Black Dragon and White Kitten
Chapter 10
Underworld reunions
"Yeah, I'd say I was surprised, I came home from work last night to find a six story palace with three basements, and I never even had a clue that Rias's father was some kind of big deal construction magnate, He transformed our home into a Tony Montana wet dream, but in a good way," Issei's father told them as they ate breakfast.
"And I can't believe we slept through the entire remodeling process too, talk about convenient, the kitchen is so big now with plenty of room to move around," Issei's mother said as she brought in some tea on a cart.
Sirzechs was unmoved by Rias, Hiei, and Koneko's testimony about Koneko not going to live with Issei, yet Hiei was unmoving in the point that Hiei was not going to let her go alone, he wanted her as far from that pervert as possible. In the end, Hiei was moving in with Issei as well, they tried to give the couple separate rooms, but that was an issue that was not given up on as well, besides, they have gotten to the point that neither could sleep without the other.
"Your parents are idiots, aren't they," Hiei asked as he set beside Koneko at the breakfast table, if he was forced to live here as well, he was going to be extra grouchy, "and the meal isn't as good either, does she even know how to cook," yep, extra grouchy.
"Shut up, it's not like you can cook anything, probably just know how to boil a human alive, do you let them simmer or do you forgo all that and just burn them to a crisp," Issei asked, still a little mad at Hiei eating humans and not telling any of them.
"First off, you know nothing about me, I could be the best cook here and you'd never know, second, eating a human depends on each demon's taste, some do boil a human alive, some kill it and let it simmer in a pot, and some roast it over a fire. I prefer to eat my humans after they've been cooked thoroughly, I'm not in the habit of eating tainted meat," Hiei informed him smugly, and he knew he was being smug about it.
"How can you stand this jerk, especially when he says things like that, boiling and roasting humans, and what's this shit about you being able to cook, stop lying," the pervert asked Koneko before commenting on Hiei's cooking skills.
"Pervert, first off, his cooking is far beyond the level of Akeno's, which is great by the way, secondly, I stand the guy because we are one in the same, we are partners through and through, in every sense of the word," Koneko said in monotone.
"Besides that, Issei, have you ever stopped to consider the fact that humans were his food source for quite some time, he grew up on them, for one hundred years he grew up eating humans, it would be like a cow calling you out on eating beef," Rias reasoned.
"The age is another thing, she's only fifteen while he's a hundred, that means that by law he is a pedophile, and he has the nerve to call me a pervert," Issei exclaimed.
"First off, one hundred to me is the same as being fourteen in the eyes of demon world, I go by demon world standards, not yours, therefore you should be quiet before I actually do kill you, like I already should have," Hiei warned the perv, who pouted and crossed his arms.
"Come on, it's time to leave for school," Akeno noted as they all got up to leave, Koneko tugged on the back of Hiei's shirt, which he still hated to wear, and he knew what she wanted, so he crouched down so she could get on his back before he sped off to school.
After school
Everyone was in the club and hanging out since they had nothing else to do, Hiei thought it would be a good idea to sharpen his sword while sitting on the window sill when he heard the start of the conversation, "you seem kind of out of it, are you okay," Gasper asked the pervert.
"All good thanks," Issei quickly said before turning to look at Kiba, "so tell me Kiba, have you got anything special planned for over the break," he asked the knight, who was reading a book at the time.
"We do, I forgot this is your first time with us Issei," Kiba said as he closed his book, it sounded like he was going to say something else before he was interrupted by the door opening.
Rias then walked in with Akeno trailing behind, as she entered she said, "it looks like everyone is here," now Rias moved to sit on the right couch with Akeno behind it beside Issei with Asia, Xenovia, and Koneko on the other couch with Kiba and Gasper behind that one. "Naturally with summer finally here, we can go on our yearly tradition and go there for the summer, we will all be heading out tomorrow morning, and it will be a long trip so bring a book or something."
"Wait, did you say all of us," Asia asked, she must be feeling the anticipation at going to hell, who would have thought someone would be excited about that.
"Masters and servants must always be together, plus I got a group rate," Rias mentioned as thought it was the obvious answer, and it was, but the group rate thing made her sound a little cheap, not that Hiei cared or anything.
"Going to the underworld while I'm still alive makes me a bit nervous, but I wouldn't feel anything if I were already dead," Asia said.
"So then, starting tomorrow morning, we're going to spend our vacation in the same hell I once tossed infidels into, for a once believer turned devil, that's irony," Xenovia said.
"I'll be going along as well," Azazel finally spoke up from in Rias's chair behind her desk, of course Hiei knew he was there form the beginning, and so did Koneko, which is why they weren't surprised when he spoke up.
"Azazel, when did you get in here," Rias asked as she stood from her position on the couch beside of Issei, she needed to keep her sensing power up if she even has any to begin with.
"Listen Gremory, if you didn't notice my presence till just now, then you've still got a lot of training left to do," Azazel told her while having his arms behind his head and leaning back in the chair.
