Chapter XIX

Hello all! Yes, it is time for the next chapter of Chaos Pawn of the Gremory! Not sure why I am using so many exclamation points! Ahem, anyway, hopefully you all enjoyed the last chapter, I know there was just one lemon last time but there was a lot of story to get through. Here's hoping this chapter makes up for that. As usual I would like to thank my coauthor Bakuto Masaki and my secondary author (yeah, I am sticking with this title) TheLastNanaya. That said, time for reviewer responses.

Jose19: Thanks. Yes, I do like S-Cry-Ed but this Kazuma's name is not because of that Kazuma, but his nickname is. Yeah, I liked that story. I have no idea what happened to the writer but it has been five years since he last updated it so I imagine it is dead. Like the Ryuujin Saga.

conan . lagace: Thank you. Glad you did. Yeah, when I heard the villain's name, Eisen Faust, Sousuke Aizen was all I could think of. Plus it just fit, and as you can see, Hollows work just as well as Faust's plant things did.

andrew: Well now you know. Some will. Yes they will. Yes, there will be two Homuras. I might. That is an interesting idea but sadly not one I will use.

They will be. No problem. I enjoy answering questions.

The Gentleman Ninja: Yes. It is going to take an unfortunately long amount of time before I do but I most certainly will. I do sincerely apologize for how long it is taking.

Right, well that is it for the reviewer responses, so let us move on with the chapter, shall we? As mentioned previously there are lemons, and a lime, in this chapter so just keep that in mind when you read.

In the Soul Society, Erza sat in her prison cell quietly until she heard a knock on one of the bars. She turned with a mirthless smile. "Hinata…"

Hinata nodded before sitting down on the chair outside the door.

"Are you here to learn more about the human world again?" Erza asked.

Hinata shook her head. "No. I'm more interested in that person you keep talking about."

Erza blinked curiously. "Pardon?"

"Kazuma Soryu. No matter what event you're talking about it always comes back to him," Hinata teased.

Erza glanced away from her raven-haired friend obstinately. "That is not true."

Hinata giggled lightly. "Right…at any rate, I would like to hear more about him. He sounds amusing."

Erza thought for a moment and then nodded in response. "Alright. I do not see the harm in telling you a little about him."

Kazuma and Kaya appeared 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.

LEMON BEGINS HERE

Kazuma leaned down and brought his lips towards hers. To his surprise, her tongue reached out for his before they even locked lips. As their lips pressed together their tongues began vigorously entwining and caressing each other.

At the same time, Kazuma moved a hand down to one of Kaya's voluminous breasts and moved the bit of clothing aside to wrap his hand around it, massaging and kneading it in his hand as he did. He squeezed two of his fingers around the nipple, twisting it between them.

He could feel Kaya's breath as she moaned from the actions.

He decided to add to her pleasure by moving a hand down between her legs, slipping two fingers into the small space provided by her outfit.

He ran his middle finger along the outside of Kaya's entrance, sliding his finger up and down, before he started using his thumb and index finger to play with her clitoris.

Kaya's lips pulled away from Kazuma's as she threw her head back with a powerful moan.

Kazuma then inserted his middle finger inside her, moving his finger back and forth while stirring around inside of her. Kazuma continued using one finger to pleasure her before sliding his ring finger in as well, using both fingers to stir the insides of Kaya's womanhood, causing the redhead to throw her head back as the sensations rocketed up her spine while Kazuma moved down to her other breast, wrapping his lips around the peak.

Kaya arched her back as the multiple stimuli hit her all at once, Kazuma kneading and playing with one breast, sucking and tonguing the other, and fingering her. With the addition of the aphrodisiac she reached her limit with a powerful moan of ecstasy.

Kazuma stood up and activated his Sharingan. He narrowed his eyes in response. 'You'd think with that moan she gave most of the aphrodisiac would be gone. But that barely made a dent. Guess I'll have to try something else.' With that thought in mind Kazuma moved down the bed.

Kaya looked at him weakly and asked in confusion and exertion, "Wh…what are you doing?"

Kazuma glanced up at her with a smirk. "I'm going to try something else to give you even more pleasure."

Using a finger, Kazuma pulled on the fabric covering Kaya's mound and pulled it away, ripping it off.

"W-wait, please, don't look…"

Kazuma chuckled lightly. "You can't really expect me to do that." He leaned down towards her pink folds and smirked lightly before sticking out his tongue to lick the sensitive area.

Kaya trembled as she felt his tongue run along her entrance.

Kazuma caressed along her edges, stopping momentarily to lick her small, sensitive bud, nibbling on it lightly.

"Ahh!" Kaya gasped in pleasure as he bit lightly.

After that, Kazuma rode his tongue around her hole momentarily before slipping his tongue inside her tight, soft hole. He put one of his many supernatural abilities to good use, extending his tongue far inside of her, savoring the taste from within Kaya.

"Y-your tongue…how can it…be…?" Kaya asked through gasping breaths as Kazuma played around inside her.

Eventually he found the spot that made her quiver the most. Smirking as much as he could at the moment, Kazuma pressed his tongue against the spot and slid his tongue against it.

"Ahhaahhnn!"

Kazuma pulled away and gulped lightly. "That was quite a lot. You taste very good, Kaya."

Kaya glanced to the side with a blush. "Twice…th-that's twice…"

Kazuma nodded as he activated his Sharingan. 'That got more of it out of her system but there's still so much. Guess I've only got one choice now.'

Kaya gasped lightly as Kazuma grabbed her by the hips and flipped her onto her stomach. "Wh-what are you doing?!" she asked in surprise.

"The only way to get this all out of you is to get you to your ultimate climax. I see only one other option."

Kaya glanced away from him when she noticed something move in front of her. "T-…tentacle…?" She glanced at Kazuma.

"Well?"

Kaya gulped lightly and opened her mouth, the tentacle immediately inserting itself inside.

Kazuma unzipped his pants and exposed his length, position himself in front of the face-down Kaya's opening.

Kaya's eyes widened as she felt Kazuma's tip press against her. She glanced back at him as the tentacle slid back and forth in her mouth.

"I'm going in now."

Kaya nodded in response as Kazuma slowly pushed inside her, spreading her lips wider than ever as his manhood filled her. She closed her eyes as she felt pain mixed in with the pleasure as he stretched her walls beyond anything she had experienced before.

Kazuma grunted lightly as he pushed deeper inside of her, amazed at how tight she felt around him. He found himself unable to proceed further however. He frowned lightly as he leaned forward to look at Kaya, trembling lightly as he could feel the inside of her throat around his tentacle. "Kaya, I'm going to have use force."

Kaya nodded blithely as her senses started fading as the tentacle played around in her throat.

Kazuma pulled back some and then thrust forward, however, as he did Kaya ran her tongue along his tentacle, causing to thrust more than he meant to, thrusting immediately, deeply into her, pressing right against her innermost door.

Kaya moaned loudly in pain and ecstasy, muffled greatly by the tentacle in her mouth, as she felt Kazuma instantly fill her to her deepest part. She clenched tightly on the bed sheet as Kazuma began moving, pulling back and thrusting continuously along with his tentacle, her body beginning to numb from the pleasure.

Kazuma panted lightly as he continued thrusting against the door to her womb, the amount force increasing with each movement, causing the door to give as his tentacle filled her throat.

Kaya's eyes widened as she felt something press against her ass. She glanced to the side as much as she could and saw a tentacle poised to enter her last hole. She tensed her muscles as the tentacle burst into her, beginning its own thrusting motions into her.

Kazuma reached forward as his own thrusts as well as the thrusts of his tentacles increased in force, lifting her leg up, positioning her on her side, using the position to thrust with greater force.

