Chapter 9

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AN: Just to clear up a valid concern from a reviewer: Harry is not falling for Rossweisse yet. The scene last chapter where he notices how beautiful she is, is similar to you just noticing your female childhood friend is attractive. It's like one day you turn around and you're like "wow, this girl I grew up with is actually sort of hot!" You notice it but it doesn't suddenly mean that you have feelings for her.

The same is true for Harry. Yes, he noticed she was attractive but he doesn't feel anything but the fondness of a close friend and confidant for her. Their relationship will develop into more in the time between Kokabiel's defeat and the Three Factions Meeting.

Anyway, on with the story!


ORC clubroom

Afternoon of the next day

The members of the Gremory group were gathered in the club room to greet their two new "guests". They had contacted them through Sona for a meeting, something which surprised Rias since the meeting had already been planned beforehand so why did they need to contact Sona?

Anyway, the two girls sitting before them were dressed in white cloaks that covered their entire form but currently had their hoods down. The one on the left had blue hair with a green fringe and dark yellow eyes, making her look extremely exotic. The one on the right was more normal, with long brown hair tied in pigtails but the normality was broken by her exotic violet eyes. The two exorcists were like night and day with the one on the left, named Xenovia, being outwardly calm and confident, while the brunette, named Irina, was cheerful and seemingly naïve to the fact that they were surrounded by devils.

However, what had the group of devils on edge was the feeling they were getting from the two girls. Or rather, from something the two were carrying. It was a feeling they recognized from the few times Harry wielded his Excalibur Ruler.

These two girls were Holy Sword users and the aura gave off warned the devils that they were dangerous.

However, the one that was giving off the most dangerous aura wasn't the exorcists but rather Kiba himself. Last night, he'd abandoned the group after an almost disastrous Stray Devil hunt, having been reminded of his past when he saw a picture of the Holy Sword Irina's family held in Issei's old photo album. He had showed up at the clubroom not three minutes ago when the exorcists' arrived and had been glaring at them ever since. His attitude didn't help ease the tension that had appeared ever since they'd arrived sans Harry.

Rias was sitting in the couch across from them with her peerage standing behind her. While outwardly she appeared calm and confident, inwardly she was worried. Where was Harry? He should be here with them so why wasn't he?

Standing behind the couch where the two exorcists were sitting was Asia, who was looking nervous about something and kept looking toward the door. This made her friends of the ORC concerned since she was rarely seen away from either Harry or Raynare and her demeanor wasn't helping calm Rias nerves.

"First, let me welcome you to Kuoh town," said Rias politely. "We received word of your arrival beforehand and this meeting had already been set up so I wonder why you had to go through Sona to set up a meeting that was already scheduled."

Both Xenovia and Irina looked surprised at her words and showed it. "Already told of our coming? May we ask who informed you?"

Rias cocked an eyebrow in confusion. "Father Kotomine, of course. We have a semi-friendly relationship with him and he informed us so to prevent us from reacting negatively to your presence in my town. He also told us we would be meeting this afternoon to discuss why you were here." Rias paused and asked what she had been dying to ask since they arrived without Harry. "May I ask where he is? I was brought to think that he would be mediating this meeting."

Xenovia and Irina shared a glance while Asia looked more worried. "We are unsure," said Xenovia calmly. "We arrived at the church at the scheduled time yesterday but he never arrived. The Holy Maiden, Asia Argento," there was a tone of disbelief as Xenovia said this which caused the devils to narrow their eyes at her and Asia to look depressed, "welcomed us but he never arrived. We received word that stray exorcist Freed Sellzen may be in the area and considering his past, we believe Father Kotomine may have been killed by Freed."

Xenovia was divided as to what to think of the former witch, Asia Argento. On one hand, she couldn't believe that she was not only forgiven but raised to the status of Holy Maiden. It seemed like an elaborate hoax more than anything and Xenovia was determined to see it revealed.

Yet at the same time, Asia's status as Holy Maiden had been confirmed by not only the Archbishop but Archangel Michael and Seraph Gabriel themselves. A week ago, the entire Seraph group as well as God himself apparently appeared before the highest authorities of the Church to discuss current affairs. It was there that Asia's status as the Holy Maiden was confirmed as well as the slow redemption of former Fallen Angel Raynare.

That was another thing that bothered Xenovia. Redeeming Fallen Angels? Why now of all times? If it could have been done before, why bring it up now? While it would be great if they could redeem the Fallen since it would not only take away an enemy Faction but also boost their own Faction's strength, Xenovia couldn't help but feel it was unfair. The Fallen had done terrible things, even the grunts. Why should they be offered salvation?

Across from the pensive Xenovia, Rias had her own internal dilemma. At their saying Harry could be dead, it took everything Rias had not to react outwardly. As it was, her hands balled into fists in her skirt.

The idea of her beloved lying dead somewhere caused her heart to clench in terror and it took everything she had not to leave and search for him herself. She didn't know what she'd do if Harry died. Probably go on a vengeance streak much like her Knight Kiba. She wouldn't rest until all those responsible for her beloved Harry's death paid the ultimate price.

