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Chapter 26: Yokai Birthday
"Winner is Ruby Rose." Announced Glynda Goodwitch.
Today was Friday, exactly four days since the Gremory peerage left to their own dimension to deal with Rias' personal business in her arranged marriage. For one Ruby Rose-Branwen their departure gave the dragoness much needed peace of mind. There was no reason to be bothered by the Underworld government, at least for now, and Ruby can focus more attention on her academies and training her pride.
Not that Ruby was trailing behind in her studies at Beacon Academy. Her supposed laid-back attitude did not deter RWBY to become one of the top classes not just in their grade but the entire school. They had even surpassed the rising stars of Team CFVY who are ahead of them by a whole year. Not just Ruby, but all of Team RWBY excelled in practical lessons of demonstrating themselves in combat due in part by their dragon biology giving the members speed, strength, and endurance far beyond even veteran Huntsmen and Huntresses can ever achieve with Aura. Only Team JNPR was closest to them grade-wise, the supposed only existent because Ruby was an Ultimate-class being and Jaune was still catching to the rest of his peers skill-wise. The blonde leader of JNPR was certainly making strides becoming more confident in character (thanks to his redhead partner showing him the passionate meaning of 'rut') than his former prepubescent self, and it helped in his fighting skills as his swings were attacks were more straight and disciplined.
Right now, it was the end of combat class with Prof. Goodwitch, and the last match had Ruby up against a full team three years her senior. Her strength was an inspiring, but it was also a source of spite and envy from some of the older teams feeling themselves stolen of the glory by Ruby. That very same team thought they could put Ruby in her place as the little girl too young to be a Huntress. In five minutes, she proved them wrong in a brutal fashion that made Glynda wince from the sidelines. However, Vali smirked in a feral manner watching the free show from above with the rest of the class of his Empress thrashing around a group of arrogant weaklings.
Bones were snapped, ribs were broken, and some organs may have been bruised at the end of 'spar'. Four faces bruised purple looked at Ruby with fear as she brandished Crescent Rose and Moon Dragon that had shortly torn apart their weapons and Aura. Even some of the people up in the stands were pale at the intimidating woman holding up two giant scythes, and more frightening how fluid she was using them.
After Prof. Goodwitch's announcement of her win, the scythes folded to two compact boxes of red and blue, and then Ruby sheathed the scythes in their passive forms onto her back. She walked calmly off the stage, leaving four groans of older students that were escorted by a team of medics carrying them by stretchers. As Ruby returned to the stands above, she was greeted to the cheers of Nora and Yang cheering her on, and her other two teammates giving her smiles with their new dragon-like fangs poking out at the corners of their mouth.
But Ruby's attention went solely on Vali, who seemed the most reserved among everyone there. His smirk however spoke of a thousand praises and his sapphire eyes lit up in a mix of lust, admiration, that caused a blissful shiver to run down the dragoness' spine. Her primal instincts were screaming at her to take this perfect man to a secluded room and screw each other raw, but Ruby ruthlessly bit it down and chose to 'reciprocate' the gesture. Making sure that Vali's attention was solely on her, Ruby leaned forward while running her right hand slowly down her side. When she reached her hip, Ruby flicked her cloak to get a sneak peek of her behind only Vali could see. She had noticed occasionally Vali's eyes tended to wonder there, and her pants were always very form fitting.
Ruby smirked victoriously seeing Vali perk up and almost jump out of his seat, but it was nothing compared to the primal gaze that came over his eyes. There was a great primal beast hiding within him and for just a split-second it came to light within those sapphire orbs. The Red Dragon Empress met the gaze with equal intensity, wanting nothing more than to battle her rival in an epic contest to decide the victor. But the moment had to end in its short life and the pair settled down just in time for Yang to glomp Ruby in a one-handed hug around the taller woman's shoulders.
"C'mon, let's go eat and empty out the mess hall." Yang hollered.
'We probably will.' Ruby thought knowing all of RWBY and JNPR had an increased appetite.
