Slayer: And we're back!
Shadow: Well for the most part.
Judan: For the most part?
Shadow: Shh! That's a secret!
Slayer/Judan/Christopher: Uh…..
Shadow: Okay onto reviews my minions!
Slayer: Technically you're my minion. But I digress no use trying to get through to you.
Christopher: That is true…
Modaga: I agree!
Shadow: Dang it! I was hoping you wouldn't be here!
Christopher: I must agree with the lord of darkness over here.
Judan: So that's what you meant.
Modaga: Silence mortals! I the god of Chaos shall answer the first Review! Now RedBurningDragon to answer your Question! Would be to reveal much plot! But what we can say! Is that while he might not Die, Christopher has an interesting plan for the phoenix!
Shadow: Why are you talking like that?
Modaga: I have no idea what! You mean my Darkwraith friend!
Everyone/minus Modaga: …..
Christopher: Moving on to PersonaQeminod1. This we can answer with a few words… Yes Polytheistic Alliance.
Slayer: Oh yeah! I can't wait to reveal everything! But it's taking too long!
Judan: I know what you mean! I mean we have everything planned I just want to get to the good part!
Shadow: I suggest you be quiet before you reveal too much. But anyways that's it for the reviews.
Christopher: It's funny how I'm always agreeing with the literal personification of darkness and evil. But he always has good points.
Shadow: I'm not evil!
Everyone/minus Shadow: (Stare…)
Shadow: (Fake coughs…) So who wants to finish this up?
Modaga: I will So we can stoke the flames of youth!
Shadow: Oh… that explains it.
Judan: Huh?
Slayer: He means that Modaga found out about the Naruto story I'm making as a side project.
Christopher: That makes too much sense…
Modaga: YES! Now we here at the Dark Guard! Own nothing but OC's and reality Building concepts! Everything else belongs to their respective owners! Now without further ado!
Everyone: Here's the story!
Judan: Is he going to stop?
Modaga: YOUTH!
Shadow: Probably not anytime soon…
Christopher: Just makes me pity poor Kiba even more.
Judan: Ah dang… I completely forgot about him.
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Fernus
{Hello}= Ddraig
(Hello)= other sacred gears
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Eight: It's only cheating if you get caught
The Black Dragon
It's only been five minutes and I already want to stick Riser's head on a pike. The way he was acting towards Rias was incredibly disrespectful, I also didn't like the way he kept eyeing Shirone, and his whole persona just screamed pompous bigot! Personally I could see why Rias didn't want to marry him. Currently he was sitting on an armchair next to said red head. He was also drinking a cup of tea that Akeno had given him, although it did look like she was reluctant to hand it over.
Taking a sip he complimented her. "Ah… the tea made by Rias' queen is quite excellent." Although forced Akeno smiled before answering his compliment.
"Thank you Riser Sama." Apparently Riser didn't notice her forcing the smile because he kept drinking. Gritting my teeth a bit, I looked around to observe the varying expressions on everyone's faces. Kiba looked apprehensive although I could see him muttering a few things.
[Hmm… if my lip readings correct… He murmured something about chaos grant me youthful patience.] Fernus' words did nothing to rid me of my worries over Kiba. Moving on from the now possibly insane knight I looked over to the others. Asia was slightly hiding behind Issei, who looked ready to punch Riser in the face. Something I was in heartfelt agreement with. Grayfia tried to keep herself passive but I could tell that she wasn't exactly happy herself and Ulysses...
Well he was eyeing Riser as if he was an all that you can eat buffet. Mostly because despite how common it might be in most fantasy novels or games… the red element was actually a whole lot more rare than one might think. Really I've rarely met anyone who has had an innate red element. Really the last one I met was actually Issei, and that was most likely caused by his sacred gear. Which I still doubted the identity of mind you.
Now as for Shirone… well I couldn't really see her expression. But I could feel her anger and disgust towards Riser. It increased further as Riser put his hand onto Rias' thigh.
This also seemed to be the final straw for her as she jumped from her chair. "Do not touch me Riser! And as I've said before I will not marry you!" This caused him to chuckle in amusement before speaking.
"Still as feisty as ever I see. Still you cannot fight your fate. You will marry me that has already been decided by our parents." I couldn't help but narrow my eyes at that a bit. Even now after having two different sets of parents, I could never imagine any of them forcing me to marry someone I didn't love.
[Like our beautiful kitten per chance?] Ignoring the teasing dragon I turned back to the conversation.
However I was surprised when Ulysses spoke. "I must admit that this conversation is intriguing. Although we already know how things will end up going down. As such let's just skip to the important parts."
I couldn't help but narrow my eyes at him. Just what are you planning Ulysses? Looking back at Riser he seemed to look at Ulysses in a new light before nodding his head.
"Your servant has a fairly good point Rias." I almost snorted at his words as he stood up still speaking. "So I'll ask once more… will you stop this foolishness and marry me? The alliance between our two houses are important. Not to mention you must one day produce an heir for your house. An alliance between the Phenex and Gremory's would prove to create a powerful child."
Rias glared at him before speaking. "I'm not against marrying Riser." He smiled but before he could speak Rias cut him off. "However I will marry whom I want, and that will not be you! I have my pride and even those from ancient houses had the right to choose who they married!" Riser's face contorted in anger as he spoke with a suppressed tone.
"Rias I to have my pride. So if you think I would just let you make me the laughing stock of the underworld… than you're wrong." The heat quickly started rising along with the volume of his voice. Feeling this I moved Shirone off my lap and stood up, preparing to act if necessary. Unfortunately it was quite necessary.
"You will marry me! Even if I have to incinerate your servants and drag you back with me!" A fireball formed in his right hand and I acted quickly. Grabbing the hand he was using to create the fire, I quickly took in any demonic energy he was using. Though I couldn't take in his red element it was enough to extinguish the fire. Still everyone blinked in surprise as they finally noticed me near Riser.
Still Riser's face quickly contorted into anger as he yelled. "Unhand me you low class ARGH!" I quickly cut him off by starting to crush his wrist. "Let go of me!" My answer was to send some magic into my grip and squeeze even harder. "ARGHHH!" Falling to his knees in pain as his body tried to heal the damage; I just kept stealing the demonic energy he was using. But he still had his red element working to heal him. However it healed him a lot slower than both would combine. So he kept feeling constant pain as I crushed his bones. Surprisingly everyone just watched this happening for a full minute.
It was at that time that with a reluctant tone Grayfia spoke up. "Christopher Sama, I must request that you let go of his wrist. There are still some things to discuss." Looking up at her than to the downed Riser. I purposely acted like I was thinking it over for another twenty seconds. I finally let go but not before finishing up the bit of magic I was working on. Getting up quickly while backing away from me, Riser tried to speak with an arrogant tone. But his slightly shaky voice ruined whatever threat he was giving.
"You should feel lu-lucky peasant. If the stronge-est queen hadn't interfered I would've b-burnt you to a crisp." We all just stared at him blankly as he regained his composure.
Shaking her head slightly Grayfia turned to Rias. "Rias Sama your parents and brother foresaw this outcome happening. So they decided to settle this with a rating game, albeit an unofficial one."
Rias seemed mad as she spoke. "One final chance huh? Just how much are they planning on interfering with my life!" I couldn't help but look at her sadly while Grayfia questioned her.
"Does that mean you don't accept?"
