Draconis: Not sure what to do with this chapter.
Rias: Hm?
Draconis: Well, I wanna have an interlude chapter between the conference and the next arc and there's only one OVA.
Kenshin: Well there's the date we're supposed to go on.
Draconis: True and I have to unveil how exactly I'm gonna keep Issei out more often this chapter anyway. Now, since I last posted I got two more anonymous reviews. Both concerning relatively the same thing, that being incestuous pairings. One was for it, stating that Yukari should be paired with you Kenshin, as she has been with you through some of the hardest experiences of your life and that it wouldn't make much sense for me to not have her end up with you.
Yukari: All good points.
Draconis: The other one was basically yelling at me to not put incestuous pairings in. So I'll ask you about it. Is it something you'd all be OK with? The two that already reviewed concerning this, don't need to say anything more. I might end up doing it anyway, but I just wanna know what everyone thinks. Also I have a pairing update.
Kenshin: Same as before.
Issei: Asia, Irina and a soon to be introduced character.
Issei: Who is it?
Draconis: You'll see, but just so you know she is busty.
Issei: Woohoo!
Asia: Hmph!
Irina: What? Are mine not big enough for you? (pout)
Issei: Th-That's not what I meant!
Kenshin & Draconis: Idiot.
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 14
To Become Lingerie?
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
"OK, what the hell is that thing?" Kenshin said as he, Rias, Asia and Issei were staring down a monster.
"It looks like a golem of some sort." Rias said.
"It stole my underwear!" Asia whined.
"Nani? !" Issei said with a light blush.
"She ain't kiddin." Kenshin said. "It's got a white bra and panty combo in it's mouth."
"So the rumors we heard were true." Rias asid as a small circle appeared next to her head. "Get ready, we've found it."
"Got it." Kiba said on the other end.
"Get over here on the double." Kenshin said with a black circle next to his head.
"On it Onii-Chan." Miyuki replied.
It fired a beam at Rias and Kenshin who dove out of the way. "It seems to be aiming at you." Kenshin said.
"I see that." Rias said.
Lightning crackled around the golem before fire impacted it's back. "Ara ara...you can't run away now." Akeno said flying up above it with Xenovia. "Be careful Yukari-Chan, it's got Asia-Chan's underwear in it's mouth."
"If I ruin them I'll buy replacements Asia." Yukari called out.
It looked over Rias, Akeno, Xenovia and Yukari before thrusting it's left arm at Xenovia who chopped it off with Durandal. Yukari rushed forward and cut it's leg with her nodachi Kazeken.
"Yukari, catch!" Kenshin said throwing his Undine card to her.
"Right!" Yukari said catching the card and activating it as it launched tentacles at all the girls getting them all except Yukari herself. "You missed!" She said dodging every attempt it made to attack her. "You're too slow!"
"Yo Issei, let's dust this fucker." Kenshin said holding Kuroi Jigoku at the ready..
"Right!" Issei said.
"Boost!"
However before either of them could move on it a figure rushed by and beheaded it. "...Whelp...fucker dusted." Kenshin said with a shrug. "Good job Irina."
"Irina?" Xenovia said as she and the others landed.
The figure removed her hood and sure enough it was Irina. "It's been a little while. Gremory Household Kuroshi Household." Irina said.
Kenshin put his hand to his head. "Back to recon Miyuki. The golem's taken care of."
"Awww." Miyuki pouted.
"So you're after this thing too?" Rias asked as Asia tried to dig her underwear out from the resulting mud spill from the golem's body.
"Well I'm after the person controlling it." Irina said with a shrug.
"..." Kenshin grinned coyly. "He got you didn't he?"
"N-No." Irina said with a blush. "I'm just seeking him out because he's been doing this. He's known as the Legendary Sage."
"I've heard of him before, the church has been trying to find him for years." Xenovia said.
"So that's why you're looking for him?" Issei asked.
"Yes, and also it's nice to see you in your own skin Issei-kun." Irina said. "But I also get to come back and see my home."
"Why don't you just ask Michael if you can be the church's official emissary for the angels in accordance with the treaty?" Yukari asked.
"You know, I think I might." Irina said.
"Anyway, if you're talking about a Legendary Sage, why would he sink to stealing underwear." Rias asked.
"Because he's a sage. All sages are a little loony." Kenshin said.
"Well, you've been dispatched to catch a panty thief, I guess there's not a whole lot to do at the church." Issei said.
"So like usual?" Kenshin drawled.
"Boom!" Salamander shouts.
"That's not true, right Irina?" Xenovia asked.
"Ah, w-well, yeah..." Irina said her blush returning.
"Why would they send someone of your caliber though?" Rias asked.
"He pinched her panties." Kenshin quipped.
"N-No! I'm just doing my job and he's an enemy to be defeated!" Irina said.
"Uh huh." Kenshin nodded with a knowing grin.
"Mrrrnnnn." Irina glared comically at him with puffed out cheeks.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin snickered only to get jabbed in the arm by Issei.
"If it's true don't pick on her Kenshin." Issei scolded.
"Oh like you aren't sitting there wishing she's lose the cloak so you can see her free hanging boobs." Kenshin drawled with a smirk.
"Ah! W-Well th-that's beside the point!" Issei said.
"Pervy Issei-kun..." Irina sighed.
"Everyone, Kiba said Gasper and Hikari found a trace of magic matching that golems. Let's go." Rias said.
A few minutes later they arrived at a certain building. "Here?" Issei said. "Really? We killed Viser here...fought Freed here, and now were searching for a Sage here?"
"Well it's where we found the magic from." Hikari said with a shrug. "Must be a popular place.""
"...I like how we're rolling in here with damn near a squadron of devils." Miyuki said with a laugh seeing Kenshin with his whole peerage and Rias with all of hers. They walked in and found a sealed door. Rias applied her magic circle to it and broke the seal. Kenshin pushed the door open.
"No...no traps." Kenshin said. "Security's lax."
"I'll stand guard here." Akeno said.
"Yukari, keep her company." Kenshin said.
"Got it." Yukari said.
"Asia, Yuuto, you should as well, better to be safe than sorry." Rias said.
"Alright." Kiba said.
"Hai." Asia said.
The rest walked inside. "Now, if I were an Ero-Sennin in an abandoned building, how far deep would I hide?" Kenshin wondered.
"Should I start boosting?" Issei asked.
"No, the shout will give us away." Rias said shaking her head.
They eventually came up to a lab where an older gentleman was looking over a black bra. "No good, why would anyone wear something so cheap." He threw it to the side and grabbed a pair of panties. "These however are beautiful. I'll add them in." He said putting the panties away.
"OK...weird..." Kenshin whispered.
"No kidding." Miyuki said.
"Oh great he sent a tiny one in to swipe my underwear." Hikari muttered.
"How can you tell?" Xenovia whispered.
"I recognize my scent coming from in here." Hikari answered. Xenovia nodded.
"Is he the Legendary Sage?" Rias wondered.
"So this is the guy going around collecting underwear." Issei muttered.
"I doubt he's just collecting them, he must be using them for some sort of spell." Rias said.
"A spell...involving lingerie..." Miyuki muttered.
"This world is very strange." Hikari said.
"You two shoulda been here for the breast sucking chimera that grows fruit that increases breast size." Kenshin said. "We killed it."
"Awwww..." Miyuki whined.
"Or how about the Egyptian priest that possessed us?" Issei said.
"Oh the one who got Rias to cosplay as a Egyptian belly dancer, got Asia to kiss us, and made me cram my face into Akeno's chest to get him out of my body? Good times, good times..." Kenshin said.
"Focus." Hikari said.
"Oh! This is a lovely one!" The Sage said holding up another black bra.
"Ah? ! Th-That's-!" Irina gasped.
"What's wrong?" Issei asked.
"Those are hers." Kenshin said.
"N-No, he's just collected an obscene amount is all." Irina said trying to save face.
"You can't lie to our noses, it smells like you." Hikari whispers to Irina.
"Well in any case we can't let him keep this up." Irina said bowing her head.
"Exactly." Rias said as they walked into the lab as he pulled a trunk over to a magic circle and arranged the collections of lingerie intricately.
"Oh, so you're the one who destroyed my monster, what do you want know? Did you come to donate your lingerie for my research?" He asked.
