Disclaimer: This fanfic will have lesbian content, if that bothers you, hit the 'back' button. This is VERY loosely based on the first two seasons of the anime, and bits of the light novel. So yes, there will be some spoilers.

Arifureta: The Yuri Divergence

(Or, how Shizuku Yaegashi became an unwilling Yuri Harem Protagonist.)

"Have you noticed all the girls being into Yaegashi?" one student noted.

Another boy sighed, "Well, she IS manlier than most of the boys in the class."

"Point." the first agreed.

"Shizuku is SO COOL," several random schoolgirls sighed dreamily.

"ARRRRGH!" Shizuku Yaegashi made a frustrated noise.

Even back on Earth, she had had girls at their school as fans. She had even had gotten a few love confessions.

"LIAR!" an imaginary Kaori Shirasaki jumped in cheerfully. "Shizuku had LOTS of love confessions. And notes from girls left in her shoe locker."

"Kaori...," Shizuku groaned.

"She turned all the poor girls down, though," Kaori added before just disappearing in a puff of raw imagination.

Ugh. Anyway... Shizuku seemed to get the girls, even though she was VERY heterosexual.

"What about all those times you and Kaori had what looked like yuri moments?" a daydream version of Suzu Taniguchi asked cheerfully. She had walked in on Shizuku holding Kaori in her arms, after Hajime vanished on them.

IT WAS INNOCENT SKINSHIP.

"Riiiight," the equally imaginary Suzu drawled.

Realizing she was having daydream conversations, Shizuku decided she needed to go out and practice, or something.

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Unaware of the striking figure she presented, Shizuku strode down the hall, black hair shining, poised and athletic.

"Oooh," the pretty redhead maid purred as she strode by. So beautiful! So MANLY! If Kris could choose a big sister, it would clearly be her.

"You, too?" a slightly older maid, Mara, noted.

"Too?" Kris echoed.

"I'll explain later," Mara smiled.

That evening Kris found herself at a meeting of various women, including some guards, maids and castle staffers. And one rather shocking figure...

The pretty, blonde haired Princess Liliana Heiligh tapped the table they were sitting at, "I hearby call this meeting of the Soul Sisters of Shizuku Yaegashi to order! First item on the agenda, welcome a new member, Kris."

"Hello Kris," various women echoed.

"Our organization welcomes every women who admires our Oneesama," Lily explained to her cheerfully.

Several women then explained how they fell for Oneesama, including the guard who ended up being princess carried by her. Everyone sighed enviously at that.

'She's just SO COOL,' Kris found herself thinking.

"Now, we must make preparations to protect her from THAT ONE." Lily said.

"That one?" Kris asked.

"The evil harem master, Hajime! He already has four exceptional girls, we must make sure he never ensnares our Oneesama!" Lily declared.

In another part of the world, Hajime sneezed.

"Someone's talking about you," Kaori noted.

"Wouldn't he be sneezing all the time?" the rabbit girl Shea asked them innocently.

"Ouch," Hajime winced.

Yue just patted his arm gently as they drove on.

Back at the meeting, the women discussed various bloodthirsty things they could do to keep Hajime away from their Oneesama.

'Sorry, Hajime,' Kris thought wryly.

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The next day, the sun was shining, Kouki was being stupid and unreasonable as usual, and all was right with the world.

"Huph!" Shizuku grunted as she swung the black katana, running through drills in an empty courtyard. She had received it when Hajime had rescued them in the Great Orcus Labyrinth, and was still getting used to it.

'So cool,' one of the watching guards thought adoringly.

The maids and other serving girls made sure to deliberately detour to pass the courtyard where Shizuku was practising. If cameras existed in this world, they'd be taking photos.

Shizuku spun, struck, then recovered gracefully. She stood straight, then puffed out a sigh.

"Would you like a towel, ma'am?" one of the maids asked, seeing that she was sweaty from her workout.

"Oh, thank you," Shizuku smiled warmly as she wiped away the sweat.

"Are you and the others heading back into the Labyrinth?" the maid asked worriedly.

"In a few days," Shizuku nodded, "we need to clear it."

"Well, please be careful," the maid said as she took back the towel.

"I will," Shizuku said, "really, we're not in all that much danger. I think you probably work harder than I do."

The maid blushed furiously, then left.

"Huh?" Shizuku blinked.

(The sweat stained towel would end up pasted around the next meeting of the Sisterhood. Eventually it would go missing, presumably taken home by one of the ladies.)

Suzu Taniguchi was walking by with her friend Eri Nakamura, and cheerfully noted, "You got another one, Shizuku?"

"What do you mean?" Shizuku asked innocently.

