Akeno licks her finger.
"What's up with that?" Issa looks to Koneko, patting herself off. "She's a freak?"
"Well. Akeno loves to bring the pain if that's what you're asking." Koneko walked on ahead before yawning once more. "And don't even think about it."
Issa gazes back at Koneko before jogging after her.
"Hey. Wait for a minute." An explosion cut her off, causing her to fly from her feet.
She looks from her hands and knees, eyeing the smoke that hid Koneko.
The smoke ceased, revealing a crater. Issa raced from her feet.
"Koneko!" She slides down to Koneko, covered in burn marks and scratches. And her clothes were barely holding on. "Koneko!" Issa shakes her. "Koneko!"
"Ugh!" Koneko gazed softly at Issa. "I only wanted to make Rias proud." She winced.
"Don't talk. I'll get you to Asia."
"I wanted to be strong. I wanted to be like K." Koneko closes her eyes.
"K?" Issa tilted her head only to notice Koneko vanished into blue particles.
"Well. A rook down and a few more to go." A voice gains Issa's attention to the sky.
A voluptuous woman dressed like a royal wizard stared down at the girl. Her long, purple, wavy hair sways down her back. The woman's purple eyes pierced Issa's brown.
"Hey!" Issa points, clenching her other hand. "You'll pay for that! You hear me!"
"I'm Yubelluna. I have a name. Though I don't think it matters."
"It does. A matter of fact." Akeno appeared facing off with Yubelluna. "I would like to hear it. Once I wipe you from the face of this map." Electricity dances along Akeno's hand. "Issa. I can handle this."
"Kick her ass! Akeno!" Issa shouts up at the two. "You'll have my thanks! Priestess of Thunder!"
Issa takes her leave, running along the schoolyard.
'I gotta find, Kiba. I'm sure as hell. I can't handle rest on my own.'
A hand drags her under the school's metal walkway shade. She screams only for a hand to clamp onto her mouth.
"Ssh." A voice quieted her, hearing only silence and the thunders of the explosions that quaked the ground. "I don't like this." A familiar voice whispered in her ear before letting her go.
"Kiba. What the hell?" Issa whispered back to Kiba, eyeing the environment.
"Something has been following me. I'm sorry for leading it here, but I didn't want someone to get a drop on you."
"Hey!"
"Stop. It's only stalking us." Kiba paused, looking across the field to the barrier of trees. "And something tells me we should end this game. Before it ends us."
"I think. We can take it." Issa replied. "With the two of us, anything possible."
"Let's take the others first before it, okay?"
"Sure."
"Come on." Kiba jogs ahead while Issa looks at the field of trees, squinting her eyes before following Kiba.
"Where are we going?" Issa voiced, following Kiba down the shade.
"I'm thinking the pool. Riser members must think of the sun raying and the cold water brushing their skin. Everyone needs a break every once in a while." Kiba remarked.
'Man. Imagine all of Riser's members at the pool.' Issa grins, hearing the laughter, the water splashing, and all the members in skin-tight bikinis.
"Issa." Yubelluna voiced in a purple bikini, her chest nearly spilling out. She held out a bottle to Issa. "Can you sunscreen me?"
"Oh. Yes, I can. One step for man." She reached for Yubelluna's breasts. "Next step for."
Issa bumps into Kiba, who only stumbles a step.
"Look what we have here." A brown-haired woman covered with metal plates stood before the two. Her white bandage hung along her shoulder while her Broad sword stood before the two. "One of Gremory Knights."
"Yes." Kiba stood before Issa before summoning a blade of his own. "You a knight yourself."
"Karlamine. You seem to be in a hurry." She flashed her sword. "Judging by you two blindly running in the open. It's unbelievable but respectable."
"Kiba. You're right. Shall we start?"
"Don't hold back."
Kiba and Karlamine race toward one another, and their swords clash.
Their two blades whirl into a blur.
Kiba side steps an uppercut slash. He goes for a backstab, only for Karlamine to brush the attack across her board sword.
She spins on her feet, swinging the sword to cut Kiba in half, only for him to duck.
Kiba handspring back before aiming his sword back at Karlamine. He raced back at her.
"Karlamine! End him already." A blonde twin-tail in a red dress shouts, causing Issa to look over her shoulder. She stood from the tall bushes, eyeing their clashing blades. "This girl could be a death of me. Worrying about swords, then other things."
Issa eyed the five girls surrounding her like dog catchers.
"You, the girl that stood alongside that dog, barking at my brother."
"That dog can bite." Issa summons her gauntlet. "And I know."
"That dog should learn his place. It's a shame. He's a cute boy. I guess I can have my bad days." Issa aims her gauntlet, causing her to cock her head away. "Don't point that thing at me. I have no interest in fighting you."
"Then why are you here, princess?"
"I'm a part of my brother's peerage. I have no voice in this affair because of my parents."
'Well. Yeah, because your parents didn't want you to break a nail.' Issa squinted her eyes.
"You'll face me." The biker girl with a skeleton half-face mask stood before Issa. "The name is Isabella."
"Wait, Princess, there! Don't want to fight me? You must be out of your mind."
"Well." Isabella appeared before Issa with her fist roaring toward her. "Cry about it."
Issa moves her head. Isabella's fist soars by.
Issa backs up, dodging every punch Isabella throws. Hooks, Jabs, and Overheads.
Isabella's attacks grew in speed until she threw a hook, causing the air to whistle. Issa ducks, throwing a few jabs to her gut before delivering a uppercut.
Issa took some distance while Isabella looked back at Issa blankly.
"You're a fighter. Thought someone as skinny as you would punch like a napkin." Isabella remarked, cracking her head.
"I've been fighting. All my life." Issa spins, delivering a punch that a cat girl blocks.
The cat girl headbutts Issa before front-dropping, kicking Issa onto her back.
Issa rolls to her feet while the Cat girl kicks for her.
"That won't be enough. Nya." The red-haired cat girl smirks, clenching her red fighter gloves.
The blue one took a step, causing Issa to snap her head quickly at the other twin and her opponents surrounding her.
"Ni, Li, Mihae, and Siris." The princess voiced while Issa eyed a female knight carrying a massive blade behind her. "Help Isabella, End her. I think I'm getting sleepy." She yawns.
They all rushed Issa.
Ni threw a few punches Issa dodged before kicking her into Li, holding her into a headlock.
Issa headbutted Li before hurling her to the ground. Isabella punches Issa's jaw, causing her to spin on her feet.
Issa remained standing, dodging a long blade aiming to cut her in half. She ducks and leans back. The long blade cuts her buttons.
Issa jumps, throwing her school shirt into Siris, only cut it in half. Issa lands a rolling roundhouse that Siris manages to block with her backhand.
Issa hits the ground before rolling from the crashing long blade.
"Shit! I thought that would work." Issa raised her fists in her black sports bra, eyeing the girls surrounding her again.
"It would. Work on me." Mihae said in her purple, orange, and pink kimono. "You should've thrown a punch instead of the kick. It was a little slow."
"Mihae!" The princess shouts, causing her to jump. "Don't encourage her."
"I'm sorry. Princess Ravel." She bows repeatedly.
"This girl."
"Thanks." Issa grins. "I'll keep that in mind. I hope you all got your dancing shoes on. I can do this all day."
Issa blocks a punch from Li before throwing one on her own. Li ducks, throwing jabs into Issa's gut before delivering an uppercut, causing her to flip onto her back.
