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Majora6295; Cool, thanks for the vote!
Katelynn Snow Fox; Thank you for the vote!
dragonsayianblue; Yeah, after the big blow out last chapter, times to change it up a little bit with some humour and light hearted fun. Yeah, the S girl and the M girl joining forces with each other and want to have fun with Zenki, that would be a sight to see. I'm glad that you do, their conversation will be relevant for later on. And Koneko seems to have found a rival indeed, even if she truly has no hope of winning against such a force. I've actually got some funny scenes planned for Jeanne in the future, they're going to be fun to write. I wouldn't say against, though it surely is going to cause Zenki some problems in the future, huh. She's going to be, on the fence I'd say. Where she trusts him enough to reincarnate her, yet still not enough to divulge everything in the first conversation that they have with one another. Kunou, I think she'd be somewhere between Ravel and Koneko in terms of breast size, though I might make Koneko taller, while still a Loli, so it would be alright for her to have intercourse with Zenki later on. Zenki and his peerage are going to have enemies separate from the canon enemies, as if there weren't, there would be no one for him and his peerage to fight besides a few people. Thanks, Merry Christmas or whatever one you celebrate~
Harem Master123; Thank you, glad that you did! Furious Koneko is quite funny, isn't she? Cool, thanks for the vote! Yeah, that's gonna be quite interesting to do, huh. You never know, it could happen. It certainly could be possible, and it could draw Serafall to show how she really feels for Zenki. No worries, I am still considering that, and the others.
Sandman001; Cool, thanks for the vote, and I would try and make her cool~
Blue Eyes Pendulum Dragon; Yup, he's bonding with Ophis quite well, though not to Koneko's happiness. Serafall's role is quite unique. She's like the Onee-sama type, yet she's also very hyper, a different type to Jeanne and Irina. Ravel isn't his official fiancee, but she could be classed as one, basically. You could say that helps, but it's his personality as well. It was shown two chapters ago hehe~ I don't have a picture for you though, so imagination is key, as they say. He certainly did when he turn into a Dragon, he went into a void like that. Yeah, she's gonna be that in this story. You could say that they won't have the best relationship for a while.
Gundam 09; Cool, thanks for the vote. Thanks! Here's the next chapter!
DocSlendy; It was, unique~ Well, it's more like she wants him to be happy than anything else. A more aggressive Virgo, you're probably right about that. You know, I wouldn't be shocked if it was Azazel who Issei met as a kid, disguised as an older man, it would be in his character to do something like that.
Hellspam; Hehe, it was quite funny for Ophis to say something like that, huh. It could be a recurring gag, couldn't it? Jeanne and her masochism, yet doesn't show it to the others. She's an oddball, but a surprisingly loving oddball. Zombie alert indeed, I'd be the same if a girl or boy suddenly did that when I knew they were dead.
War historian; Yeah, thanks for the vote, though she won't be with Issei, sorry. No offense to people that love the pairing, I just personally can't see it happening, and therefore, I wouldn't be able to write it that well, after all, you have to be invested in something to do it well, at least that's my mentality. And I don't really have a problem with it at all, to each their own, everyone is different and have different opinions.
RangerElk76; Yup, we've found the Queen! Rejoice! Yeah, it isn't going to be a reccuring thing where he appears again, and again, and again. Once he's dead, he's gonna stay dead, maybe. More than likely he's going to be, maybe he might be a psychological scar type thing for Zenki's character growth later on.
BlueBlade87; Haha, exactly what I was thinking. Thanks, that actually helps me quite abit actually. I know, it seems Ophis is really adamant about giving Zenki a snake. I loled when reading that part about Ophis being an equippable item. She's that cool Mom that tries to get you laid, but also embarrasses you greatly, huh. Well, if you say so, then I will! I am glad that I can inspire people like people have done for me in the past. Yeah, when I get to it, I will try my best to give it the best review that I can. Hehe, use your Phoenix Downs (if ya get that reference, you get a virtual cookie lol).
LinleyBaruch; Cool, thanks for the vote!
Sandshrew master 317; Thanks, and thanks for the vote!
keniavelez1999; Thank you, I am happy that you like it! And thanks for the vote!
Absolute Mirage; Thanks! Glad that you did! Hehe, I guess so~ Yup, they certainly got what they deserved, they got Zenki's power in full for their horrible and disgusting ways. That Ophis, offering something like that to a kid like Zenki. Granted, he's quite intelligent, but to offer something like that...just like Ophis I guess. Hmmm, yeah, that's something alright, is there something between Tiamat and Zenki? Hehe, Jeanne and her masochism, it is quite...yeah, it's just quite, isn't it? No other words to describe it. It could be funny, but I don't think I could pull their relationship off, but there are plenty of Issei and Vali fics out there to read, and though I haven't read them personally (due to barely having time to write, never mind read) I am sure that they are unique and good. Yeah, I have fun writing them, most of the time anyway~
Legend3881; Developing a system like that would be like the Artificial Sacred Gears, wouldn't it? A thing like Sword Art Online would be cool for Zenki to invent, it isn't like he wouldn't be able to when he gets older. Actually, I would have to disagree. He does have goals, and they have been hinted at numerous times throughout the chapters, even from the first chapter. There's just not been a place where he just outright states his goals in life, as it would be weird to bring it up in normal conversion, but he does have a goal that could rival Sona's goal.
Master of Dragons God; Thank you!
UCCMaster; Hey, it certainly has~ Well, I am glad that I could give a different and I at least think, interesting development than what happened in canon version. Well, Gabriel has been in the harem for quite a while now, ya know? But I can understand, and to a degree, she is going to be somewhat of a motherly figure for the harem. Aah, I'd say she's an M more than an S, but she can be an S when she needs to be, evident by the way that she slapped him to get a little punishment. Gasper is probably the most believable trap I have come across, besides a certain few I can think of, so it makes sense really. And you're right there, Gasper will be a little more brave due to Valerie being around and such. Yeah, we're not supposed to understand what Illuyanka is quite yet, she's the type that will slowly be revealed as the story goes along, the same with Zenki. To be honest, she wouldn't be joining Issei's harem. Nothing against people that love that pairing, and all the power to them for writing it, I just can't see it happening, which is why I wouldn't be able to write it with a great detail. It would be the same for people who could only see Hinata with Naruto, they wouldn't be able to write to great effect other pairing's for their characters to the best of their abilities. And, I don't think Xenovia and Vali would be the same, I have different ideas on how they would be, honestly. Well thank you! I am glad that you're enjoying it till now, I hope to keep you all entertained and intrigued what's going to happen next!
ShadowUzumaki55; A little light heartedness after the chaos of the Asia ressurection and Jeanne is a good thing, right? Yeah, it is quite the bonding type of chapter, while pushing the characters forward as well. That's Ophis for you, both of them don't even know the severity of it. I guess you could say it is Ophis' way to trying to protect Zenki, why that would be will be slowly revealed. Yeah! She's been giving some good exposition on her life, hasn't she? Though she hasn't revealed everything, she's been giving some details~ Haha, she actually could, using demonic power to change her appearance with an illusion or something would be cool. Yeah, that Illuyanka is giving people roles in the harem now, she seems to very determined, doesn't she? It had to be referenced, considering she did rise from the dead. It was in my head, and I had to put it down.
AZalmega; Well, I am glad that you like it! Hehe, well I hope that you like what's to come for you~
Silver crow; Well, I am glad that you do! Yeah, I tried to keep him quite balanced with his emotions, how he displays them, and how kind he can be towards others, particularly his peerage members. Near the end of the story, he will probably reach such a level, it is going to be fun to explore what happens with him in the future. Yeah, I am 50/50 on Issei myself, I don't hate the guy, and he's not one of my favourite people either. Those are some compelling arguements, and I can't really say anything negative about them. You're quite right with Rias and what you said about her. Rossweisse is how I feel about Koneko, and how she 'fell' for Issei, I personally think it is just plot wise and nothing else really, but that's my opinions on the matter. Gasper, I could probably see that happening as well. Yes, Kunou is indeed in Zenki's harem, and peerage. And you aren't wrong there, so I will consider her~ Hmm, you're right there, I recall Mira from Riser's peerage developing some admiration for Issei (no clue why after what he did to her) in one of the side stories. Maybe she could be in his harem. Well, I will take your points into consideration and give them a think over. And thank you! Haha, no one from his harem is going to move. No worries.
Unknown demon; Thanks for the vote!
Guest 1; Thanks, glad that you did like it! Hehe, sorry to your dad lol. It probably could be, for someone else to write. I personally wouldn't be able to, as reasons stated in other responses.
Guest 2; How did you know I was going to do that? But seriously, I was planning to do that in a certain Rating Game that I have planned for the future. I think that if a dead person suddenly reached up and grabbed me, I would be screaming Zenki as well, it would be too terrifying and such. As fun as that sounds, I don't think I could do it, with reasons stated above. It is the same why I rarely if at all, do a Issei x Koneko. Even if it is canon, I simply can't see how it would work besides the plot demanding it of course. Others have different views and I respect that, but these are my personal views and that's how I feel, plus there are fic's that have the pairing's like Issei x Female Vali out there somewhere.
Gabriel790; Thanks, and cool vote!
Anime PJ; Hehe, you know I just had to put that in~ It was too hard not too~ Aaaah, you are very welcome~ Ophis can be quite adorable, even if she isn't trying her best to do that. She is a certainly interesting character, and is going to become quite more so as the story goes on. Yup, they've been introduced, and will show more strength and such in the future! Hehe, that's actually something I was thinking, it should've been canon really, huh. Well, here's the next chapter!
Guest 3; I'm glad that you do! Yup, the Ophis and Zenki bonding time was quite awesome as well, I think so anyway. Damn, that would be quite funny to see, I think even the enemy would be showing such a face. You know, I'd do the same thing if a hand came up like that, it would be quite terrifying to me. Well, those are compelling arguments so I will give it a think over.
Nemoskull; Well, as they say, can't please everyone lol. That's just how I write, and they will get to high school, but I just don't want to rush the introductions of these important characters as it wouldn't work as flashbacks later on in the story.
LoA2; Yeah, I just don't personally think they are suited together (Vali and Issei I mean) but people do and I respect that, and I hope they respect my decision. If they don't then...well, there are other stories with that pairing so, I would say read them or something. Rossweisse huh, it didn't seem to make sense in canon either, even with everything that happened, so I will think about it.
Neonlight01; Hehe, yeah, it is a Zombie back from the grave! Hehe, yeah, I wonder how that's going to happen. Illuyanka is taking charge it seems, and of course she is. It's Serafall after all, she's gonna want to be with her Zenki-tan. Yeah, but like said last chapter, I won't be doing Issei and Vali for reasons stated above in other responses. And yes, that's true, until you get later into the novels.
LL; Yeah, she probably thought thatg it was useless. In fact, I think there was a line thrown into the LN that she said that it was just a Twice Critical, hardly not worth stealing. And I think Raynare did know that there were two Devil Kings, I just don't think she cared all that much. Canon Raynare after all was very arrogant, and believed she was superior. Yeah, he and his peerage will grow as the story progresses! Hehe, that would be quite funny and some good bit of story, maybe Zenki saving Sona from such a marriage where she couldn't do it herself or something. And you're probably right about that, it does seem hard to believe that she didn't try anything more than that. Yeah, it is a great idea, and yes, that's right, about Ophis, she'd get pissed if they tried to hurt Zenki.
Guest 4; Yeah, that would be quite the awesome story to do. Building a team kinda like the Vali Team huh, that would be quite interesting to say the least. I could see Rossweisse being on the team. And true, she must be very smart considering that she finished college and such at her age, plus with what she does in later light novels that only shows more of her skills.
Lightwave; Yup, they've officially made their debut in the story! Gasper is always braver when Valerie is around, it being shown more towards the latter light novels. She has a passion for pain and Zenki, huh. She's really...very awesome when it comes like this. She loves her son, after all. She wants to keep him happy. Hehe, I am glad that you liked it~
AlphaOmega; Ophis just wants Zenki to have her snake, which totally doesn't sound weird at all mehehehe~ Well, it's safe to say that she wants him to be safe, more than anything else. Though it could be for some other reason as well, she does like him after all. Eventually, he probably will do when his curiosity grows. Jeanne wants a little punishing and she might get it (in a good way) in the future. She's got that much love for her son, she wants him to be extremely happy with a harem, even if Zenki isn't any the wiser about it. Well, as said previous chapter, I won't be pairing her with Issei for reasons stated there, and above as well.
Guest 5; Eventually, yes, probably. I am going over all of my older stories and seeing what can be improved, and things like that.
Guest 6; Well, Kunou's gonna be around Koneko's age by the time canon rolls around, so it would be kinda weird for her to do that. But I do have a story in mind for the future where he is like her Father, and things like that.
Skull Flame; Yeah, it is Valerie and Gasper's time to come to the story. You know, I think it's just a thing now, anime Mother's want to have many grandchildren, anime Father's being quite the same from something's that I've seen. Ophis and her snakes...plus her lap time of course, it has to happen. Well, when he's old enough, I don't see why she wouldn't say it straight away. Hehe, I loled at that, it was quite funny. I haven't watched that yet, but it does sound quite funny. Possessive, probably yeah. And thanks!
