《Reborn: Ulquiorra In DxD World》 Chapter 1 - Revival The fierce battle above the las noches resulted in Ulquiorra''s death. That was what he thought. Ulquiorra was lying down on the ground in the middle of the grassland. He was conscious but he didn''t have the strength to move his body. ''Did Kurosaki spare me?'' ''If so, then why would he do that?'' ''Is this related to what they called heart?'' He have many questions regarding the thing they called heart and what will happened to him now. He also didn''t know how long have passed since the battle at las noches. He could only gaze at the starry sky above him. Ulquiorra felt someone coming toward his direction. He wanted to lift up his head but he didn''t have the strength to do. "Ahhh!! Who are you? Why are you here? You have a hole in your ?h?st!!," A feminine voice came out from the figure in beside him. Ulquiorra couldn''t open his eyes nor his mouth but he guess that the figure in front of him was a woman. He doesn''t remember anyone who have this kind of voice even with his super memory. He guess that some mortal found him here in the grassland. ''Is it a human?'' Ulquiorra thought. He wanted to looked at the woman but he couldn''t do it no matter what he do as he doesn''t have the strength to do so. "Whoa!! What is this?! Is this a bone?!" The woman said as she reached her hands to touch the bone on his head, but something happened that shocked the woman. As soon as the tip of her fingers touches the bone, the bone slowly crumbled into dust. The dust slowly faded in the air. "Ahhh!!" The woman screamed as she saw him slowly turned into ashes. "What should I do?" The woman said with a hint of panic in her voice. "I know!!" An idea came to her mind. "You better listen to me from now on." Although Ulquiorra couldn''t move he could still hear and sense what the woman was doing. The woman took out something. It looks like a ?h?st piece, no it was a pawn piece. She placed it above his ?h?st and said, "I, One of the four Demon King, Serafall Leviathan, will revive you as a devil and be my pawn serving me for the rest of your life." ''Revive? This person is reviving me?'' Ulquiorra thought. The ?h?st piece slowly entered his body. The moment it entered his body he felt an unknown energy repairing his crumbling body. Unexpectedly the spiritual energy in his body started to move and repell the ?h?st piece. "Ahh?! One pawn is not enough!!" Serafall exclaimed when she saw that the chess piece got repell. She frown and took out another piece. After that Ulquiorra loose his consciousness. He didn''t know what happened after that. ... "Oooh!!" Serafall wipe out the sweat forming in her forehead. "It took all of my pawn pieces and a queen piece for me to revive you, this is unprecedented" She said while looking at Ulquiorra. "Well~ I unexpectedly got a peerage. I guess I should take him back to my house" She said before she cast a teleportation magic. A bright light envelope her and Ulquiorra. When the white light disappear both of them was gone. ... Ulquiorra opened his eyes and found himself in unfamiliar room, lying down comfortably in a soft bed. "What exactly happened?" He muttered as he sat on the bed. He looked at his arm and examined his body. Everything looks normal except the unknown energy he could feel inside his body. The unknown energy seems different than the spiritual energy he used. He could also feel this energy in the surrounding area. "I remember that a person revive me using an unknown object." Ulquiorra said in a low voice as he touched his ?h?st and felt the ?h?st piece emitting an energy inside his body. He stood up and found a mirror. He looked at his own reflection in the mirror. He still looked the same as before. Slender, yet fairly muscular body. He has a short messy black hair, pale white skin, black upper lip, and his green eyes with a slit shaped pupils. Part of his bangs falls between his eyes and he has a tear line which descend from the lower part of his eyes. He''s wearing a typical arrancer clothes, white jacket with a longer coattails, black sash, and white hakama. But the hollow mask lied on the left side at the top of his head forming a broken horn helmet was now gone. His hollow hole was still there at the based of his throat and it was covered by his arrancar clothes. Ulquiorra felt that the loss of his mask was because of the unknown energy that somehow transform his body like this. ''Hmm? It''s still here.'' Ulquiorra looked at his waist and saw his sword. He gently put his hand at the handle of his sword. He heard the door opened. He turned his head and saw a beautiful girl in pink clothes, her hair was tied in a twin ponytails. She was holding a strange wand in her right hand. In just a glance Ulquiorra felt an a tremendous amount of unknown energy inside this girl similar to the energy he felt in his body. Similar to him the girl was observing him too. Ulquiorra looked at her deeply before he opened his mouth, "Where am I?" "Ah!! This? Your currently in the underworld." Serafall replied to him. "Underworld? Hell?" Ulquiorra remember that there''s a place called hell. According to what he heard that place was a very violent place and all the creatures there suffered for eternal. No one can leave hell because of the chain of hell. Once your bound by it one can never remove it. "No, this place is Underworld not Hell. Hades is the one that rule the Hell and The four Demon Kings are the one in Underworld." Serafall corrected him. ''Hades? Demon King?'' Ulquiorra looked at her deeply. It seems that his knowledge about hell is insufficient. "Then, I''m going to introduced myself first. I''m your master, One of the four Demon Kings, Serafall Leviathan, you may also call me Magical girl Levi-tan and from now on you will become my sidekick." Serafall introduced herself while doing a strange pose. Ulquiorra''s expression didn''t change looking at her. He just replied to her, "I am the 4th Espada, Ulquiorra Schiffer, an Arrancar." That is the first time that I and a demon named Serafall met and becoming her sidekick. Chapter 2 - Sona Sitri Ulquiorra looked at her with a plain expression. He knew Aizen''s personality. Once Aizen know that he lose he will surely remove him from Espada. The only thing that matters to Aizen is power. "Espada number four, Ulquiorra Schiffer," Ulquiorra said. ''Or should I say former Espada,'' "...I''ll call you Ulqi-tan" Serafall said. She didn''t asked what is an Espada or an Arrancar. The thing that matters to her is that he is her peerage. "You have to follow me since I became your master." Serafall said. She then pointed her wand to Ulquiorra and declare, "I will train you to become the greatest sidekick." "Sidekick?" Ulquiorra looked confused at her words. "Yes, you are my sidekick so you better listen to me." Serafall said strictly. Ulquiorra just nodded his head in response. "Good," Serafall nodded her head in a satisfied manner when she saw him nodded. She opened her mouth once more and said, "for now let''s think about your entrance speech." Serafall put her hands in her chin and started to think something. She lowered her gaze and look at Ulquiorra. "We''ll think about it tomorrow for now you should rest properly." She said as she remembered that he only wake up now and haven''t properly rest. "I''ll introduced my sister to you later" Serafall said before she left the room. Ulquiorra watched her leave before he looked outside the window. He saw a wide garden full of different plants and flowers. There are servants taking care of the flowers and plants. "Am I really in the Underworld?" Ulquiorra said in a low voice while looking at the servants who was talking to each other. He wonder what happen in Las Noches after he lose to Kurosaki Ichigo. The space in front of him open like a mouth of a monster revealing a black space. This is the Garganta that Arrancar use to travel to Hueco Mundo to Human World. Ulquiorra step forward and enter the garganta. But as soon as he step inside he frown. He couldn''t connect the garganta to hueco mundo or more like he couldn''t sense it anymore. ''What''s happening?'' Ulquiorra couldn''t understand what is happening. Why he couldn''t return back to hueco mundo? In the end Ulquiorra decided to find some clue here in underworld. ... "Ulqi-tan~" The door opened and Serafall came inside the room behind her is a petite girl wearing glasses. She is Serafall sister, Sona Sitri. Serafall looked around the room and saw Ulquiorra standing beside the window observing the servants. As soon as Serafall entered the room Ulquiorra sense her. He already memorized the energy signature inside her body. Even if he close his eyes he will know that she is Serafall, his new lord. He also guess that the girl behind him is her sister due to her words before. He slowly turned around to looked at the siblings. He looked at the girl behind Serafall. He saw a young bespectacled woman with a slim figure, black hair styled in a short bob cut and violet eyes. She was wearing a school uniform. "Ulqi-tan this is my sister So-tan, So-tan this is Ulqi-tan my peerage." Serafall said happily. "U-Ulqi-tan?" Sona mouth twitched when she heard her sister introduction. She wasn''t surprised when she heard that he was a member of her sister''s peerage. Serafall already told her before she came here that she found her peerage. She looked at her sister and sighed. She turned her head to looked at Ulquiorra and said, "I''m Sona Sitri, heiress of the Sitri household and also the sister of Serafall Levaithan." She introduced herself properly this time without the help of her sister. Her sister introduction was kind of weird. Ulqi-tan? What the hell is that name?!! "Espada number four, Ulquiorra Schiffer, an Arrancar." Ulquiorra said in response. "Espada? Arrancar?" Sona said confusedly. Espada? Spanish? She didn''t know what is an Espada or an Arrancar. She looked at her sister asking for an answer. Serafall ignore her and said, "hehe~ Ulqi-tan will become the greatest sidekick and I will thoroughly train him." Sona sighed once again. She knew once a word of her sister getting a peerage got out. Many devils will come here to pay a visit. Her sister was famous not just because she was a devil king but also because she said that she didn''t have a plan to complete or gather a peerage member. As a member of Maou Leviathan peerage, the devils will think that he is not an ordinary reincarnated devil. She lifted up her head to looked at Ulquiorra. She looked at him deeply and observe him. ''Ulquiorra Schiffer'' When she heard that her sister got a member of her peerage she grew curious as what kind of person that man is. She knew that her sister''s friend especially the four devil king will be curious too once they heard about this matter. "This house is going to be lively for a few months." She said in a low voice. Serafall looked at her sister who was saying something and asked, "What is it?" "Nothing" Sona shooked her head. "Mou~ So-tan" Serafall jumped and hugged Sona. "S-Stop it! Onee-sama your embarrassing me" Sona tried her best to pull herself out of her sister. "No need to be embarrass" Serafall said as she hugged Sona more tightly than before. Ulquiorra looked at the two siblings without saying anything Chapter 3 - Everyday life in Underworld A month had passed since Ulquiorra came here in the underworld becoming a peerage member of one of the four devil kings, Serafall Leviathan. Serafall was quite different from her former boss, Sousuke Aizen. She doesn''t force anything on him except that becoming her best sidekick. She also tell him to memorize a speech which he easily do with his super memory. The fact that Serafall, One of the four devil kings, unexpectedly got a peerage surprised many people in the underworld. Many people also tried to came here in Sitri household to pay a visit to him. But those devils were rejected by Serafall personally. Sitri household is not someone you could pay a visit anytime you want. Sitri household is one of the 72 pillars in the underworld. Only those who we''re close tight to Serafall who could visit. One of the four devil king, Sirzechs Lucifer also visit Serafall to congratulate her for getting a peerage. He also didn''t forget to take a looked at Ulquiorra. The commotion died after a month as he rarely appear in public. Sometime people will talk about him but not as many as before. Ulquiorra rarely left the Sitri household. Anytime he would just stand beside the window and observe the servant below. He got accustomed living here in the underworld. If he is not in the Sitri household he was in a meeting with Serafall as she sometimes want him to accompany her. Ulquiorra also got to know Serafall''s parents, Lord Sitri and Lady Sitri. As he was staying in the Sitri household it''s was weird if he didn''t met them. He also learned many things about the underworld from the books he read in the library here in the Sitri household. He haven''t read anything related to hollow and hueco mundo, it''s like that hollows didn''t exist and no one knew their existence. He also learned many thing about the supernatural world. The fallen angels, angels, devils, and other mythological being are around the world hiding in the dark. But no matter what books he read he couldn''t find any book mentioning hollow or hueco mundo. Even their mortal enemy, shinigami, was mentioned in some books but how could they not? That baffled him. It feels like he travel to another world but how is that possible? He was still in earth. He guess that after that battle, las noches was annihilated and Aizen was defeated by Shinigami. They exterminate every single hollow and seal the hueco mundo. And delete every single thing about hollows, all the files that connected to hollows and hueco munedo we''re delete. And the other thing is after he loss against Kurosaki Ichigo he loose consciousness for a very very long time. When he wake up every thing in the world changed. Currently in Sitri household. "Come on, Ulqi-tan, quick!!" Serafall said while dragging Ulquiorra. Both of them enter a room and found Sona reading a book. Serafall enter the room with Ulquiorra. She then said excitedly, "So-tan we will show you something enteresting." "Onee-sama?!" Sona was surprised when she saw her sister enter her room without knocking. She looked at her sister would couldn''t contain her excitement. She wonder if she will do something crazy again. She turned his head to looked at Ulquiorra who was standing behind her sister. She have a good impression of this man. He always stay cool, rarely speak, and always follow her sister. He have a mysterious background that she didn''t know. She once asked her sister about how she met him and the reply she got was "I saw him lying on the ground and when I touch him he slowly turned into ashes. That terrified me so I decided to revive him". Why was he lying on the ground? Is it true that when Onee-sama touch him he turned into ashes? Sona have many question that she want to ask but in the end she could only swollow her question. She adjusted her glasses and looked at her sister before she asked, "Onee-sama what is it?" "hehehe~" Serafall laughed weirdly before she raised the wand in her hand and said, "I will show you So-tan, the birth of Magical girl Levi-tan and her partner the greatest sidekick Ulqi-tan" Serafall started to waved the pink wand in her hand and said, "I''m the protector of the underworld Magical girl Levi-tan." "And I''m Ulqi-tan the strongest sidekick" Ulquiorra said with a plain expression. ""And we''re going to protect the peace of the underworld!!"" Ulquiorra and Serafall said at the same time. Sona looked at Ulquiorra in shocked. She knows that he always follow her sister and do everything he was told but to do embarrassing things like this shattered his cool image in her mind. "Mou~ Ulqi-tan! I already told you to smile while saying your line." Serafall complained to Ulquiorra, "put your your feelings!! Be passionate!!" Sona looked at her sister who was complaining endlessly to Ulquiorra. She suddenly remember something. "Onee-sama, I''m going back to human world. I already stayed here for too long, I need to go back and attend the school." Sona suddenly said making Serafall stiff. "Eh! You''re going to leave me again So-tan!!" Serafall cried out as she jump towards her sister. Both of them fell on the ground but Serafall kept hugging Sona. Ulquiorra didn''t say anything and he just stand in the corner watching the two. Sona looked at Ulquiorra asking for his help. Chapter 4 - To the Human world A few days later, Sona went back to the human world as she was here in the underworld for too long and she needed to go back to human world to attend class. "So-tan, don''t forget you sister here" Serafall said as she watched her sister enter the teleportation circle. Sona bid her farewell and enter the teleportation circle. Ulquiorra just looked at her vanished in the magic circle. He also want to go to human world and observe the behavior of those human. Last time, he was intrigue at the people who invaded hueco mundo. Especially Kurosaki and Orihime. Ulquiorra turned around and went beside the window to looked at the servants who we''re gardening. ''Heart? What is a heart that those people talk about? I don''t understand it'' Ulquiorra thought while looking at the servants. ... Sona arrived at the human world. She was greeted by a red hair young woman. The young woman was wearing the same school uniform as Sona. She have an hourglass figure and busty ?h?st. She is Sona''s childhood friend, Rias Gremory. Rias Gremory is the next heiress of the Gremory household after her brother took the title of Lucifer. She was the club president of the Occult club here in Kuoh academy while Sona is student council president. Rias is also the most popular girl in the academy. "I heard that Serafall-sama got a member of her peerage." Rias asked the question she''s most curious about. Sona nodded at her, "I was also shocked when she first introduced him to me." "I only saw his picture in the devitube, what''s he like?" Rias asked. "At first he''s aloof, have noble demeanor, and look cold but now I''m afraid my sister influence him in her hobby" Sona said helplessly while massaging her temple. She remembered the speech of the duo last time. "Let''s not talk about that I heard that you got a new member of your peerage" Sona asked as she changed the topic. "That''s right, but he''s very impulsive and last time we battle a few fallen angels hiding here in kuoh town." Rias replied to him. "I see, fallen angels..." Sona nodded as she adjusted her glasses. Sona remember something. She looked deeply at Rias and said, "Also your engagement is getting near." Rias turned gloomy when she heard the word "engagement". Riser Phenex is the fianc¨¨ of Rias Gremory. He is also the third son of Lord phenex and Lady Phenex. Phenex family is one of the 72 pillars in the underworld. The Phenex family is a formidable family that have a super regeneration of an ancient mythical bird, Pheonix. But not all could inherit the ability of pheonix only a few people like Riser could inherit this ability. "Don''t worry, I''ll help you with my ability" Sona could only comfort her friend. She also know what kind of man her friend''s fianc¨¨. ... When Sona was away in the human world. Many things happened in the Kuoh town. Like,Rias Gremory peerage battling a group of fallen angels. Rias also got two new members in her peerage while Sona was in the underworld. The two members we''re Hyoudo Issei and Asia Argento. Rias explained in details about the incident regarding to fallen angels to Sona. She also introduced Issei and Asia to Sona. Issei is the host of the sacred gear called boosted gear. One of the 13 longinus. It is said that boosted gear have the power to kill even gods. While Asia is the holder of the sacred gear twilight healing. Rias also said that it took all of her pawn pieces in order to reincarnate him into devil. This information surprised Sona. "We need to tighten our security into the town. The leader of those fallen angels haven''t reveal itself." Sona said to Rias. "Your right" Rias nodded at her words. ... The information about the fallen angels in kuoh town also reached the underworld. Naturally it also reached Serafall''s ears. Ulquiorra was observing the servants who were gardening. He was doing this everyday when he don''t have anything to do. He simply watched the servants below in the garden. He felt nothing about it he instead want to go to human world and observe people like Kurosaki and Orihime. He heard the door opened without looking he already know who it is. "Ulqi-tan~" There only one person who calls him "Ulqi-tan" and that was his master, Serafall Leviathan. Ulquiorra slowly turned around and looked at Serafall. "Ulqi-tan, I want you to do something for me" Serafall said. "What it is Lord Serafall?" Ulquiorra said. "Mou~ How many times I told you not to add "Lord" in my name" Serafall pouted as she complained. Serafall is his master so it''s natural for him to call him lord like how he used to call Lord Aizen. "Well, I need you to go to human world and protect So-tan in my place. Also report everything you found suspicious there to me" Serafall said. "Understood Serafall-sama" Ulquiorra nodded. He also heard about the fallen angels in the kuoh town were Sona stays in human world. "Mou~ your so boring Ulqi-tan. Well, we''ll practice our new speech before you leave." Sona said as she dragged Ulquiorra out of his own room. Ulquiorra just let her dragged him to her room. Chapter 5 - In Human world The space above the Kuoh town distorted and it opened up revealing a black space. A person wearing white outfit walked out of the black space. This person was none other than Ulquiorra Schiffer who uses garganta to travel between human world and underworld. Ulquiorra looked down and examined the Kuoh town. The human world was still the same like the last time ge saw it. He then proceed to connect the garganta in hueco mundo but to no avail he couldn''t do it no matter what he did. Even in human world he still couldn''t find hueco mundo. It''s like hueco mundo was gone or it didn''t exist. "I''ll gather information about it later" Ulquiorra said in a low voice. He then looked down at the town trying to find the Kuoh academy. After a few seconds Ulquiorra found the kuoh academy. He immediately left using sonido. He vanish in the air reappearing above the kuoh academy. With his enhance senses or pesquisa, Ulquiorra immediately sense Sona''s energy signature. He entered the Kuoh academy without being detected by anyone. He walked until he was in front of the student council room where he sense Sona. He grabbed the doorknob and directly opened the door without knocking. ... Currently Sona and Rias were talking to each other with their peerage. The atmosphere in the room was extremely gloomy. Half an hour before, Rias fianc¨¨, Riser Phenex, came here in the academy. He wants to take back Rias to underworld and fasten up their marriage but Rias refuses. This lead them to take a part in rating game at the stake of her marriage. If Riser won the match Rias will go back to underworld and marry him but if Rias won the match their engagement will be annul. But the chances of Rias winning against Riser was extremely low that''s why they have that kind of expression. "The rating game will took place here in academy after one week." Sona said to her friend Rias. "Un" Rias nodded her head gloomily. Akeno, Koneko, Kiba and other also looked depressed. They knew how powerful the Riser Phenex who inherited the power of immortal bird, Pheonix. "Use this week to increased your power even by a little" Sona said to her friend. This the only thing she could do. "Yes, we will work hard to increase our power in a week!!" Issei said strongly. "Issei.. " Rias looked at Issei. "Ise-san" Asia said in a low voice. "Yes, Issei is right, we will do our best to protect president" Kiba nodded. Rias smiled when she heard their words. This give her a little bit of hope. Suddenly the door opened and a white clothes man entered the room. The man glance at them and before his gazed stop at Sona. All of them looked towards the door when they heard it opened. They saw pale man wearing a white jacket with longer coattails, black sash, and white hakama. Rias felt familiar looking at this man. She felt she saw him before but she couldn''t remember where. Tsubaki also felt the same as Rias. As Sona''s queen even though she didn''t come with Sona last time to underworld she still saw his picture in Sona''s devitube. Issei, Akeno, Saji, and other was surprise when they saw this man. They didn''t even sense him when he enter the room. "Who are you?" Saji said when he saw Ulquiorra ignore him and others only looking at Sona. "Ulquiorra!!" Sona exclaimed when she saw him. "You know him President?" Saji asked. "Ahh!! I remember now" Rias suddenly said. All of them looked at Rias when they heard her. "Do you know him Rias?" Akeno asked Rias in a low voice. "Hmmm... If I''m not wrong he''s the only peerage member of Serafall-sama" Rias said as she looked at Sona, "Am I right Sona?" "Serafall-sama''s peerage" Akeno said. "A member of one of the four devil kings peerage" Tsubaki said. "Right," Sona nodded and adjusted her glasses before she looked at Ulquiorra and asked, "Ulquiorra, why are you here?" "Serafall-sama order me to protect you for the time being incase those fallen angels attacks once again." Ulquiorra said in response to her question. Sona sighed when she heard him but she feels warm to her sister care for him. ""Serafall-sama?"" Saji and Issei we''re confused as both of them just became a devil they still didn''t know many things about the supernatural world. They still didn''t know who is the four demon king. "President''s sister and Rias'' brother were one of the four demon king in the underworld, namely Serafall Leviathan and Sirzechs Lucifer." Tsubaki explained. All of them looked at Ulquiorra with an intriguing looked. "but I heard the Serafall-sama didn''t have any peerage, Is that right?" Akeno said. "Ulquiorra only became my sister peerage a month ago that''s why you didn''t know him as the news still didn''t reached here." Sona said. "That''s right we''re the only ones here in kuoh academy so there no one who will transmit the massage to us. Only by going there directly or using magic one can communicate in the underworld and we can only access the devitube in underworld." Akeno said. Chapter 6 - Watching the Rating Game It''s been a week since Ulquiorra arrived in the human world. He always stay beside Sona and do nothing except observing the students in kuoh academy. Sona was curious as she always saw him beside the window looking at the people. She remembered back in the Sitri clan he was also observing the servants in the garden. She was curious so she asked him. "Why are you always looking at them?" Sona stood beside Ulquiorra and asked. Ulquiorra turned his head and glance at Sona before he turned to looked at the students. Ulquiorra opened his mouth and said, "I''m just curious about those people" "Curious?" Sona looked at him and didn''t said anything. She didn''t get the the answer she want and he only answer vaguely. She doesn''t to pry to much so she just closed her mouth beside him. She remember that she doesn''t know anything about him except that he was a member of her sister''s peerage and that''s all. A moment later Ulquiorra once again opened his mouth, "I''m trying to find someone" Sona looked at him and didn''t say anything. ''Who is he trying to find?'' Sona thought. ... At night after the class is over the rating game between Rias Gremory and Riser Phenex will start. This rating game caught Ulquiorra''s interest so he inquired Sona about it. Sona tell him the details about rating game. Ulquiorra was currently watching the rating game with Sona and her peerage. There''s a huge screen in front of them that displays the rating game between Rias and Riser. This rating game took place inside the kuoh academy and the one who''s managing it was Sona. Ulquiorra looked at the huge screen in front of him. It displays the battle between Rias and Riser. "That bastard Riser is really strong" Saji said as he gritted his teeth. He was worried about his friend Issei. "The blood of phenex clan flow through his veins, he''s a pure blood devil, so naturally he was born stronger compare to others." Tsubaki said. Sona glance at them but didn''t say anything. She just continue watching the rating game. Currently the fight was intense as Riser was fighting Rias peerage. Ulquiorra frown while watching the rating game. Watching Issei used everything he got in order to defeat Riser, even though he couldn''t defeat Riser he still fight him. Ulquiorra couldn''t help but say, "I couldn''t comprehend it, why does he still fight even though he knew that he couldn''t defeat his opponent? Why still going up?" Ulquiorra looked at Issei who was full of injury still going up. "Why? It''s because Riser is a scum. It''s better to marry other people but not that guy. That guy will only treat Rias-senpai as a breeding cow only to preserve their pure blood." Saji looked at him and said loudly. "I see, that is something I couldn''t comprehend" Ulquiorra said. He then added in a low voice, "I once met a guy who fight against all odds and a girl who blindy believe in him" Sona looked at him and adjusted her glasses. Even though Ulquiorra said those words in a low voice she still heard it all. The rating game concluded when Riser defeated Rias Gremory and her peerage. The atmosphere in the room turned gloomy. Especially Sona, her expression said that she really hated the result. Rias was her childhood friend. She doesn''t want Rias to become a woman of some unworthy guy, especially if Rias didn''t love that man. She also had a fianc¨¨ but she broke off the engagement after she defeat him in chess, exclaiming that she wouldn''t marry anyone who couldn''t defeat her in chess. Looking at the depressed mood of everyone, Sona stood up and said, "First let''s restore the damage of the battle." "Yes, President" Tsubaki and others said. They immediately left the room and restore the damage caused by the fight in academy. ... Akeno, Koneko, and the rest of Rias Gremory''s peerage were depressed throughout these days. They were blaming themself as they were not strong enough to protect Rias. Ulquiorra also went back to underworld as he was here only to protect Sona. As soon as they arrived at the Sitri household, a figure flashed and tackle Sona making her stumbled to the ground. Ulquiorra already knew who was that person that''s why he didn''t stop that person. "Ahh~ So-tan I miss you so much" Serafall said as she hugged Sona tightly. "Onee-sama your embarrassing me!! Stop this at once!!" Sona blushed as she struggled to escaped from her sister''s clutches. "Mou~ there''s only three of us here, there''s no need to be embarrass in front of Ulqi-tan" Serafall pouted. Something flash in her mind and she exclaimed, "Ahh!! Speaking of Ulqi-tan, I already prepare our new speech" Ulquiorra looked at her and nodded. "Ahhh! That''s what I like about you, Ulqi-taaaaaaan!!" Serafall jumped at Ulquiorra. "Thankfully, Ulquiorra was there with me or else, I''ll never be able to escape." Sona muttered while tidying up her clothes. She really couldn''t handle her sister by herself. She turned her head once more and looked at her sister who was talking to Ulquiorra excitedly. She sighed before she left. Chapter 7 - Engagement party Sona changed her school uniform to a formal dress as she need to attend the engagement party. The engagement party will be held this afternoon and she with her peerage were invited. She was preparing to leave when she saw Ulquiorra. He was standing beside the window again. "What are you looking at?" Sona approach him and asked. Even though she knew that he was looking at the servants she still ask. Ulquiorra turned his head and looked at Sona who was standing beside him. "...people" Ulquiorra said before he turned his head and continue to observe the servants. She looked at him who was busy observing the servants in the garden. "Do you always watch them?" Sona asked. She didn''t know what to say so she just asked him this question. Ulquiorra nodded in response to her. Sona was lost of words. She didn''t know how to continue the conversation. Ulquiorra was really a kind of guy that rarely talks. He only talk when someone initiate a conversation to him. Something came to her mind. She opened her mouth and said, "Do you want to come with me?" Ulquiorra looked at her but he didn''t answer her question. He instead said, "I''m going to ask Serafall-sama" ... Ulquiorra followed Tsubaki in a room. She led him in a room to pick up a formal clothes he was going to wear in the party. When Ulquiorra came out of the room, he was wearing a black coat pairing a white long sleeve with a black necktie. Tsubaki nodded at him when she saw his looks. Then she led him outside the mansion where Sona was waiting for them. "You look good" Sona said to him after she saw his new looks. "Let''s go" She said as she enter a black car. Ulquiorra followed suit and sat beside her. ... They arrived at the huge mansion. Sona and the rest got out of the car and went inside the mansion. "Hmm?!" Ulquiorra saw Issei challenging Riser in a fight. "He really don''t give up. It reminds me of someone... " Ulquiorra said while looking at Issei. Sirzechs interfere and said that the two will have a duel. The two fought in an alternate space. There''s no one in the space except the two of them. Issei sacrificed his arm to the dragon inside him just to use balance breaker. But balance breaker wasn''t enough to defeat Riser. He used all sorts of skills and techniques and in the end he managed to win. Ulquiorra was surprised when he saw that Issei sacrifice his arm in this battle. The party was over now that the bride was gone. Issei took Rias out of the party after he won the battle. "That''s it" Ulquiorra muttered. He slowly turned around and was ready to leave but someone called his name. "Cifer" Ulquiorra turned around and saw Sirzechs walking towards him. He knew that this guy was one of the four devil kings like Serafall. This guy was also a friend of Serafall. He only knew that when Sirzechs visited Serafall last time to congratulate her for getting a member of her peerage. "I didn''t think that you would come here in this place." Sirzechs said with a smile. "Sona took me here" Ulquiorra gave a simple reply. "Have you gotten accustomed living here in underworld?" Sirzechs asked. "Yes" Ulquiorra gave him a simple plain answer. Sirzechs was speechless as he didn''t know how to continue the conversation. He sighed in his mind. This guy was really a man who don''t talk much. "Say hello to Serafall for me" In the end he could only end this conversation. Sirzechs smile bitterly in his mind. "I will" Ulquiorra nodded before he turned around and went beside Sona. "What a strange guy" Sirzechs said in a low voice while looking at Ulquiorra who was standing quietly beside Sona. ... Ulquiorra went back to Sitri mansion with Sona. As usual they were greeted by the lovely Serafall. "Mou~ So-tan you don''t have to be embarrassed in this" Serafall said while hugging Sona tightly in her arms. She pressed her cheeks to Sona''s cheeks. "There''s only three of us here" Chapter 8 - Arrival Sona went back to the human world after staying