Issa grunts. Standing to her feet and rushing Li once more. A "boost" cries out.
Kiba dodges and weaves. He blocks Karlamine's flaming sword, causing his blade to break.
"Sword birth!" Kiba summons the blades from the ground, causing Karlamine to distance herself.
Kiba dual wields while Karlamine frowns, her brows holding her blade tight.
"You know. Quality is better than quantity." Karlamine remarked while Kiba clashed his blades together.
"Sorry to break it to you, but mine is all quality." He grinds the blades covered in ice.
Karlamine rushes. She swings her firey blade while Kiba backs up before doing a corkscrew flip over another slash. Kiba spins on his knees, slashing her sword. He rises to his feet, releasing a double uppercut slash before twirling his swords while still applying pressure.
Kiba gave a horde of blurring slashes, giving precision and flare. He twirled his blades before they came down on Karlamine, who blocked.
Kiba's dual blades and Karlamine shattered before he retreated to his pool of swords.
"I don't know what was that." Karlamine threw her handle aside before grabbing her dagger on her spine. "But, I'll win."
"That is called Breaker. The style meant to overwhelm my opponent. With my precision and my sensei flare, the name does it justice." Kiba held another set of duel welds.
Karlamine's smirked, reaching over her shoulder. She dual-weld daggers, causing it to spark into flames.
"I prefer a blade, but this has to do."
She vanished, unleashing hundreds of attacks that Kiba blocked.
'She's fast.' Kiba snaps to his blind spot, blocking another blow.
The hoop of the end of one of his swords grew a black hole, sucking the air that grew heavy, stopping Karlamine in her tracks. Her flaming daggers lost their flames.
"How can you own multiple gears?!" Karlamine shouts while Kiba halts his attack.
"Sword Birth. The name applies." Kiba voiced.
"No matter. I'll end this!"
Karlamine vanished, applying pressure on Kiba. She cuts Kiba's leg and his cheek.
Issa head bob Isabella punches before giving a few of her own. Isabella takes it unfazed before headbutting Issa.
"You have heart." Isabella grabs Issa's throat before kneeing her gut, causing her to spill blood. "But, no guidance!" She hurls Issa onto the ground.
Issa tumbled to a stop before standing back up, Blocking a kick from Li. Issa grabs her leg before hurling her into Siris.
Issa raised her fists—blood leaked from her mouth, a bruised cheek, and a swollen left eye stared down the battered opponent before the teen.
"Look. Girl, stop this nonsense." Ravel crosses her arms.
"I'm Rias's servant." Issa spits onto the hard, dusty ground. "And I'll hit that ground when I'm dead. Even then, I'll beat death. And then kick all of your asses."
"Would you like to rephrase?" She raised her brow. "What you made is a serious claim."
Issa clenched her fists even harder.
"Boosted." Issa, scared gear, cried out.
"Well. Suppose that doesn't drum into your thick noggin. Gremory is with my brother now." She points to the distance.
Issa's eyes followed her, pointing to Rias, gliding onto the school roof's main building with Asia in her arms.
"My brother may go easy on her, but that doesn't stop him from winning."
"Yeah. Keep dreaming. Rias can beat him with our help." She eyed the girls still surrounded her. "I need to get through you all. And I will."
"Fat chance."
"Do you wanna bet? When I do. Send money over to K's, Monthly and don't be afraid to compliment Rias. She worked hard enough."
"Those terms are ridiculous, but I'll humor you."
"We're supposed to be fighting!" Isabella throws a punch, knocking Issa off her feet.
Issa stands to her feet once more.
'This D cup girl is sure—a tank. Wonder if.'
"Boosted." The gauntlet cried once more.
Issa stays on her toes, rushing Isabella.
Issa threw a few punches, but Isabella dodged a kick to her ankle. Issa's fist lands on her chest.
"You tried that already." Isabella stared down at Isa while Ria's symbol appeared.
"Not everything." Isa snaps her fingers, causing Isabella's clothes to rip into shreds, showing off the treasures within the dungeon.
"What?! No!" She hides her body.
Isa summoned a shimmering light.
"Dragon shot!" She punches it, letting the beam swallow Isabella whole.
"AH!"
The beam vanished, showing a line of destruction from the schoolyard through the tree barriers.
"Riser's rook, retire." Sona voiced filled skies.
"Alright!" Issa pumps her fist.
"What kind of move was that?" Karlamine voiced, getting the eyes from the long brown-haired girl. "It's wicky."
"I'm sorry for my friend, Issa. She does get a little quirky." Kiba bows to Karlamine.
"Kiba! I beat her, didn't I?! You're supposed to be on my side." Issa stomps her feet, earning a punch.
The girl stumbled, earning a combo from the cat twins.
Ni threw punches at Issa's face before kicking her back.
"What kind of move was that?!" Li punches Issa in the gut before leaping, letting Ni rush, unleashing a mean uppercut, sending Issa flying.
Li leaps over Ni's shoulder, letting her twin boost from her back.
Ni flips in the air.
"You need to see a shrink!" Ni lands on Issa's gut, causing Issa to cough saliva.
Ni backflips by her twin side while Issa rises from the ground, clenching her gut.
'I have to end this.' Issa slowly stood to her feet, gazing at her gauntlet.
"If you can hear me. Lend me your power."
"Dragon Booster!" The gauntlet cried out.
"That's not enough. Rias needs us! Please! Lend me more power!"
A yellow symbol glows under the gauntlet orb while a green light blinds everyone.
"Dragon Booster! Second Liberation!" The red gauntlet shattered into darker red, and yellow spikes emerged.
"AH!" Siris swings her sword, clashing against Issa's gauntlet.
"Get out of my way." She glared while an explosion erupted.
"Rias Queen, Retired." Sona's voice filled the sky once more.
"Ah!" Issa pushes Siris away before dodging a series of her slashes.
Issa caught the blade within her gauntlet, shattering it in pieces within her grip.
"You shattered. My sword." Siris states in disbelief, taking distances.
"Kiba!" Issa shouts.
Kiba parries Karlamine, delivering a critical blow, only to get a cut on her chest armor.
"What is it, Issa?" Kiba shouts back.
"Give me all you got!"
"What?"
"Trust me!"
"Sword birth!" Kiba stabs his blades into the ground.
Swords erupt from the ground toward Issa, only for her to absorb the energy.
"Transfer!" The gauntlet cries out before Issa slams her fist into the ground, giving the same effect.
The radius grew twice as large, and the speed of the blades was as fast as spike traps.
Ravel and the girls take to the air, screaming. Ravel was the only survivor.
"Kiba!" Issa looks at him only for an explosion, and his screams fill her ears. Kiba turns into blue particles while Sona announces his retirement. "No!" Issa looks to the sky to Yubellua, healthy as an ox.
"Dragon shot!" Issa shouts while Yubellua dodges the beam. "Stay out of my way!"
Issa raced to the main building while Yubellua gave chase.
"Wait." Ravel hover before her with flaming wings. "It's her death wish."
"Ask you wish." Yubellua nods.
Issa runs across the yard to the side doors.
'Come on, Rias. Hold on a little longer.'
She burst through the door, eyeing the empty hall of classroom doors.
"Promotion to Queen." Issa focused, feeling her hair rise.
She ran down the hall.
----
"Rias. Darling, stop." Riser recovered quickly from missing his arm and leg. "You gotta aim for Riser's heart. That's his weak spot."
"I had it with you, Riser!" Rias shouts. "Your treachery ends now!"
