Chapter 11: Awakening
Ritual Altar
3rd Person POV
The four devils continued to stare at Asia's body. One of them having the feeling that has and would always linger within him, that feeling of losing a friend.
"Yes! I've been lusting after this power for years!" Raynare proclaimed with a wicked expression, the rings she had stolen from Asia's body in hand. "Those miserable hearts are in the palm of my hand...perfect." She lowered the glowing aura emitting rings towards her and placed them on her chest. The rings entered her body, and she immediately reeled back with a pleasure-filled moan.
The whole room is blinded by a bright green light for a brief moment, before dying down again. Everyone in the whole room looked upon Raynare, who was radiating with pure magical energy. A mix of both pure and dark. Now, she had complete control of her new stolen powers. As everything begins to settle, Raynare chuckled rather maniacally. "I'll be beloved. I'll be the most powerful fallen angel there is!" She turns around and looks at everyone below her. "All those pricks who have screwed me over are going regret it!"
"The only one who's going to regret anything, IS YOU!!!" (Y/N) yelled with pure rage as he charged toward the fallen angle upon the altar. As he ran, a horde of priest proceeded to block the way. "I don't have time for this! OUT OF MY WAY!!!" He yelled as he dodged a downward slash from a stray priest, who was then punched in the face and sent flying by the black and white-haired boy.
Another one attempted to attack (Y/N), but was quickly side kicked in the stomach and thrown to the side via head toss. One more tried to take the young devil by surprise by attacking from behind, but is blocked by Kiba stepping in, blocking the attack with his own sword. The sword quickly turned pitch black, catching the stray priest by surprise. Koneko quickly grabbed him from behind and proceeded to throw him across the room.
"No you don't!" One priest yelled at the group of devils as he pulled out a gun, but was quickly parried by Kiba. Only to be kicked away by Koneko.
Rather quickly, the three devils began to make a path for (Y/N) to take.
Seeing this newfound opportunity provided by his friends, he immediately bolted towards the staircase that lead to Asia and Raynare.
Unfortunately, three gun-wielding priests managed to break away from the fighting with the others and aimed their guns at the running devil, taking their shots.
Upon hearing them, (Y/N) quickly turned around and swiped his hand with the speed of sound. He displayed the bullets fired at him caught in between four of his fingers. He tossed them back at the priests and they fall to the floor, dead. However, two of them managed to lose their grip on their guns and they toss them into the air, only to be caught by the devil. Without hesitation, he began shooting the stray priests in their vital spots, killing them instantly. "You guys must not be as Holy as you thought, seeing as how a devil is both holding and killing you with your, so-called Holy Guns!" (Y/N) yelled as he continued to make his way up the stairs towards Asia, but not before taking a few shots at Raynare, who just flew out of the way. (Y/N) managed to make it to the top of the altar, only to see a motionless Asia Argento. He slowly walks towards her, still in complete shock and disarray.
Without even giving notice, Raynare landed by him and simply smirks. "I suppose you deserve a reward for making it this far." She smirked as she snapped her fingers.
The chains binding Asia glow red for a slight moment but quickly fades as the chains loosen and the shackles unlock, releasing the blonde holy sister. As she quickly began to fall to the floor, with one of her breasts showing, (Y/N) rushed over and caught her in his arms.
"I've got you!" He said as he lowered her to lower elevation. "Asia, It's me... Come on, please be okay." He begged, tears forming in his eyes.
Through the little strength she had left, Asia managed to try and open her eyes, seeing her savior. "(Y/N)... you came." She said weakly.
"Of course I did. But just hang on a little longer, we're not out of the woods yet... so stay with me 'kay?" He asked with a soft-hearted smile.
Asia smiled in return as she started to shed tears of her own. "'Kay." She replied, before falling unconscious once more.
"Go ahead and take the girl. I got what I needed." Raynare said as she walked behind the two.
"You Fucking Bitch!" (Y/N) snapped, a fierce glare and burning hatred in his eyes. "Put her Sacred Gear back where you found it, this instant!"
