Draconis: Alright, let's get a move on.
Asia: You seem like you're in a hurry?
Draconis: Do I?
Kenshin: Here. (tosses Draconis a couple of his smokes) Light those up and kick back.
Draconis: ...but I have to write.
Kenshin: Smoke 'em after!
Draconis: (shrug)
Asia: Kenshin-San, are those the ones with the funny smell? What are they?
Kenshin: (sweats) Uhm...gotta go bye! (leaves)
Draconis: Just like at the end of last chapter.
Asia: (turns to Draconis.) Draconis-San, what are those things you have him using?
Draconis: (stares) …..No...I can't do it...I just can't do it. (leaves)
Asia: (pouts) What's the big deal? !
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 8
A Piece of the Legendary Blade?
Draconis: I'll be taking care of the last three specials and the second OVA, but I'll be getting to the start of the next arc Begin!
(break)
Rias walked into Kenshin's bedroom. "Kenshin?" She said only to find him sitting on the floor meditating. She went down on her hands and knees in front of him and stared.
"..." Kenshin felt someone's eyes on him and cracked his left eye open. "Whoa? !" Kenshin said falling back on his hands. "D-Dammit Rias you almost gave me a heart attack!"
"S-Sorry." Rias said."Are you OK?"
"Y-Yeah." Kenshin said. "What is it?"
"Well...Akeno told me about your training session with her." Rias said.
Kenshin paled. "Whelp...I've lived a full life." He thought
"I-I haven't! Make something up!" Issei shouts.
"Don't worry it's fine." Rias said.
"It is?" Kenshin said. "Ah! Uhm...I mean...It is?" He said in dumbfounded tone.
"Akeno told me what happened and took responsibility. She said something about wanting to see what would happen if your ears were rubbed and you were exposed to 'ecchi' activity." Rias said.
"...Seriously?" Kenshin said with disinterest in his voice.
"Yes." Rias said with a weary sigh. "I didn't like it, but I can at least understand it. She said you held up pretty well until the end."
"No I didn't." Kenshin drawled out mentally. "I failed and failed epically."
"I don't think I did any better in my version." Issei said.
"I see..." Kenshin said. "Well, do you need anything?"
"What? I can't just come and see you?" Rias asked in a mock hurt tone.
"Nope. It's all business or get out." Kenshin teased with a grin.
"Hahahaha, very funny." Rias said before sitting down across from him. "Well I wanted to take you, Issei and Asia on a work tour with Koneko, Kiba, Akeno and myself. Asia eventually needs to work on her own and aside from that Mil-tan person Issei's track record is sloppy."
"Kenshin did all of those." Issei said from the mirror.
"The fuck if I did!" Kenshin shouts.
"I feel like I'm missing something..." Rias said with narrowed eyes.
"Mil-tan is a muscled man who cosplays like the female lead from that popular anime...I forget what it's called..." Kenshin said.
"I think I know the one you're talking about. Sona's sister likes it." Rias said .
"Anyway Issei's trying to pawn that one off on me..." Kenshin curled up into a ball and started rocking back and forth muttering incoherently.
"What's wrong with him?" Rias asked Issei.
"...I think seeing what he saw the night we met her...er him...scarred him for life." Issei said.
"Even more than what he's already been through?" Rias asked.
"Most of it was physical he says." Issei said.
"...True." Rias said. She leaned forward and kissed Kenshin.
"!" Kenshin snapped out of it and stared at her. "What is it?"
"Oh you just looked like you needed it." Rias said with a smile.
"Ah." Kenshin nodded. "So when do we begin?"
"Tomorrow." Rias said. "So let's get plenty of rest."
"Can do." Kenshin said.
(break)
Morisawa's apartment.
"Oh? Kuroshi?" Morisawa said. "Is that other guy with you?"
"That other guy is always with me Morisawa." Kenshin said.
"Yo." Issei waved.
"But we're not the ones you summoned, we're just shadowing Koneko-Chan here with our fellow rookie Asia." Kenshin said gesturing toward Asia. "We'll be over in a corner somewhere."
"Hello, I'm Asia Argent." Asia introduced.
"I see." Morisawa said. "Nice to meet you."
"So what do you need today?" Koneko asked.
"Well, this in particular." Morisawa said showing them a game he had just bought.
"Another game?" Kenshin asked.
"Hey! That's Super Road Martial Artist 4!" Issei said.
"Oh? You're familiar with this title?" Morisawa asked.
"Of course, it's a really hard to beat series, that is considered impossible for mere beginners!" Issei said.
"Then how did the experts become experts?" Kenshin asked and was ignored.
"That's my Hyoudou." Morisawa said. "I've been playing the arcade version, but on a home console, I'm known as Terror Mori, who can break through the strengths and weaknesses of any playable character. So let's duke it out on here Koneko-Chan!"
About five minutes later Koneko won...every single fight Morisawa put her up against. "I-Impossible!" Morisawa shouts.
"Looks like Koneko-Chan just owned you." Kenshin said.
"Your reaction time is based on your hand eye coordination is way too slow." Koneko said.
"Koneko-Chan, I didn't know you played games like this." Asia said.
"I play moderately, an hour a day." Koneko said closing her eyes.
"Why don't I believe you?" Issei said with narrowed eyes.
(break)
Next the three went with Kiba to see one of his regulars. Issei looked around. "Nice place."
"No kidding. I could make a pretty neat bachelor pad out of this place." Kenshin said as Issei held up a mirror.
"Oh...so you came Kiba-kun..." A women wearing business attire with long brown hair said. "I'm happy."
"Kiba you dog you..." Issei said nudging him in the side with his elbow with a grin.
"I've been busy Mika-San, sorry I couldn't appear more often." Kiba said with a smile, ignoring Issei. "Is work going well?"
"Yes, thanks to you." Mika said with a smile.
"I'm being shadowed by two associates, who are still new to their work. I'm hoping to impart some knowledge to them. Is it alright if they stayed?" Kiba asked.
"Of course, make yourselves at home." Mika said as she took off her blazer. "Could you do your regular service today?"
"Regular Service?" Issei said with genuine, perverted interest.
"Of course, Do you have the materials?" Kiba asked.
"On the table...if you don't mind I'll take a nap now." She said collapsing onto the couch she had been sitting on. Sleeping like a baby within seconds.
"She must be exhausted." Kenshin said.
"She sometimes gets overwhelmed by her work, and ends up like this." Kiba said. "So I cook for her. Asia-San could you please cover her up so she doesn't get cold?"
"Of course." Asia said.
"When I heard she was a mature woman, I figured she'd be needing something else." Issei said.
"Not everything is as perverted as you might think." Kenshin said from the mirror.
Kiba soon finished cooking and woke her up. She began eating and smiled at Kiba. "Amazing as always Kiba, thank you."
"Not at all." Kiba said.
Kenshin and Asia smiled at each other. "So that's what it's like some times." Asia said.
"Man, kinda makes me wish Yukari was here. She's a great cook." Kenshin said.