here in the underworld in a few days. Sona was glad that the engagement was broke. She didn''t want her friend to marry a man she didn''t like. Ulquiorra didn''t follow her as he didn''t received any order from Serafall. He just stay in the mansion with nothing to do except when Serafall called him to practice their speech. "I''m Magical Girl Levi-tan... " Serafall said as she waved the pink wand in her hand. "And I''m... " Ulquiorra didn''t managed to finish his words as someone knock on the door. Knock!! Knock!! Serafall stop what she was doing. She turned her head towards the door and said, "Come in" A servant entered the room and bow respectfully before saying, "Serafall-sama a fallen angel enter the Kuoh town. Rias Gremory''s peerage was currently battling the said fallen angel." "What?!!" Serafall exclaimed in a loud voice. She immediately regain her posture and said, "Continue.. " "According to the intel we got Rias Gremory is not an opponent to this fallen angel as this fallen angel is Kokobiel a Cadre rank fallen angel." The servant stop for a moment before she added, "also, Sona-sama is helping her." Then another servant entered the room and bow at Serafall. "and you.. " Serafall looked at the servant who just came. "Serafall-sama, Maou Lucifer is calling you for a meeting" The servant said. Serafall nodded and said, "Okay, both of you can go now" Serafall silently ponder what she should do. She then heard Ulquiorra''s voice. "Should I go to Sona" Ulquiorra said as he looked at Serafall. "Whoa!! What a nice idea Ulqi-tan, for now you will become So-tan''''s protector" Serafall said as she raised her wand up in the air. "First, I will go to the meeting" Serafall said before she looked at Ulquiorra and said, "Protect Sona in my place Ulqi-tan" Serafall then bid her farewell to Ulquiorra before she left the mansion. Ulquiorra looked at her disappearing figure. After she was gone, he opened a garganta that lead will lead him to human world. ... In Kuoh Academy. Kuoh Academy became the battlefield in the battle between Kokabiel and Rias Gremory''s peerage. Sona was worried about her friend because her friend was not fighting an ordinary fallen angel. That fallen angel was none other than Kokabiel, a Cadre class fallen angel, a fallen angel that possesses five pair of wings. She eventually shook her head and choose to believe in her friend. Their task is not to fight against Kokabiel but to maintain this barrier. They put a barrier because they don''t want to involve normal people in this fight and also the leakage of the powerful magic power can harm those normal people in the town. ''There''s so many bad things that happened in these past few months'' Sona complained. The first thing that happened was also about fallen angel but those fallen angel were ordinary fallen angel that possesses one pair of wings. The second thing that happens was about Riser, Rias ex-fiance. Luckily, Issei managed to beat Riser. Then this high rank fallen angel appeared here in Kuoh town. Even though she wasn''t directly involved or she wasn''t the one taking care of the trouble. It still gives her an headache. Hooooooomh!! Suddenly, they heard a strange sound behind their back. All of them simultaneously turned their heads and saw something strange. "What is that?!" Saji exclaimed in a loud voice. "...I don''t know" Sona replied as her brows knit together. They saw the space behind them became distorted and it slowly opened like a mouth of a monster. It revealed a pitch black space. "Now of all things!!" Tsubaki gritted her teeth. They wouldn''t be able to maintain the barrier if an enemy appear beside them. Then, they heard a footsteps coming from inside the pitch black space. "I heard something" Saji said when he heard the sounds. "W-what''s that?" Momo said. "A footstep?" Tsubaki said a she furrowed her brows. Sona frown and said, "Something''s coming". All of them put up their guard as the sound was getting nearer and nearer. After of few seconds of waiting a man walked out of the black space. "Ah!! It''s you!!" Saji exclaimed when he saw the man. Sona breath a sighed of relief when she saw who walked out of the black space. She lifted up her head and asked, "What are you doing here Ulquiorra?" That''s right. Ulquiorra was the one who came out of the black space also called garganta. He looked at her and said, "The same as last time". "Onee-sama" Sona muttered in a low voice as she press her finger in her temple. She felt warm inside her as her sister even send Ulquiorra to protect her. "What''s that?" Saji asked while pointing at the garganta behind Ulquiorra. This sudden question of Saji piqued the interest of the Sona and the rest. Ulquiorra looked at Saji and said, "Garganta" "Garganta? What''s that?" Saji muttered confusedly. "Garganta? That''s the first time I heard that term." Sona muttered in a low voice while looking at the garganta behind Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra ignore them and he instead observed the battle inside the barrier. Even though there''s a barrier he still could clearly seen what''s hapoening inside. After a few seconds he opened his mouth and said, "They''re losing. They don''t have a chance to win this fight." "What?!!" Sona exclaimed, "They are losing" "Yes, they are currently being beaten by that fallen angel." Ulquiorra said to her. "C-can''t you do something" Ruruko said. Ulquiorra glance at her before saying, "My duty is to protect Sona not them... " "but... " Ulquiorra slowly lifted up his arm. He then waved it towards the barrier. Boom!! "I can eliminate anyone who is threat to her existence." Chapter 9 - Arrival 2 Ulquiorra slowly lifted up his hand and waved it towards the barrier that Sona and others formed. Boom!! The barrier shattered like a piece of fragile glass in his hand. Sona and Tsubaki''s jaw almost fell off when they saw this scene. They poured all of their magic power in that barrier and he... he just brushed it off like nothing. "W-what?!!" Ruruko and Momo exclaimed as their eyes opened widely. "How?!!" Saji couldn''t believe his own eyes. "but... It is okay if I kill those who threatened Sona''s existence as this is also another form of protecting." Ulquiorra said as he took a step forward inside the broken barrier. Although Sona was shocked at his action, she immediately regain her senses when she heard his words. As a peerage member of a demon king he was naturally strong. "Wait!!" Sona shouted when she saw Ulquiorra walking towards the Kuoh academy. She immediately followed him inside. Tsubaki and the rest exchanged glances before they stepped forward and followed Sona. ... Kokabiel looked at Rias, Xenovia, Akeno, and the rest before he declare, "From here on out, I will start a war! I will take your head as a give! Even if it''s only me, I will continue from where we left off! I''m going to show Sirzechs and Michael that we, the fallen angels, are the ultimate beings!" Suddenly the barrier that covering the whole academy shattered. The pieces of the barrier slowly fade in the air. Kokabiel was looked at the barrier. He was confused as he didn''t have any other comrade. ''Don''t tell me some third party meddle in our affair,'' Kokabiel frown when he thought this. "What''s happening?" Rias was shocked. She know that the one who was maintaining the barrier was her friend and for the barrier to shattered like that, it only means something happens to her friend, Sona. "Rias, Did something happen to Sona?" Akeno was also in shocked with the barrier breaking like that. Apparently, She was thinking that same as Rias. Then she caught the looked of surprise in Kokabiel''s face. ''Don''t tell me... He also don''t know'' She was confused. If Kokabiel didn''t did it, then who? "W-what''s happening, President?" Issei said while stuttering. He felt something was wrong when the barrier broke. They heard a footstep behind them. Rias, Akeno, and Kokabiel turned their heads to look where the footstep came from. ... In the Gremory household in the underworld. Sirzechs Lucifer and Serafall Leviathan, the two demon king weere sitting next to each other. Opposite of them was a man that looks like in his twenties with an average build, black hair with yellow bangs, and a black goatee. He is the governor general of the fallen angels, Azazel. "Don''t worry about it Sirzechs, I already send someone to deal with it" Azazel ?ssured the two demon king. Azazel came here in the Gremory household because of that. He didn''t want to inflicted the whole fallen angels in this mess created by Kokabiel. He also didn''t want another war to erupt. He came here to talk things through that couldn''t Kokabiel didn''t represent the entire fallen angels. He also understood Sirzechs personality and knew that Sirzechs didn''t also want a war to happen. All the three faction, the devils, fallen angels, and angels, suffered a huge casualties in the last great war. The angels lose the God and the devils lose the four original devils kings and other pure blooded devils. All this time Serafall still have a lively expression like she didn''t worry about it at all. Sirzechs looked at Serafall and saw her expression. He couldn''t help but asked, "Aren''t you worried about Sona?" "Hmm?" Serafall looked at Sirzechs and said, "My greatest sidekick Ulqi-tan was beside Sona, so I don''t have anything to worry about" "Huh?! He''s in the human world" Sirzechs asked Serafall once again. "Hmm~" Serfall nodded her head. "Ulqi-tan" Azazel was confused. He didn''t know who was they''re talking about. "Ulquiorra is the only member of Serafall''s peerage" Sirzechs said to Azazel. Azazel was surprised for a second. He only heard about the rumor about Serafall took someone in her peerage. He haven''t verify it as he was busy in his research. "But... Are you sure he can stop Kokabiel when something bad happens?" Azazel asked him. "Errr... " Sirzechs looked at Serafall. He actually don''t know how powerful Ulquiorra. "Don''t worry about it, Ulqi-tan is the greatest sidekick" Serafall said. Suddenly an idea came to Azazel''s mind. He took out a crystal ball from his pocket and place it at the top of the table in front of them. He looked at the two devils in front of him and said, "Anyway, let''s just take a look at what''s happening" Sirzechs and Serafall nodded and focus their eyes on the crystall ball. An image appeared inside the crystall ball. The three of them take a closer look to see what''s happening in the human world. ... "U-Ulquiorra!!" Rias was surprised when she saw it was Ulquiorra. Sona and the other also entered the scene. They saw everyone was looking at Ulquiorra. Chapter 10 - Why? Ulquiorra slowly walked towards Issei. His action made Sona and others raised an eyebrow. "Ulquiorra!!" Sona shouted. No one dare to shout at Ulquiorra except Sona. He is a member of the peerage of Serafall Levaithan, a demon king. Tsubaki, Saji, and the rest of Sona''s peerage where standing behind Sona. They all looked at Ulquiorra wondering what he will do. They all heard that Ulquiorra will eliminate the threat to Sona''s existence. If so, why would he walked towards Issei? Sona''s arrival made Rias and Akeno sighed in relief. Although they knew that Sona we''re safe when Ulquiorra appears, it''s really different when you saw it in your own eyes. Ulquiorra ignore Sona as he continue to walked towards Issei. He eventually stopped in front of the kneeling Issei. Issei lifted up his head and looked at Ulquiorra. He opened his mouth and asked with a trembling voice, "W-What are you doing?" "I will ask you a question" Ulquiorra looked at him and said. "W-What is it?" Issei said. His body was full of bruised. He supported himself and slowly stood up in his feet. Sona closed her mouth and attentively listen to what will Ulquiorra say. She was curious to what he will ask. "Why do you still fight even if you know you can''t defeat him? Why?" Ulquiorra said as he raised his arm and pointed his finger at Kokabiel. He added, "I want to know the answer" Sona frown when she heard his question. She didn''t why would he asked that kind of question and she want to know why did he asked that. "Is it related to what you people called hearts?" Ulquiorra said as his gazed was fixed at Issei. Ulquiorra looked at everyone and said, "Hearts? Your kind of people are always so quick to speak such things. As though you carry your hearts in the very palm of your hands. But this eye of mine perceives all. There is nothing that it overlooks. That is the ?ssumption under which I have always fought." ''Ulquiorra'' Sona looked at Ulquiorra while listening to his words. Ulquiorra lifted up his arm and point at the center of Issei''s ?h?st. "What is this heart? If I tear open that ?h?st of yours, will I see it there?" Ulquiorra lifted his arm higher to the level of Issei''s head. "If I smash open that skull of yours, will I see it there?" "Now tell me what is your reason to fight like that" Ulquiorra asked once again with a loud voice. ''What the hell is he saying? That red dragon brat is fighting me because he want to suck on his master''s b??bs, you know. He almost switch to my side because of my offer, you know that'' Kokabiel retorted in his mind. ''Wait, that''s not important now. They are ignoring my existence here. I need to do something'' ''It''s like he is... '' Sona looked at Ulquiorra deeply. She understand Ulquiorra the more she listen to his words. Rias, Akeno, and the rest were still processing his words as they stood blankly on their feet. His words made Issei shocked for a second. Issei''s eyes flashed with determination and he opened his mouth, "That''s right, it''s simple, it''s because... " "Ignoring me, huh?" Kokabiel interrupted Issei''s words. He frowned and looked at Ulquiorra and asked, "Who are you?" Ulquiorra ignore him as his gazed was fixed to Issei. Sona couldn''t help but frown when she looked at this. It seems that Ulquiorra was more interested in listening to Issei''s answer than fighting Kokabiel. She approached Ulquiorra and said, "Ulquiorra, you can ask him later but first we need to get rid of this fallen angel." "Stand back!!" Sona shouted to her peerage. She knew that Ulquiorra was getting ready to fight Kokabiel. She turned her head to Rias and nodded. "Stand back!!" Rias also said to her peerage. She understood what Sona is trying to say. "He will fight Kokabiel on his own?" Issei asked unsurely. He knows that Kokabiel is strong as he they just fought but he didn''t know how strong is Ulquiorra. "Ise-san, Is he gonna be okay?" Asia asked with a looked of concern in her face. Asia is really a good person. She is worried to the person she didn''t even know. "Don''t underestimate the demon king''s peerage member. Every demon king''s servant is very powerful on their own." Akeno said to Issei. Sona looked at Ulquiorra who was facing Kokabiel. "Me? Getting rid of me? It''s not easy as you think" Kokabiel pointed at himself and said in disdain. "You''re interrupting me" Ulquiorra lifted up his arm. A spiritual power in the form of a green ball formed on the tip of his finger. The green ball was exuding a very powerful pressure to every person in the surrounding area. "Cero" Ulquiorra said as the green ball shot out a green beam from his finger to Kokabiel. The beam headed towards Kokabiel at a very fast speed. Chapter 11 - Cero Ulquiorra pointed his finger at Kokabiel. A large amount of spiritual power formed on the tip of his finger. It formed into a green ball at the sized of a fist. "This feeling... It''s different from magic power" Sona muttered in a low voice. She feel a tugging feeling in her soul. It''s not only her who felt this, everyone around her also felt this feeling. As if their soul was afraid of sometjing. "What is this feeling?" Issei said as he felt something but was not sure of what it is. "I don''t know but I''m sure it has something to do with his power" Rias said as she looked at Ulquiorra. "Sona, the barrier!!" Tsubaki approached Sona and said. "I forgot," Sona turned to everyone and said, "Everyone, help me put a barrier around the academy" Rias nodded as she turned to her servant. She instruct them to help Sona erect the barrier. Kokabiel frown and he raised up his arm in the air. A spear made of light power formed up above his arm. He didn''t know what was that but he was confident in his own skill. The light spear he made expanded until it was at the three meters in length. "Hmmp!! Take this!!" Kokabiel snorted as he threw the light spear to Ulquiorra. "Cero" A huge green beam shot out from the tip of Ulquiorra''s finger. The green beam was huge that it could engulf a whole house. Swooosh!! "Not good" Seeing this Sona immediately poured her magic power in the barrier they just erected. The green beam destroyed everything in it''s way. It destroyed the light spear made by Kokabiel easily. It was disintegrated into tiny particles when it crushed into the green beam. "What?!!" Kokabiel exclaimed when he saw that his light spear was disintegrated in just a second. "Aahhhh!!" Kokabiel shouted in pain.The beam didn''t stop until it crushed into the building. "Grrr..." Sona, Tsubaki and the rest gritted their teeth as they poured every magic power they got in the barrier. Boom!! The school building exploded causing a mushroom of smoke to appear in the area. The ground was trembling because of the huge explosion that happened. The shockwave from the explosion made the other buildings shake. A gust of wind swept passed everyone as they tried to covered their eyes. After a few moment all of them put down their hands and all they saw was a large crater with a smoke coming out of it. There''s many large debris of rocks in the surrounding area. "One more shot and the barrier will break." Sona muttered in a low voice. She used mostly of her magic power to maintain the barrier. Luckily, it didn''t directly hit the barrier or else it will break without any resistance. Just the shockwave alone was enough to cracked the barrier they made. "That power" Issei''s mouth opened widely at the scene he saw. "The large school building was gone just like that.... " Saji couldn''t believe his eyes. He felt that his eyes was deceiving him. "I didn''t think that Ulquiorra was this powerful" Rias muttered as she looked blankly at the large crater. "Me too, I just know that my sister said that he was very strong" Sona replied. "I thought he was a swordsman" Kiba said as he saw the sword in Ulquiorra''s waist. "Me too" Xenovia nodded at his words. They were shocked at Ulquiorra''s display of strength. A single shot was all it took to destroyed a large building. Even when they fought in rating game here in academy they couldn''t destroy a whole building just like that, even if they fought with their life on the line all they could do was damage some parts of the building. After a few minutes the smoke dissipated and all they could see was a large amount of debris in the crater. "Where''s Kokabiel?" Issei said as he looked around and didn''t see Kokabiel. "Don''t tell me he died just like that" Saji said. "No, he''s not dead, look at Ulquiorra" Sona said as he pointed at Ulquiorra. All of them looked at Ulquiorra. They saw that he was looking down at the crater. They looked over and saw that he was looking at the debris. "He''s still alive and Ulquiorra knows it" Sona said to them. "Cough, cough, " Kokabiel coughed a few times and he spat a mouthful of blood in his throat. His looks was clearly different from before. His body was full of blood, his hair was in a mess, and one of his arm was gone. His black wings were ripped apart. The original five pair of black wings on his back was gone, currently there''s only three pair of black wings left. There''s also blood flowing from his black wings. He looked up at Ulquiorra with hatred in his eyes. "I''m going to kill you" Chapter 12 - Tearing Kokabiel "I''m going to kill you" Kokabiel looked at Ulquiorra with hatred in his eyes. He was caught off guard there. He didn''t think that green beam was so powerful that could left him injured. The injuries he took was not light. Kokabiel slowly stood up as he cough blood once again. He''s having a hard time standing up with his injured body. "Cough.. Who are you?" Kokabiel frowned. He didn''t think that someone that have this kind of power was a nobody. He must be a bigshot in the underworld, thought Kokabiel. That''s what he want. If some powerful bigshot personally came her to deal with him, then the other factions will not tolerate it. The power of those standing at the peak could potentially harm the world. That''s why those people fought in an isolated space so that they couldn''t harm the world. It will cause a war. A WAR. That''s what he want. "Ulquiorra" Ulquiorra said his name as he kept his gazed to Kokabiel. "Ulquiorra?" Kokabiel didn''t remember anyone have that kind of name in underworld. So that''s why he didn''t felt any sense of familiarity in his face. He survived in the last great war and go through many life and death battle against powerful angels and devils. He saw many powerful existence there in the great war. He thought that this guy was somekind of bigshot. "Let''s end this" Ulquiorra said as he flicked his finger and a ball of red energy shot out from it. "Bala" "Ahhh!!" With a roar Kokabiel flap his remaining wings as he flew in the air. He made another light spear and threw it at the red ball. Boom!! Ulquiorra''s bala and Kokabiel''s light spear collide at each other creating a small explosion. "Bala" Many red ball shot out from Ulquiorra''s fist. It headed towards Kokabiel with a very fast speed. Swoosh!! "Not good" Kokabiel tried his best to flap his three pairs of black wings. He flew across the sky to dodge the red ball of energy. "What?!!" Kokabiel suddenly stopped as he widened his eyes. Ulquiorra just used sonido and appears in front of Kokabiel in an instant. He grabbed the handle of his sword and pulled it in just a second. He made a large swing in front of Kokabiel. Swooosh!! Blood gushed out of Kokabiel''s ?h?st as it was cut by Ulquiorra. "Cough... This is it.. I''m going to die just like this.... Cough" Kokabiel said while looking at his palm full of his own blood. He then slowly fell on the ground. Thud!! He crashed into the ground. Ulquiorra looked at Kokabiel as he put back his sword into it''s sheath. "He''s beaten for real this time" Issei said looking at the body of Kokabiel. "It''s a one sided fight" Saji said looking at Ulquiorra who was standing in the air. "Yeah, Ulquiorra was too powerful" Issei said. "The gap in their strength was too large" Kiba said. They too fought Kokabiel so they know how strong he is but in front of Ulquiorra he''s like a child confronting an ?du?t. "It''s finally over" Rias breath a sighed of relief. "Yes, Rias, but I didn''t think that Ulquiorra is this powerful" Akeno said to Rias. "Stop talking and help me repair our school" Sona said to them before her gazed landed on Ulquiorra. Then, they saw Ulquiorra poited his finger at Kokabiel once again. A cero formed in Ulquiorra''s finger. He was ready to fire the cero anytime he want. "What is he doing?" Saji as said. "He already loss, you don''t have to kill him" Issei said. "Cough... Cough... Yes, that''s right, kill me!!" Kokabiel said as he lifted up his head with great effort to looked at Ulquiorra. He smirked, "Kill me!!" "President, we need to stop him" Tsubaki said to Sona. "STOP!! ULQUIORRA!!" Sona shouted. She shouted to stop Ulquiorra from killing Kokabiel. After all, Kokabiel is still a Cadre rank fallen angel. Kokabiel''s death will take a huge blow to the fallen angel. Even though Kokabiel want to start a war they just can''t kill him like that or else the fallen angel will lose their face. It may also start another war. A lot of fallen angels still bear grudges from devils because of the previous war. "I understand" Ulquiorra immediately understood what Sona meant. He put down his arm. Sona breath a sighed of relief when she saw him puy down his life. "Let''s repair the school" Sona said in a tired voice. They found the unconscious Freed in the mountain of debris. They pick him up and tied him. They will take him as prisoner. ... In the underworld. Two devils and one fallen angels was looking at the crystal ball. They saw Ulquiorra completely destroy Kokabiel. He didn''t even let him fight back. Azazel leaned in his chair and said, "That was an interesting fight" though he said that he was lamenting at the state of Kokabiel inside his heart. After all both of them fought side by side in the great war. When he saw his friend looks after that battle he couldn''t but grew sad. "Hehehe~ After all Ulqi-tan is the greatest sidekick," Serafall chuckled cutely. She was certainly happy that her sidekick is in the limelight. "He held back" Sirzechs said. He clearly saw that Ulquiorra didn''t even used his full power in this fight. "Yes, I saw it" Azazel nodded. He remember the battle and saw Ulquiorra completely overwhelmed Kokabiel with his power. He wondered how powerful Ulquiorra is,if he unleashed his full power. Azazel turned his head to Serafall and he couldn''t help but asked, "Just how powerful he is exactly?" "I don''t know but I know that he could overwhelm you if he transform" Serafall replied. Serafall knew many things about Ulquiorra because he told her many things about arrancar and him. "Eh!!" Azazel was speechless by her answer. Chapter 13 - Aftermath A day had passed since the battle against Kokabiel. Ulquiorra one-sidedly defeated Kokabiel with his power. Kuoh academy was back to what it was before. There''s no sign of battle that can be found in Kuoh academy as Rias and Sona help each other to repair the academy. Now that everything''s back to normal. Ulquiorra will go back to underworld tomorrow to report to Serafall. He didn''t help in rebuilding the academy as he didn''t have a power to do that. Though, he have a huge amount of demonic energy in his body, he didn''t know how to use it. The demonic energy in his body came from the chess pieces inside his body as Serafall reincarnated him into a demon. He is not a pure hollow anymore. He could also say that he is not a pure demon as his hollow hole was still there in the base of his throat. He could only say that he is a half hollow and half demon. Currently, he was inside the student council room standing beside the window. He was observing the students below like he usually do with his free time. "Do you not feel bored watching them like that?" Saji asked as he looked at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra just glance at him before he continue to watch the students below. Sona looked at him as she adjusted her glasses. She was bothered by what he asked Issei during that time. It''s like... It''s like he had. "No emotion" A low voice sounded beside her ear. The words that she wanted to hear. Sona turned her head and saw her queen, Tsubaki Shinra. "You notice it too?" Sona asked Tsubaki in a low voice that only the two of them could hear not even the other members beside them. "Un" Tsubaki nodded her head to Sona. She glance at Ulquiorra as she said, "The words that he said that time. I pondered it and I came to this conclusion that he don''t have any emotion." "Me too, He didn''t smile not even once" She remembered that Ulquiorra didn''t even smile for the few months she observed him. "He didn''t get embarrassed" That''s why he didn''t get embarrassed when her sister make him do those embarrassing things. At first she thought he just have thick skin but now... She remembered his words back then. What is heart? It''s just a simple question but it have a very deep meaning. "He is interested in the emotion that he don''t have" Sona muttered as she looked deeply at Ulquiorra. "I wonder how he is like before he met Serafall-sama" Tsubaki said in a low voice. "I wonder too" Sona nodded. She wanted to asked him many question but the time was not right. He turned around and approached Sona. "I will go back to underworld now" Ulquiorra said directly. "Eh!! I thought you will go back tomorrow" Sona was stunned for a second. "Well, something happens" Ulquiorra said with a plain expression. "Hmmm... Is it about the meeting?" Sona pondered for a moment before she asked. She remembered about that there''s going to be a meeting between the three factions. The Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils leader will gathered in one place and will talk about the peace. "Yes" Ulquiorra nodded. "Hmm.. Meeting of the three faction." Sona muttered. Ulquiorra turned around and a garganta opened in front of him startling everyone. Under everyone''s eyes he stepped forward and enter the garganta. After he was gone the garganta closed slowly. "That looks like a mouth" Saji commented. Ruroko and Momo nodded at Saji''s words. "Still, that''s the first time I saw something like that" Tsubaki said. "Me too, I never even heard the term garganta before" Sona said. It''s true that she never heard of garganta before. An ability that could take him to human world back to underworld. It''s different from the teleportation magic that they are using. Chapter 14 - Incoming Parents Day A garganta opened up in the sky up abave the Sitri household. A man wearing white clothes walked out of the garganta. Ulquiorra descend and arrived in front of a huge gate. He directly walked inside the gate. The guards didn''t stop him as they know that he is the only member of Serafall''s peerage. He opened the door of the mansion and stepped forward. As soon as he enter the mansion a figure flash and crushed at him. "Hmmm~ I miss you Ulqi-tan!" Serafall said as she hugged him tighly,pressing her br??st against his ?h?st. Ulquiorra just stood in his place and let her do what she want. A dozen of minutes have passed before Serafall seperated herself from Ulquiorra. "Okay, let''s practice our speech!!" said Serafall as she raised her arm up in the air. Afterwards she dragged Ulquiorra into her room. They practiced their so called ultimate entrance for about three hours and a half. Serafall was full of energy as she think many ideas. ... "The leaders of the fallen angels, angels, and devils will having a conference about the Kokabiel''s incident." "We decided that the meeting will happen in Kuoh academy one week from now" Serafall explained the details of the meeting to Ulquiorra. She was serious while explaining this to Ulquiorra. "I want you to accompany me in the meeting of the three faction." Serafall said as looled at Ulquiorra deeply. "Okay, I actually want to go back there." Ulquiorra nodded. "Really? Then, protect So-tan there" Serafall was suprised for a second. Ulquiorra nodded at her. "You can go anytime you want to human world just don''t forget So-tan is your priority there." said Serafall as she didn''t forget to tell him to protect her precious sister. "Okay, I will go now." Ulquiorra nodded before turned around preparing to return to human world. He was about to open a garganta when he heard something. "Wait!!" shouted Serafall. Ulquiorra stopped in his track. He turned his head and looked at Serafall. "Tomorrow, you can go tomorrow not now, you just came here and you want to go back" Serafall puff up her cheeks as she pouted, "You already can''t wait to leave." ... Ruruko asked, "President, is it true that the leaders of the three factions are going to have a meeting?" "Yes, I just received a word to that" Sona nodded. They saw the door opened and saw Ulquiorra entered the room. "Oh? Ulquiorra, what brings you here?" Sona asked Ulquiorra. "The same as before and I will attend the meeting with Serafall-sama" Ulquiorra response to her question. "Hmm... The leaders are going to meet to discuss about their future relations." Sona said as she adjusted her glasses. "That must mean that Kokabiel''s actions have disrupt the relations between the devils, angels, and fallen angels." Tsubasa said while she held her chin with her hand. Tsubasa is a tall girl with blue, shoulder length hair with matching eyes. She is one of Sona''s rooks. "One wrong move and it could lead to another war. We haven''t recover from are loss to the last war so it''s bad if another war erupt again." Sona said. "If we haven''t stopped Ulquiorra that time, I''m sure that the leaders of the fallen angels, Azazel, will arrived here." said Sona as she looked at Ulquiorra. She continue, "You know that the white dragon emperor arrived to take care Kokabiel, he was the one that Azazel dispatched to catch Kokabiel." "So, If Ulquiorra kill Kokabiel that White dragon emperor will try to get revenge." Saji said. "In short, a war will erupt" Sona said. "I''m just eliminating the threat. I don''t care about anything else" said Ulquiorra as he joined the conversation. "I will just say this once, Sirzechs Lucifer is the host of the conference for the three faction here, in the academy." Ulquiorra remember what Serafall said to him. He passed this message to Sona so she can prepare. "W-What?!!" Momo exclaimed. "I-In Kuoh Academy?!" Sona was surprised at the news that Ulquiorra brought. "We, the devils, are the host" said Tsubaki. ... In the Underworld. "Ahh!! I forgot, today is the parents'' day, I can check Sona there in the Academy, Yay!!" Serafall remember something before she started jumping around her room excitedly. "So-tan! So-tan! Here I come!" Serafall immediately entered a teleportation magic. Chapter 15 - Vali Ulquiorra looked down and he saw Issei was talking to a young man with a silver hair. "This energy feels familiar" Ulquiorra muttered in a low voice while looking at the silver hair young man. "Hmm.. " Ulquiorra tried to remember. After a few moments he said in a low voice, "He''s that White dragon man on that day." He remember that half an hour after he defeated Kokabiel. White Dragon Emperor came to take Kokabiel and the priest. "He have the similar energy, it must be him" Ulquiorra murmured before he disappeared. ... Issei was walking towards the school alone. Suddenly he felt his left arm throb in pain. "Ow!! The hell!" Issei held his left arm as he groan in pain. He notice a silver hair young man standing beside the gate of the academy. "Who''s that?" He felt that his left arm was reacting to this man. The silver haired young man smirked at Issei. He slowly approach Issei and said, "This is the second time we''ve met." "What?" said Issei. He was sure that he didn''t met this man before. "Welsh Dragon, Emperor of Red Dragon, Hyoudo Issei... " said the silver haired young man. He continue,"I''m Vali, Emperor of White Dragon... the Vanishing Dragon." "You''re... " Issei felt his handing burning. He held his left hand tightly as he gritted his teeth. "Ah!!" He was shocked when he saw Vali was suddenly in front of him, pointing his finger at his forehead. "You''re defenseless." said Vali. "For instance, right now I could use a magical-" Vali didn''t managed to finish his sentence as he was interrupted by the two swords pointing at his neck. "Your joke is getting out of hand" Kiba said while holding his sword next to Vali''s neck. "We can''t let you start a fight with the Emperor of Red Dragon here, Emperor of White Dragon. " Xenovia said. "Issei-san..." Asia walked beside Issei worriedly. "Asia, stay back!" Issei said to Asia. Vali just smirked at them and said, "Don''t even try it." "You couldn''t even defeat Kokabiel, so you''re no match for me" He glance at Xenovia and Kiba and said, "If you don''t mind people seeing, then by all means, go ahead." Kiba and Xenovia put down their swords. They went beside Issei