Supernatural Machinations - 9

He took a second to digest it, before continuing from where he left off, "Anyway, there ain't a dragon in them, but there is energy left over from the Welsh Dragon," Kaito explained, "I'd already discovered it a while back but didn't really want to go through with it for a while, but Satanael forced me to. So I got a power up, which was multiplied because of the Twice Critical's and it was enough for me to kick his ass and overwhelm him."

"Hmm, I suppose that's possible," Azazel nodded, "Checks out at least."

"Yeah well anyway, just as I was about to kill him, he decided fuck it all and stopped using his light to stop the flames hurting him and decided to take me out with him," Kaito continued, deciding not to mention the Evil Pieces, "Luckily, I'd made him drop Arondight when I was beating his ass like he owed me money, so I grabbed it, managed to take him by surprise and stab him through the heart with it and kill him."

"Hmm…." Azazel stared at him seriously, and for a moment Kaito thought he may have been about to call out his withheld information, "…Well that was anti-climactic. Damn, Satanael didn't go out with a bang but a wimper huh? Poor guy, that probably stung that ego of his something fierce."

In return, Kaito shrugged.

"Well, it was going to happen either way, kind of funny though he got taken out by a kid with such a common Sacred Gear though considering his ambition and all," Azazel chuckled lightly before sighing and sobering, "What about his body? I couldn't find it when I checked out the place you fought, did you destroy it?"

In reply, Kaito held up his left hand and summoned his second Twice Critical, "I stored it in here," he replied, "You want it back?" it wasn't like he needed it, but he might be able to get a decent other payment for handing it-

"Actually, you should keep it in there." Azazel cut him off, a gleam in his eyes.

"…Why?" Kaito couldn't help but ask, giving the man a blank stare. The only reason he hadn't gotten rid of the corpse already, was because regardless of him being dead it, it might have been worth a pretty penny to someone.

"Hmm, did you know that adding outside sources of power to a Sacred Gear can make them evolve and change?" Azazel informed, "You said there was energy from the Welsh Dragon in those Twice Critical's right? Why not feed that corpse to the energy in one of them and see what happens?"

He did know about that actually. It was just….it was too stupidly convenient to work that easily so he figured he was missing something.

"If it was that easy, Sacred Gears would evolve all the time." Kaito replied dryly.

"Well sure, it depends on the Sacred Gear itself and the user," Azazel pointed out, "Like not to brag kid, but when we winged type folk made by pops hit ten wings, we get pretty damn strong. Ultimate-Class strong actually, and Twice Critical are nowhere near that level alone. With that kind of power difference, it should be well enough to trigger an evolution into a Sub-Species for you at the very least. It's not exactly something that most can get their hands on all that easily, Ultimate-class is kind of a big deal."

…Huh.

"I'll look into it later." Kaito replied.

Preferably back in his home, after Irina had reinforced the barrier she had put around his home with her holy power so nobody could feel what was going on inside.

"Boo, do it now kid, don't be lame!" Azazel in return, heckled him, "It's the least you could do since I told you about it and let you keep Satanael's corpse, he is my brother ya' know!"

"And you're so broke up about it." Kaito rolled his eyes.

"I'll have you know I was really sad when I found out you killed my poor little brother," Azazel huffed, "I even a shed a tear."

This guy was such a ham. Was this guy the original troll or something?

But, if he thought about it logically. Attempting something like this, would be better done under the supervision of Azazel right? Since he was y'know the big expert on Sacred Gears.

"Fine," Kaito rolled his eyes, "But put up a barrier or something would you? I don't want the devils sensing it and bothering me even more."

Azazel gave him a weird look, "Kid…I put up a barrier ages ago, why do you think nobody has been around but us?" he replied, "Hell, I thought you wandered over this way because you saw the barrier."

Kaito froze.

Azazel grinned, "Wait, are you telling me you didn't notice? How could you not sense something so blatant while inside it?" he began laughing, "Your sensing abilities suck kid!"

"Eat shit." Kaito replied in a very mature fashion.

Instead of waiting for the leader of the Fallen Angel's reply, Kaito focused on the Twice Critical on his left hand and within just a few seconds, his consciousness retreated from the physical world into the core of his being.

His soul.

He appeared in a familiar void, twin dragons of energy lazily flying through the sky above him.

…Actually could it even be considered a sky, since it was just…upwards in his soul?

Questions for later. He didn't know jack about this screwy soul shit right now after all.

He focused on the energy dragon that was part of his second Twice Critical and willed it to land.

It stopped in its tracks and did just that, flying straight down to land before him. And while it did, Kaito focused on the storage space of his newest Sacred Gear and what he wanted.

The naked corpse of Satanael appeared at his feet, handsome even in death.

And totally butt naked. Well, bar a pair of designer Egyptian silk boxers. The only piece of clothing Kaito hadn't yoinked off of him for himself.

"Eat." Kaito commanded simply.

The dragon of crimson red energy rose up, its maw opening wide as it bent over and promptly swallowed the Cadre's corpse.

It was kind of bizarre to watch as the energy dragon swallowed Satanael whole. yet, because it was energy and partially see through, he was could literally see as Satanael slipped inside it and slithered down in the bottom of its stomach area.

…And just hung there, suspended in the energy.

He stared at it for a few seconds.

Nothing happened.

"Fucking Azazel, he's full of shit." Kaito scoffed, rolling his eyes.

And then the corpse erupted into a bright blinding light and Kaito had to hastily turn away to shield his eyes.

The last Kaito saw of it, was the light expanding inside the energy dragon, moulding into it and both swelling upwards and outwards.

His eyes stayed closed for a few seconds, and he could feel…something running through him.

When he finally did open his eyes. It was to find the corpse and energy dragon completely gone. Only one remained. flying lazily through the sky.

"…What the fuck." Kaito uttered blankly, absently bringing up his left hand to run it through his hair.

Only to pause when he saw the bare skin of his arm.

His gauntlet was gone.

His eyes widened, "What the fuck where is-" he spun around in a bit of a panic, only to feel something on his back as he did. He looked over his shoulder and his eyes widened at what he saw.

Huge metallic black and gold wings stood proudly erupting from his back.