Dance With the Devil
Calm Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I own none of the series involved, for if I did there would be a lot more sex.
I really should wake up earlier in the morning to get these posted.
"Say, Rias..." Xenovia began as she, Rias and Asia were walking back to their home after saying their goodbyes to Yohko and the others. "You were alone with Lilith for quite some time, she didn't do something weird did she?"
"...Define weird." Rias said slowly as she turned her head to look at the blue-haired girl.
"She didn't whip out tentacles, pin you down and ravish your body, did she?" Asia asked, her face flushed and eyes starting to swirl. "You were with her for so long and who knows what she could have done! She didn't turn into a futanari and pin you down and show you that she's better than Issei and... OWW!" Asia was interrupted by a paper fan to the top of her head, causing her to fall to her knees and grab her head while moaning in pain.
"First of all, no, nothing sexual happened, so get your minds out of the gutter." Rias crossed her arms under her breasts and gave Asia an annoyed look while her face was slightly flushed. "Secondly, even if there was something sexual, I wouldn't have accepted it if she suddenly grew a penis. The only penis I want in me is Issei's, understand?" Both Xenovia and Asia nodded rapidly. "No, all that happened is that she was giving me relationship advice." Both Xenovia and Asia looked at her in surprise. "Hey, you know..." Rias looked away as her voice got soft. "I'm not exactly confident in those matters, okay? So I was just asking for advice from someone who's a lot more confident than me, that's all."
"Plus her experience doesn't hurt." Xenovia nodded, knowing that Lilith was a great help with her and Issei's relationship.
"Quite." Rias nodded. "Anyway, let's go home."
(-)
Elsewhere...
"Urgh, did we have to buy so much?" Mittelt asked as she, Nabiki, Kuroka, Bulleta and Irina walked through the mall.
"Yes." Nabiki answered. "First of all," she nodded at Kuroka and Bulleta, "they don't have many clothes with them, and I don't think we want to wash the same clothes over and over again every two days."
"I told La Fey to come over sometime with my clothes. She said she washed them." Kuroka protested.
"Secondly, we needed to get out of the house for awhile anyway." Plus Nabiki wasn't looking forward to whatever training Ranma would think up now that he knew about an upcoming challenge that they'd have to participate in. "And finally, well... I figured we needed to spend time together, it's been awhile anyway."
"I just came along because I was bored." Bulleta muttered, though she was thankful to get some new clothes.
"Actually, I was wondering something," Mittelt spoke up, "how old are you?"
"Twenty-two, and I know that I look like I'm twelve." Bulleta grumbled about that last part. "Not sure why, don't care, I just stopped aging sometime after I turned twelve years old." She grinned at the Fallen Angel. "On the other hand, it's always funny to go to bars and see the reactions people have to a "little girl" asking for brandy or rum."
Everyone sweat-dropped heavily.
"That can't be healthy for you." Irina spoke up. "Even if you are an adult, your body..."
"Hasn't grown since puberty." Bulleta rolled her eyes. "Wouldn't mind it if I could suddenly become an adult, but what can you do? Sucks that I need to keep ten forms of ID on me when I want to get some booze, also sucks that I can't get drunk." She grumbled to herself about stupid healing factors and not being able to feel the slighest bit tipsy. "And, before you ask, I tried drinking root beer, I didn't get drunk off that either, so I'm not a God of some sort." Seeing the confused looks she was getting, Bulleta rolled her eyes. "It's an anime reference, okay? Sheesh. And, yes, I sometimes watch that stuff too."
"...If you could suddenly become an adult..." Atsuko whispered to herself before an idea hit her. "Hey, Nabiki..."
"No." Nabiki instantly answered. "No way, no how. Do you have ANY idea how insane your idea is? And yes, I already knew what you were going to ask, yes it would work for her but no you aren't allowed to do it."
Bulleta scoffed at hearing that. "Of course not. Being the craziest bitch alive doesn't endear me to anyone, huh? Even if I saved your worthless ass back in Europe. Whatever. I'm going home."
Seeing Bulleta storm off, Irina pouted and gave Nabiki a stern look. "That wasn't very nice."
"I know, but she's crazy and I wasn't going to help her with her personal problems because of what it would mean for us." Nabiki sighed softly. "The fix to her aging issue would be to simply have Ranma turn her into a Devil. But then we'd have to put up with her for thousands of years instead of just a few decades."
