"EI!" Koneko slammed her fists into the ground and tore up a hug part of the concrete to throw at Raiser who merely deflected it with a fireball, only to get slashed by Kiba who used the distraction to cut his arms.
"Damn You!" Raiser slammed his fist into Kiba's body and setting him on fire, but his moment of triumph got stumped when Kiba's body cracked and shattered like glass.
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"Over here." A diagonal cut at the back forced Raiser to turn and see a group of Kibas surrounding him with blades of different types in their hands. As one, they rushed forward and performed hit-and-run tactics to strike Raiser at various areas of his body. As Raiser tried to regenerate from his wounds, he found himself wrapped in chains and his right shoulder impaled by a steel nail.
"Fufufu~ I have been looking forward to this." Akeno let out a very gleeful giggle as she summoned a thunderstorm and directed its fury right at Raiser.
"GGAAAAHHH!" Raiser yelled out in agony as deadly amounts of electricity coursed through his veins and disrupting his concentration to regenerate his body properly. He was only given a brief reprieve from the lightning before he got the breath knocked out of him by Ise punching him in the stomach.
"Yeah you like that!" Ise went into a boxing position and started hammering away at Raiser. The immortal devil snarled and lashed out with a fiery arm, only to be blocked by the Rook who held up her arms to withstand the blow. To Raiser's bafflement, she did not get knocked down or blown away from his attack, rather she stood fast and secured, with the gauntlets seemingly glowing with symbols all over it.
"Get smashed!" Koneko merely raised her right arm and thrust a palm at Raiser's chest. A momentary flash of light from her gauntlets, and Raiser found himself hurtling backwards off the roof and mid-flight above the running track. As he attempted to catch his breath, the chains around him grew taut and he jerked violently before being pulled upwards.
"Ara~ Ara~ you cannot leave yet." Akeno yanked the chain harder to lift Raiser into the air before turning her head to the rooftop. "Now!"
"Heave ho!" Both Ise and Koneko grabbed the end of the chain and pulled hard to bring Raiser crashing down to the rooftop, followed shortly by another lighting attack by Akeno.
"Rias now!"
"Eat this!" Rias summoned a big ball of dark matter and directed it to the crater, detonating it on impact and swallowing everything around the area. After a few seconds, the ball dispersed to show broken chunks of wreckage.
"Think we got him?" Ise asked as he leaned closer.
He got his reply by having a piece of rooftop thrown in his direction and Raiser emerging with a very furious expression on his face.
"Damn you swines!" Raiser glared at them with a great deal of venom in his voice. He was certainly looking a little worse for wear, with his clothes no longer looking spotless and his chest was sporting big bruises from the hits. He was also panting a little hard, and his wounds seemed to be taking a while to heal. Unfortunately that was not a good thing for them.
"Hit him again!" Ise fired off a dragon shot while Kiba brought out a pair of blades and rushed towards Raiser, with Akeno and Koneko providing support. This next round of attack only served to make Raiser madder than before.
'Enough!' Raiser let out a roar of frustration as he poured a large portion of his energy into his flames and slammed his fist into the ground, sending out a blazing inferno surrounding him and taking out a large part of the opposition. Within a few seconds, the entire rooftop was charred black from the flames, and the metal railings and antennas were reduced to molten objects. As for Rias's Peerage, it seemed he manage to take out the Queen, Knight and Rook. At least he was able to get rid of the main opposing force, now the only ones to deal with were the worthless Pawn, the medic Bishop and Rias.
Now where was she?
"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! EXPLOSION!"
Before he could react, a metal gauntlet made contact with Raiser's face and he found himself flying through the air and crashing into the nearest wall, making the already unstable structure crumble and topple on top of him. Cursing deeply, Raiser pushed the debris off his body and turned to find the offender.
"Ouch! That hurt!" Ise panted hard while wincing. "Not as much as Shirou's explosions, but close enough." He straightened his posture and glared at Raiser with a smirk. "How's that from a swine huh?!"
"…" Raiser glared back with a great deal of contempt while taking note of the Pawn's state. At the least, the flames did hurt him a lot; half of his clothes got burned off to a crisp and the remainder got covered in soot. The exposed flesh showed a great deal of first-degree burns, and the damage was bad enough to have his right cheek almost burnt black and blood flowing from the cracked skin. But it was not those that Raiser was interested in.
Rather, he was more puzzled by the glowing lines that were running along his body and face.
"Ise, those lines…" Raiser turned to find Rias hidden behind a golden shield that apparently protected her from the blaze and everything else behind her. She was covered in a bit of soot but otherwise unharmed, and was currently looking at the Pawn with a slightly mystified expression.
"Oh these?" Ise looked at his arms with an expression of recognition. "These are apparently the circuits inside me. Shirou said that if I concentrate hard enough, the 'Od' inside me would get focused and would make them glow. Got to admit, this is pretty cool."
'OD? Circuits?' Raiser frowned inwardly at the unknown words the boy was talking about. Whatever they meant, it was somewhat troubling to him that a mere human wizard would be able to train this pathetic Pawn to withstand his attack.