"Aim a little to your left and up. There's no wind in this realm." Riser grew a smirk. "Oh. You do love Riser."
"Ragh!" Rias summons her house symbol from her palm. She fired darkish red energy balls at Riser, taking his gut, head, and arm.
They grew back.
"That was a little better." Riser snaps his eyes past Asia, healing Rias at the sound of a roof latch behind them. Issa's head pops out. "Looks who's dragon came for their master."
"Issa." Rias looks back to Issa climbing out while Asia races to her.
"Issa, are you okay?" Asia healed her in panic.
"A missing tooth and maybe a bruised gut won't stop me from getting to you and Rias." Issa's left eye found light, gazing at Riser across the rooftop. "Thanks. Asia."
Issa stood before Rias.
"Well. You created quite a show." Riser folded his arms. "But you are lightyears from the power Riser possesses."
"You should make a book." Issa starts. "You should call it—Chickenshit's ways of life. It starts with your childhood and to the end. It's me kicking your ass."
"Riser has pen and paper. No. Let's start with a pencil. We might make a mistake then and there."
"Boosted gear!" Issa cried out, followed by a boost from her gauntlet. She rushes towards Riser, unfazed. "You won't be snarky. After I!"
"Burst." The gauntlet spoke as Issa tripped on her feet. She tumbled off the narrow roof before falling onto another one.
"Issa!" Rias and Asia shout.
Asia falls on her butt to slide down.
"I'd rather you not." Yubelluna hovers a distance from Asia and Rias. "I would've destroyed you by now, yet I've gotten an order against it."
Asia gazed back at Issa, struggling to push off the ground.
"Don't!" Issa shouts to Asia, who jumps at the suddenness. "I know you're thinking it." She took a knee. "I got it under control."
"Really?" Riser glides to the roof Issa stood on.
"Riser! Stop! Don't hurt her!" Rias shouts while Riser looks down at Issa, who slowly stands on her wobbly feet.
Issa punches Riser, who dodges. She falls onto her face.
"Come on." Riser crouch. Beside Issa, she was slowly getting to her feet. "Spread your feet and use your shoulder. You display more power that way."
Issa growls, throwing punch after punch.
"You sure are, thickheaded." Riser dodges the punch again, only to kick her foot off the ground. Issa fell on her face once more.
"Riser! Stop!" Rias pleaded in the background.
"Riser not hurting her." Riser looks up at Ria's. "Riser only voicing support." Riser grabs a handful of Issa's hair.
"Ah!" Issa winced while He helped her to her knees.
Asia slides to the second roof, racing toward Riser and Issa.
"Stop!" Asia shouts while Riser rolls his eyes. "Please. Let her go."
"Rias. Stop your bishop. Before Riser does something he might regret."
"Touch her, and I'll kill you!" Issa roared.
"Now. That's a great idea." Riser's other hand catches flames. He pointed at Issa, who only felt the extreme heat touch the pores on her face. "Rias. Your choice. Your pet dragon or the nun."
"Riser. Don't!" Rias chokes.
"Yubelluna." Riser's eyes remained on a teary Rias.
"Yes? My lord." She hovered lower to Riser yet remained in the air.
"Count to thirty once you reach the end. Blow us three up."
Yubelluna finger taps along the staff. She only nodded blankly.
"One."
"In your head."
"Riser!" Rias cries. "Please!"
"Death in Rating games is only counted as mere accidents. Riser means you can always get more servants."
"Rias's, he's lying!" Issa shouts.
"Please. Rias." Asia looks up at Ria's in tears. "Choose me. If it means Issa gets to live. I don't mind taking her place."
"Asia! He doesn't mean it!"
Riser laughs.
"Where do you find her? It's a shame she's not in my house."
"I love you, Riser!" Rias shouts, causing Issa to freeze. "I love you. Don't make me choose."
"Riser, don't believe you." Riser yawns, gazing about.
"I'll marry you! Alright!" Ria's voice cracked while she held her heart tight. "I'll marry you." Rias falls to her knees.
"Rias! Stop!" Issa shouts, only to wince at Riser tugging her hair.
"That sounds nice, but." Riser shugs. "Riser hear words."
An explosion below them erupted, shaking the school.
Issa quickly stood and rammed her gauntlet through Riser's chest.
Blood spills from Riser's back.
His eyes widen as he falls to his knees while holding Issa's arm.
"You should've. Killed me when you had the chance." Issa whispered.
Riser's wide, shaking eyes looked to crying Rias, only to find her grinning before wiping away tears.
Riser hits the ground, seeing Issa's messy brown hair and her gauntlet covered in his blood.
Silence filled the environment. They gaze at Riser's body.
Issa looks to Yubellua, staring blankly. Issa recoiled.
"Yes. Nice plan, Riser may add." Riser's flaming fist pierced Issa's gut.
"NO!" Rias cried out while Issa choked on her words.
Asia passes out.
"Everyone cares deeply for you." Riser comments, grabbing her throat and hosting her over the ledge. "It's a shame Rias wasn't honest."
An explosion occurred once more. Everyone saw debris and planks raining in the distance where the ORC building stood.
"That brute." Riser clicks his tongue. "Well. You tried to kill Riser, so it's only fair if Riser." He stumbles.
"I forfeit!" Rias sobbed into Riser back. "I forfeit. I'll marry you."
Riser grew a smirk before looking back at shocked Issa.
"That's a shame." He drops her off the ledge.
Issa looked up at the red cloudy skies, watching it as she fell slowly. Her body felt light and cold until darkness took her.
----
"Austin. I know you hear me." A disheveled man talked into a handheld radio, staring at the town and the dead roaming the streets. "Come home." He paused, eyeing the dead on the curb, eating a corpse from their bone. "Maggie. Needs. You. Rick. Jake. Racheal. I need you."
He paused, listening to static. The man only rubs his nose.
"New Dawn needs you."
"How's that?" Kuroka takes a bite from a candy stick while cuddling with K in a white silk King-size bed.
"What's that?" K questioned his mouth, tasting the sweet and firm stick before quickly looking back at a flat-screen TV on a dresser before them.
"Strawberries fudge on a biscuit stick. This candy might be my new favorite."
"I'm sorry. If this may sound rude, but you have quite an appetite." K gazes at five serving tables on the other side of the room.
"Well." She gazes up at K, her yellow eyes locking into his point of view while a devious grin works on her mouth. "I wanna grow these." She grabs her chest hidden behind her hotel robe, not grabbing a handful. "If you worried so much about me, we can always exercise."
"Tempting, but I'm good. I want to see if Marco gets Austin back. I hope they don't do that guy dirty."
"Sure. Ignore a half-naked girl." K rubs Kuroka's stomach, causing her to purr.
"Not in the job description." Kuroka falls back onto his blue shirt, eating her candy.
K noticed on the TV that Marco was entering a sand-tan pickup truck.
"K. Do you have siblings?" Kuroka questioned.
"No. Ms.Barechild. I was an only child." K answered, stealing a stick from Kuroka.
"I bet you were a handful."
"I was." K paused. "That's why they didn't want me."
Silence filled the room while the humming of the car from the flat screen was all they heard.
"You're an Orphan?" Kuroka voiced, staring up at K, who only remained on the TV.
"Uh. I don't know. I guess. I was living on the streets. Someone took me in. An older man whom I'm proud to call grandpa." K looks down on her. "I'm surprised someone like you is curious about little old me."
"Well. You pique my interest."
