Ranma ½ Dance in Time

[Nanya]

Chapter 24

The days passed relatively peaceful. Relative due to some Makai sandworms that had managed to get out and terrorize a small desert town in Nevada.

"Too bad that we got here so late." Bulleta groused as she saw the carnage that those sand worms had done to the area.

"I know," Atsuko shook her head, "so much wasted life."

"I was talking about killing the sand worms!" Bulleta said with a savage grin on her face while her fingers flexed in excitment. "Those things only pop up every few years, it sucks that I didn't get to kill any!"

Atsuko raised an eyebrow as she looked at the shorter blonde. "...Did you want to get eaten?" She sweat-dropped as Bulleta tapped her chin. "I was joking."

"Wouldn't be the first time I was eaten." Bulleta said and Atsuko gawked in surprise. "One of my earliest solo missions ended with me being mauled by bears." She narrowed her eyes and grumbled. "It's how I learned about my regeneration abilities."

"Ick." Atsuko grimaced. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay." Bulleta said with a solemn look on her face. "I've long since recovered, I don't even have scars from it. And, besides," a savage grin came to her face, "you know that big throw rug I have in my room?" Atsuko slowly nodded. "Bear fur is surprisingly comfortable."

"...Neat." There was a beeping sound and a screen popped up in front of them, revealing Yohko. "Hey, Yohko, how's Kazuma?"

Yohko smiled as she adjusted the sleeping baby in her arms. "He's doing fine. Anyway, are you two going to come to see the Rating Game today?"

"Might not hurt." Atsuko said after thinking about it. "I wanna cheer Serafall and Lilith on."

"Eh, there's nothing here for me, so sure." Bulleta said as the two disappeared in a black flash of light.

(---)

Meanwhile...

Issei sighed as he did some stretching in the locker room. "Man, I'd like to be in the same locker room as Grayfia and wish her luck." At least Grayfia didn't have too much of a problem with being seen naked. At least in private. Issei sweat-dropped as he thought about Grayfia. "Well, she didn't mind me walking in on her in the bath." Then again, she had been drunk, maybe that had been the reason?

While Issei was trying to think of a good reason to be in the same locker room as Grayfia, he started thinking about the maids of the Gremory household wearing skimpy outfits that didn't cover anything. "I mean, seeing them walking around naked in the hallways at home wouldn't be so bad." He grinned at the thought of seeing some of the Gremory family maids topless with tiny miniskirts and tiny thong panties. Though, the mental images in his head soon shifted to the women of his harem. "I gotta get the girls into sexy maid outfits some time soon."

His face broke into a wide, goofy grin as he thought about the kinds of roleplay he could do with some of the girls.

There was a sudden knocking on the door to the locker room and Issei was startled out of his daydream before he shook his head. "Come in! I'm dressed."

The door opened and he was surprised as a young girl with dark red hair currently done in a French braid and purple eyes who was dressed in a small skirt and tanktop. "Oh! Um, Ranma's kid... Rachel, right?"

She nodded and grinned, running up to him and handing him an envelope. "Here! I took pictures of aunt Sona!" She narrowed her eyes and gave him a stern look that reminded Issei of Sona when she was serious. "No looking until the match! Show them to mama when she's kicking your butt!"

Issei sweat-dropped at that. "Ah... Thanks?"

Rachel smiled brightly and turned around. "Okay! Love you, bye bye!"

Issei chuckled and rubbed the back of his head. "Well, D'draig, you ready?" He asked the gem that formed on his left hand.

"We are the main event." The multi-colored gem flashed. "Do realize that she won't go easy on you, though she might give you a chance to get back to your feet."

"I know." Issei smirked as heard cheering. "Alright, D'draig, let's get going." He slid the envelop into his pocket and walked out of the locker room, meeting Grayfia along the way. "Nervous?" He asked her as he saw her dressed up in biker shorts and a top to match with her hair in a ponytail. "Also, nice look."

Grayfia gave him a small smile. "Thank you. And I admit, it's been awhile since I participated in a Rating Game. But I'm not nervous."

"Well," Issei grinned as he walked with her with his hands folded behind his head. "I'm glad you're not."

"Are you?" Grayfia asked and Issei gave her a flat expression.

"I'm facing off against Serafall Leviathan, if I wasn't nervous, I'd be an idiot."

Grayfia just smirked at him. "Good, there's hope for you yet."

Issei just gave her an annoyed look before the two smiled and lightly laughed. "Thanks, Grayfia."

"Not a problem." Grayfia said calmly. "I'm glad to talk to you. I would have been nervous otherwise."

(---)

Meanwhile...

Lilith looked at Serafall, who was in casual clothing. "Aren't you going to put on something a bit more flexible?"

Serafall giggled and winked at Lilith. "Well..." She did a piroette and was suddenly in her Mahou Shoujo Levia-tan outfit. "I figure that this is an appropriate outfit to fight in."

"Well, considering that I'm just wearing a leotard..." Lilith gestured at the black outfit that covered her crotch, stomach and breasts and came up to her shoulders, "and I'm using magical bats to cover my arms and legs, I'm not one to speak of practicality."

"I'm kind of surprised it's not a thong." Serafall admitted and Lilith giggled and slapped her own ass.

"Nah, I save that for when I spar with Master." Lilith grinned at her. "So, I hope you're not going to be stupid against Issei."

