Chapter 14 "Breaking Bonds"

.....him with the arm that his father had grabbed, and BIT Zeoticus on the arm.

And HARD, too.

"AAAGH!" Zeoticus screamed in pain and leapt backwards, holding his arm up to his face. When everyone got a look at it, they saw a ring of blood on Zeoticus' arm, in the shape of Kenji's teeth-marks.

When everyone looked at Kenji, even the two Super-Devils were surprised and slightly unnerved to see just how ANGRY Kenji seemed to be. His signature Power of Destruction was rolling off him in waves, and his heterochromic eyes were glowing crimson.

He regarded his father with a look of pure, unbridled fury and hate, before he jumped on his father and started punching every part of him he could reach, not even caring that his mother, sister, sister-in-law, and the two Strongest Devils Alive were there.

"YOU! FUCKING! PIECE! OF! SHIT!" Kenji screamed, punctuating every work he spoke with a blow to the face for his father. "I WILL NOT JOIN RIAS' PEERAGE, AND I KNOW WHY YOU WANTED ME TO!"

"Uh… why DID your father want you to join Rias' peerage, Kenji?" Ajuka, ever the smartest of the Devils, was at a loss for words for what was happening. 'Aren't the Gremory family supposed to be incredibly caring towards their servants and family, treating the former as if they were the latter?' he thought.

"IT'S BECAUSE HE WANTS ME TO BE KEPT UNDER MY BROCON SISTER'S THUMB BEFORE HE MARRIES ME OFF TO RAVEL!" Kenji roared, increasing the strength of his punches. "DON'T YOU KNOW THAT RAVEL ATTEMPTED TO KILL HERSELF AS WELL, JUST LIKE I DID?! WHAT DO WE HAVE TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T MARRY EACH OTHER?!"

Someone, finally, snapped out of the stupor that they were brought into by Kenji's out-of-nowhere outburst, and stepped forward. Grayfia grabbed Kenji's shirt, and pulled him, with difficulty, off Zeoticus' body, and into the air.

Everyone gasped at the state Zeoticus was in after Kenji had been punching him. He had a black eye, his face was bruised, his nose was broken, and he had a puffy lip.

"GET OFF ME GRAYFIA!" Kenji roared, driving his elbow back into Grayfia's stomach. Grayfia, surprised at the force of which Kenji elbowed her, though it did no lasting damage, dropped him onto the floor.

Sirzechs started forward towards his younger brother when he saw that his wife and maid was hurt, but Kenji punched HIM in the face as well.

"I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF THIS!" Kenji shouted. "FUCK ALL OF YOU, I'M LEAVING THIS SHITTY FAMILY, AND I HOPE YOU ALL DIE!" And with that, Kenji poured every ounce of magic into a magic-circle of his own, and disappeared, taking his Evil Pieces with him.

Everyone was stunned to silence after Kenji left. Grayfia and Sirzechs were looking at each other's injures, Venelana was looking at Zeoticus' face, and Rias and Ajuka were just standing there, not really knowing what to do.

Then, the fact that Kenji wasn't there sunk into everyone, his older sister first.

"KENJI!" Rias screamed.

Line Break

Kenji came out just outside Ajuka's laboratory, and in the current capital of the Underworld, Lilith. It was a large, busy city, with many people passing by as they pleased.

Looking around wildly, there was only one thought in Kenji's mind, which was still incredibly angry at what his father had done to him.

'Get out of here while you still can. '

And, despite the fact that he had actually never learnt to fly, he spread his six Devil wings, and flapped them, taking to the skies. Once he managed to, he started flying away, as Kenji knew full well that if he continually used magic-circles, his demonic energy would be drained over time, so he knew that flying would be a good way to preserve his demonic energy.

Once Kenji manged to fly straight, he heard a booming voice that rattled his eardrums, and very nearly knocked him out of the air from the shock of hearing it. He recognised it as the voice of Zeoticus.

"KENJI GREMORY, YOU BASTARD! YOU GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE RIGHT NOW, OR I WILL DISPATCH EVERY GUARD, MAID AND BUTLER IN MY POSSESSION AND THEY WILL BRING YOU BACK TO ME BY FORCE, AND ONCE I'M DONE WITH YOU YOU'LL WISH YOU DIED, YOU LITTLE SHIT!"

'Oh, shit-fuck. ' Kenji thought, beginning to fly faster.

If Zeoticus followed through on his threat, and all the guards, maids and butlers came after Kenji, he wouldn't survive for long.

He started flying out of the city as fast as he could go, and made it out in about a minute. Taking a right, he flew into the countryside, and, even though it was likely that his father WOULD send everything after him, he felt a feeling of indescribable happiness, euphoria.

He was free.

Line Break, two months later…

Zeoticus, Venelana, Sirzechs, Grayfia, Rias, and another woman were all situated in the Gremory sitting room. Zeoticus was on his feet, pacing around the room, seething with rage.

His face and arm were mostly healed, but that didn't stop him constantly thinking that Kenji, his Heir, had defied him, the Lord Gremory!

"When I get my hands on that little bastard, I'll make him sorry he ever thought of going against his own flesh and blood!" Zeoticus muttered. He had begun to send out teams of maids, butlers or guards, in groups of three or four, because if Kenji were to be found, he would easily be defeated by the combined might of his guards.

Sirzechs was sitting next to his wife, a scowl on his face, as well as a small bandage (it turned out, to his surprise, that Kenji could pack a punch when he got angry). He was as angry as his father at Kenji for what he'd done, but was doing a much better job at not showing it.

'I always hated that little bastard. ' Sirzechs thought.

'When I find him again, I'll show him the wrath of the Strongest Devil, be damned to family or not!''

Grayfia was as neutral as ever, but inside, she was extremely surprised that Kenji would attack her, because when Kenji was still here, he might've been...