Slayer: Onwards to chapter thirteen my minions!
Judan: MMM!
Christopher: Uh why is he tied to a chair?
Slayer: Uh… reasons?
Shadow: Was that a question or an answer?
Slayer: Last time we had Kiba go a little nuts! Also it wasn't Guy's smile; it was actually Kogoros' from Sgt frog.
Shadow: He completely ignored us didn't he?
Judan: Yes he did.
Slayer: How did you get free?
Modaga: Because of me! HaHaHaHa!
Slayer: Moving onto reviews.
Shadow: Not even questioning it anymore?
Slayer: Are you?
Shadow: Good point. Now then RedBurningDragon we'd like to formally apologize for Modaga and his incurable disease.
Modaga: Youth is not a disease!
Shadow: Quite… as for the whole Kiba infection, really at this time it's up to us to see how far we'll take it as such you'll see over time.
Slayer: Yeah… at first it was just a little gag… but now… let's move on. As for Calibit destruction black it is the same size, but we still have plans for it later. Also as to the whole Valkyrie thing… well let's just say it is Raynare trying to diversify as much as possible.
Christopher: Ain't that true… in a way she's more of a pervert than my brother. Issei that is, not Ulysses the one who I constantly want to punch in the face.
Shadow: As for your guesses you might or might not be right, because as you said spoilers. Also Shirone won't be learning dual-wielding because we have something more interesting in mind. Also of course we'll have summons at some point! They're part of the chrono series and we like them. Also we do actually read devil's art online as well. Quite fun that one… most of the time.
Slayer: Yeah… poor Yui should really be supervised when she's accessing the internet.
Judan: Such an innocent yet corrupted girl… Also as for Shirone and the lost eye… we weren't even thinking of Kakashi until you mentioned it. We save the Naruto stuff for the How to series.
Hermit: (Slams door open) Darn right you do!
Judan: Is that…
Modaga: The un-youthful Hermit yes.
Hermit: Ugh… enough of the youth already, Guy and Lee have traumatized me enough thank you very much!
Slayer: Well how about you do the disclaimer this time Hermit? You are the guest after all.
Judan: Yeah knock yourself out.
Slayer: (Mumbles) I'll knock you out later.
Hermit: Alright ahem… now then we here at the Dark Guard own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…
Everyone: Here's the story!
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Fernus
{Hello}= Ddraig
(Hello)= other sacred gears
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Thirteen: I hereby swear by the Truth!
The Black Dragon
"Shirone! Shirone!"
[Calm down! Our healing spell worked. But ye need to calm down! This won't help our mate.] Although I was still angered and worried, I Agreed with what Fernus had said. So to calm down I started taking deep breaths as I held my injured mate. But when traced my hand over the black bandage I wrapped her eye with. Again anger flared but I did my best to control it.
I had almost succeeded when my new enemy spoke. "So the whore's name was Shirone hmm? How interesting she called herself Koneko. Not accepting oneself can be a detriment to senjutsu learning. But I suppose the weakling can't handle that too well."
[Didst she say what I thinketh she said?! Kill her! Rip her to pieces! Our mate is perfect and most definitely not a whore! And she's much stronger then that wench!] Groaning I cut him off as I laid Shirone on the ground, I then got up and observed the one who had hurt not just my little girl now. But also my mate, my brother, and those I considered sisters. Inside me I could feel the itch to rip her soul out becoming stronger. However I had somethings I needed to know before I did anything to the seven tailed neko.
Just keep it together for now. We can always kill her later. Yes I wasn't going to let this girl live, she's caused too much damage already.
When I looked at her face she was talking with condescension. "Hmm? It seems as if you can remain calm, well mostly. I can feel your anger growing, and I know you want to kill me. Really I guess I now know why Sera likes you so much. Still your choice in mates is lacking, really the whore had the gall to call me a monster! As if she's any better! After all she chose a monster like you to mate with."
It was then that I realized something. "You don't like that word do you?" Her expression quickly morphed into a frown as I elaborated. "You don't like being called a monster, yet your actions so far have made you one. Let me guess some sort of childhood trauma?" With a snarl she lunged at me her left hand outstretched to rip out my heart. Still even with the green energy surrounding her hand I grabbed it. "Now, now… let's not get hasty." With another snarl she kicked out with her right leg.
With a blank look I blocked her leg with my right hand. However with her free hand she struck at my face, this forced me to let go of her other hand to push it to the side. She then attacked with her left again as I dropped her leg and grabbed it. Now holding both hands I held onto them as I flipped her over my shoulder. She hit the ground hard but then twisted her body, and kicked my face making me let go and stumble back.
Hopping to her feet she jumped up and kicked me in the face again. Falling to my back I rolled to the side as she slammed her right hand down on the ground. Now where my head was only a moment before was a precise hole in the ground.
Great… I underestimated her. Not to mention all her attacks use some kind of green element enhancement. Jumping back a bit I dodged another punch. I then retaliated with a right jab, this was easily blocked and she grabbed my hand before twisting it. Wincing in pain I kicked with my left leg and managed to get her right leg out from under her. Not wanting to waste my advantage, I covered my own left hand in dark energy before sending a straight jab at her face.
However she managed to roll out of the way before back filliping a couple yards from me. However when my fist connected to the ground I created a small crater. I can see why the others weren't able to beat her. Just her skills in hand to hand combat alone make her dangerous. Still it seems I can't replicate her attack, at least not yet. It's quite brilliant, focusing her energy into a knife instead of a hammer. Shaking my head from those thoughts I wiped at some blood on my chin.
