Slayer: Ahahahahahaha!
Judan: Shut up already!
Shadow: But it's too funny not to laugh!
Christopher: Okay… what's going?
Slayer: Just laughing at Judan for making a weird and confusing chapter.
Judan: It wasn't that bad! Plus all extra-dimensional characters won't be showing up again for quite some time!
Shadow: Yeah but we'll still be making fun of you for it. But back to this chapter and reviews!
Slayer: Yep! Now to our good friend RedBurningDragon. We have fixed the typos in our files, and will post it along with this chapter. Secondly of course Shirone and Fuyo are adorable!~ They're meant to be, especially with how Shirone's childhood ended up. Thirdly Issei will probably learn red magic if he ever gets his magical core up to snuff. As for the vampire in a box… you'll just have to see. Yes to Keno and the rumor mill though. That's going to be quite funny.
Christopher: Why do I have a bad feeling about this…
Shadow: Because this is Slayer we're talking about. In the last Void Chapter he tried to kill the main character because of something he did.
Slayer: Speaking of which… next omake with me in it… you're next Black Dragon.
Christopher: WHAT?!
Neos: Hey I'll join in on that.
Modaga: But that would be unyouthful!
Shadow: What the! I thought I locked the door!
Neos: Oh… well you did… until I blew it off its hinges.
Slayer: Gosh darn it Neos… How many times will I have to rebuild something in this house?!
Neos: Well it mostly gets destroyed in TOTDG and LOTDG. But anyways… since I'm the guest star I'll be doing the disclaimer!
Modaga: Go ahead my youthful friend!
Neos: Uh… I'll ask about you later. Now we here at the Dark Guard productions 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!
Shadow: No really… why are you here?
Neos: Find out next arena omake.
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 Eleven: If you're with the church… get off my lawn!
The Green Dragon (Day after the game)
Wearing a green colored business suit, I waited in my seat for the person across from me to wake up. Currently I was in a ten by ten concrete room with a single table, a single light over it, and two chairs. Both we're occupied by me, and Riser Phenex who was unconscious. At the moment he was handcuffed to the chair by some of Mr. Black's "specialty" cuffs. In other words he wouldn't be able to break them.
Okay just when is he going to wake up? Sighing I rubbed my hand down my face. How did I get into this mess? Oh yeah because Mr. Black was liable to kill him, and Ulysses is in a meeting. Hearing a groan I looked back to Riser to see him starting to wake up. And going for the intimidating interrogator persona I spoke calmly but with authority.
"Ah… finally awake now Mr. Phenex?" Blinking he looked around until his eyes set on me.
"Who are you… and where am I?" I was about to respond until his eyes opened wide. "Wait a minute… I know you! You're the one who ate my phoenix familiar!" Blinking at that comment I coughed into my hand before speaking again.
"I'm sorry Riser but that's an unrelated case, if you like you can send a complaint later. But right now you're under questioning for possessing a cursed object in the rating game." He looked confused and tried to move but he was restrained. Noticing that he was chained, he finally realized what was going on.
Looking at me in panic he shouted. "What are you doing?! You can't treat me this way! I'm a high class devil!" Shaking my head I spoke calmly.
"Yes… but I'm the green dragon god. So I outrank you quite easily."
His eyes widened in anger at my words. "So you're one of those lizards! Your black lizard friend caused me a whole heap of trouble! I swear I'll get my revenge on you lot-"
Cutting him off I spoke while bringing out a vanilla folder. "And there's the crux of your problem. Already you let your own hate cloud your judgement. And because of that Ravel almost died a few days ago." That got him to shut up as he looked at me with fear.
"Ravel? What happened to her?!" Shaking my head I opened the file with the written reports from my sister Keno, Mr. Black, Ulysses, Rias, and Ravel. Taking out the single sheet that Ravel wrote I began to read it.
"The game did not go as planned, within twenty minutes all but me and Riser were retired. I would've been next if Issei Hyoudou didn't decide to leave me be. However as soon as I heard Riser cry out in pain I flew to see what was going on. Imagine my surprise when I found him standing there while missing an arm. So throwing my vial of phoenix tears to him I waited to see what he would do next… however I never knew that he had a plan just in case things went south. But that was actually when things went so south, that we actually went north. By using that green pyramid thing, he lost all sense of himself. Including his devil aura, no it had turned white for a lack of a better word. Then he proceeded to try and kill everyone! Even me, and I'm scared to think what would have happened if Issei didn't save me. However after almost everyone but me and Koneko were unconscious. He went after me, Riser… my brother whom I never thought would hurt me… he went up to me and stabbed me with his hand. While it was inside me he used some strange light spell that stopped my healing. I then went unconscious, and that's the last I remember."
Looking up from the file I looked at Riser's face. It was actually horror stricken, so at least I knew he wasn't the one who did the deed. Still it was him who hurt her, and as an older brother I was going to lay into him. So with a sigh I spoke with cold anger.
"Riser… you almost killed not only my sister, not only Rias' peerage and herself, not only Mr. Black's kitten who is my apprentice! But also your own sister! Your younger sibling that relied on you to protect her! Right now she's absolutely terrified of you and has demanded, no, begged! To be transferred to Rias' peerage, mostly because Issei Hyoudou the one who protected her from you the most… not only lives in the same city she does, but also because he's a friend of hers. You should also feel lucky that Mr. Black knew you were possessed. Otherwise you would know why he never uses his dragon scythe."
Shaking Riser tried to deny everything. "You're lying! I don't know what you're playing at here, but I'd never do that to Ravel!" Shaking my head I looked down at the floor for a second, then using my power I created a small plant and made it start growing. It was very long and had a spiked tip which I then used to stab Riser in the arm. "AHH!" Yelling out in pain I made the plan pull back. "What did you do to me?!"
Smirking I clasped my hands on the table. "I just injected you with a little mixture of mine. A special kind of truth serum if you will, it'll make this interrogation go much smoother for me." His eyes widened in panic but I continued speaking before he could protest. "Now Riser did you, or did you not almost kill your younger sister."
As if chocking on the words he spoke. "Y-e-s…" He looked shocked at himself for saying that. "What… but I don't remember ever doing that!" I rolled my eyes at him as I continued, not even bothering to answer how that happened when he had no memory. You see this serum is special sense it also uses whatever memories one might have in their subconscious. And since his eyes saw the whole thing… well then he had some memories of actually doing the deed.
So getting out a notepad I began my real questioning. "Now then with that out of the way… let's get to the main event. Telling me where you got the pyramid of fate."
The black dragon the white cat
The Black Dragon (Two days later)
It was a quiet day in the Hyoudou home. "You idiot!" Well… all but the basement that is… Still I didn't even flinch, as Ulysses punched me in the face. He had just finally gotten back from the meeting with the elder devils. It also turns out that he had wanted to do this to me since the game. Needless to say he was angry that I didn't listen to him.
