Happy late new year people! I am very terrible for keeping people waiting, and possibly unfavoriting and unfollowing. Responsibilities, along with depression and all that jazz suck. You could say I was on a sort of hiatus to get back to the groove and find excitement, then figure out how to end this arc, which was a bitch. I also wanted to see the third Spider-Man movie for the MCU, so I can figure things out for a crossover between FIREBRAND and 458th Universe Naruto so there's that. Also hard to believe I am posting a new chapter on my birthday.
I also found time to put together an image of Naruto fucking Seekvaira, through Photoshop means, well, two images. They're the same, but one is with lights off, the other one being the same but with lights on. I actually did it. It took time to find images to put together to make it work, and it is...wow. I also put together images of Naruto and Xenovia having sex, which I too am happy I managed to pull off. I would post a link through spaces in between words, numbers and all, but one of my brothers reads this story and I don't want him to see it, so a PM is necessary to get a link, if you're interested.
You can find them Pixiv, though you need an account to view them since it's 18
Weds (8/7)
4:15 pm
17 days until Rias vs Sona Rating Game
MacBean's Dress & Lingerie
Paddington, London, England
"Daisy, where's my dress?" Xenovia asked the brown-haired buxom woman, who was busy putting on her dress alongside Chie, Maki, and Moka, who now had pink hair and green contact lenses, with Kotomi putting on a female server uniform.
"Oh you're not going to be wearing one, Blue (Xenovia)."
"Ehhhh!?" Daisy tells Xenovia they needed to be diverse with how they're going to protect Princess Charlotte IV.
"The plan has changed a little. There was reports of a violinist who was scheduled to play for Princess Charlotte IV's birthday, but he got into an altercation with a chef and had to cancel," Daisy informs the bluenette. "I had planned to have one of my guys fill in, but none of them were good with it. Your boyfriend, I believe, told me you could play it, and seeing as how you can pass as a boy, if we hide those knockers of yours, you can get in."
"Do I really have to be a boy?"
"It's too late to change it now, sorry." Xenovia gave Daisy a glare that made it known that she didn't like the idea of not looking pretty for the mission, but gave in knowing there would be other missions and/or gatherings that would allow her that sort of opportunity.
"Fine, give me the suit."
With Akame
Dressing Rooms
"I wanted to put on a dress too..." Akame says to herself, sounding disappointed as she puts on the spy outfit the White Pigeon Organization made for her and Ange.
"There'll be other opportunities for that Akame," Ange tells the girl. "There's still the gathering before the Gremory-Sitri Rating Game. Right now, we have the important task of taking down snipers, in the case their attempts to assassinate the Princess from outside the party, should them appearing be a possibility, which it will."
"What is this based on?" asked Akame, frowning when Ange says it was from a hunch. "Now let's hurry up and get dressed. You and I need to look over the layout of the exterior for the castle the party will take place in so we know the potential points the enemy's snipers will be placed in. With about 25 people that hold a good amount of power within this country in attendance, it's the perfect opportunity for the Duke to play the part of the hero who quells the chaos that comes with seeing the Princess getting a bullet to the head and taking down the one who shot it. A scenario like that must never happen."
With Naruto
"Praetor, help me with my bindings please!" Nero shouts, Naruto, sporting black hair and red contact lenses for the mission, calmly agreed to help her, telling his Servant to hold still as he walked over to her after he finished dressing in his tuxedo. With her arms raised up, Nero waits in place as the Rook wrapped the bindings around her chest. Finished, he lets his Servant know she was good to dress up in her tux.
"Naruto, I need help with my bindings as well," a just-arrived Xenovia tells him.
"I thought you were going to be dressing up as one of the attendees."
"Plan changed, I'm a male violinist," she said to Naruto, who leans forward to inspect the bluenette's face.
"...You CAN pass as one, a very pretty and feminine male."
"Not you too."
"If it helps, I once disguised myself as a girl, using transformation of course, to get into a party to assassinate a Fallen Angel." Though looking bewildered by his response and the thought that he actually disguised himself as a girl, Xenovia asked if he had pictures. Taking out his phone, he shows her the pics he took before the mission, Xenovia and Nero looking mystified by how beautiful (s)he was in the pictures that were taken.
"Naruko Nami-,"
"Please don't give her a name," Naruto said to Xenovia, interrupting her on purpose.
Ten minutes later
Now dressed in a tuxedo, sporting blond hair, courtesy of magic, and green contact lenses, Xenovia asked everyone how she looked as she entered with Naruto and Nero. Right away, all the girls in the shop gave her a thumbs up, the female employees having a faint redness on their cheeks.
"Those reactions of yours surely answered it," said the disguised Knight.
"You even have me believing it," said Daisy. "Okay, us girls need to put on some make up before we're good to start the mission. Fox, Blue (Xenovia), you two can go on ahead with Venus (Nero) and Donuts (Kotomi)."
4:39 pm
Queen's Mayfair Academy
Main Building
City of London
Arriving at the front of the academy on her Honda Nighthawk 250, Xenovia and Naruto, who sat behind her, took off their helmets before getting off. Nero arrives a minute after with Kotomi, having rented a car to arrive to the party.
"Queen's Mayfair Academy...I remember reading how the original academy burned down to the ground following a terrorist attack," Naruto says to Ange through a telepathy rune in his pocket.
"A shame really, I really enjoyed attending the original school," said the Agares Pawn, who was observing the guests arriving one by one through the scope on a silenced sniper rifle while standing on the roof of a a bell tower 2000 m from the academy, with Akame sitting in wait while munching on a drumstick.
"As soon as you get in, Naruto, rendezvous with Moka, Chie, Daisy, and Maki. Xenovia, you will have a good vantage point from the stage so I'll be trusting you with having your eyes open to everything while performing and while you're on standby."
"You can count on me, Ange."
4:45 pm
Second Floor
Grand Hall
Walking into the hall, the four survey the guests as they approach the stage that was set up for the orchestra that would be playing in fifteen minutes. Kotomi tells her group to wish her luck before heading to the kitchen while Nero goes off on her own to mingle with the guests. Noticing Nyau within the crowd of people in the hall, Xenovia gets Naruto's attention.
"That kid, he's part of, well, used to be part of the Church."
"Do you know what he can do?" Xenovia informs him and Nero of the recorder-shaped Teigu he used, which could decrease the willpower of those who listened to it. "That's a troublesome instrument."
"Not to worry. I have something to counter that."
"You do?" With a proud look on her face she says she only needs a violin to do so. Noticing the masked woman with long purple hair that was styled in a Chignon Updo hairstyle, Naruto asked Xenovia if she knew her.
"Besides her participation on the attack to stop the peace treaty, I don't know anything about her."
