When Lightning Strikes

by Lexvan

What would happen if the Grey Sisters, of Greek legend told the leaders of the Greek Patheon about the dangers that were coming to the town of Kuoh? Threats that would, in time, come for them if not taken care of. Well, they would send a Demi-Olympian of their pantheon to help take care of said threats. Also, Issei has a twin sister in this story.

15. Chapter 15

"Issei."= When characters are talking to each other.

'Lucas'= When characters are thinking to themselves or when Issei and Vali are talking to their partners through their mental link.

[Ddraig]= When a dragon speaks out.

{Ddraig}= When a dragon speaks to their host through their mental link.

Chapter Fifteen:

There Le Fay Pendragon was staring at her mirror where she saw one Vernon Dulocke sitting in a chair smirking at her knowing she was surprised to se him alive.

"How?! How are you alive?!", Le Fay questioned. "I saw you die!"

"Did you? Did you really see me die?", Dulocke asked.

"You used a clone to throw us off. Followed by lifting the curse.", Le Fay said figuring things out. "You used this to get away so you could recover from your wounds and now..."

"Now I'm back and better than ever!", Dulocke said.

"So what do you want?", Le Fay asked. "And before you say it, no! I will not be your bride!"

"Do you not remember what happened the last time you turned me away, my little Le Fay?", Dulocke said.

"That was then, this is now!", Le Fay said. "I'm way more powerful now! I can even attack you through this link you set up!"

"Prove it.", Vernon said with a smirk.

"Gladly!", Le Fay said as she held out her right hand and tried to fire a powerful stun attack only for it to fail. "What?!", she questioned as she tried gain only to fail. "What's going on?!", she questioned as she looked at her hand.

"Poor, foolish Le Fay.", Dulocke said. "Did you not think I wouldn't have prepared for this?"

"How are you able to do this?!", Le Fay questioned.

"Nice flowers you have there, Le Fay.", Dulocke said with a smirk surprising Le Fay as she turned to look at the flowers and the fragrance they were giving off.

It was then that Le Fay looked at the flowers and recognized them as she backed away from them.

"No!", she said softly as she figured it out. "The flowers were from you?!"

"That's right.", Dulocke said smirking. "And those flowers, when alone, do nothing. But when put together, their fragrance can nullify a mages' powers for a while."

"But how did you know about my date with Lucas?", Le Fay asked.

"I left a bit of my power hidden within you after I lifted my curse.", Dulocke said. "I've been able to see everything through your eyes ever since.", he explained sending a shiver down Le Fay's spine. "It pained me to see you go through your... growing pains as you were growing to your true age, but to see you at your true age for the first time is something I shall never forget!", he said with a smirk.

"Pervert.", Le Fay said with a glare as a blush developed on her face.

"Perhaps, but one takes what they can get.", Dulocke said. "Now, about our engagement."

"Not going to happen!", Le Fay said. "I will never marry you!"

"And here I was hoping you would have came to your senses.", Dulocke said. "Oh well. Looks like I'll have to redo the curse."

"You'll have to hit me with it first!", Le Fay said as she was about to leave the room only for her to be frozen in place. "What the...?!"

"Don't forget about the power I left in you, Le Fay.", Dulocke said with a smirk. "Right now I'm using it to keep you where you are. Sadly, it won't last long for there isn't much of it left. But it'll be enough for me to use this.", he said as he made a small pale green crystal shard appear. "Do you know what this is?"

"A Chrono shard!", Le Fay said knowing what Vernon was going to do.

"Very good, my darling Le Fay.", Dulocke said. "Now with this small shard I can only use it once before it turns to dust. But it'll do. Now I'll be nice and make you fourteen!" he said as he fired a beam from the shard through his mirror that was linked to Le Fay's mirror.

All Le Fay could do was cry out as the beam hit her and revert her back to the age of fourteen as her dress drops off her revealing her body to a smirking Dulocke.

"Last chance, Le Fay. The effects of the shard are temporary and you'll grow back to your true age in time.", Dulocke said. "Unless I put my curse on you again. Now will you be my wife!"

"Never!", Le Fay said as she glared at him.

"Very well then.", Vernon said as his right hand glowed purple. "Fourteen you are and fourteen you shall remain until you take the Dulocke name!", he said as he fired a familiar purple beam through his mirror and at Le Fay who remembers the feeling of the curse being placed on her. "Alas, my curse has been put back on you, my little Le Fay. And it shall remain until you agree to being my wife. Farewell, my little Le Fay.", he said as the image of Dulocke faded in her mirror, showing her as a fourteen year old girl.

Seeing this, Le Fay also feels that she can move again as she drops to her knees and lets out a scream of pain and fury followed by shedding tears as she curled up in a fetal position and cried. As for Vernon, he just sat in his chair smirking at his handy work knowing that things were going as planned.

"Soon, my little Le Fay.", Dulocke said as he drank some wine. "Soon you shall be my bride giving me the power I deserve."

Sometime later, we have Lucas who is dressed in a pair of black dress pants and shoes with a blue dress shirt with a black tie heading to the Pendragon home to pick up Le Fay for their date. Once there, he sees a woman taking some bags of food out from a car. She is in her early twenties with blue eyes and black that she has tied above her head. She is dressed in a gray long skirt with white shoes and a blue shirt. She is Elaine Westcott, Arthur Pendragon's fiance. Knowing the woman, he goes to help her with her groceries.

"Hi, Miss Elaine! Need a hand?", Lucas said getting the woman's attention.

"Oh! Hello, Lucas!", Elaine said with a kind smile. "I take it you're here to take Le Fay out on her date."

"Indeed I am.", he said as he helps Elaine with the bags. "I hope she's ready to go."

"I do believe she is ready.", Elaine said with a giggle thinking back to how excited Le Fay was about the date.

Once inside, they find a not to happy looking Arthur.

"Arthur? What's wrong, my love.", Elaine asked as she walked up to Arthur.

"You okay, man?", Lucas asked.

"Come with me", Arthur said as he guided them upstairs and to Le Fay's bedroom.

"What's going on, Arthur?", Lucas asked.

"You'll have to see for yourself.", Arthur said as began to open the door. "Le Fay. Elaine is here. And so is... Lucas."

"No! No! No! No! No! No! No!", Le Fay cried out as the sound of her running to the door and slamming it shut. "I don't want him to see me like this!"

"What's going on, Le Fay?", Lucas asked.

"Please go away, Lucas.", Le Fay said as she is now leaning back against the door. "I don't want you to see me like this again!"

"Again?!", Lucas questioned. "Please let me in, Le Fay. Whatever it is, we can get through it. Please."

It was then that the door opened and Lucas and Elaine saw a fourteen year old Le Fay standing before them dressed in a pair of gray sweatpants and a red tank-top.

"Oh my!", Elaine said with a gasp.

"Le Fay?! What happened?", Lucas questioned only for Le Fay to burst into tears as she ran up to Lucas and held onto him as she cried. "What's going on?", he asked as he held a trembling Le Fay in comfort as she continued to cry.

"He's alive.", Arthur said. "Vernon Dulocke is alive.", he said surprising Elaine and Lucas.

Sometime later, we have the four of them down in in dining room of the Pendragon home with them all sitting at tha table drinking some tea as Le Fay explained all that had happened to Arthur, Elaine, and Lucas.

"He played us good.", Lucas said. "He faked his death to throw us off and waited for he right time to strike."

"But why act now?", Arthur questioned as he was thinking things over. "He could have waited for a couple of years and gotten stronger before returning.?"

"He never was one to be patient.", Elaine said remembering how Vernon was in the past. "But with all of the allies you have, you would think he would think twice before acting."

"So why act now?", Lucas questioned. "Unless... "

"He's part of a peerage!", the four of them said.

"But who's peerage is he in?", Le Fay questioned.

"Perhaps the one of the guy who wanted Asia had they gotten her back then.", Lucas figured.

"Makes sense." Arthur said. "They could have been watching our battle with Kokabiel and helped Vernon when he was injured."

"And now he's putting his plan to get Le Fay in action.", Lucas said. "We have to tell the others. Along with Azazel. If anything, he may have a good idea as to who it was that was behind what Asia went through."

"Not to mention whether or not they are with the Khaos Brigade.", Arthur said. "Are you okay with the others seeing you like this, sister?"

"I'll... I'll be okay.", Le Fay said with a weak smile. "The sooner we solve this, the sooner I'll be back to normal.", she said as she headed up to her bedroom to get changed.

"I'll come with you.", Elaine said as she went with Le Fay upstairs.

"Just when she was so happy.", Arthur said. "Vernon shall pay for this.", he said with balled up fist.

"On that we both agree, my friend.", Lucas said as he placed a comforting hand on Arthur's shoulder.

As for Le Fay and Elaine, once in Le Fay's bedroom, they began to look through the clothes for something that would fit Le Fay. As they were doing this, Elaine saw Le Fay just staring at her reflection in her full length mirror and knew she was still hurting. Saying nothing, Elaine walked up to Le Fay and hugged her from behind in comfort. It was then that Le Fay began to cry letting out all her anger and pain. Knowing she needed this, Elaine let her cry as she held the young Pendragon in comfort. Sometime later, Lucas had called Azazel who had called the others to the former room that was the ORC for an emergency meeting. Everyone was there except for Le Fay and Elaine who Lucas would call when the time was right.

"So what's going on, Azazel?', Issei asked.

"Ask, Mr. Stone.", Azazel said. "He's the one who wanted this meeting."

"This had better be important.", Rias said. "I'm still trying to rebuild my peerage.", she said knowing full well why they were all there.

"Azazel, did Kokabiel tell you anything about the guy who wanted Asia in his peerage?", Lucas asked surprising everyone with his question.

"Not much. All he said was that had Dohnaseek completed his part of the plan and extracted her Sacred Gear, she would have died, and that the one who wanted her would have came and used one of his pieces to make her his servant.", Azazel said. "Why bring this up now?"

"I think he helped pull a fast one on us.", Lucas said as he formed a communication circle and talked into it. "Okay. You can come over now."

"Whats going on, Lucas?", Sona asked just as a teleportation circle appeared and Arthur, Elaine, and Le Fay appeared. "Le Fay?!", she questioned surprised, like everyone else, to see a fourteen year old Le Fay.

"Hello, everyone.", Le Fay said with a sad smile. "Guess who's not dead."

"No way!", Kalawarna said. "We saw him die! He took himself out right in front of us! Unless..."

"Unless it was a clone that we saw blow himself up.", Raynare said.

"Which threw us all off, in the heat of battle.", Arthur said. "And now Dulocke is back and still trying to make Le Fay his bride."

"Talk about an itch you can't scratch.", Nozomi said. "So any idea where this Dulocke guy is?"

"Not a clue.", Lucas said. "Where ever he is, he has a powerful barrier hiding himself well."

"And to make matters worse, we couldn't do anything to him even if we were to find Dulocke.", Azazel said.

"What do you mean?", Katase asked with a raised eyebrow.

"If Dulocke is in a peerage, he's basically under a type of sanctuary kind of protection.", Lucas explained. "And if that's the case, we can't go after him. Instead, some sort of deal, trade, or wager would have to be made."

"Like a Rating Game match where if our peerage were to win then Dulocke would have to lift the curse.", Irina said.

"Exactly.", Lucas said. "But the downside is what would happen if we were to lose."

"So we find out where Dulocke is and see if he's in a peerage or not.", Erica said.

"And we go forward from there.", Azazel said thinking things over. "Ten to one he wouldn't show himself until the meeting this Summer. So until then, everyone go about your normal ways and get ready to leave for the Wyvern Realm in a week. Speaking of which, I need to speak with you four Kings about something, in private."

"Boy I'd love to have a good whack at this Dulocke guy!", A-Ko said as she punched the palm of her left hand with her right fist. "Guy's needs a good beating!"

"On that we both agree.", Le Fay said as they along with everyone teleported away leaving Rias, Issei, Sona, and Lucas alone with Azazel.

"So what's up Azazel?", Lucas asked.

"Diodora Astaroth.", Azazel said surprising Rias and Sona.

"Okay. Who's Diodora Astaroth?", Issei asked.

