The Black Nightmare Rages

Rooftop

3rd Person POV

Not a single devil uttered a single word, made a single movement. All they did was continue to stare in amazement and fear at (Y/N)'s new transformation.

The shadow coated devil smiled wickedly, his razor-sharp teeth bared themselves to Riser and his Queen.

"What-" Riser uttered, fearful as to what was going to happen next. "What are you?"

(Y/N)'s smile grew wider, stepping forward and causing Riser to jump back. "I...am your worst God Damn nightmare." He snarled.

Riser winced at this proclamation, conjuring a massive fireball within his hands. "Y-You wretched Pawn! Riser will burn you alive!" He said, throwing the ball of fire towards (Y/N).

(Y/N) simply chuckled and phased through the ground and into the shadow, moving away from the bright fireball before crashing down to where he was.

As the blast settled, the Phoenix Noblemen looked on, not seeing (Y/N). He felt accomplished and revealed. He let out an obnoxious fit of laughter. "Oh my dear Rias, you truly have the worst taste in servants! Seems as though that Pawn was nothing but banter!" He cackled. "Now..." He reaches out his hand. "Surrender, and become my bride." He smiled.

From his own shadow, a grey-skinned hand emerged and gripped his wrist as tightly as possible, causing Riser to look fearful once more. Slowly, (Y/N) emerged from Riser's shadow, still carrying his sharp-fanged smirk. "Sorry...But that's not gonna happen!" He snarled, pulling his captive down before slamming his fist into his face, sending him flying far away from the rooftop and into the forest.

"You-You wretched cur-!" Yubelluna yelled furiously, readying another explosion spell before she was silenced by (Y/N) hand right before her face.

(Y/N) simply smiled. "Burn..." He whispered. A massive burst of flames erupted from his hand, causing his arm to swing back due in reaction to the force of the blast.

The clothes of the Queen of the Phoenix Peerage burned clean off, revealing her naked body before turning to stardust as she screamed in misery.

"Lord Riser's Queen...Retired."

"That was for my friends you bitch." He snarled.

Student Council Room

After the small display of (Y/N)'s new power, the ladies of the Sitri and the King of Knights were in awe, unsure of how to process what they were seeing.

"What...in the world happened?" Tsubaki questioned.

"He...He just took out Riser's Queen like it was nothing." Sona stared dumbfounded. "Artoria, did you know about this?!"

Artoria remained silent as she continued to stare at her master with pride, and a little worry, due to not having any idea what happened to her master.

Sona looked back to the Rating Game, only for one question to come to mind. '(Y/N) (L/N)...Just what in the world are you?'

Rooftop

"(Y-Y/N)?" Rias stuttered, fearful of this new transformation her beloved Pawn had undergone. It was unlike anything she had ever seen before. She could barely recognize him. The pressure she felt radiate off of him was practically suffocating, she couldn't move even if she wanted to.

(Y/N) jerked his head back, instantly spotting his master, Asia, and Kohaku. He instantly disappeared, only to reappear in the blink of an eye before the girls.

The girls trembled, unsure of how to react. This being of darkness was indeed (Y/N), they witnessed his transformation. But something about him felt different to them. For once in their lives, they felt afraid of him.

(Y/N) slowly extended his hand and hovered it over Rias. As she only stared, he moved it down to her cheek and gently placed it. He slowly brushed his thumb against her silky smooth skin, hoping to let the Princess of Ruin know he was still with her.

"Rias..." He whispered gently, giving her a genuine, loving smile.

The redhead smiled in utter joy. Feeling the relief of knowing (Y/N) was still within, she held his hand over her cheek tightly, wanting the warm feeling to never leave.

However, (Y/N) pulled his hand away from Rias's grasp and stepped back. "Just sit tight..." He said as he rose his arm. "I'll finish this." His arm became encased in shadows, forming into a massive wing of darkness. Once the wing finished forming, he launched himself off the ground and took to the skies, flying towards the final opponent.

