And now another filler chapter. C'mon now, after the intensity of the previous arc plus some more stupidity, it was only a small pause from all of the insanity that is happening right now. I'm sorry for that, the action will be back soon enough, so either way, I hope yoall enjoy the new chapter, a longer one this time. :3. As always, stay golden~.
Highschool DxD does not belongs to me~.
"Didn't you said you want to become a Protagonist, Ichijou? Well, I made you one for a few seconds, yet, you rejected my power in the last second. What gives?"
And I'm in my dream classroom again, sitting on one of the tables and staring at the redhead girl in front of me, now with her hair loose and still wearing Kuoh's uniform. She looked upset about something, and I had an idea what it was...
I withdrew my victory against Nemesis-San, hesitated in the last second, and lost without a single doubt. I wouldn't even have a chance against her in full-power. But... That scale mail thing, the Balance Breaker of the Sekiryuutei, is indeed a powerful ability. I want to use it one of these days, but for now... I should train more to acquire it myself.
"Like I've said, I'm an idiot." I shrugged, crossing my arms and sighing to look cool as possible. The answer came soon after: Yagura punched me so hard I opened a whole by the other wall.
"Indeed an idiot! Have you any idea how hard it is to control a Balance Breaker with your body?!" She said, as I stood up from the floor and coughed some concrete. Damn it, I know is kinda too late to say this, but how come all of those girls are so goddamn STRONG?! "It's not easy, I tell ya! Blast! I think I broke something that time!"
"W-What... You bitch! You used my body just to break it?! What the hell is wrong with you?!" I said back, as I walked towards her angry as all hell! She flash-stepped in front of me and picked me up by the collar.
"You shut up, you shitty virgin! If you have trained your body right, you wouldn't be needing anything more to archive Balance Breaker! You're weak; weak; weak!" She hammered my mind with those words. I had it with her bitchness, so I picked her by the wrist she was holding me with and screamed back.
"Who are you calling weak, you freaking CUTTING BOARD?! I'm trying my best, and you bet your hardass that I'll archive this Balance Breaker in a better way than you!"
"Hah! I'd love to see you try, and who the hell you calling a Cutting Board! I have you know, I'm a full B-cup!"
"'B' as in 'Board'! BOARD!"
"Why you...!"
And we clashed faces, frowning and growling at each other like mad dogs, or just two idiots doing nothing. In the end, however, we sighed to each other, and she pushed me away, making me fall on my ass. That mood-swing again, girls are really a pain to deal with.
"Are you serious? Doing all of this, losing the match, the trust Berolina put into you and your own honor as the current Sekiryuutei, because you would feel bad?" She said in a rather curious tone. I thought she would be mad at me or even shuffling that lost into my face, but instead, she seemed genuinely curious.
Now that I think about it, that sounds really dumb, a stupid thing to do in the heat of the moment. But, for some reason... Yeah, I'd feel bad for Hyung and Aria-San. Besides, Senpai trained as hard as me, hell even harder, at mt. Issei back in the days to archive Balance Breaker, and to let a Deus-Ex-Machina like that happen to me... Not very appealing for me, thank you. I'd rather train and reach it myself.
"Kinda stupid, right? I'm stupid. I should be greedy, ruthless and a complete dick, but I'm just the hardheaded idiot whose pride almost got him killed. Must be because my sisters would made a pendulum out of me if I ever cheated in games." I sighed, as Yagura suddenly puffed her cheeks. Geez, not a single change to mock me can be lost, right, you bitch? Being a pendulum is not Cool, and I have a x-Ray of my fucked-up ankles to prove.
"Tch... You said you have pride, yet invented [LEVEL ZERO]."
"It was a homage to you." I said, as a grin grew on my face, and an ominous one on hers. Oh, it looks like my fire magic can also be shot from my mouth.
"Whatever. The enemy this time was too strong for you. And I could feel that they were holding back. In a serious fight, all of you would have been killed." She said, as she turned away from to face the blackboard. I gulped. So it's true, they were holding back. Two children of Senpai, a nekomata and a dragon, to think we would at least stand a chance is a laughable Ide-...
No... Of course not. We can become stronger, we can surpass them. Even if takes years, definitely we will do it. Besides, I'm the Sekiryuutei and the queen of Gremory's peerage, and yet I'm the weakest and the most inexperienced one. When I reach Balance Breaker and beyond, Who knows what those chicks will be able to do by such point.
"Maybe you're right." I said, as she turned around, sat on the teacher's table and looked at me, eagerly waiting for my response. I pinched my own cheek one more time, and smiled again. "But only for now! Just give me a few years, and I'll kicking asses flat as yours!"