"According to Kokabiel, the guy who wanted Asia in his peerage.", Azazel said.

"And you telling just the four of us, because...?", Lucas questioned.

"Because Sirzechs, Ajuka, Serafall, and Falbium want it that way.", Azazel said. "For now anyway. We all believe that he may be in leauge with the Khaos Brigade. And if that's the case, there could be others."

"Others that you're trying to flush out.", Sona figured.

"Yes.", Azazel said. "So for now, I need you to keep this to yourselves. At least until after the meeting of young dragons."

"I don't like it, but I do understand.", Lucas said. "I'll keep quite about this until after the meeting."

"As will I.", Sona said.

"I'll keep quite.", Issei said.

"So will I.", Rias said.

'If only you all knew the truth.', she thought to herself.

"Good to hear.", Azazel said. "Now go and get ready for what's to come. And be careful. The Khaos Brigade is still out there. No telling what they have planned."

Agreeing with Azazel, the four young peerage leaders teleported to their peerages to continue with their training knowing that they needed o be ready when the time came. Once they were gone, Azazel pulled out a bottle of wine along with a wine glass and poured himself some wine.

"The times, they are a changing.", Azazel said before taking a sip of his wine. "Wouldn't you agree... Lady Grayfia?", he asked knowing that he wasn't alone.

Sure enough, the wife of Sirzechs appeared from behind a barrier she had up to hide herself from the teenagers.

"Indeed they are, Azazel.", Grayfia said.

"So what do you think?", Azazel asked before taking a sip of his wine.

"That Rias is playing a dangerous game in recruiting Vernon Dulocke into her peerage.", Grayfia said. "Once the others find out about this, she will lose plenty of trust among the others."

"Not to mention the beating she'll get when Lucas challenges her to a Rating Game to free Le Fay from Dulocke's curse.", Azazel said. "So does Sirzechs still want all this to play out?"

"He does.", Grayfia said. "He feels that if Rias wants to keep playing this type of game, then she needs to deal with the consequences."

"Fair enough.", Azazel said before taking another sip of wine. "This promises to be an interesting Summer.", he said as he poured Grayfia a glass of wine.

"Most interesting indeed.", Grayfia said with a small grin before taking a small drink of wine.

Now as for Rias, she was at her family's mountain villa with her peerage which consisted of her Knight, Kiba. Her Rook, Vernon Dulocke and her Pawn, Dohnaseek. She was quite impressed with how everything was turning out. Not only is Le Fay now fourteen and under Dulocke's curse, but none of the others know that Dulocke is apart of her peerage.

"So what did Azazel want to talk about?", Kiba asked Rias as she sat down in one of the chairs of the living room.

"It seems that the higher ups believe that the younger brother of Ajuka Beelzerbub may be with the Khaos Brigade.", Rias said. "They also think the our dear Vernon is in his peerage.", she said with a smirk.

"Is that so?', Vernon said with a smirk of his own. "If they only knew the truth."

"They will soon.", Rias said. "And when they do, we'll be one step closer to having the Pendragon siblings in our peerage.", she said before sipping some tea.

'Soon, I shall have all I desire.', Rias thought tom herself as she sipped some more tea.

'Soon you shall be mine, my dear Le Fay.', Dulocke thought to himself with a smirk. 'Very soon.'

Meanwhile, with Issei and his Peerage...

"What do you mean, you can't tell us what you talked to Azazel about when we left?!", Murayama questioned.

"I mean, I can't tell you what we talked about when you all left.", Issei said. "It was for our ears only. At least for now."

"It has something to do with the upcoming meeting doesn't it?", Motohama asked. "Someone that might be part of the Khaos Brigade, you told us about."

"Pretty much.", Issei said. "Everything is real hush hush right now. So Azazel can only say so much. Which means that he's taking a big chance by telling us four Kings what he told us. So I will not betray his trust by telling what he told us to keep to ourselves."

"I guess that makes sense.", Matsuda said. "I mean we could slip up and do more harm than good."

"But..."

"Murayama, stop.", Akia said. "Issei can't say anything because the higher ups want the one they suspect to be kept off guard. The less who know thet better."

"And if we were to know who the person they suspect was, we would act odd around them.", Kiyome said. "Thus messing things up for the higher ups in finding out if they're with the Khoas Brigade."

"But..."

"Enough, Murayama.", Issei said. "I can't and will not say anymore on the matter. And don't bother going to the other three Kings about this."

"Is that an order?", Murayama questioned with narrowed eyes.

"Do I have to make it one?", Issei questioned to which Murayama said nothing as she left with a huff.

"This won't end well.", Katase said.

"Just give her some time to cool off.", Issei said. "I'll talk to her then. Hopefully, she'll see the logic in everything."

{Do you really believe that, partner?} Ddriag asked.

'One can hope, bud.', Issei replied. 'One can hope.'

{Then let us hope she doesn't do anything foolish.} Ddriag said. {For all our shakes.}

'Don't let me down, Murayama.', Issei thought to himself. 'The last thing I want to do is kick you out of my peerage for being an idiot.'

Now as for the Sitri and Stone Peerages, they knew that whatever Azazel told their leaders was for them and them only and didn't press the matter as they went to go relax and do what they would normally do. Which left Lucas and Sona time to spend together at his place. Something they took full advantage of.

"Mmmmmmmm... Feel so good!.", Sona moaned as Lucas was doing what he was doing to her. "Please don't stop, Lucas!"

"As you wish, my dear Sona." Lucas said as he was massaging her right foot with some light electricity in his hands that helped made the massage feel so good to Sona as he switched to her left foot.

"Mmmmmmmm... So good!", Sona said before biting her bottom lip at how good Lucas' massaging was.

"You've been on your feet a lot more than usual.", Lucas said. "I take it that you've been doing some extra training."

"Serafall been having me doing some extra training before she can teach me what she wants to teach me." Sona explained. "She says I need to strengthen my body before I can learn the two skills she wants to teach me."

"Hence the extra training.", Lucas said.

"Yeeeeeeeeeah.", Sona said as she was enjoying Lucas' massage. "But I have to admit that I am getting stronger from the extra training."

"Good to hear.", Lucas said as he finished massaging Sona's feet. "So what do you want to do next?"

"Well we are in your bedroom.", Sona said with a smirk.

Saying nothing the two Dragon-Kin shared a loving kiss before they began to strip out of their clothes. Now in another partr of Kuoh, we have Murayama who is still upset about Issei not telling her and the rest of their peerage about what Azazel talked to them about. She had thought that Issei was going to tell them about it, yet he didn't tell them anything. He may of had his reasons, but he could have said something!

"Stupid, Issei!", Muryama said as she was walking down the sidewalk. "He could have said something to us.", she said as she was walking past some people.

"Murayama?"

Murayama turned to see Momo and Reya dressed in normal clothes holding some shopping bags.

"Hey, Momo. Hey, Reya.", Murayama said.

"You okay?", Reya asked.

"Yeah. No. I don't know.", Murayama said with a sigh. "I'm just upset with Issei."

"Dare I ask what happened?", Momo asked.

"Well, it has something to do with whatever it was Azazel talked to him and the other Kings about.", Murayama said.

"Let me guess. You figured that he would tell you but didn't and now you're upset about it.", Momo said.

"Well... Yeah!", Murayama said. "Didn't Sona tell you girls about what Azazel talked to them about?"

"No she didn't.", Reya said. "And no matter how much we beg or plead, she won't say anything. For if Azazel says to keep it hush hush, then that's what she and the other Kings will do."

"But...", Murayama began to say only for Momo to stop her by holding out her hand stopping her.

"Listen, Murayama. There are going to be times that our masters will have to keep certain things from us.", Momo said. "Sometimes they can tell their Queens, but that's just about it. The King carries a heavy burden. One that does not need for their servants to get mad about not knowing something they're not meant to know at the moment."

"We just need to support them and be there when they need us.", Reya said. "So I suggest that you go and make amends with Issei, now and hope he accepts your apology."

Realizing that Reya and Momo were right, Murayama nodded to the girls before she headed back to Issei's. Seeing this, Momo and Reya nodded with each other with a grin before heading back to their apartment with their food. As for Murayama, it didn't take her long to get back to Issei's with her Dragon-Kin stamina as she was now standing at the front door of the Hyoudou home. After taking a deep breath, Murayama rang the doorbell. Knowing who it was, Issei opened the door to see Murayama who gave him an apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, Issei.", Murayama said as she looked Issei in his eyes. "You're our King. And if you say you can't tell us something, we should respect that."

Saying nothing, Issei pulled Murayama into a kiss that she returned with a smile. He then let her in so they could spend some time together. Now as for Lucas and Sona, they were relaxing in his bed after their little romp, enjoying their alone time together. It was peaceful moments, like this, that Lucas liked having with Sona or any of the other ladies in his life. And right now, he was enjoying his time with Sona knowing that he wouldn't much time with her when they went to the Wyvern Realm.

"Mmmmmmm... Today was a good day.", Sona said with a smile as she held onto Lucas who had his left arm wrapped around Sona's waist.

"Yes it was.", Lucas said as he took his left hand and rubbed Sona's rear earning a happy moan from her as she snuggled up to Lucas a bit more.

"I wish we could just stay here instead of going back to the Wyvern Realm, but I do miss my family.", Sona said as she held onto Lucas a bit more.

"That and we both know that Serafall has already told your parents about me.", Lucas said with a smile getting a groan from Sona which got a chuckle out of him. "We both know it's true."

"I know.", Sona said as she looked up at Lucas. "I just hope they approve of me being one of your mates."

"Because I'm a Drake Class of Dragon-Kin.", Lucas figured getting a nod from Sona. "Then I'll just have to prove myself to them. I'm not about to give up on us so quickly Sona. Being with you is one of the best things that has happened to me.", he said with a smile that Sona returned before they shared a kiss.

"I feel the same way.", Sona said. "No matter what others say, I'm not giving up on us."

"Glad to hear it.", Lucas said. "Now I say we get up from here and get something to eat. Cause I'm hungry!", he said getting a giggle from Sona as they got up from his bed and got dressed before heading downstairs to get a bite to eat.

Time passed and soon it was Summer Break which meant that it was a good seven days before the young Dragon-Kin had to go to the Wyvern Realm for the Young Dragon's Meeting. Which meant that they all had to get things in order. Of course, they had to get up and start the day first. And for some of them, that was going to be a bit hard. First let's go to Sona who has just woken up in her bed with a yawn and a smile. She's happy because she doesn't have to worry about Kuoh Academy with it being Summer Break. Yet now she has to worry about going home and seeing her parents. Now don't get me wrong, she loves her family and is looking forward to seeing them. Really she is. It's just that, now that she's with Lucas, she knows that her mother and father will have plenty of questions for her and Lucas when they meet. Something she hope goes well. But for right now, she has to get up and take a shower before she does anything else.

"Maybe I should get some training in with my peerage before we leave for the Wyvern Realm.", Sona said as she headed for the shower. "It couldn't hurt."

After her shower, she had her breakfast and called her peerage and had them meet in the forest, outside of Kuoh, for some extra training.

"So we're doing more training?", Saji asked with a yawn as she stood with the rest of her peerage members, who were all dressed in their gym clothes ready for training.

"Yes, Saji. We are.", Sona said. "Thanks to Azazel and Hermes, you now have a completed Vitra Sacred Gear.", she said as Saji called forth her Sacred Gear and looked at it happy to have it completed. "But you still need to have better control over it. Hence why we are here. We need to see how far we can get you in the power output of your Sacred Gear. Which is why you will be training with Tsubaki, who has great experience with her Sacred Gear, Mirror Alice."

"Right!", Saji said ready to train as she walked off with Tsubaki to begin their training.

"As for the rest of us, we shall be taking each other on in sparring matches to improve our skills as well.", Sona said to which the other agreed with a nod. "Tomoe and Tsubasa will face off while Momo, Reya, and Ruruko will face off against me.", she said ready to begin the training session.

Now while Tomoe and Tsubasa went off to spar, Momo, Reya, and Ruruko got ready to face Sona, who was more than ready as she raised her aura ready to fight. Seeing this, Momo and Reya readied themselves knowing how powerful Sona was. As for Ruruko, she made a mad dash for Sona, knowing full well that she was ready to go!

