Two Days Later:
Home/ HQ, Kuoh:
Theo's POV:
It was a Sunday morning, so there was no school or classes to worry about. Just Rossweisse, Yasaka, Kunou and I peacefully eating our breakfast.
"Would you two stop kissing?!" Yasaka giggled as she pulled away and I smirked as I turned to stare at Kunou, who was glaring and pouting at us as Rossweisse was very busy looking at her bowl of miso soup.
"Okay, okay. We'll stop." I said and she huffed before going back to eating her breakfast as Yasaka and I just smirked at each other.
It's been two days since Yasaka and I have been in an 'official' relationship…and I swear this woman is trying to tease me at every corner. The amount of times I've 'caught' her naked after washing in just two days is far too many to be a coincidence, not the mention the fact that she was smirking at me while I was in the Watchtower as she slowly fingered herself in her room with Kunou asleep next to her.
If I was any lesser man, I would have been on my knees in front of her already.
Unfortunately, for her, Theodore Richards is a man of great stature and willpower, so suppressing my hormones to the back of my mind was as easy as child's play.
*PIIP* *PIIIP* *DDIINNGG*
"…Did we get a new microwave or something?" I asked with a confused look and Rossweisse giggled as she shook her head.
"That's the new alarm rune I placed on our door." She said and I hummed as I stood up and walked towards the door, Kunou not too far with a curious look on her face as she also kept chewing on an onigiri with the grace of a hamster.
Arriving at the front door, I opened it before being greeted by a peculiar sight. A young teenage girl with crimson red hair tied into two pigtails, about 16 or 17, was standing in front of the door, dressed in a shrine maiden outfit. The peculiar thing about her were the three crimson tails waving in the air behind her and the crimson ears twitching at the top of her head.
"Asami!" Kunou waved cheerfully and the girl giggled as she waved back, before she turned to me.
"Hello, I am Theodore Richards, representative of the Greco-Roman Pantheon, Pleasure to meet you." I said with a slight head bow.
"Yuuto Asami, attendant and secretary of Yamamoto Kurama." She introduced herself before she turned back to Kunou.
"Is Yasaka-sama here?"
"Yeah! I'll go get her." And before we could blink, Kunou was sprinting towards the dining room. I just sighed with a smile as I shook my head before turning to the piercing stare of Asami.
"I assume Kurama has questions about his mother and I, doesn't he?"
"Indeed he does. However, Kurama-sama wants to ask those questions himself instead of having someone ask them for him. I'm just the messenger." I chuckled as I nodded before I heard footsteps coming towards us. Turning back, Yasaka was striding gracefully towards us, now dressed in her traditional white and crimson shrine maiden outfit as she had a smile on her face.
"Asami. A pleasure to see you once more." Yasaka said with a nod and Asami smiled as she bowed.
"A wondrous pleasure to see you are still in good health, Yasaka-sama." Yasaka giggled as she nodded, softly wrapping her left arm around my right as Asami looked between us with narrowed eyes.
"I assume my son has sent a message for me." Yasaka said and Asami nodded before she pulled out a scroll. Yasaka took it in her dainty hands as she opened it before quickly reading through it. I tried to get
a peek at the scroll before stifling my yelp as she pinched my side, Asami looking amused at our interaction as I just grumbled.
"Tell my son we'll be in Kyoto in a week."
"I will do so. Once again, a pleasure to see you in health and it was a pleasure to meet you, Richards-san."
"You as well, Asami." I said with a smile and she nodded before a smoke cloud covered her, dispersing to reveal nothing.
"So, that means I'm meeting your 'pride' as you call him, huh?" I asked with a smirk and she giggled as she nodded.
"Indeed. I just hope he doesn't try to kill you at first sight."
"…That was a joke, right? Right?" I asked, but she just kept giggling as she pulled away and started walking back to the dining room, with me following her with slight worry in my eyes.
Here's to hoping he doesn't actually try and kill me.
The Next Day: Afternoon:
Kuoh Academy Field:
"So, you want to create a signature weapon just like Yusada's kicking precision and Yamada ball-handling skills?" Shigiru nodded at my words. Her brown hair was tied into a short ponytail and her brown eyes shimmered with excitement as she hopped anxiously on her heels. I hummed as I looked back at where the rest of the team were running through training drills, running through simulations of how the team plays before a light bulb went off as something came to mind.
"What do you think is your archetype on the field?" I asked and Shigiru thought about it before she spoke.
"I guess…a Goal Poacher, maybe?" I chuckled as I shook my head.
"No, that is Yamada. What else?"
"Uh, a Creative Playmaker or a Clinical Finisher?"
"Nope. That's Yusada and Shiho respectively if she finally decides to start training seriously. What else?" I asked with a smirk and she kept thinking deeply before she smiled.
"Counterattacker."
"That's it." I said with a smirk and she giggled before I grinned.
"You have the speed and reflexes to counter at the blink of an eye whenever you see a moment of weakness. Not to mention the fact that you can link up with either Yusada, Yamada or Shiho for an offensive tactic. You can also still attack on your own and make use of chop feints or nutmegs to get the ball into the optimal position to score or assist." She nodded at my words before I quickly wrote something on my notepad before showing it to her. She read it before a wide grin appeared on her face as I grinned.
"Go train that and if you succeed in pulling it off, you'll be one of the team's greatest players along with Yusada, Yamada and Shiho."
"Sensei!" Speak of the Devils and here they come. Yusada was smiling as she walked towards us, Yamada skipping alongisde her with a smile as Shiho walked with her hands in her pocket. Shiho was pouting, her dark purple hair cut to shoulder length as her violet eyes glared at Yamada while her arms were crossed.
