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Chapter 7

As everyone started to leave, Azazel leaned back in his chair and thought about what he had learned that day. 'To think so much of what we thought was wrong.' The thought of Asmodeus being a woman didn't really bother him. Azazel smirked as a thought came to him, "it's a good thing that I couldn't turn into a girl, I might have had lots of lesbian encounters in my life."

"But still..." The amusement left his face as he thought about what Asmodeus said about Issei and D'draig. "To think that it's something so simple-sounding. But it's not, is it?"

It was one thing to let your host use your power.

It was another thing to become so in tune with them that it was impossible to tell where one began and the other one ended.

"Hmm, overcoming weakness..." He mused and thought about Nabiki. "Her future self mastered her Sacred Gear... Does she need to be able to use her Balance Break without the aid of the inhibitor chip?"

Azazel imagined that Vali and Albion would have to do the same as Issei and D'draig to obtain a Mastered Balance Break. 'But what about the other Longinus and Sacred Gears?' Those that had spirits of powerful creatures like the Nemian Lion were simpler than those without.

"And what if Issei is right?" Azazel asked himself as he stood up and walked to the window with his arms behind his back. "I can't imagine that Rizevim would have been excited about another world if it wasn't full of powerful beings."

And if something stronger than the beast that was ultimately responsible for God's death existed in that world, then they were in a lot of trouble.

"After all, if Rivezim knew about that world, who's to say they don't know about ours?"

Azazel just hoped that he was simply over-reacting and that it wouldn't be as bad as he feared.

(-)

Nodoka looked up as the door opened and Ranma walked in, on his shoulders was Kunou, who had the largest, brightest smile on her face that Nodoka had ever seen. "Welcome home, oh!" Her eyes expressed surprise as she saw Serafall walking in after Ranma. "Lady Leviathan, I had no clue you'd be staying."

Serafall smiled at her. "Unless something major happens, I'm currently on a small break from work."

Lilith, Lillie and Leonardo walked in after Serafall and Nodoka was surprised to see a small girl on Lilith's head. "Who's the cute one?"

The bronze-skinned girl grinned. "I am Asmodeus, one of the Angels that betrayed the Lord in Heaven and became one of the first Great Devil Kings."

Nodoka blinked a few times and slowly nodded. "Uh... huh. Well, I'm glad for you. Anyway, I'll have supper finished in an hour, do you want to relax until then?"

"An hour?" Ranma mused and nodded. "Might not be a bad idea, but..." He smirked. "Sorry, kiddo, I'll need to put you down now."

"Aww..." Kunou pouted, her tails waggling behind her. Her eyes lit up and she bent over. "Love you, daddy." And planted a kiss on Ranma's forehead before jumping off and landing a couple of feet away as a loud thumping sound was heard.

Ranma looked to the top of the stairs as Atsuko, wearing just a black sports bra, white panties and socks, slid to a stop before crashing and landing on her butt. "Hey, Atsuko, surprised you weren't in school."

"When did you get here?!" The cyborg asked as she got to her knees. "And to answer your question that you didn't ask, I was chasing down some out of control robots that mama-san made that were rampaging all over Japan this past week and I was so exhausted that I slept all day!"

Ranma chuckled and jumped up to the top of the stairs and helped her to her her feet. "You're looking good." The next thing he knew, she was hugging him tightly. "Urk, you're still stupid strong." Ranma grunted as he hugged her back. "You could have come with."

"Mouuu..." Atsuko let go of him and gave him a smoldering look. "It's been five months, I'm not letting you go tonight."

Ranma chuckled and nodded, grabbing Atsuko and putting her over his shoulder. "Sorry, mom, I'm going to be busy tonight."

Nodoka nodded, smiling as Ranma disappeared with Atsuko. "So manly..." She looked at Serafall, who had an amused look on her face and Lilith, who was just grinning, as was Asmodeus. "Oh, Serafall, I hope you're not upset..."

Serafall waved her hand dismissively. "These things happen, I am carrying his child, so I don't worry about him leaving me."

Nodoka's eyes sparkled as she grabbed Serafall's hands. "Truly?! Oh blessed days, err..." She trailed off as she saw Serafall's grimace. "I apologize."

"It's okay." Serafall smiled at her and patted her on the shoulder. "But since you did that, I have a request for you." Nodoka blinked and slowly nodded. "See, I'm in need of some villains for the next season of my show. I won't be able to partake since I'm expecting, but would you like to be the main antagonist for next season?"

"Well, sure, if you need some help, I can do that." Nodoka nodded and suddenly got nervous as Serafall was seemingly covered by a dark aura while her eyes had stars in the pupils. "Uh..."

"Excellent!" Serafall squeezed Nodoka's shoulders. "We shall begin working on your choreography."

Lilith walked past them while Asmodeus jumped off of her head. "Have fun with that, I'm going to get some food." She chuckled and jumped up the stairs. "And by meal, I mean I'm going to join those two and play with Atsuko's cute body."

Asmodeus floated over to Kunou. "Hey, kiddo." The fox looked at her and Asmodeus gave her a lazy smile. "You seem to like your daddy, huh?" The small girl nodded, her eyes sparkling and Asmodeus just giggled. "So, can you tell me how he's your daddy?"

"Sure." Kunou said while telling her, Lillie and Leonardo, the latter two having decided to listen in, the story of how Ranma became the Hero of Kyoto.

And more important to Kunou, how he became part of her family.

As she listened in, Asmodeus tilted her head. "I see, he's a great person huh?" Kunou nodded and blinked at the sudden look of arousal that came across Asmodeus's face. "Ooooh!" She put a hand on her chin and an atomic blush covered her face. "If only I could have been there to see the slaughter, I would have found a way to triple my size so he could have ravished me while we were surrounded by dead bodies."