"I'll tell Matsuda and Motohama that the occult research club is heading out of town for a secret training camp," Issei thought out loud, why would an occult research club go to a secret training camp, why would that need to be a secret anyways.
On their way to the underworld
"I never expected to go to hell on a train," Asia admitted as they were enjoying the comfort of the compartment, Kiba was reading a book, Gasper was sitting in his box in a seat, Koneko was starting to doze off leaning against Hiei as he was dozing off as well.
"This is a proper trip, and all new devils should enter it through the appropriate channels," Akeno said to the group of her, Rias, Issei, Asia, and Xenovia that were all playing cards.
Soon a voice on the loud speaker said, "we will soon be arriving at the Sitri domain terminal."
After that, Sona, Tsubaki, and Saji came into the compartment for a greeting while on their way to the underworld as well. "Good to see you Sona," Rias greeted first.
"Since you were kind enough to give us a ride on the Gremory train, I thought I'd see how you were before we got off," Sona told her friend as she approached the group.
"Fine, if not a bit anxious," came Rias's reply, it was clear that the trip wasn't going to be normal, more than likely an entire summer break filled with training, or what counts for training to devils.
"Perfectly understandable, after all this is no ordinary trip home," Sona said, and that was all was needed for Hiei to confirm that it was a training trip, he'll have to make sure that Koneko receives proper training.
"You're headed out to the underworld to train too, right bro," Saji asked the pervert, it was obvious that he didn't know about it from the blank look on his face.
"Up till now we've only been told we'll be accompanying Rias on break," Xenovia told them, and it was the truth, but the group still needed to learn when to think and observe beyond what they're told.
"Oh, well I'm about to go and work my but off so that the next time we meet up, I'll be a lot stronger than you, got me Hyoudou," Saji boasted.
"Saji it's time to go, goodbye and good luck, Rias," Sona said before her group began to leave the car, Hiei briefly wondered why the rest of the peerage didn't come with them, but to bring all those people would be too crowded anyways.
"Goodbye, see you again soon," Rias bid them farewell as the Sitri group left to do who knows what as they were let off at a station, Hiei and Koneko were dozing off some more until they were fast asleep in each other's arms, Koneko snuggling up to him and Hiei wrapping his arm around her form.
They were jolted awake from sleeping when the train made a rough stop and sent everyone else flying out of their seats, Hiei and Koneko included, they were in the floor with Koneko on top of him when they fully awoke.
"The emergency break has been activated," the announcing voice said, of course the brake has been activated you stupid idiotic voice, that is what Hiei wanted to shout, but knew how to hold his temper.
"How strange, I wonder why someone stopped the train," Akeno commented as she held onto the window in front of Issei and shoved her breasts in his face.
"Who knows, whatever happened, I'm cool with it, we could even do it again," Issei said not really caring for the reason why they stopped the train, and Hiei had a feeling about it.
"Ow, my neck, did we get into an accident," Gasper asked from within his box, Asia was beside of Issei and Akeno, oblivious to their state obviously.
The door to the compartment opened and in stepped Azazel and Rias with Rias looking a little worried about something. "A few VIP's will be gathering here soon, maybe the stop was a security precaution," Azazel suggested, "looks like we might be stuck here for a while, I'm going to go take a peak, chow," with that he left them to their own devices.
Rias released a breath after he left and said, "one of the representatives of Asgard will be joining us for a conference," she sounded a bit down, like she was hiding something, and Hiei knew it was going to cause him trouble soon.
"What's an ass guard," Issei asked and brought the opinion Hiei had of the pervert even lower than before, did he study nothing such as the other religions, the demon knew the pervert read comics so he must have heard the term in there somewhere.
"They are the forces behind Norse mythology, Asgard is the home of the Viking gods, then there is Olympus from Greek mythology, and the legendary mount Meru in Asia, it's more than just angels and devils," Kiba informed.
"Don't have to tell me twice, wasn't that guy that escaped with Vali one of them, Son Goku or something, that must mean this conference we're going to is about the Chaos Brigade," Issei deduced with his wonderful powers of deduction as Rias nodded.
Then Koneko and Hiei sensed something, but before they could voice is, the outside of the train that shown the underworld turned purple before everyone was forced to teleport to an area filled with large rocks the size of mountains.
"Forced teleportation, and the brat and blonde crow is gone as well, stay on your guard, we may be in trouble," Hiei ordered before they heard a rumbling and soon a maroon dragon came into view from behind one of the huge rocks. There was something off though, even though it was acting mad to be a ferocious beast, he had no ill intent within him, not to the group anyway, "Koneko, you sense that," he asked her.
"Yes, I sense the same thing, well, not sensing what you aren't sensing as well, everyone, we don't need to fight," Koneko called out, nobody listened and instead charged the beast with a plan.
"Fine, but we're not helping, I refuse to be manipulated in any way," Hiei stated before he rested on a rock with Koneko beside him, they acted as if they didn't have a care in the world, and at that moment, they didn't.
They watched in silence as they made a plan, the twin holy knights failed, then Akeno and Issei failed before finally they heard the voice of Azazel call out, "stop, that'll be enough," and they all looked to see him with Rias standing by his side.
