Come on Gasper be a MAN! The Calvary arrives as the beginning of the Destined Fight commences! Pt. 1

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"…"- Speaking

'…'- Thoughts

[…]- Ddraig

{…}- Albion

(…)- Vritra

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Standing in the ruined clubroom was Rias and a panting Michael, who was exhausted from dodging the onslaught of magic bullets he was pelted with from earlier, and of course the mages, who were holding Gasper and Koneko captive. Now after the commotion ended, Rias was now thinking of a way on safely retrieving her servants back from the mages.

Both Gasper and Koneko were suspended in the air by the magical chains the mages created to restrain them of any movement and seal their respective evil pieces attributes. This pissed Michael off to see that his kouhai were being treated so poorly, but what angered him the most though was the damaged clothing and few bruises on Koneko.

'These guys, what have they been doing to Koneko-chan?' Michael then looks towards Gasper, he saw the young boy with swollen eyes and tears going down his face the goggles Michael let him borrow for courage were still on him so this made Michael question why he was crying.

"B-Buchou…Michael-nii…"

Gasper muttered out pitifully as his head was lowered.

"…Please forgive me, Buchou."

Koneko apologized with a frown for her inability to protect Gasper for as long as she did.

"It's all right. I'm just glad neither of you aren't gravely injured. Besides…" Rias smiled in relief but was interrupted by a Mage.

"We don't know what trick you used to get here, but if you take one step…"

The mages pointed their daggers at Koneko and Gasper's necks, threatening both Michael and Rias to step back.

"That's not fair! You guys are cowards for using that cheap ol' trick!" Michael shouted, annoyed that he was forced to hold back from rescuing Koneko and Gasper, he knew rushing in will just endanger them both as they outnumber him alone and even if he had Rias' help it would still be risking them both of the captives' safety and lives.

"This tactic may seem cowardly, but you devils should blame yourselves for getting into a bind like this don't you think?" The Mage scoffed at Michael's remark.

"Oh yeah, well I'm gonna…!"

"Michael, stop!" Rias kept her focus on the captives to ensure their safety while stopping Michael from making any rash moves. Doing things recklessly won't make this situation better, for Rias she has to keep a cool head or else something regretful happens.

"B-But!"

Michael pulled back his sleeve to try something until he saw one of the mages react and put the daggers closer to Gasper's neck drawing out a tiny inkling of blood.

"Damn…" Michael groaned and lowered his arm as Rias reassures him by patting his shoulder and nodding towards him to just be patient.

"Buchou…"

Gasper shudders with his head hanging low between his shoulders,

"…J-Just please, kill me…"

"Gasper, what the hell are you talking about!?"

Michael shouted at Gasper's plea to die, annoyed the boy would even give up.

"It would be better for everyone if I died. I'm a useless coward who just causes trouble for everyone because of this power. I'll just mess things up again…"

Michael looked closely at Gasper's sad face and clenched his fist.

'Come on Gasper, you shouldn't let yourself get down now!' Michael thought as he didn't want Gasper to just quit now, not when he was making progress.

"Stop spouting nonsense. I would never abandon you. Remember I told you when I made you a part of my household that 'you will live for me, at the same time you must find a way to live a life that will satisfy you."

Rias reminded Gasper of those kind words.

"But there's no such thing for someone like me, I'll just cause trouble again, and again that soon I just won't have any value to live anymore…"

Gasper continued to sob, he still wasn't letting what Rias said sink into his head as he still hasn't realized his own self-worth. Annoyed by this Michael tried to keep his cool as he thought,

'Gasper, you're just making excuses. You can't keep doing this or else you'll keep falling and find it harder to get up again!'

Michael clenched his Boosted Gear Cladded hand harder at Gasper's demeaning cries.

"You're my servant and part of my family. I won't abandon you so easily, especially now when the possibility of you being free is so high!" Rias was resolute to gain back her captured servants.

Following up, Michael nods and said, "That's right! Don't quit now Gasper! You're not a nuisance, so stop bringing yourself down and realize we won't ever abandon you!"

"B-Buchou…Michael-nii… I-"

*SMACK!*

Michael gasps as he just saw one of the female mages strike Gasper's cheek then pulled him by the hair roughly. Michael tried to restrain himself from attacking the mages right then and there but he realized he'll just be playing into their hands if he did.

Sneering at both the devils, the mage spat,

"It would seem you fools don't know how to use a tool at all, huh? You think a dangerous half-vampire should be treated normally? Don't you get how much time you're wasting trying to make him feel normal? Hmph! I should have not expected much from the Gremory Family's disgusting affection for their servants. It would seem the Old Maou faction was right after all."

'You bitch…stop treating him like he's just a weapon, just because he's a half vampire doesn't mean he's not a person too!' Michael trembled in rage as he continued to listen to the mage's insults.

The way the mage talked filth about them, only pissed Michael off even more but he soon realizes that Rias wasn't so easily affected by the mage's words. In fact, she seemed to find their words to be of less importance at the moment as she only focused on retrieving her servant back.

Seeing this the mage tried to goad Rias into responding,

"A better use for this child would be to make him run rampant by brainwashing him and sending him off to go and take care of those cursed Fallen Angels. He might even give you a bonus by taking out one of their leaders. But the way you use him is pathetic. Tell me why exactly you treat him like a close friend?"

The mage rudely questioned.

"Enough of this..." Michael raised his Boosted Gear, "I'll take all of you out at once."

[Boost!]

Flaring up, Michael's red aura began to show a dark killing intent towards the mages that got even them to shiver and hold their daggers closer to their captives as a way to restrain them. Still worried for them Michael believed he could take care of all of them and still be able to save Koneko and Gasper.

"Y-You move and they'll die!"

The mages were quick to bring up an ultimatum once they saw Michael get angered.

"I'll make sure to blow away the ones closest to them and handle the rest." Michael imbued his fist with Touki then surrounded the white aura of Touki with his red dragon aura, "For you to talk trash to my master and kouhai right in front of me. I'll make sure you'll pay!"

"Michael." Rias place a hand on Michael's shoulder to stop him.

"Buchou?" Michael looked back at Rias still furious at the mages and saw her calm expression as he shook his head, "There's no need in being nice with these people Buchou, so let me handle this I, The Great Hanamura, won't forgive them after saying all that crap."

"Michael. Stop now." Rias repeated her order, firmly as she still kept a leveled head.

Still standing resolute on making Michael stop, Rias just continued to stare at him without the intention to let Michael continue. Michael still held his dangerous aura clad hand in preparation to attack as he stares back. The two were having a stare down to see whether one of them will back down and by the way Michael was starting to grit his teeth as it got longer it was obvious that Rias was winning.

"Gah! Fine, I won't attack." Michael threw his hands in the air and canceled his attack which caused all of the mages to take a breath of relief.

"Thank you, Michael." Rias smiled at her Pawn.

"Whatever I'll just be patient and keep my cool is that okay?" Michael folded his arms behind his head.

"Very much, thank you." Rias nodded and walked in front of Michael,

"Now back to that question you asked, well I never expected for you to understand this answer but I'll tell you something plain and simple for you to understand." The way Rias explained that pissed off the mage,

"It's because I treasure my servant. Which is unfortunate for the likes of you since you can't possibly comprehend something so simple to grasp."

"You cheeky, little bitch, I believe that disgusting mouth of yours along with that disturbingly beautiful face, that doesn't belong to a devil, should be reconfigured!"

*PEW!*

Suddenly firing a magic bullet at Rias' face the Mage stated her petty jealousy towards the Crimson Haired beauty. But suddenly, catching the bullet in his hand with the use of Touki, Michael was able to stop the attack before it even reached Rias.

Looking at the mage with narrowed eyes, Michael crushed the attack with his bare hands shocking the mages as he says,

"Hey! Hey! She wasn't done talking!" Michael looked to Rias and grinned as she smiles back at him.

Backing away, Michael allowed Rias to speak up once more,

"Gasper, please, cause me lots of problems. I'll scold you over and over, and then comfort you. I will never let you go."

Rias comforted Gasper with her usual kind personality which made Gasper cry out in tears,

"B-Buchou…I…!"

Gasper started to cry once more, but this time in happiness that someone was happy he made trouble. But the tears didn't stop there, he then remembered something similar such as flashbacks when Michael helped train Gasper on his own and accepted the mistakes he made. Even though he was rough and really strict, Gasper felt happy to know that someone was scolding him out of worry and for what's best for him.

Yes, that feeling was what truly made him the most happiest!

"I…I…!" Gasper hiccupped as he continued to sob with joy.

"GASPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEER!"

Michael shouted and got the 1st year's attention.

"How long are you going to look pitiful like that? Especially in front of the Buchou and me, you know those goggles your wearing, they symbolize that you won't quit and that you'll stay confident no matter what!"

Michael released his intense passionate feeling towards Gasper who started to widen his eyes and raise his head slowly gaining some confidence to stand up.

"Now prepare yourself and don't run away anymore! Enough putting yourself down! Enough of the excuses! You're not alone anymore you have Buchou! Asia! Ray-chan! Akeno-senpai! Kiba! Koneko-chan! Xenovia! And your big bro, The Great Michael Hanamura, right here to help! Remember, we're your friends. We never ever leave behind each other and we won't start now, especially, not with you!"

"M-Michael-nii." Gasper's face slowly grew determined.

"After what you said back there it really made me mad at the words you chose which is why I have to knock sense into you but I can't do that if your captured so find a way! And show to me that I should let you call me, The Great Hanamura your Big brother!"

'Michael…' Rias smiled at Michael's encouraging attitude.

Michael's body resonated with a fiery drive which sparked enough excitement for Gasper to try and nod.

"Y-Yes sir."

"You call that the cry of someone ready to go all out, sound off like you got a pair, dude!" Michael shouted.

"Yes sir!"

Gasper attempts again with a shout.

"Not good enough one more time! Come on Gasper Vladi…BE A MAAAAN!" Michael shouted dramatically.

"YES SIIIIIR!"

