Slayer: Another chapter and I've finally recovered from my fever.
Judan: Good because I think my last chapter that I made was just plain strange.
Shadow: Not just because you're strange right?
Neos: He is pretty strange…
Glacial: Indeed!
Judan: I'm beginning to hate all of you.
Modaga: Don't worry my youthful apprentice! I'm still here for you!
Judan: Good for me…
Shadow: Yeah… anyways onto to reviews! To which we once again answer the only person who ever reviews. In which we say thank you.
Neos: Yes now then for your question on the original eight emeralds of Sonic… we've actually never played that game series before.
Slayer: Segata Santuro is going to kill us for that…
Judan: Oh boy…
Shadow: That's actually a scary thought. Anyways now by personality shift if you're talking about Keno that will be explained later. If you mean Sera that's easy!
Neos: Yes because remember Chris said there was just something wrong with her when he fought her. That was pretty much her being forced to do things in a way she doesn't like.
Glacial: Wait that means the way she is now is her true personality?
Shadow: Yep.
Glacial: Umm… that's just weird… But for some reason I think it just fits her.
Neos: Moving on to if you meant Glacial. Well you'll see why she is acting that way in this chapter.
Glacial: Acting like what?
Slayer: Oh nothing… Now if you're talking about Xenovia well food is a great mediator. And a few adorable and just plain cute moments do help. Plus he is quite admirable in the way he does things. But she still doesn't like him.
Judan: As for Shirone's eye… you will know when it's healed.
Slayer: Now we also thank you for your edits. Because I really need to stop editing things when I'm tired. I end up missing way too many things.
Modaga: So un-youthful… Anyways can that's everything. Now can you lady Glacial end this youthfully?
Glacial: No… I'll just do it normally. Ahem… We here at the Dark Guard own nothing but OC's and reality building concepts. Everything else belongs to their respective owners now without further ado...
Everyone: Here's the story!
Neos: You know Glacial you actually look like someone else that I know.
Glacial: Really? Who?
Neos: Hmm… I can't remember. I wonder if Sakuya can help… oh…
Glacial: Huh?
Neos: Let's just get to the story.
Glacial: Okay then… weird…
Hello= Regular talk
[Hello]= Fernus
{Hello}= Ddraig
(Hello)= other sacred gears
'Hello'= Suki talking through thoughts
Hello= Thoughts/talking to inner spirits
(J/N)= Judan Notes
(S/N)= Slayer notes
Chapter Sixteen: The scariest of People… Are usually the Nicest and or Cutest
The Blue Dragoness
I couldn't help but just glare at the four in front of me. Because really… this was my first step in truly helping Christopher. You know… despite him forgiving me I am still ashamed at how I treated him. Even if I was the first one besides Cassandra to accept him. Really I should've been there for him right from the beginning. Especially considering my own family situation at the time.
Alright enough of that Glacial, we need to get Kokabiel into your field spell. So with that thought I mind I turned to the others.
"Alright everyone I'll take on Kokabiel the rest of you deal with Sui and Samuel. After all I do believe at least two of you have some business with them." For a moment I saw Chris narrow his eyes on me, but then turn to Sui who only smirked at him. However what she said next even got me angry.
"So… we meet again Black dragon chick how's that whore's eye? Have you managed to heal it yet?" At her words both mine and Chris' anger boiled hot. Because really… me and Juda have done everything we can to regenerate Koneko's eye. But we've been completely unsuccessful. Truly the only way to help her now would be to implant a brand new eye in her. Which is extremely difficult seeing how eyes are extremely fragile, and she would need another nekoshou's eye.
Although she did joke about stealing one of Sui's in poetic justice… shaking my head I looked at Chris whose grip on Suki was becoming tighter. Really I think the whole whore comment was starting to get to him. Not that I blame him, after all Koneko was a very loyal girl who only gave herself to him. Even if I think they're a bit young for all that. But I wasn't his mother so it really wasn't my place to say anything.
Still with how angry he was I wasn't surprised by what he said next. "Glacial you can handle Kokabiel like you wanted. The rest of you deal with Samuel and Valper. Sui however… that bitch is mine!" I actually flinched at that, because really… he rarely ever curses someone like that. Not to mention Suki was with us and I doubt he'd want her to start cursing. Even though she's actually much older than she looks. She still acts like a six year old.
In fact it made me worry that Reaper was starting to take over. However before I could say anything he was off attacking Sui. The other's were about to follow his lead and attack that Samuel guy. However Milly did something surprising, when she let out her wings… well let's just say she had another pair.
At this Issei couldn't help but speak about that. "Wow… you really are strong Mil Chan!~ Now I guess Lance and Raynare have another thing to be jealous of you about." Milly blushed but then shook her head, before clapping her hands together while looking at Samuel. She then grinned evilly before a ball of pure white energy formed in front of her. She then shot it at Samuel who summoned a pure black spear and stabbed at it. There was an explosion and he came rushing at them from the smoke.
That's when Kokabiel approached me. "You know… I was actually hoping to fight the Black Dragon. After all he is one of the strongest." He then sighed before looking at me in disappointment. "But alas I guess I have to fight the weakest, the one who couldn't say no to Ulysses and Altus." Now it was my turn to become furious.
"Don't you dare talk about things you don't understand!" He just laughed before creating what looked like a light sword and charging me. Smirking I let him come close to me before using the spell I was already preparing.
"Blue field!" His eyes widened but it was already too late. He was caught up in my spell and was teleported with me to my very own dimension. Now it was similar to Chris' dimension, however instead of the walls being red they were a dark blue. And the ground was made of a dark blue ice and there wasn't any water around edges. No there was just ice. The ceiling was also covered in spikes of ice which hung there and sparkled in the light. Said light came from strange crystals also hanging there. Said crystals gave off a strong yellow light.
Now while my place was very pretty, it was also deadly. Really the very air was cold as ice, and not many people could stay for too long. Unless they wanted to freeze to death, in which case most humans could probably only last two hours at most.
However Kokabiel wasn't human, so I really wasn't counting on that to play any factor in our fight. No… I wanted him here for a completely different reason. The reason being the questions I was going to ask him when he recovered from the teleportation.
"Damn you woman… guh… Why did you bring me here?! Mhh…" Yep he was slightly sick to his stomach. Something which only made me smile as I made my shot gun disappear.
