Dance With the Devil
Betrayal Chapter 5
Disclaimer: I own none of the series involved, for if I did there would be a lot more sex.
Review Answer Time: (Dead DxD Gods help me)
Chapter 60: For those who guessed who CC is, you were correct.
AnimeA55Kicker: Sort of.
Mr Haziq: Yep. In Darkstalkers canon (and MVC) Jedah wanted to remake reality after all. Why wouldn't it carry over to this?
Vld: Technically, Serafall's a magical girl. XD
Kaiya Azure: Yep. Of course, his plan to save the world isn't necessarily good for everyone.
Chapter 61: Onto this chapter for reviews...
AnimeA55Kicker: Oh, she's going to be quite upset indeed.
Mr Haziq: You forgot the "On Dragon Ball Z!" portion of that.
Holyknight5: ...I didn't think of that.
Vld: Well, it's different than your bog standard "kill/beat the person up" plot in fics. Why not use something like that?
Gem Warrior: Indeed.
...Okay, that was a lot better than I thought I was going to get.
Jedah smirked as he looked at his latest project. "Almost done." It would have taken him longer to do this, after all, it took him years to do this last time, but thanks to Leonardo and Akane, the amount of time needed was drastically reduced.
"So..." A new voice spoke up and Jedah's humor left him as he turned to see a familiar, if annoying, person in the room. "This is the final product then?"
"Almost." Jedah answered as he looked at the product in the large glass tube. "A few more modifications and then it'll be done. Is this to your liking, Rizevim Lucifer?"
"...Yes." The elder looking Devil grinned as he looked at what was in the tube. "But this needs a name. Such perfection, I wonder..."
"Perhaps you have a name already chosen?" Jedah asked.
"...Yes, I was thinking of naming this thing after my mother, Lilith, Adam's first wife." He caressed the tube gently. "Yes, this little girl will be named Lilith."
"No." Jedah cut him off as he looked at the body in the tube and ignored the anger from Rizevim. "I have no qualms about the name in and of itself, but I already created a body using half of a soul and named it Lilith. It would... Be confusing should the two ever meet."
"And what do you suggest?"
"...Lilith II. Or should that be Lilith III since that's the third Lilith that I know about now?"
"The second works." Rizevim nodded. "How much longer?"
"A couple of days and it'll be done." Jedah answered him. "However, I shall need some time to make sure that this Dragon knows her place."
"Whatever." Rizevim said before disappearing.
Sighing, Jedah opened the tube up as he pulled out a small malto ball. He had lied to Rizevim about when the body would be done, he needed to get that Devil to look the other way for a bit longer. "I'm not taking any chances with you, Lilith II." Maybe he should have named her Lilith Jr instead? "Bah, whatever." Pulling out a crystallized dagger, he pressed it into the lifeless body's shoulder and cut into the skin. "Time for my insurance policy." After all, it wouldn't do if he let something this powerful run around freely.
As he put the malto ball into the small hole that he cut into the body, he encased it in a barrier before folding the skin back over the open wound and pouring some Phoenix Tears onto the body. 'There.'
"May I kill that Devil?" The masked woman asked Jedah, who looked at her as she stepped out of the shadow. "It would not have been hard to do."
"True, but I worry that things would have gotten out of control too quickly. You did feed Ophis today, did you not?"
"The Tomoko look-a-like? Yes." She nodded at him. "She looks miserable."
Jedah smirked and looked away from her. "It's best that you don't develop sympathy for that thing. It cares not for anything but its own desires after all."
"Of course. So when?"
"Soon enough, I promise you. As soon as the big event happens you'll get your chance at him, I promise, and I won't interfere even." Jedah knew he couldn't see her facial expression, but he could feel her smirking at hearing that.
"Good."
(-)
Still chained to the ceiling in her cell room, Ophis was panting as sweat dripped down her nude form. Shivering, she wondered what this discomforting feeling was before she sneezed and found it difficult to breathe. 'Am I... Turning human? Or is it something else?' Whatever that Dragon suppressant stuff was, it was really screwing with her. 'How long have I been here?' She thought to herself before coughing and wheezing. "Someone... Please help me." She asked anyone who could listen, though her voice was hoarse and her lips were cracked.
Shivering from a chill across her skin, she wondered how much longer she would have to stay there.
(-)
Meanwhile, in Nerima...
