Chapter : 13 Raynare

How ironic."

Hearing that voice, Anthony tensed up. "A Devil praying to God... doesn't that hurt you or something?" It was Raynare, having finally caught up with Anthony.

But instead of finishing him while he was morning over Asia, she took the opportunity to pleasure herself by torturing him a little more.

"By the way, see this? Your Knight boyfriend did this to me, but doesn't matter" said Raynare, showing Anthony a cut. She then used Asia's Twilight Healing to heal the wound till it was gone.

"Thanks to Asia's cooperation, I'll never have to worry about tiny scrapes or about losing my rank in the underworld. Ahhhhh, Great Azazel..." Raynare cooed.

"That's it?" Asked Anthony. "You did... all of this... for some school girl crush? Azazel... he's the leader of the Fallen Angels after turning his back on God, right? You took an innocent life, just to get into some guys pants?" Anthony asked the Fallen, becoming angry.

"Look, it's nothing personal, this is the destiny of mortals who possess Sacred Gears" Raynare stated.

"That's Cazzate! She never cared about power, she was no threat to you!" Anthony snapped.

"Maybe not, but her power was feared by humans all the same. They don't deserve such power, they'd just abuse it anyway" said Raynare.

"Heh, funny. You speaking from experience?" Anthony back talked.

"Humans are such hypocrites. They claim to fight for a common goal but the minute someone better comes along, they try and run them into the ground... what a waste of power" said Raynare.

"It never would have came to that, I would've protected..." Anthony said.

"She's already dead, you moron! How you can protect something that's already gone? Even if she wasn't, you couldn't save her anyway, just like you couldn't save mommy and daddy!" Said Raynare, cutting him off and pointing at him... Wait a second, how did Raynare know about his mother and father? Regardless, that last comment made Anthony's reason snap.

[BOOST!]

Raynare flinched. Something was wrong. Anthony's power just spiked to a level he didn't have before. Running forward, Anthony punched Raynare in the chest, making her slide across the room.

As painful as that blow felt, she just laughed it off and healed herself with Asia's gear. "Weren't you listening? It doesn't matter how many times you touch me, I'll just heal right back up!" She said.

[BOOST!]

Ignoring the Fallen Angel, Anthony charged again, but this time Raynare jumped to avoid the attack. It was mostly out of luck since Anthony was still promoted to a Knight.

Spinning in midair, she threw 2 light spears at Anthony's legs, embedding themselves in his knees. "Hurts, doesn't it? Light is the worst pain a Devil can endure..." Raynare's speech was stopped by...

[BOOST!]

Although in extreme pain, Anthony grabbed both spears and pulled them out of his knees with a cry of rage and sadness. Now Anthony knew how Ace Ventura felt that one time... 'No way... a third power boost? But that's impossible, its just a Twice Critical' Raynare thought to herself.

What surprised her even more was the fact that Anthony managed to stand, albeit with some difficulty.

"How can you even stand? That light should've burned your kneecaps inside-out, what kind of Low-Class Devil are you?!" She said, both angry that her power seemed to have not allot of effect on the 'Devil', and scared because there was no way for a Twice Critical could give him such endurance.

"I'm... not... a Devil" Anthony answered.

[BOOST!]

Anthony was now radiating power in waves, reaching a level that Raynare couldn't match. Out of fear, she threw another light spear in desperation. Rushing forward with his fist outstretched, the spear was nullified as Anthony closed in on his target.

A whisker away from punching her again, Raynare evaded above and threw a light spear in his back... a stronger one. Anthony fell to the ground, but rolled over once the spear vanished.

Above him, was Raynare with another set of wings. "Alright, you want to play rough? FINE!" She said, swooping down at the Italian.

CLACK!

Kiba arrived and blocked Raynare's attack. "How rude, you weren't invited on this date!" Said Raynare, swiftly kicking the blond Knights head and knocking him into a pile of ruined benches.

Koneko jumped up from behind the Fallen Angel and kicked her in the back, making Raynare crash into the floor. "You ok, Mister Stallion?" Asked Koneko in a monotone voice.

"Sure... passa attraverso di me" Anthony coughed.

While he and Koneko conversed, Raynare started glowing, she was healing herself again! "HA! You've already replaced Asia with a kid? You really ARE a prude!" Taunted Raynare, flying into the air and levitated 4 light spears around her before launching them.

Koneko didn't have the speed of a Knight, but she was tiny, so it made her a slightly harder target as she evaded.

She jumped up to deliver a punch to the Fallen Angel... but the poor girl was blasted at point-blank range with some Fallen Angel magic. She crashed into the floor, good thing being a Rook came with high defense... or she might be in worse condition.

Talk about saving people, your own fuck-buddies tried bailing you out while you just lie on the floor!" Said Raynare. "Raynare, keep an eye on the human, Anthony. There's something about him that needs investigation... " she continued, improvising a male voice, most likely Azazel's.

"Time and time again I reported nothing interesting about you, but he was so adamant you were different. Just keep watch over him, he says. 

His Sacred Gear will awaken eventually, he says. I was tired of waiting day after day, month after month, year after damn year! Strong emotions will trigger a premature release, he says.

But even after your own family burned to death right in front of you, nothing happened! Only after defending some scared little girl, did your power awaken, and what a disappointment..." Raynare blabbed on.

Hearing that Raynare knew about the fire made Anthony's eyes widen, as he relived the memory...