Chapter 49

As Sephiroth was about to finish off Sirzechs, Sephiroth heard a voice yell for him to wait curious he did and when Sephiroth looked toward the source of the voice he saw Akeno flying incredibly fast toward him with the rest right behind her.

"Please stop Sephiroth, you have proven your point already to everyone, you don't have to kill anyone else so please just stop now" Akeno said with clear tears on her face sad at the thought that she might lose someone else that treated her well not to mention that the one that was doing all of this was her boyfriend Sephiroth.

Staring at Akeno and seeing her crying face of not just her but all the others as well, Sephiroth felt something in his heart a feeling unknown to him and he didn't know what it was but it made him feel slightly uncomfortable. His partner knew what it was though something that many of her previous hosts have felt in their time with her, the feeling of guilt. Something that Sephiroth has never felt before in this life or his past he was always steadfast in his decisions and had perfect control over his emotions.

Shaking his head to what Akeno asked him and figured that he would investigate this feeling later on for now he had business to take care of. "A price must be paid for their actions Akeno, they were warned."

"But you already won why do you have to take it this far, you have already killed Zeoticus isn't that enough already why do you need to do more at this point"

"The only reason that we are in this situation is because they believed that with their power they could force me to come with them regardless of what I wanted."

"They were warned what their actions would bring to them if they chose to fight me and this is the cause of their own actions, what would you have me do, Akeno stand there and let them take me in willingly?" When Akeno heard this part she knew that what Sephiroth said wasn't wrong but still. One of her king's parents died but in the end they were at fault for trying to force her boyfriend against his will so is what he did really wrong, she was in a dilemma now. She cared for Sephiroth but she also cared for the Gremory family as well since they have taken her in.

"What would it take for you to spare them Sephiroth, what can we give you that would allow that?" Pleaded Akeno to Sephiroth hoping that her relationship with Sephiroth would have some kind of sway on him.

While thinking about it for a moment Ddraig spoke up in their mental link "Partner, I have a suggestion why don't you have them release Akeno from her service of Rias Gremory so that when we go to another world we won't have to deal with their whole society rules, think of the future"

"I see, that would make it easier for the future when we go, and I did plan on taking Akeno with me. Alright we will do it your way then." Having finished his quick talk with Ddraig about what to ask for, Sephiroth turned his attention back to Akeno.

"I want you released." Sephiroth said while pointing at Akeno, confusing not just her but everyone else as well.

"I'm sorry, but what do you mean Sephiroth?" Akeno said with a clearly confused expression on her face which was shared by all the others as well.

Seeing that he had to clarify what he meant "I want you released from the service of Rias Gremory as her queen and to follow me from now on wherever I go in the future." hearing this everyone was shocked that this is what Sephiroth wanted, he could have asked for anything because given the power that Sirzechs held not to mention his family they could get almost anything for Sephiroth and all that he wanted was Akeno to be free.

"I….I….I….I don't know what to say Sephiroth, I can't just abandon my friends and family like this all a sudden, you're putting me in a difficult spot." Akeno said with some tears in the corner of her eyes thinking that she was going to be forced to leave everything she ever knew to save the lives of the three behind her.

Sephiroth seeing her on the verge of crying stepped closer and wiped the tears in the corner of her eyes that were starting to form and in a soft voice to her ear in a caring tone that Akeno didn't know that Sephiroth could use "I never said that you had to abandon them, you will know what I mean later but for now."

Stepping back from her "Will you agree then Akeno in exchange I will spare those three behind you and let them keep their lives?"

Akeno didn't have to think for long after knowing that she didn't have to abandon everything that she knew to follow/be with Sephiroth "I agree then Sephiroth if that is what it takes to save those behind me" Akeno said then she turned her head to Sirzechs and Rias to see what they thought of this matter, both of them nodded their heads agreeing to what Sephiroth wanted.

"Now step aside while I promised that I would spare them, a punishment will still be delivered and this can not be stopped" Sephiroth said to the group in front of him. They knew that they couldn't push Sephiroth anymore on this, he already agreed to spare their lives which is the best scenario for them all. So Rias and her group moved to the side but still felt bad that Sephiroth was going to do something to them what it was though, they didn't know but knew that this is something that must be done to appease Sephiroth.

Standing in front of Sirzechs "I do this so that you remember the price of being arrogant in front of me and attacking me when you were warned." Then in a flash Sephiroth cut off the left leg of Sirzechs right below the knee. Sirzechs grunted in pain because of the attack but nothing more than that he was a tough person after all.

All the others just looked away after seeing Sirzechs lose his leg because watching someone they all know and care about lose a limb like this riddled them with guilt to some degree. Sephiroth quickly burned the leg to ash and didn't forget to heal where the cut was so that Sirzechs didn't bleed out.

Sirzechs knew that what Sephiroth said was right but still he felt vexed because of his actions he ended up losing his father and losing a limb, but if he was in Sephiroht's shoes he would do the same thing so he can only lament his actions later. He knew that he would never be able to avenge his father not alone at least and while angry that he was killed, he knew that ultimately it was his actions that led to his father's death so in a way he is just as responsible for Zeoitcus death as Sephiroth is.

Seeing that everything is settled and he turned back to where Akeno was and stuck out his hand for her to gasp "Come with me" is all that Sephiroth said to her. Akeno hesitated for a bit and turned to her best friend and king to see what she had to say about this.

Rias, while sad and angry at Sephiroth, knew much like Sirzechs that he wasn't completely at fault in this scenario and knew that nothing could be done about so she figured that she just needed time to get over what happened here today, she could always train and get stronger to get her own revenge today but today wasn't that day. She nodded her head at Akeno saying that she was okay with her going with Sephiroth.

Seeing that she had permission from her king she held Sephiroth's hand. Sephiroth then pulled her into his embrace and wrapped his single black wing around their bodies and then they were gone the next second, leaving behind a few black feathers behind the only evidence that he was ever there.