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Chapter 56: The Brakes are Broken!
Kunou was nervous.
It wasn't a novelty for the girl to be part of important meetings with people, nor was she inexperienced in social interactions, her inner issue stemming from the very annoying detail that interrupted the important discussion.
The arrival of the group led by Alucard and Julius Belmont was met with mostly positive reactions.
Akua did show tension at the appearance of both the son of Dracula and the current owner of the Vampire Killer, yet the worst of her quiet seething was directed at the young Belmont that walked beside the sole heiress to the Tepes Royal family.
Her Niichan told her about the frail mind Valerie Tepes was afflicted with after making multiple uses of her Sacred Gear, her consciousness growing fragmented but not completely lost after some time spent enduring the atrocious effects the Sephiroth Graal had over its user.
The young human staying protectively by her side appeared weak at a first glance, but Kunou was smarter than that.
His Magical Core was potent, not at the levels of the guardians that led them here with Alucard being the strongest but enough to make some differences.
There was a brief emotional moment between Gasper, the little vampire crying warm tears at seeing the only individual that showed care for him before he was taken in by the Gremory family.
Soon after some introductions were made by Azazel himself, presenting himself more like a mediator rather than a proper element of the following discussion.
The oldest Belmont was wary of the presence of so many supernatural beings, but also pleasantly surprised to see humans here too.
It was a curious integration that ended with the beginning of the reunion in a formal fashion.
Akeno joined in but kept quiet, taking a seat nearby the kitsune rather than near Hoitsu.
Speaking of the 'devil', her Niichan started the important meeting by bringing up the biggest problem the group was going to face.
Cao Cao was spotted near the territories owned by Indra, Azazel commenting how the leading man for the Hero Faction was trying to cut the ties he has with Rizevim before things escalated to an unpleasant degree for everyone.
Increased surveillance was guaranteed by Grigori, but trying to overstep within the holy grounds of the Hindu God of War wouldn't end up well for the diplomatic front.
The attack on Tokyo did cause several deities from various Pantheons to join in the larger alliance formed by the three grand factions of Christianity.
Shiva being the first to spearhead that moderate group within the Hindu Pantheon to properly pursue a close relationship with the growing coalition, causing no little frowns from the groups despising the Trimurti and making chances of finding some lasting peace after the end of the Khaos Brigade quite… bleak.
Turning to the other problem, with Rizevim facing a rebellious Hero Faction and Qlippoth having been weakened after what happened back in Tokyo, the Super-Devil was put in a very hard spot that was seriously going to impair is capacity to properly move around without getting his actions spied upon.
He was in a difficult predicament that left him without a strong army capable of keeping up with the one being created by the growing alliance against him.
No matter how strong he was compared to all of those present in their ranks, the presence of numerous people with a non-negligible power would be more than enough to put an end to his 'walk' around the world.
Thus the recruitment problem was going to influence the decisions of what was left of the Khaos Brigade, forcing the maniacal leader to take some extreme steps to ensure a continuation to his… survival.
Plans were presented regarding possible 'pools' of discontented people that wished to fight back the 'corrupt' system.
Plans that spanned all over the world as there were numerous places that had the group of people that could join without hesitation what was left of the Brigade, making their current work much more difficult than ever before.
That was something fairly simple for the blonde, something that would be logical for the old man to do and… yet the grinning fiend floating right above the table disproved any semblance of logical thought within the Lucifer's bizarre mind.
"Sorry for the sudden interruption but..." He sighed, ignoring that everyone was preparing to attack him any moment now. "Dad and I have to talk about private family things."
Kunou narrowed her eyes at the smug tone coming from such an impudent request. Her Niichan was already in his 'Senjutsu' mode and looked ready to jump in action any moment now.
Some other individuals joined the smiling Lucifer and soon there were more than enough to match the current strength of the Omega Initiative.
It was unexpected, so many people had already joined in with Qlippoth and they just managed to attack without notice once more.
The worst part was that… Kuoh Town did have some of the strongest barriers in Japan, second only to the ones in Kyoto and once more those failed.
Nobody dared to make the first act in what looked like to be a serious brawl, there was just too much tension and… everyone looked angry at the characters that were allied to Rizevim.
Baki looked positively furious, his stance betraying a harsh reaction to the taller man with dark-red hair looking at him with a mirthful smile. It was the first time the blonde has ever seen the human brawler looking so much… murderous.
Mob's energy was flaring, matching up to the dark entity that glanced blankly at him, a ghost of a smile appeared what appeared to be a man with medium-sized hair and empty black eyes as the other two espers prepared to fight the being at all costs.