"Wow...you are shameless. Issei take notes." Kenshin said.
"Pfft! I'm not that bad! At least not yet!" Issei laughed.
"Are you insane? How dare you do as you please in the territory of Rias Gremory." Rias said with a glare.
"Wouldn't it technically a community territory, considering there are two other king devils in the area, one of which is standing right next to you." The Sage asked.
"I'm going to beat you into a pulp for what you've done." Xenovia said.
"I'll be taking my things back now." Hikari said with a glare.
"I've been given a warrant for your arrest, I'll bring you in with this Excalibur." Irina said.
"Save your speech about those toys for someone who cares. I used to be a man of the church." The Sage said.
"Well I guess this is slightly better than touching little boys." Kenshin said with an arched brow.
"No way, I hate those guys." The Sage said. "I went about my life, believing it was best to have unconditional faith and love in God whilst suppressing my desires. Until the fateful day that I accidentally touched something so soft and so supple."
"So you tripped and touched some boobs?" Kenshin asked.
"Exactly." The Sage said. "I wondered why God had forbid something so marvelous and why no one had told me about this before? Then, when I could take it no longer, the god of ero appeared before me!"
(twitch!)
Everyone turned to see Kenshin lighting up a smoke. "What? I feel like if I listen to anymore of his story I'm gonna want to get stoned anyway."
"...Anyway...he said...'It is OK to caress boobs, it is alright to take their panties.' Thanks to him I started my experiments and no matter how many insults or threats I received I continued on for my magnum opus, thanks to the god of ero, all of this was possible!"
"Right...and whose funding you by the way. I swear to god if it's Azazel I'm going to..." Hikari said.
"It's someone named Azazel." The Sage said.
"Uuuughhh...Kenshin give me a bottle of wine." Hikari said facepalming.
"Yo." Kenshin said tossing her the bottle, to which she popped the cork and knocked it back.
"Old man! You're not alone, I understand that all too well!" Issei said crying prideful tears.
"Haaahh..." Rias sighed. Kenshin held out his smoke to her.
"Want a hit?" He asked.
"No thank you." Rias said shaking her head.
"Finally I've met another who can show me new obscene ways of ero." Issei said.
"That's great Issei-Senpai!" Gasper cheered.
"Gya-kun, don't take him seriously." Koneko said.
"So you mean to tell me you understand my loneliness and what I really mean?" The Sage asked.
"..." Kenshin rolled his eyes as he took another big hit.
"..." Hikari rolled her eyes before taking another long chug.
"I too have a skill that others don't appreciate." Issei said.
"I appreciate it just fine, but you gush so much afterward that it defeats the purpose of even using it." Kenshin said.
"It's called, Dress Break! It can tear off a woman's clothes by touching them." Issei said. "It's fueled by the hopes and dreams of men."
"So it's like Exarmatio if they're not armed?" Miyuki said with an eyeroll.
"Pathetic." The Sage said extending his hands toward Miyuki and Koneko, stripping off the outer layer of their clothes.
"Hey!" Miyuki snapped with a glare. "I'll kill you!" She shouts rushing after him, swinging her quarterstaff wildly only to be held back by Kenshin. "Lemme Go Onii-Chan!"
"Cool it, The room could be bugged with traps." Kenshin said. "Or worse he could rip off your underwear as well."
"Do that again and I'll kill you." Hikari threatened.
"Holy crap! He did that without even touching them!" Issei said with wide eyes.
"That's child's play." He said as a cross shaped glyph appeared in front of him. He looked over at Rias. "Ahh, hers is a purplish color."
"? !" Rias crossed her arms in front of her chest and pelvis.
"The blue haired one is wearing mismatched colors, even if you're in a hurry, you should take time to match your apparel. The woman who threatened my life is wearing jade green, Eeeh? ! The church woman wears nothing!"
"E-Eh? !" Issei said.
"This armor is meant to be worn without underwear, I always wear them otherwise!" Irina protested. The Sage nodded in response.
"You see? I don't even have to touch them to tear off their clothes and and I can see through them." The Sage said.
"And neither of those abilities is gonna stop me from bitch slapping you." Kenshin said.
"My point stands, his power is trivial compared to my own abilities that I pioneered!" The Sage shouts.
"M-My power that I worked so hard to attain, my Dress Break..." Issei said falling to his knees. "It's true, I am weak, but you're just using your strength alone, I'll beat your ass with my spirit!" He said raising back up and pumping his fist upward.
"Haaah, is there nothing we can do with you?" Rias asked.
"I swear he's like a mini Rakan." Hikari muttered.
"Well his spirit is what makes him strong." Azazel said walking up behind them. He ducked as Hikari threw an empty bottle of wine at his head. "Whoa! What the hell Hikari? !"
"What the hell are you doing funding this pervert? !" Hikari shouts with a drunken blush.
"I was hoping he could create something valuable!" Azazel shouts back.
"What is he supposed to create with bras and panties!" Hikari snapped.
"It's science!" Azazel argued.
"No it's perverted!" Hikari shouts.
"Just fuck already!" A shout came from down the hall.
"You stay out of this Yukari!" Azazel shouts.
"Don't talk to my daughter like that you ten winged jackass!" Hikari shouts grabbing him by his shirt and shoving him back and forth.
"Kenshin! Help!" Azazel shouts.
"Hey, you dug this hole, I'm just makin' sure you stay in it." Kenshin said with a snide grin.
"That's what I said to you!" Azazel said with a baneful expression.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin snickered.
"...Anyway...I'm shocked you're interested in such experiments Azazel." Rias asid.
"This man is actually the closest to creating the Philosopher's Stone." "Azazel said.
"Really? There's been two whole anime series about that thing and this guy's just gonna make it by cobbling together expensive pairs of lingerie...Ok..." Kenshin said lighting up another smoke.
"No one's gotten this close to making it, I'm hoping to find some sort of clue in this experiment." Azazel said.
"And I think you're just flushing funding money down the toilet." Kenshin said.
"Well still, don't interfere." Azazel said.
"It's only out of sheer morbid curiosity that I won't." Kenshin and Rias said.
The Sage finished arranging the lingerie and moved to the middle of the seal arrangement and went into a chant. The seal lit up and the lingerie floated around him before it died down, nothing happening. He reached into his cloak and pulled out a magazine.
"Is that a spell book?" Xenovia asked.
"Heeeeellllll no." Kenshin said with an eyeroll.
"It's an ero magazine!" Issei said.
"O' great ero god, I humbly request that you transform me into lingerie!" The Sage shouts.
"Eh?" Kenshin said noticing his smoke was gone. He looked over and saw Miyuki had it, taking a hit.
"Rather than obsessing over boobs all year round I shall become something that gets to hold them all the time, by becoming a brassire, I will become an ero servant!" The Sage declared.
"Like I said Azazel, funding resources...right down the toilet." Kenshin said.
"The Legendary Sage's experiments were so he could physically become lingerie?" Rias asked in disinterest.
"Yes, a former member of the church was doing experiments to becoming lingerie." Irina said.
"So this is what it takes to continue down the ero path, I may be weak now, but I will get to that level one day." Issei declared.
Suddenly the spell cut out. Everyone went silent until Kenshin piped up. "FAIL!"
"Wise Man Sage, do you need another Ero Magazine? ! If so I'll..." Issei was cut off.
"No, I need something more than this." He turned to Rias. "Panties! Show me your panties!"
"Don't you have the ability to see them without me doing anything anyway?" Rias asked in disinterest.
"At this moment I'm focusing on transforming, I can't break my concentration for anything else!" The Sage yelled.
"Fine, here's Gya-kun's." Koneko said lifting up Gasper's skirt.
"Aaagh? ! That's a man!" The Sage yelled as the spell spiraled out of control.
"Cheese it!" Kenshin shouts as they all took off outside the building.
"What the hell is that? !" Hikari shouts.
"That is the result of someone's magic spiraling out of control." Azazel said.
"Either I'm smoking grass laced with shrooms or that's really a giant pair of panties and a bra." Kenshin said with an aghast expression as he looked up.
"Well, this makes it difficult to arrest him Irina." Xenovia said.
"Right, I'll just have to defeat him then." Irina said.
"Defeat me? Don't be ridiculous!" The Sage's voice shouts as a great force shredded all the female's clothes save for Irina who jumped out of the way. They were left in their underwear.
