Movement 2

Chapter 5

Before we entered Kuoh Academy I had wondered how we were going to buy time for the two Maou's, there was so many possibilities one of which included dragging everyone to my Reality Marble –an option that I am seriously considering – and trying my luck there however …

"I Accept"

There were still a few things I don't understand and maybe through this I could get my answers.

"Shirou that's insanity" Sona shouted at me "I refuse"

I walked towards her and with most of my walls down I placed my hand on her head, her eyes widened before it softened and a moment of understanding passed through us. This was my way of protecting her and getting answers at the same time and denying me was her way of showing I was part of her family devil or not. However one of us would have to give way and in the end it was Sona who sighed.

"You are to return Alive, do you hear me? As your Master I order you to" she said and I smiled

"I'll try my best Master" I said honestly "At the meantime why don't you take care of Valper, Freed and their friends"

"Yes, Yes we'll handle that" she said with a small smile and within moments the group rushed of passed Kokabiel who refused to acknowledge their existence.

"So then shall we start?" he asked me with a smile before he came for me.

I didn't answer and instead I reinforced my body, jumping back I projected Archer's bow and fired off three piercer arrows which he just batted away. I landed on the Archery clubs roof and traced five explosive arrows. He merely eyed me as I fired the arrows, immediately after that I traced Kanshou and Bakuya and dashed for the angel. Kokabiel moved his hand lazily as to bat away the arrows as he did earlier however as soon as the arrow touched his skin it exploded in a bright fashion taking advantage of the five explosions I brought the black falchion only to see it be met with a sword created by light.

"Now then Shirou Emiya shall we fight in earnest?" he asked his face was bleeding however he still had a smile on his face.

[~]

"Akeno cover us!" Rias shouted as she Sona used Destruction Magic and Water Magic respectively to take down the Fallen Angels in front of them, Akeno simply answered in affirmative before she electrocuted the Cerberus that was trying to attack them from behind. [BOOST!] Cried Issei's red Gauntlet as he ran passed Koneko to cover her, his collected energy used to punch to Cerberus down.

Off to the side Kiba, Griselda and Xenovia were facing off Freed and his newly forged Excalibur. Griselda smashed [Excalibur Destruction] down on Freed however he disappeared before the swing touched him reappearing behind her to stab her once more however just before he could Kiba appeared and thrusted his [Holy Demonic sword] just to see it be blocked by the Reforged Excalibur.

"Ooooops! That would've been bad-!" before he could continue he had to jump away from Xenovia as she brought down Durandal on the place where he was a moment ago.

"Hey, didn't anyone tell you it's bad not to let people fin-" he said before Kiba appeared and he met his sword with his.

"Seriously you people need to stop attacking when someone is fucking speaking!" jumping back he concentrated before he seemed to multiply right in front of them

"It's Excalibur Nightmare's Ability" Griselda shouted as she ran forward "Cover my sides!" She shouted to which both Kiba and Xenovia nodded.

Griselda charged taking care to watch all five freed charging at her. Excalibur Nightmare's Ability is only as good as someone's image is, that means if one looks closely they could see that the grass wasn't moving under the copies feet – not to say the others weren't a threat for even though they were mere illusions they could still cut her up. In a moment she met the real freed head on and with a swipe the sword broke, Excalibur destruction showing its Ability however the sword regrew in a moment and though she tried her best to dodge the blades that grew from the sword like claws and with Kiba and Xenovia beside her she got off unscathed.

"Damn you Fucker's" Freed shouted before he disappeared. Learning from experience the three of them covered each other's backs before staying still letting freed come to them.

Letting her senses guide her Griselda moved to the right just as Xenovia was struck in the arm, the Reforged sword's blade shattered and became visible for a moment before it disappeared again.

"He's combining Mimic and Transparent!" She shouted making the others tense up. Then the air wheezed as she Xenovia's and Kiba's sword met with the invisible sword, Xenovia's sword breaking it while Kiba parried it. Once more the sword appeared for a moment before it disappeared but this time they were ready.

"There!" Kiba shouted before he threw his Holy Demonic sword at the place where Freed was, as he saw his sword get deflected confirming the rogue's priest location he threw one just beside the invisible priest to stop him from running.

Xenovia made a standing wide arc with her Durandal whilst Griselda did one kneeling swiping before both swords were blocked. In a flash Freed reappeared.

"Damn bastards don't know they're supposed to be dead!" the priest shouted he jumped back and a hail of claw like blade shot out however just before they all reached the three a dark ball of pure destruction landed in the middle of them destroying the claw-swords in the process. Up on the side Valper Galilei smiled, his eyes crazed as he had finally found the answer to his question.

