Here's a new idea I've been working on for a while and comes from two older ideas. The first one is based on having Kazu being a High Class devil with copying anime characters techniques for his own fighting style, kinda like White Dragon. The other is half Phenex child who left the Underworld after Riser attacks him and hides away in the human world. The first arc of this is inspired by Tournament of Kings by JungJaco and Devil Warrior: Shinji Murmur by redwarrioroflight, the latter who gave me approval to use the Tournament of King idea although there's a few changes like in regards to Sona's peerage.
I don't intend to have this as my main focus but will work on this in the background between White Dragon of Justice and Hollow Dragon Devil and probably won't be updated regularly outside of the first three chapters seeing as those are the ones I have completed so far. Anyway, hope you enjoy this.
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The young man sighed as he finished his morning exercise, standing at five foot nine with a body of toned muscles that could fit a professional swimmer. He had medium length, chocolate brown hair which fell in choppy spikes at the back while the outer bangs of the front fell down to mouth level with a large tuft of bangs fell between his dark blue-purple eyes and just stopped above the tip of his nose, forming a noticeable M shape to his bangs which framed facial features that were an attractive mixture of Japanese and European that made him popular. He was wearing a dark orange t-shirt with black tracksuit bottoms and dark sneakers. Sitting atop of his head was a pair of fox ears while from his tailbone was nine bushy fox tails both of which were tipped with white fur.
The brunet was standing in the garden of his grandparents' home, a traditional Japanese estate that was on the outskirts of the Kuoh Town. He'd lived here for the last five years since he had been left for dead by his half brother: Riser Phenex, after he had attacked him and dragged him off into the forests around Phenex Manor. He hadn't even known about being part Kitsune as he had lost his mother when he was born with her last breathe being used to give him his name, Kazuhiko, and his father had never contacted his mother's parents either.
'Best not to think about the past.. and how much rubbish I had to deal with for not inherited the [Phenex Regeneration]..' Kazuhiko thought as he went through his warm down stretches, his ears twitching at hearing the door on the patio slide open behind him.
"M-Morning, Kazu-sama." A female voice greeted, Kazuhiko turning to offer a soft smile to the American young woman as he replied "Good morning, Sam."
Samantha Armstrong stood at five foot six with a mature, buxom figure and fair skin. She was wearing a green tight t-shirt that hugged her enormous chest with a pair of cotton shorts. Her hair was a dark jade colour and fell in curls down to her shoulders while short bangs covered her forehead. Her face was heart shaped with regal features and long eyelashes that drew focus to her amethyst coloured eyes.
The greenette stepped down onto the soft grass before moving to wrap the brunet into a tight hug, her cheeks reddening as Kazuhiko returned it and his tails moved to join in as he asked "Is everything alright?"
"Mmhmm~" Samantha replied with a slow nod, luxuriating in his embrace and feeling the softness of his tails against her skin. She always enjoyed Kazuhiko's hugs as they were strong yet comforting and perfectly warm for her to never want to leave it without great reluctance. Pulling back, Samantha found herself reminded of how she had first met with Kazuhiko as he had comforted her when she found out who her father was and the powers she had inherited from him.
"Just wanted your morning hug then?" Kazuhiko asked amused, Samantha blushing as she nodded as she added "I wanted to help you with breakfast as well."
"We could always do with a bit more help, right Diana?" Kazuhiko asked as he looked towards the door, Samantha blushing at seeing the 'Onee-sama' of their group.
Diana stood at five foot eight with an athletic yet very buxom figure with enormous breasts (larger then Samantha's own) and lightly tanned skin. Her inky black hair fell to her waist in a mane of gentle waves with the front parted in a widow's peak to frame her face, reaching down to her collarbone at the front, and violet eyes. She wore a black and white horizontally striped top that had a deep v-neck, showing off a tantalising vision of her cleavage as well as the thin straps of her lacy violet bra while also looking to nearly slip off her shoulders and showed off her toned stomach. Tight cut-off denim shorts hugged her womanly hips and full rear and even stayed up while being only held up by the zipper at the front and showed off her long toned legs were bare and flawlessly smooth.
"Of course, Kaz." Diana replied in a warm, silky tone as the pair approached. Kazuhiko helped Samantha back inside before taking off and grabbing his shoes as he spoke "Why don't you two get started while I put these away."
"Alright." Samantha and Diana replied with nods as they went on ahead.
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A five foot eight, Welsh young woman slept sprawled out across her futon, her buxom figure in a cropped red tank top and thong. Her strawberry blonde hair fell in spikes just past her chin while thick bangs framed her face with more being towards her right. Her eyes were emerald green in colour with vertical-slitted pupils like those of a dragon and was framed by thick eyelashes.
The blonde stirred as the door of her room slid open, her eyes focusing on the Japanese young woman standing there with an amused look. She stood at five foot six with a slender figure that had ample hourglass curves that was slightly top heavy. Her dark chestnut brown hair was styled in a high ponytail that fell in a wide waterfall down to her knees at the back by an aqua blue ribbon while the front fell in a traditional hime-cut that reached her cheeks at the sides, framing her face and jewel-toned, violet eyes and delicate features of her face. She was wearing a simple and short aqua blue kimono that snugly hugged her body with a clothe belt tied around her waist. It came to a stop half way down her thighs to show off her legs while white tabi socks were on her feet.
"Come along, Rhiannon. It's time to get up." The brunette spoke gracefully, the blonde - Rhiannon - grumbling as she turned over and retorted "It's too early, Nagi. Plus it's still the holiday so there's nothing planned till later."
"Unless you want to miss, Kazu-sama's breakfast." Nagi countered with a small, amused smile as Rhiannon abruptly sat up with a hungry look in her eyes as she asked "Why didn't you tell me sooner about that?"
Nagi nimbly stepped out of the way of Rhiannon as she hurried out of the room, covering her mouth with her hand as she giggled and replied to the empty room "Because its always interesting to see how quick you act, Rhian, when Kazu-sama's food is mentioned."