That's when I began my questioning. "Sorry… but I need to ask you a few questions. Questions which you will answer or suffer a terrible fate of pain. Really I know that your "friends" probably weren't told much. But you're a lot stronger than them. After all you now have fourteen wings on you. This means you do know what Cassandra is planning. So would you mind telling me peacefully or do I have to get rough with you?" For a few moments he looked at me in surprise.
But that soon turned to amusement as he started laughing. "Hehehe! The weakest Dragon is threatening me?! HAHAHA! Just how foolish are you?! Lady Cassandra said that with her blessing I can defeat you! So what makes you think you can win?! Hahaha! Really I'll defeat you, and then do with you what I want before bringing you to my lady!"
What he said quickly ticked me off, so with a low growl I summoned a throwing knife. It had a black leather handle and a small guard. But the blade was made up of ice. So while he was busy laughing I tossed it him at high speeds and it stuck into his foot.
"GAH! What is this?!" He was now clutching his right foot as he pulled my knife out. That's when he turned to me and saw my smug face. "Just what did you do?! Cassandra said that your weapon was a shot gun! So how do you have another divine weapon?!" His confusion was understandable. And since I wasn't going to let him live at the end of this. I really didn't see any harm in telling him. Something which I have literally told no one else, although Chris had some suspicions.
So I smirked smugly before speaking. "To put it simply… my weapon isn't a shot gun." His eyes widened and before he could yell at me again I continued. "No… just like how water can take on many different forms. So to can my weapon, in truth my weapon is every handheld long range weapon. However because of this it doesn't have any special properties like the other dragons."
Smiling evilly I walked towards him slowly as I continued. "Like Altus' maul which acted as a gravity hammer, Juda's axe which is always covered in wind to make it sharp and also allows it to blow foes away. Or Ulysses spear which can with a single scratch, roast a person inside out if he wished it. Then there's Cassandra's saber which can purify anything. To bodily imperfections to even demons, this makes her weapon the second strongest. However Chris' scythe is the most deadly, it can slice off pieces of someone's soul."
I shook my head before continuing. "To be honest I was always kind of jealous of their special weapons. But then I discovered what my weapon really was, and now… I do believe I have the strongest weapon. Not because of any really special abilities, but because of its versatility." That's when I made my knife disappear. However as I summoned my weapon back into my hand, it wasn't another knife. No this time it was a bow which I held in my left hand.
Grinning wickedly I brought the string back as I made ice crystals form into an arrow. As for my aim… it was right between Kokabiel's eyes. Seeing this they widened as he took off into the air. Not a second to late either, because I let go of the ice arrow and it impacted a few feet where he used to be. However as soon as it touched the ground the arrow exploded into a huge ice bomb.
Now while my weapon doesn't really have enchantments, that doesn't mean I can't use it to fire my spells. This also amplified them, but the only reason it could do this was because it was a divine weapon. My divine weapon to be precise was just that special.
Still as Kokabiel flew in the air above me, he summoned a mass of huge light spears and sent them at me. I only smirked at I made my weapon into a two foot long sword. It was thin and had two-edges. But the handle was once again wrapped in black leather and the blade was made of ice. However it also looked segmented. The reason behind it was made known to Kokabiel as I swung it at the light spears. Very quickly the blade extended along a bluish white wire as I slashed it at the spears.
All of them exploded as the sword came back together. Yep I always did find snake swords cool. Still upon seeing his attack thwarted Kokabiel growled in frustration. That's when I got out my shot gun again and started shooting at him. As he flew around widely I couldn't help but make a horrible joke.
"You know this is exactly like duck hunting or shooting skeet's." His face reddened in rage as he quickly flew directly at me. I guess he was thinking that since long range wasn't working with him, that close combat was his best choice against me. Too bad he was dead wrong. As he came at me I just smiled while he summoned another sword of light. However as he slashed at me all I did was duck. I then made my weapon a handheld crossbow, and shot an ice shard at his exposed stomach.
It exploded in ice as he was sent back. However I didn't feel a thing because it was after all my own element and spell. Still he rolled across the floor eventually coming to a stop. He was now bleeding severely from a deep wound on his stomach. However I didn't care much and approached him joyfully.
"So are you going to tell me what I want to know? After all you now know you can't win, and if you try to kill yourself I'll just heal you. I do have the second strongest healing spells you know." Looking up at me Kokabiel growled and slowly stood up while holding his stomach. That's when I saw that his wings were now mangled and broken.
However what he said next shocked me. "Lady Cassandra expected this you know… she knew that one of you would confront me. To find out what her plans were and to make sure she didn't meet her brother. Although I will admit that she has a strange obsession with the Black Dragon. Still she didn't tell me everything, though there were some miscalculations made on her part."
I growled before grabbing the collar of his robe and bringing him up to me face. "Tell me everything that you do know then. And also tell me about those miscalculations. Because I'm not going to let her near Christopher ever again!" He laughed in pain for a few moments before speaking again.
"You love him don't you? But not in a romantic way obviously…" I couldn't help but scoff at him.
"Of course I love him; I helped look after him for a very long time when he was ignored. I even was there for him when his sister betrayed him! This also reminds me… Cassandra has no right to call him her brother after what she did!" Kokabiel only laughed harder before wincing in pain.
However what he said next made me let him go. "You wanted to adopt him didn't you?" As soon as I let go he struck at me and I was barely able to create my snake sword to block his light sword. However he kept on talking as we fought. "You ended up loving him like a son. However even after the incident with Cassandra you were forbidden from taking him in. No Ulysses and Altus thought it'd be best for him to leave the world of dragons behind. And even when you got the courage to defy them you couldn't find the black dragon." As he kept speaking I only grew angrier.
But he did explain some things that even I was curious about. "No Altus and Ulysses had put a barrier around him, not only did this make it impossible to find him. But it also dulled his senses to the supernatural. That's why he couldn't sense anything; however when Altus died the barrier around the black dragon disappeared. That's why Cassandra went after Altus first. But now it's too late for you, he already has a new mother and family. So now you're just left as the loser." Blocking another strike at him couldn't help but realize something.
So I couldn't help but begin laughing much to his confusion. "What's so funny? Have you become completely hysterical or something?" Taking an amused breath I spoke to him with a calm smile on my face.
