Ben 10: Dragon God of Life

by DragneelGiant96

Ever since he was 10, Ben Tennyson has been having dreams of strange creatures, strange events...and a strange green dragon. No one can explain them; they're a mystery. But when he attends Kuoh Academy, he learns that there's more to his dreams than he realizes. Powerful, original version of Ben Tennyson. OOC and AU. Rated M for swearing, violence and DxD nudity. [Ben x Harem]

24. We're off to the Underworld!

A/N: Wow! Just wow!

I can't even begin to tell all of you how grateful I am to receive so many reviews from my last chapter. At my last look, I counted about 24 reviews, the largest number I've ever received from a single chapter to date. Due to the large number of guest reviewers I won't be able to reply to all of them individually so I shall reply to most of them now and do the same to my named reviewers at the end of the chapter as well as guest reviewers who asked me unique questions.

The story suggestions you made are brilliant and have given me ideas that I never expected to come up with beforehand. Unfortunately, I won't be able to use all of them (or at least not for quite a while as the story progresses) but there are several story ideas which intrigue me greatly and will appear in the future.

I've finally come to a decision regarding Valerie within my story upon discussion with my beta reader and story confidant. I've decided that I won't include her in Ben's harem. I know this will upset a few of you but that is my final decision. I really liked the rivalry which existed between Vali and Issei in the canon and wanted to keep it in my own story. As well as this, I just don't see Valerie being interested in Ben that way. She's a strong, dominant character and I can't find any realistic reason why she would submit herself to being one of Ben's romantic partners. That being said, though, I do have some ideas for who will become part of Ben's harem but I won't go into too much detail at the moment. (I had never heard of Looma before but, upon review, I could make something work with her.)

I'm glad that I was able to spark the curiosity of several of my readers but I am keeping silent on any characters from Ben 10 canon I may bring into my story.

From this point on, I plan to combine the light novel and anime together more than ever. They began to split apart a lot in the third season of the anime which steered very far from the light novel near the end. It is also from this point on that I really start to put an original spin on the DxD story.

(I own neither Ben 10 nor Highschool DxD. They each belong to their respective creators.)

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Dimension Gap

The swirling infinite void of the nothingness that the Gap was composed of rippled slightly, as if recoiling from the small slit which opened and the spectral daemon, Zs'Skayr passed through before the opening was quickly sealed again, the temporal 'scar' vanishing instantly.

"Well?" the voice from the new and ever-so-slowly mark in the Gap asked as malevolent energy continued to seep through the minuscule hole and react the unique energy the Gap was composed of. "Where is he?"

Zs'Skayr flinched at the dark tone of their master's voice and instantly prostrated themselves before them in apology.

"A thousand apologies, my lord," they muttered, their head still bowed low, partly in their wish for forgiveness and partly due the intense energy of their master pressing down on them with extreme pressure. "I continue to search for him, master, but it has been nearly ten thousand years since they were last seen. Any information on his whereabouts has long since fallen into legends told around the fire or horror stories that parents tell their offspring to get them to behave. It'll take forever to scour the entire Underworld."

"Excuses. Excuses," the voice drawled deeply while the pressure pressing down on Zs'Skayr slowly intensified, causing the spectral being to grunt in pain. "Since I spared your life and allowed you to serve me you have failed to carry out the one task I gave you. Was I mistaken in letting you live?"

"N-No, my lord," Zs'Skayr grunted back as he was pushed down further from the pressure. It was taking every ounce of their magical power to not be crushed out of existence. "I-I swear to you that I will find your champion for you."

"But you said yourself that it would take forever to find him. If you're expecting me to let you continue to exist for that long then I expect you to be able to serve me better in other ways. What else do you have to offer me?"

Zs'Skayr tried to answer their master immediately but they were cut off by the abruptly intense pressure which struck them. Had they not been focussing every ounce of magic power on resisting the weight pushing down on them then the sudden increase would have caught them off guard and destroyed them. As it was, though, they were just barely able to survive the weight, releasing a subconscious sigh of relief when the added weight vanished just as suddenly as it almost destroyed them.

They quickly spoke up at this reprieve on the off chance that it might return.

"I-I can act as your eyes and ears, m-my dark m-master," Zs'Skayr grunted in response.

This seemed to be the right thing to say as the pressure abated ever so slightly from them. Silence filled the void so Zs'Skayr continued speaking, believing that their master was waiting to hear more.

"Until you are free again, I can gather information on your enemies and relay information back to you."

Still, the spectral being was met by silence though, again, the pressure pressing down on him lessened once again though it still hadn't vanished completely.

"For instance, master. While searching the Underworld for your champion, I learned that the Three Factions have just formally declared an end to their civil war after so long…and after being attacked by Ophis' Khaos Brigade they are now entered into an alliance to counter them."

"Hmm," the voice mused, ending their silence at last at this interesting piece of news. "So Ophis has finally entered the game, huh? Maybe they've finally grown tired of Great Red residing in their home. And what of this 'Khaos Brigade' you speak of? Who are they exactly?"

"They are a collection of different groups, races and species which have allied together for different reasons to bring about the destruction of everything. From what little I have been able to discover they wish to destroy all the pantheons, not just God's toys and playthings. They only attacked the peace summit because most of the leaders of the factions were there and one of the groups within this Khaos Brigade didn't want to waste the opportunity."

"Hah. Interesting. And were they successful?"

Zs'Skayr shook their head, an action relatively easy to do now that the pressure on him had all but completely abated.

"They did not. They were able to wipe out all of the minions the leaders had brought to the summit but they never got close to the leaders. The only thing of note from the battle was the fight between the Two Heavenly Dragons when Albion and his vessel revealed their treachery by announcing they had joined the Khaos Brigade."

The voice growled lowly and darkly at the mention of Azmuth or his offspring. Every time they heard mention of their names made them want to kill them all the more.

'How much longer will I have to endure hearing their names? How much longer before I can devour them?' they growled in thought.

Returning their attention to the matter at hand, the Dimensional Gap prisoner formulated numerous plans in their head with what they have learned.

"I'm interested in hearing more about this destructive 'Khaos Brigade'. They may have been formed by that aloof dragon, Ophis, but their ideals intrigue me. I want you to find out more information about them while searching for my Right Hand. Perhaps we can steal their loyalty away from Ophis. Now go."

Zs'Skayr nodded their ethereal head sharply and slashed the air beside them, ripping apart a tear in the fabric of the void and disappearing through to continue with their mission.

As the tear closed behind the spectral daemon, the malevolent force confined to the cage of the Gap was left with their thoughts.

If they could get this alliance dedicated to bringing about chaos over to serve his will then it will strengthen their initial forces greatly…and if they take control one of that eternally cursed Azmuth's sons then who knew how many other dragons he could add to his forces.

"Destiny, it seems, will favour me," the malicious force chuckled darkly as the pieces began taking their places on the board. Ophis had no idea as to the true reason Red was dwelling with the Gap and that worked in his favour.

Ophis had always been a reclusive dragon. Despite being one of the dragon gods, Ophis had never truly interacted with Red or Azmuth, not even during the worst millennia of the war.

As his thoughts brought up Azmuth the human child who served as his vessel entered the forefront of their thoughts.

"We all have our parts to play in the coming days…and yours is coming soon, Tennyson. You have a very important part to play so I hope you're up for it."

. . . . .

"Shit!" Ben cried as he dove out of the way of the blinding beam of light which passed through where he had just been, missing it by the barest of inches as it continued on its path through the air on its journey.

Ben glanced over his shoulder to watch the beam of light soar into the darkness where it struck its opponent and exploded violently.

"Shit, that was a close one," he breathed with a deep sigh, failing to notice the emerald-green orb of light which floated beside his head.

[What are you talking about, boy? Have you forgotten that all you are seeing isn't real?]

"Of course I didn't, Azmuth," Ben grumbled in response to his emerald dragon god companion's jibe, whether it was intentional or not, and glared at the orb lightly. "Of course I know this is a vision of one of your memories. I just acted instinctively when that beam was coming right at me.

[Yeah, give the kid a break, Azmuth.]

Ben turned his gaze over to the crimson red orb that hovered beside him too.

[Not all of us can switch off our emotions as flawlessly as you can,] Ddraig, the Red Dragon Emperor joked heartily before chuckling slightly at his own jab at the ancient dragon.

Azmuth just grunted at Ddraig's attempt at humour and turned his attention away from him.

Ben couldn't help but smirk at the unique relationship the two dragons had that he to live with and try to intervene in sometimes.

Following Azmuth's example, Ben cleared his throat and followed his gaze back to the vision playing out around them.

They were once again surrounded by darkness with the thick dark purple webs crisscrossing everywhere he looked. The scene looked almost identical to the last several times he had witnessed these visions except for a few notable differences in this one. Instead of watching Azmuth and the other huge, crimson red dragon battling a terrifyingly large beast hiding in the blackness.

Now, Ben found himself in the middle of the madness that was a huge, explosive battle. On one side, a bright light illuminated an entire half of the battlefield as hundreds of winged beings lined up and dotted around their side of the battlefield.

Ben's eyes widened when he realised he was looking at Angels. While they didn't look quite like the angelic guards he remembered seeing at the peace summit or absolutely anything like the Archangel Michael they were still angels.

