"So you two are going out to train for a rating game with Gremory and the others so you can fight against some fried bird?" Marisa said as she looked at her son and student and her slightly adopted daughter.
"Yep, I'm acting as a [Bishop] while Asia is a [Knight]. I'd figured that was best so she could run and hide if things got messy." Futaba said as she was packing.
"I see; well good luck, go kick some bird ass!" Marisa said as she was wacked in the back of the head by Reimu.
"What was that for?!" Marisa said as Reimu rolled her eyes.
"You're not serious enough." Reimu said as she started a lecture on how Marisa wasn't taking the situation right.
"Hmm, what is it Asia?" Futaba asked as the nun whispered into the magician's ear.
"What?! That's crazy! I can see why you would want to do that but that's way odd." Futaba said as Asia nodded.
"I know, but it's the only way I can think that will repay the kindness everyone has showed me. Even if I can never speak a prayer to God again, if it means that I can help the people who have only been kind to me and shown nothing but kindness I'll do it, I'll become a devil!" Asia said as tears started to fall from Futaba's eyes.
"As angry as I want to be with you the beauty of your growth has moved me to tears! WAIT! I remember I made something for this moment! So you'll still be able to pray!" Futaba said as she was about to cry but shot up to her little guest room, Asia followed wanting to know what she made.
"I'm goanna go get packing." Ryouta said as he walked up to his room.
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"So what is it that you wanted to talk to me about Ddraig?" Ryouta asked as he pulled out shirts.
[I wanted to talk to you about the Aura you had around you when you punched that devil.] Ddraig said as Ryouta remembered the aura.
"It was pretty cool right, I wasn't expecting it but it was great." Ryouta said as he looked through his drawers.
[Yes that. Try to avoid that from happening, it has some consequences that I don't want you too have.] Ddraig told him as Ryouta nodded.
"Got it, I'll take your word for it. Guess a consequence is dying and I don't want that to happen again." Ryouta said as he took his dragon's silence as a yes.
"But what are the others, I knida want to know but if you cant tell me then its fine." Ryouta said as he finished up packing his cloths.
[I'll tell you when I feel like it, plus I'm not so certain on how the other two would affect you. But I have an idea how one would affect you.] Ddraig said as Ryouta nodded trying to think of what the other two were.
"Okay, I'll sit and wait for you to tell me." Ryouta said as he started to pack his toothbrush and other stuff like that.
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"I just remembered we didn't get Ryouta a familiar!" Rias said as she and they unpacked in the house they were training in. They were given a time frame of one week to train for the upcoming rating game; they were given an extra week due to the fact that the prototype [EP pendants] Futaba made for fun needed some more tweaks and testing, so far they proved to be very useful.
"Ryo already has a familiar." Futaba said as Ryouta nodded and summoned his Familiar.
"This is Ame. He's an Ice Wyvern that I had since I was young." Ryouta said as the small icy-blue dragon sat on his extended arm.
"A boy, that's quite rare since male dragons tend to hate males. But since he's a wyvern he might like males better." Rias said as she got close to Ame.
"I wouldn't do that…" Futaba said only for Ame to freeze Rias in place with his ice breath.
"Great now we have a Popsicle to deal with." Futaba said as she poked Rias who had her face in a surprised expression.
"Ame, don't do that, I know you don't really like people but don't freeze anyone when you get scared." Ryouta scolded his familiar as it nodded its head.
"Good so now let's got spar Yuuto." Ryouta said as Yuuto nodded and grabbed two practice swords.
"Asia let's do some magic training, since you're a bishop you'll need to master some magic, Akeno-senpai you can join too if you want." Futaba said as she led Asia to the couches that were in the room they were in.
"I'll thaw out Rias first then join you." Akeno said as pointed as Rias.
"Okay, well join in at anytime." Futaba said before she started her lesson.
"I'm goanna go punch stuff." Koneko said as she left the room.
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After sparing for a while Yuuto's and Ryouta's practice swords broke from the pressure behind their swings so they decided to use their Sacred Gears and created swords to fight each other.
"As expected of a [Knight] you're annoying to try and hit." Ryouta said as he parried another strike from Yuuto and failed to land a counter hit.
"I have to be speedy; your sword is still deadly to me. So I'll make you work for a scratch on me." Yuuto said as he forced Ryouta to block more.
"There!" Ryouta said as he finally got a light cut on Yuuto.
"Tch. That does sting, and it's only a flesh wound." Yuuto said as he looked to see were his arm was cut, right on his forearm.
"Should you stop, light is deadly after all." Ryouta said as he came up to check on Yuuto's cut.
"I should be fine; it's not causing any major discomfort." Yuuto said as he looked around for a pack of medical supplies he and Ryouta might have brought out with them.
