Dragon of the Elements

by Draconis678

After observing him fighting against the Demon King of his world, Lucifer Sirzechs brings a demon by the name of Kenshin to Kuoh where he soon passes out from his injuries, he is reincarnated as a Devil by Rias who reincarnated the soul he just took in. How will this new twist affect the world around him, and did his family have history in this world? He would soon find out.

67. The Limits of Love and Hate

Draconis: Alright, let's see if I can get this out faster than the last chapter.

Kenshin: Eh, probably not.

Draconis: Ah? (pauses) Fuck you Kenshin.

Kenshin: Neh heh heh.

Forbesii: Do you really think you can defeat me?

Kenshin: (smirks) Dunno, do YOU really think YOU can defeat Satan level devils and other high levels, the former Governor of the Fallen Angels, the Two Heavenly Dragons, A Dragon Queen and your ex Queen now that their all wise to your bullshit?

Forbesii: Didn't help the others.

Draconis: Gentlemen, back to your corners. Also, on the day I started typing this, Dragon of the Elements was started two years ago.

Kenshin: Yeah what was just intended to be a pet project became his main focus.

Draconis: Yeah Yeah. Let's get started.

Dragon of the Elements.

Chapter 67

The Limits of Love and Hate.

Draconis: Beg-

Kenshin: Hey can I get in on this one?

Draconis: ...Ah what the hell, everyone join in.

Everyone: Begin!

(start)

Alice finally arrived at the capitol, she tracked down Kazumi's signature and teleported behind her. "You, scout, Kazumi was it?"

"Ah? !" Kazumi jumped and turned to her. "O-Oh...A-Alice-Sama, please don't scare me like that."

"My apologies." Alice said. "What's it looking like out there?"

"Well Kenshin went down, and then got back up, but most of our main forces have incurred numerous losses. Tamamo-San is the only one of the Heavenly Knights left standing, Akatama is the only Cardinal still on his feet and our devil force has basically been cut in half." Kazumi said.

"I'm not surprised, are they being pulled from the battlefield?" Alice asked.

"Slowly, They must be careful, Forbesii is still being fought close by." Kazumi said.

"I figured. Give me a screen to look at so I don't have to hang over your shoulder. I need to time when I go down there myself." Alice said.

"Yo-Yourself? But Alice-Sama if you..." Kazumi said.

"I know, but this is ultimately my fault, letting things get this bad...and I'm sick of sitting in the back, if I fall...as long as that bastard is taken down as well...I'll be happy and the line of succession will progress." Alice said.

"Alright." Kazumi said handing her a screen.

"Also, push me through to Kenshin." Alice said.

"On it." Kazumi said.

"Hn?" Kenshin said glancing over at the communication circle. "What is it Kazumi? I'm kinda busy."

"Kenshin." Alice said.

"Alice...you being here must mean that you defeated your mother...you have my deepest condolences." Kenshin said.

"Stow them for now, what are you doing?" Alice asked.

"The Spirit of Destruction, the Yonseirei and I are trying to meld our powers together with the former." Kenshin said. "I'm also letting the former devour my dragon body as we speak."

"Jeez this thing is filling." Yuurei said.

"Not now Yuurei, focus." Kenshin said.

"Yeah Yeah." Yuurei said.

"Are you sure you should do that? The ability to transform is part of your heritage." Alice said.

"The dragon body was already dead. Yuurei's just adding it's power to his own at this point." Kenshin said. "Now if you'll excuse me."

(Break)

With Yukari and the others.

"Haaa!" Yukari slashed down at Forbesii who blocked it with a barrier. "Zero Radius Katensho!"

"..." Forbesii said nothing as he and Yukari were engulfed in an explosion.

"Wind Blades!" Akatama shouts slashing his polearm outward, scattering the smoke.

"Heat Pin." Forbesii said extending his hand toward the burst of wind, firing a concentrated burst of heated wind to scatter the blades.

"Haa!" Xenovia shouts, slashing Ex-Durandal down at Forbesii, releasing a massive burst of holy aura.

"The previous holy sword wielder claimed his blade was capable of stronger holy force." Forbesii said. "And I already bested him."

"Krh!" Xenovia growled.

"Lightning!"

"Gh!" Forbesii growled as Light element thunder magic hit him square in the back. He threw Xenovia off and turned. "Holy Dragon Missile!" Forbesii shouts, slashing the Sword of God at Akeno.

"Hnnn!" Akeno blocked the attack with one of her own, but it was clear she was quickly losing ground.

Suddenly a spear of light pierced the holy dragon and caused it to implode on itself. "H...Huh?" Akeno said panting heavily.

"Don't worry, I got you." Azazel said slinging her arm over his shoulder.

"I'm...fine..." Akeno said.

"...Heh, You are really a lot like your old man, he never listened to me when I told him he's had it either." Azazel said.

"I...actually have an idea here. I'm going to need everyone's help." Akeno said.

"Alright, but succeed or fail, I want you off the battlefield, I'll be taking your place." Azazel said. "You're basically my niece and I'd never forgive myself if I let you die here."

"I will." Akeno nodded before opening communications with Akatama, Xenovia and Yukari. "Everyone, I have an idea to strike him, but I need your help."

"I'm listening." Yukari said before moving to dodge multiple stabs from Forbesii.

"Go ahead Akeno-San."Akatama said moving to slash Forbesii down the back, only for the Demon King to turn and block him, knocking him backward. "Gh!" He growled and continued to pursue him.

"What is it?" Xenovia asked.

"I need you all, and Azazel who is up here with me to strike him as hard as you can, try to break that barrier." Akeno said. "Then I'll strike with my strongest attack."

"But wouldn't the holy element of your holy lightning just go past the barrier?" Xenovia asked.

"The real force is in what gets blocked." Akeno said.

"I see." Yukari said. "Akatama, on me!"

"Right!" Akatama said leaping over Forbesii, his polearm surrounded in the elements. "This is no where near what they can do, but still, I have to try!" He thought as he threw the polearm at Forbesii. "Elemental Piercer!"

"..." Forbesii raised his barrier and blocked it, but he noticed cracks in his barrier developing. "So they've stopped holding back, but that too is folly, one slip up and their finished." He thought.

"Huuuraaahhh! !" Yukari charged forward, her swords sheathed, but elemental mana surrounding her fists.

"!" Forbesii's eyes widened marginally at this. "That mana...it's on the level of Kenshin's Vessel!" He thought.

"Take this! Elemental Spica!" Yukari shouts. Her fists slamming against the barrier one after the other, again and again.

"I see, she charged that much of it so she could use it continuously!" Forbesii thought seeing more cracks developing in his barrier.

"Xenovia! It's now or never, learn to reign in the sword's aura, even just a little bit!" Yukari said.

"Hrn!" Xenovia grunted as Ex Durandal glew brightly. "Get clear!" She shouts, taking off toward Forbesii.

"!" Yukari back pedaled as her mana faded, falling to a knee from exhaustion.

"Durandal Cannon!" Xenovia shouts, clashing her blade against Forbesii's barrier. ( 1)

"Grh? !" Forbesii growled "This power...is immense!" He thought. The holy sword pierced through the barrier through one of it's fault lines and cleaved Forbesii down the right shoulder. "Grh! !" He growled angrily and knocked Xenovia onto her back, looking to pursue and kill her when Azazel's spear struck his barrier. "Hn? !" His eyes widened as the barrier shattered. The next moment Akeno appeared in front of him, a large ball of holy lightning magic in her hand. "! !"

"Accept your punishment! Raikou!" Akeno shouted ramming her hand forward, launching the holy lightning sphere into his chest

"Guuuuaahhhhhhh! ! !" Forbesi roared in pain as he was driven back by it.

(Boom!)

Azazel landed behind Akeno after her attack detonated in a brilliant light. "You OK?"

"I'm...fine..." Akeno panted, sweat pouring off her face.

"That was great Akeno." Yukari said approaching them.

"Damn, I'm gonna be sad to see you all go when this is over." Akatama said with a whistle.

"That was amazing Vice Chief." Xenovia said.

"Thanks..." Akeno said.

Suddenly a white spear tore across the battlefield, screaming right for Akeno. However it would miss it's mark as Azazel pushed her aside.

"? ! !" Yukari, Xenovia and Akeno all let out shocked gasps as Azazel took the spear though his stomach.

"Kulh..." Azazel coughed out blood.

"W...Why...?" Akeno said, almost too shocked to speak.

"I...told you...you're like my niece..." Azazel said with a weak grin. "I'm not...letting you fall here..."

"GODDAMMIT! !" Akatama roared turning to find Forbesii approaching. He shot toward the Demon King with his pole arm wreathed in the elements. "Death Sword Chaos Star!"

"You really think this will stop me? !" Forbesii shouted, diverting all of his strikes before reaching forward and grabbing Akatama by the throat.

"Kulh? !" Akatama grunted.

"You fools, have no idea what kind of fury you're provoking...your lives...MEAN NOTHING TO ME!" Forbesii roared slamming him to the ground.

"Guah! !" Akatama cried out in pain.

"Haaa! !" Xenovia slashed Ex-Durandal down at Forbesii's back. However the Demon King raised his arm and blasted her away with a violent burst of wind opening up numerous wounds. .

"Xenovia!" Yukari shouts. "Bastard! !"

"Come, you waste of space you have wasted a king's...no a god's mercy, and instead chosen to incur his wrath." Forbesii said with a deep scowl.

Kenshin was watching all of this transpire from a screen from Kazumi's artifact. A growing look of rage on his face, his fists clenched tightly. "Partner, I know you're worried, but you have to stay here." Yuurei said.

"You can tell me that all you want, but if it looks like anyone's about to die over there, I'm going in!" Kenshin said as he watched Yukari fighting valiantly against Forbesii...however she was quickly losing the battle.

"Damn it..." Yukari said gasping for breath after knocking Forbesii away, the Demon King landing a short distance away.

"I'll send your whole misbegotten family to join you shortly." Forbesii said shooting forward, poised to run Yukari through the heart.

"! !" Kenshin moved to intercept, ready to use all of his wind magic prowess to accomplish the feat.

"PARTNER WAIT! !" Yuurei said.

"Nine Moons!"

"Hn? !" Forbesii was beaten back by nine tail swipes.

"Huh...? Yasaka...-Sama..." Yukari said.

The leader of the Kyoto Youkai stood between Yukari and Forbesii, with Tamamo sitting on her shoulder. "Get everyone out of here, NOW!" Yasaka ordered. "Get them to Hikari Tsuki!"