"Aaah? ! Wh-What the? M-My bra is moving on it's own!" Rias said as she and Akeno were pulled toward each other. "Aah! W-Wait, Akeno!"
Xenovia was pulled toward Asia as was Koneko who sandwiched the former nun between them.
"Wh-Whoa Whoa Whoa!" Yukari shouts as she and Hikari were pulled toward Miyuki.
"Uuueeeee! !" Miyuki whined. "This isn't fair! I can't compete with Kaa-Chan and Onee-Chan!"
"S-Sorry Miyuki-Chan!" Hikari said as their chests rubbed together.
"D-Damn! My swords are over there! They were thrown off when my clothes were destroyed!" Yukari cursed.
"...Huh...it's times like this that make me realize how much I miss Chamo." Kenshin said.
"Chamo?" Issei asked.
"Talking ermine, had a penchant for pinching panties and being a general pervert." Kenshin said. "He was Negi's familiar."
"Really?" Issei said. "Huh."
"Aaahn! A-Akeno! What are you doing? !" Rias said as Akeno started rubbing herself against her(Rias )
"Ara ara, this isn't so bad...get a good look Kenshin-kun." Akeno said batting her eyes at Kenshin.
"Aaaaahhhh..." Kenshin stared at the provocative display.
"Ufufufufu, you and Issei-kun look so cute like that!" Akeno giggled.
Kenshin and Issei glanced at each other then around them at the girls before fist bumping. "Quit gawking!" Yukari shouts.
"This is rather annoying." Koneko said.
"I-I'm sorry!" Asia whined.
"What kind of magic is this? !" Xenovia shouts.
"Alright Issei, enough devouring the eye candy." Kenshin said.
"Yeah." Issei said.
"Haaaahh!" Kiba shouts diving at the sentient lingerie.
"Get real." The Sage said covering Kiba's eyes with a bra.
"Agh? ! Can't see!" Kiba shouts as he crashes into the ground.
"Gotta stop time!" Gasper shouts only to have his eyes covered by panties on his head. "Aaah! I can't stop time like this!"
"Gya-kun is useless." Koneko muttered.
"Waaahh! Koneko-Chan's bullying me!" Gasper whined.
Irina tried to attack only to be stripped completely. "Aah!" She covered herself.
"Oh? It's you..." The Sage said.
"Now you remember?" Irina said with a glare.
"Of course. Yours was the best of them all and served as the base for my magic." The Sage said opening his 'mouth'
"...Alright, I've had enough." Kenshin said rushing forward. "Come on Issei!"
"Right!" Issei said.
"Don't be foolish! I won't let you!" The Sage said forcing the girl's bras, Irina's included to tie their hands together, then forcing them to rush and surround Kenshin and Issei.
"Whoa? !" Kenshin said.
"I'm drowning in boobs!" Issei shouts.
"S-Sorry Issei-San!" Asia said.
"I can't control myself!" Yukari growled in frustration.
"The worst, Issei-Senpai's the worst!" Koneko protested.
"Aaahhnnn! Kenshin-kun don't touch me in a place like this!" Akeno moaned out.
"I'm not touching you!" Kenshin denied. "You're the one who is touching me!"
"He's right! Your boobs are moving on their own!" Issei shouts.
"W-Wow, Kenshin I didn't know you could be so aggressive." Xenovia said with a soft blush "But why are their four hands sometimes at once?"
"Then it's obvious it ain't just me!" Kenshin shouts.
"What are you doing to Xenovia, Issei-kun? !" Irina demanded to know.
"K-Kenshin! I-I'm your mother, you shouldn't be groping me like this!" Hikari said with a soft moan.
"I'm not!" Kenshin said with a dark blush.
"Holy hell...this sensation...Kenshin we've died and gone to heaven!" Issei said.
"You're devils, you can't go there anymore." Azazel said.
"That's it!" Kenshin shouts as a burst of wind knocked all the women on their butts. He rushed toward The Sage and slashed him down the middle.
"Missed!" The Sage shouts.
"Did I?" Kenshin asked. "Lightning Sword Flash!" He said slashing Kuroi Jigoku downward.
"Aaarrrgghhh!" The Sage roared as he was ripped to pieces, leaving his human form behind as well as the littered underwear he stole.
"Aah? I can move again?" Rias and everyone else wondered.
"Sorry about that." Kenshin said with a sweatdrop. "I was not about to let this become a pervert duel."
"Haah, thanks." Yukari said as she removed her bra from her hands and unsealed a change of clothes.
"Eh, he strayed from the path anyway." Issei said. "What's important is not the lingerie, but the boobs!"
"..." Kenshin shot a coin into his skull. "God I've been wanting to do that for awhile. Ow." Kenshin said
The Sage was arrested and prepared to be taken to Heaven to be judged. Irina turned to Rias and the others. "Well my job here is done. I'll have to come back soon."
"Well, we're fixin' to have a lot of room at the Hyoudou household." Kenshin said. "I'm sure Issei would love to have ya."
"Eh?" Irina said with an arched brow.
"Aaah...w-well...we were friends as kids...even if I'm a devil now I'd kinda like to catch up with you sometime." Issei said scratching his cheek. Issei leaned over to Kenshin. "What are you doing Kenshin?" He whispered.
"Trying to get you a girlfriend you idiot." Kenshin whispered back. "Or at least get your foot in the door."
"..." Irina smiled and leaned over, giving Issei a kiss on the cheek. "I'll keep it in mind." She said as she stepped into the teleportation circle and teleported away.
Azazel landed in front of them. "Kenshin, Issei. After you're done looking at your new digs, if they're there tomorrow come to the clubroom. I have something to give you."
"Oooookkkkk..." Kenshin said.
"Alright." Issei shrugged.
Kenshin turned to Issei. "Alright Issei, the hour's just about up."
"I know." Issei said placing his right hand on Kenshin's shoulder, only to be absorbed into Kenshin's body. He started to walk away when Rias stopped him.
"Huh? You want me to what?" Kenshin asked. "Uuuuggghhh...fine..." Kenshin muttered.
"Sorry Kenshin, but we need to get these back to their owners." Rias said gesturing to the discarded underwear.
"From trained hit man to underwear delivery man...how far I've fallen..." Kenshin muttered shaking his head.
Everyone walked away except for Kenshin. "So why are you having Kenshin do that?" Yukari asked.
"I actually need another day or two to get the new house. I wanna surprise him with it." Rias said.
"Oh?" Yukari said. "Well OK then, but I think one of us should stick around. So I'll see you later."
"Alright." Rias said.
"How the hell am I supposed to deliver this many sets of lingerie? I don't know that many scents." Kenshin complained.
"Well, why don't you let me man this place and you go around tomorrow holding a sign saying something like...lost underwear? Go to the Abandoned Building." Kenshin turned to find Yukari and Hikari.
"What are you two doing here?" Kenshin asked.
"Well I figured I'd give you a hand." Yukari said.
"I forgot to find the pair I lost in this heap." Hikari said walking toward the pile of lingerie.
"Well it's still night so..." Kenshin kicked a tree, toppling it and went to work shaving off the excess wood. "Might as well get to work making the sign."
The next day Kenshin was walking around Kuoh holding the sign in question. The girls from the kendo club approached him. "...Did you take them?" One of them asked.
"No, I just happened to come across a large pile of lost lingerie while I was working out last night. I seem to recall a lot of girls having them come up missing." Kenshin said. "Just go to the abandoned building."
"You hang out with those two perverts, how are we to believe you?" Another of them asked.
"Do I look like Matsuda and Motohama to you? !" Kenshin shouts. "If you don't believe me and don't go out there to get them, I'll just sell the left overs to the perverts and make some bank!"
"Eeeeh? ! Come on everyone let's go!" The leader of the kendo club shouts and they all took off.
"...Neh heh heh." Kenshin snickered.
"What's this?" Kenshin turned to find Sona and Tsubaki approaching him.
"Defeated a Sage using women's lingerie to become lingerie himself. You two lose any of yours lately?" Kenshin asked.
"Wha? N-No!" Sona shouts with a blush.
"Your nervousness says otherwise." Kenshin said.
"I'm just embarrassed that you even asked!" Sona protested.
