"I'm Y/N, consultant to Rias Gremory, and Angel of the Lord."
"Consultant, huh?" Ravel repeated as she crossed her arms. "So she doesn't even deem you worthy of joining her peerage."
"If you must now, I declined her offer to join as I prefer being an Angel," Y/N informed. "Allow me to show you why."
Ravel rolled her eyes. "Jeez, are all men this prideful? It really does leave a bad taste in my mouth."
"That's the quite the sharp tongue you have there little girl," Y/N commented.
Ravel's eye twitched at his comment. she hated it when people called her a little girl. She may not be as old as her brother Riser, but that didn't make her a child.
"Do you want to die?" Ravel questioned. "Are all Angels this suicidal?"
"Why don't you come and find out," Y/N invited her over to face him.
However, Ravel let out a giggle and smiled. "Oh, excuse me, but I'm not fighting. Mira, deal with him."
As per her order, the blue-haired girl, Mira, spun her staff in her hand to show off. She stopped spinning it and held it behind her back while also adopting a stance.
Surprisingly, Y/N didn't bother to take a stance, but instead just stood there like an idiot. This caused Ravel to raise a brow.
Mira glared with a burning resentment at Y/N. "The last time we met, you humiliated me in front of Riser-sama."
"Well, if it's any consolation, he probably won't see me do it again this time," Y/N mocked with a small smirk.
Mira growled through her grit teeth before she rushed at Y/N. The last time they'd faced off, she had been trying to ram the end of her staff into Issei's stomach only for Y/N to intervene and grab it. This time around, she was going to play it differently.
When Mira got close enough, she thrusted her staff forward but at Y/N's head. The speed of which she moved would be impossible for human eyes to see, but no-one in this pocket universe was Human at all.
Y/N saw her attack coming and so he easily leaned his head to the side and allowed the spear to fly over his shoulder.
Mira gasped in shock. She hadn't even seen him react to her rushing at him but he'd been able to dodge her attack. Was this the power of an Angel?
Because she missed her attack, Mira stumbled forward. Y/N turned his body to the side and put his foot out which caused her to tumble forward and comedically land flat on her face.
"Maybe Riser needs to observe his servants powers more than just their bodies," Y/N spoke down to her, not like he had much of a choice.
Mira growled once again. She rolled onto her back and kicked her legs up. She flipped herself to her feet and held her staff in front of her.
Once again, she ran at Y/N with more ferocity then logic in her mind. Her training had been clouded by her drive to make up for losing to him.
She swung her staff this time instead of thrusting it. Y/N knelt down and let it pass over him. The gust of wind it created blew his hair a bit. She swung it down but he rose up and dodged to the side.
Mira continued her onslaught of attacks that Y/N would avoid seamlessly. He would duck and weave around her attacks which did nothing but add fuel to her fire.
Ravel groaned from where she stood. "It appears Mira's bit off more than she can chew. Seriously, she is useless with that staff," Ravel then turned her attention to the two Nekomata twins. "Pawns, Ni and Ri! Get in there!"
At the order, Ni and Ri smiled happily but their eyes had a dangerous glint in them. Both the sisters leapt into the air and fell towards Y/N.
Even though he was dodging Mira's attacks, he still heard Ravel's order. He peered around and saw them approaching him from the air.
"You dare turn your back!?" Mira shouted, outraged.
Instead of replying, Y/N grabbed Mira's staff and spun them around. Mira leapt out an unintentional yelp in surprise. With Y/N standing in Mira's previous space, the two Nekomata's landed on the floor instead of him.
The three girls stared Y/N down. The two on the sides were smiling devilishly while Mira wore a frown.
"Your team have some fancy names, but we are Phenex, the immortal," Ravel smirked. "We're immortal! Do you see now that there's no hope for your team?"
Y/N glared at the blonde-haired brat. "Don't lecture me about hope. I'm an Angel, we created hope. All the Phenex-clan did was run and hide during The Great War. Trust me, I was there."
After learning that about Riser's family name, Y/N decided to do some research of his own. It turns out he had already fought the family years ago during the war. He remembered how they had been one of the Devil families that retreated earlier than the others. He'd also learnt about a very unique ability they possessed called Phenex tears. Their tears had healing properties that rivalled his own healing abilities.
Ravel gasped before correcting herself. "That was a long time ago, and Riser-sama's going to prove you wrong."
"He's going to prove to me that his family doesn't spread shame? He's not exactly batting a thousand," Y/N mocked while using a term he hoped he was using right. Judging by Ravel's irritated glare, he guessed he had done.
"You're being mean to Ravel-chan!" One of the Nekomata twins complained. Honestly, Y/N had no idea which was which.
The two twins and the staff-user rushed at him. Y/N quickly learned that the twins were gymnasts or at least very good at acrobatics. One leapt over him while one went for his legs. Mira ran at him with her staff pointed at his chest.
