Draconis: Alright, let's get this on the road.
Kenshin: Yo Issei (knocks on door) You and Irina quit bumpin' uglies in there we've got work to do.
Rias: Kenshin, did you have to say it like that?
Kenshin: Come on, that's the least I could do. Besides he did the same to us earlier.
Rias: Oh, right... (glowers and starts knocking on the door.) Issei, get out here.
Kenshin: Hmm...well I guess I get to enjoy Rias' boobs alone then. (embraces Rias from behind, casually groping her chest)
Rias: Yaaah...K-Kenshin...r-right here?
Issei: (rushes out of the bedroom) Chief's boobs!
Irina: (whines) Issei-kuuunnnn!
Dragon of the Elements.
Chapter 36
The Timid Phoenix
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
Kenshin, Tamamo and Ragnarok were sitting at Hikari's restaurant, which she had taken to calling The Lunar Cafe. Kenshin was going over a folder his mother had handed him. "Hmm...yeah, I think we can swing all this." Kenshin said closing the folder and handing it back to Hikari. "I'm gonna be in Kyoto when these renovations are taking place so I'll leave you in charge of them."
"Alright." Hikari said with a smile. "Tamamo, how are you enjoying the thin fried tofu? I didn't overdo it did I?"
"Nah, you did great." Tamamo said with a cheerful expression.
"I will never understand what your obsession is with that stuff." Ragnarok said, eating a slice of pizza.
"What's your newfound obsession with that?" Tamamo said with a glare.
"What? ! It's good!" Ragnarok shouts.
"It's also unhealthy." Tamamo said.
"And I don't have a real body so the health benefits or disadvantages of food don't mean crap to me." Ragnarok said with an eye roll.
"Whatever." Tamamo said. "Besides I've been meaning to ask you something."
"What?" Ragnarok asked.
"Why haven't you taught Kenshin your attacks yet. The one's I've seen him using in spars with his sister, Xenovia and that Kiba fellow are the ones Heinrich Hein picked up in his travels around Makai and tailored to his needs."
"Yeah so?" Ragnarok said.
"So, if Kenshin's going to be your successor, he should start learning some more things from you." Tamamo said.
"You want me to teach him Flash Kill, Heavenly Demon Revival and Ninefold Rakshasa?" Ragnarok drawled. "Truth be told I was thinking of teaching him those attacks before he went and got himself kidnapped, but now I have to make sure his use of that Vessel of the Elements technique hasn't affected his swordsmanship and fighting in general."
"I don't think it has, his demonic regeneration is even better than yours was." Tamamo said.
"Well I didn't need amped up regeneration. I was a walking, talking...damn what are those things called again?" Ragnarok said. "They're giant, metal, roll around on tracks, we just watched one take down a building on that T.V contraption last night."
"A...Tank?" Kenshin suggested.
"Yes, that." Ragnarok nodded.
"Jeez, Dad really does sound like a crotchety old man who has trouble adjusting to the times he's living in, sometimes..." Salamander said.
"No kidding." Undine said.
Gnome nodded in agreement and Sylph just giggled. Kenshin got up. "Alright, hash all of this out later." He said. "And remember, if you give my mother any trouble, you will both be punished." With that said he left, leaving money on the counter to pay for Tamamo and Ragnarok's meals, with a note saying 'Just take the damn money, Eh? !' with a drawing of a chibi Kenshin shouting.
Kenshin was on his way to Kuoh Academy when a communication circle opened up next to his head. "Kenshin-San."
"Hm?" Kenshin said recognizing the voice. "Rossweisse how many times do I have to tell you it's just Kenshin?" He joked.
"U-Um, right." Rossweisse said. "Could you come up to the classroom for a moment?"
"Oh dear, am I in trouble?" Kenshin asked with a sly grin. "Please don't punish me too much Rossweisse-Sensei." He said with a faux pleading tone.
"U-Um, n-no. You're not in any trouble." Rossweisse said. "I just want to speak with you about something Issei-San and his perverted friends did."
"Oh man what did they do now?" Kenshin groaned. "I swear I've been chasing after those three to keep the kendo club from killing them all week."
"P-Please just come here." Rossweisse said with a noticeably nervous tone in her voice.
"OK, gimme a minute." Kenshin said ducking into an alleyway and teleporting into the classroom.
"Aaah? !" He heard a gasp and turned around. His nose began bleeding as he saw Rossweisse standing there, a towel wrapped around her body. "W-Whoa?"
"D-Don't stare, this is so embarrassing." Rossweisse complained.
"What happened?" Kenshin said wiping his nose and looking away.
"I was chasing the Perverted Trio after taking a shower in the locker rooms...I think Issei's friends took my clothes." Rossweisse said.
"..." Kenshin facepalmed. "I'm gonna beat me down a couple of perverts later." He took some clothes out of one of his seals. "I don't have any clothes to spare right now, I still need to wash them, even these are the ones I wore yesterday, but don't worry I didn't train yesterday so these shouldn't be too bad. Just wear them until you get back home and change." He said handing over his clothes to Rossweisse.
"Th-Thank you. Could you turn around please." Rossweisse asked with a blush.
"Yeah." Kenshin said turning toward the window. He glanced toward her desk. "You grading papers?"
"I was." Rossweisse said. "Until I had to chase those three."
"Would you care for some help?" Kenshin asked. "You'd get done faster"
"Oh, I couldn't trouble you like that." Rossweisse said with a shy tone.
"Nonsense, it's no trouble at all." Kenshin said as he turned back around, seeing Rossweisse fully dressed.
"Th-These are a little big on me." She said.
"Pump some mana into them." Kenshin said.
"OK." Rossweisse nodded and did so. The clothes fitted to her body. "Oh, so that's how that works huh..." She said. "OK, I'll accept your help."
Kenshin nodded and they sat down at her desk and started grading the papers. "Hm..." He toyed with the thought of marking down Matsuda and Motohama's papers, but decided against it.
"Hn..." Rossweisse rubbed her shoulder.
"Something wrong?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm still just adjusting is all." Rossweisse said. "My shoulders and back feel all stiff from sitting like this for long periods of time."
"Hmm.." Kenshin stacked his papers and set them to the side before walking behind Rossweisse.
"Wh-What are yo- Hnn..." Rossweisse's eyes closed, letting out a small groan as Kenshin started rubbing her back. "Haa..." She let out a sigh.
"Just focus on your work." Kenshin said.
"Mn..O-OK..." Rossweisse said. "Aah..haa...that...actually feels..really good.." She sighed out as Kenshin started rubbing her shoulders and neck.
Soon Rossweisse was finished grading and stacked her papers, setting them to the side. "Aahh..thank you Kenshin. I appreciate the help." She said with a small smile.
"Think nothin' of it." Kenshin said waving his hand.
"I'll try to have these clothes back to you tomorrow." Rossweisse said tugging on the shirt.
"Take your time, no need to rush." Kenshin waved her off. "See you at home."
(break)
A Couple of Days Later.
The Kuroshi and Gremory groups were riding on the train. "So...we're going to the Phenex territory, why?" Yukari asked as she looked over at Kenshin and Issei who were chatting with Ravel who was also on the train while the rest except for Akeno played Old Maid.
"You were there when Ravel asked for our help weren't you Yukari?" Akeno asked.
"Yeah, but I still don't get it. Didn't this guy try to molest Rias more than once?" Yukari said.