"Catch." Ryouta said as he threw something to Yuuto.
"Thanks, I didn't see you bring this." Yuuto said as he started to wrap the wound on his arm.
"Futaba came by and threw a med kit out here for us to use. My god I just realized how tired I am." Ryouta said as he sat down and started to catch his breath also he acted like he got hurt from saying god.
"Just how long have we been going at it?" Yuuto said as he looked to see that it was close to sunset.
"Don't know, just know that I'm sweaty and we've most likely were hyped up on adrenaline since we were using real swords and were actively trying to cut one other." Ryouta said as he looked at the sunset.
"Let's go try and see if we can eat, I'm hungry." Ryouta said as he got up and stretched.
"Well we'll be sore tomorrow. I hope the baths will help relax us." Yuuto said as Ryouta nodded.
"Yeah, but I really just want to stuff my face now. I wonder how much meat we have." Yuuto laughed a little as Ryouta seemed to think about what was for dinner.
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"Go to town boys last time I saw you guys it was like a sword typhoon!" Futaba said as she placed down the last of the food she, Asia and Akeno made for dinner.
"That's a lot of food." Rias said as she was wearing a big sweater.
"Are you still feeling the effect of Ame's breath?" Ryouta asked as Futaba made him slow down from eating.
"Yes it's annoying that I'm still cold after taking a long hot bath. I might have to wear pajamas tonight." Rias said as she drank some of the soup Asia made.
"Wait, you don't wear pajamas to bed." Ryouta said as Rias nodded.
"Gross, remind me to lock up your room when we get back Ryo." Futaba said as she refilled Koneko's drink.
"Please do. This is really good by the way; I bet Asia made the soup." Ryouta said as he continued to stuff his face.
"I did! Futaba-san helped put though since it was my first time making something like this." Asia said as she had a happy blush on.
"I find it fascinating that you can eat that much Ryo. I don't think I could ever keep up." Yuuto said as he re filled his drink.
"I blame the fact that he has a super fast metabolism and the Dragon he has in one of his [gears]." Futaba said as Ryouta nodded his head.
"Ah that's right. When were you goanna tell us you had the [Boosted Gear]?" Rias asked as she drank some tea.
"I wanted it to be a surprise, guess I got really annoyed at the chicken and couldn't help using it." Ryouta said as he suddenly got a look on his face.
"Wait is that…yep it is!" Futaba said as she starting laughing.
"Hmm, what's funny about Ryouta face Sakura?" Rias asked as she looked at her [Pawn].
"His face isn't funny it's the fact that he remembered that [Balance Breakers] awaken on feelings. He might be going to change his views on something or he'll fight for a cause he never though of originally." Futaba said and everyone's eyes widened.
"Then again the possibility is against Ryo as [Balance Breakers] have only appeared when a massive personal growth happens, as I said earlier, or if he's able to somehow manipulate the 'bug' in his [gears]." Futaba said as she gained some looks from the others.
"What I'm a hacker. With [Necronomicon] and my innate magic talent Azazel's info on [sacred gears] is learned and copied as soon as he updates or learns something new about them." Futaba said as she twirled her finger and made a book appear that was titled 'Sacred Gear info that Azazel sucks at protecting'.
"I take back everything bad I said about you Sakura-san, no let me call you Futaba-chan please." Rias said as she physically got on her knees just to hold Futaba's hands.
"First off, gross. Second who said you could use my book, this is all for me and Ryo when we need it to power up our [gears]. Also I say Archer Ryouta." Futaba said as she got a thumb up from Ryouta.
"All ready was thinking of that and Ddraig thinks its badass as well." Ryouta said as Futaba started to laugh.
"This is why I love this boy!" Futaba said as Asia and Rias blushed at how blunt Futaba was.
"Did you know she liked you like that?" Yuuto said as Ryouta nodded.
"Only reason why we aren't dating is because I don't want to date yet." Ryouta said as he started to think again.
"I wonder if Ddraig and I can just force awaken one with the power boost from [Boosted Gear] would give. That's a possibility but it might have to be if I used all of me to do it. Then again 'that' is a thing so it might happen." And like that Ryouta was lost to the void.
"But if that does work I call hacks." Futaba said as the others looked at her.
…
"This is oddly a lot of fun." Futaba said as she was sitting on square rock that was currently on Ryouta's back as he did pushups.
"See this is why I do it." Rias said as she writing in a book as she sat near by the two.
"So why are you hanging around us Gremory." Futaba said as she casted a quick spell on Ryouta that made him have weight attached to his body and forced more weight on him.
"Why!" Ryouta said as Rias looked to see orange and green symbols on Ryouta's body.