Seeing this she giggled before speaking again. "You know… for the longest time I was afraid of you dragon gods. But really it seems I haven't much to fear. The lot of you are weak, not even attempting to change things. But my mistress is wise; she'll know how to deal with you"
Seeing how this was my chance I questioned her. "And just who exactly is you mistress? I have an idea but it's always good to be sure yes?" She laughed for a bit before giving me a sadistic smile.
"You know who she is. Why else would you be as hesitant as you are now? You want me to answer you before you kill me. And though you may have almost killed her the last time you fought, this time will be much different. This time she'll make sure to kill everyone you love and care about. Personally I hope she starts with the wh-" Anger overcoming reason, I picked her up with my gravity abilities while constricting her throat. I had just about enough of her insults towards my Neko Chan.
While holding up my right hand I used my left to draw out my new sword. I then slammed her to the ground repeatedly, all the while bringing her closer to me. When she was right in front of me I stopped constricting her throat and held my sword to it instead. I then spoke with a steely edge.
"You don't know when to shut up do you? Really you should know that insulting my mate is a bad idea. Now tell me, what was the point of the pyramids? And also tell me where your mistress is. If you don't I'll make you at least a head shorter." Now normally I don't like doing things this way, I mean really… I can just pick up people and slam them around, now how fair is that? Oh and I also don't like torturing people, that's more or less Juda's speal.
Still she didn't answer me instead only smirked. Seeing this only made me angrier, so with a little flex of my mind I broke her arm causing her to yell out in pain. Well until her yells turned into laughter. Growling in frustration I broke her leg but she just kept laughing.
"Have you lost your mind or something? Or are you in so much pain that you can't even feel it anymore?" With that question she stopped laughing before answering me with a smile.
"Oh you poor deluded fool, you may be a dragon god. But there's still much for you to learn." She then disappeared into green particles causing me to take a step back. I then felt something sharp stab me in the back. Looking down I saw the tip of calibit destruction coming out of my chest. Glancing behind me I saw my opponent grinning. However that grin turned into a frown when I started laughing. There was some blood coming from my mouth but I didn't care.
Still at this she backed up before speaking. "It seems my mistress was correct, you are hard to kill using conventional methods." Still smirking at her I tore my new sword out of me. Truth be told that actually hurt quite a bit! I mean how else would being stabbed in the chest feel?! Still she made two mistakes… one that sword used a pure black element and two… I literally corrupted that sword with my own energy. Can't really harm yourself now can you?
As we stared off against one another she seemed to start losing her confidence. Which was fine for me, after all you can't win a fight if don't believe you can. As for me I've barely begun to fight, I mean seriously I haven't even taken off my training seals yet. Still she must've known that she couldn't win because she started backing up.
Seeing this I took a step forward. "Sorry but you won't be getting away. After all you did try to kill my precious ones." Scowling she was about to say something when we heard some voices.
"When we get to the mall can we get ice cream mommy?" Panicking I looked behind me to see a mother and daughter, coming around the corner of the building. My opponent must've saw her chance because before I could say anything she slashed her arm down sending a crescent wave of green energy at them. The mother saw it and in an effort to protect her child hugged her close to her.
No one's dying on my watch! With that thought in mind, I disabled my seals and used my full speed to get in front of them. Just in time for me to put my hands forward and catch crescent. For a few seconds I struggled to keep it from moving forward, it then exploded sending smoke and debris everywhere. It even sent the two behind me flying for a few meters. Still as I breathed heavily I looked behind me to see that they were okay just kind of scratched up.
I then turned back to my opponent to see that she was long gone. Growling I clenched my fists before a flash of pain went through my arms. I then looked at my hands and grimaced. My hands and forearms were completely burnt to a crisp.
[That's what happens when we don't block properly.] Agreeing with Fernus I turned to the others, seeing how they were alright… well besides their previous injuries I sighed. Then using my gravity powers I pulled out my phone and dialed Ulysses.
After a second or two he answered. "Yello! How can your sexy, manly, and wonderful older brother help you today?!" Sighing I spoke in a serious tone.
"We have injured, I being one of them. Can you get some people down here because I really can't pick anything up at this moment." Hearing how serious I was must've gotten to him, because he answered me with a worried tone.
"Sure I'll come along with Keno and Glacial. But tell me what happened?" Sucking in some air I looked at Shirone before answering.
"Our little hunter has most likely joined up with Kokabiel. One of her subordinates gave Koneko's group a thrashing. I also burned my hands blocking one of her attacks protecting some normals. I didn't have time to put up actual protection so I just caught her attack. Listen I'll tell you more later, just get down to second and boulevard near the barber shop." I then hung up before he could say anything else, then looking down at my hands I used nostrum to heal them up a bit.
However I had to frown at the little part. Strange… that should've healed them.
[Well maybe she used an attack made to deal with thou. After all if her mistress is who we think she is…] I grimaced heavily at that, because really if they were finding ways to hurt us other than our opposite elements… then we are in for a world of trouble. Shaking my head from those thoughts I walked over to Shirone before kneeling down. Then despite my wounded hands I picked her up and rested her head on my lap.
"I'm sorry that I couldn't protect you once again my love."
The black dragon the White cat
The White Cat
With a groan I opened my eyes to find myself in my room. For a second I was confused until I remembered what happened. Quickly siting up, a flare of pain went up through my body. Taking that as I sign I stopped moving. When the pained died down I looked to see myself covered in bandages. Especially my chest which was shirtless, with a frown I looked around and spotted my reflection in my dressing mirror. However I wasn't surprised when I saw that my left eye was wrapped in a black bandage.
It seems as if I still have a very long way to go. At that thought I smiled sadly before slowly getting out of bed. Looking down I saw that I only had on underwear. Frowning I looked around for something to wear. Eventually spotting a white robe I put it on. I would've probably put on something more decent but I didn't want to aggravate my wounds. But now that I think of it… why am I still this wounded? Must be from the senjutsu she used. Shaking my head I looked myself in the mirror before sighing. Well I can only hope that Glacial can help with the eye. If not… well I'll just tell Fuyo that I'm a pirate now.
