Slayer: Huh…

Judan: That was a long sigh. What's up?

Slayer: Well I'm just a bit tired is all. You see I've been avoiding…

Modaga: And I'm back with Youthful strength!

Slayer: Avoiding Modaga… He's been like this for quite some time as you know.

Judan: Well… what do you want me to do about it?

Slayer: He's your master do something about him!

Judan/Kiba: We will not defile out master's wishes!

Shadow: I can see where this is going.

Slayer: Yeah no kidding. Anyway let's just get to the reviews before these three do anything.

Christopher: Yeah that's probably for the best. Hey Shirone want to start off?

Shirone: Sure! Our first review comes from our dear friend RedBurningDragon. Now to answer the first part of your review… we regret to say that we've actually never seen the anime you're talking about. But if the relationship between Issei and Ophis amuses you than it is all good.

Slayer: We need to start expanding our anime's. I mean we know tons of them, but a lot are actually a lot of older anime's. Also a call out to everyone who noticed the references made last chapter!

Christopher: Yeah… Now moving on to the second part which is actually the third part… of your review. Yes we might make Kiba an elemental master thanks to Modaga. But don't expect anything to flashy. After all Modaga is a god of Chaos.

Modaga: No! I am the God of Chaos! All hail my Youthfulness!

Shirone: Right… Now for the last or second part seeing how we messed up the order here, well it has merit. I mean Keno could theoretically create black keys and such, but you'll just have to wait and see.

Slayer: Wait! There's one last thing we forgot to answer! Now that we got more research we can say without a doubt… that black holes and supernova's are almost even in destructive capabilities. It really just depends on the size of the black hole, and if there's any suns for it to consume. But truthfully… a black hole can eat a supernova. But seeing how that's never happened as far as we know… The black hole might explode from the tremendous energy it devoured.

Judan: Yep quite a scary thing all right. And we gave the power to make smaller ones to Christopher… Just hope he never has to use it.

Shirone: He'd never do anything to put us in harm's way so no worries!

Little girl: That's true!

Christopher: True, now let's get to our other friend PersonaQeminod1. Now although you didn't ask a question we do thank you for your time and compliment.

Kiba: I guess that's it for now then.

Shadow: Yep let's finish this up….. Who the hell are you kid?!

Little girl: Oh I wast toldest not to say anythings. Buts I can finishth this. Ahem… We's heres at the Dark Guards producthion own nothings but OC'ss and realith building concepths. Everything else belongs to theirs originalth owners. Now without furtherth ado…

Everyone: Here's the story!

Christopher: No really who is this girl?

Slayer: You'll find out… That's for sure…

Shirone: I don't like the sound of that too much.

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 Nine: I'm now a what!

The Frozen Crow (Day Ten)

Looking at my "esteemed" leader I couldn't help that my eye started twitching, when he was done assigning me yet another job.

"So you got all that Lance Kun?" He was grinning at me like a lunatic, which he might very well be. After his entire unhealthy obsession with sacred gears was a clear sign of insanity. Still he was my boss; as such I had no choice but to follow his orders.

"Yes sir… but do you really want me to be the fallen's ambassador in Kuoh? I mean there are better choices, like…" I was cut off with a wave of his hand.

"No, no! You'll do fine my young friend! After all you're already familiar with Ulysses, and his brother. So who better to send out than you? Besides they've already made you Ulysses teaching assistant at the school. Even if he's cheating right now and using an image projection of himself to teach… lucky bastard…" Even though he said that last part under his breath I was still able to read his lips. For a while now Azazel has actually been begging Ulysses to teach him the astral projection spell he uses. However the red dragon said that it was a high red element spell.

As such if he wanted to learn it, then Azazel would have to train his red element from the ground up. Seeing how he doesn't have one in the first place. To be honest actually training an element type was incredibly difficult. Mostly because a person is usually only born with one element, as such trying to increase an affinity for another took years. Even for someone like Azazel it'd take at least a decade. Another problem is that it gets more difficult with age. So really if one wanted to have more than one element type they'd best start young.

Although it was physically impossible for the dragons to develop other affinities.

Well there's one way but… best not to dwell on that. Shaking my head I sighed before speaking.

"I guess I don't have too much of a choice then… but why send me now? Didn't Ulysses tell you he's on a training trip? How would I find them?" Smiling he got out a small red card from his left coat pocket. Handing it to me I tried to read it when a bright light encompassed me. When the light disappeared I looked around to see I was in a forested area. Turning around however…

"Hey there Lance!"

"AHHH!" Again I would deny screaming at any cost. But as for the reason for it… well Ulysses was standing directly behind me. Then quickly he was next to me with his right arm around my shoulders.

"No need to get all worked up!~ But to business. You see my ice bro, I need someone to watch over Milly's flight training and you're perfect. Besides she already has four wings." I couldn't help but let my jaw go slack at his words. I had worked hard for me entire life to acquire six wings. It wasn't until recently that I actually received my third pair. But now some little girl seven years younger than me already got her second? At this rate she'll receive her fourth by the time she's my age.

I couldn't help but mumble under my breath. "Life just isn't fair sometimes…"

The Red emperor (Day Nineteen)

Finally! After eighteen days of hellish torture this glorious day has finally arrived! What made this day so special you might ask? Well let me tell it to you straight! It was the last day of training! So you can understand why I might be excited. Because believe me… I can't count how many times Ulysses almost killed me. Plus I may love Ophis seeing how she's my niece. But I've learned that we can't be around each other for more than thirty minutes, before I say something that gets her mad.

Seriously! I just wished she'd stop with the biting! I actually have a few scars from those sharp teeth of hers! As for Milly the small girl I actually got along with… well she turned out to be a natural at flying. It helped that she started learning with the use of four wings. But she really did have a talent for it. Although whenever Lance or Raynare saw her… well let's just say their jealously of her was a bit much. Still Lance managed to put that to the side and teach her some angel magic. Although they were enhanced thanks to her using her pure white element.

