To say that I feared the creature that was in front of me would not be the truth but it also wouldn't be that far away from it either. The sheer size and scale was immense, a typical dragon which radiates it's power at will. The dragon in front of me was Tiamat, a dragon that had promised a battle with me to see if she see me like the other animals. In an all-out fight I probably wouldn't win, I have a chance thanks to my dragon slayer weapons and the eternal moon but not a great chance it was. If it's just a spar then I can win by illusions but not the typical ones, I can make her believe that the power I show her isn't my full power but it actually really is. Doing that in a tense situation with a dragon isn't something I think I can do though so I will rely on luck alone.

The large blue dragon has Satan-level powers so she was even stronger than Barakiel. That alone makes you scared of her but I didn't feel that way. I will never ever fear an animal or creature of any kind as a descendant of Tsukiyomi but the feeling I get is strange. It's like my body shakes from nervous happiness, it's a strange thing to explain but it may be something like experiencing an achievement of your child's. Seeing your child do something impressive, it sorta feels like that would be.

"So Tsukiyomi, shall we fight?"

A voice full of anticipation and hunger, I doubt many creatures here would put up a good fight for her. I answered her by taking a few steps back and bringing out my cat features and Tsukiyomi armour which caused my ears and tails to glaze over in a silver ice. Rather than having the tiger heads around my fists I went with typical ice gauntlets for this fight.

This newer and matured form allows me to fight fire-type opponents much better as my wings are unmeltable and my gauntlets are unbreakable. It's awesome but easily seen through but still even with my gauntlets being unbreakable, Tiamat is considerably stronger than me. I looked to Koneko who stood off to the side with Rias and Akeno who had to come and watch, and then back to Tiamat before smirking and nodding allowing her the first strike.

Tiamat's first attack was an immense flame that I was quick to defend against by using my wings as a shield. When the flames ended I could see the forest starting to be set alight. Even with my ice defending me I could feel the intense heat through the cold and it raised the hair on my arms. It was a weird feeling. I kept my wings in front to defend me and placed my palms against the floor causing two ice stalagmites to just out of the ground and crash against Tiamat's scales scratching them in the process but not much else.

I force my wings away out of my vision and jump towards Tiamat, manipulating my gauntlets to have spikes at the knuckles and punch down into her skull giving me the slightest of reactions before she flicks her head to the side sending me into a spin before finally crashing to a halt at the base of a tree. I slowly pick myself up while feeling a little dizzy, it would seem like I have underestimated the dragon.

A slight growl comes from her mouth, she was getting angry at me. It felt like she was expecting much more and a little more I was gonna give.

'Feline Blitz'

My tails split in half forcing more power into my legs and I pressed off towards Tiamat at a speed way too fast for me to control and I crashed straight into her head surprising both of us before I tumbled away down to the ground making my armour reform itself. That crash hurt much more the other one, that's for sure.

"Come on Tsukiyomi, you are gonna need more power to earn my trust."

The female dragon is a bitch, I can see why Ddraig annoyed her. That voice rubs me the wrong way. The only chance i'll have is to expose her hide from under her scales then I can use normal attacks again but she might even stop the fight after breaking her scales. If I can break her scales which is her armour then she is in danger.

I know my 'Frigid Blast' performs an explosion but it works on blowing things away or a fragile human body apart, not something like metal and dragon scales are stronger … Wait, I've got Ddraig's jewel. I could fuse my 'Frigid Blast' with Ddraig's boosting to double the explosive power.

I know it'll work and I look forward to seeing Tiamat's reaction. I ran towards her and she didn't budge an inch, I slid to a stop under her head aiming right for her chin. I brought my right arm down as I charged the standard blast so I could release Ddraig's power at the last second because Tiamat will be extremely pissed.

I held my arm back for a second as I poured all of my ice-concentrated magic into it and then invoked the green jewels power as I sent my open right palm straight upwards.

