The Fallen Angel of Corruption

3rd Person POV

Kuoh Academy

"Wha-What is this?!" Issei questioned in shock.

"It looks like some weird black dome." Saji said. "It's really friggin' hot!" He claimed, wiping away a trail of sweat.

"Akeno. You feel it too right?" Rias questioned her friend.

"Yeah. It's just like the black fire (Y/N) produces. Hellblaze fire." She confirmed.

"That's cool and all, but what's with the giant barrier? Where'd that come from?" Saji questioned. 

"It's most likely a Perfect Dome spell, but something seems different about it. Aside from the black fire all over it." Sona claimed

"It's just as Lady Sona claims!" Announced a familiar voice. "It's a barrier spell known as Perfect Dome, combined with the devastating power of darkness." Whis claimed, descending to join the devils of Sitri and Gremory.

"Whis?" Rias looked rather baffled. "What are you doing here?" She asked.

"Lord Beerus took it upon himself to gather some willing combatants in hopes of stopping whatever the former members of the Church have planned." He claimed, looking back to the massive burning barrier. "However, I feel my Lord's presence much further away now. As if he was forcefully removed from the area."

"Seriously?! Someone forced Beerus away?!" Rias questioned with worry and shock.

"Indeed. And now, all that's left is the Fallen Angel General, his lackeys, and (Y/N) himself. And he isn't fairing too well." He claimed.

Rias, Akeno, and all the other devils of the Gremory Peerage quickly began to worry more.

"Everyone! Back up!" Rias ordered as she and Akeno summoned a large amount of magic in hopes of breaking their way into the Perfect Dome.

Summoning a large amount of Ruin Fire and lightning, the two unleashed their unrelenting power onto the face of the barrier. The impact of the attacks seemed to be effective. However, as the smoke cleared, the barrier seemed completely unaffected.

"Nothing." Growled Akeno. "Not even so much as a scratch."

Whis sighed. "It's a spell related to Perfect Cube. Both of which are completely impenetrable."

"That's not all." Sona said. "Look down."

As Sona suggested, everyone looked down and saw the bottom of the black flame-engulfed barrier moving towards them.

"It's moving?" Issei questioned.

"More accurately, it's expanding." Whis corrected. "As Lady Sona mentioned before, this barrier is different. Apart from the Hellblaze fire which has completely layered itself over, it appears to be expanding its reach to outside your Academy's campus. If not stopped, the barrier will engulf everything around it and reduce it to cinder." He explained.

"Rias, hurry inside and help (Y/N). We'll erect a barrier of our own and prevent this thing from expanding any further." She said as she and her servants summoned magic circles below them, floating on high and conjuring their own barrier to contain the slowly expanding burning barrier within. "There. If nothing drastic happens, it should be able to prevent anything, from getting damaged."

"Thank you, Sona. Thank you, Whis." Rias smiled thankfully to her friend. "This means so much."

Suddenly, Tsubaki Shinra appeared from behind the Gremory devils via a magic circle.

"Tsubaki. How's Irina?" Issei questioned.

"Her condition is not life-threatening. She can thank Asia for that." She said, joining her fellow devils with the maintaining of the barrier.

"What a relief. (Y/N)'ll be happy to hear that too." Asia sighed in relief.

'Where's Xenovia?' Issei pondered. 'I wonder if she'll even come now.'

"Hey Hyoudou!" Saji called. "Have you heard from Kiba, at all?"

"No, we haven't seen him or heard from him at all." He replied. "We know he'll be here, though."

"Right." Koneko agreed.

"We'll keep this barrier up, but I might not be able to keep the school from collapsing. As much as I'd prefer to avoid it. (Y/N)'s strong, and his opponent is a Fallen Angel General. I can only imagine the collateral damage if things got out of hand." Said Sona.

Rias looked to Sona with a determined gaze. "I'm not going to let that happen." She declared. "I wasn't able to stop him from going after Kokabiel, the best thing we can do now is help him now to stop him."

Sona looked back to the Princess of Ruin. "Rias, it's still not too late. You can still contact your brother." She said.

Rias simply shook her head. "You know what I don't see? You trying to contact your big sister." She replied.

"With good reason, too." Sona said. "Sir Zechs loves you. You know he would want to assist us. There's no doubt that he'd come here as soon as you called him. So call him." She advised rather insistently. "Whis said it himself, (Y/N)'s not doing too well against these guys. We need all the firepower we can get."

"There's no reason." Akeno claimed. "I've already contacted Sir Zechs."

Rias looked to Akeno disapprovingly and seemingly offended. "How could you do that without asking me first?"

"Look, Rias..." Akeno's gaze turned stern and rather cold. "I understand you don't want to bother your brother unless we absolutely must. Our enemy is a Leader-Class fallen angel. He's not someone you can take on your own. (Y/N) went after him alone because he was blinded by rage." Akeno tightened her fist, trying to contain her anger at herself for not stopping her Junior. "I can only imagine how he's fairing. Sona's right, (Y/N)'s strong, but with his condition, the chances of him coming out on top are rather slim. He needs all the help he can get. We all do."

Rias gave in and sighed in defeat. "Fine." She groaned.

Akeno smiled. "I thank you for your consideration, President. Sir Zechs is on his way. I believe that his forces should arrive here in just about an hour." She claimed.

"Good grief, girl. I cannot win against you, can I?" Rias giggled. "Should be quite the hour." She claimed.

"Wait, how're we supposed to get in?" Asia questioned.

Whis smiled to the innocent devil, aiming his staff at the Perfect Dome. "Like this." He said, parting the waves of ebony flames and glass-like barrier, creating an opening within the barriers to enter. "I can only hold this for so long, so I insist you go now." He said.

"Alright. You heard him every one, let's move!" Rias ordered, running into the entryway with her fellow devils running in behind her.

Whis released his hold of the barriers, watching it close. He floated up and aimed his staff at the Sitri-made barrier, summoning a glowing barrier of his own over it. "I'd like to offer my assistance as well." He said.

"Thanks, Whis." Appropriated Sona. "So, do you think Beerus is holding up okay?" She asked.

"I certainly hope so." He replied. "These fallen angels are different than the rest of you Celestials. And it worries me."

Kuoh Academy

As soon as the Gremory devils stepped into the confines of the enclosed academy, they felt a suffocating presence completely surround them. It was almost impossible to breathe.

"The hell? What's going on?" Issei questioned. "Why is it so suffocating in her? It's hot and cold at the same time! This doesn't make sense!"

"We don't have any time to waste! The Track Feild is where they'll most likely be. Let's move!" Rias declared.