The moment Yukari was referring to was...
(flashback)
The Day before.
"I apologize for the sudden visit, Rias-Sama, Kenshin-Sama." Ravel said, seated across from Rias and Kenshin.
"Don't sweat it. You seem upset, what's wrong?" Kenshin asked.
"Go ahead." Rias said with a calm smile.
"W..Well, I wanted to ask for advice concerning my brother." Ravel said.
"Raiser?" Kenshin and Rias both asked.
"Un..." Ravel nodded.
"Lemme guess, still holed up in his room?" Kenshin asked. Ravel nodded. "Is he at least eating?"
"Yes." Ravel said. "Rias-Sama, I'm sure you've heard the stories, about how all he does is mope since Issei-Sama and Kenshin-Sama beat him."
"Raiser?" Xenovia said as the three talked. "I've heard the rumors."
"Who is he?" Irina asked.
"He's from the Phenex family, Ravel-San's older brother. He was Rias-oneesama's fiancee before Kenshin-oniisama came along and beat him for her hand in marriage." Asia said.
"A Phoenix huh?" Tamamo said. "Interesting."
"Don't you know about them?" Hikari asked.
"I wasn't in the world very long when I told the factions about Ragnarok's death." Tamamo said.
"Aahh.." Hikari nodded.
"Any reason why he hasn't recovered from the fight yet?" Kazumi asked.
"Well...according to Onii-Chan, Raiser had never lost a fight before so..." Miyuki trailed off.
"State of shock I'm guessing." Yukari said with a shrug.
"So, he still hasn't recovered huh?" Rias asked.
"No, and...I probably shouldn't be here, but you two are the only people I can turn to." Ravel said, her hands quivering slightly. "When I was asking for help on how to help my brother I was told that he should learn the fortitude that Rias-Sama's and Kenshin-Sama's peerages possess."
"So...you want me and Rias to take an old broken down building and restore it to what it once was?" Kenshin asked.
"Well...I know he wasn't the best person to you both in the past, but he's still my brother." Ravel said.
"Aaah, what do ya say Rias? It'd be nice way to get away for a bit." Kenshin asked. "Besides this sounds like a job for Issei and I anyway."
"Well,I can't very well refuse a call of help from a friend." Rias said with a smile. "Alright we'll do it."
"So we're headed to the Phenex territory then?" Issei asked. "Neat."
"More precisely, he should be ashamed of himself." Ravel said crossing her arms with a huff. "He's been sulking for half a year over one loss. He even says he's afraid of dragons now! He hasn't even participated in one Rating Game since then and the gossip magazines have been writing whatever they damn well please about him. He's traumatized by one battle with Issei-Sama and Kenshin-Sama, who couldn't even split bodies like they are now, at the time. Now he won't even touch anything that has dragon in it." Ravel went on. "I'd get it if he were just holding a grudge against you two, Kenshin-Sama more than Issei-Sama, because that was technically the second time Kenshin-Sama had beaten him, but he should get over the loss and grow stronger from it." She took a breath and bowed her head. "But still...he is my brother."
Kenshin got up, walked over and pet her head. "Don't sweat it Ravel." Kenshin said with a smile. "Issei and I will get your brother out of his funk, ain't that right Issei?"
"Yeah! Leave it to us, I mean it is kinda our fault this is happening to him." Issei said with a grin.
Ravel's cheeks flushed and she glanced away. "Well, if you insist...I'll accept your help Kenshin-Sama, Issei-Sama." She said. "Please work hard for a high class devil...I...would really appreciate it..."
(flashback end)
Rias glanced over seeing Ravel giggling at Kenshin who had Issei in a faux headlock. "Just because I don't like Raiser very much doesn't mean I don't like the rest of his family." Rias said. "Besides, to quote Kenshin. 'He was an idiot, big deal.'"
"Alright. I won't question it any further." Yukari shrugged.
(break)
Later.
Phenex Castle.
"So huge!" Issei said as he, Rias, Kenshin and Ravel walked into the castle grounds. The castle towers had flames shooting out the top and the moat was a river of flames.
Salamander materialized next to Kenshin. "I love it here!" She gushed.
"E-Eh?" Ravel said. "Who is that?"
"Oh, this is Salamander. The Flame Spirit." Kenshin said. "As such she is in heaven here, while Undine the Spirit of Water...has melted according to Sylph the Wind Spirit."
"Man I thought Chief's house was big, but damn..." Issei said. "So...uh...what does Raiser..-San do all day?"
"He stays in his room and runs Rating Game simulations. Come to think of it one of the simulations he's run recently was against Kenshin-Sama's peerage." Ravel said.
"How'd that go?" Kenshin asked.
"Granted this is before you got your second Bishop, Pawn and your Queen so...he still lost." Ravel said. "I believe it was with you and your twin sister, as well as Yubeluna as the sole survivors. Other than that he will occasionally summon people who are good at chess to play with him."
The group of four, being that Salamander had went back inside Kenshin approached a big door. Ravel knocked on the door. "Onii-Sama, you have guests."
"...Ravel? Ugh...I don't want to see anyone today, I had a horrible nightmare...so I don't wanna see anyone today." Raiser's voice sounded from the other side.
"Ahem.." Kenshin quietly cleared his throat. Ravel turned to him and he gestured toward Rias.
"Your guest is Rias-Sama."
(crash! !)
"R-Rias-Dono? !" Raiser shouts.
"Raiser, it's me." Rias said.
"Why have you come here after such a long time, Rias? ! Did you come here to laugh at me? !" Raiser shouts. "Or maybe you're here to brag about your wonderful, fulfilling like with the Dragon of the Elements!"
"I just came to talk, come out and let me see your face." Rias said.
Footstomps were heard and Raiser opened the door, glaring while dressed in pajamas. "What could you possibly have to talk about with the man you rejected? !" Raiser shouts before taking notice of the other two people with her. One he recognized as what the Sekiryuutei was supposed to look like without his armor and the other...
"D-D-D-D-Dragon of the E-E-E-Elements! !" He shouts fearfully. "And the S-S-S-S-Sekiryuutei!"
"Yo." Kenshin waved.
"Um...h-hey." Issei said.
"NOOOO! !" Raiser screamed, running into his room. "Go home! I don't wish to be reminded of that time!"
Issei glanced over at Kenshin who was hunched over. "Kenshin?"
"Oh man...I promised I wouldn't laugh, but..." Kenshin said with his hand over his mouth.
"Are you OK?" Rias asked.
"I'm fine, I'm fine..." Kenshin said. "Sorry."
Ravel sighed. "I can't really blame you." She said as they walked into Raiser's room.
"Is this really someone who hasn't lost a Rating Game since they were born...well when they were trying anyway." Rias said.
"For the love of..." Ravel walked over and pulled the covers off of Raiser. "Onii-Sama, Rias-Sama, Kenshin-Sama and Issei-Sama took the time to come and see you, stop hiding under your covers."
"Leave me alone, go home!" Raiser shouts.
"Well...we should start by getting him out of this room." Issei said.
Kenshin walked over and grabbed Raiser by the back of his shirt and lifting him up out of the bed. "P-P-P-P-Put me down! !" Raiser shouts.
"Then get dressed and get the hell out of this room." Kenshin said dropping him next to his dresser and walking out of the room.