Opposite to the angelic battle formations was the infinite dark void that Ben had seen in his previous journeys. However, instead of the huge, horrific creature lurking in the darkness that he had seen last time, an innumerable horde of creatures and monsters Ben had never seen before were swarming out of the darkness and charging towards their foe.

Ben was transfixed by the swarm before him, unable to turn his gaze away at first, not from fascination but by revulsion.

"Fucking hell," he breathed quietly as the webs all around him seemed to wriggle and writhe from the sheer amount of monsters clustered all over them. They didn't look like any demon, monster or creature he had ever seen or heard about. "What the hell are those things?"

[Foul creatures spawned from the nightmarish power of the Great Enemy,] Azmuth explained darkly. [Abominations that mock the miracle of life and it beauty.]

Even though Ben couldn't see his face, Ben could tell instinctively that Azmuth was glaring at the swarm with white hatred.

"But what are they though? I've never seen anything like them before," Ben tried again, hoping to learn whatever he could from the vision.

[Good,] Azmuth responded sharply. [Pray that you never do.]

Ben leaned closer to the crimson orb on his right.

"What does he mean by that?" he asked his other dragon companion.

[These creatures you see before you aren't creatures or demons you are familiar with. These were known as daemons, evil creatures created by the Enemy for his army when the war began to escalate. Once the war was won, all efforts were made to completely wipe out every trace of these creatures to ensure their foul taint didn't corrupt everything we went on to create,] Ddraig explained.

Just like Azmuth, Ben could feel the unbridled hatred that Ddraig seemed to have against the creatures swarming around them.

"So, you fought these things too?" Ben asked him, flinching as a portion of the infinite swarm began emitting horrific, blood-curdling screams which forced Ben to flinch away from the sound while another portion of the swarm started firing violent beams of purple energy at the angelic forces before them. They quickly crossed the rapidly decreasing gap between the two forces before they were abruptly stopped by a magical shield before they reached the angels, the air before them shimmering brightly as it dissipated the countless energy blasts and rippled along the whole line.

The sudden intensity of the light forced to avert his gaze for a moment before looking back.

"So, what exactly are we watching here?" he wondered as the horde's screams intensified at the failed attack and the rest of the swarm increased their speed. As they did this, Ben looked back at the angelic forces in time to see them launch their counterattack. He watched them as numerous beams of bright light shot out from their lines, soared across the darkness, and struck the swarm. Unlike the angels, the monstrous creatures hadn't – or couldn't – created a protective shield to protect themselves from the barrage which struck them head on. As each beam found its mark great swarths of gaps were opened up in the daemonic lines.

Just as quickly as those monsters were obliterated though, Ben watched on as countless more filled their ranks and the holes created by the angelic barrage were filled almost as quick as they were made.

'Just how many of them are there?' he thought to himself as he looked towards the back of the swarm only to see them emerging from the darkness, as if they were made by the very darkness itself.

[This was just one of the thousands of battles fought during the war,] Azmuth explained as the two armies began freely exchanging fire as the dark sky was soon illuminated by the innumerable beams of energy, both dark and light, soared across the gap between them and struck each other's lines, each having the same effect as their previous volleys. [When God joined the war He created Angels to serve as our ground forces to counter the Enemy's army of daemonic monsters created out of the very darkness that all of creation was composed of.]

"So that's why God created Angels? For the war?" Ben surmised as the angels continued to fire beams of bright light into the rapidly approaching swarm.

[You forget, kid, Angels are God's soldiers. Despite what humans believe them to be, they were created to serve God during this war. While Great Red and I hunted down and fought the Enemy, God lead our forces against their champion and their army of darkness,] Ddraig muttered just as the brilliant light on the Angel side of the field intensified and turned golden.

As Ben winced and turned his head away from the sudden golden light which nearly blinded him, he was surprised at the warm, comforting feeling that enveloped him.

'Huh, I thought I couldn't feel anything in a vision,' he thought in confusion as the golden light continued to intensify.

[Ah, speaking of which, here He is now,] Azmuth mused.

With the initial shock of the sudden golden light leaving him, Ben slowly looked back to the centre of the golden light. As his eyes adjusted to the blindingly bright light in the centre they widened as they were met by a huge figure standing among the angels. They were clad in golden armour which covered their entire body. In their right hand they wielded a large sword covered in brilliant flames which licked the length of the blade yet gave off immense power in its own right.

The face of the new arrival was completely obscured by golden light yet that didn't matter to Ben as he still found himself unable to focus on the figure and subconsciously kept averting his gaze from them and bowing his head.

When Ben tried to force himself to look at the new arrival fully. With each quick glance he was able to make towards them, he slowly saw them as they raised their flame-covered blade towards the hostile swarm which was now almost on top of the angels. With the unknown signal given, the collective angels let out a series of war cries before they all fell into a charge, their weapons raised as they fell upon the swarm and a bloodbath ensued.

Ben saw all this happen but he still continued to try and look at the huge figure who had arrived and taken control of the angelic forces.

'It isn't. it couldn't be…,' Ben began to think before a sudden feeling of dread suddenly engulfed him and he felt a dark presence directly behind him.

He span around abruptly only to be met by pitch blackness, complete darkness.

Thrown off by this, Ben turned his head back to the huge battle playing out before him but was met by darkness again.

"What the?" Ben muttered with surprise on his face as his head began snapping back and forth around himself only to see that he was now in complete darkness with neither Azmuth nor Ddraig anywhere to be seen.

"What's going on? Where did everything go? Azmuth? Ddraig?" he began calling out to the all-encompassing darkness around him.

He received no response from either of his dragon companions.

This confused Ben greatly. He'd had quite a few visions of Azmuth's past during his sleep but he had never had them end like this.

"What's going on?" he muttered to himself as the darkness started to unnerve him.

Suddenly, out of the darkness….

"Heeeeeeey there, Ben," a chorus of familiarly feminine voices called out behind him in a sing-song manner. He snapped his head back around to see Rias, Asia, Akeno, Xenovia and Koneko gathered before him, each one of them as naked as the day they were born and each with their arms outstretched and reaching out to him, as if beckoning for him to embrace them.

"What the…?" Ben gasped in surprise at the sight of the beautiful young women before him as they slowly spread out into a semicircle in front of him and glided towards him.

"Hey, Ben," Rias purred seductively as she reached him and placed her hand on his chest.

As she did so, Ben let out an unconscious gasp as he felt her hand touch his bare skin. He glanced down at himself to see that, like the naked girls gathered around him, he was also completely naked and without a scrap of fabric to his name.

"I want you to take me here and now," Rias whispered right next to his ear, sending a shiver down his spine as his hand subconsciously reached out and took hold of her right breast and gently squeezed, marvelling at both the soft feeling of Rias' erotic body and the soft moan which escaped her lips as he did so.

"Touch mine too," Asia moaned in an unusually bold and confident tone that Ben had seen from the blonde ex-nun. The collected part of his brain was further surprised when Asia reached out with her hands, took hold of his free hand, and pressed it firmly against her smaller yet still remarkably firm breast, releasing a seductive moan at the feeling of his skin against hers.

With both his hands occupied, Ben was unable to do anything to prevent – not that he had any immediate plans to do though – Akeno as she appeared in front of him, slowly and seductively snaking her arms around his neck and running her slender fingers through his hair.

"I've been such a baaaad girl…," she purred erotically as she pressed her breasts against his bare chest, her erect nipples poking into his flesh. "I need you to punish me…master. You can do whatever you want to me. You want to pin me down? Humiliate me? Claim me as yours forever? Whatever you desire, you can do."

"My breasts are yours to do as you wish," Xenovia chimed in over Akeno's shoulder with a lustful smile and a lick of her lips as she massaged her luscious breasts before his eyes. "They're yours until our babies need them. After that you'll have to share."

Even Koneko stared at him with a lustful glint in her eye. She hovered between Akeno and Asia and bared her cute, petite breasts for his attention.

"My breasts might not be the biggest but you can do whatever you want with them," she muttered with a flushed expression.

Ben couldn't begin to comprehend what was happening to him as the five beautiful young women threw themselves at him and he quickly started to lose the desire to figure out what was going on and came to the 'heavy' decision to give up and just give in to the sordid scene he found himself in.

'When in Rome, after all…,' he thought to himself, his mind made up.

"What a depraved imagination you have. You know none of this is real, don't you?"

Ben froze at the unknown voice, his eyes widening when he looked at the girls before him who were now completely frozen, as though someone had pressed pause on a tv channel and only he could move.

Before he could do or say anything, Rias and the other girls turned into smoke wisps and vanished back into the darkness he was surrounded by again.

"Who said that?!" Ben demanded, looking around himself in search of the owner of the voice he'd just heard. For some reason, it was extremely familiar but he couldn't put his finger on it.

"How mean. How could you have forgotten about me?" the voice spoke out again, this time directly behind him.

Ben snapped his head around quickly, his eyes widening in shock when he found himself face to face with….

"Julie?!" he gasped in shock.

"The one and only," 'Julie Yamamoto' replied with a sweet smile and a small twirl before Ben, revealing to Ben that she was wearing the exact same clothes she had worn on that day she ran him through with a Light spear, gutting him like a pig, and leaving him to die alone. "Did you miss me?"

Ben refused to answer her and, instead, backed away from the apparition as he felt a chill run up his spine. Why? How was he afraid of her? This is a dream! How can he feel like this in a dream?

