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Chapter 25

Sirzechs walked through the halls of Valhalla's medical wing as fast as he could while remaining dignified. When he arrived at the room he was looking for, he knocked twice before opening it up. "Grayfia?"

His wife was laying on a bed, looking worn out, tired and sweaty, but otherwise okay. "Are..."

Grayfia smiled at him tiredly and jerked her head as she shifted the blanket that she was under down, revealing two small bundled blankets with tiny baby faces peeking out of them. "The Asguard are quite skilled, my labor didn't last very long and these two girls were ready to come out and see the world."

Sirzechs walked up to his wife and smiled at her, giving her a kiss. "They're lovely, dear."

Grayfia smiled at him before reaching up and grabbing his shirt by the necktie and squeezing it. "I love you, Sirzechs Gremory, but I do not wish to have any more children for awhile, understand?"

He nodded and she released her grip on his neck before pulling him into another kiss. "After they grow up, I won't mind, but right now, I don't want to worry about it."

"Of course." Sirzechs smiled at her. "Still, this is a small miracle."

After all, Devils, like most of the Moonlight World, had very low fertility rates.

(-)

Standing on the roof of the arena, Cologne looked out across Hell and had a small smirk on her face. "Never thought that Hell was this nice. Guess everyone who ever told me Hell was nice at this time of year wasn't lying." She looked at her hand and sighed softly. It was nice being young again, but there was a new complication.

"Grand Elder, I am here with Mousse." Shampoo said in Chinese as she and Mousse knelt behind Cologne, who nodded and turned to look at them. "You wished to speak with us in private?"

Cologne nodded and responded in Chinese. "Shampoo, I can say that I am very pleased with how your progress in combat arts has progressed. You have room to grow as a leader and as a person," she smiled gently at her great-grandchild, "but that will come with time." She sighed softly, her smile leaving her face, "sadly, that is time that I will not be able to be with you."

"Grand Elder?" Shampoo and Mousse both asked at the same time as they looked up at her.

"Having drank a second dose of the youth potion that young Ranma got me, I am permanently a young woman." Cologne paused for a moment. "Well, at least until I grow old again. I have confirmed with Nabiki that my body is exactly how it was when I was eighteen and I will age and grow old the same way I did before, only with my skill and experience, I probably won't get old again for several centuries."

"Might I ask what this has to do with you not being there with us?" Mousse asked and Cologne nodded.

"I was getting to that." Cologne gave him a mock glare before shaking her head. "Even if an accident on Ranma's part, I still reversed my aging and will live an artificially extended life. It's not something that is well-known, but do you know why Jusenkyo is viewed as a loss of honor for Amazons?" Both Shampoo and Mousse were silent as they waited for Cologne to continue. "Because the springs are an abomination that mocks the natural order of things." Cologne explained. "If someone were to fall into the springs and marry into the tribe, there is no loss of honor, of course." They both nodded, knowing that. "However, the Spring of the Drowned Girl? Imagine for a moment, that as we Elders got older and our fighting prowess faded away, we could simply splash ourselves with cold water and return to when we were teenagers, but with all our skill and knowledge."

"The Amazons would be unstoppable." Shampoo gasped in surprise.

Cologne nodded to her. "Yes, but it's unnatural and goes against nature. Using your skills to prolong your life is acceptable, you still eventually get to the grave. But using something to reverse your age permanently is a slap to the face of the natural order and any Elder who does it, whether intentional or not, shall lose her status and be exiled from the village."

Shampoo had a confused look on her face. "Then why did you take the first dose if that was the case?"

Cologne smiled, glad that Shampoo caught the double standard. "A temporary reversal of aging is acceptable. We have many boxes of the temporary curse spring powder hidden away in case the Musk or Phoenix tribes decide to get uppity. Why do you think those two tribes have never succeeded in defeating the Amazons? It was decided ages before my great-grandmother was even concieved that temporarily reversing one's age, while it goes against the natural order of the world, is only temporary and thus will still correct itself."

"So what will happen with you?" Mousse asked and Cologne shrugged.

"I'm not some city girl that can't live off the land." Cologne smirked at him. "That said, I'll see what I can do about living in the near future." A contemplative look crossed her face as a blush appeared on her face. "Oh my, I just realized... Since I'm eighteen again..." A wide grin came to her face while Mousse and Shampoo looked confused. "I'm back on the market!"

