It's been two straight days of working with the two female exorcists and we have yet to gain any information on things. All we know is what's going to happen but not where and when. With Kokabiel being stronger than the four of us, we have to catch up to him somehow and win. I'm not even sure that me and Asahi hitting Balance Breaker, well our versions would make enough difference. They would definitely deal more damage but it all comes to the two nuns and whether their human bodies can keep up and take as many hits.
Xenovia, the blue-haired exorcist is an anomaly to us thanks to Kusacchi. He says that he can feel great power inside her but it's not a Sacred Gear, that means a weapon of some sort or a power she has yet to awaken. Kusacchi is leaning towards the weapon though and i'm not going to doubt him.
Today though is the third day and the two nuns are off elsewhere. Supposedly some of the devils are wanting to join in on getting themselves killed. Presumably Issei and Koneko are doing it to help out Kiba. I couldn't see any of the other three doing it. Rias is still immature, Akeno probably can't be bothered and Asia is probably being kept out of it by Issei. This left me and Asahi to just mess about while looking around town for any supernatural signature.
When we eventually found one, there was two but it was slightly different than expected. It was two humans with a lot of power, one more so than the other. When we approached they had noticed us, it wasn't like we were trying to mask our presence though.
"Hello, it's seems like the people we were looking for found us."
The smaller of the two said this as he turned towards us. He was wearing a school uniform with ancient Chinese attire dotted around his body. He had short black hair and was relatively good-looking. I couldn't say the same for the taller man beside him. The taller one looked slightly taller than two metres and he had a body built like a truck, he was a beefy guy.
"Is that true?"
"That is descendant of Tsukiyomi. I'm descendant of Cao Cao and the man beside me is the descendant of Heracles."
More descendants? That's a surprise, I wonder what they are like. I don't think they are here just to greet us though.
"We would like you to join the 'Khaos Brigade'. We are members of the 'Hero Faction' and we are all descendants of famous people from time gone by. We would like you two, Descendants of Tsukiyomi and Amaterasu, to join us."
That seems to be lacking something. Why bring two of them? I haven't even heard of the Khaos Brigade. Asahi doesn't look like he has either.
"Descendants of Greats have always been granted with a Sacred Gear, it's almost like conformation of our powers. It makes us stand out from the crowd. We are going to look past the fact that you two are Devil and Fallen angel and invite you to join us in our goal of defeating things that are our threats."
This doesn't really seem right. Why invite us, we aren't even human in truth. Do they fear our power and want to monopolize us while they aren't that well-known? It's a little hard to ascertain. We don't have a reason to agree though. He just called Fallen angels bad in a roundabout way and to us they've been great if you push Kokabiel to the side.
"And if we say no?"
"Then so be it. We will give you time to think on it."
The Descendants of Cao Cao and Heracles then walked off making our meeting very brief.
It was weird. His words held a lot of weight but they were definitely fake. They were looking to get stronger but we must have been a last resort or some higher up pressured him into meeting us. Maybe it's a human faction, us being Youkai and part of the 3 factions wouldn't work well there plus we are descendants of Gods unlike them. It was definitely a meeting that leaves us with more questions than answers.
"Gin-nya, should I report this to Azazel?"
"I'm not sure, maybe wait till that second meeting. Azazel will definitely be interested though."
We don't need to trouble him, not yet anyway. That weirdo can wait just a little while for this information. What can we even do with it though? I've heard nothing, not even a whisper about a 'Hero Faction' nor a 'Khaos Brigade'. From the way he said his goal, it sounded like that's just to his faction and not the whole thing. Then there is the sacred gears to worry about. He said all descendants have them, that's a problem along with their inherited abilities. With me and Asahi having two 'unknowns' would that mean that they could have Longinus' maybe, definitely high-tier sacred gears at least.
I wished we could of got a little more information from them though.
The rest of the day didn't go much better. We didn't find anything great but we did find a small trace of magic back at the abandoned church, it doesn't really amount to much as it has had fallen angels there frequently and is still a small hotspot for some of the ones that are close by.
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"Gin-nya, what do ya think those two are up to right now?"
"Either looking around town or trying to get money for food. Are you worried for them Asacchi?"