"Hah! You're so pathetic, it's adorable!" She said with a grin as wild as mine. She said that, but I think she's really expecting me to be strong. Well, I'll prove it to her! Before I could say something more challenging, however, she lifted her fingers and put her middle one and thumb on the verge of snapping. "Very well, Tsukino Ichijou, but are you really worth the power..."
*SNAP!*
"... Of this big guy?"
*DOOOOOON!*
And then in an instant, the whole class trembled, and out of nowhere, the wall supporting the blackboard exploded, as well as the others beside it. From the other side, by Yagura's back, I saw a glimpse of something. I couldn't distinguish what it was, but it was big, enormous, covered in flames. It looked like a massive western dragon with red scales and golden spikes all over his body, but with a few body parts missing, with lava and an Crimson aura around instead. Holy shit, This is awesome! And... Holy shit, what the hell is that?!
[SO, ARE YOU MY NEW HOST?]
"What...?!" I asked, as that massive thing make those words echo in my head. Wait, did he said 'host'?! Don't tell me... This big thing, is the Heavenly Welsh Crimson dragon, Ddraig?! Those big, shiny emerald eyes stared at my soul, and quietly demanded an answer. I stood up, and nodded. "Y-Yes! I'm the new... Host of the Sacred Gear..."
[HUH. MAYBE YOU WONT BE SO BAD. BUT DO YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO SURPASS THE PREVIOUS USER, THE HERO OF THE UNDERWORLD, AS WELL AS THE OTHERS BEFORE HIM AND YOU?]
"..." I gulped. Shit, now I'm nervous. This big thing is asking me if I'll have enough force to surpass Senpai. I have the courage to try, but now that I'm facing the true power inside that Boosted Gear of mine, I'm starting to doubt myself. "I... I don't know... I don't know."
[...]
"But... But I'll try! Yes! Even if I can't reach as high as Senpai! I'll try and make a legend out of my own! You can bet on it!"
[GOOD. DETERMINATION! BUT ONLY THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH! BUT IF YOU WISH THAT, I'LL ACCOMPANY YOU IN THIS QUEST.]
"T-Thank you!"
[I LOOK FORWARD IN WORKING WITH YOU... PARTNER.]
And the dragon started shining in front of me, as the massive power destroyed the rest of the classroom and blinded me with a Crimson spark. Suddenly, I feel myself floating again, and little by little, I drove away...
Partners, huh...?
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"Uhh~... Uhh~..." I should really start building some more stamina. I don't want to fall asleep now and then, this is really getting annoying, and every time I do that, I always end up in a new place. I swear, this freaks me out every time. The first thing I noticed in this place was the fact that everything was white and clean. I'm in a hospital room, now.
*WIGGLE! WIGGLE!*
"What...?" Just now I've realized: that was a elevation by under the medical blanket. And no, it wasn't the infamous morning wood, but rather, it was a massive bump moving under the covers. Oh, shit, don't tell me it's another medical session! I'm done with girls laying on me naked! But, wait, I'm using the typical hospital set of pants and shirt, so I can't be naked! Suddenly, that bump under the sheets moved, and then began to crawl in my direction, until it finally popped by the border.
"Good morning and greetings from the world under the cover, Tsukino Ichijou-kun!" It's Serena-kaichou! What the hell is she doing here?! No, calm down, Ichijou, she's a mature, older young woman who just so happens to be under your blanket. It's probably nothing, really. "How do you feel? Better~?"
"Yeah, kinda." I said, as I lifted one of my hands to clench it. Yep, good as new. However, I noticed that the sleeve of my garment was too short to cover even half of my upper arm. In fact, I feel that my whole shirt is stretched-up, save for my chest area. Wait. "Uh~... Kaichou, what are you doing?"
"Healing you."
"..."
*VAPT!*
I knew it! I knew it! She was sleeping in here! She's not just under my blanket, but also under my SHIRT! And NAKED! She's NAKED! I crap, I feel nipples down there! She's touching me with her BOOBS!
"W-What the hell, Kaichou?!" I said back, soon covering my mouth to avoid a scream. I'm in a hospital after all, and if someone has a wrong idea, they might come to this room and see me with her! Shit, gotta stay calm, calm, calm... "Kaichou, what are you doing?"
"Healing you. Since you were asleep and a little shaken, I thought it would be a good idea to heal some of your bruises myself. Don't worry; my clothes are over there." She tilted her head to a side to make her point, as I saw some undergarment and clothes by the other side. Oh, so she indeed Invaded my bed.