'We will get stronger!', Sona thought to herself as she readied herself for Ruruko's attack. 'I'll make sure of it!'

Now we got to one Rias Germory who is awake and taking a drink of water from her water bottle after taking a morning jog. You see, Rias decided to get in better shape to keep up with the others and not look weak. Hence the morning jogs and exercise. Now as for finding more peerage members, well... that's something for later. Right now, after taking her shower and having breakfast, Rias meets up with Kiba at the mountain villa for some training.

"More sword training?", Kiba questioned.

"Yes.", Rias said as Kiba created a cutlass and handed it to Rias.

"Then let us begin.", Kiba said as he formed a sword of his own.

"Let's", Rias said as they began their training.

'I'll get stronger and make them pay.', Rias thought to herself as she trained with Kiba in the way of the sword. 'All of them will pay!'

Now let's go back to earlier in the morning where we have Issei in his bed sleeping. As the morning sunlight hits his face, he wakes up about to sit up, only to remember that he's not in his bed. He remembers spending time with not only Kiyome but Kalawarna and Akeno as well. At first, Kiyome wanted him to help her find a powerful griffin to tame and Kalawarna and Akeno wanted to tag along. After three long hours of searching, they found one and cornered it long enough for Kiyome to tame and make one of her beast. Afterwards, they all ended up over Kalawarna's apartment where she had a large enough bed for them to enjoy themselves on. Which brings them to now where Issei is laying in the bed with Akeno on his right, Kiyome on his left, and Kalawarna on his stomach. All three ladies sleeping peacefully after their night with Issei.

"Aw, man! What a night!", Issei said with a smile.

"What a night, indeed."

Issei looked downward to see a smiling Kalawarna who made her way up to Issei and gave him a kiss that he returned.

"I'm so glad you got a big bed.", Issei said.

"Mmmmmmmmmm... Me too!"

Issei and Kalawarna looked to see Akeno awake with a sultry smile on her face before she and Issei shared a kiss while Issei gently rubbed her rear getting a happy moan from her.

"A girl can get used to mornings like this.", Akeno said.

"Yes one can."

Befofre he could react, Kiyome claimed Issei lips with a kiss he returned.

"That was for finding me a new griffin.", Kiyome said with a smile before giving Issei another kiss. "And that was for what we did here, last night."

"So what's the plan for today, master?", Akeno asked in a sulrty tone.

"You're enjoying calling me master a lot aren't you?", Issei asked Akeno with a smirk.

"Well you are our master.", Kiyome said.

"And when we go to the Young Dragon's Meeting, we'll have to address you properly.", Kalawarna said. "As well as in other places, while we're in public, in the Wyvern Realm."

"So we might as well get used to calling you Master Issei or Master Hyoudou now, before we go there.", Akeno said.

"Okay. Fine.", Issei said giving in. "You can call me master. But not all the time! Maybe during training. And when we're together, like this some times."

"I can work with that.", Kalawarna said.

"Me too.", Kiyome said.

"Same here.", Akeno said.

"Good.", Issei said. "Now, I just want to relax and enjoy this moment with you ladies.", Issei said with a smile, that the girls returned before they each gave him a kiss before relaxing with Issei and enjoying the moment as well.

And now we go back a few moments at Lucas' place where he has just woken up to find Nozomi laying on his left cuddled up to him. How it went down put a smile on his face as he thought back to it all.

(Flashback)

"Aw, man! What a day of training!", Lucas said after taking his shower and was wrapped in his towel about to get dressed for bed when suddenly Nozomi teleported into his bedroom dressed in a white XXXL dress shirt.

"Ummmmmm... Hey.", Nozomi said with a nervous smile.

"Hey", Lucas said. "So what brings you here, tonight?", he asked before Nozomi walked up to him and gave him a kiss that he had no problems returning.

"Take me.", Nozomi said. "Take me now and make me one of your women!"

"You sure about this?", Lucas asked. "There's no turning back from this, once we do it.", he said only to get a kiss from Nozomi.

"I want this.", Nozomi said with a small smile with a light blush.

Saying nothing, Lucas began to unbutton Nozomi's shirt and open it to see that she only had some green lacy underwear on which exposed her chest to Lucas. He then removed the shirt and let it fall to the floor before he scooped Nozomi up and walked her over to his bed and laid her down on it. He then kissed her knowing that it was going to be a good long night.

(End Flashback)

"Didn't see this coming.", Lucas said as Nozomi began to wake up slowly. "Good morning, my lovely Pawn.", he said as he rubbed her rear gently.

"Good morning, my King.", Nozomi said with a light moan.

"You okay?", Lucas asked.

"Yeah.", Nozomi said as she sat up and stretched her arms a bit before laying back down with Lucas. "Last night was amazing, if not a but sore at first.", she said. "But amazing in the end."

"I do aim to please.", Lucas joked getting a small laugh out of Nozomi.

"So will we be doing any training today?", Nozomi asked.

"Not today.", Lucas said. "I need to take care of something, today."

"And that is?", Nozomi asked.

"You'll see.", Lucas said before he wrapped an arm around Nozomi and pulled her close. "For now I just want to relax with you. And maybe have a bit of fun before you have to go back home.", he said getting a smile from Nozomi.

"I think I can handle that.", Nozomi said before they shared a kiss before relaxing with each other.

Later that day, Issei and Lucas called their peerages and had them meet them at one of the many clothing stores in Kuoh.

"So why are we here?", Katase asked.

"To pick something to wear for the Young Dragons Meeting.", Issei said. "From what Azazel told me, it'll be something of a formal affair."

"Once Issei told me this, I figured that we might as well go in there proper to show that we have some class.", Lucas said. "So guys, pick a tux to rent on the night of the meeting, while ladies pick a dress to wear."

"Actually, I'm wearing a kimono to the meeting.", Akeno said.

"Same here.", Koneko said.

"That's cool.", Issei said. "What about the rest of you?", he asked his peerage.

"I'm used to wearing dresses at events like this.", Kiyome said. "So I'll go with wearing a dress."

"Tux for me.", Matsuda said.

"Same here.", Motohama said.

"I-I-I would like to have a dress.", Asia said.

"I'm going a dress.", Kalawarna said.

"I'm going with a kimono.", Katase said.

"Me too.", Murayama said.

"Then let's get started.", Issei said as he and his peerage began to shop for dresses and tuxs.

"Now what about you all?", Lucas asked his peerage.

"I shall me wearing one of my yukata.", Ryuga said.

"Tux or me.", Richard said.

"A dress for me.", Erica said.

"Same for me.", B-Ko said.

"Me too.", A-Ko said.

"I'll go with wearing a dress as well.", Raynare said.

"I think I'll go with a dress as well.", Nozomi said.

"I do have some formal robes to wear, but maybe I should go with a dress.", Le Fay pondered. "What do you think?", she asked Lucas.

"You do have some nice formal robes.", Lucas said. "But if you wear a dress, and they have music playing, we can have a dance or two.", he said with a smile causing Le Fay to blush.

"I want a dress!", Le Fay said thinking about having a dance with Lucas.

"What about you two?", Lucas asked Irina and Xenovia.

"I would like to wear a dress.", Xenovia said.

"I would like to as well.", Irina said.

"Then let's do some dress shopping.", Lucas said as when his cell phone rang. "It's Sona.", he said as he answered the phone. "Hey, Sona! What's up? Me? I'm taking my peerage shopping for something to wear for the meeting. Really? Cool! See you in a bit.", he said before hanging up.

"What's going on?", A-Ko asked.

"Turns out Sona's peerage wishes to do some dress shopping for the meeting as well.", Lucas said as he put his phone away. "They'll be here in about ten to fifthteen minutes."

"This place is going to make some money today.", A-Ko said with a grin as she went to look for the right dress to wear.

As for the Sitri Peerage, they were there in ten minutes. When asked about Rias and her peerage, Sona said that she already had something for her and her peerage to wear. About a good hour of trying on clothes, everyone had something to where. Well all except Sona, who...

"My mother has something for me to wear after my body finishes... developing.", Sona said.

"Makes sense.", Lucas said. "Looking forward to seeing what you'll be wearing.", he said with a smile causing Sona to blush a little.

"Speaking of which, what are you two going to be wearing?", Nozomi asked Lucas and Issei.

"A tux.", Issei and Lucas said.

"I know that.", Nozomi said. "I mean, what will you be wearing with your tuxs?"

"Oh! I see where you're going with this, Nozomi!", Irina said. "Lucas, you're a King Drake that's also a Demi-Olympian desendent of Zeus & Hera while Issei is the Red Dragon Emperor. You two have to show up to the meeting with a bit of style."

"How about a cape or cloak to wear with their tuxs.", Saji suggested. "They can have some kind of emblem on them as well."

"That can work.", Issei said. "I'll go with a cape."

"Same here.", Lucas said. "You know, Saji, seeing as you're the host to Vitra maybe you should wear a little something extra as well."

"Hmmmmmm... Good point.", Saji said in agreement. "Now we'd just have to pick the colors of the capes and emblems."

"We can do that later.", Issei said with a yawn. "Right now, Nozomi and I have to get home for dinner."

"Same here.", Matsuda said.

"Me too.", Murayama said.

"I have to get home too.", Katase said.

"Then I say we call it a day and go get some rest.", Sona said.

"Agreed.", Lucas said as everyone said their goodbyes and went to their homes or apartments.

Later that evening, after having a good dinner and spending some time with his family, Issei was laying on his bed relaxing thinking about all that has happened.

'Can you believe all that has happened to us, Ddriag?', Issei said to the Welsh Dragon through their mental link. 'Survived a battle with Kokabiel, took on some of the Khaos Brigade's forces,and now we have a peerage that's about to go to a major meeting in the newly dubbed Wyvern Realm. All this in just a few months!'

{It has been quite the time, partner.} Ddriag said with a grin. {And it only gets more interesting from here.}

'Yeah.', Issei said just as a knock came at his door. 'Speaking of which.'

"Come in.", Issei said as the door opened and Asia walked in dressed in a white nightgown tht went down to the center of her thighs. "Hey, Asia. What's up?"

"Ummmmm... Is it okay if I spend the night with you, Issei?", Asia asked shyly with a slight blush.

Saying nothing, Issei pulled back the covers welcoming Asia unto his bed as she got in with him. Issei then covered them up as Asis wrapped har arms around Issei with a happy sigh getting comfortable. Issei, being comfortable, wrapped an arm around Asia giving her more comfort as if it was important that he keeps her safe. As she sleeps, Issei gently kisses her on the forehead causing her to smile a bit.

"Sweet dreams, Asia.", Issei says as he begins to let sleep overcome him.

Now over Lucas' home, we have Lucas who is about to go to bed when...

"Well today was fun.", he says as he pulls back his covers ready for bed. "I need to get some training in tomorrow.", he said just as a magic circle appeared in his bedroom. "Now who is this?", he questioned as Momo Hanakai appeared in his bedroom dressed in a white silk thin strapped nightgown that went down to her knees. "So what brings you here, Miss Hanakai?", Lucas asked before Momo walked up to him and gave him a kiss that he had no problem returning as he wrapped his arms around her waist while she had he hands on his chest enjoying the kiss.

"Mind if I stay the night?", Momo asked with a smile. "I just want to spend the night with you to see what it's like."

"I don't mind.", Lucas said as he and Momo got in his bed.

Once in his bed, Momo snuggled up to Lucas while he wrapped an arm around her holding her close. It felt weird at first, but after a while, she began to get comfortable as she rested her head on Lucas' chest.

"Goodnight, Lucas.", Momo said.

"Goodnight, Momo.", Lucas said as they both let sleep overcome them.

Days later, it was time to head for the Wyvern Realm. As he slowly woke up in his bed, Lucas felt that he was being held down by something. Or should say some one. Looking down, he saw that A-Ko and B-Ko were laying with him in his bed cuddled up to him. Both girls wanted to spend the night with Lucas before they had to leave for the Wyvern Realm. As he laid there, Lucas couldn't help but smile to himself as thought back to how he ended up with both girls in his bed.

