("…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.") Things continue to remain black, but then the Sword is seen falling in slow motion.
{Play Itteki no Eikyou by UVERworld/ ENLISH version by Amalee}
(Can you forgive, and forget your self-pride?)Kenny's Sacred Gear grabbed the Sword. The scene quickly switched to the show his silhouette, holding the Sword high over his head, as a giant wall of fire erupted behind him, while he stood on a wide flat plan.
(Let it all go and recover your stride) Changing scenes with the screen glitching, Rias is then shown staring seriously at the viewer, her hair flowing to the right. Her eyes flash red, before reaching her hand out in front of her. Then clocking it in her crimson demonic-power.
(I'll take the pain, so blame it on me) The scene changed again, this time showing Samurai Jack smiling at the audience for a moment.
(Give me the weight for everything) He then turned around and walked away, before vanishing.
(No matter how large, or how small) Switching back to Kenny, he stared at the audience with a serious expression, still holding the Sword over his head.
(I will bear it all) He then pointed the Sword at the viewer.
(Find forgiveness in your heart,so you can continue on) Suddenly, the green jewel on the Boosted Gear to glow, blinding the viewer. Everything then went black.
[Instrumentals] Then the title burns itself into the scene, glowing red as it shines in the dark.
The Red Dragon Samurai
(Give a name to the rose - it's all the same) Kenny is now showing walking in the neighborhood towards the viewer in the day time, with the Sword on his back in the shinai bag.
(It'll still smell as sweet) The background suddenly turned to night, and his expression turned to serious scowl as he pulled out the Sword.
(Give a name to the rose - it's all the same) Back in the day time, Rias is seen again, only this time she's sitting at her school desk with a pleasant smile.
(It won't change what you meant to me (Ah~)) Suddenly the scene changed again. Rias was no sitting at her desk in the clubroom, with a serious expression. Her eyes flashed red, and the camera quickly zoomed in on her right eye, until the entire screen with red.
(If you live – Live your life with good intent) Zooming out, the scene changed to show the Gremory House symbol glowing in a black background. As the camera zoomed out, it stop when Akeno was shown, then continued, only to stop again when Koneko was show.
(It returns somewhere along the way (Ah~)) The camera continued once again, only to stop for a final time when Asia was shown. Everything fades again.
(But - would you give – Give it a second thought) Kiba is then seen in a dark, empty room on his hands and knees, as tears poured down his face.
(When saying it reveals the lie) After a moment, the background suddenly cracked like glass, with each section showing something horrifying, and Kiba threw his head back and howled in agony and anger towards the heavens.
(There's only 10% you're to blame for) Quickly shifting the scene to look down at Kiba, the viewer sees that there were the shadows of seven sword around him, with their tips attached to his shadow.
(But no one will share the fault) Zooming in on one of the shadowy swords, Irina appeared behind it, with her own pose. The scene quickly turned to another sword's shadow, and showed Xenova standing behind it in a fighting pose.
(You take the heat, but no more) Moving quickly past her right should, viewer passes over the ghosts of many crying children, before reaching the end and ending up back at where Kiba is.
(So now's the time, you gotta hold your own, and stand up tall) Kiba was still on his knees, but with a wider view and a side view of scene, a mysterious man is now shown standing in front of him with a sword drawn. Other individuals stand behind him. The man raised the sword to kill Kiba, and he closed his teary eye and accepts his fate.
(It's the number one thing you can never forget) Suddenly, Kenny stepped in front of Kiba and the sword with the Sword, causing the man to stumble backwards. Kiba looked in shock. Kenny is seen glaring at the man, before slashing down at him.
(Don't let them define you,) Vali in his Balance Breaker armor is then shown flying up into the night sky, the moon behind him. The quickly change to show a lone priest on top of a building, looking out at the city.
(There is fight in you yet) Akeno is then shown naked, smiling brightly at the viewer, before a single crack form abruptly down her middle. Now she was smiling on the right side with her Devil wing out. On the left, she's crying into her hand with her Fallen Angel wing out.
(I'll take the pain, so blame it on me) The scene changed again, this time showing Kenny on one knee while his hand grasped the Sword, which was stabbed into the ground. He pants in exhaustion, as he is surround by a wildfire.
(Give me the weight for everything) Rias then kneed down and place her curvy body on his back, as she wrapped her arms around him. This brought a thankful smile on his face, as he reached back and place a hand on the back of her head.
(No matter how large, or how small) Kenny stood up, with Rias moving back to give him space. He looked up and scowled at something.
(You and I can bear it all) A view of his back revealed it to be the silhouette of Aku, towering over him, with the moon behind his head.
(Find forgiveness in your heart,)Kenny activated his armor and flew up into the sky, heading up towards Aku.
(And you will continue on) The scene turned to a watercolor-like painting, before everything faded to black.
Episode XIX
"A Loving Sister's Secret"
The moon raised high into the clear night sky. Shining brightly onto all on Earth.
Inside of the abandoned Church, the same used by Raynare and her group, Father Leonardo was on his knees in front of the broken stolen cross. Praying to God for their mission to be blessed with good fortune, as the moon's light shined down on him from an opening in the building. Laying on the floor in front of him were his short swords and his Excalibur sword.
Finishing his prayers, he grabbed one of the short swords, and sheathed it. He then grabbed the other sword and sheathed it. All that was left was the Excalibur Blessing. Father Leonardo grabbed its handle and stood to his feet, looking at his reflection in the stone grey blade. His eyes were worn out and tired. For a brief moment, the powerful man wondered if today was the day he was going to die. This was a suicide mission after all.
But he quickly shut away those thoughts. God wouldn't have wanted for him to think like that. For the children that were killed in the Project, the madness was going to end.
Closing his eyes, he slowly reached the arm holding the sword over to his back and placed the blade on him. Letting it go, it turned into its tattered red cape form. Father Leonardo then reopened them, as they filled with determination.
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"A Devil wearing priest clothes," Saji said, as he and the others stood outside of the Church, waiting for Father Leonardo. The Devils had changed to the priests' and sisters' clothes also having one fake crosses, knowing that real ones would have injured them. This was all in order to lure out Freed into the opening, so that they could take him down.
"Not without kicking and screaming about it." Irina joked.
"Nothing will stand in the way of me and my goals," Kida said, buttoning his outfit.
The door opened and Father Leonardo stepped out, catching the group's attention as he walked towards them. "We'll be more effective if we slip into two groups," he told them.
"Sounds like a plan," Kenny said with a nodded. "We'll take the East and you three can take the West side."
"Very well," Xenovia said. "If you see anything at all, call the cell."
"Right. Then let's go." Kenny and the Devils were about to leave, but stopped when Xenovia spoke.
"Oh wait, before you go, there's something important that I forgot to let you," she said.
"Okay," Kenny said in confusion.
"We appreciate being taken such good care of. So, as thanks, you should know that we are no longer after your family Sword," Xenovia stated, surprising Kenny for a moment.
"You two were Guho about taking it. Why the sudden change of heart."
"When we were given the task, we were informed that Father Leonardo was already told the details of the mission," Irina said. "However, he said that he was never told about it."
"I found this troubling," the Grand Exorcist said. "It would was seem as though there are those within the Church that are acting on their accords to gain power. We cannot confirm this now, but we thought that you should know."
This didn't just trouble the members of the Church. Kenny turned his gaze downwards as his thought for a moment. That was definitely not good. It was bad even that the followers of God were after his family's sword, it was now worst to know that those that ordered Xenovia and Irina to get it may be working for themselves and are using the two girls and Father Leonardo to get to it. But who were they?
"Kenny." The black-haired teen broke from his thoughts when a hand was placed on his shoulder. He turned his head to the person and saw it was Tsubasa. "We should be going," she said, feeling slightly concerned for Kenny. Kiba, Koneko, and Saji looked at him with equal concern. Even Irina looked at her childhood in worry.
Taking in a deep breathe, Kenny nodded. "Yeah, let's go."
As leaving the Exorcists, the Devils of Rias and Sona's peerage headed towards the East side of Kuoh. They walked mainly in places where there weren't any people, as those were where the priests were reported murdered.
Kenny wanted to get some leads on Freed and Valper Galilei, though he was also thinking about something else. And it had to do with a certain redhead. This action was kept secret from Rias and the others, and it would also be troublesome if they got caught by the Student Council.
But that's not all Kenny was thinking about. He's been with Rias and her peerage for also a year now, and in that time he's gotten to know the Gremory heiress. He's seen the bravery and the kindness. Rias showed him when she was at her best, and when she was at her lowest. The two have been sleeping in the same bed together and it's brought them much more closely.
