Dance in Time
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Time to wrap up this sequel.
Epilogue
Issei groaned as he woke up in the infirmary. "Well, can't say I'm surprised."
"That's for sure." A male voice said and Issei blinked a few times in surprise as Ranma was there, sitting on a chair next to a bed where Serafall was resting, though her eyes were open and looking at him in amusement. "First of all, good job." Ranma said with a smirk. "I didn't think you'd be able to pull a win off, especially when you pissed off my wife."
Issei rubbed the back of his head. "Ah, Serafall, sorry about that, I didn't mean to do that to Sona. I was just hoping for a picture of her in a swimsuit or something like that."
Serafall waved him off. "It's okay, but seeing such a lewd image of my sister and I didn't take it of her? And you flashed it to the world to see?" She narrowed her eyes and Issei chuckled and rubbed the back of his head nervously.
"Sorry, sorry, next time I ask for pictures, I'll look at them first." Issei said with a nervous grin.
"Secondly, I have a question," Ranma gave Issei a calculating look while crossing his arms over his chest, "when did you learn the Reverse Strike Wave?"
"Ah," Issei nodded and sat up, "ever since you first used it on me, I kept having nightmares about it, so D'draig and I were working on it with mental training to pull it off and that was the closest that we got."
Ranma let out a soft sigh and nodded. "Fine, I'm going to have to train you on how to use that move so you don't kill yourself by accident."
"I, too, would like not ending up like that every time you used that attack." D'draig said from within the gem on his left wrist.
"And finally..." Ranma motioned towards the door where Sirzechs Lucifer was standing.
"Ah!" Issei gawked in surprise. "I didn't..."
"It's fine." Sirzechs said with a smile as he walked into the room. "You put on a heck of a show, Issei." He looked at Serafall, who smiled and nodded. "To think a Devil as young as you could rise up to fight on par with one of the four Devil Kings and so fast."
"Well, I had to get stronger or people would beat me up too much." Issei laughed softly.
"Yes, that being said," Sirzechs gave Issei a calm look, "you did defeat Serafall Leviathan in combat. Even if you didn't know before, I suppose congratulations are in order."
"Uh..." Issei blinked in surprise. "Thanks?"
"What Sirzechs-chan is saying," Serafall grinned at Issei, "is that you're the new Devil King Leviathan, Issei-chan."
"Oh, that's..." Issei trailed off and gawked in surprise. "WHAT?!"
"Well, anyone who can defeat a Devil King in one-on-one combat should be a Devil King." Ranma said with a nod.
"...But my dreams of being a Harem King..." Issei whimpered. Sure, he had a harem, but if he was a Devil King, did that mean he had to divorce his wives? What was going to happen? Suddenly the others in the room laughed and Issei glared at all of them. "What?"
"Well, for one," Serafall said between laughs, "no one's going to force you to get a divorce. And that rule about having a harem has a bit of a caveat to it."
"Since you have a harem, you can't add more girls to your harem..." Sirzechs continued, "unless your wives all agree to it."
Issei hung his head and groaned. "No fair..."
"Also, Serafall married me," Ranma pointed out, "despite the rules stating she couldn't be in a harem. Everyone looked the other way since it tied me to Hell and gave me an alliance."
"Which would have saved me stress had I known before I had Rachel." Serafall grumbled, remembering how some of the clan elders had told her and the other Devil Kings a few days before she had gone into labor about the whole thing and that she didn't need to worry about it. "But, you aren't ready to be the next Devil King, Issei-chan." Serafall winked at him. "I'll help train you in your duties as a Devil King before I step down completely."
"Which should take around five to ten years." Sirzechs said with a nod. "After that, a Rating Game for all Devils will be opened up. Everyone who isn't one of the four Devil Kings can participate. The last ones standing can choose to be one of the winners or challenge any of the Devil Kings to take our place."
Issei stared in shock. "W-what? Why?"
"I worry we've become too soft in the years of peace." Sirzechs told him. "Hell should have the strongest defenders being the rulers. Don't you think so?"
"Y-yeah."
Ranma chuckled and stood up. "Don't worry, you've got time."
The door opened up and Rachel ran into the room, followed by Rias, Ikusu, Akeno, Lilith and Sona.
(-)
A few days later...
