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]

36. The calm before the storm

A/N: Hiya!

What's this, another chapter? So soon after the last one? That hasn't happened in a long time!

I know, I know. Honestly, I wanted to pick up the pace I release chapters a little but this one nearly stumped me again.

The reason for this is that I decided to surprise you guys with something a little extra, something spicy (I hope). That being said though, I should give you the heads up that I've never written a scene like it before, never even attempted it until this chapter, so there's a good chance it leaves a lot to be desired.

Anyhow, enough about me and my flaws!

Here's the chapter you've been waiting for, the final prelude to the Juggernaut arc!

Hope you enjoy.

(*I own neither Highschool DxD nor Ben 10*)

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There was a pleasant silence over the dinner table as everybody enjoyed the meal that had been prepared for them – it was Akeno and Xenovia's turn to cook that night – though that hid the trepidation that they were feeling…, particularly for the ORC members for which the encounter they'd had with Diodora just a few short hours ago was still fresh in their mind.

Not only that but their Rating game against the Astaroth heir was tomorrow! They were anxious about the battle yet, at the same time, were determined to beat the cocky devil and teach him a lesson for trying to mess with them and take Asia away. The only one who seemed completely oblivious to all this was Ship who was happily tucking into their food beside Rias' seat, their tail wagging excitedly.

The blonde devil in question was quietly eating her food when she turned to the empty seat between her and Rias.

"Is Ben not going to join us for dinner?" she asked Rias who was sitting on the other side of Ben's empty chair.

Rias shook her head, finishing her mouthful before answering.

"He told me he wanted to train some more while he had the chance before tomorrow so would be skipping dinner tonight."

"But he should eat something," Asia stated with a hint of worry in her voice.

"I tried to tell him that but he was determined. He might've joined us if I had ordered him to but I couldn't bring myself to do it. I think he's still frustrated with himself for almost losing control earlier–."

"I can't say I blame him," Jen added from the head of the table after taking a swig from her can of beer.

After returning home after their 'meeting' with Diodora Jen sensed that something was up the instant they'd stepped through the door and had demanded they tell her what had happened. Needless to say, she didn't take the news of his 'offer' very well and almost had to be restrained to prevent her from heading down to the Underworld and kicking Diodora's ass herself.

"Ben reacted a helluva lot better than I would've done if I was there," she added as she finished her beer and slowly crushed the tin can in her hand, as though imagining it to be something…or someone else.

"I agree that Diodora needs to be taught a lesson…," Gwen joined in, her voice a lot more restrained than Jen's. "…but it would be far better fighting and humiliating him in front of hundreds of high-level observers. It'll have more meaning then, something he won't soon forget and should keep him away from Asia for good.

Asia's expression turned dour at the reminder that all this animosity in the group, all this negativity was entirely her fault. Because she'd healed Diodora and because he'd become obsessed with her joining him and becoming his wife everyone she cared about was suffering for it.

From beside her, as if reading her mind, Xenovia placed a soothing hand on Asia's shoulder and gave her a reassuring smile.

"You can't blame yourself for this, Asia," she told her firmly.

"But it's because of me that all of this is happening," the blonde devil replied glumly.

"There's no need to worry, Asia," Rias added with a smile. "We're all here for you and Ben is downstairs, even as we speak, giving everything he's got to make sure that nothing happens to you."

"Exactly," Akeno chimed in. "Luckily for us, Ben's looking out for each and every one of us."

"Yes, you're right. He's always there for us," Asia replied happily, all her previous sadness having suddenly vanished.

"Right," Xenovia agreed with a warm smile.

"Word," Koneko nodded subtly.

Rias smiled broadly and nodded her head in complete agreement.

From her seat at the end of the table, Jen glanced between the five girls with a perplexed look on her face before finding herself unable to remain silent on the scene before her any longer.

"Okay, okay. I've been meaning to ask about this since I arrived and met you all and now seems a perfect time since he's not here right now," she interjected attracting everyone's attention.

"Ask us what?" Rias asked curiously.

"I think I know what you're on about," Gwen murmured with a small nod of acknowledgement.

Jen gestured to all five of them with a wave of her hand. "All of you are incredible, independent young women who I feel blessed to have gotten to know in the short time we've known each other…." The girls did their best to hide the light blushes which formed on their faces at Jen's compliment. "…I mean it! You are all extremely attractive, fierce and intelligent ladies who can be with absolutely anyone so my question to you is this: How in the name of everything holy, unholy and everything in between did Ben, my little brother, the boy who used to think the height of entertainment was playing childish pranks on me–."

"And me," Gwen added with a slight raise of her hand.

Jen nodded at Gwen as she continued speaking. "Yeah, and Gwen. How is it that he was able to attract your eye? What did he do to attract you to him?"

As Rias and the others thought about Jen's question there was hardly any time at all before they found their answer.

"He didn't do anything really," Rias revealed with a soft smile as she thought back to her time with Ben. "I can't specify the exact point I fell for him exactly. There'd been something there for a while for me…but if I had to pick a moment I would have to say it was the time he went to the Underworld, crashed my engagement party and fought for my freedom, against my parent's wishes, and won. We shared our first kiss as we travelled back home and that was when I knew I wanted to be with him."

"We've all got a story like that," Akeno explained with a smile. "If it wasn't for Ben we wouldn't all be sitting around this table right now. He's helped us in so many ways without ever once asking for something in return. If he hadn't helped me then I would still despise my fallen angel half and hate my father."

"If he hadn't been so determined to get involved in our hunt for Excalibur then Kokabiel would almost certainly have killed me," Xenovia added with a glance towards Gwen, continuing before Gwen had the chance to reply. "While you were family and could be used to bring everyone to the final battle at school I was just an unnecessary extra and would've been dealt with quickly."

"I'm only alive now because of Ben," Asia admitted to Jen. "I would be dead now if Ben hadn't been so determined to save me from being used by Raynare.

"And I would've been stolen away by my sister and be separated from Rias and everybody," Koneko said with a very brief flash of emotion in her voice.

Having heard their stories, Jen's eyes widened slightly, astounded at hearing all this for the first time, at hearing what her little brother had been up to in the brief time they'd lived in Japan. She chuckled humourlessly and shook her head a little as she struggled to fully comprehend that the brother she knew and the brother she was hearing about from everyone were the same person.

"It seems I actually know very little about him," she muttered under her breath to herself, forgetting that the girls were devils and their enhanced hearing allowed them to hear her.

"I think that side of Ben was always there, Jen," Rias stated with a smile, "it's just that, since becoming a devil and releasing his Sacred Gears he's become strong enough to do more."

"It's not even big stuff like that that attracted us to him," Xenovia added. "He opened up his home to us and allowed us to share it with him."

"You sure that's got nothing to do with a hormonal teenage boy drooling at the idea of sharing his home with several extremely attractive young women who have the hots for him?" Gwen mused with a little sarcasm in her voice.

Rias chuckled at this statement.

"That's just a bonus…for us as well as him."

"Hang on a moment. I know mum and dad would open up their home to anyone in need of it but wouldn't it have been arranged between your brother and my folks?" Jen asked curiously.

"It was discussed with them, yes, but that was after my brother asked Ben if he was okay with the idea and he agreed to it," Rias explained to her.

"Is that right?" Jen sighed as she opened up another can of beer and drank from it. "Ooh yeah, that's nice. Dad sure knows how to get the good stuff."

"Now that I think about it, we haven't shown our appreciation for him letting us stay here yet, have we?" Akeno inquired, glancing round at Rias who came to the same realisation.

"No, we haven't."

"I feel bad for thanking him for everything he's done for us."

"Then we must do something about it," Rias announced firmly as the girls nodded their heads in agreement.

"What do you have in mind?" Jen asked.

"We'll think of something."

"Ship!"

Rias glanced down beside her to see Ship glancing back up at her with a cheerful expression on their face, upon finishing their meal, overhearing the end half of the conversation and eager to be involved in the plan.

"Of course! We can't leave you out, can we?" she cooed as she scratched behind Ship's left ear, an action which brought on a satisfied groan from the familiar.

"Well, let me know if you need anything. If I can help in any way then I will. Think of it as my 'being a good big sister' deed."

"Thank you. I'll keep that in mind."

"Great. Then let's get back to this delicious grub. You've outdone yourselves again, ladies," Jen announced, nodding to Xenovia and Akeno at the last part as they got back to finishing their meals.

"By the way, Jen, do you have to drink your dad's beer from the can?" Rias asked humorously with a small grin on the corner of her mouth. "You can't use a glass like the rest of us?"

Jen cast a quick glance down at the can of beer that was already in her hand and chuckled. "Hah, I didn't even realise. Can you blame me though? I'm a university student."

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(Meanwhile)

Zzzzzzzzzzap!

BANG!

Completely oblivious to the conversation taking place one floor above his head all of Ben's attention was on the array of targets surrounding him as he started from scratch and proceeded to run through one of the various combat training programs that had been set up in the large training room.