Letting out a sad smile at that I went to my door and opened it, when I stepped out into the hall I heard some muffled voices. Curious I let out my Nekoshou features, and used my new enhanced hearing to listen in on the conversation. The voices were coming from Chris' room. There were also only two of them, and I quickly recognized them as Glacial and my mate.
"You can be so reckless sometimes. Seriously you should know when to use proper defense." I couldn't help but smile as Glacial lectured my mate.
Although I frowned at his retort. "Glacial I told you, if I took time to defend properly that mother and daughter would be dead. Speaking of which how are they?"
"They're fine for the most part, although we discovered something interesting about the daughter. I think her name is Ayame, and for some reason Juda's memory spell didn't work on her." I couldn't help but frown at that as I put my left ear right up to the door.
"That's not possible… does she perhaps have a special power?"
I heard Glacial suck in some air before answering. "He says she might have some kind of sacred gear that affects her mind. Though what it is… he said he didn't have a clue." I heard Chris give out a loud sigh before speaking again.
"Why is it that I'm always the one to find unique people? I mean seriously! What are the chances of me finding a sacred gear wielder like I just did?" I couldn't help but laugh a bit at his words. Because he was right, my mate did always seem to find the most unique people.
"Did you hear that?" Coming back to my senses when I heard Glacial speak, I took a breath before knocking on the door.
I'll tell them I've eavesdropped later. For now I think me and my mate need to have a serious conversation. After a moment of waiting Glacial opened the door, the moment she recognized me she spoke in surprise.
"Koneko! Why on earth are you up and about! Those wounds of yours aren't healed; really you should be in bed!" Smiling at how worried she was about me I spoke calmly.
"It's alright; these wounds were caused by senjutsu. Being able to use it myself, means they don't affect me as much." I then took on a serious expression as I continued. "Still I need to talk to Chris about something." She was about to say something else when my mate spoke up.
"It's alright Glacial; I promise we won't aggravate our wounds." With a sigh she let me in, nodding to her gratefully I took a look at Chris.
I quickly noticed his hands. "What did I say about getting wounded like that?!" At my scolding he laughed sheepishly before speaking.
"I really didn't have a choice! Really I'm sorry!" Calming down seeing how I already heard what happened I walked up to him. It was then that I decided to do something I haven't done before. "So what is it that you-" I cut him off as I slapped him. At my action both Glacial and my mate froze for a few moments.
That's when Glacial showed a good ability to sense the mood. "I think I'll leave you two alone for now…" She then very quickly left the room and closed the door behind her. As for me while I wasn't all that angry at Chris, but I needed to show him that I was at least disappointed and upset with him. After all that battle with Sui was quite the eye opener, in more ways than one. Still after a couple more seconds I sat down next to him before speaking.
"I'm sorry but I needed to make a point." Sighing he rubbed his cheek a bit as I continued. "So… just when were you going to tell me that your sister, was the one who killed your parents along with Altus?" His face quickly became sorrowful as he spoke.
"I can see that your own fight with Sui left you with more than a horrible injury. But to answer your question… while I would like to give out multiple excuses and reasons. The truth is that I just wanted to deal with this myself. Not because you aren't strong enough, although that is a factor. But because she's my sister, and I knew that you'd want to get involved if I told you. No doubt you feel the same way with your sister, only she didn't try and kill you."
I sighed and nodded my head at that, because while I didn't like it. I could understand his reasoning. Still now that I knew, I didn't want him near his sister without me being there. Because another thing that I knew was that he didn't hate her.
Which brought me to my next question. "If she's done all this… if she's done so many horrible things to not just you. But to others as well, then why don't you hate her? I just don't understand, even someone like you should have their limits." For just a second he closed his eyes, he then sighed and opened them.
Finally looking me in the eye he spoke. "If you want to know that, then you need to hear the whole story. For that I'd like for you to do for me, like I did for you when you told me your story. I'd like for you to not go out of your way to hurt anyone still alive in my story. Except Ulysses… because that'd be like telling you not to swat a mosquito." I smiled a bit at his comment and nodded my head before leaning on his left shoulder.
Then with a deep breath he started his story. "Now… the first one of us to be born was Altus about seven hundred years ago. He was actually the one chosen among the original six to be the first to appear. As such he was given the ability to sense out the other dragons. To know where they are, and when they would be born. He was also the one to fully realize his power, and find many rituals and enchantments to help us. Then about thirty years ago Ulysses was born. And what a mess that was, my parents freaked out when he accidently set his crib on fire." I couldn't help but laugh along with Christopher, just imagining what happened was fun.
When we stopped he continued. "It was actually after his first birthday, that Altus appeared and explained to my birth parents everything. He would've gotten there sooner but his latest mate at the time, died from some lethal disease. I asked him about it once but he didn't want to talk about it."
He stopped speaking at that but I could tell what he was thinking. "Don't worry, I'm not going to leave you." He smiled before giving me a quick kiss and continuing.
"Thank you it's always nice to hear that. But back to where I was… ah yes after Ulysses was Juda, then Glacial. Juda's actually just a year younger than Ulysses, and Glacial despite the way she looks is actually just two. After that it wasn't until nine years later that my sister was born. Now that was quite a shock for all involved. Having just one dragon god was a one and six billion chance, but two? It was astronomical, especially since she was the white dragon. Still my parents couldn't be happier. She quickly turned into the favorite, mostly because Ulysses was turning into a pervert even back then."
