Author's Note: Rewrote Gabriel's section here as thanks to guest reviewer YUMOTELIUCE I realized I didn't put as much work into the other Virtues as I did for Michael instead merely copying their 'encounters' from the OVAs I will work on the virtue scenes in the next chapter so that their more in line with Michael's section.
Fool's New Journey Chapter 4
To alter Fate's course
"Um, Michael"
"Yes, Messiah?"
"What are you doing?" Minato asked, very much aware of the wandering hands of the 'supposed' Archangel hugging him. More than once those hands got a firm grip on a muscle or two, depending on where they went Minato may have to lay into the angel before him.
"Checking you body to see how fit you are" Michael answered, her blushing face with a bright smile doing little to comfort him "Your are in excellent shape, a fine body for leading humanity away from the Sins"
'There are many ways to discern the physical capability of an individual' Persona Michael said in Minato's mind, his gaze firmly locked onto his… counterpart 'This, this is not one of them! My other other from that world left much to be desire but at least he wasn't a pervert'
Feeling the hug growing tighter and Michael's hands beginning to feel less like a medical examination than it already was and more like he was being felt up Minato made his feelings known "Archangel Michael, 'Who is like God?', I am really feeling uncomfortable at the minute"
His words seemed to snap fem!Michael out of her borderline groping as she took a large step back, regaining what composure she could despite her state of dress or embarrassed expression "My apologies Messiah, my mind wandered for a moment there"
'It was more than your mind wandering' Minato thought to himself in response to fem!Michael's answer.
"But, I can safely say your fit to do battle against the Sins for the upcoming final battle" The pervy Archangel said, nodding her head with approval before locking eyes with Minato. Her eyes taking on the look of a general inspecting a new soldier "But until then, tell me Messiah how would you counter the Sins?"
Minato gave the question some thought before voicing some guidelines "Well, one thing to worry about is any overt influence they have on Earth. So focusing on keeping those location isolated and try to force them off Earth whenever possible, man falling to vice due to their own failing is one thing. Having a literal demon dragging them into Sin is another"
His answer seemed to delight fem!Michael, happy that her Messiah had a tactical mind "Very good, but tell me. What about those that don't have faith in the Lord?"
"Well, spread the word and be accepting of those who embrace it while stopping others from misusing it for their own gain. Those enslaved by one or more sin" Minato answered, he saw fem!Michael's expression a bit. Considering how religion was the one road to political power for many over the years it's understand how painful it could be to reminded of them "But, never forcing faith onto people. Such a thing isn't conversion, it's tyranny that will only create enemies and provide only lip service"
"And, if God lost faith in humanity?" fem!Michael asked with a pained expression "What if God ordered the destruction of humanity, seeing them as a lost cause?"
"Than, I guess I'd remind God of why they had faith humanity in the first place. That humanity isn't lost, that there is hope" Minato answered, drawing on some of his own experience and his faith in humanity as a whole despite the monsters among them "Faith is a powerful thing, it can carry us through hardships and give us trials. So I would help God through their trial of faith, to believe in the possibility within humans" Minato closed his eyes for a moment "Even if it ends up only saving a single soul, that's one soul saved due to holding onto faith" he smiled as a thought occurred to him "Faith in one another, it almost sounds like a form of love"
Opening his eyes Minato saw fem!Michael's eyes were a little watery, but her glowing smile and look of renewed resolve ease his worries,
"Well said, Lord Messiah" fem!Michael said, moments before she and the arena they were turned into light and converged onto Minato.
Quest [Supremacy over Sin and Virtue] Update
Mastered Virtue: Faith
Faith Skill gained.
{Relationship Speed with those who are 'Faithful' doubled. [Auto Locked by Minato's Will]}
Archangel Michael Companion / Power Gem gained.
Agents of Virtue gained, unlocked Faith units.
3 Ranks added to Courage
Finding himself back in the void with doors, the faith door becoming transparent as the others were unchanged, Minato looked up "Burrough, can I come back to this later on?"
[Of course Master, you can resume the quest whenever you like with no repercussions. Are you alright?] Burrough asked as Minato was already making his way out.
Minato waited a moment before he asked the AI point blank "Did a perverted Archangel molest me back there?"
Burrough was silent for a moment before answering [You weren't molested, technically. Though it did seem to get close at times]
"Whoever made this is a real pervert" Minato said as he made his way back to the throne room, he wanted to check out what he got from his encounter with the others. And he really didn't want to stand in front of those other doors at the minute.
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Skill: Faith.
Increases potency of all skills that draw upon Faith and lowers costs tenfold.
Increases speed of acquiring, developing and teaching skills for self and others.
Passively buffs those you have faith in, this is undetectable, unblockable and cannot be negated.