"That woman, whoever she is, she's just as skilled as me, maybe even better even if I wasn't making sure Akame wasn't trying to get killed by her sister," Maki informed the two just as she, Moka, Chie, and Daisy arrive at the front of the academy, the latter letting them ride in her pink automobile to the party.
"There you are!" The female party planner says to Xenovia while quickly approaching her. "We're going to start shortly so please go grab your instrument and be ready to perform as soon as the Princess and her family make their arrival."
"Duty calls," Xenovia told Naruto before leaving him, just as Moka and the others enter the hall. When the Rook heads over to meet up with them, he accidentally bumps into and knocks down Nyau, who spills his drink on his own face and suit.
"Oh, I'm so sorry, I didn't see you there."
"Sorry!? You made me splash wine on myself!" Nyau shouts.
"Look, kid, I know a tailor that can-"
"Kid!? I'm in my late 20s!" Naruto went wide-eyed when confronted by the fact.
"Really?" Naruto asked.
"You...I ought to-" Nyau stops speaking after the masked woman placed her right hand on his shoulder and lets him know that the guests were staring at him. Aware that he lost his cool in front of several people, Nyau calms down a little. When offered a helping hand by her, he swats the woman's hand away and tells her he could get up by himself and walks away, giving Naruto an, "I know what you look like," expression on his face. Looking at Nyau then back at Naruto in a panicked manner, the masked woman bows her head three times to apologize for the former's behavior, quickly running to Nyau's side after.
"What a rude little man," Daisy says to Naruto as she, Chie, Maki, and Moka walk up to the Rook. "Will we need to worry about him?"
"I don't think so," said Naruto.
"LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PRINCESS CHARLOTTE IV AND HER ENTOURAGE HAVE ARRIVED!" Once heard, all the guests in the Grand Hall fall silent and make way for the princess, the Duke, and their guards as they walk in. As she made her way to the center of the room, Xenovia played "Merry Go Round of Life from Howl's Moving Castle" on her violin while a pianist plays with her. Naruto and the others look at her with amazement, this being the first time they hear her playing.
Outside, Ange shoots a sniper in the head with her rifle. She then listens to Xenovia's violin play after, through her telepathy rune, giving her performance an acknowledging nod.
"I'd like to thank you all for coming to my 18th birthday," Charlotte IV happily told her guests. While she continues to do her speech, Akame had just sliced off the arms of a sniper who was about to take the shot. "I know it's been a hard week, especially after the sudden deaths of the Queen, and my older sister Carla. Knowing them, they wouldn't want such tragedy to keep us all from moving forward and trying to live each day with our spirits high. After tonight, I'll be taking the throne as the new Queen, and like my predecessors, I will strive to make this country of ours a place where everyone can smile."
Their spirits high, everyone in the Grand Hall raised their glasses, the Princess raising her glass up and telling everyone to enjoy tonight before taking her first sip of wine.
"That was a beautiful speech, Charlotte," The Duke tells her. "Carla would be proud of you."
"Thank you," she tells the Duke, taking a sip out of her glass after. "Hmm, Carla made wine look so good, but it tastes absolutely foul to me."
"Give yourself some time for your taste buds to familiarize itself with the wine. It's an acquired taste after all." Having herself some punch before she has to go back onstage to perform, Xenovia voiced how badly she wanted a carbonated beverage, turning around and finding the Princess in front of her, who compliments her performance.
"Thank you so much, this means a lot, especially since I was asked to perform for your birthday at the last minute."
"Princess, over here," says one of the guests, who happily waves at her.
"Looks like someone is calling for me," said the Princess. "Do enjoy this evening, sir." After bowing to the Princess, the disguised bluenette watched the Princess walk over to the guest who called her over.
While dancing with Moka, Naruto used the X-Ray function on his lenses to check for any weapon carriers in the dance hall, save for the Princess' bodyguards.
"Six revolvers, two SIG-Sauer P226Rs, seven Glock 19s, one Teigu, obviously, twenty throwing knives, and a collapsible staff."
"Let me guess, the last two belong to the masked woman?" Moka hummed in delight when she got the answer right. "Where is she keeping her knives?"
"In her skirt," he answered. "I also found the Duke's twin brother. He's giving a very exaggerated story about how he got that bullet wound on the right side of his head." When Kotomi passed by him, a platter of crackers with cheese and tuna spread in hand, Naruto takes one and eats it.
"Miss?" Hearing those words being directed at her, Daisy turns around to see the Duke smiling at her. "I couldn't help but admire how beautiful you are, and I just had to come over and ask you for a dance."
"The Duke, asking me to have a dance?" Daisy says out loud, acting surprised and bashful about it as envious female guests look on. "I would be honored to have a dance with you." Watching as Daisy danced with the Duke, Chie looks at her ally's cleavage and frowns, knowing full well why the Duke asked her for a dance. Onstage, Xenovia had just finished a performance, deciding to "take fifteen" to have a drink, her face looking disappointed that the only drinks available were the fruit punch and wine.
"You would think they'd have other kinds of drinks here at these kinds of gatherings," says Moka, who had finished dancing with Naruto and was letting Maki have a turn.
"Yeah."
"...I have three cans of soda in my purse. Want to go grab it and have some drinks out on the balcony?"
"Yes please," says the disguised bluenette, who leaves with Moka to grab the latter's purse.
With Daisy
"That speech the Princess did earlier, it was uplifting to hear. After who she's lost, she still keeps up her spirits."
"She does, though I do worry if she has what it takes to govern a whole country after all that," The Duke admits.
"You don't believe she has what it takes to look after the country and its people?" Daisy asked.
"After what she went through yesterday and days before I would believe so. I fear that eventually she'll crack under the pressure that comes with the Crown's responsibilities."
"Perhaps, but that is why you're there, right?" Daisy asks the Duke. "I'm sure someone like you can carry on part of her responsibilities until she is able to do so on her own."
"She's really buttering him up." Naruto thinks to himself.
With Xenovia and Moka
Outside
Balcony
"Orange Crush, Dr. Pepper, or Barq's Root Beer?"
"I'll take a Barq's." After being handed the can of root beer, Xenovia thanks Moka, opening the can and taking a sip from it.
"You ever been to gatherings like this? With Naruto?"
"Yes, and they were really boring," said Moka, taking a sip from a can of Dr. Pepper after. "The birthdays for my sisters Akua and Kahlua were just like this. I had to mingle with the guests, use proper etiquette, and dance with some of the guests when asked, and I had to do it to not lose face. Naruto, he never had to go to them, which I am glad that he didn't, save for this mission and the upcoming gathering. What about you?"