"Sensei! Shiho wants to learn how to turn her skills into a weapon." Shiho was glaring to the side as I chuckled before nodding, going to a page in my notepad before showing it to her. Shiho glared cutely at me and I just smirked amusedly before she looked at the notepad, her eyes widening as she saw the training plan I had written up for her.
"Before you ask, I already made it after our first training drill, along with training programs for everyone else if they wanted to ask me for it." As if on cue, the entire club rushed to us and I chuckled as I ripped out pages of my notepad and handed the pages to their respective person. Everyone looked awed at the pages as I smiled.
"It wasn't hard to see your stats after we first met, so all I had to do was figure out your archetype after our first training drill and boom! Training programs for everyone. Now then, why don't you ladies go and read up on those? Training is done for today." I said with a smile and they all nodded happily as they walked towards the changing rooms, whispering excitedly amongst each other as I smiled in amusement before it disappeared as my smile disappeared.
Stretching my new Domain Senses to cover the entire city, I frowned as I saw the group of SUV's slowly break away from each other and drive towards where Hajima was living.
With a sigh, a green teleportation crest appeared under me before my surroundings changed, going from the green fields of Kuoh Academy's field to the sight of Yamaguchi Enterprises as I looked at it from the rooftop of the adjacent Crimson Lotus Hotel. Looking down at where the SUV's were pulling up in front of the building, I frowned as I saw a group of foreign men climb out of their car before they walked towards the building.
"Remember, no civilians. Head to top floor and kill all Yakuza." A man with a heavy Russian accent spoke in English and the men around him nodded as they walked into the building. With a grunt, I disappeared, the window shattering as I jumped right through the window of Hajima's office and skidded under the shot of Kazuma before creating an ice shield to block Kiryu's attack.
"Hey, guys!" I waved cheerfully, Hajima sighing as Kiryu and Kazuma instantly put away their weapons.
"There is a group of Russians heading up here to kill you, so I'm just going to take care of those." I said with a smile and the three just kept staring at me in shock as I walked out of the office, making the guards besides the door jump and they paled as I walked out of the room. Walking towards the elevator, I waved the guards away with a smile before whistling as I waited for it to come up.
*DING*
As the doors opened, the Russians started to walk out only to freeze as they saw me standing there.
"Hi there! I'm Theseus, the Arctic Huntsman and protector of Kuoh Town. You guys are not Japanese and I've already heard you coming up here to kill the men up here, so I'm just going to kill you here." And before anyone of them could pull out their guns, their bodies tensed before being crushed into futbol-sized balls and dropping them on the floor in front of me.
"And done! You can take care of the clean-up." I said as Hajima and his men stood behind me, with him shaking his head as I smiled before disappearing with my teleportation crest again.
Nothing like a killing to finish off your day.
Six Days Later:
Home/HQ, Kuoh:
"I'm really hoping your son doesn't try to kill me." I muttered and Yasaka giggled as Kunou smiled.
We were all dressed in kimonos as Yasaka advised: a dark green one for me along with black hakama pants and a black haori, a white and crimson one for Kunou, a silver one for Rossweisse and a gold and crimson one for Yasaka.
I still don't know why I had to wear the haori, but Yasaka said it would make them respect me more so I just put it on.
"Don't worry, Theo! Nii-chan won't kill you if I say you're alright! He might try to maim you, though." Her words didn't help calm me down as I just shook my head with a sigh. Rossweisse just giggled along with Yasaka as I took a deep breath.
"If the drama queen is done worrying…" Yasaka trailed off with an amused smirk as she turned to me and I just crossed my arms with a huff as Kunou giggled.
"Then let's go." Rossweisse nodded as she created a teleportation crest under us and with a final nod from Yasaka, we disappeared.
Kyoto:
As the light of our teleportation finally died down, I had to give a low whistle at the sight in front of me. Youkai of all shapes and sizes were running around, festival lanterns hanging everywhere as family and friends had fun. From the Inuyokai and Kitsune kids playing together to the Tengu guards flying in the air with smiles and the Yuki-Onna as snowflakes floated around their bodies while they did an entrancing dance.
"Incredible." I heard Rossweisse mutter and Yasaka smiled as Kunou giggled.
"Welcome to Kyoto, home of the Western Youkai Faction." I heard a familiar voice and turned to see Asami walk towards us, dressed in a crimson yukata as a group of female shrine maidens, all dressed in the same crimson yukata as Asami with three tails that had golden, white or crimson fur as well as fluffy ears of the same colour as their tails that were twitching happily.
"It's a pleasure to be here." I said with a bow, Rossweisse doing the same as Yasaka and Kunou just smiled and waved respectively at Asami.
"Kurama-sama is waiting at Amaterasu-sama's shrine for you, Richards-san, Yasaka-sama. Please, follow me." Yasaka nodded before she turned to Rossweisse.
"These ladies are, should I say were, Kunou's caretakers before we went to Kuoh. I trust them with her, but I also want you to stay with her while we talk with my son. Kunou, be nice and don't go anywhere without Rossweisse, okay?"
"Of course/ Okay, Kaa-san." Rossweisse said and Kunou nodded at her mother's piercing stare as she wrapped her hand around Rossweisse's, Yasaka nodding before we began to follow Asami.
Time to meet this son.
A/N: And next chapter is meeting Kurama himself. I know that I'm just pulling from other anime, but who would be a better fit for Leader of Kyoto than THE KURAMA himself?!
The same Kurama most of us watched growing up.
Now then, I'll see you all in the next chapter, so until then…
Ba-Bye~!