Can actively use the genuine faith others have in you to increase your stats for a limited time, distribution of these temporary stat points can be chosen freely and changed so long as they are active.
"You know, you have a lot of stuff for teaching things to people" Yuuki comment as she looked over the new skill with the others before looking to Minato with a raised eyebrow "Is the system purposely giving you them because your teaching Hamon tomorrow?"
Minato considered the question, his eyes drifting to Elizabeth and Burrough as they had a better grasp of the inner workings of this Gamer Ability "If it is than the question becomes if it's circumstantial or do subconscious desires factor in?"
[The Legendary Perks from those you have bonded with appear to be custom made based on what you know about them and the experience you've had with them, though it could swing either way in it being circumstantial or your desire to share with them] Burrough replied, looking over the inner code of the system to make sure she wasn't missing anything.
Elizabeth nodded "Still, it can't be denied this Faith skill will be of some use. Though, I am curious of the servants that the quest originally spoke of. These Agents of Virtue"
Curious himself Minato pulled up the skill and summoned a Faith unit.
Skill: Agents of Virtue
Summons composed of Heavenly energy, representing the Heavenly and Knightly Virtues they act as agents of your will. They are able to function as automatons acting as an extension of your will or fuse with another being in a symbiotic relationship to being able to work outside it. Appearances of the Agents can be customized at your leisure.
Current Units:
-Faith: Commander Type, Jack of all Trades who boost allies with Area of Effect auras and heightened sensory abilities to direct other units in battle. Take on leadership roles by default except when you take command or assign another to it.
When the Faith unit took material form it appeared to be a soldier wearing modern day armour with a breasted coat over it with stars on the shoulders to denote some rank, above it's head were two interconnected rings with eyes covering both rings spinning as no blind spot was left open.
"Ah, I see it went for a mix of modern day and old testament" Elizabeth commented, as soon as she did the angel part of the Faith unit turned invisible lowering it's own abilities but becoming undetectable "And it's own stealth mode"
Yuuki readily volunteered to try the symbiote mode of the Agent of Virtue, the end result was an all around boost in stats with the 'Angel' part of the Agent of Virtue acting as a pseudo Persona and providing a weapon for self defence.
"This is cool, if not a little odd" Yuuki commented before separating from the Agent of Virtue, she offered the Faith Unit a high five to which it returned with a bit of a delayed response.
With everything taken care of they all agreed to head to bed as they had a long day tomorrow of teaching, however despite his best efforts Minato found himself unable to sleep.
Which is why he was walking around late at night, taking a moment to look over everything as he considered his current circumstances. Travelling to other worlds to beta test a video game based super power and using that to teach mythical martial arts in different worlds was not something he expected when he came across that barrier in the park, coming to a balcony Minato looked out to the still growing world without a moon or stars.
His mind wandered back to those he met in the world he found himself after Elizabeth freed him, the world whose people made that place a second home to him.
'I hope Ophis is alright' that was Minato's first thought, he had grown rather close to the Infinite Dragon God and as such was top on the list of people he thought about from that world. The others were close behind as well, Kiyome, Satou, Valerie, the list of those he bonded with went on and on. He could even picture his chimera Hellhound looking all over the place for him and letting out soft whimpers.
Minato cleared his mind 'I'm on my way back now, though I wish there was something I could use to tell them I was o-'
"That's it. Just a little more, focus on what you want to send with the Lux!"
You kept you Keyblade as steady as you could, drawing upon what little experiencing you had in manipulating Light to succeed in this very basic spell. However unlike the Medals this wasn't something that you could instantly learn or gradually master by hitting Heartless, this was something you had to do the hard way with your own experience and skill.
And considering how straining it is, it further hits home how far you have to go to be considered a real Keyblade Wielder much less a Master.
A musical note followed by cheering signalled the end of your training, falling onto your rear you look to what you just created. The setting sun's ray coming through your dorm window being over powered by the crystal being held up by the cutest stuffed animal friend you could ever ask for.
It looks like there was still some hope for you yet, now you just need to work on your communication skills.
'-kay?'
Minato paused as what he could only described as a memory played out before him, one from his previous past lives.
Following what the memory showed him Minato summoned his Keyblade and repeated the same thing his past life did, like a muscle memory it all came flowing forth as a musical note chimed as a Light crystal was formed.
Item: Light Messenger Crystal.
A crystal formed from Primordial Light, it carries messages that can only be read by those it's maker approves of.
Criteria needed to read message: Those Minato Arisato has bonded with from the World Draconic Deus [DxD]
Message:
"Hey, if your getting this message than it means this little messenger crystal trick worked. I am doing fine at the minute, a lot of stuff has happened but I'll keep things short and relevant.