"Never," Xenovia said to Moka before having a big sip of her root beer. "All the times I've been invited, I just stayed at the Church and practiced my sword swings." Looking at Moka in her dress, the Knight voiced her frustration towards not wearing a dress for the mission.
"Save for Irina, I never got to show anyone how I looked in a dress, and I've only worn one once," the bluenette reveals. "That one got messed up when I was fighting Fallen Angels and a few traitors to the Church. I really wanted to show you and everyone else how I looked in one..."
"All the more reason to finish this mission and get back, right?" asked Moka. "Tell you what, how about we go dress shopping the day before the Devil's Gathering? I have a good eye when it comes to dressing up."
"I'd love that, Moka." Hearing the balcony door open, the two girls find the Princess surprised to see them.
"I wasn't expecting to see people out here," she tells the girls, noticing the girls have soda in the hands. "Are you both drinking soda?"
"Guilty," says Xenovia.
"Do you have another one?" After being handed an Orange Crush, the Princess thanks them, opening the can and taking a large sip from it, letting out a satisfied gasp after. "This is good. This here, I consider this a luxury."
"Never thought I'd hear a Princess consider something as simple as a can of soda a luxury," says Moka. The two girls start to panic when the Princess starts to tear up in front of them.
"Princess, is there something troubling you!?" Xenovia asked, sounding worried.
"Carla should have taken the throne, not me," Princess Charlotte IV tells the girls. "It was supposed to be her."
"Princess..."
"I wanted to continue looking up to her, until I was ready, but now...she is gone." Seeing how distressed she looked Moka suggests they have a seat on one of the stone bench, the Princess agreeing to it as Akame redirects a sniper bullet with her katana, which ends up going through its shooter's head.
[Music Start]
[Princess Principal OST - moonlight melody ~ Piano ver.]
"Princess, to start, I am very sorry for your losses, and for what you've been going through," Xenovia tells the Princess. "We know people who have lost someone they cared about, and like you, it's the harshest thing they've ever experienced. But just because you can't see them again doesn't mean they're gone forever. Their memories, your memories, continue to live on through you and those who have been grateful to know them."
"Everyone loses someone they care about," said Moka. "The real test of character is what you do once they're gone. There's this certain person we know, just like you, who felt the same way as you. She had lost good people throughout her life growing up, yet despite the many losses she had to experience along the way, she never stopped moving, continuing to do right by those she's lost to this day."
"I envy her strength, this person you're referring to," said the Princess, letting out a smile. "You think I can be just like her?"
"We believe you can," Xenovia and Moka said in unison.
"I feel better now, after talking to you two. Thank you."
[Music End]
"We're honored to be of some help to you Princess," says Xenovia. After finishing her drink in a few quick gulps, the Princess sets the empty can of Orange Crush down on the bench.
"I also thank you for letting me have some soda," Princess tells Moka. "I should head back to the party." Getting up, the Princess lets the girls know they're good people and walks back inside.
"Xenovia, Moka...thank you for talking to the Princess," a grateful Ange tells them. Checking the time, Xenovia finished her root beer, flattening the empty soda can by crushing it between her right palm and forehead after and drops it on the floor.
"Alright, my break is almost over, time to head back in." As Xenovia gets up, Moka chugs her Dr. Pepper and grabs the crushed Barq's can and the empty can of Orange Crush to properly recycle them once she was back inside.
With Ange
"I believe all the snipers have been accounted for," Akame tells Ange, who had finished reloading her rifle.
"Don't count them out just yet. Until the Duke and his brother have been handled, always expect more along the way." Akame lets out a groan in response.
"Would make this easier if we had the Princess switched with someone else and have one of us keep her safe while making sure she gets out of the academy without raising suspicions." Ange looked at Akame with a look of sudden realization that sparked an idea.
"...Bloody brilliant suggestion. Just need to come up with a plan that includes it."
With Naruto
Grand Hall
Hearing the plan through the telepathy rune, Naruto tells Daisy the plan, who agrees to help with it alongside Chie.
"Nero, you ready?" With a wink, Nero slowly approached the Princess and fakes bumping into her, thus spilling wine on her dress.
"Oh darn, I'm so sorry Princess! I got wine on your dress!" The Princess' bodyguards get in front other and give Nero the stink eye, backing off when the Princess tells them it was okay and it was just an accident. "I just need to go get this cleaned up."
"Excuse me, Princess!" Nero said in a slightly raised voice. "If you allow me, I can get that stain off for you. Only takes ten minutes."
"Okay, sounds good..."
"Venus." Looking at her guards, Nero asked them if there was a room they could use, one of them telling her they could use one of the club rooms on the third floor. When they try to follow the Princess to the third floor, they get stopped by a tipsy Daisy, who leans on them for support, much to their annoyance. When they try to get past her, the drunk woman would angrily get in their way and start swinging at them, to Chie's embarrassment. As this was going on, Moka asked one of the servers where the bathroom was.
With Ange
Outside
"I'm off to do my part in the plan. Stay here and provide cover fire." Nodding her head yes, Akame takes Ange's rifle and gets into a sniping position as Ange goes off on her own.
With Naruto
Grand Hall
Watching the drunk Daisy holding off a couple of guards, Naruto noticed the pianist who was playing the piano with Xenovia's violin stopped, the disguised bluenette stopping as well. Next to the pianist was the masked woman who was with Nyau. The woman used a gesture with her right hand to tell the pianist to move aside. Once the pianist got off the bench he was sitting on, the woman sat down on it and started playing the piano, Xenovia, judging by the tune, knew she was playing "Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso", and performs a duet with her. Watching the masked woman playing the piano, Nyau formed a bizarre look on his face.
With Daisy
Second Floor
Outside
Balcony
"Oh that was fun," says a now-sober Daisy. "I'm glad you were able to bring your medicine kit inside your purse, or I'd be a drunken mess for the rest of the mission." Chie's kit took the form of a silver mini makeup kit, which contained ten needles , now nine, one of them containing medicine meant to speed up the body's ability to metabolize the amount of alcohol in their systems.
"I really hope our friends know what they're doing," said Chie, Daisy assuring them their plan would work.
"Ange is the one who put it together. It'll work."
With Xenovia
Grand Hall
6:00 pm
"Don't worry, I got you," Moka told one of the guests she was supporting as she made her way through the Grand Hall, said guest having asked her to take her out to the Lyft she had ordered to pick her up before she passed out drunk in the bathroom. While on the way out, she accidentally bumped shoulders with the Duke's Brother, who tells her to watch where she was going.
"Well I can't help but carry this drunk girl out, can I?" Moka rudely asked him before continuing her way out of the Grand Hall.
"Once again, thank you for getting that stain off my dress," a grateful Princess tells Nero, the Servant giving her a proud smile.
