The Void Emperor

by Dark Guard Productions

Is being upgraded see Redux story when it is out

7. Chapter 6

Judan: You know I really hate life sometimes…

Slayer: Ignore him he's still sulking about how long it took to come out with this.

Shadow: Can't he write a chapter for this in two days?

Slayer: He can do it in one if he really wanted to. But… as usual we have to cycle through stories. And sometimes we run into unexpected circumstances. For instance it takes a bit out of us to write a single story continually, especially if we're heavily relying on another material. So many people we need to get right, so many readers we have to pacify, and just getting the story to work within the confines of the universe without breaking it… is actually rather difficult.

Shadow: Not to mention making the story different from others right?

Slayer: Oh yes indeed… but that's enough about that. We should continue along here.

Judan: Huh… you're right….. Now then we have some news! The voting for the harem is over! Which means nothing any of you will or can say will change any pairing in this story. Speaking of which the official pairings for everyone will be listed below. Seriously though… How one of the pairings happened I'll never know…

Slayer: Should've planned everything out like I do. But we're literally surprised by how she actually won! I mean seriously were none of you thinking of the consequences of your voting?!

Shadow: I could care either way…

Judan: You're just saying that to stay in character!

Shadow: You're the guys that literally put words in my mouth…

Slayer/Judan: We can delete you!

Shadow: Ain't going to happen… OOH! We almost forgot the newbie!

Jing O'Dyna: Yeah thanks for that…

Slayer: Oh yes that's right let's welcome the OC from PersonaQeminod1! Though we'll unfortunately have to find a way to make him work in a completely different dimension. His abilities will stay the same for the most part.

Jing: Don't know how to feel about that.

Shadow: Meh… we did the same thing for both Sakuya and Allen so things will be just fine. So how about you do the disclaimer for us new guy?

Jing: Sure. We here at Dark Guard productions own nothing but OC's, (except for me…) and reality building concepts everything else belongs to their respective owners. Now without further ado…

Everyone: Here's the story!

Peerage: Will not be posted next chapter since completed.

King: Rodrick OC

Queen: Sakuya (Touhou)

Rooks: Mittelt, Koneko

Knights: Ryu Shibura OC, Allen Walker (D grey man)

Bishops: Kunou, Asia

Pawns: Issei (4), Fem Vali (4)

Official pairings and no one will ever be subtracted. Probably… maybe… uh…

Rodrick: Ophis, Koneko, Sona, Vali, Grayfia…

Issei: Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, Irina, Ravel, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Raynare, Kalawarner, Chirno (yes we put her in here just read to find out), and more will be shown later… (Once we decide on some more…)

Red: Mittelt, secret…

Ryu: Sakuya, Rosalia…

Allen: Asia, Gabriel…

Kuros: Masamune, Kuyari…

Character sheet… Invalid no fights present to draw data from…

Hello= Regular talk

[Hello]= Kuros

{Hello}= Ddraig

(Hello)= other sacred gears

'Hello'= Masamune

Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits

(J/N)= Judan Notes

(S/N)= Slayer notes

Chapter Six: The play's just beginning

The Necromancer

I sighed from throne I was currently sitting on. The room was dark, and only had a few braziers on the sides of the large twenty by twenty yard room. You know just to have some light for the guests and workers. Personally I detested the light, but I guess being born into the abyss would do that to you. But the throne was great, having nice velvet padded cushions… right on top of the bones of many creatures. All neatly connected and made into a large chair.

However… sitting around and just waiting, I couldn't help but think about how boring it was. Just waiting for my newest pawns to just… show up. Not that they knew they were my new pawns of course! No, no, no… that'd be just… ridiculous… after all they'd be more… what's the word? Ah yes hostile! I almost lost the word there… but yes they'd be more hostile towards me if I just came out and said it. Although it wasn't like it would really matter if they attacked me. After all I just killed Angra Mainyu the Zoroastrian god of Evil.

I couldn't help but smirk on my throne of bones, thinking of the faces of those in the meeting. I remember telling them, that those I killed didn't tell me their names…

Or maybe I did… I truly couldn't help but not remember, the unimportant pieces of my encounters with the… lesser races… Yes they truly were lesser, useless creatures only meant to give me and my family power. However… useless they may be, it is through their souls that we gain strength. So I really can't say they're all bad… if I remember correctly it was a human that killed my father. But truly… it wasn't like we mourned… he was after all… what's the word?

Ah yes… a complete and utter bastard… honestly we celebrated for days after his death. However that was before we realized he was needed to… let's say stabilize the abyss… now wasn't that just one giant mess.

Ahh… but the chaos that followed within the other universes… that… that was wonderful… We were free to do what we wanted within that time. Until… well, it matters not. Best leave the dramatics to the help, or even big brother Night.

Truly I never was one for… dramatics. Such a waste of time and energy! Still even I was surprised by actually idolizing my late father. But more so for his cunning, power, and tenacity.

After all not everything has to end in… My thoughts were interrupted when the two double doors, at the entrance of the room opened. The doors were about twenty feet tall and made of granite, so they caused quite a bit of noise when grinding against the floor.

I couldn't help but grumble at the intrusion. I'm going to ring the bases designers' neck, for making the door out of granite! Why couldn't it be simple like…? Oak or even Mahogany? Thoughts of killing my decorator aside… I looked at the three in front of me. I also couldn't help but smile at the hateful glares they were giving each other. But seeing how I never told them who else I invited… that was understandable.

The first one in was Katerea Leviathan, a tall bespectacled woman with a voluptuous figure. She has tan skin with long brown hair, tied into a bun with a headset and purple eyes. She was wearing a dress that was extremely low-cut, and had a high slit on it which exposed a large portion of her breasts. It was obvious she didn't know I killed her boss, Rizevim Lucifer or else she wouldn't be here.

The next was Kokabiel, who looked like a young man with black hair. Unlike other so called fallen angels I've seen, Kokabiel has pointy ears. He was also wearing a black robe with detailed accessories. I could just feel the hatred, and so called superiority oozing off of him. Yes he would make an excellent pawn… But as for the last?

Cao Cao a handsome young man with short black hair. He wears a combination of a gakuran, worn by Japanese schoolboys in the fall, and ancient Chinese attire. He was the most interesting out of the trio… big plans he had, oh yes big plans… But sadly they contradicted with mine, he was also the only human here… While I'd admit that they are in general, one of the most pathetic species around… Some of them can easily rise above their station. The same way dear old dad, got himself slaughtered a while back by a human.

Oh how I'd love to rub that in his face!~ Shaking myself from those… happy thoughts I turned back to my guests and greeted them.

They all stopped glaring at each other to look at me as I spoke. "Why hello there my new… friends.~ I do apologize for keeping you all from your "busy" schedules… so I'll get started. But I must apologize again if I butcher any of your… languages from time to time. I find it… difficult to separate all of the words you have for everything… So much simpler it is to talk in abyssal…" When I was done talking they glared at on another one last time, before Kokabiel spoke to me.