The person that almost killed Issei tried escaping by teleporting to another world, but I interfered with the process and it ended up catapulting us both close to my original world. I'm on my way back now with the help of a dear friend, though I may be a bit delayed due to helping out a couple people on my way.
I'm also bringing some friends over as well, if all goes well I should be back soon enough. Sit tight, I'm on my way home.
Sincerely with Love, Minato Arisato"
Minato looked over the message to see if he needed to add anything else, taking a moment to note that the world he was in the previous year was called Draconic Deus or DxD, seeing nothing else he sent off the message into the void between worlds where the crystal will head out to whoever met the criteria for reading the message with a small preference for seeking out Ophis.
Mainly because he didn't want her to get too worried, or what she might do due to that worry.
The flapping of wings drew Minato's attention skyward, above him glowed an angelic figure that slowly lowered down to be at eye level with him.
"Hey, why are you up so late?" Yuuki asked, as she landed on the balcony before deactivating Demi-Mode.
Minato shrugged "Couldn't sleep. What about you?"
Yuuki nodded "Same, right now I was flying around to scout out ever inch of this place to get a lay of the land" She paused for a moment as she looked out to the expanding horizon "It goes on for miles around, I've asked the Ticos and they say this place is currently half the size of the Earth and still expanding"
"Half the size of the Earth, what could you even do with all of that?" Minato asked, surprise this place had grown to such a scale.
Yuuki looked to Minato with a hesitate look for a moment "Real talk for a minute, what exactly did you do to cause this place to grow this much?" Yuuki asked before turning to face Minato fully "I ask the Ticos and they said this place grows due to your feats, the told me if I wanted to learn about them I'd have to ask you personally"
"It's a long story, we should go somewhere else more comfortable" Minato said, considering where to take their conversation "Any preferences?"
Yuuki for about it for a moment "Is it going to be emotional, Minato considered the question before nodding "Than I prefer going through a dungeon while doing it, had my fair share of emotional conversations in them"
With a bit of discussion on which Dungeon to enter for their talk they decided to enter the Fairy Dungeon, due to no small part of Burrough confirming it would unlock the Fairy Race for the Demi-Mode selection.
The Dungeon proved to be a fair bit challenging as it adjusted to their level to give them a challenge, each Dungeon had a minimal level but it could increase to offer a challenge to those running it, the various illusions and trickery the Fairy enemies used kept them on their feet as brute force wouldn't be enough to clear the challenge.
Still, it didn't stop them from talking. While they didn't have time for the full version Minato made sure to cover everything with the abridged version while keeping the technical information to a minimal.
"My last thing I remembered was being on the school roof with my friends joining us, than I just dose off" Minato said, going over his death on the roof of Gekkoukan High School. He didn't remember anything during his time as the Great Seal other than only the vaguest of things "The next thing I knew I found myself in another world, Draconic Deus, after Elizabeth used her Keyblade to free me from the seal. Pretty sure saving the world is what's causing this place to expand the way it has"
Yuuki swatted away the raging Bone Fairy out of instinct as the rest of her mind was processing what she just learnt, she only guessed some of what Minato told her but hearing it all from himself.
That and she understood that type of death, even if it didn't involve anything as grand as saving the world.
"I-" Yuuki muttered out, not sure what she could say in this situation "That sounds like a good way to go, being with your friends in your final moments"
Minato gave Yuuki a concerned look, he summoned Pixie and let her handle the surrounding enemies as he sat down on a decently size rock "Is there something you want to say, if something I said troubled you than don't be afraid to speak your mind"
She shook her head "No, it's nothing like that" Yuuki put on a brave face trying to show nothing was wrong, but Minato was able to see through her mask despite Yuuki's best efforts "I just notice some parallels between your final moments and my own, or at least my original"
"Wait, what do you mean by original?" Minato asked as he wasn't sure what Yuuki meant, he had refrained from using any skills to look into her background as that felt like a violation of her privacy and only focused on the impersonal numbers of her stats.
"I'm not the real Yuuki Konno, I'm a copy that was created at the moment of her death when you used that Companion Gem" Yuuki explained, taking a seat on a tree stump "I remember it so vividly, feeling myself slip away alone in a virtual world that became more real to me than the real world was"
Yuuki brought her knees to her chest before she continued, emotions that she was holding back starting to slip through.