Lillie, Leonardo and Kunou all had looks that varied between confused, disturbed and weirded out. Asmodeus didn't care as she turned and floated away from the three. As she flew into another room, her blush disappeared and a more measured look took its place as she sat on a large table with several balls on it. "I wonder what this is for." She mused before shaking her head. "Boyo certainly has a lot of coincidences that happens around him." She sighed and crossed her arms before looking up. "...There's something more, isn't there?"

(-)

Meanwhile...

It was a few hours later as the day was starting to creep into evening that Akeno found Asia putting her shoes on. "Asia? Is something wrong?"

"Huh?" Asia looked at Akeno and shook her head. "Oh, no, I just want to go for a walk. I was thinking about something and a walk might help me come to an answer." Seeing Akeno's confused look, Asia just giggled. "I was thinking about some school work, that's all."

"If you're sure." Akeno said with a concerned look. "If there's something you need to ask..."

Asia shook her head. "No, it's fine, don't worry, I'll be okay." She smiled and held up her right index finger as a small, blue Dragon appeared just behind her. "Rassie will be with me."

Akeno smiled at her. "Okay, but if you want to talk about something, we'll all listen."

Asia nodded and went out the door with Rassie.

Akeno watched Asia go down the street, until she turned a corner and disappeared from sight. "I know that she's strong but..."

"You can't help but worry about her, huh?" A voice asked from behind and Akeno turned to see Yukiko standing there with a concerned expression on her face. "I'm sure she'll be fine, unless someone really strong shows up, but she can still summon Fafnir if needed."

"I know, but..." Akeno trailed off as Yukiko nodded. "...Should we go out after her?"

Yukiko held up an open palm. "Let's wait five minutes. That way we can't say that we were too worried about her." Akeno nodded and they both hoped things would be fine.

Even if Kuoh was a safe community, there were still crazy things that happened.

"Let's just hope that we don't have another toilet paper wizard." Akeno grumbled, that had been such a pain to deal with.

"At least we have three years of toilet paper stocked up now?" Yukiko giggled and Akeno nodded with a smile.

(-)

As she walked through the streets, Asia's thoughts drifted all around. 'Am I useful?' She knew, as a healer, how useful she was, but Asia didn't want to have to worry about that. Beyond healing, she wanted to be able to at least protect her family. 'Issei wasn't wrong, there are really strong enemies out there, I don't want to be a liability for them and...'

Her thoughts were cut off as Rassie growled. Asia shook her head and looked to where Rassie was growling. Her eyes, aided by her Devil-enhanced sight, widened as she saw the figure standing in the dark alleyway. "You're..."

The man was wearing black clothes, he was tall, his hair was long and had black and blonde stripes running through it, as well as mis-matched eyes. Smirking, he walked out of the alleyway. "So you're one of the Red Dragon Emperor's mates, huh?" He raised an eyebrow as Rassie got between him and Asia. "Relax, little one, I'm not here to hurt your mistress."

Asia looked at him and nodded. "Rassie, it's okay, I believe him." She gently scratched Rassie's head.

"That will get you killed some day." The man shook his head. "As for me? Call me C.C. if you want. My name is Crom Cruach." He pointed at Asia. "You, however, interest me." Asia stared in surprise. "A familiar that's a Dragon, a contract with a Dragon King and the mate of the Red Dragon Emperor." A savage grin came to his face. "I saw that fight that he had against the White Dragon Emperor and my former boss's pupil. I want to fight him when he can control that power."

"Why are you telling me this?" Asia asked and Crom Cruach chuckled. "What?"

He grinned at her. "I can tell what you're thinking. That you're not good enough to be one of his mates." Her eyes widened in surprise. "Your hand, give it to me." Asia looked confused as Crom held out his hand. "Well?"

Asia gulped and held out her right hand. He grabbed it and Asia's eyes widened as she felt power flow into her arm. When Crom pulled his hand away, Asia was surprised to see her right hand and arm covered in a black, skin-tight glove. But what was surprising was that the glove looked metal at first glance, she could see it was covered in glossy scales.

"A payment." Crom told her when she looked at him in confusion as he walked away. "I was going to go looking for someone else, but I found you instead." He smirked and chuckled to himself. "That glove will give you what you seek."

"What does it do?" Asia asked as she reached out to stop him.

But Crom said nothing as he disappeared.

Asia looked at her arm in confusion. "...I hope this isn't permanent." She really had no idea what to do. She knew who Crom Cruach was. After all, he made Albion and D'Draig nervous enough that both Vali and Issei were actually scared of him. When Rassie sniffed and poked it with his head, Asia wondered just what it was capable of doing. "...Maybe I should see someone about this?"

Rassie just nodded and the two ran off.

Standing on a rooftop not far away from where they had been, Crom Cruach watched Asia and Rassie rush off. "I wonder if you'll be able to master that power, Dragon Mistress." He grinned as he thought about it. "The thought of her using that power... Boss, are you sure about this?"

A transparent image of a shadowy body appeared in front of Crom. "Yes. Giving her some of your power to help her grow... I am interested in what will happen in the future."

Crom chuckled in amusement. "If she and her mate can get strong enough." A crazed grin came to his face. "The thought of facing them at their strongest." He practically moaned in delight.

The person nodded and Crom could see a smile on their face. "I'm glad we agree, anyway, you should not tarry long."

"Ah, fine." Crom said as he disappeared in a black flash while the image disappeared.

End Chapter 7