The Acclaimed Battle Continues

Sports Field

3rd Person POV

(Y/N)'s body trembled with rage holding his fallen companion Koneko through the still smoldering crater that was detonated. The masked devil jerked his head up to see the assailant, who simply chucked in amusement over his agony. "You bitch! You'll pay for that!" He shouted furiously.

"I'm sorry." The weak Rook whimpered.

"Koneko, just hang on!" Pleaded (Y/N).

"I just wanted..." Koneko trembled in (Y/N)'s arms. "I just wanted to serve Rias well." Her voice trembled. The fact that she had been the first of the Peerage to be taken out devastated her.

"It's okay. You're gonna be okay." (Y/N) reassured. "Listen, I'll gonna heal you right up!" He summoned Oath Maker. "You'll be okay in no time."

Koneko's body began to glow blue, turning to multiple particles of light. She screamed as her body disappeared from the masked devil's arms.

(Y/N)'s eyes shot wide open at the sight of one of his newest friends vanishing in his arms. He dropped his sword, making a metallic clang upon contact with the ground before vanishing. "Koneko...No..." He cried.

Yubelluna continued to laugh victoriously as she hovered in mid air.

"What...What just happened?" Issei asked in utter shock.

"One of Lady Rias's Rooks...Retired."

(Y/N) made his way back onto his feet, grabbing his Oath Maker to prop himself up before standing on his own once again. "Damn you! You killed Koneko!" He snarled as he pointed his white sword at the purple haired woman. "I swear, you'll pay for that! One life deserves another!"

"Calm down (Y/N)..." Rias ordered hesitantly. "When someone can no longer fight, they're transported to a more appropriate location, where they're treated for their injuries..." She explained as her hands tightened with rage. "Koneko is not dead." She reassured. "You need to try and focus."

"But Rias-!" Bickered (Y/N).

"It's time to give up the fight, little boy!" Said Yubelluna. "No matter how hard you struggle, you won't win. In fact, this is where you die." She smiled.

(Y/N) tightened his grip on Oath Maker and glared at the woman. "Wanna bet?!" He snapped.

"Well this is exciting." A familiar Priestess claimed as she descended from the sky.

"Akeno!" Issei called in surprise.

"What are you doing here? Get out of my way!" The angered devil barked.

"(Y/N), Issei..." The ravenette turned to the two young devils and smiled, her magenta eyes glimmered with sharpened determination. "I can take care of this trash. You two go on ahead, okay?"

(Y/N) looked at Akeno worriedly, slightly lowering his Oath Maker. "But...But she..."

"Don't worry. I'll make sure she pays." She reassured.

"Make me pay? How exciting!" Yubelluna claimed mockingly.

"I'll be fine (Y/N) just go!" Akeno ordered once more, her thunderous arua overflowed over her entire body, showing how much power she was ready to unleash against the Queen of Riser Phoenix.

(Y/N) looked down, feeling helpless that he himself couldn't step in and avenge Koneko. He tightened his hand and deactivated his Oath Maker. "Okay. Just promise me you'll get her sorry ass." (Y/N) turned to Issei. "Let's go."

"Right." He nodded.

The two boys took off, leaving Akeno on her own to deal with Yubelluna.

"I've been wanting to fight you for what seems like ages Priestess of Thunder." The purple haired woman smiled.

"Oh have you?" Akeno asked gleefully. "That's sweet, but the pleasure is truly mine. But..." She added. "The thing is I just made a promise to a guy I really like, so I won't be holding back in the slightest." She giggled, her aura growing larger and more powerful by the second.

Yubelluna hummed with intrigue, glancing over to the two running devils, focusing her sight on the one on the right. "Is that so?" She questioned. Her staff's head glowed, quickly swiping it and shot for (Y/N), only to be intervened by a massive stream on lightning.

"Excuse me~" Sang Akeno to gain the Queen of Phoenix's attention. "Your opponent is right in front of you. So how about you try to focus...Bomb Queen."

Yubelluna began to radiate her own powerful aura, tinted in purple as it flowed everywhere on her body. She tightened her hold on her staff and smiled.

As the battle between the two Queens was about to commence, the two Pawns of Rias Gremory continued to make their way away from the soon to be battlefield.

"Three of Lord Riser's Pawns... Retired."

"Woah! Three of them?!" Awed Issei.

"Yeah. I'm guessing it was Kiba." (Y/N) claimed.

The two were suddenly pulled aside under an overpass, only to be greeted by Kiba himself. "Hey." He greeted casually.

"Kiba! You're okay." Issei said in relief.

"I told you he said he'd be fine." (Y/N) claimed.

"So I guess those three outs were you, like (Y/N) said huh?" The brunette asked.

"Yeah." Kiba claimed. "Thanks to Akeno's barrier, she made it pretty easy for me. Told you it would've been a waste to have you there (Y/N)." He smiled.

"Guess so." (Y/N) shrugged.

Student Council Room

"Currently, the remaining pieces on Lord Riser's side have the advantage at nine..." Claimed Tsubaki. "Lady Rias has only six players left."

"They cannot afford to get careless, though." Sona added with caution.

Athletic Storage Building

After regrouping, Kiba lead the other two devils into the Athletic Storage Building, giving them all a moment to catch their breaths and share any information.

"Did you hear that we lost Koneko?" Issei questioned the Knight.

"Yeah, I heard..." Kiba confirmed, hanging his head. "None of us knew how close she was to her limit. She was really on fire today. I'm sure she was disappointed though."

(Y/N) reached out his hand to Kiba. "Listen, we're going to win this. We have to. For Rias's freedom and everyone in our Peerage. We'll show that scorching dickbag not to mess with the Gremorys." He smiled confidently.

Kiba smiled. "Yeah. You're damn right we are." He said with confidence, taking (Y/N) hand into his own and firmly shaking it.

"Hell yeah, we're so gonna beat these burning harpies!" Issei cheered as he placed his hand on the other devils handshake.

"Kiba, (Y/N), Issei, do you read me?" Rias called, bringing the group of boys out of their bro moment. "I'm launching a sneak attack on their base with Asia and Kohaku. I want you to draw as many of the enemies away from the entrance as you can to buy us time."

"Rias, that's really risky. Are you positive this is the wisest move?" (Y/N) questioned in worry.

"I'm left with no choice." The King claimed. "I was planning to give Akeno time to recover so she could blast the one by one. But now..." Rias paused. "Riser sent his Queen, so I need her focus there."

"Yes of course...But don't you think (Y/N) might be right?" Kiba questioned. "Don't you think it's too risky to have the King leaving the base?"

"With any luck, Riser will be thinking along the same lines." Rias assured. "Here's hoping I can take him by surprise. If we can strike him strong and hard enough we might just be able to take the fight out of him and win.

"Even an immortal has limits. Push them for too long and their bodies start to waver. It takes time and energy to heal, but put enough pressure on the sorry fuck and his heart might just die out." (Y/N) explained. "Is that what you're planning Rias?"

The redhead smiled. "That's right. And trust me...I have no problem whatsoever breaking the devil's black heart. Me and the others are going to get ready. (Y/N), I want you to be extra careful out there. Understood?"

"Got it." The Pawn nodded.

"Alright. Gook luck." Rias wished her servants well before cutting the connection between them.

(Y/N) sighed, rubbing his right arm before activating his Blazblue. "Well, since that's decided, how about we three amigos go out and show those flaming feather brains what the Occult Research Club can do!" He cheered with a confident grin.

Kiba chuckled. "Balls to the wall my friend."

Sports Field

The troupe of Gremory devils stepped onto the field, firmly planting their feet onto the ground, ready to accept all challengers.

"Listen up you scorching pack of Harpies!!" The masked devil hollered into the open field. "We know you're hiding out there! Save us all trouble of trying to find you and come out and face us!!!" He advised aggressively. "Or do all of the servants take after their shitbag master and cower in hiding to let someone else handle the problem?! 'Cause if that's the case, then killing a worthless piece of trash of a Pawn like me is gonna be a lot harder than you thought." He goaded.

"Wait what?" Kiba asked, confused by what (Y/N) had said.

"Apparently, Riser ordered all his servants to take (Y/N) out...permanently."

Kiba's eyes shot wide open in sheer suprise by this sudden reveal. "Are you serious?!" He questioned.

Issei nodded. "Yeah. We found out when (Y/N) interrogated one of Riser's Rooks. It was...interesting to say the least."

"Come on!!" (Y/N) cired out one more. "The Azure Dragon Emperor's just waitin' to be attacked here!!!"

