Chapter 40: Itachi vs Sairaorg! Part 1!
After the last night of passion, Itachi had surprisingly woken up in bed alone. Rias, Akeno and Kuroka were nowhere to be seen. Seems they woke up before he did. Itachi actually ended up wondering on how the girls' argument or rather hot debate on who gets to be his first ended. Shrugging it off, Itachi had to start his regular routine for the morning.
Itachi started his day with a shower. Noticing how his hair was getting a bit rather long for his liking, as it was starting to go beyond his upper back. "Maybe I could use a haircut…" Itachi thought out loud to himself as he looked at himself in the mirror.
"Ara, ara, but I think you look rather cute with your long hair~" The seductive voice of Akeno had Itachi getting chills, and jolt a little as he turned around in surprise to see the shower curtains open. Akeno smiled, with the same seductive look she had last night, as she noticed Itachi's gaze immediately fell onto her wet naked body. Some steam still coming from the recently used shower. Had he really been so caught up in his own thoughts he hadn't noticed the steam from the shower?
Akeno lightly hummed as she stepped out of the shower. Standing next to Itachi in front of the mirror, she grabbed two pair of towels, one for her body and the other for her hair. "Shower is all yours, babe~" Akeno kissed Itachi on the cheek.
"R-Right…" Itachi felt himself a bit at a loss for words. Itachi couldn't take his eyes off Akeno, as he awkwardly stumbled towards the shower. His eyes falling onto her cleavage as he saw her boobs bounce around within the towel.
"Hehe, might want to start by undressing before turning on the water sweetie." Akeno lightly giggled as Itachi was still in his boxer shorts. She really enjoyed teasing him, and also felt flattered that her body could make Itachi act out like this. "If you want…" Akeno undid her towel, presenting her body in its glory to Itachi. "All you have to do, is say the word and I am yours~" Akeno moved closer, as she pulled down Itachi's boxer shorts, feeling something hard putting up a resistance as she pulled them. "Wherever, whenever, all you have to do is ask, lover boy~" Itachi's eyes darted up and down at her body, seeing her soft bouncing chest and pink erect nipples. Her beautiful hourglass like figure, luscious childbearing hips. And finally, onto her crotch, with a neatly timed stripe of pubic hair that was glistening with some water.
Feeling his face getting hotter, Itachi swallowed a lump in his throat. Strongly fighting the urge to just take Akeno up on her offer. "It is a very… tempting offer."
Akeno smiled deviously as she looked down at Itachi's crotch. "I can tell…"
In a surprise move from Itachi, he suddenly grabbed onto Akeno's chin and pulled her face to look up at him. "Too bad we have a busy day planned. Feel like I would need several hours to give you… proper service." Now it was Akeno's turn to get flustered, her cheeks getting slightly red as she gazed into Itachi's eyes, her legs quivering a little, feeling Itachi's hot breath so close to her.
"Uh-huh…." Akeno was beginning to breathe a little heavy in anticipation, she lacked her feeling of control in this situation and it had her heart racing.
"Anyway…" Itachi pulled back, leaving Akeno flabbergasted as he went into the shower and closed the shower curtain. "Got to get ready."
Akeno blinked a couple of times, and regained her composure. Taking a moment to fondle herself, and touch herself as she was feeling in heat. 'Where did that come from?' Akeno thought to herself, as her lips twitched up into a smile of excitement. 'Little rascal, I see what Rias means… Would probably not be so bad to be dominated by him like that. But I want to see him also beg for it, what is a girl to do?' Akeno bit her lower lip a little, as she had regained herself. She continued to get ready herself. "Did you mean it by the way? That you want a haircut?" Akeno asked as she put on some perfume, and then dressed herself in a white bathrobe.
"Just because I like my hair a little long, doesn't mean I want it reaching all the way down my back." Itachi replied from within the shower.
"Hmm, but I think you look so cute with that little ponytail of yours~" Akeno's comment had Itachi pause for a moment in silence, she could tell he was thinking it over.
"Hmm, well I suppose… But still, a little trim couldn't hurt." Itachi relented a bit, much to Akeno's enjoyment. Suddenly, the shower curtains were pulled open, and Itachi saw Akeno standing there with her black hair let down, and dressed only in a white bathrobe with the top open enough to show her cleavage.
"I could trim it for you, babe~" Akeno smiled, holding a pair of scissors.
"That would be nice…" Itachi relaxed a bit, as he finished his shower and got out. Akeno had brought forth a stool for him to sit on, patting the seat for him to get on. Itachi sat down, as Akeno got to work and began gently humming. Itachi felt his heart racing, the scent of Akeno's perfume intoxicating him. And her gentle hums resonating, nearly vibrating into his ear that sent shivers down his back.
"Hold still, babe~" Akeno instructed, as she began working on his bangs. Standing in front of Itachi, purposely to shove her boobs in his face. Akeno continued to hum, acting oblivious to the situation.
After a short while, she was all done. Akeno stepped back, to let Itachi admire her work. She had just trimmed his bangs and shortened his hair a bit. As she also helped him tie his hair into his regular ponytail, instead of reaching his back, it reached to the bottom of his neck. "Looks good, right?" Akeno asked as she leaned down putting her face next to his.
"Yeah, looks good. Thanks, Akeno." Itachi thanked, and was met with a quick kiss on the lips.
"You are welcome~" With that hectic shower session over with, Itachi had gotten himself dressed and headed downstairs for breakfast.
Itachi heard the sounds of Rias' gentle hums coming from the kitchen, as she was in the middle of preparing breakfast. "Morning honey~" Rias playfully greeted Itachi as he sat down at the table.
"Yeah, good morning." Itachi smiled warmly as Rias finished up her cooking. Freshly cut vegetables with cherry tomatoes for a small salad. Freshly steamed rice, a bowl of miso soup and a side of grilled fish. "I made your favorite breakfast for you~" Rias sat herself down next to him, wearing a pink and red frilly apron.
"Thank you." Itachi's eyes brightened a bit at the sight of the breakfast. Rias knew Itachi was a rather simple man, and enjoyed traditional food.
While he was eating, Rias was happily cuddling up to him, being all sweet and cutesy as she was very affectionate. "Here, say 'ah'~" Rias began feeding him, although Itachi found it a bit odd, he didn't deny her and played along. "You got a haircut, right?" Rias asked, having quickly noticed that Itachi's hair was shorter.
"Yeah, Akeno was kind enough to trim it a little after I took a shower." Itachi revealed, and suddenly the mood changed.
"… After you took a shower, huh?" Rias asked, and immediately Itachi picked up on some danger signs. "That sneaky little…" Rias mumbled to herself, buttoning open her top to reveal her cleavage, Rias began going on the aggressive. As she began kissing Itachi's neck, leaving a few marks as she did. Itachi flinched at this sudden action. Rias was also getting rather handsy as she moved her hand up underneath his shirt to get a good feel of his pecs. "Well, she did a good job at least. You look good… really good." Rias sat herself on Itachi's lap, unbuttoning his shirt a little to get a good view of his muscly body. Rias continued to feed him, and began gently grinding back and forth on his crotch, quickly feeling his hard reaction to her.
Rias giggled at feeling the hard reaction, leaning closer to his ear, her hot breath whispered into his ear. "You know, I'm not wearing any underwear right now~" At hearing this, Itachi could swear it felt like his member was about to break through his pants. "I had to rush to get breakfast ready for you this morning, I didn't have the chance to go to my room to grab a clean pair~" Rias pulled Itachi's face into her bosom. "And the pair from last night… well you made me so wet that I had to get them washed~"
"Ara, ara, I seem to remember that it was my fingers who made you wet~" Akeno once again surprisingly appeared, causing Rias to jolt up with her face turning bright red. "Look at you Rias, trying to butter him up to be his first. How cute~" Akeno lightly teased, causing Rias to look slightly annoyed.
"Don't flatter yourself, Akeno. I was only turned on because of Itachi. You just snuck in and involved yourself." At Rias' comment, Akeno pretended to look a little hurt.
"My, even though you so intently kissed me at the end~" Akeno playfully blushed and acted bashful. "Or were you just such a hungry girl for Itachi's cum I had in my mouth?"
Rias twitched her brow, she would never admit that she enjoyed their three-way foreplay session, well four-way as Kuroka later involved herself as well. Speaking off, Kuroka arrived in, so happy she was practically skipping her way over to Itachi. "Morning captain, nya~" Kuroka purred as she nuzzled her head against Itachi. "Ooo, fish~" Kuroka took a fork, and took a bite of Itachi's grilled fish.
"H-Hey! I made that specially for Itachi!" Rias looked slightly frustrated, but Kuroka didn't care and just lightly moaned at tasting the grilled fish.
"Well, it's delicious, seconds please~" Kuroka totally ignoring Rias' frustration, finished the grilled fish on Itachi's plate.
"Make your own damned fish!" Rias raised her voice in frustration, unknowing that they had gathered a small audience.
"My, a tough morning for mister popular~" Eto laughed at Itachi's predicament, as Koneko and Raven had also gathered next to her. Raven was twiddling her thumbs, feeling a sense of jealousy as she saw Rias, Akeno and Kuroka cuddle up to Itachi.
Koneko pouted a bit, seeing an opening as Itachi's lap was free now that Rias had gotten up to scold Kuroka. Koneko rushed to Itachi, surprising him by seating herself on his lap. She would protect Itachi's manhood from her hungry lusting older sister this morning.
"Umm, Koneko… I-" Itachi was slightly caught off guard, but also a bit worried as his member was still hard in his pants and poking into Koneko's butt.
Koneko quickly felt something big and hard poke her butt from Itachi's pants. Looking flustered, the young nekomata didn't make a sound. Instead, she actually starts to move her hips back and forth a little. "Mmm… mmm…" Koneko held her moans, as her face was red. She began discreetly grinding on Itachi's crotch, trying her best not to draw any attention from the bickering women around them.
"Naughty kitten~" Eto however noticed, and commented with a light sounding giggle. Her comment quickly gaining the attention of Rias, Akeno and Kuroka.
"Nya~!" Kuroka beamed smiling, actually happy as she saw Koneko making her move. "Shirone, nice, show the captain how much you love him~" Kuroka encouraged.
"I-I must say I didn't think you were that bold, Koneko…" Rias commented, looking genuinely surprised.