"You're welcome. I look forward to tomorrow." Nero waves bye to the Princess, who meets back up with the Duke, telling him how she made friends with Venus (Nero), just when Xenovia and the masked woman finished their duet, earning praises from the guests. Noticing all eyes on her, the masked woman panics a little and gets up, bowing her head to the audience before allowing the pianist to sit back down. Checking the time, Nyau tells himself it was showtime, getting up onstage and lightly pushing Xenovia aside, who quietly calls him rude as she walks off stage with her violin.
"Before I begin, I'd like to thank the Princess for allowing me to come here and perform on this stage. I believe that by the end of this night, my performance will be worth remembering for all time." After the guests go silent, Nyau begins performing with his Teigu, Scream, its sound immediately putting all the guests in the Grand Hall asleep.
Naruto, Xenovia, Chie, Maki, Daisy, the Princess, and the masked woman were the only ones nearly immune to the melody as the Duke and his brother, along with the men they hired and the four bodyguards that came with the Duke and the Princess found themselves close to collapsing.
"That idiot, he's putting my men to sleep with that damn thing..." The Duke's brother says in his mind, gritting his teeth in annoyance. Knowing it was time to kill the Princess, the masked woman readies one of her knives. When she's about to throw it, Maki grabs her by the hand that was holding the knife.
"I don't think so," she tells the woman, who immediately kicks Maki away and begins engaging her as Xenovia mustered enough strength to start playing a tune to overcome the Teigu's sound ("deep in old grief" by Yuki Kaijura).
"What!? This boy is overpowering my Teigu's sound with the sounds made by his violin! But how can-! Wait, this is...Song Magic!? This bastard is producing a melody that's canceling my Teigu's sound!"
"Consider this sound payback for what happened in Italy," Xenovia thought to herself as she continues to play. Maki takes a step back to avoid an upward diagonal swipe from the knife held in the masked woman's right hand, the woman performing a roundhouse kick, hitting the Agares Pawn in the face. Maki moved her head to the right to minimize the damage and retaliates with her own roundhouse, the kick slightly cracking her enemy's mask.
The masked woman throws three knives at Maki, which are stopped by a circular metal tray thrown by Naruto. When a knife gets thrown at him by the woman, the disguised Rook catches it between his left pointing and middle fingers and throws it at Nyau, the blade cutting through his carotid artery. Nyau tries in vain to stop the blood that was gushing out the cut on the right side of his neck.
Nyau can only drop his Teigu, then drop onto his knees as the suddenness of his death played several times in his mind until his last breath, finally dropping dead. Once the effects of Nyau's teigu are gone, one of the fifteen hired mercenaries takes out his revolver and aims it at the Princess.
Seeing this, Maki rips off part of the skirt of the masked woman's dress, which contained three knives, one of them she takes and throws at the gun pointed towards the Princess, the blade piercing through the barrel of the gun and knocking it out of the mercenary's hand. When the other fourteen mercenaries aim their guns at the Duke and the Princess, Chie runs up a wall, and grabs two swords hanging in front of a shield as Kotomi throws down a flash grenade.
The flash blinds the enemy mercenaries, excluding Naruto, Xenovia, Maki, and Daisy, having managed to cover their eyes with their arms, with Chie managing to close her eyes before the flash grenade had exploded. Once she lands on the floor she throws one of the swords to Xenovia, who catches it, a smile on her face.
"Finally." Xenovia runs to aid Maki in her fight against the masked woman while Chie handles the bodyguards with Daisy, who had disarmed a mercenary of his gun, using it to kill him before firing at the twelve remaining ones. One of the four bodyguards tells the Princess they needed to get her and the Duke to safety. The Princess nods her head in agreement and runs out of the Grand Hall with the Duke and their guards. When one of the mercenaries tries to shoot at the bodyguards, he's killed with a shot to the head by a sniper rifle wielding Akame, who readies another shot.
The Duke's Brother runs out after the Princess, with Naruto attempting to go after him, stopping when three get in front of him and aim their guns, but get shot dead by Daisy, who tells Naruto to go after the Duke's Brother, assuring him they had everything handled here.
"Got it. Donuts (Kotomi), with me!"
"Right!"
Outside
Exiting the Academy, Naruto, sensing danger, grabs Kotomi and hides behind a wall with her as a large bullet flies past them.
"Holy shit!" Kotomi shouts. "That was a close one! Peeking over cover, Naruto sees the Duke's Brother, now fully geared up after grabbing his equipment from the trunk of the car he drove to the party, making his way to the Princess. Running over to the Duke's Brother's car, the two find an extra set of maneuverable gear and collapsible gauntlet in the car's still-open trunk.
"Don't you know it's not wise to keep your toys out in the open?" Naruto said with a grin on his face. Taking it out of the trunk, Naruto puts on the gear, adding a mask that covered the bottom half of his face. "Kotomi, I'll go on ahead to stop the Duke's Brother, you go after the Princess."
"How?" Knowing Nero had the keys to the rental motorcycle she and Kotomi rode on, Naruto answers the question by breaking the window for the driver's side of the Duke's Brother's car. "Oh..."
"I'll hotwire the car for you. Before I do, here's how it works. Right pedal is to go fast, the one left of it is to slow down and stop. The wheel is to turn the vehicle, the lever on the right of the driver's seat is to put it on drive, neutral, and reverse. Make sure to press on the brakes when alternating between those three functions, and keep your eyes on what's in front of you while driving and make sure to look left and right when making turns and changing lanes."
"Got it!"
With Princess Charlotte
Limousine
Passengers Compartment
"Don't worry Princess, we know a place to keep you both safe until this all blows over," the guard driving the limo assures.
"I never thought my birthday would be spent like this," said the Princess, the Duke assuring her she still had her special day tomorrow.
"I guess so..." Noticing a blinking red light in his left pants pocket, Ange asked him what it was. Digging into the pocket, the Duke raised a miniature tracking device up in the air.
"Oh god."
How did this get in my pocket?" asked a confused Duke. One of the three guards takes the tracking device from his (The Duke's) hand, opens the sunroof and throws it out, getting his head blown off by the Duke's Brother after. The Duke and the Princess let out a horrified scream as the corpse of one of their guards drops onto the limo floor.
After loading another round, the Duke's Brother is tackled by Naruto, who had managed to catch up to him. Before the two fall onto a sidewalk, Naruto threw a tracking device that stuck on the back of the limo. The civilians around them quickly run away in terror as the two engage in battle.
Grand Hall
With the remaining mercenaries killed, Chie, Daisy, and Nero aid Maki and Xenovia in fighting the masked woman.
