Highschool DxD: Crawling x Chaos

~Yuta Yukimura~

"Yuta! Shirone! Everyone! Stay back!"

Not Bobby stood in front of us protectively before unravelling a large glowing magical circle as the forest around us seemed to come alive. She gave Kokabiel an amused look hiding concern.

"What's with the sword nya~? Would I be too much for Mr. Big Bad Crow otherwise?"

Kokabiel didn't seem to give her taunt any mind as he tapped the sword on his shoulders with a bloodthirsty smirk.

"Hahaha! As if I would need the Excalibur for a mutt like you. But I'm not passing up the chance to wield it to wipe you all out. How poetic, the great war restarted by the holy treasure of the church!"

With that, Kokabiel swung his sword, and a giant slash of golden light came from it. Kuroka summoned several blue flames and threw them at the slash while writing several dark purple symbols in the air in quick succession.

Boom!

"Tsk."

The fireballs barely managed to stall the slash of light before the earth came to life and formed a wall to stop it in its path, but not before exploding as she clicked her tongue.

"You are no match for my power girl, especially when it is boosted by the Excalibur! I am fucking invincible!"

"We'll see about that nya~ if you were to ask me that sword must be compensating for something."

Kokabiel narrowed his eyes before buckling his legs and dashing towards the catgirl at speeds so fast that sound was left behind several times over. My eyes widened as he thrust forward with the sword, impaling the catgirl in the chest.

"Nee-san!!!"

"Grh!"

I heard Koneko's panicked scream, but before anything happened, several bamboo rods grew out of the ground faster than I could see and stabbed into Kokabiel's skin before he unravelled his wings and shattered them all. And the form he stabbed dissolved into mud, revealing Koneko's sister sitting on a branch further from where he stabbed with a smug expression.

"No match for what Kokabiel nya~? Are your eyes getting blurry from old age~?"

"Shout your lousy mouth fleabag! I can't stand cowardly fighters like you! What about fighting like a coward do you get off on, hiding behind your tricks? Do you have no lust for blood devil?"

Kuroka shrugged her shoulders in a manner that infuriated Kokabiel further.

"I don't know nya~, must have left my thirst for blood back home. If you let the barrier down, I might be able to find it~."

I turned my attention back to the situation at hand as they resumed fighting. Kokabiel was obviously leagues above her in power but Not Bobby seemed to be both strong and smart enough to at least stall Kokhead who probably did not know the T in trick.

I'd take the chance to escape and contact the others if I could but I couldn't risk it. Because we still had to deal with the swarm of summons he unleashed on us. And unlike the start Asia and Irina are kind of catatonic right now, Xenovia was better off mentally, but she was in no fighting condition after getting thrashed by Kokandballs

And my combat ability wasn't going stellar either, the pure agony of having my wing cut off by a blade of light was fucking unbearable. I didn't have confidence in being able to fight with precision while this agony blinds me.

Bam!

Using Bulk Up I punched the head off of a large salamander with copious amounts of venom. Currently, we needed every hand on deck to stall long enough for Rias' brother or Sona's sister to notice us. If we couldn't hold the summons back they could distract Not Bobby and then we would be fucked beyond all measure.

I saw Sona was blasting enemies with pressurised water blades and spears, but a building-sized hawk was swooping down on her from her blind spot. So I bulked my legs up to the limit before pushing off the ground toward her while being assisted by my cloak as I swooped in and snatched her up before rolling away just in time for the hawks talons to dig into where she once was.

"Kon."

Chomp! Crunch!

As my arms were occupied with an heiress, I summoned Kon, who promptly chomped and decapitated the hawk as she manifested before disappearing like she wasn't even there. I turned my gaze to the shocked heiress in my arms.

"Are you alright?"

Sona blinked a few times, completely speechless before adjusting her classes and coughing into her fist. I could have sworn I saw a hint of pink dust her cheeks.

"Y-yes, could you please put me down Yuta-kun? Your assistance was much appreciated."

I let her down as she had asked, not before giving her a concerned glance.

"Alright, keep yourself safe, I wouldn't want to see you get hurt."

It should go without saying that losing any more combatants would make the situation considerably worse.

"...Don't worry, that was a very momentary lapse in judgment. I will not be caught lacking again."

Well, at least her tone was reassuring. I didn't blame her for getting caught lacking after a truth bomb like that.

Leaving Sona to fight her battles, I crouched low and marched towards the other weakened spot. Namely, Irina who was crouched on the ground with her weapon, clattered on the ground, I rushed over to her, cloak of levitation boosting my speed even further and kicked yet another hellhound away like a soccer ball as it disappeared over the horizon. I turned to Irina and I hoisted her up by the collar.

She barely reached to my touch. Even a devil like me couldn't help but feel pity for the girl. She just found out her god did not exist, and she was definitely the most faithful girl I had seen. Even more so than Asia.

So, I decided to go easy on her.

"Hey... I know it is not in my place to say this but just because God might be dead doesn't mean that everything you have known is worthless."

Irina turned to me, her eyes blank as I bit down on my lip. Come on words, work for me for once.