Still the look on her face when she learned how to create a light spear, it was just adorable!~ But now… well let's just say she's become a little terror in the skies, which actually leaves us at our current time… Everyone was currently gathered together for our last instructions before tomorrow. You see they decided that it would be a day of rest.

"Alright listen up!" Coming out of my thoughts I turned to Christopher. "Today will be the last day of real training, tomorrow as you know will be a day of relaxing. That way you will all be rested up and in perfect condition for tomorrow. So for our last time together we'll be having spars to see where you're at. This time however…" His smirk as he trailed off and pointed at Ulysses made me gulp nervously. "This time you'll be facing Ulysses… please try and survive."

I just about fainted right then and there. I mean I had already been subjected to his insane training methods! Now I had to actually fight him?! Feeling someone's glare I turned to Ophis who was next to her adopted father. Looking at me she only smiled while mouthing the words "you're going to die" to me.

Oh great dragon goddess Ophis please spare me?! She sneezed heavily at that sarcastic prayer and growled at me. However seeing how we were about to begin the spar, there was nothing she could do to me. Ha! Take that you pint sized midget! She sneezed again and gave me an even more hate filled glare. I only stuck my tongue out at her, causing her to do the same.

{You know you two are incredibly immature… and coming from me that's saying quite a bit.} I shook my head at my new friend's words before responding.

Ddraig… you should know that our mutual love hate relationship, is more than just being immature to one another. That was another thing we finally discovered. As it turned out me twice critical was actually the boosted gear. This pretty much has the same ability, only I'm able to double my power multiple times. Ddraig the Red dragon Emperor was the spirit residing within the gear. He was also the psychedelic voice in my head.

{I resent being called that partner.} He also had unbridled access to my thoughts.

I wonder if this is how Chris feels when it comes to Fernus? Hearing the sound of cracking knuckles I turned to look at Ulysses nervously.

"Alright who wants to be beate- I mean to be the first to spar with me?" All of us gave him deadpan stares before we turned to look at the rest of us. He shook his head before speaking again. "Alright then… how about this? Since you all will be fighting the Yakitori and his peerage together… then I would only make sense for all of you to attack me together. That way you could get some more practice with fighting together." He then gave a feral grin before reaching into his right pocket. "Oh by the way… if you don't attack with everything you got. You might just die!~"

Though we all knew he was trying to psyche us out, and that he wouldn't kill us. He was actually fairly convincing, especially after he took out a red crystal from his pocket. What's more was that it was identical to Chris'.

There was only one thing I could say. "Ah crap…"

His smile only widened. "Ah crap indeed." He then crushed the crystal in his hand. I could only bring out my sacred gear, and slip into a moi Tai stance as a familiar distortion covered him. The only difference was, like his crystal the distortion was red instead of black. However… what popped out wasn't anything like I suspected.

"You're tiny…" Now standing in front of us was a five foot tall two legged dragon. Its scales were red and it had a yellowish underbelly, it was also standing on two feet. In its right clawed hand was a four foot long spear. The shaft was a dark brown color, while the head was narrow and gleamed silver in the light. It also had a red ribbon tied to it right underneath the spear head. Twirling it around he put his left paw out while bringing the spear behind its back. When it finally spoke I realized like his body… Ulysses voice had also gotten smaller.

"Alright! Let's get this thing going! Now you see this spear here? It's my draconic weapon, the spear of the fire dragon! Now let's see how well you hold up against it!" He then launched a wave of fire from his left paw. Moving quickly we all jumped out of the way before he charged us. Already I knew that his size wouldn't hamper his ability. Coming at me first he swung his spear at my left side. Turning I quickly used the boosted gear to block the attack.

Sliding backwards slightly I jumped away as I saw Akeno send a lightning bolt at him. Unfazed he did something I really didn't expect to happen. He raised his spear just as the lightning struck him. The lightning was completely absorbed by the spear. Then pointing it at Koneko he released it. Eyes widening because she couldn't dodge it, she was tackled to the ground by Milly. Thanking her they both got up right in time to see Ulysses coming at them.

Gritting my teeth I ran after him as Milly took off in flight. Then at the same time Rias created a sphere out of her destruction magic, as Milly made a light spear. With both flying for a vantage point they let loose their attacks at the same time. Laughing Ulysses spun his spear hitting both attacks. There was a small explosion as dust shielded Ulysses from view. Waiting to see what would happen next I started boosting.

{Boost!} The sound of Ddraig's voice rang out as we waited. Imagine my surprise when he came at me again.

"You know Issei you should find a way to quiet your sacred gear. It makes it pretty obvious when you're charging up for something." Coming at me faster than before, I boosted again before he was upon me. Leaving me no room to attack it was all I could do to try and dodge. Even so nicks and cuts started appearing on my body. Luckily Kiba came to my rescue, summoning up an ice sword he tried to slash Ulysses exposed back.

However like every time I tried to sneak attack my brother. Ulysses turned around and easily flicked Kiba's attack to the side. Then he spun around and deflected my attack.

"MOVE!" Hearing Rias' voice we looked up to see not only Rias, but Milly and Akeno firing their own respective attacks against Ulysses. Only this time Akeno fired a ball of water at him. Seeing the oncoming devastation, me and Kiba jumped away as fast as we could. Looking up himself we heard Ulysses click his teeth together as the attacks hit him. Hearing another boost from my gear I smiled before using them.

{Explosion!} Feeling power weld up within me I pointed the boosted gear at the cloud of smoke.

{Uh… are you sure using that in this place is a good idea?} Chuckling at Ddraig's words my answer was to use my newest attack.

"Dragon shot!" Firing what looked like a red bullet from the gauntlet it flew towards Ulysses. Only for it to be blocked by Ulysses left hand. I sighed at the expected outcome, but I had to try it. You see the attack was a red element spell, which means he just absorbed the attack.

