Hello, and welcome to the next chapter!
Guest 1; The cat rules over everything, it can't be defeated! Hmm, well, Mittelt wouldn't do it, because she's frightened of Makoto, Kunou I don't think could due to her being Makoto's pact partner, and Kiyome wouldn't really be strong enough. Sorry.
TheUnknownUser2; Thank you! Princess could pretty much one shot most people, she'd be a very secret weapon~ They will do, by next chapter they will.
tyson113; Thanks! Here's the next one!
darkfenixx7; Princess is awesome, everyone can agree to that~ She's cool~
Hakuorofan7; She can pretty much solo many people, at least while she's in this part of the story anyway~ Hehe, yeah, Asia would have to save Makoto there~
DocSlendy; Asia is a very adorable person huh~? It kinda is yeah~
Drakon45; He seems to have a dark past at least, and while he won't be showing his 'true' power during the Rating Game, new techniques shall be shown though.
Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Yup, we get to see Makoto's intelligence, and more so in this chapter too, along with others. He isn't stupid, and knows how to handle himself. Asia like every character can be taken differently by different people, so everyone has an opinion and such. Well, I can't say anything about what's going to happen, as that would be spoilers. Princess doesn't take shit from anyone, she knows how to handle herself. She is for now, but it shall soon change. I'd say battle mage I guess. He can fight with fists, swords, or magic, though he is more swords and fists right now, magic shall come later on. Well, Koneko and Kuroka are gonna have an interesting dynamic between the two of them. It won't take that long for them to be on talking terms.
Nivek Beldo; It was indeed, last chapter was to show various characters in lights, not usually shown. He might be shy, but he isn't going to stand back and let someone hurt someone he loves, whether it be romantically, or familiar, or whatever, as long as Makoto cares about you, he's gonna do his best for you, though he's practical as well, and knows when to hold back and when to release. He's in canon as well, albeit briefly, he's not really important. He's gonna be the rival yeah~ Princess wins all chapters she's in, she's just awesome. Makoto saved Ravel getting killed, but not for long...joke. Princess isn't going to kill Ravel, or anyone...maybe. He didn't, but theirs gonna be more interactions this chapter, showing the basis for their bond to start. Koneko, while still insecure, won't allow Makoto to say the 'forbidden words'. Hmmm, well this chapter answers that~ And thanks!
Harem Master123; Thank you! She is indeed yes. Yeah, he's really getting the cold shoulder right now from Koneko, but it shall soon clear up. And yeah, he just had enough of Devils like Riser, and Zephyrdor so he was like, screw it all. Cool suggestions!
hellspam; Thanks! Glad that you did! Hehe, Ravel shall be appearing again, I can very well say that for certain. Vali's not appeared yet, I couldn't have her appear out of the blue for this...then again, she does appear out of the blue anyway in canon so...either way, Vali shall be introduced in volume three, or maybe just before~ No worries, I can understand that, getting over an illness myself recently.
ShadeAkami; Thanks! Glad you liked it! Hehe, your idea did get in yeah. Seems a few people want to see Princess kicking some butt. They are indeed, and honestly, that was a little funny~ Ah, sorry, I meant next chapter after this, I guess I was a little vague huh. Yeah, it will happen in the next chapter. Grayfia is married to Sirzechs so, yeah. And thanks, Princess also thanks you~
ShadowUzumaki55; Aah, thank you very much! Yup, we're getting to the heated point of the arc. He isn't, Makoto, Serafall, and others are making sure that it doesn't happen. I suppose that she did, but she was following orders, so that can be forgiven. She should, and she will do as well. Makoto literally had enough, and he couldn't see why anyone was fighting with Grayfia there. Princess stole the chapter, and kicked ass. She always does~ She almost did huh, but Makoto saved her from, a very scary attack. Hehe, they've gathered the entire group, near enough, and indeed, without realizing it, he's won over Akeno, or at least began to gain her affections. He surely is~
dragonsayianblue; Hey! Yup, she's gonna be facing off against him. She did in a way yeah, defending Millicas like that would raise her thoughts about him. He was trying to be neutral, he just thought that he needed to make them stop, plus it was good practice for being a Queen of a Maou too. That probably would be his title yeah, one of them at least~ Eh, if he went all out, he might be able to pull off a victory. Ravel might do something like that. Princess is cool though~ No one can deny that~ I am yes.
Justin D; They are indeed yeah~ Princess can pretty much do the entire Rating Game herself, and come out on top, she's that powerful apparently. Well, she's not normal, we can all agree on that. She will do yeah, and next chapter shall address that. Yeah, he'll stand against anyone that wants to hurt the people that he loves, and cares about. She does want to help, and make her Queen happy, after everything he went through last arc. Well, it isn't a canon Rating Game, or rather, it is this stories Rating Game, so it could go in any direction. Eh, I don't think I do have something like that. Yup, he and Akeno are bonding in their own way now. It's quite good for them. They could look like that if you'd want. It would be indeed. I see, then I'll consider it, I'd have to think of a reason for them to be there other than just being there. Each member of each harem has a purpose for them, minor, major, they all serve a purpose. And thanks!
Vizard Issei; Luck, and Serafall yeah, but indeed, he's going to be able to have some help huh. Aah, glad that you liked it~ Ravel's not fallen for him, quite yet. She respects the position, and even admits in this chapter something about Makoto's status, and such, though he doesn't really care about such things. Princess does kick ass doesn't she? She's not going to have Makoto in danger. I think most people where yeah~ She will do soon.
Ragna; That would be pretty funny yeah~ I can see Princess doing that~
Blade of Takeda; Thanks! Yumi is indeed~ Koneko shall come around soon, and Millicas indeed is pretty cute~ Elmen is turning up the ero in there~ Serafall wants her Queen to be happy after all~ And yeah, that's a good line up, though Bina (Grayfia) couldn't appear here, maybe during the international Rating Games in the future.
yoga pratama; I wouldn't know what purpose she'd serve to the story. I can't see Issei being an archer honestly. Eh, I dunno to be honest.
UsagiAngelRabbit; Oh, thank you very much! They didn't this time, they felt the tension in the air, maybe in the future. Princess cannot be beaten! She's the ultimate one ever! Koneko will come around eventually, that being next chapter.
Anime PJ; Thank you, I thought it would be something unique, showing that rather than having to do it because she's their King, each and every member wants to be there for their own reasons. By that point, Makoto just wanted to be rid of Zephyrdor so he didn't bring much up that he'd want to. Princess is just beast in this, she can solo most, and who she can't, better run away. Though Ophis wouldn't have a problem dealing with the deranged kitten. Yeah, this chapter, and next chapter, especially next chapter, has the end game with Koneko and Makoto, and how they'd become closer. I know, even without knowing, he just told the truth, and indirectly won Akeno's affections, at least for her to be affectionate with him. She's interested due to his title, for now, but soon, she'll become interested because of him, despite his title. And thanks!
Guest 2; I'll probably do one, one day yeah. That would be a good idea yeah. And I could see them girls being his huh. Thanks for the suggestion! Yukari and Chiho, cool choices!
Skull Flame; I know yeah, she can sense things from far away huh, and hear it somehow. Yup, they have formed a team now, and the latest addition is gonna be added this chapter! It kinda is funny yeah, and she'll be addicted eventually. Just look at his harem, quite a few are blonde haired girls, so he could have a fetish for them. And thanks!
Bael; Thank you! Yeah, seems like he does have a thing for blondes huh. Yumi surely is~
Tohka123; Aah, thanks very much! He said those forbidden words, and then things went down. Yup, there surely is some hope for her, thanks to the other rallying around her. She's stepping up her game huh, she's really showing such boldness lately. He does seem to care about Kalawarner, even if she is like she is, she's still important to him. I know yeah, he's gathering quite a crowd around him, huh. Asia surely is stepping up. Exactly, he was the voice of reason there huh. Princess came in and dominated Riser, plus his peerage. I know, a small moment between Makoto and Asia, and Koneko is still being distant, but that shall soon start getting better. And thank you!
Cf96; Thanks!
Guest 3; I don't see why not, yeah okay~
Kurokocchi; Yeah, it does sound good, but I wouldn't know what kind of powers it would have. Yeah, I guess he could have something like that. He might very well have something like that and we haven't seen it yet. Well, I can't say what she's going to be yet, but it's going to be...something alright~
Guest 4; That looks like a good peerage to me~ Though Ravel would be his Bishop, Kuroka would still have a place beside him though~
With those lovely reviews out of the way, it's time to start the chapter! Also, please check out bottom for, some story changing development and such, thank you!
The training part one!
"Aah, I'm getting used to this bed now Makoto-san~ Every time that I get onto this bed, I seriously don't think that I will ever leave it~ I want to stay on this bed forever, and ever~ I am going to enjoy this bed for myself~ I am excited for this after all~"
Millicas shook her head, as she leaned towards Makoto while both laying down on their fronts on Makoto's bed, Princess jumping onto Makoto's back, since he was lying on his front, and then went towards his butt, curling up into a ball, and enjoyed herself as she lightly groped his butt too. Though Makoto didn't even realize, too busy helping Millicas with what was going on before her.
"I'm glad that you are, you always seem to like laying down on it."
He commented, causing her face to turn a little red like her hair.
"I always do. I don't know why, but I gain support when near Makoto-san, and enjoy his kindness too. This bed, is where Makoto-san sleeps. It's a weird way of saying it, but I enjoy Makoto-sans scent too it is so unique from anyone else's too~ I enjoy myself being here."
"I'm glad that you do. But you know, I'm sorry that Sona-senpai's peerage weren't able to help with this Millicas-san."
Millicas shook her head, understanding why Sona couldn't send her peerage to help.
"No, it's fine. I understand, they had their own thing after all. But thank you Makoto-san, because of you, these people came to help me out of this when they really didn't have to do anything of that nature. I mean, they didn't have to help me, but they are thanks to you Makoto-san, so thanks."
"Even then, it means less people. I was hoping for at least a few more before going for this idiot myself…but, if this is how it is, then we'll just have to make do, won't we? Quality, over quantity, right Millicas-san?"
The young girl confirmed it while nodding her head.
"Yes, I think that would be for the best. I've done a little research, so we'll have some knowledge on him, while we'll remain largely unknown, that will also be a deciding factor of the game. However, his newest Pawn is from a Devil clan in the Underworld, one that can turn into Dragon's I believe but I'm not sure if he can do that, and his Queen, I believe she has a Sacred Gear, but I don't know what it does. The rest, I have some ideas on."
"Well, I'm glad that you know some of his peerage, or at least know of his peerages races before being reincarnated, we'd be able to get a good grasp on their abilities and such."
"My, sounds like Makoto-san is a little of a strategist huh."
Millicas sounded quite impressed if that was the case, Makoto himself gaining an embarrassed face.
"Y-Yeah, I guess that I am a little…though, I've been reading lots of books and such lately on subjects of this matter. Sera-tan suggested it if I am going to be the King of a group one day, wanna get a head start on my strategy making and such. I've been thinking about some too, so maybe we could work together or something. You're probably more knowledgeable about such things, so let's look for it together."