Looking at me and my eldest brother she grinned before answering. "No I think I will… But first don't two people need to discuss punishment for Riser?" Seeing her idea everyone but Riser couldn't help but grin along with her.
As for Riser… "Punishment? What do you mean by that? I haven't done anything that has warranted punishment within devil laws." If it was possible Rias grinned at Riser even more maliciously, causing him to back up a bit in fear. Hell even I was a kind of scared at that grin.
"Oh my dear Riser… You may have not done anything by devil standards. However there is something you should know. This town… it isn't under devil jurisdiction anymore. It's under his.~" She then pointed at Ulysses prompting Riser to turn to him. Also just to make it seem more threatening… my brother was loudly cracking his knuckles while directing some of his aura at Riser. At this point even Riser could tell how badly he had screwed up. But before he could speak Ulysses brought up three fingers before speaking.
"First offense made by Riser Phenex… showing up without proper notification or authorization." He put down his right index finger before continuing. "Second offense made by Riser Phenex… eyeing up the mate of a Dragon god."
Riser's eyes pretty much bulged out of his head as Ulysses put down his middle finger. "Third and final offense of Riser Phenex… threating others with unprovoked violence." Adopting the same smile as Rias he folded his arms before speaking. "Now you have three strikes against you, which would normally result in either imprisonment, or being kicked out of town. But I think something special should be done since you're our first real offender. As such I think my brother, the one who's mate you eyed should decide your punishment." He then grabbed Riser's head before forcibly turning him to face me.
Already being physically hurt by me, he quickly started sweating as he realized just how badly he'd messed up. So putting my hands behind my back I let out my dragon aura. Seeing my eyes turn to red slits he backed up a bit. Now say what you want about Riser. But he like everyone else knew to never earn the wrath of a dragon.
Unfortunately he earned mine. "So what to do with you? Not only have you broken a few rules we've put in place. But you also eyed my mate like a piece of meat… insulted me… and threatened to hurt those who weren't even a part of Rias' peerage. Which happened to include my adoptive brother and one of his girlfriends. Now what do you have to say in your defense Phenex?" With each accusation I increased my killing intent directed at him.
[It's times like these that I do admire our brother.] I couldn't help but agree with Fernus on this one.
Realizing just how screwed he was he quickly came up with… valid excuses. "Listen dragon Sama… I had no idea that this town was underneath another's control. Neither did I know that you were a dragon, nor did I know that the girl on your lap was your mate. I also didn't know the two to the side weren't with Rias. So please I beg for your forgiveness!" Under normal circumstances… I wouldn't be merciful. What did you think I'd say that I would be understanding? NO! Personally I think it's worse that he didn't know! It just means that he treats everyone like this. In other words I was about to exact payment from his hide.
So growling I gave him my answer. "Riser you shall not have it. You came here acting as if you own the place, forced yourself onto someone, eyed a girl creepily, and even threatened to kill people just to get your way. No you will answer for your crimes, and although I can't ask for your head. Or even for the cancelation of Rias' marriage I can ask for other things…" Looking at me he seemed even more nervous than before. So smirking I gave him his punishment. "For your punishment you will delay the rating game by twenty two days, and you will allow Rias to have three people to help her during the game." His eyes widened at my words.
But before he could protest I cut him off. "If you refuse these terms we'll take it as a fourth offense, and then I'll let my brother Ulysses decapitate you. I think he'll enjoy a nicely cooked Phoenix dinner.~ And also believe me… you won't come back from that." Turning to my brother he shivered as he saw him lick his lips. It was also at the moment that I realized that he would actually eat him.
I guess it isn't really cannibalism…
[Just keep saying that to thyself…] Not comforted by Fernus' words I grimaced. Still I went back to glaring when Riser turned to quickly nod his head at me.
Seeing this I sniffed before speaking. "I'm glad you understand. Now leave before I rip out your soul." Sad thing was that I could actually do that. Paling at my words he quickly teleported back to the underworld. Once he was gone I let out an exhausted sigh before Shirone, wrapped her arms around my neck and began praising me.
"That was amazing Chris Kun! I didn't think you had it in you to be that scary! Also thank you for defending me!~" She then kissed my cheek while I rubbed the back of my head sheepishly. At this everyone smiled at me while Ulysses began to laugh hysterically. But I could tell it wasn't from the kiss.
After a bit he stopped laughing before speaking to me. "I can't believe you did that to him Bro! Really what spell did you put on him?!" Everyone turned from him to look at me in confusion while I just smirked.
"So you saw that did you? Well I guess I shouldn't be surprised not much gets past you does it?" Looking at me in confusion everyone tried to figure out what we were talking about.
Rias was the first to question me. "Okay I'll bite what exactly did you do to Riser?"
Smirking wider I answered her. "Earlier when we were making our way over here, Ulysses while not giving me any details told me how this conversation would go down. As in it would end up as an unofficial rating game. So while I was crushing his wrist I worked a little magic on him. You see… I may have put an invisible seal on him that will activate in twenty two days."
Rias looked at me in surprise before speaking. "So that's why you gave him that time limit, but what exactly does the seal do?" If it was possible my smirk became larger while I answered her.
"When the rating game begins, Riser's amazing regeneration will cease to function during the middle of the fight."
The black dragon the white cat
The Red emperor
I believe that my brother was actually the real devil of the group sometimes. It had already been two days since that messed up meeting with Riser. Or the Yakitori as I liked to call him, that got a good laugh from everyone. As it turned out during those two days we were just waiting for Raynare, and also my niece by four times removed Ophis. Was it four times removed? I couldn't really tell seeing how she was the adopted daughter of my adopted brother's older brother… It gave me a headache just thinking about it.
Still they showed up a day after, then after explaining everything we had a quick talk with our parents. It was actually easy, to convince them to let us take a twenty day camping trip in the mountains. Although it was suspicious, that we didn't even need to use any mind magic on them to convince them.
It was even more so when our mother winked at Koneko, after she convinced our dad it was a good idea. I think something was going on between those two. Still now we were walking to a privately owned mountain of the Gremory's in… somewhere… I really didn't know where this place was to be honest.
{You're an idiot.} That's another thing that has been happening recently. I've been hearing voices in my head… and no I don't mean in the I'm going crazy way. When I brought this up with the others no one could come up with an explanation. Although I did see the dragons of our group looking at me appraisingly… though it was Ophis, who seemed to look at me with more curiosity then suspicion. When I asked her personally she just gave me a smile and walked away.
When I tried to force more information out of her she did this…
Flashback Gear Activate!
"Uncle Issei is trying to do perverted things to me!"
Flashback Gear Deactivate!
Yeah… took a while to clear that up. Luckily Ophis said to everyone that she was just playing a prank… after Christopher and! Ulysses beat me within an inch of my life. Thank the Black Dragon god for healing magic!
"Achoo!" Turning to look at Christopher I couldn't help but smirk. He was currently carrying a humongous bag on his shoulder. On top of that was Keno, Koneko, Ophis, and Milly.
Still that was another thing I've been doing lately. I've been praying to my younger brother just to see what would happen. I've enjoyed the reactions so far. I started doing that after I overheard a conversation between Koneko and Keno. They were talking about whether praying to Chris and the others would do anything. Their reasoning was that since other gods got stronger, than they should as well. Me on the other hand was just doing it as a way to get a little payback.
Especially since this morning… you see at the base of the mountain he said this…
Flashback Gear Activate!