Kaya's breasts shook enticingly with each thrust he made.

He felt the last vestiges of resistance begin to give on the entrance to her womb. He pulled back more than normal and gave one last powerful thrust.

Kaya tensed before finally going limp as he burst into her womb, the thrusts of all three parts of him increasing in speed and force.

Kazuma flinched as he felt Kaya's walls tightening around him as he engorged, his motions reaching a fever pitch before both he and his tentacles pulled back and gave one last powerful thrust as he reached his end, Kaya squeezing down on him as she too reached her end.

Kaya's mind blanked as she felt warmth fill every part of her, her abdomen stretching as Kazuma filled her.

Kazuma pulled his tentacles and himself from Kaya's body, his semen pouring from her mouth, ass, and pussy as the excess he'd filled her with was squeezed out.

Kaya trembled lightly as Kazuma's release escaped from her before she closed her eyes, the act exhausting her.

Kazuma took a breath as his tentacles receded. 'Alright…that did it…' Kazuma sat in a nearby chair as he calmed himself.

LEMON ENDS HERE

Back in the Soul Society, Hinata looked at Erza in shock. "Is…is all of that really true?"

Erza nodded in return. "Yes. I have told you everything he told me about himself. I have to admit I found it hard to believe at first as well but all the pieces fit too well for it to be a lie."

"I'd suggest you not tell anyone else that."

Hinata and Erza turned as Unohana walked up to them.

"Captain Unohana," Hinata remarked.

Unohana nodded in response. "Yes. I heard all that you said, Erza."

Erza frowned in response.

"Your story brought back many memories."

Both Hinata and Erza looked at her puzzled.

"I suppose he never told you? I actually knew Abraxas."

The two looked at the Soul Reaper Captain in surprise.

"You're kidding, right?" Hinata asked in disbelief.

"No," Unohana said simply. She pulled her braids apart slightly, showing a large scar just over her breasts.

"He gave you that scar?" Erza asked.

Unohana nodded as she hid the scar once more. "Yes. If you wouldn't mind I'd like to say no more, but I suggest you tell no one else what you know of him."

Erza nodded in understanding.

After his moment with Kaya, Kazuma left the room and saw Lily standing outside.

"I just got here," Lily explained, seeing the annoyed expression on Kazuma's face.

"Good," Kazuma answered bluntly.

"How is she?"

"She's asleep for now, but I managed to get rid of all the aphrodisiac."

Lily nodded and moved towards the door.

"I wouldn't go in there if I were you," Kazuma suggested.

Lily looked at him curiously and sighed. "Fine."

"Have you checked on Yuko?"

Lily nodded. "She was still asleep too. But I couldn't tell if she was doing any better or not."

Kazuma nodded in understanding and made his way up to Yuko's room.

Kazuma knocked lightly on the door before walking in.

Yuko sat on her bed, looking out the window before turning to him.

"So, how are you feeling?" Kazuma asked, closing the door behind him.

"Much better. Most of my strength has returned as well. Did you get him?" Yuko asked.

Kazuma sighed and shook his head. "No, he ran off before I could kill him." He then raised an eyebrow. "Wait, that reminds me." He turned to the door. "I'll be back in a little bit, I have some loose ends to tie up."

Yuko nodded in confusion.

Kazuma stood with his arms crossed, annoyed.

In front of him sat Medea, holding the Dragon-Hollow Hybrid in her arms.

Kazuma sighed heavily. "I won't repeat myself, give it to me."

"No," Medea rebutted bluntly. She held it up and admired it as it cooed lightly at her. "You just want to kill it."

"Of course. It's a hybrid monster Aizen created. I have plenty of reason to destroy it."

"You can't just kill it like that!" Lily argued adamantly.

Kazuma groaned in annoyance. "That thing isn't a pet, it's a liability."

Medea frowned in irritation. "We're not going to let you kill Ryuuma."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "R-Ryuuma…? You named the damn thing? And why the hell did you name it Ryuuma?"

Medea looked at it curiously. "Ryuuma just seemed to fit her."

"Her? That thing is genderless, it's just a monster."

"Ryuuma is a she."

Kazuma scratched his head furiously. "You are seriously messed up in the head if you think anything but trouble will come from that thing."

"Ryuuma's not a thing!" Lily argued.

"Gaahh! What is wrong with you people?! That thing is a hybrid monster!"

"What's all this commotion about?" Yuko asked, walking towards the group slowly.

"Yuko, you really shouldn't-"

Kazuma was interrupted by Yuko cooing in adoration at the small creature before going over to get a closer look.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow furiously. 'Th-this…this is insane…Chaos is playing a prank on me, isn't she?'

'No clue about that,' Ddraig interjected. 'But I think you've lost the debate on whether that thing lives or dies.'

'Yeah, I've noticed.' Kazuma sighed heavily and then cleared his throat to get everyone's attention. After all three witches were looking at him he explained, "It's obvious the three of you have lost your minds."

All three grumbled in annoyance.

"Be that as it may, I've got no interest in trying to deal with all three of you after killing that thing. So, if you want to be the ones to handle it go right ahead. But at the first sign of trouble I'm axing it, got it?"

"Yes!" all three cheered.

'For Pete's sake, it's like dealing with a bunch of children.'

Kazuma returned to his apartment with Medea and Souji and flopped onto his bed, exhausted.

"So, where were you earlier?" Arcueid asked as she walked into the room.

Kazuma groaned as he sat up. "Don't ask."

"Okay. On a different note, Aika's training is proceeding rather well. Not that you'd know of course."

"Oh shut up, I just went through a path of annoyance worse than when I fought your brother."

"Really? Must've been pretty bad. Want to talk about it?"

Kazuma flopped over. "No, I want to go to bed."

"Oh…okay then." As she stood up, Arcueid turned back to him. "Kazuma."

He opened an eye to look at her.

"I still haven't seen or heard anything about Roa. Although I did find one interesting piece of information."

Kazuma sighed and sat up to look at her clearly. "And what would that be?"

"It seems that even after we killed Nrvnqsr people continued showing up dead with his methodology being used."

Kazuma narrowed his eyes. "Is that so? Any other details you found out?"

"Just one, and it wasn't easy to get. Each victim had a hole somewhere on their body that looked like it was made by a spike."

"I see. That's strange. Unfortunately there's not much that I can do about that right now. I'll look into it tomorrow."

"I'm curious about something actually."

"And what's that?"

"How have you been training? I haven't actually seen you do any training," Arcueid explained.

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "I haven't been able to train my body much, but I've been training use of my abilities thanks to Thought Projections."

Arcueid nodded in understanding and left the room.

Kazuma sighed as he looked at the clock. "Well, not like I'm gonna get any sleep anyway. Might as well do something I haven't done in a while."

Kazuma proceeded to make his way to a bar near his apartment, making sure to use a small amount of transformation magic so he did not look like a teenager.

As he walked in and noticed the elaborate chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, the many, well-finished wooden tables, and the long bar itself he thought, 'Huh. Wish bars in my time were this nice. Most of them looked like crap.'

Ddraig interjected, 'How would you know? Once you got that little worm you couldn't get drunk, remember?'

'Yes, yes,' Kazuma rebutted as he walked up to the bar.

The bartender turned to him and asked, "So, what'll it be?"

Kazuma looked around the many alcoholic drinks on the wall behind the bartender and pointed to one on the upper shelf.

The bartender looked at it and raised an eyebrow. "Just so you know, that particular brand is eighteen thousand yen a glass."

Kazuma pointed to it again.