"What, you're an orphan?"
"Me and my sister, a matter of fact. We lived on the streets, and someone took us in. I worked to keep that shelter over us."
"Well. What about your sister?"
Kuroka planted her head on K's chest.
"We're not in speaking terms."
K phone hums. He pulled his phone to his face.
Akeno (The Dark Queen.)
A: Hey. I hope I'm not keeping you up.
K: No. It's fine. What do you need?
A: Someone like to meet you.
K: It's like eleven o'clock at night. Why would someone want to meet me?
A: She said to meet you at your domain.
K: She? Should I roll out a red carpet and make tea?
A: She wants to see you personally. And quick, she said.
K sighs, patting Kuroka's arm. He rises from the bed.
"Ms.Barechild. I hate to cut this short, but something personal popped up."
"Aw. I was getting comfortable." Kuroka frowns, sitting on the bed's center, watching K throw on his hoodie and leather jacket. "You only had an hour left. You would you like to make it up?"
"Sure. If that's fine with you."
"I would like you to stay over. How's that sound?"
"That depends. I might not make it back."
"You have my number. If you can't tomorrow, fine?"
"Sure." K heads to the door. "See you later."
He closes the door behind him, walking down the lovely, lit halls.
K enters the elevator, pushing the first floor. The elevator doors slowly close.
"Oh! Hey, wait up." Someone raised his voice while K quickly pushed the close button, only for a hand to block the doors from closing. "Sorry. We're going to the ground floor?" A man with a black Ceasar haircut and golden bangs dressed in a suit gazed at K, who only avoided his eyes.
"Yep."
"Sweet."
The doors closed, and K stared at the number floor on the elevator HUD, slowly counting down before looking at his phone.
Ms.Barechild
Ms: Don't keep me waiting. ;)
"So." The man starts. "I was in this crucial meeting, and this co-worker of mine asked about a Maid Cafe. It piqued my interest." He gazed at K, who stared from his phone. "You've been to one?"
"No."
"Bummer. I was hoping we could bond during our awkward wait." He rocks on his heels while K eyes the HUD again, seeing them on the second floor. "You play video games?"
"Every once in a while. Not much of a gamer."
"I have a friend who would like an additional member of this hobby."
"I'm good. Thanks, by the way." The door opens while K exits.
He makes it out the door and walks down the street, eyeing the few people on the road.
K takes to the skies while they aren't looking.
...
K jogs to their house, passing the white fence, using the key to unlock the door.
The door opens, revealing Kalawarner in black rim glasses in her shimmering rose pajamas.
"Master." Kalawarner voiced while K threw off his shoes, lining them with the others. "Someone's asking for you." She crosses her arms, following after him to the living room.
"It took you long enough." Ravel took a sip of her cup.
"And who are you?" K squinted his eyes.
"You don't remember, do you? I was in the room. You were barking at my brother."
K remained silent before tilting his head.
"Your."
"Yes. I'm Riser's sister." She set the cup on the table before sliding it away. "I prefer my tea."
"I want you. Out of this house." K points.
"Not before confirmation." K phone hums. "Please. Check that."
"What the hell?" He squinted his eyes.
"Is that not enough?"
"You sent me twenty million dollars!"
Kalawarner messes with her glasses.
"In your nationality terms, yes. Would you like more?" Ravel tilts her head.
"The hell I want more! What the fuck you are doing in my house? Better yet, giving me money like THIS!" He flashes his phone of his bank's abnormal bank account. "At twelve o'clock in the morning?!"
"Let's say today is a bad day for me. I accept the terms from Rias' pawn as promised. She nearly wiped the board of my brother's evil pieces." Ravel places a flyer of a single symbol within it. "An invitation to the wedding from Sirzech."
"Rias lost."
"As I envisioned." Ravel heads to the TV before facing K and Kalawarner. "Oh. You got the attention of a certain someone. A maid of yours, perhaps."
The flames engulf her presence, revealing she was gone.
K paced to their table, eyeing the flyer, while Kalawarner only looked to the floor.
'I must tell Raynare and Mittlet the news.'
"Right." K paces around the living room. "Go to bed. Kalawarner."
"Night Master K." She leaves the room.
K sits on the couch, leaning back with a sigh.
"Fuck me." He rubs his face, getting a knock on the door. "Now, who the hell is it now?" He said under his breath, approaching the door.
"Hey." Issa voiced, standing beside Asia. "Can we come in?"
K let them, watching them take off their shoes.
They headed into the living room while K followed behind.
"Okay. I need your help." Issa starts.
"What for?" K crosses his arms.
"We lost." She pants. "And Rias is getting married to that douche. I'm crashing the party, and I might run into high-level devils. Can you help?"
"No."
Issa and Asia staggered.
"What?" Issa tilts her head with squinted eyes. "I don't think I'm hearing that right."
"I don't get involved with personal matters." K walked to the kitchen.
"You can't be serious." Isa watched K pull out a coffee mug that said, 'Who's sexy? I am.'
"I'm sure. Am. Last time. I did." K pours apple juice into his mug. "I nearly got my family killed."
"That won't happen. This time."
"And you sure?"
"I am."
K closes the cap of the apple juice bin, staring dead into Issa's eyes, noticing Asia behind her.
"You are crashing into a royal family house that paid me. Millions of yen like it was a dollar. Ravel dares to ask if I want more. She said you two made a bet, and you won. I'm proud, but this is not the event I expected to see."
"You earned that money. We have seen how hard you and Ms.Miko work. Please don't do this."
"Oh. You're bribing me."
Issa slams her hand against the table. The shake from the force filled the silent house.
"Damn it! K! What the hell is your problem?!" She raised her voice.
"Issa. Lower your voice." Asia comments.
"Fuck!" Issa rubs her nose, giving K a grin. "You're driving me."
"Sorry." K drinks his apple juice before smacking his lips with a hiss. "I don't have my license."
"Fuck! Your license! Come to the party. Rias got kidnapped."
"Do you have proof, Like marriage papers? I don't jump into grease, knowing I'll get burned."
"Fuck you!" Issa shouts, pointing. "Fuck you!" Asia grabs Issa's arm, only for her to pull away. "I had it! I could handle your mood swings and smart remarks, but you push it! Do you know how many things we did for you!"
"Oh. The house. The rune. and the money." K leans on the table, squinting his eyes. "All to train Rias Lapdog. I could be slow sometimes, but I'm not fucking stupid."
"That's not what it is, you asshole! We care about you."
"Yeah."
"What are you going to do about Asia?!"
"I'll keep an eye on her. Like I do at Kuoh."
"Riser doesn't care! Do you hear me? He doesn't because he's like you! You fucking asshole!" Issa leans on the table, their faces a foot from one another. "He was assigned here at Kuoh once. And this whole place went to shit! Do you know! I dig my hand into my pillowcase every time I drift asleep. Clenching onto a baton I had with me. Since I was little, I have been hoping to the big man above that no one harms me and my family!"
Issa became teary-eyed while clenching her teeth.
"And this man. He is marrying the president who gives a damn about us and Kuoh. And in time. He would drag her away."
"And I will always be here." K voiced while Issa slammed her fist onto the table.
"Enough with this vigilante shit! Even with all that power. You are just a teen with anger issues. You can't save everyone!" K raised a brow. "Yeah. I think I got you all figured out. Something happened. To cause this spark of events, it may be a problem with your incompetence."
K's crazy eyes pierced Issa while the full moon behind him filled the kitchen.
