Draconis: Alright I used up enough time, let's get on this.
Issei: OK.
Irina: Sure.
Sheena: Fine.
Kenshin: I'll be over here until you're done.
Draconis: Also, been forgetting to, but the poll is still open, and will be until the end of the arc. Go vote on it please. Also I've updated the side stories with the Kenshin/Sona chapter.
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 62
Primordial Revelation.
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
Back to where we left off with Issei.
"So, Rias-San and Sona-San got kidnapped?" Sheena asked as they made their way out of the mansion while Bureijin had Toraki unconscious and cuffed slung over his shoulder.
"Yeah, by that Luka guy I told you about." Issei said.
"You try to help someone and look what happens." Sheena sighed.
"Huh?" Issei said.
"Back before Kenshin and Luka's souls regenerated, when they were still more connected. Luka almost died at the hands of Forbesii. I saved him and nursed him back to health. If I hadn't, Kenshin would have died as well."
"Really?" Issei asked. "Why?"
"When the body of one half soul dies, the other perishes as well, it would have been impossible for the two to rejoin again given the different worlds they were in." Sheena said.
"What if they were in the same world?" Issei asked.
"I don't know." Sheena said. "This is no longer true now that they both have complete souls."
"Well that's good, Kenshin will be free to wipe the floor with him." Issei said.
"Yes." Sheena said.
(break)
Later that Evening.
The time has come for us to end this, Oppai Dragon!" Kiba said, dressed in his 'Darkness Knight Fang attire from Issei's show.
"Indeed it is Fang!" Issei declared in his Balance Breaker armor, sans helmet.
"Oh, but I do wonder how you will fare without the Switch Princess here to leech power off of, and Lust Dragon to help take the heat off you." Kiba said.
Kiba and Issei had been doing excerpts from the show for the past half hour, to the delight of the children. The parents were also very appreciative. Sheena watched from afar with Bureijin. "Is it bad that I don't quite get the premise?" Bureijin asked.
"Eh, you would have to have seen the show." Sheena shrugged. "It's kinda supposed to be goofy and fun for the kids."
"But...Oppai Dragon? That sounds like the love daughter between Alma and a Dragon, possibly Kenshin-Chan." Bureijin said.
"Or between her and Issei...or her and any humanoid dragon really." Sheena sweatdropped.
"So, when you planning on asking Issei to put a bun in your oven?" Bureijin said.
"Aah? !" Sheena's face went beet red. "Wh-Wh-Wha?"
"Sheena, come on, don't try to bullshit me." Bureijin grinned. "You've wanted a child for a long time now."
"B-But, we aren't that close!" Sheena said.
"Well, then go ask Kenshin to do then." Bureijin said. "I know you two are that close."
"Sh-Shut up you damn Incubus King..." Sheena growled in embarrassment.
"Heheheh." Bureijin grinned.
Sheena looked over at Issei with a blush on her face. "Oh come on! He's in no way ready for that big a leap yet!" She thought.
When Issei and Kiba finished with their excerpts, the children dispersed while a few asked for autographs. When that was all done, Issei was approached by Ginrei. "Hm? Oh Ginrei-San." Issei said.
"Hello Hyoudou-San." Ginrei said. "Walk with me."
"Uh...OK?" Issei said.
Ginrei and Issei walked along the grounds. "I want to thank you for beating some sense into my son." Ginrei said.
"What's gonna happen to him?" Issei asked.
"He will likely be banished." Ginrei said. "It's better than the alternative."
"Eegh..." Issei said placing a hand over his neck.
"So Kenshin and Sheena are still close yes? Why did he transfer the summons contract then?" Ginrei asked.
"Sheena-San said she wanted it." Issei said. "There's no bad feelings between them. He just asked if she wanted to be my summon, and made it happen."
"I see." Ginrei said. "Why couldn't he come himself?"
"Other pressing matters required his attention." Issei said.
"Good answer, I already knew the reason, I just wanted to see how you'd answer." Ginrei said.
"I-I see." Issei said with a sweatdrop. "Hey Ginrei-San?"
"What is it?" Ginrei said.
"Sheena seems like she turned out great, but...why was Toraki such a...well, a jackass." Issei said.
"..." Ginrei closed his eyes. "I always considered him my biggest failure as a parent." He admitted. "I should have tried harder to be there for them both."
"What happened?" Issei asked.
"Well...Sheena knew pretty early on that we weren't her real parents. She held resentment toward my wife and I as a child." Ginrei said.
"That doesn't sound like Sheena-San." Issei said.
"Heh, you didn't know her back then." Ginrei said. "I constantly had to ensure she wouldn't run off to look for her parents...when she was thirteen...I finally fessed up to her."
"How did she take it?" Issei asked.
"She cried. She had near instant regret of the vitriol she held us with. We kept telling her she didn't need to worry about it, but I think by then...Toraki had already started to hate her and me."
"That's not fair. She was an orphan." Issei said.
"Believe me, I tried explaining that to him." Ginrei said.
"Do you think that banishing him will teach him anything?" Issei asked.
"What Toraki did was a capital offense. It's only because of Sheena's mercy that he's allowed to even live." Ginrei said. "That girl...even after all that's happened, she won't kill him."
"I think Sheena-San cherishes life, no matter who's it is." Issei said with a smile.
"Hmn..." Ginrei closed his eyes with a smile. "Her mother, biological mother was the same way. Maybe that's one of the reasons she wants to have a child of her own so badly. She wants to create a life and nurture it."
"In other words she just wants to settle down, but she can't find anyone to settle down with." Issei said.
"True." Ginrei said. "Anyway, I'll leave you to your devices."
Issei nodded and walked away, only to bump into Le Fay. "Oh! Oppai Dragon-Sama, how are you doing?" She asked with a smile.
"I'm fine Le Fay-Chan, and please just call me Issei." Issei said with a grin.
"O...Of course." Le Fay said.
"So did you enjoy the show? I saw you watching." Issei said.
"I did, but...I don't know I feel like without Rias-Sama, Lust Dragon-Sama and the others, you're kinda missing a needed dynamic." Le Fay said.
"Yeah I know, I'll ask Chief and Kenshin if they wanna do a show together for the kids here before we leave." Issei said. "Though...I kinda feel like I know how they'll both answer."
"I'm the second in command Issei, I can't do that, I'm just too busy!/ No, absolutely not. It's bad enough Bikou's here to call me the Switch Princess!"Issei imagined aloud Kenshin and Rias' respective answers, while trying to mimic their voices for effect.
"Hehehehehe!" Le Fay went into a giggling fit for a few seconds.
"Hahahaha." Issei chuckled at her.
"I could totally see Rias-Sama at least saying that. Though I think after he gets back and things calm down. Lust Dragon-Sama would be open to it, he seems to appreciate easing tensions, and the show could do that." Le Fay suggested.
"Huh, I never thought about it like that. I'll bring that up to him when he's on break from his duties. He splits them with Tamamo-San now, so he should have some free time." Issei said.
"Probably." Le Fay said.
"Alright. I gotta go Le Fay-Chan. See you around." Issei said walking away.
"See you!" Le Fay waved.
As Issei was walking he felt someone hug his arm. He glanced over to see Irina. "Hey Irina-Chan." He greeted.
"Issei-kun...you haven't been spending much time with me." Irina pouted.
"S-Sorry, I've just been trying to stay busy." Issei grinned sheepishly. "You could join me, it doesn't have to be just when I have free time."
"When you're training? But I'm an angel, won't sparring with me be painful?" Irina asked.
"Hey, I gotta get tougher right?" Issei asked.
"I guess you have a point." Irina said, nodding slowly. "Alright, when we get a chance we'll work out together."
"Sounds good." Issei said, Irina smiles and kisses him on the cheek before leaving. "Heh.." Issei just laughed before continuing on his way.
"You have to learn how to defend yourself a little bit."
"I-I know Sextum-San, but I-I just don't like hurting people."
"Huh?" Issei said as he came upon Sextum and Asia who were having a conversation. "What's going on here?"
"Oh! Issei-San!" Asia said, a little spooked.
"Hello Issei. I was just telling Asia that it's for her own good to learn a little self defense." Sextum said.
"Well, she doesn't like hurting people." Issei countered. "She just doesn't have it in her."
"I can see that." Sextum sighed. "She should at least learn some defensive magics."
"Well...now probably isn't the best time to...bring this up, but...Azazel-Sensei did give me this before we left." Asia said pulling out a familiar Sacred Gear.
"...Isn't that Sensei's Downfall Dragon Spear?" Issei asked.
"He said he can't use it anymore." Asia said.
"Why?" Sextum asked.
"I think I heard Sensei and Kenshin talking about this before we left. He said that Fafnir went into that thing willingly, and to use it Azazel-Sensei had to swear a pact to him." Issei said. "I think the pact was for Azazel-Sensei to be the Governor General."
"Such an odd thing to base a pact on." Sextum said going into thought. "His position would have seen turnover sooner or later."
