Chapter 43: Rating Game Finale! Part 1!

Darkness filled the entire room, but suddenly a small dim glimmer of light emerged as a glowing crystal ball appeared by what looked like a throne. Blue fiery ember eyes opened amidst the darkness, and glanced into the crystal ball. Seated atop of a throne. The Unseen One, his eyes brunt with a bluish fire as he chanted a few magical chants under his breath. "Let us see… what happens now with this strange encounter."

The crystal ball revealed the image of Itachi, walking out from a convenience store in the middle of the night. It was the night before the Rating Game finale, and Itachi appeared to have a lot on his mind. '… Rias' dream, is to become the Rating Game champion. What should I do? If I let her win… judging from our past chess matches she won't take it well if I lose on purpose.' Itachi's stomach was turning, conflicted on what to do. 'But if I fight seriously, I will probably win… And I would have to attack her to win…' Itachi groaned to himself, the idea of hitting someone he loved left a lump in his throat. Especially since he already had to go through with such violent acts against Sasuke in the past.

'If I surrender, she will be mad at me… if I let her win, she will be mad at me… if I hit her, I will feel like shit.' Feeling like pulling his hair out Itachi mumbles out to himself. "Come on, pull yourself together. So, you have to fight your girlfriend… well, girlfriends since Akeno is on her team as well. This is just a contest… it would be disrespectful to not fight back. Yeah, and if you beat her, she won't be mad, right? She might pout… but she is cute when she does that… Okay, yeah, I can do this." As Itachi finished his rambling, he noticed suddenly the sound of roaring engines.

With a raised brow, Itachi looked behind him as a gang of bikers came riding in on their obnoxious loud motorcycles. "What now?" Itachi asked with an unimpressed look on his face, as the rough band of bikers surrounded him. Howling and cackling like a wild pack of hyenas. Their senseless cackling, and the sound of rattling chains some had spinning over their heads as they circled around Itachi.

Itachi eyed the chains with a raised brow, his lack of fear must have had some of them feeling insulted. As suddenly one of them shouts out. "Hey! Pretty boy!" The biker tossed his chains at Itachi. Fools had no idea who they were messing with. Itachi grabbed onto the end of the chain as it hurdled towards his face, and quicker than anyone could react, Itachi had yanked the biker off his bike and flying into the air.

The biker hit the wall, and that is when Itachi noticed the insignia of a red dragon on his jacket. He noticed some of them also had the same insignia tattooed on their body. What Itachi didn't realize here, was that he was the one with no idea who he was messing with. With an indifferent cold look, Itachi glanced around at the bikers who had all come to a stop and circled around Itachi with their motorcycles. "I do not know what you lot want… But I suggest you walk away before someone gets seriously hurt." Itachi threw the chains aside, as the biker he had yanked off crawled towards his crew.

A sudden howling laughter comes from one man amongst the crew, a red paint tinted motorcycle decorated with a dragon metallic head up front pulls up. The man atop of it, wearing a sleeve torn red jacket with a black undershirt. Chained necklace with a dragon head dangling at the bottom. His pants were riddled with holes, and his shoes were black with spikes decorated on the boot. The man's face was hidden behind a red helmet with black shades. "Sorry about that, my boys get a little violent." This man was clearly the leader, and riding on the back of his bike. Was a tan skinned gyaru girl with colored blond hair and green-eyed contacts. She wore a simple open black leather jacket, with a black tank top underneath were her boobs hung loosely without a bra to support them. Having a heart tattoo on her neck, with the letters DxD at the center of the heart.

"Hey, baby… he is cute. What did you want with him?" The gyaru girl leaned against the back of the boss.

"Easy now, bitch." The man dismissed her, much to her annoyance as she stepped off the bike in her high heels, and booty shorts. She stood next to the boss's bike, and pouted.

Suddenly, the biker who had tossed the chains at Itachi crawled over to the boss with a frantic look in his eye. "Hey boss! He yanked me off my damn bike! We can't just let him get away with-" The boss stopped his underling from speaking any further, as he booted him in the face sending him flying into a wall that actually dented from the impact.

"Shut up, it's your own fault moron." No one protested against their leaders' words, showing they either respected him a great deal or feared him.

The man out of some miracle, survived the impact with a strong headache. "A-Anik! He disrespected us!" The biker continued to whine, until the boss pulled him up by the collar of his jacket.

"Leave it, Tatsu!" The boss snarled at the biker. "I wanted to speak to the kid, not fight him. And your dumbass throws fucking chains at him! Now all of you! Pick up your bikes and beat it!" The boss harshly shoved his underling to his bike.

The boss harshly barked out the order to his followers, even giving his gyaru biker girl the cold shoulder. "You too bitch." The boss snapped at the girl who rolled her eyes at him, turning around to join the rest of the crew. Her butt sticking out in her very short booty shorts. The boss chuckled giving the gyaru's ass a good smack making it jiggle a little, and she giggled at his assertiveness.

The biker gang scurried off like a bunch of cockroaches, leaving their boss and Itachi alone at the street corner. The boss leaned back on his bike, with his hands tucked into his pockets. "Yo!" He cheerfully greeted. "Sorry about that." The biker boss sounded like he was smiling underneath that helmet of his. Itachi however remained completely uninterested in this conversation.

"What do you want?" Itachi went straight to the point, which seemed to amuse the biker boss who only chuckled.

Reaching his hands up around his helmet, the biker boss took it off revealing his face and his fiery red hair. He looked like a young man in his early twenties, having piercings around his bottom lip which had a chain going down and reconnecting with a second piercing in his ear. His fiery red hair was spiky and at shoulder length. "Just wanted to chat… My big sis talks a lot about you, so I wanted to see you for myself."

At the man's responds, Itachi raised a brow. This man had to at least be in his twenties, and his older sister knew Itachi? Other than some of his teachers at the academy, Itachi didn't know any older human women. "I think you have the wrong guy." Itachi sighs, feeling he had wasted his time as he turns around to walk away.

The man smirked, his blue eyes turning piercing yellow. "Itachi Sitri, son of Malphas and Serena Sitri. Brother of Serafall Leviathan and Sona Sitri." The man revealed which had Itachi stop in his tracks, and his curiosity was set on the man. Although, he was not prepared to hear what the man said next. "Previously known as Itachi Uchiha. Son of Fugaku and Mikoto Uchiha. Brother of Sasuke Uchiha. The one who massacred the Uchiha clan save for said brother. A member of the Akatsuki.

Itachi turned to look at the man with wide panic-struck eyes, his eyes instantly turning into the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan as this man was clearly not an ordinary biker gang boss. However, his eyes didn't help as Itachi was left even more alarmed as he couldn't sense this man's energy. "Who are you? And who is your sister?" Itachi lifted up his fists, ready for a fight if needed. But the man didn't look in the least bit threatened at the notion. And even as Itachi tried to place this man in a Genjutsu, even with the Tsukuyomi, he was instantly pushed back by this man's mental prowess with ease.

"You know my sister. You've met her a few times already…" The man pulls out a pack of cigarettes, with a flick of his wrist one of the cancer sticks flung out from the pack and he placed it in his mouth. Fire struck out from his finger tip, lighting the cigarette in the man's mouth. He took a long drag off it, before blowing the smoke out. "Her name is Ophis." The man smirked as he instantly saw Itachi's posture change, and his eyes widening with a further look of disbelief. "And me? Well, I'm Great Red, the Red Dragon of the Apocalypse. It's nice to meet you, dipshit devil brat. Now…" Great Red leaned onto his bike with his crossed arms resting at the bikes head. He looked at Itachi with a mischievous smirk, his eyes flashing yellow like that of a feral beast. "How's about you lower them fucking arms?"

Shakingly, Itachi does just that and lowers his arms. A look of uncertainty on his face. But upon closer inspection, this man's energy felt similar to that of Ophis, endless nothingness. An endless black void of power. "You, are Great Red?" Itachi asks still in disbelief.

"Yep, born out of nothingness just like that bratty Dragon God Ophis." To Itachi, Great Red's current form wasn't particularly odd. Ophis was capable of shapeshifting so he assumed Great Red could do the same.

Still, a question was posed in Itachi's mind at the sudden arrival of one of the strongest beings in all of existence. "Why are you here? Shouldn't you be in the Dimensional Gap?" Itachi asks, considering with Great Red here, Ophis could just enter the Gap and takeover with Great Red absent.

"Heh, boy, I am Great Red. I am there, and I am here. I am the Dragon of fucking Dreams. The Dragon among Dragons. The fucking DxD. I am everywhere. Omnipresent. You and I also have a lot in common. We can both produce mind fucking illusions. Fuck with people's heads and shit. Like I said, I am Omnipresent, this body is just like an avatar of sorts. I have plenty of them roaming around the fucking multiverse. I go fuck around, do my own thing and interact with people. Omnipotent or not, I still have a fucking social life, you feel me? But yeah, my real body is still in the Dimensional Gap, doing its job." Great Red sure wasn't what Itachi had expected, he sounded like an irresponsible little brat. Or just a punk.

While Itachi was baffled at Great Red's personality, the DxD only continued on with his rambling. "But honestly, that big void gets fucking boring. True, I can rampage in there as much as I want, but it gets lonely. So, sometimes I visit the mortal realm of the various multiverses to have some fun like this. I mean, having gang wars and leading a biker gang is fun hobby to pass the time. What else am I supposed to do with my infinite life?"

It took a moment, but Itachi got over Great Red's personality and asked a question that boggled him right now. "If you don't like it in the Dimensional Gap, why not give it up to Ophis? That way all this conflict could be avoided."

Great Red merely shakes his head in responds. "Ain't that easy dipshit." He takes another long drag of his cigarette. He presents the pack to Itachi, offering him one but Itachi just shakes his head to which Great Red merely shrugs. "I never said I hated living in the Dimensional Gap. Like I said, I can fucking rampage all I want in there no problem. And that is fucking awesome and all that. It is like my own crib, you know? But even so, I still wanna go outside and hang out with people. The human world is especially fun. No one here can tell who I fucking am so they don't piss their pants in fear straight away. Besides, I can't give Ophis the Gap, she would fucking neglect her duties and just float in the silence."

Itachi blinked in a little shock, as Great Red sighed annoyingly as he began rambling on about Ophis. "She is so fucking dull, you feel me? She has all this awesome power, and just wants to laze around like some fucking shut-in-neet. I kicked her out of the house for her own damn good. She needs to socialize."

Great Red puffed his cigarette, and Itachi looked in disbelief. This was the first someone addressed Ophis in such a way. Made her seem less frightening somehow. Itachi honestly got the impression that Great Red was just some overprotective brother towards Ophis. Itachi couldn't help but compare the two Infinity beings' relationship to that of himself and Serafall. Great Red just continued to talk, while Itachi was stunned in silence. "But now, big sis has gotten in with the wrong fucking crowd. Trying to rally people up to kill me. You included."

Itachi at this backs up, wondering if Great Red was here to kill him before Ophis could sway him to her side. Seeing this, Great Red lightly chuckled. "Relax, I ain't here to kill you. I know you ain't with her. But some people who want to use her are…" Great Red's mood turned serious for a moment. "Ophis you see, is easily tricked. Because she has so much power, she doesn't think anyone would be dumb enough to even consider double crossing her. I mean, most wouldn't, as they piss their pants in fear if she as much as looks at them funny. Which is why I am here… I wanted to ask you for a favor. It feels like you are the only one she would listen to. I mean, if I try, she will just fucking try and kill me or some shit. I want you, to get her to leave that damned organization. If she wants to bring you to my doorsteps to fight, be my fucking guest. But I refuse to fight a bunch of nobody Maou wannabe terrorists."

Itachi cautiously asks. "Then why don't you kill them?"

At Itachi's question, Great Red sighs. "If I attack those nobodies, Ophis will get involved. And even if I hate to fucking admit it. Ophis along with a whole army of different factions and species, would fucking beat me. After all, me and Ophis are equal in power and all. But that's not the only reason… you see, if she and I fight. Your world, would be destroyed in the matter of a second. And the multiverse, maybe an hour or so, probably less. I may be the Dragon of the Apocalypse, but judgment day is still way off from now. Point being, I can't get involved. If I do, the apocalypse happens. Got it?"

At Great Red's crude way of explaining it, Itachi silently nodded. "So, you think the Old Maou Faction will betray Ophis in the end?" Great Red snorts in amusement.

"I see everything, I hear everything. And yeah, those old Maou farts plan on betraying her. Ophis would see it coming too, if she didn't fucking turn off so many of her abilities and powers to just gain some silence in this world."

Itachi raises his brow once more in confusion. "Turn them off?" Itachi repeated back what Great Red said with great confusion. Great Red even looked surprised that Itachi didn't grasp such a concept.

"Huh, yeah… I mean, she usually is omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient like me. But when I kicked her out of the Gap, she turned all those powers off. Otherwise, she would know everyone's thoughts, and hear all their prayers. And to her, that gets loud and noisy. You know? So, she turned them off like some edgy teenager avoiding hearing her parents argue by tuning them out with music playing on her headphones."

Itachi shakes his head. "No, I sort of got that. I mean, how can she turn her powers off? How does that work?"

Great Red merely shrugs. "Don't sweat the details dipshit. Just think of it as turning a light switch on and off. It is that easy for her and me."

Itachi nods his head, still a bit shocked at this new information. But somethings just didn't add up. "And the Old Maou Faction will betray her because?" Itachi didn't understand why the Old Maou Faction would betray their strongest asset. Ophis along with Great Red were the two most powerful beings in existence. Having one of them on your side should be almost like a guaranteed win.

