Hello everyone! I am back and I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Mine was pretty damn great. I have A LOT to talk about but for now let's get into the responses and onto the story!

Jebest4781: Thanks I always enjoy the interaction between Ragna and his girls. Yeah just honestly, just honestly fuck Paul. I don't need a strong reason, the comics are reason alone why Marvel has terrible comics, yeah let's have this random Chimera Mutant punch the Thing cause that's likable. Ranting a bit I'll get to that at the bottom I have a LOT. Man, I just don't have it in me to care about MCU but I'll give it a go when I have the time. Yes, one hundred percent will there be Castlevania, ACTUAL Castlevania respect and love unlike SOMETHINGS! Enjoy!

Phoinexslayer5: Um, you'll see. Enjoy!

Bromega2477: Ragna will never be a fan of Poetry Night lol, also hot take but I like the Lord of Shadows games. Not the best Castlevania games, but they are fun. Enjoy!

Yakuza2010: Yeah, and I would say it gets easier, there are a few nice moments but things do not go well. It's gonna be fun tho. Hmm, a Spawn story arc, I like it, I like it. Enjoy!

Necros The Saiyan Knight: Yeah they aren't very good honestly, I binge read them like a month or so before the show came out. Not...not great. I don't remember there being a hundred, it's at least over eighty, but yeah they aren't good. To answer your second question I don't know much about Jupiter's Legacy but I'll check it out. Enjoy!

Jobro89: Thanks! Enjoy!

SaiyaSage: Hey! I can dislike a person and justify his bashing but I'm not gonna wanna know why: Fuck Paul. Fuck Marvel, and fuck them bitches. Eh, I wouldn't say it's completely not out of arrogance, he BELIEVES he can do whatever cause he is now the 'Son of Sparda'. If it was anything else Ragna would not give a shit about it, but if it is being a hero and a lover now, he will go Beyond Plus Ultra. Of course in Ragna's eyes heroes are amazing without fault and this plays in a long overarching storyline of black/white Justice. Oh you know he going for that Rio Morales Cake, hopefully soon but no promises. I get into the actually story of the locker room incident in the next chapter actually, and it plays into another arc for Ragna. Oh you will get some PETITE Spider-Booty in about...SIX Chapters, but that's for the spider-booty...we got another scene SOON. Enjoy!

Blindluck92: Yeah notifications have been ASS ever since FF installed Email Optin, I hate them for this. It could've been worse, oh yeah that thug Bob is gonna be fun. You wanna talk about notifications? The sight literally forced me to change my email because of a problem on their end, and it still hasn't worked so I just turned off all my notifications so I won't know how many responses this gets. Doesn't even matter, Email Opt In has fucked everyone and there seems to be no sign of deleting so GREAT. Enjoy!

Alright this chapter is a bit different than what was planned, and I will explain at the end, until then enjoy!

Chapter Eight: Way of Arms Part One: Double Trouble

(The Marvelous Devil)

"...Mmm, I can smell Fredi's from here." Ragna sighed dreamily, leaning over and resting his head on Kyrie's shoulder.

"That's like on the other side of the park, how can you even smell that?" She asked, looking up at the teen with his arm around her shoulders.

"Like I've always said, a man always knows what he wants if he can smell it." Ragna stated.

"...I don't think you've said that before, Ragna." Kyrie deadpanned, giggling as the tall teen dropped his smile.

"Well I'm gonna make it a thing now." Ragna muttered, scratching the back of his head. Today had been one of those days where it was just one of his girlfriends, this time being Kyrie. Penny was back home studying, and Gwen was grounded after sneaking out of the house. The two had decided to skip school altogether, much to Ragna's enjoyment, and just hang out at the Redgrave City Central Park.

Normally they want to be discreet about their relationship, but Ragna was tired of hiding it everyday, and after Gwen slept with him the other night he wanted to be more open when it was just the four of them. He could care less what some random onlooker thought. Today was just him and Kyrie, pulling her up to the side of his chest. He was surprised Trish had not texted him nor did he find her at the parking lot, so when Kyrie asked if they could hang out he instantly jumped on that opportunity. Just because he was a hero now, doesn't mean he was gonna throw away time to be with one or all his girls.

"It's really beautiful today." Kyrie mused, sitting on a bench overlooking the pond. While it was a nice sight, Ragna's attention was elsewhere.

"Yeah…you sure are." Ragna beamed with pride hearing Kyrie giggle and elbow his chest. Between the three girls, Kyrie always had that more outgoing personality, and it was hard not to see: She was considered one of the more popular girls at the school for her kind and bubbly attitude. She was the ideal girlfriend, the one out of your reach….at least for most at the school, but Ragna was the one, and everyday he felt so honored by this fact. Of course he had Kyrie to thank for it since it was she who approached him when she moved here during middle school.

"Ragna~~!" Kyrie purred happily as the hybrid twisted his body and laid in her lap, letting her pet his long raven mane.

"Tired?"

"Naw, just enjoying the view." Ragna chuckled, leering over the bountiful hills of Kyrie's breasts. Once they reached High School, Ragna eagerly took notice of his three girlfriends bodily changes: Whereas Penny was more top heavy, Gwen was petite with a bit of junk in the trunk, Kyrie was a goddamn WHOLE cake, a 36DDD or F Cup size Bosom (32 Band size/97.5CM) as Ragna has personally measured himself and can fit his head right in between. And an ass that could clap if she wasn't so embarrassed by it.

"Hmm, it is very nice to enjoy these small moments." Kyrie muttered off handidly, staring at the pond in front of them as ducks were returning from winter.

"I mean…..we can still enjoy them a little longer."

"Of course Ragna, but at some point its gonna be busy for all four of us when graduate the Academy." Kyrie explained, and it had to remind Ragna that Kyrie would be graduating this year when he would graduate next year.

