Hey guys, I've kept this one on hiatus for a while, eh I got my hands full. More in the AN so let's just get to it.
Confrontations
11:30 PM
Shikamaru sighed as he stepped over yet another vase that was laying on the floor in one of the halls. Knocked over by Temari and Kuroka's messing around.
"I swear…" he stopped at the sounds of laughter coming from behind him.
Turning around he was met with an eyeful of Temari and Kuroka wrapped in white towels that left little to the imagination as they finished climbing the stairs, they just came from the bath it seems.
(Did I mention the mansion has a big ass bath house? Don't think I did ;))
Temari looked around, "You know we're gonna need to clean this up, right?"
"Ah let Ophis take care of it when she gets back. I bet you she has maids or something around or maybe some spell you know?"
They took notice of him and, Kuroka, decided to screw around. "Oh hey, I was wondering where you were."
She walked towards him slowly, with one hell of a seductive smile on her face. Temari eyed her with an eyebrow raised, and in an instant, she flew by Kuroka and was standing next to Shikamaru gripping his arm possessively.
"Oh no you don't, this one is mine Kuroka." She gave a smirk and, then got a confused look when she saw Kuroka covering her mouth holding back a laugh.
"What?"
Before the Nekomata could answer the one standing next to her got her attention.
"Uh. You might want to look down…"
Doing so she found that she was now standing in the hall, completely naked, the towel which had fallen off when she moved currently laying on the ground a few inches away.
With a slight blush she rammed her palm into Shikamaru's face hard, covering his eyes.
"Oh boy… help me out here?" she pleaded with the chuckling dark-haired temptress.
Kuroka bent down and picked up the towel before handing it to the new born Devil. "Well with that you definitely made my night."
Temari grabbed it from her and awkwardly wrapped it around her slim frame as best she could with her free hand. "Yeah yeah, see ya later."
Without removing her hand from the boy's eyes, she walked awkwardly with him towards their room, Shikamaru just remained quiet and stoic.
Kuroka just chuckled as she walked off to the room she had picked back when she changed clothes, "Things are getting interesting alright."
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Shutting the door behind her Temari let out a breath, "Well that was embarrassing… well kind of."
"You mind removing your hand now?" Shikamaru finally asked as she still hadn't.
"Oh sorry." As she did she walked off to the smaller bathroom in their room to get on her sleep wear.
Shikamaru in the meantime changed into his own sleep wear, a simple white T and boxers. He pulled off the band he used to hold that bit of his hair in a ponytail to let it fall flat and sat at the edge of the bed and hummed in thought.
That was… wait it's the first time I've seen her naked, right? Yeah it is. Honestly, I never thought I had much of that kind of interest, but I got to say I'm feeling a bit worked up from seeing that…
A sly smile crept onto his lips and he stared at the bathroom door intently. He'd see what he could do about that tonight.
In the bathroom Temari stared at herself in the mirror, her breathing was a little heavy and she had this feeling… it wasn't new to her, but she hadn't felt it in a while.
I'd bet he wants me right about now. But I'm not ready to… not just yet.
She let out a breath and nodded to herself, not tonight but maybe another night…
She really wanted to but simply wasn't ready to go the extra mile.
…however, that didn't mean she couldn't satisfy herself another way.
She opened the door and walked out, shutting it behind her and shutting off the light. Shikamaru eyed her up and down, she looked beautiful in just what she had on. A simple frilly white night gown.
"Oh? Normally you sleep in panties and a top, I never knew you liked those." He said slowly, giving her a smirk.
She sent one right back, "I didn't… but I was shopping for clothes the other day back in Konoha and thought you might like something like this. Even though it's just a simple nighty."
Wait until you see the sexy lingerie I bought that day too… she thought slyly to herself.
She walked towards him slowly and as she came within arm's reach he grabbed her and pulled her down on the bed with him. Temari letting out a girlish yelp that, surprised her, at the unexpected move. Shikamaru wasted no time and claimed her lips in a searing kiss. When they broke apart for air Temari put her hands on his chest and gasped a bit.
"Wait…" she opened her eyes and stared at his deeply. "Listen, I'm… not ready to do that just yet. I know you want to and trust me I do too but, another night kay?"
He gave her a soft smile, "That's okay. In the meantime, I think there's something else we could do."
She chuckled haughtily as they kissed again, Shikamaru gripped her thighs and shifted himself so that he rolled over on his back and she was on top of him. Temari responded in kind by straddling his hips and intensifying the kiss. She soon started to grind her hips against him as his hands roamed all over her.
He brought his right hand up to cup her breast and fondle the soft supple orb making Temari sigh his name. With another shift he was now her and he leaned down to place kisses on her neck, he sucked on a spot leaving a red mark, as his hand found its way between her legs.
Her breath hitched as he traced her lower lips through her soft satin panties…
…she was already very much wet.
His mouth soon found her tit that slipped out above her night gown as he slipped his hand in her panties and caressed her entrance with skilled hands. Shikamaru was surprised he was doing so well, if how Temari was gripping his hair and sinking her nails into his skin was any indication.
She moaned his name as he finally slipped a finger inside her wet entrance. Temari's toes curled tightly as her nails dug into the skin of Shikamaru's arms so much it drew blood just a little, the small cuts healing soon after. He continued to give her the best of feelings with his mouth still on her breast, circling his tongue around her nipple.
Oh boy did that one gets her, she responded by a slight arch of her back, murmuring for him to do more. He gladly complied and found her clit with his thumb…
That was it.