"Issei today we start your punishment!" He then put on a weight seal on me making me feel as if I was carrying fifty kilos. He then gave me a very large pack and pointed at the top of the mountain, all the while smiling evilly. "Your first task is to take everything up this small hill. Good luck soldier!~"
Flashback Gear Deactivate!
I swear I'm going to kill him one day.
{Killing a god… yeah good luck with that.}
Gee… thanks magical voice in my head. You're such a wonderful help. To my dismay the voice answered my sarcastic remark.
{You're welcome.} Worse part was that I had no idea if it was being sarcastic or not.
By the Black dragon could this get any worse!
"Achoo!" I smirked while looking back at my brother. Still at this sneeze Milly questioned him.
"Are you catching a cold Chris Nii?" The other two looked just as concerned but sniffing Chris waved them off.
"Don't worry I'm a dragon god! I can't get sick; you should know that already Mil Chan." At his words I actually started thinking a bit.
That's actually true… not once have I've ever seen him get sick. I then smirked a bit before thinking… Praise be the black dragon's fortitude!
"Achoo!" I almost couldn't keep myself from laughing that time. But I stopped when Ophis turned to look at me with a narrowed look. Gulping a bit I just waved trying to act natural. Making the "I'm keeping an eye on you" gesture she turned back around. I gave out a small sigh of relief at that. I guess that she just didn't like her ride being sabotaged. Still she couldn't have known it was me causing him to sneeze… could she? Deciding to test out my theory I gave one last fake prayer.
Oh Ophis the infinity dragon give me a sign that you know it's me. This time she sneezed before turning back to glare at me.
{It's been nice knowing you partner…} The voice in my head did not help my courage at all, especially when I saw Ophis stand up and jump off the bag towards me.
Well this is going to be pleasant… She then landed on my head and dug her sharp teeth into my skull.
"AHH! Would someone get this creature off of me!?"
Twenty minutes later…
I was now panting on the floor of a nice mountain cottage. Earlier it took about ten minutes to get Ophis off of me. When the others asked why she quickly explained her reasoning.
"He fake prayed to me asking for a sign that I knew that he was praying to us. So I gave him one." Christopher quickly understood why he was sneezing earlier, and added on five more kilos to the seals. It was then we all learned that only real heartfelt prayers made gods stronger. That had actually surprised my younger brother. As it turned out he didn't know he could become stronger like that. Though then Keno cut in by saying that she once had to stop Juda, from creating an actual cult in his name. We couldn't help but stare at Juda who was then whistling innocently.
Chris also gave a hard glare at Ulysses when he developed a thoughtful expression. Hopefully it was enough to stop him from copying Juda. Really I had no idea what I'd do if the Cult, of the Red dragon became a national religion. I mean the church of the spaghetti monster was bad enough.
{I don't think the church of the Red dragon sounds too bad.} Ignoring the voice I slowly made my way to my feet, just in time for Chris to call everyone outside. Eventually when everyone was lined up, Ulysses and Chris marched up in front of us like drill sergeants. I instantly got a bad feeling about all of this.
Especially since they were both wearing brown American army uniforms. Really the only things missing were the badges and medals. Strangely enough both Juda and Keno were watching from the porch.
Clearing his throat Christopher spoke first. "Now listen here maggots! For the next twenty days we will not just push you to your limits! Nay! We will push you past those limits! For even with my little trick against Riser you'll still be in for the fight of your lives! Thanks to Ulysses we were able to get some information on your opponents. Personally I believe that anyone of you could defeat any one of them. However! You are still fairly outnumbered; as such we need to increase your quality to their quantity. Because unfortunately me and Ulysses can't participate directly. Trust me we tried to find a way in but were quickly shut down."
Ulysses picked up where he left off. "However you still have some hope. You see Issei, Asia, and Keno will join you in the games." Rias was quick to protest against that.
"But Ulysses San! They're only human! They wouldn't last long against Riser's peerage!" Though I didn't want to admit it, what Rias said was true. However when Chris and Ulysses started laughing… I ended up having second thoughts.
Chris stopped first and turned to speak to Rias. "Ah my dear Gremory… you have so little faith in humans. So how would you like a demonstration? Keno VS Kiba now how does that sound?" Everyone turned to Keno who now had a down right feral grin on her face. Juda on the other hand was giving a look of pity to Kiba.
{That kids toast.} I couldn't help but agree with the strange voice… while also wondering if I was developing psychosis. You know the thing where you see and hear things not actually there? If I was honest it wouldn't be that big of a surprise to me if I was. But back to Kiba's probably beat down.
It took a minute but eventually we got Rias and Kiba to agree to a spar. In the end we got Kiba and Keno to stand thirty feet apart while facing each other. Both were also unarmed for some reason. But although I know that Kiba has his sword birth sacred gear. I don't know what Keno has up her sleeves. Or lack of for that matter considering her shirt didn't have any.
Rias also managed to convince everyone that she should referee the fight. As to in her own words, make sure that Keno wouldn't push herself past her limits. I almost ran for the hills at the evil grin Keno gave Rias when she said that. Now I personally understand what kind of hell training underneath one of the elemental dragon gods can be. In example my brother Christopher, now I can only imagine what it would be like to train under one for years. Not just a couple weeks like me.
Hell! I think sweet adorable Milly could probably kick Kiba's behind!
{Actually I think that would send a stronger message…}
Rias' voice cut off my thoughts as she spoke. "Are the fighters ready?" Both Kiba and Keno nodded their heads. "Alright then no killing blows, first to put the other in a position where a kill could be made will be the winner. Now begin!"
Kiba acted first. "Holy Eraser!" Quickly as soon as he said that a two edged longsword appeared into his hand. It wasn't too remarkable although it had a demonic look to it. You see Kiba's sword birth could create any demonic sword he wants.
Gripping his sword with two hands he dashed with impressive speed towards Keno. What happened next no one could follow. It was just all of the sudden Keno was five feet forward from her starting position, and also Kiba was on his face a couple feet behind her.
Raynare was the first to question the whole thing. "Okay… would anyone mind explaining what the…" She paused before looking at Milly and continuing. "Heck just happened? Because I'm completely confused." Smiling at her words Chris was about to speak but Milly beat him to it.
"That's simple Raynare Nee San. You see Keno San took a few steps forward towards Kiba San's right. She then stuck her foot out and tripped him. She was so fast that poor Kiba San didn't even see it coming." The voice in my head spoke my thoughts (and probably everyone else's) perfectly.
{But somehow the small child did…} While Chris gave Milly a sucker for her explanation, I was thinking more about how strong she was. Now while it was true that my brother did say she was a black belt in martial arts techniques. Plus it was also true that she always lasted the longest in training… I really didn't think that she was powerful enough to see movements that fast. Shaking my head I turned back to the fight, and I was just in time to see Kiba start to stand up while holding his head.
The trip probably rattled him up. Slowly he got up using his sword as a crutch. Turning around he brought his sword up in front of him while glaring at Keno.
He then spoke with some heat in his voice. "That was a dishonorable move." Surprisingly it was Milly who spoke again.
"Chris Nii says that "honor" in a life or death fight is stupid. And that you should worry about that after you survive." While the dragons and those related to them nodded their heads sagely… the rest of us were looking back and forth, between my brother who was patting Milly's head affectionately. Along with looking at him with bewildered looks. Sad thing was that we really couldn't dispute what she said. Shaking his head Kiba turned back to Keno, only to duck down as she aimed a high kick at his head. How she got in front of him so fast I would never know.