"So tough~" The fallen angel mocked. "Sorry. I had to betray my superiors to snag that little gem. Unfortunately for you, you're about to become my denouement." She then summoned one of her spears of light. "But the good news is...you get to die together." She said with a sinister smile, taking her aim at the two.
On the lower level of the room, Kiba, Koneko and Issei were still fighting off stray priests.
Kiba managed to kick one back. Taking this moment to breathe, he looked towards (Y/N) and tried to alert him of their current situation. "(Y/N) 'friad they've got the upper hand!" He yelled.
The black and white-haired devil simply held onto Asia tightly as he could without hurting her, hoping to keep calm. "You know, the moment you asked me out I knew something was wrong. Something like this never happens in my life. You know why?" He prompted.
"Should I care?" Raynare asked as she gripped her spear of light tighter, preparing to kill the young devil.
(Y/N) slowly stood up, holding Asia bridal style and looking away from Raynare. But he slowly turned his head until he could see Raynare in the corner of his eye. "Because my life is just like war, it never changes." He declared with a menacing tone.
Raynare began to thrust her spear into (Y/N)'s back. But he managed to deflect it with one of the stray priests guns he still had on him. "Va Te Faire Foutre." He utters before pointing the gun at Raynare.
She stumbled back before regaining her composure, only to see a gun pointed at her.
"Which is French for Fuck off!" The young devil roared, unleashing all of the bullets he had left onto Raynare, riddling her with holes.
After the clip within the gun was emptied, (Y/N) tossed the gun to the side and regains a much more supportive hold on Asia. He jumped down from the altar and made a break for the exit. As he made his way, more and more stray priests continue to get in the way. Thankfully they were stopped by Kiba, Koneko and surprisingly Issei.
"You guys, what are you-?"
"Go on (Y/N)! We'll deal with the rest." Kiba said.
"What?! No I-"
"Dude, standing around won't do us any good." Issei yelled as he continued to hold off more opponents along with the blonde swordsman and the white-haired loli.
"Now go! Leave already." Koneko yelled as she kicked another opposition away.
(Y/N) looked at them with hesitation. But agreed to do as they said regardless. 'Thank you...my friends. I swear, after this you'll never have to bail me out again. I promise!' (Y/N) declared to himself as he left the area with Asia, running out the room and leaving the others down below.
Church Ruins
Once the two made it above ground, (Y/N) looked around desperately for a place to lay his friend down. He saw a nearby bench and gently placed her down on one of them. "Alright, just a little longer and you'll be free. Just stay strong for me, please." (Y/N) asked.
Asia slowly and weakly rose her hands, which he gently grasped.
"There you go, just stay strong. I promise, we'll make it through together." Tears could be easily seen leaking through his (E/C) eyes.
"I wish it were different. It would've been great to have grown up in this country...gone to your school." Asia claimed, her strength leaving her as her life slowly faded away.
"You still can, and it'll be ten times better with you around." He inquired, tears constantly falling from his (E/C) eyes. "Hey, when you get better we'll go out and have some fun like bowling. That sounds like fun, right?"
Asia placed her hand on the boy's cheek, tears beginning to roll down the side of her face. "I never wanted to make you cry (Y/N), I'm sorry...goodbye."
Asia's hands fell cold. They fell out of (Y/N)'s grasp and hung in the air. He knew very well what happened, he just didn't want to believe it. The young devil had already lost so much, and now he's lost something again. With no hesitation, he let all your tears out. He placed his clasped hands against his forehead in anguish.
"Asia, no. Please. You never deserved this." He lifted the blonde nun's lifeless body into his arms. "YOU NEVER DESERVED ANY OF THIS!!! Please...give her back." He begged as he stares up at the sanctuary cross, praying for his plea to come true. "All she wanted was to make friends and she had one in me she would've made so many more...Is that it? Could this all my fault? Did you punish her because she made friends with a devil like myself? I'm sorry okay! I'm sorry..." (Y/N) let the tears in his eyes fall as he cried in the crook of Asia's neck. His cries of sorrow being the only noise present in this unholy church. "I've never asked for anything from you, and I know I've committed so many sins, I'd doubt you'd listen. But please, don't make me suffer this again. Don't make her pay for my misdeeds! Please God, PLEASE BRING HER BACK!!!" He shouted at the top of his lungs, ignoring the stinging pain surging through his head.