"Welsh Dragon: Garnet Eruption!"

The silvery-ice ball turned into a fluorescent red just on impact resulting in an overly big red explosion of light and ice. It had enough force to blow Tiamat's body upwards into the air and back down again onto my body to quick for me to dodge. Thankfully, my armour was still intact and served as a layer between myself and Tiamat saving me from being completely crushed by her body.

Tiamat's body slowly rose up with a snarl as smoke billowed out of my nose but she didn't move, her hostility was still there a little. As I slowly moved away from her albeit tired from the insane consumption of that ridiculously large explosion that left Tiamat's chin still sizzling with smoke, she stared right at me.

"You hold that bastard Ddraig?"

That's why she is staring at me.

"I do not Tiamat. Along with being Descendant of Tsukiyomi, I hold the Lunar Gear. I simply have a jewel from both Ddraig and Albion so I can utilize their abilities at a ridiculously large rate of magic. That attack right now completely depleted my magic set to ice."

Tiamat 'Hmph'ed as more smoke snorted it's way out of her nostrils and floating up into the sky. She looked over me once again and I held firm, she is gauging me. Seeing how I act in front of her while she is hostile and I lack my favoured ice magic.

"Fine, Tsukiyomi. You still have a ways to go but I see a good future coming your way, I am happy to have fought the Lord of this forest."

I let out a sigh of relief at that, having her on my side is going to be a great thing. I wonder if I could go a step further, there isn't a real downside to this … in a dragon's view of course, as long as I don't say I own her. I summoned a large crate of dragon apples to hand and plonked them down on the floor in front of me easily re-catching Tiamat's attention.

"Tiamat, as a small gesture I got you some Dragon Apples from Tannin. Now I was wondering if I could ask something of you."

"Go on."

These dragon apples seem to have done their job, hopefully the next thing will go down well. I summoned the red jewel of my four jewels for my Fallen Peerage.

"Those dragon apples aren't a part of what I'm going to say now. I would like for you to join my fallen angel peerage. Before you say anything, I want to let you know that you will not become a fallen angel in any way but you will gain the ability to use 'Holy' magic if you so wish and also a general increase in power. The reincarnation effect only works on humanoids. The second thing would be no change in relationship between us, all I will ask of you is your help if I was to face a strong opponent. This would allow me to call you there. You are free to decline but I have something for you if you agree."

"Strong opponents … like who?"

"Well … i'm not too keen on the current Maous so maybe one of them. I'm also in the same peerage as the Sekiryuutei so when he becomes a sufficient opponent how about I let you fight him. Sound good to you?"

Mentioning the Sekiryuutei hooked her right in. I wonder what Ddraig was stupid enough to do to anger Tiamat.

"Then I will accept your offer, I also like the sound of this gift you have hinted at."

I smirked at Tiamat before biting down into my forearm piercing the skin and allowing the blood to flow instantly connecting with the jewel. I gestured to Tiamat and she did the same by clenching her claw causing a small wound in between her scales. As this was just a simple blood pact, it was a lot simpler and quicker process which finished in seconds allowing me to feel the string binding us together.

"Now this prize you have offered."

She is really adamant about this prize, better tell her quickly.

"You have one of two options. I can get Tannin to send a crate of apples to Satooji who is always around every month to give you or we could plant a load of seeds that Satooji will help tend to so you have a constant supply. The first option is limited to a crate but the second is only limited by the trees at the time which won't grow to infinite because of other animals here."

"Plant the seeds."

That was a rather forceful choice and possibly the only one a dragon would choose. Dragon apples are said to be extremely full of nutrients.

"Alright, i'll get Satooji onto it. I'll see you again, Tiamat."

She said her goodbyes with a snort.

…

It was the next day and I was now standing outside the Gremory castle waiting for the girl's to all get dressed for the Maou-sponsored party which would start in an hours time. I was dressed in a silver shirt with a black tie, pants and converse. Anything else would have been to much for me.