Seeing this move she somehow changed the directory of her kick, and brought it down on him in an axe kick. He couldn't dodge and was once again sent face first into the dirt. As he tried to recover Keno spoke.
"How'd you like that? My friend Sig told me that a friend of his could do the same thing I just did. When I first heard about it, I knew that I just had to put that move into my arsenal of techniques. Still you remained conscious, but I guess that's your devil makeup you have to thank. However I must say I'm a bit disappointed, I expected more from the user of sword birth. I never even got to use my own sacred gear."
Now I was quite surprised about that. I didn't know that Keno had a sacred gear as well. Turning to Chris I could see that he wasn't surprised, but instead had an enlightened look on his face. As if he finally figured out where to put the last piece to a puzzle. My guess… that he knew she had a special ability, but didn't know it was tied to a sacred gear until now. Still turning back to the fight I saw Kiba slowly get up to his feet while once again holding onto his head. Seeing this Keno smiled while encouraging him…
Well sort of half taunting half encouraging. "There you go! Now come on I want to see more of your skills!~ Know that the better you perform the less work you have to do during the training." Finally recovered Kiba glared at her with a look of determination before speaking.
"Don't think that you won yet! I'll make you use your sacred gear just watch!" He then summoned another holy eraser and attacked her with dual swords. Grinning she easily evaded all of his sword swings. Slashes, stabs, and cuts all were evaded with amazing grace. However as the fight raged on Kiba got more used to her movements, and was able to read her better. It was when he managed to cut a single strand of her hair was when things got interesting…
In a burst of speed Keno put twenty feet between them. "You managed to actually hit me, barely but still got me. I guess I can take you a bit more seriously…" She then held out her right hand, and a sword handle appeared in her hand within a small light. It was the handle of a katana and was about ten inches long. The guard was circular, and there was a red ribbon around the top of the handle.
After summoning the handle she spoke. "Did you know there are three similar sacred gears revolving around swords? Two of them are relatively known there's yours, sword birth. It allows the user to create any demonic sword they want. Another is its opposite Blade Blacksmith; it allows the creation of any holy sword." At the mention of holy swords Kiba's eyes narrowed. But Keno ignored that and kept going. "Then there's the third, it's the rarest yet the stronger of the three. This is my sacred gear Edged enchanter, and it lets me make any enchanted sword that I want. Which means… I can create any type of sword that I want."
Kiba's eyes widened as he brought his swords up, just in time to block a side swipe from Keno. Still the blade of Keno's sword revealed itself as she pushed against Kiba. It was barely visible and looked like the blade of a regular katana. She then spoke while slowly pushing him back.
"This is one of my personal favorites. The Shiro Kage or white shadow in Japanese, it's basically an almost invisible blade. Now I could've made it completely invisible, but I sacrificed that to make the overall sword tougher like so!" With her piece said she put more power into her attack and pushed Kiba back. She also simultaneously broke both his swords. In shock Kiba couldn't move in time as Keno's right fist, buried itself into his face. This sent him onto his back. But before he could recover Keno pointed her sword down at him before speaking.
"And that's game, good match." The clearing was silent before Milly started clapping for the both of them.
"Good fight you two! I even learned a few things!~" Even with a bruising jaw Kiba couldn't help but chuckle at Milly's actions. Getting up while holding his jaw he turned to look at a stunned Rias. More than likely he was waiting for her verdict. Noticing that she was being looked at Rias cleared her throat before speaking.
"That match is now over, and the winner is Keno Shao Long!" Yep Keno and Juda were actually Chinese; really I was surprised when I learned their last name. Mostly because they really didn't look anything like Chinese, but it's not like I'm judging or anything I was just surprised. As it turned out the dragons were all born in different countries, which matched them the best. Ulysses was born in the USA before his parents moved to Europe where his sister was born in Italy. Then Chris was born in England. I also heard that Altus was born in Norway, and Glacial was born in Hawaii.
Apparently the strangest part was that the dragons, weren't planning for that to happen. Really it was all completely coincidental. I call complete bull on that though, there's just no way that could all be a coincidence. Hearing my brother speak shook me from my thoughts as I listened.
"Alright I guess that's about it then. Now that you all have seen what a human with good training can do… it's time to bring you all up to par. Just a warning though…" He developed a feral grin on his face before continuing to speak. "This will not be a pleasant training trip…" Everyone gulped before Christopher started giving everyone training assignments.
It was then that all of us started the training from hell. We also began what we liked to call the training diaries.
Day Two
The Pure Fallen
Today was the real first day of training. Yesterday was just Chris Nii testing out the limits for everyone. It kind of made me sad when I realized I was one of the strongest there. I think it made everyone else pretty sad to now that I think of it. Or maybe it wasn't that I was stronger per say… but just used to Chris Nii's training methods. Everyone else… not so much… By the end of the day everyone who didn't know a dragon for more than five years, were on the ground panting for breath.
Though Koneko Nee Chan was slightly better, mostly thanks to her rook attributes. Still that was yesterday and today is a new day!
Plus I'm finally going to be learning how to fly today! Yep I was rather excited about this, because so far my brother had been working on increasing my magical core and physical attributes. He said he wanted to make sure I was prepared for long term flight and high altitudes. So really he was working on increasing my overall endurance. For today my first lesson will be with Raynare Nee San, after that I'm to be monitored by Ulysses Nii. This was because Raynare had training of her own to do.
Right now we were both outside, and were wearing what I could only assume were black track suits. The suits also had holes on the back right underneath our shoulders. She said that these would be perfect exercise clothes, because this way our wings won't tear open holes in them. But personally I think mine felt just a bit itchy.
My attention went back to my flight instructor as she spoke. "Alright now, the first thing to know about flying is that our wings are a separate muscle. So if you want to fly for long periods of time than you have to work them out. Secondly don't try any tricks until your wings are at an acceptable strength. You got all that?" I nodded my head seriously knowing that this could save my life.
Seeing that I understood she continued. "Now how too actually fly, the first thing you need to know about is the number of wings you have. Not only does this indicate how powerful you are, but it also makes it easier to fly since you have more muscle to share the weight of your body. But we really don't need to worry about that quite yet, seeing how we both have just one set of wings."
I once again nodded my head as she continued. "Now the last time you brought out your wings, it was with conjunction with activating your magic core. Now to bring them out you need to focus on your shoulder blades. Right underneath them is where you'll find your wings. Try to manually feel them out and flex them as you would your biceps." Closing my eyes I concentrated and tried to do what she said. It was a lot more difficult than I'd imagine. Seeing my frustration Raynare Nee San encouraged me. "Don't worry it gets easier with time just try to slowly stretch them, I've heard they're always a bit stiff for the newbies."
Smiling at the encouragement I refocused on the task at hand. Eventually I started to feel where they were; invigorated I quickly began to stretch them out. With a little more pushing I released them while at the same time I heard my teacher gasp in surprise. Opening my eyes I looked at her questioningly before turning my head to see what was wrong.
"Huh… would you look at that?" Coming from my back wasn't two but four wings. Looking back to Raynare Nee San I now saw her on her knees crying out in despair.
"She truly is more powerful than me! It just isn't fair I've been working hard all my life to get a second set! BWAHAHA!" Luckily before things could escalate, Chris Nii showed up to see what the commotion was about.
