OechsnerC: Thanks. I will try and remember to put up the listing at the bottom in regards to that but its much like canon for Sona but with Issei taking the last of her Pawns and the only change with Rias' Bishop is Mittelt instead of Asia.
Stratos263: Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it.
ShadowUzumaki55: Thanks. Yeah, I figure Kazu drawing on anime and manga would influence others to do the same. As for Issei and Saji, I want them to develop to be Kazu's rivals in regards to being Pawns and they'd have trained like hell to get to the level they are at the moment and even worked on teamwork between them.
Raidentensho: I think some will be be surprised by Kazuhiko and Rossweisse knowing each other as for the twist, I'll keep that as a surprise for when I get to that point. I hadn't thought of using the tomes from Black Clover although that does sound like something some Magicians would have come up with to create something similar to Sacred Gears to aid them in battle. I'm going to have to look to see if Black Clover has any fire based magic that I've missed that Kazuhiko can use after posting this chapter.
dandyrr0403: Thanks, I really enjoyed writing the fight between the three of them and had to be careful to avoid going too far. As for Kiba, I figure having him pull a Gate of Babylon is well within the abilities of his Sacred Gear and would be something to give him a good ranged attack depending on what swords he uses for it. The fact Kiba can use Durandal is actually canon in the Light Novels and mainly due to his Balance Breaker.
Bob2121998: Thanks, well hopefully the wait is worth it.
ripvanguard: Well, I figure Rias is smart enough to not repeat it in some vein of lust or greed and know that Kazuhiko isn't likely to forget what she did even if she works to make up for her mistake.
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"" - Speech
'' - Thought
[] - Sacred Gear
[] - Dragons
{} - Metatron
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Kazuhiko smiled as he sat in the game room of the Gremory estate opposite Millicas as he waited for the young boy to make his move at the game of Yu-Gi-Oh they were playing on the holographic table that was normally used for Rating Game simulations before Matsu had went tinkering with after catching the young redhead taking an interest in one of the games he'd brought along with his Nintendo 3DS for the relaxation times. Now the table had the full archive of Yu-Gi-Oh cards along with the rules and a means to connect it to any version of the game from other platforms.
There was a few days left before the group had needed to return to the human world for the start of school's second term. It had been nicely peaceful since the Rating Game against Sona and had involved a few day trips out to the various sights of the Underworld.
"Hm..." Millicas hummed as he looked up to Kazuhiko for a moment before declaring as he tapped one of the cards on his personal display, "I activate the spell: Graceful Charity."
Millicas frowned as he looked at the three new cards that were added to his hand before tapping two to be discarded with a smile as he spoke "I'll discard Grapha, Dragon Lord of Dark World and Goldd, Wu-Lord of Dark World and use their effects."
"Darn it..." Kazuhiko sighed dramatically as the former card destroyed his Blue-Eyes White Dragon while the latter summoned itself onto Millicas' field which had only got Renge, Gatekeeper of Dark World guarding it.
"Next, I'll use Grapha's other effect and send Renge back to my hand to summon him from my graveyard." Millicas spoke excitedly, looking at the black dragon that appeared as a hologram on the table.
"Now, Grapha and Goldd will attack you directly and that would get rid of the rest of your Life Points." Millicas spoke with a cheer as Kazuhiko smirked and tapped one of the cards on his screen as he replied "Good try... but I activate the Trap: Negate Attack to stop your attacks and end the Battle Phase."
"He's going to be rather good with children in the future." Matsu commented as she stood with Kalawarner, Seraphina and Blaire who each a blushed to various degrees while Xenovia nodded as they continued their game of poker.
"Kazuhiko-sama. I received an urgent request from Maou-sama for you." Ravel spoke as she entered the room with Rias and Akeno, the former who added "It's a personal request from Serafall Leviathan-sama and she's asked me for some others to help."
"One moment." Kazuhiko replied, giving the pair a sign to wait as he finished "Now that I've used my Swing of Memories to revive my Blue-Eyes, I'll reveal another Blue-Eyes in my hand to allow me to Special Summon Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon from my hand."
Millicas looked surprised at seeing the two similar dragons on Kazuhiko's field as the brunet continued "Next I'll use my Alternative Dragon's ability to give up its attack for the turn so he can destroy one monster on your field. Say goodbye to Grapha."
"No~!" Millicas cried with a pout before Kazuhiko continued "Now, I'll send Blue-Eyes Alternative White Dragon and Blue-Eyes White Dragon to the graveyard to Fusion Summon: Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon!"
"Wait... How can you summon that when it only wants normal Blue-Eyes?" Millicas asked, Kazuhiko offering a smile as he explained "While on the field or even in the graveyard, Alternative Dragon's name becomes identical to a regular Blue-Eyes so I can use it for material for my new dragon. Now, battle! Blue-Eyes Twin Burst Dragon can attack twice per turn so first it will attack Goldd and then you directly."