while staring warily at Vali. "Hyoudo Issei, where do you think you rank in power among the people of the world?" Vali asked Issei. "Your balance breaker, although incomplete, is four digits from the top." Vali showed his fingers and added, "It ranks somewhere between one and one and a half thousand." "What are you trying to say?" said Issei with a frown. "Even if all of you fight me at the same time, you wouldn''t stand a chance against me with your current power, right, Rias Gremory." Vali smirked as he looked behind Issei. "President?!" Issei turned his head and saw Rias with Akeno and Koneko. "Emperor of White Dragon," Rias said as she walked towards Vali. She asked, "What might you be after?" Rias was afraid inside her mind. Her palms was already sweating as she could feel Vali''s tremendous magic power. He was right, even if we fight him togetger we wouldn''t stand a chance. She put up a brave front and said, "If you are affiliated with the fallen angels then we will avoid fighting." "Hmmph!!" Vali snorted and said, "In times past, the Two Heavenly Dragons, have caused all they met to lead a miserable lives." He looked at Rias in the eyes and said, "How are things working out for you?" Rias didn''t answer him. She just looked at him wanting to know what his motives. "The two heavenly dragons are destine to fight. I''m sure you know that, Rias Gremory? Remember that we will fight someday in the future and you will not able to prevent it." said Vali. Issei clenched his fist when he heard that. "I''m not here to fight" Vali said. Rias and the rest didn''t clearly believe his words. "Besides, if I were to start a fight here" "You will stop me from doing so, right?" Vali looked up in the sky. Rias and the rest also looked up in the sky. They follow Vali''s line of sight and saw a person was standing in the sky looking at them. "Ulquiorra?!!" Rias and Issei exclaimed at the same time. ''That''s right, I completely forgot about Ulquiorra. He must be with Sona when he sense Vali''s power, so he came to check.'' Rias thought. She was really afraid that when a fight start here, he will kill Issei before her brother arrived here. Although she didn''t know how powerful Vali is. Judging from the magic power he''s emitting, he''s as strong as Kokabiel, no, maybe stronger, added with the power of Emperor of White Dragon. "Although I would love to fight you too, I still have some things I need to attend." Vali said before he walked away. Ulquiorra just looked at him walking away. He remember what Sona told him before. They haven''t determine if the fallen angels will fight them. So he couldn''t make a rush decision to fight him. Until the conference was over they wouldn''t know if they were an enemy of not. "Hmm? I sense Serafall-sama''s magical energy." Ulquiorra looked at the direction of the school gymnasium. He disappeared in his position as he went towards the gymnasium. "I thought that a fight will broke out." Xenovia said as she looked at the sky. "Even though Ulquiorra is here. If a fight really broke out we will not able able to escape from the aftershocks in this closed range." Akeno said. "Yeah, we were too weak compared to them" Issei said. Chapter 16 - Magical Girl Issei was walking around when he heard someone called his name. "Oh, Issei." Issei looked over and was surprised, "Oh, President, President." He saw Rias and Sona with Tsubaki and Akeno, their queen. "Is your arm doing any better?" Rias asked. "Yes. Now that I''ve rested, it''s gone back to normal." replied Issei. "I heard you met the Emperor of White Dragon." said Sona as she looked at Issei. "Yes, but it seems the he came for a quick talk." Issei said as he scratched the back of his head. "Quick talk?" "l also don''t know why, but it seems that he just want to take a look at Issei." Rias said as she crossed her arms below her ?h?st. She added, "And he seems under the fallen angels'' control and can''t act up." "Let''s just hope he doesn''t do anything on the academy grounds." Sona said. "Well, Ulquiorra was there so he probably won''t something." Issei said as he smiled wryly. "Ulquiorra was there?" Sona asked. "Yes... " Rias nodded and said, "He probably sense him and came to check out." Rias frowned and said seriously, "We''ve got enough of our own problems already." "Yes, truly." Sona nodded seriously. ... The parents'' started as they watched their child in the class doing anything. Some parents even brought a camera and took a video of their son and daughter. Break time. Issei, Akeno, Rias, and Asia were talking to each other. Issei were presenting his work to Rias. Suddenly they heard the students loud voice. "A photo shoot of the witch girl?!" "A magical girl?! You say," "As a member of ex-photography club, I must record every single detail through my lenses." "Magical girl?" Issei muttered confusedly. "It can''t be... " Rias exclaimed. "Ara, ara" Akeno put her hand closed to her mouth. ... Rias group entered the gymnasium. They saw a lot of people inside the gym taking pictures of the girl wearing pink clothes with a wand in her hand. "One more, please!!" "C-Could you look over here, please?" Issei was surprised when he saw the girl, "That''s... Magical Girl Milky Spiral Seven Alternative cosplay." "You''re very knowledgeable, Ise-san." Asia said. "Eh?!! Isn''t that Ulquiorra? Why is he up there?" Issei was surprised when he saw Ulquiorra up there with the girl. Ulquiorra was standing beside Serafall. She was doing every kind of pose while dragging him. "HEY!!" Saji came over and looked at the students, "What do you think you''re doing? You''re at school!" "Shoo! The party''s over!" said Saji while shooing them away. "Shut up, you tyrant!" "Why can''t we have a photo shoot?!" "Yeah!!" The students rebutted and shouted. "It''s Parents'' day. Quit making trouble! Go away!" Saji shouted loudly. "Um, Ulquiorra, do you know her?" Saji looked at Ulquiorra and asked. Ulquiorra nodded his head. "We can''t have you walking around with that kind of clothes." Saji smiled wryly. I''m just doing my job here, Saji thought. Serafall looked at him and she started to wave her wands. "Mil-mil-mil-mil Spiral!" "Eh?!" Saji was speechless. He looked at Ulquiorra and said with a pleading tone, "Ulquiorra, can you please... " "Yo, Saji. Glad to see you working hard." Issei walked over and greeted Saji. "Shut up, Hyoudo" Saji replied. The door slammed opened and Sona walked inside, "Saji, what''s going on here?" "Eh! President, I was just-" Saji scratched his cheeks with his finger while he said. "Found you, So-tan" Serafall exclaimed excitedly. "Eh!!" Sona was surprised that she lose her composure for a second. "So-tan!" Serafall immediately run and stopped in front of Sona. Her hands was still holding onto Ulquiorra. "So-tan, what''s wrong?" Serafall asked. "You''re blushing like crazy," Serafall put her face closer to Sona. "You''ve finally been reunited with your big sister. I think you should be much happier." Serafall said happily as she opened her arms widely freeing Ulquiorra. "Big sister?" Issei said. "Serafall Leviathan-sama." Rias said to Issei. "Huh?" "One of today''s Four Great Satans and my President''s older sister." Saji joined. He added, "It''s the first time I''ve seen her, though." "and she''s Ulquiorra''s master." Akeno added. Rias walked over and greeted Serafall, "Serafall-sama, it''s been a while." "Oh, Rias-chan! How have you been? It''s been ages" Serafall greeted her back. "I''ve been well, thank you. Are you here for parents'' day?" "Yeah! So-tan is so mean. She didn''t say a word to me about parents'' day." Sona turned her head away. "I was devastated" Serafall faked her cry. "I was so angry that I was about to attack Heaven." Serafall noticed Issei, "Rias-chan, is that the kid with Ddraig I''ve heard about?" "Yes. Issei, come and introduce yourself." Rias turned her head to Issei. "Y-Yes!!" Issei walked and bowed his head, "I-It''s a p???sur? to meet you! I''m Hyoudo Issei, Rias Gremory''s pawn." "Nice to meet you, I''m Serafall Leviathan, a Satan." Serafall spin around as she did some pose. She make a V sign with her left arm, "Call me Levi-tan" "Onee-sama," Sona said suddenly interrupting them, "I am in charge of the student council here. Even if you''re a family, such behavior and attire is completely unacceptable!" "Say it ain''t so, So-tan!" Serafall said. Then she looked at Ulquiorra, "Ulqi-tan''s attire too is like me but you haven''t complain anything to him." Ulquiorra heard her words. He looked at her and didn''t say anything. "He''s not letting himself be seen by the students. So it''s not a problem." Sona said. "Ulquiorra, please, help me handle my sister" Sona looked at Ulquiorra with a pleading gazed. Chapter 17 - Meeting of the Three Faction Inside a room there''s a round table in the center. Four people were sitting around the table. They are the leaders of the three faction. Michael, leader of the Angels, Azazel, governor of the Fallen Angels, Sirzechs and Serafall, the Satans. A girl named Irina was standing behind Michael. Vali was behind Azazel. Rias and her peerage was behind Sirzechs while Ulquiorra, Sona, and Tsubaki were standing behind Serafall. An army of Fallen Angels, Angels, and Devils were outside the building. They were looking at each other incase something bad happens. They were ready to launch an attack if someone makes a wrong move. The atmosphere of the room was heavy. Everyone was tense and had a serious expression. "So, this is the one who took care of Kokabiel." Azazel looked at Ulquiorra with interest. "Ahem!!" Sirzechs fake his cough gaining the attention of everyone. "Allow me to introduce them." Sirzechs started after he gained the attention of the leaders. "This is my sister and her family. They did very well in their recent battle with Kokabiel." "Thank you everyone and you too Ulquiorra we appreciate your efforts." Michael said. Rias stepped forward and started to tell the details of the battle against Kokabiel. Sona testify their speech. "I''d like to hear the General of the Fallen Angels'' opinion on Rias'' report." Sirzechs said. "There''s nothing much to say. Kokabiel acted of his own accord." Azazel replied. "It has nothing to do with you" Michael said. "I was waiting for what has he up to," Azazel smirked. "Well, enough small talk. Let''s sign that peace treaty already." Azazel said as he looked at Sirzechs. "The one who start the war, God and the Satans, are gone, after all." Michael said. "That''s why we have the two here, although not part of our stand-off, but have the power to change the world." Azazel as he crossed his arms. Issei and Vali became the center of discussion. Vali expressed his d?s?r? that he only want to fight a powerful opponent. Issei too expressed his d?s?r? that he want peace. The conference continued. Everyone seems in a good mood. At some point of the conference Issei asked Michael why Asia was exiled. Michael explained everything to Issei why he do that. Suddenly they felt something change in the atmosphere. "What the..." Issei was shocked. He turned around and saw Sona and Tsubaki standing there motionless. "Did someone... stop time?" Kiba muttered. "Looks like it. We weren''t affeted due to our immense power." Azazel nodded. The ones who are affected were Asia, Akeno, Sona, and Tsubaki. The others weren''t affected due to their immense power or they were protected because of their sacred gear and holy swords. Ulquiorra went in front of Sona. He looked at her motionless body. Boom!! They heard a loud explosion as the building they were in shake. Issei and others walked to the window and saw a group of mages appearing in the air. "Hey! I''m the magical girl here" Serafall complained. Azazel said that the one who was causing the time to stop is Gasper. Gasper must be in the enemy''s hands if it''s like that. Rias and Issei proposed to go and rescue Gasper and Koneko. "Serafall-sama do you want me to-" Ulquiorra walked beside Serafall and said. "No, Ulqi-tan just stay here and protect So-tan" Serafall said. Azazel let Vali go out and greet the enemy outside. Vali flew outside and immediately used balance breaker. The mages quickly launch an attack at Vali. Vali just floated in the air as the attack could do notjing to him. He then opened his palm and a magic power gathered in it forming a white ball. Suddenly a magic circle appeared behind them. All of them turned their heads and saw a bespectacled woman appeared. "Good day, Satans Sirzechs and Serafall." the woman greeted the two. "W-What are you doing here?" Serafall was shocked when she saw the woman. "The descendant of the previous Leviathan, Katerea Leviathan?!" Sirzechs was also surprised. "Chaos and ruin to the world... " Katarea raised up her wand in the air. Ulquiorra felt something bad. He immediately used sonido and appeared in front of Katerea. He pulled back his arm and shot a powerful punch. Boom!! The building exploded. The explosion disintegrated the whole building. Smoke and dust filled the surrounding area. "Cough! Who are you?" Katerea coughed. She looked at Ulquiorra and asked while frowning. She looks in mess right now. Blood drip down from her mouth. She clearly felt Ulquiorra''s punch just now, coupled by her magic that exploded in front of them. "Ulquiorra!" Serafall exclaimed. The leaders looked at Ulquiorra. They put a barrier around to protect the rest from the explosion. They didn''t expect Ulquiorra to react that fast and counter Katerea. Unfortunately it still caused an explosion. Sirzechs turned his head to Katerea and asked, "What are you trying to achieve, Katerea?" "To do exactly what this conference sought not to do." Katerea replied. "If God and Satans are gone, then this world will be ready for evolution." "Stop this, Katerea-chan" Serafall tried to persuade her. "Why are you... " "Serafall... " Katerea gritted her teeth. "You are the one that stole the position of Leviathan from me!" "I... " "Don''t worry, I''ll kill you right here, right now, and take back the title Satan Leviathan from you." Katerea slowly descend from the air. "Then, allow me to kill you." Ulquiorra said as he lifted up his arm and pointed his finger at Katerea. A green ball spinning like a razor form on the tip of his finger. It expanded a few time before it grew smaller. "What is this feeling?" Azazel said looking at Ulquiorra. They didn''t know that they were feeling Ulquiorra''s spiritual pressure right now. It was gushing out of his body pressuring Katerea. The green cero reached the peak of it''s strength. With a boom it shot a massive beam towards Katarea. "Gran Rey Cero! Chapter 18 - Meeting of the Three Faction 2 "Arggh!!" Katerea frown as she gritted her teeth because of the spiritual pressure Ulquiorra released was focus on her. "What is that?" Azazel frown looking at the cero. "It feels dangerous" Sirzechs said. "Gran Rey Cero!" with a boom a massive beam shot out and it headed straight at Katerea. ''Not good'' Katerea''s eyes constricted. She immediately put up a barrier and move quickly to the side to dodge the attack. Swoosh!! The beam pass beside her but it expanded once again and it broke her barrier. The beam grazed her body and it exploded. Boom!! The beam hit the building far away and caused a huge explosion. A massive mushroom of clouds appeared. The explosion destroy everything in the surrounding area. It destroy and killed enemies at the same time. Gust of wind swept around the area. The ground trembled because of the powerful explosion. Kiba, Xenovia, and Irina opened their mouth widely. "What a power..." Azazel muttered as he looked around. "Very destructive" Sirzechs said. "Ulqi-tan! Come back here, We weren''t even done talking and yet you attack suddenly" Serafall shouted at Ulquiorra. "What a pity..." Ulquiorra glance once more at the huge crater. He sense that Katerea was still alive but she took a heavey injuries in his attack. He went beside Serafall and start complaining to him. "Aarrgh!! I''m going to kill all of you!!" Katerea emerge from the smoke and shouted angrily. Her body was full of heavy wounds. Fortunately, she managed to dodge the beam and it only grazed at her but that graze was enough to injure her. She couldn''t believe this. That power was very destructive and it was putting weight in her soul. She never feel like this before. ''It''s only a graze but why am I injured like this?'' Katerea thought as she looked at her injured body. If she took that attack head on she was sure that she was already lying down on the ground. She didn''t think that she would met a devil this powerful beside the four great Satans. She opened her palms and a snake emerge from it. It coils around her body and it slowly fused. Her strength rose up suddenly. She pointed her wand at them and powerful magic shot at them. Swoosh!! "Let me" Azazel stepped forward and blocked her attack. "A puny Fallen Angel" Katerea gritted her teeth. "You wouldn''t be able to defeat me in your current condition" Azazel wings appeared behind his back before he flew into the sky. Issei and Rias came back with Koneko and Gasper. They manged to rescue them easily because of the huge explosion that happened. That explosion disrupt the formation of the enemies and killed at lot of them. "I already said before, in your current condition you wouldn''t be able to fight me." Azazel looked at Katerea''s bothered appearance. "I didn''t even need to get serious." "Atleast I would take you down with me" Katerea said. Her arms stretch towards Azazel. "Self destruct, huh?" Azazel muttered. He easily evaded her arms with his speed. He then shot a magic attack at Katerea. "Aarrgh!!" Katerea scream her last breath. "Now, we only need to handle these mob" Azazel looked at the mages in the sky. Suddenly something crashed against Azazel from above. This caught him off guard. Azazel fall in the ground causing a small explosion. He slowly stood up and looked at the sky. "Vali?" "Forgive me, Azazel. This side seemed more interesting." Vali, in his balance break, was in the sky looking down at them. "Vali?! So you''re the one who betrayed us." Issei shouted angrily. "Hey, Vali. I want to ask you something." Azazel said while patting his clothes. Azazel flew into the air once again. "Shemhaza, my Governor, noticed that rebels from the three great factions were banding together." "Khaos Brigade, was it?" "Khaos Brigade?" Sirzechs muttered. "A group of rebels?!" Serafall said. Ulquiorra was standing beside her. "And their leader is..." Azazel continue,"the Ouroboros Dragon, Ophis." "Indeed, I am working with Ophis... " Vali admitted that he was working with Ophis. He continue, "but neither of us want to rule the world. Some idoits came after us for our powers." Vali revealed to everyone that he is a Lucifer. He is a half devil half human. He then revealed his pairs of wings. Everyone was shocked when they saw this. He have the blood of a Satan and the Divine Dividing. Vali mocked and threatened Issei to kill his parents. Issei was consumed by rage causing him to balance break. Issei and Vali fought fiercely. They battle with all they have. The shockwave they released could disintegrated those who are too weak. Sirzechs stop Rias from approaching them as he know that aftershock of their battle could harm his sister. Issei absorved Vali''s power. He managed to destroy Vali''s armor. Vali was about to use his juggernaut drive when Bikou appeared in the scene. He took Vali with him and leave. Chapter 19 - Meeting of the Three Faction 3 The Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils are all working together to repair the damage in the surrounding. "We''re responsible for Katerea''s action" Sirzechs took the blame for Katerea''s action. "I''m sorry about Vali too. It''s my fault for not stopping him before he got out of hand." Azazel said. "This is just the beginning." Michael said. Issei approach Michael and asked him a favor to let Xenovia and Asia pray. Michael promised him that he will do that once he got back to the heaven. "I''ve decided to stick around here for a while longer." Azazel turned his head and looked at Issei. "Huh?" "I told you, I''m going to repay you with something only I can do." Azazel said. "What does that mean?" Issei asked. "I''m tired, let''s go home." Azazel walked away as he waved his hand to the fallen angel in the air. "Wait! Where''s Ulquiorra?" Serafall asked. She looked around and she didn''t find Ulquiorra. "Maybe, he already went back to the Underworld." Sirzechs said. "No, I know him." Serafall said. ... A man wearing a wearing a white hakama and black sash was standing in the air. He was Ulquiorra Cifer. He followed Vali and Bikou all the way here. He looked at the two story house from far away. He found himself here from following the two. "Nyaa~ we have a guess here." Ulquiorra heard a feminine voice beside him. He turned his head and saw a young woman with a long black hair wearing a black kimono. She have black cat ears in her head and black tail on her back. She have a playful expression in her face. "Who are you?" Ulquiorra asked. "Nya, that''s what I want to say." the cat girl replied to him. Ulquiorra released his spiritual pressure in the surrounding area. His spiritual pressure bore down with an enormous strength. "Nyaa, what''s this power?" Kuroka''s complexion suddenly changed. Her playful expression turned serious. She felt something weight down on her soul. Powerful aura burst out of the two story house. Ulquiorra looked over and saw Vali, Bikou, and man with a blonde hair. "So, you follow us here." Vali frowned looking at him. He have a high impression of this man. This man was a very powerful being that could defeat and kill Katerea. "Eh?! How did you follow us?" Bikou was surprised. "What do you want to do?" Vali asked. "I just want to scout your headquarters but I didn''t expect that your friend here will be able to sense me." Ulquiorra said with a plain expression. "Nyaahaha" Kuroka chuckled. "Who he is, Vali?" Arthur asked. "He''s Serafall Leviathan''s servant, a very powerful man." Vali answered him. "Hmm, He must be really strong if you evaluate him that much" Arthur murmured. "Then, what will you do now?" Vali looked at Ulquiorra and asked. "I didn''t receive an order to fight you. I came here on my own." Ulquiorra replied without changing his expression. "So, you came here on your own?" Vali smirked. ... A week have passed since the leaders of the three factions signed the peace treaty. The three factions was peaceful now although there''s still a resistance to the treaty they''re only a small numbers. Ulquiorra went back to the underworld. He found Sona and her peerage in the Sitri household. It seems that summer vacation started in the human world. Since it''s a vacation Sona went back to underworld with her peerage. They are training their power in these past few days. Today there''s an important things that will happens. The Gods of Asgard will join us in meeting. If possible Asgard will also sign a peace treaty. Khaos Brigade threats was not small because of their leader, Ophis. Ophis is one of the existence that god feared. A dragon that was born from nothingness. Also the members of the Khaos Brigade is just not an ordinary person. They already saw the White Dragon, Sun Goku, and Katerea. The three were powerful on their own. Who knows how many powerful members they have. "Oh? Ulquiorra" Sona greeted Ulquiorra when she saw him enter the mansion. Ulquiorra just looked at her. He used pesquisa and sense Serafall in her room. He walked towards her room. "That guy is really cold," Saji said. "That''s okay, Saji" Sona said while looking at Ulquiorra''s back. "Anyway, let''s go Tsubaki." Sona said as she walked away. They we''re going in the young devil meeting were many young devil make an acquaintance in other young devil. It''s for deepening the relationship between young devils. Tsubaki followed Sona to change their clothes. ... Ulquiorra enter Serafall''s room without knocking. "Ulqi-tan" Serafall jumped towards Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra told him something about the Khaos Brigade. He began to narrated what he saw. "Do you have any evidence, Ulqi-tan?" Serafall asked. Ulquiorra just out his fingers into his eyes and he plucked it out. He crushed his eyes in his palm into particles. The particles went to Serafall''s body. Serafall closed her eyes as she saw what Ulquiorra saw. "I see." Serafall nodded. "They have different goals and they are not unite. They were just using each others." Chapter 20 - Loki In a very luxurious hall, many young devils gather together. They were wearing beautiful and expensive dress. The atmosphere was very lively, coupled with classical music. They were talking to each other with a smile in their face. It''s not just the young devils were here. The Satans were also here and talking to each other. They were about to meet the God of Asgard that was coming here. "I''ve never seen Satans gathered in one place like this." Kiba said while looking at Sirzechs, Asmodeus, and Beelzebub talking to each other. "It''s really an incredible sight." Rias turned her head and looked at her peerage. She said, "Make sure not to offend anyone, especially you, Issei." "I-I know!" "Good evening, Rias" Sona walked with Tsubaki and Saji as she greeted Rias. "Good evening, Sona." Rias greeted her too. "How''s your training camp going?" she asked. "It''s okay" Sona replied. "Welcome, So-tan" Serafall run towards Sona wth a smile on her face while Ulquiorra just follow her behind. Serafall stopped in front of them. "O-Onee-sama!" Sona was surprised. "It''s been a long time, Lady Serafall, Ulquiorra" Rias greeted the duo. "Oh, Rias! And it looks like the Red Dragon Emperor is doing well, too!" Serafall said with a smile. Ulquiorra gazed at Issei. His gaze made Issei stiffen. Issei remember what Ulquiorra asked him that day. He haven''t given his answer yet. "Ulqi-tan" Serafall said when she noticed something. "I know, Serafall-sama" Ulquiorra replied. "Oh. Good work, Barakiel." Azazel said when he saw three people walking towards them. One of the three people was Barakiel. The other one was a silver haired woman. And the last one was an old man with white hair. He have a long white beard. He was Odin the God of Asgard. "It''s been a while, you shitty old man from the northern countryside." Azazel said to Odin. "It''s been a long time, you bratty fallen angel." Odin replied to Azazel. "It has been a long time, Lord Odin, God of the North." Sirzechs greeted Odin. "Sirzechs, I came in response to your invitation." Odin looked at Sirzechs. Serafall stepped forward she held the hem of her skirt and greeted Odin, "Welcome, Lord Odin." ''So, this is a God'' Ulquiorra observed Odin. Odin introduced Rossweisse to them. "This is Rossweisse, a valkyrie, also my guard." ... Sirzechs stepped forward and looked at the devils in the hall. "Devils, Angels, and Fallen Angels have reflected on the past and allied together, but there are ones who wish to start once again." Sirzechs started his speech. All the devils present in hall were listening to Sirzechs. "The new alliance with the Norse Gods of Asgard is truly heartening." Sirzechs turned to Odin and said, "Lord Odin, if you have no objections, please sign the pact monument." Odin walked forward and when he was about to sign they heard a voice. "I have an objection." "So you came, after all." Odin looked back and saw a magic circle appeared in the air. "I am the Norse God, Loki." the man introduce himself as Loki. "Well, this is a rare guest" Azazel said looking at Loki. All the devils were present here in the hall was looking at Loki who was floating in the air. "Lord Loki, though you are a Norse God, you have no right to cause havoc here." Sirzechs said to Loki. "Seeing our great father mingling with other mythologies brings me intolerable pain." Loki said while looking down at them. "Loki. If you return to Valhalla now, I will forgive you." Odin said to Loki. Devil guard walked forward and surround Loki. "Forgive me? Don''t joke around, old geezer." Loki said in disdain. "If you allies us with other mythologies, we will be unable to achieve Ragnarok!" "I''ve heard this argument before." Azazel frown while he said, "You''re connected to Khaos Brigade, aren''t you?" A huge magic circle appeared below Loki. A burst of powerful aura came out that knock the guards down. A massive wolf emerges from the magic circle. Roar!! The huge wolf released a load roar. Chapter 21 - Loki 2 A huge wolf appeared in the hall and it release a loud roar. The roar shook the entire hall. "Fenrir" Odin frown looking at the massive wolf. Fenrir started to wreck havoc in the hall. The guards tried to stop Fenrir from wrecking havoc. Many pillars were destroyed and the ground was trembling. Debris of large rock was falling towards Gasper and Asia. Akeno released a wave of lightning that disintegrated the debris of rocks. The lightning caught Fenrir''s attention. Fenrir turned to Akeno and roar. When it was about to pounce on Akeno, a white lighting with blue linings hit Fenrir on the head. "Do not touch this girl!" Boom!! Akeno turned her head and saw Barakiel. "Fool" Loki smirked. Suddenly a green magic circle appeared below his feet. It formed a barrier in the form of pyramid. The barrier sealed him and Fenrir inside it. "You''re full of openings" Beelzebub said. He was the one who seal Loki and Fenrir inside the barrier. "Beelzebub?!" Loki shouted as he disappeared with Fenrir. Beelzebub teleported them in the far away land. ... Later, Rias went back inside the hall with Koneko and Issei. They found the hall was already in ruins. The luxurious grand hall before was now like a desolate desert. "I see. His accomplice from Khaos Brigade were..." Sirzechs nodded in understanding. In front of him was Rias, his sister. "Bikou and Kuroka." Rias said. She just came back and she narrated what happened to Sirzechs. ... There''s the four Satans namely, Sirzechs, Serafall, Ajuka, and Asmodeus. They were sitting in line and opposite of them were the leaders of Fallen Angels, Angels, Odin. There''s also Ulquiorra and Rossweisse who were standing behind Serafall and Odin respectively. "Looks like we made it through, for now." Azazel said. "Ajuka teleported Loki and Fenrir to a far off land, but that is only a temporary solution." said Sirzechs. Odin stood up and said, "As the leader of the Norse, I will take full responsibility. I will deploy Mjolnir." "Mjolnir?!" Rossweisse exclaimed in surprised. ... Azazel went to Rias and decided to tell her their plan, "To defeat Loki, Odin will return North to retrieve Mjolnir. But Ajuka, who teleported Loki, says he can only keep Loki at bay for about a day." "Just one day?!" Rias muttered in surprised. That''s not much time to prepare. "If a Satan, Governor, or Archangel moves to fight Loki, there''s a chance that another large scale war will break out." Rias said. ... Rias went to the meeting hall were she met the leaders. She volunteer to try and slow Loki down. She wants to buy some time before Odin came back. Ajuka said that he could only send about ten people at a time. And even with rest, he could only send one or two afterwards. Sona also entered the hall and volunteer to help slow Loki down. Michael sent Irina to help them while on Asgard side is Rossweisse. "Please buy us some time until Mjolnir is transferred." Sirzechs said. The group of elevel people was decided and they are: Rias, Issei, Akeno, Kiba, Xenovia, Koneko, Sona, Saji, Tsubaki, Irina, and Rossweisse. ... "Don''t be rash!" Sirzechs warned them strently. "He''s still a god no matter what." "I understand" Rias nodded. "A God..." Ulquiorra muttered as he looked at Sirzechs. The group vanished and teleported to where Loki is. ... Rias and the rest were watching the barrier slowly break. The barrier were releasing a pillar of light and wave of aura. "The seal is breaking." Rias said. "Yes." Sona nodded. "Get ready, everyone." Rias said loudly. The seal broke into tiny pieces like a glass. It produced a crackling sound. "Beelzebub! Playing such petty tricks!" Loki stood in the sky with his hands behind his back. His hair was flattering in the air. "Lord Loki! Baring your fangs at our great father is unforgivable!" Rossweisde shouted. "You''re all far too weak for the opening act of Ragnarok." Loki said. Boom!! Something crashed down on the small hill below. Three wolves walked out of the smoke. They are Fenrir and it''s children Hati and Skoll. Another explosion occurred. A giant serpent appeared out of nowhere. One of the five dragon kings, Midgard Serpert. Chapter 22 - Vs Loki Loki was floating in the sky watching Rias and others fought his children. The battle was fierce but for Loki who is a god it''s merely a child play. Rias and others used their newly obtained skill to battle Fenrir, Hati, Skoll, and Midgard Serpent. Their effort in training these past fews weeks came in handy this time. Sounds of battle and explosion were echoing in the surrounding area. "Weaklings. You are all pretty good." Loki muttered while looking at them. Rossweisse flew behind him and said, "Lord Loki. Please think this over. I''m sure Lord Odin will still forgive you." Loki looked at her and said, "Don''t be confused. I''m the one fixing his mistake." "It cannot be help" Rosseweissei said a five magic circle appeared beside her. The magic circles shot out a blueish beam. "Hmmph!!" Loki snorted and simply blocked it of with his hand. Loki was releasing his god powers. "Lord Loki! You can''t!" Rossweise said as she have a hard time stabilizing herself from Loki''s release of power. "This will speed up the coming of ragnarok." Loki looked down at them and said, "This is my wish to begin with." Boom!! All of them were affected by Loki''s power release. "Being eaten by my children at the coming end of ragnarok." Loki opened both of his arm and a large magic circle appeared in front of him. "A fitting end for weaklings." Loki launched a powerful magic attack at the sky. After a few seconds it rains down in the area of one kilometer radius. Boom!! Smoke and dust filled the surrounding area. Only Loki''s voice could be heard. "As a reward for you efforts." "I will give you the honor of being the first to die from Ragnarok." Loki smirked at them and said, "Be thankful." Suddenly they heard a sound of footsteps. ... Back in the meeting hall. The leaders of the faction were watching the battle. They were getting impatient every minutes. "When will Lord Odin get here?" Michael asked. "30 minutes, in half an hour Odin will be able to transfer Mjolnir in the battlefield." Azazel looked at Michael and said. Everyone looked at the projection in front of them. They surprised by what they saw. After a few moments all of them looked at Serafall. "Eto... How should I explain this..." Serafall smiled wryly. ... "Ulquiorra, what are you doing here?" Sona shouted so Ulquiorra could hear her. Rias and Issei were shocked by Ulquiorra''s appearance in the battlefield and so the others. "Oh? Who are you?" Loki said with an amused expression. "I remember now, you were standing beside the Satans back there." Ulquiorra looked up at Loki and said, "I want to know just how is a God different from others." Loki frown at his words, "I''ll tell you what is a God." a magic circle appear in front of him. It launched a massive white beam with blue linings. "This is a God" Ulquiorra quickly used sonido and dodge the attack. He appeared twenty meters away and shot out a green cero. "Hmmph!!" Loki used the same attack just like before. Boom!! Both of their attacks collide at each other causing a powerful explosion in mid air. "You do have the strength to fight me" Loki said as he launched a series of powerful magic. Magic attacks rain down on Ulquiorra''s position. Ulquiorra''s figure blurred as he disappear and reappear. He kept dodging every attack using his high speed skill. He was using sonido to the limit. Ulquiorra appeared in the sky up above Loki. He pointed his finger and his massive spiritual power gathered on the tip of his finger. Gran Rey Cero!! "What?!" Loki was surprised at this attack. He immediately cast his best defensive skill. Layers of barriers covered his body. Boom!! A huge powerful explosion that shook the whole area appeared. Mushroom of smoke and dust covered the sky. "Not good, with the intensity of this fight... " Sirzechs said when he saw the fight. "Rias and others will be caught in the aftershocks." Azazel looked at Sirzechs and said. "I will go and take a look," Azazel said as he stood up. "Me too" Serafall also stood up. ... "This battle is on another level" Rossweisse said when she saw the explosion. She with Rias and the rest retreated five kilometers away when the battle start. They cooperate and erected a powerful barrier. Even though they were far away they still could feel the aftershocks of the explosion. "This will give a reason for the other mythologies to not hold back sending their most powerful fighter." Rias nodded. Then they heard Loki''s laugh. "Hahahaha!! This is good, this will be the start of Ragnarok." Loki laugh as he looked at Ulquiorra. Gran Rey Cero broke seven layers of his barrier and he didn''t manage to escape that attack unscathed. He was glad that he didn''t underestimate that attack or else he wouldn''t escape with just a few bruise. Thanks to him immediately putting up his best defense skill that he only took a few bruise. "Hmm... He managed to fend off Gran Rey Cero" Ulquiorra muttered in a low voice. Suddenly Loki appear in front of him and shot a powerful punch, full of magical energy. Ulquiorra raised his arm to block the punch while the other unsheathed his sword and he quickly swung it in an instant. Everything happens so fast as Ulquiorra''s body crashed in the mountain while Loki suffered a cut on his shoulder. "Ulquiorra" Sona shouted worriedly when she saw Ulquiorra took the punch and crashed in the mountain. "Grrr!!" Loki once again shot a barrage of magic attack. Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! Loki frown while looking at the smoke filled crater. Suddenly a green beam shot out of the smoke. Swoosh!! Loki managed to dodge the cero by an inch length. "That was close" He slowly descend on the ground and looked closely at the crater. A figure flash out of the smoke. They saw Ulquiorra standing on a tall rock, his arrancar clothes was tottered. His hole and the tattoo number were open to see by the whole world. The atmosphere in the surrounding suddenly change as they could feel an intimidating aura in Ulquiorra. "Is that a hole?" Issei said looking at Ulquiorra''s hollow hole. "And there''s number 4 tattoo on his ?h?st..." Saji said when he saw the tattoo. "I remember Ulquiorra said that he was an Arrancar and he''s the Espada number 4" Sona said as she observed Ulquiorra. "Arrancar? What is that?" Azazel said. He came here with Serafall just a minute ago and now they were observing the fight. "He only said that he was part of an Arrancar organization or something like that. The strongest were ranked 1 to 10 and they were called Espada. And he is the Espada number 4." Serafall said what she only know. "This is the first time I''ve heard something like that." Azazel frown when he heard Serafall''s words. Sona just listen from their conversation beside them. A heavy feeling bore down on everyone present in the battlefield. On the other side of the battlefield. Vali and his team were also watching the battle. They took this opportunity to get Fenrir. "This feeling... " Arthur murmured. "He''s about to use it." Bikou said as he remember what happened before. "That is terrifying." Kuroka frown. She recall what happened before and it''s a total disaster. Vali just kept his mouth shut. He wonder how Loki will fair against that demon. The whole area was devoid of any sounds. Ulquiorra pointed his sword at Loki and said, "Enclose, Murci¨¦lago" Chapter 23 - Murciélago Ulquiorra was standing on the top of the tall rock. He was looking down at Loki. He was releasing a very powerful pressure out of his body. Loki frown looking at him. He could feel the atmosphere was slowly changing. The air was getting heavier. Ulquiorra opened his mouth and said, "There are two things we are prohibited from doing within Las Noches." "The first is the cero reserved for Espada, the Gran Rey Cero." "The other is Espada no.4 or higher releasing their swords. Both are so powerful that it could destroy Las Noches." Everyone was listening to Ulquiorra''s words. "Gran Rey Cero, that is the masive attack he just used," Issei said. "and the other is Espada no.4 or higher releasing their swords" Kiba looked at Ulquiorra''s sword wondering what he mean by that. "Espada? Releasing their swords?" Azazel was also clueless. All of them was clueless and only Serafall was excited. She was looking at Ulquiorra with an excited expression. "Onee-sama, did you know something about that?" Sona asked her sister. "Hmm, Ulquiorra is going to transform, although I''ve never seen it before." Serafall said to her. ""Transform?!"" ... Ulquiorra pointed his sword at Loki and said, "Enclose, Murci¨¦lago" A massive black with a green lining spiritual energy burst out of his body. It covers the whole sky before it falls out in the surrounding area like a rain. This scene looks terrifying. Loki''s pupil constricted as he could feel that he was in danger. ... "It feels terrifying... " Kuroka said as her instincts was telling her to run away. Her fur was standing on its end. ... "What is this rain? I can hardly breathe!" Xenovia asked while looking at the rain. "No, this is not a rain. His energy was so thick and dense that we can see it like this." Sona said. She actually felt little afraid because of the powerful aura Ulquiorra was releasing. She was getting suffocated by his aura. "Espada? Releasing their swords? I think I know what it is." Azazel said in a low voice while looking ahead. "Azazel-sensei, can you explain it to us?" Kiba said. Kiba''s holy sword was releasing a light that made him feel well. He only felt a little from the pressure he feel. This was the same scene when Gasper stop the time back then in the meeting. The holy sword protected him from getting frozen in time. "Espada is a spanish word for sword. Then, releasing their sword is like sacred gear using their balance breaker. If I''m not wrong all the Espada uses swords it only change after they release it." Azazel said. ... Ulquiorra was standing on the top of a tall rock with his wings widely open. In his released form, Ulquiorra grew a pair of black bat wings on his back, his hair also grew longer, and there''s a hollow mask centers atop his head, it grew two large horn extending outward to the sides towards to front. The tear lines on his face became black, broader, and more triangular, and his fingernails became longer. His Arrancar clothes became more fit and close at the top, becoming more like a robe towards at the bottom. Ulquiorra looked at him as he slowly opened his mouth and said, "Don''t get shaken." "Don''t drop your guard." "Stay fully alert." "Don''t get distracted for a single moment." "God." Loki tightened his guard. A green spear made of spiritual pressure appear in Ulquiorra''s hand. Loki widely opened his eyes as Ulquiorra appeared in front of him in an instant. Boom!! ... "Murci¨¦lago? Great Black-Winged Demon" Azazel murmured looking at Ulquiorra in his resurreccion form. "Great Black-Winged Demon? Is that what it means, sensei?" Issei asked Azazel when he heard his words. Azazel nodded his head. "Whoa!! As expected of Ulqi-tan! He''s really the greatest sidekick" Serafall exclaimed happily. She look like a child who got her new toy. ... "Haa... Aaah... Haaa... " Loki was breathing heavily while he held his left shoulder. Blood kept flowing out of his shoulder. ''That fast!!'' Loki was surprised the he could b?r?ly follow Ulquiorra''s speed. "Don''t get ???ky!!" Loki shouted as he opened his arms widely. He started to bombarded Ulquiorra with powerful magic. Countless magic attack rain down at Ulquiorra. Series of explosion could be heard in the area as dust shot up in the air. Suddenly he heard Ulquiorra''s voice. "I''m just curious about god because Lord Aizen want to become a god." Ulquiorra was now standing fifty meters away from the explosions. He lifted up the green spear and threw it towards Loki. Swoosh!! Loki shifted his body as he dodge the spear with great effort. The spear still managed to gaze him. Blood flow down on his cheeks. A figure flash in front of him. "Aaahhh!!" Loki roared as he made a defensive barrier in front of him. "Grrr!" Loki gritted his teeth as sparks flew between them. "You are too weak to call yourself a God." Ulquiorra said to him. "Shoot me with your most powerful attack. I will show you that you are no god." Ulquiorra retreated and he flew in the air. He gazed down at Loki. "Come, God." "Die!!" a massive magic circle appear in front of Loki. A beam that was much larger than Gran Rey Cero shot out. Ulquiorra just looked at the beam as it let it hit him. Boom!! "Oh?" Ulquiorra felt that his hierro started to have crack but this was not enough to completely break his defense. He ignore it and looked at the magic attack, "As I thought" "You''re not a god" After a few moments the attack sub sided and Loki widely opened his eyes, "I-Impossible" "You''re too weak to be a god." Chapter 24 - Murciélago 2 Rias and the rest felt the aftershocks of the battle. Azazel have no choice but to create a barrier that protected everyone including him. They simply watched the battle in the distance. "This is the black cero Espada use in their release form." a black cero started to form in Ulquiorra''s finger. It contracted and produced a black lightning that swirling around it. "Cero Oscuras" the black cero shot out with a powerful momentum towards Loki. ''This monster! I didn''t think that there''s someone like him here in the underworld.'' Loki didn''t expect that there''s someone this powerful except the four satans. Boom!! The black cero flattened a whole mountain as it exploded. Large debris of rocks shot up in the air. The ground kept shaking like it was afraid of something. Loki flew out of the smoke with a badly injured body. Ulquiorra looked at him before he chased after him. When Ulquiorra got closer to him he swing his spear towards Loki. Bang!! Loki crashed into a large rocks in the air. The large rocks exploded as his body continue falling down like a meteor. Boom!! "What a power!" Issei said while looking at the battle. "This will become a problem..." Sona said while adjusting her glasses. "Yes, a powerful devil came and beat Loki here... This is what Khaos brigade want... A war" Rias nodded at Sona''s words. "He didn''t seem to believe that Loki is a god... "Azazel said in a low voice. ... Ulquiorra was holding Loki in his collar as he lifted him in the air. He said, "What a pity. You call yourself a god but you are too weak compare to Lord Aizen." "Lord Aizen want to become a god and if he met a god like you I''m sure Lord Aizen will not also believe that you are a god." said Ulquiorra. "Compare to a god like you, Lord Aizen''s power and your power are worlds apart." "What a blasphemy to call yourself a god." "Hmmph!!" Ulquiorra threw Loki on the ground. He pointed his finger at him, "Unfortunately I am a Hollow" Black cero burst out and crashed in Loki causing another explosion. The area around ten kilometer in raduis was in ruins. Thick smoke and dust covered the sky. It seems a scene before the world end. "I guess it''s time to end this" Ulquiorra pointed his finger once again. Suddenly a pillar of white light appeared. A huge hammer slowly descend down at the center of white light. "Hmm? Is that what they call Mjolnir" Ulquiorra looked up and said. He turned his head to Serafall''s direction. "Hmm?" Serafall face was full of question mark. She was confused as why Ulquiorra was looking at her. "He''s asking what he should do?" Azazel voice came beside her. "Ahh?! So that''s it." Serafall exclaimed. "We will handle it just come back here." "What a pity" Ulquiorra give Loki a glance before he left. "Yes, sir" Issei nodded. Issei came and he used Mjolnir to seal Loki. The battle was settle after that. Everyone was tired as they go back. It''s really been a long day for them to battle a god and they didn''t expect to see a battle like that. That battle was beyond their imaginations. ''Las Noches? Lord Aizen? Hollow? Although I don''t know what are these but it seems interesting.'' Azazel thought as he went back to the other leaders. ... In the Sitri family mansion. "You''ve caused a lot of trouble this time..." Sona said while massaging her temples. "Don''t worry So-tan, nothing can defeat us. Nothing can stop us if we work together" Serafall said as she grabbed Ulquiorra''s arm. She declared, "Because we are the magical duo, I''m the magical girl Levi-tan... " Serfall turned her head and looked at Ulquiorra. "..." ''I didn''t expect Ulquiorra to defeat a god just like that.'' Sona observed Ulquiorra. She remember his appearance when he release his sword. ''That looks more like a devil than us real devil.'' Sona thought. "Um, Ulquiorra can I ask you a question" Sona said stopping Serafall from talking. "Hmm? What is it, So-tan?" Serafall looked at Sona with a smile. ''No, no, I''m not talking to you Onee-sama, I''m talking to Ulquiorra'' Sona shook her head before she looked at Ulquiorra. "Who is Lord Aizen? I''ve heard you mentioned him before." "Lord Aizen is the leader of Espada or should I say Creator." Ulquiorra answered her question. "Creator??" Sona was confused by what he mean by that. "Yes, you could say that he created us, Arrancar and the Las Noches." Ulquiorra said. With the help of Hogyouku Aizen gathered the powerful Vasto Lorde and Adjuchas hollow and he help them break their mask. Chapter 25 - Explanation "Creator you say?" Sona was shocked by this information. "He did not create our entire being, I say that he created Arrancar. We orignally are pure hollow." Ulquiorra said. "Then, what is a hollow?" Sona asked. There''s many term she heard that she didn''t know. He looked like he''s going to answer every question she would ask so she didn''t hold back in asking. "Hollow," Ulquiorra walked to the window and looked at the servants. "Hollow are creatures which are born from human souls who, for various reasons, did not go to soul society after their death and stay in the human world for too long. They are corrupt spirit with a power to devour souls of other living beings. Hollows settle in hueco mundo, but can go to human world and soul society." "Soul Society" She once again heard a word she didn''t know. She didn''t care about that she was more concerned about Ulquiorra''s origin and background. "Then they are... " "Yes, they are former human souls who lose their hearts to despair or regret. Any souls that are not guided by Shinigami may eventually become a hollow." said Ulquiorra. ''So, he also lose his heart, is that why he don''t have any emotion?'' Sona thought making many guesses in her mind. Serafall already left the room as she could tell the heavy atmosphere around the room. She already know about Ulquiorra so it''s okay for her to not listen. She leave Ulquiorra to her sister. ''I hope So-tan wouldn''t be afraid of Ulqi-tan if she know the truth.'' Serafall thought as she walked to her room. Ulquiorra cast a glance at Sona before he continue, "Once a soul become a Hollow, it is driven by an eternal and insatiable hunger to devour other souls, living or dead, to fill the void cause by its descent. Low level hollow usually are mindless, only the high level hollows such as Adjuchas or Vasto Lorde have intelligence." Sona looked at his hollow hole while processing the information she got. After a while she opened her mouth, "Then, where''s your mask?" "Before I met Serafall-sama it''s still here," Ulquiorra patted the left side of his head. He looked at Sona and asked, "You saw me in my release form, right?" Sona nodded in response. "The bone that is on my head at that time is my hollow mask, although it''s broken after I become an Arrancar. After a hollow broke their mask they regain a human like appearance but they still have a part of their hollow mask." "When a human souls are not enough to sustain them, the hollow will start to devour other hollows." "Devour, you say..." Sona was shocked. She looked at Ulquiorra with widened eyes. "Yes, Cannibalism. They cannibalize each other resulting in a hollow called Menus Grande. This cannibal hollows are attracted and a mass inter-devouring follows, resulting in a Gillian class hollow. Following this transformation a Gillian can evolve twice more, first into an Adjuchas and finally into a Vasto Lorde. But it take so much time for them to evolve as they have to devour hundreds of thousands soul or hollows. And I''m a Vasto Lorde class hollow before I became an Arrancar." "Did you also devour humans?" Although she know the answer she still ask this question. "Yes, probably as many as you can imagine but I don''t have memories of that time like most hollows. Most hollows will only regain intelligence after they became a high level hollow such as Adjuchas and Vasto Lorde. Gillian class hollows are conglomeration of lower hollows and when they evolve only the most dominant personality will regain the body." Ulquiorra looked at her for a few seconds before he answer, "Arrancar are hollows that gained powerful strength by removing their mask. The most powerful arrancar were ?ssigned ten numbers by Lord Aizen himself, and it came to known as Espada. The Arrancar seal most of their power in the form of a sword. When they released their sword they unleased their true power and regain a bit of their hollow form. This act of release is called Resurrecci¨®n." ''Resurrecci¨®n means returning blade'' Sona thought. She suddenly felt tired when she was merely listening to him. ''Ulquiorra'' Chapter 26 - Explanation 2 Sona was in her room lying in a large bed that could fit three people. She was staring at the ceiling blankly. She was thinking about Ulquiorra''s background. The information he gave her about him. Few hours before... "Espada are compromise of ten members. They are the most powerful Arrancar in Las Noches. Each Espada has a tattoo of their number somewhere in their body, just like this." Ulquiorra showed his tattoo number on Sona. "Las Noches is a palace that Lord Aizen made in Hueco Mundo. Let me show you" Ulquiorra placed his finger on his eye. "W-What are you doing?" Sona muttered in somewhat afraid voice. Ulquiorra plucked out his eyes and crushed it in his palm. The dust went to Sona''s body. Sona closed her eyes when he plucked out his eyes. ... She clearly remember what she saw in that time. The never ending night of Hueco Mundo. The Hollows, Arrancar, and the dome like Las Noches. She saw that ten people wearing the same clothes as Ulquiorra. They were sitting in a table and were exuding a very powerful aura. They were the Espada that Ulquiorra belong to. "If there''s many hollows then where are the other hollows. Ulquiorra too have no clue as to why there''s no evidence of hollows can be found in the world." Sona muttered in a low voice. She shook her head, "I should not think too much about this... " "This is not good, one wrong move and a war could erupt any moment" Sirzechs said. "Yes, I''m worried about that." Michael nodded. "My people understand it so they didn''t think much of Loki. Fortunately you didn''t kill him or else even I wouldn''t be able to stop them." Odin said. After all Loki was his son he wouldn''t want his son to be dead. He stroke his beard and sighed, "I''m getting tired." "Are you okay, Lord Odin?" Rossweisse voice came behind with a hint of concern. "It''s okay, Rossweisse" Odin waved his hand indicating that he was fine. "Still, I can''t believe that Ulquiorra brat could defeat Loki like that even after watching the video" Odin said as he glance at Sirzechs. He wanted to ask about Ulquiorra to Serafall but she was currently in Sitri family territory. "We too were ignorant about his powers. We didn''t think that he was this powerful." Sirzechs nodded and said, "We just started the battle against the high level oponent. The other faction also thinking of deploying their most powerful gods if someone crossed their paths." "No, it''s not us, it''s the Khaos Brigade who started this." Ajuka looked at Sirzechs and said. Asmodeus was just quietly sitting beside them. "How about you Azazel? What would you say?" Sirzechs turned his head to Azazel and saw him staring blankly. He raised his voice, "Azazel!" "What were you thinking?" Sirzechs kindly asked. "No, it''s nothing." Azazel shook his head. In fact, he was thinking about Ulquiorra. He was interested in what he is or what is his background. He kept guessing anything in his mind. ''Las Noches? Arrancar? Espada? And Lord Aizen guy that want to be a god but Lord Aizen guy is so much stronger than Loki according to Ulquiorra. Interesting I want to know it all'' Azazel thought. He didn''t know Ulquiorra just told Sona everything about Hueco Mundo. ... Storm were brewing around the world. Every faction was afraid that someone would launch a war against them. They were wary towards every mythological faction in the world especially the Angels, Fallen Angels, and Devils alliance. Now, that Norse Gods join them, their alliance was extremely dangerous to other faction. Khaos Brigade were heard in these past few days. They became active in every part of the world conducting an illegal business. At first people thought them as an ordinary group of terrorist but when they showed their power every faction was instantly alerted. The group of terrorist was led by the Dragon of Infinity, Ophis. Who wouldn''t know Ophis? Ophis is one of the most powerful existence in the world. Even God fear Ophis. Later on the other factions got news that there''s a lot of powerful people in Khaos Brigade that could wreck havoc in the world. Ulquiorra''s name too was talked about by many people in the underworld. He became famous for defeating the Evil God Loki. Many people remember him as Serafall Leviathan peerage. He became an idol for many young devils. At first many people don''t know him but when they heard he is Leviathan''s peerage they remember his name. Not just in Underworld the other mythological faction also talked about him. His feat of defeating Loki was a great shock to them. Although Loki is not in the top 10 he is still a god. It''s not easy to defeat a god much less kill him. Chapter 27 - Old Satan Faction "I was hoping to eliminate both Sirzechs and Odin using Loki" A man with a long brown hair covering his right eye said. The man was dressed in black armor with a cape. He was sitting in a chair and he supported his chin with the back of his palm. He said while smirking, "But it seems a heathen god can only go so far. But he is one of the main gods of the Norse." "I find it hard to believe that he was sealed away without any resistance." Sona and her peerage bid their farewell before they go back to human world as they already finish their vacation here in the underworld. The summer break was over and they needed to attend the school. "Uwaa!! So-tan I will miss you!!" Serafall cried as she hugged Sona. It looks like she wasn''t going let Sona go. "O-Onee-sama! Stop this at once," Sona was blushing as she tried to escape from her sister. "Ulquiorra, I''ll leave So-tan to you" Serafall hugged her tighter than before. Ulquiorra nodded in response to Serafall. After a few more minutes Serafall finally let go Sona. But her looks was telling them that she didn''t want to let Sona go. In that time Sona quickly prepare their things they will bring in the human world. The train arrived at the Sitri territory. Sona and the rest quickly entered the train leaving Serafall who was shouting her and Ulquiorra''s name. After they enter the train and the rest of them immediately settle themselves inside. This train was the public transportation that went to human world and underworld. Many devils prefer to use the train than to use teleportation magic. Not all devil know how to use teleportation, especially if it''s from human world to underworld. Only a few high ranking devil could use a high rank teleportation magic. ... A week had passed in an instant. Sona and the rest of student council was busy as they currently managing the items, equipment, or the schedule for the sports festival. Odin went back to human world after his tour around the town leaving Rossweisse in Kuoh town. Rossweisse was crying nonstop until Rias came and offer her to become a teacher at the academy. She was also reincarnated as devil in Rias peerage as her rook. Shido Irina also transferred to Kuoh academy. Issei, Xenovia, and the rest were surprised when they saw her. Azazel explained to them that Michael sent her here as Angels'' representative. She explained to them about the brave saint or reincarnated angel. Brave Saint are set of 13 cards(including the king) used by the angels to increase their ranks by reincarnating other beings into angel. The Brave Saint are based on the Evil Pieces system used by the Devils. The Twelve saint are based on the 12 apostle of christian. The Angels use cards while the devils use chess piece. Irina is Michael''s Ace. Vali stood beside him and said, "They are going to attack the Underworld." Ulquiorra cast a glance at him before he looked at the students once again. He didn''t reply at him. "Well, I''ll go back now, I''ve already said what I want to say, and don''t forget what you''ve said to me." Vali said as he turned around and enter the magic circle. He completely disappear in the academy grounds. The rating game between the pure blooded devils will start. This event should have happened in summer vacation. Unfortunately there''s an incident about Loki and the rating game was postponed. The bracket was released and they already know their first opponent. Rias'' team opponent is Diodora Astaroth, of the Astaroth family. Diodora is the little brother of the current Satan, Ajuka Beelzebub. While Sona''s team opponent is Seekvaira Agares in the upcoming match. ... Rias, Issei and the rest went back to the underworld as they were going to fight their first opponent, Diodora Astaroth. Diodora already reveal his strong d?s?r? to take Asia. He declared that he will defeat Issei in rating game and take Asia. They were taking the position as the rating game was about to begin. Rias and the rest already have a plan to deal with Diodora. They only need to stick with their plan but something was bugging her. She feels that something is wrong but she couldn''t find what it is. Ulquiorra decided to watched their fight. "Hmm? I didn''t think that you''re interested in this fight" Azazel walked beside him. "Oh? Care to tell me what it is.. " Azazel laughed and said. Ulquiorra didn''t answer him. He just looked at the large screen. Suddenly a series of explosion echoed outside. The whole building shook that it caught the other devils off guard as they fell on the ground. The explosion outside didn''t stop and Azazel decided to check it. Chapter 28 - Old Satan Faction 2 Ulquiorra felt the ground shake lightly as he heard series of explosion outside. "I''ll take a look outside" Azazel said who was standing before him. He unfold his pairs of black wings and quickly left. "I guess it''s time" Ulquiorra said in a low voice before he turned around and left. ... Rias and the others were ready to for the rating game when they heard several explosion. "W-What''s happening?" Issei said while looking around. "I don''t know" Rias replied. They heard an announcement that the rating game will be postpone because the Khaos Brigade were attacking the underworld. "This is bad!" Akeno frown when she heard the announcement. "I didn''t think that they would actually attack the underworld." Kiba said. "What should we do, President?" Issei looked at Rias and asked. "We will help them" Rias replied. Then, they heard a loud voice proclaiming himself as Diodora Astaroth. He reveal that he kidnapped Asia and she was now in his hands. "That bastard! Return Asia back to us!" Issei gritted his teeth angrily. He turned to Rias with a serious expression, "President" ""Yes"" all of them nodded at her. All of them looked at the castle like place. Diodora was in the highest level of this castle. They need to fight in their way to save Asia. ... "What?! the Khaos Brigade attack the underworld?!" Sona exclaimed when she heard the information. "Un" Tsubaki nodded at her. "We will go and ?ssist in fighting" Sona said before she stood up. Tsubaki nodded and left as she will call her comrade. They needed to prepare themself before they go in the battlefield. ''I have a bad feeling about this'' Sona thought. ''Ulquiorra'' ... A sound of footstep echoed in the hall inside the castle. A man in white clothes walked forward and arrived in front of a blonde young girl. They were none other than Ulquiorra and Asia the one who was kidnapped. Asia looked up while holding both of her arms in front of her ?h?st. She was looking at Ulquiorra wondering if he is the comrade of the one who kidnapped her. "Are you afraid?" Ulquiorra looked at her and asked. Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! The several explosion heard outside and the build shook lightly. "You''re finished." Ulquiorra kept looking at her. "You will die here all alone, without nothing to hold on to." Asia also looked at him in the eyes. Ulquiorra opened his mouth and said, "I asked you if you''re afraid." Asia looked at him as she slowly open her mouth, "I-I''m... Not afraid, Ise-san will come here to save me." Ulquiorra was surprised by her answer. He said, "How absurd. You say you have no fear because your friends will come here and rescue you?" "I-I do." Asia replied to Ulquiorra. "I see, I''ve heard the same words before" Ulquiorra said. ... A gentle looking young man was walking towards where Asia. He have a dark green color hair, his eyes looked smiling like a crescent moon that hid his golden pupils. He wears a very expensive dress with various design. He was Diodora Astaroth, the next heir of the Astaroth clan. Diodora was smiling as he was imagining what things he would do to Asia when he get her to himself. He was also imagine what he would do to Red Dragon Emperor. He was very confident in his abilities and he got new power from Ophis. This power promote his ability to highest level. He didn''t regret joining Khaos Brigade. He arrived at the door and held the door knob. He opened it and enter inside. Once he was inside his eyes opened widely in shocked. "W-Why are you here?" Diodora asked while stuttering. He saw the infamous Ulquiorra standing there with Asia. Though, he was confident in himself he still didn''t think that he could fight this man. After all, this man beat Loki a God from Norse Myth. Diodora took a breath as he calm himself down. With his backing he wasn''t afraid of him and he didn''t even have to fear the current four Satans. He frown looking at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra turned his head and looked at Diodora and said, "I will not do anything. I''m here to watch how the things will unfold." Diodora squinted his eyes looking at Ulquiorra. He didn''t what this man was thinking. ''I''ll just watch, if he hurt her then I''m going to eliminate him immediately'' Ulquiorra thought. He just wanted to know why Asia believe so much in her friends. He wouldn''t let Diodora hurt her because if he let that happen his master Serafall would..... Chapter 29 - Old Satan Faction 3 Rias and the rest fought their way onto Diodora. They defeated his peerage and when they enter the house they saw Freed. Freed is the stray priest they fought before. He was in cahoots with Kokabiel. "Hey! Hey! Hey! Long time no see!" "Freed!!" Issei exclaimed when he saw Freed. "Yes! Yes! I''m really a tough cookie!" Freed said. "As you can see I''m still alive!" "Why are you here?" Kiba asked. "After that, I was collected by that shitty bastard, Vali!" Freed laughed maniacally. He looked at them with a smirk and said, "In other words, the Khaos Brigade picked up stray little ol'' me!" "And you became Diodora''s knight?" Rias said. "Knight? Hahahaha!!" Freed laughed as he held his stomach. He then looked at them with wide eyes, "I ate them both up!" "Ate them up?" Issei said. "That person has already given up his humanity" Koneko said as she pinch her nose. "Hahaha!!" Freed laughed as his body bulk up. One wing sprouted out of his back, his skin turned brown, and there''s some spike sprouted out of his body. Rows of sharp teeth grew out of his mouth. He said, "Since this is such a tear jerking reunion, let me tell you something good." He looked at them with his big eyes. "All the girls you defeated from his household just now were all once famous sister or saints from various lands." "What did you say?!" Xenovia cried out. "It''s that guy''s hobby to bring down passionate holy women to the deoths of hell with his sweet words! Hahaha!" Freed replied as he laughed madly. "Then, Asia... " "You bastard!!" Issei shouted angrily. He was about to charge at Freed but he was stop by Kiba. "I will be his opponent, I will stop his dirty mouth." Kiba said as he slowly walked towards Freed. "Hahaha! I got this pretty body because of you!" Freed charge at Kiba. "It''s better if you do not exist!" Kiba said as he slashed his sword a few times. Swoosh!! Swoosh!! "W-What? You''re too strong!" Freed said as he fell down on the ground. His body was in pieces. He said, "Well, you guys won''t be able to defeat the guys pulling the strings behind this one." Kiba walked forward and finished him, "You should save your words in God of Death." ... Finally, the group arrived at Diodora''s quarters. Diodora decided to mock them and said that he was going to kill them all for Asia to lose her hope. He also said that he was going to **** Asia in front of Issei. Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker!! "President" Issei said as he walked forward. Rias nodded at him giving him the permission. Issei rushed toward Diodora. He throw a powerful punch at him. "W-Why?! I have Ophis power!" Diodora pulled himself up from the ground. He couldn''t believe that he couldn''t take a punch from Issei. Issei and Diodora fought and it''s a one sided battle. Diodora didn''t even manage to scratch Issei''s armor. "Hmm... I guess she''s right..." Ulquiorra was in the sky looking down at them. He then felt something, "Serafall-sama''s magic power!" He glance one more time at Issei group before he enter the garganta. ... "Oh!! It''s just you, Ulqi-tan" Serafall said as she swipe her forehead. She looked at Ulquiorra and said, "Follow me, we''re going to make it big." Ulquiorra quietly stood behind her. He then felt Issei''s aura skyrocketed. His aura grew stronger that he could even feel it at this distance. He turned his head and looked at the direction where he felt the aura. "Let''s go, Ulqi-tan" Serafall said to him. She then flew to north. ... "I am the true descendant of Asmodeus, Creuserey Asmodeus." A man with a long black hair that tied in pony tails said. His ears was long and pointy. He was wearing a black clothes with black cape "So one of the great masterminds finally shows himself." Azazel said while looking at Creuserey. "As a member of True Satan Faction, I will avenge Katerea Leviathan." Creuserey said as he push his arm forward and open his palm. A symbol with a serpent eating it''s own tail appear. "Using the power I received from Ophis. We will destroy this world and create a new world for devils." "Well, Fafnir. I''m going to have you help me out a bit." Azazel said as he took out an item with a purple orb. When Creuserey saw Sirzechs he snapoed out and pointed his finger at him. "You damned artificial existence! " Sirzechs looked at Creuserey and said, "Creuserey. For the species known as devils to continue their existence, war in underworld is unnecessary baggage." "A bastard who deals not only with fallen angels, but the angels themselves, has no right to speak as a devil!" Creuserey said loudly. "I don''t want to hear that from an unhappy misfit who joins a happy-go-lucky club like Khaos Brigade." Azazel said from the side. Sirzechs closed his eyes and he opened them again. His eyes was looked like a ruby with his power swirling on it. He said, "Creuserey, as a Great Devil King, I will eliminate anyone who is against the current underworld." He opened his palm and a crimson ball appeared on it. It expanded and covered Creuserey. "Th-This is?!" Creuserey looked around him as he was envelope by a crimson sphere. His arm fall off and it disintegrated in the air. "Impossible!" Creuserey exclaimed as his body was turning into dust every seconds. He shouted, "Why?" "W-Why must the real thing lose against a fake?" He said before he turned completely into dust. "That''s enough!!" "Hehe~ I always want to say that when there''s an enemy." they heard the woman laughed. "cough... Now that I''m here I''m going to... Eh?! Sirzechs-chan" Serafall saw Sirzechs and Azazel and nothings else. "M-M-My grand entrance!!" Sirzechs and Azazel smile wryly at her. Chapter 30 - Old Satan Faction 4 "Eh?! Eeeeeh?!" Serafall cried out. Ulquiorra was standing beside her with a plain expression. Sirzechs and Azazel smile wryly at her antics. Suddenly the purple orb in short golden spear emitted a light in Azazel''s hand. Both Azazel and Sirzechs looked up. "Oh? I didn''t think you''d come here yourself." Azazel said. Im the mid air up above them a girl in gothic outfit was seemingly sitting in the air. The girl have a long black hair down to her h?ps and black eyes. The girl was none other than the leader of the Khaos Brigade, Ophis. "Azazel. It has been a while." said Ophis while looking at them. She slowly descend at arrived in front of them. "Ophis?" Serafall said in a low voice. She and Ulquiorra flew and arrived beside Azazel and Sirzechs. ''Ophis, one of the most powerful existence.'' Ulquiorra thought while observing Ophis. "If we defeat you here, will peace be finally achieved?" Azazel said while pointing the short golden spear at the Ophis. "Impossible. You cannot defeat me." Ophis replied. "Though you have immense power, you show no existence in the world." Azazel said. "So why are you leading a brigade of terrorists now?" Sirzechs asked. Ophis turned her head and looked in the sky, "A world of silence. I would like to return to the Dimensional Gap that is my home and reclaim that silence. That is all." ''The Dimensional Gap, huh? If I remember correctly... '' Azazel thought and he raised an eyebrow, ''I see, Vali. I know what you want!''. ''World of Silence'' Ulquiorra muttered in a low voice. Ophis noticed Ulquiorra. She looked at him and said, "A soul? No, something''s different about him. It''s my first time seeing an existence like you in this world. It''s hard to distinguish that parts of you became a devil." ''First time in this world? Me? It seems my guess is true'' Ulquiorra thought. Suddenly they felt a burst of energy. The energy was so powerful that they could clearly felt the danger on it. All of them turned their heads and looked at the direction where they sense the energy. "Draconic aura?" Azazel frown as he said. "Don''t tell me something happen to Issei... " "Hmm? Something''s happening to Red Dragon there" Serafall said. Ulquiorra just looked at the direction. He clearly remembers when he left he saw Issei was beating his opponent easily. And his opponent was pretty weak. They noticed that Ophis was already gone. "Let''s go, let''s take a look" Azazel said. "Go help him, I need to stabilize the situation here." Sirzechs said. Azazel nodded and left with Serafall and Ulquiorra. ... They saw Issei was rampaging in his juggernaut drive form. He really lose control of himself this time. He was firing a laser to everything he saw. They also saw Vali, Bikou, and Arthur was standing beside Rias group. Azazel went back and find Irina cause Odin gave Irina some item that will help. Irina came back will a speaker and she play Issei''s Bood Dragon song. When they saw Issei was reacting Vali took this chance to weaken Issei. He use juggernaut drive. And after that it''s Rias turn to wake Issei. In the end they finally manage to wake Issei. The first thing he asked when he woke up was Asia. He sighed in relief when he heard that Asia was alive. "Watch carefully, Hyoudo Issei." Vali said as he looked into the sky. "That''s what I came to see" said Vali while looking at the massive red dragon. "What is that?" Issei asked. "Dragon of Apocalypse, Great Red. It''s also called true dragon, dragon of dragons." Vali replied. "I want to defeat him and become the white dragon god." Ulquiorra also examined the Great red. ''Dimensional Gap? I think I have an idea of what really happened'' Everything turned out fine after the battle. The two descendant of the original devil died in battle or so they thought. ... After a day everyone went back to human world. Ulquiorra also went to the human world. Everyone was back to school and they we''re planning about their school trip. The first and second year will go to kyoto for their school trip. Rias, Sona, and others were third and they wouldn''t be able to join them. Sona walked beside Ulquiorra. She glanced at him and said, "Asia told me that you were there..." Ulquiorra glance at her and nodded. Sona wanted to asked why he didn''t save her that time. If he save Asia that time Issei wouldn''t turned like that. But when she heard what Asia told her she held back her question. Asia didn''t tell anyone about this except her. ''Are you afraid? That''s the question he asked to Asia.'' Sona thought. She turned her head to him and looked at him deeply before she turned around and left. ''What are you thinking, Ulquiorra?'' her thought as she walked out of the room. ... Three days have passed since the old satan faction attack the underworld. Everything was fine and there''s sign that Khaos Brigade will attack again. A blue magic circle appeared behind Ulquiorra. Vali walked out of it and stood beside Ulquiorra. "There''s someone in the Khaos Brigade that probably have an information that you want." After a few seconds Vali said. "Who?" Ulquiorra asked. He kept looking ahead and didn''t even glance at Vali. "Euclid Lucifuge... " Vali pause for a few seconds before he added, "And Rizevim Livan Lucifer, my grandfather." Chapter 31 - Information Khaos Brigade was slowly crumbling inside. Now that the Old Satan faction was gone the only one left are Team Vali, Hero faction, Magician faction Nilrem, and Qlippoth. The Hero faction don''t care about others as they have an unknown backing. Qlippoth and Magician faction were allies because the leader of the Magician faction Nilrem is a Lucifuge. In ancient times the Lucifuge clan swore an utmost loyalty to Lucifer. And as the heir of the clan, Euclid serve Rizevim as the latter was son of Lucifer. These two group will break out the power balance inside the Khaos Brigade. "Euclid Lucifuge, is the brother of Grayfia Lucifuge, Sirzechs wife. He is also the one who brought the information about Rizevim." Vali said. "Those two were very powerful it''s not easy to talk to them if you met them. Even I don''t know much about their power, only I know is that the two of them were extremely powerful. Fortunately Rizevim wasn''t interested in Underworld or else he already attack it long time ago." Vali glance at Ulquiorra and saw that he was listening. He continue, "Those two were hard to find. They are doing some shady things behind our back. If you want to find them it''s not easy to do it. Well, Ophis already lose her powers inside the Khaos Brigade and the Hero faction was planning something." "Okay, I''ve said what you want, I''m gonna leave" Vali said before he turned around. After walking a few steps Vali stopped. He turned his head and said, "I forgot something, I''ve heard a rumor that Shalba is still alive. Tell Hyoudo Issei to be careful as he is likely to become target by Shalba if he was really alive. Also don''t forget what you said to me." After Vali said that he immediately left. After a few moments a garganta opened in front of Ulquiorra. He stepped inside and went to the Underworld. ... "I see, so there''s an information about another world but we''re still not sure if this is true." Serafall nodded. In front of her was Ulquiorra who ask her permission to investigate it in human world. Serafall looked at Ulquiorra and said seriously, "I''ll allow you but don''t do anything rush." "I know, I will be careful" Ulquiorra replied. "You should do that your heading to one of the enemies headquarters." Serafall said. Serafall didn''t asked many question about Ulquiorra. It''s rare for him to asked something so she let him do what he wants but before he go back to human world he needed to accompany her in her magical girl ultimate spiral entrance training. ... Ulquiorra return back to human world. He was greeted by Sona when he arrived. "How is Onee-sana?" Sona asked. "It''s okay, she''s still the same as usual." Ulquiorra replied. "Hmm... " Sona hummed. "Say Ulquiorra, How did you and Onee-sana met each other?" She didn''t know what to say so she just asked this question even though she already it from her sister. "I died, I do not know how I came here in Underworld. Serafall-sama found me as I was dissipating in the air. She reincarnated me into a devil." Ulquiorra said to her. "Then, H-How did you die?" Sona hesitated at first when she asked. "A man named Kurosaki Ichigo defeated me." Ulquiorra said. "Kurosaki Ichigo?" Sona had no idea who it is. "He''s a biproduct of human and hollow. Even I can''t believe that I lose to someone like him." Ulquiorra said, "He with his friends went to Hueco Mundo and invade Las Noches to save a woman. Lord Aizen took the three highest Espada with him to human world because they were going to fight a war against Shinigami. As the highest ranking Espada left in Las Noches, Lord Aizen entrusted me the Las Noches. At first they were quite weak but after many battles against Arrancar and Espada they grew stronger. In the end Kurosaki Ichigo defeated me and rescue his friend." Ulquiorra glance at Sona. Sona was in dazed. Her mind were processing the information she received. ''Kurasaki Ichigo that man must strong for him to defeat Ulquiorra'' Sona thought. She also feels that Ulquiorra and his group were like a villain from what she heard from him. Well, it''s true that a shinigami were going to kill them if they met because they devour souls. And Lord Aizen. This man was powerful enough to control all the Espada. He also created them and most importantly how did Ulquiorra met him. Sona looked at Ulquiorra and asked, "How did you met Aizen?" Ulquiorra turned his head and looked at her face. Sona looked at him in the eyes seriously. ... A few days later the school trip start. Rias and Sona bid farewell to their peerage member who were going to Kyoto. They gave them some sort of pass for them to freely explore the Kyoto. If they didn''t have this the supernatural of Kyoto wouldn''t let them enter their territory. Chapter 32 - Ulquiorra "Hais... Too much work." Sona sighed as she just finished doing her paper works. She and Tsubaki were the only one in the students council room. Saji and the others were on the school trip in tokyo. Only Tsubaki was here to help her. She looked at Tsubaki who was beside her and said, "Tsubaki can you pour me some tea?" "Yes, president" Tsubaki nodded and went to pour her a cup of tea. "Next is I will start preparing the needs to build my own academy." Sona murmured. She will graduate this year and after that she will build her own academy. An academy where low class devil can join and participate the rating game that''s her dream. Lots of high class devils laughed at her when she stated her dreams but no matter what she will achieve her dreams. She got the approval of the Satans to build and it was just the first step. She need a lot of planning. She looked outside the window and saw Ulquiorra was standing in the rooftop looking down at the town. She remembered what Ulquiorra said. ... "How did you meet Lord Aizen?" Sona asked Ulquiorra. "I will start it at the beginning..." Ulquiorra said. He slowly plucked out his eyes making Sona shut her eyes. She then heard his voice while seeing a visual in her mind. She a humanoid white creature with two white horns protruding on the side of its head. There''s a pair of black wings behind his back. I was born in a bottom of a pit where no light shone. As if pressed together by darkness uncertain of what to become... Born under those dark, dark sendiments. ''This?! This is Ulquiorra?'' She thought as she looked at the white creature with a hole in it''s ?h?st. In those black forms, with their eyes shining and teeth baring, they were certainly eating something. And then... There was nothing to me... But my eyes. Sona saw that Ulquiorra was surrounded by a group of black hollows. She looked at his eyes and felt that the tear lines... The next thing she saw was Ulquiorra killing those hollow. I felt nothing. No, rather It was possible that what I felt was "void", yet, I could hear nothing I could smell nothing I could feel nothing as I touch I could not rest I had no companion Just walking, alone Sona saw a scene of Ulquiorra walking in the vast desert alone. She couldn''t describe what she''s feeling right now. The scene where Ulquiorra was walking alone nonstop in a desert with never ending night searching for something is heartbreaking. The things reflected into my eyes have no meaning.. The things that could not be reflected in my eyes do not exist.. When I had arrived at that thought Sona saw a scene where Ulquiorra was standing in front of a large white tree with a lot of spine. It was, somewhat, a place of birth for those strange, translucent objects that has dotted this world. It was the first time my eyes have been captured. With no color With no sound With no scent Does not interact with anything Only exists there. It was the closest existence to the "void" that I ever laid my eyes on. There was nothing there Even I had lost my line of vision And dissolve into the void, And felt as if everything had disappeared. Sona then saw Ulquiorra sank his body inside the white tree which broke half of his mask. The scene stay like that for a long time. She didn''t know how much time had passed since Ulquiorra sank his body. The next thing she saw was there''s a man standing in front of Ulquiorra. The man wearing the clothes of an arrancar and his hair was swept in the back with a strand hanging down on his face. The man was none other than Lord Aizen. ''So this is Aizen.. '' Sona thought as she observed Aizen. Aizen was saying something to Ulquiorra. "I will become a god and sit a the vacant throne in the sky. I will create a new world after I ascend to the vacant throne." Aizen said as he looked at Ulquiorra who was stock at the white tree. "You wandered alone in Hueco Mundo, lamenting your existence. You saw nothing that had any meaning in this world. Then come and follow me maybe you will find it in my new world." "So that''s how he become an Espada..." Sona sighed deeply. She felt complicated right now that she knew almost everything about him. "What''s wrong, President?" Tsubaki asked after pouring a tea to the cup. "Nothing, I just remember something" Sona shook her head and she continue doing paper work. ... Ulquiorra was standing in the rooftop of the school looking down at the town. Happiness If such a thing called happiness exist in this world, it should be something which resembles the limitless nothingness. Nihility is having nothing, and having nothing to lose. If that isn''t "happiness", then what is? Chapter 33 - Tanga Island Ulquiorra left the Kuoh town as he flew in the sky at a very high speed. Swooosh!! His speed was so fast that it produced an ear piercing sound by tearing the air. After half an hour of flying Ulquiorra stopped. He looked down and saw four islands below him. The islands were not small and it''s also not too big. This islands were Tanga Island, Ie island, Boze Island, and Nishijima Island. This islands were in the middle of Hyogo, Okayama, and Kagawa prefecture. Ulquiorra descend down and landed at the nearest Island at him, the tanga island. He walked around while using his pesquisa to the maximum. If this was Kuoh town Ulquiorra would be able to search around it in just thirty minutes but this island was many times bigger than kuoh town. He looked around while sensing if there''s anything wrong in the surrounding. He also doesn''t let the normal people saw him. His figure kept disappearing and reappearing. After looking around the seashore area Ulquiorra found nothing worth mentioning. He then enter the mountain which locate at the center of the island. Inside the mountain Ulquiorra didn''t encounter any humans. In fact all the humans he encountered here where in the seashore. After half an hour of walking around Ulquiorra felt the drastic change in the atmosphere. The density of magic power suddenly increase in this area. "There''s a lot of different energy in the atmosphere here." Ulquiorra said in a low voice as he sense the surrounding area with his pesquisa. He felt the energy of a Dragon, Devil, and Fallen Angel. "The Qlippoth and Magician faction Nilrem are the one who probably held the information." Ulquiorra murmured. He went here with the permission of Serafall to investigate the Khaos Brigade, especially the Qlippoth and Magician faction Nilrem. Also Vali pointed him some meeting place of the Khaos Brigade and this Tanga Island is one of those meeting place. ... In the underworld... Serafall was readying herself as she was going to human world. She just received a message this morning that stating that the alliance decided to expand theirself. In other to protect themself from the threat of Khaos brigade they needed to band themself together and increase their allies to fight with. She with Azazel, who was already in the human world, will go to Kyoto to meet the Yokai faction there. No, no... Azazel was already in the Kyoto. She alone was going to Kyoto and she knows that it will become a boring trip. The main reason of this meeting was to become an ally of Yokai faction of Kyoto and to promote peace. "If I know this I wouldn''t let Ulqi-tan leave... " Serafall sighed in regret. If she know that this would happen she wouldn''t let go of Ulquiorra to investigate. She will only let him after the meeting. "I should go now.. " She stood up and went to enter the train that would go to human world. ... In the Tanga island... Ulquiorra was walking straight with his guard up. If someone attack him he would be able to react immediately with him using persquisa to full throttle. He sense that everytime he got closer to the center that magical energy got heavier. The Dragon Aura full of malice and negative energy was lingering in the air. There''s also a powerful fallen angel aura in the surrounding. The two aura overwhelmed the demonic energy that it could hardly felt in the area. After a few minutes of walking Ulquiorra found a small white house. The aura in the area surrounding the house was extremely heavy. He was sure about it. The dragon and fallen angel aura were coming out of the house. The dragon aura in the surrounding was similar to Issei when he lose control but this aura have full of negative energy. It was full of darkness, madness, and malice. Without hesitation Ulquiorra walked straight to the white house. He didn''t bother the stronger aura coming from it. If it was a low class devil, angel, or fallen angel they probably run away just from the aura. But Ulquiorra was different he didn''t even felt when Loki, a god, released his godly powers. He even beat Loki. Ulquiorra was wondering if the creature below was much stronger than Loki or not. If this was the full energy of the creature below then Ulquiorra was sure he could handle it in his normal form but he needed great effort to do that. Suddenly he stopped in his track. He sense another creature was walking towards him inside the house. ''Devil? So the devil energy was coming from him'' Ulquiorra thought. He didn''t bother about the devil. He was more focus on the creature below the house. "Hou?! I didn''t expect to see the man who beat Loki here!" a voice came out of the house followed by the sound of footsteps. "How do you know our place? Ah!! It must be that Vali! That bastard help the Red Dragon brat last time!" A man with a long brown hair walked out of the house. His hair was covering his right eye and he was wearing a black armor with cape. The man looked at Ulquiorra with a frown on his face. Chapter 34 - Ulquiorra vs Shalba "Hahaha! Well, well, you devils should just die! I don''t care anymore!" Shalba laughed maniacally. He opened his arms widely and a huge wave of insects came out of his body. "I''m Shalba Beelzebub, descendant of the Great Devil Beelzebub, the Lord of Flies, Hahahaha!" Shalba laughed as a large number of insects covered the whole sky. "So this is Shalba" Ulquiorra said in a low voice while looking at Shalba. What Vali said is true, Shalba is still alive and he was standing in front of him, right now. Ulquiorra put his hand in his sword and he slowly pulled it out. "Die!" Shalba roared as a series of magic circle appeared in the insects. Ulquiorra frown when he saw a lot of magic circle that surrounded him. Boom!! The magic circles fire a beam of magical attack and it went straight to Ulquiorra. Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! The insects continue to fire magical attacks. The ground shook because of the explosion and the dust shot up in the air. Shalba''s insects could produce a magical attack that will bombarded the enemy. A green laser shot out of the smoke and swept a bunch of insects in the air. Ulquiorra figure flashed and appear twenty meters away from the explosion. He pointed his finger and fire another cero. "Hahaha!!" Shalba laughed and he said, "You will never be able to kill my insects unless you razed this land to smithereens." Ulquiorra looked up and saw the sky was black. When you looked closely one would see that a large number of insects covered the sky. He then looked at Shalba and shot another cero. Swooosh!! A large number of insects gathered in front of Shalba and blocked the attack for him. Shalba looked at Ulquiorra and said, "Did you get it now? You will never be able to kill me!" A large number of insects went straight to Ulquiorra. The insects drown him. "Hahaha!!" Shalba laughed. He then heard Ulquiorra''s voice. Gran Rey Cero!! ... In Kyoto... "Here! The poulty here is good so eat up!" Serafall said and she slowly sat down beside Azazel. The Gremory and Sona group were having a dinner with Azazel and Serafall. "Serafall-sama, why are you here?" Issei asked. "For work. I came here to forge an alliance with the yokai of kyoto." Serafall paused for a seconds before she continue, "It''s just, something terrible has happened." "Something terrible?" Kiba asked. "The leader of the kyoto yokai, a nine-tailed fox who kept them all together, has gone missing." Serafall said before she puffed her cheeks and complain, "Hmmp!! If Ulqi-tan was here he would already finish the work! But he, he, he left me alone here" ""He left Serafall-sama?!!"" ... Smoke and dust filled the area. It''s hard to see what''s inside. The ground was filled with dead insects. "I understand now why Loki got beaten" Shalba said in a low voice as he breath heavily. Although many of his insects died in that explosion a lot of his insect was still alive and covering the sky. After a few minutes the smoke and dust dissipated and it reveal a large crater. The crater was one kilometer wide and ten to fifteen meter deep. At the center of the crater Ulquiorra was standing there with slight bruise in his arm. "So this is the power of the famous Ulquiorra?" Shalba frown while looking at Ulquiorra who was also looking at him. Ulquiorra slightly bent his knees and with a boom he charge at Shalba at high speed. Shalba''s eyes constricted when he saw Ulquiorra flying at him. He brace himself and control his insects. Hundreds of magic circle simultaneously appeared in the sky. All of them fire at the same time. Swooosh!! Ulquiorra''s figure kept blurring as he disappear and reappearing at another location. He kept dodging the magical attack while going straight to Shalba. "Go!" Shalba shouted as thousands of insects stopped their attack and the insects went straight to Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra fire some bala to eliminate the insects who got close to him. "Grrr..." Shalba gritted his teeth as he lifted up his hand and closed his palm. "Explode for me!" Thousands of insects explode at the same time. Boom!! Shalba frown while looking at the explosion. He didn''t underestimate his opponent anymore. He knew how powerful his opponent. Suddenly a figure flashed above him. "What?!" Shalba looked up and was surprised when he saw Ulquiorra above him pointed his finger at him as the green sphere was charging at him. Shalba covered his head with his arm as the insects around him covered his whole body. "Ahhh!!" Shalba screamed in pain as the green cero slammed at his body. Boom!! Shalba flew out of the smoke with a slightly injured body. "What a power!" He landed on the ground and looked at Ulquiorra warily. He was breathing heavily. "I just recovered and didn''t expect to meet a man like him here" Shalba said in a low voice. "I just want to trade some curse blood here" "Do you know where is Rizevim and Euclid?" Ulquiorra asked as he slowly walked toward Shalba. "So your real target is those two, huh? It just a coincidence that you met me here... " Shalba said while looking at him straight in the eyes. Suddenly the ground shook heavily as the atmosphere weight down at the whole mountain. A powerful loud roar echoed in the whole mountain. ROAR!!! "Tsk! Our battle awaken him" Shalba clicked his tongue. Chapter 35 - Samael, Dragon Eater The ground tremble and it started to have huge cracked. A powerful loud roar echoed in the whole mountain. "Tsk! Our battle awaken that monster!" Shalba clicked his tongue as he flew out of the trembling ground. Ulquiorra also flew away from the ground. He could feel the creature below was moving. The creature was releasing powerful aura of dragon and fallen angel. A burst of white light emerge from the ground. This shook the whole mountain. Huge rock were shot up into the air. Ulquiorra frown as he disappeared from his location. As soon as he disappeared a white pillar of light shot up from the ground to his location. Dozens of white light emerge from the ground and it pierced the clouds. The whole mountain was covered in light. "Here he comes" Shalba said as he looked at the crater. Smoke coming from it and a silhouette of a large creature with wings could be seen in the smoke. A large ominous creature emerge from the ground and it roared loudly at the sky. ROAR!!! Gust of wind swept out in the surrounding area. Ulquiorra finally saw the creature. The creature have an upper body of an fallen angel while its lower body is a dragon. It have two fangs in its mouth. It has a blindfold that had tears of blood dripping from underneath it. It also have many ancient letter tattoo in its body. "Samael the Dragon Eater" Shalba said while looking at the dragon like creature. Samael was releasing a very powerful aura, mix of Fallen Angel and Dragon,out of its body. "This is troublesome" Ulquiorra said while looking at Samael. Suddenly Samael appeared behind his back. ''What?! He completely slip of my pesquisa'' Ulquiorra was surprised. He turned around and found himself crashing in the ground. Boom!! Ulquiorra felt the power of Samael as his back crashed in the ground. This is not something he couldn''t handle in his normal form. He slowly stood up and swing his sword to blow away the dust and smoke. He looked at Samael deeply and he shifted his gaze to Shalba. It seems that Shalba know this creature. Is this creature also a member of Khaos Brigade? ''I heard him say Samael the Dragon Eater'' Ulquiorra thought. He lifted his hand and immediately fire a cero at Samael. ''Is that his name?'' He noticed something and he immediately swing his sword to his right. Samael appeared beside him and blocked his sword with its sharp nails. Spark flew out between his sword and Samael''s nails. Ulquiorra tried to use force to push Samael back. ''He didn''t budge!'' Ulquiorra was slightly surprised that he couldn''t push Samael back. Samael opened his mouth revealing a row of razor sharp teeths. A dense magical energy gathered in his mouth. It gathered and form like a sphere with some energy swirling towards it. Ulquiorra lifted his other hand and charge a cero at his finger. The two of them were just one feet away from each other and both of them use a powerful skill at point blank range. Both of their attacks shot out and immediately collided at each other causing a powerful explosion. "Hmmph" Ulquiorra channel more of his spiritual energy to the cero. The green cero grew larger. Boom!! Shalba was watching the battle in the mid air. He looked around and said, "If they intensify their firepower once again they would disturb the god of this country. A battle like this need to do in an isolated place." He looked at the mountain in ruins and continue, "Not in a place like this. They didn''t even place a barrier. They people who inhabited this land were already dead. Surely if the gods of this country saw this they will be writhing in rage." Shalba flew higher in the sky. Even here he could still feel the aftershocks of the battle. He said in a low voice, "Why would that bastard Hades release this creature? Samael was supposed to be sealed in Cocytus! I will and visit him later!" Sound of explosions echoed in the whole island. Gran Rey Cero!! A massive cero shot out from Ulquiorra''s finger. The massive cero collided with Samael''s powerful magical attack causing another large explosion. Boom!! Ulquiorra flew into the sky up above Samael. After he reach a certain height he stopped and he looked down at Samael. "I guess this is it... " Ulquiorra said and he slowly lifted up his sword. He opened his mouth and slowly said, "Enclose, Murci¨¦lago" Black spiritual energy with green linings burst out of his body. The spiritual energy covered the sky and it falls down like a rain. Ulquiorra was now in his resurrecci¨®n form. Wide black bat wings appeared in his back. There''s a bone like mask on the top of his head. The mask have two horns protruding from the sides to the front. The tear lines on his face was now black and it grew broader. Ulquiorra looked at Samael who was standing on the ground. He opened his palm and a green energy like spear appeared. "Get ready" Ulquiorra said as he grip the green spear tightly. He went down straight at Samael. Roar!! Samael roared as he flew up to intercept Ulquiorra. Both of they bodies collided. It produced a very large shockwave that swept out the area around them. Boom!! Chapter 36 - Arrival of the Gods Two glows suddenly crashed into each other. One of the glows was as black as an ink with some green linings whereas the other glow was white in color with some grey and a feint green color. Bang!! Bang!! A loud explosion was heard as the glows continue to crashed into each other. The aftershock of their collision stirred the atmosphere. The wind swept out like a waves of water. Almost everything in the area covered by the two glows were turned into ashes. Even the ground beneath their feet collapse. In mid air, two figure collide once more. The black and white figure retreated tens of meters away from each other. Ulquiorra looked at Samael. This creature was really strong. He could feel that this wasn''t its full power but someone was restraining this creature. Samael charge again at Ulquiorra. This creature really knows no fear. Ulquiorra grip the green energy spear in his hand. He slightly bent his knees and he also charge towards Samael. Boom!! Both of them collided and produced a ripple in the air. Its like when you throw a stone in a calm water. The ripple was like a powerful wave that it wipe out the nearby trees. Both of them retreated back dozens of meters away from each other. Samael opened his mouth revealing a row of sharp teeth. He opened his mouth widely and su?k?d a deep breath making the nearby magical power gathered in it. It formed a sphere and it was rotating like a razor with some lightning. Samael blew it and it shot towards Ulquiorra. The beam destroy eveything in its path. Ulquiorra quickly pointed his finger and gathered his spiritual energy on it. Black cero form on the tip of his finger. It immediately fire at the incoming beam. Both of their attacks collided and it cause a very huge explosion. The Tanga island were devastated and there''s no other living being here beside the two. The other living being were either died by explosion or caught up by the aftershocks. Shalba looked at this scene. He said, "I should leave now" after he said that he immediately left. He knew that the gods probably got the information about this battle. As soon as they felt it they will immediately take an action against the two. In Kyoto... In a Japanese style room in a hotel. Serafall just received a message about Ulquiorra. "What?! Ulquiorra did that!" Serafall said in surprised. "We need to go there immediately and stop him." said Sirzechs. He was currently in the underworld and used communication magic to contact Serafall. "I will see you there," Sirzechs left and the room became silent deviod of any sound. After a few moments Azazel opened his mouth, "Go there, I will handle the problem here in Kyoto." "Okay, I will go to Ulqi-tan" Serafall said. She quickly stood up and left the room. She hopes that she will be the first to arrived there before the gods. "Hais... This is too troublesome" After Serafall left Azazel sighed. Trouble always keep coming. There''s a trouble there and there''s one here too. But the thing Ulquiorra did there was extreme that the Satans were coming there to his location. Azazel looked up in the sky as he felt something, "Oh?! Yu Long and Sun Wukong is here!" "I won''t let you escape" Ulquiorra said as he throw the green energy spear to Shalba. Swoosh!! Shalba shifted his body to avoid the green energy spear. When