Welcome to the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, but before starting the story. Let's answer some reviews:
Altair95: Thanks. Here comes the canon timeline.
Cristian Njoroge: Neither can I, this is where things start getting insane. Yep, Crom Cruach is likely the one evil dragon who wouldn't kill someone simply because he beat them.
TehStorm: Kensei is, in fact, comparable to High-Class Devils, able to handle fighting against opponents of a higher caliber for a time. I didn't want to them achieve Balance Breaker yet since theirs are more unique compared to others. I mean, other canon Sacred Gear users haven't achieved it despite all the situations they were in. It will still be quite some time before it reaches his hands, the reason is I don't want him to be too reliant on it, more so since he has his powers.
The Kibou Alliance
One year later, inside a wide forested area located in the Human World somewhere in Europe, there was a previously abandoned building. But, at the moment, it was being used as the base of a pact of rogue devils who abandoned their masters for their own. All of them were now criminals being hunted down as a result of their abandonment by the Underworld government.
Neither of them belonged to the same peerage, but to survive, all of them came together under the same banner. Their numbers measured eight: one Pawn, two Knights, three Bishops, one Rook, and one Queen, the acting leader of the group, an obvious choice for them.
All the rogue devils aside from the Queen could maintain their original forms, instead of appearing much more like a group of monstrous humanoids. It was because their masters weren't around to keep their powers in check, but it seemed as if the male Queen didn't have the same trouble.
"Are the barriers around the base secure?"
The Queen, a male asked the three Bishops who nodded their head.
"Yes, the barriers are strong," one of them replied. "But, I don't know why the sudden interest since no one from the Underworld managed to find our location."
"That's the reason. It's been too silent and the government isn't the kind to follow rogues go wild."
The Queen replied.
"Who cares it's simply a simple task to kill our pursuers."
The Rook stated without losing confidence in his strength and their numbers.
"Don't be foolish. Based on the situation, we could have a mature devil coming after us any day now."
The Queen countered his confidence using what logic he maintained.
"That's oddly specific. What caused that to come up?"
The Pawn asked confused.
"I came in contact with some odd individual who warned me about it," the Queen revealed surprising all of his teammates. "I know that this person isn't from the Underworld since he didn't give off the same aura as a devil. It seemed to be a human dressed in some odd equipment that I haven't seen before."
"What kind of human would approach rogue devils," the Rook sounded skeptical about that fact since rogues like them are known for devouring humans. "Are you sure that it wasn't just someone from the Underworld who could hide their presence? The better question is why you allowed them to leave?"
The Rook seemed to leak from hostility toward the Queen who returned it leaking out a greater aura coming from his demonic power, which caused them to buckle down.
"I'm not a dumb ass like you who picks a fight with everyone and anyone. If I had tried attacking that person, then it would have ended in my death. I know based on experience that person would have killed me the moment that I tried making a move against him."
"So, what're we supposed to do now?"
The Rook asked.
"Keep ourselves prepared for an attack. So, we won't…."
"What?!"
"How can this be?!"
"That's impossible!"
All three Bishops looked to have reacted with shocked looks on their faces after feeling something that neither of their comrades couldn't. After seeing three of their partners in crime reacting like that, the other four rogues faced them wearing a worried looks.
"What happened?"
"Almost all the barriers and traps that we placed around the base have all been removed."
"It seems as if it was replaced using someone else's barrier."
"We've been locked inside of the barrier."
All the three Bishops replied causing the Queen to stare at her dumbfounded meaning that someone was starting to launch an attack on their face.
"Prepare for an…."
Doooooooon! Doooooooon! Doooooooon!
[…!]
Before the Queen could respond and give orders to his underlines, their base, which has been strengthened so it could endure various attacks received several explosions at different locations. It resulted in the building starting to fall apart due to the attack, as the tremors caused them to almost stumble.
"Who's attacking us?!"
"To think that I was forced into coming to the Human World," a male's voice could be heard reaching their ears, and a silhouette could be seen from the smoke. "But, since this was a direct request to the Phenex Household from the Archduke, then this Riser shall gladly accept it."
Almost dramatically, there was a gust of wind that blew away the smoke caused by the explosion was brushed aside. It revealed a handsome blonde-haired young man in his twenties giving off a bad boy vibe dressed up in a suit, but the undershirt was opened revealing his chest. But, he wasn't alone, standing beside him was a group of five women all dressed in varied clothing.
"Well, would you look at this," the Queen stated feeling a little unsettled. "Riser Phenex, one of the rising stars in the Rating Game joined by his peerage composed of his little harem. Who knew that person's advice would have been correct? To think that the Underworld needed to send you all to take us ours. But, it looks as if ten of you are missing. Did they turn tail and run?"
"Hah, aren't we being a little too arrogant?"
Riser's Queen, Yubelluna commented holding her staff in her hands and laughing haughtily.
"We were sent to ensure that there wasn't the slightest chance of your existence remaining. I don't require all of my cute servants to take care of you people. I alone could even handle you disgusting rogues," Riser replied and ran his hand through his blonde hair before glaring at the people in front of him using his dark blue eyes. "But, it'd be boring if I handled everything alone. And besides, my cute servants haven't had the chance to fight as of late. So, Karlamine! Siris handle the two knights!"
"Yes, Riser-sama! I'll uphold the honor of the Phenex!"
"Yes, Riser-sama!"
Karlamine, a woman dressed almost as a knight replied filled with the excitement of the challenge.
Siris, a tall woman wielding a large two-handed sword.
Both women were Knights who held their swords in their hands, then rushed forward toward their foes using their enhanced speed. Their opponents, the two rogue Knights looked to have taken on more animal forms as their fingers extended into claws. In response to this, it turned into a two-on-two battle between Knights as all four vanished from sight, but sparks produced from their weapons appeared in the air.
"Xuelan handle the Pawn."
Xuelan, a young Chinese woman dressed in a Chinese dress bowed her head.
"Yes, Riser-sama."
Xuelan replied as she rushed over toward the Pawn, a man with an impressive build who appeared to have taken on the form of a bear. Although she was a Rook, she managed to appear in front of the Pawn with more speed than a normal Rook may have. It didn't take much time for Xuelan to arrive in front of the Pawn as she followed up with a sharp kick aimed at his abdomen.
"Urgh!"
Despite the difference in build, the Pawn was pushed back from the kick and even spat out some bile from his mouth. But, he maintained himself as he recovered from the assault before continuing with the battle between a Pawn and Rook.
"Isabela handle the Rook."
"Alright, Riser-sama!"
Isabela, a woman who seemed to be one of the oldest members aside from Riser and Yubelluna dressed almost like a biker woman with a mask that covered one section of her face.
Instead of rushing at her opponent like the others, Isabela instead continued walking forward, while cracking her knuckles. Seeing this caused the Rook, a man who stood at a higher height and seemed to turn into the far most monstrous among the others.
"Hah, I didn't think that I'd fight someone smaller than me let alone a woman."
The Rook cockily said as he cracked his neck, causing a loud sound to echo even among the various noises of a battle commencing around them.
"Well, looks like I found an arrogant opponent."
Isabela said as she clenched her fist, then pulled it back preparing for a punch, which the Rook did as well as a smirk appeared on his face. Both the Rooks' punches were aimed at one another causing them to collide against each other triggering a strong shockwave that spread outwards. It wasn't long until both the Rooks started getting into a fistfight against one another.
"Yubelluna, do you believe that you can handle the three Bishops?"
"It'll be a simple task for me, Riser-sama."