"Yeah, but Asia. I do agree with Sextum on the matter that you need to learn some defensive magic. I'll try my best, but I'm not gonna be there to save you all the time...it would be comforting to know if you could at least protect yourself and get the hell out of Dodge."
"OK, I'll ask Rossweisse-San to help me when we get back to Grangold." Asia nodded with a smile before leaving.
"Such an innocent soul. She really should be an angel like Irina you know." Sextum said with a small smile.
"Yeah." Issei said. "Thanks."
"Huh?" Sextum said. "What for?"
"For looking out for her." Issei said with a smile.
A faint blush appeared on Sextum's face. "Uhm...a-anytime."
"You wanna do something when we get back to Grangold?" Issei asked.
"E-Eh? !" Sextum's blush immediately darkened by about twenty shades.
"Well come on. We haven't really had a chance to." Issei said. "Maybe we can squeeze it in earlier."
"U-Uhm...s-sure!" Sextum said before taking off.
"Hahahaha..." Issei said.
He proceeded through the grounds some more before running into Sheena. "Oh, Sheena-San." Issei greeted.
"Hey." Sheena said with a smile. 'Thank you for entertaining the little ones."
"Hey, no problem, probably woulda been better if we had more of the cast though." Issei chuckled.
"I'm sure." Sheena said. "...Say...could you come with me?"
"OK." Issei said.
Issei followed Sheena to her home. "Kaah...such a mess..." Sheena said looking at it's general disrepair. "I'll have to have the house repaired sooner or later."
"Yeah I bet." Issei said seeing some holes in the walls here and there along with some burns. "What happened?"
"Oh that? Just what happens when two White Lightning Tigers duel in a...let's say destructible area." Sheena said.
"Toraki...he...was kinda easy to dupe." Issei said.
"I think he was guilty of counting his chickens before they hatched. He had to know if word got out that I got beat, Alice and or Kenshin would either come themselves, which in the case of the former would be a little much."
"I know she made Cassandra kill herself, but is Alice-Sama really that powerful?" Issei said.
"...What?" Sheena said. "Cassandra, she's dead?"
"Oh! That's right I didn't tell you, part of our current raid of the Gold Region was taking care of Lady Village. Yukari-San, Miyuki-San and Alice-Sama took a small group there." Issei said. "Yukari-San and Miyuki-San took on Cassandra to start, but Alice-Sama stepped in when she overwhelmed them."
"Obviously." Sheena said. "Next to Tamamo, Cassandra was like the strongest head on the council, but she was...avaricious to a fault. She wanted to control Makai and hated Alice, Tamamo and I ever since the Battle Royale."
Issei nodded. "I see."
"The fact that Alice stepped in and killed her, well...it doesn't surprise me one bit." Sheena said. "I expected Cassandra to side with Forbesii, then scheme to kill him after he killed Alice."
"Stupid." Issei said.
"True. If Forbesii killed someone stronger than her, he would have destroyed her." Sheena said.
"Right?" Issei said.
The two stopped at a door and walked in. Issei found it was Sheena's bedroom. "Sheena-San?"
"Hmmm?" Sheena said as she shut the door.
"You brought me to your room?" Issei asked.
"Mmhm." Sheena said. "Excuse me." She walked behind a dressing screen. Issei watched her silhouette as her kimono fell to the floor and she grabbed a nightgown and put it on."Haa..." She sighed out, stepping out from behind the screen. "There, much more comfortable."
"Y-Yeah..." Issei said, noticing the nightgown was almost see through.
"Hm?" Sheena took notice of his nervousness and decided to act on it. "See something you like?"
Issei watched she did a twirl in front of him, showing him everything. "..." His face went red.
"Here, lets have some wine." She said walking to a cabinet and pulled out a bottle and a couple of glasses.
"Um...OK?" Issei said. "Oh man, I'm gonna get drunk with Sheena-San? ! The only experience I have with drinking is when I drank beers with Kenshin!"
"Hm?" Sheena said as she walked over and poured the wine into glasses. "What is it?"
"I'm...well..." Issei said. "The only time I've ever drank alcohol was when I drank beer with Kenshin."
"Oh? How did that work out for you?" Sheena asked.
"Well he showed me a picture of you in a string bikini." Issei said.
"...That lying element abusing motherfucker!" Sheena fumed.
"E-Eh?" Issei said.
"He said that was for his eyes only!" Sheena said.
"Well...to be fair Sheena-San...it was during a mini prank war we were having and the only ones to see it were Chief, Yukari-San and I." Issei said.
"..." This seemed to placate the White Tiger Queen. "I see...well as long as you were the only male that saw it." She said with a faint blush.
"Yeah, don't worry you're fine." Issei said.
"OK." Sheena smiled. "But, you drinking with Kenshin? Please do tell me how that happened." She said as they both sat down.
"Um...well..." Issei said.
"What?" Sheena said.
Issei told her about his prior situation with Seekvaira, and how he blew up on Kenshin about it. "...Oh...Oh my..." Sheena said covering her mouth. "Issei that was..."
"I know." Issei said. "I was just..frustrated and miserable."
"I know that much, I was there to help comfort you, remember." Sheena winked at him.
"Ah..hahaha, yeah." Issei said. "Well after I left, I went home and found Kenshin drinking in his room, one thing let to another and he handed me a beer."
"I see...I guess he was just blowing off steam in a...less than destructive way." Sheena said before smiling. "Don't worry though, this is strictly for our own relaxation and enjoyment."
"Alright." Issei said.
The two sat down and raised their glasses. "To peace." Sheena said raising her glass, before thinking of something and giggling. "...And Oppai." She added.
"To Peace and Oppai!" Issei declared with a laugh as they clinked their glasses together and took a sip of the wine. "Aaah...wow this is...pretty smooth."
"Yeah, it's got a higher alcohol content, but it drinks really smooth." Sheena said looking at her glass.
"I see..." Issei said.
"So, how have you been enjoying Makai so far?" Sheena asked.
"Alright, but...it seems like Makai is technologically behind the times." Issei said.
"Oh, that's not all that true." Sheena said. "We're just not as showy with it. The only place that is really would be Rashoumen."
"The Capitol?" Issei asked.
"Yeah. If you asked for more...modern accommodations at inns or castles around Makai, they would fill the request." Sheena said. "When Kenshin showed me stuff in his world when he was younger, I wasn't all that surprised by it."
"I see." Issei said. "I'll keep that in mind."
"Some people are just more used to the simpler ways." Sheena said "But we have taken some advancements from the humans and our new allies."
"That's good. Wouldn't want your people being confused when they come for a visit to our world." Issei grinned.
"Oh no, if they wanted to visit they would have to learn things first." Sheena said.
Every time they had spoken, they had taken a sip of their wine, and Issei had to admit, it was hitting him. He kept leering at Sheena's chest from time to time, which the White Tiger Queen took notice of. "Feeling alright?" She asked.
"Huh? Yeah, but I think I'll turn down a refill." Issei said.
"OK." Sheena said corking the bottle. "I think I'll put it away then."
"Thanks for the drink though. Really helps you unwind." Issei said. "Kenshin said that I would be asked to drink more in the future so..."
"He's right, if you plan on becoming a King as it pertains to Devils it will entail a lot of...I dunno what you'd call it...uh..."
"Kenshin tends to call it 'greasing'." Issei suggested.
"Ufufufu!" Sheena giggled. "Probably because he feels dirty and greasy after doing it."
"Haha, maybe." Issei laughed.
"...So." Sheena said. "We're alone...and enjoying ourselves..."
"Wow...um...really?" Issei said seeing where this was going.
"You're more than welcome to say no." Sheena said leaning forward. "We've done it once already, but...I'm feeling greedy...and I'd hate to feel like I took advantage of you while you were inebriated."
Issei glanced down at her now generous amount of cleavage. "I'm...not drunk actually. I'm buzzed, but not drunk...and lets be honest Sheena-San. The answer would be the same as if I was sober, as it would if I was three sheets to the wind." He said before looking into her eyes with a lustful grin. "Let's fuckin' do it."
"Hmhm...very well then." Sheena said leaning forward, kissing his lips. "Let's have some dirty, sexy fun then." She said before kissing him again. Issei surprised her by pulling her onto the table."Mm? !" She stared at him for a moment before giggling. "So forceful~" She purred.
"I'm usually the more...I guess following of the two in this situation...I wanna try taking the lead for once." Issei said.
"You won't hear a complaint out of me." Sheena said with a coquettish smirk.
"Good." Issei said as they made out some more. Sheena's hands moving under his jacket, brushing it off his shoulders, while Issei's hands went to her breasts, massaging them.
"Mmu..." Sheena moaned softly into him. She crawled off the table and sat on his lap.
"Haa..." Issei sighed out feeling her thighs rub against his growing bulge.
"Fuu..." Sheena sighed out, feeling Issei caress her breasts.
"Threesomes are nice and I would like to try something more, but there is a certain charm with being able to focus on one woman at a time." Issei said.
"Ufufu..." Sheena giggled. "Well, don't stop just to talk."
