Phew... what a way to close off 2024... Sonic won again. First with Birds of Prey, then Morbius, and now Mufusa. Did I not tell you that last time? There was no doubt in my mind. There's also 1 reference for all 3 Movies, can you find them?
And as promised, we are also back to the greatest fanfic in the fanfic-verse. I think not only will you enjoy this, but you'll appreciate what it sets up. No spoilers. No hints. Just enjoy.
Before we do start, I have 3 announcements to make:
1) By the time your seeing this, I have started an official fan page on Twitter for Sonic DxD. I'll link it in my profile, so whether your on Fanfiction dot net or A03, your just a click away. Its in the baby stages right now, so don't expect some huge professional page... never done this shit before, at least I haven't gone this far before with a fanfic lol.
And 2) Someone made AI generated fanart for this story, which I will be referencing the AI artist's dialogue the picture came with. Say what you want about AI art, but I appreciate the thought. Its the thought that counts. His name is kadySD on deviantart... should be the first thing to pop up on a google search. If not, it'll be posted on the fan page I mentioned earlier at some point. Show the guy some love!
3) Regarding the Shadow Generations adaptation: The time to vote is closing soon. Its been open since November 2024, and I'm thinking 3 months is more than enough time. I plan to release the next chapter in a few weeks, The Swordplay Between Light and Darkness one that I specified before. It's pretty much unanimous now, but if you haven't said anything and want your voice to be heard and sway the vote to include Shadow Gens into the story or not, do so soon.
Bonus 4th thing to say) Sonic movie 4 is gonna have some Heroes DNA in its RNA. And I predict Metal Sonic will have his Neo form or something similar. I'm calling it here.
Also, some reviews that need responsing too:
Guest
Next chapter pls it's 2025 now.
Bakuganman: Well, there ya go.
Captainrex2177
hey what happened to Chapter 56?
Bakuganman: Its still there, I was doing some clean up, removing some update chapters that have no canonical value to this fic.
SxS
Did you read the manga adaptation? That one is following the LN storyline… unlike season 3 that mixed things up.
I hope you know about Japan's school system and its calendar system.
Would the DxD girls help develop Sonic and Amy's relationship?
Suggestion(s);
What if Sonic and friends arrived at the Gremory mansion one week before the peerage's Rating Game and Kuroka encounter.
What if the Hyoudou Residence after the renovation there's a hidden room for the mobians unknown to the parents.
What if Azazel tinkering Omega for upgrades.
What if after further studying Eggman figures out how to harness Ophis' snake into his robots.
Bakuganman: No, I didn't read the manga. Only the anime and light novels. I heard it's gonna be restarted in Japan after being discontinued for a few years from what I understand, so maybe I should.
I also agree S3 screwed some stuff up, like just glossing over Akeno's and Koneko's backstories, though its an okay popcorn season if you wanna turn your brain off or use it as background noise.
I have been to Japan only once myself, not for schooling though. I did see a school when I went there though, lots of girls checked me out, mostly likely cuz: "oh, a foreigner. What's he doing here?"
... why would the DxD cast need to help Sonic and Amy's relationship though? Odd question. But to answer it: no. There is no point.
Finally the Suggestion box you made. Most of that won't be used as I have a full narrative planned out.
nathanielrex604
To Vali Lucifer alongside your team: How is it feel when Shadow, Rouge and Omega join your team? While Sonic and his friends is with the ORC
To Xenovia and Irina how does you reacted when Sonic is the King Arthur.
To Azazel, when does G.U.N (Gaurdian United of Nation) formed in human world similar to sonic world.
Bakuganman: I'm not taking anymore Twitter Takeover questions at this time, but I will use these for season 3 if I write one for that season. All I'll say is that G.U.N is not making an appearance in the DxD universe as I have no plans for them.
DyuerisutoX
Oh, not bad! From what I've read so far, I'm really hyped about it. This could turn out to be truly interesting. As I mentioned, I particularly enjoy character interactions, so it would be fascinating to see how the members of the ORC react to Shadow… not to mention Gerald and Maria. And knowing that Maria and Asia are by far the kindest girls out there, I'm absolutely certain they'd become best friends in less than a minute.