"Okay~... So why do that? I mean, I am in a hospital, after all." I asked, gulping and turning my head to a side to avoid eyeing anywhere below her neck, get out of control and do something I might regret. Damn it, with this hospital Gown, she'll definitely see my hard-on.
"Well, can't I simply want to tease my little ko-ha-i~? Besides, you already saw a lot of women naked already, one more won't make a difference~." She sing-said, as I bit my tongue to maintain self-control. Shit! It's not because I already saw a bunch of naked ladies that I'm used to it! She touched my cheek, and started poking me there. "Hey, c'mon now, mr. Stud. You were rolling the hell out of it during the rating game, don't be a shy guy, now~."
"It... It was the heat of the moment, you know I'm not like that all the time." I said, soon slapping myself on the forehead realizing how awfully suggestive that sentence is. I'm shit now. Damn it~. She giggled under my shirt, As I could feel her breasts jiggling on me, and slid down way... Wait what?! "H-Hey, kaichou!"
"Relax, now, I'm just getting out. You'll explode if this goes on. You have really cute reactions." She said, as I could feel her slid down to out of my shirt and roll back to a side, using the sheets to cover her body as she walked to that table to pick and put her clothes on. She turned to me, and smiled. "Oh; yeah. When Rina is sleeping with you, please put THAT away from her. It might scare her for life in the morning."
Wait, is she talking about my... GAH!
"Shit...!" And faster as a I could, I folded my blankets and mounted the resulting mess on the area below my waist, while Kaichou broke a fit of laughs. Shit! This is so embarrassing! "S-Shut up! It's not funny, Kaichou!"
"I hate to disagree!" She said. I sighed out of pity of myself and lied down on my own misery again. Calm down, it'll go away. "But, seriously, you were really cool during the match! All those moves, all those ideas and that... Special technique you did on Ginko-chan..."
"..." And she crossed her arms in front of her chest. Huh, I guess Devils do love breasts a little too much. The match was intense, yes, but what's upsetting me was the fact that Yagura took control of my body and trashed everyone around in a matter of minutes. Not even Nemesis-san's strongest attack put a match against her and the Balance Breaker. Who is she, anyway? And she looked so familiar with that dragon, Ddraig. Maybe it's because they're sharing the Boosted Gear, but how and why is that? Ugh~, maybe later, I feel awful. "Hey, Kaichou. How was I, using Balance Breaker I mean."
"Oh, that was the coolest! You went all *ZOOM ZOOM IYAAAN* and pretty much whacked Nemesis-nee all the way! I can't believe you activated in so little time, though." She said all excited. I looked at my left hand and frowned at it. Thank you, Yagura, but next time I'll trigger Balance Breaker myself. "I'm really impressed!"
"Don't be. It was... Just luck."
"...?"
"Just... Luck."
"Well, suit yourself. It was cool, I can tell! I almost got hoarse with all that screaming!" She laughed off, only to have a coughing fit. I smacked her a few times in the back, and she came back to normal. "Thank you very much. Well, it looks like you're good for now. I'll bring some lunchboxes for you to eat. You must be hungry!"
*GROAN~*
And the moment she said that, my stomach groaned in hunger. How long have I passed out? Probably half a day, if not more. I looked outside, and yes, I'm in the underworld. It's a little brighter now, so it's probably the day after the rating game. No wonder I'm hungry. I nodded to her.
"Okay, then. I'll be right back! What do you want? Normal lunchboxes or some common food her-...?"
*BOOOOOM!*
"Ugwah...!" And before Serena-kaichou could pass the door, a wall beside it suddenly exploded, and then out of it, a tall man wearing a butler suit fell and slid on the floor and hit the wall, crashing some windows. He had black back-slicked hair, pale skin and a very bright brown eye, since the other one was pierced by two fricking needles! "Please, lady Mary, listen to me! Lord Cohen only wants to know how is her daughters's state. I beg you, don't do anything harsh to me!"
"The eldest is having an orgy with sir Gladius's harem and the youngest doesn't want to talk with anybody. For Lord's sake, tell Cohen that this is a hospital!" I heard from the other side of the hole. I bent over from my sitting stance, and looked at it: there was a tall, pretty and slender woman with bright green wavy hair with several ribbons wrapped in them, fair skin and equally emerald eyes, wearing a medical coat over an tight leather black jumpsuit and carrying several needles with her. Behind her, there was another... Thing, with a human female figure, yellow eyes with black sclerae and long blond hair with a ferocious cowlick sticking out of the top, wearing a nurse's outfit, strangely enough wrapped all around with bandages with strange symbols. "One more thing for that idiot... DONT. MESS. WITH ME. AT WORK!"