"Don't worry." Serafall winked at Lilith. "Even if he makes my cute magical girl outfit explode, I'll keep fighting, even if naked."

Lilith giggled and nodded. "Good."

"But what about you and Fia-chan?" Serafall asked as she looked concerned at Lilith. "I know how strong she is."

Lilith just smiled at Serafall. "Don't worry, this is just a conflict between two mothers over their children. I have an idea on how to solve it." She giggled at Serafall's confused look. "Well, at one point in history, there was a princess and a member of the royal court who got into a conflict about flower arrangements and had a topless fencing contest."

"...There's no way that 'Fia-chan will go for that."

"It wouldn't hurt to ask her." Lilith said with a grin on her face.

(---)

"Absolutely not." Grayfia said as she heard Lilith's proposal. "I am not going to have a topless fencing contest with you."

She ignored the loud boos that were coming from the spectators.

Issei looked at Serafall. "Um..."

Serafall gave Issei a sweet smile. "Only if you want to be trapped in a girl's body for the next ten years." Issei closed his mouth and nodded. "Good boy."

"Aww, too bad," Lilith snapped her fingers. "No, not about Issei living as a girl, but rather, I'm sad that you don't want to do the topless fencing contest."

Grayfia felt her eye twitching as she listened to Lilith. "And you wonder why I refused the arrangement between our families."

Lilith just stuck her tongue out.

(---)

Meanwhile...

Sitting in the VIP box, Sirzechs Lucifer looked at Ranma, "so..." He gave Ranma an amused grin. "Topless fencing contest?"

"She only learned about those two hours before we got here." Ranma told him with a sigh and a shake of his head. "I mean, don't get me wrong, I'd love to watch it, but did she have to make such a request now?"

Sirzechs chuckled and nodded. "I agree. ...Though I certainly wouldn't mind seeing Grayfia and Rias do some topless or even naked mud wrestling."

Ranma thought about it and sweat-dropped. "Wouldn't it be better to just have a wet t-shirt contest?"

Both men looked at each other with a gleam in their eyes and shook hands, knowing that they had to have the women in their lives get into either a wet t-shirt contest or a mud wrestling contest.

It was a good thing Grayfia wasn't there, or both of them would have had their ears pulled over such thoughts.

(---)

Lilith looked around as she and Grayfia appeared over a rocky outcropping. "I'm guessing that this is so we can go all out, huh?"

"It's been awhile." Grayfia said while ignoring Lilith as her aura started to seep out and become visible. The sensation was enough that it made Lilith turn her head to look at Grayfia, her normal look of amusment replaced with a more serious look. She didn't say a word as she started to glow as well.

"And let the exhibition bout BEGIN!" The announcer yelled before Lilith launched herself at Grayfia with a kick, which Grayfia leaned away from, only for her to get surprised as black tendrils reached down from Lilith's leg and wrapped around her arms before tossing her away before a giant energy sphere followed after her.

Grayfia merely extended her arm as the sphere slammed into a barrier. She smirked as she saw Lilith's surprised expression. "Barriers aren't that hard to do, even if this isn't the same as your master's barriers, it's still strong enough to do this."

"Just chalk it up to me never seeing you fight and forgetting that barriers aren't uncommon for higher level opponents." Lilith stuck her tongue out before her body was covered by a black shroud and disappeared.

Grayfia merely leaned to the side as a kick came out of nowhere that was aimed at her head. She reached up and grabbed the leg, slamming it down when she realized that she wasn't holding on a succubus's leg, but rather a mannequin. "What?" Her eyes bugged out as a powerful strike slammed into stomach from below, launching her up into the air.

Under where she had been, Lilith's arm was raised upwards, her fist high in the air. A black and gold energy beam erupted from her fist and slammed into Grayfia with an explosion. 'Stop holding back.' Lilith growled mentally.

'Oh, you're talking to me with telepathy, huh?' Grayfia shot back as she rocketed out of the explosion and disappeared, only to reappear next to Lilith, slamming an elbow into the Succubus Queen's jaw, causing her to stagger back. Grayfia snapped her arm out and a magic circle formed in front of her before several black tendrils rushed out, slamming into Lilith from all sides.

A bunch of smoke was kicked up and Lilith came out of it, looking a little dirty, but otherwise okay as her wings had turned into a jet pack and was launching her to the side at high speeds as Grayfia followed after her. 'Tell me, why are you against the engagement? Is it because of how I was when I was younger?' She ducked under a kick from Grayfia.

'You're not much older than you were then.' Grayfia shot back as she shot ice shards at Lilith, who let out a yelp as her outfit got tears on it. 'But I don't want Millicas to turn into a louse like you and your husband are!'

Lilith gave Grayfia a flat stare as the silver-haired devil was suddenly surrounded by motes of light that exploded. 'Your son is a fan of the Breast Dragon Emperor. And don't get me started on how most human parents would never let their children watch that show, much less sing the Oppai Dragon song.'

Grayfia merely snapped her arm out to the side to make the dust and smoke dissipate. 'Don't compare me to humans. I might be better than many Devils of my generation, but I'm still a Devil, not a human. I don't have the same morals.'

'And yet you get upset at me for being a corrupting influence?' Lilith shot back telepathically. 'Is this really about our children getting engaged or is this about your pride?"