"That's what I'm talking about, Ddraig!" Michael called out to his partner who reacted according to his thoughts.

[Roger, Partner!]

[Boost!]

"Now let's do this!" Michael screamed as he thrusts his Boosted Gear up in the air,

"Ascaloooooon!"

*CHIIIIING!*

[Blade!]

Using the new call of his Sacred Gear, Michael was able his new added feature the Dragon Slayer Sword known as, Ascalon. The blade increased in length once Michael boosted his power.

The mages stepped back and made sure to keep their daggers pointing at the captured devils.

"You fool, are you going to resist us!?"

"If you take one more step they're as good as dead you know that, right!?"

"After what you did to one of our own, we won't hesitate!"

The mages shouted as one of them were still bitter about what Michael did earlier.

"Oh shove it, you stupid hags, this blade isn't for you." Michael points the blade towards his hand and smirked, "It's for me."

"…!"

Everyone in the room gasped as Michael pointed the edge to his hand as Rias tried to stop him.

"Michael, stop what are you-!"

*Sliiiiick!*

Michael stabbed a hole into his hand and caused it to bleed out much to Rias' worry.

"Gugh…man this really stings…hehe, but it's nothing for the Great Hanamura." Michael actually wanted to cry his ass off since the pain was literally burning his hand.

'Damn, this Dragon Slayer sword really hurts like hell! I guess being a dragon does have its downsides with stuff like this! But I can't look weak now especially with Buchou and Gasper watching!' Michael clenched his bloody hand and looked towards Gasper.

"Michael, why?" Rias tried to check upon the wincing Michael, who tried to hide his pain, but he grinned at her with a single eye opened as he tried to endure the burning sensation going through his wound,

"Because, Power calls for Power." Michael remembered the words of Ddraig and the teaching the Ero-Ossan told him when they were training Gasper.

"Now rise Gasper, show everyone-!" Michael raised his arm and flicks his wrist towards Gasper's direction letting his blood splash against his face,

"Your true power as a MAAAAAN!"

[Is shouting like that every time you say "man" really necessary?]

'YEEEEEEEES!'

[Okay, you don't have to yell, I get it!]

"RIGHT!"

Gasper bellowed for the first time Michael ever heard him spoke and found the boy's determined face to bring his chest some assurance that Gasper won't stray far again. Licking the off his face Gasper's eyes began to glow once more as the room's atmosphere changed along with its temperature.

*FLAAAAAAASH!*

Suddenly in a single moment a flash occurred and Gasper with Koneko was gone only for Koneko to appear standing right by Rias' side. It seemed Gasper was able to stop time and break free while helping Koneko out as well.

"He's gone!"

"Where did that little brat run off to?"

The mages panicked seeing their trump card now being their trap card instead.

"His Sacred Gear should have been suppressed, how was he able to-?"

Chichichichichichichichi!

The mages slowly looked up in fear as they saw many countless bats hang upside down from the ceiling before batting their wings and swarming them. It caused panic and confusion to spread in the mage group.

"He transformed! Stupid vampire!"

"Quick, shoot them down!"

*PEW!* *PEW!* *PEW!*

The mages tried to fire magic bullets at Gasper's bats but they weren't able to even land a single hit with the many targets.

*GRAB!* *GRAB!* *GRAB!* *GRAB!* *GRAB!*

"Kyaaaaa!"

"What are these things, they're pulling me down?"

"Keh! Is this another ability of that vampire?"

"No, get away from me!"

Reaching out to grab them were multiple shadow arms latching onto the mages who struggled to break free only to realize their attacks weren't working as the arms just regenerated to latch onto them harder.

Chichichichichichi!

Swarming and biting down on their necks the bats began to drain the mages of their magic and blood.

"He's sucking our blood!"

"No, not just that. He's also draining our power too!"

The mages panicked.

One tried to escape, but sadly.

"…Payback..."

*BAM!*

Koneko who held a grudge for being captured delivered a swift kick to the mage's jaw, knocking her out.

Looking on in amazement, Michael smiled, "So this is Gasper's power? How awesome!"

"Actually this is all but a fraction of what he could do." Rias explained.

"Wait, seriously only a fraction? So he could do more than this? Whatever, I can still do better than this since I am the Great Hanamura after all!"

Michael gloated then calmed down to give Gasper a genuine smile,

"Now don't you see Gasper? You're not useless and soon, you'll be much more helpful than any of us."

"You're right." Rias smiled in agreement,

"Because of your blood, he was able to release his power, just how did you know this would work?"

"Well you can say I got some help. Hehehe!" Michael pointed towards the bracelet on his arm to indicate Azazel gave him the advice.

"Really? Azazel told you how to increase the power of Gasper's Sacred Gear?"

"Well, yeah, he was able to give us some helpful advice the Ero-Ossan may be a douche at times, but at least he knows when to be helpful at times."

Slowly getting up, the mage, who Michael knocked out from the beginning, began to attack the conversing Michael and Rias unnoticed as she screamed,

"Let's see how you like this!"

*PEW!*

"Buchou!"

Koneko alerted Rias and Michael of the incoming Magic bullet.

"Not so fa-! Huh?"

Michael was about to shield Rias but the magic bullet stopped in mid-air.

"What, he can stop our magic now?" The mage gasped.

"It's no use. I can read every move you make." The eyes of the bats glow brighter as Gasper's focus began to heighten to the point that he stopped the movement of all the mages.

"Amazing, Gasper, you're focus has really improved so much."

Michael praised Gasper, who signaled for a follow-up attack,

"Michael-nii, the finishing blow!"

"Alright! Let's do this!"

Getting what Gasper meant, Michael could only grin and laugh heartily as he cracked his knuckles. He had been waiting for a chance to knock these bad mouthing mages out and he gets to do a combined attack too, this day was starting to look good for him.

Tagging the mages one by one, Michael was able to place a magic circle on their body.

"Now! Dragon Break!"

*SNAP!*

*ZIIIING!*

All of the magic circles began to shine to indicate their readiness to be used.

"And now prepare to witness my next attack behold as I fire my greatest technique which will-!"

"…Just do it already." Koneko was annoyed with Michael's gloating.

'Why can't she let me enjoy the moment at least once!' Michael tears up then cried out in disappointment,

"Fine, way to kill the moment, Dragon Shot!"

*DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!*

Michael summoned a medium medicine ball sized mass of demonic power and fired a single beam made to knock out the mages as it separated into smaller beams to target the multiple targets at once.

The mages fell to the ground, beaten once the beams touched them.

Hopping up and down excitedly Michael laughs, "That was so cool! Did you see that Gasper? We were badasses to pull off those attacks! Too bad Kiba wasn't here to help with the combination but we'll make up for it for another time. But even if it's just us we can be unbeatable!"

Michael thrusts his fist in the air as he gave a cool pose.

"Yes, Michael-nii!"

Gasper was just as happy to see his first coordinated attack with Michael work so perfectly.

"But maybe we could have timed it much better, in fact we could actually do better…right now so come on Gasper let's look for more enemies to defeat!"

"Yes, Michael-nii!"

Both Michael and the Gasper in his true vampire form started to leave the clubroom.

Michael was getting a little too ahead of himself with the whole concept of combination attacks he had planned in his head. Rias and Koneko watched wondering why he would even suggest such a thing at a time of danger like this.

"All right! Time to find us some more enemies so prepare yourself for the Great Hanamura and his kouhai's special attacks you turkeys!"

*BONK!*

"Dow!"

"…Now isn't the time, Baka-senpai."

Koneko appeared behind Michael and punched him on the head that it made a bump grow upon it.

"Ouch! Why'd you do that I wasn't doing anything wrong!?"

Michael rubbed the huge bump on his head.

"M-Michael-nii are you alright?"

Turning back to normal all the bats formed together to shape Gasper's human form as the young boy checked on Michael. The amount of blood he devoured only allowed him to be in that state of power for a short moment.

"She's right, Michael don't forget the reason we came here."

"Right sorry." Michael coughed and picked himself up.

*BONK!*

"Ouch!" Gasper cried out loud as Michael punched him over the head.

"That's for giving up so easily, if I ever see you do that again don't expect to be let off so easily got it Gasper?" Michael said this was a strict tone but Gasper knew his senior was doing it out of care so he sniffled in pain.

"U-Uh-huh!" Gasper nodded.

"Good." Michael crossed his arms.

"Hey, Michael-nii."

"Hmm?"

Michael looks to see Gasper holding out something to him as it was, his goggles.

"I made sure that they didn't mess with your goggles, so it would be best if they were in your hands than my own."

Smiling Michael reached out and took the goggles as he assured, "Thanks for taking care of it but you know Gasper your right I don't think you need to wear these anymore."

Taking that as him being not trustable, Gasper lowered his head with a frown.

"But..."

As soon as Gasper heard that he raised his head to see Michael give him his signature grin.

"That's because you don't need it you've already gotten enough courage to stand on your own right now, and you'll just keep getting as you continue to live." Michael placed a hand on the boy's shoulder.

Feeling thankful and happy that he was alive to hear this, Gasper begins to sniffle then lets out his tears as to convey his happiness,

"M-Michael-nii…I…I…Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

"Oi! Oi! Why are you crying? I just complimented you!? So stop it!" Michael sweatdropped at the sudden crying.

"Waaaaaaaaah! B-But I c-c-can't!"

Looking at Michael scolding Gasper then petting the boy's head to calm him down, Rias couldn't help but smile as she saw Gasper sniffle and smile at the same time Michael began patting his head. Now she could tell she made the right choice in leaving Michael in charge of the boy.

"Thank you, Michael." Rias expressed her gratitude to herself.

"You good now?" Michael said as he finished calming down Gasper.

"Y-Yeah." Gasper nods as his breathing settled down.

"Cool." Michael looked at his goggles then remembered his past actions with Vali during the meeting before he smiles with his hair covering his eyes, "It's not really my style to fight unprepared especially without this. So I'll wear it when I decide to face him sooner or later."