The bartender merely nodded and pulled the drink from the shelf and poured a small glass for Kazuma. "Here you are."

Kazuma nodded and took a swig of the drink. 'Hmph, that's strong. My porange wine is still stronger.'

'Yes, but if you drank that stuff as you are now it'd kill you,' Ddraig remarked.

'Yeah, and I'm sure after a thousand years it's become insane.'

Kazuma spent another hour or so, surprising the bartender for how much of the expensive drink Kazuma was drinking and getting himself fittingly inebriated.

As he sat there a sultry female voice asked, "Hey, want to have a good time?"

Kazuma glanced to the side but due to how drunk he was he couldn't see the person clearly. He rested his cheek on his hand and shrugged uncommitted.

"Then how about a few drinks first?"

Kazuma nodded and pointed to the same brand, motioning to both himself and the woman beside him.

The bartender looked at him in disbelief but did as was requested.

After several minutes of drinking, and ordering two plates of food, Kazuma noticed the situation feeling very familiar.

As he sat trying to contemplate why the situation was familiar, the woman next to him ran a finger down his arm.

"You've got pretty nice arms. I bet you know how command a woman, hm?"

Kazuma raised an eyebrow as their food arrived. 'Ddraig, I'm sobering up. Why?'

'I'm getting the alcohol out of your system,' Ddraig explained.

'Why?'

'Look to your right.'

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and turned to the woman next to him as his vision cleared up.

She was a young woman with short blonde hair that had bangs over her forehead swept to one side and two long bangs that hung down, framing her face, amber eyes, and a plentiful bust under a revealing black tube top, beige pants that were open, showing what was little more than a black bathing suit bottom underneath, brown boots, detached, beige sleeves, and a white scarf around her neck.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as he saw the woman.

She looked at him puzzled.

"Leone…" he grumbled angrily.

The woman, Leone, blinked curiously and then paled. "Ah crap."

Kazuma frowned as she looked at him.

"G-good to see you…Abra…"

"You never change," Kazuma said bluntly.

"Excuse me sir," the bartender interrupted. "If you're finished, would you like your bill?"

Kazuma stood up and pointed to Leone. "She's on for this one."

"HHHUUUHHH!?" Leone shouted in shock.

The two were then walking away from the bar, with both sighing in disappointment.

"You know, that wasn't very nice," Leone pouted.

"Yeah, doesn't feel too good to be on the receiving end, does it?" Kazuma rebutted.

"Are you still bitter about that?!" Leone shouted in surprise.

"Should I not be? And thanks to you I'm not hammered anymore either," Kazuma retorted.

The two then looked at each other with light smirks.

"So I see you finally made your way out here," Kazuma mentioned as they approached his apartment.

"I've actually been here for a while." Leone then put her hands on her hips in annoyance. "But Sheele ran off on her own and now I have no idea where she is."

Kazuma sweat-dropped in response. "Actually…"

Leone looked at him confused and then sighed heavily. "Don't tell me she already found you."

"Yup…"

Leone slammed her fists together, an angry fire in her eyes. "Why that little…running off without me like that…"

"Now, now, no point in getting worked up like that."

"There's plenty of point!"

Kazuma merely sighed in exasperation.

As the two approached his door Kazuma stopped momentarily.

"What's up?" Leone asked in confusion.

"Let me just say ahead of time things are…a little crazy here," Kazuma explained.

"Really? You mean crazier than when you invited those two goddesses to the Walled City?"

"Oh…nevermind then…"

After that, Kazuma opened the door and, to his surprise, the kitchen, dining room, and living room were deserted. "Huh, odd. Usually there's a whole bunch of people here."

"Are you going insane again?" Leone asked tauntingly.

"What do you mean again? I've always been crazy." As he walked around the area he looked at his room curiously. "Wait here for a second," he ordered as he walked into his room.

Leone nodded in understanding.

After a moment noises erupted from inside before Kuroka and Sheele came tumbling out of the room.

"Why are you being so rude, nya?" Kuroka asked angrily.

"Why were you two in my room?" Kazuma asked.

Sheele sat up and adjusted her glasses. "We missed you."

"Did you now?" Leone asked with a grin.

Sheele flinched and turned to see the blonde. "H-hi…"

Leone cracked her knuckles with a maniacal grin. "You just run off without me and then find him by yourself?"

"Now, now, there's no reason to get violent," Kazuma suggested.

Leone looked at him flatly.

"Okay, maybe there's some reason."

Sheele looked at him frightened.

"That aside, I think we have some catching up to do."

"And some introductions it would seem," Leone remarked as she pointed at Kuroka.

Kazuma nodded in understanding. "Yeah, like I said, some catching up to do."

Kazuma proceeded to explain the events of the past month along with what little had happened after he had been released from his seal as Mira, Presa, and the others gathered in the room.

"So you've become a Soul Reaper, huh?" Leone asked.

Kazuma nodded in return. "Sort of, it's called a Substitute Soul Reaper but apparently the result is the same."

"I see. So now you're preparing to go to the Soul Society to rescue this Erza woman?"

Kazuma nodded again. "Yes. How about things on your end?"

Sheele laughed uncomfortably.

Leone sighed in response. She then turned to Sheele in annoyance. "You couldn't manage to explain any of it to him?"

Sheele lightly knocked herself on the head. "Sorry, I was just so excited I forgot about everything."

Leone groaned and asked, "Did you at least hear what happened after you went crazy?"

Kazuma shook his head in response, narrowing his eyes angrily. "No, after Mikasa…after she…" he clenched his fist before sighing to calm himself, "After that everything is a blur, so I don't remember much."

Leone nodded in understanding. "Well, after you went crazy the nations of the world both hailed the Walled City as a savior and simultaneously damned us villains."

"Why?"

"Because while your actions did rid the world of Titans, you also did some serious damage to mana cities and nations all over the planet. That punch up you had with Rama and his army basically turned every country in the east into a barren wasteland. They still haven't fully recovered after a thousand years."

Kazuma sighed heavily. "This isn't anything I'm not already aware of."

"Just laying the groundwork. Well, after that we needed a way to keep ourselves from getting attacked by the nations that were left. That's when a woman named Merlin who seemed to know you showed up and, after some complex magic stuff I didn't understand, put the Walled City inside some kind of pocket dimension or something. We even gave it a new name."

"Like what?"

"The Hidden Empire of the Red Dragon Emperor."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "Okay, for starters that name is insanely long. Secondly, why do I get a feeling that name has a connection to why you two are here?"

"It is," Sheele explained.

"Yeah, obviously she forgot to tell you that one of the reasons we were sent here was to find you and bring you to the Hidden Empire."

"What for?" Kazuma asked.

"Well, for a bunch of reasons. Primarily so you can take your place as emperor," Leone added.

"My place as emperor?" Kazuma asked in confusion.

"What?!" the others shouted in shock.

"You're an emperor!?" Kazehana asked in disbelief.

"This is the first I'm hearing of it."

"Well that's because it was decided only about three hundred years ago," Leone added.

"You know, I'm curious about something," Hikari interjected. "How have you two lived for so long?"

"Ever heard of Sacred Gears?" Leone asked.

Hikari shook her head.

"Well to keep things short they're basically super-powerful weapons created by gods and gifted to humans. If a human gets one, and continuously uses it for long enough, there's a special liquid they can drink that keeps them alive forever."

Hikari just blinked curiously and then sighed in annoyance. "I know that was supposed to be an explanation but now I feel like I know even less than before."

Kazuma added, "That happens sometimes. I'll explain it better later."

Hikari nodded in confused acceptance.

