Draconis: Yawn.
Kenshin: Back to Redux again?
Draconis: I'm trying to get a job and if I get a job I'm really only gonna have time for one story and I'm choosing that to be Redux. A Retold Tale is on an extended hiatus as of right now.
Kenshin: And your lemon story?
Draconis: I'll put out one out when I can. Anyway lets get started.
Negima! Springfield and Kuroshi Redux
Chapter 36
Training
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
Evangeline's cottage.
Three days after the Kyoto Trip
Kenshin was laying on the couch having told Hikari she could have the spare bedroom. He was tossing and turning and breaking a sweat. Negi walked into the cottage having been told by Evangeline to come in early for training.
"Kenshin?" Negi says walking up to him. Kenshin had quit tossing and turning, but his body was shaking slightly. She was about to wake him up when she noticed something. "!...T-Tears?"
Indeed. As Negi got a closer look at her boyfriend's face tears were evident in his eyes and starting to pour out. "What in the world?...I..I don't think I've ever seen Kenshin cry before."
"How pathetic." Hottan says.
"Will you shut up." Negi mentally growled.
She heard him muttering something and leaned in. "D...Don't go...p-please...take me with you.."
Negi stared down in shock at Kenshin. "What is going on? I need to look into th-"
"Dad...!" Kenshin suddenly said.
Negi closed her eyes and chanted the phrases for the dream-viewing spell her body going limp over the couch.
(Dream)
"Son...Dad's gotta leave for awhile." Negi heard someone say. She turned her head to find the elder Kuroshi crouched down in front of a much younger Kenshin. If she had to guess he had to be five. If not for the reason she were here she probably would have giggled and said something about him being cute. Another thing she noticed that she never did with the current Kenshin. This boy seemed completely innocent. She thought for a moment she was staring at someone else before she noticed his cat ears.
"Where are we going Dad?" Kenshin asks.
"You're not going anywhere Kenshin." Ryuushin says. "I'm going away with Uncle Nagi to look for your mother."
"No!" Kenshin cried. "Dad I wanna come with you!"
Ryuushin sighs and pulled Kenshin into his embrace. "Kenshin, Daddy doesn't want to see you get hurt knowing he could have done something to stop it."
"I don't care! Please don't leave!" Kenshin says.
Negi was about to reach out for Kenshin's shoulder when the scene suddenly shifted. She looked around. She looked around and noticed they were in an open field. Three children. She recognized them as Kenshin, a younger Yukari and a younger Miyuki. There was also an adult there with a thick black cloak with a face she recognized as Hikari's
She noticed Kenshin walked by her with wide eyed as it began storming. She turned her head and gasped holding her hand over her mouth. Ryuushin was laying on the ground barely breathing with black knives running through his torso mutilating his body.
"Dad...?" Kenshin says. "Dad wake up...come on..." "You you always said you...you would come back..."
She saw the rest of the dream before hearing a phrase. The last words that Ryuushin ever said to his son. "Sorry Kenshin...I won't be back this time."
(Dream End)
Negi rose up and noticed that even though the dream had ended Kenshin was still sleeping. A dreamless sleep. Negi knew he was still hurting inside and put her hand on his shoulder pushing on it lightly.
"!" Kenshin's eyes snapped open as he gasped softly. He rose up and turned his head to Negi. "Negi...?" He said blearily.
"Hey." Negi say showing a comforting smile. "Um...you were kind of having a nightmare."
"I was..." Kenshin says looking down at the couch.
Negi given that she was kind of getting used to being rejected to this question braced for his next rejection. "Do you wanna talk about it?"
Kenshin shook his head. "No...Not really."
"I see." Negi sighs as she and Kenshin get back to their feet.
Kenshin reaches over and takes her hand. "Thank you."
"Eh?" Negi says surprised. "For what?"
"For..." Kenshin smiles stroking the back of her hand with her thumb. "For just being there...it was nice to have a comforting face there for me when I wake up from one of these nightmares."
Negi wasn't sure what to say so she just pulled him into her arms. "Kenshin, I'll always be here for you just like you have always been there for me."
Kenshin rolled his eyes. "Now it sounds like you're just trying to pay me back."
Negi pulled back and looked into his eyes. "Would someone like that do this?" She pulled his head down and kissed him on the lips before walking away. Kenshin turned around scratching his cheek. "O...K then.."
"You know kid you should be more open with her." Ryuujin says.
"I'm getting relationship advice from you now?" Kenshin thought. "What's next are you gonna be my legal advisor?"
"Will you cork it?" Ryuujin says. "I've been married before you dolt!" "Happily at that!"
"Gods can have relationships?" Kenshin thought.
"What kind of rationalization is that? !" Ryuujin roared. "That old bastard has had at least ten lovers since becoming Shinigami!"
"He...speaks the truth." Yama says glaring at the god of dragons who was smirking mockingly at him.
"Great...I'm surrounded by perverts." Arika says. "It's like being around Nagi, Kenshin, the Slayer of Ryuujin and Jack all over again.
"That fight was a fucking double knock out!" Ryuujin shouts.
Kenshin tuned the arguing three out and had a thought to himself. "She..said she would always be there..." He sighed looking out the open door of the cottage. "How many times have I heard that before or at least something like it?" "Should I take the chance that she'll still be there after I tell her everything?" "Any other girl would probably be scared off after hearing it."
"What about that Konoka girl?" Slyph's voice suddenly chimed in."She's still your friend ain't she?"
"Sylph?" Kenshin thought. "Before I answer how are you in my head."
"I'm not silly I'm just communicating telepathically from my forest in Makai." Sylph giggled. "Salamander's busy so I thought I'd chat with you for a bit."
"Ok..." Kenshin thought. "Well Negi's situation is a little different. She wants to be a Magister Magi or a Master Mage to the powers of the country of magic in my world or Mundus Magicus rather." "She would be expected to be the epitome of what is known as a 'Good Mage.'"
"Ahhh...and you're somewhat scared that she might be scared off knowing that you're pretty much the exact opposite." Sylph says.
"I'm not scared!" Kenshin thought defensively
"Ha ha ha! You know you can't exactly lie to me Kenshin-Chan." Sylph says. "If you want my advice...I think you should take the chance." "She loves you and you obviously love her if you're this worried about losing her over your past."
