Chapter 103

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Rating Game Area

3rd POV*

Both sides were ready so Ajuka didn't hesitate to start the game. "The Rating Game between Gremory and Sitri will now start, both parties please be ready for the teleportation towards the special place" Ajuka said. Rias and Sona readied their peerage as they nodded towards Ajuka who began the spell. Their both peerage vanished from their place as they teleported to the artificial space.

The two were surprised when they arrived at a barren land without any structure for many kilometers. Before they could ask, Ajuka's voice rang, "Upon talking with various leaders, it was decided the battle would be front on. This land is the most perfect place for that" He said while the two just raised an eyebrow. They won't back down to any challenge so this is nothing for them, they just stared at each other while giving a challenging look on their eyes.

"The rules of this game is the usual rule. No destroying the rules or such as that would lead to a penalty that not only would result to ruining your career but you wouldn't be able to participate in any Rating Games again" Ajuka explained as the viewers were already impatient. They were interested in the whole Sitri Peerage while only curious about the Sekiryuutei in the Gremory Peerage. Rias, being basked in the spot light didn't notice the bias looked from the viewers but just smiled confidently.

"Then the Rating Game shall now begin!" Ajuka exclaimed as both parties already began talking to their peerage. Rias gave instructions on who to fight so that they wouldn't lose. Its not like she wasn't confident in their strength, she was just being careful because she didn't know the real capabilities of Sona's peerage right now. Sona didn't do something like that as she only ordered them one thing, "Don't lose" To be honest, Sona doesn't really care about this Rating Game as she know that even if she only send her peerage, it would be enough to win this.

Sona's peerage didn't slack during the long time that Sona wasn't there, they trained that their strength in the past is just a joke for them now. That's why even though Rias's peerage experienced a lot of adventures, she was confident that her peerage wouldn't lose to them. They finished preparing as they looked at each other, "Are you ready, Sona?" Rias asked giving her a confident smile. "Hm, you should be prepared Rias" Sona said while adjusting her glasses.

Rias didn't hesitate and immediately fired an PoD at Sona's peerage destroying the whole place, that move was the signal for the fight to start. Momo raised an barrier to stop the PoD which did its job, while Tsubasa got ready to blast some enemies. She sprinted towards them but was intercepted by Koneko who suddenly appeared and tried to punch her. Tsubasa dodged the last second before smiling, this is gonna be fun, Tsubasa thought as she assumed a punching stance making Koneko alerted. Tsubasa released it as a huge explosion appeared, the weight of that punch is equivalent to 20 nuclear bombs.

Koneko widened her eyes as she escaped the place last second. She know that staying there would spell her end so she didn't hesitate to escape. "Fuuh.. I'll use it, I'll make senpai proud.." Koneko said before her whole figure shined. Her body gradually became much more bustier as her tails turned 2, Koneko trained with Kuroka just to reach this level. "Shirone.. mode" she muttered as strength grow from her body, she gained a amazing ability that is lethal to any beings connected with the word evil. In simple terms, she became the purifyier of devils.

"Be ready, senpai" she said looking at Tsubasa who just gave an huge smile to Koneko. Koneko's body blurred as she appeared beside Tsubasa before plunging her fist at her. Tsubasa smirked while maneuvering Koneko's punch, but the moment her hand tried to touch her body, she felt pain in the same type when a devil think to Big G. During that millisecond of hesitation, Koneko's fist found itself embedded to Tsubasa's side making the blue haired girl fly. Koneko didn't hesitate to chase after Tsubasa while she was still flying and tried to drop a chop on her, though it was deflected by Tsubasa who started to take things seriously.

They clash brought a lot of destruction to the land as they viewers just watched in awe. Each of their punch brought shockwaves that could destroy mountains if there is. Of course, Tsubasa is still not using her whole powers as that would end the game immediately. Koneko gave a strong kick to Tsubasa who received it with a kick on her own. It was so strong that it shook the whole place making Ajuka worry that it might not hold on. Koneko punched the ground so hard that it disrupted the balance of all the participants of the game. Using that time, she dashed towards Tsubasa and gave her a huge punch. Tsubasa controlled the flow of the punch and redirected it to the other participants who got annoyed by it.