A confident laugh made itself known, appearing from a cloud of blowing dust revealed a woman with multiple pieces of armor, a sword on her waist and a headband over her light brown hair. "I am Karlamine, a Knight in the service of Lord Riser." the woman introduced. "To be perfectly honest, requesting to have your own life taken by us makes me question your sanity."

(Y/N) scoffed. "Yeah? Well get in line sweetheart. You're not the first."

"Although..." She smiled, quickly unsheathing her blade. "Far be it from me to refuse an idiot his reckoning!" The Knight's blade suddenly set ablaze, casting a raging fire over the cold steel of her sword.

(Y/N) smiled and quickly donned his battle stance.

Kiba stepped before the battle ready Dragon Emperor, gaining a questioned expression.

"Kiba?" He said.

"I am Kiba Yuto, a Knight in the service of Lady Rias." The blonde introduced as he pulled out his sword. "I sure hope you're ready!" He proclaimed. "I've been looking forward to battling another Knight! I can't waited to get started!" He claimed in excitement.

"Very well said..." Karlamine claimed. "En Garde, Knight of Rias Gremory!" She charged at Kiba and the two began to clash.

Trading blows with each other and sending sparks flying with each clash of metal. Each strike was blocked or dogged by the two Knights, even moving faster that the eye could see as their battle raged on.

"Okay...Well there goes that fight." (Y/N) grimaced in disappointment. "Guess it'd be rude to get in the middle of that one. They really seem like they're going at it huh?" The young devil questioned, watching the battle between Kiba and Karlamine grow more fiercely with each passing second, their sparks growing more intense with each attack.

"Indeed...Seeing as how you'll be busy with us."

(Y/N) turned around to see a woman with a white mask covering the right side of her face and a woman with a Zweihänder on her back.

"Oh, that Karlamine..." Bickered another girl.

The two Dragon Emperor's turned their attention to the twin tailed blonde girl in a frilly pink dress standing under a nearby tree, watching the Knight's bout, her sapphire eyes looked on with disappointment.

"Her head is filled with nothing but swords, swords, swords it's freaking ridiculous. She was way too bothered by those other pieces we sacrificed too. You ask me, she needs to get it together." She explained as she slowly stepped forward. "And now when I think I've found two cute boys, one turns out to be a sword freak too, and the other is someone my brother wants dead at his feet."

More and more servants began to surround the two Pawns, causing Issei to panic while (Y/N) kept himself composed as he watched the approaching servant's movements.

"Guess this just isn't my lucky day, now is it?" The blonde girl asked with a sinister grin.

Kiba continued to hold his ground against Karlamine's sword of fire, quickly looking back at the servants that had surrounded (Y/N) and Issei. 'Looks like they've brought out all of their remaining pieces. Way to go Rias! You guessed right.' Kiba thought to himself proudly.

Under a nearby underpass, a stealthy Rias, Asia and Kohaku looked on at the distracted servants, taking this given opportunity to run past them to deliver a sneak attack on the opposing King.

(Y/N) watched as the three girls made their getaway, and smiled under his mask. 'Great. They took the opening I made. Hopefully they'll be okay with Kohaku on their side.' He thought in reassurance.

"And what am I even looking at?" The blonde in pink asked, examining (Y/N) and Issei from top to bottom. "Lady Rias has the worst taste in boys. Seriously, when did she get a new servant? Like for real, he looks like a total freakazoid with that mask."

(Y/N) just smacked his hand on his forehead and sighed in argovation. "I'm not even going to explain it anymore." He claimed. "It's a keepsake you little brat." He snapped, his hand sliding across his mask. "Seriously though, cute girl with a bad attitude. Sweetie, you're just a walking cliché." He extending his arm and summoned Oblivion, only to point it at the bratty blonde. "So, which one of you wants a piece?"

The girl just laughed. "Please, don't point that thing at me." She ordered as she waved her hand. "I have no intention of fighting either of you." She claimed.

"What?" Issei looked confused.

"Then the fuck're you even doing here. This is a war zone little girl." (Y/N) warned. "Now run along home before you break a nail...or worse." He growled.

"H-How dare you!" She snapped. "Isabela! Siris!" The girl beckoned, prompting the light brown haired girl with red highlights and mask on the right side of her face to approach alongside the black haired girl with the massive broadsword.

"Even with that mask hiding your face, I know the truth. You're the same devil who easily took down three of Lord Riser's Pawns. Aren't you?" The half-masked woman asked.

(Y/N) looked at the woman in surprise, whistling and slowly clapping in congratulatory fashion. "Woah, kudos to you for figuring out that one. Guess all of burning chicken shit's servants aren't all numb in the head."

The brunette chuckled lightly. "Well, I take it upon myself to make note of any fighters that show promise." She claimed. "I haven't had a real fight in such a long time, I had forgotten what the rush of facing a powerful opponent felt like. But after feeling your raw power the first time a while back..." She explained as she thought back to when her master sent servant after servant to challenge (Y/N) during his visit to the human realm, which he easily disposed off. "That feeling I've thought all but lost finally returned to me." She beamed with excitement.

(Y/N) continued to stare blankly at the starry eyed woman, unsure of what to say, let alone process what she said. "Uh..."

The woman with Zweihänder sighed and shook her head. "She means she's taken an interest in you." Causing her fellow servant's face to turn bete red.

(Y/N) feel appalled, still unsure of how to take the sword wielders clarification. "Oh. Uh...I'm...still not really sure how take that. But...Thanks?" He said questionably.

The half-masked woman's face blew up red. "What?! N-No! I don't mean it like that!" She proclaimed in embarrassment. "Siris!" She shouted in embarrassment. "That's not what I meant!"

"Uh huh. Sure." The Zweihänder wielder said unconvinced. "In anycase, my name is Siris. I am a Knight in the service of Lord Riser."

The flushed woman turned away and shook off her blush and cleared her throat, regained her normal composure. "M-My name is Isabela, and I am a Rook in service of Lord Riser."

"Oh ho~" (Y/N) sang in delight. "A Knight and a Rook. Looks like I'll get a real fight for once!" He cheered as he cracked his knuckles. "Issei..." He whispered to his friend behind him, standing back to back. "Given the magical energy levels I'm reading from these chicks, I think it's safe to say that these two are the strongest of the bunch." He explained as he glanced at Isabela, Siris and the pink dressed blonde. "That being said, I'll leave the others to you."

"You sure?" Issei questioned in unease.

"You'll be fine. Just use your Balance Breaker."

"Huh?" The brunette looked confused, only for him to remember his being able to use what his friend advised. "OH! Right! Right, yeah, I forgot I can do that!" He boomed.

"I knew you forgot!" (Y/N) snapped.

Issei smiled. "Hey, don't worry man. I got this!" He chanted loudly. He raised his Boosted Gear into the air, it's gem shining bright as his power began to increase dramatically. "RED DRAGON!!!

BALANCE BREAKER!!!"

WELSH DRAGON!!! OVER BOOSTER!!!

Issei's body became engulfed in a tower of crimson red light of dragonic energy, green sparks of lightning shuttered around the pillar as it shot up into the sky. The light began to dim, and from within emerged Issei Hyoudou, donned in his crimson red dragon armor. "Alright!" He cheered, hunching down and readying to engage the enemies before him. "LET'S RUMBLE BITCHES!!!" He rocketed over to the other servants, immediately engaging in battle with each and every one of them. Even though he was outnumbered, he was holding his own with great ease thanks to the intense training he had undergone with his friends. The longer he continued to fight, the more he seemed to get into the midst of a fighter.

"Huh..." (Y/N) marveled at Issei's tenacity and willingness to fight. "He's really getting into it. Well, guess that just leaves the three of us..." He turned to Isabela and Siris, smiling under his mask. "How about it ladies? You ready to dance with a devil?" He asked, releasing his magical energy to its maximum, letting it's blue and red aura seep out as he stared down the two servants of Riser before him. "But, just a heads up...I won't pull my punches."

"Excellent...Neither will I." Isabella smiled.

The three devils continued to stare each other down, leveling each of their radiating power as their bodies began to tremble in anticipation for someone to make the first move. Excitement coursed through their bodies at the mere thought of facing the opposition filled their lust for battle.

'All these years...I've dreamed of fighting a worthy opponent. And now, I finally have that chance.' Isabela stared at the masked devil Pawn before her and smiled. 'Azure Dragon Emperor, show me how powerful you truly are. Show me everything that you have to offer.'

'This Pawn's magical energy is incredible. It's surges with such a raw potency. Adding to the fact that he has the makings of a great warrior, I can see why Isabela has taken interest in him.' Siris smiled, letting her magical energy flow out as she readied her blade to clash with (Y/N). 'Maybe I'll see just for myself how this devil holds his own.'

"Ready?" Isabela asked her ally.

