"Look at that, Baby Beel." Tatsumi and Kaito stood in front of the deformed Ishiyama High School building with Beel standing on Tatsumi's shoulders and looking over his head.
Since summer has officially started, the couple wore summer appropriate clothes. Tatsumi is wearing a cream graphic t-shirt with blue sleeves, orange shorts and sandals. Kaito is wearing a simple black t-shirt with a pair of ripped edge blue shorts and black converse shoes. Kaito also let her long black hair flow free from her usual messy bun. Since Tatsumi told her that he likes her hair when it's down, she thought it might be time to change her look a bit.
"I've perfected an awesome punch." Tatsumi praised.
"Ai! Dabu!"
"I call it…The Oga Ishiyama Total Destruction Punch!" Tatsumi declared.
"Ai!"
"That's long ass name for just one move." Kaito stated.
"You think so?" Tatsumi asked.
"At least consider workshopping the name. I mean you were able to accomplish what every teenager dreams of doing, which is destroying a school. But other than that, it's good." Kaito said with a shrug of her shoulders.
"No, it's not good! Not good at all!" Furuichi exclaimed, appearing from the side. Furuichi is wearing a pink shirt with an open teal shirt over it, blue jeans and sandals. "What'll we do?! It's only summer break of our first year and look at the building! Tell me what we're supposed to do now?!"
Kaito turned her attention to Furuichi and asked, "What are you whining about? It's not like you enjoyed coming to this school anyway."
"Sure, it's a crap high school filled with delinquents, but we're in trouble if we can't go to school any more!" Furuichi exclaimed.
"Huh, good point. I wouldn't be surprised if my dad or Yukio called me if they saw the news." Kaito stated.
"And that's not all! This caused all kinds of other problems! I could list like 100 off the top of my head!" Furuichi shouted.
"I doubt there's 100…" Tatsumi whispered to Kaito.
"I'm sure it's stuff he thinks is important." Kaito whispered back before she noticed Beel was pulling on Tatsumi's face. It wasn't anything that was out of the ordinary for him, but the expression was Beel's face was filled with freight which was completely out of the ordinary.
"Baby Beel, what's the matter?" Kaito asked, grabbing Tatsumi's attention.
Beel pointed at something from behind them on the ground. Ignoring Furuichi's nonsense, the couple turned around and looked to see a cicada laying on its back.
"A cicada?" Tatsumi asked.
"Dabu."
"Wait, Baby Beel, are you scared of this bug?" Kaito asked.
"Da."
"But he shouldn't be scared of this. I mean, he handled bugs before for his test, remember?" Kaito stated.
"Baby Beel, you've defeated a camel cricket before, right?" Tatsumi asked.
"Da." Beel nodded his head 'yes'.
"And pill bugs are a cinch, right?"
"Da."
"Cicadas are no different! They're no match for you."
"Dabu! Ai!" Beel slid down from Tatsumi's body and crawled towards cicada. Beel stared down at the insect and held up his trembling hand before reaching down to touch it. Suddenly, the cicada spring itself up and suddenly flew around Beel, terrifying him so much that he started to run away.
"Maybe he can only handle smaller bugs." Kaito said as she and Tatsumi watched Beel hiding behind Tatsumi to avoid the cicada and Furuichi still spewing nonsense while throwing his arms around.
"This isn't good." Tatsumi muttered, grabbing Kaito's and Furuichi's attention.
"Now you understand! This isn't how it should be!" Furuichi shouted while Kaito grabbed Beel and held him in her arms. Beel immediately buried his face against her chest, hoping the cicada would fly away.
"Even if you are some Maou, you're still a baby. But…" Tatsumi trailed off.
"What are you going on about?" Furuichi asked.
"Obviously not what you were talking about." Kaito responded.
Beel pulled his face away from Kaito's chest to see Tatsumi catching the cicada in his hand and held it towards him.
"What am I supposed to do if a cicada can make you cry? A Maou is less than a cicada?!" Tatsumi shouted, causing Beel to bury in face against Kaito's chest once again. "And I told you that Kaito's boobs are mine!"
