Hell of a Show Ch. 47 (DxD AU/Multi) (Patreon)

(Every character depicted in the story below is a consenting legal adult over the age of 18)

A/N: K/DA is reincarnated at long last. To… interesting results~

-x-X-x-

Amadeus chuckles a little. Even now, Evelynn can’t help but be a bit standoffish. He doesn’t blame her for it though. It comes from a place of trauma and a well-earned suspicion of authority figures.

That’s honestly the part that gets him the most… that he’s become an authority figure. Sure, he always knew growing up that he would one day be Lord Valefor, but while he was under Lord Lucifuge’s roof that had seemed like a distant dream at best.

The idea of him eventually commanding a territory full of subjects was something that would not only require them to win the war, but also the eventual repopulation of the decimated wasteland that the Valefor Lands had been turned into. All in all, a tall order.

Now here he was five hundred years later and he found himself ‘in charge’ so to speak. Not of an entire population of people relying on his leadership thankfully, but even still… both Grayfia and the girls of Huntrix all looked to him for direction. And so too were K/DA at this point.

And yet… he can’t reject them. Not now. Not when reincarnating might mean the difference between life and death for them. Even Evelynn would receive a substantial boost of power if he gave her one of his Evil Pieces.

Slowly nodding, he looks to Grayfia. His head maid doesn’t seem nearly as convinced but she nevertheless pulls out the case of Evil Pieces. Amadeus can already imagine what she’s thinking… that he’s ‘wasting’ them again. But Grayfia holds her tongue all the same, even as Amadeus unlocks and flips open the case while she holds it aloft for him.

Looking over what remains, Amadeus hums. He has two bishops, two knights, four pawns, and one rook left still. More than enough for K/DA, he’s pretty sure. That said… looking at them all, he runs his hand across the pieces, getting a feel for what will be necessary in order to reincarnate each of them.

For both Ahri and Evelynn, Amadeus isn’t surprised to find that it will cost him a backrow piece for each of them. Gazing at them long enough for K/DA’s singers to both avert their gazes in embarrassment, Amadeus eventually settles on Bishop for both of them with a nod.

However, more surprising is the vibe he gets when he looks to Akali and Kai’Sa. Sure, both of them are ‘mere humans’ still, but he knows full well that potential can play a part in the cost of reincarnation. And they now know that Kai’Sa has so much dangerous potential that Heaven was willing to send an Archangel to try and secure her.

On the flip side, Akali… well, Amadeus knew she had some ninja training but didn’t know much beyond that when it came to her supposed ‘potential’.

Which is why it’s a little shocking that both Kai’Sa and Akali are seemingly only worth two Pawns each to his senses. He could use Rooks or Knights on them instead, but if he wants to, he can spend the rest of his Pawns reincarnating the both of them. Why are they equal when potential is supposed to play a factor? More than that, why do they cost the same that Mira and Zoey did back when he reincarnated Huntrix?

Forever in tune with him, Grayfia correctly reads the confusion writ large across Amadeus’ face, her tone quiet as he looks down at the Evil Pieces in the case.

“You’ve grown stronger, Master. I believe you’re nearing the lower end of Ultimate Class now, in fact.”

Amadeus’ eyes widen at that declaration, causing Grayfia to smile at him proudly.

“It’s only a matter of time now.”

His gaze gravitates over to the Queen on the far side of the case. Only a matter of time until he would be able to make Grayfia his Queen, the head of his peerage. Swallowing thickly as raw emotion bubbles up inside of him, Amadeus has to fight back the tears of joy and excitement. Not yet… he’d cry happily when there was something worth crying happily for.

For now, Amadeus looks to K/DA and nods.

“Come forward.”

He’s not sure what it says about him that he doesn’t offer Kai’Sa and Akali the choice of bigger pieces like he did with Mira and Zoey. Even if those two had chosen Pawns in the end, he’d still given them the choice. But the Amadeus back then was a bit more naïve and unaware of the world around him.

Now? Now he supposed he was starting to see these Evil Pieces as the resource they were supposed to be. One Rook, Two Knights… and that was going to be it now. That was all he would have left. They would need to go to worthy individuals, to be sure.

Ahri and Evelynn accept the Bishop Pieces easily enough. They slide right into their chests without much fanfare. Ahri gasps as she feels the change go through her. Much like Rumi, she goes from half of one thing and half of another… to finally being whole. A Devil first with her heritage taking a backseat. Finally, she belonged somewhere… at his side.

Evelynn shudders a bit, even though her species doesn’t change. It’s obvious from the wisps of shadow around her fingers that she receives quite the substantial boost in power, however. She looks down at herself and licks her lips, not seeming too sure how to feel.

Meanwhile, neither Akali nor Kai’Sa complain about receiving his last four Pawns split between them. He’s not sure they would have complained even if they knew enough to complain. As it stands, they accept the Pawns relatively easily as well, with sharp inhales ripping through their throats as they go from humans… to Devils.

The jump from human to devil is definitely quite a substantial one. Amadeus might not know from personal experience what it was like, but he’d certainly seen how Mira and Zoey happily took to it. And hell, they’d been used to being superhuman thanks to their Honmoon granting them some pretty impressive physiologies. The absence of said Honmoon had barely been felt before they became Devils.

By comparison, Akali and Kai’Sa look down at themselves, clearly feeling the brand new strength now coursing through them. Akali might have had ninja training, but she definitely didn’t have the power of a devil backing it up before. She suddenly leaps a good distance straight up into the air, snapping off some blindingly fast kicks before coming back down in an easy landing.

And Kai’Sa… Amadeus looks over at the dancer, a smile spreading across his face from Akali’s antics, only for the smile to falter and his eyes to widen in concern. Kai’Sa has gone from staring at herself in wonder… to trembling with her hands curled into fists and her eyes shut tight.

