Part VIII

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"A marriage!?" Issei exclaimed at the table as I nodded slowly, feeling utter defeat. "We have to do something about this damn it! We can't just let Rias be taken away!"
Issei slammed his hands on the table as Koneko joined us, "what's up with you two? You're acting more angsty then a teen at an emo gift shop."
"Rias is being taken away.. Via a marriage..."
Koneko could feel the defeat in my voice, she was the one suggested the date idea to me.
"There has to be a way to stop it!" Issei exclaimed as he slammed his fist against the table again, so much for being subtle about this.
"There is."
Akeno said as she joined our little group, "how exactly?" I asked as she stood beside Koneko, "a Rating Game?"
"A Rating game?"
Akeno nodded when Issei and I questioned what a Rating Game was.
"It's like a battle, our household versus their household, but there's a slight problem..." Akeno said as she looked at me, "you won't be able to participate."
"What? Why?!"
"Because while you're integral to our household, and a member of our family, you haven't died and Rias hasn't made you one of her servants yet, a Rating Game is a battle between the households evil pieces." Akeno said as I clenched my fists, was there really nothing I could do? It was Asia all over again...

Twenty minutes later we were at the club, when Rias' father appeared, along with that man.. Riser Phenex, if douchebag was a person, it would be Riser, his shit eating grin, the way he talked which made him sound oh so special to his own ego, he was like Issei, if Issei had turned out a lot worse. "So this is your newest servant Rias?" Riser said as he pointed at me, Rias shaking her head slowly, "he hasn't died yet so I can't make him a servant."
"Aww, that's too bad, I was kind of looking forward to humiliating this little shit."
Even the way he talked, he was trying to put me down, "get fucked you roasted chicken!" Issei shouted, making fun of the fact that Riser was like a phoenix, but hearing Riser get called a roasted chicken caused a laugh to escape me, "roasted chicken..." I snickered a little which agitated Riser, then he saw Rias, a smirk creeping across his face as he approached her, roughly grabbing her breast which provoked a sound from her, Issei and I feeling resentment towards this douche,
"Rating Game!"
Issei shouted as Rias looked shocked, "we challenge you to a Rating Game for Rias' freedom"
Akeno added, trying to make the energy in the room more calm, Riser smirked and laughed that pompous laugh of his, "I accept your challenge, in ten days the Rating game will commence, here are my conditions, if I win than Rias has to accept my marriage, and if you win, then Rias is freed from her marriage." Everyone nodded to agree to it and the race was on, everyone needed to train, including me.. Even though I wasn't a part of the Rating Game.

Those ten days went by extremely quick and before we knew it the Rating Game had began, I watched as Rias' pieces did battle with Riser's pieces. It was a well fought battle but Riser had won, the energy growing dark as Rias had disappeared with Riser to commence the wedding in a few days.

"There has to be something I can do...!" I mumbled as now I was the one who slammed my hand against the table, my emotions were all over the place, I was feeling angry, upset, useless... Pathetic... The more I thought about my emotions, the more depressed I became.
"Oi Hiro!" I heard a voice call out as I lifted my head from the table, it was Merith, cheery as ever.
"What's the matter with you? You look down in the dumps." Merith said as I nodded slowly, "someone I care about very deeply is about to be married to someone awful..." I mumbled as Merith sat down beside me, patting my head as I looked at her in confusion. "Well looky here my handsome scarred boi, you can overrule a devil's marriage by declaring to challenge the groom in a one on one battle, winner, gets the bride!"
"How did you know I was talking about a devil's marriage?"
"Well that's easy! You hang around that Gremory girl and it's quite obvious that she is a devil, I know about her engagement with Riser Phenex, just make sure you challenge him on the day of the wedding."
"What for?"
"So it's super dramatic and stuff!"
Merith said as I nodded, hugging her tightly, "thank you.. So much..." I mumbled as Merith's face turned a deep shade of red, her hand going down my shirt and feeling one of my scars, a small bit of drool hanging from her mouth as she then pulled away.

          

"Akeno I need a favor."
"What's up Hiro?"
"I nees you to take me to the underworld."
"May I ask, what for?"
"I'm going to save Rias from Riser."
Akeno nodded and leaned forward, "may I ask once more, how?"
"I'm gonna challenge Riser to a one on one fight, I'm going to win her back..."
"Those fights are to the death, and he's an immortal phoenix, that's literally what he's based off of."
"Everything dies sooner or later, and if I die so be, but there's no way in hell that I'm just going to let her be taken!"
I exclaimed as Akeno blushed a little, she enjoyed seeing this side of me, the side who would fight even the most dangerous opponents just to save someone.
"Very well, I can take you, so long as you're certain of your choice."
"Of course I'm certain!" I exclaimed as she nodded, and made a portal to the underworld, or Hell.

