Konosuba/Danmachi
Chapter 1
Note: Still no editors for this yet, so it would be tough reading. Sorry
+++ Hestia Familia HQ Aka That old abandon Church +++
A glut of emotion was rampaging through Bell Cranel, the Little Rookie of Orario. The first and most prominent one was shock, utter shock, follow by flustered, worried, awe and finally confusion. A quick glance to Lili show the same emotion on the pallum face and even his goddess to an extent. The goddess in question was in her white outfit that left very little to the imagination that highlighted all of her assets in such tantalizing ways. Her head turning back and forth between the summoned man, Kazuma, and her junior goddess. She made to open her mouth several time as if wanting to say something but it was difficult because of the suffocating tension in the air.
As for the cause of that tension? Its origin was where Aqua had been working on their dining table. The man who arrived in a beam of light dressed in a white outfit, with gold and blue threads all through his clothes that looked more in line with what high aristocrats would wear, had casually grabbed one of the chair that blue hair goddess had finished with and sat on it. That in itself would not warrant much but the moment he did so the goddess dropped to her knees in front of him, both of her hands on clasp together on her lap, and her face looking down at it avoiding eye contact with the man.
A goddess (Goddess!) was kneeling if she was the mortal and Kazuma was the god. What was worse was a sheen of sweat could be seen forming on Aqua face and not from working on the table earlier. The man in white then imperiously crossed his leg which Aqua must have sense as her entire body went rigid and her head began to move back and forth. Whatever secret she was trying to discover from the ground was not discovered. The way the man was looking down on the goddess with part of his hair obscuring his right eye only added to the intimidation factor of the exposed forest green left.
Even Bell, who had faced minotaurs and beasts in the dungeons felt that the imperious air the man exude made it hard for any of them to speak to him or coming to Aqua defense. Her total submissive stance was just that shocking.
The tense silence reign for a few minute, no one, not Bell, not Lili not the man in white, nor Hestia said a word. The man had remained so perfectly immobile in his imperious stance that when he actually said something Bell jumped a bit.
"Say Aqua..." the man voice sounded flat to Bell ears.
"Y-yes, Kazuma?" the blue hair goddess replied right away before she peeked up at the man face before quickly looking back down again.
"This isn't another world is it?" the man, Kazuma asked in the same flat tone.
"I'm sure I saw you ascend back to heaven didn't I?"
"W-well~~~ heh heh..." Aqua stuttered out nervously. "S-so, how-"
"Hey Aqua." Kazuma cut in before she could continue. "I was promise a reward for killing the Demon King wasn't I?"
Bell eyes widen up hearing the word 'Demon King' he look over to his goddess who eyes was similarly widen.
"You already gave me the reward right?"
"O-Of course I did Kazuma!" Aqua sputtered and tried to look indignant but a glare from the Kazuma eyes made the goddess let out a high pitch 'eek' sound before looking back at her hand.
"Aqua," Kazuma tone was no longer flat but hearing it the blue hair goddess stared at the man, her face was paling by the second.
"I didn't die again did I?"
For some reason that made the man seem scarier than before to Bell, even Lili move to hide behind him. They saw the goddess in question balling her hand so tightly it was turning white.
"N-No..." Aqua answered.
"I was living in a castle Aqua," Kazuma tone was now soft, almost conversational.
"I had a sexy personal maid, with the shortest short skirt, waking me up every day Aqua, a butler catering to my ever need. The people of the kingdom wrote me fan mail Aqua. I even finally manage to negotiate a harem, A-qua."
"…"
"…"
"Say, Aqua, What do you think I should do to you as punishment?"
"Eeeeekk-!" Aqua who would no longer stand the tension and question began to kowtow ferociously in Kazuma direction.
"I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorrrrr-orrrrr- rrrrrrrrrrrrry!"
"A-Aqua!" Hestia was finally able to speak as if the spell the man cast was broken. She immediately rushed over Aqua to shield the vulnerable looking goddess while glaring at the man.
Seeing his goddess finally moving Bell also began to tense up for a fight. As if he noticed the man green eyes shifted over to him and Lili as if taking their measure before turning back to Aqua who was now hiding her face in his goddess sizable bust still apologizing.
"Who's your virgin-killer friend Aqua?" Kazuma asked puzzled as his eyes looked at the top heavy loli-goddess.
"V-virgin killer?" Hestia asked in a confuse tone, in response Kazuma only stared at her harder. It made her shudder, it felt like his eyes was licking her all over.
"H-Hey!" Bell spoke up seeing Kazuma roaming eyes but the man ignored him.
Then as if the mood change the man threw his head back and exhaled before he started to look around, his demeanor no longer as cold or intimidating as before. Now to Bell, the man look young to him, only a few years older, it was a friendly enough looking face to boot.
"Um...Mr. Kazuma?" Bell began tentatively while Lili was also relaxing her grip on his shoulders. He saw Aqua was still crying and decided to help his house guest.