"You're seriously bringing up my boobs again…" Kaito muttered with a sigh. "Anyway, let go of the bug already, Tatsumi."
"Um, that's not what we were talking about." Furuichi stated.
"What was your first clue?" Kaito asked as Tatsumi released the cicada.
"Sure, you're gonna be startled when the thing suddenly moves like that. But even so! Being startled isn't an excuse to cry and shock me every time!" Tatsumi exclaimed.
"Hey…" Furuichi called out but was being ignored.
"Again, he's still a baby." Kaito stated before Beel jumped out of her arms and got into a stance while attempting to show his serious face.
"Au."
"Au, my butt! What the hell is with that 'Damn you, cicada! I'll get you next time!' pose?!" Tatsumi shouted.
"Like you haven't done that kind of pose before." Kaito said.
"That's besides the point!" Tatsumi argued.
"U-Um…Oga-kun…Kaii-chan?" Furuichi called out but was ignored once again.
"In that case, it's time for some serious training!" Tatsumi declared.
"Training?" Kaito echoed with an arched eyebrow.
"Let's go on a training camp!" Tatsumi picked up Beel and walked away. "Let's go right now, immediately!"
"Hey! Are you running away?" Furuichi asked, holding out a hand towards his friend. "Oga!"
"I'd better go with them in case they do something too crazy." Kaito said as she followed her boyfriend.
"Kai-chan!" Furuichi cried out.
"Don't worry, Furuichi. I'm sure things will work out. It always does." Kaito stated with a wave of her hand.
"Tatsumi…I know I'm probably wasting my breath by saying this, but…" Kaito trailed off.
"What?" Tatsumi asked.
"Is this really necessary to help Beel get over his fear of insects?" Kaito asked while standing under a tree with her hands resting on her hips. "It looks more like torture than training."
Tatsumi took Kaito and Beel on a train ride to the mountainous village of Mapputatsu, where the highest peak used to be a training area where people feared to tread. Tatsumi thought it was a perfect location for the 'special training'.
Tatsumi was sitting on a tree branch where Beel was tied up and hanging upside down. Tatsumi dabbed Beel's forehead with honey which attracted horned beetles to the point that they were crawling on Beel, trying to locate the source of the sweet smell.
Tatsumi chuckled before saying, "Baby Beel-kun…Hurry up and escape! If you don't, the insects will come one after another, see? It'll be a grand parade straight to that honey I spread on your forehead!"
"Da!" Beel was shaking in total fear as he felt some of the horned beetles crawling closer to him. He started to squirm around, hoping to at least shake the beetles off.
"You know, if other people saw this, they would say that this is considered child abuse." Kaito pointed out.
"Listen up! This is most definitely not child abuse!" Tatsumi denied.
"Your grin says otherwise." Kaito concurred.
"It's training! Training, I say!" Tatsumi shouted before letting out an evil cackle.
Suddenly, the tree branch Tatsumi was standing on broke off completely, causing Tatsumi and Beel to scream as they were coming close to the ground…and towards Kaito.
Kaito's eyes widened and let out a gasp before catching Beel in her arms. Suddenly, Tatsumi landed on Kaito, causing them to stumble backwards. Kaito felt her back coming in contact with something which caused the couple to fall on the ground.
"Oww…" Kaito hissed in pain as she clutched the back of her head.
"Kaito, you okay?" Tatsumi asked as he helped her sit up.
"Other than my head throbbing, I'm okay." Kaito said, still rubbing her head. "I'm sure I'll most likely get a nasty bump on my head."
"Hmm…"
Kaito looked at Tatsumi's face to see that he was staring at her funny. "What is it?" She asked before she looked behind her see Kunieda on the ground in her disguise.
'I think some higher power hates me right now.' Kaito thought with one of her eyes twitching in anger.
"You're Kota!" Tatsumi exclaimed, pointing at Kota who was riding on Kunieda's back in a wrap. Kota squealed in response. "And Kota's onee-chan!"
"Eh?"
'Does he seriously not recognize her when she wears her disguise?' Kaito sighed internally in annoyance. 'Tatsumi, I love you, but you can be so stupid sometimes.'
