Chapter XVIII

Hello everyone, it is time for another chapter of Chaos Pawn. I hope you all enjoyed the previous chapter, and its lemon-filled goodness. Mainly because there is even more this time. Well, one more. But, after this short arc ends we will finally move on to the Soul Society, so just hang in there. Now, as usual I would like to thank my coauthor Bakuto Masaki and my secondary author (that is the best term I could come up with) TheLastNanaya. Well, might as well move on to the reviewer responses.

TheLastNanaya: Ah, my bad. I will be sure to fix that.

You will just need to find out later, will you not. Yeah, hers was a bit short but it was my first tentacle lemon. Yep, seems lucky enough to me.

Oh? I never said Faust.

H fan: Yes.

H4Life: Yes. Although I have never heard of Carla the Blood Lord, I will need to look that one up.

conan . lagace: Cool, glad you enjoyed them.

andrew: I took the story down to rewrite it since I felt the way it was going was not very good. Thanks.

As before I would like to leave a warning to tell you all that there another lemon in this chapter just as with the previous, though I was hoping to fit more in but, I simply could not.

In the old school building, a figure watched from a window as Kazuma and Akeno became one by the pool. After a moment the figure walked away from the window with a frustrated frown.

Shizuka sat in her office looking over a series of papers when she heard the door slide open. She turned to see who had entered and had to do a double take as she saw Kazuma walked in carrying an obviously hastily dressed, passed out Akeno on his back. Shizuka blinked curiously and asked, "Do I want to know?"

Kazuma sighed as he walked over to one of the beds and set Akeno down on it. "Probably not."

Shizuka walked over to Akeno on the bed and raised an eyebrow as her nose twitched. She glanced at Kazuma.

Kazuma sweat-dropped.

Shizuka smiled lightly and nodded. "I'll take care of it."

Kazuma sighed in relief. "Thanks…"

After dropping Akeno off at Shizuka's office Kazuma made his way to the old warehouse to help the others train.

As Kazuma walked into the building he noticed that the others were already into their training.

"How's it going?" Kazuma asked.

Yuko nodded in response. "Quite well actually. Though Kiryu has been acting a little strange."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and watched the young vampire's movements. Narrowing his eyes he thought, 'Hmm…I think it might be time to get her training with Arcueid.'

'That would probably be a good idea,' Ddraig suggested.

Kazuma turned to Yuko and explained, "I'm going to leave a Thought Projection here to help the others. I have a special trainer to introduce Aika too."

Yuko raised an eyebrow but nodded in understanding.

A Thought Projection shimmered into existence next to Kazuma as he walked over to Aika.

Aika stopped for a moment, breathing heavily. She glanced up and saw Kazuma walking up to her. "Oh, Kazuma." She then smirked weakly and asked, "Here to see me all sweaty?"

Kazuma smirked in response and retorted, "Among other things. I need you to come with me, I think it's time you meet that person I was talking about."

Aika nodded in confusion.

Kazuma had Medea tell Arcueid what was going on, and soon she met up with him at a park in town, though he made sure it was not the one he usually ended up at.

Aika looked around in the dark night sky. "It's strange you know. I know it's pitch black outside and yet I can see like it's daylight."

"That's one of the abilities you have as a Dead Apostle," Kazuma explained.

"Actually, it's an ability all vampires have," Arcueid corrected as she walked into the park.

"Yo," Kazuma said plainly as she appeared.

Aika looked at the blonde vampire surprised. 'She's…so pretty.'

Arcueid pointed at Aika and asked, "Is this her? The Dead Apostle Roa bit?"

Kazuma sighed and flicked her in the forehead. "Could you try being a little less blunt?"

Arcueid huffed in annoyance. "Fine." She then turned to Aika. "So, what do you know about your current powers? Beyond your Sacred Gear."

"Sacred…Gear…?" Aika asked in bewilderment.

Arcueid sighed. "You didn't explain anything to her, did you?"

"Hey, it's been a busy week, alright? I'm still recovering from that ass-kicking Kabuto gave me."

Arcueid smirked playfully.

"I will chop your head off," Kazuma said bluntly.

Aika pointed to Arcueid and asked, "Uhm, Kazuma, who exactly is this woman?"

Kazuma sweat-dropped. "Oh…right. This is Arcueid Brunestud. She's like you, sort of."

Aika tilted her head. "Sort of?"

Arcueid nodded. "Similarly to you I'm a vampire. But a different kind. Has Kazuma explained the different kinds of vampires to you?"

Aika nodded slowly. "Yeah. I think he said the types were Dead Apostles and True Ancestors."

"Good. Did he explain the difference?"

Aika shook her head.

"Right." Arcueid folded her arms as she collected her thoughts. "Right, might as well put it simply. Dead Apostles like you are humans who have been injected with the blood of another vampire, either True Ancestor or Dead Apostle, turning you into a vampire. True Ancestors like me are natural born vampires. We have vampire parents descended from a line of vampires. Well, not me technically."

Aika tilted her head curiously. "Why?"

"Because, I'm the first vampire. Well, there's also my brother Alucard but I prefer not to talk about him."

"Alucard…?"

Kazuma sighed heavily. "Let's get back on topic, I don't want to talk about that insane brother of yours."

"Agreed," Arcueid added with an annoyed groan.

Aika sweat-dropped. "He doesn't sound very nice."

"He's not," the two answered in unison.

Arcueid shook her head and continued, "As I was saying, with few exceptions True Ancestors are vampires descended from other vampires. Although I suppose there's technically a third type of vampire, Dhampirs. They're half-breeds of vampires of either kind and humans."

Aika moaned as her head began to spin. "T…too much…"

Kazuma sighed and explained, "Just try to remember the two types of vampires. Dead Apostles get turned by another vampire and True Ancestors are natural born."

Aika blinked for a moment. "Now I get it."

Kazuma nodded in relief. "Right, now, since we've got that out of the way, we should start with you teaching how to use her abilities."

Arcueid nodded in response. "The abilities of a Dead Apostle are slightly different than a True Ancestor, but they're close enough that I can teach how to use them."

Aika nodded in understanding. "So what kind of powers do I have?"

"As a Dead Apostle you can absorb a person's memories by draining all of their blood, this will also add the energy of their soul to yours, extending your lifespan. Of course, I doubt you'd make use of those powers very often. You can also cast illusions on your enemies but those can be pretty finicky if you're not careful. One power that will be easy to teach you though is Blood Manipulation."

"Blood Manipulation?" Aika asked.

Arcueid nodded and then explained, "Basically, if you get injured you can manipulate your own blood like a weapon."

Aika frowned in frustration. "I don't really understand it."

Arcueid sighed and then turned to Kazuma.

A tendril extended out of Kazuma's back wrapped around a kunai and slashed at Arcueid's hand.

Arcueid winced lightly but extended her hand forward.

Aika watched in confusion and then shock as the blood dripping from the slash started to move before extending out as a jagged, shadow-like tendril.

The tendril danced and twisted for a few moments before turning back into blood and dropping.

"So, that's what I'm talking about," Arcueid explained as she Kazuma's blazer to wipe the blood off.

"So…how do I do that?" Aika asked, staring at her hand.

Kazuma walked up to Aika and held out a kunai. "Sad to say the only way to use it is to make a cut for blood to get out."

Aika gulped apprehensively as she looked at the sharp, black knife in his hand.