The hologram of the Fusion monster made a show of launching its attacks before showing that it was Kazuhiko's victory as he spoke to Millicas "That was a good game for your first one, Millicas-kun."
"Next time I'll win." Millicas spoke with a childish pout, Kazuhiko letting out a chuckle as he turned to the pair and asked "So, what's up?"
"Leviathan-sama is requesting to borrow Koneko, Gasper, and Xenovia, while Kazu is the main." Rias added, Ravel shooting a look to the redhead as she explained "She wants you to star in a movie with her due to your powers."
"Wow, really?" Kazuhiko spoke surprised, Ravel nodding as she added "Leviathan-sama said you could bring the others with you to watch if you want."
"Sorry but I said I'd go see my family then." Seraphina admitted after Kazuhiko looked towards her while Kalawarner shrugged with a smirk "I'd love to go along. Maybe I can get a role as an extra."
"I and Akeno want to go with you, but we have to leave here for special business. We'll have Yuuto guard us. I have already told this to Leviathan-sama, so that won't be a problem. Mittelt decided to come along with Asia to watch as well." Rias explained with a disappointed look.
The next thing Kazuhiko knew was that Akeno was hugging him with a seductive pout as she added "It saddens me that I have to be away from you so soon since we started dating, but responding to the Maou-sama is something my Kazu-kun would do."
"Err... Yeah." Kazuhiko replied nervously, Seraphina moving to pinch Akeno's rear to make the ravenette jump away from him and end her hug as she commented "He's not 'your' Kazu-kun yet, Akeno-san."
Akeno pouted as she made a show of rubbing her behind, Kazuhiko resisting the urge to roll his eyes as he turned to Matsu with a questioning look only for her to shake her head as she answered "I've been hearing some unrest from the Greeks and want to see what its about."
Kazuhiko nodded in understanding, slightly concerned about what might be happening there.
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The next day saw the magic circle fading to reveal Kazuhiko, Ravel, Kalawarner, Xenovia, Blaire, Gasper, Kuroka, Koneko, Mittelt and Asia had arrived on the beach of a deserted island which would be the location for the film shoot and had no sign of a dock with the shore surrounded by rough rocks.
"Hmm... I should have brought my swimsuit..." Kalawarner commented disappointed as she looked around, wearing a mini skirt and low cut, sleeveless violet blouse.
"So... Where is Leviathan-sama?" Kazuhiko asked curiously as he looked around. The whole group turned at the sound and feel of tremors, a giant T-Rex appearing while pushing down trees as Kazuhiko summoned [Ramiel] and notched an [Meteor] enhanced arrow before the rider cheerfully called "Yoo-hoo~. Kaz-tan, servants of Rias-chan~. It's Levia-tan!"
Kazuhiko sighed as he relaxed, dismissing his weapon as Serafall treated the dinosaur like a horse as she spoke "Stop~ stop~."
Serafall jumped off of the T-Rex soon after, spinning in the air and about to land face first into the ground only to be caught by a gout of [Mist Flame] that caught her before righting herself.
"Thank you, Kaz-tan." Serafall spoke with an embarrassed look as Kazuhiko extinguished the flames, the Maou offering a peace sign as she added "Be amazed! Serafall Leviathan, at your service!"
Much like when the group had saw her on Parent's Day, Serafall was wearing a magical girl outfit with a glittering magical stick in her hand.
"It's been a while, Leviathan-sama." Kazuhiko greeted with a nod, getting a pout from Serafall at the formal manner as he asked "So what sort of parts do you need us to take for this movie?"
"You'll find out soon." Serafall replied with a smile just as people came out of the forest with filming equipment running, having followed the dinosaur.
"Serafall-sama! Scene 21: [The magical girl who gets friendly with the ancient dinosaur]! We got a good shot for it!" A middle-aged man wearing a hat and sunglasses spoke through a megaphone, looking the stereotypical film director. Serafall smiled pleased as she turned to him as she spoke "Director-san, these children are the ones I spoke to you about and their friends."
"Oh! I see, so they are the Gremory group that achieved an outstanding result in the recent Rating Game!" The director spoke as he looked over the group, Kazuhiko raising an eyebrow a Serfall explained "Well, the thing is, this film director-san over here thought, 'This is it!', when he saw the fight from Rias-chan's group. That's why he gave all of you this offer "
'So the director wants us in the movie and Leviathan-sama went along with it?' Kazuhiko thought as he saw the director nodding his head as he added "The truth is we are currently shooting a film version of Serafall-sama's tokusatsu programme, "Magical Levia-tan", aimed at children. We would like all of you to appear as her enemies."
{...Enemies...?} Metatron murmured with a pout, Kazuhiko sweatdropping at being able to tell that she was probably sitting in the corner as Albion spoke up with a sigh [To be expected of devils even with the treaty in place.]
"Magical…Levia-tan, you say?" Mittelt asked confused as Koneko explained to the blonde "…It is basically like a tokusatsu hero programme, that is currently highly praised in the Underworld. It's quite popular among children."