Forest

As the dust settled, the Phoenix Noblemen grunted as he moved heavy pieces of rubble, broken trees and other pieces of debris off as he slowly tried to escape from the crater he formed from when he crashed. He gripped the edge of the crater from inside and pulled himself out of the massive hole, only to dust himself off as he began to heal anything that may have been damaged. "That little wretch!" He snarled, think back to the moment (Y/N) made easy work of him mere moments ago. "Who does he think he is, making an utter fool of Riser? No one makes a fool of Riser!!" He howled into the sky. Suddenly, he felt a tremendous level of magical energy hurling it's way towards him.

The presence practically engulfed Riser and everywhere around him, making it unsure of which direction it was coming from.

Riser began to look around frantically, a look of fear formed onto his face as he jerked his head in a multitude of directions. 'What is this?!' He questioned. 'This feeling of dread? This suffocating pressure? This overwhelming power?! It couldn't possibly be-?!' Riser looked up, seeing an incoming shadow crashing right in front of him, exploding onto the ground and pushing the blonde Noblemen back.

The dust settled, revealing (Y/N) with his shadow formed wing, which slowly began to flow back into his arm as it disappeared. The shadow cast devil rose up and smiled his wicked smirk to Riser. "Hello Riser..." He greeted menacingly.

Riser looked on in fear, feeling the emotion he claimed to have never felt before in his entire life. He chuckled weakly, trying to keep his confident demeanor. "I-I'll admit..." He stuttered. "For a lowly cretin, you've certainly-!" Riser was silenced once (Y/N) slammed his fist into the Noblemen's gut, causing him to cough out a rather large pool of blood.

"You really don't know when to shut up, do you?" (Y/N) asked, lodging his fist deeper into the wheezing Phoenix. "How about I help...?" He asked before vanishing, reappearing as he kneed Riser in the jaw as he flew up. "BY BREAKING YOUR FUCKING JAW!!!" He roared before slamming both his feet upon descending, kicking him into the ground once again.

Riser groaned from the pain, only to be dragged out by the collar of his shirt and thrown out of the forest with great force. Not even a single moment later, the Nobelmen was met with a constant barrage of punches, bursting with dark magic with each blow before (Y/N) slammed his fist into Riser's face, sending him crashing into a nearby hill, sliding across before falling to the ground.

As Riser struggled to lift himself up off the ground, (Y/N) appeared before him, looking down with his sinister smile. 'This boy...' Riser growled, slowly rising back onto his feet. 'His power is nothing like Riser has ever seen before!'

(Y/N) rose his arm, allowing the shadows to form a giant ax-shaped weapon. After shaping, he instantly vanished, reappearing above Riser.

"What?!" He questioned in fear.

(Y/N) swung his arm, sending a massive blast down upon the blonde Phoenix, destroying the ground below in a giant explosion.

Riser flew out from the erupted dust, his arm missing but slowly regenerated as he tried to make his escape. "That damned Pawn!" He snarled. Feeling a familiar murderous presence, he looked up, spotting (Y/N) hovering above him, slowly descending down to the same level as the terrified Phoenix Nobelmen.

(Y/N) smiled readying his ax-shaped arm to attack once again.

Given the opening, Riser engulfed his hand in a brilliant blaze, only to unleash it in a ferocious punch towards the darkness coated devil. "HA! TAKE THAT YOU WORTHLESS PEON!!!" He snarked with confidence, knowing his attack made a hit eased his worry.

"I'm sorry..." A dark taunting tone said through the smoldering ash and charring smoke, sending shivers down Riser's spine. The smoke disappeared and revealed (Y/N), completely unharmed from the attack. "Was that supposed to hurt?" He questioned, reforming his left arm into his wing of darkness, instantly charging towards Riser upon forming.

Riser quickly conjured fire within his hands, multiple small orbs of fire formed. "Take this! Hunter Flare!" He cried, launching the orbs that turned into multiple streams of honing fire attacks that constantly followed (Y/N) as he moved and evaded each one. Eventually, one blast managed to hit and exploded upon impact.

"Yes!" The Noblemen cheered. "A direct hit!'

(Y/N) swung the smoke away from Riser's attack, only to unleash a mighty roar of power, unleashing more of his newfound darkness, encompassing himself in a dark aura, now accompanied by green sparks. The young devil descended slowly onto the ground.

