The next day, Kiba and the others regrouped back at the Hyoudou Manor, another round of Kiba's and Y/N's "Tales of Centoria."

Kiba: So more stories, correct?

Xenovia: (nods) Yes. I would like to know certain battles that took place.

Kiba: Hmm. I guess I can start when Y/N dueled Volo Levantain as punishment.

Issei: Volo Levantain?

Kiba: When me and Y/N were primary trainees at the academy, Volo was the first seat at the time.

Irina: But you said he was punished?

Kiba: (chuckles) Yeah. It was pretty stupid of him. It happened right after he got his new sword. He said he was going to do some practice swings. How it happened was, Y/N had messed up on activating a skill and it caused him to slip, flinging mud on Volo's uniform.

Irina: And w-what was his punishment...?

Kiba: Well...

Flashback

Eugeo and Sortiliena were heading to the dueling grounds as Kirito's punishment was about to take place.

Kirito: When did word spread so fast?

Eugeo: (bursts through doors) Kirito!

Kirito: Huh?

Eugeo: What did you do?

Kirito: (rubs back of head) Well...

Eugeo: (sighs and sweat drops) No...the fact that you didn't get into any trouble for a year is a miracle in itself. 

Kirito: (thumbs up) As expected of my partner!

Sortiliena: Lord Levantain! What's the meaning of this?

Volo Levantain was fairly tall man with fair skin and a blonde buzz cut. Volo grins as he grips his sword.

Volo: Your page was a bit disrespectful to me. Since I didn't feel that it warranted a serious punishment, I intend to settle things by sparring with real swords.

Sortiliena: What did you say?

Kirito: I'm sorry for worrying you, Senpai. I'll be fine! In fact, I'm honored to get the chance to spar with the first seat.

Sortiliena: Kirito...what are the rules of your duel?

Kirito: Eh? Since we're using real swords, wouldn't that be stop-short?

Volo: Oh, I forgot to mention something. I don't do stop-short fights. All of my personal matches end when one side takes the first point.

Sortiliena: Kirito has never fought a match with real swords!

Volo: Yes. Of course, this match can't happen without both out consent. If you refuse, we'll have no choice but to go with stop-short. I'm going to let you choose, Trainee Kirito.

Sortiliena: Don't do it, Kirito. Volo's powerful. It's too dangerous.

Kirito: (smirks) I'll leave the method up to you, Lord Levantain. After all, I'm the one being punished.

With it decided to be the person who gets the first point, the two swordsmen go to their respective sides. Volo practices a few swings before the match started and Sortiliena went to give Kirito a few pieces of advice.

Sortiliena: Kirito.

Kirito: Liena-senpai.

Sortiliena: Kirito, I believe in your strength. Since I believe in your strength, I'll teach you something. There's a family rule hidden within Volo's Levantain family. "Soak this sword in the blood of the mighty. Doing so will make their own power your own."

Kirito: ...Did you say blood?

Sortiliena: Yes. Volo's been engaging in these one-point duels with real swords even before he started here. Those experiences allow him to produce his mighty sword. 

Kirito: (thoughts) I see. The power of his imagination, huh? "You become stronger by absorbing the blood of powerful enemies." This Levantain family rule is imbuing Volo's sword with power.

Sortiliena: He's planning to convert your sword strength into blood, absorb it, and feed on it. (plants hands on Kirito's shoulders) However, let me say it again. I believe in you. You're not the kind of swordsman who'd fail so easily to that man. You haven't forgotten what you promised me yesterday, have you?

Kirito: Promise...that's right. I promised to show you everything I have.

Sortiliena: Then show it to me now, Kirito!

Kirito: Right. I'll fulfill my promise to you now.

Volo: Are you ready yet, Trainee Kirito?

Kirito: (nods) ...Yes.

Volo: Elite Disciple Serlut, will you serve as our witness?

Sortiliena: Very well.

Sortiliena walks to the middle of the room, standing a bit away from the two to announce the match.

Sortiliena: The one-point match between Elite Disciple Levantain and Novice Trainee Kirito will now begin.