{Told you so!~} Grumbling I started to run forward, seeing me attack he gave a toothy grin before ducking. Koneko had tried to sneak up on him but failed. Growling she started to attack him using her arms like whips. That's when Milly fired off a photon ray at him. His eyes actually widened at that, but before he could dodge I managed to finally punch him in the face. A little disoriented he wasn't able to dodge Milly's spell.

Both me and Koneko jumped back allowing Rias and Akeno to fire off more spells. Again another explosion and cloud of smoke, after a few seconds it was blown away from an uninjured Ulysses. Dusting himself off he charged at Koneko, but a barrier appeared in front of her and he ran into it. Shaking his head he turned to see Asia, with an uncustomary smirk on her face.

"Hmm… I nearly forgot about you." Yep over our time training not only had Chris increased Asia's stamina, but also taught her a few barrier spells. Of course she only had a couple, seeing how they needed to reverse engineer them for her white element. Looking around he nodded his head before clapping. "Alright then I think this is good. You've covered yourselves well, and managed to catch even me off guard a bit. I think you'll win this rating game." At his words everyone relaxed, and those flying came back down to the ground.

They seemed a little out of breath, but that was probably because they put a lot of energy into those spells. Chris quickly came over to congratulate us.

"Well done everyone! You even surprised me with some of your combinations. Still remember this was a one on seven on one match. In the rating game it'll be seven vs sixteen, so please keep that in mind." Everyone gave out an agreement, before running off to do whatever they wanted. Although Koneko went up to talk to my brother about something. Ulysses still in his dragon form, perked up before turning his head slightly in their direction. He then gave out a grin before running up and grabbing me, and then grabbing Raynare. Much to our protests, which he naturally ignored of course.

Once we were far from the house he finally spoke. "Hey now I bet you remember when my dear bro followed you two on your date?" We both nodded our heads, after all how could we forget? If it wasn't for him we'd probably both be dead. Grinning he continued. "Well I overheard that he and his Koneko chan are planning on going on one tomorrow. So how about joining me for a little… reconnaissance?" Me and Raynare looked at each other with our own grins.

After all… why would we pass up on this opportunity for a little payback?

{Because he'd kill you if he found out?} I couldn't help but grimace at Ddraig's words. Mostly because they were right.

The Black Dragon (Day nineteen)

Being dragged by the arm I couldn't help but smile at Shirone's excitement. We were currently at an amusement park having a date together. Somewhat due to her insistence, and also because we haven't had one in a while. I also personally had to admit that I was proud of the advancement everyone had made. They may still not be strong enough to take us on, but I was sure that Riser would be massacred. But of course I was mostly proud of Shirone, and Milly. This is why I wanted to make this date as nice as possible… although I did feel as if we were being watched…

Looking back at Shirone I couldn't help but think about how beautiful she was. Currently she was wearing a sleeveless white dress summer dress. It had two buttons which were right in the middle of her chest. It also had a red neckline with a bow right above the buttons. This kept her dress up since it didn't have any straps. It was low cut but didn't show off anything and had a two inch wide red ribbon right underneath her chest. The dress was cut at mid-thigh and had five petal flower designs cut into the bottom. The flowers went all the way around her dress.

Then to finish it off she was wearing her cat clips, and she had tied her hair back with a red bow. To be honest I don't know why, but I like either simple dresses or gothic lolita dresses when it came to her.

[Because she our kitten. As such her cat features enhances the two dress types.] I couldn't help but agree as I looked around. I myself was wearing black slacks, and a black belt with a silver buckle. I was also wearing a blue long-sleeved button up shirt. The top two buttons were undone showing off my white t-shirt. Also for once I wasn't wearing my coat surprisingly. I however was wearing my boots, although my pants went over them. The reason I didn't bring my coat, was because I wanted to try and have a normal date.

You see each time I wear my coat; I cannot help but slightly think about my mother. Also since it was made to be my armor while in human form… I couldn't help but feel as though I was going to be attacked. Surprisingly enough this was a far more common occurrence than one might think. Until recently I didn't know that it was due to my draconic aura being enhanced by the coat. Although it was mostly thugs and pickpockets that attacked me so… nothing really to worry about.

Turning back my attention to my kitten since we stopped, I saw her staring at something. Curious I followed her gaze until I saw what she was looking at. I couldn't help but smile at what it was. You see her gaze was set on an interesting set of stuff animals. One was a white cat with yellow eyes, and the other was a black dragon with red eyes. However what I knew truly caught her eye, was the way they were propped up. You see the cat was such a position, that I looked like it was laying on the dragons forepaws. While the dragon was lying its head on the cats.

The dragon was different looking than the one I got for Milly. Instead of standing on its hind legs, it was sleeping on its belly. Also there wasn't a smile on it; no instead it looked more lifelike than the cartoon dragon I got my younger sister.

Both were dual prizes at a booth, where you use a pop gun to shoot at targets. Having an idea I for the first time during this date dragged Shirone along.

"Chri Kun what are you doing?" My answer to her question was to point at the stand while smiling. Her eyes widened as she noticed what I was doing. "Oh no! You don't have to do that! Besides most of these games are just to try and waste your money." I chuckled slightly before reassuring her warmly.

"Don't worry your pretty head Neko Chan.~ I'll win on the first try." She looked at me oddly before nodding her head. We then quickly made our way to the popgun stand. The one manning the booth was a man in his early twenties, wearing a carny outfit and had black hair and brown eyes. He looked at Shirone before turning to give me a wink before speaking.

"I trust you're here to win something for your lady friend?" I nodded my head before he continued. "Alright then here are the rules. First you're only allowed seven shots. For each stack of cans you knock over, you get to choose a stuff animal from one of the seven levels. However if you somehow hit all seven then you get the grand prize up there." He pointed at the two that Shirone was eyeing before continuing. "Now the entry fee is fifteen hundred yen. Are you sure you're up to the task? Despite how it looks this is much harder than it seems." I smirked before handing over the money.

