Draconis: I want to apologize in advance for this taking so long.
Issei: No worries.
Rias: Sometimes writer's block gets in the way.
Kenshin: Wow, you two are too nice. I usually try to let him have it when he takes too long.
Draconis: Jackass. Anyway, when this goes up, Issei's two lemons will also be uploaded. Check my profile for 'Dragon of the Elements: Side Stories.'
Dragon of the Elements
Chapter 55
Moving Along.
Draconis: Begin!
(start)
Kenshin and Yukari arrived back in San Nati the next day after getting Sylph back for Kenshin. "Kenshin-kun." The two turned to find Kiba.
"What's up?" Kenshin asked.
"Lady Alice has arrived and she wishes to see you." Kiba said.
"Lead the way then." Yukari said.
"By the way." Kiba said. "Kenshin-kun, would you mind speaking with Chief Rias sometime?"
"?" Kenshin arched his brow curiously. "What's wrong?"
"Well, nothing it's just...she seems lonely and depressed." Kiba said.
"...I see what I can do, but I can't promise anything." Kenshin said.
Kenshin, Yukari and Kiba arrived at the castle. "Ah you've arrived." Akatama said. "Follow me."
"Can I have a mome-" Kenshin was cut off.
"Quickly." Akatama said.
"Kiba, tell Rias to wait for me in my room! I'm sure Tamamo's already set one up for me!" Kenshin called out as he was dragged away by Akatama.
Kenshin sighed. "Man, can't I have some time to talk to some of my friends?"
"After the meeting, though we have to move out soon." Akatama said.
"Eeeghh..." Kenshin grunted.
"I'm sorry Kenshin, but this is part of the responsibilities you have to shoulder as Vice Commander." Akatama said.
"I'm fixing to start delegating those responsibilities, I at the very least need adequate sleep, what good am I going to be on a battlefield if I can't see straight, because I haven't slept right in a week?" Kenshin asked.
"Let us know what you want us to do." Akatama said. "In addition to naming you Vice Commander Lady Alipheese did give you command over the Grand Cardinals you know."
"Funny, because I have her Knights in my peerage." Kenshin commented.
"That is rather funny when you think about it." Akatama snorted.
Akatama and Kenshin walked into the audience chamber where Alice, Cen, and Sona were waiting. "Sona, you came with?"
"I brought my peerage as well. I figured they could do well to take in the sights of a new world." Sona said.
"Ah." Kenshin nodded. "Well then, what is it Alice?"
"Look, I know you're the Vice Commander, but don't you think you should show her majesty a little more respect." Cen asked.
"I don't mind. Kenshin hasn't ever lived in Makai, so his mannerisms around those like me are understandably crude." Alice said.
"I see, well if that is your dynamic, I won't comment further Your Grace." Cen nodded.
"Anyway, I wished to tell you that I've already decided on who should replace the former Lord Natalia." Alice said. "Cen here tells me you convinced him to rebel."
"Yup." Kenshin crossed his arms. "He knew you were coming, decided for himself."
"Cen also doubles as the Centaur Warchief." Alice said. "His people will ally with our cause."
"Glad to have ya." Kenshin said with a small smile.
"You honor me." Cen said crossing his arm in front of his chest and bowing his head forward.
"Where's Cerea-San?" Akatama said looking around.
"She's nursing her mother back to health." Cen answered. "She will not be joining the effort."
"I see." Kenshin nodded. "So who is going to be the new Lord?"
"The head priest of the church." Alice said. "In case you didn't know, this castle was a church in the past. Giving praise and worship to my ancestor the Dark Goddess."
"So we wouldn't be hurt by being here?" Sona asked.
"No, you are beings of dark magic like demons." Akatama said.
"I see." Sona nodded.
"Anyway, is there anything else that's needed to be taken care of here?" Kenshin asked. "Or should we just head for the desert?"
"Not immediately, there is a couple of things there's a need to take care of. Cen has informed me of a necromancer, so I shall be accompanying you to handle it." Alice said. "I would also like to enlist the Queen of the Southern Seas, Kraken."
"Should we also check in on Sheena of the White Tigers?" Akatama asked with Kenshin nodding.
"She will send word when she needs help." Alice said. "She's kept regular updates with me before Kenshin arrived."
"I see." Kenshin nodded. "Alright, now if you'll excuse me. I've asked my fiancee to meet me in my room."
"Oh ho? Cen said. "Well then happy mating Vice Commander."
"Pfft!" Kenshin snickered. "Thank you Cen-San."
Sona followed Kenshin out of the audience chamber. "How do you know where your room is? From what I've heard, you went to meet the Wind Spirit after this castle was liberated."
"I'm assuming Rias knows how to get there, I'm just looking for her signature." Kenshin said. "In any case. It's good to see you Sona."
"?" Sona glanced curiously at him. "Is that right? Well then, why is it good to see me?"
"A rational mind." Kenshin said. "I feel like I can come to you for advice should I ever need it."
"..." Sona's face heated up in response to this. "Is that right? Why do you feel that way?"
"Because you've got a good head on your shoulders and if our chess games are any indication, you've got quite a mind for strategy." Kenshin said. "We should play sometime."
"Well, when you have time." Sona said. "I imagine you're going to be very busy."
"Tell me about it." Kenshin sighed. "But...I more or less came into this, even if I don't consider myself much of a leader."
"Kenshin, I think you're more of a leader than you give yourself credit for." Sona said.
"Hm?" Kenshin said.
"Just a thought, keep an eye on those you lead when the next battle comes." Sona said.
Kenshin and Sona stopped in front of a door. "Well here we are." Kenshin said.
"And I shall be going, you two should probably have some alone time together." Sona said with a smile. "Tell Rias I'd like to talk to her sometime."
"Oh, by the way. In the rush of everything, we never really got to train, let's start that back up." Kenshin said.
"Whenever you have the time, just let me know." Sona said.
Kenshin nodded and watched Sona leave. He wasn't completely sure, but he thought he noticed some sway in the Sitri heiress' hips. He shook his head and knocked on the door. "You decent in there?" He asked.
"J-Just a minute!" He heard Rias call out from the other side.
"?" Kenshin narrowed his eyes curiously. He let a minute pass and entered. "Rias, is everything al...right?" He said as his eyes landed on the Gremory heiress.
Rias stood in front of him. In her usual attire, but her long crimson hair was done up in twintails. She fingered around with some of the hair strands in the left tail. "What do you think?"
"U..Uhm..." Kenshin's face heated up and he turned around. "I-It looks cute..." He said as blood seeps out of his nose. "Jeez pull it together Kenshin! Who are you, Issei? !"
While talking with Irina, Issei sneezed. "Eh?" Issei said.
"Someone's talking about you." Irina said.
"Probably Kenshin talking crap about me being a pervert." Issei said. Irina nodded and they continued chatting
"Are you OK?" Rias asked.
"I'm fine." Kenshin said turning back toward her. "So, you've been wanting to see me?"
"Eh? Who said that? I came here because you asked for me to be here." Rias said.
"Right, because you have been wanting to see me. Yukari and Kiba both said you did." Kenshin said.
"..." Rias bowed her head. "Oh, I see. I..I didn't mean to take up..."
"Rias, stop." Kenshin said. "Just because I'm the Vice Commander of the Revolution doesn't mean I'm somehow not the same guy I've always been. If you want to talk to me, or spend time with me. You need not hesitate to ask."
"Kenshin..." Rias said, a smile stretching across her face. "Still...I wouldn't want to take up too much of your time."
"I understand that, but still." Kenshin said. "If I have time to spend and you want to help me do so, then you only have to say so, OK?"
"OK." Rias said. She walked up to him.
"I like your hair by the way, you should try to do more with it in the future." Kenshin said.
"I'll keep that in mind." Rias said as her fingers traced around his cheek.
Kenshin lowered his head, his and Rias' eyes narrowing shut as their lips inched ever closer. "..."
"Kenshin...!" Both heard Akatama's voice call out.
"Ugghh..." Kenshin groaned.
"Well, duty calls I guess..." Rias said looking down at his chest with a smile.