Raiser glared up at the sky, sitting next to the flame fountain after he got dressed. "What is this bullshit?" He muttered.
Issei was getting a backpack together while Kenshin was pondering something. "Hey Issei, Tannin is on his way here right?" He whispered.
"Yeah?" Issei said.
"I wanna try something." Kenshin said taking out his scroll, he unfurled it and out popped Ragnarok.
"What?" Ragnarok said.
"Come with me." Kenshin said walking toward Raiser. "Hey, there's someone I want you to meet, don't run." Kenshin said.
"W-What?" Raiser said. "Who is this?"
"Ragnarok, Kuroshi Ragnarok." Ragnarok introduced.
Raiser paled. "R-R-R-R-R-Ragnarok K-K-K-K-Kuroshi? ! Y-You're dead!"
"Indeed." Ragnarok said. "What you see here is twenty five percent of my full power sealed in a scroll. Are you and the Sekiryuutei going somewhere Kenshin?" He asked.
"Yeah, me, Issei and Raiser here are a-headed to the mountains to train." Kenshin said.
"Say what? !" Raiser said. "I ain't goin' nowhere with you!" Raiser tried to fly away only to get caught by Tannin. "T-T-T-T-Tannin? !"
"Raiser Phenex, I used to watch you with great interest, but looking at you now, it's clear you have a serious problem." Tannin said landing in the courtyard.
"Just like before can you help him out with some training? His family has been saying he needs to gain some fortitude." Issei said.
"Nooooo! !" Raiser hollered.
"Stop that running away. If you're a man then prepare yourself." Tannin said.
"So you wish to train in the mountains huh? Fine then." Ragnarok said. "We'll even join in on their training." He and Kenshin jumped onto Tannin's head while Issei climbed on.
"Alright Rias we'll be headin' off now, try not to get too lonely without me." Kenshin said with a grin.
"I'll try." Rias said with a laugh, waving him off. "Be sure to contact me if you or Issei need help."
"Got it, see you later Chief!" Issei waved.
"Hey, take me with!" Ravel said.
"Hm? You sure?" Kenshin asked.
"Yes, I wanna...I wanna help with my brother's recovery." Ravel said.
"She's got good eyes." Ragnarok said with Tannin nodding in agreement. "Kenshin, why don't you take care of her during your training."
"Huh?" Kenshin said.
"It's fine with me Kenshin, go ahead and take Ravel with you all." Rias said.
"Alright then. Come on up Ravel." Kenshin said with a grin.
Ravel smiled and flew up to them changing into an explorer's outfit in the process. "Noo! Why do I have to go into the Dragon Mountains!"
"It's for your own good Onii-Sama!" Ravel said.
"Yeah, or would you rather have everyone talk shit about you for the rest of time." Issei asked.
Tannin took off with Raiser screaming the entire way, especially when they came up to the Dragon Mountains. "Oh shut it." Kenshin said.
"Really, it's not like these dragons are going to eat you." Ragnarok drawled. "Now the dragons back home in Makai probably would...eh, but at least you'd get a thrill before the kill."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Ravel asked.
"Back when the Dark Goddess created her demons, there were only females, it wasn't until she met me and my surrogate little brother and the Succubus Leader Minagi started complaining that Lady Alipheese made male demons. The demons are sexually inclined, meaning they're born knowing instinctively and in some cases are taught how to have sex."
"Huhuhuhuhu." Issei giggled perversely.
"But some are carnivores who would eat you afterward." Ragnarok added. "Like the female Mantis demons for example."
"Yikes..." Issei said.
"Which makes it odd that Kenshin here gets all fidgety around women when they come on to him." Ragnarok said.
"I wasn't born in Makai, I've hardly ever been there at that. The only times I've been were to visit Sheena." Kenshin said with a glower.
"Tannin-Sama, you called for me?" A blue scaled dragon said flying up next to them.
"Yes, everyone this is a high level dragon that serves under me. He will be helping to train Raiser Phenex. He is the Blizzard Dragon." Tannin said.
"We'll just call you Blizzard." Kenshin said.
"Got it." He said.
"I can handle his training." Issei said.
"You won't be strict enough, and Kenshin might just be too strict." Ragnarok said. "Oi Raiser Phenex, while we are here you will be retrained, body and soul from scratch!"
"Hyoudou Issei, you will do the training as well, as we agreed." Tannin said.
"Of course..." Issei said with an awkward grin.
Later, Raiser and Issei were running through the snow covered mountains, in a blizzard no less. Raiser lagged horribly behind. "Oi oi! You're too slow!" Blizzard shouts breathing ice breath into Raiser's back, dissipating his flames.
"Aaah! You froze my fire!" Raiser shouts.
"You need to be calling out Dragon when you are running! Come on! Come on! Say it!" Blizzard said.
"Onii-Sama, you can't give up, not at this level." Ravel said. She glanced over at where Ragnarok and Kenshin were sparring, while easily keeping up with them. "Look over at Kenshin-Sama and Ragnarok-Dono, the former isn't even wearing his shirt and he's fighting the original Dragon of the Elements and outpacing you."
Ragnarok and Kenshin landed next to Issei who took off his goggles. "Man, from here it looks like he's just a rookie adventurer who got attacked by a dragon."
"Come on, no one's that unlucky!" Ragnarok laughed.
"Yoooouuu would be surprised." Kenshin said. "So I've still got work on those new techniques?"
"Yeah, the form isn't perfect yet." Ragnarok said. "Don't get too discouraged, you probably won't have them down before we leave here."
"Yeah." Kenshin shrugged.
Meanwhile in another area of the mountains, the women were bathing in a natural hot spring. "Haaa...hot springs are so nice..." Rossweisse said. "I can literally feel the stress being washed away."
"Why is it you feel so much stress?" Rias asked.
"I'd imagine she's still stewing about being abandoned by Odin." Yukari shrugged.
"Can you blame me? I devoted myself to him and he still abandoned me with nowhere to go." Rossweisse said as she sunk into the water. "I will never forget what he did..." She grumbled.
"Part of me wishes I never get on your bad side." Yukari said with a sweatdrop.
"Ara ara, so scary." Akeno said with a giggle.
"I wonder how Issei-San, Kenshin-Oniisama and the others are doing?" Asia asked.
"I guess we ended up letting them handle everything again, didn't we?" Rias asked.
"Well, I wouldn't worry about them just yet. I mean they are tough." Xenovia said.
"Yeah, they'll be fine." Yukari shrugged.
"Ken-Chan has trained in just about every climate at this point. He'll make sure nothing happens to them." Hikari said with a smile.
"Still how fantastical is it that the Dragons and the Phoenix are both training in the mountains together." Irina said. "It's like something out of a storybook."
"We can only hope." Koneko said.
"Eh, the only wrench in the gears might be that Raiser guy himself." Miyuki said. "Issei and Onii-Chan should be fine on their own."
"I could send one of my drones out there to watch them." Kazumi offered.
"Nah, leave 'em be." Tamamo said.
"I agree, it can't be that interesting all things considered." Evangeline said.
"By the way...Chachamaru-San, how are you able to bathe with us, aren't you mechanical?" Irina asked.
"When she was still alive my creator made a skin like material to cover my body with, she wanted to get closer and closer to building the perfect artificial life." Chachamaru said.
"Did she succeed?" Rias asked.