"We meet again! Bringing the kid with you up into the mountains?" Tatsumi asked. "We sure have it tough."
'But I guess he makes up for being stupid when he's like this at his cutest.' Kaito thought.
"Oh, I know! It's hot out, so want some ice cream?" Tatsumi turned his attention to Kaito and said, "Since Kota is here, he and Baby Beel and play together for a bit, right, Kaito?"
"Uh…" Both the girls quickly stared at each other with narrowed eyes, as if having an internal conversation. After a moment, Kaito snapped her head towards Tatsumi and said, "I think that's fine since I'm sure Kota misses Baby Bell as well."
'I can put up with having her near, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.'
Upon arrival at the village, Tatsumi bought himself and Kunieda a vanilla soft serve ice cream. He was going to buy one for Kaito, but Beel was getting hungry himself, so Kaito must feed him his bottle. Kaito suggested that she and Tatsumi share his ice cream together, which irked Kunieda and that made Kaito happy internally.
"Training?" Kunieda asked as she, Kaito and Tatsumi sat on a bench with Kaito in the middle as she was feeding Beel.
"Yeah…He's scared of insects." Tatsumi stated.
"At least the big ones." Kaito clarified.
"It's just pitiful, so we came here to fix that." Tatsumi said while rubbing the top of Beel's head.
"Hey, Tatsumi, can I get a lick?" Kaito asked, gesturing her head towards the ice cream in his hand.
"Sure." Tatsumi brought the treat towards her.
Knowing that Kunieda was watching them, Kaito leaned forward and licked the treat. "Mmm, delicious!" Kaito exclaimed.
"Right? Can't beat ice cream on a hot summer day!" Tatsumi stated before licking the treat, causing Kunieda's face to turn bet red.
'I-I-Indirect kiss!' Kunieda screeched in anger internally. 'They even gotten that far in their relationship?!'
"By the way…"
Kunieda snapped out of her trance and stuttered, "W-W-W-What?"
"What was your name again?" Tatsumi asked.
"Yeah, we never caught your name last time. Though, you look kinda familiar." Kaito turned her head towards Kunieda, giving her a taunting expression. "It'd be rude if we called you something else. Mind telling us your name?" She knows that Kunieda is most likely going to make up a name, but she wanted to know how long she can keep up with the charades.
"K-Kuni-e…"
"Aoi!" A voice called out, grabbing the teenagers' attention. Standing in front of them was a fairly tall elderly man with slightly long grey hair and a mustache, wearing a navy-blue kimono and carrying something wrapped in a red cloth.
"What are you doing loitering about in a place like this, Aoi?" The elderly man asked with narrowed eyes.
"Ojii-chan!"
"Aoi? Kuni?" Tatsumi turned his attention towards Kunieda, who froze up a bit before responding, "Uh, um…That's it! Kunie! My name is Aoi Kunie!"
'That's the best name she can come up with?' Kaito thought, holding a laugh that was begging to come out.
"And these two are?" The grandfather asked.
"Let me introduce you! They come and help play with Kota in the park a lot." Kunieda stated.
"I'm Oga." Tatsumi introduced himself and bowed.
"I'm Kaito, nice to meet you." Kaito introduced herself and bowed as she pulled the now empty bottle out of Beel's mouth.
"Oh? More people from the town?" The grandfather turned his attention to Tatsumi and asked, "Pardon me asking, but what is your relationship with Aoi?"
"Excuse me?" Kaito asked with a twitching eyebrow, possibly guessing the reason why he's asking that kind of question.
"We're raising kids is all! Don't ask such strange questions!" Kunieda exclaimed with her cheeks turning red out of embarrassment.
"Oh? A fellow child-rearer…" The grandfather trailed his eyes towards Kaito and Beel and stared at them for a moment. "You both seem quite young to have a son, yes…"
"Ai!"
"T-They came to this mountain for training!"
"Training? That's the spirit." Placing the wrapped object next to Tatsumi, the grandfather grabbed Tatsumi's free hand and said, "Let me shake your hand."