"Okay what is going on over here?" His voice trailed off as he saw the crying older angel. He then turned to me and his eyes widened. "Wow… I think I get what she's upset about now. Still congratulations Mil Chan!~" I looked down at my feet while blushing from his praise. Though some of you might think it was fairly often that he praises me. It actually wasn't so, you see while he might call me cute or adorable while smothering me. Something which I'm always embarrassed about… He only truly praises me when I've done something impressive. Says that it helps me not a get big head that way.
Still this did mean I was ten times stronger than the average fallen angel or even angel. You see each time an angel gets another pair of wings, it means they've become ten times stronger. So really I had to respect both Azazel, and Michael for having six sets of wings. It meant they were at least a million times stronger than the average angel. Well that's if my math is correct. It could just be a hundred thousand but I digress.
The Crimson Princess
I still couldn't get over how strong Keno was. I mean she beat Kiba without even trying! And he was definitely no slouch in combat. Still me, Akeno, and Asia ended up training with Christopher for today. Mostly because he knew more about our types of magic, than anyone else at the moment. He was currently wearing his drill sergeant uniform while we wore track suits. Mine was red, Akeno's was purple, and Asia's was a light blue.
Clearing his throat he began speaking. "Now as I've seen from all of you, you're just like most stereotypical magic users. All of you have a fatal flaw when it comes to combat, anyone want to explain what that might be?" I was quick to answer his question.
"Since we focus more on our magical and mental abilities, we are often weak against physical attacks. But since we stay in the back we don't have to necessarily worry about fighting on the front lines."
He clicked his tongue before speaking again. "While what you said is true… that's also rather stupid. One should never give up their physical abilities to just focus in one area. In fact training the physical can actually increase the potency of your magic. Though it is a much slower process than training your mind. However the rewards are well worth it. For example you won't increase the amount you have, but you will make what you do have denser." Me and Akeno blinked in surprise at this. Mostly because no one's ever told us that before. Asia on the other hand was new to all of this, so she just nodded her head in acceptance.
Seeing our various reactions made our magic teacher smirk. "I see that at least two of you were never told about this until now. But that should be a given, seeing how most like to have incredible reserves of magic at their beck and call. It is also as I said just much easier to increase magic reserves, than it is to make your magic more potent. However I'll be teaching you the way Altus taught me… in other words you'll be doing both." A feral grin developed on his face causing me and Asia to gulp nervously. Akeno on the other hand looked rather excited; this made me realize that I might have to curb her sadism soon.
Because more than likely she'll be getting off, with the kind of training I'm expecting to get from the dragon god.
"Alright now I'm just going to make you run one hundred laps around the house." I sighed in relief at that.
Well that doesn't sound too bad. Unfortunately I spoke to soon.
"Not only that but I will be putting weight seals on your arms, legs, chest, and back. Oh! And they also way thirty five kilos each!~" Me and Asia started crying in anguish once we heard this final bit.
But we only got worse as he continued speaking. "Each day while we're here, I'll be adding two more kilos to each of your weights. I'll also be adding on another lap. But I will reduce them by twenty five kilos when we begin our afternoon training. Then I'll decrease them by another twenty during evening mental training. Once we're completely done for the day I'll deactivate them. Don't want you sleeping with them on after all. That'll just wreck your bed."
Asia was the first to speak. "We're going to die aren't we?"
Unfortunately his next words didn't help our anguish. "Most likely, now come here I need to apply the seals." So one by one we walked up to him and let him add his torture… I mean training seals onto us. Surprisingly he didn't even need to physically touch us to do it. But I shouldn't be surprised since I already saw him put the seals on Issei, Koneko, and Kiba earlier while giving control of the seals to their trainers. After that he forced us to start running. Now if I remember correctly one kilo was at least two point two pounds. So really… we were all carrying around at least three hundred and eighty pounds when running around the house.
Though because the weight was evenly distributed, it wasn't as hard as it could've been. Imagine running with three hundred pounds on your legs alone! A little bit more than a quarter of the way through our laps, we heard Raynare start crying about something. Worried Christopher ran off to check on her and Milly. When he came back he had a huge smile on his face.
Seeing this I quickly questioned him. "So what exactly was going on?"
He winked at me before speaking. "You'll find out during dinner, now hustle!" When we were finally done with our laps, we collapsed onto the ground in exhaustion. Poor Asia had the worst of it though, but that was probably a given seeing how she's a human.
And yet Keno who's probably gone through training like this all her life beat Kiba… At least that was my best guess… seeing how their explanation was that she had trained to go beyond human limits.
Clapping his hands we all turned to look at Chris. "Alright I'm decreasing the weights now. After that I will begin your lessons in evasion. Then during the evening I will try and improve upon your magical abilities." With the way he said evasion I already knew that this would be rather hellish.
The White Cat
Well me and Kiba ended up getting Keno and Juda to train us. Having two different fighting styles, meant they could teach us a bit more versatility. Or at least that's what they had said. Personally I was hoping to see more of Keno's martial arts. That axe kick she gave Kiba was fairly impressive. Luckily she said that I could probably do that and more. As for Kiba she was probably going to help him with his swordsmanship. Though what her brother Juda will be teaching us I had no idea.
At the moment though me and Kiba were wearing tracksuits like everyone else. Mine was a light pink and Kiba's was a light green. Juda was wearing what I now called his usual outfit, while Keno was wearing something a bit different. She was wearing a white short sleeved buttoned up shirt, with a dark pink skirt that stopped midway on her thighs. She was also wearing white tights that stopped above her knees, and had on pink dress shoes. They had flat bottoms with a single strap going over her foot. In her right hand was Shiro Kage and she currently had it leaning on her shoulder.
We both stood at attention when she spoke. "Alright today is the first day of training! I hope you're ready for pain and lots of it! Because we don't believe in a workout without it!~" Me and Kiba couldn't help but gulp at her words. Because if yesterday was any indication…
Well today was probably going to be worse. My thoughts were quickly validated when I saw Juda clap his hands, and the seals Chris put on us earlier activate. Quickly I felt as if I weighed a ton.
Seeing us struggling to stand up Keno smirked before speaking. "Now since you two are the strongest physically, we gave you two the most weight out of your friends. Especially you Koneko, after all you are the rook the tank of the peerage. For Kiba he'll be carrying fifty kilos on his back, arms, legs, and chest. This will increase by three every day, as to make sure you don't get used to the weight."
Three hundred Kilos! That's more than six hundred pounds! I looked at her nervously as she told me how much I was carrying.
"As for our dear white haired friend… she has eighty kilos in the same places. She is the strongest of your peerage after all." At this point in time I didn't know whether or not to be proud or horrified that I could carry over half a ton. "We'll also be increasing your weights by five kilos every day." I didn't know what to think at this point. The good news was that I'd probably be able to beat anyone of Riser's peerage with a single punch when this is over. The bad news… I'd be carrying over a one ton by the time we're done.
Stepping forward Juda spoke. "Weight training is in the morning, during the afternoon is technique training. This is where we'll be trying to teach new fighting skills. For Koneko we've already gotten a martial arts we think will work for her. For you Kiba we'll be working on not only your swordsmanship, but also how you use your sacred gear in general. Then finally in the evening we'll spar to test out your skills without the weights. Then we'll go and have dinner and get ready for bed and all that." The both of us nodded our heads in understanding though it was reluctantly.