Grayfia simply raised her left arm and a force of power erupted forward, slamming into Lilith and sending her flying. 'And do you think I would let my son become as perverted as my brother-in-law?'

'Nice shot.' Lilith said telepathically and Grayfia turned her head to see Lilith behind her. The Lilith that she shot suddenly turned a golden color and fizzled into motes of light. 'I see why Serafall had trouble with you. But this isn't about me, is it? Is it about your pride as the Gremory maid? The fact that people question if you're really the strongest Queen when I exist? Or is this just you disliking me for what I almost did to Millicas? If it's the last thing, I'm glad you stopped me.'

'It's not that,' Grayfia shot back as she turned to fully face Lilith. She seemingly disappeared as she leaned forward and rushed into Lilith, wrapping her thighs around Lilith's neck and twisting and spinning, slamming her into the rocky ground below.

(---)

"And Makai's Queen just got taken down!" The announcer screamed into the microphone. "So far the match has been pretty quiet, but I'm sure that things will pick up soon."

In the VIP room, Sirzechs shook his head. "I kind of hope that it doesn't." He looked to his left where Ranma was sitting. "What about you?"

"That wasn't enough to defeat Lilith." Ranma told him. "I'm a bit worried myself, but I'm sure that..."

The door to the room opened up. "Daddy!" A jubliant voice interrupted Ranma, who turned to catch Rachel as she jumped at him as he sat in the chair.

"Oooof!" Ranma did a fake grunt as Rachel looked up from where she was sitting on his lap and grinned. "Hey, Rachel. Have you been a good girl for aunt Sona?"

"Uh huh." Rachel said with a nod and leaned up, kissing Ranma on the cheek. "I've been good. I only destroyed three walls last month."

"I'm sure that there was a good reason." Ranma said and Rachel nodded.

"Yep, yep." She nodded and turned around before sitting down so that she was resting against Ranma's chest. "Aunt Sona was cooking and I was working on a new spell and then suddenly BOOM!" She threw her hands and legs into the air. "Suddenly her food came to life and picked up auntie and ate her."

"Huh?" Both Ranma and Sirzechs gawked stupidly before Rachel reached down her shirt to pull out a phone.

"See?" Rachel pushed a button and both men watched, stupidly as a projection lit up, showing a giant food monster that looked like it was made out of corn bread suddenly grabbed Sona, lifted her up, opened its mouth and shoved her in, head first, into the mouth of the creature. "And it didn't stop until it ate all of her!"

The video showed the creature's stomach swelling after it swallowed Sona. After that, Rachel had jumped in to fight the creature and launched the table at the creature, which broke one wall before the fridge was launched at the creature, destroying a second wall, and then finally the stove was slammed into the creature, which was blasted through a third wall...

And then the thing exploded as ice erupted from the inside of the food creature, revealing Sona, who was mostly unharmed, other than covered in food remains.

"...Do not tell anyone that this happened." Sona said curtly and walked away.

"Ooops." Rachel said before she rubbed her left knuckle on her head and stuck her tongue out. "I forgot."

Ranma gave her a flat stare. "Did you forget or did you just want to embarrass her?" Rachel giggled and Ranma sighed. "I'll deal with you later."

(---)

Back at the fight, Lilith was grimacing as she was pressed into the rocky ground. 'Seriously! What is your deal with me?!' Shadow hands came out of the rocks and tried to grab Grayfia, who let go of Lilith and jumped away from them. 'I get it!' Lilith glowered as she stood up, glowing with power while her eyes shined white. 'I'm lewd, I'm crass, the idea of fucking my mother and my Master at the same time doesn't bother me in the slightest, and if not for him, I would basically be evil itself.'

Grayfia spun around and her eyes glowed as a shockwave of power lashed out, destroying the shadow-like hands. "Why in the world did they scream and have eyes?" She asked, confusion in her voice. Though, she had to admit, they were pretty disturbing with all of that.

She didn't have to wait long for Lilith to appear in front of her, glowing brightly. 'So, out with it!' Grayfia gave her a calm look despite the power she felt coming off of Lilith. 'What is it about me that you really hate?!'

"Do you really wish to know?" Grayfia said softly as she closed her eyes. "Earlier, you wondered if it was my pride that made me take this challenge up. It's not." She opened her eyes. "My pride refuses to let me back down from this challenge. No, the real reason I can't stand you." She pointed at Lilith while narrowing her eyes. "Your actions, your attitude. You refuse to reign them in. You allow your emotions and actions to dictate your life." Grayfia's eyes became distant as she continued to speak. "I've dealt with Devils who did that." Images of various Devils flashed through her mind at rapid speed before ending on her brother. Her eyes sharpened as she continued to glare at Lilith. "You remind me too much of my old allies, the Old Satan Faction, for me to ever truly like you. After all," she lowered her arm and voice, "that was how Rizevim lived his life and for the sake of his own entertainment, he would be willing to unleash a beast so powerful that no pantheon could stand against it."

"I..." Lilith stared, stupefied as her aura flickered out. "I wouldn't..."

"You say that you wouldn't do that, but there's another factor that you aren't thinking of, Lilith." Grayfia said to her. "Who is your mother?"

"She's the former Great..." Lilith's eyes widened in shock and she put her hands over her mouth. "...I had forgotten... I'm technically a Devil King Descendant as well."