"I'm not sure." Chachamaru said. "I don't think so. She wanted me to be able to do everything humans could do, and something's they couldn't, and I can't do those things yet."
"What does that mean?" Irina asked.
"It means she wanted to give Chachamaru the ability to give birth." Evangeline said.
"...Eeeehhhh? !" The Gremory group and Irina said.
Back with the men. Raiser was struggling to climb a mountain. "I-I'm dying..."
"You're a phoenix, you can't really die unless your family decided to execute you." Kenshin said. "Now look up at Issei's ass and climb!"
"It hasn't been that long since we started!" Issei called out.
"I am a pure-blood high ranked devil! It's my duty to live by putting a higher value on my blood and shrewdness!" Raiser shouts. "That's simply how it is for high ranking devils, I simply cannot do boorish training like this!" Raiser said taking off skyward with his wings.
"Blizzard." Kenshin said.
A blast of ice magic hit Raiser in the back dissipating his flame wings. "Don't even think about trying to run away." Blizzard said.
"Haa...we still have a rocky road ahead.." Issei said.
"No kidding." Kenshin muttered.
(break)
Ravel and Kenshin were sitting at a table in the mountain, protected by a barrier Ravel put up. "It's been three days since the training started, how is my brother doing?" She asked.
A loud screech was heard and Kenshin glanced back to see Issei and Blizzard chasing down Raiser. "Well...it's going quite...meh..." Kenshin said wiggling his hand around. "Not good, but not bad either. Then again nothing is built in a day." Kenshin said. "Issei was the same when he trained with Tannin, I think he'll be fine once he gets used to it." He took a slice of the pancakes Ravel had made earlier and ate it. "Mm?" He said.
"Is that right, that's quite a relief." Ravel said with a smile before sneezing.
"Aren't you cold? I mean I know we're both creatures of the flame element here, but there's only so much our body heat can do, and yet you're wearing that." Kenshin pointed out her red dress, which while very fashionable, really did nothing to protect her from the cold.
"I-I'm not cold, it's only proper for a lady from a noble family to wear a dress for morning tea." Ravel said before sneezing again.
"OK, if you get cold let me know and I'll come over and share some of my body heat with you." Kenshin said.
"Oh, d-don't worry about that I'll be fine!" Ravel said with a blush, waving him off.
"On another note, these pancakes taste amazing." Kenshin said.
"You really think so? !" She asked, blushing from the praise. "I got everything from the dragons, but still there was some things I couldn't find...so I wasn't really satisfied with how they turned out."
"So they can get even better than this?" Kenshin asked. "Wow, you've got quite a talent for cooking there Ravel. I'd love to sample more of your cooking some time." He said smiling at her.
"O-Of course, feel free to come over to my home any time." Ravel said with a similar expression.
"By the way, I've gotta ask. If you were in a human world school, where would you be placed?" Kenshin asked.
"Alright, just for you, I'll answer the question." She smiled with a blush. "I would be a first year high school student."
"Ah, so you'd be my junior then." Kenshin said. "Huh, at risk of sounding like Issei, that is once nicely developed body for a first year." He thought.
"At some point I would love to try on the Kuoh Academy uniform." Ravel added.
"Well, I'm sure if you asked it wouldn't be a problem to get you in." Kenshin said with a shrug. "I'm sure you'd look rather lovely in it."
"Of course, this is me you're talking about after all." Ravel giggled, despite the fact that her cheeks darkened. "But...c-could I visit yours and Rias' clubroom again sometime?"
"I don't see why not? I don't think Rias would mind." Kenshin said with a smile. "Feel free to stop by the house as well."
"Very well, then I shall...it is after all a high class devil's duty to learn about the ordinary lives of humans." Ravel said taking a sip of her tea. "By the way, Rias-Sama and the others will be here sometime tonight."
"Oh really?" Kenshin asked. He opened up communications with Issei. "Hey Issei, everyone might come pay us a visit tonight."
"Sweet!" Issei said.
Kenshin forgot to close the communications as Ravel went on. "Yes, apparently there is a hot spring somewhere around here."
"Oh, I know about it. I've been going to it at apparently a different time than the ladies have." Kenshin said.
"Onsen? !" Issei shouts.
"Yaaaarrrggghhh! !" Raiser shouts.
Kenshin glanced back. "Agh...we better go and get him." Kenshin said.
"Right." Ravel said casting away the table, dishes and her barrier while changing into her mountain climber's gear."
Later that night Raiser and Issei were laid down in sleeping bags while Kenshin sat up, asleep with an empty fifth of vodka in his hand. He hadn't drank all of it. He had taken a shotglass or two and thrown onto Raiser saying it was holy water just to see him freak out.
"Onsen...Chief, Irina and the others are currently bathing, which means I'll be able to see boobs while on this mountain...and now has to be the perfect time with Raiser asleep and Kenshin passed out, piss drunk. I must go to the hot spring...!" Issei whispered. He slipped out of his sleeping bag. "Still, I have to be sneaky so I don't alert Raiser. If he starts a commotion, Kenshin's sure to wake up." He got up and snuck across the campground.
"Hnnn..." Kenshin said making Issei freeze. He turned to find Kenshin still passed out. Suddenly a lopsided grin appeared on Kenshin's face. "Oh...Oh Rias I'm loving what you're doing with your tongue right now, that combined with the paizuri...hehehehehe..."
"He's dreaming about getting a paizuri from Chief? ! That bassstttaaarrddd! ! And he probably already has gotten it too, the feeling of Chief's warm, soft, large tits wrapped around his...aaaggghhh! !" Issei thought, almost wanting to cry out.
Issei continued over to where Raiser was to see if he was still asleep. "He's been awfully quiet, it's surprising, he's usually complaining." He looked him over only to freeze. "Aaagh! He must have heard what Ravel told Kenshin same as I did!" He thought seeing a dummy in Raiser's sleeping bag.
Issei froze again feeling a hand on his shoulder. He turned to find a tired, hungover Kenshin looking him dead in the eyes with a glare. "Tell me...were you going to try and peek at the women in the onsen?" He asked.
"I'm not the only one!" Issei said turning Raiser's sleeping bag over.
"Huh?" Kenshin said. "...Oh that fiery winged mother fucker!" Kenshin said assuming his Balance Breaker and taking off with Issei doing the same, following close behind.
"There he is!" Issei said.
"? ! Crap they found me!" Raiser cursed.
"Raiser! !" Kenshin shouts appearing over him and kicking Raiser in the face.
"Were you planning on trying to peep at everyone in the hot spring? !" Issei asked.
"Issei don't even try to pretend that wasn't what you were doing!" Kenshin snapped.
"What's wrong with that? !" Raiser and Issei shout. "It's a gentleman's duty to look into the hot spring when women are bathing."
"Ugh...you two have picked the wrong time to piss me off." Kenshin growled as the elements spiraled around him.
"Nice armor Kuroshi, are you trying to cosplay as your ancestor? !" Raiser mocked.
"Uhm, that's his Balance Breaker." Issei said.
"Huh? !" Raiser said.
Kenshin shot by Raiser as he dodged. "Don't you have a peerage you could be peeking at if you weren't so busy sulking like a little bitch over one ass whooping?" Kenshin asked.
"Go fuck yourself!" Raiser shouts. "I want to see Rias' tits! I hate that you and he are the only ones that get to enjoy them!"
"Me? ! I don't get to either! Kenshin's the only one!" Issei said.