Eri pushed up her glasses as she muttered, "She's nearly as clueless as Kouki."

"Shizuku! That woman CLEARLY likes you," Suzu pointed out.

"She just admires all of us," Shizuku waved that off.

Eri and Suzu exchanged a weary look.

"Has something happened?" Shizuku asked, wondering why they were there.

"Oh!" Suzu nodded, "It's nearly dinner. You don't want to forget to eat."

Eri added, "And I think Princess Liliana was looking for you."

"Princess Lily?" Shizuku nodded, "I'll track her down after I wash up."

Eri noted all the soldiers and maids loitering around, and thought any of them would eagerly volunteer to wash her back.

"Hmm?" Suzu looked at her curiously.

"Nothing, nothing," Eri sighed.

(It was lucky that Eri wasn't one of the girls having fallen for Shizuku. No one knew that she was REALLY insane, a yandere and totally obsessed with Kouki. If she had ended up in Shizuku's orbit instead, there'd be women's corpses littering the kingdom.)

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Princess Liliana was probably the friendliest noble, interacting with the Japanese students regularly. To be honest she felt terribly guilty over how their people were forcing these students to fight their war for them. Liliana had been horrified when one of them had died, months ago. And then overjoyed when news came the boy survived.

Now, though, Liliana was troubled by something else: her increasing attraction to Shizuku Yaegashi. It was getting to the point all she could think about was the other woman... her noble bearing. Her beauty. Her athletic grace. The idea of licking the sweat off her abs...

'No no no no!' Liliana thought, trying to look dignified as she ate.

"Are you all right, Lily?" her brother asked.

"I'm fine! Really!" Lily said quickly.

The Queen gave Lily a thoughtful look. "You know, we wouldn't object to you growing... close to one of the heroes," she noted.

'Did Mother just give me permission to court Shizuku?!' Lily thought disbelievingly.

She finished dinner, then headed to the wing where the Japanese were quartered. Summoning up her courage she went to Shizuku's room, then knocked firmly.

"Coming!" the voice called then the door opened.

A still damn from the shower Shizuku was dressed in a towel... and nothing else. Her breasts nearly spilled out from the top of the towel, and her sexy long legs and thighs looked nearly edible. She was beautiful.

"Eeep," Lily 'eeped' as the blood rushed from her head, and she fell over in a dead faint.

To be continued...

Notes: Yes, I KNOW that canonly Lily falls for Hajime too. Damn annoying harem protagonist. Consider this a alternate universe, or something.

Arifureta: The Yuri Divergence

Side Story: The Erotic Hijinks of Hajime's Harem

Kaori Shirasaki liked to consider herself a 'normal' young woman.

(Shizuku would have died laughing at THAT comment. Then had brought up her LITERALLY STALKING poor Hajime. And going into a game store's erotic section to try to buy a game she had discovered Hajime was into.)

Anyway...

Sadly, as a typical Japanese teen, she had realized she was lacking a vital component to getting Hajime: erotic experience.

"What?" Shea blinked, the bunny girl there having a discussion with her.

"I've never done it!" Kaori loudly lamented. "And you KNOW that he and Yue are going at it regularly."

Shea made a face, both of them having overheard them. LOUDLY and lustfully too.

(It occasionally bothered her that Hajime was sleeping with Yue, considering that she looked like a loli. She really hoped his tastes didn't go in that direction. Mind you, she wouldn't really object to under-aged cosplay, if needed...)

"I haven't done it, either," Shea admitted.

"What?" Kaori blinked.

"What? I'm a pure maiden," Shea protested.

Kaori was surprised, honestly. The pretty bunny girl wore almost nothing all the time, and was... well, STACKED bluntly. Plus there was the whole 'going at it like rabbits' trope too.

"Hmph," Shea pouted.

"Seriously?" Tio said, the gorgeous dragon looked amused. "You TOO?"

"You too?" Kaori echoed, stunned this time that the perverted, masochistic dragon was ALSO apparently a virgin.

"Well, other than her butt," Shea noted.

Tio blushed, then laughed. "Ah, yes, that was... quite a moment," she purred.

Kaori sighed.

"What?" Tio frowned. She added dreamily, "Master was SO firm and powerful, thrusting that spike up my bottom..."

"PLEASE don't go into that any more," Shea sighed.

"But you're a virgin otherwise?" Kaori had to ask.

(The three were free to talk together as Hajime was off transmutating more ammo for his guns, as well as trying to develop a new weapon. Again. And Yue had seized the chance to experiment with her more destructive spells, practicing somewhere off where innocents wouldn't get caught up in the blast radius.)