Also, I found Gerald's journal entries fun to read, especially towards the end when he comments on… Akeno. It's like he's on the verge of discovering her full personality. And the fact that he mentions she might have a bad influence on Maria… oh my god, we need to protect Maria, but we also need to see that scene between those two!
Bakuganman: I'm happy for your optimism. We'll see what people say when I close the voting.
Alternate Breaker
Please dont make the same mistake of having a mobian kiss a non mobian from 06.
Bakuganman: Feel like a broken record even though I said this in the earliest chapters, but there is no romance between the Sonic cast and DxD one, and there will not be. Thats not the type of fanfic this is.
Im assuming this was said because of line "Sonic still retained his humor and charm that they fell in love with" in the posted drafts of a possible Shadow Gens adaptation. If this is the case, love doesn't always mean romantic attraction. In this context, it's simply friendship, like the lyrics from I'm Here from Frontiers.
Season 2, Chapter 4 - Knight of Vengeance, The Rise of Excalibur
Location: Vatican City, Saint Peter's Basilica, Rome - 2:34am
WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO! WOOOOOO!
In the middle of that blaring alarm, a door exploded open with a few large robots slowly stomping through, along with many smaller robots and a few Fallen Angels, including a few E-3000 Fallen Angel Cyborgs like the one Rias ended up trapping in the Special Stage.
"INTRUDER ALERT! INTRUDER ALERT! BREACH OF FINAL SECURITY DOOR! ALL SECURITY PERSONNEL, DEADLY FORCE IS AUTHORIZED! THIS IS NOT A DRILL!"
And with that announcement telling the last line of defense to hold the line, we start at a massively chaotic scene occurring within the underground corridors of a very important church, with bullets and magic of various types flying in all directions. The bullets mostly came from the side with the advanced robots, leading the Fallen Angels deeper and deeper to their destination, the prize they were after: a sword was just inside a very tough-looking containment glass surrounded by visible magical wards and magical traps that were primed and ready to take their victims to anyone foolish enough to approach them. The sword in the containment looked like a long Kris, the blade appearing wide with a diamond-shaped gap through it and spikes on both its edges.
For all these protections it had, that sword was either very important or incredibly priceless. Both could be true.
Sadly all the flying bullets and energy blasts, both magical and scientific, destroyed the aforementioned wards. The smaller bots (Motobugs and Buzz Bombers) triggered the traps, the wheeled insects able to drive quickly over the ground traps, while the hornets kept their distance and shot at the traps. Some of the robots themselves were destroyed by doing this, but the sheer number of them immediately replaced the ones that blew up or disintegrated.
"I got a clear shot!" One of the church members said, using a glyph to blast some magic at one of the larger robots, the one that was humanoid white and gold armor and had clawed hands (Egg Guardian). This attack was successful, as it also vaporized the arms of the mechanical beast.
"Got it!" The church member cheered... but his victorious smile turned into a look a horror, for the robot he just attacked then aimed its armless sockets at him and everyone else in its range, and unleashed a storm of bullets in a 360 degree radius from a machine gun inside those sockets. And to rub salt in the wound, its arms slowly regenerated back as it continued to press forward.
One of the E-3000s summoned a Light Spear and threw it at the container housing the sword for a distance. Instead of blowing up however like most did; this spear just imbedded itself in the glass, and gave off a small humming sound that increased in both volume and tempo until...
SHATTTER!
The glass imploded in on itself, so no glass flew into any of the fighters, be it robotic or organic. The same Fallen Angel Cyborg that originally threw that Light Spear responsible for this used a grapple arm to grab the sword by its hilt.
"Holy Sword, secured!" Said the Fallen Angel Cyborg. "Fall back!"
Any Fallen Angels, Fallen Cyborgs, and Badniks immediately stopped fighting and made moves to retreat. They already got what they came for, so they saw no reason to overstay their unwelcome. Opening teleportation glyphs near or beneath their comrades, all Fallen Angels and the robots assisting them easily escaped, leaving the church members alone in the wrecked underground bunker, with yet another Holy Sword having been stolen.
"... DAMMIT!" One of the church members cursed after what just happened fully processed, chucking his large rifle on the ground. He didn't care he was in a house of God by this point, this was extremely frustrating. "That's the 5th Excalibur Holy Sword in a row! We have none left!"
"Not really, captain." Said another member. "We still have 2 in our hands..."