Her eyes flew open and her breathing started coming in short pants, this was her very first time experiencing this kind of pleasure, and what he just did set her entire core a blaze. Her entire body felt hot especially down between her legs and her thighs began to tremble. Finally, she felt the rush of something within…
"Sh-shikamaru… I think am gonna…"she gasped and arched her back far as her eyes rolled back and she all but shouted in glorious rapture.
Shikamaru glanced down as the bit of clear substance ran from her mound staining the sheets and his fingers. As he gazed at her face, the light pink dusting her cheeks and the way she panted… It was all so alluring to him and he remembered just how hard he was.
She popped an eye open and smiled at him, "Whew… who knew you were so good."
He chuckled at that, "I didn't even know I was that good."
She got up and kneeled on the bed, bit her lips, then took notice of the tent in his boxers.
She smirked and gave him a suggestive look in his eyes.
"I think it's only fair I help you out with that hmm?"
Shikamaru actually blushed a bit there, "Uh yeah but… you know what to do?"
Temari gave him a wink, "Let's just say I've heard a few things." She answered slyly as she recalled one of the many nights her and the girls, Tsunade included, went out and got drunk.
At some point Tsunade would always get all naughty and talk about all manner of things, mainly sex of course. And Temari just so happened to remember a few certain things, information she is going to make useful…
She gave him a naughty smirk.
…right now.
Before he could say anything, she tackled him to the bed and kissed him deeply, then she started to slowly go down to his groin. Gripping the edges of his boxers she pulled them down slowly and gasped just a bit while her eye brows shot up in surprise as Shikamaru's dick came into full view.
"Big…" she murmured.
Grasping it in her hand she felt the warmth of it and admired how it looked with the veins and all pulsing. Shikamaru watched her and quirked an eye brow as she stared at it in curiosity.
"Uh…"
He was silenced as she took it in her mouth and began to suck…
"Fuck." Shikamaru sucked in a breath.
What a feeling!
He yelled mentally as he watched her bobbing head. He took hold of her hair and encouraged her to go on.
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Outside their door Kuroka listened to Shikamaru's groans in amusement. The Nekomata came along just as Shikamaru really got into pleasing Temari.
She rubbed her thighs together…
"I wonder if Ophis has any kinky novels around here…" she pondered aloud as she went towards the study.
…she was a bit wet herself.
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An area of the study distorted and twisted as a rip opened and Ophis stepped out. Kuroka looked up from where she sat reading a book she found and gave her a little wave.
Ophis regarded her with a nod, "Where are Temari and Shikamaru?"
"In their room."
As Kuroka saw Ophis about to turn most likely heading there she stopped her with an 'ahh'.
"Maybe it's best to give 'em a few minutes."
By the suggestive smirk on the Nekomata's face Ophis knew the reason why.
"Okay. Well I'll tell them later, for now I want to talk to you about something." Ophis went and sat beside Kuroka and turned to her. "You were reincarnated with two Bishop pieces correct?"
Kuroka nodded, "Yeah how'd you know?"
"I can feel it a bit. It's not very clear to me due to it not being one of my pieces." The Dragon God stared at the ceiling. "Anyway, what I really want to ask you is if you are willing to rid yourself of them and have Shikamaru reincarnate you, being the first of his very own peerage." At the end she eyed Kuroka expectantly.
Kuroka blinked and got a thoughtful look. "It doesn't sound like a bad idea but… in the first place how would you do that? And I would die, afterwards right?"
Ophis smirked at that, "I can remove Evil Pieces from any Devil. And yes if I do that naturally you will die however- "
"I'll be brought back with which ever piece or pieces is used in the reincarnation ritual." Kuroka finished for her.
"Precisely. So how 'bout it?"
The Nekomata hummed in thought for a bit.
Do I really wanna be under someone as a member of their peerage again? I hadn't liked the idea when I thought about it once before but… Shikamaru is a good guy, I can tell that much just by his scent and the feeling I get from him. Maybe I can… just this time.
"Uhh. Give me some time to think about it, kay?" she asked.
Ophis gave a nod and stood up to go towards the door. "I'll be going to my room, good night."
The door closed quietly behind her.
Kuroka sighed and went back to reading the book she found, it was pretty good, she might be getting drawn into it a lot. It was a tale set in the old days, a prince troubled with dealing with a request sent by an old friend turned leader, for a sum of one thousand young boys to be trained to fight in his army.
As she read on she hummed and murmured, "Hmm, so he's gonna go back to the place he lost two soldiers and escaped with his life from? What kind of a man crawls into his own grave in search of hope?"
In any case it was a good book.
Outside the hallway Ophis sighed at the state of the place, vase here and there with whatever contents spilled about all over. Pictures were lying on the floor and what not. She shook her head and walked on and as she got to the end of the hall she mumbled a few words and instantly the object that were miss placed glowed with purple energy and went back to where they were meant to be.
The whole hall went back to being spotless in mere moments.
"Messy kids." Ophis muttered with a 'tsk tsk'
As she walked pass Temari and Shikamaru's room she shook her head as Shikamaru's voice yelled in obvious delight.
"I'll never get what humans and even Devils get out of those activities."
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12:45 AM
Unknown location- Underworld
Vali and Bikou stood side by side near a cliff edge watching as members of the known rogue group talked amongst themselves. Apparently, they were discussing the terms which Vali explained.
"So, this is the Khaos Brigade huh?" Bikou spoke in a hushed tone and eyed the men carefully, "I don't like them."
Vali grunted, "Neither do I but this is necessary."
The one in the middle of them all turned to Vali, "So that is all you need and in return we will get what we want correct?"