"The... Market?" Both Shampoo and Mousse asked in confusion.

"The dating market." Cologne smirked as the two young Amazons gawked at her. "What? You think that I'm going to spend my second chance at being young all alone and miserable? Hell no! Bring on the men!"

Both Mousse and Shampoo face-faulted while Cologne laughed.

(-)

Elsewhere...

Azazel nodded to Serafall and Ajuka as he walked into the makeshift conference room. It was hours after the attack and most people had gone to their homes or nearby to rest. "Ah, you two... Oh, hello, Falbium Asmodeus." He nodded to the bald Devil, who nodded back, "I'm surprised to see you here."

"Well, I do have to work once in awhile," he said before yawning, "even if working means losing at life."

"Anyway," Ajuka coughed into his hand, "I'm glad that everyone's here. Sirzechs couldn't be here since he's seeing his wife." The others nodded in understanding. "For the most part, Jedah's forces consisted of various Demons and animals from Earth that were dealt with, however, there's a few problems that have popped up."

"As for the human... Tarou," Falbium began, "it looks like he was completely under Jedah's mind control. We can let him go back to the human world after he's recovered."

"I don't have a problem with that." Azazel told them. "There's the Reaper, Bennia Orcus that is a bit more troubling. From what she said, she was working with Jedah willingly."

"Yes, but only because was worried about Hades trying to cause all other factions problems." Serafall spoke up. "If what she says is true, we should probably give her sanctuary. As strong as Hades is, I doubt he'd try to attack if she's under our protection in some form."

"It's a tricky situation regardless." Ajuka nodded. "As for the last one, that's a very... Sensitive subject."

"Miko Mido," Serafall pursed her lips, "as much as Lilith would love to have her executed, our hands are pretty tied with her, aren't they?"

"Sadly, yes," Ajuka agreed while shaking his head in dismay, "while she did attack with Jedah, she didn't directly harm any families or harm Devil society as a whole. And even though I have no problem with promoting Issei to high rank after this, Ranma's allies are very thin and expending political clout to protect a rogue hanyou isn't worth the hassle."

"Before any decisions get made with her, I'll have a talk with her." Serafall said in an uncharacteristic serious voice. "Even if my hands are tied politically, it still affects me."

Ajuka shook his head. "Serafall, we all know that you're sleeping with Ranma, but you know the rules about having a harem." Serafall opened her mouth to say something and Ajuka just held up a hand. "And don't give me any line about joining a harem, you know that it applies that way as well."

Serafall went quiet and didn't say anything.

"That said," Falbium spoke up, "so long as you're able to do your job, we're all willing to look the other way."

Serafall nodded, she knew that. It was risky to skirt the rules like she was, but no one really raised a stink about it, though that was mostly because the only ones who knew what she was doing were in that room with her at that moment. "Do not worry, I can keep a clear head."

"I hope so, for everyone's sake." Azazel commented. "I do think that the test run for the International Games was a success though." He smirked at the interested looks from the Devils. "Despite some hiccups, we got plenty of praise from the games." Part of him wondered if that was because of that one video that was floating around online, but he mentally shrugged it off. "My only suggestion is that we scrap the forest arenas from here on out."

"Agreed." Ajuka nodded in agreement.

(-)

"Thanks for allowing us all to stay at your home, Ravel." Ranma said to the blonde girl as the two walked towards one of the guest rooms. Ranma was wearing just a tank top and pants and Ravel was in red and white pajamas.

"It's fine with me, after all, you are my King." She smiled as she walked with him. "I'm surprised your parents were willing to stay here. Most humans hate the thought of Hell."

Ranma shrugged at that. "Well, mom seems to be open minded and dad learned the hard way that not everything is as you think it is." As they continued to walk, Ranma looked around in confusion. "Um, Ravel, I thought we were going to the guest rooms. I need to talk to the others about something..." He looked and saw Ravel's blush and smile. "...We're heading to your room, aren't we?"

Ravel nodded and hugged his arm. "It's a Bishop's duty to pleasure her King after all." She blushed and fidgeted. "I..."

"If you're sure." Ranma told her softly. "Realize that you'll be ruined for..."

"I don't want any other men." Ravel whispered. "I want the man who saved my life." She looked up at him and smiled. "So, please, don't make me wait."