*STRAP!*

Michael puts back on his goggles and grins as it kept most of his hair away his eyes.

"Michael-nii?"

"But thinking about this now, this may be my last wearing this thing. I've gotten so attached to it but me wanting to shove this back into Vali's face and showing him that we're equals will make up for that completely." Michael grinned, even if Vali was more talented, stronger and smarter than him it still wouldn't change the fact that he wouldn't try his best to win.

"So cool…~" Gasper's eyes sparkled as he looked at Michael, admiring his resolve.

"Heh! I am the Great Hanamura so losing isn't an option." Michael smirked then remembered the damage Vali could do and weighed all the power he had and compared it to the current Michael he is right now.

'Losing definitely isn't an option; I'll show him how much I've changed and make sure he acknowledges me as his rival.' Michael looked serious.

Suddenly blinking upon realization Michael gasps, "Oh that's right Gasper I forget to do this!"

"W-What is it?" Gasper asked.

Rias had hoped Michael would have remembered the arm bracelet but that was a good thing to remind Gasper and talk about, but now as she expected him to place the bracelet on the boy but sadly for her…

"Alright, Gasper I'm gonna need my 3DS back right now." Michael reached his hand out for the hand held game.

"Oh dear…"

"…"

Both Rias and Koneko facepalmed at Michael's main concern.

"Oh right, here you go." Gasper handed back the game device to Michael.

*PUUUUUUULLLLL!*

"Stop messing around, you know exactly what I mean."

"Wight! Wight! I gewt iwt!"

Michael cried out in pain as a vexed Rias pulled his cheeks real hard.

After a couple of moments of getting himself together and Rias healing his bleeding hand before checking to see if Gasper didn't erase any of the game's memory on his 3DS. Michael made sure to place on the bracelet around Gasper's arm as he shook his head once the arm bracelet shined pink.

"Here you go, this will make sure you won't go out of control again, okay?"

"Thank you, er… why is it shining pink?" Gasper asked curiously.

"I don't know, but it was the Ero-Ossan who made it, but as men let's endure this terrible pain together." Michael felt disgusted to wear anything pink right now.

"Eh? But I think it looks good, in fact, I actually like the color!" Gasper smiled brightly.

Gasping in surprise Michael widens his eyes and wags his finger at Gasper,

"When all of this is over we're having a serious talk about your preferences, young man." Michael said with a strained parent toned voice.

"H-Hai…Michael-nii." Gasper bowed as he felt the stern gaze of Michael stare on him.

"All right, let's hurry you three, we have to return and give the leaders our support!"

Rias walked ahead and out from the clubroom as she was concerned about the current situation the leaders were in and wanted to support them in case things get any more dangerous.

"Hai, Buchou!"

Michael, Koneko and Gasper responded as they followed behind their master.

"Freaking sweet! Now I get to show off my killer moves to the leaders and show up Vali at the same time!"

Michael laughed giddily as he could imagine the glory he'll receive.

Rolling her eyes in response Koneko ignored her senpai's ramblings and focused on running before she felt something was unusual all of a sudden.

*JINGLE!* *JINGLE!*

"…!"

But just as they were about to leave the room, Koneko was the only one to stop as she suddenly felt the ominous presence of someone nearby. Koneko looked around the room as she heard that familiar ringing, searching as she lost her composure, as she had her back facing the window where the sudden image of a cat was seen.

*Meow~!*

From outside was a black cat watching her through the window as it mewled and lazily wagged its tail.

"…!"

Whipping around to face the window Koneko saw that the noise's origin along with the ominous presence vanished. This sudden feeling of fear and anxiety was starting to get to her as she could only wonder why the feeling brought itself up again in the first place.

'…Was that…?' Koneko kept staring at the window while sweating a little to try and confirm something

Peeking his head back into the room, Michael called out to her, "Koneko-chan what are you doing we have to book it over to the leaders as fast as we can!"

Still not listening, Koneko seemed to be unaware of Michael's presence in the room.

"Oh man, don't tell me she's mad about me using that brick wall comparison of her chest in the meeting." Michael said to himself.

*Chiillllllssss~*

"…Baka-senpai…"

*GLARE!*

"N-No!"

'Oh crap, she heard me!' Michael trembled and turned pale as the sight of Koneko slowly turning to look at him with those cold half-lidded eyes scared the hell out of him.

"O-Okay, Koneko-chan let's not worry remember we have to go help Buchou and…? Koneko-chan?" Michael sweated bullets while raising his hands in defense, scare for his life he even started backing away.

Remembering that feeling of irritation, Koneko lost interest in the ominous presence and just kept staring at Michael who was unable to make a move with the way she's acting.

'Oh crap! I'm terrified right now, what should I do, Ddraig?' Michael cried in his head.

[Run…]

'What? Why she's not-!'

*DASH!*

Suddenly using her legs to chase after Michael, Koneko tries to punish her senior for what he said.

[RUUUUUUN!]

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh!"

*SLAM!*

"AAAAAAAAAHHH! No! No, I don't want to die!" Michael screamed at the top of his lungs as he slammed the door which was futile as Koneko simply smashes through it with her Rook strength.

"K-Koneko-chan, calm down. I was just kidding see? It was a joke, hahaha!" Michael tried to do a fake laugh but it still didn't convince the white haired girl.

"…Laughing at someone's appearance isn't funny, Michael-senpai."

Michael knew shit was serious when Koneko was starting to use his real name instead of an insult.

"L-Look I'm sorry please, forgive me!"

"…Only when your 6 feet below will be the day you gain my apology, Michael-senpai…"

"Kyaaaa! So scary!"

Michael screamed as he saw the dark look on Koneko's stoic face, it could tell a million things on what she wanted to do to him so not wanting to find out what they are Michael just ran farther.

"B-Buchou! Koneko-chan is trying to kill me!"

"…Escape is futile."

'I hope none of the others are having this problem, in fact, I wonder how they're doing.'

[Michael, she's catching up to you.]

'Huh? Oh, shi-!'

Michael turns to see a fist coming directly at him and…

*BLAM!*

(With Kiba)

*GIN!* *GIN!* *CLANG!* *CLACKLE!* *SHING!* *GIN!*

Only capable of watching, Kiba sees a magnificent battle of swordplay between two experienced swordsmen right in front of him. After being knocked down by the Mammon descendant Drayfus, Kiba was saved by the Dawn Lucifer, Zethyr who's matching Drayfus' attacks, strike by strike.

With his arms crossed, Zethyr simply approached Drayfus as the two swords he summoned a pair of European swords, one covered in a pure black demonic aura and one with a golden holy aura which surprised Kiba. How could a devil be able to control Holy magic without the power he uses for his Holy-Demonic Swords?

The fight between Drayfus and Zethyr seemed to be a slow progressive stand still as neither was pushing each other back. But there was a difference between the two of them which made this just a stand still. It was that Zethyr was just buying time so he simply stayed on the defense, while Drayfus kept on attacking without giving himself a chance to think.

*GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!*

"Graaargh!" Drayfus roars as the swings of his sword were getting fierce with each swing he makes at Zethyr's body, intent on killing the man in front of him. The odds weren't in his favor since unlike his last opponent this one was actually experienced and more analytical when predicting his next move.

In fact, Zethyr was so experienced that he, himself wasn't even fighting. He was using a strange force of magic to control the two blades without holding them. Standing in one place with his arms crossed Zethyr simply controlled his weapons from a distance as he watched Drayfus' movements closely.

"Die! You thieving son of a-!" Drayfus uses his enhanced speed to appear above Zethyr who still hasn't moved to look up or dodge.

*GIIIIN!*

Both the Demonic Sword and Holy sword blocked Drayfus' aerial attack.

"An aerial attack from above? You must be joking. If you believe that will work."

Zethyr had his eyes closed as he sounded unimpressed by the attack.

"Shut up!" Drayfus used his 6 pairs of devil wings to fly up higher as he was starting to lose his cool, and raised his blade over his head and imbued a more viscous aura of what looks to be dragon aura,

"Let's see how you deal with the power of a dragon then!"

'What? How is he able to tap into the power of a Dragon? Could it be that sword?' Kiba gasped as he just now realized why Drayfus' aura resembled that of a dragon.

Kiba would have thought that Zethyr would be concerned but the dark-silver haired man simply adjusted his glasses and looked up at Drayfus with a bored look in the eye.

"A dragon's power you say? That's the reason why you were able to handle yourself so well when you got here. In fact, it explains how you're able to tap into such power involving darkness, how fortunate for you."

Drayfus bit his lip at Zethyr's remark annoyed that the man wasn't taking him seriously.

"Don't you mock me, you bastard! Shadow Dragon's Dark Talon Rain!"

*GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!* *GIN!*

With his impressive arm strength and fierce dragon power, Drayfus sent down a heavy barrage of purple enhanced sharp projectiles of air/dragon power cutting up the ground and everything below it.

"What a simple move." Zethyr sighed tiredly, he honestly didn't want to deal with this man but if he lowered the barrier concealing his presence then he'll alert that "boy" of his presence here. Using his two levitating blades to cancel out the onslaught of pressured air waves fired at him.

But using the onslaught to his advantage Drayfus knew that Zethyr would use his two blades to defend himself so now he was completely open from behind. Appearing behind Zethyr, Drayfus prepares to impale Zethyr only to stop once he sees another magic circle of small size appear by Zethyr's side.

"What the hell?" Drayfus gasped as he saw a beam of light shoot out the magic circle and towards him.

"Like I said before."

*SHING!*

"Goough!"

The beam of light penetrated Drayfus' left torso as the devil falls back and coughs out a large amount of blood. Even after the beam went through Drayfus it still crashed into a huge amount of trees that it tore the land upon its impact.

"W-Wow…" Kiba could only mutter just that at the display of power shown right in front of him, even looking back to where the beam landed he saw that it wasn't just a beam but just a holy sword in the form of a dagger that moved at the speed of light.

"What a simple move." Zethyr shook his head.

Falling to the ground, Drayfus holds his bleeding wound in pain as he growls at Zethyr, who looked down at him.