The crowd cheers, excited for what the match will show.

Sortiliena: As has been mutually agreed, both will use real swords.

The two swordsman get into position, Volo assuming the stance of the two-handed Sword Skill {Avalanche}. Kirito draws his dark blade and gets into his stance as well.

Kirito could feel the incarnation energy emanating from Volo, making him slightly nervous.

Kirito: (thoughts) That's the two-handed, heavy one-hit thrust skill, {Avalanche}. And not just any {Avalanche}, either. His power of incarnation should be amplifying its force. But I can't afford to dodge it. If I'm going to keep my promise to Liena-senpai, I have to block his strike! I'll counter with a greater amount of strikes with a four-hit strike, {Vertical Square}!

As they assumed their stances, Volo's sword begins to glow a bright yellow and Kirito's black blade glows a dark blue, prepping for the skill {Vertical Square}.

As soon as the sweat drops from Kirito's face, Volo lunges.

Volo: Rrrraaahhh!

Volo rushed forward, bring his bright yellow sword down, using {Avalanche}, as Kirito had rushed forward as well, clashing with the skill {Vertical Square}.

Clashing the blade with an overhead strike, Kirito brings it back up, swinging it up before twirling around to engage his third hit.

The two could feel the pressure from their swords as the initial impact had caused a small gust of wind to erupt from underneath them. Kirito stopping Volo's secret technique certainly shocked his mentor.

However, Kirito couldn't lose here.

Through his incarnation power, it gathered up power and his sword blade extended it's length, making it equal to that of a two-handed sword.

Volo was shocked and Kirito's power forced him back. With a determined look, Kirito rushed forward and swing his blade down, narrowly missing Volo and only cutting a piece of his shirt. Kirito's face looked strained, his strength weakening a little. Volo took this chance as an opening, resuming his attack. Kirito saw this and swing his blade up, the two swords nearly colliding with each other.

???: That's enough!

They stopped mid-swing, looking to the voice. They see a young woman, probably around her early or mid-twenties. This was Azurica, the "Headmaster" of Swordcraft Academy.

Kirito: A-Azurica-sensei?

Volo: We have no choice but to obey any ruling of hers.

Kirito: Eh? Uh...why is that?

Volo: Because seven years ago, during the Four Empire Unification Tournament, she was the first swordsman to represent the North's Norlangarth Empire.

Kirito: Eh!?!?

Volo: The punishment for Trainee Kirito is hereby concluded! (sheathes blade) From now on, be careful not to fling mud onto anyone.

Volo walks off and Sortiliena congrats her page, the crowd erupting into cheers. A wonderful battle it was.

Flashback End

Kiba: And that is how it ended into a draw. Many believed Volo had won. Many others believe it was Y/N. But, it was Y/N's "Aincrad Style" that prevailed.

Issei: Awesome!

Xenovia: (nods) That did indeed sound impressive. But, I wonder if you two had battled any Integrity Knights?

Kiba: Hmm. Well, my battles were not that great, but one worth mentioning was Y/N's battle against the Vice-Commander of the Integrity Knights, Fanatio Synthesis Two.

Flashback

Eugeo laid on the ground, motionless as two child Integrity Knights had slashed him with paralysis daggers earlier on.

Kirito had casted a spell to cure him of the paralysis effect. Kirito stood against the Vice-Commander of the Integrity Knights, Fanatio Synthesis Two, and her personal squad, the Four-Whirling Blades.

He took his stance as the Four-Whirling Blades took theirs.

Kirito: Kirito the Swordsman...is coming!

Kirito then dashes forward as does the Four-Whirling Blades. Kirito leaps into the air, parrying and clashing with the strikes that the four Integrity Knights unleashed. After blocking the last attack, he plunges his sword into a nearby pillar before he leapt of it, heading towards Fanatio.

Fanatio blocks the strike head on and they clash. Sparks fly as the knight and they swordsman stare into each other eyes. Fanatio's golden yellow eyes were glaring at Kirito's dark grey eyes.