"I guess I can wait until the morning to talk to the others." Ranma nodded as he moved and picked her up, bridal style. "Where's your room?"

Ravel blushed and gave him directions. Their clothes didn't last long once they got into the room and Ranma was quite thankful that he used silencing spells on the walls.

After all, Ravel was quite the screamer when she was warmed up.

(-)

In one of the guest rooms, Lilith started giggling, causing Mittelt and Atsuko to both look at her in confusion. "Master just claimed Ravel." She rolled over on the bed so that she was on her back and grinned at the two others who were on the bed with her. "Well, we WERE going to have a small orgy with Master, might as well not waste it, huh?"

Atsuko shrugged and threw her shirt off, letting her bare breasts bounce freely while Mittelt took off her panties. "Not like any of us have hang-ups about lesbian sex." She reached down and slid her pants and underwear off of her hips, before licking her lips while Lilith just made herself naked. "I haven't had a chance to taste that new body of yours yet, Lilith."

Lilith giggled as Atsuko crawled over and kissed her while Mittelt got between her legs and started licking her thighs.

None of the three got much sleep that night.

(-)

The next morning...

Ranma woke up and reached up to rub the sleep out of his eyes, only to find his right arm wasn't responding. Blinking a few times, he saw Ravel's nude form laying on it. He smiled and shifted so that he could run his hand over her side sides, letting him feel her breast, side and butt without waking her up. "Ravel..." He whispered and leaned in, kissing her on the lips. "I need to get up."

"Nnngh, comfy. Sore. Can't move."

Ranma chuckled softly as he squeezed her butt, getting a soft moan from her. "If you don't let me get up, Lilith will be coming in here and you'll have your first lesbian experience."

Ravel's eyes snapped open and she sat up, her breasts jiggling. "What?!"

Ranma chuckled as he sat up. "Morning, beautiful." He put his hand on the back of her head and pulled her close to him, kissing her on the lips. Ravel opened her mouth and Ranma stuck his tongue inside as they made out. Ravel moaned softly as she felt Ranma's hand squeezing her butt. "Still too sore?" Ranma asked as he broke the kiss.

Ravel's only response was to pout and push him down before straddling his waist and reaching down to rub his dick to full hardness. "Yes, but I'm turned on now, I'm not going to let you get away with this."

Ranma grinned at her and reached up to squeeze her breasts as she positioned and lowered herself down on his dick with a loud squelching noise. "We'll have to be quick."

Ravel moaned as she started to rock her hips up and down on his rock hard dick. "You made me horny, you better take responsibility."

Ranma nodded as he did just that. "Want to know something, Ravel?" He asked as he smirked at her confusion. "I wanted to do this to you the day I met you." Her eyes widened and she blushed. "I don't know why, but there was something about you that made me want to ravage you for hours."

"Why didn't you?"

Ranma chuckled as he fondled her breast. "Considering the trauma you had suffered when I met you in China, I decided to hold off. And after you moved in, you seemed nervous about the whole situation, so I let you get used to it."

Ravel blushed and smiled at him. "Maybe you have a thing for blondes?"

Ranma chuckled and nodded as he pinched and pulled on her hard nipples. "Yeah, maybe."

The two didn't say much more as they continued to make love.

(-)

It was more than an hour later that Ravel, dressed in her pajamas, found herself staggering to the breakfast table, a completely dazed expression on her face as she flopped onto her chair and winced slightly. "Morning... Ah!" Her eyes widened and her dazed expression disappeared as she saw her mother staring at her with a knowing look. "Mother! I didn't expect to see you..."

Her mother shook her head. "Well, I can say that at least he's quite the lover." She gave Ravel a polite smile. "I would recommend, dear, taking a few more hours to recover from what you just went through and then doing stretches, it will help with the stiffness and cramps that will come from hours of lovemaking."

"Yes, mother." Ravel blushed as a thin book was dropped in front of her. "What is this?"

"A list of exercises that I do every day after a hot and heavy night." Lady Phenex told her daughter. "I recommend you do those."

Ravel nodded and blushed.

A few minutes later, Genma, Nodoka, Leonardo, Lillie and Kuroka all walked into the dining room. Nodoka took one look at Ravel and immediately rushed to her side to give the flustered girl a hug and coo about how cute she was.