"Aww, you're so cruel. How could you not be pleased to see me? Don't you remember how I helped you when you first started attending school," 'Julie' said meekly as she looked at Ben with watery eyes. "I thought we were friends."

"What do you want? Why are you here?" Ben demanded, refusing to let himself be tricked by her little act again.

Sensing this, 'Julie' immediately dropped her "innocent school-girl act" and disappeared in a puff of smoke, only to reappear as Raynare before Ben as the smoke dissipated.

"You've grown some balls since I last saw you," she chuckled under her breath as Ben who was doing everything he could to hide the involuntary reaction to Raynare's abrupt appearance.

"W-What do you want, Raynare?" Ben demanded again, cursing himself for the fearful tone in his voice.

"You know they're not real, don't you?" Raynare asked him as she floated horizontally at eye level with him, a relaxed look on her face.

"Know what's not real?" Ben demanded despite himself. "What are you talking about?"

"Their 'feelings' for you, of course," Raynare answered, putting up air quotes over the word 'feelings'. "You must realise that they aren't genuine. You're an idiot if you thought otherwise," she added with a sly smirk.

"What the fuck are you talking about?" Ben growled out as he glared at the apparition intently.

"It's all because of your Sacred Gears. It's their influence that's causing them to act like they do. Those girls don't care about 'Ben Tennyson'. Why the fuck would they? There's nothing remarkable about you. No, their panties only get wet for the almighty 'Dragon All-Father'," Raynare sneered, theatrically emphasising the last part. "They're only with you because your Sacred Gears compel them to against their will."

"You're talking shit! Why the fuck would I believe a deceitful bitch like you?!" Ben snarled, anger clear in his voice.

"You don't have to believe me," Raynare told him as she disappeared once more though her voice kept echoing all around him. "There's a part of your subconscious that already knows this but you keep it supressed because you want…no, you need them to be with you. In time you'll see the truth and do the right thing. I've always liked that about you; you're a good boy who does whatever you're told by those who know best. Here's one for you…."

Her face suddenly appeared several inches in front of his own, a cruel and malicious smirk on her face.

"…Will you please die for me?"

. . . . .

Ben gasped sharply, his eyes opening abruptly as he awoke. He snapped his head around wildly, taking a few seconds before he realised he was still in bed with Rias and Asia sleeping on either side of him, both of them completely naked as was their usual sleeping 'attire' since they started sharing the same bed as him.

'What the fuck was that about?' he thought to himself as he took several deep breaths to calm himself down.

He had never had a nightmare like that before in his life. He hadn't even dreamed of Julie before so why did she just appear like that?

'And why did it happen when I was with Azmuth and Ddraig?' he wondered to himself. Every other time he'd entered one of Azmuth's memories he'd never been completely removed from it like that before. Even before he became a devil and Azmuth revealed himself, Ben had still experienced the visions – though he had thought them nightmares in the past – and was only able to escape them by waking up terrified from the then unknown night terror.

All further thoughts swiftly left his mind at the feeling of movement on his body concealed by the sheet. He would've pulled back the sheet himself but for the fact that his arms were still trapped beneath his two beautiful sleeping partners and was effectively helpless to the stranger lying on top of his body.

"Who's there…," Ben asked, his voice buckling as he felt a soft, gentle hand brush over his exposed member and a soft, mischievous giggle which accompanied it.

It was a giggle he instantly recognised the owner of.

"What are you doing, Akeno?" he asked the figure hiding under the sheet.

Upon being found out, the sheet flipped up before him to reveal a smirking, equally naked Akeno lying on his chest. Her heavy breasts pressed against his chest and her legs which had somehow become intertwined with his own without him realising. He sniffed sharply as he felt her hand remain close to his member which she brushed the length of ever so gently with her index finger.

"What?" she asked innocently though still with a mischievous smirk plastered on her face. "I just wanted to come and say good morning to you."

"And this involves lying naked on top of me and stroking my cock, does it?" Ben retorted with a raised eyebrow.

"Who's to say. Are you saying you don't like it?" Akeno purred as her smirk turned wicked and she took a stronger hold of his member while continuing to stroke it fondly.

"I'm…not saying that…," Ben gasped in response to her action. "I'm just surprised, that's all."

"Maybe I should do something else then," Akeno stated simply before she released her grip on him and slowly and sensually crawled her way up his body, taking care to make sure she maintained skin contact with him until she had found her new position with her face directly above his own, her body pressed fully against his and her arms resting on both sides of Ben's head, holding her in her current position above him.

With only a few inches separating their faces, Ben found himself staring directly into her stunning violet-coloured eyes.

"Is this better? Good morning," she cooed seductively as her fingers starting burying themselves in his hair.

"Good morning," Ben replied as his nose was assaulted by Akeno's scent. "How long were you down there? And how come I didn't sense you?"

"I have my ways," Akeno replied sweetly, "and as for how long I was there for…well, let's just say long enough for me to get a liking for it. I'm so jealous of Rias and Asia. I could easily get used to this."

As he looked into her eyes, Ben noticed that her raven-black hair was draped all over her back and covering both their abdomens with its length. He rarely saw her hair like this as she always wore her hair in a ponytail. He had to admit that he found this look of hers a lot sexier than when it was tied up.

"Have I ever told you that I like it when you have your hair down like that?" he asked with a warm smile, unable to miss the blush which appeared on the S&M enthusiast's face at his words.

"No, you haven't," she said quietly, her blush running right down her nape until it reached her breasts. "Do you really like it like this?" she asked, reaching back for several locks of her hair and bringing it back to hold it between them.

"I do," Ben replied, honestly, wishing he could run his hand through her hair again to feel its softness once more. "I really like it like this."

"Hmm, I can tell," she groaned as she subconsciously began to slowly grind against his crotch where the pair of them could feel movement. "I can feel just how much you like it."

She leant down and placed her lips against his neck and kissed it deeply enough to leave a visible mark on his neck when she pulled back to admire the mark she had made on his neck. "You know, you're completely helpless right now. I can do whatever I want to you and can't do anything without waking Rias or Asia.

She brought her face close to his ear and whispered seductively into it. "Hmm, I wonder how Rias would react if she saw us like this, with me about to have my wicked way with her precious Ben."

"Your wicked way, huh?" Ben queried with a sly smirk of his own forming on his lips. "You're such a bad girl, aren't you? How do you know I won't seek revenge and have my wicked way with you when you least suspect it."

"Mm, promises, promises," Akeno sighed theatrically even as her cheeks flushed red in embarrassment to Ben's statement and her entire body shiver at him calling her a bad girl.

"I think I'll take the risk and call your bluff," she breathed seductively as she brought her face dangerously close to his own, their lips now mere centimetres apart from each other. "Anyway, the thought of getting caught like this gets me so hot."

"I bet it does, you devilish woman," Ben retorted as he slowly raised his left leg, which was now in between Akeno's legs, until he reached her crotch where he felt something damp coming from her core. Akeno took a sharp intake of breath when he reached her 'special place' and she realised the effect he was having on her, particularly when he called her names. "You truly are a stain on everything decent and wholesome, aren't you?"

A sharp shiver shot up Akeno's spine at this and, realising she couldn't take it anymore, closed the gap between them and crashed their lips together in a fearsome kiss while their tongues instantly sprang into action and began fighting for dominance.

The two hormonal devils quickly lost themselves in this steamy embrace and lost themselves to everything around them in their erotic battle….

…well, almost everything.

"And what exactly is going on here?"

Both Ben and Akeno immediately stopped what they were doing, breaking off their heated kiss and slowly tilting their gaze to Ben's right to see a fully awake Rias Gremory who was staring at the pair of them with a particularly displeased look on her face.

"Good morning, Rias," Akeno greeted her close friend politely though she remained where she lay as she said this.

"Don't you 'good morning, Rias' me, Akeno. What are you doing here and why are lying on top of Ben?" Rias asked in a calm voice as she slowly rose from where she lay until she was sitting upright in the bed, the cover having fallen off her upper body to reveal her impressive chest.

Akeno chuckled as she also pushed herself up until she was at the same level as Rias though she was still straddling Ben's waist. This proved to be somewhat of a mistake, though, as, due to the steamy encounter the two devils had shared a few seconds ago, she ended up with Ben's impressively erect member resting comfortably along the entire length of her pert backside.

"M-Me?" she gasped with a flushed expression and a sharp intake of breath as she felt Ben's erection against her rear while doing her absolute best to maintain an innocent expression on her face. "I-I just came here because I wanted to be the first to say good morning to my handsome Ben here."

Rias' eyebrow rose at Akeno's particular choice of words and her scowl deepened. "'Your Ben'? And just when did you become his master? The last time I checked, it was still me."

"I may not be his master but I'm still his senior. It's only natural that I take good care of him, right? It's the duty of all seniors to be affectionate to their juniors after all. I'm just lucky that Ben's my junior…though I certainly wouldn't mind him taking care of me," Akeno replied as she cupped her cheek with her right hand, a small blush reddening her cheeks at the thought of Ben doing whatever he wanted with her body. So engrossed by her S&M fantasy scenario, Akeno subconsciously ground her backside against Ben's erection, eliciting a constrained groan by both Ben and Akeno at the feeling of stimulation from their sensitive areas.

