Welcome to the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, but before starting the story. Let's answer some reviews:
MCRasengan: I'm glad to hear that. Yes, this is the official end of the sixth volume and the seventh one is going to be as good as it. Well, I was in the middle of doing the next chapter of Team DUSK since it's not as focused as the DxD Stories and I was almost finished with the volume of Last Amagiri.
shephawk: Thanks. Well, I thought that it'd be a good way of ending the volume, and both of them have been with Kensei for a long time.
Guest: I have an idea of how the two of them would end up meeting.
AUO: Well, I do have an idea about how those two would end up meeting one another. That would end up almost being an immediate win if Ophis gets involved in one of their battles. Ophis does give that kinda impression as Beerus hangs around and eats, despite being capable of killing people in one hit.
A Planned Trip
"Hmmm."
It has been a couple of days since the Phoenix Clan Incident, where Kensei found himself waking up inside of his room. Even before opening his eyes, he felt some pressure on his waist and was well aware of who the person on top of him was. More so, considering that it was her time to be sleeping in the same bed as him.
"Good morning, Ken Ken~"
Kensei looked up to find Hisui straddling him, dressed in nothing but her bra and panties, smiling down at him as her nekomata parts could be seen. In his opinion, Hisui was at her most beautiful whenever her nekomata parts were shown, instead of being hidden.
"Morning, Hisui."
Kensei replied scratching his newly formed bedhead while becoming more awake.
"I can feel another part of Ken Ken is awake too," Hisui noted as she licked her lips while staring down at him as if she was caught in her mating season and wanted to jump him. As if wanting to entice him, she started rubbing herself against him as her cheeks turned red from the contact. "I wouldn't mind taking care of that part again after what we did last night."
Hisui reminded him, causing an embarrassed look to appear on his face from the mention of "that", considering it happened a lot.
"Sounds tempted. But, if that happened, then we wouldn't leave the room," Kensei pointed out as he leaned up to face Hisui. "And it wouldn't look if we of all people ended up being late for school. Well, a certain someone plans on being gone again for some time. So, is it wrong for me to want to have some one-on-one time with my darling fiancé? Or do you plan on making me feel all lonely again like last time?"
"I wasn't gone all that long. Is it normal for nekomata to become this clingy after some time passed?"
"Well, when a nekomata finds someone they're interested in. One tends to not let them go."
"I can see that considering…mmmh."
Kensei was stopped from talking as Hisui leaned forward, soon pressing her lips against his as a show of deeper affection. Not being surprised about it, he started returning the affection as their lips started meshing against one another. In response to this, Hisui's two tails had moved around in the air; reacting to the caressing that she was receiving from her waist and butt.
"Hmmm…mmm…aah."
Hisui let pleasant moans leave from her mouth as her ears twitched from the nonstop petting that Hisui kept on receiving from Kensei. She felt and let him send his ki through her entire body, sending a pleasantly warm feeling that further enticed her.
"Hmm," Hisui gave him one more kiss, then jumped off the bed and landed in front of it. She then started to stretch her limbs around, while groaning a little. "I should stop there before I decide to do anything more risque. If we do this for a couple of minutes more, then Claire will be knocking on that door."
"That's true."
Kensei agreed as he got up from his bed.
It wasn't that long until Hisui began getting dressed, with her uniform positioned on the desk right beside where Kensei's uniform was. From there, both of them began getting dressed in their uniforms, not minding watching as one another did so. Having gotten dressed, both shared one more kiss before heading downstairs for breakfast, the most important meal of the day, prepared by the main house cook.
"Good morning, Claire, Alice, and Kunou."
Kensei announced as he took the final step, and entered the living room.
"Morning, Claire, Alice, and Kunou-chan."
Following behind him, Hisui leaped and flipped in the living room without showing much effort in doing so, looking as if she were a competing Olympian. She did end up receiving some claps from Alice and Kunou, who watched as the jade-haired nekomata bowed her head.
"If Hisui is done jumping around our living room. I'm finished preparing breakfast."
Claire started taking off her cooking apron, then placed it in its proper position in the kitchen and found her seat at the table. Seeing that all the people started taking a seat at the dinner table, looking at the good breakfast made for them. It wasn't long until the group thanked Claire for the food before starting to eat.
"So, any thoughts in considering Ravel-chan as a potential harem member."
Hisui was brought up without hesitation, causing Kensei to almost cough up his foot.
"I haven't even known her for a couple of days," Kensei replied, after recovering from that sudden comment from Hisui. "And you haven't known her for that long."
"But, Ravel-chan is cute, smart, and a tsundere," Hisui tried to make her case about adding Ravel onto Kensei's harem, something that the three other girls at the table didn't have an issue with. "Besides, I'm sure that she has already developed feelings for a certain teenage samurai. And I'm sure that her parents wouldn't mind."
"Can we at least give it a month before you go off giving her an interview because I can see that you're planning on doing that?"
"I'm a teenage journalist and a good one at that. Besides would anybody here mind adding Ravel-chan onto our little sisterhood of women after this battle maniac?"
Hisui asked again raising her hand in the air already into this idea.
"Ravel-san is an amazing and smart girl."
"She makes delicious snacks and tea."
"She does appreciate good art and has good manners. And Hisui is right, she is a cute tsundere."
Claire, Kunou, and Alice all gave their reasons for not minding Ravel being added to the harem.
"Good, all you need is Minako's vote."
Kensei almost joked as he started eating his breakfast again.
"It just so happens that I received that some time ago."
Hisui retrieved her Oracle Phone from her pocket, then pointed in front of Kensei, displaying the text messages; it all showed a conversation between herself and Minako. But, the first thing that caught his attention was a selfie of Hisui with him sleeping.
"Did you just take that photo minutes before I wake up?"
"Not important," Hisui replied without caring about his reaction to that. "Just look at Minako texted."
Kensei looked forward at the texting conversation between Hisui and Minako, but the one that looked to be the most relevant to the conversation at hand.