"Because she doesn't do what they want. I mean, she didn't even bother killing that Sirzechs Lucifer when she had the opportunity. They want her power, nothing more. But because she refuses to fight those that doesn't interest her, they fucking want to get rid of her." It is at that moment, Itachi remembers reading about a particular weakness in Ophis.

"Samael's curse…" Itachi mumbles and Great Red nods. "Bingo." At that, Itachi now lets out a chuckle. This only seemed to annoy Great Red who snarled out. "What's so damn funny?"

"Nothing, just that you and Ophis really seem like typical siblings having a rivalry. It's just amusing to imagine the two strongest beings in all of existence, having such a casual issue." Great Red seems to calm down at Itachi's explanation, and only sighed.

"That brat lacks common sense… She isn't a bad person." At that statement from Great Red, Itachi was a little on the fence on how to feel about it.

"From my experience, I would have to disagree." Itachi says as Ophis has threatened him on several occasions.

Great Red rolls his eyes and sighs. "Look, if she really was evil. Then why the fuck are your friends and family still alive? Why hasn't she fucking kidnapped you? Or just altered your memory or fuck with your mind so you would just join her? Trust me, she could do all those things. She has all the fucking power needed for it. But she doesn't. Why is that? I will tell you why, it is because from her point of view. I am the fucking bad guy, and you guys refuse to help her in her time of need. The brat just wants to get back inside the house, and stay there forever. She is just a homesick brat, who is easily swayed. She is kinda innocent in that way. Oh, if you want, she has quite the sweet tooth. So you may sway her over to you with a fucking candy bar if you tried." Great Red said jokingly, yet Itachi was not amused.

"From what I have seen, she isn't so innocent and she doesn't strike me as gullible." Great Red doesn't disagree with Itachi, as he again takes in a drag of his cigarette and flicks it aside as he was done with it.

"She ain't dumb, true. She can be cruel and mean if she wants. But also kind and gentle. She is like any other fucking person with mood swings. What I am trying to say, is that because she is so powerful, she doesn't tend to watch her back. If those fuckers get that Samael's blood, which would affect her dragon side and her fucking snakes… They can weaken her enough to do some potential damage. Especially with that Sacred Gear collection they have with the Hero Faction. Just, keep an eye out and maybe shout a word of warning if you see them plotting something behind her back. Ophis will do the rest and eradicate those sons of bitches from existence. It's a win fucking win, the Old Maou Faction is wiped out, and Ophis won't be stabbed in the fucking back."

Itachi still wasn't sure what to make of Ophis, but seeing the sincerity and worry Great Red had for Ophis, Itachi could tell it was genuine. As this is how Itachi himself was with Serafall when she tried to neglect her Maou duties. There was just one more question he had to ask. "Ophis said she has other reasons for wanting the Dimensional Gap. What is it?" At that, Great Red flinches a bit, seemingly not having expected that question.

"That's not important, just a task we both have. I'm more than capable of handling it, and I don't want that brat anywhere near to fuck it up." Itachi looks surprised, as from that answer he got a lot of unsaid information.

"You wish to protect her? That's why you kicked her out in the first place… Whatever this task is, it involves something… or someone which have you both acting kind of scared." At the mere assumption, Great Red is suddenly up in Itachi's face and have him held by the collar of his shirt. Great Red snarls, his eyes flashing yellow. "I ain't afraid of nothing!" Great Red snarls through gritted teeth.

Itachi however isn't threatened, true Great Red could easily kill him. But clearly that wasn't Great Red's intention. Itachi then ponders on a potential thought. "Do you perhaps think the reason Ophis wishes to return to the Dimensional Gap, is to protect you? If she is that invested in this task as you are." At this Great Red was truly caught off guard, the anger vanished from his face as he dropped Itachi and threw his head back laughing out loud.

"That's a new one… Good one. That brat wants to kill me, not protect me. End of discussion." Itachi however still remained uncertain of that fact.

"Hmm, this might be a stupid follow up question. But can you and Ophis even be killed? Or are you truly immortal?" The moment Itachi asked that question, he could feel Great Red peer through his mind and thoughts. Seemingly satisfied with what Itachi's intention behind that question was, Great Red smiled and shrugged.

"Sort of…" Great Red shook his head, seeming not sure how to explain it. "We are based off the concept of nothingness. To kill us for good, I suppose the only possible way is to kill the concept of nothingness. But do that, and all of reality falls apart… so it would be a bad fucking idea. But yeah, if you have some immortality negation ability, divine weapon, Samael's curse, and you are strong enough… you could kill our current bodies. But at the end of the day, we would just respawn within the void. I have lost the number of counts me and Ophis have killed each other like that, only for us to respawn. For me and Ophis, death really has no consequence. Does that answer your question?" Great Red's statement had Itachi rolling his eyes a little.

"So… even if Ophis uses Khaos Brigade to kill you. You would just respawn in the Dimensional Gap?" Itachi double checked as this conflict started to seem less interesting to him. As it felt like two selfish children arguing over control.

"Heh, probably… unless Ophis discovers what she wants. I see and hear everything, so she knows that I know of her plan. She is trying to gather as many allies as possible, with the hope that one of their abilities can make my death… permanent. If such a thing even exists for us… personally, I'm not too worried."

"But… if you two are omnipotent, shouldn't the two of you know there is no such thing that can kill you permanently?" At this question Great Red seemed to think about it.

"Well, not exactly. Truth is, me and Ophis haven't really explored the full extent of our abilities before. And for instance, none of us have been killed while affected by Samael's curse. And since it has never happened, we don't know if such things would kill us permanently. You could call all the times we have killed each other test runs if you will… ha!" Great Red broke into a fit of laughter, as he was overcome with nostalgia. "We've had some fun times."

"… If you two have fought against each other that often. How come the multiverse hasn't been destroyed yet?" Itachi asked and Great Red got all quiet.

"… You really think this is the first multiverse we've made? That's cute." At this Itachi's eyes looked a little panicked, unsure if he should take Great Red seriously. The seriousness of the whole thing, had Great Red suddenly break out into a fit of laughter unable to keep a straight face. "Oh man, you should have seen your face… Ah, that is a hoot. Relax, this is still the first multiverse… but it did use to be bigger. Me and Ophis have only fought inside the gap, it being an endless void of nothingness, our fights in there don't affect the multiverse… well at least not all of it. But hey, don't you worry man. Me and Ophis, would never destroy the multiverse. It's the one thing we agree on, our moral code. It would be too much of a pain to float in the endless void with her until we manage to build a new one."

"… If you think that eases my mind even a little bit, then you can't possibly be omniscient." Itachi's statement had Great Red sheepishly chuckle.

"Ah, I am… but I honestly don't have anything else to tell you to make you relax about the situation. It's the honest truth, I mean I have no need to lie to anyone. I fucking love this multiverse, it's my fucking baby, alright? Without it, I would be bored out of my fucking mind. And I am serious, when I say it is a constant pain to be stuck with Ophis in that void all alone. You know the big bang that kickstarted everything? That was our first fight. It is what started time and fucking space. So, can't say with certainty how long it took for us to fight. But it felt like it happened the moment we laid eyes on each other, kay?"

Itachi felt a small headache coming from all this sudden information. Was Ophis and Great Red's conflict sort of meaningless? Maybe. But bottom line of it all, it was impossible for Great Red and Ophis to get along. Great Red suddenly coughed to gain Itachi's attention, as he still waited for an answer. "So, can I count on you for that little favor?"

"… I will think about it." Itachi answers to Great Red's favor, causing the Dragon of the Apocalypse to crack a smile.

"Cool, cool, but don't think I won't repay you for the favor. If you ever wanna cash in on it, just try and reach out to me with your thoughts. I will answer." Great Red points his finger at Itachi, and unleashes a mysterious red aura that latches onto him. Yet, Itachi doesn't feel any different from it. "See ya later, Itachi Sitri or Itachi Uchiha… whatever you fucking prefer." Great Red picks up his motorcycle, and drives away likely to find his gang.

"That was certainly an unexpected encounter…" Itachi mumbled to himself, with nothing left here, Itachi went on his way back home.

An hour before the start of the finale of the Rating Game tournament. Rias Gremory had been invited to Ajuka Beelzebub's laboratory. With her peerage waiting outside, Rias stepped into the current Beelzebub's work place. "You wanted to see me, Lord Beelzebub?"

Ajuka turned around from his work table, wearing black tinted goggles. "Ah Rias, my dear. Yes, it is in regards to your upcoming match against Itachi." Ajuka pulled his goggles up, revealing his blue eyes. "Feeling nervous?"

Rias was a little caught off guard at hearing such a question from one of the Four Maou. Ajuka had always seemed different from Sirzechs and Serafall, even though he had his crazy side and hobbies, he had always seemed more dignified and fit for his position. "Well… I would be lying if I said no…" Rias awkwardly smiled whilst rubbing her arm. "But, that is not why you asked me here, is it?"

Ajuka chuckled at the question. "Of course not. This is purely scientifical my dear." Ajuka walked over to a table covered by a white sheet, pulling it away Ajuka revealed some kind of suit, a type of battle armor. "Frankly speaking my dear, I think you are quite outclassed for this match. And in the spirit of showmanship, as well as some shameless self-promoting. I wanted to give you this, to just tip the scales a little so you would be more even."

Rias inspected the suit in a look of awe, it was customed to her clearly. It had black armored pads around the arms, knees, and chest area. The armored pads were on top of a crimson red jumpsuit. And laying on top of them, was a pair of black shiny visors. Ajuka walked to the other end of the table. "Let me walk you through it. The outer and inner layers of the body suit, are made of titanium-dipped tri-weave fibers over a layer of MR fluid-based liquid armor. This MR fluid hardens in responds to impact. With this level of shock absorption, you will be able to put more force into counter-attacks. And the liquid fiber makes the armor very flexible. With your increased movability, you should be able to take out multiple targets in quick succession."

It sounded impressive, and even with his scientific talk Rias seemed to understand it. "How much shock can it handle?" Rias asked as she touched the fibers of the suit a little between her fingers.

"Glad you asked. Well, let us just say… if you were to encounter one of Itachi's Hydrogenic Bomb clones. It would absorb roughly 90% of the impact, and you can redirect that impact back if you are quick enough. However, in the face of Bob's Grizzly Claw for example, you are better off just dodging it." Ajuka said as she showed the workings of the fiber, by giving a light strike at it with his Demonic Power, showing it hardening up in responds to it.

Rias then looked to the visors with curiosity. "What about these?"

"That, is a special made item. And it is the main focus, of my scientific research." Clicking a button onto the side, the visors glowed in a dim light. "These visors should help in creating some resistance to Itachi's Sharingan Genjutsu. Through these years of Serafall letting me checkup on Itachi's Sharingan progress, I have been able to study it. And I found out, that unlike other forms of illusions where one would manipulate the eternal energy within their opponent. Itachi's Sharingan works by Itachi pouring his own energy into his opponent through eye contact to disrupt the flow of energy in his opponent to create the hallucinations. These visors, are designed to block out Itachi's energy so that you can maintain eye contact through the battle. In theory anyway… I am not sure if it will work against Itachi's Tsukuyomi ability."

Rias grabbing onto this suit, was filled with a certain uneasy feeling. "Isn't this sort of like cheating? Itachi already has problems with the elders trying their best to make it unfair against him."

Ajuka smiles and shakes his head. "And Itachi's Yata Mirror and Totsuka Blade isn't an unfair advantage? They are spirit weapons he found in his old world… not native to his body so not a natural ability of his. That is not even mentioning his Divine Weapons, but even Itachi won't use them for this game. This, is just to make things a little more fair. And don't worry about the elders, the rules of the finale were made by me and the other Maou. Nothing will be unfair in regards to the rules, trust me." Ajuka assured, he wasn't here to play favorites. He was only on the side of science, that was his reason for giving Rias this, nothing more. It just so happened that Rias was the one fighting against Itachi in the final match.

Rias still looked a bit hesitant, but in the end grabbed a hold of the suit. "Well, thank you… Should I maybe see if it fits me or?"

"No need, it self-adjusts to fit the wearer perfectly." That was Devil technology for you, mixed with both advanced tech and just a pinch of magic.

"… Thank you, Ajuka. And you guarantee that Onii-sama didn't put you up to this?" At this Rias was hesitant, for if Sirzechs had requested this, she would throw it out instantly.

"Heh, trust me. Sirzechs doesn't even know I made it. He will be just as surprised as Itachi when he sees you in it." Ajuka jokingly chuckled, he more than anyone understood Rias on how overbearing Sirzechs could be.

Rias and Ajuka shared a chuckle. "Well, again, thank you, Lord Ajuka." Rias bowed her head in respect.

"Don't worry about it kiddo. Now go out there and do your best, that is all anyone can ask for." Ajuka like the cool uncle type he was, winked at Rias as she left through the door to her awaiting peerage members.

Akeno quickly approached her master, and asked. "What did Lord Ajuka want?" In responds Rias just held out her new suit and visors.

"Oh, just offering a little encouragement before the game. Come on, let's go. We need to prepare, big day people. Itachi might be our friend, and my fiancé. But let us do our best to kick his cute butt~" Rias encouraged her peerage, who all smiled and nodded enthusiastically.

Meanwhile, Itachi was getting ready on his own. Following his strange encounter with Great Red, he had kept quiet to everyone else of his encounter with the Dragon of the Apocalypse. He had enough on his mind with this finale of the tournament. Looking at the screens showing the audience, Itachi couldn't help but notice the lack of Sairaorg in the arena.