"The setting is about me, Levia-tan, who is the ally of Devils and fights against Angels, Fallen Angels, Dragons, and those related to the Church . I will be annihilating all the enemies of Devils at once !" Serafall added with a cute pose, Kazuhiko frowning as he asked "Angels and Devils may have been natural enemies of Devils before but we've made peace. Is it really okay to have such an anti-government setting especially as its one of the Maou giving it, the same one who helped make the peace in the first place?"
"It is my motto to include an anti-government message within my work." The director answered while smiling and laughing in an attempt to appear fearless while Kazuhiko felt like he was dealing with a small child given that Serafall's own smile waned slightly.
"So, you're using it as propaganda against the government to subvert children as well..." Kazuhiko added with a sharp, knowing look that made the director sweat even more, Serafall's eyes widening as she turned to the director who shook his hands "No, no! I just want to show Leviathan-sama at her best is all."
"...'It is my motto to include an anti-government message within my work'..." Kazuhiko recited back to the sweating director, "Those were your words a moment ago, so don't think I'd be distracted by empty words when you're supposed to be directing a children's movie."
"Leviathan-sama!?" Ravel spoke shocked, Kazuhiko finally noticing that Serafall was radiating a malevolent aura at the man before hitting him with her staff and having him dig into the ground until only his head was showing before she turned to the rest of the scared film crew and called "Where's the writer for this?"
"That was him as well, Leviathan-sama." One of the staff stammered out before relaxing as Serafall smiled warmly as she turned back to Kazuhiko and the others as she asked "Would you all help fix things with this movie?"
"Fufufufu... I should be able to easily do that." Kalawarner spoke with a smile, Kazuhiko looking slightly nervous at seeing her retrieve a pair of stylish glasses from her cleavage of the low cut shirt she was wearing with a tight mini skirt.
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"It's a simple change you need, Leviathan-sama." Kalawarner started as she looked over the script, barely suppressing the smirk on her lips at noticing how Kazuhiko was having trouble keep his gaze off her. It had been fun for her and Seraphina when they found out he had a thing for smart, sexy women who wore glasses although Matsu was probably the obvious exception due to her perverted antics at times. She and Seraphina had also spent the time to wheedle out any original crushes he had and learnt of the one on Tsubaki along with his reasoning being that she could fit into the role easier with some self confidence and a loosening of her stern demeanour.
'Maybe with how things went in the Rating Game we can see if Sona or Tsubaki is interested in him like that. Sona definitely has potential given her older sister's assets.' Kalawarner momentarily thought to herself with a brief glance to the Maou's breasts before she continued speaking "You just need to make those who are after the dragon's power are only trying to stop a bigger evil so at the end the two sides team up to fight that instead of each other."
Kazuhiko clicking his fingers as he realised what the bluenette meant as he added for Serafall's understanding "Kinda like the anime crossovers, they usually settle things, being as its one big misunderstanding or the result of not having all of the facts."
"That would work great." Serafall spoke cheerfully, turning to Kazuhiko as she added "Kaz-tan can even be the other hero."
"Wait... What?" Kazuhiko spoke surprised, holding his hands up and missing the amused smirk forming on Kalawarner and Kuroka's lips as he pointed out "There's no way you'd clear all the copyright issues with my fighting style, Leviathan-sama."
"It'll be fine, Kaz-tan." Serafall spoke with a grin, waving off his concern before Xenovia asked "Why did you asked for the rest of us to come?"
"Well, the director wanted to have you be enemies for me in the movie originally. mainly due to being well known through the recent match, but I'm sure we can work you out as being Kaz-tan's allies or guardians for the dragon's power." Serafall answered with a grin.
"This seems interesting." Xenovia spoke up interested, Gasper soon adding "I-I'm scared…but since it's Maou-sama's request…"
"Are the two of you also fine with this, Mitt-san, Koneko-san?" Kazuhiko asked curiously, Koneko nodding as she answered "Yes, I will do my best."
"Yeah, just hope the costume is cute for me." Mittelt added with a fanged grin.
"I'll see what I can do with changing the script although I'm much more use to writing and proofing erotic novels." Kalawarner retorted with a sly smirk at how the girls' face reddened at the comment while Kazuhiko shot her a embarrassed look that told her not to mention any more about that topic lest she revealed about convincing him to help her with some of the build up scenes in it when she was working out what to write.
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Kazuhiko blinked at the two outfits that were in front of him in his own changing area. The first was a plate armour copy of his [Scale Mail] as no one had really known if he had any requirements before using it or a limit to the amount of time he could wear it. Albion had agreed with the idea of using the fake armour to avoid the chance of the time running out depending on how long they filmed for and that it would avoid draining Kazuhiko more. Luckily, he didn't need to change into it yet as due to the changes they were going to do a scene that would keep the audience on their toes for the introduction.