The devils ran as fast as they could through the Kuoh Academy building.

"Issei..." Rias called. "I want you to be on support this time."

"Support?" He asked.

"I want you to use your ability to transfer power to the rest of us to increase our strength. And seeing how much (Y/N) pushes himself, it's safe to assume he'll need it the most."

"No doubt there. Understood. I'll start now." He claimed. "Boosted Gear!!" He yelled, summoning his scarlet red Dragon claw gauntlet.

BOOST!

"In the meantime, I think we can stall until Issei can transfer his power to everyone, don't you?" She asked.

"Yeah, I bet we can manage that." Akeno replied.

"Absolutely." Koneko complied. 

"Let concentrate on being on the offensive this battle." Rias recommended. "We have to get to (Y/N) quickly and give him support and prevent Kokabiel from releasing any more of his powers, whatever they may be. Unlike the fight with Riser, our lives will be at risk this time. But believe me, I will not allow us to die today. We will survive, my dear servants. We'll survive this fight so we can come back here and go to school together once more!" She declared.

"Yes, ma'am!" Said everyone.

"Promotion: to Queen!" Issei announced, feeling his already increasing power grow more exponentially with the increase in abilities due to the Promotion.

Track Field

As the Gremory devils rush onto the field, they were met with unfathomable amounts of chaotic remnants of battle, multiple craters, black and purple fire burned in many places throughout, and above it all, a looming golden magic circle with multiple streams of holy magic flowing into it.

"What in the world is that?" Asked Asia.

"Oh good, you've all made it." Greeted a familiar, yet slightly distorted voice.

The devils looked up, only to be met with utter shock and horror.

The being that flew on high was encased in darkness, the shape similar to a silhouette of a body with ten wings. This ten-winged being of darkness was the Fallen Angel General, Kokabiel. However, what he had in his hand, is what had truly terrified the young devils of Gremory. "I'm so glad you all made it. So? What do you think?" He asked, his voice slightly distorted. "It seems like the four Excaliburs are fusing into one rather nicely." He chuckled. "That is just so Valper, you know?"

"Oh no!" Asia looked in horror.

"...Bastard!" Koneko glared.

"You...WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!" Rias demanded an answer.

"Hm?" Kokabiel simply tilted his head, only to realize what they were referring to. "Oh, you mean...this?" He asked, holding up a burned, ripped, bruised, beaten, and blood covered (Y/N) by his hair.

His body was covered in intense and severe burns and massive gashes, some of his limbs barely hanging together by strings of muscle and nerves. Multiple holes into his shoulders and legs. Numerous amounts of broken bones, even piercing through his flesh as he simply held by his head in silence, his mouth gaping open.

Kokabiel smiled. "I thought I'd have some fun with him after he passed out and made him look more presentable for you. He looks rather dashing does he not?"

"You...YOU VILE CREATURE!!!" Akeno roared with seething anger. "LET HIM GO!!!"

"Very well." He said, tossing the seeming dead young devil up and grabbing him by his nearly ripped off leg. "I'll admit, as entertaining as he was for the brief moments of battle we shared, I find there is no more enjoyment to be had in, well, beating a dead horse. Or rather, devil in this case." He added with a sickening chuckle.

"LET HIM GO NOW!!!" Roared Rias.

"As powerful as he may be, I'm sure you're all well aware, he's nowhere near his full potential." Kokabiel claimed, chucking (Y/N) down to the ground, sending him crashing into the school building. "And yet, with all his power, as I am now, he's no match for me."

The impacted side of the building came crashing down, large pieces of rubble and debris falling piece by piece.

"(Y/N)!!!" Everyone screamed in horror, running to him and quickly digging him out to find himself only slightly more injured then when they found him before.

Asia held him up and placed her ear onto his chest, only to hear an incredibly faint heartbeat. "He's alive!!" She cried

Kokabiel unleashed a hearty laugh. "This'll make the third time he's been beaten by me. I'm happy he survived as long as he has, truly I am. Now I can subjugate him to the horrors and despair of having everything and everyone he loves destroyed before his very eyes!!" He cackled.

Issei looked to the darkness embraced fallen angel and growled. "I'M GONNA FUCKING SLAP YOUR SHIT YOU MULTI CROW-WINGED FUCK!!!"

Kokabiel simply chuckled. "By all means, do try." He goaded, waving his hand and summoning a large floating throne-like structure. He stepped onto it and walked to the seat and relaxed into it. "So, is big brother on his way, yet? Or is it Serafall instead?"

"...Asia...Do everything you can to heal him." Rias pleaded.

"Of course." She replied, immediately began using her Sacred Gear to heal his injuries.

"...Fallen Angel General of the Grigoris, Kokabiel...You have much to answer for...As of right now, you will face the devils of Gremory. And I swear to you, for the relentless amounts of pain you forced upon by beloved, YOU WILL FEEL IT IN KIND, A THOUSANDFOLD!!!" Rias glared with murderous intent.

WELSH DRAGON! OVER BOOSTER!

Issei became engulfed in a burst of crimson, encasing himself within his crimson Scale Mail Balance Breaker. "Hope you said you prayers, 'cause now you're gonna pay!!" He declared, slamming his fist into his palm.

Kokabiel simply smiled, summoning a multi

-banded spear of light and darkness and throwing it at the gym building, destroying it in a brilliant explosion.

Issei rushed to the front of the group and took the front of the blast. As the smoke quickly cleared, his look on in shock. "The gym!" He cried.

Though the building was no more, the fallen angels' spear remained.

Kokabiel groaned in annoyance and boredom. "Please do you best not to bore me too quickly." He said. "I need I diversion."

The spear he threw vanished, leaving behind a massive crater in its wake.

"No freakin' way." Shuttered Issei.

"What's wrong, kid? You skeered?" Ddraig gibed.

"That spear wasn't anything like a normal fallen angel spear of light! It's like from another dimension!" He young devil replied.

"Of course it's from another dimension; look at who your up against." Ddraig replied. "Were talking about a man who survived fighting with God and the Devil King. Not just that, but he's clearly changed. Just look at him." He prompted. "You can feel it, can't you? His presence is nearly identical to (Y/N)'s shadow transformation."

"You really think we can still beat him?" The armored devil asked.

"Given the situation, you don't exactly have much of a choice." The Welsh Dragon informed. "Listen, you've been training all this time with Rias and (Y/N); they've put you through the ringer. You even achieved you Balance Breaker far before he did. Tell me, what is it you fight for? While you're still a novice, you have potential. Use that potential to break down the barriers and become one of the strongest Dragon Emperors known to mankind!