Counting the bills he nodded his head before handing me a gun. The ammo was cork caps but I knew that I'd win the whole thing. Despite the game being rigged for me to fail. Taking aim I looked at the first set of. There were three neatly stacked cans in a pyramid formation. Pulling the trigger there was a popping sound before they were knocked over. The man clapped before I put in another cork and pumped the air in. The next set was still three cans that fell over easily enough. However the next one was a little trickier, it had six cans that seemed a bit heavier.

This was where most people would actually fail. However all I did was discreetly make the cans lighter. So when I fired again they quickly fell over. The man looked a bit surprised but didn't say anything. Though he looked even more surprised when I knocked over the next set of six.

"Wow… you're pretty good at this, but the last three sets will be rather difficult." I only smirked because to anyone else then they might've been. There were ten cans stacked up after all for the next two sets. However utilizing the same cheat I shot them over. The man actually began to sweat a bit as he laughed nervously. "Hehehe… this hasn't happened before, say are you a master marksman or something?" To make him feel better I answered his question.

"Yeah I am. Really this is kind of child's play for me, even with my current loadout." I purposely said what I did to throw him off. It worked and he shrugged before eyeing the last set carefully. This one had about fifteen cans and would normally be impossible to shoot down with a popgun at that range. The range was about twenty feet in the way back. However trying to make this look more real, I made the cans slightly less heavy while making the cork bullet heavier. I then shot at the middle can making it fall over along with the cans on top. The poor guy sighed as I placed down the gun.

"You know you're the first to actually win this game. Still you get the dragon and cat congratulations!" Using a stool he grabbed the stuff animals before handing them to me. Giving my thanks I turned to a wide eyed Shirone.

Smiling I held out the dragon to her before speaking. "Here I think this one I best for you. That way I can always keep an eye on you." I winked as I said that last part causing her to giggle a bit before accepting it. Taking a closer look at it she smiled before hugging it.

She then spoke with a shy voice. "Thank you.~"

Giving my own smile I replied. "Your welcome." She then stood on her toes and gave me a small kiss on the cheek. Then she started to drag me off once again. But as we left I could hear the man at the booth laughing, along with some other voices. Ignoring them I continued to spend the day with my mate just having fun. You know… before she went out to fight and worry me half to death that is.

Eventually we took a small break on a bench eating some ice cream. Hers was chocolate fudge and mine was vanilla. She was also for once on my right side, seeing how I was using my left to hold my own cone.

Seeing some get on her nose I chuckled. "Hehe… I think there's something on your nose there Neko Chan." Then before she could answer I licked it off causing her to blush. Smiling I held up my cone to her before speaking. "Here you can have a taste of mine."

"Okay…" Still blushing she took a cat like lick of mine before leaning her head on my shoulder. My response was to wrap my free arm around her. When we were done, we kept that position while watching as other people passed us by. Some of the older couples, and a few groups of teenage girls, saw us and commented about how adorable we were to each other. However it wasn't until we saw a little girl holding onto her parents hand that Shirone spoke.

"Do you think we can ever be like that?" I looked at her questioningly before she elaborated. "I mean… do you think we can fully get married and have a child or two someday?" I knew why she why asking this kind of question. It was because her own early years was without a mother or father. So she wanted to try and be the mother she never had. Sure my adopted mother has filled the void in her heart somewhat. But it was just a little bit too late.

So with a soft and warm voice I answered her. "Of course we can Shirone. In fact I'm waiting for the day that we can make our own family. I'm sure you'll make not just a beautiful wife, but also a wonderful mother." You know when it came to Shirone and to Milly… I always mean every compliment I give them. I never say anything that I don't actually think. Personally I like to think that it makes us grow closer. Although Shirone was quite different than Milly because well… she's my girlfriend and I love her more than a familial way.

Hearing my words Shirone blushed a deep red before speaking. "I also think that you'll make a wonderful father. And I can't wait for that day to come." She then turned to me before sitting up and kissing me on the lips. I quickly reciprocated it; although I was a bit surprised she kissed me full on the lips in public. That kiss over at the stand was just on my cheek, and she's never kissed me full on the lips with strangers around.

I heard a few whistles and cat calls from around us but ignored them. There was also more laughing from some voices that sounded familiar. However I couldn't feel anyone I knew around us so I ignored it.

[They're jealous of our tokens of love.] Breaking from our kiss, Shirone got up before dragging me around again. Eventually as it got late we made it to our last stop. You see by Shirone's insistence we saved the Ferris wheel for last. It was actually rather large, but had enclosed seats with a metal roof. Showing our ticket bracelets to the ride worker we got in as he closed our door. The seats were red leather and were surprisingly soft. As we sat next to each other, and looked out the screen windows Shirone spoke with a nervous tone.

"You know… despite how much you may believe in us… I'm still worried that we may lose." Leaning back into her seat she sighed before continuing. "I mean they have way more experience fighting, and even without his healing abilities Riser isn't a pushover. Not to mention the phoenix tears they'll be carrying. I just don't know if we can win this one, and even if we do… I'm worried that I'm not strong enough to even help out." Letting out a small sigh at her lack of self-confidence, I wrapped my right arm around her before speaking.

"Do you want some advice?" She nodded her head before once again resting her head on my chest. "Alright then… my advice to you is to just do what you can. Do what you can and if you fall just do better next time. Because this isn't just a single player thing. No you have a lot of people to rely on, so if you don't have the strength… then ask your friends for some of theirs." She seemed to perk up a bit while nodding her head.

Although she looked at me surprised as I added in one final thing. "Although you want to know something… I've been relying on your strength as well. I rely on it every time we're together, because without you I'd be a much darker place right now."

With that surprised look she didn't question me. No instead she gave me a deep kiss, when we broke apart it was time to get off.

After that it was time to go home, seeing how the park was closing. I was also relieved as I the feeling of being watched disappeared. We had decided to take the short way home because of how late it was. But something happened while we were making our way through a park. That was when I felt a faint life signature, but what was worrying was that it was weakening. Stopping with a frown Shirone turned to question me.