"Yukari?" Asia asked.
"My twin sister." Kenshin said.
"Ah." Asia said.
(break, again)
Next they accompanied Akeno who teleported them to an office in a skyscraper. "On time as always Akeno-kun." A man in a suit said staring out the window.
"My my President. What can I do for you today?" Akeno asked.
"It seems I'll have to have you take care of a few things again." He said.
"The usual? Of course..." Akeno said licking her index finger.
"A request from the president of a big company?" Asia said. "What could it be?"
"Could he be asking us to assassinate the president of a rival company?" Issei wondered.
"If it was that I'd have asked Akeno-San to trade with me and I'd be done with it before dinner." Kenshin snorted.
What happened next shocked Issei and Asia while making Kenshin chuckle as Akeno began giving him a foot massage. "Carrying stress in the feet there sir?" Kenshin asked. "Yeah that sucks."
"Still couldn't he pay someone to do it without damning himself?" Issei wondered.
"Well, only one way to find out." Kenshin said. "Hey Akeno-San, in a bit could I get a shoulder and neck rub? I ended up sleeping wrong on my bed and my neck has been killing me."
"Of course, I'll get to you after I'm done." Akeno said with a cheerful smile. "Now...how shameful of you Mr. President...I wonder how your employees would react if they heard you giving off such a shameful voice, wearing such an expression?"
"More! More! Aaaargghh!" He grunted loudly.
"They seem to be enjoying themselves." Asia said.
"The one time I didn't think pervy that ends up being exactly what it was." Issei said with an awkward grin.
(break)
They reappeared back at the Occult Research Clubroom where Rias was waiting. They gave their report on what they learned. "Yes, these are the lives we devils are living presently." She glanced over at the mirror. At the time Issei was on the front so Kenshin was in the mirror. He had a dreamy expression on his face, only looking like he was half paying attention. "What's up with him now?"
"Well, during Akeno-San's request. We wondered if the company president couldn't have just paid someone without summoning us, so Kenshin-San asked he could get a neck and shoulder rub from her." Asia explained.
Rias turned to Akeno. "All that from a neck and shoulder massage?"
"He carries a lot of stress in his neck and shoulders." Akeno replied with a smile.
"Push him to the front Issei." Rias said.
"Righto." Issei said as the two switched places. Rias walked up to him and snapped her fingers a few times next to his ear. He blinked and looked around.
"So what did you think Kenshin-kun?" Akeno asked.
"Oh, fuck I have not had one that good in years." Kenshin said rolling his neck around with a relaxed grin. "So what's up?" Kenshin asked turning his head to Rias.
"I have an important job of my own to take care of, and I believe you could benefit from watching a fellow king at work." Rias said.
"...I know how to go out and get things done, but if that's what you think is best, let's do it." Kenshin said. "Might as well bring everyone along."
"That was my intention." Rias said as they all vanished from the room via teleport.
They appeared in the hall of a museum. "Huh? Looks like an Egyptian exhibit." Kenshin said glancing around.
"Ah, Gremory-San." Rias and Kenshin turned to find a middle aged man wearing a lab coat and a suit walking up to them.
"Good day to you Professor, I'm here to fulfill your request." Rias said.
"Oh, I am much obliged. Oh? Who are your friends here?" He asked.
"Everyone this is Professor Nishiura." Rias said. "He's an expert researcher in ancient civilizations."
"So a historian basically." Kenshin said in a matter o' factly tone. He glanced over in his general direction. "That, what's that behind you?" He asked.
"It looks like an ancient sarcophagus." Kiba answered.
"It was excavated from archeological ruins, we believe it holds a rich amount of history." Nishiura said.
"And a corpse as well." Kenshin said. "Might wanna watch out old man, touch it and you're cursed!" He said with a grin.
"Aah! I-I just felt an unnatural chill just now!" Asia said holding her arms.
"It's definitely emanating an aura." Rias said. "What do you think Kenshin?"
"Oh yeah. It's definitely emanating something." Kenshin said. "Something ominous."
"Yes, anyone who has come in contact with this has succumbed to strange diseases." Nishiura said.
"And accidents and other whohaa?" Kenshin asked.
"Yes!" Nishiura said.
"My my, sounds like you have a serious problem on your hands." Akeno said.
"It's probably cursed like Kenshin jokingly suggested." Koneko said.
"Lemme take a look at it." Kenshin said walking toward it.
"Be careful sir!" Nishiura shouts.
"Relax, if curses could kill me, I'd be dead already." Kenshin said waving his hand dismissively at him. He looked at the two intertwining circles. "Hey Nishiura-ossan, what do these hieroglyphics say?"
"It says, whomsoever can wake me from my slumber, must be a beautiful woman of demonic origin with a healthy bosom." Nishiura said.
"I see." Kenshin said with narrowed eyes. "Rias, come here."
"I conclude that a beautiful demonic woman must be violated in order to awaken the one inside." Nishiura said.
"What is it?" Rias asked Kenshin as she walked up next to him.
"Press your chest right there." Kenshin said pointing at the circles.
"A-Are you trying to get me cursed?" Rias asked with narrowed eyes.
"No. It's just you definitely fit the bill of a beautiful demonic woman with a healthy chest." Kenshin said. "And Issei and I agree, these circles look like the outline for a pair of breasts."
"Yes, also the scientists who were cursed were all ugly middle aged men." Nishiura said.
"Well, alright." Rias said. "I was just surprised you were so quick to suggest it is all Kenshin."
"Understandable." Kenshin said.
Rias leaned over and pressed her chest against the circles. The sarcophagus glew with a blue light and opened up spewing purple gas. "Aaah fuck that is rank!" Kenshin said pinching his nose.
"No kidding!" Issei said.
When the gas cleared Kenshin and Rias looked inside as did the others. "Told ya, it's a corpse, mummified at that." Kenshin said.
"Careful Kenshin." Rias said.
"Huh?" Kenshin said glancing over at her. The mummy opened up it's right eye and stared at Kenshin.
"Grh!" Kenshin's body stiffened. "What...the hell? !"
"Who has awoken me from my slumber?" A voice said using Kenshin's body.
"Kenshin?" Rias said with a concerned look.
"What the fuck is going on? !" Kenshin thought. "I'm having to fight something for control of my own body? !"
"Huh? ! How the fuck does that happen? !" Issei shouts.
"I'm the one who awoke you, Hello there, Mr. Mummified man." Rias greeted with a calm smile.
'Kenshin' turned to her. "Well hello there yourself! I am Unas, a high priest." He introduced.
"Get your own body!" Kenshin shouts trying to wrest control from him.
"You have my gratitude for awakening me." Unas said.
"That's a dirty trick, slipping into my suitor's mind the second he wasn't paying attention to you. Release him immediately!" Rias commanded.
"I'm afraid I cannot adhere to your request." Unas said. "Can my soul rest peacefully if it goes back to that body?" He said pointed at his mummified corpse.
"Hey either way is fine with me you jackass, cause I'm cremating you when I eject you from my body!" Kenshin snapped.
