Chapter 10: Bonding, Training, A New Member From Where!?
/this story got an interesting comment. King pieces being illegal? I'm not sure about that, considering that you actually need the king piece to have a peerage don't you? I mean, Rias, Sona and Riser are literally called the kings of their peerages. Plus what else would be tying the peerage members to them?
BTW: from this point onwards, the upload schedule for this story is going to be really slow. This is for a few different reasons, such as being busy irl. Also since I haven't read or seen any actual official material, and have to rely on other fanfics, yeah it's gonna be slow.\
Colton wakes up hearing some noise.
He gets up and gently moves Koneko off of him.
Koneko was woken up by this.
"Go back to sleep. I heard some noise so I'm going to check it out." Colton said quietly.
Koneko complied and fell back asleep.
Colton groggily got up and walked to where he heard the noise.
He walked out of his room and noticed that the noise was coming from Ravels room.
He quietly entered her room, and saw that she was tossing and turning in her sleep. She appeared to be having a nightmare.
Colton quietly pulled up a chair that was in her room, to her bedside.
He sat down in the chair and reached out with his hand.
He reached over and lightly grabbed Ravels hand.
The contact helped her to start calming down.
Colton started to fall back to sleep, while still sitting in the chair.
Later Koneko woke up.
She noticed Colton not there and got up, moving Uria off of her and onto a pillow.
She walked out of the room and noticed Ravel's door open.
She walked to the doorway and saw something that made her walk further into the room.
Colton was asleep on a chair, holding Ravels hand while she was sleeping peacefully.
Koneko then recalled the faint memory of Colton waking her up not long ago.
'She probably was having a nightmare. Colton probably was comforting her.'
Koneko decided to head downstairs, and relax since it wasn't a school day, and Rias didn't require them to meet today, especially since the party was the previous day.
Back to the other two, Ravel was just getting up.
Ravel immediately noticed Colton asleep on the chair.
'He must've been so tired that he fell asleep in an upright position.' She thought to herself.
She then noticed her hand in his. This information immediately caused her to go red.
She let go.
Unfortunately for Colton, sleeping upright without something to lean against caused him to finally fall onto the floor.
What made it worse is that the floor is hard-wood.
"Gah!" Colton made a sound as he was woken up by the fall.
Ravel just looked at the scene, and then started to laugh.
Colton then got up. "I'm okay!"
Ravel giggled some more. "Good morning."
"Good morning Ravel. How'd you sleep?" Colton asked.
"At first, not good. Then suddenly, I found it easier." She explained.
"You looked to be having a nightmare so I stayed on the chair to help comfort you. Looks like I fell asleep there."
"Thank you, for comforting me in my sleep." Ravel said with a blush.
"Your welcome. Anyway, let's head downstairs so I can cook breakfast." Colton said as the two walked downstairs.
They reach the living room and see Koneko playing on one of the retro game consoles.
Koneko then noticed them. "Yo! You're finally up."
"Morning Koneko." Colton greeted as he walked over to the kitchen.
Ravel sat down next to Koneko, curious about the game she was playing.
Colton began to cook, while thinking about what they'd be doing for the day. Colton ended up deciding that they'd train.
Colton finished breakfast and brought it to the table. "Breakfast!" He shouts.
The two girls run over as fast as possible. Colton chuckles at seeing their behavior.
"I get my foods good, but don't rush." He says with a smile.
They all eat. Once they were done, they were cleaning everything up.
"Here's today's plan." Colton declared. "We're going to be training. While our current power is great, we still need to improve, essentially with the Demon God forms as a goal. Reaching Demon God should be out priority, then we can move onto trying to unlock Demon God 2 and so on."
"How many Demon God forms are there?" Ravel asked.
"So far, three. But that's only the amount that have been discovered. There's also the variant forms such as my mother's preferred form as you saw. Most likely, there are even more forms and variants." Colton explained.
Later in the day, the three of them were in the backyard.
Colton and Ravel were practicing magic.
They had a target set up, the target was imbued with magic in order to make it very durable.
Ravel was continuously shooting fireballs at the target, working on the strength of her flame.
"Ravel, try imbuing your flames with your demonic energy. That will increase the potency." Colton suggested.
"Alright, I'll try." Ravel said as she did just that.