"What are those?" Rias said as she looked at the symbols.
"Mana weights, they work way better then normal gravity weights as they use the magic inside the person. So they higher magic reserves the heaver the weights, these would be useless on Yuuto as he doesn't use magic at all, and since Ryo is a magician's son he was born with massive reserves to use." Futaba said as felt Ryouta struggling more to keep up.
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"Hello devil children, Ryo, Futaba and Asia." Yukari said as she sat in the living room and smiled.
"Who are you?!"
"Oh it's Yukari." And cue Rias and Ryouta's answers to Yukari's greeting.
"I'm one of Ryouta's aunts. I'm Yukari Yakumo. I control the boundaries." Yukari said as she opened up a gap and pulled out a book.
"Here I came to drop this off for the redhead. I have a feeling she might need it." Yukari said as she dropped it in Rias's hands.
"Also a little warning, if you try anything with little Ryo you will feel that woman's wrath again. Well I'll be off now, good luck in the rating game all of us will be watching it and wishing for your victory. Also before you ask, no I will not help you." Yukari said as she opened another gap and walked through it.
"Great there goes that chance, then again I imagine that lazy Yukari-oba-san wouldn't help." Ryouta said as he ducked under a punch only to be uppercut by another punch.
"You asked for that." Futaba said as she sighed.
"What the heck is this book, was this written by a god of war or something!" Rias said as she flipped through the book.
"Close that was written by both Yukari and Keine. Also another person added some things but they were minor." Ryouta said as he recovered his breath.
"I see, well I'll use this book wisely." Rias said as she was glad she got a new book that will help her and her family with the game.
"Okay everyone time to train! Magic people with me, Yuuto go running and normal swordsman things, Koneko go do [Rook] things and Ryo hell's gauntlet for you. If any of you get tired I made more energy restoring spells." Futaba said as she dished out some orders.
"Hey that's my job!" Rias said as the others laughed.
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And like Futaba had ordered everyone was doing what they needed. Yuuto was sprinting around with gravity weights on his legs made from Futaba. Koneko was punching and breaking boulders that were being thrown at her. Ryouta was being run ragged as he's the trump card that everyone decided on. Rias was studying her new book and practicing her magic when she needed a break. And Akeno, Asia and Futaba were practicing magic while Futaba made Akeno go train her other traits when need be.
"Mommy's here! Who missed me, where's my son and apprentice!" Marisa said as she barged through the door and scared the people in the living room.
"Oh it's Miss Marisa." Asia said as she waved and accidently broke the spell she was making.
"Hey Marisa; took you long enough to show up." Futaba said as she wrote on a piece of paper.
"Reimu wouldn't let me leave. Alice also wanted to make sure I didn't bother you guys." Marisa said as she fixed Asia's posture.
"Let the magic flow, don't try to control it. Magic is like a kid always wanting to do everything." Marisa said as Asia nodded.
"That felt nice, cool water for an overheated me." Ryouta said as he walked out of the bath area with his shorts on while drying his hair.
"Put on a shirt!" Marisa said as Ryouta looked up from drying his hair.
"Hey mom. How are things back home anyone kill someone yet?" Ryouta said as he caught a shirt that Futaba threw at him, this cause a whine of disappointment from Akeno and a blushing Rias to finally look away, Asia's eyes were covered by Marisa luckily.
"Mokou wanted to drop down to hell and fight the chicken but she was stopped by Reimu." Marisa said as she shrugged.
"That's expected. Wonder what the others are doing." Ryouta said as he waved and walked off.
"I take it that you put him through hell's gauntlet." Marisa said as she looked at Futaba who nodded.
"I also added mana weights to make the training a heck of a lot better." Futaba said as she grinned.
"Good job my young apprentice! Also how's the [balance breaker] coming along?" Marisa asked as Futaba weighed the odds.
"Like a 10% chance for one to show up so high but super unlikely unless he and Ddraig can actually pull of a [sacred gear] hack." Futaba said as Marisa nodded.
"I see did you try your [Gear] on it Futaba?" Marisa asked as Futaba nodded.
"I did at one point but Ddraig kicked me out and surprisingly [Blade Blacksmith] is super complicated for some reason, I personally think that's because of Ryouta being himself." Futaba said as Marisa nodded.
"I see, well I'm off I only wanted to come say hi." Marisa said as she waved to the group.
"Tell the others I said hi and bye." Futaba nodded as did the other girls in the livening room.
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Meanwhile after Ryouta said hi to his mom and grabbed a quick snack he was back outside swinging his practice sword around, if you're wondering how he had a second one Futaba brought extras for him and Yuuto to use.