"Ddraig..." Issei looked to his glowing left claw in awe.

"Besides, if need, be you can sacrifice parts of your body like (Y/N) did to achieve more power." He added.

"Sacrifice my body, huh?" Issei questioned. Guess I'll just have to beat his face in with what I've got on hand then!!" He declaired.

"So the young devil with the Red Dragon has acquired his Balance Breaker? Very interesting." Said the fallen angel. "Very well, since you all seem rather promising, I might as well let you play with my favorite pet." Kokabiel's hovering throne shot down a bolt of lightning, summoning a magic circle onto the ground.

The glowing magical ring slowly vanished, revealing a pit of fire down below, only to erupt a massive spewing tower of fire. From within arose a silhouette beast from the Underworld, fur as dark as the night sky, claws as sharp as Dragon's talons, and three heads which resembled mad dogs each with blood-red eyes filled with madness and savagery, only for more of the same species to climb out.

"Cerberus?" Rias questioned in fret.

"Living at the Gates of the Underworld, it's the Watchdog of Hades." Claimed Akeno.

"He's real? What are we going to do?" Asia questioned as she continued to heal (Y/N).

"Bringing him to this world is forbidden. Let's send him back! Akeno! Koneko!" Rias called

"Yes, ma'am!" They acknowledged, jumping into action.

"Issei, keep increasing your power, and fight if you can! When you're charged up enough, give energy to (Y/N), then the rest of us!!" Ordered the Princess of Ruin, sprouting her wings and ascending into the air for battle

"Right! Let's go Ddraig!!" Cheered Issei as he began charging his magical energy once again.

BOOST!

The Preistess of Thunder summoned her battle attire and flew up to aid Rias.

"Asia, just stay behind me and keep healing (Y/N) as quickly as you can, 'kay?" Instructed Issei.

"Okay!" She replied.

"We'll be fine." He assured. "Trust me; our girls will have no problem taking care of this mangy mutt. Worse they could do is stall it until (Y/N)'s back on his feet again." He said.

BOOST!

One of the Cerberus unleash a multi-stream of fire at Rias, only to miss as she evaded.

Akeno summoned a wave of freezing wind, freezing one of the fire attacks and shattering it.

Rias conjured Ruin Fire in both hands and hurled them at one of the Cerberus, knocking it down.

The other three headed beast ran towards Koneko at breakneck speed.

Koneko leaped into the air, delivering an axe kick on one of the heads, and kicked another head, knocking it to one side.

"I think he wants more!!" Akeno yelled, summoning a bolt of lightning and sending to the beast, sending it crashing to the ground.

Issei watched and continued to guard Asia, witnessing the battle-capable women of his Peerage take on the Watchdogs of the Underworld. "Jeez, how tough are these bitches?" He asked.

BOOST!

"Almost there. Just a bit more and I can get (Y/N) and the others some energy!" He said. 'Still, if I were stronger I could transfer energy and boost everyone's power in an instant!'

Asia's blood curdling scream knocked Issei out of his track of thought, causing him to look back and watch as a Cerberus loomed over his friend and unconscious brother.

Asia hugged (Y/N) tightly in hopes of protecting him. "Get away!" She yelled, raising her hand and summoning an small ice spear. "Freeze Javelin!!" She yelled, launching the structure of ice into the beasts eye, causing it to roar in pain and anger.

ASI tried to lift (Y/N)'s body up to move, but was too heavy for her to get very far.

The one-eyed Cerberus roared violently, lunging at the Bishop.

Issei propelled himself towards the beast and blocked him from getting any closer. "What the hell?! How many of these fuckers are there?!" He questioned.

"Issei!" Asia cried.

"Nice shot, Asia!" He praised as he began to struggle holding the monster back. "Just keep healing (Y/N), I'll take this thing!!" He said.

BOOST!

'If I use my magical energy that stored up or take any damage, the multiplayer will reset!'

"If that's the case, what're you going to do?" Asked Ddraig.

Issei pushed himself away from the three-headed hound. "Guess I just can't let that thing hit me and not fire projectiles."

"Seems so." The Red Dragon agreed. "You've been training with your friend and the loli tank for some time. Have the skills and strength to fight back. Now do it! Show me that you're worthy!! SHOW THEM YOU ARE WOTHEY OF BEING THE RED DRAGON EMPEROR!!!"

"LET'S FUCKIN' RUMBLE!!!" Issei roared, launching himself towards the beast.

The Cerberus swiped at the armored devil with its massive claws, only to have it roundhouse kicked away.

With the momentum of his spin, Issei jabbed his fist into the Cerberus' gut, staggering it back. He jumped up and uppercutted the middle head's jaw, only to catch the other heads lunging towards him. He grabbed them by their snouts and jumped up, axe-kicking the middle head down.

Koneko launched herself towards the beast, punching it with tremendous force. "Don't try and take these things on by yourself!" She said. "One wrong move and that counters' gone."

"Yeah but-"

"At the very least I can stall for time!" She said, grabbing one of the beast's heads and manipulating it's movements, causing the beast to attack itself.

BOOST!

Issei's emerald jewel in his gauntlet glowed brightly as he felt his increased power is nearing it limit.

"Hurry up and transfer the energy! Get that moron back on his feet! Quickly!!" Ordered the Rook.

"All right, Koneko! But be careful!" He said as he ran off.

With all the wild and sporadic movements the Cerberus made, Koneko is thrown off and one of the heads chomps at her, barely missing her and only tearing at her clothing, revealing much of her underwear before the middle head bit down on her and trapped her within its mouth.

The Rook pushed the mouth open with the legs, backfilling and kicking the beast's teach out as she escaped, landing on a raised paw and kicked out the middle head's other eye.

The Watchdog of Hades roared in agony, collapsing to the ground.

"Are you alright?!" Asia asked with worry.

"For the most part. Mangy mutt tore my uniform." She replied covering her chest. "How's (Y/N)?"

"I'm healing as much as I can, but it's taking a long time for some of the injuries to heal." The Bishop explained, looking down to her rather slow progress.

"It's okay, just a few more Boosts and we should be good to go. I'll take it from here!!" Said Issei and he approached the Cerberus, grabbing it by the head and slowly lifting it up. "Hope you're ready, you piece of shit dog! You're flight's gonna be a bumpy one!!" He yelled, tossing the Cerberus over to the other ones on the field. 'Nice! Now they're all grouped up! One more Boost and Rias and Akeno can wipe 'em out easy!!"