Kazuma then returned his attention to Leone. "So you two were sent out to return me to the 'Hidden Empire' to become its emperor?"

Leone nodded. "But there's also another reason."

"Oh, and what's that?" Kazuma asked as he folded his arms.

"Remember that artificial Spirit you and Histoire made, Arfoire I think you called her?"

Kazuma nodded in response. "Yes, I remember."

"Well I don't know all the details but several more artificial Spirits showed up and started fighting about four hundred years ago, and unfortunately none of us have been able to stop them. And what's more, in the past couple months creatures resembling Danger Beasts have started appearing in the Hidden Empire," Leone explained.

With a sigh of frustration Kazuma replied, "So you two were sent to come and get me to help deal with that?"

Leone nodded.

"Unfortunately right now I can't. I talked with Urahara and he said the way to get us to the Soul Society will be ready in just a few days. I can probably join you there afterwards."

Leone nodded in understanding and then grinned. "Well, now that all that boring stuff is outta the way, mind if I stop using the disguise?"

Kazuma blinked curiously. "Disguise?"

Leone grumbled at Sheele. "I thought she'd at least tell you that. Well, you see, I kinda fused with Lionel."

"What do you mean?"

Leone snapped her fingers and a furry, yellow cat tail appeared at the base of her spine, her hair lengthened greatly and became wilder, her pupils became slitted, and a pair of yellow-furred cat ears popped up out of her hair. Leone grinned and explained, "This eventually became how I normally look. Though I do kinda miss the furry hands."

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in response. "That's certainly not something I expected."

"Yeah, me neither. After a while I started noticing it was taking less energy to activate Lionel and more energy to deactivate it."

Kazuma nodded in slightly confused understanding. "That's a surprising development. I've never heard of something like that happening before."

Leone nodded in agreement and then grabbed Kazuma by the arm. "Let's stop talking about this boring stuff and get reacquainted."

"Ah, h-hey!" Kazuma argued as she dragged him away.

"Hold on…" Sheele asked weakly as she followed behind them.

"Where do you think you're going!?" Presa demanded.

"This should be amusing," Medea pondered as she followed.

Kazuma slowly awoke the next morning with a groan. "Uugghh…what happened last…night…?" he trailed off as he saw Presa, Leone, Sheele, and Medea strewn around him. "…Huh…"

After working his way out of the admittedly desirable situation and preparing, Kazuma, Medea, and Mavis made their way to the school.

As Kazuma arrived at the school he noticed Aika standing by the front gate.

"Something wrong?" he asked.

"What happened last night?" she asked curiously.

"Something annoying. It might also be connected to Erza," Kazuma explained.

Aika looked at him surprised. "What is it?"

"I don't want to say yet. I'll tell everyone later."

Aika nodded in understanding.

As Kazuma walked into the school he saw Orihime and attempted to wave to her but she looked away from him uncomfortably. "Well that…was unusual…" Kazuma remarked in confusion.

Classes proceeded normally after that and Kazuma noticed someone he hadn't seen in school for quite some time, Tier Harribel.

As her class continued Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. 'Where has she been all this time? And how come I never noticed?'

'I can't be certain, but there's something not quite right about her. Something…creepily familiar,' Ddraig interjected.

'I'll leave it be for now.'

Kazuma took his mind off the matter until lunch time came around.

He prepared to perform his usual ritual with Aika, being her food source, when he found himself confronted by Orihime, who had a very irritated and confused expression.

Worriedly he asked, "Uh, Orihime…what's up?"

She grabbed him by the hand and dragged him away.

"H-hey…!"

Aika watched the two leave and narrowed her eyes following them.

The two were eventually in one of the courtyards on the school grounds when Orihime finally stopped.

Kazuma sighed as he folded his arms. "Okay…now that you've pulled me far away from everyone else, can you tell me what's going on in that head of-?"

"What happened that night?!" Orihime suddenly shouted.

"Eh…" Kazuma blurted out in confusion.

"That first night we started training, you and Kiryu…you two were…" Orihime remarked in embarrassment and confusion.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow in complete befuddlement before he remembered that he had let Aika drink from him that night. "Oh boy…"

"So it's true…?" she asked worriedly.

"Ah…well…that wasn't what it looked like, I swear," Kazuma rebutted.

Orihime narrowed her eyes incredulously. "What else could it be?"

"Well…crap, you're already steeped in it so I might as well tell you. Aika's a vampire."

Orihime frowned in response. "I know I'm imaginative Kazuma but I'm not stupid."

"I'm telling you the truth."

"He is," Aika interrupted.

"A-Aika!" Kazuma shouted in surprise.

Orihime looked at her confused.

Aika walked up to the two of them and opened her mouth, exposing the two long fangs in her mouth.

Orihime looked at her uncomfortably.

Kazuma sighed and snapped his fingers, a small blade appearing in his hand which handed to Aika.

"Wh-what's she…?" Orihime asked timidly.

Aika then proceeded to put a cut in her hand, causing a small amount of blood to trickle out.

Orihime's eyes widened as the blood began to levitate into the air and dance about under Aika's will. "Y-you really…are a vampire…"

Aika nodded in response as the blood returned to its natural state and fell to the ground.

"So then…that was…?"

Kazuma nodded in agreement. "Yes. She was drinking my blood, not kissing me."

Aika chuckled in amusement. "Speaking of…"

Kazuma sighed in response. "Really…?"

Aika put a finger on her lips. "But I'm really thirsty…"

Kazuma grumbled in annoyance as he tugged at his collar. "You really have no sense of timing."

Aika immediately clamped down and began drinking from his neck.

Orihime looked away shyly. "It still looks dirty."

"Well it's-hey, careful!" Kazuma began before scolding Aika.

She pulled back and frowned at him. "The muscles in your neck move when you talk, I have to move my fangs to stay in the blood vessel."

Kazuma sighed as he rubbed the bite. "Sure…well, do you understand now, Orihime?"

Orihime nodded in return with a smile. "Yes."

"Good. Since you're here, I just wanted to let you know I'll be bringing something up during lunch that has to do with our training."

Orihime tilted her head curiously.

As the group gathered on the roof for lunch, Kazuma noticed Matsuda, Motohama, and Tatsuki in the area as well as Saji and Yuuto.

Kazuma frowned in annoyance. 'I was at least hoping Matsuda and Motohama hadn't followed me here.'

Orihime glanced at Kazuma.

Kazuma shook his head in response.

Orihime nodded and returned to her meal.

Sakura ate her meal silently as she noticed the heavy atmosphere in the air.

As lunch came to an end, Kazuma made his return to his classroom when he was stopped by someone familiar, Suzune.

"Ms. Suzune, need something?" he asked.

She nodded in return and handed him a stack of papers.

"Uhm…what's this…?"

She answered plainly, "I would like you to deliver another set of homework for me."

Kazuma looked at her confused. "Shouldn't one of the staff do something like this?"

Suzune adjusted her glasses. "Are you going to say no?"

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "F-Fine…where am I taking this?"

"Here," she handed him a piece of paper with an address written on it, "You may do it now or after school." She then walked away without another word.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow in annoyance. "Since when did I become her mule?"

'Who knows. For now, let it go I'd say,' Ddraig recommended.

Kazuma merely sighed as he made his way back to class.

As he walked towards the classroom he saw Ichigo and Yuuto talking about something. He suddenly got a conniving grin as an idea entered his mind. 'Here's for sloughing off all your Hollow hunts on me ya bastard,' Kazuma thought as he walked up behind Yuuto before he seemingly caught his foot on the floor. "Crap!" Kazuma blurted as he stumbled forward and knocked into Yuuto's back. His grin widened as Yuuto stumbled forward and suddenly almost every girl in the hallway collapsed with nosebleeds. He looked up triumphantly at his "accident".

