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Chapter 44 - Chapter:44 still breathing!!

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However before Issei could so much as blink his mirror instantly swung around and blocked a projectile that came sailing at his head, distracting the teen and creating an opening for Freed. The exorcist quickly grabbed his sword from its holster and inflicted a narrow cut along the teen's chest, causing Issei to let go of his neck by reflex. Issei groaned as he heard the familiar sound of flapping wings and looked up to see Raynare and another Fallen Angel he didn't recognize flying in the sky above him.

[BOOST!]

"Hello again Raynare, I should have guessed you were behind this little scheme. Trying to kill another human off, are you? I thought you would have learnt your lesson after what I did to Dohnaseek and Mittelt," he growled as the Boosted Gear started glowing again.

"That was you!" cried the Fallen Angel as she remembered how Mittelt just went missing from the middle of the church, they'd thought she'd just ran away but apparently they were mistaken. "Damn it, Freed grab that damned nun and prepare to retreat."

"Raynare we out number him three to one, let's just take him out now!" argued Kalawarner as Freed picked up Asia's body.

"You're not going anywhere exorcist! Frigid Heaven!" snarled Issei as he blocked off Freed from the exit with an ice pillar.

Issei then had to throw up another couple of pillars of ice to block off the light spears being sent at him by the two Fallen Angels in retaliation, only to dive to the side as Freed dropped Asia and rushed towards him. Unfortunately, the exorcist was too quick and gave Issei a nasty stab wound in the gut, causing Issei to cry out in pain before punching Freed in the face with his gauntlet and bringing a smile to the teen's face as he heard the satisfying sound of the exorcist's jaw breaking.

"See Raynare this kid is nothing special, let's just end this now," laughed Kalawarner as she rushed towards the teen's wounded form, only to back off as a pillar of fire erupted between her and her target.

As the pillar died down they all saw Issei panting heavily on one knee, holding his stab wound with a grimace on his face. Upon seeing this Kalawarner let out a mocking laugh while Raynare and Freed cautiously approached Issei, keeping their guards up.

"Ha! How much energy do you have left after casting all those spells? You novice mage! Now that you're low on energy you're as good as dead, Boosted Gear or not," gloated Kalawarner while Raynare and Freed began to back away slightly as a grin grew on Issei's face.

"True, the main weakness with magic casters is their lack of defense should they run out of energy," acknowledged the teen as his mirror began glowing with a purple light and his Rune necklace from Scáthach began to feel hot.

Everyone in the burning remains of the house felt a strange atmosphere descend upon them as they heard Issei's voice become laced with that of a female's, "God who resides in Izumo…"

The mirror in front of the teen began levitating high in the air as they all saw twelve purple glowing Ofuda talismans materialize before surrounding the mirror and its wielder. "Aesthetically certain, breath of the soul…"

The ground beneath them started shaking as multiple Torii made of purple light erupted from the earth and surrounded the entire area. Freed and Raynare continued backing away while Kalawarner just kept staring at their new surroundings in shock.

"Residing in the mountains and watery heavens, Amaterasu. Let this freely become the proof of purification…" called Issei and the energy that had been charging in the area suddenly began flowing into the glowing mirror at an alarming rate.

The mirror then moved to levitate above Issei as the teen leapt into the air and grabbed the Noble Phantasm before slamming it into the ground as he landed, "Thy name is Weighted Stone of Tamamo. Become the sacred treasure, Mirror of Uka!"

They were all blinded as Issei was engulfed in an enormous pillar of purple light, no one noticing the teen's Rune necklace cracking as everyone heard a loud voice call out, "Eightfold Blessing of Amaterasu!"

Kalawarner just watched as the pillar of light was absorbed into Issei's body and instantly the teen looked up at her with a triumphant grin, his body radiating energy as he summoned numerous talismans in both his hands.

The Fallen Angel backed up slightly as she turned back to her two companions, only to find them and the nun's body missing. "What the? Raynare? Freed? Where did you bastards go!?" she called out in anger.

"Well Fallen Angel looks like you've been abandoned," commented Issei in amusement, making her turn back to him in disbelief. "Merciful Sky!" shouted the teen as a ring seemed to glow around him briefly and Kalawarner felt the very area around her turn hostile.

