Dance With the Devil

I own nothing, which is a shame.

Okay, so, I meant to get this out a few days ago, but things were hectic on my end. Real life was kicking my ass.

Chapter 1

As he walked to the school, Issei's mind was everywhere but where he was at that moment. Even though the Vampires had disappeared and all but confirmed that Jedah was still alive, Sirzechs and Serafall had told him that the Rating Game was still going to happen between him and Ranma.

While part of him was grateful for the attempt for normalcy, he had thought it was stupid and dangerous. 'After all, what if Jedah attacks between now and the match?' He thought to himself and sighed softly. Azazel had eventually sat him down and explained why doing this was a good thing.

"I just don't understand why we're doing things this way." Issei shook his head.

"And that's why you're not a strategist." A familiar female voice spoke up and Issei turned to see Aika walking next to him. She smirked as he jumped in fright. "What? Surprised I'd walk next to one of my favorite Dragons?"

"...One of?" Issei asked, getting a shrug from the glasses girl.

"Lilith II is a Dragon, right? She's pretty cute." Aika smirked as he stumbled. "Anyway, what's wrong?"

Issei sighed softly and wondered how much he could tell her. 'Fuck it, she's already neck deep in our world.' Azazel and the others had told her that it would be easier with altered memories after all. "A Devil that was causing problems that we thought was dead might not be dead and there's a big event coming up in a month or so and I'm just wondering why we're not trying to find him and do something about it."

"Hmm..." Aika thought about it for a moment and tapped her chin. "Can't say that I know what to think about that. Maybe they're trying to make him think that they don't know he's alive?"

Issei shrugged, it was about what the others had told him. "Yeah, well, I need to, GAH!" He was suddenly jerked as an arm went around his neck and he was yanked to the side.

"Yo!" Matsuda growled as he yanked on Issei's neck. "It's one thing to throw us out because you be banging the hottest redhead in school, but now you're hanging around THAT?!" He pointed at Aika, who gave him an annoyed look.

Motohama adjusted his glasses and nodded. "Indeed. Issei, you're my friend and in the name of our friendship, I must protest you hanging around that thing."

"At least Issei will be something when he graduates." Aika spoke up, a nasty smile on her face. "Unlike you two. I wonder if you two will end up smelly virgins for the rest of your lives or if you'll actually find someone who can put up with you."

"What did you say?!" Matsuda growled and shoved Issei away while getting up in Aika's face. "What's with that attitude there?"

Aika's glasses glinted dangerously. "I don't see why you're getting upset. We both know that you're both going to peak in High School." It was kind of amusing to see Matsuda's bald head turn bright red in anger and frustration.

"Alright you two," Issei spoke up, "knock it..."

"Yo! You're taking her side?!" Matsuda yelled in shock. "That's not cool! Are you seriously taking her side?!"

Adjusting his glasses, Motohama frowned at Issei. "It's one thing to basically forget us because you're getting laid, but sticking up for her is the most unforgivable sin possible."

Issei watched as the two jumped away from him and made warding signs. "Seriously? I just didn't want any fights to break out."

"Yes, but now you must..." Motohama blinked and tilted his head. "Why am I hearing bells?"

Issei's eyes widened and he grabbed Aika and jumped away just as an object drove past at high speeds, kicking up a powerful wind drag that had both Matsuda and Motohama screaming out in shock before they were sent down the street doing uncontrollable cartwheels until they crashed into some garbage cans that were sitting on the side of the street, leaving them covered in rubbish.

"...What was that?" Aika asked, her eyes wide as she saw the devastation left behind by whatever that blurry thing was.

"Atsuko Natsume." Issei answered her as he let her go. "It's been a while since she ran someone over like that." He chuckled at Aika's shocked look. "Welcome to our world, Aika Kiryuu, where insane things like that are normal."

(-)

A little while later at the school...

Ranma burst out laughing after Issei relayed the story. "For some reason I'm just finding that absolutely hilarious for no reason." Part of him felt like he should feel somewhat sorry for those two, but he ignored that part. He, Issei, Aika and Lilith walked through the schoolyard as they mulled around waiting for school to start.