Tengu of various ranks rushed in and collected the fallen as Tamamo hopped off Yasaka's shoulder. "Leave Yukari, let us take it from here." Tamamo said.

"R-Right." Yukari said as she left with the tengu.

"So you choose to dispose of my mercy and incur my ire as well?" Forbesii said.

"When have you EVER been merciful?" Tamamo said with a scowl.

"Filth like you are unfit to sit on the Demon King's throne." Yasaka said flexing her fingers, claws growing longer with the motion.

"So Tamamo...will you be pulling out your true form to combat your enemy of old?" Forbesii said with a smirk. "The Almighty might not be listening to me, but The Primordial Goddess of Light however is, and she demands your head."

"Tell that crazy bitch she can keep waiting." Tamamo said.

"Still I wonder, how will Alice react when she finds out a Youkai that rivals or even drawfs her in power was standing in front of her this whole time?" Forbesii asked.

"Yasaka." Tamamo said.

"Right." Yasaka said.

"...?" Alice stared at the screen with narrowed eyes. "What is he going on about?"

"Haa!" Yasaka leaped forward, swinging her right arm down.

"Gh!" Forbesii raised the Tsurugi no Kami up to defend against an invisible force. "Yasaka of Kyoto, she can transform, or use the limbs separately with her own body as youki constructs."

"So he knows, no matter." Yasaka thought, raising her right hand up, multiple yellow magatama shaped collections of energy formed above it. "Haa!"

"!" Forbesii jumped out of the way as the magatamas shot toward him, cratering the ground. Yasaka commanded them to pursue the Demon King.

"What's the matter? ! You can't honestly be telling me your barrier's power has run dry!" Yasaka said appearing behind him and chopping toward his back.

"Grh!" Forbesii hardened his body with earth magic to take the blow

Tamamo watched them fight in the air while readying herself. "I had hoped to keep this secret, but I can't not against him." Tamamo thought. "Not in the face of...Her power. She crossed her arms out in front of her. "I ask thee, eternal time...my body, shackled by the powers of creation, I beseech thee! Return my true body to me!"

"! !" Alice's eyes widened as a pulse of great power shot through Rashoumen. "This is...!" She thought.

"Whoa!" Serafall said feeling the pulse shoot past her. "That's a lot of power that just got unleashed."

"Oh right you weren't there in the arena when she did this the first time." Grayfia said.

Forbesii was about to attempt another slash down Yasaka's front when Tamamo's tails wrapped around his arms and legs. "Gh? !" He turned his scowling eyes toward her.

"You want to replace my mother as the Dark God? Don't make me laugh." Tamamo scoffed. "Yasaka, go for it!"

"Right!" Yasaka said launching her magatama bullets forward.

"Guah!" Forbesii shouted in pain as they impacted him.

Tamamo spun around and sent the Demon King flying into a building. Forbesii landed on the wall and kicked himself off of it, flying right at Tamamo who blocked the Tsurugi no Kami with her fan. "So, one of the Six Ancestors finally appears before the present day youkai. Just to fall to me." Forbesii smirked.

"You're not just fighting me, fool." Tamamo said sliding off and to the left just in time for Yasaka's fist to plant itself between Forbesii's eyes, sending him flying backward. Tamamo appeared above him and went into a spin. "Tail Cyclone!"

Forbesii was sent flying to the ground as a result. He crashed landed and moved to pursue when he heard Yasaka's voice behind him. "!"

"Dance of Death!" Yasaka shouts, her hands moving at a blistering pace cutting into Forbesii's back. " Lady Tamamo, get down here and help me!" She requested.

"On it!" Tamamo said landing in front of Forbesii, using the same technique as Yasaka.

"Grh!" Forbesii growled.

"!" Tamamo saw his sword arm twitch upward. "Yasaka get back!"

"Right!" Yasaka said as they both jumped back away from the Demon King as he swung his sword in a circle around him, trying to slash their necks.

"Rrgghh..." Forbesii snarled, waiting for the their next move.

(crash!)

"? !" Forbesii turned his head to see all nine of Yasaka's tails stabbed into the ground. "!" He tried to jump away as they emerged from under his feet, but they wrapped around his ankles and yanked him back to the ground.

"Get ready Lady Tamamo!" Yasaka said.

"She can control the length and the width of the youki constructs as well! Dammit!" Forbesii thought as Tamamo started to glow with a flaming aura. "!" He saw a light building behind him. He turned his head seeing Yasaka glowing with a strengthening golden aura. "No..."

"Nine Tails Funeral Pyre!/ Kitsune Cannon!" Tamamo and Yasaka both shout sending their attacks right at Forbesii's front and back.

"Huuurraahhhh! !" Forbesii roared out, engulfed by flames and youki.

"Whew." Yasaka exhaled. "It's been awhile since I used that attack outside of transformation."

"..." Tamamo watched the smoke from the attack dissipate slowly.

"Rrrgh!"

"Huah? !"

"? !" Tamamo cut through the smoke only to see Forbesii standing over Yasaka who had a deep wound running down her torso. "Nine Moons!" She shouts swinging her tails back at Forbesii who jumped back to evade. "Yasaka, can you move?"

"I'll make it, but I can feel my mana depleting." Yasaka said.

"Get out of here." Tamamo said.

"Right..." Yasaka said teleporting away

However, as soon as Yasaka left, a pulse went though Tamamo's body. "Nngh!"

"Oh? Feeling a bit under the weather?" Forbesii said.

"Grh.." Tamamo clenched her hand over her chest. "No...not now! Please not now!"

"The seal is reapplying again huh? That...well that's just too bad." Forbesii approaching her with a smirk on his face.

"Krh..." Tamamo growled.

"Farewell, Beast Queen Tamamo no Mae, Daughter of Alipheese the First." Forbesii said raising the Tsurugi no Kami to strike her down.

"Krh!" Alice and Kenshin, both from their vantage points moved to stop him.

"Dragon Shot! !"

"? !" Forbesii turned and slashed the red sphere rushing toward him away while a white armored figured rushed in and grabbed Tamamo. "..." Forbesii looked to his left and saw Issei and Vali both in their Balance Breakers standing across from him.

"Tamamo-San are you OK?" Issei asked.

Tamamo shrunk down to her sealed form as Vali put her down. "Yeah, I'm sorry to trouble you."

"It's OK." Issei said.

"Yes, I wanted to try to defeat HIM, but his blade will suffice." Vali said.

"Go ahead and get out of here." Issei said.

"Right, good luck." Tamamo said. "Also...watch out for the blade, I figured out something just now about it. Not only is it deadly to us, but it causes a mana drain as well. Try not to get wounded if you can."

Tamamo left the battlefield and tracked down Hikari. Yukari was standing a distance away. "Wow..." Yukari said.

"What is it?" Tamamo asked.

"Mom absorbed a high level healing spell from Mundus Magicus with Magia Erebea. She's healing everyone herself." Yukari said.

Everyone that was injured encircled around Hikari who sat in a meditative pose, a dark, but healing aura being expelled from her body. "Hikari, are you OK over there?" Tamamo asked.

"Yes, I'm fine." Hikari said. "If you're wondering why I'm doing this...it's just..I've never been much of a fighter...Mundus Magicus foes I could handle because I was familiar with them, but...I think I'm just finally embracing my role as a healer." She said.

"Well we definitely needed one." Tamamo said.

"Yes, it's making our job so much easier." Asia said.

Back with Issei and Vali, the former had gone into his Triana forms, using one after the other to lambast Forbesii while Vali hung in the back, getting an attack in here and there and dividing his power. The two jumped away after kicking Forbesii into the ground.

The Demon King rose back up and smirked, raising his sword for combat. "Useless."

"What's going on here?" Vali said with narrowed eyes.

"I don't know, it's like no matter what we throw at him, it doesn't land the final blow." Issei said. "It's like fighting Kenshin regeneration wise."

"Yes, but even Kenshin's regeneration gives out eventually." Vali said.

"Curious isn't it? I seem to be indestructible." Forbesii said walking up to him. "Not impervious to pain, but...you can't kill me all the same."

"Oh, I'm going to kill you, then I run down and kill that bastard grandfather of mine." Vali said.

"Yeah! You're going get your ass kicked eventually!" Issei shouts.

Communication circles appeared next to Issei and Vali's heads. "Issei, Vali don't let him talk. He's trying to get in your heads. That's how he beats you, it's how he beat me." Kenshin said. "His core has to be in there somewhere, look for it and strike it."

"Right." Issei said.

"I wasn't letting him in my head Kenshin, but thanks for the concern." Vali said dismissively.

"So, Yukari wasn't hallucinating earlier, Kenshin really is back on his feet." Forbesii said. "Looks as though I'll have to finish this quickly."

"Welsh Sonic Knight!"

"Change Star Sonic!"

"Though if I must be honest, the power of you two in particular fascinates me just as Kenshin-kun's did!" Forbesii said jumping back, trading blows with Issei who was in hot pursuit.

"Oh yeah? ! Well you're gonna get a good hard look at it now!" Issei shouts. He forced Forbesii against a wall. "Welsh Dragonic Rook!" Issei said seeing the Tsurugi no Kami coming in at his head.

"Change Solid Impact!"

(clang!)

"!" Forbesii watched as his sword cut through the first few layers of armor before stopping it's advance. Issei raised his fist and hit Forbesii in the chest. "Gh!"

(Boom!)

The percussion hammer on Issei's elbow fell, expelling a powerful force that sent Forbesii tearing through the wall and bouncing across Rashoumen.

"Alright Vali, your turn. I'll be preparing." Issei said

"Right." Vali said taking off after Forbesii.

"Hrn..." Forbesii glared upward.

"Norse Thunderstorm!" Vali shouts.

(Boom!)

Numerous bolts of white lightning struck at or around Forbesii. Forbesii threw the Tsurugi no Kami upward to act as a lightning rod. When the lightning storm died down he flew up at Vali and slashed down at him. "Heavenly Thunder Blade!" Forbesii shouted out.

Vali raised a barrier to block the attack. "Hmn." He smirked behind his helmet.

"Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!"

"Krh!" Forbesii grunted, shoving the Hakuryuukou backward.

"Did you forget what my power was?" Vali said.

"It doesn't matter." Forbesii said slashing him away.

Vali rushed forward and punched at Forbesii, who blocked with the Tsurugi no Kami. "Hmn, the sword then. No matter."

"Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!"

"It's useless." Forbesii said with a smirk, not looking winded in the slightest.

"Krh..." Vali scowled behind his helmet.

"Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!"

"What's going on here? Surely his power should have lessened by now." Vali thought.

"Think fast!" Forbesii said appearing behind him and slashing down Vali's back.

"Krh!" Vali grunted and turned, kicking Forbesii in the temple sending him flying away.

"Vali, are you alright? !" Issei said.

"Yeah, he just grazed me, but it seems that was enough." Vali said. "I can feel my mana draining. I'm having Albion stem the tide, but there's only so much he can do."

"Damn, I'm almost done, think you can use That?" Issei asked.

"That...well...it would put a major hit on my mana and dividing his power doesn't seem to work. It merely overflows and I have to eject it out of my wings or risk an explosion." Vali said. "If it doesn't crush him out right, it will only be able to hold him."

"You don't have to hold him for very long. This technique should take care of him." Issei said.

"Fine then." Vali said shutting his eyes. "I, who is about to awaken. Am the White Dragon Emperor who will take down the law into the darkness, I walk the road of domination with infinite destruction and by piercing through the imaginary dream. I shall become a pure Emperor of White Dragon, and I shall have you obey the silvery white illusions and the perfect evil ways!"

"Hn?" Forbesii had just gotten back to him as Vali finished the change.

"Juggernaut Overdrive! !"

"I will waste no time here!" Vali said.

"!" Forbesii's eyes widened as Vali's armor glew brightly.

"Compression Divider! !"

"Guah!" Forbesii gasped out in pain as the space around him began to shrink.

"Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide! Divide!"

"Grhhh!" Forbesii growled.

"Fool, you will lose this battle if you do not start using my power." A voice rang inside Forbesii's head.

"Stay out of this, goddess. This is my fight!" Forbesii thought.

"Hmhmhm...you'll cave eventually." She said.

"Urrrooooouuuhhhh! !" Forbesii roared, expelling a massive amount of youki and elemental magic to fight against the Compression Divider.

"Gh!" Vali grunted and kept the attack up.

"Haa...Haa! Hahahahaha! Just like you couldn't compress Kenshin away you cannot compress a being such as I either!" Forbesii laughed as he started returning to normal size.

"Heh...well that would have been a nice bonus, but no. This attack was never meant to defeat you." Vali said.

"Hn? !" Forbesii turned his head to the left seeing Issei flying in, wearing crimson armor. "That form!"

"Urrooooo! !" Issei shouts. "Crimson Blaster!"

"Fang Blast Booster! !"

"Haa!" Vali finally let the Compression Divider drop as the Crimson Blaster roared toward Forbesii.

"This attack...it could very well break my core!" Forbesii thought seeing no way out.

"Feel the strength of our resolve, you asshole! !" Issei shouts.

"Yaaaaaarrrrrggggghhhhhhhh! ! !" The Demon King cried out in agony as the attack engulfed him.

"...Hmn." Alice smirked watching this from her vantage point.

"Heheheheh, Damn Issei, way to go." Kenshin said with a smirk of his own.

"Well, this might just be pointless then." Yuurei said. "Might as well complete it though."

Forbesii hit the ground after the attack finished, numerous burns and wounds on his body. Issei dropped out of his Balance Breaker completely while Vali reverted back to his base Scale Mail. They landed on the ground near him and approached.

"You think that did it?" Issei asked.

"I don't know, try stabbing him with Ascalon to see if he crumbles." Vali said.

"Ascalon!" Issei shouts.

"Blade!"

"Haaa!" Issei shouts stabbing toward Forbesii's chest.

(clench!)

"? !" Vali and Issei's eyes widened as Forbesii's right hand raised up and caught the blade.

"Heh." Forbesii lurched upward and slashed Vali across the chest, breaking through his armor.

"Guah!" Vali gasped out in pain, his wound bleeding badly, his Balance Breaker shattering to nothing.

"Vali!" Issei said.

Forbesii rose back up and smirked. "I'd worry more about you Sekiryuutei."

"Bastard!" Issei shouts trying to pull his Ascalon out of Forbesii's grasp.

"That attack, like the fallen angel hybrid's...like Tamamo's actually hurt." Forbesii said. "Allow me, to return the favor!"

"!" Issei watched helplessly as the Tsurugi no Kami inched closer and closer to him.

However suddenly, Forbesii's sword arm was frozen on the spot and he was kicked back. "Ngh?" Forbesii grunted, looking up to find not only Issei, but Grayfia, Serafall and Tiamat as well.

"Grayfia-San, Serafall-Sama...uhhh..." Issei trailed off staring at Tiamat's back.

"Tiamat." Tiamat grunted. "Get out of here before I decide to pound you into the dirt just to vicariously pound Ddraig into the dirt."

"Does she hate Ddraig or something?" Issei thought as he took off, carrying Vali with him.

"Well...the strongest Devils finally come at me, and a Dragon King as well." Forbesii said.

"Hmph." Tiamat cracked her knuckles. "I've been waiting for this."

"Kenshin tells me you tried to kill my So-tan. Whatever forgiveness I could have dispensed to you is now gone." Serafall said, collecting ice into her palm.

"And you pitted Ojou-Sama and Kenshin against each other for your own absurd desires." Grayfia said sliding into a stance.

"You call my desires absurd, but they are the one true path to peace in this world. Someone has to halt all the conflicts in this violent world." Forbesii said.

"Your ambition will fail." Grayfia said.

"It will always fail." Serafall said.

"Because you cannot completely control another's will!" Tiamat lunged forward, punching Forbesii in the chest. He doubled over and was knocked back by the Dragon Queen.

"Hm..." Forbesii thought as he dodged left and right as Grayfia appeared in front of him and started attacking. "This maid woman and the Leviathan won't be a problem with the Tsurugi no Kami. My main problem is with Tiamat." He blocked Grayfia's ice coated fist and let her kick him in the chest to create distance. "Though if I'm not careful, which I always am, the two devils could easily kill me. They didn't get their titles for nothing." He thought.

"Celsius Cross Trigger!" Serafall exclaims.

"!" Forbesii's eyes widened as he was frozen on the spot. "This spell!" He thought.

"Get him now!" Serafall said.

"Right!" Tiamat shouts dashing forward with Grayfia at her side.

(Fwooosshh!)

"Hn? !" They both stopped as steam shot out of the ice formation that Forbesii was trapped in. "What?"

"Black flames?" Serafall said seeing black flames leaking out of the formation.

(crash!)

Forbesii freed himself from the ice structure. "Did it not occur to you that I have access to the power of the elements?" Forbesii said.

"Alright then, can't freeze him." Serafall shrugged.

"Well, then we go with plan B then." Tiamat said.

"B?" Grayfia said.

"Beat the hell out of him until he can't move anymore!" Tiamat said taking Forbesii's back and grabbing him by the back of the neck. "For your information, we didn't forget, but I just don't care!" She lifted him up and leaped, using a burst of mana for propulsion as she slammed the Demon King into the ground.

"Kuh!" The wind was driven from Forbesii's lungs as Tiamat lifted him back up and swung her heel into his side, crushing his ribs against his chest cavity. "Guah!" Forbesii gasped out as he slammed into a wall.

"Very well." Grayfia said appearing in front of the Demon King, her fists encased in ice and her mana surrounding them. "Haa!" She let loose a blistering fast combo of strikes, punching Forbesii through the wall and out the other side of the building.

"Hrnn?" Forbesii looked up to find Serafall overhead.

"Ufufufu, let's see how you defend against this." Serafall said with a smirk. "Prism Stars!" She swung the magical girl staff she was holding down and numerous small star shaped formations of magic soared toward Forbesii.

"! ! !" Forbesii's eyes widened with dread as they closed in.

(boom!)

They all exploded in a brilliant and colorful light. "Whew, that's got to be one of my better light shows." Serafall said.

"Whew." Alice whistled from her vantage point. "Nice."

"Heh." Kenshin smirked.

When it finally died down, Forbesii laid prone on the ground. Grayfia and Tiamat approached the prone Demon King. Tiamat knelt down. "Damned fool. Your sword's power may be great, but your own power was lacking." She said as Forbesii's body started to crumble.

"!" Kenshin watched this happen as did Alice. "Is it really over...?" Alice said.

"Serafall, she fucking did it. Man I owe her big time after this." Kenshin said with a laugh.

"Well, let's get moving." Grayfia said turning to walk away.

The sound of earth rupturing was heard, followed by a squelching sound. "? !" Grayfia's as well as Kenshin's, Alice's and Serafall's from their separate points all stared in shock as the Tsurugi no Kami ripped through the earth and stabbed Tiamat in the chest and out of her back.

"Kuah..." Tiamat scowled down at the ground, coughing out blood as the sword's hilt emerged from the ground and lifted her.

"Never let your guard down until you see my core broken...you, are the fool." Forbesii said emerging from the ground, smirking up at Tiamat.

"Bastard! !" Tiamat said exhaling a breath attack at the Demon King.

"It's impressive that you're breathing out so much right now. I could have sworn I hit a lung." Forbesii said from behind a barrier.

"Kuah!" Tiamat's breath attack was cut short by another cough of blood.

"Ah, there it is." Forbesii said. He turned and threw Tiamat at Grayfia, sending them both tumbling on the ground.

"Haa!" Serafall appeared behind Forbesii and swung her staff at his head. He turned and blocked it with his blade. "How the hell did you survive? !"

"Wouldn't you like to know?" Forbesii said twisting his sword around to get rid of the staff, stabbing his earth magic infused right hand at Serafall's chest.

"Oh no you don't!" Grayfia said grabbing the Demon King's wrist and twisting him around. She chopped at his neck and knocked him back.

"Hm? Where did our fourth member go?" Forbesii asked seeing Tiamat absent from the battlefield.

"She vanished after we stopped rolling." Grayfia said. "Good thing too, she's in danger with a fully deflated lung."

"Yeah." Serafall said.

"I sent her to where everyone's being healed." Kenshin said through a communication circle. "She'll be taken care of."

"Well then, that takes care of my main problem." Forbesii said with a nonchalant shrug. "Dealing with you should be easy."

"Krh." Grayfia growled. "We may be devils, but we aren't your typical devils."

"Yeah, where do you get off belittling our power!" Serafall huffed.

"You might as well be." Forbesii said with his eyes closed. "After all...do you two even KNOW where your sisters are right now?"

"..." Serafall and Grayfia narrowed their eyes at the Demon King.