"Look, even if he is dead, his teachings are real, even if he isn't here with you, your belief in him still got you through hard times. So you shouldn't give up so easily. At least for Xenovia's sake, she wouldn't want you to despair like this. And to be honest, neither do I, I still have to take responsibility for taking your first kiss don't I?"

Wow, that sounded way better than in my head. I could physically feel myself failing an imaginary charisma roll right there. But at least some light returned to Irina's eyes as she nodded slowly.

"R-right... for Xenovia's sake. I have to do it! A-and I have to make you take responsibility as well!"

"...Well, I'm glad you are back in the game."

Whatever lights the life in her eyes I guess.

I left Irina behind to assist the next person who needed my help. Rias and Akeno were handling fine on their own, and Asia was also with them. Kiba was also mowing through his own section with what I could only describe as a berserker rage.

But before I turned to rush towards wherever needed my help I froze as I felt an ominous feeling. I looked up to see Kokabiel standing over us with a vicious visage.

"I see you are filled with tricks you flea-ridden stray. So, how about a trick of my own!? Try and protect them all if you can!"

With that, Kokabiel raised his hand, summoning hundreds of spears of light that rained down, and my stomach sank. I could see Kuroka's scared expression. We were holding her back.

As expected, Kuraka couldn't allow the spears of light to hit us so she conjured a giant magical barrier that the spears slammed against, I saw the exertion on her face as she struggled to maintain such a large barrier. Kokabiel on the other hand smirked victoriously.

"Rapidly."

And then Kokabiel's form blurred; if my eyes could barely keep up with him before, now they couldn't. One moment he was there, and the next moment he slashed apart Kuroka's shield. And reached Kuroka herself whose eyes widened in shock.

"Kyah!"

Instead of cutting her Kokabiel slapped her away with the blunt side of his sword, sneering as Kuroka barely managed to catch herself with an uneasy smile.

"Now do you realise devil? You weren't a match for me from the start. If you wanted to stand a chance you all should have brought Serafall or Sirzechs! Ahahaha!"

Kuroka summoned another magic circle while Kokabile walked towards her at a steady pace and I knew at this moment...

If this kept going like this... she was going to die. Rias was going to die. Akeno was going to die. Koneko was going to die. Asia was going to die. Kiba was going to die. Sona was going to die. Xenovia was going to die. Irina was going to die. Sona was going to die. Kuroka was going to die.

If I did not act now, they were all going to die.

Act what?

What could I do?

I clenched my fist, and my eyes wandered to the Durandal stabbed into the ground with a struggling Xenovia on her knees next to it.

'A sword on par with the Excalibur that can cleave anything...'

One that could damage Kokabiel.

Gritting my teeth, I sprinted forward, breaking my legs from the sheer amount of force I put into them as I reached out and grabbed the handle of the sword without hesitation.

Pain.

I could feel the flesh being literally seared off my palm. It hurt so much, and the sword did not budge. I could feel it rebelling against me. Rejecting my existence plainly and trying to burn me away.

"W-what are you doing!?"

I heard Xenovia's voice, her tone was one of shock rather than anger, I could feel her concern as smoke was let off from my hand grasping the sword.

Ignoring her I looked at the sword.

I do not care if you rebel.

My grip tightened, the veins in my hand popping.

I will use your power.

Even if the Durandal rebelled. I still had a way of using it. My only way of using it. But if I used it...

Without a doubt, I'd die.

A slight inconvenience.

If I remember correctly, Devil Triggers can be influenced by the items in the user's possession.

I closed my eyes.

And pulled the Devil Trigger with the Holy Sword Durandal in my hands.

Immediately, pain beyond what I could describe started ripping into my body as I transformed into the form of a devil with the holy power of the Durandal. It was like all of my cells were getting torn apart by millions of needles as my form warped and twisted into shape, the immense power of the Durandal fueling this form pushed it beyond anything that I could achieve with Devil Trigger by its lonesome.

My body was torn apart and reconstructed. I felt the holy and demonic energies mix inside my body like hot oil and cold water, literally shredding my insides, but regeneration boosted by Durandal's power with Devil Trigger fixed it at the same pace.

I would live.

And finally, an explosion of holy demonic power exploded from my body, matching that of Kokabiel's.

I opened my eyes as my form finally settled into its unstable shape. My soul burned with holy and demonic flame as my hand wrapped itself around Durandal's hilt and held it up as if it were part of my body.

'Profaned Exalt Devil Trigger'

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A/N: Kokabiel is more than a formidable opponent but unfortunately for his derelict ass this kitty has got some tricks up her sleeve. While Kokabiel and Kuroka were duelling it out, Yuta was around farming affection points using the White Knight perk. But as you guys have seen, this fight is rather different from canon.

Speaking of, Yuta has made the borderline suicidal decision to, as one would say, lock the fuck in. Who's to say how this decision will go down? But one thing is for sure, the demon lord wielding the ultimate weapon of a saint is no one to scoff at. What did you guys think about the Profaned Exalt trigger's introduction? I would love to know.

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