"I hope you know how bad this could've been if we didn't find out that Riser almost killed Ravel! You know how angry a lot of the elder devils were with your interference… If it weren't for everyone else's testimonies they would've called for your head. Luckily they were actually singing your praises when we were done."
Scoffing I turned away from him before speaking. "Listen we both know I don't really care. Koneko was in trouble, and he was the cause! If you think I wouldn't do anything to help save her… then you're dumber than you look." Growling at me he grabbed my coat and brought me close to him, looking at his eyes I saw that they were black slits. Meaning that he was letting out his dragon aura, but I still didn't care. Shirone was in danger so I helped the love of my life.
However Ulysses still had a point to make. "You listen to me… I know how much she means to you. Hell! If it wasn't more obvious I'd say it was visible from outer space! But what you did could've caused quite a bit of trouble. So for almost putting the safety of the dragons at risk, that's why I'm angry. Really if you keep this up you'll just end up like-" Anger boiled in me and I couldn't help but punch him in the face. He flew backwards and hit the back wall. "What the hell was that?! I can understand why I'm angry but that wasn't right!"
Shaking my head I turned towards the stairs. "I'm done here. Really you should know that I do everything I can to protect everyone. That's the difference between me and her." Growling he yelled out to me.
"You can't just walk away from this you brat! We have all made oaths when it comes to how we can move on our own. Especially after she left, you almost broke yours a few days ago!" Sighing he shook his head while calming down. "Listen I know you love Koneko, hell I think she's perfect for you! But in the end you could've just ripped open another tear and teleported everyone out of there. Then you could've let Sirzechs and the others handle it. You almost killed Riser, and you even knew he was possessed." Sighing again he looked gave me a disappointed look. "You know its times like these that I remember you're the black dragon"
Narrowing my gaze I spoke firmly. "Ulysses… You're playing a dangerous game here. Do you really think I don't know all this? I am the master strategist in our group now that Altus is gone. And while it's true I let my anger get the best of me yesterday, letting out a bit of my… reaper persona. I could still stop, and even if he was possessed, Riser still hurt Koneko. He still hurt Issei, and he still hurt Keno. I just needed to let off a bit of steam, and besides once I removed his seal. Riser healed up pretty quickly."
He scoffed while rolling his eyes. "Yeah you let off a "bit" of steam alright." Shaking his head he sighed heavily. Then after a few moments he gave a small chuckle before continuing. "Still I guess in the end everything turned out okay. Mostly because those foolish elders didn't realize why you actually hurt him! Can you believe they ended up thinking that you needed to weaken him a bit, in order to grab the pyramid?! Right now they're trying to find a way to reward you for "saving" Riser, along with Rias and Ravel. They didn't even think about the others."
Though I agreed it was funny he did bring up something I was confused about. "You know… speaking of which, did Juda ever get back to you about that pyramid? All I know is from what Shi… Koneko and Keno told me."
He looked at me strange for a bit before speaking. "Shi what now?" I just shrugged before he continued. "Wait a minute you called Koneko Shirone during the game. What was that about?" Looking away from him I answered
"Sorry but that's her story to tell."
Humming he nodded his head before speaking. "Alright I guess I can accept that, but to answer your question... No at least not at this time but that's to be expected, Riser was still unconscious when we brought him in. I'm pretty sure you're to thank for that." I couldn't help but grin wryly at that. Really what else could I do?
Still with this we have a slight lead as to what really happened to Fuyo.
[We shalt not let their sins go unpunished! However I have a feeling that our brother isn't telling us the whole truth. After all… he did pause before answering.] Agreeing with Fernus I turned to leave, but not before sighing and speaking one last time.
"For what it's worth… I'm sorry for what I did, but as you know I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Because that's what I do, protect the ones I love." Leaving I heard Ulysses say something quietly.
"And that's why you're different than our sister."
One week later…
"It's a pleasure to see you again Christopher." Standing in the doorway was a beautiful woman who looked about nineteen. In reality she was actually two years younger than Ulysses, in other words twenty eight. But as you might've guessed we dragons age differently.
She had on blue rimmed reading glasses, and had shining blue eyes. Her hair was also a dark blue, and had two small braids framing her face the rest of her hair reached her shoulders. She was also kind of short at about five foot three. The rest of her attire consisted of a long blue dress with a white top. She also wore a blue corset over the top, and had on blue tights and blue high heeled boots that went up mid-calf. The dress also had white frills at the hem of the skirt.
Quickly recognizing her I gave her a bright smile and a tight hug. "It's wonderful to see you as well Glacial." Smiling she hugged me back before we let go of one another. I really was quite happy to see her, because she's always been kind of an aunt to me.
"So… Where are the two idiots that can't be trusted with babysitting?" Knowing who she was referring to, I Chuckled before I told her to follow me. I also picked up her bags. As expected they were incredibly heavy. Mostly because of her books, like I said she was a book worm. Still I didn't complain as I took her towards the living room where everyone else was. As soon as we walked in everyone turned to us and stared at Glacial. Smiling she gave a short bow before introducing herself.
"Hello, it's nice to see new and old faces. For those of you who don't know me I'm Glacial Verandi. An old friend of Christopher, the red moron… I mean Ulysses and the green… Uh Juda…"At her words Ulysses and Juda gave her deadpanned looks. However Ophis who was playing checkers with Fuyo ran up to Glacial and gave her a hug.
"Aunty Glacial! It's great to see you again!" Giggling she hugged the smaller girl back.
"I'm sorry… but are you another dragon god, or goddess in this case?" Looking over to the one who spoke Glacial spotted Ravel. Yes Ravel did indeed move in with us after being made Rias' new bishop. After Riser's interrogation he was quite cooperative when it came to this. I also got twelve vials of phoenix tears as a reward. So yeah lucky me! Anyway Ravel was also sitting next to Keno, and both were wearing the girl's uniform for our school. Apparently both had been transferred and they were getting used to the new clothes.
Also luckily Dad was at work again leaving Glacial free to answer. "Yes I am, I'm the blue dragon to be precise. Now who might you be?" Standing up Ravel gave a short bow before answering.
"So you're like Onii Sama! It's a pleasure to meet you I'm Ravel Phenex my lady, and it's a pleasure to meet you." Glacial only smiled at her before looking at me with a raised eyebrow. Sighing I whispered to her.
"Yeah I know… She's called me that ever since I personally talked to her about Riser. After all I can relate pretty easily to what happened to her. As for the second thing… for some reason ever since the incident at the game, she's been calling every other dragon either my lord. Or in your case my lady, heck she even called Ophis my lady once." Blinking she whispered back.
"Well I'll just have to do something about that now won't I?" I couldn't help but smile at that, mostly because if anyone could help Ravel it would be Glacial. You see Ravel knew that even though Issei was the one who protected her until he got knocked unconscious. She knew it was actually me that ended up stopping Riser. Add that me talking to her and offering my own advice when it came to her brother… well she's decided that I'm now a new older brother figure.