Riser stepped back, his body began to tremble in fear. "Y-You..." He stuttered. "You're not a normal Pawn. You're not even a normal devil! YOU'RE A GOD DAMNED MONSTER!!!"

"A monster?" (Y/N) said questionably, slowly walking towards the fearful Riser, his power growing with each passing second. "No. I'm not a monster." He claimed. "I already told you..." He rose his arms, engulfing them in darkness as the formed into massive monstrous claws. "I'm your worst God Damn Nightmare!" He hissed.

Riser shrieked, sprouting his wings of fire and took flight once more, only for the shadow clawed devil to chase after him.

With each swing of his massive claws, with each maneuver Riser managed to pull off, (Y/N) tore through the ground like mud, eventually catching up to Riser and crushing him underneath one of his claws. "How does it feel Riser?" He questioned. "How does it feel to be crushed underneath the weight of unrelenting rage? Unbridled Wrath?"

From below the claw of darkness, the Phoenix Noblemen used every ounce of strength he could muster. "Riser refuses..." He grunted, his noble flames burning more intensely with each push. "Riser refuses to lose to a measly Pawn THROWING A TANTRUM!!!" He roared, his flames evolved into a massive eruption of Phoenix fire, blasting (Y/N) back.

"Really? I'M the one throwing a tantrum? Says the guy screaming his head off for not getting his way." (Y/N) smirked. "Time to put the pouty baby to bed." He crouched down and shot forward, only to duck down and rocket upwards, kneeing Riser under his jaw.

As the dazed Phoenix Nobelmen staggered back, he was instantly met with a claw swipe across the face, only to be smacked into the air towards the Main Building of Kuoh Academy.

(Y/N) grabbed the motionless Phoenix in midair by his head, slamming it into the ground with tremendous force, pushing all the way through the ground as hey pushed forward. He eventually let up, only to spin and throw Riser at a nearby tree, breaking it upon impact.

'This can't be happening...' Riser hissed to himself. 'This isn't real! It's not possible for Riser to lose!' As he, landed, he struggled to raise his head, quickly noticing (Y/N) standing above him, his dark aura and evil magical energy increasing with each passing moment. 'His power is still increasing?! How is that possible?!' He questioned. 'IS RISER BEING BEATEN BY A PAWN WITH AN INCOMPLETE TRANSFORMATION?!' His mind was suddenly silenced when the darkness cast devil grabbed him by the head, only to throw him once again.

(Y/N)'s claws returned to his normal hands, returning to shadows once more as he knelt down, gently placing his hand onto the ground. He grinned maliciously, sinking into his shadow and charging at Riser from below.

As Riser landed, he could barely stand or see through the blood in his eyes. His regenerative powers began to wear thin as he had become far too exhausted. He stood once more, his legs trembling with fatigue, only to look before him and notice that (Y/N) was no longer in front of him. "Where is he?!" He growled, jerking his head in every direction in hopes of finding him. His anger and rage eventually broke him. He screamed at the top of his lungs, unleashing wave upon wave of fire attacks into the forest, hoping one of them would hit the intended target. "RISER WILL SMOKE YOU OUT YOU LOW CLASS DEVIL TRASH!!! RISER REFUSES TO LOSE TO DISPOSABLE WASTE LIKE YOU!!!"

From the Noblemen's own shadow, (Y/N) slowly emerged from below, behind the raging Phoenix and ready to attack once more.

Riser felt (Y/N)'s murderous presence, instantly turning around and unleash a blast of Phoenix fire behind him, only to hit nothing. He looked on puzzled, quickly feeling the dark presence return.

"You're so predictable!" (Y/N) roared, cracking his fist into Riser's face, sending him crashing into the ground.

Student Council Room

As (Y/N)'s onslaught continued for everyone to see, the girls within the Student Council Room became somewhat fearful of this newfound power the Azure Dragon Emperor had awakened.

"What...What in the world is this?" Sona questioned. She had never witnessed such strength or powers before.

