Another chapter is over the horizon!
So... not much to say...
Onto questions!
Skylinemaster: I could potentially add Vali to the Old Satan Faction. I'll have to think about it though.
StarLight43: Bikou sadly got the boot. I don't even have a plan to add him to this story. As for Fenrir well... we'll have to wait and see! Muahahahaha!
Back to the story!
It was the day after I took Arthur's stalker into my peerage.
The guy ended up breaking a few of my ribs like I thought! That hug was meant to kill me I'm sure! If it weren't for the fact that Arthur left the room he would've crushed my entire rib cage!
I had to ask Le Fay to heal me from the agony I was in.
Considering our money situation I had to call up Azazel and ask him for some more.
"Azazel….. we kind of…. ran out of money….."
"Eh? That money was supposed to last you a month. How did you manage to spend it in a few days?"
"Do you really have to ask?"
"Le Fay?"
"Bingo. I may have to go to some kind of doctor to fix my inability to say no to the girl."
"That might be a good idea. Anyways I'll send you another month's tomorrow. Also Sora?"
"Yeah?"
"There's going to be a meeting between the three factions held at your school soon."
"A meeting? Was it because of Kokabiel?"
"Indeed. The other factions are slightly weary of the fallen angels at the moment so they wish to hold a meeting to discuss things. The leader of the yōkais will be attending it as well."
The yōkai leader is attending as well? Guess I should know why. The yōkai have been weary of the devils considering past events. They must think that the devils may try to have the other two factions go to war against them.
If the devils are attending they must be sending a Maou or two. In that case I have a lot to ask of them. Here's to hoping it all goes well.
"So how goes school?"
"Can't say it's the worst thing to ever happen to me. The two Maou siblings that attend it seem rather friendly as well. Considering my household hasn't shown up at my doorstep with pitchforks and torches I'm guessing they really aren't hostile towards me. Rias even offered to have her brother Lord Sirzechs look into helping me."
"Then it's just like I thought."
"What would that be?"
"That now would be the perfect time for you to finally return to the devil's side of the Underworld."
"You had planned for this meeting to happen?"
"Not entirely but, when I had found out about what Kokabiel was trying to do I knew that the other factions wouldn't stay quiet. The conference was inevitable. I also know that you yourself would like to go back to the devil's Underworld so I figured I would have you meet the two Maou siblings and see what would happen. The results are exactly like I thought they would be."
"Helping me until the end eh Azazel?"
"What can I say? I'm just a nice guy. And I wouldn't say it'll be the end. I plan on proposing peace to the three factions."
Peace, huh? The last time the three factions were in a kind of peace together was after they had to stop the Great War between them to stop the rampaging Heavenly dragons.
[I still don't remember why we started fighting. At the time I was completely filled with rage at Ddraig and it was escalated when the three factions interfered.]
You don't even remember why you started fighting!?
[Sadly, no. Thinking about that fight, we seemed like a couple of immature children. We even had a temper tantrum in the Realm of the Dead when our bodies were destroyed. It wasn't until our spirits were placed into sacred gears that our immaturity ceased.]
The two Heavenly dragons acting immature? To think that even beings that were that strong could do that. It's unimaginable.
Azazel then continued our conversation.
"I take it you already have a plan on how to deal with "that"."
"That's something that's always crossing my mind! If I didn't have a plan for it already I'd be in serious doubt about myself."
"Hahaha. In that case I'll leave your own negotiations to you."
"Thanks Azazel, for everything."
"No problem. Anyways, I have to get going now. Try and have some fun on your day off."
Azazel hung up after we said our goodbyes.
Today was some kind of holiday apparently. That meant that I didn't have to go to school today.
I'm free! Free from those accursed chairs! Free from those lectures! Free from the questions! Free!
What are you supposed to do on a day off though?
Over the course of the next half hour I attempted to alleviate my boredom in my room but, it was no use. Eventually I was lying face first on my floor from my boredom with my room left in a mess.
It's a curse! This day off is nothing more than a curse! A curse meant to drive you insane from boredom!
Wait! I'll go see what everybody else is doing! They have to be having some kind of fun!
After I headed down to the first floor, I first looked in the living room. Inside of it was Kuroka and Roxas sitting on one of the sofas. They were watching some kind of action movie.
Walking to the back of the sofa I asked
"Where's everybody else?"
Kuroka was the one to turn and answer me. It seemed like Roxas was glued to the movie.
