Kenshin: Yo Draconis! Hey!
Rias: I don't see him, he's been gone all day.
Asia: I wonder where he is?
Issei: I think I saw him in his office.
Rias, Asia, & Kenshin: (approach door labeled Drac's Office)
Draconis: No, you listen here bitch! Your time in this story is over!
?: You don't know that yet!
Draconis: You got fucking frozen! For eternity!
?: Go fuck yourself!
Draconis: Keep talkin' like that and I'll fuck you with one of those giant light lances you're sooooo proud of! Now get the fuck out of my office!
Rias, Asia & Kenshin: (back away from the door as Kokabiel storms out)
Issei: What was that about?
Draconis: Ugh, Kokabiel has been up my ass trying to get back in so he can make Vali and Kenshin his bitches, but dude does not know how to negotiate. Kenshin, smoke me. (holds hand out)
Kenshin: (tosses him a smoke) Here ya go.
Draconis: (lights it up and takes a drag) Aaaahhh...I don't do these often, but they are amazing for kicking back and relaxing.
Kenshin: I know right?
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 13
The Dragons Clash.
Draconis: Begin!
(Start)
While Rias, Issei and Kenshin were saving Gasper and Koneko.
Azazel and Katerea Leviathan were flying amongst all the chaos. Azazel smirked. "A descendant of the Leviathan and a beast of the apocalypse. You're a good opponent." He said as a dark golden aura surrounded him. "Come on then, show me how Armageddon looks will you?"
"Come on then, you puny general of the Fallen Angels!" Katerea shouts as they launch magic at each other the sheer force killing several mages around them. Katerea backed away, invoking several magic circles and sending dark magic serpents at Azazel who dodged out of the way.
"Come on, you're gonna have to do better than that." Azazel said with his arms crossed before raising one of his hands to block and divert one of them away from him. "!" He looked up and saw three magic circles above him, already discharging serpents at him. He raised his hand above his head and put up a barrier, blocking the attack.
Down below Sirzechs and everyone else watched from behind a barrier of their own. "Krh, we're vastly outnumbered, if this becomes a battle of attrition we're screwed." Sirzechs said. He turned his head. "How is that scan coming along Grayfia?"
"Still not done Sirzechs-Sama." Grayfia said.
"We have to buy time somehow, but Michael, you and I, the three of us can't leave this barrier or the people that are still frozen will die." Serafall said.
"Let us go out there." Kiba said.
Sirzechs turned his head toward Kiba, Irina and Xenovia. "You three?"
"Naturally, I'm here to guard Michael-Sama in the first place." Irina said holding her holy sword in hand.
"I hope Azazel makes it, but he can't handle this alone and fight Katerea Leviathan at the same time." Michael said. "And until those three make it back here or the time stop effect stops we can't afford to drop this barrier.
"It's nothing to worry about Michael-Sama, let us handle this." Xenovia said.
"We know they'll succeed." Kiba said.
"Alright, we'll open the barrier for a couple of seconds, go then." Sirzechs said.
Irina, Kiba and Xenovia nod and take off as soon as it opened flying toward the mages.
Meanwhile Azazel dodged out of the way of a great burst of dark magic. "I want some answers." Azazel said as he blocked a backhand strike from Katerea. "This aura you have...it isn't something that a descendant of one of the original Satans could pull off...so tell me, who's backin' ya?"
"I have no need to answer you, as you will die here and now!" Katerea declared firing off another great burst of magic at point blank.
Azazel emerged from the dust unscathed and flew back. "Here ya go!" He shouts firing off dozens of light spears at her, making her raise a barrier to defend.
Meanwhile, one of the mages bore down on Kiba only to be knocked back by a red sphere. "?" Kiba turned to see Issei, Rias, Koneko and Gasper. "Issei-kun, Chief Rias!"
The four ran toward the barrier as it opened up. "Good to see you back, but where's Kenshin?" Sirzechs asked.
Before they could answer an explosion of lightning went off in the forest. "? !" Rias turned toward it. "Kenshin doesn't know any lightning attacks to my knowledge." She said.
"Chief, I know you're worried, but right now we have to believe that Kenshin will be OK." Issei said as they left the barrier again.
"Alright, Onii-Sama, please look after Gasper." Rias said as Gasper stayed behind.
Issei and Koneko rushed into the fray as Rias put up a barrier to block shots from the mages, but was knocked back due to the sheer force of the onslaught.
"Chief!" Issei said jumping upward to kill one of the mages with Ascalon.
"This is...this is my fault..." Gasper said falling to his knees. "I caused this...Issei-Senpai, Chief Rias!"
"? !" The two turned toward him.
"I...I want to be as strong as you and Kenshin-Senpai...and I want to live up to your expectations, chief Rias...so...so I'm...I'm going to fight too!" Gasper shouts ripping off the armband.
"You maybe a crossdresser, but you're still a male." He recalled Kenshin saying to him. "Tough it out."
"I am a man!" Gasper shouts as his Sacred Gear went active once more.
"Onii-Sama, stop him!" Rias shouts, fearing the worst.
"? !" Akeno, Asia, Sona, Tsubaki and Yukari all looked around. "What the?" Yukari said.
"Sona-Chan you're back!" Serafall exclaimed embracing her sister.
"O-Onee-Sama? !" Sona shouts.
"Ara ara, what's happened here?" Akeno wondered.
"It's strange..." Asia said looking around.
"Where's Kenshin?" Yukari asked.
"Did...Gasper regain control of his powers and magic?" Rias wondered.
"It looks that way." Issei said.
"The enemy's gate has been disabled as well." Grayfia said.
"Well, that's one less thing to worry about then." Serafall said.
"Hahaha! You did it Gasper!" Issei shouts.
Gasper fell over, exhausted as Asia caught him. "What's going on?"
"No time to explain. We need to take out all these mages!" Rias said.
"Hai Chief." Akeno said changing into her miko outfit.
Issei ducked as Yukari stabbed at him, it turned out there was a mage charging in behind him. "Whew...th-thanks."
"You sound like that pervert." Yukari said.
"I am that pervert." Issei said with narrowed eyes. "Now c'mere!" He said diving at her.
Only to get haymakered in the face. "Nice try, you don't impress, now where is Kenshin?"
"He stayed behind to fight some girl named Tsukuyomi." Issei said.
"? !" Yukari batted away another mage. "Quick, did this girl have long blonde hair, wear glasses and a pink and white dress, wielding two swords about the length of my Ryuuga?" She said holding out the shorter of her two swords. "And act like a horny psychopath?"
"Well...I wasn't around enough to see how she acted, but some dude named Hottan possessed her momentarily and spoke with him." Issei said. "He got really pissed at that guy."
Yukari was already contacting Kenshin halfway through Issei's sentence. "What is it Yukari? I'm kinda busy right now." Kenshin said.
"Are you fighting Tsukuyomi right now? !" Yukari asked as Kenshin blocked a stab from the bespectacled swordswoman.
"I am." Kenshin said.
"Pay attention to me Kenshin-han!" Tsukuyomi whined.
"I am you crazy bitch!" Kenshin shouts.
"Alright, keep her busy I'm on my-" Yukari was cut off.
"No!" Kenshin shouts. "Just stay there!"
"What? Why? !" Yukari shouts as she had to now evade the attacks of mages as she and Issei killed them.
"It's...Mom and Miyuki." Kenshin said. "She has them."
"? !" Yukari cut off a Hellfire Flash. "That's more rea-!"
"Let me finish!" Kenshin shouts. "She said she'll kill them both if I accept any help! Tell Sirzechs not to send anyone after me!" "Right now they're both completely defenseless!"
"...Krrgh! Alright, just make sure you save them!" Yukari shouts as she cuts off the call, a light red aura exploding out of her.