This time though he was trying out another demon form for this session, a practice he made a point to follow; the reasoning being that it would be practical for him to have even a basic knowledge of all his transformations, especially if he discovered one with a particular skill or power which could come in use later on.

Azmuth had done his 'best' to hide his surprise at Ben's foresight but he handled it as well as Ben expected from the profoundly proud dragon god but he didn't mind that much; it just him all the more determined to pursue this practice, moving forward with the knowledge that Azmuth genuinely approved of his choice of action without finding a reason to give any snide off-comments or benign passive-aggressive remarks.

A result of this thought process could be seen right now as he moved around the training room in his current form for the first time. His body at first appearance appeared to be made completely of blue, electric-like blue energy though when he looked closer noted that the rock-like material that encompassed his head, chest, legs and shoulders were also part of his body. Four retractable spikes protruded from both his shoulders while his arms seemed unnaturally long for a being his size, easily reaching down his body to the point he could almost touch his feet while standing upright.

When he asked, Azmuth had revealed his current form to be that of a Fulmini and as he was still deciding on a more familiar name to call it he was stuck referring to it like that for now.

Zzzzzzzzzzap!

Now wasn't the best time to think of a new name either as he narrowly dodged a bolt of magic fired at him from one of the training dummies on the other side of the room. Before he had the chance to retaliate against the offending dummy another dummy behind him fired a bolt at his back. Hearing the shot and reacting instinctively, Ben spun around, falling onto one knee as he constructed a blue energy shield on his which blocked the shot and absorbed it into his being.

Once again Ben subconsciously thanked the basic information about the abilities his different transformations can do when he first turns into them.

Once the bolt had been reflected Ben decided to both get back at the dummies attacking him and also try out another ability his current form could do. While his right arm maintained the shield and deflected the odd shot fired at him he focussed the blue energy in his body towards his left hand where he mentally formed it into a blue boomerang which crackled with electrical energy.

With his weapon firmly in hand, Ben glanced through his shield and gauged the targets he was aiming for before throwing the boomerang toward his targets. It arced through the air, crackling with energy and cut its way through three sparring dummies before it lost its momentum and crashed into the floor and sizzled out.

Zzzzzzzzzzap!

Another bolt of magic struck him in the shoulder and knocked him slightly. Ben grumbled at this and spun around and pushed himself forward, lunging toward the sparring dummies ahead of him as he used his energy shield to block another two bolts while he created an axe in his hand which, when he got close to his targets, swung the axe in a wide arc in front of himself which generated a small wave of electrical magic which hit the four targets before him and cut them in half, their upper halves toppling over and hitting the floor with a dull thud as they 'died'.

Maintaining his momentum, Ben pushed his foot into the floor to turn on the spot and, rearing his arm back, threw his axe at the last remaining target behind him. the axe spun through the air, rotating on its axis as it flew and struck the target directly in the chest. As it did this the axe sparked brightly and fizzled out, creating a small explosion as it did so, tearing the target apart.

With the last target destroyed the training room lights returned to normal and the dummies disappeared to clear the room and prepare it for the next training session.

Ben breathed out a sigh of relief as he cast a glance down at himself and nodded his head in approval at his new form's performance in training.

"This has got some serious potential I think. I can see this guy coming in useful in lots of situations in future. Physically strong and durable but also gifted with magical power. Nice," he grinned as he ran a hand over his rocky-like chest before reverting to his normal form.

[You should think about bringing your training to an end for now,] Ddraig suggested as Ben had already begun cycling through his selections to decide which demon to train with next.

"You think so?"

[I do. It's only a few hours until your fight with that presumptuous kid. You don't want to use up too much of your energy now and not be in prime condition to show him why it's not wise to anger a dragon.]

Ben glanced up at the clock hanging on the wall and saw how late it was getting. "Hmm, perhaps you've got a point. I didn't realise how long I've been down here."

Releasing his arm, Ben walked over to the bench lined up against the wall of the training room near the door, picked up his water bottle and took a hefty swig from it and picked up the towel next to it and used it to wipe off the sweat dripping down his forehead. Casting one last look at the clock Ben decided he would head to the weights room for a bit to finish off his training for the night before heading back to the others.

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(One hour later)

"Whoo! That hit the spot!" Ben gasped to himself as the lift door opened to the ground floor and he stepped out. His brief session in the weights room turned out to run a bit longer than he expected and his body was now covered in sweat which he was now continuously wiping off with his towel which he had hung around his shoulders.

He thought he'd see the girls and say sorry for training for longer than he had planned and apologising to Akeno and Xenovia for missing out on the dinner they'd prepared for everyone. When he entered the living room expecting to see them all there though he was surprised to find it empty.

"Huh. Maybe they're still eating," Ben mumbled to himself as he backed away from the living room and made his way to the dining room. When he got there he was greeted by the same scene as he did in the dining room: another empty room.

"Nope, not here either."

He backed out of the dining room into the large entrance foyer and placed his hands on his hips and glanced around, looking at nothing in particular as he wondered where everyone could've gone to.

"Could something have come up? Nah, Rias would've texted me about it," he muttered quietly though still took his phone out of his pocket to make sure they had sent him a message and he'd missed it while he was training.

He opened his messages and saw that he hadn't received any new messages from anyone.

"Nope. Nothing there…so where have they vanished to?"

It occurred to him at that moment that, in the relatively short time he'd known Rias, Asia, and everyone else, he'd become so used to being around them that he didn't know what to do with himself as he stood in the large, spacious atrium in a supposedly empty house.

With this realisation in his head getting the better of him, Ben was just about to send Rias a text to find out where everyone had gone when he heard a noise coming from the staircase behind him. he turned back just in time to see Ship coming into view and sitting on the top step of the first level of the staircase.

"Ship."

"Ah, so there is someone else still here," Ben chuckled as he slowly mounted the stairs towards the dog who was staring back at him.

"Ship," Ship yipped happily as Ben reached them and patted them affectionately on their head, their tail wagging contently.

"You know, you spend so much time with the girls that I forget that you're supposed to be my familiar," Ben quipped with a smirk as his hand moved to stroke underneath Ship's chin.

Ignoring Ben's sarcastic comment, Ship remembered the task they'd been given.

"Ship. Ship,"

"What's that, buddy?"

"Ship. Ship," Ship repeated with an emphasis in their tone that led Ben to believe that there was a hint of attitude in their voice which he found amusing.

"Oh, Rias and the others are upstairs?"

"Ship."

"And Rias sent you down to take me to them?"

"Ship!"

"Well then, you'd best lead the way then."

Without another word – tinged with attitude or not – Ship turned their back on Ben and proceeded to make their way up the stairs with Ben following behind them.

When they made it up to Ben's bedroom a moment later, Ship gave a short yip, as if to say, 'here you go, I've done my part now', before heading off down the corridor to who knew where.

"I guess you're done for the night then, huh?" Ben chuckled lightly as he watched his familiar disappear round the end of the corridor and left him alone.

'Since when was Ship so snarky? Were they always like that or is it because they're bound to me as my familiar?' he thought to himself with a smirk before focusing his attention back on his bedroom door and knocking on it lightly to announce his arrival.

Even as he did so, he realised that it might've looked strange to any onlooker as he knocked on the door to his room but, within his head, he'd rationalised it by the fact that Ship had been sent to fetch him – an amusing notion in its own right – and deliver him to Rias who was in his room for some reason which she'd decided couldn't be explained through a call or message.

"Come in," Rias' voice called out softly from inside the room.

Opening the door, Ben stepped into his room and was surprised to see both Rias and Asia sitting on the edge of his bed, the pair of them wearing erotic, lace lingerie – Rias' red in colour (of course) and Asia's black – which performed the paradoxical feat of driving his imagination wild at the sight of them and, at the same time, leaving next-to-nothing to the imagination.

To be more precise, while he was surprised at the scene before him it was less the fact as to what the pair of them were wearing – hell, he'd seen them completely naked more times than he could count by this point – but rather it was more because their look was combined with a subtle look of concern in their eyes and nervousness in the way they held themselves, their shoulders stiff and their posture too rigid for the way they were presenting themselves to him.

"Hello," Asia greeted him with a nervous smile.

"Glad you could finally join us," Rias added with a flutter of her eyelashes.

"My training lasted longer than I expected," Ben explained as he closed the door behind him and approached his bed before changing the subject. "So…what's going on here?"

"What? Can't the two of us get ready for bed without being accused of anything otherwise," Rias mused cutely, failing miserably at giving her obvious lie any chance of appearing believable.

Still though, Ben decided to humour her and call her out.

"Well, should we focus on the fact that I was summoned and escorted here by my attitude-filled familiar or should we just go with the fact that you two are wearing more clothes to bed than you have done for months?" he deduced as he came to a stop at the end of the bed and crossed his arms over his chest with a knowing smile on his face.

Rias and Asia glanced down at their clothing. Asia's face reddened slightly while Rias smirked at him and shrugged her shoulders.

"All right, you caught us. We weren't getting ready for bed."

"Uh-huh. So what's really going on here?"

