Author's Notes: Chapter edited and corrected by Scott Fellman.
Ravel Pov.
"I'll stay with Syura and his people; you take care of the rest." I looked at Bella, who shot off towards Syura's group and sighed. Even so, I did what she asked. I looked at Run, who was with Esdeath's group, and slowly approached.
"Lady Ravel," Run said with an almost genuine smile.
"Surrender, or you'll end up like them," I said easily, nodding my head at Bella. Just in time to see Bella rip a devil's neck out with her teeth and laugh maniacally.
"How… uncivilized." Run said with the same soft smile. I raised an eyebrow.
"You kidnapped her sister. I think it's her right to slaughter you all," I said easily. Run shrugged with a smile. I sighed. "I see you won't give up. Let's get this over with," I said tiredly.
"It's not like you're going to give us the choice, Lady Ravel. Your... expression is terrifying." Run said almost affably, but I could see how tense he was. Ah, yes, my smile. I could feel it spread fully across my face, a huge, toothy, almost demonic grin.
"Yes, it sure is." I said simply.
"That's the cue I've been waiting for! Come, my puppets! Team Stylish, it's time to begin our intense and hot assault!! " said the person I recognized as Dr. Stylish with a smile while making a strange pose. Around a hundred devils came flying. They all seemed to be wearing fetish clothing as they posed extravagantly.
They wore white masks and were dressed in what looked like fetish leather underwear. They all had scars all over their bodies, as if they'd had surgery all over their bodies. I snorted loudly.
"If I can say something..." Lucius said in my mind. "That's Stylish's group. If you can... contain yourself better than my dear sister-in-law. There are some members worth credits, certainly not a lot, but anything helps." Lucius said with a smile. I mentally nodded.
Lucius sent me some images of six members of the Stylish group. I was able to quickly distinguish them; they were indeed quite remarkable. That should be easy.
"Send them my way, I'll take care of the seal and use those cubes Sera likes so much to sell them quickly. Mez will help me," Narcissa said, still watching the whole spectacle impassively, even though her sister was literally making it rain blood. She apparently exploded some devils as she pulverized them completely before absorbing the falling blood.
I guess it was time to move. I slowly unsheathed Ryuujin Jakka and put the scabbard in my inventory. My feet caught fire, and demonic wings began to form from my feet.
"Don't die so quickly," I said simply. The fire around my feet seemed to explode before condensing as I made a particular signal with my free hand, shooting out at the first group of Stylish's devils.
Yamamoto Genryuusai was an expert swordsman; he had to be, as the captain-commander of Soul Society's Gotei 13. And since that wasn't just about raw power, it was something that had been passed on to me from the start. All I had to do was get used to it and let the template acclimate to my body.
After training, my Zanpakutou skills were at a stupidly high level. Once I got close enough to the devils, I moved Ryuujin Jakka almost lazily; half a dozen devils were cut in half and fell dead instantly. There were a few more who were injured or lost a limb, but they didn't die instantly.
Stylish's devils barely flinched and charged at me, even the wounded ones. My feet ignited once more, and I easily dodged their attack while spinning in the air. Ryuujin Jakka slashed through everything in his path, killing three more devils.
Yamamoto could fly, but his sword-fighting style was quite linear, or very direct. In contrast, Shinra's fighting style was more three-dimensional, more chaotic, moving and twisting through the air in any way that gave him an advantage.
It was fun to combine the two, and it turned out to be much easier and more organic than I expected. Really, The Company's talents, combined with the skills from the templates, made everything much easier.
I moved through the air, dodging Stylish's devils with relative ease while Ryuujin Jakka reaped one or more lives for every move we made. They were weak and slow, almost boring.
I guess I could understand Bella's boredom at this point. She was still the only one fighting in the Rating Games alongside Sera, but since we were still relatively low-ranked, the matches were entirely boring. Even more so because Riser wasn't initiating matches as often anymore.
I dodged another attack with ease, spun in the air, and accelerated with my foot's propellants. My heel hit the head of a devil; the enormous force, inherited from the insoles, shattered the devil's skull, and he fell dead instantly.
I finally caught a glimpse of one of the devils Lucius had warned me about. I approached them, not killing it outright, instead spinning horizontally and slamming one of them down on the chin before spinning once more. The top of my foot sank into its stomach. I spun around, dragging the devil along before throwing it in Narcissa's direction.
I could see Mez receiving the devil and holding it next to Narcissa. I moved slightly to the side, dodging the attack of a devil's sword while my Zanpakutou cut it in half.
I approached the second recognizable devil and did the same, incapacitating it with force before throwing it at Narcissa, who was receiving them, sealing them, and throwing one of those harmonium cubes at them before selling them and making them disappear.
Actually, it took me very little time to finish neutralizing all of Stylish's devils, either by killing most of them, or sending the rest to Narcissa. In total, there were six that Lucius had marked for me, and all of them had already been captured.
