asia stayed behind her. The busty redhead smirked at Riser with scowling eyes locked on him. "So you knew that I was planning to attack you directly," she asked.

"A virgin should never underestimate on with this much experience," Riser told her arrogantly with his hands in his pants' pockets.

"How comforting, you're as vulgar as ever."

"The Crimson-Hair Ruin-Princess, Twilight Healing, Priestess of Thunder, Sword-Birth, and Boosted Gear. Shuck grained sounding names when they're all put together. Just thinking about it gives me chills," Ravel disdainfully said with a smirk. "However, we are Phoenixes. Immortal birds. And you cannot defeat us!" She then gestured a command with her arm and hand.

Kenny heard what sounded like two 'Nya's yelping behind him. Glancing over both his shoulders, he saw that the two cat girls were behind him, posed like cats that were ready to pounce on him. He then noticed the other Knight and other Bishop standing in front of him.

"Are you beginning to understand," Ravel boasted. "You situation here so completely, and pathetically hopeless."

"Says you," he suddenly with a determined scowl, confusing the girl and the other. "To be honest, I've been in so many situations in the past where I was out of my league and was sometimes outnumbered. I'd lose many of those fights, but in the end, I come back stronger."

"… So you're saying that this battle is going to end like the other times," she questioned with a raised brow.

"It always seems bad at first, but then I find a way." He pointed the Sword her with his right hand. "I promised Rias I'd beat your brother, and that's what I plan to do."

Ravel threw her head back and laughed hysterically, holding her stomach as tears formed the corners of her eyes. Kenny started to snarl at her. After a few seconds, Ravel was able to recollect herself and took a series of deep breaths to calm herself. "Oh Ni."

"Nya!" The blue haired twin said.

"And Li."

"Nya!" The red haired twin said.

"It's time he a couple of Pawns that know what they're doing," she stated with a smirk, as the cat girls leaped at him.

"Boost!" Kenny called out before having to bring his left up to when Ni came down at him.

[Boost!]

She jumped off the gauntlet and landed behind him, while Kenny swung the Sword at Li, but she dodged it in midair, before placing her hand on the top of his head and launched herself away.

"Like, so gross," exclaimed Li as she suddenly came out of nowhere and skidded across the and nearly kicked Kenny's feet out from under him.

He stumbled a bit, but was able to see Ni land in front of him just before she started punching at him. He leaned his head side to side to avoid all the punches. "Yeah! What kind of freak attacks like that?"

"Here," they both said simultaneously when Li landed next to her sister and the two of them kicked him in the stomach, "maybe this will help clear you up!"

Kenny gritted his teeth from the pain as he stumbled backwards before stopping. Without the armor to protect his body, the kicks hurt a lot more than it would have.

He sensed danger from behind and turned half way to see the Knight in the air, the Zweihänder in hand. "Shit!"

"Yeah, get him Siris!" The cat girls cheered before jumping back.

Letting out a battle cry, Siris fell towards Kenny with the Zweihänder held over her head to bring down on him.

CLANG!

Siris, including the other four girls surrounding him, Kiba, and Karlamine, stared in disbelief as Kenny held up the Sword and was blocking the giant blade came down on him.

"AHHH!" Kenny yelled with eyes shut tightly when as his arms felt like they were breaking under the force of the chop. "Rah!" He pushed the Zweihänder away from him, before Siris brought it to her right side and swung it at him in a horizontal arc swing. Kenny saw it and stepped was about to jump back, when it suddenly cut his hitatare.

Shirtless, Kenny fell all the way backwards onto his hands when then giant sword swung at him again. As the Zweihänder went by over his face, Kenny saw his anxious expression reflecting in the blade.

After that, he quickly rolled on his other side and leaped out of the way before Siris brought her sword on him, leaving it hit the ground.

KA-BOOM!

A sudden explosion had Kenny get back on his feet to see. It came from where Rias was!

Rias had used a magic circle to shield herself and Asia from a blast of fire from Riser.

"He's so strong," Asia said, hiding behind her, as Rias lowered the shield.