"Seems a bit heartless to me." Aika muttered as she adjusted her glasses. Sure, she didn't like those two, but that was more because of how they acted around her rather than the fact that they were perverts. As cruel and heartless as she could act, she was still a girl and had feelings, darn it! "Then again, for you, I guess it's different, huh?"

"Even if Master wasn't the way he is," Lilith pointed out to her, "the fact remains that his father wasn't exactly gentle in his upbringing."

Ranma rolled his eyes as Lilith talked about some of the training he went through as a child, while Aika had heard some of it before, it still shocked her about some of it.

"Wait, what?" Aika gawked at Lilith. "You were bound in a heavy shirt and pants with weights sewed into them and had to run away from bears?" Lilith nodded. "Where the hell did you guys find bears?!"

"They escaped from the zoo." Lilith shrugged at her. "And Master's father had, in his infinite wisdom, decided to cover us in stuff that bears liked and had them chase us."

"For being giant furballs, those things are damn fast." Ranma muttered, seemingly not concerned by it. "Before you ask, neither of us were in any real danger." He laughed at their dubious expressions. "As insane as pop's training was, he wasn't far away and wouldn't let us get too seriously hurt."

"That's... Not reassuring at all." Aika muttered as Issei nodded and shivered next to her.

Both Ranma and Lilith shrugged. If they absolutely had to, they could have used magic to escape the charging bears. It was a lot more fun to escape with just their physical abilities than with magical ones after all.

"Ah, there you are." Azazel spoke up as he saw the four teens. "Get to the club room, emergency meeting." He looked at Aika. "You're welcome to join us, but know that you aren't needed and it might be for the best that you don't know."

Aika shrugged, it was something that she was used to at this point. "I think I'll listen in." After all, he hadn't said she couldn't go, right? 'And what's the worst it could be?'

Azazel nodded and started to walk away before turning to Ranma. "And could you summon your Rook, Bulleta? We may need her help."

"...The mere fact that you're asking that means that something stupid is about to happen." Ranma muttered but nodded as he mentally called her. "She's just getting out of bed."

(-)

"You have GOT to be fucking kidding me." Ranma groused as he listened to the story of the short ninja in the room. The only reason he figured that the person was a ninja was because they were dressed up like a stereotypical ninja. "I knew there'd be something stupid happening today."

The only ones not sporting a confused look were Lilith, Azazel and Bulleta.

"...What's a Shikima?" Issei asked the obvious question.

"The highest class of Tentacle Demon." Lilith answered him as she twitched in annoyance. "Most Tentacle Demons are mindless beasts who rape because they're either hungry or want to breed. Some have some intelligence and found a partner that they can regularly feed on and breed with." She ignored how most of the people in the room were blushing hard. Though Leonardo, Lilith II and Kunou all had someone covering their ears to keep them from hearing details.

"Lord Michael, don't punish me, I don't want to become a Fallen just because I'm listening in." Irina fell to her knees while praying to her boss.

"You won't." Azazel answered her, causing her to sigh in relief. "Even if Lilith goes into details..."

"I won't." Lilith twitched in annoyance. "Basically, these things are really, REALLY good at what they do. They're mid-level sex Demons though, compared to me they're pitiful when it comes to technique and pleasure."

"But unlike Succubi," Ranma continued, "Shikima aren't stupid and actually do have children, and there's quite a bit of them."

"So how bad would a Shikima civil war be?" Rias asked, concerned. "Would it be a threat to Hell?"

"Depends on who wins." Ranma answered her and looked at the ninja, who nodded.

"Yes!" The ninja's voice was high pitched and was kind of annoying, "King Sekima is someone who holds the other races in high regards. However, there are plenty who question his ability to control the Shikima Realm, especially after the Mahoroba incident."

"Lovely," Ranma muttered and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "Why come to me?"

"Because Lady Miko's friend Ukyou and her friend Konastu returned to us and were taken by the Anti-King's forces and told me to search you out."

Ranma rubbed his forehead and groaned. "Just lovely."

Lilith crossed her arms and scoffed in annoyance. "Frankly, Master, you should just leave those two to their fate. Either they'll be fucked to death or one of them will be turned into a baby factory."

"I don't want to know, do I?" Aika asked and she sighed when the others shook their heads. "Alright, fine, so what's going to happen? Should we let them fight?"