"Right, I would be in school, and you would be off…um….Photographying?"

"Hehe, not the right word Ragna, and I would be a reporter, in fact I'm hoping they accept my resume down at the Daily Bugle or Daily Planet in Metropolis."

"Do….do people still read newspapers?"

"Ragna!" Kyrie pouted.

"Kidding….Sort of, jokes aside, I do hope this turns out well for you. Though I still wonder what made you decide to do photography, since you always loved singing." He always figured that Kyrie would join Gwen's band as a singer, and he would be….he didn't really know the terms in music but he could help somehow. Kyrie smiled softly, lamenting his words

"I still do…...but it's…..I don't know Ragna." Ragna reached out and took her hand in his, clenching softly, giving her reassurance.

"Hey, it's okay." Kyrie smiled softly at her boyfriend, despite his face was now smothered by her large bosom as she leaned down, much to his viewing pleasure.

"...I just feel like I'm-Harry?!"

"Oh, don't be like that, Kyrie. I know for a fact that you're as smooth as a baby's bottom."

"Harry!" Kyrie exclaimed, Ragna sitting up and following her line of sight, instantly noticed MJ hugging….oh man.

"Oh we should go say hi to him!"

"...Harry." Ragna growled under his breath.

(Harry Osborn: Heir to the Osborn Family)

"Uh oh." Kyrie muttered, wrapping her arms around Ragna's, seeing the deep glare into his eyes.

"Ragna. Be nice." Kyrie ordered, standing up and bringing her boyfriend along with her, all the while Ragna had to hold his tongue in. Harry Osborn, a seventeen year old who was one of Penny and Kyrie's friends when he enrolled into Redgrave Academy. He was only a few inches taller than Penny with light brown hair, wearing a grey crew neck sweater and white button shirt.

"Harry! MJ!"

"Hmm? Oh, Kyrie!." Harry chuckled, waving his free hand towards the buxom ginger eyes beamed with more happiness…..until he noticed him.

"Kyrie, so good to see you!" MJ laughed enthusiastically as she walked up and hugged Kyrie, before both turned to see their respective boyfriends staring the other down.

"...Ragna."

"...Harry." Ragna grumbled as he glared at Harry. He never got along with Harry, no matter how much he tried. He didn't think Harry was a bad guy per say, he was probably better company than Flash-that's not saying much-but Ragna just never could get along with Harry. There were plenty of reasons: Different lifestyles, different hobbies, but the main reason was the same girl Ragna now wrapped his right arm around and brought her closer. It may be considered foolish or even petty jealousy but he didn't care, he knew Harry cared for Penny more than just friends.

"So wheres Penny? Did you scare her off like I knew you would."

"Ha. Ha. Actually she's at home cause we just spent the last few weeks together….intimately." Ragna whispered the last bit, leaning back from Harry with a smug grin on his lips.

"...Hey MJ." Ragna finished, smiling at the redhead who threw her hands up in exasperation.

"Finally, I was beginning to think I was invisible."

"Sorry Mary." Harry smiled as he pulled his girlfriend into a hug. From what Ragna could remember, he never really cared what went on with Harry when Penny brought it up, Harry started dating MJ about a few weeks prior to the holidays.

"So what were you two doing?" MJ asked, noticing how close Ragna and Kyrie were being, if she didn't know any better it looked as if they were more than friends. Luckily she did know better, a polygamous relationship? They were close but not THAT close. Or…..no, Ragna wouldn't cheat on Penny, he was a pervert but he was a two-timing dick….but she could be wrong.

"Just strolling through the park, relaxing after the last few days of hard work." Ragna explained. After bringing MJ home a few days ago, he continued training with Trish and dealing with low level demons like those strange gremlins. He had yet to run into Spider-Girl and Ghost-Spider since the whole Rhino/Demon incident, hopefully he made a pretty good impression.

"Wow, hard work and Ragna are not something you see very often." Harry mused, earning a few chuckles from the girls, all said for the hybrid. It made him a hypocrite, but no one calls him lazy but his girls, as strange as it was.

"Well, some of us have to work hard to get where we are, we didn't have our family's inheritance to fix our problems." Ragna retorted, a smug grin on his face as Harry's smirk faltered, the girls looked at each other in shock.

"Really? Cause last time I checked you got into the Academy because of your Aunt."

"They certainly didn't roll out the red carpet for me like they did you."

"I wonder why."

"Probably because, like you, they have their mouths full sucking your smegma riddled di-!"

"Harry, what's with all the commotion?" A new voice called out from the limo still parked right behind them.

"It's nothing Dad, just talking with some friends, you can go to work now." Harry tried to dismiss the voice, eyes glaring at Ragna, when the sound of a door opening caught their attention.

"Nonsense, Harry, if these are your friends you should introduce them to me. I don't think I've yet had the pleasure to meet them." Everyone turned around to come face to face with a man around Ragna's height, if a few inches shorter-the hybrid being around 6'4-and Harry's father was quite an impressive man. He wore a black suit that hugged his more masculine frame, with reddish hair in a horizontal cornrows style.

"Guys, this is my dad: Norman Osborn."

(Norman Osborn: CEO of OsCorp)

"...Well Harry definitely got most from his mother's side." Ragna joked, earning a small glare from said individual.

"You must be Harry's girlfriend!" MJ's features lit up a bit, knowing she had to make a good first impression for the man. She never got a chance to meet Harry's father since he was so busy, she couldn't squander this cha-What?

"N-No I'm Kyr-!" Kyrie was caught off guard when Norman leaned down and took her hand, offering a small kiss before letting go.

"And honor to meet you, Harry certainly has the right taste." Norman complimented.

"Heh." Norman turned to face the young man around his son's age, who then grabbed Kyrie's waist and pulled her close as she placed a hand on his chest.