He shook his head in exasperation before continuing. "To be honest my brother and my sister, who was named Cassandra White Rayners, were like copies of my birth parents. Ulysses looked like my dad only with a bigger build and red hair. But my sister… she looked almost exactly like my mother. She was also the only one besides me to not fuse with her inner dragon immediately. Still you can imagine everyone's shock when after another three years, my mother got pregnant with me. At the time everyone panicked, and I mean that literally. After all I was the black dragon the one who controlled all the death, and dark spells."
He grimaced as he spoke from there. "To be honest everyone was scared of me, scared about what I could become and what I might just do. After all we aren't just masters of our elements… we are those elements! To be honest everyone actually considered just not having me."
I couldn't help but interrupt him there. "Please don't tell me they were actually thinking about that?!" He nodded his head making my anger grow. "That isn't right! You deserved a chance! How could they be so… so… cowardly?!" As I ranted he just smiled before using his left hand to pet my head. Although I knew this probably hurt him a bit, what with his hands being badly burned. But it did calm me down as he continued his story.
"You know your acting as if they went through with it and I'm not actually alive right?" I couldn't help but blush a bit as he continued speaking. "To be honest they quickly discarded all thoughts about that, but the one person who always wanted me… the one who told everyone off for even considering it. That was Cassandra, just three years old and already she had quite a sharp tongue. In fact she was the only one to support me throughout my earliest years. It wasn't until I was two that Glacial decided that I wasn't about to kill anyone. Keno liked me the moment she met me, but we were both three at the time."
Chuckling for a second he continued with a smile. "When I was five my mother finally got over her weariness and started doing things with me. It was then that with Altus' help that she made our coats. But I can't tell you how happy she was when I showed an interest in cooking. So despite my age I helped her cook. It was then that everyone else decided to treat me somewhat normally, after I cooked a meal by myself for the first time. But they still wouldn't train me, well except for Cass who did it in secret. Though a year later Glacial caught us and decided to help instead of telling anyone."
I couldn't help but speak up at that. "It seems as if your sister and Glacial really helped you."
"Yes they did Shirone… still when I was seven, and I didn't know this at the time. Ulysses had adopted Ophis and had barely been seen after that. Which was fine, after all he was twenty then. Still a year later Altus found out about Glacial and Cass training me. His fear got the better of him and although he didn't hurt them physically… he was sure scary when he was yelling at them. Still Cass showed her backbone and argued back. I don't really remember the whole argument, but I do know Altus called me a monster in the making. That's what set her off. She ended up hitting Altus with a literal meteorite before she left."
At this point he actually started trembling a bit prompting me to hold him as he continued. "She left… the only one who stood by me since the very beginning. It was after that, that Altus finally realized his mistakes and started training me himself. Really I had learned how to use a gun, spear, axe, hammer, and sword from all the dragons. But the sword was my favorite seeing how my sister taught me how to use one. You see her weapon was actually a saber. Still when I was ten Cass came back. Only this time… well something had changed her. I don't know what happened to her, but I was glad that she was back."
At this point although he wasn't crying his voice was now shaking. "I should've seen it coming, Fernus did but I ignored him. You see I was out with Ulysses one day and came back to Cass kneeling next to the bodies of our mother and father."
For a second his eyes glazed over before he continued. "At first I was horrified at the scene yet relieved to see her okay. Still I asked her what happened. She didn't even try to hide the truth, she flat out told us. She said that she had gotten two of the ones repressing me. That she now wanted me to join her in discovering our true potential. I couldn't answer her at the time, even when Ulysses attacked her. Still the fight took place in his field spell, and even then she beat him then blew up the house. Outside it was raining, and when I saw her about to kill Ulysses… I jumped in."
Taking another breath he continued. "I told her I wasn't about to let her kill him, we then had an argument which resulted in her attacking me. She actually cried while calling me a traitor, and other unpleasant things. It was at that time that I found out that I did indeed have a darker side. A side we ended up calling Reaper. Because when I used my weapon, my scythe, we found out that it cut pieces of someone's soul off. It also affected me; I turned darker for a lack of a better word. I wanted nothing more than to cut her soul to ribbons. But when I was about to kill Cass I saw her face. It was full of fear and despair, but what's more… I saw my sister looking at me as if I was a monster. So I stopped allowing for her to get away."
Sighing he turned to me with a sad look. "Shirone the reason I can't hate her, or more accurately don't want to. Is because every time I think of her, all I can't help but think of the caring sister who stood by me. The one who was with me every step of the way, but that is clouded by that look she gave me. Still I couldn't help but cry when it was all over. That was when the others found us, and ever since I've just can't bring myself to cry." It was now that I knew that he was finished. And to be honest… I didn't really know what to think, really how could Cassandra change like that? It was even more confusing than my own sister's change.
Still I shook my head and just hugged him tightly before speaking. "You told Ravel this didn't you? That's why she looks up to you so much." He nodded his head before apologizing.
"Yes and I'm sorry I didn't tell you before her. But I knew that Ravel probably needed to hear my story more. But now that you know what happened… what will you do?" Biting my lower lip I thought about what I should do. I was at a loss because while I wanted to help him, I also knew that he wanted to deal with this himself. But I couldn't let him near his sister ever again. She'd only end up killing him and I wasn't about to allow that, so I lied.
"If you truly feel as if you need to do this… then I'll let you. Just promise me that you won't die." At his smile I couldn't help but feel my heart tear itself in half.
His next words didn't help either. "Thank you Neko Chan, I'm glad to have someone like you to support me." Forcing a smile and then quickly burying myself into his chest, I pondered my actions.
