Story 8: The Redhead System
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Chapter 4: How to train your Maid.
- Flinn -
I woke up to crimson and silver hair on my chest while being enveloped by softness on both sides.
I looked at Onee-chan and she was the usual. The one who was different was Grayfia. She… looked peaceful. Her leg wrapped around my thigh where I could feel the heat from her core.
Little Flinn was pressed under her thighs or it would have been standing upright by now. But apparently, she sensed the movements and shook awake. It took her a moment to realise where she was and I saw her eyes widen and she tried to move away.
"I thought you agreed to be my lover, Grayfia." I spoke, making her stop. She looked up and I smiled. "Good Morning."
Her mouth opened, unable to think of anything for a few moments but then she schooled herself and greeted me back. "Good Morning. I need to get ready."
"Hmm. We are early. We still have two hours before everyone wakes up. Stay with me for a bit." I used my free hand and pulled her on top of me. "I will say this again. If you want to stop, just tell me. One word and I won't continue this."
These words were enough to make her serious self return again and she hugged me. Her breasts were directly smashed between us and I slid my hand from her back, down to her ass, taking a good feel. Her crotch was directly above my length. "Where's my morning kiss, Grayfia?"
She paused only for half a moment before giving me a peck on my lips. Soft. But… not enough.
I brought my hands and lightly gripped her hair, pulling her in for a heated kiss. My tongue pushed between her lips and teeth to reach her tongue and began its attack. Her eyes widened but she still didn't resist. Well good for me then. I won't be holding back either. I sucked on her lower lip and played with her tongue. She was quite passive in all this, that said, I felt the heat between her thighs increase a bit. She was feeling it.
We pulled back when she needed to breathe and this time I ordered. "Kiss me, Grayfia."
She stared at me without a word for a moment and then she leaned down, this time approaching me on her own.
It started slow but she did get used to it soon and… did reasonably well.
Really… this woman would do anything for duty.
I took this time to slowly caress her hair slowly and draw small circles on her back. It wasn't until we heard a light cough beside us that we stopped.
Onee-chan was watching the scene with a smile on her face. "You know, I love that you two are getting along so well early in the morning but… you are making me feel left out."
Grayfia tried to move away but I grabbed her by the waist and shook my head. Onee-chan also felt this and stopped her. She then proceeded to give me a short but heated kiss on my lips and a half hug to Grayfia before getting up. "I will go and get refreshed. You two can take your time."
We were left to ourselves so I decided to take full advantage of it.
I turned around, making her lay below me as I got on top of her and brought her lips to mine again while both my hands placed her thighs around me so that my length was directly rubbing on her core.
I broke our kiss and got down to her neck and then sucked on it to give her a hickey. It will probably heal with Demonic Power but not for a few hours at least. Going further down, I reached her breasts and placed a kiss on them before taking one of her nipples in my mouth and my other hand played with the other, twisting and pinching her nipple.
She was putting a hand on her mouth to stifle her voice.
"Don't stop it. Let it out, Grayfia. You have a beautiful voice. I wanna hear it." I said looking directly into her eyes. She had a light hint of emotion as if she was aggrieved. Good. It was still better than the normal emotionless look.
Over the next hour, I played with her breasts while rubbing myself on her. She was flushed red from all the teasing. Her core was soaking wet by now.
I decided to finish this for now so I slipped between her legs and stared directly into her eyes as her breath hitched. A smirk came over my face and I am pretty sure I saw a hint of the aggrieved expression before she pushed it aside with sheer stubbornness.
"Say my name."
She didn't register my words at first but then a look of realisation came in her eyes. Really, this woman was something else. Her eyes expressed much more than her words ever could.
I however didn't give her any chance to speak as I dove into her honeypot. She erupted in a matter of seconds as she gripped my hair, being egged on for such a long time.
A loud moan sounded in the whole room.
I let her come down from the daze and then pecked her lips. "Good Morning, Grayfia."
Before leaving the room, I looked down at my hardon. There were some things I didn't want to do without her wording it out, so I will have to think of something to take care of this. Maybe Onee-chan or Shuri-chan will help. Griselda wanted some of this too.
Yeah, I'll live.
_x_
As I ate breakfast, I noticed that the progress on my Sukuna Template had reached completion.
Maybe the war I started yesterday got worse and accelerated the boost.
I looked at the four in the room. "I will need another barrier today., maybe one away from the town."
"You're done already?" Onee-chan asked, surprised.
"This morning. This one was surprisingly fast." It was.
Overall it only took me a year or so to complete the entire template.
"We can do it today after school then. You have a meeting with the Occult Research Club Today, right?"
"Yes."
"If you are invited, just tell them that you wish to think about it for a while before giving any answers. She won't force you. Maybe ask you to be a temporary member."
… it was kinda odd when she was telling me how to handle her younger self.
I wonder if this is how Archer felt when dealing with Shirou?
"Alright. I will do so."
"So, how was it with Grayfia?" Shuri opened the topic.
I thought of how to explain this. "... good. It was probably the first time in a while I saw her with some kind of expression."
"Personally I think Shuri is having a bad effect on you. My adorable Flinn is becoming a bully." Onee-chan hugged me while pouting at Shuri who had her trademark smile on her face.
"I think he always had that side to him. He's just coming out of his shell now." Griselda threw in her two cents.
Et Tu Griselda!
"What? Don't act like that. We all know what you did with poor Sona."
"She had it coming to her. Who in their right mind calls Video Games useless?"
The atmosphere was quite harmonious.
_x_
I was led to the Occult Research Club by Akeno who had just spent the lunch break with us. She actually loved Shuri's special riceballs and decided to come back for more.
The woman in question was more than happy to accommodate her and even cooked extra bento for her dinner.