Kuroka's face was blue at the thought of dealing with Bulleta for that long. "No thanks. Even Lord Vali and Arthur would rather put up with an angry Freya than deal with her any longer than they have to."
Atsuko, Mittelt and Irina all winced at that. If Bulleta was that bad, no wonder Nabiki was against the idea of Bulleta becoming a Devil.
"Still..." Mittelt spoke up. "I'm pretty sure that most people would have assumed I was insane before Ranma and Lilith took me in."
"You were troubled and needed help. She's flat-out crazy." Nabiki pointed out and walked off with Atsuko and Kuroka following her.
"You're bothered by it too, huh?" Irina asked, getting a nod from Mittelt. "You should be careful, if you keep this up you might become a pure Angel again."
Mittelt gave her a flat look. "I'm a Devil now."
Irina giggled at her annoyed look. "You know what I meant." She laughed as Mittelt gave her another annoyed look before joining her in laughing.
(-)
Meanwhile...
Ranma, sitting in the center of the training area with Lilith across from him, observed his Sacred Gear as it hovered in front of him, slowly spinning in a circle while surrounded by an emerald green aura. "So it goes like that? No, it's like..." He muttered to himself as the lines on the blade glowed and seemed to pulse with power.
Lilith was sitting cross-legged her hands held in front of her as an object hovered in front of her chest and was surrounded by black and white lines of energy as they swirled around her body. If one watched closely they would see the black energy slowly lighten in color. She sighed softly as she continued to meditate.
The two sat like that for the next half an hour when two people entered the room and walked up to them.
"Daddy? What are you two doing?" Kunou asked as she watched them in interest.
"Meditating." Ranma answered and looked down as Lilith II sat down next to him and leaned against his side. "What's wrong?"
"Dragon power." Lilith II pointed at the Sacred Gear. "What else?"
"You know how I'm a Devil, right?" Ranma asked, getting a nod from Lilith II. "The piece that was used to turn me into a Devil is fused with this Sacred Gear, I'm working on a crazy idea that will help me with it."
Lilith II nodded and stood up and reached forward.
"Hey, what are..." Ranma trailed off as she touched the Sacred Gear, causing it to suddenly glow really brightly. "What did you..?" Ranma trailed off as he saw that the Sacred Gear had changed, turning from a long dagger into a wakizashi in design.
"I made it better." Lilith II answered Ranma and sat down next to him, pressing herself against his side. "Mmm..." She sighed and closed her eyes.
Ranma grabbed the wakizashi and closed his eyes. 'What did you...'
"I'm surprised you're trying to contact me."
"Sen?" Ranma's eyes widened in shock.
"Yes, this is Sen. Why are you contact me, Ranma?"
"...Would you believe that a Dragon by the name of Lilith II who's very, very powerful modified my Sacred Gear and I was trying to figure out what she did?"
"A very powerful Dragon? How powerful?"
"Hmm..." Ranma looked at the pony-tailed Dragon, who was resting against him with her eyes closed. "Stronger than the Heavenly Dragons."
"So Ophis?"
"Sort of." Ranma answered, not wanting to explain Lilith II to the other Dragon. "I was just meditating with the Sacred Gear and trying to figure out what my King's Piece did to it."
"I can't help you there. If I was there I could answer that for you, but I can't."
"That's fine, it's enough to know that I can call you if I need some advice."
"Indeed. I will let you get back to focusing on your Sacred Gear, but do contact me from time to time. I don't get calls very often. Oh, and CC said you were a bit interesting."
Ranma nodded as the call ended and blinked as he felt a hand on his shoulder. Looking, he saw Kunou looking at him curiously. Smiling, he reached his free hand up and ruffled her hair, causing her to blush and squirm. "Okay, now, how about..."
Focusing on his King's piece, Ranma's eyes widened as he felt the power flow from it far easier than before. Looking at Lilith II, she looked up at him with a small smile on her face.
"Do you like?" She closed her eyes softly and nuzzled his side. "You have a Dragon's power, even if it's not like the Dragon Emperors, you helped save me and Ophis, so I helped you."
"What did..." Ranma asked, trailing off.
"I made it so you could access your Devil piece that's fused with your Sacred Gear."