AndroSid93; Hehehe, I am glad that you liked it~ Yeah, there's gonna be some moments between them this chapter. She certainly will become his Queen this chapter. I know, he's got his own Mother trying to have him gain a harem, she's quite a cool Mom huh. Yeah, I have some plot points that involve Vali being a girl. You've probably got a point there, I will give it a think over. She probably would be interested in his Kankura Formula, considering who she is and all that. Those are some cool suggestions for Issei. And finally, thank you! I'll give it a read, thanks for the suggestion!
contigoallday; Thank you!
Guest 7; That does seem like a pretty cool idea, thanks for the suggestion!
Guest 8; That would be a way for her to beat Rias, and probably yeah, I think that would be the main person to fight for Issei's attention.
Guest 9; Hehe, that was a fun part to write down, I enjoyed doing it. That, actually sounds like a cool nickname for her, and indeed, she does need one, being Zenki's Queen. Maybe all of the peerages need some form of nicknames, considering that they are in the peerage of a Maou's son.
Cf96; Thank you!
Akeno best waifu; Yeah, I don't see why not. Harem wise, I don't know about that. Hehe, it was pretty funny huh~?
Guest 10; Well, I guess they could be considered rivals already. But that would be quite funny to show, huh~
Guest 11; It would make sense for that to happen, if Zenki is in Kuoh during that time that is. I haven't decided if he is going to be there during that time or not yet.
Guest 12; I'm glad that you did! Yup, Valerie's gonna be in the peerage, starting this chapter! Hehe, maybe she will? Yeah, that sounds like a good idea, that's pretty cool. Yeah, those voices are pretty good as well. I think that I would think similar things as well for the people that you said.
burstroc; Those names would be pretty cool!
ShadeAkami; Those three words do pretty much sum it up huh~? Ophis and her snakes...she really needs to stop doing that, or continue doing that. It is one of the two anyway. Koneko's powers stretch very far it seems~ Illuyanka, I'd personally want to have her as a mother, and Jeanne's little...okay, huge masochistic ways. Zombie's are attacking! I am glad that I was able to make it at least a little emotional. Yup, Zenki to the rescue indeed! I am actually thinking of each having some kind of name for themselves, due to Zenki's peerage being his peerage, a Maou's son. Valerie is gonna form some strong relationships, more so with some than others, but it will become evident when it is happening. Well, I am glad that you liked it, and here's the next one!
Well, with those lovely reviews out of the way, it is time to start the chapter!
My Vampire Queen part two!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! WHY ARE YOU STILL ALIVE!? YOU SHOULD'VE BEEN DEAD AGES AGO! PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME ANYMORE! I AM VERY FRIGHTENED RIGHT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
Zenki was naturally freaked out.
He was being touched by a girl that he thought was dead…no.
He knew she was dead. She was supposed to be deceased, yet here she was, alive again.
How was it possible?
He confirmed her death himself…could he have been wrong?
He doubted himself again and again, watching as the girls body moved and she looked towards Zenki's face. Her movements were stiff, barely being able to be controlled. But she kept the tight hand on his wrist, and wouldn't let go.
Feeling her hand on his wrist…it was freezing.
It was clear that there was no body heat escaping her hand, there was nothing there anymore.
But somehow, she was still moving, she was making movements that made her feel weird inside of her chest. She didn't know anything about it though, from what he could tell. She just kept looking at him, and the cup he held in his hand.
"Ooh Maou, what's going on?"
"Z-Zenki-sans being attacked by a Zombie! S-She is…waaah…"
Naturally Rias was terrified by what happened, and the same with Asia.
Asia took a few steps back, and put her hands together, praying to the sky.
"Dear Lord, please save Zenki-san from being turned into a Zombie-owwwwww!"
Asia received the damage from the prayer, unable to take it due to seeing the 'Zombie' and being under the thrall of the prayer, and ended up passing out as the wind blew some leaves onto her body, which remained lifeless.
"Asia-san..."
While thinking about the Zombie, he had to sweat drop due to Asia knocking herself out with a prayer.
Rias took a few steps back, wiping her eyes again and again, trying to comprehend what had just happened before her. But each time she did, she wasn't sure what she was supposed to be feeling about the whole ordeal, never having witnessed something like this before, and felt complicated inside of her heart right now.
Like Zenki, she was sure that the girl was dead as well, but here she was, moving and everything. Though her movements were slow, and kinda like a Zombie's, it didn't mean that she wasn't moving and wasn't breathing.
Her breath could be seen, and then it surrounded her cold body. Her body felt like ice, and as her fingers twitched on Zenki's arm, it made him cry out again, scared of what was going to happen to him with the fact that this girl is moving.
"P-Please don't yell…" The girl muttered towards Zenki, who ceased up with a cry, being terrified of Zombie's. "…I-I don't understand w-what is going on…w-why am I alive…I-I thought that I died…w-why am I here…?"
Valerie asked a very valid question right now.
Even Zenki couldn't answer her, not really.
She was alive, when she should be dead…but then Zenki saw it.
The cups glow on her body, surrounding her, wrapping around her like a blanket. It was keeping her alive, somehow. Zenki wasn't sure what type of Sacred Gear was able to do something like that. Whatever it was, was a very powerful Sacred Gear, he knew that for sure.
It resurrected her, somehow.
It should've been impossible.
It was like the Evil Pieces, the resurrection technology being quite real right now. It just seemed too unreal for it to be happening right now, but it was. She was alive again, and Zenki wasn't sure on how that was happening, he didn't know what kind of answer he could give her.
"I-I don't know honestly Zombie-chan." He responded with hesitation, not sure what to do in situations like this, Valerie frowning at being called a Zombie. "I-I mean, by all accounts, you should be dead…b-but this cup was…this cup is something powerful, very powerful indeed…I-It is keeping you alive somehow…or it brought you back to life…b-but from what I can tell…I-I don't think it is going to be permanent…I'm sorry."
He told her regretfully, seeing with his own eyes that the power was slowly fading. Valerie didn't feel anything yet, but he was sure she was going to feel it sooner or later, and he wasn't sure what he was going to do.
Valerie looked at her body, and saw the wounds that were there, and grimaced, knowing that it could be something like Zenki said…that she was going to die soon, and there was nothing she could do.
"B-But I don't want to die…" She briefly tossed her eyes to the side, to see Gasper laying there dead, and openly sobbed. "I-I don't want h-her to be dead either…w-we didn't do…w-we were o-only trying to e-escape, a-and th-then w-we were t-tracked down a-and something l-like this happened…s-she a-and I were k-killed…"
Valerie sobbed out her tale to Zenki, who felt conflicted on what to say.
He couldn't ease her pain. She knew she was dead. She knew she was going to die again soon, and there wasn't a single thing that he would be able to do to prevent that, something that he regretted deeply.
Though he didn't know her, he could see that she didn't want to die…and she held great power inside of her.
It was a very good power that she felt inside of her, and the cup was very different as well.
He could sense there was something strong about the cup, it was something amazing. Yet he couldn't put his finger on what it could be, Rias being at a loss as well, due to the fact that she wasn't even sure if she could keep her composure after everything that had happened.
As he was looking at her, Rias had her eyes on the other girl, and pitied her.
"At least the other girl gets to speak…I can't even imagine what must've gone through this poor child's heart at the time of her passing. Both of them seemed to have a powerful something inside of them…my, it is interesting…though it seems that Zenki has his eyes on the elder of the two girls. But even then, this child's power cannot be ignored…"
Rias mulled over in her mind, about what she was going to do.
Even she was a Devil, and she is a very kind one, but she couldn't ignore the power that came from Gasper, and she knew that she needed to do something soon, or it would be too late for the girl to be resurrected with the Evil Pieces.
Zenki put a finger to his chin, and responded to Valerie with a soft smile.
"I know…death must be scary for a Zombie-chan, it must be horrible to feel it again when you've already experienced it for the first time…I just wish I could do something…" He paused and looked over her, sensing the same power again, and was intrigued. "She has a strong power…stronger than I have ever felt before, at least from someone my own age that wasn't a Devil, and her Sacred Gear…just what is it…? Could it be…I've heard rumours before, but to think…no, could this be a…Longinus Sacred Gear? Could this thing really be a Sacred Gear…Longinus type Sacred Gear? It has to be, doesn't it? This has to be a Sacred Gear…Longinus Sacred Gear…but what it does…I only have some guesses on it. Maybe it has the power to make Zombie's...is she Giselle-chan from Bleach...?"
He hypothesized this to be the case.
He didn't have contact with many Sacred Gear users, but right now, he could say that this was a level beyond Asia's, beyond Jeanne's and other Sacred Gear users he had come across in the past, even more so than the other girl on the ground and he was…very pleased with the development.
Obviously he wasn't happy about the fact that she had died, but meeting someone with such a power, he never thought he'd meet a Longinus user in his life, but here he was, meeting one right now that could even resurrect the dead, or keep them alive, he wasn't sure which one it was, but he didn't care, as it was something he had always wanted on his peerage, a Longinus user.
Zenki wasn't a greedy person by any stretch of the imagination, but even he wanted to have a strong peerage, and now he had found Valerie, completely by chance, and now had the chance to make her his servant…but there was a question on his mind…
Should he?
Did she want to become a Devil?
Zenki was the type to make sure that they did, and now thanks to this Sacred Gear of hers, he was able to ask her before she died.
"Erm…excuse me…Zombie-chan, is it possible that I ask you something?"
He didn't want his tone to be aggressive, or anything that showed negativity.
He was going to ask something huge, and even that was something difficult to ask as well. She was a very lovely and strong girl, but he was having difficult speaking with her, since she was dead, and he was talking with the deceased right now, something that still frightened him.
Valerie blinked at the shy expression that crawled onto the boys face, and tilted her head to the side.
"Y-Yes? A-And I'm not a Zombie..."
Her voice was low, her power draining. Even Zenki could see that she was slowly returning to death, by the way her eyes clouded over. She was literally hanging on by a thread, so he had to speed it up, wanting to make sure that he did something with her consent.
"Erm…you see, you said that you didn't want to die, and I don't know how long this Sacred Gear is going to keep you around so I wanted to ask…erm, if you want me too, I could reincarnate you, as my Devil servant…though I don't treat my servants like servants, like family would be a more accurate way of saying it…I just mean, I would like to make you my Devil, possibly my Queen…probably my Queen Zombie-chan."
He figured that would be the best, considering the power he could feel from her right here and now.
He wasn't going to beat around the bush, he was going to ask straight outwards, so she didn't have to contemplate death.
Rias turned her eyes towards him, questions dancing within her blue green eyes.
"Zenki, to think you're going to reincarnate this girl as your Queen. I mean, are you sure?"
Rias wanted to make sure, thinking of Zenki as her little brother, even if he was more intelligent than she was, she still wanted to make sure that he was doing the right thing, making sure that he was thinking with a clear head, not his heart.
Zenki understood Rias' worries, and gave her a concern relieving smile.
"It's alright, I think my Queen is worth this girl here. She's got great potential, and I am interested in what is going to happen with her. I wouldn't offer my Queen to anyone I didn't think would be the best. As you wouldn't, because you have Akeno-tan who is the best Queen. Like Sona-tans Queen Tsubaki-tan. I want to make sure that I have the best Queen that I could have, and this girl is the answer for me. She's the answer I've been searching for, for a long time, and if what I believe to be true, then I am sure that she is the one I've been looking for."
Valerie's face heated up when she heard Zenki's confession, never having heard of it before from anyone apart from Gasper, even her family never treated and said such kind words to her, and then she looked towards him, and saw something…
She couldn't explain it, but she saw something nice within him.
Even though he was a Devil and she was a Vampire, there was something about his eyes that looked genuine, sincere, and honest. They were very loving, and she liked it. She liked the fact that she saw something like that at the time of her death.
"Y-You…want me…"
The female Vampire was overcome with some feelings that she didn't understand.
She wasn't sure why she felt warm, but it didn't matter right now.
Zenki turned towards the girl, and gave a small smile.
"That's right. I know this is sudden, but you're very interesting to me…I want to save your life of course but it is too late for that naturally. Even if my Bishop Asia-san was awake, she wouldn't be able to save your life, she just doesn't have that kind of power. I want to bring you back as my Devil Queen…erm, I don't know what you might think of me right now. But I do want to make sure that you have a good life now. I want to make sure that you're well looked after as well…"
Seeing and hearing the way that Zenki looked and spoke, Valerie's deadening mind was slowly succumbing to the death that she was dealt beforehand, and her mind wasn't able to truly think that straight.
But even then, she decided to place her trust in Zenki.
It was beyond reason, but instincts told her that she didn't want to die, and trust the person before her.
Was it a Devils whisper?
She didn't think so.
She honestly thought that he was speaking the truth, and even she could see that he was a good person. Though she didn't pride herself with knowledge about peoples hearts, it was written on his face that he was kind and generous, and loving, and for a reason, she wanted to be apart of that.
She didn't want to die…
She wanted to live.
Finally, she wanted to be able to say that she was alive again.
She wanted to live again…but there was something stopping her…
It was Gasper.
Her head turned that way, Zenki catching it and nudging Rias, knowing she was eying up Gasper, even if she didn't make it apparent on her face.
Rias blinked a few times, then saw who he was looking at, so she cleared her throat.