Minako: So, Hisui-chan. There's now a cute, smart, nice, well-mannered, tsundere pure-blood devil who happens to like Kensei. She has my immediate vote. XD
"Now that your first fiancée has her approval too. So, now what're you going to do now, Kensei?"
Hisui asked, and all the girls at the table stared at Kensei, who was now drinking from the coffee at the table.
"Can we at least wait a month before bringing another girl into the mix?"
"There's going to be more girls coming in soon enough. I have a feeling about that."
Hisui replied.
"And what makes you say that?"
"Well, dragons tend to attract enemies and women," Hisui replied, mentioning something that Kensei and all the others were well aware of. "And considering that you inheriting the blood and power of a dragon, I think that all of us can see that it'll end up being the same thing for you. More so, since you also have a unique and enticing scent that I noticed the first time we met."
"If it wasn't for the fact that I enhanced my sense of smell using senjutsu, then I wouldn't have noticed the difference. Speaking of, I haven't quite gotten the whole dragon power thing down to a science yet."
Kensei replied, thinking about the conversation that he had with his father about him and his two younger siblings inheriting dragon blood and power from him. Since then, a part of his training was being able to use that dragon power, but he could never tap into it no matter how much he tried doing so.
"Since meeting Yu-Long, I got a general idea of what dragon power feels like. I can also tell the difference between the power I inherited from mom, compared to what I inherited from my dad. But, all the times that I felt sensing it flowing within me, I could tell it's still dormant," Kensei noted before getting into a thinking position. "It wasn't that long to realize it wakes up from intense situations like my dragon blood starts pumping more for intense fights. A lot like the time I fought Ewald."
Kensei recalled that time against Ewald, where he got mad after hearing about what happened with Claire, and it was like something started bursting from him.
"Well, I don't doubt that Ken-chan would be able to figure it out."
Kunou stated with nothing but confidence about Kensei figuring it out, which caused him to smile.
"And when you do, you'll end up advancing to a different level."
Claire added with more reason in her tone, while still voicing her confidence in Kensei.
Alice didn't mention anything about it, but she didn't doubt Kensei either and believed that he could become successful in this.
"So, about Ravel-chan being added onto the harem too."
"We'll leave that for later. Because, I do like Ravel a lot, but I just met her and don't want to jump into anything at the drop of a hat. I'm sure that's how Riser acted when he got and chose most of his peerage members. This is a decision for Ravel too to decide on and I want her to think about her feelings before rushing into a commitment of this particular nature."
"Fine, but I want the cute tsundere phoenix girl."
"She's not a pet, Hisui."
Kensei stared at Hisui using a blank expression as he noticed her reaction to him not getting Ravel now.
"Yes. If anything, you and Kunou-san are the closest things that we have to pets."
Claire added, pointing at Hisui and Kunou.
"Ah, that's so rude! Kunou isn't a…."
Before Kunou could finish, Claire started petting the Kyuubi on top of her head, brushing her fox years and making all nine of her golden tails move around from excitement.
"See?"
"Argh, you tricked Kunou! You're such a meanie, Claire-san!"
Kunou complained as Claire glanced to the side unaffected as she continued eating her food.
"By the way, Kunou-san."
"What, Claire-san?"
Kunou asked almost out of defiance as she crossed her arms.
"What were you doing in your room?"
"Eh?"
Kunou looked surprised as she stared at Claire, who asked that question.
"In the morning, I tend to attempt to wake up Alice-nee first since it'll take longer for her to wake up. And then, I'd move on to waking you up to see if you wanted to help with breakfast like each morning. But, sometimes I never get a response from you and you tend to look flustered each time I…."
"Alright, alright alright, Kunou doesn't want to answer that, because Kunou was preoccupied with finishing work I didn't finish despite Claire-san telling Kunou!"
[….]
Almost all the people at the table stared at Kunou, who looked more flustered, but they doubted that it was due to a homework assignment. She does often forget about doing homework sometimes, but never turned in anything late and would finish it at the table. At the mention of it, Kunou looked down flustered at that sudden outburst as she continued finishing their breakfast.
Not wanting to think more about what Kunou was doing, considering that it was her business, the group continued finishing the rest of their breakfast. Finishing their breakfast, the group headed toward their school them receiving the usual greeting from the other students.
During that time, the members of the Public Morales Committee were doing their regular activities, consisting of the members dealing with inappropriate activities at school.
First Case
"Hehehe, I'll trade these photos for that porn magazine."
On top of the Kibou Academy roof, there were three second-year male students seen sitting further from the door leading onto the roof. In the first student's hands were photographs of multiple female students who appeared to be changing out of their uniforms. All the photos seemed to have been taken from a place, where neither of them could be noticed.
"Oh, that's an interesting offer. And I can see there are a lot of beauties there."
The second student replied with interest.
"I'll trade this magazine for them."
The third student added.
Both the second and third students were holding out varied magazines in their hands.
These magazine befitting their specific type at beautiful and mature women on them in rather risque posses that showed their breasts and/or figures. All three were laughing with perverse tones in their voices while discussing their private deal between them. At that moment, the three male students flinched having heard the door leading onto the roof.
"Shit, who was that?"
"Could it be a teacher looking for us?"
Both the first and second students looked worried about that.
The third male student looked brave enough to check on who entered the roof. Despite hearing the opening and closing door, he couldn't see a single person enter or walk around to see him. He looked a bit confused about it but still returned to his friends to discuss their deal.
"Who was it?"
The second student asked.
"There wasn't anyone…ugh?!"
"What?"
The first student looked confused about his friend's sudden reaction as he looked pale.
"So, senpai could you explain where these photos came from?"
It wasn't just the third student alone, but the first and second became almost as pale as a ghost, having heard a familiar voice. All three turned their attention towards Claire, who was sitting legs crossed holding up the photos taken from a distance in her hands. Despite sounding all cute and respectful, something that was among Claire's positive traits, the look she was wearing didn't have the same feeling.
"Uh, Claire-chan. You see this is…."
