Welcome to the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, but before starting the story. Let's answer some reviews:
shephawk: I'll be sure to make their training and the improvement, as you might've read both Ravel and Koneko are going to have some 'interesting' training. That's going to be one interesting interaction since those two have a lot in common already, at least in regards to the lengths they'd gone through to protect their loved ones.
altair95: Glad to hear you liked the chapter. I thought that it'd be the perfect moment for that, a lime with the mom, then a lemon with the daughter. Yes, he's the instructor for Koneko and Ravel, while others are all doing their training. Yeah, everyone is going to be doing their kind of training over the break and getting stronger because of it. It ended up being their first encounter with the former Dragon King, a being the infant looked excited to see instead of being terrified. Not one person alive could resist Nariko's absolute adorableness.
I created that location based on a similar thing the Nakiri Clan had in Slash/Dog, but it's much better and different compared to it. Yes, all of Itsuki's children have been named, as well as all the Longinus that the four of them each held. I'll keep doing that.
Summer Training I
Meanwhile, in the Human World, Maria and Layla dressed in the Kibou Alliance's new uniform; the former held a wooden practice sword, while the latter held a wooden practice staff. Both seemed to be a bit ragged and tired as their opponent stood in front of them. Despite the intense training the two had gone through to build their stamina and yet they were straining themselves to continue fighting.
"You two sure have progressed a good deal since the first time we started this training just seven days ago," their teacher, a man stated holding a large training sword in his hands. "I can tell that you're as just talented as your father, if not more. I was surprised to hear him contacting me to train his daughters."
Before they stood the man known through numerous titles throughout the Three Factions for his strength alone, the most notable being the Limits of Humanity, Vasco Strada. Despite sparring with them for three hours straight, the veteran Exorcist didn't seem to have barely broken a sweat.
"Thank you, Eminence Strada."
Maria said, bowing her head.
"I was surprised that your group was interested in training with someone such as me, considering what happened a year prior," there was an understanding tone in the veteran exorcist. "I wasn't informed about the full details, but it seemed as if there was some conflict between our exorcists and your group."
"I don't blame you for what happened. I blame those involved in it," Maria added as she started gaining control of her breath as leaned straight up. "Besides, whether you were involved or not. It doesn't change the fact that you're the one person who can help me get to that point."
Maria thought back to the time that her father coated himself in the holy aura, all without being a sacred gear user or a related type. Blade Blacksmith was a creation-type sacred gear that created holy swords, but those whether or not she mastered it, neither could match the genuine articles. She trained to circumvent that, learning Elemental Magic and controlling her light element to strengthen them. But, that wasn't enough.
"That's quite mature of you. I can see the reason you're among the leading members of your group," Vasco said in an impressed tone. "I trained your father a long time ago after he wanted to be able to fight against beings like Devils and Vampires without sacred gear or a holy sword. So, I taught him how to coat his fist in a holy aura, but it seems as if he took that in his direction. I never needed to, because I extensively trained my body. Because I heard you three were sacred gear users, I planning on restricting their use. But, it appears as if I didn't need to do such a thing."
Around Maria's and Layla's wrists was a special bracelet their group produced using the information granted from Grigori's Sacred Gear research. Its purpose is to seal their Sacred Gears, something the two put on before their training started. From a distance, Alex meditated alone, wearing the same bracelet on his wrist.
"Well, I know that focusing on mastering our sacred gears can sometimes even become a crutch on our other potential abilities too. If I'm going to learn to cover myself in a holy aura, then I want it to be through a personal effort, not because of Blade Blacksmith. I'll continue honing that and my swordsmanship through this summer training."
Maria declared as she stood right in front of Vasco Strada, who looked on wearing a smile.
"She's such a young girl, but her convictions and determination are strong and pure. In terms of physical training, as well as sword training, this training will simply improve on that. If anything, I can focus most on teaching Maria the fundamentals of the Holy Fist."
Vasco thought, feeling himself becoming excited about the idea of training someone like Maria and the others.
"I'm also wondering if I could gain ice manipulation without Glacial Trident. If it's possible to gain holy aura, then it should be possible for me to gain this," Layla said, spinning around the staff in her. "Besides, with or without our sacred gears active, being born with them granted us some acclimation for their abilities to begin with. Even Alex is an attempt to learn about creating barriers same as our mom."
Layla mentioned her adoptive mother, as Alex continued raising and shaping his aura while attempting to learn about creating barriers.
"You're all making great strides in creating special powers outside of your sacred gears. I'm proud to say that I'm your acting instructor. I thought that it would've been interesting to train that dragon girl, but it seems as if there's someone who had other plans for her."
Vasco was referring to Iris, who'd been snatched up by someone else to act as her instructor.
"Yeah, I still can't believe that a Dragon King came up and snatched our younger sister," Layla said, feeling more ticked off about that. "She didn't even consider anything that came out of our mouth and flew off with Iris."
"Well, don't be so made. I mean, Iris is getting the chance to train with the Strongest Dragon King, Tiamat who is a female Dragon too. So, Iris at least found the perfect teacher for her, because most of what she learned about dragon power had been from training and self-taught too."
"I know, but I'm still thinking about what that Dragon said before leaving."
Layla said, replaying those words in her head.
'I might be preoccupied with other business. But, I gained some minor interest after Ajuka mentioned that your group had a female Dragon on your side. I don't care to intervene in a dragon's training, because we're creatures much freer than others and expected to be strong within our class. But, I won't tolerate another dragon, let alone a female one being weak. To you, your summer training might end once the summer ends. But, I won't return her until she's strong enough to meet proper standards for a dragon.'
"Who does she think she is to decide when and when not to burn OUR little sister?! And had the nerve to even ignore our complaints about it."
Layla fumed for the first time in a long time, but it was all because she was concerned for Iris. But, stopped as she felt Maria's hand on her shoulder.
"I know it might sound harsh for us. But, for Dragons, there are different expectations and Iris hasn't gotten a real dragon training regimen. There's not much that we can teach Iris about being a Dragon. It takes a Dragon to teach a Dragon," Maria stated, noting the training their team did wasn't suitable for Iris and might've done nothing but hold her potential back. "Besides, she looked determined to finish Tiamat's training."
"I know. Well, Dragon or not, as her older sisters we can't let her pass us up."
"That's right."
Layla and Maria seemed to agree on that part, then the two stood in a prepared stance.
"Hah, that's the spirit that I like to see. Let's continue our training and see what you can accomplish. Each of you has the potential to achieve what you desire. More so, since it seems as if spending time around that Dragon Girl has had some notable effect on your auras too," Vasco said, swinging the large practice sword in his sword. "And show me if you're prepared to face your enemies again!"
At that, Vasco released more of a presence from his giant body, something that felt as if an intense pressure had washed over them. It was enough to almost disturb Alex's meditation, but for him, it felt as if it was a simple act to test his concentration. Maria and Layla received the full brunt, as the two came to release once again the reason this man was considered the Church's greatest warrior.
Under this pressure, however, the two women stood their ground with their practice weapons in their hands, which was what the veteran exorcist wanted to see. Soon enough, the two-on-one sparring session continued as Vasco was having the time of his life training them.
Meanwhile, on a certain mountain located in the Underworld, Iris found herself crashing to the ground, causing it to crack from the impact. Both arms were covered in silver dragon scales and claws could be seen extending from them. Her face had sweat dripping down her forehead, and her breathing was labored.
"If you want to return to your sisters after the summer, then you're going to have to show more than that," a tone of seriousness could be heard from above her. "It's because you've become too reliant on them. And too focused on them that you'd become too used to fighting as a Human instead of a Dragon."
"…I know that, Tiamat."
Iris said, glancing up to find the person acting as her teacher.
Flying up in the air, Tiamat, was a giant blue Western Dragon with celestial blue scales, producing wind pressure at the simple flapping of her wings. Amid this, Iris healed the injuries caused by the sparring session releasing a multi-colored aura from her hand.
"…," Tiamat became more interested as she watched Iris healing, being different from what she'd seen from the past healers she'd met. "Then stop fighting like a Human, and fight like a Dragon! If you want to fight as a Human then learn to use your dragon power in the right way!"
"Alright!"
After that stronger declaration, Iris dug her claws into the ground, increasing her dragon aura, not focusing on her arms and instead on her entire body. At that, Iris' body started changing, as dragon wings spread out from her back, then a tail from her lower back. Soon her entire body expanded and grew in size until it surpassed her previous height. Not much time passed until Iris had transformed into a beautiful silver Western Dragon about half the size of Tiamat's dragon form.
"What a cute form."
Tiamat seemed to tease as she started at the transformed Iris.
"Ah, everyone else said the same thing."
Iris stated as she flew into the air.
Both the blue and silver Western Dragons were flying in front of each other, as the two continued with their training session. In this, she was learning about the Dragons' original combat form, in the shape of their physical attacks, aura, and breath attacks. However, her sparring partner was the Strongest Dragon King, meaning those attacks were superior to anything Iris could manage. None of the injuries sustained lasted long as Iris learned to heal herself while fighting at the same time.
"Hah, hah, hah…."
Iris found herself breathing heavier as she lay on the ground.
"You did well this time, your healing makes it easier for you to survive going head-to-head with me for at least a time. But, doing that and attacking at the same time results in stamina loss, Tiamat stated, having returned to her human form, a beautiful blue-haired, and indigo-eyed young woman, dressed in casual clothing. "That being said, that healing of yours seems to be unique."
"Yeah, Big Sis and Layla said the same thing. I haven't thought about it much, but since our group has different healers. It was decided that we'd examine and compare them to one another," Iris replied as she found herself at least able to sit up. "Abigail's healing was much better than ours when it comes to healing one person and filtered out 'light' and added it as much as possible to heal those weak to it. But, she said that mine stimulates and rejuvenates cells, which she said was unique."
"I see. So, was this something you gained from those Human's moronic attempts at using dragon's genes?"
Tiamat asked, with minor annoyance, having heard about the nature behind Iris' birth. She knew that Iris wasn't a normal-born Dragon, but hearing the reason would annoy any Dragon.
"Ah, yeah. I think, but I don't know much about what particular method was used to create me. All that I'm aware of is that after discovering traces of Fafnir's genetics in the closest possible descendants of Sigurd, researchers cultivated them using various methods. After that, the genetic martial of other classes of Dragons were added on top of it. But, the people didn't predict that they'll end up losing control of them, creating Humanoid Dragons that went berserk."