"That's probably not a good idea." Ranma answered her and looked at the ninja. "What would likely happen?"

The ninja shook his head. "I'm not sure, but like all Demons, Shikima respect power and strength most. Lady Mido was worried her mother might be taken hostage." Ranma raised an eyebrow. "Even though she's the Queen of the Shikima Race, she is still human."

"Yeah, but someone who has their King as her husband would be damn near immune to all the effects of those things." Lilith muttered, wishing that the ninja would go.

"...Not quite." Ranma narrowed his eyes before looking at Issei.

"What?" Issei tilted his head in confusion.

Ranma didn't answer him and looked back at the ninja. "Question, did any of those Demons have anything that looked wrong?" The ninja tilted his head in confusion. "Any weapons or items that didn't seem like something they'd have normally?"

Yohko's eyes widened as she instantly connected the dots. "Wait, are you saying Jedah's behind this?" Ranma looked at her and nodded slightly. "Crap! He used that one girl's Sacred Gear to make a bunch of replicas of all kinds of Sacred Gears didn't he?"

"Well, that changes things." Azazel muttered. "As you've all seen with the likes of Seigfried, even a Sacred Gear as common as Twice Critical can be a significant danger."

"Lovely." Rias muttered. "So what's the worst case scenario here?"

"A good chunk of Makai, Hell and Earth over-run by Tentacle Demons and lots of people being used as food or a power source." Lilith grumbled in annoyance. "Before you ask, I utterly DESPISE those things." She glared at Mittelt. "And before you say anything, making my wings into tentacles or using my tail as one is a LOT different than those things."

"What's the difference?" Mittelt asked, a curious expression on her face. "From where I'm sitting there's not much of a difference."

"You still have your mind." Ranma pointed out to her. "You remember what I said about using sex techniques for combat?"

"HEY!" The ninja cried out in dismay. "No sharing sexcraft secrets!"

"There weren't any secrets spilled." Ranma said to him. "Nothing that isn't common knowledge among anyone who's remotely familiar with you guys." He turned back to Mittelt and the others. "Ever read or watch any tentacle porn and see how the women there become mindless love sluts for tentacle monsters?" More than a few of the girls blushed while Issei giggled perversely.

"Ara ara," Akeno suddenly stopped blushing as her eyes widened in shock. "That actually happens?"

"Yep." Bulleta spoke up, smirking at all of them. "Any of you ever wonder why I'm on the list of the ten scariest things in the world to run into?"

"Because you're a scary bitch?" Most everyone in the room, including Kiba and Gasper, answered at the same time.

Bulleta felt her eye twitching in anger. "Because, you idiots, I was hunting Ranma down in Mongolia and some moron opened a portal to the Shikima Realm and there were over a hundred of those fuckers that came out and pledged to ravage the world."

"Oh!" The short ninja's eyes widened in shock. "YOU'RE the reason that the ursuper was stopped in his tracks?!" Bulleta nodded and the ninja was suddenly on Ranma's back, trembling in fear.

"I guess, I just knew they were things that had to die." Bulleta shrugged at him before turning her attention to the rest of the group. "And despite the fact that the only time I was touched by those things was when some of their tentacle slime got on my body, I was so horny that it took me a month of constant masturbation and orgasms to even think straight afterwards."

"And that doesn't include their pheromones or if they manage to stuff their tentacles into you, or Abyss forbid, cum inside of you." Lilith muttered in annoyance. "Even if they're mid-level Demons at most, they're stupidly dangerous."

Ranma sighed and rubbed his temples. "Well, Bulleta, Lilith, you two are coming with me."

"Huh?" Everyone, even Azazel, asked at the same time as he stood up and pulled the ninja off of his back.

"...You're not thinking what I think you're thinking, Master." Lilith sighed and stood up as Ranma smirked at her.

"Could you guys stop covering my ears now?" Leonardo gave everyone an annoyed look as the people who were covering the younger kids's ears sheepishly moved their hands from their ears. "Thank you. What's going on?"

"Demon civil war and Lilith, Bulleta and I are going to go visit a king."