Even now, she was hugging the bento with both her hands with a happy smile on her face.
The building was quite run down but I knew this was only from outside. The insides would be completely different from outside. I felt a barrier as soon as we came near the building. It was supposed to misdirect non supernatural beings away from the building.
She led me to the second floor and knocked on the door.
Yuuto was the one to open the door. "Welcome Uzumaki-kun."
I nodded and entered the room. The room was as I had expected, finely furnished with an old style European look. There was even a Magic Circle drawn on the ground and overall the room was dimly lit but then again it must be like midday for Devils with our Night Vision.
The thing that attracted my attention however was not the interiors but a certain thing in the corner of the room.
"Is that?"
"A shower, yes."
… I was becoming more and more sure that the Gremory Clan Trait is exhibitionism.
The craziest part was that it was actually in use and I would recognise the shadow even in my sleep.
I shook my head and focused on the last member in the room. A girl in the Kuoh Middle School uniform. She had white hair with a black hair clip, golden eyes and an emotionless look on her face.
But her eyes were hooked on the bento in Akeno's hand.
She looked adorable, so much so that I had the urge to do something. I just walked up to her and she looked at me, warily. I brought out a candy bar from my pocket and gave it to her.
She eyed it for a second before taking it and I took the chance to pat her head before she could realise what was happening.
I gave her a smile and she just stared at me.
"Fufufufufu Are you bullying Koneko-chan?" Akeno laughed but I sensed the teasing tone in her voice.
What's with everyone calling me a bully all of a sudden? I am not a bully, you know.
"I'm not a bully."
"Poor Sona would like to disagree. She was up playing Video Games all night." She laughed.
"So she has finally realised the greatness of Video Games. Good for her." I replied.
Yuuto shook his head with a smile on his face.
While we were all laughing and joking, Rias walked out of the shower. She had already changed into her school uniform.
"Welcome to the Occult Research Club Nagato-kun. I am sorry for making you wait but I really needed this shower. Please have a seat."
Some things never change. Looks like she liked her baths even when she was young. A light smile formed on my face seeing this familiar side of hers.
"Thank you for inviting me." I pretended to look around once more and then asked, "I can guess something with the name and all but what exactly do you all do in the club?"
I saw her face lighting up with a smile. "Tell me Nagato-kun, what do you know about the Supernatural world?"
"Supernatural? Like Ghosts and stuff? Hmm, I have heard some stories but those are basically it."
"Yes. Ghosts, Youkai, Angels, Devils and every other supernatural race you can think of… they are all real." She spoke in a way reminiscent of anime. "And we are… Devils."
….
….
….
"Oh cool." I deadpanned. "I am a world jumping Ninja Samurai Pirate King Devil and my Onee-chan is actually your future version who jumped back in time to save the world from the attack of Alien Machines and Eldritch Gods." I stated in a flat tone.
Sometimes, reality is stranger than fiction.
….
"Ufufufufu Nagato-kun has a great sense of humour." Akeno laughed at my statement and Rias, who had been caught off guard from what I said, also came back to her senses and smiled again.
"I know this might be a bit unbelievable but we are telling you the truth."
"I didn't lie either." I replied.
They probably thought I was joining in on a 'insist this joke is real' gag so they brought out the big guns and revealed their wings.
But damn… they were really doing an anime style show off.
- Rias -
She looked at his stunned expression and nodded to herself.
Nagato-kun's replies had totally caught her off guard. He had his way with words.
"That's… quite a trick. Can I touch them?"
"Eh?"
"The wings? Can I touch them?"
Yuuto smiled and offered. "Here , you can touch mine."
Nagato-kun however blanched. "Yuuto. Dude, you are a good friend of mine. Best even but… I am not into guys."
"… Pfft hahahaha." Akeno laughed and even she got a light blush, while Yuuto backed away embarrassed, realising the words he had just spoken.
Akeno created some lightning around her fingers and showed him, finally gaining a genuine expression for him. He looked at her hands, completely intrigued. After taking a thorough look at her hands and checking for everything, he sat down in thought.
"Devils. Hmm, Gremory, Ranked 56th, Archduke of Hell commanding twenty six legions from the Ars Goetia. She is depicted as appearing in the form of a beautiful woman with the crown of a duchess tied around her waist, and riding a camel. It is an odd name for someone to use."
She blanched a little at the Camel part. "You know about Ars Goetia?"
"I read it, and many other books about several different topics for some Quiz Games."
She then went on to explain about the supernatural world to him, the three factions, the Great War, the Civil War, the decline of the Devil population and finally the Peerage System. "So, Nagato-kun, I would like to formally invite you to my peerage. I think your talents will be very suitable for us." She wasn't even joking.
He looked at her for a moment before taking a deep breath. "First of all, thank you for your offer. It's just that, a decision as important as this cannot be taken in a hurry. I would like some time to think about it. Maybe get to know you all a little better. I assume you will all be staying in this school for the next two years?"
Hmm. Understandable. It was a very big decision. "In that case, would you join the Occult Research Club? We can get to know each other better this way."
"Ah… my video games club."
Oh yes. There was that. He did pick a fight with Sona for it.
"Hmm true. Then, how about moving the Video Games club to the Old School Building? You can spend more time with us that way."
"That's a nice idea." I agreed. "By the way, are there any other supernatural beings in this town?"
"Only us. This place is a territory of the Devils ruled by me and… Sona." She smiled looking at his slightly opened mouth. "Her actual name is Sona Sitri. Don't worry she won't do anything to you."
Nagato-kun seemed quite interested in the Supernatural world and asked several questions about the world itself.
The good thing was that he didn't seem to hold any kind of prejudice against them as devils, which was quite rare.
He finally left when he was satisfied and Yuuto accompanied him.
She let out a breath she didn't know she was holding.