Nagi let her gaze sweep over the messy room before leaving to head to the kitchen/ dining room like her fellow peerage mate.
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"About time you got here, hothead." A Japanese young woman spoke in a haughty tone to Rhiannon who had just entered the kitchen/ dining room. She stood at five foot six with tanned skin, buxom figure and extremely large breasts. She had ocean blue hair that was swept to the right and fell to her chest, obstructing the right of her seaweed green eyes. She wore a white low cut sundress that fell to mid-thigh and showed off an ample amount of cleavage along with the straps of the ocean blue bikini she was wearing underneath.
"What did you say, Princess!?" Rhiannon snapped out angrily before Kazuhiko spoke up "Rhian, Himi."
Both Rhiannon and Hiromi (the bluenette) stiffened at his voice, turning to see one of his eyes locked onto them as he added "I don't have to make sure you get along again, do I?"
The pair blushed as they recalled the last time he had to discipline them had involved locking them in a room until they literally kissed and made up with each other.
"Sorry." Hiromi and Rhiannon muttered while averting their gaze from the other, Kazuhiko silently sighing in relief as he added "Good. We don't need your arguments this early in the morning, right?"
The pair nodded in agreement as Kazuhiko turned back to cooking, his lips quirking up at seeing Diana and Samantha both stifling their giggles as they worked.
"I still marvel at how well you stop their arguments, Kazu-kun." A mature female voice spoke up, drawing attention to its owner: a five foot ten, Italian young woman in her early twenties with an athletic yet buxom figure which sported very large breasts. Her hair was a glossy black that fell to mid-back freely, while her curled bangs was parted in the middle towards her elfin ears that she inherited from her father, framing the soft features of her face and her expressive ruby red eyes. She wore a sheer black nightie that showed off her figure and stopped high on her thighs.
Kazuhiko let out a chuckle at hearing that, giving a shrug to the elfin eared ravenette as he replied "I think they just enjoy my attention sometimes, Martina."
Martina chuckled as she moved to sit down at the table near Rhiannon and Hiromi, Nagi soon entering the room being followed by the last three members of their group.
"Good morning, Lucile, Jessica, Daphne." Samantha greeted, finishing her part in making breakfast and moving to join the others at the table.
Lucile was a dark skinned young woman who stood at five foot seven with a slender yet very curvaceous figure with large breasts which was confined in a royal violet, spaghetti strapped top that clung to them while showing off her toned stomach below and dark blue Capri jeans looked painted onto her toned legs and rear. She has long, wavy and flowing dark crimson hair, gathered on the back of her head and tied in a ponytail that reaches down to her middle back with two short bangs framing her face and topaz coloured eyes.
Jessica was a six foot three tall, Texan young woman with an athletic and slender figure that sported buxom curves, olive toned skin and enormous breasts - that matched Samantha's in size. She had chestnut brown hair which was styled into two braids at the back which rested on her shoulders so they could fall down to frame her chest with loose short bangs framing her heart shaped face and dark chocolate coloured eyes. She was wearing a cut off green checkered sleeveless shirt that was ripped around the shoulders and tied just below her bust, showing a hint of her mustard coloured bikini bra and her toned stomach. Worn denim jeans started on her hips, a brown belt fastened around them, hugging her legs tightly.
Daphne was a five foot seven, beautiful, British young woman with a curvy, seductive, physique and an ample bust. She had long, hip length, silver blonde wavy hair; two shoulder-length strands of it framing her face and icy blue eyes in a parted fringe that started over her left eye. She was wearing an icy blue strapless dress that hugged her chest and had a pencil skirt that fell to mid-thigh with a wide white belt secured around her waist.
"Good morning, Sam. Thank you for helping make breakfast with Kazu-sama." Lucile spoke kindly as she sat down next to Samantha.
"Mornin' all. It smells delicious as well." Jessica greeted with a short wave and a grin before taking a seat between Rhiannon and Hiromi.
"Good morning everyone." Daphne greeted with a warm smile as she took her seat next to Nagi.
"Breakfast will be done in ten minutes." Diana answered the unasked question by the group, absently paying attention to the casual talk amongst the group as she helped Kazuhiko.
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"Please tell me this is just a joke, Tannin?" Rykeoss Buné-Yuuki asked with a frown at the former [Dragon King]. She looked to be in her late twenties despite being much older and stood at five foot six with shoulder length black hair that fell in thick spikes around her reptilian, vertically, slitted blue eyes. She wore female pant suit with a violet blouse that hugged her buxom figure with ankle boots.
"Its the truth, Rykeoss. The Gremory heiress has fully renounced her ties to escape her marriage contract." Tannin, roughly the size of a normal person at the moment, reiterated as they sat in his home, leaning back as he continued "Lucifer stepped in and put a stop to is all by calling for a tournament to be held amongst the young [High Class] devils. He's calling it the 'Tournament of Kings' and its just a massive Rating Game free-for-all where the last one gets her and the last of her peerage as a prize along with some prize money and a title."
"What about the rest of the girl's peerage?" Rykeoss asked curiously, Tannin chuckling as he answered "Traded them to the Sitri heiress, I think. I bet she was going to join her peerage as well until Lucifer stepped in to stop it."
"So, what's this got to do with my grandson?" Rykeoss asked, Tannin grinning toothily as he explained "This is looking to be the biggest event in the Underworld in recent years and I imagine the other factions would get seats to watch this happen. Imagine what would happen if my son-in-law took to the stage and showed them about what they tried to throw away."
"You know what you're suggesting, Tannin? Kazu-kun and his peerage attending could bring up more problems then him surviving Riser-teme's attempt to kill him. This would bring to light the lack of investigation by the Elders when even back then he was the heir of the [Bune Clan] and all because he's not pure devil and that some of the Clan Heads being unable to keep it in their pants when they look down on Cambions in the first place." Rykeoss spoke seriously as she looked at Tannin, who nodded in response as he answered "You're right, Rykeoss. But if they reveal themselves then three of the Satans aren't going to stand idle about what happened to Kazu and his girls, let alone the [Strongest Queen]. Plus, you know I'd support him after helping show my Diana that not all men are lecherous bastards."