"A devil begging for forgiveness in a church?" A familiar voice emerged.
It appeared to be Raynare, sitting on one of the seats of the rows.
(Y/N) gently set Asia down and slowly rose up and tightened his fists, leaking blood from his palms as he burrowed his fingers into his hands in a furious rage. "Why? Why did you have to do this?!" The young devil asked the fallen angel, still looking away.
"Still fresh, don't you think?" She points to the barely visible bullet wound she had suffered when (Y/N) unleashed a whole clip of Hong bullets into her body. "I was surprised at first, but it doesn't really matter." She rose her hand to her arm and the remaining holes instantly resealed themselves, looking as if she was never injured in the first place.
"No matter your ability, I've killed things with abilities far stronger than you."
Raynare just chuckled and burst into an outright laughing fit. "You make the worst jokes. With this instant healing, I'll never lose my rank in the underworld." Raynare then placed her hands together, processing with her praying. "Oh great Azazel and Shimuzay, I am ready to do your work."
"Why the hell does that matter?...What did it have to do with Asia!? She wasn't a threat, and never cared about power."
"Unfortunately for those with Sacred Gears, this is their destiny." The fallen angel replied.
"WHY?!"
"Humans with Sacred Gears don't have the ability to survive in their world, plus she evenused it for good. She would have been tortured out of fear." She said with a pitiful smile.
"That wouldn't have happened! I would've protected her! I'd never let anyone hurt her!" (Y/N) replied.
"She's dead! Stone cold dead, and you're whining about protecting her! Do you realise how psychotic you sound? You wouldn't have been able to save her back then and you can't save her now!" Raynare declared.
Deep down, (Y/N) knew she was right. She was gone, never to return again. Once again, he had lost someone precious to him once again. A dear friend, has been stripped away from from his life.
"Look at you, so pathetic. Have you finally realized how pointless this is? Tell you what, if you surrender now, I'll let you serve me as my fateful dog-"
"You really don't know when to shut the hell up, do you?" (Y/N) cut off the fallen angel. As he slowly turned towards Raynare, his eyes covered by the shadow of his hair. "I want Asia back...but I know that'll never happen. There's no coming back from death." His body began to radiate a blue and red aura, his hair changing back to its original color. "And since I can't have that, you're going to pay..." The aura surrounding him intensified and spiked into the sky like a ferocious fire. "With your life!" The devil's wings sprouted from his back as his power surges through his whole body. He cried into the sky, unleashing a mighty roar of power as the dormant power within burst.
The whole church became encased in a bright light of a blue and red hue.
"W-What the? Where is all this power coming from?!" Raynare's asked as she coveres her eyes from the blinding light.
Soon, the blinding light had began to die down. The surrounding environment now visible to the fallen angel. But what she had seen in front of her terrified her to her core.
There stood before her, (Y/N). However, something was different about him, mainly his right arm. Now he had dawned an azure blue gauntlet with yellow spikes and a large red jewel in the center.
The fallen angel stepped back, uncertain of anything that this young devil could pull.
"What's wrong bitch? You scared? You should be. Your power can't even compare with mine anymore." (Y/N) spat as he slowly walked towards the raven haired fallen angel.
"P-Please, who'd be scared of you?! You're nothing but a lowly mortal! You're nothing compared to me!" Raynare shouted aggressively as she summoned a spear of light into her hands.
"Well then..." (Y/N) drew himself into a fighting stance, his ferocious aura still radiating strongly and surging profusely. "Put your money we're your mouth is."
She launched her spear at him, which he smashed away with a viscous back hand of his gauntlet. Raynare then charged at the devil, but kicked her into the air, sending her back and making her crash into the wall. She slid down as (Y/N) approached the struggling fallen angel. He grabs onto her hair and pull her up off the ground, only to slam her back down. He knelt down and wrapped his armored hand around her neck, lifting her up and holding her in the air.
DRAIN!
His arm glowed as he began to strip Raynare of her power.
"W-What is this? M-My power." She struggled to break free.