The second outfit was something hastily put together with the recent script change and looked like some sort of rip off of Pit from [Kid Icarus] considering that it consisted of a white chiton that was decorated with a blue and gold hems along the bottom and was fastened on the shoulder by a golden fibula with a blue gem in the centre and a brown belt around the waist that was lined with silver and a gold, triangular buckle. Underneath was pair of navy blue tights and around the wrists were a pair of bronze and gold cuffs while on the feet was a pair of brown sandals that were decorated with crossing beige bands and at the top they were edged with white wool.
'Is this what they think Angels wear?' Kazuhiko thought as he looked it over, Metatron frowning as she explained {I assume so... Although most of the robes and dresses are more conservative in appearance then this and those devils old enough would only remember seeing Angels in their battle armour.}
[At least whoever came up with it left a railing of clothes in here.] Albion commented, Kazuhiko sighing in agreement as he looked over them to find something that would work better before pulling out a few things for him to change into. He ended up dressed in a silver shirt with gold thread running along the edge of the collar and down the front and tucked into black cargo pants that had a large pocket over each thigh and covered the tops of the black army boots on his feet while a dark blue belt was wrapped around the top to keep them secure. Over the top of it all was a white jacket, made out of dragon scales according to the label, which was lined with silver-grey fur and had gold accents around the cuffs and collar while a large pair of tribal-styled wings adorned the back in an icy blue - the left one resembling an Angel's wing while the right resembled a Devil's.
"So... What do you think?" Kazuhiko started with a smile as Shirohime had immediately dove into the pocket of his pants while he took a moment to look at himself in the mirror while pulling on his [Vongola Gloves] as Albion commented [It works for what you wanted, I suppose.]
{I think its a good style. Maybe you can convince Serafall to let you keep them.} Metatron spoke with an approving tone, Kazuhiko nodding in agreement after a moment before turning as someone entered the tent.
"Giii Giii!" Kazuhiko heard from outside, wondering what was going on as he moved to leave the tent only for Ravel to enter with a blush, holding a pile of papers against her chest while dressed in a pink, low-cut blouse that was tight on her body, grey mini skirt, tan stockings and red high heels with a pair of half framed oval glasses rested on her nose as she spoke "Kazuhiko-sama, I've got the script change for your first scene."
"Ah... Thanks Ravel-san." Kazuhiko asked, faltering for a moment as he took in her attractive appearance before he accepted the papers before he asked curiously "What's... Err, what's with the outfit change?"
"W-Well, Leviathan-sama and Kalawarner-san both insisted on it for acting as your agent today. After all, it's only proper to be seen doing me role correctly." Ravel admitted in a tsundere-ish manner as she averted her gaze from him, Kazuhiko mentally shaking his head as he realised the pair had talked her into it and Kalawarner was obviously having a slight prod at him by giving the blonde a pair of glasses to wear.
"D-Do I look good in it?" Ravel asked nervously, Kazuhiko blinking for a moment before answering "Yeah. You look great in that. Very professional."
"Thank you, Kazuhiko-sama." Ravel spoke embarrassed yet pleased with a bow, Kazuhiko offering a smile as he asked "What about me? Think this'll work for a costume?"
Ravel turned her gaze back to Kazuhiko with a thoughtful hum, putting a hand to her chin as she focused on the question and started to pace a few steps so she could see him fully before blushing as she realised what she was doing as she spoke "You l-look really good, K-Kazuhiko-sama."
"That's great." Kazuhiko spoke pleased as he relaxed, offering a smile to Ravel as he added "Let's go find the others before filming restarts."
...
"Mitt-san, Xenovia, what are those costumes?" Kazuhiko asked as he looked at the pair as they came out of the larger female tent that served for the female cast of the movie. Mittelt was dressed in a Gothic priestess outfit that had ominous accessories while Xenovia was in little more then a tube top and mini shorts that were both made out of leopard fur and a pair of dark brown fur boots like an amazon and brown belt going diagonally across her torso from shoulder to opposite hip with the buckle resting atop of her bust and had the Master Sword sheathed on her back.
"This is the costume for the priestess who worships the White Dragon Emperor." Mittelt answered with a twirl before Xenovia added "Apparently, I am the champion of the local tribe who worships the White Dragon Emperor and acting as a guard to its shrine."
Kazuhiko nodded as both roles made sense to him, turning to see Koneko step out with a gushing Kuroka behind her as the little sister was dressed in a maid uniform with cat features on display as she muttered unhappily "...And I'm a maid."
"Doesn't she look cute, Kaz-chin?" Kuroka asked as she moved to hug Kazuhiko, Koneko shooting the pair a embarrassed glare as the brunet admitted "Yeah, she does."
Koneko's cheeks darkened further at his words, a faint smile forming on her lips before blinking as Kazuhiko asked "Where's Gasper-kun anyway?"
"…I-I'm here~" Gasper answered, Kazuhiko turned to see two red eyes glowing from out of the pair of holes in the cardboard box resting on the ground near the entrance.