"I will give you this, you have gotten a little better since the last time we met." Raiser sneered as he gathered his power to heal the damages incurred to him. "But in the end it would be for naught, because you can never hurt…"
"Splat!"
Raiser paused as he looked down to find a pool of blood staining his shoes. Slowly, he raised his hand to his mouth and touched his lips before pulling it back to find the source of the red liquid.
"What was that you said? I can't hear you Mr Yakitori~" Ise smiled at him. It took a while for Raiser to realise that his wounds were taking way longer to heal than earlier, and he was suffering some internal damage. That realization started to make him cough out more blood as the pain shot through his body.
"How is this possible? What did you do, you damn vermin?!" He snarled at Ise who merely lifted his gauntlet and opened up his fist to dangle a cross from his fingers.
"I decided to prepare one little present for you, hope you enjoyed it." Ise replied back cheerfully as he lightly swung the cross.
Raiser stared at the boy in disbelief as he wiped the blood off his mouth. It was insanity for a devil to come close to any symbol of Christianity, let alone a low-level Reincarnated Devil holding onto one of the main symbol of God. Yet he was not experiencing any pain but that was…
"Wait, but the only way for you to be able to hold it without getting any feedback would be…" Raiser snapped his head to the arm that was glowing slightly. "By the Maou, did you sacrifice your own arm to the dragon?!"
"A small price to pay, and I did have to ask Shirou about it." Ise clenched his fists tightly as he glared back at him. "But quite honestly, I don't mind doing it again if it means to beat your ass ten different ways to make you pay for trying to get Buchou! And on that note!" He raised his arm in the air and bellowed out words that no one expected. "Let's do this, Draig! Grant me your strength!"
[WELSH DRAGON OVERBOOSTER!]
[BALANCE BREAKER!]
Raiser clamped his eyes shut as the jewels on the gauntlet glowed brightly and bathed the entire area in red light. After a few seconds he opened his eyes to find Ise clad in red draconian armor decorated with gems all over. "So, what do you think?" The eyes on the helmet glowed as Ise asked.
"Impossible! You have achieved Balance Breaker within a short period of time?!" Raiser glared with a hint of disbelief. "There is no way you can achieve such a thing, you are a mere worm!"
"True, I am weak. I do not have Akeno's talent for the magical demon arts, the crazy strength of Koneko, the sword talent of Kiba or the healing ability like Asia. And I know there is no way I can match Shirou's fighting style or his insane planning. But I can however aimed to be the strongest Pawn for Buchou!" Ise directed his fist at Raiser. "So let's do this."
Before Raiser could speak back, Ise activated the boosters on his back and charged forward, laying a straight right into his gut, followed shortly by an uppercut to the face. With another boost, Ise flew past Raiser and punched downwards, sending him crashing to the floor and leaving him embedded in a crater. Then with another boost and using the weight of the armour, Ise delivered another fists into Raiser's body and pushed through the roof, continuing all the way through the concrete floors and to the first level.
"Damn you vermin!" Raiser seethed with rage and sent a fireball at Ise, engulfing him in bright flames. But no sooner did Raiser stand up smirking, the flames got canceled out by Ise who merely swung his arm to the side.
"You think this will hurt me? Shirou's flame swords are way hotter than yours!" With that, Ise leaped forward and delivered a straight left to Raiser's face.
"GAGH!" Raiser yelled in pain as he tried to displace his body to reduce the damage. That was proving harder than expected as each time he tried to do so, Ise rushed in to lay another punch or kick to his body. Each hit felt like a beast just rammed itself into him.
"Go Ise-san!" Asia cheered as she finally made her way down the building.
"Kick his butt!" Rias added in her bit. Ise did not seemed to hear her and just continued on with his assaults.
"This is for Kiba!" Ise elbowed Raiser in the gut.
"This is for Koneko!" A kick to the face.
"This is for Akeno-san!" A punch to the leg.
"This is for trying to hurt Asia!" A double-fisted attack to the ears made Raiser see double and stumble badly.
"And this is for making fun of Buchou's dream, you damn Yakitori!" Ise powered up his boosters again and slammed himself into Raiser, delivering both of his fists into Raiser's face and chest and making him cough up more blood.
"And before I forget, this is for trying to even think of marrying Buchou. Her virginity is mine!"
"What was that?!" Raiser had enough of the constant bashing and stopped Ise's fists this time round. "That virginity is mine to bear, you damn swine!"
"Why the hell would you want hers? You have a god-damn harem to make out with for crying out loud!" Ise kicked high to hit him in the face.
"That is that! This is this!" Raiser head-butted Ise despite the armor and sent him stumbling backwards. "I am entitled to have her!"
"AHH! I can't stand this Yakitori Bastard trying to get Buchou! I am so saving Buchou's virginity away from you!"
"I can't get married anymore!" Rias covered her face and squatted down in a fetal position, clearly embarrassed at the type of banter going between the two guys. The two of them don't seem to notice their nature of the conversation and just continue bashing each other.
"Have another taste of my fists!" Ise activated his thrusters again and raised his arm to deliver another blow when…
[TIME OUT!]
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