Yubelluna commented as she started to float in the air using her wings, which caused the three Bishops to do the same. All four of them radiated with demonic power before releasing several attacks aimed at one another, all of which destroyed the ceiling. The lone Queen faced off against the three Bishops faced off against each other in an aerial battlefield as various demonic attacks were released at each other.
Seeing that all of his remaining members were fighting against their opponents, the two leaders stood in front of one another leaking about the same amount of confidence.
"I didn't think that I'd get to fight against a mature devil such as yourself, Riser Phenex-sama."
Despite adding '-sama' to his name, it sounded more condescending rather than respectful, but it didn't affect him at all as bird-like flame wings sprouted from his back.
"You should be honored that I arrived to bring you down. An A-Class rouge devil such as yourself who've been on the run for a long time. I doubt this will be enough to kill boredom."
Both King and Queen gave out their responses before charging at one another releasing their demonic powers, which produced a notable aura.
That battle inside their base took a couple of minutes to conclude, but the battle was enough to break several sections of the building. Even though it was reinforced using demonic power from the three Bishops, all of the people who remained believed that it would collapse at any moment.
"*Huff* *Huff* Y-You bastard…!"
The last remaining rogue devil was the Queen who witnessed his allies all being disposed of despite the previous belief that it was their advantage. He glared at his opponent who did seem to have taken some attacks from him, but all the wounds were healed as the flames transformed into his missing parts. At the same time, all of Riser's five-woman appeared behind him and kneeled.
"Riser-sama we've taken care of all the enemies."
Yubelluna stated as she stared forward at the back of her King, reporting to him like any other dutiful Queen.
"Hah, I guess that wasn't as boring as I thought it would've been. I guess that you don't earn an A rating without a reason, it seems."
"Y-You arrogant bastard."
"As a sign of respect for you sating my boredom somewhat," Riser said as an intense flame was produced inside of the palm of his hands. "Any last words?"
"I-I, hope the time comes when your immortality won't save you."
The Queen replied coldly before Riser released his flames, which covered his entire body creating a flame pillar rising through the building's opening. It didn't stop there as the flames started spreading around the entire room, in the same direction as the other's bodies.
"Well, let's leave this place and meet up with the others."
[Yes, Riser-sama!]
All his servants replied as they followed him outside of the building as it finally started falling apart and all their opponents' bodies were being burned to ashes. The moment that Riser and the others came from outside of the inflamed building, he was met with the remaining members of his peerage who all kneeled in front of him.
"Riser-sama, we completed our task and ensured there was no other enemy outside."
One of his pawns, a blue-haired nekomata stated.
"Yep, there wasn't another soul aside from the rogues."
"Excellent job my adorable servants."
Riser replied laughing proud about the job that his peerage members had done, but there was a slight sigh, which left from one of their mouths.
"Is there something wrong, Ravel?"
The servant, no the person who sighed was someone more important to Riser than a peerage member, instead, it was his younger sister. Ravel Phenex, a cute blonde-haired young girl who looked fifteen years old with hair tied into twin-tails with large curls dressed in a princess dress. Even for her age, she looked to be far more developed than most in some areas.
"It wouldn't have taken so long if you went with my plan, Riser-oniisama."
Ravel replied speaking more naturally to her older brother.
"Hahaha, well there wasn't much need for you to get involved in this Ravel."
Riser started letting a more natural laugh after talking to his sister as the other began joining with their teammates letting the two siblings converse with one another.
"I haven't gotten involved in anything, Riser-oniisama. You know, first I thought that I was going serve more of a purpose after you asked me to enter your peerage," Ravel said before turning her gaze over to her older brother starting harshly at him. "And then, I realized that you wanted me to join to complete your perverted idea of a harem! Do you think that I'm nothing more than fashion for you to show off to make people jealous?"
"Of course, not Ravel, you play an important part in my peerage," Riser commented before showing a smile that didn't make Ravel feel any better. "You're the perfect little sister-type and tsundere for my ideal harem. But, of course, I don't plan on doing anything to…."
Flame!
Before Riser could finish, Ravel blasted off a portion of his face using her flames from annoyance as she stared at her older brother using a harsh look. Of course, it healed moments later with Riser looking as casual as before, laughing jovially at his sister's reaction.
"Hahaha, now there goes the 'tsun'. Now, let's see the 'dere' too."
"You'll get no 'dere' from me, Riser-oniisama! Ugh, just listen to me when I'm trying to…."
Hit.
Before Ravel could finish lecturing her older brother about not listening to her plan, she felt something prick her neck. Her initial thoughts were that it was an insect bite, but when an unpleasant burning sensation could be felt on her skin as. She reached her hand to feel what it was and winced as barely touching it burned her hand, becoming shocked as she suddenly felt strength leaving her body.
"…eh?"
Ravel seemed to have become faint at that moment before she seemed to start losing consciousness.
"!"
Riser noticed the same thing as soon as it happened, then moved forward before either of his Knights could react and caught his sister in his arms.
"Ravel?!"
Riser shouted concerned as he caught his sister in his arms, switching from his usual casual demeanor to alter in an instant. He looked to find that a thin needle made of light had pierced Ravel's neck. Realizing that someone attacked his younger sister using light of all things caused a series of veins to appear on his forehead.
"Who dared attack, my sister?!"
Riser's anger raised as his flames wings and demonic power were released from his entire body even his servants started sweating from the heat. Realizing the seriousness of the situation, his peerage became on high alert as this meant that there was someone else inside of the forest with dangerous intentions.
"But, we cleared the entire area! There shouldn't have been anyone here!"
His other Bishop, Mihae appeared shocked about that attack since their side already ensured no one else was in the same location as them.
"Someone must've entered this location during the battle by bypassing the barrier."
Yubelluna surmised as she and the others were already moving to scour the entire area looking for whoever attacked Ravel, then bring them in.
Riser was more preoccupied with tending to his little sister, noticing that the light needle was causing smoke to leak out from the penetrated area. He moved to remove the needle, not caring that it'd cause him to pain too, being more concerned about realizing her pain. It was then something off happened, which caused a stunned expression to form on his face.
"What the hell?!"
Riser looked to notice that the light needle had invaded her body through the wound causing groans of pain to leave her mouth.
"…ahhh…gah…."
Ravel groaned from the pain as she felt the light poisoning her body and felt as if her entire body was heating up.
"…fuck!"
Riser started feeling his anger starting to build up as he couldn't bear seeing his sister in this condition.
"Riser-sama, we found this note where someone else's scent was?"
His red-haired nekomata servant arrived in front of him holding a note in her hands, which Riser took from her hands. After opening it using his free hand, he read the note with sharp eyes as the vein on his head started to pulsate from the anger building up within him. He started grinding his teeth after reading the note's contents, and despite wanting to burn it in his hands, he needed to show it to Phenex Clan.
"We're returning to the Underworld and informing my parents," Riser said before standing up, holding both Ravel and the letter in his hands as his Queen already started activating the magic circle. "I'll find whoever did this and burn them alive. I promise that on my name, Riser Phenex!"
Once those words left his mouth, Riser stepped into the middle of the magic circle holding his sister in his arms as his peerage members gathered too. Riser and his entire peerage were bathed in a bright light and teleported back to the Underworld. Seconds later, a figure cloaked in a black stealth uniform looked to have been cloaked in the darkness of the night. Seeing that Riser and his peerage departed, the figure stood up straight before placing their finger at their ear.