"A-Ah...!" And the other brunette flinched, standing up to face his enemy(?) And lifting his hand in a surrender gesture. "Please, hear me out, lady Mary Beelzebub! Lord Cohen wants proofs that I went here to examine his daughters, Lady Berolina and Lady Nemesis. I must talk, or at least see them!"
"Out of my hospital! Tell Cohen to look up for his dick first, that filthy cockroach!"
"P-Please, Lady Mary...!"
"Kataria."
*ZOOM!*
"What the, a magic portal?!"
"Ciao!"
*KICK!*
"LADY MAAaaaaryyy~...!"
*ZOOM!*
"Much better." Some explanations and time are needed now. I just saw that new guy trying reasoning with that Lady Mary, before she had enough with him and made her nurse open a portal to another dimension to kick him in. Wait, isn't Gremory's father's name Cohen? So he really care about her daughters. The young woman from before now focused her eyes on me, calming down now. "I'm terribly sorry about it. That Cohen douchebag would've cause massive damage not only here, but all the underworld."
"A-Ah... No, I understand." I said, bowing a little in respect. The other said something about 'Beelzebub'. That's the title of the Manager of Science and Research in the underworld, if I can recall right. She must be the current Satan of such. "Uh~... Good morning... Afternoon... Night... Lady Beelzebub."
"I'm doctor Beelzebub here, thank you very much."
"What...?"
"Now, Let's see how you are doing." And out of her pocket, she picked a chained pencil and tossed it to one of the corners of my bed, only to pull it out and picked the diagnosis board she just stabbed in there. She examined it and said it clear and loud. " 'Ichijou Tsukino; former human now devil; sixteen years; Berolina Gremory's Queen and the current Host of the Boosted gear'. Let's see: exhaustion, rigid muscles, some fractures, a broken left arm burns caused by the Power of destruction plus his own pathetic defeat by the hands of Nemesis Gremory."
*BAM!*
"Please don't do this. As a doctor, I'd hate to put 'recent concussion' on this list." She said that, yet she was the one who made me look like shit. 'Pathetic defeat', well, we didn't win, so that's that. I sighed, as now the doctor noticed Kaichou still kinda frozen by the door, and shot her arrows with her eyes.
"You. What are you doing here? Visitors must wait outside when the doctor comes." Lad-... Doctor Beelzebub said, her tone so acid and threatening I can feel my own blood freeze. Kaichou smiled a little and laughed it off nervously. "Out."
"Y-Yeah, but I just want to know what kinda of Boxlunch Ichijo-..."
"OUT."
And with that, Serena-Kaichou gulped hard and waved a goodbye before going out of the room, leaving me alone with the doctor and her bandaged assistant(?). She turned back to me and sighed, adjusting her monocle on the left eye and picking a nearby chair to sit on it.
"So sorry. Hospital's policy, no visitors during tests and check-ups." She said, her tone low enough to see that she really mean it. I nodded to her. "Nothing too serious, nothing everlasting. However, you'll be sore for a few weeks and I'll have to put your left arm in a plaster cast, since you're still living in the human world and can't walk around with magic rune in it. I'll have to change your bandages as well."
"Okay." I said. Only now I noticed: I'm covered in bandages on my entire chest and stomach. Plus the pain in my left arm. Maybe the adrenaline was still running wild from that dream. Lady Beelzebub called her 'assistant' with a hand signal, and she approached me, a medical box at hand. I leaned forward and turned my back to them.
"Now, it'll only take a few seconds, so you better don't make a ruckus. If you do, then I'll have to sedate you." She said in such calm tone I couldn't help it but shiver. Is she... Is she threatening me? I dunno, but this is freaking me out. A few seconds later, I felt the cold metal of a scissor smoothly pass on the skin of my back, and *TIC!*, make a small sound of clashing blades, as the bandages around my chest loosed a little.
It didn't take long for her to run the scissors all the way from my lower spine to the middle of my back, taking those old bandages off to roll another one on my chest and stomach. I took a glimpse from inside of it, and saw several bruises and cuts around that area, plus a few burn marks, but nothing but a few red points. Man, the match was that intense.
"And we are finished here." She said, as she picked me by the shoulders and made me turn around to face her. "Now, I want you to lift your left arm so that I can put the cast on it."