"You guys are here, what the hell," Issei asked before they gathered together and it was revealed that the dragon was a devil, "this dragon is a devil, that's awesome," he commented when he was told.
"Thought I recognized you Ddraig," the dragon spoke and making his voice echo through the area filled with rocks as it did so, the power the thing had was impressive, even might be worth a challenge in the long run.
"Yes, good to see you again, Tannin," Ddraig said from the gauntlet on Issei's arm, it reminded Hiei of someone, a less nasally sounding Kuwabara, now Hiei really hated the pervert, and the dragon on his arm.
"It spoke, and apparently you know each other," Issei guessed while looking at his hand, and of course they know each other, they've been around for centuries longer than you can even imagine.
"Blaze meteor dragon, aka devil dragon Tannin, vestal to the former dragon emperor, he allowed himself to be turned into a devil for reasons I don't feel like going into now, the big guys come down to help out with your training children," Azazel introduced.
"Is it special training with a full on montage," Xenovia asked sounding really excited, really, this isn't some television show, you can't just skip the hard work or anything like that.
"I don't know what that means, but Sirzechs asked me to come help, and from what I've seen, each one of you needs a lot of work, although I don't know about those two that didn't fight, good of them to sense that I had no ill intent though," Tannin replied.
"I hope he didn't hurt you to badly, I'm so sorry, I never wanted to play a trick on you, I was against the ambush ploy from the start, but my big brother can be rather insistent," Rias told them and sounded quite worried about them.
"I can sum up why your power isn't improving, besides with a tendency for spoiling them, you act with uncertainty," Azazel stated, and it was true, she spoiled them like they were children and didn't let them do anything by themselves.
"What uncertainty," she asked back, and the answer to that was simple, she second guesses her action faster then she enacts the plan, you plan out because you need to be sure, and on the spot you act without second guessing yourself or people die.
"I wanted to gauge the kind of power you could muster when surprised, and trust me I learned plenty, this fight showed me what kind of training regimen you most needed," was his answer. "I'll do whatever it takes to make you kids stronger, I am your teacher after all," Azazel said, he was the other's teacher, but as long as Hiei and Koneko draw breath the fool will never be their teacher, not while they live.
"You know, I have lived for years beyond counting and learned that those who spoil charades are the worst, as in it was all an act, Tannin wasn't using even one thousandth of his strength," Ddraig told them as an idea how powerful the dragon was.
"I can't take you guys home all scraped up like that, so it's time for our obligatory bath," Rias announced, and why does it every time Hiei hears the words bath that he feels an annoyance overtake him.
After the bath at Gremory manner
Now Hiei knew why he didn't like the way Rias said that, the entire time Issei and Azazel were talking about breasts while Hiei was off in the water sleeping a little bit, then he felt a depressing aura come from the others and saw that all the boys were sulking and looking at their crotches, Hiei shrugged and moved on. For now though, they were standing in front of a massive manner, bigger than Gonzo Tarukane's compound when he kidnapped Yukina and the demon was able to find and rescue her before they fled the scene of the detective and the fool seemingly beat the hired help.
"Holy balls, this place is enormous," Issei exclaimed as they stood in front of the huge building, it was still overly flashy and held not a single ounce of humility in it to Hiei though.
"This is where your family lives," Asia asked more than stated, where else would the parents of the brat live, in the sewer somewhere, this was going to be more trouble than it's worth.
The door soon opened and Grayfia stepped out and bowed before saying, "welcome home my lady, we have been awaiting your return, you may follow me inside," inside was a multitude of maids and butlers all lined through the halls of the mansion. It was a bit unnerving considering that they weren't doing anything, just bowing before them, even more unnerving was the fact that not a single one was looking them in the eyes as if the group was above them.
Suddenly a little kid came before them, he was the spitting image of a Gremory prince. "Rias, Rias, you're finally home," the boy cried out to his relative as he ran into her for a hug.
"I've missed you Millicas, my you've gotten big sense the last time I saw you," Rias remarked as she held her relative.
"Everyone, this is Millicas, son to my older brother, Sirzechs," Rias introduced, and Hiei thought how it was strange how not a single person in their line had a different hair color, at least one should have the mother's hair, right.
The boy stood in front of the group and said respectfully, "my name is Millicas Gremory, it's a pleasure to meat you," this was strange for the one person in the group with any manners was a young kid, strange.
"Devilish looks and good manners, talk about prince charming," Xenovia remarked with a smile as Asia also gushed over the little boy calling him cute and the such.
"Excuse me please, won't you come in," Grayfia monotoned before the door opened and Millicas ran inside past the maid, wasn't the boy the woman's mother, devils are so strange to Hiei.
"Rias and her friends are finally here," he exclaimed as he ran inside the room and into the arms of a brown haired woman with another busty figure, Hiei chose to ignore that like he always does.
As they were walking in they heard a woman's voice saying, "my, my, such poor behavior," the comment was a little strange to Hiei when the child was being a child, but then again, rich families have different rules.