"Nothing sinister," Rias explained as she reached out and took hold of Ben's hand before gently guiding him to sit on the bed between Asia and her.

"Hmm," Ben hummed suspiciously.

"It's true," Asia declared abruptly, wrapping her arms around his and holding him. "We realised that we hadn't properly thanked you for everything you've done for everybody."

"Asia's right. You've done so much for everyone and we haven't properly shown our appreciation for everything you've done."

"Well, you're not wrong that a lot's happened to me…to us…but you know that I didn't do any of those things expecting any kind of reward or anything, you know?"

"We know. That's just the sort of person you are and we appreciate you all the more for it," Rias declared as she brought up Ben's hand and kissed the back of it affectionately. "We still want to show you how much you mean to us though."

Realising that he wasn't going to get them to change their minds, no matter what he said, Ben acquiesced and nodded his head a little in acceptance.

"Alright, fine, okay. So what did you two plan to do then?"

The two beautiful young women sitting on either side of him went quiet for a moment at this which made Ben all the more curious.

Before he could ask though….

"Well, we all discussed it and we all agreed that we wanted to take things to the next level with you," Rias explained to him.

"To the 'next level'? what do you mean…," Ben began to say before he noticed the contradicting look of want and nervousness in Rias' eyes, the way she held him and the way she tried to control her breathing to give the appearance of being calm. He turned back to see Asia was showing the same symptoms as Rias.

His eyes widened as a realisation came crashing down on him. "Hang on. You don't mean what I think you mean, do you?"

In response to his question, Rias simply placed her hand on Ben's thigh, dangerously close to his crotch; an action that Asia tentatively mimicked, placing her hand on his right thigh.

Instantly pushing down the animalistic thoughts that entered his head, Ben placed his own hands on theirs and took hold of them, picking them up from his thighs and looking between them with a serious look in his eyes.

"You don't have to do this. I never want you to feel like you're forced to do anything for me, especially this," he stated firmly. "I would hate myself forever if I made you feel pressured to do something you don't want to…."

He was cut off from saying anything else when Rias turned his head to face her and kissed him, preventing him from speaking. Even more urges and desires tried to enter his head but thanks to strenuous training he was able to suppress them and retain control of himself.

Eventually, Rias released her hold on him and broke the kiss.

"We know. You've never made us feel pressured to do anything we didn't want to do, you've never made us feel uncomfortable or anything other than welcomed into your home and your life. Let us show you how much you mean to us…."

Rias rolled over as she said this so that she was now sitting in Ben's lap, her thighs resting on either of him, trapping him in place as she tilted his head up a little so that he was looking into her eyes and she stroked his cheek soothingly, a small smirk on her lips.

"…that is, of course, unless you don't want us in that way."

"Are you crazy?! Who in their right mind wouldn't want to be with you two?! You'd have to be gay or asexual to reject you two.

Rias' smile broadened greatly at hearing these words and she let out a great sigh of relief, as though a great weight had been lifted off her mind. From beside him, Ben heard Asia let out a similar sigh and guessed that she had a similar smile on her face too.

Rias then planted another, fierce kiss on Ben's lips that took his breath away.

"You don't know how happy I am to hear you say that."

"What made you think I'd say something different? You two are beautiful, both inside and out; I've never rejected any of your advances or hidden my affection for you."

"The way you hesitated before though…," Rias began but Ben shook his head a little to interrupt her.

"That was because I saw the concerned looks on your faces and thought you were forcing yourself to do something you didn't want to do…."

'That you don't want to be with me that way, that you won't ever see me that way.'

The thought entered Ben's mind without warning and sent a chill up his spine as he brushed the dark thought away.

He continued to stare at Rias to see her cheeks slowly turning the same shade as her hair before she averted her gaze in embarrassment.

"You have no idea how us girls think, do you?" she muttered under her breath as she fought to regain control of herself.

Ben chuckled a little, glad that the subtly rising tension in the room seemed to have disappeared. "I thought it was obvious. I'm about as clueless as just about any other guy when it comes to women so can I get a hint at least?"

"If you must know…we are nervous because this will be our first time, this would be the night we lose our virginities."

Ben was dumbstruck two-fold at this; firstly because he never thought for a single second that Rias would be able to say such a thing out loud like that, and secondly because he was reminded that, above all things – from being a high-born devil and heir to one of the most powerful and important families in the Underworld – Rias was still just a teenage girl, just like any other, and talking about things like sex could be extremely embarrassing for someone, particularly seeing as they've yet to experience it themselves.

"Ah, sorry," he mumbled apologetically which brought a giggle from Rias in return.

"You should be, insensitive jerk," she said, smiling broadly as she said the last part.

Ben then wrapped his arm around Rias' waist and, after escaping from Asia's hold, wrapped it around hers too and held the two of them tight against him. The three of them stayed in this position in silence for a few seconds before Ben spoke again.

"If this is what you really want…," he began.

"It is," Rias almost whispered into Ben's ear.

"Yes," Asia added, doing her best to hide her red face.

"You two should know that this will be my first time too so I can't promise it'll be as good for you as you deserve for your first time."

"I don't care about that," Rias stated firmly, determined to nip this weed of doubt from Ben's mind as quickly as possible. "You are the only one for me; there's nobody else in existence, neither here in the Human world or down in the Underworld that I want to have my first time with, okay?"

"I don't care about that either!" Asia declared abruptly as she clung on tightly to Ben. "I only want to be with you, Ben! As long as it's you then it'll be perfect no matter what."

Ben couldn't help but smile at the two beautiful beings in his arms and gave them each a kiss on the cheek.

Before any of them could make another move or say something else, Ben's mind, as was quickly becoming the usual, chose this moment to remember something that was said earlier and couldn't be ignored and needed to be brought up again.

"Hang on. Before we go any further; earlier you said that all of you had discussed it? You don't mean that even–."

"Yes, I meant all of us," Rias confirmed for him.

"And you two are okay with that?" he asked simply. He'd be lying if he said he didn't feel anything for Akeno, Xenovia and Koneko but Rias and Asia held a special place in his heart and it wouldn't be fair on them if he did anything without their say-so.

The faintest hint of twitch could've been seen in Rias' eye as he asked his question but she took a deep breath and it swiftly disappeared.

"I can't say that I was thrilled at the idea of sharing you with other people. I'd wanted Asia to be the only exception to this as it would be cruel to ignore the feelings she has for you and force her to stay away from you. With the others though, I was determined to stop anything from happening between you and them but that proved to be impossible…no thanks to you."

"Uh, sorry," Ben apologised, almost automatically.

Rias smiled and shook her head at him.

"Don't be. The reason they've all fallen for you is the same reason I did and I wouldn't want you to change in the slightest. Because of this though it'd be cruel to stop them from being with you and keeping you all to Asia and myself…no matter how much we want to."

"So, uh, how do they fit into your plan?" Ben asked, choosing his words carefully.

"Why do you think it was just Rias and me in here when you arrived?" Asia stated as she continued to hold onto Ben.

"We might've agreed to share you with them but we wanted them to know how things stand with everybody so it was decided that the two of us could spend time with you first," Rias added as she slowly ran a hand through Ben's hair. It was still damp with sweat and Ben wanted to say something about it but she didn't seem to mind it as she continued to run her fingers across his scalp.

"So, you see me as just a piece of meat, do you?" Ben asked with mirth in his voice as he smiled up at Rias who smiled right back at him.

"I suppose you could say that. As far as pieces of meat go, though, you are one of the best."

"I'm flattered," Ben chuckled just as another thought came to his mind. Before he could say anything though, Rias beat him to it.

"You don't have to worry about your sister or cousin either. They agreed to leave the house for a few hours while we prepared our surprise for you. I think Jen said something about Gwen showing her around Kuoh and finding a bar somewhere. They even took Rossweisse with them to try and cheer her up a bit."

"So it's just us?"

"It's just us."

"And this is what you desire?"

Rias and Asia both nodded their heads.

"It is."

"There's nothing I want more."

Saying nothing else at this, Ben took a firm hold of Rias' waist with one hand and the back of her head with his other hand as he crashed his lips with hers and began to kiss her fiercely. They had kissed passionately plenty of times in the past but there was something different about this one, something more primal, so intense that as their mouths parted and Ben slid his tongue into Rias' mouth and began to battle with hers it send electricity through the pair of them, from their heads right down to between their legs.

As the two continued to kiss passionately, Rias' hands were brought up to take hold of the sides of Ben's face, holding him in place – not that he was planning on going anywhere – as she sought to take charge of the kiss. This wouldn't stand for Ben though and he moved his hand holding Rias' waist down to take a firm hold of her ass and squeezed it firmly which caused Rias' eyes to widen as she moaned deeply and distracted her long enough for Ben to completely dominate her mouth and give his tongue free range of it, sending electricity coursing through Rias' entire body as his tongue enjoyed its victory.

However passionate the intense kiss was, the lack of oxygen eventually forced the two of them apart. Ben's tongue retreated, leaving behind a thin line of saliva connecting them before it broke, and they breathed heavily as they gathered their senses, resting their foreheads against each other as they basked in the heat of their embrace.