None of them were truly special. Well, yes, they stood out and had their strengths, but having only an enhanced sense didn't do much for their combat level. Even that muscle man with the giant scissors was slow, and the fully modified man with dozens of weapons was quickly neutralized.
I looked at Stylish, who looked livid as he looked at his slaughtered devils.
"Wait, what's in his hands?" Lucius asked slowly. He wasn't asking me, he was just talking to himself...in his head. "I'm not crazy," Lucius snorted. "Take off those gloves, Sera would like them as gifts," Lucius said without hesitation.
"They're horrible, " I said without hesitation. And they were, they were rather large blue gloves with some metal plates on top.
"It's not the appearance that matters," Lucius said amusedly. "Those gloves are, or should be, a Teigu, Glorious Hands of God: Perfector." I grimaced at the name of the big G, but I ignored it. I absorbed the information that Lucius transmitted to me about the Teigu, and he was right, Sera would like them.
In theory, it increases finger speed and precision hundreds of times over—yes, I can see that. They'd be perfect for the experiments Sera often does, helping her create items and potions.
"Do I just have to take them off?" I asked while looking at Stylish.
"Mmm, curious, from what my power can see, they seem to be Sacred Gears." Lucius said interested.
"Sacred Gears? So all the Teigus in Akame ga Kill's world are translated as Sacred Gears here? " I asked, confused.
"It would seem so," Lucius hummed.
"So I should capture him alive, like the others?" I asked, that was what I was going to do anyway. Narcissa could send him to the dungeon until Sera finished with Kokabiel and Vali.
"No need, just cut off his hands and have Cissy capture and bandage him, or knock him out and have Cissy remove them, it's the same thing. From what I can see, it's a Sacred Gear, yes, but it's not bonded to Stylish; it seems Honest and his group found a way to remove Sacred Gears from humans, just like the Fallen Angels." Lucius said simply.
"Tch, they're getting more and more annoying." I snorted. But still moved without hesitation. I ignored the devils still around me, increased the speed of my ignition, and appeared next to Stylish. He tried to escape, and I saw the other Esdeath devils move, but Ryuujin Jakka was faster; his arms were cut off and separated from his body.
I ignored the devil's scream, grabbed the arms, and threw them into my inventory. I half-spun, my leg slammed into Stylish's stomach, and I threw him toward Narcissa, just like the rest.
I felt a wave of heat coming my way, and I didn't even try to dodge the flare that engulfed me.
"Give us back Stylish," said Bols's muffled voice, his flamethrower pointed in my direction. The other devils finally grabbed their weapons and got into a fighting stance.
"You call that fire? I'm insulted." I said, my smile growing even wider. "Let me show you what 'Real' fire is." I let my demonic power gush out as I tightly gripped my Zanpakutou.
"Reduce All Creation to Ash - Ryuujin Jakka!"
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Bellatrix Pov.
"I'll stay with Syura and his people, you take care of the rest." I said to Ravel with a wide smile. I didn't wait for her to answer, and I launched myself at them.
"Finish her off!" Syura growled angrily. I started laughing madly.
Inside the castle, it seemed like there were a couple of hundred hidden devils that came to light when I took it down; half of them, or more, were instantly knocked out by my Conqueror's Haki.
Those left obeyed Syura's order and came in my direction. There were about 100 of them, and I couldn't help but feel excited about that. My speed increased thanks to Sera's medallions, and I appeared near the devils.
Sectumsempra, I used my spear like a wand, like a conduit, and made a long, sweeping motion in all directions. The invisible cursed blade of the curse cut through everything in its path. Several of the nearby devils were severed and slashed all over. Some devils lost limbs, received huge gashes all over their torsos, and began to lose blood rapidly. I even managed to hit a couple of them right in the neck, killing them instantly.
I didn't even hesitate; I launched myself at the nearest devil, grabbing its wings and ripping them off in one go. My jaw distorted and grew abnormally, and my teeth became sharp and pointed. Without hesitation, I bit the devil.
My bite covered his entire shoulder and sank deep. I used my blood control to absorb all of the devil's blood and soul in a split second.
"HAHAHAHA, COME ON!!!" I laughed madly, threw the shell that was the previously living devil, and launched myself at the next. I ignored everything that attacked me, spears, magic, blows, nothing could hurt me. Nothing could kill me, not permanently.
Instead, I just laughed, cut off the head of a nearby devil with my spear, and immediately absorbed its soul, another one for the collection. I raised Jackal and shot the devil that had just launched a magic spell at me. The devil's head exploded like a watermelon, blood beginning to fall all around it.
I used my bloodbending to draw it towards me and absorb it. It hadn't even been 5 minutes, and my suit and face were already covered in blood, and I was enjoying every moment of it.
I raised Jackal and aimed at a devil, but instead of firing, I cast a curse, a creation of Sera. The target's bones exploded from the inside out, splintering and painfully protruding from the body before shooting out at high speed, hitting nearby devils.