Millicas was quite happy about that, unconsciously budging closer to Makoto himself.
"I'm glad, it sounds like you're on your way to being a good King…"
"Yeah, and what about the list? Have you gotten everyone down? Don't wanna make a mess of it now, huh."
Millicas nodded, and rattled off the names as Makoto listened.
"So, it's Makoto-san…Yumi-san, Koneko-san…Asia-san, Kalawarner-san, and even Elmen-san too…yes, I think that this would be good…obviously, the Knight would be Yumi-san, Koneko-san is the Rook, Asia-san is the Bishop, Makoto-san is the Queen, and also…Kalawarner-san and Elmen-san would be…erm, I dunno…hmmmm, maybe one would be Rook or Knight…maybe Elmen-san would be good as a Bishop…but, then maybe it would be better if we went with a Rook for Elmen-san…hmmm, I don't know which one we should do…"
Millicas wrote down the names as she laid down on Makoto's bed, Makoto right beside her.
It was nearing the time that Serafall wished to have the list of the peerage members that Millicas was going to be going through. She wanted to confirm what was going on, and acting like a true Queen that he would do, Makoto went over the list too.
"Well, why not make them Pawn's? I don't think they gain the powers, right?"
"They have nearly perfected the technology for it and are very close to implementing these changes to the games to spice things up, but currently they cannot actually add pieces powers to people who enter the Rating Games that don't already have the power inside of them, that's how it is after all. But you're right, I suppose the Pawn's would be fine to say, it isn't like we're going to be getting any new members left now. So yeah, that's a great idea Makoto-san, thank you!"
Makoto shook his head as Millicas wrote down the names under Pawn's.
"No worries, I'm just glad that this is getting sorted. That guy was a total jerk…I just can't believe your parents wish for you to marry such a jerk. No offense to your parents of course, but why did they set you up with such a scum bag, and probably a Lolicon too…though, as long as the Loli's are of legal age and all…even then, the way he spoke really ticked me off."
"Yes…that is regrettable. I can understand why…but, I don't want to do it…it's okay to be selfish sometimes, right?"
Asking for reassurance from Makoto, the young boy offered it while smiling softly.
"Of course it is Millicas-san. Being selfish is fine, especially when you spend your life being selfless, like I suspect you have been. At least, when it comes to me, you always seem to place me first above anything else, so that's what I am going to do for you too."
Millicas allowed her smile to grow even wider than before, and nuzzled closer to Makoto's body.
"Makoto-san, I couldn't ever thank you enough for all of this…"
Makoto placed a hand to her face, brushing a lock of red hair out of her eyes.
"Don't be so worried about that. I'll make sure that this guy goes down for you…but you know, we'll all have to pull together for this Millicas-san…"
"Y-Yes, you're right about that."
"And, we all will Millicas-san. I'll be right beside you and fight my hardest for you. Truthfully, I feel good that I can fight like this with you. I'd feel useless if this was just Buchou, and I wasn't able to do anything for you. But now I will be able to do something for you, and we will win together, okay? You, me and the others. Douche be damned before we all do anything that is against…you know what I mean Millicas-san."
She giggled sweetly…
But then stopped, and stared at Makoto, and his closeness.
She couldn't help but notice it now, how close he was, and how he seemed to be showing his smiles that she loved so much. She didn't say it aloud, but she had grown very fond of him, more so now that she had truly seen the full extent of his kindness for her. Even if has been a month, Millicas could say that she really liked being with Makoto and wished to spend more time with him.
"Makoto-san I…erm, you know…I never really showed appreciation for the time that you…stood up for me…today, when Makoto-san was helping me…I was just…so thankful for everything that Makoto-san did for me that I…"
Millicas allowed her heart to lead her this time, and she ended up leaning closer, and closer towards him.
She couldn't stop, her focus was on his lips.
She didn't mind, and actually would be very pleased if he was the one who received her first kiss, something that she had been wanting to give for some time now, even if she didn't even realize it herself.
"Millicas-san, what are you…"
Realizing what she was doing, Makoto didn't know what to do.
Should he just allow her to do it, to see what it would be like?
Would Yumi be okay with Millicas kissing him?
Would he want Millicas to kiss him?
He didn't know what the answer was, but he certainly wasn't stopping her.
Her face was closing in on his, and he had few options, but the way she parted her lips, and how innocent she looked, she truly looked so cute right now. Makoto loved cuteness, and he also liked Millicas a lot, after all of the things she had done for him.
"Makoto-san, you know…I really do care for you…"
"Millicas-san I…"
She leaned even closer, giving him a kiss on the cheek, and slowly worked her way towards his lips. If she went for the lips straight away, she was sure that she would've passed out, but this time. Doing it this way, seemed to work for her the best. And that allowed her to continue onwards too.
Their lips neared one another, just a few inches from one another.
Throwing caution to the wind, they took the plunge…
Or they would have, when an orange circle appeared in the middle of the room. It held flames in it too, and they spread around the circle itself, causing Makoto and Millicas to jump away from the other, so they couldn't kiss one another.
"T-That circle is…"
Makoto studied it, so Millicas nodded in agreement.
"But who is it? Riser-san? Why would he want to come here?"
Makoto didn't know either, knowing now for certain that it was the Phenex circle of magic on the floor so he jumped off the bed, and readied himself, Princess flying up into the air because she was resting on his butt, only to land perfectly on the ground, and hiss at seeing the circle.
"I don't know, but stay wary of it Millicas-san."
She stood up from the bed, and stood beside Makoto as the figure appeared.
At first, they did indeed think it was Riser…
But that was thrown out of the window when the silhouette was small.
It was the size of a 5 foot tall person, and Riser was definitely taller than that.
Then a shape could be seen. The shape of a body, a large dress at least. The shape of the boobs could be seen…yes, breasts. It was clearly a girl that had appeared too. The girls hair curls could be seen too.
Finally, a final flash of light doused the room, and revealed who it was…
The person who appeared was…
"Ravel, why are you here?"
Yes, it was Ravel herself who appeared.
But Makoto didn't know why, and it seemed like Millicas was addressing her normally, not adding any honorifics at all, which was surprising since that's what the girl always did with everyone, even himself, so seeing that she wasn't doing that now…just what was going on? He had no idea.
Ravel dusted herself off, then addressed Millicas surprisingly kindly.
"Millicas-sama, I just heard the news about your engagement, and what is happening. Is it true that you're recruiting members to fight in your temporary peerage to face him in a Rating Game of sorts?"
She nodded her head as Makoto sat down on the bed, waiting patiently for the explanation.
"That's right, I've gathered six members not including myself with the help of Makoto-san here. But, news travels fast in the Underworld. However, more so than that, why are you here exactly Ravel? I don't understand."
Ravel coughs into her hand, and then bows her head…but stopped when Princess looked at her menacingly.
"Y-You need to calm yourself down kitty cat."
Princess just glared at her, like she was going to steal Ravel's life, and even Ravel felt it too.
"Nyaaaaaaa…"
Ravel gasped as the cat showed her claws.
She felt like she was going to die from the look that Princess was giving her, she felt like her life was going to be extinguished. She, truly didn't know what was going to happen to her from now on, Princess was a very scary cat.
"Ooh Maou-sama, please don't do anything to me…"
"So, Ravel, why are you here?"
Millicas asked again as Ravel just stares at Princess who stares right back.
Biting her bottom lip, Ravel turns her eyes downwards, then looks towards Millicas. Makoto took Princess, placing her in his arms as Ravel bows her head again, and does a curtsy with her dress, lifting up the corners.
"Would I be able to offer my assistance too?"
That blew Millicas away, and even Makoto couldn't deny that either.
"Your…assistance?" Makoto couldn't help but butt in. "I'm sorry, I'm lost now. I mean, aren't you opposing my…eeh, I mean, aren't you going against Rias-sama, and her group, which is closely tied to Millicas-san herself? You are in Riser's peerage, aren't you? Wouldn't it be weird if you suddenly help a member of the Gremory family like that."
Ravel turned her eyes towards Makoto, and rather be angry, since she respected the position he was in, allowed her head to nod.
"My being here has nothing to d-do with Onii-sama at all. My friend…Millicas-sama here, is in an unfavourable move and I didn't wish for her to face it alone. I didn't think that it would be so bad if I came to offer myself up like this."
"Friend…?"
Millicas this time nodded, as she sat down beside Makoto, leaning against his shoulder, something Ravel noted.
"We've been friends for years, we went to the same school, and everything. Since we're about the same age, we got along very well. I suppose that you could say that she's my best female friend that I have."
"Wow, small world huh…"
"Indeed." Millicas agreed, then turned to Ravel. "But Ravel, aren't you…don't you need to prepare for the Rating Game against Onee-sama? Doesn't Riser-san need your assistance in this type of thing?"
To Makoto's bafflement, Ravel gently shook her head.
"Onii-sama doesn't really utilize me. He just has me there as fashion, is all. At most, I'd be a spectator in the fight, that's all. But, when I heard that Millicas-sama was going through something like this, I gained permission from Onii-sama immediately to come and help you. Because it is a situation like this, I decided that coming to help like this would be fine too."
"I'm surprised Riser actually agreed to it."
The blonde and black haired boys off hand comment was addressed by Ravel.
"Onii-sama said "Well, Millicas is also apart of Rias' family, and it would be interesting to see what would happen, so go and join their team, Rias is going to be beaten by me anyway." a…and that's how it went down. Riser-nii-sama is very confident that he is going to win, so I don't have any reasons to be there right now."
"I see…Millicas-san, what do you think? She's your friend and all."
Millicas immediately nodded her head.
"Ravel's very smart, and has a certain unique brain to her, plus, having a Phenex on the team wouldn't be so bad, it would be an asset to say the least. Yeah, I think this works out in our favour Makoto-san."
Makoto didn't have a problem with it, not that he really had a say in the matter, just wanting to make sure that Millicas made the best decisions that she could, and gained the best help that was out there. Though he did have to admit that he'd breathe easier with her by Millicas' side, a Phenex that was, already somewhat aware of their abilities.
"Then, that's great, Millicas-sama." Ravel seemed happy that she was on the team, then bowed her head. "I promise to do my best for my friend. I'm just sorry that it came down to such things as these. Honestly, Zephyrdor-sama surely is a difficult person to deal with, isn't he?"
"He is…" Millicas sighed, but smiled when looking towards Makoto. "But, this is thanks to Makoto-san that this happened."
"N-No, it isn't because of me Millicas-san…"
Millicas shook her head in a cute manner, taking his hand into her own.
"You don't understand Makoto-san, it really is. I'm so grateful, if it wasn't for you, most of the members on here wouldn't be here, and I don't know anyone else that would be able to help right now most likely."
"Well, I'm just glad that I can help you Millicas-san, that's the most important thing now, is your happiness, and safety. But, have you thought about training and such? I'm sure that you, and Ravel-san here would be alright, but people like myself need all the training that we can get."
