YES! GOOOOODDDDDD YYYEESSS WE DID IT! 1000 WHOO! Almost got both sides, just need a bit more for FAVS, almost there, now let's get into review responses:
Death Revan1998: Thanks! Enjoy!
Gwb620: Thanks and yes Ragna is very lucky. Yep, Ember is a pet now, we'll celebrate it on Pet Day (Hope someone gets that joke). I don't think anyone really cares for Ingram's character, Reva is probably the worst Star Wars character I have ever seen, fuck Rose was terrible but at least her acting wasn't...No it was still cringe but not that lvl of cringe. It's a good song, always a good song. Enjoy!
Pathfinder097: Haven't seen the show in a long time, only thing I remember is Monarch and his Smoke sounding wife who is still pretty hot honestly. Enjoy!
SpikedTankedmaster300: (Grins)...Maybe.
Jebest4781: You'll see, and let's find out: Enjoy!
Kujore Tope: Maybe, lol, enjoy!
Jobro89: Thank you! And yes I plan to do Savage Times but not anytime soon. Enjoy!
xXwolfsterXx644: In some sense sure, Enjoy!
Yakuza2010: Aw thanks man, I really appreciate. I hope everyone likes this villain, I'm putting in some work for him at later points, but he isn't the MAIN villain of the series, but he will be fun. Yes, tbf Tala is pretty easy to deal with right now, and Ragna won't ever be convinced by Morgan, because she's a BITCH. Yes, yes Zatanna is gonna have her time to shine and when all the pieces come crashing...it's gonna hurt. Uh, he might traveling at some point...might meet a certain Empath Mutant, or maybe the sister of a certain Captain of Britain, who knows who knows. Yes, Ragna will run into the Order soon...like after the end of this volume do I have a surprise. Can't spoil on weaknesses. Probably won't do the WITCH play, since school is the last thing on Ragna's mind...but who knows. Enjoy!
Raidentensho: Thanks. Guess you have't watched JLU in a while, it's okay you'll find out soon. Funny enough I believe Medea appeared in that Devil May Cry mobile game Peak of Combat, which introduced the First Demon King Pluto...I think, I'll have to look it up. Damn that last idea was cool.
DameNingen1: I responded to this in a pm, but I don't fanfic has fixed that at all. So I'll respond here. One: What is wrong with having the character as FAN? Like you make it sound like it's a bad thing? Second: I don't thin you've read a crack fic to know what that is, because this story is definitely anime comedy for sure, but it's not like a parody/crack story.
Kujore Oluwarotimi Abraham: Thanks. I can't do that though since the origins of the Red Lanterns is tied to Atrocitus, sure the Emotional Embodiment is a different story, Eva didn't create the Sapphires or Love, she was just able to wield it and was very powerful. Read the chapter and you'll see what I mean by female Lobo.
ChaosSpider: Thanks. Well I do plan to do that story arc, but not anytime soon, who knows what will happen. Enjoy!
J4C00B0: I guess you didn't like the bit, sry? Still gonna do scenes like that to emphasize something but okay. Enjoy!
AadenHelan: I responded to this via PM but once again no one is getting them. But why do you make it sound like a bad thing? Ragna's not even based on Izuku, he's based on Goku/Vash the Stampede, the only thing I got from MHA is the girls and a certain power. I can see in your profile you don't like him, while I don't agree with it your entitled to your own opinion. Enjoy the chapter!
Kira444: Oh my god I totally forgot about that story, luckily I still have it on Google Docs. Probably not, since I mainly want to focus on ADJ, Star Wars, and Destiny (Mainly ADJ). Huh, I don't know many Ame Comi fanfics but thanks man! Enjoy!
Guest: Thanks! Red Dawn will be on of my top ten arcs in the franchise, if not top five. Ghia'ta is her name. Enjoy!
Spider-Hunter: Yes Raven is in the harem. Most Demons know Sparda, Trigon included. Harley is a very slow fucking burn, and it's uh...it's gonna be fucken crazy when it finally happens. Haven't seen Ms. Marvel, never cared much for the character, who knows. Anyways, enjoy!
Hunter41963801: Thanks! Yes, Hellbender and Grail are in. Enjoy!
Jason Hunter: I heard that, and we're all doomed if it comes out. Enjoy!
SaiyatonianSage: When I ask you for a goddamn review you say 'When'. She was introduced nine chapters ago bro calm down she ain't that old. She'll have her time, I gotta build Jennifer, she's not joining the harem anytime soon. I'll explain how the girls work in certain regards, but you'll get an idea of it in this chapter. Heh, yeah I forget too sometimes even though we had an arc about it like two chapters, HA HA. Lol, kidding aside I'm trying to build Demon's up as the big bad in the background, so they won't appear periodically...but soon one will. Like I said, Zatanna was last minute but it doesn't fuck with my story, if anything it expands upon it. I mean...I did have a picture of Ragna with TWO girl's in the past, neither were Zatanna. I thought I did establish how magic users work, but to make it quick and easy: Magic users can use all THREE systems, but it's not wise to use all three since it can literally tear you apart. Only two or one is better, and no mention of Constantine...yet. TBF I didn't want to say his name since it would reveal it, and I wanted to leave him obscure as possible. I mean...Ragna's gonna Make Earth Great agaHGGAYHBJDN Sorry I blacked out, what happened? Anywho Jennifer will have her moments, she will indeed, just had to introduce Zatanna since she's a much more famous character than Jennifer is. Every line is generic. Nah, Tala gonna be hungry soon. She's on the hunt. I don't know why Crush is here, let's find out!
Alright Devil's, Succubi, and Sinners. Enjoy!
Chapter Twenty-Seven: The Main Gal
(A Devil's Justice)
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"...You okay Diana?" Ragna asked, noticing the Amazon's silent gaze on his backside, a look of yearning, not desire but for answers. She had been staring at him for quite some time, at first he just brushed it off as her having some inner turmoil with her Amazon side of hating men (Since that hasn't entirely changed), but perhaps it was something else he didn't understand. The two were standing on top of a skyscraper overlooking Redgrave, a day after the fiasco with Brother Night and Zatanna, the sun slowly setting over the horizon.
"I'm fine, Ragna." Diana shrugged it off, looking away from the hybrid.
"Ya sure, cause you've been staring at me for the past thirty minutes. Did….did I do something wrong?" Ragna asked, tilting his head at the Amazon with innocent confusion in his eyes. Amazon refused to look him in the eyes, trying to find anything to look out, but could feel his eyes now on her.
"No…No you didn't do anything wrong. Just….thinking." Diana said, trying to make an excuse why she was staring. It totally wasn't because she couldn't get him being naked with Ghia'ta, or the fact that he saw her naked earlier.
"Oh…..Whatcha ya thinkin 'bout?" Ragna asked, curious about what was on the Amazon's mind.
"That uh…It's been a while since we've been able to go out patrolling together." Diana quickly said, trying to get her mind off of everything else. Thinking back now, this has only been the second time the two had been on patrol, the last time she and Ragna went out was before John's trial.
"Huh, yeah I guess you're right. It has been a while since we've hung out…and trained for that matter." Ragna mused.
"Yes, it seems I've been disregarding training you in the combatic ways of the Amazon." Diana said, eyeing Ragna from the side.
"Yeah, but to be fair I've been super busy: Aliens, Demons, that sort of lot." Ragna chuckled, scratching the back of his head.