We were in school again and it was lunch time. Me and Asahi were chatting at the back of the room idly while the girls watched us. Recently, we had gotten into the habit of sharing and feeding each other. It's embarrassing looking back on it, Raynare has even expressed her concern on the subject. She did not go unpunished, much to Asahi's enjoyment.
"I wouldn't say worried but … Kokabiel."
"You want to take on Kokabiel but think that he may up and leave before you can?"
"Yeah. He's been a pain in my ass since joining Grigori all because i'm a Youkai. We also need to pay him back for the burn he gave you."
"When we find him we can beat him, just don't let any emotions hit you. Don't want you being engulfed by malice."
"Same to you, Gin-nya."
As the lunch periods nears it's end, I hear the talk of the boys that are now coming into the room. Luckily, the 'Perverted Trio' was a part of it so I didn't need to try and hear it.
"Have you seen the new nurse?"
"Yeah man. Tall, long legs, violet hair, she is smokin'."
Tall? Violet hair? I looked towards Asahi and saw a smile creep up on his face. I guess that would mean that she is here to.
"She is taking over as nurse?"
"Oh yeah, anything to get closer to you."
"Sitri actually allowed her in?"
"Apparently Kaichou expressed that if Kalawarnar or Raynare were to do something then you'd feel the repercussions as well. I don't doubt that you'd deal with it easily but those two girls seem to hold you highly, what's up with that?"
"As you know i'm going out with Raynare but I don't know about Kalawarnar. Before saving her, I had only met her a few times during induction. I was in the same group as her, she looked a little jealous when I received 'Vorpal'."
"What about Vorpal, has she spoken lately?"
"Nope, even with the rating game she has been silent. I can dual-wield her and Kusacchi against Kokabiel."
"Yeah, yeah and force me into using my Gear which I ain't used to yet."
"How hard could it be? You have mirrors to redirect your attacks if you miss."
"At reduced damage for each redirection. Against a fast opponent it's akin to tickling them in the end."
"Then cover each shot with a layer of fire then Ki. Ki will slow down and take the reducing damage plus the fire has a small lasting effect. Don't be such a bitch about it and find alternatives."
Asahi took offence to being called a bitch and pouted at me.
"Mou~~. Just because you have training doesn't mean you can say stuff like that."
!Ring!
The bell for the end of lunch stopped our talk about fighting for now but i'll be sure to get back on at him about it later.
…
I stood near the door to my classroom at the end of the day waiting for Asahi to pick up the rest of his things and deal with the homework he hadn't done due to being 'busy' though I was able to do it on time. He probably wasn't able to sacrifice his anime for his school-work.
"Asacchi, why are we going to the infirmary again?"
"You don't wanna see her?"
"An infirmary is a place you go when you aren't feeling well. I feel great."
"Now now, Kala-chan wouldn't like to hear that."
"Why? It's nothing against her."
While clicking his tongue, he walked towards me wagging both of his index fingers.
"Girls never take it that way. Its always an alternative to your beliefs, that's why the other guys here don't have a girlfriend yet."
"Then what about you? You know all this but you don't have one."
"I have you, Gin-nya."
I just sighed and shook my head while walking off, he doesn't need any-more encouragement in this type of play. He quickly caught up to me and we moved along the second floor and found ourself outside the infirmary in a matter of seconds. Knocking on the door, we slid it open without waiting. Our eyes were met with Kalawarnar in a nurse outfit and not a traditional one. It looked like one of the cosplay ones, maybe even worse as she wasn't even wearing the white stockings.
'Is she taking the piss? All nurses wear white stockings, it's the same thing with female librarians and glasses. It's an obvious must.'
I could see Asahi in the side of my vision with a fanged smirk. Anyone could tell that he was thinking of something devious to do, I just hope it doesn't involve me this time. I've had enough of his mishaps.
"Hey-ho Kala-chwan~!"
What the hell is up with him?
Looking at Kalawarnar who was putting some medicine away, I could see her twitch slightly. It must be a bad nickname for her or just something stupid Asahi has done in an attempt to irritate her. All of Asahi's attempts to irritate work, he is a painful prodigy.
"Amaterasu-sama, Tsukiyomi-sama, what brings you here?"
"We could ask you the same thing Kala-chan."
She twitches nervously again. Really doesn't like that nickname.
"Asacchi, you need to be more respectful. Her name is Kala-san."