"You need to be able to use your Blood Manipulation so that in the event you get injured you can still use your injuries to your advantage," Arcueid explained.

Aika gulped once more before extending her hand out to Kazuma. "I can't do it myself."

Kazuma and held her left hand lightly.

Aika's cheeks heated up lightly from the contract. She then flinched in pain as Kazuma stabbed the tip of the kunai into the palm of her hand.

As the blood began to flow from the cut Arcueid explained, "Now concentrate on the blood flowing from the wound. Envision it becoming a solid, weightless substance that you control, an extension of your hand."

Aika nodded and focused on the small pool of blood. Nothing occurred for several seconds, however the blood then turned a dark, shadowy black before it began to writhe and shake in the palm of her hand, moving around though not truly extending in any direction. She kept her concentration locked on it before sighing in fatigue, the blood dropping as she lowered her hand. "This is hard."

"You'll get the hang of it," Arcueid reassured with a smile.

Kazuma continued most of the night helping to train Aika alongside Arcueid.

After deciding the brunette was exhausted, and after having large quantities of his own blood drained to replenish what she had used up, Kazuma decided to end the training and made his way to Yuko's house for their next session.

Kazuma awoke the next morning far more exhausted than he had expected. However he did remember he had something to take care of that day so sent a Thought Projection to school in his place.

Kazuma made his way to a shopping center in the middle of town. After a few moments he looked to his side and saw Yuma running up to him.

"Sorry I'm late," she apologized. "Getting out of class was harder than I expected."

Kazuma shrugged in response as he stood up. "Doesn't bother me, I just got here after all."

Kazuma looked at Yuma's outfit as she laughed at his remark, which consisted of a simple, pink blouse with a low V-neck, buttons down the front, and puffed, short sleeves, a knee-length black skirt, and simple black flats.

"That's a nice outfit," Kazuma complimented.

Yuma blinked curiously and then smiled. "Thanks, your outfit is quite nice as well."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and glanced down. The outfit he'd ended up Requipping into was a dark grey, short-sleeved dress shirt, black slacks, and grey loafers. He blinked curiously. 'Well…guess this was a happy accident.' He then glanced at Yuma and extended a hand. "So, shall we?"

Yuma nodded in agreement and grabbed onto his hand, before standing closer and pressing his arm in between her none-too-small chest.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow lightly. 'Oh yeah…definitely a fallen angel. Those breasts feel way too good.'

After that the two made their way into the nearby mall and began exploring the area.

Starting the event off simply, Kazuma asked, "So, have any hobbies?"

Yuma looked at him curiously and moderately surprised. She responded abruptly, "I, uh, like cute things."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. 'This must be her first seduction mission. It shows. Itachi told me that newbies were bad at it but I'm almost surprised. Actually, come to think of it, she kinda has similar mana to him. Do you think…?'

Ddraig responded swiftly, 'There's no way that uncharismatic bore had a kid.'

Kazuma sighed and looked around the area before spotting a small shop selling stuffed bears. He pointed to it and asked, "How about something from there?"

Yuma turned to the bear shop and had a momentary reaction of annoyance but instantly changed to enthused with a nod. "Yeah, let's go!"

"Hey, slow down," Kazuma responded plainly as she dragged him inside the shop.

They spent their time in the shop with Kazuma watching Yuma peruse the various stuffed bears lining the shelves.

However, after spending roughly half an hour inside the shop they left with Yuma having not bought anything.

Much like that their day continued, with the duo going into various shops, antiques, clothing, furniture, and specialty food stores, though without a single item being bought.

However, upon reaching the third clothing store, Kazuma noticed a small object next to the counter, a pink scrunchy sitting next to the register.

He picked it up and then called to Yuma.

She immediately walked over to him. "What is it?"

He held up the pink wristband. "Why not try this on?"

Yuma nodded as he expanded it and slipped it over her wrist. She flinched slightly as the band snapped against her wrist. She then held it up and smiled. "How does it look?"

Kazuma nodded with an approving smile. "Looks good on you."

After buying the trinket for Yuma the two walked out but Yuma stopped as her stomach gurgled lightly. She looked away from Kazuma with reddened cheeks.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and then remarked, "You know, I'm feeling a little hungry. How about you?"

Yuma looked at him surprised slightly and then nodded. "Sure."

As the two looked around the shops Kazuma asked, "So, anything in particular you like?"

"Sweets!" she responded immediately and enthusiastically.

Kazuma sweat-dropped. '…That reaction was authentic.'

Fortunately for Kazuma there was a restaurant nearby that he knew served a wide variety of desserts in addition to his preferred salty food.

As the two entered they were brought to a table by a server before getting their menu.

Yuma looked around the area thoughtfully as Kazuma looked over the menu.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as he watched her look around. He followed the glances she made and swiftly realized what she was doing. 'So, this isn't just a random interaction, is it? I'll probably need to do some fighting later. Hopefully I'll get to have some fun before that.'

'You don't take anything seriously, do you?' Zangetsu asked in exasperation.

'Nope.'

Zangetsu sighed heavily.

After the meal Kazuma paid and the two made their way around the area a little more before heading towards a strange park with a fountain in the center.

Kazuma looked around curiously. 'Seems normal enough so far.'

As Yuma walked up to the fountain she then turned around and looked at Kazuma. "Hey, think you could do something for me, to commemorate our day together?"

Kazuma nodded but then put up a hand. "Sure, but before that, I'd like to ask you a question."

Yuma tilted her head curiously. "Like what?"

"Why is a fallen angel asking me out on a date?"

Yuma's eyes widened as she stepped back. "W-what do you mean…?" she asked with an unconvincing smile.

Kazuma sighed as the long katana appeared in his hand which he then pointed at Yuma.

Yuma backed up some in confusion and then glowered angrily. "How did you figure that out?"

"I didn't 'figure it out' I knew all along. From the moment you asked me out I knew you were a fallen angel. However I was curious enough at what you were planning to play along. But it seems you were just planning on trying to kill me. If that's the case then I'll just neutralize the threat right here and now."

Yuma narrowed her eyes angrily. Her clothes then exploded off of her body as large black wings sprouted from her back, she appeared to grow taller, and her outfit seemed to melt onto her body, composing black, strap-like objects on and under her breasts, a piece resembling a thong held on one side by three thin straps, gloves running up her arms with chains attached, spiked shoulder guards, and black, high heel, thigh-high boots.

"So that's what you really look like, huh?" Kazuma remarked as he looked at the fallen angel's true form before smirking. "Not half bad. I like the leather bikini, Yuma."

Yuma narrowed her eyes in confusion and then smirked. "I appreciate the compliment, and I'd prefer you call me Raynare. Now, I suppose there's only one choice since you know who I-"

Kazuma interrupted her by putting up a hand. "Wait a sec."

Raynare raised an eyebrow in confusion and then sighed. "What?"

"Well I was wondering if-"

Kazuma's sentence was interrupted as a voice shouted nearby, "Raynare!"

The two looked to the side as Kalawarner suddenly landed nearby.

Kazuma blinked curiously and then narrowed his eyes in thought. "Hey, you're that blue-haired beauty I helped the other day. Are those injuries you got from those Hollows healing up?"

Kalawarner's face reddened slightly and she looked away from him. "Ah, yes. They've healed just fine."

Raynare raised an eyebrow and then raised both in realization.

Kazuma sighed as his sword disappeared in a flash of light. "Well, Raynare, aside from the part where you were planning on killing me, today was fun. How 'bout we do it again some time?" He then jumped off into the trees.