"Um...Kaichou I believe he was really asking if we were attacked by the golem...which we were." Tsubaki said.
"Haaah...I know..." Sona said.
"To the Abandoned building is where you'll find them. You know the one." Kenshin said.
"Y-Yes, Thank you." Sona said walking away.
"...Aren't you going to go with her?" Kenshin asked Tsubaki.
"I didn't lose any of my lingerie." Tsubaki said. "Would you like me to send a message out to the rest of the Student Council and ask them to spread the word?"
"Yes that would be great." Kenshin said with a slump of his shoulders.
Tsubaki covered her mouth to silence the few laughs that came out of her and sent the message off. Soon Kenshin arrived at the Occult Research Club and walked into the office. "You know Rias hates you sitting in her chair right?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm the teacher here." Azazel said taking a sip of tea.
"Oh really? What do you teach? Occult Sciences?" Kenshin asked. "Or how to flush funding money down the toilet?"
"You're never gonna let that go are you?" Azazel drawled out.
"Nope!" Kenshin said with a laugh. "But for the sake continued communication I'll stop bringing it up."
"Good." Azazel said.
"Now, a few days ago, you mentioned people like us were immune to aging, was that to imply that we're...?" Kenshin asked.
"Ageless? Yeah." Azazel said. "We can choose how we look with enough magical training. Observe." He said as his body aged a good fifty years. "I can look like an old sage...or." He aged down until he was shorter than Kenshin with boyish looks. "A cute as a button child."
Azazel assumed his original form. "Huh. Back home we had candies that aged us. Red for older, blue for younger." Kenshin said.
"So anyone could use them?" Azazel asked.
"Yup, provided you had the moolah." Kenshin said. "I even have some on me." Kenshin tossed him a few vials containing the aforementioned candies.
"Mind if I take 'em?" Azazel asked. "I could reproduce them, even make them better."
"Go for it." Kenshin said.
"Why don't you try it though? You have a lot of magic training from what I've seen." Azazel said.
The door opened and Rias, Akeno and Hikari walked in as Kenshin first went for his younger form. "This is what I looked like when I was ten."
"Ufufufu." Akeno giggled.
"Oh my..." Rias said.
"Eh?" Kenshin turned toward them. Hikari had moved away from them and Kenshin couldn't see her as Akeno and Rias dove for him. "Aaah? !"
"Awww you're soooo cute Kenshin-kun!" Akeno gushed rubbing her cheek against his while embracing him tightly.
"I know, right? He's so adorable right now!" Rias gushed as she rubbed her cheek against his left ear.
"You totally set me up!" Kenshin shouts at Azazel as he was sandwiched in between their chests. "Well...this ain't so bad I guess." Kenshin thought.
"No kidding you lucky jerk!" Issei shouts.
"We were both getting damn near suffocated by everyone's boobs last night, I don't wanna hear it!" Kenshin thought.
"Alright girls I want to see the other end of this." Azazel said clapping his hands to get their attention.
Akeno and Rias got off of Kenshin and stood near the desk. Kenshin adjusted his clothes and he aged upward, until he had slightly grayed red hair, moderate stubble and had grown a few more inches than his original form.
"Huh, you look just like you did during the Schismatic War." Hikari said standing against the wall.
"Yeah I kn-...wait you know?" Kenshin asked turning to her.
"Well...soon after you disappeared...Yukari had an emotional breakdown and told me everything." Hikari said. "...I'm sorry you had to go through all of that...especially for my sake." Hikari said glancing away.
Kenshin walked over and embraced his mother. "What's done is done...if I had to do it all over again, after that fateful night...I'd do it."
Hikari smiled. "Thanks Ken-Chan, but thankfully it won't ever come to that."
"?" Rias arched her brow curiously. "Hm...I'll have to ask Kenshin about this later. All I know so far is what he told me." She thought.
Kenshin canceled the illusion he used to alter his age and looks. "Ufufu, you looked quite handsome there Kenshin-kun...in a rugged loner kind of way." Akeno complimented.
"Th-Thanks." Kenshin said with an awkward laugh. "So Azazel, you said you had something to give me and Issei? Sorry, but the twenty four hours per Soul Division hasn't passed yet. So I'll have to hang onto Issei's for him."
"That's fine. Here." Azazel said holding out two rings.
Kenshin looked at them for a moment before crying in a very fake fashion. "Oh Azazel, you've made me the happiest girl in the world!" He said throwing himself at the Fallen Angel leader wrapping him in a tight embrace.
"Aaah! Be serious you idiot!" Azazel snapped.
"Hahahahahahaha!" Hikari laughed pointing at them. "Yes! I was hoping you'd take it that way Kenshin and you did not disappoint!"
"Hmhmhmhm/Ufufufufufu." Rias and Akeno giggled.
"Nice!" Issei laughed.
Kenshin pulled himself away and took the rings. "What are these?" He asked.
"Well, if I got them nailed down just right, they should allow Issei to use the Dividing Gear's Soul Division to spend his time outside of your body instead of overshadowing you." Azazel said. "Still the same six to twelve hours, but he won't feel like he's spending his time toiling away waiting for a turn to either overshadow you, or spend a single hour away from you. The time still burns out, but there's more to burn."
"Really?" Kenshin said. "You really like experimenting with Sacred Gears huh?"
"Yup." Azazel said with a grin.
"Well here." Kenshin said tossing him Kuroi Jigoku. "You said you wanted to look at it, now that we're allies, I feel more comfortable letting you do so. Besides it'd be nice to know what Ragnarok made it out of to make it cancel holy magic."
"Sweet." Azazel grinned widely. "Ahhh Kenshin you've made me the happiest man in the world!" He yelled glomping him.
"Aaaah! Get offa me!" Kenshin shouts.
"Pahahahahaha!" Hikari laughed.
"Ufufufufufu/Hmhmhmhmhm." Akeno and Rias giggled.
"Alright, I'll take this and get to work on researching it." Azazel said walking toward the door.
"Hang on." Kenshin said. "When do we start training? I'd like to make progress toward my Balance Breaker ASAP."
"Yeah me too." Issei said as Kenshin held up a mirror.
"Hahaha, soon. It's not really something we can work on diligently here in Kuoh." Azazel said.
"Alright." Kenshin nodded. "Also, when you're not researching the blade, please keep it on you so if something happens you can throw it back to me."
"I'll try to be as quick as I can." Azazel said.
"Alright, for the time being I guess I'll go lounge around." Kenshin said flopping down onto the couch. "No summons so far."
"Well, I guess I'll head home and help clean up." Rias said.
"Ah, Hikari I could use some help researching, could you come with me?" Azazel asked.
"Ah sure." Hikari said walking past him. "I need to issue a request anyway."
"Oh?" Azazel said. "What's that?"
"I'll tell you when we get there." Hikari said.
"Well enjoy your nap Kenshin-kun." Akeno said.
"Will do Akeno." Kenshin said.
(break)
The Next Morning.
"Come on, can I come out yet?" Issei asked as Kenshin got dressed.
"No, because I don't think I can trust you not to sabotage my date with Rias." Kenshin thought.
Rias and Kenshin had decided to just go ahead and have their date early as Rias suggested it. "So tell me again why you're bothering to dress up?" Issei asked.
"You don't just go on a date with a high class beauty like her in your usual clothes." Kenshin thought.
"...Hikari told you to didn't she?" Issei asked with a grin.
Kenshin slumped. "Yeah, she did. She wouldn't let me just go in my usual outfit. Her exact words were...'Kenshin you are planning to marry this woman if you won't dress nicely for her who will you dress nicely for? !'"
"Hahahaha!" Issei laughed.
Kenshin rolled his eyes and looked himself over in the mirror. He wore a black dress shirt with matching black jeans with white ankle socks and white sneakers. His album necklace hanging from his neck. "...Alright Issei let's do this." He said letting Issei take over.
"Alright. Dividing Gear." Issei invoked as the white Sacred Gear appeared on his right hand. "Soul Division!"
Kenshin and Issei split apart. "Huh...I don't feel a pull like I did that last two times. Well...I do, but it's not as strong, nowhere near." Kenshin commented.
"Cool. These rings Azazel made really work." Issei said looking at his left hand.
"Good thing your parents are out." Kenshin said. "I don't think I could explain this away."