Thankfully, Rias seemed to miss this brief exchange as she was too focussed on chastising Akeno's early morning sneakiness.

"Senior, huh? That's your reasoning, is it? Others may believe a story like that, but not me. I know perfectly well why you're here and find myself, yet again, telling you to leave Ben alone. I can't help it with Asia but I refuse to let anyone else get too close to him."

Her raven-haired queen was completely unfazed by Rias' 'stern' declaration. In fact, her smile actually broadened at the crimson-haired beauty's words and chuckled. "You seem so determined to keep Ben all to yourself. What's the matter? Are you perhaps afraid that I'll steal him away from you?"

"Oh, I can't let you get away with that!" Rias retorted with a slight glare as her body was enveloped with a crimson aura. "It looks like I need to discuss this with you once again."

"You're releasing quite a lot of aggressive energy for a simple discussion, aren't you?" Akeno stated innocently as she was engulfed in a pale-gold aura.

In between the two fearsome young women and still lying beneath Akeno, Ben used the opportunity given to him when Rias sat up to use his now-free hand to wipe away the last remains of sleep from his face.

"Oh, come on, you two, it's still too early in the morning for this kind of thing," he groaned, his words being completely ignored as Rias and Akeno continued to glare at each other, their auras continuing to surround their naked bodies.

Lying beside him, the blonde beauty began to stir from her sleep.

"Is it morning already?" Asia yawned adorably as she rolled over onto her righthand side, her arms held around the sleeping form of Ben's familiar, Ship, as they continued to sleep, unperturbed by the noise coming from the other side of the bed.

"Sure is but we don't have to get up just yet though," Ben explained softly as he reached over with his right hand and gently stroked her silky, golden-blonde hair. "We can stay in bed a little bit longer."

Without opening her eyes, Asia smiled cutely as he stroked her head and shuffled closer to his side, Ship still in her arms, and nestled her in the crook of his neck and sighed contently. "Ok, but I want you to hold me."

Ben initially wanted to refuse at first, only because of the stimulation he was still receiving from Akeno as she continued to rub her rear against his erection but found himself simply unable to say no to her. once again he found himself marvelling at how someone as adorable as Asia could exist let alone be attracted to him and sleep in the same bed as him.

"Ok, ok," he conceded as he reached down to her bare waist with his free hand and pulled her closer to him while his arm which was still trapped beneath the blonde ex-nun reached around to hold her close to his body while also stroking Ship's fur while they continued to sleep.

"The things I do for you," he chuckled quietly to Asia who had already fallen back to sleep in his arm.

Boof!

Ben twirled his head back in time to see Rias kick off the first little spar of the day with a fierce throw of a pillow, sending the feather-filled projectile towards Akeno who was too slow to catch it as it sailed past her arms and hit her square in the face. She took it in her hands and returned the favour, sparking a 'fierce' pillow fight between the pair of them.

"I don't appreciate how you keeping touching my things!" Rias declared hotly as she dodged a pillow thrown at her and threw her own in retaliation. It struck Akeno in the face, but when she pulled it away, she still had a smiling face.

"You're so possessive, Rias. You need to stop being so stingy!" she told the crimson-haired heiress, launching another pillow at her last word which scored her another direct hit as it struck Rias' face.

Even if it was still too early to be acting like this, Ben couldn't help but smirk as he watched the two of them acting like normal teenagers. Even though they were expected to act like proper, refined devils, particularly Rias, the sight of the two of them were sitting on his bed and arguing just like a pair of regular teenage girls was a refreshing one.

"The house has just been renovated. I refuse to let you do as you please, Akeno!" Rias barked as she threw the pillow in her hand. Unlike the pillows before, however, this one had been imbued with some of Rias' magic which resulted in the pillow being enveloped with a crimson aura. It sailed towards Akeno but exploded in a cloud of feathers as Akeno blew it up with her own magic before it hit her.

"Lord Sirzechs told us that we need to get along with each other," Akeno countered with a large smirk.

"I don't care! You and my brother are just getting in the way! I can't stand other girls getting so close to my Ben anymore!" Rias retorted with frustration in her voice.

Ben couldn't help but feel happy at her declaration. The image of 'Raynare' from his nightmare suddenly appeared in his mind for some reason. He pushed it out of his mind though; he didn't know where such words had come from but he brushed them off. It was just a nightmare after all, nothing to get so worked up over.

"You plan to go against your brother's wishes? Do you value Ben more than him then? Are you sure you can't lend him to me for a bit?" Akeno asked as she placed her hand on his bare stomach.

"I said no!" Rias exclaimed as she leaned over until she was directly over Ben's head which she then held in her arms, her large breasts now resting on his head. "Ben is mine! I won't give him to anyone, got it?!"

Ben couldn't help but smile at Rias' declaration but he still wanted to change the subject onto one which wouldn't spark another 'fight'.

"Speaking of renovations, Rias, how was Sirzechs able to renovate this place so quickly?" he queried as he looked across the stupidly massive bed the four of them were currently in and up at the large canopy attached to the bed by the four large posts attached to each of its corners which stretched up high into the ceiling.

His gaze then turned out to the rest of his room. Just like his bed, the entire room had also grown significantly in size. It was now more than four times larger than before…and that's if you didn't include the balcony and attached en-suite bathroom! It wasn't just the room itself that had changed in the renovation. His TV had been changed from a modest, average-sized set into a 70inch flat screen TV which now took up a large part of one of the walls. He could still make out the numerous game consoles underneath the TV along with other games and gadgets that he'd never even hoped to be able to get.

The extensive upgrade didn't stop at his bedroom though. When Sirzechs said he was going to renovate his house he didn't hold anything back. His parent's modest house had been replaced by a six-story tall mansion. It was now so big, in fact, that Sirzechs had to buyout the houses around his in order for them to make the drastic changes to its size.

Before the changes came about his house had only two floors. Now, though, the new house had six floors as well as two basement levels. The ground floor housed a huge atrium to greet any visitors, spare bedrooms for any said guests who may stay overnight, an extremely spacious living room and bathroom, humongous kitchen, as well as a large, traditional Japanese-style room.

The floor above that held his parents' room, his sister's room (a room which had been left as best it could be for when she eventually came back from university) as well as a large study and a storeroom with copious amounts of space. Akeno, Xenovia and Koneko's rooms were all located on the second floor while Ben, Rias and Asia's rooms were on the third floor of the large building. Similar to the ground floor, the fourth floor contained more spare rooms in case they needed to accommodate any guests. The fifth floor had been left mostly empty so that it could become whatever the residents of the house needed which left the rooftop which held a beautiful open-air garden with tables and chairs set out to enjoy the garden as well as the impressive view.

If all this wasn't impressive enough, the basement held even more! The first basement level held an indoor cinema, multiple training and sparring rooms, changing rooms, and a large indoor bath which came with a refrigerator that held different flavours of milk. The lowest basement level was the home of a heated Olympic-size swimming pool.

Every one of these floors was accessible either by the staircase or by the lift that was connected to all the levels, both above and below ground.

"My brother has his mysterious ways," Rias smiled, directly her full attention to the servant who's head she was currently resting her large breasts on.

"It was magic, wasn't it?" Ben stated simply as he tilted his head back as best he could to see Rias' face before her breasts occupied his vision.

"Yeah, it was magic," Rias sighed, dejected at him for figuring it out so quickly.

"I still can't believe it. I know you said you'd get your brother to renovate this place so that everyone can live here comfortably but I never imagined anything like this," Ben continued with a slight shake of his head which tickled Rias' breasts and resulted in a little giggle from the Gremory heiress.

"…and to do it all in a single day?! I love magic," he added with amazement.

. . . . .

(Later)

A few minutes later, when Rias and Akeno had calmed down, the four of them proceeded with their morning routines and after getting dressed took the lift down to the ground floor where they joined everyone else in the kitchen/living room where breakfast had already been set on the table which, like nearly everything else in the house was five times larger than the one they used in their previous house.

Already gathered around the table were his parents, Xenovia and Koneko. As they approached the table, Ship shot ahead of them around the table to his bowl which had already been laid out for them. As his familiar dug into their breakfast Ben sat down with Rias, Asia and Akeno joining him, each one finding a seat with Ben finding himself sat between Rias and Asia as usual. Once sat down and eating, Ben listened in to his dad, Carl who was in the middle of a conversation with his mum and telling her about the duties which came with his new, completely unexpected promotion at work.

It turned out that, as well as renovating their whole house as both Sirzechs' way of thanking Ben for everything he's done for his little sister and the Underworld, and to accommodate everyone now living there, Rias' father had also wanted to show his gratitude to Ben's parents for looking after Rias. For this he had spoken to people at his company in the human world which landed Ben's dad the promotion he'd been wanting for a while now, complete with the increased salary and all the perks. It didn't stop there though as, on top of this, he had also gifted them a holiday anywhere they wanted, for as long as they wanted, and with plenty of spending money for whatever they wanted.

When his parents were told about these rewards they had initially wanted to say no as neither of them felt they'd done anything which deserved what they were being given. They had taken Rias, Asia and everyone else in because they wanted, not because they expected a reward for it. the conversation had been short and quite humorous to listen to but Rias' father expertly whittled them down to accepting the new job and holiday with the exception of the spending money.