"Ara, ara, guess our little nekomata got jealous." Akeno teasingly giggled. Having been caught, Koneko turned herself around and buried her face into Itachi's chest. Her ears bright red, and Itachi could tell her face was very red as well. Itachi awkwardly smiled as he patted the top of Koneko's head, thinking her to be very cute, especially as he saw her cat ears and tail grow out. Her white tail swaying back and forth in a wavey motion, and her cat ears lowering down.
Itachi in this moment, wonders what kind of war would spark in his home if he just randomly chooses one of the girls to give away his first time to. This minor issue would be something he would have to figure out a way to solve at a different time. Feeling slightly annoyed at his own urges, Itachi mentally sighed. His devil genes were practically screaming at him to go for it.
With the bickering going on around him, Itachi felt a little relieved as he was saved by the bell. Literally, their front doorbell rung, and whilst the girls bickered Itachi got up from his seat to answer the door. 'Well, at least I finally calmed myself down…' Itachi mumbled as the strain in his pants had subsided. As Itachi opened the door however, a giant pair of breasts practically explode in his face, as he is brought into a warm embrace with his face buried into a big chested woman. And just like that, his member was back in full salute.
"Oh my…" The voice innocently greeted, as Itachi picked his head up from the soft pillow that was this woman's chest. "Hello, I came to visit~" The woman innocently greeted him with a warm smile. Itachi blinked a couple of times, as this woman still had him in a tight embrace. "Oh my, you seem to have something hard in your pants…" The woman innocently pointed out, and judging by her laid-back tone. She really had no idea what actually was poking her through Itachi's pants. Which he was really grateful for.
"Hello…" Itachi felt his throat go dry as he gazed upon this woman. Her beauty radiated like a star, her long locks of blond hair elegantly framing her face, and her vibrant warm blue eyes gazing onto him. "Wait… lady Gabriel?" It took a second, but Itachi quickly recognized that it was one of the Seraphim, Gabriel.
"Hi kid…" The familiar voice of Azazel greeted from behind Gabriel. Along with the Fallen Angel Governor, was Bob's current new teacher Lin.
"Apologies…" Lin awkwardly tried to separate Itachi and Gabriel. Gabriel looking a bit bewildered as to why, as she was too innocent to comprehend the current position, she and Itachi were in. "I was supposed to come here to finish Bob's training… But once Lady Gabriel heard of it, she insisted on coming along."
Gabriel smiled enthusiastically, as she warmly smiled upon Itachi. "I have waited so long for an opportunity to meet you~" Gabriel sounded giddy, as she practically jumped up and down. This however, caused her well-endowed chest to jiggle and bounce up and down with her. Itachi looked a little mesmerized, nearly hypnotized even by the jiggle.
"I… uh…" Itachi was at a loss for words, why would one of the most important Angelic figures want to see him?
"Is something wrong?" Gabriel without warning got up in Itachi's face, feeling his forehead to see if he had a fever. "You feel fine…"
"I'm sure the kid is just surprised at this sudden visit." Azazel decided to throw Itachi a bone, and help him out.
"Ah, that makes sense…" Gabriel shyly blushed and bowed her head. "Sorry for visiting out of nowhere like that… I didn't mean to spook you…"
"Uh, no it's fine… Lady Gabriel. I was just surprised, and also a little confused. Why would you want to visit me?" Itachi seeming to have regained his composure with the little time window Azazel had given him to process the situation.
"Hmm, why? You are a miracle child of course~" Gabriel revealed, which left Itachi only with more questions.
"A… miracle child?" Itachi questioned with genuine confusion. But Gabriel didn't seem to catch on to the confusion, and merely nodded. Looking over at Azazel for answers, the Fallen Angel Governor was too busy rubbing the bridge of his nose at Gabriel's antics.
Before anything else could be said, the bickering girls must have noticed Itachi's sudden disappearance from the room. And arrived at the front door. Not caring they had company, as Rias still having her top unbuttoned, and not wearing any underwear.
"Oh my!" Gabriel noticed of course, and blushed at the sight.
"Itachi! Hurry up and tell Akeno and Kuroka off! I am your fiancé. Your first time should be with me! Right?!" Rias looked like she had been pushed too far by Akeno, and as a result her fiery emotions had boiled over.
"Ara, ara, but I just so want to NTR you Rias. Seeing what sort of face you would make as I steal Itachi's virginity would be beyond amazing~" Akeno however, continued to pour more fuel onto the fire.
"I personally think Itachi should be free to choose his… favorite, right~" Kuroka in a sneaky way pulled her top down revealing her cleavage to Itachi, while acting all innocently and purring.
Itachi was practically screaming on the inside, mentally begging for the girls to get to cue to tone it down as they had company. Looking over to their guests, Itachi could swear he practically could see steam coming from Gabriel's hot blushing face.
"Awawawawa… virginity? Oh dear….!" Gabriel stammered, not being so innocent that she didn't catch onto these very aggressive Devil woman trying to gain Itachi's favor.
"Gabriel-sama… have some water…" Lin with a small hint of blush on her face as well, handed a bottle of water to her master. Gabriel however couldn't hear her.
"Virginity… Devils… Succubuses…. Miracle child…. I-I can't allow it!" Gabriel stammered words, her eyes practically spinning as she went into panic mode. Closing her eyes shut she braced herself to intervene without hurting anyone with her light. Before Itachi even knew what had happened, he was flying in the bright sunny sky above. Feeling something big and soft pushed against his back as he just floated there. Wordlessly Itachi just blinked as he looked down on his house bellow.
The girls bellow gasped and looked confused, not having been able to follow what just happened. Wordlessly, the girls looked out from the front door, and to the heavens where Gabriel was floating with her twelve pure white feathered angelic wings. All whilst holding Itachi from behind, with her arms around his waist, and her chest pushed up against his back. "I-I-I must protect this child's chastity!" The prude of an Angel, determined to protect this miracle child's virginity, flew off with said miracle child in a flash.
The girls only blinked in confusion, as the heat of the argument they had earlier quickly died down as they all tried to process what just happened. Azazel on the other hand nervously began to chuckle. 'Ah, should have expected as much from Gabriel…' Azazel knew though why Gabriel was so invested in protecting Itachi's "purity" in this case. The prophecy their creator, the Biblical God had left behind. Of an entity that would either bring about an era of peace, or a great calamity. Like Azazel had come to believe, Gabriel firmly seems to believe that this entity is Itachi. And thus, like many Angels at the time interoperated the prophecy of their creator, that this entity being Itachi, would take their creator's place.
"Itachi… Did Lady Gabriel just abduct my cute Itachi?" Rias mumbled to herself, looking in slight disbelief as well.
"Uh…" A shocked gasping hum from the street suddenly drew everyone's attention. Looking behind them, they saw the blushing Issei next to an awestruck Asia, in their school uniforms. Having arrived to meet up with their fellow Devil friends. Issei's eyes glued onto the boob window of Rias' unbuttoned top.
"Oops." Rias with a snap of her fingers, dressed herself into her proper school uniform. "Morning, Issei, Asia… we have had a… uh, hectic morning here…" Rias playfully chuckled as she greeted her servants. Issei still gawking in awe, as he caught a glimpse of the utopia that was hidden behind Rias' shirt.
"Ara, ara…" Akeno playfully pinched Rias' behind, causing her master to yelp in surprise. "Naughty girl, telling Itachi you didn't have time to change into a new pair of underwear, when you could have just done this." Akeno playfully noted as she pulled the string of Rias' panties underneath her skirt.
"Akeno… don't make me bitch slap you so early in the morning." Rias groaned, trying not to show much of a reaction that would embarrass her in front of her other servants. Akeno giggled, and yielded as she took a step back. "That being said… where did Lady Gabriel take Itachi off to?" Rias putting on her best serious face, looked to Azazel for answers.
Azazel merely shrugged. "No idea… Guess the shocking sight of you three fighting over Itachi like a piece of meat, spooked her to the point where she just grabbed him and took off."
Rias sighed and hung her head down, not even going to dignify that light jab from Azazel with a respond. "Okay, well they couldn't have gotten far. Let's go and find them." As Rias was about to take off flying after Gabriel and Itachi, until Azazel busted out into a fit of laughter.
"Ah, good one… Yeah you are not catching them at this point." Azazel wiped a literal tear from his eye. "Gabriel moves so fast they could be on the other side of the globe by now. Or heck, maybe she took him back to Heaven. Who knows?"
"W-W-Wait…." Issei having recovered from the shock of seeing Rias' boob window. "That was Gabriel… the same smoking hot Angel we met at the peace conference?" Issei asked with a hint of awe, and a hint of jealousy as Itachi once again had gotten insanely lucky.
"Yep, originally, I was just supposed to bring Lin here to train Bob… But Lin being a servant of Gabriel… well… once Gabriel found out where Lin was going, she insisted on coming along. Apparently, she really wanted to meet Itachi." Azazel chuckled, although his chuckle suddenly turned into a nervous one as he gazed around. "Say… Serafall isn't here is she?" Azazel had a cold nervous sweat run down his face as he looked at Rias.
"No… Serafall-sama left a few days ago. Why?" Rias asked, and her confusion only grew as Azazel suddenly sighed in relief.
"Yeah… sorry. I just kinda remembered that our cherry magical girl Leviathan… hates Gabriel. So…" Azazel awkwardly chuckled, as he realized things could have turned out really ugly had Serafall been here to see Gabriel snatch Itachi away like that.
"Wait… what? Why does Leviathan-sama hate lady Gabriel?" Asia innocently asked.
"Ah, well…" Azazel hummed, trying to think of the best way to explain this. "Well, the gist is… Serafall as we all know is known as the Ultimate Female Devil. Well, if Serafall is the strongest female Devil, then Gabriel is the strongest female Angel. Serafall is immensely popular, Gabriel is immensely popular. So, Serafall has kind of developed a rivalry with Gabriel… And because Gabriel isn't really hostile, and is clueless to this rivalry and Serafall's distaste of her. Gabriel is always cheerful around her, which makes Serafall think that Gabriel is looking down on her, which just pisses Serafall off. And again, whenever Serafall gets pissed off at her, Gabriel is always confused as to why. Which again, just pisses Serafall off even more." Azazel summed up the relationship of the mightiest female Devil and Angel perfectly.