"All of them left with the Phenex girl, the plan was done as planned, and he received the demands," the figure, a male of an undetermined age replied. On the other end of the line, whoever he was talking to continued speaking as the male nodded his head. "Yes, if everything goes as planned, then Lord Phenex won't have to mourn the loss of his youngest child. It's funny that the third son believes that he has a chance against us. I'll return as well too."
Finishing those words, the man activated a unique-looking magic circle meant to transport himself back to where he and his people were situated. Since he was gone, there was nothing in this location aside from the ruins of a battlefield, which acted as a trigger for this situation.
Inside Kibou Town, as the sunlight beamed out into the room belonging to Kensei, now a seventeen-year-old had groggily opened his eyes as he stared at the ceiling. He scratched his head as he leaned up from his pillow as a yawn escaped from his mouth. At the moment, he wasn't even wearing a shirt to cover his upper half, instead opting for shorts to sleep in.
Kensei has grown a lot compared to the year before, growing up into a more handsome young man. His physique has become more toned from his conditioning exercises, but it remained leaned, finding it to suit him the most.
"…," Kensei yawned as he stretched his arms before spreading them apart. "Well, let's start another day. Huh?"
Just as Kensei was preparing to jump out of bed, he was stopped as he felt someone holding onto his waist, and keeping him from doing so. He wasn't surprised since Alice, Claire, Kunou, and Hisui made it a point to take turns sleeping in his bed at night. From time to time, it made him think of getting a bigger bed for them all, but that meant he would need to renovate his room, and likely the entire house too at some point.
Not like that was going to be difficult for him in the slightest at this point considering their current resources.
"Alright. So, going on their order…it would be."
Kensei pointed out as he started removing the covers with the person in question entering his head.
He removed the covers without fully removing them, and found himself letting an amused breath escape from his mouth as he smiled.
Sleeping curled up right beside him was a fifteen-year-old Kunou, her golden nine tails reached past the bed's ends. She had gone through growth as well, having grown more into a proper woman, being developed more in areas than most girls in her year and even some in their second year. Kunou was dressed in nothing short of her bra and panties, something the girls made a habit of doing. Around her neck was the magatama necklace, and the engagement ring made for her.
"…Kunou, come on. Time to get up."
"…nnnn."
Kensei smiled as he looked down at the sleeping Kyuubi. Aside from finding the entire thing cute, there was one fact that made him want to laugh more.
"Kunou, I know you're not asleep."
Kensei noted as he stared at the sleeping Kunou to see what her reaction would be, but she looked to have kept up the ruse. But, it should be noted that there was some hint of a reaction as she could feel Kensei looking at her curiously.
"…nnnn…Kunou…can't hear you…."
Kunou replied feigning sleepiness, but he could see that she was lightly puckering her lips, causing him to realize what she wanted. After rolling his eyes, Kensei leaned forward and kissed Kunou on the lips, to which the Kyuubi returned in kind. She wrapped her arms around his neck as the two started going deeper into the kiss before they stopped after almost a minute.
Having gotten what she wanted, and shared a kiss with Kensei, Kunou later opened her eyes and stared brightly at him as he was right on top of her.
"Good morning, Ken-chan."
Kunou cutely said as Kensei sat down on the bed beside her.
"I can see that Kunou is still a naughty girl."
Kensei teased as Kunou pouted at that comment.
"Don't be rude, Ken-chan. Kunou simply wanted a good morning kiss!"
"Yea, yea, I know. I'm sorry about that."
He apologized while laughing as he placed his hand on top of Kunou's head, causing her to moan as he rubbed her fox ears too. She again pouted as Kensei stopped rubbing her head, and instead stood up from his bed, then started stretching his arms.
"Well, let's get prepared for school. If wouldn't look good if the Public Morals Committee's Captain and members are late for school. Right, Kunou?"
"Right, Ken-chan!"
Kunou cheerfully replied as she stood up from the bed, then started getting dressed.
Kensei could see that Kunou took off her school uniform before getting into bed, which was placed on one of the chairs in his bedroom. He shook his head, then started getting dressed in the school uniform, which was already placed out and prepared. Before long, Kensei also retrieved Kurogane, his beloved katana placed in the stand placed on stand prepared in his bedroom before placing it in its sword bag.
Dressed and prepared, Kensei and Kunou left the bedroom, then entered the living room, where breakfast could already be smelled the moment he walked outside.
"Well, I see that someone finally decided to wake up."
Kensei almost felt like laughing wryly as he heard that almost sarcastic voice coming from the kitchen.
"Come on, Claire. I had a busy night because a certain terrorist group decided to cause trouble."
Kensei replied as he stared into the kitchen looking at Claire who had her back turned toward him.
"Well, I think that was because someone decided to go at it alone."
At that moment, Claire turned around to face him as she pointed a spatula at him, while her free hand was on her hip and staring at him teasingly.
Claire, now a fifteen-year-old has grown into a truly graceful beauty, her hair has grown back as long as before, and it now reached down to her back; similar to Kunou, she was more developed in areas than most her age, having a more sizable chest that fit her frame.
"Right, I can't argue with that even though it was short notice. But, those guys are…."
"No talking about business during breakfast," Claire stopped Kensei from speaking further about the matter."We'll talk about it either during classes or during the meeting at the base."
"Fine, fine."
Kensei replied much to her happiness as she was finishing up with their breakfast, finding that it was impossible to argue with Claire on the matter. Instead he, and Kunou took a seat at the breakfast table and started waiting for the last resident. As Claire was finishing cooking, the last person started walking downstairs and a long yawn could be heard escaping from their mouth.
"Well, I guess that's another art piece finished."
Alice lazily spoke as she arrived downstairs rubbing her eyes.
As a seventeen-year-old, Alice has grown into a striking beauty, her most defining features being her hourglass figure and abundant chest. Her fair skin complexion is the healthiest possible due to the treatment she received, which meant she was about as healthy as anyone else.
"Well, then take a seat, Alice-nee. I'm finished with breakfast" Claire said as Alice took a seat beside Kensei, and turned around to see her current state of dress. "Alice-nee, please remember to button yourself up before leaving home this time."
"Huh?"
Alice asked looking down and noticing that her dress shirt was unbuttoned, revealing the black lace bra, she was wearing. It wasn't new to them since Alice made a habit of being too comfortable in the house sometimes, or when she was too tired to care.
"Right, I'll work on that later. Too tired to work on anything aside from eating"
Alice said almost tired as she leaned her head to the side, resting it on Kensei's shoulder.
"So, is this going to be another art piece that you'll be selling to another gallery," Kensei asked. He placed his hand on top of her tired head, which was a feeling that she always enjoyed. "I know you were happy after hearing how much a gallery wanted for one of them."
"It's not really about the money, although that's good for us too. I'm happy that so many people wanted to see my painting," Alice replied as she smiled at the thought of people in galleries seeing her paintings. "But, it sounds too much like a hassle showing up to galleries, and parties to show. So, I'll stick to simply turning them all in using my pseudonym."
It hasn't been that long since Alice sent her first actual painting to an art gallery under a pseudonym, but she had never thought that it would become a hit among buyers. Of course, she couldn't but send more of her paintings to them under the same name, which wasn't a large task considering their group.
At around the same time, Claire finished preparing breakfast, placing them on their plates, and pouring them their drinks. Seeing that their breakfast was prepared, she turned over towards Kensei who seemed to have had a hand on Alice's head.
"Kensei could you do the thing to make things faster?"
"Got it."