Tio sniffed. "I was determined not to fall in love with anyone weaker than me," she explained, "and I was always undefeated."

"I suppose that makes sense," Shea conceded.

"So we're ALL virgins?" Kaori lamented. She sighed, "How do we catch up with Yue's carnal knowledge?"

Tio looked at her like she was stupid.

"What?" Kaori asked.

"Obviously, we practice on each other," Tio shrugged.

"WHAT," Shea yelped. "How is that obvious?!" she asked.

"Really?" Kaori agreed,

"This is a Shanejayell fanfic," Tio explained to them. She shrugged as she added, "The yuri is sort of automatic."

"Are we supposed to be breaking the fourth wall?" Shea wondered aloud.

"No," Kaori frowned, "stop that."

"Anyway," Tio waved that off, "it's not like you want to find some guy to experiment with. I assume you want to save your virginities for Hajime?"

Both girls went beet red at THAT comment.

"But if we sleep together, will we still count as virgins?" Shea asked.

"As long as the hymen is left still intact, technically you're fine," Tio said to them as she shrugged casually.

Both woman looked at her dubiously, but... she did have a point.

"How do two women..?" Shea asked after a moment.

This time Kaori was looking at her in surprise. Though it was true this world didn't have yuri manga and such. But did she not... you know, masturbate? How innocent WAS she?

"What?" Shea blushed.

"Don't worry, we'll figure it out together," Kaori reassured her.

Tio stood up, the well endowed, black haired woman smiling cheerfully. Her kimono dropped to the floor.

"Eeep," Shea made a surprised noise.

Once again, Kaori was impressed by how well endowed the dragon actually WAS.

"Who's first?" Tio smirked.

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Yue blinked, the little blonde taking in the three women. From their expressions, she would almost think they'd gotten laid...

Kaori adjusted her uniform, several parts of her body VERY tender feeling. "Don't ask," she said firmly.

"Huh?" Yue blinked.

To be continued...

Notes: Kinda stumped on writing. May or may not to a 'adult' version of this chapter later.

Arifureta: the Yuri Divergence

Chapter Two

The Hero and his party, including their beloved Oneesama, were off exploring the Orcus Labrynth. Which left all her fangirls having to find things to occupy their time.

"Are you SERIOUSLY trying to sneak into Oneesama's room?!" Olivia, the head maid, firmly scolded a junior.

"I was JUST going to clean! Really!" the younger woman blushed. She meant it too... well, she might fondle their idol's things a bit. But that's all!

Olivia looked dubious as she said, "Uh huh. And her panties are going missing because...?"

"... I hadn't thought of doing that, actually." the girl admitted.

Olivia sighed tiredly, "So where are the panties GOING?"

Both women exchanged a look.

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Meanwhile, in the 'royal' wing of the castle...

"Oh, Oneesama!" Princess Liliana sighed dreamily as she firmly rubbed the silky piece of cloth against her cheek.

Liliana had paid off one of the washers to slip the garment to her, and she felt a twinge of guilt over it. Though she OF COURSE intended to return them. Eventually. But until then she intended to enjoy the silky item.

"Hmm," Liliana sniffed, then with a sigh set them down.

There was a brisk knock on her door, "Princess?"

Liliana stashed the panties under her pillow as she called, "Yes?"

"The representative from the Artificers' Guild is here to see you," the servant called.

"I'll be right out," Liliana called, then summoned her maid to help her dress.

(Royal outfits in this world were complicated, requiring multiple layers and much hooks and lacing up. A woman alone probably COULD get into one, with a lot of trouble, but it would probably take twice as long.)

"Princess," Katrine bowed, the slim redhead haviong been waiting for her in the Princess' formal sitting room.

"How goes... the project?" Liliana asked.

"I'm so impressed," Katrine beamed, "the samples you showed me are impressive." She then held up a lacy bra, making Liliana blush.

Liliana had borrowed several with permission from Suzu, who seemed less shy than the other school girls. She had ALSO offered to model the various items for her, making Liliana wonder a little at the other girl's... interests.

Liliana shook her head, deciding not to dwell on it.

"Princess?" Katrine asked.

"Sorry, I was distracted," Liliana quickly recovered. "Any luck replicating them?"

"Somewhat' Katrine nodded. "This... elastic, they call it, we can't copy. But the designs in general, yes, and we've found work-arounds..."

Ladies underwear in the kingdom alone was... well, awful. Bluntly. The stuff that was otherworld girls were wearing was a revelation.

Plus, there was the idea of wearing copies of Oneesama's undies...

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AH-CHOO!

"Someone talking about you?" Kouki asked Shizuku after she suddenly sneezed.

"It's probably dust," Shizuku waved it off.