"It's true, that if you two went full tilt against me...I wouldn't stand a chance in hell. You both have the power to level this city and much of the surrounding area easily." Forbesii said. "But, that doesn't matter if Rias Gremory and Sona Sitri are in the city."

"!" Grayfia and Serafall scowled at him.

"You two wouldn't dare think of using your full power against me, not when there's even a small chance that those two could get caught in the cross fire and die." Forbesii said opening his eyes with a cold smirk. "So it's my battle to win against you."

"Fuck." Kenshin growled. "He's completely right. Those two would never put Rias and Sona in harms way, no matter what! Especially Serafall!"

"My barrier is back up and would require your full power to break in one fell swoop as I won't let myself be combination attacked out of it this time, you can't freeze me and your power is restrained by your own concern for your sisters' wellbeings." Forbesii said. "?" He noticed water shifting along the ground around him. Suddenly it turned into snakes and bit into his legs. "What the? !" He slashed the water snakes off only for them to reform and constrict around his legs.

"Now!" A familiar voice shouted.

"!" Forbesii's head snapped up just in time for a large blast of crimson magic to strike him. The dust settled and Forbesii's wounds were healing when he took notice of a figure in front of him with purple hair. "You-!"

"Four Elements Fist! Elemental Spica!"

"Guah!" Forbesii doubled over and was sent flying by the attack.

"Nice plan Sona."

Sona came out from behind a building near Serafall. "Well thank you Miyuki-San. Always nice to receive a compliment from a fellow strategist."

"Focus you two, he's still alive, if that fact that he survived Serafall-Sama's attack is any indication of his durability." Rias said landing behind Grayfia.

"You two, get out of here!" Grayfia said. "This is not a battle you two should be participating in!"

"And me?" Miyuki said in disinterest as she held Akatama's polearm behind her neck, balancing it with her arms wrapped around it.

"I'm not leaving Grayfia so stow the complaints." Rias countered.

"Yes you are, that sword can kill you!" Serafall argued.

"It can kill you two as well just as easily." Miyuki said.

"Onee-Sama, loathe as I am to admit it, the Demon King brings up a good point. You and Grayfia-Sama will never use your full power on this battlefield because we are present on it." Sona said adjusting her glasses.

"So, while that is true, why not rip the element of surprise away from him and have them fight alongside you two, with me of course." Miyuki said. "Better to have them at your sides than to run into them as you two are fighting him, and he gets the drop on them, forcing you two and even Onii-Chan to stand down or he'd kill them or something like that."

"...That idea comes with it's own complications." Grayfia said.

"We won't slow you down." Rias said.

"We've trusted you all our lives, so trust us for once!" Sona said.

"...Oh what the hell Grayfia, let's let them in." Serafall said.

"Fine." Grayfia said.

"Why don't we make it an even half dozen?"

Everyone turned to find Alice approaching. "Alice-Sama?" Rias said.

"This is my war, it always has been, and I am sick of sitting on the sidelines." Alice said as dark magic welled around her body. "Vessel of Darkness!"

"So, my opponents are now six. That just leaves Kenshin-kun himself in reserve." Forbesii said approaching them. "How gutless."

"Tch." Miyuki turned to Forbesii and pointed the polearm she was holding at him. "If anyone is gutless here it's you."

"Oh?" Forbesii said.

"Yes. You don't have the guts to work towards peace the right way, by getting everyone working toward the common goal like what they are doing." Miyuki said jerking her thumb at Alice, Grayfia and Serafall. "You don't have the guts to fight without that sword there, and most of all. You don't have the guts to be a true king!"

"Hmhmhm...scathing." Forbesii said with a smirk. "Fine then. If I am so gutless. Then come and take me down, all of you, I'll hang your bodies within view so Kenshin can see where his cowardice will ultimately lead."

"Krh." Kenshin growled from where he was standing. "Yuurei, double time."

"Huh?" Yuurei said. "You wanna get out there that badly huh?"

"A bit, but I trust them to handle themselves, but if things take a bad turn, I need to be ready." Kenshin said.

"Right Right." Yuurei nodded.

"Haa!" Alice shouted, stabbing her hand forward at Forbesii who blocked with the Tsurugi no Kami.

"Then again, it's no surprise the Vice Commander is gutless, just look at his commanding officer." Forbesii said. "You had ample opportunities to strike me down before now Alipheese. Yet you let Makai 'suffer' because you were too cowardly to fight me head on!" He slashed his sword downward, only to have it grabbed by a strand of water. "Kh!" He slashed through it, but ultimately missed as Alice dodged out of the way.

"Haa!" Grayfia shouts swinging her leg into his chest only to have it blocked by Forbesii's barrier.

"Oh ho ho? You're using more power than before. That's interesting." Forbesii said. "Is having your sister in law on the battlefield close to you really that much of a comfort?"

"No, but it does help in other ways." Grayfia said.

"Hn? !" He noticed a crimson light developing behind him and quickly threw Grayfia off and turned, slashing downward, splitting the large sphere of destruction magic in half that roared toward him. "Nice try." He said.

"Hmn." Rias merely smiled demurely in return.

"Hrn? !" Forbesii felt two fists impacting his back.

"Thunderous Dragon Fists!" Miyuki shouted.

"Kuah!" Forbesii was blown toward Rias who dug her heels into the ground and coated her dominant arm in destruction. She thrust her palm forward and struck Forbesii right in the chin.

"Whoahoho!" Kenshin applauded from where he was watching, very impressed with their collective work on the Demon King "Way to go!"

"Back away!" Miyuki said to Rias who took flight and avoided a sword slash from Forbesii from behind.

"Krh!" Forbesii looked down and saw more water snakes rooting his feet to the ground. "Troublesome wench!" He shouts firing a holy ray at Sona.

"Haa!" Miyuki stepped in front of it and batted it down with Akatama's polearm. "See, you two. I won't let them get hurt if I can damn well help it."

"Thanks Miyuki-Chan!" Serafall said rushing by her, a star hanging on the end of her magical girl staff.

"Krh? !" Forbesii's eyes widened. "No, that star carries more power than the entire barrage from before!" He thought.

"Take this! !" Serafall shouts swinging the star into Forbesii's barrier.

"Grrrhhhhh! !" Forbesii growled, trying to keep his barrier active.

"Haaaaaaa!" Serafall shouted out, her staff cracking from the force of her own attack. "You wanted my full power, here it is!" She declared, the same thing was happening with Forbesii's barrier. "Nooooo!" He shouted out.

"Huh?" Kenshin peeled his eyes at Forbesii, seeing something fall from his back and shoot into the ground as the barrier broke even more. A small spherical object, just before Serafall's attack overtook him.

"Haa..haa..haa..." Serafall panted, throwing her staff to the side as Forbesii once again laid prone on the ground.

"No...that...that couldn't have been...SHIT, I've gotta act fast!" Kenshin said opening communications. "GET AWAY! HE'S STILL ALIVE! !"

"Huh? !" Serafall said jumping back just in time to avoid getting beheaded by the Tsurugi no Kami. Forbesii emerged from the dirt again, this time with a scowl on his face.

"The same attack he tried on Tiamat." Grayfia said with a scowl of her own. "Did you really think the same thing would work twice."

"Though thankfully Kenshin-Chan was there to warn us this time." Serafall said.

"Kenshin, I take it you noticed something?" Alice said.

"Yeah. As his barrier was breaking. I noticed something drop out of his back and shoot into the ground." Kenshin said. "I can only guess that it was his core as his body went inert soon after he ejected it."

"I see." Alice said. "When striking a barrier breaking attack, keep watch on him!" She called out.

"Right!" Rias, Sona, Miyuki, Grayfia and Serafall said.

"Krh." Forbesii gritted his teeth in anger. "Fine then, I'll have to keep Earth Guard up full time, in addition to the barrier." Forbesii thought.

"If you do not use my power, you will surely lose."

"And if I do, I'll undergo Sentinelization! I will not lose myself to you Ilias!" Forbesii thought.

"What's worse? Dying as yourself...or ruling Makai, not as the God of Darkness, but as the God of Light?" Ilias asked.

"..." Forbesii didn't respond.

"Omega Flare!" Alice shouts, throwing her hands forward.

"! !" Forbesii was engulfed in a fiery explosion. He shot out of it, moderately burned. However there to meet him was Miyuki and Rias, the elements and destruction magic coating their fists. "Out of my way brats!" He shouts summoning an orb of light, large in size from the Tsurugi no Kami, which he then punched at them.

"Haaaa! !" Miyuki and Rias shouted out as their fists met the orb of light. Miyuki kicked it skyward, while Rias went underneath it and kicked Forbesii in the face, spinning around and swinging her heel at him which then met his barrier.

"Bad move Destruction Princess." Forbesii said with a scowl as he stabbed the Tsurugi no Kami at her chest. He missed as Grayfia yanked her back and punched at him, hitting his barrier.

"You will not harm her!" Grayfia said, sending another blistering fast combo of strikes at Forbesii's barrier, which again began to fracture.

"Thank you Grayfia-Sama!" Sona said as she brought her hands together, focusing her mana and condensing the water in the air around Forbesii into spears. "Now!"

"Right!" Grayfia jumped back as the spears all crashed into Forbesii's barrier.

"Here So-tan, I'll help!" Serafall said creating ice spears to fire into Forbesii's barrier.

"Thanks Onee-Sama!" Sona said.

"Hmn!" Serafall smiled as the two kept the assault up. "Who woulda thought that I'd be teaming up with So-tan on the battlefield like this again." She thought

"Uuuurraahhhh! !" Forbesii roared, sending black flames through the air, melting the ice and evaporating the water.

"Taste..." Alice said moving under his guard and ramming her fist into his sternum. "...the wrath..." She said as she lifted him off the ground and send waves of dark magic at him, forcing him to defend with the Tsurugi no Kami. "...of the Demon Queen!" She shouts taking his back, as she reverted to her lamia state, still in the Vessel of Darkness and swinging her tail into his back sending him crashing into the ground.

"Grhhh...!" Forbesii scowled as Alice wrapped her tail around his throat and lifted him up.

"I've been waiting too long for this." Alice said scowling deep into his eyes. "You killed my mother...my father, turned the one I loved against me...I will have my revenge." She said.

"Your revenge?" Forbesii spat. "Your family, took EVERYTHING from me!" He roared, slashing at her ribcage.

"I don't think so!" Rias said blasting him from the side. Alice released him as he crashed into a nearby building.