Because of that she developed a bit of hero worship for the Dragon Gods. Well… everyone but Ulysses who flipped up her skirt. I think she kicked him in the face and broke his nose after that. I also may have gone up to him and kicked him while he was down… thus adding more fuel to the whole Onii Sama thing. Not that I minded all that much, although Milly did seem to get jealous sometimes…
Still with Glacial I'm sure she'll lighten up a bit, because even if she's a proper lady herself. Glacial still knew when to have a little fun, and also knew how to take care of emotionally scarred kids. Trust me she's had plenty of practice on me. Plus it was her who basically made sure Keno didn't turn out like her brother. Man would that have been a nightmare! I'm also eighty percent sure it's why Ophis isn't like Ulysses as well. Still at that point everyone who didn't know her introduced themselves. The last two were Shirone and Fuyo who made Glacial squeal and glomp her in a hug.
"Aren't you just the cutest little thing!~" Did I mention that while being a bookworm, she loved little kids? "So you're the one I'll be teaching and taking care of? Well I hope we get along sweetie!~" Fuyo couldn't help but giggle and agree to getting along. At the same time Shirone approached me and spoke with a smile.
"You know… I think I like her already." Chuckling I couldn't help but agree and look back towards Glacial and Fuyo.
Now while at first I was a bit hesitant about the whole father thing… I can now honestly say that I enjoy it quite a bit. It also helps that Fuyo was just a bundle of joy and adorableness. Really I fell in love with her pretty quickly. Now I couldn't think of my life without her. So seeing how she'd be in good hands with Glacial, well it alleviated some of my worries. Speaking of which you should've seen my dad's reaction to Fuyo, I'm pretty sure he almost had a heart attack. But he accepted it pretty easily and congratulated us on the adoption.
My family was just weird like that… Still when everyone was done with introductions, Ophis and Fuyo went back to their game and my mother ended up talking to Glacial. Both were apparently really happy to have another older woman to talk to. But looking at most of the adult males around me… I can't say I really blamed them. Really it was the reason why Glacial traveled so much. Now don't get me wrong! She likes all of our group, it's just… Ulysses and Juda can be quite the hand full when left alone with her.
In other words they mostly flirted with her… which usually ended up with the both of them, having major fractures all over their bodies. Which was ironic since Juda and Glacial were our doctors… apparently she never took the oath of doing no harm. Shaking my head from those thoughts I looked around with a smile. At the moment everyone was doing something and getting along. I even saw Ravel talking to Raynare, Issei, and Asia. In other words a devil, fallen, dragon, and a Nun. Really it was quite astonishing if you think about it.
However at the moment, I was just sitting down and watching Fuyo and Ophis play checkers. I had actually taught my daughter how to play a few days ago. Already she was pretty good and was able to keep up with Raynare and Asia. But of course I wouldn't ever say that the two of them weren't that great. Even Asia had some pride, and I'd rather not shatter it like that. Even I'm not that blunt and mean… most of the time…
Cutting my thoughts off was the sound of the doorbell. Wondering who it could be, mostly since we weren't expecting anyone else today. I stood up and made my way to the front door. Looking through the peep hole I became confused.
Quickly opening the door I addressed our guests. "Is there any particular reason you didn't call ahead Rias?" Behind the door dressed in their school uniforms were Rias, Kiba, and Akeno. Also for some reason Kiba had a rope attached to a large cardboard box, and looked like he was dragging it around. I also could've sworn that I heard whimpering coming from it.
Still Rias gave me an apologetic smile before answering. "Sorry for coming unannounced like this. But we just found out that the old school building is being cleaned right now. So at the moment we don't have anywhere to meet. That was until I thought of your place. I thought it'd be fine since Koneko and Ravel are already here. Plus you did say your mother already knew about the supernatural so… Here we are." Humming in thought, I just nodded my head before stepping out of the way and motioning inside.
Thanking me everyone came right on in, although when the box crossed the threshold I heard a yelp when it bumped into the door.
"Okay… what's in the box?" Looking at me to the box then back to me, Rias had a sheepish smile on her face.
"That's my other bishop… Gasper Vladi…" Blinking I looked at the box, then back to her with a raised eyebrow. Laughing nervously at my expression she elaborated. "Yeah… let's just say he's a pretty big shut in and hates meeting new people. And although he's a Dhampire he still hates the sun, and also blood for some odd reason."
I could only roll my eyes at that before speaking. "And the reason for him not helping us before is?" letting my question trail off I saw her shuffle her feet before answering.
"Well… he was sealed away by my brother since I couldn't really control him. You see while he's actually a very nice boy, he has a sacred gear called forbidden Balor view. This freezes everything he looks at in time, unfortunately he can't control it very well. And I also couldn't help him since I was too weak at the time. You see it doesn't really work on those stronger than the user. So before I kept being frozen, he was sealed until I was strong enough to resist it better. But because of you and the others I was allowed to bring him back out so thanks for that."
When she finished I couldn't help but sigh and think about what the god of the bible was thinking. Really I thought only humans could have sacred gears? But I guess now half humans can randomly get one as well now? Sorry but I couldn't really see the logic behind most of his decisions, regarding the sacred gears. Still I ended up escorting them to the living room where Shirone, smiled and walked up to the box.
It was also when she let out some of her more cat like personality. "Oh Gaspy… It's me Koneko.~" What came from the box surprised me quite a bit.
"NOOO! I know what you're trying to do! And I don't like garlic!" She then began to just tap on the box; this only increased Gasper's protests. Ignoring the fact that she was picking on him, I looked around and quickly explained the situation as Rias had put it.
Ravel actually looked a bit disappointed. "So this is Buchou's other bishop… I'm kind of disappointed Onii Sama." Ignoring the pointed glare coming from Milly I turned back to Shirone and Gasper.
"NOOOO! Shut the box! I don't like the light!" Looking back I saw her open his little cardboard box. There was actually a vicious smile on her face as well.
Cats… I guess even Shirone is like them sometimes. Still I was curious as well and walked over to see what he looked like at least. I was rather shocked at what I saw. He was rather feminine, and if Rias didn't tell me he was a guy earlier I might have thought him a girl. Still he was the same age as Shirone, and had platinum blonde hair with pinkish-violet eyes. His hair was styled in a short bob cut with several small fringes over his forehead. I also saw that he had pointed ears. However… unlike the rest of the boys of Kuoh Academy who wear the boys' uniform… Gasper was wearing the Kuoh Academy girls' school uniform with thigh-high socks.
I was disturbed by that… really I was.
"AHH! Who're you?!" Realizing that he was questioning me I spoke with a smile… albeit a forced one.
"I'm Christopher Hyoudou, and I'm a friend to Rias and Koneko's boyfriend slash almost husband." He then blinked while looking at me, and then to Shirone. I guess he just wasn't expecting that answer. Still when Issei came over and looked in… well things got kind of weird…
"So who's the cute girl?" Almost chocking I quickly corrected him.