I noticed Kalawarnar's eyes close slightly into a small glare which was directed at me and Asahi who were trying to contain smirks.
"Your right, Gin-nya. Her name is Kala-san, right Kala-san? Why is Kala-san here anyway? Why would Kala-san take up the nurse position? Kala-san?"
Each mention of her shortened name increased her wrath that was for some reason directed at me.
"Compa-chwan~?"
Don't tell me he has been playing Hyperdimension again? That would explain the way he has been acting and the lack of completed homework. He gets way too wrapped up when playing that game, I wouldn't put it past him to make his Amaterasu form close to a 'HDD' from it. It would look pretty cool though.
Even though Asahi went off-track it seemed to do worse than before and her aura had darkened and Asahi knew it. It seemed his whole plan was working and it was now at the final sprint. He coated his left hand in Ki and slapped it against my back exploding my Ki and forcing my ears and tail out. He put an unexpected force behind it and pushed my body towards Kalawarnar where I landed onto her with my head perfectly fitting between her two breasts.
A loud thud came from behind me leading me to believe one thing. Asahi used me so he could bail out and be safe. I tried to get out from between the soft mounds but she had quickly brought her arms in and was 'hugging' me into place. I may be a rook but her strength was above me, it goes to show that you should never underestimate a woman's strength especially at times like this. They are bestowed with great, unfathomable strength at times like this and only an idiot would try to break free after realising what's happening from the first feeling of the tight grip they have on you.
My vision was dark but my ears could hear all. The sound of the door being locked, the sounds of a curtain being moved, the rustling of a bed sheet. All things that incited my imagination that was furthered when I felt a great softness around my skin. I was de-clothed and so was she as we were now lying on one of the beds in the closed infirmary.
It was quiet and I didn't know what to do. Her grip on me had loosened so I could breathe but only that, I could tell without moving that I still had no way out. Instead I just looked up to her, strangely, beaming face that held a small hint of red. My face gained the small hint of red when I felt the softness of her thigh rub against my own as it wrapped around my own.
'No way in, no way out.'
This leads me to wonder what Asahi's intentions were along with what Kalawarnar's are. Asahi is always quiet with his intentions but he has never done anything along these lines before. Kalawarnar has never shown affection like this towards me, the most was a simple but great pat on the head right where my ears are hiding. She had an uncanny ability to scratch and pat me in the best, most sensitive spots. It's like hell when she stops doing it.
My attention was brought away from this as I heard the locked door rattling as someone was furiously trying to get into the room. A normal person would only try the door once so this wasn't a normal person, it was a supernatural. Raynare was working today so it wasn't her, Koneko is out with Issei and the nuns so that leaves Akeno and Rias … Rias. He didn't … did he?
!BOOM!
The door was blown of it's hinges by an explosion as a thick and heavy killing intent starts to flood into the room. Asahi did, he actually went and did it. That confusing bastard.
The dark, crimson form of Rias Gremory slowly stomped into the room. The power that was being given off was huge but completely weightless as she is terrible in control thinking that power alone makes it worthwhile. Despite that, the magic she was giving off was great. It definitely showed that she was a Gremory, even despite her lack of skill in magic she definitely has a lot of it. Shame she won't improve on it or thinks she doesn't need to.
As she came into the room, the door slowly reverted back and slotted itself back into the frame as a locked door. I was confused, i'm expecting an attack but one never came. Just the soft sounds of crying came from Rias as she held her head down with her bangs covering her face. It's like she came here to just affirm it and that was it. Despite the obvious killing intent directed at Kalawarnar nothing came from it.
"What do you want Gremory?"
She didn't reply, she just took off her clothes. Much to my annoyance, when I went to tell her to leave and put her clothes back on Kalawarnar stopped me holding her hand over my mouth.
"Let her this once."
Kalawarnar said it to me quietly and got up leaving me naked on the bed. Rias then nervously took Kalawarnar's place, she gingerly wrapped her shaking arms around me. Once she noticed that I wasn't budging she pulled herself in closer and wrapped her leg over me like Kalawarnar had done before.
Her legs were on par with Kalawarnar's for softness, it was nice but troubling. If I could trick myself into seeing her as someone else then I could get through this easily but I can't, all of my senses are too sharp to trick myself. The shampoo she uses reeks of a strawberry scent that I only smell on Rias. The only way out I have right now is to create a clone or to fall asleep.