"Issei, finding a carpet that matched the drapes was a pain, please try not to drool on it while staring at my mother," Rias requested, and that explains it, the grandmother was spoiling the little boy which is why she was ignored, now Hiei put the pieces together.
"It's a pleasure to see you again, it's ben far too long lady Venelana," Akeno said before the peerage bowed as a sign of respect, except for Hiei who looked as impassive as always, and he was impassive.
"You sound so different Akeno, I'm so delighted to meet all your new friends, I'm Rias's mom, Venelana Gremory," lady Gremory introduced. "Excuse me, but are you Issei Hyoudou," she asked, and he nodded in confirmation with a questioning look, "I take it upon myself to look into my daughter's suiters, a mother worries you know."
"Oh crap, you know to be honest I don't know if I made the first best impression with your husband, or really anyone else I've ever met," Issei said nervously on the verge of freaking out.
"You're perfectly fine dear, besides, my husband didn't do too well himself, he should have picked the boy Rias liked as her fiancé to begin with, I believe it's time we all set down for dinner, Rias, would you show everyone the way," Venelana requested.
"Welcome everyone, while you are here, please think of this as your home away from home," Zeoticus Gremory said before they all began to eat the meals in front of them at the dinner table, they ate elegantly aside from Issei who didn't know how to eat in a dignified manner, "I've been meaning to ask you Issei, how are your parents doing."
"They're great, they said thanks for the new house, I think they're trying to break in all the new rooms while I'm here," Issei mentioned, too much information pervert, too much information.
"I'm happy they're enjoying it, however the castle I proposed originally would have been much nicer," Zeoticus casually mentions as if money wasn't an issue at all, it couldn't have been with a home like this.
"Father I explained this, you cannot force our culture on to others," Rias explained, it was the proper response, forcing a culture to adapt to a new one that was basically invading them was wrong, Hiei didn't care, but still knew it was wrong.
"And I respect that, but they really could have used those fifty maids," Zeoticus stated and here goes Issei's perverted side showing up again, "but Rias said no and thus my daughter put her foot down yet again, just like with her servant decision."
"Don't even go there, I made the right call, I want to hear no more of something that does not concern either of you," Rias said with a glare at the jab about her call on letting two servants go to another world, one being a powerful demon, the other a Nekomata.
Later that night as everyone else was in bed, so was Hiei and Koneko, they weren't doing anything though, they were just laying in bed while talking, "all this debate that is going on over if Rias made the right call or not is getting on my nerves," Koneko mentioned.
"I know, it's getting on mine as well, but let's not think about that, let's think about our training, and I do mean our training, the rest are hopeless when it comes to actual training, they just goof off," Hiei suggested.
"Hehehe, can you really blame them, or compare them to you when you've had years to make the perfect training regimen to get stronger while they've hardly ever had to work on anything like this in their life," she asked as she looked up at him from laying with her head on his shoulder.
"Not really, but that doesn't mean I still won't, they should be more like you, strong willed and stoic with a monotone voice that I love to hear, at least then it would get quiet around here," he commented as pulled her form in closer.
"What do you mean quiet, we usually spend our time together making all kinds of noise," Koneko mentioned as she smiled at him with a blush dusting her cheeks, not a big and heavy blush, but a light blush that made her look all the cuter to him.
"True, but ours is out of love, theirs is just because they don't know when to keep their mouth shut," Hiei stated before picking her up and putting her on his lap as he himself set up against the headboard of the bed.
"You truly are a pervert yourself sometimes, don't you ever get tired of sex, not that I'm complaining about it mind you, but I thought you only thought about battle and bloodshed," she teased as she stared him down as she was sitting on his lap.
"Who said anything about having sex tonight," he said before leaning into her cat ears to whisper in them, "I'm gearing up to start on training early," he said right before taking his legs and wrapping his ankles around her throat and throwing her off and land at the foot of the bed on the floor.
"I hate it when you do that, I know it keeps me on my toes, but still," Koneko said before she blocked a fist from Hiei, "and we always have sex after each spar, you know that," she said as she sent some kicks that he blocked before countering with some of his own kicks.
"Not on this trip, the entire time we're on this training trip we won't be having sex even once, I need you to keep your mind on getting stronger before we ever go to demon world," Hiei said before they started exchanging blows with one another in a blind fury of punches and kicks.
"Fine," she said with a grin before they jumped back in to train some more, mainly because that was easier then sleeping together without feeling the other up, they train hard before bed and they'll be to tired to do anything, that's what they thought at least.
The next morning
They were all gathered behind Gremory mansion with Azazel in front of them, and they were waiting for something to happen, "alright, looks like everyone's here, let's cut to the chase, I've got a twenty day human world regiment that's going to whip you into shape," Azazel said.
"We seriously have to train for that long," Issei complained, he had no right to, he get's to just do light play with a dragon, same with the rest, they'll just work a little while calling it training when the only actual training will be done by Hiei and Koneko.
"That's right Issei, and you get to go first," he said back before Tannin showed up in all his dragon glory, "this is going to be your personal trainer for the next three weeks."