"I erm, I would like to resurrect your friend as my…well, I am thinking Bishop from what I can feel…"
Rias tried to be clear and concise as she could, knowing that time was of the essence.
Valerie looked unsure, but Zenki smiled and bent down so he was near her.
"You see, me and that redhead are friends. You'd be able to live happily together with this girl here. She'll be apart of Rias-tans peerage it is true, but that doesn't mean that you would be apart. You'd see one another whenever you want, you'd be together often. You'd see each other everyday, I can guarantee it."
Hearing that relieved Valerie's soul, and made her feel good. Despite the fact that she was being released from her Sacred Gears influence, she could smile about the fact that she was able to finally say that she was going to be with Gasper again when she woke up again…that was all she wanted, in the end.
Zenki soon realized that she had passed out, died possibly, so Zenki moved closer and took out his Queen piece.
"Rias-tan, I'm sorry but I am going to reincarnate this girl. The other one has a high power as well, so you can reincarnate her, and the promise I made was…"
Zenki didn't want to appear as a liar, though he wasn't really sure that Rias would disappoint him in things like this.
"Yes, I suppose you already noticed my eyes on her form?" Zenki inclined his head, Rias continuing with a small breath. "I can't deny that you're right about that, I do sense the power inside of her…does it make me a bad person?"
The worried question was dispelled when Zenki waved his hand for Rias to see.
"No, don't say something like that. It is alright, Rias-tan. Now, I'm going to bring this girl back."
Zenki placed his Queen piece on top of the girl, and rested the cup on her as well, it being her Sacred Gear.
He stood up, and witnessed Rias getting out her pieces and checking over them to see which one was the best one for the girl, knowing that it would be better if she did hurry this along, not liking the feeling that they could be being watched right now.
Zenki started his demonic power and allowed it to circulate the girl, and himself.
"I order, in my name Zenki Astaroth. You, unknown Zombie female. I, resurrect you back to this soil as my servant, and have you reborn as a Devil. You, my Queen, be delighted with your new life!"
The Queen piece entered her body, as did the cup, the Sacred Gear.
Zenki stopped the demonic power and sighed, seeing Rias having finished doing the same thing.
He was glad she was finished, as there was a feeling that he was being watched, and he didn't like it at all. It just felt…weird. It felt like he was looking at the jaws of hell right now, feeling like there was someone, something that was eyeing him up, and he wasn't sure if he should like this or not.
"Hey Rias-tan, I think we should cut our trip short."
He advised Rias, who nodded in agreement.
"Yes, it is better if we leave now."
Zenki glanced towards Asia, found her sleeping to be cute, and walked over.
Bending down, Zenki patted Asia on the cheek, waking the girl up from the dream she had.
"Zenki…san…are you a Zombie...?"
Asia mumbled, her eyes meeting Zenki's eyes.
He smiled, and took her hand.
"Come along Asia-san, we've got things that we need to do. We've got a new Zombie family member to welcome back into our home, and I haven't been turned into a Zombie either." Asia became confused, not sure what he was talking about. He arched his head backwards, towards Valerie, and then she understood, standing up with him, and holding onto him. "Asia-san…"
Zenki felt his face heat up slightly with Asia's body pressing against him, the feeling of the girls small boobs sending his thirteen year old mind into overdrive, but for the moment, he was able to control his new hormones and took a breath.
"Zenki…we need to leave now."
Rias deadpanned, showing her slightly annoyed eyes at the young lovers, secretly jealousy that Zenki found someone to be with like he was, wishing that she had the same thing, but not with a certain Phenex, never with that certain Phenex.
Zenki wordlessly nodded and made a transportation circle that carried Rias along with him, not liking the idea of leaving her alone, considering that he could use it faster than she could, and waited for the circle to adjust to Rias' household.
Within half a minute, he was able to make sure that they were able to carry Rias and Gasper along with them, and then they disappeared in a green light, that shone around the forest, and took Zenki, Asia, Rias, Valerie, and Gasper away.
Unaware to them however, there was someone spying on them, and had a gritted teeth expression on their face, and looked very pissed off right now, their hands radiating a lot of power, their eyes blazing with hellfires that wouldn't be seen by anyone, but the anger was very real, and they cursed Zenki Astaroth for taking away Valerie like he did.
A while later, Zenki, Ravel, Koneko, Asia, Jeanne and Kuroka sat in a room, where Valerie was resting. Since being reincarnated, she hadn't woken up yet, but Zenki made sure she was okay, and had her checked over by the doctors, and she was fine.
Zenki sat by the bed, Koneko on his lap. Kuroka was on his right, hugging onto his arm, Asia on the left doing the same thing. The hand that was attached to the arm that Kuroka was holding was being held by Ravel, Jeanne doing the same thing with the arm Asia was holding with that hand, showing the closeness of the peerage, all wishing to be in physical contact with their King, though Ravel wished to be sat on his lap as well, like Koneko always hogged for herself.
"So, this is the Queen of the group nyaaa?"
Kuroka practically spewed out the question, not sure if she was happy or annoyed right now.
Zenki nodded as he readjusted Koneko on his lap, who hugged him around his neck, something that peeved Ravel off immensely, wishing to partake in her King's lap.
"That's right, she's got a very special power inside of her. I'm pretty sure it is a Sacred Gear that is…well, truthfully, I believe it is a Longinus. And I think she is a Zombie-chan."
At the word 'Longinus' most people in the room stiffened, besides Asia who was clueless, the same as Jeanne, having not really come across the term with their time as being human, though knew of Sacred Gears in general.
"Zenki-sama, are you speaking the truth?"
Ravel wanted some confirmation, which she got when he nodded his head, Koneko snuggling against his chest sweetly, irking Ravel, and Asia to an extent, Kuroka not caring as she had her head on his shoulder, snuggling in happily.
"I believe that I am. I'm gonna have to confirm it somehow…I'm gonna have to do it, but I am pretty sure that I am. Too bad that I don't have contact with Azazel-san, huh. But maybe she can confirm if she is a Zombie or not..."
Zenki seemed to be depressed right now, having heard of the rumours of the certain Fallen Angel that knew of Sacred Gears, and could do something about the Sacred Gear that Valerie had, knowing that it was a very powerful Sacred Gear, no matter what it did.
"…The leader of the Fallen Angels?"
Koneko's inquiry came at a good time, Zenki himself biting his bottom lip and then explained while stroking her head.
"He's a Sacred Gear fanatic, if what the rumours say are true. He's just as knowledgeable as God who made the Sacred Gears, if anything I've heard about him is true. He'd probably know what type of Sacred Gear this is…but the weird thing is…it was…I don't want to say makes Zombie's or anything because she probably is one…but she was dead when I saw her, wasn't she Asia-san?"
Getting confirmation from Asia, the girl nodded.
"I tried to heal her…but she was dead and Zenki-san stopped me, wanting to protect me about it…but then her hand reached out and grabbed Zenki-sans arm, before he used his…erm, Evil Pieces on her. She was dead…but she came back to life, but Zenki-san said it wouldn't last…"
Asia was unsure of how else to say it. She also felt bad that she wasn't able to do anything about saving their lives, Asia being the type that would want anyone to be safe, no matter who or what they were, the girl just being a very kind soul by nature and never wanted anything bad to happen, but was glad Zenki decided to save her life.
Zenki put a finger to his chin and stroked in thought.
"I'm not a sensing expert like my Neko sisters, but even I could tell that she wasn't going to last long, even if she had medical treatment. She had too many injuries, both external and internal. It was like she was savagely beaten, from what I could tell from observation alone. Obviously I can't tell internal damage with a single look, but it looked like it to me, if the external injuries are to say anything about it."
Jeanne listened to his explanation, and accepted it, knowing Zenki was smart, but there was something that nagged her.
"Zenki-chan~ What's a Longinus Sacred Gear?"
At the question, Asia listened intently as well, not knowing what it was either, but thought it would be rude to ask.
Neither were raised in places where they didn't know everything. They knew of their own Sacred Gears, but Longinus' were things that they didn't know about, so they had to turn to their King for some knowledge on the Longinus', which they were glad to have an intelligent King like Zenki is.
Zenki looked between the two girls and knew that the others of his peerage knew what it was by the faces that the girls were using.
"Well, I'm not an expert on Sacred Gears, but Longinus' are basically the best of the best. It is the tier that is able to kill God." Asia and Jeanne looked shocked by the revelation, and Zenki continued while giving them comfort. "To my knowledge, it actually hasn't ever done that, though the potential within these Sacred Gears is immense. People involved with Longinus Sacred Gears go through interesting developments, especially the Sekiryuutei and the Hakuryuukou as well, from what I remember reading about." Zenki looked at the puzzled faces of most of the people in the room, besides Kuroka who seemed to know what it was, the same as Ravel, though the rest were clueless. "Aah, don't worry about something like that for now. If we ever come across them, then I will explain. Let's just say that they are very powerful Dragons-"
"Like you nyaaa?"
Kuroka chimed in with a slightly lustful look in her eyes, Zenki lowering his eyes.
"I'm not that powerful and I probably won't be for years upon years yet, they are pretty top tier people or I should say Dragons, from what I know anyway." Zenki affirmed himself, then smiled. "Well to get back onto topic. There are 13 Longinus Sacred Gears out there, but I can't remember all of the names. I remember the Boosted Gear, and Divine Dividing, the ones that house two Dragons I was talking about before. I know there's the True Longinus that was used to slay Jesus Christ or something like that, and then…well, I will have to do some research, but I don't think the girl there has any of the ones I just mentioned. I mean, True Longinus is a spear, and hers was a cup. And the Boosted Gear nor the Divine Dividing have the ability over the dead, which I still don't understand how it was able to work…how I was able to use it, or maybe the girl used it and somehow kept herself alive somehow."
The girls seemed to accept that, and looked happy about it.
"I-Is Zenki-san happy that he got something like this Longinus into his peerage?"
Asia's kind question made Zenki smile.
"Well, I would be lying if I said no. But I care more about the girl there than her powers. She seemed to be really…I wouldn't said broken or anything, but she did look a little…distant or something. Maybe it was the Sacred Gear that made her look like that. However, I could tell that she had suffered through something terrible."
Asia put her hands together, happy that Zenki spoke like he did.
"Of course! It has to be thanks to the Lormmmmmm!"
Kuroka covered her mouth before she could start praying like Kuroka and the others knew she was going too, even Jeanne knew she was going to do it, but Jeanne seemed…saddened that she didn't get to receive some pain, which was very worrying.
"Okay, no need to do anything like that nyaaa~ We all want to be painfree today~" She briefly glanced at Jeanne who twitched her upper body. "Besides her of course."
Kuroka added at the end, Jeanne showing a weird smile on her face, a too happy to be real smile, which was very frightening if they were honest with themselves. But that didn't matter to many of them, getting quite used to Jeanne's masochistic ways by now.
"Ooh, it is thanks to the Lord that I am able to feel good now~" Since she did a semi prayer, Jeanne felt semi pain running through her, causing her body to fall to the floor, and shake around, her body heating up. "Ooooh~ To think that praying could feel so good ahhhh~"
She moaned, most of the peerage members blushing, even Kuroka had to blush at the sight.
"Whatever that chick has, is something that I want."
Kuroka shot her a jealous look, but then uncovered Asia's mouth, Ravel curiously looking at the girl that was still unconscious, Jeanne recovering from the attack of the masochism.
"S-So, who is this girl anyway? She has to be a human at least, right? But the ears are…a-and she feels a little different than the usual…erm, Zenki-sama, do you know what type of person this girl is exactly?"
At the question, Zenki wasn't sure and didn't truly know how to respond.
"I'm not completely sure…I know she's something other than human, Zombie maybe...but she has to have some kind of human in her to have a Sacred Gear. But there's something about her that tells me she is something else as well, the same with the girl Rias-tan reincarnated."
Zenki explained to Ravel, the best that he could, and couldn't refute what she was saying.
"…She's a Vampire."
Koneko exclaimed quietly, everyone's attention on her, barring Kuroka who knew it as well.
"Really, Koneko-tan?"
She nodded at her King, and pointed at the unconscious girl, her cat ears twitching cutely.
"…Even Nee-sama could tell, and I can as well, she's a Vampire, and a human as well. She feels like both. Not a Zombie."
The last part was for her King, who sighed in relief.
"So, she's a hybrid then?"
Jeanne surmised, Koneko nodding.
"…Exactly as you say, Jeanne-san."
Hearing the news, Zenki clapped his hands together joyfully.
"Well, that's amazing. Got to admit that it looks pretty awesome to have a Sacred Gear could be something that might be a Longinus, and with hybrids, if they have strong parents, they could have amazing powers."
So said Zenki in a knowing tone, Asia glad that Zenki seemed to be happy with his Queen, hearing of his plight on getting a good Queen for himself, and from what she could tell, Valerie was going to be a good Queen for him now.
Soon Valerie stirred, her body moving from side to side uncomfortably.
The others stopped talking and watched with interest as Valerie's eyes peered open, with "Gasper!" escaping her throat, and she sat up very fast, and almost immediately, her eyes went onto the others, frightened of who they were.
"W-What do you want with me!?"
Seemingly not remembering who Zenki and the others were, Valerie naturally became frightened and tried to put distance between them, but Zenki stood from his seat, placing Koneko on the chair, and moved closer with kindness.