The woman bends her back back to avoid a swing from Xenovia's sword then delivers two swift kicks to the disguised bluenette's face, making her reel back and allowing her to take out two knives from her skirt to parry Chie and Nero's sword strikes, the former being in front of her and the latter behind her. She then runs up to the wall behind her and kicks her feet off it to avoid a two pronged attack she knew she couldn't guard against. Daisy fires her gun at the woman while she was in the air, clicking her tongue in annoyance when their bullets are deflected by the enemy's knives. She would then split two sniper bullets in half before throwing her two knives at Daisy, who shoots them before they could reach her.
Once the woman lands, she quickly blocks a downward swing from Xenovia with a knife she took out with her left hand. Xenovia jumps back to avoid being stabbed by the newly wielded knife in the masked woman's right hand. Hearing Maki approach her she throws her knives at her, one of them grazing the Agares Pawn's left cheek. The masked woman puts her left hand up to block the Pawn's ridgehand strike then, with a right leopard fist (bao chui), strikes the latter's right shoulder and left ribs with it.
The strikes make Maki wince in pain, leaving her open for a twin leopard strike to her stomach, the Pawn spitting up blood in the process as she falls on her back. Xenovia runs at the woman and thrusts her sword forward in response to seeing Maki being taken down. As the blade comes inches away from stabbing her, the masked woman moves out of the way, grabs the disguised bluenette by her right wrist, and flips her over.
"How did-" Xenovia, disarmed and suspended above the marble floor, would find herself crashing onto it hard, back first, with a downward one-inch punch to her stomach. Before she could finish her off, she hears Esdeath's voice in her head.
"Don't kill her. Everyone else but her." This short pause would allow the upper left part of her mask to be destroyed by a shot from Daisy when she tries to dodge the bullet, thus exposing her left purple eye.
"The Duke's Brother doesn't feel like much of a threat compared to her," Daisy admits, Chie nodding in agreement. "Where the hell did the Duke's Brother even find her?"
"Hyaaah!" Leaving a trail of petals behind, Nero performs a straight lunge towards the masked woman and swings her broadsword down, breaking the knives the woman held in front of her to block the attack. The attack only managed to leave a straight cut on the front of her dress, leaving a considerable amount of her cleavage exposed.
Right after, Nero sees Akame crashing through one of the windows for the Grand Hall, quickly grabbing the double edged sword Xenovia had been using and, while performing a horizontal spin forward, delivers a circular slash, the woman narrowly avoiding it. Akame then executes a downward swing, the strength of it leaving a big cut on the floor when it missed. The masked woman finally takes out the collapsible staff she was saving and attached one of her knives onto one end of the staff to make it a short spear to protect herself from Chie's sword swing. Despite being dealt moderate injuries, Xenovia and Maki get up to continue fighting.
Seeing Maki up, the masked woman zigzags past Akame and Chie and thrusts her spear forward. The woman's left eye widens when she finds the tip of her spear stuck between Xenovia's left elbow and knee. She then felt the upper right part of her mask break when Maki's left fist connects to her face. Putting her back into it, the Pawn lets out a shout as her fist sends the masked woman flying into the table with the bowl of fruit punch, toppling and breaking the glass bowl in the process. As the masked woman gets up, everyone couldn't help but notice she had a diagonal scar on he face, and a small scar on her right cheek.
"I can see why she wears a mask," Daisy said out loud as she reloads her gun.
With Naruto
Six Minutes Ago
City of London
The Duke's Brother fires a large bullet at the disguised blond who, utilizing the collapsible shield on his left wrist, blocks it, the bullet leaving a big dent on it. The mercenary leader uses his maneuvering gear to reel himself towards Naruto, both his legs in front of him to ready a double kick to the latter's chest. Naruto skids back a little when blocking the kick with his dented shield and gets behind an empty van to avoid being shot at by another bullet.
"I don't know who you are, nor do I care for it," the man tells Naruto as he reloads his pistols. "I won't let you or your people get in the way!"
"Of what?" asked Naruto. "Putting this country in chaos by putting a bullet in the Princess' head, all to make the Duke a hero worthy of the Crown?"
"A little chaos is necessary before true order is needed to restore this country."
"Not a great plan," Naruto said to the man. "And your definition of a little chaos is messed up." Naruto throws his dented shield at a wall of a building on his left, making it ricochet off its surface before flying towards the Duke's Brother, who moves out out the way as it embeds itself into the yellow sports car on his right. This distraction allowed Naruto to get out of cover and reel himself towards the Duke's Brother, who fires both shots at him. The disguised blond performs a slide to avoid the two shots that were now flying by him from above. Naruto gets behind the mercenary leader by sliding under the latter's legs and kicks away both of the man's guns when he turns around to face the Rook.
Before his right fist could connect to Naruto, the Rook moves his body to the right to avoid it and throws his left fist towards the man's stomach, making him take three steps back as he took a second for the pain to stop.
Going for a one two punch, the man fails to connect when Naruto puts both his arms up to block the right fist then the left, earning a left fist to his right cheek. The disguised blond then executes a spinning hook kick to the right side of the man's head, distancing himself from him.
"It's over," Naruto tells him. "You can't win. Stop and give yourself up."
"Never...I'll never stop, not until we avenge our ancestor and reclaim what is rightfully ours!" The Duke's Brother has a pair of wrist blades come out of his left gauntlet runs towards the blond, throwing his left hand forward. Naruto catches his left hand and runs the man's own weapon through his chest, killing him instantly. As soon as he was finished, he lays the man's corpse on the sidewalk and runs off before the cops arrive.
With the Princess
St. Luke's
Safehouse
Stopping the limo, the guard driving it tells the Princess, the Duke, and the other two guards to get out of the vehicle and head inside.
"We'll need you and the Duke to lay low here until whoever wants you killed is found."
"How can you be sure whoever wants us dead won't somehow track us here?" The Duke asked as he, the Princess, and the guards get out of the vehicle. With a smile, one of the guards assured him that they had nothing to worry about.
"I'm glad to hear that." The Duke, having picked up the gun belonging to the dead guard in the passengers compartment, shoots the remaining guards dead and aims his gun at Princess.
"Wha-What are you doing?" A scared and confused Princess asked the Duke.
"This wasn't part of the plan."
"Plan? What plan?" she asked. Upon realizing what he meant, her eyes grew wide. "You? You hired people to kill me?"
"You were supposed to die after that speech of yours by sniper fire, but they were all killed. Then that woman in the mask was to finish the job with that brat with the recorder. I was supposed to be the one to be the hero, capture the killer and wear the Crown. It was supposed to be easy, but your mysterious helpers ruined all of it. Because of them, and your refusal to die, you have all forced me to kill these men. Lucky for you, I can't be the one to kill you. In a few minutes, my brother will come, and we will finally take what's ours."