Kensei said as he raised his hand, then all of the plates and glasses started being lifted from the counter, then started floating over toward the table. At the same time, Claire took a seat as all the plates were delivered to their appropriate individual. He later used senjutsu so that Alice felt as if she'd just gotten an entire night of sleep in a second.
"Geez, you could have at least given me a couple of minutes before doing that, Kensei. You know just how much I like lazily resting my head on your shoulders."
Alice complained as she drank from the orange juice that was in her glass.
"Maybe later tonight, when you can do it all you want," Kensei teased Alice causing her to give a faint blush. "All of us need to head out to the school in a couple of minutes. So, let's finish our breakfast, and head out."
"Alright."
Alice seemed to have pouted after hearing that but started eating her breakfast anyways as the four enjoyed the breakfast together. It was one of the peaceful moments in their lives that the four truly loved the most since it was quiet, and they could converse as they wished without interruption. Of course, there were times that Hisui will join in too, but she'd sometimes rather spend time in the mornings at least with Rui.
Having finished their breakfast, Kensei, Claire, Alice (who buttoned up her uniform), and Kunou left home as their next destination was Kibou Academy. After walking outside the Amagiri Residence, from there, all of them could see the new building, which has a striking design, and an emblem located at the corner. Th building in question is the Kibou Alliance's main base, which was built due to the assistance of the Norse World and Gremory Clan.
It acted as their base, and meeting place for all situations, as well as an upcoming conglomerate to support their group. One of their first business was in entertainment, their first noble success being gaining the upcoming idol, Sakura-hime, an offer that Minako wholeheartedly accepted since it meant that she wouldn't be at all far from Kensei for long periods; and being what Alice uses to sell some of her paintings to galleries. It started to also link itself to the police and fire stations to make handling certain supernatural situations easier.
Seeing how things were coming up for them caused Kensei, and the others to feel grateful for the hard work that Zane put into coming up with the entire thing.
As their group was heading in the direction of Kibou Academy in peace, neither of them could sense there was a certain person following behind them. It wasn't until that person had gotten close enough behind them that they'd make their move.
"Good morning, Ken Ken~!"
It was Hisui who leaped forward almost like a cat and wrapped her arms around Kensei from behind, which was an act that surprised even him.
"Morning, Hisui."
Kensei greeted them as she gave him a quick kiss before smiling.
Hisui, now a seventeen-year-old has a slender and curvy build, giving off a more athletic feeling from her training; her beautiful jade hair remained at her shoulders. If anyone saw her, then anyone would be almost immediately entranced in her presence. Like Claire, Alice, Kunou, and Minako she wore an engagement ring on her fingers, but when it came to normal people, they played it off as simple rings.
After Kensei announced his planned engagement, Hisui almost laughed after seeing how her parents reacted, if she wasn't still blushing to wonder whether or not she was dreaming.
Of course, her mother looked as ecstatic as possible about the entire situation as her eyes seemed to sparkle at the next. Her father, on the other hand, looked as if it was the worst news of his entire life as he seemed to have even tried denying it. However, it resulted as expected, Hinata immediately pressed a needle at a pressure point, which knocked him unconscious. And that's how Kensei received Hinata's consent to make Hisui one of his wives, albeit he had to ignore her father's hostility.
"Well, I see that she's gotten better at hiding her presence from us."
Claire pointed out as she noticed Hisui landed on the ground after hanging off Kensei for a bit.
"Well, to be reporters, then you'd need stealth at least."
Another voice reached them as Claire turned around smiling.
"Morning, Rui."
Rui, now a seventeen-year-old had a more curvy build as she kept her hair short too, similar to Hisui attracted a lot of attention from various people.
"Well, I see that everyone is as energetic as always," Rui pointed out before turning her attention to Alice with her modified Oracle Phone in her hand, which displayed a painting. "Also, I have to say that painting that you turned into that gallery looked as amazing as always Alice."
"Thanks, I didn't think that it'd sell for that high a price, though."
"Well, you should be proud. I know that you're living your dream of making art, and people are appreciating it," a had smile graced Rui's face as she returned her Oracle Phone to her pockets. "So, are you all prepared for our usual school greeting?"
Hearing Rui's obvious joke caused them all to realize what that meant, and a laugh escaped from their mouth as they continued heading to school.
Once their group passed by the school gates, they heard the usual conversation between the various students as they minded their business. Their conversation was almost all about their normal and school lives, but that all stopped after some turned around to notice the group who walked in. There was a slight pause before loud voices erupted from their mouths as Kensei and the others almost laughed at that reaction.
"Kyaaa! Look it's one of the Great Kibou Kings, our Untouchable Enforcer!"
"Kensei-senpai looks so handsome~!"
"I wouldn't mind getting into trouble if I can spend time with him."
"He truly gives off the feeling of a samurai."
"Please come, and watch practice anytime, Kensei-kun!"
Kensei laughed a bit after hearing their comments since he became known as one of "Kibou's Two Great Kings".
"It's one of our Great Kibou Queens, our Beautiful Artist!"
"She's so stoic and cool, and all her paintings are so beautiful!"
"She's so beautiful that she's almost a living work of art!"
Alice seemed unfazed as she heard praise from male and female students, the male students who were leering at her backed off after receiving a glance from Kensei.
"Another one of our Great Kibou Queens, the Jade Beauty!"
"I always love reading the articles that Hisui-senpai writes for the paper."
"She's so cool and inspiring!"
Hisui seemed to be enjoying the attention she was receiving as she walked down the courtyard.
"It's also one of the Great Kibou Princesses, our Graceful Angel!"
"How does someone look in their first year look so cool, and mature!"
"Being the Public Morals Committee's Vice-Captain fits her!"
Claire walked coolly beside Kensei.
"It's our Great Kibou Princess, our Cheerful Fox!"
"She's as beautiful as Claire-chan, but she's so cute!"
"She almost gives off the air of a genuine princess!"
Kunou smiled brightly as she received praise from them.
"And it's our own Beautiful Sleuth."
"She is one of the best members that the Newspaper Club has ever had."
"She and Hisui-chan just give off an almost bewitching vibe."
"I swear it's always the same thing whenever we come here together like this," Kensei thought recalling all of the times that the students did the same thing, making it feel almost like a regular tradition. "I never thought that we'd end up becoming this popular around the school."
"Well, we're just that awesome."
"Or, it could be that they perceive our supernatural presence as charisma or something."
Rui surmised as she shrugged her shoulders.
"I see that this is truly becoming a daily occurrence."
A new, but familiar voice came on the scene as if realizing the entire commotion after walking by.
"I understand you all have your feelings of admiration toward them. But, I please request that you all do it in a more respectful manner that doesn't cause trouble for the school."
It was revealed to be Maria, now seventeen-year-old, she has grown into a beauty that people around the school have described as being almost fairylike. More so, almost everything about her was the definition of well-balanced in terms of her slender, curvy, and athletic build. In addition to the manner in that she carried herself, Maria became a role model for several female students for her beauty, grades, and personality.
So, it wasn't odd for her to have become the Student Council President.
"Kyaaa, it's our school's number one, our Great Kibou Queen, Titania!"
"She's so cool."
"Maria-senpai is my greatest role model."
After seeing Maria arrive, in addition to Kensei, and the others, both men and women alike practically had hearts in their eyes in her presence.
"I thought that this would happen too," Maria let a light sigh escape from her mouth as she clapped her hands at a quickened pace. "Please, don't remain here for long since classes will be starting soon. I always want you all to never forget our school pride."
"You heard, Maria-nee! Everyone scatter!"