"Ufufufufu he didn't stare, did he?" Akeno teased and she mock glared at her.
Yes. He didn't stare.
Not even when she was showering or gave him a glimpse of her underwear. He was looking directly into her eyes. He didn't look at her like the other boys did, with admiration, flattery or just lust. His gaze was… much warmer. It was kinda refreshing to be looked at like that.
"Umm good guy." Koneko approved.
Looks like all of them liked Nagato-kun too.
- Flinn -
Ryomen Sukuna [100% complete]
Congratulations on completing the Sixth Template.
Please select the Upgrade:
Enhance Cursed Energy
Enhance Dismantle
Enhance Cleave
Enhance Flame
Enhance Domain Expansion Range
Enhance Domain Expansion (Selective Attack)
Enhance Domain Expansion(Targeted Attack)
Enhance Reverse Curse Technique
Phylactery Creation
While it's called phylactery creation, it's less like a Lich and more or less lets me turn parts of my body into superior versions of Sukuna's fingers upon my death, anyone swallowing part of my corpse would act as a revival vessel.
The ones which interested me were the Domain Expansion options. Selected Attack allowed me to select any of my cursed techniques to use in my Domain instead of just Innate Cursed Techniques.
Targeted Attack allowed me to actually select who will remain affected inside the Domain, basically a Friendly Fire Switch which previously was the biggest weakness of a domain for me. It affected everything inside.
With this option, I could maintain an area of absolute defence around me.
The choice was tough but I ended up selecting the Targeted Option to avoid hurting any friendlies later on.
Randomising the next Character Template.
Several characters passed in front of me and the counter finally stopped at… Shirou Emiya.
Character Template Selected: Shirou Emiya
Integrating the Character Template. Current Progress - 0%.
I got a smile on my face from this template.
This was my fourth Swordsman Template.
"Are you alright?"
Onee-chan approached me and checked my body. We were in one of the abandoned islands around Japan. Shuri had created a small dimension with the help of the Dimension Lost and Grayfia and Onee-chan had warded the place off.
A little away, Valerie was being kept.
"Yes. This one was relatively easy. I was expecting something different from the type of character Sukuna was."
"Your body and soul are fine. Do you feel any discomfort mentally?"
"I feel fine."
We checked the newly gained abilities and Domain Expansion was everything I had hoped it were.
As for the Shirou Template, it required me to train in magecraft, swordsmanship and… cooking. Getting some new swords to scan was also good.
"You can try sparring with Yuuto and ask him to show you some swords made from his Sacred Gears. It could be a good way to increase your skills." Onee-chan suggested, and I agreed too. "Actually, try sparring with Griselda. She is a swordmaster too."
I nodded.
"So, how did the meeting with the Occult Research Club members go?"
I smirked, remembering something. "She was showering when I went there and tried flashing me her panties. Black lace. Gotta say, she carried the lace well."
"Well obviously. Who do you think she is?" Onee-chan puffed her chest and thethen crossed her legs, giving me a peak at her own black lace panties.
Little Flinn perked up suddenly.
She noticed this and smirked. "I think I will have to give you a thorough checkup today."
She lowered my trousers and little Flinn sprung up, ready for action. She didn't waste any time as well. She placed a light kiss on the tip and took the head in her mouth, her tongue twisting around the tip.
I slowly caressed her crimson hair as she bobbed her head up and down on my length, taking me to the back of her throat.
She however pulled back before I could get the release. "Not outside." She looked up and got into my lap, sliding her panties aside and placing her entrance on top of my tip and slowly descended, taking me inside her.
I latched onto her breast and she gripped my hair, pulling me. She was oddly aggressive today.
Ah, I get it. She was feeling left out because of this morning.
No way can I allow that to happen so I pulled her into a lip lock and increased the pace of my thrusts.
We had been too busy these last few days with all the planning to get Valerie out of Tepes faction and hadn't had some alone time.
My hands slipped down to her ass and lifted her up and brought her down, while I thrusted into her in long, hard thrusts. It wasn't long before I let my first load inside out.
The first of many tonight.
_x_
I checked myself for the new upgrades. Curse Energy Techniques were quite similar to the Fear and Yojutsu Techniques of the Youkai. Then again, both these beings got their power from negative feelings of humans. There were bound to be some kind of similarities. Curse Techniques were just more advanced.
Sukuna however was deserving of the title The King of Curses. He had extremely sharp senses which allowed him to recognise and dismantle curses with ease. His battle sense and knowledge about things was something I had been missing all this time.
By the time we returned, Onee-chan had been tired and I let her sleep. But I had too much energy left.
So the only one who could take the brunt of this was currently in my lap, her back to my chest as I groped her breasts and she tried to stifle her moans.
"Tell me Grayfia, how should I punish you?" I asked. She looked at me confused. "Today, in the morning, I asked you to say my name but you failed. This… requires some punishment, don't you think?" I smirked. "But I am a good master as you already know, so I will give you a chance to choose your punishment."
She just looked at me without saying anything and I went on. "First, you are forbidden from sexually pleasuring yourself from today without my permission or second, twenty spanks. Your choice."
As I looked at her glare, I couldn't help but accept the accusations of Shuri, Griselda and Akeno. I really might be a bit of a bully.
"Go on, answer me, Grayfia."
She took a deep breath and answered. "First."
Oh you sweet naive woman.
You just signed yourself off to me.
"Good girl." I pecked her lips and my hand slid down to her thighs. "And for being such a good girl, your reward is…" my hands slipped inside her panties.
I traced her slit and found it reasonably wet. That four hundred years of abstinence was working against her.
My fingers soon found her entrance and I slipped my finger inside.
So hot. She was smouldering and tight. Her insides were like a vice.
"Look at me." I commanded, making her face me.