"Okay." I said, as I slowly lifted my left arm for her. A sting of pain hit me right there, and I grimace, but after taking a deep breath, I did it, as she picked my hand and made me extend my arm. It was all swollen and bruised. "Uh... Doctor Beelzebub, don't you need bandages and plaster to put a cast on?"
"Not for me. Kataria!" Still holding my arm, she turned her head around to face her assistant, probably a member of her own peerage, while the other immediately extended her own arm with her fingers, also bandaged, all stretched up. That confused me a little bit, and so Doctor Beelzebub simply picked her assistant's middle finger, pull it out with vigor and then...
*DOOON...!*
"Gah! What the hell...!" And then it happened: doctor Beelzebub pulled her assistant's arm so violently that the bandages around it looses up and unravel all the way to her elbow. However, instead of an arm, she pulled the horn of a massive white 'leech ' thing! The size of it was at least twice the size of Kataria-san's arm! How the hell physics work here?! And then, *CHOMP!*, Doctor Beelzebub made that creature eat my arm! "A-Ah...!"
"Don't scream, this is a hospital. In order to make check-ups and surgeries, patients must be well-rested and unstressed. Don't make me sew your mouth shut." She said in a rather too calm tone. Creepy, but I don't want my mouth sewed shut, so instead I bit my tongue and shut my mouth with my right hand. Everything, while that creature is sucking on my arm like a leech, dr. Beelzebub holding one of it's horns by the corner of the central mouth. Strangely enough, it's not hurting anymore, and after a while, she removed it out of my arm, leaving only a white mucus around it. Kataria-san wrapped it again and returned it to the normal size of her own arm, and the Demon lord sighed again to hold my arm with her two hands. "Steady, now. It'll dry in no time."
"O-Okay." I said back, doing everything she says while still sweating buckets. In no time, that mucous substance dried and turned into something similar to a Plaster cast. Firm and steady. Huh, so she was serious. "Oh, wow."
"Thank you for being patient with the procedures. Here's a lollipop." And then she stuffed a strawberry-flavored lollipop into my mouth. Katalia-san patted me on the head in a rather lovely way, like my mother use to do.
"Thank... You. Hey, Beelzebub-sam-... I mean sensei...?" I said. She stopped looking at the files and turned back to me. "Uh~... Well... How about the others? G-... I mean, Berolina and the rest of my Peerage?"
"..." She turned her eyes to the ceiling, then to the floor, to her assistant, and then back to me. "They're..."
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"And 91... 92... 93... 94... 95... 96... 97... 98... 99... And... And... And..."
*BAM!*
"C-Curses..."
"Almost there, Annabelle-dono. Almost." And China boobs patted my back as I lied exhausted on the floor. Damn it, I'm still far, far too weak.
Nemesis-San was far too smart and strong for me. The only one who gave her any trouble was... Ichijou. He even reached balance Breaker and almost defeated her. He was the best, yet he got the worst of all of us.
"Sex in the hospital?" Ryuubi and I turned our attention to the entrance to the room, and from there, Fire boobs appeared, wearing a hospital gown just like everybody else and looking like a mummy. Maybe she'll bounce a lot less because of this. "Well, at least is one topping other."
"Ah! Campbell-dono. So it seems that you have awaken from your vegetative state. I'm glad!" And the monkey on me jumped into the air and landed if front of the witch. I didn't give two yens about it, and took a deep breath to continue with my push-ups. Tasha tilted her head to a side and blinked a few times in curiosity.
"Anna-chin. You. Doing what?" She asked. Without turning to her, I sighed and continued with my exercises.
"Can't you see? I'm doing push-ups! Nemesis-san showed me how... Powerless I am. And if this continues, I won't be able to beat my f-...!" And *BAM!*, my arms suddenly weakened, as soon I gave the floor a French one. I'm not even joking, I just bit my tongue with that face-first fall. Shit, this hurts, but if I stop now... C'mon, Anna, you can... Do it...
"Y'know, maybe Tsukino-chin doesn't like cowgirl, Anna-chin. After that match, missionary would be most likely." She said again, bending herself next to me and talking that nonsense again with no expression whatsoever. Ichijou would probably flip one and punch her square in the face, but I have better things to do. Like training.
"Can't you say anything... That isn't a dirty joke, witch?!" I said back, trying to lift myself up again, and again *BAM!*, I miserably failed, kissing the floor and making myself look pathetic. Shit, my chi levels are almost at zero, and my arms and fingers still hurts from the previous match. I'm... I'm still very weak... I thought with wits and tricks I would fool and defeat others but...