"The Crown isn't yours, it never will be," the Princess told the Duke.
"It was supposed to be ours!" he shouts. "And by right it will be ours, after tonight."
"That's not going to happen," said the Princess. The Duke looks at her confused, having noticed how her voice changed. To this shock, the Princess takes off a wig, revealing herself to be Ange.
"I wish I could have saved those guards, but I needed a confession from you, which I recorded through a wire I am wearing at the moment."
"Where is the Princess!?" The Duke shouts, with Ange telling him the details of the switch.
Earlier
5:49 pm
Queen's Mayfair Academy
Empty Club Room
Third Floor
Entering the spacious club room, Nero asked the Princess to take off her dress and wait until she was finished with cleaning the stain off.
"Of course. Once Nero went to the other room to take care of the stain, Ange enters with a black dress and long black wig in hand, the Princess looking surprised to see her again.
"You..."
"Princess, I don't have a lot of time to explain everything so I'll just say this, your life will be in danger if you continue to stay here. Some of your guests here are mercenaries who were paid to kill you, and my team and I plan to get you to a safe location until this matter is dealt with."
"...Very well, but I have demands." Fully aware that the Princess won't comply if she refuses, Ange asked the Princess what her demands were. "There are some things I want to ask you, and I also want to meet with the people who are helping you in private after I become Queen tomorrow."
"...You have a deal, but I want you to go to see them, alone. No guards."
"I doubt it'll be easy to get me alone," said the Princess, Ange telling her to leave it to them to figure something out.
"Alright, what do you need me to do?" Ange gives the Princes the dress and wig she was holding and tells her to put it on as Nero enters the room with the Princess' dress, which was now free of wine stains, and a wig that was made to look like the Princess' hair. Once Ange wore her dress dress and had on the blond wig, the Princess' mouth went wide open, thinking she was looking at her own reflection.
"Very convincing, right?" Ange asked, now sounding like the Princess.
"Very much so."
"Alright, now I need you to act goofy for a short while," said Ange.
"Goofy?" Ange sprays the Princess with a concoction given to her by Chie that puts her in a drunken state immediately, Nero catching her before she dropped on the floor as Moka entered the room.
"Moka, take care of the Princess," Ange ordered to Moka, giving her a needle with a concoction that would sober her up. With a smile, Moka assured her she'll make her birthday the best it can be and leaves the room with the drunk Princess.
With Moka
Grand Hall
6:00 pm
"Don't worry, I got you," Moka told the Princess while acting as her support, the former helping her make their way through the Grand Hall.
"We'll be out soon with your ride, just hang on." While halfway there, Moka accidentally bumped shoulders with the Duke's Brother, who tells her to watch where she was going.
"Well I can't help but carry this drunk girl out, can I?" Moka rudely asked him before continuing her way out of the Grand Hall.
Lyft Ride (Van)
"Blacklock City, right away," Moka happily tells the male driver, who nods his head and drives to the restaurant. While riding there, Moka used the concoction she was given to sober up the Princess.
"Huh? Where are we?"
"In a van that's making its way to a good restaurant to celebrate your birthday at."
"We're going to celebrate it under the current circumstances my life is in?" asked a comically confused Princess.
"Not fair to you if you have to spend your 18th Birthday like that," Moka answered. "No need to worry yourself, my friends will take care of the rest. What you should worry about is what you want to order for dinner." Seeing the vampire devil girl's smile, the Princess also smiled, telling Moka she couldn't thank her and her friends enough.
"I wonder if they serve soft drinks," said the Princess, Moka letting her know they served Coca-Cola.
Now
With Ange
St. Luke's
Safehouse
"By now the Princess is having a good time, one better than the party at the academy, before her big day tomorrow," Ange tells the Duke. When he tries to shoot her, Ange kicks the gun out of his hand, making it fly up into the air, then sweeps him off his feet with a sweep kick. Without keeping her eyes off him, Ange grabs hold of the gun as soon as it drops down and aims it at the Duke.
"Sometimes the best hiding place is in plain sight, with the right means to blend into the city and its people. It was by luck that I am identical to the Princess, save for my hair color and tone."
[Music Start]
[Princess Principal OST - Hopeless]
"So close..." said the Duke. "We were so close."
"It's a shame you and your brother had to go to these lengths, just to inherit something your ancestor lost, because of his own actions. You worked your way up to your title, the one he held before he lost it all. You could've been better than your ancestor, learned from his mistakes, but instead you both chose to fulfill a revenge for someone over what happened several years ago, one you and your brother weren't part of." The Duke can only look down at the ground and clench his teeth in frustration.
"You orchestrated the deaths of the Queen, and the Princess who was supposed to succeed her, and you made plans to kill her sister." Ange then asked him how many more people would have to die to get what he and his brother wanted, if she and her friends weren't around to stop them. The Duke has no answer for her as he breaks down into tears. Seeing this, Ange shoots a look of sympathy towards him.
"If only your ancestor could see how brilliant this place is now through the eyes of the people, and see past all its faults, perhaps things could have changed for him and for you and your brother." Finished speaking to the Duke, Ange hears a car driving in, looking to her right to see Kotomi exiting out of the driver's seat.
[Music End]
With Daisy
Queen's Mayfair Academy
Grand Hall
The masked woman blocks an inward crescent kick, then an outward one, followed up with another inward one by Xenovia, avoids three shots from Daisy's gun and four knives being thrown at her by Maki. She then got her spear split in two by Chie's sword, distancing herself to avoid a sword swing from both Akame and Nero after.
"Being able to handle the six of us and only getting the top half of her mask destroyed, is she even Human?" asked Chie. As they readied themselves to continue fighting, the masked woman received a phone call, to her enemies' confusion. After bowing her head three times as a means to apologize to them, she takes the call.
"The Duke cancelled the job, and the authorities are on the way to arrest him. Return back to us." Once the call was finished, the masked woman puts away her phone and leaves by jumping out of a window on her left.
"She just left?" asked a confused Daisy.
"If she did that, it means the Princess is safe and the Duke and his brother have been dealt with," Maki concludes. Hearing this, Daisy lets out a breath of relief. Noticing all the guests were waking up, Xenovia suggested that they make like spies and disappear, adding how during the fight her bindings were cut.
"You took the words out of my mouth," said Daisy, the girls running out of the academy after.
With Naruto
St. Luke's
Safehouse
After handcuffing the Duke, Ange puts the wig back on as Naruto got rid of parts of the recording from the device Ange had on that she didn't want on and putting it all on a flash drive, with Kotomi standing in wait. The disguised blond shot a sad look towards the Duke, having told him he killed his brother once he arrived, saying he left him no choice, and that he wouldn't have stopped.