Outside Perfect Dome

"So, you think this is gonna end up okay?" Saji asked as he continued to maintain the barrier halting the Perfect Dome's expansion.

"We have no choice but to trust them. I think we'll be fine. Besides, I believe in Rias Gremory and her Household." Replied Sona.

Kuoh Academy

One of the Cerberus spotted Issei, using its chance to pounce on him and attack.

"Issei, watch out!" Asia pleaded.

The Cerberus looked down at the devil in Scale Mail, fire bursting from its mouth as it stared murderous daggers and growled violently.

"What?! You want some too?!" Issei beckoned, donning a fighting stance.

The enraged creature snarled and lunged at Issei, only for its head to be decapitated with a clean cut through the neck.

From behind the beast, landed an ally, wielding the Excalibur of Destruction.

"You need a little help, here?" She asked with a small smile.

"Xenovia?!" Questioned the bluenette.

The young woman turned and leaped into the air, cutting the Cerberus down the middle, splitting it in half completely and killing it instantly as it morphed into flickering orbs of flames before disappearing.

"And that is exactly the damage you can expect from a Holy Sword to have on evil." Akeno awed.

"I'd rather we didn't need the help, but I am glad you're here." Said Rias.

Rias' Cerberus released a stream of fire, only to miss.

Xenovia ran atop a nearby roof and jumped towards the beast, and brought her Holy Sword down in the center of the middle head, cutting it through completely and setting the creature of the Underworld ablaze.

In its final angered roar, the waves of flame vanish as the beast is returned from when it came.

"She's amazing." Issei marveled. His Sacred Gear glowed brilliantly and looked down.

"Issei, we've reached out maximum limit for stored power." Ddraig informed.

"Alright." He smiled confidently under his helm. "Heads up everyone!!" He shouted, raising his glowing claw high.

"Alright!" Rias praised.

"This'll be good!" Akeno smiled.

The Red Dragon Emperor clenched his claw tightly, reeling it back and aimed at the ground. "BOOSTED GEAR!!!" He slammed his glowing Scared Gear into the ground, releasing a wide-spreading glowing green field of magical energy to those around him. "GIFT FIELD: BOOSTED VEIL!!!" All of his allies received a massive power and energy multiplier, encasing them all in a radiant emerald aura." 

"Nice work." Marveled Xenovia. "I didn't think you were strong enough to do that, Let alone transfer it to so many people at once."

Issei's power had tapped, and his Balance Breaker vanished as he collapsed. "Damn..." He groaned, trying to push his sore body up off the ground. "Asia, how's (Y/N)?!" He yelled.

"I can continue healing him thanks to your transfer. Seems like he took it in too, his body's starting to heal faster!!" The Bishop replied happily.

Issei smiled happily. "Kick ass."

From high above, before the mutated Kokabiel, floated Rias and Akeno, engulfed in a powerful dragonic aura.

"We're ready now!" Declared Rias.

"Oh, yeah!" Said Akeno.

"Akeno?" Rias looked to her friend, prompting her to join in her attack.

"Of course." The ravenette smiled. "Now, RING OUT THUNDER!!!" Akeno roar her hand up, summoning a yellow magic circle, calling down a massive bolt of lightning.

Rias summoning a red magic circle, growing bigger and bigger with each passing second.

Back on the ground, Koneko slammed one of the Cerberus on it head, only for it to stagger up and glare at Asia healing the still unconscious (Y/N).

"No! Asia!" Cried Issei.

The Cerberus ran to the girl, only to be quickly impaled by a massive pool of long, thick, sharp blades erupting from the ground.

Everyone nearby was shocked and watched at the summoner jumped onto the battlefield near Asia and (Y/N).

Rias smiled. "Kiba made it."

"Kiba, you're here!" Asia beamed with joy.

"Sorry I'm a little late." He said, quickly spotting the unconscious young devil. "How's he coming along?" He asked.

"It's slow, but his body's recovering. He should be waking up soon. We just need a few more minutes." She explained.

Rias looked back to Akeno. "More!" She said.

"I would love to!" She replied, shooting out a bolt at Rias' magic circle, creating a catastrophic bolt of lighting that completely vaporized the final Cerberus almost instantly.

"Awesome!" Issei, how began to slowly push himself to his feet, made his way to his friends. "That was so cool Kiba-"

"Awesome is a bit of a stretch." Kokabiel, declared, stilling sitting relaxed in this hovering throne, watching everything unfold much to his delight and amusement.

Rias, angered by his continued presence. "TAKE THIS!!!" With no more obstacles in her path, released a powerful stream of Ruin Fire at the shadow encased fallen angel.

"That's huge!" Issei said.

Kokabiel watched at the serpent-like stream of destruction magic grew closer. He rose his hand and smiled as he caught the attack, only to slowly absorb it into his body.

"What?!" Rias, and everyone else was baffled at what she was seeing.

As soon as the King's attack faded into Kokabiel's hand, he simply chuckled, only to release a full fit of laughter. "Seems as though I've taken in the abilities of the Silver Demons after all!" He analyzed. "Surely you know about them, Rias Gremory. Didn't you study these wonderful beings?"

"Silver Demons?!"

"That's right. Thanks to it's blood coursing through my veins, I now have the ability to absorb any and all magical energy thrown my way, adding it and amplifying my own in the process!!" He declared. "Allow me to demonstrate." He said, raising his index finger up and summoning a small black dot. He curled his finger and flicked the dot at a nearby building, destroying it in a massive explosion of darkness, leaving nothing but a massive smoldering crater in its wake.

"Impressive. Look how strong you've gotten now that you've had your little Dragon Emperor inside you. Sexy. And fascinating, as well. But I must ask, which one really gave you the big boost you needed? The Red or the Azure?" He perversely questioned mockingly. "Such a heartbreaker you are young Gremory!" He chuckled.

Rias growled at the boastful fallen angel, angered at his claims.

"It is complete!!" Valper Galilei awed as the golden light intensified, slowly dimming as a sword emerged within a massive pillar of holy light. The former Church member unleashed a sickening overjoyed laugh, admiring his own handiwork. "Finally, it is done!"

"Now, I get to have the massive power that results in the combination of the swords. That's our trade off. Sweet deal, huh?" Said Kokabiel.

"We're too late!" Said Akeno.

"So, now what? You seriously planning on using that thing to destroy our city?!" Issei questioned.

Valper simply chuckled. "I suggest you leave quickly. This whole area is going to be destroyed in less than twenty minutes." He advised.