"Wow…that was…something else," Rias mumbled as she tried to steady her breathing.

Ben didn't say anything in response but he smiled and managed to nod his head slightly in agreement.

"It's my turn now!" Asia squeaked beside them, her cheeks flushed from the intense scene she had just witnessed, surprised by both how intense the two of them were and the effect the erotic scene had on her body.

Saying nothing, Rias could only cast a glance at Asia before looking back at Ben with a stunning smile, accentuated by her blushing face, and pushed herself off Ben and collapse on the bed beside him.

While Rias continued to bring her heavy breathing under control, Asia quickly occupied her spot on Ben's lap and, before Ben had a chance to say or do anything else, took hold of the sides of his face, holding him in place as she crashed her lips against his and started kissing him with an intensity that Ben had never seen in her before. He didn't know if it was because they were going to take the next step in their relationship or whether it was simply because she had been worked up at the sight of his kiss with Rias and was determined not to be outdone by the crimson-haired temptress.

The two continued to kiss each other hungrily like it was the last thing they'd ever do again and Ben was taken by surprise when he felt Asia's lips part slightly and her tongue tentatively slip out and try to enter his mouth.

'I've never seen her like this before,' Ben thought as he opened his mouth and was surprised again by how wild Asia's tongue was as it entered his mouth and thrashed about in his mouth with clear inexperience though certainly didn't lack enthusiasm. 'She's really getting into this so I guess I'd better return the favour.'

Asia's eyes flew open wide as Ben's tongue flew into action, aggressively attacking her tongue and forcing it to retreat into the safety of her mouth but Ben didn't stop at this or give her time to recover and charged forward, entering hostile territory and battling its untrained opponent and easily subdued it, claiming its victory.

Unlike before with Rias, Ben was soon forced to break his lustful kiss because the tightness in his shorts and boxers was starting to become too painful for him to ignore anymore so, with Asia held securely in his arms, he turned around to face his bed and laid Asia sprawled upon it, her chest rising and falling steeply as, like Rias, she fought to bring her breathing under control while Ben stood up, facing the two of them as he removed his clothing, leaving himself completely naked and fully erect.

'It's so big! I didn't think you were that big, Ben!' Rias thought as her body heated up and she felt her body react in anticipation of what was to come.

'Is that supposed to go in me? Will it fit?' was the nervous thought that entered Asia's mind. She'd learned about sex and what happened during it but now started to have doubts that she'd be able to do it after seeing how big Ben was.

As they stared at him, Ben saw the eyes of the two beautiful young women lying on his bed widen at the sight of him standing in all his glory, their eyes filled with a mixture of surprise, lust, longing…even a hint of nervousness at the size of him.

Sure, they'd seen him completely naked before and even felt him while they lay naked in bed together but this would be the first time that they had seen him like this, especially in the knowledge of what was going to happen tonight.

"You two are so beautiful," he murmured in a low voice as his animal-like side started to stir again, stronger than before, and he fought to control it for as long as possible. He wanted to enjoy every inch of them so allowed some of his new instincts to come through yet not enough for him to give in to his urges completely. This was their first time so he wanted them all to enjoy it as much as possible.

His words had the effect of earning him the sight of the pair of them turning red in embarrassment, something which caused him to twitch in excitement. Before that though, Ben crawled onto the bed to Asia who was in front of him and lowered himself down between her legs and gently parted them to reveal the black, lace panties she was wearing, sodden from the intense kiss they'd just shared.

As his face got closer to her, Asia's hands instinctively reached down to cover herself in embarrassment.

"You've got nothing to hide, Asia. You are gorgeous and I want to show you how much you mean to me," he told her gently as he slowly and delicately moved her hands away from hiding herself and he slid her panties down her smooth, pearl-white legs and removed them completely, leaving her completely exposed to him.

As Ben drew closer to Asia's centre, trailing a line of kisses on her inner thigh as he went, his nostrils were filled with a sweet aroma that almost sent him over the edge there and then. He let out his tongue and slowly ran it along her opening, instantly noting how wet she was and how much she was releasing. As his tongue touched her highly sensitive parts, a jolt of electricity shot through Asia's entire body; she gasped noiselessly as her toes curled up tightly and, without warning, her hips bucked upwards instinctively which brought on another jolt of intense energy as this action resulted in Ben's tongue slipping inside her. When this happened her hands sprang into action without thinking, one taking a tight hold of the bed covers and the other reached down and took a tight hold of his hair as she rod out her first-ever orgasm.

While all this was happening for Asia, Ben was caught off guard by the surge of fluid which struck his face and entered his mouth. Just as she smelled, her juices were just as sweet and addictive. So caught off guard by Asia's reaction and his own he almost lost himself there and then but was just able to stay in control.

"W-Was that…?" she gasped through heavy breathing.

"Yes. Congratulations, you just had your first orgasm, Asia," Rias explained with a hint of pride in her voice as she took hold of Asia's hand and squeezed it tightly.

Once her first orgasm had subsided, Asia kept her hold of Ben's hair as he proceeded to probe further into her body, lapping up her intoxicating juices and tasting her wet folds. As he lost himself in this, one of his hands slid underneath Asia's lingerie, tracing his fingers across her stomach until they reached one of her breasts which he then took a firm hold of and began to squeeze and fondle, earning him loud gasps and moans from her which drove him onwards.

Out of the corner of his, Ben saw that Rias was unable to control herself by just watching them anymore and was lying, completely naked now, on the bed next to Asia and was pleasuring herself with one hand while the other held the shirt he had been wearing while he was training to her nose where she inhaled deeply and let out erotic gasps as each time she inhaled appeared to grant her more energy.

'Wow! Who knew she was into such things,' he thought to himself before deciding he wanted to pleasure Rias further.

While lost in breathing in his sweat-drenched scent, Rias almost didn't sense Ben's fingers as he reached his free hand over and slowly traced up her long, shapely leg towards her. when she did finally return to her senses long enough to register he was there she reacted without looking or taking his shirt away from her face; she stopped playing with herself and reached out for Ben's hand. When she found it and took hold of it she guided him the rest of the way to her snatch where she then started using his fingers instead of hers to pleasure herself, quickly drenching his fingers in her juices.

Ben must've struck a particularly sensitive spot – either through luck or subconscious guidance – as it didn't take much time before Rias' hips also bucked and she let out an ecstatic cry, subdued due to the fact she'd bitten down on his shirt to muffle the noise as electricity surged through her entire being while his hand was sprayed by a flood of Rias' juices.

The three of them lost track of time like this, only finally coming to a stop after Rias had orgasmed one more time and Asia had reached this heightened state two more times. When Ben finally withdrew from the two of them he knelt on his bed, looming over the two devils who were sweating and breathing heavily, their breasts rising and falling as they slowly came down from their orgasmic highs.

"That…was…incredible," Rias gasped heavily as she stared up at the ceiling, the shirt which she'd let go of still resting on her chest, rising and falling with her breasts.

Unable to even speak at this point, Asia could only mumble something incoherently and nod her head in agreement.

Ben reached up and wiped his face clean as best he could of Asia's addictive juices before asking them a question.

"Are you two ready for the main event?"

This time neither of them could speak and could only nod in response.

"Hang on then," he told them as he got off the bed and went to the bedside table that was on Rias' current side of the bed.

"What are you doing?" Rias asked, her breathing now returning to normal a little bit, as she glanced over at him.

"I'm looking for some condoms. You remember what I said about the changes Azmuth's Gear made to my body? We're not ready to have children yet," Ben explained as he continued to search for them.

He stopped what he was doing when Rias' hand reached out and touched his arm and turned to face her.

"I remembered what you said…," she told him, trying her best to ignore the rush of desire and arousal she felt for Ben at his use of the word 'yet' when talking about children. "…and I found a way around it. look."

She gestured towards her midriff where Ben was surprised to see a medium-sized tattoo over her belly button.

'How long has that been there? How have I not noticed that before?'

He looked over at Asia to see she also had a tattoo on her stomach, the same exact shape as Rias'.

"What are they?" he asked as he found himself gently running his fingers across Rias' stomach, tracing the lines of the pattern.

Doing her best to ignore the electric effect Ben's fingers were having on her at that moment, Rias did her best to answer him.

"They're fertility seals…, or rather, they're infertility seals. While we have these we can't become pregnant."

"You all did that…for me?" Ben asked in shock.

Rias nodded her head. "You are right that now isn't the right time to think about having children; there's so much going on in our lives right now. This way I get to feel all of you and you don't have to worry about children."

Rather than say anything in response to this, Ben simply leant down and kissed her briefly to convey how touched he was by her consideration.

While he kissed her, a small smile formed on his face.

"So, you did this because you were so eager to have sex with me?" he suggested with a smirk as Rias' face became flushed.

Before giving her the chance to answer him, Ben made a decision.

"Well, if that's the case, who am I to deny my mistress what she wants?" he growled lowly as he crawled onto the bed again, swinging his leg over her so that he was now straddling her and looking directly down at her.