"Actually this is my friend, Kyrie."

"Kyrie Eleison actually." Kyrie added, waving at the elder Osborn.

"MJ's is Harry's." Ragna flicked his thumb in MJ's direction, the older man turning to eye the redhead.

"Ah! My apologies, so nice to meet you Miss MJ?"

"Mary, Mary Jane Watson." MJ held her hand out but to her surprise, at least she didn't show, Norman simply shook her hand before moving onto Ragna, the two staring the other down.

"And you are?"

"Ragna, Ragna Redgrave." Said teen introduces himself, holding his hand up and giving Norman a firm handshake.

"Hmm, strong grip."

"Can say the same about you." Ragna complimented, noticing that Harry's dad was no slouch and clearly took pride in his body.

"Of course, just because I'm all brains doesn't mean I should sacrifice my brawn." Norman stated, pulling his sleeve back to reveal his muscled forearm, flexing it to illustrate his point.

"...I think I like you much more than Harry." Ragna joked, earning a laugh from Norman.

"Ragna….Hehe….Wait a minute, I think Harry mentioned you actually during the summer. He mentioned Penny quite a few times so that's why I thought she was you Miss Eleison." Norman mused, rubbing his chin much to his son's embarrassment.

"Of course Harry talked about Penny…..Wait a minute, Harry mentioned ME?!" Ragna gagged, visibly horrified by the mere act of his name coming out of Harry's mouth.

"Yes, he mentioned you once. Something about a…no good pervert….or was it a loser with no future…..maybe it was a lecherous predator…."

"...Harry seemed to have a LOT to say about me." Ragna growled out, glaring daggers at the young osborn.

"Indeed, but the one who caught my attention was 'Visionary of the Depraved'. Seeing you now, I can see what Harry means, cause it reminded me of me." Norman declared, turning his smile to the hybrid.

"...Cause I'm depraved?"

"Haha! No, no. Because when I look at you now, in your eyes, I see a young me." Norman walked over and grabbed Ragna by his shoulders, gesturing to the sky.

"A visionary. A man who sees the bigger picture, a man who wishes to do what he believes is right and that the only limit is the-!"

"Sky…" Ragna finished. His choices were his own, he wanted that, he wanted to decide his own life and not be pressured. It was clearly the right answer as Norman's smile widened, patting his shoulder.

"Exactly. You see it. Harry, you should've told me how amazing your friend is!" Norman exclaimed, practically in a side hug with the hybrid.

"I see a bright future for you Ragna. I am quite curious, is there a particular dream job you have in mind for yourself?" Norman asked, stepping away from Ragna.

"Yeah Ragna….is there?" Said teen paled and felt sweat bead down his forehead, looking down to see Kyrie looking up at him with a teasing smile, knowing that his well kept secret was about to be out in the open if he didn't come up with something fast.

"Well….Uh, ya see, the funny thing about that is-VRRM! VRRM!" He reached into his pocket and pulled out his phone, the girls trying to get a look over his shoulder.

"I…..I actually have to go to my new job right now." Surprising everyone, Ragna quickly kissed Kyrie's head and hugged the others before walking up and shaking Norman's hand.

"Mr. Osborn, it was a pleasure to meet ya Sir, way better company than your son." Norman laughed as Ragna shot Harry a dirty look, anything to piss off Harry was a win in Ragna's book. With that the hybrid was off down the street, leaving Kyrie before she could get another word out, as Norman hummed.

"What a fun kid, you should bring him over more Harry!" Norman mused unaware of his son's scowl.

"Though he makes a fair point too, I should get back to the lab. Have a good day Harry, Miss Batson."

"It's Wats-!"

"Miss Eleison. I wish you a wonderful day." With that Norman sat back in his seat and closed the limo door, the group watching it drive off.

"I….well that just happened." Harry muttered.

"Yeah…..I wonder where he is going." Kyrie whispered, watching her boyfriend hurry down the street.

"...Sorry Ragna left in such a hurry, it must be hard to deal with him as much as you do Kyrie." Harry said. He knew of the girls past with Ragna, and honestly he considered them saints for taking up with a prick like Ragna. He didn't think Ragna was the worst of the worst, but the kid was not afraid to get into fights no matter how much of a bad rep he had, especially since he has so much beef with most of the male body and his little incident with the girl's locker room at the academy.

"It…..It's fine." Kyrie waved Harry's concern off, although she wasn't fully paying attention.

"Well, if you aren't doing something, MJ and I were going to get a bite to eat. If you would like you can join us." Harry offered, unaware of the small glare in MJ's eyes, not happy that he offered Kyrie to hang out on their date. One they had been planning since he left for the christmas break. She liked Kyrie, she had no ill will since MJ was one of her better friends, but usually a date was reserved for two.

"Oh no, I really couldn't, I-!"

"Please, I insist. The least I could do, I want to hear about whats been going on since I've been gone." Harry said. Kyrie was about to turn down again, but her stomach rumbling caught everyone by surprise. Seeing no point and knowing Harry wasn't gonna stop, much to her annoyance, MJ walked over and hooked her arm around Kyrie.

"Come on, I had a place in mind, meals on Harry." MJ left no room to argue as she and Kyrie walked past Harry who quickly followed after them. While food was on her mind, she did look back over her shoulder, wondering where Ragna was going.

And if this secret job of his was safe.

(The Marvelous Devil)

"I'm here, sorry I'm late." Ragna apologized as he ran to the top of his apartment, avoiding Cass and surprisingly Leslie who was visiting no doubt, to find the blonde standing on top of the roof with a box in her arms.

"It's fine, now put your gear on." Trish ordered, dropping the box and kicking it over to him.

"Hey! Wait, how did you eve-Did you break into my room?!"