The Angel analysed their plan and praised them for their use of teamwork, but he was no ordinary opponent.
In a show of his own skills, Y/N backflipped in the air. This allowed the twin going for his legs to slid underneath and miss him. Mira lost her target and so she tried to correct herself by aiming at his mid-air body, but she missed.
When Y/N came back down, he pushed his hands on the floor and once again flipped into the air, this time, over the Nekomata that had gotten behind him.
The second twin marvelled Y/N's expert flip instead of realising what was happening. She realised too late as Y/N landed behind her, switching their positions.
She spun around quickly and threw a hook that was aimed at his cheek. But in an incredible show of speed, Y/N raised his arm and used it to block her attack.
The catgirl looked in shock as her wrist collided with his forearm. Not wasting any time, Y/N used that same arm to grab hers and pull her closer. He grabbed her wrist with one arm and her opposite shoulder with his other hand. He effortlessly pushed her forward. She stumbled to stay up right.
Y/N looked up just in time to see the sister with blue hair come flying in with a kick going towards his face. Y/N quickly grabbed her leg and threw her behind him. She cried out as she was thrown away like a ragdoll.
Like before, Mira swung her staff at him but he ducked under it and forced his hand on her chest. The force of the blow was enough to send her skidding back.
Despite them being weakened, Y/N was going to end this fight so he could save his energy on Riser. However, the sound of something shattering below caught his attention.
He looked out of the window and saw Kiba's sword get shattered by Carlamine's flaming one.
'Damn it. I gotta wrap this up, fast.' He told himself.
When he brought himself back into the fight, he noticed how he had been surrounded in a circle created by the three girls.
The playful attitudes of the twins had been replaced by their anger. Clearly, they had been hoping for an easy fight, not an actual challenge.
"I don't have time for this anymore," Y/N muttered but they heard him.
"We were thinking the same thing," Both of the twins said at the same time.
Y/N just managed to catch Ravel's face. He saw a faint smile on her face. She was enjoying watching someone she didn't like about to get their ass kicked. Oh, how disappointed she was going to be.
The red-haired sister, Li, who was behind him, somehow ran at Y/N but she kept her footsteps so quiet it was like they weren't even there.
Unexpectedly, Y/N threw his fist up. The back of his hand collided with her nose which caused a cracking noise and blood to pour. From that hit alone, they could all tell that he wasn't playing around anymore.
He quickly ducked down and leg swiped her. She fell to the floor while clutching her nose. She hit the ground and let out a painful moan followed by a series of 'owie's.'
After watching her sister get beaten like that, Ni charged at Y/N and with a fist cocked. When she got close, she threw her fist but Y/N was quick enough to duck below it.
As her fist passed over him, he jumped back while at the same time slamming his fist into her stomach.
Ni felt all the oxygen leave her stomach and her mouth became very dry. Y/N couldn't care less as used her bent over body to punch her across the face. She was sent to the floor while holding her bruised cheek.
He faced Mira who ran at him for like the umpteenth time today. However, unlike all the other times, Y/N got closer. He grabbed her staff in one hand and spun his body around so his back was facing her front. He swiftly collided his elbow into her face, disorienting her.
He spun out of her comfort zone and grasped the staff tighter. He yanked it out of her grip and kicked her in the stomach. She leant forward and Y/N hit her own with her own staff. It hit under the chin which sent her flying into the air.
As Mira painfully hit the ground, Y/N grabbed the staff in both hands and slammed it down on his knee, breaking it into two jagged pieces. He tossed both parts of the broken staff to his sides.
He stared down at the Devil's he'd taken care off while wearing a frown. Without looking at it, his hand began to pulse a heavenly blue light. He opened his hand to show that his palm was bursting with light energy. The girls on the floor couldn't do anything but Ravel who covered her eyes from the poisonous light.
Y/N raised his hand up in the air, letting it glow brighter. The sister Li who had been taken down first tried to push herself up but she and the other two were too late.
Y/N crashed his hand on the floor, creating a tidal wave of blue light. The light washed over them and when it did, they screamed out in pain. Luckily for them, Y/N wasn't trying to kill them.
The light from Heaven weakened their bodies greatly. It was a second later when their bodies were surrounded in another blue light that didn't belong to the Angel.
"Riser-sama's three Pawns have been defeated," Grayfia announced after the light had dispersed the three beaten girls.
The expression on Ravels face no longer portrayed amusement or annoyance, all she wore was fear. For the first time in a long time, she was truly scared of the person in front of her.
Y/N turned to Riser's younger sister with a tired glare. He wasn't tired after fighting the glares, he was just exhausted of her attitude.
"Stay away!" She shouted.