Her personality, her long crimson hair, lovely voice, smooth skin, lustful body, and willingness to sacrifice herself for him. All these and many more he couldn't put into words helped Kenny knew that he was in love with Rias.
And…maybe it was time to act on those feelings. But then that would mean he'd have to think about Ddraig's suggestion and have a harem, considering the other crushes he had (and their crush on him).
"Fuu. We're making no progress," Saji groaned as he started to lose interest. Kenny looked at him with a raised eyebrow, remembering that he was the one who was most eager to do this.
The more he started hanging around him, the more Kenny realized that Saji was actually truly a nice guy. True, their first meeting wasn't the best, and his flirting with Asia would make him jealous, but it seemed like they could get along.
"Is there any place you guys can think of that they could be," Tsubasa asked the Gremory servants. Just like the four Phoenix servants that were now his maids, Kenny was attracted to the blue-haired tomboy, even though she was an enigma. He didn't know anything about her, other than she was Sona's Rook.
"I think I know a place," Kiba said, before walking in front of them and leading the group.
After about three minutes of walking and flowing the Knight, the Devils found themselves in front of their destination: a large abounded building on the outskirts of Kuoh. Staring at it, it took Kenny a moment before remembering that this was the same place they fought that one Stray Devil.
They walked towards the building, but stopped at that instant they felt chills in their bodies. It was killing intent, and it was aimed at them. No one made a sound, as they looked around with the greatest of caution. The only sound to be heard was the wind and the rustling of the tree's leaves.
Saji looked around, before looking upwards. That's when he saw the source of the killing intent. "Look up!" He shouted, pointing up. When they all looked up, they saw a familiar white haired boy priest falling down with a long sword.
"YAHOOOOO!" Freed shouted in murderous glee.
KACHIN!
Kiba quickly summoned his demonic-sword out and blocked Freed's slash. The white-haired boy then jumped and flipped backwards, before landing on the building. "I forgot to thank you earlier," the psychopath said.
Kiba gritted his teeth as he tried to push back against Freed. "For what?"
Seeing the rogue, Kenny's anger ignited and he unsheathed the Sword. "Freed!" He roared, getting the Stray's attention.
"…! Is that voice you, Kenny? Heeee. And look, you also brought the little midget and friends," he said, making Koneko angry when he referred to her. "Whoops, I mean little lady. Well, isn't this a weird reunion!? Forgive me, but I was looking forward to a little priest hunting tonight, but all I find are a bunch of Devils in costumes. How about that? Is it all right to kill you now!?" He gave the sword he had a lick.
Kenny's glaring eyes narrowed. This bastard was just as crazy that last time he saw him! But as he looked at the sword he's holding, the black-haired realized that it was an Excalibur? He could tell by just the certain dangerous aura he felt coming out of it, he remembered it's the same like Father Leonardo, Irina, and Xenovia's swords.
The Devils all took off their priest clothes, revealing their usual uniform. "Careful with that sword," Koneko said. "It's powerful."
"Right, but not powerful enough," Kenny said with a smirk, remember how he was able to hold his own against Xenovia and Irina. But for now, his role was to be in support. He activated his Boosted Gear with the Sword.
[Boost!]
"Oh, my, my! Five of you in one night? I'm overwhelmed by my own popularity," Freed exclaimed.
"Don't get too excited." Kida said, getting his sword ready. "I'm your only opponent." This only seemed to make Freed grin from ear to ear.
"We'll take him together," Kenny said. "Koneko and Tsubasa, I want you two—Wait, KIBA!" He shouted when the blonde Knight jumped high into the air and landed onto the building. Once up there, he rushed at the psycho.
"Hi," Freed greeted him with his grinning face. Kiba let out a battle cry and rushed at him. "What's hysterical is that no matter how many brave little Devils fling themselves at me, they are no match for this sword!" He then jumped up into the air.
This surprised Kiba, and he had to land on his right hand, before using it to launch himself into a front flip. He was able to turn around in midair, before landing on his feet in a crouch.
Kiba looked up and saw Freed coming down at him with his sword raised over his head. "THANKS FOR PLAYING!"
KACHIN!
Kiba blocked the attack, causing sparks to fly off the blades, and their swords longs. "Some have called the heavenly sword of heavenly flashes the Excalibur Rapidly, but I don't! I call it the 'super-fast sword'," Freed said, before moving away from Kiba that speeds that were on par with a Knight's. The blonde was stunned for the moment, before going after him, using his Evil Piece's ability.
KACHIN! KACHIN! KACHIN!
Kenny, Koneko, Saji, and Tsubasa watched in awe as the two swordsmen moved all over the place at blazing fast speeds that made then nothing more than blurs. Sparks igniting whenever the blades clashed. "He's moving faster than Kiba," Kenny said.
"Worst…day…ever," Koneko said, before secretly pulling out her phone and dialing.
"Aww, is someone feeling left out?" Freed taunted them, before letting his tongue hang out of his primal grin. "Don't worry, I have enough for all!"
"Thanks, but no thanks," Kenny said, before boosting.
[Boost!]
He silently cursed. "I need to get up there and Transfer more power to Kiba," he said. "But I can't when Freed's moving that fast."
It was then that Tsubasa had an idea. It was risky, but it may work. "Saji, I'm going to get him to stay still," she stated, causing everyone to look surprised at her. "When I do, get ready with your Absorption Line to hold him down."
"Tsubasa, what are you doing," Kenny asked.
Saji then asked, "Are you sure?"
"I can handle it," she said to assure the two boys. "Just do it!" The blue-hair Rook jumped towards the fighting.
"Right!" Saji corporate and held his arm out. "Line on!" He chanted, causing a bright purple light to come from his arm that surprised Kenny, summoning the small and cute black Chameleon-like lizard bracer to appear on his arm.
On the building, Kiba landed after clashing with Freed, panting slightly in exhaustion. But then, he was surprised when Tsubasa stepped in front of him, placing herself in between the blonde Knight and the speeding Freed. She put out both of her hands in front of her.
"So you want to die first, huh," the manic asked her with his crazed look.
"Reverse!" Tsubasa chanted, causing a bright blue light to shine from the palms of her hands.
While Freed closed in for the kill, he was broken out of his bloodlust state when he noticed that he was slowing down. His speed was depleting, and he was now starting to trip over his toes. But he regained his footing and run at her in anger. "DIE!"
Tsubasa then surprised everyone again, except for Saji, by catching the blade and holding it in a vice grip. It may have caused so cuts on her hands, but the Rook was not affected by the Excalibur.
"Hey! Let go! Let go! Let go!" Freed whined like a child in his attempt to pull the Excalibur away from her.
"Now, Saji!" She exclaimed.
"Stretch my line!" Saji thrusted his arm at Freed and the blue line of the Sacred Gear shot out. It stuck onto Freed's right foot, and it started to swirl around his leg, before tightening around him. Once that was done, Tsubasa released her grip on the blade and jumped back on the ground to join her comrades. "Heh! How do you like that!? This is my Sacred Gear, Absorption Line! As long as this line is connected to you, your power will continue to be absorbed by my Sacred Gear! Yeah! Until you lose your consciousness that is!"
Kenny looked at him and Tsubasa in wonder. "You both have Sacred Gears? That's awesome!"
Tsubasa giggled and turned towards him with her hands on her hips. "It's sweet of you to think that, tiger, but Saji the only one with a Gear," she said. "I on the hand have Reverse. A type of magic that turns the effects of any power or object into its opposite."
Kenny was surprised to hear that, but nonetheless smirk. "That's still amazing, Tsubasa," he said. This caused her to blush and turn her head away timidly.
Freed growled in rage, before bashing the blade of his sword onto the line to try and cut it, but it didn't do anything. "Dammit! Dammit! Dammit!" He exclaimed. "Pesky line must be a dragon brand."
[Boost!]
"That should be enough," Kenny said, before he was suddenly lifted up. The black-haired teen looked down timidly, and saw it was Koneko that was doing the lifting.
"…Kenny. Please help Kiba," she said, before the small girl threw Kenny up into the air with her super-human strength.
"Uooooooooo! Konekoooooooooo!" Kenny yelled as he flew across the sky. He then saw that he was getting closer to Kiba and placed the Sword in his left hand.
Kiba saw him coming and held up his demonic-sword.
KACHIN!
Kenny clashed his sword with Kiba's as he went over his head. He then landed on the roof a few feet behind his friend and exclaimed, "Alright, Kiba, it's yours! Now fuck him up!"
Kiba closed his eyes and smiled, as there was an aura coming out of his body. So much so that there was quite an amount of magical power covering his body. "This power I've been given is a gift," he said. He opened his eyes with a new found determination. "I will use it greatly!"