"Yeah you depraved mummy asshole! We're at capacity in here!" Issei shouts.
"But isn't it kind of pathetic that a sorcerer got a curse slapped on him?" Akeno pointed out with a smile.
"Silence!" Unas said. "My objective as a sorcerer was merely to gain more power." Unas said.
"Worked out real well for ya." Kenshin sniped.
"I was trying to vanquish a high level devil from the house of Agares." Unas explained.
"..." Rias and everyone else baring Kenshin and Issei narrowed their eyes. "By Agares, you mean one of the royal devil clans capable of siring the next lord?" Akeno asked.
"Yes! I cursed her and banished her away, but it backfired and I was forced into a very long slumber." Unas said.
"Yeah, that's called Death you idiot." Kenshin said.
"So long as the curse remains I cannot return this body." Unas said with a smirk. "But I could grow used to this, this one has a lot of power."
"That I could totally have roast us to dust." Kenshin said with a glare.
"Alright, I'll remove your curse, after all you have a servant of mine and my potential husband there, I cannot allow you to take either of them." Rias said.
"Chief!" Issei said crying tears of joy.
"Aw, that's enough to bring a tear to my eye." Kenshin said with a small grin.
Unas stroked Kenshin's chin with a smirk. "I see, I see, you seem like a capable enough demon for the task. Fine, we're in your hands, Crimson Haired Devil Beauty."
"That's kinda long winded." Kenshin said.
"Yeah, if you're going for a complientive nickname, I would have said Crimson Babe!" Issei said.
"Whatever." Unas thought with a glare.
"There are three curses that plague me, that need a devil's power and beauty as catalysts." Unas said. He reached into his sarcophagus and pulled out a skimpy bellydancers outfit. "Wear this and dance before me!"
"W-What is that? !" Issei said with perverted glee.
"How is that thing still clean? !" Kenshin blanched.
Rias narrowed her eyes in disdain. "Fine, I just have to wear it and dance right?"
"E-Eh? !" Kenshin and Issei both exclaimed.
Half an hour later the lights went out and a spotlight was shone on Rias who started dancing around. "Wonderful!" Unas said.
"Oh...my...lord! !" Issei gushed watching her breasts shake around. He glanced at Kenshin who was muttering things under his breath while keeping his eyes locked on Rias. "What are you doing?"
"Trying not to pitch a tent out there." Kenshin said absentmindedly.
"...I guess even Kenshin has his moments." Issei said with a grin.
After she finished one of the three seals on the sarcophagus disappeared. "That crest, it is indeed the seal of the Agares Clan." Rias said.
"Indeed, one of the Agares curses has been lifted." Unas said.
"There's still two more?" Akeno asked.
"In order to lift the next one, we need a kiss from a female devil!" Unas declared.
"What kind of wackjob curse is this? !" Kenshin said.
"!" Koneko stepped back slightly as Unas turned to her.
"That petite beauty over there, you've been staring at me intently for awhile now." Unas said.
"Only because I'm trying to determine whether this is you being a garden variety pervert or if it's Issei-Senpai in control here." Koneko said with a disdainful look.
"On the contrary, I felt your passionate gaze, so I now appoint you as the one who will remove my second curse, now give me a kiss as passionate as you-!" Unas was cut off by Kenshin's fist uppercutting him. "What in the world? ! Does that not hurt? !" Unas shouts.
Kenshin uppercutted him again. "Not in the slightest!"
"K-Kenshin-San quit it!" Asia said rushing over to him, only to trip over a cable and kiss him on the cheek inadvertently.
"Lucky!" Issei said.
"Thanks Kenshin-Senpai, I was just about to do that myself." Koneko said.
"Ugh...not a problem." Kenshin muttered as the second seal vanished.
"Alright, good...just one more until my complete resurrection." Unas thought.
"Oh so I get to kill you then?" Kenshin asked.
"The last curse it the hardest one to unlock. To unlock it I need to dive my face into the healthy bosoms of a female devil!" Unas declared pointing at Akeno.
"Oh?" Akeno said with a curious look.
"Face into boobs! Alright!" Issei whooped with excitement.
"Yeah no." Kenshin said with a glare directed at the sarcophagus.
"Don't interfere you idiot, you'll be free soon if this happens." Unas said.
"What a load." Kenshin countered. "You said you want your soul to rest, but you're actually trying to resurrect yourself."
"What are you talking about?" Unas said with a glare.
"It's my body stupid." Kenshin said with disdain in his voice. "You can't hide anything from me. You know, I bet you were just some two bit magician up to no good with a perverted streak that would make Issei green with envy weren't you?"
"Damn, those breasts are over there." Unas cursed extending Kenshin's left hand toward Akeno.
"Ugh...you know what, because I don't necessarily want to commit suicide, I'll see to your resurrection and then I'm gonna kill you." Kenshin said walking toward Akeno. "Excuse me Akeno-San." He said before burying his face in her chest.
"Oh? Ara ara! So eager you are Kenshin-kun!" Akeno said with a cheerful tone.
A dark aura shot out of Kenshin's back as the final seal broke. It landed back in the sarcophagus. "!" Kenshin used Sylph to appear in front of Rias as the sarcophagus exploded. He looked down at Rias who was in his arms. "Are you alright?"
"Yes, just fine." Rias said. "Thank you."
"Of course." Kenshin said.
Kenshin got up as he saw a tan skinned man wearing bandages walking out from the rubble.
"Hahahaha, well I'm right here, come on and kill me!" Unas shouts.
"Gladly." Kenshin said calling for his naginata.
"If you could indulge me, why was a curse cast upon you?" Rias asked.
"? !" Unas shifted around uncomfortably. "Th-The woman I had summoned was the most beautiful creature I had seen. So I ended up telling her my wish...a marriage propo-I mean I asked her to become my slave!"
"Since it was an ancient class of devil, you needed to give her something of equal value for something like that." Rias said. "No wonder she subjected you to her wrath." She stated matter o' factly.
"Oh you bitch, I'll start by defe-!" Unas was blasted back by Kenshin punching him dead in the face.
"You gotta get by me first." Kenshin said with a glare. "Then if you manage that...they're waitin' for you." Kenshin said gesturing toward Koneko, Kiba, and Akeno. "And really...Rias herself is nothing to scoff at either."
"Yare yare...Nishiura-Sensei, this mummified character is dangerous. Would it be OK for us to destroy him." Rias asked glancing up at the man who stood on the second story of the building
"Well, it'd be a waste, but he's already destroyed a good chunk of the exhibit anyway." Nishiura said. "But do leave the sarcophagus intact."
"That's doable." Kenshin said.
"That brash overconfidence, it reminds me of that damn woman all over again!" Unas said as his bandaging came undone and wrapped around the limbs of Rias, Akeno, Asia and Koneko.
"This again?" Koneko muttered.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes. "You're wide open." He said.
"Don't move, one movement and I strangle these four till death!" Unas said as his bindings glew with a purple light as they started draining them of energy making them all cry out.