"Illegal? A clear violation of the school regulations and overall privacy?"
Claire finished while giving the kind of smile that made it appear as if the three older teenagers were nothing, but toddlers in her presence.
"Uh, I'm not getting caught by that Enforcer's Vice Captain!"
Panicked, the third student tried running from Claire before she could capture him and bring him over to Kensei to receive punishment. However, the second he tried running, Claire shot up and brought him to the ground using a method that most would see from Aikido. Holding his arm behind his back without hurting him, and keeping the third student from moving.
"Don't move."
Without turning her head, Claire was talked to the two other second-year students who seemed prepared to run, while she was preoccupied.
""Yes, ma'am!""
Both second-year students replied to their first-year underclassmen while sitting down in a proper seiza posture, without moving a single inch.
"Alright, now, let's head out to meet the Captain."
[Urgh!]
All three students felt sick at that moment.
Second Case
"We shouldn't be doing this, Senpai. We're going to get caught."
Standing inside the sports storage room located, there was a second-year male student who looked to be a quite handsome young man. In front of him leaned against the storage room's wall was a first-year student who looked timid, almost as if she didn't want to be there. As the first-year looked as if she'd been prepared to leave, she was stopped as the second-year placed his finger underneath her chin.
"Come on, it's going to be fun. Haven't you ever thought about your first time being in a place like this?"
The second-year was attempting to convince the first-year girl into continuing with this.
"W-Well, I haven't thought about that before," the first-year girl looked flushed as she thought about the idea as she almost couldn't resist her upperclassman's charm. Her heart started beating faster at the thought of doing the things he had planned. "But, if senpai wants to, then maybe…."
"Then there's no need to think about it anymore right? I even brought this with me, so there won't be any trouble at all when we do, do it."
The second-year student brought out a condom, causing the first-year female to fidget around at the idea of it. A single hand brushed her cheek as her upperclassmen started unbuttoning her uniform, while she was too into all of it to give reject him. It wasn't long until he started undoing his belt and zipper.
"I don't mean to rush things, but…."
Bang! Open!
At that moment, the door leading into the storage room was opened up, shocking both the second-year and first-year students. Seeing as the two were about the get caught, the male and female started redoing their uniforms in a panicked state.
"Wh-What were you two doing?"
It was revealed to be Kunou, who as usual has her Kyuubi parts hidden to appear more human, who'd witnessed the first-year female getting dressed.
"Uh, nothing, Kunou-chan."
The first-year replied.
"Maki-chan," Kunou titled her head to the side and recognized the first-year student as one of her classmates, as well as a friend of hers. She then turned her attention over towards the second-year male student who looked to be a bit nervous. "Ugh, Ikuma-senpai, this is the third time that we have had this conversation about you doing this."
"Uh, Kunou-chan…."
"The, third time?"
Maki turned her attention over towards Ikuma, who was starting to sweat bullets as Kunou mentioned that it was his third time in this situation. Kunou, herself began walking in their direction as Maki, crossed her arms staring at him with the same look as Kunou.
"W-Well, it is true that one of them has caught me here. B-But, all those times meant nothing…and…."
Slap!
Ikuma received a slap across the cheek by Maki, who started walking outside of the storage room but not before stopping in front of Kunou.
"I'll wait outside and head to the Public Morals Committee room with you, Kunou-chan."
"Alright, Maki-chan. I'll be there in a moment."
"Ouch, ouch, ouch."
Ikuma felt the residual stinging sensation on his cheek as there was a notable red print on his right cheek.
"Come on, Ikuma-senpai. Maki-chan is the third underclassmen that we caught you attempting to…ahem have a sexual relationship with," Kunou almost couldn't get the words out. "You're not going to get off easier after this."
"Come on, Kunou-chan. Isn't there something that I could do to convince you all to be more lenient with me this time around," Ikuma asked, approaching Kunou, who gave him a blank and serious stare as he placed a finger under her chin. He started giving her the same look that he often used to convince others into coming here. "I can tell that you have a feeling for and lives with Kensei-taichou, but I'm sure that I can do things that he…."
Kunou started staring at Ikuma, who started sweating much more bullets and for some reason felt a domineering aura from the upperclassman as if he was in front of royalty.
"That womanizing jerk. How could I fall for something like…?"
"OUCH!"
Maki flinched as she heard a scream accompanied by a loud noise that echoed across the area.
Meanwhile, inside of the Public Morals Committee room, which was a rather large room perfect for their activities; where there was a meeting table big enough for multiple members; three couches; bookshelves filled with books, and desks, where there were computers. At that moment, Kensei was sitting at the head of the table with files in his hands, while looking at the perpetrators in question.
"Alright, this is the fifth time that you three were caught with illegal photos of female students changing and also several porn magazines," Kensei said as he stared up with a serious look at the three students who looked a bit terrified in his presence. "All these magazines will be confiscated until the summer and all these photos will be burned. For punishment, you three will be responsible for writing three-page apologies to the girls in these photos and clean the male bathrooms and classrooms after school for a month."
"Ahh, come on, cleaning up both of them for a month. Isn't that a bit…ugh."
The first student in question was stopped from a single glare from Kensei.
"You took illegal photos of the female students in question and tried trading them for porn mags. Something like this would end up getting you suspended or expelled. So, giving you something like this to somehow make up for your crimes is me being lenient," Kensei stated in a serious tone that neither student could go against, resulting in a shiver to go down their spines. "Or would you rather me inform your relatives about what happened?"
"N-No, w-we'll do this work instead of that."
"T-Thank you for being so lenient, Kensei-taichou."
Both the second and third students replied bowing their heads as if the three were dealing with a genuine leader.
"Good, now head out to whatever you were supposed to be doing after Claire gives you your slips."
Kensei replied as Claire was writing up three slips for them, which had what the three will be doing on all of them. Receiving their slips, the three students walked outside the Public Morals Committee room hanging their heads down from the aftermath.
"Next, Maki."
"Yes, Kensei-senpai."
