AN: I don't own DC/YJ, DMC/DmC, and HS DxD
Chapter Eleven: "Binding Bonds"
Aika was standing nude in the club bathroom with a similarly dressed Rias hugging her from behind before Rias glows a red tint.
'Last time when I almost died... This must be what she did to me to bring me back', Aika thought as she nervously sat with Rias.
Rias releases her, "All set", revealing a scar going diagonally from her shoulder down on Aika's back.
Aika looks to her, "Thanks a lot", before she then turns and walks out, wrapping up in a towel first, into the main club room, with Rias looking after her in worry before proceeding to take a shower.
Aika sits down on the couch and Akeno kneels before her, taking Aika's leg and wrapping it up with bandages.
"You need to relax. At least till you get your full strength back", Akeno tells her, "That light power that Stray Exorcist used on you was strong, you're lucky we showed up when we did", before working on the wrapping on Aika's torso while Kiba looked away to be polite.
"A Stray Exorcist?", Aika asks her, "I'm not sure what that term means".
Kiba goes on to explain, "A ton of them got the boot from the church, and for lack of options, many became servants for Fallen Angels".
Aika turns to him, "Wait, you can't actually be saying that Asia is in the same camp as that freak, dick", causing Kiba to look down as though he is ashamed to say Asia might be.
Rias steps out of the shower with a towel on into the main club room, "We're not saying anything, other than that you're a Devil, and for whatever reason, she's with the Fallen One", stepping out to stand before her peerage, "Those are the facts, Aika".
"So?", Aika asks flippantly, "Dante is half Angel yet we still hang out with him".
Jason suddenly walks in through the front door,"They probably accept it due to being part Devil as well", a scowl present on his face.
"Dante!", Aika cries at in relief, standing up while holding her towel secured, "You're okay! Wait, where's Asia?"
Jason's scowl deepens, "Damn rogue Fallen Angels attacked me with four different light spears at once and sent me flying out of the house, they grabbed her and the pedocist and flew off before I could get back up", he growls out, "I would have just charged the church to get her right now, but I need to check on some things to make sure it'll be alright afterwords".
"That is probably the best for now", Rias agrees with him, "We don't know how important their group is to the Fallen Angels as a whole and it could result in them descending upon us".
"Hmph", Jason growls, hating this fact. He needs to contact Azazel or something. "Whatever", Jason tells her, "I'll see you all tomorrow or whatever", and leaves back for his place in Limbo CIty.
The others also soon went home for the night.
Aika's Bedroom
Aika Kiryuu laid in her bed staring up at the ceiling in the dark in deep thought.
"Dammit. I'm nothing but a loser", Aika tells herself, "A pathetic pawn. I can't protect myself, let alone my friends", remembering all the times Jason had to help her and how she couldn't help him earlier against Freed and the Fallen Angels.
She sits up, "No! To hell with all that!".
Later, Kuoh Playground
Aika is dressed in a red shirt over blue pants and grabs hold of monkey bars and begins doing pull ups.
'I'm weak right now, but I won't be after some training and get muscles!', Aika thinks struggling to do said pull ups before a hand gives out on her. She tries to pull herself up with the remaining hand, but she falls to the ground.
"Damn, that blew", grabbing her shoulder that was injured from last night, leading to her remembering it again, 'No, I can't bitch out. I've got to help Dante rescue Asia from those douchebags', before standing up to try again.
"Oh, it's you", Aika hears a familiar voice call out to her.
She turns to see Asia Argento, just walking around in public without a care.
"Asia?", Aika asks in surprise.
Soon After, Restaurant
Asia was sitting nervously across from Aika in a nearby restaurant in town, looking down at something
"Trust me, there's no other way", Aika tells her.
"There isn't?", Asia asks in shock.
"This is how you're supposed to eat a hamburger", Aika tells her before lifting up her own and taking a bite out of it
"Well, if that's the way your supposed to do it... Here it goes!", Asia says before grabbing her own. She nervously looks to it then to Aika before taking a small chipmunk like bite out of it. Her eyes snap open at the taste, "Oh my, it's so yummy!", causing Aika to laugh at her childishness.