Ulquiorra was about to chase him Samael appeared in front of him. Samael swing out his fist toward Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra lifted up his arms and cross it in front of him to block the attack. Bang!! Ulquiorra flew and crashed into the ground creating a large pit. "It seems that I couldn''t deal with him this time." Ulquiorra said while looking at Shalba. He patted his clothes as he slowly stood up. He focus his attention to Samael. He wouldn''t bother himself with Shalba anymore. He needed to deal with this monster first before he could deal with Shalba. "We will meet again and at that time I will bring down the whole Underworld" Shalba glance at Ulquiorra one more time before he left. Samael was baring his fangs at when a purple mist started to spread in the surrounding. Ulquiorra saw a few silhouette appears in the purple mist. Seven people walked out of the purple mist. "I didn''t expect someone awaken Dragon Eater!" A young man with short black hair and blue eyes said. He''s wearing a chinese clothes with a japanese uniform. He was holding a spear in his hand. He is the leader of the Hero Faction, Cao Cao. "No, Cao Cao we are in trouble this time." A young man with a silver hair and red eyes said with a hint of shocked. He is Siegfried. "Why?" Cao Cao looked at Siegfried and asked with a confused expression. "Look around, Cao Cao" a bespectacled young man said. He wears a red robe over his uniform. He is Georg. "Impossible! they fought in an open area without even putting a barrier! Are these guys crazy!" a blonde beautiful girl said. Her name is Jeanne. "They devastated the whole island." Siegfried said. "Quick! we need to get out of here! bring the Dragon Eater!" Cao Cao shouted. "Khaos Brigade" Ulquiorra while looking at the newly arrived group. "I won''t let you" Ulquiorra said as he pointed his finger at them. Large amount of Spiritual Energy gathered in the tip of his finger forming a black cero. "STOP!!" a voice filled with anger echoed in the whole island. The voice filled with immense pressure. The pressure weight down on everyone in the island. "I didn''t think that she would come personally" Georg said in shocked. He looked up in the sky and saw a silhouette. Cao Cao also looked up in the sky and said, "Amaterasu!" Chapter 37 - Shinto Gods Cao Cao lifted up his head and saw two silhouette standing under the sun. He frown and said in a low voice, "Amaterasu the Goddess of Sun and Hachiman-shin the God of War." "Shit! Two Shinto Gods are already here and one of them is the famous Amaterasu!" Siegfried cursed under his breath. They just failed in Kyoto and when they return to checked on Dragon Eater they found themself in this position. "Get ready! We''re going to leave!" Cao Cao said in a low voice. He grip his spear tightly. ''Amaterasu? Hachiman-shin?'' Ulquiorra heard Cao Cao. He read a books about the Shinto Gods, so he knew some of them. He just looked up observing what are they doing. "Why are you people destroying my land?" Amaterasu asked as she looked down at them. Amaterasu is a beautiful, slender woman. Her skin holds a very pale complexion and her brown eyes were so deep in color that it almost become black in color. She''s wearing a traditional japanese attire. Her jet black hair has seemingly been cut into layers. From the top of her head and chin, her hair is choppy and short, flying outwards on either side of her face. There''s also a red symbol on the center of her forehead. Roar!! Samael roared loudly attracting the two shinto gods attention. Both gods look at Samael in surprised. "Samael?!" Hachiman-shin said in shocked. "Why is the Dragon Eater here in my lands?" Amatarasu frown. She looked at Cao Cao''s group and Ulquiorra. She then focus her gaze at Cao Cao''s group, it seems that Samael was on their side. Samael was supposed to be sealed in the deepest part of cocytus. Why is he here with this human? This human have relation to Hades, there''s no doubt about it. "Oh? True Longinus!" Amaterasu noticed the spear in Cao Cao''s hand. She then looked at the rest of the group and found that all of them were sacred gear user. "Amaterasu, we will leave this place" Cao Cao said to her. "Do you think you can leave after destroying one of my islands?" Amaterasu said. "What do you want?" Cao Cao asked as he looked at her vigilantly. Amaterasu frown suddenly. She cover her right ear with her right hand. She suddenly shouted angrily, "Do you think they can leave after doing this at one of my island?!" "I will compensate you anything you want, just let them leave your land" a voice directly came to her mind. "Just this once, I will let them go, if this happen again I''ll personally go to your lands" Amaterasu said as she took a deep breath to calm herself. "But don''t forget what you''ve said here." "Oh?" She looked at her left side and said with an amused expression, "Oh? What do we have here, Great Satans?" Sirzechs and Serafall just arrived in the Island. They were floating in the mid air as they observe the surrounding. "Well, I know why you''re here" Amatarasu looked at them as she smile. Serafall and Sirzechs landed in front of Ulquiorra while looking at Amaterasu warily. Beside her is Hachiman-shin, the Shinto God of war. Although he didn''t said anything, if someone make a wrong move he will immediately act. The god of war is not to be underestimated in every mythologies, there''s a reason why they were called god of war. "Just you know the devil there destroy this land of mine." Amaterasu pointed at Ulquiorra. She said, "I don''t want a war but if you don''t give me a satisfaction answer" "Don''t worry Lady Amaterasu, We will give you a satisfaction answer" Sirzechs stepped forward and said politely. "What?! Samael?" Serafall exclaimed beside him. Sirzechs looked over and saw large ominous creature. Have an upper body of a fallen angel and a dragon for lower body. "Samael, the perpetrator that influenced the first humans, Adam and Eve, to eat the Fruit of Knowledge, and was cursed by God. He was supposed to be sealed in the deepest part of cocytus." Sirzechs said while looking at Samael. He raised an eyebrow, "Some part of the seal was still restraining him." "Your right that Hades did something to him" Amaterasu said. She felt that Samael was still sealed despite himself being here in front of her. The ancient characters on his body was sealing the poison inside his body. Hades released him in cocytus but he couldn''t unsealed all the seal in Samael. Samael''s greatest power was poison. His poison is extremely lethal especially to dragons. His poison can easily killed a large dragon, even the two heavenly dragons is not exempted in this. It also said that his poison can even affect the two legendary beings, Ophis and Great Red. She looked at Cao Cao and said coldly, "You can leave now but remember to tell that god if this happen again I will go there to personally kill him." Cao Cao looked solemnly at Amaterasu. He turned his head at Georg and nodded. The group was envelope by a purple mist before they disappear. They also took Samael with them. "As expected, the Khaos Brigade" Sirzechs said in a low voice while looking at Cao Cao. "Do you want me to follow them, Serafall-sama?" Ulquiorra said as a green energy spear appear in his palm. "No-no-no don''t do that! We are in front of the Shinto Gods don''t do anything rude!" Serafall immediately stopped Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra nodded and looked at the two Gods in the mid air. "Then, it''s your turn, if I wasn''t satisfied with your answer then I will expel all the devils in my land" Amaterasu looked at Sirzechs and said. Chapter 38 - Aftermath Sirzechs and Serafall went back to underworld to discuss the action of Khaos Brigade. The forces of the Khaos Brigade was stronger than they had imagined. The Hero faction and Samael was a great threat to them. And there''s also the mysterious god who provided them protection from Amaterasu. They asked who is that god but Amaterasu refused to tell them. They could only let it go as they can''t afford to anger her. Although they could fight their faction, as Sirzechs and the other Satans were famous in the Great war for their formidable power, they still did what she wants. Their goal was peace and they wouldn''t do anything to provoke the other mythologies. And Amaterasu know it so she seized this chance to bring out some benifits to her faction but she didn''t overstep her line. She know it, the alliance of the three great faction was extremely powerful. There''s only a few in her faction that could rival the Great Satans. They pay a hefty price to the Shinto faction to turn a blind eye to their action in japan. Azazel also came and he''s the one who talk to the shinto gods. He want to seize this opportunity to establish a good relationship with shinto gods. After all many of their people were in japan. All in all everything went good. The battle at Tanga island were talked in many parts of the world. The scale of fight grew larger and larger. Some weak mythologies are afraid that any moments a war would erupt. Many mythologies were involved in the recent incident that happened and if the war erupt these mythologies would go into a large scale war. The war will become a global scale that many faction were involved and it will also affect the other myth if a war like that happens. A war like that would undoubtedly destroy the world. Ulquiorra became famous once again in supernatural world. Many people called him true devil because of his appearance. He was a depiction of textbook devil, large bat wings and two horns on his head. All this time Ulquiorra stay in Kuoh academy. ... In the Underworld. In Gremory house, all the Satans were currenly sitting around the round table with Azazel. "We finally settle the problem with Shinto Gods. Although we suffered a huge loss we also benefited from this. Now let''s talk about the Hades. Hades must have a connection to the Hero fcation" Sirzechs said. "Well, he''s the only one who could release Samael in cocytus" Azazel nodded before he lean at his chair relaxing himself. He opened one of his eye and looked at them, "Samael, I didn''t think that they would even send a monster like that here. A monster that God banished." "We must prepare ourself for the worse." Serafall said solemnly. "That monster could easily kill a dragon, Azazel you must protect the Red Dragon if it appears" Ajuka looked at Azazel and said. "Don''t worry, I''ll protect him, we can''t afford to lose him." Azazel said before he stood up and looked at them. He said, "I''ll excuse myself now, I have some guess waiting for me." After he said that Azazel left the room. ... Ulquiorra was currently in the rooftop of the academy. "Hmm... I didn''t think that the demonic energy would be this hard to control" Ulquiorra said as he looked at his palm. A feint black energy was currently dancing in his palm. "I''ll be able to master this after a few more practice. After that I''ll be able to integrate it with my Segunda Etapa" Ulquiorra said as he looked at the demonic energy in his palm. Last time Serafall complained to him. She said that''s it''s okay to fight but he need to set up a barrier. Although he could set up a barrier now his barrier was still weak. "Ulquiorra-san!" Asia looked at him and said with a nervous tone, "Erm... I''m sorry, if I''m interrupting you." "It''s okay, you''re not interrupting me or anything, I''m just observing the people up here." Ulquiorra said as he walked to the corner and looked at the students below. "Erm... Ulquiorra-san, why are you observing them?" Asia said while stuttering. Ulquiorra turned his head to looked at her. He said, "Are you not afraid of me?" "I-I''m not afraid.." Asia replied. "I''m curious about you people, what is the heart you always talk about?" Ulquiorra said as go back to watch the student below. Asia just looked at him silently. She didn''t know how to explain it to Ulquiorra. After a few moments she finally opened her mouth, "Um... Ulquiorra-san, I-I''m sure one day you will find your own heart, you don''t have to look at other people. I''m sure, one day, you will" Ulquiorra looked at her in eyes the eyes. He didn''t say anything. He saw that she didn''t look like she was lying. ... Issei became stronger after the battle in Kyoto. He gained a move called Illegal move Triaina. His armor transform to a chess piece he promoted to. "Hmm... The chess piece can also provide a skill like that" Ulquiorra murmured when he heard the information about Issei. "I still don''t know many things about this world. I want to see it all, with this eyes of mine." Ulquiorra said as he pointed at his eyes. "These eyes of mine that saw everything." Chapter 39 - Talk The day of the rating game has come. Rias Gremory''s family and Sairaog Bael''s family will fight in the rating game with all they''ve got. Also not only them have a match this time, Sona Sitri''s family and Seekbaira Agares'' family too have a rating game this day. During Rias'' rating game against Sairaog Bael, Issei fought Sairaog''s Bishop, Coriana Adrealphus, and queen, Kuisha Abaddon, both of whom he defeats, before facing off Sairaog. During the match, Issei was doing well against Sairaog until Sairaog fused with Regulus, his pawn, to use balance breaker. This overwhelmed Issei but thanks to this he was able to achieve the queen form of his armor, the cardinal crimson. Issei fought Sairaog in a fistfight which he won. Countless devils watched the match as Issei is extremely famous in the underworld. Even some gods went to watch the rating game. Sona and others too won their match against Seekvaira Agares. Although Saji lose control and started to rampage in the battlefield. Their match didn''t gather as much attention as Rias group but there''s still plenty of people watch their match. ... This happened right before the rating game began. Vali sent Azazel a private message. "...Are you serious about this, Vali?" Azazel said in a somewhat surprised voice. He looked at Vali''s face through the small communication magic circle. "Yeah. He... It''s a she now I guess. She is wishing for this, I''m also interested in this, so I want it to happen" Vali said through the small communication magic circle. Azazel received an unthinkable idea by Vali. To tell the truth, this is something capable of changing the power balance of the world. "...It''s you we''re talking about. That''s not the only reason, right?" Azazel looked seriously at Vali. Vali smile bitterly and said, "You''re as sharp as always. That is also the reason why you are getting alienated from other faction." "It''s none of you business.. " Azazel replied. Well, it''s true that he was being alienated by those people who are standing at the top of other faction. He already sound fishy because he have the position of being the governor of the fallen angels. On top of that a guy like that is running around talking about peace and negotiations. He meddle too much with others business. He was even told that by Issei. "...This is my nature. If someone was to attack me from behind, then I will accept it." Azazel sighed and said. "There are those who are after her." Vali said in a low voice. "Obviously there are. And there would be an immeasurable number of those at that... But everyone is having a bitter time because no one can eliminate her." Azazel said. "That may be true, but it seems like there will be those in our organization who are hoping the same thing. No, it''s about time they will make their move." Vali said seriously. A youth with a spear came to Azazel''s mind. Azazel said, "Ulquiorra did a good job there. I honestly didn''t think that they would be able to do that but now that Samael came into the scene. I think it''s possible that they would be able to do that." "Yes, Samael would be a problem" Vali nodded and said, "That''s why we need to do this." "Your planning on luring him out?" Azazel was astonished. "Yeah. I contacted Ulquiorra before, he said it''s okay he doesn''t mind this." Vali said. "You have contact with Ulquiorra!" Azazel said in a surprise voice. "Yeah. I''m just giving him an information that he want and he would do one thing that I ask." Vali said like it''s nothing. ''Even I could hardly talk to Ulquiorra'' Azazel thought. Suddenly what Vali said sink to his mind. He exclaimed, "Don''t tell me... You''re the one who gave Ulquiorra information in Tanga island." "You''re really sharp" Vali nodded, "Yeah. I''m the one who gave him that but I didn''t now that Samael was there. It was out of my expectations that they have a trump card like that." "They also have the back of the unknown person who protected them from Amaterasu." Azazel said. "It can be Hades... " Vali said to Azazel. "No, Although he released Samael he wouldn''t provoke Amaterasu for those people. It must be that the person who mysteriously back them is the allied of Hades." Azazel said as he ponder. "So that unknown person back the Hero faction and is allied with Hades to the point that Hades release Samael from cocytus for them..." Vali said. Azazel looked at Vali and said, "Yeah and I can only think of one person... And that is the Heavenly Emperor, Indra, of the Hindu Mythologies. He''s making some strange movement lately." "Indra, that''s one hell of a name" Vali smirked. "Well, even if he is the one that''s backing them my plan still won''t change just because of him." "...I can see that" Azazel smiled bitterly. "Okay, that''s it. I should go now. Leave it to Ulquiorra he still owe me one thing." Vali said. "Okay, I will contact him" Azazel nodded his head. ''Hades and Indra will come at the rating game match. They want to see the famous Red Dragon Emperor and Ulquiorra.'' Azazel thought as he walked away, ''Well, unfortunately for them they wouldn''t be able to see Ulquiorra as he won''t come to watch the match. He didn''t even left the Sitri mansion since he came back from underworld. And when he went out he head straight to the human world. What a strange person.'' ... Amaterasu looked at the gods before her and said solemnly, "Prepare our forces! We have a divination that a war would erupt and Japan will be the battlezone!" The other Gods were shocked when they heard her words. A war? And their lands will become the battlezone? "Should we considered Azazel''s offer?" Ebisu, one of the seven gods of fortune, said. "I think we should accept it. The threat of Khaos Brigade is bigger than we expected and the other problem is that God, Indra. Also according to the divination many mythologies are involve in the upcoming war." Omoikane, God of wisdom, said. "Yeah. We will not lose anything if we ally ourselves to them." Fujin, God of wind, said. "They are getting out of hands especially that Indra. Get ready! I''m not afraid of war! Once he do it again we will launch an attack! Since the war is already inevitable we will change battlezone to other place." Amaterasu said. The rest of the gods sighed at her words. They already know her attitude so it''s not that surprising to them. Chapter 40 - Recommendation Promotion The next day, important people like Sirzechs, Grayfia, and Azazel arrived at Issei''s house late at night. They were gathered in the VIP room located on top of the floor of Hyoudo residence. They gathered the Gremory team with serious faces so they knew that it had to be a serious discussion. Sirzechs made Issei, Kiba, Akeno, and Rias sit in front of him. "Why did you gather us here Oni-sama?" Rias asked Sirzechs. "We''re still waiting for someone" Sirzechs said to her. Suddenly they heard someone opened the door all of them turned their heads and saw Sona with Ulquiorra. "Sona?! Ulquiorra?!" Rias was surprised when she saw them. "Okay, now that we''re all here I''ll tell you now" Sirzechs said. Ulquiorra find a vacant chair and sat beside Issei. Sona too sat beside Ulquiorra. Sirzechs then began to speak. "Just as I told the three of you last time, Issei, Kiba, and Akeno have accomplished many achievements especially you Ulquiorra, so the topic about you getting promotion have been decided by us, the Four Satans, and the top council members... " "Serafall even cause a ruckus there in the council." Sirzechs said as he remember the scene where Serafall create a commotion in the council saying that her greatest sidekick didn''t need such test just directly promote him. "Hahaha!" Azazel laughed at his words as he imagined that scene. "Onee-sama" Sona lowered her head feeling embarrassed for her sister. "About the promotion, it would be natural that you three get should get a promotion to High-class devils by skipping the Middle-class devil exam. And Ulquiorra should get a promotion to Ultimate-class devil as your strength is enough to even defeat a god. But because of the promotion system we would like you to go through the middle-class devil exam first." Sirzechs said. This shocked Issei and the rest. "High-class devil?!" Issei exclaimed in shocked. Akeno and Issei were also shocked but not as much as Issei. "..." Ulquiorra still had the same plain expression. Azazel said while drinking the sake in the glass. "It won''t be weird for Issei, Kiba, and Akeno to become high class devils judging from your achievements and Ulquiorra to become ultimate class devil after defeating Loki and battling Samael to a stand off. But it seems like there are steps even in the world of devils. Especially the higher ups are so noisy about it. They acknowledge the special promotion for you, but they are also saying to follow the proper procedures. That''s why you all will become Middle-class devils and be active in that rank for a while. Then soon after you will receive a promotion to become a High-class devils from them and after that the Ultimate-class. You guys can plan what to do when you become a High-class devils during your time as Middle-class devils." "Mi-middle-class and Hi-high-class devil...! Yo-you are telling me that I have the right to become one." Issei said in shocked. Sirzechs smile and nodded, "Yes, holding your own against Loki and defeating a terrorist is a big achievements. And you have shown magnificent fighting skills in the last match against Bael. Even more Issei you are the popular Oppai Dragon. It won''t be weird if the topic of the promotion comes to you. No, should I say this is an expected result." "Congratulations on your promotion recommendation Ulquiorra." Sona smiled as she congratulate Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra looked at her and he nodded his head. His expression didn''t even change for the entire time. "..." Sona was speechless at his response. "Congratulations on your promotion recommendation Issei, Yuuto, Akeno. I''m really blessed at having you." Rias smiled with a satisfied face. "Yes, it''s good news. You guys are comrades I can be proud of." Xenovia said excitedly. "Ise-san, Kiba-san, Akeno-san, congratulations." Asia said to them before she turned to Ulquiorra and congratulate him. "You too Ulquiorra-san, congratulations." "So like that next week the four of you, Ulquiorra, Issei, Kiba, Akeno will participate in the Middle-class devil promotion test in the underworld." Sirzechs said. "Eh! Next week! That''s all of a sudden." Issei exclaimed. "Don''t worry. All of you will pass the test. I''m sure of it." Azazel said to them. "Don''t worry Issei you can do it. I will help you in your studies." Rias patted Issei''s shoulder and said. "Ara-ara, it seems I need to join your studies." Akeno joined and Kiba also express his intention to help Issei in his study. Ulquiorra just looked at their interactions. "Is there something wrong Ulquiorra?" He heard a voice to his side. He turned his head and saw Azazel looking at him. "Nothing" Ulquiorra shook his head. "Can you tell me what are your thoughts about Samael?" Azazel asked him. Azazel''s question piqued everyone''s attention. All of them looked at Ulquiorra including Sirzechs and Grayfia. Ulquiorra looked at him deeply before he answer, "Although he looks like he lose his conscience he could still differentiate the enemy and ally but that''s all. All he do was charge at enemies with powerful attacks. But I could feel that is not his full strength. Some type of seal is restraining him." "That''s the seal that God put on him. He was cursed by the God for tricking Adam and Eve and was banished into the deepest level of cocytus. Samael turned into a half dragon that''s why he hates all the dragons in the world." Azazel said. "Well, he wouldn''t be able to stay here in the world for too long because of that. Eventually he will return back to cocytus and stay there for thousands of years before he could leave again." Chapter 41 - Ophis The next morning, Azazel went to the student council room. He arrived in front of the door and knocked. Knock! Knock! "Come in" Azazel went inside the room after he heard the words. He saw Sona and her peerage with Ulquiorra standing beside the window. "Good morning Azazel-sensei" Sona greeted Azazel. ""Good morning Sensei!"" The others also greet him. "Good morning" Azazel greeted back. "Why are you here, Azazel-sensei?" Sona asked. She was wondering if their artificial sacred gears were ready. "I''m here to talk to Ulquiorra" Azazel said to her. Ulquiorra turned his head whenheard his name being mention. He looked at Azazel with a questioning gaze. "Can we talk outside?" Azazel said in a serious tone. Ulquiorra nodded and he started to walked. He left the room with Azazel following him. "..." Sona looked at their back before they left. Azazel-sensei look serious just now. She wonder what they will talk about for him to have that kind of face. ... At the rooftop of the academy. Ulquiorra and Azazel was standing next to each other. "Tomorrow I''m planning to call a visitor to Hyoudo residence. Vali said to me that you''ll take care of it." Azazel said while looking straight ahead. "Vali said that?" Ulquiorra said as he looked at Azazel. Azazel looked at Ulquiorra and nodded, "Yes, He said you''ll take care of the problem." "I see" Ulquiorra nodded. "The visitor will stay at Issei''s house. You''ll go there with me tomorrow." Azazel said. "I know, but who is this visitor you''re talking about?" Ulquiorra nodded and asked. "You met her before, it''s Ophis the leader of Khaos Brigade." Azazel said to him. He looked at Ulquiorra''s expression to see how would he react but what he saw was the same plain expression. "I see, so Vali want me to guard this Ophis" Ulquiorra nodded. He met Ophis before at the Underworld when Great Red appear. Azazel said, "Yeah. Something is happening right now in their organization." "We don''t have any place to stay here in Kouh so I pick the Hyoudo residence well it''s also lively there and Ophis wish to see the Red Dragon, but, first I need to tell this to Rias and the rest." Azazel said as he turned around and walked away. He raised his right hand and said, "See you later." Sona greeted him and asked curiously, "Ulquiorra what did you talk about with Azazel-sensei?" "It''s about the visitor in Hyoudo house." Ulquiorra replied. "Hmm... " Sona just nodded her head and didn''t asked anymore question. Tsubaki from her side looked at Ulquiorra before she turned her head to Sona. She opened her mouth and asked, "President, I just noticed that your always asking Ulquiorra or should I say you''re always curious about what he do" "Eh?! Is that so... " Sona looked at Tsubaki. She pondered and noticed that she always asked Ulquiorra what he did or do. ''Well, if you know his story you''ll be curious too.'' Sona thought. ... Azazel went straight to Hyoudo residence after he finished talking to Ulquiorra. He heard that something happened to Koneko as they already called him. He was going there might as well checked her condition. ... "So this is the mating season of Nekomata, huh." that''s the first thing Azazel said when he came here after receiving a call from the other members. After that he called Abe, the beast tamer, and had her look at Koneko and she told us her diagnosis. Koneko is in her room right now and sleeping calmly. Abe specially gave her medicine that suppressed her instincts. The Gremory members who live in Hyoudo residence and Azazel gathered in VIP room. "Mating season, huh... " Issei mumbled. Azazel said, "Nekomata go into mating season after a while when their body become developed enough to bear babies. In other words the instinct of Nekomata makes them want to bear babies. Those parts are similar to cats. And in Nekomata''s case, they choose a males of different species they take a liking to. In other words that''s you, Issei... " "Me...?" Issei pointed at himself and Azazel nods. Azazel continued, "Koneko is a rare Nekomata, Nekoshou. I think it''s a good idea to make offspring. And if that is the child of Red Dragon. But this time, it is a bit.... " "Koneko is a bit too small" Azazel said after making a sigh. They continue talking about what should they do to Koneko. After an hour of talking they decided to not give Koneko a medicine as it will affect her in the future. Issei just need to endure Koneko''s seduction at the same time suppressing his d?s?r? too. "Okay. Putting that aside, can I talk to all of you?" Azazel said to them with a different tone. He looks serious now. "Tomorrow I''m planning to call a visitor to this house. Rias... I want to get you approval for this." "This is my first time hearing about this. It''s pretty sudden." said Rias. "Yeah. There is something about this thing... " Azazel wore a more serious expression. "You guys will definitely feel dislike towards this visitor. No, it won''t be weird if you guys hold killing intent towards this visitor." Everyone was shocked at Azazel''s words and they look at each other. ''Vali team?'' Issei thought. "Issei, you know the group that came into your mind? That''s half correct." Azazel looked at Issei and said. "...! Sensei, Vali and others are coming here?" Issei asked. "Vali is a terrorist. We cooperated at once, but if they have business here again then it''s obvious that we will be prepared to fight. But I have to say that I don''t think we will hold killing intent towards them immediately. From my personal views they are enemies but not like the Hero faction. Just meeting them will be..." Rias said. Azazek scratched his cheeks at her words. "Regarding the team Vali, I know you have an unclear relation to them. It''s just that.... . There''s something I can''t say right now. Please wait till tomorrow morning. You will know then. But my wish is you guys don''t attack the visitor. That''s all. It''s enough if you guys listen to the visitor''s story. If it goes well, this meeting can change the balance greatly. Tomorrow morning, I will come back here again. That''s why..." Everyone look at him in doubt. They didn''t who is coming here. Azazel exclaimed suddenly, "That''s right, I forgot one thing. Ulquiorra. Leave it all to him. He will be guarding the visitor tomorrow." "Eh?! Ulquiorra?!" Rias was surprised. "That''s right. So don''t worry about anything." Azazel nodded. Chapter 42 - Ophis 2 The next morning, a sound of doorbell rang in Hyoudo residence. Issei came to and opened the door. He saw a little girl wearing a black gothic lotita outfit. "It''s been a while, Ddraig." the girl said. Issei took a step back and pointed his finger at the girl. He exclaimed loudly, "O-O-O-O-OOOOOphis!!?" His screamed was so loud that it echoed throughout the house. The group members gathered at the entrance immediately and all went into a battle stance. Azazel suddenly comes between them. "Hey, hey, hey! I told you yesterday not to hold any killing intent whoever comes! So no attacking! She also won''t attack you! Even if she did, we can''t defeat her even if we all fight together!" Rias got enraged, "That''s absurb Sensei! That dragon is the boss of the terrorist group that has been attacking each of the factions around the world! She is a bitter enemy who also caused a significant damage to the world of devils! So why did you bring such a dangerous enemy to this place?! Into this town, which is also important to the alliance! And especially this house! Doesn''t allowing Ophis into this town means that you deceived those who secure this town?! So why did you do something like this! Why would you, who has been talking about an alliance, do such... " Rias stopped and took a deep breath. She just remember that Azazel help them broke numerous disaster. The reason why they became stronger was because of his help and knowledge. There''s no reason for her to doubt Azazel now. Rias took a deep breath and said, ".... It is you who has been talking about alliances. So you have determined that this visit from Ophis has this much value?" "Yes. I''m sorry Rias. I have deceived and am still deceiving many people in order for her to come and visit here. But maybe her wish is something that will change the existence of Khaos Brigade itself. I determined that it is necessary to stop unnecessary blood from being shed. I will apologize to guys once again and will ask you guys again. I''m sorry and ask you. Can you at least listen to her story?" Azazel said to them sincerely. Ulquiorra suddenly walked and stop beside Azazel. "Oh?! You''re here Ulquiorra" Azazel said. Ulquiorra nodded at him. Rias looked at Ulquiorra and asked, "Does Serafall-sama know about this?" "No" Ulquiorra shook his head. "Then, why would you... " Rias said. "Serafall-sama permitted me to do what I want here even without informing her." Ulquiorra said to her. "Hais... " Rias sighed and looked at Azazel. She asked, "So then shall I just let her in and give her green tea? Is it only Ophis? What about the Vali team?" Upon asking that, a light was formed in front of the entrance. The one who appeared from there is the magician from team Vali, Le Fay, who is wearing a cape and pointy hat and a large dog with ash grey fur. Putting Le Fay aside, this ash coloured dog is Fenrir. "How are you doing everyone. It is, I, Le Fay Pendragon. I have been under your care in Kyoto. This over here is Fenrir-chan" The magician girl gave them a polite and gentle introduction. Then a woman wearing a black kimono appeared from another magic circle. "Nyahooo! It''s been a while, Ulquiorra, nya" Kuroka greeted them, "You too Red Dragon! Do you still like b??bs as always?" Ophis suddenly said, "I want to talk" Azazel said, "Drink with her I deceive and lied in other faction in order to make this setting." ... All of them gathered in the VIP room of the Hyoudo residence. "Here is your tea" Akeno gave green tea to Vali Team members and Ophis while being alert. Ley Fay drinks green tea, while Kuroka was eating snacks that go well with the tea. Fenrir is sleeping near Le Fay. Ulquiorra also just sat comfortably in a chair while crossing his arm in front of his ?h?st. He sat there with his eyes closed. While the rest of the Gremory team was nervous. "T-Then what business do you have with me?" Issei asked a he force a smile on his face. Ophis asked, "Ddraig, do you want to quit being a heavenly dragon?" "...ummm! I don''t understand what you are trying to say..." Issei said as he put a stiff smile on his face. Ophis opened her tiny mouth and said, "The human who is the host. He''s been having a different sense of growth up until now. I think this is very strange. Very different from previous heavenly dragons. Vali is also strange. Strange. Very strange." She continued, "The fight against Cao Cao. The fight against Bael. Ddraig had different evolution. Armor turned into