Issei sweat dropped with a grin. "Yeah."
"Remember, when it's time to recombine switch the ring to the right hand, opposite of mine." Kenshin said.
"So it's like the Torapo Bracelets from Drag-soball?" Issei asked.
"...Yeah..." Kenshin drawled.
"What?" Issei asked.
"Nothing." Kenshin said shaking his head as he sat down. "Huh?" He said seeing a large book on his table.
"What's that?" Issei said.
Kenshin sat on the bed and grabbed the book, looking at it. "Gremory Family Photo Album? When did this get here?" He wondered.
"It must have been while we were asleep." Issei said.
"I think Rias woulda noticed though." Kenshin said opening the book. "Oh? !"
"What's up? Issei said sitting next to him.
"It's what it said it is." Kenshin said. "A family photo album. Look it's a picture of Rias when she was a baby."
"Wow, she looks really cute." Issei gushed.
"I know right, isn't she adorable?" Kenshin asked grinning widely as he flipped the page.
"Ah! Here's one of Chief as a kid. Still cute as a button." Issei said. "Looks like she was just learning how to swim."
"Probably." Kenshin said. "Hey, it looks like here Lord Gremory is giving her a piggy back ride."
"She looks like she's having fun over here." Issei said pointing at one where Rias seemed to be practicing her magic.
The door opened and Rias walked in wearing a red and white stripped sleeveless shirt, and white jeans with white flat dress sandals. "Kenshin, are you ready to...e-eh? !" She stared banefully seeing Kenshin and Issei thumbing through her family's photo album.
"Uh oh." Issei moved out of the way.
Rias charged up to him and reached for it, while Kenshin, being a bit taller than her, held it just out of her reach. "Give that back! How did you even get that? ! That's supposed to be back at my house in the Underworld!"
"It was just sitting here on my table." Kenshin said. "You were really cute in your youth Rias."
"Are you implying I look old? !" Rias accused.
"Not at all." Kenshin grinned. "If anything I'm guessing Sirzechs sent it over."
"Aaaaahh! I'm gonna kill Onii-Sama!" Rias whined.
"Oh Rias, how is it fair that you got to see pictures of my childhood and even Issei's childhood, yet we can't see any of yours?" Kenshin asked.
"It's really embarrassing for the man I'm going to marry to see my nude and frank past!" Rias complained.
"I was a trained hitman before I got here, it was plenty embarrassing for me to have my frank and nude past exposed as well." Kenshin countered with with another grin.
"W...Well, that's true." Rias said. "But give it back!"
"Alright fine." Kenshin said handing the photo album to Rias. "We didn't get that far anyway."
"Good." Rias huffed.
"Shnoink!" Kenshin shouts taking it back.
"Aaaah! Come on Kenshin, please hand it back!" Rias complained.
"Alright here." Kenshin said handing it back to her again. This time she hid it in the closet.
"That was funny." Issei laughed.
"What was that Issei?" Rias asked with a smile that almost promised punishment.
"Nothing!" Issei shouts, sweating bullets.
"Neh heh heh..." Kenshin snickered.
Kenshin and Rias left the room with Issei leaving behind them, staying at the top of the stairs. "Ara Ara...Kenshin-kun you look so handsome." Akeno said subtly licking her lips.
"Akeno, you promised..." Rias said with a slight glare.
"I know I know..." Akeno shrugged with a smile. "Excuse me for observing."
"Those clothes don't really suit you." Xenovia commented.
"Well I'm not going to fight...at least I hope not." Kenshin said.
"Have fun you two." Koneko said with her usual stoicism.
"So you're going on a date huh Onii-Chan? It has to have been awhile since your last one!" Miyuki said with a grin.
"And?" Kenshin asked only to not get an answer.
"So you decided to take my advice and dress up, huh?" Hikari asked with a smile.
"Well gee Mom, it was either do it ASAP or have you berate me some more." Kenshin said. "I'm sorry I'm just really comfortable in my usual outfit."
"Ugh...if you could you'd be buried in that outfit." Hikari said with a sigh. "Hm?" She looked at his face before licking her thumb and rubbing Kenshin's left cheek. "You got a spot right here."
"Aaah, come on Mom." Kenshin complained.
"Hmhmhm." Rias giggled.
"Um...Chief...can I come too?" Asia asked.
"Huh? N-No, this is my date with Kenshin." Rias said.
"N-No...I don't want to date Kenshin-San." Asia said.
Kenshin blinked. "Then...?"
"N-No! I-I want to bring Issei-San along with!" Asia said.
"Eh? !" Issei yelled with a blush.
"Wait...you were never interested in Kenshin?" Rias asked.
"I-I always saw Kenshin-San as an older brother. Th-The one...I-I liked the most was...I-Issei-San." Asia said with a scarlet blush.
"...Hahahahahaha! You mean all this time you were laying in the bed with us, it was to be with Issei, not Kenshin?" Rias asked.
"Y-Yes." Asia said.
"Well...what do you say Rias? Want to make it a double date?" Kenshin asked.
"...Sure, why not. After all I'll still have you to myself." Rias said with a smile.
Issei walked down the stairs only to have his wrist grabbed by Yukari. "Y-Yukari? Y-You aren't gonna come out as liking me either are you?"
"Hell no!" Yukari snapped. "Just you and Kenshin come with me, I need to do something with your image in particular Issei."
"Oh." Issei said. The two followed Yukari into a separate room.
"Yeheheheheh...I can't believe you thought Yukari was gonna confess to crushing on you. Through the entire time I've known her she's only gotten really close with two men. Our Father and me." Kenshin said with a grin.
"Aaaahh. An Ice Queen eh?" Issei said. "I'll try my hand at melting that ice."
"Issei." Yukari said.
"Eh?" Issei said.
"Shut up before I punch you." Yukari said.
"A-Alright." Issei slumped.
"Neh heh heh." Kenshin snickered. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately.
They stopped and Yukari held her hand in front of Issei, a magic circle appearing in front of her. "Stand still." Yukari said.
"OK." Issei said.
"What are you doing?" Kenshin asked.
"Trying to change the perception of his image. I just have to blanket all of Kuoh except for this house and anyone with more than human levels of mana." Yukari said. "Even if it's an iota over slightly."
"Oh? Do you need a hand?" Kenshin asked.
"Nah, it's pretty simple when you take all the devils out of the equation." Yukari said. "Not even a drag on my reserves."
"Then why did you call me back here?" Kenshin asked.
Little did Kenshin know, Rias was clinging to the wall near them. Yukari however knew she was there. "Well, I wanted to ask you something." Yukari said.
"OK?" Kenshin said.
"It seems like you rushed into this engagement." Yukari said. "I mean I know you wanted to protect her from any future omiais, I get that, but I refuse to believe you made the decision based on love."
"..." Rias narrowed her eyes hearing this.
"So what if I didn't." Kenshin said crossing his arms. "I doubt she fully loves me either. That's why the provision was put into the treaty that only Rias and I can break the engagement. If it turns out we don't then bam, the engagement between us is annulled. Now what do you want to ask?"
"You loved Negi. It showed in a lot of ways. Mainly the comment you made that when you were around her, you felt at peace despite all of the pain in your life." Yukari said. "My question is...does Rias inspire that same feeling?"
"..." Rias looked down. "This Negi person...was that important to him?" She thought. "That despite all he'd been through...he could feel peace? I...I can't compete with that!"
"..." Kenshin sighed. "Yukari, you ask that like they're both the same type of person."
"What do you mean?" Yukari asked.
"Yes, Negi inspired a feeling of peace in a painful time, but so did you, so did Miyuki and so did Mom and Dad." Kenshin said. "Also, at one time Negi tried to drastically become more like you to be with me. Rias wouldn't do that, because she's a lot more confident in herself than Negi was in herself when I knew her. As for the feeling of peace. No she kinda doesn't, but the fact is, she doesn't have to. I mean for once, I have a semi normal life...we have a semi normal life, and I really enjoy her company. Isn't that enough?"
Yukari nodded and closed her eyes with a smile. "Alright. It's obvious you care about her a great deal since you got defensive over her, so I'll accept that."
"Wow Kenshin, you care about Chief a lot, no wonder she likes you so much." Issei said.
"..It's true...he does..and I do..." Rias thought with a smile as she backed away from her vantage point.