"Damn you…"

"Now what you said before about me being a thief, whatever could have given you that idea about me?" Zethyr questioned Drayfus' possible dislike towards him.

"You mock me even though you know the truth is right in front of you!"

"What could you possibly mean?"

Zethyr was confused by Drayfus' yelling.

"Fine, if you really want to know then, I'll tell you why! Its because you stole away my beloved Kate-chan from me you, bastard! This is why I'll take your head and claim her as my own!" Drayfus accusingly pointed at Zethyr who was unaffected by this.

Zethyr facepalmed and responded tiredly,

"That's seriously your whole point for doing all of this? How pitiful. Don't tell me you joined the Khaos Brigade just for that reason alone because if you did then allow me to end your life and appease your suffering."

"Don't you pity me, it's the truth! It's not fair that you get to indulge in her beauty and hog those bountiful, soft brea- I mean personality to yourself! Not fair at all! So that's why I decided to take part in this attack to finish things with you and claim the bewitching Katerea for myself!"

With a oblivious face on, Kiba could only be confused about that logic, could a devil descendant truly be interested in a terrorist attack over something as shallow as a petty grudge. He then remembered back to one of the advisors belonging to Serafall Leviathan-sama and didn't find it hard to believe that Drayfus actually knew her since Katerea too, is a descendant from a very well-known devil.

"What you wish for cannot be gained through killing me if you want Katerea to be yours then you should have worked harder at it, this matter isn't something to whine about. It's her own choice on who she prefers to be with."

Zethyr was mature with his answer as he didn't want to talk about a subject he had no power over, he crossed his arms and shook his head in disappointment at his opponent's mindset.

'Is Zethyr-sama in some kind of relationship with Katerea-sama?' Kiba realized that it was a possibility since he heard that only a single pair of the remaining descendants of devils has decided to join over onto the New Maou Faction,

'So could that be the reason for them turning over to a new side as a couple?

"Quiet! It was obvious she was falling for me until you decided to barge in and ruin everything!"

"I have no recollection of taking "anything" from you. This argument is pointless instead of getting mad at me, you should be mad at her for making the choice that your clearly not happy about."

"You bastard…like hell I would be mad at Kate-chan because she's…"

Drayfus stopped himself as he was overwhelmed with his feelings of admiration and devotion towards Katerea,

"She was the only one who cheered me when I was always…"

"Always, what? I can't understand the ramblings of a man, who foolishly deludes himself. I honestly find it quite aggravating when those kinds of people refuse to see the irrefutable truth in front of them."

"Bastard, I don't have to continue with telling you what I feel, all you need to know is that as a traitor you must be eliminated!"

"Traitor? Me? No, you must be mistaken. I made sure to separate myself from you, barbaric fools."

Zethyr shook his head and simply smirked rather arrogantly which made Kiba question where he saw such a resemblance like that before.

"I've simply chosen a path which doesn't lead to destruction. The very same path all of you are going down."

"Destruction?" Drayfus snarled.

"Yes, I, myself must admit my arrogance and glorified days before and during the Civil war drove me into trying to prove I'm the better choice to take ownership of the role of Lucifer. I sought for leadership for my own gain while being blind to what was real important. And it became so clear to me after I faced that annoying man, time and time again during that war."

Zethyr had an image of Kai go through his mind as he looked disappointed with himself for even saying this conclusion out loud. It was so easy and clear that he couldn't believe he needed to fight an outsider of the devil society at the time of the Civil War to realize this.

"What man? Just what was it you realized?"

Zethyr fixes his glasses by adjusting them and raises his head saying,

"Prosperity."

"…?"

Drayfus looked confused, he couldn't get what prosperity had to do with anything, realizing this Zethyr sighed at the man's ignorance and continued with a question for the Mammon Descendant,

"If we, the devils from the Old Maou Faction, were to have won the Civil War what would we have done next?"

"That's easy, we would have taken the fight to the Angels and Fallen Angels to prove just how powerful we really are!"

"Indeed, but do you remember the Great War and what befell our race upon its climax?"

Zethyr brought up the deaths of many devils and even their Original Maous, it was a tragic time as panic ensued over to whom become the next Maou. Not coming up with an answer because he knew this, Drayfus kept his mouth shut as he saw where this was going already.

"If we blindly live off our own pride, we'll just cause more unnecessary deaths to our race and won't have a future left looking forward to. We may have dreamt of ourselves as the deserving heirs to the titles, but in the end, we were nothing more than spoiled brats who were mad that they couldn't have their way."

"And what exactly is your point? How does this matter to you?"

"It matters to me because I want to see how far the devil race can live on, and advance after the war which almost lead us to extinction. I want for the race to seek glory in a different light than just brute force and power that greatly outweighs the forces of our enemies. I desire and work for a new future where my pride is in not just my own bloodline, but my species as a whole."

Kiba jumped and was shocked as he saw Zethyr looking over his shoulder to glance at him before continuing his speech,

"That is why I will do everything in my power to do what's best for our race even by killing the forsaken lot, who can't see past their own desires for their people."

Zethyr releases an immense surge of demonic power from his body which only increased in volume and quantity. It was able to make Drayfus stagger back with the intense winds it made even when his aura cloak was still protecting him from outside forces.

'This terrifying amount of demonic power it's so vast and I can't sense any limit to it yet? Is he going to fight all out now? No, if he was then I would probably be dead by the pressure already.' Drayfus began to sweat in fear as he discovers a terrifying detail about Zethyr's demonic power reserves,

'He's only using a small fraction of what he'll need!'

Drayfus growled, as he was overwhelmed by Zethyr's display of power when was able to pierce through the cloak of darkness he surrounded himself in, and force to make him hesitate to attack.

"Guragh!" Drayfus falls on a knee and holds the wound he received before in agonizing pain as the holy dagger's light seared through his flesh.

'This traitorous thief! How was he able to do that attack from before? The aura cloak I wrapped myself in no attacks can break through it so easily…no, I can't believe I forgot about this asshole's…'

Drayfus then stands up and spits out some blood while looking contemptuous,

'Of course he can use Holy and Demonic power like that faker over there, but his power is on a whole new level which is why he can handle himself so well.' Drayfus was describing all he knew about Zethyr to confirm his analysis about his strengths so he can later find the weaknesses,

'This bastard has always been talented ever since the day he was born, his demonic powers were that of an adult when he was a child and even his swordsmanship was ranked the highest out of the most skilled. He was never satisfied with anything he received, so he kept on developing himself more and more to where it's hard to see if this man, no, this monster had a limit at all.'

Drayfus prepares his katana once more and charged at Zethyr with a loud battle cry while shouting,

"I'll kill you!"

"You'll die trying."

Zethyr raised his hand and fired a huge block of demonic power at him.

"Yah!"

*ZAN!*

*CLANG!*

"Damn, these annoying things!"

Drayfus was able to cut the attack in half but was soon met with the levitating blades Zethyr was controlling with his demonic power subconsciously.

"Hyaaaaaaah! Yah! Yah! Yah!"

*SHING!* *CHOP!* *GIN!*

Drayfus' attacks whether they were physical or either imbued with dragon power was deflected somewhere away from Zethyr's body mostly trees and sometimes nearby Kiba. Finally getting that he himself was still in the way even Kiba noticed a few close calls of each reflected attack.

'It was because of his damned Lucifer bloodline that he was able to make it as far as he did!' Drayfus gritted his teeth in frustration.

Continuing to think about the Dawn Lucifer's powers, Kiba thought,

'It was told in the bible of God's right hand man and most favored archangel, Lucifer, who was casted down to hell for his pride and arrogance to surpass God. His holy power was believed to have been gone once he lost the blessings of god but it seems it was just dormant within him, sealed away for him to ever use again as a devil.'

Kiba gulped,

'In the past, no one in the House of Lucifer not even the Original Lucifer himself was able to tap into such power, not until Zethyr Lucifer was able to make a discovery of tapping into Holy Magic within his bloodline!' Kiba's eyes widened in amazement.

Lowering his arms, Zethyr looked at Drayfus more specifically his wound and commented, "To think you're still able to move after being impaled by a single dagger imbued with holy power. I must say you are somewhat durable."

"Krch!" Right on time, Drayfus grips the burning wound as the holy power was negatively affecting his devil body.

"Or is it you're just pushing through the pain with just sheer willpower." Zethyr sighed, "Either way this is still taking too much time as it is, anyways, come at me so that I may finish this swiftly."

"Grr! Why won't you fight me yourself, you damned bastard!?" Drayfus roared as he charged at Zethyr once more and imbued more dragon power into his katana as he puts more force into each of his blows.

"I have not been the one to fight a battle where my opponent doesn't even utilize his power."

Zethyr was able to determine that just by how Drayfus was wielding his sword. The aura it released was too strange and more cryptic than a devil's in fact he was pretty sure it wasn't even devil's aura.

"What do you know? I am using my power, allow me to show yoooou!"

Drayfus attempts a horizontal slash which just ends in failure as the Holy sword blocks the attack while the Demonic Sword points itself at Drayfus from above.

*ZWOOOM!* *ZWOOOM!*

It had a dangerous black lightning kind of aura surrounding it. It was about to fire a beam.

"If you are then answer me this question…why does the color of darkness you exude resemble that of the Evil Dragon, Apophis?"

Zethyr narrowed his eyes as he could easily read through the scales of power going through that blade.

"! How did you-!?"

"Beta Demon Edge."

*SNAP!*

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOON!*

A massive amount of pure demonic energy was shot at Drayfus in the form of an engulfing energy wave. The blast was tearing through Drayfus who tried to bring himself to roll out the way which only seemed futile as the attack stayed locked on his entire form making dodging a problem.

"Gaaaaaaaaaargh!"

Being forced back, Drayfus took the attack at point blank range, being pushed back by quite a distance Drayfus knocked down a couple of trees and still kept getting pushed back within the blast.

"Haaaauurh!"