Azazel blinked as a woman with tanned skin, burgundy eyes and long, green hair walked into his office. "Hello?"
She smiled at him pleasantly. "Azazel, General-Commander of the Grigori, correct?"
"Ah, you have me at a disadvantage, miss..."
"Meiou. Setsuna Meiou." She walked over to his desk as he stood up and the two shook hands. "I have a student that will be transferring to Kuoh soon."
(-)
Two weeks later...
Sitting in the club room, Shirone let out a soft sigh and Azazel shook his head. "You knew that Gasper was going to take that job." Azazel told her and Shirone nodded as she thought back to what Gasper had said.
*Flash*
"I'm going to take early graduation tests." Gasper said and Shirone and the others looked at him in surprise. "I want to go help Nabiki in Las Vegas with her plan, but I can't do that if I'm still in high school. So..." He bowed to them. "Please..."
"Gasper..." Rias said as she walked over to him and smiled at him. "You're taller than me now, what happened to my cute little Bishop that used to sit in a box like a cat?" Gasper chuckled and rubbed the back of his head as Rias pulled him into a hug. "Of course you have my support. And don't hesitate to call and ask for help or if you just want to talk."
"Of course." Gasper said with a smile as he hugged the woman he thought of as his big sister back. "Thank you."
"Just keep the time zone difference in mind." Akeno said as she walked over to Gasper and smiled at him. "I'll be cheering for you."
*End Flash*
"He left this morning." Shirone said softly and shook her head. "Well, I hope he does well."
"I'm sure that he will." Azazel said as Chloe, Leonardo, Lillie, Kunou, Millicas, Bennia, and Alicia all walked into the room. "Ah, glad that you're all here. I have an announcement to make."
"I get to shave your head?" Bennia asked and a few of the others laughed, though there was some bewildered looks among the group.
"No." Azazel shook his head while smirking at her. "And if you keep that up, I'll ask Lillie or Ophis to make you wear something really embarrassing to school tomorrow."
"You mean..?" Bennia gasped in surprise.
"That's right." Azazel nodded and grinned at her. "If you don't want to come to school wearing a pink tutu, you should behave."
"I'll be good!" Bennia said while running for a seat and sitting down.
"...Is it that bad?" Chloe asked Kunou, who shrugged.
"If she's allowed to wear a normal pink tutu, probably not. But knowing that pervert, if he's like daddy, he'll make her come to school in a thin leotard and no panties and people will see a lot of stuff they shouldn't see."
"I'll be good." Bennia repeated while her face turned blue at the thought of all the leers and ass slaps that she'd have to avoid if she came to school in such an outfit.
Azazel shook his head as he saw Rossweisse walking towards the room while the others made their way to various desks, chairs or the couch. "No, we have a new member of the Occult Research Club."
The door opened to reveal Rossweisse and a young-looking girl with straight, black hair, purple eyes and a calm demeanor following her.
"Hello." The new girl said with a bow. "My name is Hotaru Tomoe." She straightened herself up. "But I'm also known as Sailor Saturn."
Azazel smiled at her. "Thank you, Miss Tomoe. Normally she wouldn't have told us who she was, but I met with her guardian before today and worked out some details. She's here to represent the Sailor Senshi while they're busy helping Nabiki Tendou out in Las Vegas."
Kunou's eyes widened. "Oh right! This is part of uniting the Moonlight World, right?" Azazel nodded and Kunou walked over to her. "Hello, I heard so much about the Sailor Senshi. Is it true that Sailor Moon can drop kick a person to China?"
Hotaru just scratched her head as she tried to imagine Usagi doing something like that. "...I don't think she's ever drop-kicked anyone before, but she might be able to do that."
"Magical girls?" Chloe asked and Hotaru nodded. "...Do you have talking magic sticks that have weird attitudes?"
"No, just talking cats." Hotaru said and Chloe laughed. "What?"
"Well, that's probably more normal than a magic stick that drugs your brother." Chloe said in amusement. "Come on, let's talk more."
"Sure." Hotaru smiled.
End Dance in Time
That should tell you what series the next sequel will have. It will be awhile before I finish it. It's quite dark and I need to make sure that I have it written right before I post.
Remember, Dance in Time is one of three sequels to Dance With the Devil that happens at the same time. This lets me focus on different parts of the story without needing to worry about the rest of the cast.