Vali gave him a nod, "Yes, I'm a man of my word. Just make sure you fulfill your side of the bargain. We now have an audience yes?"
The man clads in old armor grunted with a nod. "We'll do our part. You just make sure you do yours. Let's go."
With that they all turned, wings spread, and took off towards the distance.
"Well then." Vali looked over at Bikou, "What is next?"
Bikou hummed in thought, tilting his head left and right, "We can recruit that Arthur Pendragon now, and if he decides to fight us well… more fun for me." He grinned while twirling his staff.
Vali shook his head, "He won't fight us, I know the man, let's go."
Bikou nodded and tapped his staff on the ground, a portal opened which the two slowly sunk down into it and it closed afterwards.
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9:02 AM
"Boobs!" A certain high schooler exclaimed as he, along with two friends, stood by the side watching as the girls stretched and did exercises to prepare for gym class. The more the girls did their exercises the more the boys drooled over them. Every jiggle of their voluptuous chests seemed to work them over something fierce. A petite blonde girl caught the attention of the one that exclaimed, she had stood alone off to one side watching the other girls and he decided to go talk to her.
"Uhm, hey." He greeted as he walked up to her, flashing a nervous smile.
The girl got slightly started and looked up at him, "Oh hi! Um can I help you?"
"Well I saw you standing here alone, and was wondering why you weren't doing exercises with the girls." He says to her.
"Oh… well I um… I am not very into this kind of thing I guess..." she shifted a bit on her feet, casting her gaze downward.
The boy nodded in understanding, "I'm Issei Hyoudou by the way."
She flashed him a bright smile, "Asia Argento." Her tone of voice showed that she enjoyed meeting new people, and her emerald eyes lit up a bit.
The two smiled at each other, only to fall silent then blush as the nervousness began to set in. They both blushed and looked away from each other, Issei rubbing the back of his head.
"Well," he spoke up first. "I'll head back over there to my buddies. See you around, Asia."
"Right, see you." She waved at him as he walked off, returning to staring very perversely at the girls with his friends again. Asia witnessed and shook her head slowly while mumbling, "Boys."
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1:25 PM
Rias Gremory let out a breath and began panting as the dark-haired beauty got up from her spot between Rias' legs, Akeno licked her lips and chuckled. "You have got to stop being so good… or else I'll forbid you from doing this anymore…" Rias said breathlessly.
"Oh? And miss out on my expertise? I think not, my dear Riasu." Akeno whispered seductively Rias' ear, the person she was most fond of.
Shivering from the delight Rias took a moment to regain her senses, "l'll have you thrown in a prison cell and turn the key to ashes, you devil." She did her best to pull up her undergarments and fix her skirt, her legs still trembling.
"That's what I am." Akeno giggled and hopped up on the desk to sit, "So, how goes the search for the next Red Dragon Emperor?"
"Well there is one." Rias took out a file from her desk drawer and handed it to Akeno. "This kid. He seems to have the potential."
Akeno hummed as she took the file and looked it over, "Issei Hyoudou… wait how did you even get this?"
Rias smiled simply and closed her eyes, "I have my ways."
"By that you mean you just went to the principal's office and took it."
"Oh shush."
Akeno chuckled before glancing back at the file in her hands, "He doesn't look like much…" she mumbled while looking it over. "Average grades, doesn't give trouble but…"
"I know. But I had Koneko watch over him these past couple days, his potential is just dormant." Rias said, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Why did Sirzechs put this task on us?" Akeno complained. "Couldn't he search for the candidate in the underworld?"
Rias shrugged her shoulders, "I wouldn't know, my brother's methods are beyond me."
"isn't that what make him so interesting and mysterious?"
Another voice caught the attention of the two young women causing them to look up, seeing the source was a dark haired young woman wearing the high school uniform. Her bangs covered majority of her forehead and her hair reached her waist ending in single streaks. She sat cross legged in one of the couches in the room looking over at the two.
"Raynare." Rias began, "You have an irritating habit of just popping up all the time."
The dark-haired girl giggled lightly, her violet eyes locked with Rias' emerald mischievously. "I do it because I want to have the joy of dropping in on you two doing the naughty things you shouldn't." she said simply.
Rias' cheeks went red at the girl's words, "W-w-what are you talking about?" she stuttered, flustered and flushed already.
Raynare burst into a fit of laughter at this, "Oh dear me Rias-chan, I hit my mark I see." She said with the suffix at the end to help tease the girl.
"Alright Raynare enough messing around." Akeno stepped between the two as she saw Rias about to toss a dagger at the other girl.
Rias took a breath and returned said dagger from where she got it, "May I ask why you are here?"
Raynare sat up and leveled a more serious gaze with Rias, "I do hope you've taken notice of the fact that the Dragon God of Infinity has been recruiting people as of late. I was… out for a walk and happened to go by the mansion she has across town, there was a big commotion and when I went to take a closer look some of them were doing what seemed like training. Training for what, one would ask." She finished and glanced at her nails.
Rias placed her right hand on her cheek as she hummed, "Training... well I have been keeping an eye on the matter as much as I could without letting her know but I wouldn't know her intensions. Perhaps I should go see her."
"I don't think that's a good idea." Raynare said as she looked up again, "What if she is planning something and you walk into a trap?"
"Trap?" Akeno piped up, "But the question is why- "
"Have you forgotten?" Raynare cut her off, "In the past this woman was obsessed with destruction, as it stands Rias is in control of this town, it's her territory which means she stands in the way of her and any plans of, like I said, destruction."
"Raynare has a point." Rias said as Akeno hummed. "But I still want to go see her."