"Hey is something wrong?" Shaking my head I answered her.

"I'm not too sure. But I feel as if someone's dying nearby." Her eyes widened as she looked around trying to spot anything. As for me I felt out the life signature and made my way towards it. Eventually I was led to an area of trees. That was when I picked up the faint sound of labored breathing. Moving quickly with Shirone behind me I looked behind the first tree I came across. What we saw was not what we expected.

It was a Nekomata… or more accurately a small girl that was a Nekomata. She looked to be three or four years old. Her hair was a dark pink in color; it was done so that she had bangs that almost covered her eyes. While the sides of her hair reached her chest. Although her hair as of right now was an absolute mess, and covered with matted blood. Her clothes consisted of a torn up dark blue pleated skirt, and a white button up shirt with holes that had blood coming from them. Her single tail, and her cat ears had cuts and scratch's covering them. She was also wearing muddy brown shoes with bloody socks.

Shirone seeing her condition covered her mouth in shock. "What... no who could have done this?" I didn't answer seeing how I needed to act quickly. For each passing moment, I felt her a little bit of her life force slipping away. The amount of injuries she had was more than what a single nostrum, could actually heal. Now for normal healing spells that'd be just fine, you could just cast it again. But as many people would forget… nostrum was a black element healing spell. Not to mention the only black healing spell.

My point is that it was dark; as such the only way to use it on the same person twice was one of two ways. One wait a whole day before using it again. Or two… wait for them to get injured again. So in other words if I wanted to heal her completely I'd have to cause her another injury. Another issue was that it didn't heal infections or diseases. Now while she probably didn't have any illnesses… some of her wounds might have been infected.

Still I have to do something… So quickly checking the little girl over I made a note of what was and wasn't infected. Luckily it was mostly the smaller wounds that were; the bigger ones would be what I healed. Mainly the ones on her stomach, chest, and head.

Holding my hand over her I used my spell. There was a dull black glow that encompassed her before it quickly disappeared. The worst of her wounds were now healed. I also took note that her breathing wasn't as heavy anymore. Checking her over once again I nodded my head in satisfaction.

"Is she going to be okay?" turning to her I gave a small nod before answering.

"Physically speaking she'll be fine for now; we just need to get her to Asia. Mentally however… well that's what I'm worried about most." I then turned back to the small girl while gently rubbing her head. "I have no idea who could've done this, but for someone so young. Well I don't know how she'll be able to handle all of this. What's worse is that I can't feel any of her parents around here." Shirone nodded solemnly as I gently picked the girl up in my arms. "Alright we should hurry, don't need anyone to see us and call the cops. I doubt they'd understand, not to mention I don't think human doctors could really help here."

"Daddy?" Looking down at the girl in my arms I saw her mumbling in her sleep. Shaking my head I quickly ran off with Shirone right behind me.

The black dragon the white cat

The White Cat

Sighing I watched as Asia worked hard to heal the rest of the young girls injuries. Chris was standing close to Asia detailing the best way to heal certain wounds. The poor thing was covered in them, head to toe pretty much. Sure my mate's healing spell helped, but like he told me before it was rather limited.

Really it can heal extremely heavy wounds with ease… but when it comes to things like this? Ugh… we're lucky to have Asia. Still in a way I couldn't help but feel interested in the girl. She was a Nekomata, which was pretty rare nowadays. Not as rare as the Nekoshou, my race of neko. But it gave me some hope that just maybe there was more of my kind out there. Although judging from the girl's current condition we are still be hunted.

"Mmmhmm…" My thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of the girl finally waking up. Stopping her use of twilight healing after quickly healing the last scratch on her cheek, Asia stepped back as me and Chris stepped forward.

We had figured it'd be best if I and he spoke to her first. Seeing how I'm also a neko and my mate is familiar with us. Mostly because in wanting to make sure he could keep me happy, he actually went and studied up on us. A bit endearing but unnecessary if you ask me. So letting out my cat features we waited as she opened her eyes. I quickly noticed how blue they were, as if I was looking at the sky. Slowly sitting up she looked around hazily.

Then her eyes widened in panic as she spoke. "Wher-Where am I'th?!" Gently putting his on her head she flinched before calming down to Chris' petting. Her actions were something I was in total agreement with. He did know how to scratch in just the right spot.

Keeping his hand on her head he spoke to her gently. "It's okay, don't worry we're not here to hurt you. We found you in a nearby park wounded, so we brought you here to heal you." She looked at him suspiciously for a few moments before her gaze softened.

"I guessth that you saveth me's? Thank yous." I raised an eyebrow at her strange speech, but figured that it was most likely because of her age. Smiling he removed his hand from her head causing her to pout adorably. Deciding to come in on the conversation I spoke kindly to her.

"So… what's your name dear? I'm Shirone and he over there is Christopher Hyoudou." She turned to me and her eyes quickly widened.

"You'reth also a Nekos? The only other ones I'th seen are … were …" Her lips started trembling as tears started going down her face. Worried I couldn't help but wrap my arms around her as she started crying. But as she spoke through her crying we learned a bit of her story. "Whys?! Whyth daddy?! Why did yous do thats to mommy?! Tos Sissy?!" She also said a few more things but were incomprehensible through her tears. Although by the look of anger on my mate's face, I could tell that he deduced most of it. Still he managed to compose himself as he began to message her head.

This slightly calmed her down as I began questioning her again. "Are you a bit better?" Nodding head with a sniff I continued. "Alright now can you please tell us your name?"

She gave a small nod before answering. "Mommy named me's Fuyo. Said it was afterth my grandmas, and I'mth three ands a halfth." I gave a warm smile at her name, while also accepting her age. At the very least we now understood why she talked the way she did. More than likely Fuyo was still learning how to speak properly.

"Fuyo… that's a really pretty name and you also look older than three." She smiled lightly at my words with a blush before I continued. "Now if you can, we'd like for you to tell us what happened to you. If it's too much for the moment we'll understand."