"I'd wish you'd make this a little more entertaining," Riser said with a smirk. "This the worst foreplay I've ever had."

"Play with this!" Rias extended her arm out to him and fired a large blast of her crimson powers. Riser countered this with a large fireball.

KA-BOOM!

"Rias!" Kenny's voice can over the communicator. "Are you still there?!"

"I'm fine, Kenny," she assured him, using her arm to shield her face from the winds of the dust cloud created from the explosion, while keeping Asia behind her. "Focus on the battle at hand." She then rushed into the cloud.

"But..."

"Don't worry about me, I can handle this. You've got your own battle, so fight!" Rias jumped up, breaking from the dust cloud to find she was about two meters from Riser. "Introduce them to the true within yourself and the Sword!" She powered up another demonic blast. "You are the samurai of Rias Gremory!"

DON!

'That's right.' Kenny thought with a snarl, as Siris, who was a few meters away, charged at him with lightning speed with the Zweihänder raised to cut him in half. 'I still made her that promise, I'll be damned if I'll let her down!'

Siris stopped in front of him.

She swung the Zweihänder down on his head.

Clench!

Kenny reacted at the last second by grabbing the Zweihänder, stopping the giant sword from cutting down his left shoulder.

"He grabbed Siris' sword," Ravel said in awe.

"With his hand," Siris said, equally astonished.

Kenny grinned.

SHATTER!

He surprised them even more when he swung the Sword and cut the Zweihänder's blade in half, causing it to shatter like glass. The Knight's shocked state gave Kenny enough time to kick her away. He then lifted his gauntlet arm close to his face. "Red Dragon Emperor, I know you can hear my voice," he called to his Boosted Gear. "Now respond by granting me your power!"

[Dragon Booster!]

With the Sword already in his right hand, he had his left hand gripping it as well, brought the ancient weapon close his to face, blade pointed up, with his eyes closed. "I need more. I want you to connect with my emotions and the power of the blade of my great ancestors." His eyes—if you were facing him, you'd see that they were on either side of the Sword—snapped open, as the yellow marking appeared on the Sacred Gear.

[Dragon Booster second Liberation!]

And just like the first time he called upon the power to use the Red Dragon Slash, a massive column of silver light beamed from underneath him, climbing upwards into the sky, sending strong winds everywhere the nearly blew the Phoenix servant surrounding him away.

To Kenny's amazement, the gauntlet, which was said to be a crystallisation of phenomenal power, changed into a new form. Now there was a second jewel on his arm, away from the one on his hand.

Looking down on it, Kenny expression turned to a smirk. "Now it's time to finish this!"

ZAP!

Over the Tennis courts, Akeno used her lightning powers to strike Yubelluna. The bolt hit the busty purple-haired woman hard, knock her out of the air.

The Boom Queen crashed into one of the tennis courts, creating a crater. "I didn't expect the Priestess of Thunder to be this strong," she said, groaning and moan in pain from the fall. Yubelluna smirked. "Your magic must almost be depleted by now."

"Never fear," Akeno said, in the air above her, with most of her alter torn and burnt during her battle. Her red hakama with torn down the left side, exposing her long left leg. The white haori was burnt off a bit and was showing off a good portion of her cleavage, with the sleeves gone. "All I need is a little rest and I'll recover just fine."

"… Well, that does sound like a good plan. But I don't think I want to wait." Yubelluna dug her hand in-between her large breast and pulled out a small bottle.

The appearance of the bottle confused Akeno. "What's in that," she asked.

"Oh just you trap."

'I've done it,' Kenny thought as he stood in a ready pose, with the Sword out in front of him. 'This power feels amazing.'

He gasped when an idea popped into his head. But it wasn't from his own thoughts.

Maybe it's the Gear that was talking to him.

Whatever it was, Kenny was going to use this new power to get to Rias and help her.

"Kiba!" He called out to the blonde male Knight. "Unleashed you Sacred Gear with all the power you got! Then clash you sword against my!"

"Say what?" He looked confused at him.