The scream of pain they let out was genuinely wonderful. I lunged at one of them and bit into its throat, ripping it out in one bite. I threw the corpse away and fired a few times. Both devils fell immediately thanks to the power and the holy bullets. I swung my spear and cut down three devils with ease, absorbing their blood before they fell.
I cast another curse, this time over a wide area. The devils' eyes and eardrums immediately exploded, leaving them instantly deaf and blind. I then cast a second curse, and the victims' flesh began to twist and tear.
"HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!" I laughed sadistically as I began to tear apart more devils. I could see them start to tremble and turn pale as I approached them. They were learning to fear me! What a delight!
My spear pierced a devil, and I activated my Devil Fruit. The vibrations of my spear liquefied the insides of the devil, causing it to spit blood. I spun my spear upwards and cut it in half before absorbing its blood with delight.
I fired a few more times, exploding more devil heads before casting another curse. The devil's bones began to curl so unnaturally, causing extreme pain. They then began to hiss as they were animated; the bones escaped from the devil's body, they were now shaped like snakes, and began to attack their owner. Once he died, they lunged towards the nearby devils.
I laughed madly again. I could see how the devils shuddered considerably. One began to scream and tried to flee in panic. I looked at all the devils quickly escaping and raised my hand while momentarily putting Jackal into my inventory.
My hand turned into pure darkness as I unleashed the power of the Yami Yami no Mi. Kurouzu, I began to absorb everything around me, to the point where the surrounding gravity deformed and changed direction. I forcefully attracted all the devils that were trying to escape.
None of the devils were particularly strong, so none were able to resist the full pull of my Devil Fruit. Almost a dozen of them were drawn in without being able to fight the attraction. When they approached me, my body transformed into a reddish black mist.
Dozens of jagged maws and mandibles formed from my mist as I partially transformed into several of the monster and beast souls I had stored within me, becoming a tangle of sharp and furious maws, mandibles, mouths, and teeth, dozens of them, that attacked, bit, tore, and shredded all the devils that were drawn towards me.
The devils were torn apart by my teeth with ease before I regained my form once more. I was still holding one of the devils' hearts. I lifted it over my head and placed it right above my mouth. I opened my mouth as I crushed the heart.
Blood trickled down my throat, and I greedily drank as much as I could before throwing the heart aside. I ignored the blood running down my chin and smiled broadly as I looked at the few remaining devils around me.
I could taste their fear; they were terrified, and the scent of fear was so thick I could taste it from a distance like divine wine; it was a pleasure! But I ignored it momentarily, I'd had enough.
I mentally sighed… they really should attack us more often. I could do this as many times as I wanted; that would be nice.
I looked at Syura and his people. It was revealing how none of them seemed really bothered in any way, neither by the brutality I had shown, nor by the death of so many of their devils. Some seemed indifferent and almost bored, while others had a bloodthirsty smile on their faces.
"How bloodthirsty," Syura mocked. "Are you sure your king knows about this side of you? You could come to our side, you could enjoy this kind of thing all you want," Syura said almost sweetly. I mocked him.
"You're not my type." I mocked him. "You have nothing to offer me," I added. I had nothing to explain to a dead man. Syura sighed as he shrugged.
"If that's the case, Dorothea, do it." Syura said simply.
"Understood!" Dorothea said excitedly, her hand lighting up with a magic circle that quickly duplicated itself on all the dead and living Devils. Those unconscious from my Conqueror's Haki, those escaping, and even the dismembered and drained corpses of the Devils beneath me.
Whatever Dorothea had activated took effect almost immediately. The devils began to scream and convulse before transforming almost immediately at tremendous speed. Before long, I was surrounded by hundreds of what looked like creatures that wouldn't look out of place with some cosmic horrors.
The largest of them seemed to have been formed from several devils. It had a reptilian appearance, but it was pure flesh and muscles. The strangest thing was that it was full of eyes everywhere, it also had mouths where it shouldn't, and even faces and heads of people scattered around its body. It was a truly horrible abomination.
I smiled widely. I guess it was my turn. Sera wanted me to do some weird, dramatic pose with my hands for this, but that was stupid. I just made my body explode into a violent, reddish-black mist, and large amounts of the familiars and souls I had trapped inside began to pour out.
Dangerous familiars, beasts, and fantastic creatures, along with devils, vampires, exorcists, and wizards, emerged from my body and began to float around me. Finally, to top it all off, a dozen enormous beasts emerged and quickly surrounded me.
Dragons, dragons that I had brought from our home world. Fireball, Hebridean Black, Common Welsh Green, Swedish Short- Snout, Hungarian Horntail, and more, but the one that made the most significant impact was the Ukrainian Ironbelly, over 20 meters of an enraged beast.
I could see Syura and the others' surprised faces, and my smile widened, then all the dragons and other beasts roared at the same time.
""""""GRAAAAUUUURRRHHH!!"""""""