"Out!" Someone shouts behind Issa and Asia.
Miko stood in her grey shorts and a white oversized t-shirt.
"Out! I say!" Miko points to the hall where the maids in their sleeping wear stands.
Issa's teary eyes look back at K.
"Get. Help." She choked, walking past Miko. "Sorry." Issa bows while Miko avoids her presence.
"I'll look after her." Asia voiced while Miko avoided her as well.
K and the rest hear the front door close.
"You girls go upstairs." Miko voiced while K looked to the backyard window, eyeing the moon with crossed arms. He hears their footsteps climb the stairs, and then silence comes. "K, look at me."
He remained silent, not moving a muscle.
"K Woods. Don't. You dare. Not look at me."
K looks over his shoulder at Miko with crossed arms.
"Come. Sit." She commands while K pushes himself off the counter.
He took a seat at the table while Miko followed.
"What was that all about?" Miko questioned, crossing her fingers.
"Don't worry about it."
"Don't worry about it?! You are keeping a monster in our shed! What happened to. Killing them?!" Miko tilts her head with a grin. "Yeah. I know. I wanted to trim the bushes so I could reduce your workload. And I happened to see her."
"She could be proved valid. To protect you and this house."
"I wanted you to protect me!"
"I know!" K booms while Miko blinks. "I'm sorry. I know you are scared. I promise I'll look out for her."
"And then what?" She fixes her glasses. "Recruit more?"
"That's only a one-time thing."
"That's what Hito said." Miko grins, shrugging her shoulders. "You are not blood-related, but you are his boy. Do you like to know how his child and wife died?" K squinted his eyes. "He kicked them out—that night. He was shouting. I heard him from my house—something about not cleaning the house. I know there's something more than that. He was mean to them and everyone, even me."
"They were in tears, pleading, only for him to slam the door on them." Miko continued. "I came. To advise a hotel they can stay in if I would've taken them in. I would've gotten an earful. Hito only saw them in an urn those days he kept in his room, under the floorboards." Miko tears up. "It wasn't much. It was only his son's eye and his wife's arm."
Miko chokes while K grabs her hand.
"I know. I had some part of it." Her voice cracks. "I should've taken them in."
"Stop." K supports "Don't ever say that."
Miko's handshakes while she clamps her mouth. Tears rain down, hitting the table.
"K. Whatever you do. Don't be him." Her teary blue eyes stared into his. She grasps his hand. "He wants you to be better. Whatever happened in the past. You have to let go."
K lets go of Miko's hand before rising from a chair.
"That's more complicated than it looks." K walks from the kitchen, leaving Miko alone.
K climbs the steps, heading down the hall, and opens the door across from his bedroom.
"Hey." K flicks the light on, getting groans from the girls. "Get. Up."
Three beds lined along the sand brown walls while their headdresser sat beside it.
"Master." Mittlet groans. "Please."
"Tell me." K starts. "How do you use this?" K flashes the flyer Ravel gave him.
...
Issa sprints to a dark hall, eyeing the giant gates ahead of her.
Someone grabs her waist.
"Stop! Surrender now! Or they'll be hell to pay!" A royal guard warned while Issa struggled within his grip.
"You right about that!" Issa elbowed the guard before hurling him through the doors.
A wave of light and classical music welcomed her, only for it to come to a stop. A wave of people of royalty eyed her, and so did the members of ORC dress nicely.
"Riser! Show yourself!" Issa shouts.
"You got to be kidding, me?!" Riser stood from his throne above the stairs of the party. "Riser should have killed you."
Issa looks to Rias in a white wedding dress, gazing at Issa.
"Your story hasn't finished yet." She paced down the hall, passing everyone and her members. "I'm taking Rias back after I kicked your ass."
"Have you not seen what happened at the Rating game? Would you like a reminder?"
"After you drove your fist in my gut. I didn't have that kind of filling in mind in years to come." Issa points at Riser. "I should eat fried chicken for the night."
Riser paced down the stairs. His dress shoes clicking filled the silence of the hall. He stops at the ground floor.
"Your jokes are tiresome. Be original."
"Oh. Uh. Pardon my French. This engagement is dog water, and I've seen bigger and better things than this." Issa raised a finger with a smile. "I forgot. Your daddy paid for all of this."
Wing of flames sprew from Riser's back.
"Well. One moment." A man in his mid-twenties, looking similar to Rias, stood before the two. "How you two fair in a rating game?"
"Sirzech, that is unnecessary." Riser voiced, folding his arms. "Riser burn her to ash. Then, we can get back to this beautiful spark of events."
"Yet, let's give her a chance." Sirzech looked to Issa, who kept her eyes on surprised Rias. "Issa, correct? I heard a lot about you from Rias. You hold the Welsh dragon as a sacred gear. Not only that, you have potential during your preview."
"Yes. That. Me." Issa answered.
"What would be your reward? If you beat Riser?"
"Rias Gremory." She points while Rias covers her mouth.
"That's preposterous! If you think Riser entertains that!" Riser adds.
"Well." Sirzechs starts closing his eyes. "What you presented in the games is beyond anything I imagine. I know you, Riser, but that was a new low."
"Fine. If that's how you play it." Riser snaps his fingers. A wall of flames stood before Issa, and it stopped. "Meet my rook."
A mountain of muscle towered over Issa, like a human to an ant. A massive horn stands from his forehead—her opponent's body, covered with sharp edges of thick brown skin.
"He likes to call himself Carnage Kabuto." The Mountain of muscle tilts his head, giving a wicked smile on his pale lips.
"He's the one that stalked me." Kiba voiced, getting everyone's attention. "This all was just one-sided."
"And I would have killed you. If that witch hadn't got to you first." Kabuto adds, causing Kiba to step back only to hover his hand over his sword handle.
Rias glares at Riser, who shrugs his shoulders.
"Riser may be egotistical, but he's no monster. Not like him." Riser eyed Carnage Kabuto and Issa, who didn't move a muscle. "He took only one mutated rook piece. And now he's as strong as me. I gave you all a chance. Riser's kindness welcomes you."
"Girl." Issa's hand glowed as he spoke. "I'd prepared for Riser, but this is beyond my capabilities. His level is beyond yours."
"I play many games to know everyone has a weakness." Issa starts while Kabuto's smile widens. "I'll take anything he dishes out."
"I'll humor you." Kabuto comments. "But I'll you warn you. I have a short attention span."
"I hope. I can fair." A hand brushes Issa's back. He stood in front of her. K, wearing a blue cap on his head in his Hit jacket, looks up to Kabuto. "I have one, too."
Kabuto tilts his head.
"And who the hell are you?"
"I'm K. I hunt monsters for fun."
"I heard rumors." Sirzech voiced while K and Kabuto eyed each other up. "Your Hit, Who helped my little sister, Rias. Tell me. Why are you here?"
"I heard Rias needs help, and I'm here to bring her home." K looks past Kabuto.
"Well. The game has changed." Sirzech voiced once more. "Riser, you would face Issa while K against Kabuto. Two rounds. Those that are defeated will fight the next. With the help of Phoenix tears, do you mind?"
"I'd like to add a condition to this. We're fighting to the Death." Riser takes off his suit, revealing his four-pack.
"That's music. To my ears." Kabuto adds.
"I will. Ready. The dimension for you four." Grayfia bows.
"Sounds like a plan." Kabuto looks down at K, who is in thought. "What's the matter, little guy?"
K snaps out of it.