Sitting on the rooftop of the Tendo household, Lilith sighed as she rested her forehead on her knees. The past couple of days back in Nerima had been... Weird. 'At least I can say that being a Devil has some perks, I'm not feeling super weak for not having sex or anything.' That was probably the best part about being a Devil. Meeting up with Ryoga yesterday had been fun, as was the fight afterwords, though meeting the principal of Furinkan was... Terrifying for lack of another word.
"I feel like he could tear me apart with his finger if he wanted to and his damn knowing look..." She shuddered, for some reason she felt like she was in the presence of Odin again, only that Principal Kuno was... A lot more nasty than the Norse God was. Still, other than a nasty look and a feeling of raw tension in the air, he was fairly cordial with her, stating that if she was a student, he'd force her to get a bowl cut. "Not letting that happen." She snorted out loud and leaned back to look up at the sky.
'But Master, why didn't you bring me with? I would have left everyone to be with you.' She pouted, hoping that he had a good reason for doing what he did. 'I'm hoping it's mind control, because if not I'm going to be pissed when this is all over.' There had to be a reason he was doing what he did.
"And where did you get that damn Excalibur Betrayal from anyway?" She asked no one in particular.
(-)
Elsewhere...
"Where indeed." Nabiki muttered as her eyes returned to normal after checking in on various people, her last stop being Lilith. She thought back to what happened just before being brought here.
*Several days ago...*
It was dark outside when a black portal opened up and Bishamon, holding Excalibur Betrayal in its right hand, walked out into an empty parking lot. "So, WhY aM i HeRe? I wAs ToLd To CoMe HeRe."
"Hello, Bishamon." A female voice spoke up and the armor turned to look as Nabiki walked out from behind a pillar. "Can I talk to my mother, please?"
"I suppose if you wanted to meet with me I can't say no." Kimiko Tendo's voice came out of the armor as it reached up and removed the helmet. "Hello, Nabiki." She smiled at her daughter.
"Can I ask you some questions, please?" Nabiki could have used her Sacred Gear for this, but she wanted to get the information from her mother. The spirit nodded and Nabiki took a deep breath. "Tell me, what happened when you died?"
"Huh? Oh, that? A reaper came by and said that it was time for me to move on." Kimiko shook her head. "But just as I'm being taken to the Land of the Dead, a powerful being passed right by me and I got lost."
Nabiki sweat-dropped. "...You got lost?"
"Well, instead of ending up in the Land of the Dead, I ended up in the Well of Lost Souls." The spirit shook her head. "Sadly I don't remember much of my time in there, I was being pulled down towards the bottom of it, towards the Abyss and feeling... Dark, really dark energy twisting and corrupting me. Felt some really strong souls, but I couldn't interact with them. After I don't know how long I'm waking up and I'm wearing this armor."
Nabiki nodded, she'd have to confirm the details later. "Thank you. I have one more question, mother... Why did you try to kill Michael, Sirzechs, Serafall and Grayfia at the conference?"
"That..." Kimiko frowned softly. "Why did I..?"
"Do NoT tHiNk ToO hArD aBoUt It."
"You influenced her, didn't you?" Nabiki asked, already knowing the answer. "Along with whatever was coming out of the Abyss from the Well of Lost Souls, my mother's spirit is here, but it's being tormented isn't it?"
"HAHAHAHAHAHahahahahaha! YoU fIgUrEd It OuT? eXcElLeNt! YeS, i WaNtEd HeR tO kIlL, tO mAiM, tO dEsTrOy, BuT sHe AlWaYs ReSiStEd. BuT tHaT aTtAcK, iT wAs ThE pErFeCt TiMe!"
"You..." Kimiko growled. "I'll stab you..."
"WHaT gOoD wIlL tHaT dO? yOu'Re PeRmAnEnTlY bOnDeD wItH mE uNtIl I cOnSuMe YoU. yOu WoN't EvEn GeT tO gO tO yOuR fInAl ReStInG pLaCe WhEn ThAt HaPpEnS. tOo BaD, yOu WeRe A lOt Of FuN."
"Thanks for confirming all of that." A male voice spoke up from right behind Bishamon before a hand seemingly materialized on the back of the armor, followed by Ranma's body. "Sorry I'm not too good at purification magic, so this might hurt a bit."
"WhAt ArE YOOOOOOOUUUU?!" Bishamon screamed as it was engulfed in pure white light.
Nabiki turned away, she knew it was important, that it had to happen, that her mother would only suffer more as a puppet to Bishamon. That didn't make it easier on her though.
After the light show died out and the armor crumpled to the ground, Kimiko's spirit came out of the armor and gave Ranma a relieved look. "Thank you. Both for doing that and for looking after my daughter."