"I ran into Freed Sellzen last night," offered Kiba, gaining everyone's attention. "After I left you guys. He did mention something about hunting priests but I don't know who he was talking about."

Xenovia nodded solemnly while beside her, Irina looked sad. "I guess that confirms what happened," said Xenovia simply. "He must have been ambushed by Freed on the way to the church and killed. It is unfortunate but-"

"Or," came the familiar voice of a certain fake priest. "I could have been reporting to the Vatican and simply didn't have time to send word beforehand. You people really think the worst."

Everyone turned as one Harry entered the clubroom, Raynare following behind with a tense air. Rias and Asia noticeably relaxed at the sight of him while everyone else reacted differently. The two exorcists looked surprised at his survival but while Irina smiled happily, Xenovia looked at him with suspicion since he entered with a known (former?) Fallen Angel. Considering their current problem with the Fallen, it didn't paint him in the best light.

The rest of the ORC club sans Kiba also looked relieved at his survival while Kiba just glared at him resentfully, before glaring harder when he saw Excalibur Ruler hanging openly from Harry's hip. Since the failed wedding, Harry had never worn the Excalibur fragment openly and so Kiba had controlled his rage at him. But now with it out in the open, it took everything Kiba had not to attack Harry there and then.

"Kirei," said Rias in relief, a smile on her lips. Oh, she would punish him for worrying her later but for now, she wanted nothing more than to take him aside and make sure he was okay.

Xenovia noticed the relief in Rias' voice and her eyes narrowed at her, suspicions forming.

"Sorry I'm late everyone," said Harry with a smile, reassuring Asia that he was fine with a small kiss on her forehead before sitting on Irina's left, happily greeting the cheerful girl. He did the same with Xenovia who responded more stoically before turning to everyone else. "But yes, I was attacked by Freed last night. I easily fended him off but I was forced to retreat when his boss arrived."

"His boss?" asked Xenovia sharply before anyone else could speak. "He is here already?"

Harry nodded as he took a cup of tea from Akeno with a smile of thanks. "Indeed. I was surprised as well since we didn't expect him to arrive until later. However, it seems as if they came early. I was lucky to escape when I did or else they would gotten their hands on Excalibur Ruler."

"Who's Freed's boss?" asked Rias in mild frustration for being kept out of the loop.

"Ah," said Harry with an apologetic look. "Sorry. I'll tell you but first let us give you some backstory and explain why these two lovely ladies are here."

"Recently the Excaliburs that were kept by the Catholic Church Headquarters Vatican, Protestant Church, and Eastern Orthodox Church were stolen," explained Harry with a serious look on his face, losing the humor and playfulness.

"But how can Excalibur be stolen from multiple places?" wondered Issei aloud. "It's only one sword right?"

"The original Excalibur itself doesn't exist anymore," explained Rias patiently before turning to the church group. "I'm sorry. One of my servants recently became a devil, so can we continue this conversation while explaining about Excalibur?"

They all nodded at the club president's request, seeing no harm in it.

"Issei," continued Rias patiently. "Excalibur broke in the war a long time ago. Afterwards, the seven fragments were turned into their own separate swords using alchemy."

At this, Irina spoke up. "Now they look like this." She touched the bracelet on her upper arm and it wiggled slightly before transforming into a long katana. "This is Excalibur."

Xenovia got her weapon which was covered in cloth and revealed it to him. What appeared was a two-handed sword with a cross in the pommel, a grip long enough that it looked like it could be held with 3 hands, an axe-like guard, a second grip with a chain-like form and a long blade that ended with 3 points.

"This is Excalibur," said Xenovia calmly.

The moment he looked at the two Holy swords, Issei felt as if something really cold was running through his body. Fear. Terror. Awe. He became really scared just from looking upon them and Issei could feel the danger radiating from them. Even he understood that a devil would die instantly just from its touch!

"And this," said Kotomine as he unsheathed his own Excalibur fragment with a serious look on his face. "Is Excalibur Ruler which has the power to unleash your inner gaylord." He ignored everyone's incredulous looks and gave Issei a mischievous smile. "Want me to give a demonstration on you?"

"No!" screamed Issei in terror. "God no! Ow! I love breasts not sausages!"

Everyone sans Kiba and Xenovia chuckled at his words and even Xenovia smirked slightly. Rias convinced Harry not to test Excalibur Ruler's "inner gaylord" power on her Pawn and he sat back down, pouting.

Eventually, the serious atmosphere returned as Xenovia continued the explanation. "Excalibur was broken into pieces during the Great War a long time ago like Miss Gremory said. The fragments were collected and turned into a new form by alchemy. It was made into seven swords and these are three of them."

'Then this Excalibur isn't the real one, but a new one that was made afterwards,' thought Issei to himself.

"The Excalibur I hold is called "Excalibur Destruction"," explained Xenovia patiently. "It's one of the seven holy swords that were created from the shards of the original. The Catholic Church was in control of it until it was given to me."