"And just WHY am I coming with you?!" Bulleta demanded, annoyance in her voice. "You drag me out of bed, summon me here and now you're telling me that I have to go kill tentacle Demons in their own realm?! I'm not getting paid enough to do that! So why?!"

"Because you're a scary bitch." Ranma smirked at her and he sighed at the looks Atsuko and Yohko were giving him. "If this was a straight-up fight, I'd have you two with me in a heart-beat, I have no doubt that if that was the case, you two would be more than enough for this." He sighed and shook his head. "But it's not."

"And that's because the Shikima Realm's atmosphere makes normal fighting really hard." The small ninja spoke up. "It cuts fighting prowess by a third of anyone who's doesn't have Shikima blood or a pact with the Shikima."

"Master and I are resistant to the effects, and Bulleta mostly uses guns and projectiles." Lilith continued. "And none of the rest of you have any way to protect yourselves from them."

"Fine." They muttered at the same time.

"Besides," Ranma smirked at Yohko, "there's a high chance that we'll be hit with some sort of tentacle attack, and do you really want to give up your virginity to a tentacle monster?" He laughed at her blush. "Anyway, Bulleta, Lilith, let's go." A black magic circle formed under his feet as the two girls got close to him and the ninja. "Hey, Azazel, this might take a few days."

He waved them off. "Don't worry, I'll just say it was a family emergency that happened." Azazel gave them a serious look. "Just be careful." He saw the disgruntled Bulleta and a thought came to him. "Miss Bulleta, if you make it back, I'll make sure you get properly compensated."

"Well, that makes it better." Bulleta nodded in agreement. "I hate doing shit for free."

"If you're worried, just have Nabiki use her Sacred Gear to spy on us." Ranma answered as the four disappeared in a flash of light.

"Where is Nabiki anyway?" Issei asked, noting that she was absent for some reason.

"She went to Nerima to meet up with Dulio." Azazel answered him. "Her sister's finally going home. She can't stay from what I've heard, but they're going to let her father know she's okay."

"Ah." Issei nodded, he certainly wasn't going to hold something like that over the Tendo girl. Despite her attitude, he did see her as a friend.

(-)

In Hell...

"WHY THE FUCK DID THE SNOW COME BACK?!"

(-)

"So this is where your master lives?" Ranma asked as he, Bulleta, Lilith and the ninja reappeared in a small apartment. "I was expecting... Something bigger."

"She's in college." The ninja answered him as if it explained everything. "My name's Nin Nin, by the way."

Lilith sighed and looked around. The place looked normal enough, but she could both sense the raw sexual magic that was saturating the air of the apartment and smell the stench of a shikima in there. "...That's right, Miko's a hanyou, isn't she?"

"Yep." Ranma answered her. "Why do you think we met before we left for China?" He asked while looking around and sensing the energy of the room. "Not often people with demonic heritage meet on friendly terms after all." Lilith muttered something but nodded.

"To learn basic sexcraft?" Nin Nin asked, pouting under his mask as Lilith laughed.

"Please, there's a few neat tricks in it, but when it comes to resisting or experiencing pleasure, you think a succubus loses out to a Shikima?"

"Fair point." Nin Nin conceded and hung his head.

"The bedroom's empty." Bulleta said as she walked out of the bedroom. "Nothing in there except some stupid incenses." She tossed the jar to Ranma. "You do something with this, I have no clue. I don't use any magic or Youkai or anything when I fight."

"Besides, we're only going to make sure that things aren't as bad as I fear they are." Ranma said as he grabbed the jar out of the air. "Miko's not been around here for a few days, huh?"

"Probably being stuffed full of tentacles." Lilith muttered and yelped as Ranma belted her on the back of the head hard enough to make her crouch onto the floor. "Maaaaaster!" She whined while rubbing the back of her head. "That was mean."

"Knock it off." Ranma gave her a flat stare and ignored her teary-eyed look. "You're one of the rulers of Makai, whether you like it or not, Lilith, and since one of the other rulers is fucking things up, it's your job to deal with it."

Lilith grumbled as she got up about how she didn't want to deal with it.

"Yeah, and neither do I." Ranma looked at Nin Nin. "But the fact is, we're bonded together, so guess what? I'm one of the rulers of Makai as well because of it. So, Nin Nin, how do we get to the Shikima realm?"