But what happened next was a complete surprise. "Alright now it's time to begin!" Juda then went into the woods for a few seconds, when he came back out we saw him carrying two huge boulders. "Alright for weight training for today we'll be tying these rocks to your backs. Then we'll climb on top and make you march to the top of one of these mountains." I was beginning to think that we should've just taken our chances, and fight Riser without their help.
Four hours later we were back and collapsed on the ground, with our boulders on our sides.
I so want to break that thing into pieces right now! Unfortunately I couldn't, seeing how Juda didn't want to go out and find anymore "rocks" as he called them. Still it was nice of them to let us have a little break before technique training. I also had to wonder just what they would be teaching me.
Luckily I didn't have to wait long as Keno's voice cut into my thoughts. "Alright up and at em! It's time to continue so get up quickly we're burning daylight here!" Groaning in pain we eventually managed to get ourselves off the ground. Seeing us standing Keno nodded her head before speaking directly to me. "Alright you're with my brother; he'll be teaching you Igonfu, Piguaquan, and Ying Kung Fu. If you don't know what any of those are don't worry Juda will explain it to ya. Now off you go!~ I have to train mister knight here on how to be a real swordsman."
Shrugging in acceptance I looked towards Juda who motioned for me to follow him. As we walked into woods where I could only assume was in the direction of a clearing, I thought about the three martial arts Keno said I'd be learning. Truth was that I never even heard of any of them until now. The most I knew was karate with a little bit of Judo thrown in. Eventually we made it to a clearing that had punching posts, stepping logs, and a whole other slew of martial arts equipment.
Turning to me he quickly questioned my knowledge. "Alright then before we begin I'd like to know if you've ever heard of the three styles we've mentioned." I shook my head causing him to nod his before speaking again. "I see… well let's start with the one that'll form a base for the other two. Igonfu… Now Igonfu is an interesting technique that channels your energy into your arms, legs, head, and pretty much everything else. For humans this would make their bodies as hard as steel." I couldn't help but let out a whistle at that.
Still understanding where he was going with this I spoke up. "I see… but with my rook attributes all of this would be enhanced right?"
He grinned at me before answering. "Yep!~ With igonfu you'd be even more dangerous. Now for the second one which will increase the effects of Igonfu." I nodded my head before he continued. "This is Ying Kung Fu. It's a technique which conditions the body to be even tougher. Other martial arts such as karate hit a punching pole to toughen up their hands. However they never go to the extent of Ying Kung Fu. Now for Piguaquan, a funny name yes. But this is the actual fighting style you'll be learning. So pay attention to my moves here." Taking a deep breath he then began to do the first basic katas of the martial art.
Spreading out his legs with his left foot forward he stretched out his arms. They were also slightly bent at the elbows and his hands were facing away from his body.
He then began to whip his arms about slowly while speaking. "Now Piguaquan is an interesting Chinese Kung Fu style. Mostly because you use your arms as whips, this makes your attacks hit harder and your range longer. As you can see Igonfu, and Ying Kung Fu compliment this style perfectly." He then stopped his movements before turning to me. "Now we'll take it slow today so you can at least memorize the basic katas. But I expect you to have them down in the next ten days. So I will be pushing you rather hard, are you up to the task?"
Gaining a determined look on my face I spoke. "Yes in fact I'll have them down in eight." Looking at me for a few seconds he started laughing. A bit put off I snapped at him. "And what exactly did you find so funny?!" After a few moments he stopped before explaining himself. To say I was surprised by his answer was an understatement.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have laughed, but I guess you could say I just saw what Mr. Black saw in you. He said that you'd probably get the basics down in eight days as well." It took me a second to realize who he was talking about.
But when I did I couldn't help but blush a bit. "Chris Kun actually said that?" He nodded his head before continuing.
"Yep he did indeed!~ In fact he was the one to suggest teaching these styles. Said that they would maximize your fighting potential. Igonfu for your chakra and demonic energy, Ying Kung Fu for your rook traits, and Piguaquan to maximize the range you naturally have because of your size. They also just happened to complement each other like I said earlier." I couldn't help but smile softly at his words.
It would seem as though my mate has high hopes for me. Slapping my cheeks a bit I gave a happy but determined look towards Juda.
"If he really believes in me that much than what are we waiting for? Let's get started!"
The Red Emperor
I felt lucky yet unlucky today. Lucky because I got Ulysses to train me, but unlucky because I still had these training seals on. Worse was that before I left the house my "dear" old brother increased their weight by ten kilos. Now for some reason Ulysses was still wearing his military uniform. I on the other hand was wearing a dark red tracksuit.
Now that I think about it… I think everyone was wearing a tracksuit…
Turning to face me Ulysses spoke. "Alright now our brother has told me what he's been working on with you. Since you already have a magic gauntlet, we decided to teach you Moi Tai boxing. A martial arts that relies on elbows and knees. Which is rather different from other styles."
Interested I decided to question him on the difference. "Now while I've heard about Moi Tai before, what makes it so different from other fighting styles?"
Unfortunately his answer didn't fill me with confidence. "Because if you use them incorrectly you could kill your opponent."
Gulping I had to ask why. "Then why does it use elbows and knees?"
"Because if you use them correctly you can kill your opponent!" My jaw kind of went slack at that little tidbit. Laughing he shook off my surprise. "Ahh don't worry about it too much!~ You should know that any martial arts can be used to kill your enemy. Besides unlike the others you need to have as much power as you can get." Coming out of my stupor I looked at him quizzically before voicing my question.
"What exactly do you mean by that?" Sighing he became serious before answering me.
"Issei unlike Keno who is also human, you've haven't exactly trained all too much. No really the only times you worked out was when Chris, decided to drag you out to the gym. Also you really only worked on your endurance was when you got caught peeping, and got the snot beat out of you. Oh remind me to teach you the proper way to peak later. But that's beside the point… you see Issei we need to get you as strong as possible, as quickly as possible. Your sacred gear can help but you need to do the work. Remember your twice critical is just a tool, and as they say… the tool doesn't make the man."
Thinking on what he said I knew he was correct. Hell even Milly was stronger than me at this point!
It's also my job as the older brother to protect my younger siblings. I can't do that if I'm weaker than them! Taking a deep breath I slapped my cheeks a bit, and looked towards the red dragon with determination.
"Alright! Show me what to do first! Because I'm itching to get started, I'll prove that I can become strong enough to protect those I care about despite being human!"
{Three hours later…}
I'm in so much pain right now… Currently I was on the ground and broken. Really I didn't think that Ulysses would be an even stricter and tougher teacher than Chris! What was worse was that the guy wasn't even in dragon form at the moment. Which really meant only one thing… Christopher's been holding back his strength this whole time!
"Whew… I must say I'm a bit impressed. Your ability to take a beating is quite astounding. Still you at least show aptitude in Moi Tai so I guess this wasn't a total loss. Maybe we can even add in some elbow and knee blades later, what do you think?" I would've answered him saying that sounded actually rather cool, but as I said I was a smoking heap on the ground. What was worse was that Ulysses said he didn't have a complete training routine picked out for me. So really I'm at the mercy of whatever he decided to come up with.
Looking down at me he sat on a nearby rock before speaking again. "Issei there's something that you need to know, so just listen to what I'm going to say." My only answer was a groan so he continued. "Good now as I doubt you know there are actually four basic energies someone can use. They are Ki or Life energy, Aura or spiritual energy, mana or magic energy, and then psionic or mental energy. These four energies can be harnessed and used by varying individuals. In fact some can even fuse different energies together. For example spiritual and life energy can become chakra. However putting them all together is rather impossible."