"I suppose." Kenshin said. "Coming!" He called out as he ran out of the room.
"Well, I guess I'll have to take what I can get." Rias said. "Huh?" She tilted her head to the side as she heard footsteps rushing back toward the room. She watched as Kenshin reentered the room, marched right up to her and kissed her on the lips. "Mmh? Mm..." She closed her eyes and returned the seconds long kiss. "Don't you have to hurry?"
"Oh I can spare a few moments to kiss my future wife can't I?" Kenshin asked with a smile.
"Well...when you put it that way." Rias said pulling Kenshin into a deeper kiss.
"Mmph..." Kenshin wrapped his arms around her waist and lifted her off the ground.
"Oh I love you..." Rias said after they broke the kiss.
"I love you too, I'll see you later." Kenshin said putting her down and walking out of the room.
Rias watched him leave before sighing with a smile. "He's not meaning to do it obviously, so I shouldn't get so down about it."
Kenshin met Akatama in the nearby hall. "You know Akatama, don't be surprised if a few of these times you come looking for me, that I give you a look that says I want to kill you." Kenshin said.
Akatama chuckled. "I'll keep that in mind."
"What does Alice want now?" Kenshin asked.
"She'd like to get the excursion to track down this necromancer over with. She also wishes to travel with a smaller party as to not alert the person in question, she's decided to take Erubetie-San and Bureijin-San, there are four spots left for a party of eight."
"OK." Kenshin nodded. "Hm...get me...Issei Hyoudou, Irina Shidou, Genshiro Saji and Evangeline A.K McDowell. I will inform the two men's masters that I will be borrowing them."
"OK." Akatama said. "Where would you like me to have them meet you?"
"Well from what I've heard the necromancer lives in an abandoned mansion to the north east of here." Kenshin said. "Tell everyone to meet me at the eastern end of San Nati."
"OK." Akatama said leaving Kenshin to his devices.
He opened up a communication circle. "Rias?" Kenshin said.
"Calling back so soon?" Rias asked.
"Well this time it's business. I'm going to be borrowing Issei for a bit, is that OK?" Kenshin asked.
"Of course. Just tell him to be careful." Rias said.
"OK, thanks bye." Kenshin said. He kept his circle active and tuned it to Sona's magical frequency. "Sona?"
"Yes? What is it Kenshin?" Sona asked.
"I've called for Saji to join me on a mission, I trust you have no objections?" Kenshin asked.
"None, I'll let Saji know that he should be expecting someone to call for him...knowing him though he's probably making out with Momo or Ruruko at the moment."
"You say that so casually..." Kenshin sweatdropped.
"I've gotten used to the idea." Sona said.
"Well, OK thanks for letting me borrow Saji." Kenshin said. He continued to keep his circle open and got in contact with Evangeline. "Evangeline."
"'Sup?" Evangeline asked.
"...Are you drunk?" Kenshin asked noticing a slur in her voice.
"Am not drunk..." Evangeline muttered. "Hey, Kenshin...you mind coming down here and giving me a rub down?"
"Ask Chachamaru to do it." Kenshin snorted.
"So cold you are!" Evangeline said with a fake whine.
"Evangeline, what the hell it's like...ten in the morning, why and how are you drunk?" Kenshin asked.
"Everyone around is getting action except for me, I'm bored, and I'm getting horny." Evangeline said.
"I did not need to know that." Kenshin said
"Oh come on Lust Dragon, I'd make it worth your while." Evangeline said with a lucid giggle. "Have it end with a 'very happy ending'"
"Evangeline..." Kenshin groaned.
"Hahahahaha, oh alright alright! I'm not actually drunk!" Evangeline laughed. "So you want me to go on this excursion to stop a necromancer? Alright I'm in."
Kenshin didn't hear most of what she said, he only heard her admitting she wasn't drunk. "You teasing bit-!" He heard the connection cut off. "Ugghh..." Kenshin groaned.
"Why not take her up on her offer? She's been alive for a long time, she probably knows a lot of stuff to pleasure you sexually." Undine asked.
"Undine...it's the timing. I need to go." Kenshin said.
"I suppose." Undine said.
Kenshin walked out to the eastern end of San Nati and found Issei and Irina waiting. "Ah, you're already here."
"Kenshin, what did you need us for? You seem like you could nip this in the bud easily." Irina said.
"Yeah." Issei nodded.
"Well I was going to say I need a virgin sacrifice to feed to the zombies we'll probably be facing, but that doesn't work with either of you." Kenshin said.
"That's dark." Issei said.
"Y-You're not actually going to sacrifice someone, are you?" Irina asked with a nervous quiver.
"No!" Kenshin laughed. "Jeez what do you take me for? !"
"Though I hear the more pure you are, the more zombies will be attracted to you." They turned to find Evangeline walking up to them. "So, is that still a no on the happy ending massage?" Evangeline asked.
"Sometime later, we're gonna be busy." Kenshin said.
"OK." Evangeline shrugged.
"Could you two please stop being so creepy?" Issei asked.
"Nope." Kenshin and Evangeline said.
"So basically we're walking into a horror movie?" Saji asked approaching the group.
"Pretty much." Kenshin shrugged. "I was trying to get that vibe going with Issei and Irina here.
"Hey maybe he can be our sacrificial virgin." Evangeline joked.
"I'm not a virgin!" Saji snapped.
"Oh ho?" Kenshin said. "That right?"
"Aah...uhm...well...Momo-Chan kinda cornered me on the way back to Yamatai..." Saji said poking his fingers together. "I won't say anything more!"
"Nor do I expect you to." Kenshin said.
"Are we ready to go?" Alice asked approaching them with Erubetie and Bureijin.
"Whenever you are." Kenshin said with the rest nodding.
"Very well then, it shouldn't take us long to get there." Erubetie said. "We should arrive by nightfall."
Kenshin and Evangeline started snickering while Issei, Irina and Saji shivered.
(break)
That Night.
"And here we are!" Bureijin said as they came up to an abandoned mansion.
"You seem awfully excited for this Bureijin-San." Saji said.
"Of course. I like haunted houses." Bureijin said.
"H-H-Haunted? !" Alice said with wide eyes.
"?" Kenshin and the others stared at the Demon Queen.
"Uhm..." Irina said.
"Uh...Alice-Sama...are you by chance...afraid of ghosts?" Issei asked.
"..." Alice glared at Issei.
"That...is...hilarious..." Evangeline said.
"Hm?" Kenshin and Erubetie looked up at the second story window. They both saw a girl looking down at them before walking away. "A girl was in the second story just now." Erubetie commented.
"Aiee!" Alice moved behind Kenshin's back.
"Pff..." Evangeline started to snicker.
"Well that tears it. Alice is afraid of ghosts." Kenshin said.
"I-I am not!" Alice protested. "The only thing I'm scared of is hunger!"
"Of course you are ya glutton." Bureijin chided.
"Well, if you are not then let's go inside." Kenshin said walking toward the mansion.
"I won't!" Alice said. "You can go in without me!"
"..." Kenshin stared at her.
"You don't need me to do this." Alice said.
"You're the one who wanted to come." Kenshin said.
"He's right, ya did Lady Alipheese." Bureijin said.
"I concur." Erubetie said.
"The Queen of Demons is scared of ghosts...huh." Saji said.
"What of it, you're the Vice Commander Kenshin, you should be able to handle a necromancer!" Alice huffed, while her snake half quivered.
"You're the Commander, Alice. If it gets out that you are scared of ghosts, you'll be the laughing stock of Makai, and I also shudder to think what Forbesii will do when it reaches his ears." Kenshin said.
"Aah..." Alice sputtered, unable to retort Kenshin's logic.
"Checkmate." Kenshin said. "Now come on."
The party walked into the mansion. "..." Kenshin looked around.
"Pretty big place." Saji said looking around as well.
"Something's coming." Evangeline said.
"G-Ghost? !" Alice said.
A pale woman wearing a black dress came out, four arms seemingly coming out of nowhere around her. "Hn." Kenshin narrowed his eyes.
"Oh, it's just a ghost youkai." Alice said with a noticeably calmer voice.