"And you know how they have acted." Grayfia told her. "Do you really think I can trust someone like that?" She sighed softly. "Even Vali, who isn't an enemy anymore, isn't someone that I trust." Grayfia turned away as Lilith sank to her knees. "Just surrender, Lilith, if you want to fight for the sake of a fight, you can challenge me again later, but this one is over."

(---)

Sirzechs narrowed his eyes. "I admit, that wasn't something that crossed my mind when I asked to meet with you that day."

Ranma sighed and shook his head. "Lilith's been with me her whole life though. And because of our soul bond, she can never go against me."

"Yes, but you can't control everything." Sirzechs said and Ranma nodded as he patted Rachel on her head.

(---)

"Over?" Lilith whispered as her aura suddenly surged and she stood up. "Over?!" Her eyes glowed and she glared at Grayfia, who was looking back at her in surprise. "Your pride refuses to allow you to refuse this challenge. My pride refuses to just give up. And if you want to know something, Grayfia, I have absolutely no interest in the things that the Old Satan Faction were interested in." She took a deep breath and her aura dissipated. "But, that's only because of Master. If not for him and Genma, I would have turned into everything that Vali's grandfather was. And you say that I don't reign myself in?" She smiled at Grayfia. "That's what Master's for. He keeps me reigned in. But he's too reserved at times. I help him break free and have fun and he keeps me from going too far. Can you say that any of your former allies would have done that?" Grayfia didn't answer and Lilith continued. "And besides, you're being unfair to Morrigan."

"How so?" Grayfia asked.

"If you think that a Devil King Descendant like myself or Morrigan can't be anything more than Vali's grandfather, then why don't you train Morrigan in manners for a year?"

Grayfia closed her eyes and thought about it before nodding. "Make it two years and I'll give you my final verdict then."

Lilith sighed and felt herself getting tired. "Fine. You win." She turned and waved her hand as she walked away, surprising Grayfia. "I'm not in the mood to continue this fight. If this keeps going, one of us is going to get seriously hurt."

"I said that you can challenge me again in the future." Grayfia said.

Lilith said nothing and disappeared.

(---)

Ranma grimaced and looked at Sirzechs. "Could you have them delay the next fight by ten minutes?" He nodded and Ranma picked up Rachel. "I'll be right back, I need to help Lilith out." Rachel nodded and Ranma put her down before disappearing.

"Is everything okay?" Rachel asked and Sirzechs nodded.

"Yes." He smiled at her. "I'm sure that nothing's wrong." Mentally, he sighed heavily. 'Grayfia, I'm going to need to talk to you later.'

(---)

Ranma reappeared in another part of Hell and sighed as he saw Lilith standing on some rocks, looking up. "Lilith..."

"Grayfia's not wrong about me." Lilith said as she sighed. "I really am..."

"If you were anything like Rizevim, you wouldn't have helped Heaven out." Ranma pointed out. "Or helped Issei out when he needed it. You wouldn't have made friends with others. And who was it that helped Mittelt when she had nightmares? You're nothing like the Old Satan Faction."

Lilith looked at him. "Only because of you."

Ranma shrugged. "So what? The only difference between being a good person or bad is usually someone right there with them. Besides," he smirked at her, "do you really think that without you that I would've turned out like I did?" Lilith tilted her head in confusion. "Do you really think my old man would have taught me how to be a good person to girls without you there?"

Lilith blinked a few times and nodded. "...You have a good point."

"Besides, you wouldn't have been bothered by what Grayfia said if it was true." Ranma smiled as Lilith jumped off the rock and landed next to him. "If you were anything like the Old Satan Faction, you'd probably just laugh and go 'that's right! I'm just like them' and continued the fight."

"There was no need for it anymore." Lilith said and shook her head. "Disappointed in me?"

"Nah." Ranma shook his head as he pulled her in and kissed her on the lips. "Knowing when to stop is also important." Lilith nodded. "Come on, let's get back and cheer Serafall on. Rachel's in the VIP box."

Lilith's eyes lit up and the two disappeared to watch Serafall take on Issei.

End Chapter 24

 

[Nanya]

Double header today!

I worked hard on this, I hope it's good.

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Chapter 25

Ranma and Lilith reappeared in the VIP box and Ranma tilted his head in confusion while Lilith simply smirked in bewilderment. "Um, Azazel..." Ranma said as he noticed the newcomer and his entourage. "Who are these two teenagers?" Privately, Ranma noticed that they looked very familiar, but a big part of his mind was rejecting what his instincts were telling him. At least until Azazel confirmed it.

Lilith wasn't sure whether to laugh or not, considering who the two teenagers seemed to be.

The one with dark hair narrowed her eyes and huffed. "Seriously? I know that I lost like fifty years, but you can't tell me that you don't recognize me."

The one with green hair giggled and nodded. "To be fair, we're both shorter and our boobs shrank since the last time they saw us."

"Precia..." Ranma looked at the black-haired girl and then he looked at the green haired girl. "And Lindy..." He looked at Azazel, who was just grinning. "...So what did you do?"

"Well..." Azazel chuckled. "I was simply trying to help Precia out." Ranma looked at the younger Precia, who just smiled. "She was complaining about her back hurting and I thought that maybe I could help her out. I had a gun made to make people feel younger. Smooth over wrinkles, fix sagging breasts, increase metabolism, stuff like that."