Akua's eyes were narrowed dangerously at the man that oddly resembled much Issa Shuzen, his power also matching to the character but… he seemed to be lacking something about him. Kahlua looked surprised but… also terrified, going so far to shiver at the sight of this unknown copycat as she was quite against fighting her relatives, even when this has to be… a faker.
Mio and Maria gasped together as they glanced in shock at the armored woman, hair and eyes red as Mio's, sporting a pair of horns in her unholy display of power. The blonde didn't need to check her energy to know that she was incredibly strong and Kunou could also see some resemblance between her, the younger redhead and the half-succubus.
In that state of turbulent calm, a single being stood out from the attackers, someone that looked oddly familiar to the Kitsune and… yet that couldn't be possible.
Ophis was still sitting in her chair, looking quite confused herself at the little girl that had a striking resemblance with her.
Differently from the Infinity Dragon, this young girl was donning a somewhat less restrictive dress that still had the underlines of 'Gothic' that 'Phis' clothes were sporting. Her long hair were tied in a pony-tail and her face betrayed childishness and curiosity about the very predicament.
Pitch-black eyes that barely showed the slits she had as irises turned to Hoitsu and… a small smile formed on her face.
One step, then two, finally the girl started to walk calmly and giddily on the table, directed towards the confused young man. Rizevim showed no worry nor surprise at the scene, quite the contrary as some amusement twitched on his face.
Kunou was frowning, feeling like something was off about the girl and… it wasn't only her appearance. There was something, within her instincts, that urged her to stop the girl before she could fully reach Hoitsu.
It was in a fleeting moment that her ears caught the final and definitive sign, two words softly leaving the 'harmless' child's lips.
"My… Niichan."
That was what Kunou needed to know that something was terribly going to go down and… she jumped to action. Climbing the table, the Kitsune started to walk towards the mysterious girl and… then stopped the moment she was graced by the young brunette's attention.
The Ophis look-alike stopped the moment she felt someone approaching her, eyes going wide open as she caught the frame of the blonde and then… frowned at her.
"My Niichan." The dark-haired chibi stated resolutely, her energy flaring to an impressive level much to Kunou's chagrin.
"He is not yours." Was the strong reply from the blonde. Her power rose to catch up with this new enemy of hers.
The entire table started to shake as the two engaged in a silent challenge of glares.
"Hehehehe, to think that my little bodyguard would show her greed in such a fashion!" Rizevim cackled, entertained by the storm in the making. "Why don't we let the two decide who would win our little 'chit-chat'?"
…
"What?" Hoitsu stated in utter confusion, something that was shared by pretty much everybod… except for Yujiro. The Ogre nodded calmly, his eyes fixed on the two fighters and… snorting in amusement.
"Surely an interesting brawl." He glanced at his son. "Don't you think so, Baki?"
The younger Hanma didn't reply, his mood mixed between anger directed at his father and shock at the development unfolding in the meantime.
"S-Surely we have the upper hand in this situation, Lord Rize-"
"Euclid, I remind you that we really aren't there to fight 'Daddy Dearest' over there." The man pointed at Hoitsu, the boy glaring back at the inappropriate nickname.
"Also, I think little Lilith needs to get some practical experience and prove her worth as a bodyguard." The Lucifer added nonchalantly.
"How did you manage to get Ophis' energy?" Azazel interjected with a serious tone. "I'm quite sure that there was no way in Tokyo for you to try that-"
"That's because it happened before 'Tokyo', Azzie." Rizevim interrupted with his usual smile. "Do you seriously think I would really risk in that situation? I might be crazy, but I ain't that crazy."
"When." The goth girl herself demanded, causing the Super-Devil to sigh in annoyance.
"It was around when Shalba first mentioned the little plan he had for you, I decided to apply a limited version of it and make use of the candies you ingested on a daily basis to do the job."
He paused a moment, glancing at the two chibis ready any moments now to commence their fight and cracking a bigger smile at the scene.
"Processing the energy and making sure that your 'clone' wouldn't be as 'rebellious' as you are proved to be the easiest part. The fact she is greedy about anything that she likes makes her… malleable for normal orders."
"Yet she is… interested in me?" Hoitsu remarked with some confusion.
"A little trait coming from Ophis that was improved by… her greed." The man surprisingly facepalmed at that question. "That is why I decided that 'Lilith' was the proper name. I mean, I think the only one coming this close to affection in your regards was mother herself."
"I'm not Lucifer."
Rizevim blinked, then flashed a shit-eating grin. "Of course you are not. But do you seriously think I would ditch the opportunity because of it? You are the holy dump for all the jokes I want to give pops… while he isn't here."