Maki stood near Kensei hanging her head down from the shame of what she almost did and being caught by one of her friends. Kunou was also standing beside Maki for emotional support, and for the fact that she was the one who caught her.
"Don't look like that, is the first time that you ended up in trouble. So, there isn't a person for me to be harsh, and Kunou often mentions that you're smarter than this. It's good that Kunou can make a good friend like this in class, despite sometimes acting a bit spoiled."
"Ken-chan!"
Kunou complained, looking embarrassed, but Maki almost chuckled having heard that.
"So, you'll be receiving nothing short of a warning this time around, Maki. You shouldn't fall for the attempted flirting from a person like Ikuma, because you could do so much better."
Kensei replied as Maki seemed more uplifted from that comment from an upperclassman that she and others have come to respect.
"Thank you, Kensei-senpai," Maki gave a cheerful smile as she headed outside of the room after receiving a slip for her next class from Claire. "I'll never come here again unless I need something."
"I'll see you later, Maki-chan!"
Kunou said waving her hand at Maki, who stepped outside of the class.
"Next, Ikuma," Kensei said looking up to find Ikuma brushing a hand through his hair, but the most notable thing was his reddened cheeks. Not from embarrassment, but from being slapped by two women; the right cheek was a red print, and the left cheek had a deep red handprint and was swollen. "Maki is the third underclassman that you tried to sleep within the school. And like those three students from before, you're going to have to be doing a lot of work to make up for it."
"Come on, Kensei-taichou. I thought that you'd be more understanding with me."
"What are you talking about? All those times, I was the person who ended up writing you up."
"Wouldn't you do the same thing in the comfort of the Public Morals Committee room if given the chance? You're among the two Great Kibou Kings, you look alone is enough to attract the attention of female students and even teachers. I do believe that my looks alone are enough to become a King myself. But, shouldn't we be able to express our feelings and desires where ever those feelings?"
At that moment, Kensei, Claire, and Kunou stared at Ikuma wearing a blank look, who seemed to be radiating the sheer amount of narcissism.
"So, you believe that because of your looks, it means you can do whatever you want at school, huh," Kensei said as he stared at Ikuma, who didn't give him a single response. "Ikuma, do you know about Narcissus?"
"Who?"
"In Greek legends, Narcissus was someone so in love with his physical beauty that he soon ended up staring at his reflection in a pool of water."
"Hmm, that appears like an interesting tale. So, how does it end?"
"Well, Narcissus became so invested into his reflection that he ended up soon dying as a result of it, which is where the term narcissist came from," Kensei replied before looking straight at Ikuma. "And since you appear to share the same similarities with Narcissus. For the next month, you'll be cleaning the school windows until you can see your reflection. And if you're lucky enough, then you can see something about yourself that doesn't involve your looks alone. You'll also have to submit a three-page apology to Maki and the gym teacher."
"…eh? But…."
"Please take your slip and leave."
Ikuma appeared surprised about that sudden request, not expecting to receive such a punishment. But, he could not give a single response as Claire gave him a slip and escorted him outside the room.
"Ugh, can he get any more narcissistic than this? I wasn't kidding about him being almost another version of him."
Kensei noted as soon as Ikuma left the room.
"I was glad that I'd ended up arriving before Ikuma ended up doing anything with her. I don't think that Maki-chan would have ended up regretting what she would've done with him."
Kunou stated as she found herself flopping on the couch, then caused her fox ears and nine tails to come out as if she wanted to unwind for a bit. Noticing that, Claire took a side besides Kunou, then started petting her head as if in an attempt to assist her in that.
"I hope that doing this kind of work and writing up their apologies would end up making them reconsider doing the same thing again," Claire stated as she found herself loving the feeling of touching Kunou's tails. "If anything, it's a decent enough punishment for them. But, under normal conditions, taking photos of girls would result in the perpetrators being suspended or expelled."
"Same, but there could be some issues from receiving an expulsion. It takes one incident to break up someone's future and if you receive punishment enough times you'll take the hint, then learn to stop doing it. But, if you end up getting expelled as a result of it, then it could cause someone to feel bitter causing the potential of them doing something worse. So, before students like that end up getting expelled, let's give them a decent enough lesson that'll give them a chance to reform and consider their future decisions."
Kensei leaned back in his chair as he held the photos of the female students getting dressed, which was kept in an envelope courtesy of Claire. He didn't need to see what was in the photos as Claire took care to ensure that it was all the copies the first student had. Seconds later, an intense flame covered the entire envelope, resulting in them all being incinerated without leaving ashes.
"Of course, it's all their choice in thinking about their options. I can't make them change their minds."
"Technically, I could use demonic power."
Claire mentioned, which wasn't false.
"Yea, but we don't want to rewrite their entire personality using your powers. It might be the easiest solution, but it wouldn't be the right thing."
"I know. Besides, there's a lot that could do wrong doing that. And I think that we still have some more pressing matters to deal with rather than rewriting some students' personalities."
"Right, we still need some more members. It's kinda hard enforcing the entire school with three people, even if all those people are supernatural. Kunou can think of a lot of things that we could miss with just that."
"Well, scratch that, that's something else that we need to focus on," Claire pointed out before heading off into the thing she was mentioning. "All three of us have that trip for the Kibou Alliance to attend to."
"Oh, that too. Kunou is excited since Kunou will be heading out to another faction again."
"Yes, Kunou-san. Because we'll be heading out to the Chinese Faction this time."
Claire said as she started messing around with Kunou's ears again, causing the Kyuubi to begin kicking her legs back and forth.
Kensei was looking forward to heading back to the Chinese Faction, but this time for a more official meeting and not a more accidental one. If nothing more than the fact that he was looking forward to getting the chance to see Sun Wukong, Yu-Long, and Xuanzang Sanzang.
"I'm looking forward to seeing those three. I haven't seen or heard from any of them for over seven years now, so it would be a good surprise."
"I'm looking forward to seeing the one who made someone as wild as Kensei into a somewhat calm thinker. I did not want to believe that you learned from a Buddhist scholar without meeting him for myself."