"So..." Lilith grinned at the two younger ladies. "I take it that there was a small miscalculation and instead of making them feel younger..."

"We're both physically fifteen." Lindy finished for Lilith and laughed softly. "It's nice, but also annoying, I have another growth spurt in a year to look forward to."

Ranma raised his eyebrows at Precia and looked at her chest. "...Getting younger really didn't work out for you."

Precia gawked and instantly blushed, quickly covering her breasts with her hands. Glaring daggers at the Demon King, Fate’s biological mother squeaked defiantly: F-first, th-this a sex..ual ha-rassment, mr. Saotome!! Se-s-second, my b…br... BREASTS were like… p-perfectly modest in size until I was… seventeen!!”

Ranma, Sirzech and Azazel couldn’t help but chuckle at seeing Precia being so adorable. It was easy to see just how much Fate took after Precia, beyond her sexy body.

"Reminds me of how Fate went through six bras in four months when she was in high school." Lindy giggled softly.

"...Oh, I thought your boobs were either big from the beginning or they grew because you had Alicia." Ranma rubbed the back of his head while Precia stuck her tongue out at him childishly. "So... How did you get both of them?"

"Accidental misfire caught Lindy." Azazel shook his head. "On the other hand..."

Sirzechs, who had been ignored, simply laughed as he saw the situation. "My, my, Azazel. Whatever shall we do with you?"

Azazel just smirked at the Devil King.

"Hey, Azazel," Ranma looked at the taller man, who gave him a curious expression. "...Do you have that gun on you right now?"

Azazel tilted his head and reached into his pocket, pulling out a small, white colored futuristic-looking gun. "Yeah, but I was going to simply destroy it. Or give it back to the lab to work out the bugs. Why?"

"Oh, no reason." Ranma said and raised his left hand up, revealing the gun in his hand. "Thanks." Azazel blinked a few times and looked at his now-empty hand with mild amusement.

"...Master, are you planning on using that on Nanoha's mother?" Lilith asked and Ranma raised an eyebrow. "...You totally were, weren't you?"

"No, I was going to use it on my parents, actually." Ranma scratched his cheek. "...But Nanoha's mom was hot when she was younger and she's a widow, so..."

Both Lindy and Precia gave Ranma a flat stare. "We are contractually obligated to tell Nanoha if you use that on her mother." Lindy said with a deadpan expression on her face.

"And she will blow you up." Lilith said and Ranma crossed his arms and thought about it.

"...Totally worth it." Ranma nodded, getting a laugh from Azazel.

"Well, don't say I didn't warn you." Lilith muttered before grinning. "I wonder if Nanoha's sister is still single."

"Now she'll really blow you up." Precia muttered before laughing. "Fine, I won't stop you, but I get to watch the fireworks with popcorn and laugh at you."

"Deal." Ranma said with a nod.

"Daddy?" Rachel tilted her head. "Who's going to blow you up?"

"Oh, just a childhood friend of mine who probably should have blown me up a few more times when I was a kid." Ranma admitted and Rachel nodded. "She only blows up people who deserve it."

"Oh, okay." Rachel nodded and looked out the window. "Mama's going to fight now!"

The others all sat down, with Precia and Lindy sitting on either side of Azazel as they watched the fireworks unfold.

(---)

After being teleported to the fighting arena, Issei looked around and sweat-dropped. "An actual Olympic stadium?"

Serafall smiled as she stretched her arms above her head. "Mmmmgh! Why not?" She smiled sweetly. "Now, transform or after one bang, pow, this fight will be over."

"Welsh Dragon, Balance Breaker." D'draig intoned as Issei's body was covered in red scale mail armor. "I'll give you a piece of advice, partner. Don't hold back!"

"Believe me!" Issei said as his armor turned from normal red to crimson red. "I don't intend to."

"Oh?" Serafall's eyes sparkled in delight. "Going Crimson Cardinal right off the bat? Goodie!" She held up her staff before winking and an actual star came out of her eye before rushing at Issei, who flapped his wings to avoid it. "Twinkle twinkle, little star! May it explode where you are! Tee hee!" She swung her magical staff down.

"Tee hee?" Issei muttered and yelped as the star suddenly split into five and launched themselves at him, which he was able to dodge, before the five stars split into five more each and forced him to dodge in an erratic pattern before they split again and again and again. "Uhh..." Issei stopped dodging as he realized that he was surrounded on all sides by tiny light motes. "D'draig?!"

"I told you that she was trouble!" The gems yelled as Serafall raised her arms and crossed them over her head.

"Twinkle Ka-boom!"

"GAH!" Issei yelled as the motes of light converged on him, which then engulfed him in white light before turning black and disappearing. "Huh?" Issei blinked, not sure what happened.

"Hmm, it should have..." Serafall trailed off as Issei was suddenly engulfed in a large explosion that sent him flying straight into the ground. "Oh! There it goes! Hee hee hee! I guess I'm a little out of practice."

"Well, that fucking sucked." Issei grumbled as he got up with a groan and dusted himself off. "I don't think I can get close to her, so..." His left arm shifted and changed until there was a cannon on top of his arm, which glowed with power. "Take this!" He fired a beam before flapping his wings and taking off into the air.

