Dragon of the Elements

by Draconis678

After observing him fighting against the Demon King of his world, Lucifer Sirzechs brings a demon by the name of Kenshin to Kuoh where he soon passes out from his injuries, he is reincarnated as a Devil by Rias who reincarnated the soul he just took in. How will this new twist affect the world around him, and did his family have history in this world? He would soon find out.

18. Where in the Arena is Kenshin Kuroshi?

Draconis: Kenshin where are you?

Rias: Are you helping me look for him Draconis-San

Draconis: No, Kenshin was expecting something and it arrived.

Rias: Oh? Well then let me deli-!

Draconis: Oh, it vanished. Yukari musta swiped it. Eh, it'll get to it's destination.

Rias: Tch, dammit.

Draconis: Anyway...

Dragon of the Elements

Chapter 18

Where in the Arena is Kenshin Kuroshi?

Draconis: Begin!

(start)

Unknown Location.

Kenshin was sitting in a chair with Ravel sitting in front of him. "You know. You don't have to sit on the floor." Kenshin said.

"Oh?" Ravel said turning toward him. "Well then if you insist..." She said getting up and plopping down right on his lap.

"Oof..." Kenshin grunted.

"Hah? Are you implying that I'm heavy?" Ravel said with narrowed eyes.

"You plopped down right on my lap, if you moved back any further you'd have landed right on my groin." Kenshin said with an eyeroll.

"Ah..." Ravel nodded. "I must say, you're a lot nicer than the rumors suggest."

"Oh?" Kenshin said.

"Yeah, they suggest you're a real jerk." Ravel said.

"Only to people who incur my ire. You're alright." Kenshin said with a grin.

"Hahaha, I see." Ravel laughed. "I gotta say, I'm impressed, your younger sister came up with a really good strategy, having Yukari obscure your presence with an illusion and giving out false locations is a really smart plan. Despite the numbers difference, you really could win this game."

"Yeah, Miyuki's a really good strategist in her own right." Kenshin said with a smile. "Speaking of...I wonder how Rias is scouting them right now?"

Meanwhile Akeno was flying through the air when she was forced to dodge out of the way of a staff. She watched it fly back to where it was thrown. "Ara? Miyuki-San's fighting me?" She said seeing a figure approaching.

"Close. The one who taught her how to use her weapon."

Akeno smiles casually seeing Hikari flying up to her with her wings uncased. "Ara ara...Bishops aren't usually known for fighting."

Hikari smiled coyly. "I'm not your usual bishop." She said gripping her shield tightly. "Better watch out Akeno-Chan, you might just lose your head fighting me."

"Oh?" Akeno said. "Well then...I suppose we should get started." She finished as a bolt of her thunder magic struck Hikari. "Ufufufu...I hope Kenshin-kun won't hate me for hurting his mother."

"Hurt whom?" Hikari asked emerging unharmed, with her shield glowing, held over her head. "Come now Akeno-Chan...did you really think you'd beat me that easily?"

"Ufufufu..." Akeno giggled licking her lips. "This should be fun."

Hikari lowered her shield revealing a number on the front of it. It read seven...then six...then five...it eventually reached zero and Akeno was forced to dodge out of the way of her own attack "!" Akeno looked over at Hikari wide eyed. The Tsuki clan matriarch merely smiled. "How?" Akeno asked.

"My shield was developed by Az...a friend of mine at my request...it's like the one I used to use before I became a devil. It's ability is to absorb spells." Hikari said. "However with a couple of key differences. The counter you saw...it starts at fifteen, and goes down to zero. When it gets to zero, I better have it pointed away from me, as it will discharge the spell I have loaded inside it whether I like it or not. There are limits to what I can absorb, but your magics is within my limits, yes...this will do nicely. Also there is a cooldown period before I can absorb another spell...but don't expect me to let you know that."

"...Ufufufu." Akeno giggled again. "This is going to be really fun..."

Meanwhile Kiba and Xenovia were walking through a forested path when the latter turned her head, hearing the brush rustling. "Come on out, you can't hide yourself from me."

"I wonder about that." The two knights watched as Yukari walked out from the foliage, holding Kazeken and Ryuuga limply in her hands.

"Yukari-San? Do you think you can take us both on?" Kiba asked.

"Someone has to absorb two of you." Yukari shrugged. "I just volunteered for the job."

"Well that is unfortunate...with the two of us...this should be easy." Xenovia said, readying Durandal.

"Oh? Brushing me off before we fight?" Yukari asked before she vanished. "That's a rookie mistake." She said from behind them.

"? !" Xenovia and Kiba rounded to find nothing.

"...Just like with Kenshin-kun...I can't feel anything." Kiba said.

"Watch out!" Xenovia shouts pushing Kiba out of the way before kneeling down, raising Durandal in front of her as she was engulfed in flames.

"Xenovia!" Kiba shouts.

"I'd worry more about myself pretty boy." Yukari said from behind him.

"!" Kiba turned only to receive a knee to the gut, driving him backward.

Xenovia emerged from the flames unharmed, slashing Durandal downward to cast them away. "Yuuto, are you OK?"

"I'm fine..." Kiba said getting to his feet.

"It's strange...I don't feel anything from her." Xenovia said.

"Nothing? Well...when Kenshin-kun uses the powers of the water spirit Undine, it's like his presence dampens and becomes more one with the area around him. It really works well in conjunction with the wind spirit Sylph." Kiba explained.

"So, he gave her the Undine Card then?" Xenovia asked.

"Could be, he could have given me the Gnome card to clear up the Knight piece's weaknesses." Yukari said with a coy smile. "Let's find out, shall we?"

"Very well then!" Xenovia said slashing Durandal down at her, prompting Yukari to raise Kazeken to defend. Kiba took Yukari's back and stabbed the Sword of the Betrayer at her back. Yukari diverted it with Ryuuga.

"Heh, good idea, but you're still wide open!" Yukari shouts kicking Xenovia's leg out from under her, before slamming Kiba's blade to the ground and punching him in the chin. She jumped out of the way as the two slashed at her neck. "Come on now, I know I'm good, but the two of you should be able to coordinate your attacks to take me out." She said after she landed a short distance away.

"Kaaah..." Kiba said rubbing his chin.

"Tell me Xenovia...Quarta was it?" Yukari asked. Xenovia nodded. "OK good I wasn't sure what I remembered your surname was. Now tell me...is Durandal actually a capable blade, or is it just a big stick for you to wave around?"

Durandal jerked forward taking Xenovia with it. She stopped and blocked a downward slash from Yukari. "I would advise against trashing this blade's reputation. It can hear you."

"Hn...I see." Yukari said. "So it's a sentient blade you've yet to master, but the only one left to you."

"Yes." Xenovia nods.

"Aaah. Hmm...well as much as I'd like to wait until you've gotten better with it to fight you, I'm afraid I can't do that." Yukari said.

"Hmhmhm..." Xenovia laughed softly. "You sound kind of like Kenshin."

"Well, we are siblings." Yukari shrugged. "Alright, enough stalling, let's begin!"

"Right!" Xenovia and Kiba both shout.

Meanwhile again. Ascending the snow covered mountain was Koneko. "...I swear Akeno-Senpai...I hate you for making me do this." She muttered. "Why couldn't Xenovia-Senpai or Akeno-Senpai do this?" She grabbed her arms. "I-It's s-so c-cold..."

"Hahahaha, yeah it is a little nippy up here." Koneko looked ahead to find Miyuki sitting in the snow.

"H-How are you n-not c-c-cold?" Koneko asked.

"I was part dragon youkai before becoming a devil." Miyuki said as she got up and approached Koneko who stiffened. "Relax, I'm not gonna fight you just yet."

Koneko blinked in confusion as Miyuki hugged her. "Wh-What are you...?"

"Sharing some of my body heat with ya." Miyuki said with a smile.

"O-Oh..." Koneko relaxed herself.

"So, do you like Onii-Chan or something?" Miyuki asked.

"A-Ah?" Koneko said partly from embarrassment, partly from still being cold.

"Hehehehehehe." Miyuki giggled.

Koneko clenched her fist and punched at Miyuki's head. Miyuki released her hold on Koneko and leaned back, evading the punch. "Sneaky, sneaky..." Miyuki said doing a backflip, kicking Koneko in the chin. She landed gracefully and wagged her index finger at Koneko. "Koneko, you really shouldn't punch someone who's helping you warm up."

"I warm up quickly..." Koneko said raising her fists.

"Aaah." Miyuki said with a grin. "Well then, let's get started shall we?"

Miyuki raised her staff to block a punch from Koneko. "Did Kenshin-Senpai give you his Gnome card?"

"Nah, I'm a Rook so giving me that card would be pretty meaningless." Miyuki said struggling slightly under the force of Koneko's punch.

"I'm a Rook as well...yet you're blocking me." Koneko said grabbing hold Miyuki's staff and using it to slam Miyuki into the snow. She dove for Miyuki only to get kicked in the head. Miyuki spun to her feet and disappeared. Koneko turned and caught Miyuki's staff thrust and held her there, however Miyuki let go of the staff and punched Koneko in the stomach.

"I've been training for longer than you have most likely, but you're still pretty strong." Miyuki said as she lifted Koneko off the ground and drove her into the snow. As she ran after the downed nekomata. Koneko grabbed one of Miyuki's legs and tripped the former dragon cat demon up. She immediately put Miyuki into a leg lock. "Aaah!" Miyuki gasped in pain. "...Hahahaha, I wonder how Issei would react if he saw us right now?" She asked with a coy smile.

Koneko's face flushed with a slight glare. "Don't tempt him to come up here..." She said seeing not only how they were situated, but the fact that their clothes were slightly damp from rolling around in the snow.

"He's nowhere around." Miyuki said with a laugh as she tried to break the hold.

"I don't care...It wouldn't surprise me if he had supersonic hearing when it comes to being a pervert." Koneko muttered.

Miyuki forced Koneko's grip off with her free leg and they got back to their feet. Miyuki giggled. "You worry too much."

"I worry just enough..." Koneko said raising her fists again.

"...Ahh, maybe." Miyuki said putting her staff away. "Seeing as you're fighting hand to hand, I'll do the same."

Koneko and Miyuki touched fists and circled around each other. "Seeing as you think I'm interested in Kenshin-Senpai, who are you interested in?"

"Aaah...I dunno." Miyuki said as she punched at Koneko's head only for the white haired nekomata to dodge and punch at her stomach, to which Miyuki blocked. "I was interested in this inu youkai for awhile, then after that went unreciporcated, it transferred to Onii-Chan, but...I dunno, maybe that was just because our father died and Onii-Chan was always so protective of me and that manifested itself in an extremely affectionate love, so I kinda don't know right now...maybe I'm still interested in Onii-Chan or maybe I'm not."