"What's with this old…" Before Tatsumi could finish, the grandfather suddenly pulled him forward and swung him down on the ground, making him drop his ice cream and surprised the girls in the process.
Snapping out of his shocked state, Tatsumi pulled his hand out of the grandfather's grip and jumped back on his feet. "Hey old man, what the hell was that for?"
The grandfather laughed before asking, "You came here for training, yes? How about I show you a little something? Come at me."
"Wait. Ojii-chan!" Kunieda called out.
Tatsumi smirked and responded, "Fine by me. You'll regret it!"
"I don't mind."
Feeling movements in her arms, Kaito looked down to see Beel jumping out of her arms and got in front of Tatsumi, presenting himself before the elderly man.
"Um, what is with the baby?" The grandfather asked.
"You know, training." Tatsumi simply said while Beel was punching the air, ready to face his opponent.
"Ojii-chan, would you stop meddling every time you see me with a guy?!" Kunieda shouted in embarrassment/anger.
"Especially since the said guy is already taken." Kaito mumbled with her arms crossed.
"What are you saying? All I am doing is testing him to see whether he is a man worthy of you. I will blow away anyone who is weaker than you!" The grandfather firmly stated.
"I told you, he and I aren't like that!" Kunieda shouted.
"And you never will be." Kaito mumbled, though Kunieda heard quite clearly. Kaito turned her head towards Tatsumi and said, "Tatsumi, I know you love to fight, but you can't exactly fight an old man."
"You know that it ain't my style to beat up old people. But I ain't gonna leave it be after that." Tatsumi stated.
"Un-freaking believable." Kaito said with a sigh.
"Don't worry. It isn't my style to beat up young people, either." The grandfather stated which irked Tatsumi.
"You're on, you bastard!" Tatsumi shouted. "Don't blame me when you're begging for mercy! You big stupid face!"
"Are you coming or not?" The grandfather asked/taunted.
"He's really serious, isn't he?" Kaito asked.
"Unfortunately." Kunieda responded.
"You're gonna cry! 'm gonna make you cry for sure!" Tatsumi declared while charging towards the man.
"You're got a nice spring in our step." The grandfather compliment before grabbing Tatsumi's wrist and added, "But your movements are too repetitive!" The grandfather stepped to the side and tripped Tatsumi's foot, causing him to flip over again.
Instead of landing on his back like before, Tatsumi stopped himself by planting his feet on the ground, which impressed the grandfather a tad bit. Tatsumi got himself out of his grip and started to throw punches and kicks at the man who dodged each attack with ease.
"You have excellent reaction time. You're flexible and also have explosive power. Your fault lies in too much wasted movement!" The grandfather stated.
"Stop dodging, old man!" Tatsumi shouted in anger.
"I can't tell if your gramps is either taking this seriously or he's just playing with him." Kaito said as she, Kunieda and the babies watched the fight.
"A little of both." Kunieda confirmed.
"Those wild swings aren't going to hit me. Let's see…" Suddenly, the grandfather disappeared before Tatsumi's very eyes, surprising both Tatsumi and Kaito. The grandfather reappeared behind Tatsumi and held a hand before saying, "I'll teach you how to use power!"
The man placed his hand on Tatsumi's back and shouted, "Shingetsu school, bare fist style!"
"Wait, that technique…" But Kunieda was too late to stop him.
"Nadesico!"
Somehow, Tatsumi's body was pulled down by an unknown force, causing a crater to form under him.
"Tatsumi!" Kaito called out in worry as she ran towards him, running past the grandfather.
"You didn't exactly disappoint me…" The grandfather turned towards the couple and said, "But at your current level, you are not fit to be Aoi's husb-"
"You dumbass!" Kaito shouted in anger as she performed a high kick to his head, catching him by surprise.
The grandfather took a couple of steps back while holding his head in pain. "Young lady, what are you doing?"
"That's my line!" Kunieda stomped towards her grandfather and shouted, "Don't you think you've gone too far?!"
"I made sure to hold back." The grandfather stated.
"Like that's any better!" Kaito stomped towards the man and gave him a harden glare. "You fought him without getting the simplest facts! In case you weren't listening, he's in no way interested in your granddaughter! He's-"
"Wait…" The grandfather looked at the bench and asked, "What happened to the package I left over there?"