The group commonly called 'the Hero's Party' was entering a new floor of the Orcus Labrynth. They had already well passed any level this world's adventurers had explored, and had had to leave the Kingdom's knights behind as well. They didn't have the ability to survive here.

Ryoutarou was the huge muscle of the group, and unsurpreisingly was a fighting monk. He towered over most of them... "So, how deep does this place GO, anyway?" he wondered aloud.

"Supposedly two hundred floors," Daisuke Hiyama offered somewhat sullenly. As the information had come from Hajime, he clearly didn't trust it.

His buddy (and fellow bully of Hajime) Reiichi Kondo mused aloud, "Would one of the other Labrynths be easier to beat, you think?"

(In this, he hit upon a supprising point. The group was unaware that this one, Orcus', was actually the toughest of all them. Sadly, no one was around to tell them that, and only Hajime would find out, somewhat later...)

"We've already gone so far, no point in wasting that progress," Kouki noted reasonably. Reasonably for him, anyway.

"I guess," Ryoutarou said, but he clapped Kouki on the back reassuringly.

"Trouble up ahead," the figure popped up, surprising them all.

"Damn it, Endou! Don't DO that," Daisuke yelped.

"Yeah!" Suzu Taniguchi added, the spunky barrier master standing nearby.

"Sorry," the ninja-like Kousuke Endou apologized.

Shizuku ignored that as she asked, "What's going on?"

"Oh, there's a group of.. sort of tree-monsters up ahead," Endou explained. A bit sadly he added, "They didn't notice me."

Everyone gave him sympathetic looks. Even back home Endou had been kind of unnoticable, and coming here had amplified the effect. Often he was nearly invisible. More often than not, it all kind of sucked...

"There there," Eri Nakamura patted his arm gently.

"All right! Let's get 'em!" Kouki declared, and led the charge.

"PLAN THINGS OUT FIRST!" Shizuku scolded as they hurried after him.

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The guards were waiting on an upper floor, where a teleport circle was set up connecting to where the heroes were currently exploring.

"I wish we could be down there with them," Meld, the Captain of the Guard, sighed.

'Oh, Oneesama, PLEASE be alright,' Helen thought.

(Helen was one of the few women guards in the Royal Guard. Normally she would only be in the personal guard of the Princess, but she had earned the position through her skills. Anyway...)

"Here they come," another guard called.

Several of the boys looked rather battered, and were being helped along. Eri was helping Kouki along, while Suzu was helping Ryoutarou along, dwarfed by the huge man.

"Let us help," Meld hurried forward.

Helen fought the urge to rush, but walked over to a limping Shizuku. "Can I help...?" she offered politely.

"It's nothing," Shizuku tried to wave her off.

Quickly Helen helped support the other woman. "What happened?" she asked as they teleported up many levels.

"They were sort of a treeant, a walking, fighting tree," Shizuku admitted, "not THAT tough, but they regrew from damage very fast."

Helen was well aware of how weak the Royal Guard was. She suspected if THEY had been the ones facing these new monsters, they'd be dead.

"I'm glad you made it out mostly unscathed," Helen nodded to her injured leg.

"Hmm. Suzu was shielding the others, but Ryoutarou ended up out of position, and I had to stop his attacker," Shizuku explained.

Ryoutarou had gotten Oneesama hurt?! She considered killing him. Slowly.

"You have an oddly scary look on your face," Shizuku noted mildly.

"Sorry! Sorry," she said quickly. Helen added, "I was just thinking." She added quickly, "Are you in much pain? We could get you a healing potion."

"No, no, it's fine," Shizuku said, then winced in pain.

"Hold on," Helen ordered and swept Shizuku up in her arms. It was a daring thing to do,. But Oneesama was in pain, darn it!

"Ack," Shizuku grabbed at her.

'Oooh, I am actually CARRYING Oneesama! I'm so happy!' Helen thought, but did her best to keep the extreme happiness off her face.

"You don't have to...," Shizuku protested.

"Just to the exit. We have healers there," Helen reassured her.

Shizuku looked like she wanted to argue, but settled down.

'YES!' Helen thought happily.

To be continued...

Notes: I'm assuming the universe is MOSTLY middle ages plus fantasy bits. So clothes etc etc for everyone are kinda awful, unless made via magic like Tio or Yue's gear. Or stuff specially made fior adventurers.

There's a female guard who gets REALLY into Shizuku in the novels, but they don't give her actual name. I'm using 'Helen' for now, if there IS a canon name I'll change it to match.

ADDED NOTE: Sorry, killjng this. It's gotten almost no reviews, and I'm no longer feeling inspired.