"You should really put a lock on it." Trish stated with a small smirk, Ragna rolled his eyes before reached down and beginning to roll his shirt up….only to notice that Trish was staring at him.

"..."

"...What? You don't seem like a prude at the idea of a girl watching you change and show the goods." Trish teased with a wink.

"These GOODS are for girlfriends only, so turn your hot blonde behind around and let me change." Ragna said with a smirk, Trish rolled her eyes before finally relenting.

"Speaking of girlfriends, I am surprised you have THREE of them. It was to my understanding that most humans today are usually paired with one spouse, two or more is usually frowned upon in Society." Trish said.

"Well it is considered outlawed in the US and it's not exactly praised, but in my opinion I could care less what society thinks of my relationship considering what most consider the norm now. Besides, the girls and I….we've been friends for so long we just…..I guess I didn't want to be apart from them as selfish as it sounds it is true." Ragna explained, slipping on his shirt and pants.

"That's mighty possessive, some say even Greedy keeping those three all too yourself." Trish taunted, hearing Ragna hum in response, not really having a retort.

"Truthfully, it doesn't surprise me that you have a harem of women, it's a pretty common practice for powerful demon lords to have a swarm of concubines at their beck and call-!"

"Please don't refer to my girls as concubines, they are my girlfriends, not my slaves."

"No need to get defensive. I'm just saying its normal for demons to have more than one lover, and knowing who your father is, I doubt those three are the last." Trish chuckled, finding it annoyingly sweet how Ragna cares for the three girls in his own personal harem, but with his blood awakening she had no doubt that his appetite for the carnal pleasure will know no bounds.

"Where's my sword?" Ragna asked, noticing his blade wasn't up here.

"...I…..an…arry i…"

"What?"

"I…..can….ry it."

"I can't hear you, I don't have super hear-!"

"I can't carry it, it won't let me." Trish admitted, Ragna noticing her more flustered posture. A sly grin on his lips, Ragna walked up and leaned down a bit in Trish's personal space.

"Oh, don't feel bad…..Most guys are natural stro-Ow, ow, I was kidding!" Ragna grunted as Trish pinched his cheek.

"There's a reason I can't pick up your sword, and it's what today's training is all about." Trish explained as Ragna quickly turned around and snuck back into his room. A few seconds later he walked out with his blade sheathed on his back.

"So what's today's training? More swinging the blade? How to hold the grip? I don't mean to brag, that's a lie, but I can handle a big sword."

"Easy, kid, today's training is another…..field experiment…..or more like your first real test against a true demon threat." Trish said, before tapping the handle of Ragna's blade.

"First thing first, I never got to tell you what that blade is, did I?"

"Ya called it a…uh….a Demonic Arm?"

"Devil Arm, there's much more to it but I'll give you the short summary: A devil arm is a infernal weapon forged from the bowels of Hell. Either from a powerful material within Inferno, or the Soul of a powerful Demon." Trish quickly explained.

"Well that's cool, but I don't know why that's important."

"Ragna, have you not once questioned where the blade came from?" Trish asked, pinching her nose.

"Well yeah, but who cares? It's a cool sword, what else do I need to know?" Ragna shrugged.

"The fact that it magically sticks to your back has never bothered you?"

"...Well when you put it like that-OW!" Trish pinched the bridge of her nose, bonking Ragna on the head before letting out a long sigh.

"Regardless of your lack of questioning for your sword, this blade is an extension of you. And your gonna need it for todays mission."

"Mission? What missi-!" Trish cut Ragna off by grabbing onto his shoulders, lightning arcs dancing across her legs and arms.

"Hold on."

KRA-KOOM

(The Marvelous Devil)

"Gentlemen, Gentlemen. Thank you all for coming. General Slocum. Mr. Balkan. Mr. Fargas." Norman stated as he walked down the steps with his secretary right behind him. The entire lab was filled with a few scientists, guards, his board of directors, and the general himself. Today was a big day for him, today the project that he had spent nearly two years working on will finally be a reality. He had some setbacks, it comes with territory, but that was all going to pay off. Currently the general and board were being directed by one of his lead scientist Dr. Stromm in the display of the Green Source Power Suit, that was just the appetizer to the main course he had planned.

"Norman." His board responded as he finally made his way towards them.

"Mr. Osborn, I want to see the progress report on the human performance enhancers." Slocum stated, cutting the chase.

"Oh General, you don't need to be so bashful, we can call it what it is: A new beginning for the Super Soldier-No, the Future of the Super Soldier Program." Norman said enthusiastically.

"I promise you, General as I have said before, this will not only give the army an edge but it will be like Captain America has returned tenfold." Norman promised, guiding Slocum down the path to the glass case that held his true project: Project Green. An enhanced super soldier serum, made with what he could find from remnants of the late Doctor Erskine during the second World War. The main formula was obscure and was missing some ingredients but Norman knew he could perfect it. And PERFECT it he did, for now it was complete, and nothing could stop him.

"Any side effects?"

"In one trial, yes." Nothing but the complete spineless buffoon that was Stromm. The dear doctor was explaining to the general about using vapor inhalation with the rodent subjects. Ninety-nine percent were successful….all but one damn trial, but that was science, there will always be one percent that had a 'slight accident' but so long as the rest worked what did it matter?

"It was an aberration. All the tests since then have been successful." Norman tried to shrug off Stromm, but the general turned, facing Norman with a stern gaze.

"And the trial that went wrong? What happened to the rodent?"

"Violence, aggression, and insanity." Norman wished he had super powers because he would love nothing more than to shoot beams from his eyes into Stromm. Could this idiot not see that not only was he messing their chance, but pushing back months of HIS hard earned work.

"That was only one test of course. With the exception of Stromm, our entire staff certifies the product ready for human testing." Norman reassured with a charming smile, hoping to woo the general. Of course he knew deep down that Slocum despised him, even now he would deny him as Slocum turned to the scientist.