"Got it." Issei said moving in and started to kiss and nibble on her neck.
"Ooh...there you go~" Sheena cooed out.
"Ungh..." Issei groaned as he felt Sheena grinding against him, his bulge now nudging against her vulva.
"Mmn..." Sheena slipped her fingers under his shirt and pull it upward. Issei raised his arms and let her rip the shirt upward. She broke the kiss, rotating her hips a bit, spinning his shirt above her head, her nightgown now barely hanging on her shoulders.
"Fuck that looks so sexy." Issei grinned.
"Ufufu..." Sheena giggled and looped his shirt around the back of his neck. "We're alone for the night, I'm gonna give you everything you can handle tonight big guy."
"Heh, let's get started then." Issei said.
Sheena giggled and slid down his body and went onto her knees, she works his belt off and folds it over, slapping it teasingly against his chest. She then moved in, unbuttoning his pants while her teeth grabbed hold of his zipper and ripped it downward. When the pants were unbuttoned she pulled them and Issei's boxers off and cast them to the side. "Haaa..." She sighed out. "I may not be in heat right now, but fuck...maybe the succubus/incubus genes in the Tsuki family line are in me too..." She shuddered and grabbed Issei's shaft, stroking her hand up and down the shaft gently. "I'll let you lead, but I want to do this."
"OK." Issei shrugged.
"Mmn." Sheena smiled and latched her lips on the tip, sucking hard on it, before flicking the tip of her tongue along the slit.
"Haa...your hands feel really soft, what's going on there? They're softer than before." Issei said.
"Feline and Canine animals have pads on their paws that are soft or rough depending on the environment they're in. I've learned how to control the softness or roughness as it applies to my hands." Sheena said.
"Wow, it feels amazing..." Issei said in a daze.
"Ufufu..." Sheena giggled and latched her lips back on the tip, stroking her hand up and down his shaft, while her right fondled his sack.
"So soft..." Issei moaned out.
"Mmn..." Sheena moaned in content as precum leaked out of his cock.
"Fuu..." Issei sighed.
"Alright..." Sheena said licking her lips before taking her breasts and surrounding his cock with them. "I prefer to do this part alone." She said squeezing her breasts together, shifting them up and down.
"Paizuri..." Issei drawled out in a daze.
"Ufufu, yes...enjoy." Sheena said squeezing her breasts together where her nipples were touching and nudging against the glans of his penis.
"Oooh...fuckkk..." Issei grunted.
"Mm...haa..." Sheena panted. 'How does it feel so far?"
"Whew...it feels like they're clinging to me, rather than surrounding me." Issei said. "It's amazing...move...more broadly."
"Mmh..." Sheena nodded and did as she was told. "Aaah...you're so warm...~"
"Haa...you feel so damn good..." Issei sighed out.
"Haa...haaahaaa..." Sheena laughed in a daze. "You feel like you're growing even bigger."
"Guah!" Issei let out a gasp as Sheena suddenly upped her tempo, moving her chest more vigorously.
"Mmkk...mmh...aaah...aah..." Sheena moaned softly, her nipples still rubbing against each other, and against Issei's glans. "Mmph..." She moved her head down, working the tip of his cock with her tongue.
"Aahh...kuu..." Issei said. "Sheena, you keep that up and I'll..."
"Ufufu~...cum then...I want it...Aah..mmh..haa..haa..Oohh...mmu..." Sheena said.
"Is she...getting off from just this as well?" Issei wondered, hearing her moans getting more husky and sweet by the second.
What Issei didn't see was that Sheena's tail was tucked between her thighs, wagging about against her soaked pussy. "Aah..aaah..." Sheena gasped softly.
"Fuu...your nipples just keep rubbing that one spot, it feels great." Issei sighed out.
"Aah...s...soo hot~...Afu...ah, haaa..." Sheena closed her eyes, immersing herself in the feeling. "Aah, au...I'm actually feeling quite a bit from just my breasts...mm, mmaah...haa...aah..ah.." She latched her lips onto Issei's head and sucked hard on it while shifting her breasts hard and fast along his length.
"Sh-Sheena-San!" Issei said holding her head with one hand, hanging his head back as he climaxed in her mouth.
"Mmph! Kyaaunnn!" Sheena moaned as cum shot in her mouth, staining it white. She closed her eyes, feeling a slight orgasm of her own rip through her. "Mmmh~...!"
"Fuck...haa...haa...Sheena-San...that was...amazing..." Issei sighed out.
"Mm..." Sheena tilted her head back and swallowed. "Faaaa..." She sighed in content and stood up, her nightgown still clinging to her waist as she sat against the table. "OK...from here until we finish up...you're in control." Sheena said.
Issei nodded and stood up. His fingers wandered to her pussy, stroking his fingers up and down her labia, while his lips found hers.
"Mm~" Sheena closed her eyes, melting into the kiss while her moist genitalia was rubbed gently.
"..." Issei lifted one side of her up and worked the night gown off, and did the same with the other side. He felt Sheena's nipples dig into his chest while his free hand stroked up and down her hip. "Man...Sheena has some nice legs too..." He thought. "I may be more into large breasts, but I can't help but admire her hips and waist."
"Ooh..he's going different places with his hands? I was expecting him to go right for my boobs." Sheena thought as her tongue stroked his.
The two parted and Sheena called him on this. Issei's response was to chuckle. "W-Well...just because I'm into boobs doesn't mean that's the only thing I'm into." He thought. "Huh, Kenshin's rubbing off on me. I think I'm starting to admire more than just huge, perky boobs." Issei thought. "Though that will continue to be my main focus."
"Well come on..." Sheena said with a cat like grin. "Ravish me...Uwah? !" She yelped as Issei lifted her off the table and carried her to the bed. Her back hit the mattress and she smiled kittenishly. "So strong..."
"Heh..." Issei smiled back and took hold of her legs, spreading them apart. He stroked his hands along her hips before moving them inward, rubbing her right breast and her pussy.
"Aah..." Sheena closed her eyes, letting the sensations she was feeling take her.
Issei pushed her nipple in while his left index finger prodded against her clit. "You're really wet."
"Well...I was getting myself off while I serviced you." Sheena said.
"Aaah, I wondered what that was." Issei said. "You voice sounded really erotic toward the end."
"Ufufu...yes, that's what it was." Sheena giggled.
"Alright..." Issei went to his knees and got a closer look at her pussy while still rubbing her breasts.
"Haa...haa...Isseiii..." She cooed out.
"Alright...let's use the gear again." Issei thought sending a mental command to his Boosted Gear to quiet down.
"Haa!" Sheena gasped as the pleasure she was feeling from her breasts suddenly doubled. "That Boosted Gear again? !"
"What? I just want to make you feel good like you did for me." Issei said.
"O-OK..." Sheena's body shivered as pleasure rushed through it.
"OK, that should do it, because I'm not using it on her pussy again, that was a mistake I'm not ready to make again." Issei thought.
"Oh god! My breasts feel so good! Issei's Boosted Gear is amazing." Sheena thought.
"Alright..." Issei said bringing his fingers to her entrance and pushing two of them inside, wiggling them around.
"Oooh." Sheena shuddered as his fingers moved about inside her.
"Mmh..." Issei meanwhile brought his tongue to her clit and started licking it.
"Mmu! Fuah...!" Sheena moaned out lustfully.
"..." Issei latched his lips onto her clit and sucked on it.
"Mmuuu! " Sheena writhed around in pleasure.
"Jeez Sheena, you're already like this?" Issei asked.
"But it feels so gooooddd~!" Sheena whined.
"Yeah I guess that is my fault." Issei chuckled as he fingered her dripping wet snatch faster.
"Mmhn! Issei...Issseeeeiiiii! !" Sheena mewled in bliss.
Issei moved his fingers away and spread her lips apart and pushed his tongue inside her. "Mmh..." He moaned in content. "Mmmhh!" But then had to moan again as Sheena's pussy squeezed his tongue.
"Mmhn...ooohhh!" Sheena writhed in pleasure as the Sekiryuutei licked her pussy dutifully.
Issei pulled away. "Alright..."
"Mou..." Sheena whined. "I was so close..."
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna stop there!" Issei said pushing his cock inside her.
"Ooooohhhhhhh! !" Sheena moaned out in ecstasy as she was suddenly penetrated.
"Fuck, you're tighter than usual. Haa..." Issei sighed as he thrust in and out of Sheena.
"Fuck...fuuuucckkk! !" Issei moaned out.
"Yes, feel good with me...oooh..." Sheena moaned out.
"Haa...Sheena-San, you're so goddamn good- ow..." Issei said.
"Mmhn..." Sheena moaned as Issei invaded her. "Oooh god...! Issei! You feel so good!"
"Fuck...I'm..."
"Do it! Fill me...! I want it! Fuaahh! !"
Issei was driven by his lover's moans, driven to go harder and faster. "Fuck...Sheena-San!"
"Are you gonna cum? !" Sheena moaned out.
"Aah..y-yeah..." Issei said.