In relation to their distinct lack of shock or surprise at the new house, Ben surmised that the pair of them had been subjected to a little memory spell. Without it, he seriously doubted that even they could overlook the massive house which had sprung up out of nowhere. The story they had been given in regard to their neighbours suddenly disappearing was that they had all suddenly been given large sums of money and better houses elsewhere.

"Rias, are you sure that there's nothing we can do to repay your father for everything he's done for us?" his father asked the Gremory heiress earnestly. "We'll never be able to pay your brother back for this house but are you sure we can't change your dad's mind?"

"You can't back out of it now, dad, you've already spoken to my father and given in to his request," Rias chided cheekily, silently loving the way Ben's dad's cheeks reddened at being called 'dad' by her. He still wasn't used to either her or Asia calling him that.

"Yes but we…," Carl looked to his wife, Sandra, "…we still can't completely fathom why he's being so generous to us."

"I told you already, dad," Rias reminded him with a warm smile, "The holiday is just his way of thanking you two for looking after me while I'm attending school here in Kuoh. My own family live a long way from Kuoh and they were always worried about my wellbeing. They are so grateful to you letting me stay here…,

"Yes but…."

"And because he wanted to say thank you for being able to meet such wonderful people and for putting up with him and my brother's antics while they were here for the classroom visit a while ago."

This time Ben's mother, Sandra, joined her husband in sporting red faces and embarrassed expressions on their faces

"W-Well we are, of course more than happy to have all of you stay here with us and would've done it without any kind of reward," Sandra replied sweetly before turning to the other girls gathered around the table. "I've always liked the idea of having a large family. I was an only child, you see, so it was only ever me and my parents. It's become so much more lively and cheerful since all of you moved in with us," she added sincerely and was met by all of them thanking her, once again, for letting them stay there.

She waved off their thanks. "There's no need to thank us. I actually need to thank you girls for keeping my son in line."

"Mum!" Ben groaned in embarrassment though she completely ignored him and carried on.

"I hope he's been treating you well. I like to think I brought him up to be a perfect gentleman, but you know how hormonal teenage boys can be," she announced, deeply enjoying the age-old parent tradition of embarrassing her son when they brought friends home, especially when they were beautiful young women.

The girls couldn't help but giggle while Ben just focussed his attention on finishing his breakfast. His dad, having already finished his breakfast and morning coffee, passed by him, ruffling his son's hair with amusement as he passed him on the way to the kitchen.

"He's been very kind," Akeno said with a sweet smile on her face as she addressed Sandra. "He's always treated me with respect…even when I haven't been the easiest person to deal with."

Ben's mind took him back to the school changing rooms and at the temple where he found out about Akeno's heritage and felt his face redden a little as he remembered what they had done in those instances.

"Compared to some of the other guys at school, I guess he's a good guy," Koneko muttered in her standard emotionless tone though it was still the nicest thing she had said about him.

"I didn't know anyone when I came to this town," Xenovia explained with a small but warm smile on her face, "but he treated me with kindness, even though we didn't meet on the best of terms."

"Even though I come from a rich family, and while the other students treat me like the heiress to my father's business, Ben looked passed that side of me and treats me just like a normal girl, something I've never been able to do until I met him," Rias added to the conversation as she placed her hand on Ben's shoulder, a kind smile on her face.

"He was the first person to ever speak to me properly when I came to Japan. I don't know where I'd be without Ben," Asia said to Sandra as she glanced at Ben with an adorable smile stretched across her cheeks.

Sandra smiled warmly, proud of her son and how he has grown since their move to Japan. "You don't know how glad I am to hear that, girls. I'm so proud at how he and his sister have grown and the kind of people they have become."

"Speaking of your sister," Carl said as he returned to the table, ready to head to work, as he directed his attention towards Ben whose head had snapped up sharply at the mention of his sister. "Jen will be coming back home for a while near the end of the holidays. She's with a group of friends for most of it but will come back here for a few days to see us before going back to university. As you know, we won't be here when she arrives. We've told her about the holiday and that you'll still be here to see her."

Ben groaned again and rested his head on the table at his dad's piece of news. The girls, on the other hand, particularly Rias and Asia, appeared excited at meeting Ben's mysterious older sister.

"Jennifer's coming here?" Asia asked with a joyful expression on her face.

"We finally get to meet her?!" Rias asked excitedly, a similar expression of joy on her own face.

"Oh joy, I can hardly wait," Ben muttered sarcastically, more to himself than anyone else.

'Just when I thought I'd enjoy summer,' he thought to himself and was almost he could hear the very faint sound of a certain crimson dragon laughing in the back of his mind.

. . . . .

After his dad had left for work and everyone had finished with breakfast and was shooed out of the kitchen by his mum who still had to deal with the finishing touches to their holiday preparations, Ben followed the girls as they headed up the stairs until they reached his room. Everyone had gotten comfortable in the small seating area in his room and waited for the last two members to turn up.

They didn't have to wait long as Kiba and Gasper entered his room a few minutes later. Like, Ben and the girls, Kiba and Gasper had ditched their usual school uniform look in favour of wearing casual clothes.

Even with an extra member attending their meetings now, they hardly took up any space in Ben's room unlike his old bedroom where most of them had to sit on the floor. Now, though, everyone was sitting comfortably on expensive-looking sofas. Ship was also enjoying the extra company as it meant he could sleep on someone's lap and receive attention while they spoke about whatever.

Though he still liked to sit in his cardboard box, Gasper was looking a lot more confident than he did when Ben had first met the dhampir. Ever the cross-dresser, Gasper had chosen to wear girl clothes which actually did make him cute in a certain way.

"So we're heading to the Underworld?" Ben asked, referring to what Rias had told them once everyone was finally gathered and had gotten comfortable.

"Yes, it's something I do every year during the summer holidays. The gathering of young devils is also happening soon so I want to spend some time at home before that."

"And as all of you are part of my household it's only natural that you come with me. Come to think of it, this will be the first time that Xenovia and Asia have been to the Underworld, won't it?"

"Yes. I must admit that I'm more than a little nervous about going to hell while I'm still alive," Asia answered with a nod of her head at Rias' question.

"It will be, yes," Xenovia added, also with a nod of her head. "I've always been in interested in the Underworld. I find it incredibly ironic that I'll be going to the same place that heretics were sent to when I worked for the Church. I guess it suits a former believer who became a Devil."

Rias pulled Ben's cheek and forced him to look into her stunningly beautiful blue eyes. "As for you…. I plan to keep you close to me. Don't think I didn't see how you reacted to Akeno's little 'wake-up' call. I plan to keep you around for a few dozen millennia at the very least."

"Is that all? I was hoping for longer," Ben joked light-heartedly, earning him a smile from Rias while he ignored the slight pain in his cheek.

When she eventually released her hold on his cheek and returned her attention back to her peerage while Ben massaged his sore cheek, Rias continued telling her peerage the plan. "We will be there until the 20th of August. After which we'll be coming back here with plenty of time of before we get to finally meet Jennifer."

Everyone smiled at the grimace on Ben's face as he was reminded of that 'fantastic' piece of news.

"What's wrong, Ben?" Asia asked with confusion. "Is Jennifer not a nice person?"

Ben sighed and looked at Asia with a small smile. "No, no she is. She really is a nice person. I'm sure she will love all of you and you her once you get to know her."

"Then why don't you sound excited to hear she's coming back?" Rias asked him curiously. He had never said much about his sister and she was eager to find out why.

Ben tilted his head towards her. "For the same reason you are apprehensive when you find out that Sirzechs is coming to visit," he explained with a sigh.

"Ah," Rias nodded in instant understanding at what he was not expressly saying. "She's like him, is she?"

"Oh yeah," Ben acknowledged with a small nod. He glanced around everyone gathered around who stared at him with a confused expression on their faces and took a deep breath before speaking again. "Some things happened to me when I was younger, things that turned Jen into an extremely overprotective sister. She was unbearable for the first few years and we'd only just started fixing it before we moved to Kuoh and she left for university in Kyoto."

Everyone just continued to stare at him with a blank expression on their faces.

Ben just sighed at this. "Uh, you'll understand when you meet her," he told them simply.

With that conversation over and done with Rias continued where she left off and explained the schedule to them in more detail. As he listened to her, Ben realised that, while he had technically been to the Underworld once before when he went to stop Rias' engagement party, this would be the first time he had gone to the Underworld through official means instead of magic circles. This was a good thing as, apart from knowing that the sky was purple, he knew absolutely nothing about the Underworld.

His train of thought was derailed when he sensed a familiar aura of power coming from the corner of the room.

He recognised the owner of the aura straight away.

"Are you coming with us to the Underworld, Azazel?" Ben called out, turning his head towards said corner.

Everyone was confused as to what he was talking about when they were startled by the Governor-General's light-hearted laughter from his seat in the corner of the room, out of the way and out of sight.

"Ha! You're already getting stronger," Azazel observed as he rose out of his seat and approached the group of young Devils.

"How did you get in here?" Rias demanded as she rose up off the sofa and glared at the fallen angel as she tried to hide her surprise.

"Hmm, I can't be completely sure, but I think humans call it the "front door"," Azazel countered with amusement, pretending he had to give it serious thought before answering her question.

Rias' glare intensified at his quip. She would have retorted had Kiba not spoken up.

"I didn't even sense your presence," the blond Gremory knight admitted freely.

