Masako's POV:
The question caused an almost instant reaction.
Naru spun to stare at his twin, sending probably his darkest of glares.
Lin grabbed and disarmed Naru in that moment.
Gene grinned.
"Well, you're busy being Mr Grumpy-Guy, so as your Mr Giggle counterpart, wouldn't I be the more charming?"
Naru started struggling, and Matthew looked surprised.
Lin let go, throwing the sword neatly to John's side as Gene picked Mai up. She gave a surprised squeak as she automatically put her arms around Gene's neck.
Lin quickly kicked his young charge so Naru skidded into the wall, and Gene put Mai on Naru's lap, stopping Naru from getting up – and making Naru give a bewildered look at his twin.
Matthew began to back away as Lin moved towards him.
"Move on, idiot." Lin muttered, before charging, his tentacles destroying the shadows Matthew had under his control, and Lin whistled, his shiki zooming into Matthew.
"Shiki? So you have been using your abilities." Astaroth grinned.
"Only part." Lin replied.
"But why not use it when on cases with your friends?"
"…"
"Ryuuto sends his greetings and brotherly love, by the way."
"What is he up to now?"
"Protecting Kaede and the triplets, as well as all the others like them."
"Good."
"Seriously? No "Missed you" or "How's Undeath?""
"You're a childish idiot."
"I am a Prince."
"You're still a definite adult."
"I'll thank you for that compliment."
"Wasn't meant as one."
Lin kicked Matthew's face, before sending a load of his power at Astaroth's statue, making Astaroth disappear, before the shadow cleared, and the Archdemon walked up, ruffling Lin's hair as the ground opened beneath Matthew's feet, and chains wrapped around him.
Lin grunted, and swiped away the hand.
"But you're too cute, Kojou! Also too cool! Your upper-cut was expert! Also your flames looked really cool!" Astaroth pouted.
"I only used them, because of that saying you taught me." Lin replied, crossing his arms, annoyed.
Matthew was quickly dragged down, his powers being sucked from every inch of the room, including a tiny ball of it, which shot out of John.
The hole closed, as Matthew was sealed in hell.
"What happens to him?" I asked, and Astaroth sent me a smile.
"He's been sentenced to the very deepest of our pits… I think its the one being owned by our maddest… Anyway, Ma~i?" Astaroth grinned, hovering over to the red-faced girl.
"Help!" she asked, struggling as Yasu and Gene were stopping her and Naru from getting up.
"No, can, do! But, should you and Naru share a stone-melting kiss~" Astaroth smirked, making Mai blush bright red.
"It's the only way." a female voice replied, and we looked to see a beautiful Aryan woman clad in white floating over.
"Ah! Lucida! I see you are well!" Astaroth grinned.
"We do get to see our sons again, Astaroth." Lucida replied with a smile, landing gently by John, and moving him gently onto her lap, smiling as he snuggled up to her. "At least I could stop Uriel and Gabriel from trying to turn your spirit to dust."
She gently stroked John's hair, and whispered something to him.
His eyes slowly opened, and his eyes widened upon seeing Lucida, and he sat up quickly.
"Nice to see you again, John." Lucida smiled, and he blushed, causing her to laugh and ruffle his hair, before waving her hand and making clothes form over him, a white shirt and light blue trousers (/pants), the collar of the shirt having two gold studs on either collar.
"Thank you…" John shyly nodded, before looking sadly at Peter's statue.
Then he saw Lin, and his evident surprise made a large grin form on Astaroth's lips.
John looked at the rest.
"What- But-…" he breathed, and Astaroth crouched in front of John, ruffling John's hair himself.
"You're son's certainly a cute one! Blessings now or not?" Astaroth mused, making John blush.
"Go find someone else to patronize." Lin grunted, kicking Astaroth away.
John was surprised for a moment.
"Ei~?!" he exclaimed. "You mean "son" and "blessings" like-…" his face turned redder than a tomato.
"Astaroth's just being silly about the "blessings" part." Lucida laughed. "however, yes, Kojou's Father is Astaroth, and you are one of my cute little boys!"
John looked slightly shocked, as Lin sighed, and sat beside them.
"…Is that why you're touch about your…" John hazardously asked, and Lin nodded.
"It has… Bad memories…" Lin nodded, covering the eye again as his wings folded up behind him and his gaze fell on the ground.
Naru suddenly gagged as his hand flew to his heart.
"Naru?!" the trio exclaimed, as Lin quickly moved to his side.
"His heart is petrified." Astaroth shrugged.
Lucida nodded.
"Mai. She gently called, and Mai looked up. "What usually melts a heart in stories?"
"L-love…" Mai replied, and Lucida nodded.
"Where do you think that idea comes from?" Lucida then asked, and Mai blushed. Lucida gave her a gentle smile, and Mai tentatively leant towards Naru, before quickly pecking him on the lips.
Yasu caught on.
"You have to make It so your feelings reach his, not a simple peck." Yasu stated, and Mai looked slightly terrified.
I gently laid a hand on her shoulder.
"Of all people to kiss Naru, why do you think she would choose you?" I asked, keeping calm.
"I- I like Naru…" Mai muttered, and I nodded with a shrug.
"Close, but any girl can like him, so think of it the other way round…" I smirked, letting it show.
"… He… He likes… Me?" Mai replied, and I smiled at her blushing face.
"Bingo! Now, if you don't kiss him, we're going to lose him. Do we want that?" I then asked, and Mai shook her head. "In that case, give him a proper kiss."
Mai nodded, biting her lip, before taking a breath, and kissing Naru again.
Gene smiled as he held his brother's hand.
"Never thought I'd hear you say that." he smirked. "Or that it'd be years before Mai and Naru finally kissed."
"People change, it's part of being human." I replied, covering my mouth as I looked at Yasu.
Lucida crouched by Gene, John sticking close to her, before she laid a hand on Gene's head.
"Now, we should reinforce Oliver's survival; Eugene, how does coming alive again sound?" Lucida asked, and Gene looked shocked fr a moment, before smirking.
"So I get my brother back, and a chance to become a perfect-pranking-trio with Yasu and Masako?! Definitely!" he replied, and Lucida nodded…