"Just do it," Kenny said with a confident smile and stretched out the Sword towards him with his left hand for Kiba to hit it. Kiba stared at him with for a second before smirk, understanding what he wanted.

"Right!" He charge at him with his sword stretched out to his right. "Sword Birth!" He howls and then swung at the Sword.

CLANG!

The two swords clashed against each other, as sparks fell off the metal. Kiba's Sword Birth powers caused the blade glow a bright blue light, before the power moved over onto the Sword, and then disappeared.

[Transfer!]

Kenny, still holding the Sword with only his left hand, raised it over his head in a reverse grip and howls a battle cry.

He thrusted the Sword downwards.

STAB!

Falling onto one knee and driving the Sword down into the ground, Kenny releases the attack.

Rumble.

PING!

After the sports courtyard shook underneath his feet, hundreds of sword blade of different shapes came spiking up of the ground and turned the field into a sea of sharp metal that pointed to the sky.

Ravel saw this and opened her flaming wings to escape just in time.

STAB!

The young Kimono Bishop wasn't so lucky, and had a large blade pierce through her back, causing her to vanish.

STAB!

Siris wasn't able to escape a sword from stabbing her in the stomach, lifting her up off the ground, before vanishing.

STAB! STAB!

Screaming 'Nya' in agony, Ni and Li were stabbed as well, and vanished.

"So… that's it, huh?" Said Karlamine, as she was lifted off the ground by three swords piercing her. One for each of her arms, and one through her stomach. What Kenny was able to do was incredible, but what other powers were within the teenage. Karlamine just closed her eyes and let herself disappear.

'May fortune favor you, Kenny Kurosawa.'

[Two of Lord Riser's Pawns, two of his Knights, and one of his Bishops, retires]

Kenny stood up and pulled the Sword out of the ground. Looking around at the destruction and swords, a sense of triumph filled his heart. He grinned and held the Sword up in victory. "Yes!"

BANG!

[Lady Rias' Queen, retires]

The blood in Kenny's veins ran cold. His black eyes widened with horror, praying that what he heard wasn't true. She has to be okay.

He turned his head to the left and his eyes widened even further as he gasped.

There she was, falling from the sky with an expression of agony, before disappearing.

"It can't be…" Kenny whispered in sorrow. "No way…"

Up on the roof, Rias and Asia—who was healing the former's left shoulder—watched with equal horror as the kind young woman disappeared over the tennis court.

"Akeno…," Rias whispered, saddened to see her best friend taken down. She turned her head and glared at Riser, who sneered at her.

"How did they get to her," Asia asked.

"Looks like you've lost your right hand," Riser taunted.

Rias stood up quickly in retaliation. "Maybe, but I still have Kenny and Kiba!"

"Not for long, my beloved. And don't worry, I look for defeating one of them, personally."

"Akeno was the strongest member on our team," Kenny said, as he was beginning to worry about how bad things were getting.

KA-BOOM!

An explosion caused Kenny to whip his head in its direction. To his shock, it was Kiba who was caught in the explosion. "Kiba, no!" Kenny shouted as he rushed towards the falling Knight.

Kiba howls in agony before disappearing.

"NO!" Kenny stopped about a foot away from where he was, unable to reach him in time. He panted heavily as he stared at the ground, with wide eyes. That was it, he was alone.

"Heh," Yubelluna chuckled from above. "Give up?" The question snapped Kenny out of his state and glared at her.

"Not going to happen," he proclaimed.

[One of Lady Rias' Knights, retires]

"Kiba's gone now?" Rias exclaimed frustration and anxiousness after blocking another fireball with her magic. Her servants were falling one by one. Her plan was failing. Was there even hope left?

"You might as well resign, darling," Riser stated, never losing his superior expression.

"RESIGN THIS!" Rias angrily launched a demonic blast at him. The attack hit him squarely in the face, knocking him down on his back. She panted. Her stamina was running out. There was no way she was going to keep this for long.