"Y-Yukari-San? !" Issei said stepping back.
"Issei, just leave these ones over here to me. I have to vent my frustrations." Yukari said. "Tell Sirzechs not to send anyone to help Kenshin, at his request."
"E-EH? ! Why the hell not? !" Issei shouts.
"Just do it!" Yukari shouts as her aura got stronger.
"Aaah ok!" Issei shouts taking off.
Meanwhile, with Azazel he reached into his shirt and pulled out a small ornamental dagger like object. "What the hell is that?" Katerea said.
"My hobby, more interesting than any war." Azazel said holding it above him, pointing down. "This is Downfall Dragon Spear...an artificial Sacred Gear that I made myself." He said as it glew."Balance...Break!"
"? !" Katerea shielded her eyes as Azazel's form glew and was clad in a golden suit of armor with purple jewels. "This is the Armor of the Fallen Dragon. Downfall Dragon Another Armor." He said as his wings vanished and he held a two pronged light spear.
"Damn you!" Katerea shouts charging after him. Azazel sliced her down the middle as they went by each other. "Kgh...A new world is coming, if I can kill one of the leaders of the three factions I'll gladly give up my own life!" She shouts as she extended her hands far past normal limits and wrapped them around Azazel's left arm.
"Self destruction eh? Well that's no fun...an arm is an easy price to pay." Azazel said as he stabbed his arm, and sliced it clean off before throwing his spear through Katerea's head, killing her. "An arm is about all you're worth." He said as he unequipped his armor and caught the orb. "Still some room for improvement." He said kissing the orb. "Stick with me for a little longer Dragon King Fafnir."
He looked out as Rias and the others cleaning up shop with the rest of the mages when he was knocked to the ground by a white figure. He crashed near Issei.
"What the hell? !" Issei looked up to see Vali.
"I must be getting old." Azazel said before looking up. "Vali...what the fuck?"
"Forgive me Azazel, this side just seemed more interesting." Vali said.
"So Kenshin was right, you are a rat!" Issei shouts.
"Hahahahaha, such a suspicious one he is!" Vali laughed.
"Answer me something Vali." Azazel said jumping into the air and flying up to him.
"Hm?" Vali said.
"My lieutenant governor Shemhaza noticed that the three factions were having rebels banding together, the Khaos Brigade was it?" Azazel said. "And their leader is the Ouroboros Dragon, Ophis."
"Ophis? !" Rias said in shock.
"Who?" Issei asked.
"The Dragon God of Infinity." Rias explained. "I had often wondered if Ophis was the same Dragon God that Kenshin claims to have beaten, but that should be impossible, even for someone like him! Ophis was the Greatest Dragon of all, feared by even God!"
"The Dragon God we beat never told us their name, just going by Ryuujin." Yukari said landing next to her. "But the both of us could do a lot more back then, but I doubt it was a dragon from this world."
"Indeed, I am working with Ophis, but neither of us want to control the world." Vali said. "Those idiots just pursued us because of our power."
"I see, and here I thought you were getting all buddy buddy with Katerea." Azazel said. "Because neither of you could become a Satan."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Rias asked.
"My name is Vali Lucifer. I am the descendant of the previous Satan." Vali said.
"What? !" Sirzechs said.
"Lucifer? !" Issei shouts.
"It can't be!" Rias said with ewide eyes.
"I was sired through my father and a human woman. I am a half devil." Vali said.
"No wonder we never heard of you." Serafall said.
"Even though he shares blood with a Satan, his human half allowed him to host the Vanishing Dragon." Azazel said. "It's hard to believe you even exist."
"Perhaps I epitomize the word 'miracle'." Vali said as he uncased several Devil wings.
"Oh man...without a doubt this man is going to be the most powerful host of the Vanishing Dragon." Azazel said as the wings vanished.
"The most powerful ..." Issei said.
"Hyoudou Issei...fate is a cruel thing is it not?" Vali said. "With the power of a Satan and a Dragon, I am the mightiest being of all. Not even your better half could stand against me." He said referring to Kenshin. "Meanwhile you're just a mere human, until you were reincarnated you were just a normal high schooler. That is to say...without your Boosted Gear...you are nothing. How pitiful..how laughably pitiful. Our abilities are world apart, yet we are fated enemies. Without the Dragon of the Elements and the family of the Gremory Heiress, you would have died long ago. Even if you were to challenge the Dragon of the Elements or myself...we would both destroy you."
"What of it? !" Issei shouts.
"How about this then? I'll kill everyone here, except you, even your parents will perish...and you can devote yourself to revenge for the rest of your life." Vali said.
"? !" Issei's eyes widened.
"If a man like me were to kill everyone you ever cared about...you ought to be willing to face your fate." Vali said. "It would even be an excellent way to incite the wrath of the other Dragon as well."
"...I'm gonna kill this asshole...what do my parents...and everyone else have to do with your goddamned plans? !" Issei shouts as the armband glew brightly.
"Welsh Dragon! OverBooster!"
Issei emerged from the light that erupted in his Balance Breaker. "You aren't going to kill anyone you son of a bitch!" Issei shouts.
"? !" Kenshin felt the familiar burst of power as he batted Tsukuyomi away. He unequipped his Sylph card and set it in his naginata throwing it at Tsukuyomi. It spiraled around her until she was obscured in wind. "Kaze Keimusho!" Kenshin intoned.
He put his hand to his head. "Yo, Issei was that you? !" Kenshin said.
"Yeah! Did you hear what that asshole just said? !" Issei shouts.
"Yeah, I heard him." Kenshin said with narrowed eyes. "But you have one thing on your side."
"What?" Issei said as he stabbed at Vali with Ascalon.
"The element of surprise, no one has seen you really fight except for me! Now kick his ass and if not I should have this insane swordswoman wrapped up soon." Kenshin shouts.
"No offense, but I want to kick his ass myself!" Issei shouts.
"Heh! That's what I like to hear!" Kenshin smirked. "Good luck Issei!"
"You too!" Issei said.
Kenshin caught his blade as it was knocked back to him. "Hm?"
Tsukuyomi emerged from the dust wielding not her kodachi, but a long black blade. "...The forbidden black blade of the Shinmeiryuu, Hina...I had heard it was stolen." Kenshin said.
"Ufufufufu, yes...this is what got me expelled after all." Tsukuyomi said before going into another giggling fit. "You should have seen the look on Setsuna-han's face when I ran her through with it...It...was...GREAT! !"
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes into a scowl. "I may be longer than I thought Issei, I hope you can handle that bastard in the mean time."
"You talk as if I'll let you out of here alive Kenshin-han, but I will see you to heaven myself...ufufufufufu!" She giggled licking the Hina blade.
Kenshin appeared in front of her. "I am no human nor demon..." Kenshin said as he drove his knee into her stomach. He swung his naginata at her, only to be blocked by the Hina blade. "You will not enjoy this..." He said stabbing Kuroi Jigoku at her face, making her spin to her left to evade. Kenshin appeared in front of her again and uppercutted her into the sky. "But I will!"
"Heh! Just what I wanted!" Tsukuyomi shouts drawing the sword back. "Shinmeiryuu Hiken! Raimeiken!"
"Tch! You already used that move against me!" Kenshin said spinning his naginata in front of him, collecting the lightning around it and flinging it away from him.
"Maybe I did, or maybe it was to distract you." Tsukuyomi said appearing to his left. "Shinmeiryuu Hiken! Zanganken!"
"Hrn!" Kenshin grunted as he raised Kuroi Jigoku to defend.
"You're good on the uptake Kenshin-han." Tsukuyomi commented.
"I don't wish to hear compliments from someone who willingly whored themselves out to Hottan!" Kenshin said kicking Tsukuyomi to the ground, creating a small crater.