"If it wasn't for my family you'd have never been created Forbesii." Alice said. "Or did the fact that my grandfather was the one who started the Homunculus Project to begin with escape you?"

"Huurrraaahhhhh! !" Forbesii shot up and a massive aura surrounded him, which the extended to encapsulate all six of his opponents. When the aura died down, they saw that they were surrounded by spears of holy mana. "...Heheheheheh...Hahahahaha! !" Forbesii cackled with a mad gleam in his eyes. "Kenshin, I know you're watching...so behold as I finish them with an improved version of one of your favorite attacks!"

"! !" Kenshin's eyes widened with dread. "NO!" He shouts taking off, the tendril connecting him to the Black Dragon that was still being devoured extending.

"You're in here with us, you'll die too!" Serafall said.

"Hahahahaha, Nothing you've hit me with has work so far, I'll trust my body to make it through this!" Forbesii shouted. He extended his hands outward.

"! !" Alice's eyes widened. "STOP HIM! !"

"Heh! It's USELESS!" Forbesii shouts crossing his arms out in front of him.

(boom! !)

"Aaah...!" Kenshin froze as the area that he knew they were all at, exploded in a brilliant light.

Rias, Sona, and Miyuki were all shielding themselves from the the pain to come, but it never came. They opened their eyes only to gasp in shock.

In front of all of them respectively was Grayfia, Serafall and Alice. Each with heavy holy burning on their bodies, bleeding from several wounds.

"You're OK Ojou-Sama...good..." Grayfia said.

"G-Grayfia..." Rias said, her voice quivering.

"This...is the real reason I came...to make sure you'd be safe..." Serafall said.

"O-Onee-Sama, No..." Sona said, her eyes wide with great concern and shock.

"Heh...your brother's been helping me all this time...It's only right that I protect his family when he cannot." Alice said.

"I...I didn't...ask for your..." Miyuki said.

"I know...but it's only right that I did..." Alice said.

Grayfia, Serafall and Alice fell on their sides. "How unfortunate..." Their heads snapped upward to find Forbesii rising to his feet, his own wounds healing. "But...this is just what happens when one incurs the wrath of a god."

"A god you call yourself..." Miyuki said with her head bowed, the armor she was wearing starting to fracture.

"Don't make us laugh..." Sona said.

"You're just a cruel uncaring bastard, with a godsword. You're more of a farce really." Rias said, her crimson aura flaring to life.

"AND IT'S TIME THAT FARCE ENDED!" The three of them shouted in unison.

"Hm? !" Forbesii said. "Miyuki Tsuki has obviously tapped into the Vessel of the Elements and Rias Gremory has tapped into her latent prowess, but what could that Sitri possibly do?" He thought.

"Diamond Fist!" Miyuki shouts punching through Forbesii's barrier and in the face.

"Krh? !" Forbesii grunted as he was sent for a painful tumble. He rolled out of the way as Miyuki stabbed Akatama's polearm down at him.

"I'm sick of always needing to be protected!" Miyuki thought as she charged forward cutting forward with the polearm covered in flames, clashing it against Forbesii's Tsurugi no Kami. She spun around after he deterred her attack and kicked him in the temple. "Well no more, I'll show that I can hold my own, by killing you!"

"My word she's gone mad!" Forbesii thought as he got back to his feet. "? !" Looking to his left he immediately had to doge a sharpened wave of destruction magic.

"You think you can hurt my family...my friends, the ones I love dearly...and I'll let you get away? !" Rias shouts moving in, laying a small orb of her mana into Forbesii's side.

"Guah!" Forbesii shouted in pain as he was driven back.

"..." Kenshin, who was now watching from a short distance away, watched with a pensive gaze, ready to jump in at a moment's notice.

"Trust them Partner, I just need a little bit longer." Yuurei said.

"Yeah..." Kenshin said.

"You miserable...!" Forbesii dodged a wave of sharpened water magic.

"Call us what you like, but you are wrong about one thing. We aren't miserable...we're furious!" Sona said sending numerous bullets of water at the Demon King. The pressure built up inside them allowing them to tear through his skin, but that wasn't the only thing.

"That water was boiling hot!" Forbesii thought.

"You have other things to worry about." Miyuki said from behind him.

"? !" Forbesii dodged to the side, only to get kicked in the head and sent flying away. He looked up and saw Rias who extended her hands outward and sent tendrils of her magic at him, moving too fast for him to defend against. He bounced off the ground and was kept in air by a water sphere surrounding him and compressing.

"Boiling water and compression. You must be in agony right now." Sona said adjusting her glasses. "Now for the final touch."

"Ulgh? !" Forbesii's eyes widened as the boiling water forced it's way down his throat.

Sona snapped her fingers. "Burst." She said, and the water burst out of his body, cutting several holes into it during the process.

"Elemental Spica!" Miyuki shouts laying her fist into his back.

"Guah!" Forbesii tumbled painfully on the ground again, he looked up at the sky. "!" He saw a large sphere of destruction magic heading right for him.

"Extinguished Star! !" Rias shouts.

(Boom!)

"Haa...haa..haa..haa..haa...haa..." Rias, Sona, and Miyuki regrouped, but exhaustion wracked all three of them as their respective auras died down and Miyuki dropped out of the Vessel.

"Khh!" Sona scowled, seeing the Demon King getting back to his feet.

"What in the world...does it take to kill this bastard? !" Miyuki said.

"Damn it..." Rias said.

"It takes more than you are capable of to kill me, but I commend your effort, for that...I'll grant you all a quick death." Forbesii said as three spears fired at them.

(crash!)

However, they were knocked into the the wall, but a dual bladed naginata. "..." Forbesii glanced over at Kenshin who was now approaching.

"Kenshin?" Rias said.

"Onii-Chan...?" Miyuki said.

"Are you sure you should be..." Sona was cut off.

"I'm fine." Kenshin said.

"You trusted your comrades here, your loved ones to get the job done, and they failed." Forbesii said.

"The job's only a failure if you win, Forbesii." Kenshin said. "What you're doing is taking everyone's freedom away...if you're not that captain of your own ship, free to make your own choices...it's the same as being dead.:

"It's funny that you bring up bring the captain of your own ship. Since you seemed to be content to let them do the grunt work, don't you know by now that you can only rely on yourself?" Forbesii asked.

"I would much rather live and die alongside them, even if I knew I was doomed from the jump, than endure one second of what your path brings." Kenshin said. "I am thankful to them, for everything they've done for me, even if I don't show it at times."

"Then die with them then." Forbesii said lunging forward.

Kenshin shot past Forbesii and turned to him. "You've only ever depended on yourself, Makai cannot depend on a ruler who cannot depend on them."

"? !" Forbesii turned and saw something in Kenshin's hand. "The Phoenix Tears!"

"I noticed you had hidden them away. It didn't take long to deduce where." Kenshin said.

"Partner, it's ready!" Yuurei said. "You know the words!"

"I, who shall awaken." Kenshin said.

"The Juggernaut Drive? Didn't you kill the body that goes to?" Forbesii said with an amused look.

"Am the Dragon of the Elements who shall master the powers of Creation and Destruction." Kenshin said.

"Kenshin?" Rias said, watching a purple glow surrounded Kenshin.

"I shall stride down the path to peace with the power of my infinite will and unbreakable dream." Kenshin said, the whites of his eyes going black and his irises, purple. "I will become the Abyssal Dragon of the Elements, navigating the Light and the Dark to bring you to your peaceful end!"

"Abyssal Elemental Overdrive! !" Five voices shouted as one.

"Krh? !" Forbesii shielded his eyes as he was blinded by purple light. When it died down he looked at Kenshin. The orbs in his chest plate now looked like the eyes of a dragon as a visage was added onto to it. His arm guards looked like they had scales on them now as well as his leg guards. His two tails swished behind him in armor, and his plated headband now had dragon horns protruding upward from where Kenshin's temples would be.

"Hey, doesn't he kind of resemble Granberia-San?" Sona asked.

"Yeah, his ears are now more dragon like, and he even has the extension she has behind her neck. Miyuki said. "But the armor still looks like his, with some additions."

"...Abyssal Elemental Overdrive..." Forbesii drawled. "To be frank you don't feel much stronger, Kenshin." Kenshin vanished and reappeared, punching at Forbesii, his arm coated in darkness. Forbesii defended with the Tsurugi no Kami. "Krh? !" Forbesii growled. "He's touching the Tsurugi no Kami so easily? No, now he IS getting stronger!" He thought.

Kenshin raised his hand. "Salamander!" He thought.

"Right!" Salamander said.

Forbesii jumped back as Kenshin's spinning naginata appeared in hand.

"Crimson Hurricane!" Kenshin shouts throwing it at Forbesii.

"Grhh! !" Forbesii growled as it drove him back.

"Kenshin!" Rias said running up to him with Miyuki and Sona.

"Take these and get them to everyone. Prioritize those with the most serious injuries." Kenshin said handing Rias the Phoenix Tears.

"Onii-Chan, you're going to fight him alone? !" Miyuki said.

"It's not that I don't think you'll be a help...it really isn't." Kenshin said. "But if I fight him, I need to know everyone's safe, Serafall, Grayfia and Alice really need these right now, please do this for me."

"He has a point. We can't waste any time." Sona said.

"Right." Miyuki said. "Onii-Chan, please be careful."

"..." Rias nodded. "I understand. Let's go!"

Miyuki, Sona and Rias took off with the Phoenix Tears in tow. Kenshin looked up as Forbesii sent his Crimson Hurricane flying upward. Forbesii flew back toward him and landed. "Impressive, so even in this form you restrain your power, letting it out for bursts...if only that Satan and the maid had gotten the memo."

"Serafall and Grayfia have rarely been put in situations where they're occupying the same battlefield as their beloved siblings." Kenshin said. "It stands to reason that they've never needed to restrain their power and let it out for bursts."

"Making excuses are we?" Forbesii smirked. "In any case, how were you able to touch my blade so easily? I was using it's aura defensively, so it should have burned you."

"..." Kenshin said nothing.

Forbesii pointed to his left. "About here is where your mother is healing everyone, directly this way. How about...I stop that right now."

"Rh!" Kenshin vanished and reappeared next to Forbesii, grabbing his outstretched hand. "No more..."

"Krh? !" Forbesii tried to pull himself free, but to no avail.

(Crack! Pop!)