Groaning I managed to sit up to listen better as he continued. "Now you have no talent in magic, mental, or even spiritual power. But what you can use, and what Keno used against Kiba was Ki. This is increased purely by physical training. Though in truth Ki is a basis for all the other energies, because although it's subtle. Every user of the other three types of energy puts a bit of Ki into their abilities. It's why training with your Ki always helps boost magical abilities. Sure you won't be able to blow up moons, launch Ki blasts, or other such things like in that one anime anytime soon. But since your only human it's really the only thing you can do."
Thinking about what he said made me a bit excited. Though I did have to question him on one point in particular.
"Are you sure it's impossible to combine all of them?"
He shrugged his shoulders before answering. "Well to be honest, there's never been anyone to ever be successful in their attempt. Doing so would take more concentration and willpower than anyone could possibly ever have. So no… there hasn't been anyone who's been able to combine all of them." (S/N Cue sneeze from Neos)
Thinking on his words I decided on something. "Alright then… I guess I'll just have to be the first won't I?" He looked at me for a bit before he started laughing. "Hey what's so funny this time?!" Wiping his eyes he answered me.
"Sorry it's just that what you said was rather interesting. To be honest I believed that you'd decide that combining them would be too hard. In other words I just expected you to just work on your Ki. But if you really want to master them all… then you're in for a world of hurt! Prepare to a lifetime of grueling training, because that's how long it'll take to master!" At this moment I couldn't help but feel extremely small when compared to the red dragon.
{Still your goal is a worthy one.}
Well at least I have the psychedelic voice in my head cheering me on…
The black dragon the white cat
The Black Dragon
After leaving my students to work on different ways they could use their magic's. I left to start on dinner. I was actually rather proud of the work ethic they had. Even if the last twenty laps they did was a bit slow. Not to mention at the end of the evasion lesson, where I launched hundreds of gravity spears at them. Still I left after giving Asia some instructions on barriers, and I even gave Rias some new ideas for her own power of destruction. Because currently… the only thing she did with it was to send out huge waves of power. I basically told her to condense the power she used, and to form different shapes from them.
To be honest she could even form shields from her power if she wanted to. Now as for Akeno, I figured learning some water magic would be good against Riser and his peerage. Unfortunately I could only really tell her what Glacial told me about her magic. Seeing how I couldn't use water spells the same way they can. To be perfectly honest… all the dragons can learn to use different element spells. At least in different ways, truth is that we don't control those elements at all. No instead we control a specific thing, and then create spells using that as a base.
As I said my combat specialty is time space manipulation, Ulysses' is actually control over plasma. This actually means that if he wanted to he could forcibly rip out someone's blood. Glacial could do the same seeing how hers is power over liquid. Juda has control over gasses, leading to using the oxygen in plants to control them. To even creating large waves of devastating wind. Altus' ability was over solids and what is more solid than rock? However he could still summon and create lighting. But it made sense considering that a lightning bolt, actually forms from the ground.
You see when you see it striking the ground that's just the electricity going back into the ground. Obviously there's a whole lot more to it than that but it'd take quite a bit to explain. Then there's my sister who is my opposite, she controls space time. Truly our abilities are the hardest to explain and even begin to understand. Considering that time and space are both metaphysical concepts. Really if I wanted to I could age someone till they died. But instead I just age the connection between their body and soul, eventually allowing me to rip it out with other black element abilities. It's actually a lot less painful that way surprisingly…
As for sending it to hell… that's a black element spell separate from my powers. But I can really control gravity, that having to deal with both my time and space abilities. So while I might be able to create black holes… my sister can create supernovas. The others could never quite decide which one was worse…
Being so wrapped up in my thoughts, I didn't realize I was done until I had placed the last dish down at the table. Blinking I looked at what I had made. There was bacon mushroom soup (S/N PM me if you want the recipe it truly is delicious), teriyaki meatballs, rice, orange chicken, tempura shrimp, egg rolls, pork dumplings, and beef steam buns. A perfect meal for after a grueling workout, luckily I was done just in time as the others started piling in.
As I expected everyone but the trainers (excluding Raynare) were tired and exhausted. Even my normally energetic sister Milly looked rather tired. Observing them a bit longer I clapped my hands before congratulating them.
"It's nice to see all of you managed to get through the whole day. So as a reward I made a special dinner for all of you tonight. There's plenty so feel free to dig in!~" Everyone gave a tired cheer as they sat down at their usual spots. It was also at this time that Ophis showed up from wherever she was hiding. She took a seat next to Ulysses, which wasn't that big of a surprise really. What also wasn't surprising was when everyone was done… there was absolutely no food left on the table. However I did punch Issei after he said another fake prayer in my name.
But I also felt a slight chill go up my spine during dinner as well. It was the same feeling I got from when Me, Shirone, and Grayfia caught Rias sneaking into Issei's room. It wasn't a bad chill, in fact I kind of liked it but not knowing what it was kind of made me tense. When I asked Fernus about it he didn't say anything, only saying that I'd figure it out soon enough.
Clapping her hands Rias interrupted my thoughts as she spoke. "Well I guess that's it for today everyone now it's time to hit the baths and then go to bed. Because I have no doubt, that things will only get more difficult from here on out." She glared at me a bit before turning back to everyone else.
Issei was the first to speak to her. "Wait there are out door baths here?" Smiling at him playfully Rias answered him.
"Yeah do you want to join us?~" Issei quickly nodded his head while Rias asked the opinions of the other girls. Asia said yes albeit a bit timidly, Raynare and Akeno agreed with a seductive wink. But when it got to Shirone, Keno, and Ophis… They all answered in unison.
"""I'd rather die.""" Milly also refused saying it would be weird to bathe with her older brother. Ophis said she didn't trust perverts, which included her father. This made Ulysses start crying on the floor talking about how cruel his daughter was. But what Shirone said next didn't really surprise me all that much.
"However if it was Chris Kun then I'd be fine with it." Akeno was the first to tease her about this.
"Ara Ara… does our little sweet Koneko Chan wants to do it with her lover in a steamy hot bath?~" As me and Shirone started blushing it was actually Rias who came to our rescue.
"Akeno I highly doubt they're going to be doing anything to mature anytime soon. We all know how they're the type to take things slowly." I guess I really should've expected what Ulysses would say next.
"HAHAHA! Sorry to burst your bubble but they've already consummated their love quite some time ago!~"Everyone stared at Ulysses blankly, while me and Shirone tried to quickly run away.
"Where do you think you two are going?" Unfortunately it wasn't fast enough, as we turned to see a smiling Rias with her eyes closed. Unfortunately that smile only spelt malicious intent for me. "So… you took my rooks purity eh? Well… I hope you're prepared for the consequences.~" Her eyes then opened, and I could feel killing intent which matched my own directed onto me.
Luckily I knew what just to say. "Rias if you try anything violent I will reactivate the seals, only this time with one ton on each weight seal." That got her to quickly back up while she became pale. But to be honest that much weight could actually kill her at this point. Not that I'd actually do it mind you… I just said it to get her off of my back for the moment. Unfortunately what happened next was inevitable…
Confused Milly spoke up. "I don't understand… didn't Chris Nii and Koneko Nee Chan just kiss? I see them doing that all the time." Akeno was unfortunately the first to answer her.