"Shirone's master came by nya!"
Rias!?
"Did she see you!?"
Kuroka shook her head no before responding
"She never came inside nya. Le Fay answered the door. Shirone's master told Le Fay that we're all invited to go to the pool at your school nya. Le Fay asked everyone if they wanted to go and only Arthur and Lancelot went."
That's good to hear. Wait… She asked everyone?
"She didn't ask me!"
"She said that you were talking to someone so she didn't want to bother you nya."
My body slouched over the sofa on the empty side next to Kuroka after hearing that. I would've liked to go swimming too.
"How come he didn't go?"
I pointed at Roxas who was at the other end of the sofa.
"Roxas? He didn't respond to Le Fay when she asked him nya. He's been like this ever since the movie started."
Kuroka waved her hand in front of Roxas while she said that, but Roxas simply continued to stare at the television. He's that into it. To me it just looks like a bunch of guys driving really fast through a desert. It must be some kind of post-apocalyptic movie. The main character has a dog companion I guess and there's these bikers chasing after him in his car. Where's the entertainment in that unless you're a part of the action?
"If that's the case-"
Now rising from my slouching posture, I walk behind Roxas who continues to stare at the television.
"-We're going to continue you're training."
GRAB
I hooked my arms underneath Roxas' shoulders and lifted him up. At this point I'm basically holding him in a full nelson. I turned him around facing away from the television and that's when the thrashing started.
"Wait! That movie is amazing! I'm going to miss it!"
Roxas thrashed about but it was of no use.
"You can watch it later! We own the damn movie!"
Kuroka followed closely behind me and the rampaging Roxas as we headed down to the training room.
This room is huge! There's so much space down here! How is it possible to have such a huge underground room!? With the amount of space down here you could have at least two different sparring sessions at the same time and they wouldn't intrude on each other at all!
"Kuroka can you guard the door?"
"Of course Sora nya!"
Kuroka stood in front of the doorway to the stairs. I have the feeling that our little friend here may try to run away.
As I set Roxas down and released my grip on him he immediately made a rush for the stairs. However-
Kuroka was standing ready and swept out Roxas' legs as he ran towards her in a quick spin with her own leg!
Roxas tried getting up and grabbing Kuroka to move her but, Kuroka grabbed his arms much to Roxas' surprise. She spun him around and flung him back towards me. He landed on his back in front of me.
Poor guy. He won't be able to get past Kuroka to see his precious movie because she can use Senjutsu to see his movements. I'll be it that she can only see them to a degree but, it's still enough to predict an enraged Roxas.
"Can you stop that now? I'm going to be your training partner. Not Kuroka."
Roxas looked up at me with an upset face until he finally calmed down and stood up.
"Much better. Now, how goes your basic training?"
"I've been doing the pushups, sit-ups, and running five miles like you said to each day. It's gotten pretty easy to do."
"Great. Then we'll double your basic routine. As for now-"
To my right I opened up a pocket dimension.
Out of it came a sword. The name of the sword is Dyrnwyn or White-Hilt. The sword itself doesn't curve at all but, it has the classical point of a scimitar and is a one sided blade. If I had to say I guess it would be a scimitar/long sword. We can all guess the color of the hilt so let's go to the guard. It's gray and can barely be called a guard at all as it's only slightly wider than the blade.
I don't keep the blade in a pocket dimension because it's hard to control. No, this blade allows me to wield it so I have no problem in using it. It's because-
GRAB
When I grab it, it bursts into flames! All the way from the guard to the tip of the blade is covered in flames!
It can be a real problem carrying around a sword that's covered in fire so I keep it in a pocket dimension.
The story of how I got this blade is rather simple. There was no mighty quest to obtain it from a giant. There was no slaying a dragon to be rewarded it by a king and, there was no ancient catacomb that I had to crawl through to find it.
No, I was given this blade by a strange old man. The man approached me completely out of the blue and told me to touch the sword. When I did, it burst into flames much like right now. The old man rejoiced at this and offered the blade to me. I wasn't about to tell the guy no, it seemed like it would ruin his mood. So I took the blade from him. Who would've guessed that there was an old man handing out legendary blades? Maybe he has another. I think my rival could use one.
Shame the flames are orange. It would've been nice if they could be white like my fox fire.
I was given this blade not too long ago so my experience with it is lacking but, that's what training is for.