Raynare folded her arms in thought. "That man…he's the one you told me about, isn't he?"

Kalawarner nodded in agreement. "He is. That's what I was trying to warn you about."

Raynare looked at her puzzled.

"Freed and Dohnaseek told me you'd been sent on a mission to seduce him. He's probably one of the last people you want to try that on."

Raynare nodded in understanding and then smirked in amusement. "At any rate, it seems he's not ready to try and fight us just yet."

Kalawarner raised an eyebrow.

"He asked me out on another date, didn't you notice?"

Kalawarner blinked in thought. "…Ah…"

Kazuma landed just outside the heavily forested park and sighed as he stood against a wall. "Well, that was worrying. So it seems those two are working together. Though that blue-haired chick showing up reminded me of something."

Kazuma made his way towards the shop Aoko owned as the sun began setting over the horizon.

He walked inside and noticed that Aoko was nowhere to be seen.

After looking around for a few moments he called out her name.

It was several seconds before he heard a reply.

"In here!" she called.

Kazuma made his way towards the back of the shop where he found her sitting over a table, working on a complex mechanism, wearing shorts and a tank top.

She noticed Kazuma walk in and waved blithely. "Yo, Kazuma."

Kazuma nodded in return as he sat opposite her. "I need to ask you a favor, Aoko."

She blinked curiously and nodded in understanding.

"I need a pair of gloves that I can transmit mana through but that can shield my hands from light energy."

Aoko raised an eyebrow in curiosity. "What do you need something like that for?"

Kazuma sighed and explained, "If you can't tell I've been turned into a devil again."

Aoko nodded in response. "Yeah, now that I take a closer look you're right. So I guess Clarent and a few others aren't playing nice then?"

"Yeah. So, think you can do it?"

Aoko rubbed her chin in thought. "Yeah, it'll take me a couple days but I can do it. But, in return I want you to tell me something."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in response. "What is it?"

"I heard that you've gotten yourself involved in something nasty."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow lightly. 'Yeah…take your pick…' After a moment he asked, "What do you mean?"

"You've gotten tangled up with the Soul Reapers."

Kazuma blinked curiously. "Hang on, how do you know about the Soul Reapers?"

Aoko grinned playfully. "I have my ways. So, if you're going to the Soul Society, mind if I come along?"

"That's a very-"

Aoko snapped her fingers as a blast of heat rushed by Kazuma's head.

"…good idea…"

"Heehee!"

After giving the specifics of the gloves he wanted to Aoko, Kazuma made another trip to Yuko's house.

The next morning Kazuma awoke slowly and noticed Yuko was gone.

Getting out of her bed as his reform appeared on him in a flash of light he made his way to her kitchen.

He noticed her sitting at the table, slumped over, sleeping. He tapped her shoulder lightly. "Yuko, you alright?"

She flinched slightly before sitting up. "Oh, Kazuma. Oh! I was going to prepare breakfast!"

Kazuma put a hand on her shoulder with a smile. "Don't worry, I'll do it. You seem pretty tired."

Yuko frowned sadly as he walked over to the stove. "Sorry, but I seem to be feeling rather sluggish as time goes on."

As he gathered ingredients from around her kitchen he remarked, "Don't worry about it. Your body's adjusting to the mana that's in it now, it'll probably be a little while before you're feeling a hundred percent again."

Yuko nodded slowly in response with a light sigh.

As Kazuma made his way to the school decided to send out several Thought Projections to do some training while he was preoccupied.

The day went by as he expected, Suzune's class was enjoyable as always.

However one oddity kept getting his attention as the day passed, he noticed Lily constantly glancing at him.

It was innocuous enough, until he noticed that her posture was becoming continuously more uncomfortable as the day went on.

He received his answer to why sooner than he had expected.

Kazuma had planned on going up to the roof to discuss the plans for when he, Ichigo, Orihime, and the others' training had finished.

However that train of thought was sidelined when Lily burst out of one of the unused classrooms and dragged him into it, closing the door swiftly behind her.

Kazuma stumbled to his feet and fixed his uniform. "Is there some reason you dragged me in here like this?"

Lily walked up to him and was engulfed in light before her uniform had been replaced by her mage outfit.

Kazuma folded his arms in confusion. "Okay…so did you want to show off your Requip magic then?"

Lily frowned in annoyance at him. "N-…no…that's not it. I…I wanted to…to…to apologize…!"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "Apologize? For what?"

"Well…I'm the one that turned you into that monster and…"

Kazuma smirked and leaned forward, flicking her on the forehead. "You're being stupid."

Lily brought up her hands to cover the red mark, her cheeks puffed in annoyance. "S-stupid?!"

Kazuma nodded in return. "Yeah. You've got nothing to apologize for. Yeah, you turned me into a freaky tentacle monster but I've had worse."

Lily looked at him curiously for a few moments before averting her gaze. "Well…I…there's also…"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes and noticed a smell in the air. "Oh boy…"

She walked up to him and said frantically, "I need you to-!"

"No," Kazuma interrupted flatly.

Lily backed up in shock. "Wh-what? Why?"

"Because, you're not in your right mind, and what's more it's my fault."

Lily huffed in annoyance. "I-I knew the consequences when this happened."

Kazuma shook his head in response. "That's irrelevant. I'm not going to do that when I know that your mind is being altered."

Lily frowned as she stepped back. After a moment she asked, "Am I not good enough? Do I not have the same charm as Ms. Minori?"

Kazuma sighed in response. "That has nothing to do with it."

Lily looked at him in confusion and then winced. She looked at her arm and saw one of Kazuma's tendrils latched onto her. "Wh-what's this…?!"

"I'm draining that stuff from you. This way you won't be under its effects."

She looked at him puzzled as the tendril released and then vanished.

Kazuma sighed heavily as he walked towards her. "Sorry about that, hopefully once your mind clears up you won't want to kill me," he hoped with a weak smile before walking past her.

Lily watched as he left the room, surprised and confused.

After that encounter Kazuma continued making his way to the roof, stopping when he ran into Aika.

The two stepped down one of the dimly lit hallways before Aika leant up and bit down on Kazuma's neck, slowly drinking some of his blood.

As Aika pulled away Kazuma rubbed the mark on his neck as it slowly vanished. "Geez, you gotta stop biting so hard."

Aika frowned in annoyance. "But you're so tall. If I don't bite that hard I can't get a good drink."

Kazuma sighed in irritation. "I wonder if we should try one of the other methods."

Aika blinked curiously. "Other methods?"

Kazuma nodded. "Didn't I tell you already?"

Aika shook her head.

"Oh, well blood isn't the only way vampires get their nourishment, what you guys actually get from it is the mana to continue living. Blood's just the easiest to get."

Aika raised an eyebrow in thought. "What are the other methods?"

Kazuma scratched his head in thought. "Hmm…I think it'd be best to have Arcueid tell you that. If I told you you'd probably hit me."

Aika stared at him in blank confusion.

After that, the two made their way to the roof where the others were waiting.

Though the conversation was not able to go as Kazuma had hoped with the presence of Tatsuki and the others.

Kazuma sighed before looking out over the school grounds.

"Oh, Soryu," Yuuto said suddenly.

Kazuma turned to him in response. "What's up?"

"Pres wants to see you after classes are over."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in response but nodded all the same.