Instantly, her flames were much darker, and felt stronger.
She threw the fireball and it hit the target dead on.
The flame was strong enough to break apart the target.
"Impressive. Now we need to keep that up, and the Demon God forms are within our reach." Colton said.
Suddenly a portal opened up. Out of the portal came Towa and an individual Colton didn't recognize.
"Hello my little Xeno!" Towa greeted.
"Hello Mother." Colton grumbled.
"I brought you a new member, all the way from another timeline." Towa said.
Colton took a moment to process that information. "Another what now!?"
"Timeline." Towa repeated.
"... I- I don't even know how to respond to that."
The individual in question is an adult male with short black hair that is spiked at the front. He is wearing an orange gi, and has scars all over his body. The most defining feature about him is the fact that he's missing his left arm.
"Meet Son Gohan. The last surviving mortal of his timeline." Towa introduced.
"Last survivor?" Ravel inquires.
"In my timeline..." Gohan bagan. "A pair of human machine hybrids, which we called androids, were released onto the world, causing mass devastation. I was one of the only people who could fight against them. I was training the son of a friend to one day, become my successor in fighting against the threat. In my fights against the androids, I lost my arm, but it wasn't the only thing I lost."
Gohan stopped, clenching his fist.
"The androids were merciless. They killed everything in sight. One day, when I was patrolling, I find out that the boy I was training, Trunks, was dead. When I finally destroyed them, it was too late. I was the only one left." Gohan said the last part with tears running down his face.
Colton walked over to the man and put a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sure that you were able to avenge them." Colton said.
Gohan wiped his tears. "Yeah. I did. But after that, I lost my purpose."
"And that's where I step in." Towa said. "I approached him and gave him a new purpose: to be your mentor and member of your peerage."
'She can travel timelines... just what do you hide from me, Mother?'
"Before I join, I'd like to fight you, to see just what I'm dealing with."
"Alright." Colton said as he backed up.
Towa, Koneko and Ravel all backed away.
Colton and Gohan get into battle stances.
Colton charges at Gohan, getting to his left side.
Colton goes for a punch, thinking that Gohan couldn't block it.
Colton was surprised when Gohan dodged and performed a spin kick, knocking Colton back.
'That speed!' Colton thought to himself.
Colton tried running around Gohan to try and confuse him. He then attacked Gohan from behind.
Gohan quickly reacted and countered. Gohan grabbed Colton by the leg and threw him back.
'This guy... he's so fast.'
Gohan then fired a blast at Colton. Colton was caught off guard as the blast hit him, causing a lot of smoke.
The smoke cleared, showing Colton in his EXE state.
Colton charged forward and delivered a series of powerful attacks on Gohan.
Colton did not give Gohan a chance to think, as he had a limited time before he went berserk.
Using the red static, Colton continued to hit Gohan without giving him a chance to counter attack.
All of a sudden, power erupted out of Gohan, pushing Colton back.
Colton looked up and saw that Gohan's hair was now spiked up and Golden.
"What the-!" Colton began as Gohan suddenly charged.
Gohan delivered a powerful punch to Colton's stomach, instantly knocking him out, and returning him to normal.
Ravel immediately moved to Colton.
Once she reached him, she held out her hands and gathered flames in her hands.
She concentrated the flames and they gently moved to Colton.
Colton then started to glow green, being healed.
Colton then woke up. "Ugh. What was that?" Colton asked, holding his stomach.
"Sorry. I did hold back, it seems like you couldn't handle my strength." Gohan explained.
"Just what are you? That golden form of yours made you even more powerful than before."
"That is called Super Saiyan." Gohan explained.
"Super Saiyan?" Koneko asked as she walked over.
"Gohan here isn't human. At least, not entirely human. He is half human and half Saiyan. Saiyans are a warrior race that lived on a different planet." Towa explained.
"So he's an alien." Koneko summarized.
"Half-alien." Gohan corrected.
"So... how'd I do." Colton asked.
"I think I'd be able to help with your training." Gohan said.
"Alright, welcome to this peerage." Colton said as he summoned his Chaos Pieces.
Colton tired a pawn piece, which didn't work. Then he tried all 8, which also didn't work.
Colton tried a rook, which didn't work.
"Man. You are too strong for the rook. Let's try the queen piece." Colton said.