"Issei." Kenshin said holding up a mirror.
"Yes?" Issei said.
"It's time for that." Kenshin said. "I know you've been boosting ever since we were freed, it's been about half a minute.
"That huh? I guess it would work here." Issei said as he took over. "Boosted Gear!"
"Explosion!" The Gear said.
"What are you up to?" Unas said as Issei flew up to them.
He placed his hand on Rias, Akeno, Asia and went over to Koneko. "I'm sorry about this Koneko-Chan!"
"..." Koneko hardened her gaze as he laid her hand gently on her as well. Four red magic circles appearing on all four ladies.
"Dress Break!" Issei said snapping his fingers. The next moment the bindings as well as all of their clothes were torn to shreds.
"Undine!" Kenshin said taking control again. He shot toward Unas. "Serene Demon Sword!" Kenshin said cutting through Unas.
The next moment his body was obliterated by Rias and Akeno. Kenshin turned toward them. Koneko glared at him. "Don't worry Koneko-Chan, I'm blind right now." Kenshin said.
"Then how did you know I was glaring at you?" Koneko asked with narrowed eyes.
"Your mana's in a slight uproar." Kenshin answered.
(break)
"So lemme see if I got this right." Kenshin said. "It's all about maintaining the lifestyle as it is and going with the flow?"
"Yes, we devils can live for a long time." Rias said with a nod. "So we just end up taking things at our own pace."
"Chief, they want you to examine a sarcophagus from ancient China next." Akeno said walking into the room.
"We get to meet another pervy sorcerer? !" Issei said with excitement in his voice.
"Send it to someone else." Rias said with a weary sigh.
"And not me either." Kenshin said from the mirror.
"Y-You two are seriously going to give it to someone else? !" Issei said, aghast at how nonchalant they were being.
"After all that I think she's tired Issei." Kenshin said.
"Perverted as always." Koneko said.
"And to be honest I don't want to have yet another pervert trying to invade my body. One of you is enough." Kenshin said with a slight glare at the mirror.
"S-Sorry." Issei muttered.
"By the way, how did you come up with that technique." Rias asked. "I've been meaning to ask, but we've been busy."
"Oh. Well while we were out training for the Rating Game I had asked Kenshin what some good diversion tactics were. He said that back home mages used a spell to disarm them, and if they had no weapon the spell would destroy their clothes." Issei said.
"..." Koneko stared at Kenshin.
"What?" Kenshin said. "Yeah it's perverted, but it was actually a good diversionary tactic. They lose their clothes and you can lose them or get the drop on them...unless of course they're immodest or just don't care about people seeing them in the buff." "Besides the idiot actually got someone to volunteer for it's test runs." Kenshin said.
"K-Kenshin-San!" Asia whined.
"And come to think of it, didn't you complete it while using it on those two kendo club girls?" Kenshin asked.
"Hahaha! Oh yeah that's right." Issei said.
"Then you used it on Akeno-San to demonstrate...you tried to use it on Rias, but I knocked you out before you could." Kenshin said.
"I still think you're an asshole for that, but whatever." Issei said.
"Now when you say he got the idea from a spell from your world, what do you mean?" Akeno asked.
Kenshin turned to her. "Hmm...I guess I could still use it if it's with this left hand."
"Do you need me to take the magic out again." Akeno said.
"Nah, it's just it's not my hand anymore, it's not even a devil's hand. Let's see." Kenshin said extending his hand toward Akeno. "Exarmatio!"
The next moment, Akeno's Kuoh uniform tore to shreds. "Ara Ara?" She said looking down at herself.
"Uuuwaahahaa!" Issei gushed. "That's amazing Kenshin! You don't even have to lay a hand on her!"
"Yes, but I have other spells that do the same thing, or I used to. Hell my Lightning Sword Flash, if I want it to can use it's wind attribute to shred clothes if I just don't feel like fighting them...sad thing is the opponents I've used that function on didn't really care." Kenshin said. "That and if they have the right clothes it wouldn't work."
Akeno dressed herself in what Kenshin had dubbed her miko outfit. "Is there any other drawbacks?"
"Other than it's difficult to control, no. And seriously what I just did is nothing. My...friend Negi. Her magic was so powerful for the wind element that early on when she couldn't control it all that well she could sneeze and take off the outer layer of clothes unintentionally.
"Are she and you both perverts?" Koneko asked with a glare.
"No, neither of us are. I just use whatever edge I can get and she unintentionally does it. If I had to compare her to anyone here, it'd be Asia, except Negi isn't as adverse to fighting as Asia is." Kenshin said.
"OK..." Koneko said with a slight shrug.
(break)
Next evening.
Kenshin was sitting on the couch next to Koneko while Asia served them both tea. "Here you go." She said.
"Thanks." Kenshin said taking a sip. "Aaah...this is pretty good Asia."
Koneko took a sip of hers and set it down before nodding off.
Rias walked out with a towel wrapped around her, drying her hair. "Huh? Asia there was a cup of tea sitting here just before I got in the shower, where is it?"
"I gave it to Koneko-Chan." Asia said.
"Eh? ! B-But I cast a spell on that tea!" Rias blanched.
"You what?" Kenshin said looking over at her. "Why would you leave it sitting out?" He looked over at Koneko. "Well...nothing seems to be wrong with her."
"What kind of spell was it?" Asia asked.
"Well, I was hoping it'd fix Issei's lechery." Rias answered.
"Pfft...you're gonna need more than a spell to fix that...hell I don't even think a Buddhist Temple would be able to help him." Kenshin snorted.
"Well it was a spell to alter his personality." Rias said.
"...Yeah I'd have just had him spit it out." Kenshin said.
"Why?" Rias asked with narrowed eyes.
"It's my body, it'd probably end up affecting me!" Kenshin said with a comical glare.
"...True...I'm sorry." Rias apologized.
"It's fine." Kenshin said waving her off.
Koneko stirred. "Koneko-Chan, how are you feeling?"
"...?" Koneko turned to her, "Asia-Senpai...as always your breasts are beautiful, Meow."
"Annnnddd you beefed it anyway." Kenshin said to Rias.
What happened next was a surprise to everyone. "I only wish I were so 'gifted'!" Koneko said diving toward Asia and rubbing her face into her chest. "Aaahn, I've always wanted to try this Asia-Senpai, Meow!"
"...Keheheheheh..." Kenshin snickered to himself.
"Oh no! Koneko's serious way of thinking must have reversed the spell's effect!" Rias said.
"So in other words you unlocked her inner pervert." Kenshin said with a snide grin.
"Aaah! Not now Kenshin!" Rias complained.
"Asia-Senpai!" Koneko swooned, groping her breasts.
"S-Stop that Koneko!" Rias ordered.
"Heh? Chief why don't you join in on the fun, Meow!" Koneko said turning her attention to her and leaping at her like a cat.
"Aaah? !" Rias gasped as her towel was ripped off.