*CHIN!*

Putting a stop to the would be fatal attack, Drayfus stabbed his blade in the ground to stay in place as the energy attack passed by him as it kept continuing and made impact with something deep in the woods.

*BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!*

The attack created a large enough explosion to shake the ground around them.

Panting with his remaining strength to keep himself up, Drayfus was covered in blood as the energy wave wasn't just damaging him with its deadly power but also leaving gash marks which would be received from a sword.

"Does that suffice enough evidence to prove you're not using your own power? Or should I come to the conclusion to why you're using the spirit within that sword as a handicap to make up for your lack of ability to even use the [Power of Darkness]?" Zethyr continued speaking which annoyed

'Wait, that dragon's power is also controlling the draining darkness around him?' Kiba gasped.

"Drayfus Mammon, you are a descendant of the Devil Family, Mammon. Unlike your relatives, you were the only one who has yet to have been born with your bloodline's special ability, the [The Power of Darkness]."

Putting out Drayfus information out in the open, Kiba was shocked while Drayfus lowered his head in rage at being revealed and humiliated by this man of all people.

"I had heard you criticized this reincarnated devil for his change in status from a human to a devil, blatantly stating how completely fake he was compared to us, Pure Blooded Devils. But I find that hypocritical coming from a Devil, who would stoop to something so low as using an external source of power."

Zethyr points a finger at Drayfus calling Drayfus out by using his own words against him,

"A Proud Descendant of a Pure Blooded Devil has no right to preach to a Reincarnated devil about what's fake or not, especially when they are using the power of others to help them."

Having hit the ball with that, Zethyr awaited Drayfus' reaction hoping it would be of surrender, but in return he didn't get that at all.

"Hehehehehehehe..."

Drayfus started laughing as his head lowered to hide his face.

'He's laughing?' Kiba watched as Drayfus laughed all of a sudden.

"I'd never imagine this would be happening to me, haha... what a joke."

"…"

Zethyr watched Drayfus' demeanor go slack as the rise in dragon aura only increased along with the shadow like aura surrounding his katana.

"To think I've been humiliated by a fake devil that was able to put a cut on me, but also by being found out and revealed by the very same man who stole the person I absolutely adored away from me. Man what a complete and hopeless mess that fell onto me."

Unaffected by Drayfus' change in attitude, Zethyr simply watched without reacting. Drayfus smirked as he raised his head to look up at the sky covered by the barrier Zethyr made.

"You must think you've gotten the better of me both physically and mentally, huh?" Drayfus covered his face and laughed at Zethyr's attempts of disorienting him, he may have denied it but deep down he was really pissed off by this.

"That wasn't my intention. I just simply wanted to bring that up, so you can find the answer you seek. If I wanted to take control of this fight it would have been done no long ago." Zethyr folded his arms behind his back.

"You must be…joking as if I would ever let myself get caught up into your tricks so easily you fucking, pissant!"

"You're just doing this to yourself, I dislike to waste air on the hardheaded, so I will give you only one more chance to lower you weapon or I may have to put you down."

Zethyr sounded serious with that ultimatum.

Drayfus snapped at Zethyr, who was still unaffected by the man's outbursts. Actually the aura of shadows and dragon powers cloaking around Drayfus began to rise in power as it started collecting itself, to where that it all transferred into the blade of Yami no Ryu as it had an eerie glow which had that one purpose, to kill the enemy right in front of him.

"So you're willing to walk down the same path of selfish glory are you?" Zethyr wondered if this was Drayfus' answer.

"No."

"What?"

"The path I walk down on is different from the path you just described, you see unlike the others I wasn't born to be spoilt for choice. I was actually struggling to get strength like this, being not able to use the power my family had was just the start. For you see I trained myself to the bone to be able to use this dragon's power for myself. Increasing my strength, my stamina and speed I was able to get this far by working at it!"

'Incredible so that power of brute strength from when he fought me was from training?'

Kiba has never known a Pure-Blooded devil who would do that to themselves, such as Riser Phoenix who virtually relied on his own talents rather than training his body's stamina and lost to Michael because of it. No matter how strong you are, if you don't put in the effort to work to better yourself you won't go that far.

And seeing that Drayfus was able to gain this terrifying power on his own through training, and a prodigy such as Zethyr Lucifer who not only excelled with his talent with his demonic power but also tapped into and perfected a recessive trait within his bloodline. Kiba felt that compared to these two he was on a level way below their own.

"Even if I have to use all of my strength, I swear I will cut you down and claim my prize and your head, Zethyr Lucifer!" Drayfus lowered himself and held his katana with both arms as the blade was held over his head. The power his entire body exuded was now placed within the sword now it was made into a weapon with an instant kill atmosphere about it.

This was it, Drayfus knew that he wouldn't be a match for Zethyr if he continued like this so he decided that it's now or never, by placing his bets that one final attack will put the fight into his favor.

"Hmph! Such a well-spoken response." Zethyr snapped his fingers redrawing both his demonic and holy sword back into their magic circles; it looks like he was going to be meeting Drayfus halfway as well once he picked up the blade he created and crashed into the ground from earlier. The sword was a long dual edged claymore with a black and gold blade infused with both holy and demonic power Kiba uses for his balance breaker. But unlike his holy-demonic sword that claymore was more advanced with a stronger aura surrounding it.

"I will indulge your brave foolishness by taking you serious, now."

Zethyr summons a sheathe to his hand and puts his claymore back into it as he kept his hand on the hilt,

"Come at me, Drayfus Mammon!"

"Here I come, ZETHYR!"

Charging with all the strength in his legs Drayfus flexes his muscles to the max so that his sword can break through that claymore, if he can break it in time he can use the chance to attack Zethyr while he tries to make another sword. That plan sounded completely sound as it gave him the many different scenarios if Zethyr's blade breaks or if the man decides to dodge. This final attack would settle the battle in one fell swoop.

"Farewell, Zethyr Lucifer!"

Beginning his attack once Drayfus began swinging his katana the shadowy dragon aura it let out extended and chopped all the trees to his right, where he began to swing for over a 20 mile radius.

'The wide radius he's attacking with is incredible, and the speed even if someone were to dodge it they would still have an issue with gauging how fast they should retreat before the attacker changes the direction of the sword's edge. This is very troublesome attack!' Kiba watched closely seeking curiosity on how Zethyr will handle the situation.

The blade was drawing closer to Zethyr, who didn't show any fear. By taking a couple of steps at the charging Drayfus, Zethyr slowly draws his blade as he approaches with a brisk pace.

Seeing this casual side of Zethyr not even trying Drayfus roared louder and increased the radius of his aura to twice that of before as it extended to over half of the forest destroying the many wild life around it.

"Hey, I thought you said you were actually going to take me serious! If you don't try and put up more of an attack other than walking I'll win this battle easily!"

Drayfus arrogantly shouted at Zethyr who continued his brisk pace towards Drayfus.

So quiet that only for himself to hear it, Zethyr whispers,

"Once day turns to night, once night turns to day there will always be a shift from between these opposites but if it were possible, if there was a chance for these polar opposites to attract one another when both night and day can become one."

Zethyr slowly takes off his glasses and puts them in his suit's chest pocket.

"Then you will see the horizon which is covered in a mysterious darkness and a comforting light yes, that is…"

*Shine!*

"…!"

Drayfus gasps as he saw a Pale Gold/Black Aura cover Zethyr in that one instant as one of his eyes completely blacken as the sign of a golden star appeared on it as the other eye revealed a black star etched into his normal eye. Was this a transformation?

"The new Dawn!" Zethyr's disposition now revealed a deadly seriousness when compared to his past cold behavior.

If so this didn't stop Drayfus from continuing, stopping right now would make it seem that his aim to win would lack so he continued forward with his attack not holding back at the slightest, and since Zethyr was using this transformation Drayfus felt more appeased knowing that his opponent wasn't going to hold back at all.

So thinking that he was going to do this with no regrets Drayfus thought,

'Aw, hell might as well say it now so I don't regret it!'

"Diiiiiiiie! Katerea's wonderful oppai will belong to me!" Drayfus shouted at the top of his lungs.

*SHIIIIIIING~!*

Kiba's jaw dropped after hearing that proclamation come out of nowhere as both Zethyr and Drayfus passed each other as the sound of steel cutting flesh was heard coming from one of the two. Both the fighters faced away from each other as soon as their attacks have started to dig into their bodies.

The aura which surrounded Drayfus' blade has vanished as the devil stood with his head lowered as he smirked while Zethyr was actually smiling at the outcome of the attacks.

*Drip!* *Drip!*

Falling off of his cheek was blood which Drayfus gave to him with that swing.

"It seems you were able to get me after all you should be proud."

"D-Don't give me your pity you, b-bastard…" Drayfus looked unharmed to Kiba at first but once Zethyr sheathed his blood-stained blade something frightening happened.

*SPRAAAAAAAAAAAAY!*

Spraying out of Drayfus' body was blood, but not from a single wound but from multiple ones: his shoulders, legs, arms and knees. As each wound sprayed out large gouts of it.

Being the spectator who was currently unable to move some of the blood sprayed over to where Kiba laid and got onto his face.

After about 3 minutes of losing blood, Drayfus fell to his knees and where a puddle of blood now lays, "Damn I guess I wasn't strong enough to handle you yet."

"That should've been obvious."

"Yes, because after seeing what you've done."

Drayfus glanced at the entire forest as all the trees were completely leveled none was standing, the once standing forest was now a mess of fallen trees. The forest was no more and it was all because of one swing Zethyr put in that sword that was able to cut him and effect the surrounding environment.

"…" Kiba was at a loss of words, this advanced swordplay had him wondering if his master would be serious like this in a fight.

Beginning to walk away, Zethyr was stopped by Drayfus, who coughed,

"Aren't you going to finish me off?"

Sighing in exhaustion, Zethyr shook his head,

"I have no use for you dead, you were just to stall me enough time before I decided to leave, but you weren't to complete that job. I could capture you, but you seem to be the type who's loyal to his comrades and would rather die and that garbage, so I'll let you go with that." Zethyr raises his sheathed Claymore and placed it within its magic circle, putting away the sword that was used.