"And girls it seems." Diana muttered, crossing her arms as a scowl appeared on her lips. She may like the others, very kind and smart girls in her opinion, but she was not blind to the fact that he was in a single apartment with five other girls….six if she even considered Aya one. Seven too since the lizard pet Ragna got was supposedly a demon girl or something. She may like them, but that doesn't mean she didn't expect Ragna to try anything dumb, after all he is still a man. Though, he has done this out of kindness, just as he did with her. Even yesterday after seeing her naked, once he had woken up, he quickly apologized while a blushing mess. It did confuse her since he had already conceived sexual intercourse with Ghia'ta. But she has also noticed how it seemed Ragna was being close to Jennifer and even Aya at times, rubbing the robot's head laughing. Even Kori usually tended to float over his shoulder while cooking, with the only exception being Koye who basically kept everyone but her sister at a distance.
Diana knew she was thinking ill of Ragna, what with all he's been through, it's not his fault he was born a man. She can't help herself with these thoughts, all her life she was taught with such a dogmatic doctrine from her Amazonian sisters, and yet Ragna along with other men such as Superman stood in contrast to what her sisters spoke of. Though in this case these two were the rare case, and while she did consider Manhunter a good comrade he wasn't exactly a man in the technical sense. And she barely had enough time to spend time with Green Lantern, but her opinion from their first encounter and afterwards have not changed much on how low she thinks of the lantern. Flash didn't help make anything better, being what her sisters think of men, and Batman was such a loner she had no idea what to think of him. Yet, after spending time with Leslie, and listening to Ghia'tas' words of Ragna…..she still couldn't understand it. She could understand why Ghia'ta liked Ragna, at first a child's crush in her eyes and why he cared for him, but it seemed to be much more. She didn't see what Leslie saw in Ragna, this idea the Nun has for the hybrid. She may have listened to their words, but understanding them was not something she could so easily do. Especially now after…..the talk she had with Ghia'ta at the Watchtower when she slipped that she had watched them make intercourse.
On Ragna's end, he could tell Diana was having some inner turmoil, what it was he could not tell. It was definitely making the mood awkward between the two, and while that's not new between them, he felt it should change.
"This is weird, I know Diana has the whole 'men inferior' mentality, but that doesn't mean we haven't gotten along. Come on Ragna, think for a second, try and cheer her up or something. We never really do get to talk about our self interests, heck thinking about it now I don't even know what Diana's hobbies are…..if she has any. But I can do this, now that I'm dating Ghia'ta I have a second chance at gaining my confidence around the girls. Come on brain, let's make small talk with Diana." Ragna thought, slowly turning to Diana with a smile under his mask.
"So….still hating man's world, huh?"
"...Brain, you've failed me."
"It…..has it's ups and downs…mainly downs." Diana admitted.
"Oh come on, it can't be all bad." Ragna shrugged, walking past the Amazon and leaning onto a water tower. "I heard you're becoming a great teacher in school, and you're a famous member of the coolest on the planet."
"Yet, despite my position, people still look at me like a piece of succulent meat. They ogle at my body and only care that I wear less clothes than those around me." Diana shot back, growing angrier by the second. She remembered during history lessons that while many students did listen, she knew many were staring at her legs or bosom.
"...At least people like you." Ragna muttered, though with his mouthguard on, it was reverberated through the filters. While Diana didn't understand what he said, she turned around glaring at the hybrid.
"What was that?"
"I-I uh….I mean are you sure they only like you for just the things you wear?" Ragna asked, chuckling nervously as the Amazon scowled at him.
"Does it matter? It doesn't change the fact that men only care about one thing and one thing for women like me." Diana growled, gesturing to her body.
"Well that's not fair, Diana, you can't judge everybody-especially men- for what happened centuries ago." Ragna tried to reason with the Amazon, seeing how times were different then they were centuries ago. Hell even back then there were amazing and badass women during the Greek era.
"You think centuries can change what will always be imprinted in men? No, they may have evolved, but the savagery hasn't changed." Diana shot back. Ragna frowned at the insult, not understanding where all of this was coming from? He would've thought being around him or others would've changed her mind, but it seems nothing much has changed. Diana looked over her shoulder, and noticed Ragna's tightened shoulders. She did take a small satisfaction in knowing she stumped Ragna a bit, but at the same time she did feel a little bad. It's not his fault the world is the way it is, but she could not understand why he would go so far as to defend them.
"...Is this a bad time?" Both turned surprised to find Hawkgirl, slowly descending towards them from the sky, looking between the two rookie heroes. Looking for anything to change the subject, Ragna smiled at the winged heroine, taking a step towards her.
"Hawkgirl! It's so good to see you, it feels like it's been a year!" Ragna said, smiling up at the heroine.
"Relax kid, it's only been a few weeks. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but I had some important business offworld." Hawkgirl said, crossing her arms.
"Oh, stopping intergalactic drug cartels?" Ragna asked.
"Something like that, but of course news reaches far in the universe, and when I heard that a certain red coated earthling with a sword had stopped a war between Lanterns I had to come and congratulate you." Hawkgirl said, playfully punching Ragna's shoulder.
"Hehe, it was nothing. I had help." Ragna admitted, scratching the back of his head. Diana eyed the two from the side, seeing that Ragna's mood had changed once Hawkgirl arrived. Sure they had some nice moments, but Ragna seemed to get along better with the others. Though she could understand why, since they didn't completely share the same views that she and her sisters held. Was it her fault? No, she stood for what she believed in, what was wrong with that?
"I also got in touch with John in the League, he told what happened recently, and let me say you are one sly little dog, kid." Hawkgirl joked, tapping Ragna's chest, the hybrid tilting his head in confusion.
"W-What do you mean?"
"Six girls living in your apartment in the span of a few weeks, and here I thought you were a little virgin still growing a pair."
"Hey!"
"But here we got ourselves the new Casanova." Hawkgirl complimented.
"...A what?" Ragna asked, tilting his head at the unique word Hawkgirl gave him, earning an amused shake from the winged heroine. Noticing Diana's back to them, but seeing the scowl on her lips, Hawkgirl grabbed Ragna and pulled him by the shoulder.
"Something going on between you two? Sounded like an old lover's quarrel when I got here." Hawkgirl whispered, gesturing to Diana with her helmet.
"Honestly…..I don't know. We were fine a few days ago, but all of a sudden something just switched. Maybe it's something I said…or I guess it could be the fact that I accidentally walked in on her naked after taking a shower." Ragna admitted, earning a chortle from the winged heroine.
"Yeah that'd do it." Hawkgirl whispered back, looking back up at the Amazon, cocking an eyebrow in confusion at the princess. Diana looked over to meet Hawkgirl's, before looking away just as she did. Hawkgirl shrugged her shoulders before stepping away from Ragna.
"So I'd take it you're not here just to stop by?" Ragna asked.
"As fun as that would be, I am here on duty, and this requires your help. According to J'onn, an unidentified object landed outside of Redgrave thirteen hours ago." Hawkgirl explained, pointing towards the forest region that separated Metropolis and Redgrave, the mountains standing between them.
"That's not really the first time a meteor landed outside or near Redgrave." Ragna shrugged nonchalantly.
"Meteors usually don't have a pulse either." Hawkgirl said, surprising the hybrid and gained the Amazon's attention. "It's not far from here, ready to head out?"
"I'm ready whenever? Diana?" Ragna asked, looking over his shoulder at the disgruntled Amazon.
"An Amazon is always ready." With that Diana flew up into the air, flying in the direction that Hawkgirl gestured to.
"Man you must have gotten a very nice peak to get under her skin." Hawkgirl joked, picking Ragna up by his arms and hoisting him into the air. Ragna let out an annoyed sigh as they flew towards the crash site, hoping that he can fix whatever was going on with him and Diana. After a few moments of flying, the skyscrapers of Redgrave transformed into trees, fields of green as Winter slowly began to turn into Spring.
"There!" Hawkgirl said, gesturing down to the small crater. Hawkgirl let go of Ragna, watching him land with a soft thud, the two joining him to inspect the crater.