"So that's Cassandra's game… she's trying to rile us all up, trying to break us down from the inside." His eyes widened but I didn't care I just kept talking. "Cassandra was someone who has known us for a long time. She was truly one of us, and while I don't know why she's become what she is. I do know that she knows us. And while it is true that I wanted to become Christopher's new mother. I'm fine with just being his aunt."
I couldn't help but shake my head as I continued. "Really though… did she really think that none of us would mature? I may have broken down a bit a few years ago. But I've learned to accept Chris' choice. Plus I really do like his new mother. Truly she's a better choice than me, so why don't we start this again. Tell me what you know."
At that point he seemed like he was going to throw more insults at me. However I had enough and was tired of being nice. So I raised my right hand at him and took control of the very thing I can control… liquid…
Very quickly he started to spasm as he yelled out in pain. "What are you doing?! ARGH! My body… it feels as if it's on fire!" Despite his blood curdling screams I only looked on focusing on what kept him alive. In other words… all the liquid inside of his body, which didn't just include his blood. No… his brain also had liquid in it, along with his eyes, mouth, skin, and pretty much everything else.
Eventually I stopped as he dropped to the floor. "I'll ask again… what… do… you… know. And what were her miscalculations?" He looked up at me in defiance, so before he could speak I repeated what I did. Really what I was doing was heating up all the liquids in his body pass the boiling point. I also was moving them around in ways that were unnatural to his body.
However this time I almost killed him so I used a cure spell on him before speaking. "What do you know?!" This time he looked up at me in fear before speaking.
"I don't know much… but I do know that she has plans for all of you. She wants your elements for herself, so just like she killed Altus and took his element she's going to take yours. However I do know that she didn't foresee your new strength. Nor did she know about your weapon. She was also not expecting you to show up; really she thought the black dragon would invite his brother. Truly we were a distraction while she sent stronger forces to your home. But it would seem that will now fail because of the red dragon. But she really wants the two cats. By breaking them… she would break the black dragon."
He then laughed in pain before continuing. "Another thing she didn't expect was Sera going rogue like that. But it would seem as if she was truly pretending to be one of us the whole time." He then looked up at me in pain. "There that's everything I know, now please leave me alone!"
Looking at him shook my head before speaking. "You're pathetic… you know I was told about your crimes. Really you can dish out pain and abuse but you can't take it. And truly if I let you go now you'll only cause trouble later. So really… I hope you suffer in whatever after life you go to." That's when I manipulated all the liquids in his body and literally tore it all out of him. When I was done there was a black watery mass floating in front of me. As for Kokabiel…
He was as dry as a mummy, his face permanently in a scream of pain. Shaking my head at it I thought back to what he told me. Really I could only smirk knowing that Ulysses, Juda, and Ophis would be able to handle anything with ease.
Well… besides Cassandra herself of course. I then sighed before rolling my shoulders. Speaking of handling themselves I wonder how the others are doing. I then laughed a bit before speaking out loud.
"Oh I'm sure they're fine. After all Milly now has six wings now, and Christopher's with them. So what could happen?"
The Black dragon the White cat
The Pure Fallen (Right when Glacial used her field spell)
To be honest I was actually rather nervous about fighting this Samuel guy. After all sparring and training is different than live combat. Something which I've personally never been in before, but only because Onii Chan had always protected me.
Speaking of whom… Looking over I saw my brother attacking Sui with pure anger. It actually was scaring me, because I have only seen him this angry a few times. But even those times weren't as bad as he was now. Really he has been getting angrier and angrier lately. I try to help him along with Koneko Nee Chan and Mom. Heck even that chicken Ravel has been trying to help.
But even when we just try to have a nice day together he seems to be on edge. Truly he's been this way since fighting Riser. Biting my lower lip I shook those thoughts from my head. Because really I needed to get my head back into the fight.
Come on Milly you need to get it together. We can worry about Onii Chan after this. With that thought in mind, I looked back at our opponent. Currently he was using two different red colored spears to block both Irina and Xenovia. Issei Nii took advantage of this by running around to unprotected back. However the punch he threw at him was block by another red spear. Frowning at this I took to the air, however this time I found flying even easier than it was before. I guess I have to thank my new wings for that.
So with that in mind I grinned before using my new light spell again. Really it was something I came up with, since I didn't have the experience to manipulate space, and pluck a meteor from the asteroid belt yet. How that was done not even Onii Chan really knew. He just kind of does spells without thinking of their true implications.
Still I condensed my light energy into a large ball, and then throw it at my opponent at high speeds. I had decided to call it the light smasher. Simply because I couldn't come up with a more creative name. I had actually used it earlier but it was weaker and Samuel had deflected it easily. However with him distracted I decided to give it another go from up above. So with a smirk I launched it at him. However my smirk became a frown as he made another spear to block it.
That's when he jumped up and created some kind of wyrm from hundreds of spears. He then headed straight growling in frustration, I started flying around while sending regular light spears at him. However each time a spear disconnected from the whole and intercepted it. Eventually I landed next to Issei Nii, and the others. At this point the chicken was firing off fireballs at our enemy. Everyone else however was waiting for a moment to strike. But it wasn't like they had long ranged attacks, or could fly so they were kind of stuck.
However my brother had his boosted gear out, and was boosting as much as possible. I could only guess that he was planning on hitting Samuel with a dragon shot. As for me I Jumped back into the fray and fired off another light smasher. But just like my light spears he blocked them with ease. At this point was getting quite frustrated with all of the spears.
"Just how many of these things can you create?!" At my question he simply turned to me before sending a dozen black spears at me. I could only yelp in surprise as I quickly folded my wings around my body and allowed myself to drop. However before I hit the ground I unfurled them and took off in the air again. With that all the spears impaled the floor. However I still grimaced as the ground began to actually melt.
"Is that really all you can do?" Looking back up to him I scowled as he continued to insult us. "To be honest I was expecting more of a challenge, especially when you showed your three sets of wings. But I guess there are limits to what you can do, especially for being so young and all." He then turned to the others before mocking them as well. "Now while she has an excuse the rest of you don't. Really I was expecting a bit more of challenge from all of you. But like that Keno girl all of you ar-gah!"
He yelled out in pain as I interrupted his monologue by using my full speed, and moving to his back. That's when I used the photon ray spell on him. And seeing how it was made for speed and not power, it hit him in the back without giving him time to dodge. Normally he would be able to dodge, but he was pretty much distracting himself. Of course I didn't let up and started tossing as many light spears at him as I could. I even threw in a few light smashers.