"And when it seemed like I was going to die alone, like I had planned to do to spare my friends the pain, than she came. Someone who became like a sister to me, after I lost my biological one the previous year" Yuuki smiled at the memory Asuna holding her "And with her came so many others, people from all over the world I met came in those final moments. It was more than I could have ever asked for, and as I shut my eyes ready for whatever laid before me I opened them and" she lowered her head "I was summoned with the self awareness I was a copy, and you know the rest"
Minato winced, he could understand where Yuuki was coming from seeing as he ended up in another world after his death. Even months later the fear that it was all some dream persisted, it had only recently subsided but that was only after an eventful year that was the source of many heartfelt moments and headaches.
Hugs were something he was familiar that helped in situations like this, it worked for him growing up and it helped many of his friends as well, though the way Yuuki was sitting got in the way of any hugs.
"I see, I can understand how disorienting it can be finding yourself in another world. Though not exactly on the clone thing" Minato said, be careful with his words "What is it that you want to do now than, as an individual what do you want?"
"I, I want to live" Yuuki said, not really thinking as she answered "I want to live a life not bound to a hospital bed, to see places I've never seen before, meet new people, go to school with others my age to-" she stopped to catch her breath "I want to live a life, even if I'm just a copy"
"Your not a copy to me or anyone else here" Minato answered, causing Yuuki to look over to him "After all, your the only Yuuki Konno we've met"
Yuuki smiled a little at that, lower her knees from her chest as she did so "That's kind of corny, but thanks" She got up from the stump "Let's finish off this dungeon than, can't spend all our time moping"
"Aye aye" Minato said as he followed Yuuki's lead "If you ever need to talk than don't hesitate to come to any of us"
Yuuki gave Minato a thumbs up "Sure" she hesitated for a moment "Though, there is something that has been tugging at the back of my mind" taking a second to clear her thoughts Yuuki asked her question "Is it okay, to live for the sake of another person?"
"Of course, but you must never forget to live for yourself as well" Minato answered without a moment's hesitation. The two turned their attention back to the rest of the Dungeon to see Minato's Pixie was a blur as he defeated enemies as soon as they spawned, the two took in the sight of the little Persona grabbing a giant and used it as a bludgeon weapon on anything that moved.
Both Minato and Yuuki offered up a silent prayer for the giant as Pixie broke it's back after serving it's purpose as a weapon.
The two travelling into the depths of the dungeon where they faced off against the boss monsters, the Queens of the Summer and Winter Fae Courts.
'To live for another, but also to live for myself' Yuuki thought as she swung her sword to block, counter and attack the Queens 'If I'm going to live than I'll do it for myself and' Yuuki brought her sword back as a skill flared to life as memories of two sisters came with the skill.
'I'll live for both Yuuki and Aiko Konno sake, to live a life both would be proud of!' with that thought she called out the skill "Mother's Rosario!"
Eleven hits struck both bosses bringing both health bars to zero, the two bosses broke apart into dust before a whirl wind brought them back together to form a new enemy to face. Ruler of Seasons.
Still, the new enemy enemy fell like those before it with the finishing blow being a combination attack.
Combo Attack: Death Dance.
Needed: Minato Arisato and Yuuki Konno
Description: A twenty two hit dark elemental sword attack involving both participates to move around a singular enemy before timing their final eleventh strikes to hit at the same time as an Almighty finishing move.
With the boss defeated Yuuki stood in the middle of the arena before taking a moment to use a certain skill "Demi Mode: Fairy" the transformation took place and when it subsided her hair had turned purple with a pair of red eyes and transparent black wings on her back.
As they exited the dungeon Yuuki was still full of energy as she stayed in her Fairy form for the time being, Minato smiled as he saw this as it seemed to have lifted a weight off Yuuki's shoulders.
"Nothing like a dungeon run to help clear someone's head" Yuuki said with a smile as she spun around to face "Want to go to another while we're here?"
"Sure, I can go another round or two" Minato answered as he had reached the current limit of Keyblade Wielder again and had already swapped over to the new Huntsmen Class "Anything you want to enter?"
Yuuki hummed as she thought about "Well, I don't see anything that stands out. Maybe something angelic?" she shrugged "Sorry, the image of that 'angel' you encountered is stuck in my head"
Fem!Tico spoke up at that moment "Oh, I fully understand why. Anyway~ I take it you want to unlock Herald for Demi Mode next?"
Minato nodded to the idea, as the two were on their way to the dungeon for the Herald unlock quest Minato pulled out the Companion / Power Gem he got from the Sin and Virtue quest.
Companion | Power Gem: Heavenly Virtue Michael
Able to summon forth Archangel Michael of the Seven Heavenly Virtues as a companion or grant access to her power when used as a piece of equipment.
Among the various powers and skills, gain the Divine and Herald Race so long as this is equipped.
Can only be summoned by Minato Arisato, can only be equipped by Minato or his allies or those he would approve of.