The blue-haired woman put her sword away and wrapped it with a cloth. If one looked carefully there were spell symbols on the cloth meant to seal away the sword's incredible destructive power.

"Mine is "Excalibur Mimic"," said Irina happily, demonstrating the sword's power by changing its shape. "While Father Kotomine's Ruler has the power to control other's minds, I can change mine's shape into anything I want so it's really useful for carrying around. Just like this, each "Excalibur" has its unique ability. This one was in the possession of the Protestant Church."

"Irina…," said Xenovia sternly. "There's no reason to tell these devils the ability of Excalibur, is there?"

"Oh my Xenovia. Even if they are devils, we still have to form a trustworthy relationship with them in this situation. Also, even if my sword's ability is revealed, I won't fall behind any of the devils here," said Irina confidently "And besides they can't be that bad if Father Kotomine is on friendly terms with them."

"Hah friendly terms is a rather strong way of putting it," said Kiba with a scoff. Despite his anger at Kotomine, he knew better than to mention Harry and Rias' relationship. He may hate the fake priest but he didn't want Rias to suffer.

"Got that right," mumbled Issei angrily, still jealous of Harry's relationship with Rias.

"Well, I hope that changes since recent information means we'll have to work together," said Harry seriously.

Everyone looked surprised at his words, none more so than the two female exorcists. "Father, what do you mean?" asked Irina in confusion.

"Raynare, if you'll explain," said Harry patiently.

Raynare stepped forward and addressed the group as a whole. "As you know, a couple of months ago, I came with the intention of killing Issei and stealing Asia's Sacred Gear." Seeing everyone frown at the reminder of her actions, she continued. "What you didn't know was that I had done that under orders of the Cadre Kokabiel."

At that, everyone sans Issei reacted with surprise. "Kokabiel?" asked Xenovia seriously. "The same Kokabiel who is Freed Sellzen's boss?"

"Freed's boss?" asked Rias in surprise before her eyes widened and she turned to Harry. "The same boss that appeared and tried to kill you yesterday?!"

"Yeah," said Harry with an uncaring shrug. "I was surprised at his arrival and barely escaped. If it wasn't for Raynare appearing and distracting him, I wouldn't have."

That was only a partial truth though. The truth was that Harry could have easily both escaped or even killed both Kokabiel and Freed. Unfortunately, not only would that have revealed his status as God but Freed only had Excalibur Rapidly on him at the time. If he'd killed them, the other two swords' whereabouts could have gone unknown for years for all he knew.

No, best for them to be brought out into the open before he acted and took out his errant son's group. To tell the truth, he was still a bit shook up by his former son's appearance. The Kokabiel he remembered, even during the end of the war, had been more in control and while rebellious, there had been an undercurrent of sadness in his actions.

How did the boy he remembered training in the art of the sword personally become the monster he saw yesterday?

It was lucky that Rossweisse had arrived when she did. If she hadn't, there was a good chance he would have died yesterday, this time permanently. That couldn't happen the next time they met. If Harry was forced to interfere directly, he'd have to harden his heart and kill him. As much as he'd hoped to redeem his son, he seemed beyond redemption. He didn't know what had happened to him in the last two centuries but it hadn't done him any favors.

"Kokabiel ordered me to take Asia here and rip out her Sacred Gear," continued Raynare calmly. "At the time, I thought it was because it was simply a close enough place to where we could both kill Issei and take Twilight Healing without problem. Now, however... I believe he was trying to force a reaction from you, Rias, in order to kick off another Great War."

At that, everyone fell silent in shock, trying to absorb the enormity of what she just revealed. "Ara," said Akeno hesitantly. "Are you sure? I know Kokabiel is a warmonger but..."

"We're sure," said Harry with a sigh. "The original plan was Raynare and her group to kill either Rias or Sona when they came to attack them for entering their territory. Issei being killed by Raynare and turned into a Pawn was part of Kokabiel's plan as well. He knew Issei wouldn't be able to stop from trying to save Asia and when Raynare killed him, Rias would react. He banked on either Raynare killing her or at least a few of her peerage which would no doubt kick start a War. My... interference was unexpected and slowed down his plans."

Everyone looked thoughtful, Rias especially. She knew that if her cute little servants had been killed then she would have reacted negatively much like what Harry said she would have. She would have been reckless in her need for vengeance and there was a good chance that Raynare could have gotten in a lucky hit. Doubtful, but possible. Rage made even the best of fighters sloppy, after all. Her death would have kick-started another War and it if it hadn't been for Harry's appearance, then it would have happened. That knowledge chilled Rias down to her soul.

Irina looked at Harry with stars in her eyes. "Your interference must have been God's work then, Father. He must have known Kokabiel's plans and sent you to stop them."

"Probably," said Harry with a grin. "But the important thing is we know Kokabiel wants to start a war. He stole the Excalibur fragments to get the Church involved and then came here, to the place where two relatives of the Four Satans were located. No doubt he plans to kill not only us but Rias and Sona as well. When he does... another Great War is inevitable."

