Chapter 1
It was a splendid wedding ceremony. Inuko, dressed in a white tuxedo, was waiting for her bride.
"Damn it! For Inuko to get married before us!"
"It's some kind of mistake! This is some kind of conspiracy!" Matsuda and Motohama, Inuko's two best/bad friends were cursing and crying for their friends happiness.
"Damn! To think she got married at this time! I lost the bet! No!?" Mizuki was cursing over having lost money, but she was dressed so nicely for the occasion. Seika was crying too, while holding a scythe it seems. Nina was just waving at her happily, giving her congratulations.
"Rias-sama! You look so beautiful!"
"Aaah, Rias-oneesama! Why marry a girl!? Why not one of us guys?!"
"Shut up?! Inuko-sama is better than any of you guys?!" The commotion of the fangirls and fanboys. brought Inuko to see Rias in a wedding dress, looking happy at her marriage.
'Me? Marrying Buchou?' Inuko thought. "This…." She knew what it was. "This is a dream." When she said that, the scene faded to black. And Inuko stood face to face with a red dragon. The only red dragon she knew.
"Ddriag, what was the point of that dream?" She asks.
"You know what is was, and now you have to wake up and do something about it." Answer the dragon.
"Wake up?"
"That's right." He lets out a roar. "Wake up!"
[Wake up! Wake up! Breakfast is ready! Wake up or you won't get anything~! There's pancakes, and eggs, and bacon, and-]
BAM
Inuko broke her alarm clock, slamming her fist to the poor machine.
'Saturday….. Too early….zzzzzz….' and she went back to sleep.
"…..…Inuko. Inuko." The voice was getting louder and Inuko just opened one lazy eye to see Rias in a track suit with a shinai on her hand. "Inuko wake up. You were supposed to be out of this house two hours ago." She kept on, but Inuko was too sleepy to listen.
'Buchou….in my house again….must be a dream …..'
"Inuko, are you listening?" She was not, obviously back into the dream world. Rias got mad, and was about to strike with her shinai. But Inuko, even in sleep, caught the shinai and pulled Rias to her bed, snoozing away. Rias tried to break free, but her struggle just made Inuko hold on more. Nina walked into the room to the scene, and couldn't help but comment to the struggling busty girl.
"I told you you can't wake her up on a weekend, even if it's for training." And she went out to the kitchen to get up a pan and ladel
It took only the sound of the breakfast bell, actually Nina banging the pan with a ladel, to get Inuko up, washed, eat, and suited up for training. Rias realized that she really didn't need any stamina training at all, because she not only ran faster than Rias on her bike, she had already circled the town 3 times the distance it took Rias to get to the park. Evidence to that was the mental call she got from Akeno and several other demons wondering where Rias was when Inuko/her devil waved at her/them thrice in their area.
"It seemed that giving you training was not really needed."
"Training is never really unnecessary, Buchou." Inuko comments as she was doing stretches.
"I'm surprised at your stamina and how flexible you are, given your daily routine." Rias comments while she was leaning on Inuko to give more weight to the stretches. Inuko was more than happy to feel those mountains on her back.
"I'd tell you the secret, but then you'd have to marry me or something." Inuko chides as she started her pushups, with Rias sitting on her. Her pushup, though, were mostly using her pinkys to hold the weight rather than her whole hands.
"Marry….."
"Something wrong, Buchou?" Rias snapped out of her daze.
"Oh nothing. I'm just wondering what's taking her so long. Eventhough we were late ourselves."
"Her?"
"Buchou~! Inu-san~!" Stopping at her 150th push up, Inuko could make out Asia running to them, and tripping on her way.
'White, again….' Inuko muses as she stops to help Asia up. "Come for training Asia-chan? You certainly look dressed up for it." She notes that Asia came wearing her a track suit as well.
"Buchou-san told me that you were going to start doing training every morning... So I wanted to be of help to Inu-san as well. Today I was only able to prepare green tea though." Inuko was moved to tears.
"Sob...Asia! I'm deeply moved by your kindness! Aaaah, this must be one of those triggered flags!"
"Flags?"
"You don't have to worry about it." She sips her tea. "Asia will make a wonder wife."
"Eh?! W-wife?! N-no way!" Asia blushes and starts figeting. Inuko continued finished her tea, and looked to see Rias in a daze.
"Buchou, something wrong?" she was surprised and coughed.
"No, it's nothing. More than that, let's head to your house, Inuko. The luggage should be there by now."
"Luggage? Oh, you mean Asia's stuff."
"I didn't think you still had some stuff, Asia." Inuko comments to see a couple of big boxes stacked by the door.
"Now Inuko, carry these to the house."
"Of course." Inuko lifted the two boxes over her shoulder. "….Seika-nee." Seika opened the door and welcomed the three.
"Put these in Asia's room." She orders.
"My room?" Inuko and Seika looked at her.
"We kept it untouched." Inuko states
"I did tidy up the room occasionally." Seika informs as she took the boxes with her. Asia tears up, happy that she still had a room in this house. She was shown her room to see it was just as she left it. She saw the fluffy sheep Inuko had won for her and hugged it, by the the tears came. Inuko just pets her. Nina walks by to see Asia and pulls her in the living room.