"You don't get it yet, do you?" Riser again taunted her, as he stood up. To Asia's shock, the left side of his face was completely on fire, but the Phoenix heir didn't seem all too bothered by it. "What a lovely Bishop you have." After that sentence, the flames were gone, and his face was restored. "I plan on hurting your precious samurai for stealing that first kiss that was rightfully mine. If you don't resign, I'll make sure she's in the cross fire."

"So?" Kenny stood tall as he glared at the woman, the Sword clenched tightly in his right hand. "Are we going to fight?"

His answer was nothing but an amused smile from Yubelluna.

"Come on!" He shouted in anger, with his body twitching, wanting nothing more than to jump at her and cut the Queen in half.

"Sorry, handsome, but Lord Riser still wants you for himself," she answered with confidence. "You can try, but, you'll never beat him." She then flew off towards the new school building rooftop. "You know where they are, so don't disappoint him!"

Kenny gritted his teeth and growled in anger. However, he then let out a deep breath. He couldn't let his frustration get the best of him again. Not when there's only Riser left.

Knowing that his strength was depleting, Kenny decided the best course of action was to get there through the school. Facing towards the new school, the lone Pawn ran towards it.

When he the back open, entrance however, Kenny stopped when he spotted Ravel Phoenix leaning against it. "Are you still going to continue to fight," she asked with a confident smirk.

Kenny only scowled at her with narrowed eyes.

"I'm not going to fight any more." She shrugged without a care. "Because no matter how you think about it, it's your group's loss."

"… You truly believe that," Kenny asked. "Because of the Phoenix's immortality?"

"That's part of it, but also because both you and Lady Rias barely have any stamina left, correct? Even if you can heal any wounds, you can't heal stamina. In this situation you will lose because you will get even more worn out. Also—" The Phoenix girl pulled out a strange bottle—the same kind that Yubelluna used in her fight "—our family's hidden treasure."

"What?"

"They're called Phoenix Tear's. Have you heard of it? This is it. Our tears can heal all types of injuries within a matter of a second."

"That's seems like an unfair advantage if you ask me," Kenny said.

"Oh take a chill-pill, we're only allowed to use them twice in a game." Ravel countered. "And you're one to complain. You have a Bishop that using Twilight Healing." She then laughed for a moment. "Luckily, these drops can only be produced by our family, so we made quite a profit off them over the years. Face it, with our money, tears, and immortality, the House of Phoenix was destined to win ever Rating Game we compete in," she said proudly. "You and Rias have reached your limits. You have no more moves to play, am I right?"

To her surprise, Kenny walked right pasted her.

"H-Hold on!" Ravel shouted at him, as he continued walking at a steady pace. "Are you ignoring me!? You are going to lose anyway, so it's safer to stay here and talk to me!?"

Kenny stopped in front of a door, but didn't open it and didn't turn around to face her. "It's like I already told you: I'll find a way. I always have… and I always will."

He then entered through the door, leaving a dumbfounded Ravel behind.

After finding the corridor he needed to go down, on the top floor, Kenny stopped for a second. He looked at his gauntlet hand and said, "Now's a better time than ever. Promotion! Give me the powers of a Queen!"

The powers and demonic energy filled his body, he was ready.

ROAR!

A large stream of fire rushed towards Rias and Asia. The redhead puts up another shield, but she was starting to struggle holding her own against the end attacks of the Phoenix heir. Her uniform was torn in various places, including having her right breast exposed, and her sleeves and cape gone.

"Rias!" She gasped and turned her head towards the voice she was hopping to hear. Sure enough, Kenny was there, coming out of the dormer windows on the left side of the gable roof she was on. "The rescue squad is here," he cheered and ran up to her.

"Kenny!" Rias looked at him with joy and relief.

"You're okay!" Asia cheered, equally relieved as the older girl.

Yubelluna descended from the air and hovered an inch off the roof on Riser's left side. "The boy has successfully arrived as you requested, my lord," she said.

"Well done," he told her. "Now to have a little payback for stealing my Rias' kiss."

"Don't get ahead of yourself!" Rias told him in defiance. "You'll have to go through me first before you lay a finger on any of them!" She then shot a beam of her destructive-powers at him and cut Riser's right arm off.