(Mess Hall)
That is exactly what happened when they arrived at the mess hall to eat lunch. Each member of RWBY and JNPR, with the addition of Vali, had acquired at least five times the average amount of food compared to everyone else. They were disproportionate between plates of steak along small cups of vegetables. The only thing that was in the same ridiculous amount was the water that had to be chugged down.
The messy eaters that gathered green faces were Yang and Nora who had no sense of table manners given their lack of control of their draconic impulses. It was a miracle to Ruby how she was able to have the pair properly manage their appearances as humans. Weiss kept her proper etiquette, but there was an obvious strained motion as she ate barely holding back from using her hands to gorge down the meat before her eyes and satisfy her hunger. Everyone else including Ruby and Vali could be considered in the middle lifting trays closer to their faces while still using their utensils to shovel down their food before and after swallowing bites of their meal.
At a perspective, it was a dazzling sight to see at the usual table where the members of RWBY and JNPR sat around a pile of trays and plates was forming around them. Ruby had the biggest pile, feeling as though she was having a minor growth spurt coming soon, but it was surprising that she was followed closely by Weiss despite her slow consumption compared to the rest of the 'competition'. The heiress may be expecting a major growth spurt, and, to Weiss' internal glee, a bigger chest.
"So this is the life of a dragon?" Yang said after gulping down half of a steak down her throat with an audible gulp. "I can get used to this."
"I would say you were born for it, 'little sun dragon'." Ruby replied with a smirk before downing another plate of food.
"Are you sure we won't be in trouble if we eat too much food?" Blake asked, who was surrounded by bowls filled with tuna and bass.
Behind the Faunas/dragon were three towers of empty bowls that were already Blake's height. Yet, the hunger in her golden eyes only persisted on the next bowl of fish.
Ruby shrugged. "Probably."
"I don't want to get in trouble for eating too much of all things." Weiss cried slightly, chowing down on five T-bone steaks in the span of twenty seconds. "That is deplorable... but I'm so hungry."
"It means your new body is demanding more sustenance." Ruby explained. "Which is needed for growing a bigger and better."
At the mention 'bigger', Weiss ate her meal with more gusto in her motions while still clinging onto to her table manners unlike some who have long since abandoned it. Ruby chuckled under her breath of her egging on Weiss to increase her bust, and it wasn't entirely false. Already they were signs of the members of her pride showing changes of their new dragon bodies. Pyrrha for instance is wearing a new armored corset that is a couple sizes larger, and Jaune and Ren look to be more built and taller than before. Yang was showing dragon-like teeth in the back of her mouth, and both she and Blake had grown in certain areas with the latter noticeably a few inches taller to match Yang at 5'8". Weiss herself can now stand at a height of 5'6" since her transformation.
Ruby had to pause before biting off from a fist-sized meatball when she felt a tingle in the side of her head. Making sure no one was looking in her direction, she lifted up her cloak to hide her right hand. Opening her hand, her palm lit up in a green magic circle of a four-winged dragon circling a rose. Her friends and cousin perked up sensing Ruby's activation of magic and watched as Ruby pulled out something from her personal pocket space.
A letter to be precise because as it turns out Ruby had been alerted to new mail. There was only one person between Remnant, Earth, the Underworld, and other dimension that Ruby gave access to her pocket space storage. She brought the letter forth to light for everyone to see. It was plain, aged looking with the only notable detail was the clay seal that featured a nine-tailed fox.
"What is that, Rubes?" Yang asked.
"It's a letter from the Shinto Faction." Ruby said. "Specifically from my master."
Weiss sputtered as she was drinking water. "You have a master?"
"Of course I have a master." Ruby said. "Ddraig doesn't count because all he does is bitch and growl like an old guy."
[Oh fuck you, brat.] Ddraig growled.
"And Great Red is an occasional buddy I hang out, and he rarely trains me." Ruby said. "This guy was practically my actual master and taught me all I know how to fight and use senjustsu. He's the only person that I've given a means to contact me across dimension, but I have to wonder - is it really that time..."
Ruby tore open the envelope and carefully unfolded the written in parchment within. To everyone else's surprise, the actual written language was unlike anything they have ever seen. Instead of letters, the writing was a style of calligraphy and kanjis, which Ruby did not seem troubled via her expression as her eyes looked at the paper with familiarity. Remembering that none of her friends and teammates have even known about the Japanese language.