"...What's the difference?" Evangeline deadpanned.
"A ghost youkai is a basically a collection of souls mixed with magic, they're different from something as unscientific as a normal ghost." Alice explained.
"What the- It's the same thing!" Kenshin snapped.
"Ahem..." The pale woman said.
"Oh, what is it?" Bureijin asked.
"My name is Shiro." She introduced. "What brings you here?"
"We're investigating a necromancer." Erubetie said.
"Oh, you mean Chrome-Sama?" Shiro asked.
"Chrome?" Issei asked.
"She's a member of the Artiste family." Shiro said.
"Them?" Alice said. "Erg...figures."
"What about them?" Irina asked.
"They were a family of doll magic users who turned into biological scientists, from there I had heard that two of them went and became necromancers." Alice said.
"Doll magic you say?" Evangeline asked.
"You seem interested." Bureijin said.
"Well Evangeline is a doll magic user herself." Kenshin said. "Anyway, this place is pretty big, so I guess we should split up...unless..."
"No." Shiro said.
"Thought so." Kenshin said. "Alright, Alice and Erubetie are a team, Issei and Irina are together, Saji and Bureijin are together and Evangeline and I are together."
"Aw no fair, you're taking the hot blonde with you?" Bureijin complained.
"Oh ho, thank you." Evangeline said with a laugh.
"I'll be too distracted thinking of ways to screw with Alice to go with her. Issei and Irina know each other well...and no offense Bureijin, but you kinda seem like you'd get on Erubetie's figurative nerves." Kenshin said. "That and Evangeline and I know each other well too."
"Hahaha, I get it man, don't take it too seriously." Bureijin said. "Come on Saji."
"Just please don't be creepy." Saji said with a nervous smile..
"Heheheh, no promises." Bureijin chuckled. "Come on."
Bureijin and Saji walked off. "Well, I guess Irina and I will investigate upstairs."
"Evangeline and I will do the same on the opposite side of you." Kenshin said. "Alice, I guess you and Erubetie stay here with Shiro-San."
"Very well. I'll just stretch my Serene Mind sensory outward and see if I find anything." Erubetie said.
"Sounds good, lets go Kenshin." Evangeline said.
With Bureijin and Saji they checked room to room. "Hey Bureijin-San?"
"Yes sweetie?" Bureijin asked.
"...Please don't." Saji deadpanned.
"Hahaha, I had to do it at least once. What is it?" Bureijin grinned.
"I was curious, why do you like haunted houses?" Saji asked.
"Mm, I like the spooky atmosphere, it's one of my favorite fantasy places to take a woman, or a man and seduce them." Bureijin said.
"Huh, I see." Saji said.
"Not creeped out by the idea anymore?" Bureijin said.
"I never was, I just didn't want you coming on to me. Who you wanna have sex with is your business." Saji said.
"Hahaha, Kenshin said the same thing." Bureijin said patting Saji on the back.
"So what do you think we'll be running into?" Saji asked.
"Probably zombies." Bureijin said. "Though some actual ghosts would be nice so we can scare the scales off Her Majesty." He snickered.
"You know she probably has the power to kill you right?" Saji asked.
"That's what makes it fun." Bureijin laughed.
Meanwhile with Kenshin and Evangeline, they explored the halls of the mansion. "So, Kenshin. You've been alive for about what...a month?"
"On my third revive yeah." Kenshin said.
"What was it like? Ascending through the ranks so quickly?" Evangeline asked.
"Honestly? Felt like another day on the job at Rikudou." Kenshin said.
"Just business as usual eh?" Evangeline asked.
"Pretty much." Kenshin said.
"So why were you so quick to reject my offer?" Evangeline said. "I would have done it."
"Well it was the timing for one thing." Kenshin said. "I literally had to go."
"And two?" Evangeline asked.
"I was under the impression that you still didn't like me." Kenshin asked.
"Well, one you don't exactly have to like someone to fuck them, two. You've more than made up for what happened. I've forgiven that little transgression." Evangeline said. "Excuse me for not coming forward with it."
"Huh." Kenshin said. "Well then. If you say so."
"So basically we're back to where we were before you left." Evangeline said.
"Roommates?" Kenshin asked.
Evangeline glanced at a nearby door before glancing back at Kenshin with a salacious grin. "Well, if you want to..."
Kenshin stepped out of the way as she tried to cozy up to him. "Don't feel like losing blood right now." Kenshin said. "Hm?" He looked over and saw a small doll at the end of the hall.
"Eh?" Evangeline said walking toward the doll. "Hmm...this doll was used for doll magic purposes."
"Does it still work?" Kenshin asked.
"No, it's magical receiver was broken sometime ago...hmn...just looking at it makes me miss Chachazero." Evangeline said.
"That psycho doll that was Chachamaru's little sister?" Kenshin asked. "What happened to her?"
"Obliterated by Hottan." Evangeline said.
"...I'm sorry for your loss then." Kenshin said.
"Eh she died doing what she loved before Hottan got to her...killing people." Evangeline said. "Can't ask much more than that from life."
Kenshin sweatdropped. "I...I guess..."
Meanwhile with Issei and Irina, they were going down the opposite hall. "Uuu...I-Issei-kun...I-I'm scared..." Irina whined, getting close to Issei, her breasts sandwiching his arm.
"Uuwaaahaaa! Irina's Oppai is surrounding my arm, the skintight outfit doesn't even get in the way!" Issei thought.
"Where should we go?" Irina asked.
"Here." Issei said gesturing toward one of the doors.
The pair walked into the room. "Hm..." Issei said looking around. "This is a mansion right?"
"Yeah?" Irina asked.
"Maybe there's some valuables in here that Kenshin and Alice-San could sell for the war effort." Issei said.
"That's graverobbing!" Irina reprimanded.
"Is it though? It's not like I'm digging up bodies and stealing things right off the corpse." Issei said.
"It doesn't matter, people still lived here and their possessions are still here...Besides I doubt you could get very much anyway." Irina said.
"Oh ho, I get it. You just don't wanna put in the elbow grease." Issei laughed.
"..." Irina turned to Issei. "Maybe so..." She said with a small grin. "You know...I put the doorknob on the door as we were walking in here."
"So you are thinking what I'm thinking!" Issei said.
"Sure am...it's been awhile..." Irina said licking her lips as she backed up toward the wall. "Come here..." She called him over with her finger.
"Heheh, I love it when you start acting lewd." Issei chuckled as he walked over to her.
As she stepped toward the wall, she lost her footing and tripped. "Owowowow..." Irina said.
"Jeez, trying to be sexy is one thing, but watch where you walk Irina-Chan." Issei said.
"Yeah...yeah..." Irina trailed off, her complexion getting paler by the second.
"Huh?" Issei said.
What Irina happened to trip on...was a body. "...Kyaaaaaa! ! !" She screamed running toward Issei and holding onto him for dear life. "Oh my god, Oh my god, Oh my God!" She said.
"Oh shit!" Issei said seeing the dead body getting up.
"Ooouunnn...Warmth..." The dead woman said.
"O...Oh shit..." Issei said with wide eyes. He heard more moaning and groaning and looked around seeing several more dead women getting to their feet and approaching them. "Oh FUCK!"
"I-Issei-kun, I-I'm so scared! For real this time! !" Irina said shivering in his arms.
"Shitshitshitshit! How do I take down what's al...Dragon Shot!" Issei thought.
"Dragon Shot!" Issei called out punching his signature orb attack at two of the zombies. "I'm so sorry, please rest in peace!" Issei said. "Irina, it's OK. Just obliterate the bodies!"
"R-Right! Haa!" Irina used her holy magic to stab the zombies, making their bodies burn away.
"Whew..." The two said.
"Nivis Casus!"
"Huh?" Issei and Irina looking behind them to see another zombie, frozen.
Evangeline snapped her fingers, destroying the ice and the zombie. She entered the room with Kenshin following close behind. "Are you two alright?" Kenshin asked.
"Y-Yeah..." Issei said.
"And you Irina?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm...a little shook up, but I'll be fine" Irina said.