"I'll be the first to say, you don't have to apologize. For either interrupting our schedules, or you're minor difficulty in our languages. But while I understand inviting me… a fallen angel. I can't understand why you'd invite such…" He looked over the human and devil before continuing in disgust. "Vermin to meet with you as well…" That easily got the other two riled up, but I couldn't have them wreck my new place. So I quickly cowed them into submission.

"Kokabiel… to me all but a few races are vermin, as you so eloquently said. But even I know that there are a few that can become something… more…" At my words everyone looked to me, with wide eyes, and expectancy. So I quickly continued speaking. "Now then I called you three here because I believe you can be… so much more. A devil who wants to reshape the world, a human who wants power and knowledge so he can recreate the world, and then a fallen angel who desires to prove the fallen are the strongest."

I paused letting my words sink in, before driving my point… in. "All nothing but ants when compared to me." They were quick to snarl and bare their teeth at me. But I only smiled knowing that they didn't have to the power to do anything to me.

But of course I wasn't done yet. "Still as I said you could become something… I mean I already have killed five powerful individuals. Two of which were gods… one a powerful devil another a monster, and one a senjutsu specialist. If these five couldn't stand up to me… what good could you three do on your own?" With my words their eyes widened in realization, but like I expected Katerea was the first to point at me and yell out.

"You're the one who killed Rizevim Lucifer aren't you?!" The others while not really caring about his death, realized just what kind of being they were talking to. Because even to the other factions, the old Maou faction leader's strength was widely known. Plus having said I was the one responsible for two, of the world's gods untimely demises… well that probably helped. Still I could now see that they were tense, as if waiting for me to eliminate them. Sure they knew I was a Mal Rathor or a dark wraith. But they certainly didn't know I was the one who… threw the earth into disarray.

But seeing them like that caused me to grin and speak. "Now don't be like that… I've asked you all to come here and join me." That instantly got them interested, and so I continued with their attention solely on me. "Now I know some of you might have… reservations… but out of everyone you three are rather interesting. So how about it? Join me, gain power beyond normal comprehension, and then reshape the world anew? Now doesn't that sound just grand?"

At this point they were looking between each other in hesitance. But… the look in their eyes… well that told me I already had them. And unfortunately… they have already lost everything.

Oh my gosh like my name is line break!~

The Crimson princess

I couldn't believe what I just did. Even though I'm a devil it doesn't excuse anything of what I just did! Even if Koneko slammed the phone down pretty quick, I already could hear some of her sniffles. I was in the wrong… there was absolutely no doubt about it. Sitting at my chair behind my desk… I could not help but bury my face into my hands, while resting them onto my desk. All the while I was muttering about how stupid I was.

While it was true that I loved everyone in my peerage, as if they were my own family even. I especially held a softer spot for my white haired rook. She was a constant, always stoic, sitting on the couch eating candy, or just doing her best to help out with… well just about anything. I've looked after her since she was brought to me as a small child. And even if I never said it, I couldn't help but think of her as a daughter some times.

But when Rodrick appeared… well I couldn't help but feel a bit threatened. When I first saw him, I was indeed curious at first. And since he was in the same grade as Koneko, it made sense to ask her to keep an eye on him.

Boy did that backfire! She came back to the club room the very same day, with a boxed lunch! When asked where she got it, she said Rodrick Booker gave it to her. At first I was fine with it; no I was extremely happy that she had made a friend in not only him, but with Ophis as well. In fact outside of club duties the three became inseparable. Along those lines they only departed from one another after school. Still I was okay with it, because they treated her so nicely.

But then things began to change… She started showing truly happy emotions when around them. Again I was happy that she felt she could share he true smile with them. But after a while I began to feel… Jealous? Envious maybe? I don't really know, but it felt as if she was growing farther apart from me. The more she hung out with them the more I began to think…

Why does she like being with them so much? Why does Koneko smile around them so much? And finally… Why doesn't she share these kinds of thoughts and emotions with me? That last one hurt me the most, and when I learned who he truly was… or at least for the most part, I couldn't help but feel truly threatened. He too had a peerage, and could reincarnate others as well. But only his pieces were better, and friendlier to the reincarnated.

It was then that I, in blind jealously started to truly hate him. Is he just pretending to like Koneko so he can take her into his peerage? Is he trying to bribe her into her group? Does he truly love her as much as he says he does? I admit that last one was where things went wrong. Honestly I had no right to try and but into their love life. I had not right to question her love for him. I had not right to question his feelings, which I already knew to be true! But most of all… I had not right to bring up Koneko's feelings of love, when it came to her sister.

It was wrong… oh how it was wrong on so many levels, even the nine levels of hell couldn't tell me how wrong it was. Here I was saying that I'd support my peerage, my family in all that they do… but I was currently fretting over losing Koneko to someone else. I should've been happy if she chose to go over to him, I should've supported it! It would mean a huge step forward for our cute rook. It would mean that her heart was finally healing. But no… I had to boycott it for my own selfish reasons.

I'm just scared… afraid of losing my family… so afraid that I had to cut a wound into Koneko's… Shirone's fragile heart. But now look at me… sobbing silently into my hands, as the guilt of what I said in irrational anger over took my body.

I… I needed a distraction from all of this for the time being. A distraction in which my queen, and longtime friend, seemed to be able to supply.

Shaking my right shoulder gently she spoke. "Rias… I know this isn't a good time, but we have someone here who wants to see you." Bringing my face up from my hands, I looked at her with reddened eyes a few tears. She was smiling at me sadly, and was holding a tissue in her left hand. Offering it to me I took it gratefully. Using it to wipe my eyes and blow my nose. Then I took a few moments to compose myself with steady breathing.

Once I was done I looked at Akeno gratefully before speaking. "Alright I'm good now; you can show our guest in." Nodding at me she turned to open the door to the club room. To be honest I was suspicious of our visitor, but truly my need for a distraction overruled any sense of foreboding.

When Akeno returned shortly, she had with her an interesting looking male. His eyes were grassy green, and he had long onyx black hair with his left bangs covering his left eye. However what was even more interesting was that he was wearing white bandages around his face, excluding mouth and eyes. He was also about five foot eight. He also was wearing a long sleeved green jacket, with red colored shoes, and white pants. Still I couldn't really get over the bandages covering his face. However based on what I could tell he was nineteen.

Bowing to me lightly he looked at me and spoke. "Hello Rias Gremory my name is Jing O'Dyna. And I hope that I didn't come at a bad time, you seem a bit… haggard I guess you could say." I blinked before realizing that he must've been referring to my red eyes. To be honest I couldn't help but be a bit pleased at his politeness.

Still… there's something about him that's familiar… Truthfully it was right at the tip of my tongue… I just couldn't remember where I've felt his specific kind of aura before.

But he did come to talk to me. "While I thank you for your concern, everything is fine for the moment. But tell me what did you need to talk to me about? You're obviously not from Kuoh." For a moment it seemed as if he was debating with himself for something. But quickly took a breath and spoke.

"Well as you may have already guessed, I know that you are a devil. You may have also already guessed that I'm not human." I couldn't help but nod along with Akeno before he continued. "Now then, I'm going to be a bit blunt… and ask to join your peerage." I couldn't help but stare at him, I mean that was actually quite forward of him to ask. Truly I've never had anyone actually ask me to join my peerage. Sure I heard from Koneko, that Rodrick had three of his members ask to join his. But this was a definite first for me.