"This will be my first time training someone who wields Ddraig," Tannin mentioned and sounding quite proud of himself from getting to train someone who holds Ddraig, even if he is a pervert.
"Your primary concern is to pull out your balance breaker, and if you survive, that's a bonus," Azazel said casually before Tannin reached out a claw grabbed Issei's collar with it before lifting him up. "Hiei, you're going with them too, I know you want to go off and train with you girlfriend and all, but we need to focus here, so get on the dragon and don't say what I know you're going to say," Azazel said with his eyes closed and arms crossed.
If he had bothered to look at where Hiei was at he'd know that Hiei got on the dragon before Issei was picked up by him, Hiei wasn't a simpleton, he knew this was the best training method and so did Koneko. "See you when I get back, I'll be sure to leave the corps of the pervert in good enough condition for you to identify the body," Hiei called down to them and not really meaning it as a joke, he was going to be teaching the boy as well, just not be as nice as Tannin.
"Bye, make sure to kill him in a very painful way, and come back stronger than ever before," Koneko yelled up to him, she didn't mean it as a joke either, she knew that whatever the fallen angel had to say to her was something she already did. It was, something about not paying cat and mouse with her identity, she already accepted who she was and knew what that meant, she needed to find Kuroka and see if she could teach her senjutsu, she had to learn her power is all.
Hiei's training was like he expected, Tannin wanted to start out light, but was soon taught that you don't hold back when facing off against Hiei, the battles that raged between them often ended with Tannin barely able to win. Eventually Hiei managed to win most of their bouts, fighting against the dragon on equal footing before he made his way to defeat the dragon more than lose to him, it didn't hurt his pride to admit that he lost to him either, he considered it an honor to fight against a dragon.
So, the training time frame was over in time for the conference, a large gathering with all kinds of devils, fallen angels, and angels to help welcome in the visitors from Asgard, and then welcome them in as members of the alliance. When it was time for the peerage to reunite though, the first words that were spoken were from Issei, "Rias, I missed you so much, you were all I could think about while I was getting knocked around by that dragon, each night I longed for your soft body pillows as I laid my head down on a log hard log."
Issei began to hug Rias like a child hugging his mother, "I'm very proud of you, you've grown so strong since you've been away," she said as she hugged him back like a mother would her child.
"Yeah, it's all well and good he's got more endurance, unfortunately he never manifested his balance break, Hiei though, he eventually got to be on par with Tannin and go on to beat him more often than losing," Azazel informed.
"Yeah, I suck, but that guy was a monster, he went against Tannin in his plain form and eventually beat him, I'd hate to think what he could do if he went green on a guy," Issei said with a shiver.
"Don't worry kid, we'll find a good way to ease your performance anxiety, but first where are Hiei and Koneko anyways," Azazel commented before he asked that question, that got everyone to blush a little as Akeno came into the room.
"I made sure the two were put to bed, and you're right Rias, he does look cute when he's asleep with his arms around her so protectively," Akeno said as she came deeper into the room.
"What am I missing here, I feel like I've just missed something big here," Azazel said as he looked at them all while blinking owlishly a bit.
"We think they got here earlier than any of us knew, and when we came into the room, well, we found them under a blanket close to where you are sitting wrapped up in each other's arms, naked, with a certain smell around them," Rias admitted with an uneasy smile. Azazel took that moment to raise from his chair and calmly walk out without saying another word, he must have been a little creeped out at people coming in and doing it so close to where he was sitting.
At the reception
"I've never seen this many satan class devils, at least, not in one place anyway," Kiba commented while looking at all four satans, everyone was in their school attire other than Rias, Akeno, Koneko, and Hiei. Hiei was able to get his hands on the right clothing to make a perfect replica of what he wore during the first day of the dark tournament, this was a formal event and he wanted to look his best for who was with him and how she looked. Koneko decided now was the time to wear what she looked like in the sculpture that he made of her, she wore a black scale style backless dress with a slit in the legs and covered her entire torso that was tied at the neck, with an athame knife strapped to each leg. She studied on using them in her training, knowing she wouldn't always be able to use her strength or Senjutsu to get out of situation, but a skill with a knife could be used in any situation, plus knowing that her love liked seeing her like this helped as well.
"It is pretty incredible," Xenovia admitted, it wasn't every day you got to see four satan class devils, or be able to be a part of the peerage that beat a dragon on par with them.
"Just be careful not to offend anyone tonight, especially you Issei," Rias ordered while in her red dress, it was almost backless with a tiny strap across under her arms, she had her hair in a pony tail. Akeno wore a black kimono and was smiling at her father who was across the hall, she was glad he was able to train her apparently, and Hiei just recently learned that he attended open house for her, glad beyond measure to see his little girl.
"It's good to see you again Rias," Sona said as her, Tsubaki, and Saji were walking up, looks like the gang from Kuoh academy was all here.
"Same to you Sona, welcome, how is your training camp going," Rias asked politely, seeing if she could get any idea of how their strength was now that they trained a bit.