"Yeah." Siris confirmed as she tightened her grip on her blade.

The two servants ran towards the masked devil, only to see him appear right before both of them.

(Y/N) launched his fist across Isabela's face and sent her backwards. He quickly teleported in front of the Knight of Phoenix and kicked her to the side.

Isabela dug her feet into the ground, eventually coming to a stop and standing readily. She extended her arm and aimed it at the approaching Dragon Emperor, a ball of fire emerging from her right hand. "PHOENIX SCORCHER!!!" She cried, unleashing a laser like stream of fire at (Y/N), who managed to evade by a single hair's length.

"A laser?" He questioned. 'A Rook that uses magic?!'

The half-masked Rook smirked, pulling her arm back and letting her attack bend in the directing to where she wanted

(Y/N) jumped backwards and nearly evaded the sorching stream of flame.

Siris rose her Zweihänder and encased in in shadows, quickly lunging at the landing devil. "SHADOW BLADE SLASH!"

(Y/N) rose his right armored hand and blocked the shadow encompassed two handed sword, stopping the attack as sparks erupted between the clashing of metal on metal.

"What?" The Knight questioned in shock.

The defender smiled under his mask, turning around and sent Siris flying towards Isabela.

The Rook caught her companion, only to be rushed by an oncoming assault of heavy black and green colored wind.

(Y/N) deactivated his Sacred Gear and spread out his arms, summoning multiple black and green twisters and surrounded the two devils. He turned counter-clockwise, causing the twisters to erupt into a massive storm, encasing the Rook and Knight of Riser Phoenix in a heavy vortex of crashing winds. "GALE STORM!!!"

The storm dissipated, allowing the women trapped within to fall to the ground. The two landed on their feet and rushed at (Y/N) immediately with Siris charging in first while Isabela went a different direction.

The ponytailed Knight swung her massive sword down with all her might, only for it to be moved away by (Y/N)'s armored hand. She continued to swing and attack, but all were redirected and blocked before her Zweihänder was grabbed by the mid section of the blade.

(Y/N) pushed the sword down and jumped up, kneeing Siris in the side of the head before kneeing her again with his other leg and finally kicking her away before landing onto the ground.

Upon (Y/N)'s descent, Isabella lunged at (Y/N) with a flame covered fist, only to be countered with a punch as well. The half-masked Rook continued to attack with multiple punches and flurries of kicks, but all were either blocked or countered.

The two melee fighters drew near one another, only to assault each other with barrage upon barrage of punches, slamming fist into fist as multiple explosions erupted upon contact. The clash eventually broke, and the two devils slid back, only to launch themselves towards each other once again to deliver one more blow.

(Y/N)'s Blazblue began to glow as it surged with power. "Azure Dragon CLAW BREAKER!!!" He cried, slamming his fist into Isabela's, causing a massive burst of wind to erupt between the two.

Isabela jumped backwards over Siris, regrouping with her partner.

"Your fists are as fast as they are sturdy. I can feel your burning passion through everytime we clash." (Y/N) complemented to Isabela. "And your blade is toned to the utmost care it could possibly receive." He appointed to Siris. "Well done to the both of you. I'll admit, I'm starting to enjoy myself having the two of you as my opponents."

Both Isabela and Siris glanced at each other, only to smile before turning back to their opponent.

"As are we, Pawn of Lady Rias Gremory." Isabela smiled. "But, before we continue. Will you please tell us your name?"

(Y/N) looked at The two, pondering for a brief moment before smiling. "Very well..." He said. He deactivated his Limit Breaker and slowly removed his mask. "My name is (Y/N) (L/N). I am the Azure Dragon Emperor and holder of the Blades of Order. In addition, I am a Pawn in service of Rias Gremory. Now..." He smirked, placing his mask in one of his deep pockets within his pants and donned his battle stance once more. "Let's get serious."

"Very well." Isabela smiled as she closed her eyes. "Burning Heart!" She chanted, opening her eyes and engulfing herself in a burning arua, her power increasing upon emergence.

"Blade Break!" Siris chanted as well, engulfing her blade within a bright light, heat radiating off of her sword upon casting her magic.

(Y/N) looked on in surprise, feeling the power of both Isabela and Siris increase dramatically. 'Oh wow. This is unexpected. But not at all disappointing.' He smiled to himself in excitement.

Isabela dashed towards the quickly defensive devil, slamming her fist into his guarding armored arm, a bright and burning light bursting upon contact.

'Holy shit!' (Y/N) thought in surprise. 'She's way more stronger than she was before! And what's with this heat?!' He thought as he staggered backwards, only to be assaulted by a ferocious barrage of flame coated fists slamming into his face. With one final punch, he was sent flying backwards, landing on his back before quickly jumping up off the ground.

Siris appeared from behind, quickly becoming noticed by (Y/N)'s heightened senses. She continued to charge at (Y/N), only to miss as he evaded with each attack. Seeing an opening, she takes it and rams her foot into (Y/N) stomach, causing him to stagger backwards as he held his gut. "Is this really all you have? I'm disappointed!" She yelled as she charged at the winded devil.

(Y/N) summoned Oath Maker and swiped at the oncoming Knight, only for his attack for be blocked by Siris's blade.

Her opening was made, giving her a chance to punch (Y/N) in the face, followed by a kick from Isabela.

(Y/N) used the momentum to backflip and land on his feet in the nick of time. His breath grew heavy and he tried to breathe, whipping a trail of blood off from the side of his mouth. "Damn, these girls are tough as hell..." He claimed.

"PAY ATTENTION!!!" Siris shouted.

(Y/N) looked up in shock, seeing Siris coming down at high speed with her blade raised up, slamming into the ground and causing a massive blast to form upon contact. As the dust settled, (Y/N) stood in place, barely damaged due to moving right before the attack connected. "Didn't anyone tell you not to hold back on your opponent?" He smiled, coughing in pain.

"You're one to talk!" Claimed Isabela, rushing at (Y/N) to deliver a punch, only to be blocked. She quickly rose her right leg and kick him the neck, only to grab him and throw him under her as she jumped, delivering one last kick as she jumped off. "WHAT'S WITH THE CONSTANT DEFENSE?!"

(Y/N) stood once more, only be met by nonstop slash attacks from Siris, who managed to cut off his yellow bandana in the blink of an eye.

Isabela and Siris regrouped, simultaneously rushing towards (Y/N) at the same time. The two bombarded (Y/N) with blow upon blow, slash upon slash, yet still he blocked and parried, not giving the two girls any room to deal a direct attack.

(Y/N) guarded two oncoming blows to his head, only for the devils to ram their feet into his stomach once again, knocking the wind out of him and sending him flying.

The winded devil reeled back, only to shoot forward and kicked Siris away, leaving Isabela alone to deal with the onslaught of (Y/N) barrage of attacks. "You two are incredible. It makes me wonder why you're serving someone like Riser!" He said as Isabela continued to block. "I'm sure you have your reasons. But won't stop me from taking you and him down!!!" He said with one final punch into Isabela's gut, feeling a slab of metal intercepting his attack. He looked in shock as Siris appeared and shielded her teammate.

"Like you, we know you have your reasons for fighting for Lady Rias. But that won't stop us..." She slashed her Zweihänder and blasted (Y/N) back with a wave of fire. "IT WON'T STOP US FROM BEATING YOU!!!"

(Y/N) slid against the ground eventually coming to a stop. Ready to engage again, he attempts for rush at the two devils, only to realise he couldn't move his body. "W-What the...?!" He questioned, only to see an orange colored sigil on his abdomen. "What in the world?!" He questioned once again. 'This sigil just paralyzed me! I can't move a damn thing!'

"Anyone granted with that burning stigmata instantly becomes paralyzed." Siris explained. "It's time we ended this. Isabela!" She called.

"Right!" The brunette agreed.

The two vanished into thin air, the sound of constant teleportation echoed all around the paralyzed young devil.

"No matter how much you've trained, we've been fighting for much longer than you!" Siris claimed.

"...You sure about that?" (Y/N) asked in a dark tone, shadow casting over his face as he attempted to break free of the Knight's sigil on his abdomen.

"Struggle all you want! YOU'LL NEVER STOP US!!!" Siris proclaimed bringing her two-handed sword down to deviler one final blow to the incapacitated Pawn.

In one swift moment, (Y/N) rose his right hand and caught the oncoming Zweihänder with ease. "Oh yeah? Then what'd I just do?" He smiled.

"What?!" Siris looked confused.

Isabela charged in attempt to attack the Pawn, only for him to turn his arm around, catch Siris's sword once more, and slamming her into Isabela with great force, sending both to the ground in large crater upon impact.