"M...Maybe...I..just need some time to get my thoughts together is all..." Kenshin thought. "Arigatou Slyph."
"No problem!" Sylph cheerfully said.
"Hey kid you have to do any schoolwork today?" Ryuujin says. "Cause if not then get your ass in the resort now."
Kenshin shrugged and looked at the date on his communicator. It was early in the morning a half an hour before he and Negi usually arrived at school. "We're only gonna be able to do one resort day."
"Take what you can get." Ryuujin says. "Get your ass in there."
Kenshin sighs and changed into his usual clothes and made his way into the resort. Ryuujin immediately walked out and guided Kenshin to their usual spot in the resort given that they had been training in the resort for a few weeks now. Kenshin's opinion of Ryuujin's crash course in the katas of the Kuroishi no Ken? Outside of Megalomesembria it was the worst hell imaginable. He had definitely improved no doubt, but no matter what he did, if it wasn't perfect Ryuujin hit him as hard as he could with the broad side of ZanRyuu among other equally painful things.
Ryuujin removed the vest he was wearing and tossed it to Kenshin before tossing a matching pair of boots and gloves. Kenshin put them all on straining under the weight. "Did you put more weight in these?"
"No." Ryuujin said. "You're just tired and weak."
"Damn smart assed dragon..." Kenshin muttered under his breath.
"And with that we're going immediately to two times gravity." Ryuujin says flashing through handsigns.
"WAIT N-!" Kenshin shouts frantically reaching for Ryuujin's forearm..
(crash!)
Kenshin slammed to the ground with force. "Wow that looked like it hurt a lot." Ryuujin says smirking down at him. "Good thing I put Gnome's power over your chest for the time being until you meet her huh?"
"I...Fucking...Hate...You..." Kenshin groaned out.
"I know." Ryuujin smirked.
Kenshin shambled to his feet and unsealed his zanbatou bokken. "S...So." He says struggling against the force as he lifted the bokken into a ready position. "What's first?"
"Charge me." Ryuujin says taking out a cane. "If you do the stance right you'll hit me."
"Right!" Kenshin says doing as instructed reeling his weapon back for a diagonal slash from the left. Ryuujin raised the cane upward and offset the slash above his head using Kenshin's momentum against him as the boy spun around his back facing the dragon god who drove the cane into the right side of Kenshin's back knocking him to the ground.
"Pathetic!" Ryuujin shouts. "You don't vault a Zanbatou over your shoulder unless it's for an unsheathing attack!" "Get up and try again!"
"It would be easier if this damned gravity seal wasn't active..." Kenshin says.
"Don't complain! One day you're gonna be so damn tired that it's gonna feel like the earth's pulling you down twice as hard!" Ryuujin yelled at Kenshin. "Until that day comes I'm going to keep training your ass into the dirt until you get this right now stand up and try again!"
Kenshin lifted himself to his feet and charged the dragon god again squaring his shoulders holding his bokken to his right. He slashed the wooden blade at Ryuujin's throat.
Ryuujin intercepted the swing of his blade with the point of his cane and slammed the palm of his hand into Kenshin's cheek. Kenshin landed back on his feet and tried again this time from the left. Same result however as Ryuujin this time jammed his cane into the boy's stomach knocking the bokken out of his hands.
"Gah!" Kenshin said grabbing his stomach. "This is insane! How am I to be expected to best a master in his own art with only a few weeks of practice? !"
"Tough shit kid." Ryuujin huffed. "One of these days you and I are gonna come to blows over gaining complete control of my powers and my blade." "I don't want to be bored when that day comes." "You've got none of the skills that other Kenshin guy had when we locked horns." "My memory is a little hazy, but he would slaughter you."
"Well no shit!" Kenshin shouts. "He trained both my parents you horned windbag!"
"Whatever." Ryuujin says. "Enough with the sparring, you obviously got noth-"
"One more." Kenshin says glaring.
"Fine, your body your pain. Now Come!" Ryuujin says.
"Alright let's see if this works." Kenshin thought charging Ryuujin with the same stance.
"This again." Ryuujin says disinterested.
Kenshin relaxed his shoulders and lowered his center of gravity as Ryuujin diverted the oncoming slash making him spin again.
"Heh." Kenshin says pulling a three sixty and slashing right at Ryuujin's blind spot.
"What the? !" Ryuujin says angling the cane to block to no avail as Kenshin knocked him into a pillar.
"HA!" Kenshin says. "Gotcha!"
Ryuujin threw his cane into Kenshin's stomach making the boy double over in pain. "Ooowww."
"You got lucky there and you know it." Ryuujin says. "However, I did notice what you did."
"You did?" Kenshin says.
"Yeah." Ryuujin says. "With relaxed, not squared or stiff shoulders during a charge you could react easier to an oncoming attack from the sides with a quick adjustment to your sword arms. "Lowering your center of gravity makes you quicker to the target and as you saw could lead to some interesting counters we're scratching the surface of course, but..." Ryuujin trailed off with a smirk. "I'll make a Zanbatoujutsu user out of you yet."
"Quick question." "Doesn't ZanRyuu come in a different blade?" Kenshin asks.
"Nope." Ryuujin says. "It's my personal blade. I used it and a nodachi that I lost before becoming Ryuujin."
"So you ain't the first god of dragons?" Kenshin asks.
"Hell no." Ryuujin says. "That chick got reincarnated a long time ago."
"Chick?" Kenshin says stroking his chin in thought thinking of what a female Ryuujin might look like.
"She was quite a looker from what I remember." Ryuujin says. "She helped get me ready for the spot before she leapt into the reincarnation cycle."
"What was her name?" Kenshin asks.
"You know...I never found out." Ryuujin says. "Anyway enough reminiscing, I want five hundred slashes downward, upward and diagonal from both sides as well as five hundred horizontal ones."
"Hai hai." Kenshin says as Ryuujin disables his gravity seal.
"After that it's two hundred push ups at two times gravity and then we'll work on controlling Slyph's and Salamander's powers." Ryuujin says.
Kenshin went about his remedial task as Ryuujin counted aloud.
(break)
Twelve hours later
"So what's he trying to do?" Yukari asked Ryuujin as Kenshin stood straight with his eyes closed.
Atsuki answered for him. "Kenshin's trying to call forth the powers of Sylph, the wind spirit without Shin Tatsu having to punch him through."