"Pretty small crater." Hawkgirl muttered, kneeling down to get a better look. The crater wasn't big nor entirely deep. The rocks had already hardened from the intense heat of the crash, and aside from that nothing stood out of the ordinary.
"What do you think crashed here?" Diana asked, inspecting the rock formation from the crash.
"Maybe a symbiotic life form that needs a proper host to survive, without one it will die. Or maybe a parasitic race of aliens that reproduce by planting themselves in others and can evolve depending on the environment it is placed in!" Ragna guessed, making weird hand gestures like he was an alien, earning deadpan stares from the girls.
"...In a universe like this I can't even say what you just said makes no sense." Hawkgirl muttered, while Ragna walked around the perimeter, inspecting the ground. He noticed dirt flattened apart, like someone had rolled out of the crater, before noticing a set of boot prints that led into the forest away from the crater.
"Well whoever they were, either they found someone and took control of a civilian…..or they rolled out and just walked off." Ragna noted, holding his hand out as a small hummingbird landed on his finger. He pet the small creature, a small smile under his mask, before pulling his finger back and watching it fly away. He should take Ghia'ta out here for their date, she would like that. Pulling down his mask, Ragna sniffed the air picking up a strange aroma, clearly not from this world.
"I got their scent."
"Which way did they go?" Hawkgirl asked, standing beside the hybrid.
"Well, with all the alien movies I've seen in my life, they usually go to the most crowded places in the area….which just happens to be my home." Ragna groaned, shaking his head in the one direction it could've gone: Redgrave City.
"In hindsight we probably should've checked there first." Diana noted, while Ragna was picked up by Hawkgirl.
"Let's hurry, I got the scent and now we can find the alien before it causes any damage!"
(A Devil's Justice)
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"..."
"...THE FUCK YOU LOOKING AT?!" A voice roared, scaring the Redgrave denizens around her. The individual, a girl in her late teen years, huffed in annoyance as she walked down the street with a scowl on her lips. The girl wore a punk style outfit: A short black sleeveless jacket with fur on the collar and rim. She wore fingerless gloves with spikes at the end of each one, a spike choker wrapped around her neck. Underneath the coat she wore a cyan mid-drift shirt and pink jeans. She had a custom belt on with buckle having a drawing of a smiling face on it, matching the guard on her left knee, and leather boots that reached her thighs. What made the girl completely stand out was her pale white skin, black makeup over her eyes as if she was a KISS fan. The girl walked down the street without a care in the world, pushing people aside and no set destination in sight. Many wondered if she was a KISS fan, thinking the skin was makeup, only to be scared off by the girl snapping at them.
"Now, which fucking city on this mudball of a planet am I on? I can't believe of all the worlds I land on fucking Earth again!" She grumbled, walking over to a vending machine that sold newspapers. Many onlookers gasped in shock as she casually ripped through the metal and tore out a newspaper.
"Who the fuck reads newspapers in this day and age still…Redgrave City?!" She asked out loud, a look of bewilderment on her face.
"What the fuck kind of name is that?!" She asked no one in particular, crumbling the paper and tossing it aside.
"Whatevs, just gotta find a stupid spaceship and get the hell outta here before those chumps find me again." She mumbled, walking down the street, only for a loud groan to escape her stomach.
"...Right after I find a bite to eat." She groaned, feeling quite hungry from the long trip. Looking around, her eyes locked onto a nearby bakery, mouth watery at the prospect of sweets.
"Fuck, I hope they still got glazed in this day and age." She cursed, walking into the bakery and taking a look around. Finding a box for herself, the girl flicked the glass and shattered it into a million pieces.
"HEY!" The baker exclaimed, but it fell on deaf ears as the teen kept grabbing donuts to the point that her box could not close. Feeling like she had enough, the girl turned her back to leave, only for the baker to grab her hand.
"Miss, you have to pay for tho-!" Before his very eyes, the teenage girl picked up him with one hand and tossed him on the ground.
"Piss off, I'm starving!" She hissed, before her eyes widened in realization.
"Oh shit, that's right, still gotta pay. Listen I don't have any fucking money on me, but I got this." She said, pulling out a small bag. She tossed it in the man's lap, before walking out the door, leaving him to open the bag to find it filled with small ruby-like gems.
"Jokes on him, shit means nothing out there." She chuckled, before horking down the box of donuts. As she continued to walk, constantly catching the eyes of others, a few kids younger than her were walking out of a comic store when she bumped into them. She kept on walking, while the kids got a good look at her.
"Woah, freaky." One kid muttered, dusting himself off, while the other gasped in shock.
"Dude, she looks like that guy who fought Superman in Metropolis all those years ago!" The kid exclaimed, stars in his eyes, unaware of the girl stopping in her tracks.
"What guy? There's a like dozen guys that fight Superman." Another kid said, adjusting his glasses.
"You know, the one alien dude who held the Metropolis Police Station hostage, he and Superman duked it out before he was never seen again. He looked so cool, like a space biker with a chain an-WOAH!" The kid yelped as he was hoisted into the air, turned to face the furious glare from the girl, the box of donuts dropped behind her.
"Did. He. Have. White skin. Like. ME?!" She growled, pointing at herself with a thumb, the kid trembling in her hold.
"I-I think so…" The kid whimpered, trying to cover himself as the other kids tried to pull him away, while the girl had a look of realization. That look soon turned into rage, grinding her teeth together in fury.
"Lobo." She growled, eye twitching furiously, turning back to the kid and bringing him closer to her face.
"'Kay Pipsqueak, tell me what you know of Lobo, and where the hell I can find him."
"I-I don't know!"
"Bullshit, now start talking or I'll start with the wedgi-!"
"Excuse me, let go of that child right now, Miss." The girl felt a hand on her soldier, turning around to see a man in a blue uniform glaring down at her. She glared at the man for a few seconds before dropping the kid and turning to face the officer, glaring up at him.
"Want a piece of me too, huh?!"
"Miss, please settle down before I am for-GUH!" The officer had no time to react as the girl picked him up by his coat, before tossing him into the comic store window, earning shocked cries.
"Who else wants a piece of me?! If not, tell me WHERE THE FUCK IS LOBO?!" She roared, picking up the officer's vehicle and tossing it across the street. Two citizens, who had no time to run, cowered in fear at the flying vehicle. However, to their shock the end never came, looking up to see what had happened.
"Enough!" The girl looked over to see the vehicle tossed over to reveal some figure in a red coat.
Ragna jumped over the vehicle and appeared a few feet away from the girl, Hawkgirl and Wonder Woman landing beside him. It didn't take him long to find the alien, but to his surprise it was a girl around his age that looked like some kind of KISS fan.
"What the fuck are you guys suppose to be?" The girl asked, pointing at the three.
"Heroes, and we're here to stop you from causing anymore damage." Ragna answered, crossing his arms as the girl eyed each three of them, before covering her mouth, chortling in amusement.
"Heroes? What are your names supposed to be: Weaboo Kid? Bimbo Lady? Hawkwoman?" She asked, giggling while Diana glared at the alien girl.
"Real original." Hawkgirl muttered, rolling her eyes at the girls mocking their names.
"Our names are Sparda, Wonder Woman, and Hawkgirl-!"
"Wow, I wasn't far off on that last one."
"-and we're here to stop you from…..what are you doing here, Miss…..?" Ragna asked, unsure what the girl was doing, granted the destroyed glass windows gave him an idea of what she was beginning to do. The girl crossed her arms and glared at the trio of heroes.
"Listen, Shorty, if you must know….the name's Crush!"
(Crush: The Main Gal)
"And don't you fucking forget it!" Crush cursed, glaring at the three.
"Crush? Wait, shorty….I'm not short." Ragna grumbled, earning a smirk from Hawkgirl.
"Yeah whatevs, don't get in my fucken way. No one's gonna stop me from finding him!" Crush growled, balling her fist in anger.