The blonde man chuckled at her attempts, seemingly unaffected by the attack. "Resign, Rias," he told her, as flames came out of his severed arm to reform a new one, "I've got checkmate. I know every move you're going to make, because I know you better that you think, my love."

"Fuck off, Riser!" Rias shouted with a glare as she stepped forward. "You know nothing if you think I'm going to give up that easily! I'll never give up! As a King, I'm ready for war!"

"You leave me no choice then." He nodded at Yubelluna. "Do it."

"Gladly, sir." The purple-hair Queen flew up into the air.

Kenny kept a sharp eye on her. However, he felt a tingling sensation on his back and looked over his left shoulder to see Asia using Twilight Healing on him. "Asia, hey…"

"Your nice armor is gone, and yet here you are still fighting, even after everything," she said with teary eyes. "You're so brave Kenny. You never give up, do you?"

He smiled at her. "I made a promise, I intend to keep it."

"Yeah." She finished her job, and Kenny turned his head forward.

"Thanks for that. You're our lifeline now, so you'll need to put those knife-fighting skills to use. For now just stay behind—" Kenny didn't finish his sentence when he noticed a purple light shining from behind him. Turning sideways, he was shocked and scared to see a purple magic circle right underneath the blonde girl's feet.

He looked up and saw Yubelluna.

"No…"

KA-BOOM!

The explosion that ensued rocked the building, as it engulfed both Kenny and Asia in the blast.

"NO!" Rias covered her face with an arm from the winds of the dust cloud. "Damn you Riser!" When the cloud settled, Rias looked and saw Kenny's back facing her, only it was almost covered in scorch and burn marks, as his Queen powers protected him enough to prevent any major damage. In arms was Asia, however, she was unconscious. Rias rushed over to them. "You okay," she asked worriedly as reached them and kneeled down next to Kenny, as he kneeled to lay Asia on the roof.

"We're fine, but Asia's out cold," Kenny informed her. Rias looked at the young girl and sighed in relief.

"She's alright. She must have collapsed from the shock of the attack," Rias told him.

Over to where Riser was, Yubelluna lowered down towards him. "My apologies," she said. "I didn't expect the boy to take that attack so well."

"Perfectly fine," he told her. "For now you've stopped their Bishop from doing anymore Twilight Healing."

Kenny shot to his feet. "You bastard," he exclaimed at Riser.

"He survived a direct hit from me, though," she pointed out.

"It's the Queen's defensive strength," Riser said. "His Promotion saved him."

Kenny was silent for a moment, as Rias stood by him. "This fight isn't over," he said, his eyes burning with determination. "Our friends are taken out, the advantage isn't ours anymore. But does that really mean that that's it? We may be the only ones left, but we will not go down without a fight."

"Well said," Rias told him, and faced Riser again. "Kenny, let's defeat Riser together!"

Kenny nodded. "Dragon Boost."

[Boost!]

"Again!" Kenny charged first at Riser, the Sword ready to slash and dice the prick.

[Boost!]

"Last time! GO!"

[Burst]

Kenny gasped. Coming to a complete stop only a few feet from Riser, he stared at the ground with his body trembling, feeling impossibly heavy, as he felt like he had thirty logs on his back. Suddenly, he something coming up from his throat and tried to hold it in, causing his cheeks to puff up.

"GAH!" Not being able to hold it all in, he vomited more than a mouthful worth of blood and collapsed on his fists and knees. Gritting his red covered teeth, Kenny felt himself trembling ever more, as the Boosted Gear disappeared. All he had left was the tightly clenched Sword in his right hand.

"Kenny!" Rias cried out to him, petrified at the scene before her. What was happening to him? However, she remembered, and cursed herself for not knowing sooner.

"Unlike any of the other Sacred Gears, the Boosted Gear has a way of taxing its host," Sona explained, while secretly feeling worried for Kenny in his state. "To be honest, I think the fact that he was able to Boost that many times and still fight in practically a miracle. His magical powers has almost completely been exhausted by that hit from Yubelluna. His magical body has reached a limit."