"K-Koneko stop it!" Asia protested walking up toward her only to have her Kuoh uniform torn off by the petite girl who went back to groping Rias.
"Hey Chief, how come you smell so good meow?" Koneko asked.
"Not even Issei would go this far." Asia whined.
"I-I must have mistakenly made the spell too powerful!" She turned to Kenshin. "Don't just sit there, help us!" She ordered. "With her strength I can't stop her."
"Oh alright." Kenshin said activating Gnome and walking up to them. "Koneko-Chan you gotta cut it out, OK?"
"Meow? Hey you have ears like a cat!" Koneko said leaping at him.
"Eh? !" Kenshin said she quickly took his back and started massaging his ears. "Aaah? !" He felt to his knees.
"Meow Meow! It feels really good doesn't it meow? !" Koneko gushed.
"Oh...my...lord..." Kenshin muttered as he fell flat on his face with an expression of bliss on his face. "This feeeellllsss soooo gooooddddd...!" He drawled out. "I...can't...fight...back...aaaaahhhhh..." He sighed.
"Oh no, if we let this nymphomaniac version of Koneko out she's cause no end of trouble!" Rias said.
"Get her off of me before I end up the same...gghh!" Kenshin grunted.
"K-Koneko-Chan...l-let's calm down and have fun together..." Asia advised.
Koneko turned to her losing focus on Kenshin and rose up and got undressed. "K-Koneko, what are you doing?" Rias asked.
"Let's all take a shower together Meow!" Koneko proposed.
"...sure I'm game." Kenshin said waving his hand.
"W-Well we have to keep her here." Rias said.
Later they were all in the shower together. "It's...kinda cramped in here." Kenshin murmured.
"Tr-Try to endure it." Rias said.
"K-Koneko-Chan?" Asia said only to have her rub her face into her chest again. "Aaahhnn!"
"T-Try to endure it Asia." Rias said only to have Koneko turn her attention to her. "Mmmnnnaahh!"
"..." Kenshin stared.
"Here Kenshin-Senpai, you should enjoy yourself too!" Koneko said grabbing his head, rubbing his ears before pushing his face into Rias' bust.
"!" Kenshin's eyes rolled into the back of his head as Koneko kept rubbing his ears.
The spell finally wore off and Kenshin, Rias, Asia and Koneko sat on the couch fully dressed. "I-I did all that?" Koneko said.
"It wasn't your fault." Kenshin sniped glancing at Rias and Asia.
"E-Everyone makes mistakes." Rias said with an embarrassed blush.
"Seriously, what did I miss?" Issei asked.
"Nothing." Kenshin thought.
(break)
"Soo...what the hell's going on?" Kenshin asked as Sona and Tsubaki kneaded dough in front of Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Koneko, Asia and himself.
"We had a side bet on that dodgeball game. The loser had to make the winner Udon." Rias said.
"I...see?" Kenshin said.
"Making it from scratch though, my my, how dedicated." Akeno said.
Sona stopped for a moment. "How are things on your end Tsubaki?" She asked.
"My lower back..seems a bit...out of it." Tsubaki answered.
"I guess it can't be helped, we'll give you a hand." Rias said.
"Don't, we do not accept pity." Sona protested.
"Don't misunderstand us." Rias said. "We just want to eat really delicious Udon, right Koneko?"
"Making Udon is an artform." Koneko said.
"Why is it such a big deal?" Issei wondered from the mirror.
Another table was set up and Rias, Koneko and Akeno were on top of it, knead the dough by stepping on it while Asia kneaded it with her hands. "Is it OK for us to be doing it like this.
"It's a way of doing it from old times." Akeno answered.
"If you don't stomp on it like this, the gluten proteins won't line up properly." Rias said.
"Elasticity and viscosity working together in harmony, if you do not do it like this it won't line up properly and you will never create genuine udon." Koneko said.
"Really...?" Kenshin said. "...well I guess I never really saw how Yukari or Mom prepared the food so I wouldn't know...maybe they did it like this, maybe they did it like Sona-San and Tsubaki-San over there."
"Alright, the dough has been given enough time to rest, now it's time to cut!" Sona declared as she and Tsubaki began cutting at a blistering pace.
"Jeez, be careful not to cut yourselves." Kenshin said.
"They are really going fast." Kiba said.
After they were done Sona put the dashi stock on to boil and cast a spell over it. "This is where the Sitiri clan's techniques come in handy."
"Casting a spell on the stock?" Kenshin asked.
"Wow..." Asia said before losing her balance and tipping over the bowl of egg yolks Koneko had sitting out.
"Huh?" Sona and Kenshin said looking over at her. The former letting her concentration slip for a moment.
"I-I'm sorry..." Asia said.
"It's OK. Akeno could you clean her up?" Rias asked.
"Of course." Akeno said walking up to her.
After Asia was cleaned up the udon was ready and Rias and the other got ready to eat. "Well, we'll enjoy without restraint."
"O-Of course..." Sona said glancing away.
"Kaichou...you look a little pale..." Tsubaki whispered.
"Oh...it's just...I might have lost control of my spell." Sona said.
"What the hell? !" Kenshin said as the udon began wriggling around on it's own.
The next moment it wrapped around Rias, Akeno, Asia and Koneko. Kenshin narrowed his eyes. "Kiba, is it just me or am I beginning to sense a theme here."
"This has been happening a lot." Kiba said with a sweatdrop.
"Well, might as well go for an even half dozen." Kenshin said throwing his and Kiba's bowls perfectly onto the table where Sona and Tsubaki were sitting.
"E-Eh? !" Sona said as the noodles wrapped around her and Tsubaki and suspended them in air. "What was that for? !"
"What're you talkin' about?" Kenshin asked. "This is your punishment for taking a short cut."
(break)
"...Do you mind telling me what you're doing in here Asia?" Kenshin asked turning around to find Asia crouched down behind his chair dressed in an odd getup.
"We-Well...I'm trying to become a bad girl." Asia answered.
"...A bad girl?" Kenshin asked. "Ok I'll bite, why?"
"Well I have to live as a proper devil so I came to that conclusion." Asia answered. "To be evil and callous."
"...where did you get that idea?" Kenshin asked with narrowed eyes.
"From this magazine." Asia said holding up a magazine with a person wearing the same outfit as her.
"You're doing it wrong." Kenshin thought.
"Kenshin-San?" Asia asked.
"Just because you're a devil now doesn't mean you have to do things differently." Kenshin said
"Bu-But you've been peeking at girl's changing, and looking up skirts while taking the stairs." Asia retorted.
"That second one was all Issei, the first was so Matsuda and Motohama would leave me alone." Kenshin said with narrowed eyes.
"And you've been bringing dirty magazines to school, aren't you trying your best to be evil everyday?" Asia asked.
"..." Kenshin facepalmed. "Alright, what do you think being evil is?"
"Ummm...well I could drink the milk delivered to the neighbor." Asia said.
"They still do that?" Kenshin asked.