"It's alright, I-we're not going to hurt you." He corrected himself, but she stiffened and didn't want to do anything with them, putting distance between them. Seeing that, Zenki attempted to calm her worries down. "Erm, my name is Zenki Astaroth, do you remember me? Back out in Europe? We were talking, you had died, and agreed to become a Devil after talking to me somehow, maybe becoming a Zombie or something like that?"
Valerie looked at him with narrowed eyes, trying to understand what he was talking about.
When seeing that she didn't want to really talk, Ravel moved forward and tried to connect with the girl.
"Hello there, my name is Ravel Phenex. I'm, Zenki-sama's Bishop, and you're his new Queen, his servant…n-not in a bad way o-or anything like that!" Ravel started calm, but then went a little crazy towards the end of it, and felt embarrassed. "W-What I meant t-to say is…w-we're friends h-here and we're n-not going to hurt you."
Kuroka rolled her eyes at the Phenex and felt embarrassed about being associated with Ravel, who picked up on it and scowled, without even looking at Kuroka right now.
"Hehehehe..."
Kuroka released a small chuckle, enraging Ravel.
"What are you laughing at?"
Twitching her eyebrow, Ravel crossed the distance, Kuroka peering into her eyes with a sneer.
"A joke nyaaa."
Ravel turned away with teary eyes, her barriers broken by Kuroka's words. Zenki patted Ravel on the back to calm the girl, Kuroka snickering even more.
Seeing that her King was struggling, Jeanne stood up, and placed a hand on Zenki's shoulder.
"Zenki-chan, want me to try? I'm quite the peoples person~"
Jeanne's offer was one that came from nowhere, but from her voice, it sounded like she genuinely wanted to help, and since Zenki listened to his peerage often, he didn't have a reason to deny the request of the girl.
"We-Well, if you think it will help…"
Zenki murmured, and Jeanne nodded, winking at the King.
"Yup, I think it will~ She's just frightened, and because of the fact that I was recently reincarnated pretty similar to the way that she was, without knowing you, it would be easier for me to connect with her, don't ya think so Zenki-chan?"
He couldn't rebuke her statement, sounding plausible to him.
"W-Well, you've got a point. Then, I will have to ask on your expertise here Jeanne-san."
Jeanne winked adorably at her King, and bent forwards, intentionally wriggling her butt near him, Zenki taking a step back with a mild blush on his cheeks, Jeanne's face lifting several shades of red.
"If Zenki-chan wants to thank me then he can always give me a gentle spanking~ Or, even a rough one~ I trust Zenki-chan~"
To make her point, she wriggled her butt again, and because she was wearing a short skirt, it rode up and exposed her panties, Asia's face burning red when seeing the actions of Jeanne, but the other girls just scowled.
"W-Well, that's generous…I-I will think about it…I-I guess…"
Zenki laughed awkwardly, and merely sat down, Kuroka looking at the girl, ideas forming in her mind, Jeanne being happy by the fact that she could get what she wants, and have fun with Zenki, in her own personal way.
Koneko reclaimed her position on Zenki's lap, resting her head on his chest, and snuggled against him, her tail wrapping around his leg. Due to the suggestion from Jeanne, and now Koneko's cute actions, he unintentionally got an erection, Koneko feeling it, but didn't say anything, meowing ever so lightly when feeling it poke her.
Jeanne crept onto the bed, Valerie taking a step backwards on the bed, but Jeanne showed her childlike smile, and plopped onto the bed next to Valerie.
"It must seem scary, seeing all of these new people, and not knowing what's going on, huh. Yeah, I bet that seeing all of these new people must be quite worrying for you, right?"
Jeanne's voice was calm, usually different than the hyper girl she usually was. She was trying to connect with Valerie, and Valerie seemed to be quite receptive, showing her body to relax ever so slightly.
"Y-Yes…"
Valerie answered with a stutter, so Jeanne laid a hand on top of hers.
Valerie wanted to pull away, but then she felt Jeanne's assuring hand, and allowed herself to relax.
"Don't worry, we're all friends here~ Like you, I was reincarnated very recently, and it was a little scary. But Zenki-chan is a very kind King, he does love his peerage, and he isn't bad. He's gonna take care of you. He's a very cool dude, and all of us really like Zenki-chan, so don't worry about being in danger. Nothing will happen here, you're in the Underworld with Devils, but we're all kind. Even Kuroka-chan is kind."
All of the peerage smiled at Jeanne's words, besides Kuroka who turned to Zenki with a scowl on her face.
"What does that bitch mean by even me? I've a very kind person nyaaa."
Zenki smiled ever so softly, and patted the girls head.
"Don't worry about it Kuroka-tan. You're a nice girl, so don't worry. I like you very much Kuroka-tan."
Kuroka wasn't satisfied with it, but for now, she accepted it and hugged her King, mimicking her sisters actions and rubbed her head against his chest.
Valerie contemplated what Jeanne said, and by her kind tone, Valerie could tell that she wasn't lying. Zenki was kind, and Jeanne was telling the truth right now.
"I-Is that really true?"
Jeanne's smile widened and patted Valerie on the legs.
"Yup! That's right! Everyone is kind! So, what's your name!? I'm Jeanne!"
Jeanne introduced herself in a childlike energy that could even make the most stony of people break down from her kindness.
"V-Valerie…Tepes…that's my name."
Valerie introduced herself, so Zenki smiled, and thought of something.
"Well sometimes, I go out by myself, and I look across the water~"
The girls all give him strange looks at the sudden outburst of soft singing.
Zenki continued speaking, holding back a small laugh.
"And I think of all the things, of what you're doing, and in my head I paint a picture~"
Kuroka's eyes snapped closed, and then open, realizing what he was doing, joined in.
"Well since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess~"
Ravel chortled, standing up as did Kuroka and Zenki.
"And I miss your blonde hair, and the way you like to dress~"
Jeanne clicked into what they were singing, the same for Koneko, though she didn't want to participate, Jeanne did.
"Won't you come on over~? Stop making a fool out of me~"
Ravel and Zenki linked hands, as did Jeanne and Kuroka, facing Valerie's with wide smiles, Koneko rolling her eyes, Asia didn't know what was happening, the same as Valerie.
[Why don't you come on over Valerie~!? Valerie~ Valerie~ Valerie~]
Ravel and Zenki swung their arms around, Kuroka and Jeanne doing the same thing.
Asia clapped along, and Koneko continued to roll her eyes...but her lips did tug upwards ever so slightly.
Valerie watched on with wondering eyes...but then she smiled, and lightly tittered.
"Hehehe...a song after my name, how joyful."
Zenki stopped and looked to the laughing Valerie, finding his own heartstrings being pulled at the laugh that she used.
Zenki soon sat on the bed, mouthing 'thank you' to Jeanne who smiled happily and hugged onto her King tightly, her breasts pressing against Zenki's face, being quite large despite her age.
Zenki hugged her with one arm and faced Valerie, Kuroka hugging onto his other side, pressing her larger breasts against his other side of the face.
"Valerie-san…may I call you that?" Valerie nodded with a timid look. "Like Jeanne-san said, I'm your King, a Devil and the King of these girls, and you, who is my most important Queen." Valerie tried to take in the information, as Zenki continued. "So Valerie-san…erm, you're probably wondering about your friend, right?"
Valerie suddenly remembered, and it clicked in her mind, looking around everywhere.
"W-Wait, where is Gasper right now? S-She's not in danger, right now is she!?"
She panicked and attempted to look around, but she felt her energy leaving her, and fell onto her bed, thankfully onto it softly, the bed cushioning her small fall. Zenki broke the hug with Jeanne and placed Valerie in the bed, able to tell that she wasn't a hundred percent yet.
"Gasper-san, is the person you came to that forest with, right?" The girl nodded strongly, so Zenki laid her worries to rest. "Do not worry, she is perfectly fine. She awoke not long ago, and is at the Gremory estate right now. She's a little…nervous, from what I've been told, but she seems to be doing fine, for the most part."
He added at the end, not really remembering it honestly. Though he did recall that Gasper was alright, even if nervous, and seemed to be under the care of the Maou-sama right now, since she had a Sacred Gear that was quite dangerous, and made sure that Rias wasn't frozen or anything like that.
"Okay…b-but can I see her?"
It was obvious that she was worried for Gasper, even Zenki could tell that she was very worried for the other Vampire girl.
Zenki showed a smile, and inclined his head.
"Tomorrow would be better than today, since it is getting late now, and you've been through an ordeal. But I can say that you can phone this Gasper-san if you like right now?"
Zenki offered, Valerie nodded thankfully.
"Yes please…thank you."
Zenki smiled and waved his hand, getting out a phone and dialling the number.
He waited for a few moments, and then Rias answered.
"Hey Rias-tan, can you put on your new peerage member for me? My Queen wishes to speak with her friend."
[Zenki…eeh, sure. Hold on. It's a little…but don't worry, I will put on Gasper right now.]
Zenki passed the phone to Valerie, who anxiously awaited the fellow Vampire to answer the phone, Zenki showing a small smile at seeing Valerie looking happy at the fact that she was able to have a conversation with a friend that she desperately wanted to see, but she couldn't move that well right now.
[VALERIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!?]
The screech from the phone made others cringe, though Valerie's face lit up and tears danced in her eyes, threatening to escape her eyes at any second.
"Hello, Gasper?" She called, her voice filled with expectation and hope. "I-It's me, Valerie. Please don't worry, everything is okay now."
Zenki smiled at the display and stood, looking towards Valerie, and decided to leave, so she could have a good private conversation with Gasper.
"Well, we'll leave you to have a conversation with Gasper-san. If you need me, I will be one door to the right. I'll personally take you to Gasper-san and then do proper introductions and such, is that alright with you?"
Valerie seemed content right now, too content to even think of herself being a Devil right now. All that mattered that she was able to be safe, and Gasper was safe, and they were away from people that tried to hurt her and her best friend like sister Gasper.
"Y-Yes, thank you Zenki-kun."
Zenki smiled once more, and then left with his peerage, minus Valerie of course, wanting to show her that she would be okay now. She then continued her conversation with Gasper, glad that she was alive now.
"Erm…I don't really like asking this…and I still feel…like it is difficult talking to you…b-but I need you to help me. I-I know t-that it m-might s-seem w-weird of me to c-come here t-to do something l-like this…"
Zenki stood before his Father, Ajuka, looking at the man barely.
He couldn't hold his gaze on Ajuka, and had to look around everywhere.
Since the incident, he didn't have much contact with his Father and both understood why that was. Wounds were fresh, and neither wanted to say anything that they didn't say, and whatever they said was merely small talk…
But now Zenki needed his Father for something, to help with his Queen.
He wanted to have some help from his Father, and to try and understand Valerie and her Sacred Gear, and if it was a Longinus like he thought that it was, though Zenki wasn't truly sure if he did see a Longinus or something completely different.
"Of course, what is it?"
Zenki shuffled on his feet, trying to catch the eyes of his Father, but wasn't sure on how he was going to do that.
"Erm…I reincarnated someone to be my Queen today…"
He said shyly, not sure on what to say, but Ajuka's face lifted up happily.
"Ooh, Zenki! That's marvellous! So what is this person like? Female, male? What race is he or she?"
Ajuka cheered, genuinely pleased with that Zenki had found someone to be his Queen. So much so that question after question fell from his lips to the younger male.
"S-She's a she…she's a half Vampire…she's nice, but I haven't had much chance to converse with her much since she went through something terrible, but even then I don't know what that is yet. I haven't been able to do anything like have a serious chat with her yet."
He expressed solemnly, wishing that he could have had a good chat with her. But he was a patient young man, he was going to do his best and try and connect with his Queen…he was going to try his best anyway.
"I see, well since it is you, I am sure that you'll be able to do it. You got your Kaa-chan's ability to bond with people like you do, and she can. Seems like you got the best qualities of your Kaa-chan after all, I am pleased."
Ajuka meant it in a nice way, pleasantly happy to admit that Illuyanka was a more social person than he was, and it seemed Zenki got that as well as Ajuka's intelligence.
"Y-Yes, thanks Otou-san…erm, I'm just going to come right out with it and say…I think she might have a Sacred Gear…no, I think she might have a Longinus…"
At the news, Ajuka rushed off his feet and kneeled before his son, looking into his eyes seriously.
"A Longinus? Are you sure?"
Ajuka seemed very pleased right now for Zenki, if he did have a Longinus Sacred Gear. If he did, Ajuka knew that Zenki's peerage would be placed in an entirely different category than it is now, considering that it is a Longinus, no matter which one it was, was going to be something that affects the world.
"I…think so. I don't know if it is…but it was weird…to shorten it, the cup that was golden in colour, kinda looked royal if I'm honest, an-and felt powerful…it was also…it kinda brought her back to life or something like that…it was like Zombie stuff, but she didn't want to eat my brains or anything…I don't understand how that would happen Otou-san."
At the information he received from his son, Ajuka became fascinated, interested, and the scientist part of him was intrigued about what his son had discovered, making it sound very good to his ears, and if his son had such a Sacred Gear on his side, then he was very happy.
"A Sacred Gear that…brought back the dead?"
Ajuka asked for confirmation, Zenki inclining his head.
"I think that's what happened. It certainly seemed like it was something like that."