"Then come on! Fill me! Impregnate me with your child!" Sheena said with a wide, lustful smirk.
"Fuck..! Haa...fuck! Sheena-San...! Sheena-San! !" Issei panted.
"Impregnate meeeee! !" Sheena cried out, holding Issei inside her.
"Guuuooohhh! !" Issei panted as he finally couldn't take it anymore and came inside her.
"Aaah...aah...haa...haa...haa..haah...haaaaaaaaaa..." Sheeena panted as she was filled by Issei's seed.
"Sheena-San...are you sure,...that you wanna have my kid?" Issei asked.
"Mmhm..."Sheena said. "You don't have to care for it full time...I just want a child..." Sheean said.
"Well...I kinda feel like I want to at least be there for it..." Issei said.
"Well I won't stop you...lover boy." Sheena giggled.
"Heh. " Issei chuckled. "I'll do my best."
Sheena smiled. "That's all I can ask for, isn't it?" Sheena said,
Issei was already asleep by the time she said her piece. Sheena giggled in response. "Well, I suppose it can wait a little while longer." She said.
(break)
Next day
"Well, I guess we'll be going now." Issei said.
"Actually...I think I'll come with you." Sheena said. "I'm worried about how Kenshin might be doing."
"..." Issei smiled. "No matter what, those two are gonna be close, She might even want a threesome between the three of us at some point, though I hope not."
"Would that be OK?" Sheena asked.
"What about the White Tigers?" Tamamo and Bureijin asked.
"I left Ginrei in charge for the time being. I can warp back if there's trouble." Sheena said. "I just want to know how Kenshin is doing and he knows this."
"OK." Issei said.
"Also..." Sheena leaned in. "Issei, I might not have let myself get pregnant last night, but you still owe me a baby."
"Ah...hahahahha..." Issei chuckled. "Well..whenever you're ready and I'm not distracted by other things...I'll be more than happy to give you a child."
"..." Sheena smiled at him.
"Mou! Issei!"
"Aaah! Irina? !" Issei said.
"How dare you make such a promise to Sheena-San without making one to me? !" Irina whined. "I've known you the longest! !"
"E-Eh? !" Issei gaped.
"So cruel Issei-San!" Asia whined.
"..." Tamamo and Bureijin watched as Issei was mobbed by more of his haremettes.
"Well...at least his life won't be boring." Bureijin chuckled.
"No kidding." Tamamo giggled. "Both him and Kenshin have a lot of work to do when the conflicts are over."
Sheena continued to smile at Issei. "You're a lot more honest with yourself than Kenshin is...you'll make a great father." She thought.
(break)
Port Natalia.
"Heeeyyy!" Issei said, his group rejoining everyone else.
"?" Miyuki glanced over seeing Issei coming in with his group.
"Aah! Rias-Onee-Sama!" Asia said healing the Gremory heiress.
"Asia...I'm alright, just tired." Rias said petting her surrogate little sister's head.
"Just let me check for any other injuries OK?" Asia said.
"...OK." Rias said.
"What happened?" Issei and Tamamo asked.
Tsubaki explained what happened on Masouen to Issei's group. "Hrnm...So...Luka was try to con Forbesii this entire time, can't say I blame him, but still." Bureijin said.
"..." Issei stared at Rias.
"Issei...I'm fine now, don't worry." Rias said.
"..." Issei went into thought. "It's not that Chief...I'm...just curious how Kenshin reacted."
"He beat the guy who did it to death." Saji said pointing at Shin Tatsu's corpse.
"Shin Tatsu..." Sheena said with a distant gaze.
"Why did Kenshin want to bring him with?" Saji asked with Sona's peerage nodding.
"Shin Tatsu, that man there." Sheena pointed at the fifteenth Demon King. "Was Kenshin's former master. I suppose Kenshin...might have held respect for him even then."
"He tried to kill Rias-San!" Ruruko shouted.
"...No." Rias said sitting up. "No. Even I could tell..he was trying to spare me."
"Maybe he saw how much Kenshin loves you." Saji said. "I heard at the end Shin Tatsu-San told Kenshin that he avoided any vital spots."
"I see." Rias said with a nod. "Anyway we have to hurry. According to Sona's peerage, Kenshin isn't able to defend himself right now and Sona's the only able to protect him. While Rasai is trying to kill him."
"What? !" Issei, Sheena and Tamamo shout while Bureijin scowled and the rest glared.
"Also..." Rias said turning to Alice. "Would it be OK if I summoned my peerage?"
"Why?" Alice asked. "It would weaken us."
"Well, I believe your Grand Cardinals, three though they may be could handle things, but my peerage needs to know I'm alright." Rias said.
"Heh." Bureijin said. "Alice-Sama. With all due respect. Akatama, Inutora and Jordan can handle things until we get back, especially with the force Yasaka-Sama provides them."
"..." Alice closes her eyes. "OK, we can't waste any more time though. Make it quick OK?"
"Of course." Rias said as she activated her magic circle. Akeno, Koneko, Rossweisse, Kiba, Xenovia and Gasper came forward with Raiser, Yubelluna and Ravel. "Huh?" Rias said.
"R-Rias! Are you OK? !" Akeno asked.
"I'm fine Akeno." Rias said.
"You're laying on the ground, obviously exhausted, how do you expect us to believe that? !" Rossweisse said with worry in her voice.
"I'll be fine, I promise." Rias said.
"Chief..." Koneko said.
"Well as long as you're sure." Kiba said.
"It's your body, you make the call." Xenovia said.
"Oh I'm sure, but...Issei could you carry me some of the way?" Rias asked.
"OK, I'll carry you all of the way." Issei said with a grin.
(break)
Later that week.
Kenshin and Sona were standing amongst the sand dunes. Rasai was standing across from them. "So, he was trying to kill you?" Sona asked.
"Yeah." Kenshin said.
"And you dispensed mercy because?" Sona asked.
"Because I don't think his heart was ever fully in it." Kenshin said.
"..." Sona stared at Rasai. "...Well...if you're sure..." She said.
Rasai crossed his arms. "Lord Kuroshi has offered me amnesty in return for turning down my suicide mission...why wouldn't I?"
"I said you don't need to call me out of council meetings dammit." Kenshin drawled.
"Well I thought the situation called for it." Rasai said. "Besides Princess Sona...why are you so worried? Are you one of the ones infatuated with him?"
"..!" Sona glances away. "Sh-Shut up!"
"Neh heh heh..." Rasai snickered.
Sona frowned and stormed away. Kenshin chuckled once she was out of earshot. "Try not to make a habit out of that please. She might cram a water snake up your ass out of spite."
"Oh I'm sure." Rasai said with a sweatdrop. "Also, I want to tell you something."
"What's up?" Kenshin asked.
"Rasai isn't my real name." Rasai said.
"Oh?" Kenshin asked.
"Yes, I am actually named Magdaran." Rasai said. "I just tried to make a different name for myself since the ones who gave me my original name were...less than loving to me..." Rasai said.
"..." Kenshin stared at him. "Well, I will only call you Magdaran in serious matters, will that be OK?"
"Oh I'm alright, please call me whatever you like!" Rasai said waving his hand with a laugh.
"Well OK then." Kenshin said with a chuckle.
The next moment Kazeken was pressed against Rasai's throat. "!" Rasai froze as he suddenly found his life being threatened.
"You thought I wouldn't protect him, well you were fucking wrong." Yukari snarled.
"Oi!" Kenshin shouts. "Yukari, friendly fire!"
"Oh bullshit! This guy's been trying to kill you since we got here!" Yukari shouts.
"You think I don't know that? He was put on a suicide mission by his father! Let him go, I've already convinced him to reject the mission." Kenshin said.
"...Wha?" Yukari said.
"I have." Rasai said. "Kenshin-Sama told me if I laid down arms I could have a place in your house and act as his adviser, It's better than what I had going for me."
"..." Yukari lowered her sword. "You're sure?" She asked.
"Yeah." Kenshin said. "...I..kinda sympathize with Rasai." He said.
"...?" Yukari glanced at Rasai as she walks toward Kenshin. "Why?"
"He knows some of the same loneliness I did." Kenshin said. "His parents more or less ignored him after he lost to Sairaorg...come on Yukari, I've not given you much cause to doubt me now have I?"
"...No..." Yukari said. "But I'm watching you." She said.
"Watch all you want." Rasai shrugged. "I'm content with the position Lord Kuroshi has given me. Though anything is better than death."
"..." Yukari nodded.
Soon, Issei, Rias, Alice, and everyone else came up to them. Kenshin cleared his throat. "Everyone relax. Everything is fine." Kenshin said.
"Are you sure? Are you hurt?" Alice asked.
"Yeah Kenshin-Chan, and what about So-tan!" Serafall asked.
"Sona's just fine." Kenshin said. "She'll be back at the pyramid."
"Ah, I figured you'd head that way." Alice nodded.
"How's Sphinx doing?" Tamamo asked.
"She's OK." Kenshin said.