Tsukuyomi sprung back up as Kenshin dove toward her. "Shinmeiryuu Hiken! Zankusen!"
"Earth Rumbling Decapitation!" Kenshin roared as he slashed Kuroi Jigoku against the Hina blade.
"Grh!" Tsukuyomi grunted as the ground cratered further.
"Gh..." Kenshin grunted as the violent wind cut into his skin.
They threw each other off. Tsukuyomi landed first and rushed Kenshin. "Shinmeiryuu Ougi: Zanmaken!"
"? !" Kenshin raised his sword to defend.
Tsukuyomi smirked. "Ni no Tachi!"
"! !" Kenshin jumped back as his left arm went limp, bleeding heavily. "..fuck..." Kenshin cursed.
"Ufufufu, now I know how to strike you." Tsukuyomi said with a lewd smile. "You're all mine now...Kenshin-han..."
"Damn it...Ni no Tachi attacks hurt worse now that I'm a Devil..." Kenshin thought. "What the hell am I supposed to do?" He thought.
(break)
With Issei.
"You're too weak! Far too weak!" Vali shouts kicking Issei in the stomach sending him rocketing downward.
"Kulh? !" Issei spat out blood as he hit the ground.
"Divide."
Issei picked himself back up. "My...power...I forgot...this asshole absorbs power from whomever he touches."
"Issei!" Rias shouts.
"I'm fine, Chief! Don't worry about me!" Issei said.
"Don't lose, Issei-Senpai." Gasper said.
"Right...everyone's watching...and this is my moment!" Issei shouts raising his hand.
"Boost!"
"Hmm?" Vali said as his wings glew.
"What the?" Issei said.
"He's discharging the power he can't contain through his wings." Ddraig said.
"Hmmm..." Issei said.
"I'm not sure if the elements would continue to adhere to me if I gain the same prowess as Ragnarok, who didn't have the spirits around to help regulate them." Issei remembered Kenshin saying.
"Don't most things overload when they take in way too much power?" Issei thought.
"Remember what I said Hyoudou, I'd kill everyone here except you, that means them too!" Vali said charging after Asia.
"Oh no you fuckin' don't!" Issei shouts tackling him away from Asia. He went after Rias only for the same thing to happen. "I'm not letting you kill anyone, you asshole!"
"...of all the things he had to pick up from you, did it have to be your overzealous protection..." Yukari said with a sigh.
"Come on then! Revile and hate me, fill yourself with power to entertain me to my heart's content!"
"Ddraig transfer the power we just boosted to Ascalon!" Issei thought.
"Transfer!"
Issei then punched his fist directly against Vali's armor. "Grh? !" Vali grunted.
"Transfer!"
Vali's wings glew with a green light. "Here ya go you asshole, I'll enhance your powers of absorption and emission and pump an excessive load of magic into your wings so they'll have to give in!"
"Grh? !"
"Vali, we're going into overdrive, it's best we back off and regain our footing." Albion said.
"Here you go, taste the power of the Dragon Slayer!" Issei shouts as he punched Vali with the fist that contained Ascalon, shattering Vali's armor apart.
"Interesting..you blew my Sacred Gear to pieces." Vali said as they both landed. "Not bad at all...maybe I was wrong about you...you truly are my rival." He said as he reequipped the armor.
"What? !" Issei said.
"You're kidding!" Rias said.
"The battle doesn't end until the host can no longer move." Ddraig said.
"You and the Dragon of the Elements have about five to ten more minutes left apart, before he will be forced to step in whether he's finished over there or not." Vali said. "It'd be more, but with you throwing power around like that, the time lessens."
"Krgh!" Issei growls.
The sphere on the Boosted Gear blinks. "What is it Ddraig?"
"That armlet's power is almost used up. I give it about three to five more minutes." Ddraig said.
"So my weakness is holding us back again? !" Issei thought.
"It's not only that, I can sense the Dragon of the Elements himself is in grave danger. His body might be calling us back as well." Ddraig said.
"Kenshin is...in danger?" Issei thought.
"Regardless, we can't let time decide this. If you two reunite before your fights are finished, then you both are finished." Ddraig said. "Your only option is to run! Both of you!"
"We can't do that! Kenshin's fighting for the sake of his family and I can't leave everyone behind!" Issei thought before glancing down seeing a cracked orb of Divine Dividing at his feet. "Huh...hey Ddraig...you said the Sacred Gear evolves in response to it's master's will right?" He thought as he picked the orb up.
"Innnnteresting! Are you willing to die for it? ! You could cost the Dragon of the Elements his own life as well!" Ddraig said.
"You know, I think Kenshin could understand something like this!" Issei thought with a smirk under his armor. "We can't die, we haven't taken Chief's virginity yet!"
"Ahahahahahahaha! You both are fearless! Very well let's do it!" Ddraig said. "I am the manifestation of the Emperor of Red Dragon! Let's make it through this alive!" He shouts as Issei raised his hand.
"What are you up to?" Vali said.
"Vanishing Dragon Vali! I'll be taking your power!" Issei shouts as he crushed the orb in his hands. "Grrh...! Grraaahhhhh! ! !" He roared.
"Issei!" Rias shouts in worry.
"You're trying to take my power?" Vali asked.
"Why not? ! Kiba was able to combine the holy and demonic powers into one blade!" Issei shouts.
"How foolish, we are polar opposites." Albion said. "This is only going to kill you."
"Albion, if there's anything I've learned from this host and the Dragon of the Elements is that if a fool is foolish enough, they will achieve the impossible!" Ddraig said
"Call us fools if you like. One of us had to work himself to exhaustion time and time again, doing what people told him he couldn't to get his power and the other had no power at all, so we might as well be the biggest fools of all!" Issei shouts through the pain.
"Hmph." Yukari listened to this with a smile. "How many times did you hear that? Listening to our father tell you to try something else, instead of pursuing those ofuda charms you made that you were so proud of...or when you finally escaped Megalo, or when our master belittled your progress time and time again, no matter how big or small, and most of all, our homeworld saying you could never have peace, yet here you are. Now come on Kenshin, finish off that bitch and get back here!"
(break)
With Kenshin.
"Now come on Kenshin, Finish that bitch off and get back here!"
"!" Kenshin glanced back hearing Yukari's voice "What's that I'm sensing...it feels like Issei's trying to take in Vali's power." He thought. He closed his eyes and smiled holding his wounded arm. He had received more wounds in the meantime. He couldn't stand on his right leg nor use his left arm.
"Ufufufufu, finally consigning yourself to fate?" Tsukuyomi said.
Kenshin opened his eyes. "No, I just realized...I don't have anymore time to fuck with you." He said hacking off his left arm and right leg. "Hrrrrnnn! !" He grunted loudly as two new limbs shot out of his stumps.
"Oh?" Tsukuyomi said.
"Salamander. I'm going to equip you." Kenshin thought.
"Wait, take one of the others off first!" Salamander said as Kenshin reached for her card.
"I can't, I need my max power for this." Kenshin thought. "You may be the four spirits, but you are Sacred Gears now, so do as Sacred Gears do and evolve to satisfy my needs!" "Card Equip! Salamander!"
"Oh?" Tsukuyomi said. "That's too much power for your body, you'll destroy yourself."
"Heh!" Kenshin smirked. "Sorry, but if that pervert over there is willing to put his body on the line for their sake...then I should be able to do the same, eh? !" He said through the burning pain coursing through his body.
"Come on Kenshin! If you're serious about this, then just a little more!" Salamander shouts.
"We're here for you so..." Undine said.
"Just give it all ya got Kenshin-Chan!" Sylph yelled.
"Right! I'm in your hands once more...all four of you!" Kenshin thought as he was obscured in light.