"Even someone who loves fighting would be curious in learning some things from someone important in the Journey of the West too aside from Sun-sensei. I don't regret it since I did end up learning a bunch of useful things from Sanzang-sensei outside of fighting."
Kensei noted, recalling all the other lessons that he received from Sanzang, which had allowed him to learn more about being patient and use more options rather than force.
"Aside from the prospect of meeting legends from one of the most famous stories in the world. I do feel as if it'd be great to thank the people who saved you all that time ago."
"I feel the same way, Claire-san!"
Kensei could understand where Claire and Kunou were going from, because if it wasn't for those three, then he'd be dead. And in the end, they and the others would be devastated if he hadn't returned. There was also the slim chance that their rebellion on Hagun Island would not have gone as it did before.
"It's a shame that I never got the chance to see them all again since we were preoccupied with dealing with all the construction of our group. So, if I'm going to be barging in on them, then I thought about all the things that I'll give them all as presents. More so, Yu-Long since he's going to be much needier compared to Sun-sensei and Sanzang-sensei."
"Yes, and I'm sure interested in meeting the Dragon King who turned our Kensei into such a snarker."
Claire gave a joking comment of her own as Kensei rolled his eyes.
"Fine, but he might not be what you would expect from a Dragon King, more so since he retired sometime after he retired sometime before the others did. It's going to be good seeing him again after all this time since Yu-Long was more of the main conversation partner."
Kensei stated, thinking about all the times that he and Yu-Long talked to one another. It almost fit considering the jade dragon was the youngest among the Dragon Kings, even if he was still older than him by a wide margin.
"I'm sure that Yu-Long could get along with Hisui-san, considering both of them are related to the color jade. And since both of them are mischievous," the Kyuubi Princess noted thinking about all the things that Hisui and Yu-Long could talk about the first time they met. "Ohhh, I'm looking forward to meeting the legendary figures mentioned in the Journey to the West. It's always too fun whenever we head out to other factions and meet all new kinds of people."
"Yea, but until then, I think that we should finish our school business first."
Kensei noted as he looked at the work that still needed to be done at the moment.
"You're right. But, we do still need to find some more members for the Public Morals Committee," Claire stated as she stopped petting Kunou's head, stood up, and stretched her arms out. "Well, Ravel-san did appear interested in becoming a student here too. But, considering that she's still a part of her brother's peerage, then it'll be hard to remain far from him because servants are supposed to remain close to their King. But…."
"But?"
Kunou hid her fox ears and tails in case someone walked in, then sat back up.
"If Ravel is released from being Riser's servant for whatever reason, then she could go wherever she wants. As she'll be in essence a Free Bishop. So, she'd be able to become a student here and even join us."
Claire explained, with greater knowledge in how the Evil Pieces worked considering that she was a big fan of the Rating Games and learned about it from her mother.
"Well, I don't see that happening unless Ravel requested it from Riser. He's really into the idea of having the ideal harem, and Ravel is the sister and tsundere-type."
"I doubt that Ravel-san wants to be seen as that. There's so much that she could do instead of being around for fashion as she proved last time. But, at the same time, Ravel-san is loyal to her brother and wouldn't walk out on him even if she doesn't like being treated as a fashion."
Both Kensei and Kunou could understand that since Ravel was loyal to her family and friends.
"You're right, but we'll simply wait and see what happens."
"By the way, Kensei."
"Hmm?"
Kensei turned around to find Claire sitting beside Kunou, who she wrapped her arms around and pulled into a hug while giving a seductive smile. Noticing her intentions, Kunou started matching the same kind of pose as the half-devil girl, before bringing out her Kyuubi parts for some time.
"Would you ever consider having some fun with us in the Public Morals Committee run if there was a chance that no one would be able to catch us doing anything? Although, that would go against what our job entails."
Claire spoke in an almost enticing voice.
"Kunou wouldn't mind doing it if Ken-chan wants to do anything here."
Kunou replied wrapping her arms and tails more around Claire.
Both young women were attempting to entice Kensei into giving a flustered response, but much to their surprise he instead headed in their direction. Getting closer to the two women, he leaned forward then placed his finger underneath their chin, causing them to look straight at him.
"If these two underclassmen don't stop acting like a bunch of naughty girls, then I might need to dish out a real special punishment later."
""…?!""
In response to this, both Claire's and Kunou's faces turned bright red as the two became flustered, more so since he sounded so flirtatious at that moment.
"Well, let's get back to work."
Kensei stated in a normal manner as he waved his hand towards Claire and Kunou.
""K-Kensei/K-Ken-chan!""
Claire and Kunou complained as the two whined while staring at Kensei.
From there, the three continued with their regular and class activities once the two younger girls calmed down a bit until it was time for them all to head out.
Once school ended, the main members found themselves inside the Kibou Alliance, the most notable one of the special bounded fields their groups used as a training room. This one, in particular, was one that almost resembles an expansive mountainous terrain. Standing in one of the areas was Hisui dressed in a training uniform looking a lot more like a tracksuit matching her color scheme.
"Hmmhmm, I wonder where my opponent could be?"
Hisui didn't appear worried as she kept walking around without a care in the world.
It hasn't been that long since this regular training session started, and Hisui was well aware of the location of her opponent. But, this person was doing a decent enough job of masking their presence to prevent themselves from being sensed with senjutsu. However, there were certain minuscule things that Hisui could pick up on more compared to Kensei.
"I wonder if she ended up going else…."
Hisui stopped moving around as she took notice of multiple presences right above her head. It was a collection of holy power, originating from multiple things rather than an actual person. As predicted, floating behind her was a wide range of arming swords, their designs seemed to have been honed from practice and a clear image. All the swords were fired at high speeds towards Hisui.
Sensing the power behind them, Hisui aimed a fast kick at the first sword, knocking it into the others beside them and causing them to break. As if homing in on the nekomata, the swords altered their course in an attempt to hit their intended target. Reacting to this, a jade aura was wrapped around her legs, then started aiming several fast and complex kicks at the swords attempting to pierce her.