This caught Freed's attention, and the white-haired boy started to get nervous when a Gremory magic circle appeared over Kiba's head. "Why can't I get this thing off?!" Freed tried to cut the line again.
"SWORD BIRTH!" Kiba called out his ability and stabbed the sword he held in the stone roof. Just like the Rating Game, blades came out from around the whole area, coming in a variety of different shapes, popping out from different places.
The direction they were popping out of were going straight towards Freed. The boy priest looked scared as they came closer to him. He then frantically swung his sword left and right, destroying any blades that came out around him.
"Hmmm. Sword Birth huh?" Then there was the voice of another person. Kenny ran to where Kiba was standing and looked down. When they all looked in the direction of the voice, there stood was an old man wearing priest clothes standing there. "It's a Sacred Gear that can have an infinite number of powers depending on the possessor."
"…Is it you old-man," Freed asked, getting the man's attention.
"Freed. What are you doing?"
"Old-man! I can't run away because of this guy's weird lizard tongue!" Freed exclaimed, trying to cut the line again.
"Hmph. You still can't use the holy-sword perfectly yet. Use the 'element' I gave you more wisely. I'm researching because of that. Gather the holy element that is running throughout your body to the blade of the holy-sword. With that, you should be able to cut it."
"Yeah, yeah!" Freed did just that, and it caused the holy-sword to gather auras and started glowing. "Like this! Horyah!"
SLICE!
Saji's Sacred Gear was cut with ease, and the madman was freed from his bounds.
"Now I'll cut you all into pieces!" Freed exclaimed in bloodthirsty glee, as he jumped up at Kiba and Kenny. The two boys stood ready to block his attack, when a large figure moved in front of them.
KACHIN!
They were all shocked, then the person turned out to be Father Leonardo, who blocked Freed's attack easily with one of his short swords. When the Stray Exorcist realized who he was, he let out a fearful yelp and jumped away, landing right where once was.
"Father Leonardo?" Kenny exclaimed in shock.
"Yaho! Kenny," called a familiar cheerful voice. Kenny looked in the direction of the voice and saw Irina and Xenovia running towards where the others were. They then took off their white clocks, revealing the black, skin-tight clothing that fitted their body perfectly.
"What are you two doing here," Saji asked.
"We came as soon as you contacted us," Xenovia informed them, before her attention was caught by the sight of the old man, who was sharing at the Grand Exorcist in a mixture of fear, confusion, and anger. His presence startled her. "You?!"
This got the attention of the old man, who looked at them. His previous expression turned into a small smirk. "Looks like my cover's blown," he said.
"Wait, you know him," Kenny asked Xenovia from the roof.
Irina nodded. "He was the priest who gave us the mission to take your sword," she said.
The old priest followed her eyes and saw Kenny on the roof with Father Leonardo and Kiba. However, his sight zeroed in on the Sword. He then grinned. "I knew someday I would see it," he said.
"Who are you and what you want with the Sword," Kenny demanded. The old man continued to grin at him, as an eerie silence settled in the area.
"Yeah, come on! What do want with a shitty Devil's sword, old man Valper," Freed said, shocking almost everyone with this revelation.
Even Father Leonardo was stunned to hear that the man responsible for the Holy-Sword Project was standing right in front of him. Not only that, but he was also the one to give Irina and Xenovia their orders to take Kurosawa's sword. His eyes narrowed. "Is it true, then," he asked. "Are you really the Genocide Archbishop, Valper Galilei?"
Valper's grin widened in satisfaction. After a moment of silence, the man took off his glass with his glasses with his left hand, before grabbing his face with his right. The Devils and three Exorcist watched in shock as Valper pulled and stretched his face off, realizing it was nothing more than a rubber masker.
After pulling the mask off, Valper's face was shown to everyone, showing them he had gray hair, a moustache and black eyes. Discarding the mask, he placed his glasses back on his face and smiled at Kenny. "Allow me to properly introduce myself," he said. "I'm Valper Galilei. And you must be Kenny Kurosawa. I really most thank you."
Kenny glared at him. "Thank me for what," he demanded.
"VALPER GALILEI!" Kiba roared in rage as he glared at the old man with eyes full of hatred.
"I certainly am," Valper admitted it normally.
"This doesn't make any sense," Irina said, still shocked to see it was Valper that gave her the order to take something for her childhood friend. "You weren't that nice priest!?"
"You were excommunicated," Xenovia stated indignantly. "How were able to get back into the Church?"
"A new face and a simple name change, my dears," Valper told them. "It really wasn't that hard after that. After all, I did have help with me."
"But why," Kenny demanded. "Why the Sword?! What could you possibly want with it?!"
Valper turned towards him. "Let's just say it played a vital role in the Holy-Sword Protect," he told Kenny. "But I didn't want anything to do with it. It was my employers that wanted your family's sword." He then reached into his outfit. "However…" He pulled something out in his fist. Valper then held his fist out towards Kenny. "…they did say if you asked, to show you this."
His hand opened, and hand from it was a neckless. With a wooden Aku at the end.
Kenny's black eyes widened as he gasped. "…Aku…"
"No way!" Kiba exclaimed, equally surprised to see the neckless of the demon's followers.
Father Leonardo looked at Kenny with a raised eyebrow. "The demon you told us about," he asked.
Even Xenovia and Irina were confused. "Wait, I thought that was just part of a made up story," the chestnut-hair girl said, started to feel concern.
"Where on Earth did you hear that from," Tsubasa asked, as she, Koneko, and Saji glared at the old man. The two female Exorcist turned their heads toward her. "I can tell you from a first-hand experience that it's not a made up story. And that neckless could only mean that we're dealing with Aku's First Legion of Darkness."
Freed laughed hysterically. "I don't know what the fuck's going on, but I'm really starting to like it!"
Kenny felt his anger rising, causing him to ground his teeth together and clench his fist. "So you tricked the Church to get to me," he demanded with a hateful glare.
"I didn't tell those fools anything they didn't know," Valper said, putting the neckless back into his outfit. "They still believe that story about your sword being a holy-sword, and that it was from God. All I did was tell them that the Sword was in the hands of a Devil and pointed them in the right direction."
"And that's when we started killing priests with the Excaliburs!" Freed shouted in murderous glee, before laughing again.
Kenny's body trembled with anger, wanting to cut down the psychopath and make Valper spit out every last detail about the First Legion. He was snapped out of his raging state when a large hand was placed on his shoulder. Kenny looked up and saw Father Leonardo looking at him with a look of sympathy and understanding, but also asked him to let him handle it. Kenny didn't want to drag the Grand Exorcist into this fight, but out of all of them, the man had to must self-control. He agreed with a nod.
Father Leonardo walked towards the edge of the building. "Freed Zelzan. Valper Galilei. You are both traitors to not only the people of the Church, but God himself. As the Grand Exorcist, I condemn your souls!" He pulled out his other short sword. "Your time has come!"
"Gr! How dare you say that?" Freed said in anger before jumping at the Grand Exorcist. "DON'T EVER CROAK THAT DISGUISING NAME MY PRESENSE AGAIN!"
KACHIN!
Father Leonardo blocked the attack with both his swords, before kicking Freed hard in the chest. Causing the manic to yell out in pain as he was sent to the ground next Valper.
Freed growled as he got on his hands and knees, holding his stomach with one arm. He glared up at Father Leonardo in fury. "You fucker!" Koneko, Saji, Tsubasa, Xenovia, and Irina surrounded the two excommunicated priests, not allowing them a chance to escape.
Freed stood up again, getting ready to fight. "You're done," Valper told him, puzzling the boy priest. The old man looked at him with a smile. "All you have to do was get rid of the vermin from the Church we had tricked to come here. Easy." Valper looked at where Kenny, Leonardo, and Kiba were. "But you're outnumbered, and I wasn't planning on them sending the Grand Exorcist. Time to pull back."
"Aww, so soon," Freed asked, before pulling out a small ball. "That's all! SEE YA!" He threw it down, which turned out to be a flashbang.
Kiba and Xenovia jumped at them in an attempt to stop them, but it was too late.
When then the ball hits the ground, it caused a large bright light that covered the whole area and blinded everyone's eyes! By the time they regained their sight, and Kiba and Xenovia landed where the two former priests used to be, Freed and Valper were gone.
Everyone was silent for a moment to take in what had happened. "Damnit," Kenny said as his anger started to return, causing him to pace around. "Damnit! God fucking damnit!"
"They couldn't have gone far," the Grand Exorcist said, before jumping down to the ground and began running towards where he was sure the two went. He ran past Kiba and Xenovia. "We are going after them, you two!" He was referring to the blue-haired girl and Irina.
"Okay!" Xenovia and Irina nodded and sprinting after him.