"Him?" Wonder Woman asked, a hum escaping Ragna's throat.
"Now that I think about it, I did hear her say something about…Lobo?" Ragna said out loud, surprising the two heroines, since they were too far away to hear what the girl had said.
"What's a Lobo?" Ragna asked, looking over to Hawkgirl for answers.
"Lobo….Ah, now I remember that name. He's an Intergalactic Bounty Hunter, very dangerous, and VERY strong." Hawkgirl explained, eyeing the girl, and began to notice the resemblance. "Any particular reason why you want to find this Lobo?"
"It's none of your damn business, but how about you tell me where the fuck he is, and I'll be on MY way." Crush retorted, glaring at the winged heroine.
"Sorry kid, but no one has seen Lobo this side of the Galaxy, and I doubt he stays in one place." Hawkgirl said.
"Fuck, dammit." Crush cursed, punching a hole into the wall behind her. "Well, whatever, I'll find him my own way."
"Hey, hold on. You can't just walk away after all the damage you just caused." Ragna said, gesturing to the destroyed windows and vehicle.
"...It was like that when I got here, Shorty."
"WHAT?!"
"Piss off, I don't have time for this." Crush shrugged them off, only for Wonder Woman to grab her shoulder.
"Enough of this, I have grown tired of your disrespect and cursing, surrender now or b-!" Before the Amazon could finish, Crush grabbed her hand with both hands, and to everyone's shock slammed her into the ground shaking the entire block.
"PISS! OFF!" Crush roared, tossing Wonder Woman towards the others. Ragna jumped at the last second, but Hawkgirl was not fortunate enough as the two were slammed into a building. Ragna whistled in amazement, surprised someone that strong could throw Diana like that, but it only proved his point that she needed to be stopped. Landing back on his feet, Ragna appeared behind Crush, who had sensed his appearance. The alien punk swung her fist wildly, but only hit air as Ragna disappeared and reappeared in front of her. Crush threw a powerful haymaker, but Ragna caught it with one hand, his feet sliding back a few inches, but he remained standing.
"Listen, while it's great you aren't a parasitic or symbiotic alien."
"What the fuck?"
"But I'm asking nicely for you to stand down an-!" Ragna held his left hand up, catching her free fist, the blow shook the entire street around them but otherwise he remained intact. Crush grunted as she tried to pull away, but Ragna's strength seemed to be greater than hers.
"And surrender peacefully. Seriously, this doesn't need to get any wor-!"
"HIYA!" Crush roared, pulling her right boot back.
"Wait what are you doi-AGH~~~!"
(A Devil's Justice)
"Are you alright, Ghia'ta?" Aya asked, looking up at the Sapphire Princess, who had gasped a second ago. The Princess looked back and forth between one end of the room and the other, before her eyes darted out towards the window.
"I feel as if Ragna is now in great pain, oh I hope he is alright!"
"I'm sure the Earthling is fine." Blackfire waved her off, flipping through the tv.
(A Devil's Justice)
"AAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUGGGHHHHHH!" Ragna squeaked in agony, kicked into the air, before crashing on top of a building.
"Sparda, are you okay?!" Hawkgirl, who had pulled herself out of the wall, looked up to see the crater where Ragna landed.
"...No...No I am not."
"That's what you fuckers get, now stay the hell out of my wa-GAH!" Crush exclaimed in pain as Hawkgirl swung her mace into the alien punk's side, knocking her down the street. Crush slid across the road, breaing the street as she rolled to a stop. Hawkgirl flew over to the downed alien girl, who pulled herself out of the rubble, right arm mangled from the blow.
"Fuckin shit that hurt." Crush cursed, holding her broken arm out.
"Sorry, kid, guess I didn't…..hold….back…" Hawkgirl muttered, watching in bewilderment as Crush's arm rearranged itself, bones crunching until her arm had returned to normal. Crush flexed her arm a bit, before grinning at Hawkgirl.
"That's right, Bird brain, I can heal from any wound. So throw whatever you want at me, I can take it al-!" Crush was silenced by a right hook, courtesy of the winged heroine, blasting her into the building nearby.
"Whoops, guess I slipped." Hawkgirl mused, smirking as the downed alien girl snarled at her.
"Slip through this, bitch!" Crush exclaimed, jumping towards the heroine with her fist pulled back. However, to Crush's shock, her fist is caught midair by Ragna. The hybrid hero stood between Crush and Hawkgirl.
"You're still fucking standing?" Crush asked in shock, before Ragna pushed her back.
"I heal very fast. Now, I'm going to repeat myself again, please surrender." Ragna said, standing between Crush and Hawkgirl. Catching her fist, he noted she was strong, but nothing he can't handle. Crush jumped into the air pulling her fist back ready to pummel Ragna.
"I ain't surrendering for shit, Shorty. No one is gonna stop Crus-!" Before she could throw another punch, Diana appeared and knocked Crush into the air.
"I grow tired of humoring this impulsive child." Wonder Woman grumbled, wiping the dirt off of her cheek, as Crush landed back on her feet. She glared at the three, fist balling in anger as the heroes stood in her way.
"Fuck you guys! You think I'm scared of y'all! I'll fucking take you all on! No one can stop me-GRRK!" Crush was silenced as two fist were slammed into her face, courtesy of Ragna and Wonder Woman. The blow blasted Crush across the multiple city blocks, crashing near the docks.
"Sheesh, I thought you would've held back as much as I did, Diana." Ragna said, looking over at the Amazon.
"I did." She stated. The three headed over to where Crush landed, finding the alien girl twitching and groaning in the crater she made. As Hawkgirl let him down, Ragna sniffed the air, nose twitching at the stench of something else inhuman…it was close.
"Listen, kid, I'd think it would be better for everyone if you just surrender." Hawkgirl offered, holstering her mace. Crush growled as she slowly pushed herself back up, glaring at the three. She refused to give up now, especially after all the work she did to get away from her kidnappers. She still needed to find him, and make him pay.
"Like hell I'm gonna stop! I'm not going back in a fucking box!"
"A box?" Ragna asked with a confused tone.
"I need to find him! I'll find fucking Lobo, even if I have to blast through each and everyone of yo-KKKKYYYAAAAA!" To the groups shock, a black wire with red energy blocks on each end wrapped itself around Crush, sending volts of electricity throughout her body. Crush screamed in pain as her nerves went haywire from the red electricity, her limbs tied together from the rope.
"Package CCL1 has been sighted, prepare to engage." The three turned to see an alien like creature hover above them on a flying hoverpad. He was larger than all three of them with his body hunched over, red and black armor with silver spikes covering his knees and elbows, and a silver mask covering his face.
"What the heck?" Ragna asked as the alien landed between the three and Crush, glaring at the heroes.
"Stand down Earthlings, she's my quarry." He said, taking a step towards the electrocuted Crush.
"S-Sund-GAK-SUNDER YOU FUCK!" Crush snarled, straining against the wire.
(Sunder: Crushing Enforcer)
"Surrender now, package, and I'll be sure to bring you back in one piece." The alien, now identified as Sunder, growled as he pulled out a red energied ax and a hand size obsidian metal cube. Crush glared at Sunder, her muscles bulging a bit as she roared to the heavens, the rope soon snapping from the pressure. Now free, Crush turned her sights on Sunder, blasting towards him with her fist pulled back.
"FUCK YOU!" Crush roared, swinging her fist at the alien.
"Target resisting. Deploying Trap Cube." Sunder stated, tossing the small black cube at the raging punk. Crush had no time to react as the cube slammed on her chest, glowing red with energy. The three hero's watched in awe as the cube dissolved into little black particles that soon grew into extensive size, the last thing Crush saw was a wave of darkness. The black particles morphed and shifted until finally taking the form of a miniature metal box, followed by a click.