The Four-Whirling Blades attempt to attack the Black Swordsman, but Fanatio calls them off. They back off and they stood across each other.

Fanatio raises her sword up, using one of her most powerful moves. Enhance Armament.

Fanatio: System Call. Enhance Armament!

In response, Kirito had raised his sword up, glowing green as he was preparing for the skill {Sonic Leap}. Running forward, he jumps into the air, rushing through as he heads toward the light purple armored knight.

The knight responded by directing the sword towards Kirito, the sword firing out a bright beam of light. The beam manages to cut Kirito on his side and Kirito comes flying through, going past the knight as his swift strike manages to cut a piece of the helmet. Preparing another Enhance Armament attack, the sword fires more beams of light as Kirito jumps and rolls to avoid the attacks.

He jumps into the air, but it was a terrible mistake as a light beam was heading towards him and it went through his shoe, damaging him as he falls to the ground, crashing onto the carpet.

Now vulnerable, Fanatio fires one more Enhance Armament attack, but Kirito was prepared. Quickly casting a Sacred Arts spell, he put up a mirror like spell, reflecting the attack and it went right for Fanatio, destroying the helmet. Looking up, Kirito encountered that the knight was a girl.

In the background, Eugeo was now free of the paralysis effect and was planning something.

Eugeo: System Call...

Despite finding out Fanatio was a woman, Kirito didn't let that stop him and he rushed towards her, the two clashing blades.

(A/N): I'm going to be honest, the animation for this fight was so good. One of the best fight scenes I have ever seen.

After separating from their clash, Fanatio commends Kirito for his sword skills, but she said it was the end. Raising her sword, the Heaven-Piercing Blade, into the air as it shines brightly, a magic circle appearing in the air.

Fanatio: Light concealed within the Heaven-Piercing Blade, cast off your shackles! Release Recollection!

Releasing many light beams above, it destroys apart of the roof, causing debris to fall on the battlefield below.

Taking this chance for an opening, Eugeo raises the Blue Rose Sword into the air, plunging it down into the ground as activates the special ability of the sword.

Eugeo: Enhance Armament! ...Bloom! Blue Roses!

A blue magic circle appears under the ice-cold swordsman, ice exploding all around him. It makes it's way towards the surrounding area, freezing all those who stand in it's path.

Fanatio had jumped into the air, avoiding the area, but was pushed back down as Kirito had jumped into the air as well, stepping on the shoulder pauldron of Fanatio. In turn, Kirito falls back down and lands on an ice spike, causing him to cough a little blood.

Eugeo: Kirito! Hang on. I'll cast a healing art right--

Kirito: Don't! Keep...the skill going!

Resuming his attention back to the female knight, Eugeo lets out his rage. But it was letting it consume him and his skill begins to falter.

It wasn't until Kirito steps up, his sword glowing a deep purple. Although she was partially encased in ice, her attack was still going and it unleashes. Kirito opens his eyes and chants the familiar words.

Kirito: ...Enhance Armament!

Magic circles appearing all around his sword, the morph into a dark matter-like tendril and he launches them towards Fanatio. The attack collides and Kirito's seems to be pushed back, but he puts more pressure on it, causing Fanatio to falter slightly as his attack overwhelms her, causing her to fly into the air and hit the ceiling.

Kirito collapses onto the floor as he lost too much blood. Eugeo runs to his best friend's side, casting a healing art on him, saving his life.

Flashback End

Kiba: And that's how we defeated the Vice-Commander, Fanatio.

Everyone begins to clap for Kiba. The tales that he was telling were quite enjoyable, but there was one question that was on everyone's mind.

Rias: Yuuto. If I may ask, what is the Seal of the Right Eye?

Kiba remains silent before a small tear makes it out of his eye.

Kiba: Alright then. Listen up, because this tale...this tale is one that I'd rather forget.

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A bit longer than the usual 7-8 min OVA, but I do hope you enjoyed it. Last OVA and this book will come to an end. The story continues in the second book as soon as season five releases of High School DxD.