(Flashback)

'Tomorrow I'm going to the Wyvern Realm.', Lucas thought to himself as he laid on his bed dressed in a pair of blue sleeping pants with his hands behind his head as he stared up at the ceiling. 'Once there, we'll be going to where ever it is we'll be staying at. I'll be meeting Sona and Serafall's parents, doing some training that Azazel has set up. And then tnere's the Young Dragons Meeting! I do not need this stress!', he said as he took a deep breath. 'You need to calm down, Lucas! Don't let the stress get to you. I so need some kind of stress releaver,'

It was then that a knock came at his bedroom door, catching his attention.

"Come in.", Lucas said as the door opened allowing A-Ko, who was dressed in a white mid-drift tank-top with white underwear, and B-Ko who was dressed in a lavender nightgown that went down to her knees, to enter the room. "Ladies."

"With all that has happened, and going to happen, we figured that you could use a way to work off some stress.", B-Ko said with a sly smile as she and A-Ko walked towards the bed.

"And who better than fellow Demi-Olympian to help with that?", A-Ko asked as she closed the door and locked it.

"Let's work off some stress, ladies.", Lucas said as he put up a soundproof barrier as he and the girls began to have their fun.

(End Flashback)

"Life is good.", Lucas said before he kissed both girls on their foreheads which woke them up with yawns. "Good morning, ladies."

"Good morning.", B-Ko said as she moved some of her hair from her face before giving Lucas a kiss.

"Morning.", A-Ko said as she gave Lucas a kiss before she and B-Ko snuggled up to Lucas as they held onto him a bit more for comfort. "Last night was amazing! So glad we decided to come in here, last night."

"You and me both.", B-Ko said with a smile. "Who knew you were that stressed, Lucas."

"Well there's a lot going on for us when we get to the Wyvern Realm.", Lucas said. "I just want things to go well.", he said before A-Ko and B-Ko gave him a kiss on his cheeks, surprising him.

"Everything will be alright.", B-Ko said with a smie.

"Yeah! We so got this!", A-Ko said smiling. "So just relax and enjoy the moment before we have to get ready."

Saying nothing, Lucas did as A-Ko said and relaxed knowing he needed to. As he was laying there, Lucas couldn't help, but smile at the peerage he had. People who he knew would be there for him like he would be there for them.

'Life is good.', he thought to himself with a smile.

Now over at the Hyoudou home, we have Issei who has just woken up to a smiling Asia who returned the smile.

"Good morning, Issei.", Asia said with a smile.

"Good morning, Asia.", Issei said returning the smile. "Did you sleep well?"

"Uh-huh.", Asia said. "I always feel safe when I'm with you, Issei.", she said with a slight blush as she looked at Issei shyly.

"I'm glad.", Issei said as he wrapped an arm around Asia's shoulders and pulled her close. "I'm also glad you joined my peerage. I would have been worried about you if you decided to stay with Rias.", he said getting a smile from Asia before she gave him a kiss on the cheek.

"Thank you for making me part of your peerage.", Asia said with a smile that Issei returned before he laid back down with Asia getting comfortable while enjoying the peace before they headed down to the Wyvern Realm.

Meanwhile, Sona was awake and having breakfast thinking about what was to come when she went back home. Mainly when Lucas was to meet her parents. Something she wasn't looking forward to, but knew was going to happen no matter what she did. She just hopes that everything works out. But with her and her sister being two of his many mates, she knows her parents will have their fair share of questions. As she sits at her tabe, a smile grows on her face remembering what she and Lucas said to each other when it comes to their relationship.

"We'll be okay.", Sona said to herself as she looked at her clock and saw what time it was. "I better get ready to meet up with the others!", she said as she finished her breakfast before finishing getting ready.

Now as for Rias, she was up and ready to as she and her peerage were at the secret location where the Gremory private train was to take the Gremory Peerage to the Wyvern Realm.

"Most impressive!", Vernon said as they sat in the train ready to go. "So is it true that we'll be traveling through the Dimensional Gap to get to the Wyvern Realm?"

"Yes, we will.", Rias said as she took her seat. "It's the fastest way to get to the Wyvern Realm, next to teleporting.", she explained. "But, seeing not all of you have been there, you can't just teleport there."

"Hence way we have to travel there by train.", Kiba said.

"Is everyone ready to go?", the conductor asked.

"Yes. We are.", Rias said.

"Very well then.", the conductor said as he left.

"Never thought I'd be going to your world like this.", Dohnaseek said.

"Don't worry to much about it.", Kiba said. "You're part of the Gremory Peerage now. Not even Azazel can touch you."

"Kiba's right, Dohnaseek.", Rias said. "All you and Vernon will have to do is lay low in the private villa, we have, and no one will know about you to being in my peerage until the Young Dragons Meeting."

"Then the real fun will begin.", Vernon said just as the trai began to move.

"Yes it shall.", Rias said with a smirk.

'I'm looking forward to seeing the looks on the other's faces when they see my new peerage.', Rias thought to herself as the Gremory train rode down the tracks.

Now later that day, the Red Dragon and Stone Peerages all met up at the secret location to catch the trains that would be taking them all to the Wyvern Realm. Everyone had their luggage with them and were ready to go. Also with them was Ryuga's girlfriend, Ming Lao who had showed up there a few days ago to be with Ryuga. The Sitri Peerage had already left on their train after saying their goodbyes to everyone along with Sona and her peerage each giving Lucas a kiss with Sona being the last. Now Issei and Lucas' peerages are waiting for their ride when Azazel showed up with some unexpected guess.

"Looks like the gangs all here!", Azazel said with a grin.

"I take it Azazel talked you guys into coming along.", Issei said to those that were with Azazel.

As for who they were, it was Vali and his team of Mittelt, Bikou, Kuroka, Arthur, Elaine, and Jeane.

"He did more than that!", Mittelt said with a beaming smile as she held out her hands showing a silver ring on each that had a Pawn symbol on them. "Ta-Da!"

"No way!", Lucas said surprised. "You have a peerage?!", he questioned Vali.

"I had to think about it for a bit when Azazel asked me about it, but I figured why not give it a go.", Vali explained.

"So who's who?", Irina asked.

"I picked to be one of his Pawns.", Mittelt said. "I even took two pieces!", she said as she showed her ring along with a silver pendant."

"I'm one of his Knights.", Jeane said as she showed her silver pendant.

"I'm one of his Bishops.", Kuroka said as she showed her silver bracelet.

"I'm his only Rook, for now.", Bikou said as he showed his silver pendant.

"I am Vali's other Knight with a mutation piece.", Authur said as he showed his silver pendant.

"And I am Vali's second Bishop.", Elaine said as she showed her silver bracelet.

"And that's thanks to the mutation Bishop piece I used on Kuroka.", Vali said. "So now we're heading to the Wyvern Realm with you all. Hopefully, I'll find more powerful people to take on.", he said with a smirk.

'You'll get more than that there, Vali.', Azazel thought to himself. 'If I play my cards right, you'll find your Queen there as well.', he said just as a train came pulling up to the station.

"Okay, kids! It's time to go all aboard!", Azazel said as they began to get on the train.

About twenty minutes later, the three peerages were relaxing as the train was taking them to the Wyvern Realm. But of course, Azazel had Issei, Vali, and Lucas go with him to another car to talk in private.

"So what's up, this time, Azazel?", Lucas asked.

"Just letting you know that we, in the higher ups are pretty sure that Diodora Astaroth is in league with the Khaos Brigade.", Azazel said.

"There's a "but" isn't there?", Issei questioned.

"Oh! You two are going to love this.", Vali said with a grin.

"But we need to find a way to expose Diodora and anybody else that's with the Khaos Brigade.", Azazel said.

"Do Sona and Rias know about this?", Lucas asked.

"Serafall is on the Sitri train telling Sona about it now, while Grayfia is on the Gremory train informing Rias about things.", Azazel said.

"So we just have to play nice when we meet the guy at the Young Dragons Meeting.", Lucas figured.

"As long as he doesn't try anything with Asia, I won't hurt the guy.", Issei said.

"Fair enough.", Azazel said with a grin. "Let's just hope Astaroth is smart enough to stay away from Asia."

"Let hope so, for his sake.", Lucas said knowing what Issei would do to the guy if he tried anything with Asia.

Sometime later, the three peerages were in the Wyvern Realm and heading for a manor where they would be staying. Elsewhere, we have Rias with her Peerage at the private villa they will be staying while they train and keep Vernon and Dohnaseek from being seen by the others. Once they unpacked and settled in, Rias called her parents over to explain everything that had happened since her little trial.

"I see.", Rias' father, Zeoticus Gremory, said as he rubbed his chin thinking over what Rias told him and his wife, Venelana Gremory. "So what Grayfia told us did happen!"

"She told you about it already?!", Rias questioned.

"Yes.", Venelana said taking a seat next to her husband. "We found it hard to believe that all but young Kiba had left your peerage. Yet, I see that he is the only one from your old peerage left."

"I made a vow to stay by Rias' side.", Kiba said proudly. "And I intend to keep that vow.", he said making Rias smile. "Unlike some people.", the Gremory Knight said thinking about his former teammates.

"Thank you, Kiba.", Rias said.

"So, who are your newer members?", Zeoticus asked.

"Well, this is my Pawn, Dohnaseek.", Rias said as he stepped forward. "Dohnaseek is... a Black Ryu Dragon-Kin.", she said as Dohnaseek sprouted his black feathered wings and black and blue dragon tail.

"Most impressive, Rias.", Zeoticus said.

"This is Vernon Dulocke, one of my Rooks.", Rias said as Vernon stepped forward. "He's a powerful mage from a family of powerful mages.

"A wise choice.", Venelana said. "But you still need a Queen for your peerage."

"Well I have someone in mind.", Rias said as she handed her father a folder that he opened.

"A smart choice.", Zeoticus said as Venelana looked at the file Rias had.

"Indeed.", Venelana said impressed with her daughter's choice. "She will help make your peerage strong. But you're going to need more than her to make your peerage a powerful one."

"I have two in mind to be my Pawns and two for my Bishops.", Rias said. "Which is who I will be going to see and a couple of days. But until then, I need to keep Vernon and Dohnaseek being part of my peerage a secret. For now, at least."

"I see.", Zeoticus said understanding where his daughter was going with things. "The less the others know the better."

"We shall keep this a secret, for you.", Venelana said. "But I do suggest that you be prepared for the fallout of all this when you reveale your peerage at the Young Dragons Meeting."

"I'll be ready, mother.", Rias said. "And when all is said and done, I'll have the Pendragon siblings in my peerage."

Now at the Sitri Manor, we have Sona who's with her peerage settling in for their time there. Once they were unpacked, they had lunch with Sona's mother who had her fair share of questions for the peerage.

"So, Sona, tell me about this Lucas boy.", Sona's mother, Selema Sitri said which almost caused Sona to spill her cup of tea. "Serefall tells me that he is a good and caring young man. But when I felt the seal begin to fade, I was able to put two and two together. He's the reason the seal has begun to fade. Am I right?"

"Yes, mother.", Sona said calmly.

"If I may ask, why did you put the seal on Sona in the first place?", Momo asked.

"You know, when Serafall broke her seal, and began to develop, one of her friends asked me the same question.", Selema said with a grin. "I told them the same thing I'll tell you. It was a tradition that was started a very long time ago by a female Sitri who wanted their daughter to find one who would love her for her and not her body. It may sound wrong, but think about how good it would feel to find one who loves you for you and you alone?"

"It does sound nice.", Tomoe said with a smile thinking about Lucas.

"Real nice.", Reya said thinking about the same thing.

"So I take it that's what happened with you and father.", Sona asked her mother.

"Indeed, it did.", Selema said with a smile that soon turned into a smirk. "Now tell me about how this Lucas is with not only you, but your whole peerage as well as other girls that are in his peerage.", she said getting the attention of all the girls.

"I can't believe Sarafall told you about that!", Sona said with a scowl. "I wanted to wait until the right time to tell you and father about that!"

"And how were you going to explain it all, Sona?", Selema asked her daughter. "Please explain it to me now about how you not only got with this Dragon-Kin, but how he also got with your peerage!"