As if she had remembered, Millicas slapped herself in the head.
"Urrgh! I completely forgot about such things! W-Well, we could get in some training for everyone, and have a meeting to utilize everyone to the best of our abilities…uuuuu, I'm glad that Makoto-san reminded me, I would've forgotten about that if you didn't say anything…this is very stressing after all…"
Makoto gently shook his head, giving her a pat to the head.
"Don't be so worried, we'll do something about this, I assure you Millicas-san. Come tomorrow, we'll round everyone up, and have training sessions or something. Come up with some ideas that will help us all, and other things like that. So, don't stress, you'll be fine. That's why I am here, I am your Queen for the duration of all of this, you can rely on me too like I relied on you for all of that good stuff."
"T-Thank you…n-now, I have to go and deliver this list to Serafall-sama."
"Ah, I will also go with you Millicas-sama."
Millicas nodded towards Ravel, and then stood up herself, standing near Ravel.
"See you soon Makoto-san! B-By the way, when I am finished with my business, may I come back here, and sleep in your bed?"
"H-How bold Millicas-sama, are you attached to Serafall-sama's Queen?"
Ravel made an astonished face, as Millicas' face turns a little red.
"Aah, if you wish to come back to sleep here, I don't mind. Though, I think that Yumi-senpai is going to be arriving here soon, I think that would be a way of saying it again, it is something that I have to think about it too~"
"Then, I will see you soon!"
Makoto waved towards the pair of them as Millicas made a magical circle. Then, as the pair disappeared, Makoto was sure that Ravel looked towards him, but he shook his head of those thoughts as they disappeared fully.
Once she was gone, Makoto was about to lay back, when the door opened.
He briefly glanced, to see Yumi walking in, and then he smiled.
"Yumi-senpai, I was wondering where you had gone."
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to keep you waiting Makoto-kun. I know how needy that you are when it comes to things like this."
A small pout decorated his lips.
"D-Don't say it like that."
Yumi walked closer towards Makoto, and then removed her top. Makoto's eyes slightly widened as her breasts were released from the top that she wore, not even bothering with a bra. Makoto's eyes turned even wider as she removed her skirt, showing her panties, and basically was nude besides the fact that she wore panties.
"I'm sorry, it's a little hot, you don't mind, do you?"
"A-Ah…erm, n-no, not at all…"
Shyly, he looked and saw her breasts bouncing. Biting his bottom lip, he looked down as Yumi released a cute giggle sound.
"Makoto-kun, I don't mind if you look you know? You've seen my breasts before, but you're cute when you're getting shy. I love that about Makoto-kun, always so cute, especially when it comes to things like this."
The blonde sat on the bed, placing a hand on his cheek, and dragged his face towards hers. Bending down, she caught his lips with her own with her hand slipping to his shirt, unbuttoning them as the kiss deepened.
She eventually was able to unhook all of the buttons, pushing off his shirt with her fingers dragging across his skin, leaving slight lines. Discarding the shirt left, she forced Makoto down onto the bed while climbing on top of him, Makoto's eyes gaining a good treat right before him.
While continuing to kiss the young boy, Yumi's hand trailed down his stomach, causing his body to shiver. While shivering from her light touch, her hand went towards his pants, tugging at them downwards.
Knowing what she wanted, Makoto lifted his hips as Yumi undid his pants. Without breaking the kiss, she managed to take Makoto's pants off, seeing his excitement in full view of her eyes, gaining a dark red to her cheeks, throwing his pants to the side, and continued kissing the young boy.
Breaking the kiss with him, it left the young boy panting with the sexual stimulation still fresh in his mind.
"Yumi-senpai kissing me so suddenly…"
"Maybe, I enjoyed kissing you."
Her light teasing move allowed Makoto to feel deeply affection from her, Yumi getting beside him. Since she was taller, she rested on her elbow, looking down at the young boy, who stared at the roof, enjoying the sensations of the room.
"That's good, because I enjoyed Yumi-senpai kissing me like that…but, Yumi-senpai has been staying here a lot lately. With the amount of time staying here, Yumi-senpai might as well move in here too, so we could live together…"
"That would be nice Makoto-kun, living with Makoto-kun. We could have even more fun together, couldn't we Makoto-kun?"
He couldn't deny the prospect of the pair having more fun together. Even just thinking about it made his heart go faster than normal, he thought that it would be fun if he went together with Yumi, and held a fun evening with her.
"Yumi-senpai…when I was human, I never thought that I would ever be able to be in a situation like this with you…I'm just so happy that you wish to be with me like this Yumi-senpai…I'm really happy Yumi-senpai, always stay with me…kay?"
More like he was pleading. Yumi allowed her smile grow as she bent downwards.
"Of course Makoto-kun, I'll always be with you."
With that, Yumi bent down to his neck, giving it a gentle kiss. A small moan escaped the young boys lips as she ran her fingers through his hair, he doing the same thing with her long blonde hair, the pair enjoying one another's love.
During the night, Millicas came back into the room, to find that Makoto was asleep on Yumi's breast. Yumi herself had her arms around Makoto's body, and their legs entwined with one another's, they looked like a proper couple that had just gone to bed with one another.
In her heart…she felt jealous.
She didn't think she'd ever feel like that, but now that she would ever do something like this…
But now that she was suddenly faced with this new, and interesting adversity, she felt her jealously coming in bigger bursts, and it made her feel…weird, when she looked towards the young Shota boy cuddling the Bishoujo girl.
"Makoto-san…hugging Yumi-san like that…I wonder, if Makoto-san would want to hug me so tightly too…if it was Makoto-san, I wouldn't mind him hugging me like that…a-and they are even nude too…no, Makoto-san and Yumi-san both have underwear on…even then, Makoto-sans mouth is very close to Yumi-sans breast too…"
Millicas placed a hand on her school skirt, making the decision to remove it. It dropped down to the floor, as her fingers went towards her skirt, slowly removing the buttons from the hooks, wanting to have her body at least on a little display.
Finishing taking off her shirt, standing in her bra and panties, Millicas climbed onto the bed, placing a hand on Makoto's body to steady herself.
"Ngh…what…"
Makoto felt the touch on his body, a different one than Yumi's hand, so his eyes opened, turning to the source.
Millicas smiled towards him, running her fingers up and down his arm.
"I'm back, Makoto-san. I'm sorry to wake you."
Honestly, she didn't know if she was sorry about that, since she liked the fact that his voice sounded good, she liked the sound of his voice, and the feeling of his body against her own body, it truly was the best in her eyes.
Though he was still in his sleepy state, he smiled towards her, patting the bed.
"Come on then, get in. Did everything go okay?"
Millicas got into the bed, resting her head on his chest. Then, she used her hand to wrap his arm around her body, wanting to be closer and closer towards him. his hand rested on the side of her stomach, the girls face turning redder by the second.
"Y-Yes, it has been all set now, everyone's membership has been locked in. Serafall-sama is going over it with the other Maou-sama's, and such as we speak. Don't worry though Makoto-san, we're going to be alright…"
He nodded, turning to face her fully. In his sleepy mind, he did something that shocked Millicas, giving her a kiss on the forehead, her face turning upwards while she snuggled against him, not wanting to be separate from him.
"Don't worry, we will be alright. Now, let's get some sleep, okay? We're going to need it…"
She nodded from her place on his chest, Makoto's eyes dragging downwards towards sleep.
As he fell asleep, Millicas' cute face buried against his chest, giving it a gentle kiss, before she fell asleep herself…
"Hey Ma-taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"
Makoto was woken up, when Serafall jumped on the bed, and straddled his hips.
At first, he wanted to ignore, knowing that it was Serafall's voice, so he kept his eyes closed, pretending to be asleep, since he didn't want to get up right now, he wanted to have a little bit of a sleep.
"Hey Ma-taaaaaaaaaan~! Don't ignore meeeeeeeeeeeeee~! I am trying to wake you up nooooooooooow~! Ma-taaaaaaaaaaan~! I've got to tell you something right noooooooooooow~! Ma-taaaaaaaaaaaan! It is something adorable that I need to talk to yoooooooooooooooooou~!"
His eyes shot open, looking up at the girl that was on his lap. Serafall herself just smiled down at him and to his eyes, she looked extremely sexy. She was only wearing her panties, showing off her large breasts, and a cute hidden smile on her adorable lips.
"S-Sera-tan?! W-What's going on!?" He looked around, and saw that neither Yumi or Millicas were in the bed. "W-What happened to the others? A-And why are you like that with me right now!?"
"Hehe, don't be so worried about such things Ma-tan~ I wanted to give you a good treat with my breasts. Do you want to feel them my Ma-tan?"
Makoto's bottom lip was bitten by himself, shaking his head shyly.
"N-Nooo! T-That's okay! B-But, where is everyone?"
Makoto asked again as Serafall's lips curled downwards at the fact that Makoto didn't want to grope her, even though he kinda did want to do something like that, he couldn't show such a thing, he didn't know what would be acceptable about such things.
"Well, my Ma-tan. Yumi-chan and Millicas-chan went to go and pack something's, you know what I mean?"
"They…went to pack something's, for what exactly?"
Makoto was in the dark, so Serafall clarified while winking towards him.
"Aah, my Ma-tan is being adorable again. That's okay, I love adorable Ma-tan. But, my Ma-tan, you know that you have something huge happening to you soon, right? You've got to have some fun with me my Ma-tan, and we're not going to be able to do that here."
"Do what here?"
Again, he was in the dark.
He didn't know what she was talking about, as usual.
He always was confused by what she said, honestly. It always was a little of a mystery of what she was saying.
"Ma-tan, I'm saying that you should pack your things, because you and I sweetheart are going on a journey of fun and frolic and such~ Because I am not only going to be training your body, I'm also going to be training your heart!"
"Training…"
At first he was processing the information.
Serafall didn't give him enough time, and just bent forward with her lips perked out.
"Ma-tan! Let's kiss, and cuddle each other, kay!?"
Serafall's lips went towards Makoto's own lips, wanting to crush against the younger boys lips.
The thought of it however…was scary.
Not that he was scared of kissing her, but the implications of kissing her.
If they kissed, then it was going to become serious, and if it became serious, then it could lead to something else entirely. He also had to think about her status, and how he could bring down her status, if she kissed a Low Class Devil, even if it was her own Queen.
He, didn't want to be the reason that she would get caught and be mocked by starting a relationship with the young boy. Like Sona had said, he shouldn't disgrace her, and in his mind, if they actually ever did anything, then it would be considered a disgrace on her.
However at the last second, Makoto moved his face so she kissed his cheek instead, something that she wasn't happy about, showing a cute pout on her lips.
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?" Rias was shocked when she saw Ravel at the meeting place. "W-Why is Riser's Imouto here!? Has she come to steal our plans or something for that King of hers!? I won't allow it to happen!"
Rias pointed her accusing finger towards Ravel as the others looked on.