She paused for a second before nodding her head slowly. "Alrights… it all started whens a strangeth blonde haired Nekos showed at ourth house. She said she felth our energy and came to see if she couldth stay for a bits. Daddy said we's needed to look outh for our kindth. So he said yesth. However as she liveds with usth, daddy began to changeth. He became meaner, and starteth to bully us. Then today he… he…"

Her tears were back but she still continued. "He hurt mommy badly, she stoppth movings. Sissy screamed and ranth while holding me. He still caught us, but sissy triedth to protect me. But he used a wind attack ons us. It hurt us badly, especially sissy whoth then sent me's away as I fell asleep. But not before I swath her stoppth movings." She then looked at us with big eyes full of tears, before answering a question we really didn't want to answer.

"Whats happeneds to mommy ands sissy? Why dids they stoppth movings?" We looked at each other and then to Asia, who also looked ready to start crying her eyes out. Shaking his head Chris got up on the bed before explaining what it meant when someone died.

Wrapping an arm around her while I let go he spoke. "Fuyo… there's no easy way to say this. But your sister and mother aren't with us anymore." With wet cheeks and red eyes she looked at my mate questionably.

"Of course, theys at my homes." He took a deep breath before talking again.

"No that's not what I meant. What I meant was that their spirits no longer live in their bodies. They're… gone Fuyo… dead, they died protecting you from your father and the one who visited you."

"De-dead? Likes when my parakeet died?" She was trembling in fear and sorrow as he nodded his head. Though I could tell he was slightly relieved that she had some experience. In the end it would make this easier on not only us, but also her.

"Yes Fuyo like your parakeet. I'm sorry… but remember they loved you so much, that they did everything they could to protect you."

"Thens… thens I'th never see thems agains?" Hugging her with both arms he answered her.

"I'm sorry sweetie but yes… you won't see them again in this life." Though he tried to be as gentle as possible, it wasn't enough to stop Fuyo's tears as she cried. Feeling something inside me I couldn't help but join my mate in hugging her. At this point we also heard Asia crying lightly but chose to ignore her. We weren't trying to be mean, but right now Fuyo needed help. After a bit she finally calmed down enough to speak again.

Although she did sound pretty tired. "Whats should I'th dos now? How cans I'th live withouts mommy? Withouts Sissy? Or evens daddy?" My mate was the first to quickly answer her.

"You can stay with us for now. I'm sure that'll be alright until we can find a more permanent solution." Looking up at him she gave a small smile before wrapping both arms around him.

"Thankth yous." Gently rubbing her head he just smiled as we held her for a bit longer. After a few minutes he let go before speaking.

"Alright I'll leave Shirone here with you. I just need to go and grab you some new clothes. Is that okay Fuyo Chan?" Letting go of him she looked down at her ripped up outfit with a frown. She then turned back up to him and nodded her head. "Alright then, just know they'll be a little big." My mate then gave her one last rub before leaving the room, soon followed by Asia. This left both me and Fuyo alone together.

As we waited I took the time to get to know her a bit. "So Fuyo Chan what is it that you enjoy doing?" She gained a thoughtful look while thinking. I myself inwardly frowned, mostly because we were using her age to our advantage. Being so young it was hard to keep track of multiple things. Using this we were distracting her from the deaths of her mother and sister. As well that it was her father who killed them. At that thought I had to suppress my rage.

Just what kind of father would do such a thing?! Just what did this blonde Nekomata do to him that changed him so?!

"Heys ares yous listening?" Shaking my head I turned to Fuyo who was pouting. No doubt she began to speak only to find out I wasn't paying attention.

Chuckling sheepishly I answered her. "Sorry honey I got lost in thought, could you please repeat what you said?" Frowning a bit she adhered to my request.

"Fines, but listens this times. Nowth I likes chasing butterflies, cardgames, watching birdies, eating fishes, climbing trees, ands picking flowerths!" She then gained a downcast look before continuing. "I'th alsoth likes it when sissy read books to me. But nows…" Hugging her tightly I spoke softly.

"Well then how about I read to you?" She nodded her head before resting her it on my chest. A few minutes later Chris came back in with a pink long short-sleeved nightgown.

"Well it might be a little big, but it's the best I got for sleepwear." Walking over to us he handed the dress to me before leaving again. "The bathrooms free right now, so I suggest getting cleaned up before getting dress. I'll be in my room if you need anything." Fuyo thanked him before getting off the bed. Following her lead I got off as well before leading her to this floor bathroom. Then after a long time in there we got dressed in our night clothes before heading to talk to my mate again. Fuyo wanted to ask him something before going to bed. Knocking on his door it was answered by an already dressed Chris.

Seeing Fuyo he smiled before speaking. "Finally nice and clean eh? I bet it must feel nice to be clean, while wearing something clean." Gripping my hand she nodded her head before speaking.

"I'th thanks you… but canst I'th ask yous a questionth?" Nodding his head she continued. "Canst I'th sleeps with both of yous? Both of yous feel likes mommy and daddy before…" Her voice trailed off, but we understood what she was getting at. Looking at each other we both smiled before my mate answered her.

"Sure I don't mind; just don't kick us off the bed." She giggled at his joke before we entered his room. Walking up to his bed Fuyo crawled on before lying down in the middle. Smiling Chris laid on her left, while I took her right side. After that it wasn't long before she was sound asleep. Seeing her asleep I spoke to my mate softly.

"Just what are we going to do? I mean we have to try and take care of her for now, and also keep her safe from her father. And also that bit… woman." I really wanted to curse the one responsible, but I had no idea if the word would enter Fuyo's head.

Sighing he spoke. "I don't know but we need to manage. As for the other two… well if her father's under an illusion of spell we help him. If not… we'll have no choice but to kill him and the one responsible. And know that I do not say this lightly." I looked at him sadly before nodding my head. I already knew about his stance on killing, and more than likely it would be extremely difficult to do the deed. But I had faith that he'd do the right thing in the end.