"Let me out of here you fuck! Get me the fuck outta here you fuckin Trog!" Crush's voice, while muffled within the box, was heard as repeated slams hit the sides of the box.
"Package secured, summoning my ship." Sunder stated out loud, heading towards the box.
"H-Hey, wait what did you do to her?" Ragna asked, stepping towards the alien, only to stop in his tracks once Sunder turned and glared at him.
"Back off, Earthling, this doesn't concern you…..But, thanks for slowing my Quarry down, now I'll get paid extra for turning in the package early." Sunder mused, walking towards the metal cube.
"Quarry?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Why do you want her?" Hawkgirl asked, the two heroines joining Ragna's side.
"This package attempted to flee from her captors, but only ended up destroying the cargo ship, crashing on this mudball of a planet. Now she's back in good hands." Sunder said, tapping the top of the box, the black metal disappeared to reveal Crush in a fetal position, her elbows banging against the transparent cube.
"GET ME THE FUCK OUTTA HERE!" Crush cried, panting and gasping for air. Ragna's eyes widened in concern as the alien punk began hyperventilating.
"C-Can she breath in that thing?" Ragna asked, eyes not leaving Crush's cube, who seemed to have heard his voice despite it being muffle from her perspective.
"The cube allows her to breathe, but less movement means less trouble. Now go away, Earthlings, she's my Quarry to turn in." Sunder said, turning his back to the three.
"Why do you want her?" Wonder Woman asked, glaring at the alien.
"This little problem child has been quite a bug across several galaxies. Now that we caught her, she won't be causing anymore problems." Sunder stated, clicking the top of Crush's cube and dragging her away, leaving the three heroines.
"I….I guess that settles that." Hawkgirl said, looking at the others.
"Indeed, now she can pay for the crimes she's been causing." Wonder Woman nodded in agreement, the only one who remained silent was Ragna. He watched as Sunder slowly walked away with Crush, the alien punk banging against the cube. Why? She caused a commotion, she nearly killed several civilians, so why did he have a strange feeling in his gut that something wasn't right about this?
"Alert the Citadel, I'll have their package delivered on time." Ragna's eyes narrowed at the mention of this Citadel, and whatever it was seemed to have freaked Crush out, who began to get more frantic in her pounding. And for the first time since she got her, Crush's brash and rebellious attitude shed away to show a scared and frightened girl, eyes tearing up as they stared into his. Ragna's eyes met with Crush's, a flash of flames and demonic laughter echoing in his mind, as the punk girl mouthed one word.
"Please."
"Ragna?" Wonder Woman asked, noticing Ragna's quiet demeanor.
To the girl's surprise, Ragna had disappeared before their eyes, with Sunder turning around at the sound of metal screeching. Their eyes turned to find said hybrid, face covered by his hood, holding Crush's cube with one hand, fingers digging into the metal.
"What were her crimes, that must have been so severe, that she needs to be delivered to this Citadel? Are you their enforcer? A cop?" Ragna asked, hand keeping the box from moving towards Sunder. The large alien behemoth stepped towards Ragna, easily towering him, a growl escaping the alien's throat.
"Doesn't matter to me, the sooner I get her delivered, the quicker I get paid."
"You're a Bounty Hunter." Ragna stated, lifting his head up to glare at the alien.
"So what if I am?" Sunder growled, reaching for his energized ax. Ragna said nothing, pushing Crush's cube back, stepping away from the alien.
"If she committed the crimes she'll pay for them, after she pays for the ones she committed here." Ragna said, turning his back to the alien. Crush, with what movement she could do within the cube, turned her head to look up at the hero. Why was he trying to save her? One minute he was punching her, the next he was protecting her.
"There is no way on this dunghill of a planet am I gonna let you walk away with my Quarry." Sunder snarled, his grip tightening on the ax.
"I wasn't asking." Ragna stated, turning around as Sunder swung his ax.
CLANG
To both Ragna's and Sunder's surprise, Wonder Woman blocked the swinging ax with her bracelet, sparks flying from strike. The tall Amazon pushed Sunder away, giving Hawkgirl the chance to swing her mace, knocking Sunder into the air. The alien bounty hunter summoned his hovercraft, landing back on the silver machine.
"Free the girl, we'll take care of him." Wonder Woman stated, flying into the air to intercept the bounty hunter with Hawkgirl behind her.
"Right." Ragna muttered, walking around the cube to face Crush, wondering how to release her from the prison. Tapping the front of the cube a few times only to receive no answers, Ragna tried using voice command but to no avail. Seeing no options, Ragna pulled out Morningstar and twirled the blade in his hand. Seeing the blade for the first time, and getting a sudden and horrible realization come to mind, Crush began frantically shaking her head.
"It's okay, I got this." Ragna reassured her, aiming the blade at the small cube.
SHING
In the blink of an eye, Crush plopped on the ground with an 'Oof' as the cube dissolved around her into tiny little shards, before it quickly reformed into the small hand size cube. Crush looked right and left in bewilderment, frantically searching her body for any injuries. None. She was perfectly fine and freed from the prison.
"How….How the fuck did do that?" Crush asked, looking back up at the hybrid hero.
"Skill…and I just sliced the corners off releasing the flat sides." Ragna admitted, scratching the back of his neck before the sound of Sunder roaring caught his attention.
"Stay here, we'll take care of him!" With that, Ragna dashed towards the bounty hunter. Crush watched them fight him, and it seemed to be in their favor. However, Crush had a gut feeling that Sunder didn't care if he won the fight, all he wanted was her. She was going to find Lobo, but she couldn't do that with bounty hunters from the fricken CITADEL on her ass. Hearing the roars of an engine, Crush looked over to see Sunder's starship land nearby, an idea popping in her head.
"Fuck yeah!" Crush exclaimed, running past the four and towards the ship.
"Oh no you do-GAH!" Sunder groaned as Diana socked him in the jaw, knocking out a tooth. Sunder snarled at the Amazon and swung his ax, only for Ragna to dash in and deflect it with his own blade, followed by Hawkgirl to smack Sunder across the chest with her mace. Sunder twirled his ax one more time and lunged at the Amazon first, but to his shock she easily caught his ax and decked him in the face. She then wrapped her leg around Sunder's, and with a mighty right hook knocked him off his feet and into the air. Reaching out with her left hand, Wonder Woman gripped tightly on Sunder's boot, and flung him into the air.
Once he began to ascend towards the ground, Wonder Woman caught him and slammed him onto the concrete. Sunder snarled and swung his ax, but the Amazon blocked the blow and delivered another punch. She grabbed the bounty hunter by his collar and headbutted him, but the alien warrior grabbed the Amazon by her waist and hoisted her into the air. However, Hawkgirl intervened with a swing of her mace, knocking Sunder on his back. The bounty hunter rolled onto his stomach and reached for his ax, only for a silver blade to stab into the edge of his glove. Looking up, he saw Ragna standing above him wagging his finger, no doubt a smirk under that mask. Sunder attempted to get up, but Hawkgirl landed on top of him holding her mace down on his neck, while Wonder Woman landed on his other arm holding him in place. Sunder snarled and struggled against their weight, the three holding him down.
"Surrender now, and we promise we'll let you go." Ragna said, barely straining to hold Sunder down.
"Never! You will not stop me! No one will stop me from taking my Quar…..Where did she go?!" Sunder roared, the others looking around to find that Crush was no longer with them.
"Where DID she go?" Hawkgirl asked, looking at Ragna.
"I told her to wait right over there." Ragna said, pointing at the small cube on the road. Suddenly, the roar of an engine caught their attention, the four looking up to see Sunder's ship hovering in the air above them. Sunder's eyes widened in realization, and it was only confirmed by the alien punk's voice yelling over a comm.