Rykeoss nodded in understanding, recalling that Diana had been rather become conscious during her teens due to her developed curves, which out matched most of her peers at that age due to her Bael heritage from her mother, and the fact that many males ogled her which had lead to the girl putting on a mask of aloofness and using her clothes to hide her body. Many had tried to win her attention because of her looks and body but thankfully her father, Tannin, had refused to make any sort of deals with them.
Meeting Kazuhiko during those troubling times had surprised Diana as she had expected much the same from him only to see him being respectful to her and treated her with kindness. Oh, Rykeoss was sure that Diana could tell that Kazuhiko was attracted to her but he didn't leer at her or stare like those, a product of Rias Gremory's misplaced scorn aimed at him. Diana had watched him for a few days before making her mind up on pursuing him as her mate which lead to them sparring and Kazuhiko helping her refine her power and giving suggestions for ideas before Diana finally asked to join his peerage.
Rykeoss sighed as she mulled over her options, shaking her head as she spoke "I'll let him know about it but I'm not going to talk him into it. They have been living peacefully under the nose of that stupid Gremory bint and I have no sympathy for what she's going through after some of the things she's said to Kazu-kun from what she has told me."
"I wouldn't expect him to enter to save her myself. If I was involved I'd just trade her to Riser Phenex for retribution but I'd say Kazu is more likely to trade her to the Sitri heiress." Tannin agreed with a nod, Rykeoss snorting in amusement at the first idea before nodding at the latter.
"When's this tournament happening?" Rykeoss asked curiously, wondering how long her grandson would have to think before making a choice as Tannin answered "Six days."
At hearing that Rykeoss stood up to leave, a thoughtful look on her face as she spoke "I'll return soon so we can continue our business Tannin."
"That's fine... I knew this would become important when I brought it up. Just let me know if he's going to enter as I want to enjoy the fireworks." Tannin answered with a toothy grin before Rykeoss disappeared in a violet magic circle, rolling her eyes.
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"Jiisan, what are you doing back so soon?" Kazuhiko spoke surprised as his grandfather walked into the living room, where he, Jessica and Lucile had been watching [One Punch Man]. His grandfather was a tall Japanese man, about six foot tall, with a muscular runner's build with messy spikes of auburn hair and golden brown eyes. He was wearing a Shinto Priest's outfit which fitted with his duties as being a higher up of the Yokai Faction and also someone who at times met with Amaterasu-Okami and the other Shinto Deities. Atop of his head was two fox ears while nine bushy tails trailed behind him, much like his grandson.
"Baasan called me to come back, there's something important she needs to tell you. Can you please gather the rest of your peerage?" He answered, wondering what may happen if he accepted the role of being one of Amaterasu's guards for the [Tournament of Kings] that was coming up. Kazuhiko nodded and soon left the room, Lucile and Jessica moving to help him before the elder Kyuubi saw his wife emerge from a magic circle in the living room.
"Thanks for returning ahead of me, Tatsumi-kun." Rykeoss spoke, leafing through several pieces of paper, "I wanted to be sure of everything about this tournament before bringing it up to Kazu-kun."
"It's fine. Amaterasu-sama wants me to act as one of her guards for when she attends it." Tatsumi replied with a wave of his hand, Rykeoss nodding in understanding as her husband asked "Do you think he will enter?"
"I don't know... but I hope not." Rykeoss answered with a frown as the pair sat down on one of the sofas in the room, "I know from both of our training of them and what they did with Tannin that Kazu-kun and the girls can hold their own against most of the young devils but revealing themselves will incite the Elders to try and act against him even if they win, even with the allies they could gain."
Tatsumi nodded in understanding, sensing Kazuhiko and his peerage returning as he spoke "That's true, but don't you think its time for the truth to come out Rye-chan."
"What's this about, Baa-san, Jiisan?" Kazuhiko asked once he and his peerage had sat down on the remaining two of the large sofas before Rykeoss started to explain about the tournament and what Rias Gremory had done, also including the pros and cons for entering such a thing.
The reactions she had gotten were expected for Rykeoss. Diana, Rhiannon and Hiromi all looked particularly pleased at hearing that Kazuhiko's ex-fiancee was a prize for the tournament while Samantha, Jessica and Martina were frowning as if unsure whether to approve of such treatment. Lucile, Daphne and Nagi were sharing thoughtful looks as if possibly thinking up some sort of plan. Kazuhiko's reaction was a conflicted look between faint approval for Rias' fate and dislike at the tournament using a young woman as a prize.
"I can't believe Lucifer would go so far to ensure heiresses stay trapped in their marriage contracts..." Kazuhiko commented, Rykeoss' eyes widening in realisation as Daphne nodded "Looks that way."
"What are you two on about?" Jessica asked confused, Daphne smiling at the nod from Kazuhiko as she stood up and started to explain "If Sirzechs Lucifer allowed his sister to renounce her titles to get free of the marriage contract what's to stop others from doing the same thing?"
"Nothing... I'd imagine that several would do such if they were in similar situations." Lucile commented, Daphne nodding as she continued "Exactly."
"Lucifer created the tournament to show the other heiresses what will happen if they try and renounce themselves from their clans." Kazuhiko continued, Diana looked horrified as she commented "And with Riser being able to enter and his track record, its practically handing her back to him unless someone beats his group."
"As a Phenex, he can regenerate from most injuries so this 'endurance battle' is ideal for him to win, even if he does just hold up in some safe corner till the end stages." Daphne added with a nod.
"How can none of them see this?" Martina spoke up shocked, Kazuhiko shrugging as he replied "I assume its cause of how the tournament is advertised as one to find the strongest young devil team rather then a tournament to win Rias Gremory - former heiress. She's just been degraded to part of the prize for the tournament."
"So, are we entering or not?" Rhiannon asked with a scowl, Hiromi sharing the expression as she added "As much as I'd like to leave the bitch to her fate... getting one over Riser Phenex and Sirzechs Lucifer would be worth it in my opinion."