"Hehe…man, you just seem to piss me off each second we talk, chi! And here I thought I could die knowing I tried my best. My pride has been trampled on if I couldn't put more than one scratch on you." Drayfus weakly chuckled.

"Then go ahead and die, kill yourself right where you stand if your pride is so ruined then die. A man with no pride has no meaning to live anymore." Zethyr reverts back to normal his eyes going back to their original color.

"…" Drayfus coughs out some blood while struggling not to fall over due to the pain.

"Or you can live another day and gain pride worth having as you get stronger." Zethyr crossed his arms.

"What?" Drayfus looks back at Zethyr surprised of his words.

"Is the pride you've broken today after giving it your all, worth it? Will it really be satisfying to just die out now, especially when you claimed you have no regrets?"

"Kch!" Drayfus gritted his teeth, he was receiving mercy from this man, indirectly. He can obviously tell by the way he's talking and remembering the smiling face of a young Katerea which encouraged him came to his mind.

"I'm not telling you what choice to pick, but just giving you something you should look into as you continue to live. Get stronger your way, and should be able to match me, but I can't promise you'll reach me."

"Huh?"

"Remember this. You won't be the only one who has grown when that time comes." Zethyr looks to Kiba then back to Drayfus, "The future is turning out to be interesting indeed, and as much as it pains me I guess Son was right after all."

"Tch! Fine! But you'll regret this!" Drayfus manages to dredge up the remaining dragon power he could use within the katana to try and create a dragon gate.

"Say whatever makes what's left of your pride feel better." Zethyr shrugged.

"Ngh…dammit…I wasn't able to gain you back Kate-chan, but one day I-I swear I will…" Drayfus cursed under his breath then looks over to Zethyr,

"Mark my words, Zethyr Lucifer, I will sever that head of yours and claim Katerea Leviathan as my own! And you Fake Devil, Yuuto Kiba."

Kiba grunts in pain of his bleeding wound that has yet to stop hemorrhaging.

"I'll make sure you pay for starting this wheel of unfortunate events on me, just you see, I'll claim your head as well."

*SHIIIINE!*

A purple dragon's gate appeared below Drayfus who retreats from the area leaving just Zethyr and Kiba.

"T-Thank you, for helping m-" Kiba tried to thank Zethyr.

"I don't need your gratitude, this was a challenge you made, so don't expect any sympathy from an outsider, who conveniently saved your life." Zethyr negated the thanks and raised his hand towards Kiba,

"Now hold still."

Suddenly a bright circle appeared below, Kiba and began healing him slowly.

"Healing Circle, Now stay under that for 5 hours, your wounds are too fresh to move."

"Y-Yes sir…" Kiba whited out after being scolded by a harsh Zethyr.

"Now to wait until, Son is done over on his end." Zethyr crossed his arms and turned around revealing his non glasses face which made Kiba gasp.

"W-Wait now, I know why you're so familiar!"

"Hm?"

"It's because yo-you look exactly like the Hakuryuukou, Va-!"

Flash stepping to appear kneeling in front of him, Zethyr instantly shut Kiba up with a jolt of lightning made from his demonic power. It wasn't enough to kill the young knight, but just enough to inflict pain to make him faint.

"Don't you ever refer to that weak, little reject's name." Zethyr's eyes turned lusterless at the mention of almost hearing that name, even the pressure within the barrier started to grow to a exerting extent as the air was more thin and had risen with malice.

Standing straight up and allowing the healing circle to fix up the now knocked out Kiba, Zethyr stood up and looked at his hand which held a magic circle used for calling that person he'd knew would take his damn time.

(With Kai)

Inside the gym, Kai was busy dealing with the possessed Rallen, taking the spot of the now unconscious Saji. Facing a mad Rallen, Kai simply placed his arm behind his back and used one hand to block the relentless attacks coming his way.

*THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!* *THUD!*

Keeping on a smile, Kai catches all of Rallen's punches with no effort.

"What the hell, why can't I hit this shitty bastard!?"

"It's easy for me to tell where your punching because your just randomly attacking instead focusing on a single point. These punches feel like they could do some damage, but sadly for you the way you're throwing them is making it easy to block."

"Shut up, no one asked you for advice! I'll kill you, you shitty interrupter! You'll be dead before you even know it!"

Then vanishing to the normal eye, the two clashed around inside of the gymnasium either in mid-air or on the ground the blows being landed were brutal as the area shook from the fight. Kai was handling himself pretty well, he didn't have an issue dealing with the possessed Rallen.

Rallen's attacks were very powerful, he could give him that but they weren't thrown correctly. Predicting each punch or kick fired at him was making him bored to the point that he stops concentrating on the blows altogether.

Rallen or rather Grendel, who took over the man's body, however was pissed off beyond belief that he couldn't even land a single hit no matter how hard he threw his fist at the man's face. There were occurrences that he was able to get close to hitting the man but Kai manages to block it with a single opened palm, even when two fists are sent at the same time.

'This bastard has some real power! I'd actually enjoy myself but after what that pansy-assed Vritra did I got myself into a bad mood!" The possessed Rallen focused on the fallen Saji and smirked as he thought about lightening his mood with a little murder.

*DON!*

While in his clash with Kai, Rallen prepares a charged magic bullet imbued with dragon power and aims it at Kai, who effortlessly dodges it.

"Shishishishi! I'm sorry, but you have to do better than that!"

"I wasn't aiming at you, but that shitty assed pansy down there!" Rallen points down at the direction Saji was laid out as the magic bullet was about to destroy him.

"Whoops...forgot about him!" Kai inhaled sharply as the Pawn just crossed his mind right now.

Smirking while preparing to bombard Kai with magic bullets, Rallen knew that if Kai wanted to save that pathetic weakling, he would have to turn his back to the opponent. He would sustain a crippling ton of damage if he turned his back to Rallen, who wasn't afraid to fight dirty at all. Finally, he could get back at the bastard for humiliating him.

"I see, well, I guess I should go take care of that." Kai sighed.

'Yeah, show your back to me. I'll be sure to shoot you while your guard is do-!'

Suddenly latching onto Rallen's shoulder, Kai held the man with an iron clawed grip which took Rallen off guard.

"Wha-What the hell are you doing!?"

"Taking care of that attack you just did right now." Kai looked back and focused on the magic circle marker he secretly placed on Saji as he arrived.

"Hah! I'd like to see you try and save that dilweed while holding onto me, as if I'd make it easier on you to do it too!" Rallen attempts to state how futile it is to save Saji but Kai was unmoved as he knew something Rallen didn't.

"Oh really? Then could you please explain why that attack is coming straight at you?"

"Wait, what attack are you talking ab-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Being pelted by the powerful blast of power Rallen screamed in agony, just how did he get hit from his own attack? Checking around his environment he looks to see the zonked out Saji laid out on the floor behind him.

"H-How did we?"

"Easy, I teleported that's how."

Kai made use of his teleportation skill as Rallen was talking about the "futile" effort to save the Pawn.

"Now where were we? Oh yeah!"

*SMASH!*

"Fwuaaach!"

*FWAM!*

"Oooouggh!"

Kai held back and used a heavy blow against Rallen's stomach forcing the possessed human to cough up a mouth full of blood before tossing the man up in the air letting pressure bring him down. Then executes a perfect straight kick through the gut that had Rallen falling back in pain.

"How exciting, I never imagined fighting an Evil Dragon would be this entertaining. Well you're an Evil Dragon possessing a human body, but still fun either way." Kai laughed excitedly.

Getting up while wiping his blood covered chin, Rallen pants in exhaustion and growls,

"What are you laughing at? You think that you teleporting makes you hot shit!? Well, bad news for you, shitty bastard. I'm the hotshit around here and this hotshit will teach you just, who you're messing with!"

After Rallen's announcement, Kai looked around awkwardly as he shrugged,

"Uh…okay."

"Now don't blink because you'll die after I finish you with this!"

Jumping back and using the muscles in legs, Rallen bounces off the walls in strong impacts shaking the entire gymnasium which was already in a bad enough state. He bounced off the floors and any surface to increase his agility as the entire room shook from his impacted jumps. Craters and fist shaped marks were seen appearing as the rapidity of the jumps grew more forceful. Kai simply sighed and waited patiently looking in one direction as Rallen continued.

'Let's see this piece of crap try and catch me now!' Rallen uses all the momentum he collected to ambush Kai.

"Now you DIE!"

Rallen lunged forward and throws another punch, he channeled just enough dragon power into it to blow the unsuspecting Kai away.

*Catch!*

"…!"

Rallen froze as he saw one of his blows getting caught like nothing by Kai's hand.

"Too bad, you still didn't take my advice so now," Kai raised a hand to Rallen's forehead,

"Buzz off."

*PING!"

Kai flicked Rallen with a single finger that had enough force to send the possessed human flipping in the air, catching himself in mid-air, Rallen creates a magic circle platform to keep himself afloat in the air.

Panting with a bleeding forehead Rallen looks down to see Kai who now vanished.

"Where did he-?"

"Psst! Behind you."

Flash stepping right behind Rallen, Kai held his staff and placed the butt of it on Rallen's neck slowly.

"Extend."

*CRASH!*

The pole extended and sent Rallen crashing to the ground forcibly as Kai returns the staff to normal and lands. Getting up and whipping his head to face Kai, Rallen shouts,

"You son of a- hold still and fight me!"

Kai wasn't where he stood anymore.

"Why should I?"

Rallen gasps and snaps his head back to see Kai behind him standing up with urgency to gain distance once Kai was about to flick him again.

"You were the one who started bouncing off the walls, to me this seems pretty fair don't you think?"

Realizing he was shaking, Rallen became infuriated at how easily he was frightened and decided enough was enough,

"ROOOOOOOOOOOAR! I will not be the loser here!"