During her talk Koneko had dodged a palm strike and grabbed Miyuki's arm and tried to throw her into the snow. Miyuki countered by grabbing hold of Koneko's arm and landed on her feet, they drove drove their knees at each other and separated. "You're pretty good..." Koneko noted.

"Thanks, you too." Miyuki smiled widely. "Let's continue!"

Later Issei looked up at the mountain. "Huh...This place kinda resembles our training area in some ways."

Rias rounded on him. "Say what? Why didn't you...oh never mind." She sighed. "All that means is that Kenshin knows all of the hiding spots."

"Where do you think Kenshin-Oniisama could be hiding Issei-San?" Asia asked.

"Well, he wasn't much of a hider, he kept fighting head on. The fact that he's actively hiding away from us...is disturbing." Issei said. "Then again, I only fought with Kenshin and his sisters one time."

"Lovely." Rias said with an eyeroll.

"Hey, who is that fighting over there?" Issei asked looking over at the sky to the south of the mountain.

"Hm...it looks like...Hikari-San and Akeno." Rias said. "He sent his Bishop at my Queen?"

"I feel three people ahead." Asia said.

"The Knights are all fighting." Rias said. "Yukari must be really confident if she thinks she can take on both Yuuto and Xenovia."

"Oh I'd imagine so." A voice said from behind them.

"? !" They rounded to find Kenshin.

"Yo, again." Kenshin said.

Issei started to charge him when Rias called out to him. "Issei, don't bother...this Kenshin isn't real."

"Oh? You can tell?" Kenshin asked.

Rias walked up to Kenshin and placed her hand on his cheek, only for it to phase right through. "That is the only explanation for your powerful aura to be gone. Yet, you were able to attack Gasper and retire him...how?"

"That really was me, Yukari cast an illusion on me to hide my presence." Kenshin said. "One that's in effect even now. So I really don't know what you three think you're doin'...ya won't find me without the locations that come with beating Yukari, Miyuki and Hikari."

"Well then, I guess we'll wait then. It shouldn't take that long for Xenovia and Yuuto to beat Yukari." Rias said.

"Hahahahahaha...you greatly underestimate the teamwork of my peerage, or between my knight and bishop...I think Miyuki's having too much fun sparring with Koneko." Kenshin said.

"What're you talking about...?" Rias asked.

"Wait for it..." Kenshin said with a grin.

Suddenly a thunderclap was heard followed by...

"Rias Gremory's Knight Yuuto Kiba has been retired."

"Rias Gremory's Knight Xenovia Quarta has been retired."

"What? !" Rias shouts in disbelief.

"And like that, I've evened the scales." Kenshin said. "Ja Ne." He said as he disappeared.

"How did he take out both my knights, surely Yukari-San isn't that strong!" Rias fumed.

"What if Yukari-San is a Mutation Piece?" Asia suggested.

"Uh...did you two completely forget what he said?" Issei asked.

"Rrrgh!" Rias growled under her breath.

"S-Sorry!" Issei shouts in fright.

(break)

Earlier.

Yukari dodged out of the way of Kiba's nimble slashes before having to jump out of the way of a downward slash from Durandal that cratered the ground. She landed back on the ground only to see Kiba stabbing his sword into the ground.

"Sword Birth!"

Yukari received numerous cuts from the multiple swords that erupted from the ground. Xenovia appeared behind her and swung the broadside of Durandal into Yukari's back, batting her into a tree. "Aaagh!" Yukari gasped in pain.

She slid around to the other side of the tree as Xenovia cut it down. "Where do you think you're going Yukari?" Xenovia asked with a small smirk.

"Oh nowhere..." Yukari said thrusting Ryuuga forward. "Hellfire Flash!"

Xenovia slashed downward, splitting the stream of flames. "What in the...usually it ends by now." Xenovia thought.

What Xenovia didn't realize was that Yukari had stabbed the hilt of her Ryuuga into a tree and took off after Kiba.

"!" Kiba jumped back as Yukari pursued him slashing chaotically in front of her with Kazeken.

"Death Sword Chaos Star!" Yukari shouted before lunging forward. "Serene Demon Sword!" She shouts slashing at Kiba's neck forcing him to raise his Sword of the Betrayer to block.

Yukari glanced up seeing Hikari and Akeno going at it. Yukari locked eyes with her mother for a moment and Hikari nodded.

"Ara? Who are you nodding at?" Akeno asked.

"Oh, nobody." Hikari said ramming the balls of her hands together. "Jade Lioness' Roar!"

A deep green blast of youki shaped like a lion's head roared toward Akeno who shot it away with her thunder. Hikari laughed to herself. "You know girl, you're never going to beat me with just thunder."

"..." Akeno narrowed her eyes. "I won't use his power..."

Hikari closed her eyes and smiled. "We don't get to choose our family, you might as well accept it, but...if you don't want to that's fine, I don't care if you do or not right now."

"Alright then." Akeno nodded. "Now ro-!" Akeno's eyes widened as she was forced to fly out of the way of a large jade feline slashing at her. "What is that?"

"A technique of the Tsuki clan, in which we use our youki to create sentient beasts. I used to be able to make multiple ones, but now I'm limited to this single tigress." Hikari said. "Must be a limitation imposed on me by the evil pieces for this Rating Game."

"Very well then." Akeno said destroying the tigress with her thunder.

Hikari smirked and readied her shield. "Good." She thought raising her shield above her head as thunder magic struck her shield.

"Damn." Akeno cursed. She dodged out of the way as Hikari threw her shield down at her, after moving above her. "You missed."

"I wasn't aiming at you!" Hikari shouts as she bares down on Akeno, swiping her staff down at Akeno who was forced to dodge again and again as Hikari didn't give her any time to think of a counterattack.

Yukari caught Hikari's thrown shield after luring Kiba over to Xenovia who had finally dissipated Yukari's Hellfire Flash and turned toward Yukari. The counter on Hikari's shield hit zero as Yukari ran toward them. "Game Over." She said as Akeno's lightning was discharged from the shield.

"Rias' Gremory's Knight Yuuto Kiba has been retired."

"Rias' Gremory's Knight Xenovia Quarta has been retired."

Akeno turned back as Hikari backed up. "...So that was her plan." Akeno thought.

Hikari looked up as a bolt of thunder magic struck her. "?" Akeno stared in confusion as Hikari emerged from it, greatly damaged, but not in mortal danger. "You didn't dodge or try to defend, why?"

"I did my part." Hikari shrugged. "Besides, without my shield I'd be taking damage from your thunder every time you fired it at me and I deflected it...you'd wear me out eventually."

"Ufufufufu..." Akeno giggled. "Well then, thank you for the fun fight Hikari-San. Now...where is Kenshin-kun?"

"I shall answer that with a cryptic phrase." Hikari said. "The Dragon of the Elements lives...in a cave!" She said as she disappeared.

"Kenshin Kuroshi's Bishop Hikari Tsuki has been retired."

Rias looked up at the sky. "Well..that's one down. I hope Hikari-San is OK." She put her hand to her head. "Akeno, what did she say?"

"Check to see if there is any caves in the area." Akeno informed.

"OK." Rias said turning to Issei. "Is there any caves in this area?"

"One, but I think it's on Kenshin's end of the battlefield, in the mountain." Issei said.

"Alright, Akeno pursue Yukari. I have a feeling if Hikari didn't know where he really was. Yukari would have to know." Rias said.

"Of course, Chief Rias." Akeno said. "It might be a bit difficult though, Yukari's seemingly vanished."

"She must be using the same illusion she's using to hide Kenshin to hide herself for the time being." Rias said. "Just keep an eye out for any attacks. She'll probably try to get the drop on you."

"I'll keep my eyes peeled." Akeno said as Rias lowered her hand.

"OK Issei, lead the way." Rias said.

"Right-o." Issei said walking ahead of Rias and Asia.

Meanwhile back with Kenshin. Ravel turned to him. "I gave your mother a Phoenix Tear vial. She didn't use it, why"

"Eh, I think she wants to keep it for later." Kenshin said. "I was planning to do the same, but with her doing it, kinda frees me up to use mine. You don't mind if she keeps it do you?"

"If you give me the rest of the money you swiped from my brother I'll look the other way." Ravel said said with a cheeky grin.

Kenshin grumbled and handed her the rest of his money and she reached into her dress and stuffed it in her bra. "Already got money for being a noble...straight up robbin' me."

"Sorry, but we sell that for top dollar." Ravel said. "It's part of the reason we're high up in nobility."

"Wait...so whenever you cry you just bottle it up?" Kenshin asked.

"Not every time, but yeah." Ravel nodded.

"Pff..." Kenshin snickered.

"What's so funny?" Ravel asked with a comical glare.

"I'm just imagining that either your family is overly emotional...or you all are the biggest jerks to one another." Kenshin said.

"...Pff...hahahahahahaha!" Ravel laughed.

Back with Koneko and Miyuki. The two stood across from each other panting heavily. "We're evenly matched..." Koneko murmured.

"Looks that way...but you should have a leg up on me, I'm only using Sylph for a speed boost...if you used that power Onii-Chan mentioned you having...you should be able to overpower me." Miyuki said with a tired smile.

"I...I can't use that...it might...make me end up like Nee-Sama..." Koneko said.

"I don't think the power is what supposedly drove her mad." Miyuki said. "Maybe like Onii-Chan said, she was experimented on...or maybe she's just really...different. Because if power like that drove people to madness, they'd stop teaching it to people." Miyuki said referring to Senjutsu. "You just need someone to train you properly." "Anyway, from what Onii-Chan told me, your Onee-Chan doesn't sound like she's crazy. Flirty, teasing and really...really horny maybe, but not crazy."

"..." Koneko thought about what Miyuki said. "Well...maybe, but I'll have to talk to Nee-Sama myself...before I assume anything."

"Haha, alright...but...we've been up on this mountain for far too long...not even this Phoenix Tear I brought with me from Ravel-Chan is gonna help me warm up." Miyuki said with a nervous giggle.

"We won't make it off this mountain before we pass out from exhaustion..." Koneko said glancing down the face of the mountain. "At which point we'd just be retired anyway."

"Yeah...Wanna just go for one last attack and we'll just retire together?" Miyuki asked.

"...Sure..." Koneko shrugged. "But seeing as we're going down together...what's your location for Kenshin-Senpai?"

"The Dragon of the Elements lives...at the peak!" Miyuki said, throwing her head back and laughing.

Koneko glanced to her left where the peak of the ONLY mountain was. "He's not here..."

"Alright...let's go!" Miyuki said charging right at Koneko.

