From Heathen to Hero 6
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New Meadows was a fun vacation stop no doubt, but as they still had an objective to complete, Kazuma and Aqua were soon back on the road in the middle of the barren lands of Indo-ZioKannan.
This time though with the money saved up and the skills Kazuma had earned himself, hardly anything that crossed their paths proved to be of any real danger.
As such both were cruising along the highway listening to music, with a pepperoni pizza in between them, with Kazuma on the wheel and Aqua on the passenger seat.
"Wow, and here I thought Excalibur's Pizza couldn't get any tastier" said Aqua with a smile as she had half a pizza hanging from her mouth.
"Was it really that good before" asked Kazuma as he's never been to one in his life, mainly because there existed only 2 locations in Japan.
"Yeah, like seriously you get one of these bad boys and you know what this here is the pizza is what can change the room form hostile to being peaceful" said Aqua.
"Wow, that is pretty amazing" said Kazuma as he reached for a slice only to put his hands on top of Aqua's, resulting in both retracting their hands back and both began to blush heavily as Kazuma continued to drive them in silence.
Reason for this awkward moment was because it all happened in New Meadows, and what happens there stays there, but to give an idea, Kazuma was on a super winning streak that they got banned from like 5 casinos, while indulging in top shelf alcohol, which may or may not let them to a night of drunk passionate sex.
But as the saying goes, what happens in New Meadows stays in New Meadows, but that doesn't mean these could forget about it yet.
Thankfully a distraction came in when a stampeding herd of Hell Bison's came charging.
What made them stand out was that their pelt had been stripped to reveal their still bleeding flesh, their horns more jagged and sharp, their eyes glowed a sinister yellow, and more importantly they were fast.
"Kazuma we got company on our left" said Aqua as she began to pull out a gold plated Desert Eagle.
Reaching under his seat, he pulled out a grenade launcher and began to activate the power blessed to him by Beeqok.
Lobbing the grenade into the herd, they were practically sent flying all around as Aqua continued to shoot at those to stubborn to back down and walk away.
Eventually after some heavy maneuvering on the wheel, once they were in the clear, Kazuma choose to park on the side of the road to check on any damages their car might have had sustained.
As for their current vehicle, it was a Ford muscle car with a V8 engine, and was painted a nice green coat on the bare metal plates.
"How do things look on your end" asked Kazuma to Aqua, "No damaged was sustained, just some blood was splattered" said Aqua.
"Alright that's good to know, any chance you want to hose it down" asked Kazuma, "Do I look like I'm your personal car wash attendant" asked Aqua as she's been asked to do this many times and was finding this to be ridiculous and over redundant.
"No, you look like a girl who can use water magic and have control to an infinite amount of water" said Kazuma, "Well duh, I am a water goddess" said Aqua as it took her a moment to remember that and should've used that title to be a real reason why she shouldn't be doing grunt work.
"Which is why we're always constantly attack, now hose it down, while I get the soap" said Kazuma as he went to open the trunk and grabbed a bar of soap, a bucket and hand cloth amidst their supply of blankets and other weapons to be used.
As soon as he closed the trunk, Kazuma was given a rude and wet awakening courtesy of Aqua.
"Aqua what the hell" gasped Kazuma as he was not amused, "Hmpf, serves you right you slave driving NEET" said Aqua with a pout.
"Come here you" said Kazuma as he came running around and tackled down Aqua as he got his wet body to get Aqua fairly soaked as well as they began to roll around in the dirt.
"Hey you jerk, you're getting me dirty" said Aqua before Kazuma got off of her, "Then consider us even" said Kazuma as Aqua retaliated by hitting him in the shoulder repeatedly, before Kazuma ended it by pulling her cheeks.
Before they could continue on their banter, they heard the sounds of revved up cars coming from up the road ready to tear the duo in 2.
"Shit, fast company" said Kazuma as both got up off the ground and rushed into the truck and picked up a wide array of weapons to combat the demi-demons as Kazuma checked his watch to see that he was 10 minutes short of using the power Scex Pistal left him.
Regardless he grabbed himself a SPAS-12 shotgun and began to aim down his sights, as Aqua equipped herself with the commando assault rifle as both stood their ground and began to fire away.
Normally they'd take a defensive stance and pray for the best, but their time here together in Hell has made them absolute badasses with guns as they were able to lay waste and bring the demi-demons down from within their cars.
Laying nothing but headshots through their glass windows, as back seat, roof top and shotgun riding passengers could do nothing but witness a more painful death upon crashing as their cars flew to the side of the road or in each other.
Once the engines stopped running, Kazuma began to search around and gathered up loot and anything of value before return back to their car with Aqua having finished putting away their weapons.
"Well that was easy" said Kazuma getting back on the wheel as they continued to drive, "Hey Aqua, mind checking the map to see where we're at and how far we are from crossing the border".
"According to the map here, we're near a small town, which explains the demi-demons, as for getting to the border, I think if we were to continue driving nonstop for the next 28 hours, we'll finally be in Kalliphonreeah" said Aqua.
"So what about 2 and half days give or take" said Kazuma, "Yeah pretty much" said Aqua.
"Well, let's go into town and see if there's a motel for us to crash at for the night" said Kazuma as he continued to drive into town.