"Issei my dear brother… I'm sorry to say that Gasper is a male…" He looked at me for a few seconds before rounding on Gasper.
"What?! You're a guy?!" That's when Gasper freaked out and I felt something strange. It was like a wave of energy passed over me. Looking around I saw everyone but us dragons frozen.
Ulysses spoke up first. "Ah… I see now why his power could be dangerous to lesser beings. Luckily for us… even if my bro was a pathetic weakling, this power wouldn't work on him. You should be grateful for your time space abilities."
Ignoring my brother I turned back to Gasper who was trying to get out of his box. "And just where do you think you're going?" Shocked he tripped on the edge and spiraled to the floor, this made him stop using his power and time unfroze for everyone else. Rias seeing Gasper on the ground could only shake her head.
"You froze time again didn't you?"
Getting up and jumping back in the box Gasper ignored her to question me. "How w-was it that you c-could still move an-and talk?" Not even caring that she was ignored Rias quickly looked at me in surprise. Shrugging I answered her unasked question.
"Well we are dragon gods… it'd be stupid if we weren't strong enough to resist his power." Rias nodded her head while Gasper stared at me in shock, as well as fear… or it was just fear. It was kind of hard to tell with this guy. Taking my eyes off Gasper I turned to Shirone… who was no longer next to me. "Hey where did Koneko go?" Looking around Rias shrugged until we saw Shirone renter the room. She also had her hands behind her back as if she was hiding something.
"Hey Gaspy.~ I got a little surprise for you!~" Smiling kind of evilly she threw whatever was in her hands into the box.
"NOOO! I told you I hate GARLIC!" Jumping out of his box at blinding speeds I saw him go and hide behind the couch. Turning back to my mate and giving her a bored look I spoke with a flat tone.
"You know… bullying isn't very nice. Plus didn't you warn me to not do anything that might influence Fuyo badly? Now I see you doing this to poor… uh… Gaspy." Smiling sheepishly she spoke in an apologetic tone. Although I could tell by her words that she wasn't really that sorry.
"I know… but it's just so fun to tease him like this. Besides it's one of the few ways to get him out of his box." Rolling my eyes I turned back to the half human half vampire. Cocking my head to the side I became quite confused at what I saw.
"So you're Gasper right? You know you shouldn't hide and run away from everything." Now talking to Gasper was my mother, and Glacial. Both were talking to him in motherly tones, while trying to coax him out of hiding. Funnily enough it was working.
"But there's too many new people, and the sun, and GARLIC! Not to mention I keep freezing everyone with my powers." Giggling, Glacial quickly reassured him.
"There's nothing to worry about Gasper, at least five of us are immune to your power's effects. So we can help you learn how to use it, but only if you let us. Don't you want to help your friends?" Sniffing he nodded his head before climbing over the couch, and sitting in between them. Rias and the rest of her peerage who knew Gasper only watched in awe. But based on what little I knew of the little crossdresser… I can't say that I was surprised.
After that everyone got settled and had a "club meeting". In this case it was just everyone looking at our old photo albums. My mother was really into photos, and was more than happy to show everyone some of our most embarrassing moments.
"And this is Issei at the beach!~ He was five years old at the time and lost his trunks thanks to a strong wave.~" Issei sunk into his seat and began dying on the inside. I just patted him on the back as me and Milly thanked… well erhm me I guess, for not having anything as embarrassing as that. What! I'm a god to you know?!
"Little Issei…" Looking at Rias I began to become a little worried.
Is she turning into a shotacon?
[Shotacon… one who's into little boys… in that way….. What! Where didst that come from?!] Ignoring Fernus and his crisis, I watched as Issei's crisis became worse as Ravel, Asia, Akeno, and Raynare all joined Rias. I also began to believe that my brother would accomplish his dream and become the harem king. Because by the look of things… while two of the five girls were already with him. The other three might just join them soon enough. However if he hurt Asia, Raynare, or Ravel I'd probably kill him. Already I considered those three sisters of a sort.
"And this is our first complete family photo. Taken a week after we adopted Milly and Christopher!~" Blinking in surprise I looked at the picture my mother was showing. Indeed it was all of us for the first time together. However I couldn't help but grimace at my face.
Kiba even questioned it. "Why does it look like Christopher San is dead on his feet?" He then paused and laughed nervously before continuing. "Not to mention he looks like he's about to murder someone…" Everyone stopped looking at the albums they picked up to look at the photo. All agreeing they turned to me with questioning glances.
Sighing I decided to just answer Kiba's questions. "Well at the time I still had trouble sleeping, and my last family experience… well it didn't end well. So at the time I was quite pessimistic… and preparing to tear the soul out of anyone who threatened my new family." At my comment Ulysses rolled his eyes before speaking.
"You're still always prepared to rip out someone's soul. It's like a hobby of yours or something." I couldn't stop my left eye from twitching while everyone but Glacial, Keno, Mom, Shirone, Milly, Ravel, and Fuyo backed away from me. They all said something about me never doing anything to hurt them. Then after a few reassurances and promises made on my part, everyone went back to what they were doing.
Chuckling Kiba spoke after picking up another album. "You know it's nice to see what you guys were like in your more youthful years. Nowadays we can easily say that while Issei retains some of it. Christopher lost most of his youthfulness. Not that he ever really was youthful to begin with based on all of his pre-murder looks." Growing used to his new way of speaking, and his new habits… everyone but me and Issei turned away from Kiba.
However our reasons were quite different for being angry. "I told you to stop corrupting my little girls mind with your talk of youth!" Really all of his talk was seriously starting to get on my nerves.
As for Issei he gritted his teeth and spoke up. "Okay that's it! No more photo album for you Mr. Youth!" Reaching for the album Kiba pulled it from his reach while still looking at it.
"Now don't be like that you two!~ I was only…" Stopping mid-sentence and only looking at the album Kiba spoke calmly and showed my brother the picture. "Issei San… is this photo real?" Raising an eyebrow Issei looked at the picture. It was of a few people, one was a younger Issei. But there were three people I didn't recognize. Although there was a boyish girl that was Issei's age in it, and the adult male had what looked like a sword wrapped in cloth.
Still Issei racked his brain for a second before speaking. "Yeah I remember this now… that's me with my best friend's family. The boy next to me is Irina Shidou, they moved away before Milly and Chris came into our family. Why do you ask?"
Well that explains why I don't know them… but did Issei just say she was a boy?
[Hmm…] Shaking my head I tuned back in on the conversation.
Shaking his head Kiba muttered something. "So even in a quiet place like this…" Ignoring Issei's questioning he excused himself. I then took the opportunity to correct something.
"Issei… I think I should tell you that your friend Irina was actually a girl."
He quickly turned to me with wide eyes. "WHAT?!"