"Huh?" Serafall looked at the blast calmly and tilted her head before she smiled, her heart-shaped staff glowing pink and she slashed upwards, cutting the beam in half and causing the energy to crash around her. "This is fun!" She grinned as she saw Issei in the air and spread her wings, flying up after him. "Mahou... Shoujo... ATTACK!" She yelled and spun her staff above her head before swinging upwards to strike at Issei's chest.

"BOOST! BOOST! BOOST! BOOST!" D'draig cried out and Issei seemingly disappeared before reappearing behind Serafall, who had a bewildered look on her face as she was struck from behind and sent down into the ground with a loud crash.

Issei winced. "I hope Ranma won't hate me for that one."

"Relax," D'draig responded. "I doubt that he'd get upset at you for hitting one of his women in a sanctioned fight."

"Good point." Issei nodded.

(---)

Ranma sighed and shook his head. "Not bad, Issei's gotten faster." He looked at Azazel. "You've been working with him, has he mastered his Balance Break yet?"

"Not quite." Azazel admitted. "Every time he gets close, something stops him from getting a fully mastered Balance Break. But, he'll surprise you."

"I hope so." Ranma said with a smile. "He's really grown, huh?"

"You're not worried about your wife?" Lindy asked and Ranma gave her a smirk.

"If she was so weak that a bump on the head could defeat her, she wouldn't have become a Devil King." Ranma looked down at the battlefield on the screen and shook his head. "Besides, I know her, she's not so weak to be taken out with a single attack."

(---)

"Oww..." Serafall groaned as she sat up and rubbed the back of her head. "If I wasn't who I was, that would have left a bump on my head." She looked up at Issei and smiled at him. "Well, I always did prefer to fight at a distance." Pointing her staff at Issei, she giggled as several stars formed around her before spinning rapidly and forming a buzzsaw, which she launched at Issei, who dodged out of the way. "Oh come on! They won't hurt too much." A savage grin came to her face as she flew into the air. A ball of energy formed on the end of her staff and she swung it forward, launching the ball at Issei, who dodged, only for the ball to hit her spinning buzzsaw and bouncing off of it.

"GAH!" Issei dodged again, only to gawk in surprise as it bounced off another buzzsaw. "Oh to hell with this!" He yelled and punched forward, firing a powerful blast that slammed into Serafall's attack. The two orbs pressed against each other, shoving back and forth before both exploded into harmless motes of light. "I have to say, I was kind of expecting something... Big...ger?" Issei stared as the sky was filled with giant pink stars. "...Me and my big mouth."

"I warned you!" D'Draig yelled out as beams of light of various colors came crashing down and slamming into Issei, blasting him into the ground before seemingly hundreds of beams crashed down on his body in an unrelenting bombardment.

(---)

Sirzechs merely smiled. "Serafall's having fun. I haven't seen her do that in a long time." Though he knew that she wasn't truly going all out. Not yet.

(---)

Suddenly a dome of energy erupted outwards, blocking the beams of light and Serafall canceled her attack. When the dome of energy dissipated, Issei was standing there, in his armor, but the color had changed. The gems were still multi-colored, but the arms and legs had turned black and there were black stripes that looked like suspenders down his red armor. "Huh? You've gone black?"

"I am NOT doing that kind of stupid joke!" Issei yelled and pointed at Serafall, who tilted her head in confusion.

"...Your armor is black, what did you think I was talking about?"

Issei was glad that his armor had a helmet, otherwise everyone would be able to see his embarrassed blush over realizing that Serafall wasn't making a dirty joke. "Nevermind!"

"Well," Serafall smiled brightly as she floated upwards and pointed her staff down as the stars in the sky started to glow. "Let's continue this!"

"Ready, D'draig?" Issei asked, getting a laugh from the sealed Dragon.

"As if you need to ask." D'draig intoned. "Fusing!"

"Alright!" A new voice that sounded like both D'draig and Issei spoke up. "Let's do this!" As the beams of energy came crashing down, Issei threw his hand up into the air. "Dragonic Destruction!"

Serafall tilted her head as red and black energy, which she recognized as the Power of Destruction, slammed into all of her beams, blowing them up as they traveled upwards and crashing into her stars, causing them to all explode. "Oh my!" Serafall grinned as the stars faded away. "So you've mastered that thing finally?"

(---)

"Not quite." Azazel shook his head at the question that Serafall asked. "He's close, but still not quite all the way there yet."

"He's closer than most of the rest of us." Ranma muttered, knowing that even Asmodeus had miscalculated how difficult it was to fully master a Sacred Gear. Even fusing with her to have sex didn't allow him to fully master his Sacred Gear. '...I guess there's only one way, huh?'

It wasn't something he was exactly looking forward to. Not yet anyway.

(---)

"And now!" D'draig and Issei yelled out as the gems on his body changed from red to yellow. "Holy Dragonic Lightning!" Lightning traveled up Issei's arms and lashed out at Serafall while lightning came crashing down from above, both slamming into Serafall from two different directions, causing an explosion and kicking up dirt and dust. "Did that do it?"

The dirt and dust cleared away to reveal Serafall completely unharmed as she stuck her tongue out at Issei while giggling.

"Of course it didn't." The dual voice of Issei and D'draig said as they gave Serafall a flat stare. "Well, in that case..." The gem colors turned a pale blue in color as several bodies formed around him. "Glory Drag Troopers! Go!"