“I… I can’t…”

At the same time, Akali suddenly lets out a choked noise and doubles over as well, collapsing to her knees. Amadeus looks between them both, baffled by what’s happening. Are their constitutions rejecting the Evil Pieces somehow? He didn’t even think that was possible!

“Master, step back! You all as well! They’re experiencing awakenings!”

What? Grayfia’s sudden cry causes Amadeus to immediately step back at her direction, but he’s still confused. Huntrix moves to obey as well, while Evelynn and Ahri hesitate a bit more, clearly unwilling to leave their friends behind.

Until finally, Grayfia forces the issue. Her magic grabs hold of his two new Bishops and yanks them back behind her while at the same time shunting Kai’Sa to one side of the top of the pyramid and Akali to the other.

And not a moment too soon either, at least in the case of Kai’Sa. One moment she’s standing there shaking and trembling, straining so hard there’s a vein in her forehead… and the next, a perfect sphere of the area around her simply ceases to existence, vanishing entirely and leaving her floating in midair.

By comparison, Akali’s own ‘awakening’ is almost tame… K/DA’s rapper remains doubled over for a long moment more before slowly unfurling. However, as she does so… she does not come out of the fetal position unarmed. Held in her grasp are a lightly glowing sickle and dagger, her fingers wrapped tightly around their handles as she stares at them in disbelief.

It’s unfortunate, because obviously Amadeus wants to be there for her in this moment… but she seems to largely be fine aside from her state of utter shock. Kai’Sa on the other hand, has her head tilted back and her spine arched, with a bright purple glow extending from her eyes as she floats in the sphere of complete and utter nothingness that she’s created for herself.

“Grayfia! What is happening? What do you mean by awakenings?”

Frowning as she continues to use her magic to keep both Akali and Kai’Sa separate as well as contained, Grayfia grits her teeth.

“It is exactly what I said, Master. We have been informed that Kai’Sa had a dormant Sacred Gear… the stress of this entire situation along with being reincarnated as a Devil seems to have awoken said Sacred Gear now. As for Akali… it would seem her soul had a latent connection to a pair of ancient, divine weapons. When she reincarnated and became a Devil, her soul became powerful enough to reach out and lay claim to them.”

Well… shit. On the one hand, more power was good. On the other hand, uncontrollable power was bad. Akali seemed fine, if shocked… but Kai’Sa was clearly not handling the awakening of her Sacred Gear nearly as well.

“Is there anything we can do?!”

But Grayfia just shakes her head.

“I don’t think so, Master. It’s not safe enough to approach. I can tell that whatever Kai’Sa did to her surroundings did not destroy them necessarily… but I have no clue where she sent them.”

Amadeus narrows his eyes at that and does what a Valefor does best. He reads between the lines.

“But there is something to be done, isn’t there? If I can get close enough… then I can use Unlock to Lock away the majority of Kai’Sa’s power for the time being until she can learn to control it.”

The stricken look on Grayfia’s face is all Amadeus needs to see to know that he’s right.

“Lord Valefor, you can’t-!”

“But I have to, Grayfia. She’s my responsibility now.”

“Amadeus, please…”

Ah, Grayfia hitting him right where it hurt. Before he can let her sway him too much, Amadeus steps up to Grayfia… and slides a hand around the back of her head, pulling her into a kiss. His tongue pushes into her mouth as she all but melts before him, letting him dominate her through the lip lock.

To her credit, Grayfia’s concentration does not waver. She maintains her magic even as they makeout for a moment. However, when he finally pulls away… Amadeus also pinches Grayfia’s ass. She squeaks in disbelief and for a split second, he has an opening.

Flying through the gap, Amadeus flings himself at Kai’Sa’s floating form and reaches out with both his hand and his Clan Trait. He needs to be within a certain distance to utilize Unlock properly, but as Grayfia had warned, every moment he’s close to Kai’Sa he risks her Sacred Gear activating again and sending him who knows where.

In fact, Amadeus can feel a tug on his naval just as Kai’Sa is coming within range of his hand. He can tell that her power is trying to take him and throw him away. Struggling against it with all his might, Amadeus grits his teeth… and Locks away Kai’Sa’s Sacred Gear.

Its not the same as it was before, of course. Dormant is not the same thing as Locked and it’s not like Amadeus wants to completely remove Kai’Sa’s ability to access her power anyways. All he wants… is for her to have the chance to gain some semblance of control.

That pull on him, that tugging sensation… abates as he grabs onto Kai’Sa’s shoulder, holding steady and watching as the bright purple glow in her eyes slowly fades away. As risky as it was… his gambit had worked. Case in point, his hold on her shoulder quickly transitions into a full blown bridal carry as she begins to fall out of the sky.

Kai’Sa’s eyes flutter open and she looks up at him, even as he smiles down at her while flying them both back over to the edge of the spherical hole she’d made in the top of the pyramid.

“An… an angel?”

Amadeus just laughs and shakes his head, smiling ruefully.

“Far from it, I’m afraid. But you’re fine now, Kai’Sa. You’re okay.”

Of course, that was only true for the moment, wasn’t it? Even as Amadeus sets her down and looks to everyone else, he’s reminded of why they all had to flee here in the first place… and why the K/DA girls had been willing to be reincarnated now of all times.

While Amadeus is still very curious about exactly what Kai’Sa’s Sacred Gear is and also what Akali’s new weapons mean… he also recognizes that those sorts of things can wait for later. For now… they need to decide their next steps.

-x-X-x-

A/N: Remember to Vote, leave a Like, and let me know what you think!

-x-X-x-

Google Doc Link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rECGLr6nZTUeEXYXlgdtORUFd4Mo3XU09wrQpDi5E0c/edit?tab=t.0