"You should know that Aqua-sama have been thinking about you the entire time she was staying with my goddess!"
"What?" Kazuma who had been in the middle of stretching stopped.
"I'm sure she misses you terribly! Enough so that she was crying in her-"
"WAAAAAH!" Aqua who had been crying in fear suddenly was up and next to Bell yelling in his face and waving her arms up and down.
"H-h-he doesn't know what he's talking about Kazuma! D-d-don't listen to him!"
Bell who was warding off the panicking goddess look over to Kazuma who face morph from surprised, shock then devious.
"Oh?"
Kazuma, to Bell amazement, saunter over Aqua, his face within kissing distance of hers. Bell blushed at how the man did not even seen shaken up by close proximity to a female.
"What's this Aqua?" Kazuma now sounded amused as he inched his face closer to the blue hair goddess.
"You were crying because you miss me?"
"S-Shut up!" Aqua was now sweating but not in fear like before as she tried to stand her ground while leaning her face away.
"W-Who would miss a stupid shut in Neet trash like you?!"
"He said you did," Kazuma pointed a thumb back to Bell.
"He's a liar and a known womanizer!" Aqua defended as she pointed to the white hair boy in question who was shocked and hurt by the bluenette accusation.
"You can't believe a word he say!"
"H-Hey, Aqua!" Hestia who had been observing the entire mood reversal jumped up indignantly to her child defense.
"My Bell-kun is a good boy, he doesn't lie!"
Bell was in pain, the stare from both Aqua, Hestia, Lili and even Kazuma was hurting. His goddess only defended his honesty.
"Goddess… s-surely you can't think I am a w-wo-womanizer!"
"Ains Whatavallen," Hestia replied making Bell felt as if someone just stabbed him with a sword as he look over to miss Aqua.
"You picked up Lili in a dungeon." Aqua pointedly reminded Bell and motioned to the pallum by his side while disregarding Kazuma proximity to her.
Bell turn to Lili only to see her face red and turning away pouting.
"There's that waitress and oh, don't forget your guild receptionist too, hmph!" The pallum piled on his sins.
Each girl's name felt like a sword stab into his body. Staggering from the emotional blow he looked up to Kazuma only to see the man give him a considering look before giving him a proud thumbs up.
"Urk!" Bell collapsed to his knees from the final emotional blow looking at the floor before bitter tears filled his eyes. He wasn't a womanizer! He just wanted to meet a lot of cute girls like his grandpa said he should that's all!
The night ended with a distraught Bell with a goddess who was trying to comfort him by burying his face in her bosom and a blue hair goddess being mercilessly teased by the strange man.
Still from the way the two were acting, Bell smiled softly while looking at them. He must have been a cherished member of her familia.
+++ The Next Day +++
They had not gotten much of an explanation, between Aqua being teased and Bell distress, not much was done after Lili went back to wherever she was staying. By the time it was over, it was dark out, shortly afterward Hestia suggested turn in for the night and continue in the morning.
Kazuma had taken the floor much to Bell reluctance who had insisted their guest take the couch, Aqua like always, slept with Hestia. Afterward, Kazuma had woken up and help the loli goddess make breakfast and after everyone were done, the scene before the smaller goddess and her white hair child happened.
"Thank you very much for taking care of this useless goddess!" Kazuma bowed low. Of course he wasn't the only one bowing as Aqua head was also pushed down in front of Hestia and Bell by the man.
"I'm sorry for all the trouble she caused!"
"N-N, no, no, no!" Bell was up immediately try to get Kazuma arms off of Aqua head.
"A- a goddess shouldn't bow to a mortal like me!"
"What a polite child you are!" Hestia praised Kazuma. She had to admit now that she could see him in the daylight, Aqua child looked dashing in that white uniform of his.
"He's only nice to you so he probably ogle your bre-owww!" Aqua cover the spot where Kazuma knuckles struck her. Tears slowly welled up in her eyes as she let out a soft whine.
"Shut up!" Kazuma threaten as he raised his hand.
"Kazuma-san!" Bell went to the defense of Aqua. He never saw anyone treat their goddess like this… not even Loki familia was so brutal.
"So… ahem, can you answer some questions for me?" Kazuma coughed lightly into his hand and faced Hestia.
"Mmm," Hestia nodded. "Where would you like to start?"
"Well, for one, where am I?"
Hestia was prepared to answer whatever it was Kazuma wanted to know but she was amazed and excited when Kazuma revealed he was a child of Gaia! It was where all of the gods originated from and from there they use the human template all across creation. She wonder just how many thousands of years it has been since she saw Gaia with her own eyes and walked its land.
"So...ALL of the gods of Earth are here?" Kazuma asked in wide eyed wonder.