She faced me and I forced my fingers deeper and started fingering her with slow and hard thrusts, exploring the insides. She grabbed my wrist but didn't make any move to remove me.
Despite her aggrieved looks, the wetness of her core was increasing with each passing thrust and then she did something I was not expecting.
She pulled me in for a kiss.
It took me by surprise but I realised the reason for it. She didn't want to let her voice out so she shut her mouth with my own.
A few minutes later, her whole body shivered and her pussy gripped my finger hard as she came for the first time today.
Yes. Only the first time.
"This was the first one. Remember the count. If you miss it by the end of the night, you will get another punishment tomorrow."I brought up my fingers to her lips. "Suck them clean and tell me how many times have you come?"
She did so without any questions. Her tongue swirling between my fingers while my fingers caressed her tongue in return. I could see more emotions on her face now. "One."
I pulled my fingers out of her mouth and pulled her in for another kiss which she participated in wholeheartedly.
My fingers went back down for another round
She did forget counting… on her fifth orgasm.
_x_
I moved to the side and swung my sword but Yuuto backed down and created a distance for the counterattack.
Being restricted to base human stats was annoying. I was having more difficulty holding back than fighting.
Each and every move which he made was slow… too slow even when I wasn't using my Haki, Sharingan or Transparent World. Just the eyesight I possessed right now could keep up with his speed and his swordsmanship, while good for someone his age, was far from being close to any of my templates. I was keeping up with him going at three times base-human speed with my swordsmanship.
He originally wanted to fight at base-human levels to give me a fair fight but that was one of the reasons why I practically forced him to go three times harder, because it wouldn't be a fair fight.
I swung my sword in a wide arc, stopping his advance and knocking his sword out, finally winning this.
"You are too good at this, Nagato-kun. I couldn't even get close." He shook his head and picked his sword back up.
I sheathed my sword too. "You were still holding back. I am sure you could have done better if you didn't have to hold back. Although you have a habit of easily going for overhead strikes which leave you open most of the time. Second, when you are countered, you retreat on the wrong foot which slows down your retreat speed."
"What is your swordsmanship style called? I am sure it should be very well known."
My swordsmanship?
"Hmm, a name eh. I guess you could call it the 'Anything Goes Swordsmanship Style."
"Huh?"
I laughed seeing his confused expression. "It means that I am just doing whatever comes to my mind. I never formally trained in any swordsmanship style to begin with. Everything I know is self-taught." Which was true… technically.
"Really? But that's…"
"Hey now, don't praise me so much. I'll blush." I laughed as we walked to the shade where Rias and Akeno were watching our spar from.
Akeno handed me a towel although I barely had any sweat.
"The spar was magnificent, Nagato-kun, Yuuto. I really had no idea you were so good." Rias praised. "And you learned all this by yourself. That's really amazing."
We talked about several things. This has been my routine for the last few days. I came to the Occult Research Club and got to know the members. I even set up a Video Games Club in one of the rooms although I only had one member till now.
Since the Old School building was obscured by a barrier, we could spar here without being noticed so we did just that.
It was time for Shuri to be free so Akeno got up to leave. She had developed a habit of visiting her everyday during her break time to eat their lunch together. I stayed here to give them some private time.
Koneko had different timings for her class and Yuuto had some work to do so only Rias and I were left.
"So today, we are going to learn about Magic. Devil Magic is different from Human Magic which is based on calculations and mathematics." She went on to explain the basics of magic to me.
"Is there any good magic for reinforcing my body? I think I would be able to utilise my swordsmanship better if I could reinforce my body." I asked.
"Hmm, reinforcement. Not many people use it. There are reinforcement spells for almost every type of Magic System but I think with you being a Martial Artist, you can learn Touki. As for Human Magic books, I can give you some."
"Oh cool, how much will they cost?" I was spending a lot of time in school, and might as well learn something new. Touki and Senjutsu might be good stuff to learn.
"Nothing. You want to learn magic and I am teaching you."
"That's… I feel like I am taking advantage of you. Don't devils make deals and stuff? Is there anything I can do for you to get the books?"
"It's fine, Nagato-kun. You are a friend. I am just helping you out."
"Rias, I know you want me to join your peerage but… if, for some reason I don't do so later, I don't want you to feel that I am taking advantage of you. I really have come to enjoy our friendship and I don't want to ruin this." I explained.
- Rias -
She looked at the earnest expression of her newest friend and a smile came to her lips.
Over the last week, they had come to know this eccentric genius known as Nagato Uzumaki. At first she wanted to attract him into her peerage due to his talents, which she did even now but now she also came to enjoy his company.
He was talented in almost everything she had tested him in. Except magic that is still left to be tested. He was blunt. He was funny but most of all he treated her like a genuine friend. Even after finding out about their identities, Nagato-kun didn't change his behaviour towards them.
Both Yuuto and Akeno were very happy with him and Koneko was taking a shine to him too. Maybe because of the candies he gave her everyday.
The best part however was the way they clicked. Somehow everything felt so natural around him. Like she knew what he wanted and he would also do the same.
She shook her head. "I don't mind it."
She gave him some books on Reinforcement Magic. It was honestly very rarely used magic as Devils very rarely used physical combat, most choosing to use magic to do things. Most people only practised the basics of this magic and never went up to the advanced stages.
Over the next hour, she explained the basics of the Magic to him. The Human Reinforcement Magic would take longer to learn due to the calculations and practice involved.
After an hour, they took a break for tea.
"This is good. Now I just have to make a deal to learn Touki."
"Another Deal?"
"Not with you this time, I'm afraid I don't have anything else of value to give you right now but I do know of another Devil who wants something from me." He smirked.
"Pffft, are you really going to her of all people to make a Deal?" She laughed.