"Huh, I think I get it now… Sensei is worried that Serafall would attack Gabriel and cause a disaster in the relationship between Devils and Angels." Issei deduced, having put the pieces together. Although, sadly he was sort of mistaken.
Azazel sighed, and awkwardly scratches the back of his head. "Nah, I am more worried that Serafall would end up so frustrated that she can't land a hit on Gabriel. And that the town would as a result suffer from… collateral damage." Azazel reveals, hinting the power gap between Serafall and Gabriel might be bigger than initially thought.
"Is lady Gabriel really that powerful? Is the gap between her and Serafall-sama really that big?" Rias asked, not out of disrespect towards the Seraphim. But rather genuine intrigue.
"Well… No, the gap between them isn't that big. But Gabriel is just so fast that she has instantaneous movement. And let's just say the true strength of pure Angels like Michael and Gabriel are on another level… from well, me." Azazel looking a little saddened, showing off his twelve black ash-colored angelic wings. "Fallen Angels are… impure. And as a result, we've lost some of the power we originally had as Angels." Putting his wings away, and with a heavy sigh. "I have about maybe roughly 70% of the power I had back when I was an Angel. Maybe less… For reference's sake, a pure Angel like Michael… which in fairness is also a rather extreme example as he is the strongest Angel… Anyway, Michael is responsible for the creation of several stars in the multiverse. Heck, that pacifistic bastard could probably wipe out this solar system if he wanted to. And Gabriel, well, although she is a great deal weaker than her brother… she is still one of the only few Angels that are nearly able to match Michael. She might even be stronger than me since my fall… Heck, before my fall I was second only to Michael. Well, at least after Samael fell…" Azazel murmured that last part, as a great deal of pain washed over his face.
"Wait, I thought the Fallen Angels had an edge in the war…" Issei pointed out, if the Fallen Angels were weakened as a result of their fall. How did they pose such a threat to the pure Angels and the Devils?
"We had the edge mainly because of our numbers. We could reproduce no problem. And well, without God… there will be no new pure Angels. And the pure-blooded Devils already have their low birthrate. And with pure Angels mostly consisting of pacifistic people like Michael and Gabriel. With a few exceptions here and there, is mainly why people like Kokabiel believed we could have won the war."
"Blah, blah, can we skip to the part as to how we're going to get my hubby Captain back from that Angel bitch?!" Kuroka wasn't holding back with her words, even as Lin herself gasped at how this nekomata addressed her master.
"Oh…" Azazel cheekily blinked, and playfully hit his head while sticking his tongue out. "No idea~" Like Azazel said, Gabriel moves at nearly instantaneous speed, immeasurable speed. Gabriel could have taken Itachi to the other side of the globe, or to Heaven in the blink of an eye.
"Well, we need him back, we have a Rating Game today!" Kuroka furiously pointed out.
Azazel rolled his eyes. "Relax, I am sure Itachi can keep track of time and get back on his own. Gabriel won't force him to stay anywhere he doesn't want to be. Like she said, she was only interested in protecting "the miracle child's" virginity from you three." Azazel said pointing at Rias, Akeno and Kuroka. All who gave a huff, and lightly pouted as a result.
"Speaking off… what is the deal with this whole miracle child thing?" Raven asked as she and Eto also joined the conversation.
"Oh, didn't I already tell you?" Azazel hummed, thinking back on this conversation. "Huh, must have slipped my mind… Yeah, long story short. Dad had a prophecy of some kind before his death. Foretold of an unusual powerful entity. Gabriel believes that is Itachi, and essentially thinks dear old Dad had a hand in Itachi being here. So, she thinks Itachi is some kind of miracle child destined to take God's place on the throne." Azazel's quick summary, was met with a lot of questioning faces.
"… Lady Gabriel thinks Itachi-sama is the second coming of Jesus?" Asia quietly asked.
"Heh, that's one way to put it." Azazel took some time to let out a humorous chuckle at the idea. Letting out a long sigh, Azazel continued. "I did update her and Michael about this the Unseen One business. But she still seems to think dad in his mysterious ways influenced this Unseen One to revive Itachi or something. After all, dad being dead couldn't have revived Itachi himself, so by Gabriel's logic dad needed someone to do it after his passing." Azazel revealed, even though he himself couldn't help but think that Itachi really did fit into God's prophecy. So, it wasn't like he couldn't see the reason behind Gabriel's logic. The old man did work in mysterious ways after all.
As it would turn out, no Gabriel had not taken Itachi to Heaven. Nor did she go to the other side of the globe. Itachi was currently seated on a park bench, with the recovering Gabriel. The Seraphim's face was hot and red, still trying to recover from the lewdness she witnessed in the Devil home. 'Well… this is awkward…' Itachi thought to himself as he sat there in silence.
"S-Sorry…" Gabriel broke the silence. Her face still beat red and she was too shy to look Itachi in the eye. "I panicked and I… oh dear, it's almost like I kidnaped you, didn't I? Oh no, what if I end up fallen? Michael always tries to say I act too reckless and free spirited sometimes… What do I do?"
Itachi feeling a little bad at seeing Gabriel going through a panic attack, put his hand onto hers, causing her to look at him with her red blushing face and shiny blue eyes. Itachi smiled kindly onto her, and chuckled sounding almost a bit amused. "It's okay… I don't think you will fall for something like this. In fact, you sort of saved me from quite the hectic morning." Gabriel widened her eyes a bit in awe, and in the end a smile was brought to her face.
"Thank you for your forgiveness. And again, sorry…" Itachi stood up from the park bench, and while holding onto Gabriel's hand he helped her up. The two of them take a short walk through the park, where a lot of kids were hanging around or walking by on their way to school.
Chirping birds suddenly come flying in, seeming attracted to Gabriel. The Seraphim giggled as small birds landed onto her shoulder, and on her finger. "Hey there little ones~" Gabriel seemed to be quite aloof, as she practically danced around with the birds surrounding her. She was like a classic fairy tale princess, loved by nature and animals. Gabriel summoned forth a bag of bird seed, and started feeding the little ones whilst blissfully smiling.
Itachi was a little amazed, Gabriel seemed so free spirited that she didn't care about using magic in public. What is even more, from this experience and also the incident they had back at his house. Itachi considered Gabriel to be even more innocent and airheaded then the likes of Asia. The former nun and Gabriel had quite the matching personalities.
Soon Itachi also discovered, that Gabriel wasn't just loved by animals. Her aura, and the sheer warmth energy she let out seemed to attract the attention of people. Curious elementary school children approached her, curious as to how she got the birds to be so friendly with her. "Hey, miss… why aren't the birds scared of you? Whenever we try and play with them, they fly away." An innocent little girl no older than 6 asked.
Gabriel playfully giggled and knelt down to face the children. "Well, it's a secret… If I tell you, do you promise not to tell~" The children eagerly nodded in responds. "It's a magic trick~" Gabriel playfully giggled, she held her hand out and snapped her fingers, and a bright flash of light shined as she summoned forth some bird seeds. "Tada~" The children all collectively awed, their curious gazes glistening. "Here you go, try feeding them~" Gabriel handed each of the children around her some bird seeds.
The birds seemed hesitant at first, but Gabriel surrounded herself and these children with her comfortable warm aura. Going unnoticed by the kids, but the birds seemed to grow more comfortable and flew into the children's hands. "Now be gentle and still… relax and they will be relaxed too." Gabriel advised as the kids looked in awe at seeing the birds eat the seeds off their hands. "There you go, good job everyone~"
Things quickly seemed to escalate, as her bright aura makes her quickly befriend the children enough that they all started playing together. Gabriel's carefreeness however, also made her an easy target to the leering eyes of some middle school punks. Itachi noticing how some of the middle school boys lightly shoved some kids aside to get close to Gabriel. Their leering eyes falling on her wide hips and rear, as well as her jiggling breasts. Without a doubt, Gabriel was probably the most beautiful woman they had ever laid their pervy eyes on.
Itachi seeing some of the boys try and cop a feel, cleared his throat as he stood behind them. All the while, Gabriel was clueless to what was going on. Itachi gave the boys a glare, and immediately they seemed to get the message and scurried off.
Gabriel blinked in confusion at seeing the middle school punks run away while shouting sorry. "What's wrong?" Gabriel asks as she gives one of the grade schoolers a piggyback ride for fun.
Before Itachi can reply, the mothers of the kids playing with Gabriel arrived at the scene. "There you are, we've been looking everywhere for you." A concerned mother knelt down to her daughter.
"Mama! This nice lady helped us make friends with the birds, see?" The kid excitedly held her hand out, showing a small bird feeding of some bird seeds.
"That's nice… but we have to get going." As the mother touched her hand onto her daughter's shoulder, the bird flew away.
One of the mothers helped to get her kid off Gabriel back, while apologizing to Gabriel for the kids' behavior. "Oh, it's fine. We had a fun time, didn't we~" Gabriel asked the kids who all collectively said "Yes". The mothers seemed a bit relieved that their kids hadn't caused Gabriel some trouble. "Now then…" Reaching into the sleeve of her robe, Gabriel pulled out a bouquet of flowers. "Tada!" Showing the kids one last magic trick, as she handed each of them a flower.
Itachi standing on the sidelines only smiles, feeling Gabriel's comforting and warm energy to ease his mind. One of the mothers thanked Gabriel for her hospitality with entertaining the kids. "Thank you, we'll get out of your and your boyfriend's hair now." The mother seemed to have confused Itachi and Gabriel to be a couple. This caused the Seraph to actually get flustered.
"Oh, no, no, Itachi here is just showing me around town is all." Gabriel dismissed the notion, although the mother didn't seem convinced.
"Really? Well one could easily think you were a couple. The way he scared off those perverted hooligans earlier to protect you from being groped and all." The mother pointed out, and Gabriel widened her eyes showing she had no idea.
"Eh?" Gabriel gasps and looks to Itachi, who now seems to be a bit flustered himself. Gabriel gently smiled upon seeing Itachi grow a little flustered, and giggled. "Well, I am thankful for having such a pure righteous protector." Gabriel giggles, and gives Itachi a kiss of gratitude on the cheek.