She threw out her hands and shot a wave of fire at him. She couldn't even open her eyes as she was too scared to look at what might happen.
Like with Yubelluna's attack, the flames surrounded Y/Ns body but he refused to move. Ravel's attack engulfed him in Phenex flames.
Ravel reluctantly opened her eyes and saw that her attack had eaten him. She couldn't see his body in her flames which filled her with relief.
Suddenly, Y/N threw his arms out to the side from within the fire. His hands were emitting a blue light. Just like with Moses and the Red Sea, Y/N parted Ravel's flame from the centre. He may or not have actually gotten the idea from Moses himself. He had no idea why his father had spoken to him as a burning bush but that wouldn't pass in modern times, in fact, burning bush usually means something else entirely now.
All hope of winning had quickly left Ravel and had left this scared husk of a girl. After seeing how little of a group Rias Gremory's peerage was, she expected this to be an easy fight, even if they did have an Angel.
Y/N pressed on with his powers and was able to stop the flames Ravel was creating completely. She gasped in shock.
With one of his hands, he froze her where she stood. Ravel felt like a snake had coiled around her body and was squeezing the life out of her.
He slowly lifted her off of her feet and floated her over to him. Ravel felt her body go into shock. The look on his face was a blank frown that somehow put more fear in her than an angry frown would.
Y/N's other hand clenched into a fist that he brought up. Y/N brought Ravel close enough for him to grab her by her collar. He still kept her body frozen mentally.
Ravel couldn't even shout out for her someone to help her as Y/N had also frozen her mouth from moving, The only thing she could do was plead at him through her fear-swelled eyes.
Y/N pulled back and tensed his arm. Ravel braced herself for the hit when she realised there was no getting out of it. She just hoped it would be quick and relatively painless.
All of a sudden, a loud explosion from outside rocked the building and violently shook the glass. The power of the attack caused Y/N to become distracted and look away from Ravel.
When he saw what had happened, he felt his eyes pop out of his skull and his voice to become stuck in his throat.
He watched as Akeno, who wore a pained expression, fell out of the sky after being blasted by a powerful attack. Her body was surrounded by a bright glow that turned her into starry atoms.
"Rias-sama's Queen has been defeated."
Y/N felt like he was going to be sick. He could only form incoherent noises. Akeno had been defeated, and he hadn't been able to help her. He had only watched as she was taken away.
Suddenly, another explosion with the same magnitude rocked the ground. Y/N found the source of the explosion and saw Kiba fall back while yelling out in pain. His body was also enveloped in the same bright light and he too was taken out of the game.
"Rias-sama's Knight has been defeated," Grayfia's monotone voice announced.
Once more, Y/N felt like his heart had been stepped on. He didn't know Kiba all that well but he was a good guy, an excellent Knight, and a great friend.
At the lost of his friends, Y/N's anguish was replaced by a deep rage. It was a wave of anger he hadn't felt in such a long time. He had shown hints of it back when he killed Raynare and the other three Fallen Angels, but his true rage had yet to be revealed. He hadn't been angry since he'd lost his brothers and sisters during the war, but this, this was like losing a whole different family.
"AKENO-SANNNN!" He roared.
He let go of Ravel's collar and instead wrapped his hand around her face. The heavenly light blasted out of his palm and burnt her face. Her painful screams were muffled by his palm. Luckily for the blonde, the teleporter light crawled up her body to take her away.
"Riser-sama's Bishop has been defeated!"
Y/N didn't wait for Grayfia to finish speaking before he spread his white wings and flew at the window.
He smashed straight through the glass, attracting the attention of Issei below who was mourning the loss of Kiba.
In the midst of smoke was a figure who floated out of it. When they revealed themselves, Y/N immediately came to a halt.
It was Yubelluna who didn't look like she had suffered any damage. Even if Akeno had lost, Y/N refused to believe that she would have gone out without at least making Yubelluna suffer some kind of damage, which meant she had drunk some Phenex tears.
Yubelluna's sultry eyes found Y/N. "Oh, has the Angel finally come out to play?"
Y/N didn't reply but let his emotions fill him instead. This woman had successfully taken out almost half of Rias' pieces. She had blasted and defeated Koneko, Kiba, and Akeno. All that remained was Issei, Asia, Rias, and Y/N.
Riser had also lost more than half of his pieces. Y/N had taken out three Pawns and his Bishop. Kiba had taken out two Pawns and Akeno had defeated three Pawns and Rook. All that remained were both his Knights, one of his Bishops, Yubelluna his Queen and Riser the King himself.
Y/N spotted the Knights and remaining Bishop on the ground surrounded by a field of swords that were stabbed into the ground. Kiba's work no doubt. However, Y/N saw that the three pieces on the ground were sneaking up on Issei who was too distracted mourning Kiba and staring up at Y/N to notice them.