"You do know that all of us are Dragon-Kin, now, mother.", Sona said with a sly smile getting some giggles from her peerage.

"Don't play games with me, young lady.", Selema said in a tone that said she was serious. "You and your peerage got with this Lucas, way before the truth of our people was made public. So start talking."

"Y-Y-Yes, ma'am.", Sona said not wanting to make her mother any madder as she began to tell all that happened with Lucas.

Now near a mountain, in the Wyvern Realm, is a large manor where the peerages of Issei, Vali, and Lucas are staying during their time in the Wyvern Realm. Once they were settled in, the three peerages did a bit of training together to get over their nervousness about being in the Wyvern Realm.

"This place is just weird.", Lucas said as he looked up at the sky that was a dark purple. "You can't tell if it's day or night here."

"Actaually, they do have a moon here.", Vali said.

"Well that helps.", Issei said. "So what's the plan for tomorrow, Azazel?"

"Nothing much. Just going over a few things with the leaders about the big gathering.", Azazel said. "Turns out that Sirzechs was able to convince Odin into joining our little alliance."

"So that's the Greek and Norse Pantheons that will be joining the alliance.", Issei said. "Looks like things are working out for us."

"Don't jinx it, kid.", Azazel said with a smirk. "It's during times like this when something big happens."

"Do you really believe that?", Lusac asked.

"When you've been around as long as I have, you'd be amazed at what can happen.", Azazel said.

"Good point.", Vali said. "So we just kick back a chill for now."

"Pretty much.", Azazel said. "After tomorrow, you all will begin your special training. So be ready, for it will not be a cake walk."

"That's comforting.", Issei said as he rolled his eyes.

"Training isn't suppose to be easy, kid.", Azazel said with a grin just as Rygua and Ming entered the room.

"What's up, you two?", Lucas asked.

"Ming has a request of you, Lucas.", Ryuga said.

"Okay. So what's your request, Ming?", Lucas asked.

"I... I wish to join your peerage.", Ming said surprising Lucas.

"Seriously?!", Lucas questioned getting a nod from Ming. "Can I ask why?"

"I'm a strong fighter with spears, staves, and halberds.", Ming said.

"I know that. I've seen you fight.", Lucas said. "You got skills."

"Well... I also wish to stand by Ryuga's side in battle.", Ming confessed.

"There it is.", Issei said with a grin.

"Makes sense that a lady would want to stand by her man.", Vali said.

"Agreed.", Lucas said as he summoned his box and took out his final Pawn piece. "Now are you sure about this, Ming?"

"Yes.", Ming said with a nod.

"Very well.", Lucas said. "What kind of jewelry do you want?"

"I wish for a pendant.", Ming said.

"Very well.", Lucas said as the orb transformed into a silver pendant. " Now be transformed and start your new life as a part of my peerage.", he said as he placed one of the pendant on her.

Once he did this, Ming felt a surge of power flow through her body as her eyes went wide. And just like with all the other members of the peerage, a set of blue wings sprouted from her back along with a blue dragon tail coming out from the small of her back.

"Hmmmmmm... A water Dragon-Kin.", Lucas said as he looked at Ming's wings and tail. "Impressive."

"It feels... strange.", Ming said as she flicked her tail a bit.

"You'll get used to it.", Ryuga said with a smile that Ming returned as they left to be alone.

"And with that, all you have left is your Queen piece.", Issei said.

"Who I'll meet this Summer.", Lucas said. "I just hope that she up to the task."

"Only time will tell.", Azazel said.

Later that evening, the Red Dragon Peerage, White Dragon Peerage, and the Stone Peerage, were relaxing in the hot spring that was behind the manor they were staying in. The hot spring was split so the girls were on one side while the guys were on the other side.

"Ahhhhhhh!", this feels nice!", Irina said with a happy sigh as she was sitting in the hot spring. "A girl can get used to this."

"Especially after a hard day of training.", Xenovia said as she leaned back in the spring.

"This does sooth one's body.", Katase said.

"And then some.", Murayama said before she looks over at Akia who's was looking at the wooden wall that kept the guys on their side of the hot springs. "You okay, Akia?"

"Just waiting for certain boys to try and take a peep.", Akia said.

"I don't think the boys would do something like that.", Ming said.

"You don't know the Perverted Trio.", Katase said.

"Aren't you with one of those three?", Akeno asked with a playful grin.

"Yes, but I know how he is.", Katase said. "There's no way he'd pass up a chance at taking a peep at us."

"Just be glad there's not small hole for them to peep through.", Murayama joked getting a laugh from Katase and Akia.

"They're not that bad are they?", Mittelt asked.

"Yes.", Murayama. Katase, and Akia said.

"Wow!", Kalawarna said. "I knew he was a pervert, but I did think it was that bad with Issei."

"He's not that bad.", Asia said with a small smile and blush.

"True. Issei isn't as perverted as his two buddies.", Murayama said.

"Let's just enjoy the hot springs for as long as we can.", Le Fay said. "Cause from what I've heard from my brother, we're going to be doing some hard training soon."

"Makes sense with the Khaos Brigade lurking about.", Kuroka said. "We need to be stronger than we are now to face them and beat them."

"Easier said than done.", B-Ko said. "We only know so much about the Khaos Brigade. What we need is more info about them."

"Hopefully, we'll get said info during the Young Dragons Meeting.", Elaine said.

"I sure hope so.", Raynare said.

"I hope so, too.", A-Ko said as she leaned back against the rocks that bordered the springs as she rested her arms on said rocks. "I'm all for a good fight, but I'd like to know what we're up against."

"Agreed.", Kiyome said. "The better prepared we are the better."

Agreeing with Kiyome, the ladies continued to enjoy their time in the hot springs. Now on the other side of the wooden wall, we have the fellas who were having a good time as well.

"Aw man! This feels good!", Issei said as he was relaxing in the hot spring. "We could use something like this in Kuoh!"

"Oh yeah!", Lucas said doing the same.

"It is rather soothing.", Arthur said.

"This reminds me of the mountain hot springs back, in China.", Bikou said as he was relaxing in the warm water.

"This does feel quite relaxing.", Richard said as he noticed Matsuda and Motohama as they were standing next to the wooden wall. "What are you two doing?"

"What do you think, bruh?!", Matsuda questioned. "Trying to get a peek at the hotties on the other side of this wall!"

"Seriously, guys?", Issei questioned.

"Come now, Issei. Don't tell me that you don't wish to observe the beauties that are on the other side of this wall.", Motohama said as he pushed up his glasses.

"Why am I not surprised?", Lucas questioned as he shook his head. "You two do know that all the ladies over there will kick your butts if you try to peek at them."

"Minus Asia.", Issei said. "She would tend to their wounds after their beating.", he said with a grin.

"Of course.", Lucas said. "As I was saying, if you try to peep, you two are going to be in it deep."

"It'll be worth it!", Matsuda said with a smirk,

"Need I remind you that one of the ladies over there is my Ming?", Ryuga questioned.

"Along with my Kuroka.", Bikou said.

"As well as my Elaine along with my sister?", Arthur added giving the duo a look that told them to think twice before they did something stupid.

Realizing they were not only outnumbered but also outclassed, Matsuda and Motohama sat back down in the warm waters not wanting to ensure the wrath of the fellas.

"Smart move, fellas.", Issei said with a grin. "Very smart move."

Later that night, after he got a quick bit to eat, Issei was heading to his room when he heard some voices coming from his room. He slowly opened the door to see Akeno, Kalawarna, Kiyome, and Murayama laying on his large bed dressed in their sleeping clothes. All waiting for him.

"Good evening, Issei.", Kiyome said with a smile.

"We've been waiting for you.", Murayama said.

"So why not come and have some fun.", Akeno said.

"You know you want to.", Kalawarna said with a sly smile.

"It's good to be me.", Issei said as he closed the door behind him.

As for Vali, he entered his room only to find Mittelt and Jeane on his bed waiting for him.

"Ready for bed?", Jeane asked with a smile.

"Somehow, I'm not surprised.",Vali said as he closed the door behind him and made his way towards the bed.

"You shouldn't be.", Mittelt said before she and Jeane grabbed Vali and pulled him onto the bed.

Meanwhile, Lucas was a bit surprised to see Raynare, Irina, Xenovia, A-Ko, B-Ko, and Nozomi on his bed ready for a fun night.

"Hello.", Lucas said surprised by this.

"Don't be to surprised.", A-Ko said.

"After all, you'll be gone for a good week.", Nozomi said.

"Which means that we need to take advantage of every moment we can.", Xenovia said as she and Raynare got off the bed and walked towards Lucas.

"Every moment, huh?", Lucas questioned as he closed the door.

"Yes.", Raynare said as she and Xenovia grabbed his arms and walked him over to the bed.

"And as our King, it's your job to make the members of your peerage happy.", Irina said.

"So get to work, My King.", B-Ko said.

"The things I do for my peerage.", Lucas said as he pulled a surprised Nozomi close and gave her a kiss she happily returned.

As for the the others, well Ryuga and Ming were sleeping well. Same goes for Arthur and Elaine as well as Bikou and Kuroka. Okay. Maybe Bikou and Kuroka were a bit rowdy, but it is them we're talking about. Anyway, let's check on Katase and Matsuda.

"You know, I'm pretty impressed that you and Motohama didn't try to peep on us girls at the hot spring.", Katase said as she laid in the bed with he man.

"I'm a more mature man now, babe.", Matsuda said proudly as he had an arm wrapped around Katase.

"That and some of the guys would have kicked your butts for trying to peep on their beloveds.", Katase said with a smirk.

"There... is that also", Matsuda confessed getting a giggle from Katase before she kissed Matsuda. "What was that for?"

"Being honest.", Katase said with a smile as she snuggled up to Matsuda.

"I can get used to this.", Matsuda said as he laid in the bed with Katase.

Meanwhile, we have Motohama and Akia who are also relaxing in a bed together.

"So, some of the guys stopped you and Matsuda from peeping om us, huh?", Akia questioned with a grin. "Serves you right, for even thinking about peeping on us."

"Yeah. Yeah.", Motohama said. "I get it. I need to be more mature.", he said only for Akia playfully tap his nose.

"It's okay to have a bit of fun.", Akia said. "Just don't go overboard with the perverseness.", she she as she cuddled up to Motohama.

"Fair enough.", Motohama said as he and Akia slowly fell asleep.

"Besides. If you play your cards right, I'm sure you and Matsuda will have more mates in the future.", Akia said. "Just remember that I'm your to mate."

"Always.", Motohama said as they shared a kiss.

Now, in another room, we have Asia, Koneko, and Le Fay having their own little sleep over. The three of them decided that they weren't ready to take that next step and had their little sleep over. Where Koneko confessed something to Asia and Le Fay.

"Really?!", Asia questioned. "You want to join Vaii's peerage?!"

"Yes.", Koneko said with a nod.

"But... But why?", Asia asked.

"I want to be closer to my sister.", Koneko said with a small smile. "We're finally reunited after all this time, and I want to make up for all the lost time and strengthen our bond as sisters again."

"Awwwwwww...", Asia and Le Fay cooed before hugging Koneko.

"We can talk to Issei about this tomorrow.", Asia said with a smile that Koneko returned.

"Thanks, Asia.", Koneko said as the three of them went back to enjoying their sleepover.

The next day, after having a good breakfast together, Asia and Koneko pulled Issei and Vali aside to talk.

"So let me get this straight.", Issei said after Koneko told him what she wanted. "You want to join Vali's team to be closer to your sister?"

"That's right.", Koneko said. "I know that this is sudden, but I've been thinking about this for some time now. Kuroka gave up a lot when she left me behind to keep me from thr life she had lived. And as happy as I am to be able to spend some time with her, I truly wish to be closer to her."

"Hence why you wish to be in my peerage.", Vali said getting a nod from Koneko. "I can respect that. And I know that Kuroka will be happy if you were in the peerage, but the real question is, will Issei be okay with trading you?", he questioned as he looked over at Issei.

"Issei?", Asia questioned hoping he would be okay with it.