"This truly is unexpected." Tsubaki claimed, trying to remain calm herself. "But, in the end, everyone has a breaking point. Just look at Riser now." She said, looking at the enraged Riser hurling fire in every possible direction before him. She then turned to the King of Knights in front of her. "Artoria, has your master ever gone under such a transformation before?"

"No." The blonde shook her head in denial. "At least, as far as I'm aware of. I was only manifested here fairly recently, so I'm not entirely sure." She looked back to the display, seeing her darkness consumed master punching Riser in the face. "Honestly, if I hadn't seen this with my own eyes, I never would've imagined Master being able to pull off such a feat." Artoria awed.

Sona glanced to Artoria, only to look back at the display. "Well..." She muttered. "Let's hope he can stay in control. Hopefully, this new power won't go to his head."

Neutral Dimensional Plane

Riser rose up off the ground, instantly flying away as he shrieked, hoping to get away from the living nightmare.

(Y/N) chuckled. "You still wanna play tag?" He shrugged his shoulders. "Alright. Your funeral." He grinned, chasing after the flying Phoenix by shadow.

Rooftop

As the chase continued, Rias, Asia, and Kohaku continued to watch, allowing the Bishop to heal the Queen as her magical energy began to recover.

"Kohaku, can you see anything?" Rias questioned. "It's hard to tell where (Y/N) is from here now that he's a shadow."

The White God Beast looked out at the field below, trying to spot her master. "The dimensional plane has been fooling with my senses a bit, but I believe I can still spot him, even in his current state." She claimed, hey eyes shooting wide open instantly. "He's on him."

"What?" The two devils looked at the white tiger, confused by what she just said.

As Riser grew closer towards the Rooftop, he instantly spotted Rias and the others. His instantly grew a wicked smile on his face as he conjured a massive fireball. "Riser doesn't need to beat everybody..." He said, increasing the size and power of his blast. "Riser simply needs to take out the King and this will all be over!" He laughed maniacally.

"I don't see that happening." A familiar voice claimed from behind.

Riser's eyes shot wide open in utter fear. He slowly turned around, spotting (Y/N) from behind. "How?! A shadow is a shadow! It can't fly!" He cried.

"As long as the shadow exists, I can move anywhere!" He smiled, bringing his hand together before slamming them both down on Riser's head, sledgehammering him onto the ground next to the school building.

Riser instantly began to fly away again, but he was held back by a hand emerging from his shadow, holding him back and grounded. He shrieked once more, only to be silenced by another handed grabbing his face.

"Quit running away like a coward! You're only delaying the inevitable!" (Y/N) roared as he reemerged from below. He slammed the Noblemen's head against the wall of the school building, dragging it across before pulling him out.

'Riser can't accept...that a Pawn this powerful exists!' Riser thought to himself.

"SAY GOODBYE!!!" He yelled as he threw Riser through the building all the way up and through the rooftop.

Asia screamed in surprise, having Rias hold her for comfort and protection.

(Y/N) flew up to the rooftop, and stared at the accending Phoenix. "Now for the grand finale!" He grinned as he hunched down and inhaled a massive amount of darkness from anywhere nearby. "DARK CALAMITY...ROAR!!!" He roared, unleashing an immensely powerful and explosively destructive green and black blast from his mouth, traveling all the way up through the sky, eventually catching up to Riser.

The Noblemen screamed as he became engulfed in the massive blast, feeling the incredible power consume him as he became helpless to defend against it.

A massive explosion erupted from above, releasing a massive blast of wind below, practically destroying or breaking everything below.

The winds grew too harsh for the girls nearby, they eventually began to fly away. Before being blown away, (Y/N) appeared before them and grabbed their hands, pulling them down and holding onto them as the wind began to die down.

The explosion finally dissipated, leaving a massive dust cloud in the sky where the attack made contact with the target, leaving everything below in ruins and broken pieces.

"Man..." He chuckled lightly, letting go of the girls and standing back up, admiring his handiwork. "I'm getting pretty good at this Roaring stuff."

"(Y/N)?" Asia stepped forward cautiously.