"Come on, I know that you can do…."
Just as Hisui was going to finish that sentence, she noticed swords being fired at her, but the two swords passed her. But, the two swords were releasing sparks, meaning that the swords held lightning attributes within them and both swords ended up forming a lightning line between them. Taking note of this, ducked down avoiding the line formed from the lightning.
Before Hisui could move an inch, three more lightning swords were stabbed into the ground around her, resulting in the five swords forming a lightning boundary that stunned the nekomata.
"A-Alright, this is what I'd expect."
Hisui felt she couldn't move a single muscle at all from the lightning coursing through her; of course, this wasn't a genuine lightning strike as it was focused on keeping her from moving. But, this was an ingenious maneuver that her opponent planned out in advance because she realized her fighting style.
"Of course, if I didn't do at least this much, then it'd be an insult."
It wasn't long until Maria appeared from on top of one of the cliffs, then leaped down and landed in front of Hisui, who remained downed and paralyzed. She produced another holy sword, shaped as an arming sword within her hands, and was wrapped in a strong aura.
"It looks as if I win this round again, Hisui."
Maria said, as she went to position her sword right at Hisui's neck, which would mean that she won this fight.
"I wouldn't do sure."
Hisui stated, which was something that Maria guessed.
As Maria stabbed her sword forward, it hit a barrier made from youki, defending the motionless nekomata from an assault. Being unable to move a muscle didn't mean that Hisui still couldn't use her powers, which was shown as she caused earth where the swords were stabbed into to push them into the air via senjutsu. Since Hisui had been freed from the paralysis, she used healing-type senjutsu to perform a quick recovery.
Hisui moved again, then leap into the ground and landed on her feet like a genuine cat. Taking on a stance that showed her readiness to continue her sparring session against Maria.
"I wouldn't expect anything less from a fellow Number."
"Of course, we all worked and trained hard in becoming the supporting pillars for this group," Hisui noted as she started covering herself in a jade aura, then smiled at Maria. "So, shall we continue Number Three?"
"We shall Number Four."
Maria covered herself in a golden aura, giving off the kind of sanctified radiance that one would expect from one of a Knight lineage. From there, the two female Numbers, 03 and 04 rushed at each other with the intent of using their training session to the fullest. Their conjoined clash produced explosions and shockwaves that could be felt a good distance from their location.
In another location, Kensei was running around, walking along the vertical side of a rock wall, then leaped avoiding a blast aimed at him from behind. It was an accurate and precise shot that ended up erasing a good section of cliff that had been right in front of the swordsman.
His pursuer was Zane, who like himself and the others were dressed in a tracksuit matching his colors, while also wielding Nacht and Licht. The black and white handguns fired off bullets at Kensei that has been targeting them throughout their entire fight. Under normal circumstances, he would merely cut through regular bullets, but none of the bullets fired were regular ones.
Almost most, if not all the bullets were specially-made using the kind of metal that military forces would kill for, and enchanted using runes. So, cutting most of them with casual slashes was easier said than done, but Kensei was well aware that Zane was the kind of person who'd use that moment as a counter-attack. And for someone such as him who was the scientist and wizard-type, it was a dangerous decision.
Aside from the marksmanship that Zane had honed since creating Nacht and Licht, the Oracle Specs that he was wearing had a wide arrange of functions such as assisting in his arm.
"You don't dodge attacks forever, Kensei!"
Zane declared, releasing a hail of bullets towards him.
But, it wasn't like Kensei hadn't thought about a countermeasure against durable metals such as theses. And he turned around preparing his beloved black sword for a counter-attack against it. He channeled the Metal Element into Kurogane and a slight white aura covered it, then turned prepared himself to launch that counter.
"Tougen Amagiri-ryuu…," Kensei turned around viewing the exact course that the bullets were sailing at him from, and started slashing Kurogane. "Kyoushinki!"
Kurogane came in contact with the bullets, but in response to being hit with the vibration slash, with the vibrations being traveling throughout them. And from there, the bullets all crumbled apart into nothing but metallic dust that was blown away in the wind.
"Ah, it's that technique that produces vibrations on contact," Zane stated recalling the last time that he had seen it performed in front of him. "But, it was strengthened further using ki and the metal element. It looks as if I'll need to switch the ammunition."
At that, instead of 'regular' bullets being fired from Nacht and Licht, Zane was releasing magic power bullets from the barrels. Despite that, it didn't mean that the bullets weren't as effective and still carried the same power as before. But, this time around, Kensei was capable of cutting through these bullets much easier than he had an easier defending against them.
After 'kicking' off the air using Tenpo, Kensei propelled himself forward toward Zane at high-speeds, managing to get in his blind spot. Not hesitating at all, he slashed Kurogane at his side, but it was stopped, having seemed to hit something invisible.
"A barrier, huh?"
Kensei could sense that Zane was defending himself from the attacks using a magic barrier, which wasn't all that surprising considering he was fighting against a generally terrible match-up. It was a strong one, considering that it blocked strikes from Kurogane without breaking like most.
Reacting to the last attack Kensei launched, Zane pointed Nacht at his face, then was prepared to pull the trigger at close-range. But, he spun around as the magic bullet was released, then he used the momentum build-up from that spin to generate more strength for the next swing.
Crack!
Because of that last hit, there was a crack that formed on the magic barrier surrounding Zane. He kept releasing a wide arrange of slashes at Zane, who was preparing for a counter-attack and formed a magic circle in front of him. From that, a torrent of spiraling flames, which pushed Kensei backward, while covering him in flames at the same time.
"I know that it's going to take more than that to bring you down so…."
Zane formed a magic circle beside them, having first holstered Nacht and Licht, then started bringing something else from within it. Sliding out from the magic circle was a futuristic-looking black rifle, with red lights appearing all around it. Holding it in his hand, Zane pointed the black rifle at Kensei, who freed himself from the flame torrent, and noticed the new weapon pointed at him.