Those still able to fight readied themselves to engage. Kiba and Xenovia readied their swords, Rias and Akeno summoned their magic, and Issei and Koneko donned their defensive stances.

"If you want to save it, you'll have to defeat me. Oh no." Kokabiel taunted, rising from his throne, spreading his wing out wide and ready to fight himself. "Ready, Rias Gremory?!"

Rias clicked her tongue at the Fallen Angel General and propelled herself towards him. "I'm ready!!" She declared, summoning a blade of destruction magic onto her hand and charged, going for a stab to his head only to miss as her hand was grabbed. She reeled up her leg and tried to knee him in the face, only to be blocked.

Akeno flew behind the fallen angel and shot out a bolt of lightning.

Kokabiel swung Rias around, attempting to use her as a shield, but Akeno redirected the lightning and blasted him in the back, causing him to release his captive.

As Rias descended, she summoned multiple small orbs of Ruin Fire and launched them up and surrounded Kokabeil. "CARNAGE CAGE!!!"

Kokabiel just laughed and caught the two attacks, reshaping them into a large ball of magic and throws it at the girls. "FOOLS!!!" He said, hurling the massive sphere of magic.

"Rias!!" Akeno flew to her King and friends' side, summoning a barrier to protect them both, only for it to shatter instantly and taking the damage of their own fused magic.

The two of the strongest members remaining crashed down onto the ground, their bodies surged and ached with pain. 

"Are you guys okay?" Issei asked with concern.

"He took our power threw it back at us, he's formidable, I'll give him that." Akeno said, gripping her pained arm.

"It's like he's not even a fallen angel anymore." Rias claimed, looking up the winged man engulfed in darkness. "Is that even really Kokabiel?"

Asia ran to their side, handing (Y/N) over to Koneko so she could heal the injured.

"It doesn't look like we'll be able to hold out. (Y/N)'s still unconscious but what's taking Sir Zechs so long?"

"We have to find a way to win or stall long enough to-" Rias said, but spotted Kiba walking towards Valper. "Kiba?"

"Valper Galilei, I'm a survivor of the Holy Sword Project. Or more accurately, of those you tried to murder." The Knight declared.

"Heh?" Replied Valper, almost sounding bored.

"I was able to live because I was reborn as a devil. I refused to die, because I knew, one day I would avenge the death of my comrades!!" He roared, leaping at Valper.

Kokabiel smirked as he watched Kiba's anger get the better of him. He summoned and spear of light and darkness and aimed it right at the enraged swordsman.

"KIBA!!! NO!!!" Cried Rias.

Koneko released (Y/N) into Akeno and, along with Issei, ran to Kiba.

Kokabiel threw his spear directly at him, creating a massive explosion and blasting everyone away.

"Kiba!!" Issei called out.

Valper, surrounded by a protective shield, simply chuckled as he saw Kiba on the ground unmoving.

"You were able to avoid a direct attack? What a quick little rat." The fallen angel mockingly praised. "Freed!" He beckoned.

"You called? I'm here!" He appeared.

"Not you again!" Issei groaned.

"This is our last piece of entertainment. Use the Excalibur with the power of four swords to get rid of all of this debris." He ordered.

"I would love to!" Freed bellowed. "You know that fancy Excalibur with those ridiculous specs?" He grabbed the abominable Holy Sword. "Surprise! I just got one as a gift. Now, who wants the pointy end of this bad boy first?" He asked, madness seeping deep within his eyes. "Well, I'll just go and chop up that sleeping beauty and bitch believer a little, then. That sound okay?!" Freed charged towards Asia and (Y/N) at incredible speed.

Issei and Koneko barely had enough time to form a defensive line.

Xenovia leaped over them and swung her Excalibur at the stray priest.

"Too slow!" Said Freed, vanishing before Xenovia using the power of his fused Excalibur. "Have you met? Say hello to the Chopper Rapidly." He said menacingly, appearing right behind the bluenette with a sickening excited smile on his face. "So fresh! Such an amazing Excalibur! This bad boy can make anything happen!!" He ranted, watching as Xenovia flip forward. "Hey, what you think are you doing?!"

Xenovia's distance from Freed gave her enough of an opportunity to spin from her hands and spin-kicked in the face.

"My face!" He shrieked. "You scum bitch! Who kicks a beautiful creation like this; I'm going to tear you apart for that! I'll turn you into a slip-n-slide, you hear me?! Prepare for your final reckoning!" The Excalibur in Freed's hands glowed, stretched, and lunged at Xenovia, only to miss as she jumped up high. "It's not just mimicry you know? Yahoo!!" He cheered, pulling up his extended sword as it split into several blades, all shooting towards Xenovia.

Xenovia fended off against any and of the oncoming blades, blocking and parrying any attack coming her way.

Freed smiled hungrily, watching Xenovia's struggle. "It's a nightmare!!" He said, his body suddenly multiplied until there were many of the stray priest before her. "This is the power of Excalibur Nightmare! Ba-dum, dum-dum dum! How do you like it, princess?!"

"An illusion?" She questioned, watching all the Freeds charge at her.

"Now, TRANSPARENCY!!!" The long blade of the Excalibur in the duplicate Freeds' hands vanished, leaving the hilt and the guard of the blade to appear all that remained.

Xenovia countered any and all incoming attacks, fending off against the blades she couldn't see until she was knocked back. "He can use all of their abilities; all the swords that were combined."

"Alrighty, brace yourself, dears!" Freed rose his Excalibur Nightmare up, his duplicates disappearing.

"Y'mean Xenovia can't even do anything to this creep?" Issei questioned in shock.

"I can't defeat this guy on my own." She fretted.

Freed cackled as he charged at the bluenette, only to be kicked in the jaw by Issei.

"Don't forget we're here too, asshole!" He yelled, kicking him down to the ground.

Over in the distance, Kiba started to pull himself up again, only to fall to his knees as he gripped onto the ground as he struggled to breathe.

Valper approached the blonde. "I've heard about you. They said one of the subjects had escaped with the help of a white-masked figure in black." He said, only to revive a vengeful glare from the Knight. "How tragic to survive only to live as a lowly devil. I am grateful to you and the others. You taught me what I needed to know to complete the project."

"Complete it?" Kiba asked.

Valper shook his head. "The subjects we used didn't individually have enough of a particular gene required to use the Holy Swords. After I realised that fact, I came to a conclusion. So..." He leaned down to the young devil, a mad look in his eyes and a twisted smile on his face. "All I did was take out the gene from the kids who carried any of it."

Kiba's eyes widened with rage from the old man's claim.

