章 64: Oozaru

Azazel was reclining back on the stands he was sitting on with his eyes closed. It had been about ten to fifteen minutes since they started watching Alex attempt his transformation, and all they had done so far is watch him stand there. He didn't blame him though, according to Alex the transformation would take place on the full moon, but it wasn't the full moon so that meant he had to experiment to use a form he usually avoided. Azazel couldn't help but think though, what was he that transformed during the full moon that was so dangerous?

The only beings he could think of were werewolves, but while they were strong, it wasn't to the level Alex was concerned about. While Azazel was in thought he suddenly heard some gasps around him, and he opened his eyes to see what was happening. Alex was still in the middle of the arena, but he had started to sprout brown hair all over his body, his arms and legs started bulging and he started to grow at an impossible rate. Everyone present, Maou, Angel, devil, fallen angel, we're all dumbfounded as they watched what looked like a ten story ape appear in the middle of the colosseum.

"RRRRRROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!"

The ape bellowed out a challenge to all those around it. It glared at them with glowing red eyes filled with hate. Rias didn't know what to do, Alex mentioned that he never used the form before so she thought he might not attack he even though he said to stay away. She flew out in front of the apes nose, and shouted out to it,

"ALEX! ITS ME, RIAS! I KNOW YOU HAVE TO STILL BE IN THERE!" The ape looked at her for a brief moment, and Rias thought he words might have gotten through to it, until it raised its hand and swung it down at her like she was a fly to swat. She froze unable to comprehend that he would actually attack her, and right when everyone was about to move to save her, Rias disappeared. She reappeared a short ways away, in Kiba's arms after he used his speed to save her. The apes attack still went down, until it reached the ground and the force of the attack caused the whole area to shake as if it was an earthquake.

"I don't think he'll listen to us president!" Kiba said as he summoned his holy demonic sword. Everyone else also got into a battle stance, even though it was obvious they didn't want to fight him. The four Maou, Azazel, and Grayfia didn't move though, as they were to be a last resort. Alex warned them ahead of time to destroy the energy ball that he used to transform, but it looked as if the ape was protecting it instinctively. So they would have to try and cripple or beat him to get to it.

Kiba rushed in attempt to slice the major muscles in its body. He first aimed for the Achilles' tendon, behind the ankle. He darted around the apes feet, focusing on not getting squashed. When he reached it he slashed with all of his strength, and darted away before seeing the damage he caused. Kiba was stupefied, not only did he not manage to sever the tendon, he thought he barely, if he even did at all, broke through the the fur and skin. He didn't have time to really examine the area he attacked, as he then had to dodge the stomping feet of the ape. The ground shook once more, each time it's foot connect with the earth.

They then decided to focus on long range attacks, and started bombarding it with magic. Rias using magic besides destruction, as she didn't want to gouge out entire bits of Alex's flesh. Akeno was crying as she fired holy lightning at him, Rosswiesse was bombarding him with her elemental attacks, Sona was using her family's specialty over water, Irina was firing spears of light at him, and the other members of their peerages were providing support, or were attempting to divert his attention so that the others wouldn't get attacked. None of the attacks even seemed to tickle him though. He was about to move towards Rias once more, when a voice shouted out,

"Senior, over here!" It then turned to face a small girl with her cat ears and tail out, facing him down. She also had tears in her eyes as she tried to divert his attention away from Rias. Alex froze for a second, and they all thought that Koneko's words got through when Rias's didn't. At least until his hand swung out once more, except this time it connected with the nekomata, and sent her flying away from the field. Rias had tears in her eyes, as Asia went to ensure Koneko's safety and she ordered,

"To the air, we'll figure out another way to attack h-him." She almost choked up when she called the ape "him", as she didn't want to think of this thing that even went as far as to hurt Koneko, Alex. The others then followed her words, and flew into the air to figure out what to do next. It followed them with its glowing red eyes, as it debated how to best get to these annoying pests.

The six spectators watched the fight with cold eyes. None of them blamed Alex, but themselves, especially Azazel, for pressuring him to make the change for their own curiosity. They watched as the ones fighting him gained distance so that they were safe until they could find a way to change him back, was what they all thought.

"What in gods name is that?!" Azazel cursed, as the ape opened its mouth and a massive beam of light was fired, annihilating everything in its path. Everything it touched was destroyed, and the places on the ground it hit were gouged out and a new ravine was created. They all gaped at this monster, that seemed to have endless surprises. Azazel recalled that the ultimate form of the boosted gear was juggernaut drive, but when he watched this thing work he wasn't sure Alex would never need it. Everyone moved further away from him, not that it actually mattered as it tried firing another beam. This time as well everyone managed to dodge it, as it was a relatively narrow attack.

"The rest of us will divert its attention, while Kiba goes and tries to destroy the energy ball, understood?!" Rias declared to those present.

"""""""YES!!!!!""""""" Everyone shouted to her. But right as they were about to put their plan into action, the ape revealed yet another surprise. They were well out of its range by now, but as they finished their discussion a sound they didn't expect filled the air.

WWWHHHOOOOOOOSSSHHHH

There was now a pair of red scaled wings protruding from its back, as it flapped them trying to take to the air as well. Each flap of its wings created winds equal to hurricane gales, as it slowly but surely started to rise. The girls then started to put their plan into motion, as they stared to bombard it once more with ranged attacks. Then a large amount of light spears flew past them and attacked the ape. Contrary to all of their attacks so far, this one seemed to do some actual damage. They turned to see Azazel attacking as well from behind them.

"It's time this farce was finished." He said as more spears were created. As they were about to hit it though, another change occurred as the ape became covered with large scales that easily deflected the spears of light. Kiba tried to sneak past it, but the ape then turned to face him, and he was suddenly frozen with fear. What they don't know, was that the ape was instinctively using each of the skills Alex had accumulated over the years, dragons glider, plate scales, and now even intimidation. Before they could make sense on what was happening, the ape started to take a deep breath.

"It's another beam, scatter!" Rias shouted, but Azazel was doubtful. He then recalled a move Alex liked to use, that he even used to kill Rasier with.

"BARRIERS NOW, ITS NOT A BEAM!!!!" They were confused at Azazel's words, until they saw the flames rising from the back of the apes throat, and they all turned pale. However as the flames shot towards them, a great barrier made of water saved them. As everyone let out a sigh of relief, they saw the Maou Serafall leviathan take a stand between them and the ape. They also saw Sirzechs as he moved as well. He held out his hand, and a dense amount of destruction condensed, into a single black sphere.

"Ruin the extinct"

The sphere then shot forward and started to target specific area on the apes body, ignoring any and all defenses. Several holes opened in the wings, and the scales protecting the body did nothing, as the sphere flew in and out of its body, destroying all the major tendons and ligaments it came into contact with, eliminating the apes movement. It fell back to the ground, causing the biggest earthquake yet. The sphere of destruction then shot towards the ball of energy, and destroyed it entirely.

A moment later, they all witnessed the apes body shrinking as it transformed back into Alex. It only took a moment for Asia who had already returned with Koneko, to run forward and start healing the injuries left by Sirzechs attack. They all gathered around the nude figure of Alex and thought to themselves, what would he be capable of if he controlled that?