Creating a clone isn't a great choice as they would easily notice it but probably wouldn't make a difference with how close we are. Falling asleep might make Rias think I am comfortable enough in her arms that I could fall asleep. They both hold bad endings but are they worth it to just get through this? Maybe, sleeping at least gives me the chance to say I just wanted to get through it but she could take it as a Tsundere response.
Maybe I can just use the excuse that I was just tired from continuous late nights of searching for clues and Kokabiel. That's as best as I could probably do. With that I decided, I fell asleep.
…
At night the next day, Asahi and I were watching the devils fight the priest called Freed. The four devil team of Issei, Kiba, Koneko and Saji seemed to only be on equal grounds with Freed and maybe only just winning over him. Even with the line wrapped around Freed's arm that came from a strange looking lizard head on Saji's left arm.
The little battle continued on, even when Xenovia and Irina arrived to join in but it didn't last much longer as an older priest came in. He went by the name Valper Galilei, he was a part of Grigori too but like Freed I had never seen him or met him before. Freed and Valper didn't stay for much longer as they ran off when Freed deployed a smoke bomb coupled with a flash-bang, disorientating their view and then obscuring it. An effective combo against devils.
Kiba then followed after the two priests with Xenovia and Irina hot on his tail. At this time, I dropped down from my perch on a nearby tree along with Asahi and walked towards them. As we reached them so did Rias and Sona and neither of them were happy with the servants. Asahi and I got front row seats of the aftermath.
1000 ass slaps each and each slap was a magic-infused slap that probably destroyed most of the feeling and nerves in their butts. Somehow, Koneko got out of having her ass slapped and I was a little disappointed with that. Both Rias and Sona then came over to us as we were starting to talk about our next moves.
"Have you two got any ideas on what's happening?"
We both looked at Sona who asked the question with a smirk.
"Of course we do, we aren't idiots."
Idiot is one word that is sure to rile Sona up. As a devil of Sitri who pride themselves on their intelligence, being called an idiot is a much bigger blow than you'd expect.
"What do you mean by that, Gin-kun?"
Her tone was definitely annoyed, it even showed on her face. This just made our smirks turn into grins.
"Simple. Kokabiel is a warmonger, that in itself is common knowledge. He is stealing the shards of Excalibur and already has three, with those two exorcists going after him there is potentially five in his grasp. Then add this town into the equation. Why would Kokabiel, a man who wasn't satisfied with the great war ending, come to this town in Japan with weapons from the Angels side? These three titbits were given from the start of this, to have not figured it out is plain stupidity."
Sona's eyes widened as she finally realised what was oh so obvious.
"He wants to start a war by killing the two sisters of Maou with sacred weapons from the Angel side."
"Bingo! Now that you have come to the actual answer right at the end, we'll be off. We have preparations to do, tonight is the final part to this sequence after all."
Asahi had chimed in with an extremely enthusiastic tone that really pissed Sona off. I think he did well with it and I quickly followed after him as he skipped away from the furious Kaichou of Kuoh Academy.
…
Half an hour later and we found ourselves at Kuoh Academy and we were sitting on top of the old school building keeping an eye on the school grounds where there was the odd flash of a white light.
"Why aren't we interfering now Asacchi? I don't feel Kokabiel's presence at all."
"Possible chance of getting you out of Gremory's grasp. It would be purely accidental if she was to die and you being the sole survivor of her peerage, well first of two survivors of her peerage."
"So that's your line in this, not bad. I would make three survivors, I don't want another dead Neko."
"Ahh well, poor calculation on my part. Anyway, it should be a great show and we don't have to participate if we don't want to. Let them die and then get there to deal with a hopefully weakened Kokabiel."
"I don't know whether to be scared or impressed right now."
"What about lusting for me over this new side?"
I shook my head at him as I slapped the back of his head.
"Come on Asacchi, don't go gay on me now."
Lead up to conclusion done. The next chapter will be the final to the Excalibur arc and should be a big'un in size.
I'll be doing an additional chapter for Christmas day and for those who like me as an Author rather than just that story then there is something for you too.
The present may not be as big as i hope but who knows how i do.
I'm off, Ciao-nya.