Aika then looks to her curiously, "Hey, Asia, what made you decide to go to the park?"
"Huh?", Asia is surprised at the question, before looking depressingly to the side, "Oh, well..." before looking back to Aika with a kind smile, "The weather was so perfect, so I thought it might be nice to go out and enjoy the day", leaving Aika to look at her with a raised brow, "But then, I saw you there, the girl Dante knew, and my day got even better. So, yay".
"Just because I'm Dante's friend?", Aika questions, before shaking it off and smiling to Asia, "You know what, since you're free, why don't we hang out together?"
Asia looks taken aback but smiles and accepts with a smile, "Yeah, sure".
They go on to play games at the arcade; racing, dancing, fighters. They then went t a photo booth and took some pictures.
they were then walking around the arcade before Asia notices something and rushes over to it. Aika sees her looking at a crane/claw machine, the one with a yellow and black mouse like stuffed animal, reminiscent of a certain Pokemon
"You alright?', Aika joyfully asks Asia.
"Oh!", Asia lets out in surprise, since she was so entrances by the toy, "Yeah, I'm fine, no big deal".
Aika looks into the machine, "So, you dig stuffed animals".
"Oh, not at all!", Asia tries to deny with a blush before turning to her while looking down, "Well, sort of", before looking down even further, "Yes".
Aika then proceeds to get her a mouse from the machine, "I'm pretty much outing myself as a big nerd here", she tells Asia, "Cause I've spent hundreds of hours in arcades", and gives it to Asia.
She hugs it and smiles to Aika, "Thanks for winning this little guy for me. From now on, every time I look at it, I'll remember how much of a blessing it is to know you".
Aika scratches the back of her head in embarrassment.
She then turns and tells Asia, "Look, there's more stuff left to see", walking ahead of Asia.
"Thank you, this is special", Asia quietly says to herself, "Even if it is only for today".
They were soon elsewhere, with Aika getting a drink from a vending machine.
"You know what? I can't remember the last time I had this much fun", Asia tells her.
"Yeah? Good, I'm glad. I had a pretty great time too", Aika smiles as she cracks open her can before taking drink but flinches in pain from her injuries last night and grabs onto her shoulder "Ow, that hurt".
Asia steps towards her in worry, "It's your wound from the other day", remembering the state Aika was in when she saw her for the first time.
Aika looks to her, "Uh, yeah. It stings".
They were soon sitting on a bench near a large fountain that almost looked like an extravagant pool, with Aika facing away as Asia used her own Sacred Gear to heal her back.
"Dante never mentioned you had a healing Sacred Gear when he talked about you", Aika says to Asia to pass the time as she healed her.
"Really?", Asia asks her in surprise, since that was one of the first thing most that knew her talks about.
"Yeah", Aika confirms, "He just talked about how nice you are. How you reminded him of his mother, the only time he ever mentioned her now that I think about it".
"Oh", Aisa looks down embarrassed again before remembering, "Does your leg hurt too?"
"Huh? Oh, yeah", Aika utters, remembering how her leg was also hurt.
Asia kneels down on the ground and uses her Sacred Gear on Aika's left leg and heals it back to full health. Aika couldn't even feel the scars anymore.
"Is that good?", Asia asks her.
"Uh, yeah", Aika says before standing up, rotting her left arm and shaking her leg to confirm, "It already feels like a thousand times better", before she runs in place, "Check out how I can move now! Awesome!", she looks to the now standing Asia, "Thank you so much, Asia".
Asia simply smiles to her, happy to see Aika was in full health again.
They both sit on the bench again as Asia begins sharing about her life.