Kazuhiko smiled slightly at seeing the nods from the rest of his peerage. He had explained to them all, in broad terms, about how Riser had been spreading rumours and lies about him to Rias when he was originally engaged to her. That Sirzechs had eaten up such lies himself from his little sister without bothering to check hadn't surprised Kazuhiko back then and had resulted with arguments between the two Clans that ended up deciding that he would become Rias' [Queen] when she got her [Evil Pieces] rather then get his own set of pieces as he was allowed to do. Riser's attack had probably came at the opportune moment and allowed for him to use the dregs of his magic he had left from the fight to teleport himself to the human world where he was found by his grandparents soon afterwards.
"I agree, they need to learn the truth." Nagi spoke up with a nod, Lucile chiming in as well "We can always trade Rias to someone else after the tournament."
Rykeoss smiled as she watched this happen as even though Kazuhiko was the [King] the girls all could freely add in their own opinions. Glancing back, she saw Tatsumi smiling approvingly even as Kazuhiko added "Alright. We'll enter but I don't want them recognising us in case something goes wrong and we don't win."
"We'll wear masks and costumes, Kazu-sama. That way we can avoid tipping any of them off about us." Daphne pointed out with a smirk at the nods of the others.
"Alright. If that's your choice..." Rykeoss spoke, smiling at the idea of possible surprises they were planning for the rest of the Underworld, "Then I'd prefer you enter under the name of Bune, I can watch and record their reactions first hand and it will give you some more protection as you are my heir."
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Kazuhiko, his peerage and his grandparents appeared out of the magic circle in a vast garden of an estate, Tatsumi taking the lead as the caster of the magic circle as he spoke as if continuing an earlier conversation "I'm sure my niece knows someone who can make appropriate battle outfits for the tournament."
"I know, love, but if its found out they helped them it might be viewed as the Yokai Faction favouring one group in the tournament." Rykeoss retorted as she walked next to her husband. Diana and Kazuhiko sharing an amused look as they followed them, the latter noticing the rest of his peerage sharing amused looks as well while enjoying their scenery.
"It'll be fine." Tatsumi replied as he waved her off, "How can the devils not expect me to help my grandson when they learn of who he is?"
"Oji-san! Oba-san!" A energetic young girl's voice called as a blonde blur slammed into Tatsumi's legs as he reached down to pat her head as he replied "Hey, Kunou-chan."
"Hello, Kunou-chan." Rykeoss greeted with a smile, getting a happy nod from the blonde who moved to hug Kazuhiko with a cry of "Onii-sama!" the moment she spotted him.
"Hey Kunou-chan." Kazuhiko greeted, pulling Kunou onto his shoulders as the blonde greeted each of his peerage. He had spent a good time in Kyoto under Kunou and her mother's tuition to learn to use his [Senjutsu] and [Youjutsu] when his grandfather was busy with the elders of the Yokai Faction.
"Hello Oji-san, Oba-san." Yasaka greeted as she approached with a warm smile before turning to Kazuhiko, "Kazu-kun. Girls, I hope you've been keeping him out of trouble."
"Of course." Rhiannon retorted with Hiromi, the pair sharing a glare soon after as Jessica chirped in "He's been keep us out of trouble as well."
Yasaka chuckled as she saw Kazuhiko pout at the tall redhead before she turned to her uncle and asked "What brings you here, Oji-san?"
"Well, I'm sure you've heard of the [Tournament of Kings], Yasaka-chan, Kazu-kun and the girls want to enter but need appropriate outfits and masks for it." Tatsumi explained, Yasaka frowning at Kazuhiko as he blurted out an answer to her unasked question "I'm not doing it for Gremory but to get back at Riser and Lucifer."
"We wouldn't have let him enter if it was for something like going after the idiotic half sibling of mine, Yasaka-sama." Lucile added seriously, Yasaka's features softening before she nodded, glad that young man she thought as a nephew wasn't doing it for the girl who had scorned him.
"So, outfits and masks?" Yasaka asked curiously, Diana smirking as she explained "We don't want them to figure out who we are till its too late to stop things. Plus if we do lose before then we'll be able to avoid trouble when we leave."
Yasaka nodded in understanding, a mischievous smile forming on her lips as she clapped her hands together and replied "I know just the people to help then."
Kazuhiko gulped as he recognised that smile as something that Yasaka and his peerage would be able to use to tease him about by the end of it, especially as the girls gave him similar smiles.
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Kazuhiko sighed as he found himself outside of the conversation about what sort of outfits they should have for the tournament, Martina have patted him on his head as she said to leave it to them. He had tried to point out he would need to talk about his own clothes only for Diana to say they would have a team uniform albeit altered for each of them. He'd been measured first for their uniform as well due to being the only male of the group.
"Don't worry about it, Kazu-kun. I'm sure the girls know what they are doing." Tatsumi spoke as he sat next to his grandson watching Rykeoss talking to the small group of tailors with Diana, Daphne and Martina while the others were getting measured up.
"But what if they force me into something that looks funny or weird." Kazuhiko grumbled, Yasaka letting out a giggle as she replied "I'm sure they won't do that, Kazu-kun."
"Your Baa-san will avoid something like that happening, Kazu-kun." Tatsumi added with a pat on his shoulder.
Kazuhiko took a calming breathe as he decided to use the time productively as he focused on practising with his Senjutsu. He had a pretty good grasp on it already but figured it could do with improving as he was very good with his fire magic as he had indulged his inner otaku as a child and copied the [Vongola Flames] from [Katekyo Hitman Reborn] along with a dozen other techniques from other flame using anime characters. It had been a bit embarrassing to reveal that most of his training before he met his grandparents consisted of him recreating moves but they had both explained how useful having a reserve of moves to use on an opponent would be for him. He had used his way with training to help each of the girls, after Diana had found it fun when he first pointed out a couple characters that might help her.