"Well, we found one of the places zombies were being made at." Evangeline said.
"Come on." Kenshin said. "Lets go back to Erubetie and Alice."
"Right." Issei, Irina and Evangeline all said.
They went back to the foyer where Alice, Erubetie, Saji and Bureijin were waiting. "Something happen? We heard a scream." Bureijin asked.
"We found a room with zombies in it." Issei said.
"Well I have an update about that." Alice said. "Zombie youkai are uncommon sure, but they aren't made that way due to a virus. So if you get bitten you'll likely just need to clean the wound. We've had contact with a zombie youkai before Kenshin showed up, however this getting bitten scenario doesn't apply to all of them."
"So be careful anyway." Kenshin said.
"There is a basement underneath this floor." Erubetie said.
"Neat." Kenshin said. "Let's head down there." He punched a hole through the floor and jumped down. Everyone else followed after him.
They found a crypt with a small, purpleish skinned looking young woman with black hair, wearing a black outfit that showed off her midriff and purple and black stripped stockings. "Wawawawa! Wh-What are you doing? !"
"You must be the resident necromancer." Evangeline said.
"I am." She said with a glare. "My name is Chrome, now why are you skulking around in my laboratory, especially with such shrill screaming."
Irina huffed. "My voice is not shrill!"
"This place used to the the Natalia Region's execution grounds, then a boneyard. Because there's so many corpses. It's great for my experiments." Chrome said.
(thwack!)
Kenshin appeared behind her and smacked her over the head. "Ow! What the hell was that for? !"
"You defiled graves, disturbed remains, just for research?" Kenshin said smacking her over the head again.
"It's...not...what...you...think!" Chrome shouts as Kenshin kept smacking her over the head. "That hurts dammit!"
"Tough." Kenshin said. "The dead aren't your toys!"
A hand reached over and gripped Kenshin's wrist. "?" Kenshin looked over to see a tall woman, bandages wrapping most of her body, with a large chest and hair Kenshin guessed used to be blonde at some point. She had a dead look in her eyes. "Master, not...harm..."
"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa!" Chrome said seeing Kenshin gather his touki and activate the powers of wind and water. "Wait! Frederika, stop!" She called out.
"Yes Master..." The zombie, now named Frederika said.
"Huh?" Issei said. "Why do you not want her to defend you?"
"Because this man will destroy her." Chrome said. "...I don't want her destroyed."
"..." Kenshin stared at her.
"I think you need to explain yourself girl." Evangeline said.
"I don't just nercomance as it were for kicks." Chrome said. "I'm doing research and trying to find ways to bring the dead back to life."
"..." Everyone stared at her.
"M...My sister..." Chrome said looking at the ground. "She died...trying to protect me...because I messed up in my biological research and used something that reacted violently with the organism I was trying to develop...she shielded me from the explosion, but...when I woke up...she was in two pieces..." She said as tears dripped onto the floor.
Kenshin sighed. "I see...do you at least get permission from these dead people to use their bodies like that?"
"...H-Huh?" Chrome asked looking up at them.
"You reanimate their bodies, one must assume you can contact their souls." Kenshin said.
"W-Well, not all the time, but Frederika's I did get." Chrome said.
"I see." Kenshin said. "Well, try not to do this without contacting their souls from now on. Do this and I won't bother you."
"OK, th-thanks uhm..." Chrome said.
"Kenshin." Kenshin said.
"Can I examine your corpse when you're dead?" Chrome asked.
"Hahahaha, when I die, I won't be leaving a corpse behind." Kenshin said.
"Oh, too bad. You look like you'd make a prime specimen." Chrome said with a playfully disappointed look.
"I'm sure." Kenshin said. "Uhm...how do we get out of here?"
"Well, just so I can prove to you that I have Frederika's permission. Here's her spirit." Chrome said.
Frederika's body laid down and a pinkish looking spirit of a woman rose out of it. "Hello." She greeted.
"Hello. Are you really OK with this sweetie?" Bureijin asked.
"She explained her reasons to me. I saw no problem with them, and I'd like to be a help to people." Frederika said.
"I see." Irina said with a nod.
"Just...please try not to step in any water sources..." Erubetie said with a slightly exasperated expression. "Dead body befoulment is hard to cleanse."
"Of course Of course. Chrome-Chan still needs to drink something." Frederika said with a smile. "Here, I'll lead you out."
"Alright, let's go." Saji shrugged.
"..." Alice didn't move.
"?" Kenshin walked up to her. "Alice, Hello? Makai to Alice, Kenshin speaking..." He waved his hand in front of her face. "...Yup, she's fainted."
"W-Was it something I said?" Frederika asked.
"No, she..is uhh..." Bureijin said.
"She's afraid of ghosts." Evangeline said.
"Ugh, Saji, Issei, Bureijin, give me a hand." Kenshin said slinging Alice's torso over his shoulder. Saji, Issei and Bureijin each grabbed sections of her tail and they carried her out as Frederika led them outside.
"Kenshin, why did you have no problem with what Chrome was doing?" Issei asked.
"What right do I have to tell someone not to try to revive someone dear to them?" Kenshin asked.
"That and you're also a sucker for crying girls." Evangeline said.
"Shaddap." Kenshin said.
(break)
Days later.
Port Natalia.
Alice, Kenshin, Rias, Akeno, Kiba, Tsubaki, Saji, Ruruko, Rasai, Akatama and Alma Elma came to Port Natalia. "So, why are we back here?" Kenshin asked.
"Kraken is closest to here." Alice said. "Her palace is at the bottom of the Southern Seas
"...A thought occurs." Kiba said.
"We can't hold our breaths for that long." Tsubaki finished for him.
"And I'd rather not bug Undine for something trivial." Kenshin said.
"I wouldn't care, doing it for you anyway." Undine said.
"I know, but still." Kenshin thought.
"Ara? What do we do then?" Akeno asked.
"If you all would let me finish, I'd explain." Alice said. "A mermaid wishes to marry, and to do this it has to be approved by Kraken. However she can't go herself with her lover, because she fears he'll be killed before she gets there. In any case they have an artifact that will allow us to go down there."
"How weak is the guy?" Rasai asked with his arms crossed an impassive look on his face.
"Well, according to her, it's...not a matter of weakness, not like you're thinking." Alice said. "...You'll see when you get there."
"Whatever." Kenshin said with a shrug.
The group followed Alice to the mermaid's house. "Kenshin-kun." Kiba said.
"Yo?" Kenshin said. He had glanced over and saw Rias speaking with Alma. "Oh brother...what is Alma telling Rias?" He wondered.
"You know that Rasai Bael is training Chief Rias right now, right?" Kiba asked.
"Yeah, who do you think convinced Rias to ask for his help?" Kenshin asked.
"Eh?" Akeno said. "You told Rias to train with Rasai?" She asked.
"You know what he's likely here to do right?" Kiba whispered.
"I know what you're getting at, but..." Kenshin stopped whispering to shrug as he spoke at normal volume. "I know Rasai won't sabotage Rias' training."
"Why is that?" Kiba asked.
"Well, according to his files he's a perfectionist." Kenshin said. "His pride won't allow him to have someone he helped train fail at something. It's honestly something I can respect about him."
"?" Rasai glanced back at Kenshin. "What is he getting at? Respects me?"
"How did you get his file anyway?" Akeno asked.
"Asked Sirzechs who in turn got it from Lord Bael. Lord Bael maybe a dick, but he won't openly cross Sirzechs, and as it stands I am the second most important figure in the Youkai Faction. Crossing me means crossing Alice, which means crossing the Youkai Faction." Kenshin said.
"Hmn, you may act like a battle hungry fool at times, but you have a shrewd mind Kuroshi Kenshin." Rasai thought.
"Also, say what you will about Rasai, but from looking at his file, and videos on his combat prowess, the guy's a freakin' genius with his power." Kenshin said.
"..." Rasai turned his head away. "...A genius? That's more than Father ever said of me...No!" He shook his head. "I can't let myself get taken in by him! I have my orders!"
Kenshin stared at Rasai with an impassive look. "Hmn, could I have been right about him?" He thought.