When it died down Kenshin stood, with the four elements whipping around him. Wind, water, flames and dust to represent earth. "Just so you know, this is not Elemental Overdrive, you've just successfully unlocked your fourth and final slot of power." Undine said.
"I know." Kenshin thought.
"You don't have the right mindset that puts you against the flows of the world yet." Salamander said.
"But now that you can use all of us again Kenshin-Chan, what will you do?" Sylph asked.
Kenshin spun his naginata, wind collected around it, then earth, water and fire. As they did he said. "How about we settle this Tsukuyomi? If you can make it past this attack...I'll have nothing left to throw at you, and you will have won. So come at me with your strongest attack!"
"Ufufu! Very well Kenshin-han, after this you'll be all mine!" Tsukuyomi shouts with glee as she charges after him. "Shinmeiryuu Kessen Ougi! Shin Raikoken!"
Kenshin smirked. "Got you." He thought as the threw his naginata at Tsukuyomi. "Elemental Cataclysm!" He shouts.
The two attacks met, lightning dueling against the elements. "Hahahahaha! You really think you have a chance here, as wounded as you are? !" Tsukuyomi shouts.
"Heh! You idiot! I goaded you into this!" Kenshin shouts. "I may not be very good at most things, but sword fighting and using the elements are my specialties!"
"Well that's nice, but as you are now, when this hits you, you're dead!" Tsukuyomi shouts.
"Don't you know this is the same attack that defeated the Dragon God? !" Kenshin shouts.
"What? !" Tsukuyomi shouts in shock.
"Yes! Now feel it's fury!" Kenshin shouts as his attack overpowered the lightning attack. Tsukuyomi raised the Hina blade to defend only for it to break in half.
Kenshin turned as it exploded hearing Tsukuyomi's screams of pain die down as she was vaporized. Hottan's image stood before him. "Hottan..." He growled.
"Well done...you have grown in power since we last met, although that was when you were ten." Hottan said. "However, don't think this is the end...now I know where you are...when the time is right more of my men will come after you."
"Bring them on...I'll destroy you and your lackeys." Kenshin said with a scowl.
"Hahahahahaha, if there's one thing I liked about you, it's that right there...that willpower of yours." Hottan laughed. "Now, as I promised...you may have these two back." He said as the crystals shattered. "Until next time, Kenshin..." He said as he disappeared.
"...Uhhnn?" The two looked up to see Kenshin. "? !" They gasped with wide eyes.
"I-Is that really you O-Onii-Chan? !"
"It is..." Kenshin said with a smile. "It's good to see you're well, Miyuki, Hikari."
"?" Hikari looked at him curiously. "Ken-Chan...I'm your mother, you don't call me by name."
"!" Kenshin turned around. "Fuck! I'm not in the past anymore! That was dumb!" He thought.
"Aaahh...my mistake." Kenshin waved his hand.
"So what have you been up to Onii-Chan?" Miyuki curiously asked.
"Uh..." Kenshin felt a pull before he could answer. "Damn, I'll explain later! I gotta go!"
Hikari and Miyuki glanced at each other confusedly before going after him. "Hang on Kenshin you're hurt let us heal you!" Hikari said.
"Heal me on the way!" Kenshin shouts. "There's no time to lose!"
Kenshin got back to the main grounds of Kuoh. "...Does Issei have Divine Dividing now?" Kenshin wondered. He looked up to see Vali taking to the sky.
"Now I'll show you my true power!" Vali said.
"Half Dimension!"
Everything in the area began to shrink. "What the hell? !" Issei shouts.
"He's bending space, this is dangerous." Michael said.
"He's mad." Rias said looking around.
"Dragon hosts or dragons themselves are always mad. Yo Kenshin, how long are you gonna hide over there!" Azazel said.
Kenshin appeared next to Rias with Hikari and Miyuki in tow. "So...anyone wanna fill me in on what the fuck's going on?"
"Well long story short, Vali's lost his damn mind." Yukari said. "By the way...It's good to see you again, Miyuki, Mom."
"Likewise, Onee-Chan." Miyuki said. Hikari nodded.
"Focus." Kenshin said.
"Well let's poke around one what the other one's so mad about." Azazel said.
"Oh god...ow!" Kenshin said rubbing his head.
"Hey, Red Dragon Emperor. You know that technique of his halves everything around him right?" Azazel said as Issei turned to him.
"Yeah, oh hey Kenshin!" Issei said. "Good to see you made it out alright. Hello to you too Kenshin's little sister and mother."
"Yo." Kenshin said as he, Miyuki and Hikari waved. "I see you're not done yet. I can feel our bodies trying to rejoin again."
"I know, but I'll try to finish this." Issei said. "Now what are you getting at Azazel? It halves things?"
Azazel turned over to Rias, Yukari, Hikari, then to Akeno and Xenovia. "Which means it's going halve the bust of every woman here, and just to get a visual, here." Azazel said casting a spell to shred the aforementioned five's tops.
"Uuuuuwwwaahhhhh? ! Kenshin, I had no idea your mother was so 'gifted!' Issei gushed. "I guess that's what three kids can get you!" He said making Hikari glare at him while covering her chest.
"NOT NOW YOU IDIOT!" Kenshin roared before turning to punch Azazel. "And you back off my mother, my fiancee and my friends!"
"Hahahahahaha, sorry, but I had to give him a visual." Azazel laughed.
"Their boobs...will be halved? All of them?" Issei thought looking at them, then to everyone else. "You bastard! !"
"..." Kenshin watched in morbid fascination as Issei's aura exploded. "...His perversion gives him power...uggghhh..."
"Boost!"
"You're gonna halve everyone's boob sizes in half? !" Issei shouts.
"What?" Vali asked, confused.
"Boost!"
"You aren't getting away from me...alive!" Issei said as his gear kept boosting.
"Do you realize what kind of Pandora's Box you've just opened? !" Kenshin shouts.
"Ahahahahahahaha!" Azazel said before leaning over to Kenshin. "I can help you achieve your own Balance Breaker."
"...I'll shut up." Kenshin said.
"If you do anything to any of them, I'll kill you Vali! So badly you'll never be reborn again!" Issei shouts.
"..." Kenshin and everyone else watched as Issei started beating the hell out of Vali while ranting that he would protect the busts of everyone from Rias, Akeno and Hikari all the way down to Koneko and Miyuki. "...Un...fucking...believable..." Kenshin muttered.
"How interesting...I think you deserve to see the Juggernaut Drive." Vali said with a smirk.
"? !" Issei's armor shattered apart and his body rocketed toward Kenshin. "Dammit! Sorry Kenshin!"
"Don't worry about it!" Kenshin shouts extending his hand as he rushed forward.
"Oh no you don't!" Vali shouts charging after them. He swiped his armored hand at Issei only for him to disappear. Kenshin knocked the hand back with Kuroi Jigoku. "!"
"Sorry, times up. If you want to keep fighting, it'll be against me." Kenshin said.
"Hmmm...interesting indeed." Vali said. "If I had killed him, it could have meant your freedom from his perversion...you may have even been able to claim the Boosted Gear as your own, as he did with my Divine Dividing."
Kenshin pulled out a smoke and lit it. "Everyone don't interfere, I'll deal with him myself."
"Hahahahaha, you alone? You can't even access your Balance Breaker and you think you can take me on?" Vali said with a smirk.
"I don't need a Balance Breaker to beat you." Kenshin said smirking back at him. "But...I am in quite the foul mood right now, so you better watch yourself Vanishing Dragon."
"There is a limit to how confident you can be, Dragon of the Elements, before it turns to arrogance." Albion said.
"That may be Albion, but I'm all you've got and the best you'll ever do, so let's just get started, Hakuryuu-Chan." Kenshin said with a wider smirk.
"..." Vali narrowed his eyes into a scowl. "Very well then, you will pay for your insolence!"