What have I done? I lied to him… No! I can't afford to think like that! I just need to get strong enough to deal with Cassandra. I'm not going to allow her near him ever again! Calming myself down I thought about the names of the three siblings. So Ulysses name is Greek mythology, Cassandra is Egyptian, and Christopher is Christian. His parents sure were interesting. My thoughts were interrupted as Chris held me tighter, and moved around so we were lying down. I didn't say anything except give him a small kiss on the cheek before lying back down.
After a few moments I heard my mate fall asleep, and soon after I joined him. I think I'll just enjoy this for a bit. But after this I'm going to ask Juda sensei for the worst training I've ever had.
The black dragon the White cat
The Blue Dragoness
I sighed in relief as I shut door completely. It would seem as if those two will be just fine. Yes I had ended up listening in on Chris' and Koneko's conversation but opening the door just a crack. But when Koneko slapped Chris… I kind of got worried. Still I also knew that Chris didn't exactly give out any details on how the others treated him. I guess he's always been that way. Though why did he call Koneko Shirone? I'll ask them later. So with a smile I was about to get going when I heard someone running up the stairs. Looking to my left I saw it was actually Rias, and she looked more or less frazzled.
When she saw me Rias quickly ran up to me. "Issei San called me and told me what happened! Is everyone alright?! Is Ravel alright?! Is Koneko alright?! Please tell me where she is!" Smiling softly I put my hands on her shoulders before trying to calm her down.
"Rias dear you must calm yourself. Everyone is fine, and Koneko will be up and about to talk to you later." Though that seemed to calm her a little she still looked around frantically.
"So which room is hers? I'd like to see and talk to her myself." I grimaced for a second but quickly schooled my features. Unfortunately it wasn't fast enough. "Glacial San… just where is she?" Gulping a bit I couldn't help but feel nervous at her glare.
Now how do I get out of this one? I can't tell her or else she'll interrupt their rest, and they do look adorable right now. Still she deserves to know just how her rooks feeling…At my thoughts I unconsciously looked at Chris' room. Seeing this Rias quickly opened the door before I could stop her. Luckily she didn't slam the door open, but I had to quickly cover her mouth before she was able to yell. But in her defense if it was someone I considered a daughter, sleeping almost naked in a bed with a man I didn't know too well… I'd probably start freaking out as well. Especially if she happened to also be wearing an eyepatch.
Still I dragged her out and shut the door before taking her to my room. I also may have paralyzed her by making it so she couldn't move her arms. I had my liquid manipulation to thank for that. When I was finally inside I stopped my control on her, causing Rias to fall to the floor while breathing heavily. It was then that I realized that I may have also stopped her ability to breath.
So with a sheepish smile I apologized. "I'm sorry Rias but I couldn't let you interrupt their rest." Glaring daggers at me she got up and spoke to me heatedly.
"Well I'm sorry as well, but did you see the way they looked?! Half-dressed and sleeping in the same bed together, while both were covered in bandages! Not to mention that black one around my adorable rooks eye!"
I couldn't help but scowl at her before speaking. "Yes I saw all of that, but I also heard Christopher tell Koneko his past. His full past including how we dragons were broken up! Koneko was being a wonderful mate, and trying to comfort him as he told her how his sister tried to kill him!" Rias seemed taken aback by that as I bit my lower lip.
Dammit… I didn't mean to tell her that. Shaking my head I re-leveled my glare onto her. This caused her to flinch before speaking again.
"I… I'm sorry I didn't know. I'm… I was just worried about her, I mean first I hear she's injured badly then I see her sleeping with a man like that. I mean I know that they've done "it" already. But it's different seeing them sleep like that up close. Still she's almost like a daughter to me! And I really don't know much about Christopher San, only that he really cares about her and he threatened me once. I also don't think that his training helped me like him either to be completely honest…"
I sighed at that part. "I can understand that… Altus may have put us all through the wringer, but Chris got the worst of it." Rias actually grimaced at that.
"I really can't imagine what that must've been like…" I laughed at that before an idea suddenly came to my mind.
"You know two individuals have recently come into our care. One actually has a sacred gear; if you're willing we'd appreciate it if you could help us find out what it is."
For a moment she seemed to think before nodding her head. "Well it's not like I can visit Koneko right now. And Ravel is probably with Issei…" She grumbled for a second before speaking again. "So seeing how there's nothing else for me to do at this moment I'll help you guys out." Smiling down at her I patter her shoulder before leading her out of my room. Walking down the hall I stopped at one of the spare rooms, there was a sign saying occupied on it. However before I could knock I heard some laughing.
I couldn't help but feel irked when I heard Juda talking to a woman, more than likely the mother of Ayame. So as I knocked on the door I had to restrain myself from just barging in. After a moment Juda opened the door from the other side with a smile.
"Ah! It's good that you're here. I've just been telling Suzuki a little bit about us. As it turns out she already knows about the supernatural." I couldn't help but raise an eyebrow at that. But as he moved out of the way I saw the woman now named Suzuki. She was dressed in one of my blue robes and had black hair and brown eyes. She was also an inch taller than me which hurt my pride a bit. We also had the same figure as well; overall she was a beautiful woman.
Smiling at her I took a look at Ayame, she was like her mother only with dark brown hair and blue eyes. Currently she was playing a card game with Fuyo, who had "convinced" us to let her see our new guests earlier. I swear it was just impossible to deny that girl anything. But it worked out this time seeing how Ayame was five, which was nice seeing how Fuyo didn't really have any friends her age.
Turning back to Suzuki I introduced myself with a smile. "It's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Glacial Verandi." I then put my hand forward, Suzuki than smiled before taking it.
"A pleasure to meet you as well. I'm Honoka Suzuki, or Suzuki Honoka to you seeing how you appear to be a foreigner." Smiling lightly at her I motioned my hand towards Rias before introducing her.