"Gasper-kun, don't tell me you will be appearing in that?" Kazuhiko asked conflicted, knowing that Gasper was shy around others and being in a box would be how the young Dhampir felt safe.
"Y-Yes! When they were choosing my costume, I ran inside this box and Leviathan-sama who saw that said it would be fine." Gasper answered, Kazuhiko relaxing at the fact Serafall had approved of it and in the end it was her movie even as he asked "Are you really okay about that? No one will be able to see your face during the movie."
"Yes!" Gasper answered lively, Kazuhiko scratching the back of his neck as Metatron spoke up with a giggle {I think that is the best reason why for him, Kazu. You know he's a recovering Hikkikomori.}
'Yeah, your right.' Kazuhiko thought with a sigh.
"Everyone, after all of you look through the script, we will move onto filming." A member of staff called, drawing everyone's attention to them for a moment before they turned their attention to the scripts they had to read through.
The setting was rather simple, Albion was an evil dragon that had been sealed within the island while Koneko and the others were from an organisation who were aiming to release him so they could resurrect him. Kazuhiko was a Nephalem who inherited the power of Metatron and was aiming to claim Albion's power for himself and using the organisation to gain it for himself for an enemy that was after him while Serafall was her usual magical girl self and coming to the island to stop the plan believing that Kazuhiko was just a new leader.
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*Scene A: The Nephalem's Arrival*
Kazuhiko took a silent, calming breathe as he used his [Mist Flames] to conceal him as he waited to be told to start. The scene they were working on was Kazuhiko introduction to the whole movie and saw him arriving at the island in the early morning with his wings visible from a magic circle.
"Action!" Kalawarner called through a megaphone, Kazuhiko using some of his [Mist Flames] to form the teleportation circle he would be using for his grand appearance. Flying towards it, Kazuhiko made the circle flash brightly to hide his appearance from it while crafting his [Mist Flames] into two sets of wings on his back. The left wings were Angel ones while the right was those of a Devils as it was agreed, Kalawarner and Serafall deciding it, that it worked better then him having separate sets of wings for each side.
"So... This is the island that the White Dragon was sealed upon." Kazuhiko spoke thoughtfully, letting his gaze drift over the island below while ignoring how the camerawoman focused on his face before they started to descend to land.
'Now just have to land and retract the wings.' Kazuhiko reminded himself as he got closer to the ground before gracefully landed and retracting his wings before having a sweeping look around and heading towards the cave.
"And... Cut!" Kalawarner spoke with a pleased smile.
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*Scene B: Levia-tan VS Nekomata Youkai!*
The next scene saw Serafall flying through the forest with her wings to avoid the 'evil beasts' that resided there, Kazuhiko watching along with the staff and the others there.
"…Levia-tan, I won't let you go past here." Koneko spoke as she appeared in her Nekomata-maid costume. Kalawarner had explained it was easier for them to act as their typical selves given that only Serafall had formal acting experience which made it easier on Koneko and the others.
"You must be one of those who are trying to resurrect the legendary Red Dragon Emperor! What are you planning to do by waking up the Dragon Emperor sleeping within this forest!?" Serafall declared dramatically, Koneko frowning as she took her stand and countered "…It's none of your business. If you are planning to get in our way, we will just have to eliminate you."
"Tou! Levia-beam!" Serafall declared, shooting a beam from her magical stick at Koneko who dodged, surprising Kazuhiko that they weren't going to use any CG as the beam blew trees away as it struck them.
"Magical Levia-tan basically doesn't use any CG, we try to get attention by having her act using her actual demonic powers." One of the staff explained to him at seeing his surprised look, Kazuhiko nodding in understanding as he thought 'I suppose that's one way to use imagination based magic.'
"…You won't be able to take me down with that." Koneko retorted seriously before trying to counterattack, only to have to dodge more beams.
"Amazing! To be expected from a Gremory servant!" One of the staff spoke impressed, Kazuhiko smirking slightly after having sensed the beams of magic Serafall was throwing wasn't particularly strong.
One beam finally hit Koneko, not causing any serious damage to her or even damaging her clothes as one of the staff reassured Asia "It's okay. Serafall-sama weakens her attack when it hits others."
"…Ugh." Koneko groaned, acting as she dropped to her knees while Serafall pointed her magical stick at her as she retorted "The cat Youkai-san! Now, will you still fight me!?"
"Stop right there..." A [Mist Flame] clone of Kazuhiko spoke as he appeared in a burst of indigo flames, Serafall looking surprised as the clone smirked "I'm afraid I have further need of my cute underling."
"Who are you!?" Serafall asked surprised before the clone gave a wink and he and Koneko disappeared in a torrent of indigo flames which was blown apart a moment later by Serafall's 'Levia-beam' before his voice echoed around her "This isn't your business Levi-tan... I suggest you leave before you get in too deep."
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*Scene C: Levia-tan VS Holy-sword Wielder!*
For the next scene the location had changed to a mysterious ruins which had been prepared with stone carvings just for the day. Xenovia was holding the Master Sword in one hand as she still couldn't control the power of Durandal yet and it would be a disaster for filming.