"When I was a baby, I was abandoned by my real parents", Asia shares, "They left me in front of a church in a small town in Europe. I was told when they found me, I wouldn't stop crying. The sweet nuns there brought me up. One day, when I about eight, a sad little puppy, who was hurt real bad, found his way into the church where I lived. I prayed as hard as I could that God would spare him. And when I did, a miracle happened. Because of my power, I was immediately taken to a larger church. Men and women from all over the world would visit when they were injured or sick, and I was told to heal all of them! The idea that I possessed this thing that could actually help other people made me so happy. I finally felt like I had a purpose. But then one day, I came across someone who had fallen and was in bad shape. I was able to heal him, but he wasn't a man", remembering how she was outcasted for healing a Devil, being called a demon and a witch, how they should burn her, "They said anyone who had my kind of power was a heretic, so I had no choice but to runaway", looking down to the fountain.
Aika shared her gaze, "That's awful. So after you took off, is that when you decided to join the Fallen Ones?"
Asia looks to the sky with a smile, "Yes, but I'll never forget who I am. I say my prayers and try my best to live a good life", before then frowning, "They're awful. They do such horrible, evil things, all in the name of God. This suffering has to be a test to my faith. But if I can overcome these trials, someday I know, my hopes and dreams will come true. That's what I believe anyway".
"What are your dreams?", Aika asks her.
"To make lots of lifelong friends", Asia tells her, "To get to know them well and do cool things. To be able to have fun together and care for each other. It's kind of silly", she's looks to Aika with a smile, "Honestly, I'd be happy to have any friends", before looking back to the fountain.
Aika looks down in thought before standing up.
Asia looks to her in surprise, "Hey, is something wrong?".
"I don't care what other people say, I'm your friend", Aika tells her before looking down to her, "Me and Dante. After what we've been through, how could we not be? I say we've gotten to know each other ourselves, wish I had Dante's number so he could've joined us. We could have learned more about him and each other."
Asia smiles, "Yeah, I wish he was here too".
Aika gives her own smile, "And I definitely care about you".
Asia tears up from happiness, "We can't", she shakes her head in denial, "I care about you too, but we can't. Aika, no, it's forbidden, I don't want to cause you any trouble".
Aika steps to her, "Don't care. We're friends, and that's the way it is".
Asia stands to join her, "Really? All right. Thank you, Aika".
Suddenly, Aika hears a ripple in the water of the big fountain and turns to see the Fallen Angel form of Yuuma
"Isn't that sweet?", Yuuma croans as Aika looks to her in a panic.
"Shit, it's Yuuma", Aika says, standing in between Asia and the Fallen Angel.
"Lady Raynare", Asia utters in despair, revealing Yuuma's true name.
Aika glances to Asia before looking back to Raynare.
"Right, she's a Fallen Angel", Aika reminds herself, looking at the skimpily leather clad woman with black feathered wings.
"So the rumors about your downward spiral into the wickedness of Devildom are true", Raynare says to her, "And I had such high hopes", before glaring, "Don't even try to run, Asia".
"Begone!", Asia calls out to her, "I want no part of the evil you and the others are up to", before looking to Aika, "I ran away. I'm sorry, but I couldn't stand to be around them anymore".
"Don't apologize, I'm glad", Aika tells her as she stares Raynare down, leaving Asia to gasp in shock, Aika glances to Asia "You're too good for them. You don't belong with those bunch of good-for-nothing, hasbeen bastards anyway", she looks back to Raynare, "What do you want from me, "Yuuma"?!"
Raynare stifles a laugh, "Oh, don't worry. My business here has nothing to do with you, little girl. Though, I guess we could finish what we started, couldn't we?", causing Aika to pause as she was reminded of her death, "Let's... have.. fun", summoning her red light spear into her right hand.
Aika steps back, "A spear of light. Shit"
Raynare continues, "I always hate to see someone die a virgin", jokingly referring to the fact Aika still had her cherry.
Aika raises her left hand, "Sacred Gear!", and the red and gold gauntlet appears on her hand, "It worked!", she cheers.
Raynare gazes at it before laughing, causing Aika to gawk at her, "Is that really all you've got?", Raynare jovially demands, "It's nothing but a Twice Critical. Coming up lacking as usual".