"So, is there a reason you haven't summoned her yet?" Yuuki asked as they neared a Holy Dungeon "Other than how hands on she was?" Yuuki said with a smirk as she made a quick groping motion with her hand.
"One does not simply summon an Archangel, much less one of Heaven's strongest" Minato answered as he looked over the gem "This kind of power should not be used frivolously, that and it would be hard to explain to others were our extremely powerful and questionable dress friend came from" Minato paused for a moment as he could feel Yuuki's gaze locked on him "And I'm a little worried she'll start groping me again, I'd sooner use it as a power gem but I am worried about how any clothing could change"
"Well, there is one way to check" Yuuki said as they stood in front of the doors.
Minato had a conflicted look on his face before he handed the Power Gem to Yuuki to try, Minato turned away as she transformed so in case her clothes were too revealing she could change back none the worse for wear.
"It's okay, I'm wearing an actual skirt and my bust is covered" Yuuki said as Minato turned around to see how her appearance had changed. She was wearing a black military uniform with gold decoration, a mantle cape on her right shoulder with gold tassels on her shoulder, a white belt with a sheathed sword with a little be of bare leg showing from beneath her skirt to her black stockings and white boots. With the whole look coming together with a black hat on her head, interestingly enough her hair and eyes remained unchanged from her Fairy mode.
Over all Yuuki looked great, with her unsheathing her sword to pose after hearing the compliment.
The two entered the dungeon together with Minato swapping in Michael as he main Persona, it just felt fitting for the current circumstances.
As they went through the Dungeon Minato the Demi-Mode Skill, he hadn't used it much but he was a bit curious about the sort of combinations it could make especially if several could technically stack like how Yuuki retained the Fairy Race with Herald and Divine being layered on.
With that thought in mind Minato decided to try out a combination he hadn't tried before "Demi-Mode: Meta and Hero"
A wave of power erupted outward as Minato noticed how his luck increased massively moments before noticing how much more pronounced his muscles had become, a quick once over and Minato was sure he looked more like a superhero version of himself.
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As people gathered for the class on Hamon three people looked around as they waited for the teachers to arrive.
"A lot of people have shown up already, you think more will be arriving soon or will this be it?" the sole woman of the group as her two male associates.
"Hard to say, though I don't expect many will stay around for the actual lesson itself" a tall thin man answered as he spotted several groups of people chatting with each other, each one having at least one person with their scroll out to a particular video that had been getting popular lately "It seems most are here to meet musicians and not to learn"
The man who stood between the two shrugged his shoulders "Well, their loss if they walk away without asking about this Hamon stuff" the man opened up his own scroll to open a line of communication "Is everything set up doctor?"
"Yes, everything is ready to go. We'll be able to gather information on this Hamon and how it effects the body and aura" Dr Pietro Polendina answered on the other end of the line, looking over dozens of displays with camera feeds and information on the body and auras of the plain clothed Ace Operatives in attendance "Clover, does Ironwood doubt these three? Why else would he have this much surveillance for a public class, or at least having it be done in a more controlled environment?"
Clover looked around him to ensure no one was listening in "Two of them already used it to heal a bunch of people yesterday and news of it being teachable spread like wildfire, if we tried to test it in a more controlled environment it could easily be mistaken as the military trying to weaponize something meant to heal. And as for Ironwood trusting them, I believe he does but he just wants to be on the safe side" Clover smiled before continuing "We don't have much to worry about, not after our little test earlier"
The woman beside him groaned as she remembered the 'tests' and how they were all games of chance to see who among the Ace Operatives would be attending the first class on Hamon, while vague Clover could focus his Semblance to increase his luck of something good happening to him like being one of three to learn a new unheard of martial arts that could be mistaken as a powerful and versatile Semblance.
"Clover, while your 'tests' gave some credit to the idea of this being beneficial we don't know if it's a benefit long or short term" Harriet said, more annoyed of the test themselves than Clover.
"They've arrived" the tallest of the three, Vine, said as he brought the attention of the other Ace Operatives to the two confirmed users of Hamon and Elizabeth. As soon as they had visual on the three they lost it as their fans started gathering around them, it took twenty minutes before things settled down before the class could begin with an introduction into what Hamon actually was.
Doctor Polendina paid special attention to how the power of Hamon came from one's breathing as he vaguely remembered old Fairy Tales of one's breath being magical in some form, he made a note of it for later.
The next thing that got his attention was Minato mentioning how they needed to jam their pinky into the diaphragm of anyone who wanted to learn how to use Hamon, he held up one hand with his fist closed with the exception of his little finger. It reminded him of how some nobles drank from tea cups, or when someone tried to be fancy.