Ruby read the letter. "Hello to who may concern, you are cordially invited to the royal palace of Kyoto, the central heart of the Shinto Pantheon on Earth, to celebrate the twelfth birthday of Kunou Otsutsuki tonight. A small competition will be held as well as other entertainments. Be sure to bring a present for the celebrated. We look forward to see you this night. The invited may bring any amount of guests. Sincerely, Lord Kurama. P.S.: Brat, if you're listening to this be sure not to be late."
"A birthday invite?" Yang asked incredulously.
"Pretty much." Ruby said with a smile. "I was expecting this at some point to be honest, just like last year and the year before, but my master never did give permission to bring guests to come over."
"So does that mean we can all go to this super awesome party in an alien world?!" Exclaimed Nora in excitement.
"You know what, why not?" Ruby said with a smile. "Lord Kurama has been interested of life here in Remnant, and it would be nice t bring along friends. All that's left is to... get... Kunou... a... present..."
By each syllable that came out of her lips, Ruby's smile crumbled down to a thin line and then to a silent scream of terror. It raised alarm bells among the rest of RWBY and JNPR to see Ruby in such a state, not to mention her face paling more than a few shades. Ruby was stuck in that expression for what seemed like an hour before her hands went to grab fist-fulls of her hair.
"I FORGOT TO GET KUNOU-CHAN A PRESENT!" Ruby screamed.
Yang and Weiss suddenly felt Ruby grab onto their shoulder and in the next instant the three disappeared out the door with a sonic boom, leaving a trail of rose petals and crackling lightning. They didn't stop at the dock to take a ship, and instead Ruby ran across the surface of the body of water that separated Beacon from Vale, all the while Weiss and Yang were flailing in the air behind Ruby.
Arriving at Vale, several citizens walking the the sidewalks had to brace themselves as as a red streak ran through the streets faster than any car and pulling strong winds in her wake. If anyone saw Ruby clearly they would see her eyes wide with a frantic desperation to find something. Ruby finally stopped in front of the local mall, but Weiss and Yang were stumbling on the spot trying to find their balance and keep their recent meal in their stomachs.
"Wha-What just happened?" Weiss mumbled, slightly broken. "Uf... I feel my stomach trying to climb out."
"Must... keep in... lunch." Yang groaned, spinning in a daze. "But... everything is... spinning..."
Fortunately, Ruby steadied the dizzy pair by holding them by their shoulders and allowed the pair to recover their sense of balance. Their eyes went to Ruby's green eyes, disturbed by the frantic desperation Ruby had. They've only seen this at such rare and small times when they run out of cookies and strawberries in the dorm, but never to this extent.
"Please, you two need to help me." Ruby exclaimed.
"What could you want dragging the two of us all the way in front... the mall?" Yang wondered in absolute confusion.
"I need you to help find a birthday present for a twelve-year old princess!" Ruby said, her expression strained. "Weiss has the money, and you have an eye for these type of things."
Yang and Weiss cringed at the look in Ruby's eyes. She seemed to be on the verge of begging for their help and it was barely held back from doing so by her own pride as the Dragon of Domination. Still, it was shocking how far Ruby was going for their help just to buy a birthday present for an unknown girl that the Red Dragon Empress is close to. The only other times they have seen Ruby go beyond this point was when she proposed reincarnating her teammates and her moments of euphoria dating Vali.
"We'll help you, Rubes." Yang answered, making Ruby perk up. "All you had to was ask, right Weiss?"
Weiss nodded. "But of course. You have done many great things for us. It is the rightful courtesy to do the same for you as both my partner and friend."
"Thank you!" Ruby exclaimed, glomping Yang and Weiss in a hug. "I promise you won't regret this!"
Yang rolled her eyes. "Please. How hard can finding a present for a little girl be?"
Ruby looked squeamish as she rubbed the back of her head. "Well..."