Ajuka nodded with an "I see." and then went towards his book cabinet. Zenki looked at the cabinet as it was opened to reveal Ajuka's private collection, something he had only rarely seen before, so he knew that they were special books, books that even had to be sealed for some reason or another, secrets that didn't need to be revealed.
He looked through the books, and then found the one which he was looking for. Slowly, he peeled through the book, looking at each chapter that he had, and looked for the one that Zenki had described to him.
He stopped at a certain page and presented it to Zenki.
"Is this the Longinus?"
Zenki studied the picture, and saw that the cup looked exactly like the one that Valerie had beforehand. Because he saw it, he became immensely happy, having a true and genuine Longinus in his peerage now, glad that he went along with Rias on her trip, even if it had been cancelled, deciding to do something about that in the future.
He looked at the title of the page, and mumbled to himself.
"So, it is Sephiroth's Graal, huh." Zenki tossed his eyes upwards and furrowed his brows. "Sephiroth's Graal, why does that sound familiar to me, Otou-san?"
"You've probably heard it because it is a holy relic. Sephiroth's Graal, it has astounding abilities which can be very dangerous to the user. From what I remember, overusing this Sacred Gear could be very detrimental to the user."
At that, Zenki became concerned for his new Queen, not wanting anything to happen to her.
"D-Detrimental? You mean it could cause her harm?"
The worry in his voice made Ajuka feel bad that he had to be worried about his Queen overusing her Sacred Gear.
Ajuka tried to lay a hand on him to give him some comfort, but he pulled away from his Father, not comfortable with being touched by him right now.
Zenki watched on as Ajuka took the book and looked through it again, having some information on the Sacred Gear. He didn't have all of the information from the Sacred Gear, but what he knew of it, was something he didn't want Zenki's Queen to have, due to the dangers of using it.
"Yes, it could be something detrimental to your new Queen if it is overused." Zenki lowered his eyebrows, not sure what to even think about it. "Zenki, do not worry, I will study the Sacred Gear itself. Though Azazel is more knowledgeable with Sacred Gears, I will do my best to help your Queen."
"Azazel-san is more…knowledgeable…yes, that's right…he is, isn't he…"
A plan was hatching in the young mans mind, something Ajuka could tell as he could see the cogs going in his mind, and if he was Zenki, he'd be having similar thoughts as well, and didn't want Zenki to get his hopes up.
"Zenki, I know what you're thinking."
Ajuka cut off his musing's, Zenki furrowing his eyebrows.
"What are you…"
"You want to try and contact Azazel, and see if he can help your Queen, am I wrong?"
Zenki felt frustration enter his being at the fact that he wouldn't be able to help his Queen, if the tone of his Father was any indication on the matter.
"I know that Fallen Angels don't see eye to eye with Devils, but if there's a chance that my Queen could be damaged by her own Sacred Gear then…Otou-san, you've got to see that I care about what happens with my Queen. I don't want anything bad to happen to her. No offense to you, but Azazel-san is more knowledgeable on Sacred Gears, and knows what's what with them. You're very intelligent, but having Azazel-sans knowledge on the subject might come in handy as well…but I guess because it is Fallen Angels…we can't associate with them…"
Zenki sighed, knowing that he wouldn't be able to do anything about it now.
He wasn't a Maou, and he didn't have the authority of anyone higher up, not yet. Even though he did have knowledge on where the Grigori was, he wasn't stupid enough to go and invade them all in the hopes to get some information for his Queen, especially since there were many Fallen Angels that were realistically stronger than he was.
Ajuka looked upon his son, and sighed softly, knowing that Zenki would still be worried for his Queen, and wanted to try his best to make sure Zenki didn't feel bad about it, wanting to protect him from the sadness and worries that he didn't need to face.
"I understand your feelings…I want to help you…Azazel-san could be difficult to deal with…but well, maybe it could be possible to have an unofficial meeting…of course, I would have to owe him a favour…it would be something difficult for the meeting to be set up, and to be kept secret and all…" Ajuka briefly looked at his sons eyes, and saw worry for his Queen, and Ajuka didn't want that, so he tried to assure his son. "I will try my best to get you a meeting with him, and I will have your Kaa-chan escort you, since you don't want to be near me right now."
Ajuka knew what his son thought of him right now, and while he didn't know what to do to get his sons love back to him fully, he was going to try his best to get Zenki to see that he really was loved by Ajuka, and he held no feelings for Diodora anymore, and was going to try his best to make it up to his son for the awful treatment he put his son through in the last few years.
"T-Thank you…a-and thanks for r-respecting my decisions when it comes to our relationship…I-I don't know how to feel right now, but I wish to help my Queen if there's even a chance that something bad could happen to my Queen. Since she's my second in command, and very important to the world now, I want to make sure that she's alright now, where she doesn't have to worry about anything like getting sick or even something worse because of her Sacred Gear."
Ajuka nodded once and was going to pet Zenki's head, but sure the unwillingness in the boys eyes, so he didn't do anything.
"I know, and I will try and arrange a meeting Zenki. But even if we can't, I will make sure that your Queen doesn't suffer and try my best to make sure she doesn't. The past users of the Gear had…well, it says there in that book. It could be something…it is a very powerful Gear, you could call it broken in many aspects. Being able to resurrect the dead and other things to do with that. But the drawbacks on the user will cause things to happen."
"I understand. I-I need to go now."
Zenki bowed his head to his Father, and left with a small smile on his face.
A little while later, Zenki was in bed with Kuroka, Koneko and Ravel, all clinging to his body tightly. Since Asia and Jeanne weren't used to it yet, they didn't share a bed with him, but the other girls always wanted to share a bed with him, and he was okay with it.
Of course, all of them didn't really wear clothing now. Zenki was in underwear only, and the same for the other girls, barring Kuroka who wore just some panties, a very form fitting type of panties at that, her eyes dimming with lust when seeing Zenki's naked body.
Zenki looked at Ravel, and noticed that her bust was growing day by day. It wasn't as big as Kuroka's, but it was certainly growing, even Koneko's smaller boobs seemed to be getting slightly bigger as well, though none could beat the eldest female in the room.
"Well, what a day, huh…"
Zenki mumbled, Koneko snuggling against his side, and Ravel doing the same thing on the other side of him, Zenki on his back, and Kuroka taking his hand and placing it on her breast, his face lighting up red at the touch of her large flesh mound, his fingers almost sinking into her chest.
"Arara, Zenki-chan got a Queen, and she was cute as well~ I'm surprised that it wasn't a holy girl though nyaaa…"
Kuroka trailed off, looking at the flustered face Zenki gained at the mere mention of holy girls, finding it very adorable for him to have such a look on his face.
"H-Hey, what does that mean?"
Zenki showed his frustrations by puffing his cheeks outwards, Kuroka licking her lips deviously.
"Ooh come on Zenki-chan, you have a holy girl fetish. Asia-chan, and Jeanne-chan, you have holy girls on the brain nyaaa~"
"N-No I don't…"
Zenki struggled with the words, his cheeks reddening when he thought of Asia, and wished that she was in the bed with him as well for a brief moment, but was quite content with the other girls in the bed with him.
"Heh, you're a liar nyaaa~ You dig the holy chicks~"
Zenki's face turned even more red, his eyes unable to look at Kuroka, a pink dust on his cheeks.
"D-Don't be silly…I-I don't have something like that…b-but, we've got the Q-Queen of the group now…i-it seems that the peerage is becoming more complete."
Zenki tried to divert the situation away from his 'fetish' for holy girls, and Kuroka saw that he seemed to be troubled, so stopped the teasing for now.
"Yeah, but you seem troubled, got something on your mind nyaaa?"
"Yes Zenki-sama, please tell us."
Ravel connected, placing her head on his chest, the side that Koneko didn't have hers on, rubbing her breasts against him unintentionally, both of them burning their faces with red, for the exact same reason.
Zenki hummed a little bit, and looks towards the roof, struggling to come up with the words.
"W-Well, I'm just worried about Valerie-san…we don't know much about her…I couldn't ask her much then, and it seemed like Jeanne-san was able to connect with her quite easily, easier than I did anyway…"
Zenki didn't feel like he let down Valerie, but he felt like he didn't do enough for her, trying to get to know the girl more. But he had time and he was going to try his best to get to know the girl, even if it killed him.
"…Zenki-san is the best King."
Koneko assured, her tail slowly winding its way up his leg, her cool eyes on his unsure ones.
"Koneko-tan…"
His disbelief on his face caused Ravel to chime in.
"S-She's right Zenki-sama! Please believe in your abilities, you're going to be able to connect with her! She'll open up to you!"
Ravel offered, and showed a cute smile on her face with a light pink on her cheeks.
"Besides, if you can get through to me, then this chick isn't going to be a problem."
Kuroka added while stroking his crotch, a lewd smile on her face. Zenki hitched his breath at the touch, his member becoming erect from her fingers, and tried to move her hand, but she didn't stop it, even with his hand pushing hers away.
"K-Kuroka-tan, n-not there!"
Zenki tried his best, but Kuroka quickly moved to his hips, bringing the covers up with her so it exposed his body to the others. Kuroka lewdly ran a finger down his chest, across his torso, all the way to the waistband of his boxers, pulling them and snapping them against his skin, the boy meowing lightly when the boxers touched the top of his penis, Kuroka catching that and bucked her hips backwards, showing his thing to the others through his boxers.
"Z-Zenki-sama's like that because of her!?"
"…To think that Zenki-san even has a perverted side."
Ravel expressed with a wild sceptic look on her face, Koneko showing disapproving eyes at the fact that it was her elder sister that got Zenki into that situation…and not her, herself.
"That's right, Zenki-chan's a naughty boy like this~ He got all hard because I was rubbing him under the sheets like this~" Kuroka took the tip of her finger and went to poke Zenki down below, the boy protesting, but fell on deaf ears. "Ararara, don't worry Zenki-chan, I'm gonna take care of your buddy here~ Allow me to take it between my breasts and suck wildly like a child would on a lollipop, making it release from the head of the penis and spray me with the white seed that I want to admire nyaaa~ It is alright, I am perfectly willing to receive your sperm, and have babies with you Zenki-chan nyaaa. Though, you keep making we wait like a naughty boy~ Well, not anymore nyaaaa~"
She sang out, her breasts wiggling around as she became excited, which in turn caught Zenki's attention, the sheer size of them being something that he liked, but wasn't going to admit it to Kuroka right now.
As her finger was about to touch it, Koneko suddenly grabbed her sisters hand and pushed it away from Zenki, a dusting on her cheeks.
"…Nee-sama is always trying to steal Zenki-san from me."
Koneko made sure that Kuroka didn't do anything to Zenki, pusing her head further and further away from the girl.
Kuroka's face turned teasing, seeing the dejected face that Koneko was wearing.
"Ara, Shirone? Do you wish to do things with Zenki-chan as well? I don't mind, we could have fun together with Zenki-chan. I always will share with my Imouto of course~ Zenki-chan seems like he'll be able to go for a while~"
Zenki and Koneko promptly blushed at the implications, but Ravel wasn't having any of it, pointing at her.
"Nope, you're not having-"
"Get lost!"
BANG!
"Waaaah!"
Because Kuroka headbutted Ravel, she cried out and fell down onto the bed, a mark on her forehead, Ravel's eyes swirling in her head from the hardened head Kuroka had, knocking her out nearly.
"KUROKAAAAA-TAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!"
Zenki roared and checked on Ravel, Kuroka pointing at Koneko with a wild look of triumphant and happiness on her face, Koneko stifling a laugh at the sight of Ravel being essentially taken out by Kuroka's hard head.
"She came at me, you're a witness nyaaa!" Kuroka cried out, Koneko facing the other way so she didn't have to deal with the business happening right now. Seeing that, Kuroka looked towards Zenki. "Zenki-chan! Ravel-chan there called me a whore the other day~ She picked on me, I-I need a hug…"
Trying a different tactic, Kuroka stuck out her hands, and like a crying child, she begged for a hug, opening and closing her hands, tears in her eyes, a cute expression on her face that surprisingly displayed innocence.
Zenki witnessed this, and had to admit, that she looked very cute right now, wanting to give in and give her a hug, but remembered what she did to Ravel, and couldn't let it go.
"B-But, e-even if she did…y-you can't hit her like that…"
Zenki tried to argue, but Kuroka whined like a cute kitten and did a cute expression on her face, even cuter than before. Somehow, her eyes became wide and shiny, displaying a very cute looking kitty expression.
His walls were breaking, and Kuroka knew that for a fact, sticking her tongue out ever so slightly and moistens her lips, enticingly throwing her head back which made her hair shake around, flowing down her back as far as it could, the shiny black lighting up with the beauty that was her face.
Zenki's bottom lip trembled lightly, his inner strengths breaking down.
"K-Kuroka-tan…d-don't do something like that…"
Kuroka smirked softly, and bent her body downwards, her breasts falling onto his chest, and smothered him, and she allowed her lips to purse, moving closer towards him for a kiss on the lips.
"Zenki-chan, want to have a little fun with me and give me a small kiss nyaaa?"
"W-Wait-"
Zenki tried to protest, but Kuroka took the plunge and kissed him…on the cheek.
He had enough senses to move to the side to avoid her lips, not because he didn't want too, Maou did he want too, but there was something about her that made it so that it wouldn't be right if they just kissed like this.