Saying one last goodbye to the children, Gabriel and Itachi continued to walk through the park. They left the park, and walked alongside the road on the way back to Itachi's house. When suddenly they actually ran into those punks that tried to grope Gabriel earlier. The boys flinched upon seeing Itachi, expecting him to do something they had their fists up. They were clearly skipping school to go off and do something else. Gabriel then in a surprise stepped in, and looked at the confused boys. Now knowing their perverted intentions, Gabriel pouts at the boys and playfully tells them. "Being perverted is bad~" She bopped them on their noses with her finger, leaving them awestruck and blushing a little. "Go on now, off to school. Go on." Gabriel waved them off, and the boys seemed to abandon whatever other plans they had and actually listened to Gabriel.
Gabriel and Itachi continued their short walk, as it was about to come to an end. "Thank you…" Gabriel thanked.
"For what?" Itachi asked.
"For not being violent with those naughty boys back there." Gabriel knowing the nature of some devils, had half expected Itachi to take a violent approach to the situation. And was thankful that he didn't.
"Well, it's easier to just scare them off…" Itachi playfully added, although then he looked serious. "Besides, I don't like to hurt people."
Gabriel smiled brightly at hearing that. "I am glad to hear that. I dislike violence myself. Even during the war, whenever I had to fight… I would always end things quickly."
"Heh, I am actually the same way." Itachi and Gabriel's pacifistic ideals clashed well with each other. Even though Itachi had to admit, Gabriel was much more committed to that ideal than he ever was. As Itachi would think back on moments where his anger would get the best of him. Against his father's three attendants. Against Loki. "That being said… I enjoyed this small peaceful break. But I have to return home to prepare for my Rating Game today."
Gabriel lightly pouts at hearing Itachi say that. "If you are like me, how can you enjoy such brutish games?" Gabriel asks.
"I don't." Itachi firmly replies.
"Then why partake in it?" Gabriel asks, seemingly wanting Itachi to maybe skip today's game.
"Because, today my opponent is Sairaorg… Which makes things different. To us, it is not a game of who is the best. It is to test our individual growth. We play to win of course by giving it our all. And we do so out of respect for each other. Sairaorg is like a brother to me." Itachi showed he had his reasons, yet Gabriel still didn't seem to fully understand it.
As she hummed a bit at Itachi's words. "You say this Sairaorg is like a brother to you… How can you hurt someone you view as a brother by punching them?"
Itachi smiles, as he looks to his own hand that he bawls into a fist. "Because if I don't… I will end up hurting Sairaorg more than any punch ever could. It would be like I spit on his pride and resolve to grow stronger." Itachi more than anyone, knew Sairaorg's reason to grow stronger. Sairaorg did it all for his mother. "It would crush his resolve and pride… And I cannot put my friend through such a pain."
Gabriel seemed to sort of understand his reasoning now, yet she sighs. "Pride is a rather sinful thing, Itachi…" Gabriel points out.
Itachi however smiles and retorts with. "Well, we are Devils, Lady Gabriel. Being sinful is our specialty."
Gabriel actually laughed at that, and with a warm smile she says. "Maybe… But you are much more than a Devil. I can tell, you have a gentle and kind soul. I have never met a Devil like you, Itachi Sitri."
"Heh, and I can't say I have met any Angel as innocent and free spirited as you, Lady Gabriel." Itachi was actually glad he got to know Gabriel a little, she was an ideal Angel that's for sure.
"Heh, well… my brother always says my free spiritedness leaves me vulnerable as I am sure you saw today." Gabriel lightly chuckled, as she and Itachi recalled how unaware Gabriel was to those perverted boys and their intentions.
"Well… I would say I love that free spirited nature of yours. Being able to enjoy life without any care, is an admirable quality." Itachi had to admit, sometimes he wished he could be as free spirited and just enjoy life regardless of social constructs.
Unknowingly, Itachi had stirred something within Gabriel. Her face was looking awestruck, and her face glowing slightly red. She smiled and shed a few tears, this however caused Itachi to look alarmed. "D-Did I say something wrong?" Itachi being concerned, reached out to her. And he was quickly brought into her warm embrace.
"No… It's just. That is what daddy always used to say to me." Gabriel giggled as she cried at remembering the kind words of her creator. Whenever some of the other Angels would scold her for being too free spirited, God would kindly praise her free-spirited nature. "I love you just as you are, my child." The words of her father echoed through her mind. 'You really must be the one… the miracle child.' Gabriel thought to herself as she tightened her hug around Itachi.
"Uh, Lady Gabriel… we are still in public… Lady Gabriel?" Itachi pointed out as people began to stare and whisper. But Gabriel didn't seem to mind, or she didn't hear him. Either way, they remained standing like this for a short bit.
Itachi and Gabriel got back to his house, where Lin had begun training Bob. Gabriel profusely began to apologize to everyone for snatching Itachi away like that. She found herself to be quickly forgiven, and received an apology from Rias for their carelessness. Itachi and the others had to get to school, however as they were about to leave Gabriel grabbed onto Itachi's hand. "… Good luck today." Gabriel wished Itachi good luck in his upcoming Rating Game match against Sairaorg.
"Thank you." Itachi and Gabriel shared a smile, and as Itachi ran off with everyone else to make it in time for the academy. Gabriel longingly gazed onto Itachi's back.
Azazel smiled as he saw the energetic youngsters head off to the academy, he threw a glance in Gabriel's direction and looked in shock. Azazel saw the longing gaze in Gabriel's eyes, he had to blink and rub his eyes a few times to make sure he was seeing right. Looking at the disappearing form of Itachi, and back at Gabriel, who's longing gaze followed Itachi every step of the way. 'Damn… that kid is a smooth operator, huh?' Azazel chuckled.
"Careful now Gabriel, otherwise you might end up joining my Fallen ranks." Azazel lightly teased, causing Gabriel to blush as she looked at Azazel.
"I-I-I wasn't doing anything sinful!" Gabriel pointed out, and Azazel only laughed.
"I must say, I never expected you to be into younger men. And a young Devil no less. Can't say I blame you. Forbidden fruit always looks appealing. Seriously, just ask Eve." Azazel continued to tease Gabriel, who grew more flustered with each comment.
"I-I-I said it's not like that! Azazel you dummy!" Gabriel cried out at her fallen brother, who only continued to tease her like any other older brother would.
After their day in the academy was over, it was time for the Rating Game. In the Underworld, the last semifinal match of the Rating Game tournament between Itachi Sitri and Sairaorg Bael was about to go underway. Having prepared and old-fashioned colosseum for the spectators of this battle. The Four Maou were seated in their individual private booth. Sirzechs Lucifer was seated on a red royal throne, next to him on his right was Ajuka Beelzebub seated on a blue royal throne. The two Super Devils were seated in the center, and on Sirzechs' left side sat Serafall Leviathan in a pink royal throne. And on the right of Ajuka sat Falbium Asmodeus on a green royal throne.
All Four Maou were on edge, each of them looking at the God V.I.P section. Various seats had been filled, more so than usual. "There are a lot of high ranked Gods present today…" Sirzechs pointed out, as he saw several of the top strongest Gods here tonight. "Do you think they are here for-" Before Sirzechs could even finish his sentence, Ajuka responded with a firm. "What else?"
The two Super Devils knew, Serafall knew, and Falbium had been briefed on the situation regarding Itachi, that a God is responsible for his reincarnation. But of course, the main reason why so many Gods were here today, was to see the young Devil who defeated a God.
In the Norse God section, the Gods present were all seated on simple wooden chairs. With Odin being the exception, as he was seated on a wooden throne. Accompanying the All Father, was his priced son Thor. The God with his long fiery red hair, was dressed in a white high collared coat and had Mjolnir resting at his armrest. Sitting next to Thor however, was a beautiful woman with long blond hair that was braided into a ponytail. Her hair so long it went over her shoulder and reached down to her legs. She was a fairly tall woman, being roughly 6 feet in height, but next to Thor who was over 7 feet, she didn't seem tall at all. She wore a nice blue strapless gown that brought out her figure quite nicely. She had wide hips, a thin waist and a good-sized bust. Thor's wife, and the counselor of Odin, Sif.
Seated in front of them, were three younger Gods. Two young muscular men, dressed in homemade outfits of bear pelts. Both were red haired and already had full grown beards. The two sons of Thor, Magni and Modi. Then there was a young girl, dressed in Valkyrie armor like Rossweisse. She was a rather muscular girl, and had fiery red hair like her father and brothers. Thrud, daughter of Thor, and she was also a Valkyrie.
With Odin were two of his other sons, Vidar and Baldur. Vidar was tall and a handsome gruff looking man who looked like he was in his late twenties. He had golden hair, golden glowing eyes and a beard. Vidar was dressed in a simple white suit, showing his elegance. Vidar was the God of Vengeance. Baldur, the God of Beauty. And the older half-brother of Thor. Baldur was only slightly taller than his father, and dwarfed by both his younger brothers. He was a slimmer man with a decent enough muscular build. His hair was golden in color, and his eyes blue as the sky itself.
Then there was Greek Pantheon section. Where an old scrawny looking man with hollowed dark eyes that let out an ominous golden glow. He was nearly bald, only having a single tuff of white hair on his head. His eyebrows were bushy, and he had a white beard. He was dressed in a simple white sash. This old man was the Godfather of the Cosmos, and the chief God of the Greek Pantheon, Zeus. Zeus was seated on a throne made out of pure white marble.
Sitting on Zeus' left, was a young handsome looking man. He had elegant looking blond hair, and fair smooth skin. His eyes as blue as the sea with black pupils. He was dressed in an open white coat, with a blue vest underneath that looked to be made of scales, decorated with golden lines and threads, and a white undershirt. Wearing a belt with a trident shaped ornament buckle. And white pants matching his coat. He was seated on a blue throne decorated with fish fin looking ornaments. And leaning next to his seat, laid a splendid trident, with blue fin looking ornaments decorated at the head and the bottom. The God of the Seas, and the older brother of Zeus, Poseidon. The God of the Seas face looked completely apathetic and devoid of any emotion.
However, on Zeus' right, was an empty throne made of pure gold decorated with various jewels and gems. The throne belonged to the oldest, and the last of the Trinity Brothers of Olympus, God of the Netherworld, Hades.