"You should go," said Ange, directing it to Naruto and Kotomi. "I'll take care of the rest from here, you go meet with the others and take the rest of the night off."
"Yeah."
Blacklock City (Restaurant)
"Mmmm so delicious!" the Princess says out loud while enjoying a meat feat with Moka.
"Right?" Moka asked the Princess, her mouth full of food. While the two order more food, Naruto and Xenovia, having removed their hair dye and contact lenses, along with Kotomi, Akame, Nero, Maki, Chie, and Daisy, enter the restaurant, sitting down after ordering a table for six.
"I'm ordering everything on the menu, save for the alcohol," said Akame, Nero saying she too was going to order everything on the menu, but was going to order drinks for herself, proudly telling her friends she was old enough to have them.
"After what happened tonight, I am going to need lots of drinks," said a smiling Daisy.
"Oi, you're not expecting me to take you home, are you?" Chie asked her friend. After seeing how lively the girls were, Xenovia looks at Naruto and sees him looking out the window while deep in thought. Knowing why, she gets his attention by putting her right hand on his should. She then points to the Princess at a table across from theirs. Seeing the Princess laughing and smiling with Moka, Naruto smiles knowing they saved her life.
"Thank you, Xenovia," he tells her before deciding to order the lamb cutlet.
9:30 pm
London, England
Shidou Residence
Roof
While stargazing, Naruto felt Ange's presence, the Pawn sitting next to him.
"Find any constellations?" she asked him.
"I spotted Draco and Lyra so far." When asked where they were, Naruto showed her which stars to look out for to locate them.
"Oh, I see them...Your hunch was wrong."
"Huh?"
"About things going off the rails today," said Ange. "The situation was well-handled if I daresay so myself. With the exception of the Princess' guards, and Nyau, no one else died. What did you think was going to happen?"
"Us having to fight the Duke's brother, who would be wearing a giant suit of steampunk armor that we'd have to fight, something along those lines." Upon hearing his answer, Ange told Naruto he had a very wild imagination. "I know."
"Something like that is possible though," the Agares Pawn adds. "There were all sorts of plans drawn out by those with brilliant minds back in my day. Seeing that sort of tech being utilized in the wrong hands...I'm staying here in England."
"How long?" asked Naruto.
"Until I can find the blueprints for these weapons and make sure the technology doesn't continue to be used this way." When asked if she plans to do it all on her own, she tells the Rook she wasn't planning to, and that it was Daisy who wanted to do it. "She asked me to help find whoever supplied the Duke that tech. After what happened yesterday and tonight, I am needed here."
"I understand." Ange assured Naruto she won't take long and that she'll be back on time for the Rating Game between Rias and Sona. "What about my match?"
"I'll just have to work really hard to finish on time...Once more, thank you for helping me with this."
"No problem." Letting out a yawn, Ange told Naruto not to outside too long or he'll catch a cold. "You don't need to worry about that. With what I am, this sort of temperature is noth-"
*chu*
Naruto's face looked surprised when Ange gave him a kiss on the cheek and smiled at him, telling him "that" would help keep him warm just in case.
"I thought you said you weren't into boys."
"I did," said Ange. "I also had my fingers crossed, you all just didn't see it because it was under a blanket."
"Very clever," said Naruto.
"I prefer whoever I lean towards," she adds, telling him not to stay up too late before going back inside to sleep.
"So she likes both, huh. Makes me wonder if she's been ogling all those girls around you."
"Shut up..." Having not called his King since their arrival, Naruto decides to call Seekvaira.
"Naruto, you called! Finally! How I really missed hearing your voice!"
"I missed you too Seekvaira," Naruto tells her.
"You must tell me the details of your mission. Do not leave anything behind," she tells him, sounding excited. "I just need to grab a drink on my end and get comfortable."
"Is that really necessary?"
"I have had quite a couple of days. This drink is needed."
One story and a bottle of pinot noir later
"Hmmm so the Duke's behind bars, his brother, killed. All because of a revenge they felt they felt they were compelled to fulfill..."
"If only they saw the city through our eyes. Perhaps their ancestors could have let his revenge go, lead a normal and peaceful life. Try to find happiness with the years he had left and not die...bitter."
"If only it were that simple and easy for him," Seekvaira says to her Rook. "With your mission complete, does this mean you're planning to come back sometime tomorrow? Should I prepare a welcome back ceremony!?"
"...About that. The return not the...welcome back ceremony."
"Oh no, you're leaving me here all alone for a while longer!?" Seekvaira asked her Rook, sounding really sad about her assumption, which came true when he told her he wanted to spend five days in London with Xenovia. "Mmmm I don't like this one bit!"
"Seekvaira, how drunk are right now?" he asked.
"DOES IT MATTER!?" Seekvaira shouts on the other end. "Take your five days in London with her. Stay however long you want there, leave your King alone here in the Underworld."
"Seekvaira...I am sorry I am leaving you alone for five more days tomorrow."
"You're not sorry. If you were, you would have called after you landed in London," Hearing Seekvaira sad drinking on the phone, Naruto lets out a sigh, knowing he messed up big time with his King.
"That is a huuuge mistake on your part," said Infernus.
"Shut the fuck up Infernus, I'm dealing with it. Seekvaira, I should have called you that time, it didn't come to mind that time, since there was a lot going on here, though this can be considered a very poor excuse, and I am ashamed that I didn't think to or found the time to do so."
"...You are?"
"I am. I AM looking forward to seeing you again when I get back," he tells his King.
"You are? Are you saying this to make me feel better?"
"No, not to make you feel better. Because...I like being around you. You are a very fun person to be around, Seekvaira."
"...Alright, I can manage five more days," said a now happy (and still-drunk) Seekvaira. "Don't go back on your word."
"I won't."
Thurs (8/8)
11:56 am
Westminster Abbey
16 days until Rias vs Sona Rating Game
Naruto, Xenovia, Moka, now back to her usual hair and eye color, Nero, and Ange sat with Daisy sat next to in the middle row on the right of the room while the others sat with Chie on the left as everyone in attendance wait patiently for their Princess to arrive.
"How the hell did you get us seats to this event?" Naruto asked Daisy.
"A spy never tells," Daisy answered, giving him a smile that came with a wink.
"There she is," Moka tells them as the Princess enters the room and slowly approached the Coronation Chair. During the long process for the Princess' coronation ceremony, Xenovia fell asleep on Naruto's right shoulder. On the left side of the room, Akame, Kotomi, and Chie fell asleep on Maki's shoulders, the red-eyed Pawn staying still as to not wake them up. Once it was time for the Princess to be crowned, Naruto and Maki woke up the girls who were sleeping on time to see the Princess become the Queen. With their new Queen crowned, everyone gets up from where they were sitting and clap their hands.