"Let's see, I wonder." Ryouta said as he swung the sword in different ways.
"Hmm, what's with the leaves?" And as the male said the leaves were being rustled by wind, the odd thing is, there was no wind today.
"I see you aren't completely oblivious to your surroundings. Now draw a sword that you think can counter my blades." A voice said as Ryouta as it asked and made two swords from [Blade Blacksmith].
"I see you are better making blades. But they will not protect you for long." The voice said as it held a mocking tone in it.
"First cut: wind separation." And like that a harsh 'gust of wind' broke Ryouta's swords and knocked him back into the wall of the estate and he now sported numerous cuts along his body. The sound of the 'wind' also caused a loud nose causing the others to rush out to see the sight of Ryo.
"Ryouta!"
"Shit!"
"Ryouta-san!"
"What happened here?!" And those cries belonged to Rias, Yuuto and Asia as Koneko and Akeno looked around for the assaulter as Futaba kept back and cast a quick barrier spell around the group bar Ryouta. Asia also tired to heal his cuts but he quickly stood up.
"I'm fine. So what's the point of that cut; wasn't very deadly if you ask me."Ryouta said as he spawned two more swords this time one looked like a Katana that had a blade that mixed in both green and white with the hilt having a flower on it, though that was hidden by Ryouta's left hand. And the sword had a hilt that was white in color while the blade was a mix of pink, blue and purple and had butterflies craved into the blade as well.
"I see that sword is 'me' and the other is 'Yuyuko-sama'. Tell me, what are their names?" The voice said as everyone was on edge from the voice.
"'You' are called 'Striking Sparrow' and 'Yuyuko' is called 'Butterfly Blossom'. And it's as you said they are you two, but much weaker as I only know the concept of your powers." Ryouta said as he made Butterfly Blossom disappear.
"One sword verses two; I'll have to work on that with you." The voice said as the owner finally made them self shown. The owner of the voice was a woman with short white hair and grayish blue eyes and wielded two swords.
"Hi Youmu. It's been a while since we seen each other. But…"
"Yes I was thinking the same thing…."
"My sword forged by Yokai/Me the things it can cut are second to none!" And like that the two swordsmen leaped into battle both having dropped their second sword and wielding the katanas that shared a design.
And watching the two was like seeing Yuuto's and Ryouta's spar from the pervious day, a whirlwind of steel and clashes as the two fought with grace and elegance. However the fight changed from an even standing to a favor as Youmu made a quick slash that sent Ryouta back with the force of a hurricane.
"Ryouta!" Rias said as she was worried for her [Pawn] and was about to help but a quick cut in her direction broke the barrier Futaba made and cut her up in the same way as it did Ryouta.
"Rias Gremory this is your only warning from me. Attempt to jump into this fight again and you will lose your head." Youmu said as she looked back to where she flung Ryouta.
"Hmm, I see that the red dragon is helping but that help. Is completely useless, is this the power of the red dragon!" And Youmu said that she roundhouse kicked behind herself and hit Ryouta out of the air as he attempted to backstab her. And the force from the kick spent Ryouta into the earth and physically bouncing from the force.
"I applaud you for finally making swords that are like us, however my true goal isn't done yet. Now get up I know that it might have looked painful but I didn't hit you any harder then Mokou when she was training you." Youmu said as Futaba made Ryouta teleport beck to the group. When he appeared he was indeed cut up and bruised and some of his wounds were bleeding.
"Nice to see you again Aunt Youmu. Thanks for showing up to train me." Ryouta said as Youmu laughed a little.
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Author's notes
Hey guys how you been, here's a new chapter I hope you liked it. Now I shall address questions that you might have.
Futaba is a hacker and I don't think it would be hard for her to hack into Azazel's info on sacred gears as she makes a tracker app in her base game in like a second. Also her making the EP pendants goes inline with her little hacking into Ryouta's evil pieces.
Now for Ryouta's new swords, I just remembered that Blade Blacksmith is the same as Sword Birth, I forgot about that fact. So yeah expect some new swords based on the Touhou girls with weaker versions of their powers.
Yukari is the strongest being in this fic mainly cause of her ability, however due to her laziness she does next to nothing so it balances out.
Now for the balance breaker, it's said that they react to feelings or just in the moment and activate. But Issei unlocked his from training with Tannin, well officially, and he had a beta version from giving Ddraig his hand. So a part of me thinks 'why can't one show up from Ryo and Ddraig just using boost a lot'. And plus Yuuto is the only one we've seen unlock a balance breaker from feelings, at least to my knowledge if I'm wrong can someone tell me.
But yeah that's all if I'm missing anything that wasn't addressed please leave a review and ask me it your curious and do have a good day and I will see you later.