Colton held out the queen piece, which actually worked.
Gohan began to feel different. "I feel very different now."
"You are now a mix of 4 races: Saiyan, Human, Demon and Devil." Towa explained. "Your already high potential has increased tenfold."
"Jeez. What a power up. I'm lucky that the Chaos Pieces are much stronger than Evil Pieces. Otherwise none of them would work. I feel like I'm cheating by having someone that strong as a member of my peerage." Colton said.
Ravel then walked up to Gohan, holding out her hand. "Welcome to the peerage. You are the second official member. I'm Ravel Phenex, the first member to join, I take a bishop piece."
Gohan took the hand in a handshake. "Nice to meet you. But how am I the second? Not Counting Xeno-"
Gohan was immediately interrupted.
"Colton." Colton corrected.
"Not counting Colton, there's you, me and her." Gohan said, pointing at Koneko.
"First of all, the name's Koneko Toujou. Second of all, I'm not a part of this peerage. I live here because Colton is my boyfriend."
"Oh." Gohan said.
"Well, get along now. I have to get going. By the way, my boy, your going to have to cook around 10 times more food from now on. Saiyans, even partial ones, have an enormous appetite. bye!" Towa said as she walked through a portal.
Once Towa was gone, Colton turned to Gohan.
"I guess I should start by laying down a few things. First: don't call me Xeno, or master, or anything like that. Call me Colton. Second: we are not master and servant. We are equals. Well I guess our relationship specifically is teacher and student. Anyway, let's get going inside, it's just about lunch time anyway." Colton explained.
"Well, good timing. I'm starving." Gohan commented.
'Mother was right. His appetite is huge!'
Currently everyone was eating lunch. Colton, Koneko and Ravel were staring at Gohan as he devoured all the food in front of him.
Colton had to use magic to multiply the food he made, just so there was enough food for everyone.
After lunch, Colton and the rest got a room set up for Gohan.
Once the room was set up, they went out shopping, to get both Gohan and Ravel things to call their own.
While they were shopping, they ran into Rias of all people.
"Well, hello there Colton." Rias greeted.
"Good to see you Rias." Colton greeted back.
Rias then noticed Gohan. "Who is that?"
"This is Gohan. My queen piece. Mother had found him and recruited him into my peerage." Colton answered.
"Well, nice to meet you Gohan. I am-"
"Rias Gremory. The king of the peerage that Colton is a part of. His Mother told me about you." Gohan stated.
"It is a good thing I ran into you, as I needed to talk." Rias said.
"About what?" Colton asked.
"About enrolling Ravel into Kuoh Academy. And I guess Gohan as well." Rias explained.
"I'm pretty sure that I'm too old to go to school." Gohan commented.
"I could get you to be enrolled as a teacher." Rias said.
"I guess that could work." Gohan said.
"He'd need a cover story. Probably along the lines of a war veteran who lost his arm in the heat of battle."
"That would suffice. Now, what kind of teacher do you think you'd be suited for?" Rias asked.
"A gym teacher. I don't have much experience with other subjects, but I know how to fight. Being a gym teacher would be the only thing I could do." Gohan explained.
"That does make sense, given your scars and lack of arm." Rias agreed.
"As much as I want to talk more, we do have to get going. We are buying Ravel and Gohan some personal items." Colton said.
"Alright. Have a nice day. Oh, and make sure to send Gohan over later so he can fill out the paperwork." Rias said as she left.
The rest carry on with the shopping trip, getting things such as clothing, and even phones for the two of them.
After the shopping trip, Gohan and Ravel got their new clothes put away.
As everyone got into the kitchen, Gohan spoke up.
"Alright, as one way of teaching you, I'll be teaching you how to utilize Ki. Koneko, Ravel, you two are welcome to join."
"Ki?" Colton asks.
"It's basically life energy. You can use it in all sorts of ways, from shooting out energy blasts and beams, to flying, and even using it to breath underwater. Not to mention the many benefits from having the ability to manipulate it." Gohan explained.
"Sounds intriguing. Sure I'll join." Koneko said.
"If it means getting stronger and unlocking the Demon God forms, then I will join as well." Ravel said.
"Well, c'mon then." Gohan said as he walked outside.
The rest follow.
