They have one final push in them!

Koneko, seeing the blasts coming, immediately stabbed her hands into the ground and pulled up a slab of earth. This makeshift shield took the brunt of the blasts, but still sent her skidding back. "... pointless. You're only delaying the inevitable," Yubelluna remarked, preparing another set of explosions.

"Yeah? The way I see it, the more magic you waste finishing us off, the less you'll have for the rest of us!" Koneko snapped, pulling up another barrier quickly. The blasts hit, and knocked Koneko and Akeno down.

"Foolish. It doesn't matter how much you delay me. Your whole Peerage together at full power is no match for Riser," Yubelluna snorted.

"I don't suppose you have any final ideas?" Koneko asked, aware they couldn't keep this up much longer.

"...I have one, but you're not going to like it," Akeno panted, getting up again.

"I like the idea of getting blown up less than whatever the hell you have in mind!" Koneko snapped, punching the ground and kicking up enough dust to obscure them. "What do you need from me?"

Yubelluna narrowed her eyes, and began firing weak, but fast rapid fire blasts into the dust cloud to flush them out. The sound of blasts hitting stone rang out, before a boulder came flying out of the dust. Yubelluna sidestepped, and glanced at it as it passed by to make sure Koneko wasn't behind it again. Which... Koneko and Akeno were counting on, giving them just a moment of breathing room.

Koneko came sprinting out of the dust, and... Dragging Akeno behind her by the leg. Yubelluna blinked, gobsmacked at this, and was even more surprised when Koneko yeeted Akeno right at her. She raised a hand to blast Akeno as she flew towards her, but she was too late, and Akeno boosted her speed with a strong flap of her wings. She rammed a palm strike right into Yubelluna's chest, making her stumble back.

Yubelluna snarled, and was about to blast Akeno while she was off balance. Now, there was a few things to keep in mind about Akeno's position. She was mere feet away from Yubelluna. She was overextended, and had nowhere near enough time to dodge. But most importantly... She was also the one who taught Issei how to use magic. And she was also a pervert herself. So what she did next, really shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone with that context.

She snapped her fingers. "Dress Break," she declared, with a smirk that would have had the Cheshire Cat backing away slowly. Yubelluna froze as her outfit exploded off her body. So great was her shock that she lost her concentration on the blast she was forming. Causing it to go off in her own face.

"Gah!" she shrieked, stumbling back towards a large puddle from the water tower. "YOU BITCH! DO YOU HAVE THE SLIGHTEST IDEA HOW EXPENSIVE THAT CUSTOM DRESS WAS!?" she screamed at Akeno, not even trying to cover herself, far more interested in trying to blast Akeno to smithereens.

Unfortunately for her, she was so enraged, she had forgotten about Koneko, who had managed to get over her surprise at what Akeno had just done in time to rush at, and tackle Yubelluna, causing her blast to misfire again, flying past Akeno instead of at her. They hit the puddle with a splash. Akeno wasted no time in preparing what magical energy she could muster with her reserves so drained. No one even paid attention as Grayfia's voice spoke up again. "Riser Peerage, 2 Pawns, 1 Knight, 1 Bishop, retired."

Straddling Yubelluna in what looked like a mud wrestling competition Issei would curse missing later, Koneko placed on hand on Yubelluna's neck and with her other fist, began raining punches on her face as rapidly as she could. "Gotosleepgotosleepgotosleepgotosleepgotosleep!" Koneko chanted as a rather frantic, pleading mantra. However, Yubelluna grabbed her fist after about ten of these punches, wheezing, and using her other hand to pry Koneko's hand from her neck, the Rook aspect of her Queen piece as well as just being higher level than Koneko letting her overpower her physically. Bleeding from her nose, forehead, lips, and with an eye already starting to bruise, she glared absolute **** at Koneko with her good eye, before turning her head, and spitting out a tooth, and returning her contemptuous glare at the current target of her ire. "...I'm sorry..." Koneko said rather meekly. Yubelluna shot to her feet, flinging Koneko off, but maintaining her grip on Koneko's arms, spinning, and flinging her through the air. She extended both hands, aiming to blast Koneko in midair.

"Oh Bomb Queen~?" Akeno said cheerfully from the side, making Yubelluna freeze, and turn her head, going pale as she saw Akeno charging up another Lightning Bolt, and launching it, realizing where she was standing. It took Akeno a bit, given her exhaustion, but she was still able to muster up a powerful blast of voltage that lit up Yubelluna and the puddle she was in, Yubelluna crying out in pain once more.

Akeno fell to her hands and knees, sweating heavily and gasping for air, as Yubelluna stood, rather well done and steaming, swaying for a moment, before regaining her composure and glaring **** at Akeno, taking a shaky step forward. "Looks like you're fresh out of magic..." she growled, raising an arm.

Then, a shadow appeared over her, and she blinked and looked up in time to see the metal panel from the water tower wreckage Koneko was bringing down on her. CRASH! Koneko wheezed, before falling back on her ass. "...get up from that, Bomb Bitch," she growled.

"Riser Peerage, 1 Queen, retired," Grayfia's voice spoke up, and they finally relaxed.

"...we better get to the others, and hope Asia is still around to heal us," Akeno groaned as she stood.

"...and that the pervert gets retired before he sees our state of undress," Koneko added, in slightly better shape, and going to Akeno, pulling her arm over her shoulders to support her Queen.

"Speak for yourself, I don't mind," Akeno giggled, and Koneko sighed.

(Will be disappointed if no one spots a particular reference, lol.)