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Time for some Nerima silliness. It's been missing from this fic.
Chapter 12
It was late in the afternoon as Issei, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Irina, Yukiko and Xenovia entered Nerima. "So..." Issei began as they walked over a bridge. "Any idea what to expect?"
"In Nerima or the school?" Yukiko asked and Issei shrugged. "From what I was told, this place can be a bit weird."
"What's so weird about this..." Irina trailed off and stared.
In the middle of the street was a giant stuffed teddy bear...
...That was fighting with a machine gun against a crane...
...That was being operated by a human-sized purple dinosaur.
"...I do not want to know." Rias muttered as the group decided to ignore what they were watching and walk past it. It had to be some sort of movie that was being made.
Not far from the fight, a school girl with brown eyes and long hair groaned in disgust. "Damn it, Sousuke. Why did I agree to let you bring Bonta-kun with us?"
"Fumofu!" The giant teddy bear said while shooting up the purple dinosaur.
(-)
Tofu Ono looked up from where he was sweeping in front of his clinic to see a group of teenagers walking towards him. "Hmm?" One thing that caught his attention about the group was the fact that none of them had a human aura about them. Which wasn't too unusual for him, as he offered service to anyone, human or non-human, who needed it. Still, if they were just going to...
"Excuse me," the redheaded voluptuous woman smiled as she walked up to him. "I'm sorry for bothering you, but we're looking for someone and we were told that they'd be at Furinkan High School. Can you point us in that direction?"
Tofu smiled and nodded, pointing down the street. "In that direction. I would be careful though, there's a martial arts baseball match going on near the school."
"...Martial arts baseball?" The girl with long, brown hair done up in twin tails asked while the whole group looked confused. "...How does that work?"
"Well, if you try to steal a base and get caught, you're not out if you can beat the baseman up." Tofu said with a smile and the others gawked. "That's just one of the rules. Anyway, it should be a good match. The school of midget wrestlers vs Furinkan High."
"...How is that fair?" Issei asked and Tofu shook his head.
"I agree with you. Those midgets are pretty vicious. They're still undefeated from what I hear."
The group face-faulted upon hearing that.
(-)
After recovering and getting some more information, the group made their way to the school.
When they got close to the school, they saw something that was a bit on the unusual side, even for them. "Issei-senpai, is there a pig that's so big that there's a girl riding on it chasing after a potted cactus plant that's screaming in fear?"
"...Yes." Issei said, blinking a few times. "And there seems to be a cute girl screaming something in French chasing after the pig."
"...I worry about this place if this stuff is normal." Yukiko muttered. "What's next?"
A group of four men dressed in matching black pants, white shirts, red vests, and all wearing skimmer hats walked down the street, in their hnads were wooden canes. Coming out of an ally was four mimes that were mimicking being in a box and pulling on a rope.
"I... I..." Xenovia sputtered, flabbergasted as the two groups got into a fight that involved singing, falling pianos and hair flying everywhere when electric razors were brought out. "...I have no words."
"This place is more insane than that one Demon we fought in Europe that induced insanity in its victims." Irina muttered and sweat-dropped as one of the non-mimes unscrewed their cane and pulled out a giant mallet to flatten one of the mimes.
"Let's just go." Rias grumbled, trying to shake off what she was seeing. The group nodded and walked past the brawl, though Xenovia grabbed a hat that was flying her way and was shocked at how heavy it was before she threw it back where it came from.
(-)
After getting into the school building, the group spread out and walked down the hallways, checking the doors to see if they could find the basement.
Eventually Xenovia found the door to the basement on the East side of the school and called for the others to join her.
"How do you know it's the basement?" Yukiko asked as they walked down the stairs. "For all we know, this could be the boiler room and..." When Xenovia opened a door and the group stepped into an actual over-grown jungle, complete with bird sounds, lights and several snakes slithering around, the blonde girl sweat-dropped heavily. "...The climate of Japan is not good for things that live in the jungle, so how did this all survive here? And under ground?"