So you can't blame me for asking him why. "Not that I'm saying yes or no… but just to be clear, you do know what joining my peerage entails yes?" He gave me an affirmative nod before speaking again.

"Yes I know all about the evil piece system and what not. However I have my reasons, one of them happens to be about a certain Phenex. So I feel we can both benefit from this." Hearing him say that, my thoughts quickly came to Riser Phenex, the guy I was… ugh… engaged too. Still if we were both having issues with him, far be it for me to stand in his way. But even still I had to question him further.

"If you having issues with Riser, then feel free to join the club. But still I have to ask the why of it all." At my words he shifted on his feet uncomfortably for a bit before answering me.

"To be honest it is a bit personal… But I can tell you a little bit about it. You see about nine years ago in Ireland there was a small… let's just say community of sorts. I grew up there with my family, but then one day when I was nine it was attacked. The entire place was set ablaze, and the only clue as to who did it was a bottle of phoenix tears. Still two members of our community were also kidnapped that day. So really I'm willing to join you just so I can get some answers." Now to say both me and Akeno were surprised by his story, would be an understatement.

Still I couldn't help but feel as though he wasn't telling us the whole story. The way he purposely said community, and the way he mentioned the two kidnapped members of it. But more still was the fact that I couldn't tell what he was!

Err… If I had Koneko here she could easily tell… My thoughts quickly stopped there, then when they began again I couldn't help but feel a bit stupid.

So sighing I spoke to him again. "You're a Nekomata aren't you?" His eyes quickly opened up in surprise before I continued. "You're community was also full of Nekomata, and the two you were talking about were also Nekomata. Truthfully I should've seen it sooner, I already have a Nekoshou in my peerage." He blinked a couple of more times before chuckling a bit.

This confused me before he spoke. "Ah well you're only partially correct, but since you've already figured out this much. Allow me to complete your knowledge." Not knowing what else to do, I just nodded for him to go on. "Thank you, now as you said I'm a Nekomata. This is only partially true, you see I'm half Nekoshou, and half Cait sith."

Now that was surprising, both parts really. After all Cait siths really were the true cat people of the world. They're humanoid in shape, but there have more feline features. Such as actual fur covering their entire bodies, to their feline shaped head. Still I guess the union between the two wasn't too farfetched… I mean they are both cat people, just one more than the other I guess.

Still another Nekoshou in the peerage would be good for Koneko… at least she'd have someone to talk to her about senjutsu.

However I could tell he wasn't done speaking so waited until he did. "Another thing you got wrong was the thing about the community. Yes we had Nekomata or all types there, but we had much more than just them. We had many types of Yokai, mainly those whose numbers were rather low though. Now finally the thing about the two being Nekomata was right. The two of them were both female Nekomata, and I heard that Riser has two in his so called harem. Not only that but I know about your engagement with him. So I figured why not kill two birds with one stone and join you."

Taking a thinking pose in my chair I thought for a bit. What he said made quite a bit of sense, although this deal would most definitely benefit me in the long run. But I still needed to give this some thought, I couldn't just take someone on a whim. I did after all, only have a limited number of pieces I could use.

So being truthful I gave him my answer. "If you're that sure about this than I don't see why not. However I need to make sure your motives are true. So far the time being I'll be putting you on a trial run for now." Although he seemed a bit disappointed at not joining right away. He did seem glad I was going to at least give him a chance.

So he gave another small bow before talking. "Thank Ms. Gremory, I promise to not disappoint you." Both me and Akeno chuckled at his words.

It would seem that not everything was completely horrible today. Looking out the window to my left, a sad look came to my face as Akeno and Jing talked. Please keep her safe Rodrick; I need to talk to Koneko soon.

Oh my gosh like my name is line break!~

The Void king

You know I had to wonder about my sanity sometimes… For example for the last couple of nights, I've been having these weird series of dreams. I literally mean series! Sure they started out fine, and I actually enjoyed them. You see they were about me and my personal hero along with two others. During these dreams we would be in an arena, and we would fight different enemies together. What was strange was that each enemy was someone different from any one of our pasts. So far I had to admit that Bladedancer… had the most powerful enemies. However the strange this was that it seemed extremely real.

We would continue for a total of three fights, then be sent back home by the announcer that spoke every now a then. Now normally this would be fine, however… the dreams have been going on for since the meeting! Still I questioned myself further as I followed this fox. The small thing was incredibly fast, but I was able to keep up with her. But the longer I followed her and I know she was a she. The farther away we got from the rest of my group.

It was at this point I just hoped that I wasn't being led into a trap. But eventually after racing through the forest for an hour, we came to a clearing. I had to blink a few times in order to understand what I was seeing. There was a large lake with a path made out of stone, heading towards a huge shrine on top of a small hill, with stone stairs leading to it. Also when I say huge I meant it, the thing was gigantic.

[I think both me and your adoptive mother… could fit in there at the same time, in our true forms! What the void is something like that doing here? But more importantly why does it look familiar?] I just shrugged at his question before answering.

Heck should I know… I'm just surprised as you are. But if it looks familiar to you… then you should probably try and remember. I heard a grumble from the ancient dragon before he spoke again.

[You try and live in a box for a couple hundred years, and then we'll see how good your memory is!] I winced at how loud he was being before talking to Masamune.

Hey Masamune mind shutting him up? Her response was a loud clang, of what sounded like a frying pain hitting someone's head. Satisfied I once again started to follow the yellow fox, which waited for me so patiently. As we walked I couldn't help but notice the energy in this place. It was just so… pure I guess you could call it. Even with my limited senjutsu knowledge, it made me feel kind of at ease. Still I felt a growing case of insignificance, while approaching the massive red painted doors. It was here that Kuros finally had something useful to say.

[Um… you know what this does seem rather familiar now that I think of it… Like a strange sense of foreboding… come on brain work with me!]Okay so Kuros had been here before, but the way he phrased his words could mean a number of things. Looking down at the small four tailed fox I began to question her.

"So… do you want me to open the door or something?" The fox lifted her right paw to her muzzle as I heard a strange yipping noise. It didn't take me long to understand that it was laughter. Still after a moment or two she answered me.

"You're quite amusing you know? Did you really think we'd expect you to open up these doors?" Feeling a bit insulted I looked back at the one hundred meter tall doors. Though my pride would never admit it… those doors did look insanely heavy. Shaking my head I turned back to the fox to question her on how I was getting in… when the doors conveniently opened inward for me. Looking at her blankly I stepped inside. Once past the doors they shut behind me. Grimacing since my only escape route was blocked off I looked forward. Only to see the biggest fox I'd ever seen!

Just looking at it made me want to crawl up in a ball and hope it didn't eat me! It was covered in soft red fur, and had soft orange eyes. It's ears were the same as the small fox next to me, but only red and tipped in black instead. However what was really surprising was its nine red and black tipped tails. But it only got worse as Kuros spoke.