Yukari lowered her hands. "Alright, I'm done. You should look different to everyone else. I've applied the illusion to your body so it will run off your mana."
"What do I look like to everyone else?" Issei asked.
"Uhm...well I kinda just mashed yours and Kiba's looks together." Yukari said.
"Sweeet." Issei said with a grin. Yukari shook her head at him and left.
The three of them walked back into the front room and Yukari walked away. "Done." She said.
"He doesn't look any different." Asia said with a curious expression.
"I instead just spread the illusion across all non devils in Kuoh and applied it to his body so it'd run off his mana." Yukari said. "Everyone else will just see a fusion of him and Kiba."
"Me?" Kiba said with a curious blink.
"Well do you two want some time to get changed?" Rias asked. "Kenshin and I can wait."
"Uhm...I think my parents might have put all my clothes in storage, all I have is this outfit." Issei said gesturing toward the outfit which he wore on his first date.
"I'll just wear this." Asia said gesturing to her nun's outfit, only it lacked any references to the church or God now. "I wouldn't want to hold you up."
"Alright." Kenshin said.
"If you want." Rias said.
The group of four left the house and walked around Kuoh. Rias and Asia walked up front. "You should have told me you were interested in Issei, Asia. I wouldn't have acted as hostile if I knew." Rias said with a smile.
"Aah, s-sorry." Asia said with a nervous smile. "I...I just didn't know how to put it into words."
"Well you have my full support." Rias said patting her on the back.
"Th-Thank you Rias-oneesama!" Asia said before covering her mouth with a blush.
"...Hmhmhm..." Rias pet her head in response.
Meanwhile the guys hung in the back. "So Issei, hows it feel to not be single anymore?" Kenshin asked.
"Great! But you got Chief whose got bigger boobs." Issei said at Kenshin's look he raised his hands. "I'm sorry, I'm a boob man."
"That much is obvious." Kenshin drawled. "But don't whine about that. You said yourself that Asia's still growing...so..." Kenshin's eyes became large black dots as he grinned. "She could grow bigger than even Akeno, whose bigger than Rias."
"R-Really? !" Issei shouts.
"Dunno." Kenshin shrugged. "To know that, I'd had to have known her mother and maybe her grandmother, to see if it runs in the family and even then it wouldn't be exact."
"Hey you two get up here, you're supposed to walk with us, not behind us." Rias asid.
"Sorry, Kenshin insisted we hang back here to check you two out!" Issei said as they caught up with the girls.
"I know I know, I'm sorry I couldn't help it." Kenshin said holding his hands up.
"I-I don't know what that means, but I can't help feeling that it's embarrassing." Asia blushed.
"I just hope your eyes weren't wandering." Rias said with a giggle.
"Not at all." Kenshin said with a grin. Rias nodded and took his hand, facing forward. Kenshin bent backward slightly and turned to Issei and mouthed. 'Nice try you dick.'
Issei mouthed back with a shrug. 'It was worth a shot.'
"So, what do we do first?" Rias asked.
"Well...has anyone eaten yet?" Kenshin asked.
"No, No, Nope." Rias, Asia and Issei said.
"Then let's go grab a bite to eat." Kenshin said.
"How about that place you took me to after I found out you were a devil Issei-San?" Asia asked.
Issei tilted his head curiously. "That outdoor burger joint?"
"What do you think Rias?" Kenshin asked.
"Why not? I'm not feeling like anything fancy today." Rias answered.
"Alright. Issei lead the way. I was training when you took her there." Kenshin said.
Issei led the three of them to the place in question, sat and ordered their food. The ladies ordered smaller portions of what the guys ordered. "So, seeing as we're all out here. Why don't we get to know each other a bit better?" Kenshin asked.
"OK...Uhm...what's everyone's birthday?" Asia asked.
"April the Ninth." Rias answered.
"Oh wow really? Mine is a week later." Issei said. "The Sixteenth."
"Mine's May the Eleventh." Asia answered for herself.
"Mine and by extension Yukari's is June the Twelfth." Kenshin answered. "By the way Asia."
"Eh? Wh-What?" Asia said.
"Before you came here to Japan...were you born in Italy?" Kenshin asked.
"Why do you ask that Kenshin?" Issei asked.
"Well her last name sounds Italian...in fact my Italian's rough, but I believe Argento translates to Silver." Kenshin answered.
"Yes, Before I was picked up by the church for my healing ability, I was raised in an orphanage in Italy." Asia answered.
"What about you Kenshin? What nationality do you identify as?" Rias asked.
"Martian." Kenshin answered with a grin.
"E-Eh? !" Asia gasped.
Issei clocked Kenshin over the head. "Be serious you idiot!"
"Hahahaha." Kenshin laughed. "I dunno, Japanese or Welsh I guess. I spent a lot of time in both Japan and Wales."
"Welsh? But Issei has the Welsh Dragon." Rias said.
"I thought it was the Red Dragon." Kenshin said.
"It's also called the Welsh Dragon." Rias said.
"So what? Is Albion the English Dragon or something?" Kenshin asked.
"Actually yes." Rias said.
"...And what am I? The Martian Dragon? The Japanese Dragon?" Kenshin asked.
"I don't think we've come up with a name for you other than Dragon of the Elements." Rias said.
"Ah." Kenshin said with a nod.
"Well, how about this for a question. How about likes, dislikes and a dream for the future?" Rias asked.
"Anything that's obvious need not be said. So fighting is out for me, and Issei you don't need to say 'Boobs'" Kenshin said. "Um...Asia you go."
"Heh? U-Um well." Asia thought about it. "Likes and Dislikes...uhm...well I don't really dislike anything."
"OK, Likes? It could be anything." Kenshin said. "Color, activity, place, person."
"Oh, well my favorite color is white. I enjoy praying and I like going to school and meeting new friends. My favorite people are my friends, most of all Issei-San." Asia said with a smile. "As for a dream for the future...well...I hadn't really thought of it."
"Eheheheheheh..." Issei laughed awkwardly.
"Issei why don't you go?" Rias said.
"Oh! Uhm well...my favorite color is red. An activity would probably have been peeping and reading ero magazines or reading manga or watching anime. Dislikes? Assholes who try to hurt my friends. My favorite place...eh I didn't really have one. My favorite person? Any cute or beautiful woman!" He said with a grin. "My dream is to become a harem king!" He declared.
"So craven you are." Kenshin said with a grin.
"Well I guess we wouldn't have him any other way." Rias said with a smile.
"Aaaww Chief!" Issei cried comically, diving for her only to get haymakered by Kenshin.
"Back off my date." Kenshin said with a simple tone.
"Aaah, Kenshin-San!" Asia whined.
"What? I raised my closed hand and he ran into it." Kenshin said. "That's all that happened I swear."
"Kenshin, why don't you go?" Rias asked.
"Hmm...likes..." Kenshin stroked his chin. "Well my favorite color is purple. I know, weird considering I have nothing purple on me. Activities? Well I guess that would be training, reading and lounging around." Everyone sweatdropped at the last one. "Dislikes? Having to ignore a heat cycle and fools who try to control everything." Rias blushes at the first one. "Place? Wherever I can lay my head and rest. Person? Oh man, there's so many choices. Hell I'm on a date with one of 'em right now." "My Dream for the future...well it used to be to one day be able to live a peaceful life, but now I dunno."
Everyone shared a laugh at how blunt he made it. "Alright, Chief you're the only one whose not said anything." Issei said.
"Right Right." Rias said. "Well. I suppose my favorite color would also be red. My favorite activity would probably be playing chess. My dislikes. Anyone who tries to hurt my family and tries to get all cozy with me in spite of the fact that I hate them."
"Still mad about Raiser eh?" Kenshin thought with a sweatdrop and a grin.
"My favorite place would actually be here in Kuoh, where I'm actually treated as a person instead of an heiress, my favorite people would be my family and friends...and the man who is to become my groom." She added with a blush glancing away.
"Wow...now I feel like crap for not saying she was my favorite person of all." Kenshin thought with a bit of a blush of his own.
"Well to be fair she kinda did the same thing you did." Sylph said.
Their orders arrived and they ate. "...Aaah. I feel better now." Kenshin said holding a toothpick between his lips.
"Were you hungry Kenshin?" Rias asked.