"Holy sword Wielder-san! Move aside from there! I can't let you awaken the Dragon Emperor!" Serafall spoke as she face Xenovia who replied "Fufufu, like I will let you do that! I am champion of my tribe, sworn to protect this shrine."
Serafall frowned slightly as she took a ready stance before declaring "Here I come!"
"Bring it!" Xenovia countered before the pair moved quickly, sparks flying from where the sword and magical stick struck against each other while Kazuhiko was surprised that Serafall's staff could handle clashing with the holy sword Matsu had made. Serafall fired off several shots of demonic power while Xenovia dodged, sliced or used 'Skyward Strikes' to deal with them while the staff were looking on seriously.
The scene was aimed towards being more action then dialogue as it would be easier on Xenovia to act and the important lines she had Kazuhiko's help to practice it beforehand so she could say it without trouble.
The battle was entering its climax when Serafall's demonic power finally blew away Xenovia's sword, which penetrated the earth several feet away.
"Ku, you are strong, Levia-tan~" Xenovia muttered before turning her gaze skyward as she called "Nephalem, please save me~"
Serafall looked shocked as Kazuhiko dashed out with the wings he had used earlier spread and scooped up Xenovia before a second pass retrieved her sword as he dodged beams aimed at him before she spoke "A Nephalem shouldn't exist."
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*Scene D: The Awakening of the Draphalem! Levia-tan VS the Dragonic Nephalem!*
The next scene was set in front of a big statue of a dragon with Mittelt enacting a ritual to free the dragon by saying a pray while Kazuhiko stood watching and waiting.
"Dragon Emperor-sama, Dragon Emperor-sama. Please hear my evil wishes~. Please defeat Levia-tan with all of your mighty, evil power~."
After saying that, Serafall appeared and muttered before confronting the pair, "So this is the place where the Dragon Emperor is sealed! Ah! The prayers have already started! This is bad!"
"Stop your prayers now!" Serafall called, making a stance with her magical staff, Kazuhiko turning before offering a smirk to her before he spoke "You're too LATE!"
As he spoke the last word, Kazuhiko thrust his hand at the statue and made it glow a bright white before starting to condense and pull towards the glow on the brunet's hand. Serafall and Mittelt watched shocked as the statue disappeared in a bright flash before spotting a blue jewel in Kazuhiko's hand as the later spoke shocked "Nephalem-sama!?"
"Now, I have the power of the Dragon Emperor in my hand." Kazuhiko spoke as he marvelled the jewel, Serafall looking horrified as she realised "You didn't want to wake the Dragon Emperor. You just wanted its power for your own."
"I need this power for my own protection. After all, many come after me due to my forbidden power already." Kazuhiko explained as he turned to face Serafall, "Just like you. Coming to stop me from being able to defend myself."
Serafall looked confused for a moment before regarding Kazuhiko seriously as took a stance and declared "I'll stop you, Nephalem, so you won't hurt anyone."
"Let's see." Kazuhiko spoke, a bright white glow bursting forth from the jewel hiding him from view and allowing the brunet to magically don the copy [Scale Mail] before charging at Serafall so they could start fighting.
Kazuhiko's fist clashed with Serafall's staff for a moment before he was knocked back, the brunet glad that the wings of his armour worked much like the original even though it had to be fed demonic power, as he flared them to stop himself from hitting the wall behind him.
Serafall quickly started to gather a huge amount of demonic powers to her magical staff, Kazuhiko quickly gathering his own into his hand and moulding it into [Storm Flames] as he felt he needed to be ready to counterattack or block whatever she was going to do.
"I shall defeat you!" Serafall declared, firing the demonic power at him as Kazuhiko snorted "Hah! I'd like to see you try! Dragon Shot: Storm!"
The two attacks clashed between them, making a giant explosion that pushed the pair back from each other and thus began the fight between the dragonic Nephalem and Magical Levia-tan.
...
As the fight had continued, the pair had taken things outside Kazuhiko using his own flame based attacks to counter Serafall's own demonic attacks. The brunet was glad that he had been told that this scene would be done more seriously beforehand otherwise he would have had trouble adapting to the amount of power Serafall was firing at him considering what he had seen before. He'd been a bit annoyed when they had mentioned about using CG to enhance his attacks if he couldn't keep firing large attacks against Serafall and had planned to prove them wrong during the course of the fight.
"This power... is amazing!" Kazuhiko spoke pleased as Serafall scowled and fired another barrage of demonic attacks at him, the brunet flicking his hand out as he called "Fire Dragon Cloud!"
Dozens of violet flame dragons clashed with the magical missiles Serafall had attacked with, exploding in the air between them and making the Maou sternly call out "Stop blocking! Fight me head on!"