"Wait, a Twice what?", Aika asks her.
"It's also called a Dragon's Hand", Raynare explains, "That thing only doubles your power temporarily. You might as well be fighting me with sticks and stones".
Aika looks to her Twice Critical, "Man, that's all it does?".
"Word upstairs is that you're a Devil to watch out for", Raynare tells them, causing Aika to refocus on her, "They said your Sacred Gear is a force to be reckoned with. That's why I put on that dumb little girl act", before taking a pose and changing her voice to a more cute one, "Please, Aika, be my friend", before waving it off with a smile, "Ridiculous. You sure bought it though. Hook, line, and sinker", before cruelly laughing.
Aika glares at her and lifts up the Twice Critical, "Shut your fucking face and fight!".
Raynare glares with utters disdain, her eyes almost becoming red as her teeth sharpen, "You're an idiot if you think you can take me on with that tiny thing! Give me the girl, take the rest of your dignity, and go home".
"Not happening!", Aika refuses her.
"Please, be careful", Asia tells Aika.
"If I can't protect my friends, than what good am I?", Aika declares as she remembers her failures to act, before looking to her Sacred Gear, "Double my power! Come on! Show me what you're made of, Gear!".
The welsh markings appear again and a masculine beast like voice sounds from it, "BOOST!".
Suddenly, Raynare's light spear was in Aika's gut before she could act.
Asia cries out in horror as Aika falls with blood spurting out.
"Aika, no!", Asia cries, dripping her stuffed mouse and grabbing hold of Aika.
The light spear disappears, "Nice catch", Raynare says sarcastically, "Looks like your can;t get the job done. You'll hear that alot", jokingly calling Aika a bad lay.
Aika glares at her, 'Damn!', before she sees a green glow, Asia was healing her, "What are you doing?".
Raynare's eyes narrow at Asia's actions.
"I'm healing you, silly", Asia tells Aika.
'That's handy', Aika thinks as she glaces back to Raynare, 'Awesome! the pain is almost gone!', before her wound was all gone, leaving it only covered in blood.
Raynare laughs before calling out to the nun, "Now, Asia, be a good little girl, and come with me. You're healing power is far more and infinitely more valuable to are kind than her Sacred Gear could be".
Asai gasps and hides her hands behind her back, "I knew it! You're only interested in me because of my power!".
Raynare summons a bigger light spear before her, "How about a deal? If you agree to come with me, than I won't murder your friend", causing Asia to hesitate.
"Screw you, bitch!", Aika yells before standing up, "No way is she going with you!".
Suddenly, Raynare was right above them with the light spear and throws it at them.
"Look out!", Aika yells to Asia, pushing her away before the light spear strikes the ground and blows up.
Aika is sent flying through the air and into the fountain while the stuffed mouse is destroyed.
"Aika, no!", asia cries out to her friend.
Aika gets back to her feet, soaking wet from the water, "That sucked. I've never seen a spear tat strong", before falling face first back into the water from the pain.
Asia gasps in worry for Aika before Raynare lands beside her.
"I spared her life on purpose", Raynare tells Asia, "If I wanted to, I could have delivered a fatal blow. Your friend would have shattered into a million pieces", causing Asia to look down in reluctant acceptance.
"I'll go with you", she says to the Fallen Angel before standing with her.
Aika struggles to get up to save Asia while Raynare hugs her in close and wraps them up with her wings.
"Hehe. Good girl", Raynare tells Asia, "No need to fret. After the big ritual, all of your worries and troubles will be gone forever", she looks to Aika, "See you soon, Aika".
"Stop! Asia!", Aika cries out, trying to run through the water.
"Goodbye, friend", Asia gives a tearful farewell, "I'll miss you", before Raynare suddenly vanishes with her, subjugating Aika to what Jason suffered the other night.
Aika collapses to her hands and knees, "No. Why couldn't I save her", fighting back her own tears as they slowly fall into the fountain.