"I'm going after them too!" Kiba said, snapped Kenny out of his ranting, and running after the Exorcists. "I won't let you escape, Valper Galilei!"
"He…hey! Kiba!" Kenny called out to him, as he jumped down from the roof and ran after him, but ended stopping when he passed Koneko, Tsubasa, and Saji and stood in front of them. "Don't kill him, Kiba! I need him alive!"
This was frustrating him. First, Freed was still around and was still a psycho, then Valper tricked the Church into sending those three, and was working for Aku's followers, and now everyone was doing whatever they felt like. The four remaining Devils loosened their battle stances and took a breath.
"Can this get any worse?" Kenny complained.
Then Saji felt the presence of someone behind him, so he turned around to see what it was. The moment he did, his eyes widened. "Uh-oh."
Kenny made a face. "Don't tell me. Rias and Sona are standing right behind us."
"Yep."
"Are they mad at us?"
"Most likely."
"…Bring it on."
They were then inside the building. Rias and Akeno where in front Kenny and Koneko, and Sona and Tsubaki stood in front Saji and Tsubasa. The servant Devils were forced to do seiza in front of them.
"…Destroying Excalibur. You two…" Rias didn't have a pleasant face and she put her hand on her forehead, as she sat on top a table with her legs crossed and Akeno standing next to her. Kenny had explained what had happened, but didn't tell her the part where Valper was working for the First Legion of Darkness. "I know we said we wouldn't intervene, but I would at least want to know what's going on. Therefore, Akeno and Tsubaki will be keeping an eye on them."
"Wait, by themselves," Kenny asked.
"Saji. Tsubasa," Sona said, startling the two after a moment of silence. She looked at them with a cold expression. "You two were doing something like this behind me? You truly are a troublesome kids."
"Auuu…I…I'm sorry Sona…" Saji's face became so blue that it was dangerous. Showing that he was truly scared.
"I'm sorry too," Tsubasa said, more accepting of her punishment.
"So Kiba went after that person called Valper," Rias asked Kenny.
"Yes. I think he's with Father Leonardo Irina and Xenovia…" Kenny said to her. "I think that he's going to call us if something happens…"
"Do you think Kiba, who became so full of revenge, would call us normally?" When Rias asked that, Kenny looked towards his left at Tsubaki. Her attention was caught the moment they started talking about Kiba's well-being, and looked in their direction. The black-haired teen saw the concern the young woman had for the Knight. Rias then turned to the white-haired girl. "Koneko."
"…Yes."
"Why did you do this?"
Koneko closed her eyes. "Because…I don't want Kiba to go away…" Koneko told her true feelings. Rias looked confused rather than angry when she heard that.
Kenny then took a deep breath, and looked back at Rias. "I know you want to stay out of this fight, Rias. But I'm now involved in this, too," he said.
"What?" Rias and Akeno looked stunned at him. "I thought I made it clear that…"
"I know you did, but there's something I just found out tonight," Kenny told her. "Valper is working for the First Legion of Darkness."
"!" This brought out gasps of shock and horror from Rias, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki.
Rias quickly stood up. "Are you sure," she asked, concerned for her samurai.
"He showed me a neckless that was the exact same as that one masked attacker. Valper was also the one who gave Irina and Xenovia the mission to take the Sword after he was able to get back into the Church with some help," he informed the Kings and Queens.
"But didn't the Grand Exorcist say that it was the Fallen Angel, Kokabiel that was stealing the Holy-Swords," Sona asked.
Kenny's eyes widened when a realization hit him, causing him to grab his head. "Oh shit! How could I forget that?" He exclaimed. "Kokabiel is a Fallen Angel leader, too. For all I know, the Fallen Angels are after me!"
"I don't think so," Akeno said. Kenny turned to her, seeing her with a rare serious. "I've done some research on Kokabiel. He's a warmonger who strongly believes that the Fallen Angels are the strongest race and strives to prove it. There's a chance that he's a member of Aku's followers, and that all this was his plan."
Kenny looked downwards, with a frown. That doesn't really make him feel any better about the situation. "Yeah, and now Kiba, Irina, Xenovia, and Father Leonardo are out there and may be fighting against my enemies," he said.
"That's not true," she told him, taking a step towards them. "You're forgetting that Aku's not only your enemy, but ours as well. But saying this when it has already happened won't change anything I guess. I just want you two to remember that what you did could have affected the world of Devils. You understand that, right?"
"Yes. We're sorry, Rias." Koneko and Kenny bowed their heads same time. They understood very well. No, they didn't know how serious it was. Kenny acted while thinking that there was a bit of danger involved. But now things were much more serious than just Freed running around killing people. Now the First Legion was at work again.
SLAP!
The sound caused Kenny to look at the direction it came from.
Saji was on his hands and knees, getting his butt spanked by Sona, while Tsubasa stood next to Tsubaki, looking a little scared. However, Sona's hand had her family's magic circle on it, infusing it with her demonic-power."Looks like you need to reflect upon your actions," the young bespectacled woman said, before spanking her Pawn's ass again.
"Uwaaaaaaan!" Saji cried out in agony. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! Please forgive me, Sona!"
"Not yet. Not until you've had 1000 spankings."
SLAP! SLAP!
Kenny flinched with each spank that echoed in the building. By the looks of it, it seemed quite painful. And when you're a high school student.
"Hey, Kenny. Don't look away," Rias said, getting the boy to look at her again. Now Kenny was worried what she was going to do to them. "I sent my familiar to search for Kiba. When he's located, we'll go to him with the rest of the club members. After that, we'll decide what to do from there. Okay?"
"Yes." Koneko and Kenny replied to her words.
Rias then walked towards them, before kneeling down and pulling them to her in a hug. Kenny could feel Rias' warmth. "You two really are stupid children. Making me worry so much," she said in a gentle voice while she patted their heads. Kenny felt his heart filling with guilt. He didn't want for her or anyone else to get involved in the event that the four of them failed, but in the ended, he's made the woman he loves worry. Kenny wrapped his left arm around her back, glad to be her servant and to have her as his master.
"Uwaaaaaaan! Sonaaaa!" Saji whined with anime tears running down his face. "How come they get hugs and I get my ass beaten!"
SLAP!
"That's them."
SLAP!
"This is us."
SLAP!
"Now Kenny," Rias said, pulling away and standing up. "Show me your bottom."
Kenny looked at her with beady little eyes. "…Huh? Bu…But, Rias…didn't you forgive me…," he asked in a squeaky voice.
Rias smiled with her hand having a crimson colored magic circle. "It's the master's duty to discipline their servants. You're also getting 1000 spankings."
He gulped.
That day, Kenny Kurosawa ass died.
Kenny groaned while rubbing his sore ass. By the time he and Rias arrived home, it was almost midnight, and the moon was high in the sky. They parted ways with Koneko along the way. She was apologizing to Rias until she left. But she seemed like she didn't regret it. The same could be said with Kenny. Also Kiba followed the three members of the Church, so as long as he's with them, he should be fine.
"Well, I'm going to feel that for a while," he groaned, as they walked to the door of the Kurosawa residence. He opened it and the two walked into the house. "We're home!"
"Welcome come home, you two/master!" Asia, Isabela, Xuelan, and Karlamine greeted them in the kitchen and living room.
After entering the living room, Kenny and Rias stopped a gaged at what they were seeing. "…Holy crap…" the black-haired teen said in awe, with his face turning pink, as the four girls were wearing ONLY white aprons. They didn't have any other clothing underneath. No underwear. Asia's may have fitted her nicely, the other three's looked like they were barely able to cover their breasts, and their hips were shown too. Yubelluna remained in her maid outfit.
"You must be exhausted after working so late," Asia said with a smile, as the Knight and Rooks went over to Kenny.
"Here, let us help you get comfortable," said Karlamine with a smile, before proceeding to go behind him and take the shinai bag off his back. Then Isabela walked him front of him, and helped him take off his white dress shirt, as Kenny tried to keep his eyes on her beautiful face. The orange-haired Rook backed away, and Xuelan went low to help him out of his shoes. Again the boy was looking down at her, but tried to keep his eyes on her head and not her cleavage. And also prayed she didn't notice the bulge in his pants.
"We were just about to start cooking," Yubelluna told Kenny and Rias from the kitchen, as her comrades stepped away from them. "Are there any requests you have?"
"Just a question," Kenny said, his blush still showing as he tried to keep his eyes on their faces and not to go downwards. "Why are you girls wearing those outfits?"
"It was all Asia's idea," Isabela told him.
Asia's face went red with embarrassment and said, "…A friend of mine in our class told me that you have to wear nothing under the apron when you work in a kitchen in Japan… Its e…embarrassing…but I have to get used to Japanese culture."