Everyone looked disturbed at that. No one there (except Harry and Raynare of course), knew what war looked like but that didn't mean any of them wanted it. The peace now may be tenuous but it was better than the alternative.

"Very well," said Rias calmly. "With this knowledge then we have to work together to end this threat. Kokabiel is one of the Cadre and we won't be able to kill him by ourselves. We only stand a chance by working together. How does a temporary alliance sound?"

"While I find it disquieting to ally ourselves with devils," said Xenovia slowly. "Under the circumstances, I would have to agree. Our orders are to stop another Great War breaking out at all costs. Even if that means allying with you devils. Very well, from now until Kokabiel is neutralized, we can consider ourselves allied."

Irina looked disturbed by what was happening but Harry's comforting hand and warm smile made her doubts disappear. For her faith and to preserve the lives of the innocent, she would ally herself with the devils.

Everyone else seemed content with the arrangement and Asia even smiled brightly at Issei, glad she wouldn't have to be separated from her crush.

However, one person was not happy with the arrangement.

It was Kiba. He was glaring at the Excaliburs and the three Excalibur wielders with a scary face that no one had ever seen before. It was like he was wishing to cause the three to spontaneously combust right there and then.

As for Kiba, he never thought that he would encounter the Excaliburs here. He'd thought he would have to go ans search for them and now they were right there in front of him. He must have been going crazy especially since Kotomine showed up at the wedding and walked away with the sword in his possession. That had driven Kiba borderline crazy and he had tried to storm the church to demand that Kotomine hand the sword over. Rias had stopped him from doing so but was unable to stop him from confronting the fake priest at school. The priest simply replied that he had no reason to fight him and blatantly ignored him. Koneko restrained Kiba from trying to strangle Kotomine, but that probably had something to do with the smug smirk on his face.

And now! The president was even talking about allying herself with them! If Kiba jumped in now, then there was a good chance he would be classified a Stray Devil. The worst case would be the start of a battle. There's no way that there would be no casualties against the Excaliburs, not to mention Kotomine who defeated Riser and his entire peerage single handed without even taking any of them seriously and Riser decimated Rias' peerage even before he forced Rias to resign.

Yet Kiba couldn't just let them go! His dead friends demanded vengeance and the subject of it was standing not ten feet from him!

Harry sensed Kiba turmoil and decided that unless he interfered, something bad would happen. Kiba needed an outlet for his rage so he would provide one.

"How about a spar?" asked Harry calmly, getting everyone's attention. "Kiba seems eager for a fight and this way we can see each side's capabilities."

Rias looked at her Knight and saw that Harry was right. It was best for him to get it out of his system before he did something stupid. "What did you have in mind?"

Harry shrugged. "How about Kiba fights against Xenovia here? I would do myself but I'm still tender from yesterday afternoon. They'll spar and we'll see the capabilities of both our groups."

"I wanna fight too!" pouted Irina childishly. "I wanna show off my faith!"

"Then I'll be your opponent!" said Issei determinedly. "You all insulted Buchou when you arrived and I'm not going to take it laying down!"

"Then it's settled," said Harry easily. "Xenovia vs. Kiba and Irina vs. Issei. Let's take this outside then."


The group were gathered outside to watch the match, Harry standing beside Rias after having told his two subordinates not to injure the devils too badly. They didn't want an incident, after all.

Harry listened as the four combatants paired off. Xenovia and Kiba were silent as they prepared themselves for the spar while Issei had a perverted grin on his face as he took in both female exorcists' battle outfit. Harry couldn't blame the boy. They were certainly skintight and showed off that Harry had blessed both girls with figures that matched even the most beautiful of devils.

Harry frowned and felt a shiver go up his spine as Irina started talking about this being a trial from Him to prove her faith and love. The way she talked about him (God), sounded familiar and for some reason, he got the distinct urge to stay away from her. He swore he'd heard someone talk about him like her before but he couldn't quite-

Harry's eyes widened in terror and he took a step back and put Rias between him and Irina, unnoticed by everyone but Raynare and Asia.

She was a fangirl! Sweet Circe's tits, that crazy exorcist girl was a fangirl for God! Harry remembered where he'd heard someone talk about him in a similar way. It was that crazy (yet still hot) fan girl Romilda Vane. Harry had tried dating her after Hogwarts, thinking she'd calmed down since graduating.

He had been wrong. Oh, he had been so wrong.

Their first, and only, date went well until she brought him into her apartment and he found her shrine to him. It disturbed Harry even to this day that the crazy girl had actually managed to get her hands on the underwear he had been wearing against the dragon in the First Task of the Triwizard Tournament.

Needless to say, Harry and Romilda's relationship didn't quite work out.

He'd thought he'd be free of the evil fangirls after becoming God. He didn't think he'd have one because he was God!

With great effort, Harry hid his rising terror of the brunette, ponytailed girl and made a note to never tell her he was God. He did not want to wake up with the crazy girl in his bed wanting to consummate their "marriage".