"Card Equip: All." Kenshin intoned as he vanished.
"..." Vali turned to find Kenshin standing behind him. "So you're now able to call on all four elements."
"That I am." Kenshin said as he held his naginata in the other hand, it began spinning on it's own, before gathering flames around it. "Crimson Hurricane!"
"Hrn!" Vali batted the naginata away only to find Kenshin on the other end of it. "!"
"Senkoudanken!" Kenshin shouts punching Vali right in the face sending him sliding painfully across the ground.
"Whoa! Nice work!" Issei said.
"It's not done yet. It'll take more than that to knock him out." Kenshin thought.
"You may be upending him right now, but a dragged out battle will only be detrimental to you. Try to end this quickly." Ddraig said.
"I know." Kenshin thought.
"Krgh..." Vali got back to his feet.
"You remember what I said about not letting me see your ability? I've pretty much broken it down. You can't divide from someone until you successfully attack them or touch their body. So all I have to do is not get hit." Kenshin said as he called his naginata to him.
"A bold statement, let's see if you can back it up!" Vali said as a blue magic circle appeared in front of Kenshin and knocked him back.
Kenshin planted his feet on the ground and stopped himself. He raised his blades to block Vali's charge and shoved him back. He raised his blades once more to block a series of punches and swipes. Losing his patience Vali yelled planting his hand downward. Kenshin jumped back to evade. "Grhh, I'm going to kill you, you bastard!"
"Hmmm?" Kenshin arched his brow. "A bold statement to be sure...let's see if you can do it!" Kenshin said flying right at him.
"Grrrrhh Damn you! Die!" Vali said leaping over him and slamming downward. Vali picked himself back up and smirked. "There we...? !" He turned finding Kenshin behind him.
Kenshin tapped Kuroi Jigoku against his shoulder. "What are you doing, Hakuryuu-Chan?" Kenshin asked with a mocking grin.
"Grraah!" Vali flew at him going into a flurry of strikes that Kenshin either dodged or blocked. Finally Kenshin lowered his blades and punched Vali in the stomach driving the wind out of him and sending him flying away.
"...Wow..." Serafall said. "He's totally making the White Dragon Emperor his bitch."
"Hahahahaha, he knows how to work his opponent over, both physically and mentally. If it was fight of straight up power, Vali would win for sure." Azazel laughed.
"Vali, calm down!" Albion shouts. "Being beaten down by the Red Dragon Emperor has thrown you off your game and the Dragon of the Elements knows that!" He said.
"..." Vali picked himself back up. "I see your game, Elemental Dragon Emperor."
"Do you now? So you're ready to stop ragin' around like a child who didn't get what he wanted?" Kenshin asked.
"Nn!" Vali scowled for a moment before taking a breath and allowing a small smirk to stretch across his face. "Hmhmhm, I have to admit, mocking me and getting me angry was a good gambit for someone weaker than me."
"Weaker than you eh?" Kenshin said. "Let's see about that shall we?" Vali responded by disappearing.
"Vanishing Dragon indeed." Kenshin said as he glanced around. He turned and found Vali behind him He jumped back swiping his naginata at Vali only to have it knocked away. "!"
"Heh." Vali punched right at his face.
Kenshin moved his head out of the way and grabbed his arm kicking him in the side sending him away. He slashed Kuroi Jigoku at the White Dragon Emperor. "Katensho!"
Vali watched as the attack screamed toward him before raising his hand.
"Divide."
"? !" Kenshin watched as his Katensho got smaller.
"Divide."
"That counts?" Kenshin said as it petered out to nothing.
"Indeed." Vali said as he appeared behind him.
"Divide."
"Krgh!" Kenshin jumped forward as Vali's magic circle appeared in front of him(Vali). "Hah...hah...hah...What...the hell?"
"Painful isn't it? This is Divine Dividing taking effect on you." Vali said. "If you even so much as come into contact with me physically, that in itself is enough so long as it's not you attacking me successfully."
"Heh...nice move forcing me into a corner like that." Kenshin said. "But, why the hell are your wings glowing?"
"Kenshin, Vali discharges the power he can't hold through his wings!" Issei said. "I took advantage of it by transferring boosted power into him!"
"But I can't do that and you can't overshadow me for the next twenty four hours." Kenshin thought.
"I know, but...aaahh dammit you're right!" Issei said.
Vali charged forward, grabbing Kenshin by the face and throwing him through a tree. Kenshin got back up only to get kneed in the stomach and batted upward and grabbed by the leg and thrown back in front of everyone else.
"Kenshin!" Rias shouts trying to move forward only to be stopped by Sirzechs. "Onii-Sama, let me go!"
"I won't do that, you'll just be getting in his way." Sirzechs said.
"Dammit, I want to help him, but that can easily be me in Kenshin's position." Yukari scowled.
"Krgh...my power still hasn't come back yet." Miyuki cursed.
"Mine hasn't either." Hikari muttered in frustration.
"Kenshin, unequip me." Salamander said.
"Huh? Won't that make me damn near pass out?" Kenshin asked.
"No, not now that you've achieve usage of all of us at once." Salamander said. "Remember what I do for you?"
"...Restore my energy...that's it!" Kenshin thought.
"Card Cancel: Salamander." Kenshin invoked. "Card Equip: Salamander!"
"Hm?" Vali said. "You seem invigorated."
"Come on and find out for yourself." Kenshin said sheathing Kuroi Jigoku gesturing his hand toward himself.
"He's going to fight unarmed?" Serafall said with a curious expression. "Did he not hear him just a bit ago?"
Kenshin rushed Vali and punched Vali in the chest and kicked at his head. Vali caught his leg and slammed Kenshin into the ground.
"Divide."
"Krgh!" Kenshin sprung to his feet, wrapping his legs around Vali's head and slamming him to the ground. Vali batted him away with his wing.
"Divide."
Kenshin caught himself and leaned back avoiding a punch right to the head from Vali and drove both open palms into Vali's chest driving him upward. Two small red circles appeared on Vali's chest. "What? !"
"Heh!" Kenshin snapped his fingers as Vali was engulfed in a firey explosion. "Card Cancel: Salamander! Card Equip: Salamander!"
Vali emerged from the explosion with scuffed armor. "You're a hardy one." Kenshin said with a smirk.
"Heh, I could say the same about you." Vali said smirking back at him. "You keep unequipping and reequipping, why is that?"
"Wouldn't you like to know? !" Kenshin said as he rushed toward Vali again. Vali batted him over his head. Kenshin landed on his feet and charged him, throwing himself into Vali's back, but not before suffering a division.
"You seem to get more invigorated every time you do it!" Vali said turning around and grabbing hold of Kenshin's arms forcing him into a deadlock.
"Why don't you think of it as my Boost!" Kenshin shouts pulling his head back and driving it forward.
"Guh!" Vali grunted letting him go only to uppercut him and extend his hand at Kenshin.
"Divide."
Kenshin landed on his feet and drove his knee toward Vali's chest only to have it blocked and pushed down. Kenshin used the momentum to spin and drop his heel on Vali's head.
Kenshin jumped back and panted. Vali got to his feet as his wings glew brightly. "? !" Vali looked back at them. "What? !"
"Heh, looks like you've bitten off more than you can chew there Hakuryuu-Chan." Kenshin said with a weary smirk.
"Oh...dammmmmiiittt! !" Vali roared as his wings exploded obscuring him in a bright light.
"Whew..." Kenshin said. "That was close...I'm not sure how many more unequips and reequips my body could handle." He said to himself
"This...isn't...over..." Vali said walking out from the explosion, sans his wings, but still clad in most of his armor.
"Hahahahaha, you're a reeaaalllly hardy bastard." Kenshin said with another weary smirk.