"Welcome back home, Asia-neechan."
Family meeting are essential, especially when decisions within the house are needed.
"So…" Inuko looks around. "Where is our head?"
"She's still with Mary-neesama." Nina says. Inuko facepalms.
"It's been a week." She sighs. "Doesn't she know the meaning of the word 'enough'?"
"If she has a hundred wives, nope." Nina answers.
"Is it still a bad time for this?" Rias asks, looking concern.
"I apologize." Inuko bows. "Normally Nee-chan would be here by now, since this is something that falls into the wish of one of her wives. But…." Then they heard the front door open.
"Tadaima!" Mizuki enters the house, looking all refreshed for some reason. Then she sees the people at the living room. "Well,well, just in time. Sit, sit, we have much to discuss." She motioned for Rias and Asia to sit at the couch.
"I spoke too soon." Inuko went to take her stand by her sister's side. Nina hoped to her sister's lap. Seika came with refreshments and stood by Mizuki's other side. Then the atmosphere turned serious.
"So you are Asia-chan?" Mizuki took the time to look through the girl. "Hmmm…."
"Um…." Asia fidgets at the gaze.
"Very shy, just like she said." Mizuki smiles impishly.
"Nee-chan…." Inuko warns.
"Hai, Hai!" Then Mizuki turns serious again. "To have us accommodate Asia-chan as a homestay. I must say; you have guts Rias Gremory. Especially since you turned my little sister into YOUR servant." Rias stood even straighter and looked into her eyes.
"Please do keep in mind. If I didn't make her my servant, she would still be dead."
"You dare say such things in my house." It was a battle of wills.
"I am willing to pay any price for Asia's stay if necessary. Because it is for the sake of my cute servants." Satisfied at hearing those words, Mizuki smiles and shifts her gaze back to Asia.
"Asia, I will let you know now that this is no ordinary house. We follow specific laws and abide by the rules of necessesity. Even if you want to home stay, you won't be considered a guest. You have to follow those rules. Futhuremore, there is a risk of a certain someone here who desires the flesh of a young woman in this house. You might get attacked if you continue living here. It's unfortunate, but isn't it better for you to stay in a girl's house who is about the same age as you? If something happens I would be too ashamed and wouldn't be able to face Mary if something were to happen."
"I'm not some sex beast…." Inuko's eye twitches at the indirect accusation.
"You're on your way to one." Mizuki smiles innocently.
"The pot calling the kettle black." Inuko counters.
"Umm…." Asia braves it. "Inu-san saved me by risking her life! She is my life savior. She even helps me a lot at school as well. Even in class, she..." Mizuki only smiles at the attempts of excuse Asia gives. Then she gives out a big laugh.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA! Alright! Alright!" she motions Asia to stop. "I get it! I get it! Inu-chan is someone you have faith in."
"H-Hai!"
"Inu-chan, you got a good girl here. I can see why Mary would be so worried about her."
"Well….?" Inuko raised an eyebrow.
"She can stay, right?" Nina looks hopeful.
"Hmmm…." Mizuki looks to the maid. "Well, I did make a promise to Mary. Seika, do you any opinions?"
"My opinion will always be the same; no girl is right for Inuko-sama." Seika states truthfully. Asia's head drops, but Seika continues. "However, this girl is extremely pure. It would be a blasphemy if we leave her to the cruelties of the world. Therefore, I vote she stays." Asia looks so happy at those words.
'Seika, a sucker for cuteness.' Mizuki thoughts. "Then, it is unanimous." Mizuki nudges Nina. "Get the book, Nina-chan."
"Hai~!" Then she runs off and comes back with a large old leather-bound book.
"Asia, place your hand on this book." Asia does do. "By the decree of the head of Kusanagi, I, Mizuki Kusanagi, thereby give Asia Argent sanctuary within my realms. May Hitsuzen show her her correct fate." The words seem to shake the world. The lifeforce within the house seemed to welcome Asia into the lands. Mizuki smiles. "With this, it is all good now. Asia-chan is now a member of household. In time, you will know the rules to abide to in this household, so take it slow. Treat her well everyone."
""Yes!"" The other siblings all shouted.
"What will be my payment?" Rias asks. Mizuki just smiles.
"Oh you don't have to worry about that." She points to Inuko who looked away. "Your other servant here already paid for this."
"Inuko…."
"And now." Mizuki grins. "We must celebrate! Get the booze, Seika."
"Yes!" Inuko pumps her fist in the air. "The rare occasions I can drink! I love it!"
"We should go out for barbeque." Nina quips.
"Oh good idea! Let's do that." Mizuki grabs onto Asia and drags her off outside. Seika and Nina follow suit. Inuko and Rias are left.
"Will you join us?" Inuko asks. "We can also invite the other club members, too."
"No, we already celebrated before. So, go on, celebrate." Rias smiles as she walks on home. Inuko looks not convinced, but decided to wait it out. In anything, she's patient enough for a girl.