After waiting through a few more classes, Kazuma noticed Yuko had yet to arrive to teach her class.

Several moments later Murayama walked into the classroom with a frustrated expression.

"What's wrong?" one of the students asked.

"Ms. Minori isn't feeling well so won't be coming in for class, so instead she appointed me to start setting up for the festival," Murayama explained.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought.

Kazuma half-listened through the period of time Murayama was talking before the remaining classes made their way through.

After they passed Kazuma was prepared to rush for Yuko's house but remembered the meeting he had with Rias.

Sighing he sent a Thought Projection to check on Yuko while he himself went to the Occult Research Club.

He arrived in the room and was perplexed to see only Koneko sitting alone on one of the couches.

She gave him a cursory glance before returning to the sweet that she was eating.

Kazuma sat down with a sigh as he looked around. After several silent moments he turned to Koneko. "So…any idea for she is?"

Koneko glanced at him. "No," she said plainly.

'Stirring.' After another few moments of silence he asked, "So, do you have any hobbies?"

Koneko glanced up at him, slightly perturbed. "Candy."

Kazuma sweat-dropped lightly. "Th-…that's not really…a hobby…"

"Candy," she repeated.

"…Understood…"

After another lengthy silence, Kazuma asked, "Do you have any family?"

He noticed an angry wince in her eyes when he asked that. "…Yes…"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in thought. "What are they like?"

"Gone."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "…That…doesn't answer my question." However, as he asked that question, a hunch began to form in Kazuma's mind. "Koneko…tell me, do you have a sister?"

Koneko stopped mid-bite and tensed lightly before biting down roughly on the dessert she was holding.

'I'll take that as a yes. So…could she be…?'

'It's not impossible,' Ddraig remarked.

"You?" Koneko asked.

"Huh?" Kazuma blurted out in confusion.

"Family?"

"Oh, yeah. I have, er, had one. Don't remember too much about them honestly. I had a big brother though."

Koneko continued eating without a response.

'Nothing…? Not a single thing to tell me how she feels about that? This is one cold cat.' Kazuma sighed and then raised an eyebrow. "I'll be right back."

Koneko followed him with her eyes but kept focused on her food. However, her full attention was zeroed in on him when returned seconds later with a large plate of cookies.

Setting them on the table, Kazuma remarked, "Here. I think it'd be best if we have something to snack on as we talk. I know you like sweets given the fact you eat a Mount Everest on your own so I think these cookies I made should satisfy."

Koneko glanced between him and the cookies suspiciously for several moments before reaching for one. She took a tentative bite and blinked in surprise.

A short time later Rias, Akeno, and Yuuto walked into the room and saw Kazuma and Koneko sitting in the room already, waiting.

Rias blinked as she noticed the plate on the table with but a few crumbs on it, Koneko swiftly devouring the remnants of a cookie. She turned to Kazuma suspiciously.

He shrugged emphatically. "I wasn't going to try and stop her."

Rias sighed before sitting down, Yuuto sitting next to Koneko, who gave him a nasty look as she picked the crumbs off the platter, and Akeno standing to Rias' side behind the desk.

Kazuma folded his arms behind his head and asked, "So, what's so urgent?"

Rias glanced at Yuuto who nodded and closed the drapes to the single window.

Kazuma lowered his arms with a confused expression. "Are you going to kill me or something?"

Rias shook her head in response. "No, I simply need to ask you some questions. Firstly, what exactly is it you've been doing with the Soul Reapers?"

Kazuma's confused expression immediately lowered into one of angered annoyance. "That is none of your concern."

Rias smirked playfully. "Oh, I'd say it is. For one, Soul Reapers have weapons that can kill devils, something I'm sure you're more than aware of after that one thrashed you."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes angrily. "And how would it be possible for you to know all of this?"

"I have my ways," Rias responded cryptically.

Kazuma glanced at Akeno who smiled apologetically.

Rias shrugged in response. "Now, I'll ask again. What have you been doing with the Soul Reapers?"

Kazuma sighed in annoyance. "So, why exactly do you care?"

Rias smirked in response. "You along with the others are all my servants, so if you get into trouble I have to help you."

Kazuma stood up with a groan. "I assure you, there's no need for you to get involved."

Rias rebutted, "There is. If you go off on your own like this, one of two things will happen. I will be punished in your stead since you're my servant, or you will be marked as a Stray Devil. However, if you agree to let us come with you I can see about figuring a way out of the situation."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes.

Akeno chimed in, "Plus if we come along so will Saber."

Kazuma thought for a moment and then sighed heavily. "Do whatever you want. Unfortunately I have something to take care of, so I need to get going."

Rias nodded as Kazuma walked out the door.

Kazuma swiftly made his way to Yuko's house where he saw his Thought Projection standing outside. He also noticed Lily standing next to it. "What's going on?" he asked as he approached.

Lily noticed Kazuma approaching and then looked between him and the Thought Projection frantically in confusion.

"What? Never seen a Thought Projection before?" Kazuma asked before the Thought Projection dispelled.

Lily blinked curiously as Kazuma stood silently for a moment.

He then frowned in annoyance. "If this barrier is on the door why didn't the Projection just smash through it?" That thought in mind he walked up to the door and saw the barrier slowly flashing. "So who do you think put it up?" Kazuma asked.

Lily folded her arms and remarked, "It looks like the type of barrier usually used by the Mage's Association."

"Is that so? Well, it shouldn't be too hard to smash through."

Lily gulped in concern.

Kazuma stepped back and reached out a hand, a ball of red energy forming in it before he pulled his hand back and then lobbed the energy forward, causing a powerful explosion as it hit.

Lily covered her eyes as the dust floated over to her. After a moment she opened her eyes and was confused to see the door still standing. "I thought you said you'd break it."

"I said I'd break the barrier," Kazuma corrected as he opened the door.

The two walked inside and looked around.

"She's not here," Lily remarked shortly.

"Don't say that so quick, this is just the entryway," Kazuma remarked.

Lily narrowed her eyes in response. "Ohhh…and how would you know that?"

"None of your business."

Lily twitched an eyebrow angrily.

"I'm here," Yuko's voice chimed in behind the two.

They turned around to see Yuko, however both were rather confused and shocked to see her state.

That being her abdomen was swollen to a large size.

Lily gaped and asked in complete befuddlement, "M-M-Ms. Yuko…what happened?"

Yuko looked off to the side slightly embarrassed. "It seems that I'm…pregnant."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow as he folded his arms. "That…doesn't make any sense…"

Lily shouted, "Of course it does! It's obviously your child!"

Kazuma rapped her on the head and corrected, "That's not what I'm talking about. It's been less than a month and she's already full term? Even dragons don't grow that fast."

"Very shrewd," a new voice remarked.

Everyone turned to see a beautiful young woman with long, cherry-red hair tied into a high ponytail and constricted with a long, black hairband to keep it wound tightly, fair skin, and purple eyes wearing a tight, black outfit that had long, thigh-high boots connected to the main portion, a tight collar that rose up to her face with small points on the sides and had many open spaces on her thighs, waist, back, and most of the front of her body, with the section from her collarbones down to just above her mound being visible, her generously sized bosom seeming to almost pop out of the outfit, along with shoulder-length, black gloves.

Kazuma whistled in his mind. 'Damn, I wish the mages from my day looked like that.' Getting his mind back on track, he asked, "And just who are you?" as the woman walked down the stairs, her rack bouncing wonderfully with every step.