"That just shows me how much work I've got ahead of me. If the rest of you couldn't even sense my presence, you've got a long way to go."

Azazel then turned his attention back on Ben. "To answer your question, Ben. Yes, I will be going to the Underworld with you. I'm still in charge of your training after all. That and I've got important business to attend to while in the Devil-held area of the Underworld."

Azazel then took out a notepad from his jacket pocket and read aloud as he ran through the schedule he had written.

"We've got quite an interesting schedule ahead of us. First…a visit to Rias' parents, there we have the introduction of new servant devils to the current head of the Gremory family. After that, you guys have to attend the annual gathering of young devils…."

"That sounds like fun," Ben muttered under his breath at the prospect of the gathering. If they were anything like Riser Phenex then he doubted he'd be able to stay in there for long. He eventually came to the decision that, as long as they didn't antagonise him or pester any of his friends then he may be able to go through with it. Even though he muttered it under his breath, Azazel still heard him and smirked before continuing where he left off.

"Once you're done with that, you finally move onto your training with me. I've already got special training planned in mind for all of you, and while you're all doing that, I'll conclude my business with Sirzechs. Urgh, that'll be tiresome."

Ben couldn't help but smile at Azazel's laidback attitude towards his job as Governor-General of the Fallen Angels. It must only be due to the competence of his subordinates that the Fallen Angels have been going as long as they have.

When he finished reading off the itinerary of their time in the Underworld, Ben asked him a question which he had been eager to know since the peace summit.

"Hey, Azazel. How's the change to the System coming along?" Everyone glanced at Azazel for his answer with interest with Asia and Xenovia, understandably, looking the most interested in his answer. "Any progress?"

"From what Michael has told me, they're making excellent progress. You have to understand that it'll take some time before it's finished. The System is an unbelievably complex creation that not even God fully understood. The two pieces of Ascalon will certainly change it but it'll still take some time, understand?" he told them without any humour or wit which was rare for him.

Ben caught a brief flash of disappointment in the eyes of the two former Church members but that was quickly replaced by hope. He knew how much praying meant to them; it was, in fact, actually one of the main reasons he wanted to change the System in the first place.

"If you're going to the Underworld with us then I guess I should make some travel reservations for you," Rias stated after Azazel closed his notepad and returned it back into his pocket.

He nodded at her question, a smile back on his face.

"I appreciate the gesture but your brother already took care of it. I know I could enter the Underworld via the fallen angel method but that's so 'samey' and boring. I'm excited to see how you devils enter the Underworld and this opportunity didn't exist until now."

Ben couldn't help but share the Governor-General's thoughts on this. He was also excited to see how devils go to the Underworld.

. . . . .

(The next day)

They were finally ready to set off to the Underworld.

They were set to head off shortly after Ben's parents had left for their long holiday. As they bid their farewells before their departure, Ben couldn't help but sweatdrop as his parents who had given him a very brief goodbye as they began to fret over the girls; particularly over Akeno, Xenovia and Koneko who had only been living with them for just under a week. They both hugged Asia tightly, much to her embarrassment. In the relatively short time since she had come to live with them, his parents had quickly come to see her as another one of their children, only she was much cuter and far more adorable than he or his sister ever were even when they were younger. Rias also received a warm hug from his parents, a hug which Rias was only too happy to reciprocate and she did so, making sure to tell them to enjoy themselves on their holiday.

Once they were done with the embarrassing farewells, they then repeating all the questions they had asked the girls several times. Questions such as 'would they be alright in the house without them there?' or 'would they be alright with it just being Ben there with them?'

Rias just giggled at the questions, clung to Ben's arm and informed his parents for the fourth time since they started to leave that they would be absolutely fine. The other girls agreed with her and, after another ten minutes of loitering, all of them found themselves standing on the porch, waving to his parents as they entered the taxi which would take them to the airport and take them to the first destination on their all-expenses paid world tour holiday.

After his parents had finally departed to their destination, Rias and her peerage left a few minutes later in the opposite direction. Their destination being the nearest train station.

Not long after they started heading down the street in the direction of their nearest station, they soon spotted Kiba and Gasper waiting for them. Just like them, Ben and the girls were all wearing their school uniforms. When Ben had asked her why he had to wear such an uncomfortable thing she had told him that, as they were entering the Underworld with a member of an incredibly old and influential pure-blood family, they had to wear their best uniform.

Once Kiba and Gasper joined their entourage, they continued down the road towards the station. Ben found himself near the back of the group as they each began holding different conversations with each other. Xenovia and Asia discussed their excitement for heading to the Underworld for the first time with Kiba and Gasper while Rias, Akeno and Koneko discussed their thoughts on Azazel and their ideas of what kind of training he had in store for them.

The Governor-General wasn't with them currently as he had other stuff to do before going to the Underworld. He had told them that he would meet them at the station.

This left Ben keeping up the rear though it wasn't all that bad. It left him to his thoughts; thoughts on meeting Rias' parents, the young devils gathering, how far he had to go before he stand up to Valerie without help.

"It's impossible to catch up with her. She's in an entirely different league altogether."

Ben blinked at the sudden, eerily familiar voice speaking in his head. Why was he still hearing Raynare's words in his head? Shouldn't he only be able to hear Azmuth and Ddraig's voices? How come he was still hearing the voice of someone from a nightmare he had?

"Because I'm not just a nightmare."

Ben pressed his eyes closed and pinched the bridge of his nose as he felt a dull pain behind his eyes. After a few seconds of this, the pain slowly went away.

"Ben?" Rias called his name, attracting his attention. He looked up to see that they were quite far ahead of him. He must have slowed down his pace when he felt the dull pain in his head.

Noticing how far behind he was, Ben picked up the pace until he caught up with them.

"Are you alright?" Rias asked him with genuine concern on her face.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be? I just got lost in my thoughts, that's all," he told her with a comforting smile. "I must've just blanked out for a second."

As they resumed their journey down the street, the bright, summer sun glaring down at them unobstructed in the sky above. Sticking close to them, Ben couldn't get over Raynare's voice in his head.

She was dead. He'd killed her himself when he had gone on a rampage after she had taken Asia's Sacred Gear, killing her in the process.

Not being the kind of guy to bring up something so unusual to ruin everyone's good mood, he decided to ignore it. It was just a voice after all.

"I'm more than just a voice," the voice echoed in his head.

"What are you then?" Ben asked the voice.

[Did you say something, partner?] Ddraig asked as he stirred in the depths of Ben's mind.

"What? I wasn't talking to you," Ben told him, confused why the crimson dragon would think that.

[Were you talking to me then?] Azmuth asked with faint annoyance in his voice.

"No I wasn't, I was talking to—." A thought suddenly struck Ben. "Wait. Can't you hear her voice?"

[Whose voice?] Azmuth sighed, his annoyance at their clearly pointless conversation growing by the second.

"They can't hear me but that shouldn't concern you. If I meant you harm surely Azmuth or Ddraig would hear me, wouldn't they? They're both very powerful after all and would be able to sense if someone was trying to hurt you, don't you agree?"

"I—never mind. I thought I heard a voice, I must've been imagining it," Ben told the two dragons who grumbled at being disturbed and returned back into the depths of their Gears.

"Only you can hear me," the voice explained to him. "You can even send me to the depths of your mind, you can't speak to me directly, however, only listen to what I say."

Ben ignored 'Raynare's' voice and followed after Rias and the others.

"Then again, it's probably a good thing they can't hear me. Who knows what they'd say if you told them that you can hear voices that they can't even though they're in your head too. It's already cruel what they do to your lady friends."

'What are you talking about?' Ben thought. If he couldn't speak to the strange voice without getting into a state of confusion with his two dragons, he'd have to communicate without directly speaking to it.

"I'm talking about their dragon influence. Sure you might find yourself surrounded by beautiful women, but don't you find it too convenient that they'd have such strong feelings for you after only a few months of knowing you? Their influence is affecting their minds."

'That's not true, Ddraig told me that draconic influence doesn't work like that.'

"I you say so. I'm not going to argue with you. But what if he's wrong, or worse, hat if he's lying to you?"

Ben shoved the irritating voice away, disturbed by the last thing it said though he didn't know why that was. He had no reason to believe that Ddraig told him a lie though the voice's question still disturbed him though.

He was brought back to the here and now when he felt his arm being trapped in between Rias' breasts as she let him catch up and clung to his arm.

"Hey Ben, would you like me to show you around when we're in the Underworld? There should be enough time to do that," she asked him as she rested her head on his shoulder as they walked.

"Sure, I'd love to. I'm eager to see where you grew up," Ben replied with a smile on his face.

"It's a date then," Rias murmured happily before instantly regretting her choice of words as Akeno and Asia came to a sudden stop, halting their procession, and looked at the pair of them intently.

"Oh, if Rias gets to spend some quality time with Ben then I want to too," the raven-haired queen declared, taking hold of Ben's other arm between her large breasts before her cheeks reddened as she recalled their encounter yesterday morning and other perverted thoughts entered her mind. "I want to spend some time with Ben alone in the bedroom. We can do all the erotic things that Rias can't seem to do."

Rias' own cheeks reddened at Akeno's words and tried to pull him away from Akeno but failed due to her queen's firm grip on his arm.