A strong yet feminine voice called out as she arrived beside Maria holding out her hand like a guard.
Layla, now seventeen-year-old, figure has grown to be more curvaceous and athletic, her light blue hair has grown out more, but it kept tied into a ponytail. Similar to her sacred gear, she could be described as being more of an ice-cold beauty. Layla, of course, was the Student Council's Vice-President and known as the Blue Knight.
But, she wasn't alone as two other students stood beside them, one of them being the most familiar to them.
First, Iris, now a fifteen-year-old and first year, maintains a slender figure but was cute enough for her to be known as the Student Council's mascot. She now held the position of the Student Council's Secretary.
Second, was a fifteen-year-old and first year, he gave off more of a childish and cute feeling to most of the girls and stood around the same height as Iris; with short brown hair and eyes. His name is Alexander Hayward, one of the children who were from Hagun Island, and became old enough to attend high school. And decided to follow Maria in the Student Council, being their Treasurer.
"Awww, Layla-senpai even cold is still amazing."
"Iris-chan is so cute."
"So is Alex-kun when he's flustered."
Despite the students feeling sad about needing to head off to classes, they still did as requested by both Maria, and Layla then started walking off.
"You know, you'd think we'd be used to this at this point."
Kensei pointed out as he approached the three of them.
"Well, what can you do," Maria said shrugging her shoulders lightly as she stared at the group. "You know we're all going to have a meeting to discuss what's been happening lately in regard to Hikage?"
"Of course, more so since what happened last night. But, we gotta at least finish our usual school activities first."
"Believe I know, we gotta maintain our responsibilities in our respective clubs. Besides, you aren't the only one of us who went through a lot of weird things lately in regard to those guys."
Maria agreed as Iris walked past her and found herself standing in front of Claire smiling.
"Good morning, Claire. So, who was the last one up this time?"
Iris asked in a more jovial and joking manner as she snickered a bit.
"It was Kensei this time. If he had taken any longer, then I almost considered pouring water on his head again."
Claire replied as she got into casual conversation with Alice, while Kensei gave a dry laugh.
"Hey, Alex have you been doing a good job in the Student Council?"
Hisui asked as she and Rui approached the young boy who seemed a little nervous about that question.
"U…Uh, y…yes, Maria-nee have been…nice."
Alexander replied as if he didn't know how to respond to Hisui while adverting his eyes.
"Alex has been a great help to the Student Council, he's proven himself great at organizing the school funds and writing up reports about it."
Layla stated as Maria and Kensei seemed to have still been conversing with one another, placing her hand softly on Alex's head. Even Layla couldn't help finding his bashful side cute since it reminded her of how Iris was after meeting her for the first time on Hagun Island.
"…Layla-nee."
"Maria-nee, I think that we should be heading to classes ourselves."
"Right, Layla," Maria agreed as she nodded her head before turning to the others. "So, we'll continue this talk at the preordained time."
"Right. So, let's head to classes, everyone."
Kensei suggested as he and the others broke off, then started heading towards their particular classes after most waved their hands toward one another.
Soon enough, Kensei and Alice found themselves splitting up from Maria, Hisui, Rui, and Layla, before walking into theirs, Class 2-D, where the students were all waiting for their teachers. Two of them caught their attention, one of them, in particular, was Zane.
As a seventeen-year-old, he grew into a handsome young man, his build is a little bit more toned since some of his friends convinced him to do some training; his hair now reaches his shoulders, and is tied in the black using a hairband from his homeland. He was also wearing glasses, although, there was nothing wrong with his vision, his were special glasses made from his magic and research.
Similar to Kensei, he also became known as one of the "Great Kibou Kings".
Going through his usual routine, Zane was working on another project of some kind, while working on his laptop in class. Neither Kensei nor Claire bothered calling out 'Good Morning' to him since, in certain situations like this, it would be unlikely that he would even respond to either of them.
"Well, Zane appears to be in his little zone."
"And, Lena seems to be surrounded again."
Alice pointed out after Kensei as she pointed towards Lena, who seemed to have once again been caught up in a female group.
A seventeen-year-old, Lena has become all the more beautiful and maintains an air of mystery around her, all of which seemed to have attracted more attention to her. Compared to the first time that she had enrolled in Kibou Academy, she became more adept at maintaining conversation with normal students. Of course, Lena was still a bit harsh and blunt, but for some reason, the female students found that trait about her appealing.
"I'm going to join in, and talk with them for a bit before class starts."
Alice said as she approached the group, Kensei, on the other hand, took his seat right beside Zane who was still working on something on his laptop.
"It is something new this time?"
"Yeah, I've been thinking of coming up with different kinds of weapons for me to make for myself. Aside from being prepared for anything, I want to see what other guns that I can make aside from Licht and Nacht," he gave his answer to Kensei as he turned his laptop around, letting Kensei see the overall design of the next weapon he planned on creating. "There's also the fact that I'm seeing if I can upgrade them too."
"Well, it seems as if that mind of yours is still working on newer possibilities."
"Yea," Zane said as he closed his laptop, seeing that classes were going to start in a couple of minutes. "I'm really happy that we managed to complete everything. It feels as if it was just yesterday that the idea came to mind, but now it feels as if it was a dream."
"We sure came far from a group of kids trying to survive together on Hagun Island."
He and Zane began reminiscing about where they all started together on Hagun Island and attempting to survive together. It wasn't long until they managed to free themselves, and found themselves building new lives in Kibou Town. And now, they build their base, which would allow them to support and defend themselves against all manner of threats that might come their way.
"I bet my younger self would lose it if he saw all the cool stuff I made."
Zane added smirking widely and laughing.
"You know, talking like that makes you sound like an old man, Zane."
Kensei commented as he lounged back in his chair snickering at that comment, which Zane laughed wryly at.
"You're right. So, do you want to head out to that barbecue place again at some point?"
Zane asked recalling the last time that he and Kensei went to a place that sold good barbecue as a guys' night to themselves. The two of them almost immediately fell in love with the spot and made it the first place they'd think to go to hang out.
"Of course, that place sold the best stuff that I've tasted aside from the home cooking the girls cook."
Kensei agreed without hesitating, finding that place to be a great hang-out spot.
He and Zane continued with regular conversation until the teacher arrived inside the classroom to teach his lesson to the class. So, things continued from there as the students all listened to the study and wrote notes if needed as their teachers continued switching. Then there was their lunch period before continuing with their lessons before needing to start club activities.
Once their club activities were over, Kensei, Claire, Alice, and Kunou found themselves walking through the door leading into the Kibou Alliance. The four entered what looked to be a beautiful-looking and professional reception area, which also looked to have had some of Alice's paintings along the walls. Inside the reception hall, there looked to have been several people waiting there for business deals of some kind.
Kensei and the girls could sense that portions of them were people from the supernatural side based on their aura. Aside from the typical business from the normal side, there were times that Kensei and the others would receive some supernatural requests for various reasons. Portions of them did come from the Norse Faction for one reason or another and/or others that heard about their group.
Due to their numbers, it wasn't difficult for them to send others onto the requests, even some of the children who were now old enough to handle certain ones. Of course, based on the request's danger level, they were sent as a group instead of being alone.
"Oh, did you lot have a nice day at school?"
The receptionist greeted them, she was one of the girls from Hagun Island who graduated from college some time ago.
"Yea, it was."
"Not a problem at all."
"It was fine."
"School was fun as always!"
Kensei, Claire, Alice, and Kunou all replied in their usual tones, causing the receptionist to smile.
