|| The Ballad of Ice and Fire || A Janiel/Raeblo fanfic ||

The Battle for Conquest and Fate

"TURN DEMON TURN!" Exclaimed a familiar female voice.

"Lain. We don't need to do this. Just back out of hell and we won't retaliate!" Exclaimed Diablo.

"We wouldn't be here if you didn't fall Hadraniel." Added Lain with a rude tone to her voice.

"Hadraniel?" Asked raef.

"Do not call me that!" Yelled Diablo at Lain.

"Oh what? In front of your boy toy? Well, how about this?" Asked Lain and with a flick of her wrist, Raef was choking on his knees.

"DONT. TOUCH. HIM." Demanded Diablo, his flaming sword and rose gold wings appearing on his back.

Lain let raef go, laughing, and Diablo kissed him gently, "Y-you're one of them?" Asked Raef, shaking slightly.

"Yes sweetheart, I can explain later though. For now, sleep and forget." He placed a hand on Raef's forehead and the man collapsed.

"Oh so protective of your lover aren't you?" Lain teased, "Come at me."

Diablo yelled out, running at lain before they clashed swords. The two angels fighting sword on sword. They fought without mercy for the other, shouting in enochian at one another as they fought. Rage filled the atmosphere as they sparred, the two fighting to the death. The two were evenly matched, though Diablo was much stronger than Lain, Lain was supported by archangels who gave her their power.

Diablo protected Raef with his life, he loved him more than he could understand, more than anything. They were destined lovers, the love Lucifer spoke of to diablo long ago.

"With Uriel, Cassiel, and Gabriel on my side, there's nothing you can do! Three archangels always defeats one!" Lain exclaimed, going mad with power.

"Don't do this Lain! You're not in the right mind!" Exclaimed Diablo as he landed a hit on her, sending her back.

Lain slowly stood back up again, wiping the blood from her mouth as she spat at the ground. One could no longer see the angel that was Lain in her eyes anymore, the archangels power had taken her over along with her wrath.

"Lain you and I know wrath is a deadly sin that should not be taken lightly!" Exclaimed Diablo as the fighting resumed.

Diablo remained holy and true despite Lain's mockery, seeming to be more of an angel than he claimed to be, until they clashed swords once more.

"Cut off your wings, Diablo. You're not worthy of them. And, if you do so, I won't kill your boy toy." Demanded Lain, who pushed against diablo.

For a moment, diablo hesitated, an angel, no matter how corrupt, never lies, and if he died by Lain's hand he knew she'd kill Raef. So as Raef was waking up, Diablo stepped back, and with his own sword, he cut his wings off. When the separation was made, the wings burnt up, and Diablo looked at Raef with pain in his eyes.

"N-no!" Raef reached out for Diablo, crying as his lover was burnt up to a pile of ashes.

Lain stepped in the ashes, kicking them around a bit before spitting in them, "Now I said I wasn't going to kill you..." lain cracked her knuckles, "but I can do the next best thing." She laughed as she snapped her fingers, freezing Raef, and sending him to oblivion.

But, something happened, something redirected Raef's path, and did the same for Diablo.

Long ago, before the death of Lucifer

"Leviathan sir the angels keep fighting back, we're not sure if the realms will survive." A servant was reporting to the dragon king.

"Then it is time, bring me my book." Demanded Leviathan, and the servant ran off, returning with a large, old looking book.

Leviathan then opened it, writing down a message in draconic lettering on the bottom of a page that featured a picture of Diablo and Raef. Once he closed the book, a spell was cast, a failsafe, leviathan had cast a spell on the kings of the underworld trinity, including himself, Lucifer, Raef, and the future king of hell Diablo, making it that when they die, or experience anything close to death, they'll be sent away, sent to Gaea. He communicated with the fates to determine the destined vessels for them, and added them to the spell, making it so those who were chosen, would be protected from fatal harm, like an angel watching over them, yet there was no angel. Leviathan knew Lucifer's time was coming, so he knew he had to do the spell soon, and with that, he sealed the spell by sending the book to Gaea, hidden in the basement of a church, where the stories of raef, diablo, and Lucifer, would be found, and later shared.

Leviathan had saved their lives, far before any of them knew who he was, he saved them before his realm became known.