When she tried to hide her flushed face from him he stopped her, leaning down and taking hold of the sides of her face so that she was forced to look into his eyes.

"Hey, there's no point in acting so meek and timid all of a sudden. You've shown me just how much you've been waiting for this moment so I don't want you to miss a single second of it."

He planted another kiss on her before he reached down, took hold of his erection and slowly trailed it up and down Rias' thighs, teasing her mercilessly by circling her entrance but no further. He combined this by trailing a line of kisses up and down Rias' neck, each one sending a jolt through Rias which drove her crazy.

Sure enough, Rias proved unable to last long against this torment.

"What are you waiting for?!" she gasped as Ben began trailing kisses along her jaw.

"I'm waiting for you to tell me what you want. If you tell me what you want then I might just do it," he murmured dangerously as he stopped kissing her and positioned his face a few inches above hers while, at the same time, he continued teasing her nether regions.

"You're evil, you know that?"

"What was that, Rias? I didn't catch that. What was it you wanted?"

Rias' face was nearly the same colour as her hair exactly as she glared at Ben. He knew that he would be punished somehow in the future for doing this but he couldn't help it; he'd become lost in the teasing and foreplay and didn't care about future consequences right now.

"I want you to…," Rias began but trailed off, unable to finish her sentence.

"You want me to what? I need to hear you say it."

Rias sighed in embarrassed exasperation and looked directly up at Ben before replying.

"I want you to fuck me, okay?! I want you to take my virginity and be mine forever!" she exclaimed loudly, unable to take it any longer.

To reward her for her honesty, Ben planted another kiss on Rias' lips, this one a tender, loving kiss that conveyed his true feelings to her at that moment.

"I will always be yours, Rias. Until my last days."

True to his word, Ben stopped teasing her and positioned himself directly before her entrance and slowly inserted his erection inside.

He stopped when Rias involuntarily bucked her hips as he intruded in her tight, virgin centre.

After a moment it subsided and Rias gave him the nod to continue so he did, slowly pushing on into her until he reached what felt like the end of the tunnel. This was the last barrier he needed to break to take her virginity.

"Are you ready?" he asked her softly, all former teasing and arousal gone for a moment. "This is going to hurt."

Rias nodded her head. "I'm ready. I've told you this is what I want. I want nobody else but you."

Ben nodded and was about to make the final thrust before a thought came to him. he reached for the discarded shirt that Rias had used previously to pleasure herself and held it in front of her face.

"To bite down on for the pain."

Rias nodded and opened her mouth for him to stick it in for her to bite down on.

As she bit down on it, Rias' senses were sent into overload as she started to taste Ben's dried sweat from his shirt. The raw, masculine scent it gave off was extremely intoxicating and nearly made her lose her mind. As it was, she was able to retain her senses (for now) though her mouth did start salivating uncontrollably. Beside her, Asia, having also discarded the last pieces of clothing, had crawled up to kneel beside her and took hold of her hand to offer comfort and support.

Ben offered her an encouraging smile before he thrust forward, breaking through the barrier, and taking Rias' virginity and his own. As he felt himself fully enter her, Rias arced her back at the sudden, intense pain as she bit down hard on the shirt in her mouth and tightly squeezed Asia's who stayed beside her the whole time.

When the initial pain dissipated, Ben removed the shirt from Rias' mouth, ignoring how damp it now was from her salivating mouth and gave her a passionate kiss, cupping her cheek with his hand and stroking her cheek lovingly.

When they broke the short kiss, Rias finally found her voice again.

"I'm…I'm fine now. I heard it would be bad but I didn't know what to expect," she gasped, her lower half twitching as Ben's shaft gently brushed her sensitive area and sent a shiver of pleasure through her body.

"You were fantastic, Rias," Ben told her, planting another kiss on her as he spoke. "You finally took my first time. I know a few people who might not like you for that."

Rias chuckled, earning her another pleasurable shiver, at Ben's comment. "As it should be. You are mine, after all, before anyone else. I'm ready for you to go again."

Not needing to be told twice, Ben began to thrust backwards and forwards into Rias, starting slowly at first but slowly building up his speed, each time he thrust into her he pushed himself further in, reaching deeper and deeper into Rias' core until he made it to his base. Once he'd made it to this point he continued to pick up his speed, rocking his hips as he hit Rias' most sensitive spot each time. Each time he did so pushed the pair of them that little bit closer to climax, with Rias crying out in pleasure, each thrust slowly replacing a feeling of pain with one of pleasure, a pleasure she never thought possible.

"I…can't last…much…longer," Ben grunted in warning, emphasising most of his words with a thrust which was now slowing down as he felt himself reaching his peak.

Rias struggled to respond at first, too lost in the alien pleasure that she knew for certain she'd become addicted to. "Don't stop now. I'm almost there too."

At these words, Ben felt himself get pushed right to the edge and so picked up his pace greatly. He noticed Rias' large, exposed breasts beneath him and reached down with one hand, taking hold of one and squeezing it roughly.

This was the point of no return for the pair of them. For Rias, the rough way Ben grabbed her breast sent her over the edge and gave her the biggest orgasm she'd ever experienced in her life made her collapse onto the bed, completely exhausted. For Ben, Rias' soft breast combined with the way she tightened around him proved too much for him and he finally released and filled her with seed, painting her walls alabaster-white as he came.

Once the unimaginable wave of pleasure finally washed over him and his senses returned to him, Ben slowly withdrew from the exhausted beauty beneath him, removing his blood-and-cum member out of her.

After cleaning it off, Ben looked over at Asia who had watched the whole scene play out before her while she supported Rias as best she could. Now that he stared at her fully he could see was shaking uncontrollably on the bed, a look of extreme longing and arousal on her face, a small pool of desire forming between her legs.

"Are you ready for your turn?" he asked her gently, his breathing still hitched from before.

Asia took a moment to answer him, as though she wasn't all there right now, and could only nod when she did finally answer him.

"Are you sure you still want this? Don't feel pressured to do something you don't want to, no one will judge you."

This seemed to be the thing to snap her back to reality.

"What? No! I mean yes! I want this more than anything else I've ever wanted before!" she exclaimed before her eyes slowly drifted back down to his still-erect member and subconsciously licked her lips.

Ben smirked and sat down on the edge of the bed before gesturing for her to join him. Without pausing, Asia crawled over to him and let out a small squeak of surprise when he placed his arms around her waist and hoisted her into the air with ease before placing her on his lap, the two of them facing each other and his erection resting against her stomach, earning him a flush from Asia as she felt the heat it gave off and, once again, wondered how she'd be able to take all of him inside her.

Sensing this hesitation, Ben cupped her cheek and kissed her gently on the forehead.

"Don't worry. I'll only go as far as you'd like, okay?"

Asia nodded her head in acknowledgement, giving Ben the go-ahead to position himself before her entrance and slowly enter. As with Rias, Asia gasped at the sudden intrusion and took a moment to adjust to him while he pushed himself further in until he met her barrier.

He quickly glanced around for something within reach that could be used for her to bite on so she didn't hurt herself. When he couldn't see anything within reach though a sudden to him and he cupped her cheek with his hand and stuck his thumb into her mouth. This surprised Asia greatly and she stared at him with confusion in her eyes.

"For the pain," he explained simply before thrusting upwards, breaking through Asia's fleshy barrier and forever taking her virginity.

As with Rias, Asia was momentarily stunned by the sudden, blinding pain mixed with unbelievable pleasure from the unexpected orgasm that also struck her from Ben's thrust and bit down hard on Ben's thumb. She didn't bite hard enough to draw blood but it did its job and prevented her from biting her lip.

Once the pain had died away, Ben withdrew his thumb, now covered in thin bite marks and saliva, from Asia's mouth and kissed her passionately, one hand still holding her face while the other kept a firm hold of her backside, squeezing it firmly as he began to thrust into Asia again. The two maintained their kiss as he picked up his pace and depth, the pair of them groaning and moaning deeply as they continued to fuck, their bodies glistening with sweat and other bodily fluids as they became lost in their own world, neither of them aware of anything around except the sound of groaning and flesh slapping rapidly.

The pace soon became too much for them to maintain their kiss and they soon broke contact, saliva now coating their chins, and Asia ended up wrapping her arms around Ben's neck to keep herself stable while she bounced rapidly on Ben's rigid member while Ben's vision was mostly focused on her breasts which bounced wildly from his efforts.

While he couldn't reach as deeply as he could with Rias, Ben soon found a rhythm he could keep up and, before long, he found himself near the edge of his limit as was Asia. Their pace picked, the two of them moaning loudly into each other's mouth for a few more powerful thrusts when the two of them made it.

Ben buried his face into Asia's supple breasts and cried out as he unleashed his seed into her while she brought back her head and cried out noiselessly as she achieved orgasm again, unleashing the most intense one yet.

When the pair of them had come down from their heights of pleasure, they collapsed into each other's arms for a moment to catch their breath. Once he was a little more under control, Ben gently lifted her off of him and laid her out on the bed next to Rias who was still winded from her bout with him.