As he sat there, Issei thought about it all. On one hand, he could trade Koneko to Vali and let her be happy with her sister. Yet doing this will make him short on Rook. But more importantly, he would be trading one of his friends to another peerage. Something he didn't like, even if he did see Vali as a friend. Yet he also wanted Koneko to be happy. So with a happy yet sad smile he looked at Koneko and...

"As much as I would love for you to stay in my peerage, I also want you to be happy.", Issei said. "So yes, if Vali is okay with it, I'll trade you to him."

Hearing this, Koneko's eyes began to water before she ran up to Issei and hugged him tightly.

"You really are a good Sekiryuutei.", Koneko said happy that Issei was going to grant her request.

"And you're a good sister.", Issei said returning the hug.

It was then that Issei felt someone hug him from behind.

"Thank you.", Kuroka said with a smile as a few tears ran down her face.

Seeing this, Vali said nothing as he let the two Nekomata sisters have their moment. Moments later, the Red Dragon Peerage and the White Dragon Peerage gathered together for the big trade. Also there was Lucas and his peerage who was surprised at the turn of events.

"I did not see this coming.", Nozomi said.

"But it's so sweet!", Irina said with watery eyes.

"It is kind of sweet.", A-Ko agreed as the trade began.

"You boys ready?", Azazel said as the magic circle appeared before them.

"Yes.", Issei and Vali said as they stood on opposite sides of the circle.

"I, Issei Hyoudou, trade my Rook, Koneko "Shirone" Toujou, to Vali Albion in exchange for his spare Rook piece.", Issei declared before all that were there.

"And I, Vai Albion, except said trade.", Vali said as he let go of his spare Rook piece which was a silver orb that floated over to Issei while Koneko walked over to Vali.

With the trade done, Kuroka and Koneko hugged each other happy to be closer with them in the same peerage. Seeing this, everyone else was happy for them as well.

"Are you... Are you crying?", Katase asked Matsuda.

"N-N-No!", Matsuda said as he quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve. "Just something in my eyes, yo!", he said only to get a giggle from Katase who knew better.

Later that day, Lucas was riding in a carriage with Azazel to the Sitri area dressed in a pair of black pants and shoes with a deep blue polo, shirt and gray blazer.

"Thanks for the lift, Azazel.", Lucas said as they rode the carriage.

"Don't sweat it, kid.", Azazel said. "The way I see it, this gives us a chance to talk."

"About what?", Lucas asked.

"The ladies in your life.", Azazel said. "You do know that sooner or later, some of them may find interest in another guy."

"That thought has crossed my mind.", Lucas said. "And if it happens, it happens. I wouldn't be the first Dragon-Kin it's happened to."

"Hmmmmmm... Something tells me that you have an idea or two about which of your ladies might leave you for another guy.", Azazel said with a smirk.

"There are a few.", Lucas said. "From the Sitri Peerage, I'd have to say that Tsubaki and Reya if they see a chance with Kiba. Tomoe if she meets a guy who peeks her interest. The same can be said for Tsubasa and Ruruko as well. As for Saji and Momo I do believe they'll stay by my side for a long time. Sona just may be a lifer.", he said with a smile thinking about his top mate.

"What about the ladies in your peerage?", Azazel asked.

"Hmmmmmmmmm... Well, I know that Irina, Xenovia, Le Fay, and Raynare aren't going anywhere anytime soon.", Lucas said getting a snicker from Azazel.

"That kid of mine is something else.", Azazel said thinking about Raynare.

"She sure is.", Lucas said with a smile. "Now as for Nozomi, I don't know. She may be okay with how things ae now, but she may want something more stable in the future. And if she finds some other guy that can do that for her, then I'm okay with that. As for A-Ko and B-Ko, those two are another story. With them being Demi-Olympians, like myself, they'll be with me one minute, and then may find interest in another guy the next minute. But deep down, the three of us have a special type of bond that keeps us together as friends with some very good benefits."

"Aw, to be young again.", Azazel said with a grin.

"So what's with the Q&A about my love life?", Lucas asked.

"Just wanted to make sure that you have your head on straight, kid.", Azazel said. "Most of your ladies have parents who may not be to keen on their daughters becoming the mates of certain... types of Dragon-Kin."

"You don't have to sugar coat it, Azazel.", Lucas said. "I'm a Drake Dragon-Kin. It doesn't matter if I'm a King Drake type along with being a Demi-Olympian who's the dependent of Zeus & Hera. There are going to be those that will still look down on me and my kind. Including certain Dragon-Kin. It just gives me more drive to show them my power and earn their respect.", Lucas said with a smirk.

"Now you're talking, kid.", Azazel said with a smirk of his own. "Show them your true power and win them over!", he said as they continued their ride.

Soon, Lucas was dropped off at the front gates of the Sitri Manor where he had to wait for someone to come and verify who he was. As he waited, he decided to strike up some conversation with the guards there as they stood tall with their wyvern wings and tails out.

"So how was the whole awakening for you guys?", Lucas asked as he sprouted out his black and gold tail and flicked it a few times. "Was it crazy or what?!"

"You have no idea.", one of the guards said.

"It did take some getting used to.", another guard said as a two familiar ladies came up to them.

It was Reya and Ruruko who were glad to see Lucas by the smiles on their faces. Reya was wearing a pair of white shorts and a yellow shirt that hung off at the shoulders leaving them bare with white sandals while Ruruko was wearing a pair of pink shorts with pink flip-flops and a lime green shirt with that went with the stockings she was wearing. Both ladies had their wings and tails out. Reya's tail was green while Ruruko's was pink.

"Open the gates, please!", Reya said to the guard who did as Reya said.

"Hello, ladies.", Lucas said to Reya and Ruruko who ran up to Lucas and grabbed his arms and walked him towards the manor. "Later, fellas.", he said as he walked off with Reya holding his left arm while Ruruko held his right arm as they made their way to the manor.

"So that's the guy that won over Miss Sona, huh?", a guard asked.

"Not only her but all the ladies in her peerage, it seems.", another guard said as they saw how close Reya and Ruruko were walking with Lucas.

"Some guys just get all the luck.", a guard said with a grin.

"He's going to need said luck when facing Lord and Lady Sitri.", a guard said as the rest shivered.

"So what should I expect when it comes to Son'a folks?", Lucas asked the two girls as they were walking to the manor.

"Questions.", Ruruko said. "And they won't be easy.", she added.

"She's right.", Reya said. "Lord and Lady Sitri has shown her reservations about Sona's... relationship with you.", she said with narrowed eyes.

"Mmmmm-Hmmmm.", Lucas said having a good idea where Reya was going. "Either they don't like that their daughter is with a Drake Dragon-Kin or that she is one of many mates of a Dragon-Kin. Or it could be both."

"I think you might be right.", Reya said.

"What about the rest of you?", Lucas asked. "What do Lord and Lady Sitri think about you all being with me?", he asked only to feel the ladies' hold on his arms tighten as they trembled a bit at the question.

Lucas looked at Reya and then at Ruruko who both had their heads held down as they walked with him.

"That bad huh?", Lucas as he stopped walking causing them to stop before he took his arms and worked his way from their hold surprising Reya and Ruruko as he pulled them in for a hug. "No matter what happens, I'll be there for you all.", he said as he held them close.

Feeling him holding them close, Ruruko and Reya's eyes began to well up in tears as they began to sob in Lucas' arms at the comfort he gave them. Hearing their sobs upsetted Lucas as he thought back to what Azazel told him earlier.

'Looks like I'll be having an interesting talk with Sona's parents.', Lucas thought as he continued to hold Reya and Ruruko close.

Sometime later, the three of them had arrived at the manor, and boy was it huge! From the massive fountain in the circle driveway to the many mermaid statues, Lucas knew that the Sitri Clan knew how to live. But the didn't matter the most to him as he saw the rest of the Sitri Peerage minus Sona standing at the door to the manor. Tsubaki was dressed in green sun dress with white sandals while Momo was dressed in a yellow shirt with a purple skirt and white sneakers. Tsubasa was dressed in a pair of blue jean shorts with a sleeveless pink blouse and pink sandals, while Tomoe was dressed in a green skirt with brwn sandals and a blue tank-top. And finally, Saji was dressed in a pair of black shorts with brown sandals and a purple sleeveless blouse.

"Hey, girls!", Lucas said trying to put on a brave face only for Saji to run up to him and hug him as she buried her ace in his chest. "Yeah. Reya and Ruruko told me about Sona's folks.", he said as he returned the hug. "So where's Sona?"

"She's in the tea room with her parents waiting for you.", Tsubaki said with a sad smile.

"This should be fun.", Lucas said as he patted Saji on her head. "I have to go meet Sona's parents, Saji.", Lucas said with a grin only for saji to look up at him with puppy-dog eyes and a pout. "Aw! Don't be like that, Saji. Once I deal with Lord and Lady Sitri, we can hang out before I have to go do the special training Azazel has set up for me.", he said before kissing her on the forehead to which Saji let him go.

The girls them walked him into the manor and to the tea room where he sensed three auras. And two of them were very powerful! Knowing who was in there, Lucas opened the door and headed inside with the girls right behind him. Once in the tea room, Lucas saw that there were two table set up there. At one table was chairs set up for the members of the Sitri Peerage while the other table had Sona sitting there with her parents and an extra seat for him. Lucas couldn't help but smile at Sona who gave him a small smile. She was wearing a dark blue sundress with white sandals and a silver pendant that had the Sitri crest on it. As for Selema Sitri, she was wearing a red dress that showed her figure well with blck short heeled shoes along with a silver pendant like Sona's. As for Sona's father, Victolas, he was wearing a pair of black pants with matching shoes, a dark blue shirt and and a brown blazer. Both parents didn't look to pleased to see Lucas.

"Greetings, Mr. Stone.", Victolas said. "Please have a seat and join us for some tea."

"Thank you.", Lucas said as he sat in the empty seat that was next to Sona while the rest of the Sitri Peerage sat at the other table.

Once Lucas took his seat, Lucas remembered how he was raised sprouted out his tail to show that he wasn't afraid of Sona's parents. Something they took noticed of and were a bit irritated by. This impressed Sona as she sprouted out her tail and calmly wrapped it around Lucas' surprising not only him but her parents and peerage as well.

"Been reading the books, have we, Miss Sitri?", Lucas asked with a smile causing Sona to smile a bit as her cheeks reddened.

"So it has come to our attention that you are not only in a relationship with our daughter, but with all of her peerage as well.", Selema said as the maid served the tea.

"That is correct, Lady Sitri.", Lucas said. "When I first saw Sona, it was something about her that made me fall for her.", he said causing Sona to blush a bit. "So once I learned about how one would have to beat her in a game of chess to go on a date with her, I went for it. Of course, had she won, I would have to answer a few questions about who I really was, so I simply told her who I was before we played. Afterwards, I managed to beat her and we went on our date."

"That date turned into another one, and then another one.", Sona said with a smile as she and Lucas held hands. "Before I knew it... we were a couple. Granted we had to keep, it a secret for a while, but we were okay with that."

"Yes. You told us about this.", Selema said before sipping some tea. "Tell me, Mr. Stone, you could have went to Rias Gremory about who you were yet you went to our daughter. Why?"

"You didn't tell them?", Lucas asked Sona who shokk her head with a small smile.

"I figured that it be best if you told them.", Sona said.

"Okay.", Lucas said before looking towards Lord and Lady Sitri. "Before I went to Sona about the chess game, I observed both her and Rias and saw that Sona is one who is more cool, calm, and collected when it counts. Rias, on the other hand, gets mad quick and can hold a grudge against those she thinks have wronged her. Case in point, she's still upset with Sona for not telling her about me and what I was seeing as she was looking for powerful beings to add to her peerage for her Rating Game match against Riser Phenex. Even though she won the match."

"I see.", Victolas said. "That's all well and good, but let's be honest with ourselves. The true reason you want to be with our daughter was because you saw a chance to be with the rest of her peerage as well.", he calmly said before sipping some tea.

"Father! That not true!", Sona said.

"Enough, Sona!", Victolas said keeping his daughter quite. "Now am I right, Mr. Stone?"

"No you are not, Lord Sitri.", Lucas said before sipping some tea.

"Is that right?", Seleme questioned.