Everyone from Atlus were confused while several of those from Mantle were ready to jump at the chance of being first, seeing some tension between the two groups one from each was selected to get the Hamon jab at the same time. With Clover coming forward for the Atlus group and a Faunas with a broken arm coming forward for the Mantle group.
After some pleasantries Minato jabbed them both causing them to stagger for a moment, after a moment had passed Clover was bouncing on his feet so full of energy he did several backflips while the Faunas raised their formerly broken arm and remarked about how it was healed.
That was how the first training session of Hamon began with very few noticing the plant life that bloomed to life wherever Minato and Yuuki went despite the cold environment, among those that noticed was Dr Polendina and his daughter who took special note on how Hamon seemed to have increased the aura reserves of those who had it.
A number of those watching recorded the class with many live streaming it, gaining the attention of many in Atlus including those of the higher class.
However, not all eyes that watched were friendly as the enemies of life and allies of Grimm took notice of an odd piece on the board.
Doctor Arthur Watts took note of the unknown before him, one that had gained a degree of popularity among the people of both Atlus, Mantle and even gained the personal interest of Ironwood.
'A secondary target, perhaps' Watts toys with the idea before returning to his main plans.
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"My respect for teachers has grown tenfold this day" Minato said as he slumped on the meeting table alongside Yuuki, both drained from the their first class teaching Hamon to a group of random people who were divided into two groups with animosity between them.
Elizabeth gave them both pats on the backs "Look on the bright side, Penny invited us over to meet her father tomorrow. And I for one am looking forward to it"
Minato raised his head to look to the Velvet Room Attendant "Did you meet him in the other version of this world you were in?"
Elizabeth shook her head "No, which is why I'm excited to meet him. Though, I suppose we will need to find something to do in the mean time"
Yuuki popped up "Oh, what about continuing the Sin and Virtue Quest line?" Yuuki suggested with Fem!Tico appearing behind her to eagerly nod.
"Well, I will need to finish it regardless" Minato answered as he got up "I already have an idea for the next one I'll go to, hopefully this one won't be so hands on…"
Entering the void of doors again Minato stood before the Virtue of Chastity with his back to Lust, taking a moment to clear his thought he entered the door to find himself somewhere he didn't expect.
It looked like Tokyo, some business and products had slightly different names but over all it didn't look too out of place. There were even people walking around like it was a normal day, Minato looked around for the Archangel of Chastity but couldn't see them anywhere.
Hearing a commotion down the street he saw what looked like a young girl reprimanding a couple for being lewd, seeing the angel wings on her back made Minato's stomach drop.
"No! No! No! You can't being doing such lewd and immoral things in public like holding hands as if you were married until you really are" exclaimed a young lady, whose current state of dress would land someone in jail, at a passing couple as they were going about their day.
'Please no' Minato thought to himself as he used Observe to see the girl with the stripper outfit was indeed the 'Archangel' of 'chastity' Gabriel.
The Persona of Archangel Gabriel was comforted by The Persona of Michael, all the while the other Archangels dreaded what was to come for them while Demons and Devils cheered.
"What's going on here?" Minato asked as he approached the Archangel shaming a young couple for holding hands.
The man's gaze latched onto Minato as he got closer, a mixture of relief and worry as his eyes refused to look away from him "This little girl just starting calling us lewd deviants while we were on a date, neither of us have met her before"
"Seriously little girl, even if your jealous you shouldn't make a scene like this" the woman said as she reprimanded the Archangel, getting some control of the situation and shooting the smaller girl a worried look.
"Jealous? As if an Angel like myself would fall to such a petty Sin" Gabriel said with a huff as she turned to Minato and as soon as her eyes landed on him they latched onto him, everything else being seemingly ignored as a sparkle appeared in her eyes.
"You two go on with your day, I'll handle things here" Minato offered the couple who barely spoke a word of gratitude before clearing the scene, disappearing into the crowd and getting far away from here.
Gabriel closed the distance between her and Minato in a mere moment "Messiah, I found-" she paused as Minato held out a hand to stop her, he pointed off to the side where he led her.
Getting some control of the situation Minato took a breath to centre himself "Okay, what exactly were you doing back there?"
"Well, I couldn't turn a blind eye to such lewd behaviour in public, though finding you is of the utmost importance we were able to cross paths while I performed my duties" Gabriel answered, a large smile on her face.
"Something lewd like two people who are dating holding hands?" Minato asked, earning a nod from Gabriel.
"That's right, they needed a reminder of how to live a life of chastity and away from the Sins" she answered, crossing her arms as she did so.