"Hey." Ryuujin says glaring at Atsuki.
"Hai hai you don't want anyone using your old name." Atsuki says sighing.
"Listen to the voices in the wind." Ryuujin ordered.
Kenshin didn't respond. "Slyph are you there?"
"Yeah. What's up?" Sylph says.
"Well Tatsu's got me training in yours and Salamander's powers again." "Could I use a bit?"
"Mmm...sure!" Sylph says. "Just a sec."
Kenshin's eyes opened feeling a light breeze envelop him. "Wind Protection."
"Level one again huh." Ryuujin says. He slid Atsuki a whip. "Crack that at Kenshin until he deflects it with the wind."
"Kenshin..." Atsuki says.
"Don't worry Atsuki it's not cutting one." Kenshin says. "He's been cracking me with that thing since we started."
Atsuki sighed and cracked the whip at Kenshin. It hit his chest. "Damn." Kenshin groaned.
"Again." Ryuujin says.
Atsuki nodded and did it again. Yama approached Yukari. "Come with me."
"R-Right." Yukari says.
"Ugh!" Kenshin groaned.
"You're trying too hard and the wind feels forced to communicate." Ryuujin says. "The wind spirit is very playful keep going."
(crack!)
"Ah!" Kenshin yelped.
"Again!" Ryuujin says.
(crack!)
"Nn.." Kenshin moved back a step.
(crack!)
"Kenshin are you OK?" Atsuki wondered as she obeyed the orders from Ryuujin.
Kenshin fell to a knee as the wind dissipated. Ryuujin slides his hand under his chin a couple of times telling Atsuki to stop. "OK. So you can't use the first ability of the wind yet." "Alright let's move on."
"Nnngh!" Kenshin clutched at his heart.
"Kenshin!" Atsuki says running up to him. "Ryuujin he needs rest unlike you he has a limit he can't overcome so quickly!" "No amount of measures taken will make up for his heart being overworked!"
Ryuujin walked up to him and pressed his hand to the boy's head. "...Very well, Kenshin go get some rest."
Kenshin struggled to his feet. "No..." "I can...keep going..."
Ryuujin looked him in the eyes. "You sure kid?"
"Yeah...can't have you...constantly giving me shit for...being weak anymore." Kenshin says smirking.
He fell back to a knee coughing. "Kenshin if you keep this up your gonna end up in the hospital!" Atsuki says worried.
"Look kid your determination is one thing I like about you." Ryuujin says. "Go take a four hour nap and then we'll get started again alright."
"Fine." Kenshin says begrudgingly . Atsuki lifted him up and carried him to the resort's center to lay him down. Kenshin turned his head toward her. "Thanks...Atsuki-Chan."
"I was just worried about you is all." Atsuki says looking away.
"Why though...I could have sworn we were just friends before we got separated." Kenshin says.
"Baka...friends worry about each other too." Atsuki says.
"Speaking of when we got separated." Kenshin says looking down at the ground. "Do you miss her?"
"Who?" Atsuki asks.
"Your mother." Kenshin answered.
Atsuki stared at him for a moment before looking down with him. "Sometimes."
"I'm sorry..." Kenshin says.
"No." Atsuki says shaking her head. "It's not your fault so don't do that to yourself."
"If we hadn-"
"If we hadn't met the prick who she was seeing would have killed me." Atsuki says. "You saved my life remember?"
Kenshin looked down. "Yeah...you know Atsu-Chan...I really missed you up until the day I busted out of Megalo."
"Up until?" Atsuki asks. "Did you forget about me or something." There was a sliver of teasing that made Kenshin laugh.
"No...I just had other things to worry about that I couldn't be down about it anymore." Kenshin says.
"I never wanted to leave you know." Atsuki says. "I...I lo..."
"Hm?" Kenhsin says.
Atsuki sighs and shakes her head. "Nothing."
Kenshin nodded as they approached the center of the resort. Negi was there. "What happened?"
"Heart acted up." Kenshin says. "Need to take a break." "Speaking of which Atsuki I can get there from here alone." "Thanks."
Atsuki nods as Kenshin walks away. Negi turns toward Atsuki. "I heard the last end of that conversation."
"!" Atsuki's eyes widen turning toward her. "Wh...Wha?"
"Atsuki-San, do you...love him?" Negi asks.
"Wh-Wh-What are you talking about?" Atsuki says nervously trying to play it off.
"Just before you got here you were about to confess to Kenshin were you not?" Negi asks. "I mean seeing all you tried to do for him it's kinda hard to dispute."
Atsuki sighs. "I'm not trying to make his life more difficult by saying that." "He has you that all he needs." She turns to walk away. "Oh, but I should at least give you a heads up."
"Yes?" Negi says.
"I'm not exactly the only one with feelings for Kenshin." Atsuki says. "Some of them maybe even closer to Kenshin than you think."
Negi looks down in thought as Atsuki walks away. "I know Konoka-San does, but...who else?"
(break)
Another twelve hours later.
Kenshin had taken his nap trained some more. He still couldn't hack the power of the spirits yet. Ryuujin had said that it would be exponentially easier if they were doing this in Makai, but until Kenshin could summon Sheena which he had failed to do again he just shrugged it off and said they couldn't do anything about it at the moment.
There was however one last order of business he wanted to settle before leaving. He took out a charm and flashed through many handsigns before slamming his hand down. "Summon!" "Ryomen Sukuna no Kami!"
Ryomen appeared in a robe that showed off a lot of bust and cut off at the top of her hips. Kenshin's cheeks flared at the sight as he turned his head away.
"Something wrong?" Ryomen asks curiously.
"What's with that getup?" Kenshin asks.
Ryomen looks down. "I was about to go to sleep when you summoned me."
"Nice sleepwear." Kenshin says keeping his head turned.
"So are we going to hammer out a contract or not?" Ryomen asks. "Cause I'm going to need you to look at me."
"Fine." Kenshin says turning toward her. "Now do you have any restrictions for summoning?"
"Considering I live in a space I created for myself separate from Makai,...no." Ryomen says.
"Alright." Kenshin says. "I hold the right to summon you whenever I please." "However...I'm going to send you a message to you saying I'm gonna summon you in advance."
"Why?" Ryomen asked.
"Look at what you're wearing!" Kenshin blanched.
"And? I'm still a demon god." Ryomen says.