Taking a slow breathe, Kazuhiko started his practice by sensing the auras of the others in the room before turning to sense the flow of [Ki] in himself. He could use [Senjutsu] in battle but this slow routine was how he had been taught to train with it and to increase his resistance to the malice he could absorb through any [Chakra] taken in. Tatsumi and Yasaka had told Kazuhiko that most Yokai learnt it when they were young and that it never really turned off for those who could use it which meant his father had been an idiot as Kazuhiko could have gone berserk through not knowing what to do about any malice he had absorbed.
It had taken a while to work out how he hadn't built up any while being in the Underworld but they had come to believe that recreating the [Sky Flame] in its entirety had meant that the [Harmony Factor] within had absorbed the building malice inside of him when he was training with it and now that he had learnt to use [Senjutsu] they would naturally be more geared towards purifying due to not having to deal with malice being inside of him unless Kazuhiko focused his will on what he wanted them to do with its factor. The part Kyuubi had turned his private studies into seeing if he could combine [Senjutsu] with his flames but results weren't concrete yet for him to use them in a battle.
"... Kazu-kun?" Martina's voice brought the brunet back to the moment, wondering when he had closed his eyes while working on sensing his Senjutsu. The smile on the young woman's face and her closeness made Kazuhiko blush as he realised she was straddling his lap, the other young women of his peerage looking amused to various degrees as Rhiannon reiterated "We're done, Kazu."
"Oh... That's good then." Kazuhiko replied, trying to act natural despite the bright blush on his face.
"We'll have to come back in a few days to ensure everything fits." Diana added, Kazuhiko nodding as Martina got up so they could leave.
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, Gods and Goddesses, Devils, Angels and Yokai! Welcome to the TOK; the Tournament of Kings!" The announcer boomed throughout the stadium and triggering a roar of eagerness from the crowd, "Today every young devil in the Underworld will fight in a free-for-all, battle royal not only for your entertainment but also for three fabulous prizes."
"The tournament is simple; the last [King] standing wins! We have fifty teams of various devils with a wide range of powers, abilities and skills competing in this tournament! The winner will win the hand of this fair maiden!" The announcer spoke, motioning towards a large image of Rias that appeared doing a sexy pose, wolf whistles coming from the male in the crowd as the announcer continued "Besides having Rias Gremory as a servant, the winner of the tournament will win a sizeable fortune that would allow a person to retire and live comfortably for three life times but most of all they will gain the prestige and honour of the illustrious title: [King of Kings]."
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"What a petty tournament." Rias snarked drily from where she sat in the VIP section. Since she had been partly responsible for the tournament's creation and she was the prize, Rias was allowed to watch the tournament in the large VIP section as long as she behaved herself. With the former Gremory heiress was the four Yondai-Maou, the Gremory Clan: Rias' parents (Zeoticus and Venelana) and her nephew (Millicas), Lord and Lady Phenex along with their heir Ruval Phenex and daughter, Ravel, and Lord and Lady Sitri.
Rias saw that a few gods had come to personally watch the tournament. Odin the All-father of the Norse Faction; an elderly man with long, grey hair and a matching beard with an eye-patch over his left eye.
Indra from the Hindu Faction was a young man with a buzz-cut hairstyle and was wearing circular sunglasses, an aloha shirt and pants with a pair of loafers. He was accompanied by Sun Wukong and Yu-Long.
Amaterasu, from the Shinto Faction, was also there. She was a beautiful woman with delicate features. She had extremely long, raven black hair that fell to her chalves while her eyebrows were cut short to show her divine nobility. She wore a high collared regal kimono which was adorned with the colours of the sun in a tasteful pattern. Sat on one side was a familiar looking man (Tatsumi) who was dressed in a Shrine Priest outfit and had his Kyuubi features on full display.
Sitting on Tatsumi's other side was Rykeoss, who was wearing a black business suit with a violet shirt. Rias wasn't sure who she was but the fact she was getting nervous looks from her brother and other Maou made her worried while Tannin sat on his other side with a smirk on his lips.
The crowd that had gathered was enormous and the tournament was being broadcast throughout the entire Underworld and several other realms where leaders willingly paid the ridiculous amounts to watch the tournament at home because they were too lazy to come here (the Greek, Roman, Celtic, Egyptian, Chinese, Angel and Fallen Angel all falling under this category). It was a tournament were everyone had put aside their differences to watch the young devils practically kill each other though no lives would actually be lost.
"I think this'll be pretty exciting." Sirzechs spoke with a grin, attempting to make his sister warm up to him after what he had done. It faltered at seeing Rias' unhappy scowl at him, Sirzechs turning to watch as the announcer's voice continued for the audience "Now let's go to some of the contestants that we interviewed only moments ago."
The screen behind the man changed to show Riser Phenex who arrogantly smirked as the interviewer asked "Riser Phenex, you are favoured to win due to your experience in the Rating Game. You were also originally engaged to Rias Gremory before she denounced herself. How do you feel about this tournament?"
"Wife or servant, it doesn't matter. She will be mine as she should have been and no ridiculous tournament is going to prevent that." Riser said arrogantly causing Rias to shake in anger where she sat.
The screen changed to a new contestant before the interviewer asked as he held his microphone up "Sairaorg Bael! You are rumoured to be the strongest of the new generation of devils. What do you have to say about the tournament!?"
"This tournament was created because of the corruption and greed of others. I will win this tournament and I will right the wrong." Sairaorg said, crossing his arms with a stern expression on his face. The screen changed again to show Sona Sitri as a different interviewer asked "Sona Sitri! You are Rias' best friend and you were there when the tournament was declared! What is your opinion?"
"This tournament is despicable! Rias Gremory was forced into a loveless engagement so she renounced her family and status. Even after all that they wouldn't let her go free and created this tournament to enslave her to their politics and greed. The Gremory, the Phenex and everyone else involved should be ashamed. I will win this tournament for my friend." Sona answered angrily.
"Your friend sure is harsh." Sirzechs spoke, looking nervously to his sister as Grayfia asked "Do they want to start a riot?"
"It's only the truth." Rias countered dryly.
"We've tried to get an interview with Rias herself but unfortunately we were denied." The announcer spoke sadly, Rias shooting a glare at her brother as she retorted "And the reason why is sitting right next to me."