"Kaya Blanche. That aside, that isn't a pregnancy," the redhead, Kaya, remarked.

Kazuma folded his arms in thought. "Then what is it?"

"Life Magic," Kaya explained plainly. "It uses the fertile womb of a female mage to bring life to an artificial creature. It's a magic that hasn't been seen for thousands of years."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. 'Anything?' he asked.

Ddraig responded, 'Yeah. I remember something about Zeref using Life Magic. Though to be honest I never paid much attention to anything back then. I just punched things. And then punched them again if that didn't solve the problem.'

'…Right…' "Alright, we know what it is, what about who cast it?"

Kaya shook her head in response. "We aren't completely certain, but it's highly likely the culprit is a Soul Reaper. Have you heard of them?"

Kazuma sighed heavily as he twitched an eyebrow. "Yes…I have. So, what makes you think it was one of them?"

Kaya narrowed her eyes in thought. "You're very curious for someone who is supposedly just a random human."

"You don't know much about me, do you?"

Outside her home, the same white-cloaked figure floated above the home. "Hmph, so, they've found out. I suppose there's nothing else to do."

"I see no reason to…what?!" Kaya began for suddenly stopping with a surprised expression.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. 'This pressure. It's a Soul Reaper!'

Yuko began breathing heavily before stumbling to her knees.

"Yuko!" Kazuma shouted in concern.

"I-it's coming…it's being born!"

"What do we do?!" Lily demanded frantically.

Kazuma clenched a fist. "If the thing's gonna be born no matter what we might as well reduce how much pain she feels and deal with it afterwards."

Kaya looked at him thoughtfully and surprised but nodded in agreement. "So be it."

Kazuma walked over to Yuko and put a hand above her chest, a faint green light emanating from his palm.

Kaya eyed him suspiciously. "What is that?"

"It's a special healing spell I learned that's specifically designed to help women in labor. It's something I learned a long time ago."

Kaya's eyes narrowed. "…Spell…?"

Yuko groaned loudly as her pain subsided but she still felt movement.

Kazuma snarled angrily. "Kaya, the bottom of her outfit needs to come off."

Kaya looked at him puzzled for a moment.

"This thing needs to come out."

Kaya frowned uncertainly but nodded with apprehension, ripping a hole in Yuko's mage outfit, exposing her mound.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as he began helping Yuko through "birthing" whatever was inside of her.

Lily watched on helplessly until a large blue egg emerged from Yuko's body, her abdomen shrinking as the egg rolled on the ground slowly.

Yuko breathed heavily, exhausted from the strain.

Kazuma stood up as a ball of red energy formed in his hand. "Don't know what the hell this thing is, but it's best to get rid of it before we have to find out."

However, before he could fire a shot at it the object vanished.

Everyone looked around as confident chuckling emanated nearby.

Kazuma, Kaya, and Lily turned as a man with short, wavy brown hair parted on one side, brown eyes, and square, black glasses wearing a Soul Reaper Captain's uniform appeared in the room, holding the large blue egg with a confident smirk.

"You…who the hell are you?" Kazuma demanded.

The man smirked slightly wider. "My name is Sousuke Aizen, since you were polite enough to ask. No need to introduce yourselves however, I'm already aware who you are. All of you."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes angrily. "And just how is that?"

"We all have secrets, don't we, half-breed?"

Kazuma hissed in frustration.

"I was almost surprised how simple it was to get this plan to work. I finally have the Dragon-Hollow Hybrid I've been craving."

"A hybrid?!" Kaya shouted in surprise.

"Correct. All I needed to do was combine DNA from some of the strongest Hollows with the DNA from the most powerful dragon, Abraxas Bael. Or, would you prefer that I call you Kazuma Soryu?"

Kazuma shouted angrily, "Go to hell you bastard!"

Lily blinked and then exclaimed, "Hey! You're the creepy guy that gave me that talisman!"

"What?!"

Aizen chuckled in amusement. "Correct. I'm the one that gave Lily Ramses Futaba that charm that turned you into a monster, though the main goal was to plant those specs of Hollow DNA inside your body. All my spell needed after that was a proper incubator with sufficient magical potential to feed it. Personally I was hoping for Miss Blue, but Morino was quite sufficient. And beyond that, knowing you, Abraxas, it wasn't too difficult to get an incubator, since your insatiable desire for beautiful women is known well."

Kazuma clenched his fists angrily. His katana appeared in his hand as he shouted, "You talk too much!" He sent a blast of energy forward but Aizen vanished before it reached him. "Dammit, who the hell was that bastard?"

Kaya immediately ran over to the collapsed Yuko. "Master! Wake up, Master!"

Kazuma tilted his head in curiosity as his sword vanished. "Master?"

Kaya held Yuko's head up slightly, noticing her heavy breathing. She turned as Kazuma walked towards her, she remembered Kazuma's uses of magic as images of a woman held by tentacles popped into her mind. She scowled at Kazuma and threatened, "Stay back, filthy wizard."

Kazuma sweat-dropped in confusion. "Huh? Wizard?"

Lily explained, "Some people say witch and wizard to differentiate between female and male mages."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow and rebutted, "I know that! I'm not stupid!"

Lily looked at him surprised and folded her arms in a huff. "Coulda fooled me."

"Grrr…"

Kaya then took Yuko up to the passed out woman's bedroom as the two argued.

Kazuma folded his arms in confusion. "What's she got against wizards? Whatever, if I'm correct, then that bastard used Yuko as an incubator for whatever is inside that egg."

Lily folded her arms in annoyance. "Well he said something about hollow. What's something being hollow have to do with anything?"

Kazuma sighed heavily. "You're an idiot aren't you?"

"Sh-shut up!"

"Hollows are the souls of the dead that have become monsters."

Lily blinked in surprise. "O-oh…"

Kazuma sighed before making his way to the stairs.

"B-be careful! She looked pretty angry."

Kazuma turned to her plainly. "I can handle her easily. Besides, why are you concerned? I thought you hated me."

"I-I do! Hmph!"

Kazuma sighed in annoyance. 'She's worse than Mein.'

Kazuma walked into the room and noticed Kaya kneeling next to the bed, next to Yuko who was sweating heavily. He activated his Sharingan and his eyes widened. 'Th-this is…! All of my mana! All of the man I've been filling her with, it's all gone!'

Ddraig growled angrily. 'So…it was that egg making her sick all this time. You pumping her full of your mana was only playing into that bastard's hands since it gave that thing an abundant food source.'

Kazuma grit his teeth. 'Shit. Not even Rowen could've thought of something that intricate and obtuse.'

Kazuma happened to bring himself from his thoughts long enough to hear Kaya whisper, "Forgive me for going against my Master's wishes."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow at what she meant as the ponytailed redhead stood up. "So, how's she doin'?" he asked, hoping to lift the tension.

"I believe there is a way to save her and stop Aizen's plan," Kaya responded.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. "Care to fill me in?"

Kaya turned to him as a ball of blue energy condensed in her hand.

"You don't want to do that," Kazuma said plainly, not flinching as she fired the blast at him, it passing right by his head. "Or perhaps you do. Well, I'd personally rather not deal with this so bye." Kazuma then ran out of the room.

'Why are you running?' Ddraig asked.

'I don't want to break Yuko's very nice house. If I'm going to have kill this redhead I don't want to get blood on the carpet.'

'…Good thinking.'