"She has a point Kenshin." Ryuujin says walking out of his body. Ryomen's eyes widened falling to a kneel holding her leg hand over her chest. "Lord Shin Tatsu, it's been too long, how have you been?"
"Holy crap!" Kenshin says.
"Anyway. Clothes don't matter when it comes to a fight." Ryuujin says "She and I could fight nude right now."
Ryomen's face flushed and Kenshin shuddered. "Please don't."
"Whatever. I'm going to stay here in the resort." Ryuujin says. "Report back for more training after you're done with your work."
"Fine." Kenshin says as the dragon god walked further into the resort.
"So why did you call him Lord Shin Tatsu?" Kenshin asks.
Ryomen sat cross legged while her four arms crossed under her breasts and behind her head. "He was my last master and the previous Maou or Demon King."
"EH? !" Kenshin shouts shocked. "He was the last King of Demons? !"
"That's right." Ryomen says. "Anyway why the big deal about the clothes?"
"Sometimes I may summon you in a town or just simply to talk." Kenshin says.
"And yet you're OK with the arms?" Ryomen says. "There's nothing I can do about them you know."
"That's fine. It's part of your body so I'm not going to ask you to change it." Kenshin says.
"So you would want to talk to me at times?" Ryomen says. "Even after our fight?"
"You'd be surprised." Kenshin says. "Now let's discuss payment." "I was thinking either a..."
Ryomen cut him off. "Semen."
"What?" Kenshin says.
"Male juice is a delicacy to female demons." Ryomen says.
Kenshin face-palmed. "Goddammit Sheena asked the same thing of me when I became a teenager." "You and her are REALLY making it hard to be in a faithful relationship." "Is there anyway I can talk you out of it?"
"You can try not summoning me as often." Ryomen says.
"Yeah, but I got Sheena to go down to a kiss." Kenshin says.
"Hmmm... you are either a really good kisser, or just plain cruel." Ryomen says. "Or this Sheena is really affectionate."
"What the hell's that mean? !" Kenshin shouts.
"A: A Faithful loving Relationship is laughable between demons and humans because human life spans are so short." "That Negi girl will be dead before you've lived even a tenth of your life. Even with that Arrhythmic heart of yours." "B: As your other summoned demon has likely told you, opening a portal for yourself and entering it is very tiring." "Hell I would have worn myself out the day you originally wanted to do this and would have taken my payment right then and there if you had summoned me."
Kenshin paled, but regained his composure and glared. "Look until that time comes you'll just have to settle for something else OK?"
"Oh fine." Ryomen says. "A full body massage."
"Eh?" Kenshin says. "Well...how could that go wrong?" He thought as he nodded.
"Alright then." Ryomen says as he rises up. "Contract accepted."
Ryomen turned her head and saw Evangeline putting in some last minute training with Negi while Yama and Yukari did the same. "Tell me boy. Knowing the life you've already led. Why would you fight for anyone else?"
Kenshin turned to her confused. "What do you mean?"
"You've faced a lot of abuse, a lot of death and betrayal already." Ryomen says. "You know very well you could end up having one of those things happening again with them yet you remain and fight alongside them." "Why?"
Kenshin turned his head toward where Ryomen was looking. "Because I know they would do the same for me." "That's why we're training after all." Kenshin turned to smile at the demon goddess. "So we can take on the next challenge when it comes our way." "No matter what happens we will have one another's back when it comes down to it." "I believe we proved that when you had me in the choke hold."
Ryomen nods slowly. "Very well...that's all I wanted to know." "Till next time."
(break)
On the way to class.
Negi Asuna Konoka and Kenshin made their way to class. "So what did Evangeline ask you to do?" Kenshin asks.
"Hah." Negi sighed. "She told me to find someone whose good in hand to hand to train me."
"Why can't she do it?" Kenshin asks.
"She said she was working on something else." Negi says. "She also said she needed to see you about the seal."
"I see." Kenshin says. "Well I got someone you could talk to." He says. He looks out in the distance. "And there she is."
"What are you talking about Kenshin-baka." Asuna says looking out in the distance.
"Hey look it's Ku Fei-Chan!" Konoka says.
Sure enough Ku Fei was standing out surrounded by a bunch of strong looking boys with a confident grin on her face.
"Auuah!" Negi says turning toward Kenshin worried. "Kenshin we need to help her!"
"She's fine." Kenshin says walking calmly toward Ku Fei.
"Then why are you walking up to her?" Negi says.
"To get a better view." Kenshin says leading his group of four closer to where Ku Fei was. "Duck."
"Wha? WhOA!" Negi says ducking as one of the larger boys was sent flying over everyone's heads.
A few minutes later Ku Fei stood alone as the boys all laid crumpled and defeated around her. "Weak-aru." "Isn't there someone who could pose a better challenge-aru?"
"I dunno Ku-Chan." Kenshin says. "Maybe we could go a round." He finishes cracking his knuckles.
"Hm? Kenshin-Sensei?" Ku Fei says walking toward them.
Suddenly one of the boys sprung back up behind Kenshin. "Hm?" Kenshin says turning toward him. He tripped him up and grabbed the boy's leg as he fell and tossed him back toward his buddies. "Get on to class all of ya!"
"Who were those boys?" Negi says.
"Eh just members from the Mahora High School Karate Association-aru." Ku Fei says. "Are you OK?"
"Oh...yeah that was just amazing how you took them down is all." Negi praised.
"Ha ha ha. Thanks, but I'm nowhere near Mana or Kaede's level." Ku Fei says.
"What styles do you know?" Kenshin asks. "Hand to hand is more secondary to me, but I'm still interested nonetheless."
"Well my specialties are in Hsing I Chuan and Pa Kua Zhang-aru." Ku Fei says. "However I do know some Hakkyokuken and Shintai Gouken."
"Wow." Negi says in awe. Kenshin took notice of this and grinned to himself knowing she was already interested.
"Now to pitch the idea to Ku Fei." Kenshin thought.
"Good Morning Kenshin-Sensei, Negi-Sensei!" The two turned around and greeted Ayaka and the library trio and made their way to class.
After class Kenshin stood up. "Alright. Everything we just went over might be on the test so study up on it." He looked around. "Oh. Ku Fei, Negi-Sensei and I need to see you after school today."