Oh yeah. Turns out that all nuns were technically married to him and the reason they had to stay virgins was to demonstrate their fidelity to him. Who knew?

Raynare gave Harry a strange look at his actions but he waved it off and watched interestedly as the fight commenced. He watched Xenovia brandish her Excalibur Destruction while Kiba activated his Sacred Gear. Harry's face took on a deadpan look and turned to Rias when Kiba activated his Sacred Gear and swords burst out of the ground similar to a certain Servant from Fate/Stay Night. "He can summon swords. Are you telling me that Kiba can summon any demonic sword he can imagine?"

Rias knew what he was getting at and smothered a smile. "Yep. He can summon any sword he can imagine as long as he has the power to."

There was a beat of silence before Harry spoke. "Stupid Archer wannabee. I hate him even more now. Archer sucks."

"Archer is the best," whispered Rias fiercely. "It's why we have an Archer poster in our room."

"That's only because you ripped down my Gilgamesh poster and then posted the Archer one with some stupid devil spell that makes it impossible to take down," retorted Harry fiercely.

The couple continued to bicker playfully for a few minutes before their attention was drawn to Issei's actions. Both could only watch with deadpan looks on their faces as the Pawn tried to strip his childhood friend of her clothes so he could perve on her naked body.

"I know he's your Pawn and everything, Rias," said Harry dryly as he watched a perverted expression cross Issei's face as he tried to destroy Irina's clothing using his one and only magic spell. "But there is something fundamentally wrong with that boy."

Rias sighed as Issei continued to try and grope his childhood friend. "I know, I know. I tried to fix it but I think it's unfixable. He's just too much of a pervert to rid it of him. His only saving grace is that he's so loyal to the rest of us."

"At least the rest of your peerage knows he's an unrepentant pervert," said Harry amusedly as Koneko warned Irina about Issei's spell. "They even band together to aid the enemy against him. Now that shows female solidarity."

Rias sweatdropped at her boyfriend's words as they watched Issei's sadness at Koneko harsh but true words.

"And that's why you're my second favorite member of Rias peerage," said Harry as he gave Koneko a bag of chocolate chip cookies which she happily took.

"Stop bribing my servants, please," said Rias with a sweatdrop.

"Ufufufufufu," said Akeno with a seductive look. "Then that means I'm your favorite, right Harry?"

"Fuck you," said Harry dryly. "You helped Rias take down my Gilgamesh poster and then burned it in front of me. You can burn in hell."

Akeno had a raincloud over her head at the harsh rejection which only caused Rias to smirk. Harry and Akeno's jibes at each other never failed to amuse her.

Eventually, the fight ended with victory for the church members and after saying their goodbyes, they left with Asia and Raynare taking up the rear.

"So where too now father?" Irina asked cheerfully

Manfully hiding his terror of the fangirl before him and reminding himself that she didn't know who he was, Harry responded. "Back to the church," replied Harry with faux cheerfulness. "We can begin our investigation tonight after darkness has fallen. Till then you can get some rest. After all, you won't be able to fight properly if you're not at your best."

He made a mental note to put a locking spell on his door just in case Irina came to visit during the night. He didn't think Rias would let the whole "we're technically married so it's okay" thing fly even if he told her about being God.

"Right," said the two holy sword users in unison though both with different tones.

Xenovia was not as trusting of the priest as her partner Irina was. All the Holy Church had told her was that Father Kotomine was their own age, could be trusted and was very strong. But seeing him on friendly terms with devils made her think that he might be going behind the churches back. She knew better than to jump to conclusions but still it couldn't hurt to keep an eye on the priest.

She'd report his activities to the Vatican just in case he turned out to be a spy or something equally dangerous. The Church didn't need such scum in its holy midst. For now, she and Irina would separate and do their own investigation just in case he was a spy for the enemy. Xenovia decided to relax her thoughts as they approached the church where they were to stay for the duration of the investigation.


Soon night had fallen and Asia was fast asleep in her bed. Raynare would stay behind to keep an eye on Asia, just in case Kokabiel and his goons tried to storm the church. Meanwhile, he, Xenovia and Irina had left to begin their investigation. At one point, they split up, Xenovia arguing that that way they could cover more ground. Knowing she didn't trust him and not wanting to push, Harry allowed it.

Now, Harry was following his subordinates who had apparently made a deal with Issei, Kiba, Koneko and Saji without informing him. Why they decided to go on their own when the entire group had decided to work together, he didn't know. Regardless, he'd already called both Sona and Rias to inform them of their subordinates' actions.

Needless to say, they were not pleased.

Harry looked over the battle between the four devils and Freed Sellzen with Rossweisse at his side. The secretary/friend looked the battle over with a critical eye.

"Aren't we going to interfere, my Lord?" asked Rossweisse anxiously.

Harry studied the battle before his eyes fell on Kiba. "No. They are in no danger and the Kiba boy needs this if wishes to find peace. I could tell him that his dead friends wanted him to be happy until I was blue in the face but he wouldn't listen. No... he needs to face this alone."