"No problem." Ranma nodded to her. "So now what?"
"That would be my cue." A new voice spoke up and everyone jumped as a young girl wearing a purple one piece dress that barely covered her crotch and completely exposed her legs and she had long purple hair done up in a single braid, pale skin and golden eyes appeared. "You got away from my father almost a decade ago and Lord Hades and Lord Thanatos have been most upset with him since."
"You're a Reaper then?" Kimiko asked, getting a nod from the girl.
"Yep. Name's Bennia. Don't worry, I'm just here for her, not you two." She gave Ranma and Nabiki a small smile. "Despite Lord Hades and Lord Thanatos's dislike of Fallen Angels and Devils, I don't mind you guys. Besides, that armor's been a real pain in Lord Hades's bony butt for a few centuries now. Mind if I take it with so we can lock it away?"
"Feel free to do what you want with the armor." Ranma has no problem as the girl nodded, ran over to it and slashed the armor, causing it to disappear.
"Now, as for the spirit..." Bennia looked at Nabiki's troubled expression. "Listen, if it helps, humans generally get to reincarnate after a century or two. They need to have their souls purified of the bad karma that they build up and in her case, being corrupted by the Abyss, it'll take her about a thousand years, maybe." Bennia smiled at Nabiki. "Unless Lord Hades finds them interesting, but I promise, your mom will be fine, but when she's reborn..."
"I know, she won't have anything tying her to me." Nabiki answered, getting a surprised look from the Reaper. "Just make sure that she doesn't suffer anymore."
"Don't worry!" She smiled at Nabiki. "It's really painless, unless the person was pure evil, then they just get eradicated, but your mom wasn't evil." She turned to Kimiko. "You ready to go?"
"...Can I do one thing first?" Kimiko asked, causing Bennia to tilt her head and nod. "Nabiki..." She floated over to her daughter and gave the girl a hug. "Even if we never meet again, I love you, your sisters and your father deeply. And tell your father that he needs to move on, I'm sure that he's still crying over my death." She pulled back and smiled. "And you, stop blaming yourself, there was nothing you could have done to save me, okay?" She floated over to Bennia. "Ready when you are."
Nabiki could only watch as Bennia slashed the spirit of her mother, causing her to disappear. "Thank you."
"Eh, this wasn't official, but since it involved a spirit my dad let get free, I took it on. Anyway, later!" A black hole in the ground opened up and she jumped in, disappearing.
After the hole closed, Ranma walked over to Nabiki, who was trembling. He didn't even say a word as he hugged her. She hugged him back, sobbing into his chest.
After almost twenty minutes, she pushed away from Ranma. "Thanks, I needed that." Nabiki sighed as she turned away from him.
"Yeah, and sorry about this."
"Sorry about wha..?" Her words were cut off as a chop to the back of her neck caused her to slump. "Huh?"
"Sorry, can't have you giving away information to the rest right now." Ranma said as he caught her and lowered her to the ground.
*End Flash*
Nabiki sighed, she already knew what happened next, CC had picked her up, Ranma had taken Excalibur Betrayal and took off to the attack on their friends. "Jerk didn't have to hit me that hard."
Still, this was working out to her advantage. She looked up as CC walked into the room. "So..."
"Everything's going as you said it would."
"Thought so." Nabiki chuckled and leaned back. "You know, it's going to suck that I'm stuck in this cell until who knows how long." She pulled out a deck of cards. "Do you play cards?"
"No."
Nabiki sighed. "I guess there's always solitaire then."
(-)
In Valhalla the next morning...
Issei sighed as he slowly woke up, he didn't know why his pillow was so comfortable and warm, but he wasn't complaining. Rubbing his face on it, he blinked as he heard a soft moan. Leaning back, he saw a pair of large breasts in front of him and inviting and perky nipples just begging to be sucked on. 'Well, if they demand some attention, then I should...' His thoughts trailed off as he opened his mouth and latched on.
"EEEK! Issei?! Why are you sucking on my boobies?!"
"Huh?!" Issei let go and jumped back, falling out of the bed with a thud. "Rossweisse?! What are you doing in my room?!"
"Your room?!" She yelled at him, not hiding her nudity as she put her hands on her hips and gave him an annoyed look as she tried to ignore his nudity. "You were in my bed! I came in last night, sat down and was going to change my clothes when I felt you under me, you then grabbed me, pulled me under the blankets and used me as a body pillow all night!"