Rias' peerage, along with Millicas' temporary one with Serafall in the background doing the Egyptian dance, Mittelt feeling like she was sticking out like a sore thumb to say the least wouldn't be an exaggeration. They were all dressed in an outfit that meant they were going to be hiking, which so happened to be true actually, since they were going to be going up a large mountain which they were at the base at.
Apparently, this was all for training purposes too. Ise didn't want to do it, while Makoto was fine with it, since Serafall was a Maou, she knew what she was talking about when it came to things like that.
"Y-Yeah, Buchou's right! She'll steal our plans!"
Ise even thought the same as Rias, while Akeno held a hand to her face.
"Ara, don't jump to conclusions like that~ It won't be a good thing if you did that~"
"But Akeno, she's right there…and she'll steal our plans…"
Rias gave a pout like a child would do, Akeno dismissed that though while waving her hand.
"You're such a worrier, aren't you? Even Riser-sama wouldn't do such things~"
"You don't know what that man is capable of. He'd do this to hurt me, like everyone else tries to hurt me like this. Otou-sama, Okaa-sama, Onii-sama, everyone is being against me lately, and I can't stand it for much longer…"
Akeno thought that was dramatic, and turned away from her, not wanting to talk about it.
"Geez, talk about being overactive. She doesn't even care about your plans."
Mittelt sternly folded her arms across her bust, and then looked towards Ise. Ise stared back at her, before turning away from her, and turned his eyes towards Rias again.
"I don't usually find myself agreeing with her, but she's right about that. We don't have the luxury of blaming her of such things. Didn't she even say that she came to help in the games? Though, I do find it a little suspicious myself…"
Kalawarner's eyes held on Ravel's form, not believing that she was there just to help Millicas, even if she wanted to believe that was the only reason that she was there for, even if it seemed like there was an alternative reason she was there for.
Ravel held herself confidently as she turned her head away.
"I came here to aid Millicas-sama, nothing more. I also wished to see the potential of the peerage she has gathered. I won't have anything to do with your plans. Plan away. I wish to see what's going on with this too, and wish to see some good fights, even if it is clear that Onii-sama is going to win."
TAP!
"Don't be rude Ravel-san."
Makoto warned, Ravel turning to him with teary eyes.
"Y-You didn't have to hit me…"
"I didn't hit you, I just bonked you on the head. You know, you definitely shouldn't just think they are going to lose because you believe in your Onii-sama being the strongest. You have to think about it from all directions."
Ravel turned her eyes downwards, as Millicas nodded her head.
"He's right you know?"
"Millicas-sama, Onii-sama's team is more versed in the games."
"Well, Zephyrdor's peerage have also been together longer than us, it doesn't mean that we're going to be losing to them either. Does it? We'll have to wait, and see what's going to happen with everything going on."
Ravel couldn't refute that, Koneko holding her nose as she smelt something bad.
"…To think that the bird would enter this peerage too…I feel complicated about this."
Ravel's eyes snapped towards Koneko who was staring towards her.
"Don't be so silly all of a sudden. I came to help my friend, I don't have any interests starting petty squabbles with you."
"…You wouldn't win anyway."
Ravel stuck out her tongue as Serafall jumped into the fray, jumping all the way to the front.
"Hey! Stop dilly dallying! We've got a training to do! We've got to have fun with one another, and we've got to also fight together too~ But first, we have a mountain to climb, we've got to bop, bop, bop! Bop to the top! Now, let's haul our butts up the mountain! Ravel-chan is here to stay because she's aiding Millicas-chan in her goals! She's not even going to hear a whiff of the plan you Gremory Rias-chan has going on! So, don't worry about such things and let's get goooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooing!"
Without having time to react, Serafall shot off like a bullet, and waved her arms around happily.
The others stared at one another before going up the mountain too.
"Hey, Koneko-chan I…"
Seeing that she was walking past, Koneko just brazenly dismissed the young boy, and went up the mountain using her Rook's strength to carry the large bag that was on her small shoulders, leaving Ravel and Makoto to stand together.
"Hmph, how rude. Ignoring the Queen of Leviathan like that. She does realize that your importance to the Devils world is high? She must really be quite ignorant on such things, does she not even think of things like that?"
Ravel glanced at Makoto, gained a smile, and then walked up the mountain too.
Elmenhilde, who hung back with Asia, went next to the blonde and black haired young boy, gently smiling towards him.
"Don't worry Makoto-kun, everything will work out. But that Ravel-san, we should keep our eyes on her, right?"
"At least, just don't think of her as the enemy for now. If she's a friend of Millicas-sans, then she'll be a friend of ours too, at least for the reminder of the battle that we're going to have with the idiot that wishes to marry Millicas-san."
Elmen could appreciate that, and slowly went up the mountain.
Makoto himself shared a kind look with Asia.
"What do you say Asia-chan? Wanna go up the mountain too?"
"Y-Yes, let's do it Makoto-san!"
Together, the pair went up the mountain and didn't look back.
Walking up the mountain…was no easy task. People were struggling, like Elmenhilde, and Ise. They both were straggling behind, along with Mittelt. Ravel, was having a mild problem with it, but she was more competent at walking than the others that were previously mentioned.
Makoto himself wasn't doing so bad, he had already gone through a training to build on his strengths, so this wasn't something that he had to worry about.
"Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! H-How much longer is this going to beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!?"
Ise complained as Mittelt snapped her fingers.
"Shut up! I'm walking here! I have to concentrate on my breathing!"
"For a maid, you're not even that helpful!"
KICK!
"Jackass!"
Mittelt walked past the downed Ise as he held his leg in pain.
"Stupid Loli-sama…"
Mittelt glared back at him, which made him glare right at her. If looking at it from the outside, it would seem like they were hating on one another, and honestly, it could've been, none of the others knew what was going on with that.
"Come on Ise! I know you can do it!"
Rias cheered from a higher place on the mountain, she wasn't carrying much either.
"A-Aaaaah…B-Buchou, I won't…l-let you down…"
Ise let out a breath from deep within his lungs, and then fell to the ground again, panting heavily.
"Geez, seems like Ise needs more training."
"What have you been doing with your Pawn Rias-chan~? It seems like there's a little something going on there~ You know, it seems like Rias-chan and her Pawn-chan is a cute couple, but it seems like work needs to be worked on with the pair of you too~"
Rias looked down, adopting teary eyes.
"Ara Buchou, what's wrong?"
Akeno gently brushed her hand on the young girls shoulder, giving it a gentle squeeze. Rias herself touched Akeno's hand, and then smiled enchantingly towards the young girl, something that Serafall noticed, and rolled her eyes at.
"It's just…it seems like Ise is getting a little bit behind and I don't know…no, I won't give up! I have to do something about this! Yes, I am going to be able to fight together with the others too! Don't worry Akeno, I am going to do something like this too!"
Akeno just smiled, not sure what she was supposed to say to that.
"Fueeee…this is difficult…"
Walking beside Makoto, was a tired looking Asia.
She wasn't carrying a heavy bag, but because of the situation she was in before, she never really had to do this much exercise before, and even then, it seemed like Makoto was going to have to help her, since she was having trouble doing this.
"Aah, don't worry Asia-chan, I know you can do it. Here, my hand."
Offering the young girl his hand, Asia took it while blushing.
"I-It's like a husband helping out his wife…"
Makoto rolled his eyes, but held a good intentioned smile on his face.
"I'm sure that it is~"
Taking that to mean…many things, Asia breathed heavily as she continued walking in part thanks to Makoto's help.
"B-By the way, Makoto-san. I've been thinking about it, but I can't choose the venue, w-would you help me with that?"
"The venue huh…"
Makoto didn't know exactly how to say that there wouldn't be one, but Asia was just so set on it, it almost would be heart breaking if she was told the truth on what was going to be happening between the two of them.
"Yes, the venue. I've got several magazines with me which will help us decide. I've also been on the interweb…"
"Internet."
Makoto hastily corrected her, Asia nodding.
"Y-Yes, that. I've looked up brides, and it said, according to the site of the web-" Makoto sweatdropped. "-that in order for a woman to be a good bride, they also have to learn about the position called doggy. Makoto-san, would you do the doggy style position with me too?"
"Pft!" Doing a spit take, Makoto took Asia by the shoulders, and looked deeply into her eyes. "L-Listen to me! T-The doggy style is…it isn't something that…erm, well maybe if we get into that kind of relationship…e-even then! Asia-chan, you're too innocent for these types of things!"
"Hmmmm?"
Asia put on a clueless face, with Makoto sighing deeply.
However, Serafall jumped over, patting Makoto's shoulders.
"Ma-tan! Be a good boy, and carry Asia-chan on your shoulders!"
"E-Eh!? I-Isn't that a little…"
The young girl wagged her finger directly in front of Makoto's face.
"Now, now. Asia-chan is also a cute girl, and this type of exercise will also help you in your development. So, why don't you do it? You'd have a cute girls thighs wrapped around your neck, what else could you ask for?"
Makoto just sighed, as he bowed his body.
Looking back at Asia, he patted his shoulder.
"Do you want to ride on my shoulders Asia-chan?"
"W-Well, to get offered something as significant as that, Makoto-san surely is bold in his relationship with me as of late…"
"If you don't want too then…"
"No! I shall do it too!"
Asia quickly rushed Makoto's body, and got onto his shoulders. Her bag was switched so she would wear it on her front, giving her easy access to it. Makoto grabbed her legs so she wouldn't fall as she stood up.
"Here, Asia-chan. Don't worry, I won't drop you."
Serafall, who was nearby, gave a big thumbs up.
"This is great Asia-chan! You two are just so adorable! I love the both of you! Well, I'm going ahead! See you there!"
With her arms outstretched, Serafall ran up the mountain like a hyper child, leaving Makoto, and Asia behind. Rather than wait, Makoto began his trek up the mountain a little slower than before due to carrying Asia. But, this was training too. That's how he looked at it, he couldn't look at it any other way or it would be odd if he was honest with himself.
"Aah, Makoto-kun!"
Yumi came to Makoto's side, and gave him a smile.
"Yumi-senpai, there you are. Been hiding?"
"No, I just found some herbs. Maybe, we could have a private session or something, if I make something with these, and eat together, or maybe something else too." Yumi's finger ran across his chest, placing her lips over his own, annoying Asia. "I'll see you up there Makoto-kun."
"Y-Yes, see you up there."
Yumi went past Makoto as Asia took out a magazine…
It was a bridal magazine. She was intent on reading it, ignoring everything else that was around her. She was engrossed in the magazine, even Makoto could see that from the position that he was walking in right now.
"Makoto-san!" Millicas came strolling towards them, giving Makoto a good smile. "Mind if I walk next to you Makoto-san?"
"O-Oh, not at all. The more the merrier I say!"
"Good! I can't wait for it! Let's get going! Also, can I hold onto your shirt too?"
It was an odd request for the young boy to hear, but he didn't have anything to really worry about.
"Sure, I don't mind doing something like that. Please hold on."
"Aah, thank you!"
Millicas' fingers gripped the side of his shirt, as Ravel watched on, intrigued by what was going on right now.
With that, Makoto continued trekking up the mountain.
