Visiting the Grave of a Forgotten Man
Noel and Lambda are leading their guest to the gravesite she told Jigoku about as that has got him curious of the person who once had the sword hanging from his waist, and maybe he can learn about the man who once came to him giving him the sword.
"The scenery sure looks a little better than the Kaka village." Jigoku commented.
"I could take a nap here anytime!" Tao said before falling onto her back and suddenly sleeps.
"Hey, no sleeping on the ground right now." Mai quickly picked Tao up and shaking her hard to wake up her, but the hooded kitty girl didn't wake up.
"Tao, wake up and you can taste me with your lips." Jigoku said.
"Good-Wolvy!" Tao immediately waked up and jumped onto Jigoku giving him kisses on the cheek.
"Whoa, that sure woke her up." Makoto surprised.
"I didn't think Tao would like anything else besides food." Neol surprised as well.
"Tell Tao, what is like to be in a relationship with one another?" Lambda asked curiously.
"Oh, it's really, really, really great! Tao didn't know nor understand what having a boyfriend means until I met Good-Wolvy who has made my heart pounding like crazy, and he pound me some more in other ways." Tao smiled explaining.
"Pound you come more, what does that mean?" Lambda confused of that word.
Tao was about to answer that question, but Jigoku quickly covered her mouth with his hands.
"I think it's best that you find that out for yourself or perhaps Noel could explain it to you later." Jigoku gestured to Noel.
"Huh, me?" Noel gasped, not sure how is she supposed to explain what "Sex" is to Lambda since there are still a lot of things her little sister doesn't know yet.
"Anyway, for now all you need to know is that being in a relationship is awesome when you have someone you love by yourself, or in my case some girls I love." Jigoku hugged Tao and petting her head causing her to purr.
"Very well, I will take that knowledge." Lambda nodded.
"Come on, we're close to the grave sit." Noel pointed forward and the group went back to walking.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the gravesite at the top of the hill seeing two wooden long sticks tied together making into a cross and there appears to be a small hole next to the grave like something was there before.
"This is it, the grave marker of Celica Ayatsuki Mercury, the woman who raised both me and Jin like we were her own kids." Noel smiled gesturing to the grave.
"So, this woman had a family name named after a planet?" Jigoku asked.
"I think so, but I never thought about it too much because she was a very caring woman though I hoped I remember her more." Noel said.
"Did you hit your head on a rock, I once did that to make my head stronger, but I ended up with memory lost for a day." Jigoku mentioned.
"Seriously? Why were you doing that?" Makoto asked.
"Like I said, I wanted to make my head stronger to handle anything like being hit by something like a frying pan." Jigoku answered.
"Frying pans?" Mai confused.
"Frying pans are dangerous if use in the wrong hands." Tao stated.
"Okay, so is that hole where the sword was?" Makoto pointed at the hole next to the grave.
"Yes, I always come to visit this grave every day after lunch to give sister Celica my full report of how things have been going with the church and how my friends are doing including the time Makoto arm-wrestler one of her co-workers." Noel explained.
"Hey, that guy was calling me out that I was being weak after being stuck in the office all day long and he even called me a cheater when I used my tail for the contest." Makoto snapped.
"You arm-wrestler with your tail?" Jigoku asked surprise.
"I thought I could make things interesting because my tail is a lot stronger than it looks." Makoto bragged as she wiggles her tail to Jigoku making him laugh a little.
"So, this Celica woman must have been a special woman that you cared for so much to take over that church." Jigoku commented.
"She was wonderful, the first mother I knew before I was adopted into another family." Noel pulled out a photo showing it to Jigoku.
The picture of the woman known as Celica was a young woman with long, auburn hair tied into a ponytail with a red ribbon, pale skin, and bright eyes that looks to be soft, wet soil in color. She wore what appears to be some kind of uniform, with a red ribbon. The uniform itself consists of a plain, long sleeved, white shirt with golden rimming across the collar and sides, with black and gold cuffs; the shirt itself only comes down to her hips and leaves her navel exposed while keeping her hips covered. The uniform also consists of a frilled black mini skirt with a golden line crossing it horizontally; the skirt itself barely reaches her thighs and is held in place by a small golden buckle. Finishing her look, Celica wore a standard black cape with golden lining that reaches the small of her back, and simple brown high heels.
"She looks like a schoolgirl." Jigoku commented.
"I think she was I never know much about her past even when Jin and I were taken away from her as little kid." Noel mentioned.
"I take it that time was not by normal means, was it?" Jigoku asked.
"No, we were taken away by an awful man as for why we didn't know at the time, and we even lost our memories of Celica until years later." Noel explained.