Oh, one more thing she had found out about her new friend was that he was somewhat of a bully.
Sona had not given up on challenging him to chess games since her crushing defeat one week ago. It's just that he avoided her like a plaque, making excuses which even a two year old would catch.
She didn't think anyone could irritate Sona that much except Lady Serafall but here he was. Nagato-kun drove Sona mad but since he was doing nothing wrong, she was not the type to force him to do things.
"Okay, enough of Ms. No Fun. Let's do what we were waiting for. There is no one else here, after all."
She got excited with a slight blush at the new activity they had started doing in secret.. "Yes, can't let Akeno catch us or she won't let it go." She brought him to her room and he got comfortable on the bed while she locked the room and put a barrier so any sound couldn't be heard outside. Finally being done with all the preparations, she opened her drawers and brought out her collection of the latest manga and jumped beside him on the bed to read the latest volume of the manga together.
- Flinn -
I sat on the chair, being stared down by the girl with the intensity of a squirrel with puffed up cheeks.
She had dark circles around her eyes. Was she working too hard?
"Yes Mr. Uzumaki, what can I do for you?"
"I was here to ask if you were enjoying Pokemon." I smiled. I needed to open the conversation with something light.
"Enjoy? Kaichou hasn't been able to sleep well in the last week due to that game. Look at the dark circles around her eyes." One of the peerage members said testily.
"What! That's not good ya know. Gaming addiction is a very bad habit." I said, concerned or at least pretending.
"You are the one who was preaching the advantages of Video Games." She replied hotly. "And this game. There are so many of these… Pokemon, so many moves, so many evolutions. Do you know how much effort it takes to make a good strategy?"
"Well, yes but everything should be done in moderation. And as for the effort, every game worth its salt needs research. Rias-Senpai has been telling me about the Rating Games. I am sure that you can make a rough comparison between the teams and the game. Every team will have their skills and weaknesses. Adapting to them must be harder than this… simple game. I think it makes a very good practice for that." I bullshitted.
Her eyes twitched but she took a deep breath and controlled herself.
"Why are you here today, Uzumaki-san? You have made some real efforts to ignore and even avoid me."
"Avoid you? Why, I would never do such a thing. The past few days were just unfortunate emergencies which couldn't be avoided."
"How is watering a plant, marinating chicken and taking your neighbour's dog for a walk, an emergency?" She expertly controlled her growl.
"Obviously, growing plants need a lot of water. We can never compromise on the matter of food and pets can get very cranky if they are not taken for walks regularly."
She took a deep breath and looked at me again. "What do you want, Uzumaki-kun?"
I explained my reason very politely to her.
"So you wish to learn Touki in exchange for twelve chess matches with me?" She said with gritted teeth.
I was actually worried about her popping a vein or something.
"I wish to make a deal and my exact offer was 'Being taught the basics of Touki if I win all the twelve matches against you'. I think we have already established the rule about not doing anything for free. You seemed to want to play Chess with me, while you still haven't completed Pokemon. If you win any of those matches, you can stop playing the game too." I offered her.
"Twelve matches and consecutive wins."
"It will be hard no doubt but I am asking for a lot so it wouldn't be fair if it was easy." I smiled.
Knowing what I knew about her, there was no way she was going to reject this.
She had too much pride.
"Tsubaki." She cleared her table. "Bring the chess board."
I almost laughed.
_x_
Walking out of the Student's Council Room, I smiled widely.
Sona had a dead look on her face.
But she did pester me a lot for the past week for chess. This much punishment is only fair.
I was walking towards my club house when I sensed something. My Sensing Skill sensed a decent source of chakra nearby. It had demonic energy. A hybrid maybe.
A name did come to mind and my Observation Haki verified it too but I decided that it would be better to ask Onee-chan about it first.
She was on a break so I went to meet her. On the way I saw a few people I wanted to avoid lest I delete them accidentally.
The Perverted Trio.
It would be so easy to send a cleave their way and be done with it. One ninjutsu later, they would be in the King of Hell.
No one would know it was me. Maybe Onee-chan would. Her instincts are scary.
Then I shook my head. Can't risk it now.
But I could do other things.
How were they even allowed to get away with such a thing?
That uppity bitc… Student's Council President allowed such a thing. That alone was shady.
Why hadn't any of the girl's parents complained? Why wasn't any action taken?
Something was seriously wrong with this situation.
I shook my head. There will be time for everything.
Onee-chan was in the staff room and came out when she found me at the door.
"I found a black cat nearby. Can we adopt her? Please?"
She looked at me confused for a moment before her eyes widened lightly. "You can take her home. Be sure to not hurt her. I will take care of everything when I come home."
"Okay." I replied to her.
– Kuroka –
She was keeping a watch on her sister after months when she found herself carried by a red haired boy. "So cute." He started petting her before bringing out a lunch box and putting it in front of her.
The food looked delicious so she took a bite of the food and indeed, it was delicious. Between the food and the scratches behind her ears, and the soft humming, she found herself feeling sleepy.
Wait, sleepy!
Quickly, she tried running her chakra but found herself unable to do so. The last thing she heard before falling unconscious was…."I could totally be a professional catnapper."
When her eyes opened, she was in an unknown room. She quickly got up and looked around to know her location. She however found barriers surrounding her.
"We don't mean you any harm, Kuroka. It's just that my brother can sometimes overdo things." She quickly turned around, taking a defensive position as she looked in the direction of the voice to find a red haired woman. The boy was also beside her.
"Hey! You told me to see that she didn't get hurt. This was the best possible way. She didn't get hurt at all. Not even a scratch." The boy protested.
"The ends don't justify the means."
"Okay, what was so wrong? She got good food, was brought here safely and without any harm. I completed my task. A win-win for all really."