"Then, I found a way to combine and crystalize their genes!" He declared, rummaging through his robe and pulling out a small glowing blue crystal. "This crystal contains the correct quantity of the gene. It's the last one made from those pethetic little brats!!"

Freed let out his typical hysterical laugh. "The other guys they tested the crystal on died halfway in because they were too weak to take all the gene goodness." He bellowed, slashing at Koneko and Issei, only to miss. "If you think about it that way, you're lucky to be fighting a one of a kind.

"Bastard!!" Issei growled.

"The crystal. Holy Sword users receive a blessing. Something like that is put into their bodies. A gene deficiency, that must be what they've been using them for." Xenovia deduced, thinking back to Irina's induction and taking in the crystallized gene a few years back.

"Those hypocrites!" Valper Galilei snarled. "After excommunicating me as a pagan, they shamelessly use my research. Typical Church behaviour." His face of irritation quickly returned into one of twisted delight. "Of course, we're talking about Michael. So even if he took genes from his subjects, I bet he didn't take the time to kill them." He said with a hearty laugh.

Kiba slowly rose to his feet once more, his legs looking to be on the verge of collapsing. "There was no need to kill us either. How could you?" He glared.

The ex-Archbishop huffed. "You were nothing more than materials used in a top-secret project. We had what we needed. What were we supposed to do?" He explained.

"We believed what we were doing was for God. We bore everything because of that faith. And then-You-You just threw us away, like trash." Kiba declared, teetering on the edge of breaking down and crying. His heart could handle no more pain and sorrow. The memories of his friends and their deaths plagued his mind for years, only to be saved by their sacrifice, the generosity of a passerby, and who would soon be called his master, Rias.

The ones watching over (Y/N)'s recovery watched as Kiba slowly broke down.

Asia began to cry herself, tears of pure sorrow welled within her emerald green eyes. "No...Kiba."

Rias herself looked down in disgust and sorrow.

Valper tossed the crystalized gene to Kiba's feet. "Here, why don't you take this? I no longer need it; we've gotten to the point where we can mass-produce higher quality crystals, no martyrs required."

Kiba bent down and picked up the small crystal. Simply holding it was enough for the memories and cries of his sacrificed friends to echo in his mind. He gently cupped the crystal in his hands and held it to his chest. "Gone..." He muttered, tears running down his cheeks.

"Valper Galilei!" Issei yelled. "You'll pay for this!!"

"How many?"

"Heh?" Valper looked down to Kiba.

"How many lives did your blessed research cost? How many deaths did it take?" He asked.

The crystal in his hands suddenly started to glow, enveloping him in a radiant blue light, much to the surprise of everyone else.

"What is that?" Asked Asia.

"Look." Motioned Koneko.

The astral blue light slowly began to take the shape, surrounding Kiba in its warmth.

"It kinda seems like people." Issei pointed out.

"It's probably the different powers on the battlefield combining." Akeno guessed. "And Kiba...Our powers, on top of the trembling of his heart must have freed the souls from the crystal."

"I prayed, and wondered. Why was I the only one? Why me? It wasn't fair for me to have survived. There were kids who had bigger dreams than I did. Kids who wanted to live more than I did. It was a mistake. Someone better than me should have made it out of that nightmare." Kiba finally took notice of all the specters that had surrounded him, the ones who had sacrificed themselves to save him, all of his friends.

One of the smallest specters tugged on the broken Knight's sleeve. When he looked down, she smiled happily at him.

Tears welled in his eyes, recognizing the little girl. "M-Mona..."

The gathering of spirits dissipated into stardust, swirling and dancing around the young devil.

"It's okay." One of the spirits assured before disappearing into the gathering of dancing spirits.

"Sasha!" Kiba called.

"Let's all gather together." Another said.

"Monica!" Kiba called out, his tears sliding down his face as he saw and heard his friend's voices once again.

"Take us in. It's time." A boy spirit claimed.

"You don't have to be scared. Even if there is no God."

"Though God might not be watching over us..."

"Our hearts will forever be one."

"Toby! Ashe! Jasmine! Bruno!" Kiba cried to his friends, choking on his tears. Finally, he had found solace and peace from hearing his friends' final words. "Yes." He smiled.

The spectres vanished, flowing into Kiba as a radiant and holy blue light enveloped him.

Rias and Akeno smiled knowing their Knight and friend had finally found some peace once again.

"Aw, that's sweet." Koneko said as she began to tear up herself.

Asia clasper her hands, smiling happily as tears of joy flowed down from her eyes.

Issei struggled to wipe away the constantly flowing tears. "I can't stop crying. Damn it Kiba, you and (Y/N) need to stop breaking my heart! It's not good for my health you jerk!" He said in jest, but in truth was overjoyed that another one of his friends had finally found peace.

"The Knight has peaked." Claimed Ddraig, confusing Issei. "It happens when the thoughts and wished of the user oppose nature. When they go against the natural course things in this world. The Sacred Treasure Peaks, or as it is also known: The Balance Breaker."

Kokabiel watched from on high, his arms crossed with a smile on his face. "Oh?"

"My friends, they never wanted me to seek revenge. They wanted me free. But I'm not." Kiba claimed, walking towards the man that had condemned him to death. "First, I need to destroy the evil in front of me. Then no-one else will have to suffer." He declared, summoning a sword into his hand.

Valper Galilei trembled at Kiba's more calm and tranquil mannerism, stepping back onto to fall to the ground.

"No one but you!" Said Kiba, pointing his black and gold sword at the old man.

"Help me! Freed!" The old man screamed in utter fear.

"Yes? I'm here!" Freed leaped over to the old man in a fit of mad laughter, taking a stance to Kiba.

"You are such a little fool." Claimed Valper. "You should've have let yoursef be killed with the rest of your so called friends."

Kiba simply glared at the two ex-communicated, gripping his sword tightly.

"KIBA!!!" Issei yelled. "Go on and kick that Freed bastard's ass along with those Excaliburs!! No point in wasting your friends wishes now or their souls!!"

"Issei..."

Rias smiled confidently. "You can do it, Kiba. Fight like a member of the House of Gremory; take them down!" She ordered. "Besides, no true Knight of mine would ever lose to such a pathetic foe!"

"Come on, Kiba! We all believe in you!" Cheered Akeno.

"I wanna see blood!" Koneko seethed relentlessly.

"Kiba!" Asia cried.

"Everyone..." He looked down to the unconscious and still recovering (Y/N), a smile sprouting on his face. "You're right. After all, I still need to thank him for saving me that day, and giving me this opportunity. So thank you."