"Uh, is that the new weapon that you created?"
Kensei asked almost worried about how the new weapon looked and charging at that moment.
"Yea, I call it, Donnerkeil, code-named, Thunderbolt."
Zane answered pointing the new weapon, Donnerkeil at Kensei as lightning sparks could be seen being emitted all around it. He pulled the trigger without hesitation, releasing what resembled a laser beam straight at Kensei at high-speed. It was almost too fast for him, but he leaned backward avoiding the blast, which kept traveling and ending up erasing a mountain a great distance from them, then a second one.
"Well, I think that would've been hard to take head-on," Kensei thought with half-lidded eyes, noticing that the last blast erased at least two mountains. He soon returned to the same position that he was previously in before, and noticed that a second blast was being prepared. Seeing that, Kensei started causing a blue aura to be wrapped around it as he was channeling ki into it. "Alright, let's see if this can handle that. Tougen Amagiri-ryuu…."
"I haven't been able to test this out yet. And you're the best opponent for that!"
Zane declared as he noticed Kensei was almost finished preparing an assault of his own.
"Amatsu Ryuuho!"
"Fire!"
Both Kensei's blue slash and Zane's laser blast were released as one another, resulting in a shockwave that had begun to crack the area around them. Soon enough, there was a massive explosion occurring in-between both of them that could be seen from outside of it.
"I swear, you four are still the same children from before."
Abigail sighed as she stood in front of Kensei, Zane, Maria, and Hisui, all of which sat legs crossed right in front of the mature blonde-haired girl.
It had been almost half an hour since the four finished their sparring session, and the four teens' tracksuits were damaged to the point of not being used anymore. And wounds could be seen on them as well, because of their previous attacks utilized against one another. Not wanting to let them leave still wounded, Abigail had spread out her healing into a field that surrounded them.
Although most healing sacred gears would be most effective using contact, Abigail's was as effective as long as she was close to those being healed. A bunch of light particles could be seen covering the four of them, while the healing process continued. It showed the amount of effort that the Miracle Child had put into honing both her light and healing powers at the same time.
"Kensei, you still meet on a challenge with another challenge. Zane, you put your effort into testing out inventions without thinking about the consequences. Maria, sometimes you do the same thing as Kensei. And Hisui, you make it a habit of playing around with people too much."
Abigail stated as she talked to the four teens as if they were her siblings, while Kensei, Zane, Maria, and Hisui couldn't look the blonde in the eye.
"Uh, it was a sparring session between the Numbers so…."
Kensei spoke as he smiled nervously while scratching the back of his head.
"Kensei."
"Yes, ma'am?"
"No matter the situation, neither of you should be reckless in training, more so considering that you and Zane are the most wounded compared to them," Abigail pointed out, noticing the explosion caused by Kensei and Zane clashing against one another. A sigh soon escaped from her mouth as soon as she stared at the four again. "I do feel as if I'm still worried about the four of you considering you're at the forefront of multiple situations whenever I am not around. But, I guess you four have handled yourself well even without me being there."
As Abigail spoke to the four of them, the teens could hear that she was acting like the big sister that they've grown up with since Hagun Island.
"Well, to be honest, Kensei has gotten into the most trouble compared to us."
"That's true."
"Yea."
Hisui, Maria, and Zane, all agreed as Kensei looked a bit flustered at that comment.
"I have some really good friends here, don't I?"
Kensei asked with some sarcasm behind his words.
"Well, I suppose that if you four changed too much, then you wouldn't truly be yourselves," Abigail spoke as she finished healing them, then took a seat in front of the four as she brought out something behind her. It was shown to be a basket. "My mother made these sandwiches to show her gratitude for making the renovations on the orphanage and finding more children in need."
"We'll take them, but she doesn't need to thank us."
"Right, if anything, we need to thank her for helping us over the years."
Kensei and Maria gave their responses while accepting the lunch.
"I told her that before. But, she said that it's natural for an adult to assist children, instead of breaking them down like what happened on Hagun Island. And as you know my mother isn't the kind of woman who'd listen to people once her mind is made up."
Abigail noted, recalling the first time she talked to her mother in years.
Having heard about what happened on Hagun Island, and hearing that there were children, pure humans or not, she offered to help take care of them. All the while, not caring about what the Church would have thought if they found out she was also tending to devil children. It was the kind of kindness and pureness that caused Abigail to believe attracted her father to her mother in the first place.
Abigail, having thought about it much, but it has been a long time since she last saw Raphael. But, because of their situation with the Church, in regards to Claire and the other non-human children. It would be a little bit difficult for them to be able to meet each other, which hurt her feelings a bit.
Seeing the four teens sharing the sandwiches that had been prepared for them, and even eating one herself after being offered one.
"So, what're you planning on doing once you head out to China?"
"I'll be heading out to meet Sanzang-sensei, first. I doubt that Sun-sensei and Yu-Long would be there since the two of them are often doing assignments. But, I am well aware that Sanzang-sensei doesn't leave his home often and remains there most of the time," Kensei explained after finishing a sandwich. "After that, I'll talk about what I could do from some kind of connection with the Chinese Gods. At least, it'll be a start for us even if we don't get full co-operation from them."
"The Norse and Greek Factions were far easier to handle because their Chief-Gods have become more relaxed compared to the past. I mean, there's still some Norse people who are still doubtful of us, but not as much as the first time we tried."
Zane said, reminding them of the first time that their group tried forming connections with the Norse Faction, and all the effort that it took into earning their trust. In the end, it took them fighting against Niðhöggr, a legendary evil dragon to do that. And things became much easier for them to speak with the Norse Faction compared to the first time the group tried it.
In the past year, the group managed to even speak with the Greek Faction about forming connections with them, have agreed. Although similar to Odin, Zeus had become a bit more relaxed compared to what he was like in the past and didn't want much.
"Dealing with the Chinese Gods might be a little bit more difficult to some degree. But, I couldn't imagine that the gods would be terrible to deal with, especially if Kensei goes there."