"Dr. Stromm?"

"...We need to take the whole line back to formula." If looks could kill, Stromm would be ashes as Slocum sighed.

"Dr. Osborn." After silently glaring at Stromm, Norman turned to face the general.

"I am going to be frank with you: I never supported your program." Norman took a deep breath, his knuckle turning right before relaxing.

"All of this, was all because Ross wanted another Captain America, you have him to thank that you even got this chance." Slocum explained, ignoring Norman's small glare.

"Now I'm not sure if you have heard the news, but Stark has been found and will be back in the US in a few days." Norman looked away for a few seconds, remembering that the young CEO of Stark Enterprise had gone missing in the East three months ago.

"Well what a reli-!"

"I have already had a talk with Stane and have already given them the go ahead to build a prototype weapon Stark had showcased in Afghanistan. They test in four days, you have until then to perfect this serum. If your so-called 'future' serum has not had a successful human trial by that date, I'm gonna pull your funding. I'm going to give it to them." Norman remained stoic as Slocum turned and left, not giving Norman a chance to respond. The man dare not turn to the embarrassed stares of his board, his coworkers. Yet…they all stand there and judge him after all the work he put into this. This was HIS life work, two years into this damn thing…..and…AND…

They wanted it back to formula. He'll give them back to formula.

(The Marvelous Devil)

BA-BOOM

"AAAAAAHHHH!" Ragna screamed as he fell to the earth, crashing face first as Trish gently landed back on the ground.

"Wh-What?! Where are we?! How did we get here?! Why did you drop me?!" Ragna asked, seeing that he was in the middle of some forest.

"One, I used my electricity to hop and skip all the way here. Two, I dropped you because it was funny. Finally, welcome to the Pine Barrens, New Jersey." Trish gestured to the trees around them as Ragna cleaned himself off.

"Alright….so I'm in Jersey, why?" Ragna asked, looking over at the blonde.

"Somewhere, here in these woods, is a dangerous demon that is said to feast upon hikers. I want you to go and search for this demon, and take it out in…let's say…..before the sun sets." Trish ordered, pointing up at the celestial body in the sky above.

"...I have three hours to find a random demon in the middle of nowhere…..what happens if I fail?" Ragna asked.

"Do you really wanna know~~?"

"...Not anymore. Alright, I can do this. No problem, just gotta walk in one direction until I pick up a scent…..how will I know what this demon is near? What would it smell like?"

"Like rotten meat and rancid blood." Trish answered, leaning against a tree.

"...Right, great, love that aroma-said no one ever-and you're just gonna be here?"

"I'll be here waiting, I have nothing better to do."

"Well….wish me luck." With that Ragna was off walking down the forest path, leaving the blonde alone. Or so she thought, unaware of the eyes peering down at her, yellow arcs dancing across their feathers before they flapped away.

"Okay, okay this is fine. You can do this Ragna you just gotta find a demon in a place you've never been before. You also have never been camping before so you don't know what to do, but I can do this. I am Ragna Redgrave, badass hero and lover of women, I can handle a rotten demon." Ragna reassured himself. He already killed a big demon like Ancala, and that oranggerra or whatever it was called demon, and had been exterminating gremlins like crazy. He can handle whatever is coming his way.

"Now…which way did I come from?" Ragna took in his surroundings, unsure if he was walking in a circle or not. Taking a big whiff of the area, he could smell the sap from within trees, he could smell animals leaving their own mark, and finally….he could smell an unfamiliar aroma. It was unlike any scent he had smelled, which had to be the demon. Ragna began walking in the direction of the aroma, hands in pocket. He walked what felt like a good forty minutes, he wasn't really keeping track, when he heard whining nearby. Taking a few careful steps, Ragna saw a wolf whining, its right hind leg trapped in a beartrap. Having a soft spot for canines no matter what species, he walked around it, the wild animal instantly growling in fear.

"Easy boy….easy, I got you." Ragna kneeled down and easily pried open the bear trap, freeing the wolf who wasted no time in limping away.

"You're welcome." Ragna casually tossed the trap over his shoulder and was back on the hunt for the demon, though he wondered where the heck it could b-!

"That was awfully kind of you."

"JESUS!" Ragna jumped back at the sudden voice, coming face to face with a girl possibly younger than him. The girl was of short stature with pale shiny skin, seductive crimson-red eyes, and fine facial features that made her quite beautiful. She had silver hair tied in a ponytail through a large ribbon on top of it all, allowing others a full view of her face. Her choice of clothing was very strange in Ragna's opinion: soft black evening dress with a big heavy skirt. Her upper body is dressed in a lace embellished ribbon and a short tailored jacket. Her hands are donned with long lace gloves, not exposing any bit of skin.

"Tehe, sorry to scare you, handsome."

"Scared? Me? No I just uh…..uncontrollable screaming disorder." Ragna shrugged off his overreaction as the girl twirled the umbrella in her hand and walked up, standing on her tiptoes.

"Oh good, neither of us weren't sure if you were a nice guy, but seeing you selflessly save that wolf really proved us wrong."

"Well it was nothing special but…..We?"

"She refers to me~~~" Ragna turned to his right as a pair of arms wrapped around his and into her bosom, Ragna found himself staring into golden irises. The woman in question had lustrous jet-black hair, and she wore a pure white dress with silky gloves covering her slender hands and a golden spiderweb necklace that covered her shoulders and chest.

"FUC-Are you guys ninjas?!"

"Quite jumpy isn't he?" The new woman purred as the woman he met first rubbed her fingers down his chest.