"Oh, sure! And what idiot in the higher ups thought it'd be a great idea to lend 2 pieces of one of the most powerful weapons in existence to 2 kids and a White Rat from Pizza Hut?!" The Captain complained, needing to rant as he paced around.
"With all due respect, they had no choice." Another member said, this one a female, while she was wiping dust off her armor. "Whatever technology the Fallen Angels have gotten ahold of far exceeds anything we've faced before. With each sword disappearing one by one, they had to make a decision before those particular pieces fell into the wrong hands."
"She has a point." One member defended her. "Excalibur Destruction was the original swords raw power, along with Excalibur Mimic allowing it to reshape into any form the user desires. We especially couldn't let those pieces out of our sight."
"Not too mention that 'Pizza Rat' was fought to a stallmate ONLY by those kids. Then he ended up following them around." Said another member, remembering full well what that White Hedgehog was capable of doing, and while Xenovia and Irina didn't subdue him, they did manage to calm him down.
"For the sake of the world, I hope your all right..." said the Captain, observing the damage one last time around him. Things just got crazier and crazier every passing day.
XXX
Not too long after that scuffle, the 5th Excalibur sword was placed behind protective wards of the Fallen Angels, as well as being guarded by a huge legion of more Fallen Angels, and more of Eggman's combat mechs on the chance someone would be foolish enough to try and steal them back. Eggman and Kokabiel themselves were standing above on a balcony of sorts, admiring their handiwork.
"5 down. Only 2 more to go." Eggman said.
"We already know exactly where they are, but they can be acquired at anytime..." Kokabiel said, turning to Eggman a bit with a toothy (or in his case fangy) smile. "This has turned out to be quite the benefital relationship, Doctor."
"I told you before, my feathered friend," Eggman said, turning to Kokabiel with a smile. "With my science, and your magic, there'll be nothing in this world that can stand in our way!"
"It's turning out more glorious than I ever anticipated. And it all thanks to you, Robotnik." Kokabiel said, looking back out at the bustling below. "Those fools will learn what a mistake it was to end the war. Soon; I'll finish what I started... by starting a new, even greater war... obtain the glory I was denied..."
"Taking what is rightfully ours, especially from a nasty little blue durian rolling around delaying the inevitable." Eggman said, the thought of the 'blue durian' making him grumble in annoyance. He then put an arm around the supernatural angel.
"Just imagine it! We could rule humanity and beyond! Together!" Eggman said while gesturing out his arm. "All of Kuoh Town, then the universe... maybe even the Multiverse, WHO KNOWS!"
He didn't notice Kokabiel rolled his eyes from this...
SHING!
"WHOA!" Eggman stopped talking when a Light Spear extended and nearly stabbed his head or neck, where he felt the heat of the spears light. When he did get away from Kokabiel, it was shown the Fallen Angel instead had summoned a Light Spear in the shape of a sword, which was actually both fitting and ironic.
"Oh, Robotnik... respectfully, thats just adorable..." Kokabiel said, talking down to Eggman which he of course picked up upon immediately. The Fallen One then dispelled his spear. "Though playing devils advocate here... if we had met at an earlier point in my life, I would have been much more open to such childish idea." He added as he walked away a bit as Eggman watched, the irony of the pun he made fully intentional.
"The truth is Doctor, I have no interest in conquering anyone or anything. My only goal is to simply prove a point... that we Fallen Angels are the superior beings compared to the other factions." Kokabiel continued further as he observed his and Eggman's subordinates below. He also pulled out his Chaos Emerald from his robes.
"While we may have the smallest population of the factions, that only further marks us as a special species... a race of beings caught between light and darkness... a testament to a level of tendency that only we possess."
Eggman's eyes slightly widened as Kokabiel admitted his true intentions, which were much different from Raynare's, who wanted power just like Eggman did. Following this, the Fallen One's voice raised, becoming more passionate and more proud.
"We were so close... so close to winning the war, and proving our superiority for all to see! We just needed a little more time... but then those two traitors Azazel and Shemhazai had that forsaken treaty created after those overgrown water elementals nearly brought The End of the universe upon ALL of us, when we could've easily secured our spot on top in the first place!... It's not only what we desire, it's what we rightfully deserve..."