Kenny couldn't believe it. She had started to become an erotic girl because of Rias' influence already. "Asia. Who told you this," he asked her, hoping it wasn't Karen.
"It was my friend, Kiryuu," she said.
"I'm going to have a word with that perverted glasses woman!"
"Why? Doesn't she look cute in it?" Kenny looked to his right and saw Karen sitting on the sofa. How did he not see her there? "Judging by your look, I'd say that your eyes were glued to the three maids, huh," she said with a smirk. "They did all for you, let them. But you know me, I'm definitely supporting these things. All to build up your harem.
Kenny opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Ddraig did say it was going to happen. "You know what, why fight it?"
"…I see. So there was a strategy like that." Rias said with a regretful voice, before smirking. "I'm so proud of you, Asia. Continue this lecherous path, and you're going to become a wickedly sexy Devil."
"Eh!? I don't want to become a wickedly sexy Devil!" Asia replied with a troubled face and teary eyes.
"It's not all that bad," Xuelan told her, placing a hand on Asia's shoulder. "You've already got a great body. Give it some time, and Kenny wouldn't be able to keep his eyes off you."
Kenny's blush reddened. 'What is going on in here?'
"Wait a bit. I will also do the same. Asia, Karlamine, Xuelan, Isabela. You all have done well by making the first move," Rias said before she turned around and left the scene quickly.
"Well, I ate. So I'm going to bed," Karen said before she went after her.
Kenny slouched a little. "Well, that happened," he said.
"Kenny…So you…don't like what I'm wearing or…" Asia asked him with a troubled expression.
"Of course you do, Asia. All five of you are beautiful," Kenny said with a smile, including Yubelluna in the mix. This caused the four in front of him to blushed and smile, while looking shy as well.
The purple-haired woman turned her head towards him too, a little surprised too.
"Look, if those guys from the Church come after you, Asia, I will protect you. I will drive away anything that scares you," Kenny said, telling the small girl his feelings. He then turned to the former Phoenix members. "And I'll say the same for you girls. I'm if you're in trouble, I'll be sure to help and protect you. I'm not Riser, and I don't plan to be like him."
Asia, Xuelan, Karlamine, and Isabela looked at him in amazement. The small blonde then hugged him silently. "I don't regret turning into a Devil," she said in his arms, with a small trembling voice. "I also haven't forgotten my faith to God. But I have gained something more important than my feelings to God. You, Rias, everyone in the club, school friends, Karen, X-9 and Lulu, Xuelan, Karlamine, Isabela, and Yubelluna." Kenny looked down at the top of her head, deeply touched by her words. "Everyone is important to me. I don't want to lose them. I want to be with them forever. I don't want to be alone anymore!"
Before he could start talking to Asia, Xuelan spoke first. "The same could be said for us." Kenny and Asia looked at her, as the young Chinese woman, Isabela, and Karlamine smile at him. "You've been nothing but a great to us. Not as a master, but as a person. We know that you didn't want maids, but we really enjoy it." They then went to him and hugged him too.
Despite feeling their breasts pressing against him, Kenny was touched by their words too, and wanted to hug them back, but stopped. They were all only wearing an apron to cover their fronts, so their backs and round bottoms were exposed. Deciding not to overstep anything, he was about to do his best to wrap his arms around the four girls when Rias' voice was heard.
"Kenny! I have also worn it!" She said, getting everyone in the area's attention. Rias was standing there with nothing on but a pink apron with white laces and a heart where her breast were. "What do you think?"
Kenny looked at her with wide eyes that sparkled and a little bit of blood dripping from his nose. "…Wow…"
Dinner was quickly made by the combined efforts of Rias, Asia, and the Phoenix maids. Kenny was surprised that they were able to get along so nicely, despite the fact that the maids were once apart of Riser's team. But he figured that after a while and getting to know a little bit about them, Rias became more comfortable with them. That was a positive thing, and made life in the small house all the more smoother.
After eating dinner, they washed all the dishes. Kenny helped them, feeling that if he was going to get any chance to talk to Rias, it was after they were done. "Okay, that's the last of them," he said, wiping his hands on his pants.
"I'm going to go take a shower," Asia said, before turning and heading for the stairs.
"I should take one after her," Rias said, and was about to go when Kenny ceased the opportunity.
"Actually, Rias…Do you…mind if we had a talk? In private," he asked.
Rias stopped and looked at him in confusion. She saw the look in his eyes and could see a hint of nervousness in them. It made her all the more curious and a little concern for the black-haired boy. She nodded and went to him, stopping a few feet in front of him.
Kenny looked at the four maids and silently asked them with his if they could leave them. Looking at them, before shifting his eyes towards the stairs. Seeing that it was going to be a personal discussion, Yubelluna herded the others out and up the stair.
Once they were all gone and no one was in the room, Kenny faced Rias. An awkward moment of silence filled the kitchen, as he turned to think of how to start this.
"Is there something wrong, Kenny," she asked, feeling worried for her cute samurai's silence.
"No! No, I'm good," he replied instantly. "I just…don't know how to start this."
"Start what?"
Kenny took in a deep breath. It was now or never. "Rias. These past few months, you and everyone, have been the best moments of my life," he started. "You know, I found out so much about myself, met so many great people. Including you, of all else."
Rias giggled with a timid look, blushing a little. "Thank you, Kenny. That's sweet."
"No, thank you, Rias. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be here. I wouldn't have found out about my destiny and my duty. You gave me a second chance, when I didn't think I could have one." Kenny got closer to her, making Rias look at him with wide eyes. "You're special to me, Rias. More than you can possibly image."
"Kenny…"
"We've known each other for mouths. We've slept in the same bed, and fought our enemies together. And I…" he paused for a moment. There was no turning back. "I want to be more than your servant."
Rias looked at him with hopeful eyes. Was this it? Was he really going to ask? "What are you say," she asked in a soft tone.
"What I'm asking is…will you go on a date with me, Rias Gremory?"
There it was. He said it. He's finally asked the girl of his dreams on a date. Rias stared at him with her eyes still as wide as they could be. They sparkled with happiness, as a smile appeared on her face and a single tear escaped her left eye. The boy of her dreams finally asked her on a date. To him, she only had one response.
"I…"
KA-BOOM!
The house was shaken by the power of the explosion that came out of nowhere. Startled and scared by it, Kenny and Rias looked towards the stairs where they heard the detonation.
"What the hell was that?" Rias exclaimed.
"Let's find out!" Kenny didn't waste any time and ran past her towards the stairs. Rias followed after him. Once they reached the second story, Kenny made a sharp right down the corridor and stopped at the Phoenix maids' bedroom door. He knocked frantically on it. "Girl! Girls, are you—"
The door opened and he was given a face full of Yubelluna's breast.
The purple-haired woman yelped and back away, blushing in embarrassment while covering her breast with her arms. "Just what the fuck do you think you're…HEY!" Yubelluna sounded upset when Kenny quickly turned and ran down the hallway. He was stopped by X-9 stepping out his room with his pistols out and armed.
Asia, wearing only a towel to cover herself, quickly opened the door with a frightened and worried look. "What was that," she asked.
"It came for Karen's room," X-9 said, pointing towards the closed door of the Kurosawa sibling's room.
Kenny's heart sank. "No! Karen!" He rushed to the door.
"Kenny, wait a minute!" Rias called to him, but it fell deaf to him.
With his Sword out and ready, Kenny body-checked into the door, while turning the knob, opening the door before it hit the wall with a bang! He gasped when he saw the destruction done to the room. The first thing to notice was that the back wall was gone, destroyed in the explosion, and the outside was shown with the moon being seen. The areas on the right and left walls, floor, and ceiling that were near the destroyed wall were scorched, all the furniture was either flipped over or destroyed. But most of all, Karen was nowhere to be seen.
"Holy shit," he said.
The others entered the room and were shocked by the state it was in too. "What happened here," Isabela asked.
Kenny looked around frantically for his sister. "Where's Karen," he asked. But then, Devils all felt an enormous pressure they've had never felt before. Rias ran in front of them and went to the edge of the opening.
She gasped. "Oh no!"
Kenny went to where she was and looked down. There was someone down there on the street. He squinted his eyes, and then they widened in shock and anger. "You son of a bitch," he hissed.
It was Freed.
"Well, well, well~ Would you look at what we have here," the boy priest said with his tongue out. "So this is where you…" He didn't get the time to finish by what happened next.
"YOU SHITTY PRIEST!" Kenny roared in fury after jumping out of the opening in the house, Promoted to Knight, and speed towards him. He raised the Sword up, and brought it down on Freed but the psychopath jumped back, resulting in the ancient blade cutting into the ground when he landed.