Ben, meanwhile, sat on the edge of the bed beside them, his member still rock-hard, while he softly stroked their hair.

"You two were amazing," he muttered softly.

The pair of them muttered something incomprehensible but Ben got the gist of what they were trying to say.

"You weren't so bad yourself, big boy," a familiar voice spoke out from behind him which caused Ben to stand up quickly and spin around rapidly to see Akeno, Koneko and Xenovia standing a few feet away from the bed, each of them wearing 'clothing' similar to what Rias and Asia had worn and all three of them doing their best (and failing miserably) to hide the flushed, aroused expression on their faces.

He could also make out the same tattoo that Rias and Asia had on their stomachs adorning the midriffs of all three of them.

Quickly getting over his initial surprise at their unannounced arrival, mainly because his animalistic urges were slowly but surely gaining control of his senses, Ben placed his hands on his hips and smirked at them.

"How long have you been standing there, watching us?" he asked, his eyes quickly flashing down to their crotches where he saw the unmistakable damp patches of arousal forming. "It's rude to stare, you know?"

"We know but we couldn't wait any longer," Akeno cooed coolly. "We couldn't take it anymore after hearing what you did to Rias so we had to come and see what was happening. You and Asia were lost in your little world to notice us enter so we thought we'd see what we were dealing with."

"Is that right?" Ben asked with a small chuckle as he moved around the bed to their side where he then sat on its edge, his legs parted to show himself off, and stared at each of them, hiding a smile as each of their eyes slowly drifted down his body to see him in all his naked glory, their cheeks flushing at the sight of it. "So, what were your thoughts? Did I pass your little test?"

"Well, we, uh, have to, uh, find that out for ourselves…, don't we?" Akeno muttered as calmly as she could though her façade was quickly breaking down before him.

"Is that right?" he replied, pretending to genuinely consider her question for a moment before he sighed theatrically and leaned back a little on the bed. "If that's so, which of you wants to try me out first. Don't worry, I won't bite…not at first anyway."

The faces of the three newcomers flushed greatly at the last part of Ben's statement but that didn't stop the three of them from slowly advancing on him, their minds going crazy as they thought of how they would end up after their first time with Ben….

…or, more importantly, the question of which one of them was going to have their go first.

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Elsewhere, in an unknown location

Sat alone in a darkened room, nursing a glass of scotch whiskey from the private stash he'd personally acquired in the late 15th century, one of his favourites, Azazel was busy reading through the latest reports he'd received from his subordinates with a frown on his face.

Hovering beside his head, a few inches from his left ear, there was a dinnerplate-sized magic communication circle.

"And you're sure about this?" Sirzechs' asked, his voice originating from the circle.

"It looks that way," the Governor-General replied with a frown as he finished going through the stack of papers before him. "Val's warning can be taken with hesitation but everything else points to it; their drastic increase in mysterious magical power, the sudden, suspicious death of the Glasya-Labolas heir…."

"So Diodora Astaroth has chosen to betray us," Sirzechs muttered with resignation. It was always a shame when a devil chose to betray them and side with their enemies, particularly those who came from one of the 72 Pillars.

"…and these troubling reports I've got from our spies tell me that the Old Satan faction is mobilising for something…something big."

"You believe they plan to use the Rating Game to make their move?"

"You don't?" Azazel countered as he slowly swirled the alcoholic nectar in his glass. "All these events seem to be a little convenient to be simply coincidental."

"And what is their move exactly?"

"I don't know for sure," the Governor-General grumbled in irritation. "I have a theory that they're after something…or someone in particular."

"What makes you say that?"

"Forgive me for being crass, Sirzechs, but, the way I see it, they wouldn't be making this big of a move just to take out the heiress of the Gremory family. With something this big, it can't be just to rock the 72 pillars and single out a high-ranking devil family. They're going after something huge, something that would echo throughout Heaven, the Human World and the Underworld…and that leaves only one answer."

"Ben."

Azazel drank from his glass and made a grunting noise of acknowledgement. He was still young and inexperienced but with the combined powers of Azmuth and Ddraig he was going to be an incredibly influential figure in future; whoever he sided with would have great influence throughout the supernatural world. Azazel had already seen his drastic rise in influence and fame and could only imagine how far he'd go in future.

"And so you want to use those kids, my sister, as bait?"

"I swear to you, Sirzechs, that I'll keep those kids safe. They won't be alone if the Khaos Brigade does decide to strike. If they don't attack then brilliant…but can we afford to take the risk?"

Sirzechs sighed heavily and Azazel couldn't fault him; it was always hard when a supposed ally turns out to be a traitor.

"Then I see no other option. I won't allow Ben, my sister, nor her peerage to get caught in this. They're still too young to be thrust into this war. We will go ahead with your plan. Prepare to put it into motion."

"I'll get right on it. Michael and Odin are already on board. We don't have much time to get things together. We don't have much time to prepare; the Rating Game takes place tomorrow evening."

"You swear that no harm will come to my sister or her peerage?" Sirzechs asked with concern at dragging his little sister and her followers into such a dangerous situation.

"I hate using those kids as much as you do but this is the only way to deliver a major blow to the Khaos Brigade. They won't know what hit them."

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Somewhere in the Dimensional Gap

"Is everything prepared, worm?"

Zs'Skayr flinched at the crushing pressure of their master's power and bowed deeply. He had just returned from the material world to report on the completion of the tasks given to them by their lord and master to complete.

"Yes, my lord. Your Right Hand has already set out to wait for the barrier to break and take control of our–." They flinched as a bolt of dark magic rocked through their entire being."…I mean your forces, my dark lord. Everything is set. The trap is finally ready to be sprung."

"What of the traitor in their midst? Do they know what they need to do?"

The daemon bowed their head low in confirmation.

"They do. I've given them their task to complete and, as you bid, I granted them the power needed for their task."

"Good. How much did you tell them?"

Zs'Skayr couldn't help but chuckle at this before answering.

"That's the best part, master. I hardly had to tell him anything! His kind might pretend to strive for lofty goals and 'noble' ideas but they're so transparent; all they truly care about is strength and power, everything else is circumstantial to them."

"And what of the Tennyson child? Is he ready for his part to play?"

"He is, master. I've been keeping an eye on him, as you requested of me, and my shadows have told me that he is finally ready. He won't stand a chance against us."

The malicious voice let out a dark chuckle which sent a chill through Zs'Skayr's entire being, an impossible thing to do against a daemonic creature created to be the personification of fear.

"Excellent. Then everything is ready. My time for revenge is so near. I've waited long enough and now it's so close I can almost taste it."

"By this time tomorrow you will have returned to the material world and be free to exact your revenge on Azmuth and the rest of reality."

The voice went quiet for a moment and the daemon wondered if that was their signal to leave. Just as they were about to create a tear and leave the voice spoke up again.

"Go to your position and keep an eye out. Your job is to make sure the ritual succeeds. You may trust your traitor but I certainly don't; nothing must be left to chance."

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(The next morning)

Ben gasped as he sat upright, his breathing heavy and his body glistening in fresh sweat as he placed his palm on his chest and breathed heavily.

His free hand flew to clutch his head as he hissed at the intense pain he felt in the back of his eyes, the strongest one to date.

"Ow! Fuck! What the hell?" he hissed under his breath, not wanting to wake up his sleeping companions after their lust-filled activities last night.

Speaking of such, Ben examined the prone forms of his lovers, spread out across his large bed and completely knocked out, oblivious to everything around them…including his sudden outburst.

Being as quiet and delicate as he could, Ben manoeuvred his way through the prostrated tangle of limbs, not giving any concern to the wrecked state his bed was now in after last night, covered in sweat, remnants of his seed and a mixture of bodily fluids and traces of virginal blood from the girls.

He glanced at the horrendous mess they'd made and then slept in but couldn't care about it. he wouldn't change what had happened for anything in the whole world. They'd shown how much they care for him and he'd shown them how much they mean to him, bringing them all closer than ever…though the faint traces of a smirk emerged in the corner of his mouth as he wondered how they'd react once they woke up and they remembered what they'd done and how they acted.

Once free of the mess of bodies and dried fluids, Ben stopped by his wardrobe to pick up a change of clothes for the day before going for a shower. Not wanting to wake the others, he headed into the adjoining room which had, on paper at least, been assigned to Rias initially and used the shower in there. His, Rias, and Asia's rooms were all completely identical in the way they were built and so it was no trouble at all finding his way around.

Once he was cleaned and dressed, Ben headed downstairs to get something to search for breakfast. As he arrived at the entrance foyer he heard dull groaning coming from the living room. Deciding to make a small detour on his way to the kitchen, Ben entered the living room to see the source of the noise he had heard was coming from a pale-faced Rossweisse who was sprawled out on one of the couches, her hair all over the place and her hand covering her face as she fought through what looked like an impressive hangover.

"By Thor's hammer and all the ancient warriors in Valhalla!" she grumbled to herself, completely oblivious to Ben standing a few feet away from her.