Kokabiel began to calm down. "And don't even get me started on Raynare... foolish girl idolized those two like a lovestruck student to her senpai..." He looked back at Eggman again. "... Her fate wasn't even tragic... foolish girl got exactly what she deserved... how do those humans say... Play a stupid game. Win a stupid prize."
With that, Kokabiel walked off with Eggman watching him intently. He couldn't help but think that bird had an unhealthyly large superiority complex...
XXX
Location: Kuoh Town, Kuoh Academy, Japan - 1:26pm
Its been 3 days since the incident with the Stray Devil, and Kiba has still been very much distant. No, he still showed up to his classes and the club, but something about him just felt... off. Lots of his fangirls were even getting increasingly concerned, as the Prince Charming of Kuoh Academy also lost his trademark smile... some of them blamed Issei, which he ignored.
One day between the last classes for the day, Issei managed to get Kiba alone in one of the halls of the school, putting his hand in his shoulder to stop him from walking off, but also to show support.
"Dude... you've been looking worse than me when I'm interupted wanking it. Can we talk?" Issei said to Kiba, letting the Knight know he had his support.
"There's nothing to talk about," said Kiba in a low tone. "It's got nothing to with you."
"That doesn't mean I can't be worried!" Issei said.
"Worried? I didn't take you as the worrying type." Kiba said.
"Your my friend, Kiba! Of course I'd worry!" Issei said, which to his own credit was true... even if he did get insanely jealous that Kiba easily got female attention without even trying, but that's besides the point. "Just talk to me! Let me help you!"
"And what would you gain out of it?..." Kiba said, which gave Issei pause. "We're Devils, remember? We are by default self-centered and selfish beings..." he added... okay, he had a point there. As nice as Rias was, she would try to twist things ever so slightly to get her way, like when she blatantly played dumb about Asia moving into his house.
But... there was also a good side to them. Like when Rias saved his life, even though she really had no need to do so at the time, and even when Koneko and Kiba himself offered to help him save Sonic and Asia from Raynare's trap.
"Dude... you fucking serious right now?" Issei asked. "What about when you guys helped train me?"
"We had our orders..." Kiba attempted to diminish, but Issei kept going.
"Or when you and Koneko went behind Rias' back?"
"She already knew anyway..."
"Or when you could have left Sonic be? Leave me to die? Leave Asia to die twice? Looked after her when she was still human, AND still a member of the church?"
...
Kiba had no counterpoints for those. They couldn't be simply passed off as "selfish". He just remained silent, unable to answer.
"I don't know what's going on with you, but your really acting weird. Like someone completely different... I'm scared for you man!" Issei said, being fully honest and even going as far as to admit he was afraid for Kiba. "Look, if you can't talk to Rias, at least talk to me. My lips are sealed!"
Kiba didn't answer for another couple of seconds, probably getting his thoughts together, but when he did answer, his voice was softer.
"... Alright... you made your point..." Kiba said. "... and for the recond, I do think I was wrong the other day... but I finally discovered my purpose."
Issei just stared at Kiba... what was he talking about?
"Or, to put in simple terms... the reason I'm still here... the reason I fight..." Kiba clarified.
"Aren't you still here because of Rias?" Issei said, a little ignorant to the situation, but just assumed Kiba was in the same boat as him. Rias saved his life, so now he serves her to climb the Underworld totem pole. "Aren't you fighting for her?"
"No." Kiba said. "It's true... I do owe her a great deal... without her, I wouldn't even be here... just like you..." Kiba added, vaguely reminiscing on his past. "But unlike you... I live for vegence."
"Vegence?" Issei asked.
Kiba turned away by this point, feeling he's said too much. "Issei, I appreciate your passion. Believe me, I really do... I just need time alone. I'll see you at the tournament." Kiba said, and this was 100% honest. Then, he added something in a lower tone that he figured Issei didn't hear, but he actually did: "Excalibur will be destroyed by my hand..."
ZOOM!
Not even caring if any humans saw him, Kiba used his Knight speed to leave. Even as Issei tried to call out to Kiba, it would have fell on deaf ears. Issei just looked on... what was up with Kiba lately? He's really been acting up. Still, with no way of pursuing him, Issei wallked off to his final classes for the day.
XXX
"Aim for him! Aim for Hyoudou!"
"Aww, Screw you guys!"