(Later)
Teams RWBY and JNPR were standing in an isolated clearing away from the prying eyes of the public. They were dressed casually instead of a combat-oriented wear with Ren seemingly the same. Jaune had left his plated white armor, leaving him in a new grey and blue hoodie that was notably bigger to accommodate his increased build. At his side was his new girlfriend Pyrrha Nikos wearing a red shirt over a black sports bra and yellow pants, and she was currently squeezing his right arm with the brightest smile the Mistralian champion could muster.
They were not the only ones to come to Earth. Accompanying them was the power couple of Ruby's Rooks, Jeanne D'Arc and Sieg. The former Holy Maiden of France wore a white sundress and black shoes and the baggy clothes served to hide away her impressive bust. Sieg for his build managed to get himself into a white, buttoned shirt and black cargo pants for the trip. As for meetings, the Rooks went along well with the rest of the pride, but it was awkward between Jeanne and Jaune considering their coincidental names.
Ruby was still wearing her usual black leather corset, tight pants, and red cloak, leaving behind only the protective braces that adorned her arms. With Nora, she changed out her top and skirt for an orange sweater and brown jeans. Blake, Weiss, and Yang were unchanged of their clothes, but left behind their weapons. Speaking of Weiss and Yang, the pair of them were currently supporting up a six feet pile of boxes freshly bought and wrapped from Vale's mall all to be presented. Yang was having little to no trouble given her impressive strength without her Sacred Gear or her dragon attributes, but Weiss on the other hand was not used to such physical labor.
"I swear to the gods that this is worth it." Weiss growled.
"Oh come on, Weiss." Ruby said, summoning the shoulder engines of the Boosted Gear. "Think of this as some exercise."
Weiss glared at Ruby, but could not continue to do so as she was too distracted balancing the pile of boxes in her arms. Temporarily, Ruby entered Balance Breaker and charged up multiple [BOOSTS], but never releasing the power. Once she reached the amount of power she desired, Ruby concentrated it all into the palm of her left hand. Space and reality warped in on itself by the sheer power held in her hands added with just a little amount of spatial manipulation taught to her by Great Red. Reality was torn apart and a portal to the Dimensional Gap opened before her pride big enough for three people to walk through at once.
"Raise your Aura and power as high as you can." Ruby warned, her voice louder from the helm of her Scale Mail. "The Dimensional Gap is the realm between universes and its very nature is twisted and chaotic. Only the most powerful beings like the dragon gods and True Dragons can make themselves home here."
Entering the Dimensional Gap was an experience unlike any of them have ever felt. They simultaneously felt pulled, pushed, lifted, held, forward, back, up, and down all at once. Raising their Aura and power to the max considerably helped them coax off the sensation, but it was still there nudging at their senses. The new reality was chaos incarnate and both sky and ground were a myriad of colors that blended in and separated all at once. Earth platforms dotted the realm levitating by themselves in the wake of the lack of gravity.
Yang whistled. "Freaky."
"Yeah, my mind is not that creative enough to make this in a dream." Jaune commented, his eyes glazing over everything in sight.
While everyone was enraptured by the chaos of the Dimensional Gap, Ruby ignored the sights having been used to it for a long time. She repeated the steps to open another tear in reality, this time paying attention to the currents of space and reality around her to figure out their desired designation. As she charged [BOOSTS], the Red Dragon Empress escorted her pride through the space with the use of a green bubble surrounding them with the use of her spatial manipulation, like a boat navigating a sea. With the existence of fissures, there was little need to venture far or if at all when the right distortion is near the area. Unfortunately, Beacon did not have the specific fissure that led to Kyoto unlike the one present in Patch.
It was a short while of careful navigation through the Dimensional Gap that Ruby found the right current of space leading to Kyoto. Like before, her hand cupped the sudden release of boosted energy and allowed space and reality to tear itself apart from the singularity.
"Just a heads-up." Ruby said. "Brace yourselves for this. You're about to see wonders you will never find in Remnant."