"Well, good luck to all of you." Azazel walked in, accompanied by their human classmates that looked hyped for the finale. "And kid…" Azazel called out, causing Itachi to briefly turn and give the Governor a glance. "Try and not kick your girlfriends butt too hard now, kay? Unless she is into that kind of thing." Azazel playfully winked at Itachi, having Itachi roll his eyes. "But seriously, just fight like you normally would." Azazel clapped Itachi on the shoulder, giving a knowing look as if he had read Itachi's mind and seen his concerns.

"Was I that obvious?" Itachi mumbled to himself.

"Oh yeah." All of the Sins collectively voiced out, lightly chuckling at their master's flustered face.

Itachi quick to change the topic, looked to the Fallen Angel Governor who was about to leave with the humans. "Azazel… have you heard from Sairaorg? Is he not going to watch the game?"

Azazel sighed, and gained a somewhat depressed look on his face, yet he smiled. "Sairaorg is watching the game from his mother's hospital room." Itachi jolted slightly, and hung his head low as he began to think on his best friend's situation.

"I see…" Itachi quietly mumbled out, he felt for Sairaorg and his struggles with his mother. Itachi wished that he could somehow help Sairaorg in curing his mother of sleep disease. Itachi had tried Genjutsu in the past, but it didn't work. Although now, Itachi wondered if things would be different now that he had the Eternal Mangekyou. At this very moment, Itachi made a mental note to himself that he would give it a try to cure Sairaorg's mother after the game.

With Rias's group, they were also visited by an Angel. Well, a proper one anyway. Leader of Heaven, Michael appeared before them in a brilliant light, carrying with him a weapon. "Greetings friends. I am here to give dearest Xenovia this." Michael presented a sword that greatly resembled Durandal, in fact it was the newly modified version of the blade. "We call this, Ex-Durandal. It has six of the seven Excalibur cores fused into it. We would have added the seventh, but as you know it is in the possession of…"

"Arthur Pendragon." Kiba Yuuto finished, the swordsman of Team Vali held the last Excalibur core in his possession.

"Correct. But anyway, the Vatican would like to see the newly modified Durandal in action. So, I present its natural wielder with this opportunity." Michael handed it to Xenovia, who was a little hesitant to accept it.

"Are you sure I am worthy, Michael-sama? Kiba Yuuto here… was able to wield the original better than I ever could in our last game." Xenovia had to admit that Kiba was the superior swordsman.

"Xenovia…" Kiba was a little astonished at receiving such praise. Shaking his head, prince charming smiled kindly onto his fellow Knight. "That is not true at all. You are the only worthy wielder of Durandal, Xenovia. Truth be told, it did drain quite a lot of me from just holding it." Kiba lightheartedly chuckled.

"… Don't try and patronize me, Kiba Yuuto." Xenovia didn't seem to buy it, truly she was unsure of her ability.

"Xenovia…" Issei spoke up, although took a moment to think of the right words. "I might not be the best with words. But I think the only one who can use that sword is you, Xenovia. Plus, I don't really want Prince Charming here getting that kind of power up." Issei added with mild scorn that had Kiba nervously chuckle.

"I thought we were past the whole popularity thing…" Kiba and Issei were indeed friends, but Issei still couldn't forgive any man with such a pretty face hogging all the attention from the girls at the academy.

"Anyway, Xenovia, you can't give up on Durandal just because Prince Charming here beat the Vice President using it. You have to at least try. I for one, have always thought you were incredibly skilled and strong with it." Issei's praise in his mind held no true value. But to Xenovia, it meant the world.

Smiling, the blue haired knight accepted the sword from the leader of Heaven. "Very well… I shall use this game to put my skills to the test." Xenovia smiled confidently, and while at it she summoned forth Ascalon. "Here, I won't be needing this anymore." Xenovia held Ascalon out to Issei. "Thanks for loaning it to me."

"Heh, of course, anytime you want to use it again just say the word." Issei accepted Ascalon back, having it merge with his Boosted Gear gauntlet.

Michael smiled warmly at the scene before him. It reminded him of the early days of Heaven. "Such great comradery. Personally, I will be happy with whoever wins, but nevertheless, I wish you good luck." Michael respectfully bowed his head to them, and vanished in a flash.

With that out of the way, the Gremory group and the Sins from their end, marched into the light leading to the Rating Game Dimension. Itachi and the Sins appeared on the inside of a throne room within a medieval castle. While Rias and her peerage appeared within a camp in a wooded area that had a great view of Itachi's castle.

"We welcome you all, to the official finale of the Rating Game tournament." Grayfia spoke acting as the announcer, although she wasn't alone. "In the final matchup, we have Rias Gremory versus Itachi Sitri." Esdeath being the co-hostess of this match added. "Let us start by explaining the rules of this game." Grayfia began, as a screen showed a map layout of the Rating Game Dimension. "Today, we have a battle simulating an invasion. With Itachi Sitri and his peerage acting on the defense within the castle. And Rias Gremory and her peerage, acting as the attackers who will make an attack plan to take over the castle."

Esdeath then continued from where Grayfia left off. "This will be a point-based game, and whoever has the most points by the end of it wins. The point system works based off everyone's piece worth. For example, one Pawn is worth 1 point. Bishop and Knights, are worth 3 points each. Rooks are worth 5 points. Queens are worth 9 points. And the King, well take the King out and it is an automatic victory. And to make things clear, seeing as some individuals have more than just one Evil Piece in them, their worth is determined by the number of pieces they have. For example, should Rias' Pawn Issei Hyoudou who is worth 8 Pawns be defeated by one of Itachi Sitri's peerage members, Itachi would gain 8 points. But, should for example Itachi's Rook Harry Newgate who is worth 2 Rooks be defeated by one of Rias' peerage members. Rias would gain 10 points."

Grayfia then continued from where Esdeath left off. "The highest number of points one team can get, would be 39 without taking down the King. There shall also be a time limit for this game. If a King is not defeated, whoever has the highest score of points after 30 minutes wins the tournament."

For this game, Itachi of course wasn't allowed to use his Divine Weapons. Which of course he had no issue with. And Rias had been only given a suit of armor from Ajuka Beelzebub to even out the odds. With the added time limit and point based system, this game could potentially go either way. If Rias played it smart, she could win and maybe overcome the sheer might and power of Itachi and the Sins.

"Before the Game officially starts. Both contestants will be given a few minutes to come up with a strategy." Grayfia declared, and quickly both Itachi and Rias got to work on planning. Both having a layout of the castle and its various layers.

Rias spreads the blueprint of the castle over a table with her servants around her. Wearing her new customed made suit, Rias earned a few weirded out looks as she looked like some sort of Power Ranger. "Focus please…" Rias sighed, especially looking at Issei and Akeno, both who couldn't seem to focus as Rias' body was tightly wrapped in the suit.

"S-Sorry… Maybe Itachi-senpai will be unable to fight when he sees her in this." Issei quietly mumbled to himself, as he suddenly felt the need to sit down. Meanwhile Akeno was eyeing Rias like she was a giftwrapped present waiting to be opened, even biting her lower lip a little.

"Akeno…" Rias strictly looked at her Queen, who giggled a little. Rias didn't bother, and continued on to reveal her plan of attack. "Okay, I see at least four entry points from where we can attack. The obvious point being the front gates. Then from the air. And there appears to be a blind spot for someone to sneak through at the back wall of the castle. And lastly nearby in the forest, there is an overgrown entrance leading to some underground catacombs leading down to a maze that takes us directly under the castle. We will split into four groups, and take one entry point each."

"Okay, got it… where do you want me, Buchou!" Issei hyped himself up, slapping himself on the face to get his head into the game.

"Issei, I want you, Xenovia and Koneko to go through the underground catacombs. Knowing Itachi, I suspect he will use Bob to defend this position. It is the hardest area to navigate through, which would give Bob time needed to charge up his power. Koneko, with your Senjutsu senses you should be able to navigate Issei and Xenovia through the maze much quicker. Maybe giving us a chance to catch Bob off guard." Rias made marks for Issei, Xenovia and Koneko by the catacomb entrance.

"Akeno, I want you and Rossweisse to attack from the air. You two are the best long-ranged fighters I got. Kiba, I want you and Gasper to attack the castle from the back. With your individual skills, you are the perfect stealth team. Me and Asia, will attack from the front gate." Rias finished, although that last part had everyone shocked.

"B-But, Buchou… won't that make you an easy target?" Kiba's question was met with a sly smirk from his master.

"Precisely." Rias' eyes gleamed mischievously, clearly having something special planned. "Asia, I just need you to act as my backup. And use that technique which we have practiced for, okay?" Rias gently asked Asia, who encouragingly nodded, not wanting to disappoint Rias.

On Itachi's end, his blueprints were different from Rias. For example, it didn't show the blind spot at the back of the castle. But unlike Rias' blueprints, it showed a clearer interior of the castle, and secret tech hidden mechanisms that could catch intruders sneaking around.

"Okay, from what I see here. We're going to need someone to defend the underground passageway. There seems to be a maze leading into it, which should make it more difficult for Rias and her group to navigate through. But they do have Koneko… her senses rivals Kuroka's here so they would easily manage to navigate through in the end. Hmm, Bob… I need you to defend this post." Itachi ordered as the tiny petite Bob saluted, ready to put his meditation skill to work to power up faster. "Jack and Damian, you have the control center… if you discover anyone sneaking around deal with them. Kuroka, Eto and Raven will patrol the castle grounds. And Harry will stay by my side as a bodyguard should any manage to get inside the throne room. Are we all clear on our assignments?"

"Yes!" The Sins and the Gremory group declared to their master simultaneously.

They continued to discuss other tactics for a brief while, and then the bell rung signaling that the Rating Game had begun. And as a result, each peerage member of Itachi and Rias was teleported to their assigned posts. Issei, Xenovia and Koneko were teleported to the entrance leading to the catacombs. Xenovia cut down the overgrown vines covering the entrance, and they made their way into the maze of the catacombs.

Meanwhile, Rias boldly blasted her way through the front gate of the castle. The rumbling explosion earning her the attention of Kuroka, Eto and Raven. Kuroka and Eto were the first to arrive on the scene, appearing before Rias and Asia who hid behind her master.

"Marching directly through the front gate, eh? I can't decide whether that was bold of you, or simply stupid princess." Kuroka lightly taunted the Gremory heiress who casually smiled at the two Sins.

"Stupid is definitely the word I would use." Eto giggled as she playfully kicked her legs back and forth from where she was sitting.

"Well, in that case…" Rias brushed some of her long crimson hair aside. "Why don't you try me? See if winning this Rating Game will be as easy as you think." Rias unleashed her burning bright crimson aura, the force of her aura had both Kuroka and Eto flinch.

"Oi… what's the deal here?" Eto mumbled, getting rather serious as she stands up. 'She's stronger than Angrboda was…'

"Well, someone's been cheekily holding back on us, eh?" Kuroka smirked as her body oozed off the white fiery aura of Touki.

"Not true." Rias pouted a little. "I have been using the needed amount of power for every situation we've been in."

"By the way, what's with the suit? You trying to give Itachi a boner and force him to surrender?" Eto whistled as she eyed the Gremory princess from head to toe, causing Rias to look a little flustered.

"Speaking off, where can I get one of those?" Kuroka asked with curiosity.

In the audience, several men were panting with their tongues sticking out like wild dogs. Particularly the two perverted trio members Matsuda and Motohama. While Murayama and Katase themselves looked a little flustered, their eyes sparkling as they eyed the image of Rias in her new suit of armor. "… Damn devil genetics." Aika mumbled under her breath while twitching her brow in annoyance.

Meanwhile, Raven was making her move towards the front gate. Although quickly found herself surrounded by magic circles. Gasping, Raven quickly acted as the magic circles unleashed a bombardment of spells. Cloaking herself in a magical bubble to shield herself, Raven glanced up to see Rossweisse and Akeno coming flying down from the air. "Sorry, but Rias already has her hands full… But we wouldn't mind playing with you Rachel~" Akeno giggled as with a flick of her finger she surrounded them in a cage made of lightning.

Raven sighed, and lifted her hood up. "Whatever, Kuroka and Eto can handle it." Raven unleashed a dark calming aura, showing restraint as she kept her emotions in check.

Meanwhile, Bob sat in an underground arena hidden beneath the castle. Designed like a boxing ring, which made Bob think it was especially made for him. Bob was at peace, and meditating to gather the needed energy. Using the Power Nap skill Lin taught him, he gathered hours' worth of energy in seconds. At peace, Bob's senses were sharpened as he felt the zooming sound of wind.

Opening his eyes, Bob saw Issei, Xenovia and Koneko arrive out from the maze, Koneko with her Senjutsu senses having sniffed Bob out and led them out of the maze quickly. Without any hesitation, Xenovia jumped to attack Bob before he could bulk up. Xenovia letting out a war cry, as she swung Ex-Durandal down onto Bob. But with the snap of a chain, Mjolnir jr. grew in size from Bob's necklace and flew to intercept clashing with Xenovia's blade. The clash generated a thunderous shockwave, blowing all combatants away.

"Tch! Well, that failed." Xenovia appeared unharmed as she swung Ex-Durandal to blow away the smoke from the explosion.

"Too bad for all of you, I just managed to gather up enough energy…" Bob's voice grew deeper as his body grew in size. Appearing in his 23-hour state, Bob cracked his neck a little as he summoned Mjolnir jr. into his grip.

"Heh, no problem, bud… We'll just have to work extra hard to kick your ass, that's all." Issei declared as he instantly jumped into his Balance Breaker armor. And thought back on the attack plan Rias had for them against Bob.

Rias had been correct in her speculation that Itachi would send Bob to the underground passageway. It being the furthest place to reach due to the maze in the catacombs, which would give Bob time to charge up his power. And Bob being like a giant tank was perfect for defending such a position. Which lead to the question, how the hell was Issei supposed to beat Bob?