"SEE YA LATER BITCHES!" Crush exclaimed, laughing as the ship's thrusters spewed flames and flew off into the sky.
"NO!" Sunder roared and with the three heroes in a state of shock, knocked them all off.
"My Quarry will not get away!" Sunder roared, mentally summoning his hovercraft. Once it appeared, he pulled out a mask that covered his mouth, before hopping on his craft and taking after his ship. The three hero's pulled themselves back up, watching the bounty hunter chase after his own ship with Crush in it, bewilderment on their faces.
"What uh…what just happened?" Hawkgirl asked, the others remained silent, unsure how to answer. It came in the form of someone laughing, the three looking down to see Crush walking out of a pile of rubble, a massive grin on his face.
"I'll tell ya what happened, dumbass fell for the oldest trick in the fucken book." Crush laughed, holding her side.
"Wait, you didn't leave?" Diana asked.
"Hell no, I didn't want to be chased by that guy and the fucken Citadel." Crush said, shrugging her shoulders.
"What did you do?" Ragna asked, stepping towards the punk alien.
"I fucken hacked into his ship's mainframe, gave it the order to head far across the universe, so by the time he catches up I'll be long gone." Crush said, holding the rim of her jacket with a large grin on her face.
"Why didn't you just hack into his ship and open fire on him, or better yet why didn't you just flee and lose elsewhere in the universe? So not only would you be free, you'd also have a ship." Hawkgirl asked, ending Crush's moment of triumph, a blank look on her face.
"...Did she no-!"
"Give it a minute." Hawkgirl interrupted Ragna, a small smirk on her lips.
"...FUCK!" Crush screamed the heavens, stomping the ground.
"FUCKEN GODDAMIT SHIT FUCK DAMMIT DAMMIT!"
"I'm really glad Aunt Leslie's not here." Ragna muttered, taking a step towards the alien punk.
"Dammit, now I'm stuck on this fucking rock….AGAIN!" Crush exclaimed, huffing in anger. Ragna was willing to give her some space, but he was curious on what drove her to do this for them.
"Why did you trick Sunder, you could've left us to deal with him, yet you stayed behind to get him off this planet. Why?" Ragna asked, once Crush began to calm down. Crush sent a heated gaze in Ragna's direction, before she slowly softened, crossing her arms and looking away from the hybrid hero.
"...Listen, Shorty, I didn't completely think that far ahead."
"Obviously." Hawkgirl stated.
"Go bend your wings Birdgirl. Anyways, you were willing to save me from the guy, I figured the least I could do was return the favor and get him off this planet….since I'm the reason he was here in the first place." Crush muttered, rubbing the back of her neck. Ragna smiled under his mask, it seemed she wasn't so bad afterall.
"Well, I really appreci-!"
"Don't think it means anything, I just didn't want to owe a Shorty like you anything. Now we're even." Crush interrupted, pointing her index finger at the hybrid hero.
"I'm not that short, plus your my height." Ragna muttered, noticing that Crush let out an annoyed sigh.
"Great, now I gotta find a place to sleep….Fucken bullshit." Crush cursed, pocketing her hands and walking away from the three. Ragna felt a tinge of guilt knowing not many were gonna let Crush live with them, especially with her attitude. And he doubted she knew many places on this planet, if any at all. From behind, Diana noticed the knowing glint in Ragna's eyes, that determination that he had something in mind, and it involved Crush.
"Ragna, do-!"
"Hey, Crush, listen." Ragna started, catching the punk's attention. "If you need a place to lay low, my apartment is nearby. You can stay there until I get in touch with a frie-!"
"Associate." Hawkgirl interrupted.
"Associate, who might be able to help you find this….Lobo? You can stay at my place in the meantime." Ragna offered, holding his hand up.
"...What's the catch?" Crush asked, glaring at the hero.
"Well, first off, I wasn't gonna let you walk away with all the damage you caused. So I'm letting you off easy by repairing all the damage you caused." Ragna stated, shocking Crush.
"FUCEKN WHAT?! Why do I have to do it? You guys caused some of it!"
"It's either that, or we send you to the slammer." Ragna stated, gesturing to Hawkgirl, who had her mace up for emphasis. Crush looked between the two, before settling on Ragna, her gaze hardening.
"Why are you offering me a place? Better yet, why did you help back there? I could've been out of your hair, but instead you helped ME, why did you do that?" Crush asked, crossing her arms.
"...You asked, and I never needed a reason to help." Ragna said, smiling under his mask.
"...Okay, cryptic as fuck, but I'll take it. Just don't try any weird shit or I swear I'll fucken kick your ass." Crush threatened, gripping Ragna's hand and shaking it.
"Hehe, noted. Which reminds me, since you'll be living with me and the others, I guess you should know my name." Ragna said, reaching up and pulling his hood off. The first thing Crush noted was his white hair, before he pulled off his mask and mouthguard revealing his face. If she wasn't already annoyed at the prospect of cleaning up her mess, her cheeks would've burned brighter at the teen standing before her. He was around her age, and his skin had not a sign of acne or scars. While she was mostly into girls, she had a few boyfriends in the past…he was currently beating them in looks by a fucken mile.
"My name is Ragna Redgrave, nice to meet ya."
"...Da fuck kind of name is Ragna?" Crush muttered.
"It's a family name, now get to cleaning your mess." Ragna jabbed a thumb over his shoulder, the streets cracked and destroyed behind him. Crush cursed under her breath, but knowing she needed a place to stay and lay low for a while, she begrudgingly walked past Ragna and began to clean the street.
"Fucken bullshit, fucken stupid ass weaboo, fucken bimbos, fucken ass!" Crush cursed on and on as she began to pick up debris. As Ragna watched, Hawkgirl stood beside, leaning on his shoulder.
"Well, this has definitely been a weird day for me." Hawkgirl mused.
"I just roll with it, it comes with the territory." Ragna said with a shrug.
"You did good though, Ragna, but why did you help her?" Hawkgirl asked, looking over at the Devil hero.
"...I never need a reason." Ragna answered once again cryptically, arm reaching up and holding onto his right bicep, rubbing the rolled up sleeve. Hawkgirl wondered if something was under there, but she wouldn't push him further, he had his reasons to help her and it was good enough for her. Hawkgirl looked over her shoulder to see Diana with a scolding look on her face, half listening to the two of them and watching Crush clean up the street. She could tell there was something going on, whatever it was she had no idea, and really she had nothing to do with it or care that much. But…..
"Hey, listen, it's none of my business but whatever is going on between you and Princess over there will be just fine." Hawkgirl whispered, gesturing between him and the Amazon Princess. Ragna looked up at the winged heroine, then over at Diana for a second, wondering what she was getting at.
"You gotta remember that she comes from an all female island that has this 'all men suck' doctrine, can't expect her to change her ways from just being here for a few weeks." Hawkgirl said, stepping away from Ragna.
"You're a good kid, Ragna, and I'm sure you can fix whatever tension is between you and Diana. I mean, you stopped a war, how hard can this be?" Hawkgirl said, holstering her mace and taking flight.
"I gotta head out, got some business elsewhere, see ya on the next mission kid!" With that, Hawkgirl was off, leaving Ragna to ponder what she meant and how he could fix whatever is going on between him and Diana.
"OW FUCK I STUBBED MY TOE!"
(A Devil's Justice)
"I'm back girls…..and I brought a guest." Ragna muttered, chuckling nervously as he entered the sliding glass window with Diana in tow.
"Ragna, you're okay!" Ghia'ta exclaimed, latching onto Ragna and kissing his cheek, the hybrid chuckling sweetly in return.
"Holy shit this place is nice…..and filled with a bunch of hot ladies." Everyone in the room turned to the door as Crush walked in, balked at the sight of all the girls in the room.