(Y/N) jumped back, gaining distance between himself and the two ladies in the crater, slowly rising up out of the massive hole in the ground.

"How?! That stigmata should've paralyzed you!" Siris complained, baffled by (Y/N)'s ability to move returning.

"Oh it did." He reassured. "But since it was fire magic, I just used my own fire magic to burn it off."

The two devils of the Phoenix family glared in irritation, but smiled at the realisation at how much of a challenge taking (Y/N) down has been.

"I've said it before and I'll say it again, you two are incredible." He complimented as he cracked his knuckles. "But now that I've seen the way you two move, you're gonna have to do a lot better than before." He smiled confidently.

Siris gripped her sword, sprouting wings of fire and rocketing towards (Y/N) at great speed. Quickly changing direction to the right, she boomed over and swung her blade near (Y/N) head once again, only for it to be caught by his Sacred Gear once again.

"The same attack again? Please tell me you've still got more than that up your sleeves..." He glared at Siris, which sent shivers down her spine upon sight. "Come on..." He pulled her closer, only to ram his elbow into her face, dazing her. "QUIT PLAYING GAMES AND SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN REALLY DO!!!" He roared, as he released the sword and kicked the Knight away before disappearing and reappearing before Isabela, delivering a solid left hook across her face, causing the half-masked Rook to stagger back.

Isabela wiped a small trail of blood off of her mouth, only to smile proudly. "It's as I thought. You're an incredible fighter, (Y/N). But I wonder..." He reeled her tight fist back, her aura radiated more intensely as she pulled her fist back, gathering fire magic within her fist. "Are you strong enough to block this?!" She questioned, focusing all of her magic into one massive blow. "BURNING NOVA!!!" She unleashed her stored up fire, engulfing the reactionless (Y/N) in the attack's giant blazing blast, creating a massive dome sized explosion of phoenix fire.

The blast was massive, many of the other devils around were forced to move due to the intensity of the explosion, only to take their battle to the skies for a brief moment before descending back down.

As the blast subsided, Isabela smiled to herself, feeling content with the fight she had participated in. Getting the chance to fight someone on her level was the best feeling she's ever had in many years. 'Pawn of Rias Gremory...Azure Dragon Emperor...(Y/N) (L/N)...You have fought valiantly through this Rating Game. But alas...this is where you fall. Thank you for reawakening my burning passion for battle, even if only for a short while.' She thanked.

"When you said it was time to get serious, you never gave me a chance to show what I could do."

Isabela's eyes shot out wide, looking up she saw a sharp and ferocious yellow dragon eye staring at her through the fading dust.

Giving way, the blowing dust revealing (Y/N) in his Azure Dragon Scale transformation, holding the half-masked Rook's fist in his claw.

"Now I'm ready." He gave a fang filled grin.

Isabela said nothing, she simply stared in amazement. Her excited smile slowly returned as the burning passion for battle began to erupt like a raging inferno. This battle was nowhere near over.

"(Y/N)!!!" Siris cried, falling from above, sword in hand and ready to strike down the dragon-devil hybrid.

(Y/N) glanced behind him and saw close the Knight was, only to spin around and slam Isabela into Siris once again, sending them both crashing a nearby tree.

They both slid down and groaned in pain. After a few moments, only Siris managed to rise back up while Isabela remained on the ground.

"I can see why Isabela has an interest in you. You are truly an amazing fighter." Siris complemented, holding herself up by the handle of her sword.

(Y/N) chuckled as he smiled. "You're not bad yourself. Can't remember the last time I had this much fun fighting all out against someone like this. You two are great." He complemented.

Siris chuckles. "Thank you." She slowly rose back onto her feet, gripping her Zweihänder's handle tightly and raising it up to her side, casting lightning magic through the blade and allowed it to grow more intensely by the second. "But I'm afraid...this is where our battle ends. With you, falling here."

"Are you sure about that?" (Y/N) questioned. He smiled and planted his feet firmly into the ground, imbedding himself into his new spot and took a deep inhale.

"Farewell (Y/N) (L/N)!" She said, swinging her two handed sword down and unleashed a massive blast of lighting magic hurling towards (Y/N). "THUNDER HALBIRD SMASH!!!"

(Y/N) looked at the oncoming attack and stopped inhaling, opened his mouth and unleashed a massive azure blue blast stream from within. "AZURE DRAGON ROAR!!!"

The two blasts collided, but only one proved to be stronger than the other.

(Y/N)'s roar attack continued to push Siris's slash attack back all the way with ease, engulfing her in it's azure colored light.

'I see...So this...this is the true power...of the Azure Dragon Emperor...' Siris smiled in content. Her body glowed blue, and disappeared into stardust through the stream of dragonic magic that continued to flow.

The tornado slowly dissipated from (Y/N)'s mouth, only for him to slouch over in exhaustion, panting heavily as he tried to hold himself up. "Holy shit..." He wheezed. "Gonna need to...practice with that one...just a bit more..."

"One of Lord Riser's Knights...Retired."

After (Y/N) managed to catch his breath, he quickly jumped out of the way of Isabela's oncoming descent, crashing down and embedding her fist into the ground below.

"Oh wow, you're still kickin' huh?" He asked in curious surprise.

Isabella laughed as she rose back up and cracked her knuckles. "And miss out on the chance to keep fighting you? No way am I passing that up." She smiled.

(Y/N) grinned and rubbed the back of his neck, rolling his head from side to side, stretching it. "You're one resilient woman, you know that?" He questioned jokingly. "Guess that perk comes with bein' a Rook." He said, donning his battle stance, ready to fight Isabela once again.

Both fighters engulfed their hands and fists in their respective fires, only to unleash it onto each other at the same time, counteracting each other. They continuously unleashed fire blast upon fire blast and grew closer to each other.

(Y/N) took advantage of the closed distance between him and Isabela and uppercutted her into the air, only to be knocked back by a burst of fire. "ICE ARROW!!!" He cried, launching a spear of black ice towards Isabela, who dashed out of the way.

Upon stopping, Isabela was immediately met with (Y/N) elbowing her in the face, only for her to throw a punch, receiving an upwards kick and sledgehammer to her head. Throwing off her daze, she dashed past (Y/N) and kicked him in the back of the head.

(Y/N) slid back, feeling the trauma from Isabela's blow rattled his senses. He quickly shook off his daze and looked for his opponent, only to see that she was gone.

Mere seconds later, he moved out of Isabela's crashing descent, her fist smashing into the ground and erupting into a massive explosion.

(Y/N)'s left hand became encased in black and green fire, and launched it towards Isabela. "WOLKENPALM!!!" He cried, unleashing his attack only to miss as the Rook turned to fire. The dragon-devil hybrid smirked, encasing both his hands in his dark fire and slammed them both to the ground. "BURST FLAME!!!" He roared, conjuring a massive explosion under Isabela, only for her to turn into fire and back to normal after the blast dissipated.

"Fire won't work on me you know." Isabela advised with a cocky smirk. She dashed forward, disappearing into a bolt of fire, reappearing behind the dragonic Pawn, punching him in the back of the head, fire dashing behind him as he turned around to blast a small ball of fire down on him, only to miss and vanish from an oncoming uppercut.

"You can turn into fire?!" (Y/N) questioned in excitement. "Well shit! Aren't you just full of surprises!"

"Guess you can say that." She smiled with a shrug of her shoulders. "That being said..." She readied herself. "I hope you're not holding back on me."

(Y/N) chuckled in his smirk. "Oh, I'm not even close to done yet!" He boomed, sprouting his dragon wings and flew high up into the sky. He brought his hands together and slowly summoned a mass of dragonic energy, fusing together into an orb before throwing it down to Isabela as it broke off into multiple azure colored streams. "DRAGO BUSTER!!!" The streams shined into stars before detonating into multiple explosions.

The ground below become covered in hellfire, giving Isabela very little time to avoid the blitzes as she firebolted through the explosions, rolling on the ground after the explosions stopped and got away.

(Y/N) descended back to the ground and panted heavily, catching his breath and quickly saw Isabela struggling to get back on her feet. "Jesus, you are one persistent woman. You know that?"

"Hey jerkface! Watch where you're aiming!" The blonde yelled furiously as she dusted her dress off. "I'm still here you idiot!"

"What the-? You're still here?" (Y/N) questioned in annoyance, dumbfounded as to why the poor attitude having servant of Riser was still present. "More importantly, why are you still even here! You haven't even attacked me or anything!"

"She is serving in this battle as a Bishop." Isabela explained as she rose up off the ground, dusting herself off as she did. "But for the most part, she just likes to watch."

"THEN WHY THE FUCK IS SHE EVEN HERE?!" (Y/N) yelled furiously. "SHE'S BASICALLY USELESS IF THAT'S THE CASE!!!"