The group arrived at the mermaid's house and Akatama knocked on the door. A light blue haired woman with a purple mermaid tail answered the door wearing a simple cloth over her chest. "Hello?"
"Yes Meia-San, we're here about the job you had posted on the board at San Nati?" Akatama said with a calm smile.
"Oh!" Meia's expression brightened instantly. "Soujuro! Our job got accepted!"
A young looking man came out of the house with brown hair. "..." Everyone stared at him, except for Alice.
"Hold the phone, this person is older than me?" Kiba thought. "He sure doesn't look it."
"A cradle robber...?" Rasai muttered.
"Ara ara..." Akeno said with a hand on her cheek.
"..." Alma stared with a curious expression.
"Um..." Kenshin said with an uncomfortable look. "This guy looks younger than Koneko for fuck's sake!"
"Oh, don't worry, he's of age, I just keep him like this with magic." Meia said.
"Thank the Dark Goddess." Everyone sighed in relief.
"We get that a lot, but I just can't say no to her." Soujuro said. "Though she does let me assume my real form in the bedroom."
"Thank the Dark Goddess again..." Everyone said.
"I know the age of consent here is ambiguous but sheesh..." Kenshin thought.
"Anyway, here you go, use this to get to Lady Kraken's lair." Meia said. "And this letter as well." She handed Kenshin an orb and a letter.
"Thank you. We'll be on our way." Kenshin said.
The group proceeded toward the nearby beach. "Here." Alice said holding her hand out. Kenshin gave her the orb. It flashed brightly and the pathway lit up. "You still have to swim, but you can breath underwater. This orb will also work when we go see Poseidoness."
"Poseidoness?" Saji asked.
"The ruler of the Northern Seas." Alice clarified.
"I see." Saji nodded. Everyone dove into the water and followed the pathway. While everyone swam, Alma and Rias talked some more.
"Can you answer something for me Rias-Chan?" Alma asked.
"What is it?" Rias asked.
"Why is it that people feel the need to get married?" Alma asked.
"Huh?" Rias said with a curious look.
"Come to think of it, you're the one Kenshin-Chan's engaged to, he kind of just seems like the kind of guy who can't be tied down to one woman, no matter how bad he or his other wants to be. Kitsunes do it as well. It's just strange to me, why limit yourself like that? It confuses me."
"Well, you marry someone because you're deeply in love with them and want to spend your life with them." Rias said. "Political treaties are often times tied together with a marriage and same goes for alliances between houses. Other reasons would be for status or money, loathe as I am to admit it. But mostly it's for love."
"Hmmnn...sounds like a stupid thing to do to me." Alma said.
"..." Rias stared at her with an annoyed look. "So the fact that I want to marry Kenshin is stupid to you? Why?"
"Because the idea of it, doesn't sound like love to me. Rather, it sounds like a trap. Like you're trying to trap poor Kenshin-Chan." Alma said.
"..." Rias' expression became even more vexed. "How so?"
"If you loved him would you really want to take his freedom away like that?" Alma asked.
"I'm managing his harem!" Rias snapped.
"Let's say ya weren't though, just you and him, and all the rest of the girls that are interested in him are left out. Myself included, but I'm not interested in just him." Alma shrugged. "What would you be afraid of if he didn't marry you?"
Rias donned a thoughtful look. "Could...you rephrase the question?"
"Think Rias-Chan, if you marry someone, you have to have some reason for it, right?" Alma said.
"Well, the reason we are able to get married was because his clan and mine had a treaty drawn up by Lord Ragnarok and one of my ancestors...or it could have been my father, I keep forgetting to ask." Rias said. "If not for that, I'd be married to Raiser."
"That blonde fellow? He's good looking, but...I dunno, he seems kind of..." Alma said.
"Full of himself? Yes, but he's getting better." Rias said.
"Anyway, you say you're marrying Kenshin-Chan for love, but...if you're marrying him, don't you already love him, or you kidnapped and brainwashed him while he was still weak, but let's go with the former scenario here." Alma said. "You're marrying him for love, but...you already love him as much as you possibly could, so what is it you're trying to accomplish?"
"Well..." Rias trailed off. "It's...proof I guess? That I'd have something that no one else can?"
"If that's the only reason, your relationship is doomed to fail sooner or later." Alma said.
"..." Rias narrowed her eyes in thought. "Well our engagement is also to tie his family to mine, so..."
"True, but...I think you, and most people do it out of fear." Alma said. "They want to make the relationship difficult to break off and try to force the other person to stay with them, or in your case, Kenshin-Chan."
"...That's quite a cold outlook on the idea." Rias said. "But...I'm not scared that he'll leave me."
"And it's doubtful that he will. Kenshin-Chan doesn't seem like that kind of man. Also, in most countries and societies, there are punishments give for being unfaithful right?" Alma asked.
"Well, in some places yes, but the Underworld isn't one of them. My father has a harem, that my mother manages, just as an example." Rias said.
"Right right, but that's kinda supporting my outlook. It's just another way to trap someone." Alma said.
"Well, you shouldn't be doing that without approval anyway." Rias said.
"Why?" Alma asked.
"Because it would hurt the other person." Rias said.
"Well if I had a husband, and him having fun with someone else was enough to hurt me, then that would make me quite a selfish bitch." Alma said. "Is he not entitled to his own free will? What right do I have to dictate what he does when we're unable to be together hm?"
"You...what would you do then? Put yourself in my position and lets say you're together with Kenshin." Rias said.
"OK." Alma said. "Hey Kenshin-Chan, Rias-Chan's pawning you off on me!"
"Huh?" Kenshin said turning around.
"?$#!" Rias covered Alma's mouth. "N-Nothing Kenshin!"
"Ufufufufu relax Rias-Chan, just a joke." Alma said after Kenshin turned away from them. "Now, I'm in your position, I'm with Kenshin. If he and I truly loved each other, then I wouldn't have to worry about such things. What he did with another woman, who she was, wouldn't matter. Kenshin would come back to me. Because the love we would have couldn't be shared with anyone else. He could go out and fuck a hundred women and come back to me, and I'd ask him if he had fun. Because I know he'd give me more attention and love than he ever gave to them all combined. To me that's what love is...it's about what you do with the one you love, not what you don't do. But hey, I'm the Succubus Queen, what the hell would I know about love right?"
"So you'd let Kenshin just do whatever he wanted." Rias asked.
"If he thinks he could find someone who could love and please him better than I could...he's certainly welcome to try." Alma said with a carefree smile.
"..." Rias stared at Alma.
"But, did he coerce you?" Alma asked. "The whole harem thing, did he push you into it?"
"...No." Rias shook her head. "Granted I did try to keep him to myself, but it's not anything that he did. It's just, when he sees someone who needs help, he doesn't hesitate to offer his assistance and that often times causes women to fall for him...like I did, and...he can't find it in himself to deny them."
"OK." Alma said. "I was just checking because, if he forced you into it, then he doesn't really love you that much...if you expected a monogamous relationship with him and he truly loves you. He should have given you that."
"I think I see what you're getting at...and that last thing you said..." Rias said.
"Ufufufu, you just have to love and please him better than anyone else could." Alma giggled. "Though watch out, I could dive into that pool any time."
"I'd like to see you try." Rias said with a confident look.
"Ufufufu! That's the spirit...maybe I'll get both of you together..." Alma said licking her lips.
"Ah..hahahaha..." Rias laughed nervously.
The group swam into a palace and when they reached a large audience hall looking chamber a giant figure dove down to where they were. The woman that appeared before them, had eight large tentacles that served as her legs, while an assortment of smaller tentacles made up her hair. She wore no clothing, her large breasts on display. "Hm? A traveling party? What business do you have here?" She asked.
"Gee, kinda glad Issei didn't come with now." Kenshin said, his eyes turning to black dots.
"Kraken." Alice said.
"Hm? Oh! Your Majesty I didn't see you there. What is it you need of me?" Kraken asked with a calm smile.
"Well we can get to what I need in a moment." Alice said. "Kenshin."
"Yes." Kenshin said swimming up to Kraken's torso level and handing her the letter.