"How...the hell...do you have so much power? !" Vali shouts.
"Heh." Kenshin pushed himself up. "I've been using Salamander to keep my energy and youki up."
"How? ! All of your power should be divided!" Vali shouts.
"Do you know what the full name of my Sacred Gear is?" Kenshin asked. Vali said nothing in response. "They are called the Four Elements of Creation and Destruction."
"What does that have to do with it?" Vali scowled.
"Everything." Kenshin said. "The Four Elements create life and they can destroy it. All life depends on the four elements around them to survive. Wind to breathe, Earth to live and prosper on, Water to drink, to keep their bodies running and Fire for heat and light. That's just a basic explanation though." Kenshin said. "My Sacred Gear merely gives me the power to control those elements as they run through my body. Wind to speed up, Earth to strengthen my body, Water to heighten my perception and serenity, and Fire to raise my fighting spirit which gives me energy, youki and stamina."
"..." Vali narrowed his eyes at him.
"To assume you can divide the power of the Four Elements coursing though me would be to assume you could divide all life itself, and you simply cannot, your wings just exploded from taking in too much of my own energy. You know it, I know it and most importantly Albion knows it." Kenshin said.
"Is this true?" Vali thought.
"It is, I cannot divide the Four Elements themselves, just the wielder's base power." Albion said. "It's what made the previous Dragon of the Elements so hard to fight."
"We could do this all day and night and you would not be any closer to beating me...not that it wouldn't be fun." Kenshin bluffed with a smirk. "Now. Let's finish this shall we?"
Kenshin assumed a stance with his hand on Kuroi Jigoku's hilt as Vali stepped toward him. "You...now you are most certainly worthy of seeing the Juggernaut Drive."
"Don't get carried away Vali, he's been roughing you up pretty good. I don't think you can handle it in your current condition." Albion said.
Kenshin lined Kuroi Jigoku with the Gnome's and Undine's power holding it in an iai position. "Serene Demon's..." He said as Vali went into a chant. "Rumbling Decapitation!" Kenshin said as he appeared in front of Vali slashing Kuroi Jigoku at his neck.
"!" Vail diverted it at the last moment as Kenshin shot past him.
Kenshin straightened his stance as sheathed his sword as cracks appeared on Vali's armor. "It's done." Kenshin said as the armor shattered.
"? !" Everyone's eyes widened. Kenshin turned toward Vali who turned toward him scowling. "Do you want to honestly keep going?" Kenshin asked. "If you do, slap that armor back on so I can break it back off of you."
Before he could the barrier around them shattered and a figure crashed between them. "..." Kenshin narrowed as he saw a man with tan skin, black hair, wearing a gold circlet with red armor with black shoulderguards and baggy pants.
"Bikou, what is it?" Vali asked. "I'm in the middle of something."
"They want you back cause we're gonna go fight the Aesir up north." Bikou said tapping his long quarterstaff against his shoulder.
"I see, it's time for that already is it?" Vali asked.
"Well, look who got lucky." Kenshin said with a snide grin. "Even though I'm totally referring to myself." He thought.
"Krh..." Vali scowled.
"Eh, this victory's kinda tainted because I picked up where Issei left off, so if you wanna rumble again I'll be waiting." Kenshin said. "Who're you?" He asked Bikou.
"He's a descendant of the Victorious Fighting Buddha." Azazel said walking up next to Kenshin.
"I thought Buddha was non violent." Kenshin said.
"Basically he's Son Goku from Journey to the West." Azazel said.
"Aaaaaww..." Kenshin moaned in disappointment.
"To think you're a part of the Khaos Brigade..." Azazel said.
"Hahahaha, I do whatever I want whenever I want." Bikou said.
"Well the White Dragon and Son Goku do work well together." Azazel said.
"Well, it was nice to meet you, Dragon of the Elements, Red Dragon Emperor." Bikou said
"Our next battle will be all the fiercer and I'll get both of you next time." Vali said as Bikou and he sunk into the ground via a teleportation circle.
"...!" Kenshin felt faint. "What...the fuck?"
"You used a lot of power in such a short amount of time." Salamander said. "Your body can only take so much."
"Well...good thing I didn't let him use that Juggernaut Drive or whatever it was." Kenshin thought as he fell to the side.
He was caught by Rias. "Kenshin, are you OK?" Rias asked.
"...Yeah...just used too much power." Kenshin said pushing himself up. He was embraced into Rias' bust. "Nn..."
"I love it when this part happens!" Issei gushed.
"You're going to suffocate him." Hikari said walking up to them.
"No, I gave him enough room." Rias said. "Um...you are?"
"Tsuki Hikari. I'm Kenshin's mother." Hikari introduced. "You?"
"Rias Gremory." Rias introduced. "I'm Kenshin's fiancee."
"..." Hikari stared at her. "...What?" She finally said.
Kenshin pushed himself off of Rias. "I'll explain later." Kenshin waving her off. Hikari nodded and placed her hand on Kenshin's forehead, charging a small amount of youki into his body. "Thanks." He said getting to his feet.
Later, the school was being restored when Kenshin approached Michael who was a short distance away from Rias and the others with Serafall, Sirzechs and Azazel. "Hey Michael." Kenshin said.
"Hm? What is it Kuro-"
"First off, call me Kenshin. No need for full names here. Second, I'd like to ask you for a favor, would you be able to grant it?" Kenshin asked.
"If it is within my abilities, most certainly." Michael said.
"Would it be possible to allow Xenovia and Asia to pray again?" Kenshin asked.
"? !" Both aforementioned girls gasped at this.
"Hm? I thought you found it comical." Michael said.
"Well a gag does get old after awhile, and they're just gonna keep doing it regardless." Kenshin said. "Issei and I would rather they not get hurt because of it."
Michael turned to Xenovia and Asia. "Xenovia, Asia...answer me this...God does not exist anymore, will you pray nonetheless?" He asked.
"Hai..." Asia said. "Even if the Lord is gone, I would still like to pray."
"Same here. So that I may thank you and the Lord." Xenovia said.
"I would like to ask this of you as well Michael-Sama." Irina said making everyone turn toward her.
"Irina?" Xenovia said.
"I blindly believed you were a traitor...I'm sorry." She said bowing her head.
"Don't, you have nothing to apologize for." Xenovia said.
"And you too Asia-San, I spoke harshly to you as well." Irina said.
"No, d-don't worry about it, OK?" Asia said.
Kenshin chuckled at the three of them. "So, would it be possible?"
"You know, it would be a good sign of peace between us if they could do such." Sirzechs said.
"Yeah, they're already friends anyway." Serafall said before wrapping her arms around Kenshin's neck in a nonthreatening manner. "That was a really nice thing of you to request Kenshin-kun!"
"S-Serafall-San!" Kenshin shouts as she yanks him down.
"I thought I told you to call me Levia-tan!" Serafall said swinging him around.
"L-Let me go Levia-tan! I'm still exhausted and sore!" Kenshin complained.
"Ok." Serafall said letting him go, but not before giving him a kiss on the cheek and skipping off to find Sona.
"Oh dear...she likes you." Sirzechs said as Michael said he could make Kenshin's request happen.
"Thanks Michael." Kenshin said. "...I get the kiss on the cheek Sirzechs, but...did she also have to pinch my ass?"
"Oh dear...she really likes you." Sirzechs said with a sweatdrop. "You've caught the eye of another Satan."
"...Yaaaay?" Kenshin unsurely said.
"Ufufu..." Kenshin turned to find Sona stroking her chin with a calculative grin.
"Oh fuck no, you are her primary target, that's never changing!" Kenshin snapped.
"Oh, we'll see about that." Sona said crossing her arms.
"Levia-tan, Sona-Chan's over here!" Kenshin called out getting Serafall's attention.