"I'm sorry!" Issei gulped, he couldn't believe that he had made such a mistake. "I thought this was my room."
Rossweisse sighed and rubbed her forehead. "Honestly, Issei, I didn't mind you cuddling me all night," her face turned pink as she looked away and fidgeted, "it felt nice to have a man hold me all night." She said softly.
"If it makes you feel better," Issei started as he leered at Rossweisse's naked body, "you were a really comfy pillow to wake up to."
The next thing Issei knew a pillow smacked him in the face and caused him to topple over.
"GAH!" Rossweisse yelped as Issei "saluted" her after falling backwards. Turning bright red and slapping her hands over her face, but peeking through the gaps on her fingers, she gulped. 'So that's a man's, it's so big and, wait, that was what poked me all night, wasn't it? EEEEK!'
Laying on his back, Issei wondered what he said wrong.
(-)
"So..." Rias looked at Issei as he stumbled into their room, still naked, though using his hands to cover his privates, "did you have fun wherever you were last night?"
"Um, I mostly slept and thought I was in my room when I was in Rossweisse's room." Issei gulped at the look she was giving him. "If it helps, I had no clue where I was. I was so exhausted that I just wanted a bed."
"...What did you do with Rossweisse?" Rias asked, her arms crossed under her breasts.
"Um, used her as a body pillow and cuddled with her all night, you know, like we do when we aren't, um, doing it."
Rias sighed and walked up to Issei, pulling him into a hug. "You dummy, I got worried when you didn't show up last night."
"I'm sorry." Issei said and hugged her back. "I was so tired that I didn't think."
"Fine, but don't do it again." Rias let go of the hug and walked past him. "Now get dressed, we have work to do today."
Issei groaned and hoped that he didn't do what he did yesterday.
(-)
A few hours later...
"Hey," Issei waved at Xenovia as he finished sparring against some of the Valkyries. Grabbing a towel, he tossed it to her.
"Hey," she nodded at him and grabbed the towel before wiping her face off. "I thought I was in good shape, these guys take it to a whole new level."
"Don't worry about it," Issei shrugged at her, "we're getting the crash course after all."
"True." Xenovia laughed before shaking her head. "So apparently tomorrow we're supposed to work with that gnome again."
"...You know, I haven't seen him since the whole Freya incident, I wonder..." Issei trailed off as an explosion was heard in the distance. "Oh, there he is." He sweat-dropped at the sounds of angry females crying out at Happosai. "How is he staying alive?"
"I'm sure that he's been doing this for a couple of centuries, he has to know a few tricks to avoid being killed." Xenovia provided for Issei. "You know, Issei..." She smiled as he turned to look at her. "If we ever figure this thing out, I was wondering, would you..." Her face turned red and she looked away shyly. "I mean, would..."
"Issei!" Asia yelled as she ran up to them, smiling. "How did your training go today?"
"Pretty good." Issei grinned at her and pumped his fist. "The Valkyries came up with an interesting idea for some of my attacks that should help out in the future."
Xenovia sighed softly. "That sounds interesting. My sparring partners are saying that I'm too much of a blockhead to use Ex-Durandal's full ability." Not that she blamed them, when one of them had used the powers of Excalibur Transparency and Rapidly to show her just what she was leaving on the table with how she was using her sword.
"But you're the best blockhead a moron like me could ask for." Issei said, getting a smile from Xenovia. "I'm serious too, you, Asia, Rias, Koneko, Akeno, Rossweisse, Irina, Gasper, Kiba and our other friends, I'm glad that I met all of you."
"So are we." Asia replied, smiling at him. "Even if things get bad, the fact that you're there makes me know that things will get better."
"Thanks." Issei smiled at her.
"Do you think we can save him?" Xenovia asked. "If he's being manipulated or mind controlled..."
"We have to!" Asia proclaimed, her eyes seemingly lighting up on fire. "I'm sure that he'd help any of us who were in trouble!"
"You're right." Issei nodded at her. "He once told me that he's not the hero type, but he does things that are pretty heroic, don't you think?"
Xenovia smirked. "Yeah, that's right, he's always helping us, it's time we return the favor."
"But first!" Asia pointed dramatically, causing them to look at her. "I'm hungry! It's almost lunch time."
Both Issei and Xenovia laughed, but they couldn't argue with that logic, they were hungry too!
(-)
Elsewhere in Valhalla...
Happosai, after escaping the angry Valkyries, found himself near Atsuko, who was working on her unarmed combat forms. "You know, being angry when you train doesn't help you."