[Ah ha! I knew this place felt familiar! It's good to see… ahh crap.] Before I could talk to him about what he was speaking about, the tall red fox spoke. It spoke with a motherly voice, stern, yet very caring.

"It's good to finally see you again Kuros, I take it by this boy you've found your host?" I heard Kuros gulping as he manifested our sacred gear, before he talked from the gem. However he sounded nervous and that really worried me.

[Hello there Kuyari… how have you been all these years? Hahaha…] Based on the foxes stare I could tell she wasn't amused. But what she said next was the last thing I was expecting.

"Kuros my mate, why do you sound un-pleased at my presence?" I could only just look back and forth between the gem on my gear, and the giant fox that had spoken.

What the actual Void, Aether, Nether, and Abyss does she mean by that?! Unsurprisingly it didn't take long for Masamune, to manifest herself in her human form. I'd personally be surprised if she didn't come out sooner. Her human form was actually quite beautiful. She was a young woman with snow white hair, and it ran down to the middle of her back. It was also French braided, and she had only two bangs framing the side of her face. Her eyes were also silver in color and her skin was pearly white.

Her clothing consisted of a fancy white Victorian dress, with a dark green vest over it. She also had white tights, and wore green short high heeled boots. She also had a green gem pendent hanging from her neck from a silver chain. The pendent went a bit lower than her average size bust. Although if one looked, they could see a small bulge around her stomach. But right now on her face was a sweet smile, while her eyes were also closed. As she spoke it was with an eerie calmness.

'Why Kuros dear, you didn't tell me you had another mate.' Right then even if I couldn't see him I could tell he was sweating bullets. Also since he was literally attached to my arm… I didn't really want to know what the two in front of us, would do to me to get at him. So doing the logical thing… I turned around and tried to run, only for the fox that brought me here to trip me. Falling on my face I turned to face her, imagine my surprise when she seemed angrier than the other two.

That was when Kuyari spoke again, seeming amused as Masamune. "Oh don't be too alarmed young dragon. I know that dragons with great power often attract multiple mates. Also judging by this woman's demeanor she understands that as well. Plus with him being locked up for so long I can't really blame him." Standing up and looking back at my older sister figure she nodded her head. But then looking down at the yellow fox I was still confused by her.

Until Kuyari spoke again, then everything made sense. "Oh do not mind Tsuyara, she's just mad that her father got along with another woman. Not only that… but said woman is pregnant." Looking between the now named Tsuyara, and Kuyari I could only blink. Then I opened my mouth and asked the question that was really bugging me.

"How did that work?" Both foxes looked at each other, before turning back to me and gave the equivalent of a fox shrug. Rubbing my temples, thanks to the headache coming I spoke again.

"Alright then… if that's the case, I take it you just wanted to meet me and see Kuros again?" Kuyari gave a sort of half nod yes, half nod no before speaking.

"Well that truly is a contributing factor, there is more to this than that. You see before he left both me and Kuros agreed to something. As you may have noticed we're not like most fox youkai." I gave an affirmative nod at that making her continue. "That's because we're not fox demons, but fox spirits." Okay now I was truly interested.

But decided to hold off my questions until she was done. "What we agreed upon, was to give the user of his sacred gear a summoning contract of sorts." At this point in time I had a few thoughts…

Wow… and here Kuros was telling me to stop copying Naruto. Now all of a sudden I'm getting a summoning contract?! Beats a familiar any day in my book! I think she could tell I liked the idea based of the look on my face.

Which is why she chuckled before continuing. "Kukuku, it seems someone already likes the idea. But first a test must be given, but if you're the one Kuros chose than you'll pass with flying colors." I slightly deflated a bit when she mentioned a test. But took a deep breath and spoke with confidence.

"Okay then, I'll pass this test with flying colors then!"

Thirty minutes later…

"Argh!" Was the noise I made after getting smacked by the giant fox. It was then that I had to think… that for a hundred foot tall fox Kuyari was incredibly fast. Oh you see for the half hour I've had to fight Kuyari. I was only supposed to dodge all of her attacks, which means I wasn't necessarily fighting at all. Also you could guess how well I was doing by me yelling out in pain.

Still every time I looked at Kuyari's face she seemed impressed. Although with the face of an actual fox it's kind of hard to tell… But I've got some practice thanks to my own adoptive mother and sister. Yep that's right, both are actually fox Youkai… But that was neither here nor there, because right now a fox spirit wants to pulverize me! Seeing a giant paw heading my way I rolled to the left, I then had to jump as she swept it towards me. Of course I was now in midair… a terrible place to try and dodge things. Still as one of her tails came at me, I quickly twisted my body so it went underneath me.

I landed on all my feet as I jumped to the left, to avoid being smashed by her right paw. She then lunged at me baring her fangs, to dodge this I jumped onto her head. As she started thrashing about, I had to grab onto her fur to keep from being thrown off. Seeing that it failed to throw me off, Kuyari started using her tails to sweep me off. It worked as I was forced to jump off he back, but as soon as I did… my eyes widened as another tail headed my direction.

Crossing my arms in front of me I waited for impact. When I did get hit I felt as if most of my bones had broken. It only got worse as I hit the ground, it was then that Kuros finally spoke to me again.

[Are you okay?]

I think my bones are broken…

[Which ones?]

All of them… He became rather silent after that. Slowly opening my eyes I looked down at my body… only to wish I hadn't! It was a complete mess, a few ribs sticking out and limbs bent in unnatural ways. If it wasn't for my draconic healing abilities and shock, I'd probably have died from the pain alone. Luckily I'm rather sturdier, and this happens to me every time I train with Ophis or Red. So I had to unfortunately say I'm used to this…

Kuyari however looked rather torn up about it though. "Oh Kami! What have I done!? I've killed him!" It eventually took Tsuyara, Masamune, and Kuros to calm down the distraught Kyuubi. Thankfully it wasn't a moment later as Kuyari quickly healed me with senjutsu. Wincing as bones snapped themselves together, and my skin knit itself back up. I eventually was able to stand again, only to realize I was covered in blood…

What's worse is that it's mine… The girls are going to kill me. Hearing my thoughts Kuros laughed at my predicament. Deciding to ignore the elder dragon I turned to talk to Kuyari.

"Alright then… have I passed your test? Or do I need to break a few more bones… again…" At my words a sheepish look came to her face. But she quickly composed herself before talking.

"Yes sorry about that again. But you most positively passed with flying colors! The test was to see if you had the agility, speed, and endurance to learn our brand of martial arts. So congratulations new summoner!~" Blinking in surprise as a large scroll appeared in front of me, I took carefully and laid it on the ground. Also when I say large I mean it! It was almost half as tall as I was, and thrice as thick. Still I had to marvel at all the different names in it.

But even more interesting was how many languages the names were in. From Japanese, to English, from English to Italian, and even Italian to Russian. It would be completely safe for me to say, this scroll has been around for a very long time. But as marveling as that was… it was also kind of annoying trying to find a space for me to sign it. Eventually I found a space about three quarters to the end of the scroll. Shaking my head I looked to Kuyari on what to do next.