After
2:30 pm
St. Luke's
Safehouse
Living Room
(Naruto, Xenovia, Moka, Akame, Nero, Kotomi, Ange, Daisy, Chie, and Charlotte IV)
"So you're the ones who have been been protecting me," said a grateful Queen Charlotte IV. Being able to use their powers, Naruto secretly produced a clone, which took the form of the Queen, allowing them to take the actual one to the safehouse, where they could all talk privately.
"That's right," said Kotomi.
"A deal's a deal. What would you like to know?" asked Ange.
"I'll get to it soon. First, I'd like to show you something." Taking out an old watch, the Queen shows them an old picture of Team Pigeon that was kept intact inside of the watch. "This watch has been inherited by every successor to the Crown since Queen Charlotte I. Due to its age, the part that opened it stopped working. It took me some time to get it open without breaking it, but once I did, I found this picture."
"To think she kept it after all these years," said Ange.
"So it belonged to you, which brings me to ask this: Are you the girl in this picture?" Letting out a troublesome sigh, Ange tells her she was. "I knew you weren't some relative to the you in the picture. Even without seeing it, I had this feeling that I knew you."
"No matter the person, that connection I have with the Princess still remains," said Ange. "It's the same for Daisy and Chie. Forever tied."
"Yes," said the Queen. "It may even be the same for Beatrice's descendants."
"You may be right," said Chie. "Could this be some sort of reincarnation feeling?"
"Perhaps," Daisy responds. "Although for us Chie, we still kept in touch."
"I feel very hurt by that," said the Queen. "Plus the fact that you never once tried to reach out to my family and Beatrice's descendants'. But now that we're here, why don't the four of us remain in touch, and perhaps reach out to Beatrice's family? When I have the time and means to put one together of course."
"...Would be nice to have the gang all back together again," said a now-flushed Ange, looking forward to having Team Pigeon back together, even if it was through her team's descendants.
"Ange is on board."
"...I too will get on board with this," said Chie.
"...Oh what the hell," said Daisy. "Our ancestors would have wanted us to reunite no matter the reasons."
"Then it's settled. I'll do my best to locate her family, and once I do, let's all have a little reunion." Chie wonders what Beatrice's descendant will look like once they do manage to see her while Ange tells them they'll need a good spot to meet up.
"I have a place in mind," said the Queen. "Until that day comes, I suggest waiting for an envelop in your mailboxes, after you three give me your address and phone numbers later. For now, I'd like you all to stand in a straight line." Hearing this, Xenovia, her cheeks red and face full of excitement, asked Maki and Naruto, "Is this really happening? Is this what I think it is?" Once everyone stood in a straight line, Charlotte IV coming back from grabbing the knighting sword she had kept in the car she arrived in with Ange.
"Though the public won't know who risked their lives to save me, I will forever remember it, and those who will come after me will as well. For that, I am and forever will be grateful." Finished with her short words of thanks and recognition for saving her life, Queen Charlotte IV gave the honor of knighthood/damehood to each person.
5:45 pm
Hot Air Balloon over London
With the mission complete, and the Queen back home, except Ange, Naruto, and Xenovia, the others went back to the Underworld, Naruto using a sling portal to bring them back. Right after they left, Ange decided to live with Daisy while she helped her locate the blueprints for the tech the Duke and his brother utilized.
Right now Naruto and Xenovia were riding in a hot air balloon that was flying above London, enjoying a bento dinner while taking in beauty of the city as its landmarks light up below them.
"This has been a very eventful day. I watched a coronation in person, was knighted, making me an actual Knight, without the public knowing, and I am riding in a hot air balloon over 68,000 feet in the air with my boyfriend. Last but not least, I get to spend some quality time with you for five whole days."
"And I get to try your handmade bento finally."
"How is it?" she asked Naruto, who tells her it was delicious. "I'm happy to hear you say that."
"I'm happy to see you enjoying yourself."
"...I keep going back to this so many times, about how I restricted myself to my duties as an exorcist, focus on nothing but our duties and our devotions to God. If younger me were to see me now, I wonder what she'd think about mer."
"Since you brought this up, and we're in a hot air balloon that's flying above a beautiful scenery like this, I think it's time you tell me everything. About you."
"I thought you saw everything about me through our temporary mana pact." Naruto says he did, but he wanted to hear it anyways.
"Okay, get comfortable in this hot air balloon, because it's a very long story..."
ED5: Agapanthus by 麻倉 もも
Xenovia's story to be told in High School DxD: FIREBRAND - EXORCISTENCE
To be continued in next chapter (Stronger III)
This chapter went through so many rewrites and rethinking. Originally the Duke's Brother was supposed to fight in a large mechanical steampunk suit of armor, like Iron Monger, and the fight would spill onto the streets then on top of a moving train, but I decided to just keep it contained and not make it so hectic.
EXORCISTENCE was already being thought of doing when I saw the trailer for SAO: Progressive Movie I. I think a story about a young Xenovia would be nice to tell, which would focus on her, Akame before she was adopted, Irina, Keito (maybe), and a few others. Days Naruto and Xenovia spend in the UK may be covered through other means since I really want to get back to the Stronger Arc.
Following the fight with the masked woman, Xenovia and Maki will start improving on their fighting prowess without weapons. They're capable to fighting unarmed, but they still have room do be more adept with their fists and their kicks. With the time between the Three Factions Peace treaty and the Crown Savers Arc, the masked woman has gotten far more fearsome/formidable since then. Her bowings are actually a habit of hers, depending on certain situations, mainly for apologizing or just thanking someone or a lot of people.
Naruto actually went in disguised as a girl for one of his early missions when he was building up his rep. I wonder if I should make him do it again.
There was supposed to be a scene where Naruto was privately fucking Xenovia or was receiving oral from her in a bathroom for men. The fucking would have their pants down. He'd either take her from behind or do her against the wall of a big stall with her legs wrapped around him and in a person walking in's POV it'd look like he was fucking a guy when he is actually fucking a girl. Wish I could have done it but I couldn't find any windows to put something like that in.
I would believe that Ange can trust the descendants of her teammates and continue to keep in contact with them. With everything she and her friends back in the past went though for their country, they're like family still, they have just been strangers until now, though Dorothy and Chise's descendants still kept in touch with each other. They just need to find Beatrice's descendant and the "family" will be back together.
Xenovia being knighted would mean she is an actual Knight, though for women it's damehood. I would like to think she was knighted instead of being given the honor of damehood. Knighthood I am really leaning towards for her.