Ranma, Kunou and Lilith all stared at the Dragon God in shock.
Lilith II didn't say anything, she just continued to cuddle against Ranma's side, enjoying what she was doing.
"...Master?"
"Yes, I know," Ranma sighed. Granted, the power boost was nice, but... "I'll talk with her."
Damn it, he had worked so hard to keep people from thinking he was into lolicon! And while he wasn't aware of the age of consent for a dragon-he was still uncertain if what Lilith said the age of consent for a succubus was-she said if they spoke, it was legal-he was pretty certain a dragon whose human form was a grade schooler, would just get him in trouble.
"That's the most I've heard you speak." Kunou said to Lilith II.
"I have been learning from all of you." Lilith II responded softly.
"Well, this could be good or bad." Lilith giggled softly. "Good thing your room is sound-proofed, Master, otherwise she'll be learning a lot of things."
Lilith II and Kunou both looked at Ranma in confusion. "Hey, daddy, how come your room smells so weird every morning anyway?"
"I'll tell you when you're older." Ranma instantly answered, causing Lilith to fall over laughing. "...Dang it! Now I know I'm getting old! I'm still a teenager too!"
Lilith II and Kunou both watched as Lilith rolling on the floor, howling in laughter as she pounded the floor while laughing at Ranma's line. "BWHAHAHAHAHA! Master is! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"It's not that funny." Ranma dead-panned.
"Hey, Ranma!" Yohko called out, causing him to look over at her. "You got someone here to see you."
Ranma blinked in confusion and stood up. "Well, better see who it is."
"BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
(-)
Following Yohko out of the training area and towards the living room, Ranma rolled his eyes as he heard Lilith's laughter. "It wasn't that funny, Lilith."
"What did you do?" Yohko asked in amusement.
"Just said something that makes me sound like an old man." Ranma rolled his eyes as Yohko giggled. "So who..." Ranma trailed off as he saw Ravel Phenix and her mother standing in the living room.
"Greetings, Ranma Saotome." Lady Phenix smiled at him. "My daughter told me something very interesting. So I ask of you, would you like to make a trade?"
"A trade?" Yohko asked, confusion obvious on her face.
"Apparently it's a common thing for Devils to trade members of their peerage or unused pieces to other Devils for members of their peerage." Ranma answered her.
"Sounds like Devils that aren't Kings are nothing more than property." Yohko grumbled, causing Lady Phenix to raise an eyebrow at her.
"I take it that you're a freshly reincarnated Devil then?" She asked, getting a nod from Yohko. "Very well, I suppose to someone who has no idea what's going on that it would look like that. In truth, the Evil Piece system has several functions, one of which serves as your identification. Actions you take, regardless of what they are, reflect on your King. But if you're worried about being treated as mere property, I wouldn't worry about that." The blonde woman smiled at her. "First of all, such a trade can only be done between two Kings. Secondly, everyone involved has to agree to the trade, so it's completely voluntary."
"And lastly, I asked to be part of Ranma's peerage when the news of him being a high ranking Devil was made public." Ravel answered, her face slightly flush.
"You're okay with it?" Yohko asked Ranma, getting a shrug from him. "...Really?"
"Yohko, I've lived with Lilith for over half my life by my side and I've learned that humans tend to have stricter morals than other sentient species. I've met Demons, Aliens, Devils, Angels, Gods and Dragons, you think they all have the same morals as humans do?" Ranma gave her a small grin. "There's a few things that everyone agrees on as evil, but if it makes you feel better, think of the King as the manager of a sports team and trading pieces as nothing more than free agent trading."
"That's a pretty good analogy." Ravel admitted.
Yohko grumbled softly and Ranma shook his head. "Listen, Yohko, don't just throw your morals away, but if you can't accept that things are different between the species, you'll go crazy."
"Sorry, I'm just having a hard time adjusting is all." Yohko sighed at the elder Devil, who simply smiled at her.
"It's quite alright dear." Lady Phenix replied, "some humans take longer to acclimate to being a Devil than others do."
"It's just, being a Devil Hunter and seeing what happened to people who were turned into Demons or possessed, even with Asia and Xenovia's reassurances..."
"Yohko," Ranma stepped in front of her, "listen, you won't become something twisted, evil or a threat to everyone around you."
"But what if..."