Honestly speaking though, I shouldn't be the one training Roxas at all. It should be Arthur but, since Roxas hasn't managed to beat me once there's no point in having him spar with Arthur until he does.
I'm not about to use Divine Dividing in our little spar either. The whole point of this is for Roxas to get stronger so draining him of his power is out of the question.
That means kyuubi form and Dyrnwyn all the way. My nine white tails appear along with that my ears change.
"How about this Roxas? Whoever lands a scratch on the other first is the winner."
Roxas looks pretty happy about this offer as he says
"Only one scratch? This'll be over fast. Oblivion! Oathkeeper!"
In Roxas' right hand Oblivion appears and in his left Oathkeeper appears. Twin blades of Heaven and Hell, that's the name of his sacred gear. Oblivion is a black sword with its guard being devil wings that guard the entire hilt. Oathkeeper is a white sword with its guard being angel wings that guard its entire hilt. Oblivion is a demonic sword that can make those around Roxas see illusions while Oathkeeper is a holy sword that allows Roxas to manipulate its holy aura. He can send it out in a wave or he can create a barrier with it.
Roxas immediately creates an illusion of himself to his left and charges towards me.
I take up a battle ready stance holding Dyrnwyn in both my hands.
It's a simple task for me to know which one the illusion is. Not because I can smell which one is the real one but because he still hasn't mastered making or using illusions. He made the illusion with only his Oblivion sword in its hand.
The illusion reaches me first and I allow it to pass right through me. Roxas follows close behind and swings Oathkeeper at me.
KACHING
I block his attack with Dyrnwyn. He then swings for me again with Oblivion right after.
KACHING
Another block with my sword. Roxas continues to alternate attacks on me.
KACHING KACHING
He continues his onslaught against me. As he attacks me I slowly back pedal.
Roxas then jumps back and swings Oathkeeper down sending a wave of holy energy for me. Manipulating Oathkeeper's holy energy into an attack is something that Roxas has gotten down to a T. The form of the wave is perfectly balanced and contains a decent amount of power.
DODGE
Without a second thought, I dodge the wave of holy energy.
Sadly, that's all the wave is. Just a wave of energy that somebody can dodge. If he works harder on manipulating Oathkeeper's holy aura he could control the wave after he sends it out. It would become a difficult thing to dodge.
When I look back at Roxas there are three of them standing there. None of them have flaws in their appearance this time however-
When the real Roxas charges forward the others don't seem to be moving. All he did was create illusion statues of himself.
Roxas rushes to my side and begins to swing his Oathkeeper horizontally at me.
KACHING
Again I block his attack with my own sword. He continues to push his Oathkeeper against my sword as he swings Oblivion down for me as well.
This looks pretty shitty if I do say so myself.
Considering Oathkeeper is swinging towards my right-
DODGE
I side step to my right dodging Oblivion while Roxas continues to push Oathkeeper against my blade.
In an instant Roxas vanished….. partially.
He made himself invisible. It wasn't that he really was invisible but, that it was an illusion to those around him to think he was invisible.
It's just that… only his top half is invisible…. He's just a couple of legs now as he jumps back from me.
It's obvious that he thinks that he's completely invisible because he's slowly circling around me.
Roxas continues to circle around me as I stand in place. Once he gets behind me I can hear him start running towards me.
In the blink of an eye I spin around and swing at him with my sword.
SLICE
There it is. A scratch on Roxas' shoulder.
"Looks like I win."
Roxas then fully reappears and looks a bit shocked
"You could see me couldn't you?"
"I could see your legs."
Roxas then falls backwards to the ground
"Damn. I thought I had you too."
Well even if you were invisible I still would've been able to find you by your smell.
I send Dyrnwyn back into my pocket dimension.
"You need to work harder on mastering your sacred gear's abilities. Oblivion's illusions are much different from Kuroka's because they can create any illusion. You just need to have an imaginative mind for it to work. As for Oathkeeper, you're on the right path but don't shorten yourself. You can manipulate its holy aura however you want. After you send out a wave of holy aura try to move it. You have full control over it so it should be easy. As for your swordsmanship. Can I see your blades?"
Roxas hands me both of his swords and I take them into my hands.
"You wield two blades, something most people aren't use to facing. The key here is that you have two weapons to choose from. Most devils will be weary of Oathkeeper and try to watch it more than Oblivion. Use that to your advantage. While they're watching Oathkeeper you hit them with Oblivion. Of course an experienced opponent will watch both blades equally if they do this-"
With Oathkeeper in one hand, I begin to spin Oblivion in the other.