Kazuma ran out towards a small field next to Yuko's house, Kaya following after him.

Kazuma stopped and turned towards her.

"Finally decided to stop running?" Kaya asked in annoyance.

"Yeah, don't want to mess up Yuko's house," Kazuma rebutted.

Kaya frowned in annoyance. "I'll make sure this is painless, a present from my Master." Kaya was about to attack when she jumped to the side, dodging a spell shot from Lily.

Kaya landed nearby and turned towards Lily. "You should stay out of this girlie."

"She's right Lily, stay out of this!" Kazuma demanded.

"Tch, be quiet, you're just my familiar!" Lily shouted.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "I don't like some noisy little witch calling me her familiar."

"Oh shut up!" Lily shouted before she was taken by surprise when Kaya launched an attack.

"Dammit!" Kazuma shouted as he dashed forward, jumping between Lily and the attack. He grunted angrily as the attack hit, destroying his right hand.

Lily gasped in shock. "You idiot!"

Kaya narrowed her eyes.

Kazuma sighed as the others watched in surprise as his hand regenerated. "I told you to stay out of this dammit. I don't need you getting hurt in a fight that's got nothing to do with you."

Lily's eyes widened as he stood up in front of her, her cheeks heating up slightly.

Kaya snarled angrily. "Accept your death, filthy wizard!"

Kazuma gained a tic mark on his head. "Okay, that's it! Stop calling me a wizard, I'm a Campione dammit!" Kazuma blinked curiously as he realized what he said. "…Shit…"

Lily and Kaya looked at him in shock.

Kaya grit her teeth and shouted, "You're lying!"

"Stop!" a voice shouted.

The others looked to the side and saw Yuko, back in a full outfit, limping towards where they were.

"Master!" Kaya shouted as she and the others ran over to Yuko.

Yuko took a breath and looked at Kaya pleadingly. "It's true Kaya, he really is a Campione."

Kaya's expression soured as she trembled. "I…is that why…?"

Yuko shook her head. "No, that has nothing to do with it. Please, he was only helping me, he's not evil."

Kaya clenched her fist and then ran off.

"Hey!" Kazuma shouted.

"Please," Yuko begged weakly as she grabbed Kazuma's wrist.

Kazuma turned to her curious.

"Don't be angry at her, please. She's only worried. I'm weakened because of that Soul Reaper's trap, and she's reaching for solutions."

"Who is she? Calling you Master like that?" Lily asked.

Yuko looked down sadly. "Kaya's mother was a good friend of mine."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in thought. "Was?"

Yuko nodded. "When she died she entrusted care of her daughter, Kaya, to me."

Kazuma sighed in exasperation.

Lily gasped in shock.

Yuko explained, "Kaya has and always will be my apprentice."

Kazuma folded his arms and asked, "Okay, so she blames me for your current condition then?"

Yuko nodded. "Yes, I know it's a lot to ask, but try to understand."

Kazuma nodded in return. "Believe it or not I actually do understand the circuitous logic behind that thought. Doesn't make it any less wrong but I do understand it. And if my guess is right her next step is probably obvious."

Yuko nodded before losing strength and passing out once more.

Kazuma put a blanket over Yuko before walking out of her bedroom, down to the entrance hall where Lily was waiting.

"Well?" Lily asked.

"She's fine, exhausted and almost all of the mana I had given her was absorbed by that thing so she's got almost none right now. A day or two and she should replenish it on her own," Kazuma answered.

Lily nodded apprehensively.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow at the blonde.

She curled her arms in slightly. "What, is there something on my face?"

Kazuma pointed to her side.

She looked down and noticed the gash in her side.

"Looks like I didn't perfectly block Kaya's attack," Kazuma explained as he walked up to her.

"Th-this is nothing! We need to go after Aizen!" Lily urged.

"Not like that we don't," Kazuma argued. "It won't take long for me to heal that injury. I need to get a better look at the area though so either I'm widening the tear in that leotard of yours or you need to Requip into something with a shirt."

Lily looked off to the side with reddened cheeks. "I…I have a better idea…"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow as her body lit up before her clothes disappeared entirely. Kazuma sweat-dropped in response. "…Ah…that's…not quite what I meant but…sure…" However, now that he saw her body without the bright leotard he noticed that despite her age her body was very tight, he could tell she obviously trained hard since there was not a single ounce of excess fat on her, which included her petite breasts.

Kazuma knelt down and looked at the spot where her gash was. He activated his Sharingan and was relieved to see that there was no poison or curse on the wound.

"W-well…?" Lily asked timidly.

Kazuma glanced up at her, noticing her averted gaze and reddened cheeks, her tanned skin disguising the blush somewhat. "Not too nasty. There's some slight burning around the edges but nothing major." He put his hand over the wound as his hand was enveloped in green light once more.

Lily's expression softened as she felt the warmth over her gash.

Kazuma stood up and pulled his hand away. "All done. So, now you can-"

"Wait," Lily interrupted.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in confusion. "What for?"

"…I…I wanted to…apologize…and thank you…" she answered with timid glances.

Kazuma folded his arms in further confusion. "Okay…for what?"

"W-well, for turning you into that monster. I didn't know I was using a spell like that on a Campione so-"

Kazuma put a hand up. "At that time I technically wasn't a Campione."

"Wh-what?"

"It's a long story but put simply I lost my Authorities a long time ago. However that spell you got from that Soul Reaper, while it caused our current fiasco, actually helped me by restarting my Authorities." Kazuma smiled warmly. "So I should actually be thanking you."

Lily blushed at the offer of gratitude, looking away swiftly to hide her reaction. "W-well, I-I still need to thank you."

"And what for this time?"

"Well…for protecting me from Kaya's attack."

"That's evened out since you still got hurt anyway."

"Well…you healed it."

Kazuma sighed. "That's just me making up for a mistake."

"Ohhh…well there's still something else!" she shouted in exasperation.

"What now?" he responded mildly annoyed.

"Well…that musk. Instead of taking advantage of how it was making me act you drained it from me and then just left. You could have easily…"

Kazuma sighed and then smiled weakly. "Again, that's just me making up for a mistake. And besides that," he paused as he put his hands on her shoulders, "I couldn't have taken you in that situation. It would've been no better than rape. And I refuse to do that."

Lily's eyes widened before she pressed herself against him lightly. "Still…I need to thank you…it's rude to make a woman feel indebted."

Kazuma sighed and asked, "So then how do you want to repay me?"

Lily stepped back lightly and put her arms up slightly. "W-well…m-myself…"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and then sighed in response. "You can't be serious."

"So I was right!" she argued.

Kazuma stepped back in confusion. "Right about what?"

She looked to the side ashamed. "It's because I'm small, isn't it? I don't have the same…charm, as Ms. Yuko. So I'm not worth it, right?"

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "Th-that's…you're…hhhaaa…no, you're wrong."

"Then what is it?!" she demanded.

Kazuma sighed in annoyance. "It's not anything. I just don't want you to feel like you owe me this."

"I don't! I want to pay you back for helping me, and to apologize for what I did. It doesn't matter if it helped in the end, I was still wrong for what I did and you still helped me!"

Kazuma chuckled weakly. "Alright, alright, you've made your point."

He walked up to her and cupped a hand under her chin. "If you truly wish me to take you that badly then I will."

LEMON BEGINS HERE

After that he picked her up, much to her surprise, and carried her into one of Yuko's spare bedrooms. "Why don't we do this somewhere more private?" He placed her on the bed in the room after closing the door. He then leaned down and pressed his lips against hers.