That being, Ichigo and Yuuto with locked lips.

The two turned blue before Ichigo punched Yuuto. "What the hell man?! What's with you?!"

"H-hey, don't look at me, someone pushed me!" Yuuto attempted fruitlessly to diffuse the spike-head's anger.

Kazuma merely chuckled in amusement as he walked to his seat.

However, when he did, he noticed Sakura was not there. He looked around to find her and saw her in an odd situation.

Down on the edge of the courtyard in front of the school, Rin and Sakura were having a conversation that was closer to an argument.

"You need to stay away from Soryu," Sakura warned.

Rin folded her arms in annoyance. "Oh? And why's that? Have you claimed him for yourself?"

"Ah…n-no, that's not it at all. I just don't want him getting hurt."

"You mean hurt because of me," Rin said bluntly.

Sakura flinched in response but nodded assertively after a moment.

Rin smirked in response. "You're very protective of him all of a sudden."

"Well…he's my friend…"

"Is he now? How much do you know about him?"

"I, uhm…"

"You don't even know where he lives, do you?"

"D-do you…?" Sakura attempted to retort.

"Yes," Rin answered plainly.

Sakura merely shrunk back as Rin walked away. She then frowned before looking up at her classroom and then reentering the building.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as the two returned to the school building. 'What was that all about? Even from here I had trouble reading their lips.'

'Whatever it was they were saying it didn't look very nice,' Ddraig commented, 'So it's probably best you didn't hear it.'

'That's probably true.'

After classes ended, Kazuma began leaving the school building when he noticed Ciel walking towards the gate.

"Hey, Ciel!" Kazuma called as he walked up to her.

She turned to him in surprise. "Ah, Soryu, need something?"

Kazuma nodded and then looked around before motioning off to the side.

Ciel raised an eyebrow but nodded and followed behind him.

"So, what do you need? It must be important for you to specifically call out to me like that," Ciel remarked.

Kazuma nodded in response. "It is. I'm sure you've noticed that Erza hasn't been coming to school over the past few days."

Ciel nodded in return. "I've noticed. But I didn't really think anything of it. If there actually a reason?"

Kazuma nodded again. "Yes. That's why I called you over. We could use your help."

Ciel raised an eyebrow. "We?"

"Yeah. I'm sure you were able to figure out what Erza was eventually."

Ciel nodded in thought. "I was. She's a Soul Reaper."

"Right. Well a few other Soul Reapers came and forcefully took her back."

Ciel frowned in confusion. "I don't quite follow."

Kazuma sighed in annoyance. "Guess I'll start from the beginning. I met Erza when a Hollow she was chasing smashed into my apartment. Due to her being outpowered by it she transferred much of her Soul Reaper power to me, which is how I became a Soul Reaper. After that, since she wasn't able to return to the Soul Society under her own power, she remained here while I used the Soul Reaper powers she had essentially given me to go around hunting Hollows in her stead. Over time other people, like Ichigo, Aika, and Orihime, started discovering powers they had as well when those Hollows started appearing on masse around the city."

Ciel folded her arms in thought. "I see. So I suppose they're the 'we' you referred to?"

Kazuma nodded. "Yes. Eventually, two other Soul Reapers showed up and took Erza back with them by force. It's likely that Erza's going to get executed, so Aika, Orihime, Ichigo, Sado, and I have been preparing to go to the Soul Society to get her back."

"That…is insane. I have yet to actually face a Soul Reaper in combat and yet I'm aware of their power. And you want to go straight to the source?"

Kazuma nodded firmly. "Yeah. If I don't, Erza's going to die."

Ciel sighed as she folded her arms. "…Fine. This sounds like it could be interesting."

"That's good to hear."

"Though I do have one question."

Kazuma tilted his head curiously. "Uhm…okay…"

"Why aren't you able to do it yourself?"

Kazuma winced and then sighed heavily. "The reason for that is simple. My powers are miniscule right now compared to what they used to be."

Ciel folded her arms in thought. "I see. At any rate, I need to return home, after all, preparing for a trip to the home of the Soul Reapers isn't easy."

Kazuma nodded as she walked away. 'Right, this improves our odds a little. At any rate I need to go help the others train now.'

Kazuma then left the school grounds and headed towards the park where Arcueid and Aika normally train.

He noticed Aika standing in the center of the park alone.

"What's going on?" he asked.

"Arcueid hasn't shown up yet," Aika explained.

Kazuma sighed and scratched his head in annoyance. "Stay here for a bit. I'll head home and see if she's there."

Aika nodded in understanding as he walked away.

As Kazuma made his way to his apartment he turned, feeling a presence behind him. He looked and saw no one. He activated his Sharingan and sent out a pulse of energy but saw no one. He then raised an eyebrow. "Oh right, I forgot about that stuff for Suzune."

Remembering his errand he turned and walked down a different street.

Kazuma followed the address on the piece of paper Suzune gave him and ended up at a small house on the edge of the city.

Kazuma looked around curiously. "Well this is rather rundown." He walked up to the front door and knocked on it lightly.

"What do you want?" an annoyed, childlike voice called from inside.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow. "…I have some documents from Ms. Suzune."

There was silence before he heard the sound of locks moving and the door opened.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow when he saw the student he was delivering to was a short girl with long, waist-length black hair and red eyes, though her left was covered by a black eyepatch with a pattern of three red tomoe arranged in a circle on it, and a noticeably flat chest wearing a gothic Lolita outfit consisting of a black, white, and teal colored, frilled dress, a matching bonnet, white stockings, black shoes, and black ring anklets with cat head designs on them. Though the thing he noticed first was the black cat ears on top of her head, the black cat tail poking out of her dress, and the pair of small, black, feathered wings on her back. 'Well…that's certainly a unique outfit.' "Are you Mirai?"

The girl nodded.

"Right, here." He handed her a folder.

Mirai nodded and then looked at Kazuma before smirking and closing the door.

Kazuma scratched his head as the door closed. 'She really reminds me of Kuroka for some reason.'

Zangetsu interrupted his thoughts. 'I do not believe that is the most pressing matter at the moment.'

'Yeah, yeah.'

Kazuma returned to his original path to his apartment, still getting the uncomfortable feeling occasionally, before arriving at the apartment proper.

As he opened the door he saw Kuroka and Leone sitting at the table drinking together.

Leone turned to him with a grin and raised an eyebrow. "Are you stashin' chicks or somethin'?"

Kazuma tilted his head curiously. "What on earth are you talking about?"

Leone pointed beside him.

Kazuma blinked curiously and turned around.

Sakura stood behind him confused.

'Wh-what the…when did she…? No way…was she…?'

'Hmm…I knew someone was trailing us but I had no idea it was her. She's pretty damn good at hiding her presence,' Ddraig complimented, though Sakura could not hear it.

Sakura looked from Leone to Kazuma concerned and asked, "S-Soryu, is it true?"

Kazuma blinked curiously. "P-pardon?"

"Are you stashing chicks?"

Kazuma face-faulted in then retorted angrily, "No!"

His point was not helped when Hibiki and Hikari walked up to the door in confusion, followed by Arcueid and Souji.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "Ah…hmm…how do I put this…? How about you come inside while I explain this?"

Sakura nodded uneasily as she followed him inside the apartment.

Sakura looked at Kazuma surprised and confused as Mirajane, Kazehana, Hibiki, Hikari, Kuroka, Leone, Sheele, Medea, Souji, Presa, Arcueid, and Mavis sitting at the table. "Y-you certainly have a lot of people living here…" Sakura commented with an uneasy chuckle.