"Nn! Onee-Sama! The Dragon of the Elements wants to make out with you!" Sona called out.
"Oh? !" Serafall said with stars in her eyes.
"Aaah? ! W-Well Sona-Chan said she wants to do that girl on girl thing you mentioned before!" Kenshin shouts.
"On my way!" Serafall shouts.
Sona glares at Kenshin. "Oh you bastard." She whispered.
"Hahaha." Kenshin snickered. "Turnabout's fair play, but this is cruel...see ya!" Kenshin as he reached for the Sylph card when Azazel grabbed his wrist. "Hey come on let go!"
"Hey you dug this hole." Azazel said. "I'm just making sure you stay in it."
"What? !" Kenshin shouts.
"Aah, well Serafall, we need to be going." Sirzechs said standing in between them.
"...A..Aww alright.." Serafall said. "Rain check you two."
"Noted." Kenshin and Sona said.
Sirzechs, Grayfia and Serafall teleport away and Azazel let Kenshin go. Kenshin turned to Sona. "Aaah, sorry about that."
"I should apologize as well, the...opportunity was just too good to pass up." Sona said with an embarrassed smile.
"Hahaha, I understand." Kenshin said.
"By the way Kenshin, I'm gonna stick around." Azazel said.
"Ok I'll bite...why?" Kenshin said.
"I'm gonna pay you back by doing something only I can do and remember? I said I can help you achieve a Balance Breaker." Azazel said.
"..." Kenshin stared at him.
(break)
The next evening.
"So there you have it, starting today, Hikari Tsuki and I will be the Occult Research Club's official advisers." Azazel said.
"OK, we'll bite..." Rias said with narrowed eyes.
"The fuck?" Kenshin finished for her.
"I asked Sirzechs about it and Hikari needs something to do while she's here as your Bishop Kenshin, I mean she's too old to attend school like your Knight and Rook." Azazel said. At Hikari's look he stared at her. "What? All I was saying is that you're not their age."
"Ok..." Hikari said.
"And anyway he told me to talk to Serafall's little sister." Azazel said.
Everyone turned to Sona who was behind them all. "W-Well...if I didn't she threatened...er..begged to come here."
"So you sold everyone out." Kenshin said with a grin.
"Well I helped you too. She mentioned several things she wanted to do with you...some of them involving me." Sona said.
"..." Kenshin slumped. "Thank you..." He said.
"By the way, last time we saw you Azazel you were missing an arm." Yukari said.
"Oh this?" Azazel said gesturing toward his left arm. "I made it while researching Sacred Gears. It's a multipurpose arm." He explained as it did several different things including launch off his elbow and flew around the room. "But Sirzechs let me stay here on one condition."
"Fine, tell us what it is after you call off your damn rocket arm!" Miyuki shouts.
"To properly train and develop your Sacred Gears. The Boosted Gear, the Four Elements of Creation and Destruction, the Holy Demonic sword, Forbidden Balor View and Twilight Healing, I'll use what I've found in my research to train you all, so listen up you'll call me Azazel-Sensei from now on." He said.
"OK." Asia, Kiba, Gasper and Issei said, the latter from the mirror.
"No." Kenshin flatly said.
"Fair enough." Azazel said.
"Hang on, I have not approved of this as the President of this club!" Rias huffed.
"Oh right, Sirzechs had a message for you." Azazel said.
"From Onii-Sama?" Rias said.
"He said that from his experience from staying at the Dragon of the Elements' and the Red Dragon Emperor's house he realized how important it is for a master to be close to their family, especially you two." He said pointing at Kenshin.
"Yeah...?" Kenshin said. "Issei and I aren't really getting it."
"Well as an order from Lucifer Sirzechs, all the women of the Occult Research Club, adviser included are to live with Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi and Hyoudou Issei." Azazel declared.
"What? !" Kenshin and Rias shout.
"Uuuwahahahaaaa!" Issei gushed. "I've died and gone to heaven!"
The next day everyone was moving in. Akeno was first to walk in. "Kenshin-kun, Akeno's now here by your side." She said embracing him.
"Aaah, g-good to know." Kenshin said as Koneko walked by.
"Tell Issei-Senpai that if he peeks into my room or steals my underwear that I'll kill him." She whispered.
"You just did." Kenshin said
"C-Chief Rias..." Asia said.
"They're my brother's orders, I can't do anything about them." Rias said.
"I suppose I should sleep in Asia's room." Xenovia said walking by.
Kenshin turned his head as his mother and siblings walked up to him. "Thanks for editing that spell again." Rias nodded at him
"So here we are, living together again." Yukari said. "Tell that pervert to stay away from me when I'm in the shower."
Miyuki sprung forward and hugged Kenshin tightly. "It'll be just like old times huh Onii-Chan!"
"Aaaahhahahaha, indeed." Kenshin said with an uneasy smile.
Hikari walked up to them. "So I don't see you for awhile...and you get engaged." Hikari said with a smile.
"S-Sorry, But it's not like I did it just to keep idiots away from her. We've even got a date coming up." Kenshin said with a sweatdrop.
"Well good." Hikari said patting him on the shoulder, before embracing him. "...You seem a lot happier Kenshin...I'm glad this world is having such a positive effect on you." She whispered.
"...Yeah." Kenshin said as they pulled away. He turned to Rias as Hikari walked by. "Uh...Rias we've got a problem. Unless we get everyone in here to triple up in bed and I do mean everyone...we do not have enough room."
"I realize this." Rias said. "Well then I guess I'll ask my brother to expand the house." She said.
"OK." Kenshin said with a shrug.
Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou walked in. "More movers?" Mr Hyoudou asked.
"Aah! Hikari-Chan!" Mrs Hyoudou shouts running up to her. "How have you been? ! Last I heard you were in a car wreck with your husband and children, then Kenshin-kun turns us, followed by Yukari-Chan, and..even little Miyuki-Chan is here!" She gushed.
"U-Ummmm..." Hikari and Miyuki glanced at Kenshin who mouthed 'roll with it.'
"Well..I was in a coma for awhile." Hikari said. "We all were, I guess Ken-Chan and Yukari-Chan were the first to come out of it."
"Oh dear how unfortunate. What about Ryuushin-kun?" Mrs. Hyoudou asked. "I remember you two were crazy about each other."
"?" Hikari stared at her. "How much does she know?" She wondered.
"Also in a coma." Kenshin said making Yukari, Miyuki and Hikari stare at him. "They fear he may never come out."
"Oh dear...well let me get some tea for you all!" Mrs. Hyoudou said as she and Mr. Hyoudou went into the kitchen.
"Ken-Chan, why did you say that?" Hikari asked.
"Yeah Onii-Chan, Dad is...dead." Miyuki said hanging her head. "You know as well as we do."
"Because honestly...I wouldn't be surprised if he came back somehow." Kenshin said. "Some of us were dying or dead when we became Devils."
"He...has a point." Yukari said with Rias and Asia nodding.
"Well, you all get settled in, Rias, good luck getting in contact with your brother, I'm gonna go for a walk." Kenshin said.
Kenshin left the house, he started walking only to sense someone familiar up above. "Hm?" He looked around before hopping onto the roofs. It was there that he found Azazel. "Azazel?"
"Oh, heya Kenshin." Azazel waved.
"What're you doin' up here?" Kenshin asked.
"Oh just observing." Azazel said. "Wanting to see how they're settling in."
"Rias is getting in touch with Sirzechs to talk about expanding the house. We're really cramped in there for sleeping space right now." Kenshin said.
"Hahahaha, I see." Azazel said.
"...Uh...hey listen Azazel." Kenshin said.
"Hm?" Azazel said.
"I...want to thank you for helping to protect everyone while we were busy. It means a lot." Kenshin said.