Upon seeing this, the chicken even joined in with her fireballs. When we were exhausted Issei Nii fired off his dragon shot, this caused a huge explosion and I was barely able to keep myself aloft. However as the smoke eventually cleared I grimaced when I saw him still alive. However his wyrm construct was destroyed along with his hood. However the four wings he now had were keeping him in the air.
That's when I decided to observe his face, and if I were honest… it was rather disturbing… Ha! If only… it's also disgusting! I mean half his face is literally just bones! Yep you heard my thoughts correctly. His whole left side was literally just his skull, but his right side was normal. His eye was brown, and he had neat brown hair along with a pale complexion. But I really didn't care about that. Because there was still the whole half skull face thing going for him. However for some reason the skull looked like it was made of metal.
Although by his normal half he looked pissed. Although the half which could actually show emotion had burnt edges at where it met the skull.
"You little worms! You burnt my skin and for that I'll burn all of you!" That when he created another spear wyrm thing, except this time its mouth was opened. That's when I saw a some kind of white energy form in its mouth. Feeling the need to move I did so, right when the wyrm reared back and shot of a large white beam. It was continuous and he aimed at pretty much everywhere we were. Eventually we all jumped behind a large chunk of roof.
We were all breathing heavily but the chicken still talked. "This isn't working! It's like fighting Sui all over again, only this time our opponent can pretty much do anything with those spears of his." Despite not liking it I had to agree with the flaming chicken on this one.
That's when Issei Nii spoke up. "Well… we really only have to hold him off until Glacial or Chris are done fighting. But I would like to beat this guy on our own. After all we can't rely on them forever, we need to be able to fight and defeat our opponents ourselves. Also I think Chris is taking his little fight with Sui a bit to personally right now. Really I'm surprised that he hasn't just killed her already." Me and the chicken both frowned at that, but before either of us could speak the wyrm showed itself above our hiding space.
As it opened its mouth again we all jumped out of the way, however this time the beam blew the ground up. This sent rock and debris everywhere, one even hit the chicken who was then thrown into me. Unfortunately I couldn't keep my irritation to myself.
"Hey watch where you're going Chicken!" She growled at me from her position on my back before retorting.
"Why don't you watch where you're going crow!" Yep those are our insults, crow and chicken… we were really quite childish about our rivalry. Still as we heard the rotating sound of metal. We both turned back to see Samuel half smirking at us as he prepared to fire. That's when our self preservation instincts kicked in, and we grabbed hold of each other and jumped out of the way. Just in time as another beam shot as us.
We then let go of one another as I spoke calmly. "This isn't a really good time to argue, so truce for now Ravel?" She sighed before responding positively.
"Yeah Onii Chan wouldn't like either of us to get hurt that's for sure Milly." That's when he fired off another beam at us, while we dove behind another large chunk of the morgue house. However this time I noticed something off… the beam had come out slower, and there was now smoke coming from the wyrms mouth.
This gave me an idea and I turned to Ravel. "Alright I think I have an idea, but I need to get over to Issei Nii for part of it. Also how hot can you make your flames?" She furrowed her brow before answering.
"I can make them pretty hot, but not as good as that idiot Ulysses' obviously. But I can use my flames to melt through solid iron at best." I didn't even bother with her insulting Ulysses Nii… after all while I do love him he is an idiot. Still the current strength of her flames, should work for the plan I was coming up. Thankfully Issei had unlocked something called second liberation or something. A weird name but it allowed him to actually give his boosts to people, or even objects if he wanted to. So with that I whispered my plan to her.
"Alright that's good enough, now then while this will be dangerous at least you have your regeneration just in case. I need you to distract him while I get Issei Nii to charge up his boost counter. After that get yourself over to him while I distract him with Irina and Xenovia. Then when he can't boost anymore ask him to transfer his boosts to you, and then fire off the strongest fire spell you have at Samuel. Hopefully this will be enough to finally beat him."
She looked a bit apprehensive before taking a breath, her face then became determined as she nodded her head. Just in time to as our little barricade began to glow white hot. Knowing that it was a bad sign, we both took to the sky as the white beam melted right through it. We then quickly moved on to do our parts. However I noticed that Samuel's face was starting to peel away, thus revealing more of his skull. Along with that his wyrm was smoking even more now.
Still I couldn't help but respect Ravel a bit more after she taunted him. "Hey is that all you can do? Really now skull face you insult us for being weak but you've yet to hurt one of us." Samuel growled and then did something that made me pray to my brother. He created four more spear wyrms, at this I saw Ravel's face pale a bit before she started flying even faster. The cause… even more beams shooting at her, however she was able to fire off a few spells as I neared my brother's position.
As I landed I spoke quickly. "Issei Nii! I have an idea but I need you to save as many boosts as possible." He looked at me along with Irina and Xenovia, however showing his trust in me he just nodded while doing what I said. That's when I turned to the other two girls. "As for you two, you'll be helping me in distracting him. Then when Issei Nii is done he'll use his boosted gear gift, or transferring ability on Ravel. She'll then cast her strongest fire spell on him."
Both were about to question me but Issei cut them off. "Do as she says, trust me she's a genius when it comes to strategy." I couldn't help but blush at the praise while the other two finally nodded their heads. Unfortunately that's when we heard Ravel cry out in pain. Looking back I saw one of the beams go right through her chest. Thankfully however she regenerated and managed to land in front of us. She almost collapsed but Issei Nii caught her. She was breathing heavily but was still conscious.
However there was a burnt hole now in the middle of her dress. There was even a bigger hole on the back which revealed almost her whole back. Thankfully the front didn't reveal to much of her chest, but I could still see the remains of her bra and some of her breasts.
Still I spoke up again at that point. "You did good Ravel now let us handle things until your next part. Issei Nii take care of her until you're ready. Also give her your top shirt when you can, it's not right for her to reveal so much. Now let the rest of us get going." Irina and Xenovia nodded their heads, while Issei ran off with while carrying Ravel bridal style. Although I did see Ravel give me a smile and a nod while they left.
Well… I guess she isn't so bad after all. Becoming serious again I turned to Samuel while he smirked at us. Although he only had one third of his mouth left now. Seems as if my plan is working rather well. So smirking in return I summoned a bunch of light spears around me. While I was summoning as much as possible Irina and Xenovia were standing at the ready. That's when I jumped up and spread out my wings before just firing off my light spears at our enemy.