"Gross! Another "moving scene" from the House of Gag Me Gremory!!" Freed groaned in disgust. "Now my skin is starting to crawl and it's creeping me out!! I CAN'T TAKE IT!!!" He screamed. "I NEED TO HIRRY UP AND KILL YOU!!! Yes! THAT SHOULD MAKE ME FEEL MUCH BETTER!!!"

Kiba took a deep breath, closed his eyes and cleared his mind of all distractions. "Time for a new sword." He declared, raising his sword up into the air. "Dear friend whose souls have merged with mine. We shall overcome this together." His dark saber began to radiate a dark blue aura. "All our dreams that were stifled can now come true." The sword burst with holy and dark magical energy, swirling around the blade. "I'll create a sword for Rias and all of my friends! Fallen and new!! SWORD BIRTH, GO!!!" Kiba's sword exploded magical energy, growing more violent yet controlled as the two different magical properties joined harmoniously within his blade, changing the appearance of the blade to one side white and the other black, golden details adorned the body of the blade along with its thick guard. "It's the Sword of Betrayer, a sword vested with both Holy and Devil powers. Try and stop it!"

"Holy and Devil powers fused together?!" Rias questioned in shock and surprise.

"Now it makes sense!" Said Issei. "I get what Ddraig was talking about. He said that Kiba had peaked. So that sword must be Kiba's prohibited technique. That sword is his Balance Breaker!"

As Kiba approached the two former members of the Church, Valper stared at Kiba's new weapon in total bafflement. "A Holy Devil Sword?! It's impossible!Two opposing elements can not mix together!!Something like that is an aberration!! Wait a minute, before, the devil that fought Kokabiel used a technique that used both holy and dark magic in tandem, it is truly possible?!" Valper began to question.

"Talk to me, Knight of Rias Gremory." Said Xenovia, appearing by the young devil's side as they proceeded together. "Are the two of us still fighting on the same side?"

"I'd like to think we are." He replied.

"I have a thought, then; why don't we destroy that Excalibur together?" She proposed.

"Are you sure?" Kiba relied, surprised by Xenovia's suggestion.

"I understand that technically we're looking at a Holy Sword. But there's nothing Holy about that." She declared, looking at the Excalibur Nightmare in utter disgust.

"Agreed." Said Kiba.

Xenovia planted her Excalibur of Destruction into the ground and released it from her grasp. She held out her other hand, closed her eyes and began to chant. "Oh Peter. Oh, Basileus and Dionysus, and the Blessed Virgin Mary. I ask you to please hear my prayers!" A golden magic circle appeared be Xenovia, appearing to have a chain-like design with the Church insignia in the middle.

A large uniquely-shaped broadsword with a blue blade and a golden edge emerged from the magic circle, covered in restricting chains. The sword had a semicircular guard on the left side of the handle that extended to the bottom just above the pommel, with a small extension on the right side of the handle. 

Xenovia reached out and grabbed ahold of it. "In the name of the Saint living within this blade...I hereby set you free!" She declared, shattering the chairs around the massive sword. "This is called Durandal!"

"Durandal?" Kiba questioned.

"That energy! That presence! It's a Holy Sword." Issei analyzed.

"A sword on par with Excalibur, said to be able to cut anything in this world." Claimed a shocked Akeno.

"That's impossible! My research didn't go into how to use Durandal; no one should be able to wield that thing!" Valper declared, growing more fearful my the minute.

"You're wrong. Unlike Kiba or Irina, I'm one of the rarely found naturals." Xenovia declared with pride, a confident smile sprouting on her face.

"One who is perfectly suitable, also known as a True Holy Sword User!" Valper trembled.

"This kiddo cuts anything he touches to pieces. He doesn't always listen to me, either. Besides that, he's infinitely dangerous if not stored in another dimension." The bluenette explained.

"I don't believe you!" Freed growled,  extending his blade out towards Xenovia, only to be deflected. The blade recovered and split into four, each attacking her from a different direction.

Xenovia unleashed a single slash with Durandal, severing, destroying and shattering all of them instantly.

"DAMN, I LOVE A GOOD PLIT TWIST!!!" Freed yelled.

"What you have is simply a broken Holy Sword! It's no match for my Durandal!!" Xenovia declared, lunging at the stray priest.

"KISS MY ASS!!!" Freed snapped back, using his Excalibur to vanish quickly before Xenovia came down on him.

"I HAVE DECIDED THAT I DON'T LIKE YOU!!!" The mad priest yelled.

"The feelings mutual!!" Kiba replied, appearing behind Freed.

The two swordsmen continued to clash at incredible speed, only appearing through bursts of clashing metal.

"It wasn't enough to sever our hopes!" Kiba declared,  unleashing all the power within his Holy Devil blade, shattering the abomination that was the Excalibur Nightmare into hundreds of pieces.

"My sword broke!!" Freed bawled as he tumbled to the ground. He looked up, glaring at his opponents in utter rage and hatred. "Are you fucking kidding me?! How could I be taken out by lame devil scum?! No!!" He growled, only for his arm to burst with holy magic, suffering a blow from Kiba's blade.

"Yes! Did you see? Our powers overcame Excalibur!" The Knight said, communing with the fallen friends, assuring them that the nightmare was finally over. They had been avenged.

"How is this possible?!" Valper whimpered. "In theory, the fusion of Holy and Devil powers is-"

Kiba looked to the old man, his sword trained right at him, ready to strike the wretched man down. "Prepare yourself, Valper Galilei!!"

Through his fear and shock of unexpected defeat, a sudden epiphany donned on him. "Yes. I understand now; if the balance between Holy and Devil powers is disrupted, it could be possible. Which means, not only the Devil Kings, but also God!" He said. "So that why they wanted that boy eliminated! They were aware of the threat he could be and wanted him removed to eliminated any chance of him realizing his true potential-?!" Valper's ranting was suddenly silenced. A spear of light and dark plunged down into the old man's torso from above.

Everyone was shocked by the sudden execution.

Valper's body faded away into light. The Archbishop of Annihilation was no more.

" Oh Valper, you really were very talented. uUnfortunately, you weren't supposed to figure that part out." Said the darkness encased fallen angel as he slowly descended.

"Okay Kokabiel, what are you trying to do here?!" Rias questioned.

"I'm destroying everything I find tedious. Now I'm even more bored than before." He said. "Has the Azure Dragon Emperor not awakened yet?" He asked. "With all the healing you've done and taking his own healing factor into account, he should've been up and around by now. Don't you think that's a little odd?" He said with a taunting smile, putting everyone on high alert. "I'll take your silence as a no." He snapped his fingers and summoned his floating throne, sitting down once more. "Wake him up. I'll be patient and wait." He said, shocking everyone.