"But it wasn't so bad, you lived with a nice family, and you gained some new friends in the military academy." Makoto pointed out as she, Noel, and Mai smile at each other.
"Wait, you went to a military academy?" Jigoku surprised when she heard this.
"Yeah, Lacking Lady may look harmless on the outside, but she is a strong fighter with guns and other blazing things on the inside." Tao bragged exciting.
"Really now?" Jigoku smirked at Noel as he reaches for his sword.
"You wouldn't happen to still have those guns with you right now?" Jigoku asked pulling out his sword and pointing it at Noel.
"Huh, hey, wait a minute! What are you doing?" Noel asked shock.
"Challenging you to a fight, I want to see how mighty this little nun is against my blade." Jigoku smirked getting ready to fight.
"Hey, hey, hey, there's no need to do that! At least not in front of a grave!" Noel tried to talk him out of wanting to fight.
"Aw, that's just how Good-Wolvy make new friends when fighting strong people and how he won Tao's heart too." Tao snuggled her cheek onto his.
"Tao, I'm trying to be serious right now." Jigoku exclaimed, yet he didn't push Tao away.
"And besides, I don't have my guns right now. I put them away in storage since I no longer do any fighting since the final battle." Noel mentioned.
"…Well, that was a waste challenging someone." Jigoku muttered as he put his sword away.
"Wait, you just mentioned Jin a couple of times. You two grew up in the same church?" Jigoku asked.
"That's right, in fact he and I are actually brother and sister." Noel revealed.
"For real, you're like the opposite of that guy when he looks all serious." Jigoku commented.
"Yeah, Jin can be like that most of the time. In fact, we even forgotten that we were siblings to each other in the first place." Noel said.
"Not to mention he was being a total bitch for treating you like you were trash." Makoto added.
"Makoto, that's not nice." Noel surprised.
"I'm sorry, girl, but I still can't get over of how he used to treat you back then even when we graduated from the military academy." Makoto reminded her.
"I was surprised when I heard about it from Tsubaki." Mai said.
"Yes, he did treat me harshly, but what was when we didn't know that we were deeply closer to each other than we realize and not to mention I wasn't the original Saya either back then." Noel pointed out.
"The what now?" Jigoku and Tao confused.
"That's a story for another time which may lead to some very confusions." Noel said.
"Sister Noel, I believe it is time I should mention this to you." Lambda said.
"Mention what, Lambda?" Noel asked.
"This boy the same power as you do, the power of the Azure." Lambda answered pointing at Jigoku.
"What? Are you sure?" Noel asked shock.
"Yes, I've been sensing his power for quite sometime ever since he got here." Lambda nodded.
"Azure, you mean my Blazblue power?" Jigoku confused.
"You really don't know what that power is, do you?" Noel asked.
"Nope, I got this power when I was battling a weirdo red guy who suddenly attacked me out of nowhere." Jigoku mentioned.
"That red guy was Tagger, he's a good friend of mine and he was being controlled against his will by someone we all knew before." Makoto explained.
"Is that right, and you have the same power as I do?" Jigoku asked Noel.
"In a way, I guess, but I never knew the Azure has possessed another soul other than myself as I was the True Successor to the power though it looks like you became another for something important or… I don't know." Noel confused by all of this, wondering what is going on.
"No, you are actually spot on, Noel." Rachel said as she suddenly appeared behind the others with Es by her side.
"Oh, Racheal!" Noel surprised.
"Huh, who the fuck is this little kid?" Jigoku asked making Rachel angry but kept her composure face.
"Be careful there, Jigoku. That girl is not someone to be mess with, believe me, I tried, and it did not end well." Makoto said as she gulps at the end.
"Perhaps I would have done less damage to you if you had not caused the dessert I was eating to drop to the ground." Rachel reminded the squirrel of the "accident" she could never forget.
"Hey, I was enjoying myself with some nut sundae. How was I supposed to know you were behind me when my tail was wagging?" Makoto defended herself.
"Wag? I thought you were squirrel, not a dog." Jigoku chuckled making Makoto pout.
"Greeting Lady Rachel, Es, it has been sometime." Lambda greeted with a bow.
"Hello Lambda, I see you are still well, and I take it you kept Noel from entering the kitchen." Rachal said.
"Yes, except for Mai since she was visiting the church today." Lambda pointed at Mai who waves at them.
"I see, the odd girl is here as well." Rachal commented.
"(Why does she and everyone else think I'm the weird one for just liking Noel's cooking?)" Mai thought wondered.
Es walks up to Jigoku looking at him straight in the eyes with her usually blank face as she senses the Azure's power within this one, a power she had not sense in a while since Noel was the True Successor of the Azure though she can also tell that this one is different than her.