"Kenny, stop!" Rias exclaimed with a voice filled with concern and clicked her fingers. This caused her, Asia, and the Phoenix maids' uniforms to appear on them, before they quickly flew down to the ground where Kenny was at. X-9 went out the easier way by turning around and went towards the front door.
"Yaho! Kenny. Looks like you guys are in a bad mood." Kenny glared hatefully at the grinning Exorcist. As he shared at him, Freed saw the Devils and X-9 went to his side. His eyes saw Asia and he grinned widened. "Asia Argento," he said, getting her to flinch. "The traitor nun who gave her soul to the Devils. Tell me, how much do you love your new life as Devil scum?"
He started laughing. Asia looked troubled and frightened by the sight of him and his words. However, she felt a hand on her comforting hand on her shoulder. The young blonde Bishop looked to the person and saw it was Yubelluna, who glared at the boy priest with her scepter ready for battle.
"Cut the crap, Freed," Kenny snapped in rage, but he just shook his shoulder with a laugh. He stood upright and activated his Gear before standing in a fighting stance. "Where's Karen? What did you do to my sister!?"
"I didn't do anything," Freed said with an exaggerated shrug. Kenny growled through his clenched teeth, wanting to make the madman tell him where Karen was. However, he also wondered if that pressure from before coming from him. It wasn't. He could feel something weird from the rogue, but that was it. The heavy pressure surpassed that of a High-class Devil.
"She's right here," said a new voice from up above. Kenny looked and was shocked to see a Fallen Angel unlike any he's seen before floating in the sky with the moon behind him. This Fallen Angel was a man that had the appearance of a young man with black hair and pointy ears. He wore a black robe with detailed accessories. However, what surprised him the most was that the man possessed five pairs of black wings. Making for a total of ten.
However, he held his left arm out while holding something up. Kenny's eyes widened when it was Karen, being held by the Fallen Angel by her left arm.
"KAREN!"
She didn't respond. Karen was unconscious.
"This is our first time meeting, daughter of the House of Gremory. The crimson hair is beautiful. It reminds me of your brother that I hate enough to make me want to vomit," he gave such a provocative speech, but they could feel hatred coming from his words, as he grinned sinisterly and his red eyes glowed. Rias stared at him with a cold face. The Fallen Angel then turned his gaze towards Kenny, and his Sword. "And you must be Kenny Kurosawa, descendent of the legendary Samurai Jack. It's an honor to meet you both."
If Kenny had to make a guess, he'd say this man was Kokabiel. However, his attention was caught when Karen started to squirm, while starting to regain consciousness. "Karen!"
The youngest Kurosawa sibling opened her eyes slightly, cringing from the pain she felt by a headache. Afterwards, however, once she saw that she was in the air, Karen looked at Kenny and the other in shock. "Kenny!" she exclaimed, before Kokabiel brought her close to his face.
"Do be quiet when the adults are talking," he said with a toothy grin, "or I'll have the pleasure of tearing your pathetic human body apart."
Kenny was about to give in to his urges and attack Kokabiel right then and there for kidnapping his sister. However, he was stopped by Rias placing a hand on his shoulder and walking forward in front of them. "The pleasure is all mine, I'm sure, Kokabiel," She said to him with a confident expression, but there was definitely again in her tone. "And my name is Rias Gremory. I will also add one more thing. We and the House of Gremory are closest to one of the Four Great Satans, and also the furthest from it. If you are here to discuss about politics with me, then it's no use. Not after you kidnapped Karen."
"Then accept this as a gift." Kokabiel moved his right arm out from behind his robe, showing he was carrying another person. He then threw this person at them.
Kenny reacted immediately and tried to catch it. He succeeded, but was shocked and horrified to see that the person who dropped into his arms was Irina. She was covered in blood, breathing heavily, and her whole body was covered in wounds. "H…hey Irina!" Even though he called her, she reacted painfully and didn't respond.
"She came into my base. So I gave her a welcome. Well, I couldn't catch the other three." Kokabiel said it with a laugh.
"Irina, no!" Karen shouted for the chestnut-haired girl.
"Asia!" Kenny put Irina on the ground, and made Asia heal her. There was a green light coming out of the blonde's body, which covered Irina. Irina's expression started to soften and she started to breathe gently. However, Kenny noticed that she didn't have her Excalibur.
"I wouldn't do something as stupid as talking with a Satan," Kokabiel continued to talk without a care. "Well, if I rape and kill his little sister, then Sirzechs' anger will be pointed towards me. That won't be bad."
Rias glared at Kokabiel with disdainful eyes. "…So what is your motive for contacting me?"
Kokabiel answered her question with joy, "I will be rampaging in this town using your base, Kuou Academy, as the starting point. Then Sirzechs will also appear, right?"
This shocked Kenny, Asia, and the Phoenix maids. Rias was also taken back, too, but kept herself under control. "If you do something like that, the War between God, Fallen-Angels and Devils will begin again you know?"
"And what does that have to do with my sister," Kenny demanded, standing up from his kneeling. "She has nothing to do with this."
Kokabiel chuckled. "That's what I'm wishing for. I thought that Michael would start a War if I steal the Excalibur, but what he sent were grunt Exorcists, two holy-sword wielders, and their Grand Exorcist. It's boring. I'm really bored indeed! That's why I'm going to rampage at Sirzech's sister's base. See? It looks fun, right?"
"So that's it, huh," Karen asked with hatred, getting in on the action, as she struggled to get him to release her. "Piss off the Head-Honchos so you can get your sick kicks?"
Kokabiel laughed with joy. "Yeah. That's it! I was bored and bored after the war between the three sides!" He proclaimed sinisterly. "Azazel and Shamza weren't that keen on the next war. They then started to collect something boring like Sacred Gear and started to do some weird research. Something useless like that won't be of any use to us! Well, it's a different story if it's a 'Boosted Gear' like you have, Kurosawa. But it's not something you can find so easily."
Kenny glowed and gripped the Sword tightly. He remembered hearing about that name, Azazel. Back when he was fighting Raynare.
"At least I'm not interested in it. But Azazel might be. His collection hobby is crazy," Kokabiel then said. "Either way, I'm going to be starting a battle involving the holy-swords, Rias Gremory. For starting a war! A school where both little sisters of Sirzech's and Leviathan's go to. It must be filled with demonic-powers so that I can enjoy the chaos! It's also the best place to release the real power of Excaliburs! It's a good place for the battlefield."
Kenny's glared narrowed.
"Hyahahaha!" Freed laughed with his tongue out. "Isn't my boss the best? His craziness is the best. So I'm also eager to do it. He even gives me treats like this." He then took out was another Excalibur. He had one of them in each hand, while also have two of them on his hips. "The one on the right is 'Excalibur Rapidly'. The one on the left is 'Excalibur Nightmare'. The one on my hip is 'Excalibur Transparent'. I also received 'Excalibur Mimic' from the girl over there! I also feel like getting 'Excalibur Destruction' that the other girl has and The Grand Exorcist's 'Excalibur Blessing'. Hyaa! Am I the first person in the World to be in possession of this many Excaliburs? I also received an element from the geezer Valper that allows me to wield holy-swords. Right now I'm in a hyper mode that allows me to wield all of them, you know? I'm invincible! I'm wonderful! I'm the strongest! Hyahahahahahahahaha!"
"And to answer your earlier question, Kurosawa," Kokabiel said, holding Karen out in front of him. "You're most likely aware of the fact that I'm a member of the First Legion of Darkness. Valper never could keep his mouth shut."
Kenny's eyes widened. 'Don't tell me he's…'
"All of this can end if you do one simple thing: hand over the Sword, and your sister lives."
The moment was tense, as Rias, Asia, Yubelluna, Xuelan, Karlamine, and Isabela gasped in shock. Even X-9 was surprised by the demands and aimed his guns at Kokabiel. He didn't fire on him, however. Karen was being used as a human shield.
Karen looked down at her brother with a conflicted expression. She could see the anger and anxiousness on his face, and it made what she was about to do one of the scariest moments of her life. She begged God over whoever would listen that it would be okay in the end. "Kenny," she said, almost pleading. "I just want to say I'm sorry."
"It's okay, Karen," Kenny replied was a supportive look, trying to help her no be frightened. "I'll get you out of this, I promise."
"I know, but…I just want you to know that no matter what happens, I'm your sister and I'll always love you," she said with a few tears leaking out of her ear. Kenny was confused and concerned for Karen, now. Why would she act like she was afraid of something? Something other than about to be killed by a Fallen Angel. Why would she say something like that? It started to scare him.
"This is boring," Kokabiel groaned.