"We love you, you know that, Annabelle?" I heard a soft voice from above. In surprise and shock, I lifted my head and follow the direction it came, only to see that Campbell Witch bending over me, extending her arm to help me. Did she just said she loves me? "Me, Ryuubi-chin, Maybe Gremory-chin and even Tsukino-chin. We all love you in a way. We might not know each other that much, but we're a peerage now, a family. So, if anything is bothering you, even if you don't tell us, don't forget that we'll be there for you. I bet even Tsukino-chin will level a country to save you and smack your head for being such a reckless idiot."
"..." I pouted. Sheesh, even the pervert is now trying to sound cool, succeeding even. But a family, huh? Mother Kagura was always training and doing missions, but she always had time for me, as for My father Desmond, He's not a bad guy, just kinda... Racist. I ran away from home as soon as I discovered that I was a bastard child and the reason why mother abandoned her other family. I wonder what's she doing now.
I shook my head to clean up my clouded head and sighed, taking Tasha's hand to stand up and grinning at her. Maybe I'm not as strong as I thought. Sure, I'm still a pretty awesome ninja. Doesn't take the fact the others are trying too. Besides, those two are more gifted than me...
In more than one way.
"Tch, trying to sound cool? So not-like you, Tasha." I chuckled, crossing my arms and giving her a typical smirk. She tilted her head to a side in confusion.
"Cold." She said, blinking a few times and sighing. "The air, that is. My jack might rip."
And a nipple joke. There we go~.
"Yeah! You re totally right, Campbell-dono! We are family!" And Ryuubi smiled again, taking her way to beside the witch and friendly slapping her on the back, however, *BAM!*, since the monkey has no idea how ridiculous her strength is, she just opened a crater on the concrete floor for Tasha! Ouch, that's gotta hurt. "Ah! I Apologize, Campbell-dono! Please forgive me!"
"It's alright. Maybe Tsukino-chin likes it rough. Better train as soon as possible." And she's back. Oh, man. I thought for a Second that I would have to deliver my backstory or something for this girls.
"Ara, ara, arguing already?" A new voice was heard in the room, and soon as possible, the three of us turned around to find out who it was. Instead of a familiar face, however, we stared at a bunch of roses and other flowers at the entrance door. "Good afternoon, Ladies. Good match for you all. I'm impressed by your efforts and struggles. I'm now sure that I can trust my beloved idiot daughter to you plus the Sekiryuutei, so as a token of gratitude, I brought the prettiest flower for you four!"
"..."
"...?"
"Bush is talking. I know it has lips, but not voice."
"Easy there, witch." I said, slapping the back of her head and laughing a little because of that same idiotic joke.
"Oh, sorry. Those same flowers are in the way, if you excuse me." And then that bush of flowers lowered a little, revealing by the other side a extremely beautiful, fair-skinned redhead, with a smile that can cause global warming. Oh, gosh, she's so pretty! And she has a nice rack! I'm just want to... Poke them! But, wait, did she said... Take care of her stupid daughter? Don't tell me... She's Gremory's mother! Holy shit! She's a MILFTBOAALM! A mother I'd like to fuck the brains out and a little more! "Hello, Rina's peerage. Let me introduce myself: I'm Alice Gremory, you dear King's mother."
*DRIP! DRIP.*
"Huuuuh~?"
"Sorry, I just had a stroke. Nothing serious." I said, turning my eyes to another direction and trying to stop the bleeding from my nose. Tasha is giving 'that' kind of luck, while Ryuubi is picking a few tissues for me. Believe it, I'll need some more of those tonight after that one.
"Oh, well, here. Take those beautiful flowers! I picked them myself from my own garden(and Astaroth's) and chose the prettiest ones to give them to my precious retarted daughter's peerage! I hope you all like them!" She said, smiling although she's speaking ill of her own daughter. However, yes, those flowers are pretty. Roses, Camellias, sunflowers, every kind of flower that can make you smile. How, so she's not just a eye-candy, she's also a sugarplum. However, I noticed that she was now empty-handed, as she gave all of her flowers to us. How about our little Sekiryuutei?
Wait, 'our'?
"Ma'am, as Much as I loved the present you brought to us, it bothers me that you've not brought a bouquet of flowers for the Hong Long!" The monkey girl lifted her hand and stated the obvious, while Tasha was too busy sniffing her flowers to care.
"Nice question, and I have the answer right here." And then she pulled on-screen a new face, a pretty girl with short blond hair, fair skin, light blue eyes and carrying another bouquet of pretty golden flowers. For some reason, she reminds me of someone. I can't really put my finger on it, though.