"Indeed. Of course I have no doubt this big strong hunk can help us out of these woods. You see we were having a nice stroll and took a shortcut only to end up lost, and its going to be dark soon. Would you please help us out of these scary woods?" She asked, practically pressing her body against Ragna. The hybrid remained silent for a few seconds, looking between the two who seemed to be eyeing up and down his body like he was a piece of well cooked steak, before smiling softly.

"Sure, I had something important, but I am sure it can wait. Besides I wouldn't want you two lovely ladies to get caught in the crossfire." With that both girls wrapped around his arms and the hybrid began walking in one direction for a good ten minutes as kept asking him questions or just simply tugging at his arms.

"So tell us, Mr. Swordsman-!"

"Not my name nor my hero name." Ragna muttered. He had already explained he was a hero in Red Grave hence the costume but the two barely cared moving onto the next subject.

"What were you doing out in the woods to begin with, you said you were looking for something important?"

"Something like that, maybe you can say I was hunting for big game."

"Oh well I hope you find it very soon." The taller one said.

"Yeah, so do I. Not sure what it looks like, it could be anything. Could be big and hairy, could be small and scaly…..or it could be that there is more than one." Ragna mused, ignoring that the girls grip on his arms had slack yet he did not stop his walk.

"Could be two of them, waiting for their chance to strike upon some poor defenseless horny tee-!" Ragna quickly turned at the last second, drawing his blade, as a powerful strike launched him through several trees. Rolling back on his feet Ragna aimed his blade at the two girls whose features began changing, with the taller one growing curved horns and black wings, and the shorter one revealing her razor sharp teeth and blood dripping down her eyes.

"So you figured it out?" The shorter one asked, a maniacal grin on her lips.

"I may be a horny teen with a STRONG love for anything feminine, but I'm not as dumb as people make me out to believe. One, ya both are wearing the most out-of-pocket clothing I've ever seen in the woods. Two, you randomly showed up out of nowhere and haven't even introduced yourselves and that's just manners. Finally, your eyes are anything but human and you certainly can't hide your demonic aroma from me." Ragna said, tapping the side of his nose.

"I knew something was wrong about him: He's a hybrid!" The taller one growled with disgust, a large obsidian ax in her right hand.

"Indeed, and yet his blood smells so….exotic." The smaller one moaned, licking her lips.

"Hey! This blood is for lovers onl….Wait a minute." Ragna hummed in thought only to be forced to jump back as an ax came down where he last stood splintering the ground beneath him.

"Shall we deal with this little pest, Jekkaline?"

"I thought you never asked, Hydie." The one now known as Jekkaline chuckled as she twirled her umbrella that now spiral with demonic energy. The two demonesses were soon engulfed in demonic power, blinding Ragna for a split second before it died down, revealing the two now decked out. Jekkaline can now be seen dressed in a suit of red-colored full plate armor which looks like it has been drenched in blood. She wears a swan-shaped helmet that leaves only her pale face exposed with feathers running down the back of her armor, her umbrella transformed into a crimson lance with a gothic aesthetic. Hydie wore an impressive black full plate armor with a unique helmet that allowed her horns to curve out and her wings to pop out from her backside.

(Jekkaline and Hydie: Double Trouble!)

"I shall enjoy feasting on your blood, hybrid." Hydie growled from under her mask.

"Oh, I can taste it now." Jekkaline growled, floating into the air.

"Alright then, Ladies." Ragna took a deep breath as he twirled his blade a few times just testing its weight, aiming it at the two demons.

"Let's party…..No, doesn't sound righ-!"

"DIE!"

(The Marvelous Devil)

"Norman please! The Super Serum isn't ready!" Stromm pleaded, but it fell on deaf ears as Norman grabbed the first green vial, his future was riding on this. Stromm couldn't even think of the bigger picture, always worried for his own damn safety and not the future of HIS company.

"The data does't justify this test. Now I am pleading to you Norman, we can't do this!" Norman ignored him as he placed the serum into the hatch, moving onto the computer and began entering the ID number and formula of the vial he just put in.

"Don't be a coward, Stromm. Risks are part of laboratory science, it is what makes us who we are…Or some of us, at least." Norman muttered the last part as he moved across the lab, Stromm right behind him.

"Sir, please. Let me reschedule, with a proper medical staff and a volunteer. I mean-If you jsut give me two weeks Mr. Osb-!"

"Two weeks? In just a few days from now, we'll have lost the contract to Stark or LexCorp or some other greedy company and Oscorp will be dead. This is my future, MY company's life is on the line, and I will do what must be done. Sometimes you gotta do things yourself, now get me the Promachloraperazine, now!"

"For what?!" Despite his concern, Stromm knew he had no choice as he walked over and searched for the medication.

"It begins oatalyzation when the vapor hits the bloodstream." Norman explained as Stromm walked over to it, handing Osborn the bottle.

"...Do you ever just stop and ponder the mere thought that we live in a world of heroes, of both otherworldly and Earth, of both untold centuries of evolution….and yet it feels we've only scratched the surface of our mortal potential." Norman mused. The world had heroes, and there was proof of aliens, no doubt gods and other untold mysteries. Yet there was still a vastness of weak humans, his might is still second rate to the grand power of heroes and even villains that they face. With that he drank the entire bottle and tossed it aside as he began pulling his labcoat and shirt off, climbing onto the medical bed. He pulled the clamps apart and laying down, Stromm helping by pushing the clamps back together.

"Oh, that's cold." He chuckled. Once he was strapped in Stromm walked over and began typing in codes, the medical bed mechnically moved into the vapor chamber, closing behind the CEO. It positioned itself so now Norman was laying upwards, nodding at Stromm the go-ahead. Stromm reluctantly but obediently walked over to another computer, activating the chamber. The serum was moved through the tubes and into the machine, turning into gas. Norman closed his eyes as the green gas began to fill the entire chamber, blocking Stromm vision and unable to see what was happening. On the computer he saw on one of the monitors showcasing Norman's X-ray, revealing an increase in muscles growth…..and his heart rate!