"Y-yeah…" Kazuma retorted weakly. 'Shiiit…even I'm having trouble thinking of an explanation for this many people.'

Sakura looked at him worriedly.

Kazuma then blinked in thought. "Well, Mira here," he paused and pointed to Mirajane, who waved with a smile, "is a friend of a friend who needs a place to stay so she's staying here."

Mirajane nodded. "Yes, Erza told me this would be a good place to stay."

Kazuma frowned slight annoyance.

Sakura tilted her head curiously. "Do you know why she left?"

Kazuma turned to her in surprise. "Who?"

"Erza? Why did she stop coming to school?"

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in thought. "She had to go on a trip, but she should be back soon," he lied.

Sakura frowned slightly in worry but nodded. "Okay. If you say so."

Kazuma nodded. He then rested his head on his hand and pointed to Hibiki and Hikari. "These two are coworkers of mine who got themselves thrown out of their apartment so they're bunking here."

The two glared at him but a simple glance from him calmed them.

Kazuma was about to continue when he noticed Sakura glance at him before looking back around the room. He raised an eyebrow and looked at his hand. "Were you wondering about these?" Kazuma asked, pulling back his sleeve to expose his Command Seals.

When both sets were exposed he noticed a very minute, surprised reaction from her that was instantly hidden. "That's a very intricate tattoo. Where did you get it?" she asked with a smile.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in response but explained, "They're something I got a while ago." After that, Kazuma merely came up with more lies to explain the appearance of the rest of the girls.

After he finished "explaining" why each girl was staying at his home, Sakura took a moment to sort it all in her mind.

Medea stood up and asked, "Do you want to stay for dinner?"

Sakura turned to look at the clock and shook her head. "I'm sorry, but I need to get home."

Medea nodded in understanding as she left out the door. Medea then turned to Kazuma. "Kazuma, she-"

"I know," he interrupted. "I have a feeling Sakura's more involved with magic than she seems."

Medea nodded before she looked out the window. 'I was certain she would show. I suppose she's keeping herself hidden.' She then smirked. 'More for me then.'

Outside, a figure stood on a rooftop before leaping away.

Kazuma and Arcueid then proceeded to their training spot.

As they arrived, Kazuma turned to Aika. "We need to go join up with the others, there's something that needs to be explained."

Aika tilted her head in confusion but nodded in response.

Ichigo, Orihime, Aika, Sado, Yoruichi, Arcueid, Yuko, and Kazuma were all gathered in the abandoned warehouse the others had been using for training.

"It's good to finally see you back in action again, Yuko," Yoruichi remarked.

Yuko responded with a weak smile.

Kazuma sighed as he folded his arms.

"I assume there's a reason you gathered us all here like this?" Yoruichi asked.

Kazuma nodded in response. "Yes. It has to do with Yuko's absence over the past few days."

Orihime raised an eyebrow in worry. "What happened?"

"A Soul Reaper."

"Wait, a Soul Reaper came here?" Ichigo asked in surprise and anger.

Kazuma nodded. "Yes. One named Sousuke Aizen."

Yoruichi's eyes narrowed in suspicion.

"I'd rather not go into the specifics but through a complex series of events he infected Yuko with a form of viral magic that he was planning on using to create a Dragon-Hollow Hybrid."

"What?! Why?!" Orihime asked in shock.

Kazuma shook his head. "I'm uncertain. But I'd say this likely means we'll have quite a bit more opposition than anticipated. And based on what he said, I think this Aizen guy is using Hollows as his own personal army."

"That's insane," Ichigo snarled.

"Yeah, I know. We need to be prepare for anything to happen."

"So that's why you called this little meeting?" Yoruichi asked.

Kazuma nodded. "Yes. Our training shouldn't be fragmented like this. We need to start concentrating our efforts. We've only got two days left until Hat-n-Clogs has that way to the Soul Society ready."

"Hope you don't mind a few stragglers," a new voice added.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes in annoyance.

A large, red magic circle suddenly appeared on the ground nearby before sweeping up, revealing Rias, Akeno, Yuuto, and Koneko.

"Wh-what the…?!" Ichigo shouted in surprise.

Yoruichi raised an eyebrow in curiosity.

Kazuma sighed in frustration. "So, something you want, Rias?"

Rias nodded in response with a smirk. "You should remember what I said, I'm not going to let one of my servants do something so foolish on their own."

"Servant?" Orihime asked in confusion.

Kazuma sighed heavily. "It's hard to explain but to make it simple, I'm not human, if you couldn't guess already."

Orihime nodded slowly in thought. "But then…what are the Two Great Ladies doing here?"

"I'll explain at some point, but not right now. So, Rias, did you just come here to show yourself is there a point?"

Rias chuckled lightly. "My, my, someone's in a bad mood. But since you asked, there is a point."

Akeno nodded in agreement. "Since we're all about to invade the Soul Society, it'd probably be good to do some training together, don't you think?" she asked with a smile.

Kazuma sighed and answered, "I agree it's best for allies to understand each other's abilities. I suppose it's fine."

"How about you introduce us first?" Yoruichi asked.

Kazuma nodded and began the introductions.

LIME BEGINS HERE

Kazuma woke up the next morning noticing something was rather unusual. As his eyes opened he looked down and noticed a bulge in his blanket. He raised an eyebrow and lifted the blanket. To his surprise, confusion, and pleasure, he saw Kuroka, who was poised to wrap her mouth around his length.

She smiled and waved lightly.

"Don't let me stop you," he remarked.

Kuroka nodded and lowered her mouth onto him. She lowered herself further, sliding her tongue along the bottom of his rod as she did.

Kazuma twitched lightly as she moved rhythmically up and down. 'Damn, she's pretty good.' As Kuroka continued her motions Kazuma reached down and put his hand on the back of her head. "It'll feel better if you do this," he instructed as he pushed her head down, submerging himself completely inside her mouth, plunging slightly down her throat as well.

Kuroka pulled back and coughed lightly.

Kazuma frowned in disappointment. "Is that too much?"

Kuroka shook her head as she wiped some of the saliva from her chin. "No, nya. I just didn't expect it to go that deep, nya. I'm ready to try again, nya."

Kazuma nodded as she lowered herself back down, plunging him deeply again, caressing him with her tongue as she moved up and down. As she moved she arched her back, allowing her to swallow him deeper in her throat.

Kazuma trembled lightly with a grunt, "The inside of your throat feels wonderful."

Kuroka gave him a happy eye smile, seeing as her mouth was preoccupied.

Kuroka's motions quickened as Kazuma grunted with pleasure.

Kuroka winced lightly as she felt Kazuma began to engorge inside her mouth, stretching her mouth and throat as he did. Feeling his release approaching Kuroka then immediately submerged his manhood as far down her throat as she could.

Kazuma groaned as he released inside of Kuroka's throat, Kuroka trembling as she felt the warmth fill her throat.

Kuroka pulled back, releasing Kazuma from her mouth, and swallowed down all of his semen before smirking. "Good morning, nya."

"G-good morning to you too…" Kazuma responded with a sigh. Kazuma sat up and raised an eyebrow as his body cooled down. 'I'm curious what possessed her to do that, but I certainly don't mind a good morning like that.'

LIME ENDS HERE

Kazuma made his way to the school after his auspicious start to the day and found a surprising development as the day started.

As he approached the school he heard gasps of shock and awe. He looked over and paled in response.

The reactions from the other students were directed at someone Kazuma hadn't expected, Kaya Blanche, who had apparently made her way into the school.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow in response. 'I'll bet Yuko has something to do with this.'