"How dare you!" Ravel yelled.

"True as your words may be, she is a lady of the Phoenix Family." Isabela explained as she dusted herself off.

"What?"

"Her name is Ravel Phoenix and she is Lord Riser's sister."

(Y/N) remained silent, slowly processing what he had been told. His eyes widened after making the connection, feeling disgusted at Riser even more than he already was. "WHAT?!" He boomed in question. "He has his little sister in his gaggle of girls?! That is so fucking disgusting!!! News flash kid, incest is NOT wincest!" He said to Ravel.

"EXCUSE YOU?!!!" The blonde boomed.

"I said the same thing my first day. Though he says that he only let her in because she wanted something to do. He says that he doesn't have a thing for her." Isabela explained.

"Yeah, I don't believe that for a single second." (Y/N) claimed. "Your master is a sick fuck on top of being a damn tool."

Isabela sighed and shook her head in disappointment. "Oh believe me, I feel the same way you do."

"You two..." Ravel quivered in anger. "Fine!" She hissed. "If you really want to lose, then I'll fight you. Come on! Come fall at the hands of Ravel Phoenix!" She smiled as she conjured a small ball of fire.

(Y/N) simply stared at Ravel, a deadpanned and uninterested expression plastered on his face. He sighed in disappointment before rubbing his dragonic fingers across his eyes. "Forget it. I'm not gonna fight you."

Ravel's fire dissipated as she slipped, nearly falling over from (Y/N)'s proclamation. "Wait what? Why won't you fight me?"

"I'm not going to fight someone who has no intent on fighting in the first place. You don't want to fight, fine. But don't be in the middle of a fucking warzone if you want to stay out of it. You'll only get in the way of your allies."

Ravel looked down, tightening her hands as she held her dress. "But...But you have every reason to attack me. I'm on my brother's side. So it'd make sense to-"

"You haven't laid a single finger on any of my teammates and friends. Yes, granted you're a brat. But actions speak louder than words. And so far, nothing you've done warrants repercussion. Maybe a light smack on the ass but that's about it."

Ravel blushed at the last thing (Y/N) had mentioned. "W-What?!" She stuttered as she covered her rear.

"In anycase, if you're not going to fight, then you're just endangering yourself by being here." (Y/N) raised his left arm and conjured his ice magic. "Hell Frost!"

Like Shueran before, Ravel's body became encased within a block of black ice. Aside from her head, she was unable to move completely. "H-Hey!"

"Sorry kid..." The dragon-devil hybrid apologize as he walked over to the icified Phoenix, patting her on the head comfortingly with a reassuring smile on his face. "But this is for your own good." He said before raising his leg and kicking the block of black ice into the air, sending it away from the battle zone. "Well, now that that's out of the way, how about we get back to our thing?"

The Rook smiled, rather flirtatiously. "Sounds good to me." She said.

(Y/N)'s wings spread out wide, flapping them down and flew at Isabela, rocketing her and himself into the woods to continue their battle.

As the dragonic Pawn and Phoenix Rook fought to their heart's content, both Kiba and Issei continued to engage in their own battles.

As Issei slid back to gain distance from his oppositions, he looked over to the forest and saw the constant bursts of fire and other elements exploding from within the cover of trees. "Damn, guess (Y/N)'s in full on battle mode." The red armored devil claimed.

"Where're you looking perv?!" The red haired cat girl shouted to Issei as she threw a punch, only to miss as the brunette evaded.

As Issei staggered to regain his footing, he was immediately met with a barrage of attacks from both Ni and Li, two of Riser's Pawns who appeared to be catgirls. Using his newfound reflexes, he managed to block and counter every attack that was thrown at him.

"You're more well trained than we thought!" Ni complimented, throwing another barrage of punches.

'Well, I didn't train with (Y/N), Kiba and Koneko for the fun of it!' Issei claimed to himself, dodging two more blows before Li kicked him away. As he rolled, he sprung back onto his feet and felt a rush of power flow through his body.

BOOST!

'That's my second time Boosting! Just need one more!'

"You know..." Li addressed. "You're nowhere near as good as that handsome hunk of man meat that slammed you into the ground before, but you're pretty good."

"Lady Redhead did a nice job training you." Ni added.

Issei smiled under his helmet. "Thanks for the compliment. I trained like crazy to help my friends! So I'm not gonna lose to a couple of trashy hoes like you!!" He proclaimed, feeling another burst of power.

BOOST!

Kuoh Academy Main Building

As battles ensued outside, Rias managed to successfully make her way to the main building with Kohaku and Asia. Upon entering, the Crimson Haired Princess of Ruin felt a familiar presence nearby, instantly putting herself on guard.

"Riser's been expecting you..." A voice greeted the three from the balcony above.

The three girls looked up, Kohaku bared her sharp fangs and growled viciously.

Riser chuckled as he stared down at the three girls, sitting on the railing of the second floor. "Hello, my beloved Rias." He greeted with his wicked smile.

Sports Field

With one final blow from Karlamine's fire sword, Kiba's black blade shattered into dust. "My Holy Eraser!" He shouted.

"Unfortunately for you that attack doesn't work against someone like me!" Claimed the Knight, raising it up to attack once more.

"Oh really?" Kiba questioned as he gripped the handle of his broken sword. "What about this one?! FREEZE!" He swung the handle down, forming an ice sword in mere seconds.

Karlamine was stunned, shocked and confused by the fact that Kiba managed to create a sword from nothing. "You gotta be kidding! There's no way you have two Sacred Gears!" She roared before charging at the blonde, only to clash blades.

"Well my friend has more than one, so why is it so odd that I do too?" He questioned with a rather cocky smirk, his sword of ice completely freezing Karlamine's fire sword completely, causing it to shatter.

Karlamine threw her broken sword aside in irritation, grabbing her dagger held on her waist, encasing it in fire upon drawing it. "No matter!" She proclaimed. "I still control flame! And wind! And Life! As do all from the House of Phoenix!" The brunette jumped his into the air and slashed down on Kiba's ice sword, melting it upon contact.

Kiba simply chuckled as his broken swords handle deployed another blade. The same wind sword he used during his sparring match against (Y/N) on their first day of training. He rose it up and immediately began to vacuum in all wind and any other element near by, including Karlamine's flaming dagger.

"No way!" Exclaimed Karlamine. "How many Sacred Gears do you actually have?!"

"Oh no, it's not that I have multiple Sacred Gears..." The blonde Knight claimed. "I simply have the ability to make them at my will! I possess Sword Birth, have you ever heard of it?" Kiba's wind sword stopped it's inhaling void, allowing him to slash at Karlamine, who nearly avoided the attack. "In other words, I make swords. Magical Swords." He placed his hand onto the ground, summoning a blue magic circle that expanded past his opposing Knight. In mere seconds, multiple blades erupted under Karlamine, causing her to jump back and barley missing the attack.

"Impossible..." Karlamine grimaced.

"That is freakin' tight!" Issei marveled. "I had no idea he had that kind of power."

"Hey dumbass~" Li called, gaining his attention.

"You shouldn't look away during a fight!" Ni said, slamming her fist into Issei's helm, causing him to slide back.

Issei shook off the blow, looking down to his left armored claw in anxiousness. "Damn...it should be any second now..." He said.

BOOST!

Another flow of rising power surged through Issei, knowing his plan was ready to proceed. "Finally!" He cheered.

"You're finished!" Karlamine yelled to Kiba.

"NYA!" Ni and Li meowed in unison.

"KIBA!" Issei hollered, gaining the Knight's attention. "Unleash your Sacred Gear with all the power you've got!"

"Do what?!" Kiba asked, baffled by Issei's odd request.

"Just do it!" The Red Dragon Emperor ordered.

Hearing the determination in Issei's voice, Kiba smiled, more than happy to oblige in his ally's request. "Right...SWORD BIRTH!!!" He roared, piercing his sword into the ground, sending a wave of his magic burrowing towards Issei.

Issei slammed his claw to the ground, allowing his Sacred Gear to absorb all of the magic that Kiba had unleashed onto him.

TRANSFER!

Issei glowed in a ray of green and blue, swords exploding out of the ground and all around himself and Kiba, attacking each and every one of the enemy evil pieces.

The servant dressed in a kimono attempted to run, but was stabbed in the back by on the the summoned blades, defeating her and causing her to disappear.

Both Ni and Li were pierced in many places, rendering them unable to battle anymore, and the two disappeared.

"I don't understand...!" Karlamine hissed, impaled in her arms and legs, blood flowing down from the blades and she hung suspended like a scarecrow. "How could we lose?" He questioned before disappearing.