"Of course. For supposed believers, those people sure broke a cardinal rule that's supposed to be a part of their faith. I guess that's what desperation comes from when you're up against beings like Devils, Vampires, and Dragons. Even Gods who created some Dragons couldn't control them, some of them became recorded in various legends. But, creating life through artificial means is something that Humans shouldn't attempt outside of their natural means," knowing what Tiamat was referring to, Iris' face turned red, but then the Dragon King wore an interested look. "I do think their foolish attempts might've created an unknown gem. When was the first time you healed someone?"
"Uh, well," Iris thought about that question and tried remembering the first time she healed someone. "Oh, right. It was the time that Sis came back with a deep wound from a Manticore, back then, I'd already seen Abigail healing someone before. And without thinking, I just came up and thought that I could help too."
"Did you have the ability to heal already? Or did you simply mimic what this half-Angel girl did?"
"I…. I didn't know much about the ability to heal someone, but I thought that I could do the same thing. And then, I helped Abigail lose Sis' wound."
"Well, I'm sure that you realized that learning to heal someone isn't something that easy to learn. At most, I think that you used whatever mysterious power you have to replicate the same effects as healing. I might not know the kind of experiments that were used to create you, but I guess you should thank dumb humans for it. If anything, I'd think that you could think of it as something closer to demonic power, which uses imagination to create things."
"I never really thought about it much."
"Well, at least I know what to do next regarding your training. If you want to be strong enough to support your sisters and friends, then you're going to learn how to fight like a Dragon," Tiamat said, as she stared at Iris with a more serious look. "And learn about what your real power is."
"My real power?"
"Yes, first we'll focus on discovering the nature of your power or element. And who knows, you might be able to create your original abilities aside from it. Same as that damned Ddraig, who doubles and transfers his power to someone or something, among other things. Albion divides, absorbs power, and adds it to his own. And Vritra, who I believe inhabit the Pawn or Serafall's younger sister, or at least a fragment. Anyway, Vritra became a Dragon King, because of sheer technique and versatility, something surpassing us. I'll continue giving you strict training here, then I'll be taking you to a special place meant for Dragons. I found it with Ajuka's help because I needed another place to hide my treasure. If you're not strong, then you'll die."
"Okay."
Iris agreed though she was confused about the aggression directed at Ddraig while seeming to be protective of her treasure. However, Iris listened in to the training that Tiamat had planned for her, wanting to do whatever it'd take to become stronger.
In the Norse Faction, most notably the home of the Dark Elves, Svartalfheim, located in the home of the Dwarves, Nidavellir. Both the Dwarves and Dark Elves shared the same space as one another, learning and assisting one another. In their home, the Dark Elves lived in homes built from broken stone, and their residents all walked along the streets going about their daily activities.
Amid this, there was a small explosion originating from one of the buildings further from the unused houses, but it didn't cause that big of a reaction. In the past, it did act as a Dwarve's workshop who resided there, however, this house was long since abandoned.
"It seems as if there was another failure."
"But, hey, there's some improvement."
"Yeah, it wasn't that large."
The Dark Elves, who listened in didn't seem bothered and instead smiled about it.
"Cough! Cough! Cough! Great another failure."
Zane walked out of the smoking room, at that particular house, using wind magic to attract and disperse the dark smoke. He was still using magic to produce a magical arm for him to continue working on creating the brand-new inventions that came to mind. He, however, still worked on creating the prosthetic arm, which was the important thing he needed to complete.
"Well, it's a breath of fresh air seeing this. I haven't experienced such things in a long time since the last time the Dwarves came to visit."
"Yeah, I don't think that I've seen him fail this much."
Walking in the direction of the workshop were Lena and an Elder Dark Elf, who walked beside her looking amused about the explosions from the house.
"It's been quite some time, but it seems as if he's experienced some failures."
"It's his fault for attempting to multitask."
Lena said, crossing her arms as she and the Elder continued heading to the cleared house, then entered to find Zane pacing back and forth. Floating beside him was the Magus Akashic,
"Come on, what am I missing," Zane spoke to himself, walking back and forth, continuing to speak to himself in a frustrated tone that could be heard from him. "He called an amateur, but what does that mean? I haven't had much of an issue in using the Magus Akashic and conversing with Annelisse."
Lena didn't utter a word as she continued listening, knowing that Zane was attempting to reach the same point as Malik. She couldn't blame him, as Malik, another Zirnitra Grimoire holder could change the shape of his grimoire, manifesting black tattoos instead of a grimoire. Hearing such words from someone such as Malik, who'd become a rival of his.
"Well, Zane is at the point where he doesn't notice that we're here," Lena stated, realizing thus far that whenever he was like this, he wouldn't notice anyone's presence or conversation. "Elder, would you like some tea before leaving?"
"Not at this time. I simply wanted to check up on the young lad that you brought here, Lena. It's been a long time since someone from the Wayland family visited. And I was surprised that the normally hardhearted Lena brought a friend to visit. Though, based on your interactions, I can see there's something more than friendship," the Elder Dark Elf stated, staring at Lena, who didn't visually react, but her heartbeat increased a little. "That young lad is a little bit of a workaholic, focused on numerous things at the same time. But, based on the relationship between you two, I'm sure that you'll be able to bring him back to reality."
"Yeah. I mean, that's my job in the first place."
Lena replied, in a matter-of-fact tone, while the Elder Dark Elf smiled and turned around, not allowing yet another response to leave the young Dark Elf's mouth.
Once he felt, Zane and Lena were left in the room, and she kept looking on as the young man continued speaking to himself in a mumble. She couldn't gain a complete understanding of what he was uttering, but she knew it had something to do with Magus Akashic, his new artificial arm, and potential weapons, as well as the equipment he plans on inventing.
"Zane, you'll have to focus on one thing at a time. You're not two people. Besides, isn't that the exact reason that I'm here in the first place to be your assistant and helper? Look, I know that I might not be the easiest person to be around. I might say some things that might break your heart, spirit, and feelings," at that Zane seemed to start picking on some of it. "But, I'm here to act as your assistant, backup, and friend. So, let me help."
"I understand that, but I need to finish the initial designs for…."
"Oh my god, fine. It looks like I have no other choice."
"What do you mean about," Zane asked, turning to Lena a bit, then realized that she soon forced him to turn over to him by grabbing his collar. Noticing the expression on her face and based on previous experience, Zane felt a deep sense of fear building up. "I'm sorry, please don't hit…hmm?"
"…."
Zane was surprised as Lena instead of hitting, instead kissed him on the lips in an almost forceful manner. And in that instance, his mind went blank, there wasn't a single thought about plans or ideas that were being formed at all in his head. Both of them remained in that stance for a couple of minutes before Lena moved back with a faint blush on her cheeks.
"Did that make your mind go blank? I heard from that perverted Nekoshou that it seems as if her mind went blank when she kissed her battle maniac of a fiancè."
Lena tried asking as nonchalantly as possible, but she was embarrassed about the entire thing.
"Y-Yeah, i-it certainly did the trick. I can't remember what I was even thinking about before."
"Good, then think about one thing at a time. I think the first thing that you should do is to think about turning that grimoire into another form," Lena said, as she started heading in the direction of her bedroom in this house. "There is something that I need in my room. I'll be back to help you finish making another arm using what we gained from Ajuka and Azazel."
Lena left the living room, then went into her bedroom, closing the door behind her, while putting up a soundproof barrier at the same time. She walked to her bed as if she were a robot, then fell straight down into her bed, face buried in her pillow.
"Mmmmmmmhhhhh."
A muffled scream could be heard reverberating throughout the room, while she continued hitting and kicking the bed using her hands and feet.
"I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that! I can't believe I did that!"
Lena continued shouting that in her mind repeatedly, her cheeks started turning redder and redder thinking back to the moment she kissed Zane.
"I kissed Zane!"
Removing her face out of the pillow, Lena screamed that out loud, realizing nothing would bypass the soundproof barrier. But, pressing her face into the pillow seemed like the first thing that entered her mind as soon as she had gone into the room.
"I didn't know what to do to get him to stop thinking about different things at the same time! He does this mess all the time, but it was different this time because of the incident with those moronic Ordinals! Come on, don't let this be the thing that causes me to lose all composure! Ugh, I can't believe that this ended up being the reason that I kissed Zane! I wanted this to be different!"
Lena said, feeling herself falling onto the pillow and groaning at the thought of kissing Zane, because of this incident.
In the living room, Zane found himself sitting at the table, nothing in his hand, and instead couldn't think of anything in that instance. He'd spent the first couple of minutes thinking about the fact that Lena kissed him, then his mind at that point went blank. It didn't strike him odd that Lena hadn't come out of her room, despite the fact, she said she needed to get something.
"Lena kissed me, she kissed me," those were the first words to exit Zane's mouth. "I knew that I did have feelings for her, even though she does sometimes emotionally abuse me. But, still, it's been the two of us since we created this team. I don't know what was going through her head over time, but I wanted it to continue it being just us together on one team. She helped me, and sometimes I tried helping her, even though she'd often given me a tongue-lashing."
Zane's mind did start working again, but it had nothing that had to do with working on anything. It was almost as if his mind was going through a reset, catching up on the current events rather than working. His mind, however, kept going through the kiss he shared with Lena, something that calmed him.
"I, want to be stronger, strong enough to protect her from people like Malik, who'll continue popping up more and more in the future. Our defeat made me realize that I'm not strong enough to hold onto the status of Number two and call myself Kensei's best friend. I hold the same grimoire as him, but I didn't realize that the Zirnitra Grimoire should take on whatever shape we desire."
'Oh, didn't you know that? Right, you must think that all grimoires should be books, but you're wrong about that.'
Zane thought back to the words that Malik told him during their battle, causing him to feel more and more down on himself.
"I've prided myself in being a researcher who could explore all possibilities, no matter how impossible, no matter how unbelievable. It'd be around the time that I planned on beginning a research excavation of the places which hasn't been explored much anymore. The Dimensional Gap, the continent of Mu, Atlantis, and even the Yggdrasil. In this world, there's so much that I want to research, discover, then bring something new into the world. I wanted to even create the Philosopher's stone. But, this experience proved that I haven't broadened my mind enough."