Later, Sundown, ORC Building
Koneko was sitting in her spot on the couch, about to eat a snack, when a slap is heard that stops her. She and the others of Rias' Peerage look over to see Aika faces away from Rias with her cheek reddening and Rias standing before her with her hand held up.
All of them are dressed in their school uniforms.
"Let me try one more time", Rias begins, "When I say don't, then don't. You have to forget about Asia. You are a member of the Gremory Family now."
"Fine", Aika grumbles, "Then maybe it's time you release me from your household. Cause I refuse to just let her go".
"I'm sorry, but I can't do that", Rias denies her.
"Of course not, I'm your precious Pawn", Aika spitefully declares, "Can't do without your most important piece, can you?", she sarcastically remarks.
"That's enough, Aika!", Rias commands, taking Aika by surprise due to how soft spoken she usually is to her, "Pawns are important. They're not the weakest piece in the game by any means", she sits on her desk again, "Do you remember when I told you my Evil Pieces have the same attributes as their chess characters?"
"Yeah, but so what? What can a stupid pawn do?", Aika asks, unsure where Rias was going with this.
"In this chess game, quite a bit", Rias shares,"If a Pawn advances deep enough into an enemies territory, it can be promoted any other piece besides the King".
Aika thinks on thought, saying, "So does that mean I can get the same powers as everyone else?"
"Yes, but only if the master declares it as enemy territory", Rias explains, while Akeno enters the room, greeted by Koneko, "Say, for example, the Fallen Ones church", Rias gets off her desk and looks at aika directly, "Now, let's talk about our Sacred Gear...".
"Oh, yeah. It doubles my powers, right? Yuuma said-", before catching herself, "I mean, the Fallen Angel told me".
"Just feel", Rias tells her with a hand to Aika's face, "Any Sacred Gear works in direct correlation to the current feelings of its owner. Or, o put it another way, the stronger those feelings are, the more powerful your Sacred Gear will be".
"I... didn't know", Aika utters at the information, "That's cool".
Rias steps back with a smile before Akeno approaches her, sliding in behind her and whispering into her ear. Rias nods an affirmative.
"Something has come up", she tells Aika and the others of her Peerage, "Akeno and I have to step out for a moment".
Aika looks after her, "Wait a minute, I have more questions for-".
"Remember, even if you're promoted... no matter their rank, a single Devil can not stand up to a Fallen One", Rias cuts in as her and Akeno step into a teleportation circle an then vanish.
"Guess we'll have to see about that then, won't we?", Aika grumbles, "Thought Dante would help. If I could just get in contact with him..."
"Speak of the Devil and he shall appear", Jason says as he comes in through the front door. He was still wearing his uniform, but the white button up and black blazer was replaced with a black and red jacket that had a union jack on the left sleeve. They same jacket he wore against Mundus.
"Dante!", Aika yells out, running up to him, "Listen...", and she begins to explain all that had happened.
Jason scratches the back of his head in aggravation, "Dammit! If I wasn't so busy today, I might have been her in Kuoh sooner", before turning to leave.
"Are you going?", Aika asks him, "Then I'm coming along too!", running up to him.
"If you want", Jason retorts without a care, planning to rush into the church.
"Wait!", Kiba calls out to them.
Aika and Jason turn to him.
"What? Are you planning on stopping us?", Aika asks him.
"You could get killed", he tells Aika, not as worried about Jason after Mundus.
"I can deal with that as long as we get Asia out of there", Aika retorts.
"Very brave", Kiba remarks, "Very stupid too. This is suicide".
"It's none of your business!", Aika tells him, before Kiba has his sword in hand.
"I'm coming with you", Kiba tells them, surprising Aika, "Weren't you listening? The President said you get inside that church and you're promoted", he reminds her, "But she also said you wouldn't be able to do it on your own. While Dante is sufficient alone, we're going to back you up. Cause there's no way in hell we're letting you go without us, so you might as well save your breath".
"Koneko too?", Aika assk, noting he mentioned 'we' in his speech.
"There's nothing else going on", Koneko says in her monotone voice.