Harry had done some looking into Kiba's past, apparently he was originally a nameless orphan that had been taken in by the Church and was chosen to be a part of a project called "The Holy Sword Project". The project was supervised by Valper Galilei, the so-called Genocide Archbishop, which led to the deaths of all of his friends and other participants when Valper decided to eliminate them. Through the sacrifice of his friends, Kiba successfully escaped the facility and it was shortly thereafter that he became part of Rias peerage. This event resulted in Kiba's marked hatred of the Holy Sword as well as the church in general.

Naturally, after learning of this sickening event Harry was infuriated. He would make sure that Valper suffered when the time came as would any accomplices that had escaped justice. Thankfully the justice of God was different from the justice of man. People were fallible, evidence could be falsified, investigators could be bribed or be outright corrupt. But being God on the other hand came with several very nice perks one of which was mind reading. This was an ability that Harry put to good use to catch not only those that had been a part of the project and gotten away with their crimes, but also all of those people within the church that had known about the pain the project was causing and had turned a blind eye to it all. That week he'd spent at the Vatican had been very productive and he'd definitely cleaned house.

"So, are you going to let him destroy an Excalibur sword?" asked Rossweisse curiously as they continued to watch the battle invisibly.

Harry snorted. "Of course not. I'm not risking them being destroyed too badly to be repaired. No, I have copies of the swords ready to switch them out at the first chance. There's no way we're missing this chance to reunite Excalibur."

As the fight continued, Harry turned to Rossweisse. "I never thanked you for saving my bacon yesterday with Kokabiel, did I?"

As he said that, he remembered his little brush with death yesterday...


Harry looked down on the beaten Freed with a bored look, tapping Excalibur Ruler against his right shoulder.

Despite Freed being extremely skilled, he was simply no match to Harry's millennia of experience. Even with Excalibur Rapidly boosting his speed and reflexes, Harry could easily keep up without resorting to his supernatural powers simply through sheer dint of experience. The end result was inevitable really and the only problem was what to do with Freed now.

He could kill him and take back Rapidly but then Harry would have no idea where the other two stolen Excaliburs were. For all he knew, Freed could have stashed them somewhere and he'd never find them.

The best plan would be to let Freed go and let him lead Harry to the other two Excalibur fragments. However, how could he make Freed's escape believable?

"Disgraceful. I give you a Holy sword and you're beaten so easily, Freed?"

Harry's eyes widened and he looked up to see a familiar face. Floating above them as the sky turned red was Harry's old Fallen son, Kokabiel.

Yet the Kokabiel before him looked almost nothing like the Kokabiel Harry remembered. The Kokabiel he remembered, even at the end of the war, had been handsome and blue-eyed, filled with both sadness at his actions yet resolute in his course. It had been almost admirable in a way and there had been many a time that Harry had let Kokabiel go in hopes of him redeeming himself.

Yet the Kokabiel floating before him looked nothing like he remembered. His eyes were red like blood and his face seemed to have become twisted, with ears similar to a dark elf's. Heck, everything about him reminded Harry of the dark elves that Odin fought against, right down to the dark aura he gave off.

What had happened to turn his beloved son like this?

Harry was so shocked by Kokabiel's appearance that he didn't have time to react when Kokabiel acted. "Do I have to do everything?!" yelled Kokabiel angrily.

Before Harry could move, Kokabiel sent a powerful spear of light right at Harry's face, moving too fast for most to follow. Harry was still too shocked from Kokabiel's appearance to react and could only watch as the spear of light approached...

Suddenly, a defensive magic circle appeared before Harry and the approaching spear of light, protecting Harry from death and breaking him out of his shock. Harry's eyes fell on his rescuer hwo was standing before him.

"My Lord!" said Rossweisse with a serious look on her face. "Are you alright?"

Harry put himself back together and nodded seriously. "Yes, I'm fine. Thank you, Rossweisse."

"Your orders, my Lord?" said Rossweisse even as she winced when another spear of light slammed against her shield.

Harry took in the situation and decided that retreat would be more prudent. There would be another chance to face his lost son. "We retreat. There will other chances to take down my errant son."

With a nod of understanding, Rossweisse summoned a transportation circle while maintaining her defense ad they disappeared even as her defense shattered.


Rossweisse blushed faintly. "There's no need to thank me, my Lord. That is why I'm here." Her face took on a concerned look. "Though I must ask... why were you put in such a position? I understand not wanting to reveal your status as God just yet but I don't think you should die to keep it hidden."

Harry was silent for a moment, the sounds of battle in the background being an interesting backdrop to his thoughts. "Many seem to forget that the Fallen are my children. Even though I fought against them... I always considered them my children. I loved them... as a father would."

Rossweisse's eyes softened and she placed a comforting hand on his shoulder.

"When I saw Kokabiel," continued Harry softly. "How badly he'd been corrupted, how different he was from who I remembered... I guess I was just shocked into stillness. How had the boy I'd raised become... that?... and was it my fault for rejecting him for a simple mistake?"