Zane said out loud, looking straight up into the ceiling as he felt the Magus Akashic moving, while still around his neck as a miniature grimoire. At the movement of the book, he felt himself sitting straight up wearing a surprised expression on his face. Around the same time, Lena walked outside of her bedroom, then found Zane sitting up in a straight-up manner.
"Oi, Zane. Did you figure something out?"
"Lena," Zane found himself uttering Lena's name, then a smile appeared on his face. "You were right."
"Ah, about what?"
"I'm a moron. No, more than that, I'm a dumbass, an absolute dumbass! Hahahahahaha!"
At that, Lena looked straight at Zane with a worried look, as he started laughing and mocking himself, revealing an expression that matched.
"R-Right," Lena replied, not knowing what else to say as Zane continued laughing. "Good lord, I think that all the pressure finally caused him to snap. Or, is this because I kissed him and the shock caused him to snap? Ugh, I don't know what I'd rather it be. For him, the second option might not be bad, but it'll cause me to feel a deep sense of shame."
"I was thinking about the situation as if I was alone. But, I'm not alone," Zane said, as he turned around to face a surprised-looking Lena. "It's not just you and me here. I was so caught up in the fact that I lose, that I forgot about the third person on our team."
"You mean?"
Lena didn't need to ask that question as she realized who Zane was talking about, then the answer came about as he grabbed onto the Magus Akashic. At that, it released a bright light and enlarged into the full-sized grimoire that he'd gotten to know. No matter how long she looked at it, Lena couldn't find herself more surprised about the amazing detail and design added to it.
"Annelisse. I'm sorry, I forgot about the fact that both of us are supposed to be partners in this," Zane said, while he continued staring at the grimoire floating in front of him. "Zirnitra Grimoire is supposed to have been created based on Sacred Gears. So, as long as I pour my desires and imagination into it, then your grimoire should turn into the shape that matches me most."
[Hmm, I was wondering when Master would ask me such a question and acknowledge me. We, Index are meant to groom Magicians into becoming the strongest among Magicians, whether in terms of your magical powers and knowledge. Competing against the other Indexes, or my siblings' hosts would be far more beneficial in developing your potential. As long as it's your desire, I'll assume whatever form you want.]
"Alright, then how about this?"
After thinking about it for a bit, Zane found himself beginning to speak and transmit his thoughts to Annelisse, an all-new sense of enthusiasm could be heard from his tone. Hearing that Zane returned to normal caused a bright and genuine smile to appear on Lena's face. If there was anything that she liked about him, it was the fact that he could make such an expression when talking about complex things.
Seeing things returning to normal, caused both Zane and Lena to work together as the two have done before. It was, however, noted that there was some hint of awkwardness between them, because of the kiss. It didn't at all impede their combined work with one another.
In Shiamano, Lingqi found herself dressed in the training outfit that hugged her build, standing in a dense forest that held a unique atmosphere. She meditated there without moving an inch as she focused on manipulating her Qi. Practicing the same breathing technique that her grandfather taught her, drawing in the unique spiritual power that wafted around her. Besides her, there were nuts and berries scattered as if put there intentionally.
[Shiamano is the ideal world that Mirai-sama created in another dimension, it's as big as a country with locations that serves multiple purposes. But, I believe that it'll be best to discuss the important ones. You see, there's one forest, in particular, where spiritual beasts live, it's about what you'd expect to find. Some animals will be 'normal' to find there and the predators that hunt them. I said before that certain creatures are as strong as the supernatural creatures outside. All of them have adapted to the atmosphere, the animals learned to hide from the predators and the predators learned to be better hunters.]
As Lingqi kept sitting there, one of the creatures, resembling squirrels, but with three tails seemed to come out of the trees. Climbing down, four three-tailed squirrels scurried with hesitance as the four traveled together towards the food positioned there. Sitting there, they picked up and started eating the food positioned there, Lingqi didn't let her intention get out.
As if testing it out, Lingqi raised her hand, an action that caused a slight deviation in her Qi, while looking through one eye. She could sense a slight reaction originating from their tails as she extended her hand over toward one of them with swiftness and silence. At that, the squirrels took the food and returned to the trees at a speed Lingqi wouldn't have expected.
"That's incredible," Lingqi got out of a meditation stance, instead sitting legs crossed in a more casual position. "I see now. These squirrels sense the presence of others via their tails, I showed the slightest intent as a test and all of them picked up on that. And their speed is amazing too, using their small size to their advantage in moving around much larger predators. These animals sure have adapted to being the prey, and the predators must've all adapted too."
At that thought, Lingqi wondered what she was going to be doing next, as she'd been there for almost 20 minutes and hadn't seen a single predator. To her, that could've been because the predators must've been sizing up the new addition to the forest.
"It's going to be interesting fighting against the first predator here. But, to think that I would hear the answer that I wondered what Grandpa Jie meant."
[I'll be informing you about what my creator discovered about the exact Sacred Gears you three wield. I'm sure you're aware that Spiritus Armiger manifests a weapon from your soul. If you think about it, then those weapons are spiritual power crystallized as dense as possible. But, you haven't scratched the surface of what it could even accomplish. After some time, those weapons can develop new attributes and abilities. But, those traits originate from your soul, not Spiritus Armiger. My master learned that Spiritus Armiger acts as a medium to draw out what lies dormant within your soul. If you can manifest flame or wind through them, then that was an ability you could manifest. If you manifest spiritual power without it, then your manifested weapons will become more realized.]
Lingqi heard the same advice from her grandfather, during a sparring session he had sometime before the parent meeting.
[There's still so much that you haven't come to realize yet, about your Sacred Gear, and more about yourself.]
She didn't receive anything aside from that, but that advice came after witnessing the reason that her grandfather became known as the King of Beasts and the White Monarch. In that aside from transforming into a White Tiger, he could turn into a humanoid beast too. Her grandfather's strength in that state wasn't something that she could contend with at all.
[So, your goal should be to access your spiritual power and then abilities manifested through your weapons without them being brought out. If you do that, then you'll be able to realize the true benefits of that weapon and your Balance Breaker. There's so much that people can't comprehend about spiritual power, its nature depends on your soul. Yours, in particular, seems unique, whatever power you have, it has hints of divine power. So, if it's completed, then it might become a divine weapon. In terms of potential, your spiritual power could be no different from Kensei-sama.]
"Kensei's soul acts as a vessel for dragon power, mine acts as the vessel for Sacred Beast power. If you think of it, then we're perfect for developing powerful spiritual energy. So, for the summer break, I'll need to focus on that and awakening Tiger Qi. More than that, I'll need to master Byakko Kenpo more than I could before."
She'd remained motionless as the sounds of the forest animals there could be heard, but it didn't let her hear the particular beast. Lingqi soon stood up on her feet, then remained in a calm stance as she heard something from the surrounding animals. Because of her particular lineage, Lingqi can understand animals, and it seems as if these spiritual creatures were the same thing.
Her focus remained solid, then noticed the forest went silent, as if there was a predator that arrived on the scene, then a sudden signal came. She lowered her stance in an instant, as 'something' came at high-speed behind her, slicing through the air. Lingqi found herself crouched on the ground, staring at the 'thing' that had tried attacking her. It was among the spiritual beasts that resided in Shiamano, being among the apex predators that resided in this forest.
It resembled a tiger, but their noticeable difference was much larger than even a Siberian Tiger, with elongated fangs, claws, and a bladed tail that appeared as sharp as a sword, named a Touga. She stood in a prepared stance, while the Touga stood there sizing her up too.
"Grr."
"…."
As the Touga growled at her, Lingqi kept her senses sharp as the bladed tiger took an inch forward.
In an instant, the Touga propelled itself forward for Lingqi, as if it were a bullet or arrow cutting through the air, it, however, was faster than either. Its initial speed was much higher than intended, but it didn't deter her from this training. Instead of taking on an offensive stance, Lingqi took on a defensive stance, avoiding Touga's claws fluidly. Landing on the ground with the nimbleness one would expect, the Touga then went in for another attack.
It, however, passed her, then started leaping off of the surrounding trees without a particular pattern in its moves, but Lingqi kept her senses sharp. After leaping off of another tree, it propelled itself forward straight at Lingqi with propulsion exceeding the last assault. She read the speed the bladed tiger was exhibiting, still choosing not to go on the offensive. Predicting where it was coming from, Lingqi started fluidly moving her arms, reacting in the best possible manner to counter it.
But, this time, she leaned down until her entire posture changed into some resembling a female tiger, thus letting the Touga sail over her. It landed on the ground once again, without showing the slightest sign of exhaustion due to the excess movements.
"Well, this is perfect for me," Lingqi stated as she stood in a prepared stance, taking on the same posture as an actual tiger. "If I want to master Byakko Kenpo, then I need to delve deeper into the fundamentals that gave birth to it. And one of those was, of course, fighting like a Tiger. So, would you mind playing around with me for a bit?"
Her connection to animals, these spiritual beasts being no different, Lingqi's words looked to be conveyed to the Touga nonetheless. Both she and the Touga stared one another down, then the two pounced at one another, for two different purposes: offense and defense.
In another location, a clear field was Alice and the male Shikigami acting as her tour guide, she stood in front of it holding a talisman in front of her. She caused spiritual power to manifest, taking the form of a violet aura wrapped around the talisman.
"Oh?"
In a flash of light, the talisman manifested as a hound on the ground beside Alice's feet.
"So, I can pull off things like this."
"I see. So, you sure have learned about the Amagiri-ryuu from Kensei-sama and have a knack for creating things such as Shikigami. Of course, I'd expect nothing less from one of his fiancèe."
"After we started living with Kensei in Kibou Town, we started learning more about the Amagiri-ryuu from Kensei, and I learned to do things like this," Alice said, kneeling beside the hound-shaped Shikigami created, then began petting its head. "I don't use it much since none of the Shikigami that I can create can match the monsters I can create using my Longinus."
"I can understand that the monsters produced through your Longinus are considered among the highest caliber, which can destroy a small country. But, you haven't learned the true techniques of producing Shikigami such as us. You see, most of the creatures created in Shiamano were created based on the same principles used to make Shikigami, not just through Innovate Clear's powers. Don't forget that though your Longinus' abilities are one of the strongest if mastered. It's still a Sacred Gear that can grow and respond to your abilities, as much as if you learn about its abilities."