Koneko took a relieved breath, glad that Kuroka didn't kiss Zenki on the lips, wanting to be the second girl that kisses him, and not Kuroka. She wanted to establish that kind of relationship with Zenki, no matter what.
Kuroka adopted a pout and collapsed onto his chest, snuggling against him. Zenki smelt her hair by accident, feeling the lovely fragrance entering his nose, and caused him to seize up like he was a statue, finding her scent quite intoxicating.
He sunk into the bed, unable to move, and rather than fight it, he decided to enjoy the fact that Kuroka was on top of him, Koneko on his side, and cuddled him, Ravel doing the same when she came out of the knocking out that Kuroka gave her.
Later that night, Zenki exited his room to go to the bathroom, and glanced at Valerie's door. He paused, seeing the door, and then breezily walked past the door, and knew that she was in her room, feeling her presence there.
As he walked past Asia's bedroom door, the girl existed herself, and came face to face with Zenki, the pair of them sharing a look, and promptly blushed when seeing the other dressed as they were, or lack of dress in Zenki's case, only in his underwear, Asia in a revealing (for her at least) nightwear.
"Ara, Asia-san, is everything okay sweetie?"
He tried to be cool, but he was sure that he was failing, melting under the intense green eyes of the female.
Asia leaned against the door, trying her best to make it obvious that she was looking at his body.
"A-Ah, yes. I-I was just thirsty…"
"Oh, then please don't let me keep you."
Zenki was going to leave, and allow Asia to get whatever she wanted, but Asia then stuck out her hand and tugged on the hem of his boxer shorts, unable to grab anything else on his body, pulling him back towards her.
He blinked a number of times, then cleared his throat and spoke in a calming voice.
"S-Something wrong Asia-san?"
"N-No, nothing…b-but Zenki-san…erm, if Zenki-san…erm, no, I can't say…"
Asia had trouble expressing what she wanted to say, so Zenki gently faced her with a graceful smile, and laced fingers with her. Asia's face went red, and lead him inside of her bedroom.
Feelings of love floated in the air as their fingers slowly danced against the others. Asia and Zenki didn't intend to have such a hand holding experience, but an instant bond was formed when they held one another, even if it was just a single gesture with their hands, and nothing else.
Making it to the bed, they both sat down and Asia bent her body close to Zenki's body, a healthy flush on her face.
"Z-Zenki-san…I…I just wanted to say I had fun today!"
She exclaimed after a long pause, Zenki smiling right back at her.
"I'm sorry it was cut short, our d-d-date…w-we didn't have much time to connect more…b-but I enjoyed being with Asia-san…I-I always do."
He confessed honestly, Asia feeling amazing about the confession, glad that Zenki had fun with her.
"M-Me too…"
Asia's confession allowed his heart to flutter in the sky, her voice soft and sweet like an Angel's voice, it was very dazzling and enchanting at the same time.
"Asia-san…erm, I promise…w-we could go somewhere else soon…w-we could do anything that you wanted to do…e-even if it is going someplace different…w-we could go somewhere…fun, I think that we could do something fun…"
Because he was nervous, he tended to babble about anything he could.
Even the intelligent Zenki was lost for words when it came to Asia. Everything about her just seemed to dazzle him so much that he lost his IQ, and it fell down to that of a Neanderthal. He couldn't explain why, but he always felt better when he was with Asia, even if he couldn't speak that well.
"T-That would be nice!"
With Asia's cheer, Zenki felt better and gave her a small hug.
Asia was surprised by the hug, but accepted it, and felt gracious about receiving a hug from the boy, and fell into his arms ever so softly, her hair waving behind her, her head naturally falling onto his chest, and felt comfortable with him.
Being in the arms of Zenki, Asia felt whole. She felt completely relaxed, as if she was supposed to be there. Even though she never thought that she'd be a Devil, right now she didn't care about it. All that mattered was that she would be with the boy that she loved.
"Zenki-san…I love being…with Zenki-san…"
At the admission, Zenki leaned his face downwards, and saw Asia's lips, his breath hitching.
"Asia-san…n-no matter what, we'll be…together now."
Asia's face lifts up and becomes a beaming smile, directed at the boy with love in his heart.
"Yes! We'll be together always Zenki-san! I'm glad…I can serve you…as your Bishop now…though this world is strange, Zenki-san teaches me many things and I get to be with Zenki-san everyday. I don't understand many things…but I do understand Zenki-san being beside me…"
"Yeah…hey Asia-san?"
Zenki called, remembering something he wanted to tell the Bishop girl.
"Y-Yes?"
She responded, looking at his face with expectation.
Zenki put a hand to her flushing cheek, and stroked gently, soothingly, his fingers causing her skin to tingle. She felt the embrace of the boys arm around her waist pull her closer until she was practically on his lap.
"Asia-san…whatever happens, I'm always going to protect you."
"Zenki-san…"
Asia could see that the fact that he failed to protect her still weighed on his mind even now. After everything worked out great, he still carried the burden of her death on his shoulders, even with her being his Bishop now, he felt displeased with himself that he couldn't give Asia the protection he thought she deserved, and Asia could see all of this, not wanting him to feel guilty.
"I just need to tell you…I failed to protect you once, I won't do it again. My body is always your shield now. I will protect you with my life, from now on. Everything that happens, I won't allow even a single hair on your head to be disturbed, I will keep you safe."
From the declaration Zenki made, Asia's eyes welled with tears, and she hugged him, kissing him on the cheek gently, her lips caressing the skin on his face. Naturally, the young mind of Zenki attempted to comprehend the growing feelings for the young girl, it being something difficult to do.
"Zenki-san…I'm glad Zenki-san is my friend…and the person that I..."
Asia didn't finished and gave him another kiss on the cheek, embracing the boy, and enjoyed some quality time together, never wanting to be away from the other, loving the fact that they could be together in this way.
"Well, I've got to say that I didn't think that Zenki would reincarnate a Longinus user."
Illuyanka began, pacing around the room of Ajuka's office.
Ajuka carefully looked towards her, and nodded his head.
"And he wants to meet with Azazel."
Hearing the name of Azazel, Illuyanka became intrigued.
"Really? Must be due to his Longinus stuff."
"Must be." Ajuka agreed, sighing. "Setting up an unofficial meeting with Azazel would be difficult, Illuyanka."
"I know that…but I can see why he'd think what he does. I mean, he doesn't know of the…death of a certain person upstairs, and Azazel is the person that knows the most of Sacred Gears, so it makes sense to do something like that, don't you think?"
"It does."
Ajuka couldn't rebuke what Illuyanka thought, but still found it difficult to do it.
"Yes, that's right. But knowing Azazel, he won't do it for free…well, if it is Sacred Gears, then knowing that little freak he would be obsessed with meeting a Longinus user. I even heard that he has a Longinus user in the Grigori, though I don't know who that is."
"I see…well, regardless, I would like to help my boy out in doing it, Illuyanka."
Illuyanka could understand why he would be so determined.
"Because of the fact that you want to get in good with Zenki, again, right?"
"You saw through me. He doesn't really like me a lot, Illuyanka."
Illuyanka walked closer to her husband and placed a hand on his cheek, lightly petting it.
"I know, but it will take time Ajuka. Even with gestures like this, resentment just doesn't go away instantly. He might be stubborn, like you, and that's okay. I think after 13 years of being basically rejected and discarded to the side, I think a little stubbornness is alright. Though he said that he doesn't hate you, that means there's a window for you to be good with him one day. It won't happen overnight, it will take time. But this will be helping him."
Ajuka could identify with Illuyanka's words, and Zenki's plight when he was being ignored, and all of the unspeakable things Ajuka did to him.
"You're probably right, and though I cannot meet Azazel officially myself…"
"Geez, leave it to me then. I will go and meet him. He comments on my breasts though and I will have to slap him."
Ajuka laughed heartily at his other half, expecting an answer like that.
"That's the woman that I love, so strong and independent."
"Damn straight. I'm not Illuyanka of the Twin Flames for nothing hahahahaha!"
She laughed heartily, and felt like she was amazing, something Ajuka could see and wasn't going to deny it either.
By chance, on the way back from the bathroom and after leaving Asia, Zenki happened to see Valerie sat outside of her room where she wasn't beforehand, her knees to her chest, her legs draping to the left, and her head onto her knees.
Zenki curiously raised his eyebrows and moved closer.
"Valerie-san? Is there something wrong?"
Zenki tried to keep his voice low, knowing the others were asleep. He knew that Asia was certainly asleep now, due to the fact that he was there until she fell asleep in his arms, and laid her on the bed. He wished, he should've shared a bed with her, but for now, it wasn't a possibility, he didn't want to rush Asia into anything that she wasn't ready for.
Valerie looked up towards him, and offered him a small smile, but it was laced with worry and unsureness.
"Erm…Zenki-kun, I can't sleep that well. Being a Vampire and all, I know it is a cliché and all, but I prefer coffins and such, but the bed is nice…I just…erm, Zenki-kun, you made me your Queen, right?"
Zenki confirmed it with a nod of his head.
"That's right, you're my Queen."
He sat beside her, showing a small smile to try and relieve her…but it did little, if anything at all, to relieve her.
"No…I mean, why did you make ME your Queen? I am…well, I am not that much of a leader, and what I can do is…well, I don't see myself as a leader. Jeanne-san chatted with me before, and told me that a Queen is the second command of the peerage…I-I just don't see myself being like that, maybe you wasted a piece on me…"
Valerie wallowed in self-depression, her eyes falling to the ground.
She didn't believe in herself, honestly. She wasn't the type to do something like that, be a leader. She didn't think that she would be able to, and felt sorrowful that Zenki wasted his only piece on her because she wanted to live. She knew of the importance thanks to Jeanne, and that was something the girl didn't want to really worry about, but she couldn't help but worry. It was evident on her face, and she didn't want to be a burden to Zenki, supposing to be his second in command…she didn't know if she had such a leadership skills inside of her body.
Zenki adopted an understanding face, and inched closer.
"You only turned today, you're not going to feel like a leader instantly. I mean, I only gained my pieces only over a year ago. People expect things from me, and it is okay to not be up to everyone's expectations."
He tried to convey his kindness to her, so she didn't have to worry about the implications of being the Queen and the responsibilities that came with it.
Valerie became confused though, and looked curiously at him.
"Y-You mean…I-I don't have to…be up to everyone's expectations…?"
Valerie's concerned voice was met with a small smile on his lips, grasping the girls hand. He looked for any hesitation, but when he didn't see any, he kept a hold of her hand and slowly cupped that hand with his other hand, giving her some comfort.
"No. I'm not expecting anything from you that could be considered amazing on your first day. Adjustments need to happen, and everyone needs to meet and such. Don't worry so much about being second in command. It isn't like I'm gonna leave all of my duties to you tomorrow. Bit by bit, we'll work together, help each other and grow together. Valerie-san, I'm not asking you to do it all on your first time. If you make mistakes, it doesn't matter to me. If you think you've failed, just try again and again. You can't be perfect at everything. Heck, I'm the King and I am not perfect either. I've got my flaws, my faults, and my mistakes. I happen to make mistakes sometimes, and I fail people…like Asia-san. I failed to protect her, and she became a Devil because I failed her. So you see, even people like me make mistakes, and it can only get better as we grow together. Valerie-san, what I'm trying to say is…do not sweat the small stuff."
Zenki said it in a light hearted manner, a way where it would be obvious that it didn't sound like he was being condescending to her, understanding how she would be able to come up with that conclusion as even he would feel the same if he was honest with himself right now.
"Do not…sweat…the small stuff?"
Valerie's voice was filled with puzzled feelings, which Zenki had to admit was a cute thing from the Vampire girl, seeing her head tilt to the side adorably.
Squeezing her hand gently, Zenki inched ever so close, so his hip and her hip were touching. Valerie felt a small blush enter her face, and tingled the skin, making it feel good for her. Her icy fingers felt warm when in contact with his own fingers, and allowed her to feel good about many things in her life.
"That's right. No need to sweat stuff right now. I'm sure that you'll grow into a lovely Queen. It's your first day after all. what person can do amazing things on their first day? You've been thrusted into a world where things are different. You've been made into a Devil, you've got this Sacred Gear you don't understand, and you've even had to go through…something like death. I can't even imagine how much that must've been hard on you. I can't imagine death because I haven't experienced, though I have come close to it once before."
Valerie's eyes flickered at the words Zenki used, especially his last sentence.
"What do you mean?"
She wasn't certain what he meant, how he was able to come close to death before, she didn't know his past after all.
Zenki lowered his head, but then raised it to meet the eyes of the Vampire.
"Remember when I said that I failed to save Asia-san?" Valerie nodded, not sure where he was going with it. He coughed, and continued, keeping his voice steady. "You see, I failed to save that girl, when I tried my best. I got stabbed, punched, kicked, blasted, and other things to my body. I came close to dying, blood kept leaking out of my body and I felt immeasurable pain entering my system. I don't know if that comes close to the death that you suffered…"
To think of his new Queen suffering brought a sad light to his heart, a light that he wished didn't exist. But it was clear that she had suffered, like most of his peerage members. The only one that didn't suffer was Ravel, due to the fact that she had a similar upbringing to him, but even then she still had expectations to live up to with the Phenex clan and other things of that nature.