"Well, then have fun with the meeting boss."
She replied looking more at Kensei rather than Claire, Alice, or Kunou, causing him to laugh a bit.
Having that short exchange with the receptionist, Kensei, and the three girls walked past her, heading toward the elevator. Before the four went inside, some of the more supernatural folk heard her mention the word "boss", then turned toward them, Kensei, in particular.
"Boss?"
"Then that would mean that's Kensei Amagiri, the owner of this town."
"He's the sole successor of the Amagiri Clan."
"I can't even notice a single opening despite him casually walking."
"I heard there were rumors of five people running the Kibou Alliance, but I believe he's at the head of it."
Those were simply some of the words, Kensei and they managed to hear from them until their attention was all occupied as some of them went to other places for their business. Having entered the elevator, Kensei pulled out his Oracle Phone, which seemed to have been remodeled and now has a black case. He reached his hand out to place it in front of a scanner, causing a notable sound from it.
As if accepting the information on it, the elevator started heading up the different floors before stopping near the top floor. Some floors in the Kibou Alliance were accessible for normal people, and strictly for their business. But, there were more special floors solely accessible to those who have special access to them via their Oracle Phones.
One of them, the one closest to the top, four of them could see there was a corridor leading towards a double door. Exiting the elevator, they headed towards the double door, Kensei it to see a spacious meeting room, where the people meeting were all already gathered for it. Sitting in the seat in order was Zane with Lena behind him; Maria with Layla, Iris, and Alex behind her; Hisui with Rui behind her; and Abigail with a man and woman her age behind her.
Most of all, Abigail, now twenty-two, her blonde hair that has grown to her back, similar to Alice, has an hourglass figure, her bust being almost notable. Befitting her being the daughter of a Seraph, she could be described as an angelic beauty originating from Heaven. Both the people beside her were sacred gear owners who had ones that are based around recovery.
"Well, it looks like I'm the last one here."
Kensei pointed out as he took a seat beside Zane as Claire, Alice, and Kunou stood behind him.
"Pretty ironic for the one given the rank # 1 to be later than the one given the rank # 5. Don't ya think, Ken Ken?"
Hisui teased as she glanced over toward Kensei smiling, causing him to look embarrassed about that comment.
"Please, don't tease him, Hisui. All of us came here at almost around the same time, Hisui."
Abigail added laughingly lightly as she sat professionally in her seat.
"Puu, I'm just having fun with my fiancé, Abigail," Hisui said before becoming giddier in her seat as she squealed a bit. "Kyaa, still saying that makes me all flustered."
"Yes, we all know, Hisui. You made it a point to become more excitable for almost hours after Kensei proposed."
Maria added as she rested her head on her hand as an amused laugh escaped from her mouth.
"But, I'm surprised that Kensei did propose to three girls and gave them all engagement rings. When you all have children, it makes me almost want to Christen one of them at least."
Abigail said almost looking forward to that, as Alice raised her hand.
"I wouldn't mind that."
Alice replied much to Kensei's face turned bright red.
"Thanks, Alice."
"I thought that you told Hisui not to tease me?"
Kensei pointed out, but Abigail seemed too into the idea of christening one of their children to pay attention.
"Hahahaha, while I do love our banter. I think that we should finish our meeting or else, we'll go on for hours."
Zane pointed out as he placed his hand on the table, then activated a magic circle that moved around before the device in the middle of it activated. Seeing that Kensei had hooked his Oracle Phone into the table, resulting in a video being uploaded into the table. Soon enough, a holographic video could be seen starting up as the group all looked as it played.
"I'll go first then," Kensei said as the video played, and stopped at the weapons and equipment that the people he was fighting were using. "Does this remind anyone of anything?"
Zane, Maria, Hisui, and Abigail stared at the weapons and gear the men Kensei fought were all wearing, which were tough enough to protect them from some of his attacks, albeit he wasn't trying to kill them. No one inside the room needed a single second to think about that answer.
"Those weapons are different, and more well-made compared to the originals," Zane pointed out as he started to work on his phone to isolate the weapons and gear. "But, those are the same as the weapons and equipment that the Gehenna Guards wore on Hagun Island."
"It wasn't a difficult fight since the people I was fighting were terrorists just causing some trouble. But, all the gear was above what people like them should be able to acquire. And that would take supernatural connections, and that sounds like Hagun Island."
"After all this time, those people are starting something again. But, what's the point of creating Hikage, a terrorist group filled with shunned sacred gear users, and arming the others with high-grade gear."
"I just hope that Taro isn't the person leading them," Hisui said as she rested her head on both her hands. "But, I find it difficult that he's still alive since there aren't many methods for healing themselves from damage caused by senjutsu. The only thing that I could think of able to heal it, would be if another senjutsu user did."
Even if Taro wasn't involved, it didn't change the fact that the people from Hagun Island were involved with Hikage. It was the entire point that this group was formed, to deal with people like those who made that hellish tournament in the first place.
"Well, whether or not he's involved in this. It doesn't change that someone there are manufacturing weapons like this and handing them out to terrorists here. So, we need to be on high alert in case they decide to hand them out to more people outside of those in Hikage."
"We managed to locate some of the bases that Hikage uses, and stopped them. But, the more we stop them, the more bases that they create, and the more they're becoming difficult to find. It does seem that whoever tempted them into forming Hikage is going to great lengths in increasing the chaos they're causing, and ensuring at least some of them survive to cause more."
Kensei and Maria added as the group continued thinking about their words.
"We've been preparing for the chance that the people from Hagun Island would come after us. But, Maria is right about that fact. What would be the point of making a terrorist group filled with sacred gear users shunned by society, and enticing them to wreak havoc? All that's going to do is increase the chances of people finding out that there's another part of the world they don't know about."
"Couldn't this all be an attack against Kensei?"
Rui asked catching their attention.
"Well, Ken Ken was the trigger that started the Hagun Island Rebellion in the first place. And all the attacks here are connected to either him or the Five Principal Clans, though their reasons for attacking them make a little less sense then. And, surprisingly, they managed to rebuild operations after all the damage that we did and even took almost all their assets. I still hate those people, but you can't help but admire that they could rebuild it after all that."
Hisui added with a little more rationality, while still sounding as casual as before.
"Whether it is Hagun Island or not, it doesn't change the fact that we still need to stop them. If possible we should see if those weapons are popping up anywhere else. If criminals end up getting their hands on those weapons it will be more difficult to keep the supernatural secret. And if it is them, then we'll just have to permanently bury it."
Kensei pointed out, noticing how difficult it would be if incidents that seem supernatural keeps popping up, and would end up catching the attention of several people.
"Yea, we'll need to have our people gather as much information about it as possible."
"Well, since the weekend is coming up, then Rui and I could assist them in gathering information about it."
Hisui added right after Zane who seemed to have nodded his head.
Moments later, Kensei could hear his Oracle Phone going off, causing him to unhook it, and look at the caller ID.
"Oh, it's my dad," Kensei said surprised not expecting a call from him, before standing up. "I'm going to answer it outside. Claire, can you take over for me until I come back?"
"Of course."
Claire didn't reject that offer from him and replied happily, then took his spot, while he went outside to see what his father wanted.
After walking outside of the meeting room, Kensei continued walking until he was close to the elevator, then answered the call from his father.
"Hey, dad. Do you need something?"
[Well, yea. There was an emergency I was just informed about some time ago.]
"Is there something wrong over there?"