"Then you should be fighting him along with me, stop being a hindrance Sekiryuutei!" Raiser yells.
"Grh..." Kenshin growled and rushed over punching them both in the face. "She chose me you idiots! Get over it!"
"I had my eyes on her first! Do you really think I would give up before I got to enjoy those big tits of hers!" Raiser said grabbing Kenshin's arm and swinging him into Issei who in turn shoved Kenshin into Raiser and fired a dragon shot at them.
"Just how perverted are you? ! You managed to recover just from the chance to see some tits!" Issei shouts.
Kenshin fired water shots at Raiser and a Katensho at Issei. "Hey Pot, meet Kettle, you're black!" Kenshin said.
"What's that supposed to mean? !" Issei snapped.
"Oh don't give me that Mr. I'm powered by my perversion!" Kenshin said. "And you!" He said turning to Raiser, grabbing him by the jacket. "You aren't lacking in fortitude at all, you're just a pervert no less than he is!"
"Oh don't leave yourself out of mix there Mr. Drunken Wet Dreams!" Issei said planting his fist into Kenshin's back.
"What the fuck are you talking about? !" Kenshin shouts.
"Just earlier I heard you mumbling in your sleep about getting a paizuri from Chief!" Issei said.
"Bastard!" Raiser fumed shooting off a torrent of flames at Kenshin. "I only wish I could enjoy the feeling of those tits around my dick!"
"Funny, if you weren't such an asshole, maybe you would have!" Kenshin said rushing forward in the blink of an eye and punching Raiser in the chest.
Raiser caught himself and smirked. "By the way. Rias' Queen should be there as well, same with the Tsundere Dragoness and the Mother Tigress as well as that sexy vampire of yours! Their tits are so huge aren't they? !"
"Akeno-San, Yukari, Hikari-San's and Evangeline-San's tits as well? !" Issei shouts. "Like hell I'll let you see them! I'll be the only one enjoying them!"
"Don't be ridiculous! Let me see them too!" Raiser shouts.
"THAT'S IT! ! KILLIN' YA BOTH! !" Kenshin shouts as the three dueled each other in the skies.
Meanwhile, in the hot springs. "Aaah, we'll relax here in the hot springs and check on Kenshin and Issei tomorrow." Rias said.
"Agreed..." Yukari sighed. "I think I went a little overboard with training anyway."
"I told you I could fill in pretty well for Ragnarok." Tamamo said.
"Ara ara, then we should clean our bodies really well then." Akeno said.
"I've heard the water from this hot spring is really good for your skin." Ravel said.
"Is that right, then my womanly power should increase even more then." Xenovia said.
"Well, in any case, I wasn't able to go to Onsen's much in my youth, too much chaos during the war." Hikari said.
"Oohhh...we could be committing a sin by becoming even more beautiful..." Irina said. "Please forgive me Michael-Sama."
"Trust me, the only one here who cares about that sin is you." Evangeline said knocking back a dish of sake.
"Listen up everyone, don't get too carried away and neglect your homework." Rossweisse said.
"Aaah, let us enjoy this before you harp on about our studies..." Kazumi said with a relaxed smile.
"Oohhh...everyone has such nicely developed bodies..." Asia lamented.
"Tell me about it. It's like all of my development went to my legs and waist." Miyuki said.
"W-Well, you do have very nice legs Miyuki-San." Asia said with a shy smile.
"Hahaha, thanks." Miyuki laughed.
"Mmmnn..." Koneko looked herself over before smiling. "I believe we'll bloom soon."
Back with the dueling men, they each stood away from each other panting. "Damn...I'm using too much power being all pissed off and hungover..." Kenshin said. "But, I've burned all the booze from my system at this point...man that ended up being a waste of a fifth."
"This idiot's gotten stronger." Raiser said gesturing toward Issei. "I should have an advantage in an aerial battle over him at least, but it's surprising how well he's doing. It's frightening what you two could become."
"Hah! Thanks for the compliment." Issei said with a weary smirk.
"However that doesn't mean I'm conceding." Raiser said turning toward the hot spring.
"!" Issei gaped. "Shit, I didn't realize we were drifting in so close. Damn...I can't make a ruckus out here, or I'll lose the chance to peek in." An idea came to mind. "!, Hey! Chief's bare breasts!" Issei shouts.
"Huh? !" Raiser said turning around.
"Gotcha!" Issei said kicking Raiser in the head. "Shit! I kicked him too hard!"
"Ah fuck! I'm coming in too hot!" Kenshin shouts.
"!" Issei's eyes widened as Kenshin tackled into him, sending them down to where Issei had kicked Raiser. "Fuuuuccckkkk!" Kenshin and Issei cursed as they kicked off each other and landed safely in the water next to an unconscious Raiser.
"Alright, I won!" Issei said. "But wait, weren't we trying to help him get over his fear?"
"Yeah Yeah Yeah, now lets get the hell outta he-" Kenshin said
"Kenshin, Issei?" Rias said.
"Crap." Kenshin said.
"Uuuwhooooaaa!" Issei said.
"Ara Ara, Issei-kun, Kenshin-kun." Akeno said.
"Ohh? Kenshin, naughty naughty." Tamamo said smiling as as her tails swished around.
"Issei-San, Kenshin-Oniisama, did you come to see us?" Asia asked.
"Kenshin...Issei...the hell are doing here?" Yukari said. "Not that I mind the former all too much, but still. There's a time and a place for this."
"Did you two come all the way over here to peek at us, I'm impressed." Xenovia said with a smile.
"O-Onii-Chan, what are you doing here? !" Miyuki shouts.
"I-Issei-kun!" Irina snapped.
"Peeping perverts." Koneko said, more in reference to Issei and Raiser who she saw at Kenshin's feet.
"Aaahh, I can't get married anymore!" Rossweisse whined.
"Just because someone saw you in your birthday suit? Come on now." Evangeline scoffed. "In any case I'm surprised at you Kenshin, going along with Issei's perversion after all the crap you give him?"
"Kinda reminds you of the days at Mahora, eh Kenshin?" Kazumi teased.
"Oh yeah let me tell ya." Kenshin said.
"Ken-Chan, why are you here?" Hikari asked.
"I believe he came here to try and stop Issei-San and Raiser Phenex, who is unconscious at their feet." Chachamaru said.
"Onii-Sama, Issei-Sama, Kenshin-Sama?" Ravel said.
"Uuuwhoahooo, I knew your body would be nicely developed." Issei said without thinking.
Ravel ducked down below the steam. "Issei-Sama...you...pervert! !" She shouts as a massive column of fire erupted from her body.
"Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot! Hot!" Issei shouts.
(break)
Later.
"...I fucking hate you both." Kenshin said with his arms crossed, light burning all over his body as he knocked back another fifth of vodka.
"Dude, weren't you already drinking?" Issei said.
"I'm trying to forget this little sexcapade you two tried to go on!" Kenshin snapped. "Or rather the very end of it where Ravel roasted us in a fluster!"
"Yeah...man it's lucky you're immortal." Issei said turning to Raiser.
"Of course, we high ranking devils are made from sterner stuff than you lower ranked devils are." Raiser said.
"You know I'm an Ultimate Class Devil now right?" Kenshin asked.
"What? !" Raiser shouts. "What's your personal rank? !"
"Duke." Kenshin said. "And I'm also a member of Lucifer Sirzechs' peerage."