"Hm? A pledge of marriage?" Kraken said looking over the letter. "Mmhm, I see. Very well then you have braved the trial so I have no objection. As Queen of the Southern Seas I declare the red haired fellow before me and the eastern priestess woman as husband and wife."
"...Wait, what?" Kenshin said glancing back. Akeno had decided to wear her miko uniform while her Kuoh uniform was being washed.
"Now take this pledge ring, wearing this ring you shall always remember your pledge of marriage to your partner." Kraken said placing a ring in Kenshin's hand.
Akeno closed her eyes, cupping her cheek with a smile. "Ara Ara...Could it be that I've stolen Rias' position as Kenshin-kun's wife?"
"Well...uhm...this is unexpected..." Kenshin said with a confused look.
"Read the letter again!" Rias snapped.
"Huh?" Kraken read the letter again. "Oh! I see I see...Meia's the mermaid getting married. It's highly unusual for a third party to deliver this, but I have no reason to raise and objection. As Queen of the Southern Seas, I declare Meia and her husband married. And the red haired fellow and the miko are hereby divorced."
"Shit that was quick." Kenshin said. "Sorry it didn't work out Akeno!"
"Ararara..." Akeno didn't seem to be paying attention, swooning back and forth with a blushing smile.
"...I think she heard Kraken, but she's too busy fantasizing." Alice said with narrowed eyes.
"Doesn't this mean that Akeno-San gets half of Kenshin's stuff, I mean it's not like they signed a pre nup." Rasai mused.
"Pffft! Hahahahaha!" Saji laughed. "Hey Kenshin, you just lost half your crap!"
"I doubt Akeno would do that." Kenshin said with an eye roll. "Hey Kraken, Saji and his friend there Ruruko also wanna get married."
"!$#?" Saji faceplanted.
"Uhmhehehehehe..." Ruruko cupped her cheeks and began swooning.
"Kenshin, could you please stop it?" Tsubaki groaned.
"That black haired girl Tsubaki and blonde haired guy, Kiba." Kenshin said.
"Aah!" Tsubaki froze, her mouth agape with a dark blush.
"Eeehhh? !" Kiba blanched.
"Kenshin, I think you're having too much fun with this." Akatama mused.
"Akatama and Rasai." Kenshin said.
"What the? !" Akatama said."You jackass!"
"..." Rasai narrowed his eyes, glaring at Kenshin.
"Heheheheh!" Kenshin snickered. "Well, Rias and I could technically marry right now, that I think about it., but the setting's all wrong."
"Oh? Is there something wrong with here?" Kraken asked.
"She wants something akin to a setting like the one in Yamatai." Kenshin said.
"Aaahh." Kraken nodded.
"Anyway!" Alice said. "Kraken, I am here to request your assistance when we move on Hellgondo eventually."
"Do you plan to ask Poseidoness as well? She won't take to kindly to me coming into her territory randomly." Kraken said.
"I do." Alice said.
"Then my answer is the same as it's always been." Kraken said. "I serve the rightful ruler of Makai, a proven member of the Fateburn line."
"My thanks." Alice said with a smile.
"Now if that is all please be on your way." Kraken said. "I was about to take a nap before you happened along."
"Very well. Thank you for this." Kenshin said.
"Oh, by the way, what is your name?" Kraken asked.
"Kenshin, Kuroshi Tsuki Kenshin." Kenshin said.
"..." Kraken's eyes softened and she reached over and cupped his cheek. "Kuroshi hm? A descendant to Ragnarok?"
"I'm his reincarnation if you can believe it." Kenshin said.
"Oh ho? Now that you mention it it, I see the resemblances." Kraken said. "Also, I cannot marry anyone without a Pledge notice, so...none of the proposals you gave nor the one I screwed up are valid."
"Ah, don't worry guys, you can still be just friends!" Kenshin called out.
"Aaaww..." Ruruko said.
"..." Tsubaki glanced away with a disappointed look.
"Thank god...you are so not my type." Akatama said glancing at Rasai.
"You're not mine either." Rasai grunted.
"What is your type Akatama-Chan?" Alma asked.
"Women." Akatama answered. "Tend to favor bottom over top heaviness though."
"Ah, so you're an ass man." Alma and Kenshin both said. Alma turned to Kenshin who had just landed. "Speaking of which Kenshin-Chan, which do you like better?"
"C." Kenshin answered.
"C?" Alma asked.
"Both." Kenshin clarified.
"Ufufufu, I see. You just like women's bodies in general." Alma giggled.
(Break)
Days later
Kenshin, his peerage and Sona and her peerage, as well as Yubelluna walked across the sand dunes of the Safina desert in the Sabasa region. "Why do we have to come here?" Saji panted. "It's so hot!"
"Alice wants me to reaffirm our conditions with Lord Sabasa." Kenshin said."If you wanna bitch at someone for how hot it is, bitch at Sona for volunteering to accompany me and my peerage."
"I-I'm good." Saji said with a fearful expression.
"It's not really that bad out here." Yubelluna commented.
"Well you've been here before." Evangeline said.
"Hey Kenshin." Yukari said. "While you're here, don't you think you should go reestablish your contract with Gnome?"
"You might even want to get it out of the way now." Tamamo said.
"Now?" Kenshin said with an arched brow.
"Doesn't he need to be present for the meeting with Lord Sabasa?" Tsubaki asked.
"I don't believe we'll be meeting him immediately." Sona said.
"We won't." Granberia said. "He probably won't see us until tomorrow."
"I see..." Sona said.
"Well, if Kenshin-San can get more of his power back, I think he should do it." Momo said.
"I agree." Yura said.
"Yes Kenshin-Chan, go on. We know how to get to the Sabasa capitol." Alma said.
"Can we just make a decision, I think I am literally melting out here..." Erubetie groaned.
"I agree, this heat is miserable..." Undine said.
"S-Sorry." Kenshin thought.
"Let's go get Gnomey back!" Sylph whooped.
"Are you sure you'll be fine without me?" Kenshin asked.
"Kenshin, if anything happens we can handle ourselves." Hikari said.
"Don't sweat it, I'll keep a look out." Kazumi said.
"You do remember who we are right?" Evangeline asked.
"OK, I'll be going, see you later." Kenshin waved and split from the group.
The trek took until nightfall. "Brr...even with my dragon level heat this is still kinda chilly." Kenshin said.
"I love it." Undine said.
"Of course you do." Kenshin thought.
"What?" Undine said with a curious tilt of the head.
"It's nothing, just thinking out loud." Kenshin thought. "Hm?" He said aloud as he noticed someone approaching him.
"..." It turned out to be Gnome in her more mature form, the one she wanted him to give her a mud massage in. The sand began to move and make words for her. "You're here to reforge the contract between us I take it?" Gnome asked.
"Yeah." Kenshin said.
Gnome closed her eyes, but her head was tilted downward and Kenshin could barely make out the upturn of her lips. The sand moved again. "I see..."
Kenshin started walking up to her. "..Gnome, do you feel the same about me as Sylph and Undine do?"
"..." Gnome reached up and pulled her her hat off her head. When Kenshin got up to her. She placed it onto his head. She held it there and closed her eyes, her smile broadening.
"Hmn..." Kenshin smiled and patted her on the head. "I see."
"...I've only ever cried for one person..." Gnome said.
"!" Kenshin stared at her. He knew from Ragnarok that what she said was true, but he was stunned to hear her speaking.
"...?" Gnome stared at him.
"Oh, uhm...n-nothing it's just that was the first time I've ever heard your voice." Kenshin said. "It sounds...lovely."
A soft blush adorned the Earth Spirit's cheeks and she nodded. "I see...don't expect me to do it too much though..." She said with a shy look.
Kenshin chuckled. "If you don't feel like speaking, you don't have to...so, should...we get right to it?"
"Mmhn..." Gnome shook her head and grabbed his hand tracing her finger on his palm. It took Kenshin a moment to realize she was saying something by doing this. "No, if you haven't already been told...I am a virgin..." Kenshin noticed her finger movements became slower and nervous as she said this. "So...foreplay is important."