"Agh!" Forbesii felt the bones and joints in his hand cracking and popping painfully. "Haaaa! !" A white aura surround Forbesii and Kenshin as Forbesii finally got free, but only because Kenshin released his grip. He stared at Kenshin as he rolled his hand around. "What is going on? My barrier was up just then, he shouldn't have been able to just grab me so easily!" He thought.

"You are absolute scum Forbesii...and I am damn sick of seeing you stand." Kenshin said. He rushed forward and kicked Forbesii in the right temple, sending him flying. Moving quickly, Kenshin took Forbesii's side and grabbed the Demon King and drove his knee into Forbesii's back, bending him painfully over it.

"Aaghh!" Forbesii gasped out.

"Haa!" Kenshin rammed his fist into the Demon King's stomach and sent him crashing toward the ground, but even then, he wouldn't make it as Kenshin shot past him and landed on the ground. "Katensho!" He roared, slashing Kuroi Jigoku out at Forbesii. Sending an arcing blast of crimson flames to impact the Demon King.

"Huraaah!" Forbesii shouted out as he was engulfed. Kenshin watched the smoke dissipate. He saw Forbesii healing, and flying toward him. Kenshin kicked off the ground and joined him in the air. "You're outraged at me for numerous reasons, but Kenshin...it's not like you were a saint yourself either."

"I've never claimed to be." Kenshin said. "When the chips are down. I've got no problems admitting that I am a bastard to those who deserve it. You just so happen to fit the bill of those who do."

"And here I stand as someone who had a hand in that." Forbesii said. "How you turned out."

"And it's your turn at last Forbesii...it's your turn to feel the pain." Kenshin growled. "You knew this day would come."

"It's funny, because you actually believe you can defeat me." Forbesii said.

"Hmh." Kenshin smirked.

"..." Forbesii scowled seeing such an expression on the Vice Commander's face. He pointed the Tsurugi no Kami at Kenshin's head. "Holy Ray!"

Kenshin made no move to evade as the ray blasted him dead center in the face. Forbesii smirked, thinking he had taken Kenshin down again, but when the dust settled. Kenshin stood unharmed, but his smirk was gone. "Don't even think about apologizing, because I will NEVER forgive you."

"Me, apologize? ! Don't be absurd!" Forbesii said, slashing the Tsurugi No Kami at Kenshin's throat, which was met by Kuroi Jigoku. "Hn?" Forbesii noticed that Kenshin's sword had a jet black aura swirling around it, almost in stark contrast to the Tsurugi no Kami's aura. "Perhaps I should teach you once more, just what kind of power you're up against!" He pushed against Kenshin's sword, a force exploding from them, that destroyed the area around them. "With but a single swipe of my sword, I could reduce you and Rashoumen to nothing."

"Really?" Kenshin drawled. "Then why am I still standing? Why are any of us still alive?"

"Why show your full power to those unworthy of it? !" Forbesii said slashing at Kenshin, who easily parried his strike, sending their swords to the left of Kenshin.

"Unworthy you say, fine then, I'll just kill your ignorant ass." Kenshin said.

Meanwhile, where Hikari was healing everyone, Rias, Sona and Miyuki ran up to them with the Phoenix Tears. "Oi, where's Grayfia, Serafall and Alice?" Yukari asked.

"They're sweeping the area for more injured, but here." Rias said handing her the bag of Phoenix Tears.

"Alright." Yukari nodded, taking one and pouring it on Azazel's head while Sona poured one on Tiamat's and Miyuki poured one on Vali's. "Mom, you can rest, we've got the Phoenix Tears."

"I'll rest when everyone's back up. I'm also trying to restore their mana which is a bit more challenging than I thought." Hikari said, sweat rolling off her face.

Azazel sat up. "Oh, we got the Phoenix Tears back. Neat." He said.

"Ungh..." Tiamat opened her eyes. "I can breath normally again."

"You were the one to save me?" Vali asked.

"Hmn." Miyuki closed her eyes and turned away.

"Watch this." Yukari said bringing the screen displaying Kenshin's duel with Forbesii to Azazel.

"..." Azazel gazed at it. "I see Kenshin's Balance Breaker went Subspecies."

"Yes, he was speaking with the spirit that controls that spectral armor shortly after he awoke." Yura said.

"I see." Azazel said.

"Wow...they're matching each other blow for blow." Issei said.

"...No." Azazel said.

"No? You mean Forbesii's leading him around again?" Yukari asked.

"You know, I've deduced something from this little exchange here." Forbesii said. "Your external elemental molding has vastly improved, which isn't saying much...and that even now, I could still crush you whenever I like!" Forbesii pulled the Tsurugi no Kami back and slashed it at Kenshin once more.

"..." Kenshin extended his hand...and caught the blade.

"? !" Forbesii stared in shock at him. "He caught the Tsurugi no Kami...he's laying his hand on it so easily...but that's not possible! It shouldn't be possible for him to be touching it without severe consequences!"

"Is something the matter?" Kenshin asked. "Is it really that surprising that I caught your blade? Your elemental prowess isn't up to par with my own, so it stands to reason that you're slower, weaker physically and less perceptive to strikes than I am."

"? !" Forbesii continued to just stare at him.

"Does it put fear deep inside that core of yours?" Kenshin asked. "That you just witnessed something that you can't understand, happen before your very eyes?"

"...Hmhmhm...You're a funny guy, Kuroshi Kenshin." Forbesii took to the sky. "Your power merely exceeded what I have shown thus far, but if you like I'll show you even more! !" The Tsurugi no Kami glew brightly. "Divine Dragon Missile! !"

A massive dragon composed of holy energy roared toward Kenshin who made no move to avoid. "What the hell is he doing? ! Get out of there Kenshin!" Issei said.

"No...Kenshin will be fine." Azazel said. "He knows what he's doing."

"Sylph." Kenshin said.

"Right-o! Go for it Kenshin-Chan!" Sylph said.

"Haaaaa! !" Kenshin shouts slashing at the Divine Dragon Missile.

"? !" Forbesii watched in utter shock as his attack crumbled to nothing before even getting to Kenshin, in a burst of wind.

"You don't seem to get it, do you?" Kenshin asked appearing behind him. "I've removed the one crutch you've been standing on, to stand above those far stronger than you like Tamamo, Alice, Grayfia, Serafall, Issei and Vali."

"What are you talking about? !" Forbesii said.

"The force that was destroying Rashoumen down there...it wasn't coming from both of our blades...no, it was only coming from mine...and mine alone." Kenshin said walking toward him.

"! !" Forbesii's eyes widened in dread.

"Now let's finish this farce you've been leading...Forbesii..." Kenshin said shooting forward.

"Kurah? !" Forbesii was cut diagonally up the left, he jumped back as Kenshin looked to bisect him.

"Don't...make me laugh!" Forbesii shouts.

"I don't intend you make you laugh, I intend to kill you!" Kenshin shouts.

Azazel and the others watched Kenshin and Forbesii duel in the air. "What's going on? I can tell the Demon King is using that barrier of his, but it's like it's not even there." Vali said.

"To Kenshin, it might as well not be." Azazel said. "His new form makes it useless, along with most manner of holy magic."

"What do you mean? I mean I know he has the Holy Canceler, Kuroi Jigoku, but he's obviously blocking some of Forbesii's attacks barehanded." Yukari said.

"When Ragnarok defeated the Spirit of Destruction, he ground the spirit's physical corpse into a mineral, which he then forged into a blade made out of one or even two of his bones." Azazel said. "That sword is what we know now as the Holy Canceler, Kuroi Jigoku. Thanks to Kenshin, I was allowed to study the blade, and I found that it always has an invisible aura, the aura of mana that can cancel out holy magic."

"Yeah?" Issei said.

"Wait, Sona's peerage said that Kenshin was speaking the Yuurei shortly after he woke up...are you saying...?" Yukari asked.

"Yes. Now that Kenshin's and Yuurei's powers have melded. The Holy Canceling aura of Yuurei is now resonating with Kenshin's aura." Azazel said. "The power of Holy Cancel, until Kenshin drops from this new Balance Breaker, is imbued with his body."

"Hmn, if the Almighty were responding to the Demon King...Kenshin would still be in deep trouble." Arthur said watching the screen. "But seeing that he isn't...I suppose it's fine."

"God's not responding to Forbesii?" Azazel asked. "Or his Will anyway, isn't responding?"

"No. I think I'd be able to tell...but you've seen God before, can't you?" Arthur asked.

"..." Azazel narrowed his eyes. "...No. God's power is on a whole other level. It wouldn't be able to be canceled."

"Huh, never thought my aura would actually affect Ilias'." Yuurei noted.

"What are you on about?" Kenshin thought as he dodged Forbesii's stab and brought his earth infused knee into Forbesii's stomach.

"Kouh!" Forbesii spat out blood as he backed away, Kenshin moved into hot pursuit. "Death Sword Chaos Star! Divinity!"

Kenshin slashed around, diverting all of Forbesii's slashes. "You haven't noticed? There might be two deities in his sword, but the only one actively supplying Forbesii with power is Ilias, at this point though she's only working the swords aura and keeping his mana levels up."

"Is that right? The Almighty's sitting this one out huh, wonder why? And shouldn't the sword be called the Ilias Blade then?" Kenshin thought.

"Something. It makes our job easier though. If the Almighty, or his will wants to be a non participant, we won't complain, right?" Yuurei asked.

"I suppose." Kenshin thought.

"HURAH! !" Forbesii roared, throwing his hands forward, sending Kenshin crashing to the ground with a violent burst of wind.

"Hm?" Kenshin got up to his feet seeing the elements beginning to surround his sword.

"Quadruple Nega! !" Forbesii roared slashing his sword downward, a dark conflagration of the elements shooting off toward Kenshin.

"That attack could level all of Rashoumen!" Akatama said. "Is he nuts? !"

"Possibly." Yukari said.

"..." Kenshin watched it coming toward him, his naginata coming to his hand. It started spinning and the elements gathered around it. "Elemental Cataclysm!" He shouted, throwing the naginata at Forbesii's attack.

"Krh!" Forbesii growled, his attack meeting resistance.

"..." Kenshin kept his eyes fixed on the struggle above him.

"What? !" Forbesii said noticing two things. One that his Quadruple Nega was being forced back, and two...Kenshin's Elemental Cataclysm was getting larger. "No, what have you done? !"

"You really thought you could use the elements to beat me? ME? !" Kenshin shouts.

"Yaaaarrrghhh! !" Forbesii roared in agony as he was engulfed in the attack.