"Two of Lord Riser's Pawns, one of his Knights, and one of his Bishops...Retired."

"We..." Issei painted. "We did it." He smiled, his Balance Breaker disappearing from his body and into red stardust, falling to his knees in exhaustion.

"Issei!" Kiba called out, running to the brunette's side and catching him before he fell to the ground. "I've gotcha bud."

"That...That was so awesome!" He cheered weakly.

"Yeah it was! Right on Issei!" Kiba praised as he supported the drained devil onto his feet.

Student Council Room

"It seems Sir Issei was able to maintain his Balance Breaker for a longer period of time. Definitely showing improvements since training." Arturia claimed as she watched the live stream. "What's more, it seems he was somehow able to enhance Sir Kiba's ability through his Boosted Gear."

"Indeed." Agreed Sona. "I'm sure that too was thanks to the training of the Azure Dragon Emperor."

"It seems he has quite the extensive knowledge when it comes to Dragon Emperor magic." Tsubaki claimed in intruege.

"Indeed...It's almost as if our little dragon hybrid has been using that magic for much longer than we think."

Sports Field

"You okay dude?" Kiba asked Issei.

"Y-Yeah. I'll be okay." He smiled in reassurance.

Over in the distance, a massive explosion erupted from the forest. The same forest that (Y/N) and Isabela went into to continue their battle.

"Didn't (Y/N) go in there with that half-masked chick?" Issei questioned.

Kiba nodded. "Yeah. Think we should help him out?" He asked.

Issei was about to answer, but was silenced by another explosion, one of black and green fire. "Nope!" He whimpered. "Nah, I think he's got it! He's good!" He claimed, fearing of getting in the middle of one of (Y/N)'s fights.

Suddenly, two streams of light emerged from the billow of trees. One of orange fire and one of azure blue light. The two clashed into one another, only blowing each other back. After one final clash, the lights disappeared and revealed to be Isabela and (Y/N), both horribly battle damaged with burns, cuts, bruises, blood seeping through various parts of their bodies and their clothes torn in some areas. Isabela redeployed her wings of fire and charged at (Y/N), as he spread his dragon wings and shot towards the Rook. The two clashed once more, erupting in a powerful blast that sent each one back, only to clash again and again. After the fourth time clashing, the two devils engaged in a close quarters high speed hand to hand barrage as they slowly descended back down to the ground. Upon one final punch from both sides, the two flew back and stared at each other, panting heavily with a smile on their face and a burning fire in their eyes.

"Ho...ly...SHIT!!!" (Y/N) shouted in sheer joy. "YOU ARE THE BEST OPPONENT I'VE EVER FACED!!! AND I FIGHT ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS!!!"

"RIGHT BACK AT YA!!!" Isabela cheered, repositioning herself for another confrontation. "And I can still keep going." She smiled eagerly.

"Oh I'm sure you can." (Y/N) replied.

"Uh dude..." Issei starred in worry.

"I heard the announcement you guys, nice job taking out all those enemies Issei." (Y/N) complemented as he glanced back at his weary friend. "I'm proud of you." He claimed.

Issei looked down, his arms trembled and whimpering followed right after.

"Are you...Issei are you crying?" Kiba asked.

"No! I'm not! Shut up!" He barked through his tears.

'Weirdo.' (Y/N) smiled, looking back at Isabela, ready to fight once again.

"Um...Excuse me!" A snappy voice called, causing everyone to turn and face the direction it came from, only to reveal Ravel Phoenix, freed from her imprisonment from (Y/N)'s black ice shell.

"How the hell did you get free?!" (Y/N) asked, baffled beyond all belief at Ravel being present. "You shouldn't've been able to break free from that ice spell. Trust me! I've done my experiments!"

Ravel scoffed, slowly making her way over to Isabela. "You know we Phoenixes can control fire, right?" She questioned the Azure Dragon Emperor.

"Yeah. But judging from that little flicker of fire you tried to pull off as an attack, something tells me that wasn't going to be enough." He explained as he wiggled his fingers.

Ravel growled and grinded her teeth in anger. She inhaled deeply and calmed herself. "Well whatever." She said, pointing over to the distance. "In anycase, you might want to watch this."

The devils of Gremory looked over to where Ravel was pointing, seeing their master slowly descend from the sky with Asia in her arms and Kohaku by their side.

(Y/N)'s eyes widened. "Rias?!"

"Is that Riser up there with her? What the hell?!" Issei questioned.

"I bet he anticipated our move." Claimed Kiba.

Rooftop

"So I'm assuming you knew I was planning to attack you directly?" Rias asked as she landed, retracting her wings upon contact with the floor.

Riser scoffed arrogantly. "A virgin should never underestimate one with this much experience." He claimed.

"How comforting, you're as vulgar as ever." Rias said in disgust.

Sports Field

"The Princess of Ruin...Twilight Healing...Priestess of Thunder...Sword Birth...Boosted Gear...Swords of Order and Blazblue...Such grand sounding names when they're all together." Ravel said as she looked upon all the opposing devils. "However, we are Phoenixes. Immortal Birds...and you cannot defeat us!" She proclaimed with the wave of her hand.

Everyone around remained silent, simply staring at the egotistical blonde and the wind blew by.

(Y/N) looked around the battlefield, seeing only Isabela and Ravel being the only ones present to represent Riser's Peerage. "...You just love hearing yourself talk don't you? Or are you just blinded by your own ego? Must run in the family." He claimed. "Look around you little rose prick! I think we've done a pretty damn good job of whoppin' you asses so far!"

Tennis Field

Yubelluna crashed down from the sky, coated in multiple sparks of lightning as she lay weakened in the crater of the field she fell into. "I didn't expect the Priestess of Thunder to be this strong." She groaned as she rose up. "Your magical energy must be almost depleted by now." She smirked in confidence.

"Never fear!" Akeno chirped as she dusted off her tattered and torn shrine maiden attire. "All I need is a little rest, and I'll recover just fine." She proclaimed.

"Well...that does sound like a good plan, but I don't think I want to wait." The Bomb Queen claimed, reaching into her robe and pulling out a small vial which contained an odd looking red fluid.

Akeno looked at the vial and instantly grew worried. "And what's in that?"

Yubaluna smiled as she held up the small glass bottle. "Oh just your trap."

Rooftop

After shielding herself and her allies from Riser's attack, Rias's barrier disappeared.

"He's so strong!" Asia claimed, hiding behind Rias and Kohaku.

"Indeed, this might be an uphill battle for us." Kohaku claimed as she growled at the Phoenix Noblemen.

"Riser wishes you would make this a little more entertaining..." Beseeched Riser. "This is the worst foreplay Riser's ever had." He laughed.

"Play with this!" Rias cired, sending a stream of her Ruin Fire to attack Riser.

Riser countered with his own blast of fire, completely vaporizing Rias's blast and engulfing everyone within the explosion of his blast.

Sports Field

"Shit! RIAS!!" (Y/N) cired out in horror.

"I'm fine, (Y/N)." Rias reassured over the communication spell. "Don't worry about me. Focus on the battle at hand!"

"But-!" (Y/N) began to protest.

"I believe in you! Fight!" She said as she ran through the smoke, jumping out to attack Riser. "Introduce them to the power you truly possess! You are a servant of Rias Gremory! Show them the true power of the Azure Dragon Emperor!!" She ordered as she prepared to attack once again.

"Rias..." (Y/N) stared, only to smile confidently.

Out of nowhere, a massively loud explosion appeared in the sky over the tennis field. Everyone looked over to see the cause of commotion, only to see a defeated Akeno falling out of the smoke. Her body began to glow, and eventually disappeared.

(Y/N)'s eyes widened in shock upon seeing another of his friends turn to stardust before his eyes.

"Lady Rias...One Queen...Retired."

"Akeno...no." (Y/N) whispered in utter shock.

Rooftop

Rias looked on in horror, seeing her best friend and strongest piece disappear before her eyes. "Akeno..." She turned and glared daggers at Riser.

"How'd they get to her?" Asia asked as she healed her master.

"Looks like you've lost your vaunted right hand." Riser taunted.

"Maybe, but I still have (Y/N), Issei and Kiba!" Rias declared.

Riser smirked maliciously. "Not for long, my beloved."

Sports Field

"Damn..." Issei whispered as he stood back up on his own feet, only to be blasted away from an explosion from behind.

"Issei!! Kiba!!" (Y/N) cried as he ran to the two, only to see Kiba disappear as he screamed in agony. "Kiba...Damn it!" He roared, slamming his claw into the ground in anger.