"Norman?!" He heard Norman gasping and growling within the chamber.

"Norman!" Stromm quickly ran over to the first monitor and turned off the chamber, venting out the gas. He turned around as the green fog began clearing, revealing a convulsing and coughing Osborn like he was having a seizure. Yet Norman had gone through quite a transformation, his muscles have grown and more define, he had grown a bit taller too. After a few more seconds Norman stopped moving, Stromm's eyes widened in horror as the heartrate flatlined.

"Oh my god, Norman!" Stromm quickly ran into the chamber and pulled off two clamps, placing his hands on Norman's chest and began CPR on Osborn. He kept doing this until he heard his heart monitor go back online, but he never saw Norman's eyes shoot open with rage until it was to late. Stromm cried out in pain as Norman's right hand clamped around his neck with incredible strength. He knew it! He knew it would work, the Serum was perfect…..and they would've ruined everything!

"Back to formula?" Norman growled, casually tossing Stromm out of the chamber window, glass shattering as the scientist collided into a monitor, sparks flying. Norman ripped out of bed and tossed it out of the chamber and into another monitor, sparks and fire exploding around them. Norman hopped out of the chamber, looming over the downed doctor, the fire illuminating his body.

"I'll show you back to formula!"

(The Marvelous Devil)

This is a very short chapter than usual (Six thousand words) and I am okay with that because I want this length to be the norm now but I can't promise that.

Achievement Unlocked: Dream Team (Face off against the Twins)

So let's get into the main chapter itself, if you went back and looked at the bottom AN you would have seen that the chapter is not like how it originally was. And that's because, to be honest I just didn't wanna do that chapter, I just didn't care nor did I like it. What I had planned I'll get to in a minute. So basically I have said now that I have scrapped ADJ and brought all plans into TMD, I had to add ten or more chapters into the ten volumes I had planned so far. However, I have decided to take those extra chapters and combine them into the extras from other volumes and create ten new volumes with several new arcs that I didn't have originally planned. So now we have twenty volumes for the first act of the first saga with each volumes having twenty chapters, or well Vol 1 has twenty-two but oh well. I got this lol! I actually had this chapter done on Wednesday but it was late, and because it was Thanksgiving and Black Friday for the next two days I decided to wait until Saturday (Today) to post it.

So I took out Job Pursuit and decided to start my first Two Part Random Arc (R-Arc) 'The Way of Arms'. In the original 'Job Pursuit' chapter this was the basic summary: Girls follow Ragna around trying to find out his job, city is attacked by Sandman, Ragna meets his first own villain (C-Rank type), and Trish covers for Ragna about his job. The only thing that stayed in was the beginning with Ragna walking with Kyrie (In the original it was all three) and meeting Harry and his dad Norman Osborn. Also yes I introduce Norman Osborn which his design is his comic design but the origin is more based off the Raimi Movies, I have been reading the old comics but I'm gonna be honest I was still gonna use the movie as a starting point regardless. I promise OG Goblin will appear but I have to build up to it. Norman is basically like Miguel from Into the Spiderverse, and when he takes the serum it's Across the Spiderverse Miguel. He's just built different lol. I wanted to focus a bit ore on Kyrie perspective especially next chapter since I really did her dirty in ADJ I will never deny that. Victor, Artemis, and Kyrie I did not handle well but in my defense that was gonna be a plot point addressed had I continued Vol 2. I am also, as soon as the next arc is done, gonna repost the old SoL side story Fluff and Puff but renamed for the TMD series. I also changed Ragna's height from 6'2/3 to 6'4 cause I want that TALL Bastard lol. For reference, Endeavor from MHA is 6'5 so yeah.

Yes, for anyone wondering, the twin demons are Albedo and Shalltear from the Overlord series. Why renamed? Because I have reason and you will see next chapter. Also that last bit with Norman is a time skip, if we go by real time it will happen right after the last scene in the next chapter but I won't spoil why. I wanna get more into Devil Arms lore, but I don't want to spend so much exposition (Which isn't a bad thing) in every single chapter and I want to save it for the right time. That wolf scene was a bit of a homage to RE4, it wasn't planned to be like it because originally it was gonna be a wolf pack surrounding Ragna before he began petting them but I decided to change it since I was recently playing RE4 Original on the Xbox. We got two more chapters before the next big arc but I'm probably gonna take a little break from TMD so I can work things out and see if I wanna change some ideas around.

That's gonna be all for the chapter let's move onto some more pressing matters in the Comic world. First things first, they brought back Hydra Captain America as Captain Krakoa, because no one stays fucken dead and he's such a great villains I swear-said no one ever-and is basically Anti-Mutant because that shtick hasn't ran it's course into the mud. In X-Men: Red Storm is about to whoop dumbass Genesis (Apocalypse wife for anyone wondering) for trusting an evil stick and I am here for it. Okay for context during probably the worst 'subverting expectation' X-Men storyline: X of Swords, Apocalypse (Or -[A]- Egyptian Caption signs/Dolphin noises) wife is under the influence of a deity known as Annihilation who controlled Genesis through a mask. They were able to take it and turn it into a staff but instead of destroying it or launching it into the deepest farthest black hole or somewhere FAR from desperate hands they GIVE IT TO THE SAME PERSON IT CORRUPTED. Y'all wanna know what happened? It corrupted her again, shockers I know. Now it speaks one word and creates deep themes and thoughts through those words. Fucken end my suffering. I could go on about more terrible X-Men stories and how Orchis is fucking stupid and how no one is a character half the time or how most comic Bi-Sexuals in DC/Marvel are really just excuses to be the ghey.