Elmen on the other hand was panting heavily, and sweat came from her forehead, running down her face. Because she was part Vampire, she already had an adversity to the sun, but now it felt like it was torturing her.
"Awww, what's wrong Loli-sama? Not being able to keep up with all of us?"
Elmenhilde, despite the sweat on her face, just gave a cold stare towards her, as she continued onwards.
"Shut it Kalawarner."
Elmen wasn't in the mood, dismissing the Fallen Angel.
But she couldn't stop, and grinned from ear to ear.
"Don't worry, we all can't be this great for Master after all. I mean, when the match comes, I'll definitely be the one who helps him during the fight, and you won't be able to do something like that. I'm sorry, but that's how it is right now."
"Hmph, shows what you know. I'm going to do something fantastic like fight for the best thing in the world ever. You know, I am going to do something good this time, and I will fight for my Makoto-kun and the peerage too…I won't lose to you."
Kalawarner smirked, and walked ahead.
"Then, good luck with that Loli-sama."
Gritting her teeth was the only thing she could do from screaming at Kalawarner, and her use of bad words in her eyes.
Making it to the mansion, it truly was a large mountain. Rias had said that it was usually hidden by spells and such, but this time, it was revealed to them. It was made of a fine wood, and it looked good to Makoto's eyes.
Though he was tired, he wasn't nearly as exhausted looking as Ise. Sweat was dropping off the young man, and he looked down for the count. The only thing Makoto could think of as to why he wasn't as tired as him was because he had to do strong training, and build up stamina.
"Hey, Onii-chan, it seems like you're done for, are you alright?"
"Aaaaaaah…I can't…b-breathe…h-how are you n-not falling over…"
Makoto shrugged his shoulders, Asia still being on said shoulders.
"I don't know, must be due to training and all. I'm sure that you'll get the hang of it soon Onii-chan, don't worry!"
Ise couldn't stand it anymore, and he went into the mansion.
"Here you go Asia-chan."
Makoto himself had let down Asia from his shoulders, and allowed her to stand on her feet again.
"Erm, thank you very much Makoto-san."
He waved her off as he walked forward, Asia following.
Upon entering, Makoto saw how luscious it really was, everything being amazing in his eyes. It was like out of a fairy tale, he didn't think that he'd ever see such rich looking things before, and both he and Asia were overwhelmed.
"This is very big, isn't it Makoto-san?"
"Eeh yeah, I feel a little complicated about such a big hall…I'm not used to things like this."
"A-Anyway, I will go and put my stuff away."
Asia walked towards the stairs, having already been told to just pick a room, whichever she wanted to do.
He was going to go upstairs himself to follow Asia, but Serafall came out of the shadows, grasped his hand, and gave it a small kiss, causing his face to turn a little pink at the touch of her gentle lips on his skin.
"Sera-tan, what's going on?"
"Hehe, you and I are gonna be sharing a room together~ Since you're my cute Queen, we're gonna be spending some time together, okay? We're adorable people, and all that good stuff, my cute Ma-tan~ Let's have some fun~"
"J-Just you and me? Alone?"
"That's right~ Just you and me alone~ I made sure, because you're my Queen and all~ I wanna spend time alone with my Queen, and wish to do fun things with you Ma-tan, that would be fine, wouldn't it Ma-tan?"
Makoto just smiled weakly, not really sure what he was supposed to do.
Serafall had gathered Makoto, and the others in the living room. Nervously, everyone watched her. Rias, Mittelt, and Akeno, along with Ise weren't there, but the rest of them were actually sat in the room, all looking towards Serafall who acted like a drill sergeant, pacing the room, making the occupants of said room nervous.
While sitting on Makoto's lap, Elmen clung to the young boy for protection.
"Something wrong Elmen-chan?"
Elmen looked down at her lap, and held a shy expression.
"I'm worried that I'm going to be called out that I am the weak one here…"
"Don't say that, Elmen-chan is plenty strong, don't think that you're not."
The encouraging words that he used made her smile in appreciation, clinging to the young boy even tighter than normal.
Serafall tapped her staff on the ground, causing a beautiful light to erupt within the room, dousing everyone in the heavy light, catching their attention. When it died down, Serafall revealed that she had a beautiful smile on her face.
"Now! My pretties, and the others." Most had to wonder which was which. "We've got to do something about this peerage of yours Millicas-chan. Well, first of all, we need to establish everyone's goodness, and badness', were people need to prepare, and were people need to stop being adorable assets in the world."
"Sera-tan, I don't understand."
Makoto voiced his opinions, so Serafall winked.
"You see my Ma-tan, all of you have cuteness that cannot be ignored. Officially, I'm not allowed to help with strategies, but I am allowed to help with training, so that's what I am going to be doing. I offered Rias-chan, but she burst out crying, and said no. Sucks for her, doesn't it everyone~? Am I right about that sweeties~?"
Everyone shared a look between them.
Serafall though just clicked her fingers.
"Okay, we're gonna be starting like this! First of all, it is going to be the cute and sweet Millicas-chan~"
"Y-Yes!"
Millicas seemed pumped, putting her hands together for the strength of everything that she needed to do.
"Millicas-chan is a very pretty girl, and she's quite strong. She's got great control over her demonic power, and her POD is very good too. Stronger than Rias-chan's, and the control over the power itself is good, and is able to do some good things with it. Her aspects for being a Devil is pretty high, higher than normal High Class Devil, certainly stronger than Rias-chan is anyway, no offense to the young girl but that's how it is. However, there is a flaw that Millicas-chan has and that's confidence in herself."
Millicas lowered her eyes as Makoto patted her on the back.
"Makoto-san…"
"Confidence is a hard thing to obtain but don't worry, we can do it together, alright? We'll gain confidence together."
Millicas smiled bigger.
Seeing that, Serafall smiled at her Queen, and then continued.
"Millicas-chan is a very good piece of this peerage here. She's probably one of the stronger members of the group, with her control, power, and such things. But, lacking courage, and strength of heart is going to be a deciding factory in this. If you're not confident, then you'll not do your best and it will hinder the peerage. And, we can't have something like that happening now, can we?"
Millicas couldn't deny that Serafall was probably right about that, and didn't know what to say as a response. She knew that Serafall was right though, it was something that she did struggle with, and that was confidence.
Serafall then turned towards Yumi who flinched under the girls gaze.
"S-Serafall-sama, y-you're looking at me with intense eyes…"
She didn't know how else to say it without sounding offending, and it wasn't something that she wished to have either.
Serafall though was quite happy, and jumped up and down.
"Now, onto the girl with the swords~ Yumi-chan is very technique based. She doesn't have flashy powers, and on the group, she's one of the weaker members in power. But, she easily makes up for that with her speed as a Knight, and techniques that have been polished from the beginning. Yes, in terms of usefulness, Yumi-chan is also high up in the lands with such things. She's got the potential to be one of the more versatile characters in the group~ Her swords surely are going to be a useful deciding factor, that's how it is going to be~"
Yumi felt proud of herself, and she made a cute expression as she looked towards Makoto.
Makoto himself smiled back at her, and then Serafall giggled to herself.
"Next, is Ma-tan~"
"Y-Yeah…?"
He was hesitant to know what she thought about him, since it hadn't ever been truly said what she thought about Makoto, and such things. But here and now, he was going to learn about such things, and even then, he was still worried on what was going to happen.
"My Ma-tan is the Queen, but maybe you've realized that even though you are the Queen, there are others in the group stronger and more versatile than Ma-tan himself. Even though Ma-tan should be the Queen, and second strongest of the peerage, Ma-tan isn't the second strongest in the peerage, but Ma-tan realizes such things."
Makoto realized that, sighing deeply.
"You're right there..."
He didn't like admitting that, but that's how it was.
Makoto knew that he wouldn't be the strongest, or second strongest, but he didn't want to be the weakest either. He, wanted to help Millicas in anyway that he could do, but he didn't know how he was actually supposed to do something like that now.
"But, it doesn't mean Ma-tan can't evolve too! During this, I want to raise Ma-tans aspects as a Queen up more and more. The usage of a sword can be done with Yumi-chan, your fight fighting can be done with Koneko-chan, and finally, I myself can help you with your magic, and ice powers. Being, an expect on ice, together we should be able to use your cute Sacred Gear together, and I am sure that together, we'll be able to do something amazing with one another, would that be okay with you my Ma-tan?"
"E-Eh…sure…I don't mind…anything to help Millicas-san after all."
"Good, good! Now, it's time for Asia-chan!"
Asia gasped, and clung to Makoto.
She didn't know if she wanted to do something like get herself torn down too.
But she bravely looked towards the girl in the pink outfit as she spun her wand around.
"Asia-chan is obviously the healer. She's imperative to this team, she's going to be the one who heals the wounded after the fights, so they can carry on. However, the problem with this is that Asia-chan is the healer of the group yes, but in terms of defence, Asia-chan would always have to have someone with her."
"Y-Yes…it seems like I wouldn't be able to protect myself…"
Asia felt down, and disliked the idea that she would bring down the team because she couldn't defend herself.
"But, there are ways around that." Serafall grinned a charming smile. "I can see it happening with Asia-chan anyway, being able to learn some magic's to support herself. Like there are defensive type magic's, and also even teleportation spells. Getting yourself out of the situation would be good too, barriers can do wonders too. Of course, staying with a body guard of sorts would be fine as well. If familiar's would be allowed, then that would be an option, but it isn't allowed this time. Either way, Asia-chan is still essential to the group for her healing powers."
Asia felt…conflicted about that.
On one hand, she was relieved that she was able to have a good thing between them that she would be able to aid the group with the fact that she could heal. But, in other ways, she was worried that she wouldn't be able to do anything other than heal, and it was regretful to her for this point.
Serafall next stared towards Kalawarner.
"Kalawarner-chan is next~ Now, for Kalawarner-chan, I'd say that she'd be a good member of the group. Because she wield's the power of light on her side, weak to the Devils, I think that she'd be a good member to have, and also, someone that might get the most attention from the enemy because she can in fact use light, and the enemy might find that out…well, they probably will, since the names have been revealed, couldn't keep that a secret…but yeah! Even then, with her light, and Sacred Gear, Kalawarner-chan would be the best in a situation like this, I can see it happening to be a good one anyway~"
"So, I'm going to be enemy number one then…well, I suppose I should've expected something like that. Makes sense actually, I can see it happening like that…well, either way, I'm going to just have to blast them away too, won't I?"
Serafall nodded, giving her the signature thumbs up.
"That's exactly it sweetheart~ You've got boob…eeh, I mean bomb powers! Blowing things up is going to be fun! It will go boom boom pow! And all that stuff! Kalawarner-chan will be quite useful for the groups overall powers!"
Kalawarner felt good about herself now, and she was joyful that she could use her powers to the best of her abilities, she was going to do that after all, since it was for her Master, and all, Makoto that was.
Serafall then turned to Ravel, winking at the girl.
"Ravel-chan is next~"
Ravel felt a little nervousness entering her body at the thoughts of what the young girl was going to be told about herself, she didn't know what was going to happen now.