Sirzechs, Michael and Azazel started commenting on the battle, they focused on the most heated fight in the place. "This is certainly an amazing battle, Koneko and Tsubasa's punch are so heavy that destroying mountains is not a problem for them" Azazel said while a small smirk was presented on his face. "Their footworks are also amazing, as even though people could only see one step, they already did thousands of them in a second" Michael said with his usual kind smile. "This fight is intense, you can literally see the chaotic mana appearing in the air" Sirzechs commented.

"Do you think participant Koneko would be able to beat Tsubasa?" Michael asked the two who just shook their heads. "Koneko might be strong and her powers is the bane for every devils.. but Tsubasa is much more terrifying than her. Based on what I observed, that girl could control universal energy as if playing with it" Azazel said giving a serious look at their fight. "Right.. even though it pains me to say this but Koneko has no chance on winning this one. Her enemy is simply too dangerous for her, that first punch that she threw is something normal to her. And the weight of that punch is equivalent to tens of Nuclear Fission" Sirzechs said making everyone who was listening shocked. That was too absurb even for them.

The mere thought of a girl could control every energy in the universe was too much for them. They wondered if she can control supernatural energies like, mana, demonic mana, or even divinity. The gods who were watching shivered on the spot at the thought. "Oh, there is a fight that has the same intensity of the other one, hm.. " Azazel commented while looking at the fight between Kiba and Tomoe. Their swords clash as Kiba kept growing every second. Tomoe is still not using any of her abilities, just simple sword swinging is enough to already put pressure at Kiba.

Kiba thrusted his holy sword at Tomoe who just deflected it, even though their battle is bringing a lot of damage to the surroundings, Tomoe is still treating it as a game. Kiba's swordsmanship is not worthy for Tomoe to use her abilities. Her sword skill is originated from the strongest sword user after all, how could a unothordox swordsmanship be strong enough to handle it. Kiba raised his sword before slashing it down making a huge crevice open under the sword of his, Tomoe just shrugged the attack, "Is that all you can do, pretty boy?" She taunted Kiba who was pissed by someone underestimating his sword skill.

As a swordsman, it is an insult for him to not to be taken seriously by the enemy so he began using his speed as a knight. He dashed towards her leaving many afterimages before trying to slice her in half, his sword was brought down but it only passed through Tomoe's body. "What!?" He exclaimed as he was so sure that he already got her. He thought that she was letting her guard down because she got a higher skill than him, he used a surprise attack but it failed when his sword only cut an afterimage. "Hey, hey, did you forgot? I am a knight too you know~?" Tomoe said as she plunged her foot at Kiba face making him fly.

Kiba stood up but before he could do something, he was sent flying again by the knee that Tomoe gave him. Blood pour from his nose as it was broken. He clenched his sword hard as his determination to win against this fight soared, "Haaa!!!" He shouted while swinging the sword at Tomoe who just smiled before taking a large breathe. "Be honoured, I'll just one of my ability to fight against you" She said as she turned into lightning, her figure couldn't be seen by naked eyes anymore with her sword reaching Kiba. A moment of silence appeared before Ajuka announced something, "Sona Sitri's knight has resigned"

The viewers eyes widened at the announcement as they couldn't believe that she lost. "How did that happen?!", "She is stronger than him right?!", Their voice of complaints was heard by the commentator. Michael turned serious, "Participant Tomoe... Self destructed herself" the words made everyone baffled, they couldn't comprehend what she is doing until they heard a few more announcement. "Sona Sitri's whole peerage except for Tsubasa has resigned" Ajuka announced stunning everyone.

"What is the meaning of this!?" One of the viewers asked, they still didn't witness the other's abilities. They didn't expect that they would just surrender like that. "Hmm.. it seems like Sona Sitri want to fight the whole peerage by herself" Azazel commented making every viewers baffled by his words. They didn't expect that this proper looking girl would be this arrogant, how could she think of challenging a whole peerage by herself, does she think she is the second coming of Sirzechs Lucifer? That was what on everyone's mind. Their view on Sona already went down, they thought it was disappointing that she would be consumed by pride like this.