Ring! Ring!

I heard a series of rings in my ear and summoned my phone to see that Vali was calling me. Finding it slightly strange, I picked it up to answer him.

"Yo Vali, what's up?"

"Ain't been so bad Gin. It's just a quick call."

As he finishes I could hear explosions going on in the background.

"Are you fighting right now?"

"Yeah but that's not why i'm calling. Kuroka, she will be going to the party to see her sister. Have fun."

The call then disconnected. Vali is a strange guy, I don't think I will ever understand him.

News about Kuroka though is interesting, hopefully this will mean two strong fights in two days. I'm gonna have to go there early so I can put down some sensors. I know they won't catch her but i'll at least notice when they are put out of commission or interfered with unless they just completely surpass that thought and dodge it all perfectly.

As I moved away from the castle a series of dragons dropped down into the courtyard area. One dragon stood out, a large, purple dragon that I had seen in Azazel's wonderful book of dragons. Supposedly his favourite is Fafnir but I digress, the dragon in front of me was Tannin.

"Good timing Tannin. Can you tell the Gremory group that i'm going ahead?"

"I can, Tsukiyomi-dono. May I ask for a reason to tell them?"

"I've got something clan related to do."

Tannin nodded to my lie satisfied. It wasn't a full lie though. I gave him a slight now before teleporting myself to the coordinates of the party, as I arrive I notice that there are already some people arriving. It made me wonder why we were going to arrive so much later. I moved away from the entrance quickly and skirted round to the sides of the building and placed sensors along with divine runes to catch movements solely of the 'Neko' variety. I then placed numerous ones at the entrance as I held a slight fear that they may try to get into the building in one way or another.

I had waited until the main portion of attendees had ridden the elevators up and took a lone elevator in between the scarce member that were just arriving. I rode the elevator in happy peace as I steeled myself to try and compel myself to put up with a large room full of devils. I'll have to try and deal with it one way or another but just to keep some peace of mind, I summoned 'Second Star' and wrapped the clothe of the sheathe to the belt loops of my pants.

As I stepped out of the elevator, I was met by a beautiful marble hallway that led up to two huge doors that nearby maids opened up for me. The doors were that large that the people inside couldn't help but hear and have to look over to see who entered next. Unexpectedly, my entrance was announced and only known because of the damn person at attendance. I'm not going to any-more parties if I have to sign in, it's ridiculous.

"Tsukiyomi Gin. Star of 'Silver moon' and Fiancé to Serafall Leviathan-sama."

'You gotta be kidding me.'

I walked in with irritation evident on my face and the nobles close to the entrance noticed me glare angrily at the person who announced my entrance. The male nobles didn't dare come towards me, not that I had a good reputation to the male devils anyway. They are either jealous or dislike my 'lack' of respect. The females on the other hand, adore me. The only males that would probably approach me are 'Old Maou' supporters and that's the only reason for me to attend the party, if it wasn't for that then I'd be standing by outside watching for Kuroka.

I made my way straight for the buffet table as I caught the scent of a selection of meat. Once I was there, I was literally surrounded in meat. The younger female devils had surrounded me while my attention was firmly locked on the meat which I helped myself to without restraint. I turned around but was blocked so I stepped back letting my body phase through the table giving me an escape route and slowly walked away from the girlish crowd and arrived at the large window panes that looked out onto the forest below.

While the Underworld didn't have a night and day cycle, it was definitely darker at night in the human world but it wasn't that significant of a difference. Out the corner of my eye I saw three people step forward from the crowd, two that were familiar and one new one. I neglected to turn my body from the window but I did turn my head. The three who came was Ravel Phoenix, Raiser's masked Rook and a women who looked remarkably like Ravel, presumably her mother.

"What does the women of Phoenix want with the cat of Tsukiyomi?"

I asked in a slightly bored tone, I didn't want them to think I was bored by their presence alone. I'm not that much of a devil hater right now.