Issei didn't offer her any sympathy though as he threw all his talismans at the Fallen Angel, Kalawarner tried to dodge but Issei had spread the talismans out to widely and she was caught in a large pillar of fire. The heat was unbearable and Kalawarner felt the feathers on her wings beginning to catch alight as she quickly escaped the pillar and crashed to the ground.

"You're still breathing huh? You Fallen Angels really are more robust then I give you credit for, any human would have died from those burns instantly," observed Issei as he approached.

Kalawarner struggled to her feet as she summoned another light spear and tried to ignore the pain burning throughout her body. Throwing her spear she watched in dismay as the hovering mirror intercepted it as Issei continued to approach, the flames behind him giving the teen a hellish look as they illuminated the area, the street lights long since destroyed.

"Where did they take her?" he demanded.

"Why do you care? She only arrived here two days ago," scoffed Kalawarner, only to flinch as Issei summoned another talisman.

"I'm asking the questions here Fallen Angel," growled the teen but before he could continue his interrogation they both heard the sounds of sirens growing louder in the distance.

"Looks like you're out of time human, I'm not telling you anything," coughed Kalawarner with a triumphant smile before leaping into the air and flying as fast as her damaged wings would let her.

"So be it then," replied the teen coldly as he grabbed the Archer card and summoned Tauropolos.

Nocking an arrow Issei then materialized another talisman before wrapping it around the arrow and sighting down on the fleeing Fallen Angel. Taking a deep breath Issei released the arrow, which went sailing into Kalawarner before bursting into a pillar of flames.

As the mirror and bow faded and transformed back into their respective cards, Issei just watched as the pillar faded before he quickly leapt over the nearby fence and rushed home as the emergency services finally arrived on scene to put out the fire.

Elsewhere at the Hyoudou residence two Celts were happily enjoying their first ever pizza, "Issei is late," noted Morrigan with a frown.

Scáthach just sighed, "Morrigan I told you to just relax, honestly what could go wrong in only twenty minutes?"

"Breaking news! A nearby housing complex has recently burnt down, thankfully there are only two casualties reported so far; a male resident and a so far unidentified female. Due to the nature of the male's death police have concluded that foul play is likely, so far no group has claimed responsibility but police believe local Yakuza are responsible…"

Morrigan and Scáthach both turned to see the TV report that Mr. Hyoudou was watching before shrugging their shoulders and continuing to indulge in their newly found favourite food as they heard a knock on the door. "See that's probably him now, I told you everything would be fine," assured Scáthach as she got up from the table and answered the door, only to have Issei collapse in her arms.

That was the day Issei realized he shouldn't tempt fate, it was also the day that he realized that fate would find a way to screw him over regardless.

Both Tsukuyomi and Amaterasu froze as they felt an incredibly familiar yet impossible power begin to draw energy from their homeland's Leylines. Amaterasu just dropped her tea mug in shock, not noticing or caring that the cup shattered on the ground and the tea began to soak into her kimono.

"Amaterasu do you feel that?" asked Tsukuyomi in shock.

The Sun Goddess just nodded in silence, too stunned to speak as the power continued siphoning off energy from the Leylines. Tsukuyomi could understand her reaction, after all it wasn't every day you felt someone with the exact same power as you.

"That's not possible," whispered Amaterasu, softly with wide eyes.

Tsukuyomi nodded in agreement, this new power felt exactly like his sister's, granted that it was much weaker but still the resemblance between the two was so close that they were near identical. In fact, if Tsukuyomi didn't know better he would have thought that there were two of Amaterasu, the one standing before him and the weaker one draining the Leylines.

"Is it your chosen priestess?" asked Tsukuyomi, only to see Amaterasu shake her head with a frown.

"No, Yasaka can only access the Leylines in and near Kyoto, plus she would be taking much more power than this…individual," replied the Sun Goddess. "Besides I know what her power feels like and this is far too similar to my own to be hers."

"Could it be a fragment left behind after your…experience in the mortal world?" questioned Tsukuyomi softly, knowing how sensitive the topic was for her.

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