Smirking at the sight before him, Ben chose to leave the groaning Valkyrie and continued towards the kitchen, making sure not to disturb her while she dealt with her own turmoil, entering the kitchen only to see Jen sitting at the kitchen island with a 'Hair of the Dog' concoction in one hand and a bag of frozen peas in the other which she was pressing against her temple. Standing beside her stool Ship was busy burying their face in their food bowl which had been filled up with breakfast and completely ignored their supposed 'master', too engrossed with whatever they'd been given.

Unlike his precocious familiar, Jen didn't ignore him. She glanced up at him as he approached and gave him a weary smile and raised her glass before taking a sip from it.

"Hey there, bro. How are you doing this fine morning?"

"A lot better than you it seems. Shit, Jen, what happened to you?"

"Hmm? Oh, you mean this…," she said, gesturing to the frozen bag pressed against her head and chuckled. "This is nothing. I didn't realise how…energetic a certain Valkyrie becomes once they've had a few down them."

"That looks like it'll leave quite the bruise," Ben noted, catching a brief glance at her forehead.

"Hey! Not all of us can be super strong or extra durable, okay? Some of us are stuck as regular ol' humans."

"Okay, okay," Ben backed off, holding his hands up in resignation, a smirk on his face before he walked past Jen and poured himself a glass of juice from the fridge. "Where's Gwen then? Please tell me you forgot her."

Jen groaned and glared at him. "One time! That happened one time, a long time ago and you've never let me forget about it. Yes, Gwen is here. I left her in her room where she should be waking up with the mother of all hangovers any moment."

Ben smiled and shook his head in amusement. "I never thought she'd be one to stomach drinking, certainly not to the levels you do."

"Hey! What you trying to say?"

Ben ignored her and chuckled again as he continued to forage for something to eat.

Silence fell on the kitchen and the Tennyson siblings for a moment, the only sound coming from the subtle noises of Ben searching for food until he found some.

"So, how was it?" Jen asked casually, finally breaking the silence between them.

Ben froze but made no external show that Jen had fazed him by the question.

"Don't know what you're talking about," he replied with a simple shrug, attempting to brush off the question.

Unfortunately, this just wouldn't work against someone like his sister.

"Oh come on!" Jen sighed, seeing right through his scheme. The girls never told me what they were planning to do to show their thanks for everything you've done for them but it isn't difficult to figure out what happened last night."

"If you say so," Ben shrugged, doing his best to appear nonchalant.

"So I ask again; how was it?"

"If you think that I'll ever tell you what did – or did not – happen last night then you hit your head harder than you thought.

"So you're not going to tell me?"

"Nope.

"You sure?"

"Uh-huh,"

"If you don't tell me now I'll have to bring out the big guns."

"You don't have anything to use against me."

"You sure about that?"

"Positive."

"You wanna bet?"

"Sure, why not?"

"Okay. If I can make you give in and tell me what happened then you've got to answer all of my questions about it, no matter what. Deal?"

Ben stopped for a moment at his sister's words, examining them for any loophole or detail she might use to trick him but couldn't see any so ended up nodding his head in agreement.

"Alright, fine. What do I get when I win the bet?"

"Ooh, you sound confident. Good…misplaced but still good. Okay, if, by some miracle, I can't get you to admit defeat, those exact words by the way, then I will grant you two favours which you can use anytime you want. Sound good?"

"Make it three."

"You drive a hard bargain, sir, but I know who'll win so sure, three favours then. Deal."

"Right, so what devious plan do you have to make me spill the beans then?"

"Just six little words. Six words that are put together in a certain order that will make me victorious."

"Which are?" Ben asked, doing his best to hide his apprehension about Jen's confidence. Even though he had high confidence in himself thanks to the changes he received from Azmuth and Ddraig's Sacred Gears but there was something about the look in Jen's eyes that caused him to hesitate but he couldn't back out now. Who knew what she'd do then.

Jen stared at him for a moment as he tried to read her little brother and gauge what he was thinking.

"You sure you want me to do this?"

"Come on then. What magic words have you got to make me break?" Ben retorted, confident that there wasn't anything she could say to make him break, absolutely nothing she could ever say would make him break so easily….

"I'll tell mum if you don't."

…except those words.

"You wouldn't dare," Ben retorted, hoping, in vain, to call out her bluff but this failed instantly as Jen had already pulled out her phone and was tapping the screen rapidly in search of their mother's number.

Ben sprang into action before he fully realised it, rushing to Jen to snatch her phone off her and stop her. It didn't go the way he didn't fully plan anyway as Jen, with her significant experience dealing with antagonistic opponents, had already jumped off her stool and had moved to the opposite side of the kitchen island to him, a sly smirk on her face, the frozen bag still pressed against her head, as she found what she was looking for and pressed the 'dial' button.

Adding further insult to injury, she had put the call on loudspeaker so that Ben was able to hear the dialling tone.

Understanding he didn't have much time left before disaster struck, Ben decided to make one last, desperate play to stop Jen and pulled himself up onto the island and lunged at Jen, his hands reaching out to take her phone from her.

This proved to be futile though as Jen stopped in her tracks and doubled back on herself, getting out of the way of her little brother as he fell to the floor, hitting some cabinet doors on his way down and groaning in mild pain.

"Last chance, Ben. Last chance to spill," she taunted, leaning over the isle and looking down at him as he sat up from his spot on the floor.

The two siblings stared at each other, one with a glare and the other with a smirk, for a moment before the dialling noise stopped as someone answered the phone.

"Hello, sweetheart. What's up?" their mother's voice called out from the device.

Ben knew there and then that he had lost the battle and so slowly nodded his head in defeat.

"Alright! You win! I'll tell you, okay?" he relented, glaring up at her fiercely though she was completely unfazed by it.

"Good answer," she nodded before directing her attention to the phone in her hand. "Hiya, ma. How're you guys doin?"

"We're doing well," the Tennyson matriarch replied slowly, as though choosing her words very carefully. "Why are you asking? What's going on?"

"What?!" Jen retorted indignantly. "Can't I just call up to ask how you two are doing on your holiday?"

"It would be a first. How are you and Ben getting along? You're both being on your best behaviour, yeah? I don't want you two showing us up to our guests, okay?"

"Urgh, of course we're behaving, ma. We're not little kids anymore."

"Sometimes I wonder if that's true. Well, your father and I should be back by the end of the week so we expect to see you before you disappear back to Kyoto, okay?"

"I promise. Look forward to seeing you guys. Okay, bye," Jen said before hanging up the phone before their mother could respond, placing her phone on the counter and looking back towards Ben who, during the conversation, had picked himself up off the floor and taken one of the seats.

"Okay. Deal's a deal so spill it. What happened last night?"

Ben groaned under his breath.

"Urgh, fine! If you must know, we had sex last night."

Jen punched the counter theatrically with a shit-eating grin on her face.

"I knew it! I fucking knew it! Sooo, who was the lucky girl? Who's V-card did you take?"

"Well, I guess Rias was the first 'lucky one'. She was the…."

"Wait, wait, wait. Back up a second. Did you say Rias was the first lucky girl?"

"Uh, yeah,"

"First? As in 'there was more than one'?"

Ben's silence and the expression on his face gave Jen her answer and she let out an unexpected cry of exclamation, her eyes as wide as plates glued to his face.

"No fucking way! Check out the stud in the family. I didn't know you had it in ya. So, who was the other? Was it Asia? You better not've hurt her."

"What?! Of course I didn't! She was the second but, uh…."

"So you didn't end with Asia? Wow. I guess my little bro is growing up after all.." She brushed off an imaginary tear from her eye. "This is all so emotional."

"Why are you so interested in this?" Ben asked with a groan, unable to fathom why she was so interested in his sex life. It couldn't be something as simple as going out of her way to embarrass him, could it?

"Well, to be honest, a lot of it was just to see your look of embarrassment…."

God dammit!

"…but I was also genuinely hoping to see if you were able to take the next step in your relationship. I was certain that Rias would be the one…and I definitely didn't expect to hear you've been so…close to the other girls. I mean, I could see the way they looked at you and you at them but I didn't think you had it in you to go take the next step with all of them."

"Just make sure you treat them all with the love and respect they deserve, okay?" she added, pointing a finger at him in a warning.

"Of course!" Ben retorted indignantly. "I wouldn't do anything to hurt any of them."

"I know you wouldn't, you just need to be careful. You are a rising star in the supernatural world, a powerful being who hasn't even begun to discover how truly powerful you have the potential to be. There are those out there who feel threatened by you and what you represent and may decide to act on that fear and hatred."

"Trust me, I know that there are people out to get me."

"I'm serious, Ben. You need to be prepared for anything to happen. If your enemies find out how close you have become with Rias, Asia and the others then – trust me on this – they'll use that against you in ways I don't ever want to imagine."

Ben glanced down at the counter and tapped his fingers on the wooden top, tapping out a random rhythm, and nodding his head after a moment.