Seemingly sensing his entrance Kaya turned to Kazuma and waved lightly.

Kazuma nodded faintly to her as he entered the school.

Sitting down in his seat Matsuda and Motohama approached him with wide smirks.

"Is there something I missed?" Kazuma asked flatly.

"Did you see that babe that just transferred in?" Matsuda asked with a moronic grin.

Kazuma nodded in response as he put his books in his desk. "I did."

Motohama adjusted his glasses in response. "You saw her and that's all you have to say?"

"Yeah, seriously man!" Matsuda shouted.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow in response. "Well I was busy envisioning some stuff but you two interrupted."

"Hmph," Motohama retorted. "I've heard you're doing unsavory things with Akeno Himejima."

Kazuma accidentally bit his thumb at that. "Gah, dammit!"

"You alright dude?" Matsuda asked.

Kazuma sighed as he put his hand over the bite. "Yeah, I'll be fine."

The day proceeded without incident for Kazuma until it was time for lunch.

As he sat down with Ichigo, Sado, Saji, Orihime, Tatsuki, Aika, Ciel, Medea, Sakura, Arturia, Matsuda, and Motohama to eat, Yuuto then walked up to the door.

Kazuma noticed him standing by the door and asked, "Something wrong?"

Yuuto smiled and asked, "Do you mind if the rest of the club joins us?"

Matsuda and Motohama shared a look of confusion before turning to Kazuma with the same look.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow momentarily and then responded, "Don't ask me, I'm not their boss."

"Thank you for your generosity," Rias said as she, Akeno, and Koneko walked through the doors behind Yuuto.

Matsuda and Motohama froze in shock as the three entered the area before shouting at Kazuma.

"Dude, you've been holding out on us!" Matsuda accused.

Kazuma grumbled and then leaned over some. "Tatsuki…"

Tatsuki then stood up, cracking her knuckles with an angry grin.

"…Mommy…" the two perverts begged before Tatsuki sent then both flying.

Saji looked at the three in surprise as well before turning to Kazuma with a suspicious glare.

Kazuma, however, merely ignored him.

Tatsuki moved and sat beside Kazuma and asked quietly, "So, what exactly are those two doing here?"

Kazuma glanced at her and answered, "I'm in the same club as them. Plus, don't forget about Akeno."

Tatsuki looked at him incredulously, poking him in the head. "You? In a club?"

Kazuma swatted her hand away. "Yes, I am. So pick your jaw up off the floor before you get it too covered in dirt."

Arturia frowned at Akeno. She whispered, "This is a very risky move. It could attract the wrong kind of attention to see two Masters in the same spot like this."

Akeno smiled sweetly. "You don't need to worry."

Arturia sighed in response and continued eating her meal.

Kazuma sighed as he arrived back at the classroom. One reason was Sakura, who was giving him suspicious glances.

Though she was not the primary reason for his annoyance. That inauspicious honor goes to Matsuda and Motohama, who both currently had their hands slammed on Kazuma's desk.

"Okay dude, spill it!" Matsuda demanded.

Motohama adjusted his glasses as he added, "Yes, and we expect the truth."

"Don't look at me," Kazuma dismissed, "Inviting them was Kiba's idea, not mine. Right?" he asked as he leaned over to look at Sakura.

Sakura nodded in agreement, flustered at the sudden question.

Matsuda and Motohama stared him down incredulously.

Kazuma stared back disinterestedly.

"I believe that is enough out of the two of you," Arturia grumbled as she shooed the two away.

As Arturia sat down Kazuma sighed in annoyance.

"Why do you associate with those two?" Arturia asked.

Kazuma scratched his head in response. "I've forgotten why it was originally."

As the day finally wrapped up, Kazuma sighed as he began to leave the room but was stopped by the blonde teacher, Tier.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes and asked, "Do you need something?"

Tier nodded and handed him a stack of papers.

However, she would not immediately release the papers.

"Be careful," she warned, "Someone is after something that is in the possession of one of your friends, and is willing to go to any lengths to get it."

She then turned to walk away.

Kazuma remained silent for a moment before demanding, "Stop."

She stopped and glanced back at him.

Kazuma turned to her with a scowl. "Who are you?"

"I am Tier Harribel," she answered plainly.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as his Sharingan activated. "Let me reword this then, who were you, Hollow?"

Tier's eyes narrowed before she chuckled in amusement. "It makes sense you would see past the veneer." She motioned into the classroom.

Kazuma did the same. "After you."

She nodded and Kazuma walked in behind her, closing the door.

Kazuma folded his arms, a frown on his face as his Sharingan was still active. "So, will you answer me now?"

Tier extended an arm out to him.

Kazuma raised an eyebrow and grabbed her hand with his.

She then performed several gestures with her fingers on his palm.

Kazuma narrowed his eyes as she did. "So…you became a Hollow?"

Tier nodded as she performed more gestures with her fingers.

Kazuma nodded as he pulled his hand away from hers. Kazuma clenched his fists in frustration. "I suppose we have a lot of catching up to do. Unfortunately, I don't think here and now is the right place or time."

Tier nodded in agreement but raised an eyebrow as he tossed something at her. Her lips turned up slightly as she looked at a small necklace in her hand made of shark teeth.

Kazuma remarked, "I kept a hold of it. As a keepsake to remember you."

Tier nodded with a minute smile as he left, Kazuma returning the expression.

After the encounter Kazuma made his way out of the school when he noticed someone standing nearby.

He looked over and saw Aoko walking up to him.

"What's up?" he asked.

She handed him a small, burgundy box. "I finished those gloves for you."

Kazuma nodded appreciatively as he opened the box, revealing a pair of red gloves with dark blue stripes down the middle that covered the ring and middle fingers. "These look nice."

"Try'em out," Aoko suggested.

Kazuma motioned over to an area away from the street and tried on the gloves when they arrived.

Flexing his fingers some he nodded in approval. "They feel nice." After a moment, Clarent appeared in his hand in a flash of light. He waited a moment, reflexively expecting the burning sensation but was pleased to feel no such response. He then extended his hand out as a ball of energy formed and then dispelled. "Good, the light mana from the sword won't hurt me and I can still transmit my own mana through it."

Aoko then flung her arms around his shoulders. "So, you'll let me come along on your little adventure, right?"

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as he poked her on the forehead with one finger. "I already said I would, now get off me, your boobs are pressing into my back."

Aoko smirked slyly. "Oh? Wanna see more?"

Kazuma twitched both eyebrows. "Don't tempt me…"

"Well, where you off to now?"

"Unfortunately our strength isn't quite enough to go up against a bunch of Captains right now so we've spent a lot of this week training. And that's where I'm heading now."

Aoko then grinned playfully.

Kazuma sighed in exasperation.

Kazuma arrived at the training area shortly thereafter, Aoko following right behind him.

The others looked at her in confusion.

However, after a moment, Yuko's eyes widened. "Aoko Aozaki?!"

Aoko smiled as she waved at Yuko. "Hey."

Orihime blinked curiously. "Aunt Yuko, you know her?"

Yuko nodded in response. "Yes, she's an old friend of mine. We haven't seen each other in almost a year."

Kazuma looked at Aoko with a twitching eyebrow.

Aoko merely stuck her tongue out at him with a smirk.

Kazuma sighed and then looked around curiously. "Where's Arcueid?"

Aika sighed in response. "She hasn't shown up yet."

Kazuma grumbled in annoyance. "She probably fell asleep at home again. I'll treat you to a meal after this as an apology, alright?"

Aika looked at him in surprise as he disappeared into Kamui.