"Well I'll be there when the time comes incase anything happens." The dark-haired girl got up and made for the door of the club, she opened it and walked through but before she closed it she turned to the two again. "By the way, you both reek of each other and also, the scent of womanly essence. I would run home and have a shower before you have to go near other students." She playfully blew a kiss before shutting the door, leaving a flushed Rias and a giggling Akeno.
"She is so dead."
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4:33 PM
Issei had got stuck in extra classes he needed to take for obvious reasons, his two perverted friends had already left which means he would be walking home alone. It wasn't a problem, but he enjoyed their company, returning his items to the locker he was assigned to he hummed a song while closing the locker and throwing his bag over his shoulder and leaving the building. The sun was setting by now, casting the sky in beautiful rays of orange. Issei walked past a few students going about their way, some leaving the compound like he was, while some were heading towards the building. Out by the courtyard the sounds of students doing various activities could be heard.
A few were jogging around the track, some stretching and so on. Issei left the gates and turned left heading down the street, he walked along heading towards his home, coming to a neighborhood area he stopped as he spotted a familiar person, the petite blonde he spoke to before.
"That's Asia."
The girl was walking towards the park in that area, if one would look closer she would appear to be in a daze. Issei walked towards her and raised his hand in a wave, calling out to her. "Hey Asia, what's up?"
The girl gave no response as she continued walking into the park. Issei gaze chase feeling slightly concerned, "Umm Asia? Are you okay?"
She suddenly stopped in front of the fountain, standing there and staring at it blankly, Issei approached her cautiously and placed his hand on the girl's shoulder.
"Asia."
The girl gasped softly just before glancing up at him, her eyes returning to normal. "Oh Issei, what are you doing out here?"
"I should be asking that." Issei chuckled, glancing around before looking back at the girl. "You were walking, and I called out to you twice, are you alright?"
Asia looked down going silent a moment, she wasn't sure why she ended up in the park. One moment she was walking home then the next she was in the park with Issei standing next to her. She tried to recall the couple of minutes in between but it was blank. "I'm… not sure. My head is spinning and…" she trailed off gripping her head and stumbling on her feet.
Issei held her shoulders to keep her standing, "Whoa, maybe you should get home, I'll come with you."
Asia nodded and turned to him, "Thank you."
Earlier- 3:43 PM
Ophis stood alone in the study, staring out of one of the windows as she contemplated her next move. She could sense the boy's presence nearby, now that he is alone then it would be a decent time to remove him from the equation. However, she sensed the presence of another with him; a young girl whom appeared to be the current possessor of a very rare Sacred Gear.
"interesting…" she mused with a slight smile. "That ability is second to my own healing capabilities."
Perhaps she could bring that girl over to her side, she could be useful when she herself would be absent for whatever reason. It is not a bad idea she admitted.
She turned her head at the sound of someone entering the room, Kuroka shuffled into the study with a blank stare, plopping down on the couch to the far wall.
"Hello kitty." Ophis called.
The Nekomata looked up from the book she reached over to grab a second earlier, "Oh, you were in here? Hi."
Ophis hummed, turning a bit to face her more. "You didn't notice? Odd, are you alright?"
The woman gave a nod along with a sigh while opening the book to continue reading. "I just have things on my mind is all."
'Things huh…' Ophis thought. She could already imagine what these "Things" were, her little imoutou for instance. Considering she was planning to make a move tonight to eliminate a certain someone, and then to visit another certain someone. Although she expected to be doing both at once; no doubt the Devil princess would show up once she made the first move. After all, she was aware they were watching the kid.
The Dragon God went over and sat next to Kuroka, looking like mother and daughter with how Ophis appeared.
"I think it's about time I went to see the Ruin princess." She smirked.
At that Kuroka froze. She instantly slammed the book closed and looked over at her seriously. "You're really going to?"
Ophis nodded, "Yes, I want to have a little chat with her."
"Then I'm coming with you, in any case that's why you're telling me right?" Kuroka asked a bit urgently.
Ophis cringed at her tone, "Yes and no… you see having you there may cause a bit of a problem, especially if the little one is present. So, I'd like it if you could just stay here for now."
"What?" Kuroka mumbled, "You can't do that, I have to come with you, so I can take my little sister back."
Ophis sighed, "See that's the problem; I don't want some big commotion to break out, understand? Now is not the time." She stood up and walked to the door, grasping the handle. "Another time. For now, just sit tight until I come back."
With that she walked out leaving a slightly distraught Kuroka, biting her lip with her fists clenched.
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Issei along with Asia took their time leaving the park, they had gotten a bit far in than they realized. Given the state the girl was in they stopped a few times to allow her to take a breath. She expressed her body felt weak, had a slight headache as well as dizziness. As they walked along Issei suddenly stopped, something was off; the area had gotten darker and it felt almost heavy with malicious intent.
"I-Issei? Is something wrong?" Asia looked up at him, and asked.
Issei gave a nod while looking around, "Yeah, I'm getting a weird vibe from this place. Like I can sense danger. We should get going, how about I carry you on my back?"
Asia's cheeks tinted pink a bit at that, "Y-your back? O-okay."
As Issei kneeled down so she could climb on, they both froze at the sound of a voice coming from behind them. Turning around to look down another path the two watched as a small figure approached.
"Well now, what have we here?" Ophis said darkly, walking up to them as the shadow from a tree covered most of her form till she came into the light. "The Red Dragon Emperor and a little friend huh."
Issei stood up and immediately pulled Asia behind him, "Who are you?"
"Me? I'm just a little girl passing by. And happened upon you two, out for a date?"