Issei was shouting at the same time crying while he was dodging incredibly fast balls while those same balls rained down on him like one of Saturday Morning Cartoons snowball fights. The match between clubs had started 2 hours later... and the first one haaaaaaad to be dodgeball of all things... déjà vu. It also didn't help this match was against the baseball club. Totally fair.
Now if Issei was allowed to use just a little bit of his superpowers, not necessarily the Boosted Gear but maybe just a bit of his demonic reflexes, then he would have had a chance. But no, he had to keep his Devil nature a secret.
To these guys, they couldn't hit anyone besides Issei from their viewpoints. They had various reasons why:
•Rias. "Great Onee-sama" number 1. The really popular school idol and the embodiment of every guys dreams. Can't aim for her.
•Akeno. "Great Onee-sama" number 2. Another school idol and the embodiment of every guys fantasies. Can't aim for her either.
•Asia. The "Angel of Kuoh" and the number 1 beautiful girl of the second year classes ever since she showed up. And also an innocent blonde that goes against that stereotype who isn't shy about her [albeit now former] connections to the Lord (which embodies even more fantasies). Can't aim for her, or the girls will hate you.
•Koneko-chan. A loli girl who is the club's and the school's mascot. Since most people didn't know about her tougher side, they'd feel bad if they hit her.
•Kiba... despite being just as much of the Enemy of every male student in the school like Issei only for different reasons, the girls won't even talk to you if you hit him. Aimming for him, unless you can prove it was an accident, was out of the question.
And before you ask: no. Sonic and Tails weren't here. Even of they wanted too, with one able to run rings around people and the other would turn the balls into electricity shots (Thunder Shoot, if Issei recalled correctly), they were laying low.
That left only 2 types of possible targets: everyone else, or Issei... scratch that. Everyone solely focused on him specifically. They weren't even trying to hide it either. Its like they were trying to eliminate him completely!
"Kill Him!!"
"Asia's the best! Die, foul beast!"
"Take Hyoudou down! For Rias' sake! For Akeno's sake!"
"Bring Asia back from the Dark side!"
"There should be only one loli-con, and that's me!"
"Well fuck all you too!... GAH!" Issei said, then he did get hit in the back of the head but recovered pretty quickly. Even the crowds were telling him to die. All of their eyes were sending an intent that they wanted him dead.
Another ball flew at him, but it was blocked by Koneko, who threw it back decently hard. Not as hard as she truly could with her Rook strength, obviously she had to tone that down, but it did in fact take out the original thrower. Whether or not she did this for Issei personally or just for the game was debatable. Even though Issei had gotten struck the most out of the group, they were close to 1st place! He just had to dodge and/or return fire, then victory was there's!
As Issei was thinking like that, one big built baseball boy came and aimed for Kiba! He obviously didn't care about the ramifications if his hit went through, but his eyes held just as intense hatred as the students' chanting death to Issei. Seeing Kiba was about to get hit because Kiba was off in La-La Land again, Issei took it upon himself to use his body as a shield.
After Kiba noted what Issei was doing and snapped out of it, the ball changed it's direction, curving downward due to gravity...
SMASH!!
"……!!!"
Issei held the crushed location as he went down holding it from the insane pain... the pain only guys can know, even when girls make the ridiculous comparison to being punched in the breasts...
"N... Not again..." The downed Pawn croaked out. The club members came rushing to him, then Rias helped him stand. You could see the apologetic look in her eye. So while the rest of them completed the match, Rias ordered Koneko to take him somewhere behind a building so Asia can heal him. Koneko literally dragged him off by his collar.
"Ara ara. Poor Issei is in serious condition." Akeno said, also feeling bad for Issei, but also finding a bit of humor in it, mainly because now Rias was all fired up and if she wasn't holding back her powers, she would definitely kill someone.
"So... which one of you prey hit my Issei?" Rias asked in a scary, yet kind voice with her signature smirk. Even when no one responded, "... alright. Then all of you are fair game..."
Issei was retired for the first match, but only temporarily and was dragged behind the gym. There were 0 sights of other people as Asia healed him between his hips for now the second time as he was propped up on the wall of the gym, the former nun remained fully foocused as she did her job. The warm light came out of her hand that was literally just over his crotch felt as incredible as it always did... not that way, but still...