Irina pointed upwards at a sphere that was seemingly hovering in the air. "I'm guessing that's the sun that keeps this place warm. Because it's kind of hot in here."
Rias and Akeno both walked forward, stepping over some tree branches that were on the ground. "This way." Rias said softly, "there's a feeling of incredible power coming from this way."
(-)
Meanwhile, in a large clearing near the center of the man-made jungle was Oberon, Titania and Queen Mab. Behind them was a large pink flower that looked like it was about to bloom. Standing in front of the large flower bud, Queen Mab smiled as she caressed the petals. "Soon, Alfea, you shall be born anew."
"Must you act like that, mother?" Oberon asked her as he stood nearby while leaning against a tree. "For one who tried to destroy humanity and the old gods, I'm surprised that you would deign to have a child with a human."
Queen Mab gave Oberon a dirty look. "Twas never my intention, son of mine." She said while turning and walking towards him. "However, during the years I spent in the human world, as a human, as per your orders, if you remember," she pointed at him and gave him an accusatory glare, which he ignored, "I found out about how one of the Gods of this world crafted these powerful items and only gave them to those with human parents."
"Yes, but the odds of such a thing," Titania said as she seemingly glided across the ground while swaying her hips from side to side as she walked, "is incredibly low... Unless.." She trailed off at the smile on Queen Mab and shook her head. "Manipulating probability so that your child would have a Sacred Gear? Really?"
"I only made it so she would have one." Queen Mab said with a shrug and a smug smirk on her face. "If it had been up to me, I would have ensured that she got her hands on one of those fancy god-slaying Sacred Gears."
Oberon narrowed his eyes and Queen Mab suddenly found herself on her hands and knees as gravity increased around her massively. "Really, mother?" Oberon asked as he walked forward. "You wouldn't have been planning on ousting me to restart your war against humanity, would you?"
Queen Mab growled as small sprites flew up to her, grabbing her head and forcing her to look up. "So what if I am? Humanity is a plague upon this world! I don't know why you allowed that old woman and her nearly dead child to live in Avalon with us, but I despise it!"
"Perhaps I have been too lenient with you, mother?" Oberon asked as he ended the gravity effect on her, causing her to gasp as the pressure was removed from her. "Perhaps I should have punished you more severely?" He looked up as the jungle split apart. "For now though, we should entertain our guests."
"Oh?" Titania smiled as she watched Rias, Issei and the others walking towards them. "Feeling generous today, my dear?"
"Hardly." Oberon said softly.
It was barely two minutes later when Issei, Rias, Akeno, Yukiko, Xenovia, Irina and Koneko all entered the clearing.
"Okay, that was really easy." Issei muttered as he looked at the three Fae in front of him. "You're... The rulers of the Fae, right?"
"That's correct," Titania smiled at him, "you've met my mother-in-law already, Queen Mab. I am Titania, Queen of the Fae and this," she gestured towards Oberon, "is my husband, Lord Oberon."
"That's nice," Issei said with a stern look on his face, "I have no problem meeting new people, but not when they kidnap someone important to me." Oberon raised an eyebrow and Issei balled his right hand into a fist, "return Asia to us now! Where is she?!"
"And who are you to make demands of me?" Oberon asked, his voice showing a hint of interest in the petulant children in front of him. "Are you some sort of God?"
"No," Issei shook his head, "I'm the Red Dragon Emperor and I'm here to recover a member of my family."
"Family, huh?" Oberon said with a distant look on his face, "well, I'm not sure who this Asia girl is."
"Cute blonde girl with green eyes." Issei said.
"What's in the flower?" Koneko asked as she sniffed the air. "Why does that flower smell like Asia?"
"Oh." Oberon nodded at her. "You were talking about Alfea, I see." He stroked his chin. "Well, if you must know, she's currently undergoing a transformation and will emerge as her true self." He stopped stroking his chin and shrugged. "After that, we shall return to our realm and you will never see us again."