They all find Gohan sitting down on the ground in a meditative position.
"Sit down." Gohan instructed.
Once everyone sat down in the same position that Gohan was in, he spoke up again.
"In order to harness Ki, you have to find it within yourself. Look deep within yourself and try to find your energy. Once you find it, try to make it manifest as a ball."
Everyone began to search within themselves.
Gohan looked over to Koneko, and saw that she had already manifested a decently sized ball of Ki.
'That was easy for her. Almost as fast as a Saiyan.' Gohan thought to himself.
He looked over to Ravel, and saw that she was struggling a little, then she seemed to figure it out and a small ball of Ki manifested.
'Good.'
Gohan then looked over to Colton.
Colton himself had found his life energy relatively fast. However, he dug a little bit too deep into his life energy and found the EXE part of him.
Colton had accidentally pulled himself into his mindscape.
Colton looked around at the black void that is his mind.
"Well. This is unfortunate." He said to himself.
"It's about to get worse." Said a demonic voice.
Colton turned around and saw a pair of crimson red eyes, with what appeared to be blood dripping down them.
"I take it your my berserk state?" Colton asked, unamused.
"Not exactly." The voice said, as a figure walked out of the darkness.
What Colton saw shocked him. "Xenophane!?"
The figure was none other than the mass murder, self-proclaimed god himself, Xenophane.
"What are you doing in my mind!?" Colton asks, shocked.
"I manifested here when you were born. Due to you being my descendant, with a portion of my power, I was able to resurrect, in a way."
"But why me? Why not make Fu's life really hard?"
"You really don't get along with your brother at all, do you?" Xenophane asked.
"He's a jerk, deserves it sometimes." Colton said nonchalantly.
"Anyway. Your the only one who could actually use my power, seeing as your potential was greater than any other demon thanks to your biology. I manifested as a conduit to you using my power, although since I'm here, when you use my power for too long, you end up like how I was in my prime." Xenophane explained.
"Yeah. It's a huge pain you know." Colton deadpanned.
"Which is why I know the solution. Since your trying to manifest your life energy, and your inherited powers are apart of your life energy, your probably going to go berserk if you use it." Xenophane said.
"Oh great." Colton said sarcastically.
"The solution is easy. We have to fully let my powers become apart of you."
"How do we do that?" Colton asked.
"Hold out your hand." Xenophane instructed.
Colton complied.
Xenophane placed his own hand against Colton's, in a hive five kind of way.
"Now, this will not only make my power truly apart of you, getting rid of the berserk state, but it will supply enough of a power boost to unlock your Demon God form. Heh, that thought fills me with pride, a descendant of a god becoming a demonic god himself." Xenophane explained.
"Although, this will cause me to fade back out to the afterlife." Xenophane said.
"Are you really going to give up yourself like that?" Colton asked.
"Sure. It's boring here anyway." Xenophane answered.
Xenophane then started to fade. Colton could feel his power increasing.
Xenophane then completely faded as Colton was brought out of his mindscape.
Back in the real world, Gohan had just started observing Colton, when all of a sudden, his power skyrocketed.
Colton had then undergone a transformation.
His hair now has a bunch of red streaks scattered around it.
He opened his eyes and they were black and red.
Red static then appeared and a target appeared out of nowhere.
Colton got up and fired a large Ki blast at the target, decimating it.
Colton then got a feel of his own power. "So this is what it feels like to be a Demon God."
Everyone was amazed.
"So that's a Demon God form." Gohan commented.
"How'd you unlock that so quickly? I thought you weren't even close." Koneko asked.
"You could say it was some inner acceptance." Colton said vaguely.
Gohan then stood up. "I'd like to test your new power."
Colton and Gohan got into a fighting stance.
Colton powered down to his base form, his eyes returning to normal as well.
Colton charged.
Gohan got ready to block, when red static appeared and Colton was suddenly behind Gohan.
Gohan noticed and swung around at even faster speeds than the previous match.
Red static appeared again and Colton was behind Gohan again.
Colton quickly hit Gohan in the back.
Colton then immediately backed off.
"You're able to utilize that power without your eyes changing." Gohan observed.
"Truth be told. I was pulled into my mindscape and met my ancestor. He and I worked out a solution to these powers and ow I can use them easily without fear of going berserk." Colton explained.