Minato looked out to the crowd of people and notice how everyone did their best not to interact with them, though he wasn't sure if it was some limitation with the system or if he was just in Japan, thoughts of that couple coming to mind "But you didn't remind them of how to live a Chaste lifestyle, just shaming them for holding hands just makes you come off as petty"
Gabriel flinched back as if she was struck "What!? Really, I have to go find them and teach them-"
Minato shook his head "Look, if you rush out to find them now you'll only repeat the same mistake. Let's sit down and talk first, although" he paused as he looked at Gabriel's outfit "We should really get you some new clothes"
She looked at Minato shocked "Wha-? I'm not changing out of my uniform"
'How is that a uniform!?' Persona!Gabriel exclaimed.
'Clearly the creator who made these Archangels is a massive pervert' one amongst countless Demons commented.
"Okay, just look at it this way. What does it mean to follow a life of Chastity, besides abstaining from lewd behaviour?" Minato asked, knowing the answer himself but figured having the questionably dressed 'Archangel' before him answering it would help move things along.
The amount of time it took the small Gabriel before Minato to answer disappointed the Persona version of the Archangel.
"To live a wholesome life, meaning not to be chained down by earthy desires and to live a healthy and clean life" she answered, her answer near the end becoming uncertain like she hadn't thought it it in a while.
Minato nodded "That's right, a healthy hygienic life. Which include wearing the proper clothes for the proper weather, and with all due respect your uniform looks more like a swimsuit than anything else"
Gabriel looked at Minato conflicted.
"I can understand wanting to, show how clean and healthy your complexion is?" Minato said, his words coming off as more of a question as he couldn't think of another purpose for the uniform. Gabriel nodded, her conflicted expression lessening "but, you also need to be a role model for people to follow as an example. And the sad truth is most humans aren't a resistant to the weather like you are"
Gabriel nodded "Okay, I see you point. Can you, help me pick out new clothes Messiah?"
"Of course, and if it makes you feel any better you can wear your uniform with the new clothes" Minato's words brought a smile to Gabriel's face as the two headed off.
The two got to talking after getting Gabriel new clothes, while nothing special it would stop the 'Archangel' from accidentally flashing someone.
As the others watched on as Minato essentially ended up spoiling the Archangel on a date Elizabeth made a note in the records regarding the Gamer Ability.
"Angels placed in wrong Virtue. Correct if sin and virtue is brought over" Elizabeth finished her note taking as Minato sat with Gabriel at a playground.
"I see, I've been so focused on lewdness that I pushed aside other aspects of a chaste life" Gabriel said as she thought over her past actions.
Minato shrugged "It's understandable such a thing happened, humans are a social species and not being able to so much as touch someone? That can be too much for many, and something the Sins have no doubt been exploiting" he opened his palm, drawing the Archangel of Chastity to it "Life is hard, life is messy, people will get dirtied throughout their lives as they live them. But" Minato turned to Gabriel with a smile "That doesn't mean they can't live as wholesome a life as possible, even if some of the dirt they fell into doesn't wash off completely"
Gabriel didn't say anything, instead her eyes seemed to have gotten watery as she looked to him with an expression he couldn't read.
'Is me making Angels cry going to become a thing now?' Minato asked himself as he tried to think of something to stop the Archangel from crying "So, maybe instead of JUST chastising people you could teach them how to live a chaste life?"
Gabriel dried her eyes and as she did it a new determined look shined in them "Your right, I will. But, eh" she blushed a bit before nervously turning to Minato with her head down "Since, since you said it's only natural for humans to hold hands with it not being l-lewd" she looked up, blushing ear to ear "Can I hold your hand, Lord Messiah?"
Nervously, Gabriel held hands with Minato and a moment later all converged on him.
Quest [Supremacy over Sin and Virtue] Update
Mastered Virtue: Chastity
Purity Skill gained.
{Relationship Speed with those who are 'Pure' doubled. [Auto Locked by Minato's Will]}
Archangel Gabriel Companion / Power Gem gained.
Agents of Virtue Updated, unlocked Chastity units.
3 Ranks added to Expression.
Minato didn't return back right away, instead he found a balcony and looked out into the horizon as a particular thought ran through his mind.
'If the 'Angel' meant to represent Chastity was like that' Minato hung his head 'Than all of the others will be perverts too. And the Demons' Minato summoned forth Lucifer's Blade and Michael's battle Axe 'I may need to go for the kill with them'
Letting out a sigh Minato looked over the 'Purity' skill he got.
Skill: Purity
Always clean, never dirtied, with a lovely scent.
Immunity to all poisons.
Immunity to all forms of mind control and negative mental effects.
Immunity to force conversion of species and other forms of unwanted body alteration.
Able to dispel all forms of poison, mind control and forced conversions passively around user. Can expand area of effect infinitely but the larger the area the more build up is needed.
Always considered 'Pure' for all things.