"N-no it isn't a date or anything he was just helping me home, that is all." Asia spoke up, wincing from her headache.
"Answer me." Issei cut in, his eyes narrowed as he stared Ophis down.
The Dragon God chuckled, "Isn't that sweet, protecting your girlfriend eh? But I'm not here for her." With a flick of her wrist Asia was hoisted into the air as a light purple glow emitted from her body.
"Asia!" Issei exclaimed.
The girl shrieked while hovering over to Ophis, "Issei! T-taskete!"
Issei glared at Ophis, his right fist clenched. "Put. Her. Down."
"And if I refuse?" Ophis challenged.
Issei grit his teeth. "I'll make you."
"Oh?"
The boy took slow steps toward Ophis, quickening his pace but as he got within five inches he was sent flying back by a pulse of incredible force from her. It sent him into a nearby tree, slamming into it so hard his bones shattered. A part of his spine was also fractured. He coughed blood that trickled down his chin and stained his clothes as he fell to the ground, unmoving.
Witnessing this Asia gasped, clasping her hands over her mouth. "Oh my god… Issei."
"Hm." Ophis walked over to him with a stoic gaze, once before him she leaned over a bit to get a better look. To her surprise he was still alive, but barely. "And I thought you were already done in, well I'll finish the task then." She raised her right arm as she did a sword that appeared to be from ancient times appeared above them both in the form of pure purple energy.
Issei glanced up at her, in utter pain. Unable to move at all but still tried to speak. "W-wai…why…"
"it's nothing personal kid, you were just unlucky to be born as the possessor of this particular Longinus."
With a wave of her arm the sword came down and plunged into Issei's back, going straight through, it ripped his flesh like butter causing blood to spill out. Issei coughed, chocking on his own blood before his eyes went blank as death took him. The sword vanished a second later.
Asia, while floating above them and unable to do anything, witnessing the death of someone she only became friends with that same day; broke down as tears fell from her eyes. "Why…?"
"Hm?" Ophis turned to glance up at her. "Pardon?"
The blonde held her chest as the pain got worse, "Why did you do this…?"
Ophis sighed, "I did not come here to give explanations, child." She turned to the boy laying before her, slowly becoming cold. "I came here to eliminate a potential threat. And now to make sure he won't be reincarnated." A wisp of dark purple flames ignited in her palm, she would burn the boy's body to eliminate him for good.
Before she could do so however, her head turned to her right as a blast of crimson red energy flew to her, ripping up the ground beneath it during its travel. Ophis simply stood there without making a move. She did not have to though as the yell of a certain voice along with a blast of pure white energy came from above her, clashing with the other red. The discharges remained in a lock until they exploded from the impact force. Leaving behind a cloud of dust.
Temari said as she landed to Ophis' right side, holding her fan out, she raised it up and swung down discharging a blast of pure white energy in return fire at the form she could see approaching them. It tore the ground up with much more destructive force than the previous two blasts. Rias, which was the one walking to them froze as she saw it, moving so fast she had mere seconds to counter. Before she did a blast of yellow lightning intercepted the oncoming force, but it wasn't enough as Temari's attack pushed through the lightning. The two young women had to leap out of its path before it tore them to shreds, watching as it passed them and dissipated shortly after.
"What on earth was that?" Akeno asked.
Rias shook her head, "I don't know. But it blew right through your lightning like it was nothing."
Ophis looked up at Temari with a small smile, "I was fine you know."
"Yeah yeah. I did it anyway." Temari deadpanned, keeping her fan in a position to attack or defend if the need arises.
Asia watched as the exchange transpired, utterly shocked. "What is all this… who are these people…"
"Seems we have uninvited guests." Ophis spoke, "It's best you both just come forth before I set this whole place ablaze. The boy included."
At that Rias' eyes went wide, she was hesitant to approach now that the circumstances changed. As if the Ouroboros Dragon wasn't bad enough now there was another unknown person with her, one which radiated a great amount of power.
"Rias." Akeno urged.
She bit her lower lip, "I know, come on."
The two girls walked out slowly, taking in their surroundings and the situation. A blonde girl which was floating above, they marked her as harmless for now. Then there were the other two, the taller girl was someone they have never seen. Dressed in black sandals, fishnet leggings, a white skirt with a single red stripe, a white opened top with a red stripe going down the front. She wore more fishnet clothing beneath the top along with a dark bra, her dirty blonde hair up in two spiky pigtails with the rest going down her back and two bangs framing both sides of her forehead. They also took notice of the item she held, it looked like a giant fan but upon focusing on the object that's exactly what it was.
A giant, glossy black fan with a white center, the markings and symbols on the frames made them confused as they couldn't understand the language.
Ophis gave them a little smile, "Well hello, sister of the great Sirzechs Lucifer. And daughter of Barkeil. What brings you both here on this fine evening?"
At the mention of her father's name Akeno tensed, but shook it off as Rias answered.
"The reason, as I'm sure you are well aware of; is the boy." She pointed at the one in question. Rias would admit seeing him lying there in a puddle of his own blood, hurt her more than she expected.
Ophis turned to look at the poor boy, "Oh, him? Well I'm sure you are also aware of the threat he poses. So, my purpose here is to eliminate said threat." Moving her arm closer she tilted it, preparing to burn his body.
"Wait!" Rias exclaimed with her arm outstretched. "Don't do this. Please."
Ophis stopped, glancing to the girl. "Why?"
"Because… well, we need him."
"Not good enough."
Again, Ophis prepared to burn him to ashes, but Rias stopped her once more.