crimson color. It''s the first time. The first time that I know of." She then looked at Ulquiorra and said, "And you, what are you? It''s my first time seeing a being like you in this world. There''s no other being like you here in this world. You are a soul yet not at the same time." Her words confuses everyone in the room. ''What did she mean by that?'' Azazel thought as he perked up his ears. He was always curious about Ulquiorra. He felt something was different in him from the rest. Ulquiorra just looked at her and didn''t say anything. Chapter 43 - Ophis 3 "I could hardly sense what are you because part of you became a devil. But I could still sense that you are a soul. A conglomeration of countless human souls." Ophis said. Her words shocked them but there''s still some people who can''t understand what she is saying. "Did you feel it too, Ddraig?" Ophis asked Ddraig. [I felt it the first time we met.] Ddraig said. But now he couldn''t sense it anymore because of the demonic energy that was slowly fusing to his body and rebuilding it. "You were born from the countless human souls. The souls either fused or it was something different. I don''t know. Your existence is very strange. It''s my first time seeing you." Ophis continues, "I also sense a feint corruption in your soul the first time I saw you back then. But now I couldn''t even sense it anymore." She was talking about the incident when Great Red appeared in the underworld when the Old Satan faction attack the underworld. "I don''t understand what she''s saying... " Issei said. "Me too, Ise-san" Asia said to Issei. "Born from conglomeration of human souls interesting." Azazel said in a low voice. He kept listening to Ophis words very attentively. "The energy your using was extremely lethal to human beings. Just a slight touch you will burn a normal human beings to death. Those without energy in their bodies to repel your powers will burn them even it you just touch them. It feels that is an energy of a soul. A power of soul. How do you strengthen yourself like that?" Ophis said. "Can burn human to death with just a slight touch?" Issei repeated those words. It seems he must not let his parent come near to Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra looked at Ophis for a while. After a few moments he finally opened his mouth, "I was born like this, we are a being that devour other souls, be it dead or alive." "Devour other souls?!" Rias was shocked when she heard this. "We? Doesn''t mean that there are others like you?" Azazel asked. It must be that Arranacar group or something he talked about last time. "Strange. You said we but I haven''t seen anyone like you" Ophis said. "That''s what I want to know. That''s why I''m investigating it" Ulquiorra said to her. ''Hmm... Now I know why you and Vali seems to work together.'' Azazel thought as he hold his chin. "I want to look. I want to observe the growth of your possessor Ddraig. And this you, I want to know more about you." Ophis said to the Issei and Ulquiorra. Even if she''s emotionless, her eyes have a color of interest in it. Azazel placed his hand on Issei''s shoulder. "So like that, can you leave her in this house for a few days? Just as you see, Ophis wants to look at you. I don''t know what''s the reason there is behind this, but it will be fine if it''s just looking right?" "No, no, no! It''s not just me Ulquiorra too." Issei said to Azazel. "He''s fine about this, so you don''t have to think about him." Azazel said. In fact, before Azazel know this Vali already told Ulquiorra about it. "..." Issei turned his head and looked at Ulquiorra. He saw Ulquiorra was calmly sitting in the chair with his arms crossed in his ?h?st. "If he''s fine with it then I also.... " Issei sighed and decided to give up. "...I just hope that they don''t disturb me, important test are coming soon." "I''m sorry for dragging you in every time, Issei. Putting stress to you even though it''s right before an important test.... But this is a chance. If it goes smoothly the threat that each faction is facing might lessen." Azazel said to Issei. He then turned to Kuroka and Ophis, "I''m not in the position to say this but Ophis and Kuroka, these guys have important test coming up so don''t disturb them." "Undrestood" Ophis nodded. "I will just relax, nyan" Kuroka said. ... It''s weekend and Issei and others we''re still studying for the test. There is one girl at gothic-lolita clothing sitting at the corner looking at them. Obviously it''s Ophis... A few days have passed since that day, and they have their books out lay out on the table. They were studying in a spacious living room for the exam and promotion test... And in the corner of the living room, Ophis was staring directly at them. And that''s while she''s eating cakes that Issei''s mom gave her. Everyone else was studying while trying not to think about it, but sometimes they couldn''t help themselves and looked at Ophis. There''s one man that wasn''t bother by this and it''s Ulquiorra. He was silently standing near the group. Issei leaned his body forward near Ulquiorra. He asked, "Ulquiorra, how come your not studying? Your going take your promotion test too, right?" This question bothered him for a week. In this week he haven''t seen Ulquiorra read a book, even glance at it he didn''t do it. Even Akeno still study for the test even if she know many things about underworld. Ulquiorra turned his head and looked at him. He opened his mouth and said, "When I first came in Sitri household I went to library and read books about the Underworld for a week. So I know most of the things about Underworld." "Eh?!" Issei was shocked when he heard his answer. Chapter 44 - Promotion Examination The day of the promotion examination. All of them gathered in the transport magic circle located at the basement of Hyoudo residence. They were dressed in Kuoh Academy''s uniform. This has basically become the uniform of the Gremory team. They were holding bags and inside tthe bag were important things required in the test. The ones who are going to the stadium to take the test are Issei, Akeno, Kiba and Issei''s manager Ravel. Rias, Azazel, and the others are going to underworld with them, but they are going to wait for the hotel near the stadium. The magic circle will send Issei, Kiba, Akeno, and Ravel right at the stadium. After that Rias and the others will transport to the hotel. Issei turned his head left and right. If he wasn''t wrong Ulquiorra too was going to take the test today. He looked at Azazel and asked, "Sensei, I don''t see Ulquiorra. Is he gonna come with us?" Azazel laughed and patted his shoulder, "Don''t worry about that guy, he has his own way to get there. Maybe he''s already there and taking the exam." Azazel was talking about the garganta. Although he was curious about it he didn''t dare to ask what it is. ".... I see" Issei nodded his head. He then lean to Azazel and whisper, "Sensei, what are Ophis, Kuroka, Le Fay going to do?" "They are going to the hotel with us. It will be bad if they follow you to the stadium." replied Azazel. Azazel continued, "Also after your test are finished. I''m planning on taking Ophis to Sirzechs''s place. It''s a good opportunity. Ophis also said she will go as long as you with Ulquiorra are going as well. That''s why you guys will also go to Sirzechs''s place after the test is over." "I understand. I don''t know what I can do, but taking Ophis to Sirzechs-sama has a big meaning to it, right?" Issei said. "Yeah. If possible I want this to go in the right direction even if it''s only a little bit. Negotiation that had been said to be impossible may now be possible. It''s a big step. I don''t know what Ophis is thinking, but because of it, it may be possible to avoid continued fight. If everything goes well the enemy organization itself may collapse and split up. I even want to thank Vali who suggested this." Azazel said. "The one who left Ophis in the care of Sensei was him." Issei mumbled. "... He must have wanted to hide Ophis. From the threat that is... " Azazel narrowed his eyes. Suddenly a small communication magic circle appears behind Azazel right ear. Azazel stopped talking and listen to the one talking in the magic circle. After a while he nodded and looked at Issei. He said, "Ulquiorra is already there and taking the exam. You should go now." "Then we will be going" after he said that they envelope by a white light. ... When the light stopped, they found themself at a spacious floor. The transport magic circle is still emitting a feint light under their feet. They split up with Ravel and went to upstairs where the written exam will take place. The second floor looks like a room in university where there''s long desk aligned. The three of them sat together and saw Ulquiorra far from them. Issei wanted to called him but afraid that he would cause trouble. "It''s time please start" the voice of the examiner echoed in the whole room. All of them turned over their test paper and began answering. ... After the written exam all of them gathered at the food court and met with Ravel there. They saw Ulquiorra was standing alone in the corner while his eyes was closed. They approached him and Issei tried to strike up a conversation, "How did you do in the test, Ulquiorra?" Ulquiorra opened one of his eyes and looked at them. He said in a light tone, "It''s okay" They didn''t know what to say anymore. They didn''t know how to start a conversation with him. They have no choice but to talk to themself. Ulquiorra was just standing beside them comfortably while listening to their conversation. ... The time of the practical exam arrived. They once again separate from Ravel as they went to the top floor where the practical exam will took place. The place looked like a wide gymnasium. The other participants began their warm up. Issei and the others too also began their warm up exercise. While they were warming up the examiners gathered and began to call their numbers. They put a badge that had the participants number on it to their clothes. Then one of the examiners gave them an explanation. Ulquiorra number is 23, Issei is 11, Kiba is 10, and Akeno is 12. "The practical exam is quite simple. We will have the participants battle each other. We will have everyone draw a number, and that will decide who you will battle." "The battle will looked as a whole so even if you lose to your opponent, you will not necessarily lose the opportunity to pass. Obviously winning the battle will allow you to get more points. But we will looked at the battle in depth so if you have the three satisfactory criteria of heart, technique, and body we will allow you to get points that will be equivalent of what you showed. Try to have the battle be good as possible." After the examiner explained the rules, one by one the participants began to draw. Issei looked at the number he draw and when he saw it his face began to lose color. Akeno noticed him. She approached him and asked worriedly, "What''s wrong Issei? Your face is pale." "N-Nothing... " Issei shooked his head and he continue, "It''s just that my opponent is... " "Don''t tell me... " Akeno said as she opened her eyes widely in surprised. "Yes," Issei nodded as he looked to ahead and saw Ulquiorra was looking at him. "... It''s Ulquiorra" Chapter 45 - Ulquiorra vs Issei "Yes, my opponent is Ulquiorra" Issei looked ahead and saw Ulquiorra looking at him. "What a bad luck!" Akeno said. "You can do it Issei! You don''t have to win the battle you just have to perform good and it will give you good points!" Kiba said to him. "Yes, I don''t have to win! I just have to perform great in this battle!" Issei said as he clenched his fist. After a dozen of minutes, it''s Issei and Ulquiorra''s time to battle. Many participants fought before their fight and already won the battle. And it''s their time to perform in the battlefield. "Looks like I have to go now" Issei said. "Do your best Issei" Akeno encourage him. "Hang in there Issei" Kiba said. Issei nodded at them before he walked towards the circular battlefield made by demonic energy. He was feeling nervous, after all his opponent is Ulquiorra. The one who defeated a god. "Both of you are ready?" the examiner asked. Both of them nodded their head in response. The examiner raised his hand and put it down. "Please start!" A red gauntlet immediately appeared in his arm after the examiner said those words. "Promotion Queen!" Issei quickly promote himself to a queen. He quickly raised his guard and saw Ulquiorra looking at him. Suddenly a heavy pressure bore down onto him. This pressure almost made him down to his feet. The whole ground was trembling due to the spiritual pressure Ulquiorra was releasing. Not just the ground but the whole stadium was shaking. The examiner took a step back as he couldn''t handle the pressure near them. His knees was shaking in fear this was the first time he felt this kind of power. The other examiner was also trembling even though the battlefield were covered in barrier, they felt that it wouldn''t be enough to hold Ulquiorra if he use his full power. Just a slight release of pressure made the stadium like this. "This is the power that brought down the evil god Loki." Ulquiorra slowly walked forward and said, "You wouldn''t be able to defeat me if you''re this weak." Issei gritted his teeth as he looked at Ulquiorra. He said, "Ddraig!" [Alright, partner] Ddraig replied. Issei raised his left arm with great effort. Welsh Dragon! Balance Breaker! Boosted Gear: Scale Mail! A red light covered Issei''s body. When the red light stopped his body was covered with red armor. Dragon Wings appeared on his back and he immediately charge at Ulquiorra. He charge his power at his fist and shot a punch at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra saw him throwing punch at him. He immediately grabbed the handle of his sword and pulled it out. Bang!! Issei saw Ulquiorra block his punch with his sword. "It''s not easy as I thought!" Ulquiorra slashed his sword pushing Issei ten meters away. "I''m not done!" Issei roared as the boost on his back thrust giving him more speed. Ulquiorra slightly bent his knees and he charge straight at Issei. Bang! Both of their figure crashed into each other creating a shockwave. Issei flew and crashed into the ground causing a huge crater. Ulquiorra landed on the ground and looked at Issei. "Is that it!" Boom! A large amount of power suddenly gushed out of Issei. Red aura covered the whole battlefield. Then it slowly turned crimson. Ulquiorra felt the sudden increase in Issei power and he also heard him muttering a chant. Welsh Sonic Boost Knight! "I''m not done yet, I must past the test for my dream" Issei shouted, "Armor Purge!" Part of him armor fell out of his body and disappeared in the air. His armor became thin. Issei then dashed forward at a very high speed. Swoosh!! Ulquiorra was surprised for a moment. The increased in his power and speed was large. He tilted his head and a fist passed beside his head. He grip his sword and slashed it forward. Bang!! "It didn''t hit him" Ulquiorra murmured. When he slashed his sword he felt only the air. A figure flashed behind him. "Behind" Ulquiorra immediately turned around. But when he turned around he found that Issei was gone. "I got you" Issei shouted as he throw a powerful punch. "I see so this is what you called Illegal Move Triaina" Ulquiorra said in a low voice. A fist containing massive power was rushing towards the back of his head. When Issei''s fist was about to hit Ulquiorra, Ulquiorra vanished making him hit the air. "What?!" Issei exclaimed suddenly he felt something smashed his body from above. Ulquiorra was up above him pointing his finger at him. A green beam pressed down Issei''s body to the ground. Boom!! A large explosion occur that cracked the barrier covering the battlefield. The ground shook and the dust shot up in the air covering the whole battlefield. Large debris of rocks crashed into the barrier. ""Issei!!"" Akeno and Kiba shouted worriedly. They couldn''t see what going on inside as ut was covered by smoke and dust. Chapter 46 - Ulquiorra vs Issei 2 Ravel was watching the fight nervously. She didn''t even expected that the one Issei would fight is Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra was extremely famous not just in Underworld but in the whole world because of his feat in defeating Evil God Loki. She opened up a small communication magic circle and contacted Azazel. "S-Sensei, about the practical..." She said nervously. "Oh What happened? I''m at the restaurant of the hotel in which we made reservation, and drinking alcohol at noon.. " Azazel said through the communication magic circle. "Sensei, Issei and Ulquiorra were matched up in the practical test and they were currently battling... " Ravel said. Spiiiiit!! Azazel spit out the alcohol in his mouth. He stood up and said, "W-What did you say?" "I said that Issei and Ulquiorra were matched up in the practical test and they were currently battling... " Ravel repeated what she said before. "How the hell did that happened?!" Azazel said loudly. "I-I don''t know... " Ravel replied. "What''s wrong, Sensei?" Ravel her Rias voice from the other side. "Ulquiorra and Issei were matched up in practical test" Azazel said to Rias. "What?!" Rias was shocked. "Don''t worry, I''ve read the rules as long as he perform great in the battle he will pass" Azazel ?ssured her. "But it''s Ulquiorra we''re talking about... " Rias said worriedly. ... Issei slowly stood up and he saw Ulquiorra was standing in the air. "I know he''s strong but this is... " Issei said in a low voice while looking at Ulquiorra. The green gem in his armor started to blink. BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! "Let''s go Ddraig!" Issei said as he dashed towards Ulquiorra. [Yes, partner] Ddraig replied. The booster in his back started to thrust giving him unmatched speed. He disappeared and appeared right in front of Ulquiorra in an instant. Ulquiorra thrust his sword in front of him. Issei shifted his body instantly and he managed to avoid the sword. He then grabbed Ulquiorra''s sword. Clang!! "I''ve got you now" Issei said as his armor started to grow and it thickened. Welsh Dragonic Rook! He pulled back his other arm before he throw it at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra raised his arm and block the punch. Bang!! "Solid Impact!" Issei roared as put more power into his punch. Bang!! Ulquiorra frown as he felt the punch. He was sent flying and he crashed in the ground. "I''m not done yet" Issei said. His armor started to change once again. A pair of cannon formed in his back. Welsh Blaster Bishop! A large amount of magical energy started to swirl around his cannon. After a few seconds of charging it reached it''s peak state. "Eat it! Dragon Blaster!" A powerful magical attack fired at the cannon. It went straight to where Ulquiorra was. Boom!! The ground shook and the barrier was shattered like a piece of fragile glass. "Not good!" the examiner said as he jumped away to dodge the explosion. Half of the stadium was destroyed by the explosion. The examiner looked up and saw the devastated land. He opened his mouth and said, "Is this really a Middle-class promotion test?" The other participants already back away and hid when they felt that the barrier couldn''t hold their power. "Haa... Haaa... Aahhh.. " Issei was breathing heavily. He looked up at the explosion and said, "Did that get him." Suddenly a green beam shot out from the smoke. The beam went straight at Issei. Issei instinctively brought his arms to his front and change his armor to Welsh Dragonic Rook. The beam slammed at his body before it exploded. Boom!! ... Tap! Ulquiorra walked out of the smoke with a tottered clothes. He took some wounds but it immediately healed with his regenerative ability. His regeneration ability was so powerful that even if he lose a limbs it would grow back in a single seconds. But all ability has limits and he couldn''t take a very lethal damage like what Ichigo did to him. Ulquiorra looked at Issei who also emerge from the smoke. Issei was glowing in crimson color. The original red armor was now crimson in color. There''s also a wing on his back but it''s different from his dragon wings. This wings looked like the wings of Divine Dividing only in crimson color. Crimson Cardinal Promotion! This was Issei strongest form. The Scale Mail''s Queen form that is achieved by gaining the True Queen. He will use all of his got this time. He looked at Ulquiorra who looks the same as before. ''With this I''ll force you to release your sword'' Issei thought. He remembered that Ulquiorra still has other form. That form was so powerful that he toyed Loki with that. He personally witness it how powerful it was. So he know the wouldn''t stood a chance if Ulquiorra release his sword but he want it, if he make the powerful Ulquiorra released his sword to fight him it means that he stronger enough for Ulquiorra to take him a little serioue like Loki. "STOP!!" the examiner run between them. "Stop this match! We don''t want you to destroy the whole examination area!" The examiner said. "We will give points now so stop fightning, there''s still match after you so please don''t destroy the examination area. If you destroy it we wouldn''t be able to continue this test anymore." Chapter 47 - Promotion and Trouble "I have to go back now" Ulquiorra said to Azazel who was standing in front of him. "I see, I will call once we go back to Kuoh town" Azazel nodded in understanding. Ulquiorra nodded before he turned around and opened a garganta that lead to Sitri household. Since he just came here in underworld he might as well visit Serafall. Ulquiorra landed in the gate of the huge mansion. He walked straight inside. The guards and other servants didn''t stop him as they know who is he, the only peerage member of Serafall Leviathan. He arrived in front of the door and he directly opened it. A soon as he enter inside a figure flashed and it crashed into his body. "Umuu.. I miss you Ulqi-tan!" Serafall said as she hugged Ulquiorra tightly. "Also congratulations for your promotion." Serafall separate from him and she started to complained, "I wanted to go there and support you but my work hinder me." She looked at him and asked, "How is So-tan?" "She''s doing fine" Ulquiorra replied to her. "I need to go back now Serafall-sama" Ulquiorra said to her. "Mou~ Ulqi-tan you always leave me here alone." Serafall puffed up her cheeks. "Don''t worry Serafall-sama, I will bring Sona next time." Ulquiorra said to her. "Really?!" Serafall eyes sparkled. "Yes" Ulquiorra nodded. "Yay! It''s a promise! don''t you dare to forget it!" Serafall said while jumping excitedly. "I''ll be going now" Ulquiorra said. ... "Achooo!!" Sona sneezed while doing her paper works. "What''s wrong, president?" Tsubaki asked in a worried tone. "It''s nothing, someone must be talking about me" Sona said. What she didn''t know that Ulquiorra just sold her to her sister. ... "Good job on your test, cheers!" Azazel gulp his drinks after saying that. Issei, Akeno, Kiba, and Ravel went to the hotel after they finished their examination. They were given a relief from the fatigue of the examination at the restaurant they reserved. At the restaurant, everyone in the Occult Research Club except Gasper and Rosswiesse gathered around the table. Everyone already started eating food. "Honestly, I became nervous when I heard Issei matched up against Ulquiorra in practical test." Azazel said as he drink another cup of wine. "Issei, you did good job there holding your own against Ulquiorra." Rias said. "So how was it?" Azazel asked. "Honestly it was overwhelming. He applies pressure to me even though I''m the one who always initiate an attack. He only respond by countering me. It''s frustrating! He didn''t even use his release form!" Issei said as he lowered his head while clenching his fist. "You say! That Ulquiorra toyed Loki in his release form. You still wasn''t at the level where you could fight Loki and you wish for him to get serious at you. You will die like that, you know?" Azazel said. "Don''t worry, you still have a lot of room for growth. Just train harder even more harder like you usually do" Azazel patted his shoulder. At the corner of the restaurant, there is Ophis who is staring at Issei. She was stuffing her mouth with pasta. Is the owner of the restaurant found that she is the boss of the terrorist, serious things will happen. Kuroka and Le Fay and eating sweets at the corner too. Fenrir isn''t showing itself, it''s probably hiding behind Le Fay. It is forbidden to bring pet inside the hotel. Kuroka is an exiled-devil who is on the wanted list in the underworld, so shw hides her cat ears and tail while wearing a simiral robe to the one worn by Le Fay. Though the color is different. She is also wearing sunglasses. She is also changing the Ki flow, so people who can normally sense them won''t notice them and as a result they won''t be caught that easily. She''s also using it on Ley Fay and Ophis, and that is the reason why they aren''t viewed as suspicious people. "Where is Ulquiorra?" Ophis asked. Azazel heard her question answered her, "He went back to human world first, we will see him after we go back there." "I see" Ophis nodded. Suddenly an uncomfortable feeling hit Azazel. He felt a nasty feeling all over his body. The atmosphere change immediately, and he immediately felt a sensation that he was transported to a different place even though the scenery around him was exactly the same. There was a shadow move towards them. It''s Kuroka. She has her cat ears and tails out, and her ears are twitching. Her clothes has changed to her usual black kimono. She has a sarcastic smile on her face. "Looks like Vali was ignored, nya. I didn''t think they would seize this opportunity when Ulquiorra was away." Chapter 48 - Battle Ulquiorra flew across the sky at a very high speed. His speed caused the wind to make a very high speech sound. Swoooosh!! Sona looked up in the sky as she felt Ulquiorra''s aura. "What''s wrong with Ulquiorra?" She murmured. Ulquiorra was flying when heard a voice besides his ear. "Vali already went there. He says he needs you fight the people here." Ulquiorra stopped in the sky and he looked at the opposite direction. He once again tear across the sky as he flew. ... In the Underworld no one knew what was happening in the Gremory team. Kuroka and Le Fay used their magic to exchange Vali and Fenrir''s position. That way Vali join the battle against Cao Cao and Fenrir join the battle against the other Hero Faction. Bikou transformed into Ophis and baited the Hero Faction. Unfortunately for them, the Hero faction split into two ways. One go after Vali and the other Group went to Gremory Team. Currently in the Human World, Bikou, Arthur, and Fenrir were fighting the other members of Hero Faction, Heracles, Jeanne, Leonardo, and Siegfried. "Tsk! We''re outnumbered!" Bikou clicked his tongue as he destroyed a bunched of monsters. These monsters were made by Leonardo who uses the Longinus Annihilation Maker. Fenrir also join the prey as soon as he got here. He started to devour monsters one after another. "Just hold on for another for few minutes a back up will arrive here" Arthur said. "Back up?! Who''s coming?!" Bikou asked as he looked at Arthur. Arthur adjusted his glasses and said, "Ulquiorra" "Eh!" Bikou was surprised. He asked, "Why would he help us?" "You don''t know?" Arthur looked at Bikou. "No" Bikou shook his head. "Hais..." Arthur sighed he then said, "Vali was cooperating with him. He was giving Ulquiorra an information that he want and in return Ulquiorra will do one thing that Vali ask." "So that''s how it is... " Bikou nodded. He then smashed his weapon against the monsters. A figure landed in front of him. Bikou looked ahead and saw a two meter tall man with a well built body and shoulder length gray hair. He''s wearing a brown armor. "Hou? So you decided to fight Heracles?" Bikou said with an amused expression. "I''m getting bored watching you all defeat these monster!" As soon as Heracles said that, he immediately throw a punch at Bikou. Haaa! Bikou lifted the golden staff nyoi bu and blocked the punch. "Not bad! Monkey!" Heracles smirked at Bikou. "Same to you!" Bikou said before he thrust his golden staff forward. Heracles shifted his body sideways and throw another powerful punch. He then pulled back his other arm and shot a punch. Bang!! Bang!! He blocked every punches that Heracles throw using his golden staff nyoi bu. Suddenly the barrier around them broke like a glass followed by a large group of insects swarming inside. Szzzzzzz!! Both Bikou and Heracles stopped on their tracks. Both of them looked at the countless insects that was covering the sky. "Don''t tell me... " Heracles frown while looking at the sky. Not only Bikou and Heracles looled at the sky. Arthur, Siegfred, and the rest also stopped what they were doing and looked at the sky. After a few moments the countless number of insects descended down like a tidal wave. The insects covered the whole area. "Shalba! What are you doing?!" Heracles shouted as he covered his eyes with his arms. After a few moments the insects slowly disappeared and a long brown haired man was revealed floating in the sky. "Just like we thought, Shalba is still alive" Arthur looked in the sky and said in a low voice. "I''m borrowing this guy for a while" Shalba said as he lifted up a dark skinned young boy. The young boy was unconscious and was bound by a magical rope. "We are the one who save you and this is how you gonna pay us" Heracles shouted. "Sorry, but I really need the power of this guy" Shalba said before he disappear. ... "With you guys as my opponent, it will be dangerous if I don''t become serious. Since Hades only to use Samael just this time. Our plan will fail if we don''t decide it here. Georg I''ll leave it to you. I will take care of these guys." Cao Cao said. Georg looled back at Cao Cao and said, "Can you take the two heavenly dragons, the Governor of fallen angels, and the Gremory team all by yourself?" "I will make it happen. If I can''t do something as simple as this, then I basically have no right to hold this spear." Cao Cao declared then his spear emitted a blinding light. "... Balance Breaker." After saying that, something in Cao Cao''s body changes. A ring of light that emitted an intense light appears behind him and 7 balls at the sized of bowling ball appears as well. It floating behind him. Cao Cao took a step forward. At the same time, the 7 orbs around him move as well. "This is my True Longinus'' Balance Breaker, Polar Night Longinus Chakravartine. Though it''s still incomplete." "A sub species! The Balance Breaker that the previous True Longinus used until now was True Longinus Gotterdamerung! From the name of it! Are you implying that you are the ideal ruler! Damn it! Even I don''t know what those seven orbs are!" Azazel exclaimed in shocked. "I actually wants to call myself an ideal ruler of heaven. That''s sounds cooler right?" Cao Cao said with a smile on his face. ------------------------------------------------ Author''s note: Let me tell you something about how I feel right now guys. I actually don''t know if I should keep releasing this or not. People kept complaining about Ulquiorra. If he didn''t do anything(which is his character) people will complain. People say "Why did you make him side character?". If he took an initiative to do to domething people will also complain. "Why did he do that it''s not his character?". I''ve changed a few to just satisfy you but still... Hais... I don''t really know what to do. There''s nothing I could do if you don''t want him to take an initiative and you also don''t want him to stay silent. I don''t have any idea anymore. Ulquiorra don''t have any ambition or d?s?r?. If you want to do something you need that and he have none of that. He wouldn''t even move if his master doesn''t give him order. If you want Ulquiorra to take an initiative to fight there and here without order..... never mind I got carried to much... Chapter 49 - Battle 2 "Looks like Vali was ignored, nya. I didn''t think that they would seize the opportunity when Ulquiorra was away." Kuroka said sarcastically. They immediately left the restaurant inside the hotel. Everyone is here including Ophis, Kuroka, and Le Fay.They saw a familiar purple mist in the surrounding area. Xenovia looked at Issei and said, "Issei, is this perhaps?" "Yeah Xenovia. It must be. This mist is something I can''t forget even if I want to." Issei replied to her. They arrived at a very spacious lobby. In the lobby where there''s not a single trace of people, there are two men openly sitting in a nearby black sofa. Then a fireball immediately flew out towards their direction. It''s aimed at Irina and Asia. But the fireball didn''t hit the two as Ophis appeared in front of them and vanished the fireball with ease. "T-Thank you very much!" Asia thanked Ophis. "..." Ophis didn''t react to Asia''s gratitude. She looked at the sofa. A youth who is wearing a robe on top of school uniform, and a black haired youth who is wearing a chinese outfit on top of the same uniform was gazing at the group. The Chinese outfit youth is tapping his spear on his shoulder while sitting down and said. "It has been a while Red Dragon and Governor Azazel. The last time we met was in Kyoto. I made my greetings right away. It''s the return of durandal that day." "...Cao Cao!" Issei shouted. "So what was the reason for you making this field in another dimension and transporting us? It must be a good for nothing plan I guess?" Azazel asked. Cao Cao ignore him and he instead look behind them. To be precise, he looked at Ophis. "Ya Ophis. I was wondering where you went with Vali, but for you to be here. I certainly didn''t anticipate that." Kuroka stood in front of Ophis, "Nyahahaha, we are also shocked nya. I thought you''d head to where Vali is. We already are sure about your plan when Ulquiorra expose Samael in Tanga Island." "Yeah. I didn''t anticipate that and on top of that he''s able to fight Samael like that. So we took a precaution and release a layer of another seal in him. We also waited for him to go away as the poison from Samael could hardly affect him." Cao Cao said to them. "He will go back here" Kuroka smile and said to him. "Don''t try to deceive me. I know that he already went back to Human world. Even if he came back he wouldn''t be able to enter this dimension forcefully." Cao Cao said. Everyone was shocked when they heard their conversation. Cao Cao was after Ophis? And who is this Samael they were talking about? Although a lot of people already know that Samael was released from cocytus, it''s only the higher up of each faction. So it''s natural that Issei and the others didn''t know about Samael. "Release it Georg" Cao Cao said. "Roger that, the time to devour infinite has come." Georg who put on a smile made a gigantic magic circle behind him. Zoooooo... An intense vibration shook the entire hotel. A very ominous aura was emitted from the gigantic magic circle. A cold air went down on everyone''s spine. An intense pressure they never felt before was coming out of the magic circle. A pressure that freezes their body and soul especially to Issei. Issei felt like he wanted to run away. His instincts was alerting him. [This presence is...! An overwhelming evil intent only directed at the