"It was, unbearable." Valerie confided, finding his voice soothing and willing to accept her. "It was…scary. We ran…and ran, but they never stopped…the Vampire hunters didn't stop coming for us…even when saying that we weren't a danger to them…they didn't listen and ended our lives. I-I wanted to protect Gasper, but she didn't listen to me…she's always been stubborn like that. She didn't listen to me and ended up dying in the end. I-I tried to save her…w-we were in a place where...w-we weren't liked that m-much s-so, Gasper…I helped her escape…b-but then she told me…she told me to come with her…I was naturally torn, wanting to help her escape…but I didn't want to be away from Gasper…so, I decided to run as well. I ran as fast as I could, and didn't look back together with the girl that is my best friend. I ran with her, and never looked back."
Zenki listened to Valerie's tale, and felt saddened for the girl, who only wished to stay with her friend, and had to be killed by humans. She didn't deserve it, and Zenki was understanding of the girls cries that she was crying from her soul.
"I-I see….so, you were in a bad situation…a-and you were killed by Vampire hunters…Valerie-san."
He called, the girl nodding.
"Y-Yes?"
Zenki adopted a small smile on his face, and vehemently assured her.
"Valerie-san, you will be able to be with Gasper-san always now, alright? You won't go a day without seeing her again. It is clear that you really love this girl, so you'll be able to see her often, you'll be able to have fun with her often. You don't have to worry about hunters or anything else. You're safe here now. I promise, nothing like that will happen to you again, and if anyone tries to chase after you, I will stand in front of you and definitely blow it away."
The kind words of the King allowed Valerie's eyes to water, attempting to control her tears.
"B-Be with Gasper everyday would be nice…"
Valerie allowed a small smile to grace her face.
Seeing it, Zenki couldn't be more happy, since it was the first genuine smile that he had witnessed from the Queen girl.
"Yes, everyday, if you like. Rias-tan and I are friends, and I don't see the problem with having Gasper-san and you converse and see each other daily. Why would we want to keep friends apart anyway? You and her are going to be good together from now on, I can assure you. No more worries of bad people. In my peerage, we're a family, you're my family now Valerie-san. You're my Queen, my cute Queen at that."
"C-Cute!?" Valerie suddenly raised her voice and poked her fingers together shyly, a blush on her cheeks. "M-Me cute huh!?"
"Yup!" Zenki expressed with a childlike face, and his tone to match, not seeing the girls blushing face. "You're very cute indeed Valerie-san. You have a beautiful doll like face, though that's the Vampire side of you and all." Valerie continued to blush a little bit, as Zenki leaned closer. "Also, Valerie-san, I have to tell you something about your Sacred Gear."
Suddenly, Zenki became serious and Valerie in turn became a little nervous.
"Y-Yes?"
Zenki cleared his throat, and placed his hands on her knees, attempting to appear as calm as possible.
"Your Sacred Gear, until we know what it can do to you personally, I would like to request that you do not use it."
"Don't…use it?"
He nodded seriously, allowing his face to soften slightly.
"Your Sacred Gear is called Sephiroth's Graal, and it is something very powerful. But it can cause adverse effects to the user of the Sacred Gear as well. I mean, it seems like there could be something wrong with it…it could cause some strange effects to happen to you. Information is limited right now, but there is something that could happen if you use it too much. Could you…please promise me that you won't use it until we get some more information about it. I don't want anything bad to happen to you."
The kindness that Zenki portrayed to her allowed Valerie to feel warmth in her chest.
She never had anyone care so much about her before, and she was glad that Zenki was so kind to her. Besides Gasper, the kindness that she received was one of pure kindness and not trying to get something from her. Also, the fact that he was a genuine guy made it all the more better.
"W-Well…s-since you said it so kindly…I will just have to…b-but I have to tell you something…okay?"
"Yes, what is it Valerie-san?"
From his eyes, he displayed a kindness that allowed Valerie the courage to speak.
"My Sacred Gear…I can…I tried it before…a-and three cups emerged…"
"Three?"
He hadn't heard of that before, having three cups inside of her. He only thought that it was a single cup, but now she was saying it was three of them.
"Yes…three of them. I just tried my best to summon one, but three appeared before me. It was…surprising, but they all felt good and such…I liked it, but then I heard a voice that I didn't recognize."
Alarm bells rang inside of Zenki, wondering who she heard.
"A voice you didn't recognize? Where was it coming from?"
Valerie went to answer, but then she stopped and thought about it.
"Erm…I know it is going to sound crazy but…it sounded like it was coming from my head…like…I don't know, like there was a voice in my head. It spoke weird things, like "Who are you?" and other weird words. I couldn't understand it myself, it was a little strange if I do say so myself."
At the words of Valerie, Zenki furrowed his eyebrows.
"You know, I think I heard the same thing, when I held the cup. At the time, I thought that it was one of my friends that came with me, but now I am not so sure. From the way you said it, I think that there was something going on there…voices…Valerie-san, was it only when you held the cup?"
"Y-Yes…once I desummoned my Sacred Gear, they disappeared after a few seconds. But the strangest thing was…I don't think that…it didn't sound like a voice clear like my thoughts. It was a distant voice, like it was really far away from me, but at the same time it was as if they were right next to me. It was a curious thing, don't you think Zenki-kun?"
"Aah…yes, it was a little strange. So yeah…erm, about the three cups thing, why don't we keep that a little secret between you and I for now?"
"Okay Zenki-kun…b-but why?"
Valerie wasn't opposed to the idea, but she have to wonder what was going on with his thought pattern.
"Well, truthfully, I just think that it could be a little bit of trouble if others found out. Of course the peerage can know, but well…the voices though, I truly think we should keep that between us until we know what that is…"
"I-I agree with you there, Zenki-kun…people will think I'm weird if they say that I am hearing voices."
Zenki chuckled lightly, and smiled at the Vampire girl.
"Yeah, I can see why you'd say something like that. Hehe, it would seem weird if you think something like that, right? Hearing voices, sounds like something from a horror movie or something. But don't worry, I'm sure that it has something to do with your Sacred Gear. I didn't hear anything after that, so it must be one of those side effects I mentioned. We'll know more soon though, don't worry Valerie-san."
"I'm not worried Zenki-kun. After all, Jeanne-san told me that you're very smart and capable…t-though, do you really punish us a lot?"
Zenki sweatdropped and could only imagine what Jeanne has been telling Valerie.
"No…" He rejected the notion of delving out punishments to his peerage. "She's…well, Jeanne-san likes being…punished. But I don't punish my peerage members at all. They've done nothing to deserve any punishment, they are all good girls and lovely and adorable as well." Zenki rose to his feet, and offered his hand to Valerie. "Come along Valerie-san, shall we get you to bed now?"
Valerie took the hand that Zenki offered and took to her feet, being pulled up by Zenki.
"Thank you, Zenki-kun…I can't wait to see Gasper tomorrow."
Zenki lightly chuckled, and patted the top of her head.
"It's alright, Valerie-san, you'll be able to see Gasper-san tomorrow morning, I promise."
With the kind words of the Devil, Valerie was lead back to her room by Zenki, the Vampire girls face slowly heating up due to the kindness that he displayed her, and the fact that she was able to see Gasper again, allowed her to look forward to something.
Though she was still hesitant about being near Devils, being a Queen of a peerage, and the fact that her life had got changed dramatically, she couldn't help but note that if she was to turn into a Devil, she at least got to be with kind, warm, friendly people. Trust didn't come easy to her, and for the moment, she kept her distance from the others. She, was going to try to form bonds with the others. But right now, she just wanted to see Gasper.
The next day, Valerie and Zenki were walking through the Gremory estate together.
Due to the fact that Valerie couldn't wait to see Gasper, they skipped breakfast and came here immediately. Zenki didn't care, as he wanted his Queen to be very happy with seeing her friend again, wanting to make sure that they are comfortable as possible.
"Zenki-kun, are you sure it is alright to come inside like this?"
Since Valerie wasn't quite used to doing things like this, she expressed her concerns.
Zenki waved a hand to dispel her concerns.
"Don't worry so much Valerie-san. Since Rias-tan and I are close friends, it is alright for us to come and go between each other's residences. She does the same to mine, along with her peerage of course. We're very close, due to our respective Otou-sans being best friends."
Valerie became surprised, having not heard that.
"I-I didn't know that Zenki-kun."
"Hehe. Yeah, they are best friends. Rias-tan and I could be classed as such, I suppose. We're very close to each other anyway, and our peerages are close as well. We're all friends, isn't that a good thing my Queen?"
Valerie shyly nodded her head, showing such a disposition.
"Y-Yes, being friends is the best."
"Exactly." He agreed, turning the concern of the Gremory families home. "So, Valerie-san. Are you excited to see Gasper-san this morning?"
Though he already knew the answer, he wished to get to know his Queen more than he did before.
"Of course!" She exclaimed, her eyes beaming. "I-I'm very happy to see Gasper again! Even though it has only been a day really…it feels like a lifetime of worry and pains that we've both had to endure. I just wish to see if she is safe."
Valerie confessed, Zenki unable to blame her for having such a view, even he would if he was suddenly reincarnated as a Devil under some unknown person, the same for if he had a friend that was reincarnated under someone he had never met before, he couldn't blame her.
"Then don't worry, we'll be there within a minute or so. Rias-tan said she'd meet us outside of the dining area. It seems that Gasper-san is inside there for the time being."
"She's always been a nervous wreck around people."
Valerie disclosed to Zenki, the boys face turning upwards into a small smile.
"I'm sure that she'll be fine when she sees you though, right?"
"Y-Yes, I am sure as well. She and I are like sisters after all."
Zenki couldn't help the small smile that made itself bigger at seeing the smile on Valerie's face, glad that she was able to reunite with the person she calls her sister, even if they aren't actual sisters from what he could tell anyway.
They continued walking for a few minutes, and then came across Rias and Akeno.
The latter had a warm smile on her face, though a hint of jealousy were in her violet orbs, seeing Zenki's new Queen and wished it was her, and not Valerie, though she was going to be sure that her place beside Zenki wasn't going to be dismissed.
"Ara, Zenki-kun, you've arrived."
Akeno greeted, moving to his side and wrapped her arms around him, shooting Valerie a glare.
Valerie took a few steps back, wondering why the girl was looking at her with such eyes.
Zenki smiled, not seeing the eyes from his position and greeted Akeno while rubbing the back of her head.
"Good morning Akeno-tan. I'm surprised that you didn't sneak into my room last night."
The slight disappointment on her face didn't go unnoticed by Rias, who felt like she was going to cry with the fact that her Queen would rather spend time with another King than her, herself.
"Rias wouldn't let me leave, to try and help the new servant. But it seems that she keeps freezing people with her Sacred Gear."
Akeno explained with an exasperated sigh escaping her lips as she recalled the fact that she wasn't able to share a bed with Zenki, and on some level she understood that Kuroka probably had tried to make a move on her, and he could see the look on her face, so gave her a reassuring stroke of her arm, sending calming waves through her body.
Valerie became alarmed at that, and put her concerned forward.
"G-Gasper keeps using her Sacred Gear uncontrollably?"
The concerned look on the girls face was evident, so Zenki brushed past Rias with a smile with Akeno on his arm, not letting go, Rias showing a discomforting smile on the girls face.
"Come on Valerie-san, let's go and see Gasper-san, and see if we can do anything about the time stopping business."
"Y-Yes, Zenki-kun."
Following after Zenki, Valerie and the others entered the room….
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"
A loud, cute high pitched voice surrounded the room as Zenki noticed someone running across the room, but tripped up and fell flat onto their face, the others wincing when hearing the bang, and only had a guess on how that would've hurt the person who fell.
Upon further inspection, it was Gasper who was running away from them, not seeing Valerie.
"Gasper, please calm down. Please don't worry, it is I, Valerie. You don't have to be worried anymore, I am here now."
The elder half Vampire's voice carried to the ears of Gasper, displaying a gentleness that wasn't easy to come across. It was a very beautiful voice, and a very soothing one as well, Zenki had to wonder how she had such an enchanting voice, loving the sound of it.
Gasper stopped her body and looked with hope.
Her eyes looked towards Valerie, who had a kind smile like that of an elder sister greeting a younger sister.
Seeing her friend, Gasper's eyes became wet with tears, happy tears.
"VALERIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
Gasper became too happy and rushed forward, to the open arms of Valerie.
Getting to her, Valerie's arms wrapped around Gasper and kindly petted the back of her head, seeing the tears happily flowing down her face, gently being embraced by the elder one while the younger one cried.
"It's alright now Gasper, please don't cry." Valerie soothed and continued to show her affection widely. "It is alright now, everything is okay. There's no need to worry, I am alright, and so are you, aren't you?"
Gasper looked up at Valerie, and nodded her head.
"Y-Yeeeeeeeeees~!"
Valerie smiled and rubbed the back of her head again.
"Is Gremory-san treating you well?"
Valerie's question was met with a nodding head of Gasper.
"Y-Yes…s-she treats me well! S-She's k-kind! B-But I-I can't s-stop freezing people! V-Valerie, they won't like me!"
Zenki and the others allowed saddened expressions on their faces, seeing that Gasper genuinely thought that neither Rias or the others would like her for something that she couldn't control, when it wasn't true at all.
"Don't say that. My King is very kind, and he says that we can be together very often."
"R-Really?"
Valerie nodded and continued to hug Gasper.