"Okay! I need him! Not just the Gremory Household but I do." She finally blurted out. Which sounded odd to her, why would she need the kid? This was a new feeling. And thinking back now, this situation was brought on all because of what her brother said.
¤ Flashback - One month ago ¤
Rias, along with her older brother Sirzechs, sat at the dining table inside the dining room of the Gremory manor. The table was large in length, made of oak, with an elegant cloth on the top with a few symbols. Upon the table sat various vases with flowers, large bowl like dishes with small marbles. The walls, a dark elegant purple, a red carpet on the floor. Along the walls banners and so on hung with the Gremory insignia.
Sirzechs sat looking down at documents while Rias sat across from him as servants laid out various foods from slices of bread, fruits. Freshly cut meats such as sausages, ham and so on along with muffins with small dishes with butter. After a moment of silence Sirzechs cleared his throat to get his sister's attention.
Rias looked up at her older brother, "Hm?"
"Well…" Sirzechs began, placing the documents on the table. "We have found the potential next in line as the Red Dragon Emperor. It is a high school student which, that school happens to be yours. But we don't know exactly who, yet."
Rias narrowed her eyes at this bit of information. "I assume you… want me to find and keep an eye on him during the semester?"
"Yes." Her brother gave a nod. "We do know it is… well just a kid for now but that will definitely change I feel. The Red Dragon Draig is very powerful, it would be great to have it on our side."
Rias sighed, knowing this was going to be quite irritating, looking after a kid? She isn't a baby sitter.
"Well Oni-chan if you deem it so I will watch over whoever it is once he or she is found."
¤ Present Day ¤
Rias had just admitted she needed the once alive young man laying by Ophis' feet. The dragon god turned fully to face the red head.
"Oh? You need him you say?"
Rias nodded quickly as she took a step closer, cautiously so. "I need him, to be alive. Because… well he seems like a really nice kid and all. He could be a good friend to us." She tried her best to find a reason that would satisfy the small Dragon God before her. "All of us."
Ophis took a deep breath, could she really allow her to reincarnate this boy? And what of the possible threat he poses? She was unsure what to do at this point. She knew it was faked, but there was a hint of truth in the girl's words. If the boy is kept under watch, then he may not be of much hindrance. And then there is the possibility of him falling for the Crimson Ruin Princess here, that would be enough to keep him in line. Decision made, she spoke up.
"Alright Rias Gremory, I'll spare his body on one condition; you have to keep him in check. Even if he goes on a rampage, it will be on you. Are we understood?" Ophis offered.
Rias didn't answer right away, weighing her decision and response. It may be difficult in the case of a rampage but… "I understand." She finally said.
"Good, now-"Ophis was cut off as a ball of light blue flames came towards her.
Temari saw this and intercepted it, using her fan as a shield, the ball made contact and exploded leaving a small plume of smoke. "What the hell?" she growled.
"Kiba!"
"On it!"
A fast-moving form leaped out of the trees and went towards Temari as it landed, but before the person got close however they suddenly stopped. In a forward strike position as if frozen on stop.
"Now now, I can't have that." Another voice went, the source moving out of the tree line behind Ophis.
Ophis smiled just a bit, "I was wondering when you planned on coming out, Shikamaru."
Shikamaru smirked as he came to stand next to her. "Well I wasn't gonna stand by and watch you both get attacked, even if you could handle it easy."
"Did you get the other two?"
"Yes."
As he said this, a small girl along with an older one was hoisted towards the rest. They were wrapped in shadows, one of them was Raynare while the other was a white-haired girl wearing the school uniform. Her most noticeable were the cat ears she had. Raynare had a bright purple light spear in her hand as she struggled against the shadows. The other just remained stoic.
"Get me out of this you little shit!" Raynare yelled at Shikamaru, gritting her teeth with a hiss.
"Well that one's feisty." Temari commented.
Rias looked around at her peerage members all but at the mercy of these people. She hasn't been in such a situation before, even though she knew Ophis wasn't planning on doing anything but who knows what the other two would. "Kiba, Koneko and Raynare… I asked you all to stay back."
"You also said unless we saw the need to intervene." The girl, Koneko, added in a stoic manner.
Kiba scoffed, "Yeah and leave you both alone with these guys? Sorry but I can't allow that prez."
Above them Asia remained quiet, simply watching everything transpire. Every now and then though, she would glance at Issei, then to wince as the pain in her chest returned at seeing him dead.
Ophis cleared her throat to bring attention to her, she looked at all of them with an irritated face. "I knew you were all back there but I'm a bit tired of having attacks thrown at me for one night."
Kiba spoke up again then, "We only did so because we thought our President and VP were in danger." He spoke more to Rias than anyone else, nodding his head towards the wisp of purple flame still hovering above Ophis' palm.
Ophis looked down at it and understood then, she had meant to got rid of it. "If I wanted to do anything to them I could have done so long ago, boy." She said to Kiba before dispelling the wisp.
Rias had, had enough of all the chatter, she stepped forward with her eyes narrowed. "Could we all calm down here, please?"
Raynare tried to move again finding she still couldn't. "Hey Dragon! Tell your dog to let us go already." She referred to Shikamaru, which he simply chuckled at her.
Ophis looked up at Raynare a moment, "Hmm. Interesting. It's okay Shikamaru, let them go now."
"Roger that." He did as she said, releasing the ones held captive by his technique.
Koneko and Raynare fell to the ground on their feet, and Kiba stretched a bit as the three went to stand by behind Rias. Akeno stood next to them with her hands held in front of her in a polite manner.
Rias looked at them all before turning to the other side. "Now, I do not want any bad blood between us."