As the question came up during the planning, Rias answered with. "Bob is one of Itachi's heavy hitters. And with that Mjolnir replica as a weapon, makes Bob dangerous to fight in direct combat for most. Which is why I selected you three for this task. Bob is strong. However, his speed is the weakest out of the Sins. And we have the advantage with that Bob won't be fighting in enemy territory, which makes him unable to use Promotion."

"But… why us?" Issei asked, he didn't mind going up against Bob, but he wasn't confident that he could win.

"Because Issei, out of our two heavy hitters which are you and Rossweisse. I believe you have a better chance against Bob." Rias revealed, especially since Rossweisse and Bob had a thing for each other, making a fight between them too unpredictable for Rias to put her faith in Rossweisse to fight Bob. "If you manage to boost up enough during the battle, and even use Promotion to access your new forms. Then you have a chance of beating Bob. I want Xenovia there to act as your backup. With Ex-Durandal's destructive power to counter the Mjolnir replica, as well as her speed to outmaneuver Bob will come in handy. As for Koneko, her senses are crucial for navigating you all through the maze. And with her Senjutsu skills Koneko can also provide crucial support against Bob."

With Rias' faith in them, Issei steeled himself for an intense battle against the Sin of Sloth. Clenching his fists, as his armor rang out with a loud. "Boost!" Xenovia and Koneko by his side, the Knight spinning around the newly improved Durandal. While the tiny Rook Nekomata put on her fighting gloves whilst summoning forth her white cat ears and tail.

"Let's kick this overgrown grizzly bear's ass." Koneko declared as her body oozed off the white fiery aura of Touki.

"Heh, can't say I dislike the confidence guys." Bob welcomed the challenge with open arms, greeting his comrades in arms with a smile as Mjolnir jr. grew in size. "Come at me then!"

Rushing in first was Issei, the ignition boosters on his back lighting up as he soared across the room with his fists ready. Bob smirks and gets ready, throwing his dominant arm out he catches Issei first punch. Xenovia acting as support quickly rushed out from the side with Ex-Durandal ready to strike at Bob. Bob acting quickly cloaked Mjolnir jr. in dark blue lightning and tossed the hammer towards Xenovia.

Xenovia grunted as she swung Ex-Durandal to counter the incoming hammer. The sheer force of the hammer, had Xenovia skidding backwards a bit. Sweat beginning to pour down her forehead, as she steeled herself regaining her footing, and with a mighty war cry sunk the heel of her foot into the floor. 'As expected of a replica of a God's weapon!' Xenovia continued to struggle to push back the flying hammer.

Bob then went on the attack, throwing a punch with his left fist at Issei. Acting quick enough, Issei caught Bob's fist as the two now stood at a stalemate. Issei's Boosted Gear continued to ring out like an alarm to keep up with Bob's strength. "Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!"

Koneko leapt up over Issei and Bob, her fists charged with the blue fire of Senjutsu as she went on the attack. Her eyes sharpening like a feline on the hunt, as she rotates her body midair gathering up a storm of blue fire. "You fight just like your sister." Bob smirked as he hoisted Issei up from the floor, and kicked him into Koneko.

"Suck it." Koneko groaned as she tossed Issei right back at Bob. Bob raised his brow as it seemed like Issei had been trained to get tossed around, as the pervert actually dealt a hit to Bob's jaw. Issei readied for a second hit, but Bob was quick to block with his forearm as he followed up by elbowing Issei right in the helm of his armor.

Issei groaned as the helm of his Balance Breaker broke apart. "Shit!" Issei groaned as he skidded backwards. "Boost! Boost! Boost!" Regaining his balance Issei soared towards Bob once more. Bob snapped his fingers, summoning the Mjolnir Replica away from its clash with Xenovia, and back into his hand. Bob followed up with a heavy swing of the hammer, clashing directly into the side of Issei's head as he entered Bob's range.

Thunder roared from the strike, and Issei cried out in pain as his entire helm broke apart. He skipped across the arena rolling onto his back. "Fuck, that stings…" Issei groaned as blood started leaking from his head.

"Damn, you are surprisingly durable." Bob complimented as he took a giant leap towards Issei, with Mjolnir Jr. raised over his head gathering up a storm of dark blue thunder. "Guess I will put in a little more effort into this one." Acting quickly, Xenovia threw Ex-Durandal like a tomahawk towards Bob, while Koneko swiftly moved in to grab Issei.

Bob noticing the holy sword coming at him swiftly turned around, and swung his Mjolnir replica into the blade. He didn't have time to risk injures from holy weapons after all. Koneko had grabbed Issei, and dealt a volley strike of blue Senjutsu fire to Bob's solar plexus as she leapt away. Bob groaned, as he rubbed the spot where Koneko had hit him. Feeling that spot on his body ache, Bob began reflecting on his opponents. 'Out of the three of them… Issei is the only one with potential to match one of the Sins if he continues to boost up his power. I need to eliminate him first after all… But the two of them know that as well, and would do anything to make sure Issei stays in the game. And Xenovia… her sword is different. Its shape has altered from the last time I saw it in action. And it's radiating more holy power than ever before. And she is somehow faster… did her sword increase her speed or something? A cut from that would fucking hurt for sure. And Koneko, she is more of a close ranged fighter than Kuroka is. Thinking she will fight like her sister was a mistake on my part. At this rate if I'm not careful… I might actually lose this fight.'

Bob was right to worry, if Issei managed to charge up enough power he could do some serious damage. And now that Xenovia had the abilities of the added six Excalibur cores, and with one of those cores being Excalibur Rapidly her speed had increased as well. Her Durandal now carried six times its former holy destructive aura. And Koneko with her Senjutsu skill damaging Bob's cells and body with every hit, could cause some serious damage. And the three Gremory servants knew this, as this is why Rias had chosen them for this task.

"Heh, a task force specially designed for taking me down, eh?" Bob smirked as he revealed to them, he had figured out their strategy. "Got to say, I am honored that Rias thinks so highly of me as a fighter. But how did you… or how did she even know I was going to be here?"

"Heh, she just knows Itachi-senpai's tactics I guess." Xenovia cheekily replied, causing Bob to erupt into a chuckle.

"Well, I wouldn't blame a woman for knowing how their man thinks. I see… so she figured Itachi would have me here to guard this post… because it is the furthest place to reach for your team. Then I guess Itachi was also right to guess… that you would manage to navigate your way in here thanks to Koneko." Bob said causing the three to gasp a little. "That's right… Rias might know how the captain thinks. But that doesn't mean the captain doesn't know how his own woman thinks."

"Then… if Itachi-senpai figured we would navigate quickly through the maze to get here… why didn't he send a second Sin to back you up?" Koneko asked, starting to sense around for any traps or if any other Sin was lurking around.

"Isn't it obvious?" Bob asked, as his Mjolnir Jr. crackled with an intense amount of dark blue lightning. "It's because he knows I am strong enough to take you all out obviously." Bob's confidence was backed up by the intense amount of pressure his body unleashed. Indeed, this fight could go in their favor if they were careful in their approach. But this was the man who had taken down Kokabiel while they helplessly stood and watched. Bob could still wipe the floor with all three of them if he managed to see through their strategy. "Did you guys know… Itachi before the tournament even began, actually made us all aware of who amongst Sona's peerage and Rias' he thought could rival some of us Sins? For Sona, he only thought Tsubaki Shinra and Sona herself were strong enough to rival one of us, with that Saji being a possible third. And for you guys, Itachi said that only Rias, Issei, Rossweisse and maybe Kiba Yuuto could go up against one of us Sins in direct combat. Itachi was aware from day one, that our biggest challenge in this tournament was going to be Sairaorg Bael. And well, we already won that battle."

"You trying to say we don't stand a chance in this Rating Game, is that it?!" Issei snarled, feeling a little insulted at that.

"That is what we used to think, yes." Bob confirmed, although his wording had them all raise their brow. "But now… I genuinely think you guys might be more troublesome than we were led to believe. You guys have grown strong. But still… not strong enough to beat me one-on-one. And especially not strong enough to take on either old man Harry or captain Itachi. Still… if you guys play your cards right, you might actually win this game for what it's worth. So don't lose hope, and continue coming at me and the rest with everything you got!" Bob said encouragingly, standing like a giant wall in their path.

"Alright then, Issei, lend me your ear." Xenovia quickly summoned Issei to her side, and leaned in to whisper something into his ear. Koneko's cat ears meanwhile twitched, remaining stone face as she would stand in Bob's way should he attempt to attack them in the middle of strategizing. Issei nodded, and quickly his Boosted Gear went off like an alarm blaring green. "Boost! Boost! Boost!"

"Heh, not likely." Bob smirked as he leapt up into the air, with Mjolnir Jr. raised high above his head ready to deal a deadly hammer strike onto Issei.

"Ex-Durandal, activate Excalibur core, Rapidly." Xenovia's body was encased in a light blue glow. As she suddenly vanished in a flash from her spot next to Issei. Bob raised his brow in confusion, as afterimages of Xenovia appeared encircling him.

In the arena stands, the humans were unable to keep up as to them Xenovia had just suddenly vanished from sight. "Wh-Where did Xenovia-chan go?!" Matsuda and Motohama looked in slight panic, that one of the hot girls in their class vanished from sight.

"She's moving around at super speed." Azazel revealed as the cameras began picking up flashes of Xenovia moving around with their enhanced magical lenses. "Her sword got an upgrade with the Excalibur cores. She possesses all of their abilities now, and one of them doubles her natural speed. If she had this sword during their Rating Game against Sona. She would without a doubt have beaten Sona's Queen Tsubaki Shinra in combat." Azazel revealed as he continued to watch his student's growth with great pride.

Bob quickly abandoned his strike on Issei, as he moved to hold off the assault of Xenovia. Swinging his hammer around just barely in time to counter the slashes from Xenovia's Ex-Durandal. 'Her speed increased…' Bob noticed as suddenly his face ended up slashed with a gashing bloodied cut. Bob cringed feeling his face burn from the holy power of the sword. "Ha!" Bob swung his hammer into the arena, causing a giant shockwave to erupt around the arena.

The arena moved like a giant tsunami wave, knocking Xenovia off balance. The knight backflipped into a wall, squatting her legs down as she took a mighty leap making a dent in the wall as she soared towards Bob. "Ex-Durandal, activate Excalibur core, Destruction!" Clashing her Ex-Durandal against the Mjolnir replica in a mighty swing. The added doubled destructive force of her Ex-Durandal, enabled Xenovia to rival the casual might of Mjolnir Jr's swing. The two weapons clashed and formed a destructive blast that blew Xenovia flying back, and sent Bob skidding backwards.

'Her blade's destructive force doubled? With that much destructive power, she could level down entire cities!' Bob groaned as he came to a screeching halt, only for the young Nekomata Koneko to dropkick him in the back. Bob tumbled forward, as Koneko moved swiftly dealing flame coated punches to the giant muscular mountain that was Bob.

Bob reached out, and managed to grab Koneko by the neck. Though in his giant hand he also held onto her by the shoulders. Bob cringing in pain, as Koneko's Senjutsu had dealt internal damage to his body. Destroying several cells. Bob body slammed Koneko to the floor, keeping her pinned down. The young Nekomata gasped, as blood erupted from her mouth. "Sorry kiddo." Bob mumbled as he resorted to punching the pinned down Koneko. "Huh?" The Koneko he had punched, suddenly vanished into a thin air. "Hallucinating fog…" Bob groaned as he noticed Koneko was utilizing a similar fog that Kuroka would use to create hallucinating double gangers. With one mighty swing of Mjolnir Jr. Bob cleared away this fog with ease, while also dealing a shocking thundering blast to the hidden Koneko who howled in pain as the electricity surged through her system.

Koneko began breathing heavily, starting to look more feral as the side effects of using Senjutsu was getting to her. Her eyes looking piercing like a cat on the hunt. Luckily for Koneko, thanks to this feral based state she had been able to endure that electric attack from the Mjolnir replica. "Easy there now, kitty, don't want to go on a rampage now do we?" Bob lightly taunted, as Koneko seemed to take a breather.

"Tag in…" Koneko panted as she needed to rest and gather herself before she let the side effects of Senjutsu get to her.

"On it." Issei who had continuously been boosting his power, suddenly glowed red as his armor began changing its shape. Turning itself into a skinnier more flexible version. "Promotion! Welsh Sonic Boost Knight!" With this new form, Issei's speed has grown tremendously to the point where he moved like a blur to Bob.

Bob grew frustrated, swinging his hammer and fist around as Issei ran circles around him dealing heavy speed enhanced punches. Bob as he was getting bombarded by attacks, noticed a certain flaw in Issei's strategy. He kept hitting Bob in the same places, his upper back, then kidney, chin, chest, gut. Bob crouched down, shielding his head as he began getting a hang of Issei's attack pattern, and then in a violent BOOM! Bob smacked Mjolnir Jr. into Issei's body. The dragon host gaping, and his face twisted into one of agony as he was launched into the ceiling denting a giant crater in it for Issei to fall onto.

His body shaken to its core from one mere swing of that former divine weapon, Issei was brought to his knees. His legs feeling like a jelly as he collapsed. Bob exploited this opportunity and leapt up to Issei, throwing his arm forward Bob grabbed onto Issei within the crater, dragging him across it before pulling him down. As they were falling Bob grabbed his arms around Issei's legs, and locked his head with his legs. Bob drove Issei down into the arena floor with a piledriver, burying the dragon host within a hole in the arena.

"Holy shit…" In the arena, Matsuda and Motohama gaped as they dropped their popcorn in awe.

"Hyoudou…" Aika trembled with a look of worry on her face.