"Hn!" Koneko took off at a dead sprint at Miyuki.

"Gale Fist!" Miyuki shouts.

"Hah...!" Koneko said as their fists met before sliding off one another and connecting dead center with each other's faces. They slid across the snow covered peak before coming to a stop.

Miyuki put a hand to her head. "Onii-Chan, I'm gonna retire...I won't get off this peak before I pass out, the Phoenix Tear Ravel-Chan gave me won't help me keep warm, I'll give it back to her...I've been up here too long rolling around in the snow with Koneko-Chan, I'm freezing!"

"OK, thanks for your help Miyuki. Tell Mom the same." Kenshin said.

"Alright." Miyuki said moving her hand down to the snow. "Hey Grayfia. I retire." She said as she disappeared.

"Kenshin Kuroshi's Rook, Miyuki Tsuki has been retired."

"Koneko-Chan won!" Issei whooped.

"Rias Gremory's Rook, Koneko Toujou has been retired."

"E-Eh?" Issei said.

"It's OK. Koneko wouldn't have been able to make it off the mountain peak." Rias said. "She agreed to retire with Miyuki-San. Her location was bogus anyway. It said Kenshin was at the peak of the mountain where they were fighting."

"So we keep acting on the location Hikari-San gave us?" Asia asked.

"Well we will be anyway, because we're here." Issei said as they stopped in front of an opening in the mountain.

"Alright, stay close." Rias said they proceeded inward.

"Uuuee!" Asia whined as she stepped in a puddle of water, getting her foot wet.

"..." Rias looked around. "Come on Kenshin...you can't possibly resist a fight for long." She said.

"A-Are you trying get him to come out? ! At least give the two minutes I need to go into the Balance Breaker!" Issei complained.

"Issei keep qui- Incoming!" Rias shouts as they all flew into the sky as a shot of fire roared toward them. It went by and Issei was kicked to the ground by a feminine figure.

"Panty shot! Lucky!" Issei thought.

Rias grabbed Asia and flew back as this figure slashed at them. They landed back on the ground with Issei.

"Wait...Kenshin only has one piece left on the battlefield as he said Ravel-Chan was with him..." Issei's eyes widened in nervousness. "Crap!" He thought.

"So...Hikari's tip was bogus as well, it led us to you." Rias said. "Yukari-San."

"Haha, yes it did." Yukari said. "That was the plan. Mom would distract Akeno, absorb her lightning with her shield when the time was right...she'd throw it to me, and I'd aim it Xenovia and Kiba...and they'd be retired. After which, I'd come here and wait for you."

"So, if we beat you...you'll tell us where Kenshin is?" Rias asked.

"If...you beat me." Yukari said with a smirk. "I only count two fighters amongst you and a cleric isn't worth much if she can't heal her allies effectively...no offense Asia."

"None taken." Asia said waving her off with an uneasy smile.

"And unless I give you a chance Rias. Your destruction magics aren't gonna mean too much either." Yukari said.

"Oh? What makes you think that?" Rias said.

"Hahaha..." Yukari laughed pulling out three cards. "I can use three of the four elements...a testament to how close I am to Kenshin's level of power really. Training with Ragnarok really paid dividends for Miyuki and I. She can use two when previously we both could only use one."

"I see..." Rias said. "So Kenshin is pretty well powerless right now."

"When we want them to, the cards will go back to Kenshin. He already has the Sylph card back from Miyuki." Yukari said. "Now then...Card Equip: Gnome, Undine, Salamander!"

Yukari dodged out of the way as Rias fired off a wave of destruction magic at her. She flew down at Rias with Kazeken poised to strike.

"Ascalon!" Issei shouts moving in front of Rias.

"Blade!"

Issei stopped Yukari's advance as she landed on the ground in front of him. Yukari snickered. "Do you even know how to use that?" She said in an amused tone.

"I wasn't aware there were teachers for fist blades." Issei said.

"Haha...you moron, if you could fuse the blade into your Boosted Gear, it stands to reason that you could take it back out, right? Besides it's not all that different from just holding a sword. All you'd really have to do is learn swordsmanship, a hand to hand style and learn how to fuse the two." Yukari said.

"Ah...t-true...I suppose you have a point." Issei said with an awkward grin.

"By the way..." Yukari jumped back as Rias fired another wave of destruction magic at her. "Don't be too worried about Kenshin when you fight him. This is mainly for him to see how far you stack up when you two fight seriously."

"What does that mean?" Rias asked for Issei.

"It means, that unless you force it out of him, he won't take Issei too seriously." Yukari said with a shrug. "Such is the difference between the two, not only in experience, but power as well."

"Is Kenshin-Oniisama really that confident that he can win?" Asia asked.

"He said it best when he told me what he wanted to do. 'What kind of person realistically goes all out on his friends, especially when they probably can't handle it?' That's what he said to me." Yukari said.

"I see..." Issei muttered. "So Kenshin's that overconfident huh?"

Yukari appeared in front of him, slashing her Kazeken at his head. Issei raised his hand, blocking it with Ascalon. She kept trying, each attempt as unsuccessful as the last. "Is he supposed to believe that you can realistically beat him? Am I?" She asked.

"No, you're right, you have every right to assume that you can win, you and Kenshin have years of experience over me, but still!" He thrusts his hand forward jabbing Yukari on the right shoulder.

"Tch, my concentration slipped!" Yukari thought. "Either that or he's getting faster."

"You underestimate me too much and I just might shock you!" Issei said raising his right hand. "Speaking of which, it's about time to...Dress Break!" Issei snapped his fingers.

Yukari narrowed her eyes in disdain as her clothes were destroyed. "...you idiot..." She thought, facepalming.

"Hahaha! Wow all that training really paid off for you!" Issei gushed.

"Haaahh..." Rias facepalmed.

"Aaah...hahahahaha..." Asia laughed awkwardly.

Back with Kenshin, he looked up. "Hm?"

"What is it?" Ravel asked.

"...I think Yukari's about to throttle Issei." Kenshin murmured.

"Did you really think that would work?" Yukari asked as she appeared in front of Issei, clashing Kazeken against Ascalon.

"Oh no! An Immodest Woman!" Issei shouts in fright.

"Immodest? ! Oh that is it! You are DEAD!" Yukari shouts punching Issei in the stomach, lifting him off the ground and slamming him back down onto it.

"Hn!" Rias fired off another wave of her magic at Yukari.

"Shippuzan!" Yukari shouts slashing the wave of destruction magic in half.

"Chief!" Issei said.

"Stay out of this Rias! This is between me and the Pervert Pawn!" Yukari shouts as she snaps her fingers, using magic to put on a change of clothes. "I'll get to you when I'm done!"

"Oooohhh man...she is PISSSSSEEEDDD!" Issei said as Yukari stomped her way toward him

"Hah!" Yukari shouts clashing her Kazeken against Ascalon. She raised her hand and placed it onto the blade. "Seal Apply!"

"E-Eh? ! Why is Ascalon getting heavier? !" Issei shouts.

"Before I became a devil, I was adept at Gravity magic, what I just applied to Ascalon was a Gravity seal. Every ten or fifteen seconds, the gravitational pull will double." Yukari said.

"What? !" Issei said. "Aaah! Retract! Retract!"

"Doesn't matter, the seal is still there and will still work." Yukari said with a smirk.

"At...his home..." Issei heard in his mind.

"Huh?" Issei looked around.

"At his home..." The voice repeated.

"This voice, I heard something like it before...when I was going crazy on that mountain!" Issei thought as he dodged Yukari's Lightning Sword Flash.

"The Dragon...at his home..." The voice said.

"Yeah! I was talking to boobs! But..." He kept his eyes on Yukari.

"The...Elements...at his home..." The voice said.

"...No way! Yukari's boobs are talking to me!" Issei whooped. "They have a shy voice!"

Yukari batted Issei into a wall and she charged at him. "Serene Demon Sword!"

Issei ducked and dodged away from her. He turned to her as Yukari turned to him. "Hey Yukari, tell me where Kenshin is."

"Like I'm gonna fucking tell you that!" Yukari spat.

"The Dragon of the Elements live at his home..." Yukari's breasts said.

"At his home?" Issei said.

"Ah...?" Yukari froze for a moment before scowling. "HOW THE HELL DID YOU FIGURE THAT OUT? !" She roared.

"You told me." Issei grinned.

"I told you nothing!" Yukari shouts.

"You didn't, but your boobs sure did!" Issei grinned.

"My...breasts?" Yukari said with narrowed eyes. "What the hell is that supposed to mean? !"

"Hahahaha! Wouldn't you like to know? !" Issei laughed.

Yukari bowed her head. "I see..." She raised her head with a crazed smirk. "I...I'm gonna...I'm gonna kill you..." She said rushing toward him.

However before Yukari could get to him. A bolt of thunder magic struck between them tearing a hole in the cave. Yukari looked up and saw Akeno above them. "...Tch...great...Card Cancel." She said as the three cards appeared in her hand. She put her hand to her head. "Kenshin, I'm sending the cards back to you. You're about to have some company."

"Really? How did they beat you?" Kenshin asked.

"They didn't...Issei somehow figured it out, the hell if I know." Yukari muttered. "I'm gonna be fighting Akeno."

"I see..." Kenshin said. "Well, good luck."

"Yeah, thanks..." Yukari said flying out of the hole.

Issei ran toward Rias and Asia. "I know where Kenshin is!" Issei said in a sing song voice.

"Really? Where?" Rias asked.

"Well the location I got out of Yukari was that he was at his home." Issei said.

"..." Rias thought about it before facepalming.

"Chief?/Oneesama?" Issei and Asia said.

"He's been at his territory this whole time? !" Rias shouts in frustration. "He led us on a wild goose chase!"

Issei could have sworn he heard Kenshin laughing. "Seriously...?"

"Wow...Onii-Sama's plan worked to perfection." Asia said with an uneasy smile.

"Aaaagghh...and to think this probably doesn't work as well if he doesn't attack us himself when the game starts." Rias said. "Come on..."

Yukari met Akeno in the skies. "Oh? You have Hikari-San's shield."

"Well, yeah I kept it." Yukari said. "Probably won't use it though. I'm just hanging onto it for her."

"You seem annoyed." Akeno said with a concerned look on her face.

"I've been annoyed." Yukari said holding Kazeken at the ready while Hikari's shield was held in her other hand.

"What's the matter?" Akeno asked as she fired a bolt of thunder magic at Yukari.

"Shippuzan!" Yukari shouts slashing the thunder magic apart.

"Well just think about it like this. You just got perved on by someone you have no interest in, while you have to sit back and have the one you do love, who you've loved longer than anyone else, ignore your affections." Yukari sniped bitterly as she moved in, slashing down, left, up, down and diagonally to the right at Akeno who kept dodging.