The Shikigami explained, something that caused Alice to begin listening to that comment.
"Right, I heard that Sacred Gear users who learn about magic are supposed to be the most troublesome to deal with. But, I learned about Eastern and Norse Magic from Kensei and then Rose, a friend of mine from the Norse Faction," Alice said, before getting into a thinking position about what she learned from Kensei and Rose over the time she knew them. "But, I never thought much about implementing them in an actual fight."
"How come?"
"I'm kinda lazy."
Alice bluntly replied, raising her hand in the air right at the same time; causing the Shikigami to look on surprised as he looked at the young woman.
"Oh, I see. But, you look determined now."
"Yeah, I, almost died once against Arata and would have died if it wasn't because of one of my monsters, Alphard replaced the parts that I lost using his monster cells," Alice said, placing a hand on her stomach. "At the moment, those cells are continuing to spread and replace the normal cells. Hisui's moment said that it's about at the same rate that cells are replaced as I continue training. But, then those cells and tissue will be far stronger than the last. Well, I don't understand medical stuff."
As she tried explaining what she heard from Hinata, Alice scratched her head almost unable to explain, but then the Shikigami found that part endearing.
"Well, would you like to hear the difference between spiritual power, magical power, and even demonic power?"
"Oh, what would that be?"
"If you think about it like this, then they originate from the same source, but their nature differs from one another. Spiritual power, aligns more with one's spiritual sense and willpower, whereas the Magicians' magical power originates from understanding equations and calculating. Both of them cause special phenomena to occur, but spiritual power uses your discipline, while magical power uses equations," Alice kept on listening to the Shikigami's explanation with interest. "The Five Principal CLan has their own belief about it. But, the Amagiri Clan came to believe that there's no real limit to what spiritual power could do. It depends on your nature and discipline to achieve what you desire. If you put your mind to it, then you could make Shikigami no different from us or even something only possible for you."
"Hmm, my will and nature?"
Alice said to herself, as she kept thinking to herself, about what she heard. It was true that Alice was the laziest of the bunch, but the thing that she excelled in most was her imagination and bringing that to life as art and even monsters. As she stood there thinking about the Shikigami's words, she looked down and started staring straight at her shadow. Alice knelt on the ground, then started poking her shadow as her finger seemed to sink inside of it, one of her monsters then started sticking their hands out of it.
She didn't know much about how the previous users used Annihilation Maker, but she learned that she could use her shadows to store unused monsters in her shadows, instead of creating them through it. And more than that, a Sacred Gear held a far deeper connection to their host, it wasn't a simple accessory. It was a literal part of their being, the same as Dragon-type Sacred Gear users being affected by things that affect Dragons.
"Hmm, it's going to be complicated. But, I think that I got a good idea."
Alice said, as her Shikigami smiled and nodded his head.
"I don't doubt that you would be capable of achieving whatever you plan on creating for yourself. It's interesting, I can sense Kensei-sama's spiritual and dragon power flowing throughout yours too. I believe that both together are capable of causing profound effects. I guess that happened since you spent so much time around Kensei-sama."
As the Shikigami pointed that out, Alice thought to herself but didn't show her reaction on her face.
"Right, let's continue with the lesson, then," Alice replied, then came up with a reason behind Kensei's power being within herself. But, there was no way that she was explaining 'that' particular reason to the Shikigami, who wasn't another woman. "Claire and I have been around Kensei the longest, but he didn't have his dragon power until he fought Cao Cao. Ah, I guess that it could be the result of all the times that I've had sex with Kensei, while he used Bouchujutsu. I mean, we even had sex in the forest once."
From there, the Amagiri Shikigami continued leading her in the lessons concerning Shikigami handed down in the clan; something that was more detailed than what she learned from Kensei.
Meanwhile, on the beach, Ravel was being knocked a good distance across the ground and landed on her butt, making her glad there was nothing, but sand. For the first time, the young Phenex girl started feeling lasting pain, because the Phenex Clan's famed Immortality was being intervened with. The bruises caused by her sparring partner were taking a long time to heal.
"Ouch, this is getting rough," Ravel said, rubbing the newly formed bruise on her cheek, then looked straight up at the culprit. "I thought that this was supposed to be a harmless sparring match."
"…don't be a chicken. I didn't hit you that hard."
Koneko was shown standing in front of the downed Ravel, who proceeded to stand back up on her feet, but then an irritated look appeared on Ravel's face.
"Don't call me a chicken. And I have a hard time believing you, with that smile on your face!"
Ravel accused, as she pointed her finger straight at the Rook acting as her sparring partner. As she started, the stoic, white-haired Rook was wearing the faintest smile on her face.
"…am I? I didn't notice."
Koneko seemed surprised that she was smiling right then and there, but that comment caused Ravel to look on with an annoyed look.
"Damn, Cat."
"Grilled Chicken Princess."
Both Ravel and Koneko glared straight at one another, the High-Class Devil, despite the injuries that were slower to heal. Despite the animosity between them, the two continued with the training assigned to them straight from Kensei. Koneko stood in her usual stance, but Kensei adjusted so that she could have much more of a balance in battle. Ravel stood in a stance that Kensei taught her, something fluid enough that it wouldn't have a bit of impact on fighting and using magic.
At that moment, Koneko moved forward first, aiming a straight punch at Ravel, instead of going out onto offense, she remained on the defense. In the seven days spent training here, she learned not to panic and think about the situation, more so since her Immortality was barely at a usable level. Ravel barely managed to react to the punch in time but managed to deflect it using her forearm.
Soon enough, the two continued with the same pace as before, Koneko aimed punches that weren't reeled back, while Ravel focused on either dodging or deflecting them. Kensei wanted them to continue with this back-and-forth rhythm without one disrupting it. Without Koneko messing up a punch, or Ravel taking on a punch, the two would continue with the same pace to build up their muscle memory; all in an attempt to make these actions second nature.
"…."
"…."
Both of them managed to keep up this pace for several minutes without either messing anything up or something of an improvement compared to before. However, almost neither of them could match up to the stamina that could endure these repetitive actions. Reaching the final point of their sparring session, there was an explosion in the water beside them, resulting in the water droplets being sent into the air. Amid their training, there was one trouble in focusing on their training, which was the aura disturbances in the ocean.
Shooting out from the water was a tentacle that seemed to have been severed, with the end that it was cut off of being shown waving about. It originated from the gigantic 120-meter-tall purple octopus, which seemed to have been forced straight onto the surface. One of its hands appeared to have caught something in its grasp, which was then tossed over towards the beach.
""Aah!""
Koneko and Ravel screamed a bit as the sand beside them exploded, because of the impact of something which came in contact with it.
"Phew, man that thing sure does deserve to be called the Sea King. It took all that just for me to cut off one limb."
It was revealed to be Kensei, who was soaked from being in the water, for well over half an hour, something that surprised the two younger women acting as his students. Both of them looked to see that the severed tentacle regenerated as if nothing happened.
"Ken-sama, are you alright?"
Ravel worriedly asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine. It's just the first time that I fought against a creature that was this troublesome to handle," Kensei said, sitting with legs crossed as Kurogane rested in his arms. "No doubt the creatures here spent centuries adapting to the spiritual power saturated throughout the world. But, the much stronger ones seemed to have learned about absorbing the power from around them. It's an interesting idea."
"…can you beat it?"
Koneko asked.
"Well, I don't know if I don't try. Fighting against it in the water is difficult enough as is, but it can regenerate from the damage that I do to it. I barely managed to cut off one of its tentacles, and it could even absorb the spiritual power permeating through the ocean. I'm not the kind of person to turn down a fight against a strong monster."
Kensei answered, leaping straight up to his feet, he sheathed Kurogane, then started returning to fighting against the sea creature dubbed the Sea King. After stretching a bit, he rushed straight for the ocean for another fight with the Sea King.
"Alright, round two, Sea King!"
Kensei announced as he started running on the water surface using Shinsoku, without sinking at all.
The Sea King seemed to react to this intrusion on its domain, something sparked from Kensei first seeking it out at the depth of the ocean. More than that, each of the spiritual beasts born in Shiamano can sense it, the spiritual signature of the Amagiri Clan from Kensei. However, there was more of a reaction from him, because he's also a descendant of their creator. Each of the creatures born during the creation of Shiamano and proceeding its birth has one purpose engraved on them, which was making contact with the Amagiri Clan.
Its enormous tentacle was raised in the air, then brought down on top of him, resulting in a shock that spread all across the water's surface, producing large waves. But, Kensei avoided the impact, and leaped straight into the air, bringing out Kurogane. As leaped in the air, he kept Ki concentrated within himself, without letting it leak out, while channeling spiritual power into the black blade. One of his summer tasks was mastering the brand-new technique that he envisioned to surpass Touki.
One thing that Kensei realized was that Shiamano might be the perfect location for him to realize that technique, which could accomplish that task. Over time, he's mastered the Senjutsu basics, which strengthened himself on the inside and outside, with Touki being an advanced technique that covered one in Ki. But, the technique, that he planned on creating was an advanced version of the basics that he planned on expanding.
With that in mind, Kensei released a slash from Kurogane, straight forward towards the Sea King, something that made contact with its tentacle that'd been used to defend. Its skin blocked the slash, without much damage done to it, having nothing short of a cut that made it bleed. As Kensei looked at the Sea King, it looked as if its bulbous head expanded as it seemed to suck up air. Staring at Kensei, the Sea King released a compressed water beam, akin to a laser from its mouth.
Sensing the danger behind it, Kensei stepped aside using Tenpo, kicking off the air, as it seemed to cut straight through the air. If he had taken that attack head-on, then he would have needed to recover using a Phoenix Tear, the compression and propulsion of high volumes of water wasn't something he wanted to take head-on. Landing on the water's surface, Kensei proceeded to continue fighting against the creature dubbed the Sea King.
It kept on for an entire hour, with Kensei and the Sea King fighting against one another throughout that time, then the swordsman found himself lying down on the sand. He breathed out as he fight against the creature to no avail in that time frame, at most he weakened the creature by close to 50%. Finishing up what was close to a spar with it, the Sea King retreated into its domain underneath the sea near the beach.