"Oh..sorry, I was debating if I should have takeout or cook tomorrow." Kabuto growls.
The fallen maids stood beside ORC members.
"So. You brought him here?" Koneko questioned Raynare.
"That was an order, Mistress Koneko." She answered while her eyes remained on the four.
"Then we. Have a chance." Kiba adds. "Let's wish them luck." The members, but Asia, that wasn't there. Nodded at one another.
The four combatants shimmered in blue energy while K gave one last look at Rias and Issa, who kept her eyes on Riser.
"Good luck." Issa starts. "Don't go dying on me."
"I should. Say the same." K answered back. "Don't break a nail. Welsh Dragon." Issa finally gazed at K, only to disappear in a shimmering light, followed by K.
A white light takes his vision only to vanish.
Buildings and billboards stood before K and the red cloudy skies.
Time Square in New York stood before K. His vision grew blurry while his breath grew ragged.
Screams filled his head while K stepped back. He nearly tripped while a firm hand gripped his ankle.
"Please." A ragged voice states. "Help me." A man's side of his face revealed his bloody skeleton. His red eye stares up at him.
K pulled away before eyeing destruction before him. The debris of the plane's last waste on Times Square, blood, and burn marks stained the ground.
A man with an airplane part lodged into his chest. Wandered around the square like it was a Tuesday for him.
"Sir." A woman in a torn business dress covered with scratches and bruises approached K, holding his hand. "Sir? Do you know where my daughter is?"
"What?" K questioned.
"She's in grade school. She has a ponytail and a hero's backpack. The great pretender." The woman stumbled on her words. "Do you know where she is?"
"No." K clenches the rune along his neck, holding it tight before falling to his knees. "I don't know." He choked, closing his eyes.
"Sir. Please." He felt her hand on his shoulder. In a blur, K looks up to see his alter ego, Hit. His face was covered in darkness.
"Get. Up. Sport." He chuckled. "We did our best. You can say. This is our canon event." Hit tilts his head. "Get up. You're making us look bad." He chirped.
The destruction and Hit vanished. Before him was Carnage Kabuto with a raised brow and the Rip in the sky seeing the party.
"Was that a panic attack?" Mittlet eyed the Rip to K and Kabuto.
"Of. Course." Kiba answered. "Being there triggered that. Riser knows what he's doing."
'He looks. Like a kid for once.' Akeno eyes lightened.
"The hell was that?" Kabuto questioned while K collected his breath. "You having second thoughts?"
"No." K stood to his feet, shaking his hand.
"Good."
"This is a fight. To the Death." Grayfia announced. "There are no rules and no time limit. You may begin."
K feels a train drive into his skull.
A crater forms underneath them, launching K into several buildings.
At the end of a building, Kabuto grabs K's head and drives it into the street, causing the debris to fly. The mirrors of buildings surrounding them shake.
Kabuto grabs the boy's ankle before repeatedly slamming him into the street. The sound of the body meeting the concrete filled the quiet city like a drum.
'This feels nice.' K head rocks by Kabuto rampage.
Kabuto stops his attack and hoists K in the air, and his arms dangling. K felt darkness take him.
"This waste of my time." Kabuto eyed the scratched-up K while the boy's blood dripped from his head.
K rocks, clobbering a clean punch on Kabuto.
Kabuto slides back, digging up the street with his heels while K rushes him in a blur. K lands a series of punches that roared like thunder.
'I might lose this.' K punches cause Kabuto to rock, only for Carnage Kabuto to end his combo with a knock across his head.
K bounces against the street.
'This is where he died.' Raynare gazed up at the Rip, seeing K lying on the battered street. 'Good riddance.'
She looks at Issa and Riser's fight within another rip.
Riser bobs his head, dodging every punch Issa throws. Her fist hits his chest before Riser headbutts Issa into the ground.
"Back at the game. Riser gave you consideration because you are a girl." Issa rushes Riser once more. Riser blocks Issa's punch, and Issa kicks to his leg. "But now, you're a mere cockroach! Hyoudou!"
Riser's palm strikes Issa's throat, causing her to choke before Riser kicks her to the ground.
Issa hits her back. Lying on the chess pattern floor, eyeing the chess statues in the arena's corners.
"Big Brother!" A rip in the sky revealed Ravel glaring. "Show her! The House of Phoenix doesn't take disrespect lightly from low-class devils!"
"You don't have to say it twice." Riser stomps onto Issa's chest, leaning all his weight into her ribs, causing her to wince.
"Yeah." Issa wrestles against Riser's weight. "I'm a cockroach, but I'm Ria's cockroach."
She kicks Riser's supporting ankle, causing him to fall onto Issa. She presses her gauntlet against Riser's cheek, causing him to scream.
"Agh!" Riser rolls from Issa, his face smoking. "AH! What the hell you do?!" Riser's right cheek is now engraved, a cross symbol struggling to heal the wound within its flames.
"Our bishop. Was a Nun once." Issa stands up, holding a silver cross necklace in her gauntlet. "And thanks to Asia, I can beat you." Riser clenches his teeth while the flames on his back grow in height.
"You sacrifice your arm?!"
"Yeah, and I'll do it again. Ddraig! Now!"
The orb of her scared gear glowed. A red chest plate forms with a sphere in the center while dark red armor scales her arms and face.
A green glow shimmered where her eyes were. A red dragon armor stood before Riser, pointing at him.
"Scared? Riser? This is my boosted Scalemail!"
"AGH!" Riser hurls a massive ball of fire while Issa flies from the attack, which crashes into a chess statue, causing the area to shake.
"Promotion to Queen!" Issa shouts, flying towards Riser in a blur.
"Nine!" Ddraig announced in Issa's head.
Issa and Riser clashed before throwing and dodging punches from one another. They deliver blow after blow before Riser punches her away.
Issa slides to the other end of the arena, spewing her dragon wings while summoning four sparkles of light.
"Consecutive!" Issa punches the three lights in a horse stance before reeling her fist back. "Dragonshot!"
The four red beams roared toward Riser, who welcomed it with open arms. At the last moment, He unleaded a wave of flames, winning the one-sided battle.
"ACK!" Issa flips, tumbling to the arena's edge. She held onto the ledge, eyeing the never-ending red sky below.
"Four!" Ddraig announced.
Issa leaps onto the arena once more. Eyeing Riser.
'I'm going to hate doing this.' Issa got into a standing meditative pose.
"That trick won't work!" Riser hurls a tsunami of flames. Issa's way.
Issa crashed through the arena floor while the flame destroyed the other side of the arena.
Riser gazes about, clicking his tongue.
"Hyoudou!" He looks around before catching Issa's punch from his blind spot before hurling her into the ground.
"Burst!" The gear announces while Issa loses her armor.
Riser grips her throat while Issa flashes her bloody teeth.
'Ddraig! Give me more power!' Issa looks at the massive red dragon in her dreamscape.
'It cannot be done.' Ddraig answered back.
'Why?! Is it because I'm so damn weak?'
'I'm afraid so.'
She kicks about while pressing her hand against Riser's face before he headbutts her again. Grasping her throat. The flames in Riser's eyes locked onto the red-faced Issa. Gasping for air.
She eyed the Rip past Riser.
Kabuto throws Battered K around before he hurls K back into Times Square.
K slides to a stop, bloody, with cuts on his face. Body and a swollen eye. His breath grew ragged, staring up at the Rip at the party.
The members all stared with worry while Rias was in tears.
Another rip stood beside it, showing Issa getting choked by Riser.