"Huh, you kinda sounded like Raggy there." Yuurei said.

Kenshin looked up as Forbesii emerged from the attack, missing his right arm, bleeding heavily. "..." He shot toward him, sheathing Kuroi Jigoku and slipping his hands into his pockets.

"? !" Forbesii's eyes widened, his limb regrowing. He slashed at Kenshin only to have it knocked back.

"Haa!" Kenshin let loose a blistering barrage of fists, brutalizing every inch of Forbesii's body.

"Huh, I knew he was practicing it in his spare time, but to actually see it done like that." Yukari said watching with an impressed look.

"What is it?" Rasai said, standing next to her.

"It's called Iaiken." Yukari said. "It's a swordless art, reminiscent of the Iai techniques of a sword wielder. Two of our friends back in Mundus Magicus were masters of the art. Your pocket acts as the sheathe of a sword, while your fist moves at such blinding speed your opponent has almost no time to react to it."

"He's even using Internal and External wind magic to speed up his strikes and make his strikes more solid." Alma said. "I wonder if he could teach me sometime?"

"I'm sure he would if you asked him to." Rias said.

"Rah!" Kenshin moved above Forbesii, dropping his heel on Forbesii's head, sending him rocketing toward the ground. "Elemental Spica: Gousatsu Iaiken!"

(boom!)

"? !, That too? !" Yukari said as a large column of elemental magic engulfed Forbesii and hit the ground below.

"What is it?" Alma asked.

"Gousatsu Iaiken. It's a technique that involves fusing ki, or in a demon's case, youki and mana together to make an energy called Kanka, but I guess Touki or Chakra would be apt here too. Kenshin found a way to replicate it with his elemental power." Yukari said.

"Heh, Kenshin's just full of surprises huh?" Azazel laughed.

"Maybe this is why Onii-Chan wanted us to heal, rather than help him..." Miyuki said. "He wanted to use his power like this to brutalize Forbesii, and didn't want us getting caught in the crossfire."

"..." Kenshin watched the dust settle.

Forbesii meanwhile laid prone on the ground. "Use my power, become a God of Light, you will still be able to rule this world as you wish, but it all means nothing...if you die here." Ilias whispered in his mind.

"Krhh..." Forbesii growled. "A God of Light, what I will become is a Holy Sentinel...and I will not..." He stood up. "I will not lose myself...I will not...lose myself...!"

"Then fight it, and retain your mentality!" Ilias said.

"Krrrrhhhhh! !" Forbesii snarled. "KUROSHI! KENSHIN! !"

"? !" Everyone watched as a massive column of holy mana erupted from where Forbesii was standing, accompanied by Forbesii's enraged roar.

"..." Kenshin watched as Forbesii shot up to his level in the air.

"I will not lose myself...to Sentinelization!" Forbesii roared. "I STAKE MY LIFE ON IT! !"

"..." Kenshin watched the holy burning on the Demon King's left arm start progressing up his arm, to his shoulder.

"Funny, he's getting stronger." Yuurei said.

"There's no more opposition in his power." Kenshin said.

A communication circle appeared next to Kenshin's head. "Kenshin, listen to me." Akatama said. "Don't just stand there and let Forbesii do whatever it is he's doing, he's on the ropes! Finish him!"

"..." Kenshin remained silent.

"Kenshin! You can't afford to miss this opportunity! Believe me, there's not going to be another one!" Akatama shouts. "Do you hear what I am saying to you? !"

"I hear you Akatama." Kenshin said.

"But then...wha...? !" Akatama stammered out, seeing Kenshin still not moving through the screen of Kazumi's Sacred Gear.

"I realize that this might just be my one, maybe even last chance to end him...but...it's also the only chance I'll ever get, to see what Forbesii's truly made of, how strong the fortitude of his spirit really is." Kenshin said.

"Yo...You want to...see what he's...NO!" Akatama shouts. "You are not yourself right now! The way you're speaking is insanity!"

Tiamat, Evangeline and Chachamaru stood next to Akatama. "Scan Kenshin." Evangeline said. "His vitals."

"..." Chachamaru did as asked. "Kenshin-San's blood pressure readings would put him well in the range of Stage Two Hypertension, and his pulse is nearing three beats per second and his body's temperature would also be dangerously high if he wasn't a dragon youkai of the flame element."

"It's no use then, his Dragon Blood has completely taken him over, or rather...his Dragon Blood is boiling." Tiamat said with her eyes closed. "He won't stop Forbesii, because he wants to crush the Demon King at his best. He won't go into Outrage mode again, but there's nothing we can do to deter him. The blood thundering though his veins demands a challenge worthy of his new power. Kenshin might have been stronger than Forbesii this whole time, but the Demon King had two things on him, experience with the elements...and the Tsurugi no Kami. The second is now a nonfactor and experience can only do so much against far superior power."

Akatama heard them, but still shouted. "Kenshin, snap out of it! You can't miss this chance!"

"I know...but, I...I have to let him do it, I have to see it! I have to fight and destroy him at his peak! !" Kenshin roared, his dark purple aura wrapping around him and building up strength.

"Kenshin, please! This isn't a contest, this is the final battle of the war! Don't throw victory away just so yo-? !" Akatama was cut off

"The family we lost thirty five years ago and the friends I lost already in Mundus Magicus can't be brought back with the Homunculus Program we took from him! SO I REFUSE TO TAKE THEIR DEATHS LYING DOWN ANY LONGER! !" Kenshin roared.

"!" Akatama stared at Kenshin from afar.

"They were good people, some of the kindest, some of the most compassionate people I had ever known!" Kenshin shouts. "The fate that was arranged for them by Hottan and this bastard...WAS THE LAST THING THEY DESERVED! !"

"Aaah...haa..." Akatama said.

"Before I'm through with him...he will know what it's like to truly suffer, to feel utterly hopeless...like we did." Kenshin said.

"OK, fine I get that, but there's no sense in letting him reach the peak of his power! What about your family now, and your loved ones? !" Akatama said.

"They'll be fine...I trust them to take care of themselves." Kenshin said.

"But-!" Akatama was cut off as Alice landed next to him and took the communication circle from him.

"Kenshin." Alice said. "Can you give me your word that you will defeat him?"

"I will...I promise you." Kenshin said. "No matter what, I will END him!"

"Then defeat him, I don't care how. That is your standing order my Vice Commander. You are not to stop fighting until the Demon King is defeated!" Alice said.

"Heh." Kenshin smirked. "As you wish my Queen."

"Almost...there! !" Forbesii snarled, the burning nearing his center.

"That's right, go right on ahead and finish up, because I don't want there to be any doubt in my mind when I rip you apart!" Kenshin said pointing Kuroi Jigoku at him. "Look at you, you're the same! You're just itching to lash out at me unrestrained, if not you would have tried to blind me and run me through the heart with the Tsurugi no Kami again and be done with it!"

"Uuuurraaahhhhh! ! !" Forbesii roared as light obscured his form.

"..." Kenshin shielded his eyes.

The light died down and Kenshin looked on ahead. Forbesii was revealed, a pair of angel wings protruding from his back, his eyes closed. "Be careful what you wish for Kenshin, you might have bitten off more than you can chew this time." Forbesii said opening his eyes, his yellow irises glowing. "My bet was successful...I am still myself."

"Good." Kenshin said. "This will be my final act of vengeance...by defeating you, I'll finally be able to absolve myself."

"Then come, try and claim the self forgiveness you're so desperately seeking." Forbesii said. "Though your opponent is now a god."

"...This is the other reason he wanted you off the battlefield." Evangeline said turning to Rias, Sona and Miyuki. "He could feel it from the very moment he confronted Forbesii...that every last vestige of reason he had was being stripped away, and that he was being pulled into the throughs of unfathomable rage...he sat there and watched a lot of us get taken down...the memories of what the Demon King had done not only to him, but his family and his old friends from Mundus Magicus eating away in the back of his mind."

"So it doesn't matter to him if those stronger than him like Alice-Sama, Grayfia-Sama or Onee-Sama interfere?" Sona asked.

"It probably wouldn't be a good idea. Yeah they could take him, but still." Evangeline said.

"Kenshin..." Rias said looking at the screen in worry.

"Kenshin will be fine." Yukari said making Rias turn to her. "We've talked about this, after coming back from Mundus Magicus...he mentioned that he was nervous about fighting like this again, in pursuit of vengeance. If he's doing it again, he'll come back same as he was...I know he will."

"...Thanks Yukari." Rias said closing her eyes.

Back with Forbesii and Kenshin, the latter scowled. "It's time to shut that cunt mouth of yours, and let's end this!" Kenshin shouts.

"As you...WISH!" Forbesii said appearing in front of Kenshin, driving his fist into the Vice Commander's stomach.

"Guoh!" Kenshin doubled over, Forbesii grabbed Kenshin's head and drove his knee into Kenshin's face before throwing him away.

"OK wow, he's way stronger than before." Yuurei said.

Kenshin caught himself, only to have the hilt of the Tsurugi no Kami driven into his chest. "Death Sword Chaos Star! Divinity!" Forbesii shouts. The sword cut through Kenshin's armor and into his flesh. "Divine Fist!" Forbesii said punching Kenshin in the face.

"..." Kenshin reached forward, gripping Forbesii by the hair, driving his head into the Demon King's.

"Agh!" Forbesii growled.

"Haa!" Kenshin repeated his action before throwing Forbesii to the side. The Demon King caught himself and watched Kenshin's wounds heal.

"So it's true, the effect of Holy Cancel is now one with your body as a whole." Forbesii growled. "No matter!"

Numerous explosions of power erupted in the sky as Kenshin and Forbesii clashed again and again. The Demon King broke through Kenshin's guard and stabbed, slashed and punched Kenshin, sending him crashing toward the ground. Kenshin spun and landed, but was planted into the dirt by Forbesii kicking him in the face. Kenshin got back to his feet, but Forbesii broke through his guard again, cutting and striking him, sending the Dragon of the Elements on a painful tumble across the ground.

Kenshin sprung back to his feet and stopped Forbesii's slash at his neck, deadlocking the Demon King. "Come on, Forbesiiiii! !" He snarled.

"Grah!" Forbesii forced the deadlock off and kneed Kenshin in the stomach, making the Dragon of the Elements hunch over. "Haa haa haa haa haa haa..." He panted. "I know you're impressed, but this is merely a warm up."

"And thank the Dark Goddess for that." Kenshin said.