"Excuse me, Grendel-san, you should know when a man, who experiences trouble in a fight and whines over the difficulty, shows their fault which lies within the man's arrogance and inability to comprehend that someone is actually better than them." Even though Kai meant to explain that like a wise mentor, he still kept that smile of mischief.

"I'll kill you!"

Rallen lunges at Kai and engages in close combat starting with throwing quick punches to Kia's upper body and head.

"Like I said before you're lacking focus to target anything because you're still just trying to hurt them without coordination." Kai stood in place as he fluidly moves his head back and forth in rhythm at Rallen's rapid punches.

"I'll rip that fucking tongue out your mouth!"

Rallen fires a barrage of kicks at Kai, who still dodges them with minimal effort, to Kai this seemed to be just a game since combat to him is like bookworm to a book, easy and predictable to read.

"You would have to be able to touch me if you at least want to rip out my tongue, Grendel-san." Kai continued to taunt Rallen even more.

"Gragh! SHUT UUUUP!" Rallen breathes in as he initiates to breathe fire before Kai simply flash steps in front of him and covers his mouth, tightly.

"No."

"Mmmmmprh!" Rallen chokes on the flames accumulating in his throat as it now threatens to burn him.

"Any more flames and this building will literally go down." Kai shook his head.

*CHOOOOOOOOOOO!*

"Yeeeeeeeeeeargh!"

Flowing out of his nose, Rallen experienced heavy gouts of flames going out of it, sending both physical and mental pain through his entire body. The man held his nose in pain and jumped back to recover.

"Gah! My nose!"

"Here hold this." Kai tosses his staff his staff to Rallen who catches it.

"Wait, what the-!"

*DOOOON!*

"The weight of this staff, it's-!"

"About 9,000 pounds my Old man decided the old 8,000 pounder isn't suited for me anymore since I'm all grown up, so he gave me this so I wouldn't get lazy. It's nice being cared for by relatives, right?"

Kai replied flippantly as he saw Rallen struggle to hold the staff up, the staff made a medium sized crater in the ground just by the weight it has.

"Hard to hold, right? Yeah, I figured an ordinary human like you would lack the necessary strength to use it."

"Grgh! Shut up, I can carry this thing no probl-!"

*WHAM!*

The moment Rallen attempted to hold up the staff, Kai appeared in front of him and fires a strong punch sending Rallen flying through the air and crashing into the wall. This just showed another example of Kai's physical prowess as he didn't even need to put in Touki to send someone of Rallen's caliber flying.

"I'll be taking this back." Kai chuckled as he raises his hand and catches the staff.

Catching the staff before it fell, Rallen flies up in the air and extends his palm out at the zonked out Rallen, who fell to the ground.

"I'm sorry, but this staff is a gift and I don't like anyone holding it for me." Kai smirked with mischief on his face.

"You shithead! But you gave it to me!"

"I know." Kai tilts his head and laughs.

"Why you assho-Aaaaaaaaaaaaaugh!"

*DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!* *DON!*

Like a machine gun, Kai fired an unbelievable amount of ki blasts infused with a little Touki at Rallen which dug into the possessed human's body. After a couple of minutes of firing his powerful blasts, Kai lowers his hands to see a bleeding Rallen coughing up a large amount of blood, even though his body didn't sustain that much damage.

"I guess, I made the right choice. Even if I'm a quarter serious. I still can't seem to hurt you on the inside, so I decided to use my enhanced senjutsu with a little Touki to hurt you on the inside." Kai lands, "It really feels like I'm fighting the real Grendel as we speak, this has become very entertaining all right. Maybe...should I enjoy myself a little long-?"

*SNAP!*

Suddenly feeling the presence of the clashing Azazel and the hooded figure and an approaching Michael's energy nearing them Kai simply sighs,

"But I guess that this will have to be it then."

Seeing Rallen force himself up with a lot of struggle, Kai takes it upon himself to go check on Saji who was still laid out on the ground.

"You seem to have taken a lot of damage here I'll make sure he receives the right amount of change back." Kai's hand started to glow gold as he reaches into Saji's chest using Senjutsu and pulls out a blood red sphere.

"Your pain, fatigue, and other mental strain will be infused into a physical form." Kai stands up and holds the small compacted sphere.

"Hehehehehe! Interesting, I've never expected I'd get to go all out, this is very interesting!"

Kai finds that Rallen was now standing on his two feet staring him down with clear enjoyment as his hand was reaching for something in his jacket's pocket. Kai's expression could tell that what Rallen was about to do would prolong the fight and he knew time was ebbing away as they spoke.

"I had heard this toy that Ra-chan got would amplify my power to the next stage, and now I finally get to use it." Rallen pulls out what looks to be shackles are green in color, have silver jewels on one curve for both of them and have black chains are broken so they could act as bracelets than restraints as it's mainly for show as its silver gem seems to be the real thing.

"A sacred gear?"

Kai guessed.

"You could technically call it that, but you can also say that it's something that can make this a whole lot more fun."

"So what are you going to do with it attain a Balance Breaker like that of the Red Dragon Emperor and White Dragon Emperor?"

"No, instead of those sealed bastards. I'm actually going to use all of my power without restraint!"

Rallen snapped the cuffs onto his wrists and started channeling power into it as it starts to shine. The bright light illuminated the entire gym room as green aura covers Rallen's body.

Kai watches with a hand covering the light as he smiles,

"Without restraint? Shishishi! How exciting to think I would have been fighting an Evil Dragon with no restraint it could have been really fun…"

Kai's giddy laughter slowly died down as he closed his eyes once slowly before exhaling, as his voice turned more serious, "But it appears that I'll have to fight with you another time, sorry."

"What are you apologizing for you shitty bastard!? You think I'll let you go after humiliating me like that? Hahahahahahaha! Don't fuck with me you're going to die right where you stand after I'm done with you!"

Rallen cackles as the image of his body within the surging green aura starts to create the form of armor in the shape of a dragon. The increase in power was staggering to Kai it felt so strong that it made him almost reconsider ending this battle real fast. He wondered if the chances of another Balance Breaker state would come of this drastic charge of power.

But after a sudden that feeling of wanting to battle was gone, so was all the other feelings of excitement which made Kai love fighting. Now he felt absolutely serious and earnest as he begins his pace towards Rallen. The hair on his head shadowed over his eyes as he starts to flare out his golden aura, compulsively.

"How annoying if things were different, I would have enjoyed spending my time fighting you but I believe this is it."

Kai's voice didn't sound like its old cheerful or sagely tone as it used to now it was cold and earnest as his grave facial expression replaced his old cheerful one as well. Getting quite closer to Rallen's aura covered body Kai raised his hand as the golden aura started to convert itself into a black aura which permeated a repelling nature.

Lacking any perception of this, Rallen continued gloating about his eventual transformation,

"Hyahahahahahahaha! You must be eager to die well, thank you for being patient~! Now the show will begin as the show starter will be breaking your bones, grinding them and the best part which is the main event is where you will scream out for mercy! Hyahahahahahahaha! This will be a battle I will never forget Oi! Let's see who can make who die first isn't that thrilling?"

*GLEEEEEAM!*

"Ouuuugh! Here it comes! Hyahahahahahahaha!" Rallen's twisted cackle matches the dark green ominous glow of aura surrounding him.

"Grendel-san, excuse me for this." Kai now only a few inches away from the possessed Rallen stretches his arm out towards the man's chest.

"Now commencing: Crime Force Dragon Shackles: Crime Force Dragon Berserker Arm-!"

*SUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!*

"…!"

"Please stay dormant for a while, Grendel-san."

Planting his hand on Rallen's chest Kai released the black aura within his hand into Rallen's body and ended the surge of aura covering his body and creating a physical form from it. The young man having been reverted to normal and by "normal" it meant that he had full control of his body once again not Grendel but the actual Rallen from before. The young man was taken by surprise as he was watching what occurred as Grendel possessed his body and wondered how he was forced back into reality again.

'Grendel?' Rallen tried to call out to the other soul within his body and received no response.

"Slowly looking up at Kai with an examining stare, Rallen asked,

"What did you just do to me?"

"I'm impressed that a human is able to retain his humanity while sharing a body with that train wreck of a dragon. You must be something else if you can pull that communication you did by allowing him to take control of that body while you watched." Kai slowly raises his head.

"That wasn't my question, I asked what you did and how you were able to sever my connection with Grendel like that?"

The power Rallen was about to summon up when Grendel took over was gone all of it, nothing left remained and the most crucial part, Grendel wasn't heard whining about the broken link and him being interrupted with the use of the weapon, Rallen kept for emergencies only. Of course to Grendel, he never felt that there were any emergencies and was too uncontrolled to restrain himself from using it.

"Are you sure that was all I did? Why don't you try using magic next, I'll give you a free shot."

Kai suggested Rallen attack him with magic, of course Rallen didn't reject the offer finding it appropriate he take down this strong opponent himself. A thunder spell would be suffice in paralyzing him and if he could try to find a way to summon enough dragon power maybe he could use the weapon that was stopped in the middle of being used.

"What?"

Rallen looked at his hand to see that the spell he commenced wasn't activating.

"Surprising, isn't it?"

Rallen looked at Kai's appearance closely to see if anything were out of the ordinary and it was, the man's face seemed to be in a calm state as he looked a little angered as he looked at his own hands with his now dark red eyes, another factor to what may have occurred.

"I was able to erase any trace of magical power or dragon's aura inside of you. There's nothing left for you to build up or even try to scrounge it's all gone. Nothing. Left."

Kai's explanation of what he did stunned Rallen.

"Just what kind of magic or technique did you use to do that? I've never heard of an attack which disables all of the energy within a person before." Rallen curiously asked, not showing fear at his sudden defenselessness.

"Neither of those, it's not a simple technique or spell you can just learn it's something you have to be born with to gain." Kai clenched his hand, "It's a rather unfortunate power to have especially for a battle-loving guy like me, every time I use this it sucks out all my positivity and forces me to use my negative emotions, feelings, and bad memories to fuel it."