"Eh? ! You never mentioned that!" Issei said. "So if Chief and Sirzechs-Sama ever played a Rating Game, I'd..!"
"Have to fight me." Kenshin said with a smirk.
"He'd be weaker." Raiser said. "He'd be fighting as a Pawn instead of a King. The King piece supposedly boosts ones power anywhere from ten to one hundred times, though were talking strictly force of mana here."
"Aaahh..." Issei said. "That...doesn't make me feel much better considering it's Kenshin, I mean I know the King would be Sirzechs-Sama, but I've actually seen Kenshin fight and I thank my lucky stars I'm not someone he wants to take down."
"Well, regardless, it was a good kick, considering you are a low class devil." Raiser said rubbing his jaw. Raiser turned his head to Issei with an unusual smile. "Rias has a good pawn."
"Huh?" Issei said.
"Not only that." Raiser turned to Kenshin. "Despite how annoying you are to me, I can tell plainly how Rias feels about you, and how you feel about her. I could spend all day beating you into the dirt after finding a way to neutralize your powers and that would not change her mind."
"Raiser?" Kenshin and Issei both said.
"Even though it's been six months since you won the right to marry her from me, I'll come right out and say it. I'll give up on Rias." Raiser said.
Kenshin laughed. "Alright then and any time you wanna fight me to avenge your earlier loss, you know where to find me."
"Very well, therefore..." Raiser walked up to him. "Let me see Rias' tits just one time!"
"..." Kenshin glowered.
"Yeah, let me see them too!" Issei shouts.
"Not a chance." Kenshin said with a snide grin.
"Bastard! !" Raiser and Issei both shout tackling Kenshin out of the cave.
"Oh ho? ! You're gonna gang up on me? COME ON THEN!" Kenshin said with a smirk as he assumed his Balance Breaker.
As they dueled Kenshin looked down to find Rias and Tannin standing below. "I trust you heard that Rias?" Kenshin asked in a low tone as Raiser and Issei argued over who would clock Kenshin first.
"Yes, thank you Kenshin." Rias said.
"Alright, I have some perverts to beat down!" Kenshin said.
"Raiser Phenex, he seems to be doing fine now." Tannin said.
"Indeed." Rias said. "I might not like him all that much, but that doesn't mean I wanted him wallowing in misery all his life."
"Is that right?" Rias glanced over seeing Yukari looking up at the fight. Yukari looked over at her and smiled. "Kenshin's really lucky to have someone like you. Someone so kindhearted I mean...I can see why Kenshin fell in love with you."
"Yukari...?" Rias said.
"That, of course doesn't mean I'm backing off of him by any means, especially since according to you I don't have to anymore, but all I'm saying is that I'm fine conceding number one to you." Yukari said.
"Yukari...thank you." Rias said closing her eyes.
(break)
The next night.
Everyone had returned home and Kenshin himself had just returned from a summoning that was performed right as he got back, was pushed onto his bed. "H-Huh? !" Kenshin said turning onto his back to find Akeno wearing her thin, white yukata. "Akeno?" He said.
"Mmnn...Kenshin-kun...please...give me.." Akeno said with a whine in her voice as her yukata slid off her shoulders as she gave Kenshin a seductive look, approaching him on all fours. Each motion nearly causing her breasts to jump out of their bindings. Kenshin swallowed a lump in his throat in response. "Kenshin-kun is going to abandon me and have fun in Kyoto..." She lamented.
"A-Abandon you?" Kenshin said. "I'm not abandoning...I'm only gonna be gone for four days and three nights."
"Two of those days, I won't be able to see you at all." Akeno whined. "I could die of loneliness."
"What in the world...?" Kenshin thought. "This isn't the first time this has happened. When Akeno asked me to go shopping a few days ago and I said I was busy wrapping up my assignments that I had missed, she pouted at me with a cute angry expression, then when I said, 'Immediately after I'm done we'll go.' She brightened up almost instantly."
Akeno hadn't been the only one doing this. Koneko, Yukari, even Rias had been pulling this kind of stuff with Kenshin lately, minus the three days he spent in the mountains.
"So, to balance it out, I'll be refilling four days and three nights of you." Akeno said grabbing hold of his hands.
"Refill?" Kenshin asked.
"Yes, caressing you, being caressed by you, feeling your manliness..I want to be able to experience the true meaning of being a woman." Akeno said.
"So, I go to take a bath and you're already trying to jump Kenshin's bones." The two turned to find Rias standing in the doorway. "You work fast don't you Akeno?"
"Ara ara...you know I do...just like so." Akeno said as she began to rub her body against Kenshin's.
"Well said, Akeno-San's just too sly..."
"Koneko?" Kenshin said as the nekoshou in question, wearing a similar white robe as Akeno with her ears and tail out embraced Kenshin's head.
"I don't want to be separate from Senpai either, let's do several hours of Senjutsu treatment for tonight." Koneko said.
"..." Rias just stared before moving behind Kenshin and embracing him from behind. "You all are getting quite bold now aren't you. Just because I'm getting more lenient with how you spend time with my Kenshin, doesn't mean I'll just do nothing during these situations."
"Fine." Akeno giggled. "Go right ahead."
"Don't care..." Koneko said.
As the three fought over who would spend time with Kenshin. Xenovia and Yukari stood outside the room. "Why aren't we in there as well?" Xenovia asked.
"Please, we're probably already going to be fighting each other over time with him during the trip." Yukari said. "Or we could try and nab him together." She shrugged. "I dunno, we'll see when the time comes...Hm?" Yukari glanced over at Asia's room to see Issei come out, only to get dragged back in by Irina, Asia, Sextum and Chachamaru. "..Hahahaha."
"Looks like Kenshin's not the only one getting attention." Xenovia said with an amused smile.
(break)
The next day.
Everyone decided to go to the Gremory House after school and Rossweisse had formally introduced herself to Lord Gremory and Venerana. While Irina had mused about how she was visiting the home of high class devils, while being an angel.
"Hahaha, Rossweisse-San, you seem very interested in devil industries, I look forward to your future contributions." Venerana said with a smile.
(smack!)
That was the sound of Kenshin's head hitting the table. "Sorry, I had a long night last night." Kenshin said while Rias, Akeno and Koneko had the decency to look sheepish while he took a sip of coffee.
"Want me to Irish up that coffee for you?" Lord Gremory asked holding out a flask of whiskey.
"I'm good." Kenshin refused politely. "While I was in the Dragon mountains I drank myself into a brief coma to drown out Raiser's whining."
"Aaah." Lord Gremory nodded.
"By the way, Kenshin-San, Issei-San, you and the rest of your fellow second year students are going to visit Kyoto in Japan soon right?" Venerana asked.
"Yes, the plans are to leave immediately." Issei nodded.
"If I remember correctly when Rias went last year she brought back some Japanese pickles that were really quite tasty." Venerana said.
"Hmm...well if they're available I'll be sure to bring some back." Kenshin said. "Gotta remember to bring Rias some as well." He thought.
Venerana waved him off. "That won't be...necessary if you can't help it, um, what I mean to say is that you don't need to do that." What everyone seemed to miss was the tint of red on her face.
Kenshin chuckled. "Nonsense, Issei and I will both bring ya back some, won't we?"
"O-Of course!" Issei said raising his hand in a sort of salute.