Night, Outside The Church
A blonde, twin tailed girl with blue eyes in a loli-maid / Gothic Lolita outfit sitting in a tree a distance from the building as she surveyed it while kicking her legs like a kid in a high chair.
"Ugh, this is the worst", she goes, "Standing guard is the most boring thing ever", before noticing a red light near, she turns to see Rias and Akeno step out of their teleportation circle, "Ooo, ask and you shall fricking receive", hopping down from the tree.
"Hi there, I'm Mittelt", she joyfully greets the Devil girls, "And I'm the most awesome falling angel in the history of ever", doing a stylish magic girl dance ending with a bow.
"This girl is really into herself, isn't she?", Akeno retorts to Rias with ehr signature smile.
"My servant sensed that you were nearby", Rias shares with Mittelt, "Since you're out here standing guard, your people must be worried about an attack".
"Worried?! No!", Mittelt denies, "We're just in the middle of a super duper top secret ritual and we don't want Devils interfering".
"Not to burst your bubble... but unfortunately some of the younger members of our team are on their way there right now", Akeno share with a smile, very much wanting to burst Mittelt's bubble.
"They what?!", she cries out in a rage, "are you flipping kidding me?!"
"Nope!", Akeno denies, "And they're not being discreet about it".
"Ugh!", Mittelt rages like a spoiled girl not getting what she wants, stomping into the ground as she through a tantrum, "I hate Devils! I just want to squish their ugly Devil faces! Ugh! Whatever! Let them do worse, not like they can stop us, there are way more of us than there are of them", before asking the Devils, "So why are you here? I hope it's not for some rescue operation. If so, you'll have to deal with me first. I may be little but I promise you this much, I can pack a mean punch".
"They're on their own", Rias retorts.
"Huh?", Mittelt lets out.
"We won't be making any attempt to rescue them", Rias smiles confidently.
"Uh, so what, you're just going to sit back and watch?", Mittelt curiously asks her.
Closer To The Church
Jason, Aika, Kiba, and Koneko were hiding amongst the tree and bushes to survey an entrance into the church.
"Oh man, can you feel that?", Aika remarks as she gets the feeling of danger from the other night but amplified.
"No kidding. There must be a ton of priests inside there", Kiba says.
"Seriously?", Aika asks in shock before looking to her fellow peerage members, "I think I'm glad you guys are here".
Kiba smiles to her, "well, hey, you and I are friends, right?", before taking a serious look, "Besides, Fallen Angels aren't exactly my favorite things in the world... The truth is, I hate them".
"Oh, yeah?", Aika says before she notices Jason and Koneko heading for the church, "Hold on, don't just go in!", she quietly calls out to them.
"No need to be sneaky. They know we're here", Koneko retorts as she and Jason stood before the doors before the other two join them.
Jason looks to her, "Do you want to open the doors, or should I?".
"Let the lady open the door for the gentleman", Koneko responds before she kicks the double doors open with a slam.
"Both still on their hinges? For shame. We lost some of the epicness of our arrival", Jason jokingly admonishes her.
The four then walk into the dark, and seemingly empty, abandoned church. Despite it being labelled as abandoned, the only damage they could see was some statues missing their upper half and the center sight crucifix was missing it's top and and most of the right line on the altar.
"This place is creepy", Aika remarks as she and Kiba were at the ready while the frost heads were cool and calm.
They son hear footsteps and then see Freed Sellzen walk out of a side door before the altar as he then stands before the broken cross.
"So, we meet again", Freed remarks in his same psycho voice, "Glad you could make it. I bet I'm a sight for sore eyes, huh?"
"Yeah right", Aika retorts.
"More like the sight that causes sore eyes", Jason adds in.
Freed snorts dismissively before spreading his arms out as he shrugs, "Here's the thing... I pride myself on the fact that I never have to battle any Devil more than once... and yet, here you are, just rubbing it in... If there's one thing that I won't abide, it's being mocked by magic Devils in the house of God! So what do you say...?", he reaches into his coat and takes out his sword and pistol, "Let's finish this!", he lifts the gun to his face as a manic look enters his eye, "the thought of tearing away your flesh and eating piece by piece makes my mouth water", licking the gun.