Seeing me look at her she answered my unspoken question. "Okay so you've found a spot, not just sign it with whatever you want. Just know that you'd have to use that medium, to summon us from then on." I nodded my head in understanding. I had already guessed as much, seeing how there was an assortment of inks, and also some names signed in blood. Deciding to do the logical thing, at least in my head… I bit my right thumb and started to write my name in Voidric in the scroll.

Once done Kuyari hummed in appreciation before speaking. "Interesting… I see Kuros has been teaching you the language of his home. Yes interesting we've never had someone sign in Voidric before. Yes indeed a nice signature for our collection." I couldn't help the twitch that came to my right eye at her words. "Alright then now to actually summon, just bite your thumb again and make a circle on your other hand, you know using your blood. Then just put chakra into it as you slam it down on the ground. But make sure you concentrate on summoning something. Otherwise it won't work."

I nodded my head in understanding. Already the summoning sounded similar, yet… simpler than the one in Naruto. No hand signs, just bite, circle, chakra, intent, and then slam it down on the ground. Simple no? Still I was grateful to them for letting me have this. Most assuredly this would be helpful later on, when we had tougher or bigger foes.

Gives me an edge over Sirzechs' even without my balance breaker. I couldn't help but smirk at that thought; I still had a bone to pick with him after all. Still when all was said and done, I decided to take a small break before heading back to the others. So with the doors opened again I sat on the steps outside. This time was also used by Masamune, and the other women in the shrine to talk. Currently they were discussing the multiple mates' thing. As for me I decided to just talk to Kuros about it.

You know it's pretty bad to forget one of your mates, even if you did spend a long time locked in a box. I heard him sigh before speaking to me.

[Actually I never forgot about her, only that we had made this deal. Still you're right I should've told the both of you.] I shook my head at his words before asking another question.

So is there any more that we should know about? There was a very long pause, but eventually he answered me.

[No… at least none alive that is…You see a very long time ago, there was this dragoness. She was very beautiful, yet extremely powerful and dangerous. To be honest I don't know how we worked. To be frank the two of us should've tried to destroy the other! But we somehow fell in love and had an egg.] As he stopped talking I couldn't help but feel a bit bad about bringing it up. But I still had to know more about this dragoness.

Who was she exactly? And what made it so you had to kill each other? I couldn't see it but I knew he was grinning.

[Oh you're going to love this!~ You see she was actually a Nether dragon!] My jaw dropped at that, I mean a nether and void dragon getting together? Absolutely insane! However instead of being offended, Kuros just laughed at my thoughts.

[HAHAHA! Ah yes I don't blame you for thinking this way. After all the Nether is aligned with the Abyss, as such is an enemy to the Void and Aether. But still she was different, tired of the way things were run. Ahh… I remember when we first met, her dark black scales with an ethereal glow… just everything about her screamed dark beauty. Still… it was never to last. I never found out how but she was murdered after we had our first egg. All I found was her dying body, her last words were that she loved me and that our child was safe. She then died… I don't know what happened, or even where our child went.]

For the first time in my life I truly felt sorry for Kuros. Why didn't you tell us sooner? He took a breath before answering me.

[Masa already knows… I told her when she told me she was pregnant. But still I just didn't want to keep bringing up bad memories.] At this point I didn't know what to say, so instead I opted to just keep silent. There wasn't much I could do after all, it had already happened anyways. So taking a sad breath I stood up and turned to the three behind me. I at that point called out to Masmune.

"Hey I think we should head on back to the others, they're probably quite worried right about now." Turning to me she smiled while nodding her head. Turning back to the other two she gave a slight bow before heading back to my inner world. As for me I also bowed before saying goodbye. "Thank you again for the contract, hopefully we'll see each other soon enough." Kuyari gave a foxy smile before speaking.

"It was no problem dear, still sorry about smashing you. But also make sure to learn the fox style of fighting. I truly believe it'll suit you just fine." Nodding my head I turned to leave.

Oh my gosh like my name is line break!~

To be honest didn't take me that long to make it back to the others. Unfortunately… I didn't expect the scene I ended up coming to. Eyes twitching in irritation, I saw a green slime with Ophis, Shirone, and Mittelt trapped inside it. The only other ones there were Issei, and Red. Asia, Sakuya, Ryu, Satooji, and Vali had split off to have more luck at finding familiars. A sound idea, but that left the super pervert, and slightly perverted dragon behind.

Coughing into my hand to get their attention they turned to me nervously. Not that I blame them, they were just watching my dragoness, and kitten having their clothes melted off by the slime. You know instead of doing anything. Still Mittelt was in there as well, so I could only hope that Red was looking at her. If not… apocalyptic dragon or not, I was going to kill him. Both gulping they spoke at the same time.

""Welcome back Marshal Sir…"" I narrowed my eyes at them, knowing they only really called me that when they were either… A out on a mission, or B caught red handed doing something stupid. Glaring holes through their heads, I looked back at the slime ignoring them for the moment. Walking forward past them I launched a lightning bolt at the slime. Completely disintegrating it… I then got out a blanket from my pocket dimension, before wrapping it around my two girls.

Both thanked me as I smiled and kissed their foreheads. I then turned back to Issei and Red, whom the latter was draping his trenchcoat over Mittelt. Although to be honest she didn't seem that ashamed at the moment. So I knew that Red was only looking at her. After all it would be awkward, to stare at his technical older sister naked. I was of course talking about Ophis, since both were born in the dimensional gap.

So by that logic it would also be awkward for him to look at Shirone, who was said sister's best friend. She was also technically his sister in law as well, thanks to Ophis being my mate, and Shirone also being one of them. Unfortunately for Issei, I knew he was staring at them. However as I turned back to him… I couldn't help but slap my forehead in exasperation at his actions.

"Slimy noooo! You were supposed to be my perfect familiar! Why did this happen? WHY?!" Watching him cry over the dead slime I decided to punish him later. Turning back to Ophis and Shirone I spoke to them.

"Are you two alright?" Both nodded their heads and I gave a sigh of relief. Not that I should've been worried to begin with, one's a rook whom tend to have high defense, and the other was a dragon god. I doubt any acid as weak as what was melting their clothing, could actually hurt them. But still I lost love ones before, so I was just a bit paranoid over things like this. Looking at them again I raised an eyebrow in confusion. Currently they were both glaring at me. But before I could question them on it, Shirone questioned me first.

"Rodrick… why are you covered in blood?" Stiffing at her question, Ophis narrowed her eyes as she sniffed me.

She then spoke with calm anger. "More importantly why is it your blood?" Knowing that the two of them could once again beat me into a bloody pulp… I decided not to tell any lies, and just explain to them what happened. Excluding the part about Kuros' first mate of course. Both sighed at the end but accepted my story easily enough. So instead of killing me, they ended up hugging me tightly. Smiling at the gesture I returned their hugs. During the hug both Ophis then Shirone kissed me in quick succession. Both kisses were on the lips but we were used to that by now.

To be honest… when this first began it took me a while to realize, that they themselves came up with a ranking system. Apparently Ophis was number one, followed very closely by Shirone at number two, then Vali at number four. To be honest that confused me quite a bit, before all three said that number three spot was taken. Just that both me, and the number three didn't realize it yet.