Actually lets move onto a newly created character in recent years: Rasputin IV, she's been around for a bit but is NOW officially part of the 616 Universe during the ending of Sins of Sinister storyline. She's basically a chimera mutant with multiple powers (Five exact) which isn't really a criticism in fact I thought she'd be cool and she kind of was at first...but then current X-Men kept going. During the Fall of X some things happen so Rasputin has to drive the group she is with (Kamala, Synch, an X-23 at the moment) find the F4 Summer home. Ya know most people who don't have beef with the Four don't usually make demands and when Thing/Ben simply states he doesn't like the tone and puts a hand on your shoulder, YOU DONT KNOCK THEM OUT. I know at this moment Krakoa has fallen (Pathetically easily might I add, so much for the strongest nation) but the F4 had done nothing wrong. I think it's the pure ARROGANCE that luckily Susan (Somewhat) calls out, now I'm not saying characters can't be arrogant since case in point Ragna is but at least you can clearly see why it is wrong for my character to be arrogant and when it comes to actually fighting characters like Hulk, Thor, etc (Like in about two chapters) Ragna needs to put his money where his mouth is and it does end up biting him in the ass. This chapter was still okay, I did enjoy the Kamala bit. Don't enjoy she is a Mutant now but what can ya do? Still, just saying, if the Thing wanted he would've laid out Rasputin which was pointed out but the whole punching him was just a stupid lazy attempt to showcase how stronk she is. Also just to reiterate Rasputin doesn't have Telekinetic powers she has Telepathy so that was a bit of Lore inconsistency.

I liked Rasputin when she was first introduced - that seems like a million years ago now. But in the hands of Duggan, she just seems like the worst kind of self-insert "ORIGINAL CHARACTER, PLEASE DON'T STEAL". No, she's not perfect, you see! She's maladjusted! But no one understands her! She's just too edgy for you! She could've been the Trunks of the X-Men but nope. You know a X-Men group that would've been fun to explore during the Krakoa era: The Neyaphem and the Cheyarafim which haven't been much since...(Looks at timeline)...a while, it's been a while. Arakko is fun and all but they fumbled the minute they killed Tarn who could've been great long term villain, and the one issue 'LeGenD' Vornak who died in his first issue. Fucken fumbled. Moving onto a bit of DC, they introduced a new villain for Wonder Woman: Donald Tru-I mean the Sovereign, who is totally a legit cool character ad not an allegory by Tom King and his maddening politics, but this is the norm for most of those psychopaths. Even if I like Al Ewing's comics doesn't mean he's not annoying. I'm gonna move onto more frustrating things before I get an aneurism.

I can't wait because people are already jumping through hoops cause in the recent DC/Monsterverse crossover, Godzilla knocked out Superman. So some context Billy/Shazam tried to strike him with a magic bolt and Superman had to save him giving Godzilla the chance to strike him in the back and KNOCK him on his ass...well back but you get my point. Now I would like to state during the issue they were somewhat evenly match but you could tell Superman was just trying not to damage the city cause we can't have our precious DC mascot be beaten by a giant radioactive Iguana. HOWEVER, I would like to state that Godzilla not only blasted Superman in the back, he A: Knocked him out and B: Burned his skin. That's an impressive feat alone. Obv Superman will come back and win cause he has to win. I know I'm actin like I don't like Superman, I love the Rebirth Run but man I HATE parts of the Superman Fandom. That could be said for most fandoms though. Moving on I do like this crossover much more entertaining than RWBY and arguably makes more sense. Remember when Godzilla was a part of Marvel and he fought Thor, I think Hercules too but I'll have to reread it. Thor is giving everyone his powers, not everyone actually I'm joking but Storm, Beta Ray Bill, Jane, and Loki got their Thor costumes and I AM HERE FOR IT! See I do like things in Marvel and DC.

Also, shocking again honestly the Rick and Morty season is actually really, been the best one so far aside from the ending with Evil Morty...that's been a while. Seriously the last season were incest jokes, incest sex, incest babies, WHY?

The Marvels did not look good, and it had nothing to do with women or minorities. I have nothing against Imani and Teyonah (Could give two shits about Brie) and most of the actors, it isn't their fault. It just did not look good, and it deserves better, most bad MCU movies deserve better. Invincible looks good but I'm gonna wait until the season is over so I can binge watch it, yes I know it's now on a hiatus and that is okay I am not dying to see it. I recently got both the Xbox Series X and PS5 with both FF16, Spider-Man 2, and Star Wars Jedi Survivor I AM EXCITED! LETS GO! I beat Final Horizon for Sonic Frontiers, I liked it but it's not something to write home about. I will say the current Green Lantern storylines are going great but I wish they'd give my man Atrocitus a good storyline, New 52 was okay but they fucked it by making Guy Gardner the main character. I don't like Guy, at least not that run I actually did like him in the Rebirth storyline but a lot of Rebirth storylines were pretty damn good so theres that (Post Dark Metal they didn't go so well...fucken making Jon an adult fucked everything). Still waiting for a good Yara Flor story. Still waiting. Doom Patrol ended and I thought the last two seasons were okay, but the first two were my favorite.

I think that is about it. Nothing much in the gaming world, gonna play FF16 cause it is SO MUCH FUN~~~~. I hope everyone enjoyed and had a wonderful holiday, until then!

Chapter Summary: Ragna now faces his next challenge: The combined might of the powerful Hydie and the fast Jekkaline. Meanwhile, Kyrie eats with MJ and Harry and must defend her boyfriend from the claims that have made Ragna the black sheep of Red Grave Academy. As new foes arise, Ragna must rise above this demonic power and hope to awaken the Beast inside. Can Ragna defeat this powerful duo, can he get back home in time to spend time with Kyrie, or will he become these demons next meal? Find out next time on The Marvelous Devil Chapter Nine. The Way of Arms Part Two: Devil Arm!

Zer0the0mega108 out!