The black dragon the white cat
The Red Emperor
Well back to school I guess. Although I still can't believe that Irina was a girl this whole time! After yesterday ended it became Tuesday, and a special event was going on during school.
It was something called the ball tournament! {Ah yes… a whole tournament based on balls} As the dragon snickered I thought about the tournament. Basically it revolved around any sport or activity that had some kind of ball. I have absolutely no idea why we have this kind of event. Barring any jokes about a man's unmentionables, it was quite strange. Those competing were either groups of friends or entire clubs. Also somehow I got dragged into joining the O.R.C club. Well I say somehow but… best not get into how Rias convinced me to join.
However there was something up with Kiba… well even more so than usual that is. He just seemed to be wandering around in a daze, as if he was distracted by something. Still even with Kiba the way he was we managed to get pretty high in the tournament. The first task was Ping-Pong, and because of Chris' so called training… cough cheating cough… I actually managed to win it. Next was baseball, which meant everyone, had to dress in their gym clothes. Again this was nice since all the girls wore those bloomer shorts. Although Chris smacked me when I looked at Koneko, which was an accident I swear!
Also Ravel seemed quite uncomfortable in her the gym outfit. She said it wasn't right that a proper lady should show so much skin in front of large crowds. My brother told her he was in complete agreement. Which made her happy that her new "Onii Sama" agreed with her, really I wasn't used to that yet. Still we won again thanks to our enhanced athletics. But it was actually during the end of the third round (which was soccer by the way), that something happened when the others were congratulating us.
"Daddy!" Eyes widening, my younger brother quickly turned around only for my new niece to slam into him. Behind her was a sheepish looking Glacial.
Bowing apologetically Glacial explained the situation. "I'm so sorry, but she wanted to see all of you play in the tournament. And as you may know… I'm not good when it comes to crying children." Looking at Fuyo… I could've sworn I saw a smug grin plastered on her face for a second. It was also distinctly cat like…
Still at the moment she was wearing a pink tank top and a pink pleated skirt. She was also wearing white tights and pink as usual she had on her pink cap which hid her ears. It really did match her hair… Luckily no one was around to hear us at the moment, but that was bound to change soon. So trying to fix the situation Christopher tried to reason with her. Oh yes… I said tried alright.
"Listen sweetie… you know that mommy and daddy have to go to school. And even if this isn't really a classed filled day, it would still be best for you not to be here." That was when Fuyo looked down with tears starting to form.
"But whys…? I Juth want to sees yoth play…" Looking like he accidentally kicked a kitten, Chris turned to Koneko who only waved her hands in front of her face.
"Sorry but it's really up to you this time dear. After all I'll be playing while you'll be watching, which also means you'll be watching Fuyo."
Sighing he muttered something under his breath. "Cats…" Still he turned back to Fuyo and spoke to her. "Alright Fuyo you can watch with me, but I expect you to be on your best behavior." He then muttered something under his breath. "Let's just hope everyone pays more attention to the game." It was like she turned a one eighty, and now Fuyo was jumping up and down while hugging her father. Christopher could only shake his head with a smile, although Koneko looked proud of something. And it wasn't because my brother was being a kind father.
Still a few minutes later we were playing the fourth game of today… or more accurately Rias and Akeno were playing the fourth game. It was a tennis match, and their opponents just happened to be Sona and her queen Tsubaki. All four of them were in tennis outfits, and the match was becoming rather heated…
"Just like I'd expect from my rival Sona! Still you can't beat me even in a game like tennis!" Hitting the ball back over the edge Rias kept her eyes on it as Sona whacked it back with a smirk.
Still I was surprised that she actually had a comeback. "Sorry but I'm sure that we'll be winning this!" She then did something which made the ball swerve to the side making Rias miss it. My brother which had Fuyo on his lap couldn't help but speak up at that.
"Why are the using magic? I mean really aren't they worried about anyone noticing?" Akeno who was sitting next to Ravel, who was sitting next to Asia, who sat next to me spoke up at that.
"Well based on the crowd's reaction I'd say they haven't noticed.~"
"Wow did you see that!"
"Awesome it was a magic ball!"
"I love you sempai!"
Shaking his head, Christopher put his hand underneath Fuyo's hat and scratched her ears. With that Fuyo gained a droopy look and leaned back into him with a purr. Koneko who sat on his left next to Akeno only giggled at this, along with Keno and Glacial (who decided to stay) on his right. Unfortunately it was this that made people around us finally notice the small girl. As usual things kind of went off the deep end. In the end rumors of the girl in pink ran throughout the crowd. Those involved were either oblivious like Fuyo, or just grinning and bearing it.
Although the sound of two pieces of wood snapping distracted everyone. Looking back down at the court we saw Rias and Sona holding broken rackets. Everyone who knew of the supernatural had deadpanned looks. While everyone else began cheering widly.
Everyone around here is crazy!
{You said it partner…} A few moments later we were behind the bleachers.
"So in the end no one won…" Holding the two broken rackets was Koneko wearing a disappointed face. Sitting in front of her was a kneeling Rias and Sona, rounding on them she spoke harshly. "You do realize behavior like this is a pretty bad influence for Fuyo right?" Said small girl was lying on the grass staring at a butterfly, although she looked ready to pounce on it at any moment. Again I had to agree with what my brother said earlier…
Cats… Still looking back at Rias and Sona, who were apologizing only made me shake my head. Still I didn't really blame them; Koneko had gotten a lot scarier since adopting Fuyo. Like a mother lion protecting her cub, so yeah everyone now said the same thing about her. Mess with Fuyo in anyway… and Koneko might just kill you. My brother had also gotten even more protective of the both of them to. He had actually beaten the ever living daylights out of Matsuda, for even looking at them.
But then again… everyone did know he had a thing for loli's… Which was why I kept him away from Milly at all times. Now don't get me wrong he's a friend, but no one touches my sister and gets away with it! Still after that moment the rumors started floating around even more. Especially when everyone heard Fuyo call Chris daddy, and question him on why he beat someone up. It got even worse when she turned and called Koneko mommy.
Shaking my head at all the memories I've made today, I focused on the last sport of the tournament. And really… could a ball tournament be complete without dodge ball? We were now inside the gym with Fuyo cheering us on loudly, and really… I'd be surprised if anyone in the school didn't know about her by now. Still it was probably for the best that she came on this particular day.
It was thanks to the constant distractions of the tournament, that helped keep the rumors down. But I could only guess that tomorrow will bring the entire school down on them. Shaking my head from those thoughts I focused on the game. We had two minutes before it started so I was just preparing. We were actually going up against the karate club, so this actually might get interesting. However before it started I heard some sniffling coming around one of the lockers. Yeah the locker rooms were split for the teams. We just happened to get the men's. Still following the sound and turning the corner I saw Ravel.
She was crying a bit, and I knew why. You see although my brother definitely helped her with her problem, she still wasn't completely over it yet. This is why we always tried to have someone around her. So she didn't feel alone, but we can't be everywhere at once.