"Kenshin...Chachamaru said your mana was dangerously low." Hikari said.
"Yeah?" Kenshin said.
"So how the hell are you vertical right now?" Hikari asked.
"Mom, come on, you know I recover fast." Kenshin grinned.
"So what's going on here? Rasai was clearly sent here by Lord Bael to kill you. Why's he still vertical?" Evangeline said.
"Because I both have need of him back in the Underworld and lets think about this for a moment...if Rasai kills me, what are his chances that he would have gotten out of here alive?"
"Nil." Alice, Yukari, Tamamo, Bureijin, Miyuki and Hikari all said.
"We talked and I managed to flip him." Kenshin shrugged. "Why kill an assassin whose heart was never fully in it?"
"He's right." Rasai said with his eyes closed. "I was wrestling with the idea since I got here."
"Besides, Rasai tells me there was no paperwork, so really I have no proof other than word of mouth." Kenshin said. "So, his own family doesn't seem to want him, so I offered him a place as my adviser on council matters and in my clan."
"W-Wha? !" Miyuki, Yukari and Hikari said.
"...Kenshin you have to be the only person I know that would bring his assassin into his family..." Evangeline said facepalming with an amused laugh.
"Heheheh..." Kenshin snickered.
"Kenshin."
"?" Kenshin turned to find Rias dropping off of Issei's back. "..." He walked toward her.
"It's good to see yo-!" Rias was cut off as Kenshin wrapped his arms around her.
"It's so relieving to see you standing again." Kenshin said.
"..." Rias smiled and wrapped her arms around him.
Kenshin pulled away. "Alright, let's get to the pyramid, I should at least let Sphinx know I'm leaving. We'll probably run into Sona on the way."
And run into her they did as made their way to the Pyramid. Kenshin chuckled as Serafall doted on Sona, much to her chagrin. Kenshin turned to Raiser. "Why did you, Ravel and Yubeluna come?" Kenshin asked.
"We already finished with the Phoenix Tears and Ravel wanted to come see you and Rias." Raiser said.
"Hn, I see." Kenshin said. He turned to Ravel. "Well as you can see, we're both fine."
"W-Well...it's not like I was worried or anything." Ravel said glancing away.
"Whatever you say." Kenshin said. "Yubeluna, how have you been since everyone got here?"
"I've been well, thank you." Yubeluna said with a casual smile. "Been a little lonely though..." She thought.
Kenshin nodded and turned away while Akeno stared holes into the back of Yubeluna's head.
"Senpai, are you sure you're OK?" Koneko asked.
"I'm fine Koneko, but if you think it's necessary I'll pull you away later for a Senjutsu treatment." Kenshin said.
"OK." Koneko nodded.
"Kenshin, I want to have our match soon." Granberia said.
"Get in line, I've already got someone wanting to tear my head off as it is." Kenshin said.
"Kenshin." Alma said poking his arm.
"What is it?" Kenshin asked.
"...Luka." She whispered. "Did he..."
"..." Kenshin closed his eyes. "...I tried Alma. I really did, but...he had other plans..I'm not sure what happened after we were sent off."
"I see..." Alma said with a wistful gaze.
The group arrived at the pyramid and warped inside the inner chamber. Sphinx was waiting for them.
"Kenshin Kuroshi." Sphinx said.
"What is it?" Kenshin said.
"..." Sphinx's eyes closed and she fell forward.
"!" Kenshin noticed a sword in her back.
"Hmhmhmhm..." A figure walked past her. "Don't worry, she's not dead, yet anyway."
"Forbesii!" Kenshin snarled seeing the Demon King standing across from him.
"Salutations, devils. The last time I saw most of you, you were being lambasted by Cao Cao and Samael. I'm impressed you made it out of that trap." Forbesii said. "And hello to you as well, my darling, rebellious Queen." He finished, glancing at Alice. "And of course the traitorous Grand Cardinal of Fire."
"Krh...!" Alice scowled.
"Go fuck yourself." Bureijin growled.
Kenshin walked forward and inspected Sphinx's wound. "Hnngh..." Sphinx grunted.
"Still conscious eh? As to be expected from an ancient demon." Forbesii said. "Existing during the days of the Dark Goddess, but not actually being one of the Six Ancestral Youkai. Still, I am more powerful than that."
"I'd imagine you've lost your edge since I took away your glowstick of justice and holiness." Kenshin said.
"Hmhmhm...funny you should mention that. As that is why I am here." Forbesii said. "Give me my sword."
"Your sword? I don't recall your name being God." Kenshin said.
"Always with the snark and cynicism." Forbesii said with an amused expression. "But regardless. Where is it?"
"...Get fucked." Kenshin said crossing his arms.
"I figured you'd say that." Forbesii said. He extended his hand toward Sphinx.
"Hnn!" Sphinx groaned in pain as the sword dug deeper in her back.
"!" Kenshin stared at this, his eyes widening.
"Give me my sword, or Sphinx dies." Forbesii said. "She's easily replaceable at this point."
"D...Don't..." Sphinx grunted. "Don't...do it...Kenshin Kuroshi...! If it means you can easier defeat him...I will gladly...give my life...to see it happen!"
"Sphinx!" Tamamo shouts.
"H-Hey! Don't be so careless with your life!" Sona shouts.
"I could heal you!" Asia said.
"Cut it out you bastard!" Issei shouts.
"..." Kenshin stared at Forbesii.
"Is that still a no?" Forbesii asked.
"If Sphinx wants this to be the end...what right do I have to interfere?" Kenshin asked. "So my answer remains the same, get fucked."
Forbesii nods. "Very well then...I guess I'll just have to threaten you with something else."
"Guh...!" Sphinx gasped out hoarsely as the sword stopped digging into her back.
"Oh really?" Kenshin said crossing his arms. "And that would be? What's stopping us from beating the holy high hell out of you now? You don't have the Sword of God. The Devils have no reason to fear you now."
"You have no idea do you?" Forbesii said. He extended his hand toward the devils.
"Aah? !" Rias let out a sharp gasp as she began to levitate.
"Chief? !" Issei said.
"Rias? !" Sona, Yukari and Akeno all said.
"!" Kenshin turned to her before narrowing his eyes into a scowl as he turned back to Forbesii.
"The core I had put into this girl by Luka, it was never destroyed. It's control function was just damaged." Forbesii said as he brought Rias over to him.. "Basically it stopped subverting her will."
"Bastard..." Kenshin growled.
"Ken...shin..." Rias strained out.
"..." Kenshin glanced at her in worry.
"Give me the Tsurugi no Kami back...or your beloved fiancee dies." Forbesii said with a cruel smile. "And unlike you, she won't come back."
"Krh...!" Kenshin narrowed his eyes, conflict written clearly on his face.
"It really says something if you let her die, just so you can have a better shot at defeating me." Forbesii said.
"Grhh!" Kenshin growled.
"Kenshin...!" Rias strained out. "Don-..."
"Stop it!" Kenshin said.
"What will you do for me in return?" Forbesii said.
"God damn you Forbesii...I'll do it..." Kenshin said. "Let her go, turn that core to dust and I'll take you to where I hid it."
"Kenshin..." Rasai said. "Are you sure?"
"In the end this isn't even a choice." Kenshin growled. "I won't sacrifice Rias' life to beat him."
"Good, you really do love her, and that's part of the reason you'll never defeat me. You don't have what it takes to sacrifice something dear to you." Forbesii said as he lowered Rias to the ground and snapped his fingers, the sword in Sphinx's back disappearing. "Now, if any of these friends of yours tries to attack me, or if you attack me, she still dies."
"..." Kenshin glowered. "Everyone, you heard him. Stand down. Heal Sphinx after we leave."
"..." Everyone split apart and let them walk by.
Evangeline got a look at Kenshin's face. "He looks so defeated..." She thought.
Kenshin and Forbesii left the pyramid and made way for the western shores. "Follow me." Kenshin said diving into the water.
"Kenshin..." Undine said.
"I know what you're going to say Undine, but I have no other choice." Kenshin thought.
"I know." Undine said."But do you really trust him to hold up his end of the bargain?"
"Not at all, but again, what choice do I have?" Kenshin thought.
The two arrived at the ocean floor where the Tsurugi no Kami was tethered to a massive stone. Kenshin cast away the strand and grabbed the sword. He pointed upward and started swimming.
Forbesii followed him back out and they got back onto the shore. "Now...sword." Forbesii said extending his hand toward Kenshin.
Kenshin pulled the sword back. "..."
"...even from here I can kill her you know." Forbesii said.
"Get rid of the core first." Kenshin said. "Then you get the Tsurugi no Kami. I will not hand it over until I know Rias is safe."
"Hmhmhm, I can't exactly turn it to dust as you requested." Forbesii chuckled callously.
"Then what's stopping me from ramming this sword down your throat and out your ass?" Kenshin asked.
"Hmhmhm, relax. I can however call the core to me." Forbesii said, snapping his fingers. Rias appeared next to them.
"Wha? !" Rias said.