"Eh...m..me-aru?" Ku Fei says with a small blush feeling like she had been put on the spot by him.
Kenshin smiled comfortingly. "Don't worry you're not in any sort of trouble we would just like to have a word with you." "Er, but it's not something that can really be discussed publically so could you meet us at the World Tree Plaza?"
"I don't mind, I'm just glad I'm not in trouble-aru." Ku Fei says.
"Alright then see you all later." Negi says as she and Kenshin walk out the door.
Yukari and Miyuki look over and see some of the other girls huddled up talking amongst themselves. "Hah, the rumor between the two of us is almost gone and he has to go and get another one started." Yukari sighs to herself. "Does he like being talked about?"
"I think it's more Ku-Chan than him Onee-Chan." Miyuki says. "They're talking about Negi letting him have another girlfriend."
Yukari face-palmed. "The rumor mill keeps working it seems." "Let's go."
The two sisters exit the classroom. "By the way Onee-Chan given all that's happened don't you think you should."
"No." Yukari cut in before she could finish her question.
"Why?" Miyuki says.
"You already know why I can't." Yukari says. "My inner demon quit speaking to me so are you picking up her slack?"
"I'm sorry if that's what it feels like Onee-Chan." Miyuki says. "But I told him I did so why can't you?"
"!" Yukari turned to her wide eyed for a second before closing her eyes turning away. "I...It would feel too awkward to be around Negi...just drop it."
"I'm sorry Onee-Chan." Miyuki says hanging her head. "It's just...it's..been awhile since I last saw you happy about anything."
"..." Yukari sighed and walked away.
(break)
At the world tree plaza.
"So we're here to spy on them?" Misa says watching with a rather large group of her fellow students.
"We are not we're just making sure that Ku Fei-San won't try to..." Ayaka says.
"Hai hai so she won't try to make a student teacher relationship..." Makie says tiredly.
"Seems kind of impossible though don't you think?" Haruna asks. "Ku-Chan's never really shown interest in boys or even girls."
"Shh shh!" Ayaka says. "Here they come."
Indeed Kenshin and Negi walked up to the plaza where Ku Fei was waiting. Kenshin was wearing a white t-shirt and black jeans while Negi was wearing the exact opposite. Both shirts had an indescript symbol on the front.
"Wow wearing that you really get a good look at what Shin-kun's been hiding." Makie says.
"Hey has anyone noticed that he suddenly stopped wearing his eyepatch?" Madoka asks pointing at her left eye.
"I think Miyuki-San said he didn't need it anymore and she was making something else for him." Sakurako says. "I guess he was lucky enough to get an eye transplant from someone."
Kenshin sneezed as they made it to Ku Fei. "Are you OK-aru?"
"Yeah I'm fine." Kenshin says. "Yama do I have a cold?"
"No." Yama replied.
"Weird." Kenshin thought.
"That's a nice outfit you have on Ku Fei-San." Negi complimented seeing as she was wearing a yellow china dress with a jacket of the matching color.
"Eh heh heh...thanks-aru." Ku Fei says. "So what's up."
Kenshin pushes Negi forward. "She has something she wants to ask."
"Hm?" Ku Fei says. "What is it."
"U-Um." Negi stuttered unsure of how she would ask.
"Think fast." Kenshin says suddenly punching at Ku Fei's face.
"!" Ku Fei's body arced to the left diverting his fist away and pulling her into his arms setting her palm against his head.
"AH! Kenshin!" Negi says.
"Hey look Kenshin-Sensei and Ku Fei-San are embracing." Makie says.
"Wait I did see Ku-Chan leaving her room on the third night of the trip...you don't think.." Sakurako says.
"You mean they realized they loved one another!" Ayaka says.
Ku Fei held her shaking fist next to Kenshin's head. "You know you really shouldn't try to punch your students-aru." "If we were both serious someone could get hurt."
Kenshin chuckled. "Your old man trained you well." "You reacted nicely to that."
Ku Fei let him go. "So what's going on here?"
"Actually I have a bit of a favor to ask." Kenshin says.
"Go on..." Ku Fei says.
Before Kenshin could get his request out of his mouth Asuna's voice cut through the plaza clearing. "Hey Negi, Kenshin!" "Finally we found you."
"Asuna-San what is it?" Negi asks.
"Well the three of us were gonna go bowling and and sing some karaoke." Asuna says. "Setsuna-San says she's never been."
"Hey Ku-Chan you wanna come too?" Konoka asks.
"Sure! I love bowling." Ku Fei says.
Kenshin and Negi looked over at each other. "Wanna make this an impromptu date?" Kenshin asks.
"Sure." Negi says smiling.
A rustling of the bushes was heard. "I'll come too Negi-Sensei, Kenshin-Sensei!" Everyone turned to find Ayaka running up to them with the rest of her group.
Kenshin turns back to Negi. "I'm not gonna have to pay for everyone am I?"
Negi shoved his shoulder playfully. "You know you're good for it." "Anyway I guess I should wait to ask Ku Fei-San to train me."
"I guess." Kenshin says.
(break)
Tori Bowl.
Negi turned to Kenshin. "You sure you don't want to bowl with the class?"
"Nah." Kenshin says. "I was never really a good bowler." He laughs as Ku Fei bowls a seventh consecutive strike. "Besides it's funny enough watching Ku-Chan take everyone to the cleaners."
"How did she get so good?" Negi wondered.
"Who knows." Kenshin shrugged.
"Me and Secchan are hopeless though." Konoka said smiling.
Kenshin grinned as Ku Fei walked back to them. "Few more and you'll have a perfect game."
"Nyohohoho." Ku Fei chuckled with an accent in her voice flashing a peace sign. "Leave it to me." She felt an odd presence coming from behind her and turned her head to find Ayaka, Makie and Nodoka. "Uh...I felt a tremendous amount of KI coming from over here would that have been you Iinchou?" Ku Fei asks curiously.
Nodoka looked over at Ku Fei. "What do I do?" She thought. "What if Kenshin-Sensei and Negi-Sensei both have a thing for Ku Fei-San?"
Ayaka rose from her seat shouting. "Ahh, I cannot accept this! Even if Kenshin-Sensei has made up his mind I will not stand by and accept it as fate!"
Kenshin looked over at her. "Uh...wut?" He said mainly to himself with a semi creeped out look on his face. "Not that I don't think Ayaka-Chan is attractive, but...does she not know I'm taken?"