"But you know Kurosawa," Tsubaki said. "He himself may not be finished yet."

"True, but what will he do?"

Ravel descended from up above and was now flouting next to Yubelluna. "I told him about his chances and he didn't listen." She fake pouted. "I was hoping to actually see what he had."

"Indeed," Riser said as he began walking towards the down teen. "This is over!"

"Stay away from him!" Rias launched two blasts of her powers and cut off both his arms, making him stop about two feet from Kenny's body.

"Rias, you barely have any magical powers left yourself." Riser's arms grew back. "Why not admit defeat? Riser wouldn't think—"

SLICE!

Blood flew in the air. Ravel, Yubelluna, and Rias watched in wide-eyed shock.

Kenny had quickly shot up to his feet, took a step forward, and diagonally upward slashed Riser from his right hip to his left shoulder.

"GAH!" Riser cry out in pain, as he stubbed backwards a bit, while Kenny held his pose, trying not to fall. Riser held his bleeding wound, gritting his teeth in both anger and pain.

"Big Brother!" Ravel and Yubelluna hurriedly went over to the man, as he took his hands away from his wound. To his shock, it wasn't healing properly. It was healing, as there smoke coming out of it, but there wasn't any fire to completely heal him. "What did he do," Ravel asked, as she and the Queen look at the damage from his sides.

"So… you can't… die," Kenny said, panting and struggling to get the words out of his blood flowing mouth, making the Phoenix Devils look up at him. He seemed to be very pale, and his chest was stained with his own blood. "Then… there's still a chance…."

"You filthy low-life," Riser glowed with a snarl, still feeling the pain of the slash. "What did you do to me?!"

"Nothing… that the… the Sword did," Kenny answered, still feeling the dramatic effects of the Burst. "But if it means that it's all it take to beat, then I'll take it!" Still wobbly, the teen rushed at Riser.

"Kenny, no!" Rias begged.

Kenny didn't get far when Riser suddenly appeared before him and grabbed him by the neck, instantly cutting off any air circulation. "You dare make an insult of Riser Phoenix by stealing Rias' first kiss, and then you harm a noble of the House of Phoenix, boy?" He demanded spitefully, glaring at the younger man. "I don't know want that sword is, but I've had enough of you!"

Swinging his arm out, he threw Kenny over the edge of the top of the gable roof.

However, Kenny grabbed his arm when he let go, so that he could bring him down with him, shocking Riser, and making him also fall over.

But before he and Kenny could hit the side of the roof, Riser opened his flaming wings and stopped himself from falling. He then moved himself outwards and away from the roof, hovering towards an open court. Kenny tried his best to keep a grip on his right arm, but could feel his hand slipping.

With a growl, Riser was able to get him to let go when he blasted him with a fireball. Kenny screamed in agony, as the attack also sent him speeding towards the ground. The result was a fiery explosion.

"Stop it!" Rias begged Riser, but to no response. She wasn't worried for the boy anymore. She was scared for him.

Riser landed a few feet away from the crater that was caused by him, as steam and smoke raised from it. A scorched hand reached out from the smoke and slammed on the ground.

With all his might, Kenny pulled himself out of the billowing steam and smoke, before he began struggling to stand. His left shoulder and arm was burnt, but his Queen Promotion was still there, luckily. It went away then. The rest of his body had many bruises and cuts from the collision with the ground. He breathed heavily, as his legs struggled to keep him standing and he felt like he was going to fall over any second.

His eyes were mostly covered by his hair draping over his face, but the bottom half of his eyes remained locked on Riser.

"You really don't know when to give up," Riser said out of frustration before flying over towards him. When he was close enough, Kenny tried to slash at him, but his movements were slow, sloppy, and unbalanced that Riser was able to avoid it by stopping his movement for a second. The blonde man then grabbed him by the shoulders and rammed his knee into his stomach.

"No!" Rias shouted with a scared and worried expression. Her magic was long gone. She was tired and to the point of exhaustion. She was forced to only watch helplessly, as the one she loves and feels for the most struggled to fight back against Riser. Kenny would try and swing the Sword at him, only to Riser to easily step out of the way, or act quicker and strike Kenny. Whenever he was hit, the black-haired teen stubble a bit, before trying all over again.