"Ara...so this really eats at you huh?" Akeno asked. "I'm sorry, but I'm not going to stop being attracted to him." She said as raised a barrier to block a stream of fire as Yukari switched blades.

"That's fine, I don't give a damn if you want to, I didn't even care about the last harem I was in with him, because at least he returned my feelings." Yukari said as she sheathed Ryuuga and charged after Akeno who dodged out of the way. Yukari turned back and launched a series of palm thrusts at Akeno who tried her best to block or dodge.

"Hm...her heart's really not in it right now." Akeno thought.

"Well...I'm kind of facing a similar predicament. Not that I've known him as long as you have Yukari-San, but I don't mind not being the only one who loves him either." Akeno said.

"I know! It's not like he's gonna stop caring about Rias if we were to move in on him. He's shown it time and time again!" Yukari huffed.

"If he has experience like you say with this sort of matter, then the only one whose standing in the way is Chief Rias." Akeno said as the two separated.

"Tell me about it..." Yukari muttered. "Well, in any case Kenshin told me he didn't want me interfering with his fight so..." Yukari dug into her pocket and took out a red vial. "Let's just keep each other occupied until this is over eh?" She said dropping the contents onto her forehead.

"A Phoenix Tear?" Akeno asked.

"Yeah, funnily enough I'm the only one to use mine so far. It's like we didn't even really need Ravel for this game. Eh, I guess Kenshin just wanted to give her something to do. I mean he told me her mother doesn't play these games, probably doesn't do much at all. Ravel must get bored."

"True...well as far as Ravel-Chan's boredom goes. Neither of us knows Lady Phenex well enough to assume anything." Akeno said.

"Yeah yeah." Yukari said. "But we've talked long enough, let's keep going!" Yukari said charging at Akeno.

(break)

Meanwhile.

Rias, Asia and Issei arrived at a campground with a small cabin at the end of it. "This is his territory?" Asia wondered.

"Seems pretty homely." Issei noted.

"Hmm...I still can't sense him..." Rias said.

"He's probably not in contr-" Asia was cut off by a large outburst of power coming from the front of the cabin.

"Whoa!" Issei shouts.

"Well, no need for the illusion anymore, now that you've finally run me down." Kenshin said as he strode up to them, with Ravel walking next to him.

"Hm, Miyuki's plan worked to perfection." Ravel said with a small smile.

"M-Miyuki came up with this whole ruse?" Rias asked.

"Shocking huh?" Kenshin grinned. "Yeah, she might act all cheery and whatnot, but if she needs to she'll come up with a plan of attack, and a damn good one too. However the part of the plan where I attack you at the beginning. That was all her bright idea." Kenshin said pointing at Ravel

"K-Kenshin-Sama..." Ravel whined with a blush.

"Heheheheheheh." Kenshin snickered.

"I must say it was a brilliant move." Rias complimented. "Isolating all of us, your knight and your bishop's teamwork. Everything flowed perfectly."

"Why thank you, I did my part making it work out like it did." Kenshin said. "And of course Miyuki and Mom did theirs, I also kept Issei over there from fighting, just to make sure he got over here without blowing his 'Balance Breaking' load."

"Why do you want to fight me so badly?" Issei asked.

"Why not? With that fancy pants dragon hand there, you can attain a great level of power relatively quickly. The prospect of fighting something like that really gets my blood boiling." He said with a smirk. "I've been waiting for this opportunity since Vali came along."

Issei gulped silently. "I...I see and you don't expect me to win, do you?"

"Not really." Kenshin shrugged. "Although you surprising me isn't out of the realm of possibility. Now go ahead, promote and assume the Balance Breaker. I'll wait."

"..." Issei stepped forward. "No. Not yet."

"Hm?" Kenshin said with an arched brow.

"Oh?" Ravel said with a curious expression.

"What's gotten into you Issei?" Rias wondered.

"Issei-San?" Asia said.

"I want to see how far I can push you before I have to assume the Balance Breaker first." Issei said.

Kenshin let out a bored sigh. "I see. Well then..." He placed his hand on his wrist and out popped a red book, which he then opened and began reading from his previous stopping point.

"Wh-What the hell are you doing? !" Issei shouts.

"What does it look like? I'm enjoying a good book." Kenshin answered.

"In the middle of a fight?" Rias asked with narrowed eyes, recognizing the book as the one her mother enjoyed. "Don't you think you should take Issei a little more seriously?"

"He isn't taking me very seriously, why should I react any different?" Kenshin asked. "He hasn't even brought out Ascalon."

"That's not exactly my fault! Yukari put a seal on it that's been pretty much doubling Ascalon's weight at the same rate as my boosts!" Issei shouts.

Kenshin shook his head. "Not an excuse or rather it is, for you to hurry up and humor me with your Balance Breaker."

"You don't have access to yours, why should I go into mine?" Issei said.

"Because I'm stronger than you." Kenshin drawled. "Don't believe me, come at me now."

"Hyaaaahh!" Issei yells charging Kenshin who didn't move. Issei punched at Kenshin's head with the boosted gear. Kenshin reached up and caught Issei's Sacred Gear fist without looking away from his book.

"Oh my..." Kenshin said.

"Rgh!" Issei ripped his arm away and tried to sweep Kenshin's legs out from under him only for Kenshin to jump over the sweep kick. He got back up and punched at Kenshin's stomach only to be blocked by him again.

"Keep tryin'..." Kenshin said. "Oh...Oh wow I wonder if I could try this with someone sometime?"

"Gaaah!" Issei swung his arm at Kenshin's left temple, only for Kenshin to lean back, before backflipping and kicking Issei in the chin. "Ugh!"

"You know what the worst part about this is? I'm not even using my Sacred Gear." Kenshin said holding up his cards in his free hand. "Well...I guess in a way neither are you."

"Partner, I believe it's time to rip the gloves off." Ddraig suggested.

"Gaaah, fine." Issei said.

"Oh?" Kenshin said putting the book away as a green aura surrounded Issei.

"You win Kenshin, It's obvious I can't stand up to you without this." Issei said.

"Alright then. Ravel." Kenshin said tossing her Kuroi Jigoku. "Seeing as you can't use Ascalon, I'll be fair and I won't use Kuroi Jigoku either."

"Whatever." Issei said.

"Chance!" Rias shouts firing her magic at Kenshin.

"Hm?" Kenshin said as it roared toward him.

It was blocked by a column of fire erupting from the earth. "What?" Rias said with narrowed eyes.

"Come on Rias, did you really think I'd just sit here all day?" Ravel said walking past Kenshin.

"You're gonna fight her?" Kenshin asked. "Then you might as well give me back my sword."

"Here." Ravel said tossing it back. Kenshin reset his blade.

Meanwhile, Odin, Azazel, Sirzechs, and Serafall watched this go down. "So who you all got?" Odin asked.

"I think Kenshin might win...mou...I feel sorry for So-tan." Serafall whined.

"I don't know. I don't remember Ravel being much of a fighter, and if Issei can force Kenshin to use his vial of Phoenix Tear, Rias could potentially swoop in and pick him off after Asia heals her" Sirzechs said.

"Logic dictates that Kenshin with more overall battle experience should hand Issei his own ass on a silver platter, but I think Issei could surprise Kenshin." Azazel said. "Especially if Kenshin decides to do or say something that makes Issei power up."

"So one in favor of Ragnarok's heir, another in favor of his sister and a fence sitter. That's boring." Odin sighed.

"Hm...one thing before we begin." Kenshin said as he equipped his cards.

"Oh yeah what's that?" Issei asked as he nearly completed the process of achieving his Balance Breaker.

"Hey Asia." Kenshin called out.

"Yes Kenshin-Onii-Sama?" Asia asked.

"Serene Conqueror." Kenshin said hitting Asia with a light burst of his intimidation technique.

"A-Aah?" Asia fainted on the spot. Kenshin appeared next to her and caught her.

"Memories Vanish." Kenshin intoned, erasing the past ten seconds from her memory. "Grayfia, she's out!" He said before Asia disappeared.

"Rias Gremory's Bishop Asia Argento has been retired."

"Asia!" Issei called out.

"Relax, she's fine." Kenshin said. "I hit her with the lightest burst of Serene Conqueror that I could while still knocking her out and I even erased it from her memory. Now with this, the game is even at three-all."

"Balance Break!" Issei shouts.

"Welsh Dragon! Balance Breaker!"

"Heh." Kenshin smirked and cracked his knuckles. "Finally..."

On the other end of the battlefield Rias kept launching volleys of destruction magic at Ravel who kept splitting herself up to avoid it. "Ravel has anyone ever told you how annoying it is to fight you and your family?"

"Only any time battle comes up." Ravel said with a laugh. "Honestly I'm not as great at this as either of my brothers, if someone like Kenshin-Sama were fighting me, I'd get destroyed worse than Raiser-Onii-Sama did." She said firing a few volleys of fire at Rias.

Rias raised a barrier to block them. "Haaah, it's like I'm fighting Raiser all over again."

"Hahahahahaha." Ravel laughed. The two looked over as Issei activated his Balance Breaker. "You know if he loses you're pretty much screwed right?"

"I wouldn't say that." Rias said. "It all depends on the situation."

Akeno and Yukari paused momentarily in their battle as they felt the power pulse. "Ara Ara...It seems Issei-kun has activated his Balance Breaker."

"I'm starting to wonder if Kenshin even cares about winning this thing, or if he just wanted to bully Issei." Yukari said with a sigh.

"By the way, why aren't you using your illusion magic?" Akeno asked.

"I don't know enough about you to know what to poke at and what to avoid. I'd like to beat you, I don't want you hating me afterward because I dug up a bad memory by accident." Yukari explained.

"Aaah." Akeno nodded. "Well thank you for your concern."

Back with Kenshin and Issei. The latter flew at the former and punched at his face. Kenshin crossed his arms in front of his head and blocked the punch being driven back a few meters in the process. "Promotion: Queen!"

"Hrrn!" Kenshin began to struggle against the pressure until Issei pulled his fist back. Kenshin reacted immediately and grabbed Issei by the throat and threw him through the cabin he had been in previously. He took off like a bullet at Issei and kicked Issei into the earth. However he didn't expect to be taken along for the ride as Issei grabbed Kenshin's leg at the last moment. Issei picked Kenshin up and swung him into the earth. Kenshin brought his hands together and fired a flame bullet into Issei's face forcing Issei to let go. He reached over and slugged Issei in the face. Issei punched at Kenshin's face only for Kenshin to lean back and dodge him. Issei punched with his other hand at Kenshin's stomach only for Kenshin to catch it and twist it behind Issei's back and wrapping his own arm around the Red Dragon Emperor's neck. "Heh...you've gotten pretty damn good, but as long as I'm around you'll always be second best, ya see."