"Huh?" The girls turned their attention to the bench to see that the item that the grandfather placed is completely gone.
Hearing running steps, the man turned his head to the side to see a few teenage boys running away with the said item.
"You won't escape!" The grandfather chased after the boys in a very fast speed, leaving the teenagers and babies behind.
"Ojii-chan!"
"Ugh…!" Kaito snapped her head towards Tatsumi who slowly regaining consciousness. "Tatsumi!" She and Beel kneeled down to him, completely ignoring Kunieda who took off after her grandfather.
"Babe, you okay?" Kaito asked out of concern.
Clutching his fists in a tight grip, Tatsumi lifts up his head to reveal an angered expression. "Old man…"
"Great, now he's pissed…"
"Stay there barking all day long, bitch!" One of the boys shouted over his shoulders as he and his friends ran off with the wrapped item in his hands.
However, when he faced forward, he came face to face with a fist, knocking him on the ground and releasing the item from his hand. Before his friends could do anything, Kaito punched them in the stomachs which caused them to let out a painful grunt while falling down on the ground.
"Da!" Beel cheered from Tatsumi's back.
Tatsumi caught the item in his hand and shouted, "Get out here, old man! I want a rematch!"
"That was unnecessary!" The couple turned around to see the grandfather standing before them. "But those fists of justice were pretty impressive."
"Oww! I think that chick rearrange my insides!" One of the boys cried out in pain.
"I'm so close to puking out my breakfast!" The other boy groaned.
"You're safe, Ojii-chan!" Kunieda exclaimed in relief as she walked up to the group.
"You think I'd fall for that trap?" The grandfather looked down at the boys agonizing in pain. "Honestly…" The man walked towards Tatsumi and snatched the item from his hand. "Your names are Oga and Kaito, yes? I'll remember that. Oga, if you wish to become stronger, come to my place whenever you'd like. The offer applies to you as well, Kaito." The man said before walking away.
"As a prospective grandson-in-law." The grandfather added.
"What did you just say?!" Kaito shouted as a dark energy appeared around her body with her anger brewing.
"Wait, what?" Tatsumi turned towards Kunieda for answers.
"It's nothing! Don't worry about it." Kunieda quickly said as she felt Kaito's piercing glaring eyes staring at her. "Wait, Ojii-chan!"
"That's right, you'd better run!" Kaito shouted.
"But what about our rematch?" Tatsumi asked.
"Damn it…! How dare you…" Snapping out of her anger, Kaito and Tatsumi turned around to see the leader of the boys lifting face up…which is covered with a few different types of beetles. The beetles suddenly pinched his face, causing him to yelp. "What the…" The boy quickly brushed the bugs off his face.
Seeing the bugs as they landed on the ground, Tatsumi let out a grin while Beel froze up a bit.
"Oh, crap…" Kaito knows exactly what her boyfriend is thinking.
"Okay, Baby Beel!" Tatsumi pulled Beel off his back and placed him on the ground. "It's your turn next!"
"Dabu!" Beel stood his ground as the beetles crawled towards him.
"Go!" Tatsumi ordered. "Your every future depends on you crushing those stag and rhino beetles!"
"You can do it, Beel!" Kaito cheered, trying to encourage him though she had a feeling that it's going to end badly.
Beel stared down at the beetles with a hardened expression despite tears building up in his eyes. He wanted to make his parents proud by facing his fear…expect his fears were overtaking him as electricity was building up around him.
Without any time to hide, Beel let out a cry as he electrocuted everyone and everything around him, Tatsumi and Kaito included.
"Man, that was one weird old man." Tatsumi stated as he and Kaito, with some burnt marks on their bodies, sat around Beel and the only beetle left standing while the other two were either unconscious or dead.
"Did I come way out here just to get shocked? Nothing good came of today." Tatsumi added.
"So, me being out here with you is a bad thing?" Kaito asked with a playful grin.
"You know I don't mean that." Tatsumi said.
Kaito chuckled and stated, "I know. I was just messing with you."