The red haired woman let out a sigh.
"Who are you people? Why did you bring me here?" She interrupted their banter.
The woman turned to her. "I am sorry about that. Please take a seat. It will take some time to explain this." She pointed to the couch and said.
Kuroka's powers were bound and there was little to nothing she could do so she decided to follow their words.
"First of all, let me introduce myself. My name is Rias Gremory and I am from the year 2070."
"Huh?"
_x_
She was feeling numb from all the revelations the woman, no Rias Gremory had revealed. It was unbelievable but the things she knew and had revealed were far beyond anything someone had known about her. Not to mention her aura, even her smell was completely the same as the Gremory Princess.
At least she had to believe the Longinuses in her possession made it even more believable because she knew a magician, Georg with the same Dimension Lost.
The future…
Even the thought of such a future was revolting.
Her sister fell in love with a pervert because he beat Kuroka up. What kind of dumb future was that?
Not to mention, she will fall in love, marry and have children with the same person. Only for everyone to die…
"Where is this pervert nyaa?! I will kill that bastard and finish everything once and for all." She got up angrily.
"Killing him won't do anything. He was never the real enemy. The enemy are the people using him. If we harm him out of nowhere, it might alert the people behind him and we cannot do that. At least not now."
"Then what should I do? Just wait for everything to happen?" She growled back.
"We prepare. I will make things right this time. I promise." Rias assured her.
"What do you want me to do then?"
– Sirzechs Lucifer –
The door to his office opened with a loud bang and he looked up, already knowing the person. There was only one who could do such a thing.
"Sirzechs, you have to do something about that boy. He keeps on bullying my cute So-tan."
The boy?
Ah, the one Rias has been planning on recruiting.
"What did he do?" If the boy was really problematic, he would have to intervene.
"He beat my So-tan in chess again. Not only that, he also tricked her."
"What?"
"So, this is what happened…"
He couldn't help but feel his lips twitching. He knew that Serafall was having fun too.
"Twelve times in a row for learning Touki? And he won."
"So-tan has locked herself in a room and is now playing chess games on her computer while murmuring to herself. And now I also need to search for someone who knows Touki. I wanted to meet the boy and give him a piece of my mind but So-tan won't allow me to. It's your fault anyway. Solve it."
How was it his fault?
"Alright. I was sending Souji there to see the boy. He can fulfil the deal by teaching Uzumaki-kun about Touki."
He did need a reason to send Souji to check out the boy or Rias would have been angry. This was a good enough reason.
"Still, a dozen times. That's really something."
"Well yeah. I don't think anyone has bullied So-tan like this before. She was becoming a bit proud of her ability. This should be a good wake up call for her to not underestimate anyone. Really, if I knew he was that good, I would have fought you to get him in my So-tan's peerage. According to Tsubaki, he can keep up with Kiba-kun even with normal human strength and no training. That's incredible talent there. He would likely take them both knight pieces."
That's really something and if true, then two knights is really not an exaggeration. Looks like Rias found a good piece.
He will ask Souji to test the boy.
– Flinn –
Kuroka joined us and was assigned to heal Valerie. Griselda's presence made her even surer about our story.
But all that aside, right now I was practising magic with the Occult Research Club.
Yuuto was showing off his Sacred Gear.
I didn't mind because Shirou's trace copied those swords and the template was increasing quickly.
"This sword is Holy Eraser. It's good against the Holy Element."
I touched the sword and called out in my head. "Trace On."
The sword's entire makeup came to my mind. The Unlimited Blade Works recorded the sword. Although, compared to the swords in my head, this one was….too weak.
I looked at them looking so smug over the Sacred Gear and decided to pull a prank on them.
"So, can I make swords like these too? Lemme try." I said excitedly.
"Ufufufu I don't think that's possible. You see, Kiba-kun has something called a Sacred Gear." Akeno started explaining but I had already imitated Kiba's position.
"Do I need some kind of Spell for this? Like 'Awaken Benihime' or 'Dance Sode no Shirayuki' or 'Kamehameha'… So, how do I test if I can use it?"
"You cannot just use a Sacred Gear. You have to be born with it. Then again, we can always check you to see if you have one. Okay, let's do it. Think about the strongest thing you can think of." She said to me.
Meanwhile, I was thinking about how to prank them.
"Hmm."
"Feel your magic and call out."
Oh! Just that? No fancy chants or anything?"
"You can use any if they help you concentrate."
"Alright. Move aside. I don't want anyone to get hurt if I summon something cool."
They just laughed but stepped aside anyway. "Alright sure."
I took on the stance of lightning breathing and thought about the sword to use.
"I am the bone of my blade." I whispered and made a quick draw motion and under the hung jaws of everyone, a sword, katana, appeared in my hand, making a sharp slashing sound. I turned to look at the frozen crowd. "Hey look, I can do it too."
I waved the sword in my hand at them.
Yuuto touched the sword and checked it. "This….is real."
"Well obviously."
"You have a Sword Birth Sacred Gear? No. This Sword is not a Demonic Sword. Maybe something else. " He muttered, thinking. "Can you make something else?"
"Like what? How do I do so?" I pretended. On one hand, showing this was attracting attention but I was already in the middle of all this. Secondly, if they ever detected my Sacred Gear, I can just pretend it to be Sword Birth or Blade Blacksmith.
By this time Rias and the rest had broken from their shocked trance and approached me. "How did you make this sword?"
"I just thought, formed an image in my head and bam, it was here."
"Make something else."
"Like? Ohh can I try something from the books? Kiku Ichimonji, Muramasa or some western swords, Durandal, Caliburn or Excalibur?"
Yuuto stiffened at the Excalibur name and I realised my mistake.
"What happened?"