"You know if you weren't so concerned with staying in a one on onerelationship you could have a harem of beauties right now." Yama commented.
"Hey!" Arika snaps. "It's my daughter he's dating so don't you even!"
"I know that Yama, but if I was gonna do that I want something to be there." Kenshin thought. "And I'd have to OK it with Negi at that."
"Hm...I don't think she'd mind." Yama says. "But it's your choice."
Arika pulled the god of death aside. "Come with me."
Yama rolled his eyes as he was dragged away. "I knew my old ways would come back to haunt me."
Kenshin came back to the waking world to find Ayaka challenging Ku Fei, Makie and Nodoka saying the loser had to give up on him. "Hey...that's kinda cruel isn't it?" He said.
"Yeah." Negi says. "I'm taking a shot in the dark and saying she doesn't know about us?"
"Apparently." Kenshin says.
"He he, you're quite a popular guy aren't you Kenshin?" Negi says smiling at him.
Kensihn sighed. "Yes, T'is both a blessing and a curse." "Mostly a curse."
"Hm? What's that supposed to mean." Negi thought curiously.
"It ties into his past you twit." Hottan says.
"You're saying something helpful?" Negi thought disdainfully. "I'm shocked."
"Watching you live your life is boring." Hottan says. "I'm merely entertaining myself."
"Gee I'm sorry I can't make things more entertaining for you." Negi thought sarcastically.
Meanwhile Asuna had been pulled aside by Haruna, Misora and Satsuki. "Geeehhh? !" "Ku Fei in love with Kenshin? !"
"But it's true Asuna they even hugged and Kenshin was about to confess right in front of Negi-Sensei." Misora says. Satsuki nodded in agreement.
"I saw everything too." Haruna says.
Asuna face-palmed. "Nodoka maybe, but Ku Fei?" "That's unbelieveable. Besides I don't really see how well that'd work out with Negi being Kenshin's girlfriend."
"EH? !" Misora says.
Haruna scratched her cheek nodding. "Oh yeah...there was that." "I completely forgot."
"Well let's just go back and watch the bowling match. It'd probably be best if we didn't say anything to Negi or Ku Fei. Kenshin might find it hilarious though."
The four made their way back to the group. "So seriously?" Misora asks. "Negi-Sensei and Kenshin-Sensei are...?"
"Are you kidding me?" Asuna blanched. "Those two are one good date away from knocking boots!" "That's why I'm kinda glad Kenshin moved out."
By the time they got back the bowling game had concluded. "Ho ho ho I won!" Ayaka laughed haughtily.
Her joy was short lived as Kenshin's voice cut in. "Not quite."
"Eh?" Ayaka says as Kenshin points at the scoreboard. "EHHH? !"
The scores went like this. Nodoka: 17
"Auuu...I'm not that great at bowling." The shy librarian says. Kenshin walked up and patted her on the shoulder. "Hey you and me both Nodoka-Chan." "It's no big thing to worry about."
"A-Arigatou..." Nodoka says smiling softly at him.
Makie scored a 252.
"Aww...I lost." Makie says.
Negi giggled and walked up to her. "It was still a good effort though, nice job."
"Aww thanks Negi-Chan." Makie says giving her a friendly embrace.
"How did I lose!" Ayaka says still not seeing Ku Fei's score. Hers was a 269.
"Simple." Kenshin pointed out. "You bowled excellently." Que praise blush from Ayaka. "However Ku Fei bowled perfectly."
"What? !" Ayaka says
Indeed. Ku Fei the martial artist girl from China bowled a three hundred. "I won!" Ku Fei cheered.
Kenshin applauded. It was short lived as Makie walked up to him with tears in her eyes smiling. "Shin-kun, good luck with Ku-Chan." "I'll support you." Makie says
"Uh...thanks?" Kenshin says confused. "Uh Negi come with me."
"Yes?" Negi says walking with Kenshin.
"I think...everyone thought I was trying to get with Ku Fei." Kenshin says.
Negi stared at him for a moment. "Huh?"
"They thought I was two timing you." Kenshin says.
"Ha ha ha ha." Negi laughed. "Oh my how ridiculous! I was in the area the whole time you were with Ku Fei-San!" "Well let's go get this questioning out of the way shall we?"
"Yeah." Kenshin says. He feels the presence of the other girls behind him and sighs to himself. Negi heard it and giggled. "Hey Ku-Chan." He called out.
"Hm?" Ku Fei said. "Oh right you never got what you wanted to say out earlier. What is it?"
"Well I was wondering if you'd..." Kenshin says only for Negi to cut him off.
"Ku Fei-San if it's not too much trouble I'd like for you to teach me martial arts!" Negi says.
Kenshin looked back to see dumbfounded expressions on Ayaka's and the other's faces. He grinned sticking his tongue out. "What did you think we were gonna ask?" "Nothing perverted I hope."
"Teach you martial arts?" Ku Fei asks. "Can't he do that?" She asks pointing at Kenshin.
"I'm far too busy with my own training to be of any help to her." Kenshin says grinning sheepishly. "She needs the help of someone who has time and knows what they're doing."
"That and the way you fight with your style of the fist makes you transform an awful lot." Yama says. "Wouldn't be much use to teach her it until she ropes that darkness under control."
"Hm...OK." Ku Fei says grinning. "Sounds like fun, but you better not slack off." "Meet me at the plaza at sunrise."
"So wait a second it was a false alarm this whole time? !" Ayaka shouts.
"Yup." Kenshin says.
Asuna sighed exasperatedly. "I knew it had to be something like that."
"Yeah." Misora says.
(break)
Meanwhile with Seer.
Makai.
The Seer of Maouzyou was traveling through the northern fields of Makai in search of our hero's former inner demon. "Man I know he's here in Makai I checked the portal logs in Rashoumen before I left." "Where is that bastard?"
"You know you really shouldn't talk to yourself like that. It makes you look crazy." Seer turned around to find a succubus with flowing purple hair that stretched all the way down to her ankles, deep ruby red eyes wearing a blue mantle with gold trimming, a corset that barely contained her assets that was purple in color with a lighter shade of purple trimming, a thong and boots that stretched up to the middle of her hips. On her back was a pair of pinkish wings and extending from the base of her spine was a rather large tail that had a small opening with sucker like extensions. She also had thick horns on both sides of her head.