"Let's go to one more contestant!" The announcer said and the screen changed once again. The group shown consisted of a young man surrounded by nine young women. He was wearing a yellow fox-like half mask that left his mouth visible and covered his eyes in black glass, a tight, black top that ended in tight fitting, finger-less gloves with silver metal over his knuckles with a black, sleeveless mini-jacket that stopped at the bottom of his ribs and had orange piping. Black leather pants hung slightly loose on his legs with a silver studded belt wrapped around the top and tucked into sturdy black boots. Each of the young women wore a half mask as well.
"My name...I suppose for now you can call me Tsuna Bune. As for why I chose to enter this 'tournament', well... I'll keep that a secret for now." Kazuhiko spoke hiding his own amusement in his tone, aside from the small smirk on his lips, at no one recognising him with a simple mask on. Rias' eyebrows rose as she felt something familiar about that name and recognisable in 'Tsuna's' voice.
"And your thoughts on the tournament, Tsuna-san?" The interviewer asked curiously, Kazuhiko's smirk growing as he started to answer "This tournament... is just a means to scare heiresses of the Pillar Clans into following through with barbaric marriage contracts that they don't agree to. Such a shame that Maou Lucifer seems to have lost his vaunted Gremory kindness to such a degree that he has to use his own little sister as a example for going against their Elders. Of course, it doesn't stop me from wondering if he would force a marriage contract onto his own son, like Lord Gremory did to his daughter, especially as the one who was originally contracted to the heiress, and would have been forced into servitude as her [Queen] because Maou Lucifer believed baseless lies, died at the hands of Riser Phenex - the teller of those lies and the same person she now gave up everything to get away from as he became the youngest son of Phenex to fit that part of the contract."
Sirzechs flinched as he realised how his actions could have been viewed now especially with regards to Rias, Grayfia tightening her hold on her son as she also realised what 'Tsuna' was saying while Rias' mouth dropped open and a wave of shock rippled through the devils in the VIP room. There wasn't a day that went by which Sirzechs regretted the actions he had taken against Kazuhiko because he believed what Rias had told him Riser had said, without reason or proof. Especially so after Riser revealed his true colours to his sister. Sirzechs also hadn't seen much need at the time in investigating what Riser had said would happen after the Elders had believed him, despite it happening on Phenex territory near their manor.
"Lies!" Lord Phenex hissed in anger as he glared at the masked young man on the screen, turning to Rykeoss as she spat "Where did your brat come up with such blatant lies, Rykeoss!?"
"I only came because I was informed someone was using the Bune name, Reginald" Rykeoss retorted, levelling a glare on the man as she added "Also do not speak to me familiarly either after refusing to let me see my grandson and even being willing to enslave him to a child who obviously couldn't see truth from fiction."
Rias gulped in realisation as well as Rykeoss' glare shifted to her, the redhead looking to her brother with a wary look that pierced his heart before she turned back to the screen. She'd been told that Kazuhiko had died at the hands of an assassin who'd been sent after him for some unknown reason but if the masked man was to be believed it only revealed to her how dangerous Riser could be especially with the threats he had spewed at her before while Grayfia was around. She felt a surge of anger at herself as she realised that she hadn't liked Kazuhiko due to things she'd heard Riser lie about despite them spending time when they were kids. The mere fact that Riser changed the moment that he was declared her fiancee now should have been a giant warning sign of what the blond was capable of to get what he wanted and that she would have been much better with Kazuhiko, even if he did end up with an all female peerage.
'Damn, Kazu-kun really knows how to speak sharp words with just the truth. He's definitely going to make things interesting if just by entering.' Tannin thought impressed as he watched the unfolding drama. Amaterasu smiled as she saw Tatsumi and Rykeoss share a pleased smirk with each other.
Venelana glared at her husband, making him shrink, at the idea that he had contracted their daughter to a violent man while Ravel Phenex looked to be on the verge of tears at hearing the truth as she glared at her father, who flinched away as if struck, at losing the brother that was closest to her and how her father hadn't seen it fit to perform a properly investigation especially after going to where Kazuhiko had died to not find a body at all.
"Onii-sama..." Ravel cried at the thought of losing Kazuhiko due to Riser's jealousy, hugging her mother tightly and letting herself be calmed by her soothing words as Ruval glared at his pale faced father at realising the trouble he would have to deal with if 'Tsuna's' words were true.
"I-I've just got the word! The tournament is about to start! Almost the entire underworld is focused on this massive free-for-all battle! Are you ready for the biggest arena battle in history!? I hope you are all ready for the battle to win this maiden's heart!" The announcer said, visibly shaken from watching the interview while the audience looking ready for a bloodbath as he continued, "Now let the tournament BEGIN!"
...
Sona Sitri and her peerage waited in their war room for the tournament to start. Her gaze drifted to the former members of Rias' peerage: Akeno Himejima, Yuuto Kiba and Koneko Toujou who were all tense as she spoke "Don't worry. We have a foolproof plan and we'll win Rias."
Bolstered by Sona's words the three nodded in agreement. They knew that the whole tournament was basically a battle of stamina so whoever lasted the longest would win. Sona knew her group wasn't the most powerful but she didn't need strength to win. Even if she would fail, she had a backup plan in place to ensure Rias' safety.
The moment the giant magic circle appeared in the centre of the room, they knew that it was time for the tournament to start. The group stepped into the magic circle with Saji being the last one before they was engulfed in the magical shine that transported them to the massive arena. The arena was a bowl shaped valley with a thick forest around the giant stadium in the centre.
'With this terrain, my strategy should work even better.' Sona thought before looking around as she spoke "Alright. Let's find a suitable base of operations first."
"Once that's done. Tsubaki, Akeno, Yuuto and Saji, set up the traps." Sona added, getting nods back before everyone turned at the massive explosion of black energy with violet flame edges shot across the arena, destroying anything it came into contact with. It hit the edge of the barrier and engulfed one of the mountains. The barrier shimmered slightly before it returned to normal.