Ranma gave her a grin. "If you go crazy and try to kill everyone for some reason, I'll make sure to beat some sense back into you, then tie you up in the bedroom and keep you occupied for a month so you don't think about doing that again."
Both Yohko and Ravel's faces turned scarlet upon hearing that.
"Oh my..." Lady Phenix grinned at Ranma. "If I wasn't satisfied with my husband, I might try to steal you away for myself."
"MOOOOOOM!" Ravel screamed and glomped onto Ranma's arm. "You have four kids! Let me have a man!"
"I was joking." Lady Phenix grinned at Ranma's embarrassed look. "Well, shall we? This will take a bit of time, but it's fairly simple."
"Sure." Ranma nodded.
(-)
Some time later...
After performing the trade and seeing Lady Phenix off, Ranma stretched his arms over his back. "Sorry, was meditating so long and then having to do the transfer ritual made me stiffen up somewhat."
Ravel giggled. "It's fine. There's another reason I wanted to be part of your peerage right now." Ranma raised an eyebrow at her and she blushed. "Well, the Rating Game against the Red Dragon Emperor. I'm pretty good at strategy."
"Aren't the Rating Games glorified martial arts contests?" Ranma asked, remembering what he had been told about the lead up to Sairaorg and Rias's Rating Game.
Ravel shook her head. "No, while combat is very common among Devils as the fastest way to win is to eliminate members of the opposing teams, there's plenty of different types of Rating Games that exist and different strategies to employ."
Ranma grinned at hearing that. "Well, glad to have someone who's got experience on my side then." He wasn't stupid, experience meant a lot in combat. Even Genma, for all the crazy, stupid and outright dangerous training he did, had enough experience that he was worth listening to, if only to learn the best ways to hurt someone without wasting energy doing so.
Nearly anything else and Genma wasn't too useful, but he had his moments from time to time.
Hearing the door open and slam shut, Ranma looked up to see Bulleta storm into the house. "Hey, what's..." He trailed off as she grabbed him by his shirt and looked him in the eyes as best she could. "...Bulleta?"
"I need information and you're the only person I can think of to ask about it."
Ranma was about to say something when he saw her face, there was something there that kept him from speaking, instead he just nodded.
"You know that I've been stuck at this age since before we met, right?" She asked, getting a nod from Ranma while Ravel and Yohko watched on in interest. "Atsuko said something to me today. She said there was a way so that I could grow up and look my actual age. From what I can tell, you know how to fix my problem, but Nabiki shot it down because I'm crazy."
Ranma sighed softly. "Well, you are rather terrifying and who isn't insane in the Moonlight World?" He glared at Yohko. "You lost HOW many potential boyfriends because of your job again?"
Yohko shut her mouth and looked at him sheepishly.
"Yeah, but I'm a special breed of crazy." Bulleta grinned toothily. "So, tell me, what did she mean by being able to suddenly growing into my actual age?"
Ranma sighed, wondering if he should do this, but the look of sheer desperation in her eyes had him nod. "You know how Lilith is bonded to me, right?" Bulleta nodded at him. "That carried over when I became a Devil. And because I'm a King, part of it passes onto my peerage, meaning that they have succubus traits now."
"Wait, what?!" Both Ravel and Yohko yelped at the same time.
"It's not that big of a deal, you get a stronger than normal sex drive, you get a succubus's maturity rate too, in a decade your body grows somewhat, your boobs, butts and thighs get more shapely," Ranma told them what he knew. "I dunno the effects it'll have on you, Ravel, since you were traded into my peerage, or if the piece I traded your mother will have that quality or not."
There was a thud and Ranma looked at Yohko, who had her legs give out on her. "You okay?"
"I was turned into a Devil and now I'm going to become a sex fiend!"
Ranma, Ravel and Bulleta all sweat-dropped at that.
"Ah, no." Ranma shook his head. "*I'M* the sex fiend, you're not."
"Feh, you're a sex fiend?" Bulleta sneered at him. "You don't go around raping little girls."
Ranma rolled his eyes. "One, who's a lolicon? Two, only because I get laid enough that it doesn't become a problem. Blame the original Asmodues and the piece of his soul that became a Sacred Gear that's inside of me." Bulleta raised an eyebrow and Ranma shook his head. "Story for another time, but how do you think I survived Lilith for all these years or Morrigan forcing herself on me?"