"This here is Rias Gremory." With a smile Rias gave her a short bow before speaking.
"It's nice to meet you ma'am." For a second I could see Suzuki frown at Rias' last name before smiling again.
"It's nice to meet you as well." She then turned back to me. "Now as I was telling Juda San here, I'm actually a mage who had decided to settle down in this town." I couldn't help but be surprised at that. "You see I noticed that this place was well protected, though I didn't know why until Juda San told me. This was good because I knew Ayame had a sacred gear, so I thought this would be a good place for her to grow up in. Still I if I had known that this place was actually your territory I would've asked before settling in last month."
Smiling I just shook my head. "No it's alright, under the circumstances there couldn't be anyway for you to know. Still I'd like to officially welcome you to Kuoh, the first true neutral territory in the world. I'd also like to apologize for what happened to you. As it turns out we're currently having a rather bad breach in security."
She shook her head at my apology before speaking again. "There's no need to apologize. I'm just grateful that the young man… Christopher decided to save me and my daughter. Though I hope he wasn't too badly injured?" I shook my head at that, before replying.
"Don't worry too much he'll be up and about in no time. Chris is rather tough to keep down, and he'll be more than happy to see you two both okay. Anyway, while I don't mean to be nosy might I ask what sacred gear Ayame has?"
She sucked in some air through her teeth before answering. "As far as I can tell it's rather unique, it has two abilities. One is telekinesis, the other telepathy. It's a minor sacred gear that is only as strong as the user's mind. Still I can imagine it could become quite powerful in time." She then looked at Rias with a narrowed look. "However… I don't want her to be reincarnated into a devil so don't think about it." Seeing how she was figured out easily, Rias just raised her hands defensively.
"You don't have to worry about me. I'm not going to force anyone into my peerage unless I have to. Still you figured out who I am pretty quickly, just how caught up are you on the affairs of the supernatural world?" Suzuki's glare lessened as she shrugged.
"I can't really say, the only reason I knew about you is because of your last name. A drop dead giveaway that name is." Rias chuckled before rubbing the back of her head.
I was going to say something else when I heard a voice behind me. "I hope I'm not interrupting anything." Turning around I saw Koneko which quickly made me panic again.
"What are you doing out of bed again?! I told you to just lie down and rest!" Koneko smiled sheepishly but before she could say anything, Rias practically teleported in front of her and started checking her over.
"Are you feeling okay? Are you having trouble standing? How's your eye? Do you need my help with anything?" At her questions Koneko groaned before replying in a tired voice.
"Buchou I'm fine, I just need to ask Juda sensei for something then I'll go back to resting."
I couldn't help but blink at what she just said. Juda sensei? Wow… that's something I never thought the green idiot would be called. Still having noticed her adoptive mother, Fuyo forgot about her card game and ran up to Koneko.
"Mommy! I hearth thath yous wath hurt!" Smiling down at her Koneko kissed her nose before speaking.
"I'm alright sweetheart just a bit tired." Fuyo didn't look quite convinced as she gently touched Koneko's bandaged eye.
"Arth yous sure?" At her question the young woman just hugged her tighter.
"Yes I'm sure, now why don't you go back to playing with your new friend." Nodding as she was let down Fuyo ran back to Ayame. Koneko then sighed, and before anyone else could say anything Suzuki spoke up.
"Though you're rather young I can see that you're an excellent mother. Though I have to ask just why you're one." Looking Suzuki Koneko smiled sadly before explaining the circumstances around Fuyo's adoption. To say our new guest was mad at what she heard was an understatement. Still as she was stewing in anger Koneko turned to Juda. "Juda sensei I came to ask for more advanced training. Also I want it to be as tough as possible, and if I break down I want you to heal me so I can train again." At her words Juda narrowed his eyes at her before questioning her.
"And just why do you want something like that? Really if you're not careful you could die."
She took a deep breath before answering. "It's because Chris has told me about Cassandra, and really… I don't want him near her ever again. So I'm asking you to help me become strong enough to beat her. And I know that can't happen without the kind of training I'm asking for." I couldn't help but look at her in surprise; it certainly was reflected in my tone.
"I thought you said that you would let him handle his sister?"
She looked at me before answering. "To be honest… despite not liking it what I said was a lie. Still how do you know what I said to him?" I coughed into my hand before speaking.
"I may have eavesdropped on you two. Still I can't imagine that was easy, but to be honest all of us agree with you. Me, Juda, Ulysses, and now you… we all don't want him near her again." I couldn't help but shake my head sadly before continuing. "Truly while we know he wants to deal with Cassandra himself. The rest of us, Juda, Ulysses, keno, me, and now even you want to keep the two away from each other. Because that'll end in one of two ways. One he dies, it's as simple as that. The other he wins and forever hates himself for what he had to do."
"Who's Cassandra?" Looking to the side we saw Suzuki and even Rias looking at us in confusion. So with a sigh I explained who Cassandra was, but not in too much detail.
After all Christopher should be the one to tell them. If he ever wants to that is. Still both looked upset enough just knowing one of our own wanted us gone. Rias was the first to voice her opinion.
"That's just plain horrid! I'm sorry that you've all been dealing with this for so long, really I wouldn't know what to do if my brother suddenly turned like that. If you need any help I'll be glad to offer my services." Next to her Suzuki nodded her head before speaking.
"I will also offer my support. Really it's the least I can do after all you've done for me." I smiled at them but shook my head.
"Sorry but this is really Dragon god business, really if anyone of you actually fought Cassandra. It'd be over in a heartbeat."
Rias looked miffed before pointing at Koneko. "And what about my rook? You're going to allow her to fight aren't you? And I know that she's not ready, I mean just look at what happened to her when she fought Sui? In other words one of Cassandra's underlings." Before I could say anything Juda spoke up with a steel edge to his voice.