Lady Phenex chuckled in amusement. She had met the two the previous night when Ravel offered up their home for everyone to spend the night. "I can tell that your son is quite good for my daughter." A mischievous gleam came to her eyes. "Perhaps we should plan a wedding?"

Nodoka brightened up at that and let go of her hug while Ravel blushed. "Oh yes, that would be just lovely. My manly son has so many suitors, should we do just a single wedding or make it a group one?"

"Hmm, I was thinking of just my daughter..." Lady Phenex said as she tapped her chin, "however, so many of Ranma's lovers seem to either not have families or come from poorer backgrounds. It wouldn't be fair to them."

"Eh?!" A disgruntled voice chipped in and the others looked at Bulleta, wearing a tank top and boxer shorts, as she walked into the room. "I ain't wearing no freaking wedding dress. How am I supposed to hide my weapons and get to them fast enough?"

"Would you need weapons for a wedding?" Ravel asked.

Genma and Nodoka both suddenly laughed. "You would be surprised, dear," Nodoka smiled as she looked at Ravel. "At my wedding with Genma, we were attacked by ninja bears."

The others looked at them weirdly.

"Ah yes, the ninja clan of Fukui." Genma mused. "Ferocious warriors that use the spirit of bears to give themselves tremendous power. They also get to transform into bears. And no one wants to fight a bear that knows martial arts."

"That's true." Ranma nodded. "You made a lot of Chinese thugs run away crying when you fought them as a panda." He then looked at Bulleta and gave her a wry smirk. "From the way you were talking, you almost sound like you wouldn't mind getting married."

Bulleta shrugged at that. "Would it change how things are between us?" Ranma shook his head. "If that's the case, then sure, it's you, I could think of worse things to happen to me. Like having my arms and legs cut off while being tied up." She grumbled, thinking back to some of the torture she had suffered. "Or..." She trailed off at the looks she was getting. "What?"

Genma shook his head. "Girl, you've suffered more than most military vets did in their lives and the fact that you can even function at all is impressive." Bulleta scoffed and looked away. "Still, if you're sure..."

"Fuck, don't care!" Bulleta threw her arms up in the air and pointed at Ranma. "You're my husband, no arguments, okay?" Ranma rubbed the back of his head and chuckled. "Just don't expect me to be some mewling house wife."

"...If I wanted a mewling house wife, I'd go get one." Ranma rolled his eyes. "Anyway, let's eat, the others will be getting here at their own speed."

"I'd rather all of us eat at the same time." Nodoka said but didn't press it, figuring that everyone woke up at their own pace and there was no need to rush them.

Over the next hour Yohko, Atsuko, Mittelt, and Nabiki all made their way to the breakfast table.

"I'm just glad that those Phoenix Tears that your family makes work so well." Nabiki muttered as she finished up eating.

Lady Phenex smiled and nodded, "I agree, they helped us get quite rich and they're so useful for Rating Games too."

"I have an announcement to make." Ranma said suddenly, catching everyone's attention. "Lilith and I will be moving away soon."

"HUH?!" More than one person said and they looked at Ranma and Lilith, both of whom looked at them seriously.

"Makai has no ruler in charge right now." Lilith explained. "The last thing we need are a bunch of Demons running around thinking that they can do whatever. It would be a complete disaster for humanity. So Master and I will be going to Makai to fix up the Aensland castle and take over as rulers."

"Before any of you say anything, you can choose to go with us or stay near your homes, neither of us are going to force you to come with." Ranma continued on. "Take some time to think about it."

"Well, that was a bombshell." Nabiki muttered, even if she knew what his plan was, she didn't realize that he'd drop it during breakfast. "Fine, my decision is easy. I'm staying on Earth. That said, we still need to uphold our engagement and get married too, huh?" She sighed softly. "We'll work it out."

Ranma nodded and stood up. "Anyway, for the rest of you, go ahead and take your time to make your decisions, we won't be leaving right away."

Bulleta snorted, "easy choice for me. I'll go with you. I'm more at home in Makai than on Earth anyway. No one tries to arrest me for violence there."

"Me too." Mittelt said as she gave Ranma a stubborn look. "I'm not letting you abandon me again."

Ranma smiled and nodded as he and Lilith left the table.

End Chapter 25