"He's… he's not dead, is he?" Murayama asked, she and Katase looking less worried than the other three.

"Issei? Nah, out of Rias' peerage, he is without a doubt the most durable one. An attack like that will hurt, sure, but he will get back up again." Azazel said with great confidence in Issei's ability.

Green light glowed from within the giant hole in the arena, and the sound of Bob and Issei grunting came from within it. As well as shockwaves from them trading punches. Looking down, Xenovia saw the silhouettes of Issei and Bob light up, as Issei's Boosted Gear continued to glow flashes of green with every boost. In the end, Issei was booted out of the hole by Bob, and launched several feet up into the air.

Bob launched himself out like cannonball from a cannon, as he threw a heavy hit into Issei's gut. Issei groaned, blood erupting from his helm when suddenly his armor glowed red and changed its shape once more. "Let's see you take this one on!" Issei snarled as his armor turned bigger, bulkier, and actually loomed over Bob in height. "Promotion! Welsh Dragonic Rook!" Raising its massive armor-plated arms, Issei smacked Bob down to the arena floor in a heavy sledgehammer blow.

Bob grunted as he made contact with the arena floor, causing an explosion to erupt and a giant dust cloud to gather. "We're in enemy territory, you are not!" Issei then dove down, and crash landed onto the downed Bob, causing the arena floor to get torn up even more. From the smoke, all Xenovia and Koneko heard was the sound of Bob groaning as he was launched out from it with a heavy hit from Issei.

"Now!" Issei shoulder charged towards Bob, but something wasn't right. Issei hadn't even drawn blood from Bob. Bob with a grunt tossed the Mjolnir replica flying towards Issei. Issei came to a sudden halt, holding his bulked-up arms out to catch the flying hammer. It's thundering lightning surging across his arms as he held it in place. Unable to stop it, Issei pushed it aside and redirected it crashing to the ground behind him as he continued his assault at Bob.

"Dumbass." Bob with a snap of his finger summoned Mjolnir Jr. back to him, the hammer smacking into the back of Issei's head causing him to fall and tumble. Bob grabbed onto the hammer, and dealt a thunder infused smack to the downed Issei causing him to bounce off the ground a little. "You got the attack power, sure." Bob stepped onto Issei's chest, keeping him pinned down even as he struggled. Even in his promoted Rook form, Issei still struggled to push Bob off of him.

Bob flinched as he noticed Issei was starting to get back up, adding his full body weight to keeping Issei down he brought the dragon host down once more. "You got spirit." Bob charged up another strike from the Mjolnir replica. "But no brains. Or sense for combat." Bob lifted Mjolnir Jr. up to deal a crushing strike.

"Rocket Boosters!" The back ignition boosters on Issei's armor lit up, as he successfully pushed Bob off and kneed the hulk of a man in the chin. Bob groaned as he backed up a few steps, rubbing his sore chin as Issei took a giant leap into the air with his arms lifted up. As Issei dealt a heavy crushing strike onto Bob, causing another explosive shockwave to erupt around the arena.

Xenovia and Koneko found themselves blown backwards, unable to even get close to assist Issei with all this destructive force. "Did that do the trick?!" Xenovia questioned, as the blowing dust made it hard for her to see.

They then see through the smoke, Bob holding Issei's arm back, one handed. As Bob's grip was even so strong, it crushed the wrist area of Issei's bulky armor like a tin can. Issei seeing this, groans in frustration, gathering his power into his free fist as he deals a heavy hit to Bob's head. Bob shakes his head, as Issei's hit was heavy enough to draw blood. A cut appearing at Bob's forehead, and Bob even spat out a broken tooth. Yet even so Bob snarls and says in a taunting voice. "Gotta hit harder than that!"

Issei in shock responds by throwing more hard hits into Bob's cranium. Throwing Bob for a loop as he let's go of Issei's arm and chuckles to himself. "At least hit me properly." Putting his back into it, Bob dealt a heavy upper cut into Issei's chest crystal causing it to crack, and launching Issei and his heavy armor into the air and falling towards Xenovia and Koneko who quickly moved out of the way.

"Dammit all!" Issei groans as he picks himself up, the helm of his armor torn to shred revealing his frustrated face. Blood staining his white teeth, and leaking down his chin. "Just a little more…" Issei mumbled, as his Boosted Gear continued to boost. "Boost! Boost! Boost!" Yet Issei's power itself didn't seem to grow, rather it gathered into a singular point.

"Not going to happen." Bob kicked Issei in the chest, knocking him down. Pinning Issei down once more. Although this time, the tiny form of Koneko jumped onto Bob's back latching her legs around his neck as she began punching Bob hard atop his skull.

Bob groaned in annoyance, as he backed away from Issei who continued to boost. Koneko using Senjutsu enhanced punches, was dealing critical damage to Bob, and weakening him slightly. Bob grabs onto Koneko, and pulls her off his back holding her by the leg. As she was hanging there, her skirt went down revealing her blue and white striped panties.

"Perv!" Koneko's face flushed red, and Bob a little startled at the accusation gasped. But Koneko quickly dealt Senjutsu infused punches into Bob's chest. Her punches initially not leaving a mark, but as she continued to hit him Bob eventually had to let her go. Groaning Bob looked down, seeing his chest was bruised badly. And blood erupted between his gritted teeth showing the damaging effect Koneko's Senjutsu had on Bob internally.

Bob quickly kicked Koneko, launching her tiny body like a missile crashing into a wall that gained a giant cobweb of cracks. Snapping his fingers, Bob summoned Mjolnir Jr, although with a confused gaze Bob saw two hammers fly his way. One of them suddenly transformed into a katana as it stabbed through Bob's hand. Bob grunted, as with his left hand he grabbed onto the real Mjolnir replica. "What the hell is this?"

"Ex-Durandal, Excalibur core, Mimic." Xenovia rushed in, and grabbed her blade and pulled it out from Bob's hand. Having used Irina's old Excalibur core to mimic Ex-Durandal into a copy of the Mjolnir replica to trick Bob.

"Heh, clever. Still won't beat me." Bob praised as he ignored the burning pain in his hand. Having suffered two cuts now from the enhanced holy sword. Bob's durability had left Xenovia astonished. Her Ex-Durandal may not be as powerful as the original Excalibur was at its peak, but it was still pretty darn close as it was only missing one of the Excalibur cores. For Bob to shrug off two cuts like that, for a devil, was astonishing.

"Ex-Durandal, activate Excalibur core, Nightmare!" Xenovia's body flashed as it split itself into five duplicates of herself. The five Xenovia's rushed around using the speed of Excalibur rapidly to confuse Bob further as to which was the real one, and which wasn't an illusion.

Bob swung his hammer around, going through Xenovia hallucinations after the other. Although in the end, Bob simply did one thing Itachi had taught him when it came to fighting an illusion. Bob swung a lightning infused swing from the Mjolnir replica, into himself. Bob cried out, as the lightning from his hammer electrocuted him. The surging pain, breaking apart the illusion as Bob surprised Xenovia by grabbing onto her ankle. She gasped as Bob suddenly whipped her body around, and tossed her into a pillar causing it to split in half.

"Boost!" Suddenly rang, and caught Bob's attention as he turned around to Issei who long since had gotten back up on his feet. "It's finished! Xenovia! Koneko-chan!" His body exploded with a giant wave of power that kept Bob from advancing towards him. "Transfer!" The gathered boosted power, flooded into the bodies of Issei's teammates, Koneko and Xenovia. Both letting out small moans, as their bodies were filled with a surge of power. "Let's get him!" Issei called out, as Koneko and Xenovia both rushed at Bob while Issei's armor once again glowed red and changed its form. "Promotion! Welsh Blaster Bishop!" Two-gun turrets grew out from Issei's back, hanging over his shoulders, and his armor mostly resembled his regular Scale Mail.

Xenovia rushed at greater speed than ever before, her already doubled speed, having grown quadruplet, as well as the destructive force of her blade. "Ex-Durandal! Activate, Excalibur core, Destruction!" The tremendous destructive force from Xenovia's blade, vibrated across the room, and Bob quickly countered by powering up the strike of his Mjolnir replica as it grew to ridicules size to match its power.

Bob groaned as the added force of Xenovia's blade had his knees buckle under pressure. 'Mjol. Jr. is still absorbing the brunt force of her attack! But still, a full powered strike from her blade now could destroy an entire small country!' Xenovia relentlessly slashed her blade, unleashing destructive slash waves into Bob who began actually skidding backwards.

Koneko then rushed in, dealing heavily doubled enhanced punches into Bob causing him to buckle forward as Koneko dealt a crushing elbow strike to his gut. 'This is what they were whispering about?! That's why Koneko only interfered at the end there when Issei was pinned down! He was nearly finished charging up his power for this?! They were buying him time at the end there! Dammit! I got too comfortable when I was wiping the floor with them!'

Issei then leapt up over them, his two-gun turrets charging up green spheres of energy. With a battle cry, Issei had the turrets fire off two giant powered blasts of energy straight into Bob's chest launching him backwards. Issei's ignition boosters rocketed his body towards the downed Bob, as he threw a heavy punch.

But Bob reacted to it, and grabbed onto Issei's wrist in a crushing grip that had Issei cry out in pain. Feeling his bone was about to snap. "Clever strategy… if I was Damian or Jack, you guys would have probably won by now! Time to throw away the kid gloves!" Issei continued to boost in the face of Bob's glare. Both roaring in each other's face, as they unleashed their auras that were strong enough to prevent Xenovia or Koneko in their boosted-up states from reaching them. 'The way he keeps boosting now… he is actually growing stronger. It feels like back when he was a rampaging Juggernaut! Too bad, his fists lack the power he had back then!' Bob pushed Issei back, and the frustrated Issei had his gun turrets continue to unload onto Bob with energy blaster waves. "Unless you can go into that form! You will never beat me!" Bob declared as he kneed Issei in the chest, causing him to huddle forward. With a snap of his finger, Bob also summoned Mjolnir Jr. flying into Issei, cutting off his gun turrets.

"Ex-Durandal, activate Excalibur core, Blessing!" Xenovia's sword emitted a golden holy glow, and shot it towards Issei's dragon arm. Issei's arm getting infused with its divine energy, causing Bob's hand which held onto Issei's wrist burn. Bob grunted in pain, recoiling his arm back with black smoke emitting from it. Issei using this opening, threw a holy infused punch into Bob's face leaving a burn mark of his fist in Bob's cheek.

Bob wielding the giant-sized Mjolnir replica, bangs Issei in the head hard enough for him to fall into the ground, forming a new giant crater. Before Bob could deal a second blow that without a doubt would have knocked Issei out and retired him. Koneko and Xenovia both leapt into the fray, still burning with the boosted gifted power from Issei. They wouldn't have this boosted power for long, and needed to use it to the fullest until Issei could gather his bearings and return to the fight.

It felt as if thunder crackled through his very skull the moment the Mjolnir replica made contact with the helm of his armor. Issei's body had collapsed into the crater like a bag of sand, unable to move an inch. The only thing keeping him from retiring, was that his spirit was still driven to fight. Fight for his friends, his saviors, his master. Before Issei knew it, he opened his eyes and found himself in a white void.

Issei gazed up and saw a council of former wielders of the Boosted Gear. His predecessors, their usual glum looks were replaced by one of righteous fury. Dark auras of hatred oozing from their very beings "Juggernaut Drive… It has to be Juggernaut Drive. It is the only solution." They continued to chant, Issei's fighting spirit having reached them, and their fiery determination to make him use that beastly form.

"Juggernaut Drive? But…" Issei mumbled, the last time he had used Juggernaut Drive was against Loki. Only back then, Vali had given him the cheat item that was Ophis' snake which allowed Issei to keep his sanity and prevent his life force from getting drained to fuel that monstrous form. If he used it now, he would without a doubt just rampage again like he did during the battle against Diodora. Issei's thoughts were not loud enough, to drown out the bitter sounding voices of the previous wielders.

"We lost to a God last time… this time we will destroy all. We will become the Dragon King of Destruction. Use the power of Juggernaut Drive to destroy all in our path." They continued to chant, wanting nothing more than to destroy everything in their path.

"Shut up!" Issei suddenly roared in the face of his predecessors. "I won't destroy anything! I am going to use that power to fight Bob, and use it for the sake of Rias Buchou! You guys don't get to decide what I will become or do!"

"This is the destiny, of all those wielding the Boosted Gear! It is embedded into the Sacred Gear itself!" The predecessors then all collectively began the chant. "I, who is about to awaken, am the Heavenly dragon that has stolen the principle of domination."

Issei clicked his teeth in frustration, and decided to interrupt with a chant of his own. "I, who is about to awaken, am the Sekiryuutei who has discarded the principle of domination!" The sound of his chant had the council of former wielders recoil in shock. Their bitter voices carried on with the Juggernaut Drive chant.

"I laugh at the "Infinite" and reject the "Dream"."

"I shall walk the road of righteousness by having infinite dream and hope!"

"I shall become the Red dragon. King of Domination."

"I shall become the King of Crimson Dragon!"

The senior Boosted Gear wielders grew frustrated with Issei's defiance. "And I shall sink you to the crimson purgatory!"

Issei smiled and steeled himself with determination as he clenches his fists. "And I promise you all! I will show you the future that shines in True-Crimson light!"

The predecessors looked stunned at the promise of a brighter future. "Future… you will show us the future?"

"Yes! I will show it to you! No! Let's see it together! I will show it to you together with me! To my comrades! To my friends! To the woman I love! To the children! We will show them!" Issei smiled brightly, as his body in the real world began to crawl back up again.