Kensei asked to believe that it had something to do with them after hearing that comment, but luckily it wasn't that kind of situation.
"No, there's nothing wrong on our end. It has more to do with one of the clans that I'm affiliated with," Tetsuo replied in a tone that sounded more concerned for them. "I know that you all are likely in the middle of a meeting based on the fact that it took you a long time to answer. So, when you're finished can you stop by?"
"Sure thing, I'll head over there as soon as we're done."
Kensei replied as a relieved sigh could be heard coming from his father's mouth.
"Thanks. I'll see you later then."
Having finished their conversation, both father and son hung up the phone at the same time, with Kensei trying to guess what happened. Putting that conversation on hold for the moment, he headed back inside the room, and complete their scheduled meeting. Said meeting continued for a couple of minutes as everyone shared all their thoughts about the current state of the situation.
Before long, everyone decided to leave it at that for now before leaving, but Kensei informed Claire and the girls about him meeting his father. Neither had an issue with that and decided to wait at home until he finished talking with his father. Deciding that it would be faster if he teleported there, Kensei chose that method instead of taking a train there, which would take him at least an hour if not more.
At the flash of bright light, Kensei found himself standing in the middle of the Uesugi Household's garden as an object seemed to have hit him in the face. That was something that he was expecting at all, more so as the ball had more of an impact than he had felt before.
"Hahaha, Nii-nii got hit!"
Kensei laughed as the ball slid down off his face, leaving behind a red mark on his nose. He caught the ball after seeing that the now two-year-old Nariko was sitting in the garden laughing. She already picked up another ball in her hands as she continued laughing, and playing with it. Sitting beside her was Natsumi who seemed to have been sitting in the same spot, but she looked to laugh at that too.
"Hahahaha, I'm sorry, Kensei. I didn't think that you'd arrive at the same time that Nariko was playing."
"No, that's fine. But, that was a little bit harder than I thought it'd be."
Kensei said rubbing his nose, it wasn't painful for him, but the force behind that throw was a little bit much for the two-year-old to muster.
"Well, you might want to take a look behind you."
Natsumi pointed out as he turned around to see that there were some balls thrown at the wall, some of them left a notable indentation in it too.
"Ah, so that means…."
"It looks as if Nariko's sacred gear is starting to activate earlier than we thought. Aside from the Underworld, your father also has some connections to the Leader of Grigori," hearing that from his mother didn't surprise him much since he heard about it before too. "Your father is going to attempt to get into contact with him to see what kind of sacred gear it is, and how it'll affect her. But, so far…."
"Hahaha."
Kensei noticed that Nariko picked up another ball, then tossed it, but noted that some wind seemed to have wrapped around it as she tossed it. It was due to that wind, which gave it that extra force behind it and slammed against the wall causing a notable dent. Seeing that caused a laugh to escape from her mouth as she clapped her hands together.
"I think that she's doing a little better than I thought. I mean, aside from the potential of holes that might end up in our walls. As a parent and housekeeper, I'm worried about the mess that I might need to continue cleaning up."
"I can practically feel the pride welling up inside me," Kensei commented surprised that his sister was starting to do this as he kneeled in front of her. "I can tell that you're going to become a strong woman in the future. But, can you promise that you won't cause trouble for your mom and dad?"
"…," Nariko seemed to have thought about the words for a moment before smiling cheerfully. "Kay~!"
"Good girl," Kensei said as he gently petted the toddler's head, causing her to laugh cheerfully. "I'm going to talk to dad about something. So, how about I come and play with you for a bit after I'm done?"
"Hmhmm~"
Nariko replied cheerfully at the thought of playing with her eldest brother.
"Is Naoto here too?"
"No, he and Akari have a school project to do. So, he left for her house to complete it with her since Naoto knew it would be impossible for her to focus here. Akari appears to see this as a haven for her to practice instead of at home since her parents appear to want her to act more ladylike."
"I don't think that I can ever imagine Akari acting like that," he pointed out knowing that Akari would rather act more like a tomboy and fight rather than anything ladylike. "Well, I guess we'll have to wait and see what happens."
Kensei pointed out as his stepmother laughed lightly at that comment agreeing with him before heading towards the location of his father to talk.
Kensei arrived inside the office belonging to his father, Tetsuo who seemed to have been going through some papers at the moment. Noticing that Kensei entered his office, his attention was drawn away from his papers, then put them down.
"Ah, I wasn't expecting you this soon. But, I guess that it's better sooner than later."
"Yea, so mind explaining to me what happened?"
Kensei asked as he took a seat on one of the couches inside his father's office meant for guests and business partners. Hearing that question from Kensei caused Tetsuo to allow a sigh to escape from his mouth, then began explaining the situation.
"You're familiar with the Phenex Clan, right?"
Hearing Tetsuo's question caused Kensei to nod his head in agreement.
"Yea, you listed them as being one of the few clans that we can discuss business with without being concerned about any issues compared to most. Their name also came from the mythical phoenix since they have command over fire and wind, as well as their most famed immortality ability."
"Yes, well I've maintained a close partnership with the current Head of the Phenex Clan for quite some time. And after contacting him, he recently informed me about something terrible that happened to his youngest child."
Kensei heard that from Tetsuo and could hear that there was some concern in his voice after recalling what had happened to them on their end.
"What happened to them?"
"Their fourth child, their daughter, Ravel was poisoned by an unknown assailant using light. All of their attempts at removing it appear to be making it worse as the light seems to spread across her body."
"That's weird. I never heard anyone using light just to strictly poison someone."
"There was a note left behind, but I haven't been informed about the contents. But, if things continue at this rate, there's a chance that she could end up dying. So, this brings me to my request," Tetsuo started as Kensei at this point had a possible idea about what it could be. "Lord Phenex asked if there was anyone that I knew who'd be able to remove the light or guard his daughter for the time being. And I told him that there might be someone who'd be able to fulfill both requests."
"And this person wouldn't happen to be this one here?"
Kensei questioned pointing at himself, already realizing that his father thought about himself when he was talking to Lord Phenex.
"Yes, do you think that you could remove the light poisoning Ravel?"
"It depends on the nature of the light poisoning her, and if it won't react to my attempts at removing it. Leaving it aside, I'm capable of acting as her guard. All I need is to know when I can start doing that."
"Lord Phenex said if I did end up finding someone, then it'd be as soon as possible since this situation concerns his youngest child. And he's willing to pay any kind of fee to ensure that his daughter survives this. So, I think it'd be best if you head out there tomorrow at the earliest."
"Well, tell him that I'll be there as soon as possible. Accepting jobs like this is one of the things the Amagiri Clan tends to specialize in. You can tell Lord Phenex that I'll be healing his daughter without expecting payment. You can't put a price on someone's life."
"That sounds like you. I'll inform him you'll be going there in the morning," Tetsuo said not surprised about Kensei feeling that way when it concerned someone's life is at stake. He then reached inside his desk and received a magic circle bearing the Phenex Clan's symbol. "I'll give you the appropriate magic circle to teleport straight to their household without any trouble."
Having heard that from Tetsuo, Kensei approached his father, received the magic circle from his hands, and placed it inside his pockets.
"Well, I guess that I'll be acting as a potential bodyguard tomorrow."
"I should warn you that you might end up clashing with the third son. He's a mature devil named Riser, and there might be a moment where the two of you might disagree about something."
"As long as he doesn't intervene with my job, then we won't have any trouble."
Kensei replied as he started walking towards the exit, but Tetsuo couldn't help feeling a little bit unsure about that fact as he knew the kind of person Riser was.