Two other Gods stood next to Zeus' throne. On his right was a tall muscular young man standing at over 7 feet, wearing a spartan-like helmet with golden locks of hair sticking out underneath. Dressed in black Spartan armor, with a red cape. The God of War and the son of Zeus, Ares. On his left, was a more elegant looking man. With black hair, and red gentle looking eyes. Dressed in a black butler tuxedo. And on his feet, golden shoes decorated with wing ornaments. The Messenger God, and also a son of Zeus, Hermes.
Seated in a row beneath the Trinity brothers of Olympus, were three women. One was a blond young woman, dressed in a beautiful sea green dress. Her hair braided and decorated with flowers. The Goddess of Agriculture and the Harvest, Demeter. The middle daughter of Chronos and Rhea, and older sister of the Trinity Brothers Zeus, Poseidon and Hades.
The second woman, looked relatively older than the rest. Her hair being silver grey, her skin was still rather fair though. She was dressed in a beautiful white gown. This was the first-born child of Chronos and Rhea, the oldest sibling, and Goddess of the hearth, home and hospitality, Hestia.
The third woman, looked more like royalty than the others. She had long aubergine colored hair, that is tied and braided with gold and silver ribbons weaved into it. She had cyan-blue eyes. She looked incredibly beautiful, and was relatively tall to her sisters. So wears a floor-length pastel purple dress with a deep v neckline laced with golden trims that exposed a lot of her massive bust. Her dress also has a high slit on the left revealing her entire leg and meaty thigh. Atop of her head she had a tiara, and a prominent golden choker decorated with aqua gems. Both wife and older sister of Zeus, and the youngest of her sisters. The Queen of the Heavens, Hera.
Hera looked relatively annoyed, as she threw glances at her husband seated behind her. Zeus looked relatively chipper, as he glanced around the arena. Looking at other women no doubt. Hera groaned, and held a golden chalice in her hand. "Ares…" Hera summoned her pride and joy, her and Zeus' son Ares.
"Yes mother?" Ares knelt to his mother's eye level.
"Be a dear and pour me some wine." Hera's request was met without complaint, she gently patted her son on the cheek and he went back to stand with his father. 'Hmm, might as well see what young men these Devils have to offer…' Hera mentally sighed.
Then there was the Hindu Pantheon, which had been divided into two sections due to the rivalry between Indra and Shiva. On one end there was Indra, and his son Arjuna. A young handsome man looking to be in his early twenties, wearing battle armor and with a bow strapped to his back along with a sack of golden arrows. "Father, why do we have to be here? This inferior realm sickens me…" Arjuna scowled as he glanced around at the various species and Pantheons present today.
"Just watch, I'm certain you can find some form of entertainment." Indra looked rather laid back, as he leaned back into his seat. Although he cast a glare to the other side of the arena. Where Shiva, Brahma and Vishnu were seated.
One was a young boy that looked like a middle schooler with relative normal features and a well-structured face. He had shiny blue-black hair. And his eyes had a sharp look in them, giving off a sensation of bottomless divinity and limitless superiority that would cause most to shiver in fear. "Man, Indra looks pissed, huh?" This young boy, was the Hindu God of Destruction, Shiva. And the God that was tied with the Norse God Thor for the title of the strongest God over mortals. Although his current form was that of a young boy, to all those that knew the God of Destruction, this was merely his peaceful state form. Many feared this God, who could blink an entire Universe out of existence in his true form.
A young man, looking near identical to Shiva, only looking like a slight older version. Having the appearance of a young man in his twenties. The Hindu God of Preservation, Vishnu. His eyes were not as intense as Shiva's, they looked calm like the endless image of the still sea. "Maybe if you stopped looking at him, he wouldn't be so pissed off." Vishnu pointed out, but Shiva like a brat only chuckled.
"We're here to watch a brawl, not start one." The third deity was elderly looking man. With three heads, each facing a different direction and each adorning a crown. And each head spoke simultaneously. Each face had a long flowy white beard. The God had a light brown skin tone, and was topless showing off a rather fit body for an old man. He had four arms, each wrist having some form of prayer bead bracelets, also having a matching prayer bead necklace. He wore baggy red pants. The Hindu God of Creation, Brahma. His eyes were glowing like bursting stars. Unlike the other Gods present, Brahma had full control over his amazing power and was able to remain in his true form without restricting himself.
Other noteworthy Gods that were present, were of course the three brilliant siblings of the Shinto Pantheon. Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi and Susano'o. The siblings waited patiently as they were seated on tatami mats.
Other Gods like the Egyptian God Aten, originally an aspect of the Sun God Ra in ancient Egypt. Aten was a young man, with a light brown skin tone. Dressed in ancient Egyptian white robes. His neck decorated with a golden necklace of a pyramid with an eye in the center. Floating behind his back, was a disc that represented the sun itself. And normally, would shine brightly as the sun itself.
There was also the Celtic Sun God, Lugh. A tall God standing at seven feet, with a lanky body structure with a light muscle build. He was dressed in simple green robe, with an upper body of armor underneath, and black pants. Strapped to his side was a sword, and in his hand was a spear. He had long wavey red fiery hair that burnt like the sun itself. His eyes looked tired, having bags under his eyes. His blue eyes were deep, and devoid of any emotion or feeling. Yet, his body illuminated a strong aura that far surpassed even a trillion suns.
Back in the Maou booth, Ajuka smirked. "All the mightiest Gods are here I see… I don't think I have seen so many in the Top 10 all gathered in one place like this before." Sirzechs however, frowned as he recalled the conversation, he and Ajuka had almost right after Itachi had revealed his past to them. Sirzechs thought back onto the event.
After Itachi had revealed his backstory to everyone, and having discussed the Unseen One. Ajuka had pulled Sirzechs aside as they arrived back into the Underworld. "What's the rush Ajuka? Grayfia won't be happy with me if I slack off too much from work." Sirzechs tried to lighten the mood with a light joke, but the stern serious look in Ajuka's eyes quickly changed that. "What's wrong?"
"Sirzechs…." Ajuka began, taking a quick look and a feel of the room to make sure they were alone. Once Ajuka had confirmed that they were alone, he continued with a shocking reveal. "I know who the Unseen One is." At hearing that, Sirzechs eyes shot wide open in surprise.
Although, Sirzechs' surprise quickly turned into outrage. "You didn't think to mention this to Itachi? After all that… he trusted to tell us his truth, and you want to keep this from him? Back there, you said to him and everyone, you didn't know who the Unseen One was."
"I lied." Ajuka simply replied, unfaced by Sirzechs' feelings of outrage. "And when I tell you who he is… I believe you will understand why."
Sirzechs at hearing this seemed to calm down. "… So, it is a God. And judging by that look in your eye… it is as Azazel feared then? It is one of the Top 20 or Top 10?" Ajuka merely gave a nod of confirmation.
"This particular God, is really powerful and dangerous. I didn't say anything back there, because I couldn't risk it. I have a feeling those reckless youth would rush off to confront the Unseen One. I didn't want them to do something so foolish. Especially, as this particular God, will be present during Itachi and Sairaorg's Rating Game most likely. I am only telling you this, because I believe it would be wise to observe the Unseen One and his mannerisms before doing anything rash."
Ajuka was stalling, even hesitant to reveal the identity of the Unseen One to Sirzechs. Ajuka looked to his longtime best friend, putting his hand onto Sirzechs' shoulder. "Sirzechs, what I tell you now… does not leave this room. I am only telling you this, because with our combined power…. I believe we could think of a strategy to deal with the Unseen One in due time."
Sirzechs thought back to the one memory Itachi had of the Unseen One. "Did you recognize the God through Itachi's last memory before his reincarnation?" At this Ajuka merely shook his head.
"No, basing the information on the Unseen One based on appearance is meaningless. As all Gods have the ability to shapeshift. No, I recognized his nickname "The Unseen One". It is a nickname mortals use for him." At hearing this Sirzechs gives it some thought, his eyes widening with sudden realization.
"You… don't mean that it is…" Sirzechs paused himself, a bit hesitant to even utter the Gods name.
"Yes, it is the same God we suspected to be behind the creation of little Jack." Ajuka revealed, as it seemed the Unseen One was even behind the creation of the little menace that was the Cobra Sin of Wrath, Jack the Ripper. Having been the one to gather the souls of all those aborted children, and place them into the singular body that was Jack. "It has to be him… it's-" Before Ajuka can reveal the name, Sirzechs' train of thought is interrupted.
"Sir, wine?" As a butler gently shook the current Lucifer, offering him a glass of wine. Sirzechs nods, and thanks the butler. With his train of thought interrupted, Sirzehcs looked over to Ajuka who was looking through the God V.I.P section. "Is he here?" Sirzechs couldn't help but wonder, was the Unseen One already here?
Ajuka responds with a simple nod, confirming the Unseen One to be present amongst the Gods. Sirzechs for a brief moment considered rushing to confront the God, but knew it was a bad idea. Even if Sirzechs, who was one of the Top 10 strongest beings could potentially win against the Unseen One in combat. It didn't change the fact that there were plenty of other Gods present. This wasn't the time nor the place for such a battle. Following Ajuka's gaze, the current Lucifer and Beelzebub collectively held their gazes onto the God in question.
Meanwhile, Itachi was getting his last wishes of good luck from his friends. Rias and Sona were with their respective peerage members, and Azazel was as usual accompanying their human friends. "Think you will need good luck on this one?" Rias asked, she knew how powerful both Itachi and Sairaorg were. And Rias honestly believed that overall, Itachi was the stronger one out of the two, especially with his recently awakened Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan.
"I would think so. Sairaorg is strong after all. And even I am not sure how much he has improved over the years. Even with all our sparring matches and training sessions… We've never gone all out in those." Itachi didn't by any means show that he was nervous, nor did he show a great deal of confidence. In fact, Rias thought Itachi seemed too laid back.
"Well…" Rias leaned in and kissed Itachi on the cheek, she pulled back and gave a cheeky smile. "Good luck~"
"Thank you…" Itachi looked a little flustered, but none the less kept a cool head.
"Hmm…" Sona hummed as she peaked through a curtain that gave a view of the colosseum. "Sure are many Gods here tonight." Sona commented, as the sheer number of Gods present far exceeded those of previous games. And with the fact that the Unseen One could be a God made Sona all the more cautious.