"Hah, we'll see about that!" Issei shouts spinning around, flinging Kenshin off of him and into a tree. Issei punched at him, destroying the tree and a few behind it as Kenshin dodged out of the way. "Dragon Shot!"

"Hah!" Kenshin said punching the red orb of energy as it detonated on his fist. "!" His eyes widened slightly as Issei cut through the smoke bearing down on him from above as if to slash a sword.

"Ascalon!" Issei shouts.

"Blade!"

Kenshin caught the blade by clapping his hands together. "Fuuuuuuccccckkk!" Kenshin shouts feeling it's weight pushing against him

"Haaaahhhh!" Issei yelled.

"Damn!" Kenshin said finally deciding to dodge out of the way, but not before getting his right hand sliced off.

"U-Unholy shit!" Issei said seeing Kenshin squirting blood from his hand.

"Worrying about your opponent? You could have taken me out with this!" Kenshin said decking Issei in the jaw, sending him flying away.

"!" Rias and Ravel looked to their left as Issei flew in between them.

"Gah...even with the Scale Mail, Kenshin's punches fucking hurt..." Issei muttered.

Kenshin appeared out of the brush with Kuroi Jigoku unsheathed. "Seeing as you used your blade for an attack, I'll use mine!" Kenshin shouts. "Katensho!"

"Eeeeehhh? !" Issei shouts as he was engulfed in flames.

Kenshin sheathed Kuroi Jigoku. He blocked a stray shot of thunder magic and looked up to see Akeno and Yukari fighting over head. He dodged as stray shots of destruction magic and flames roared toward him. "Will you two watch where you're throwin' that!" Kenshin snapped.

"Kaaahh!" Issei yelled as he emerged from the smoke. "I thought Yukari said you weren't gonna take me seriously to start!"

"And I didn't." Kenshin said. "Come on, I have to exercise some level of seriousness when my opponent does what you're doing."

"So you're not taking me completely seriously?" Issei said with a frustrated tone.

"Oh you don't want that." Kenshin said as he kicked at Issei's head, who dodged out of the way.

"Oh and what's that?" Issei said firing another Dragon Shot at Kenshin who sliced it in half.

"Well, do you have a deathwish?" Kenshin asked as he appeared behind Issei and punched him into a tree.

"Gruh!" Issei grunted. "No!" He shouts.

"Then I'll never take you completely seriously. As far as not aiming to kill you, I'm taking you quite seriously." Kenshin said. "That said...this power leaves something to be desired...maybe I decided to fight you too soon, before you could really train with your Balance Breaker. It's like picking an unripe fruit."

"His power can increase without the ten second interval limit. All he needs is inspiration." Ddraig said.

"Is that right?" Kenshin asked.

"Yep." Ddraig replied.

"Innnnnnnttteresting!" Kenshin said with a grin.

"Oh fuck..." Issei said.

"Hmm...Issei likes...oh of course...she's gonna kill me for this, but..." Kenshin called out to Issei. "Yo Issei!"

"Y-Yeah?" Issei said.

"If you can beat me by yourself, with only your own power, you can do whatever you want with my Mom's breasts tomorrow!" Kenshin said. "Sound good?"

"E-Eh?" Issei said letting it process.

"Eeeeehhhhh? !" Yukari shouts. "Kenshin, Mom's gonna kill you, you know that right? !" "Even if you do win!"

"Duly noted!" Kenshin shouts as he poured his Phoenix Tear on his forehead.

As Issei continued processing it. Kenshin could swear he heard three things. Azazel and Odin laughing their asses off and Hikari shouting obscenities at him. Kenshin sweatdropped with a grin. "S-Sorry Mom..." He thought.

"I-If I beat Kenshin, I-I can do whatever I want to Hikari-San's boobs. Despite having three kids and having them swell up. They still retain a nice shape...all I have to do is beat Kenshin?" Issei thought before a red aura surrounded him.

"You're on!" Issei shouts with perverted glee. "I'd love to grab those boobs!"

"Boost! Boost! Boost! Boost Boost!"

"Five Boosts for being able to feel my Mother's boobs?" Kenshin asked. "Eh, I guess I shouldn't have expected what happened with Vali. You were under the assumption you'd be protecting everyone's busts at that point."

In the blink of an eye Issei's fist slammed into Kenshin's face, sending him skyward. Kenshin caught himself and caught Issei's fist. "Ngh." Kenshin grunts.

"Hah!" Issei shouts driving his knee into Kenshin's gut.

"Gah!" Kenshin gasped spitting out blood.

"Dragon Shot!" Issei shouts firing his attack at point blank into Kenshin's face.

Kenshin swung Issei around by the arm he still had a hold of and threw him into the ground. Kenshin dove down at him, driving his knee into Issei's face. Issei grabbed his leg and pulled him down, diving at him. Kenshin shielded his face as Issei started punching in a wild flurry at Kenshin. Kenshin headbutted Issei as soon as he paused to catch his breath.

From there Kenshin and Issei launched a wild flurry of blows at each other. Kenshin hit Issei in the jaw, Issei cracked Kenshin in the chin before driving his elbow into Kenshin's chest. Kenshin responded by driving Issei's head into his knee and driving his elbow into Issei's neck. Issei fell against Kenshin, trying to breathe. His left fist set against Kenshin's right leg.

"You can't keep goin' can you?" Kenshin asked.

"Nah...you know I lose five minutes for every boost I spent four minutes fighting you before you proposed this. I'm about to drop out of the Balance Breaker already." Issei said.

"Well...I had fun, but sorry to say...ya won't be groping my mother." Kenshin said with a chuckle.

"Damn..." Issei said. "But still...I can make sure Chief wins this game."

"Oh?" Kenshin said.

"Yeah...Ascalon!" Issei shouts.

"Blade!"

"Nggh? !" Kenshin grunted as Issei's sword tore through his leg and stabbed into the ground.

"Heh...Defuse." Issei said with a smirk.

"Ejection!"

Kenshin's eyes widened slightly as Ascalon was ejected from Issei's Sacred Gear and Issei pushed it further into the earth. He coated his fist in flames and punched Issei in the face. "Crushing Flame Profusion!" Issei was blown backward in an explosion of fire as his Balance Breaker shattered. He landed on the ground unconscious and disappeared.

"Rias Gremory's Pawn Issei Hyoudou has been retired.

Kenshin grabbed Ascalon's hilt and started to pull. "Fuck, it's too damn heavy! Yukari take this sea-!" Kenshin shouts as he looked up and saw Yukari launch a Katensho at Akeno, who at the same time hit Yukari with a bolt of thunder magic.

"Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi's Knight Yukari Tsuki has been retired.

"Rias Gremory's Queen Akeno Himejima has been retired.

"Fuck!" Kenshin shouts. The very next moment he heard this as he grabbed Kuroi Jigoku to slice his leg off.

"Kenshin Tsuki Kuroshi's Bishop Ravel Phenex has been retired."

"..." Kenshin bowed his head feeling a great welling of magic behind him. He chuckled as he stopped unsheathing his sword. "Well I'm fucked." He said with an amused tone.

"Hmhmhmhmhm." Rias giggled. "Well, not the words I'd use, but that is an apt description of your current situation."

"How did you take out Ravel?" Kenshin asked.

"Oh. I wore her down and struck her out before she could use a Phoenix Tear." Rias answered.

"I see." Kenshin said reaching into his pocket and pulling out a blindfold. He tied it around his eyes and lit up one of his smokes. "Let 'er rip!"

"As you wish, and as you remember this means I win our bet, but I'm curious if you had won, what would you have asked me for?" Rias asked.

"Oh the same thing you wanted." Kenshin said. "Another date, this time with us alone to do what we want."

Rias smiled. "I see, well then...I look forward to it." However she thought. "That wasn't what I asked for, but considering the circumstances, I'm glad he said it that way."

Kenshin chuckled warmly. "Likewise." The next moment he was struck by Rias' magic. The moment after that he disappeared.

"The King of the Kuroshi Peerage has fallen. The winner is Rias Gremory."

(break)

Rias had just finished being congratulated by her peerage, Azazel, Serafall, and her family at her house when Kenshin walked up to her with his own peerage. Kenshin was bandaged and seemed to have a few lumps on his head. "What happened to you?" Rias asked out of concern.

"The same thing that's going to happen to Issei if he comes near me for the next week thinking anything perverted." Hikari huffed, her arms crossed over her chest.

"I-I'll be good..." Issei said in fright.

"I'm sorry Mom, but you're the only one I could really tempt him with, Yukari was already pissed at him." Kenshin said. "...Ow..." He said. "You know how he gets quick boosts of power...oww..."

"So Kenshin-kun, you've suffered your first loss." Lord Gremory stated.

"Yes." Kenshin shrugged. "Don't really care. Rias was able to get the drop on me through Issei using my Knight's technique on his blade to his advantage. That's all that really happened in the end."

"I think in the end, Kenshin was just focused on fighting Issei, I think at first Kenshin wanted to facilitate Issei's Balance Breaker himself in the game, but it happened earlier than expected." Azazel said.

"So at that point Kenshin just wanted to fight Issei in the Balance Breaker state and then whatever happened afterward, happened." Sirzechs said.

"Is that really all?" Rias asked.

"Yep." Kenshin said. "They're will be other times for us to lock horns in a Rating Game, but right now I just wanted that out of the game. If I ended up winning, then I could look forward to getting my ass kicked by Sona." Kenshin said.

This threw everyone that knew Kenshin through a loop. "Ara? You think Sona could beat you?" Akeno asked.

"I've played both Rias and Sona in chess in my spare time. While I've beaten Rias a few times. I've yet to beat Sona." Kenshin said. "That and Sona now knows how I fight in further detail and I'm assuming Sirzechs has placed the date for the next Rating game in...?" Kenshin turned to Sirzechs.

"A few days from now, just enough time to rest." Sirzechs answered.

"Right, I'd have no time to change things up and seeing as we know nothing about how Sona and her peerage fights, we'd have no way of making a good strategy." Kenshin said. "We'd be walking into a potential beating. At least Rias has the benefit of knowing Sona. Hell half the reason Miyuki and Ravel's strategy worked so well is because we knew Rias pretty damn well ourselves. We knew how to get her to panic."

"Mrrnn..." Rias pouted.

Kenshin chuckled and poked her forehead. "Relax Rias. You won and that's that." He turned to find Gasper behind Koneko. He crouched down and motioned for him to come closer. Gasper hesitantly did so, Kenshin reached over and pet his head. "Sorry for bullying you." He said with a smile.