(---)

Lilith frowned in confusion. "Why not use Xenovia's power and get Durandall?" She looked at the others. "I mean, if he can use Rias and Akeno's powers..."

"Because that's not her power." Azazel answered. "Unlike a Sacred Gear, Durandall is a Holy Sword and anyone can use it with no problem if they have the potential to use it. That said, Xenovia's power does give him a massive boost to his speed and strength." He smirked as the red of Issei's armor turned golden. "Well, let's see what he does now."

(---)

Serafall wasn't idle as she focused her magic at the end of her staff and rushed forward, creating a trail of energy dangling from the end before she jumped into the center of the mass of Glory Drag Troopers and spun around, sending a long whip of energy out into the group that cut them all down with a few slashes into their bodies. "Come on, is that all you've..?" She trailed off, her eyes widening as Issei was suddenly in close and slapped her in the stomach, sending her flying backwards. Serafall grinned as she was sent backwards as Issei's body was suddenly engulfed in a soft, pink light that exploded in multiple places rapidly, causing his body to jerk and spasm from side to side before the top of his head exploded, knocking him to the ground in an instant.

Issei looked up at Serafall and got to his feet quickly. "Well then," the combined voice said as he snapped his fingers, "dress break."

"Huh?" Serafall looked at her outfit as she felt a build-up of power on it, which then exploded into tattered rags, leaving just enough to cover her crotch but most of her breasts and ass were on full display. "You..."

(---)

Ranma felt his eye twitching. "Lilith, am I allowed to kill Issei for doing that?"

"No." Lilith answered and Ranma sighed.

"Fine, but I'm putting itching powder in his underwear while he showers."

Lilith nodded and smirked. "I'd say Poison Oak myself."

Sirzechs and Azazel both sweat-dropped heavily while Lindy and Precia nodded in agreement.

"Get that bad man, mommy!" Rachel yelled while pumping her arms up and down and glaring at Issei for what he did to her mother. "Only daddy's allowed to do that to mommy!"

(---)

Serafall's eyes were glowing while she thrust her staff upwards. She didn't even bother to cover herself up. "Stardust... MALESTROM!"

"Huh?" Issei gasped as the area was suddenly covered in pink and white sparkles that started to spin and swirl as a giant tornado engulfed the entire stadium, lifting him up with no problem and his body jerked from side to side as the magical energy blasted him on all sides. "GAH!" The two voices screamed while being lifted higher and higher into the air while the malestrom lifted off of the ground and eventually encased Issei in a sphere.

"And now," Serafall, despite having her breasts and ass on full display, bent over, made a "V" sign with her right index and middle fingers, winked and then slashed upwards, "sphere smash!"

A slash upwards caused the sphere to explode, sending Issei crashing into the ground hard, where he rolled and tumbled until he slammed against a wall so hard that he left an indent. "That hurt." Issei and D'draig's voice said at the same time as the helmet on his armor shattered, leaving his face visible. Struggling to his feet, Issei suddenly coughed and fell to his knees as blood came out of his mouth. "D-damn..."

Landing not far away from Issei, Serafall smiled and held up her staff as she used magic to form a giant mallet head on the end of it. "And now..."

"Wa-wait..." Issei held up his left hand and forced himself to his feet. "I know... Something that you don't know."

"Hmm?" Serafall blinked in confusion as Issei reached into his armor and pulled out an envelope before tearing it open. "What's that?"

"Your greatest weakness!" Issei said as he pulled out three photos and showed them to Serafall.

Serafall's eyes widened in shock and she tilted her head in surprise. "S-so-tan?"

"That's right!" Issei said with a nod. He didn't really know what he was planning on doing, but he needed a few moments to recover while he borrowed Asia's power to heal himself while Serafall wasn't paying attention.

Despite not blushing upon being naked, Serafall was blushing upon seeing the photos in Issei's hands. "Y-you..." She lowered her head as her hair covered her eyes. "So-tan..." Serafall whispered softly as her shoulders shook.

"Huh?" Issei blinked in surprise, though he was starting to feel better since Asia's healing powers were boosted by D'draig. 'Just another minute, I should...' His thoughts trailed off as Serafall's body was covered in magic and a black and white gothic magical girl outfit covered her body. "Uh..."

"YOU PERVERT!" Serafall yelled as she raised her head up, tears escaping from the corner of her eyes.

"Huh?" Issei blinked a few times and turned the photos to look at them and gawked in utter shock. "WHAAAA?!"

The three photos were all of Sona as she was on her bed, her underwear pulled down to her knees, her bra pushed up over her breasts and her right hand buried in her crotch while her left hand was on her breasts.

(---)

Sona's face was bright red. "W-wh-when did THAT happen?!" She yelled as several Devils in the audience gave her amused and aroused looks. "I don't recall doing that! What?! When?! How?!" She grabbed her head. "How did this happen, I never, unless..." Her pupils shrank as she realized exactly who was to blame for this. "RACHEL!"

(---)

Ranma sweat-dropped while Precia was covering her face and sputtering. Azazel and Lindy were both laughing while Sirzechs palmed his face and Lilith was grinning. The only one not reacting was Rachel. "...Rachel, what did you do?"

Rachel looked at her father and smiled. "I don't know what you're talking about daddy. I just did what Lilith-mama would do."