"That's right, Lady Sitri.", Lucas said. "In fact, it was Sona who talked to her peerage about being with me.", he said to which Lord and Lady Sitri looked at Sone who nodded.

"While some Dragon-Kin do get married, others tend to have more than one mate in order to have more offspring and live pretty good lives.", Sona explained to her parents.

"And you are okay with being one of his mates?!", Selema questioned.

"Yes. I am.", Sona said. "And so is the rest of my peerage.", she said to which the other girls nodded.

"Unbelievable!", Selema said as she rolled her eyes.

"Would it make you feel better if I told you that Sona is one of my top mates?", Lucas questioned.

"One of...?! How many top mates do you have?!", Victolas questioned.

"Right now, at least three.", Lucas said. "And before you ask, Serafall isn't one of them.", he said witrh a smirk.

"Heeeeeeey!", cried a familiar voice from outside the tea room getting everyone's attention.

It was then that the door to the room swung open and Serafall came running into the room upset at what she heard. She was dresssed in a pair of pink shorts with a pink sleeveless blouse and brown sandals with her hair let out instead of in pigtails.

"How come I'm not one of your top mates?!", she questioned with a pout as her eyes began to water.

"I will answer your question with another one.", Lucas said as Serafall grabbed a chair and sat it next to Lucas. "Who are you?"

"Huh?", Serafall questioned with a tilt of her head.

"Who are you?", Lucas asked again as Serafall sat down.

"I'm Serafall Leviathan.", Serafall said.

"And...?", Sona questioned with a sly smile.

"And I'm... Aw nuts!", Serafall said with a pout as she folded her arms under her chest knowing where Lucas and Sona were going. "I'm one of the four alphas of the Wyvern Realm."

"Bingo!", Lucas said. "If word got out about you being one of my mates, that would make things really difficult for me and my peerage.", Lucas explained. "At least among those here in the Wyvern Realm."

"True", Serafall said. "And with you being a Drake Dragon-Kin doesn't help."

"Then why are you with him now, Serafall?", Victolas asked his oldest daughter.

"Because...", Serafall said with a smile as she cupped Lucas' face. "He makes me happy.", she said before giving Lucas a quick kiss. "And even after he learned about who I really was, he still accepted me for me.", she said. "That and he promised to give me a child or two. When he was older."

"It's true. I did.", Lucas said as he looked at the surprised yet upset looks on Lord and Lady Sitri's faces. "Okay. I'm going to settle this here and now. If it was the Red or White Dragon Emperor that was courting either of your daughters, would you have any problems with it?", he asked to which both parents said nothing. "Thought so. It's the fact that I'm a Drake Dragon-Kin that's with your daughters that has you all upset."

"I love being with Lucas.", Sona said as she held his right hand.

"So do I.", Serafall said as she held Lucas' left hand while the rest of Sona's peerage stood behind them. "And as you can see the rest of Sona's peerage loves being with Lucas as well.

"And what if some of you find another guy you wish to be with?", Selema questioned.

"I have no problem with that.", Lucas said surprising all but Sona and Serafall. "It would hurt to see them go, but as long as they're happy, it's all good. All I would want is for us to still be friends.", he said before Saji and Tomoe hugged him from behind.

"I give up.", Victolas said as he rubbed his temples. "If you all want to continue this, then so be it.", he said making Lucas and the girls happy.

"But don't come to us crying when it all blows up in your faces!", Selema said before she and her husband left the room.

"That could have gone better.", Sona said.

"Just give the some time.", Serafall said with the wave of her hand. "They'll get used to it all. Right now, I say that we go to one of my more private villas to have some fun! So go grab your swimsuits along with something to sleep in and something to wear for tomorrow, girls! For we're having a sleepover!", she said getting all but Sona and Lucas excited.

"What are you up to?", Sona asked her sister.

"Do you think mom and dad are going to let Lucas stay the night here?", Serafall questioned.

"Good point.", Sona said as she left to go pack what she needed.

"Be right back.", Lucas said before teleporting back to the place he was staying.

A good fifteen minutes later, Lucas and the girls were standing outside the Sitri Manor ready to go. Once ready Serafall teleported everyone with her to one of her private villas for them all to have some fun, but not before she left her parents a note telling them of what she was going to do with Sone and her peerage. Now once at the villa, the first place they headed for was the large pool Serafell had there. As for the girls, they all went and got changed into the same swimsuits they wore for Lucas when they cleaned the school pool. As for Lucas, he was wearing a pair of yellow swim trunks with a black streak down the side. As for Serafall, she was wearing a red bikini that showed off her curves very well.

"Oh, Luuuuuuuuuuucaaaaaaaaaaaas!", Serafall called out as she was laying on one of the louge chairs face down. "Do you mind rubbing some lotion on me? Pleeeeeese?"

"But there's not Sun.", Lucas said. "You know what, forget it.", he said as he walked over to Serafall and was about to apply the lotion, when an idea sprang to mind along with a smirk that grew on his face.

Lucas then looked at Sona who saw Lucas hold out his hand as it lightly crackled with electricity. Knowing what was going to happen Sona smirked as she and the other girls watched Lucas go to work on Serafall.

"You wanted a good time, sis", Sona said said to herself. "Well you're gonna get it."

Once Lucas began to do his thing, Serafall was surprised as she let out an "Eeep!" from the light electric that Lucas was using as he applied the lotion on Serafall. But that surprise was soon replaced by...

"Mmmmmmmmm... Oh yeeeeeeeah!" Serafall moaned in pleasure at Lucas' touch. "Don't stop, Lucas! Rub me all over."

"All over, huh?", Lucas questioned as he rubbed her rear and legs.

"Oh yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeah!", Serafall cooed. "All over."

"As you wish, my dear Levi-Tan.", Lucas said as he continued to give Serafall her massage.

Sometime later, Lucas was in the pool with the Sitri Peerage having fun while Serafall was laying on her lounge chair still recovering from Lucas' massage. A smile graces her face as she lays there relaxing. After swimming around a bit, Lucas ends up sitting on a outdoor couch relaxing with Sona sitting on his right and Tomoe laying on his left with her head resting in his lap as she was sleeping.

"You know, meeting your parents didn't go as I had hoped, but at least they're allowing us to be together.", Lucas said as had his right arm around Sona's shoulders as she was leaning against him relaxing.

"To be honest, I was afraid they were going to forbid us to bee together.", Sona said. "I wonder why they're allowing us to ge together."

"It's because of how you and your peerage stood together when it came to your feelings for Lucas.", Serafall said as she walked up to them and sat in a lawn chair. "By standing with each other, you all showed yourselves to be a strong and untied peerage. Something very rare in our society."

"That makes some sense.", Lucas said. "I just wish they'd look past me being a Drake Dragon-Kin."

"They will. In time.", Sona said with a smile that Lucas returned before they shared a kiss.

Now in a private villa, in the Gremory territory, we have Rias with her peerage taking a break from their training. As far as anyone is concerned, they are there for training and do not wish to be disturb. By doing this, Rias can keep Dulocke as part of her peerage secret until the time is right. For their training, Rias and Kiba were dressed in their school track suits while Dohnaseek and Dulocke were dressed sweatpants and tank-tops with sneakers.

"You've gotten good with the sword, Rias.", Kiba said as they were drinking some water.

"But I know I can get better.", Rias said as she looked at her right hand as she formed an orb of destruction. "I'm close to being able to channel my power into a blade without destroying said blade."

"It will be amazing when you manage this.", Kiba said as Dohnaseek came walking up to them.

"Are you ready?", Dohnaseek asked Kiba who nodded as he summoned a sword while Dohnaseek formed a sword of light.

They then walked out a few feet and began to spar. As she watched this, Rias was still amazed at how fast Dohnaseek was as he was sparring with Kiba. And he didn't even promote yet! Whatever training Kokabiel put him through paid off in her favor. After all it took the combined efforts of Kalawarna, Raynare, and Mittelt to defeat him. Which gives her peerage a major edge. And then there's Dulocke who right now is sitting in a lotus position floating in the air meditating. He's not only powerful but cunning. Something Rias knew she could make use of. She knew that she needed more for her peerage, but this would do for now.

'I will have a powerful peerage.', she thought to himself as she went for a jog. 'One way or another, I'll have a powerful peerage!'

Meanwhile, with Issei and his peerage, they had just done some training together to see how well they could function without Koneko. They were okay, but it didn't feel the same without Koneko there.

"We're still good, but it's not the same without Koneko.", Akeno said as they were taking a break.

"We'll find our stride.", Issei said. "Its just going to take a while."

"Until then, we'll just have to keep working at it.", Kiyome said.

"Also, Matsuda, you're our only Rook.", Issei said getting his friend's attention. "Which means that you're our main tank unless I promote our Pawns."

"Gotcha!", Matsuda said with a nod. "I'll do my best to watch your backs!", he said getting a nod from Issei before they went back to training.

Now with Vali and his peerage, Koneko was busy training with Kuroka and Bikou. With Kuroka, she was able to grow closer to her sister and learn more about her people's way of fighting. And with Bikou, she had a fellow Rook that also fought like her making for a great training partner.

"Not back, kid!", Bikou said as they took a quick break from their training. "You're as tough as your sister!", he said with a smile.

"Thanks.", Koneko said as she drank some water. "Can I ask you something?"

"Sure! What's up?", Bikou asked.

"Think you can teach me how to use a staff?", Koneko said as she looked at Bikou's staff that he had sitting next to him.

"A regular staff yes.", Bikou said as he picked up his staff. "This staff is different. It's like the old man's staff. Hard to control unless you know what you're doing."

"The old man's staff?", Koneko questioned with a tilt of her head.

"It's a long story that I'll tell you about later", Bikou said as he summoned a normal staff. "Right now, let's see what you can do with a staff. Just do what I do.", he said as they stood side by side and began their staff training.

Seeing this was Kuroka and Vali, who were impressed with how things were going with Koneko in the peerage now.

"Looks like Bikou has a new student.", Vali said with a grin.

"First Elaine has him teaching her how to use a staff, now Shirone.", Kuroka said.

"Don't forget that Mittelt and him are sparring partners.", Vali added.

"I haven't forgotten.", Kuroka said with a smile. "It looks like our little peerage is something else."

"And we'll be getting a new member pretty soon.", Vali said as he looked over at Arthur and Jeane as they were sparring while Elaine was standing by ready to heal anyone who got hurt.

"I remember Azazel saying something about some girl joining us.", Kuroka said. "Something about finding us a Queen worthy of our peerage."

"Knowing Zaz, she's powerful, but has something wrong with her.", Vali said getting a giggle out of Kuroka.

'And ten to one, you'll fall for her, Vali.', Kuorka thought to herself with a smile as she watched her sister train with Bikou.

As for Lucas' peerage, they knew he was with Sona and her peerage and were okay with that seeing as close he is with them. So they decided to do bit of training to pass the time.

"It seems that Lucas was right when he made you a Rook.", Xenovia said as she was sparring with Irina.

"Yeah! With the Rook's power, I can keep up with your strength!", Irina said as they were sparring with wooden swords.

"Just as the Knight's power helps me keep up with your speed.", Xenovia said as they kept up the sparring.

"We really are a powerful duo.", Irina said as they sparred.

As for B-Ko and Le Fay...

"So you want to scan me and try to find out is there's another way to break Dulocke's curse?", Le Fay asked as B-Ko was scanning Le Fay with a small hand-held device.

"That's the plan.", B-Ko said as she continued to scan Le Fay. "Most curses can be broken by many means. One way is if the one cursed is strong enough to do so themselves. That or find a mage strong enough to break the curse. But there are other ways."

"Such as?", Le Fay asked.

"Well... Some curses can be broke by spending the night with someone.", B-Ko said causing Le Fay to blush madly.

"W-W-W-What?!", Le Fay questioned getting the attention of the rest of the peerage.

"She said that you may need to get it on with Lucas.", A-Ko said.

"A-Ko!", B-Ko said.

"What? It's not the first time we've heard of that kind of curse.", A-Ko said. "Remember that one couple that was cursed to get weaker and weaker each day. You discovered that they had to make love with each other to break the curse."

"That doesn't mean that this curse can be broken the same way!", B-Ko said.