'I thought Akihito was different.' K thought, filling the weight of Kabuto. 'He's like me in the end.'
A figure stood before him before crouching. Hit tilts his head.
"You really are stupid." Hit points down at K. "You dumber as a bag of rocks. I wouldn't call you a caveman because you have been assaulted by a glass of retard." Hit firmly pressed K's forehead. "Dumb. Dumb. There's no one around."
'You in my head. Asshole.' K thought back.
"Are you fucking kidding me? A human can't beat a monster. A monster can. You have free reign in a place like this. Don't you feel different with that rune you're wearing?"
'What?'
"What?" Hit mocks K. "It's just you and The Rock's, uncle. Close your eyes. Let him beat the smart back at ya."
Kabuto's fist roars into K's gut, causing him to cough blood.
Kabuto gave a series of punches, digging K into the ground.
"All that talk." Kabuto voiced, continuing his onslaught. "I'm heading back to the bird's party once I'm done. I'm killing everyone there and whatever in hell itself!" He laughs while his eyes shift in tone.
"What is he talking about?" Mittlet questioned, eyeing the Rip.
"He locked me in a void for seven years! And I know a way back. Once you search long and hard, there are holes everywhere! I KNOW THE PLACE LIKE THE BACK OF MY HAND!"
Kabuto grabs a piece of rubble before hurling it across the sky.
A loud whistle filled the ballroom. Rias flew from her chair before something crashed onto the steps a few feet from where Rias sat.
Guests ran for the exits, crying while Others stayed.
"Brother!" Ravel shouts at the rip Issa and Riser are in. "Brother! Are you listening!" Riser only ignores her.
"Die already!" Kabuto shouts, continuing his assault on K, only to fly into the sky like a bullet.
He recovers, flying with bat-like flaming wings. Kabuto winced, looking to his gut to see his shell bent inside out.
K climbs out of the hole. His muscles budged while his eyes were cold white.
"RAAAAGH!" K roared into the sky like a psycho.
Issa's eyes nearly closed.
"Wait." Raynare squints her eyes. "Did that brat."
A sparkle of Issa's dragon shot slowly falls toward Riser and Issa.
"Transfer!" Her gear announced.
A wave of energy rushed into her system. Issa pulled a glass of holy water and splashed Riser in his face.
"AH!" Riser flies off her while Issa quickly blocks the splash before rising to her feet.
She wraps the cross necklace around her hand before rushing Riser.
Issa threw a heavy punch.
"That's for Asia!" Issa throws another. "This for grabbing on Yuebella and You thinking she's better than Rias. She's all pillow while Rias is big and firm! That girl can back that shit up!" She gave Riser a flying knee. "Akeno. The Killer Queen with breast of thunder!" Issa begins a combo. "Koneko. It's small, like an ant, but bites like a fire ant! Asia. The Holy Grail! The Fallen! The Pandora box! And K. The train that could!" She drop-kicks Riser and hits the ground. "Yeah! That felt good!"
"That brat must be out of her mind?!" Raynare shouts with a growl. "How many times she needs to be beaten to get it in her thick skull!"
"Preach. It." Koneko adds.
Issa stares down at Riser, who is unconscious.
"Suck it." Issa points exhaustively before coughing.
The floor gave out while Issa gave a rough scream. A pair of hands caught her.
"Issa, great job!" Kiba voiced while he, Koneko, and Akeno hovered to the ground back into the hall.
Koneko punches Issa gut.
"If you had a dick. I would punch it."
"Thanks for the consideration." Issa wheezed.
"Issa!" Rias flies over to her in tears before bringing Issa into her chest. The girl blushed. Rias kisses all over Issa's face, causing Issa's nose to bleed. "Here." Rias held a Phoenix tear before using it on Issa to heal instantly and regain her energy.
"That's feel better." Issa sighs happily.
"I wouldn't. Say for this situation." Mittlet remarked while all the members gazed at K's Rip.
Carnage Kabuto punches K into the Times Square steps. K disappeared, landing three thundering punches to Kabuto before grabbing the thick skin on the edge of Kabuto's chest.
He hoists him off the ground.
"What's wrong?" K slams him into the ground, causing heavy debris to rain. Billboards and buildings surrounding them burst, causing the glass to follow. "You wanted this! No?!" K drags Kabuto's face along the ground, racing down the streets in a blur.
A line of dug streets follows. K hurls Kabuto down the road towards the district's edge into a local college.
"A Monster! Could kill another!" K roars before Kabuto rushes and lands a blow to K. K, flies down the street a reasonable distance before sliding to his feet.
Kabuto continued the combo, unleashing an uppercut, causing K to bullet into the sky.
K bounces like a pinball faster than the naked-eyed. Kabuto appears above him, sledgehammering him to a building.
The whole island shook while K dropped like a bomb.
Buildings in half of the business district crumpled down, releasing a massive smokescreen.
"I'M ABOVE THE HUMAN EVOLUTION!" Carages Kabuto shouts. "I'M THE STRONGEST! SMARTEST! AND THE GREATEST THEY EVER WAS! I REJECT! BEING A DEVIL! Because I am a BLOOD KING!"
A plate of land flips into the sky, rushing Kabuto. Kabuto punches it into pieces, revealing K with his fist reeled back.
Kabuto dodges, causing K to miss his target.
'BIG BANG ATOMIC!' K claps.
The sky and ground shake while half New York plummets into the endless sky.
This redirected K into Kabuto in a blur.
K tackles Kabuto, and they fly to the edge of New York, where the docks stand.
They crash on the driveway at the dock. K pummels Kabuto into the ground until a hand reaches K's face.
The boy dodges before biting into the arm of Kabuto.
"RAGH!" Kabuto roared while K ripped a piece of shell and flesh off his arm.
Kabuto punches K into the metal doors of the loading docks. Kabuto stood to his feet, veins bulging from his head and his teeth grinding against one another, threatening to break.
A pool of green blood rolls from the Mountian of Muscle, dripping into the ground. K exited the loading docks.
Kabuto's blood drips from K's mouth and down his jaw. K gave a bloody smile while preparing himself, his hands arching like claws.
"Tasty."
"I'LL PAINT! THIS CITY WITH YOUR BLOOD!!" Kabuto rushes K, tackling him into the loading docks.
"He wasn't this strong." Raynare staggered back, eyeing the Rip.
"He fights like an animal." Issa eyed K, digging his fingers into Kabuto's eye.
"We have a major problem on our hands." Sirzech stood beside them, eyeing the Rip. "Rias, that rune you gave him. You made a grave mistake."
"What?" Rias gazed at her brother. "What are you on about?!"
"Look." They gaze at the fight. "He's adapting while battling. And at a car pace. Whatever you did to that rune, it's consuming K's mind. Something triggered it."
"I think. I have something to do with it." Issa avoided every stare. "I went over to his house with Asia, asking for help, but he was acting like dick like usual. I told him off and said something that triggered him."
"What did you say?" Rias questioned.
"His incompetence. Can't save everyone."
Everyone grew silent, listening to the screams and destruction K and Carnage Kabuto were causing.
"We should. Leave." Kalawarner ordered.
"We can't leave them there." Rias voiced. "If either of the two are let loose, who knows how much damage they can do."
"Well." A young man with black pearl eyes and shaggy hair stood among the group before looking at the Rip. "Let those two brawl it out. That's what we can do now."
"I put my faith with you, Death." Sirzech nods. "If all else fails. I'll hold one of them off until reinforcements."