"You know I've always said you had a weird fascination with the color purple right?" Seer says taking down his hood.
"Mm hm hm hm. I always replied with who cares though haven't I Seer-Chan?" She says hopping down to him.
"Touche Alma Elma." Seer says grinning. "Looking as provocative as ever I see."
Alma Elma returned his grin. "You know it. So I hear your ace in the hole got himself into some hot water with Maou-teme."
Seer sighed. "You would be right." "Right now I'm looking for the guy he wants to kill him to give him this." Seer says gesturing to the box on his back.
"Is that?" Alma Elma says getting a closer look at it.
"The Tsurugi no Kami, yes." Seer says. "I still do not understand how he got his mits on it, but it really doesn't matter."
"Especially if this plan goes through right?" Alma Elma says winking at him with a smile.
"Exactly. So are your people ready to move?" Seer asks.
Alma stretches her arms and legs sighing nonchalantly. "I have Lilim and Lilith taking care of it." "I wanted to travel a bit."
Seer rolled his eyes. "You are often times too lazy for your own good."
Alma Elma laughed smacking his shoulder. "Aw come on, you call it lazy I call it being carefree."
"If you say so." Seer says shrugging. "By the way could I ask a favor of you?"
"Hmmm...depends, what do I get in return?" Alma Elma asks with a seductive purr.
Seer sighed. "Come on Alma we've known each other since we were kids."
"Yet I've become the Succubus Queen in those ten years and you've done nothing, but train and lounge in Maouzyou." Alma Elma says. "With your power and skill you could have easily challenged Sheena-Chan for her title of Leader of the White Tigers."
"I'd rather not." Seer says. "Besides I'm not a white tiger, and I owed Alice one for taking me in."
"Ah so did I." Alma Elma says. "So did Erubetie and Granberia." "However didn't you owe Tamamo-Chan one too?" "She helped train you."
"Yes Yes." Seer says. "Anyway I want you to alter my appearance."
"Hm?" Alma Elma says. "Your finally going to let me play with your appearance?" She says with a mischievous gleam in her eyes.
"No." Seer says. "The only reason I'm asking is because I couldn't ask Tamamo to do it at Maouzyou."
"Aw..." Alma Elma moaned in disappointment. "So what is it you wanted?"
"I want you to change my hair color to purple and my eye color to red." Seer says.
"Hm?" Alma Elma smiled. "You know those are my colors...did you want to match me?"
"I just need to differentiate myself with Kenshin." Seer says. "I could just as easily ask for Tamamo's hair and eyes or someone else's."
"I hear you." Alma Elma says. "Just a sec." The Succubus Queen mutters some unintelligible phrases as Seer's hair and eyes glow. The glow died down after a minute and Alma Elma pulled a mirror out from her mantle. "How do you like it."
Seer looked at his reflection brushing his hair to the side to look into his eyes. "Hm...yeah that'll work." He smiled. "Thanks Alma."
Alma Elma nodded and sauntered up to him. "Now...what do I get for my troubles?"
Seer shivered as the succubus traced circles into his chest with her fingernail. "I'm sorry Alma I just don't have the time."
"Aw...that's what you always say." Alma Elma says. "Am I not attractive to you or something?"
"You're unspeakably sexy, it's actually taking all of my willpower not tear my clothes off and give you what you want." Seer says.
"Really?" Alma Elma says. "It sure doesn't look like it."
"Uh...I have a great poker face?" Seer says.
Alma Elma smiled and brought her face up to his. "Well...I guess I can settle for this then."
"Mm? !" Seer moaned in surprise as the succubus' lips pressed firmly against his own. With no effort at all she opened his mouth and pulled his tongue into her mouth.
"Mm hm hm hm." Alma laughed as she began to suck on his tongue.
"Nnn..." Seer tried to pull away, but found that her grip was too strong.
"I wouldn't bother with it Seer-Chan..." Alma Elma's voice rang in his head. "It's not like you could outrun me anyway."
"Wh...Whatever." Seer says back to her.
Alma Elma pressed one of her hips against Seer's crotch and glided it up and down. "Oh? Did you grow bigger since our last encounter?" "It was two or three years ago."
"Nnnnah..." Seer groaned. "Alma stop..."
"Why?" Alma Elma says. "This is good for you is it not?"
"I can't afford to have my face seen by any of Maou's lackeys if they're in the area." Seer says.
"That's easily remedied." Alma Elma says yanking Seer's hood back over his head. "I can still see your face like this Seer-Chan."
"Not just that I need to hurry and find this Yondai bastard before he flies the coop." Seer says.
"Wait, does he have deep crimson hair that can dye white, wearing a crimson trenchcoat with a red oriental button up shirt and hakama pants. Has golden eyes as well?" Alma Elma asks.
"Yeah?" Seer says.
"I saw him in the eastern lands around Undine's Spring." Alma Elma says. "I tried to recruit him, but he told me to get lost."
"Yeah there's no way he's joining us." Seer says. "Dude's one of the Nisemono Shinigami."
"Ahh...that explains it." Alma Elma says. "Now back to business."
"Ugh...fine just make it quick please?" Seer says.
"Aw...you're no fun." Alma Elma pouts.
Seer felt something brush past his shin and looked down to see Alma Elma's tail sliding into his robe. She backed her leg away separating their lips. "Ready?"
Seer felt his pants being ripped down by her tail and grinned awkwardly. "Do I even have a choice?"
Alma Elma smiled winking at him. "No, you sure don't."
"Nnngh..." Seer grunted as the succbi's tail swallowed his cock whole. The soft, vaginal like walls seemingly chewing on him.
"He he he he, try to hang on as long as you can, Seer-Chan." Alma Elma says giggling at the strain already on his face.
"Damn...it's been awhile since I let you do this..." Seer groaned. "I had forgotten whAT!...it felt like."
The sudden raising of his voice was because the walls of her tail had suddenly begun targeting the underside of this cock as well as the glans. "Was that good?" Alma Elma asks.
"Y...Yes..." Seer drawled out.
"I would hope so, my tail feels many times more amazing than any demon's pussy." Alma Elma says.
"Heh...I dunno." Seer says grinning. "I know a few demons that might argue that point."
Alma Elma narrowed her eyes at him. "That's no fair comparing me to Alice."