"Greetings, commoners. Please, no need to bow before me, I just want to know where is the Sekiryuutei for me to deliver those lilies for him from lady Alice Gremory." She said in an arrogant, disdainful tone, as she turned around her eyes to avoid looking at us. Let me guess, she's a Phenex, the immortal birds of the demon world and one of the remaining 27 pillars from the original 72. Lady Gremory... Yeah, I guess that's the thing, giggled and patted the blonde's head in a caring way. Ah~, I want her to pat me too.
"I'm so sorry about her. She's my Goddaughter, and her name is Raven Phenex. As you might've noticed, she inherited the bad genes from that same clan." Nailed it. So she's a Phenex. "But, Rei-chan, you're the one who picked the your half of the flowers."
"..." And I guess Lady Gremory cut one of her fuses, since 'Rei-chan' began to glow a deep shade of Crimson, and turned around from us. Oh, Great, now's a lady Ravel with a touch of Lord Raiser, isn't that just swell? "I-It's not like that, Lady Gremory. Ikkun and I... I mean, Tsukino Ichijou and I are just acquaintances."
"Oh, I'm sorry. I must've misunderstood things when you were shouting his name while looking at his match."
"Oh."
"I-It's not like that! Not at all!" And that's just overkill. Was that even suggestive?! That was just ASKING to be taken in a bad way! I couldn't stop laughing, and Tasha had a bloody nose and burning cheeks for that. Ryuubi was just tilting her a little, but she has an idea what the others are saying. "And you three! Stop staring at pme like that! Just... Just tell me where Ikkun is!"
"Is it Christmas? Tsukino-chin might stuff the turkey too early." Tasha rolled her eyes and said that lame joke. It was really lame, but because of the situation, I couldn't help it but laugh even more, as even Lady Gremory joined us much for her goddaughter's embarrassment.
"Shut your mouth! I mean it! I'm... I'm a Phenex! I'll burn you all to ashes!" She said, as she began to cry. Yep, too much spiritual damage can turn a Phenex into a mess. She pouted and squished her cheeks, and then she lifted her hands to block her swollen face, only to show us a small cute package.
"Oh, so you brought cake too. I mean, I don't remember doing that either." Lady Gremory said, looking at the pink package and snapping it from Phenex's hand.
"Ah! Lady Gremory! That's for... I mean, that's mine! I made it myself!" Phenex dropped her flowers, in which Ryuubi fortunately caught before it could hit the ground and tried to reach for her stolen present, uselessly since the redhead was way too tall for her. "Give it back!"
"Only if you admit that you made it for Ichijou-kun." She teased, as my peerage partners and I were laughing out loud, seeing the little miss Phenex blush to the point she was on fire, and turning around to see us and sigh.
"I made the cake... For Ichijou-kun..." She sighed as she said those words. I snickered. Pfff~, that guy is attracting more females that I actually thought. It's actually funny, really. as far as I can tell, he's probably afraid of women in general, and that's why he doesn't want a harem. He's getting one. Poor lucky bastard.
"You can always make a cream-pie with him, instead." And that crossed the line a little, both of them. I snickered so hard I think I just messed with a facial muscle, and while Ryuubi couldn't possibly understand that joke, she only smiled to her. Lady Phenex, however, finally break, and she shoved the cake into Lady Gremory's chest to run away from us.
"YOU COMMONESH AR SHOO CRUELL~! WAAAAAH~!" And goodbye. She ran away from us and disappeared from our sight. Sic, so much for the Phenex immortality. Lady Gremory turned to us and smiled.
"So, any idea where Ichijou-kun might be? Gotta tell him his f-buddy left some cake for him."
I have the slight idea that me and Lady Gremory gonna have a smoooooth~ relationship...
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"What?! Gremory is in a com-?!" I screamed, but before I could finish it, dr. Beelzebub tossed a surgical tape and sealed my mouth shut. Wait, Gremory is in a coma? How come? I got the worse from Nemesis-San, and I'm... Pretty wracked, but I'm still going, so how come?!
"Shut up before I melt your mouth with acid. this is an hospital, you mindless mongrel!" And she shot that venomous and threatening look at me this time. She blinked a few times, and sighed, slightly annoyed as she adjusted her monocle again. "Apologizes for you, Sekiryuutei. Just do not... Scream. This is a hospital."
"..."