"Fuck, Shorty, had you told me you'd live an apartment with all of them I would've surrender with gusto." Crush said,
"Remember the rules, no loud vulgarity. I got an Aunt who visits and neighbors." Ragna recalled, earning a grumble from the punk.
"...Ragna, who is this?" Jennifer asked, gesturing to Crush who now walked into the living area.
"Girls, this is Crush. Crush, this is Ghia'ta, Diana, Jennifer, Kori, Koye, and Aya. Crush has to lay low for a while, she'll explain while I make dinner." Ragna said, walking over to the fridge.
"Greetings, I am Aya." Aya introduced herself, Crush feeling a little unnerved by that stoic gaze.
"I am Jennifer." Jennifer introduced herself from her meditating position.
"Greetings Friend Crush, I am Koriand'r, or Starfire in the Earth tongue. That is my sister Komand'r, or Blackfire." Kori introduced herself and her sister, who merely huffed at the punk alien.
"Well, it's nice to meet ya Crush, my name is Ghia'ta, Princess of Zamaron and the Star Sapphires." Ghia'ta introduced herself, Crush eyeing the alien princess.
"Damn, you're not so bad looking, cutie. You seeing anyone?" Crush asked with a smirk.
"Why yes, I'm Ragna's girlfriend." Ghia'ta said, gesturing to the hybrid who began gathering materials for dinner, Crush's jaw hitting the floor.
"What?! You?! With hi…." Crush's attempt to mock Ragna trailed off as she gestured to the devil hero. Ragna had taken off his coat and equipment, wearing an apron that hugged his muscles. Soon some of the other girls looked over at the cooking hybrid, his muscles straining against his shirt.
"...Alright, I see it now." Crush admitted, Ghia'ta giggling as the punk's cheeks burned a bit.
"So, Crush, how about you tell us about yourself." Ghia'ta offered, curious on why the alien punk had to lay low. Seeing no harm in it, and with nothing else to do, Crush shrugged her shoulders as she plopped herself on the couch next to Kori and began to regale the girls of her adventure. While she talked, Ragna was joined by Diana, who merely crossed her arms with a heated gaze in her eyes.
"I don't know why you let her stay here." The Amazon huffed, clearly not on board with the idea. Now it was another girl in this apartment with Ragna.
"Because she had nowhere to go, and besides she cleaned up the best she could." Ragna said, chopping the onions.
"She stabbed the wrong end of a stop sign."
"I said it was her best, I didn't say it was right."
"But why? Why did you risk helping her Ragna?" Diana asked, looking down at the hybrid hero. She noticed he stopped chopping, her features softened as his expression became stoic, his right arm instinctively rubbing his arm. She noticed wrapped around his right arm was a red sash, his finger running across the fabric.
"...I never need a reason." Diana was curious about the cryptic answer, but before she could go any further, Ragna interrupted her.
"She won't be here that long, I'll get in touch with GL when I have the chance, and she'll be out of our hair. Until then, she'll follow my house rules, who knows she might not even be that bad."
"Yo you guys got a fucken red lizard?! Fuck yeah! OW! IT FUCKEN BIT ME!"
"Then again, it could come crashing down." Diana couldn't help but chuckle as Ragna sweatdropped at the punk's antics. Ragna noticed her smirk and inwardly cheered, it seemed she was in a better mood now.
"By the way, you were amazing out there, those moves you did on that Sunder guy were awesome." Ragna complimented, not noticing Diana's wide eyed expression, the Amazon not meeting his gaze.
"Thank you, Ragna, it is something we Amazon's train for on Themyscira. If you would like, I could teach you a few of my moves." Diana said offhandedly.
"I'd like that." Diana's eyes widened in shock, looking down to see the wide smile on Ragna's face, chuckling as the Amazon remained quiet. She merely crossed her arms and looked away, unsure how to respond, but Ragna simply kept smiling.
"Now….can you beat my meat for me."
"WH-WHAT?!"
"Yeah, punch this meat for me, I need it tenderized." Ragna said, holding out a place of raw meat in front of the Amazon. Diana, who was appalled and her cheeks crimson at the mere thought of what he was insinuating, but now seeing what he meant made her feel a little embarrassed.
"What? Did you think I meant something else?"
"I uh…..yes, I can do this." Diana, unsure how to explain, merely took the plate and began punching the meat.
"Just don't break my counter." Ragna said, going back to cooking. Truth be told, he didn't need the meat pounded, but if Diana was just gonna stand there she might as well help him. But he was glad to see she was a little more mellow after what happened earlier. He had to admit Hawkgirl was right, he did have to be patient with Diana. She was practically alone here with no sisters from Themyscira, he and the girls were all she had.
"The Citadel?!" Ragna's head shot up to see Blackfire from the couch, eyes wide as she stared at Crush.
"Yeah, I was brought there for some property damage I caused…Shit, what's the sleeping arrangement around here if you all live together?" Crush asked, unaware of the shocked expression on the twin's faces.
"I sleep on the floor because I do not need the comfort of a mattress, while Jennifer meditates/Sleeps in the air. Diana sleeps on her own sleeping mat, while the twins sleep together on Ragna's hide-a-bed." Aya explained, while Ragna stopped cooking, noticing Blackfire and Starfire's frightened expression while also making mental note about the sleeping arrangement.
"Starfire? Blackfire? What's wrong?" Ragna asked.
"Friend Ragna…the Citadel is where my sister and I were being transported to." Starfire answered, while Blackfire snarled.
"They…..they are the reason why Tamaran was invaded." Blackfire growled, shocking Ragna.
"Crush, what is this Citadel?" Ragna asked, turning to the alien punk, who shrugged her shoulders.
"I only know the basics, that it's a powerful Galactic Government ruled by three Galactic movements: The Ex Machina, the Krimzon Empire, and the Jennerit Imperium with each ruling one galaxy." Crush explained, making some of the girls pale in fear. Ragna rubbed his chin, whatever this Citadel was, it was a major force. Feeling a breeze pass by, Ragna noticed he left the sliding door opened, Diana's hair brushing in his face….which he did not mind.
"Well….that only further proves you guys are safer here, so long as they don't know that you are still here." Ragna said, walking past Diana and towards the door.
"Last thing we need are any more surpri-!"
"BRAT!"
"AAAAHHHH!" Ragna screamed, falling on his ass, laughter echoing in the room.
"WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT THING?!" Crush exclaimed, pointing at the creature that now stood in the kitchen. Ragna rubbed his head, glaring up at the Rhyming Devil himself, as footsteps echoed behind him.
"Ragna, who is this?!" Ghia'ta asked, ring pointed at the demon, as several of the girls save for Crush had their magic and energy aimed at the creature. Ragna groaned as he pulled himself back up, standing between them and the demon, a frown on his lips.
"Girls, this is Etrigan, a demon who resides in my Godfather's head." Ragna explained, grunting as Etrigan clapped his back.
"So good to see you again, Brat, thank you for letting me in your domain." Etrigan rhymes, laughing, as the girls slowly lower their arms.
"So this is Jason Blood?" Ghia'ta asked, remembering when Ragna explained to her how his Godfather worked.
"No, just the demon in his head. Which reminds me, what are you doing here, Etrigan?" Ragna asked, noticing that Etrigan never stopped grinning.
"Why I'm here to see you, Brat, this is long overdue. Now show your sword!" Etrigan ordered, confusing Ragna. But seeing no harm in it, Ragna held his arm out, and if by some silent command, Morningstar flew off the wall and into Ragna's hand.
"Good, good, it answers your call. Now did you finally give it a name? Or perhaps you finally figured it's name out?" Etrigan asked, a teasing smirk on his lips.
"Uh….Morningstar, it's name is Morningstar." Ragna said, Etrigan hummed as his fingers hovered over the steel, feeling the heat from the blade.