"Can I please be left alone in my anger?" She asked, sighing when Happosai jumped on her head. "What do you want?"
"To talk." Happosai answered her as he sat on her head. "You've been really upset since Ranma left."
"Of course I am! He makes Lilith have to stay behind, he blasts me with lightning, I woke up to Mittelt crying this morning and he kidnaps Nabiki! Of course I'm upset!" She snarled.
Happosai sighed, he didn't know what Ranma was thinking with this. "You know, that boy is a lot of trouble, but he still cares about all of you."
"Then why did he blast me with lightning, kidnap Nabiki, hurt Issei, and make Mittelt and Kunou cry? And why did he join the Khaos Brigade then?!"
"I'm sure you'll find out." Happosai answered her calmly. "I don't know what he's thinking, but I do know that sometimes we can't always tell everyone the full story about what's going on. And sometimes, even when we know what's going on, we don't know everything because there were things that happened when you weren't looking that actually affect what's going on."
"...You mean like how you hear about athletes and coaches having falling outs but you don't know what happened in the locker room or meeting rooms?" Atsuko asked.
"Close enough, but yeah." Happosai nodded at her question. "So don't give up hope. Besides," he smirked, "if it makes you feel better, the best way to break mind control is either to talk through to the core person or smack them really hard."
Atsuko giggled, that did make her feel better. "Thanks, grandpa Happi."
"Anytime." Happosai smiled.
(-)
Meanwhile in Japan...
Ukyo looked up at the sky and shook her head. She and Konastu hadn't stopped for too long after leaving Kuoh City, after all, they didn't know if Ranma was vindictive enough to send people after them. "Do you think he was telling the truth?"
"About those who tried to harm children?" Konastu asked, getting a nod from her. "It's possible. Some Hunters, Magical Girls and Ninja do tend for a scortched Earth policy when it comes to the supernatural after all. Though from what I can tell, Kyoto is basically a sanctuary city for Youkai and is generally left alone unless a monster wanders into the city to escape Hunters."
"If he was telling the truth, then..." Ukyo trailed off, unable to believe it.
"You were lied to." A new voice spoke up and the two spun to see a purple-haired woman with a bow in her hair and dressed in casual clothes standing against a nearby tree. "I did some research of my own after you left us, Ukyo."
"...Miko, what did you..?"
She shook her head. "When you mentioned a Demon killing a bunch of people near Kyoto, I made some calls to the Youkai association down there. From what I was told, there was an out-of-control Youkai that required the strongest Youkai to deal with and while that was going on, some hunters that used barrier boxes and the like to kill spirits had started to kill Youkai children before being stopped by your wayward fiance." She gave Ukyo a confused look. "How come you never asked the Youkai in the area?"
Ukyo sighed and rubbed her head. "I didn't know that much about the supernatural, okay? It wasn't until I met you that I realized that not everyone who's part Demon is a bad person."
Miko held up a hand. "Don't worry about it, you don't need to apologize to me, and besides, the Moonlight World is dangerous, there's a lot of us who do things that would be horrendous to the average person after all." Walking over to them. "The question is, what will you do now? Still try to kill him over your honor?"
"I threw that away when I started learning from your grandmother." Ukyo muttered, getting a laugh from the elder Ninja. "So now what?"
Shrugging, Miko turned and walked away. "It's up to you. You know the truth about what happened, if you want more details, you'll have to ask the person involved, I wasn't given too many details myself." Waving, she jumped into the air, disappearing.
"So, Ukyo-sama, what do..."
"I don't know." She cut him off. "Let's just go, I need time to think."
"Of course." The cross-dresser said as they continued to move, unsure as to where they would end up at the end.
Why yes, I fully intended to have La Blue Girl in much earlier but I couldn't figure out how to get it in until now.
...Wait, I think I said that already. Anyway, that series was part of the original idea. And everyone should be thankful I didn't create that series, the tentacle monsters wouldn't discriminate. XD
Omake by Innortal
"What do you think Saotome's doing now?" asked Happosai.
"... Fondling evil girl boobies?" stated Issei.
Happosai pondered that for a moment. "Possible, but what else?"
"What else is more important, even if he is a traitor?" Issei asked.
(-)
Vali rubbed the side of his face, looking at the blood from his busted lip.
"Ye~eah," Ranma smirked, fist still cocked. "I found a counter for your own move.
"So let's see your true power, Vali."
(-)
"Nah, you're right," Happosai nodded. That was definitely what his heir was doing.