So with that I placed a protective arm over our newest resident before falling asleep.

The black dragon the white cat

(Day Twenty, One day before the rating game)

As it would turn out the next day would be fairly interesting. Mostly because while everyone knew of Fuyo's existence… no one but me, Chris, and Asia knew anything about her. Another reason was how this morning's breakfast had gone.

It started out pretty normal actually, my mate even managed to find a dark pink summer dress for Fuyo to wear. He had also promised to take her out clothes shopping later today. However we had an issue, you see being so young Fuyo didn't quite know how to hide her cat features. To rectify that we had her wear a dark pink beret, while having her wrap her tail around her waist. It was the best we could come up with. I myself decided to wear what I wore on my first date with Chris. He wore what he had on when following Issei and Raynare.

Speaking of whom… Chris was also worrying about what to tell his parents. Now while I knew mom would accept the circumstances, I also knew she'd talk to me later about what really happened.

The only person to really worry about was… dad. I haven't gotten used to calling him that yet. Shaking my head I walked downstairs while holding Fuyo's right hand. Once in the dining room, we saw that everyone had woken up early. This clearly frustrated Chris, as he worked quickly to help make breakfast with mom. Catching sight of us Mom turned around with an eyebrow raised. I quickly mouthed a tell you later and she nodded her head.

Luckily enough dad had to go to work early so he wasn't here. Still no one said anything until we actually sat down to eat; today there were waffles, eggs, and bacon. Much to Fuyo's delight as she started to make a mess while eating. I had sat on her left, with Chris on her right. After him were Milly, Raynare, Issei, Asia, Ophis, Ulysses, Juda, Mom, and then Keno. Seeing the mess on her face my mate chuckled before grabbing a napkin and wiping her face off a bit.

"You remind me of how Milly used to be." Hearing this Milly quickly retorted.

"I wasn't that messy Chris Nii! I was a clean and lady like individual." She said that with finality, even though we couldn't help but laugh which caused her to pout. It was then that everyone finally started speaking. Starting the questioning was mom.

"So… where exactly did you find this adorable girl? After all, I'm pretty sure she's not yours." She had said that last bit with some wiggling eyebrow, so we knew she was suggesting something else. This caused us both to blush while Milly and Fuyo looked confused. Of course what Fuyo said next made my heart skip a beat.

"Aren'ts theys my newth mommy and daddy?" We all stared at her while she looked around confused. Of course Ulysses' snorting, as he tried to hold in his laughter didn't help the situation.

Speaking to her softly my mate tried to answer her question. "Fuyo Chan I'm sorry but it doesn't exactly work like that." She tilted her head to the side not getting it.

"Buth didn'ts you boths adopts me whenth you founds me's?" Before he could say anything else mom spoke up with a sly smile.

"Yes they did Fuyo Chan, and now I have a granddaughter to spoil!~" We looked at her in shock as Fuyo clapped her hands. At this point Ulysses was now full blown laughing.

"Bwahaha! Welcome to parenthood! HAHAHA! Oh wow now I'm an uncle! Hahahaha!" I really wanted to strangle him right now. Still Fuyo seemed to not pick up on our facial language, as she spoke with a huge smile.

"YEAHS! Now I'th have a grandma, ands uncles! Its great right mommy, daddy?" Me and Chris both looked at each other before sighing. At this point we didn't have it in us to shut Fuyo down. So instead I opted to give her a one armed hug while my mate glared at everyone else. Said everyone else was now laughing their heads off. Well everyone but Milly, and Ophis who were looking thoughtful.

That was when Milly spoke. "So… not only am I not the youngest anymore… but now I'm an aunt? That's great!" That was when Ophis spoke.

"I also have a new cousin… I like that." It was now official; we had just adopted Fuyo as our daughter. Even though we didn't fill out any paper work or even consent forms. Coincidentally this entire situation started after, we had just talked about having a family of our own.

Well here's that start of one I guess… Still looking back at Fuyo's smiling face; I couldn't help but smile myself. Ah well… I'm sure we'll come to enjoy this. At this point I couldn't help but wrap both my arms around her and kiss her forehead. She giggled before Chris spoke seriously.

"Alright I guess we now have a daughter. But we're still students, and mom and dad still have to work… so who'll watch her during the day?" I pursed my lips in thought, what he said was true. And I know bringing her to school outside of club hours was a bad idea. The rumor mill was already bad enough after all… it was then that Juda spoke with a smile.

"Well since I don't have anything going on I can watch her!" My mate only looked at him before getting up and walking away from the table. "Hey where are you going?!" Chris turned around before speaking.

"I don't trust you with my little girl. So I'm going to call Glacial to see if she can arrive earlier."

Juda looked quite offended as he spoke. "You don't trust me?! But I've done a good job looking after Keno!" Blinking Chris turned to Keno.

"Do you happen to agree with that statement?"

Sighing she shook her head. "No." Juda looked like he had been shot as he looked at his sister. He also seemed to die at what she said next. "Really it was mostly Glacial that looked after me, and also taught me girl stuff. Juda was pretty much worthless in most things. Especially when he came up with schemes, along with your brother Ulysses." Falling out of his chair he started crying as Ulysses laughed.

"Hahaha! Well it seems you've been pegged Juda! But I'm sure my little Ophis believes I'm a good father!" Taking a sip of water Ophis then quickly shut him down.

"You may be better, but not by much dad." Ulysses quickly joined Juda in the corner, crying about how his little girl was entering her rebellious stage. Looking back at Chris I nodded my head solemnly. After all this was a perfect example as to why we shouldn't let them watch Fuyo.

"You can go and call Glacial now Chris Kun. I wouldn't want these two looking after our impressionable daughter." While said adopted daughter looked absolutely confused at this point, my mate only nodded his head as he made his way towards the SP (Supernatural) Office. When he was safely out of hearing distance mom then looked at me sternly.