Still as confusing as it was… they accepted it easily enough, and came up with it themselves. Still the open number three slot meant that, they were already planning to have a fourth girl. Truly I was beginning to wonder if I really had a say in all this. Still they were my beautiful and wonderful girls, so I wouldn't give them up for anything.

"WHY!" I sighed angrily at Issei breaking up the tender moment. So letting go of Shirone, and Ophis I turned to him. Proceeding to walk towards him, he didn't even notice me before I was right behind him. But then if sensing danger he turned to me slowly. His face quickly paled as I cracked my knuckles. Say what you will, I know Issei's a good guy, and if he'd get over his perversion he'd be a great boyfriend.

In fact in a fight he's one of those few, I truly and utterly count on to have my back. But at this moment that was neither here nor there… I was going to once again, show him why, he doesn't peek on our black and white haired stoic duo. But as the beating began and his cries echoed in the forest, I had to admit it was funny as Ophis. Who was on Shirone's right, covered her white haired counterparts eyes with her left hand.

While Shirone did the same to her only with her right hand… truly they were sisters in all but blood. As for Red and Mittelt… he was shielding the violence from her view, as he laughed his head off. I had to wonder about him sometimes…

So after turning Issei black and blue, and getting the girls spare clothing from my pocket dimension. We set off to find the others. As we walked through the forest, we also give Mittelt and even Issei some ideas. Although… all three girls did glare at him once in a while. They also glared at Red but not nearly as often. Mostly because he was only looking at, our resident fallen angel. But still he didn't do anything to really help, or stop Issei, so he too got the silent glare treatment. As we continued to walk, we paused as we heard some whimpering.

As we listened closer, we heard some rustling from the bushes to our left. Mittelt quietly walked over and parted the bushes. This allowed us to see a small charcoal black colored wolf pup. It was the one whimpering, and as we looked closer, we could see that its right back leg was injured. It looked pretty bad to, as if something had taken a bite out of it. Carefully Mittelt picked up the poor pup, and cradled it in her arms. Looking around we tried to find signs of its mother.

However once we did see her we couldn't help but pity the poor thing. The mother or what was left of her. Looked as if something had started eating her, but decided it was done half way. However I must say that she was huge. She was about as tall as I was, but lean, and muscular. He fur a deep black, and red eyes dulled and widened in pain. Whatever had taken her out must have been strong, or took her by surprise. I was leaning more towards a combination of the two. Still we didn't know what to do with the pup. However it did seem as though Mittelt had an idea.

"I think I'll take her as a familiar…" I was only a little bit surprised by that. Mostly from Mittelt calling the wolf a she, but I also thought that Ryu would get a wolf. However the puppy was cute… so I guess I was right about her getting something cute. So after healing her leg as best as we could, Mittelt did the familiar contract. After she was done the wolf pup glowed a bright white. This cause Mittelt to put her down quickly. As she did so Mittelt took a step back, as we waited to see what would happen.

Confused I watched as the light took on a humanoid shape. But to our immense surprise… when the light disappeared, there stood instead of a wolf pup. A small young girl no older than five, her hair was like the pups fur. And it reached down to the middle of her back. Her eyes were ruby red, her skin was also a dark tan in color. Her nails were also pure black. But what stood out the most were four things. One she had two wolf like ears on her head, two she had a wolf tail coming from her back. But most of all… she was completely naked.

She looked around for a bit before her eyes landed on Mittelt. When she saw her eyes started to fill with tears, and she ran to her and gave her a tight hug crying into her dress. Not knowing what really to do, she returned the hug while stroking her back.

Trying to get her to calm down Mittelt spoke to her in hushed tones. "There, there… it's alright no one's going to hurt you anymore. Don't worry sweetheart every things alright now." To be honest Mittelt's actions truly surprised me. I've just never seen her act so… motherly before. It actually brought a smile to all of our faces watching the scene. Still we had no idea who this girl is, or even what she was. But it was obvious that her mother the large black wolf, died protecting her. Right in front of her no less…

Still we needed to know who she was, and what had happened. So in order to help with calming the girl down, I got out one of my spare shirts and the blanket from earlier. Slowly walking up to Mittelt as to not startle the small girl, I tapped on her shoulder. Looking back to me she nodded gratefully as I gave them to her. Slowly she held the girl at arm's length, and then put the shirt over her head. After that when her head was through she gave a small sneeze.

Still smiling warmly Mittelt put the blanket around the girl's shoulders, than hugged her again. With the new articles of cloth covering her, the child seemed to calm down a bit more. After a few more minutes she seemed to calm down significantly. Seeing her in a better state, Mittelt held her at arm's length again to question her.

"Are you a little better now?" The wolf girl nodded her head before Mittelt continued. "That's good to hear; now I'm Mittelt. Can you tell me your name sweetie?" After a bit of hesitation she answered her.

"I'm… I'm Fay, a hell hound." That got everyone to blink in surprise. After all this cute thing was a wolf that dragged souls down to hell… literally! Still Mittelt only seemed surprised for a few seconds, before smiling again. I had to give her credit for that at least.

"Well then you certainly are a cute one then.~" The girl blushed a bit before Mittelt continued. "Now I need you to tell us what happened, if you can that is. That way me and my friends could help you." Fay looked between her and us, before nodding slowly.

"Alright I'll try…" Mittelt patted her head before Fay continued. "It was just like any other day in this forest; I was in my human form playing with mommy. We decided to play hide and seek you see… so I went off to look for a good hiding place. However as I search for a good spot, something tackled me from behind. It was some sort of monster I've never seen before! It was tall, hunched back, and had strange white glowing claws coming out weird crystal like hands. It also had six spider like eyes that glowed white." At this point the girl was crying again as Mittelt tried to calm her down.

After a moment the girl continued. "His entire body looked like it was made from some dark crystal. But the strange thing was that it was separated into different pieces. But each piece where it should've connected with the other piece was glowing a strange cyan. It also had a weird tentacle like beard the same color; his teeth when it opened its mouth were even longer than mine!" Then as if to prove her point, she opened her mouth showing off her elongated canines.

Closing her mouth she continued her story. "I was so scared, especially when it ripped off my clothes! It placed a claw over my heart. Then spoke saying that it was going to pop my heart, and eat me whole! But I screamed and called out for mommy; the monster became angry with me and took a bite from my leg. But then mommy came to save me! She was very brave, but in the end… in the end… she… she!" The girl than began to cry once more and gripped Mittelt's dress.

At this point I could speak for everyone, that what Fay just told us infuriated all of us. Now it was true… monsters needed to eat, it's just a fact of life. But to have a sentient being, try and eat a small child despite her species. Then go and murder her mother right in front of her! Now that was unacceptable. And hearing Fay's cries of pain and sorrow really did cut my heart. You see I've always had a soft spot for young children. Ever since my own childhood was messed up so badly… I just felt as if I needed to do what I could to make other children's lives a bit better.

Still we could do nothing as Fay cried herself to sleep. Looking at the poor girl softly I spoke to everyone.

