The Rising of the Hero King

"So you got a fallen angel as your last pawn?" Haku mused.

"Surprised that I got a fallen angel on my side?" Haruto chuckled at his bishop.

Haku looked at Haruto with a raised eyebrow, "No, I am not surprised at that. You have a talent for making people listen to you. I think you called it your 'Talk no Jutsu'? I mean you literally made him join you through your famous speech. So, no, it didn't come as a surprise. But what did surprise me though was that you have taken someone like her, because as far as I have heard, she was a bit unstable."

"Ahh, that." Haruto grinned. "Considering who my rook is, I think she is quite stable."

Haku blinked at that statement at first. Then he openly chuckled alongside Haruto. "I can't argue with that."

"But if you really wanna know," Haruto continued, "She has potential, potential to become great. And the thing about her is that she wants to show her worth but she doesn't know how to. To me, what I think that she lacks is proper guidance and discipline."

"And you are going to give her that." Haku shook his head, "You really are a sucker for people like her."

Haruto laughed openly hearing that. "That I am, my friend, and don't worry, she won't betray us if that is what you are worried about."

"Won't or can't?"

Haruto's face-splitting grin was all the answer Haku needed. Their discussion about Raynare stopped when they came close to a large and deep pit hole.

"If we go down this pit hole, we will be reaching the deepest part of the underworld. Even devils don't have access to that place." Haku sighed.

"Yes, because it falls under his rule. But unfortunately, our target is there." Haruto shrugged his shoulders in a good manner, "Let's go, I really can't wait to meet him."

Haku nodded and opened a portal to teleport them to the end of the pit hole. When they reached their destination, Haruto was surprised to see his other two comrades.

"You are here already? I thought it was going to take longer." Haruto said surprised.

Sakura just looked to her side.

At a first glance, the man sitting on top of the rook didn't look anything special. But the way he dressed and held himself made him look like an aristocrat. He was wearing a charcoal suit, leather riding boots, and an intricately knotted red cravat, covered by a full-length, red frock overcoat. He was also wearing a red fedora and a pair of circular orange sunglasses with goggle sidings.

"Enjoying the view, Alucard." Haruto smiled at his rook.

"Never really came here before." He chuckled. Then he looked at Haruto and smirked, "How is the school life going, young master?"

Haruto didn't like the nickname Alucard had for him but no matter what he did his rook wouldn't budge from it. Haruto shrugged his shoulders and replied back, "Not as glamorous and exciting as I thought it would be."

Then Haruto looked to their front, where they were supposed to be heading, "And hence here we are."

The grin on Alucard's face could scare even a ghost to the point it would run for its life, "So, what do you have for me?"

"Come and see for yourself."

Alucard didn't have to go too far. In just a few minutes later, a large chapel came into their view. And at the exact moment, a figure appeared in front of them. Draped in dark robes, the only thing to be noticed of the creature was his clown mask. But the mask alone could have scared any lesser being, unfortunately though, the grin on Alucard's easily topped that.

"You are trespassing Lord Hades' territory devils." The creature spoke in a raspy voice.

Haruto pointed toward the figure and then looked at Alucard, "Meet Pluto, an ultimate class grim reaper and one of the most loyal servants of Hades."

"You have been warned." With that, the grim reaper charged toward Haruto only to have his face almost blown off.

Alucard had his guns out and started laughing while his face was pointed at the sky, "You never cease to amaze me, young master."

"Thank you." Haruto smiled as he bowed exaggeratedly, "You can fight him any way you want but Haku and Sakura would keep an eye out, just to make sure that I won't be interrupted." Alucard looked at Haruto from the corner of his eyes. Haruto got the message and smiled, "Don't worry, they are strictly forbidden to interfere with your fight."

"Perfect."

The grim reaper had enough time to recover. He started to circle around to see what would be his next step but was surprised when Haruto disappeared. No, he didn't just disappear. Pluto looked at the door of the chapel to see Haruto was there and opening the door. But before he could stop Haruto, another bullet passed by his head; would have hit too if he wasn't fast enough.

"Now now," Alucard chuckled, "Don't be so hasty. Your date is with me, my friend. Let us enjoy this wonderful night to its fullest."

Pluto's instinct told him that his opponent was something he couldn't fight half-heartedly.