"Serafall-sama, I don't wish to be a burden or anything…"
"Ooh no~ You won't be~ Ravel-chan is cute too~ She's got the fires of the Phenex clan on her side, the powers of the cuteness of being a Bishop too~ Ravel-chan will also be able to survive most of the game because of her regeneration, it could come in handy for the games ahead, and she's smart too. So, that's how it is~"
"I-I see…then I will do all I can."
"That's right baby~ Let's do all you can together~ However, it also seems like Koneko-chan is going to be mentioned too~"
Koneko didn't say anything, and when Makoto offered her a smile, she rejected it, turning away from the smile, and put on a natural neutral face too.
"…Serafall-sama…"
The young Serafall twirled her wand around, pointing it excitedly towards Koneko.
"Koneko-chan doesn't have anything to be criticised for, she's got the best physical strength here, even adding to the fact that she's cute, and small. She'd be able to get into the opponents guard, and use skills to fight that others might not be able to do. But, with everyone else, Koneko-chan also has her own personal things to deal with. One of them which has caused an upset in the balance of the room right now."
"…I don't ever want to use 'that' again. I don't want to become like…her."
Makoto could feel the animosity dripping out of her, something that Serafall said seemed to be getting under the young girls skin. But for the life of him, he didn't know what that was. The only thing he could think of was the fact that she was a cat girl, and even then, it was surprising that Serafall was mentioning it now.
"Even then, I still think it would be something you should consider, if nothing else, it does seem like the thing that Koneko-chan personally sealed should come out~ Maybe it could be with the help of a certain someone that's around huh~?"
Makoto didn't know what she was alluding too, but the others surely did know, and they all had annoyed faces, besides Ravel that was since she didn't know what was going on either.
Serafall then turned to the only girl that hadn't been talked about until now.
"But for now, it's time for Elmen-chan."
Elmenhilde didn't know what she was going to say now. She hoped that she wouldn't be brutal about her shortcoming's, knowing that she wasn't the strongest on the peerage, and knew that they wouldn't be able to suddenly overcome this strongly together.
"Y-Yes…what is it?"
"To put it bluntly, Elmen-chan is the weakest."
That…was devastating to her, and it made Kalawarner snicker. But a shooting glare from Elmen soon shut her up.
"Sera-tan! Y-You can't be suddenly so outright with it!"
Defending the young girl, the best that he could, Makoto defiantly looked at Serafall.
Serafall stuck out her tongue.
"I didn't mean it in the bad way, but that's how it is. Besides the others, Elmen-chan is the weakest in terms of fighting ability. But, that can be changed too during the fights. It isn't like I'm saying she's useless, I'm just saying that right now, she's the weakest in fighting. But, I can make changes to something like that."
"Y-You can…?"
She almost sounded like she didn't believe it, but the way that Serafall's eyes looked at her, told her all she needed to know, that was the fact that she wasn't lying, and was probably telling the truth, and it made Elmenhilde feel good inside of her chest.
"There's plenty of ways to fight. Sometimes, it isn't all about going full force with fists. You also have to consider using your mind, and then going through it like that. Elmen-chan has certain skills that the others in the group simply don't possess. In these types of fights, we have to look forward, and never go back either. We have to fight to the best of our abilities and that doesn't always mean going up front. Support is just as good as front line fighters. Aim to achieve a state where you can fight on par with using your skills. It's the same as Yumi-chan. She in a fight of power between Millicas-chan and her, she wouldn't win. But, her skills add up to where the power she lacks. Polish skills, and become the best for the group, okay?"
"R-Right, I understand Serafall-sama! I-I shall do my best for you, and for everyone!"
"Yes, that's the spirit Elmen-chan! Even if you're the weakest, it doesn't mean that you don't have to worry about that! You're going to be fine, all of you are going to be great! I can say that with a clear heart! But for now, I've prepared everyone a good old fashioned training session! Here, hand out the notes with everything that has your name on it please!"
Serafall produced some papers, each with a different name on it. Millicas took them, and handed out to the people that had the names on. Makoto got his, and it read two words on it.
"Erm…Sera-tan, why does mine say "Sexy body" exactly?"
"Kukuku, because you've got a sexy body~ But, that's besides the point now~ We're gonna be training your body of course~ You're lucky Ma-tan, a Maou-sama is training you all~ That doesn't happen very often~ So, let's come together, and be adorable with one another, okay~?"
Somehow, Makoto knew that he was getting more than what he bargained for.
"Dodge!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaah! S-Sera-tan please calm down!"
"Never! Dodge this, and this!"
"Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah! If I am hit by those, I'm seriously going to die! Don't forget that I am just a boy too! Don't come at me seriously, I can't handle a full assault from a Maou-sama, I might die!"
In a field, Serafall was waving her wand around and shooting off blasts of demonic power at the gym dressed Makoto who looked terrified. Makoto was doing his best to avoid it, but Serafall was really letting him have it, she was surely making it hard for him to get away from her.
He didn't even have a chance to really use his Sacred Gear, the blasts were coming in quite fast, faster than anything he had seen Sona use before. It was only thanks to his enhanced speed of the Knight trait of his piece that he managed to move around the battlefield as it were, but even he didn't know how long that was going to go on.
"No Ma-tan! I told you to dodge! I didn't say stand there!"
"T-Trust me, I'm doing my best to dodge!"
"Oooooh! I want to see Ma-tans resolve! Resolve I tell you!"
DON! DON! DON! DON! DON!
"Iyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!"
Makoto…somehow avoided all of the blasts.
But, the holes in the ground around him were smoking, and were deep too. He looked at each of them while shedding some tears of fear, and worry at the same time. He, really didn't want to do something like this.
"G-Geez Sera-tan! Look what you've done!"
Serafall giggled hyperactively.
"I'm just glad that I can teach my Ma-tan new things~"
Though it seemed weird, she enjoyed having fun with Makoto like this, and enjoyed seeing his worried face. She found it to be the cutest face that he could ever make.
"Teach me…? Y-You're launching things at me! I don't see myself being taught anything right now! S-So, can you tell me where I am getting taught things please!?"
Serafall jumped to his location, and within a second, she grabbed him from behind, groping his butt as she dragged him to her body. His face fell against her boobs as a soft moan escaped his lips due to what she was doing to his backside.
"Awwww, Ma-tan can moan so adorably."
With a shy expression, Makoto glanced up at Serafall as she smiled down towards him.
"Sera-tan is ecchi."
"Ooh yes, that's right. I am quite ecchi with Ma-tan, that's because I love Ma-tans cute body. But, we're here to train my young and delectable Ma-tan. So, why don't we get back to that already my cute Ma-tan?"
"Y-Yes, but I don't think I'm really learning anything here…I mean, I'm just avoiding your attacks…is it supposed to increase my reflexes or something like that?"
Makoto wondered, since it seemed like he wasn't really getting anywhere.
Serafall on the other hand, groped him again as she answered.
"That's right my cute Ma-tan, it's supposed to do something like that. But don't worry, I am going to teach you how to use your Sacred Gear too. Since it is an ice type, and I am known to be very skilled with ice based magic. Together, we can come up with something truly amazing, I know that it is going to be a good thing!"
"Yes…I wish to know about that too…Sera-tan, I want to utilize my Sacred Gear the best that I can."
Serafall tilted her head.
"What are you thinking of Ma-tan?"
"Y-Yes…no…yeah, I think it is…I mean, I want to use it strongly. It doesn't really talk with me though. I've tried talking with my Gear, but it doesn't respond to me at all. I'm worried that if I don't utilize it the best, then I have to do things like make contact with the spirit, and work together with it. Sera-tan, do you think that we can do it together?"
Serafall places a hand under her chin, and got into deep thought.
"Don't worry my cute Ma-tan, sometimes people can be stubborn, and maybe your Sacred Gear is like that... hmmmm, we'll have to see where to go from here. I'm sure that if we work together, we'll find out what it can do, and what it really is too."
Makoto out on a complex face, as Serafall enchantingly stared at him.
"You think that we'll find out?"
Serafall allowed her fingers to drag up from his butt, up his back and to his hair. Her fingers entwined with his locks, taking in how soft they were despite the training that they had been going through.
"We'll definitely find out sweetheart, don't worry about such silly things."
Reassuringly, Serafall kept patting his face, gently allowing her fingers to run through his hair, and then went to his face.
Soothingly, her nimble fingers went across his face, brushing against his lips, Serafall wishing that he would kiss with those lips, but he didn't, even if Serafall delicately rubbed them with her fingers.
"Ooh Ma-tan, you've got the best lips ever. They look so kissable too."
His eyes averted from her own lustful ones, not even bothering to sugar coat her own desires for the young boy.
"O-Oh…t-thank you…s-shouldn't we be getting back to training Sera-tan?"
"I suppose that we should do."
Dejected in her advancements for now, though not sure why, Serafall, and Makoto got back to work with training.
When it rolled around for dinner, Makoto and the others were sat in the dining room, with Mittelt, and Kalawarner dressed in their maid outfits, and their eyes were shining with lots of delicious foods that were in front of all of them.
"Now, I, Mittelt, and Kalawarner, made all of this! Though all of you are Devils, and what not, besides the Vampire chick, we went all out on this, s-so you better be appreciative of all of this! Especially you Ise!"
Ise gave a glare towards Mittelt, who glared right back.
"What was that Loli-sama!?"
"I said you better appreciate it Idiot-sama!"
"Hmph, Loli-sama strikes again."
Mittelt's eyes twitch as she tempts herself into making a spear of light to stab Ise with.
Kalawarner on the other hand walked towards Makoto, wrapping her arms around his body, his upper body at that, and pressed her large breasts against his back. His face turned a cute pink colour as Yumi, Millicas, Serafall, Asia, and even Elmen glared towards her.
"Master, I made this with love filled for you~ So, don't waste a single drop of it~"
"A-Ah, erm…y-yes, s-sure, it looks delicious…"
"Good boy, now why don't you allow me to feed you?"
Kalawarner took her chop sticks, and took some of the meat on the plate. Slowly, she went towards his mouth with the sticks, her large breasts pressing tighter and tighter against his back, the feeling of the areola being something that he could feel poking him.
"I-I can do that myself, actually…"
"Hear that?" Yumi decided to get involved, taking the chop sticks. "I'll feed Makoto-kun. Naturally, since it is Makoto-kun, he needs me to do it. After all, Makoto-kun and I have the best connection amongst everyone here."
That didn't go down well with Serafall, who slammed her hands onto the table, frightening everyone.
"Don't say such things! He's my Queen! And I love my Queen more than anyone else! And Sona-chan better not get used to the idea that we're not having a threesome because it will happen! Hear that Sona-chan?! We're having a threeway with Ma-tan too!"
Makoto face palmed as Ise looks on with jealously.
"Aaah! Come on! A threeway with two hot sisters?! How's that fair!?"
Koneko glanced at him, murmuring "Pervert…" before turning her eyes downwards.
Serafall continued on as she stood up, walking towards Makoto.