Battered and bloody, Feral K slides from a massive fireball attack while K and Kabuto rush again. K unleashed a blow into Kabuto's back, causing Kabuto to bullet into the sky.
"THE HELL ARE YOU!" Kabuto's roar filled the realm while he recovered, battered and bloody.
"I'm the monster! That lurks in the shadows!" K roared. "The beast of the Kuoh! A Hunter that drinks blood from monsters like you and me!" K clenches his hands harder, causing them to shake. "I'll DIE WHEN YOU ALL BURN IN HELL!"
"YOU FIRST!" Kabuto roared.
Carnage Kabuto's teeth grew sharp, his eyes turned red, and his muscles grew in size while the horn on his head sharpened to a point.
"CARNAGE!!" Kabuto's voice wallows while fire bursts from him, covering the sky.
"COME ON!!" K welcomed the attack with open arms.
Kabuto missile down at K. Their fist clashed before it went in a blur. The solid ground cave, inch by inch, struggling to hold those two.
The flames of Kabuto scorched the remaining district they stood, leaving the other floating islands untouched.
"RAAAAGH!!" K and Kabuto screams.
K felt a snap in his arm. Kabuto's fists land on K rune hanging on his neck, shattering it in pieces.
K's white eyes stared in shock before another scorching fist drove into K's skull.
Smashing him into the ground. The island rumbles with the tempo of Carnage Kabuto ruthlessly delivered.
'Finally.' K felt his vision grow dark because of the debris.
Kabuto gave a final punch, sending K and the Island pummeling into the endless sky.
'I'm at peace.' K eyed the pool of blood flying after the boy and Carnage Kabuto growing smaller.
"AAAAAH!!!" Carnage Kabuto roars, clawing at his face before screaming at the top of his lungs.
"Rias. Take your peerage and Fallen. And go." Sirzech ordered.
"I'm not leaving you here!" Rias shouts while Kabuto stares into the Rip at the ballroom, where Rias and the others staggered back.
Carnage Kabuto tilted his head, his hands opening and closing while giving a toothy smile, flashing his teeth in green blood.
"That's an order!" Sirzech raises his voice while Raynare falls to her knees before hurling herself into a ball.
"Brother!" Ravel slaps her big brother, still unconscious. Riser peerage surrounded the two. "Get up. Get up!" She looks to the Tear.
"Carnage! Carnage!" Kabuto cheers. "CARNAGE!!!"
"Yubelluna!" Ravel screams at their Queen in tears.
'Why would you want to give up?' A familiar voice fills K's head.
'Danny?' K thought back, eyeing darkness.
'Why would you want to kill yourself so badly?'
'I killed so many people.' He said slowly. 'I can't be Saitama.'
'You're not. Your Kae Woods. Smartass. Street Breaker. Experience masseur. Hit. And my best friend.'
'You don't mean that.'
'I love you, K. I always had.'
K's eyes snapped open. Pieces of land surrounded K.
The boy claps, landing on a flipping piece before leaping.
K bullet toward Kabuto before landing a blow across his cheekbone. His neck stretches before his body follows.
Kabuto crashes into the industrial district of New York. At the same time, K followed, doing a superhero landing in the center of the street beside a car shop.
K spits his blood to the side before licking his lips.
"CARNAGE!!" Carnage Kabuto appeared behind K.
K looks over his shoulder, giving Kabuto a calm gaze while tilting his head.
A red and black aura spills from the boy, causing Kabuto to jolt back.
"What just happened?" Issa questioned.
"Carnage?" Kabuto said under his breath.
"I'm sorry about what happened. Earlier." K scratches his arm. "It's unhealthy to bottle up all that anger. Thank you for helping me." K raised his fist. "I'm ready where you are."
Kabuto didn't move a muscle while K tilted his head again.
"You wondering how I got this strong?"
"Carnage. Carnage." Kabuto replied.
K's face grew defined.
"First, you need to stick to an intense workout regimen. 100 PUSH-UPS, 100 SIT-UPS, 100 SQUATS, 10K MILES Sprints." A training montage of young K begins. "When you start, you will feel like your limps will fall off, but don't give up. Turn off your ARC to save money and train your mind. When I did this, I wanted to die so all this agony could stop, but no, I needed to be stronger. Eat a healthy diet that recommends three meals daily, but a banana is fine." Everyone was silent as the wind blew in the dimension softly.
"WHAT?!" Nearly everyone shouted in the ballroom.
"DOING THAT IS JUST BASIC STUFF WHEN YOUR BODY IS USED TO IT!!! TELL US THE TRUTH!!!" Koneko shouted angrily, surprising Rias and others.
"Carnage. CARNAGE!!!" Kabuto burst into flames.
Kabuto attacks K, Launching K into another set of buildings as the factories and house are blown to bits.
K flies onto another Island, crashing into a street holding grass and houses that never end.
K stood to his feet, brushing himself off.
Carnage Kabuto appeared once more.
"CARNAGE!!"
K uppercuts Kabuto, canceling his charge as green blood spills on the road and houses.
"AAH!!" K shouts to the sky. Listening to it echo. "I'm K Yuri! I'm Hit from Kuoh! Protector of Gremory and her peerage! Protector of Earth, Hell, and Angels! If anyone wants to disturb that peace, you must get through ME!!"
More hair fell from his head, revealing his math teacher haircut.
Suddenly, the dimension disappears. K is falling slowly to the ground.
A pair of hands grab onto him.
"I don't think I could hold him." Koneko grunts while K tilts his head.
Akeno drops a phoenix tear on K, healing him from the wounds.
The members of the party shivered, sensing K's heavy aura.
'He's as strong as Ria's brother.' Akeno thought, eyeing Koneko and seeing veins on her forehead.
"Well." Akeno starts. "I don't think Rias will carry him, so drop him. Kiba, tell Rias, would you kindly." Kiba nodded and flew off to find Rias.
"Koneko, you better not--" K got cut off by Koneko dropping him. He slowly continued falling. "And she drops me." K looks back to see the grass and bushes near the party. "Well, it will do minor damage."
K crashed, sounding like a thunderbolt.
20 feet into the ground. K lay in the middle of the bowl with his arms to the side, looking blankly.
"Oh, K!!!!" Rias flew to K with tears in her eyes as she hugged him while K sat up.
"Hey, are you okay?" K looks down at her.
"I would like to use a K token now." Rias pulls from K while her lip quivers.
"Wait, you don't--" Rias kissed him.
K's eyes widen while his heart picks up.
The members smiled, flying above them.
...
K walked through the ballroom, eyeing the rumble, sitting on the steps while approaching the fallen maids.
"Hey." K looks over his shoulder at Ravel standing before him. "Here." She places a Pheonix tear in his hand before closing his hand. "Don't lose it."
Ravel walks away while K looks down at it.
"You ready, girls?" K voiced, approaching the Fallen Maid.
"Yes. Master K."
"No. No. Don't call me that." The maids raise a brow. "K is fine. Let's go home, shall we?"
"Sure. K."
...
K opens the hotel room door to see Kuroka sleep in bed. He took off his shirt before climbing into bed. He hugs her tight, and she does the same, laying her head on his chest.
K looks at his phone.
Akeno(Dark Princess)
K: Hey, I need you to do me a favor.
A: Yeah? What is it?
K sat his phone down on the dresser before hugging Kuroka.
"You not alone." K kissed her forehead while he felt her grip his wrist.