"M-My Sacred Gear was sealed before the game...b-because I couldn't control it." Gasper said with a nervous tone.

"R-Really?" Kenshin asked. "Oh man...now I really feel like a jerk." He said with a sweatdrop and an awkward smile.

"I-It's OK, y-you didn't know." Gasper said with a small smile of his own.

"Well, nonetheless I'll make it up to ya, OK?" Kenshin said with a grin.

"Ok!" Gasper said with a bright smile.

"This guy...he even looks girly when he's happy." Issei thought.

Kenshin got up and turned to Akeno. "Could you come with me?" He asked.

"Ara Ara? Asking me for alone time, right in front of Rias and her family at that? How daring Kenshin-kun, Ufufufu." Akeno giggled.

"Actually I approved of it." Rias said crossing her arms under her chest.

Everyone except Azazel, Issei and Koneko just didn't react rounded on Rias. "Eeeeh? !"

"Yeah, so if you don't mind." Kenshin said reaching over and grabbing Akeno's hand. "Come with me."

The two walked away, as they passed Yukari Akeno mouthed an apology to Yukari who just nodded in return. Venerana turned to Rias. "Rias dear...aren't you worried at all?"

"Oh greatly mother." Rias said. "But I trust Kenshin not to do anything untoward without my approval so, that's that." She said with a shrug. "If you want to blame anyone for what just happened, look no further than our black angel winged friend over here." She said pointing at Azazel.

"Ah, he told you about that huh?" Azazel said. "Well, Akeno obviously doesn't trust me any further than she can throw me being a fallen angel and all. So...I figured Kenshin could handle it in my stead, or Issei if she happened to like him more. Sorry, but unless you want your Queen getting killed because she was in over her head, refusing to use her full power, this has to happen."

Rias sighed. "I know...I don't really like it knowing what I know about Akeno's attraction to Kenshin, but it can't helped." She walked away. Everyone followed her except for Koneko, who decided to tail Kenshin and Akeno.

Kenshin led Akeno to his room and invited her inside. Leaving the door cracked as he sensed Koneko tailing them. "Have a seat." He said gesturing toward the table which had a tea pot and a couple of filled glasses sitting on it. Akeno nodded and sat down. Kenshin walked over and cast off his jacket and his shirt. Akeno giggled and Kenshin glanced at her. "Don't get too hot over there, I'm just removing these bandages." Kenshin said.

"Oh don't worry, I won't bite...much." Akeno said with a sultry smile.

Kenshin started to flip a coin. "You do remember what I can do with these right?"

"Ufufufu, I'll be good." Akeno said.

Kenshin nodded and removed the bandages and reclothed. He took a seat across from her. "So...I noticed you were able to handle yourself pretty well in the game." He said, starting a casual conversation. "Just so you know, my mother was acting on my team's plan, so she wasn't fighting to her fullest capabilities."

"Oh I certainly understand. Sometimes a plan doesn't require one's full strength." Akeno said taking a drink from her tea.

"Indeed, but as far as I know, Rias' plan was to hunt me down. Wouldn't that call for all of your strengths as well?" Kenshin asked.

"..." Akeno let out a sigh. "...I see...that's what this is about."

"Akeno, I know that power was given to you by his blood flowing through your veins, but you can make it your own." Kenshin said.

"...I don't want to..." Akeno said with a glare, not directed at Kenshin.

"Why?" Kenshin asked. "I'd like to know, if you'd let me."

"..." Akeno set her hand on the table. "Because...it scares me."

Kenshin reaches over and grabs her hand. He felt a shiver run through him from her. "Akeno..." Kenshin said walking over to her. Akeno responded immediately clinging to him tightly. "What's wrong?"

"Hee..." Akeno sobbed. "I'm sorry, it's just...I can't stand the thought of using the same power my father uses..."

"What happened?" Kenshin asked wrapping his arms around her.

"H-Huh?" Akeno asked.

"Something had to have happened to make you hate your father, if...you can bear it..I'd like you to tell me." Kenshin said.

"I...I see." Akeno said looking down at his chest. "My mother is dead...because he didn't protect her."

"I-I see." Kenshin said.

"That's not all...until I was ten years old, I stayed with my mother's relative, until I was kicked out for being half Fallen Angel." Akeno said. "At the age of ten I was forced to use the exorcism techniques I picked up from my mother, who was a well known miko. It wasn't until I wandered into a certain town and saved a human connected to one of the Gremory Devils that I stopped. However it was too late for that...my mother's relatives had appeared to kill me for my supposed crime. My Grandfather was about to strike the killing blow on me when I was saved by Rias and her father's bishop." Akeno explained.

"..." Kenshin said nothing, letting her continue.

"The two struck an agreement with two provisions. One was that I was to never enter the territories of the Himejima clan, and that I was to stay by Rias' side and serve under the Gremory name." Akeno said.

"Where was Baraqiel?" Kenshin asked.

"I don't know...and I don't care." Akeno said with a scowl.

"...Well...I guess what you went through isn't something I'd know a lot about." Kenshin said. "I never had my family abandon me or try to kill me..." "Well...willingly anyway." He added as an afterthought.

"It's OK." Akeno said. "Just...having you here to listen was enough."

"Haha, well...you're welcome then." Kenshin said with a smile as they pulled away from each other. "But..."

"But what?" Akeno asked.

"I still think you should make use of it." Kenshin said. At her look he waved his hand in defense. "Hear me out. What if the moment comes where you have to use it? Wouldn't you want to know how to, instead of having no idea? All I'm saying is...don't look at it like you're using Baraqiel's power." Kenshin said. "Look at it as you using your max power to help those dear to you. You know, like Rias, like Kiba, Koneko, Asia, Xenovia, Issei, or even me if you so wish."

"..." Akeno smiled. "You bring up a good point Kenshin-kun...while I can't promise I'll do it right away. I'll try to do it, for you."

Kenshin shook his head. "Don't just do it for me, I'm not your master, and don't just do it for Rias either...do it for yourself." He said with a smile as he leaned in and planted a kiss on her forehead.

"Ah..." Akeno let out a light gasp before giggling. "Thank you Kenshin-kun...for hearing me out, and giving me the courage to do this."

"Of course." Kenshin said. Akeno leaned up and kissed him on the cheek. "Wha?"

"Ufufufufu. Well come on, I can't let you give me one without returning the favor." Akeno said as she turned around and left.

Kenshin chuckled warmly. "Well, I guess I can't fault you for being affectionate then can I?" He closed his eyes. "You know you can come in at any time Koneko."

The door opened again and Koneko walked into the room. "When did you realize I was there?" She curiously asked.

"Oh before I even got here." Kenshin said with a shrug. "You know it's impolite to eavesdrop."

"I-I wasn't trying to, I even covered my ears." Koneko said glancing away from him.

"Hahahaha." Kenshin chuckled. "Just pickin' on ya."

"Mrrrnnn..." Koneko glared at him.

"Hahahahahaha! Oh man that pout of yours is so cute!" Kenshin laughed. "If Issei saw this he'd be all over ya!"

"Please don't tempt him..." Koneko muttered.

"He's not around, he's with Asia on the other end of the mansion." Kenshin said.

"I see...that's good..." Koneko said.

Silence reigned for a few minutes before Kenshin spoke up. "You look like you wanna say something, go ahead. Just because you're not my rook doesn't mean I can't help you."

"R-Right." Koneko said. "Kenshin-Senpai, are you not scared of me as a nekomata?" She asked.

"Hm?" Kenshin said. "Nope!" He grinned. "Not even a little bit. Why would I be bothered by someone so adorable?"

"..." Koneko blinked in surprise, her face slightly flushed. "Before training began..." She looked down at the floor. "I said something awful to Issei-Senpai, and when you came to check up on me, I said something horrible to you as well Kenshin-Senpai."

"Aaah don't sweat it." Kenshin said. "I'd have reacted the same way in your exact position, and Issei doesn't hold it against you."

Koneko nodded. "I see...well if you really feel that way."

Kenshin walked up to her and placed a hand gently on her shoulder. "Listen Koneko, I'm positive that one day you'll be able to become a great nekomata, but first you need to have confidence that you can use your power effectively."

Koneko looked up at him. She steeled her resolve. "I..I'll use my nekomata power, Kenshin-Senpai."

"Hahahaha." Kenshin chuckled. "That's good, you're already starting to gain some confidence."

"..." Koneko said nothing.

"But, you'll still need a teacher. While my spirit powers resemble Senjutsu, at the core they are different." Kenshin said. "The most I could help you with would be detecting the flows, and that would take more time than we've got."

"So..you're saying I should ask Nee-Sama for help?" Koneko asked. "By the way...I can sense the flows."

"Only if you want to." Kenshin said. "You can't feel pressured into it or else it may not work. But if she tries to take you away again, Issei and I will force her away." He said with a grin. "Also, how well can you sense them? Not to mention you haven't used the power in awhile, so there will certainly be rust to knock off."

"...You are a really gentle Dragon of the Elements." Koneko pointed out. "And...I realize that."

"Hahahahaha..." Kenshin laughed. "Aaah...if only the people back home thought like you do." He said.

"...If only the other devils were more like you..." Koneko murmured.

Kenshin reached over and embraced her. "Hey, what happened is in the past, you have friends now, myself included."

"...Likewise Kenshin-Senpai." Koneko said.

Kenshin and Koneko pulled away and smiled at each other. "Well...I should go." Koneko said.

"I should probably go take a bath myself. Both to wash up and to relax. Some of Issei's attacks packed a wallop." Kenshin said with a chuckle. The two exited the room and went their separate ways.

Kenshin unsealed a change of clothes and made his way toward the bath hall. He rain into Rias on the way there. "Oh? Rias, what brings you out?"

"Just taking a bath before bed." Rias said. "You?"

"Bout the same." Kenshin said. "I'm aching in some places too."

"Oh? Did someone underestimate my Pawn?" Rias asked with a coy smile.

"Eh, little bit, could also be your magic hitting me square in the back." Kenshin said.

"Oh dear...I'm sorry." Rias apologized.

"Hahahahaha, don't worry about it." Kenshin laughed.

"So why did you tempt Issei with your mother's chest?" Rias asked. "I thought for sure it would have been mine."

"Your bust technically isn't mine to give." Kenshin pointed out. "We ain't married yet, even then Mom would be well within her rights to dish out quote 'Righteous Feminine Justice' unquoute." Kenshin said.

"Yet, being the keyword." Rias said. "So you wouldn't have been too worried because Hikari-San would protect herself from Issei's perversion?"