"Future… we will create a future… not destroy, but create…" Their bitterness and anger seemed to die down, as Issei's spirit settled them. Through the teachings of Damian, Azazel, and the two former strongest wielders of the Boosted Gear. Issei was able to use his spirit to tame the anger and resentment of the previous wielders who never got to realize their dream due to the curse of Juggernaut Drive.

"Let's show them! Senpais! I am Hyoudou Issei! The Oppai Dragon! And I am Rias Gremory's Pawn! For those that I love!" Issei said as images of Asia, Xenovia, Irina and even Aika for a brief moment flashed through his mind. "Let's show them the power of the Crimson Dragon Emperor!"

The boosted gifted power from Issei had worn off, and it was quickly noticeable, as Bob pushed Xenovia's Ex-Durandal back and smacked the sword out from Xenovia's grip while simultaneously launching Xenovia crashing into a pillar. Bob then dealt a heavy hit into Koneko's body, the young Nekomata trying to get her last licks in by using Senjutsu to try and poison Bob from within as she grabbed her blue fiery hands onto Bob's fist. The force of Bob's punch launched Koneko flying into the ceiling causing the whole room to shake. Had it not been for her Rook durability that blow would have retired her. And had Xenovia taken a direct hit from Bob, she would have been out for the count.

Bob snapped his fingers summoning the Mjolnir replica to his hand. And that is when suddenly a wave of crimson power exploded around the room and had Bob get blown forward a few steps. Turning around, Bob came face-to-face with Issei in a bright Crimson red armor. "Cardinal Crimson Promotion, Queen!" Dragon wings made of red-pinkish crystals spread from Issei's back. And with his wings spread, Issei unleashed a shockwave of power that had Xenovia and Koneko in awe.

Bob looked with slight widened eyes of shock for a mere moment, then he gained a smirk. "This feeling… it's not as destructive and powerful as Juggernaut Drive. But it feels far more controlled. The sheer intensity of it, it sure does rival your Juggernaut Drive form. Heh, a trump card you had saved up, eh?"

"No… actually I just awakened it." Issei revealed as he himself was amazed at the intensity of power he felt from his new armor. But Issei noticed it, even though this form had made him stronger. He could tell, Bob was still slightly stronger than him. With the Mjolnir replica, reflecting the intensity of Bob's own power through a series of thunder strikes. The difference between them was subtle, but it was there. But still, with them now being more evenly matched, Issei believed they could defeat Bob now. And so did Xenovia and Koneko.

The sudden shocked voice of Ddraig rang through Issei's head. "Partner! What happened?! One moment your consciousness was blown into the depths of the Sacred Gear, and the next you are like this. It feels like most of the curse the previous wielders had… have disappeared?!"

"Heh, well Ddraig… What can I say? I just matured I guess." Issei playfully replied, smiling behind the helm of his new armor. And then he zoomed across the battlefield at sonic speed. "Star Sonic Booster!"

'His speed has doubled compared to his Knight promotion form?!' Bob was shocked as he suddenly found himself keeling over, as Issei dug his fist into Bob's gut. 'His strength too has doubled compared to his Rook promotion!' Bob gritted his teeth, as he wrapped his arms around Issei and lifted him off the ground, and slammed him down in a suplex move.

"Solid Impact Booster!" Crimson energy burned from Issei's arms, and he wrestled himself out from Bob's grip and threw a heavy hit into Bob's face. Bob groaned as he was launched back like a cannonball out of a cannon. Issei took chase, and dropkicked Bob at the center of his chest sending him crashing down through the arena platform and ended up buried hundreds of feet below the arena floor.

A thunderous crackle echoed, as Bob shot up from the hole in the arena, carried by the Mjolnir replica as they slammed into the arena generating a thundering shockwave that blew Issei back a few steps. Bob spat out blood to the side, showing the side of his face that was now swollen with a fresh bruise. "Not bad…"

Bob and Issei then rushed forward at each other, both throwing heavy hits into each other. Each hit carrying a shockwave that rippled through the Rating Game dimension. Bob groaned, catching Issei's hit under his armpit and dealt a swift headbutt to Issei's helm causing it to crack. Issei countered with a punch from his left fist into Bob's face.

The rippling shockwaves were starting to leave ripples in the time space of the Rating Game Dimension, it was coming apart. Bob grabs firmly onto Mjolnir Jr. and aims to swing it onto Issei's head. Issei manages to react quick enough, and with supersonic speed shoots his hand up to grab Bob by the wrist. "Fang Blast Boosters!" The gun turrets of his Bishop form grew out from his wings, and suddenly blasted Bob directly in the face with energy beams. "Crimson Blaster!" The sheer weight of the beams seemed to double in size, and intensity as the blast soared across the arena and carried Bob with it.

Issei can only gasp, as he sees the beams getting split. Bob holding the Mjolnir replica in front of the beams as he pushed forward. "You got to be shitting me…" Bob truly was a tank. Although it wasn't without struggle, as sweat was pouring down Bob's face. The heat of the beams had the Mjolnir replica turn bright orange, and it burnt Bob's skin. "Hngh!" With a mighty heave, Bob deflected the beams with the Mjolnir replica, unleashing a thundering wave of dark blue lightning.

Issei rocketed towards Bob, and quickly threw a heavy haymaker into Bob's head causing him to fall over. Bob barely managed to remain standing, although resiliently Bob shot his arm out and grabbed Issei by the throat as he repeatedly smacked Issei with the Mjolnir replica. Each hit unleashing a thundering blast. Issei groaned in pain, as the hammer shaved away at his armor.

Bob panted as he stopped hitting Issei senseless for a moment. "Now that's more like it…" Bob complimented, holding Mjolnir jr. ready for a final strike now that Issei's head was fully exposed with his armored helm gone. "With this form, your attacks actually hurt me. Still… I can take, everything you throw at me. In a few years that might change, but for now... I'm still stronger than you."

Issei wheezes out his next words as Bob chokes him. Desperately gripping onto Bob's hand in an attempt to break out from the chokehold, Issei looked Bob dead in the eye. "Yeah, you are right… you are stronger than me. That is why I brought this!" Issei lifted his arms up, and elbowed Bob's forearm breaking out of the chokehold, Issei then deals a right hook to Bob's face.

Bob's head was thrown to the side, as a tooth came out from Issei's full powered punch. Issei then lifts his dominant arm, and shouts. "Ascalon!" The Holy Dragon Slayer sword emerged out from his gauntlet, as Issei swiftly swung it downwards, slashing Bob across the torso.

Bob backs up screaming in pain, as the holy sword was taking its effect, burning his skin. "Ex-Durandal, activate Excalibur core, Transparency!" Xenovia suddenly appeared behind Bob, having used the sixth final core to turn herself and the blade invisible to sneak up on Bob. Xenovia ruthlessly stabbed the holy sword through Bob's abdomen.

Bob cried out in pain, as he fell onto one knee, Xenovia pulled her blade out as she noticed the center jewel on Issei's armor charging up a blast. "Now! Issei!" Xenovia took a giant backwards leap.

"Longinus Smasher!" Issei gave a mighty war cry, as a giant cannon emerges out from his chest and unleashes a full powered destructive red beam of energy. This was Issei's big finisher, and the move that would end this battle.

"Not yet! I'm not done yet!" Bob cried out in anger, as he swung a fully lightning charged Mjolnir replica into the incoming blast of destruction.

"Unbelievable… He was slashed and even stabbed by two holy swords, and he can still fight!" Xenovia looked in disbelief, Bob was the tank of the Sins, he wouldn't go down that easily.

Blue thunder tore the entire underground passageway apart, leaving a giant hole in the ceiling that led straight into the castle above. Thunder and a glaring red light soared through the entire castle and the Rating Game Dimension. As two monsters clashed bellow, Bob unleashing a mighty war cry as blood poured out from his torso, out from his stab wound and out from his own mouth, along with surging dark blue thunder that even came out from his eyes giving him a monstrous appearance. While Issei was unleashing giant flashing crimson waves of power, while roaring like an actual dragon.

Xenovia didn't know what else to do in this situation, if Issei lost this power struggle, they all lose. And Issei was giving it his all to make sure his energy blast consumed Bob. While Bob pushed on with the Mjolnir replica in an attempt to tear through the blast wave. But there was still young Koneko. The little Nekomata was exhausted, using Senjutsu to heal her own injures, seeing the power struggle between Bob and Issei she knew she had to do something. Shakingly Koneko lifted up her hand, forming a tiny sphere of blue Senjutsu fire. 'Guess I will fight like Onee-sama…' Koneko gently blew the blue fire sphere, sending it flying towards Bob like a bullet.

The blue fire bullet pierced into the stab wound left by Xenovia's Ex-Durandal in Bob's abdomen. Suddenly Bob flinched as he felt his power drain from his body. His eyes grew groggy and his vision turning hazy. "The hell…?" Looking behind him, Bob noticed Koneko from where she sat.

"Suck it…" Koneko smirked at Bob, having used Senjutsu to not only damage Bob's cells, but also added the needed fatigue in Bob to force him to fall asleep. And for someone like Bob, it was most effective, with Storage Magic already making it easier for Bob to get sleepy.

"Fuck…" Bob groaned, still he remained awake and continued to struggle. "You guys… you guys got me. Damn, I should have focused on taking Koneko and Xenovia out first." Bob smirked as the Mjolnir replica was blown out from his grip, as Issei's Longinus Smasher blast consumed him in a bright crimson light.

Bob's body was surrounded with a blue light, as he and the Mjolnir replica vanished. Issei seeing this deactivated his finisher move, the crimson light of his blast dying down before it dealt a widespread damage that would injure his own comrades. Issei feeling the fatigue collapsed onto his knees as he was stripped off his armor. "Fuck… that was intense." Issei breathed heavily, as Xenovia and Koneko quickly rushed to his side to tend to him.

"Itachi Sitri's Pawn Bob, retired. Taken down by the combined effort of Hyoudou Issei, Koneko Tojo, and Xenovia Quarta." Esdeath and Grayfia's announcements brought shocked looks amongst the Sins.

Damian and Jack from within the control room, gasped in shock. "Bob was… taken down?" Jack questioned while Damian began to chuckle.

"Heh, as expected of my Kouhai. Seems they got the jump on good ol' Bob." Damian was bitter over hearing his friend losing. But overall, he was also proud of Issei's growth.

Raven within her own barrier holding off attacks from Akeno and Rossweisse looked astonished. "They ganged up on Bob, huh? A simple, yet against someone like Bob, an effective strategy."

Harry and Itachi in the throne room looked less shocked as they viewed the footage. "Although we accounted for Ascalon… We did not account for Xenovia's upgraded Durandal. Nor, that Issei Hyoudou's new form." Harry analyzed the footage, seeing how well Bob fought. "… Had Bob been allowed to use Promotion as well during the fight, he would have won no question."

"It can't be helped. We're playing defense in our own territory. Promotion is only usable when in enemy territory. But I do agree, it seems Rias and her group did have a few surprises after all." Itachi sighed as he leaned back in his throne. Although normally a Devil would feel bitter in such situations, Itachi smiled. He was pleased from Bob's effort. And even more so, happy for Rias and her peerage. This Rating Game was not over yet.

Back with Issei, Xenovia and Koneko. They sat there amidst the collapsing rubble, a clear path to the castle opened as a giant hole had been blown into the ceiling from the final clash. "Alright, time for stage two of the plan." Xenovia mumbled while Koneko used her Senjutsu skills to try and heal Issei and restore some of his stamina. "Issei, you know what to do?"

"Yeah… I will sneak around the castle and find the throne room. You guys go and support those who need it. Maybe I should find Asia… have her use Twilight Healing on me first. At this rate, I'm pretty much useless." Issei revealed, as after Bob's defeat their plan was to split up.

"It would be smart to try and stay out of Rias Buchou's way while she fights. They are probably engaged in battle right now." Koneko added, as Issei should hold off on trying to get to Asia who was with Rias. With Rias having boldly charged through the front gate, they all knew she must be fighting a battle right now.

"Heh, no need… If Asia's new ability works like Buchou said. I don't have to be next to her for her to heal me." Issei smirked as Koneko had managed to heal him enough for him to stand up at least.

"Right… Good luck." Xenovia quickly kissed Issei on the cheek, as she and Koneko vanished in a flash, moving up towards the castle. While Issei slowly made his way up as well, taking his time to gather up more strength.

Kuroka and Eto who were currently fighting Rias took a break out of shock at hearing of Bob's loss. "Seriously? I mean, I am super-duper happy that Shirone and the rest won the fight. But seriously?! They beat Bob?" Kuroka was at a crossroads herself, conflicted whether she should cheer for her sister's victory, or feel frustrated over her comrade's defeat.

"The big oaf… must have let his guard down." Eto looked with scorn. Both of their attention was drawn to Rias, who simply smiled at the situation.

"It would seem, this Rating Game isn't going to be that easy for you guys after all, huh?" Rias sarcastically asked while crossing her arms. "That win against Bob, gives my team 5 points, right?" Rias gave the two Sins a taunting smile that nearly had them lose their cool.

"Well, those 5 points will be meaningless, once we beat you and end this game." Eto threw back, as the tentacles of her Kakuja expanded to greater size, creating a gigantic monster. While Kuroka went down on all fours, her two-cat tail twirling around dancing with blue fire, and her nails growing like claws.

"Nya, for the captain, we'll crush you quickly princess~" Kuroka smirked and pounced towards Rias like a feral animal. But was quickly blown away by a wave of destruction from Rias' hand.