"Tell us where she is!", Aika yells at him.
"Oh, right. You mean the dirty Devil loving whore of a sister...", Freed goes, "All you have to do is go down into the basement. She's right beneath the altar we're currently standing on".
"Downstairs?", Kiba asks for a confirmation.
"Right, but first you have to go through me", Freed threatens.
"Sacred Gear!", Aika roars and summons her Twice Critical.
Koneko grabs a pew, picks it up, "Here!", and throws it at Freed.
Freed cuts it in half and lets it fall around, "You're pretty strong for a runt, aren't you?"
"Suck it", Koneko retorts before throwing more pews at him, causing him to run to the side and fire his gun at them, with Jason returning fire using Ebony and Ivory.
Kiba appears above Freed and dives sword first at the rogue priest, who parries the attack.
"Come on!", Freed yells as he then swings at Kiba, only for it to be parried as well, "Is that all you got?!", as Freed then shoots at Kiba, who evades it with his knight speed, "Show me something interesting!", before they then cross blades.
"You're quick", Kiba remarks with a smile
"Not so bad yourself", Freed comments with his own twisted smile, "Of course, that only makes me want to kill you more!", lifting his gun to shoot Kiba in he face, but Kiba backflips to dodge it, kicking Freed's weapons up before they right themselves to a stand-off.
"Whoa! Kiba's like a total badass, huh?", Aika remarks
Kiba smiles to Freed, "Alright, if you want to get serious about this, I can too", before the blade of his sword becomes black like a void.
Freed smiles with his tongue out like a creeper before rushing Kiba. They then clash blades again, but this time Kiba's blade begins to absorb the light from Freed's.
"Hey, what the hell the hell is this?!", Freed demands.
"The Holy Eraser", Kiba tells him, "It's a sword of darkness that devours light.
"Please! You think I'm afraid of you?!", Freed cries out as he tries to push him off.
AIka looks on in shock, "I didn't know he had a Sacred Gear".
"Aika!", Kiba calls out to her.
"Right!", Aika says before her Gear lets out a "BOOST!"
Back Outside
"Rescue or not, I can't let you go", Mittelt tells Rias and Akeno, "You're, like, totally the captain of your loser squad, and if we take you out, they're on a trip to useless town!", she unleashes her Fallen Angel wings, "sorry, but I'm bringing friends to this tea party!", for the purple portal to appear behind Rias and Akeno.
"Good work, Mittelt", Karawarner tells her as Rias and Akeno turn to see her and Dohnaseek.
"Sad o say we meet again, Lady Gremory", Dohnaseek says to the redhead, "You should have kept your servants in line!"
"They stuck they're nose where they don't belong again!", Karawarner tells her.
"Well well, the gangs all here", Akeno remarks with a smile.
"Hmph!", Rias smiles in agreement.
Back Inside The Church
"Time for a promotion!", Aika calls out as she rushes to Freed, becoming a Rook, 'Rook is a tank, it's power is an unparalleled strength', as she auto summons glyphs to shield her from shots from Freed's holy gun.
"Yeah, I'm fucked", Freed utters with wide-eyes as Aika closes in.
""And it kicks some serious ass!", Aika roars as she then punches across the jaw, sending him across the ground and crashing before the altar into the pew wreckage, "That's for Asia! That felt pretty good".
Freed gets up from pews and pulls out two light swords, "You bitch!", and he jumps for her, only for Koneko to throw another pew at him, "Owchie!", he cries as he tumbles to the ground with it.
He recovers before dodging a Stinger from Jason, "I'll be damned if a bunch Devils get the best of Freed Sellzen! You won the battle, but not the war, scum!", before throwing something to the ground that releases a flash bang, the others are blinded, but Jason sees him escape out the back.
He didn't stop him because he has to go for Asia.
"Damn! He got away!", Aika growls.