"I see." Kenshin said. "Well then..." Gnome wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. It was clear she was nervous about the whole ordeal so Kenshin pulled her close and gently started kissing back. He broke away for a moment and smiled. "Follow my lead, you'll get the hang of it."
"Yes..." Gnome said.
Kenshin wrapped his left arm around Gnome's waist and his right arm around her neck, his hand gently caressing her cheek. Gnome still seemed nervous. "Do you trust me?" Kenshin asked.
"..." Gnome nodded.
"Then show it." Kenshin said leaning forward, pecking the Earth Spirit on the cheek. His lips finding hers on the next attempt. He felt her breath hitch, but she slowly started to kiss back.
Kenshin wanted to laugh at how nervous she was, but didn't want to offend her. They had been moving downward during this kiss and she was close to losing her balance and having her back hit the sand. Her hands had lowered down to her sides, unsure of what to do. Kenshin felt her heart hammering away in her chest. He finally pulled away and chuckled. "Gnome, you only know how to do the main part, don't you?"
"..." Gnome glanced away, embarrassed.
"It's OK." Kenshin smiled. "We all gotta start somewhere, even forces of nature in demon form apparently."
"Gnome's always been curious about all manner of things." Undine said.
"Yeah! That's why she likes living in the desert, you never know what you might find!" Sylph said.
"First off, try not to be so nervous. Nothing you're doing is going to irritate me." Kenshin said. "Amuse me maybe, but not irritate me."
"..." Gnome nodded.
Kenshin moved his face back in, but stopped as soon as his nose was about to touch hers, his eyes looking into hers. "Now, like I said before, follow my lead." He said closing his eyes and kissing her once more, his hands cupping her cheeks. Gnome slowly closed the gap between them. Kenshin softly pressed forward against her, trying to make it easy for her to follow along. "Don't just kiss." He said. "Use your hands to do something."
"Like what?" Gnome asked.
"Anything you want." Kenshin said.
Gnome glanced downward. "Well...it's not like he has an abundance of places to rub." She thought. "Maybe..." Gnome's hands raised upward, her left going up to his shirt and unbuttoning it, and her right moving up to his ears.
"Mmh..." Kenshin let out a short moan as the Earth Spirit started rubbing his ears. "She's pretty quick on the uptake."
His hands moved over her body. He cupped her breasts through her clothing and gently squeezed them. She froze for a moment before moving against him. Their make out session continued at a fervent pace. Her hands moved all over his body, curiously rubbing or stroking whatever she could get a hold of. Both of them were struggling to breathe, but neither dared to stop.
Kenshin noticed Gnome's tongue starting to move more expertly and smiled, but blinked as the Earth Spirit held him close, her body pressing against his tightly.
Finally, the kiss broke and the two panted heavily. "You learn quick." Kenshin said
"..." Gnome nodded, but her legs shuffled slightly and she had an uncomfortable look on her face. Kenshin looked down and saw a wet spot developing in her crotch.
"How does this come off?" Kenshin asked tugging on her outfit. "It looks like it's in one piece."
"Ties...in the back..." Gnome said, her voice, though still unfamiliar to Kenshin sounded like it was wreathed in desire.
Kenshin nodded and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in close and untying the strings fastening her dress. It loosened and he brushed it off her shoulders. Gnome pulled her arms out and let it pool around her waist. He brought his hands to her chest and started caressing her small fleshy globes.
"...~" Gnome closed her eyes, holding on to his shoulders.
"I'm curious, is this the most your body will develop?" Kenshin asked. "There's nothing wrong with it, I was just wondering."
"Well, I've always liked a more slender build." Gnome lowered her hand to trace in the sand. "But we can tinker with them, however for Salamander, Sylph and I there are limits to what we can do with our proportions. I'd only get a slight bump from here. Undine, being a slime has no such restriction. She can do whatever she wants."
"Aaah." Kenshin nodded after reading this. "Well no worries."
Gnome moved in closer and set her head on his shoulder, nestling it into the crook of his neck. She started to lick and suck at his skin. "...~" She let out a quiet almost inaudible moan in content.
"Aah.." Kenshin gasped softly, feeling her doing so. "...Heheh...go ahead, feel free to experiment."
Gnome brushed his unbuttoned shirt off his left shoulder and lowered her hand and started rubbing his chest, her index finger prodding his nipple.
"Nn.." Kenshin grunted.
"Does this feel good for you?" Gnome asked.
"Feels weird." Kenshin said. "Sorry, guys don't have a whole lot of sensitive areas. If you can find one, keep attacking it."
"Then.." Gnome moved downward, Kenshin stopped her. "?" She tilted her head curiously.
"This foreplay is mainly for you." Kenshin said.
"I know that, but it's a two way street isn't it, and I have yet to thank you for the massage you gave me." Gnome traced into the sand.
"!" Kenshin was shoved onto his back by the Earth Spirit who slipped out of her clothes and mounted him.
"..." Gnome stared down at him. Her hands moved downward and tugged his pants downward. His semi flaccid cock flopping out. She narrowed her eyes and smiled and pressed her pelvis down onto it. "...~" She closed her eyes and started shifting her hips.
"..." Kenshin looked up at her. "Hmn, She can experiment for a bit I guess."
"..." Gnome's face flushed as she felt the heat in her loins building.
"Ne Ne, Kenshin-Chan." Sylph said.
"Hm?" Kenshin thought.
"I'll give you the bare minimum of my power, use it to make Gnomey feel good." Sylph said.
"...OK." Kenshin mentally shrugged.
"...!" Gnome's eyes snapped open as Kenshin's hands started rubbing her inner thighs, moving closer to her pussy. She stared down at him.
"..." Kenshin stared back up at her. A smile crawling up his face. He directed his right index finger toward her clit and gently prodded it.
"! !" Gnome squeezed her eyes shut as the wind magic Sylph had give Kenshin swirled around her clit. She tried to fight her moan down. "Mmmhh!"
"You OK?" Kenshin asked.
"..." Gnome nodded shakily, and started moving her hips against him faster.
"Hnn..." Kenshin grunted and moved his left index finger to her right nipple and rubbed against it.
"..." Gnome held her hands over his hand, pressing it harder against it.
"Haa...haaa..." Kenshin panted as she grinds harder against him.
Gnome opened her eyes and stared down at Kenshin. "..." She smiled and lifted up, moving her hips around his head. "...I think we'll do it this way, so we both can feel good."
"Mmph!" Kenshin was silenced by the Earth Spirit pressing herself down on him. "Mmh!"
"..." Gnome closed her eyes again and started rocking her hips on Kenshin's face, panting quietly as she felt Kenshin's tongue licking and teasing her.
"Hmn..." Kenshin wrapped his arms around her hips and pulled her in closer. "Considering I've already done this part before. Should be easy from here."
"Hmn~..." Gnome moaned softly. She glanced backward. She thought about just stroking him from this position, but she got an idea and set her hands on the sand, letting them glide across so she could lay her back gently on top of Kenshin's torso.
"Hm?" Kenshin started craning his head upward when he noticed Gnome was drifting away from him. Gnome felt him moving and swung her calves under his head, locking his head against her. "Hm? !" Kenshin moaned against her.
"Mm..." Gnome let out a soft moan. She glanced over, seeing Kenshin's cock against her cheek and grabbed it with her left hand and started stroking it.
"Nngh, the angle is weird, isn't it?" Kenshin grunted.
"Not a big deal." Gnome said waving her right hand around. A hand came out, connected to the sand and started rubbing it's palm against his shaft before gripping it entirely while Gnome's left hand moved down to fondle his sack.
"Is that sand? Sure doesn't feel like it." Kenshin said.
"I can control the earth remember, I can make it as soft or hard as I want, gentle or rough as well." Gnome said.
"Mmh...I see...you know you're speaking more now than all the years I've known you combined." Kenshin noted.
"Well I'm concentrating on this, so I can't use the sand to communicate or anything else right now..." Gnome said. "When this is over I'll go back to being silent."
"OK..." Kenshin said. "Guh...!" He grunted as the sandy hand stroking his shaft extended a finger toward his urethral slit and started rubbing it.