"Now, my cute Ma-tan. I'm under the impression that you sit adorably on Yumi-chan's lap sometimes, is that true?"
"A-Ah, we only did it once…"
Yumi didn't say anything, but it was more than once. But, she didn't want to say anything about that, knowing Makoto would lose it mentally within himself if anyone ever found out about that, since it was her that wanted such things, and he found it embarrassing.
"Even then, once is too much for me Ma-tan! I haven't even had you sitting on my lap either! I would love to have Ma-tan on my lap! It would be so adorable!"
"Aaah! I couldn't do something like that Sera-tan! Please don't make me sit on your lap!"
Makoto made a face that said do not approach, but Serafall had wild eyes, and within the blink of an eye, she lifted him up, and placed him on her lap, extremely embarrassing him, his face burning red, Serafall's own face turning red too.
"Ooh my, having a cute boy on my lap…I can see why you like such things Yumi-chan. Ooh Ma-tan, your cute butt on my lap is really great~ It's the perfect mixture of softness, and muscle too~ I love it on my thighs~"
Makoto placed an ashamed hand on his face, realizing that everyone was staring at him right about now.
Akeno in particular looked down at her own lap, and then looked at Makoto's embarrassed face, coming to a conclusion within the nearby future.
Rias then clapped her hands towards the group.
"Now, while we're all gathered together, I would like to talk about…" Rias' eyes went towards Ravel who was eating quietly. "Ravel, you're still here…"
"I am just eating."
Rias stared at her.
Ravel stared right back at Rias, and they just stared at one another. The others in the room felt awkward about the heavy intense atmosphere. Serafall just sat there though, and didn't say anything, just looking between the two of them. Either way, she was okay with what happened.
Ravel then sighed, and picked up her plate.
"Fine, I'll leave."
Ravel walked out of the room, as Makoto looked on, not liking how she was essentially ejected from the group.
"I'm, gonna go and sit with her."
"Oh, I'll go-"
"Millicas, you stay. I need to also talk to you about something's, okay?"
Millicas grumbled as Makoto stood up with his plate. Walking past Millicas, he petted her head without a word, not that he needed to say anything. She got the message right away, and this time, it seemed like he would do, even though Ravel was her friend.
Yumi wished to go with Makoto, but she knew that since she was apart of Rias' peerage, she wouldn't be able to suddenly go. Even then, she wished to spend some time with him. Serafall considered going, but then she thought about Makoto and Ravel talking, and wondered where that could go, so left them alone for the moment.
Walking into the living room, he saw Ravel sitting alone and looking down at the food on the table.
"Mind me joining you?"
Ravel looked up, and saw Makoto smiling towards her.
"A-Ah…erm, n-no, of course not Hyoudou-sama."
"Makoto's just fine. And thanks!"
Makoto took a seat next to Ravel, placing his plate onto the table.
Once he was set up, he turned towards Ravel apologetically.
"I'm sorry about Rias-senpai, it seems tact doesn't exactly get to her sometimes."
"Oh no, I understand."
How she said it, made Makoto feel uneasy, and why she had to actually say such things, when she shouldn't have to say anything about it.
Makoto shook his head.
"Even then, your reasons for being here aren't anything to do with Rias-senpai and her group. She shouldn't just expect you to leave all of a sudden."
Ravel, was actually surprised that he cared that she was pretty much forced out of the room. She honestly didn't think that she would be able to find someone that hardly knew her to actually care what happened to her.
"I suppose that with me here, they might feel uneasy. Though, I couldn't care less about their plans. I only wish to help my friend is all. Speaking of help, Hyoudou….eeh, Makoto-sama, I've been thinking about something, may I express my thoughts?"
"Erm…yeah, what's that then?"
Makoto was in doubt, so Ravel expressed herself.
"I was observing your training today, with your Sacred Gear. It is my understanding that your Sacred Gear takes on an appearance of a bird, or something, and then it can use ice based powers, is that correct?"
"That's right, on my understanding, it seems to be like that. Why do you ask?"
Wanting an answer from her, he looked at her for said answer.
Ravel cleared her thought, and gave a sheepish look.
"Oh…it's nothing really, it just seems…I don't know how to say it…it just seemed to be a little more different than simple ice attacks. As, if it was ice attacks…hmmm, well, maybe I am wrong. I don't know…but, I was just thinking about Asia-sama, and how we were all saying that she would need a body guard of sorts. If my understanding of Independent types of Sacred Gears are right, then they act on their own, is that right?"
Makoto nodded, since she was right.
"You're right there, but what are you getting at? I mean…unless you're thinking of leaving my Sacred Gear with Asia-chan then…but, that would leave me defenceless…"
While the idea wasn't that bad, it wasn't something that he could do right now.
When he gained the strength to fight independently from his Sacred Gear, then he would do something like that. But as he was, he currently fight to his best with his Sacred Gear, and without it…he didn't know how he was going to win a fight with such things.
"Not, necessarily, actually." Ravel took a sip of water. "You see, I've been thinking, and to solve the problem of having Asia-sama needing protection, is to leave your Sacred Gear apart, leaving it with Asia-sama, and also, maybe creating a blade or something like that from the ice of the gear itself. In my understanding, it seems like you prefer to use your bird to transform into a weapon. So, why not have it create a weapon for you, and leave the bird with Asia-sama? I know by doing that, it would limit yourself, it's just an idea that I thought could work, and wanted to give my thoughts."
"No…that's really good! Yes, it is a good idea Ravel-san, thank you!"
Ravel's face turns a little red, looking down at her food.
"N-No, it isn't a problem. I am just thinking of ways to help. I'm not the strongest member we have, but I wish to help in other ways than just pure strength such as Koneko-san or Kalawarner-sama. Perhaps, I could offer Millicas-sama my assistance in strategies, I think if we put our minds together, we would be able to fight together with the best kind of plan."
Makoto was glad that she was thinking about things like that. They did need some good strategies, and knew that they needed to fight together on this, and have each member used to the best of their abilities.
"I'm sure that she'd love something like that Ravel-san. You'd be more of an assistance than I would be. I mean, you're a Devil with such experience. I heard that Riser had been in Rating Games before, and I presume you have been too."
"I have been yes. But, I don't usually do anything. Onii-sama doesn't wish to utilize me in a fighting fashion. So, I am usually left to the side."
"I'm sorry, it sounds like he shouldn't be doing that. You sound pretty smart to me, considering that you thought of using my Sacred Gear as a guard for Asia-chan, I wouldn't of thought of something like that."
Ravel's face curled upwards, gaining some confidence.
"I also have other ideas if you'd like to hear them?"
"Of course! I'd love to hear them! Since we're both fighting for Millicas-san and all!"
Ravel suddenly stopped smiling, and then faced Makoto's face seriously.
"About that…why do you care so much about Millicas-sama anyway? We've been friends for years now, so my reasons are pretty obvious. But, you've known her for little over a month now, from my understanding, yet it is from my understanding that this happened because of you wishing to protect her, and Serafall-sama picked up on that, and had set it up. So, essentially, it is you that got this started off, and I was wondering…why you did something like that."
Makoto placed a hand on his thigh, taking in a deep breath.
"Truthfully, it's because she is my friend."
"I was honestly expecting more than that."
Speaking from the heart, Makoto couldn't deny that she probably wasn't expecting an answer like he gave out.
"I know…it seems like I am a little bit of a tease in that regard huh. If you want to know more, then it is because she's done much for me. When I first became a Devil, I didn't have many people I could rely on, Sera-tan…eeh, Serafall-sama was gone, Sona-senpai was being quite harsh with me, Rias-senpai kept telling me not to mess up being a Devil for Serafall-sama, and other things like the Fallen Angels kept trying to kill me, I even had to kill someone…well, I've killed a few people now, but that first one always remains in my head…the first day I find out I'm something else, I had to murder someone…but, as I was falling down, Yumi-senpai helped me up along with Koneko-chan, and a few others…but so did Millicas-san."
"Millicas-sama helped you?"
Invested into the story, Ravel listened intently. She was even surprised, but not overly so, knowing what kind of girl that she really was.
"That's right. She helped me much. She came to my side, offered me assistance, gave me advice, helped me with my thoughts, and feelings. Helped me with problems that not many others could, and even came to rescue me when I was captured. She's just a lovely cute girl, and doesn't deserve this happening to her. Even if it is to benefit her clan or whatever, she doesn't deserve to marry a douche like him, it isn't right at all."
"I, can agree with that."
Makoto was surprised, since she seemed all for Rias, and Riser getting together. Perhaps, because it was Millicas, and not Rias, that it was different, perhaps it was due to the friendship they shared, she didn't want Millicas to end up with someone weird, or stupid or even a little evil.
"You can?"
Not that he was surprised, it just seemed a little weird to him if he was honest with himself.
"Just because I might be in my Onii-sama's peerage, it doesn't mean that I am not Millicas-sama's friend. She's been my friend for such a long time now, and I hated the fact that she was in such a predicament, so when I heard that she was doing this to get out of it, and then heard that you instigated it, it made my appreciation of you grow. If someone helps my friend, then I consider them a good person, even I am kind of intimidated by you."
"You're intimidated by me? Why?"
"B-Because you're Serafall-sama's Queen! That's a very prestige title! I don't know how to converse with you! I don't know if I should be super serious with you, or if I should try and act casual! I don't know what I am supposed to do right now!"
Ravel freaked out, and shook her body around dangerously.
Makoto could tell that she was frazzled right now, and he didn't know how to respond to such things either.
"Well, we've been talking casually right now, haven't we?"
Ravel stopped in her shaking, giving a shy nod.
"T-That's right, we have been."
"So, just speak like this with me. It's fine if we do something like this. Yeah, let's talk like this from now on Ravel-san~ Since we're both…in fact, let's make a promise right now, okay?"
Intrigued, Ravel tilted her head.
"A promise of what?"
"A promise that we do our best for Millicas-san from now on. Millicas-sans worried, and even scared that she'll fail."
"Yes, I got the same feeling too. Millicas-san, besides Serafall-sama, is the strongest in this house, stronger than you or I, but she's…got confidence issues. Though she is quite the cheerful girl, she's quite a few issues with confidence, with all of the expectations placed on her, and when she does a few things that aren't up to mark, and with the old Devils coming down on her for it, it seems like it has taken confidence from her…"
"I see, I always wondered why. But, she seems confident around me though."
Ravel couldn't disagree with that either.
"I think that for Millicas-sans true power to be released, Makoto-sama also is a key deciding factor."
"Y-You think?"
The blonde allowed her head to bob up and down as she took a bite of her food.
"Millicas-sama is stronger than Zephyrdor-sama, that's not even a question. While he's pretty strong, it is true, Millicas-sama's power is beyond that. But as said before, she's not confident enough…but, I've seen around you, and her, how she's much more brighter, as in happier, when she's around you. She smiles more, speaks up more. I think Makoto-sama has had a positive effect on Millicas-sama personally."