"But there's a chance.", Ming said.

"Maybe.", B-Ko said. "And that's a BIG maybe. The curse Dulocke has Le Fay under, is a new curse. But, like most new curses, it might have been created from older curses and spells."

"I see.", Ryuga said thinking it over. "If you can find out how the curse was made, you'll find an effective way to break it."

"That's the plan.", B-Ko said.

"I think my father might have a boom or two on old curses.", Raynare said.

"I have a few books we can look through.", Erica said.

"Then let's get to work researching.", Richard said.

"Should we call and tell Lucas about this?", Irina asked.

"He's the one who asked me to scan Le Fay and see if there was a way to break the curse.", B-Ko said. "He thinks there might be a way to break it without forcing Dulocke to undo it."

"Then let's hope we find something.", Irina said. "I wonder how he's doing with Sona's parents?"

"It can go either very good or very bad.", Raynare said.

"Let's hope it goes very good.", Xenovia said as they got to work researching Le Fay's curse.

'What if spending a night with Lucas can break the curse?', Le Fay thought to heerself only for her cheeks to turn red at the thought of being doing it with Lucas. 'No! No! No!', thought as she shook her head. 'Even if that would work, I can't make Lucas sleep with me for that! Can I?', the young mage thought as she went to do some research with the others.

Later that evening, after having a good dinner together, Lucas was heading to one of the bathrooms at Serafall's villa to get cleaned up before bed. But when he opens the door to the bathroom, he finds that a bath was drawn in the large bathtub where Serafall is waiting for him sitting on the edge wrapped in a towel.

"Hello.", Serafall said with a smile and a wave.

"Seriously?", Lucas questioned only for Serafall to stand up and remove her towel. "Dang it!", he said as he stripped out of his clothes.

Lucas then got in tub and it's hot water with Serafall getting in as she sat leaning back against Lucas getting comfortable as Lucas wrapped his arms around her making her sigh with a smile.

"You do know that we're going to have to take a bath eventually.", Lucas said getting a giggle out of Serafall as they enjoyed themselves.

After their bath, Lucas was dressed in a pair of sleeping pants and heading for the bedroom Serafall had set up for him when Serafall, who was wrapped in her towel, grabbed his hand and guided him to her bedroom.

"We're not done yet!", Searfall said with a smile.

"Fine, but I have to go be with Sone afterwards.", Lucas said.

"That won't be a problem.", Serafall said as she opened the door to her bedroom.

Once inside, Lucas saw that Sona and the whole Sitri Peerage was on the large bed, in their sleeping clothes waiting for Lucas to show up.

"Oh, it's going to be a fun night.", Lucas said as Serafall closed the door behind them.

Later that night, Lucas is laying in the bed with Serafall, Sona, and her peerage laying around the bed. Sona is on his right while Serafall is on his left. Both sisters are holding onto his arms while the other girls are laying around the bed sleeping soundly. Well Sona was still up as she calmly gets up from the bed and puts a blue silk robe on and goes and sits on a comfortable recliner chair that was facing a large window. As she sits there, Lucas walks up to the couch and sits with Sona wearing a black robe.

"How did you get off the bed without waking any of them up?", Sona asked with a grin.

"Very carefully.", Lucas said getting a giggle out of Sona as she welcomes Lucas onto the couch.

After adjusting, Lucas is sitting in the recliner with Sona sitting in his lap comfortably, sideways.

"Well today could have gone better.", Sona said as she had an arm draped around Lucas' shoulders.

"I had a feeling your parents wouldn't be okay with our relationship.", Lucas said. "But like Serafall said. They'll get over it and accept it, or not. It's all up to them."

"So for now we just enjoy the peace.", Sona said as she pressed her forehead against Lucas'

"That's the plan.", Lucas said before they shared a kiss along with sitting on the recliner for a bit longer before they got back to the crowded bed.

Once on the bed, they pulled the covers over themselves and slowly fell asleep. Morning soon came and Lucas woke up to find Sona sleeping on his left while Seragfall was sleeping on his right. He then looked around saw Tsubaki was laying at his feet along with Reya, Ruruko, and Tomoe. As for Saji and Tsubasa, they were under the covers sleeping with their heads on his stomach. Seeing this, Lucas just laid there and let the girls sleep comfortably. And to be honest, his Dragon-Kin side was enjoying being with the ladies.

"This isn't so bad.", Lucas said to himself when he felt Sona grab onto his arm a bit more as she snuggled up to him some more. "Oh yeah! This is nice.", he said just as Serafall did the same with his other arm while Saji and Tsubasa snuggled up to him some more as well. "Very nice.", he smiled.

Later that day, after having a good breakfast, Serafall teleported them all to the villa the others were at so they all could say theyr goodbyes to Lucas, Issei, and Vali. As well as...

"Me?!", Saji questioned as she pointed at herself.

"You are the host to Vitra.", Azazel said. "This training will help you get sronger, kid."

"But... I..."

"You're going and that's an order, Genshira Saji.", Sona with a smirk as she handed her a gym bag that had some clothes for her to wear.

"Yes, Sona.", Saji said just as a large figure flew over them all.

"Looks like your trainer is here.", Azazel said as he and the others looked up.

Everyone looked up to see a large fifteen meter tall, gigantic western dragon with the majority of his body covered in purple scales while his belly along with the inner portions of his long tail and legs were beige. His head was triangular with yellow horns and red eyes that were keen and large with lavender sciera along with sharp canine teeth. His claws were long sharp and yellow, while his wings wee bat-like with rigid tips. He also was wearing black armored paulidrons that extended down to his arms along with a loincloth that was decorated with metallic accessories.

"Is that who i think it is?!", Sona questioned.

[Well this is quite the surprise!] Ddraig said as the Boosted Gear appeared on Issei's left arm.

[Indeed it is!] Albion said as the Divine Dividing appeared on Vali's back.

"Who the heck is that?!", Issei asked.

"May I introduce you all to Tanin! The Blaze Meteor Dragon!", Azazel said as Tanin let out a mighty roar causing everyone to cover their ears.

[You forgot to mention that he's a Dragon King as well.] Vitra said as the Vitra Gear appeared on Saji's left arm.

"Former Dragon King, old friend.", Tanin said. "I'm part of the Mephisto Pheles Peerage now."

"Thanks for doing this, Tanin.", Azazel said to Tanin.

"It is not a problem.", Tanin said. "It's been a while since I've had time to converse with old friends. The next two weeks look promising.", he said as he looked down at Issei, Vali, Lucas, and Saji. "Are you ready to go, young ones?"

"Give us a minute.", Issei said as he turned to his peerage. "I guess I'll see you all in two weeks.", he said with a grin only for Asia to run up to him and hug him. "I'll miss you two, Asia.", he said as returned the hug as he patted Asia on her head.

"I'll be praying for you.", Asia said.

"Thanks.", Issei said.

As they ended their hug Issei gave Asia a quick kiss causing her to blush before he turned to his to buds.

"Keep your training up, guys.", Issei said to Matsuda and Motohama as the three of them pounded fist.

"You got it, Bro!", Matsuda said.

"You just back in one piece.", Motohama said with a smirk.

"Yeah! Can't have Murayama crying over you getting hurt.", Katase joked only for Murayama to blush as the other memebers of the peerage giggled at her.

"Not to mention going on a rampage.", Akia joked.

"I'll be back.", Issei said as he went to say goodbye to his other ladies.

"That's not funny, you two!", Murayama said only for Issei to grabbed her hands and pull her close. "Issei?"

No words were said as he gave Murayama a kiss that she returned as she wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Come back safe.", Murayama said softly.

"I will.", Issei said with a smile that Murayama returned.

Issei then went over to Kiyome who said nothing as they shared a kiss that said enough as they smiled at each other. Next was Akeno who gave Issei a smile that he returned before she gave him a kiss.

"I'll be sure to cook you a nice meal when you return.", Akeno said.

"Looking forward to it.", Issei said with a smile before turning towards Kalawarna. "Weird turn of events, huh?"

"From me becoming one of your women to becoming you Knight.", Kalawarna said with a grin. "Yeah! Totally werid.", she said before Issei gave her a kiss that she returned.

Now moments earlier, Vali was saying his goodbyes to his peerage.

"Better get strong, Vali.", Bikou said as s smirk grew on his face. "That way, we'll have better sparring matches."

"Indeed.", Authur said. "When you get strong, it makes us want to get strong."

"I'll get stronger.", Vali said. "Can't have my rival out do me.", he said with a smirk.

"Make sure to get plenty of rest.", Elaine said with a kind smile.

"I will.", Vali said.

"Be sure to come back in one piece, Nya!", Kuroka said with a smile and a wink getting a chuckle from Vali before turning to Koneko.

"Keep an eye on your sister, will you.", Vali said as he patted her on her head.

"Got it, boss.", Koneko said with smile that Vali returned as he turned to Mittelt and Jeane.

"Ladies.", Vali said before he gave them kiss each. "I'll be back."

"I know.", Mittelt said.

"Just be ready for a good meal when you return.", Jeane said.

"Along with a good night!", Mittelt said with a wink and smile.", getting a chuckle from Vali.

As for Saji, nothing was said as she shared a group hug with Nozomi and all of the Sitri Peerage, except for Sona who slimed at how close her peerage has become. It was then that Saji ran up to her and gave her a hug that she returned.

"You'll do fine, Saji.", Sona said as they pulled away from each other. "Just stay strong and come back to us in one piece."

"Right!", Saji said with a determine nod.

Finally we have Lucas, who had some goodbyes to do. First was Searfall who gave Lucas a kiss that he returned knwoing that it would be u til the big meeting until they saw each other again.

"See ya.", Nozomi said before they kissed.

"Later.", Ruruko said after they kissed.

"Kick butt!", A-Ko told him before they kissed

"See you two weeks.", Reya said after they kissed.

"Be careful out there.", B-Ko said before they kissed.

"I need you to give this to Artemis, when she comes for Xenovia's training.", Lucas said as he handed B-Ko an envelope.

"What is it?", B-Ko said as she took it.

"A special order for Hephaestus.", Lucas said. "It's for the upcoming party."

"Sounds interesting.", B-Ko said.

"You have no idea.", Lucas said as he walked over to Tomoe.

"Have fun!", Tomoe said before they kissed.

Xenovia said nothing as she grabbed Lucas by his shirt and kissed him. No words were said as sne gave him a smirk that he returned. Next was Tsubasa that did the same thing.

"Well dang.", Lucas said impressed with the both of them.

"I'll be praying for your safe return.", Irina said with a smile before they shared a kiss.

"You better be careful out there.", Momo said before they kiss.

"Stay safe.", Tsubaki said to Lucas before he pulled her into a kiss that she returned.

"I'll cook you something nice when you come back.", Raynare said.

"Looking forward to it.", Lucas said before they kissed.

"I'm going to miss you.", Le Fay said to Lucas as they hugged.

"Same here.", Lucas said before they shared a kiss.

Finally, Lucas walked up to Sona and hugged her knowing that out of all of them, she was going to miss her the most. They then shared a kiss knowing that it was going to be a while before they saw each other again.

"I'll be back.", Lucas said as they hugged again.

"I'll be waiting.", Sona said as they ended their hug.

Once the goodbye were done Tanin left with Lucas, Saji, Vali, and Issei flying behind him.

"They will be okay. Won't they?", Sona asked Azazel.

"Of course.", Azazel said. "Tanin will treat them as if they were his own."

"That's what I'm afraid of.", Jeane said with worry.

"Tanin is going to train them and help them reach new levels of power.", Akeno said. "The best we can do is get strong as well."

"She's right.", Xenovia said. "We all need to be stronger if we are to fight by their sides."

"Then let's get to work!", Mittelt said as they all went to do some training together.

"Think they'll be ready for what's to come?", Azazel questioned.

"Sure they will!", Serafall said. "They all have something to fight for.", she said before she teleported away.

"Things are getting good.", Azazel said. "I better do some training, too. Can't have these kids out do me.", he said as he went off to handle some other business.

End of Chapter Fifteen

A/N: Our heroes are training for whatever is coming. Next chapter will be a bit of a time skip in the training followed by the big meeting, where things get interesting.

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