The red static appeared again as everyone could see Colton appearing in a few different places in rapid succession before appearing behind Gohan with a spin kick.
Gohan is pushed forward.
Gohan then immediately goes Super Saiyan.
Colton and Gohan clash, moving at rapid speeds.
Gohan had the advantage.
Colton was launched back, but used his static to position himself back on the ground.
"All out." Colton said.
He then powered up to Demon God.
/Demon God for him is what was shown earlier; the red streaks in the hair and the red pupils with black sclera.\
Colton then charged at Gohan again.
Gohan was now at a disadvantage, as the Demon God form gave off enough power to completely outclass Super Saiyan.
Colton began knocking Gohan around like a pin ball, moving to the location that Gohan was flying to before he could get there.
Koneko and Ravel watch in amazement.
Colton then delivered one final axe kick, sending Gohan to the ground.
Gohan gets up and reverts from Super Saiyan.
"That form, combined with you knowing how to use Ki, is definitely strong." He said, rubbing the back of his head.
Colton held out a hand. Gohan took it. Colton then helped Gohan up.
Koneko and Ravel then walk over.
"That was very impressive." Ravel said.
"Very cool." Koneko adds.
Colton reverts to base. "That is what a Demon God form is like. Our current goal is to get both Ravel and Gohan to achieve the form."
"I get Ravel, but why me?" Gohan asked.
"Because since your now part demon, and becoming a Demon God is every demon's goal. Plus I'm sure with your level of strength, your probably close anyway." Colton explained.
"We should probably get over to the ORC building." Koneko said. "We do need to get Gohan and Ravel into the school."
"Oh, right. Let's go." Colton said as he teleported everyone.
At the ORC, is Rias and Akeno. They spot a magic circle appear.
"That must be Colton and his new member." Rias said.
As if on cue, Colton, Koneko, Ravel and Gohan all appear from the circle.
Akeno made eye contact with Gohan, and had an... interesting look in her eyes.
"Well, hello handsome." Akeno said in a flirty tone.
Gohan's eyes widened a bit, before he looked away.
"Please don't, Akeno. He is new." Colton said.
"Aww, why not? I'm just greeting him, queen piece to queen piece."
"Akeno. Leave the quarter alien alone." Koneko said.
"Quarter alien?" Rias asked.
"I was born half Saiyan, an alien race. Now I'm only quarter Saiyan since I'm now also a demon and a devil." Gohan explained.
"Now that's interesting." Akeno said.
"I don't mean to interject, but... I don't think trying to flirt with him is a good idea. Especially since he's going to be a teacher here." Ravel said.
Akeno then gained a devious smile.
Everyone saw that smile and took a literal step back.
"A-anyway!" Colton said, trying to change the topic. "I just unlocked my own Demon God form."
"That's wonderful news!" Rias cheered.
Colton then transformed into his new form.
"I see that you have the same eyes as the 'EXE state' as you call it." Rias stated.
"I had to get through some mental barriers. Now I can access the powers of that state at any time, and the visuals and boost of that state are transferred over to my Demon God form. Although it's not a normal Demon God form, as it's mixed with my EXE state. My Mother calls her form Demon God Dark Factor Enhancement. I think I'll make mine a more simple name. How about... Dark Divine?"
"The Dark Divine form... that sounds fitting." Akeno said.
Colton then powered down to base. "Gohan here also has a transformation. From his Saiyan DNA."
"He does?" Rias asked.
Gohan then went Super Saiyan. "This is called Super Saiyan. A form that is only achieved through anger. It gives off a power multiplier of 50."
Rias and Akeno looked amazed. Gohan then powered down to base.
"I think I see a pattern here. The peerage of a powerful queen piece has a powerful queen piece." Rias observed.
They talk some more while Gohan also signs some papers and officially becomes a teacher.
Later, everyone went home.
Gohan was getting into some sleep clothes. He sat on his bed and was reflecting on his life.
Remembering the androids and the pain they caused him. Remembering everyone he cared about.
'I failed to protect them. I won't fail this time. I'll make sure that they become as strong as possible and keep them from feeling the pain that I felt. Heh, it's funny. I'm in a whole new world, and I'm not four races in one. I better get some sleep.'
With that Gohan got in bed and eventually fell asleep.