After the tea party had been completed. Rias, Kenshin and their peerages, except for Tamamo who decided not to come were preparing to return home when they noticed Sirzechs with a guest dressed in black. "Ah, well let's go see what Onii-Sama's up to." Rias said.
"I'll come too." Millicas said following after them.
"Huh?" Issei said seeing the guest with Sirzechs turn out to be Sairaorg.
"Onii-Sama, salu-" Sirzechs cut her off.
"Rias, when we're at home you know to can the formalities." Sirzechs said picking Millicas up.
"R-Right, so what's Sairaorg doing here?" Rias asked.
"Ah, he just swung by to drop off some fruit from the Bael, one of their specialties. So thoughtful of our cousin don't you think? Anyway, Sairaorg and I were just talking about you two."
"S'That right?" Kenshin asked.
"What was it about?" Rias asked.
"His next two matches. The next one being against you Kenshin, as we agreed." Sirzechs said. "He has no special requests in particular, except he wants all restrictions lifted for them."
"..." Rias and Kenshin shared a glance. "All of them?"
"Yes." Sairaorg nodded. "Whether it's the vampire who stops time, the Sekiryuutei blowing away clothes or reading minds, even Kenshin's pawn calling down lasers from the sky or his mutation bishop absorbing spells, if I can't prove I can take them all, how can I call myself an heir of the Bael family? Of course that also means the Dragon of the Elements' forbidden technique, the Vessel of the Elements I believe it was called."
"Is that right?" Kenshin asked with a blithe tone stepping up to him. "Well, it's my call on whether or not I use that technique, you're going to have to try really hard to make me." He said with a small smirk.
"Heh, I realize this and just like you said you'd be the first to beat me, I'm going to say this. Before the game is over, you will have used that technique." Sairaorg replied with a smirk of his own.
Their auras wrapped around their bodies as they stared each other down, growing in strength with each second. "Jeez! These two are like Vali with their battle fanaticism!" Issei thought.
"Aaah, there's someone out there who wants to take on my power so eagerly? That makes them even more scary!" Gasper said hiding behind Issei.
"Alright, Alright you two stop trying to see whose is longer and thicker, come on zip up." Evangeline said.
Sirzechs stroked his cheek in thought. "Hm...Now would probably be good, with the chance encounter." He said. "Kenshin, Sairaorg would you care to have a sparring match?"
"Hmph...I don't care if you don't." Kenshin said.
"Let's do it then." Sairaorg replied.
"Issei-kun, would you like to join in?" Sirzechs asked.
"Aaah, I kinda feel like I'd just be in the way honestly." Issei said.
"He will." Rias said.
"?" Kenshin, Sairaorg and Sirzechs looked back at Rias while Issei quietly whined to himself.
"I'm gonna get destroyed! But I can't back out now, or I'll look like less of a man out here!" Issei thought.
Everyone went below the Gremory household and down. Sairaorg and Kenshin cast off their noble attire and jacket and shirt respectively. A small grin appeared on the former's face. "Heh, Kenshin-San now that I get a look at you, you're a little scrawny compared to me."
"Am I now? Well come over here and let me hit you in the face one time and we'll see if that has any bearing on my strength at all." Kenshin said gesturing his finger toward himself.
"Hahaha, no I remember how hard you can hit just fine." Sairaorg chuckled.
"Heheheh." Kenshin chuckled as well.
"Seriously, how confident are these guys? They're just casually talking about beating on each other." Issei said.
"They're warriors, chances to test each other's mettle like this is what they live for." Ddraig said. "Look closely."
Issei peeled his eyes at Kenshin and Sairaorg. With Kenshin Issei saw the image of a roaring black dragon hovering over him. Then with Sairaorg he saw the image of a roaring lion hovering over him. "Jeez..." Issei thought.
"Welsh Dragon Balance Breaker! !"
Sairaorg and Kenshin glanced over at Issei saying nothing. "..."
"Neither of them are doing anything, Kenshin's not even used his Sacred Gear yet." Issei said. "Are they really that confident?" "...Well...I already know what Kenshin will do so...I might as well find out what Sairaorg-San will do!"
Sairaorg slid into a stance as Issei turned to him. Kenshin meanwhile crossed his arms. "Guess I'll wait." He said.
The boosters on Issei's back flared to life and shot toward Sairaorg. He and Kenshin were both surprised when Issei's punch connected. "Eh, I actually hit him?" Issei said.
"..." Kenshin narrowed his eyes. "He let Issei strike him." He thought.
Issei felt a chill and took several steps back as Sairaorg got to his feet again. "Hahaha, an excellent hit, an ordinary devil would have lost to this strike, but...luckily for me..."
Issei looked around as Sairaorg disappeared. He looked over at Kenshin who was looking back at him. "Kenshin?"
"...I am no ordinary devil." Sairaorg said from behind Issei.
"!" Issei turned to defend himself as Sairaorg's fist crashed toward him, destroying the gauntlet part of his armor. "Unholy crap! How did he take my back like that? ! I think Kenshin and Sirzechs-Sama are the only two who noticed him behind me, Kenshin wasn't looking at me just then, he was looking behind me!"
"Hoho, you didn't get sent flying, well that was just a hello punch...and now one for you!" Sairaorg said appearing behind Kenshin.
Kenshin turned around, dodged the fist and slammed his palm into Sairaorg's chin. Kenshin backflipped away and landed away from him and Issei. He wiped his brow and smirked. "Come now Sairaorg, I was fighting before I met the Yonseirei you know."
"Hooo? You're not even using your Sacred Gear?" Sairaorg asked.
"Not at all." Kenshin said. "Why break out the big guns in a friendly fight?" He asked cracking his knuckles. "Although without them I have to concede both strength and speed to you...I need more physical training."
"Well, let's see about that shall we?" Sairaorg said disappearing from view again. Kenshin leaned back, catching Sairaorg's arm as his fist rushed by his face and swung him around, only for Sairaorg to land on his feet and swing him into the ground. Sairaorg chopped his hand down at Kenshin who raised his arms in defense.
"Gh!" Kenshin grunted. "If this is you without your Sacred Gear, I can't wait to fight you with it." He said with a smirk.
"Heh, is that right?" Sairaorg replied. "Well, you have time before our match, be sure to train yourself relentlessly, we're the same you and I, we both trust in these weapons we call our bodies."
"Indeed!" Kenshin said raising his legs up, wrapping them around Sairaorg's neck and flipping him over his body. Kenshin and Sairaorg sprung back to their feet.
"Promotion: Rook!" Issei called out.
"Hm?" Kenshin and Sairaorg said.
"The rook?" Sairaorg said.
"Why not go right to Queen?" Kenshin said with an arched brow.
The two shot toward Issei who entered a defensive stance while accumulating boosts. Both Kenshin and Sairaorg laid their fists into Issei's abdomen. "Ghh!" Issei grunted before decking them both in the face.
"Ghh!" Kenshin grunted.
"Hrn..." Sairaorg groaned.
"Damn, even with the Boosts and the Rook promotion, it feels like I just punched a thick stone wall with both fists." Issei said before blood filtered out of his mask. "Damn...they both might have cracked or broken some ribs...Huh? !" He thought as he noticed blood seeping out of both Sairaorg's and Kenshin's mouths and noses.
Kenshin and Sairaorg jumped back. "Promotion to Rook eh? Interesting...we both figured that you'd go to the all-rounder queen." Sairaorg said.