Maria brought up, thinking about since Kensei was under the tutelage of two Buddha, who had done imaginable services to the faction and earned their positions as a result of it.
"Well, we have to wait and see what happens."
Kensei noted.
Even if he ended up failing to form connections with the Chinese Faction, he would still end up being able to see the three people who had a powerful impact on his life.
"If we succeed in this, then it wouldn't be long until we'll be able to form peace between the Shinto Faction and all the other factions too. Kensei's father knows people from the Underworld and Grigori, so we might end up being able to let Abigail see her father."
Hisui brought up, much to Abigail's surprise at that.
She hadn't shown or mentioned that she wanted to see her father again, but Hisui brought it up right there and it was something the others agreed to.
"Yea. Even if we don't end up forming peace, then we could at least plan a meeting between them."
Maria said, smiling at the thought of Abigail being able to meet her father again.
"We have pulled off more difficult things in the past. So, at least letting Abigail see her father again wouldn't be a hard task for us."
Kensei added, not showing hesitation.
"And if not, it might be hard for me to make a communication magic circle that can reach Heaven."
Noticing the length that the four teens here were willing to go through for her caused Abigail to almost want to cry right there. Tears were forming at the corners of her eyes, but she brushed them aside and started to walk towards them.
"Geez, you guys are too much sometimes."
Those were the words that came from Abigail, as she brought the four teens into a hug while giving them a smile that matched the warm feeling in her chest. Noting the happiness that their words caused for her, Kensei, Zane, Maria, and Hisui all smiled in response to that. It was the least that the four could do for her, the person who's acted as an older sister to them all for as long as they could remember.
All five Numbers remained in that position for a long time until finishing up whatever the group needed to finish in the bounded field before leaving. Kensei and his group still needed to make some more preparations before they could head out to the Chinese Faction for a meeting.
Meanwhile, at night, in a secluded location found in China, where there wasn't a single person, aside from all the animals that had been escaping from the location. There was a small-scale battle that had occurred in that place, but it looked as if it would progress depending on the situation.
"Kuh!"
There was a well-muscled young man dressed in a Japanese school uniform, who had been knocked back into the ground. On his arm, there looked to have been some kind of armor around them wreathed in an aura, but he was knocked unconscious by whoever attacked him.
Around him, there was a multitude of young men and women, dressed in the same kind of school uniform. And a lot of them gave off a unique presence that made them different from normal humans. Of course, all of them as humans, but the powers that were embedded into them, made them less human in the eyes of 'normal' humans. It was one of those experiences in their life that led them together, but it was one person, in particular, that brought them together.
These people were a part of a faction that fought against monsters, which became known as the Hero Faction. At this moment, their target wasn't a monster, but a lone woman who stood before them.
"Please, would you reconsider your decision to leave?"
A female member asked with some pain in her voice as if she didn't want this to happen.
"You were one of the most important members of the Hero Faction."
A male member added.
"I apologize, but it appears as if we don't align with one another anymore. And because of that, I'll be leaving."
The lone woman who stood before her, one dressed in white Han Chinese clothing that looked altered for one, who practiced martial arts. On it, it looked as if there was a tiger designed on it. Most of her face couldn't be seen much, but her voice sounded beautiful and soft. Her shoulder-length hair looked to be a mix of blonde and white.
"Our leader won't allow that to happen!"
"You're too important for our cause!"
"Those supernatural beings are a threat to humans!"
All the Hero Faction members seemed to give their rejection to the lone women leaving their group.
"…."
She didn't appear to respond at all, as the men and women there didn't appear to have the intention of letting her leave there at all. It wasn't her intention of fighting against them all, but the more the conversation went, the less that it seemed as if she could leave without fighting.
"Heroes should fight against supernatural beings with such intentions of threatening humans," she started as she clenched her fist. "But, your intentions involve all supernatural beings whether good or evil. And that isn't a thing that I can agree with in silence, while people who did nothing wrong are being targeted too. I am aware that some of you have experienced terrible things because of certain supernatural beings. But, if you plan on stopping me from doing what I intend, then I'll have no choice but to fight."
She showed her intention of fighting against the entire group as an aura started to wrap around her. Sensing her fighting intent, men and women felt somewhat unnerved from the presence she released.
"We shall not be deterred from doing what needs to be done! If we stop here, then we have not right been a part of the Hero Faction!"
"We'll fight! Even if it's against a hero descendant!"
[Yes!]
The men and women from the group showed their intention of fighting against the woman standing in front of them. All of them released vigor, but she could sense that it seemed almost fake to some degree.
"…," she let a breath escape from her mouth as things went in the direction that she didn't want it to, then stood in a prepared stance. "Fine. I'll fight without rejecting your will."
Soon enough, all the Hero Faction members charged forward toward the woman, who remained in the same spot without moving at all. From that location, multiple auras and shockwaves could be felt from there as the animals around there fled from the location out of fear.
A/N: And there goes the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, and I hereby present the first chapter of the seventh volume, leading into the New Year. In this chapter, it has been some time since the incident involving the Phenex Clan with Kensei and the others living their regular lives. Some of the business that the Public Morals Committee does regularly has been shown as well, with some of them involving some intended explicit activities at school.
But, it appears as if there is some plan in heading out to the Chinese Faction for a visit that has been a long time coming. It has been almost seven years since Kensei has seen Sun Wukong, Yu-Long, and Xuanzang Sanzang and he is looking forward to seeing them.
And in the end, it appears as if the Hero Faction is going to be getting involved in this volume, and there will be the introduction of a new character. I'm sure that based on certain things, most of you will be able to guess who this new person is. But, it'll be some time before she's giving a proper introduction.
I hope that you liked the chapter, until next time. And I hope that you all enjoyed the New Year.
Kensei's Harem: Alice, Claire, Hisui, Kunou, Yasaka, Lu Lingqi, Sarah, Minako, Koneko, Kuroka, Ravel, Amaterasu, Brynhildr, Rossweisse, Ophis.