Issei looked down and saw a glowing circle appear around (Y/N), yet he was unaware at the moment. Issei's eyes widened and he lunged to his friend, pushing him out of the way of what was to come. "Move!" He cried before becoming engulfed in the explosion.

(Y/N) fell to the ground, only to look up and watch as his closest friend took the blast in his place. "ISSEI!!!" He cried.

The explosion dissipated, revealing Issei to be severely injured before he collapsed onto the ground.

"Oh fuck!" He cursed, running to his friend's side. "C'mon Issei, hang in there bud!"

Issei weakly rose his hand pleadingly, almost immediately being taken into his friend's grasp. "(Y-Y/N)...Listen to me! You can do this! You've got what it takes...to beat that burning cockhead...and free Rias!" His grip grew tighter as his body began to glow. "Show them...show them what a real Dragon Emperor can do."

TRANSFER!

Issei smiled as his Boosted Gear transferred any remaining power to (Y/N) before disappearing from the battlefield.

Rooftop

"One of Lady Rias's Knights...One of her Pawns...Retired."

"Even Kiba and Issei are gone now?!" Rias questioned as she deflected another of Riser's attacks.

"You might as well resign darling." Riser advised with a wicked smile.

"Resign this!" Kohaku roared as she pounces towards the Phoenix Nobleman and swiped her mighty claws against his face, cleaving it clean off.

As Riser's body fell to the floor, both Rias and Kohaku panted heavily from all the fighting they had to commence in against Riser, even to damage him a little.

"You still don't get it yet, do you?" Riser questioned as he rose up off the ground, fire covering his face as he healed himself. As his healing fire vanished, his glanced over to Asia and smiled a wicked smile. "What a lovely Bishop you have." He claimed, instantly causing Asia to step back in fear. "Refuse to resign and she, your giant cat and precious Pawn won't get hurt." He threatened.

Rias glared murderous daggers at Riser. "Said the man you ordered his servants to kill on sight just because he stood up to you?!" She hissed.

Riser remained silent, stroking his hand under his chin as he hummed in thought. "Hm, I suppose you're right. Perhaps that was a bit much, even for Riser." He admitted. "How about this; surrender and Riser will call off the order to eliminate your Pawn."

Rias's eyes shot wide open by Riser's proclamation, completely shocked by his sudden change of mind. "What?"

"That's right..." Riser's eyes became twisted as his suddenly sprouted smile. "Riser will see to it that his death will be quick and painless!" He sneered.

Rias growled at Riser's meaning, shooting both his arms off with two arrows of Ruin Fire. "DAMN YOU!!!"

Sports Field

(Y/N) held the hand that held Issei's tightly, resting his head upon both. "Issei..." He rose up, his back turned to the Phoenix devils.

"Give up?" Yubelluna asked as she descended down to join Isabela and Ravel, a proud smirk plastered on her face.

(Y/N) remained silent, his fists tightening.

"Took you long enough Yubelluna." Ravel jested to the Bomb Queen.

"Their Queen was every bit as strong as we heard she was." Yubelluna claimed. "Believe it or not, I had to use these on here in order to win." She said, holding up and empty vial that had previously held the strange red liquid.

"A win's a win as they say. Out of all our pieces, you're still the one we can depend on the most." The blonde little Phoenix complemented.

"Thank you." The purple haired Queen bowed.

"Neither of you had the right to interfere with our battle." Isabela hissed at her fellow devils.

"Oh quit being such a prude Isabela." Ravel goraned. "What's done is done. Now let's finish this loser off so we can win this thing already. Yubelluna." She beckoned.

"Yes." Yubelluna flew down to (Y/N)'s left, watching for him to make a move to defend himself, but saw nothing. "As the last man standing, you put up no effort to fight?" She questioned, hearing no response. "Such a shame. Such a bore..." She rose her staff high, reading to stick with the metal piece at the top. "Such a waste." She said, bringing the staff down, only to it to be caught effortlessly in (Y/N) dragonic hand.

"That's it..." He muttered, gripping the staff tightly to the point where it shattered in half.

"W-What?!" Yubelluna baffled as she staggered back.

"No more fuckin' around!" He glared his yellow dragon eyes at Yubelluna, his dragonic aura erupting at a terrifying rate, feeling the mixture of both dragon energies flowing throw this body filled him with incredible power. "No more games! I'M ENDING THIS!! NOW!!!" He roared, his power exploding into the sky, blasting both Yubelluna and Ravel back.

(Y/N) mighty roared echoed through the entirety of the dimensional plane, shaking the very land that resided inside. "Starvlador, grant me the strength I need to finish this!" He beseeched to his dragon, feeling his Sacred Gear change in both appearance and power.

DRAGON BREAKER!!! SECOND LIBERATION!!!

(Y/N)'s right armored gauntlets grew another red jewel in the back, yellow spikes in the forearm and yellow accents around the main jewel at the front. Yet, this was still not enough. "More!" He ordered as he increased his newfound power higher than ever before. "Give me MORE POWER!!!!!!!!!!" His powerful roared increased as his power rose to immeasurable heights, the light surrounding him completely engulfed him, blasting the Queen and Bishop of Riser Phoenix away, as Isabela stood her ground only to shield herself with her arms.

TRUE DRAGON!!! OVER BREAKER!!!

As the light died down, Isabela lowered her arms slowly. Readjusting to the natural light she looked to (Y/N) who stood where he once was, but looking rather different.

(Y/N) stood in a circle of blazing blue fire, donned in azure blue dragon armor. Armor that looked similar to Issei's. "This is the Dragon Emperor's power. The Balance Breaker: Scale Mail!"

"What in the world?!" Yubelluna questioned in utter confusion and shock.

"Where the hell'd he get a Balance Breaker?!" Ravel questioned.

(Y/N) disappeared, only to teleport in front of Ravel, scaring her.

Ravel cried and tried to fly away, only for (Y/N) to grab the back of her dress and hold her. "Lemme go! Lemme go!" She begged.

"...Oh, I'll let you go. Back to hell where you and your brother belong." He said, pulling his right arm back and summoning a condensed blast of dragonic energy in front of it. He punched it and unleashed it onto Ravel. "DRAGON SHOT!!!"

The blast exploded immediately upon contact with both Ravel and (Y/N) fist, blowing her dress to pieces and her along with it as she flew, turning into stardust before disappearing.

"One of Lord Riser's Bishops...Retired."

Yubelluna looked on in horror, only to look back at the Azure Dragon Emperor in agner. "Damn you!" She cried, pointing her staff at (Y/N), only to see him gone.

Yubelluna turned around and was instantly met with an armored fist cracking itself over her face, sending her flying towards her master's current location.

Isabela stared in awe, marveling at the immense power (Y/N) now possessed. "Incredible..." She awed.

(Y/N) descended slowly to the ground, instantly looking to Isabela as his yellow eyed glowed. "I'm sorry Isabela. But I can't afford to waste anymore time. I hope we can fight again some time..." He donned a battle stance. "Hopefully under different circumstances."

Isabela smiled and shook her head, donning a position herself. "I understand. Let's finish this." She said.

Within a blink of an eye, (Y/N) teleported and reappeared from behind Isabela, kicking her from behind and shooting her towards the main school building.

The Rook crashed into the floor of the rooftop, sliding deeper in before she lunged out.

"Isabela?!" Riser questioned in confusion.

(Y/N) reappeared from behind once again and slammed his fist across the half-masked Rook's face, sending her rocketing towards the ground once again.

Rias and Asia stared at the man clad in dragon armor similar to Issei's.

"Is that...(Y/N)?" Asia asked in amazement.

"Yeah. This must be his Balance Breaker." Rias claimed.

(Y/N) rose his hands up and put them both in front of him, palms open and claws curled. A tremendous amount of dragonic energy, slowly growing bigger and bigger with each ring that became engulfed within the growing sphere. He reeled his his fist back, holding the massive ball of dragonic energy in place before slamming his fist into it, launching it towards Isabela. "BIG BANG DRAGON SHOT!!!"

The blast hurled it's way towards Isabela. With little to no time to react, she simply watched as the blast grew closer and closer. She put up no resistance, no defense. In the end, she simply smiled. 'Thank you (Y/N)...For an unforgettable battle.' She thanked before becoming engulfed within the light of (Y/N)'s attack.

Upon contact, the Dragon Shot detonated into a massive dome shaped explosion before erupting into a massive explosion, blowing everything around it away.

As the blast from (Y/N)'s Dragon Shot dissipated, Isabela laid within a crater, her body covered in more burns and smoking. She weakly crawled out of the massive hole in the ground.

(Y/N) flew down from the rooftop and stood before Isabela. "I'm not sure how many times I can say this, but I'll say it again, you're one hell of a fighter Isabela." He smiled from under his helm, reaching his hand out for his fellow fighter to take. "It was an honor to fight someone like you. I hope we can do it again. Under...different circumstances."