"Gaia yes," Hestia corrected with a sagely nod. She blew out a soft giggled at the completely stumped expression of Kazuma. She felt her heart warm that the children of Gaia still remember them.
Suddenly Hestia remember Takemikazuchi had sent a letter saying he intended to come to Orario. He would be so happy to to meet a child from the land he use to rule! She couldn't wait to introduce them!
"What?" Aqua question broke Hestia out of her thought. She saw Kazuma looking at her junior goddess nodding as if he figured something out.
"What with the look Hikki-Neet?" Aqua did not like Kazuma look right now.
"I finally realized why I never heard of you on Earth. You're a newbie goddess."
"Shut up stupid perverted Hikki-Neet!" Aqua shouted at her child angrily.
Hestia smiled indulgently. She had never seen her friend so happy.
"Ummm, Kazuma-san?" Bell began, most of the conversation about gods and Kazuma origin went way over his head. He decided it didn't matter, no something else was more pressing.
"What did you mean yesterday about a Demon King?"
"Oh good memory Bell," Hestia praised her child before she too turned to Kazuma in askance. In particular Aqua.
To her horror, Aqua explain how during the last few millennium, when the last of the senior gods had left, a rise in the forces of evil lead by entities known as Demon Lords rose to power. World were falling to them by the hundred according to Aqua, but their solution shocked Hestia to her core.
"Goddess?" Bell gentle voice called to Hestia who had been silent since Aqua finished explaining.
"Are you alright?"
"I'm fine."
Hestia smiled softly to herself. The other gods were convinced that the children of Gaia's heroic spirit was lost forever. That they were doom to look to the deeds of their ancestors never creating any more myths of their own. Perhaps they just lacked the opportunity to proved themselves, like the child in front of her now. Him and those like them will become myths of the those worlds, she believed it with all her heart.
Aqua picked a good child.
There was a bit of comfortable silence before Aqua stood up and pointed at Kazuma smiling brightly.
"Now listen up here stupid Hikki-Neet, I, the great Goddess Aqua, am willing to let you join my familia and be its captain, be thankful and worship me!"
"Pass," Kazuma retorted, bringing his cup of tea to his mouth without even looking at Aqua.
Hestia smile as Aqua seeing the hard method did not work tried the softer one as her expression soften, she went to his side and gently put both of her hands on his sleeve, tugging at it while leaning in, almost as if she was trying to seduce him.
"Hey, Kazuma, if you join my familia there will be a lot of be-ni-fit," Aqua tone made even Bell blush red.
"How bold Aqua..." Hestia murmured.
"Hard Pass." Kazuma nonchalantly replied not even deigning to look at her.
"Fine!" Aqua got to her feet and roared. "I don't need a stupid, perverted, lustful child like you anyway! I once had a hand in creating the Axis cult, I can do it again! Don't come crawling back to me when my familia become famous!"
"Bye bye!" Kazuma cheerily waved to the angered goddess.
"FINE!" Aqua shouted and with that Hestia watched as blue haired goddess began to stomp away up the stairs.
Bell was not use to such brutal cruelty against Aqua decided to see if he could help.
"Um...Kazu-"
"Your pity is wasted on her," Kazuma cut the white hair boy off. But Bell did not get where he was by giving up.
"But-"
"KAZUMAAAAAAAAAAA!"
A moment later Aqua was now teary eyed clinging to Kazuma arms crying into his sleeve and begging him to join her familia. The brown hair man looked over to the shocked Bell as if emphasizing his point.
"Please~~~~ Join my familia! Please!" Aqua begged through teary eyes.
Kazuma looked over to Hestia then Bell and gave a sigh as if saying he was the parent and the goddess was the child.
"Fine, I'll join your familia."
"YAY!" Aqua who had been in tears one moment was now jumping for joy in happiness. Bell had to turn away as certain assets of hers were also jumping.
"Hey Aqua," Kazuma tugged at the goddess arm. "What's a familia?"
A few explanation later, Kazuma who had taken up trying to imitate a certain commander of Nerv looked at the goddess of the Hearth and his useless goddess.
"So, let me get this straight," Kazuma slowly began. "You get only one life here in the Lower World."
"Yes." Hestia nodded.
"Everything I earned in Eris world is still with me, at the very least all the skills at whatever leveled I got."
"Yes." Aqua nodded.
"And I have to start over where all of my previous stats, may or may not, be reset to zero?"
This time both goddess only nodded before the brown haired man exhaled and looked at Aqua.
"So new game plus?"
TBC,,,
AN: What I do next might tank this fic or might not we shall see! There are hard rules for Dan Machi and Hard rules for Konosuba. Gotta find a happy medium. Or everyone unhappy. We should see how this goes. For those of you that don't know, Virgin-Killer is a type of sweater. Look it up. Though I had my doubt the design is the same but the boob window, would that make it a virgin killer still. One wonders! I also was about to fix the myth of both story together pretty well I think.
Thanks for reading!