"Of course, that must be it …" he whispered "God must be dead" he said "God must be dead!" He shouted causing all combatants to stop and turn their heads to the crazed priest who was laughing maniacally.

"Oh damn Valper Galilei must've lost it" Issei said however Sona moved forward a bit before she crossed her hands.

"What do you mean Valper?" Sona questioned only to get Valper Galilei's laughter as an answer.

"Valper Galilei, Answer me what do you mean?" now it was Griselda who questioned, her expression taut as piano keys.

"There was no possible way sword birth would've been able to achieve Balance breaker regardless of who its wielder should be. Only the strongest ones have that privilege" he said almost to nobody as he continued to look to the sky "the same could be said upon twilight healing, it was never designed to heal Devils, there are even scriptures of bearers of twilight healing using it to exorcise demons and yet before me is a twilight healing that heals devils … it shouldn't be possible, It should be –" he turned his head to where Shirou and Kokabiel Should be "– Impossible" he said slacked jawed. The other combatants also turned only to have their eyes widened at what they saw.

It was an unholy dance that would result in death, a fast paced battle that showed the true skill each of them had. Kokabiel swiped his light sword only to have it met by Kanshou and with a turn Shirou countered only to have Bakuya be met by his light sword then Shirou jumped back throwing both Falchion towards the fallen Angel whose wings had appeared to cover him and then they clashed once more. Kokabiel was the epitome of grace he moved with exact precision as someone who had dedicated his whole life to his swordsmanship on the other hand Shirou's was crude and outright suicidal, leaving holes in his defenses, throwing his swords whenever it seemed necessary. Compared to Kokabiel Shirou's actions seemed to be that of a Novice and yet he was facing Kokabiel blow for blow.

Shirou was thrown off by Kokabiel's blow shattering the D- rank defensive sword Noble Phantasm he held. Using the momentum he traced Jumonji Yari or the cross spear of Mitsuda Gennosuke a spearman who walked both the path of the spear and of the Buddha despite his predecessor's words he was a Master spearman who was able to cultivate eleven styles that was extolled as "a spear that reaches the gods and Buddha's" that makes it possible for the wielder to cope with any weapon the enemy has.

Kokabiel ran forward his hands crossed with the two light swords readied to slash Shirou when he saw the weapon in his hands. Disregarding it he continued his attack swiping Shirou's midsection with the two light swords only for Shirou to duck and thrust the spear upwards the two light swords hitting the tip of the cross spear, with a twist and turn Kokabiel was unarmed his two swords flying away, with a jumping spin Shirou himself aimed for Kokabiel's midsection only for Kokabiel to dodge at the last second but not before sustaining a gash on his chest, his clothes ripped from the blade.

He looked bewildered for a moment at the Bloodying wound on his chest before he laughed.

[~]

I landed with a skid pointing my weapon downwards as Lancer would with his own spear eyeing the Angel who was laughing heartily

"This, This is exhilarating!" he said with a deep breath "Tell me how many weapons do you have?"

"More than a few" I answered simply

"Yes, clearly" he said with a smile

"Impossible!" I heard Valper Galilei shout "No Human should be able to stand up against an Angel much less someone like Kokabiel-sama! Even though he's dead that God must've made sure of –" he said in disdain before he shouted in pain as Kokabiel threw a light spear towards the priest stabbing him before the spear caused his body to burst into flames.

"Shut your mouth mongrel" he said without even looking at the now burning Valper Galilei

"So he wasn't needed anymore" I stated flatly.

"Yes, I really only needed him for the Excalibur's and truth be told his nagging was starting to get on my nerves" he informed me

"I can imagine, with how he looked while reforming Excalibur I figured he was more of the praising type"

"Oh you have no idea" he said his hands moving "he was really downcast when the holy sword fragments denied him their power and that's what drove him into the darkness, I merely gave him his wish before sending him to his next great adventure"

"Hmmm …" I hummed thoughtfully "considering what the others told me he had done I think you were being too generous-" I said before being cut off by Xenovia

"Excuse me but are you really having a discussion? Seriously?" she shouted before she ran towards Freed and met him halfway in a flurry of sparks.

"Bit off a spitfire isn't she?" Kokabiel asked and I nodded in understanding, she reminded me of Saber though her patience and subtlety was far from the king of knights.

"Kokabiel!" Griselda shouted her voice slightly cracked in what I could identify as disbelief and desperation. Kokabiel turned his head simply in a small gesture and gave the battle hardened warrior his attention.