Kunou wasn't interested in what was happening in the background as her attention was fully concentrated upon the irritated girl. Lilith huffed, rage swelling in her face as her cheeks turned red.
The goth girl rushed first to the close fight and the Kitsune was initially forced to take a more defensive stance while dodging the swift and powerful attacks from her opponent.
It took her just a few moments of dodging and deflecting the childish punches and kicks to understand how unprepared Lilith was for a brawl.
Raw power to the finest, enough to possibly overwhelm the blonde, but lacking any discipline and control.
Kunou's strikes were soft compared to her enemy's, but they were meant to accomplish something more than mere damage. Muscles were poked, probed and stressed.
Working in a very limited arena, the blonde had to mind her own restraints and make use of a subtler approach to obtain a clear victory.
Lilith didn't notice the quiet ruse, continuing with her usual pattern and getting even angrier when none of her attacks were getting close to land on the elusive Kitsune. Another huff, her eyes narrowing even more as she tried to increase her speed and…
Finally noticed that she was starting to get slower than before. The brunette wasn't feeling tired, far from it, and yet she was still… slowing down.
Confusion joined her fury as her eyes trailed a moment away from the blonde herself and wandered to the strange sensation spreading in her arms and legs.
It was… pain? Her endurance denied her a certainty and thus Lilith was unaware of what could truly be causing this sudden sluggish tone in her movements.
A blink, more energy filled her limbs and… she felt much better while her speed returned back to normal and started to increase even more than that.
Kunou huffed as she realized that her trick had failed against her opponent, her brief pout regarding to this development quickly replaced by a serious frown as she knew that with subtlety thrown out of the window she had to get some more space to think and act.
Surprise painted Lilith's face as a kick rushed and slammed onto her belly, sending her flying few meters away while the blonde gave chase, the Yokai's energy increasing once more and matching once more with hers.
How infuriating and… curious.
The brunette should have been enraged even more by this sudden strike and… yet there was something dancing within her body. It was a warm emotion that… tickled her.
It spurned her to fight even more, to not back down as she was starting to have… something.
Magic cackling by her fingertips, Kunou unleashed some intense Fox Fire and with it tried to create a small cage around the dark-haired girl.
Lilith blinked at the sudden wave of blue fire trying to stop her, rushing towards it and… slamming against it mightily.
The clash surprised the kitsune as the fire should have done some damage and… then she remembered that she was fighting a dragon and those were resilient to Fox Fire.
With her second plan ruined, the blonde was now sure that her next attacks needed to be… hurting a lot.
The dark-haired chibi broke through the cage, blinking just a moment to regain sight over her opponent and… panicked as Kunou started to run madly towards her, the speed displayed before her a major improvement compared to mere moments ago.
The elbow slamming harshly on her face was the first hit of many that would capitalize in her fatal shock. A flurry of kicks barraged Lilith, rendering her unable to properly counter what her enemy was trying to attempt against her.
The kicks were soon replaced by punches, fierce and furious as those landed mercilessly on the goth girl's face and then…
A powerful punch drove deep in her stomach.
Lilith trembled a little at the powerful strike, dropping to one knee while she tried to recover from the sudden beating. Yet, the moment she saw Kunou jump up above her, the girl knew that this wasn't over yet.
The blonde huffed while jumping, her hands brought close to her side and cupped in the fashion of a sphere as… she started to chant.
"KA...ME-"
She is going to do that.
Of all combos she could pull out from this situation… she has to go for that.
I mean, it's not that bad-
We are talking about one of the badassest combos in the Dragon Ball's universe.
Then that's good? You don't sound angry and I do feel like this could actually work well.
"HA...ME-"
The chanting was almost done when I saw a blue orb form right withing Kunou's hands. Energy crackling within her palms, the girl was almost ready to unleash righteous fury upon Lilith.
"HA!"
The blast began powerfully descending upon the recovering dark-haired girl, eyes straight up as she stared in awe at the approaching beam of light and then-
KA-Boom!
The loud explosion and the following curtain of dark smoke hid from everyone's sight the results of the latest attempt from the Yokai and… then the blonde fell in the shadowy smoke.
Silence reigned for a while and I started to worry a little about what was going on over there.
Soon the smoke started to disappear and…
The scene that we were all presented with stuck odd after seeing such a complex and fierce fight.
Kunou looked sheepish as Lilith giddily had her hands in hers, eyes shining in child-like wonder while her legs jumped once or twice in a while.
"I-It's not my technique, it's Niichan." The dark-haired girl nodded at the explanation coming from the blonde, the question behind the reply possibly related to the energy wave the kitsune just used.
Lilith paused a moment to glance back at me and then… she turned back to the blonde.