Rossweisse squeeze his shoulder comfortingly. "You did the best you could, Harry, and you can't change the past. All you can do now make sure you don't make the same mistakes as before and clean up after the ones you made."

Harry nodded and smiled at the woman who was rapidly becoming his closest confidant. "You're right. I guess I just hoped all the Fallen were like Raynare... secretly wishing to be redeemed. I have to remember that there will be some who will be beyond redemption... and act accordingly."

There was a moment of silence before Rossweisse spoke. "You should have told Rias before all this? About your status as God, I mean. There's a good chance of your cover being blown if Kokabiel recognizes you and I doubt she'd take it well if she found out from a third party."

"I could just have to stay away from Kokabiel and let the others deal with him," said Harry unsurely.

Rossweisse gave her lord a deadpan look. "If Kokabiel so much as hurt a single hair on Rias' head, you would go berserk and destroy him, not even thinking of the consequences. So again... you should probably tell her soon... all blows up in your face."

Rossweisse sighed as she saw him hear her words but not really hear them. He kept putting it off and eventually... it was going to blow up in his face in the worst of ways.

Eventually, the fight came to a close as Koneko used her rook strength to lift Issei up and toss him like a ragdoll at Kiba who just had his sword shattered again by Freed. When Issei got close, he used the Boosted Gear's Transfer ability to transfer the Boosted Gear's stored power over to Kiba and his Sword Birth. The Knight hoped to use the increased speed and power to defeat Freed but Excalibur's power was greater and Freed dodged and jumped off the wall hoping to kill Issei.

Luckily, it seemed Saji had a Sacred Gear as well as Absorption Line trapped the mad priest while draining his power. Freed was frustrated and Kiba was about to deliver the finishing blow when Valper Galilei had showed up and reminded Freed that he could use Excalibur to escape.

It took a lot of effort for Harry to stop himself from going down there and killing the little bastard priest who dared to say he did what he did in his name. That... monster was definitely not one of his priests.

Unfortunately, Valper's advice worked and Freed severed the Absorption Line before leaping away and escaping along with Valper. That's when Xenovia and Irina showed up and gave chase to the two madmen with Kiba in hot pursuit.

Feeling the approaching signatures of Rias and Sona, Haryr turned to Rossweisse. "Follow those three but keep your distance so you won't be sensed. I get the feeling that he's heading toward Kokabiel and you definitely aren't ready for a fight of that level. Worst comes to worst, use the portkey I gave you to escape along with the others. I'll be along shortly."

Rossweisse nodded and followed after the Kiba and the others while Harry jumped down beside Rias as Sona was administering her "punishment" to Saji.

"Now, now, Sona," teased Harry quietly, getting the attention of the teen devil. "I don't usually judge on others sexual preferences but don't you think you and Saji should do that in private?"

Saji didn't know whether to curse the priest out for insinuating his King was into that kind of stuff or perving out at the thought that she was and was into him. Meanwhile, Sona had a slight blush on her face at his words while beside him, Rias and Akeno giggled.

"I am simply administering punishment on my Pawn for his unauthorized actions," said Sona stiffly, trying to play it off.

Harry nodded seriously with a look on his face that bluntly told her he didn't believe her. "Of course, of course. Though now I know why you and Akeno are such good friends. Similar interests."

Sona blushed but stiffly turned her back on him and continued to administer punishment to her errant Pawn, though he did catch sight of Tsubaki and Akeno giggling.

Turning to Rias, he smiled gently as he saw her hugging her errant Pieces before laughing when she bent Issei over and started to spank him, much to his humiliation. After she was done administering punishment, he walked toward her and whispered in her ear. "You'll make a great mother someday."

Rias blushed at her boyfriend's words and instantly imagined little crimson-haired and black-haired children with blue-green eyes running around. She'd never actually given much thought to children, being only eighteen and having centuries ahead of her but now that she did, she couldn't deny the warmth that filled her at the thought. Especially if they were Harry's kids. Oh, she would spoil them rotten, she just knew it.

Rias shook her head to rid herself of such thoughts even as she caught sight of her boyfriend smiling gently at her, as if he knew what she was thinking. "Harry, how long were you here watching?"

"A while," admitted Harry easily. "I got here when these idiots engaged Freed."

Issei frowned as he rubbed his sore bottom and even Koneko looked put out. "Then why didn't you help, bastard priest?!" asked Issei angrily. "We could have gotten him if you had!"

"One," said Harry with a smile. "Even if we had "gotten" him, as you say, there was still a chance he would escape. With me staying hidden that means he doesn't know whether I'm still around or not so he can't be wary of me. Two, I thought that between the four of you, you could easily beat Freed. And you would have if Valper hadn't gotten involved. Three... I didn't feel like it."

Everyone sweatdropped at his last comment, even as Rias smacked him upside the head.