Knowing that the way it was explained Rallen could tell the power to that feasts off negative emotions seems to be more of a nuisance then anything helpful in fight, well helpful morally not physically.

"It seems to be a burden to carry that kind of power don't you think?"

Rallen question as he entered a casual conversation with Kai, feeling level-headed about his situation Rallen still felt annoyed and angered at the fact that someone stronger than him is currently in the room unharmed. The more he wanted to take down this man, the more he had to think and the more thought the more realizes that at this current state he can't even use the simplest of spells.

So the only solution he could think of to keep a calm mindset was to ask these questions just to pass the time as his back-up plan was already initiated. Behind his back and he held a single silver crest that had the symbol of "Maid of Heaven" carved into it as magic, illuminating a bright yellow shine hidden away in Rallen's clutched hand. Rallen cursed to himself for even stooping as low to use a signal to be picked up, he could already see that smug face of the woman who forced it on him.

Continuing with his story, Kai shook his head and gave a bitter smile,

"Burden? Yes…no…it's just more complicated to call it just that, for me it's called a Curse."

Naming what he used to stop Rallen's surge of power, Kai then proceeds to reveal the red orb he made out of Saji's fatigue, stress and mental pain condensed into a small size.

"May I ask you something?"

"You've bested me, so I have no intention to reject."

"Good. Because I need you to answer me something, what would you say about that young man who you defeated?" Kai starts bring up Saji into the topic.

"All I can give as an answer is that he's weak and very tactical, for someone with limited weapons, techniques and weak strength. He was able to catch me off guard a few times and surprised me when he actually stood up to Grendel, who I let take over my body, he seemed real interesting to fight but he's no one I'd fight by choice though."

Rallen gave his full opinion about Saji.

"Hm? So your saying he has potential but isn't ready to be someone to get excited about?" Kai rubbed his chin, "I'll save that for future references but now I wish to ask you how much pain do you think he endured and let me remind you he's a low-class devil so give me your honest opinion."

"The pain must have been excruciating and hellish after what Grendel did."

"So you say then, allow me to show you this." Kai reveals the orb of Saji's pain, mental strain and stress, "This is the boy's fatigue, pain and stress all of it put into one. To be fair I just put the damage he received from this terrorist attack into this single orb."

Kai revealed the orb to Rallen, "Now I wish for you to do me a favor and allow this orb to phase through you as you return to whatever group you are in with the Khaos Brigade. If the pain was swift then you shouldn't worry about the boy as a threat in the future. But if you do it now in this less powered state you can actually see for yourself that he took an unbelievable amount of pain without giving in to it."

Rallen allows the orb to float into his hand as he examines it to make sure it wasn't a trap.

"And what do I gain from this, I'm not that interested in money or anything you devils value."

"Then listen to these terms, If you feel that this boy is actually worthy of your attention then you can challenge him one more time the next you two meet. By that time he'll be stronger than he is now so do you take the challenge?"

Kai sets up a future goal for Saji to set even if the boy wouldn't want to he'll still have to do it if he doesn't want to end up like all the other things that bore Kai.

"Fine, I'll accept, but I don't see why you're wasting such effort on a devil such as this." Rallen shook his head then looked at his hand, "How long will my powers be disable for?"

"About 5 days, I was in a hurry and went overboard with how much power I erased within you."

"5 days huh?" Rallen clenched his fist as he turns away from Kai, "That will be good time for me to train my physical form."

"Yeah..." Kai was still trying to get over the negative behavior the power he used had on him.

"Awww~! Guess who needed my help after all~!"

Rallen groaned as he heard the teasing voice of a cute girl ring out through the destroyed gym picking up the signal of the crest he's holding.

Suddenly a large light yellow magic circle marks itself beneath Rallen's feet picking about to transport him.

"Listen, old man you seem to be powerful even more than me and I hate that, my blood's boiling just by being in the same room as you, this thing you're setting up I have no idea what you're planning but remember this one day I will gain tremendous power and eradicate you understand?"

Kai could see the battle-maniac gleam in Rallen's eye, smiling at a similar case he is now Kai simply nods in response and waves his hand,

"I understand, so could you leave now?"

"I was well on my way, anyways…" Rallen looks over at the unconscious Saji before narrowing his eyes at the red orb in his hand. The magic circle shines and whisks the platinum blonde man off to the destination he was teleported to.

Now being left alone, Kai simply settles down and returns back to normal as he scratches his head,

"What a pain using that mood killing nuisance of a power got me in a bad mood, but after seeing that young man and this young man fight I can easily say that some good came out of this. Now there will be more than just Michael-san to look out for, for entertainment." Kai smiled with an honest smile, "I wonder if they have the possibility of fighting me in an equal fight of power."

That honest smile signified the true nature of a battle maniac.

"To think that young man was a human, I'm impressed on how the human race has advanced so far, it makes me question how far I was able to come as Halfling."

Kai smiled to himself as he just revealed something he didn't mention before to Michael, he knew that boy was confused after their last talk as he confessed to saying one lie so he kept it to himself and away from Michael's ears. But since no one around was able to freely move or were unconscious then he can freely state of his true race of being Half Human and Half Monkey Youkai.

"H-Halfling?"

A tired voice repeated.

"…Oh dear." Kai whipped his head back to look at a semi-conscious Saji raising his head.

"K-Kai-sama?"

"Oh Saji-san, your awake…so how are you and how much did you hear?" Kai sounded threatening as he approached Saji.

"Kai-sama where did that man go from before did you?"

"Don't worry, I took care of it now back to what I asked…how much did you hear?" Kai grabbed Saji by his hair as his usual smile failed to hide the rising demonic aura of anger Kai exuded.

"N-N-Nothing, I heard absolutely nothing!" In fright Saji denied it, he knew confirming it would lead to him getting fisted into unconsciousness.

"I see what a relief because I actually thought that you listened. Shishishishi!" Kai laughed, "Don't you think it's funny?"

"I urh…" Saji looked away.

"I said don't you think it's FUNNY." Kai smile turned all the scarier as his voice sounded more threatening.

'Ohmigod! That's freaking scary!' Panicking and trying to force a smile, Saji did his best not to be destroyed by the Ultimate Class Devil, 'Even if I did hear him say that he was half human I wouldn't even tell anyone!'

"Y-Yes sir it is, Hahahahahahahahaha!"

"That's good, see it's good to laugh, and now could you do me a favor real quick?" Kai smiled.

"Hahahahahaha! What is it, Kai-sama?"

"Take a nap."

*DON!*

Slamming Saji's head into the floor with enough force, Kai was able to knock out the young man and possibly make him forget about what he just heard. Saji now sustained even more physical damage than before.

Standing up acting like he didn't do anything suspicious, Kai laughs carefree while scratching the back of his head,

"Phew! I'm glad that secret's safe. Wasn't I supposed to help you and the rest of Sona-chan's peerage, not hurt you? Oh well, it doesn't really matter now I should probably help the Crow-Ossan with that person. But I should probably watch over them before taking them to the outside."

Looking back at the exhausted Saji and sensing the frozen presences of Sona's peerage, Kai then inclines himself to survey the Student Council and his son's safety. Taking them to the outside would cause too much hassle for him and he'd prefer them being aware to defend themselves than him trying to protect over 7 people.

"Welp, it would be too boring to watch over this many people in one place but I find it dreadfully boring to protect them from opponents that don't even pique my interest at all."

Kai may have said these things but in actuality he had a hunch that secretly the matter will be resolved more easily once the figure saw Michael at least once. He hopes that this hunch was correct and that this would all fold over for the better. Or else…things could get troublesome not for just him but also for Michael's well-being as well.

"I guess I'll just teleport them back once the time freeze is finished."

Kai made sure to set all of the student council members together and placed a heavy barrier just in case any of the mages out there had another surprise up to show him. Laying Shura on his lap Kai smiled and stroked the hair of his son in as he waited patiently.

"Chi! That Crow-Ossan must be having it rough, but that presence that person has with that Welsh dragon's aura has gotten me so envious of him. I wish I was out there fighting."

Kai voiced his bitterness towards Azazel; the two seem to know each other based on how he was talking. Wondering about Zethyr, Kai simply chuckled knowing the man wouldn't step foot outside that barrier to reveal himself to "you know who". Kai felt happy with the way he's handling his own issues compared to that of the hard-ass Lucifer descendant.

Reading the presences (except for Zethyr whose barrier negated his presence) in the area known as Kuoh Academy he could sense the many different aura and Ki around the school while he closed his eyes. The statuses of the many others around him were either getting exhausted or deteriorating in life. This could be the mages who have been attacking the leaders, but something else felt a little off to him it was that feeling where you know someone was there and you can't see them at all.

Having felt this, Kai deduced that someone else who knew Senjutsu was somewhere near the Old School Building.

'I wonder, who could this be…it's not Koneko-chan, considering her situation, so have the Khaos Brigade attained a master in senjutsu? And it's not the only one as I feel another presence somewhere a little too far away and it feels like…wait I know this Ki!'

Kai drops the thought of the more adept Senjutsu user and focused on the intermediate user whose presence was obviously easy to detect even through it being hidden.

Growing a playful smirk, Kai laughed as his playful demeanor masked a dangerous behavior starting to rise up in Kai,

"Shishishishishishi! I wonder could it be you, Bibi-chan~!"

(With Bikou)

Shivering in mortal fear out of nowhere, Bikou looks from side to side as he gasps,

"Brrrr! W-What was that I just felt something terrifying and why do I feel I like crying? I never felt like this ever since I was a…"

Suddenly the images of a child Bikou huddling in a corner while the shadow of an adolescent was seen overshadowing his crying form.

"No…" Bikou turned pale as he waited patiently, now he hopes that Vali would be able to get things done quick before he's find out…no before all of them were found out by him.

Chapter 34: Come on Gasper be a MAN! The Calvary arrives as the beginning of the Destined Fight commences! Pt. 1

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Chapter 34: Come on Gasper be a MAN! The Calvary arrives as the beginning of the Destined Fight commences! Pt. 1

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