"Forget him! Let's keep moving!", Kiba tells her.
Koneko heads to the altar stand that sat a candle stand of three candles and punches it aways, "Guys!", she calls out to the others to reveal the steps Freed mentioned.
"Let's go!", Jason tells them.
Back Outside Again
"It sees very clear to us that your intention here is to obstruct our ritual", Dohnaseek begins, "And that, we can't allow".
"You'll pay for it with your lives!", Karawarner finishes as they unleash their wings and take flight.
"Akeno...", Rias says.
"Already on it!", She joyfully returns before her eyes go sadistic. She holds her hand in the air and it becomes covered in a demonic purple and black as clouds form from them before lightning strikes down on her. She then goes through a magical transformation like she's from Sailor Moon, no longer wearing her school uniform but a shrine maiden's white and red outfit.
Mittelt points to her, indignant, "No fair! I wasn't told we could wear costumes to this fight!".
Akeno does a hand sign before raising her hands ot the air once more, summoning many glyphs in the sky.
"A barrier", Dohnaseek remarks as it surrounds them all.
"Uh-oh! We're totes screwed", Mittelt cries.
Akeno blushes as she holds her electric covered hand to her lips, "Catching my prey in a cage gets me so hot!", licking her fingers.
Karawarner looks down to the King and Queen, "This was your plan the whole time!", she accuses.
"Yep!", Akeno agrees, "And I'm going to take a whole lot of pleasure watching you three in pain. Hope your into S ".
Mittelt takes flight, "That's totally gross!", she cries out in disgust.
Rias smiles up to them, "End of the line for you".
Karawarner snorts dismissively, "Go ahead and act as confidently as you want..."
"The ritual is almost down", Dohnaseek claims, "And once it's over... not even you will have the power to stand against us, Lady Gremory!"
Back Inside The Church Again
The four run down the steps till they see a red light and enter into a cellar.
"Come on in, Devils", Raynare calls out to them, "Welcome to the party", she turns to them, "Though I'm afraid you're too late".
They see Asia, in only her underwear, being crucified using chain shackles to a black crucifix that had white tech decals atop a stone staircase altar, with Raynare standing next to her and a ton of rogue exorcists at the bottom of the steps.
"Asia!", Jason and Aika yell out to her.
Asia looks up some from her place to the room's entrance at hearing their voices.
"Aika? Dante?", she utters, "Hey, you came".
"We're here!", Aika yells about to rush in, "Hold on!".
"No wait!", Kiba yells, grabbing her arm and pulling her back to avoid Raynare's light spear, which blows up and sends them into the wall.
"This really is a touching reunion", Raynare retorts as the white decals on the cross glow green, "Unfortunately, the rituals over", before Asia screams in pain.
"Aaah!", she cries.
"What are you doing to her?!", Aika demands as she and the others stand up, "You let Asia go right now!", but Kiba realizes what Raynare's doing.
"That's it. She's after her Sacred Gear", Kiba tells them, shocking the others, though Koneko kept your calm appearance.
Black lightning with green coloration comes from the crucifix as Asia continues to cry out in pain.
Outside, Once More
"I see now, you're after the sister's Sacred Gear and use it for your own evil purposes", Rias says in understanding
The Church Basement
"Hold on a second. I don't understand", Aika cuts in, "What's going to happen to her?!"
"I'm sorry", Kiba says with remorse.
With Rias
"Taking that from her is taking her life", Rias remarks, venom seeping into her tone.
Back to the Basement
Jason is about to rush in when Asia's screams stop as a orb of green light exits her chest, with two rings in the orb. Asia's eyes become blank and empty as her head fall down.
'Wait, she's dying?', Aika thinks in horror.
"Twilight Healing", Raynare utters in awe of the Sacred Gear, "At last, it's in my hands".
Chapter End
AN: Lots of bonding between Aika and Asia this chapter, I didn't have Jason there, which is why Asia was able to be taken and him not being in the majority of the chapter.
Next chapter is Jason and Aika raging out.