"Hey this feels great I'm just saying." Seer says. "I haven't had sex with her, but I'd be willing to be she'd argue with you about it."
"Probably." Alma Elma says.
"Aaah!" Seer gasps as a small extension of her tail's inside began targeting his urethra.
"Hora...that's a cute looking expression on your face Seer-Chan..." Alma Elma teased holding her mirror next to her face.
"Ugh...nn.." Seer looked over seeing the expression of need on his own face. It was embarrassing to say the least, but he didn't have a choice. The succubi's tail felt too good to resist at this moment.
"Hmm...do you mind if I give you a name?" Alma Elma asks. "Seer seems too bland."
"I...I was thinking of a name while I was traveling." Seer says. "What do you have in mind?"
"Shinken?" Alma Elma suggests.
"I knew a guy by that name, try again." Seer says.
The walls of Alma Elma's tail begin wriggling and vibrating. "Hmm..."
"Auuaahh!" Seer gasped and moaned. "Wh-What the hell? !"
"I have to make sure you don't lose interest while I think Seer-Chan." Alma Elma says smiling lewdly at him. "Now then...how's Loren sound?"
"Unnatural." Seer says.
Alma Elma narrowed her eyes rubbing her chin with her index finger and thumb. Meanwhile her tail constricted around Seer's penis the vibrations not stopping.
"Haaaah? !" Seer exclaimed. "Would you knock it off!"
"No." Alma Elma says moving her tail up and down pumping her friend's cock into her tight hole. "Fu fu...feels lovely right?" "I'm surprised you've lasted this long." "Most males I do this to cum in seconds."
"Heh..." Seer panted as he laughed. "I've got experience in fucking sexy demon women, what can I say?"
"He he he he." Alma Elma giggled. "I guess that makes sense, so how does it feel Seer-Chan...is the pleasure tickling up your spine yet?"
"What fun would it be if I told you?" Seer smirks.
"Fu fu, good point." Alma Elma's tail constricted and released rhythmically as she slid it up and down.
"Auu..." Seer moaned hanging his head slightly.
Alma Elma brought him into her arms and set his head on her shoulder. "Go ahead and cum whenever you feel like it Seer-Chan."
"No more...ideas for names?" Seer says breathlessly as the Succubus Queen continued her attack.
"Hmm...how's this one sound?" Alma Elma says. "Luka."
"Huuuhhhnn...sounds good." Seer says.
"Good...now...cum for me Luka-Chan." Alma Elma says.
"I feel...like I'm gonna empty my balls out in one burst..." Luka says.
"Is that right?" Alma Elma says before giggling. "Hora hora...then have a taste of heaven."
"Aaauuahh!" Luka moans loudly as he finally admits defeat to the queen of seduction's tail.
As he was cumming inside her Alma Elma pulled out a rather large vial from her mantle. Luka fell backwards as he finished, landing on his ass and panting heavily. "There...that's all."
Alma Elma extracted her tail from his cloak and held the opening over the vial. Luka's eyes twitched as his semen filtered into the glass container. Alma Elma noticed this and giggled. "I can't really taste it from my tail y'know."
"Wouldn't it taste funny having been in your tail first?" Luka asks.
"No not at all." Alma Elma says, to bring her point home she gulped down the contents of the vial. "Still tastes like yours."
"OK then have it your way." Luka says pulling his pants up. "Man I hope I don't run into any horny demons for the next few hours."
Alma Elma reached into her mantle and pulled out something else. It was a mask. "Here."
"Huh?" Luka says catching it. "What's this for?"
"Well it's a shame you keep your body hidden all the time when all you really need to hide from Maou-teme is your head." Alma Elma says. "Why not wear that?"
"I'll think about it." Luka says.
"Nah, do it now." Alma Elma says waving her hand as wind shredded his cloak to pieces. Luka hastily put the mask.
"WHAT THE FUCK? !" Luka roared. "Are you fucking mental? ! What if someone saw that? !"
"Ha ha ha ha." Alma Elma laughed. "Good thing your reflexes are so good then huh?"
Luka glared through the eyeholes of his mask. "Bitch."
The Succubus Queen merely laughed him off and extended her hand down toward him helping him up. "So how long do you think this will take to get moving?"
"I'm not all that sure really." Luka says. "After I see to it that Yondai is made quick work of I need to locate Shin Tatsu's home."
"Ahh." Alma Elma says. "You need to hide the blade there I'm guessing."
"Yeah, it's a ridiculously hard place to find." Luka says. "Then I need to erase my memory of it's location so that even I won't know where it is."
Alma Elma nodded then embraced Luka tightly much to his surprise. "Alma?"
"Listen..." Alma Elma said softly. "Whatever happens you better come out of this alive..."
"What's...this all the sudden?" Luka says.
"It's just you were there for me when no one else was." Alma Elma says. "Before Alice took us in remember?" "Granberia had Salamander, Erubetie had her slime brethren she was congealing with...and I had you."
Luka was surprised at the emotion and feeling she was speaking with, so much that he laughed.
"What's so funny?" Alma Elma asks almost glaring at Luka.
"Nothing...it's just...it's kinda strange to hear a succubus say that to me is all." Luka says moving his mask so she could see the grin on his face.
"I guess.." Alma Elma says.
Luka caught her off guard with a kiss to the lips. "Mmm?" She stared down at him before returning the kiss herself using wind to obscure any view of them.
Luka parted from the Succubus Queen and put his mask back on. "I already promised Alice that I'd be by her side..so obviously I've got no plans on kicking the bucket any time soon." He walked away from her toward the southeast. "If you'll excuse me I must be going."
"See you soon." Alma Elma says sending a light burst of wind over his shoulders.
"Wouldn't miss it." Luka says waving her off as a burst of wind came from his body and he vanished.
(Chapter end)
Kenshin: So at the end of every chapter we're gonna pop in on Seer, or Luka rather? Is that what we're doing?
Draconis: For awhile, yeah.
Luka: Is that a problem?
Kenshin: Not really. It's just you're the third incarnation of me this story. In the original I only had one, and that was a chick.
Draconis: That you had a kid with.
Luka: Ha ha ha, oh Kenshin you narcissistic bastard you.
Kenshin: SHADDAP!
Anyway that's all for now. See you all soon.
Draconis678 out.