The called devil looked behind him, seeing the worried look on Asia 's face.

"Is that...Is that you? Are you still with us?" She questioned worriedly.

The shadow cast devil smiled, turning to Asia and holding out his arms. "Yeah Asia..." He said, his voice returning to it's normal, calming tone. "I'm still here." He reassured.

The blonde innocent devil smiled in absolute delight. She ran to her guardian and hugged him tightly.

The King of the Peerage stepped forward, gaining the Azure Dragon Emperor's attention. Her eyes filled with tears of joy. "(Y/N)..." She ran to him, hugging him tightly, enveloping him in her loving embrace. She was finally free. "Thank you! Thank you so much!" She cried.

(Y/N) smiled as he returned the embrace, holding the two devils close in his arms.

Kohaku approached the group of devils and smiled. "Master..." She greeted.

"Hey, Kohaku." (Y/N) smiled, petting Kohaku on the head, earning loud purrs as a result. "Good work today."

"Thank you, Master."

"HEY TRASH!!!" A furiously enraged voice cried from the cloud above.

The devils turned around and spotted Riser still alive. The only difference was that his right arm and the entirety of his lower half was missing.

"YOU MISSED A SPOT!!!" He growled.

(Y/N) smirked. "So that's why there was no announcement." He claimed. "Wait here..." He let the girls go and stepped away. "I'll finish this for good."

Using his own bottle of Pheonix Tears, though it was broken and not a full as a normal bottle, he drank it and healed himself completely, restoring his limbs and a portion of his magic. 'Alright Riser, it's time to think of another plan.' He thought to himself. 'Now that you know what you're up against, it's time that you-'

"You done getting your collective shit together up there?!" (Y/N) called from below on the decimated rooftop. "'Cause I'm starting to get bored!"

Riser shot down from the sky and landed right in front of (Y/N) his Phoenix fire raged with his emotion, getting close to the shadow encased devil and screamed in his face. "WHAT DID YOU SAY TO ME YOU HAPPLESS LITTLE SHIT????!!!!!"

"I said I'm bored..." (Y/N) repeated in monotone. "You're boring me."

Riser shot a ball of fire at the devil, only to have it deflected and received a punch into his face once again. He fell to the ground and held his face, writhing in pain from the constant hits to his face. Though his wounds may have healed, the pain continued to linger. "WHY DO YOU KEEP HITTING RISER'S FACE?!"

"Because it's just there, so it's easy to hit." (Y/N) shrugged.

The Noblemen rolled over to his front, pushing himself back up with his back turned. "Damn it..." He grunted, tightening his fist before slamming it into the ground. "DAMN IT!!! I'M SUPPOSED TO WIN!!!" He cried, repeatably slamming his fists into the ground. "I AM!!! I AM!!! I AM!!! I AM!!! I AM!!! I AM!!! I AM!!!" He continued to cry, even after (Y/N) spin-kicked him in the back of the head and sent him flying into the ground face first. "I am!" He whimpered.

"Wow, I've broken your body and your spirit." (Y/N) claimed in awe.

"Riser, just give up." Rias stepped forward. "It's over, you lost." She advised.

Riser rose back up, turning to the two devils and glared murderous daggers at them. He turned his gaze solely to (Y/N). "You don't get it...This marriage is for the benefit of all devils!"

(Y/N) shrugged as he scratched the sack of his head, clearly showing how little he truly cared. "Yeah, I don't care." He claimed, increasing his magical energy with each step forward he took. "You've threatened my friends, ordered your servants to kill me, and have been forcing Rias to marry you for God knows how long. And to top it all off, you treat your servants like simply playthings that you use for your own amusement, and you get angry when they think and act for themselves. There are many things in this world that I hate...and you're a living embodiment of most of them." He said, raising his arm and conjuring his shadow ax arm. "Any last words before I end this?"

"Wait! Hold on! I'll give you anything!" Riser pled, begging for his life. "Name it, and Riser assures you'll receive anything you want!"