"Teams 12, 17, 22, 27, 29 and 32 retired." The moderator announced to everyone in the arena, shock laced into his voice.
"W-What the hell was that!?" Saji asked almost shaking in terror. Sona was just as surprised as the others. Conjuring such a vast beam of total devastation would take a lot of energy and that worried Sona. She knew that there should be no one in this tournament with that kind of power involved.
"I didn't know someone that powerful would be in the arena." Sona muttered to herself very concerned. If someone like that were to get in her way it would ruin her plans and Rias would suffer for it. At first the only one she was concerned about beating was Riser given he had a [Queen] level peerage and already had Rating Game experience. But now another strong opponent had shown him/herself.
"How foolish... They've just made themselves a target and I bet that took a lot of energy." Tsubaki stated, Sona nodding in agreement as she added with a smile "We will stick to the plan. Hopefully they will defeat more teams and wear himself down."
"So we wait and pick them off one by one." Akeno concluded, coming to the same conclusion that their plan would be easier if everyone's focus was directed elsewhere. Kiba smiled bitterly at disliking the plan but knowing that it was the best way to win while Koneko stared at where the enormous attack had struck, wondering when they might run into the person who unleashed that attack.
...
Kazuhiko sighed as he sat in his own war room, his half mask in his hand as Daphne spoke up pleased "Your delivery was great during the interview, 'Tsuna-sama'."
Each of the young women of his peerage were dressed in near identical uniform which consisted of a black leather leotard that had short sleeves and a turtleneck, a black leather, short sleeved mini-jacket that had piping in their preferred colour, tight shorts, finger-less gloves that covered up to their elbows and knee high boots along with their own mask. Each outfit had spells that made the outfits tougher, regulated the temperature of the wearer, allow them full range of movement and even allowed them to repair themselves with the help of the wearer's magic.
Daphne was wearing a white masquerade mask that looked like snowflakes had been stuck together while her jacket had icy blue piping and her shorts were a dark blue. Her silver hair was styled in a plait down her back with an icy blue ribbon at the end to hold it together.
"Tou-san is probably holding in the laughter at the chaos you caused." Diana spoke up with a smile. Diana's half mask was dragon-like in shape and a dark violet colour, the same dark violet on the piping of her jacket while the turtleneck was unzipped down to her ample cleavage due to its size. Her shorts were dark purple as well and dark gold armour covered the back of the elbow-length finger-less gloves.
"I wonder what sort of teams we'll go up against." Martina spoke up with a curiously in between sips of her tea. Martina's half mask was a pale yellow and v-shaped like two lightning bolts. Her uniform had gold piping over the jacket and also had the leotard unzipped like Diana's but had white shorts.
"We did all look through the files Bune-sama supplied us, Martina-san." Nagi chimed in calmly. Nagi's half mask was decorated like a geisha's while her jacket had royal blue piping, a wide brown belt was looped around her aqua blue shorts and sheathed on her left hip was two katanas in black leather that had royal blue tribal patterns down their length. Her hair was in its usual high ponytail with a royal blue ribbon holding it in place.
"Yeah, but just reading files isn't going to clue us in on how they'll react when they face us." Jessica retorted with a pout. Jessica had a bumblebee striped half-mask with little wings sticking out of the top while a bright yellow coloured her shorts and jacket piping. In addition, she had a small waist cape of the same colour that fell to her knees at the back. Her chestnut brown hair was left to fall loose down her back.
"She's right, Nagi." Kazuhiko spoke up, sparing a look at the others, "While we know the general abilities our opponents use, how they'll use them or how they have improved for this is unknown. So, we'll just have to do our best and remember, there's no shame in relying on each other."
"Hai 'Tsuna-sama'." The girls called together, smiles on their faces at him taking charge of their group.
"Good motivation speech, 'Tsuna-sama'." Lucile spoke with an approving smile. Lucile had a masquerade mask that was made out of black lace with royal purple colouring that made it look like a butterfly. She had crimson piping on her jacket and had a short crimson skirt instead of shorts which had a gold belt was wrapped around her waist, made out of gold hoops.
Hiromi had a ocean blue eye-mask on her face with her fringe remaining in place while the back of her hair was styled into a side ponytail by a turquoise hair tie. She had aqua blue piping on her jacket with matching shorts.
Rhiannon wore a flame patterned half mask on her face while her jacket had flame patterned decal over the back and fiery orange piping which both were copied onto her shorts as well.
Samantha had a metal eye-mask moulded to her face in a V-shape. She had silver piping on her jacket, an armoured emerald skirt and metal gauntlets on her hands in place of her finger-less gloves. Her hair had been styled in a low ponytail to keep it out of her face.
Kazuhiko was sure he would have been blushing up a storm if hadn't seen it before due to how it clung to their figures and the girls had taken to walking around the estate wearing them so they could adjust to them.
"Looks like it's time." Kazuhiko spoke as he noticed a giant magic circle appearing in the middle of the room. The group moved to stand on it, Kazuhiko being at the front with Diana at his side. The magic circle shone brightly, transporting them to the massive arena and to a random place as it did with all different teams to make sure things were fair. The [Bune] peerage found that they had been transported near to another group and as soon as that group noticed, they charged towards them.
"Shall we start with a bang?" Kazuhiko asked Diana, getting a nod from the ravenette as they both put their opposing hands forwards - his right and her left - a ball of violet [Cloud Flames] in Kazuhiko's hand while a orb of black energy appeared in Diana's. They merged the two orbs of magic together as they took aim and spoke together "Unison Raid: Blazing Destruction Overload: Cloud!"
The massive beam of black energy with violet flame edging made the team before them vanish, the [Cloud Flames] multiplying the power of Diana's [Power of Destruction] fuelled [Darkness Overload] by its [Propagation] factor and turning the modest sized attack into a monster of an attack without the extra power cost.