As expected he either shot them all down or blocked them. But each time he did something more and more of his skin peeled away. However this still left Xenovia and Irina to deal with two other wyrms. You see he saw me as the bigger threat so I had to deal with three of them. However he didn't have those two use and beam attacks. Instead they just struck at them like snakes. And even sometimes tried to coil around them.
Still I was beginning to respect Ravel even more as I dodged the three wyrms. After all… she had to deal with five of them. Still I didn't give up even though I was quickly tiring. Eventually when his face was almost gone he stopped his assault to speak to us.
"Why don't you all just give up? It would be easier on everyone and I might just be able to "do" something's for you so you could live. Of course it wouldn't be exactly free." He then chuckled a bit while the rest of us got even angrier with him. But that was nothing compared to how angry I was at what he said next. "Although you little girl will probably be the most interesting, after all I've never done something as small as you."
Before I probably wouldn't understand what he meant by that, but thanks to Ulysses, Issei, Rias, and mostly Akeno I had a pretty good idea now. Really if Onii Chan or even Issei Nii had heard him… I'd doubt there'd be much left of him within the next minute. However I was already angry, and this had just pushed me past the breaking point.
So I practically screamed at him. "I'm only twelve and three quarters you pervert! I swear I'm going to kill you now just out of pure principle!" Of course my loud voice had startled pretty much everyone, and from my vantage point I saw Onii Chan pause in his fight to look at me in worry. But I didn't care and clasped my hands together so my palms were facing Samuel. I then concentrated all of my remaining magic energy into my hands.
However I had also kept it compressed as possible, so it was only a tiny baseball sized sphere of swirling energy. When I was almost out of energy I just shot it at Samuel at such speeds that he couldn't dodge. However he did bring all of his wyrms to his defense. But when my spell connected with one a huge explosion of white energy engulfed him. I was even blown back by it and hit the ground hard. I also heard a snapping sound which I knew was one of my wings breaking.
And also quite possible a few boned from my arm, along with some ribs. However I didn't care and only watched the dust cloud which had appeared. Eventually when it went away it revealed a ragged Samuel, whose face was now completely gone. Even some of his spears were now breaking apart. I smirked and tried to get up only to be hit by blinding pain. And by blinding… I mean my vision went slightly black for a second. That's when Irina ran up to me while Xenovia kept an eye on the unmoving Samuel.
"Are you okay Milly?!" I was barely able to give her a blank stare which made her blush. "Yeah… never mind… Hold on then I'll wrap you in pieces of my cloak to stabilize your broken bones." I gave a small nod while she started tearing her exorcist cloak up. However that's when Samuel finally made a sound, however the sound was that of insane laughter. This made Irina pause in wrapping me up and Xenovia stiffen.
When he was done he looked down on us with that metal skull. "Well… I didn't think you were that strong at all. But what did I expect from the black dragons little sister? Still any child you have will be quite strong. So my plan from before still works out." I couldn't help but growl at that despite the pain.
I guess I didn't blow him up hard enough. Thankfully before he could do anything else we all turned to a new voice in the sky.
"HEY! Why don't you stop picking on her and deal with me." Looking at the source I saw Ravel who was now wearing Issei's button up shirt over her dress. She was also holding a large ball of fire over her head, and before Samuel could say anything else she tossed it at him. It connected and he became trapped in the sphere of fire. That's when he started yelling out in pain while the sphere actually got smaller. By this point Ravel was breathing heavily, and landed next to me before getting out two vials from her dress pockets.
She offered one to me with a smile. "Here… I always have to vials of phoenix tears on me. Just in case we ran into trouble and need a quick heal or pick me up." Seeing this I smiled before Irina took the vial and took the cork top off. She then poured the contents into my mouth and I swallowed. At the point I couldn't help but comment on the taste and texture.
"Huh… it kind of tastes like sprite and also feels like it while going down." Ravel looked at me before shrugging and taking her own vial. I could only guess that she wanted to recharge her magic reserves. As for me I felt my bones knit together and my own magic reserves fill right up. Of course it all felt really, really weird but at least I was healed. So with that I jumped up and stretched out my limbs. "Wow this stuff really works!" Ravel smiled and was about to say something when we heard an explosion.
Looking up we all scowled as we saw Samuel break out of the fire sphere. "Great… there goes my plan of melting him to death. Really I thought his weakness was fire since he kept having his skin burned off." That's when I felt a pat on my head, turning around I saw a tired looking Issei.
"It's fine, to be honest me and Ravel Chan ended up thinking the same thing." He then turned back to Samuel with a scowl before continuing. "But I guess that skin of his was only a disguise to hide that skeleton body of his." Following my brothers gaze I nodded my head when I saw through his burnt clothes, that Samuel was indeed a metal skeleton. It was really weird but I guess that was just what he was. However that was only his top part, what I could see from his legs told me he had a normal bottom.
Just great for me… after all he wants to rape me. Shaking my head I assumed a battle stance as Samuel started talking again.
"All of you will pay for that! Truly I'm done playing around with you weaklings! It's time for you all to-" He didn't finish as what looked like an ice shard stabbed him through his chest. This also made hi fall to the ground. That's when we heard a very much appreciated voice.
"Well that's enough of you, now why don't you just die?" Looking to the source of the ice shard and voice we saw aunt Glacial smiling at Samuel.
However when Samuel saw her after recovering he spoke with fear. "How are you still alive?! Where's master Kokabiel?!"
She only giggled before answering. "Oh him? I dealt with him easily enough, trust me he was much too weak. I didn't even need to use any of my draconic energy to beat him." Looking at her I saw that Aunt Glacial was still wearing her glasses. And behind those glasses were normal looking eyes. At that point I couldn't help but become a bit scared.
Just how strong is she? Of course I was curious after all my Onii Chan always used his draconic energy in a fight. Then again… he's also always wearing to many training seals for his own good. Still upon hearing my pseudo aunts words Samuel reached into the remains of his coat and brought out a white orb. He then turned to left and yelled.
"Sui! The plans completely failed get Valper and get out of here!" That's when he threw the sphere at his feet. Samuel was then quickly encompassed by a white shroud. When it disappeared he was gone completely without a trace. That's when I heard my brother start yelling out in anger. And I could only assume that Sui had also gotten away.
Onii Chan… I really hope that you don't let your anger get the best of you.