Her words said, Ruby and her pride stepped through the tear in reality, and on the other side stepping into a plaza of tiled stone floors. Instantly catching her pride's awe was the new architecture suddenly thrusted into their vision of the wonders that was the Japanese-style buildings and gates surrounding them, and hanging over their heads were paper lamps glowing red and decorated in kanji. They could only meekly compare it to the style of Mistral if the country's culture in question evolved for a few more centuries. The whole area surrounding them was somehow a perfect mesh of civilization and nature in cohesion. For a city it held much more natural life of plants than they have ever seen. In front of them was a massive flight of stairs leading up to a huge Edo-style palace full of towers of red walls and black roofs surrounded by a three-story wall.
Next to take were the people themselves, who all paused to stare at the newcomers the moment the portal opened. Ruby had entered in the heart of supernatural Kyoto, which meant very few they saw were actually human. Blake felt a weird sensation seeing people around her so Faunas-like and openly milling about. Most were dog-like in appearance of the Inu race of Yokai with bird people of the Tengu and the occasional Nekomata. All of them wore kimonos casually or extravagant in decoration.
Immediately on their arrival, Tengu guards jumped down from their perches above weapons raised to the intruders. Ruby's pride were tense in caution at the sudden hostility, but understandable considering they literally appeared out of nowhere and without warning. However, the expressions of the guards and the local civilians perked up when they landed on Ruby, flashing them all a smile.
"Ruby-sama has come back!" Cried a male Inu Yokai.
The area filled with cheer all of a sudden, drawing wide eyes from the pride towards a very sheepish Ruby. Children of multiple Yokai races started to crowd around them, specifically Ruby. Her own pride were given some positive yet odd looks, with Jeanne happily giggling doting over a group of kids in her arms.
"You're oddly popular." Weiss noted while trying to hold herself back from glomping all the children in hugs.
"Well, I did kind of... save people a while ago." Ruby answered as she was busy preventing kids from climbing over her or pulling her cloak. "I guess it grew into me becoming a local celebrity."
"You're here!"
That one particular exclamation solely drew Ruby's attention apart from the crowd that showered them with praise. Her green eyes went up to the top of a red gate where a blonde fox Yokai girl of twelve years of age wearing a white and red royal garbs was perched. A beautiful array of nine sun-kissed tails waved behind the fox Yokai complimenting her wide golden eyes that sparkled with admiration and love to the Red Dragon Empress. Her shout brought a silence among the Yokai as they made way for the kitsune girl.
Ruby flashed a smile at the girl. "Hey, Ku-"
"RUBY-NEE-CHAN!"
"Grk!"
Ruby only had time to widen her eyes as the kitsune Yokai turned into a golden blur and slammed right into her midsection. Her feet slid back across the ground for a meter as she got a hold on the girl. Yang and Nora were laughing out loud at the comedic scene with the rest sporting amused smiles. Weiss was... staring unblinkingly at the child in Ruby's arms.
"Dammit Kunou, what was that for?" Ruby said.
The identified Kunou looked up at Ruby with a cheeky smile. "You finally came."
"Of course I did." Ruby replied, her right hand roaming the top of Kunou's head and petting her ears. "Happy birthday, Kunou-chan."
"Aww, who's this little cutie?" Yang cooed, leaning her head towards Kunou.
"Ah, Kunou, I would like you to meet some really good friends." Ruby said, introducing the Yokai to her pride. "This here is Yang, my cousin in blood but my sister in spirit. Then we have my partner, Weiss Schnee. A bit cold on the outside but very sweet once you get to know her. Then there's Blake, Yang's partner, and she's, well, in the closet."
"Hey!" Blake cried indignantly with a blush of embarrassment.
"Then we have Jaune Arc, a pleasant friend." Ruby continued onto to JNPR. "His girlfriend right there is Pyrrha Nikos, a woman with a shining personality. Then we have Lie Ren and Nora Valkyrie. Side note: don't give Nora anything explosive. Finally, we have our power couple Jeanne and Sieg."
"Hello." Greeted the Maiden of France sweetly.
"A pleasure to meet you." Sieg replied in a respective bow.
"Everyone," Ruby said, holding Kunou closer to her, "meet Kunou Otsutsuki, daughter of Empress Yasaka and Emperor Kurama, and princess to Kyoto."