"You're looking away from me?" Yubelluna asked, the seductive tone still evident in her voice. "You're either very brave or very dumb."
Slowly, Y/N turned his attention to her. Even though she didn't show it, the deranged look in her eyes made her wary of him. The Bomb Queen clutched her fire staff tightly.
To her confusion, Y/N held his hand out and pointed it down at the destroyed track field. A bright blue light emanated from his palm that made her narrow her eyes.
Suddenly, three female screams cried out from below the two. Yubelluna swiftly glanced down and then gasped in horror.
Issei spun around on his spot and watched as Risers two Knights and Bishop were encompassed in Y/N's Angel light. It burnt away at them as his light was actual poison to Devils. Both Rias' Pawn and Riser's Queen looked on in terror.
"Riser-sama's two Knights and Bishop have been defeated."
Yubelluna lifted her gaze from where her teammates had once been and looked back at Y/N. The Angel in question looked both pissed and hurt. Since meeting Riser for the first time, Yubelluna's heart beat incredibly fast, but whereas with Riser it was because she was in love, here she felt true fear.
"Now, you wouldn't hurt a woman now, would yo-"
Quicker than she could see, Y/N rushed forward and slammed his fist into her stomach. The power behind the punch was enough to make her cough up blood that splattered on to his arm.
Y/N didn't give a damn that she was a woman because, in his eyes, she was no woman, she was his next opponent and he would stop at nothing to avenge his fallen teammates, just like he did during the war.
With his other hand, Y/N grabbed a handful of Yubelluna's hair and yanked her up. She gasped as he forced her to face. He didn't stop there as grabbed her face with his hand like he had done to Ravel.
He hovered over and forced her down. He flew straight towards the ground with her below him. She couldn't do anything but stare into his hate-filled eyes as he brutally took her down.
The two crashed into the ground sending dust and dirt flying in all directions. The dust would have taken much longer to settle on its own, but Y/N's wings accidentally brushed it all away and revealed a deep crater Yubelluna's body had created.
Yubelluna was just gripping on to her consciousness. Any second now and she would be defeated. With the combination of him shoving her through the ground and his poisonous light, she was almost done for.
Y/N removed his hand from her face and grabbed her by her collar with both of his hands. With a growl, he shoved her back into the ground before lifting her back out. He continued this process over and over again.
Yubelluna's high pitched voice screamed out. "RISER-SAMA! HELP ME!" She begged and begged but it was of no use. Riser either couldn't hear her or didn't care.
Finally, Y/N stopped beating her and shoved her into the ground the back of her head had created. There was a pool of blood that her hair dipped into.
"P-please...no more," She pleaded with a quiet and raspy voice.
"You're right," Y/N spoke with a low and rageful voice. "I'm done here, and so are you."
He forced his palm on her forehead and released a giant wave of heavenly light.
"AHHH!" Her voice cried out in pain as he forced his light through her entire body. She screamed until the end.
"Riser-sama's Queen has been defeated."
Issei rushed over to the crater just in time to see Yubelluna's atoms fly into the air. With Yubelluna gone, all that left was Riser. Issei looked down and saw Y/N who was still glaring at the spot where he had been beating the Bomb Queen.
"Y/N?" Issei worryingly called out. He was afraid that him losing Akeno and Kiba had drove him mad like losing Koneko had almost done to him.
Slowly, Y/N peered up at Issei. The anger had left his eyes and instead, Issei saw guilt splashed across his face.
"I...I..." Y/N kept stuttering. It was like he was a completely different person now.
"Y/N. What happened?-" Issei was caught off by yet another deafening explosion.
The two looked to the source of the sound and saw that it had come from the forest. There were brilliant flames erupting from the trees. As Issei studied it more, he realised that those trees weren't just any trees. They were trees he passed by almost every day.
"That's in the direction of the ORC," Issei unintentionally said out loud.
However, Issei wasn't the only one to realise this.
A bright blue light was releasing from the crater below him. Before Issei could ask what was going on, an explosion of Angelic light shot out of the hole and pushed Issei onto his back.
Two white wings shot out of the crater and flew into the air. Issei just about saw Y/N's figure flying over to the Occult Research Club at speeds he didn't think were possible.
Y/N was on the warpath, and God bless whoever got in his way.
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So that's the second chapter of the Rating Game.
You probably noticed that Y/N was quite brutal in this chapter and I don't think it's a secret why he was. Also, is it wrong to say that I enjoyed writing Y/N brutally beat up Riser's servants?
This may sound stupid, but I do want to clarify that I don't have any hatred towards woman despite what I made Y/N do in this chapter. This was purely to further Y/N's character and it's not like Riser has any male servants, so my hands were kinda tied. I do not condone violence against woman nor do I condone violence against men. Just keep your hands to yourself unless absolutely necessary, okay?
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