"What I want..." (Y/N) stated, ready to attack with his darkness formed ax. "Is you out of Rias's life for good. And beating you in this Rating Game will do just that." He launched forward. "Checkmate, Ris-?!" (Y/N)'s powers suddenly began to fade. His body plummeted to the ground and rolled across the cracks and destroyed rubble of the rooftop platings. He grabbed the left side of his chest tightly, struggling to breathe and move. Once again, at the worst possible times, his heart had stopped.

Riser looked at the writhing devil and simply chuckled, which eventually evolved into an outburst of laughter. Seeing the low-class devil who had put him through such hell these past few moments writhe in agony were utter bliss to the Noblemen, he couldn't contain his joy upon seeing the devil suffer. "Oh, what a sweet sight this is!" Riser sang. "Riser supposes Fortune is on Riser's side!" He grunted, kicking (Y/N) across the face, sending him flying across the floor.

"(Y/N)!" Rias cried as she began to run to her servant's aid, only to be blasted back by a massive wall of Phoenix fire.

"Not now beloved." Riser smirked, his head turned crooked and wicked as he looked to the Princess of Ruin. "The boys need to have a little chat." He chuckled as he walked over to the struggling devil.

Using every ounce of strength he could muster as it began to fade, (Y/N) rose himself off the ground, only to vomit a large pool of blood below him.

"Such a repulsive sight." Riser said as he hovered over the blood dripping devil. "Why don't you lay in your own filth like the trash you are!" He roared, stomping (Y/N)'s head to the ground, only to pick it up and slammed his fist into his face multiple times. "Your constant interferences and refusals to die have been a pain in Riser's ass since Riser met you! You don't deserve the power you have! Nor the people you surround yourself with! You're nothing! AND YOU'LL ALWAYS BE NOTHING!!!" Riser yelled as he punched (Y/N) away.

The weak and beaten devil refused to fall. He continued to stand, mustering up all the strength he could to try and land one attack. He tightened his left fist and threw it towards Riser, only for the blonde to catch it with a disgusted look on his face.

"Pathetic..." He cringed, pulling the arm forward and encasing his free hand with fire. With one mighty downwards swing, Riser chopped off (Y/N)'s left arm, cauterizing it in the process.

(Y/N) screamed in utter agony, only to be kicked away into the railings by Riser, who tossed his removed arm to the side.

"HOW DARE YOU!!!" Rias cried as she flew through the wall of fire, burning away more of her already destroyed clothes. "YOU'LL PAY FOR THAT!!!" She ordered, blasting Riser's arms off, only for them to regenerate.

"Stay out of this Rias!" He snarled, hitting her with a wave of fire sending her crashing down to the ground.

"I...won't..." (Y/N) muttered weakly.

"What?!" The Noblemen snapped angerly.

(Y/N) rose to his feet, struggling to stand up through the constant pain that surged within his body. "I'll...keep fighting!" He declared, taking one step forward. "I don't care...how much pain I endure! I'll keep...fighting until my last breath!" He declared, coughing another pool of blood. "I am...a servant...in service of Rias Gremory! A Pawn under...the Gremory Family! And I made a promise to my master! AND I'M GONNA KEEP IT!!!"

Riser growled, his eye twitched with rage. "You don't know when to die!" He yelled, sprouting his wings of fire and flew down towards (Y/N).

"I will fight!" He groaned in pain. "A Pawn of Rias Gremory never gives up!" He declared, only to be kneed in the gut.

"STOP IT!!!" Rias cried, feeling helpless as she had used all that remained of her magical energy. All she could do was watch.

"I will fight..." (Y/N) grunted as he received a punch across the face. "I will keep my promise...Nothing will ever...make me stop!" He claimed before being backhanded across his jaw. "Nothing..." He said, receiving two more knees to the gut.

"(Y/N) get back! Get away from him!" Rias pleaded as she struggled to lift herself up. "That is a direct order!"

"I won't..." (Y/N) added before receiving another blow. "I won't give up for anyone! I won't give up...for her!" He declared.