"I don't see that happening. Well, at least, Riser has his clan's immortality, so at least it won't be too bad."
Tetsuo reasoned that it'd be at least a plus for Riser if he and Kensei did end up fighting for whatever reason. He would be surprised if the two of them didn't end up fighting against each other, but he wasn't worried for Kensei in that regard.
"At this point, Kensei isn't the kind of person an average High-Class Devil can fight against."
Tetsuo pointed out as Kensei closed the door behind him wondering how things would end.
As promised, Kensei spent a portion of time there playing with his younger sister who was still throwing around a ball, which seemed to be wreathed in wind. The more that he sensed it, the more he felt that her sacred gear was going to become more powerful as Nariko grew up. But, most of all, he could tell that she was going to grow into a mischievous child. There wasn't a single moment where she didn't almost attempt to throw a ball at him, but he played around with it and acted like a moving target.
He spent almost an hour there until Nariko fell asleep, then departed there as nighttime was arriving after saying his goodbyes. Kensei arrived home at the Amagiri Resident in time for dinner, where he informed the girls about the request that came in for him. It'd be the first time that someone from their group would receive a request from a devil clan among the 72 Pillars since it was formed. Of course, neither of them had trouble with him taking on that request since someone's life was in danger.
All of them continued eating their dinner until Kensei left to take a bath, the girls almost lamenting at the fact that they didn't wait for him to return before taking theirs. After finishing his bath, he walked inside his bedroom as he was drying off his hair without wearing a shirt. As Kensei was doing that, his mind started drifting toward what he'll end up doing tomorrow since this will end up being his first actual trip to the Underworld.
Even in the times that Diehauser, told his relatives about Claire, their visits would normally be in the Human World. Well, he did head out to the Underworld once to give Zekram that sound beating, but that lasted for just a couple of moments before leaving again.
"Well, seeing what the Underworld looks like would be a new experience for me. Even most of the time that I did see Sirzechs was in the Human World."
Kensei pointed out as he tossed his towel over to the chair in his room, causing it to land on the back without the towel coming close to falling on the ground.
"And the closest that I had come to talk to another devil clan was Zeoticus-san during the building of the Kibou Alliance. And of course, the Belial Clan members," Kensei said as he started talking to himself. "So, talking to the Phenex Clan would make them the third clan that I came to talk to. Besides, it means that I get to…."
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Kensei heard three knocks on his door, but he didn't think that it would be a waste for him to sense who they were using senjutsu. So, he opted for the usual method.
"Who is it?"
"It's me."
"Oh, Claire…right after Kunou, it would be her next," Kensei said recalling that he would normally be the person he ended up proposing to in order. "Alright, come in."
Hearing that Kensei gave her permission to enter, Claire had entered the bedroom dressed in a silverish see-through nightgown, revealing the lacey underwear she was wearing underneath it; all of which showed off the curves. Seeing her dressed in that nearly caused his heart to skip a beat as it appeared to have exemplified the graceful beauty that she has grown into.
"It's my turn tonight this time," Claire said feeling a little bit bashful as she approached Kensei who was still sitting in the bed simply watching as she started coming closer and closer. "I almost didn't know what to wear, and decided on wearing this instead to be a little bit more…you know."
"It looks beautiful on you, Claire," Kensei replied easing whatever worries she had developed at that moment. "I'm a little surprised that you'd go to such lengths for a single night. I mean, unless you're planning on…."
Claire understood where he was going with that, and what it meant, causing her face to turn bright red once that scene played out inside of her head. But, she shook her head in an attempt to regain her reason about that part, then seemed to have looked a bit more bashful.
"I mean, there hasn't been the right moment for us to do that together," Claire said, but she wasn't particularly against the idea at the same time. But, there was a certain recollection that entered her head, causing her face to turn crimson red. "Besides, Alice-nee, and I were wondering…."
"What was that?"
"Never mind that for now," Claire replied smiling, waving her hand in front of her embarrassed at the mention of that. "So, instead of us having sex. Can we stick with the usual thing for now?"
"I'm fine with that."
Arriving in front of him, instead of laying down or sitting on the bed, she instead leaned forward and pressed her lips against his. In response to this, he leaned forward, starting to become more invested in the kiss, placing his hands on her hips. Claire was almost surprised as Kensei pulled her closer to him, then was more surprised after feeling herself placed on the bed as he hovered above her.
"Nnnnn…ah."
Claire found as hers and Kensei's tongues could be seen tangled against one another as their mouths opened at that moment. Their saliva practically started mixing and their kiss deepened as time continued to pass for them. As Claire found her hands-on Kensei's cheeks, he found his running all across almost every single curve.
"…nnn."
Claire started moving her body in different directions as she felt a warm sensation running across it, causing her thighs to rub against each other. She knew that Kensei at the moment was controlling her ki flow causing this sensation as he messaged her body. Both felt their arousal and desire starting to rise more, but they still held back going beyond that point. Claire resisted it as she felt him move onto groping her right breast as there was still something she wanted for that moment.
"I don't know what Claire wants to do, but I don't want to move onto that point until she's prepared for it."
Kensei, even though he wanted to do more than this with Claire as his arousal started rising more, controlled himself since she didn't want that yet.
"…aahh."
Once the two of them separated, there was a sliver of saliva that linked their tongues together before breaking.
"I think that we should get some sleep," Claire said blushing as she regained some semblance of her rationality as glanced to the side. "I know there are more things that we can do besides sex, but I feel at this point that if we do any of that, then I might not be able to hold back anymore."
"I don't mind. It's not like we're in a rush or anything," Kensei said as he lay down right beside her. "And that doesn't change the fact that we're going to remain together, right?"
Kensei held out his hand, which Claire smiled beautifully after hearing those words from him, and linked up with his hand using hers in a loving grip.
"Yea, us being together, that's what I want," Claire said as she stared straight at him smiling, which he returned. "As soon as we do decide to reach that point, I want to be something for us to remember as one of their special moments together. A special night for us."
"I want that too."
"Well, let's head to sleep since someone has a job tomorrow."
"Alright. I thought that I was supposed to be the leader here."
"Just keep telling yourself that."
Claire playfully said.
Kensei raised his hand, then used telekinesis to turn off the sole light in the room as he and Claire had got under the covers together. Before either of them went off to sleep, the two of them shared one more loving kiss for they decided to close their eyes and sleep. Kensei was wondering about what he was going to get involved in this time after meeting the Phenex Clan tomorrow.
A/N: And there goes the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, this is the start of the sixth volume and the start of the canon timeline. It is the first introduction of Ravel in the Last Amagiri during the time she was still on her brother's peerage; and on a mission, where she was attacked by an unknown assailant. It was also the first reveal of the completed Kibou Alliance and seeing Kensei and the others being in their first or second years in high school.
In another part, it showed that Kensei's younger sister, Nariko awakened her sacred gear, which appears to be one based on manipulating wind. And his father appears to know Azazel from Grigori, but that is going to be something revealed in the future. Tetsuo requested that Kensei leave to assist the Phenex Clan in healing Ravel, which will end up being their first meeting.
Most of all, this chapter, showed that Kensei and the other girls are more open with their feelings for one another, which will be shown more. I know that I plan on there being lemons in this one, but I thought of adding limes from time to time too.
Kensei's Harem: Alice, Claire, Hisui, Kunou, Yasaka, Lu Lingqi, Sarah, Minako, Koneko, Kuroka, Ravel, Amaterasu, Brynhildr, Rossweisse.