Suddenly the air itself crackled with power as Akeno's hair stood straight up while she was glowing. "You're leaving with her?" Akeno said softly as lightning crackled upwards into the air from her fists. "YOU WILL NOT LEAVE!"
"AKENO!" Rias yelled as she held out a hand to try and stop her friend, who threw her arms backwards and snapped them forward, two large bolts of lightning that had the heads of dragons rushing outwards at Oberon.
Before the lightning got even half-way there, Titania appeared between Oberon and the group, chanting a spell that caused the lightning attack to suddenly bend and become unstable until the lightning bolts crashed into each other and shattered into nothing but particles, leaving Akeno looking shocked.
The shocked expression lasted only a moment before Akeno glared and extended her wings and flew into the air.
"Well, I guess talk was never an option." Issei said as the group spread out.
"Welsh Dragon, Balance Breaker!" D'draig called out as Issei was engulfed in red flame and covered in his scale mail armor.
"I'll deal with him." Oberon said as he walked forward. "Mother, deal with the others."
"Of course." Queen Mab grinned as she found herself facing Yukiko, Koneko and Rias. Queen Mab put her right arm under her chest and bowed. "Former ruler of the Fae, Queen Mab." She had a dark grin on her face as she glowed with power. "But don't think that I'm some weakling."
"We know." Rias said as she glared at the Fae. "And we aren't leaving without Asia." She snapped her hand out as a red and black beam of destructive energy lanced out, causing Queen Mab to say something in a language that Rias had never heard of and the ground rose up, blocking the attack, although it was destroyed by the Power of Destruction that Rias had. "High speed chanting?"
"That's right." Queen Mab smiled as she held up her hands, parrying a sword strike from Yukiko and a punch from Koneko. "Naughty children." She whispered again, causing the wind to suddenly kick up and turn into violent blades that cut apart the clothing of Koneko, who was durable enough to take the attack, and Yukiko, who managed to avoid the worst damage.
"Ah, dang it." Yukiko grumbled before creating a sword of fire in her right hand and a sword of ice in her left hand. "Guess we can't hold back, huh?"
"I'd be insulted if you did, children." Queen Mab said with a savage grin on her face.
(-)
In the air, Irina and Xenovia, who had Ex-Durandal drawn, joined Akeno in attacking Titania.
"Oh dear." The buxom leader of the Fae smiled as her left index and middle finger both glowed. With a flick of her wrist, she sent out a wave of yellow energy that slammed into Irina and Xenovia, launching them into some vines, which came to life and wrapped the girls up in provocative poses with Irina being bent over, her arms bound together under her breasts, which pushed them up while vines wrapped around her hair and pulled back, making her head jerk backwards and her legs were tied together.
Xenovia, on the other hand, was in a seated position with her legs spread, arms tied up above her head and vines wrapped around her stomach, thighs and breasts, restraining her.
"There, that should keep the distractions to a minimum." Titania smiled and looked at Akeno, who was glowing and crackling with power. "And you? Why is Alfea's fate so important to you? What is she to you?"
Akeno glared at Titania. "She's family! Whenever I needed someone who could listen to me, she was there!"
"That makes her family?" Titania said in amusement as Akeno let loose a yell and lightning crashed down on the Fae Queen from all directions. Sadly for Akeno, a powerful barrier of wind appeared around Titania, disrupting the electrical attack. "You, who has no connection of blood, dare to claim that a member of the Fae is your family?"
Gritting her teeth, Akeno's eyes were crackling with lightning as, to Titania's surprise, four new black feathered wings grew out of her back, bringing the number of wings on her back from two to six. "ASIA IS MY SISTER!"
Suddenly the lightning grew in intensity and blasted through Titania's shield, crashing into her from all sides.
When the lightning attack ended, all that was left was a cloud of smoke and dust as Akeno panted. "It doesn't matter if she's related to me by blood or not. After everything she's done for me, I can call her my sister, because I choose to. The bond I have with her is stronger than what I have with my own father."