"You've got to be kidding me. I didn't think that I would barely be able to damage it close to fifty percent."
Kensei said, almost breathing out heavier than normal, but that didn't last much longer, because he's long since mastered breath control.
"Ken-sama, it was surprising that you could accomplish that. I could sense that the sea creature felt as strong as an Ultimate-Class Devil. But, there was something unique about it."
Ravel stated, as she and Koneko sat around Kensei, who stared straight up at the clouds.
"…?"
Koneko seemed as if she noticed something about it. But, she felt as if that should be impossible for her to tell as she still sealed that part of herself.
"Did you notice something, Koneko?"
Koneko was surprised as Kensei asked her that question, almost causing her to flinch a bit.
"…uh, it felt as if it didn't lose much strength throughout the battle. It's weird, I haven't met any creature who can accomplish something like that before."
Koneko replied, unable to catch the reason that she could sense that from the Sea King.
"She's right," heading in their direction was Hisui and the female Shikigami leading her around Shiamano, looking a bit exhausted from training. Staring at Hisui, Koneko felt almost complicated as she almost didn't know what to think about her for several reasons. "I don't think that we've met creatures before that could control their powers, to the point of fighting without wasting much strength the entire time. It almost makes us look like amateurs."
"Wow, Hisui, you look exhausted."
Kensei said, leaning up off the ground as Hisui approached him.
"Yes, I am. I'm taking a quick catnap, Ken Ken," Hisui stated, as she immediately lied her head down on Kensei's lap, curling up like an actual cat. "Nyaaaa~"
"…is she always like this?"
Koneko asked.
"Pretty much. But, she's a good cat girl."
Kensei replied, rubbing Hisui's head, as her tails started fluttering about from the sensation despite being asleep.
"…I guess, that's a first."
Koneko stated, in an almost doubtful tone. Unable to comprehend the fact that there could be a good Nekoshou, she even doubted herself as one too. Such a comment didn't go unnoticed as Kensei glanced over at Koneko, as she glanced to the side.
"Well, Hisui-sama is correct about her evaluation of the spiritual beasts in Shiamano. I'm sure we explained this before, but there are rankings even among them. Among them, there are the predators and prey, both of whom learn to become much better hunters or survivors, while adapting to Shiamano. Most of them learned to control their spiritual power, being almost instinctive compared to special power users from the Five Principal Clans. The beasts near the top of the food chain are those that learned to absorb the power from the atmosphere even when moving. Now, those creatures, much like the Sea King, are what we can call Kings."
The female Shikigami stated, reminding Kensei, Koneko, and Ravel of that fact, something the group heard right before heading out into the less safe sections of Shiamano.
"Now, Mirai-sama made is so that the spiritual beasts of a certain level wouldn't invade the main capital or frequently attack other places, because it would result in massive deaths. But, she made it so that even the beings residing here could learn to defend themselves from an assault. But, there are almost no means of defeating the Kings, who mastered manipulating their spiritual power and drawing from outside sources. In the past, those among the Amagiri Clan would often fight against all of them and learned from the experience. I can count that at most a handful managed to win against a King, among the Clan Heads and Grand Masters. But, most wouldn't fight them, as among all the spiritual beasts, certain Kings could even ignore the boundaries and attack other populated areas."
"Yeah, I can tell that learning to control their spiritual power, as good as them, with the potential of taking power out of the atmosphere would be invaluable. And I doubt that the Sea King could leave his domain to attack a town," Kensei said, as he thought back to his fight with the Sea King. "But, Ravel wasn't kidding about that Sea King being as strong as Ultimate-Class Devils. If you'd compare them, the Sea King would be far more efficient in combat compared to an average one. If I can't defeat a King, then I can't even fight against the ones that stand at the top of the food chain."
"Kensei-sama, I don't mean to be disrespectful, but please be prudent about going to one of them. Among all the spiritual beasts residing here, those, in particular, developed in a direction that none of us expected. Or, it might even be something that Mirai-sama did. Each one of them represents an element among the Five Elements. If a King can match Ultimate-Class Devils, one of them could rival a Satan-class. Because of the disasters caused, as a result of one of them, the Shiamano denizens referred to them as one of the Kami here. I'm sure that you'd sensed their presence after sitting on the throne for a second time."
"Yeah, no doubt neither me nor Lingqi could defeat one of those things, even if we tagged teamed one of them. All of them were without a doubt the apex predators."
"You aren't wrong about that. Each of their reigns over a particular spiritual beast here, with there being one that reigns over the Dragons and Touga here. If you don't bother them, then those apex predators might come out all on their own. If we're honest, then the few members of the Amagiri Clan who could fight against them have been Clan Heads and Grand Masters. Even a couple of realized Master wouldn't be able to fight against one of them without some aid."
At that Kensei, realized the truth behind that, he wasn't strong or skilled enough to call himself a Grand Master, let alone a realized Master himself. But, that didn't mean that he wouldn't attempt it in the future.
"Well, Kensei-sama. Your purpose now should be the train in the places of Shiamano that we mentioned before, instead of attempting to force yourself into the deeper areas. If you go out deeper into Shiamano, then those areas will be where the other Kings and Kami reside. So, first, you should adjust to the conditions, which was the first step that all the others did. If you want to explore the areas more, then you could return and try it out again."
"Yeah, thanks a lot for the assist. I know that you're going to say that it was your purpose, but I appreciate the help that you've been."
Kensei stated the female Shikigami felt a decent amount of happiness from that comment. It showed once again how human-like the Shikigami here were made.
"Your gratitude of enough for me. For all of us," the female Shikigami bowed her head, then a thought crossed her mind. "Also, I should mention that Nariko-sama's sacred gear appears to have started manifesting itself at an accelerated rate while being here too."
"Ah, is that so? Well, I thought that something like that might happen if she's here. I talked to Azazel once, who'd said hers is supposed to be the strongest one among wind-based Sacred Gears. I think that it's supposed to be called Zephyr Shift. Wow, my baby sister sure is one talented baby to activate her Sacred Gear without being at the right age to know what it is. It's a good thing that it'd shown signs of awakening a year prior since she now has more of an idea of how to use it kinda like a new toy."
"That's a frightening thought, Ken-sama. But, I'm becoming more and more interested in seeing the kind of future that Nari-chan is going to have." Ravel stated, wearing a gentle smile on her face. "It looks as if your siblings are going to have insane growth no different from yours."
"No doubt about that. And that's the reason that I'm going to be showing nothing short of my good side for them."
Kensei stated, wearing a confident smirk.
Amid their conversation about that, Kensei could see that Koneko was silent the entire time, and could tell that a small amount of uncertainty remained within her. He knew that there were others among Rias' group who held far unique powers that would make them a force to be reckoned with. Kensei was well aware of Akeno's past, he did have some hints about Koneko's past.
"Ravel mentioned in the past that there was a Nekoshou that became drunk on power, someone who used both Senjutsu and Youjutsu. Since there aren't many Nekoshou around, I might be able to tell the reason that Koneko is a bit apprehensive about using it. And my mention about being a good example for an older brother might've triggered something."
Kensei thought. Even Hisui, who woke up sometime during their conversation could long since sense Koneko's hesitation about being around her.
Later that night, the group found themselves being served a meal by the Shikigami maids, all of whom prepared meals perfect to aid in their training. Those who were training in Shiamano gathered together, eating the meal as the taste stimulated their taste buds. Of course, the ingredients weren't normal and to have been infused with the world's spiritual power. Surprisingly enough, the Shikigami prepared meals in a matter that wouldn't bring negative influences to Devils.
"Hah, this week alone was rough," Akari stated, leaning her head against the table, dressed in a yukata, and felt a lot better after taking a bath in the spring located in the Japanese castle. "Ugh, those spiritual beasts and areas are no joke. I almost lost against a fire-breathing Chicken!"
"Ah, the same thing happened to me. I fought against one with skin more durable than steel."
Naoto added, fighting and adjusting to this kind of environment was harsh for them, differing from Nariko who has been tended to in the safe areas. Because of that, the two were progressing in terms of their skills and even the weapons manifested from their Spiritual Armiger.
"Did you manage to get some cores?"
Minako asked, turning her attention over to them.
"Yeah, but it wasn't anything much. Just one each, but we absorbed that one already."
Akari revealed as she started drinking from the cup in front of her.
In Shiamano, the spiritual beasts that die there leave behind "cores" containing remnants of their spiritual power, while the rest that made up their body return to the atmosphere, serving numerous uses in the world. But, for people, most notably those who have Sacred Gears, such as Spiritus Armiger, then it can stimulate potential development. As such, the strongest the spiritual beast, and depending on their nature, then the stronger their core would be.
"Eh, you know for an idol. It doesn't look as if you're struggling much around here," Akari pointed out, as she kept on looking at Minako who hadn't looked disheveled since coming here. "Have you ever been training around in this place?"
"Hehehe, of course, I have been training here. I've been training myself too with my mother and exorcised a lot of demons and spirits too, no different from Kensei here. In regards to the Amagiri Clan, I'm an Onmyouji that puts on emphasis on support rather than combat and can call myself a Master. But, I could also handle myself nonetheless head-on too," Minako stated, then sent a mysterious smile forward. "Besides, I'm a little bit different from most born in my clan."
"Uh, right?"
Akari couldn't give any other response aside from that.
But, that comment caught Kensei's attention, being reminded them of that comment that Arata made about Minako just before leaving: 'Your childhood friend isn't even supposed to be alive. I'm not talking about the fact that she has a Sacred Gear, either.'
"What did he mean about that? Minako hasn't mentioned anything like that before to me once," Kensei wondered as he kept eating the food before him, noticing that Minako returned after that comment with the usual casual air that she's most or less used to. "Well, it's not that important that I know about it. I mean, it's been several years, so a couple of days or months isn't going to matter much."
As if noticing Kensei's attention on her, Minako turned her attention over towards him and gave out a flirty wink, which he returned with shrugged shoulders. In response to that, Minako appeared to pout, sticking her tongue at him. No matter the situation, the group couldn't deny that Kensei and Minako could understand one another on a deeper level than most childhood friends. Amid their group's conversation, most could see that Koneko put close to no effort into responding.