Forbesii set his hand on her chest and muttered something. A black core appeared in his hand. "There." Forbesii said turning to Kenshin. "This core for that sword." He said extending his hand toward Kenshin.
Kenshin stabbed the Tsurugi no Kami in the ground in front of Forbesii. "There." He extended his hand outward to accept the core while Forbesii reached for the Tsurugi no Kami. As soon as the core was in Kenshin's hand and Forbesii's hand was on the Sword of God's hilt. Kenshin hauled off and decked Forbesii in the teeth. Rias moved behind Kenshin.
"Hmhmhm, bracing." Forbesii said.
"Wait for us in Rashoumen you son of a bitch." Kenshin growled. "There we will fight...and you will die."
"Very well. I'll be waiting." Forbesii said as he took off skyward.
Kenshin watched him leave before looking at the core in his hand. He heard a muffled cry behind him. "Rias..."
"I'm...I'm so sorry..." Rias said, holding him tightly.
"It's OK." Kenshin shook his head. "It's not your fault."
"It is...if I had never got taken in. You would have been able to kill him right here and now." Rias said.
"Rias, if Luka never targeted you, this situation would have never occurred to begin with. Forbesii would have had the Tsurugi no Kami regardless." Kenshin said. "It's OK."
"..." Rias buried her face in his chest as he turned around. "Still..."
"You are not some chess piece that can be sacrificed any time I see fit." Kenshin said. "None of you are. So enough. I'll find my own way of defeating him."
"OK..." Rias said.
Kenshin and Rias separated and he wiped her eyes for her. "There, now let's get back." The two teleported back to the inner chamber of the pyramid. Alice turned to them. "Kenshin. I take it everything went OK?"
"Yeah, but still..." Kenshin said. "I'm sorry."
Alice closed her eyes and shook her head. "It's quite alright. You only tried and failed at what I once tried to do. I don't expect you to sacrifice your fiancee for my war."
"Thank you." Kenshin said. He walked past her toward Sphinx. "Sphinx, are you OK?"
"Yes. The blonde man here gave me something that healed my injuries." Sphinx said pointing at Raiser.
"Thanks Raiser, I'll reimburse you for that." Kenshin said.
"Nah, you're on the hook for enough as it is." Raiser said not looking in his direction.
"?" Kenshin followed Raiser's line of sight and saw he was ogling Sphinx's bare chest. "Whatever you say." Kenshin shrugged.
"Onii-Sama!" Ravel said smacking him over the head.
"..." Yubeluna shook her head at her master's antics.
"Hmph, if he wants to stare I don't mind. It's not like I'm making an effort to hide them." Sphinx said as she pulled herself out of the lion that made up her lower body. "Kenshin, do you remember my purpose here?"
"To watch over the Sabasa Region and administer the Dragon Seal Trial." Kenshin nodded.
"Yes, so I ask you one last time. Will you not accept the Dragon Seal?" Sphinx asked.
"I don't need it." Kenshin said.
"Um, I'm lost here. What's this Seal you're going on about?" Issei asked.
"..." Sphinx went silent. "Lifespans amongst demons, vary from demon to demon...My husband, rest his soul, was one of the unlucky ones. One of the heroes of the Divine Wars who fought along Ragnarok Kuroshi, The man this region is named for...Sabasa. I asked him, pleaded with him to accept the seal, but he refused...saying...he couldn't take it. So...he died...and here I remain." She said with a forlorn gaze.
"What do you mean?" Rias asked.
"The Dragon Seal, when invoked, matches your lifespan to your partner's, shortening it, or greatly lengthening it." Sphinx explained. "My husband had loved ones that he couldn't bear to see die."
"..." Kenshin looked down at the floor.
"I couldn't do it to myself. I had my duty here, as handed down by the Dark Goddess." Sphinx said.
"I suppose...she must have thought your husband would have went through with it." Alice said.
"She did." Tamamo said to herself with her eyes closed.
"I already have an idea why you refuse the seal." Sphinx said to Kenshin. "If I'm right then what you say about not needing the seal is the truth."
"What do you mean?" Tamamo asked. "We're old friends, but I still don't know what you're talking about."
"Ragnarok came to visit me soon after he came back from where he had gone." Sphinx said. "I had given him the Dragon Seal, so if it came down to it, he could make his lifespan equal to Lady Alipheese's and be with her forever, but...something he learned there, told him that he didn't need the seal anymore. He said, that he was going to tell her this soon after his four daughters were born. I don't think I had ever seen someone so happy before...but then...She and her daughters, the Six Ancestors sealed themselves."
"...Ilias handed down her ultimatium..." Tamamo growled to herself. "Seal ourselves...or risk this dimension being destroyed..."
"Yes." Sphinx said. "...I can understand...why he did what he did...he was heartbroken...he felt he had nothing left to lose...so he charged Ilias and the Divine Realms...he almost got to her...when his brother, the Shinigami Yama stopped him, fought him and struck him down."
"What made him not need the seal anymore?" Rias asked.
"The elements themselves." Sphinx said. "His life force had become tied to them. As long as they existed...so would he...unless he fell in battle. Then this would be left to his daughters, but this has become so once again...with you Kenshin."
"!" Everyone except Kenshin shared a gasp.
"You don't seem surprised." Sphinx said.
"...I've known for awhile, ever since I came back." Kenshin said. "My body could not be revived without the elements, but the spirits had done as they do with everyone else, when an elementalist falls, their presence leaves that person's body...so then how was I revived?"
"Yes." Sphinx said. "Tell me, how much do you know of the Primordials?" Sphinx asked.
"Not a lot." Kenshin said. "Peering into the memories of a past life...it's not easy unless I'm sleeping and even then it's completely random."
"I see." Sphinx said. "Some go together like a set. Ilias and Alipheese the First for example. They were the Primordial Goddesses of Light and Dark. A clash between the two would tear Makai and the Divine Realms above us asunder if it lasted long enough. It's the reason the other side of Makai is the way it is now."
"What does this have to do with Kenshin?" Yukari asked.
"Because there's more than just the two of them. There are also the Primordials of Life and Death. Coincidentally the only positions among the Primordials I know of that can see turnover." Sphinx said. "Ragnarok was the Primordial of Life, his brother Yama was the Primordial of Death, after the Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Death gave up the title."
"So wait, you're saying Kenshin's now the Primordial of Life?" Issei asked.
"I am." Sphinx said. "But remember this Kenshin, in the end it is just a title with some power attached to it. The power can be great or small, depending on what you do with it."
"I know that." Kenshin said. "But the irony of this is not lost on me."
"What do you mean?" Sphinx asked.
"Well...since he was ten, he and I have been more...takers of lives." Yukari said.
"That is ironic." Sphinx said. "But..." She turned back to Kenshin. "Kenshin, with the seal you can lower your own life span down to one of theirs. If you do not, you will live as long as the elements exist in this or any world. Contrary to popular belief, even you devils, angels, fallen angels and youkai die of natural causes, to the passage of time. It just seems to drag on forever."
"So...basically Kenshin is immortal?" Evangeline asked.
"Semi immortal. He can still be killed and if his youki falls far enough, sickness and infections can take him as well." Sphinx said. "Things like Old age however cannot."
"So basically I'm cursed." Kenshin said. "Lovely."
"Cursed?" Sphinx asked.
"Immortality is and will always be a curse to me." Kenshin said. "However it is one I must live with."
"So you still refuse, I accept your decision but could I ask why?" Sphinx asked.
"The Yonseirei." Kenshin answered. "How many times have they watched those they cared about die? Ragnarok, Heinrich, Shin Tatsu...my father, even me." Kenshin said. "The only reason I'm even back here is because of Ophis, Ragnarok and Great Red."
"The only way the elements end is when Creation is Destroyed. A paradox that would end the cycle forever." Sphinx said. "You would have to bear an enormous amount of pain in the meantime."
Kenshin looked into her eyes. He could swear he saw tears. "That is fine." Kenshin said closing his eyes. "If anyone else wants to use the seal to stay with me, that's fine, but I owe the Yonseirei too damn much to turn my back on them."
"...Kenshin..." Undine said.
"..." Gnome closed her eyes.
"Kenshin-Chaaaannn!" Sylph cried.
"...Thank you..." Salamander said.
"I hope you all can understand that." Kenshin said turning to face everyone else.
"It's fine, I mean I can't speak for everyone else, but we Phenex are immortal as well." Ravel said.
"Yeah, it's not like I won't be around just to piss you off." Raiser said with a small smirk.
".." Kenshin shook his head. "No. You will die eventually, then be reborn. If I recall Cyclical Rebirthing takes a long time, by then I could have changed drastically, or you will have forgotten me entirely."
Yukari stepped toward Sphinx. "Give me the seal."
"Very well." Sphinx said.
A small insignia of a dragon head appeared on the back of Yukari's hand. "Hey me too!" Rias called out.
"Over here!" Akeno said.
"Me too!" Koneko said.
"..." Kenshin watched as a small line started developing. He blinked curiously. "Um..."