dragon... ] Ddraig said with a trembling voice. "....Samael" Azazel muttered. Oooooooh! A creepy voice emitted out of Samael''s mouth. His entire body shook. The nails fell into the ground and it shook the restrain around his body. There was a black aura and mist coming out of its body and it was spreading throughout the surrounding. Cao Cao stepped forward and say, "It says that it is the poison of God. It says that it is the evil intention of God. A forbidden being that made the people of Eden eat the fruit of knowledge. The first crime that was judge by the dead God from the bible and still continues to be in effect. Dragon Eater, Samael. The angel who received the cursed of god who hated the dragons and snakes. A dragon. Yes. A dragon who''s existence was eliminated from the record." "Samael was much stronger than before when Ulquiorra fought him in Tanga Island. We took the risk to remove another layer of seal in his body." Georg added. "You''re insane... You don''t know what you are doing" Azazel said with a hint of anger in his voice. ... Ulquiorra was standing in the rooftop of the Kuoh academy. Suddenly a small communication magic circle appear in his left ear. "So they made a move now" Ulquiorra muttured while looking at the academy. "I will intercept them tell that to Vali." Ulquiorra said before he disappear in the rooftop. Chapter 50 - Battle 3 Ulquiorra flew across the sky at a very high speed. His speed cause the wind to make a very high speech sound. Swoooosh!! Sona looked up in the sky as she felt Ulquiorra''s aura. "What''s wrong with Ulquiorra?" She murmured. Ulquiorra was flying when heard a voice besides his ear. "Vali already went there. He says he needs you fight these people here." Ulquiorra stopped in the sky and he looked at the opposite direction. He once again tear across the sky as he flew. ... In the Underworld no one knew what was happening in the Gremory team. Kuroka and Le Fay used their magic to exchange Vali and Fenrir''s position. That way Vali join the battle against Cao Cao and Fenrir join the battle against the other Hero Faction. Bikou transformed into Ophis and baited the Hero Faction. Unfortunately for them, the Hero faction split into two ways. One go after Vali and the other Group went to Gremory Team. Currently in the Human World, Bikou, Arthur, and Fenrir were fighting the other members of Hero Faction, Heracles, Jeanne, Leonardo, and Siegfried. "Tsk! We''re outnumbered!" Bikou clicked his tongue as he destroyed a bunched of monsters. These monsters were made by Leonardo who uses the Longinus Annihilation Maker. Roar!! Fenrir also join the prey as soon as he got here. He started to devour monsters one after another. "Just hold on for another for few minutes a back up will arrive here" Arthur said. "Back up?! Who''s coming?!" Bikou asked as he looked at Arthur. Arthur adjusted his glasses and said, "Ulquiorra" "Eh!" Bikou was surprised. He asked, "Why would he help us?" "You don''t know?" Arthur looked at Bikou. "No" Bikou shook his head. "Hais..." Arthur sighed he then said, "Vali was cooperating with him. He was giving Ulquiorra an information that he want and in return Ulquiorra will do one thing that Vali ask." "So that''s how it is... " Bikou nodded. He then smashed his weapon against the monsters. Boom!! A figure landed in front of him. Bikou looked ahead and saw a two meter tall man with a well built body and shoulder length gray hair. He''s wearing a brown armor. "Hou? So you decided to fight Heracles?" Bikou said with an amused expression. "I''m getting bored watching you all defeat these monster!" As soon as Heracles said that, he immediately throw a punch at Bikou. Haaa! Bikou lifted the golden staff nyoi bu and blocked the punch. "Not bad! Monkey!" Heracles smirked at Bikou. "Same to you!" Bikou said before he thrust his golden staff forward. Heracles shifted his body sideways and throw another powerful punch. He then pulled back his other arm and shot a punch. Bikou took a step back and he waved his golden staff. Bang!! Bang!! Suddenly the barrier around them broke like a glass followed by a large group of insects swarming inside. Szzzzzzz!! Both Bikou and Heracles stopped on their tracks. Both of them looked at the countless insects that was covering the sky. "Don''t tell me... " Heracles frown while looking at the sky. Not only Bikou and Heracles looled at the sky. Arthur, Siegfred, and the rest also stopped what they were doing and looked at the sky. After a few moments the countless number of insects descended down like a tidal wave. The insects covered the whole area. "Shalba! What are you doing?!" Heracles shouted as he covered his eyes with his arms. Szzzzzz!! After a few moments the insects slowly disappeared and a long brown haired man was revealed floating in the sky. "Just like we thought, Shalba is still alive" Arthur looked in the sky and said in a low voice. "I''m borrowing this guy for a while" Shalba said as he lifted up a dark skinned young boy. The young boy was unconscious and was bound by a magical rope. "We are the one who save you and this is how you gonna pay us" Heracles shouted. "Sorry, but I really need the power of this guy" Shalba said before he disappear. ... "With you guys as my opponent, it will be dangerous if I don''t become serious. Since Hades only to use Samael just this time. Our plan will fail if we don''t decide it here. Georg I''ll leave it to you. I will take care of these guys." Cao Cao said. Georg looled back at Cao Cao and said, "Can you take the two heavenly dragons, the Governor of fallen angels, and the Gremory team all by yourself?" "I will make it happen. If I can''t do something as simple as this, then I basically have no right to hold this spear." Cao Cao declared then his spear emitted a blinding light. "... Balance Breaker." After saying that, something in Cao Cao''s body changes. A ring of light that emitted an intense light appears behind him and 7 balls at the sized of bowling ball appears as well. It floating behind him. "This is my True Longinus'' Balance Breaker, Polar Night Longinus Chakravartine. Though it''s still incomplete." "A sub species! The Balance Breaker that the previous True Longinus used until now was True Longinus Gotterdamerung! From the name of it! Are you implying that you are the ideal ruler! Damn it! Even I don''t know what those seven orbs are!" Azazel exclaimed in shocked. "I actually wants to call myself an ideal ruler of heaven. That''s sounds cooler right?" Cao Cao said with a smile on his face. Chapter 51 - Battle 4 "I''ll be taking this guy for a while" Shalba said before he disappear. "That guy!!" Heracles shouted angrily as he stomped his fist on the ground causing a few cracks to form. "Hee~ I didn''t expect something like that" Bikou said with an amused expression on his face. "What did you say?!" Heracles shouted as he charge right at Bikou. He pulled his right arm and throw it. "Hmmph!" Bikou snorted and blocked his attack. Bang!! Both of them retreated tens of meters away to each other. "Grrr! I want to vent my anger!" Heracles said with a clear anger in his voice. Balance Breaker!! The aura around Heracles body glows and it transformed into a missile like object that attached to his body. Detonation Mighty Comet!! "Hou?! Getting serious are we?" Bikou said with an amused expression on his face. Suddenly all of them felt an oppressing aura heading towards their location. "He''s here" Arthur said while adjusting his glasses. "I''m sorry guys you wouldn''t be able to escape today" Bikou said as he retreated back and stood beside Arthur. Roar!! Jeanne, Herracles, and Siegred frown looking at them. The aura they felt was familiar to them but they couldn''t remember where they felt it. Swoooosh!! A man with a pale skin wearing a white hakama and black sash appeared in the air above them. It''s none other than Ulquiorra. "Oh Fuck! I remember it now! It''s the devil who fought Samael!" Heracles cursed when he saw Ulquiorra. "We''re in trouble, right?" Jeanne looked at Siegred and asked. "It''s not like where in trouble or anything... " Siegfried said while frowning. "What do you mean?" Jeanne asked. "I contacted Georg before when Shalba kidnapped Leonardo. They already finished taking Ophis power out of her so Cao Cao and I will switch position." Siegfried said. "Georg must have learned they do with Vali and Fenrir" Jeanne said. She remember that Vali disappeared and Fenrir appeared in his position. They changed their position even inside Georg artificial space. "Just do that" Jeanne said. "Okay" Siegfried nodded and he turned to Heracles. He said, "Buy me some time for a second even five seconds is enough." Heracles nodded and pointed his arm at Ulquiorra. A missile like object detached from his arm and it went straight to Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra looked at the object that was heading towards him. He put his palm on the handle of his sword and he gripped it tighly. He then slowly pulled it out of its sheath. He slashed his sword horizontal. Swooosh!! The missile like object was cut into two before it exploded. Boom!! "Another one" Heracles shouted as he pointed his other arm to Ulquiorra. The missile like object flew out of his arm and went to Ulquiorra. Boom!! Smoke from explosions was covering Ulquiorra. Although they couldn''t see him because of the smoke they know that attack didn''t do anything to him. "Too tough!" Heracles shouted. He then notice a light beside him. He turned his head and saw a magic circle below Siegfried''s feet. "Hmmp? That magic circle?" Arthur frown when he saw the magic circle below Siegfried. "Don''t tell me..." ... In the underworld Samael has finished devouring Ophis power. Gremory team and Vali team couldn''t stopped it as Cao Cao and Georg was protecting Samael. Well, ordinary attack wouldn''t work on Samael as he would only absorbed it. Cao Cao alone almost destroyed the whole group. Issei, Vali, and Azazel couldn''t do anything to Cao Cao in balance breaker. Cao Cao''s techniques and skills were very high in level. Vali, Issei, and Azazel were strong but they couldn''t hit Cao Cao. They were strong at the level that if they manage to hit Cao Cao once he would be heavily injured but their skills and techniques were lacking compare to Cao Cao. Although they were lacking they still could force Cao Cao to reveal his trump card, the Medusa Eye. Also Vali and Issei were fighting under the oppression of Samael''s aura and also Vali took a hit from Samael making him injured to the point that he couldn''t fight. Although Vali could fight Cao Cao in his peak but unfortunately for him there''s Samael here. Samael is the vain of all dragon. He is the ultimate dragon slayer. If comparing Ascalon, the dragon slayer sword, is like a toothpick compared to him whose aura could make a fully grown dragon shake in fear. All parts of Samael could damage the dragon even killed them. All in all they couldn''t do anything beside watching Ophis getting devour by Samael. All of them were kneeling in the ground while looking at Cao Cao. Cao Cao smile and said, "Very well. Let''s play a game Vali team and Gremory team. Soom a group of Grim Reapers will be coming here on Hades''s orders to retrieve the weakened Ophis over there. I will also have Siegfried from my team participate in it as well. The key point of this game is whether or not all of you can get out of this space safely. We won''t know what will happen if Hades captures that Ophis. Now, can get out here while protecting Ophis with your lives? I want the two Heavenly Dragons to survive but I have no intention of enforcing it to my team and Grim Reapers. I think it is more suitable to fight those who overcome crisis. After saying that Cao Cao was enveloped by a white light and he disappeared. Chapter 52 - Ulquiorra vs Cao Cao Le Fay received a report that they, Vali Team, deceive Ophis and tried to make their own organization. Hero Faction came and rescue Ophis. She told them this report with a downcast expression. They were wanted by the other factions as terrorist and now their organization also abandoned them. In short everyone was targeting them even their own organization. Le Fay said, "We checked on the mysteries of the world beginning from Great Red-san, looking for legendary people, and sometimes make Ophis-sama wish come true... But it seems that the Hero faction found us nuisance because we have powers. Also Siegfried-sama seems to hate us a lot. Especially he didn''t find it amusing that his former rival, my brother Arthur, came to this group... " "What are mysteries of the world? I also can''t understand what you''re doing about the legendary people." Issei asked Le Fay. He was curious about what Vali and his team doing. "Yes. We started off with the secret about Great Red-san swimming in the dimensional gap. The extinct civilisation. The technology of the lost continent of Mu and the continent of Atlantis. We also went to look at the Yggdrasil from Norse Mythology. We also search on parallel universe. That''s why Ulquiorra-sama cooperate with Vali-sama. It''s because Ulquiorra-sama thinks that he came in a parallel universe." Le Fay said. "So that''s why..." Azazel nodded in understanding. He put his hand on his chin as he murmured, "So that''s why Ophis said that it''s her first time she saw someone like Ulquiorra." He looked at Le Fay and asked, "Have you asked how did he arrived in this world?" Le Fay shook her head, "We ask that but it seems Ulquiorra-sama didn''t know how he arrived here thus we help him search an information about the parrallel universe." "Parallel universe, huh?" Azazel muttered while looking at Ophis. "We shouldn''t worry about Cao Cao. I''m sure Ulquiorra was already there to intercept him. We should worry about ourself. How to handle the Grim Reapers outside." Vali said to them. ... "It''s the second time we met, Ulquiorra" Cao Cao said with a smile on his face. He looked at Ulquiorra who was standing in the sky. Ulquiorra didn''t answer him. He just looked at Cao Cao who arrived here. "Silent type, huh?" Cao Cao said and he dashed towards Ulquiorra. He jumped and he thrust his spear at Ulquiorra. Clang!! Ulquiorra block his attack and he use force to push him back to the ground. He turned to his comrades and shouted, "The barrier! Create a barrier! We wouldn''t want the Shinto gods to come to us! Knocking on our doorstep!" Suddenly a figure flashed at his side. His pupils constricted as he immediately turned around. He saw Ulquiorra slashing his sword at him. Cao Cao grab his spear using both of his hand and he block the sword. Clang!! Cao Cao retreated back tens of meters away from Ulquiorra. Jeanne and Heracles use their power and created a barrier. The sky change color to red as the barrier covered the whole area. "We haven''t finish yet!" Bikou shouted as he dashed towards Heracles. "Hmmph!!" Heracles snorted and he also charge at Bikou. Both of their figure collided at each other. "This guy" Arthur sighed as looked Bikou who was fighting at Heracles. He then looked at Jeanne who was also looking at him. If Jeanne move and help Heracles he would also move to stop her. Jeanne looked at Arthur and then at Fenrir at his side. ''This is bad were outnumbered, if not for that devil who took Leonardo we wouldn''t be in this situation.'' Jeanne thought. She was glad that the two weren''t taking a move. She turned her head and looked at Cao Cao who was fighting Ulquiorra. ''It''s all up to you Cao Cao'' Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! The people kept smashing their weapons against each other. Their weapons kept producing an ear piercing metallic sound everytime their weapon collided at each other. Cao Cao run around Ulquiorra while holding his spear in one hand. ''Just one hit from my spear and I''ll be able to injure a devil like him.'' Cao Cao thought as he produced a light based attacks that shot towards Ulquiorra. Cao Cao shifted his body and dodge the attack at an inch length. ''This devil is harder than I thought'' ''It seems that I have no choice but to use my balance break if I want to hit him.'' Cao Cao thought. Chapter 53 - Ulquiorra vs Cao Cao 2 "Balance Breaker" Cao Cao silently enter his balance breaker mode. A ring of light appeared behind his back and seven orbs appeared floating around him. Ulquiorra fired another cero at Cao Cao. Swooosh!! Seeing this attack again, Cao Cao lifted up his spear. One of the orbs floated in front of him. "Mala Ratana!" The cero hit the orb floating in front of Cao Cao. Bang!! Boom!! The cero explode behind Cao Cao. He just stood there on his spot while smiling. Gust of winds flutter his clothes and hair. "It can deflect my cero?!" Ulquiorra said while looking at the orbs floating around Cao Cao. He didn''t know what abilities the remaining six orbs have. One of the orbs floated above Cao Cao. "Atsusa Ratana!" Suddenly Cao Cao disappeared on his position. Ulquiorra frown when he saw this. He didn''t feel that Cao Cao move. He just completely disappeared without any movement. It''s like... He picked something in his pesquisa. He grip his sword tightly. He turned around at the same time swinging his sword. Clang!! "Tsk! It''s not easy as I thought" Cao Cao clicked his tongue. Then an orbs flew at Ulquiorra. "Atsusa Ratana!" Ulquiorra disappeared and he reappeared tens of meters away from Cao Cao. "Teleportation!" Ulquiorra muttered as a beam of light flashed at him. He shifted his body but the light still managed to graze his shoulder. "Hmmp" He felt the damage of the light. He flashed and landed on the ground. He looked at his shoulder and saw it was bleeding. Light based attack was devils nemesis. "It can actually slow my regenerative ability" Ulquiorra muttered while looking at his bleeding shoulder. "It can deflect my cero and it can teleport anything, what else can it do? I should avoid getting hit as the weakness of the devil is showing" "He have that kind of ability!" Cao Cao looked surprised at Ulquiorra''s regenerative ability. ''I need one direct enough but it''s a problem he haven''t shown his other form yet.'' Cao Cao thought. He remembered the last time he saw Ulquiorra. His form was different and his aura was stronger at that time. Ulquiorra looked at the shards of light that coming at him. He dashed from side to side, nimbly dodging the shards of light. "He''s fast" Cao Cao ready himself as Ulquiorra got close at him. When Ulquiorra appeared in front of him he immediately swing his spear. Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! The two exchanged blows at a high speed. Sparks flew between them each time their sword and spear colloded. Ulquiorra disappeared and reappeared behind Cao Cao. He immediately fire a cero at closed range but the orbs floating around Cao Cao was quick. It flew and deflect the cero. "I have no other choice" Ulquiorra retreated in the sky. He stopped and looked down at Cao Cao. He pointed his sword and said, "Enclose, Murci¨¦lago" Ulquiorra''s body burst out a dark spiritual energy which covered the sky and it fall down like a rain. "Hou~ this is quite something" Cao Cao said looking at the scene. He grip his spear with both of his hand as he braced himself. Ulquiorra charge straight at Cao Cao. A green energy spear appeared in his palm and he gripped it. He threw it at Cao Cao while flying straight at him. Cao Cao deflect the green energy spear and he looked ahead. He saw that Ulquiorra was gone. "Behind" Cao Cao control one of the orbs and he immediately vanished on his position. He appeared in the sky far away from Ulquiorra. He looked around and saw that Ulquiorra was already close at him. He immediately control his orbs and once again teleported. When he appeared he found that Ulquiorra was already in front of him. He swing his sword at Ulquiorra. He once again clashed at Ulquiorra. Clang!! Clang!! Clang!! ''It''s hard to keep up'' Cao Cao thought as he breath deeply. He couldn''t keept up at Ulquiorra''s movement, if this keep up he would go down. Ulquiorra appeared behind him and kick Cao Cao. Ulquiorra flew immediately and chashed after Cao Cao. When the smoke dissipated everyone saw Ulquiorra lifting up Cao Cao in his collar. Cao Cao balance breaker was undone. "I couldn''t even get a time to use Truth Idea" Cao Cao muttered as he spat a mouthful of blood. Ulquiorra looked at Cao Cao and asked, "Where is Rizevim?" "What do you want with him?" Cao Cao replied with another question. "You don''t have to know" Ulquiorra said with a plain expression. "Hahaha! He''s hiding in the dark even I don''t know where he is right now." Cao Cao said. "I guess I should finish you" Ulquiorra said as he pointed his finger at Cao Cao''s ?h?st. A black cero form on the tip of his finger. When he was about to fire he suddenly heard a voice followed by a great pressure. "Stop there!!" Chapter 54 - Ulquiorra vs Indra Heavy pressure weight down in everyone. Suddenly a lightning struck down at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra quickly release Cao Cao and dodges the lightning. Boom!! The barrier made by Jeanne and Heracles was shattered into tiny pieces. "What a powerful lightning!!" Bikou commented as he retreated back. Arthur could feel the change in atmosphere. He understood one thing and it''s something powerful has arrived here. "Grrr!!" Fenrir looked at the sky while growling. A man with a short brown hair was standing in the air, looking down at them. The man wears a circular sunglasses, an aloha shirt,and has black beads necklace around his neck. The man slowly landed on the ground and looked at Cao Cao. He opened his mouth and said, "You''ve caused trouble this time. I will decide later how to punish you." Cao Cao stood up with great effort while wiping the blood on his mouth. He looked at the man who arrived and muttered, "...Indra" "We''re in trouble right now... " Arthur said. He was tense right now. "Yeah, but to think he would appear in person.. " Bikou nodded at Arthur''s words. "Indra the God of War, Storms, and Rainfall. He is also the Lord of Heaven in Hindu Mythology. One of the most powerful gods out there." Arthur said while adjusting his glasses. "We should report it to Vali." "Who are you?" Ulquiorra asked the man as he walked slowly around him. "Oh? There are still people who don''t know me!" Indra said with an amused face. "I don''t remember seeing you" Ulquiorra said while looking at Indra. "Hahaha! My bad! My bad!" Indra laughed and he introduced himself, "My name is Indra, the Lord of Heaven." Ulquiorra frown when he heard his name. He remembered his name, he once read it in a book and this person in front of him is a powerful God. "Why are you here?" Ulquiorra asked. "Me? Well, I''m here because of this people" Indra replied as he pointed at Cao Cao''s group. "I''m also here because of them" Ulquiorra replied. "Oh? Are you testing me, devil?" Indra said as his body release a powerful pressure. Ulquiorra was unfazed at his show of power. He opened his mouth and replied, "I''m just stating the truth. I''m not testing you." Indra frowned then he smile. He said with a smile on his face, "Well, let''s do it in ancient ways. This guys are my subordinate and let''s see if you have the power to take them in front of me." Indra vanished and he instantly appeared in front of Ulquiorra. He pulled back his fist and threw it at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra opened his eyes widely. Indra just slipped through his pesquisa. He quickly crossed his arm in front of him. Bang!! Ulquiorra flew and crashed into the ground destroying large part of land. The ground shook heavily. It shows how hard Ulquiorra crashed against the ground. "It''s been a while since I last get to fight someone so let''s enjoy this battle" Indra said as he cracked his knuckles. His smile never left his face. Swoosh!! A green spear flew out of the smoke and it went straight at Indra. When the green spear was about to hit Indra''s face, Indra quickly lifted his hand and grabbed the green spear. Bam!! Gust of wind swept out whem he stopped the green spear. Indra frown and looked at the green spear in his hand. He muttered, "What is this thing? It''s my first time seeing an energy like this!" Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Suddenly dozens of green spear flew out of the smoke and it rains down at Indra. "Ho?" He looked above as he crashed the green spear in his palm. He slowly pulled back both of his fists. When one green spear got close to him, he threw a punch and it collided at the green spear. Boom!! He continue to punch the incoming green spear causing an explosion everytime he destroy it. Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! Boom!! Suddenly Indra looked at his side and saw Ulquiorra in front of him pointing his finger at him. In his finger there''s a rotating black sohere that gathering energy. "What?!" Baaaaaam!! Ulquiorra fired cero oscuras at point blank range. Everything in its way was destroyed. It created a very large explosion that shook the ground heavily. Cao Cao and his comrades already retreated back when the battle start. They know that when they are close in the battle there''s a probably that they will get hit by the aftershocks. Bikou, Arthur, and Fenrir also retreated back. All of them were watching the battle and no one dared to approach the battlefield. Chapter 55 - Ulquiorra vs Indra "Entertain me" Indra stood straight and pointed at Ulquiorra with a smile on his face. Ulquiorra just looked at Indra. His body transformed into a flashed that went straight at Indra. In the mid air, the two figures crashed into each other again and again like a lightning bolts. Each collision resulted in a blast like a nuclear explosion. The ground that was thousands of meters away shook as if it was afraid of the collision between both of them. The vibration even stirred up the surrounding and radiated everywhere. The wind was blowing strongly and producing a howling like sound. The ground that was hundreds of meters away from the two of them became flat. Even the grass and trees could no longer be seen. Dozens of kilometers away Arthur and his group was watching the battle. They were inside the barrier he and Bikou made. Even at this distance they could still feel the strong vibrations in the air. "What a frightening battle!" Bikou said while lookong at the battle. "Yeah. And they haven''t even shown their true power." Arthur nodded at his words. "Do you mean that they haven''t shown their full powers?" Bikou looked at Arthur and asked. "Yeah. I''m sure that Lord of Heaven Indra haven''t use his full powers." Arthur said as he adjusted his glasses, "He have the power to take on all four Satans in his full strength and he haven''t even shown half of that power. He also still haven''t take out his Vajra sword." "Hmm" Bikou nodded and said, "After all he''s one of the top ten strongest." "This battle will shook the entire country." Arthur said as he watched the two fought. "As much as I want to watch this battle I need to leave now and report to Vali." Bikou said with a sighed. "Yeah. Much time have passed now. We need to know their condition and they need to know this situation." Arthur said. He looked up saw the collision of two figures. In just ten minutes the two figures collided hundred times. There''s no living creature that could be seen within one kilometer radius beside the two of them. The creatures were either killed by the aftershocks or it run away. The sound of explosions were echoing around the whole area. Every seconds large pile of rocks would shot up in the air. The vibrations were creating a ripple in the air. It''s like when a person tossed a piece of pebble in a calm water. Fifty kilometers away from the battlefield was a city. Even at this distance the people living in this city could feel the vibrations in the air. The ground shook heavily and it caused the buildings to fall down on the ground. The aftershocks destroyed many infrastructures of the surrounding town and killed many people. The people thought that it was a powerful earthquake. Thunderclap was brewing in the clouds. The sound it produced was so loud that it echoed in the whole battlefield. Indra raised his fist and the lightning struck down at his fist. Bang! "Ahhh!!" Indra''s fist was covered by a layer of lightning. He charge at Ulquiorra and threw a punch at his stomach. Ulquiorra tried to blocked using the green energy spear but it was shattered by Indra''s punch. It only resisted for a few seconds before it broke. Ulquiorra fell to the ground like a meteor. He caused a small explosion when he crashed in the ground. Indra looked at the explosion before he flew and chased Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra stood up slowly and he patted his clothes. Suddenly a figure flashed in front of him. He quickly took a step back. Indra pulled back both of his fist. He then launched a barrage of quick punches at Ulquiorra. Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Swoosh!! Ulquiorra shifted his body from side to side. He swiftly evaded all the punch Indra thrown at him. He was evading it at hair''s length. One wrong move and he was done. Green energy spear appeared in his palm and he grip it tightly. He put more of his spiritual energy and strengthen the spear. He took a step forward and started to exchange blows with Indra. Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Bang!! Cao Cao and his group looked at at battle with a grim expression. Cao Cao suddenly frown he looked behind him. "This feeling... " Cao Cao murmured, "...the Gods!" He looked around and saw the same scene back then when Ulquiorra was fighting Samael. He know that it''s no use if they set up a barrier with their power. With the aftershocks of the battle any barrier will be destroyed easily. It needs someone at Satans level to create and maintain the barrier to hold to two of them. If there no one who could maintain a barrier then it''s no use even if the barrier was made by a Satan class. That''s why Indra didn''t even bother setting up a barrier before he enter a battle. It will only burden him when he fought. It will also put him in a disadvantage position. Setting up a powerful barrier will consume huge amount of his energy. Plus even if he created such barrier if there''s no one who could maintain it then there''s no point as it will only broke after a few rounds of large explosion. It wouldn''t even last at least ten minutes. Cao Cao looked at Indra and saw his smile. ''Indra is enjoying the battle. There''s no way he would bother himself. I guess that a war will happen sooner or later.'' Cao Cao thought. Chapter 56 - Ulquiorra vs Indra 3 In the underworld... There''s a chaos happening around the underworld. Shalba brought Leonardo, the holder of Annihilation Maker, in the underworld and forced him into balance breaker. He created thirteen gigantic monster that stood up to two hundred meters and above. Shalba kidnapped Ophis and went into the dimensional gap. Issei force himself and followed Shalba to save Ophis. He successfully save Ophis but in exchange Shalba managed to hit him using arrow with Samael''s curse in it. The curse consumed Issei and he died. Only his eight pieces of evil pieces came back from the dragon gate that Azazel and Tannin created. Even Ophis wasn''t seen. All of them thought that Issei died. No one knew what happen in the dimensional gap. The Gremory house let Vali and his team stay in their mansion as long as no one knew it. It was their thanks for helping Rias group in fighting Hero Faction. Because of this event no one in the underworld knew what was happening above in the human world. They were too focus on the chaos that''s currently happening in the underworld. A magic circle appeared in the distance near the Gremory territory. Bikou walked out of the magic circle while looking around at his surroundings. "I need to contact Vali now, I don''t know where he is hiding in this place." Bikou murmured as a small communication magic circle appears beside his ear. "Oh? You''re here Bikou!" Vali said on the other side. "Where are you, Vali? I need to tell you something!" Bikou said. He could feel that Vali was tired and feeling weak just from the voice he heard. "Okay. I''m here in Gremory mansion." Vali said. "Eh?! Are you sure you are there?" Bikou said. "Yeah. Just hid somewhere and look for Azazel. He will tell you where I am." Vali said. "Okay" Bikou nodded his head. He then sneakily went inside the Gremory territory. ... Bikou was infront of Vali. He looked at the weakened state of Vali. Vali took a curse from Samael the reason why he could hold on like this is because of his demonic powers. Issei didn''t have a large amount of demonic energy that''s why Samael''s curse consume him easily. "Ah right! I forgot to tell you spmething" Bikou said with a serious expression. "What is it?" Vali nodded. "It should be easier if Azazel is here" Bikou said as he scratched the back of his head. Vali called Azazel. Azazel came a few minutes after Vali called him. Bikou told them what''s happening in the human world. Everyword he say was making Azazel lose the color of his face. "In short, Ulquiorra beat Cao Cao and Indra came to save Cao Cao." Azazel said. Bikou nodded in response. "That''s a big problem!!" Azazel massage his forehead. He didn''t think that a man like Indra would personally come and save Cao Cao. No one anticipated that this would happen not him and Vali. "I need to tell this to the Satans" Azazel said as he stood up and leave the two. Trouble keeps coming. They haven''t deal with the thirteen monsters and now that Indra appeared himself is also a big problem. Indra already said that he''s housing the Hero faction. ... Ulquiorra looked at Indra and asked, "Why did a God like you join the Khaos Brigade?" "No. Don''t misunderstood me. I''m not a part of their group but my subordinate is. I don''t have a plan to wage a war against all of you. I only want a war with Shiva." Indra replied and he launched a lighting strike at Ulquiorra. Ulquiorra dodge the lightning before he throw the green spear in his hand. Swoosh!! Lightning coated Indra''s fist and he punched the green spear that Ulquiorra threw. "I''ve wasted enough time. It''s time for me to get serious." Indra said with a serious expression. The smile on his face vanished completely. He started to emitted a powerful aura. Boom!! "The Gods here need to create their new map because I will change the lands here." Indra said. He stood straight in the mid air while looking at Ulquiorra. His clothes was fluttering in the air. He opened his mouth, "It''s a pity that I didn''t bring my sword and battle armor." Ulquiorra looked back at him. He didn''t even flinched at his released of power. He will response by releasing his own power. "I will make you regret that you shouldn''t took a terrorist as your subordinate." Suddenly the atmosphere changed. The air around him started to feel heavy. The dust below him started to move as if it was blow by something. Dark spiritual energy started to came out of his body. Immense spiritual energy covered the whole area. Everyone felt suffocated by this power. They couldn''t even stand properly. "W-What is this!?" Cao Cao stutter as he opened his eyes widely in shocked. Everyone was the same as Cao Cao. They we''re stunned by what''s happening and the power coming out of Ulquiorra right now. There''s no doubt about this. The power he was going to release could rival those of the top ten strongest in the world.