"Don't be so sure." Rias commented, as Kuroka suddenly emerged out from Rias' shadow. Rias flinched, and quickly tilted her head aside to avoid a thrusting fiery strike from Kuroka's palm. Moving like an acrobat, Rias dealt a series of Destruction infused kicks to Kuroka tearing right through her. "Clones, huh?" Rias commented and noticed several clones of Kuroka surrounding her. "Heh, your approach is more careful than Koneko's. These clones… or rather hallucinating after images. Won't bring me down!" Rias' aura exploded into waves of red destructive power, blowing away the mist Kuroka had created around them, and erasing all of her afterimages.

"Her name… is Shirone." Kuroka snarled, as the real her stepped out from behind Eto's Kakuja. "And I'm just testing the waters as they say. We all saw how volatile your destruction aura was against Sona after all."

"I must say I am surprised. Tell me, Rias… has everything up until now been an act? Do you secretly enjoy being a damsel in distress for Itachi to save?" Eto's taunts jabbed into Rias' heart, as the Gremory heiress glared at the half Ghoul with contempt. Eto seeing this smirked, and with a flick of her fingers had her Kakuja fire off flame infused car-sized red crystal projectiles. "Passionate Flame of Asmodeus." Infusing the fire of the Asmodeus bloodline into her crystals, Eto unleashed a bombardment.

Asia gasped and huddled down into a ball to brace for impact. However, it never came. Carefully gazing up, the former nun noticed all of the giant crystals frozen midair encased with a bright burning aura of destruction. And Rias stood before her with her dominant arm held up, her hand lightly shaking as if she held the crystals in place. Slowly turning her hand, Rias bawled her hand into a fist and Eto's crystal projectiles crumbled into dust and their flames were snuffed out.

"An act? No, not really. Every time I have fought up until now, like I said, I've used the needed power for the situation. Have I gone all out even once? I have. When we all fought Trigon's forces, I used what was my current full power back then. And it wasn't nearly enough to help Itachi… or anyone. And since then, there have been times I have been tempted to go all out. But with everyone backing me up, our collective strength has earned us many victories." Rias glared up at Eto, her eyes burning red behind her shades as her aura burnt brightly. "You asked if I enjoyed having Itachi save me… I don't. In fact, I hate it. Because every time he has stepped in to save me, has served as a reminder that I am still not good enough to stand by his side in battle. That is what I aim to prove today. I don't care if I don't win this game now, but as long as I can prove that I am good enough. Then that is all I need. And to do that, I am going to beat both of you here and now."

At hearing Rias' words, Eto and Kuroka both cracked a smile as they collectively jumped her at once. "Tempted to go all out?! Don't fuck around with me princess!" Eto smirked as her tentacles moved like blades aiming to pierce Rias' body.

"The only one good enough to stand next to the captain! Is me!" Kuroka's entire body caught ablaze as she moved in for a low strike. Both their attacks were thwarted however, as Rias slammed her arms forward tossing a giant wave of destruction onto them pinning both Sins to the floor.

Asia gasped as she saw this, Rias had both Eto and Kuroka pinned to the floor. The sheer magnitude of Rias' destruction wave, made the floor underneath Kuroka and Eto sink into a crater as the two were pushed onto their knees. "The hell is with this intense gravity?!" Kuroka snarled in place, lifting her dominant arm shakingly up to counter attack. Rias merely squeezed her hand, as the intense gravity around Kuroka increased and planted the Nekomata face first into the ground.

"It's quite simple really. My brother made it based off the concept of Divine auras. Unleashing the blunt force of my full power all at once, I create a large gravitational field. Nothing compared to my brother of course, but still, effective." Rias glared down at Eto and Kuroka who groaned in agony as any magical attack attempts from Kuroka ended up devoured in the face of Rias' destruction aura. "Now, I am going all out for your information." Rias replied causing Eto to glare up at her.

"Guess we'll do the same!" Slamming her hand onto the ground, which created a loud rumbling. "Decay of Beelzebub!" Using the power of Shalba Beelzebub, Eto caused the entire ground beneath them to decay at a rapid rate.

"Asia, fly up now!" Rias warned as she spread her wings and leapt up into the sky. Asia quickly followed as Eto's decaying power devoured the entire front gate area of the castle.

With the destruction wave gone, Kuroka bounced up into the air at Rias with her arm thrown back. A gleam in her eye, as she slammed her blue fire infused claws onto Rias smacking her hard against the ground. However, Rias shot back up from the dust, and blasted Kuroka point blank with a destruction sphere that carried her up to the heavens. "Asia, go find somewhere to hide and do what you can." Rias instructed gently.

"Yes ma'am!" Asia nodded and took flight away from the battle.

Kuroka with her claws and Senjutsu skills tore through Rias' destruction sphere, smoke emitting from her burnt clothes as she snarled glaring at Rias. "I will give you this princess, you are strong enough to rival one of us like the captain said!"

Rias took a deep breath, as she moved into some form of fighting stance. Kuroka and Eto flinched as they thought it looked somewhat familiar, it was some form of martial arts they both could have sworn they have seen before. "C-Captain…" Kuroka mumbled as Rias' body mimicked Itachi's regular combat stance. The fire of Rias' destruction aura burnt at her palms as she waved at the two signaling for them to attack her.

Eto acting careful, had her tentacle blades fly at Rias to test her agility and moves. And sure enough, Rias gracefully dodged each attack like a dancer. Despite Eto's Knight like attack speed which surpassed that of Kiba and Xenovia, Rias was able to react to it just fine. "Dodging alone won't win you this fight!"

Rias smirked at the comment, as she shot forward like a red bullet. Eto gasped as she saw her tentacles and Kakuja get shaved in half. Rias' Destruction attacks were devouring Eto's Kakuja, and her attacks. Suddenly Rias leapt up to the head of Eto's Kakuja and with a wave of her hand, Rias tore through the Kakuja's head revealing Eto's hidden body within its mouth. Eto in panic acted out using the divine power she consumed from Loki. "Logi!" Puffing her chest, Eto sprayed out divine fire from her lips.

Rias nimbly avoided the flames by backflipping over them, her new suit having greatly enhanced her flexibility and movement speed. Eto quickly thrusted her arm forward at Rias. "Geirr!" Using the power she consumed from Angrboda, Eto unleashed an air cannon acting as a giant spear. The air cannon hit Rias point blank, and pushed her flying to the air where Kuroka waited.

"Kasha!" Summoning multiple giant wheels of black fire, Kuroka launched them down onto Rias who braced herself for impact.

"Ruin of the Extinct." Holding her dominant arm out towards Kuroka's attacks, Rias encased the wheels of black fire within spheres of Destruction, erasing them on the spot in an instant. Then she turned to deal with Eto's air cannon. Throwing her dominant hand back and bawling it into a fist. "Ruin Pulse Bomb!" Thrusting her fist into the air cannon, Rias unleashed a gigantic pulse of her aura that blew away the air cannon and pushed back both Eto and Kuroka.

Both sins groaned and looked up at Rias who shined like a bright crimson star, moving her arms in circular formation she prepared to unleash a third attack. "Ruin Bombardment." Creating thousands of car-sized destruction spheres, Rias simultaneously formed a barrier of magic circles around them. Pushing her dominant arm forward, Rias unleashed the bombardment of thousands of Destruction spheres. The sheer density the spheres carried was that of titanium, and they bounced off the magic circle barrier walls launching themselves in every direction at the perfect angle for them all to fly towards Kuroka and Eto.

"Skjoldr!" Using another power obtained from consuming Angrboda and Loki's flesh, Eto created a barrier around herself to hold off the bombardment. The barrier of divine Gods like Loki and Angrboda was strong, as it held off the series of bombardment successfully.

Kuroka was not so lucky, as she had to result in using her natural speed and senses to try and dodge this endless bombardment. "This is what she used against Kokabiel… isn't it?" Kuroka pondered to herself as her catlike reflexes served her well in dodging a lot of the bombardment.

Meanwhile outside the barrier, Asia was hidden behind a pillar on her knees and praying. Her Twilight Healing rings having come to view, as they unleashed a series of green bubbles that traveled across the Rating Game dimension. And were all targeted at members of her team.

Issei felt rejuvenated, as many of the green bubbles came to him and hit his body gently before popping. "Thanks a million, Asia." Issei smirked as slowly but surely his injures from his fight with Bob vanished, and he regained his stamina. Elsewhere, both Xenovia and Koneko were healed by these bubbles as well.

And most of all, these green bubbles were able to go unnoticed past Rias' barrier and into her back as well. Rias smiled with great confidence, as she looked down on Eto and Kuroka from where she flew above.

Rias halted as her senses were on high alert, noticing a dark mist beginning to surround them. Rias quickly covered her mouth and nose, as to not breathe in this mist. Knowing it was Kuroka's poison Senjutsu mist used to neutralize her opponents. "Too late, nya~" Kuroka leapt up to Rias, having unloaded a series of magical bullets to counter Rias' thousands of destruction spheres.

Dealing a Touki infused punch to Rias' gut, Kuroka had the Gremory heiress spew out a spray of blood. With that one punch, Kuroka had dealt some serious internal damage to Rias' organs. And with Rias having now inhaled the poison, she was coughing a lot. Kuroka smirked and prepared for a final attack, but Rias quickly acted and knocked Kuroka's hand down, and proceeded to deal a swift spin kick to the right side of Kuroka's head.

Kuroka hissed, as her ears rang from the blow, stunning her for a brief moment enough for Rias to act with a counter attack. With a wave of her hand, Rias unleashed a wave of destruction to blast Kuroka away and create some distance. Kuroka however saw it coming, and with a swipe of her hand cut Rias' attack in half and pounced on the attack.

Rias attempted to block off Kuroka's hits, but infused with the aura of Touki. Kuroka's physical stats had doubled and left Rias at a strength disadvantage. But Rias made up for it with her speed, which to Kuroka's shock matched her own, and Rias even had a reaction speed that surpassed Kuroka's.

'Unreal… To think this spoiled princess, has become equal to me.' Kuroka was left astonished as she unloaded a series of magic bullets towards Rias. But Rias countered them with a gatling fire of softball sized Destruction spheres. 'What type of training did she do?!' Kuroka ran circles around Rias, unleashing a series of Senjutsu flame bullets.

The blue fire bullets blasted into Rias, causing her to cry in pain, fresh bruises began to appear on her body and her cells were damaged. Eto then joined in, flying in like a giant monster she smacked her claw down onto Rias, smacking her down like a fly. Eto cackled as she raised her arms up generating a magic circle beneath Rias. "Halogi!" A high wave of fire exploded around Rias, effectively burning her.

Rias grunted within the fiery pit, acting quickly Rias let out a war cry blowing away the skyscraper sized fire with a blast wave of destruction that created a gigantic pillar of energy that pierced the heavens. Rias panted as the blast died down, at least the suit from Ajuka was flame proof. But Rias had still taken damage, mostly from Kuroka who with her Senjutsu skills had dealt internal damage to her body.

"You are done for, princess." Eto taunted as she readied a barrage fire of divine flame infused crystals. But as she fired them off, Rias had gotten back up on her feet much to Eto and Kuroka's shock. Once again halting Eto's crystal barrage fire midair, and erasing them with her black and red destruction aura.

"Not quite…" Rias wiped some blood from the corner of her lip, although looked relatively unharmed. "Shall we continue? Or do you want to end this now?"

"The hell?" Eto mumbled; something clearly wasn't right here. 'I know Kuroka's Senjutsu hit their mark. Not to mention the poison should have worked its way through her system by now. Her breathing was off just a few seconds ago, so I know Kuroka hit one of her lungs earlier. But now her breathing seems to have stabilized. Is the poison gone?'

Kuroka snarled and went in for a more direct approach, speed blitzing Rias Kuroka dealt swift surgical strikes to Rias' deltoid, upper arm, and shoulders. Damaging her muscle tissue and blood vessels to the point where Rias could no longer move her arms. Rias acted and quickly kicked Kuroka in the face, unleashing a wave of destruction from the sole of her foot which blasted Kuroka backwards.

"Eto…" Kuroka signaled, and Eto resumed unleashed another spear air cannon blast towards Rias. 'Now we'll wait for her to dodge and surprise attack her.' Kuroka smirked and got ready to jump at Rias the moment she would dodge. But instead of dodging, Rias deflected Eto's air cannon blast with a wave of her arm. 'What?!' Eto and Kuroka both gasped in shock. 'But… I neutralized her arms. I'm sure! Does that suit prevent me from reaching her or something?!' Kuroka snarled in frustration.

Eto having the same thought, but reached a different conclusion. 'No…that suit doesn't look durable enough to block off Kuroka's Senjutsu strikes. Besides, it shouldn't matter… Kuroka's abilities affect the internal body. Doesn't matter what type of outer armor the opponent has. Rias shouldn't have been able to move. And yet…' It seemed Kuroka was following Eto's line of thought, as she went in for a second attack.

This time, Kuroka slammed her palms into the ground, as suddenly giant tree roots grew out from the ground and snared themselves around Rias keeping her restrained. "Now then…" Kuroka with Rias restrained, rushed in to deal a series of Senjutsu infused blows into Rias. Kuroka felt it, she felt her attacks slice and slash at Rias' cells, muscle tissue and disrupting her blood flow. "Let us see you get out of this!" Kuroka leapt up and unleashed a giant magic bullet towards the restrained Rias.

Rias was twitching her eyes in pain, she glared up at Kuroka's incoming magic bullet, and then suddenly Rias spat out a ray of destruction that sliced right through Kuroka's attack. "I've already won…" Rias declared as her destruction aura burnt away the vines keeping her restrained. But as she did, Rias noticed the poisonous mist.

Eto quickly acted and held her dominant hand out. "Lord of the Flies." A rapid wave of decay moved in towards Rias, she was going to have to neutralize the Gremory heiress by maybe taking away a leg or something.