"What?" Rias said. "It's not like we have to make the decision right away, right?"
"No, you can make it whenever you like." Sphinx said.
(break)
Meanwhile.
Rashoumen.
Forbesii appeared in his throne room, but he immediately had to put his hand on the wall. "Haa...haa...haa..." He panted heavily. "Damn...it..." He cursed.
Why was Forbesii like this, you might be wondering. Well...before he appeared before Kenshin...
(flashback)
Masouen.
Forbesii awoke in a crater. "Grh..." He got to his feet and looked around. He found Luka standing a short distance away. He approached the Kenshin lookalike. However when Forbesii got to him. He saw Luka's body had turned to dust. A gust of wind scattered the dust away. "Hmn." Forbesii smiled emotionlessly. "Goodbye Luka-kun. You served me well, until the end anyway."
He felt someone warping in and flew out of the crater to find Rizevim approaching. "What are you doing here?" Forbesii asked.
"What? I can't check in on my partner in crime?" Rizevim laughed. "Whew! What happened here? !"
"Luka betrayed me and sent Kenshin-kun and his allies off before turning himself into a bomb. If I wasn't a homunculus, I would have died." Forbesii said.
"Hm?" Rizevim said looking down at Forbesii's hand seeing a black blade. "Ain't that sword of yours usually white?"
"..." Forbesii looked at his black blade. "I have it stored away somewhere."
"Hmn..." Rizevim slashed an energy sword at Forbesii's back.
"!" Forbesii turned and intercepted the attack.
"You're a terrible liar, at least to me anyway." Rizevim smirked.
"Hoo? You want to betray me now that I don't have the Tsurugi no Kami at this moment?" Forbesii asked.
"You railroaded me into this. You needed my organization to distract Kenshin for you, otherwise he would have come and wrecked your plans before they had a chance to bear fruits. If it wasn't for the Sword of God, that Hottan fellow and I would have told you to get bent."
"If I knew this was going to happen, I would have just finished you after Kenshin-kun damn near killed you himself." Forbesii said. "It would give a little truth to the lie I told your grandson to set him against Kenshin-kun. You'd be dead, but eventually he'd come in a dogged pursuit against me."
"Gyahahahaha! You missed your chance then!" Rizevim laughed. "But I won't miss mine!"
"!" Forbesii was sent flying as Rizevim punched him in the stomach. He stabbed his sword into the ground to stop himself. He raised his sword to defend against another slash.
"Face it Forby, without the Sword of God, you wouldn't even be strong enough to call yourself King of Demons. The current Queen, that fox, even Kenshin upend you in power." Rizevim said.
"Krh." Forbesii growled.
"Does that make you angry? ! Fine, get angry!" Rizevim shouts. "Eat this!"
"! !" Forbesii was knocked away again and this time just barely vaulted over a powerful mana attack.
"I'll kill you now, and destroy this entire world." Rizevim said.
"!"
"Guah? !" Rizevim gasped out as a flame spear tore through his stomach.
"You...destroy my world?" Forbesii asked as the elements spiraled around him. He threw another spear at Rizevim and rooted him to the ground. "Not very likely, not so long as I am here."
"What is this...? !" Rizevim grunted.
"Did it never occur to you that I am an elementalist?" Forbesii asked as he raised his black sword. "The same vein of warrior that nearly killed you?"
"Hrn..." Rizevim glowered.
"Zylphe..." Forbesii said as wind wrapped around his blade. "Gnomaren." He said as earth dust collected around his blade. "Grandine." Water joined it. "Gigamander." Dark flames wrapped around the blade.
"..." Rizevim scowled.
"Quadruple...Nega!" Forbesii shouts firing off the attack at the Son of Lucifer.
When the light died down and the dust settled. Forbesii glanced over and saw Rizevim being carried by a man with braided silver hair wearing a silver robe with accessories. "Euclid, what are you doing here?" Rizevim said.
"My apologies Rizevim-Sama, but there's problems back at base." Euclid said. "And you must live to maintain your vision."
"The vision of being a scum sucking piece of shit." Forbesii mused. "At least I'm trying to protect my home."
"Bastard, you watch your mouth around your better!" Euclid shouts.
"I underestimated you." Rizevim said. "That said, I've not fully recovered from my own rumble with Kenshin Kuroshi, so I will take my leave. Come Euclid."
"Yes Rizevim-Sama." Euclid said.
"Yes, run away with your tails between your legs, you're such old hands at it." Forbesii mocked.
"Forbesii...you know what it is I'm trying to accomplish...so I'd count my days if I were you." Rizevim smirked.
"That...thing will fall to me all the same." Forbesii said.
"Whatever you say." Rizevim said as he and Euclid disappeared.
No sooner than they did, Forbesii's legs buckled and his knees hit the ground. "Haa..haa...haa..." Forbesii panted. "Grh...not good...My body's already crying out for the power of the Tsurugi no Kami...if I don't sate it soon..." He looked at his sword hand. It showed burns that refused to heal. "Yet...the more I use it, the more this happens...even with all the splicing of DNA I did to my body's makeup...I can't stop this, I can only slow it."
(flashback end)
"Well I have the first half of the problem settled." Forbesii said as he crashed onto his throne and took a tablet in hand. "I have a DNA sample of each of them now...this should do nicely...I won't get them all, but enough." He punched in some orders on the tablet and set it to the side.
"Haa...time to rest..." Forbesii said closing his eyes.
(break)
A Couple of days later.
Kenshin, Rias, Sona, their peerages, Ravel, Raiser, Rasai, Grayfia, Alice and Bureijin were all making their way past the Natalia Region when suddenly everyone who didn't have the powers of the elements in them all collapsed and fainted. "..." Kenshin looked around.
"Hey? ! Sona, Issei, Akeno! Hey!" Yukari shouts.
"Oi! Kazumi, Chachamaru, Ravel, what's going on? !" Miyuki said.
"It seems anyone with elemental power was spared." Tamamo said. "Alice doesn't seem to count, but Tiamat, you're still conscious."
"Whoever did this, doesn't know I'm always prepared to fight." Tiamat said. "I won't be intimidated."
"Why was I spared then?" Rias said looking around.
"Kenshin, what's going on?" Yukari said.
"Dammit...you have piss poor timing." Kenshin said.
"That may be true, but I can wait no longer, Kenshin." Vali appeared in front of him, his Divine Dividing wings flapping behind him.
"Vali? ! You did this? !" Miyuki asked.
"I did." Vali said.
"What is the meaning of this? ! You're betraying us? !" Granberia shouts.
"..." Kenshin held his arm out, stopping her. "Stay back. I'm the one he wants."
"Kenshin?" Rias said.
"This is something I need to take care of." Kenshin said. "Vali, do you really want to do this?"
"It's the only way my vengeance can be satisfied." Vali said.
"Vengeance?" Yukari scowled. "You mean to kill Kenshin?"
"I do." Vali said.
"..." Miyuki stared at Vali in shock.
"He killed a man who was not his to kill." Vali said. "Rizevim Rivan Lucifer, my grandfather."
"Onii-Chan, you killed his grandfather?" Miyuki asked.
"I suppose I did." Kenshin said. "From what I gathered during that fight. He was a piece of shit."
"Indeed." Vali said. "He coerced my father to mistreat me as a child, and tried to kill me in the past. He was mine to kill."
"Can't you just be happy with him being dead?" Kenshin asked.
"Why is it you are the only one who is allowed to reap vengeance on someone?" Vali pointed out.
"..." Kenshin stared hard at Vali.
"Kenshin...what are you going to do?" Tamamo said.
"I don't have a choice." Kenshin said as he looked outward before pointing to the south. "There's a plot of uninhabited land to the far southwest of Port Natalia, we'll settle this there, but know this Vali. I don't want to kill you. So if I incapacitate you, you're my servant until further notice."
"If I can't even beat you, I don't deserve to call myself the Hakuryuukou, I accept." Vali said.
Kenshin started walking, Vali did as well. "...Did it all mean nothing to you?"
"..." Kenshin and Vali turned to Miyuki.
"Vali...did it mean nothing to you? !" Miyuki asked. "The time we spent together? !"
"..." Vali stared at her.
(flashback) (A/N: Just one such time)
Before Masouen.
Vali and Miyuki were playing another card game, this time it was a game of poker without stakes. "Ne, Vali." Miyuki said.
"Hm?" Vali said.
"About how old were you when you found out about Albion?" Miyuki asked.
"...?" Vali looked at her curiously.
"Wh-What?" Miyuki asked.
"That came out of nowhere." Vali said.
"Well we don't know a whole lot about each other. I figured we could get to know each other a little better." Miyuki said with a smile.
"..." Vali stared at her for a moment before closing his eyes. "Well, it was around the time I met Azazel."
"Speaking of, were you his mole in the Khaos Brigade?" Miyuki asked.
"...Why are you asking me that?" Vali asked.
"Awawawa! W-Well I'm only curious! It just seemed like you two kept contact even after Azazel said you betrayed him." Miyuki said waving her hands defensively.