"Hmn..." Gnome moaned softly, feeling Kenshin's tongue licking up and down her slit.
"You are binding that sand together right? Cause if not, then it's really gonna hurt later." Kenshin said.
"I am, don't worry." Gnome said with an unseen smile. Her hand kneading his sack tenderly.
"Gahh..." Kenshin said, feeling the Earth Spirit going to work on him.
"..." Gnome waved her left hand and another hand came out from the sand and started rubbing his sack.
Kenshin noticed her fingers moving around. "Hm? Is she forced to control those remotely?" He decided to test something out and latched his lips onto her clit and circled his tongue around it.
"Hnn...!" Gnome held back a short, sharp gasp. The sandy hands stopping their movements for a moment.
"I see..." Kenshin thought.
"..." Gnome twisted her body around and took the head of Kenshin's cock into her mouth. "Mhn..."
"Mmh.." Kenshin moaned into her, sucking on her clit softly.
"Haaa..." Gnome sighed out, circling her tongue around his head.
Kenshin responded by moving one of his hands upward and slipping his index finger into her warm, tight entrance.
A shiver ran through the Earth Spirit's body as she felt Kenshin's finger enter her. "Mmn...Haa...oohh..." She said.
"Hng...gaahh..." Kenshin grunted as he felt Gnome sucking stronger and stronger, her tongue constantly lapping at his urethral slit.
"Mmhn..." Gnome's face flushed as she worked more of Kenshin's member into her mouth, her tongue still trying to work on that one area.
Kenshin thrusted his finger in and out faster, He knew he was getting her off, and while she felt good her movements were still somewhat clumsy, but just the sound of her voice from all of this made up for it. "Man, Gnome has such a nice voice, I wonder why she doesn't use it more." Kenshin thought.
"We've asked her that same question and never got a definite answer." Undine said.
"Kenshin-Chan, wanna use my wind magic again?" Sylph asked.
"...Nah." Kenshin thought. "It would be kind of mean to do something like that to her."
"Haan...mmhn...uhmg...Hnn!" Gnome moaned onto Kenshin's cock, trying to concentrate on moving her sand hands, but they just crumbled away. She instead twisted her body around completely, moving her calves out from under Kenshin's head. She moved her small breasts around his cock and started to move them against him, trying to stimulate him in anyway she could think of.
Kenshin tugged back, sucking on her clit before releasing it. He pushed his tongue into her virgin hole instead and swirled it around slowly. He was surprised when he felt no resistance, but figured he'd ask later.
He ended up not having to wait very long as Gnome's body seized up in climax, she let out a near silent cry of ecstasy. "Haaa...haaa...haaa..." Gnome panted quietly.
"Are you OK?" Kenshin asked.
"I'm...fine..." Gnome whispered.
"OK..." Kenshin said. "I, uh noticed there was nothing inside you impeding my movements, well other than the squeezing."
"We have no hymen to tear. The Spirits anyway..." Gnome said by waving her finger and making the sand move to make words.
"Ah." Kenshin nodded. "Were you just testing stuff out when you made those sand hands?"
"..." Gnome nodded.
Kenshin chuckled. "I see. Well it's in your nature I suppose." He said as Gnome sat up.
"..." Gnome nodded. She glanced downward and saw Kenshin's still erect cock. She moved up to him and placed her hands on his shoulders as she lined herself up. She forced herself down. The only facial reaction she had to the penetration was her left eye closing.
"Gaah..." Kenshin gasped.
"...?" Gnome stared at him curiously.
"What? A virgin pussy, with or without the hymen is really tight." Kenshin said.
"..." Gnome nodded. She started rocking her hips slowly.
"Gh...haa..." Kenshin grunted.
"..." Gnome watched his face as she contracted her pelvic muscles, causing her pussy to squeeze him tightly.
"Hnng!" Kenshin squeezed his eyes shut.
"I've studied how to do this part, but I've never had a partner to do it with...the look on your face is interesting..." Gnome noted.
"Oh really?" Kenshin asked. Gnome nodded. Kenshin responded by thrusting upward.
"Hnnmmm...!" Gnome screwed her eyes shut as pleasure racked her body. "Mm..." She closed her eyes and continued rocking her hips on his cock.
"Haa..." Kenshin sighed out.
"You...really feel good..." Gnome said.
"Thanks, you too." Kenshin replied with a weary grin. He set his hands on her hips and stroked them as the Earth Spirit rode him.
"...Mmn..." Gnome closed her eyes letting out a soft moan.
"Fuah...this is actually really relaxing." Kenshin said.
"Yes, you're warm enough to keep from getting cold and what we're doing is just creating more heat." Gnome said.
"Yeah..." Kenshin said. He bent his head down and started nibbling on her nipples.
"Mmh...!" Gnome's hands moved up in his hair and started to rub his ears vigorously.
"Mmhg!" Kenshin moaned out as he started to suck strongly on her nipples, his hips beginning to rock in unison with hers. "Gaahh..." He gasped out as Gnome's pussy started gripping him tighter.
"Mmh...aah...h...harder..." Gnome panted.
"You're sure...?" Kenshin asked.
"Yes..." Gnome said pulling his head up and crushing her lips against his.
"Mmph!" Kenshin moaned into her as she started riding him faster and harder.
"Mmhn! Mmg!" Gnome wrapped her arms around his neck, and her legs around his waist.
"Gh? !" Kenshin looked down then back up.
Gnome pulled away and looked into his eyes, her tongue hanging out just past her lips. "In...side...!" She said.
"Haa...nngh!" Kenshin grunted.
"Uhn...mmn...hhmn! Mmh...mmh!" Gnome closed her eyes, holding Kenshin close as her body began to seize up in climax once more.
"Uhnngh!" Kenshin groaned. "Fuuuckk...! It's...coming!"
Gnome squeezed him tightly as a burst of hot liquid fired into her womb. "Mmmmmnnnnn...! !" Gnome bit her lip trying to restrain the full blown cry of pleasure.
"Unh...ggh...hhnn...!" Kenshin grunted as more shots fired into the Earth Spirit's pussy.
Gnome relaxed against him after her orgasm subsided. "..." She looked up into his eyes.
"So, are you ready to come back with me?" Kenshin asked.
"..." Gnome nodded. "Maybe next time...we can try other things, You seemed to not want to do as much because of my lack of experience." Gnome said.
"Hahaha, sure. I'll be waiting." Kenshin said.
"..." Gnome nodded. "...Um, also.." She said.
"Hm?" Kenshin said.
"You might find it more difficult to re-contract with Salamander." Gnome said. "She...was the most upset out of all of us over your death."
"Wouldn't my turning up make her happy then?" Kenshin asked.
"Kenshin..." Undine appeared next to Gnome who was getting dressed. "I understand what Gnome's saying. Salamander was the one who gave you the most grief for constantly throwing yourself into danger."
"Oh." Kenshin nodded. "Well...I guess I'll cross that bridge when I come to it."
"Or Mandy will burn it down!" Sylph quipped.
Gnome nodded and Undine shook her head laughing, before they both entered Kenshin. With that finished, Kenshin dressed and made his way toward Sabasa.
(chapter end)
Draconis: Alright.
Kenshin: Getting burnt out?
Draconis: Somewhat. After I finish up Issei's next two lemons I'm taking a break on them.
Issei: Sounds fair.
Harem Update
Kenshin: Rias, Akeno, Xenovia, Yukari, Koneko, Serafall, Sona, Tamamo, Ravel, Rossweisse, Undine, Sylph, Gnome.
Issei: Asia, Irina, Kuroka, Seekvaira, Kazumi, Sextum, Sheena, Kunou, Yasaka, Le Fay, Kiryuu, Chachamaru, Erubetie.
Undecided: Evangeline(Leaning Kenshin), Granberia.
Alma: So will I be with anyone...or everyone?
Draconis: Still thinking on that, man though I need to do more with Issei's harem sooner or later.
Issei: (grumbles) No kidding.
Draconis: Anyway. Next time. We should be able to get some actual fighting in. See you all then.
Draconis678 out.