"Hrn? !" Forbesii gritted his teeth in anger as Kenshin raised his head, smirking at him.

"I was starting to worry if this is how far the rabbit hole went with you. I see my worries were unfounded." Kenshin said cracking his neck from side to side. "Now, let's continue!"

Forbesii's eyes widened as Kenshin's hand gripped his throat. "Kuullhhh!"

"Hm?" Kenshin narrowed eyes eyes in curiosity.

"Hraah!" Forbesii kneed Kenshin in the chin, forcing a release.

"Hrah!" Kenshin shouts punching Forbesii in the face, knocking him back.

"Rrrghhh!" Forbesii growled. 'Divine Wave!"

Kenshin scowled as a holy version of his...and his father's Katensho shot toward him. "Rrhgh!" He flew through it only to find Forbesii flying toward him, the Demon King collided in to him and drove him back. The two split apart and flew around a building, trading unsuccessful blow after unsuccessful blow, until Kenshin broke through and nailed the Demon King in the face.

"Haa!" Forbesii spun, and kicked Kenshin in the chest, but the Vice Commander was undeterred, slashing his blade wildly, coated in crimson flames.

"Ninefold Rakshasa! Abyssal Dragonic Asura!" Kenshin roared.

"Ruuuaaahhh! !" Forbesii roared in both anger and pain as he was driven back a dragon made of crimson flames. When the attack dissipated, Kenshin was right behind it, he slipped his foot behind the Demon King's left shoulder, and yanked him forward and past Kenshin, who then grabbed the back of Forbesii's head and threw him to the ground. He grabbed the Demon King's sword arm and pulled it back, Kenshin's foot on his back as well.

"Is this all the power the deity of light has? !" Kenshin shouts.

"Don't be so cocky!" Forbesii said.

"!" Kenshin jumped off of Forbesii as a violent aura of light erupted from Forbesii.

"How dare he make light of my power! Finish him!" Ilias shouted.

"Yes!" Forbesii yelled out.

"Flash...KILL!" Kenshin and Forbesii both shout out. Their blades, and even their very auras clashing against one another.

"Yrrraaahhhhh! !" Forbesii roared.

"Hryaaaaaaaa! !" Kenshin roared back.

The Demon King slammed the swords to the ground, kneed Kenshin in the chest, and swung his right arm upward, hitting him in the chin. Kenshin was knocked into the air and landed on the ground, rolling onto his front. Forbesii approached him. "It's over...Elemental Dragon of the Abyss." He took aim with the Tsurugi no Kami and looked to stab Kenshin in the neck.

"Ensis Exsequenes!"

"Kulah!" Forbesii gasped out in pain as an energy sword, protruding from Kenshin's left hand stabbed him in the chest. He spat out blood.

"Negi and I picked this little number up from Evangeline quite some time ago, I thought you knew that." Kenshin said with a smirk. "Come now, certainly a semi immortal being like me can't bring harm to a god such as yourself. You know it does please me to see you in pain like this."

"...Aaah.." Forbesii closed his eyes and smiled. "I am a god, and as such I cannot be defeated."

"Ah yes, a mortal deity." Kenshin mused.

"Hn?" Forbesii stared at him curiously.

"You can't feel it?" Kenshin asked. "You don't have a core anymore...or rather it's gone inert."

"Hm? !" Forbesii looked down at his chest.

"When I grabbed you by the throat earlier, I felt something in you that I never felt before...a pulse. You had blood sure, but it was coursed through your veins by wind and water magic I'm guessing, you didn't have a heartbeat before now." Kenshin said. "By becoming and receiving the power of a Holy Sentinel or a God of Light or whatever the fuck you want to call yourself...you've become as mortal as I am. It was just pure luck that I missed your heart just now, or you'd be dead."

"Even if you are right." Forbesii scowled, gripping Kenshin's energy sword. "I DON'T CARE!" He crushed the energy sword and flew up to the sky. "By taking on this power and changing my body, I will crush you and the Revolution and build my utopia!"

"Yes, take my power...all of it, crush this new Ragnarok beneath your heel." Ilias said.

A large halo of light appeared behind Forbesii's back. "Yes..." Forbesii smirked. "All shall fall before our power."

"He's communicating with her." Yuurei grunted.

"Like I care, Forbesii...Ilias, they'll both be crushed by us!" Kenshin thought.

"Right! You fuckin' know it!" The Yonseirei and Yuurei chorused.

"..." Tamamo narrowed her eyes as Forbesii and Kenshin clashed again. "He's communicating with her."

"Forbesii?" Alice said.

"Communicating with who?" Sona asked.

The Primordial Goddess of Light, Ilias." Tamamo said sending shock through the crowd.

"Wait, Kenshin's dueling another Primordial at the same time as he's dueling Forbesii? !" Alice asked.

"Ilias was the ancient enemy of all youkai as well. Her battles with the Dark Goddess turned the other side of this planet into the Deadlands!" Akatama said.

"Don't bother." Yukari said seeing a few people trying to go toward the battle. "Phoenix Tears heal wounds, they don't restore youki. Anyone that goes over there will just be in the way."

"Damn it..." Grayfia cursed.

"If only we hadn't exhausted our own power, we'd be able to help Kenshin-Chan." Serafall said.

"He wouldn't let you." Yukari said looking over at them. "You saw him earlier...he wouldn't forgive anyone who interfered in this battle. His mind's made up now and he doesn't care if you are stronger than both him and Forbesii, he wants to be the one to crush Forbesii to make him pay for everything he's done, he will not accept help, not from you or anyone else."

"Yes. This is Kenshin's fight, all we can do now is watch." Tamamo said.

"Thunder of Judgment!" Forbesii shouted, sending several bolts of white lightning at Kenshin.

"Ninefold Rakshasa!" Kenshin batted all of them away and clashed blades with the Demon King, explosions of holy and abyssal auras erupting from them. Kenshin drove his head into Forbesii's face, Forbesii responded by planting his foot in the Vice Commander's stomach.

The two shot toward the ground, leveling the city around them as they tried to score even a glancing blow. However it finally came when Kenshin's guard was broken. "Huuraaahh!" Forbesii roared, slashing and punching Kenshin's body, trying to break him in two.

"So Kenshin, are you thinking twice about challenging me to battle? ! I will not be defeated! NOT BY YOU OR ANYONE! !" Forbesii roared.

"Crushing Flame Profusion! !" Kenshin shouted, punching Forbesii in the knee as he kicked at Kenshin.

"Aagh? !" Forbesii cried out in pain as his leg was blown off. He dove toward Kenshin who dodged and rammed his fist into the back of Forbesii's head. The Demon King caught himself and turned, scowling at Kenshin with pure hatred in his eyes. "YOU BASTARD! !"

Kenshin caught the Sword of God as Forbesii slashed at his throat. He threw Forbesii past him and dropped his elbow on the top of Forbesii's head sending him crashing to the ground. "..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes as Forbesii vanished. "!" They widened as he felt the Demon King's arms wrap around him, squeezing tightly.

"Heheheh, seems I have a regeneration ability like yours in this 'mortal' body of mine." Forbesii smirked. "It was simple to regrow my leg."

"Huh, is that so? !" Kenshin said driving his elbow backward.

"Kouh? !" Forbesii grunted, releasing his hold. Kenshin turned and drove his foot in the the Demon King's chest, sending him flying backward.

"...!" Kenshin held Kuroi Jigoku defensively as the large halo that was behind Forbesii was now screaming toward him. It clashed against the Black Hell blade. "Haa! !" Kenshin roared knocking the halo skyward and destroying it with a Katensho.

"You're mine now! !" Forbesii said rushing toward him, poised to stab right through Kenshin's forehead.

"Grh!" Kenshin ducked the blade "Elemental...SPICA!" Kenshin roared burying his fist deep in the Demon King's stomach.

"Koouuh!" Forbesii spat out blood and fell to a knee. He looked back up at Kenshin who scowled down at him. "...Aaahh...?" He froze with wide eyes.

"..." Kenshin made no move, leveling him with the same fierce look, seemingly blasting Forbesii with the Serene Conqueror.

Forbesii jumped away from Kenshin and turned toward him, gasping for breath. "Damn it..." He snarled.

"..." Kenshin flicked his sword outward, and then sheathed it, relaxing his stance. "This battle is over."

"? !" Forbesii stared at him in bewilderment. "What? !"

"You've came at me with everything...but you have no experience with light natured mana, your mana isn't near infinite anymore...and Ilias can only give you so much power from that sword." Kenshin said. "These facts have caught up to you, and your level of power is dropping dramatically. You haven't done any real damage to me for a while now."

"You...-!" Forbesii growled.

"I will give you the same choice you gave to us all those years ago. Take everything that belongs to you...and leave." Kenshin said.

"Krh? !" Forbesii stared at him, a look of rage painted across his face.

"You heard me...leave the Sword of God behind...leave Makai...and never return." Kenshin said.

"..." Forbesii didn't respond.

"The exchange just now is enough, to know that I intimidated you. Forcing you to realize that you have no chance to defeat me." Kenshin said. "Leave Makai, and live suffering with that feeling of despair...of hopelessness...like I did." Kenshin turned away. "Goodbye, Forbesii." He started walking away.

"You...You-! !" Forbesii moved to strike when...

(Crash! !)

"Hm? !" Kenshin turned, as did Forbesii to an impact near them.

"Who in the...?" Forbesii said.

"Hmhmhmhm, long time no see, and how good it is to see you again...Kenshin, Forbesii."

The figure that emerged from the dust was an older looking man with gray hair, wearing an all black battle robe, on his back was a large scythe with a pitch black aura swirling around it.

"Him? !" Tamamo and Yukari said.

"Who is it?" Grayfia said.

"Th-This feeling." Rias thought. "Why is my body so cold and shaking right now?"

"You..." Kenshin said with a scowl. "The Shinigami and Primordial of Death, Yama."

(chapter end)

Draconis: Whew!

Kenshin: Wow you actually got this out faster than your last two.

Draconis: Yeah Yeah. Anyway. I know this chapter was kind of long, and in hindsight, maybe I shouldn't have filled the Revolution's 'roster' as it were, so full. But what's done is done.

Anyway. Kenshin, with victory secured, issues banishment to Forbesii, but as the Demon King was about to attack Kenshin. Ragnarok's elder brother, the Shinigami and Primordial of Death, Yama arrives on the scene. What could the Death God's sudden appearance on the battlefield mean? Find out next time.

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