"Because unlike you we can still train her to use her main elements properly. If we can get her Green and Black up to snuff then she will be a force to be reckoned with. Although I myself am no match for the white dragoness I can help Koneko become strong." That seemed to placate Rias as she sighed before looking at her rook.
"Koneko I'll support you in this if you promise me not to get yourself killed. After all I know how important Christopher San is to you."
With a nod and a smile Koneko gave her a positive answer. "Don't worry Buchou I won't be dying anytime soon, after all I have too many people needing me alive right now. Fuyo, Chri Kun, even yourself! So really I promise I won't die." With that said she hugged her king while Rias hugged her back.
Hmm… just maybe we can make it out of this without Christopher's help. With that thought in the back of my head I went into nurse mode again and went behind Koneko.
"As much as I like all the heart to heart… I think you need to go back to bed." I then grabbed the back of her collar and dragged her out, all the while protesting of my treatment of her. "Sorry Koneko but you must recover properly if you wish to train. And so you must rest… Fuyo dear would you like to take a short nap with your mommy and daddy?" Koneko quickly glared at me before Fuyo jumped up, already finished with her game and quickly latched herself onto Koneko.
Seeing the absolute futility in struggling Koneko just sighed while resigning herself to bed. After putting them both back in Chris' room I shut the door and laughed lightly.
"I haven't had this much fun in quite some time. Now then… where did I leave my book?"
The black dragon the White cat
The White Cat
The next day I was resting in my bed while Chris talked to me. "So you'll be okay right? Because if not I can-"
I quickly cut him off before he could finish. "No I'll be okay Chri Kun I just need to rest for a bit. Just make sure to bring back my school work okay? As for me I'll spend some time with Fuyo." With a sigh he nodded his head before giving me a kiss. He then stood up from his position on my left side and left through my door. But not before saying one last thing.
"Just take care of yourself okay?" I smiled sweetly at him before nodding; he then left and closed the door. Using my hearing I listened to his footsteps as they retreated down the stairs. When I couldn't hear him anymore I quickly got up and got dressed in my training clothes. Also known as my pink tracksuit.
"Sorry Chri Kun but I need to do this for not only you, but Fuyo as well." So with a sad smile on my face I quickly and quietly moved down to the training room. Once inside I looked to see Juda with a serious expression on his face. I politely greeted him seeing how he was waiting for me. "Good morning sensei. I hope I'm not too late, Chris wouldn't leave me alone." He smiled for a second before becoming serious as he answered me.
"No you're right on time, still are you sure about this? This kind of training could actually kill you after all."
With a determined look I answered him. "Yes. But it's not about wanting to; it's what I have to do in order to protect those I love." Seeing this he nodded his head before speaking again.
"Alright let's begin then. First come here, I will update your training seals. After that I will teach you the fundamentals of the green elemental spells. While I teach you this, you must also be doing sit ups, pushups, and then jumping jacks. Ten of each while switching out every time you complete a set. Be warned though… the amount of weight you'll have now, will make what you had to deal with before… well they'll seem like feathers in comparison."
I gulped before nodding my head and walking up to him. He then put his hand on my head while closing his eyes. For a second nothing happened, but then I felt my gravity and weight seals increase drastically. I felt so heavy that I instantly crumpled to the ground. While looking at me struggling on the ground he spoke in a calm tone.
"You now understand what you're dealing with yes?" Though it was a struggle I nodded my head as he continued. "Now then begin your exercises, but be warned if you're too slow I will make you do them faster. The only exception to that will be if you have a question. Even then you must continue to exercise." I couldn't help but grimace as I began my pushups. As I did each one, I could feel my muscles scream in agony as I lifted my body off the ground.
As I did my training Juda began his lesson. "Now then the green element is different than the others for multiple reasons. Not only is it another color obviously, but it also is the one with the deepest connection to nature itself. While all of us dragons have a connection only do I have the power to use it. And no I'm not talking about your fake senjutsu." I couldn't help but pause before continuing, I was sure he was about to explain.
And I wasn't disappointed. "You see while Senjutsu does use the energy of nature. It isn't pure; no you take into yourself forcibly and without consent. By doing this you end up fusing it to your chakra instead of keeping it separate. Now in order to master the green element you must be able to ask for its power. With natures permission you can do much more than you have ever dreamed of. Of course as the green dragon I have permanent permission; you on the other hand must earn it. And you can't do it as you are now. No! You must become stronger, not only in body and mind, but also heart. But to be honest you've already started."
As I finally moved onto jumping jacks I couldn't help but ponder his words. What does he mean by I already started? Juda Sensei must've read my mind as he spoke with a smile.
"Koneko… no Shirone you've already begun to strengthen your heart. You've begun to truly accept yourself, and the amount of love in your heart is growing. And I hate to admit it, but even I don't have your strength of heart." I couldn't help but smile despite the strain it caused me, and yes… I did end up telling my sensei my story. Because despite his many, many, many faults… he's actually someone I could trust. Unlike Ulysses who I still wanted to stab with my new knife.
"So still the green element isn't control over nature. It's about working alongside nature. Though I will say that my control over gasses is just my battle skill, so you can't earn that."
Hearing that I had to question him. "Chri Kun said something… similar a while ago. W-what exactly do you me-mean by battle skills?" I was breathing heavily but I managed to ask my question.
He hummed for a second before answering me. "It means each one of us has a special skill made for battle which the others don't have. We also have a skills for people, and work. For example Chris has time space manipulation for his battle ability. For social he can detect life energy, and for work he can strengthen or "corrupt" different objects making them stronger. You saw that when he corrupted the calibit."