The Black dragon the White cat
The Black Dragon
I was so close! Growling in frustration I looked at the spot where Sui had grabbed Valper and teleported away from. Because really there was nothing else that white light could be. Still there was some blood from the injuries I gave my opponent there. So walking up to it I got out a vial and scooped some up into it.
Hopefully we can use this to track her. At that point I just wanted to get this all over with. Cassandra was starting to be a huge threat to all of those I cared about. Really it made me glad that I had trusted Glacial to fight with us today. It also made me happy that Cassandra didn't know about Ophis. At least that's what it sounded like when I told Sui. It was right after she taunted me about sending in some guys to take Shirone and Fuyo.
'Bet she never thought of that Nyah! Also are you okay papa? You almost lost yourself there, it really did scare me.' With that Suki came out of her sword form while giving me a concerned look. Sighing I knelt down and hugged her tightly before apologizing.
"I'm sorry sweetie… it's just all of this has been quite stressful. And I was tired of Sui insulting your mother, because really I think she's one hundred percent perfect." Sui smiled brightly before hugging me back and speaking again.
"Yeah! Mama's the best ever!" I chuckled and then picked her up in my arms before kissing her nose. She giggled before I left to find the others, however Suki still talked to me telepathically. 'Papa… I should tell you that I ended up speaking with Reaper…' I was surprised but didn't interrupt. 'He was… well to sum it up even angrier when Sui insulted Mama, and when I asked why. He said that while he was indeed your darker half. He was still you and loved what you loved… Papa I think you should try and talk to him.'
I didn't know what to say to that. But before I could say yes or no I found the others. Now while Glacial looked completely fine, everyone else was ruffled up pretty badly. Especially Ravel and Milly, which upon seeing them I put Suki down and ran over to them.
That's when I very quickly began questioning them while examining them. After all Milly had blood all over her dress along with quick a few holes. And Ravel also had quite a bit of blood on her along with Issei's shirt. Eventually both looked at each other before nodding. That's when they did something that surprised everyone.
They both hugged me, kissed my cheeks and spoke at the same time. ""We're fine Onii Chan.~"" Of course they both then tried to look as cute as possible. At that point I couldn't help but freeze for a second. After that second though I both glomped them in a very tight hug.
"The both of you are so cute!~" At this point everyone even Suki began laughing, when both girls began making protests with red faces. Of course I had no idea why… after all they knew what was going to happen if they did that. However it became more interesting when Suki acted cute and said she also wanted a hug. So there I was hugging the three adorable girls tightly while also twirling them around.
In the end it took a stern sounding Glacial to make me let go, although it was still quite reluctant. After all I loved cute things and those three were just plain adorable.
[We canst help it. After all it is our curse to bear…] Of course Fernus was absolutely right, but that didn't mean we were complaining about it. Really this just made me want to grab them again along with Fuyo, Shirone, Ophis, and Ayame. Just so I could hug them all tightly. Hey don't judge me! You just try and resist their adorableness! Eventually things calmed down enough to all speak normally.
However they all looked at me strangely as I talked as if nothing happened."Okay so this was a slight failure and success. By the looks of things Glacial here got rid of Kokabiel, and you four managed to hurt Samuel quite badly." With an eye roll Issei spoke up.
"Yeah mister I can't resist cuteness. Still what was he anyways? He was a metal skeleton from the waist up." He then turned to Glacial before asking her a question. "Have you ever heard of anything like that?" I wasn't to upset that he didn't ask me, after all my almost aunt had more experience with the supernatural then I did. I also didn't blame him for what he said starting out, after all it was the truth.
However her answer turned out to be lacking. "Sorry… but I've never encountered or even heard of anything like him in my travels. Which is something since I'm always moving around."
That's when Suki spoke up. "Actually I've seen something like that before." Immediately we all turned to her as she continued. "It was during one of the jerk Arthur's fights. We were fighting what looked like a normal person. But after hitting him with my destruction power he turned out to have a metal skeleton. It then took a while but he was eventually defeated. However after that he disintegrated and I've never saw another since. Well until now it seems, sorry that it isn't much help." When she finished her ears drooped sadly.
Seeing this I started petting her head lightly, this perked her up a bit. But I couldn't help but hum in thought. Because while what she said was interesting, and while it didn't really help us out that much. It still meant that that whatever Samuel was isn't anything new. Plus there was the fact that he had a sacred gear. Now while that could mean that he had stolen it, it could also mean that he's still human in some way. I just needed to figure that out. In the mean time I think everyone here could use a rest.
So with that thought in mind I spoke again. "Alright we can figure this all out later. For now let's just get back to the house and rest a bit. We can all discuss our next move in the evening." That's when we heard the voice of someone we had completely forgotten.
"Wait! Are you just going to leave me here?! How un-youthful!" Following the sound of Kiba's voice I winced when I saw him buried in rubble.
I completely forgot about him! You see… while I was fighting Sui he went after Valper. But as it turned out he was actually really good at barriers, much like Asia actually. Still it was enough to block Kiba's assault, which was when Sui attacked him sending him into a pile of rubble. It was also when I managed to cut Sui's back open. However before I could finish her, Samuel gave out his warning and she teleported away with Valper.
So with a sigh I went over to Kiba and dragged him out, however that's when a strange golden crystal shard fell out of the pile onto the ground. Frowning I tried to pick it up, however as soon as I touched it. Well the thing instantly burned my hand causing me to yelp in pain. After a bit I healed my hand and just glared at the thing. That's when Milly came over and looked at it. However before I could stop her she picked it up with her left hand, however unlike me it didn't harm her.
After looking at it for a bit she turned to me. "What do you think this thing is Onii Chan?" Recovering from my shock I looked at it carefully. Then after seeing nothing strange about it I used my senor abilities. That's when I found out what it was.
"I think it's a shard from one of the pyramids… no wonder it burned me. Cassandra's light element is all over that thing. But… for some reason I don't feel anything corrupted about it. No doubt the main body contained any influence, while this just contains some power." Milly hummed in thought for a bit while just staring at the shard. And that's when my little sister did something crazy. She put the shard in the palm of her right hand, and then gathered some light energy in left before smashing her hands together.
I couldn't help but yell at her for that. "What are you doing?!" At that point I had to catch her as she fell forward in pain. "Milly!" At that point everyone was gathering around her as she cried in agony. But then her wings popped out of her back again, and all of us couldn't help but stare as her wings slowly turned into a bright grey.