"There was only three men Mom would ever let touch her like that. My father Ryuushin. My Uncle Nagi, that one time while Dad was with my aunt Arika in prison and Mom was seeking comfort in Nagi, and myself when I was still her master." Kenshin said. "And don't worry. We already talked it out and Mom said that was just a phase she was going through, where she fell for her master. She's not interested in me any more than just for catching up for lost time. The time she lost with me when I was a child."

"Aaahh, well...good to know." Rias nodded.

"That said, I think Azazel is trying to hook up with my mother..." Kenshin drawled. "I swear if he tries to put her in a harem against her will I'm gonna pulverize him."

Rias sweatdropped with an awkward smile. "Please don't...I'd rather not have to attend my fiancee's funeral. He may act like an idiot, but he's still the leader of the Fallen Angels.

"I know that, but still..." Kenshin muttered.

"You just want to protect your mother, it's admirable, but I don't think Azazel is that inconsiderate." Rias said. "If Hikari-San says no I'm sure he'll respect that. I mean come on, he claims to have hundreds of harems. What's one woman to him?"

"I hope so..." Kenshin said. "By the way. I've noticed something about your peerage."

"What is it?" Rias asked.

"Everyone in it, from Akeno to Issei has some kind of scar in their past. Akeno is the abandoned daughter of Baraqiel, Koneko has a past similar to my childhood. Kiba was killed by the Holy Sword Project Director. Xenovia and Asia were cast out of the church and Issei was killed by his girlfriend. What is your peerage? Rias Gremory's House for Troubled Beings?"

"Well, now that you point it out, the pattern is obvious." Rias said. "And then there's you, my ally who has enough skeletons in his closet to fill a boneyard."

"Hahahahahaha, you ain't kiddin'." Kenshin laughed. He looked ahead and saw Azazel walking by. He called out to him. "Hey Azazel!"

"Huh?" Azazel said coming to a stop. He turned to him. "Going to take a bath?"

"Yeah, but first I want to ask you something." Kenshin said.

"What's up?" Azazel asked.

"Would it be possible for me to get some one on one time with your buddy Baraqiel?" Kenshin asked.

"Baraqiel?" Azazel asked with a curious expression. "Ok...I'll bite...why?"

"Well if you want me to help out with this matter with Akeno, I'll need to know both ends of the story, I know Akeno's." Kenshin said. "You had to know this was coming."

"Haaah..." Azazel sighed. "Alright, I'll see what I can do, it might be awhile before you can see him though."

Kenshin nodded with a shrug. "That's fine. It's not like I'm expecting him to just come because I'm asking."

"Alright." Azazel shrugged. "But it likely won't be one on one, I'll be there and you can bring someone with you as well."

"Alright." Knshin said. "Thanks Azazel."

"Don't mention it. Now you two go enjoy your mixed bathing." Azazel said waving them off.

"Ah..." Kenshin said. "Aaah...perverted bastard." He muttered not noticing Rias' thoughtful expression as they approached the bath hall. "Well, see you later." He said walking into the bath hall. He walked over to the edge of the baths and washed his hair and body. "Aaaahh..." He sighed in relaxation. "Man I didn't know it was like that for Akeno. It's like the reverse of what happened with me when my clan's were..." He trailed off. Shaking his head. "Anyway, now that I know this. I'll be able to help her if she wants it. If she doesn't, then I'll just back off, but where the hell was Baraqiel during all this, if he's indeed still alive, did he really just abandon her?"

He rinsed his hair off and his body and hopped into the bath. "Aaaahhhhh..." Kenshin sighed in relief feeling his muscles relax and joints popping. "Man, if Issei learns how to really fight, he could be a real force. His power can easily turn things around for him at any given moment." Kenshin said. "Still can't believe I let him get me with that super weighted Ascalon." Kenshin said with a sweatdrop. "That was a rookie mistake, I guess I was a little too excited."

He raised his left hand. "My one question however..." He said as it morphed into a Boosted Gear with a dull jewel. "Why do I still have this?"

The jewel glew brightly. "Just because you and my partner have split apart temporarily doesn't mean you get your arm back." Ddraig's voice said. "I've already devoured it so your arm remains as mine."

"...Whoa whoa whoa...you mean I could have been using the holy objects I had to abandon this whole time?" Kenshin asked with narrowed eyes.

"No, you're not my partner, so you don't get the same holy artifact ignorance that he does." Ddraig said. "Even if my power flowed through this dormant Boosted Gear that would change nothing."

"So basically you're useless to me." Kenshin said with narrowed eyes.

"Don't get me wrong, I'd like to have you...at least you're actually interested in battle." Ddraig said. "Not just wanting to suckle the nearest pair of breasts you see. I like that idiot don't get me wrong, but do you realize what a shame it is for me to have a partner with such a lowly ambition?"

"Eh, it's easy to achieve so it's easy for him to gain more power from you." Kenshin said.

"Huh...I never thought of it like that." Ddraig said.

"I mean come on, he was able to get the Balance Breaker by poking nipples." Kenshin said.

"Oddly enough, he's somewhat interested in that black cat." Ddraig said.

"Seriously?" Kenshin blinked. "...Oh man, he better have some patience with her then. She seems like the type that flirts without restraint. I wouldn't be surprised if they did somehow get together and she still came on to me."

"Hahahaha, I hope you two realize what a curse it is to have multiple women interested in you, never knowing the true love of a single person." Ddraig said.

"Oddly enough...you're not the first person to say that to me." Kenshin said. "My former Goki, a defensive demon summon of the Onmyoudou order I used to be a part of, named Ryomen told me I was fated to have multiple lovers."

"Well as long as you know what you're getting into." Ddraig said. "I'll be going now."

"Eh? Why?" Kenshin said with a curious look as the dormant Boosted Gear's jewel went dull again before reverting to a normal arm.

"Kenshin."

"Huh?" Kenshin said turning toward the entrance. His face promptly lit up as he saw Rias walking into the bath hall holding a towel in front of her, which she soon discarded as she walked into the water.

"...H-Holy..." Kenshin thought ignoring the twinge of pain in his forehead. "I can see everything. The curves, her flowing hair...the large breasts...that finely trimmed patch of crimson just above her..." Kenshin slapped himself. "Man it's a good thing I'm not in a heat cycle right now!" He thought.

"Everything OK over there?" Rias asked as she approached him.

"Y-Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Kenshin asked. Rias nodded and moved in front of him. "So..uh what are you doing here?"

"I wanted to spend some time with you, is that bad?" Rias asked.

"Well no..." Kenshin said. "However this is the men's side."

"It's my family's house." Rias reminded. "If I want to come over here, what's to stop me?"

"What if Millicas or your father...or brother or worse Issei come in?" Kenshin asked.

"Unlikely." Rias said. "Everyone already bathed, we're the last two."

"Then shouldn't we wait for the water to be changed?" Kenshin asked.

"The water self cleans after every use due to seals placed around the bath hall." Rias said. "It activates every time someone new enters without affecting the other occupants."

"Hm, that would be really useful back home." Undine noted.

"I was actually working on developing a charm that could do that." Kenshin thought.

"Really?" Undine asked with a curious blink.

"Yeah. You wouldn't believe how much war chan...well actually maybe you would believe how much it screwed with the water supplies in Mundus Magicus."

"Huh...I never knew you were doing that." Undine said.

"Well...I kinda wanted to surprise you with it, I figured as the Water Spirit you'd love an ability that could be used by anyone that cleans water supplies." Kenshin thought.

"...Awww..." Undine said absentmindedly.

"Deeny's crushing on yo-!" Sylph was silenced by a bubble of water.

"Don't listen to her." Undine said hastily.

"Kenshin..." Rias said looking into his eyes.

"Wha? Oh sorry. Kinda got caught up in a conversation with the spirits." Kenshin said.

"Oh, well that's fine...I thought you were ignoring me." Rias said.

"Nah, what did you say?" Kenshin asked.

"Well..." Rias smiled suggestively. "I would like to cash in on our bet now."

Kenshin's face lit up. "Here and Now?"

"Like I said...we're going to be alone for quite awhile." Rias said closing in and kissing him softly on the lips.

"Mmph...Mm? !" Kenshin moaned into her as he felt her hand go below the belt and grip his shaft and pump her hand up and down gently.

"Mhm...mhmhm..." Rias giggled hearing his reaction. They pulled away from each other and Rias smiled. "Does that feel good?" She asked.

"Haaahh..." Kenshin leaned back and sighed. "J...Just when I think I have you figured out, you surprise the hell out of me." He said.

"I can feel it...it's so warm...it's the warmest part of your body..." Rias said with a soft pant.

"Grh..." Kenshin grunted. "Damn...where did this come from?" He asked.

"What do you mean?" Rias asked.

"This...before you were content to wait." Kenshin said. "Just because the bet we agreed on was for...well your deflowering...but you're looking to do it now?"

"Before, I didn't have several other women after you." Rias said with a furrowed brow. "I feel I must take bolder steps to keep you interested.

"Tch...idiot, as if I'd lose interest." Kenshin thought as he brought his right hand up, groping her left breast.

"Haan? !" Rias let out a sweet gasp. "Wh-What are you...?"

Kenshin smiled teasingly. "What? Did you think I would stand and do nothing?"

"Hnn..." Rias bit back a moan as Kenshin brought his left hand up and started doing the same to her right breast. "Aaahn...mn...uhn...the way you're doing this...is surely suggesting you like breasts like Issei does."

"Hmhmhmhm..." Kenshin chuckled fondly. "No, I could never equal the fascination he has with boobs."

"Then...aaahn...why are you rubbing them so intently?" Rias asked with a dark blush.

"Hah, just to see you react is all." Kenshin said. "I could shift focus if you prefer."

"Huh? Haannn? !" Rias gasped as she felt Kenshin's left hand moved downward and began groping her backside. "Th-There as well? What are you...er...what is your preference I mean."

"Hahaha...don't have one, I just simply enjoy the female form in general." Kenshin said with a smile. "I will say, you have a very beautiful form...I'm just giving it it's due appreciation."

Rias' cheeks were dyed with a crimson hue, but she smiled at him. "Ah...I see..."

"Aaah...Rias...your hand is really soft." Kenshin said with a sigh. "It feels really good."

"Mmm..." Rias cupped his cheek. "I could say similar things about your hands...they're really talented. It seems you're talented in more than just battle."

"Just going with the flow, I've been told I'm great at giving massages." Kenshin said. "By the way...you...mm?"

Kenshin was cut off by Rias kissing him, her tongue worming it's way past his lips. Kenshin was forced to let go of her breast as they pressed up against his chest. Her hand also left his manhood as it pressed up against her belly. She shifted her body up and down, rubbing it against her and brushing her nipples across Kenshin's own. "Mmrnn..." Kenshin moaned into her, enjoying the feeling of her grinding her body against his.