During that, the group could see that Lingqi was getting far better acquainted with Nariko more and more, feeding the infant. It was surprising seeing the usual calm and cool young woman fawning over the infant, but no one can blame her. Most, if not everyone who has met Nariko knew that the infant was among the most adorable infants around. And there was also the fact that Lingqi would let Nariko sleep in the same room as her, causing them to build more of a bond with one another.
Later that night, Hisui found herself training in front of the beach, dressed in her training wear, moving around in both a fast and fluid manner. As usual, she can be found in her Nekomata form, not hiding her two tails fluttering about as she moved around.
"Hah, hah, hahaha."
Hisui let out a vigorous shout from each kick and movement made amid her practice, making full use of her cat-like reflexes and features. Amid this, she focused on channeling her Youki, Ki, and Spiritual power in unison with her movements and kicks. Same as Kensei and Lingqi, Shiamano could be viewed as the perfect location for them, in improving and completing things neither of them could perfect outside.
Amid this, she used what she learned from Kensei in the Amagiri-ryuu, which was thinking about her latest defeat against Kurohime. A Nekoshou, the same as herself, but superior, even though the young woman herself was returning to her actual strength.
"She fought me without getting serious or intent on hurting me," Hisui said out loud as she aimed a straight kick at the empty air in front of her. "She had one tail more than me, but I could see that she could gain another one if her real strength came back. But, the most troublesome thing to handle if her Evil Ki, which corrupted me once it came into contact with me. That aside, it was too strong for me to overcome and even absorbed whatever came into direct contact with it."
As she talked and trained, Hisui stepped forward, unleashing a fast barrage of kicks that almost caused the air to shake from the power and speed behind them.
"But, more than that, why did she look so sad?"
Hisui, despite seeing Kurohime as an enemy, and then suffering a humiliating defeat could see that there was a moment when she felt sad for her. It was that moment when Hinata cradled her in her arms, protecting and then purifying the corruption caused by the Evil Ki. At that moment, Kurohime's spirit felt saddened, staring straight at the mother and daughter.
"Ugh, I didn't have time to ask mom about it. But, she and Magari-san seems to know more about Kurohime than anyone else I could think of. So, I can just ask them once things settled down," Hisui thought as she continued thinking out loud to herself, then turned her head to the side. "So, what do you think, Koneko-chan?"
"…?"
Koneko, who was observing Hisui in the brushes as silently as possible had no other option aside from getting out and revealing herself.
"You should know this, but if you want to hide from a Senjutsu user, then you should learn to hide your presence more. But, since you're out here that means that you wanted to talk about something, right?"
Hisui asked, not seeming to mind the fact that Koneko was spying on her. But, having heard that from the older Nekoshou and seeing their previous, if not short interactions, Koneko approached her without concern.
Stopping training, Hisui took a seat on the sand, then patted the ground beside her, signaling that it would be the spot belonging to Koneko. Taking the gesture, Koneko sat beside Hisui, the two remained in silence for some time without either uttering a word.
"…I'm sorry for interrupting your training."
"Hmm, well, there's no problem with that. I wanted to have a conversation with you anyway," Hisui pointed out as she turned her attention over to Koneko. "I mean, there aren't that many Nekoshou in the world anymore, which is the reason that all of us should come together more. Don't you think?"
"…I guess," Koneko didn't bother hiding the truth that she was a Nekoshou, considering that Hisui and the others picked up on that fact for themselves. "…how can you use Senjutsu without getting out of control?"
"Hmm, is someone wanting to learn it," Hisui jokingly asked, but then looked at the expression that Koneko made at that moment. "Well, I haven't had much trouble in using Senjutsu. But, using it, you can sense the malice that's in people and the world around you as a whole. At first, it feels weird having those new feelings spring out at a moment's notice. But, then you start learning to ignore the malice and other bad things, just taking in what you need. So, if you want to learn about it, then I and Ken Ken would be the perfect person to teach you."
"…."
There was a part of Koneko that thought about the offer, and another one that was still afraid of accessing 'that' side of her. Hisui could see that the younger Nekoshou couldn't let go of the fear building up within herself at the thought of using Senjutsu.
"So, this is where the two of you were?"
Both the Nekoshou could see Kensei walking outside down the main path instead of sneaking around, causing a still unsure Koneko to look on.
"What're you doing out here, Ken Ken?"
"I didn't sense either you or Koneko here. I thought that you'd be out here doing some late-night training. But, as for our trainees here. I thought that since she's been too hard on herself lately that she'd strain herself by overworking herself late at night. So, I decided to come and have a chat with her."
Kensei replied, surprising Koneko, who didn't think that he'd show this concern for her. If she had to be honest, it did cross her mind, to do some late-night training without either Kensei or the others around. However, hearing all the advice that she'd received from Kensei from time to time stopped her from doing such things.
"Well, we wouldn't want that. I mean, we wouldn't want a repeat of the time that Ken Ken had spanked Claire and Kunou once."
"…you did that?"
Koneko said, surprised, recalling the one time that he joked about spanking her and Ravel before if the two kept being rude to one another.
"Yeah, pretty much. Well, this was before the two started getting along much better. Claire called Kunou a 'Nine-tailed Bitch' and Kunou called Claire a 'Bat Butch'. One thing led to another and the two started fighting against one another. So, I spanked them," Kensei replied, causing Koneko to look on surprised about the fact that he did that. And almost made her wonder whether or not that would happen to her and Ravel, while Kensei took a seat beside Hisui and Koneko. "So, Koneko, is there something that you wanted to talk about?"
"…."
Koneko seemed to be wanting to say something but stopped herself from doing that.
"Hey, how about this, Koneko? If you feel uncomfortable with telling us whatever is wrong, then how about we tell you something in return."
Kensei said, causing Hisui to realize that there was something thing that could cause Koneko to open up to them and had no issue with that.
"…you don't have to do that."
Koneko said, looking forward.
"Well, it's not a big secret. I told the Maou, some gods, and even the Phenex Clan. So, do you want to be among the people who know about it?"
At Kensei's question, Koneko couldn't help finding herself interested in whatever tale he planned on telling her; and before she knew it, the younger Nekoshou nodded her head.
"Well, I won't go into certain details. But, this is the gist of it."
Kensei said, then started going into the tale of their entire group, starting from the incident involving Hagun Island and the Gehenna Tournament. Amid all this, Koneko found herself invested in hearing the stories being told from him as if they were an epic tale. Hearing such things caused her to feel sad the group went through such a thing, as a result of Devils, but survived together. And in the end, the former children and slaves built their very own group, making their own families.
"And that's about it," Kensei stated, finding himself sharing that tale more times than he ever would've thought in the past. "You know, under normal circumstances, I don't think that most people could share something like that so many times. But, I shared it so many times that it does seem like a casual…."
"…*sniff*…."
"Uh, okay, I wasn't expecting that."
Kensei was surprised to find that Koneko had faint tears that trailed down her cheeks as she heard the tale from Kensei, with Hisui being surprised herself.
"…that was a surprising story. I didn't think that something like that happened to either of you," Koneko said, with her faint tears being brushed aside by herself. "…but, doesn't share things like that cause some terrible feelings and memories to return?"
"Yeah, well it wasn't the best experience for children. But, that doesn't mean that it has to be something that has to continue binding us for life. So, instead of being bound, we instead used that experience to become a better version of ourselves. To ensure that we never end up being bound again, no matter who is attempting to do the binding. No one should be allowed to tell someone how to live their life, no matter their status, birthright, or past. Because of that, we're free to decide what we're going to do. It might have been different, but I thought that not using my family's martial art would've been the best choice. But, it ended up something that held me back from doing what I had to do."
Kensei said, causing Koneko to think about those words. Before she knew it, she started speaking about the past that occurred, making her fearful of using Senjutsu.
"…I don't remember much of anything about our parents. But, for as long as I could remember, it's always been me and my older sister, Kuroka-neesama. There wasn't a moment, where the two of us weren't together, though we struggled to survive. At some point, we ended up being found by some High-Class Devil that seemed to come from the Naberius Clan. Our life got better compared to before after Kuroka-neesama was soon reincarnated into a Devil. She trained to become stronger, getting stronger and stronger as time passed, but then she lost control and became drunk on power after learning Senjutsu. She then murdered her previous master."
At the mention of her sister's loss of control, because of Senjutsu, Koneko seemed to start shaking at the thought of that memory. Noticing such a thing caused Kensei to place a comforting hand on top of the young Nekoshou's head. Feeling his hand brushing against her head, causing a pleasant feeling sent throughout her.
"After that, Kuroka-neesama left, then the Devils started talking about killing me before I ended up the same way as my sister. During that time…I heard several things and received numerous negative comments from them for a long time. In the end, Sirzechs-sama came to my rescue and then brought me to Buchou," Koneko said while looking down as she finished telling her tale to Kensei and Hisui as promised. "I want to become strong, same as Yuuto-senpai, Xenovia-senpai, Akeno-san, and Ise-senpai. Gya-kun is becoming stronger, and even Asia-senpai has her healing powers. I want a strong spirit and body, but at this point, I'll become useless. Even though I'm a Rook, I'm the weakest. I hate being useless, but I don't want to use the powers sleeping in me. I can feel them all becoming stimulated here. But, I don't want to end up like Kuroka-neesama."
At the mention of that, Kensei and Hisui could see Koneko breaking down into tears as she covered her face with her hands. But, it made them all the more curious about what happened, not a surprising thought since it was a rare thing for Nekoshou to lose control nowadays without being intentional.
"I'm sure that Ken Ken is thinking the same thing as I am. None of us has the best experiences when it comes to Pure-blood Devils. I mean, in the Underworld, it's normal for the rights of the Kings to supersede the needs of the servants. If it doesn't concern or threaten the Underworld as a whole, then the King wouldn't be brought up with doing whatever they wanted to them. But, we can't make any judgments without meeting her."
Hisui had that rational thought, as she stared at Koneko, who'd been tearing up right then and there.
"Koneko, no one is expecting you to get over what happened. Being betrayed and abandoned by the person who was the closest to you, that's something that anyone would be scarred by. I told you before that I'm not going to force you to use Senjutsu or even Youjutsu if you don't want to. There are different means for someone to be far stronger even without their species' powers. I can take you through the training step-by-step," Kensei stated, as he kept petting Koneko on top of her head. "But, if you truly want to be strong in spirit and body, then you have to free yourself from those fears to move forward."