Karen wiped her tears away with her free arm, before taking a deep breath. Putting on a defiant face, the Kurosawa sibling angled her body so that she could at least face the Fallen Angel. "Sorry, Kokabiel, but I'm not planning on dying tonight. And he's not giving you anything," she said, before smirk. "But thanks for the confession. I'm sure Azazel would love to hear it."
The Fallen Angel looked a little taken back by this. "What do mea—"
FLAP!
A pair of black crow wings sprouted out of Karen's back.
STAB!
"GAH!" Kokabiel yelled out in pain when Karen placed her fist on the arm holding her and conjured a purple Spear of Light that was no longer than 12 inches, causing it to stab into him.
"!" Rias, Asia, Yubelluna, Xuelan, Karlamine, Isabela, X-9, and Freed stared at her in shock.
As for Kenny, time seemed to just slow down for him. The black-haired teen stared at the two wings coming out of her and the Spear of Light in shock and awe. He couldn't believe it. Also didn't want to believe it. But no matter what, he was looking at reality.
Karen, his sister, was a Fallen Angel.
"Now, let. Me! GO!" Karen kicked her feet into Kokabiel's stomach, causing the warmonger to grunt as his grip on her loosened. This gave the sibling the chance to yank her arm out of his hand.
She quickly dived downwards and placed herself between her brother and friends and Freed, who looked at her in shock. "What the fuck?"
With a serious scowl, Karen launched herself forward at him with a single flap of her wings.
POW!
Jumping off her feet, she sent her foot in the madman's stomach. All the air was knocked out of Freed, as he was sent flying backwards. His body bounced painfully off the ground, before he came to a halt.
Just then, two portals, one red and the other blue appeared behind the Devils and X-9. Everyone but Kenny turned around to see who it was. Coming out of the red portal was Akeno and Koneko, and coming out of the blue one was Sona, Tsubaki, and Saji. "We felt the disturbance, Rias," Akeno told her master, as the two new groups ran over to the first one. "What's—"
Their attention was caught by the sound a sinister laughter. As Freed picked himself up, Karen looked upward at Kokabiel, who was rubbing the wound she gave him with an evil grin. She was surprised that he didn't look hurt at all by it. "Oh, now this is very interesting," he said.
"One of the leaders of the Fallen Angels," Sona asked in astonishment. "What's he doing here?"
"He was going to use Kenny's sister, Karen, as a bargaining chip," Rias said, staring at the young girl with a troubled expression. The new arrivals all looked at Karen and were shocked to see the wings of a Fallen Angel.
"You have a sister," Saji asked.
"Is that her," Tsubaki asked.
"What's going on," Akeno demanded, seeming to be upset. "Why does she have those wings?"
Kokabiel chuckled for a moment. "So you're the one I've heard so much about," he said to Karen. "Azazel seems to have taken a proud pride in you, girl."
"Azazel," Asia asked, still trying to heal Irina, but to no avail. Tsubaki passed through the maids and kneeled down on the other side of the injured girl and picked her up. She was going to have to move her to a different location for proper treatment.
"That's right, he's the Governor of the Fallen Angels," Rias explained.
Karen smirked. "Yeah, the boss does seem to give me special privileges," she said, before pulling out her phone. This should get him to stand down. "And I wonder how he'll react when he finds out you're—"
She stopped talking when the phone was stabbed by Freed, who looked between gleeful and furious. "You're not calling anyone, little girl," he said, yanking the phone out of her hand with the sword still stabbed into it. "YOU'LL PAY FOR HARMING ME!"
Karen flapped her wings and sent herself backwards quickly, before Freed could cut her with his other sword. The young girl landed a few feet away with her back facing the Devils.
"Even if you could contact Azazel, it would be meaningless," Kokabiel said. "And without you to get the Sword from your brother, I've got no other choice. But it doesn't matter. I'm happy it would happen like this."
"What are you planning to do with the Excaliburs!?" Karen demanded, conjuring another Spear.
Kokabiel moved his ten black wings and moved his body in the direction of the school. "Hahaha! Let's have a War! Little sister of Sirzech Lucifer, Rias Gremory! Successor of Samurai Jack, Kenny Kurosawa!"
Freed took out an item from his clothing and threw it to the ground. It was another flashbang. Then it when off, the heroes' sight were taken away for a while, but by the time it returned Kokabiel and Freed were gone.
Karen sighed in frustration and dropped her Spear. The short weapon disappeared before it touched the ground. "Damnit. He got away," she whispered.
"Karen…?"
The sound of disbelief coming from Kenny's voice made Karen gasped and her eyes widened. He was still behind her. She wanted to tell him not to sound like that, but the girl couldn't say it. She couldn't even stand to look at him in the eyes, very much afraid of what would happen if she does.
"What is the meaning of this, Karen?!" Rias demanded with a glare. "Why are you…?" When a familiar blue metal hand was placed on her shoulder, she stopped and looked at X-9. The machine shook his head at her with a stern look in his red eyes.
Kenny continued to share at his sister with eyes filled with disbelief. So many mixed emotions were going on within him and so many questions popped in his head. His sister was a Fallen Angel! How do you react to something like that?
"Well?" Kenny was a little startled when Karen asked that. She continued to look away from him, and faced her back towards him and the others. "Aren't you going to say something?"
"You…You're a Fallen Angel," he asked after a moment.
Karen shrugged her shoulders. "That's right," she said casually, moving her shoulders to look at her wings. Trying to play things off. "Pretty cool, huh? The wings are awesome, right?"
"What the hell, Karen," he exclaimed angrily, as his emotions started pouring out. "How could you be a Fallen Angel!? Do you know what they did to Asia and me?! Are you even—"
"Am I WHAT?!" Karen finally turned around when she snapped at him. Kenny was startled by her as she glared at him with watery eyes. "Am I even your sister!?" She marched over to him. "Is that what you were going to ask me?! I know that one of the powers of a Fallen Angel is that you can change and manipulate a person memories, but you should know that I would never do that!" She stopped a couple feet in front of him, glaring up at his shocked face. "I'm not a Fallen Angel by birth. I was reincarnated when I was dying, like you."
This made everyone present gasped in shock. "…What," Kenny asked with widened eyes.
Karen shared at him for a moment, before feeling tears starting to come out. She wiped her eyes with her arm and looked down. She then started telling the truth. "It all began the night you battle the X-Models…"
—(flashback)—
In the Kurosawa residence that night, the sound of heavy, struggling breathing was heard in the living room area.
Karen was the one breathing heavily. All the lights were turned off, the windows and the opened front door were able to provide light in. She held back the tears that were caused by pain inflicted on her.
Karen was lying on her back, cringing in pain, as she held her bleeding stomach, where she was stabbed. The intruder who stabbed her stood over her.
The person was a woman, and she a member of the First Legion. Just like the Killer that Kenny would fight, she wore a kabuki mask, had her arms, hands, and fingers covered in bandages with black arm bracers, a long pair of black hakama that covered her feet, held in place by a white sash that held one of her two swords at her waist, and neckless with a wooden Aku head. She also had a white bandage wrapped around her chest to cover them, and black hair tied in a ponytail.
"…W-Why…" Karen asked, trying to push past the pain. Her blood started to spread on the floor. "…Why are…you doing this? I-I never did…anything to you…"
"Your life can't not be allowed to live," the intruder said, looking down at Karen with one of her swords in her hand. "Especially your brother's. As long as your family remains, the Sword would have a wielder, and Aku would not want that."
Karen raised her head off the ground a little. "A-Aku…" she struggled to ask.
"That's right." The intruder then raised her sword over her head. Preparing to end the young girl's life. "Now you'll—"
STAB!
A Spear of Light suddenly comes out from between the woman's breasts as it stabbed her through the back. Killed instantly, the intruder fell over and collapsed on the ground.
Losing consciousness and with vision starting to blur Karen looked at the doorway, and saw a man standing there.
"Well, isn't this a mess," the man said, walking towards the dying girl. "Didn't think that they would be bold enough to try and come after you."
Karen raised a bloody hand off her wound reached for the man. She tried to speak, but was too weak to make words, only grunts and moans of pain. Blood started to build up in her mouth, making her couch it up.
"Don't worry. I won't let you die. It would be trouble if you did. Plus, it'll give me a chance to try this puppy out." The man pulled out something from his clothing.
Due to her blurring vision, Karen wasn't able to see what it was. Nor was she able to ask what it was. She felt herself slipping.
"I don't have time to explain. Just…you know, lay still." The man then threw what he had and it landed on Karen's chest. She was able to look at it and saw it was a Mahjong tile.
Too weak to keep herself alive, Karen's head fell back and started to close her eyes.
"3…2…1"
The Mahjong piece glowed and entered into Karen's body. The stab wound grounded and closed. A moment later, Karen jolted up and gasped loudly as life was returned to her. Patted herself, she was amazed that that happened. So, does that mean she's a Devil like her brother, too?