"Alright," came Sona's short reply to the rather obvious play to get information, they were nice to one another, but also manipulative, same as always.
"How's it hanging Hyoudou, you getting on or getting off," Saji asked as he tapped Issei on the chest and made the obvious joke.
"Can't I do both, so did training kick your ass," Issei replied before asking that question as if the pawn was as weak as he was when not powered by perverted thoughts.
"No way dude, you, me, and that demon may have had the same teacher, but I at least helped take him to school, even if I didn't beat him like the other guy did," Saji replied in a boasting manner.
"Yes, you helped, you helped just as much as the pervert was cowering in fear at the sight of our battle, you helped get in the way and almost made us lose that one time we tried to team up on him," Hiei corrected from the side.
"I hate you so much you three eyed freak," both Issei and Saji screamed at said demon who turned to look away from them and ignored their outburst, "don't ignore us," obviously it just added more fuel to the flame.
"Come, we are going to wait with the rest of the young devils, it shouldn't be that long of a wait though," Rias called over to them before making their way to said waiting room through walking down a large corridor.
"We're almost to the waiting room now, let's we won't be in there long," Sona said to the group as they walked the path with all of the group following.
"A bunch of young hormonal devils stuffed into one room together, we'll be lucky if we get out alive," Rias commented from beside of Sona on her right.
"True," Sona said before the door to said room was blasted off of it's hinges and left with smoke filling the place, obviously the young devils are ready for a fight, wonderful.
Inside they could hear a female young devil with glasses and looking like another brat to Hiei saying, "if you've got a death wish I'm happy to fill it Zephyrdor."
Said male stood proudly with blue hair and some attire that screamed he wasn't good enough for anything so he tries to stand out in other ways the best he can and said, "filling is my job, like I said before, if you want a virgin purging, I'd volunteer."
"What's their deal," Xenovia asked as she and the others watched the scene, although their deal was obvious, this Zephyrdor insulted the woman and she retaliated in some way that caused the door to blast off its hinges.
Rias sighed as she stepped forward and said, "right on queue," of course this would happen, did the leaders even know what it's like to be young, obviously they must have forgotten.
Just then a male in black and white that looked strong stood by the group and said, "at least we've come to expect this sort of thing after all these years," and Hiei and Issei instantly recognized him, he was someone who insulted Issei during training.
"Hello Sairaorg," Rias greeted to the man clad in black and white, the man gave a subtle nod to Hiei in acknowledgment and said demon nodded back, they held little respect for one another, this was common among strong characters.
"I'll give a warmer welcome later," Sairaorg said before heading off to apparently stop the fight. "That's enough don't dishonor the Agares family by humoring him princess, we all know he's the Glasya-Labolas problem child."
"Screw you jackass, nobody talks about me like that," Zephyrdor exclaimed as he looked at the man, he was gearing up for an attack already and was going to lose horribly.
"I know it's strict, but that's your only warning, if you want to push it I'd be more than happy to show you the door," Sairaorg said as he cracked his knuckles.
Seekvaira backed down but Zephyrdor didn't because he cocked back his fist and said, "I'm not afraid of Bael trash," he was knocked instantly out and into a wall by said man with one direct hit.
The hit was enough for Asia to momentarily lose her balance from the shockwave, only to be caught by a stranger. "Don't worry, you're alright," the stranger said with a kind smile, but Hiei and Koneko could sense ill will coming from him.
Everyone else though was still focused on the display of power bulled off by Sairaorg. "A fine showing by the next Bael family head, no shock though, he is my cousin after all," Rias said in earshot of Hiei, "Sairaorg is also ranked number one among young devils."
"You," a voice sounded out behind the group, they all turned around and found Ravel Phenex in a wheel chair behind them, her face was locked in a fit of rage directed towards Hiei though, "you dare show your face even after everything you've done."
"Yes, and if you want your revenge you will need years more of training before you can hope to reach me," Hiei stated with an evil smirk as she stared him down, if she wanted revenge, he knew she couldn't take it.
"I didn't come for revenge, for now, just stay out of my way you monster, you murderer, and you inferior low-ranking devil with the brain of a homeless junkie," Ravel insulted over and over again.
"Hn, like I care," he said before he felt something similar to what Koneko feels like and apparently, she felt it too, he walked over to Rias, "it's time for me and Koneko to go, don't get killed while I'm gone, it'll be troublesome if we come back and she finds out you're dead."
"We'll be fine, go get her sister back," Rias said before he nodded and left with Koneko without anyone following them, Koneko jumped on Hiei's back so they could get them there quicker.
Middle of the forest
When they arrived, they heard a voice say, "well, it's certainly been a hot minute, hello Shirone, and who's your friend that you've brought with you," Kuroka asked her sister from up in a tree in the middle of a clearing.
"This is Hiei Jaganshi, he's the love of my life, Hiei, this is my sister Kuroka, SS-class devil who killed her former master to protect me from being used and abused before leaving me behind while she ran with her tails between her legs," Koneko introduced.