Ophis nodded in agreement, "It would be counter productive for me. No doubt once your older brother got word that I had done something to his precious sister, he'd be here in an instant seeking revenge. Despite knowing he stands no chance, he would still do whatever it took." She hummed with a glance down at her nails, "He may be wise, but a big brother will always be that."
Rias was about to speak again but was interrupted by Koneko.
"I'm getting a weird feeling."
Just then a rip in space happened, a purple gate of sorts appeared behind them all on Ophis' side, they spun around to see Kuroka stepping out.
Ophis muttered an 'Oh great.' As she saw her, expecting what is about to happen next.
Kuroka eyed them all, but addressed Ophis first. "Well you made sure to make it, so I couldn't leave the mansion huh."
Ten minutes earlier-
Kuroka sat in the study, teetering on the edge of the couch. She was itching to go out and handle things herself. She knew what Ophis was up to, and it had nothing to do with Shirone. "I need to go… and I will." Decision made she got up from the couch and left the study, went down the stairs and made a bee line for the front door. As she reached out to the knob however, her fingers made contact with something, as sparks flew, and she had to yank her hand back with a hiss. As she watched, there were ripples like that of water in a lake.
"Baria?!" she yelled with an incredulous stare at it. "I can't believe she put this up to keep me in here! Damn that woman!"
In fact, the entire mansion was put on lock down by a barrier done by Ophis bore she left. It was powerful enough to hold the person she made it to keep in there.
However…
"Oh, I'll show you…" Kuroka muttered before stepping away and firing repeated rounds of blue balls of fire at the barrier.
…Kuroka wasn't going to have it.
After five minutes of unloading into the section of the barrier, it finally broke, the area it covered by the door shattering into specs. Kuroka huffed before walking through, now that she was out, she could see to her agenda.
"I'm on my way, baby sis."
Present time-
Ophis facepalmed with a sigh. "You weren't supposed to come here."
"Oh, nice effort by the way. I tried simply opening a rift, but it was blocked." Kuroka added before directing her attention to the other group. Her eyes making contact with Koneko's.
The small girl shivered as her eyes met the woman, she remembered her all too well; her older sister. The one who ran off and left her all alone years ago. To this day she still hasn't forgiven her for it.
"Kuroka…" Koneko mumbled.
The woman smiled a bit at her, in hopes she wasn't holding the past to heart. "Yes Shirone, its me."
"Shirone…?" Rias mumbled to herself. "So that was her name…"
Akeno nudged her then to bring her back to the current situation. "Umm, Rias, who is she?"
Blinking once Rias looked at Akeno before directing her gaze to the woman in question. "She is Kuroka, Koneko's older sister."
Kiba and Raynare gasped a bit at this, looking between them both. There was no real resemblance, but they took note of Kuroka's ears then looked at Koneko's.
"Well that's surprising." Raynare piped up.
Koneko bit her lip before speaking up, "Why are you here? Why now?"
Stepping forward Kuroka gave her a sincere gaze, as she spoke, it was with genuine words. "Shirone listen, about what happened back then… I'm sorry. I didn't mean to leave you alone like I did but I had to. The risks were what made me take that course of action."
"So, you just left? I don't care what you say… surely you could have took me with you but no. You left your younger sister, alone with those people. The people that tried countless times to kill me!" Koneko yelled, shivering where she stood out of anger and sadness.
Kuroka was caught however, yes she could have grabbed her first but then… "If I took you with me, Shirone, you could have died because the strike force that came after me were on orders to kill on sight."
"I… don't…care." Koneko bit off each word. "You were strong then just like you are now sis… you could have protected me from them."
"Well… yes and for that I am sorry." Kuroka took a breath before reaching her hand out to her. "I think its about time you let all that go huh? And come with me, these kids you're rolling with aren't good enough for you anyway. But with us, you have your sister, Tami and Shika, and Ophis over here."
Ophis gave a grunt with an irritated face.
"W-what…? Come with you?" Koneko mumbled, finding it hard to respond to the blatancy of her sister.
Rias stepped in then, placing her hand on the small girl's shoulder and sneered at Kuroka. "How dare you come here, speaking to her like this after all this time, as if nothing has happened?"
Kuroka narrowed her eyes as her face took a bitter look, "Stay out of this Gremory, if you know what's good for you."
"No." Rias countered, "You won't be taking Koneko anywhere. I gave her a home, a new name, a new life with people that care for her. A family."
As she spoke, Kiba, Akeno and Raynare stood behind Koneko. All placing their hands on top of Akeno's, which rested on the small girl's other shoulder. Koneko teared up at her King's words.
"Who the fuck are you to decide what is best for her?!" Kuroka yelled at Rias with a hard glare, her right hand flexed as a light blue ball of fire erupted. Without waiting she launched it at the girl standing before them.
While this made all the others around her take an involuntary step back, with Kuroka's precision it was aimed directly for Rias' face and wouldn't harm anyone else. Rias was prepared to counter as she raised her right hand with it surrounded in spiraling, lush red energy, that compressed and crackled with its force. Both sides were surprised as the ball of fire made contact with a wall of wind, exploding immediately with smoke being left behind.
Kuroka gritted her teeth and began to walk forward with another attack prepared before she froze at the next voice she heard.
"Kuroka stop!"
It was Temari's.
Kuroka turned her head to her with a look of betrayal, "Temari? Why are you trying to stop me? You told me you would help with this!"
"Yes. I did. But hearing what this girl said just then made me rethink this. Maybe it isn't meant to work out that way, and look at her." Temari said softly, nodding to Koneko. "Does she look like she wants to leave them?"