Koneko and Tsubasa were exchanging blows that brought disaster to their surroundings. Koneko stopped as she tried to catch her breathe, this battle lasted longer than she thought, if this keeps up then she wouldn't be able to handle the pressure that Tsubasa is giving her. Tsubasa saw her exhausted expression as she went to her trumph card. She wanted everyone to atleast witness its power before she resign. "Kouhai, do you want to know the secret of my martial arts?" Tsubasa asked while Koneko just raised her guard up. She perked her ears ready to listen to Tsubasa's explanation.

Even for Koneko, Tsubasa's martial arts is too unfair, she can literally control how the fight would happen as she only needed to control the energy. "My martial arts originated from various strong martial arts. I just improved it until I can literally copy every modes that I see, for example.." Tsubasa said with her body changing in atmosphere. Koneko felt familiar with the aura that Tsubasa is currently emitting, she widened her eyes when she finally realized what it was. "That's.. my aura.." she muttered in disbelief. The wavelength is the same as hers.

Kuroka who was watching while hiding from everyone's watchful eyes was also shocked. This ability is exclusive to them Nekoshou only, and here is someone using it without difficulty. "Shirone mode" Tsubasa muttered making their eyes widened more. Tsubasa moved at a supersonic speed surprising Koneko who immediately raised her guard up. She crossed her fist before she was blasted far away with her arm already threatening to break. "Ugh.." she grunted before she controlled her fall. "How do you like it? Handy right?" Tsubasa smirked while Koneko just turned serious, this is an impossible fight to win.

"That's unreasonable, senpai" Koneko complained as Tsubasa just smirked. Koneko was alerted when she suddenly felt the atmosphere around Tsubasa change. She couldn't take it anymore when she saw a silhoutte appearing behind Tsubasa, it was a silhoutte that she know the most and brought fear to everyone who is currently watching. Tsubasa then said some words that confirmed who she is copying right now, "Xander... Mode" the moment she said that, a click was heard before an aura emerged from Tsubasa's body.

The aura was too chaotic that immediately destroyed everything on its way, even Tsubasa who was using the aura couldn't control it perfectly. No, it would be more understandable to say that she couldn't control it at all. She was slowly losing her sanity from Xander's power forcing Ajuka to take her out of the special place. "Tsubasa is hereby disqualified for destroying some rules" Ajuka announced. Tsubasa who was teleported stopped for a moment before losing consciousness. Everyone was confused to what happened as she just fell down without anyone warning. (A/N: Tsubasa only copied Xander's strength not his origin or his other powers)

Everyone looked around trying to look for answer only to feel an aura that scared almost all of them. They then understood what's happening as they just kept quiet to avoid gaining the attention of Xander. Xander became something like a boogeyman in the world of Supernatural, just hearing his name would put a chill on every being's soul. His feats is also one of the reason for his infamous identity, they have heard that he fought against someone that can destroy their world just by thinking. It was terrifying just to think about an enemy that could do that.

Now only Sona was left along with Rias and her entire peerage. Rias wasn't liking this progress of events as this win would be useless for them, this couldn't be counted as win at all! Especially when the opponent could destroy them easily whenever they wanted. Rias intended to use this match to make her peerage grow even more stronger as she has a feeling that fights like this would always lead to their win. She narrowed her eyes at Sona who chuckled in response. "What's so funny, Sona?" Rias asked making Sona shook her head. "No.. your response is exactly what I predicted" Sona said.

"You'll regret pushing your luck like this Sona" Rias said. They got ready to this clash as they know that Sona is even more stronger than her peerage, destroying them would be simple so they didn't let their previous win get into their heads. Sona and Rias had an staring contest before they closed their eyes. This would be the last fight they would have as it will conclude the winner in their rivalry that has been happening for too long already.

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