Their lips touched momentarily before their tongues reached out, entwining with each other, dancing around and twirling around each other before the two pulled apart.

Lily glared at him lightly. "What…?"

"That defiant face of yours is just cute to see," Kazuma teased.

Lily glared off to the side with deeply reddened cheeks, plainly visible against even her golden skin. "D-don't tease me."

"I thought that was part of the fun," Kazuma taunted as he placed a hand against her petite right breast, kneading the small mound in his hand. He stopped momentarily to flick at the nipple with his thumb. "Look at that, they've already stiffened."

Lily attempted to hold back a moan that released when Kazuma reached down to her womanhood, pressing a finger against the entrance.

Kazuma smirked as he rubbed a finger against the spot. "You're already so wet," he teased.

Lily moaned once more and rebutted weakly, "I-it's your fault…"

Kazuma then spread the folds of her vagina enough to slip a single finger into the entrance, inserting his finger up to the second knuckle. He felt Lily tremble lightly as he did. He stirred his finger around inside, Lily moaning and trembling before he inserted a second finger.

"Ahn!" Lily moaned loudly and abruptly.

Lily's moans continued steadily as Kazuma used his fingers to stir the muscles around inside her while simultaneously massaging and playing with her breast with his other hand.

After several more seconds he pulled his fingers out of her, licking her arousal from them. "So, did that feel good?" he asked.

Lily nodded weakly as she breathed heavily.

Kazuma's clothing vanished in a flash of light as positioned himself over Lily. "Then this should feel even better."

Lily tensed slightly as she felt the head of Kazuma's length press against her entrance.

Kazuma moved forward slowly, spreading the folds of her entrance apart as he began slipping inside. He pressed further until he felt resistance. "Lily, you're…"

Lily nodded as she looked off to the side.

Kazuma looked at her another moment before pulling back somewhat, causing the blonde to look at him in confusion, before thrusting forward suddenly, bursting through her virginity.

"Ah!" she shouted swiftly with some pain. She trembled as the sensation coursed through her.

Kazuma remained motionless for a moment before asking, "Are you alright?"

Lily took a few short breaths and then sighed, nodding to him.

Kazuma nodded in return and pushed himself further, going deeper and deeper into Lily. After moving most of the way into her he pulled out some and then began moving back and forth, thrusting in and out of her.

Lily held the bed sheet as she moaned with each thrust.

Kazuma leaned down, kissing her tightly, moving his tongue inside her mouth, feeling her moans as breath into him.

Holding himself up with one hand he used his other hand to reach back up to her right breast, playing and kneading it in his hand while simultaneously thrusting into her and kissing her.

Lily's grip on the fabric loosened as she felt her body begin to go limp from the sensations coursing through her as Kazuma continued thrusting deeper into her.

Kazuma's thrust sped up as he pushed deeper until he felt something give him resistance, the entrance of her womb.

Lily's eyes widened as she felt it from her end. 'H-he's hit my womb…and he's not even all the way in…'

Kazuma's thrusts intensified as he pushed against the entrance to her deepest area. Kazuma began to feel its resistance lessen as the tip pushed against it before he used one last powerful thrust to push himself all the way in, pushing through the entrance of her womb and inside.

Lily threw her head back at the sudden surge of pleasure that rocketed through her.

Kazuma's thrusts continued, now thrusting as deep as he could, now having gained access to her innermost place, gaining speed with each thrust until his movements hastened to the point Lily's mind couldn't keep up. Kazuma grunted lightly as he felt her walls constrict on him.

Conversely, Lily moaned loudly as she felt him engorge within her. "I…I…!"

Kazuma pushed one last thrust as deep as he could as Lily cried out as she reached her climax, Kazuma bursting within her.

Lily's back arched as she felt warmth fill her as Kazuma released inside of her.

Kazuma pulled out slowly, his excess semen flowing out of her entrance as he did before he sighed as he fell over onto the bed next to Lily.

Lily laid silently as her body began to ease up.

"So, do you consider that debt repaid?" he asked.

Lily nodded silently, breathing slowly and heavily.

LEMON ENDS HERE

After the blonde passed out from exhaustion, Kazuma left the room before turning to the side. "If you're going to watch you could at least give me a show."

Medea made herself visible next to him, Kazuma noticing her right hand was wet. "Fufu, sorry, I couldn't help myself, and I thought it'd be rude to scare her."

Kazuma sighed as he walked past her. "Just do me a favor and grab Souji."

Sometime after that, and after Lily had regained use of her legs, the three, with Medea having returned to Spirit Form to hide from Lily, left Yuko's mansion.

However, as they left, a figure watched nearby with a devious smirk.

"So, where will we go now?" Lily asked.

"We need to wait for a friend of mine, after that we'll try to hunt down Aizen," Kazuma explained.

"How do we find him? He could be anywhere."

"I know. Believe me, I have a way."

After a moment Medea teleported to the area with Souji next to her.

Lily blinked curiously before her eyes widened. "N-no way…they're…Heroic Spirits."

Kazuma turned to her curiously. "Oh, heard of the Grail War have you?"

"Of course I have! It's common knowledge amongst mages! Hang on…if they're Servants…then that means…" Lily blinked as she looked at Kazuma curiously.

Kazuma showed him her hand, his Command Seals plainly visible. "I'm surprised you hadn't noticed already."

"We've been a little busy!" she shrieked.

"Now, now, stop shouting," Medea recommended.

Lily sighed and then noticed something. "Wait, there are two Servants here. How…?"

"I'm Master to both of them," Kazuma said flatly.

"What?! Okay, first you tell me that you're a Campione, and now you're a Master to TWO Heroic Spirits!? Just what the hell are you?!" Lily bellowed, breathing heavily from exhaustion.

"You done?"

"Explain!"

"I'll explain it all later. For now we need to find Aizen. But since you know about the War and everything, this will be easier." Kazuma then turned to Medea. "Caster, can you sense Aizen?"

Medea nodded in return. "Yes. It's faint but I can tell he's not far from here."

"Take us."

Medea nodded.

Kazuma grabbed Lily and dragged her in close to Medea, confusing her as Medea's cloak expanded and wrapped around everyone before shrinking in on a single spot and vanishing.

The group reappeared elsewhere in front of an old, rundown house.

"Yeesh, you'd figure for a Soul Reaper Captain he'd be able to afford more than this junk heap," Kazuma remarked.

"He probably uses it due to its remoteness. It's the perfect place to practice…unseemly spells outside the prying eyes of others," Medea commented.

"Regardless, we have to get in there and beat this guy down before he has a chance to do whatever it is he plans on doing with that egg."

The others nodded in agreement as the four made their way inside the rundown shack, down a decrepit set of stairs, and through a set of double doors.

Kazuma looked around the room as large numbers of tubes and glass cases holding multiple varieties of liquids and strange objects were laid out.

"So, what do you think?" a voice asked calmly.

The group tensed as they saw Aizen standing across the room, staring at them with a calm smile.

"Let me guess, you were waiting for us?" Kazuma asked sarcastically.

Aizen chuckled lightly. "I wasn't planning on saying it so tritely, but that's about right. So, what do you think of my laboratory?"

"It smells like shit."

"You do have a foul mouth, that's for sure."

Kazuma looked around and then added, "You know, if you were expecting guests the least you could do is some basic housekeeping."