Rias unleashed a giant blast shockwave of her destruction aura. Her aura alone devoured anything in its path, Kuroka's tree vines and poisonous mist. And what is more, it devoured the decaying ability from the Beelzebub bloodline. "That's… impossible." Eto's jaw went slack, she couldn't believe what she was seeing. Rias' aura was devouring every attack they threw at her. Was that perhaps how she somehow negated the damage of Kuroka's Senjutsu? No, it didn't make any sense. A smirk creeped up on Eto's face as she saw the volatile destructive aura from Rias. "That destructive power… she even rivals Bob. Ahh, I want a piece of your flesh now, princess~" Eto chuckled, as she playfully licked her lips.

"Sorry, Eto-chan. But you won't get close enough to get a bite~" Rias responded to Eto's taunt with a jab of her own. Eto genuinely giggled, sounding happy.

"Oh, I like you~" Eto's Kakuja grew into the size of a Dragon, its entire body surrounding the battlefield around Rias. "Let us test that theory~" On Eto's tentacles, several different mouths began to appear, with sharp teeth, snapping away trying to find some flesh to bite into.

Rias' aura caused her long crimson hair to fly up, her aura letting out a monstrous growl as she glared at the monstrous sized Eto. "Come then." Rias challenged as the various tentacles and mouths went flying towards her. But as they entered her reach, each was obliterated and reduced to smoldering ash before Rias' Destruction power.

"My heart is racing here~" Eto giggled as she began unloading a barrage fire of attacks, divine fire, the passionate flames of Asmodeus, the decaying power of Beelzebub, all of it she unleashed onto Rias all at once. Rias responded with a single wave of her hand. "Extinguished Star." Forming a large slow spinning black and red sphere of energy, Rias pushed it towards its target.

"Eh?" Eto gasped, as suddenly all of her attacks were pulled in towards Rias' attack. No, Eto herself and Kuroka as well were pulled in towards it. It was like a miniature black hole, sucking in anything and destroying it in an instant. It slowly moves towards them, and even pulls them in. This really was a one-hit kill type of attack.

"Shit!" Kuroka quickly moved out of the way, remembering her battle against Kuisha she was not getting caught up in something like that again.

"This is bad…" Eto separated herself from her giant Dragon like Kakuja, watching it all get devoured and annihilated within Rias' attack in an instant. They then noticed that Rias' attack had actually grown larger in size after taking down Eto's Kakuja. However, then it was snuffed out by Rias herself.

"Whoa there, can't destroy the Rating Game dimension just yet~" Rias playfully giggled at them.

"Heh, well damn. She is more dangerous than I thought after all." Kuroka visibly had a cold sweat, for a moment she had felt fear. "But bad move, nya~" Kuroka smiled regaining her confidence as she saw Rias disarming her big finisher. Kuroka then rushed in at super speed. Rias reacted in time to dodge a thrusting palm strike from Kuroka, and the two were locked in hand-to-hand combat.

Kuroka found herself actually on the backfoot here, Rias displayed combat skills that far exceeded her expectations of her. Rias moved so fast, and was so agile that she did moves Kuroka had only seen Itachi do with his Taijutsu. But Kuroka didn't care, she wasn't in this fight for the long game. Dealing swift and crucial strikes, Kuroka was aiming to neutralize Rias.

"Seeing as previous attempts failed, I am going for vital strikes this time!" Kuroka declared as she aimed for Rias' neck, heart, lungs and everything like if she was going for the kill. It didn't take long for Rias' moves to grow sluggish, as Kuroka's Senjutsu was beginning to work. Soon Kuroka was running circles around Rias.

Taking flight, Eto soared around Rias like an owl watching its prey, while Kuroka ran in circles around Rias. Her Senjutsu must be taken effect on Rias now, who was on one knee as Kuroka's Senjutsu dealt internal damage to Rias' cells and body. "Her heart beat is skyrocketing, and soon it will come to a stop. Kuroka will probably stop at the precise moment you are near death and you will end up retired. Game over princess~" Eto monologued, as she and Kuroka smirked at seeing the state Rias was in. Kuroka's hands caught ablaze in blue fire, rushing towards Rias to deal the final blow Kuroka had an animalistic grin on her face.

While Eto loomed like a predator, spreading her wings to unleash a bombardment of Loki's flames in case Rias tried to dodge. "Logi!" As flames rained down, and Kuroka at light speed charged at Rias with blue Senjutsu flames. Although, both Sins' smiles suddenly faded as they noticed the smirk on Rias' face as she shot back up and let out a battle cry. 'Again? How is this possible? It's like she has taken no damage throughout the entire fight!' Eto scanned the area, and suddenly noticed that the ex-nun Asia was on her knees praying hidden behind a pillar. With small green bubbles of energy emerging out from her Twilight Healing rings, and those bubbles clashed into Rias' body. 'That little-!' Eto had realized it a moment too late.

A giant pulsating wave of Rias' red aura blew up around her, blowing away Kuroka and Eto's attacks in an instant without any difficulty. The sheer volume and vibrating power of Rias' destruction aura, had the whole Rating Game dimension trembling. And Eto and Kuroka could only gasp as they were both enveloped by the red crimson aura.

At the center castle of the arena, rubble was beginning to fall around them, as both Itachi and Harry stood up with a look of slight shock. The two stood in silence, as mere seconds later the two announcers of the finals of this tournament declared. "Itachi Sitri's Queen and one Knight, retired." Grayfia began the announcement, followed by Esdeath saying. "Both were taken down, by Rias Gremory."

Itachi's eyes widen in disbelief at the announcement, and Harry looked a bit in awe, sharing Itachi's confusion. "Wait… I thought Kuroka and Eto were stronger than…" Harry mumbled out loud to himself.

"I thought so too… or at least that Rias was roughly equal to them." Itachi stood there for a brief moment, realizing he had miscalculated Rias' growth since the battle against Trigon. "Heh, quite the sneaky surprise that one…" Itachi's lips cracked up into a tiny smile.

Cutting back to the battle, the whole battlefield is filled with a series of smoking charred burned craters. And laying in the two biggest ones in a smoking heap, are Kuroka and Eto. Eto's body was peppered with various gaping holes, her body even nearly cut in half from the waist and up. Rias had clearly not held back against Eto, taken an advantage over the fact that Eto was so durable. Kuroka's body was badly burnt, and her kimono was burning with the red aura of Rias' destruction attack.

'S-She was just… so fast…' Eto groggily thought to herself as she slipped in and out of consciousness. The moment that blast wave hit them, Rias had moved around in quick succession and dealt a blaster volley of destruction spheres into Eto's body. And then grabbing Kuroka by the back of her head, and body slamming her to the ground with a hefty blast wave of destruction.

Walking away from the smoldering craters, a nervous looking Asia followed her strong and confident master. As Rias without even as much as a scratch on her body or her customed made armor from Ajuka. Her black visors reflecting the light of her aura, and a smile on her lips as she advanced forward with Itachi's base as the end goal.

Kuroka lays there with wide eyes, unable to move as she frighteningly thinks to herself. 'When did she… get so strong?' Kuroka thinks to herself before she and the unconscious Eto vanishes away in a blue light.

The whole crowd erupted out in cheers, while Sona with her arms crossed looked visibly infuriated as her brows twitched. "She did hold back on me…" Sona mumbled to herself.

In the Rating Game Dimension, like if she could feel Sona's scorn, Rias looked to the screens showing the audience and looked at Sona. 'Don't feel too bad Sona… It's nothing personal. After all, the true limits of my new power were always meant to be shown to Itachi firsthand.'

While Sona looked with an irritated look that she couldn't bring out Rias' best in their Rating Game. Sirzechs Lucifer is seen smiling with great pride in his sister. Ajuka sitting next to Sirzechs, smiles at seeing his eyes gleaming with pride for Rias. "Just how strong would you say Rias got from your training?" Ajuka asks.

Sirzechs cheekily chuckles in responds. "Well, let us just say… Shalba Beelzebub would have been grinded into dust quite quickly had Ria-tan gone all out, and if Issei-kun had not rampaged in his Juggernaut Drive. And well… she probably could have defeated Issei-kun in his Juggernaut Drive rampage, although sadly not without killing him." Sirzechs revealed, as it showed why Rias did not defeat Issei in his Juggernaut Drive rampage at the day of the Diodora incident. Rias couldn't bring herself to kill her own servants after all.

Ajuka hums to himself as he leans back in his seat. "Well, either way… Itachi is still way stronger than her." Sirzechs in agreement couldn't help but nervously chuckle.

"Indeed… but I have a feeling Ria-tan's chances of winning haven't gone down the drain yet either." Sirzechs says as the scoreboard of the Rating Game shows Rias in the lead with 17-0 points. With the defeat of Bob having given Rias' team 5 points, Eto's defeat 3 points, and most important of all Kuroka's defeat having given them 9 points. And with the countdown showing the remaining time of this Rating Game being, 20 minutes.

That's the end for now!

Now, so far Rias' group seems to be in the lead here. Let us see if they can hold that lead, shall we? I will get to work on part 2, so you guys don't have to wait too long.

What the Sins think of their captain Itachi!

Kuroka: I love him with all my heart. He is the reason I am able to adore and cherish my cute little sister Shirone. He is also going to be the future father of my kittens.

Bob: He saved me from my loneliness and showed me I was not the only freak in this world. He gave me a home, I have nothing but the highest level of respect for him, and I cherish his friendship.

Jack: He is our mommy, he gave us warmth when everyone else threw us into the cold. I would fight and die for mommy.

Harry: He is strong, and I respect him for loving and caring for us his friends and family. However, I still don't like taking orders. But I do find it amusing watching him struggle with the affection of the girls.

Damian: Even though he is constantly showing a stoic face, I can feel that deep down he is a true man of culture who values a good ass. And I have nothing but the highest amount of respect for him.

Eto: I love him, he is so similar to myself with all these secrets and his lack of hesitation to kill. I love seeing him blood lusted. And I am very curious what dark secrets he is hiding.

Raven: He is the man I love. And even though I can't allow myself to show it, he still knows. And recently he let me know he loves me as well. He protected me, and saved me from my father. I feel there is a lot I can relate with to him. I also secretly enjoy seeing his behind when he bends over.

Anyway, leave a review!

-Later!

(Responds to reviews):

Conker9999: Itachi has access to Izanagi and Izanami, but not Kamui.

velniar341: Yeah, it was a struggle to work on all 3. I do make sure to take care of myself, but thanks for your consideration. Glad to see you liked the chapters though. Itachi will get Perfect Susano'o eventually of course. And a nice comparison for Sairaorg's character. Of course, I won't deny or confirm if you are right about the second reincarnation. And yes, this Indra is more of an asshole than the original one from DxD.

nicogreen987: Harry much like Whitebeard is willing to stand up to anyone who threatens his family, and is prideful like Escanor. The opinion of the Gods are worth less than the dirt underneath his boot to him.

DarkReaderSeiin: Thanks! Glad to see you enjoyed the fight so much.

andresskorskiruiz: Thank you! Glad to see you liked the chapter. Eto remains a personal favorite of mine as always, and I do intend to do something with her soon.

zakan: Glad to hear you enjoyed the fights!

Ryuseix: The Sins have already learnt of Itachi's past. They learnt it in chapter 39 "The Path of a Shinobi".

fallendemon248: Well, it is true that Rias is nowhere near as strong as Itachi. But she at least rivals some of the Sins in power. And with the rules of this game, she does have a chance of winning.

Hatred and Love: Itachi in the future will meet the rest of the main Shinto Gods, and many other Gods. And most of them probably knows his past, but some of them probably don't care enough to research.

GuesT: I have a lot of planned characters to appear that are either sinister or neutral. And whether the Unseen One is the main big boss, I am going to just say he isn't the final boss. I will look through your recommendations and consider using some of them. I do know some like Thanatos and Hypnos will appear though so there is that.

gUEst: All those you have guessed are correct. And the rest of the Gods appearance there are some I just made up. Like Vishnu, Brahma, Demeter and Hestia, most were made up. Magni, Modi, Sif and Thrud are based of God of War. Shiva is partly from DxD with his relaxed kid looking self, and his serious side is from Record of Ragnarök.

merendinoemiliano: Thanks!

The Viking Stranger: Mostly doomsday scenario, lol.

Guest: Yes, I do know my grammar is not the best at times, English is my third language after all. Also, the Gremory family might be prideful at times, but they have shown some humility in the past, lol.

Nacker15: Thanks! Heck, even now Itachi isn't that OP compared to some other characters in the story. But he is slowly but surely getting there. And I am not taking out Koneko, sorry.

Sinon47: Roughly around now, we are somewhere just before the final arc of the Tokyo Ghoul manga. I do plan on doing something in regards to Eto that might lead to Itachi and the Sins going to Tokyo.

A certain reader: Yeah, I am aware of that. And I might have made some miscalculations on that point with the civil war and such. But at this point, such a small detail isn't that important I would say XD. I could always go back and change that piece of dialogue in the prologue. Because I know the civil war ended around the 1600'th ish.

thebestofall: Yes, you are not the first to correct me.

RazerGamer501: Thank you.

op773394: I will neither confirm nor deny this.

Guest: Sounds like a cool idea, but I am sorry but I am not going to be making Zoro Sitri any time soon. I do hope someone would make it because it sounds cool as fuck. And I am going to have to say no to a Tony 'Stark' Sitri also.

glowingdestructor: That is fair enough, but that is how Serafall just is so.

Blackreaper: Itachi will gain more abilities as the story goes on.

Guess123: Itachi will gain a series of new abilities as time goes on.

Guest: Sorry for the long wait!