"Actually, those Holy Swords are harmful to devils. Moreover, Sword Birth or its counterpart Blade Blacksmith, cannot make swords that strong. You can try something else."
I for one knew I could make those swords and even more powerful ones, not having any of Shirou's weaknesses. But let's try something tamer.
Something which can be explained.
Hmm. I did read about Kiku Ichimonji in the books. They even had a picture of this world's version of the sword. Let's try that one. Okita Souji had this sword and I remember seeing it too. I can pull it off.
"I am the bone of my blade."
Another sword, a katana appeared in front of me.
I took a feel for the sword and compared it to the Fate version, it was quite weaker.
"That's… Kiku Ichimonji."
"It indeed is." A voice came from behind us. The voyeur finally decided to come out. "Can I see it?"
"Sensei."
"Souji-san."
I merely raised an eyebrow.
Rias noticed this and introduced us. "Nagato-kun,this is Okita Souji, my elder brother's knight and Yuuto's swordsmanship instructor. I didn't know you were visiting." She asked, turning to him.
"I was asked to teach someone the basics of Touki as a favour to Lady Serafall. My Lord barely kept her from running here to have a talk with the boy who bullied her So-tan and thus I came upon this scene. Still, this is quite an imitation. I have used this blade for my whole life and even I would be fooled by it. How did you make it?" He asked me.
"I had seen this sword in the Museum and read about it."
"Ah yes, the replica. Masterfully done though. I cannot tell any difference between the swords even when I am touching them."
"Thank you. By the way, are you that Okita Souji? The one from Shinsengumi?"
"Yes, that used to be my identity once. Since you will be my student for sometime, let me introduce myself. I am Okita Souji, the former first division commander of the Shinsengumi and the Knight in service of Sirzechs Lucifer."
I raised my eyebrow at the last comment and looked at Rias who was sighing. "So your elder brother is…"
"The current Lucifer, yes." She sighed.
"Alright." I shrugged.
"Wait, that's it?" She asked, surprised.
"I assume that you didn't want to make a big deal of it, maybe to influence my decision about joining your peerage, so I am not making a big deal out of it. I am pretty new to all this so while the Lucifer name is well the Lucifer name, maybe it doesn't hit that hard for me." Also, the fact that not even a year ago, I completely annihilated one.
"Thank you." She smiled slightly at me.
"When can I start learning Touki? I have already learned some basic Reinforcement and wanted to know if I can use both of these at the same time." I asked, turning towards Souji.
"Normally there shouldn't be any problems. Both of these work on completely different forms of energies. Although, whether you can have enough concentration to maintain both these while fighting is not exactly known."
"I will train."
"Good enough for me. But first show me how good you are with your sword. I will keep to normal human standards. I need to know what kind of person can keep up with my student."
- Rias -
She knew that her Onii-sama would do something if she told him that she was going to recruit someone, which is why she didn't tell anyone at home about Nagato-kun.
They had grown quite close and she didn't want to pressure him into joining her peerage with her brother's title. It would have soured their relationship.
And now Souji is here.
Sensing someone coming their way through the barrier, she looked and found Sona and Tsubaki. She couldn't help but feel a bit of resentment at her for being responsible for this. Good thing Nagato-kun was not angry. Hmm, maybe she will ask him to beat her a few times in chess again.
"Hello Sona. So rare of you to come here nowadays."
"I was told that Onee-sama sent someone to complete a Deal I made. I was just here to confirm it."
"The deal about teaching Nagato-kun about Touki?"
She nodded.
"Yes. Serafall-sama sent Souji." The reply given by Sona was unheard because the spar between Nagato-kun and Souji had started.
They stared each other down before Nagato-kun dashed towards him. The Reinforcement Magic had increased his speed by a lot.
"That's Reinforcement Magic." Sona asked, surprised.
"Yes. He learned it in a week from scratch." Which was nothing sort of a miracle considering one had to learn the basics of Human Magic before doing so.
This kind of speed would make him a prodigy in any magician organisation.
Both swordsmen repeatedly clashed with each other and looked evenly matched.
"He is keeping up with Souji-sama." Tsubaki exclaimed.
"Actually, he seems to be improving. With each clash, it seems like he is adjusting to Sensei's style and matching it." Yuuto looked at the fight.
They looked closer and indeed, with each clash, Souji was moving back.
Once more they clashed and slid back.
"Shall we get a bit serious then?" Souji said and raised his sword at his shoulder level, parallel to the ground, in a thrusting position.
The Tennen Rishin-ryū stance.
"Alright."
The atmosphere went still and then as if decided already, both of them dashed towards at the same time. This time around, Nagato-kun was being forced back. The clashes went on for a few minutes before Nagato-kun was knocked back due to a swing from Souji, the blade almost touching his fingers.
"You are still improving. But I could have killed you just now, you know." Souji said.
"I do. I needed to check something. It's done now."
"Oh? Then come at me with all you have got. I am actually starting to have some fun."
"Then don't mind if I do." Nagato-kun took an eerily similar stance.
Is that?
"Just taking a stance doesn't help if you don't know all the movements related to it." Souji commented and dashed forward. He swung his sword as Nagato-kun parried.
Both engaged in a flurry of clashes but this time around, it was a very odd fight.
"It's like watching someone fight their mirror image." Sona commented.
Yes. That's it.
He was copying everything.
"Amazing."
Everyone watched the scene with awe. The last clash took place and the Katana on Nagato-kun's hand flicked Souji's katana, as he stepped forward and stopped the tip of his sword right before Souji's head. The silence that followed was deafening.
He won.
Nagato-kun actually won.
She peeked at Sona's face and she looked stunned. Beside her, Tsubaki was also looking at the scene with an open mouth.