Going up to her I spoke to her. "Hey are you okay?" Quickly turning to me in surprise, she rubbed her eyes quickly before speaking.
"I'm sorry… I just started thinking about what happened again. I'm just worried that I won't be able to see Riser in the same light ever again. I mean don't get me wrong… I understand completely that he has many, many, many faults…" I couldn't help but snort at that which made her smile a bit. But then it became sad as she continued. "But at the same time… he was the older brother that I could count on. He actually was the one who was with me the most, and like any good older brother he protected me. In fact I have a feeling that his desire to protect me was what really made him want me in his peerage. But now…"
She trailed off but I understood where she was going. Because really in a span of a few minutes… her whole perception of her brother was shattered. Sure I can guess that Juda helped when he told us that Riser never actually wanted to hurt her. That he was completely and utterly possessed. But it was still him, looking at her with a deranged smile, and then stabbing her with his own hand.
Sighing I sat down next to her and wrapped an arm around her before speaking. "You know… if it wasn't for Milly, and Chris I'd probably be a useless idiotic pervert. So in a way I can understand just how much you probably relied and looked up to Riser for protection. But unlike you I can't fully understand what you're going through, but if you ever need to talk to someone… you can come to me. And like my brother I'll do what I can to help." Ravel didn't say anything, but she did smile and lean into me a bit.
But you know… my words are true. If it wasn't for Christopher rebuffing the more pathetic parts of my personality, and Milly making me a protective big brother… Well let's just say I'd probably be dead by now. Trust me my pervertedness has gone way, way down. I can also honestly say that my grades and logical thinking are better. They are my family, and I can't think of ever hurting them. And I can't think of them ever hurting me.
But Ravel… really the only one who can understand her is Chris, Fuyo could also understand but she's too young for this. So I did what I could and felt myself grow a little closer to the phoenix.
After a while both of us stood up and rejoined the others. Although Rias and Akeno were giving us looks of suspicion for some reason.
{He may have helped with logical thinking… but your oblivious nature is still there.}
What do you mean by that?! Gaining no answer to my question I just grumbled before noticing something off. Turning to Kiba I saw that he wasn't yelling his usual "youthful" mantra. Instead he seemed to be getting angrier about something.
Deciding to ask him what was up I walked over to him. "Hey man what's going on with you? You seem ready to beat the crap out of someone."
Blinking Kiba turned to me before shaking his head. "Don't worry I just have a lot on my mind right now." Giving him an appraising look I shrugged.
"Well just make sure to help Buchou win, after all that's why you fight right? To help her out when she needs you?"
Turning to me he nodded slowly. "Yeah… that's why I fight, to help Buchou." Narrowing my eyes at him I was about to say something else when the whistle was blown. And with that the game started… or it was supposed to be a game… but there were only guys in the karate club. Which meant a few things for all of us… One they couldn't hit the two Onee Sama's of the school, I.E. Rias and Akeno. Two… they couldn't hit Koneko because they would definitely feel bad for hitting the cute loli. Also they probably thought my brother would kill them.
Thirdly… Ravel was off limits since she was one of the cute and innocent new girls. And four… Kiba was considered the prince of the school, hit him and the female population would hate you. This only left one person for them to attack, since Gasper was currently with my mother as she tried to get him used to people. That person happened to be me…
"Take this you pathetic pervert!" Dodging another ball I couldn't help but cry comically, as everyone but a few cheered for them to hit me.
This is so not fair!
{I would agree but in a way… you kind of deserve this.}
Oh really? Like you didn't enjoy the views I gave you when I did peek!
{Hmm… touché.} Shaking my head I heard Rias yell out some encouragement.
"Just keep dodging Issei! You're a great distraction!" I could only cry harder at her statement. But then something happened which changed how the game went down.
"You know what! I don't care if the girls will hate me! I just need to hit you pretty boy!" One of the guys then tossed the ball at Kiba who wasn't paying attention to anything. Seeing this I instinctively jumped in the way protecting him but… I forgot to protect something even more important.
So with a high pitched voice I spoke one word. "Ouch…" Gripping the area between my legs I dropped to the ground. At that point everything just seemed to stop as everyone stared. Then the audience called out for the karate teams blood. But only because they tried to hit Kiba, as usual only a few people cared about me. Although I did get a few more sympathizers because of my "heroic" act. Still I was eventually escorted off the floor and to Asia and Raynare who helped me recover. After that Rias said something about avenging me and quickly took out the other team. After that we won the ball tournament… which meant nothing really. Just a bit of extra fame.
Although when I spoke to Chris he was sarcastic about the whole thing. "So you won the ball tournament… with your balls. For some reason I'm not really surprised." Oh I had wanted to cuss him out right then and there, but with Fuyo so close… I just settled for giving him my middle finger. Luckily Fuyo was busy talking Koneko's ears off, so I didn't put anything into her head. However our conversation was interrupted when we heard a slapping sound.
Turning to it we saw Rias looking angrily at Kiba. "There did that wake you up?" I then realized that Rias had slapped him. "What was with you today Yuuto? If that last match had been a fight you could've gotten yourself or Issei killed!" Rubbing his face Kiba sighed before speaking.
"Are you done? I'm sorry but I'm just not feeling well today. So I'd like to just go home now, I'll you see you tomorrow." And with that he left leaving the rest of us behind. Rias could only look on in worry, but my brother only narrowed his eyes on him. He didn't say anything, but I just felt as if he had some inclination as to what was going on with him.
{It makes you wonder just how well we know everyone around us. Truly it seems as if your brother and the rest of the dragon gods keep getting wiser, and also more secretive.}
Yeah… but I still trust them. So I'll wait until they tell me. For now I need to focus on Kiba, because he's the current issue at the moment.
{He wasn't one with all of his talk about youth?}
Hmm… you know you're absolutely right.
The black dragon the white cat
The Black Dragon
It was now the next day after school. And I will admit I was a bit worried about Kiba, he didn't show up today at all. It was especially worrying after the look I saw on his face yesterday. Really that was the look Ulysses had on his face every time he spoke about the one who killed our parents. It was the look of someone who wanted revenge, but I had no idea who he would want to take it out on. Sighing I from my spot on the couch I looked down at the sleeping form of Fuyo. At the moment her head was on my lap as I pet her, along with this I could hear her purring softly.
I really couldn't help but chuckle at this until Ulysses burst into the room. "Christopher! We have a major issue!" Startled awake Fuyo launched herself off the couch.
"Ow…" Scowling at my older brother I gently picked up Fuyo before checking her over. The fall looked kind of painful after all. Then after making sure she was okay, I set her back on the couch before walking up to my brother.
"Listen three of the-" I cut him off as I punched him in the face. As he laid there lying on the ground I then spoke to him.
"Okay now what was the issue?" Holding onto his now broken nose he glared at me.
He then sighed while healing himself and standing up. "As I was saying three of the churches or angel factions most prized possessions were recently stolen!"