"Did that feel good, Issei?" Asia said, the implication of how she said her sentence completely lost on her.
"Very..." Issei said.
"Here... maybe this will help..." Asia then sat next to Issei, took his head… then he felt a really soft sensation from his head. "You looked happy last time Rias did this to you... is this not good enough?"
She put his head on her lap. More specifically her thighs, copying what Rias had done to him at the Rating Game. So when Issei didn't respond or react immediately, she became self-conscious about it. To be frankly honest, while Asia was definitely smaller than Rias, it didn't feel any worse or lesser than at all. It had the exact same effect. The only reason Issei wasn't reacting was because this is something he never expected Asia to do. It took him completely off guard.
"No! No, its cool... I appreciate it, Asia. It feels great." He said as he looked up at her from the new angle. Koneko sighed at this, not amused.
"And the Occult Research Club wins!" The good news the announcement just made reached their ears, along with a field of downed students surrounded by a Rias cooly spinning a ball on her finger.
XXX
It was raining outside later on, and they were lucky that it rained after the tournament. Currently Rias, Sonic and Tails were inside the main office; with Tails playing a game of chess with Rias at her chess table.
"Then Sonic thought it would be a good idea to jump into the barrel..." Tails then moved his Bishop across the board, in striking position of Rias' Queen.
"Well it worked, didn't it?!" Sonic said.
Rias smiled, not laughing, but still finding humor in yet another one of the duo's stories. And while playing chess with the smarter o the two after such an intense tournament where she won 1st place after she figuratively murdered everyone else?... What a treat!
Honestly, she didn't fully believe half the shit Sonic told her before, even after it was proven the Chaos Emeralds did in fact exist. However with a second pair of eyes and ears confirming some of them, even providing physical evidence, Rias just now took most of the tales as fact. It truly was fantastic and fascinating, 2 aliens having gone through so much together, yet were as close as anyone can be.
Sonic and Tails were much like her and Akeno: 2 people who happened to stumble across each other, becoming fast friends, and having plenty of moments together.
"Look at you two; one is the logical thinker and the other is so fast, yet so carefree..." Rias said, then smirked after taking out the Bishop that dared approach the Queen. "... the postion is still open. Are you sure you don't want to join my peerage as my servant? Or servants?"
"Hmmm... continue to go with the wind, or serve Fire Princess?" Sonic asked aloud, playing along and being silly. "I appreciate you Ri, but it's just not my style. The whole devil thing doesn't exactly scream 'friendly neighborhood.'"
"Yeah, I prefer science over anything else..." Tails said, then began to move his Knight. "But chess is definitely fun with you though!" He said this as not only did he take her Queen with the Knight, but also put Rias' King in check.
Rias' eyes widened slightly, and Sonic snickered... so that's why Tails sacrificed his own Queen to her Queen seemingly recklessly 2 turns ago... sly little fox. The Gremory then chuckled softly.
"You're lucky I like you two. Perhaps you enjoy being part of my world more than you realize." Rias said. It was here when Issei walked in.
"So, Issei... how were the balls?" Sonic said to Issei with a smirk.
"They're fine..." Issei grumbled, fully aware of the type of joke Sonic was preparing and wasn't ammused by it. "Assholes pelted me the entire time..."
"You sound like a popular guy." Tails said jokingly, watching Rias make her next move, which was performing a Castling Maneuver between her Rook and King.
"Yeah, thanks." Issei sarcastically thanked him.
"What was up with Kiba by the way? Still out of it?" Sonic asked.
"Completely!" Issei said. "I'm worried about the dude. I tried talking to him before the tournament but he blew me off! Then he muttered something... I dunno, Excalibur or something... he-"
The very second the word "Excalibur" left Issei's lips, Sonic immediately reacted. However it was Rias in fact, who was in the middle of watching Tails slide his Bishop along the board, stood up insanely quickly with her hands propped on the table and looked directly at Issei with a harsh stare. It was very similar to the one she gave Riser when he first came to the club room that week before the Rating Game with him.
"... where did you hear that?" She asked lowly in a serious tone, as she didn't fully focus on the conversation between the Hedgehog and Pawn initially until the word Excalibur was brought up. While she beat Sonic too it, the Blue Hedgehog's eyes widened a bit. How did Issei and Rias know about the talking letter opener?