"I know. I need to get stronger in order to stop that from happening. During the peace summit, Azazel asked me what I wanted to do with my power. My answer then is the same as my answer now: I want to use my power to protect my friends and loved ones. That hasn't changed."

Jen smiled and stood upright.

"Good. That's what I like to hear. Now, you'd best wake them up, lover boy. Your big match is today and you all need to prepare for it."

"Yeah, you're right," Ben nodded as he downed the rest of his drink and slipped off the chair and headed for the door.

As he opened it, Jen turned and called out to him.

"And you'd better not make them cry! If you do then you'll have to answer to me!"

Ben ignored her comment though he knew that she meant what she said, closing the kitchen door behind him and heading up the stairs back to his room, already imagining the awkward conversation he was in store for.

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(A few hours later)

The Gremory peerage were all assembled in the large living room, making final preparations before they were teleported to the Rating Game arena.

As Ben had predicted, it had been a humorous scene upon waking up the girls from their satisfied slumber. Though it took them some time to fully waken, as they did so they each reacted in different ways as they recalled last night's activities.

Asia had, perhaps unsurprisingly, reacted with extreme embarrassment; hiding her bright red face behind a pillow as memories of the things he had done to her and by how much she had liked what they had done. Growing up in the church all her life she had been taught nothing about such pleasures and had only been given a short time to learn about it from Rias and the others though, again, she was limited in this because of her reluctance to ask such lewd, erotic things.

Koneko didn't really say much after waking up…though Ben did catch a glimpse of a blush in her cheeks and a content smile on her lips.

Xenovia, likewise, had a blissful expression on her face and had placed her hand over her stomach, letting out a small moan in recollection of when she and Ben became one at last and a little groan at herself for agreeing to the 'stupid' fertility tattoo which prevented her from becoming pregnant, quietly muttering under her breath that it could benefit her doing it this way for the time being so she could practice before the real thing…just so she could be certain she'd get pregnant of course.

Rias and Akeno, on the other hand, had to restrain themselves, somehow stop themselves from jumping on Ben and continuing from where they left off last night. As the two eldest members of the group they'd had sexual fantasies, edged on mainly Akeno due to her attitude to sex and erotic matters and had imagined how good the real thing would feel…only to then have their fantasies pale in comparison to what it felt when they were with Ben. Nothing else compared to what they had felt while entwined with Ben and they were now hooked on him.

They had almost succeeded in dragging Ben in for another round…and even Ben found himself tempted to 'give in' and go another round but he was quickly able to come to his senses and remind them of the impending Rating Game with dickhead Diodora. This brought them mostly back to their senses…and all five of them practically jumped out of bed, ignoring their wobbly legs, when Ben promised them each some proper alone time to celebrate their eventual win.

Thankfully, as they got dressed and headed downstairs and woke up fully, they realised how enraptured they'd been a moment ago, earning another bout of blushing cheeks, and fully came to their senses at last, choosing to concentrate on the fight.

Ben was grateful that Jen decided against saying anything or asking any embarrassing questions (though he had no doubt that this was purely for the benefit of the girls). She did have a smug grin on her face that she made no real effort to hide from them though it seemed that only Rias and Akeno noted her smile, their blushes deepening significantly at this.

Shortly before they were due to leave for the match Azazel had turned up to offer them a few, last-minute pointers on their opponents and remind them to use what they learnt during their training.

"If you keep all that in mind then you'll kick that little prick's ass," he concluded with a smile and a pat on Ben's back in encouragement.

"Kick that bastard's ass for me, okay?" Jen said as she leaned against the back of the sofa, her frozen bag of peas now back in the fridge.

"Already planning on it," Ben replied, his mind swirling with all the different forms he could use to beat Diodora and make him finally leave Asia alone.

They were interrupted when a large teleportation circle bearing the Gremory crest materialised in the centre of the room.

"It's time to go, everybody," Rias announced to everyone and went to stand in the centre of the circle, the others following after her until they were standing in the circle. They gave the others a wave and final goodbye as the circle started to glow brighter.

"Good luck, guys," Gwen called out.

"Have a safe journey," Rossweisse added just before they vanished in a brief flash of light, leaving the four of them in the room.

"We'd best get going too," Azazel told them, attracting their attention.

"I don't like this," Jen stated, her arms crossed under her chest as she stared at Azazel with a troubled look on her face.

"I know you don't so I'm grateful that you didn't say anything to them," he replied.

"I nearly did," she admitted, glancing back at where her brother had just disappeared for a moment before looking back at Azazel. "Why did they need to be kept in the dark?"

"We don't want to tip off the Brigade that we're aware of their plan to attack. We'll draw them all in and wipe them out in one fell swoop," he explained before turning and leaving the room to get into position for the trap.

"I still don't like it," Jen repeated as she followed after Azazel with Gwen and Rossweisse trailing behind her.

Azazel cast a glance over his shoulder at her as he continued walking. "If all goes to plan, nothing will happen to them…and if I'm wrong and nothing happens then we can say we came along to offer our support and congratulate them on their victory."

Jen continued to follow the Fallen Angel leader, hoping for the first time that he was wrong.

'I won't let anything happen to you, Ben,' she thought to herself, determined that they'd all come back safely.

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Demonomicum extract:

Orishan

Appearance: Orishans are a breed of aquatic demon, humanoid in standing, height and overall appearance. Their entire body is composed of a nigh-on indestructible shell that protects them from all but the strongest of physical and magical attacks. Small spikes protrude across their bodies and barnacle-like mounds protrude from their shoulders and legs while in the palms of their hands are small holes where their water-based magic originates from. Their claws are razor-sharp, able to slice through many materials – except their shell-like armour of course – and their heads are protected by a hood, of which a cover can descend to offer them even more protection in battle and which enables them to reach the deepest parts of the Underworld's seas and oceans.

Bio: While the Underworld is composed mostly of land, that doesn't mean that there isn't life in the few seas and the single ocean of the Underworld to which all the seas connect to. Many demonic creatures dwell within these waters but only a few species are 'intelligent' and able to communicate with our kind. Four such species exist, the two strongest being the Piscciss Volann and the Orishan. At the time of writing this entry, these two kingdoms are currently experiencing a fragile peace…though, by the time I get to the Piscciss Volann chapter, this could very well no longer be the case and war could've broken out again as it has done numerous times in my lifetime.

Despite the wars they frequently fight, the borders of these two species haven't changed that much, highlighting how matched they are. While not as agile or quick as their Piscciss Volann rivals, Orishans enjoy the advantages of being able to survive out of the water indefinitely and being able to dive to the deepest depths of the chasm in the centre of the ocean, reaching parts that only the strongest magic-users can survive.

Being able to survive at such depths also enables the Orishans to harvest the vast, rich, valuable mineral treasures which exist in the deepest parts of the ocean, using them to bring wealth to their kingdom by trading with the powerful land-dwelling races which partly contributes to the influence they exude amongst the various demonic societies.

Power Level: High-class Devil

Threat Level: Medium

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A/N: And there we go.

I did tell you that I'd never written a sex scene before this point so there could be some issues with it. I know that some of you may have preferred me to write about the others too, rather than just Rias and Asia, but I chose to do this way for a few reasons; firstly, due to the way I write, including scenes with everybody would've stretched the length of this chapter out so much longer than it currently is…and secondly because I wanted it to be a bit more special with Rias and Asia, let the two of them enjoy their time with Ben without anybody else interfering.

That being said, though, I do plan to write more in future so I would very much welcome any advice, thoughts or constructive criticism for future reference. This story is rated M partly for this reason so let's hear it; I won't blush.

Simply saying "This is shit" doesn't help anyone, especially you, the readers.

Moving on from that, all the pieces are in place for the epic showdown…with a few extra players on the board making their own plans in the shadows. I changed the aim of the Khaos Brigade in gate-crashing the Rating Game as it didn't seem to make much sense to me when I think about it: they had no idea that Azazel had set a trap for their arrival so it doesn't make much sense that they'd send such a large force after a single, young noble devil and her peerage just so Diodora can steal Asia away; it just doesn't make sense.

Am I right here or am I missing something?"

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Reviews

Loken Lupercal: I have been toying with writing something which includes Ben-prime in some way. Haven't decided much so far though; haven't decided if it should be a one-shott or a few chapters long, and I haven't chosen whether it'll be this Ben goes to Ben-prime's world or vice versa. i do want to try something with this though, just need to work out the details.

DinosaurQueen: I'll admit that I never bothered to look at the reboot alien forms. I wanted to stay away from the reboot completely if possible…but after reading your review I decided to have a glance at them to see what I was dealing with and was surprised by a few of the new aliens.

As such, I'll 'bite the bullet' and find somewhere to slot them into my story. I managed to include one in this chapter. Did you catch it?

Keo namikaze: Perhaps I was a little rash in cutting Irina out of the story completely by this point. That is certainly an interesting idea that I'll look into. I haven't looked that far ahead in the canon story yet but I'll see what I can do.

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As usual, I look forward to reading your reviews and hearing back from you.

Until next time, see y'all later!