"I forbid it!" she stated firmly as the two of them locked eyes with each other, sparks flying between their intense glares. It was as if they were just continuing with their fight yesterday.

"I-I also want to go on a date with Ben," Asia declared meekly, a deep blush appearing on her face as she spoke.

"I don't know if we'll have time in the Underworld but we can go out whenever you want when we get back," Ben told and was rewarded with Asia's most adorable smile to date.

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Once the two 'Great Ladies' of Kuoh academy had stopped fighting over Ben again, at least for now, they continued their walk until they eventually reached their destination, the Kuoh train station. It appeared to be just like any other normal train station found throughout the various towns in Japan. Just as he was about to ask if they were going to the Underworld on a normal, human, train, Rias and Akeno walked straight past the main entrance and headed towards the lift within the station.

When they reached it, Rias turned around and addressed her peerage. "As the lift can only hold five people at a time Ben, Xenovia and Asia will be coming down with me and Akeno as its your first time going to the Underworld."

"As for the three of you who are used to it…," she added to Kiba, Gasper and Koneko, "…could you please wait here and come down with Azazel when he finally decides to honour us with his presence."

The three of them nodded their heads at Rias' request.

A confused look had spread across Ben's face as he looked at the lift behind the Gremory heiress. As far as he knew, the lift in front of him could only take someone up to the next floor up in the station it was connected to. It was usually only used by those who were unable to use the stairs.

Curious to see what would happen, Ben followed Asia and Xenovia into the lift along with the luggage they had brought with them. Thanks to the number of people in the small lift as well as the luggage they had brought with them, there was very little space as the lift started to descend. Ben found himself pressed up against the wall of the lift with Akeno's breasts pressed against his chest. He didn't know whether it was accidental or done on purpose, but the way Akeno was looking up at him with a lewd expression along with where her hands were pressing, he had a strong suspicion that it was the latter.

Even though he doubted it at first, he couldn't deny the familiar sensation in his stomach that the lift was, indeed, descending further into the Earth. Unlike him, Asia couldn't help but squeak cutely at the lift's sudden move in the, seemingly, wrong direction. Rias giggled at her bishop's shock.

"There's a secret level beneath the station," she explained.

"This is the first time I've heard of such a thing," Xenovia replied as she tilted her head at the strange turn of events."

"That's not very surprising. This is a route exclusively used by devils after all. It's completely impossible for humans to find their way here, even if they spend their whole lives trying to find it," Rias told her, receiving a nod of understanding in return.

The lift continued to descend into the earth for another minute before it finally came to a halt as it reached its destination. Once the doors were open, everyone exited the lift to find that they were now standing in what appeared to be a huge cave, one of the largest that Ben had ever seen in his life and left the lift to find themselves standing on what seemed to be the platform of a train station.

They waited on the platform for the lift to return back to the surface before immediately descending back down again with new passengers. When the doors to the lift opened up again they revealed the others plus Azazel who held an interested look on his face as he looked around the platform.

"So this is how devils get to the Underworld? By train? Well, I have to admit that it's already a lot more elegant than the way fallen angels usually use," he said as he exited the lift and examined his surroundings.

"Now that we're all here, our train is on platform three," Rias explained as she took the lead and led her peerage towards their desired platform.

As they walked along the platforms, Ben realised what was so strange with the station besides it location: there was nobody else there except them. The place was completely deserted and silent aside from the footfalls from their group as they headed towards platform three.

As he looked around the unique sights all around him, it wasn't until he felt someone taking his hand and intertwining their fingers with his own that he realised that Akeno had slowed down to be by his side. Showing her a slight smirk, Ben tightened his grip and held her hand fondly. His smirk grew when he saw the happy expression that formed on her face as well as a blush which reddened her cheeks. She usually held a stoic or care-free expression so seeing her with such a girlish expression was a new and refreshing sight that made her even more beautiful than before.

"You seem to be growing quite bold lately," he whispered into her ear and chuckled when she shivered from his breath on her ear.

While his face was close to hers, she turned to face him and pressed her forehead to his, her striking, violet eyes capturing his vision. "What can I say? I'm taking advantage of the situation," she purred seductively, her eyes never leaving his until he returned his attention ahead of them.

"Poor girl. She's so affected by their influence that she doesn't know what she's doing. She hates her Fallen Angel heritage so much that she'll do anything to escape it," the voice echoed in Ben's head.

His head started aching again as the voice reappeared and Ben pinched the bridge of his nose in an automatic response. When he realised that Akeno was staring at him he reacted quickly and ran his hand down his face, his expression transforming from one of pain into one of awe as he looked at his surroundings again.

"This is incredible," he breathed, distracting Akeno from his initial action and hoping she wouldn't notice.

His hope paid off when Akeno smiled and returned her attention back to looking ahead of her. "You haven't seen anything yet," she said cryptically, refusing to tell him anymore hen he asked.

Their group continued to travel through the various passages until they emerged into yet another huge open space. Unlike the first one though, this platform had a train waiting for its passengers to board it before it then took them to the Underworld. It was unlike any train that Ben had ever seen in his entire life. It was almost three times bigger than the normal trains on the surface which humans use and was adorned with numerous devil-representing carved into the side of the train in various, intricate patterns at acute angles. He could make out the distinctive Gremory sigil carved into the train as well as the unique sigil that belonged to Sirzechs as the Devil King Lucifer.

"Your family owns this train?" Xenovia asked with wonder as she marvelled at the huge train waiting for her.

"Yes they do," Rias told her, saying it as if it was the most normal thing in the world to own such a monstrously large train.

BISSSHHH!

With a short hiss of air, the automatic doors on the side of the train opened, allowing them, with Rias in the lead, to enter the train.

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Almost as soon as the last person had boarded the train, the doors slowly closed with a final hiss as a loud departure whistle sounded, its noise echoing around the large cavern as the humongous Gremory train slowly started to move, disappearing through a dark tunnel to take its passengers to their destination.

Ben couldn't believe the size of the car they would be staying in during their journey. It looked similar in size to the humongous kitchen/living room in his new house. You wouldn't believe you were actually on a train at first glance.

In their car alone there was a bar at the back with a small seating area around it with bar stools resting against the bar itself. Running along one side of the train was a single, lengthy table which looked like it was meant to be used for important meals while on the train. Beyond these, the rest of the car was taken up by three private, particularly large booths which were enclosed by a 3-foot wall made of thin, ornately decorated wood.

As they entered the train car, Rias had told them that she and Azazel were going on ahead to sit in the first car for a while as they had to talk over other aspects of their pretty restrictive schedule along with other pressing matters. Before she left, she told them that she'd be able to sit with them once she was done.

With the two of them gone, everyone else found their own seats around the gigantic car. Kiba sat himself down in the bar seating area where he delved into a book he had brought with him for the journey.

Gasper and Koneko found their seats in the booth closest to Kiba while Ben, Asia, Akeno, and Xenovia made themselves comfortable in the next booth along.

"How long will it be before we get to the Underworld?" Ben asked Akeno as he made himself comfortable on the train seats, not a difficult task thanks to the comfortable seats the train was equipped with. It appeared comfort was a top priority when building things.

"It'll be a few hours," Akeno explained as she took her seat next to him while Asia took up the empty seat next to him. "We have to pass through the dimensional barrier using official means before we eventually arrive at our destination."

"Why can't we just teleport to the Underworld through a magic circle?" Ben asked, remembering all the way back when he used this very method to travel to the Underworld and gate-crash Rias' engagement party.

"Yours was a special case," the raven-haired queen said, knowing where he was coming from. "Usually it's fine, but if new household devils, like you three…." She gestured to all three of them, "…don't enter the Underworld through the official route then you'll be punished for illegally entering. That's why we're heading there on this train; so you three can finish the official procedure."

"If that's the case then am I in trouble?" Ben asked with concern.

Akeno shook her head, a small smile forming on her face. "No, you're not in trouble. As I said, yours is a special case. You entered the Underworld through Sirzechs' 'back-door' magic circle but don't expect to be able to do that way again anytime soon."

Ben leant back against his seat and let out a theatrical sigh of relief at this. He didn't exactly want his first official time in the Underworld to begin with being in trouble with the authorities for a rule he didn't have any idea about until now.

The feeling of someone getting on his lap returned him back to the present. He looked at who it was and could hardly say he was surprised when he saw that it was Akeno who had risen from her seat and sat down on his lap, her knees resting on either side of his waist as she gazed at him with a smirk on her face.

"That being said though, you may still be punished for sexual contact with your master," she giggled while touching her cheek with the palm of her hand.

Knowing that there was no such rule, even in the Underworld, he decided to play along with her little tease.

"Right," he said sarcastically before placing his hands on her thighs, "and I suppose the same applies between servants too."

Knowing that he had seen through her clever ruse, the Gremory queen decided to continue anyway. "On the contrary. Skinship of any kind between servants is completely acceptable. For example, this…."

She placed her hands over his and, keeping them pressed against her smooth thighs, slowly guided them up her thighs until they reached her skirt.

"…this is completely fine," she told him as calm as she could even though Ben could plainly see the heated expression on her face. Before he could say anything else, she continued to guide his hand under her skirt until they reached her panties. Her expression had become even more heated with this and Ben couldn't help but note the effect of his rigorous training with Azmuth to master his control over his emotions, particularly when stimulated in such situations as no and yesterday. If he hadn't been making good progress with mastering his, at times, powerful emotions then there was a strong, almost certain, guarantee that he would've caved in to his 'alpha' side and had his depraved way with Akeno right there on the booth table even if it was in full view of everyone gathered.