"Yeah, I just didn't want to be the only one getting something to eat." Kenshin said. "I already paid for the meals when I went to go get drinks earlier."
"Really? I could have helped." Rias offered.
"Nah, I think Kenshin still has some money that he swiped from Raiser." Issei said.
"Swiped?" Asia said.
"Don't worry about it Asia." Issei said with a wincing grin.
"What he was doing with 100,000 yen on him I'll never know." Kenshin said.
"EEEH? !" Issei said. "You got that much? !"
"I'm a very good pickpocketer." Kenshin said with a grin.
"How did you pull that off?" Rias asked.
"Huh...Issei you got a wallet on you or something?" Kenshin asked.
"Yeah." Issei said.
"Well step back a bit and walk toward me." Kenshin said. "Now granted Raiser's Queen Yubeluna was with him so I already knew his name as she had mentioned it. I'll just be demonstrating what happened, so I'll call you by his name."
"OK." Issei said doing as asked.
Kenshin and Issei walked over to each other when the former's eyes widened. "Holy shit Raiser is that you man? !" He stepped up to Issei and took his hand clapping it together with his own before bringing him into a one armed hug, before giving him a series of overly familiar embraces that let his hands go everywhere. "Shit I ain't seen you in so long dude!"
Issei finally pushed him away. "Do I fuckin' know you? !"
"Ah shit, you don't remember me? We went to the academy together man!" Kenshin said with a mock hurt expression.
"I was home schooled you jackass!" Issei shouts.
"Ah...shit musta been a different person named Raiser, sorry for troubling you." Kenshin said walking past Issei. Getting out of character Kenshin said. "Check your wallet."
Issei took out his wallet to see that it was cleaned out. "EH? ! I had five thousand yen in there!" He turned to see Kenshin fanning himself with yen notes.
"By the time he realized I had robbed him blind, I was long gone." Kenshin said with a grin as he handed Issei his money back. "Good playing as Raiser, that's almost exactly what happened."
"What else happened?" Rias asked.
"He threatened to roast me." Kenshin said. "He must have sensed that I had magic in me. Like he'd have been able to pull it off." He said with a snort.
"Hey, how about we go over here?" Asia asked pointing at the game center.
"OK." Rias said.
They walked toward it, this time Asia and Issei walked in the front and Rias and Kenshin hung in the back. "I like how we're basically doing what Asia wants." Kenshin said with an amused grin.
"Well...it does give us a sort of plan to go by." Rias said. "If it was just us...we probably would have just walked around town. Not that there's anything wrong with that, it's just nice to go with a plan as well."
"True." Kenshin said. They walked into the game corner and Asia walked over to the prize grabber machine. Kenshin chuckled seeing her gush over the plushies.
"She really likes those things doesn't she?" Rias asked with a smile as Issei walked over and tried to win one for her.
"Yup." Kenshin said. "Hey Issei, if you need some extra spending cash, I'm good for a loan."
"What would I be putting up for collateral?" Issei asked.
"Nothing, you'd just owe me a favor." Kenshin said.
"I'm good." Issei said.
Kenshin nods and turns to Rias. "See anything you wanna do?"
"No, but I see something I don't want to be near." Rias said moving behind him as a man in a camel suit walked by.
Kenshin felt her shivering. "...Rias? Are you...scared of camels?" He felt her head against his back move up and down. "...Pff..."
"It's not funny!" Rias whined.
"You're right, it's hilarious!" Kenshin teased. "Oooohohohohooo!" Rias glared at him and jabbed him in the arm. "Oh Rias, calm down I'm just teasing you." He said still laughing.
"Mrrrnnn..." Rias pouted, still glaring at him. Kenshin used this moment to kiss her on the cheek. Any anger she might have been feeling at that point went away. "Aaah...I can't stay mad at you."
"Good." Kenshin grinned.
"Aaah damn it, you stupid claw!" Issei shouts.
"C-Calm down Issei-San, it's not that important." Asia said with a wincing smile.
"I know that, but I wanna give your Ratchu doll a friend." Issei said.
Kenshin and Rias shook their heads at how eager Issei was being. "You know...I'm really glad we fought Vali." Kenshin said. "It gave Issei the chance to live his own life ya know?"
"Well...everyone still thinks he's dead." Rias said.
"I know." Kenshin said.
"Hah...if only I had gotten there sooner I could have saved him." Rias said.
"Yeah, but at the same time I'd be dead." Kenshin said. "We're both Kings, High Class devils. I don't think you'd have been able to reincarnate both of us separately."
"Good point." Rias nodded. "...Say Kenshin."
"What's up?" Kenshin asked.
"Yesterday, when you and Hikari-San had that moment, what was that all about?" Rias asked.
"..." Kenshin stared ahead.
"...I'm sorry for asking." Rias said.
"Well, look at it this way. I didn't just go back to my present time after that fateful night I told you about." Kenshin said.
"I see." Rias said. "So you mentored your mother when she was growing up."
Kenshin nodded. "That I did...I was actually on my way back to my original time when Sirzechs brought me here so my internal clock could have been turning back to what it was at that point. There's obviously more to it than that, but I don't feel like going into it."
"I understand. You'll open up more about it when you're ready." Rias said with a smile.
"Well, that's one thing you have over Negi." Kenshin thought with a smile of his own. "You let my matters be my matters."
Rias looked to her left. "Hey Kenshin, what's this?"
Kenshin followed her line of sight and saw that she was looking at the photo booth. "Ah, that's a photo booth. You step inside, with or without someone and pay to have your picture taken. Well multiple ones anyway depending on how much you pay."
"Oh." Rias said.
"Wanna take a few?" Kenshin asked.
"Of course." Rias said as she pulled him toward the photo booth.
"Eh? Where'd Chief and Kenshin go?" Issei said looking around.
"Um, I think they went in there." Asia said pointing at the photo booth.
"Oh. Well I still have some money left, wanna play some games?" Issei asked.
"Sure!" Asia said with a bright smile.
Meanwhile in the picture booth Kenshin looked at the timer as it didn't move. "Alright, it seems this one has a timer starting when you press the button, so we have time to pose." Kenshin said.
"Well, let's just take a couple of normal ones first." Rias suggested.
"Alright." Kenshin said. They stood next to each other smiling as Kenshin pressed the button and the picture was taken. They moved closer wrapping an arm around each other and another picture was taken.
"OK, move behind me." Rias instructed. Kenshin nodded and stepped behind her, leaned forward, setting his head on her shoulder, wrapping his arms around her waist. "There you go." She said placing her left hand on the back of his neck. They both glanced at each other smiling as the camera went off.
"Hmm...wanna take an overly expressive picture?" Kenshin asked.
"Well something like that." Rias said nodding at him.
As the timer counted down Rias flashed two peace signs, sticking her tongue smiling while winking. While Kenshin on the other hand, raised his hands over her head, sticking his bottom jaw out, crossing his eyes, his body tilted to one side.
When Rias saw the picture she burst out laughing. "Hahahahaha! You look so goofy!"
"Heheheheh, that's what I was going for." Kenshin said with a grin.
"Hmhmhm." Rias giggled.
Kenshin smiled hearing her do so. "You have a really nice laugh Rias."
"Aah...th-thanks." Rias said with a smile, her cheeks tinting a slight shade of pink.
"Well, we got one more picture, wann-" Kenshin was cut off by Rias pressing the button and wrapping her arms around his neck and pulling him into a kiss. "Mm?"
"Mmmn..." Rias moaned softly into the kiss as the picture was taken.
(click)
"..." Neither one noticed the camera shutter clicking, too engrossed in each other to care. Kenshin nibbled gently on the Gremory Heiress' bottom lip, causing her to open her mouth. In that instance Kenshin's tongue slithered into her mouth, pushing gently against her own.
"Mm...Mm..haa..." Rias moaned and gasped into his mouth, not to be out done, she started pressing her tongue against Kenshin's own. She hummed curiously as Kenshin drew his tongue back into his mouth, their lips still connected. She moved her tongue into his mouth only for Kenshin to clamp his lips down on it and suck gently. "Mmm!" She moaned loudly, holding him tightly, her breasts rubbing against his chest. His hands resting on her hips, caressing them softly. Kenshin released his hold on her tongue and they finally parted lips. "Haaa...haaa..." Very visible, steamy pants escaped Rias' lips as a dark streak of red was painted across her face. "...Wow..."