"Yes, Ms. Quarta?"

"Is Valper Galilei … correct in his assumption? is … God dead?" she had stopped shouting at the end but with us no longer locked in swords the two of us heard what she said clearly. Kokabiel's posture changed immediately, ever so faintly his shoulder stiffened and his grip upon his light sword tightened.

"… Yes" he said "God died along with the four Satan's during the Great War" his tone strangely held an emotion I hadn't heard until …

"That's the reason for this isn't it?" I asked, not responding to the silently stunned reaction the other combatants showed. It just made sense. His mouth stretched minuscule in a sad grin but stayed silent, taking that as a sign I continued.

"I had always wondered why someone like you would intentionally fall and join the Grigori and until now I couldn't find an answer." It was like having all the pieces and yet unable to see the picture but now … "you joined the Grigori to watch over them because god was already gone, you let your wings darken so that they would be watched." I spoke my voice showing my realization, Kokabiel merely showed me smile a father would show to his offsprings.

"Did you now that Humanity was Father's favorite amongst his creation?" he said his voice melancholy "Oh don't misunderstand Father loved all of his creations however he enjoyed watching humanity the most. An Angel's Power doesn't increase nor decrease with time it just is but a Human's would change sporadically over the period of its life. God enjoyed watching them grow, watching them invent methods to lessen the burden they we're carrying, watching them rise up, fall then circumvent their ways so as not to fall again … And then they came" He sent a glare at the devils and Sona and Rias flinched, the pure hatred there was enough to make me swallow.

"They came in droves, causing war and destruction upon anything they touched." He clenched his fist "Father wished to see how Humanity would rise up on their own how far they could reach, how strong their final form would compare to us and seeing them corrupt his children was what drove Father to war."

"The Great War …" I said and he nodded

"Not for power or Dominion or even hatred for the devils but for the protection of the infant race he loved"

"And now you're trying do what he died for" I said and he smiled at me once more

"I darkened my wings to watch over the fallen and was forced to watch as Father died on the battlefield, forced to do nothing as Michael took Father's throne and pretend to be God, watched him agree with the trash and released his hold upon his weapons" at this he laughed, a very broken laugh filled with hatred that he no doubt felt for every second of every day since his Father died "The Angels we're warrior who fought for the people who couldn't fight for themselves, now look at them A shadow – nay a spec of what they were. And what of the Humans they were supposed to protect? They were killed, slaughtered and changed for the amusement of Devils" I can feel Rias's and Sona's Hatred for their kinds persecution Radiating but wisely they held their tongue, I have no doubt that Kokabiel would strike them down if they cut him off. "They focus on their own survival not caring upon how many people should be sacrificed to reach it." He took a few deep breaths as his rant and rampant feelings burst out.

"The Devils move in the cover of the night and prey upon the humans trading their soul for promises of pleasures, riches and power, chaining them down like slaves-"

"You're one to talk! It was your kind that killed me!" Issei shouted and for a moment Kokabiel looked a bit guilty and saddened.

"Yes … They misunderstood Azazel's Orders when he told them to prevent any beings from preying upon your scared gear" he sighed with a voice that clearly told us of his sorrow over what happened "I only got word of what happened when Mittelt landed in front of me and informed me their operation ended in failure." He looked at Issei and the regret coming off him in waves made me frown at the burden he carried.

"For what it's worth young man … I'm sorry" he said truthfully causing Issei to splutter in rapid succession no doubt he didn't expect an apology. Kokabiel's wings sprung out, all five pairs of them and he started to float.

"The Three factions are no longer needed, they are a dying race that clutches upon Humanity in an effort to survive." He gave me a sardonic smirk "Haven't you found it weird yet? Devils reincarnate Humans into their race, The Fallen fornicate with Humans to create Human-Angel offspring, Hell even Angels need humanities prayers to survive. As much as those Asses would like to deny it much less hide it, Humanity is so much stronger than us, their adaptability and unbridled potentials surpasses anything we could throw at them!" his fists clenched once more and a look of pure anger emerged from his face "And they have the gall to look down at them, to sink their fangs upon them at their unprotected state … to desecrate upon father's wish and will. Well I won't I'll put an end to the three factions because it's what's right! Because Humanity deserves to step out of the shadows everyone forced them to be, because-"

"-You gave up" I said disregarding the loud whip of wind that signified Kokabiel turning his head to look at me with wide eyes before he snarled. Unperturbed I continued. "You gave up and came up with a plan to just end it all, No longer believing in what your God Believed in. You gave up on the Ideals you carried all your life-"

"I did no such thing!" Kokabiel screamed however I continued as if he didn't speak

"Unable to look at the countless people you've let down-" I dodged a Light spear he fired at me, a clear warning his patience was running out but that's fine … my patience was running out too.