Kenny charged and swung the Sword downwards to chop Riser in half. Riser sidestepped and…

BASH!

Kicked him in the back, earning a cry of agony, as Kenny stumbled forwards a few steps.

Turning around to try again, Kenny swung a horizontal right arch at him. Riser simply took a step back and…

POW!

Uppercut his jaw, taking Kenny off his feet, but he was able to land back on them when he landed.

He lifted the Sword—

POW!

Riser didn't give him time to finish and punched him in the gut.

Rias land on the ground with Asia in her arms. "Kenny, get back!" She called out to him, before setting Asia down on the ground. "Get away from him!" The redhead then started running towards them, as Kenny seemed to have just lost the edge and was now being mercilessly pounded by the blonde man. "That's a direct order!"

Halfway there, she found her path blocked by both Yubelluna and Ravel, who flew down from the sky.

"I've just about had enough of you!" Riser exclaimed before clocking his right fist in flames.

BAM!

The combined strength of the punch and the power of the flames sent Kenny back a few meters, before he bounced off the ground with a sickening thud, before landing and rolling sideways the rest of the before coming to a stop. He just laid there, his blood staining his own bare chest, and various places on the ground, mostly near Riser, where he was once at.

"You're just a pathetic lowly servant," Riser stated as he created a large ball of fire in his right hand. "You don't even have the right to challenge Riser Phoenix!"

"Riser," Rias said, looking between Ravel and Yubelluna, becoming even more scared for her samurai, "what do you think you're doing?"

"I'm sending this loser to hell, where he belongs!" Riser proclaimed, as a dark look of insanity and arrogance framed his face. "No amount of healing will save this boy when Riser's down. Any deaths that occur during a Rating Game are considered accidences anyway!"

Rias gasped in shock and terror. Even Yubelluna and Ravel were surprised by the blonde man's statement, but they continued to block the redhead when she attempted to fly over them.

There was no response from Kenny, as he lay there motionless.

Then he started to stand up again. Riser's eyes widened as he watched the Pawn get on his arms and knees. "Bastard. DIE!"

ROAR!

He launched an endless column of flame from his hand.

"KENNY!" Rias screamed for him, as she was held back by the two other Devils.

The column sped towards Kenny like a missile. However, before anyone could have ever imagined, the black-haired teen quickly got to his feet, held the Sword in a reverse grip with both hands, and held it out in front of him with the blade pointing down.

When then fire column reached him, the Sword splits it in half to make it go on both sides of him.

Riser, Ravel, Yubelluna, and finally Rias watched in shock and awe at the display before them. Soon the blonde man cut off the column of fire, causing the last of it to finish rushing past Kenny before vanishing like embers in the wind.

The black-haired teen breathed heavily as he held continued to hold the pose. His head hanging down, and his face covered by his long lock of hair. Steam with coming off his sides, arms, and legs, with signs of more burns on his skin.

[Play music: Johan Skugge & Jukka Rintamaki—A Theme for Kjell]

A moment of silence passed, before Kenny lowered the Sword a bit, turned it over to hold it properly in a normal grip, and raised it over his head

He then made his way towards Riser.

This immediately had Rias act, and she slipped past the still shock Yubelluna and Ravel and flew towards him. "Kenny!" She cried as she landed behind him and held him close to her body. The condition he was in was worse than anything she's ever seen him in, but she still loved him. "... Kenny, you did very well. It's all right now. Good job." Rias whispered to him gently, but he tried to get away from her hold. "Kenny, please it's alright!"

With a strong tug, he broke free of her hold. Without saying anything, he walked towards Riser with wobbly steps. It's a bizarre view which had so much intensity in it that it was almost frightening. Everyone who was watching him held their breath in anticipation.