"Is that what you think Ulysses San meant when he said consummate their love?" Milly nodded her head before Akeno spoke more. "Sorry but what they actually meant was that they had sex!~" She said that way to happily. But when her words finally sunk in Milly started to glow red while sputtering.
"Chris Nii… And Koneko Nee… they… you mean… eeh!" It was a little too much for her innocent mind to handle and she fainted. Shirone quickly picked her up and started fanning her along with Asia and Raynare. As for me…
"Okay I think some lines have been crossed…" Turning to Akeno and Ulysses I cracked my knuckles. "So who first wishes to be beaten within an inch of their life?" While Akeno giggled a bit Ulysses paled knowing that I was completely serious.
[That could've gone better…] I sighed while lying down on my bed. It has been a little more than an hour, since I had put both Ulysses and Akeno through a wall. Everyone was now washed up as well and in their beds. Luckily the house was big enough to let some of us have our own rooms. Although Asia, Raynare, and Issei were all sharing one room… so I guess that helped a bit. Also Ophis, Milly, and Keno were sharing one. The rest of us all had separate rooms.
Although I have a feeling that I'll be joined soon… I was proven correct when I heard the door open. Looking over I saw Shirone wearing her usual white night gown.
"Chri Kun can I come in?" chuckling I quickly answered her.
"Of course Neko Chan, you're always welcomed." Smiling lightly she made her way over to our bed, and climbed on before snuggling into my left side. Wrapping my arm around I her brought her in close.
Once settled in she spoke softly to me. "Did you really believe I could master these new techniques before fighting Riser?" Turning to face her I answered with a smile.
"Of course I do, I would've never have said it if I didn't believe in you. And if there's one thing I know about you it's that you'll overcome the odds." Smiling at me she gave me a quick kiss before snuggling in deeper. Showing her Nekoshou form, I couldn't help but scratch her ears as she purred and slowly fell asleep.
Training Diary day Six: It just isn't fair!
The Spectator
When it was once again time to eat Rias remembered something. So taking a drink of water she turned to Chris before questioning him.
"You know I just remembered. You actually never told us about why Raynare was freaking out a few days ago."
Humming in agreement Chris nodded his head before answering. "Hmm… you know you're right. Well prepare for some big news everybody!" Everyone stopped their eating to listen to the black dragon. Although Milly was fidgeting nervously in her seat. Already knowing what he was going to tell them. Raynare was also starting to cry a bit. "Mil Chan here has ascended to the next level! In other words she has already gotten her second set of wings!"
Everyone turned to stare at Milly while she blushed in embarrassment. "It's not really that big of a deal… it's all thanks to Chris Nii really. His training truly is effective…" Pulling her into a one armed embrace said older brother laughed.
"Don't be so modest Milly! You've accomplished an amazing feat for someone so young. So really you should be proud of yourself. Right guys? Uh… guys?" Everyone didn't say anything as they stared at the youngest girl. Even Keno, Ulysses, and Juda were looking at her in astonishment. Then as if a switch was flipped everyone started to either congratulate her, or in Rias', Akeno's, Raynare's, and Kiba's circumstances… they began to cry saying how they didn't even have a second pair of wings yet.
What made it worse was when Milly tried to comfort them. "Don't worry I'm sure you'll catch up soon." At this they became even more depressed causing Milly to cry a bit before turning to Christopher. "Chris Nii what did I do?" Sighing he rubbed her head before answering.
"You didn't do anything wrong Mil Chan, they're just jealous of you that's all." Kiba then said something that confused everyone.
"By chaos this isn't fair! Being out done by someone five years younger than me! Modaga grant me strength!" Everyone stopped what they were doing to stare at him. Realizing what he said Kiba glanced around before coughing. "Ahem… Well I think I'm full so I might as well hit the baths early." He then left utilizing his knight speed, leaving everyone behind to wonder just what was going on with their blonde haired knight.
Element Affinity: person… Dual elements are gained through special means. Such as a sacred gears or reincarnation it can also be gained by linage.
Order of the elements does mater.
Note: Having more than one element doesn't mean you're stronger than those with one. Having more than one only gives you more choices to use.
White: Milly
Black: Christopher
Green: Juda
Blue: Keno
Red: Issei
Red: Ulysses
Green, Black: Koneko
Black: Rias
White: Raynare
White, Yellow, Black: Akeno
Black: Kiba
Blue, White: Asia
Now for omake guys…
All colors equally mastered: Modaga
List will be cleared for characters only shown in current chapter's next chapter.
Dragon ranking system: Ophis?, White?, Black third, Red third, Green fourth, Blue fifth
Modaga: Ahh… my control over chaos is growing!
Judan/Kiba: All hail CHAOS!
Neos: Should we be worried about all of this?
Slayer: Probably…
Christopher: Hey when did you get here Neos?
Shadow: I'm wondering the same thing.
Neos: Meh… I've been here since the whole sneezing thing. My question is why did you signal me out? There's plenty of other people who can use Chi, the combined energy of all four types.
Slayer: Because it'd take too long to write out all of their names and you're the most iconic person I could tie it to.
Shadow: In other words you were just being lazy…
Slayer: Hey sue me this chapter was fairly long and it's getting late.
Kiba: I guess that is true…
Judan: Hold on a minute though… can't you also use all four?
Modaga: Yeah he's right… though it hasn't been exactly in either of the Adventures or TOTDG series; both you and Neos can use them. Which I must say is quite youthful!
Christopher: Hmm… Still doing that eh? Oh well I guess I'll just have to settle for mental and magic energy.
Shadow: I think I did an encyclopedia section on the power and types of dragons a little while ago… forgot which series it was in though.
Modaga: I believe it was in either the last two mentioned. But how un-youthful of me to forget!
Kiba: Can I eventually use more than one? I mean it's important to stay youthful!
Slayer: Meh… maybe but enough about that let's talk about the chapter! Before Kiba loses it even more than he has…
Judan: Right… (cough) trying to change subject (cough). So we learn that the dragons can get stronger by creating followers, it just has to be sincere prayers. Or else it just causes them to sneeze.
Christopher: Yeah… that's going to be a running gag isn't it?
Shadow: Most likely. We also learned that Milly has four wings and is well on her way to being pretty powerful.
Kiba: Completely un-youthful I say…
Modaga: Don't cry my minion! We'll get you through this I swear!
Slayer: Uh… as for everyone else they began their training. Which is probably going to be more brutal than what it was in the anime. Considering how they have more time thanks to the stunt they pulled on Riser.
Neos: I must admit that was a nice one. Really it was something that I would do. But we all know I could've easily just have said screw it and blew him off the face of the earth.
Christopher: Right… well with the way he acted I say he deserves to suffer public humiliation. Especially with the way he looked at my Neko Chan!
Neos: That is true! Show that smug prick what happens when you mess with a dragons mate!
Christopher: YEAH!
Shadow: Okay… besides the dragon bonding going on here… I'd also like to say all the martial arts styles we've mentioned are actually real. We also thought hard about what they could learn, and also studied up on them to better have an idea about how they could work.
Judan: Yeah it was one of the reasons this took so long to make. But now it's done and over so Noes would you like to finish it up?
Neos: Alright let the guest star do his job! Ahem… Now this has been a Dark Guard production signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
Kiba/Modaga: YOUTH!
Slayer: What… have I done?
Neos: Just ignore it… just ignore it…