"So, you know part of the story, should have known, you were always so clever, but you have it wrong sweaty, I never left you behind and ran, I used my power to help guide some people into leading you to the Gremory's, I knew they'd take care of you. Must have helped because you have grown stronger, I only sent a fraction of my chi out and yet you still came running, I'm glad you could still feel our sisterly bond," Kuroka called down before jumping down from the tree.
She was immediately tackled to the ground by her sister and pinned down by her, but there was no ill will coming from her so Kuroka let it happen, "I want to know, did you or did you not stay away because you thought it was best to remain apart for safety reasons?"
"You've been given some insight to the life of a criminal haven't you, I'm not sure if I should let you stay with a guy like that or not, given his criminal record and all," Kuroka teased but didn't answer the question directly until she saw the tears start to form in her sister's eyes. She let out a sigh before answering, "it's true, since you were still being watched at the time, I couldn't really come see you to see if I could help make amends with you or not, contact with me could have meant your death."
"It was probably a good thing you didn't, I was quite angry with you for running away and leaving me behind, it wasn't until I met up with Hiei that I gained some insight into why you haven't contacted me for so long," Koneko said before hugging her sister while still on the ground, Kuroka instantly wrapped her arms around her sister as well, "what is it you're here for now though, can't just be a sister's reunion."
"I thought you'd see through me," the elder sister said as she sat up with Koneko hopping off and sitting beside her while leaning against the tree, Kuroka leaning against it as well. Hiei moved to lean against the tree beside of Koneko when Kuroka began speaking again, "I was going to come here and put on this act because I thought you hated me and was going to take you by force so I could teach you Senjutsu and how not to be afraid of it."
"I'm already not afraid of it, it's a part of who I am and will forever be a part of who I am, being afraid of it would be like being afraid of using my rook strength, Hiei helped me see that," Koneko said as she looked to said demon with a smile as she showed her ears and tail.
"Well, now that you know the truth, do you and your little boyfriend want to come with me, you can learn Senjutsu from a master like me," Kuroka offered, even willing to take Hiei with them since it was clear that she loves him deeply.
"Sure, why don't I go pack my things at the Gremory mansion, then we can all head out," Koneko suggested with a smile, her sister was smiling as well and looked overjoyed that her sister was excepting the offer. That came crashing down when she felt a fist connect with the top of her skull before she heard the younger girl say, "yeah right, listen Kuroka, I love you and I will always love you, but I can't leave the Gremory family just like that, and I have a better idea anyways."
"What's this idea of yours, you know I'm still a SS-class criminal that killed an entire pursuit force, and did you have to hit me so hard," Kuroka asked as she rubbed her head, it's no fun to get hit when you're not expecting it.
"I'll explain this one, we recently got Sirzechs in our pockets, Rias is able to ask for any person she deems worthy to be pardoned for any crimes they have committed, this is a one-time deal and she's been saving it for you," Hiei answered while looking at the two.
"Wait, I won't be on the run anymore, I can teach you without looking over my shoulder, wonderful, what are we going to do about the group I'm with though, they don't kindly to leaving the group," Kuroka informed them.
"You got that right kitty cat," the voice of Bikou came in as he came out from behind a tree, "but I'm not about to break up a sisterly bond such as this one, I'll just tell Ophis that you're spying on them for us, that should be fine, chow," he left on a cloud after that.
"That takes care of that, now onto other matters, why don't I smell your virginity anymore," Kuroka suddenly asked as she took a few sniffs and gained a serious tone to her voice, Koneko and Hiei visibly stiffened, he knew an older sibling's wrath was not needed here.
"I told you he was the love of my life, what do you think that means," Koneko asked and he could see the older sister's eyes fixated on him in a very dangerous way, he actually gulped, he knew he could take her, but not if Koneko ordered him not to fight her.
"So, you fell in love with a demon from another dimension, with a situation that is almost like ours, even has a sister over there that is worried sick, and yet you're here screwing around," Kuroka clarified for them, but something caught both of their attention.
"How did you know he had a situation like ours, or that he has a sister, or that she's worried sick about him," Koneko asked calmly, she didn't ask how she knew he was from a different dimension because everyone knew at this point.
Kuroka realized her mistake and let out a sigh before explaining, "a few weeks ago I felt a disturbance in nature, I was sent to check it out and found a strange energy like I've never felt before, it almost felt holy in nature though. I was able to use Senjutsu to make a pathway to that other world, only a window to communicate with whoever was over there though, found a girl with red eyes and mint green hair in a kimono that covered her whole form. We got to talking and found out her name was Yukina and she had lost her brother through a portal made by some spirit defense force guys that wanted to send him away and actually lead demon world into war. She told me her situation and I found it to be the inverse of mine, led me to believe there was hope for us if we found each other Shirone, anyways, I told her that I would try to find her brother and all that. I was even able to make it to where she could send an inanimate object through the hole I made so I could contact her anywhere I needed to, she sent through a compact mirror and with a few tweaks, we can communicate." She took out a compact mirror from within her cleavage and tossed it to him and he looked at it in stunned silence and heard her continue talking, "I wouldn't tell her that you've been busy with a girl right now, she looked worse and worse every time we talked."