"But as I was saying, the rest of your peerage is in good condition, but your king entered a comatose state. Berolina Gremory from the Gremory house is in a coma, despite the fact that her condition is far from critical." Dr. Beelzebub continued, as her assistant was now playing with a red glass ball In front of me, probably to cheer me up. "This was probably caused by stress. Lord Zephyrdor had that same reaction against lord Asmodeus back in the golden days of the previous Sekiryuutei. It was also her first Rating Game. Her problem is in her brain."
"..."
"Oh, right. I'm sorry for that." And she removed the tape from my mouth, leaving a hella burn mark there! It whined like a brat for a few seconds before finally calming down.
"Aw~... That freaking hurts~..." I said, while my numb lips were turning back to normal. Gremory is traumatized, huh? I'm sorry for that, can't say that I want her dragging me around, though.
Shit, that sounded incredibly selfish.
"Ichijou Tsukino. The red dragon emperor. Can I ask you a question?" She said, as she summoned a handful of magic circles, a bigger one in front of other smaller ones, and began to type on them like a portable computer. "When you were on Juggernaut Drive, or even Balance Breaker, tell me, how was it?"
"How was it..." I tried to recall everything from my Balance Breaker, since I Have still no idea what that Juggernaut Drive is. I tried and tried, but it was no use. I can't remember it, because I was not the one using it. It was Yagura. I was just watching her fighting by my Internal classroom, in a state of pseudo-trance, and just when she was about to finish Nemesis-San off, I woke up from it and broke free from her mind control. Since she didn't do it with ill intentions, I can't be mad with her. I sighed. "Sorry, Beelzebub-sensei, I can't remember a thing."
"It's quite alright. Perhaps mental state stays the same during those forms and Balance Breaker. The data I've gathered, plus the already collected one from that snake, should be enough to further know what lies in those artifacts of God. It also seems that the identity of both Ophis and Great Red are also somehow printed in it. The extension of it, however, is I know." She said, as images from my match against Nero, Ginko-San and Nemesis-san(loosely) were playing on her 'rune-screen'. She dismissed those and sat on her original seat from before. "I'm not just a doctor. I'm also the chief advisor of the Technology and research department."
"Oh, just like the Lord Ajuka, right?"
*BREAK!*
"Please, I'd hate to put you in the ITU caused by an accident here." For some reason or another, her monocle shattered and her face turned yellow to then purple. Before I could say something more, Lady(?) Katalia put her hand on my mouth to avoid further suicidal words to escape from my mouth. She's pissed now. "Mad? No, I'm not mad, Katalia. After all, I admire that ingenious, prodigy, champion-of-the-underworld, filthy, Unreachable, infuriatingly intelligent, know-it-all and especially DEAD snake of a satan of the previous generation!"
"I-I'm sorry." I said, meeking on my seat and waiting for something (bad) to happen, but she sighed, flicked her own fingers, and calmed down, her skin tone turning back to normal. Scary, now that's a satan I don't want to mess with.
"Do not apologize. I was the one who lost control. And as a doctor, this kind of behavior is... Inexcusable." She said, as she snapped her fingers and her monocle came together on her face, good as new. "Well, well, returning to our matter at hand, it looks like your control over the Boosted Gear is not very good yet, but seeing how much potential you have, plus the fact alone that You're the current host of it makes you perfect for her."
"Excuse me?"
"You can enter now, dear." She clapped her hands a few times, and the door slip open. By the other side of it, there was this incredibly beautiful girl with short wavy purple hair, fair skin, green Aqua and wearing a loose suit with a sun printed on the black tie. She was also barefoot. She smiled at me, and walked towards us, standing next to Beelzebub-sensei to pick her hand. "This is my dear offspring. I named her Irene Dantalion, since my and my husband's titles don't change our origins."
"Oh, so your Husband is also a satan?"
"Not necessarily. Roygun Belphegor became the new number one of the Rating Game after Lord Belial's defection, holding the title for so long that the Satans turned him into a sub-satan and general manager of the Rating Game system during the dark age. My dear partner became the new 'Belphegor' after Roygun's retirement, but that's not why she's here..." And she picked my free right arm and made both of our hands lock in a rather romantic way. I blushed a little, and Miss Irene did the same, we locked eyes, and then dr. Beelzebub said: "Ichijou Tsukino, I want you to marry my daughter and have strong children with her."
"..."
"...?"
"When did you called her, anyway?"
"When I was typing your data."
"Was she waiting outside this whole time?"
"No."
Okay, now with that out of the way, I can simply ask...
"WHAT?!"
I think that was kinda of a forced, but good idea at the time. An arranged merriage for our little loser. Maybe this trope is already overused, but I like those so~ much, I couldn't help but to put it here. I guess this time It'll turn out okay. Peace, now~.