Off in a corner Rossweisse stood with Bob, both too awkward to even exchange a spoken word. Both seemed uncertain of what to say. Having seen Rias kiss Itachi good luck, Rossweisse twiddled her fingers and briefly considered doing the same for Bob. "D-D-Do you maybe need a good luck… charm… of any kind?" Rossweisse awkwardly asked.
And Bob, having seen the kiss Rias gave Itachi quickly connected the dots. "Umm, nah, I think I will be okay… I'm good at… fighting, you know?" Bob rejected the idea, simply too embarrassed to do that in front of everyone.
"Heh, yeah you are…" Rossweisse looked a bit saddened, but at the same time she couldn't help but smile. Gathering herself, she playfully bumped her fist into Bob's chest. "Go and beat up some punks you brute!" She smiled at him, and Bob returned the smile with a nod of confidence.
Azazel made sure the human students stuck close to him, as they most stuck to the background. "Do we have to be so cramped up together…" Aika groaned with slight discomfort.
"It's for your own safety." Azazel commented much to her dismay. Azazel suddenly had a chilling sensation, his senses alerting him. Which made Azazel's worry for the students feel validated. The hairs on his back stood up, and out of nowhere all of his black feathered wings emerged out from his back serving as a shield.
"Pardon me…" A chilling, yet calm and gentle voice spoke. The thumbing sound of a staff had Azazel and everyone present flinch. The humans cowered behind Azazel, as they began to tremble uncontrollably. They all looked nauseated and pale.
The Devils and Irina were doing no better. All suddenly were overcome by a chilling sensation of death itself, having caused them all to tense up. Turning their heads, they were greeted with the sight of a tall skeleton dressed in an attire belonging to a high priest. A dark blue robe decorated with golden outlines, with a white sash going over his shoulder and upper back. Metallic pieces of armored shoulder pads, decorated with spiky rubies in the shape of claws. His high priest hat was decorated with various jewels. His empty eye sockets had a tiny glimmer of blue in them, and his bony fingers were decorated in various golden rings embedded with jewels. In his dominant hand, he wielded a staff made of bones, with the top head of the staff being a three eyed skull with horns.
Seeing who it was, Azazel seemed to calm down, and respectfully bowed his head. "Lord Hades… a pleasure." Azazel greeted the tall skeleton that was the Greek God of the Netherworld, the oldest of the mighty trinity brothers of Greece, Hades.
"Hmm, Governor Azazel… It's been a long time." Hades in an unexpected move of a God, bowed his head at Azazel as well. "I must say, despite there having been talk of peace between thy Factions. I didn't expect to find you mingle with young Devils."
Azazel shrugged with a smile. "I am a teacher now, what can I say. Besides, these are good kids."
"Hmm, a teacher? My word, and here I thought I had seen some strange things in my lifetime." Hades lightly chuckled, his skull suddenly turned to look at the young Devils before him. Seeing some of their frightened and wary faces, Hades appeared to be confused. "Hmm, what bothers you, young ones?"
"I-It talks…" Issei and Saji shivered, although both received a glare from their masters at how disrespectful they sounded.
Hades however, didn't take offence and merely chuckled. "Ah, I see… pardon me. As I had left my palace, I seemed to have forgotten to change into a more formal attire. Let me change into something less frightening." Reaching into his pocket, Hades brought forth a specially designed eyepatch. Placing the black eyepatch decorated with lines of gold over his right eye socket, a burning blue fiery ember glowed at where the eye would be. Hades' body gained flesh and skin. Hades' appearance changed into that of a good-looking handsome man. Hades grew stylish silver hair that spiked up at various spots on his head, although most was hidden underneath his priest hat.
The God had a leaf-like patterned tattoo across his forehead, his neck now having a spiked patterned choker necklace. The God's skin looked a bit pale, but now he looked like a certified 8-foot-tall pretty boy. The God smiled at the young devils before him. "There, that should be less frightening, no?" Hades lightheartedly chuckled, although he still carried quite the heavy overwhelming aura. The God looked towards Itachi, and lightly hummed. "If I am not mistaken, are you not the Devil that will fight in today's matchup?"
Itachi slightly caught off guard, gave a quick nod. "Yes sir, I am…" Extending his hand, Itachi presented himself with confidence although he approached cautiously. "Itachi Sitri, pleasure to meet a notorious God such as yourself, Lord Hades."
Hades lightly chuckled, and smiled warmly at the young man. "Likewise." Hades shook Itachi's hand. The God's grip was strong and firm. And Itachi took his time to observe this God's power. Hades felt like a divine version of Sirzechs Lucifer himself, the current Lucifer and the God of the Netherworld nearly matching each other in the intensity of their power. But there was something else, a strange feeling Itachi got from the God. He wasn't the only one, Azazel despite the casual demeanor he had shown the God earlier, looked cautious and afraid. Kuroka and Koneko both with their nekomata senses could tell the God was dangerous. Raven felt cautious her eyes focused on Hades' smile. Eto seemed to see what Raven was seeing, they couldn't read and figure out Hades based on his body language.
'That God… despite that smile… he is more stoic than Itachi and Raven.' Eto cringed, her Ghoul senses telling her to actually keep her mouth shut in fear of the God of the Netherworld. Raven looks to be in deep thought, but is quickly brought out from it as a new voice speaks up.
"Husband…" A pale skinned woman with beautiful long black hair that was braided with what resembled black thorny rose vines, and topped up with a black rose at the top left side of her head. She wore a tiara decorated with red rubies atop of her head. Her slender arms decorated with golden bracelets. And in her dominant hand she wore a single golden ring on her finger, a wedding ring. And looking at Hades, he wore a matching one on his dominant hand's ring finger. Her attire was a long black lowcut dress showing some of her cleavage. Her body was shaped very similar to that of Grayfia, with only a slight bigger bust. "We best be going." The woman's eyes were black with violet glowing pupils. "The others are waiting for us." Her voice sounding so dignified like that of a proper queen. This was the Queen of the Netherworld, and the wife of Hades, Persephone.
"Ah yes wife. Forgive me for rambling too much. Shall we?" Persephone lovingly giggled at her husband as a sign of endearment. The couple smiled lovingly at each other, as Hades offered Persephone his hand. "Best of luck now, Itachi Sitri." Hades bowed his head out of respect, and walked together with his wife, hand in hand. The couple seeming so caught up with each other, as they continued to chat the entire walk down the hall.
As Itachi eyeballs the form of Hades walking away with a curious gaze. Hades appeared as a good-natured God, who dearly loved his wife. Yet for some reason, Itachi felt like there was something off about Hades. The others were taking a couple of deep breaths, the sheer presence Hades left in his wake was rather heavy. "… Less frightening attire? Did he just finish a battle or something?" Issei mumbled.
"I wouldn't think so… if he was, his attire was way too clean." Xenovia noted, as the God's robes were freshly cleaned.
"No, that skeleton form is simply Hades' true form." Azazel revealed earning a few shocked gasps.
"Are you serious? Isn't he a God? He looks like a Youkai." Issei pointed out, even though hysterical he tried desperately to keep his voice down not wanting the God to hear him.
"Still Godly though, no?" Azazel lightly chuckled at Issei's comment. "Rumors have it, that Hades looks like that due to being swallowed by his father Chronos as a newborn baby.
"Wait… swallowed? His dad tried to eat him?!" At this a lot of people shivered as they felt uneasy at the thought.
"Not tried, he did." Azazel corrected, and sighed at how little some humans bothered to learn about mythology. "Chronos is, or was King of the Titans, the Gods that ruled Greece before the current ones. Sort of Primordial I suppose… Anyway, Chronos was a God of time. He and other Titans overthrew and defeated his father, Uranus. The Primordial God of the Heavens. And, then after successfully defeating his father, Chronos took over. But then, he learnt of a prophecy that his own child would overthrow him, as he did his own father. Chronos feared this, and thus every time his wife Rhea would give birth, he would devour his own child. First it was their three daughters, Hestia, Demeter and Hera. But their fourth child, Hades… although he was devoured like his sisters, his birth only solidified Chronos' fear of his own progeny."
As Azazel retold the tale, a vivid picture came to mind. Rhea had just finished giving birth to her first son, she held the newborn God in her arms. And looked upon her son with regret at knowing what was to come. Chronos was also here, thinking this would be easy as he approached the infant God. As Rhea pulled the blanket around the child back, she gazed upon his face. "Hades…" She mumbled, nearly sobbing as she named her son. As she gently touched his cheek, Hades' eyes opened. His eyes burning in a blue fiery ember, and with his eyes open so did he unleash his latent magic power in a cry.
Chronos gaped in disbelief, even backing up a step. Rhea much like her husband, was amazed and in disbelief at what they sensed. Unlike any of their prior children, or future, none of them possessed such latent magical prowess and power like Hades. This sensation of power, had Chronos trembling in fear as he could feel it. This mere infant's latent powers, were far greater than his own. Without a single doubt in his mind, Chronos believed Hades would be the one to overthrow him. Acting quickly, Chronos snatched Hades out from his mother's arms. His jaw opening at a weird angle as he quickly swallowed the infant whole.
Chronos decided it wasn't enough to keep his children imprisoned in his stomach. He needed to kill them. Using a scythe, his divine weapon that he used to overthrow his father. He placed the blade upon his belly, and began heating it up. The metal of the blade glowed, as it caused the stomach acid inside Chronos to boil.
Inside the stomach, Hades like his sisters were shielding themselves in magical bubbles to protect themselves from their father's stomach acid. But as the acid was now infused with the divine power of Chronos' weapon, their protection bubbles began to fade. All but Hades' bubble. Hades through his newborn eyes, with his already Godly psyche developed. Hades understood the situation and continued to shield himself. But was then distracted by the wails of his sisters. Looking around, Hades saw his sisters panicking as their bubbles were close to collapsing. Hades didn't need much. He could tell they were his kin. And thus, he used his own magical prowess to enhance the protection bubbles of his sisters as they did not break.
However, by dividing his focus to his three sisters, Hades let up on his own defense as well. The acid began leaking into his bubble, and it burnt his flesh and skin. Even years later, when Chronos devoured his second son Poseidon. Hades had to continue to shield his sisters, and now his newly born younger brother Poseidon. Hades' own protection bubble could not sustain, his power too divided to protect his siblings, Hades body burnt and his flesh melted off. Then came the day, when a mere stone joined their ranks within their father's belly. The third son, had escaped their horrid fate.