Rias felt his tongue enter her mouth and she quickly drew her tongue back. "Let's see if he enjoys this as much as I did." She thought, clamping her lips down on his tongue sucking on it.

"Mn? !" Kenshin moaned. "Aah..."

"Mmhmhmhmhm..." Rias giggled.

She released his tongue a few moments later and stared into his eyes. "Feel good?"

"Hah...hah...hahahaha." Kenshin laughed. "Well, you should know...I think I aroused you doing that during our date."

"Well, you'd be sort of right." Rias said. She looked down and her eyes went wide. "Th-That's supposed to go inside me?" She said with a nervous look on her face.

"..." Kenshin brought his hand to hers and wrapped her fingers around his shaft. "Maybe we should take it slow eh?" He said. "Take your mind off of it for now. Just do what you were doing before."

"O-OK, but what will you be doing in the meantime?" Rias asked.

"That should be obvious." Kenshin said moving his left hand in between her legs.

"Wha...haah!" Rias gasped as Kenshin traced his fingers up and down her maidenhood. "K-Kenshin...aahh...umg..ghh..." She leaned into him, her eyes locked onto his.

Kenshin stared back into her eyes. He panted softly as he felt Rias' stokes getting broader and harder. "Nngh...aagh...your hand feels so good."

"I thought you had experience, this should be nothing to you." Rias teased.

"It's been awhile, excuse me princess." Kenshin said with a slightly annoyed look.

"Hmhmhmhm." Rias giggled.

Kenshin moved his fingers to the top of his fiancee's vagina, circling his fingers around an erected digit. Every time he so much as grazed it, it brought a gasp out of Rias' lips as her strokes on his cock got harder. She brought her thumb toward the head and poked and prodded the nail at the back of it. "Ghh..." Kenshin grunted.

"Aahn...No...not there...it's too much..." Rias said in a hushed voice, trying to stifle any loud moans.

"Gaah..you're focusing there, where did you learn about that?" He asked.

"I was expected to consummate with my fiancee on the honeymoon night...I know what I'm doing to some extent." Rias answered.

"You expect me to believe your parents hired someone to teach you how to have sex?" Kenshin asked. "That sounds very uncommon."

"...Mn...OK it was your mother...if we're getting married, she said I could use some tips for when we finally...ahem...consummated." Rias said. "I've also read about it by the way."

"That sounds like Mom." Kenshin said pinching down on her clit, gently tugging on it.

"Hnmmm!" Rias bit back a loud moan. "S-Stop...! Y-You're going to drive me wild."

"Heh." Kenshin said. "Maybe I want you to go wild." He said. "I'd love to see it."

"Aaahnn..." Rias pressed her forehead against Kenshin's. Her legs feeling incredibly weak. Kenshin wrapped his right arm around her waist holding her up. Rias moved her other hand down below the base of Kenshin's cock and grabbed hold of his sack.

"Ghh." Kenshin grunts and responds by moving away from her clitoris and slid his middle finger inside her. He wiggled it around inside her.

"Haaah!" Rias gasped and moaned in response. "Oooh...K-Kenshin...n-not so fast...aaah...aaah...mmmn!" She bit back another moan as her thumb moved further up, prodding his urethra.

"Gh!" Kenshin bites back a moan of his own as he slowly pulls his finger in and out of her, keeping the wiggling motion going. The two stared into each others eyes.

"I..I should be embarrassed, he's looking right at me as I'm making all these lewd faces...but...I actually feel...more aroused by it." Rias thought.

"It's strange. I've never stared into my partner's eyes like this while we were both getting off...I don't think I've ever been more turned on in my life!" Kenshin thought.

Rias' eyes narrowed shut. "K-Kiss me...before I start to cry out..." She said. "I can't hold it anymore..."

"Yeah..." Kenshin said as he pressed his lips against her own as his thumb pressed down on her clitoris.

Rias responded by stroking his cock wildly as her body began to seize up in climax. Kenshin moved his hand behind her head, making sure their lips stayed attached as he too was sent over the edge by her. He felt his seed firing out of him and splattering against her belly. Within moments, their respective climaxes subsided and they pulled away from each other. Rias smiled lazily. "That was...amazing..." She said. She looked down at her belly. "Oh?" She said scooping up some of her fiancee's ejaculate with her fingers. "It's so hot...so this is what makes a child." She said.

"Yeah..." Kenshin said. His eyes bugged out as she casually licked it off. Glancing at him, she began to exaggerate her movements keeping her eyes locked on him. If he wasn't still hard, he was certain such a lewd display would have stiffened him right up.

"Kenshin..." Rias said with a sultry smile. "Take me..." She said. "I need you...to lay claim to what belongs to you."

"Yes." Kenshin said with a sensual grin. "As you wish..." He said moving his hand to her right leg lifting it up slightly.

However before they could begin, both heard a myriad of voices. "!"

"Eh? Are you sure he held back in the Game?"

"Issei." Kenshin said.

"I'm certain, even without wanting to kill you, he was still holding back a bit. He seemed to want to enjoy the fight."

"O-Onii-Sama." Rias said.

"I-Issei-San, you look kind of depressed."

"Asia." Kenshin said.

"Oh don't look so down, you'll get there eventually with training. He even said fighting you at that moment was like picking an unripe fruit. If he underestimates you, make him pay for it."

"O-Otou-Sama?" Rias squeaked.

"Dear, don't promote violence in the house, besides Issei-kun said his time today was almost up."

"Venerana-Sama/Okaa-Sama." Kenshin and Rias said with paling expressions.

"W-Wh-What do we do? If they see us like this, they're gonna know something's up." Rias said in a panicked tone.

"U-Uh..." Kenshin looked at the barrier. "...I got it." He said with a grin. "Bring out your wings."

Rias nodded and did as asked. "Now what?" She asked.

"Forgive me for what I'm about to do, use your wings to glide down for a soft landing." Kenshin said placing his hand on her stomach applying a green magic circle. "Wind Palm." He said.

"W-Whoa...!" Rias gasped as she was blown upward, over the barrier. She landed in the water gently as Venerana and Asia entered.

"Rias? Why do you have your wings out?" Venerana asked.

"Oh, I just felt like stretching them out." Rias lied coolly while keeping her back turned to them so she could wash off her belly with a wash cloth.

"Oh, well I see." Venerana said. "You little liar. I can smell Kenshin-kun on you." She thought

"Maybe I should do the same." Asia said bringing out her wings.

"Oh, yes come here I'll wash them for you." Rias offered.

"Well here, I'll wash yours then Rias." Venerana said.

Meanwhile the water glew for a moment as seals activated around it cleansing the water on the men's side. Lord Gremory, Sirzechs and Issei walked in to find Kenshin sitting against the wall with a semi frustrated look on his face. "Is something wrong Kenshin?" Sirzechs asked.

"Nope, just debating on whether or not to get plastered tonight." Kenshin said.

"Well you're in luck. I happen to have brought some with me." Lord Gremory said holding up a bottle of sake.

"What's up Kenshin? You look like you've been here for awhile." Issei said.

"Nothing at all." Kenshin said. "Aside from getting blue balled by you three." Kenshin thought.

"Doesn't getting blue balled usually entail not having reached an orgasm. You certainly did." Salamander said.

"And thank goodness for this bath hall's self cleaning function, but honestly Salamander, have I ever been a one and done kinda guy?" Kenshin thought.

"Well there was that one time with your childhood friend." Salamander pointed out.

"I hadn't slept in three days! I was worried about the effects it could have on my heart!" Kenshin thought.

"So Kenshin, who do you have in the upcoming Rating Game?" Lord Gremory asked.

"Your daughter of course." Kenshin said. "What kinda man would I be if I didn't support my fiancee?"

"Hahahaha, good man, good man." Lord Gremory laughed.

Kenshin got out of the baths. "If you gentlemen will excuse me, I'm beginning to prune and I'm sleepy." He took Lord Gremory's bottle of sake popped the top on it, held it away from his lips and chugged half of it. "Thanks Lord Gremory. I'll be seein' ya around." Kenshin said.

The three men watched him leave. "Is it just me or was Kenshin in a hurry to get out of here?"

"..." Lord Gremory glanced over at the wall. "Venerana, is Rias still over there?"

"No dear. She left shortly after helping Asia wash her wings." Venerana answered.

Sirzechs smiled fondly. "Aaah young love..."

"What do you mean?" Issei asked.

"Yes Sirzechs what are you talking about?" Lord Gremory asked.

"Hahahaha, if you two don't understand, I won't say anything, it would be too embarrassing for them." Sirzechs laughed.

The two men shrugged and continued to enjoy their bath.

(chapter end)

Draconis: Well that's that.

Kenshin: This one took awhile.

Draconis: Took an impromptu break, by visiting a friend for four days.

Kenshin: Ah huh...in other news...what a tease...

Draconis: Hm?

Kenshin: That lime. You could have written a full lemon out of it.

Rias: (pouts) You could have.

Draconis: Nah, I think it'll be funny to see you two trying to carve out time, to truly settle your bet in the coming chapters.

Kenshin/Rias: Asshole/Jerk

Draconis: Ahah...well seeing as this is the final chapter I would accept votes on the poll. I'll go ahead and give the final vote. Six votes for Yes, the same One for No. Now I know I said I might just have ended up doing it anyway, but if people were really against it, I'd have probably reconsidered and just kept Yukari close to Kenshin. I hope that wasn't a reason why people weren't voting. But the Poll is now closed and with it comes a Harem update

Issei: Asia, Irina, Kuroka

Kenshin: Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, Yukari.

Yukari: Alright.

Draconis: Alright, now another matter that was brought up was Kuroka being with Issei instead of Kenshin. Yes, I'm doing it merely because someone requested it, and in the LN Kuroka mainly gets interested in the same person Koneko is interested in which is Kenshin as Kenshin's the one mainly supporting her during her situation with her sister and is even helping along Koneko and Kuroka's reconciliation. So...I guess I wrote myself into a wall with this one. No I will not be unpairing Issei and Kuroka so I'm left with two options. Start pairing Koneko and Issei together or have Kuroka be the only woman in the story with a reverse harem consisting of Issei, Kenshin, and maybe Vali. I doubt I'll do either, but if anyone has an opinion on it I'd like to hear it.

Kenshin, Issei & Vali: Wait What?

Kuroka: I personally wouldn't mind that second option nya...

Draconis: (rolls eyes) Anyway the next update for Dragon of the Elements won't be for a little while. I want to do some work on my other stories and post chapters to those. Also the next chapter will be after Rias and Sona's Rating Game as nothing will be different than in canon.

Alright, I'll see you all next time.

Question before I leave. Should I build a small harem for Vali, Yes or No?

Draconis678 out