"Hahahahahahaha, don't sweat it kid." Azazel said. "Or should I call you man? I mean chronolog-"
"Don't even go down that road." Kenshin said.
"What? It's not like it makes a damn bit of difference in this world, you're a devil. Devils, Angels and Fallen Angels are practically immortal from dying of old age." Azazel said. "Hell it wouldn't surprise me if Rias and her peerage, aside from the Red Dragon Emperor are older than they appear."
"Still." Kenshin said.
"So...one Dragon desires power, the other women...and the third desires both." Azazel said.
"Hm?" Kenshin said.
"Well, you said it yourself." Azazel said with a shrug.
"Yeah, but I'm already spoken for." Kenshin said. "And by that extent so is Issei."
"Hahahaha! I'm gonna be married to the Chief!" Issei whooped.
"Until it's time to split apart again." Kenshin quipped.
"A...Aaawww.." Issei said.
"Well...unless they they allow it. You'll just be back in here in an hour or so anyway." Kenshin thought.
"Woohoo!" Issei whooped.
"Anyway, it seems even in a godless world...the world just keeps on spinnin'." Azazel said.
Kenshin crossed his arms with a smile. "Yeah, by the way, why didn't you just regrow your arm?"
"I couldn't." Azazel said.
"Oh bull, Kokabiel was able to regrow his after I sliced it off with Kuroi Jigoku." Kenshin said.
"Yeah, but typically no one is able to regenerate when a member of the Grigori attacks them." Azazel said. "Not even a member of the Grigori themselves."
"Eh...I guess you have a point." Kenshin said. "But I guess you really just wanted that robot arm."
"Hahaha, no kiddin!" Azazel laughed.
"Well, I'll see you later." Kenshin said hopping back down and continuing his walk.
"So Kenshin...you can use all the spirits now huh?" Issei said.
"Yup." Kenshin thought. "And you got Vali's Divine Dividing...that was nuts!"
"Yup." Issei said with a grin. "It kinda sucks that we can only be apart for an hour though."
"Yeah...heh just think, if your body wasn't disintegrating and I never came around it'd be you getting all cozy with Rias." Kenshin thought with a grin.
"Don't rub it in!" Issei shouts.
"Hahahahahaha!" Kenshin mentally laughed. "But honestly Issei, I sensed you doing that while I was fighting Tsukuyomi...and I kinda did sort of the same thing with the Salamander card forcing the finally slot inside me open. Without you...I don't know if I'd have made it out of that fight or not."
"Well it's likewise with the fight with Vali, he looked like he was about to upgrade when you were forced to step in." Issei said.
"Who knows, that's the benefit of hindsight, you don't have to worry about it if it worked in your favor." Kenshin thought.
"Haha, right you are!" Issei laughed.
Kenshin walked back to the house late in the afternoon to find Rias sitting on the couch. "Where is everyone?" He asked.
"My peerage is taking care of summons and Yukari is taking Hikari-San and Miyuki-San out with her to show them the ropes. Mr. and Mrs. Hyoudou went out." Rias said. "Did you enjoy your walk?"
"Eh, it was alright...so we're alone." Kenshin said as he joined her on the couch.
"Something tells me we should enjoy it while we can." Rias said with a smile.
"Hahahaha." Kenshin laughed.
"So...when do you want to...go on our date?" Rias asked, glancing away smiling with a light blush.
"..." Kenshin thought about it. "Well...how about after the house has been expanded? It'll give us both time to get ready."
"OK" Rias said. "...Uhm...Kenshin?"
"Hm?" Kenshin said.
"If...we were just two normal people who were getting to know each other...do you think we'd feel the same way about each other that we do now?" Rias asked.
"Hm?" Kenshin said. "Is it really that much different from a normal relationship?"
"It is...vastly." Rias said with a sweatdrop.
"Hm...well...that's a hard question to answer, not because of you, because of me." Kenshin said. "If I was a normal person that would mean I didn't experience any of the things I had experienced during my lifetime...I'd be a vastly different person than I am now." Kenshin said.
"Oh..." Rias said. "Of course."
Kenshin leaned in and kissed her cheek. "You worry too much."
"Maybe..." Rias said glancing away. "Say Kenshin. When you said you were in a foul mood before fighting Vali, what did you mean by that? I mean...you got your little sister and mother back, you were still alive, so..." She turned back toward him.
"..." Kenshin leaned back in his spot on the couch. "Because he knows where I am now...that bastard Hottan said he'd send more of his lackeys after me. More people like that Tsukuyomi woman. Except I believe she was his only exorcist type fighter."
"Well that's good at least." Rias said.
"Rias, mages take on a whole different meaning in my world, they're like secret weapons if one can get strong enough with their spells. Some can even bust apart entire armies. Although most were probably done in by Hottan's group, but that's not to suggest he doesn't have ones himself." Kenshin said.
"And that's supposed to intimidate me?" Rias asked. "Some devils, angels and fallen angels can do the same things you're describing."
"I guess you have a point." Kenshin said before looking at the ceiling. "Whenever I'm faced with that guy though...my mind just focuses on a need to destroy him." He said with a sigh.
"He's the one you talked about isn't he? The one that put you in that human metropolis?" Rias asked.
"...Yeah." Kenshin said. "He's responsible for that and so much more." Kenshin said. "I told Sona once that I don't have an ambition and I told Kiba that if someone else was to kill Hottan, I'd be fine with that, but really...I doubt I would." Kenshin said with a sigh. "In a sick sort of way. Killing Hottan is my ambition."
"Because he's responsible for so much of your hardship." Rias said. "Well...if and when that day ever comes...I hope I'm there to help you see it through."
"?" Kenshin stared down at her. "...Rias?" He thought.
"..." Rias laid her head on Kenshin's chest.
"...I hope you're there as well." Kenshin said.
Rias closed her eyes and smiled. "...Mmn...I can hear your heart."
"I bet it sounds funny doesn't it?" Kenshin asked with a grin.
"Kind of, but...I kind of like it." Rias said. "..."
"Rias?" Kenshin said.
"Munya...munya...munya..."
"Is she asleep?" Kenshin wondered. "Huh, and with no stripping this time. Must be an anomaly. Well...I guess I'll follow suit." Kenshin said closing his eyes. "Oddly enough, I'm half expecting to find Akeno or Asia on the other side of me when I wake up."
With that thought Kenshin fell asleep
(chapter end)
Draconis: And we're finished.
Kenshin & Issei: Another win for the Twin Dragons! Hahahahaha!
Vali: Fuck off!
Draconis: Oh Vali calm down. Now...A review recently brought something to my attention...although it's really been at the back of my mind.
Kenshin: Hm?
Draconis: I haven't been letting Issei have enough screentime.
Kenshin: Ah. (nods)
Issei: So I'm gonna be getting more?
Draconis: Sure, as you took Vali's Divine Dividing I'll attach an ability onto it, everyone should know which one I'm referring to.
Vali: The Soul Division.
Draconis: Yup. Also I guess I should post pairings lists as well just to clear things up.
The pairings are as follows so far.
Kenshin: Rias, Akeno and I guess Xenovia.
Issei: Asia and Irina.
Issei: Why does he get one more than me? !
Draconis: I don't know who else to pair with you right at this moment. Besides all three of them have made moves on Kenshin.
Kenshin: He has a point.
Yukari: What about us? (points to herself, Miyuki and Hikari)
Draconis: Hikari, for the time being will be unpaired as I have no idea who to pair her with. You two on the other hand are merely undecided. I mean I could pair one of you with Yuuto and break the arrangement you have with Kenshin.
Kiba: Hm?
Draconis: Will I get a little screwy with the pairings? Well I can't say I won't.
Anyway, it's been fun, I'll see you all next time.
Draconis678 out