Time Skip
15 minutes later the duo had came into town that was hardly filled anything to raise concern about as the demi-demons were unarmed and unprepared for their sudden arrival with most of the populace nearly gone.
They instead past by a small super market, leaving the establishment with essentially dinner for the day, as they continued to drive to the nearest motel.
Once there, they payed for their room and went inside to kick back and relax, but Kazuma didn't used Azay ability till he knew for certain they were going to sleep, which meant they took turns in keeping an eye out if the locals decided to sneak attack them.
"Ah, nothing says feeling refreshed than a nice hot shower" said Kazuma as he walked out the bathroom with a towel around his waist.
"Good for you, now step aside so I can go in and shower already, said Aqua as she tried to squeeze through only to stop midway while facing Kazuma.
He smelled great, he actually had some beautiful green eyes, and more so this was the man she had ever slept with, like ever, which was the same for Kazuma, who began to felt just as embarrassed and awkward as Aqua right now.
Of course things got more awkward when Kazuma's towel finally decided to drop, exposing himself completely to the water goddess who looked down as they both began to blush.
"Kazuma you pervert NEET" said Aqua as she pushed him away and ran into the bathroom, "Hey said Kazuma as he began to pick himself up while scrambling to make himself look decent.
God damn it, why me, why her, just why, thought Kazuma as he wanted nothing more than to get Vey Aria and hope Satan can do something, if anything to split them both apart at the very least so that they never have to deal with each other ever again.
So putting on his clothes, he began to dig through the bag of food they got and decided to enjoy himself an apple, before turning on the TV, which was interesting to see here in Hell, since it contains every possible channel that could be imagined.
Full on gladiator thunder dome like battles, hunting in Hell, shitty reality shows that chose to follow these famous higher ranking demons just cause their famous, adult entertainment, sports in Hell which can get super bloody, and even movies and cartoons back in the living world.
Of course they had original films here in Hell as well, with his favorite being centered around Hell's biggest human celebrity Art Legend, in the many Art Legend movies he starred in.
While it was weird to see, he did recall Monet mentioned that he never seen humans out in the badlands of Truxasko, so for all Kazuma knows there could be more humans like him around.
"…Wourh, this is my final offer, leave here and live another day, or die" threatened Art as he was challenging against a 10 foot green skinned demon covered in metal armor.
"Puny human, you amuse me for thinking you can defeat me, and for what this demon girl" said Wourh as held a human like individual like the ones Kazuma saw in New Meadows.
"You're a fool" commented Kazuma as he continued to watch the movie, before Aqua finally came out of the shower, wearing a bathrobe.
"Don't be trying to steal any glances at me NEET" said Aqua, "I won't" said Kazuma as he was more focused on the fighting scene from the movie, leaving Aqua with conflicting emotions to not sure whether she should be upset that Kazuma is more interested in a movie than seeing her bare body, or not.
"Stupid NEET" Aqua said under her breath as she began to change and put on her clothes while making sure Kazuma didn't steal a glance from her, which he didn't.
Once fully changed, Aqua went and threw herself on top of Kazuma, nearly knocking the wind out of him.
"Aqua!" exclaimed Kazuma as he was confused as to why she was acting like this, in fact Aqua herself was confused, but knew that her pride as a woman and a goddess was at stake.
"You owe me dinner for exposing yourself like that you pervert" said Aqua, "Ok, but can it wait until we hit the commercials" said Kazuma as Aqua continued to pout but none the less allowed it.
Getting off of Kazuma, she instead decided to lay close to him, like really close to the point that outsiders can say that these 2 were essentially cuddling at this point while watching a movie.
But neither one of them mind or cared at the moment since it was an Art Legend movie they were enjoying.
"No more sorrow, it's time for you to pay man" said Art as Wourh had killed his girl in the movie, but this resulted in Art going beast mode on him with a machete.
"Wow, Hell here knows how to really make good movies here don't they" said Kazuma, "Sigh, yeah they do" said Aqua as she hated to admit that Hell was proving itself to be better and better by any given chance that a part of Aqua doesn't want to even return back to the heavenly realm since it was boring, and so demanding from work.
If anything Aqua would rather return back to their friends with Kazuma, if not maybe go wherever he wants to go, so long as it's with him, because honestly her life and existence has become so much more fun now ever since he stepped into her life.
Once the commercial break came, Kazuma began to go up to the counter where he had set up a hot plate and began to cook Aqua some instant noodles and a grilled cheese.
"Hey Kazuma" said Aqua, "Yes, I'm Kazuma" said Kazuma, "What do you plan on doing once we face Satan".
"Well to be honest I don't know yet, but so long as we're not going to face him to face judgment, I hope it's something good" said Kazuma, "I hope so too" said Aqua as Kazuma continued to cook her dinner as they awaited for tomorrow back in the roads.
Hey guys, this story is back and just wanted this to serve as a short introduction as I continue to write this, with the intention of concluding this a lot sooner than later.
Otherwise yes, Kazuma and Aqua did fornicate in between this time frame, and while I wanted to originally included this during their time in New Meadows, I chose not to simply because I can, plus we don't necessarily see our characters having to fornicate in order to prove their love, even though much of any community with fandoms as big as these with erodoujin and fanart will say otherwise.
Until next time guys, be safe, be good people, and please support your local fandom communities.
This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3