Akeno smirked and turned to Rias. "I'll be right back."

Rias nodded with an eyebrow raised in confusion.

Kazuma arrived at his apartment and walked into the front door.

As he walked in Medea immediately pointed to his bedroom.

Kazuma sighed and walked in, finding Arcueid, as he expected, passed out. "You really sleep a lot."

Arcueid sat up slowly and rubbed the sleepiness from her eyes. "I'm not used to staying awake this long. Normally after I kill Roa I sleep until next time. This is the first time he's immediately taken a new body like this. At least, as far as I know."

"Well I still need your help with the training, so let's get going."

Arcueid stood up with a stretch and nodded with a smile.

As the two walked out the door, Medea glanced at Kazehana who nodded.

After stepping out into the hallway, Kazuma activated his Mangekyo but was immediately smacked on the head by Arcueid.

With an annoyed frown she chided, "No, you said you'd stop using that unless you need to," while waving a finger.

Kazuma sighed in resignation. "Fine. Then let's get going, we'll use the rooftops to get there faster."

Arcueid nodded in agreement with a smile.

The two arrived swiftly back at the training area.

Kazuma sighed in exasperation as he walked into the warehouse with Arcueid. "Sorry that took so long."

Aoko smirked at him. "You've sure got quite the group going with you."

Kazuma nodded in agreement. He then turned and saw Akeno standing with Arturia beside her. "Saber?"

Akeno nodded. "Yes. I told you'd be treating us all to a meal."

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow. "That was an offer for Aika only."

Arturia walked up to Kazuma. She put a hand on his shoulder and rubbed it lightly. "I am sure you can spare the expense."

Kazuma folded his arms with a sigh. "Fine."

Rias and Akeno shared a thoughtful expression.

Kazuma scratched his head and turned to Yoruichi. "So, shall we just pick up where we left off?"

The cat nodded in agreement.

In the Soul Society, Erza and Hinata were speaking about Erza's time in the human world once more when Hinata looked around.

Erza blinked curiously. "Is something the matter?"

Hinata shook her head. "Not quite, but it sounds like there's a ruckus going on outside."

"I have plenty of time to give you my tales, you should deal with this."

Hinata nodded in agreement and exited the prison area.

Outside, Hinata looked around over the massive, maze-like fortress that made up the headquarters for the Soul Reapers. As she looked around she noticed a large crowd of people gathered near one of the gates.

She made her way there swiftly and noticed a person she didn't recognize enter through the gate.

The person was a woman with long, flowing green hair that reached her lower legs, matching green eyes, wearing a simple yet regal outfit consisting of a white dress with many gold adornments, golden gauntlets on her arms with flared shoulders, a golden tiara with a vine-like shape and a red jewel in the middle, a gold choker, a golden necklace with a large ornament on the end, long, knee-length, high-heeled, strapped sandals, a thigh-high stocking on one leg, and a long golden staff with a blue orb on the end in her hands.

The woman walked towards a group of Soul Reaper Captains, Unohana, Byakuya, Ichimaru, Aizen, and Zaraki being among the group, and bowed lightly with a smile. "You came with quite the welcome Captain Yamamoto."

Yamamoto, an old man with red eyes, a long, white beard that reached past his waist with ornamental wrappings on it, two prominent scars on his bald head, wearing the standard Soul Reaper Captain uniform, though with the haori draped over his back rather than worn, bowed to the woman in return. "It is only appropriate for a visitor such as yourself, Lady Palutena."

The woman, Palutena smiled happily. "So, shall we move somewhere indoors?"

Yamamoto nodded in agreement.

As he walked away, Ichimaru merely watched Palutena with his normal smirk.

Zaraki narrowed his eyes with a grin. 'She's strong…heh…'

Aizen merely kept his eyes forward.

Several other Captains, a man with a wide hat and pink haori and a man with a skeletal appearance, watched Palutena interestedly.

The other female Captain narrowed her eyes at Palutena.

The lower ranked Soul Reapers generally had their eyes glued to the graceful woman.

Hinata raised an eyebrow before returning to Erza.

"What was the noise?" Erza asked.

Hinata shrugged in response as she sat down. "Some strange woman arrived here. Don't recognize her and all the men were drooling over her."

Erza narrowed her eyes in thought.

Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as he looked at the large hole in front of him. "Well…you're powers are increasing in intensity, Ichigo. So you've got that going for you."

The remnants of his abilities faded as he put the locket away. "Y-yeah…didn't really expect that to happen."

Aika scratched her head lightly. "And I thought Chad's energy fist thing caused damage."

Kazuma sighed and folded his arms. "I'd say we're done here, so why don't we get something to eat?"

"Right!" the others agreed.

"I need to go on ahead first, so I'll be back in a bit," Kazuma remarked before swiftly vanishing into Kamui.

"Hey! Kazuma!" Arcueid shouted as he vanished before grumbling. She tightened her fist before frowning in worry. 'If you keep using that power like that…'

He returned to the warehouse shortly thereafter as Arcueid knocked him on the head.

"Gah! Hey, what was that for?!" Kazuma shouted angrily.

"I thought I told you not to use that power unless you absolutely need to," Arcueid chastised.

Kazuma groaned as he rubbed the sore on his head. "Didn't have to friggin' hit me on the head like that."

"That's what I'm going to do from now on if you use Kamui when you don't need to."

"I believe that is enough bickering," Arturia interjected.

Kazuma sighed and turned to the entrance. "Let's get going then." Kazuma twitched an eyebrow as he felt a weight land on his head. He looked up and saw Yoruichi. "Is there a reason you're up there?"

"It's a nice view. Plus all that hot air inside your head will keep me warm."

Kazuma merely grumbled in annoyance as he left the warehouse, but stopped when he noticed several people nearby. He sighed as he saw who they were.

Arturia blinked curiously. "Caster and Assassin."

"Good to see you again Saber," Medea greeted sharply.

Arturia huffed.

Kazuma sighed and turned to Medea. "What are you all doing here?"

Behind Medea and Souji stood Kazehana, Hibiki, and Hikari.

Kazehana waved blithely. "We just wanted to see where you running off to all the time."

"I'm going to assume you want to join us?" Kazuma asked as he folded his arms.

"Naturally," Medea responded.

"Where are you going exactly?" Hikari asked.

Eventually the group arrived at a familiar place, Kazuma's apartment.

As they approached, however, Kazuma frowned in thought and glanced at Medea.

Medea nodded and immediately teleported away.

"Hang on, if she can teleport like that, why didn't we just do it that way?" Rias asked.

"Walking there allows you to be hungrier, which works for me since I like to cook lots of food," Kazuma answered.

"Oh, I get it," Rias responded.

"You actually fell for that?" Hikari remarked snidely.

"Hm?"

"Nevermind."

Eventually Kazuma led the large group up to his apartment where he found Medea waiting with "Muffins" on her lap.

Kazuma frowned in annoyance.

"Muffins" looked up at the group and gave a light meow before disappearing into Kazuma's room.

Kazuma merely sighed as he slapped a hand over his face. "This is going to be stressful, isn't it?"

Fortunately, Kazuma managed to begin cooking the meals for the group. Although it took longer than desired since he couldn't keep the girls out long enough to prepare the food.

He ran into some trouble when Koneko attempted to sneak in behind him and grab some of his snacks, but the water bottle he had used previously managed to force her out of the room.

Though as he set the table for the meal itself he noticed her angry glares at him under her wet hair.

And another one bites the dust. Hopefully you all enjoyed that. And with the plot of Tentacle and Witches out of the way, we can finally move on with the trip to the Soul Society and the continuation of the Bleach storyline.