"Or I could switch the shoes in students shoeboxes." Asia suggested. "Or I could ignore it when someone drops their eraser in class.
"Pfft..." Kenshin snickered. "Your idea of evil is adorable."
"Oh lord please forgive m- aahhnn!" Asia rubbed her head in pain.
"Keep trying..." Kenshin said as she left.
Kenshin later was reading his book again when he saw Asia laying next to him in a sexy pose wearing a pink strapped dress that exposed some cleavage and ended at mid thigh. "...What're you doing?"
She smiled at him and pulled down her dress slightly. Kenshin narrowed his eyes in response. "That's not working."
"Bu-But won't my charms make you putty in my hand?" Asia asked.
"I'm not some weak willed dumbass who thinks with his dick." Kenshin said. Asia pushed him down in response and mounted him. She unfastened her dress.
"Female devils use their feminine wiles to seduce men." Asia said leaning over and kissing his neck.
Kenshin flicked her on the forehead and got up. "Listen, it's OK for you to be yourself. Not every devil is the same. Besides we all accept you as one of us."
"Th-Thank you Kenshin-San! I was wrong!" Asia said throwing herself on him again.
"Hey hey, it's alright..." Kenshin said embracing her. "Just be yourself OK?"
"Alright, I will!" Asia said.
Later, Kenshin was sweeping up the Occult Research club room for Rias. "Man, she takes things way too literally sometimes, but it's kinda cute."
Rias glanced up at him. "Kenshin, where did you get that lipstick mark on your neck?"
"Huh?" Kenshin said. "Did I seriously not clean that off after Asia jumped me?"
"Asia?" Rias asked.
"Well...Asia was trying to be more...evil..and devil like and I think she took it too literally." Kenshin said.
"Oh." Rias smiled. "I see, for a second there I thought you had been doing something lewd."
"And not involve you in it? Ah Rias it like you don't trust me at all." Kenshin teased with a grin.
"Hmhmhm, I trust you just fine." Rias said. "Well if that's all it was, go ahead and take a shower, you haven't had one since yesterday."
"Can do." Kenshin said.
(break)
Kenshin awoke the next day with Rias next to him, in the nude as usual. "Not that I'm not enjoying this Rias, but should I buy you a dakimakura or something?"
"I'd still be coming in here." Rias said. "Nothing replaces your body heat."
"I see." Kenshin said with a shrug.
Rias cupped his cheek. "So, what do we do, it's still early...we could stay like this...or we could do something a lot more perverted if you want."
"... Y'know...I may be more behaved than Issei, but if you say things like that Rias...I'm not going to be able to hold myself back." Kenshin said.
"So you're saying you might ravage me?" Rias said with a demure smile. "That's fine...if it's something that'll make you happy I have no problems doing whatever you want."
"Uh huh...are you being honest when you say that, or are you just saying it to alleviate any guilt if and when it does happen." Kenshin said.
"Of course I'm being honest." Rias said. "Don't worry, I trust you."
"...well then, if you put it like that...then I guess I shouldn't complain." Kenshin said leaning into her.
"As well you should not." Rias said doing the same.
(knock knock!)
"!" Kenshin and Rias split apart and looked at the door. "Hm?" Rias said.
"Kenshin-San, it's almost time for morning training, are you still asleep?" Asia asked from the other side.
"No!" Kenshin called out. "I just woke up. Please wait for me."
"Whew...it seems like when Rias moved in with us, Asia and her have been acting like rivals." Kenshin thought
"Yeah, Asia's been in a bad mood for awhile it seems." Issei said.
"No kidding." Kenshin thought.
"Asia, Kenshin and I are both getting ready in here, so please wait a little bit." Rias said.
"Wha? !" Kenshin said.
The door swung open and Asia saw the two together. Rias smiled. "Good morning Asia."
"I will undress too! I won't be left out!" Asia pouted stripping off her clothes.
"Well...looks like this day will start off in an odd, yet satisfying way again." Kenshin thought.
"Yeah..." Issei said with a grin.
Later that day Akeno, Kiba and Koneko arrived at his house. "Sorry for intruding." Koneko said.
"Not that I mind, but what are you doing here?" Kenshin asked.
"Didn't I tell you? Kuoh is cleaning the old school building where we have club activities so I decided to hold them here." Rias said. Kenshin nodded and everyone split up.
"And this is a picture of our son in elementary school." Issei's mother said from the other room.
"Ara ara...nude at sea How cute." Akeno said with a giggle.
"What the? ! Mom!" Issei shouts.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin thought.
"Oh wow, Kenshin really was a cute child." Rias said with a faint blush.
"Huh?" Kenshin said seeing Rias with his album necklace. "EH? ! H-How did you get that!"
"Wow he really was cute, both him and Issei-San." Asia said.
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes. "Did I just forget to put it on?" He thought.
"Who knows, but you know what they say, misery loves company." Issei said.
"No kidding." Kenshin thought.
Kenshin and Issei's nude and frank past." Koneko said with a small smile.
Kenshin turned around as Kiba poked him on the shoulder. "Hm?"
"Can I speak to Issei-kun?" Kiba whispered.
"?" Issei looked at him curiously. "What's up?"
"This picture." Kiba said.
"Oh, that? It's a boy I used to play heroes with back when I was really young, he had to leave due to his parents work before first grade." Issei said.
"Issei, that person in the picture with you is a girl." Kenshin said.
"What? No it isn't." Issei said.
"I'm tellin' ya man, it's a girl." Kenshin said.
"I'm telling you it's not, I have an eye for these things." Issei argued.
"Enough you two, I want to ask Issei-kun about this." Kiba said pointing at the sword on display.
"What about it?" Issei asked. "I don't recall it if that's what you're asking, I was just a kid back then."
"I see...these kinds of things happen...especially in places you'd never expect..." Kiba said furrowing his brow. "This is a holy sword."
"A holy sword?" Kenshin asked. "What? You mean there's another Tsurugi no Kami out there? Cause that's not it."
"Tsurugi no Kami?" Kiba asked. "Sword of God?"
"The Demon King I was fighting before I got here was using it against me. It's a holy sword that killed my regeneration. If I didn't fight him before hand...I might have been able to save your life Issei." Kenshin said. "It's the main reason I was beat up when Rias found me. I used up all my power fighting Ryuujin that I couldn't put up a decent fight against that bastard Forbesii."
"A demon using a holy sword?" Kiba asked perturbed by prospect. "He should have been getting burned from it."
"He was what was known as a homunculus, a artificial demon. In short he doesn't have a soul to burn, and I beheaded him once and he just picked up his head and put it back on like it wasn't even shit." Kenshin explained.
"Kenshin...the guys you tangle with are seriously scary." Issei said with a nervous expression.
"Tell me about it." Kenshin said with a sigh. "The worst part is, Forbesii seems to have an axe to grind with me personally, the only thing is I can't imagine what it would be about, I've never done anything to the guy."
"That's strange." Kiba said.
"Indeed." Kenshin said.
(break)
Later.