I blinked at that but didn't really care. "And what does that have to do with us?" He was about to answer when I heard the doorbell ring. "Hold that thought." Walking past him while he scowled at me I went to the front door. Looking through the peep hole I became confused. Though I couldn't see much I saw two people wearing strange clothing.
I then opened the door and spoke to them. "Is there something that you need? Because if not I'm pretty sure you have the wrong house." There were two girls standing in front of me, one was a shorter girl with light brown hair and violet eyes. She also had her hair tied into twin tails held together by blue scrunches. She was also wearing a white hooded cloak with gold and blue accents, and from what I could see had on some kind of skin tight suit. The other girl was a bit taller and had chin-length blue hair with a green fringe on the right side and dark yellow eyes.
She was also wearing the black, skin-tight, short sleeved unitard with pauldrons. On her hands were fingerless gloves that extend to her biceps, and thigh-high boots. All of which were held together with straps. She also had a crucifix around her neck.
Issei would have a field day if he saw these two. Still I have an uneasy feeling about them; their white elements are quite strong for humans. Clearing her throat the shorter girl began speaking.
"Well excuse us but is this the Hyoudou's residence? I was told that this was it, but the last time I was here their house wasn't as… big…" Blinking I narrowed my eyes one her, for some reason she looked familiar to me. But in the end I decided to be at least nice about this.
"This is the Hyoudou's current residence yes, but other occupants also live here. As Christopher Hy-"
"Chris get back here! We need to finish our discussion!" Sighing I shouted back to Ulysses.
"Sorry but I don't really care! Maybe next time you shouldn't wake up Fuyo the way you did!" I then turned back to the girls and apologized. "Sorry about that, now what exactly do you two need?"
Giggling the shorter girl spoke again. "Well in truth we just got back in town for some… business and I decided to see my old friend again. If he's here could you tell Issei that Irina is here to see him?" Blinking I finally recognized her. She was the girl that Issei mistook for a boy. Unfortunately Issei was out with Asia, Raynare, and Ravel. Said something about moving relationships and getting ice-cream. I could tell what he was doing but… I was forbidden from following them this time. I was even threatened! Can you imagine that?!
So giving an apologetic smile I told them what I knew. "Sorry but he's out showing a few people around the town. You'll have to try and catch my brother later." Well she looked disappointed Irina looked at me confused. She was about to say something when her "friend" finally spoke up.
"Come on Irina, we have a job to do and your childhood friend isn't here. Besides I have an uneasy feeling about this house, and especially the one in front of us."
My eye twitched at that comment while I retorted. "I could say the same thing about you. Plus I hope you know it's rude to say such things out loud… when the person you're talking about is in front of you." All she did was turn around and huff at my words. Twitching even more I was about to say something else when Irina spoke up.
"Xenovia! That's incredibly rude!" Turning to me she apologized. "I'm so sorry for her behavior; she's not exactly a people person you see. But is it alright if we come back later? I'd really like to see him, and also ask why you called him your brother. After all I don't remember you from the last time I was here."
Smiling since she was at least being polite about this I nodded. "Sure he should be back in an hour or so. But by then a lot more people will be returning home as well. Still it was nice meeting you… not so much your friend though…" Xenovia glared at me while I ignored her. After that we all said goodbye and I shut the door to go back to Ulysses. That was until the doorbell rang again. Confused I opened it back up to them, both looked kind of sheepish. Well mostly Irina.
"Is there something else you need?" Nodding her head Irina spoke up.
"Yeah actually… you know that bit of business. Well… turns out it just happens to be happening at this location. You see we just checked the address we got and it is here. We need to meet someone named Ulysses Red Rayners." Surprised I remembered that Ulysses did try and tell me that someone had happened.
I guess this is why we should care about the churches affairs… Shaking my head I was about to say something when the topic of our conversation ran in from behind me.
"Chris! Leave the two at the door! We have serious…" Looking at the two girls he coughed into his hand before speaking again. "So you're the ones from the church right?" Both looked at each other before nodding to him. "Well then… I'm Ulysses and it's nice to see that Michael is quick to handle issues. Now if you would follow me and my brother to the office we can begin." Surprised Irina turned to me.
"Wait I thought you said you were Issei's brother?"
Shrugging I answered her. "It's kind of complicated. You see while Ulysses is my brother by blood, Issei is my adopted brother, along with our adoptive sister. We can talk more about that later, for now we should discuss why you're here correct?" Looking at each other they turned back to me and nodded. After that we let them in and took them to the supernatural office. I also must say it was pretty nice, at least it was neat. Which considering who used it the most… was a surprise.
It was also as large as the main area of the O.R.C. room. In fact it almost looked like it, except it was missing all the strange drawings and runes. Unfortunately on the way there we met up with Milly.
"What's going on Onii Chan?" Oh yeah… ever since Ravel Called me Onii Sama, Milly has been calling me Onii Chan to make herself sound cuter. I also must say that it was working. Still the two froze when they saw her, worried I was about to step in front of Milly when they both bowed.
""Angel Sama!"" Confused Milly turned to me and I just shrugged. But Ulysses actually looked intrigued.
"So her white element has become strong enough to mistake her for an unfallen… interesting." Although he muttered that to himself I was still able to hear it. While Irina began speaking to Milly in a worried tone.
Really it was quite strange… "Angel Sama, we had no idea one of you would be here! We thought we were the only ones sent on this mission." Blinking Milly backed up a bit before speaking.
"Umm… I'm not who you think I am. I'm a fallen angel, sorry about the confusion." Both looked at her shocked until Xenovia spoke with a serious tone.
"Please do not jest Angel Sama. We can sense just how strong your holy power is. So there's no way you can be a fallen." Shaking her head Milly let out her wings showing her four pitch black wings. Xenovia and Irina paused for a couple of seconds before speaking again. "Uh… never mind…" Now both looking at her suspiciously I sighed and patted Milly on the head before speaking.
"This is Milly. In other words our adopted sister who's as pure as an unfallen angel. If you hurt her I will take it out of your hide, got it?" My tone was so menacing that both backed in in fear while nodding their heads. "Good now we have some business to discuss." After that we finally entered the office, but not before Fuyo showed up and sat on my lap only saying a few words.
"Sill tired…" She then fell asleep. Shaking my head I just held her as we began to talk.
Starting was Ulysses who spoke in a quieter tone than usual. "So I would suggest we be a little quiet for the young one, else Christopher will break our noses if we wake Fuyo. Trust me he's done it before." Glaring at me for a couple of seconds he turned back to the girls. "Now based on your… attire I have to assume you're the exorcists sent to regain the stolen Excalibur's?"
Both nodded before I interrupted. "Wait you said Excalibur's? You mean as in more than one? Plus female exorcists wear that?!" Ulysses nodded his head before explaining.