"Well, I guess I don't need to worry about bad breath anymore" Minato commented as he headed back to the others, he was ready to call it a night as it is.
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"Dad! We're here!" Penny said as she led the group into the pharmacy her father was currently working in.
When Minato saw Penny's father he saw him working on an invention with a ghost hovering over him, the ghost seemed to turn to them for a moment before snapping it's attention back to the inventor, as Minato looked at the spirit he saw a girl that looked so much like Penny but with short hair.
Not sure what he was looking at, and worried for Doctor Polendina's safety, Minato used Observe on the ghost.
Name: Penny "V1" Polendina
Race: Machine / Spirit
Bio:
The first daughter of Dr Pietro Polendina who died at the Fall of Beacon with her death and reveal of her mechanical origins being used to stir up emotions to attract more Grimm to the city for the attack, her father attempted to repair her but during the process he created a second Soul that inherited Penny's memories of her life through her mechanical components.
With no body to call her own her spirit lingers around her father, attempting to offer what comfort she could as his health declines due to the methods he used to give his Aura to his daughters.
Minato's widen for a moment, but that was enough for the first Penny to notice he was looking at her.
Author's Note:
Got this one out sooner than even I expected.
The follow Omake is something that got stuck in my head so I decided to throw in here, non canon for those confused or curious.
Omake: Continuation of the Daughter!Yuuki Omake from Chapter 2, Daughteru protects Fatheru from Hentai girls.
"From the bottom of my heart you have our eternal gratitude for saving our people"
Quest: [Sword for the Shields] Completed.
Primary Mission: Restore Peace to Eostia (Completed)
Optional Mission: Uplift the populous by at least one tech level (Completed, Medieval Era to Early Modern Era)
Optional Mission: Carry out the Quest with all party members blindfolded, cannot remove blindfolds until quest completion (Completed, you can take them off now)
As soon as she saw that message Yuuki took off her blindfold without waiting another moment, much to the surprise of the locals who knew the three Heroes before them refused to take off their blindfolds no matter what "We were happy to help, and if you ever neeeeee- AH!"
Yuuki screamed as she saw the Shield Princesses with her own eyes for the first time, her eyes scanned all of them with her gaze focusing on their leader and supposed Goddess Incarnation Celestine.
"Yuuki! What's-" not a moment after Minato removed his blindfold to see what caused his daughter from another timeline to scream he found his head ensnared by Yuuki's Shroud of Power, the clothe empowered from all manner of Science and Magic acted under Yuuki's will to make sure Minato didn't see the women in front of them that looked like they came straight out of something 18+.
"Don't look Papa! You can't see anyone else dress like that except Ma-!" Yuuki stopped herself as she almost pictured her own mother dressed in what the Shield Princesses were wearing "No! You can't look at anyone wearing what can barely be called clothes!"
"Oi!" One of the Shield Princesses called out somewhat offended even as everyone else were lost as to what was happening.
Minato tried to remove Yuuki's shroud but couldn't get a grip on it as it seemed to get tighter "Yuuki, your crushing daddy's head!"
"Wait, she's actually your daughter!?" Celestine asked, while she wasn't sure of Minato's exact age she was confident he wasn't old enough to have a daughter Yuuki's age. She made a mental note to make plans for getting closer to her future step daughter later, along with figuring out what said step daughter had against her clothes. Celestine thought to herself as Yuuki's words made her a little self conscious about what she was wearing.
The third hero present removed his blindfold to see what was happening, he looked around before locking up and falling over. As the hero fell the room went dead silent as even the father and daughter antics were paused for a moment.
Yuuki looked over to her friend on the ground "Did Whitley just die?"
"Forgive me, mother, sisters. I can no longer be married, I have been tainted" Whitley said with a shaky voice, almost on the verge of tears.
"Yuuki, what is happening?" Minato asked, carefully bending down to help his student back to his feet.
Yuuki looked around the throne room as she considered what to say, around them were looks of confusion and concern. Slowly turning to her father from another timeline Yuuki gave her answer "Basically, the dress code here is worse than the pervy Angels and Demons you went up against. It's the Taimanin all over again"
"Universe emergency exit?" Minato asked telepathically as he carried Whitley in his arms.
Instead of answering with words Yuuki opened up a portal and led them into it and out of the world even as people tried to stop them or get their attention.
Returning to Minato's Personal universe they were outside the castle and could hear the Orphans rescued from a doomed universe playing with their caretakers, a reality warping cyborg in a maid outfit and a divine lich also in a maid outfit.
Author's Note:
Who are the maids? Both are characters from a possible world Minato and could would visit, as for hints. The cyborg essentially has artificial Toon Force and the Lich is one flaming skull away from being a Ghost Rider.