"You draw their attention to one. Doing simple tricks draws in people's eyes. With their eyes now on Oblivion you can hit them with Oathkeeper. The key is to keep your opponent guessing. Just when they think they know you'll use Oblivion, you use Oathkeeper. As soon as they think they know your pattern, you switch it."
I hand Roxas back his sacred gear and he makes it disappear.
"You understand?"
"Yeah, I got it. It just means I have a lot to practice."
"Practice does make perfect."
I extend my hand to Roxas as an offer to help him up.
With a smile he takes my hand and I lift him up.
"How about we go watch that movie now?"
"Hell yeah! You'll love it. I swear!"
Roxas bolts up the stairs so fast that Kuroka didn't even know what had happened.
Walking towards Kuroka I asked her
"Do you think you can help Roxas with his illusions?"
"I can help him to a degree nya. At the most he'd be able to make perfect copies of himself."
"It'll be a start. Anyways, we're going to watch that movie he was sucked into. You want to watch it with us?"
"Only if I can have a special seat nya."
Special seat?
"What would that be?"
Kuroka poked me with her finger and said it with a sly smile
"You're lap."
M-My l-lap?
"Sure… I can handle that…"
No I can't! Why did I say that!? I'll be lucky to be able to pay even an ounce of attention to the movie!
"Great! Then let's go watch that movie nya!"
Somehow I don't think she'll be watching the movie at all.
Kuroka grabbed my right hand and lead me up the stairs. When we reached the first floor we were greeted by Le Fay, Arthur, and Lancelot. They looked like they just got back from the pool as they were still in swimsuits.
Kuroka was standing to the right of me while she was still holding my hand.
"Gracious master!"
Arthur's stalker made a dive for me! He was aiming for my legs damn it!
KICK
With my left foot, I kick Arthur's stalker before he reached my legs. He was sent arching over Le Fay and Arthur.
"If you're going to try and hug me the least you can do is not make an attempt to tackle me!"
Honestly, why is all of his gratitude being shown towards me? Can't he just show it to Arthur?
Arthur's stalker recovered quickly and was standing straight up as he said
"Of course gracious master! I shall no longer do as I just did!"
Good…
"So how was the pool?"
Le Fay was the one to answer me, she looked extremely happy. Way happier than I've ever seen her.
"It was so much fun Sora-sama! Swimming with Rias-sama and her servants was the best! Rias-sama and Akeno-sama even had a fight with their demonic powers over Issei-sama!"
There was a fight too? How come I always miss all the fun?
"It was so funny too. Issei-sama was caught doing something with Xenovia-sama and all the girls dragged him away to punish him."
My rival got in trouble too? Why did I have to miss all of this!?
"You should've been there Sora-sama!"
Each time Le Fay said something my head hung lower and lower.
"Can we… just go watch the movie?…"
Drearily, I walk into the living room with Kuroka. Roxas was already on the sofa waiting for us to sit down so that he could start the movie.
I sit down on the opposite end of where Roxas is sitting on the sofa.
The things that I miss. I miss out on swimming, something that I hardly get the chance to do. I miss out on a fight that I would've loved to be a part of. A fight between a King and a Queen? Wouldn't it be even more fun if you added another King to the mix? Then I miss seeing my rival Issei get into trouble with all the female servants of his group. That's something that I would've loved to see.
Why did I have to be left here!?
As I was grieving over all the things I missed out on, Kuroka sat down on my lap with a smile.
Alright, I may have missed out on a ton of stuff I would've liked to have been a part of but this makes up for it ten times over! Kuroka sitting on my lap equals greatness.
Roxas started the movie from the beginning and surprisingly enough Kuroka watched it with us. I thought she would surely try to tease me throughout the whole movie. Today's not that bad of a day after all.
Another chapter completed.
Forgot to mention that the movie Roxas is so addicted to is Mad Max 2. Seriously, that movie is nothing but action, action, and more action.
I decided that I should show Roxas' sacred gear this chapter which is of course based off the two same keyblades from Kingdom Hearts except without the key appearance and with some added abilities.
This chapter showed that out of Sora's peerage Roxas is definitely the furthest behind in terms of skill for obvious reasons. However he is of course willing to improve.
Well that's about it. Remember to tell me any ideas you might have!