When they were turned completely, her pained cries stopped and she was now only breathing heavily. Eventually she was able to stand on her own, and I let go of her as she examined her new wings.
"Well… that didn't go exactly as expected, but I think I'll like these more than my las- OW!" Very quickly she clutched the top of her head after I smacked her.
I also couldn't help but scold her. "Milly do you know how dangerous that was?! What if the shard was actually enough to completely take you over? What if the white element inside it was too much for you?! Do you know how scared I was when you did that?!"
When I finished she looked down sadly. "I'm sorry Onii Chan… I guess I wasn't thinking clearly. I just thought since you said it wasn't the fully pyramid, and that it held none of the white dragons influence. That if I absorbed its power my own white element would be stronger." At that point I couldn't help but sigh airily before embracing her.
"I understand Milly just never do something like that again without asking me first okay?" She nodded her head while burying it into my chest. I then shook mine before kissing the top of her head and letting go. "Alright… now we can all go home and rest. We can discuss our plans for later well… later." At my words everyone nodded their heads before we started making our way back to the mansion, manor, thing…
Really is it a manor, or a mansion? Rias was never really clear on that. However before I could think on that more I felt someone run into me. Thankfully I'm always rather sturdy so I didn't fall. Which was also good for the person who ran into me. Turning around I saw Xenovia holding onto my coat.
Although she quickly let go and apologized. "Sorry about that, I seemed to have tripped over a rock." Looking around I couldn't help but nod my head. After all… the entire place was covered in building chunks and pieces.
"It's alright, just be careful. It wouldn't be good if you trip and fell, or even twisted your ankle." She nodded her head and we walked on in silence. Although about half way home Suki asked for a ride so I let her sit on my shoulders. I also noticed that Ravel and Milly were finally talking civilly. In which I could only guess that they had come to an understanding.
Bout time… I really didn't like how my two little sisters were fighting over me. At that thought I couldn't help but chuckle making Xenovia glance at me for a second. However she then faced forward again not even questioning me.
However when we got back I couldn't help but scowl. Because I saw Ulysses resting on the front lawn with Ophis on his lap, or what was left of it. Really the entire place was burnt and there were quite a large number of craters. Although I did see Juda slowly using his powers to fix the place up. Still upon seeing me Ophis jumped up and tackled me in a hug. Thankfully Suki had a good grip so she didn't fall. And I was expecting it so I didn't either.
Instead I just returned the hug while me niece spoke in relief. "Thank goodness all of you are safe! When we were attacked, we didn't know what happened to you and we became really worried. Really Aunt Koneko was about to run out of the place to look for all of you. But Dad convinced her otherwise." I couldn't help but grimace at that, but then Ophis let go of me and did something surprising. She went over to Issei and hugged him as well. "I'm also glad that you're okay Uncle Issei."
Smiling Issei returned the hug while I let Suki off my shoulders. I then turned to Ulysses who approached me while Ophis hugged Glacial. That's when Milly and Ravel approached her and all three of them hugged while Ulysses spoke.
"It's good to see you back in one piece bro. To be honest I was a little worried that you would have to fight Cassandra with just yourself and Glacial. By the looks of things that didn't happen, or else you would've called us for backup."
I nodded my head before speaking. "Yeah thank myself for that. Anyways is everyone okay here? Everyone on our side, well besides me, Suki, and Glacial are a bit scratched up. But they're more tired than. Although Milly did something stupid and now has new wings." He looked at me strangely before answering my question.
"Everyone here is fine, we had myself, Juda, and Ophis. So there wasn't anything they could really do to hurt us. Really at this point we should only worry about Cassandra. But your neko did help in the fight, in which I might add she's gotten quite a bit stronger. Keno also fought but for some reason did seem to into it." He then paused before chuckling. "Hehe… Lady mom and Suzuki fought as well. Trust me those two were actually quite scary… really I never knew a frying pan was so deadly."
He then shivered as before continuing. "Still enough of that what about Mil Chan? What did our little sister do?" Sighing I explained what Milly did to him and he looked visibly upset. However he didn't try to lecture her as I had already done so. Plus we both knew that mom would give her an even bigger talking to when we told her.
That's when I saw Shirone come out of the house running. She then looked around, eventually she spotted me and I could see some tears form in her eyes. She then ran at me before jumping and throwing her arms around my neck.
"Thank the dragon god you're alright! I was so worried about you, especially when you never answered any of my calls." She was crying lightly as I hugged her tightly and patted her on the back. However I was slightly confused since I don't remember getting any calls. That's when Fernus told me something.
[Well… thou didn't notice, but thy phone was hit by a rock. I'm not surprised that thou didst miss our mate's calls.] At that point I inwardly groaned, mostly because I completely understood Shirone's worry. But also because I needed a phone now.
Still I just held her while rubbing her back and head. Although I couldn't help but notice that my mate's chest was a little bigger. Hey give me a break! I'm a guy as she was also trying to hug the life out of me! So don't blame me for noticing something like that, especially when I only had thoughts like that for her! I also noticed other things like her cat ears being a bit slimmer as well.
Behind her I also saw that her tails were a bit thicker. Really it was interesting, but then again I didn't really know anything about maturing Nekomata, or in this case Nekoshou. Still when she did let go of me she dried her tears before apologizing.
"Sorry for breaking down like the Chri Kun… I was just so worried about you and Suki. Speaking of whom where is our little darling Nyah?" Upon hearing her name Suki came running up to us before jumping onto my mate.
"Don't worry Mama I'm fine, Papa took good care of me and even made one of powers stronger Nyah!~" Shirone smiled happily before picking her up and kissing her cheek.
She then spoke happily. "Well I'm glad that all of you are okay Nyah. Now then let's all go inside, we can have a snack and take a short nap before talking again. How that's that sound Nyah?" Suki nodded her head and they headed inside where everyone else was most likely waiting. As for myself I just watched as everyone eventually followed their lead. That's when my thoughts went back to what Suki told me.
Hey Fernus… do you think I should try and "talk" with Reaper as well?
[I'm not so sure… thy other self always seemed so… different. But maybe thou shouldst try.] I nodded my head at that before following everyone inside. Because while I knew what I was going to do next… I wanted to spend some time with my family first.
It has been a rather long day after all.