Harry pouted as he rubbed his head. "You so mean, Rias! Well, if you're going to be this way then I'm going to go follow my cute little subordinates. I need to punish them for their actions as well. Going behind my back to do stuff without permission." He clicked his tongue with a faux look of sadness. "Looks like I'll have to spank their tight little arses as punishment." He gave an exaggerated sigh even as Issei glared up at him in envy. "It's a sacrifice I'm going to have make to dish out our Lord's punishment."

Rias' eyebrow twitched at the idea of her boyfriend touching another girl's bottom but couldn't talk since she was spanking her Pawn just a few seconds ago. Her only consolation was that they were nuns and therefore couldn't have physical relations with anyone.

Well, except God since they're "married" to him but Harry wasn't God obviously. That would just be ridiculous.

Harry sneezed and Rias look worried but he waved it off. "It's nothing, someone must just be talking about me. Anyway, I better go catch up to those three before they get in over their heads. I promise that Kiba will be fine."

Rias gave him a thankful smile as he jumped to a nearby rooftop and started to run in the direction he sensed Rossweisse and the others were heading. His eyes narrowed when he sensed Kokabiel in that direction as well.

'Alright, Koka-chan,' thought Harry as he started to plan his strategy. 'Time to for round two.'


AN: And there's chapter 10!

This chapter was sort of an opening for the battle next chapter. It's going to be very different from the original version of God's Successor so I'm basically writing it from scratch. It'll take me a while so don't expect it out too soon.

Now for the omakes!

Omake: Gabriel's Yandere Adventures: First Date

Gabriel's eyes narrowed as she spied her beloved father and his whore of a girlfriend walking down the street to their first date.

After the failure of Operation: Dirty Rias, Gabriel decided she need more information before implementing her next plan. Therefore, she did research on how best to break up a couple so that her father could spend more time with her.

Unfortunately, it wasn't until she watched the Parent Trap for the fourth time that she realized that she didn't have a twin sister to switch with.

Or a former mother/wife.

Or a summer camp where she'll conveniently meet her long lost twin sister.

Therefore, she went to another specialist. Every love novel she read agrees that the first date is important for the future of the relationship. If it ends badly then the relationship won't last but if it ends well then there's a good chance it'll last. Therefore, Gabriel decided to ruin their first date. That'll show her daddy that he could do better!

For this reason, Gabriel had made a fool-proof plan.

Gabriel smiled as she watched her father take the whore out to eat in a fancy place. She pouted and glared at the devil girl who his father lavished attention on.

He should take his beautiful daughter out, not that crimson-haired floozy!

Then he'd feed her and rub her head and then take her home and into her room where they'd make love just like the books say!

Though she wondered what they meant by 'making love'? The books never went into detail and Michael wouldn't tell her, saying to ask their daddy. Maybe it was some kind of secret ritual that you could only do when you were older. Maybe it had something to do with whatever boys had in their pants? She knew boys didn't have breasts but didn't know what else they had except they ahd to pee standing up for some reason.

Well, whatever. Now was time to put her plan into action.

Pulling out the large hammer she'd borrowed (read, stole) from Thor after he passed out (read, she knocked him out from behind), she swung it in the air just a little as her daddy and Rias were leaving the restaurant.

Instantly, rain clouds formed and the rain started to fall heavily, just as she'd planned.

No one liked getting wet, especially girls and now Rias would complain about the rain, annoying her daddy and then they'd fight and break up and then he'd go to his beloved Gabriel for comfort.

It was perfect!

Gabriel frowned when instead of fighting, her daddy and the whore started dancing of all things! Dancing in the rain! Obviously, these devils were crazy and were infecting her innocent daddy with their evil!

Pouting angrily, Gabriel swung the hammer to the side, planning on tossing to the floor for its failure but she forgot one thing.

Her wrist was still tied to the cord on its end.

"Mou?" said Gabriel when she felt resistance. Like a cannonball shot from a... cannon, Gabriel went flying behind Mjolnir, screaming all the way. Eventually, the hammer smashed into the shore of a river, where Gabriel landed.

The supernatural rain had made the river fast and furious and it pulled the wide-eyed Gabriel who had slipped out of the cord due to the water's wetness.

"MOOOOUUUUU!" yelled Gabriel as she was swept away by the furious current, leaving Mjolnir behind where a certain pervert found it.

Matsuda walked toward where he heard the crash and found the hammer engraved on the shore. Seeing how expensive it looked and thinking to sell it for some dirty magazines, he grabbed its handle and pulled.

Thunder sounded and lightning crashed as Matsuda's sheer perverseness was deemed "pure" by the enchantments of the hammer and Matsuda lifted it into the air.

Lightning hit the hammer, empowering the lolicon to god-like levels. Matsuda felt the power fill him and he yelled to the heavens his battle cry.

"I SHALL HAVE ALL THE LOLIS!"

And so was born the Thunder Lolicon.

AN: LMAO! That last part was totally random and last minute. I remembered that the enchantments on the hammer make it so only someone with a "pure" heart can lift it. But Odin is a major pervert so his definition of "pure" might be slightly skewed. Lol.

Hope you liked the chapter and until next time!