Rias heard her servant's declaration, only to remember the night they talked under the moonlight in the gazebo at his Summer Home, remembering the things he said about her name and how little they meant to him as a person, the pain he's endured and the hardships he's faced before meeting her and the others, and the gratitude he felt to her for everything she's done for him. But in the end, all she could do was watch as the person she cared for the most was beaten senseless by the man she hated the most. "I can't..." She cried, feeling the tears slid down her face. "It's too much."

Riser kicked in one of the beaten devil's legs, causing him to collapse. He grabbed him by his (H/C) hair stared at him in disgust as he weakly attempted to break free. "You're such an eyesore." He said, enveloping his other hand in a pure, burning heat. He pushed it against (Y/N)'s right eye and proceeded to burn him, causing him to scream in agony from the burning pain. "THAT'S RIGHT!!! SCREAM FOR RISER!!! MAKE YOUR PAIN BE KNOWN FOR ALL TO HEAR!!!" He laughed as he continued to burn the right side of the screaming Dragon Emperor's face.

Asia suddenly charged into Riser's gut, hoping to push him away from her guardian and friend. "Get away from him!" She yelled.

Riser looked down in anger, stopping (Y/N)'s burning and grabbed the innocent devil by her garments and tossed her aside. "Get off me you brat!"

"BASTARD!!!" Kohaku roared, pouncing on Riser's back before clawing at one of his eyes.

The Noblemen screamed in pain, only to grab the white tiger and throw her off and onto Aisa, rendering them both unconscious.

"Asia! Kohaku!" Rias cried as she watched Riser approached her armless and half-blinded servant.

"Are you done getting YOUR shit together?" He questioned, pulling the unresponsive devil up off the ground by his hair. "Because Riser is starting to get bored." He added, only to receive no answer. "Nothing?" He asked in surprise. "You were so confident a moment ago, then Riser cut your fucking arm off and burned off your eye!" He smiled wickedly. "Seriously? Nothing?" He asked in disappointment, clicking his tongue in anger. "You're just a pathetic, lowly servant! You don't even have the right to challenge Riser Phoenix!" He hissed, raising his arm up high.

Rias's eyes shot wide open in horror, seeing Riser conjure a massive ball of Phoenix fire in his hand as he held (Y/N) in the other. "Riser, what do you think you're doing?"

"Riser is sending this trash to Hell where he belongs!" He explained as his face turned wicked once more, a dark and murderous gaze seeped throw his gaze. "No amount of healing will save this brat when Riser's done! Any deaths that occur during a Rating Game are considered accidents anyways! It's his fault for not accepting that sooner and simply die like the rat that he is!"

As Riser's blast grew larger with each passing moment, (Y/N)'s right hand grabbed his arm, pulling himself back up slowly.

"WHAT?!" Riser questioned in utter confusion and rage.

(Y/N) weakly opened his remaining eye, gazing at his executioner with a determined, yet lifeless gaze.

Riser snapped, putting all of his remaining magic into his blast attack, only to be grabbed by the collar of his attire and recive and powerful headbutt into his face, breaking his nose. The broken-nosed Noblemen released his captive as he attempted to nurse his injury, breaking the blast he had been forming.

"(Y/N)!!!" Rias cried, running to her servant and stood in front of him in hopes of preventing him from engaging Riser anymore. Seeing her servant this injured as much as he was on her behalf was too much for her to bare. She could no longer let him practically throw his life away for her. "Please, just stop! I can't watch you risk your life like this anymore!" She cried, quickly taking notice of the look in (Y/N)'s remaining eye.

It was dull, cold, lifeless. It appeared as though he had already died.

"To get this far, standing on will power alone..." Rias's tears would not stop flowing. She held (Y/N)'s head close to her heart, wanting to never let him go. 'He fought for me and he ended up like this...' She looked down to the charred side of his face and the cauterized stub of his missing arm. 'Even when you lose an eye or an arm...you never gave up. You were always there...Always putting other's wellbeing before your own. But because of me...I've nearly lost you...' She and her servant fell to their knees, placing the unconscious devil's head into her lap, letting him rest as she felt his remaining life energy linger by just a thread. "Everyone...Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Asia, Issei, Kohaku...and (Y/N), thank you. You all fought so hard for your cowardly master...But...I've lost...I resign."