"So...why are we doing something as mundane as practicing for a ball tournament?" Kenshin asked Rias.
"Because we were entered into the tournament and I'm not going to allow Sona to one up me in anything." Rias said with a fire in her eyes.
"OK. I coulda sworn you already beat her in dodgeball but OK." Kenshin shrugged. "Yo Kiba! Incoming!" He said as he hit a ball up in the air.
"Huh?" Kiba said as it bonked him on the head.
"Kiba! Get a hold of yourself!" Issei said as Kenshin held up a mirror.
"Yuuto, are you OK? You seemed pretty out of it for awhile." Rias asked.
"I'm fine Chief...just let me rest for awhile." Kiba said walking off.
Kenshin narrowed his eyes and followed him. "Kiba."
"What is it?" Kiba asked.
"Look, I'm not going to ask about the whole holy sword thing, but a word of advice...put it behind you for now." Kenshin said.
"You think I haven't tried that?" Kiba asked with a slight glare.
"It doesn't look like you're trying very hard. All I'm saying is if your mind is wandering during something like an order of suppression then you're going to put everyone in danger." Kenshin said.
"...Alright." Kiba said closing his eyes.
Kenshin nodded and walked away. He glanced over at Rias who was reading a book. "Hm?" Kenshin said.
"Hey Kenshin-kun, did you know that lately Chief Rias has been reading a love manual." Akeno asked.
"A...love manual?" Kenshin asked.
"Ufufu, no need to worry...it's pretty obvious as to who she's reading it for." Akeno said walking away.
"Alright, let's try this again!" Rias called out.
(break)
A few days later.
"What do you two idiots want?" Kenshin asked looking up from his book.
"Club activities again?" Matsuda asked.
"Getting ready for the ball tournament." Kenshin answered.
"Are all of your club members ghosts or something?" Motohama asked. "They're all really sporty."
"That doesn't make them ghosts." Kenshin said.
"Kenshin, there is a strange rumor going around about you, so be careful." Motohama said adjusting his glasses.
"?" Kenshin glanced over at him having heard people whispering about him lately. "What would that be?"
"It goes like this." Motohama cleared his throat. "The wild beast, playing around with pretty girls. He knows some dirty secrets about Rias-Senpai and Himejima-Senpai and is forcing them to do perverted things, abusing them like that he has orgy after orgy.
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes into a scowl. "Go on..."
"The beast had finally set his filthy fangs on the school mascot, Toujo Koneko-Chan. He had such intense sexual desire, that intercourse with him would have broken her underdeveloped body. He ignored her cries for him to stop." Matsuda said. "Then finally, his lust for sex had reached the angel who had just transferred to our school. The beast Kuroshi Kenshin's hunger for sex can not be sated."
"...OK..." Kenshin said with a barely calmed voice. "Who has been spreading this rumor?"
"Well it was us." Motohama said.
"Yeah yeah, we were also spreading a rumor about you and Yuuto Kiba being gay together." Matsuda said.
"Guys..." Kenshin said with a crazed smirk.
"Wh-What?" They asked, sweating profusely.
"Run..." He said.
They took off with Kenshin hot on their heels down the halls of Kuoh. "Don't kill us! !" The two whined.
"YOU RUN FUCKING GOOD FOR A PAIR OF PERVERTS! !" Kenshin roared.
Asia looked out as she saw the three run by the classroom she was in. "Kenshin-San?"
"Get back here so I can break my foot off in both of your asses!" Kenshin shouts running by Rias' and Akeno's classroom.
"How would that even work? !" Motohama cried out.
"Oh I'll find a way!" Kenshin spat.
"Hm?" Rias said looking out.
"Ara Ara...Kenshin-kun's having fun with his friends again." Akeno said.
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Kenshin shouts as he chases them down past Koneko's classroom.
"...Those two must have admitted to perpetuating that rumor right to Kenshin-Senpai's face...how stupid of them." Koneko muttered.
(break)
Later that night
After an order of suppression. Kiba was being scolded by Rias. "What exactly is the matter with you? You almost got Asia and Issei killed with how distracted you are!"
"I'm sorry..." Kiba said.
"So you just couldn't put it behind you could you?" Kenshin said crossing his arms.
"..." Kiba stared at Kenshin.
"Put what behind him?" Rias and everyone else asked.
"He's been in a funk ever since he saw a holy sword in one of Issei's old photos." Kenshin said.
"Is this true Kiba?" Rias asked.
"..." Kiba only nodded in response.
"...I see." Rias said with a sigh.
"This is what I was getting at when I told you to put it behind you for the time being, there's a time and a place fo-"
"Oh shut up." Kiba snapped at Kenshin.
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes at him, but said nothing.
"I see a part of the thing that ruined my childhood and I'm to just remain calm? !" Kiba shouts.
"When it's just a picture of it, yes." Kenshin said. "You want to ruin your future by being indirectly responsible for someone's death?"
"Rrgh, Fuck you!" Kiba said decking Kenshin in the jaw. "What the hell would you know about any of it? !"
Kenshin responded by decking Kiba in the center of the face. He glared down at him. "I really hope I broke your goddamn nose just now pretty boy. If you're going to punch someone stronger than you, you better make sure you knock them out."
"Both of you stop it!" Rias ordered as Kiba went to punch Kenshin again.
"Gladly." Kenshin said crossing his arms.
"Fine. But I'm taking time off from club activities Chief." Kiba said storming off.
"Fine. Take it." Rias said after him, she turned to Kenshin who raised his hand.
"Say whatever you want Rias, but I'm not going to stand around and let someone tell me I don't know anything about having my childhood ruined." Kenshin said. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going for a walk."
"A...Alright...but be careful it's starting to rain." Rias advised.
"Thanks." Kenshin said.
He decided to tail Kiba "There's no way I had forgotten my revenge against the holy sword Excalibur...my current comrades, my life and my name...I received it all from my master, Rias Gremory." Kiba said. "Wishing for anything more is too much...I just need to avenge my fallen comrades and I'll be satisfied."
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes as he heard all of this. "Excalibur? The sword of King Arthur?" Issei asked.
"What's the deal here?" Kenshin thought. "Huh? !" He thought as he saw Kiba pull out his sword and slash at someone and throw them off.
"Yahoo!" He said.
Kiba narrowed his eyes. "Freed Zellsan...so you were still hiding out in this town I see."
"Freed? !" Issei thought. "That shitty priest was still here? !"
"I've known that since he flew the coop on Raynare, but I couldn't engage him, because I detected his presence during the day in densely populated areas." Kenshin thought. "My question is what the fuck is up with that sword? It's not straight and it's like it has thorns."
"Th-That's? !" Kiba said with wide eyes.
"Heheheh...let's see which is stronger between my piece of the Excalibur and your demonic sword." Freed said with a crazed smirk. "I'll repay you for earlier by killing your sorry ass."
"A piece of the Excalibur? ! Kenshin we gotta get down there!" Issei shouts.
"No. I want to see how this plays out." Kenshin thought.