He turned fully toward Alucard, making his insane smile to grow by tenfold.

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There was nothing inside the chapel except for the person Haruto was looking for, who was at the other end of the room.

He couldn't be described as a person as he looked like an ominous creature from a kid's nightmare.

He had the upper body of a Fallen Angel and the lower body of an Asian Dragon. He was crucified on a large cross with nails driven into various parts of his body as well as other kinds of restraints, and all of those had ancient letters written on them. His eyes were covered with a blindfold that had tears of blood dripping from under it.

"You have no idea how long I have wanted to meet you." Haruto smiled as he came closer to the being.

"What are you?" His voice resonated throughout the empty chapel.

"What?" Haruto made a fake scandalized face, "I am not it, I am a he, a very handsome one if I may add."

"You reek of both light and dark, it is not possible."

Haruto sniffed his jacket and then turned to look at him, "I think the smell is coming from you."

"You are not going to give me straight answers, are you?"

"Now we are going somewhere." Haruto smirked, he straightened himself before continuing, "Let's go with the introduction first, shall we? My name is Haruto Belial, son of an exorcist and a devil."

"An exorcist and a devil, huh?" He sounded amused.

"Love is blind." Haruto chuckled, then his face hardened, but it was gone as soon as it came, "But the world is cruel."

A soft sigh was released through the captive's mouth.

"And I know all about you. I mean as much as I could, so why not we move onto the main purpose?" Haruto smirked as he came closer, "I have a proposition for you."

"And that will be?"

"I will free you."

There was a moment of silence for a few seconds before his laughter boomed throughout the chapel. If it could be even called laughter, it was more like the screech of a dragon. When it slowed down, he asked Haruto, his voice was full of mirth, "You think you can undo the seals that the Biblical God made himself personally just for me. Do you have any idea how many other gods and divine beings tried to undo them but failed repeatedly?"

"Are you crazy?" Haruto snorted, "Of course I can't undo the seals, Samael."

That made the hybrid angel stop laughing altogether.

"I will simply kill you."

Another round of pin drop silence.

Haruto sighed, "Tell me Samael, do you like being bound here and being used repeatedly by other gods' whim, gods' that should not have control over you. Don't you think it is better just to die and go to the afterlife?"

Samael couldn't help it, he snorted loudly, "The question is what's in it for you?"

Haruto smirked, finally they were going somewhere, "I can kill you and the seals wouldn't be able to interfere, they can't interfere. Right now there are three choices for you. One, I will kill you and you will move onto the afterlife. Second is that I kill you in a different way because after that I will use your soul to create a weapon. Third, I walk away and we both carry on with our lives."

That was the first time Haruto saw Samael smirking, and to be honest it was almost as insane as Alucard, "So this is what it is all about, you want to use my power just for yourself. Like a tool, just like everyone else."

Haruto frowned unintentionally, "I don't use my weapons, they fight alongside me. They are not just tools, so please don't disrespect them. And regarding me being like everyone else, I gave you options. And for the second option, I am asking for your permission to use your power, not demanding it."

Samael didn't retort immediately, he spoke a bit later, "So how is it going to be?"

"Will you let me show you?"

Samael nodded his head slightly.

Haruto vanished from his spot and reappeared right in front of Samael's face, he was quite big after all. Haruto then touched his forehead, he felt the pain because of the seals reacting to him but he ignored it. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes. Finally, Haruto removed his hands and fell back.

Before under the blindfold, tears of blood were dripping, but now true tears fell.

"It is so beautiful."

"Isn't it? The miracles we can do and achieve, with his legacy." Haruto smiled, a true genuine smile.

"Those aren't weapons, they are wonders. Can you tell me how you were able to achieve such magnificent feats?" Samael asked, his voice genuine. It had been a long time since he saw and felt something so marvelous, so beautiful. He wanted to know more, to feel more.

Haruto smiled sadly, "If I do, then I have to cut off your third choice, Samael."

Samael relaxed slightly, there was no need to weigh his options because the choice was crystal clear, "I want to see what has become of the earth, what are the changes heaven and hell went through." Then Samael moved his head slightly and Haruto swore he felt as if he was looking at him right in the eyes.

"Show me, what you can do, Child of Light and Dark."