"You can no longer see through the countless faces of people you failed to save" Kokabiel lunged at me both his hands ready to cut me down.

"Shut up!" he shouted before I struck the ground in front of me with the spear and used the momentum the kick him in the chest.

"No, you're the one who needs to shut up!" I hate you Archer … so much.

"I did not give-"

"Yes, you did! You gave up when you can no longer fathom how to save humanity from the clutches it found itself on, When you saw no way out, When your father died!" he let out a primal roar before he raised both his hands and a giant light spear appeared

Damn it that last one might have been too much. But it was fine.

"Trace on"

A Large cross shield materialized from thin air, moving my hand to hold it I readied myself. This shield, created long ago is said to be the ultimate protection, a shield whose defense is proportionate to the will of the user "so long the heart doesn't break, those castle walls too shall never crumble". It has had two Masters and two forms where as one stood in protection of a kingdom and one was to protect a wish, both was strong enough to guard against a blast from Excalibur Morgan.

"Deploying Noble Phantasm!" Behind me I heard Sona and the others recoil at the Magical energy Kokabiel was emitting. But I stood strong, there was no need to fear, for this Shield …

With a shout Kokabiel shot out the Giant Projectile with the force of a Hurricane, The winds around the spear ravaging everything it touched.

"Lord Chaldea's!" I slammed the shield on the ground just as the Light spear hit us effectively stopping its Assault. This was Lord Chaldea's: Human Order Foundation, the end result of Mash Kyrielight's work as a Demi-Servant, though degraded in value to the true Power of the Shield the specifics of the ability remained the same. Light spear met with the Shield of the round Table and with a deafening blow the Light spear exploded. The winds and Magical Energy of the backlash was enough to break the Barrier the Student Council had erected though with the backlash aimed upwards the only damage was near the hole at the top.

"I-impossible!" I heard Sona's shaky voice exclaimed, beside her the others also sounded their disbelief.

"Y-You're alive?! But how? That shot was my strongest and most costly, to be able to block it ..."

"Don't dis humanity just yet" I said slowly from behind the shield making him flinch.

"The devils may prey upon the weak and heaven may have forsaken us but don't think for a moment that humanity is just going to roll over and die, after all ..." I gave him a smile "aren't we full off potential?" at this he gave a laugh full off exhilaration and relief before tears started to fall from his cheeks however seemingly oblivious to this Kokabiel continued to laugh until he literally fell to the ground creating a small crater all the while small giggles emitted from time to time

"That's a lot of weight for a Servant of a devil" he commented still chuckling lightly. I gave him a smile.

"I'll only follow her as long as she endeavor's to protect the innocents." at this his eyes widened before he let out another laugh.

"It seems … I was wrong" then his eyes turned to the sky in a blank stare.

"Servant, please kill me" exclamations rang out behind me however I stayed silent. He so reminded me of Archer, A warrior who walked the path for an Ideal and was rewarded with betrayal of the highest order. Dying would be something he would welcome with open arms, and in killing him I would be giving him peace however …

"I have nowhere to go, I no longer wish to continue upon my path however I cannot stop … If Humanity will be able to survive then humanity has no need of me any longer"

Even if it would give him the peace Archer wanted …

"I refuse" the wild exclamations and sounds of protest rang out however all I focused on was Kokabiel and his wide eyes.

"You want to see how strong humanity can be right? What God saw within our kind that made us worthy of his attention? Well you can't do that dead."

"I doubt Azazel and the two Maou's will be kind enough to let me wait that long" he said eyeing me curiously.

"I'll take care of that, the only question is will you accept?"

He looked at my hand for a long time before he smirked at me.

"Can you show me what my Father saw in your race?" he asked honestly and I smirked back.

"I don't know … but I can certainly try" with a laugh he took my hand before proceeding to kneel.

"On my Father's Honor I Kokabiel, Angel of the Stars do swear to follow Shirou Emiya for as long as I breathe, So long as his heart remains one who protects humanity he shall have my army as well as my light to use. I swear it" Golden light covered the hand that held mine, instinctively I knew the words I needed to say.

"On the Honor of the King of knights whom I have forever sworn my Heart and Ideals to. I accept your Oath".

[A/N]:

Boy have I been gone a long time!