"Like the Fallen Son himself, eh….Or perhaps in honor of the Lord Christ, hmm?" Etrigan said, flashing everyone a large smile, before stepping back and clapping his hands.
"Chop chop now Brat, show me the El Diablo, so we may begin our chat."
"Does he always fucking rhymes?" Crush muttered, plugging her ears. Meanwhile, Ragna looked confused, what did he mean by El Diablo?
"What's El Diablo?" Ragna asked, now it was Etrigan's turn to be confused, rubbing his chin in thought.
"I see now, so you must not have awakened that power. But I did sense something that night, you've awaken something as you finally figured out your sword's name. Tell me, what was it?" Etrigan asked, it took Ragna a moment to know what he meant, but then it finally clicked.
"I uh…..I had fire covering my body, scales on my arms and cheeks, like I was a living fireball." Ragna explained, Etrigan humming in delight.
"Yes, yes. You've done it boy, you have taken your first step in the domain of the Devil by accessing the power of Wrath: Inferno. Specifically Inferno Mode." Etrigan explained.
"Inferno Mode? Wait, that's the mode Ifrit used back in London. You're saying I accessed that power now?"
"Yes, and this is only the beginning, now that your sword has a name, and you have taken your first step, we can begin!" Etrigan declared, latching onto Ragna's shoulders.
"W-Wait, what does knowing my sword's name have to do with anything? Also, begin what?!" Ragna asked, not liking the growing smile on the Rhyming Devil's face.
"Why, now that your sword has awakened it's name, it's power will grow with you. What else would I mean, Brat? You've taken your first step in the domain of El Diablo, now I will train you in not only mastering this power, but all Seven Forces of the Demon Realm!" Etrigan proclaimed, shocking Ragna. Etrigan's features turned sharper as he looked over Ragna's shoulder, a devious smirk appearing on his lips.
"My my you've already begun, seven ain't so bad." Etrigan teased, Ragna shaking his head in confusion.
"W-What? What are you talking about, Etrigan?" Ragna asked, glaring at the demon, who held his hands up in surrender.
"Hey now, I'm not judging. Sure, seven is a small number compared to most harems in the Demon Realm, but it's good start considering how much of a lemon you were when we first met." Etrigan said, chuckling, while Ragna's eyes widened in shock, as did some of the girls.
"...What's a harem?" Kori asked innocently, tilting her head in confusion. Ragna shook his head, waving his hands in front of Etrigan.
"No, no Etrigan, I don't have a harem. I just happened to live in an apartment with….several…." As Ragna trailed off, slowly turning around to face the girls. The realization struck him like a blade piercing his chest, eyes wide in disbelief. He slowly stared at the floor, jaw hanging open, eyes slowly bugging out, it all came crashing down as he realized it.
"Oh my god I have a harem."
(A Devil's Justice)
Ragna finally put the pieces together, he unintentionally has a harem. And with that the chapter ends! A pretty nice and simply slice of life chapter, being one of my shorter ones at ten thousand, still unintentionally long but good all the same. I don't need every chapter being twenty thousand words.
Achievement Unlocked: KISS from a Falling Star (Saved Crush)
So we now introduce another chick for the harem: the Main Gal Crush. Now why did I use Crush? Well she has been a apart of this volume a long time coming. In a sense she's part of the 'Space Chick' side of the harem, but in a sense besides Ghia'ta, she can also relate to Ragna on some lvl like most of the girls. I don't just choose girls because I think their pretty, I choose girls because I like them and think they can be happy and connect with my character on different lvls. Crush ain't joining the harem anytime soon, she's basically the Tsundere of the group, and officially the first and one of the few Bi girls of the group. She'll have her own arc, and I have a fun idea involving certain Spirits of Vengeance, but that's neither here or soon.
The Citadel, now what is the Citadel? In DC Comics it's basically a Fascist Empire ruled by a few random aliens. In my story, it's basically Three Galaxy Ruling Factions working together. The Empires are based from other series that I will not reveal besides one: Ex Machina, the Krimzon Empire, and the Jennerit Imperium. The Imperium is a faction based from the failed but had great potential Gearbox Game Battleborn. They are actually really fun to work on for this story.
So let me explain how the girls work or how they will bond and grow with Ragna. Each chapter or arc will be focused on a certain type of girl in that environment. With Red Dawn it was a sci-fi adventure so Ghia'ta was the main girl, with Aya on the side. And say when it's gonna be a magical arc I'd do Tala/Jennifer/Zatanna etc. Diana will be pretty much on the Magic/Hero end, not really going into space for NOW, same with Ghia'ta mainly staying in her lane, and other girls like Gamora, Mantis, Laira, etc. For the next couple volumes I will only be adding two or three girls at a time. Like next volume I'll be focused on Aya and her arc of trying to be more human in the eyes of others, while trying to understand Ragna. Some girls will join the harem by proxy of certain events, like say Ragna objectified in a Demonic Wedding to save an Amazon, she would only be in the harem because of 'marriage' and will blossom into love later. So basically by the end of this volume Ragna will have officially two girls in the harem, and those two are pretty much spoiled so it shouldn't be hard to know why. Spoilers: Ghia'ta and Diana.
I won't get into hot takes right now, but two things I want to bring up: Fuck yeah two new chapters of Berserk. Let's fucking go. Second: I have said in the past that One Punch Man that I do not like the One Punch premise, but I fucking love everything else. These last few chapters (Even before it was rewritten) were fucking GOD tier. This latest chapter is so fucking cool.
Now onto the volumes themselves, so this series takes a lot of aspects from Manga/Anime, and I'm not talking about humor or harem. I'm talking about chapter/volume books. So I decided to split the other volumes into shorter chapters. Each volume from now on will have twenty chapters. Volume will be the only one with forty since I'm already past twenty. I'm naming this first volume 'Rise of the Devil' and the next volume will be...something haven't come up with a name yet.
Which brings me to my next surprise of anime comparison, I am two more ADJ centered stories called: A Devil's Justice Little Black Book, and the A Devil's Justice Special Series. The Little Black Book is basically one shot chapters involving Ragna with a girl, not lemon in every single one of them. Sometimes the girl will have one chapter, or three chapters total. Not all of them are canon, and it doesn't include every girl from Fiction. Mainly girls from Marvel/DC/Disney. Like I'll spoiler the first couple chapters are Thundra, and she is canon and she will appear in the actually series but this off series is to introduce her. The Little Black Book is basically Ragna finding girls and taking them back to his world or simply help them. It's not an ongoing series that has like five hundred, I don't know the max but I am working on it and have it half done for titles and girls at least. Most girls will appear in the series, I guess this would be girls who aren't canon but I wanted it to be. Which brings me to my final point: ADJ Specials. Basically, they are like anime movies. I don't have an exact number but usually they will appear after every one or two volumes. I have one set after Volume 1 (Being two volumes be put together at this point). I will not spoil what the first special is about, but here is the name of the first special and the main focused characters.
A Devil's Justice Special 1: Heaven's Shadow (Ragna Redgrave, OC Female Villain, and the Umbran Witch Bayonetta.)
That's pretty much it, I'll save the rest for next chapter, because the next chapter is the long deserved original erotic chapter.
Please review, pm for ideas, etc. Zer0the0mega108 out!
Chapter Summary: While training with Etrigan and Diana, Ragna cuts it short to prepare for tonight, for this is the 'Official' date between him and Ghia'ta. Ragna now takes Ghia'ta to several locations, and must mentally make sure that everything goes perfect for his Sapphire. As the two dance the night away and ponder the future with the others in mind, a certain renegade Sapphire appears to cause panic in Redgrave, can Ragna and Ghia'ta stop her? Or will the Star Sapphire ruin their date night? Find out next time on A Devil's Justice Chapter Twenty-Eight: A Devil's Love.