However, because of the progress he'd made, he was still incredibly aroused by Akeno's erotic display and attention but he was able to maintain control of himself.

Deciding to see just how far she could actually take things, Akeno continued to guide Ben's right hand even further and had nearly moved his hand into her panties when his hand was suddenly drawn back from under her skirt and out of her grasp by a very red-faced Asia who held his hand against her chest, as if protecting it from Akeno's depraved actions.

"I won't be beaten by you, Akeno. I don't care if you're more developed than me, I won't let you take Ben away from me!" Asia exclaimed through comically teary eyes before she guided Ben's arm around her neck and pressed it against her breasts, holding it firmly in place.

As the pair of them began to fight and bicker over him while they remained in their erotic positions around him, Ben happened to look passed Asia and spot Koneko staring out of the window. She didn't seem to hear the argument that was raging just a few feet from her, she just stared out of the window with an unusual expression on her face. Even Gasper seemed to have trouble drawing her out of her current state.

"I leave for only a few minutes and this is what I come back to?" a dangerously familiar voice said directly behind him.

He slowly glanced behind him to see Rias Gremory with a fierce glare on her face and a crimson aura enveloping her entire body. Even though she was glaring daggers at him, Ben couldn't help but think of how incredibly beautiful she looked.

"Is there anything you'd like to tell me, Ben?" Rias asked him slowly, emphasising the question.

Before Ben could even begin to come up a reason to adequately explain what was going on without Rias becoming even more angry, Akeno pulled his other hand out from under her skirt and, with her eyes locked with Rias', inserted his middle and index fingers inside her mouth where she began to work them over with her tongue. Ben couldn't help the sharp intake of breath he took as he felt Akeno wrap her wet tongue around his fingers and suck on them.

When she finally released his finger from her mouth, a thin line of saliva was still erotically connecting the two of them together.

"Doing things like that when our master is watching gets me so hot," she gasped heatedly as she smiled defiantly at the master in question.

As Rias was just about to lose her temper and get in yet another argument with her queen over Ben, she was prevented from doing so due to the elderly-looking devil standing behind her.

"Now, now, Lady Gremory. You must set an example for your servants, must you not?" he told her calmly.

Rias glanced at the new figure behind her and, taking a deep breath, nodded her head slightly.

"You're right. I apologise, Reynaldo," Rias said calmly, directing her apology to the new arrival who chuckled, stroking his impressive white beard.

"My, my, I truly have lived a long life. To think that the little lady is concerned about boys, I never thought I'd be there to see it," he said, chuckling harder at how red Rias' face became. Taking off the hat which rested on his head, he bowed his head slightly.

"It's nice to meet all of Lady Gremory's new servants. As you've heard, my name is Reynaldo and I am the conductor of this train. It's a pleasure to meet all of you."

"Likewise," Ben replied with a respectful bow of his head. "I'm Ben Tennyson, Rias' pawn."

"I'm Asia Argento, Rias' bishop," Asia told the conductor with a respectful bow.

"And I'm her knight, Xenovia Quatra," Xenovia said, also with a respectful bow.

Sensing that the mood had been ruined for her fun, Akeno begrudgingly removed herself from Ben's lap and returned to her seat. Out of the corner of his eye, Ben could just make out the way that Rias and Akeno's eyes were still locked on with each other.

"Now, you're probably why I'm here," Reynaldo said before pulling out a small machine from his pocket. He pointed it at Ben, Asia and Xenovia and captured their image on the small monitor attached to the machine.

"What was that?" Ben asked, looking at the machine with interest.

"This machine is what we devil's use to complete the official procedure for all those travelling to the Underworld for the first time. It's important to inspect all modes of transport which enter the Underworld to make sure that everyone who enters is who they say they are."

Reynaldo continued to work on the little machine until it made a light "BING" sound which made him smile.

"There we go. It looks like everything's in order and your data has been registered with the Underworld. With that out of the way, I'll leave you all to relax for the rest of the journey until we arrive at out scheduled station," Reynaldo informed them before bidding them farewell and disappearing through the door which led him to the front of the train.

"Doesn't Azazel also have to do that? It's his first time here too, isn't it?" Ben asked, directing his attention to Rias who was with the Governor-General last.

"He's already had his data registered. Reynaldo did his first before coming in here," Rias explained. "He's sleeping in the first car right now. Fell asleep almost as soon as Reynaldo finished scanning him."

"Is that why you're here too? I thought you had to discuss some things with him," Akeno asked her king having completely reverted back to her professional queen demeanour.

Rias sighed and rested her palms on the booth seats, placing them on either side of Ben's head. "He couldn't be bothered! He had no commitment and, as soon as Reynaldo scanned him, told me that we can discuss things later because he wanted to sleep."

"To think, he's the leader of one of the three factions," Ben chuckled with a shake of his head.

With the safe entry process completed, the Occult Research club members left their Fallen Angel companion where he was and began to relax for the remainder of their journey.

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A/N: What's going on with Ben? Has it got anything to do with the dark figure's plan? Will Ben finally get lucky?

Who knows?! Well, I do. You guys will just have to wait and see.

So, Ben's finally off to the Underworld for his summer training! What could possibly go wrong? I don't recall anything interesting happening in the anime nor the light novel, do you? We'll have to find out, won't we?

As this is the start of a brand-new season within the anime, I think I'll move straight on to the reviews.

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Reviews

Magical fan18: I'm glad you found the chapter entertaining. That is what I am aiming for, after all. As I said at the end of my last chapter, "Ultimate Fairy" was the first fanfic I ever read so I felt obligated to pay homage to his ideas and show them to others who don't know about him.

Treyalexander63917: I thought Chromastone's appearance was awesome too though my opinion is slightly biased. It would be telling if I revealed more stories between Azmuth and God but I can say that I do have more in store.

Akuma-Heika: I agree that it was pointless for Ddraig to point out and I may rewrite that section to make more of a significant impact in the future. Haven't decided yet but will let everyone know if I do eventually change it.

TheOneAndOnlyAwesomeGuy: I'm honoured that you consider my chapter to be on par with a show as brilliant as Game of Thrones. I watched it on Monday instead of Sunday night when it initially came out. From what I saw, you comparing my chapter to the season climax is amazing. I hope to keep you entertained with my story in future.

Omnimania00: I can't make any definite promises but I will seriously consider it. As I said at the start, I've decided against putting Valerie in Ben's harem and given my reasons for doing so.

I've done some more reason and can see where you're coming from with the Galvanic Mechamorphs. As I am changing the aliens from the cartoon into demons within the DxD universe I don't want to stick to everything canon-wise so I will be changing parts of certain forms regarding powers, background and appearances.

Nivek Beldo: I'm glad that you enjoyed Ben's fight with Valerie and the way I introduced Chromastone into the story. Didn't I promise an epic entrance for him?!

My lips are sealed on who the mysterious warlord is. You'll just have to keep reading and find out!

I agree that the System (for lack of a better name) was changed too easily in the light novel and anime. I decided to up the impact on deciding to change it and how the three factions are affected by it. I felt it was just silly to allow just two devils to be able to pray so, again, I raised the importance of altering God's System.

Thanks for reading my chapter and leaving a detailed review.

Guest: I have absolutely no plans to stop my story. The reason why you want me to keep writing is exactly the same reason I started writing in the first place. There are very few DxD stories which continue past the peace summit arc, and even fewer that I enjoyed reading. I've got a lot of ideas in my head and want to keep writing this story for as long as I can.

Guest: That's a secret. You'll just have to keep reading and find out.

Anonymous: I guess I can see where you're coming from but that is the premise on which my story relies on. It's how they fit into the DxD world of supernatural beings, magic, and Angels and Devils.

Guest: I guess I can reveal that I plan to include Whampire into my story somewhere but Ben won't be able to turn into him. Because he is able to turn into the 'alpha' versions of the alien/demons he automatically collects PURE samples of DNA to reach this 'alpha beast' state. Whampire is going to be an example of impure vampiric DNA and will be the lesser evolved versions of vampires in my stories.

Spider-Man999: I ain't gonna tell you! That would be spoiling the surprise. You'll have to wait and see.

G Koh: I've looked over your suggestions for the backgrounds of the aliens-turned demons and am fascinated by your ideas. I may tweak some things to suit my plans better but, if you have no issue with it, I'd love to use your ideas to create backgrounds for the demons and will reveal their backgrounds at some point in my story.

I already came up with a solution to the Whampire issue in that I'll make it an impure vampire. For now, think of it as vampires being like humans while Whampires are like chimps or any other Great Ape, a less evolved, more animalistic member of the species.

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Once again, I can't tell you all how grateful I am for your wonderful reviews and, while I can't demand to see that many again for a chapter in future, I would love to see more reviews like this in future.

I'll repeat this again in the next chapter but I'll say it now to those who read this far. I'll be going back to university for the final year of my undergraduate course near the end of September. Obviously, this means I'll have even less time to write so I will be releasing chapters once a month starting next month. I know some of you will be upset with this but my education comes first. I'll still write, but at a slower pace than before.

See you all next time at the one year anniversary when this story was published!