"Zenki-kun is very kind Gasper, and I've heard nothing but good things about Gremory-san. Since Zenki-kun says it, and other kind people that I have met, said that she's good, she must be a good person. Also, Gasper, you can't worry and become upset so much. Since we're now in different lives, we've got to adjust. But do not worry, I am going to be here for you now. We're going to be together."
Gasper felt relieved that Valerie was around and continued to hug onto each other, Zenki smiling fondly at the pair.
"Maybe, the way to control her Sacred Gear is from having Valerie-san around and giving her reassurance."
That was Zenki's best guess to Rias, who nodded in agreement.
"Maybe you're right. This is the calmest I've seen Gasper until now. She froze me a few times last night…" She looked towards Akeno who whistled innocently, Zenki furrowing his eyebrows. "…like when Akeno drew a moustache on me with dark black ink."
"Heh." Zenki snorted as he gazed at Akeno with a smile. "So, you drew on Rias-tans face then?"
"I couldn't help it." Akeno disclosed, attempting to not laugh. "She was just stood there, motionless, and wouldn't be able to do anything to stop me, so I had to draw on her. Sirzechs-sama had to scrub her face raw."
Rias didn't look exactly thrilled about the idea of being a human doodle for Akeno, and showed a frown on her face.
"Well, that sounds quite funny…" Zenki snickered, Rias glaring. However, before Rias could do anything he looked towards the Vampire's in the group "…Though it seems like these two are getting along well, I'm glad that they are together."
Rias casually strolled to Zenki's side, and smiled.
"Seems like you're right to me. It looks good to me as well."
The others watched on as Gasper and Valerie continued to embrace, glad that they had one another to depend on from now on, and of course their new Kings as well, Rias and Zenki were sure that they'd give their new Vampire servants a good life together now.
A few days later, Illuyanka was sat in a certain area in the human world. It was Japan, and it was in a coffee shop. She held a cup of coffee in her hands, and she was sat facing someone else, someone that she was acquainted with.
"Hello Azazel-chan, it has been a long time, hasn't it?"
The woman inquired, coughing into her hand.
"Yes, it has been a lifetime."
The man before her responded.
The man before her is a tall man appearing to be in his twenties with an average build, black hair which looked wind swept, golden bangs and black goatee. Though they are hidden right now, he usually has twelve black wings that Illuyanka would say look like everlasting darkness.
This man was Azazel, the leader of the Fallen Angels, someone that Illuyanka was acquainted with.
"Or two, but who's counting." Illuyanka joked, and showed a small smile on her lips as she crossed her arm under her breasts. "So Azazel-chan, I have to talk with you about my son, my adorable pride and joy, someone that wants to meet with you."
Azazel became intrigued and leaned forward curiously.
"Hmmm? Your son, the boy that is the son of the famous Ajuka, wants to have a meeting with me? Now this is interesting. What could your baby boy want to do with me?"
Azazel rose his eyebrows with a quirky look on his face, Illuyanka smiling softly.
"Unofficially, we shouldn't be having this meeting. But officially, my son is worried for his new Queen, someone that is…well, let's just say that she has something special inside of her that could cause her harm if she overuses it. I'm sure you'll know the name of it once I utter what it does, so I will just come out with the name Sephiroth's Graal."
Azazel's eyes shot open wide at the name, his interests very piqued now.
"Sephiroth's Graal has been reincarnated to the Devils side, into a Maou's sons peerage? What an age we live in."
"Exactly, and since you're the Sacred Gear freak-expert, naturally we thought of you."
Azazel frowned at being called a freak, but his interests to do with the Longinus were something he was very intrigued about. But at the same time, he felt depressed lightly about the fact that he wasn't able to meet such a Longinus before being reincarnated.
"Well, that's lovely and all, so I am quite interested in what you're thinking about right now. Of course, the chance to study the Longinus up close would be a very enriching experience to me, and to see what the Sacred Gear could do is an amazing thing indeed…"
"Yes, but you can't go overboard, you know?" Illuyanka warned, the man bowing his head in defeat, not wanting to mess with Illuyanka. "Good, that's a good Fallen Angel Azazel-chan. I'm sure you know how dangerous it could be to overuse the Sacred Gear Sephiroth's Graal…sounds like something out of Final Fantasy Seven, lol~"
Azazel sweatdropped at the words Illuyanka used, though had to wonder what Final Fantasy Seven was.
"Did you actually lol then?"
"I actually loled."
She confirmed with a smirk on her beautiful face, Azazel feeling as if he was in a different universe right now.
"Right…yes, it is a very dangerous Longinus to use. I've never seen it up close before, but the backlash to using such a Sacred Gear is quite…detrimental to the users mental state, from what I have studied before, but never having the chance to study up close, which is regrettable, until now."
Azazel sighed out, wishing he could see the Longinus right now, but it wasn't with them right now, which was regrettable in his eyes, his eyes looking as if they could pierce the souls of many people that were around, good thing that they didn't care enough to listen to the conversation that the pair were having.
"Regrettable indeed, for a Sacred Gear freak-expert like you."
Once again, with her slip up, Illuyanka's face burned embarrassed as Azazel's fell into a darkened scowl.
"Could you not call me that?"
"I'll call you what I want Azazel-chan." Azazel stiffened at the glare that Illuyanka was giving, as she took another sip of her drink. "You see, Azazel-chan, I have to make sure my son is happy from now on. With my usual duties and other crap I had to do, and the fact that Ajuka is a dick…I mean, he's always busy, my son kinda got the shit kicked out of him to save a nun and well, she died and all and then he reincarnated her, what a thing to even think about. It was horrible, stupid Diodora. Cocky shit needs me to kick the shit out of him."
"Hahaha~" Azazel laughed loudly, drawing the attention of the others, who thought he was crazy. "You're the same as always Illuyanka! Well, I didn't expect anything different either. But to think that you're like this now. One time, you didn't give a shit about many things."
Illuyanka looked sideways, smiling distantly.
"That's a long time ago now. I've got my son to think about now, haven't I? And I suppose Ajuka as well…"
"You almost sound like you're not that bothered about him."
Azazel pointed out, but Illuyanka waved her hand at his worries.
"He's my freaking husband, of course I care about him. He knows I love him."
"Well, as long as we've got that on the table."
The woman snorted at the thought of what Ajuka would be like if he heard them speaking like this about him, always loving to have a joke or two with the man that she loved, as that's who she was, and she wasn't ever going to quit being who she was even if she was married.
The woman then cleared her throat, and looked directly at Azazel with keen eyes.
"So, is it possible to have a little meeting between my sons Queen, and yourself? Of course, it would have to be under the radar and between us so nothing…well, I am sure that you understand. You're more smarter…intelligent than I am."
She corrected herself so she didn't sound quite like an idiot, Azazel's eyes displaying kindness for the woman.
"No, don't say that, you're quite smart."
Azazel comforted, Illuyanka nodded slightly, a dirty smirk on her face, a victory look in her eyes.
"Well, that's very sweet of you. So, do you think it could be possible to have a little meeting?"
"Well…"
At that moment, someone walked in from the shadows.
Illuyanka looked at the person who entered, and saw that it was a young girl, around the same age as Zenki was. The girls silver hair was a darker shade of a certain maid that she knew. It was long, flowing down her back, and her piercing icy blue eyes displayed a certain taste for something that Illuyanka could guess at. Her clothes were battle-ready, being kind of a tomboy look to her. A green shirt that fitted her form quite well, and a dark pair of pants that came to her calves, sneakers on her feet.
Something about the look in her eyes were dangerous looking. Even Illuyanka was surprised by the sight of the young girls intense eyes.
"Well, well, well, it seems you can't be patient, Vali."
The newly named Vali sharpened her eyes at Azazel.
"Azazel, I came for the only objective of facing this boy, Zenki Astaroth in a one on one fight."
The girl named Vali proclaimed, Illiuyanka having a slightly perplexed look on her face.
"What's going on Azazel-chan? Who's this bit…girl?"
Azazel placed a hand to his forehead, and released a heavy sigh.
"I'm sorry Illuyanka. When I said I would be meeting you privately to Vali here, she couldn't resist the fact that she could be facing a Maou's son, who is the same age as she is. She was, very excited to face someone who is known throughout the Factions."
"Really?"
Illuyanka wore an impressed face, not expecting many people to know of him, but was glad that people did regardless.
"Yes, that's right." Vali answered before Azazel could, a battle crazed expression on her face. "I want to face the Maou's son and test my own power on this person. If I'm going to become strong, I have to fight the strength that is the Maou's son, and your son, Zenki Astaroth."
Illuyanka sent a daring smirk towards the young girl.
"What makes you think you can even stand in the league of my darling child?"
Since she was a proud parent, Illuyanka believed that Zenki was the strongest in his age group. If that was a real thing, it couldn't be sure. Though he was strong, saying that he was the strongest might be a bit of a stretch. Even then, she wasn't going to say anything different to the fact that Zenki was strong.
"Because, I am who I am."
Vali answered nonchalantly, Illuyanka's daring smile lifting up more.
"I see. Sorry sunshine, but my son is the cutest and is very intelligent…" She grazed over Vali and noticed the girls power, blinking in surprise. "…even if you have such a power, my son is very intelligent, you know? He would be able to beat you."
Vali walked closer, an air of confidence around her as she sharpened her eyes dangerously.
"Tough words, woman."
Azazel sighed slightly and went to stop Vali.
"Vali, Illuyanka is-"
"Don't tell her anything Azazel-baka!" Raising her voice, Azazel backed away with a cry. Her eyes then landed on Vali again. "Now, Vali, was it?"
"That's right."
Vali agreed, a challenging smile on the woman's face.
"I see, then I am sorry little one. But I am very confident that my son would wipe the floor with you. I don't care who you think you are, but my son is Ajuka-baka's, and he's like super smart, and my son is like a freaking mini genius as well as being made from me, so don't doubt him!"
Azazel slapped his head, seeing the competitive edge that Illuyanka was semi famous for shining through, and he could see that Vali was becoming more intrigued, and probably wasn't going to let it go, wondering what he was going to do about this.
"If that's the case, then he'd have no queries with facing against my power, would he?"
Vali dared to challenge Illuyanka, who in the heat of the moment slapped the table, breaking it in half and pointed sternly at the young girl, Vali flinching when seeing the sights of the woman giving her such dangerous eyes.
"You've got a point alright! My son will beat the living shit…well, let's just say that my son is going to beat you and you'll feel bad, and cry because he's going to murder you!" She exclaimed, and then thought how that could be taken, so corrected her words. "…In a way where he doesn't actually murder you, but you get what I mean…he's gonna have to beat you in a fight. Insulting my sons honour like this, I won't allow you to get away with it Vali! You'll have your fight Vali! And Zenki will win and you'll lose and you'll cry and he'll laugh at your demise!"
Azazel wasn't sure on what to do now. He wasn't sure if he should be sighing, crying, running away, or all of the above. He seriously didn't expect Vali and Illuyanka to do something like this…but seeing their faces now, he shouldn't of expected anything different.
Vali's face turned upwards, a battle crazy grin on her face, and determination in her eyes.
"That's excellent. To face the legendary Zenki Astaroth in a fight, would be amazing. I truly, cannot be happier than I am right now."
"Be happy now, just wait until my adorable son unleashes his Dragonic rage upon you!"
Vali's smirk widened and she walked closer to Illuyanka, until she was stood opposite of the woman.
"That's fine, I have my own Dragon rage as well."
Illuyanka turned her eyes upwards into a perplexed manner, not sure what the girl was talking about.
But at this moment, she didn't care, she was going to have her son fight…even if it was her mistake in being baited like that. She was sure Zenki would fight Vali for her, or for himself, knowing that he did like fighting sometimes, especially when it was to due with getting stronger and making friends.
End chapter!
So, Valerie has been introduced to the peerage, and is settling in nicely! Even Azazel has appeared along with Vali, who wants to challenge Zenki to a fight! And Illuyanka being who she is, has accepted the challenge that has been presented to her! What's going to happen next!? So yeah, as you see, Vali has been introduced, and the reason that is, because of one of the changes I am gonna be making to canon and such. Even Zenki being associated with Azazel is one of the changes I was talking about. Seems like Azazel and Illuyanka know one another quite well...how well, is gonna be shown in the future. But she's got her own son into a dangerous situation, that could change certain things!
Well, with nothing else to say, until next chapter! We're getting very close to canon now! If I don't update before Christmas, Merry Christmas to you all! Hope that you have a good one!
Zenki; Asia, Koneko, Kuroka, Jeanne, Valerie, Xenovia, Serafall, Ravel, Irina, Sona, Ophis, Le Fay, Kunou, Akeno, Gabriel, Vali (fem).
Issei; Aika, Tsubasa, Kiyome, Isabela, Rossweisse, Gasper (fem), Raynare, Rias.
Zenki's Peerage
Queen; Valerie.
Rooks; Koneko, Xenovia.
Bishops; Asia, Ravel.
Knights; Jeanne, Irina.
Pawns; Kuroka (5 pieces) Le Fay (2 pieces) Kunou (1 mutation piece)
Rias Peerage
Queen; Akeno.
Rooks; Aika, Rossweisse.
Bishops; Gasper (two pieces)
Knights; Kiba, Raynare.
Pawns; Issei (8 pieces).