Zeus, the third son and the youngest of Chronos and Rhea's children, who their distraught mother Rhea had hidden. Zeus grew up to overthrow Chronos, and freed his siblings from their father's belly. By the time they had been freed, Hestia, Demeter, Hera, Hades and Poseidon were all fully grown Gods. But Hades, unlike his siblings. Had all his skin and flesh melted off to the bone by the divinely power infused acid from Chronos' belly. And had thus, come out as a fully grown skeleton. Hades had survived, by having his spirit cling onto his bones. His eyes glowed in a deep blue fiery ember.
With his skin and flesh having been burnt off by the acid that had been infused with the divine power of Chronos' divine weapon. Hades could not regenerate his body due to having been exposed to it for over two decades. But his power, was the greatest out of all his siblings. And with his skeleton body, Hades had become nigh-invulnerable to all physical and magical attacks. During the Titanomachy war, the Gods overthrew the Titans and tossed them into the pits of Tartarus. Hades, Poseidon and Zeus as the leading figures of the war. Divided their realm. Drawing lots, Zeus got the heavens and the cosmos, Poseidon the sea, and Hades the Underworld.
Hades learnt from his siblings how to shapeshift himself. So, Hades was able to shapeshift into what he would have looked like had his skin and flesh not been devoured by his father. Which Hades began using for business and dealings with his own Pantheon and others. Hades however, is told to be more comfortable in his skeleton form and shows great pride in it. As it remains a symbol of his love for his brothers and sisters.
"So, the story goes." Azazel concluded the little story session.
"Wow, he sounds like a nice God… Are you sure this story is true?" Issei although first taken aback in awe, was still a little skeptic.
"It was retold by Hestia. Being the oldest child, she was grown enough to vividly remember the days of her imprisonment. She usually retells this story over campfires. She is traumatized by it, but she specifically remembers locking eyes with the newly born Hades, as he suddenly began protecting them all. She, like all the Gods of the Greek Pantheon look to Hades, not just for being the strongest, but for being the most reliable out of all the Gods to protect their Pantheon at all cost."
At this many seem to now hold the God of the Dead in high regard, although some still held some skepticism. Others focused on one detail Azazel mentioned, others being Itachi. 'Protect the Greek Pantheon at all cost… reminds me of the mentality of a soldier to his nation. Like I was, to Konoha. I understand, Azazel… your real point of the story, was not to praise Hades. It was to warn us not to mess with Hades.'
Seeing some needed it specific and making sure the forementioned God was out of hearing range. Azazel turned to the group. "However, that being said… Do not mess with Hades." Azazel revealed to the group, proving Itachi to be correct in his assessment. "Hades is one of the top Gods. No Angel, Fallen Angel can ever hope to defeat him… And out of the Devils, only Sirzechs Lucifer could ever hope to fight someone like him. Out of the Gods, Hades is easily the fourth strongest now that the old man is gone. He is right behind Brahma, Shiva and Thor."
"Well, yeah, we kind of got that from the pressure we felt back there. Besides, it's not like we're actively going to pursue to fight him." Damian pointed out, as the God of the Netherworld had not proven himself to be hostile.
"Even so, I may need to remind you seeing as some are reckless idiots who don't watch their mouths." Azazel said as he specifically eyed Damian, Harry, Eto, Issei, Saji, and the group of humans Aika, Matsuda, Motohama, Murayama and Katase.
"What's that supposed to mean?!" Aika hissed at Azazel who sighed.
"Need I remind you of how you foolishly poured drinks on two shit talking devils during the Sitri and Gremory Rating Game? Or should I show you the look you are giving currently in a mirror? Listen, Gods have been offended by less than that, and they get even. And when they do, it's not pretty. Especially those of the Greek Pantheon, just ask Medusa. She got turned into a monster by the Goddess Athena, for being raped by Poseidon, the God of the Seas, in front of Athena's temple. Athena saying it was… sacrilege as Medusa had shamed her temple." Azazel pointed out, making sure he was warning them as to keep them all safe. Some of the rather big mouthed individuals gulped down a nervous lump in their throats as a result.
"But also, according to myths, Hades is supposed to be different from his fellow Gods. Being described often as fair and just… well, unless you ask Hollywood whenever they make a movie with him." Bob pointed out, once again shocking with some knowledge he had over certain mythologies. First the Norse Pantheon, and now the Greek.
Azazel, taking a small pause to admire the fact that Bob was surprisingly knowledgeable when it came to mythology. With a light hum, Azazel continued with his warning. "Yes, that is sort of true. Still, being nicer than Poseidon and Zeus, doesn't require much effort. All I am saying, Hades is a God with less stories than most. Why is that you think? It's because very few lived to tell the tale. Granted, I will say Hades is a fair and just God. But like all, he doesn't have unlimited tolerance and patience of things." Azazel admitted, Hades was a God that was easier to deal with without fearing upsetting him. But Hades like all had a fuse or a breaking point, if that is to be crossed, Azazel knew what horrors awaited those that did.
With that settled, the group parted ways as Itachi and the Sins had to go get ready for the Rating Game against Sairaorg. And the rest joined the audience to spectate the battle. Itachi before parting ways with the rest, got a kiss from Rias and Akeno respectively on his cheeks. "Good luck." The girls wished him.
"Thanks…" Itachi warmly smiled as he waved them goodbye. Once they were out of line of sight, Itachi's shoulders slumped and he sighed a bit.
Left alone in a room with his own peerage, Itachi was getting prepared for the battle ahead. Currently taping his own hands, as he knew with Sairaorg, this fight was going to be a fist fight. Seeing their Captain looking rather cautious, had the Sins exchange questioning gazes. "You okay, Itachi?" Damian asked as they could practically feel the tension rising for this upcoming rematch. "You seem… kinda tense there."
"… I'm fine, Damian. Just need to prepare. Out of everyone in this tournament, Sairaorg is our strongest foe." The Sins were a bit caught off guard, it didn't seem like Itachi to care much for a simple tournament to this extent.
"We'll win." Harry assured, earning a look from his Captain.
"Maybe… We'll just have to give everything we got. I know what you all are thinking, and I agree… This feeling I am experiencing, is quite unusual for me. But, for some reason… Be it my Devil blood… or perhaps the nature of my friendship with Sairaorg. For whatever reason, I can't help but feel…" Itachi finished tightening the tape on his hands, clenching his dominant hand into a fist. "Excited." Itachi revealed with a smile, for once he was actually experiencing some form of excitement for a battle. It felt sort of similar to whenever he would spar with Shisui in his youth as Itachi Uchiha, but also different.
Going through a similar feeling, Sairaorg was standing with his peerage. His face filled with a burning excitement, as he already began warming up doing some pull ups. "The time has finally come… my blood is boiling!" Sairaorg cackled with laughter, it had been a long time since he and Itachi had a fight like this. They had their occasional sparring matches every now and then, but now that the stakes were raised with this tournament, things were more exciting.
The arena grounds were set, as the Devils, Angels, Fallen Angels, Gods were all seated in the colosseum, spectating the wide display screens of the arena. In the Rating Game Dimension, there was a giant chessboard, with skyscraper sized chess pieces. The pieces were reflecting like crystals and each side with a different color, blue on the right side of the board, and violet on the left side.
In the colosseum, Rias had just seated herself with her peerage members to spectate the Rating Game. "Looks like it's going to be a simple brawl style game. Guess we don't have to worry about those damn geezers pulling any unfair rules against Itachi this time." Rias sighed with relief, still annoyed with the Devil elders that tried to rig Itachi's previous game against Seekvaria.
"I should hope so… If they do, nee-sama won't be happy." Sona and her peerage seated themselves next to Rias' group. Looking towards one of the V.I.P booths were the current four Maou were all seated.
Serafall from her throne, threw a sideways glance at the booth next to theirs. Where the Devil elders were all seated, they looked somewhat bitter, but at the same time they were all trembling in fear. Serafall looked at the one seated at the center of the booth, the current head of the Bael household, Marco Bael. Sairaorg's father looked on the screen with a stern look in his eye. "Looks like your uncle might have terrified the elders…" Serafall whispered to Sirzechs who gave a light nervous chuckle.
"Uncle might be old fashioned in some aspects… But he is a prideful man. I don't think he would allow the elders to imply that Sairaorg-kun would need a handicap against Itachi. I suspect that today's match, will follow rules he specifically made… But good news is, it will be a fair fight. It's not like uncle is even practically fond of Sairaorg-kun either…" Sirzechs knew, that there was no way Marco would ever attempt to make any aspect of his failure progeny's life easier. Even though Marco had disowned Sairaorg due to not having inherited the Bael power of Destruction. Sairaorg still carried Marco's blood in his veins, and failure or not, Marco would never let anything imply that any Devil can defeat someone of his bloodline.
Meanwhile, Azazel was giving a quick briefing to their human friends on what Rias and Sona were talking about earlier. "So, let me get this straight… Those old farts up there, hate Itachi, and as we know, tried to sort of cheat in his previous game, by adding rules designed against Itachi and his peerage. But now, they won't try anything… because that royal pompous jackass with the crown up there won't let them?" Aika asked, as the situation seemed baffling to her and her fellow human classmates.
"That is correct. Marco Bael, the one more Devil-like than any other, he is so prideful of his own bloodline. He won't let the elders try and cheat by implying his own son needs a handicap against Itachi." Azazel revealed, to which the five humans exchanged a few confused looks.
"But… didn't you say he disowned his own son? That he views Sairaorg-kun as a failure…" Murayama tried to whisper a bit, as to not draw attention from any Devils nearby.
"Yup, Marco disowned Sairaorg for not being born with the power of Destruction that his bloodline prides upon. Even more than that, he disowned his youngest son too, who even though was born with the power Sairaorg lacked, was still beaten by Sairaorg." Azazel filled them in on the Bael family drama.
"But… why are those elders scared of him? Is he just that strong? It's not like he is a Maou or anything…" Matsuda pointed out, it was a bit strange why Marco Bael held so much political power and influence when he wasn't even a Maou.