- Flinn -
Man, I would have totally handed him his ass if I didn't have to pretend to be such a noob. There were hundreds of obvious holes in his stance. He was not taking it seriously at first. The number of holes decreased but they were still there when he started using his Tennen Rishin-ryū style.
Over the days, I had studied a few swords in the Unlimited Blade Works and my swordsmanship was increasing at an enormous pace.
He would have lost this spar either way.
To say he was impressed was an understatement. He literally asked me to be his student but that was not gonna happen. At last not for swordsmanship.
Over the next month, I learned Touki from him. The guy did some tests on me to see if I was actually just playing around or if I have had any formal training. Safe to say, he didn't find anything.
Due to Kuroka's help Valerie did regain consciousness. She also told us that there was a new group which was collecting people known as the Khaos Brigade and that she was invited.
The Parents Teachers Meeting at the Kuoh Academy was in three days. Onee-chan was going to meet her parents of this world or Sirzechs, depending on who comes and talk to them.
Rias wanted to meet Onee-chan to talk to her.
A few other things happened in this month.
I progressed rapidly in the Shirou Emiya Template. The daily spars and Touki training, cooking food for the Occult Research Club, especially Koneko and Kuroka at home and studying different swords made by Yuuto was pushing the template up.
Grayfia was actually now showing more emotions than before. Sex was known to reduce stress and not to mention that we spent some cuddle time even when doing normal things like watching a movie with everyone.
She was loosening up without even realising. Maybe Shuri did have a point. Being in a four hundred year long dry spell can do bad things for someone's mind.
Onee-chan actually told me to take her on a date once things cleared up a bit.
She was starting to get along with the others too as I saw her drinking with Shuri once in a while. And drunk Grayfia is….Safe to say, I had to put her to sleep with Magic on those nights.
The newest additions to our group, Kuroka and Valerie were both pranksters. And I was starting to like them more and more everyday.
Both of them, a cat and a bat roamed around the Kuoh Academy and pranked the crap out of those three bastards whenever they tried to perv around the school.
Was it bullying?
Obviously not. Without magic involved, those bastards would be out of the school and in a correction home of some sorts, or receiving counselling for their behaviour.
This was just negative reinforcement not bullying.
I am a professional bully. I would know.
Kuroka taught me bits of Senjutsu too and the Rinnegan does help in learning the Skill. I taught her Jujutsu in return.
We found that it does hold a lot of similarities with Yojutsu of the Youkai which harnesses fear and other negative emotions of humans.
In fact, Kasha was their Innate Technique of sorts. For the Kitsune Youkai, it was FoxFire. The whole thing was quite enlightening for both of us.
Onee-chan was teaching Valerie on how to use her Graal safely. The girl was making good progress too.
Grieselda was actually going back to swordsmanship. I created a buttload of Holy Swords for her from the Unlimited Blade Works and even the fakes of those swords were better than this world's versions. She and Onee-chan went out and recovered Avalon from one of the battlefields where the Great War was fought. Onee-chan knew of its location from her own timeline and decided to check. We got lucky.
It wasn't even close to my Avalon but it did the work.
Shuri was getting along with Akeno too. It was basically a routine for the both of them to eat their meals together. Shuri always made extra for her, rough to bring back with her.
Overall this last month and a half were good. Now we just hope that things go well for the upcoming meeting.
- Sirzechs -
"Yes, Souji. How was your trip?" He asked his Knight.
"It was more than I had expected, Sir."
"Oh. Is this about Nagato Uzumaki?"
He nodded.
"Report."
"Nagato-kun, in my honest opinion, would surpass me with a few years of training."
"...what?"
"It is as I said, my Lord. The boy is a genius. I don't mean to be disrespectful but I would like to call him the Ajuka Beelzebub of swordsmanship. He never formally trained under anyone and yet, he beat me in sparring."
With each word Souji said, Sirzechs felt his eyes widening. "He beat you!"
"Both of us were restricted to the same level of strength. He not only saw through my Tennen Rishin-ryū swordsmanship in a matter of minutes but also copied and… improved upon it in a single fight. Since then I have sparred with him a few more times and have never once been able to get the upper hand as long as we both restrict ourselves to the same level of strength. I myself learned from him and our spars last month. Not to mention, he has a subspecies Blade Blacksmith or Sword Birth which allows him to create swords as well as other bladed weapons far stronger than normal."
He took a deep breath and asked further. "What kind of person is this guy?"
Souji got an embarrassed look on his face. "He's, let's say, eccentric. He gets along very well with Rias Ojou-sama and has a very bright personality. It's just that… he can be a bit childish at times. Not in a bad way."
"That won't be a problem." He replied, heaving a sigh of relief. Such a piece would be hard to find for Rias. Someone whom Souji compared to Ajuka. Even Souji took him both his Knight Pieces and this boy surpassed him in talent and had a subspecies Sacred Gear. She might need to use all her pawns.
"Anything else?"
"His sister is someone whom he holds closest as she was the one who raised him since he was a child. He told her everything, including the offer from Rias-Ojou sama and she has requested a meeting with her guardians before deciding anything."
"Sister? The teacher at Kuoh Academy?"
"Yes. Kushina-dono is protective of her brother."
He smiled at this. Yes, wasn't he doing the same for Rias? She wasn't in the wrong to be worried. "Very well. I will meet them with my Parents when we go for the meeting. In the meanwhile, Grayfia, can you go there and inform them about it?
"Yes, my King."
This year's Parent Teachers Meeting was going to be interesting, he thought with a smile.
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Author's Note:
Lots of things happened in this chapter.
Flinn is finally enjoying his childhood and getting to act his age.
Kuroka got catnapped and joined the little group.
Everyone got pranked.
Sona got bullied.
Grayfia got lewded
And finally, things are reaching an interesting point.
Enjoy the new chapter.
Good Day, Peace Out.