"…."
Koneko, who was still in the process of tearing up, continued listening to Kensei's words.
"I know that Senjutsu is a dangerous thing to learn as a beginner. But, you're in a place that makes learning it the easiest thing possible. I can tell you one important thing, the power itself isn't an evil thing. But, the people who use it can choose whether or not to use it for good or evil. I don't think anyone can know the reasons your sister did the things she did. But, you and your sister are two different people," Kensei stated, as Koneko lifted her head as she heard his current teacher's words. "You're the one person in the world who could decide what to use her strength for. No different from your usual training, I can take you through the process step-by-step. If you make a mistake down the line, then I'll be there to guide you through it."
Having heard those supportive words from Kensei, Koneko looked up to find that the expression on his face was, in fact, the same as those words. Each time she heard such words from Kensei, she never doubt that he'd keep those promises and guide her.
"…are you going to help me?"
Koneko asked, turning her attention over towards Kensei, brushing the tears aside.
"Of course, I'm going to help you. Did you seriously think that I would leave you out to dry? Because of that, I'm going to continue being around until you get tired of me."
Kensei replied, giving out a joking smile.
"…I won't get tired of you," Koneko said under her breath, something that caused Hisui to internally squeal as she heard that. "If you're going to continue teaching me things, then can I call you Ken-sensei?"
"Of course."
"Then, please continue to teach me, Ken-sensei."
Koneko said, with more emotion behind her words and a beautiful smile.
"Aw, that's so adorable. So, since Koneko has resolved herself. Let's see that adorable Nekomata mode."
Hisui urged, trusting her first in the air multiple times as she continued encouraging the younger Nekoshou to unveil her true self without holding back.
At that, Koneko felt as if she were just put on the spot right then and there. But, since hearing Kensei and Hisui speaking to her the entire time, the younger Nekoshou decided to resolve herself. Standing to her feet, Koneko stood found herself taking the first step in getting passed her fears. In that instance, a pair of white cat ears came from on top of Koneko's head and a tail sprout out from her lower back.
"…here is it, nyan."
At that meow, both Kensei and Hisui sense a good amount of cuteness radiating from Koneko in that instance, a giddy Hisui leaped forward, wrapping her arms around the now surprised Koneko.
"Aw, you're soooo adorable! This is the reason that Nekomata is superior to Youkai!"
"…I see."
Koneko couldn't come up with another response aside from that, finding Hisui's comment surprising. However, at that moment, whether she wanted to or not a memory entered her mind. In the past, there wasn't a moment when she wasn't apart from her older sister. Despite being poor and without parents, there wasn't one happy moment between them. She saw how her older sister struggled to feed her, even if it meant she didn't have food. Koneko remembers how her sister made her laugh or smile when she was sad.
"Alright, this going to make you laugh," and at that moment, Kensei found himself speaking up, wanting to make Koneko laugh himself. "After Azazel without stop attempting to flirt with my mom when she was in her twenties, it resulted in her kicking him in the balls."
"…."
Koneko blinked once.
"…."
She blinked twice.
"…."
She blinked for a third time.
"…pft, hahahaha," her face started breaking out into a smile, and then Koneko started progressing onto nonstop laughter, as she held onto her stomach. "Hahahahahahaha!"
Koneko kept laughing without restriction, while Kensei and Hisui kept looking one wearing smiles on their faces, as the Nekoshou seemed to be free from her worries. At least for the moment, she was breaking free from those fears and concerns about her potential.
Returning to the Amagiri Castle, Kensei and Hisui put Koneko, who fell asleep from the mental exhaustion felt, as a result of the numerous emotions felt. Since the others seemed to have returned to bed themselves, this left the two alone for the moment.
"I'm so glad that we managed to give Koneko some peace at least."
Hisui pointed out, finding that Kensei seemed to share the same sentiment.
"Yeah, the one thing that Azazel couldn't understand is that Senjutsu isn't something that you can learn without a particular mindset. For Koneko, she needed to take the first step to overcome her past without anyone forcing her to do that. Now, the amount that she could achieve in the future might be no different from that of her older sister and those among Rias' peerage. As a Nekoshou learning about Senjutsu and Youjutsu, as well as a Rook and martial artist," Kensei stated, as he and Hisui kept walking in the direction of her room, him intending on escorting her. "No doubt she'll grow as strong as she wants to."
"I believe that too. Well, there's no better teacher than Ken-chan. I do want to teach her more about Youjutsu too, but I think that she should learn Senjutsu first," Hisui said, standing in front of her room. "And there are still things I need to learn too. I lost against Kurohime without being able to do a single thing."
"Hisui, you…."
"Nope," Hisui stated, putting a finger at Kensei's lips, stopping him from speaking further, let alone finishing what he was about to tell her. "I know that you've gotten better at reading woman's feelings. But, certain situations can be fixed by talking about them. You've already done enough for me by helping me train, but this is a fight between me and Kurohime. So, instead of talking to me…how about we do something else?"
Hisui stepped forward with a seductive look, and Kensei didn't need any other signal aside from that. He leaned forward, with the green-haired Nekoshou wrapping her arms around his neck. Both leaned forward, with their lips connecting. It didn't take long for them to begin making out passionately as the two started getting deep into it. Not wanting to be interrupted from getting caught, Kensei slid open Hisui's room door, then started to lead the Nekoshou inside.
Lemon Start!
Closing the door behind them, neither stopped their make-out session, showcasing the utmost passion without a hint of hesitation. Hisui was still dressed in the training outfit she left in, one that showed off her curves, her slim waist, and led straight to her round ass. His hand didn't stop from massaging each part of her that he could move them to; with his arms grabbed onto her ass.
"Naah," Hisui couldn't stop herself from moaning as she felt Kensei's hands grab onto her ass, his fingers all but digging deeper into them. She almost found herself losing their kissing session because of the stimulation at that particular part. "Ken Ken, I can tell that there are some people who're always looking at me from behind at a distance. Most of the time, it's directed at my ass. But, that's all they're ever going to see. Because everything I have belongs to Ken Ken."
Hisui said such words without hesitation as she moved from Kensei while beginning to remove the training wear that she'd been wearing. He could see that she was attempting to entice him as she performed this strip tease as her fingers moved teasingly at her pants. No matter the situation, Hisui could move her body and curves in such a manner that Claire and the others couldn't match. Her pants and underwear came off, showing off her ass, as she turned around, then went to remove her shirt and bra.
Having done that, Hisui did another spin and posed right in front of Kensei without shame or fear.
"So, how does this body of mine that I built up because of Ken Ken's physical training and Senjutsu look?"
Hisui asked, posing right there in front of him with a seductive look.
"You look stunning."
Kensei replied as Hisui's ears and tails twitched as she heard that response, sending a pleasant sensation right through her body; despite Kensei not touching her yet. Amid that, he removed his upper shirt, revealing his upper body to Hisui, who seemed to recover herself.
"Heh, that's a good response," Hisui stated, then leaned forward as she approached Kensei, her hands traveling straight to his shorts. "And as a reward, how about I give Ken Ken his reward."
At that, Hisui undid and pulled down Kensei's dick, causing it to spill out from what was holding it back, it was already hard. Not hesitating at all, she wrapped her fingers around the girth, then started moving her hands backward and forward to start things off. Amid that, Hisui's sense of smell caused her to smell the pleasant scent wafting off it. As animal-type Youkai, whose senses are more heightened compared to the likes of Devils, Kyuubi and Nekomata would feel more aroused from smelling it.
"Ngh."
Kensei groaned as Hisui started becoming more energetic in her motions. He looked down to find that she stuck out her tongue, then proceeded to lick varied parts of his dick. Among the others, likely due to learning Senjutsu, Hisui knew Kensei's most sensitive parts and that made moments like this the most pleasant. She proceeded to open her mouth wide, then took his length into her mouth.
"Nnnn, aahh, aah."
Hisui moaned as she continued moving her head forward and backward, motioning her tongue around in all the most sensitive parts of her fiancè. He couldn't tell whether the constant means were intentional or not, but Hisui was doing her best to ensure Kensei felt nothing aside from pleasure. Amid the blowjob he was receiving at that moment, Kensei could feel that Hisui was using Senjutsu to send pleasure throughout him, all originating from his dick. All the while she kept covering it in the drool that was being produced throughout the entire situation, and could practically feel blood traveling there.
"…," Hisui's mouth created a faint sound as she slipped Kensei's cock out of her mouth, then allowed a breath to escape, proceeding to give him a handjob instead of a blowjob. During this, she admired just how hard he has become. "Hah, Ken Ken sure has gotten bigger, but I guess that's because of your dragon blood too. I heard that dragon blood can have different effects on a person. But, since you've inherited the dragon blood from birth, and adapted to it, then it's not surprising that your smell and this are so enticing. I guess that my mom was right when she said that supernatural women might flock around you."
"I guess so."
Kensei said as Hisui kept giving him a handjob, her hand moved around dexterously as she touched all the parts that would make him feel the most pleasure. He didn't like comparing the women he loved, but whenever it came to such actions, aside from Yasaka, Hisui was the best thus far. She massaged the middle section, messed with the head, and massaged his balls while continuing to lick different sections. All this continued for a couple of minutes as Kensei started reaching closer and closer to a climax.
"Hisui, I'm about to…."
"Alright, then let it out however you want."
Hisui seductively said, then ceased licking him, let alone giving him a handjob. She then sat down showing not a single hint of moving. Knowing what she meant about that, Kensei proceeded to jerk himself off, while intending on aiming whatever came out at Hisui. It didn't take all that long as he was close to reaching a climax if she kept on doing the same thing herself.
"Here is comes."
Kensei said, then Hisui stood with her mouth opened as a plentiful amount of semen spurted out from his cock, being sent straight into the Nekomata's mouth, staining her face, breasts, and stomach. At that, she moaned as she drank the cum sent straight into her mouth as a pleasantly warm feeling spread throughout her on the inside, feeling warmness on the outside too.
"Hmm, Ken Ken's cum tastes sooo good."
Hisui said, moaning as she felt herself becoming wetter from the fact she drank Kensei's cum. As she wiped off the cum that covered parts of her, Kensei started moving his pants and underwear, standing there naked as his Nekoshou fiancèe. Having finished cleaning herself up, Hisui seductively looked forward, whilst sitting there, showing herself off.