"..." Kenshin leaned in and pecked her on lips one more time before pulling away again. "What was that about? I don't recall doing anything that warranted a kiss."
"You didn't have to...I just like kissing you." Rias said laying her head on his chest with a smile on her face.
"Hmhmhmhm..." Kenshin chuckled warmly. "Well, do as you please then my dear fiancee." Kenshin took the reel of photo stamps out of the machine. "I'm gonna send one of these back to Sirzechs, so he can give them to your parents."
"Really? Which one?" Rias asked.
"Probably the second or the third one." Kenshin said. "The fifth one can be our little secret."
Rias giggled at this. "OK.."
Kenshin puts the pictures into his album necklace. "I'll look into having these developed and give you one of each then." Kenshin said. Rias nodded and they walked toward the arcade games section to see Issei being harassed by Matsuda and Motohama. "...?" Rias arched her brow curiously.
"Issei's pervert friends." Kenshin answered her unasked question. "Although they don't recognize him"
"Ah." Rias nodded.
"You goddamned pretty boy, why are you hanging out with Asia-Chan!" Matsuda shouts.
"Aaah, u-uhm..." Asia blushed.
"Well, I'm kind of on a date." Issei answered.
"You bastard!" Motohama cursed. "You're on a date with Asia-Chan? !"
"Ahem..." Kenshin said making them both freeze in place for a second.
They turned to find Kenshin and Rias, holding hands, the former with a blank look while the latter seemed curious. They forget their fear seeing the slight PDA between the two and charge Kenshin blindly. "You bastard!"
Kenshin let Rias' hand go and stepped forward ducking under their punches and clotheslining them. "How many times are we gonna have to go through this Matsuda? Motohama?" Kenshin asked. "I'd like you two a lot more if you two didn't make such a habit out of annoying me."
"Y-You're actually dating Rias-Senpai?" Motohama groaned.
"I am, what's it matter to you?" Kenshin said.
The two perverts got up and pointed at Issei. "Then who is this asshole? ! He keeps claiming his name is Issei!" Matsuda shouts.
Kenshin facepalmed and glared at Issei who had the decency to look sheepish. "His name is Issei, It's not that uncommon of a name you idiots."
"...Oh." Matsuda and Motohama both said. "Well...he kinda looks like our old friend Issei Hyoudou...and well...I...guess we just fell into our old routine." Motohama said glancing away.
"Yeah...it's been awhile since he died...I guess we just didn't realize how badly we actually missed that idiot." Matsuda said with a sigh.
"..." Kenshin stared at the two before Issei slapped the two on the back. They rounded on him.
"Well, I'm not trying to take his place or anything, but why don't we hang out sometime? My buddy Kenshin here has told me that this other Issei was quite Ero, Well, I'm quite ero myself, so..." Issei said.
"It'd be like he never left! Thanks dude!" Motohama said jabbing him the arm.
"Sure, we'll see you around!" Matsuda said as the two took off.
Kenshin, Asia, and Rias all sweatdropped. "Well...do I have to try and re-enroll you to the academy?" Rias asked.
"Nah, going would just eat up my time." Issei said with a shrug. "Besides I do pay attention when Kenshin goes anyway, It's not like there's much to do in there anyway besides try and perv on the spirits." The three nodded, figuring it was for the best.
Until Kenshin caught what he said at the end. "Wait, perv on the spirits?"
"Which I will never do again!" Issei cried out. "Sylph's too playful, Gnome's too silent to get a read on, Undine dunked me in water several times and Salamander burned my ass!"
"...Pahahahahahahaha! !" Kenshin threw his head back and laughed. "Oh god! What the hell Issei? ! Does your perversion know no bounds? They're literal forces of nature with the looks and feelings of women, are you insane? !"
"I know that!" Issei snapped. "And no I'm not!"
"Well, what are you two gonna do?" Rias asked.
"Probably walk around town." Issei said.
"Humm...I guess we'll head on home then?" Rias said.
"We will?" Kenshin asked.
"Sure, we're a little ways from the Hyoudou Residence. Besides, we should spend some time alone with our dates, shouldn't we?" Rias asked.
"Sure, I guess." Kenshin said. "Well, I guess we'll see you later, Issei, Asia."
"I'll try not to stay out too long." Issei said.
"Have fun Rias-oneesama." Asia said.
"Take your time you two." Rias said waving them off before leaving the game corner with Kenshin.
"We're already going home?" Kenshin asked. "We've not really done anything."
"I believe sometimes you don't have to do a lot on a date. Spending time together will suffice." Rias said wrapping her arms around his, making sure to wedge his arm between her breasts.
"...Well if you say so." Kenshin said glancing away.
"Did you have something else in mind?" Rias asked.
"Well..." He thought about it before realizing that he didn't exactly know a whole lot about Kuoh. "No...I guess not. I gotta get around town more."
"Hmhmhm." Rias giggled. "It's quite alright for now. Just being alone with you like this is enough."
Kenshin nodded. "Alright." He said leaning his head downward, setting it gently on hers as she set her head on his shoulder.
"Kenshin." Rias said.
"Yeah?" Kenshin asked.
"Thank you...for today...It's been really nice to spend time with you, that wasn't related to anything we usually do." Rias said.
"..." Kenshin smiled. "You're welcome, and there will be more."
"..." Rias closed her eyes and smiled. "I know there will be." She said.
"Say, when we get home, hows bout we break out the chess table and have another match eh?" Kenshin asked.
"Sure, It's been awhile since I've beaten you." Rias taunted.
"Oh it's on now." Kenshin said with a grin.
Meanwhile Asia and Issei walked down a street. Asia was still nervously trying to reach for Issei's hand. "Aaahh...I want to hold Issei-San's hand like Rias-Oneesama was doing with Kenshin-San, but I'm so nervous!" She thought.
"Hey, Asia." Issei said.
"Heh? !" Asia yelped. "Aa-aaah...y-yes?" She said.
"Why did you want to date me?" Issei asked. "I mean...uh...don't get me wrong, I'm glad you like me enough, but...I'm a little confused."
"Well...you're a really nice person Issei-San. You really care about me." Asia said with a shy smile.
"Yeah, but so does Kenshin and you said he's like a brother." Issei said. "What makes us different?"
"Well, Kenshin really does feel like a brother to me. Always giving advice or a helping hand, but not giving any outward sign that he'd be interested in someone like me...well not that I'd see it anyway." Asia answered.
"And?" Issei said.
"Well you on the other hand, when ever we talk I feel like you genuinely want to be with me. You're...really affectionate and you really care about me Issei-San." Asia said with a bright smile.
"Asia!" Issei cried out happily embracing her.
"E-Eh? ! I-Issei-San!" Asia squeaked.
Issei pulled away after a moment. "S-Sorry...it's just with most of the girls flocking to Kenshin, it's nice to have one that likes me over him." Issei said with an awkward grin.
"...Hahahahaha." Asia laughed. "O-Ok."
"So, Kenshin really just feels brotherly to you?" Issei asked.
"Hai...and even if I did have feelings like that for him...I can't compete with Rias-oneesama, Akeno-San and Xenovia-San anyway." Asia said crying comically.
"Aaah." Issei patted her on the back. "I'm sure you'll grow into your body Asia, just try not to worry about it until then."
"Th-Thank you Issei-San, that's really nice of you." Asia said with a giggle
"Well come on, let's go find something else to do, one advantage I have over Kenshin is that I know Kuoh's layout well." Issei said grabbing her hand and jogging ahead.
"A-Ah! I-Issei-San!" Asia said with a blush. "I-I'm actually holding his hand. I'm so happy!" She thought as the proceeded throughout Kuoh to continue their date.
(chapter end)
Kenshin: This one took a bit longer than you'd like.
Draconis: Well I'm splitting time between two male leads now, so writing up the chapters is gonna take longer than it would previously.
Kenshin: (shrugs) True
Rias: Checkmate
Kenshin: Aaah damn it!
Rias: Hmhmhm.
Issei: Woohoo! I got a girlfriend!
Asia: (Blushes) U-Uhmm...
Draconis: Anyway, should I allow incest pairings in this story? Let me know, even if it's just a yes or no. See you all later
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