"Are you going to stare at me all day because I'm not sure about meeting a new girl who is suddenly trying to imagine me naked." Jigoku asked feeling a little weird of this girl.
Though his eyes did wander down seeing her big boobs on small a little girl as he tries to keep his little urge under control.
"My name is Es, I am the Guardian of the Fate to the Azure itself." Es introduced herself.
"Okay, nice to meet you, Es. And can you tell me exactly what is the Azure everyone keeps talking about?" Jigoku asked.
"My, my, you are impatient like a dog." Rachal mocked.
"Hey, a wolverine is more vicious than any dog." Jigoku stated with a little growl.
"It would seem you have no shame in admitting that you are a savage beast and have the bad breath too might I add." Rachal mocked Jigoku a bit more.
"(Damn it, does this girl loves to piss people off to get a reaction because it's certainly working.)" Jigoku thought glared.
"Aw, isn't that sweet. Little biting lady wants to be friends with you!" Tao smiled and unexpectedly hugs Rachal.
"(Does she really sound like she wants to be friends?)" Makoto and Noel thought asked worry.
Seeing this made Jigoku laughs and calm down from the anger that was raising up from the little girl's insults.
"A-Anyway, Jigoku, this here is one of our friends. Rachel Alucard, she's a vampire princess and she is very powerful." Noel introduced Rachal to Jigoku.
"Yeah, yeah, nice to meet you too. So, about…" Jigoku paused his sentence when he just realize that Noel called her a vampire.
"…"
"Wait, she's a REAL vampire?!' Jigoku gasped.
Before Rachal could react, she is suddenly being lifted into the air by Jigoku with the shocking face and sweating a little.
"So, you're a vampire? Like the blood-sucking monsters from the stories I was told as a kid, the creatures of the night and turns others into mind-control minions when they bite one!" Jigoku asked freaking out a little, and exciting at the same time.
"How dare you lift me like a mere child, and for you information, I am indeed a vampire for I am the last and the most powerful vampire one would be careful when crossing my path." Rachal glared with a scary look from her eyes.
However, to her surprise Jigoku didn't put her down and pulled her into a tight hug causing her eyes to widen of shock.
"I never thought I would live to meet a real vampire!" Jigoku said petting her head.
"Oh, it looks like you're a vampire fan." Makoto grinned.
"Oh yeah, they're one of my favorite monster creatures of all time besides werewolves." Jigoku revealed, squeezing Rachal a bit more.
"Will you let me go this instant!" Rachal demanded and used her magic to zap Jigoku off.
"Goodness, did your mother not taught you any manners when treating a lady?" Rachal asked dusting herself clean though tiny blushes appeared on her cheeks.
"You ungrateful brute! How dare you teach the princess like that!" Nago shouted in rage.
"Show respect to her greatness!" Gii said.
"Hold on, if you're a vampire then how come you're not burning alive in the sunlight?" Jigoku asked as he looks up at the sun for a few seconds.
"Oh please, I do not know who started that silly rumor, but we vampires do not have such weakness toward the sun. And in case you are wondering about the garlic, the answer is no." Rachal revealed.
"Okay, good to know. But what about a stake to the heart?" Jigoku asked.
"Please, as if I would allow myself to be kill in such a barbaric way." Rachal rolled her eyes as she strokes one of her ponytails.
"Has she always had this "high and mighty" attitude?" Jigoku asked the others.
"Yeah, Rachal like to think of herself as being more powerful than everyone else which is mostly true." Noel smiled.
"So, you came here to see about Jigoku and his power of the Azure." Noel figured out that much.
"Indeed, Es informed me of the new Successor, and I wish to see his power for himself." Rachal answered.
"Oh, so in other words. You want to fight me." Jigoku smirked as he pulled out his sword and pointed it Rachal.
"Oh dear, it would seem you barely have little brain in that beastly mind of yours." Rachal sighed.
"Hey, you're the one who wanted to see my power and the others did say you're the strongest. Does that include being stronger than Jubei?" Jigoku asked.
"While we never fought each other, I have knowledge his strength to be best of the world." Rachal answered honestly.
"Well then, let me show you mine. Blazblue!" Jigoku shouted unleashing his full power from the start.
"(Hmm, I can sense that this one has some control over this power. Perhaps Jubei decided to train this one.)" Rachal thought.
Back at the church within that bedroom, the lonely girl widens her one good eye and suddenly form an exciting smile on her face.
KO a new chapter is done and hope you all enjoy it!
Well, it looks like Jigoku is about to go have a fight with the vampire princess though it would appear that a certain someone who was bedded for so long is about to come outside for some fresh air and maybe some crazy too.
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