Isabela looked up, seeing (Y/N) offered hand and smiled. "I would like that." She said as she went to take the offered hand.

In the blink of an eye, a spear of fire pierced right through (Y/N)'s chest, close to his heart.

Everyone's eyes shot wide open as he stood motionless in pain.

Rias twitched in anger, slowly turning to Riser with malice and hatred in her eyes.

"Well, Riser supposes that if you want someone killed right, you kill them yourself." He smirked to the Princess of Ruin.

"Damn you... DAMN YOU!!!" Rias roared viciously as she unleashed barrage upon barrage of Ruin Fire, only for Riser to heal instantly upon losing any and all of his attacked body before Yubelluna moved in front of him and shielded her master from any more on coming attacks.

(Y/N)'s Balance Breaker disappeared as he fell to his knees, eventually collapsing to the ground, writhing in pain with a burning hole in his chest.

Isabela watched as his body twitched, groaning in agony as he tried to breath.

"(Y/N)...I'm sorry. I didn't-" Isabela sat up, apologizing before being cut off.

"Oh, don't you get soft on Riser now Isabela." Riser ordered via his communication spell.

"Riser?" She questioned.

"You have failed to kill the Pawn as you were ordered. Instead, you indulged in your own lust for battle." Riser scolded in irritation.

"N-No! I just-"

"Fear not!" Riser cut off. "For Riser is a just, and benevolent master. I have given you this opportunity. Kill that low class devil trash, and all will be forgiven."

Isabela's eyes shot wide in disbelief as to what her master just requested of her, to end the life of an worthy opponent as he was defenseless and most likely on the verge of dying. "Lord Riser, I..." She hesitated, looking down to the suffering Dragon Emperor. "I can't-"

"You dare disobey Riser?!" Isabela's master snapped in anger.

"N-No! I just-"

"Don't forget who's side your on you street rat!!" Riser hissed. "Remember who picked you up from the gutters and gave you everything you have!! NOW DO AS YOU'RE TOLD YOU DISOBEDIENT DOG!!!"

Isabela's hands tightened, Riser's words continued to ring in her head, flooding memories of her life as his servant and how it was different before being reincarnated. 'Why?!' She questioned. 'Why am I fighting for a deplorable man like Riser?! This whole thing is wrong!'

The sound of movement broke Isabela's train of thought, causing her to look up and see (Y/N) struggling to stand on his own, his hand placed over the burning hole in his chest. "Isabela..." He wheezed in pain, walking backwards to the tree behind him, propping himself against it to stay standing. "Do what you need to do." He said, shocking the Rook.

"W-What?"

"But..." He extended his fist, tightening it into a fist as hard as he could. "I'm not...going to die...without putting up a fight."

Isabela stared. "(Y-Y/N)..." She muttered.

"KILL THAT TRASH YOU USELESS SERVANT!!!" Riser roared.

Isabela gritted her teeth. "No." She snapped.

Riser's eye twitched in anger. "What did you just say to Riser?!" He growled.

"I REFUSE!!!" Isabela roared. She slowly approached the injured devil, sitting on the ground, leaning against the tree, his eyes growing weary.

"I'm so confused." He said weakly. "What just-"

Isabela leaned down and grabbed (Y/N)'s arm, hanging it over her neck before raising him up onto his feet. "Hold on." She said, sprouting her wings of fire and taking to the skies and flew to the rooftop, landing on the side of Rias. "If any of you know healing magic, I suggest you start using it. Fast." She recommended as she gently laid down the punctured young devil.

Asia fell to her knees and crawled over to (Y/N) and immediately began to use her Sacred Gear. "Hang on (Y/N). Just stay with me!" She begged, tears welling in her eyes as she looked on at her guardian's condition.

Riser glared murderous daggers at his servant, pure raged filled his wicked sapphire eyes. "What do you think you're doing Isabela?" He snarled.

The Rook stood back up, her back turned. She slowly turned her head back and glared at her deplorable master. "Making my own decision." She said, raising her hand to the sky. "I, Isabela, Rook of Riser Phoenix, hereby resign from this Rating Game!" She declared.

"WHAT?!" Riser screamed.

"One of Lord Riser's Rooks...Retired."

Isabela's body immediately began to glow, slowly dissipating into stardust.

"Isabela..." Riser hissed, prompting the Rook to turn to her master. "You will pay for this treachery."

"You told us to live by our own beliefs and ideals. But I suppose, in the end, you were only thinking about yourself." Isabela replied.

"Isabela..." Rias prompted. "Thank you." She lightly bowed.

The Rook smiled contently as the Princess of Ruin, slowly shifting to the slowly recovering (Y/N). "Of course. I wish you luck." She smiled before completely disappearing.

(Y/N) groaned as he slowly lifted himself up off the ground. "Isabela...Thank you." He whispered.

"(Y/N), please stay down! Let me heal you fully!" Asia begged.

(Y/N) gritted his teeth as he stood up, only to stagger back before finding his footing. "I'm healed enough where I can put up a fight." He growled as he glared at the Phoenix Noblemen before him. "I can recover the rest on my own. Our final opponent is right in front of us...We can end this!!"

Riser growled, glaring murderous daggers. "You are an eyesore! A pain in Riser's side since they day Riser met you! Riser swears on his name as a Phoenix Nobleman, Riser shall turn you to ash!!"

(Y/N) chuckled weakly, groaning in pain as he began to stagger back, only to be caught and held by the innocent devil. "Does Riser know how to talk in the first person? Or is Riser really that fucking stupid?" He asked with a smile.

Riser's glare would not leave (Y/N) for even a second. His anger towards him, his actions and his very existence were a constant annoyance to the Phoenix Noblemen. He snapped his fingers, prompting a circle of light to appear under the three devils.

(Y/N) looked down, instantly noticing the conjured circle. His eyes shot wide open and pushed both Rias and Asia out of the range of what was to come. "MOVE!!!" He cried, only to be blown back through the entrance of the rooftop and to the other side.

"(Y/N)!!!" Cried Rias and Asia. The two were about to run to the Pawn's side, only to be cut off by a ring of fire surrounding them.

"Now now, let the little rodent have his rest..." Riser smiled as he slowly stepped forward, eventually stepping on a familiar white mask. He looked down and grabbed it, holding it up to examine it. "Such a beautiful mask." He claimed before glancing over to (Y/N), who slowly began to recover. "If Riser recalls, this was yours!" He hollered, gaining (Y/N)'s weakened gaze. "This is a keepsake of some sort from what Riser understands." Riser claimed, dropping the mask to the ground. "It'd be such a shame if someone..." He placed his foot on the mask, pushed down, and smashed it into pieces.

(Y/N)'s eyes shot wide open upon seeing his mask shattered. An item he held deeply to his heart, though for reasons unknown to him, was shattered before his very eyes.

"Oops." Riser shrugged with a wicked smirk.

Something within (Y/N) snapped. He slowly rose himself off the ground, his head hung low shadows casting over his face as he shuffled over to the burning ring that his allies were entrapped in.

"Oh what's wrong? Has the measly Pawn realized the futility in challenging Riser?" The Phoenix Noblemen questioned, his Queen appeared from around the corner with another explosion attack ready to be unleashed.

The silent Dragon Emperor remained as such, his body slowly became encased in shadows. He easily walked through the flaming circle, the darkness completely dissipating the ring of fire.

"(Y/N)?" Asia stared in confusion.

"Master?" Kohaku backed up cautiously.

'What is this feeling?' Rias pondered, confused as to where this new feeling. This new aura and pressure surrounding her Pawn was different, unfamiliar, and most of all, frightening.

(Y/N) suddenly halted, mere feet away from the pompous blonde. "Tell me something Riser..." He finally spoke, the darkness around his body growing more intense. "Does a nobleman like yourself experience fear?"

Riser watched as the shadows grew, stepping back to react within a instants notice if needed. "O-Of course not!" He stuttered, clearly fearful for the young devil's sudden change in atmosphere. "Riser fears no one! Riser feels nothing but the upmost pride!"

"I see..." (Y/N) smiled. The surrounding darkness exploded, encasing him within and shooting up into the sky like a spire. His body began to change. His skin turn dark grey, his eyes turned sharp and viscous. His hair became shadows themselves as it began to fuse with the shadows surrounding his body. His teeth turned razor sharp, growing into an evil smile. His form nearing monstrous, he stepped forward and tightened his fist. He was ready to unleash his rage upon Riser...Destroy Riser...Kill Riser. "If that's true...than allow me to be the first person to show you...what true fear feels like."