"I wonder if that's because of your dragon blood too. After drinking all that, I feel nothing but warmness," Hisui, in a show of seductiveness turned herself around while sitting on her hands and knees. As if wanting to entice him more, Hisui's tail fluttered about and shake her round ass towards him. "And now, I want to know what it feels to have my Nekoshou pussy fill with it."
"Wow, are you going through your mating season again," Kensei asked, approaching Hisui and leaning down as she felt her heart beating fast from the anticipation. "I remember the first time that happened. And it was sure one big surprise for us."
"No, I'm just looking forward to that. But, who knows, that might be triggered when we get down to all the serious business."
"Alright, then let's see."
"Nnn, aah~"
Hisui moaned as she felt Kensei's hand grab onto her ass, something that caused a pleasant feeling to spread throughout herself. His fingers touched the firm, but soft flesh, almost feeling himself becoming excited at the thought of doing it with Hisui at last. He positioned himself at her entrance, with Hisui's body shuttering as she felt Kensei's dick touching her entrance. Both of them were in preparation for using the same technique that was meant to ignite pleasure.
""Bouchujutsu.""
Both of them thought in their minds, just as Kensei slid inside Hisui, causing her insides to be spread outwards to accommodate the new intrusion. He felt himself reaching the final barrier, which would claim Hisui as his woman and claim her virginity. At that Kensei pushed forward, with them activating the technique at the same time, with him breaking through that barrier.
""Kuh!""
Kensei and Hisui felt a good amount of pleasure as warmness spread throughout them, as the two of them could feel their own Ki. From what he could tell, Hisui activated Bouchujutsu first, causing him to feel her Ki being sent into him, then he activated his Bouchujutsu, causing their Ki to be joined. Both of them together, almost felt as if it become an endless cycle of giving and joining Ki.
"T-This is…."
Kensei felt it for himself as he started feeling something bursting within him, feeling a pulse of pleasure.
"K-Keep going, K-Ken Ken."
Hisui begged as she started feeling the pleasure herself, most notably as her tail started swirling about as if to visibly show her emotions.
"A-Alright."
Pulling himself together, Kensei held onto Hisui's slender waist, then started pulling himself out as Hisui's insides tightened around him. He pulled himself out, before thrusting himself back inside Hisui causing her to jolt forward with a moan escaping from her mouth. Holding her in place, Kensei continued thrusting back and forth, as she continued moaning without holding back. Both of them felt pleasure spreading throughout them, because of the Ki flowing into them.
"Ugh!"
Because of that, Kensei was more energetic in his thrusts, as his waist slammed into her from behind, producing a notable, nonstop slapping sound. She couldn't stop herself from moaning as she'd felt herself being railed from behind. Hisui was the happiest since she was making love to the person she has been in love with for as long as she could remember. Her pleasure was amplified more than usual, as the two used Bouchujutsu at the same time.
"More, more, Ken Ken~"
Hisui moaned, wanting to feel something more.
"Alright."
"Nyaaaaa."
Hisui uncontrollably moaned as she felt Kensei grab onto her tail, which would be the most sensitive part for a Nekomata, no matter their age. Same as before, he touched all the sensitive parts where she was feeling it the most, causing whatever energy was built up within her to be spread outwards.
"This is what you wanted, right?"
"M-My tail…ahhh~"
Hisui almost couldn't think, let alone make a coherent sentence as she felt herself being lost in the pleasure and stimulation being spread throughout herself. Kensei felt her inner walls tightening around him, and because of this, he felt himself reaching a climax. Nonetheless, he continued thrusting forward, feeling enticed to the utmost limit by her moans and Bouchujutsu itself.
"Hisui, I'm gonna…."
"Hah, aaah…."
Hisui's head was almost filled with pleasure, but she at least managed to nod her head in agreement. He kept on with the same motion, increasing the pace bit by bit until reaching the climax.
"Here is comes!"
"Haaaah!"
After one last thrust, Kensei released a plentiful amount of cum straight into Hisui's womb, almost filling her to the brim. At the same time, a beautiful green aura could be seen wrapping around Hisui, while a blue one wrapped around Kensei. As usual, the same color was released from the Nekoshou's eyes, where hearts formed within them. She couldn't stop herself from twitching as she felt herself being filled to the brim with more than just cum; she felt herself becoming energized during the process.
"Hah."
Kensei breathed as he removed himself from Hisui, causing her to almost fall limp on the ground, as cum started leaking out of her. He was almost distracted by the aura built up around him, caused by Bouchujutsu using that bedroom method again.
"I need questions about whatever Bouchujutsu is causing because I feel my aura being stimulated every single time this happens. But, how the hell does someone ask…?"
"K-Ken Ken, let's continue…," Hisui called out, catching Kensei's attention, as he glanced over to find that Hisui's face and body seemed flushed. It reminded him of a particular incident, meaning that she entered an aroused state similar to her mating season, the same as Kunou. Right there, Hisui lay down on her back and spread her legs, with her nakedness being revealed to him. "…because I want more than that."
"Alright, I think that the two of us can go several rounds."
Kensei said as he traveled straight to Hisui, who laid down in preparation for receiving her fiancee's affection for a second time. He approached her, and once again inserted himself into her entrance, once again feeling her walls tighten around him. But, this time, she secured her legs around Kensei's waist and held out her hand toward him with an affectionate look. Linking their fingers together, he proceeded to thrust forward with decent force, causing an immediate moan from Hisui.
"Kuh."
Hisui moaned as she was forced to remain in the same position, because of their linked hands, while Kensei kept thrusting into her. As an added effect, she felt Kensei's Dragon Ki being poured straight into her, sending a deep sense of pleasure straight into herself. Almost as if it represented the sensation of not wanting to release Kensei, her tails wrapped around his wrists.
"Nyaa, haah, nyaaah."
Hisui uncontrollably moaned as Kensei continuously thrust into her, their together pleasure remained and kept on increasing as time passed, both of whom felt sensitive from the first climax. The pleasure Hisui felt could be seen clearly on her face, feeling his hardened member being inserted and removed from her entrance. During this, she felt Kensei continuing to poke at the entrance leading into her womb as if desiring to impregnate her.
Kensei didn't stop the movement of his hips as his dick continued thrusting into Hisui, who was feeling nothing but pleasure. Same as her, he still felt sensitive having just finished climaxing a couple of minutes ago but felt as if he recovered a bit.
"Alright, let's kick this up."
"Huh, hah," Hisui felt lifted a bit off of the ground, but she didn't fall backward as their hands were still linked to one another. Soon enough, she found herself right on Kensei's lap, feeling his dick go much deeper into her because of their position. "Ugh."
From there, Kensei held onto Hisui's ass, and she soon started bouncing on his lap, feeling the sensation of being penetrated by her lover's dick better. Pleasured from two different sensations, caused Hisui's head to aim right at the ceiling above them. At that happened, Kensei leaned forward, planting several kisses right on her neck, as she shuttered from the gentler sensation. Wrapping her arms around Kensei's neck, Hisui relished the feeling spreading throughout her. As this continued for several minutes and thrusts, the two of them started feeling their individual climaxes approaching.
"Hisui…."
"Yeah, I know. Here it comes, and I'm starting to feel your power flooding into me again," Hisui said, being much more sensitive to such things, compared to Kunou and the others. As she felt Kensei's powers beginning to build up in him, and started flooding into the Nekoshou. "And it's making me feel something building up within me."
As the two approached a much larger climax compared to before, their auras again started building up within her, and a groan escaped their lips. Reaching that breaking point, the two didn't leave one on each other's side, while this moment seemed to be the peak of exhilaration.
""Kuh!""
Again, Kensei climaxed in Hisui, filling her womb to the brim with semen as their aura seemed to radiate from the other, retreating into them. A breath escaped from Hisui's mouth, as she stared lovingly at Kensei, who stared at her with the same emotions in her eyes. Not hesitating, the two leaned forward, capturing their lips for their final passionate moment.
After cleaning up the room using a sealed spell, Kensei joined Hisui in her bed, instead of returning to his. Since then the occupant found herself cuddling up to him, with her arms around him.
"Hehehe, finally I got to have sex with my darling Ken Ken," Hisui smiled and giggled to herself as she felt around Kensei's chest. "And it was awesome since we used Bouchujutsu at the same time."
"Yeah, that certainly was an experience."
Kensei said, sharing the same sentiment about that.
"Also, I don't think that I'll be asking my mom about what happened. Even for me, it's kinda embarrassing asking that kind of question to your mother, doctor, or not."
Hisui stated, showing a rare flushed expression.
"Oh, is the shameless Nekoshou feeling some embarrassment?"
Kensei teased, poking Hisui's cheek, causing her to pout as she looked at him.
"You know my parents are the only ones who bring that side out of me. Though, if it wasn't for my mom talking about it being possible to prevent pregnancies, then one of us would've gotten pregnant at this point."
"Yeah, I can see that. Not that I would mind that."
"Same, but we're not in the best situation for a kid," Hisui pointed out. "But, if we do have a kid. I want to have at least three adorable snarky Nekoshou."
"Alright, but I pray for whoever ends up dealing with their snark in a fight. I mean, you and me alone are enough to aggravate the most arrogant of people."
"Yeah, but I'll stand up for them."
"Same."
Both of them agreed with their emotions for one another being shown right then and there, then shared one final kiss before drifting off to sleep.
A/N: And there goes the next chapter of DxD – The Last Amagiri, this was the first part of their training. It started by showing the training and preparations some others were doing. Maria, Layla, and Alex were all with Vasco himself. Iris is with Tiamat. Zane and Layla went to the land of the Dwarf Elves. And last, but not least, Kensei and the others were training in Shiamano, where there were some interesting moments and things shown there. But, as everyone wanted to see, Koneko began overcoming her fears of Senjutsu, as a result of Kensei's and Hisui's support. And in the end, there was a lemon with Hisui.
I hope that you liked the chapter, until next time.
Kensei's Harem: Alice, Claire, Hisui, Kunou, Yasaka, Lu Lingqi, Sarah, Minako, Koneko, Kuroka, Ravel, Amaterasu, Brynhildr, Rossweisse, Ophis.