"What? ! Are you crazy Kenshin? !" Issei berated.
"It's his ambition to destroy those swords, if it gets too dicey, then I'll jump in." Kenshin thought taking out two of his cards.
"Krrgh...!" Kiba growled as he locked blades with Freed.
"Heheheheh, your pretty fucking face is getting all mussed up." Freed cackled. "Just like it was made to be the prey of the mighty Excalibur!"
"Shut your mouth!" Kiba said throwing him off. "Holy Eraser!"
Strands of darkness extended forward and wrapped around Freed's Excalibur only for the holy blade to glow and cast them away. "That's not gonna work, sorry!" Freed shouts.
"Just had to make sure it was the real deal." Kiba said. "Now I won't hesitate snapping you and that sword clean in half! !" He shot toward Freed slashing against his Excalibur over and over again, while Freed put up his defense. Having enough Freed exploited an opening and slashed Kiba across the arm.
"Grhh!" Kiba grunted as blood squirted out of the wound.
"And now to finish you!" Freed said lunging forward to lop Kiba's head off.
"!" Kiba's eyes widened as someone kicked Freed in the face sending him flying backward and smacking into the wet pavement.
"Grrhh! Goddamn, cheap son of a bitch!" Freed said glaring at Kenshin who stood between him and Kiba.
"Hey, don't say bad things about my mother, she was a nice lady." Kenshin retorted with a smirk.
"Gh! Stay out of this! This has nothing to do with you!" Kiba yelled.
"You just wanna destroy the sword correct?" Kenshin asked. "Well let me do away with it's wielder and you can go nuts."
"..fine..." Kiba snarled.
"Aah?" Freed said as a seal flared to life next to his head.
"Thunder Thrust!" Kenshin said stabbing at Freed's head with his naginata.
However Freed backflipped and retreated. "Sorry, but someone's calling me, I'll haveta kill ya later!"
"Oh no you don't!" Kiba shouts only for Kenshin to bar his path. "Move!"
"The only thing waiting for you fighting him as you are now is death." Kenshin said. "Do you have a deathwish? If so then I'll let you go."
"Kenshin!" Issei said making Kenshin's hand hold up a mirror.
"What? If there is one thing I can admire Issei, it's someone deciding fate for themselves." Kenshin said.
"..." Kiba closed his eyes and cast his sword away. "I do not wish to die."
"Then you will not pursue him at this time." Kenshin said taking out a smoke and lighting it up. "Your rage blinds you Yuuto. If Freed were a better swordsman...or if you had been fighting me...you'd have died just now."
"...Why did you help me? After what I said." Kiba said staring at him with guilt ridden eyes.
"Just because you pissed me off doesn't mean you stop being important to Rias." Kenshin said exhaling smoke into his face. "If you died...I'm positive she would be sad."
"But you just said if I had a deathwish you'd let me go." Kiba said with a critical look.
"I said I'd let you go...I never said I'd let you go alone." Kenshin said crossing his arms.
"Then!" Kiba said.
"Forget it, he's already gone into hiding and we'll both catch our deaths out here trying to find him." Kenshin said, mentally asking Gnome to knock out Issei. "That said, I do sympathize with your desire for payback Yuuto."
"How much did you hear?" Kiba said with narrowed eyes.
"Enough." Kenshin said. "You want revenge against the holy swords, and since before I came here I've wanted to kill a certain someone."
"...?" Kiba stared at him. "And who would that be?"
Kenshin glanced over at him exhaling more smoke. "The man who ruined my childhood...and my future in my old home. He calls himself the LifeMaker. His name is Hottan."
"How was your childhood ruined?" Kiba asked.
"How was yours?" Kenshin asked.
"...Well...before I became a devil. I was an orphaned child that was found by the church and made to undergo testing to see if I could wield one of the Excaliburs...there were more like me...they were my friends...this went on for a few years until they decided we were no longer of use to them...and tried to dispose of us. Everyone died, but me...and I was about to die when Chief Rias found me and made me an offer I couldn't refuse..live or die, but even then...I've always wanted to destroy those damned blades." Kiba explained
"..." Kenshin went silent.
"What about you? What did this Hottan do to you?" Kiba asked.
"Well, on the night I was born, he kidnapped my mother and my twin sister...when I was six he nearly killed my father and myself and dropped me into metropolis of humans as a demon...I don't think I need to explain what happened there. Well four years later I escaped...fought him in my mother's body freeing her, but was left in a pool of my own blood for my troubles...that and the bastard was the grand architect behind my clan's extermination." Kenshin said with a scowl. "When she asked me, I told Sona I didn't have an ambition, and it's true, I really don't...if he were to be killed by someone else and I found out about it in the future, that'd be just fine with me."
"..." Kiba said nothing.
"So you see...I know what you're goin' through...maybe not exactly, but enough..." Kenshin said dropping his smoke on the ground and walking past him.
"Just one more question...has Issei-kun heard..."
Kenshin cut him off. "No, I had Gnome knock him out before we started pouring our guts out."
"OK, good..." Kiba said.
"Now, I know that a lust for vengeance can make you do some crazy things, so I'll leave with a warning." Kenshin said turning to him. "If you go rouge because of this...I won't wait for an order of suppression, I'll run you down myself."
"...You do not have to worry about that..." Kiba said. "..I owe Chief Rias too much to turn my back on her."
Kenshin nodded. "Then my threat just now will be very idle."
The two went their separate ways. Kenshin arrived home and walked upstairs. His room was empty so he peeled off his clothes and dried off. He thought about dragging out his sleepwear, but shrugged to himself muttering that it wasn't worth the effort and climbed into bed. A few minutes later the door opened and closed and clothes were discarded and the blanket was lifted up. Someone climbed over him and laid their back against his chest. "...Oh? Trying it out for yourself hm?" He heard Rias ask.
"I couldn't be bothered to pull out my sleepwear." Kenshin said. "I'm tired."
"I see..." Rias said. "...How was Yuuto?"
"You knew I tailed him?" Kenshin asked.
"I merely sensed your magical signatures next to one another along with another's." Rias said. "What happened?"
"Kiba had a run in with Freed Zellsan, he's OK I chased him off." Kenshin said.
"I see...that's a relief...I also felt a strong holy presence as well." Rias said.
"...He had an Excalibur." Kenshin said.
"...I see...thank you for helping Yuuto, Kenshin." Rias said. "It means a lot."
"He's important to you, that's all the reason I needed. And besides that he is a friend." Kenshin said wrapping an arm around her waist.
Rias closed her eyes and smiled. "Good night Kenshin."
"Good night Rias." Kenshin said as he drifted off to sleep.
(chapter end)
Draconis: I'm gonna have to switch over to the light novels pretty soon and read up on the rest of the series.
Kenshin: Why?
Draconis: They're the most up to date medium
Issei: I see.
Rias: Well he has a good point. If he's going to be following the plot he needs to brush up on everything.
Draconis: Thank you Rias. Anyway I'll see you all later.
Draconis678 out