The next attack launched at him dwarfed those from before, Kazuhiko deciding he should take this more seriously as he started to fire [Sky Flames] from his wings before thrusting his arms forwards and making sure he crossed them at the wrist yet still having both hands cupped together for the attack he was about to launch as flames gathered into his hands as he called "XX-Burner: Meteor!"
A beam of dark brown energy blasted from his hands with a dragon shaped head at the front of it. It had much more power to it then a normal [Dragon Shot], resulting in it punching a large hole through Serafall's demonic attack and nearly clipping her side as she dodged and watched the mountain behind her gain a large hole through it.
'That was a lot stronger then I expected.' Kazuhiko thought before he had to dodge several homing missiles Serafall retaliated with as she spoke "To be expected from someone with the Dragon Emperor's power! Such an amazing attack! But I won't lose!"
Serafall gathered her magic once more for a powerful attack as Kazuhiko destroyed those chasing him with [Storm Flames] before switching to firing [Rain Flame] spears back which she batted away with her stick or dodged before she called "Take this!"
Kazuhiko managed to cover himself in [Asteroid Flames] so he could tank the attack and avoid damaging the armour only to be knocked to the ground by it sheer force, a crater forming around him.
"S-Senpai!" Kazuhiko heard turning to see Gasper's eyes peering out of the box as he replied "I suppose its time for your inclusion, huh?"
"Y-Yeah..." Gasper stammered, Kazuhiko pointing a hand out towards him and releasing a large amount of [Mist Flames] that wrapped around the box and Gasper before forming into a giant of a man with a sharper, more serious version of Gasper's features and dressed in an aristocratic outfit with a black cloak.
"Just remember that you still need to speak for this form, given how I've set it up." Kazuhiko spoke, dismissing his armour and leaving the jewel with Gasper before making it seem like he had been rocketed into the air by Gasper and a large explosion, orange flaming feathered wings forming on his back as he wiped his mouth from some blood.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" Gasper's normal nervous laughter was morphed into something more darker and sinister by the [Mist Flames] that wrapped around him and his box, drawing Serafall attention from attack Kazuhiko who was glaring at where Gasper had been.
Suddenly, Dark-Gasper appeared floating in the air in front of the pair, a sinister smirk on his face while he held the jewel of the Dragon Emperor's power in one hand as he spoke "It seems that you fell into my trap Nephalem and now I hold the Dragon Emperor's power for myself. You've even helped weaken Magical Levia-tan to help ensure my victory and then I can hand you over to the demons to complete my alliance with them."
'Gasper-kun is really getting into this whole villian role.' Kazuhiko thought as he maintained his glare and spat back "So this was all a set up so you can hand me over to those monsters..? I won't let you keep that power, its too dangerous in your hands. Limit Break!"
Kazuhiko went into [Hyper Dying Will Mode] easily as he took a ready stance while Serafall glared at the Dhampir as she declared "I won't let you use that power to hurt anyone, Vampire God!"
"Let's see how much power the Dragon Emperor has." Dark-Gasper spoke, making the jewel shine and shifting his clothing to a form of medieval set of dragon themed armour before charging at the pair as a fierce two on one fight started up in the air.
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[And that is how, Magical Levia-tan defeated a powerful foe, the Vampire God, and brought peace to the Underworld. And made a new ally along the way.] The voice of the narrator spoke as the Kazuhiko on film took to the air on his newly gained wings that had turned part dragon in appearance since he had regained the Dragon Emperor's power.
The Gremory group and Ravel were watching the film which had been called "Magical Levia-tan and The Dragon Emperor's power struggle!". The narration had been the ending of the film and was soon followed by applause and cheers from the audience.
"Thank you! Thank you!" Serafall spoke with a bright smile as she stood on the stage. Ravel had told him that those who had first seen the film had praised his [Mist Flames] being used to provide Gasper's darker form along with some of the effects he had put in himself and there had even been a couple who wanted him to act in other movies.
"It's quite a good film. Kazu and all of you did very well. Especially Gasper, who was amazing in that form." Rias spoke overjoyed, Seraphina rolling her eyes as she lent against Kazuhiko as she spoke to him "You definitely deserve a proper series after that."
"I think that's what Kala-san wanted as well." Kazuhiko commented as the pair turned to blue haired Fallen on his other side who nodded as she answered "I figure it'll happen sooner or later so may as well have a hand in the introduction before someone like Azazel-sama tries to have a go at it."
"Good point." Kazuhiko and Seraphina spoke together before sharing a chuckle as Mittelt added "I'm just glad they let us keep the costumes."
"Kazu-san was really good." Asia commented herself with a smile, Kazuhiko patting her on the head in thanks.
"E-hem, Kazuhiko-sama. There are girls who would like to meet you after seeing the movie." Ravel started, drawing the attention of the group as Kazuhiko looked surprised as she added at seeing the slight frown from Seraphina and Kalawarner, "They only want a handshake and Leviathan-sama has set aside an area for it to happen."
"Alright then." Kazuhiko spoke with a sigh as he stood up, noticing Asia puffing her cheeks up with a slightly annoyed look on her face at the head pat ending too soon for her liking.
