-meanwhile where Riser was with Rias-
Riser had Rias in his arms smiling evilly "Hahaha!! Now I finally got you my future forever wife!!"
Rias struggles to break free from Riser's grip even when trying to punch him as hard as she could "Let me go you stupid man! I will never marry such a stupid and greedy man like you!!"
"HEY! RISER!!"
Riser looks behind where the voice came from "Grrrr. What now?!"
The young kid steps forward from the shadows filled with fury "Let Rias go, NOW!!"
Riser places Rias down as he chuckles a little thinking that this is just a joke "Oh this is gonna be fun. Don't even think about it Ben! I'm stronger than you, and Rias isn't perfect for you to be your girlfriend!"
From what the young kid heard from Riser said just made him angrier "If I win this battle, me and the others that I know get to have Rias back and you have to leave us alone for the rest of our lives!"
Riser smirks evilly "Heh. Sounds fair enough. If I win, I get to marry Rias, and get to torture you as much as I want after I marry her once and for all!!"
"Alright that does it!" The kid runs towards Riser filled with fury even more ready to punch him
Rias cries out "Ben! No!"
Riser immediately punches the weak kid hard sending him flying to a tree "Didn't break a sweat!"
Issei and Kiba runs over to Ben feeling worried for him "Ben!!"
Issei picks him up "Are you alright?!"
The kid looks up at Issei and nods "Yeah...I'm ok" He then runs towards Riser once again as he tries to think of something to fight back
Rias, Asia, Irina, and Xenovia were scared for the kid "Ben!! Nooooo!!!"
Riser then stops the kid from attacking him as he then beats him continuously giving him punches, kicks, and many other painful things he could give the kid "As I thought! You're just nothing but a stupid, worthless kid who is nothing to anyone in this world!!"
The allies watched in horror as they could do nothing to help him
-a couple of minutes later-
The kid was damaged, bruised, and has cuts almost everywhere on his body. He now felt like another useless kid again after that battle against Riser
"Ben!!" Rias runs over to the kid feeling worried for him as she breaks into tears "Are you ok?"
The young kid breaks into tears as he looks up at Rias breaking into tears "I-I'm so sorry Rias...I tried my best to defeat Riser so we can get you back from him..."
Rias hugs the kid breaking into tears more feeling terribly sorry for him "I'm so sorry Ben..."
-the next day-
Kiba and the others that are members of the occult research club were walking home after a spare day of school as he and the others were worried for the kid wondering if he was still ok "Do you think Ben is ok? We haven't seen him all day at the school..."
Gasper was looking down feeling sad "Everything doesn't seem normal without him..."
Akeno was looking down feeling sad as well "And without Rias Gremory with us..."
Xenovia looks over to the others while walking with them "Should we go to the mansion to see if everything's ok with Ben?"
Asia looks over to Xenovia and nods "Sure...Let's do that"
-meanwhile at the mansion-
Alice was in the living room with Ms. Smith feeling sad "Everything feels empty without Rias in the mansion"
Ms. Smith nods understanding how Alice felt as she felt the same way "I understand how you feel Alice...How is Ben holding up though?"
Claire walks in feeling the same way "He's depressed right now, and never came out of his room once after the battle he had against Riser last night..."
"Oh..." Ms. Smith heard a knock on the door, saw who it was and sighs as she stands up and opens the door for the friends "Come in..."
The allies walk into the mansion as they saw that everything was quiet
Rossweisse looks over to Alice "Where's Ben?"
Alice points to the direction pointing that he's in his room
"Thanks" Rossweisse walks with the members of the occult research club to the kid's bedroom as she knocks on the door to his room wondering if he's ok "Ben? It's me, Rossweisse and the others"
"Come in..." The young kid was on his bed curled up like a ball looking down feeling very sad underneath the blanket
Asia walks into the kid's room with the others seeing that he was all depressed seeing that Issei was in the room as well "Issei? Is Ben ok?"
Issei looks at Asia with the others and nods "Yeah. He's just very depressed right now...I still feel sorry for him after the battle he had against Riser last night..."
Xenovia sits near the kid on his bed looking at him "Ben. I know how sad you feel...But you're not alone..."
The young kid was still looking down feeling sad "Really? But, when I see other people, it feels like I am still the only one"
Irina joined in the conversation "You're not the only one Ben. And I understand how you feel"
"How? Riser was right about me. I am a worthless kid..." The young kid slowly breaks into tears just by thinking about Riser's words from last night
Issei then added in "That's not the truth!...Look, you're really not the only one Ben. I had moments like what you had before about being a failure to the world, and the many other stuff that you think of. But did I stop? No. I got back up on my feet, and got the dream that I wanted!"
Koneko nods agreeing from what Issei said "Issei has a point Ben"
The kid wipes the tears off of his face as he turns around to look at Issei and the others "R-Really?"
Akeno nods "Yes Ben. Really. We don't like to see a kind friend or ally of ours feel defeat or depressed. Rias really loves you and I know it! She wants to be with you! Even everyone in this mansion as of right now sees you as a kind, brave, and honorable person!"
Gasper nods wanting to join in "Yeah! Never give up Ben! We're your friends!! And I think together, we can help you stop Riser from marrying Rias, and save Rias from him once and for all!!"
The young kid now felt the determination he needed as he stands up out of his bed smiling ready to save Rias from Riser once and for all "Come on Everybody! We got an evil step-brother of mine to stop, and to save Rias Gremory from him once and for all!!"
Everyone including the monster girls and Ms. Smith were happy to hear the kid was now filled with determination ready to save Rias from Riser "Yeah!"