"Niichan." She had one of her hands over her chest while the other pressed softly on Kunou's. "Ours?"
The girl blinked, golden eyes glinting amusement and… intrigue. She nodded. "Yes. Our Niichan, Lith."
And then the kitsune took the goth girl in a hug. Shock filled the dark-haired chibi one more, this time directed at the embrace and she seemed quite tense for a while.
Moments later, she melted in that hug and started to nuzzle close to the happy kitsune.
An adorable scene.
One that we will save in our memory forever.
Like with the rest.
Like with the rest.
Soon the two broke the embrace, Lilith keeping latched at the 'older' girl's arms for a while as the two started to approach back to the table with a small smile plastered on their faces.
Kind of odd for Lilith, maybe it was because… she wasn't fully Ophis?
While she was made with the same energy and her appearance was similar, the girl didn't go through the experience of living in the Dimension Gap for several centuries.
They walked around the table and then reached for my seat, the blonde softly pushing the goth girl towards me with a teasing smile. "C'mon, you can ask now."
I blinked, Lilith blinking back as she took a step forward and… opened her arms wide. "Hug?"
GAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
'We've been hit with what I can only assume to be… super-concentrated sugar?'
You fool! That is diabetic-level cuteness weaponized in a super-chibi!
I smiled a little and nodded. "Sure."
She advanced and slowly sat on my lap. Head snuggling on my chest and enjoying my arms wrapping her close, Lilith closed her eyes and nodded. "Hug… nice."
I was partly distracted by the situation, by the extreme level of cute but someone else decided to intervene on the matter.
Julius Belmont lifted his hand up and spoke. "I don't think I should say this but… what the heck just happened?!"
"I lost my cute bodyguard, just the same way I lost my mother." Rizevim replied calmly. "It's always pops' fault somehow."
"I'm profoundly annoyed." I shot back at him. "Seriously couldn't you-"
"Hi 'Profoundly Annoyed', I'm son." The Super-Devil interjected mirthfully, the tasteless joke making me frown even harder at him. "C'mon, you have to feel something from it."
"If I was your father, I would have disowned you just because of that dad joke."
He actually flinched at the comeback, but the smile that followed hinted at no lasting damage upon him… much to my dismay.
"Anyway, since we got a chibi cat-fight done, I think we can all settle down and talk about the real issue that we have to face in those trying times-"
"I don't think I said that we were going to talk." I interrupted once more. "You are literally the only issue we have to deal."
"That's a false statement." Rizevim fired back. "There is also Cao Cao and the Longinus stuck in his ass."
I sighed. "Then, what threat are we supposed to be scared about, Rizevim. Let's stop for a moment with the chases, can we?"
He nodded, humming quietly before… "Azrael is not in Heaven."
… "He escaped recently but he was captured, what about-"
"He isn't in Heaven." The man pressed on, causing me to frown in confusion.
"He was sealed away with some seals Lucifer left behind-"
"Those works only on father." The man revealed tiredly. "It was a deterrent in case he went bat-shit crazy and someone had to stop him before the world was torched entirely. Azrael isn't certainly 'deterred' by the seals."
…
"You mean to say that, not only is Azrael isn't in Heaven but… he is the biggest threat?"
"Correct, Papy!" The Super-Devil continued with a big smile. "The danger he is putting the world onto is far beyond anything that anyone could ever imagine. Think of Deadpool, give him Galactus' powers and finally sprinkle him with the Infinity Gauntlet."
"What he is trying to do, Rizevim!?" I pressed on as I knew the usage of references wasn't completely a joke.
And then the bomb was dropped.
"He wants to bring him back." He said with a grave voice. "He already has his remains… it's only a matter of time before he finds his soul and… get him back at once."
"And… if he is back..." The man paused, his mood and face turning sour for a moment. "Then… tabula rasa."
AN
I admit that Writers' block this strong I've never faced. I wasn't… feeling sick about it like the other times, but I had my attention taken by some silly stuff through the rest of the day.
I started at 5PM am finishing writing this that it's… 21:21. So yeah, I did four hours of utter clusterfuck to get this done.
There is a fight, Lilith is now in and Azrael's threat will be… multiple.
Are you ready to face your worst fear-
Wait no, Halloween is long over and…
Then you all shall fear the Fear Turkey… and the one that screws it! (reference)
P.S. The 'best' DBZ combo that Kunou literally rips off is Goku's Meteor Combination.
The villains displayed in order are: Yujiro Hanma (Baki's father), Mogami (Former Esper turned in Malignant Spirit- The only one Mob couldn't completely beat), Issa Shuzen (?) and Sapphire (Mio's and Maria's Aunt- and the MC's mom in the series they are from).
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