"We need to talk to Satooji about this… I believe there's something unnatural in this forest. Which considering where we are… is rather serious." Everyone agreed, and we walked a little faster to find the others. Especially Mittelt, who was out front with Red holding fay in her arms.

[Rodrick… I think I might know what attacked the girl. And if I'm right promise me you'll leave it to Red and Ophis.] Startled and confused by the tone of his voice I couldn't help but question him.

Kuros what do you mean? I'm not about to just… He quickly cut me off before I could finish.

[Promise me!]

But…

[Promise me dammit!] Not knowing what else to do I gave my word.

Alright then, but if it attacks anyone who can't defend themselves I'm jumping in.

[That's good enough, just don't purposely engage it.]

Whatever you say…

Oh my gosh like my name is line break!~

The White empress

When Rodrick left us to chase the yellow four tailed fox, the rest of us had the grand of idea of splitting up. It was a sound idea, split up and cover more ground. That way we could gain our familiars quicker. Yeah great in theory… but so far me and Ryu hadn't found any familiar suitable for us. Personally I wanted to go after Tiamat but someone had to boycott that idea!

(You'll thank me for it later… trust me on this one Vali. You're not quite yet ready to fight her yet. She is the most powerful dragon king for a reason.) I scoffed at his words, but didn't exactly dismiss is advice out right. Mostly because if I fought her and got severely hurt… then Rodrick would rip me a new one.

I shook my head at that thought, but still had a small smile on my face. Rodrick was… is a mother hen to those he loves. Well to everyone but Red, but that's a bit of a given… He was after all the second strongest in the world, if what Kuros told us was anything to go by.

(You'd think that wouldn't you?) Confused by Albion's question I asked what he meant by that. But to my annoyance he didn't say anything back to me. Shaking my head I started to once again search for a familiar. Seeing something I quickly stopped on place. Over a little to the right I saw a small very strange creature. Noticing me stop the others looked to where I was staring at. Seeing the creature Satooji clapped in excitement.

"Oh marvelous! That's a Chakawary, a dragonkin if you want to be specific!" Titling my head at the Chakawary I gave it a closer inspection. It's body was covered in snow white scales, except for its underbelly that was blue in color. The eyes of the creature were almost beady looking, and were also blue. The creature also had a blue frill going from the back of its head down to the base of its long neck. It also had another frill going up the middle of its neck to its chin.

The creature also had an amphibious like tail. With blue fin like parts on the vertical sides of its tail going, all the way around the tip to the end of the tail. It also had raptor like arms and legs. With only three claws on each foot and hands. The Chakawary also had a blue colored beak much like a chickens. However it truly lacked in height and length, only being about two feet tall. And two and a half feet long. To be honest it kind of looked like a scaly chicken if you asked me.

Still he did say it was a relative of a dragon… So doing the only natural thing, I crouched down low as I approached the Chakawary. Hearing me approach it quickly snapped its attention to me. Trying to coax it towards me I held out my hand. Looking at my hand it approached slowly, peering at it with what looked like interest. Eventually we got close enough that it was able to smell my hand. It took a few sniffs before licking it with a rough forked tongue.

Surprisingly it then started to rub against it like a cat. Finding its actions rather adorable I started petting it. Behind me I could hear the others quietly clapping, and I had to admit. Maybe having the Chakawary wouldn't be so bad. So a minute and contract later I now had him as my familiar. And yes Satooji told me it was a he, after the familiar contract of course. Still now while we looked for Ryu's familiar Uzu, whom I had just named kept to my side.

As for Ryu… we have so far been rather unsuccessful. Prompting him to become slightly depressed, however he smiled lightly when Sakuya took his right hand. But was surprised when Rosalia, took his left hand with a slight blush on her face. Still just walking around wasn't really working, but we didn't really have much of a choice in the matter. Really there was nothing else to do but walk until something happened. And something indeed happened.

Jumping down from above, a black and white ferret of all things landed on Ryu's head. What was really strange about it though, was that it had blue goggles on its head, and a backpack. Everyone just looked at it, seeing how it seemed to be in a daze. It also seemed a bit tired to, as if it had been running from something. That something happened to be an owl that swooped down at Ryu's head. Grabbing the ferret, he ducked down while holding the rodent in his arms. However we also had two other problems.

Both Uzu and… Mrs. Button were looking at the ferret hungrily. But with a little persuasion and petting from their owners, we calmed them down. Especially when Sakuya, nailed the large brown barn owl with a knife. Quickly we offered it to both reptiles, which then ate happily. I had to admit though… watching them eat was kind of sickening…

Eventually the ferret woke up and actually spoke to us. "My thanks for the help there friends!~ I couldn't have survived without ya!~" We just stared at the talking ferret because first… it was talking, second it was a he, third it wore clothes sort of, and forth it spoke.

Recovering first Ryu put him down on the ground before speaking. "Alright you're most welcome then, but tell me why is an ermine doing in the familiar forest?" Okay now I was confused, so he wasn't a ferret? But more importantly…

What's an ermine? As I stared at the strange rodent he began to tell his tale.

"Well you see… it's like this, a long time ago a wizard cast a spell on me. This not only enhanced my intelligence, but also allowed me to talk. Unfortunately he then threw me into this forest. Saying something about not meeting his exact expectations."

Ryu frowned at his story before speaking. "For what it's worth I'm sorry that happened to you."

The ermine folded his small arms while nodding in appreciation. "Well thanks but I'm rather over it by now." Ryu seemed to understand but asked another question.

"Well still how long have you been out here?" The ermine thought for a moment before replying.

"About two weeks now." All of us paused and stared at him before Ryu recovered by shaking his head.

"Oh… well you recover fast. But hey if you have nowhere else to go, why not become my familiar and come with us?" The ermine seemed genuinely surprised at his offer, then he started tearing up.

"You mean…sniff… you mean you'd actually take me?" A bit unsure on what to do Ryu just nodded his head. Slapping his cheeks the ermine spoke happily. "Oh thank the lord of animals! My salvation has come! I am Itachi, and yes my parents hated me enough to name me weasel." No one really had anything to say to that, so instead we introduced ourselves.

But like that everyone now had a familiar. At least in our little half of the group, I had to wonder about the other half though. Mittelt, I was sure could get something. Issei though… maybe he'd find a mouse or something.

Hearing rustling from behind us we turned to see the other half of our group. However they looked rather angry about something, also Mittelt was holding onto a small child. But what really irked me was when I saw Rodrick drenched in blood. So you couldn't really blame what came out of my mouth next.

"Oh my great grandfather! What happened to you Rodrick?" Blinking in surprise at my tone he slapped his forehead before muttering something.

Looking back at me he answered my question. "Don't worry let's just say this was from a test gone wrong. Still I'm completely, but right now we have bigger issues." He then proceeded to tell us about their encounter with the little girl Fay. That got Satooji rather worried.

"This isn't good; there's never been a creature like that in this forest. Not even in ancient times when the first familiar master came here. All I can say was that someone must have let it loose in here." His words just seemed to make Mittelt even angrier than before. Not that I blamed her, I was getting rather pissed off myself. However now the once peaceful woods, seemed a bit more dangerous now. Not that it wasn't before, but anything that can eat a hell hound was definitely a true monster.