The three White cats: Finale
When the older girl with the eye patch finished her story of her life so far. The youngest sat there frowning while the other older one nodded her head in understanding. Of course what the youngest said next made both of them grimace.
"Your childhood sucked. At least I still have mine with Onii Chan to look forward to." She then turned to the other older girl. "Let me guess… your life was similar except you met that Rodrick guy and became the number two girl in his harem. Does that sound about right?" The older girl frowned before answering.
"HE calls us his princesses but that's pretty much right. Except we're dealing with quite a few high level problems right now. Trust me this whole Abyss and Nether nonsense is starting to really get to everyone."
That's when the girl with the eye patch spoke. "I can tell, although we're dealing with a lot of trouble ourselves right now. Poor Christopher can barely keep up anymore, and I think his anger is really starting to get to him. Although he is still able to reign it in when he's around us. Still having to fight your own sister… I can't imagine how he's feeling right now. After all Kuroka only left us, not tried to kill us." The other two girls could only nod in agreement at what she said.
That's when the younger spoke up again. "Yeah but to be honest… I want to find Kuroka one day and get answers from her." She then frowned before continuing. "Well not before beating her up first. After all she has a lot of explaining to do, and I'm just quite angry with her for what she's done." Both of the older girls giggled at the youngest as she spoke in confusion. "What? What's so funny?!" Eventually both girls calmed down before the one without the eye patch spoke.
"Oh nothing… it's just I guess we're happy that you still have all of your inner strength still. That you're still willing to face Kuroka and get the answers. Without anyone there besides you no less."
The other oldest nodded her head before speaking. "Yeah! After all we also want to confront her, but we aren't strong enough to do it alone. More than likely I'll have my Christopher, and she'll have her Rodrick with her."
The youngest at this point looked sad while she spoke. "You can be strong to you know? You both just have to think hard, and just trust yourselves to know what you have to do. Although admitting that you need help to confront your fear is a strength to." At her words both the older girls looked at her in surprise while the youngest shrugged before smirking. "Well at least that's what Onii Chan told me once, after all he relies on Mizore Nee Chan for strength."
At that point both older girls looked at each other before laughing, and soon the youngest joined in. However that was when all three of them started to fade. The youngest was the first to notice and speak up about it.
"Well it seems as if our time here is up. I really wish the both of you the best of luck! Although Onii Chan also says that luck is utter crap and one shouldn't rely on it. Especially if its his luck we're relying on." Both the older girls could only turn to each other and sigh.
But then the one with the eye patch smiled and spoke. "Well then… I guess this it. I hope that the both of you end up having a peaceful and happy future." Smiling the other girl spoke up last.
"I wish the same to you both as well. And remember when times seem tough we can always rely on our most precious people to help us." With that all three of them disappeared, and went back to their own worlds. When the youngest arrived she found herself laying down in a garden. She then looked up and saw her older brother smiling over her.
"Well I hope that your trip was a nice one, I also hope that nothing bad happened."
Looking at him she smiled before speaking. "No… in fact I do believe my little trip was quite nice.~" He then chuckled and lied down next to her, while also just petting her head. And soon she fell asleep with a purr.
As for the one with the eye patch she woke up in a bed with three people snuggling with her. Looking across from her she saw her mate on the far side of the bed. Then looking between them she smiled as she saw her two adopted little girls sleeping soundly. Thinking that it was a good idea she joined them all the while thinking of the other two versions of herself. Whether or not it was real or just a dream she'd never really know. But she would always take to heart what the youngest one had said.
As well as try harder to make sure her daughters never turned out as insane as her.
The last one also woke up in a similar circumstance. However there were four other girls in bed with her along with her boyfriend. Used to such things she kissed him while he was sleeping and laid back down on his chest. She was personally thinking that her other self was wrong and he wasn't a man whore. But while she'd make sure to never become as crazy as her younger self.
She would always remember that all was not loss, and that some version of herself would in fact have a happy childhood. And that was a comforting thing for her. Although she would forever be jealous of her older other being taller and also more filled out then she was.
The Spectator?
"The end!" Looking around at my audience I smiled as I closed my reading book. However while my newest youthful disciple Kiba was crying tears of joy. The un-youthful outsider and Maxos were just glaring at me. "What?! So I made those three meet, it turned out to be quite youthful for them." Both kept glaring and then pointed their hands at me. They then created to spheres of black colored energy which just floated in their outstretched palms.
Laughing nervously I turned to my other disciple. "You won't let them hurt your youthful master would you Judan?" He just shrugged uncaringly before speaking.
"You kind of deserve this one my lord. After all this meeting was supposed to be relatively serious." I gulped and then looked back at the other two god like beings. Both smirked before firing their attacks at me.
In return I offered them my youthful screams of pain. "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Yep… how youthful…
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
Red: Issei
Red: Ulysses
Green, Black: Koneko
White: Raynare
Black: Kiba
Blue: Glacial
White: Xenovia
White: Irina
White: Valper
?: Samuel
List will be cleared for characters only shown in current chapter's next chapter.
Dragon ranking system: Ophis?, White?, Black third, Red third, Blue fourth, Green fifth
Slayer: Well that's that for chapter sixteen then.
Judan: Yeah we covered quite a bit here and Milly even got two upgrades!
Milly: Yes! I'm going to become the strongest fallen in the world!
Kokabiel: I died in a very gruesome manner though…
Glacial: It was pretty gruesome, but I like my new rank and weapons. Oh this is getting so exciting!
Shadow: Your powers scare the crap out of me.
Neos: Oh don't be such a baby. After all you can defeat her with both hands tied behind your back while blindfolded.
Shadow: While that is true… just the fact that she can literally turn someone into a mummy is terrifying!
Judan: He does have a point there Neos.
Slayer: I for one don't care! Because I'm going to be the strongest in creation by the end of everything!
Neos: HA! Don't be so full of yourself Voidwalker. We Broodknights are the strongest.
Shadow: Wrong again we Darkwraiths are the best!
Glacial: Which is why there are so few of you left right mister youngest?
Shadow: Uh…
Milly: Please stop fighting! We're ruining the ending chat!
Everyone/minus Milly: Sorry…
Judan: Well I guess we just need to finish this up then. Kokabiel how about you since you'll never show up again?
Kokabiel: I hate that… Oh well, now this has been a Dark Guard production now signing off!
Everyone: Goodbye!