Azazel sighed, and rubbed his goatee. "Well… It is true Lord Bael is quite strong. In fact, he was originally asked to become a Maou. But declined, as he found the position beneath him and the Bael family. I would say he might be stronger than both Serafall Leviathan and Falbium Asmodeus, not really sure though. I've only really heard stories, so I can't be quite sure of the extent of his power. But I do know why the Bael family holds as much power as they do. You see, during the Civil War against the Old Maou Faction. The first Bael, led the rebellion against the Old Maou Faction, and helped establish the current Devil government. As such, the Bael family in some aspects… might even hold more political influence and power than the Four Maou." Azazel's explanation of Marco Bael, and the political power of the Bael family, left the humans feeling a bit numb. Sort of like a newfound fear for a man they had never even met, or heard speak a single word. But just from hearing Azazel's explanation, and just from seeing Marco Bael's cold eyes glancing at the screen from above, with a chilling aura that dwarfed the likes of Shalba Beelzebub.
The humans quickly averted their gazes away from the Devil, all but Aika. 'That guy… even though he is supposed to be on the side of the New Maou Faction. Then why? Why does he give me off a vibe that he is even worse than that bastard Shalba who nearly killed Asia?'
Seeing the nervosity of the humans, Azazel lightly smirked. Personally, he wasn't that concerned about Lord Bael. In the grand scheme of things, the one holding the rank of Great King amongst the Devils, was little more than a grain of sand compared to the Gods. Now those, had really earned Azazel's concern. The Fallen Angel Governor glanced at the God V.I.P section that was at the highest point of the colosseum. All these important Gods, these powerful Gods were all gathered here for undoubtedly one reason. To see the Devil who defeated a God in action.
That's the end for now!
So, originally, I planned to have this entire Rating Game in a singular chapter. But with how long you guys have waited for an update, and with how long this chapter was getting. I ended up deciding to split it into three parts. I have done this to make it easier for you readers. This chapter is the prelude to the game, and part 2 and 3 being the actual game. Now I have part 2 already finished, so I will post it as well today. And I will get to work on part 3 straight away as to not let you guys wait too long for it to come out.
The Sins thoughts on Damian!
Kuroka: He claims to have a photo collection of women's butts. I swear if he has a photo of mine, he better burn it or give it to Itachi. Other than that, he is strong and useful in battle so I guess he is okay.
Bob: I consider him a very close friend. He is hilarious, although at times can be an ass. He seems to also care very much for Jack.
Jack: He sneaks around like a raccoon, collecting pictures of what he calls true culture, he is nigh undetectable which requires a great set of skills. He is goofy and fun, but is way too overprotective of us… me. Next to mommy, I respect him the most.
Harry: A moron who keeps getting himself into trouble. He needs a firm hand to guide him in life.
Eto: He is obnoxious and annoying. But I do sense some trauma in him that I am interested in finding out about~
Raven: I don't think he's that funny. But I still value him as a comrade.
Itachi: He is a handful at times. But I do value his contribution in the peerage, and his loyalty. I do wish he would stop showing me sneak shots he has taken of some of the girls' behinds in public.
Anyway, leave a review!
-Later!
(Responds to reviews):
manners: Eh, don't think I will make that, sorry.
Habu2010: Then you are going to have to wait a long time.
Guest: Thanks!
rageouss: Thanks, glad to hear you liked it.
enumeaelish666: Well, to be honest it's not like they are suddenly going to jump through multiverses and meet new characters. At most we will probably see some multiverses get destroyed. And multiverse was obviously a thing from the start, as Itachi is reincarnated from the Naruto world into the DxD world. But if it is not your thing, then that is fine to. Thanks for reading my story.
Mr. Haziq: That is true, I didn't include that part. And if Rias is Izumi's reincarnation, it doesn't really clash as much as we see the Gods are not omniscient so they don't know everything unless it becomes obvious to them like with Itachi. So, if someone else was reincarnated into the core world, it wouldn't be too crazy to assume they didn't notice it.
SolSparda36: Yeah, it will be good for his mental state and to progress in his relationships.
cyrusg1421: Thank you for your kind words and continuous support.
Kakarotssj: Thanks! We'll have to wait and see what the future is going to be. And I think there are other ways for Itachi to awaken the Rinnegan other than Hashirama Senju cells, seeing as there are literal Gods in this world.
Guest: Thank you!
Sinon47: No plans for an Otsutsuki to make any appearances so far. And maybe Rias is the reincarnation of Izumi, maybe not. But there is clearly something going on.
merendinoemiliano: Thanks!
StarGazer2326: There is clearly something going on with Rias alright.
DarkReaderSeiin: Thanks! And yes, no one really judged Itachi for his actions as many of them have seen, or some even done arguably worse. The others simply were able to understand that the past, is the past, and that Itachi is still the same they've always known.
Yapper: Itachi is stronger than we see during the Bob fight, he is simply fighting him to see what Bob is capable of. And Kuroka didn't fight Bob, so no idea what you meant by that. But as for Jack, Jack comes with the intention to kill, Kuroka is meant to hold back because Itachi wants to recruit Jack.
ItachiTrueShinobi: Well, Eto seems to be kind of already making a book about Itachi. It was shown some chapters ago, that Eto was sitting in her apartment working on a book titled "The Weasel Prince" as I am sure people know, the name Itachi means weasel.
Eldenlord184: Thanks! And maybe… maybe not.
fallendemon248: More of the Unseen One will be uncovered soon.
nexusplayer: Damn, did not know that. And to be honest, had you made those suggestions I probably would have said no. And no, no incest outside of the Greek Pantheon XD Ophis and Gabriel have not been removed.
Gilgamesh50: Well, Jack is not always attached to Itachi, but she is very protective of him and mostly only listens to him.
velniar341: Thanks! Also, sorry for the uh, confusion, but that end scene was to lighten to mood so to speak XD And no, I don't really plan on including other characters from Fate or DC comics.
TheGirlWhoWalkedAway: Well, Itachi has had his emotions masked since childhood because of his Shinobi life. Itachi is meant to slowly progress and open up more with his emotions.
Pandorawriters1605: Thanks!
RuneFather: Thanks!
andresskorskiruiz: Thanks! And glad to liked the interactions. Even though Esdeath dislikes Eto, their share of love for brutality and the harsh reality of things can make them agree on certain things. Like Itachi's actions. After this Rating Game tournament, I think I will start working on some of the Sins personal arcs.
Shirou Uzumaki: I mean, maybe I could remake it one day. We'll see.
NightRogue00: I will think about it, or maybe even just remake From Ninja to Saiyan. Not sure, but I will think about it.
Ahtu: Well English is my third language. But I would like to believe that my linguistics have improved somewhat over the years of writing.
The Reaper: It sounds cool. And I have thought of weapons Itachi can attain later on in the story. But as for weapons like Blades of Chaos, one could argue that either the Leviathan blade or Loki's Dual-Hook Chains fit that description.
manuelagundez753: Okay, I will.
Reaper: That is something Itachi could be capable of doing through more training, yes.
thomascastillo9987: Okay…
Guest: Coming right up with a new chapter here! Hopefully the next one won't take too long to finish.
Guest: Rias being a reincarnation of Izumi, or not. Won't have that much to say in the long run. If I did decide to do it, Rias would still be Rias. If I decided to- oh, who am I kidding at this point… Anyway, all I am going to say is, it has been hinted at very early on. Not obvious hints, but they were there.
Guest: Here you go, sorry for the long wait.
sonimywife1981: Sorry for the long wait.
Axceel: Not quite bud. For the Totsuka blade to seal someone, they need to be stabbed by it. That is clearly stated in the manga. We even see Itachi use the Totsuka blade to slash off the heads of Orochimaru's Eight headed serpent jutsu and they don't get sealed away, the jutsu and Orochimaru only get sealed once Itachi stabs Orochimaru with the blade. So, a slash wouldn't cause his enemy to be sealed by the blade. I have no problem personally with Cao Cao being killed, but as the writer I have some small uses for him still. And yes, Tsukuyomi does underestimate Itachi, and true he has no idea who he is dealing with because he doesn't care to know. In Tsukuyomi's eyes he is a God, and Itachi is a former mortal that has been given a lot of potential that he seeks to guide. And Tsukuyomi probably thinks he is doing Itachi a favor, because in Tsukuyomi's mind "who wouldn't want to be a God?". Also, Sun Wukong not sending a message about Tsukuyomi keeping him out of the fight, implies that he doesn't really care all that much about the Devil group, or is under orders himself. In DxD Sun works for Indra, and it is no different here. And the Gods aren't really all that keen on fighting other Pantheons at the moment. But Sun without a doubt, could have use for this information later on should the opportunity present itself.
And also, for your second review. Konoha did in fact discriminate against the Uchiha, the elders like Danzo and the two other advisors clearly did. And there were cases where the Uchiha would arrest someone in the village, and the villagers would tell them "Go and hide like you did during the kyuubi" hinting there was some resentment on both sides. But yes, the Uchiha did blow things out of proportion. And thought themselves entitled to more power than they already had. Their pride did blind them as Itachi demonstrates when he talks down to his father's attendants when they accuse him of killing Shisui. And also, the Uchiha were not moved until after the Kyuubi incident, we even see that in the light novel and the anime, where Fugaku is in a meeting with other clan heads, the Third Hokage and Danzo. Where Danzo shows a layout of the new map of the village, which has the Uchiha at the outskirts of the village. We also see a scene in the anime, where some Uchiha complain at clan meetings with Fugaku, that the village is sending them to the outskirts of the village to keep an eye on them. All the Second Hokage did, was give them the position of the Konoha Police Force. My point is, we see cases in the anime, manga, and light novel where the Uchiha were relocated after the Kyuubi incident. And that they were to a degree discriminated. Even though it was also the Uchiha's arrogance which blinded them of a lot of things. And as for Ajuka not being able to copy the seal, the man is a genius so I am sure he could figure out a way to make something similar with magic.
Guest: Sorry for the long wait.
Jxgod: Honestly, you are overlooking the fact that the future holds a lot in store here. Itachi can probably use clones to handle police work, contracts, as well as just genuinely look over the multiverse. And overtime, he can simply rewrite people's memories of him, or even shapeshift, possibilities are endless. If he is going to become as powerful as you write here. Behemoth is, or was Satan class, and he is running his mouth because he is like a concerned grandpa when it comes to Itachi lol.
Guest: Sorry for the long wait.