"..." Issei was taken aback by Rias' reaction that he had to take a moment to collect himself. "... IIIIII... heard it from Kiba... after he..."
"Meeting. Your house. Your room." Rias said, walking away from the table and opening a glyph, most likely transport related.
"But we're right-...!" Issei was saying, as what was the point of having a meeting somewhere else when they could have it literally in the privacy of this very room?
"That's an order." Rias said in a stern tone. Normally she wasn't one to play the 'I'm the boss' card unless something serious came up.
What was up with her? What was up with Kiba?
XXX
It was now dark outside and Kiba was walking without an umbrella under the now heavier rain. He figured he could cool himself off from his internal emotions. He failed his master that saved his life. He could still picture it in hs head... the sleepless nights... the endless torture... his narrow escape... the cold woods... that coughing and gas...
Kiba forced himself to shake it off, push down his anger and fury even as his fists clenched... he should save it... save for the person responsible for all of it. He never once truly forgotten his feelings of revenge towards Excalibur. He just got senile with the lifestyle at school. He made friends, obtained a lifestyle, and received a new name... received a new purpose in life from his master, Rias Gremory.
"That doesn't mean I can't be worried! Your my friend, Kiba!" Issei's voice echoed in Kiba's head when he thought back to that moment.
'Sorry Issei... but it's selfish of me to have friends right now... I can't forgive what Excalibur did to me...' Kiba thought to himself. As he did, he began to hear splashes but not like the kind you here at a swimming pool, more like when you constantly step into puddles in an alleyway, which ironically someone came from but was holding the walls as if he was too weak to walk.
A priest appeared before him... a new flashback of Kiba showed a different priest, but he mentally shook it. Still with the mood the Knight was in, he didn't mind killing him, exorcist or not.
Splash
He fell down before Kiba had a chance... dead. The priest had a blood patch on his stomach along with a deadly cut... was he attacked by someone? Who? An enemy?
"Yoo-hoo! Nener nener! It's been a while, Knight in shining armor!" Kiba knew that voice even before he looked back up from the dead priests body, along with who was giving in that disgusting smile. "Did you miss little old meeeeeeee? Its nice to see the pretty boy of the Underworld came to pay Freed Selzen a visit."
"Freed..." Kiba said, trying to control his temper. The white-haired crazy priest, Freed Selzen, had finally returned; that same disgusting smile really started ticking Kiba off... he was also wielding a new sword, but Kiba didn't think much of it for now. "So you've hiding in town this whole time?"
"Aaaaah, such a wonderful reunion. It just brings a stray trear to my eye, hehehehehehe!" Freed said, purposefully ignoring what Kiba asked. In response to this, Kiba created a demonic sword instantly and took hold of it... there was also something abnormal about Freed, even more abnormal than usual, but Kiba brushed it off as killing intent.
"Unfortunately for you, I'm really not in the best of moods right now. So unless you want to be cut in half, I'd advise you to get out of my way." Kiba threatened, still controling his anger but making it clear if pushed enough, he will snap.
Freed however, simply laughed it off. "HAHAHAHA! Oh, no, that's perfect for me! I need some fun, because these pussyfoot priests have gotten so borning." He then began swinging the sword around like he was doing practice swings with a baseball bat.
Then... it emitted a certain glow... a certain Holy glow... Kiba couldn't believe it... he could never forget such a power... that light... the aura... its glow...
"No... that can't be..." Kiba denied but even he knew the truth. Freed just cockily rubbed it in.
"OH, but it definitely is! So, as penance for our last encounter, why not we see which is stronger? Will your filthy cursed demonic sword be the victor..." He revealed the blade fully, pointing it directly at Kiba... the very same sword Eggman's robots and the Fallen Angels had stolen days ago. "Or is it likely it shall be the holy slayer known as EXCALIBURRRRR!"
Kiba clutched his sword so hard to began to shake. "Where did you get that?" Kiba asked as politely as he could, though his voice was incredibly strained, desperately holding back his fury.
"Well I could say we borrowed it from Saint Peter's Basilica..." Freed admitted. "But let's just say it was kindly prescribed under the counter by my Doctor! HYAHAHAHAHA!"
It was here Kiba finally snapped.
CLANG! SPARK!
There is a reflection of a metal under the rain, then there's a spark as they began to fight.