This was why we all tensed, when we heard the sound of rustling from in front of us. However what came out caused us to sigh in relief. It was another fairy; she was wearing a dark blue dress, and had pale skin. However instead of green hair and butterfly wings, she had longish ice blue hair and wings made of ice crystals. She was also completely out of breath. Rosalia seemed to recognize her as she spoke up to her.

"Chirno? What are you doing out here?" Looking up at us with bright blue eyes, she quickly scanned us. Then her eyes landed on Issei, the only one without a familiar. She quickly ran up to him and spoke rapidly.

"Hey you need a familiar right?" Issei only nodded his head dumbly, before she smirked and continued. "Then I'm the one just for you!~ I'm powerful, cute, and just fun to be around. So please make me your familiar mister um…"

"Issei"

"Right Issei, pretty please?" Not knowing what else to do Issei accepted, and Chirno became his familiar… for some reason…

Still confused Rosalia yelled at her. "Chirno what is going on?!" Turning to Rosalia she was about to answer, as we heard more rustling in the direction she came from. This prompted Chirno to pale even more, and hide behind Issei while talking.

"So since I'm your familiar now, you're supposed to protect and look after me right? Well then… protect me please!" That was when the creature we were so mad about appeared. Now that we could see it for ourselves, we noticed that Fay missed some things in her hysteric state. While everything she told us was correct, the monster also had a pair of ethereal blue tip bull horns on its head. It also had three clawed toes on each feet. For its hands were three clawed fingers, and a clawed thumb. However what we didn't miss was that it had two smaller, three clawed arms coming from its chest.

And we all had to agree with Fay… it was a monster, but we all felt chilled to the bone as it spoke. It gravelly, but held so much power, it also sounded like an old snake… a very old snake… as if an old snake was suddenly able to talk and had grown five hundred times bigger.

"Well, well, well… more prey." He then noticed Fay being held tightly by Mittelt who was glaring a hole in him. "Ah… the prey that got away. Thanks for bringing the child back here. Also don't worry; your souls will live on inside of me not to long now…" I scoffed and was about to activate my sacred gear before Rodrick's activated on its own. If his face was any indication, which was when we heard Kuros yell at us.

[I really wish it wasn't what I thought it was, but this… this is proof. Listen everyone but Ophis and Red back up, this creature is beyond any of you at the moment.] Issei was the first to question him.

"What do you mean by that?! We've been busting our buts in training we should, be able to take this guy ourselves." Everyone seemed in agreement, except for Rodrick who was observing the creature. Really he seemed quite worried about it. However what happened next shocked everyone.

[Do not argue with me! This is a Nether lord! Their almost as dangerous as Darkwraiths, do not engage him!] Okay now I was seriously scared, I was there when Xilo fought us using those puppets. So if this things almost as strong as him… then I really don't want to be near it.

(You can say that again, let's just allow Ophis and Red to deal with this…) For once I was in total agreement with Albion. In fact everyone decided to keep their lives today and backed up. This allowed our two dragon gods to walk forward. Seeing them the Nether lord laughed before speaking.

"What is this then? A small girl comes to fight me? The great Yuloto?! The great Hunter in your tongue! HAHAHAHA!" His laughs and mocking quickly got to Ophis. She really wasn't used to people treating her that way, especially since Rodrick treats us like princesses almost.

So when she talked with cold fury I was kind of scared. "Baka Red step back, he's mine." Red looked down at her and did the smart thing… he backed up. Laughing even more Yuloto waited for Ophis to attack him. When she did finally attack, she lifted her right hand and pointed her index finger at him. Quickly a tiny black ball appeared at the tip of her finger. It then grew a thousand time larger, and was fired at the Nether lord. During the attack he stopped laughing to stare in amazement. Not that I couldn't blame him, if I didn't know better I'd probably underestimate her to.

Still when the attack collided with Yuloto, a huge explosion followed in its wake. We all had to cover our eyes as the smoke spread over us. Truthfully the blast felt even stronger than what we used, to blow up the facility in Russia. So I really doubt he survived, but still Ophis kept staring in the direction that Yuloto was. Even after the only smoking place left was where he was.

Suddenly however Rodrick yelled out to her. "Ophis look out!" Her eyes widened and she was able to move a bit. But not enough as four glowing white claws pierced her right below her chest. The looking down in shock, she started bleeding as Yuloto stood there before speaking.

"An interesting power… the ability to use the power nothingness to totally erase one's existence… Still it seems like my time spent in the Abyss has served me well. You're powers are useless against me." He took his claws out of her, and quickly backhanded her with the same hand.

Rodrick was quick to grab her, working quickly he asked Asia to come and help him. Not questioning anything Asia ran over, and started using twilight healing on the dragon god. All the while Rodrick held onto her tightly, as Ophis gave out labored breaths. The look on his face as he looked up at Yuloto was truly terrifying. I've never seen him that angry before.

But who could blame him? Ophis was his first love, his first mate, and his first friend here in this world. During all the time we've known her, she's never gotten hurt. Hearing some movement to my right I saw Red start walking forward slowly.

Yuloto tilted his head as he spoke to him. "Oh… do you wish to join her in pain?" Red didn't say anything for a long time, but when he did… all playfulness, all wittiness, and all happiness was gone. Only a cold fury remained. And it was at this time that I remembered, he was the Great Red... the dragon of the apocalypse.

"You hurt Ophis… You hurt my sister… you hurt my big sister! Now prepare to be destroyed! For your apocalypse has begun!"

Yuloto character sheet

Height: Nine feet

Age: Unknown

Nationality: Nether Lord

Hair: N/A

Eyes: Glowing white

Special: Nethermancy, shadowmancy

Weapons: Claws

Skills: Tactics rank Elder, Nethermancy rank Elder, Hand to Hand Elder, Shadowmancy rank Elder, Mental torture rank Elder, Physical torture rank Elder, other abilities unknown

Likes: Souls

Dislikes: Unknown

Dreams: Unknown

Idols: Unknown

Hobbies: Slaughtering those helpless

History: Almost nothing is known about this monster, only that he enjoys feeding on the souls of his victims.

Judan: And that's a wrap, hoped everyone liked it. Still bet you never thought we'd take out Ophis like that?

Shadow: Hah….. just goes to show that no one's invincible. Still my big brother Xilo in the beginning… Now that's scary ugh…

Xilo: I know aren't I what's the word… oh yeah! Aren't I the best?

Slayer: Not really if Shadow was chosen over you.

Xilo: Now that's just mean…

Rodrick: Who cares about that! You just hurt Ophis! I'll kill you Yuloto!

Yuloto: It wasn't my fault I swear!

Judan: He's right! I made him do it.~

Rodrick: You have ten seconds to rephrase that.

Red: The clock is ticking…

Slayer: Again this has been a Dark Guard production.

Rodrick/Red: Huh?

Slayer: Now signing…

Red: No! not until we get our revenge!

Slayer: Off!

Everyone Minus Red/Rodrick: Goodbye!

Rodrick: No don't you dare…(sequence terminated.)