"Well…then I have to do my best to help Millicas-san too. I know she can do it if she's given the chance. So, let's promise to do our best for her too, okay? Since you're her best friend, and I am quite close with her, let's become her support pillars in this, alright?"
Offering his hand for a shake, Ravel blinked but then her lips turned upwards.
"You didn't have to say such things, but I agree one hundred percent. Let's work together from now on, Makoto-sama."
Taking his hand, the pair made the declaration that they would always work together from now on to aid Millicas in her journey of defeating Zephyrdor, no matter what kind of power that was going to come for her.
At the end of the first day, Makoto walked his shared room with Serafall, thinking about what happened during the day, and what training he would need to fight on the level of the others, since it seemed quite difficult for him.
"Hmmmm, I have to think of new ways to use my Sacred Gear's power though Ravel-san has been giving me great ideas, and I am going to try my best to use it that way…to use it at full power, we need to ready ourselves, and join together…we need to use our powers together, maybe a combination attacks or something…but if I can use my power to freeze in a new way, then maybe I would be useful…"
His thoughts were paused when Koneko's door suddenly opened, and stepped out the girl herself.
She seemed to be in a daze, though that stopped when she looked towards Makoto himself.
Their eyes met, and for Makoto, it was genuine happiness that he was showing.
"Koneko-chan…h-hey, how have you been doing?"
He asked kindly, but she just stared at him.
"…"
She didn't say anything, and went to close the door, but Makoto stopped the door from shutting, using the Knight's speed to catch up to her.
"Wait, Koneko-chan, please wait a second. We've not talked in a while, and I hate it…I don't like the fact that we're not talking anymore…c-can't we just have a talk? If it is about what happened, then it doesn't matter to me at all…I mean, I don't wish for us to suddenly be like you can't talk to me or anything like that…we can talk about, anything that you want to talk about…"
It was true.
He didn't care about Koneko being a cat girl. In fact, he found her extremely adorable, and wished that he could see her again like that, wanting to hug her tightly. But, he didn't think that she would actually ever let that happen.
"…You don't understand…just leave me alone…"
Koneko, with her Rook strength, forced the door closed, leaving a devastated Makoto.
He did knock on the door, but she didn't answer it.
No matter how many times he knocked, she didn't even bother telling him to go away.
He just wanted to know what he could to sort this out.
He couldn't do anything beyond forcing the door down, and right now, it didn't seem like the time, so he sighed, and walked to his room with a dejected look on his face.
When getting there, he opened the door, and walked in without a worry at all.
"Hey Ma-tan! You seem…sad, what's going on?"
Sensing that there was something wrong, Serafall, dressed in nothing but panties, hopped off the bed, and walked over towards him.
As soon as she made it to him, like a true and loving King, she wrapped her arms around the neck of the Queen boy, allowing his head to sink into her chest. Usually, Makoto probably would've put up some kind of resistance, but now it seemed like he needed a hug, and Serafall of course loved supplying the hugs for him, her special Queen.
"Ma-tan, what's happened? You can tell me, you know?"
Serafall looked down as he looked up towards her, showing a sad face.
"Sera-tan…Koneko-chan hates me…"
He didn't like saying it, but that's the only thing it could be now.
She wasn't like that with anyone else. She even talked with Ise more than she did with him, and Koneko never really associated with Ise before all of this happened. So, it truly was depressing that Koneko couldn't even face him in times like this.
"Aah, that's not true."
Wanting to console the young boy, and keep the secret at the same time, Serafall just denied his worries.
But this time, he couldn't deny it, feeling deeply saddened that Koneko wouldn't talk with him anymore, and he didn't understand why she wouldn't bother talking with the young boy anymore, he disliked that he couldn't talk with her anymore.
"It is though…she won't even look at me anymore. She just ignores me, and when I get close enough to talk, she tells me to just go away…and I don't know why she suddenly dislikes me so much…Sera-tan, just what is Koneko-chan anyway? She's not a normal human…I mean, she wasn't before turning into a Devil, was she?"
"Well…you see Ma-tan…Koneko-chan is…she's a Nekomata-chan."
Those words alone clued him into so many things, that it did make sense for her to be something like that.
"Nekomata…so, she is a real cat girl after all…but, why does she seem…I don't know, ashamed or something…she always seems to be weird around me now, that I know…I presume Rias-senpai knows about her like that, right?"
"She's the King so of course she'd know about it."
Serafall didn't deny it, which only opened up more questions than it answered.
"If she knows, why isn't Koneko-chan being weird with her? It is like she is…I don't know what to think she is. Maybe she didn't want others to know…and if that's the case, then why does it matter that I know about her now. Ugh…with everything going on, it is hard keeping track of everything going on…ugh, I'm overwhelmed."
As he said, with everything going on, and now Koneko disliking him. If it was just Millicas' thing, he'd be able to deal with it. But now, with Koneko not wanting to talk with him, and even due to the fact that they were on the same team for this, if they weren't talking, then the team would suffer too.
"Ma-tan…" Serafall leaned down to kiss him, but he pulled away again. "Ma-tan, do you not like me? You seem to avoid getting closer and closer to me when Yumi-chan is always allowed to kiss you even though you're my adorable Queen and I wanna kiss you too. Is that why you don't want to kiss me?"
Makoto looked down at the ground, trying to come up with the words.
"It…isn't that." He conceded, looking up at her. "It's just…you're a Maou-sama, aren't you?"
"Yeah, so?"
Serafall didn't see the problem, but Makoto could see it plainly, and clearly.
"You're a Maou-sama! I-I'm a Low Class Devil! Our worlds…we are too separate for such things. It would be like a servant kissing a…well, actually it is exactly like that. I'm just your Queen, your Low Class Queen, and you're a Maou-sama. Wouldn't you be disgraced if we…did things together like that? Don't you think that it would be like that Sera-tan?"
Serafall released a heavy breath, giving his face a loving stroke.
"Shh now, you don't have to worry about something like that. I'm not going to be punished or anything, I can be with my Queen~ If Sirzechs-chan can be with his, I wanna be with my own too! I wanna be with my strong Ma-tan!"
"I'm not strong…I can't even get a single friend to talk with me."
"Koneko-chan is just feeling scared right now Ma-tan. She thinks that you'll dislike her now that you've found out what she is, so maybe that's why she wants distance. Koneko-chan's heart is going through many things in its young life, and now she has to understand how to get around this. Ma-tan didn't do anything wrong, he's doing a good thing~ Now, why don't you let me give you a big kiss on your small lips~"
Though she was playing it cool, and cheerful, the truth was, she does want to kiss Makoto.
Every time she sees Yumi doing it, she gets jealous. Plus, since Makoto is her Queen, she thought that it would give her, certain advantages. But now…it just seemed to be a hindrance due to Makoto believing that he isn't good enough for her, or rather their status wouldn't allow them to be together.
"I-I think that we shouldn't do that…"
"Oh…Ma-tan, you don't want to kiss me then…oh, okay…"
Dejected, Serafall went over to the bed, and got into it.
Makoto stared at the devastated Serafall, shook his head, and walked over to the bed.
"Sera-tan…it isn't like I don't like you…but, as I said, aren't we not allowed to do something like that…? With us being different status', I don't want to make you feel worried that because of this…because we might…I don't want you to suffer because of me…"
"I wouldn't suffer Ma-tan, it isn't like that. If you're worried, you don't have to be. You're my cutest Queen after all~ I would enjoy having kisses and cuddles with Ma-tan. I already have fallen for my Ma-tan~ He's the best Queen ever~ And I didn't choose Ma-tan to be my Queen for nothing~ I already cared about Ma-tan the moment I met Ma-tan~ But, I understand. Ma-tan needs time to prepare for our kiss, don't you Ma-tan?"
Makoto didn't say anything, only looking down at the bed.
Realizing such things, Serafall crawled across the bed, and then hugged him around his waist.
"I know my Ma-tan, you don't have to worry, I still love my Ma-tan, no matter how long you and I have to wait. Just don't make it long, okay Ma-tan? I won't be able to take it forever. Hehe, you see. I'm jealous of Yumi-chan~ She gets to kiss Ma-tan all of the time and Ma-tan won't even kiss me because of our differences. Though if you ask me, I don't see a difference at all~ Ma-tan can just think of me like Yumi-chan, and kiss me~"
"I'm sorry…just give me a little time, okay?"
Serafall understood, patting the bed.
Responding to that, Makoto stripped down to his underwear, getting into the bed, and then snuggled against Serafall. His arms went around her waist, and his head rested against her large breast, something Serafall couldn't help but smile about.
"Fufu, Ma-tans clingy~"
"S-Sorry…"
Serafall shook her head, giving his forehead a kiss.
"Not at all, you allow me to look after you right now. Everything that Ma-tan has been going through, you can sleep on my breasts, since it is my Ma-tan after all. I enjoy my Ma-tan sleeping on my breasts after all~"
Makoto clung to her even tighter, not wanting to let her go.
Even if it was wrong, that's what he thought about it anyway, he wanted to be with Serafall. He wanted to keep Serafall as close as he possibly could, he wanted to stand beside Serafall, for all of the kindness that she had given him.
He had developed feelings for her after all.
End chapter!
So, that's the end of part one of the training session, also some good bonding times too. Ravel joined the team, to give it quite an interesting spin, plus to give Makoto and Ravel a chance to actually bond with one another, among setting up things for the future. Finally, Makoto seems hesitant with Serafall, which has been shown in past chapters.
Now, to ask what I wanted to beforehand. About the Rating Game between Riser, and Rias, would it alright if I just, kinda skipped over it? Because, the game is going to be the same really, and we've got Millicas' coming up, which is quite important to the development of her character, as well as Makoto's and others as well to name a few, I thought it would be kind of jarring to read about another one which would be the same as canon Rating Game, essentially, a few weeks of nothing but fighting chapters, for you all that is. Of course I'd do the Riser wedding stuff if I did skip the Rating Game.
Well, what do you all think? If you'd want me to write a Riser Rating Game, then I'd probably change it to make it interesting, maybe add Mittelt to the fight or something to make it more interesting and give her some spot light too, replacing Gasper who technically should be fighting for Rias, but can't due to obvious reasons. Well, what do you guys think? Rating Game for Rias and Riser or not, and skip past it to the Riser engagement chapter? Of course, as usual, I'll go off the most votes, so if you want one way or another, please vote, as they do influence which way I'd go! However, if the Riser Rating Game is written, it could go anyway, either they win or lose, so, yup, please vote!
Well, that's the end of that, next chapter is the reconciliation between Makoto and Koneko, among other things happening too, and a kiss between two certain people, not Makoto and Koneko though, not yet anyway.
Issei; Rias, Yura, Aika, Bennia, Jeanne, Walburga, Xenovia, Mittelt, Reya, Mira, Katase, Murayama. (WIP)
Makoto; Serafall, Yumi, Millicas (fem), Irina, Gabriel, Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Rossweisse, Kalawarner, Ravel, Kunou, Tiamat, Akeno, Vali (fem), Sona, Le Fay, Elmenhilde. (WIP)