Riser expressionlessly began to approach him. This puts Rias on high alert. She couldn't let this continue on any further or she was going to lose Kenny. 'My adorable samurai. My Kenny. I'm still planning to adore you even more. I don't want to lose you in a place like this!' She quickly ran and got between Kenny and Raiser, and stood in front of Kenny. "Kenny, Stop! Can't you listen to my—"

She stopped there when she brushed his hair away from his face and gasped as she swallowed her words.

It all made sense.

Kenny Kurosawa had already lost consciousness.

Even through his dark black colored eyes, she could tell that they were hollow and his mouth was still open. There was blood stained almost all around his mouth, with some still dripping from the corner of his lips, and his cheeks were swollen.

And in this terrible state, he still continued to move forward with his arms and hands trembling while trying to hold the Sword over his head. Ready to cut Riser down.

"... You were still planning to fight, even in this state," she said, not realizing that tears were running down her cheeks. Rias then reached her hands out and placed it on his swollen and bloodied cheeks. "It's fine. Don't worry, I'm okay. You did your best. You've made me proud. Thank you so such, Kenny."

And with that, the remaining strength in him was gone.

His hands released their grip on the Sword, allowing it to fall. Kenny started to fall forward. Rias took her away from his cheeks and moved them downwards.

The Sword fell behind him and stabbed the ground, allowing it to stand, while Kenny's unconscious body fell into Rias' arms, as she hugged him close to her and fell to her knees from the weight.

Sobbing lightly, she continued to hug his body to her busty one, as some of his blood was stained onto her clothing. But she didn't care. All that mattered was the boy she loved in her arms.

"You have done so much for me." His words echoed in her head. "You're an incredible person, Rias. The best girl I could ever ask to meet. And it's time I cash in my promise. One way or another, I'm going to beat that asshole, and get you out of this marriage."

"You've barely learned how to use your demonic-powers," She whispered, trying to smile, "yet you continued to move forward with all your might, just to keep your promise. Thank you, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Asia and... Kenny, my, brave, strong, sweet samurai. Thank you for fighting for someone worthless like myself. I'm so sorry for everything."

"Well, my beloved," Riser asked as she had her back facing him, still standing where he was with a slightly amused expression. "What's it going to be?"

Rias didn't respond and instead laid Kenny down on his back. Brushing a bit of his hair behind his ear, she bent down and gave him a kiss on the forehead.

She then quickly stood up with her fist clenched and trembling. Turning around to face him with a defeated scowl, Rias walked towards him.

Stopping only a few feet from him, Rias stared into his dark blue eyes that showed his arrogance. "Alright, Riser," she said bitterly, "you win. I resign."

Riser's smirk grew on his face after hearing that, as his wound finished healing. "Checkmate, then," he said. "Riser wins again."

[Lady Rias' resignation is recognized. Lord Riser Phoenix is the winner of the game.]

[End music]

To Be Continued…

{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, Koneko, Ranny and Aoimoku.

[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.

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

Kenny: "We need to talk."

Rias: "That sword is more special that even your precious immortality."

Riser: "Rias Gremory; my bride!"

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

?: "I got a feeling that everyone now knows about the descendent of Samurai Jack, and they'll have they eyes set on him."

Narrator: "Only on Fanfiction."

AN;

And so, there you go, guys. Kenny got himself a samurai armor similar to Jack's in season 5. He tried to put up a fight, but his Burst left him exhausted, in pain, and barely any strength left except for what remained.

To be honest, I was going to have Riser or Ravel try and take the Sword, before Rias stopped them and decided to keep it with her until Kenny came to rescue her. But after thinking about and just how long it took to make this episode, I couldn't find a reason for her to try and have with her at the wedding.

Before we end this, if you haven't seen it, but I've gotten around to making a profile. It's not the best one out there, but it wasn't made to be about me. I made it so that I can tell you readers about some of my future fanfiction ideas. I've already got a few planned so if you want to know about them, then go see for yourself, and if you got any other male OC-based ideas, let me know knew by either in the review or a PM.

And so that concludes this episode. I hope you enjoyed it. Anyway, please review, favorite, and follow the story if you like it, and I'll be updating as fast as I can. I've made it to college, some I can't make any promises on fast updates. Have a good day.