"…It seems they are armour monsters amongst them." Koneko explained at seeing some of the crowd waiting for Kazuhiko before blinking in surprise at seeing that most of the remaining were fairly buxom young women.
"These people are girls and it appears that they became fans after seeing Kazuhiko-sama in the movie." Ravel answered, Kazuhiko offering a smile and wave only to wince at the loud cries and cheers that greeted him before the handshake event started.
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Kazuhiko stifled a yawn as he and the others were gathered outside the station, receiving a farewell from the Gremory staff, Zeoticus, Venelana, Sirzechs, Grayfia and Millicas while Kuroka was grinning at the fact she would be able to go to Kuoh Town with them. Since the movie's premiere, Kazuhiko had more contracts for modelling and even some voice acting work which he was looking forwards to giving a go, once he decided upon which one he would do.
"Well then everyone. I look forward to the day that we can meet again. Feel free to return here any time without hesitation and please try to think of the Gremory family as an extension of your own." Zeoticus spoke to the large group before Sirzechs spoke up "Rias, send us a letter during your remaining summer holidays."
"Yes, Onii-sama. You stay well as well, Millicas." Rias replied with a nod before Millicas replied "Yes, Rias-neesama! I'm going to get better so I can beat you next time, Kazu-niisama, and thank you for helping me build my deck."
Millicas held up the crimson and black deck box that held his deck while Kazuhiko let out a chuckle as he replied "I look forward to it, Mill-kun."
Sirzechs pouted childishly at seeing how well his son was getting on with the brunet and mentally planning to learn the card game when he had a chance while Grayfia sported a small smile as they watched the Rias' peerage and others all get onto the train so they could leave for the human world.
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"Mou~ I can't believe I got to do this now!" Mittelt moaned annoyed as she worked on her summer homework, Kazuhiko rolling his eyes in amusement as he replied "You should have done it before we left the human world."
"Not all of us finish the work quickly like you do, Kazu-san." Seraphina spoke amused as she sat next to him and helping Mittelt as Kazuhiko reluctantly agreed. Kalawarner had taken a table to herself on the other side so she could read through some of the scripts she had been sent, letting the seat on Kazuhiko's other side to be taken by Xenovia who was doing the last bit of her own homework.
"It seems the summer training camp was a success and with our success during the Rating Game against Sona, we've all seemed to have learned and advanced forward a lot." Rias spoke from where she and Akeno sat opposite Kalawarner with a pleased smile.
"I suppose meaning other devils have also helped us a fair bit." Kazuhiko mused thoughtfully which soon turned to a frown as he wondered if everything was already with Matsu as she hadn't came back from the meeting yet.
"Nyah~" Kazuhiko heard turning his gaze to under the table and looking surprised as Kuroka suddenly came out from underneath and planted herself on his lap as he asked "Kuroka, what are you doing?"
"I'm checking my scratching post to see if rumours are true, Kaz-chin." Kuroka replied in a flirty tone, Seraphina shooting a glare at the Nekoshou which was matched by an embarrassed one from the cat-eared Koneko who was sitting between Asia and Mittelt as she spoke unhappily "Nee-sama!"
"Fufufu. You shouldn't get comfortable stray cat, I have a date with Kazu-kun coming up." Akeno spoke dangerously with a smile, Kuroka looking unconcerned as she tugged Kazuhiko's hands around her waist and wiggled in his lap as she retorted "Don't worry Sparky-chin, I'm sure there's more then enough to go around."
Kazuhiko flushed as Kalawarner smirked at the scene while Blaire, Seraphina and Koneko's glares grew as did the pressure from Akeno as her smile grew.
'Damn it. Yu's gonna look all smug when he learns what happened during my time in the Underworld.' Kazuhiko mentally grumbled as Metatron and Albion both chuckled, well aware of how his friend would react as Azazel chuckled from where he was watching the scene.
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Author's Note
Well, that's the next chapter and the ending of the Underworld Arc. I knew while working on this that I had to do a fair bit of changing the moment the original director opened his mouth as Kazuhiko not gonna take someone trying to mess with kids especially with the peace treaty and Serafall being involved with it. At the moment I haven't decided about if I want Kuroka to be at the school as a student or not but can't see her wanting to do the work unless she shared her class with Koneko.
The next arc is probably going to be a small one and is something I've taken to thinking of as the Greek Arc given it involves Matsu and Kazuhiko travelling to help them out. At the moment the only certain things I've got for it is that Heracles will show up and this will be before he joins the Hero Faction and that I might use something along the lines of the Percy Jackson's Lightning Thief plot albeit with differences.
Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter and this is the pairing so far:
Kazu's Harem: Seraphina, Kalawarner, Xenovia, Ravel, Serafall, Gabriel, Astrid, Rhea, Rosswiesse, Kazehana, Miya, Karasuba, Matsu, Yasaka, Akeno, Kuroka
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