"I was wondering if you would take my daughter in, she is no longer one of my son's pieces."

So that's what they want huh. A Phoenix would be nice but their abilities are just over-glorified.

"No can do. My Queen and Bishop are already accounted for."

"Who? I'll trade you your bishop."

"No can do, Lady Phoenix. My bishop is Katerea Leviathan."

The single uttering of her name broke her side of things plus Katerea would be a great distraction for this type of thing. A true descendant of a Maou is a slight taboo in the Underworld so she's a perfect scapegoat for some things.

"Then your Queen?"

"My Queen is Grace Lucifuge."

Another good scapegoat in a way. The sister of the Ultimate Queen is also a slightly scary existence to the devils. Lady Phoenix then seemed to have had enough to the point of giving up by little Ravel hadn't.

"Then what pieces are free?!"

Her voice was loud, loud enough to catch the attention of other devils in the room.

"Only 8 pawns but to be truly honest with you, I haven't earned my 'Evil Pieces' yet."

I decided to drop the bomb on them now and hopefully get them to leave.

"Then when you do can I be a member?"

This girl just doesn't give up. Is her attraction to me true or just a schoolgirl's crush? Her willingness to press on despite my bored no's are enough to give her slight consideration.

"I wasn't even going to agree but i'll think about it. If you don't grow substantially in power then don't bother coming to me again."

I've gotta set some kind of boundary after all. The three female devils bowed to me politely before walking away to rejoin the party and I went back to looking out the window.

…

Rias' entrance came shortly after the Phoenixes stopped bothering me and made a small buzz in the large banquet hall. I was still by the window but now I was drinking whatever alcohol they had laid out. By taste alone I came to a half-arsed conclusion on it being champagne.

The minutes passed by idly until out of the blue a small black cat walked through the entrance of the large building, almost undetected. This meant Kuroka was near by. Once hitting maturity we have the ability to become a cat and also use that cat for surveillance but it can be pretty limited as the cat does actually have its own brain and soul. This black cat must just be a cat connected to strings if it just walked in like that.

I carefully made my way to the entrance while everyone was pre-occupied talking. As I entered the elevator I noticed a presence right behind me, one I know all too well. Turning, I saw Rias face behind my shoulder as the elevator doors closed.

"What do you think you are doing Rias? This party is here for you, you shouldn't be leaving."

"I saw you leaving so I though I'd come with."

"Why? Do you think that I suddenly have a better view of you?"

I was rewarded with a serene silence.

"Well, I do hold a slightly better view of you but that's in skill alone. As a person you are still very far away from me wanting to spend any time alone with you."

The elevator reached the bottom floor quickly and I noticed the black cat try to get passed me stealthily but that ended when I picked it up surprising Rias.

"A cat?"

"The reason I left the party and tried to alone. Our little Shirone's sister is here."

I took a few steps forward before trying to sense where they were but I couldn't find much, just some small signatures that could correspond to small animals but it felt weird and possibly off. I decided to go in that direction and turned right into the forest after leaving the building. I pushed myself easily through the trees as I sprinted with a Rias slowly trying to follow me.

I break from the trees into a small clearing to see two people. One was the person who took Vali away at the peace meeting, I believe Azazel called him Bikou. The other person was who I wanted to see, Kuroka. I threw the cat towards her as she turned around.

"Kuroka, it's nice to finally meet you."

I was the first to speak as I allowed my neko features to come out. Looking at my two fellow Youkai, I could see that they both wore happy expressions with Kuroka's having more of an effect on me. Her gaze felt predatory like I was going to be jumped any second but I don't think I'd mind if she did. I feel drawn to her and it just isn't her looks, her aura was impressive and almost intoxicating to me. It took some effort to keep myself from being pulled in.

"It's nice to meet you too, Gin-nya. Vali told me a lot about you, he said you got the bounty taken off my head-nya."