"I don't care about them! She is my sister first and foremost!"
Ophis raised her head a bit to add a point, "So you would take her away from them despite the fact she obviously does not want to leave? That is not very fair Kuroka."
"No it isn't fair…" Asia mumbled to herself.
The dark-haired woman bit her lower lip hard at that, Ophis was right…
"Yes…" Koneko spoke up then, bringing everyone's attention to her. "I have a new home, a new life, and people that care for me. My name is Koneko Toujou, not Shirone. This is where I want to be… with them." She gave Kuroka a hateful gaze, "I want nothing to do with you… Kuroka."
At that, Kuroka felt as if someone had taken a knife and drove it through her heart. Utter rejection from the only person she truly cared about in her life, it was not a good feeling. "Sh-shirone?"
Without another word Koneko turned around, and walked away. Kiba following her after giving the other group a glare. Raynare followed shortly after, leaving Rias and Akeno behind.
Ophis let out a short sigh, crossing her arms. "Okay, its time to go." She looked up at Asia and the girl slowly floated down to hover in front of her.
"What are you…" Was all the blond got out before Ophis placed her right index finger on her forehead, Asia slowly falling asleep seconds after as her eyes closed.
"Shikamaru."
"Got it." He walked over and gently took Asia, the glow around her body slowly fading away as Shikamaru hoisted her on his shoulder. "Hmm, why are we taking her with us?"
"Once we get home, I'll explain." Ophis turned her attention to Temari and Kuroka.
Temari stood next to her, her eyes on the woman's face, she looked concerned. Kuroka was glaring at someone else entirely. The Crimson Ruin Princess.
Rias returned the glare before braking it to speak to her Queen, "Take Issei, we're going to the clubroom."
Akeno nodded, walking to the boy's lifeless corpse, she kneeled a bit and rolled him over onto his back. She slid her arms beneath his upper back and legs, lifting him up and walking off in the direction the others took.
Rias looked at Ophis then, offering a few more words. "Thank you again, for sparing him."
Ophis made eye contact with her, giving a single nod. "No need."
As Rias turned to walk away, the Dragon God spoke again. "Oh, Rias. One more thing."
She turned around with a neutral gaze.
"If you fail to keep the boy in check, and he becomes a problem, or he does end up going on a rampage and you can't handle it… I will kill him. Without leaving a single trace." Ophis was deathly serious as she spoke, though her tone and expression remained simple.
The warning was well received, Rias nodded before turning to leave. As she walked away Kuroka clenched her right fist and took a step forward but was stopped as a hand grabbed hers.
"Kuroka… don't."
The Nekomata bit her lip and tried to control her anger, at this point she could lash out and kill the one next to her. "Let go of me Temari…"
Before anything regretful could happen Ophis moved to stand in front of Kuroka, placing her small palm flat on the taller woman's stomach, she looked up at her with a soft and worried gaze. "That is quite enough, we are leaving Kuroka."
She had to put her feelings away at this point, a difficult thing to do considering they were raging within. She also wanted very badly, to rip a certain red-haired King apart. But knew it would cause more problems, so she closed her eyes for a moment. When she opened them, they were blank, Kuroka shoved Temari away from her side and turned around with a huff, walking towards the portal which Ophis had opened a minute earlier and went through without a word.
"Well she definitely hates me now." Temari said with a sigh.
Ophis glanced up to the night sky, "She will come around. Give her time… let's go."
They both walked to the portal, walking through after Shikamaru. It closed afterwards, leaving the area silent, the only sound being the water from the fountain.
Next time;
Asia waved her hands in front of her face rapidly, as her cheeks went red. "No no! its not like that!"
Temari and Shikamaru laughed at her expression as they rolled about on the floor.
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"You're the current possessor of a very rare Sacred Gear, Asia." Ophis tells her while sitting behind her desk.
"I... am?" the girl looked down at her lap, confused.
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Issei woke up in a very surprising situation, after remembering having died in the park. "Holy shit!"
"Issei!"
"Oh crap its my mom!"
Next Chapter: Twilight Healing & The Red Dragon Emperor is born
Wow it has been ages since ya'll got anything from me huh? Yeah well old Leon here has had his plate full. With a lot of shizzzzz. Damn I am tired. Then there is the dastardly writer's block! It sucks.
Well anyway, this has been on hiatus for quite some time and I really want to bring it back, so I hammered away at this chapter, and to be honest I think it came out well. Yeah. Some conflicts up there, fighting almost breaking lose. I mean hell, if a fight happened it would be awesome.
Eh well, I'm a bit freer now, oh! I almost forgot, I'll wish you guys an early Merry Christmas! :D
Hmm, not sure what to address about this chapter, my brain is fried. Well how did you like it? Was it good? Or meh? To me it was good, but I want your feedback so please don't hesitate to review guys.
Not sure when- wait! Did ya'll read the last chapters of Fairy Tail? Who agrees that it ended like crap?
And those defeats, my god! One hit K.O by Natsu as usual. So predictable! Even Acnologia ;-; that was messed up bro. He died too easily. And with those final words of his to boot. Ugh, I was left very disappointed.
However… I will admit the final chapter, last few pages, were just a tad heartwarming. Seeing everyone happy and whatnot. Oh and Gajeel and Levy! What do you think that was? Oh mai I wonder if my assumption is on point!
On a serious note I am not sure when you guys will be getting another chapter from me. But lets hope its soon!
Got done with this chap at about 3:07 AM. Gonna go crawl into my bed again. Be a dead man.
So, until next time, all you awesome readers take care.