"You really want us to roust our best chance to beat you? Sorry if I find your rather lax decision not to be all that trustworthy." Rias glared.

"I'm growing bored, Rias Gremory." Snapped Kokabiel. "Sir Zechs in now where near close by, and that boy is the only peice of entertainment I've had in forever. I want you to face me at your best." He said, raising his hand. "I swear I won't try anything, so take as long as you need to get him back up. Either he wakes up and I have another go at a punching bag, or your brother comes and gives me what I want. Better hurry~"

Rias snared at the Fallen Angel General.

Kiba and Xenovia stood in front of the King, donning their defensive stances.

"Awaken the Azure Dragon Emperor, Rias Gremory. We'll feed off any attempts should he chose to make them." Claimed Xenovia.

"You sure?" Asked Rias with uncertainty.

"We are. After all, he said he want to fight us at his best. And we're not at our best if one of us is out of commission. We'll hold him off if necessary." Relief Kiba.

Rias was uncertain of how to proceed. She knew Kokabiel a battle hungry war maniac, so the opportunity to face a powerful opponent of force would definitely be something he'd want. And he's be sure to do whatever was needed to get what he wanted. "...Okay. Give up a few minutes."

"Right!" The two sword users replied.

"(Y/N)! (Y/N), it's time to wake up!" Asia called out to her friend, shaking him gently in hopes of waking him. "Please (Y/N), you have to get up!!"

"Dude, come on! We need you!" Issei yelled.

"What's going on? Why isn't he waking up?" Koneko asked.

"His wounds have healed, I don't understand!" Asia said.

"It might be something inside that preventing him from awakening." Claimed Ddraig.

"What? Something inside?" Issei questioned.

"Guys look!!" Akeno yelled with fear.

Everyone looked down to (Y/N) BlazBlue: Limite Breaker, seeing it almost rotted, withered and decaying.

"What the-What is this?!" Issei questioned in fear.

"His Sacred Gear's decaying!" Akeno feared in utter horror.

"If it doesn't stop, he going die!!" Koneko claimed.

"(Y/N)!! No!!" Asia cried.

"Isn't their something we can do?!" Issei questioned.

"Maybe." Said Ddraig.

"What? For real?! What is it?!" The young devil harder the Red Dragon to answer.

"Because we share a connection, it's possible we can mentally link with your friend and find out why his Sacred Gear is withering away. I'll be honest, I'm fearing the worst." Said the Welsh Dragon.

Issei looked to his childhood friend, the one who he considered his brother, now realizing he was slowly dying. Watching everyone panicking and trying to wake him up, he looked to his Sacred Gear with a look of determination. "If there's a chance to save him, I'll do it. I promised him I'd always be there for him. I'm not going back on my word!"

"...Very well." Ddrag replied, sounding rather proud of his partner's decision. "First you need to get closer. Grab his Sacred Gear with yours." The Welsh Dragon instructed.

Issei stepped towards the unconscious (Y/N).

"Issei? What is it?" Rias asked.

"I think I might have a way to wake him up and fix his Sacred Gear." He said.

Everyone instantly went wide-eyed.

"Seriously?!" Akeno asked.

"Maybe. But it's worth a shot." He sat down by his friend's side, looking up at Kokabiel and glared at the fallen angel. "Just keep us safe for a bit." He said, grabbing hold of (Y/N) sacrificed arm with his Scared Gear. "What next, Ddraig?"

"Next we establish a link. You transferred magical energy to him before, so the connection should already be pretty solid. Close your eyes and focus. Sense his presence."

Issei does as instructed, he closed his eyes and tried to find (Y/N)'s presence. Though it was fairly faint, he managed to find it. "I got it. It's really weak, but it's his."

"Excellent. Next part is on me. Now, empty your mind. Focus on absolutely nothing. I'll pull our spiritual bodies into his mindscape. Maybe then we'll find out what's happening." Said Ddraig. "Issei, listen."

"What's up?"

"I haven't seen my brother in hundreds of years. I just got him back. And I know how much (Y/N) means to you, so I'll be damned if I allow us both to lose our brothers!" The Res Dragon declared.

The brunette smiled. "Thanks Ddraig." Whis closed his eye and emptied his mind, waiting for Ddraig to proceed.

"You ready? Here we go!!" Said the Dragon.

Issei's body suddenly went completely limp, still holding onto (Y/N)'s hand.

"Issei?" Asia went to touch the stone cold boy.

"Asia don't!" Akeno said, stopping the Bishop. "Whatever Issei's planning on doing, he's already started. Now we just have to wait." She said, looking down to (Y/N)'s free hand. She grabbed it and held it tightly. 'Please (Y/N), please come back to me! I can't lose you again! I want to tell you! I want to tell you so badly! So please! Come back!' She prayed to the young devil.

Asia grabbed (Y/N)'s hand as well, holding it tightly. 'Please God. I know not the reason you've condemned him-" She began to pray, but received a sharp pain in her head. However, she persisted. "But please! Don't take him away! He's so kind! So sweet and caring. He's suffered so much! Please, if possible, just this once-" She received pain again. 'Please, bring him back to us!'

Koneko held his hand as well. '(Y/N), if you die now, I'll be pissed at you forever. So don't...' Her hands began to tremble and tears fell from her eyes. 'Don't you dare die on us!'

Rias held everyone's hands into her own. '(Y/N), I love you so much! Please come back. Don't leave us. Not like this. Please come back. I want to tell you. Please, my love. Please come back to us!' She pleaded.

'(Y/N), I'm sorry it took me going this far astray to realize that is was you who saved me that day. I'm sorry it took you ending up like this to realize that you were right. We are friends. I should've relied on you more. I'm sorry my friend.' Kiba clenched his fist over his chest, hoping to commune with those who had helped him. 'Everyone, please, watch over not just me, but (Y/N) as well. I still need to tell him how grateful I am to him.'

Xenovia looked back for a moment, watching the devils of Gremory and was astonished my how much they cared for their own. 'Perhaps humans and devils aren't all that differ after all. I think I believe why Irina has so much faith in you, Azure Dragon-No, (Y/N). When you return, I'd like to get to know you more.' She grasped the crucifix around her neck and held it tightly. 'Please, Oh God. Oh holy Lord Jesus, return this young man to those he had been stripped away from. Allow him to return and be with his family and friends once more. Take him into your hands and awaken him to stand by us once more.'