"Well, you could do a complex ritual involving lots of masturbation until you cum right here..." The high-pitched ninja sighed at the looks the three were giving him. "Come on, can you blame me for wanting to see a succubus masturbate in front of me?"

"...Fair point." All three conceded at the same time.

"Well, you heard him," Bulleta looked at Lilith, "might as well masturbate till you get off."

"That'll take hours and I don't want to wait that long." Ranma spoke up, "if we had time, sure, I'd do a threesome if that helped open the portal, but, again, we don't have the time, so..."

"That jar helps get you in the mood." Nin Nin sighed and pulled out a gem. "Mistress Miko had this made so that it would be faster, but..."

"Still needs sexual fluids, doesn't it?" Ranma asked, getting a nod from Nin Nin. "Does it matter the gender?" Nin Nin shook his head and Ranma sighed and took the thing before dropping his pants. "You guys are fucking perverted, and this is coming from me."

(-)

An undisclosed time later...

"Well, that was fun," Lilith giggled as he walked behind Ranma, who had an annoyed look on his face, "oh come on, that's not even the worst thing you've had to do with your penis before."

"...I am NOT going to talk about that time I had to stick it in that hole in that ancient contraption to make it work."

Bulleta raised an eyebrow and shook her head. "Whatever, you've got a Sacred Gear that converts sexual energy to power, so who cares?"

"I absorb energy from my partners from sex," Ranma corrected her, "masturbation doesn't help me in the slightest."

"...I really hope you never force yourself on someone." Bulleta said as they walked through the lands of the Shikima realm. "Sheesh, this place looks like Makai."

"It's part of Makai," Lilith told her, "pocket dimension, but it's in the same world, but it needs a special key to open up since dad didn't want to deal with them."

"I can see why they want to get out of here." Bulleta grumbled while she looked around and tried to ignore the feeling in the air, as well as the smell. The place smelled like an old barn that needed to be cleaned but no one had been in for years. The place was so barren and dull, lots of rocks and cave formations.

"Come on, we need to meet with the ruler of this place." Ranma said as they moved on. "I really wish that I wasn't here." Neither Bulleta nor Lilith said anything. They didn't want to be there either.

(-)

Elsewhere...

"Is there a reason you gave those beasts replica Sacred Gears, Jedah?" Euclid asked as he adjusted his glasses. "I get that those were common Sacred Gears, but still..." The silver-haired Devil grimaced. "Wouldn't it be better to kill that species off?"

Jedah chuckled and ignored Ayoko's glare at his back. "True, eliminating them would be best for reality, but others have tried and failed. Besides," he smirked, "this is more for amusement than anything else."

"Amusement?" Ayoko raised an eyebrow and looked at the events unfold as they watched. "What's so amusing about this?"

Jedah continued to laugh softly. "On its own, nothing. Just a bunch of sex-driven Demons that have access to stuff like Sword Birth and Twice Criticals." He sneered at that.

"So, what's your plan this time?" Euclid asked.

Jedah said nothing, but the amused look remained on his face.

"Are you perhaps using that broken Devil you found as a plan for something?" Ayoko asked, remembering what she had seen in Jedah's lab.

Jedah's chuckling became full-on laughter. "You catch on quickly." At least in some things, but she didn't need to know that. "Yes, that Devil would have died an inglorious death had I not made arrangements ahead of time."

Jedah leaned back in his chair and smirked, he wondered what that Devil would do if he knew that he what his future truly held. 'Probably scream to his dead ancestors.' Oh well, it didn't matter to him. What mattered is what that fool could do this time around.

He spun in his chair and grinned as he thought about what would happen within the next twenty-four hours. 'Soon all the pieces will be in place.'

(-)

In another room, in a tank that was bubbling from a healing liquid, was a naked and semi-conscious young-looking man with short, dark colored hair; across his body was a multitude of scars and burns. 'A...s...i...a...' Was the only thought in his head.

End Chapter 1

So, even though I have this arc written out, I'm pacing myself in posting this. By that, I mean when I finish a chapter in the next arc, i'll post a chapter of this arc. That way if I finish this arc before the next one's finished you aren't waiting too long for the next part.