"It's not your power. You stoll it, I'm just stealing it back." (Y/N) then punched her in the gut, making her cough up blood. "That was for all the pain you've caused others." He tossed her away, but rushed at her and delivered a powerful kick, sending her flying. "That's for Asia." (Y/N) aimed an open palm at Raynare, who was still dazed by the earlier kick. His gauntlet summoned an azure colored ball of magical energy, growing more and more with each passing second. Once it was large enough, he shot it at Raynare.
Once she regained herself, she saw the massive ball and grew terrified once more, only for her collide with it and fly through the window panels.
The aura surrounding (Y/N) faded away as he looks out the window, now shattered into pieces. "That's for everything else."
"Well well well, look at you sporting a new piece of armor." A familiar voice emerged from behind the young devil.
He turned around and sees Kiba and Issei approaching him.
"Yo (Y/N)! Nice job!" The brunette complemented with a thumbs up.
"Well took you long enough." (Y/N) said jokingly.
"We were told to stand back. Rias's orders, sorry." The blonde explained worriedly.
"Yeah, we are so screwed." (Y/N) said with a defeated sigh.
As if on cue Rias entered the sanctuary. "Seriously...when I transported back to the ORC to see three of you were gone. I'd went out looking you hoping for you not to be here, only to find Kiba, Koneko and Issei, having an all out free for all with fallen angels in the basement." The beautiful red head quickly notices (Y/N) and his somewhat new appearance. His hair back to normal and the azure colored claw gauntlet on his right arm. "Well look at you, looks like you've got a third Sacred Gear. You're just full of surprises aren't you?"
"Um...sure?" He replied rather cautiously.
Suddenly, the sanctuary doors opened, revealing Koneko walking through dragging Raynare by her wing.
"Someone order this?" She asked as she tossed Raynare on the floor, who falls at Rias's feet.
"You must be Raynare, lovely entrance." Rias smiled as Raynare looked, up locking eyes with the woman towering above her. "I am Rias Gremory, I'm also known as the next head to the house of Gremory."
"Gremory you've gotta be kidding me." Raynare said quietly, fearful for her life.
"It's wonderful to meet you. What a shame we don't have time to chat. But sadly..." She opened her hand, and three black feathers fell to the ground. "It's time for you to join your friends I disposed of earlier. They were rather rude to me."
"So you killed them?" (Y/N) asked.
"Rias's fuse is long, but when pushed, she lives up to her title as Empress of Annihilation and Princess of Ruin." Kiba stated.
"Damn, I had no idea my master was such a brutal badass, I'm impressed." (Y/N) praised as he smiled confidently.
"No kidding. I had no idea we were part of such a hard core group. Neat." Issei added.
"Now then, let's move this along. After all, I don't think some of my servants will appreciate seeing their ex for very long now would they?" Rias asked with a siniter smile.
"Wait what? What are you talking about?" (Y/N) asked, now completely confused.
Raynare looked at the people around her seeing the boys she had tricked.
"Answer me this, why would the heiress of Gremory let her subject do this?" She asked as she directed attention to herself.
"Since you asked...after Dohnaseek attacked my pawns, (Y/N) discovered several fallen angels following him. And well him being him, he killed them. Which lead to your plan being discovered in destroying the town. Normally I would have stayed out of it, but they were insistent on targeting my team."
'Wait, That never happened...did it?' (Y/N) thought, now uncertain about everything that had transpired.
"It was really foolish of you to attack (Y/N)." Rias's stated.
"If I can just cut in here." (Y/N) said as he approached the fallen angel, standing beside Rias. "She's right you know. I've been using this power for years. Every time, it gains an exponential growth in power based on previous usage. I'll be honest, if I wanted to, I could defeat an army of both angels and fallen angels. Even if the army is composed of nothing but Sacred Gear wielders. Hell even Gods if I wanted." (Y/N) stated as he walks up to Raynare and pointed his sacred gear at her, open handed. "I'm tired of talking. More importantly, seeing your face. I'm ending this. Now."
"Issei please." Raynare begged in her innocent voice, now appearing to be Yuma, making the two boys shocked at new sudden appearance.
"Y-Yuma?"
Weekly Power Status
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