"That I did, Kuroka. You may be seen as a thorn in the sides of both Devils and Neko but enough of our kind have been slaughtered due to the pathetic pride of the devils. I gave up my right to marry who I choose to save our kind and in doing so, I also get reign over you."

"Reign over me-nya?"

"As near as it can go. I couldn't get the kill bounty off but if a devil is to ever find you then their orders are to bring you to me unharmed, that's if there is a devil good or quick enough to catch you."

A fanged smile adorns the lustrous cat's beautiful face because of my praise. Our colours go well together, her hair is as black as the night and my silver acts as the moon to illuminate the path. It's almost synchronicity.

"I know you aren't intending to be caught just yet so I am willing to let you go this time but in return, I want to see how I fair against the pinnacle of my kind."

"Why not-nya? The last male Nekoshou should be mine after all, I can't have you being weak."

Her words came with a slightly ominous tone which weirded me out and it did so further as she started to leak out her full aura which covered her intoxicating scent. What was holding me back is now gone, luckily enough. Kuroka though, didn't move at all. Then everything around me fluctuated as I heard the wind change to my left and quickly unhooked my sword from my pants and blocked a punch that came my way with a sheathe. A split second later and a magic bullet came straight at me from where Kuroka was standing so I quickly drew my blade cutting the attack in half.

They were way too quick, I wouldn't have seen them coming at all without maturing. From the intensity of the quick double attack I could tell that she was still holding back but it wasn't a lot. Unlike Barakiel and Tiamat, Kuroka is being serious despite her restraint.

She then sent another magic bullet my way but when I jumped to dodge it, it split into quarters and the top quarter came straight at me hitting my left shoulder blasting straight through it. There was no pain whatsoever but I could feel my arm slowly going limp. I stopped the process by completely sectioning off my arm by encasing it in very thick ice, due to my affinity for it it holds no weight.

I dropped down to the floor when I landed back on my feet and placed my encased arm onto the floor sending the ice into the ground and exchanging it for my own Senjutsuu to start healing it and repairing my shirt. Icicles start to just out of the ground causing Kuroka to dodge every single one of them easily and in an acrobatic style. I need more spend in my invocation of my magic, if I can't even push Kuroka then it's way too slow.

I could fight her on even terms if I used 'Summon Swords' to restrict her movement but that's besides the point. I'll just charge for now.

When I did charge towards her, she did the same and came right me. I sheathed my sword before blocking her strike with the sheathe and punching upwards into her arm while letting go of my trusty Katana, even if I lose her in battle I can summon her straight to me and enemies can't wield her regardless. With 'Second Star' in her hand, Kuroka tried to unsheathe it but raised her eyebrows when it wouldn't budge. I used the whole time as my time to strike and closed back in on her and sent a ki-filled palm strike straight into her chest making her let go of my katana, which I quickly took hold of with my left hand before it hit the floor.

Our fight was nearing a stalemate but in true terms, I have lost. If I used 'Second Star' properly instead of a feint tool then I could force her into going all out.

As I looked at Kuroka, I saw her turn her head. When I followed her gaze I saw a man holding onto a sword and I could feel another at his hip. Kuroka's aura completely disappeared at that and she winked at me before disappearing away with the man and Bikou.

I stood up again and tied 'Second Star' back to my waist.

"That was pretty anti-climactic."

Not much to the fights but that's because Gin still can't really beat them.
Gin brought Tiamat to the point where she would have had to use more power, that gains him some praise.
Gin did the same with Kuroka but she had to stop when Arthur appears.
Ddraig's power is ridiculous explosions and ridiculous consumption, basically pointless in Gin's view.
Albion's power is defensive and allows his defence to halve attacks like divide but it doesn't give Gin power nor half every attack.
As my uploads have been pretty frequent, i'm gonna take a day or two off before i upload again. I'm gonna upload the 3 training chapters in one go too.

I'll see you all in a few days. Ciao-nya.