As the dust and smoke cleared away, it revealed a slightly singed Titania floating in the air, dusting herself off. "Impressive. Even if I'm not the strongest of the Fae, to deal even this much damage to me is more than I can say that I was expecting." She gave Akeno a smile and a look of respect. "To go so far for someone you call your sister, impressive." She held out her hand as a wooden staff formed in it. "For that, I shall actually put forth more effort into this fight." She held up her staff and multi-colored orbs formed in the air around her and Akeno.
"I don't know what you're planning, but I will stop you!" Akeno yelled as she called forth her Holy Lightning and launched it at Titania, only for it to get absorbed into one of the orbs. "Oh no, not this trick again."
"Oh? You know about time displacement magic?" Titania asked with a smug smile on her face at the expression Akeno had on her face. "I'm guessing not. If you did, you would know that we Fae can send anything, from energy to people, into the future at whatever point we want. Like... Right now." She said as she disappeared and a bolt of lightning came crashing through where she had been a moment ago and straight at Akeno, who threw up a barrier to block the attack.
Titania reappeared a moment later, cupping her chin and smiling at Akeno. "Impressive, your power has increased so much that you could block even your own attack. And all because of how you feel about Alfea." She glanced back at the flower as it shifted. "I wonder how you will feel about her when she fully awakens."
(-)
Not far away from the others, Issei charged at Oberon, only to find his fist stopping right in front of the Fae leader before he got blasted away by what felt like a strong bolt of lightning.
"GAH!" Issei cried out as he crashed onto the ground before getting back up. "That hurt."
"What makes it worse, partner, is that I couldn't even feel magic build-up. For an attack that strong, there usually is some sort of warning or indication."
"Strong?" Oberon asked with a raised eyebrow. "There was hardly any power thrown behind that attack. If you want power..." Suddenly three dozen bolts of lightning slammed into Issei from all directions with incredible power and speed, causing him to scream in pain. Oberon watched as Issei fell to his knees and panted. "For someone with such an impressive title, you are not very impressive. There really is no reason for you to fight. Allow me to take Alfea with me and nothing more shall happen to you."
"FUCK OFF!" Issei yelled as his gems glowed and his armor changed from red to gold.
"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!"
"Hmm?" Oberon raised an eyebrow. "Your power... That's a Holy aura that's merged with you, huh?"
"YOU'RE NOT TAKING ASIA ANYWHERE!" Issei screamed and launched a golden orb of power at Oberon, who merely held up a hand, and the orb dissipated. "RAAAAAH!" Issei yelled as his boosters activated and he launched himself at Oberon with intense speed.
When Oberon seemingly moved so fast that after-images were left behind him and he got behind Issei, the golden-armored Devil turned, seemingly in slow motion, as Oberon simply slapped Issei's chest with an open palm, sending him flying into the trees. "You thought that was speed?" Oberon asked as Issei slid down to his feet.
"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!"
A pillar of energy erupted from where Issei was as trees were blown away from his power as two large shoulder cannons appeared on his back. "FUCK YOU!"
The blast rocketed towards Oberon, who simply closed his eyes as the blast splashed against a clear barrier, scattering the energy all around him. When he opened his eyes, he saw a stunned Issei staring at him. "Impressive, I had to put effort into that barrier. Not since I faced Inti have I actually had to put forth that much effort."
Issei was about to say something when the flower behind Oberon suddenly shifted and moved, causing the fighting in the area to stop as everyone turned to see the petals fully opening up and parting away, revealing a person in the center of it.
It was obviously Asia, but there was a change, her hair was the same color and length, but her skin had gotten pale, her entire body from the neck down was covered in a black wrap. She opened her eyes and they had changed color from green to a bright yellow.
"Asia..." Issei said softly as he looked at the changes her body had gone through. "Is that you?"
End Chapter 12
Oh dear, Asia...