"Ohaiyo." Kunou greeted nicely, then her eyes landed on Weiss. "... You have nice hair."
That seemed to have blown a gasket in Weiss as she was suddenly right in front of Kunou pulling at her cheeks and petting her golden tails. Caught off guard, Kunou could not stop the yips that escaped her mouth and it only fueled Weiss to continue her ministrations. All in the meantime that Weiss had the most euphoric and glowing expression on her face; a complete opposite to her usual mood.
"Cuuute~." Squealed Weiss, petting Kunou's ears and running her hands through the nine tails. "You are so adorable~, I want to gobble you up. And your fur is soft~. I want you all to myself so I can take care of you and cuddle you and dress you up. You are the best and cutest little princess I could scream!"
"Nwe-chwn mwke hrf stwop." Kunou tried to protest, but her words were muddled as Weiss began to pinch the kitsune's cheeks.
Not that Ruby was going to help too busy failing to hold in her chuckles. It was amazing how on sight the cold exterior that people usually know as Weiss melted down to her true personality that was an intensely kind and compassionate person. That is the Weiss Schnee, the complete opposite of her father, that Ruby saw in her, and it brought her joy to see it out in the open.
"Is that really Weiss?" Blake asked incredulously, staring in disbelief how the Schnee heiress was acting so un-Schnee like compared to most of her family.
"Yep." Ruby perked up with a grin. "Amazing how the most adorable can bring out the best in people, and under all that cold exterior of our resident Ice Queen is a bundle of warmth and kindness. I bet Weiss here would run an orphanage because of her love of adorable kids."
Weiss was soon joined in by Nora, who was taking priority in petting the nine tails swishing behind Kunou. The reincarnated thunder dragon may have glomped the poor child if Ren wasn't carefully holding her back. Blake and Yang were soon to follow, the former making sure Weiss wasn't going too far in her ministrations while the latter was gently petting Kunou's ears. The Yokai princess' constant yips of pleasures were just giving them more fuel for them to continue as they were all enraptured with the cute kitsune.
"Now, now, let's give the girl her space." Jeanne spoke above the group, her pleasant voice grabbing their attention.
Her natural charisma won over most of the group, but Weiss was uncharacteristically stubborn as she held Kunou in her arms. There was even a pout on Schnee heiress, like a child unwilling to part with her teddy bear. It just made Ruby and Pyrrha giggle, bordering on roaring in laughter, while the boys sweatdropped.
"I don't want to." Weiss mumbled. "I can't leave someone so adorable like this."
"While it is cute, I believe you have played with my daughter enough."
The feminine voice one as sweet as honey and rich as silk carried over the area like a trance. When the pride found their source, the sight that greeted them made the young men blush and the young women feel inadequate before them. Parting through the crowd flanked by elite Tengu guards was the most beautiful and voluptuous women any mortal or immortal have laid eyes on. Soft skin pink with life was unnaturally perfected and golden hair tied in a bundle held by nine pins gave off a radiance comparable to a goddess of beauty. For what could one call this woman other than a goddess, dressed in a golden yukata parted slightly to show her bare shoulders and the top of large G-cup breats. Her very presence settled a strange warmth of life within all of them, and her golden eyes made one still for a moment as if they were staring towards the golden rays of the sun. Like Kunou, nine golden tails swished behind and a pair of fox ears of matching color sat on her head.
Weiss was so in shock of the beauty before her, she released her hug on Kunou. The kitsune princess skipped to the older woman's side, who flashed a warm smile at the girl and held her dainty hand. Her golden eyes settled on Ruby, her smile growing slightly.
"It's been quite a while, Ruby-san." Greeted the older kitsune Yokai.
Ruby bowed. "Indeed it has, Yasaka-sama."
"Oh please, Ruby-chan." The identified Yasaka brushed off, walking towards the Red Dragon Empress and patting the top of her head in affection. "I always tell you to call me Yasaka-chan, or better yet call me Kaa-chan."
"Yasaka..." Grumbled Ruby in embarrassment at that last tidbit.
"But why not?" Yasaka teased. "Kunou-tan looks up to you as an older sister, and you are practically a part of the family after what you did for us."