Three days passed and it was time for the wedding, Rias didn't look happy at all, if anything she looked miserable, she was dressed in a bride's dress and the entire club was watching her, Issei, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko and Asia, Issei was furious and I was nowhere to be found. The pastor was reading out the vows when the door was kicked open, "Riser!!" A voice called out.
"HIRO!?"
the club and Rias exclaimed as Riser smirked, "ah.. The half breed... What are you doing tainting this hall with your body?"
"I... I challenge you.. For Rias's freedom!"
"Another Rating Game perhaps? You'll all be crushed by my power."
"No.. A one on one fight to the death! Me versus you!"
Everyone was shocked, but all Riser did was laugh and smirk, "I accept your challenge half breed."
Rias's father took Riser and I to a stadium above the hall, where everyone watched the incoming battle, even Merith with a smile on her face as she disguised herself as one of the guests, "go get em my boi."
"I'd be willing to accept your surrender right now if you're getting cold feet."
Riser said as I pulled my fists back, light and darkness covering them as my hybrid wings appeared.
"Not a snowball's chance in hell."
And with that the battle began, Riser charging me and me charging Riser, he was fast, really fast...
I placed my hands together and shot light and darkness at the same time in a tracking motion, but he deflected them completely, charging me and slamming his fists into my body multiple times.. It felt like my body was on fire every time he hit me, it literally hurt like hell. Blood flying in the air as he uppercutted me which sent me flying through the air, I caught myself in the air and fired more light at him but he charged at me, he was literally on fire as he crashed in me which sent me flying into a piece of the stadium, a groan escaping me as Riser prepared his final blow, "it's a shame, you would have been fun to keep around, now Rias and everything she is is mine."
He said as he laughed and fired that final blow.
Everything went dark again as I heard those words, his, mine, Rias wasn't anybody's, she was her own person. Something awoke in me as that blast that Riser had fired disintegrated, "interesting..." Riser said as he still kept that calm attitude.
"I've been listening to you go on and on about you conquering Rias, just like your peerage, but you must be a damn fool if you think I'm going to let that happen." I said as I slowly stood up, blood running down my arms and the side of my head.
"That's right kid, and once you lose this futile battle she'll be mine, so just go ahead and die already."
"If you think I'm going to lose to the likes of you-"
I felt energy flowing through me.
"You're dead.. WRONG!"
I let out a roar which forced the audience to cover their ears as a sonic boom that was made purely from my voice alone surrounded the stadium, then nothing.
"Hiro..." Rias whispered as she held her hand close to her chest.
A black and white aura had surrounded me, my eyes also a black and white color, one eye was white, while the other one was black.
"The real battle begins now."
My voice seemed calm.
"Don't get so cocky just because you've powered up!" Riser shouted as he lunged at me and threw a punch my way but I ducked out of the way, he threw another punch and then a kick but they were both dodged, he swung his arm one more time in a sweeping motion as I leaned back and flipped backwards, we were both moving at high speeds as our fists clashed multiple times, causing sparks to fly everywhere and some of the arena to break apart with every clash. "What kind of insane power up was that?" Issei asked as Akeno and Kiba shrugged their shoulders, "whatever it is it's seemed to close the gap between Hiro and Riser."
My expression was very calm as Riser and I did battle, our fists, slamming against each other, our legs swinging into each other, and our heads butting as we slammed our heads against each other. I spun my heel off of the ground and against Riser's head which sent him back an inch, an irritated look on his face as he shot multiple fire blasts at me, I retorted by flipping backwards multiple times to avoid the blasts. The attacks slowly got faster but so did I, eventually charging him whilst dodging the attacks, slamming my fist into his chest hard which forced him to cough up blood.
"I thought you were stronger." I said which irritated Riser once more as he tried to strike me, but I moved to the side and swung my leg into his side, we danced around each other with punches and kicks until Riser grew annoyed and began to charge his final attack. "Any last words kid?" Riser asked as I nodded, cupping my hands together and forming an attack of my own.

"My name is Hiro Odachi, I may not be a servant but I am loyal to Rias Gremory for all she has done for me, as long as there is still breath in my lungs, and fight in my soul, I will not let any form of harm come to her, nor will I let her be engaged to someone she does not love!" I shouted which caused Rias to blush a little, her father smiling at her. "Say your prayers kid!"
"I'm a devil! I don't pray to anyone!"
Riser launched his final attack as I finished preparing mine.
"Alterna... Flash!!!" I roared out and a large beam of pure energy engulfed Riser's attack, and then collided into him, pushing him against the forcefield around the stadium before destroying a piece of the shield and sending him flying outward towards the depths of the underworld, I had won...
Just then I felt a large surge of pain engulf me, blood exploding from my mouth as I fell to the ground. "Hiro!?" Rias exclaimed as everyone just stood there, dumbfounded, black lightning crackling around me as I tried to stand, the aura disappearing as I let out a shriek of pain as the lightning  exploded outward, covering the stadium as I kept shrieking in pain, "what the hell is happening to him?!" Issei and Asia exclaimed as Rias's father answered, "it seems the toll on his ability was far too great for his body to handle, and now he's suffering the price for it."
"Hiro!" Rias exclaimed as she flew down to the stadium, holding me up as I coughed up even more blood than before, some getting on that white wedding dress of hers.
"I'm.. I'm sorry... But at least... I won..."
I whispered as I twitched and winced, the pain was unbearable. I felt my eyes growing heavy, and then.. Nothing..
"Hiro..?"
.......
"Hiro!?"
.........
"Hiro!"
I was no longer of this world.

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