"Agh..." Kenshin said as he focused his regenerative powers on his left cheek, holding his jaw up before slamming his palm into the side of his face, a painful popping sound was heard. "Damn, you broke the bone that hinged my left jaw with that hit." Kenshin said opening and closing his mouth a couple of times. "How freakin' long have you been do that kind of damage?" Kenshin asked.
"W-Well, I was just testing out the additions Ajuka-Sama made to my pawn pieces." Issei said. "Are you alright Kenshin?"
"Yeah, don't blame yourself for me deciding to go barebones." Kenshin shrugged. "I just didn't feel like bothering the spirits for a sparring match."
"You could have at least bothered me with it. You know how much I love a good fight." Salamander huffed.
"Noted." Kenshin thought.
"Is something wrong? You look like you wanna ask something." Sairaorg said.
"Uhm...well the high class devils always seem to look down on me, I mean I only just recently earned the respect of the Phenex clan's heir, Raiser." Issei said. "But you took me seriously right to start, it..was kinda surprising."
"Aaahh, well not to worry. I won't look down on you at all!" Sairaorg said with a wide grin. "To win a direct battle with the Old Satan Faction and Loki the Norse God, I've got no reason to do such."
"Yeah Issei, it's not like I was taking you any less seriously than normal, I was just eying a bigger fish is all." Kenshin shrugged.
"Ah..hahahaha, r-right." Issei laughed nervously.
"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost!"
"Aha, you wanna try trading blows with us again, well come on!" Sairaorg said.
"What do you mean us?" Kenshin said batting Sairaorg away. "I'm not accepting help from you."
Sairaorg wiped away the blood on his lip with a smirk. "Alright then...huh? !" Sairaorg said as Issei rushed over and started attacking Kenshin.
"And I won't be accepting help from you either Kenshin!" Issei shouts.
"Very well!" Kenshin said kicking Issei in the chin before taking off right at Sairaorg.
"Nice try!" Sairaorg said meeting Kenshin's fist with his own.
"Hrn.." Kenshin groaned.
"Haaaah!" Issei yelled as he rushed in behind Kenshin.
"!" Kenshin backflipped as Sairaorg cocked his fist back and punched Issei instead of him. Kenshin then drove his knee into Sairaorg's face. Sairaorg responded with a punch that Kenshin crossed his arms to defend against, Kenshin used the momentum from the strike to flip around and kick Issei in the face before landing. He shook his arms around. "Keh, takes most of the bite out, but still my arms need to heal a bit without being hit again."
"Gahh..." Issei said. "I might have found a way to tip the scales, but these two are still too strong. Kenshin's not even in his Balance Breaker and that hurt..."
"Issei-San! Are you OK, do you need to recharge? !" Asia said.
"...?" Sairaorg looked over at her.
"Right, Issei is the Oppai Dragon and Kenshin is the Lust Dragon. Chief please fulfill the duty of the Switch Princess right here." Xenovia said.
"That was one time!" Kenshin snapped.
"What, you mean it actually works?" Evangeline said with an amused snort.
"U-Uhm..." Rias glanced away with an embarrassed look.
"W-Well...if he gets power from breasts...I wouldn't mind...y'know..." Sextum said with an embarrassed look of her own.
"As long as Senpai has access to breasts he can become infinitely powerful!" Gasper said.
"So wait, if Kenshin gets aroused, his power goes up?" Yukari asked.
"Y-You know if you really need it, I could help you..." Rias shyly said.
"..." Kenshin bowed his head, absolutely mortified with how this was turning out. "No...I can't believe this..." He said.
"Hahahahahahaha! Now you know my pain!" Ddraig laughed.
"FUCK OFF!" Kenshin thought.
"Hahahahahahaha! You two are certainly an interesting pair." Sairaorg said. "Aaah..let's adjourn this battle for now. Our battles will conclude separately in the Rating Games."
"F-Fine, I need to go hit the sauce anyway." Kenshin said taking out a half gallon bottle of rum.
"S-Sure, if you want to wait." Issei said. Sairaorg nodded and left.
"..." Kenshin stared at him as he left.
"Something wrong?" Sirzechs asked approaching the two of them.
"Sairaorg, he was wearing resistance and weight seals on his arms and legs this entire battle." Kenshin said. "Wasn't he?"
"Yes, because he wasn't able to inherit the Power of Destruction, Sairaorg trained himself relentlessly, that's something devils as a whole seem to lack." Sirzechs said.
"Heh, I thought I trained myself hard before eventually hitting a plateau, but that guy is on a whole other level." Kenshin said. "In Balance Breakers I think he might actually have the edge on me..."
"Here." Sirzechs said handing him a set of notes.
"What are these?" Kenshin asked.
"Ajuka was the one to invent those seals and gave them to Sairaorg to train with. I can already see it in your eyes, you want to train that hard as well." Sirzechs said.
Kenshin nodded and accepted the notes. "Thanks."
"Oi Kenshin let me train with those as well." Issei said following after Kenshin.
"Yeah Yeah. Just give me time to go over the notes." Kenshin said.
(break)
Next Day.
Train Station.
"So if we have these the various temples and what not shouldn't bother us?" Yukari asked holding up a envelope that said 'Bus pass' on it.
"Yes. I've even included one for Tamamo-San who is residing in Kenshin's jacket pocket" Rias said.
"You know, I don't think I'll need it, but whatever." Tamamo said, curled up into a literal ball of fur in Kenshin's pocket. "I'm going to sleep."
"Alright, we'll be going. Take care now." Yukari said. "Come on everyone."
"See you later Chief." Xenovia said.
"We'll be sure to bring back souvenirs." Kiba said.
"Yeah, plenty of 'em!" Irina said.
"Try not to have too much fun you two." Rias said with a giggle.
"Uuu..." Irina grabbed Issei's arm and pulled him into the train with Asia and Sextum following close behind.
"Take it easy." Miyuki waved and entered the train.
"Kazumi, try not to use Chachamaru to cause too much chaos." Kenshin said with a blithe look. "Evangeline I left a couple of bags of my blood in your room for you."
"Sweeettt..." Evangeline said.
"Mom, call me if you need to ask anything." Kenshin said.
"Of course." Hikari said.
Everyone soon left except Rias and Kenshin. "...You know...I put on a strong front for you, but the truth is I'm going to be quite lonely without you here as well." Rias said glancing away with a smile.
"Hey." Kenshin said placing his hand over the necklace she was wearing, where Rias had decided to keep the ring he gave her. "It's only gonna be for a few days. We'll be back before ya know it." Kenshin said.
"You're right." Rias said before leaning forward and kissing him. "I'll be able to handle it. Take care."
"Right." Kenshin said walking toward the train, but he stopped for a moment. "You know, maybe I could scope the place out for our wedding while I'm there." Kenshin said with a grin.
"U-Uhm, w-well if you want to, f-feel free!" Rias said with a bright blush.
"OK then, I will." Kenshin said as he entered the train.
On to Kyoto they would go.
(chapter end)
Draconis: Alright. That's done. Volume Nine is underway.
Kenshin: Shoot...
Draconis: Huh?
Kenshin: Well...I've only got two members of my harem coming with, compared to Issei's three.
Issei: Sweet...
Draconis: Meh...
Anyway, see you all next time.
Draconis678 out.