"So what actually happened Koneko Chan? After all I'm pretty sure Fuyo isn't exactly a normal girl now is she?" Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at her wide eyed. She snorted before speaking. "Don't look too surprise now. I'm a lot smarter than I look, and I've taken care of both Christopher and Milly. I've seen my sons eyes turn into red slits, and I was there when Christopher had his nightmares. Plus I've already seen Koneko's Nekoshou traits." I sighed as I took off Fuyo's hat, mom's eyes widened softly before smiling. "It would seem my son has a habit of attracting cute kitten then."

Everyone chuckled while I and Fuyo blushed a bit. She then turned serious. "Tell me what happened?" Looking at Fuyo who now looked depressed, I hugged her tightly while telling everyone what happened. At the end almost everyone looked downright furious. As for Milly, Asia, and Ophis seemed to have some tears in their eyes, even though Asia had already heard this tale already. Fuyo was now slightly crying as she remembered what happened.

Mom then spoke up angrily. "How could someone do that to their own family?! It's just like… ah never mind it's just plain horrible!" I couldn't help but look at her strangely while the dragons and Keno looked at her in a new light.

Whatever she was going to say must be important. But why didn't she finish? However before I could ask her anything Chris came back in.

"Alright then Glacial said that she'd try making it here in three days. She decided to make a stop in Russia, apparently she was trying to… why are all of you looking murderous?" Looking around the table I too noticed that they all looked about ready to kill someone.

Sighing I shook my head. It's just one of those days isn't it? After that it was a lengthy conversation about how mom already knew, and also that I had told them about Fuyo. To say my mate was surprised was an understatement. Although he did look extremely worried when mom mentioned, that she was around for his nightmares. But one soft smile later seemed to calm him down. In the end he just chuckled before speaking.

"Well I guess Fernus was right… I really can't hide anything from you can I? Although I am sorry that I didn't talk to you sooner, it's just… I didn't know how you'd react."

Smiling she reassured him. "Don't worry honey, you're my son now no matter what happens, and no matter what you are. Besides we got this huge house because of you, so really why should I complain?" After sharing a laugh we quickly began discussing plans for Fuyo. It was then decided that until she could hide her cat features, that should would be homeschooled. We also gave her the room to the right of mine, which was right next to Ophis' which was followed by Asia's.

We need to make a map of this place. With that we began to talk amongst ourselves as we finished eating. Once we were finally done we cleaned up before getting ready to head on out. We did promise to get Fuyo some new clothes. Although when I asked if he had enough money, my mate gave me a sly look.

"You don't have to worry about that Neko Chan. Because let's just say… that I managed to come into quite a bit of money recently." At his words Issei, Juda, and Ulysses glared at him. Confused I decided to just role with it. But if I had to guess… then I would have to say that he more than likely swindled them while playing poker.

I could only shake my head at his antics. But I guess it wasn't completely his fault. After all… he did say he only started cheating when Altus brought him into his plans. Now it had pretty much become a bad habit, at least when he was playing certain card games. Or like yesterday when he cheated to get me that stuffed dragon. Yes I knew that he cheated when doing that, but seeing how it was made so that the person would fail… well I wasn't mad about that.

After finding Fuyo some slightly big shoes we made our way out. We had decided that our first stop at the mall was the shoe store. There we got her a pair of black boots, a pair of brown shoes, a pair of blue sandals, and a pair of pink dress shoes. After that we left to go and grab her some actual clothes. When we were done we now had a few bags full, and I'll admit… I may have added to the pile myself. Stopping for lunch at burger place, I saw my mate sighing as he compared all the receipts.

"It's expensive being a family man…" I couldn't help but giggle a bit while patting his back.

"Oh cheer up; you know how much we appreciate what you do for us." Giving a hollow chuckle he put his wallet along with the receipts into his coat pocket.

"Well now that we're done we should probably head to the club room. I had promised to go over strategies with Rias."

I nodded my head and we made our way over to the club room. Fuyo even got a ride on top of my mate's shoulders. He really is great with kids. Giggling I watched them as Chris tried to help her with her speech a bit. Eventually we did make it to the ORC room but we hesitated walking inside. I mean after all we did just practically adopt Fuyo, making us pretty much her parents… Sighing I took a deep breath before coming up with an idea. It was stupid, yet quick and right to the point.

Steeling my resolve I quickly opened up the door before yelling. "We're here and we brought along an adopted daughter!" Everyone but those who already knew stopped what they were doing to stare at us. It was awkwardly silent until Kiba spoke up.

"You have a youthful what now?"

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

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

Judan: Wow… we didn't have an omake.

Slayer: (sighs) That's because I couldn't think of one. You see I may have put off watching the rest of RWBY season three until recently… and now I'm just depressed.

Shadow: Ah… Cinder Fall a woman after my own heart.

Slayer: She killed Pyrrha! And while I do believe Ozpin is alive… I still can't believe she actually beat him!

Judan: I thought he was dead?

Slayer: Maybe… but if you listen to her speech at the end she is talking to Ozpin. Plus why would she say she couldn't wait to watch him burn if he was dead?

Fuyo: Those'th alls goods pointh.

Christopher: Ah it's pronounced those are all good points my dear.

Fuyo: Okay!

Shadow: And there's the little unexpected midget. Really why on earth did you bring her in?

Slayer: As if I'm telling anyone about my reasons yet! You'll just have to guess!

Judan: Meh… I think my next chapter is going to be epic anyway. I've been working hard on the rough draft.

Slayer: Well I can't wait to correct you on all of your grammar than. Although I do believe the chapter will be better than this one. For some reason I just couldn't get it to flow properly. Still I promise that the next chapter will be better. I'm just a little tired and bummed out, mostly because I have an idea for an awesome RWBY fanfic.

Shadow: Really? You still haven't completed the last two.

Slayer: I know but… SCREW IT! For Pyrrha's memorial I'm coming out with the first chapter!

Judan: Oh boy…