"Hmn." Vali closed his eyes with an amused smile. "So that's what you had in your hand."
"Aah? ! You cheater!" Miyuki accused.
"Heheh..." Vali laughed. "Here let's just redo the hand." He said grabbing the deck.
"OK." Miyuki said.
"Seeing as you asked me a couple of questions about me, I'll ask a couple about you." Vali said.
"OK?" Miyuki asked.
"How did you react when you realized your brother and sister had both made a journey back in time?" Vali asked.
"Well...at first I was amazed...but the more Onee-Chan told Mom and I after that...I was horrified...then of course Onii-Chan doesn't even come back with her, having been brought to Kuoh."
"I still wonder how Sirzechs Lucifer pulled that off. I mean Kenshin was heading back to his own time, right?" Vali said.
"Well Onee-Chan said she was brought to a place called the River of Time first." Miyuki said. "I assume Onii-Chan was going to be brought there as well."
"Ah...The River of Time?" Vali asked.
"Apparently that's where the Time Goddess of this world lives." Miyuki said.
"I see." Vali said."...Say, Hikari Tsuki says that you were like...I dunno, dependent on your father and then on Kenshin. Why is that?"
"Well, Dad was Dad and I was still a little girl." Miyuki said. "...When I was born, I never knew my father, I didn't even know I had an older brother until I met him when I was five. Until I was nine, I had to do whatever that bastard Hottan told me to do, or he would kill Onee-Chan and Mom. The same threat was dealt to Onee-Chan about Mom and me and I think if Mom didn't submit to him, he'd have killed us."
"..." Vali stared at her.
"So...being doted on by my Dad...being loved dearly by Onii-Chan when Dad passed. They were experiences I wanted badly." Miyuki said.
"So then why aren't you vying for Kenshin's time with everyone else that's interested in him?" Vali asked.
"Because...while it was nice, I want to know if I can find something for myself." Miyuki said. "It's just, Onee-Chan already loves him...I just don't wanna interfere with that if I don't have to."
"I see..." Vali nodded.
"What about you? I mean according to both Issei and Onii-Chan, Kuroka first propositioned you for a child, why didn't you do it?" Miyuki asked.
"I'm not interested in romantic or any affairs like that." Vali said.
"...Oh..." Miyuki said looking down at her cards.
"...Or rather...Kuroka just doesn't interest me." Vali said. "She tries too hard."
"Tries too hard?" Miyuki asked.
"She just wants to get to the baby making part of it." Vali drawled.
"Oh...ahahahaha..." Miyuki giggled.
"..." Vali stared at her, the faintest of blushes on his face.
"So, why are you so interested in playing these games?" Miyuki asked holding up her cards.
"Well..." Vali said looking down at his cards. "My mother played them with me as a child."
"?" Miyuki stared at him curiously. "His mother? That's a first." She thought as she cleared her throat. "Your mother? What was she like?" She asked.
"..." Vali stared at his cards. "...She was...a lot like you."
"Me?" Miyuki said.
"Yeah, a kind, caring person, who doesn't like hurting people if she doesn't have to." Vali said. "I mean...I assume you have fun fighting sometimes, but..."
"I don't like hurting people too much." Miyuki said with a nod. "Unless I hate them or think they deserve it."
"Also...I win." Vali said holding out a straight flush.
"...Nah, you don't." Miyuki said holding out a royal flush.
"Aah..." Vali stared.
"Hehehehehe." Miyuki giggled.
"Alright, you won, but I think that should end it for the night." Vali said.
"Right." Miyuki said as she helped gather the cards. However, the two were sitting on a bed and her leg which she was using for balance as she sat up was asleep and she lost her balance. "Whoa? !" Miyuki gasped, falling into Vali.
"? !" Vali just barely caught her.
However the fall did cause their lips to connect. "Mm?" Miyuki said.
"Hmn?" Vali said as the two looked down at their lips.
"!" The two let out a pair of gasps, but...neither pulled away from the other. Vali wrapped his arms around her and slowly deepened the kiss.
"Mmu...!" Miyuki let out a moan into him. The kiss went on for a moment before Miyuki pulled away. "...Wow..." She said.
"..." Vali stared at her. "That was an accident..."
"Maybe so, but...it still felt good didn't it?" Miyuki asked with a smile.
"...It did." Vali said. "Maybe...we could try it again sometime..."
"Ufufu...maybe." Miyuki said as she got off of him. "I'll be seeing you."
Vali watched as she left the room, a bit of a skip in her step before he touched his lips. "..."
(flashback end)
"..." Vali stared at Miyuki.
"Vali...please, don't do this...if the bastard is gone...then just be happy that he is..you're finally free of his shadow." Miyuki said as tears streamed from her eyes.
"...Miyuki..." Yukari said with a sympathetic gaze.
"..." Kenshin said nothing.
"...I'm not the kind of person who deserves a peaceful life." Vali said before his eyes widened.
"!" Miyuki's eyes widened before her body went slack and she fell into unconsciousness, Yukari caught her.
"Hey! You didn't have to use the Serene Conqueror on-!" Kenshin shouts.
"If I didn't she never would have let us leave!" Vali shouts.
"Krh..." Kenshin growled.
"..." Yukari looked down at her unconscious sister before turning her eyes to Vali. "All this time, all Miyuki wanted to do was help you. From the first moment after your fight against Kenshin on Mundus Magicus."
"There's no reason for her to do so, nor is there a reason for me to reciprocate that sentiment." Vali said.
"You bastard, she doesn't need a reason, you didn't need one to accept her kindness!" Yukari shouts. "She isn't trying to make you hers, yet she just shed tears for you!"
"..." Vali stared at Miyuki.
"Mother, why does Dad hate me so much?"
"He...doesn't hate you, but...it's hard to explain."
"Why?"
"Because his actions aren't really his own...it's your grandfather that hates you, he even hates your father, because he had you with me. If your grandfather was never around...your father would love you, just like I do."
"..." Vali stared at Miyuki. "The time I spent with her was nice, but...this was always the end result. I can't be tied down by such things." He turned away. "Let's settle this Kenshin."
"..." Kenshin watched as Vali took off.
"Kenshin..." Yukari said.
"I think Miyuki was falling in love with him." Kenshin said. "It's kind of the problem with Miyuki, she never knew love as a child until I freed Mom from Hottan, at least not very much of it...so she needed the feeling of it, just to know what it was..and it causes her to fall in love quickly, with Kotarou back home, with me...and with Vali now as well...it's not a bad problem to have, but...it does open you up to having your heart broken."
Kenshin turned to where Vali flew off to. "I'm going." He took off and pursued Vali.
"Kenshin..." Rias said watching him leave before coming over to Yukari. "Is she OK?" She asked pointing at Miyuki.
"She will be. Serene Conqueror typically isn't a deadly move." Yukari said. "Everyone else will be fine as well."
He caught up to Vali who was waiting at a flat plain area, that was close to a beach. "So Vali, now we're both fresh. So this should be looked at as the rubber match between us eh?" Kenshin asked.
"Indeed." Vali said. The wind was blowing around them. "And this time, the White Dragon shall reign supreme."
"You are the epitome of a one track mind." Kenshin said. "You're so focused on killing Rizevim, through me now, that you don't give a damn who it is you hurt in the process!"
"I don't expect you to understand why it is I wanted to kill him." Vali said. "Why I now have to kill you."
"Oh no I get it. He was your Hottan. A cruel vindictive bastard with no damn empathy whatsoever. That much became painfully apparent as I fought him." Kenshin said. "Had I known you wanted to kill him...I still would have killed him because I was fighting for my fucking life. I am sorry that I took away your chance at revenge, but I HAD NO CHOICE!"
"..." Vali scowled at him.
"Now, that aside. You told me before that you were going to leave your team and begin training to take on Great Red. I've been alone, so I just can't see why anyone would willingly go to that. Even when I was doing it to go and fight Hottan. You can't be tied down by such things? That's bullshit and you know it."
"Hmph." Vali closed his arms.
"And...while I said I do not want to kill you, and that remains true, I still consider you a friend, You still made my little sister cry." Kenshin said with a scowl. "I'm going to drag you back and you will apologize, even if I have to break every fucking bone in your body."
"Let's see if you can do it." Vali said with a small smirk, eager to meet Kenshin's challenge.
"Fine!" Kenshin shouts. "You asked for this!" He took off at Vali
"I did, now shut up and fight!" Vali said taking off toward him.
Kenshin's Kuroi Jigoku met Vali's barrier and both of them uttered a single phrase.
"Balance...BREAK! !"
(chapter end)
Draconis: Whew...
Kenshin: I am going to kick your ass.
Vali: Funny, I'm going to kill yours.
Draconis: Save it for next chapter! Also, I'll say this now. The Primordials, they are just positions and titles I'll be addressing certain characters with in the future. They don't make the ones they belong to any more powerful, rather they have the title because their power is what it is.
Anyway, sorry this and the side chapter took so long. See you all next time.
Draconis678 out.