[Teams 12, 17, 22, 27, 29 and 32 retired.] The moderator announced to everyone in the arena, shock laced into his voice as Kazuhiko and Diana relaxed and lowered their hands. Jessica and Rhiannon both let out impressed whistles at the amount of destruction their [King] and [Queen] could unleash without much effort before Lucile asked "What is warranted to cause that much damage this soon?"
"The quicker we take out the other teams, the shorter this tournament is going to be." Diana answered in a cool tone, a signal that her cool mask had slipped on now that they were under the gaze of people she didn't know. It was a front to keep men who would try and flirt with her away and only came down with people she trusted.
"We should make a move before other teams come here to find us." Kazuhiko suggested, leading the group into the forest.
...
Rias watched uninterested as the screens showed teams arriving in the arena, a smile briefly flittering onto her lips momentarily at seeing Sona's team, her own peerage amongst them, appear as well. She knew that this fight would be long and drawn out with the number of teams involved until she witness the massive blast that ripped its way across the screen in front of her. Sitting up in shock, Rias' mouth dropped open as the moderator announced that six teams had been retired as she blurted "What the hell was that?"
Sirzechs could only blink in surprise as he didn't know any of the teams had the power to unleash such an attack, Rias' eyes widening as the camera took a moment to readjust before showing the pair who unleashed such power. Their forms were covered by the dust and smoke and the only light coming through it was black and violet. Once the smoke cleared everyone was shocked at seeing it was Tsuna Bune and the most buxom of his peerage who had unleashed such power, mouths dropping as they watched the orb of violet edged black energy and violet ball of flames disperse from the pair's outstretched hand.
"Grayfia, make sure they reinforce the game field and have the moderators watch that particular group as well. We don't want any causalities and I want to know what they can do especially if that woman has the [Power of Destruction]." Sirzechs whispered to his wife, slightly amused.
'Did they combine their powers? Neither of them looks like they're even tired from unleashing that attack?' Rias thought shocked, the announcer starting to regain his composure as he spoke "T-This is amazing! Team fifty, the Bune Team, has just eliminated six teams in mere seconds! Who are these mysterious devils?"
Unknown to the team themselves, they had just became the focus for those watching. The complete silence so that the whole stadium could hear what was being said amongst its members. Many wondering how [King] and [Queen] could combine their powers in such a way to cause such destruction and not be tired from it.
Over the next hour, seven other groups appeared at the spot where the [Unison Raid] was unleashed, giving the audience a battle between them. In the end four teams retreated while the other three were eliminated. Other small skirmishes broke out during the remainder of the day but no other teams were eliminated.
...
"I found a cabin ahead, Tsuna-sama." Nagi spoke after reappearing, Kazuhiko having sent her on ahead to scout about for any potential enemies near by.
"Do you think its safe?" Samantha asked, Kazuhiko looking to Diana, Lucile and Daphne as they had taken the time to learn the whole rules as Lucile answered "It might be. Each day the teams are given food, water and, depending on how they do, a safe house to sleep in."
"They are encouraging everyone to fight then?" Jessica asked, Hiromi nodding as she retorted "They don't want this thing to last weeks, do they? Otherwise everyone would just find a place to hold up and set tons of traps to catch anyone out there."
"S'pose your right..." Jessica mused as they approached the cabin. It was a modest two storey building made out of wood although it was no doubt reinforced to be safe for them to use although was stuck out in a clearing that would mean a good ambush if they were caught unaware.
"Daphne..." Kazuhiko started turning to the blonde, "How long does your ice last without your input?"
Daphne smirked as she understood what Kazuhiko was thinking as she answered "Long enough for what you're thinking, Tsuna-sama. I can even have them alert us if they spot something."
"Good. Set up a patrol around the cabin. Even if its supposed to be safe, I don't imagine it would stop others from waiting and surprising us." Kazuhiko asked as he looked around, Daphne nodding as she held her fist over the palm of her other hand in a familiar stance before speaking "Ice Make: Mice!"
Out of the icy blue magic circle that formed, dozens of mice made out of ice scurried off into the surrounding trees to set up where they would scout from, Daphne deciding to explain to the others "They'll keep an eye out and alert whoever is awake if someone is coming."
"So we'll be doing shifts tonight?" Martina asked with a pout, Kazuhiko nodding as Diana answered "It's for the best. We don't want to be caught by surprise."
"There's no traps here." Rhiannon spoke from inside of the cabin, Kazuhiko shaking his head in exasperation as he had come to expect for the half-dragon blonde to be reckless.
"I can't believe you, fire crotch!" Hiromi raged as she stomped into the cabin after the redhead, Kazuhiko sighing at the argument that started to rage inside before he shouted inside "Quiet! We'll settle this inside."
With that the rest of the team entered the cabin, soon finding a note to say they had a eight hour barrier over it for them to rest and dine in peace.
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Author's Note
I figure I should put down here the altered Sona's peerage and who I used as models for Kazu's peerage as well although I won't put what pieces they are for the moment.
Sona's Peerage:
Queen: Tsubaki Shinra
Bishops: Momo Hanakai and Akeno Himejima
Knights: Tomoe Meguri and Yuuto Kiba
Rooks: Tsubasa Yura and Koneko Toujou
Pawns: Genshirou Saji (x4) and Ruruko Nimura (x1)
Kazu's peerage:
Diana: Manami Katsura - School Days
Martina: Mikumo - Kenichi
Daphne: Irina Jelavic - Assassination Classroom
Nagi: Ikaruga - Senran Kagura
Jessica: Boa Hancock - One Piece
Hiromi: Yurishia Farandole - Masou Gakuen HxH
Rhiannon: Angelica Ainsworth - Fate/ kaleid liner Prisma Illya
Lucile: Seri Awashima - K/ K:Missing King
Samantha: Mirei Shikishima - Valkyrie Drive
Anyway, the pairing for this is just those of Kazu's peerage, current and future, at the moment given Kazu's past.
Only other thing I'll add at the moment is I'm not too sure about how Senjutsu works in DxD so have looked into Naruto's version a little just to settle down on what Kazuhiko can do with it but won't be shown till the third chapter given that he's hiding who he is from the audience/ Lords and Elders.