"I just did what I had to do and save Kunou's life." Ruby protested.
Their conversation was met with surprise from her pride at how oddly close the pair were. Yang was trading rapid glances between Kunou and Ruby the moment Yasaka mentioned the kitsune girl seeing Ruby as an older sister, and it made her feel a little awkward in a good way like she had surprise family. Most surprise came from the fact how passive Ruby was acting towards Kunou and Yasaka in the way they forgot for a moment she was a god-slaying force of destruction that can annihilate a continent.
"Dammit brat, every time you come here you always cause such a racket."
The voice was a deep masculine, and unlike Yasaka's entrance brought an eerie silence. Walking towards them from the stairs to the palace was can be described as a warrior cloaked in the garbs of noble. He was tall at 6'4" dressed in a crimson kimono. Spiky crimson hair flowed down to his shoulder like a mane of an alpha lion, and his matching crimson eyes spoke of untold power. Unlike Yasaka whose presence felt serene, his held a massive pressure as if they were all staring up at a giant that can easily crush them in a second. His features made him more feral than fair with thick whisker marks on his cheeks and a smile that revealed sharp canine teeth. Despite his noble garbs, there was an easy indication of compact muscle built for extreme power, and his nine crimson tails gave a sense of a walking calamity instead of a glorious radiance.
"Papa!" Cheered Kunou, running towards the male kitsune and hugging his left leg.
Yasaka's features seemed to brighten to the radiance of the sun at the sight of her identified mate. She sauntered up to the crimson kitsune, a slight sway in her hips that made the male lock on the Yokai empress. There was a shudder of pleasure running through her body seeing how his towering figure heavily imposed in comparison to her small stature, making him more akin to a predator staring down at his prey. It never got old how the sight of her lifetime mate got her turned on to the point Yasaka wanted him to screw her to unconsciousness like the countless times they have done over the centuries. Once they got close, the male kitsune leaned closer to Yasaka's face, rubbing their noses in an open show of affection before Yasaka took her place at her mate's right side.
Ruby and the male kitsune locked eyes for a moment, their lips in a thin line. It was she that made the first move approaching the kitsune till she was in the open for all to see. She looked up at the kitsune for a moment before doing the one thing her friends never thought she would do.
Ruby took one knee and kneeled before the emperor of Kyoto. Unlike her earlier gestures, this one served as recognition that the male kitsune was her superior. The kitsune in question cracked a grin at Ruby.
"Sensei." Ruby said.
"Ruby." Replied the kitsune. "You're just in time for my little girl's special day."
"I didn't want to miss it." Ruby said, never getting up.
From her friends, it was Yang who had the courage to ask. "Uh, Ruby, who is this guy?"
"This, my dear sister," Ruby introduced, a bit of flare in her tone, "is my sensei. The one responsible for teaching me in the ways of the sword, senjutsu, and martial arts; who made who I am today. He is the strongest of the Shinto. He is a Shin Yokai, a calamity of both sky and earth. One of the Top Ten strongest in the universe and arch-rival to the Crimson Lucifer. That is my master, Lord Kurama the Fox Demon."
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"You really love putting on the dramatics, don't ya?" Kurama noted dryly.
"Shut up, you know you love it." Ruby retorted.
All of the buildup and tension instantly shattered at the last dialogue. All Ruby's pride could do in that moment was somehow trip on their own feet in shock.
Now we finally have the introduction of Kunou and her new background. That's right, Kurama is her new daddy. Probably the best daddy since anyone messing with her or her mother will be obliterated by untamed wrath that is the Fox Demon. This Kurama is a reference to my other story, Shin Yokai, that stars Kurama reincarnated in the DxD universe centuries before canon. Bear in my mind the two stories are not connected in the same fan universe. It just fits how Kurama can be a legitimate character in DxD, and I love his character in general. He is my favorite from Naruto.
I hope this chapter does well really. I was kind of in a rush in some parts, and I just came back to my university and now stuck in studies. The next story to be updated will either be Roses of the Death Goddess or Shining Light.
Up next is Chapter 27: Unwanted Favors.
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