Hiei opened it up and poured his demon energy into it and it started up with a light fizzle before an image of the ferry girl came into view, it looked like she was inside of Genkai's temple, and it was late at night. He could tell because the thing was open and on a stand at the end of the room, it was a wide shot and the woman was talking with the old woman in the front room, Yukina was coming into view and carrying a tray of tea for the two. He decided to watch and listen in on what they were talking about, it started with the ferry girl, Botan if he remembered correctly, say, "any word from that one woman about where Hiei is yet, it's already been a few weeks since you met her, any leads at all?"
"One possible one, there's a rumor going around the underworld about a short devil with red eyes and spiky black hair that wields the power of a black dragon and killed a large group of magicians during peace talks between three great powers," Yukina informed them. She did look bad, she wasn't vain enough to care what others thought of her, but Hiei knew that she still took pride in her appearance, now her hair was in a mess and her skin was paler than he had ever seen it, she also had bags under her eyes, which still had hope in.
"I wonder what's happened to him over there, or when he'll return, the peace in demon world is about to come to an end if Mukuro doesn't get her way, I fear a war that breaks out to living world will come to pass," Genkai said as she drank some tea.
"I don't know, if she does start going on a killing spree, Hiei might be the only one to stop her, well, aside from Yusuke and Kurama, but they still might not be enough from what I heard," Botan guessed.
"The detective and the fox can beat him with more training," the voice of Hiei broke through the sitting area, they all tensed up and turned to said mirror like they'd seen a ghost before Yukina sprinted over to the device to pick it up.
"I'm so glad you're alright brother, I can't believe Kuroka found you, she really did keep her word," Yukina said in such a happy tone that Hiei had to keep himself from smiling to keep his straight face.
"How did you find out, did the ferry girl tell you or was it the detective, if I get there and find out they have I will enact every ounce of torture on you that I've threatened you with," Hiei said in a very threatening way.
"Actually, I won the pool sadistic bastard," Genkai grounded out and Hiei knew what that meant, he found out that there was a pool on who would tell his sister, Kurama bet Hiei, Hiei and Yusuke bet Botan, Botan bet Yusuke, and Genkai bet that Yukina already knew.
"You mean you knew all this time that I was your brother, how and why didn't you ever say anything," he almost yelled out if he didn't know how to keep his emotions in check.
"I told you she already knew, why are you so surprised," Koneko asked from next to him, and the others heard that voice, and none of them recognized to whom it belonged.
"Who was that, I know what Kuroka sounds like, and that wasn't it, did she also finally confront her sister as well," Yukina asked, little different from what happened, but either way.
"Actually, I have news, your brother here actually found my sister before I did and have been having sexy fun while stuck around a bunch of sexy and beautiful girls, all the while we've been worried sick about them," Kuroka voiced in her teasing tone of voice.
"What you mean while we've been running around and trying to find a way to bring you back, you've been running around with a bunch of girls doing all kinds of stuff doing god knows what to them," Botan roared to him while he remained as impassive as always.
"First off, it wasn't with a bunch of girls, I've only ever loved one woman and she's right here, the one with white hair," Hiei said as he turned to mirror to show Koneko sitting against the tree while watching all this go down between them, she gave a small wave. "Second, I don't need to explain myself to you or anyone else, especially when I'll be coming home as soon as a supposed genius devil over here figures out a way to send us over, and by us I mean me, Koneko, and Kuroka if she wants to."
"That's wonderful news brother, when's the wedding," Yukina asked in a bit of a teasing manner, even with her less than presentable appearance, it seems Kuroka's influence on her has been growing more than Hiei would like.
"I'll tell you later, for now know that a devil by the name of Ajuka Beelzebub is researching a way for us to come back to that plane of existence, we'll be in touch when we have more news," Hiei said before he hung up and turned to the two sisters who were looking at him funny.
"You already have a wedding date planned, when were you going to tell me," Kuroka asked in a yell that told them that she didn't like being out of the loop, or she didn't approve, they chose to go with the first option.
"We aren't planning a wedding yet, not even engaged, he said that back to her in what I assume was a joke, because he wouldn't propose to me like that, right," Koneko turned to him and did a small glare, he silently nodded so that she would stop the glare.
"Good, because I would have been mad if my sister was getting married before I could have the big sister talk with him, oh and we should get back to that party and see what damage Loki has done since you've been gone," Kuroka casually mentions.
"You mean while we've been talking, I've missed the chance to fight a god, this better not come back to bight me in the ass," Hiei hissed as he began walking the path back to the reception before he felt a tug on his sleeve and found Koneko looking at him expectantly. He sighted with a smile before crouching down and letting her get on his back so she could ride on him, this got Kuroka to have an idea and tried to jump into Hiei's arms for him to carry her bridal style, but he was too quick and moved to the side. He smirked when she turned back and pouted that she didn't get a ride, he began to run and leave her in the dust, but she just teleported to the entrance before he got there, and that is when some more trouble started.