Just then, her cell phone started ringing. Reaching into her pocket, she pulled out the phone and looked at the man. He gestured for her to continue, and so she pressed the answer button and placed the phone to her ear. "…Hello?"
"Hey Karen, it's me."
"Kenny? It's late at night," Karen said on the phone. "Where are you?"
"I'm downtown."
This made her raised her eyebrow. "What do you mean? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Listen, I probably wouldn't be coming home tonight."
"Why not? Are you in trouble?"
"No, it's just a strange client's request. I just wanted to call you to let you know and to not worry about me."
Karen paused for a moment. That was a lie and she could tell by the tone in his voice. "…Easier said than done," she said. "B-but anyway, just…come home safe and sound, okay?"
"I promise. I love you Karen."
"Me too, Kenny." The call ended and Karen looked at the phone's screen. She wanted to tell him that she was a Devil too, but first she needed to know about her master. "So, you a Devil, huh."
The man chuckled before smirking at her. "Close, but not I'm no Devil."
"…What?"
The man smiled, before twelve jet-black feathered wings opened from his back. This startled Karen and she quickly stood up, backing away from him a little.
"Nice to meet you. I'm Azazel, Governor General of the Fallen Angels and Grigori."
—(flashback ends)—
"…So that's how I became a Fallen Angel," Karen finished with a shrug. The Devils all looked at her with widened eyes of shock and sadness. "Azazel explained that I was the first Fallen Angel to ever be reincarnated. I agreed to join him because I saw it as a chance to be able to help and protect you, just like you do with me."
Kenny looked at her sadly. How could he even think about questioning if she was his sister? "Why didn't you tell me," he asked.
"I was scared of what you would do," she said, her eyes started to water up again. "I know you don't like Fallen Angels for what they did to you and Asia." Karen shut her eyes as she started to softly sob. "I was afraid that you won't love me anymore."
"No, no!" Kenny got on one knee and pulled her into a hug, which she returned tightly. At first, it was hard to hold her the way he wanted to, but then her wings went away, allowing him to do just that. Kenny then pulled away from the hug, looking at her in the eyes. Placing his hands on her cheeks, he used his thumb to wipe away the tears. "It's true that I not too fond of Fallen Angels, but Karen, like you said, you're my sister. I could never stop loving you."
Karen gasped and her tears built up again. Filled with happiness and relief, she jumped into his arms again and hugged him.
"Never," Kenny said, returning the hug.
Rias and her peerage, Sona and her peerage, the Phoenix maids, and X-9 smiled at the heart warming scene.
Asia wiped away her tears, as Saji was balling his eyes out comically. "Damnit! I never knew you were such a good brother, Kurosawa," he exclaimed with sparkles in his eyes.
"That's what to expect from my cute samurai," Rias said with a proud smile, as Akeno stood behind her on her right side. The black-haired beauty stared at the two siblings in wonder, with a light flush on her cheeks. This boy—this man still loved his sister, even though she was now a Fallen Angel. Akeno admiration and feelings for Kenny increased by his words.
But Karen was his sister. Would he also accept him if he knew the truth?
After having their moment, the Kurosawa sibling's pulled away from each other and Kenny stood up. "We've got a bigger problem now," Karen said seriously. "Kokabiel as the power to destroy this tower, and he'll do it without a second's hesitation."
Kenny stared at her for a moment, before turning his body to the side and looked at Rias. The crimson-haired Devil smiled at him and nodded. "I say we go to the school, and grant Kokabiel his wish," he said with a smirk.
Karen looked at him in confusion. "Huh?"
"He wants a war? Then we'll give him a war!"
To Be Continued…
{Playing Shine by Mr. Big}
[Instrumentals] The opening fades into the inside of a room and focuses on an accordion-book that was open all the way onto a table.
[I never really feel quite right] The scene then fades to show the beginning of the book, before moving to the left, as it showed the pictures in it. The first of the pictures was of Kenny and Karen smiling in front of their new home.
[And I don't know why, all I know is something's wrong] As the camera moved, showing the rest of the photos, it then showed a picture of Kenny looking sideways at the camera, wearing a black hooded jacket with a lollipop in his mouth. The next picture showed Rias looking into the bright blue sky from the window of the old school building.
[Every time I look at you, you seem so alive] The next picture showed both Akeno and Asia, each in their gym clothing, practicing magic. The one after that was of Kiba as he smiled sheepishly at a group of girls that had hearts in their eyes.
[Tell me how do you do it, walk me through it] After that, Koneko was seen in a picture, looking really annoyed and embarrassed while wearing cat pajamas. Then Isabella, Xuelan, Karlamine, and Yubellune were seen looking through the window of a shop.
[I'm following every footstep] X-9's picture, while holding up Lulu in his palm, was shown giving a peace sign to the viewer.
[Maybe on your own you take a conscious step] The next picture was of Sona and her peerage walking down the hall. The picture next and under it was of Sona being hugged by Serafall, much to her embarrassment.
[Do you wanna give it up? All that I want…] The next picture was of Kenny, smiling to the camera as he wore the samurai armor before the Rating Game. The photo after that was Grayfia watching over an injured Kenny with a hand on his head.
[Is for you to SHINE~] The photo after that showed Kenny challenging Riser to his dual.
[SHINE~ down on me] The next photo was of Rias and Akeno playing tennis against Sona and Tsubaki.
[SHINE on this life that's burning out] A photo after that showed Xenovia naked, as she posed sexily for the camera. The one underneath it show Rias and Asia running to stop her.
[SHINE~] Irina is shown in a church praying.
[SHINE~ down on me] The photo after that showed the wooden Aku medallion.
[SHINE on this life that's burning out] Fading away from that one photo, the scene changed to show the last picture in the book. Kenny is shown sleeping in bed, surrounded by the sleeping, naked bodies of Rias, Asia, Akeno, Koneko, Xenovia, Irina, Sona, Tsubasa, Yubelluna, Isabela, Karlamine, Xuelan, Serafall, and Kiyome.
[SHINE~] A hand then closes the accordion book.
Narrator: "On the next episode of The Red Dragon Samurai…."
Rias: "But believe me, I will not us to die today."
Kiba: "I'm a survivor of the Holy-Sword Project?"
Akeno: "Don't speak his name. I AM NOTHING LIKE THAT CREATOR!"
Narrator: "The Red Dragon Samurai. Updates coming soon."
Kenny: "That may be true, but I'll never stop fighting!"
Narrator: "Only on Fanfiction."
AN:
I'm sorry, but you know I have to work on the next one after this.
I was working on the next chapter of "Become ONE", but then I was really wanting to work on this story just to bring you the plot twist with Karen and also because of High School DxD: HERO.
I will work on "Become ONE" again, right after the next episode of this story.
Also, I saw episode 0 of the new season and…it was a joke. I didn't like it. At all. If it was what actually happened in the light novels, I don't care! I didn't need to see Issei singing like an idiot!
Key difference in this story:
1: The First Legion of Darkness. So the First Legion is back at it again, and it turns out Kokabiel is a part of it. Should that be that big of a surprise? And with him comes Valper, who we also learn that he was inspired by the Sword to create the Holy-Sword Project. If you know how Jack's Sword was created, then you probably have a good idea on how he was inspired to use human test subjects.
2: Kenny asked Rias on a date. This one was fairly simple, and it was added in because I know you guys wanted the story to have lemons in it. So…well…after the date…put two and two together. But don't worry, that episode will have an important plot point in it, and not just be them on their date and the lemon.
3. Karen is a FALLEN ANGEL! Didn't see that coming, huh? I thought about this a while back and I loved the idea of it. For a while, Karen's always been the supportive sister who teases her brother about his love life and…that was it. I wanted Karen to have more of an importance to the story.
And so, I made her a Fallen Angel.
Now I have done some research and found out that Fallen Angels couldn't make humans into one of them like Devils and Angels, so I decided to change that with Karen. Making her the first to be reincarnated. At first, I was going to something like a Poker chip for the "Evil Piece" thing to turn her, but then I found out that Fallen Angel like the game of Mahjong and chose to use that game for her.
IMPORTANT! Now I got something to talk about and it has to do with My Hero Academia.
I…don't know what to actually crossover with this series. I haven't been keeping up with it because of school and other things, but I do want to make a Fanfic on the series. At first, I was going to crossover with Jurassic Park, but decide not to.
Do you have any ideas what I should crossover with it? Or do you think I should just have My Hero Academia as just a fanfic?
That's it for now. Please be sure to favorite and follow if you like the series. If you already have, then please leave a review on the episode, and PM me on anything if you wish. Thank you for reading and have a good day.