I nodded my head before realizing something. "Wh-what about his en-enchanting?" He chuckled before answering me.
"That was Altus' work skill, though he decided to teach Chris all about that so he to can do it." I nodded my head at that before going to do my sit ups again, only this time I started a little bit slow. Seeing this my sensei got out a stick and whacked me on the head.
"Do them faster! Show me your willpower and hustle!" Gritting my teeth from how hard he hit me I moved faster. "Good… now do ten more reps of each then I'll start to work on your spell work. Though you may not be able to really communicate with nature yet. We can still start you out on the spells I gave you earlier. Now move!"
This is going to be really long…
The three White cats: Part one
"So… by the looks of things we are all the same person." Currently standing in a white room with a white table were three individuals. Two looked almost alike, except one was wearing a short skirted white kimono. The other had on a half coat. It was also a dark shade of black and had long twin tails reaching down to her knees. It was also outlined in a light blue. She was also wearing a black skirt that was mid-thigh. Along with that she was wearing black tights and black high-heeled short boots. Another thing was that over her left eye was a black bandage.
Though both were fifteen, the last looked about seven or eight. She was also wearing a black skirt with a white long sleeved shirt with a pink vest over it. Then over that was a pink long coat. On her feet were white boots and white tights. She was also looking at the other two with a disappointed look.
Still the girl with the eyepatch spoke calmly at her question. "I guess we are… although you look quite a bit younger than us." The youngest girl pouted before sulking.
"If you two are me… then I really do stay short and flat…" Both older girls looked at her with shocked expressions before turning to one another. Very quickly they took in the others appearance before the one wearing the kimono spoke.
"You seem a bit taller and bigger than me to be honest. How old are you exactly?" The eye patch girl shrugged before answering.
"I'm fifteen how about you?"
The girl looked down depressed before answering. "Fifteen…" The one with the eyepatch looked at her sympathetically, when the youngest spoke up again.
"Don't worry! Onii Chan says that girls with large breasts have back problems later on! At least that is what he said when Kurumu insulted Mizore Nee Chan about her bust!"
Both older girls looked at her confused. ""Onii Chan?""
The youngest just smiled happily before speaking. "YEAH! He's the coolest big brother ever! He saved my life you know? And he's super strong, and super-fast! He even took on an entire army just to save me! And the best part was that he even killed titans who apart of that army. He did that just to save me!" Both older girls nodded their heads before the one wearing the kimono spoke up.
"Is your brother perhaps Hunter?" The youngest nodded her head as she sighed. "I thought so… you know he almost killed my boyfriend Rodrick when he found out about our relationship. Even more so when he found out about his others." At this the one with the eyepatch spoke up.
"Wait… other relationships?"
"Yeah, currently he has a small harem. There's Ophis, Sona, Vali, Lefay, and myself."
At this the one with the eyepatch spoke up in slight irritation. "You're kidding me right? Sorry but I think my Christopher is better, seeing how he has decided to only have me as his mate. But really I think Chris would try to hurt "your" Rodrick as well. Mostly seeing how Ophis is his niece." At this the one wearing the eyepatch looked at her angrily.
"I'll have you know that we were the ones who decided on this!" At that an argument broke out between them. This caused the youngest to sigh and turn to the screen.
"Well I think this might take a while. Sorry about that but I guess we need to settle a few things. We'll see you in the next omake."
"My Rodrick is not a man whore!"
"Well how do you explain him accepting all of you?!"
The youngest could only sigh. "So this is what Onii Chan meant when he said most people are stupid." Unfortunately… the irony of that statement was not lost on her.
Element Affinity: person… Dual elements are gained through special means. Such as a sacred gears or reincarnation it can also be gained by linage.
Order of the elements does mater.
Note: Having more than one element doesn't mean you're stronger than those with one. Having more than one only gives you more choices to use.
White: Milly
Black: Christopher
Green: Juda
Blue: Keno
Red: Issei
Red: Ulysses
Green, Black: Koneko
Black: Rias
White: Raynare
White, Yellow, Black: Akeno
Black: Kiba
Blue, White: Asia
Green, Blue: Fuyo
Blue: Glacial
Yellow: Ayame
Yellow: Suzuki
Green, Yellow: Sui
List will be cleared for characters only shown in current chapter's next chapter.
Dragon ranking system: Ophis?, White?, Black third, Red third, Green fourth, Blue fifth
Slayer: And that's done! Although it is a bit shorter than usual…
Shadow: Well we've been busy, plus we need to freshen up our memory of the story.
Judan: MMM!
Christopher: He's tied up again?
Fuyo: Thaths mean!
Slayer: It could be worse.
Shirone (Adventures): Yeah well that Omake could've been better.
Slayer: Oh hey little sis!
Shirone (A): Hey Onii Chan! How've you been?
Slayer: Just great! Especially now that you're here.
Shirone (Black Dragon): You've definitely corrupted that mini me.
Shirone (Void Emperor): You got that right.
Shadow: This is confusing…
Christopher: Tell me about it.
Judan: Yeah well it could've been worse. Also thanks for untying me girls.
Shirone (V): You're welcome.
Shirone (B): Yeah it was the least we could do.
Shirone (A): I say we should've just left him tied up.
Slayer: I completely agree!
Everyone/minus A and Slayer: You really did corrupt her…
Slayer: Hey be nice!
Shadow: Oh boy…
Fuyo: Whys there so many mommys Daddy?
Christopher: Don't worry about it sweetie.
Shirone (A)/(V): Mommy!
Shadow: Don't worry we'll explain later. For now how about we let the second youngest here end this?
Everyone: Fine…
Shirone (A): YEAH! Now this has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Shirone (V): No seriously what's with the mommy comment?