Chapter : 14 MICIO WET

FLASHBACK-

Anthony was playing video games with a friend of his, Irina Shidou, that fateful day. After she went home and left with her parents, Anthony's mother and father prepared to get dinner started.

Anthony was upstairs cleaning his room (he was a bit of a neat freak), when he heard a commotion downstairs. For some reason, his Father was on top of his mother, choking her to death as the stove was on fire.

He kept saying to his wife "moriresti per me" as he prevented the love of his life from breathing. The fire on the stove started eating at the wallpaper until it started growing, but Anthony's father paid it no mind.

Scared and not knowing what else he could do, Anthony ran out off the house as the fire blazed, his parents trapped inside.

That of course, was what the trauma to his mind showed him, but now that he heard Raynare's confession...

Anthony was playing video games with a friend of his, Irina Shidou, that fateful day. After she went home and left with her parents, Anthony's mother and father prepared to get dinner started. Anthony was upstairs cleaning his room (he was a bit of a neat freak), when he heard the doorbell ring downstairs.

Thinking it might have been Irina or one of her parents, he headed down only to see his father had already answered the door. He let in some young girl that had the same attire and looked the same age as Yuuma... and it appeared Anthony's father was in some kind of trace.

"Miele? Chi c'è?... Oh, abbiamo un ospite! Benvenuto, benvenuto!" Said Anthony's mom, she loved it whenever company showed up (AN: A common, and extremely true, stereotype is that Italians LOVE company).

"Good evening, my names Yuuma. I just moved in next door, its nice to meet you!" Yuuma said cheerfully, in perfect Italian.

"Piaceri tutti miei, tesoro. Tony? ti dispiace chiamare Antonio per cena?" Asked Anthony's mother, but her husband did not answer, just stood there motionless. Yuuma held out her hand, their was a glowing circle on it.

"Thank you so much for letting me stop by, but... moriresti per me?" She said and with a roar like an animal, Mister Messuri was on top of his wife, choking her while repeating the words Yuuma had just used.

As the Messuri parents continued to fight, Yuuma revealed her true self to Anthony's mother, whose eyes struggled to comprehend what she was seeing. An Angel? In her house?

And it was somehow controlling her husband with a magic trick? But they were law-abiding citizens, raised their child right, and did everything they could to support each other; so why was a servant of God punishing them like this? Looking behind Yuuma, now Raynare, Misses Messuri's eyes widened upon seeing her son see them like this.

Noticing her reaction, Raynare turned to see a young Anthony standing and staring, his young mind trying to process what he was seeing.

An Angel? Mom and dad, fighting? It was too much to take in at once! Smiling evilly, Raynare formed a light spear, and threw it into the stove, causing it to explode and blaze.

Anthony just backed up, his instincts telling him to get the hell outta there, and he booked it. His home burned to the ground as Raynare's laughter echoed in his ears...

-END FLASHBACK-

Anthony's fist tightened, hard. Tears started falling down his face again... the light of his Sacred Gear flickering.

"That's quite enough, Raynare" said Rias, making herself known.

"Oh, look; if it isn't the Red Crimson Princess herself, Rias Gremory. To what do I owe this wonderful audience?" Asked Raynare, venom oozing out of her voice.

"You've toyed with my servants emotions long enough. I'll..." Rias said, but a sudden spike of raw power stopped them both. It originated from...

[BOOST!]

"... You... killed... my family..."

[BOOST!]

"Ruined... my life..."

[BOOST!]

"Betrayed... my trust..."

[BOOST!]

"Incasinato... my childhood..."

[BOOST!]

Both Rias and Raynare, as well as the recovering Kiba and Koneko, FELT the change in Anthony's power. Not only was he getting stronger... he was getting angrier.

His head was down, so they couldn't see his face. "Impossible... I modified your memories, how do you remember that?" Asked Raynare, her body shaking.

Anthony just continued to growl, trying to control his temper. "YOU... took EVERYTHING... from MEEEEEEE... just to... get your... MICIO WET?!"

[BOOOOOOOOOOST!]

Anthony was now flaring with raw, unadulterated power... that, and fury. Raynare began to back up, she was now scared, and still didn't understand how a little Twice Critical could do all this.

Sure, Sacred Gears get stronger based on its owners emotions... but still, Twice Critical was one of the weakest Gears! There's no possible way that one could contain such an enormous level of power.

As soon as her foot stepped backward, Anthony's head shot up and locked onto Raynare, pure rage on his face and eyes! Panicking, she once again levitated multiple spears of light and threw them at Anthony...

SHATTER! (8x)

None of them got even an inch close to his flesh, they shattered on mere contact with his power! Knowing she was now outmatched big time, Raynare turned to fly off.

Sadly for her, Anthony was still in promotion as a Knight, and grabbed her leg tightly. "Non iniziare quello che non puoi FINIRE!"

KA-POOOOOOW! CRASH!

Slamming his Sacred Gear right into her side, Anthony launched Raynare into a wall. Her ribs broke, and one of her wings were bent. She immediately tried healing herself but this time around, these injuries were more severe than the others.

Before she could blink, Anthony clutched her neck with his right hand (not enough to choke her, but hold her down) and started hitting her... over and over again.

Every time he punched her, it felt like she would break apart on the next hit, so she sped up the healing to her fullest extent. Anthony didn't have the strength of a Rook or Queen, but his speed of a Knight let him punch her at a rapid pace. With every 4 punches he gave, he would boost up.