"Oga! Kai-chan!" The couple turned around to see Alain standing in front of them before he split open to reveal Furuichi stepping out.
"Furuichi, why are you here?" Tatsumi asked, surprised to see him.
"What do you mean, why? I heard that you were passing time up in the mountains in the middle of summer with Kai-chan, so I came to piss you off!" Furuichi responded with an expression that says, 'Eat shit'.
"Are you serious? Why would you do that?" Kaito asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Oga got in the way of my wonderful tropical resort, remember?" Furuichi shouted with clutched fists.
"Furuichi…I'm deeply concern about your logic in this." Kaito said.
"Anyway…" Everyone turned to the side to see Hilda walking towards them with Lamia and Furcas following behind her. "How does the Little Master's training?"
"See for yourself." Kaito pointed at Beel and the beetle having a stare down for a moment before Beel got up the courage to flick the beetle away.
"Baby Beel, you did it!" Tatsumi cheered.
"Dabu!"
"Alright, Beel! I'm so proud of you!" Kaito added, bringing him in her arms.
"The training has generated excellent results, Baby Beel!"
"Da!"
Night quickly as Alain prepared a little barbecue for the group. He cooked up delicious kabobs with the foods and the grill he brought with him.
"It was quite difficult to transfer the food as well." Alain stated while grilling more kabobs.
"Great idea, big guy!" Tatsumi exclaimed as he, Kaito and Furuichi sat on a bench in front of Alain.
"It was me!" Furuichi whined. "I used my allowance to buy this barbecue because I wanted to have fun out here in the mountains!"
"This meat's really tasty!" Tatsumi complimented as he took a bite of the meat on his kabob.
"That was the most expensive stuff!" Furuichi shouted.
"That's your fault for the buying the expensive brand." Kaito said as she took a bite of the shrimp on her kabob. "The cheap brand would've been just fine."
"Now you tell me!"
Meanwhile, Hilda and Lamia decided to wear yukatas for the little barbecue. Lamia is wearing a reddish-pink yukata with a dark red obi while Hilda wears a black yukata with a dark red obi.
"Look at this, Beelze-sama!" Lamia called out as she held sparklers in her hands.
"Ai!" Beel squealed in delight as he watches the sparkler that Hilda held out while holding him in her arms.
"Gotta say, Hilda, you look nice in a yukata." Kaito complimented as she walked up to her with a water bottle in her hand.
"Misaki let us borrow them. Since we'll be parting soon, I wanted to at least make some memories of the Human World." Hilda said.
"Parting? You mean, you're leaving?" Kaito asked. Though she knew that Hilda, Beel and Alain would have to go back home eventually, she didn't think it would be this soon.
"I meant Dr. Furcas and Lamia." Hilda clarified.
"Oh…" Honestly, Kaito was a bit relieved that they're going to stay a bit longer. She kinda got used to having Hilda and Alain around despite all the craziness that came with it; in a way, it's like they're part of the family.
"But…" Hilda looked up at Kaito and smirked, "I'm praying that the situation doesn't get so bad I have to call them here again."
"…Me too."
~Omake~
"Aoi." Kunieda turned towards her grandfather while she was doing the dishes.
"Yes?"
"Tell me, the girl we met, Kaito…"
"Hmm?" Kunieda got curious as to why he's bringing up her.
"Is she seeing that boy Oga?"
Kunieda's grip on the plate she was cleaning tightened a bit. "Why do you want to know about that, Ojii-chan?"
"Well, if those two are together, I can see the reason why she kicked me on the head and her anger towards me." The grandfather crossed his arms and said, "I must say that the one good thing about Oga, besides his fist of justice, is his taste in women. She's not only a good fighter, but she's quite the looker and has a body that would make any man crazy."
The grandfather nodded his head and stated, "If I were back in my younger age, I would court her."
Suddenly, something broke which caused the grandfather to turn his head towards Kunieda who was shaking in anger while holding a now broken plate in her hands.
"How is it she can attract people without even trying…" She muttered in anger.
The grandfather stared at his granddaughter with a sweat drop on the side of his head. 'You still have much to learn, Aoi.'