"Okay, fine, whatever. Do what you need to do then with me." Bulleta grumbled and let go of Ranma, causing him to jerk in surprise. "Look, I'm sick of being a little girl. I'm going to be like this the rest of my life and quite frankly, I figure there's worse ways to spend eternity than being with you."
What Ranma said next had reality itself shudder in fear.
"...Only if you get psychological help." Ranma told her, causing Bulleta's eyes to widen. "Mittelt sees a shrink every week for her issues." He poked her in the chest. "I don't dislike you, but you have a laundry list of problems that need to be taken care of."
"Feh! Don't tell me that I gotta be all nice and happy to everyone." Bulleta sneered.
"You're B.B. Hood, one of the scariest people on the planet." Ranma grinned at her. "You don't need to be nice and happy to anyone, just tone the crazy down."
"So I agree to see a shrink and get whatever meds I need to fix my head and you turn me into a Devil so I can actually get to become an adult?" Bulleta snorted. "Fine, seems like a good deal, so long as I can go crazy on things that need to die."
Sighing, Ranma shook his head slowly. "This is permanent. I didn't give Yohko a choice because she was dying. But I'm asking you, are you..."
"Finish that question and I'll take after you with the lead pipe I have hidden away in my underwear." Bulleta smirked, causing both Ravel and Yohko to look at her weirdly. "Don't ask, I always have a weapon hidden in my underwear." At least she did after she had gotten captured by that Fallen Angel bastard.
Ranma grabbed her by the back of her head and pulled her against him. "I have a few rules then. One, you protect everyone in my peerage. Two, you don't betray me or my family. Three..." Ranma lifted his hand off of the back of her head and a rook piece appeared in it. Stepping back, he held it in front of her. "I'm not big into formalities. So, by the power of my King piece, yadda yadda, I'm telling this Rook to activate and become the newest member of my peerage."
When the piece started to glow and Ranma put it on her chest, both Yohko and Ravel watched as it was absorbed into Bulleta. The small girl took a deep breath as she was surrounded by energies and floated in the air for a few moments before being lowered to the ground. "Well..." Bulleta blinked as Devil wings popped out of her back. "This is going to be interesting."
"...Did anyone else hear someone screaming in terror?" Yohko asked, wondering where that had come from.
"I dunno, it sounded like Lilith whenever she sees Yasaka." Ranma muttered before turning as several loud thumps were heard coming towards them rapidly.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO?!" Lilith screamed in terror as she looked at Bulleta and Ranma. Running up to Ranma, she got into his face. "You... WHY?!"
Bulleta sneered and turned to walk off. "Whatever."
Ranma growled, grabbed Lilith with one arm and threw her over his shoulder and grabbed Bulleta with his other hand and picked her up and put her under his arm. "Yohko, Ravel, we'll talk later, I need to have a serious discussion with these two. We'll probably be busy for the rest of the day and into tomorrow."
"Ah, Master?" Lilith gulped, she could feel various emotions coming from Ranma and she wasn't sure if this was a good thing or not.
"We're going to talk, Lilith... Among other things."
"Other things?" Bulleta, Yohko, and Ravel all said softly as Ranma walked off with both girls in his arms.
"What other things?" Yohko asked, getting a shrug from Ravel over it.
(-)
Meanwhile...
"Lady Yasaka will see you now." An elder Tengu said to the two teenagers as they stood up and followed him into the meeting room.
"Greetings, I am Yasaka, leader of the Youkai Association." A rather beautiful and extremely busty blonde woman with nine golden tails and fox ears gave the two a small smile while opening a folding fan and hiding the lower part of her face behind it.
The two shivered, feeling the air itself starting to rapidly cool around them.
"So tell me..." Yasaka began, the air temperature slowly seeming to drop by the second. "Why are the two that attempted to assassinate my husband seeking an audience with me?" Seeing their surprised looks, she smirked behind the fan. "I was warned about the two of you, as well as how you look, months ago. Ukyou Kunouji, Konatsu Kenzan..." Yasaka narrowed her eyes. "I do hope that the two of you have a really good reason as to why you're here, because if not..." She snapped her fan closed and more than a dozen Youkai seemed to appear out of nowhere around her. "You will feel the wrath of an angry and worried wife."
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