"Right I keep forgetting you're new to the supernatural world." At his words I tried to kill him with my glare, but he just continued. "But yes, you see during the great war Excalibur was shattered into seven pieces or fragments. Re-forging them they created seven new blades, each called Excalibur. However I believe Altus said something about renaming them calibits. Since they were so weak compared to the original, but that's for another time. But back to the present…" He gave a small glance at their outfits before continuing.
"If I'm honest I have no idea why they dress like that. But that's for another time, now based on what I was told by Azazel and Michael. A rogue fallen has managed to steal three fragments and has escaped to Kuoh. Which means this problem is now ours."
He then muttered something about stupid rules ruining his week. I on the other hand only thought about what I had just learned. It was all very interesting, and I was wondering why a fallen suddenly went off the books like this. However to my left I could see that Milly looked quite upset.
[It would seem as though our sister is upset. I don't think she likes the fact her own race is making trouble.] Agreeing I reached over and patted her on the head. Turning to look at me I smiled, understanding my intentions she smile back.
"Which is why we request that you leave this matter to us." Confused I turned to Xenovia who spoke up.
I then spoke myself. "Leave what matter to you? This whole Excalibur business? Sorry but this is our town, so we'll do what we see fit. Your authority doesn't extend here, so if you want to stay you'll be working with us on this problem." While Irina looked apprehensive, Xenovia turned to me with a glare.
"This is church business; you have no right to interfere. Especially a devil like yourself." I raised an eyebrow at her before she explained. "Yeah I know what you are. Though weak I can sense a demonic aura on you, even on that girl you're sitting with. However though your aura is week I can sense a strong and dark power coming from you." After a moment I realized what she was talking about and began laughing.
She feels Shirone's residual energy on us, and she senses my black element! Laughing for a bit I calmed down and spoke to her calmly.
"I'm sorry Ms. Xenovia, but you're pretty much wrong. I'm not a devil, and the dark power isn't demonic power. But rather the primal black element itself. Now I'm sure your leaders told you about us, if not then I guess they don't really trust you. Because I'm no devil, rather I'm the black dragon god. And my girlfriend is a reincarnated devil so that's the other thing you're feeling." Both looked at me flabbergasted before turning to Ulysses.
Putting his hands in front of him he spoke. "Hey don't look at me! It's all true; in fact I'm the red dragon god. And over there is Glacial the blue dragon goddess, along with Ophis my daughter and infinity dragon goddess." We all turned to the door which opened up revealing Ophis and Glacial. Behind them was everyone else besides my mother. At this I could only say one thing.
"Well this was bad timing…"
Training Diary day Ten: Magic crystals
The Spectator
When they were finally done for the day, Juda decided on giving Koneko an actual reward for completing her basic training.
"Well I guess congratulations are in order my little apprentice. You've managed to accomplish your goal of finishing your basics a bit early than expected." Happy yet still tired Koneko gave a small cheer. However the green dragon wasn't done yet. "So I have decided to give you a little reward."
Cocking her head to the side cutely he questioned him. "What do you mean by reward?"
Juda had a stray thought at her look. No wonder Mr. Black finds her adorable… Shaking those thoughts from his head, knowing that Chris would kill him if he found out. He walked over to his bag and dug around a bit. After a couple of seconds he found what he was looking for, and threw it at the neko.
Surprised Koneko was still able to catch it. "What is this for?" In her hands was a brown leather utility belt with five square shaped pouches. Grinning Juda answered her.
"Well since you've done so well, I thought that I might take you on as my personal apprentice. In which case I'll be teaching you green element spells. The objects in those pouches are just a tool to get you started."
Surprised she quickly opened one of the pouches and pulled out a green crystal. "What are these exactly?"
"Well back in the world that the dragon gods came from, people carried around element crystals. While they all had their own elemental spells that they could use, there were also store bought ones such as these. They allowed anyone, even those with opposite elements to use almost any spell. Of course the higher level ones could only be used by those with the same color. These are my attempt to get you into shape, so you can use the green spells I'll be teaching you. This is mostly because you've never had any magic training. Or even a sacred gear like Asia."
Nodding her head she put the crystal back and put on the belt. "Okay now what?" Grinning he started her intructions.
"First try the front left pouch. There should be an aero saucer there. After that just pick a target and focus your energy and mind on the crystal." Nodding her head she did what he said and chose her target. It was a poor unfortunate tree. The spell soon fired off as two green buzzsaws of wind headed towards the tree. However she ended up missing and they headed off into the forest.
A couple seconds later…
Panting hard on the ground from another beat down, Issei began to hear the sound of buzzing. It was also getting louder, slowly getting up he looked around. After a few seconds the sound got extremely loud and two buzzsaws made of air headed towards him. Yelling out in fright, he dove to the side as they cut through a rock behind him before stopping. This was when Ulysses looked up from his magazine.
"Seems like Juda is playing a prank." He then went right back to his "reading" material. Leaving poor Issei to deal with the fact that he was almost sliced in half alone.
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
Green, Blue: Fuyo
Glacial: Blue
Xenovia: White
Irina: White
Black, Red: Ravel
Black: Gasper
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
Slayer: And that's a wrap! See this is how you make a chapter less confusing!
Judan: I hate you… I hate you so much…
Shadow: Now, now don't be like that. Think of happy things like, slicing up dolphins, destroying entire planets and civilizations, or even just torturing someone random on the street.
Slayer/Judan: Uh….
Shadow: Fine be that way!
Christopher: Freaking Darkwraiths…
Slayer: Okay ignoring mister darkness and embodiment of evil… I'm glad I finally started this arc! This is what I've been working up to all this time!
Judan: Yeah… I'll admit this is where everything starts coming together. But we're also introducing a few more OC's.
Slayer: Technically we are… but technically they've been mentioned in earlier chapters! So ha!
Christopher: Yeah at least his people had references to them before being introduced!
Judan: Alright! That's it get over here! (Takes out a greatsword)
Slayer: HA! You think that'll work on me! (Takes out pistols)
Shadow: And here we go again…
Xenovia: Hey can we talk now?
Irina: Yeah! We've been waiting for a while now.
Shadow: Oh you guys are here…
Christopher: Great… who invited Xenovia?! I fine with Irina but Xenovia's a pain in the neck!
Xenovia: How dare you!
Shadow: And here's another fight… Ugh… Irina can you finish this up before the mansion is destroyed?
Irina: Sure!~ Now this has been a Dark Guard production signing off!
Irina/Shadow: Goodbye!
Christopher: Well you're just an annoying twat who can't read a situation!
Xenovia: Okay bring it you demonic lizard! I'll purify you in gods name!
Christopher: HA! I am a god!
Judan: (Boom!) Man was that close!
Slayer: Fear my overpowered pistols!
Shadow: Please… just end it now…
Neos: Yeah I just got here and even I can say this whole thing is crazier than my story!
Modaga: Yes quite un-youthful!
(Explosion!)
Neos: Ah great… there goes my room.