"My apologies. You see, I was already busy entertaining another guest when you arrived."

Aizen then snapped his fingers as a black circle appeared on the floor, from which a mangled, plantlike Hollow rose up from. However, what Kazuma wasn't expecting was Kaya, subdued and restrained by the Hollow's root-like tendrils.

Lily smiled and taunted, "Kaya? Looks like you got captured by Aizen. How fitting."

Two of the Hollow's tendrils reached up and pulled the sides of Kaya's outfit away, fully exposing her voluminous breasts.

Kazuma's expression remained unchanged.

"Sousuke Aizen," Lily began, "you misunderstand something. This woman was targeting something of mine, I don't take kindly to that."

Kazuma then immediately socked her on top of her head. "I highly suggest you don't refer to me like that again. If you do I'm liable to sock you harder."

Lily grumbled in annoyance, rubbing the welt on her head. "My point is, she's not someone you can use as an effective hostage."

Aizen maintained his calm smirk. "Is that so? And here I thought humans were known for caring about others. Are you saying you truly don't care what happens to her?" Aizen then waved his hand as two insectoid Hollows flew from above.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as they switched to the Mangekyo.

The Hollows floated above Kaya before plunging large needles directly into her nipples, causing her to tremble with pain.

Kazuma's eyes narrowed further as he slightly raised a hand.

"Don't be concerned," Aizen interrupted, "It's merely an aphrodisiac. After all, it's one of many things I've done to these Hollows."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in response. "Like what?"

"You see, while Head Captain Yamamoto disagrees with me, I find Hollows are the perfect soldiers. They don't need to be fed, except for occasional spiritual energy, they never tire, and with the exception of special abilities or weapons, they can't be killed. So, I've taken advantage of that. However, in all my studies I've noticed one issue, would you like to hear what it is?"

"I don't really give a damn but unless I rip your tongue out you'll tell me anyway."

Aizen chuckled once more. "You get straight to the point, very well. The one issue is simple, it's tiresome to constantly capture live Hollows and train them to be obedient. It would be far simple to just produce new ones that are raised obedient. There's only one problem there, Hollows can't reproduce. I managed to solve that problem however, several years ago when I found a way to help Hollows reproduce. You see, dear Kaya here, her mother had the auspicious honor of being the first subject in my tests."

Kaya's eyes widened as did Lily's.

Kazuma clenched a fist lightly. "You smug son of a bitch."

"Oh please, no compliments yet, I'm not finished. As you might have guessed, without certain…precautions…the human body can't handle that kind of contact with a Hollow. So it's a shame that she wasn't able to help with my studies but she still provided valuable information. Of course, none of it would have been possible without taking Kaya here as a hostage. Tell me, do you remember that?"

Kaya glared violently at Aizen. "You bastard…I'll kill you…I'll kill you!"

Lily averted her gaze as Aizen gloated over the weakened Kaya, one of his Hollows furiously massaging her breasts to hasten the spread of the injection.

"It was quite a sight to see," Aizen continued, "someone who was apparently revered as a powerful and dignified witch, reduced to a lustful mess merely by a few rounds with several Hollows."

Kazuma's fists tightened as he listened to Aizen's speech continue.

"And so now you've come to avenge her, and you will yet again become a subject for my tests. And who knows, maybe you'll survive. Wouldn't that be interesting?" Aizen then snapped his fingers, the Hollows releasing Kaya as she fell to the ground. "Good, all the preparations are complete, Kazuma Soryu."

Kazuma glanced at Aizen angrily.

"All you need to do now, is rape her. And I'd suggest you do it swiftly, you see, mixed with the mana of a Hollow like that, the aphrodisiac has a tendency to…shatter the minds of the infected."

Kazuma walked towards Kaya and looked down at her.

"Please…I'm at my limit…" she begged.

Kazuma grit his teeth and raised a hand to his side.

Aizen smirked before leaning to the side as a blast of energy soared past him.

Kazuma immediately rushed at Aizen, his katana and his lance appearing in his hands.

Aizen jumped to the side narrowly missing the strike. "I suppose I shouldn't be surprised that you didn't do it. Oh well, guess I'll just need to show off the surprise early."

The blue egg that Aizen had taken from Yuko before floated to his hand.

Aizen smirked as the egg lit up brightly as it began to crack before shattering as the creature inside popped out.

Everyone in the room took a moment to examine the creature that had appeared.

A tiny Hollow resembling a baby dragon with a white Skull Mask and Hollow Hole in its chest. The creature noticed Kazuma and flapped its wings happily, a high-pitched, squeaky roar emanating from it as it walked up to him and rubbed its head happily against his leg.

Aizen stood stoically, twitching both eyebrows furiously while Lily, Medea, and Souji fawned over the tiny creature.

"Wow, for a Hollow this thing's really cute," Medea remarked as she scratched its chin, causing the creature to purr.

Aizen's twitched eyebrows gained momentum before he sighed heavily.

Kazuma then turned to him. "Now, if you're done embarrassing yourself I'm going to kick your ass."

"I'm afraid that will have to wait," Aizen rebutted before disappearing into a black portal.

Kazuma attempted to chase after him but the portal closed before he could. "Damn, he got away." Kazuma then turned around and noticed the Hybrid being fawned over by the girls. "Move away from it," he ordered.

Lily noticed Kazuma pointing his katana at the Hybrid. She immediately grabbed it and hugged it tightly. "No," she said flatly with a defiant glare.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "This really isn't the time for that. That thing is an abomination created by Aizen."

Lily pointed nearby and remarked, "Shouldn't you be worried about something else?"

Kazuma lowered his sword and saw Kaya lying nearby, the effects of the aphrodisiac obviously wearing on her mind. He hissed angrily. "I'll deal with her first. After that I'm going to deal with that thing."

Kazuma walked over to Kaya and knelt down next to her.

She immediately reached out to him, attempting and failing to speak through heavy breaths.

"Don't worry, I'll deal with it quickly. But first we need to get out of here," Kazuma eased before teleporting away with Kamui.

Kazuma and Kaya reappeared from Kamui inside Yuko's home in another spare bedroom. 'Hope you don't mind me using another bedroom,' he thought as he laid Kaya down on the bed.

"P-please…" Kaya managed to force out as the sensations coursing through her robbed her of the ability to speak.

"Dammit, there's gotta be a way to get rid of this stuff," Kazuma snarled as he activated his Sharingan. He grit his teeth as he noticed the aphrodisiac had almost completely mixed with the energy in her body. "Damn…listen, Kaya. I think there's only one way to do this that won't kill you."

Kaya heaved breaths long enough to spit out, "I…I don't care…just…help me…"

Kazuma sighed and nodded as he said, "We're going to have to have sex."

She looked at him confused, and then looked off to the side. "Please…I'm…at my limit…just…be gentle, it's…my first…"

Kazuma nodded in understanding.

And there is another chapter gone by. Hopefully you all have enjoyed it. If you did, or even if you did not, be sure to leave a review. Just try to be constructive if you did not like it. Leave a review as well if you any questions about the story as I would be happy to answer them. I would like to apologize for this chapter being shorter than normal. There were some complications and I had to cut the ending lemon out of this one but, as a small form of recompense, it will be the first, or at least one of the first, scenes in the next chapter. Well, since I cannot think of anything else to say, I will see all of you later...well...not "see" but...oh, you know what I mean. Bye-bye!