Lilith twitched as the others looked at her. "I have never done that to anyone. The closest I got was that time I made that one gym teacher in middle school who I doodled on and took pictures of when she was asleep." She tapped her chin. "Though I do admit, this is something I probably would do."

Ranma sighed and looked at Rachel. "...What did you do?"

"I may have used hypnosis magic when aunt Sona was really tired one day, put her on her bed, moved her fingers and hand into those places and took pictures for Issei for this." Rachel said while rubbing the back of her head and sticking her tongue out.

Suddenly the door to the VIP room burst open and Sona stood there with her glasses glinting. "Rachel Sitri, you are dead!"

"AHHH!" Rachel tried to run away but was caught by Sona, who bound her up, forcing her arms to her side and her legs together, which caused her to crash to the floor. "Um..." She gulped as Sona grabbed her, sat down and put the young girl over her knees.

"I'll show you not to do something like that to me!" Sona growled as she pulled Rachel's pants down and created a magical circle around her hand and began spanking Rachel's bare ass while the others watched on.

"Oww! Oww! Oww!" Rachel cried out. "Daddy! Help me!"

"Sorry, Rachel," Ranma shook his head, "you know that I give spankings to Kunou when she acts up, do you think I won't let you get spanked over this?"

"WAAAAAAH!" Rachel cried out.

(---)

"What is this?" Issei and D'draig asked at the same time as Serafall was covered in a black and purple aura.

"I was planning on revealing this in a future season of Levia-tan." Serafall said softly as her eyes glowed. "BUT YOU FORCED MY HAND!" She rose into the air as a giant sphere of energy formed above her that was larger than the stadium itself.

"Can't we talk about this?" The combined voiced pleaded with Serafall as Issei's body was engulfed in green energy before his helmet reformed over his head.

"Sure." Serafall had a dark smile on her face. "After you're in the hospital after Dark Levia-tan blows you to Heaven and back we can talk about you taking naughty pictures of my little sister!"

"Well..." Issei looked at the sphere and tried to run away when giant pillars of ice surrounded him. "...This sucks."

"NOW TAKE YOUR PUNISHMENT LIKE A MAN!" Serafall yelled as she threw her arms down and the sphere started to descend upon the stadium.

"Issei," D'draig said as he and Issei looked up, "any ideas?"

"I..." Issei gulped and nodded. "Well, I got one... Ascalon!" The Dragon-slaying sword erupted from Issei's left wrist.

"Are we really going to try that?!" D'draig yelled as Issei got into a sword stance.

"At this point, what choice do we have?" Issei asked as he looked at the sphere as it got closer and closer while the air itself seemingly started to crack and spark. "Unless you have a better idea. I don't think we can boost up high enough to overpower this thing and not be exhausted after. So..."

"Oh, fine! But if this fails..."

"Hey, if this fails, we're in the hospital and getting chewed out." Issei said with a grin on his face. "Now..."

"Alright!" D'draig said as a menagerie of colors swirled around Ascalon. "Let's do this!"

Right before the ball would slam into them, Issei swung upwards. "REVERSE STRIKE WAVE!"

(---)

Ranma gawked in shock. "When did he learn THAT?!"

"...That's a good question." Azazel was likewise staring in shock.

(---)

The sphere started to wobble and warble before it cracked in every direction and a powerful whirlwind came out of it, blasting Issei through the stadium while an uncontrolled tempest rushed upwards and engulfing Serafall in a powerful attack that suddenly collapsed in on itself, exploding violently and destroying the entire arena.

When the explosion was over, neither Issei nor Serafall were seen.

After a few moments, a mound of dirt shifted, revealing Issei, who was back in his normal form with Boosted Gear around his left arm. "D-D'draig... Let's not do that again." He groaned and coughed up blood.

"A-agreed." Boosted Gear replied. If anyone looked at Boosted Gear, it was cracked all over with pieces flaking and falling off while the gem was cracked and broken in several places. "W-where's..."

Suddenly there was a buzzer and Issei looked up as a new screen appeared, revealing the judge. "And Serafall Leviathan has been eliminated! The Red Dragon Emperor has won the exhibition match!"

"I... Have no idea how I pulled that off." Issei groaned and slumped forward, passing out from exhaustion.

End Chapter 25

 

[Nanya]

Epilogue

Issei groaned as he woke up in the infirmiry. "Well, can't say I'm surprised."

"That's for sure." A male voice said and Issei blinked a few times in surprise as Ranma was there, sitting on a chair next to a bed where Serafall was resting, though her eyes were open and looking at him in amusement. "First of all, good job." Ranma said with a smirk. "I didn't think you'd be able to pull a win off, especially when you pissed off my wife."

Issei rubbed the back of his head. "Ah, Serafall, sorry about that, I didn't mean to do that to Sona. I was just hoping for a picture of her in a swimsuit or something like that."

Serafall waved him off. "It's okay, but seeing such a lewd image of my sister and I didn't take it of her? And you flashed it to the world to see?" She narrowed her eyes and Issei chuckled and rubbed the back of his head nervously.

"Sorry, sorry, next time I ask for pictures, I'll look at them first." Issei said with a nervous grin.

"Secondly, I have a question," Ranma gave Issei a calculating look while crossing his arms over his chest, "when did you learn the Reverse Strike Wave?"

"Ah," Issei nodded and sat up, "ever since you first used it on me, I kept having nightmares about it, so D'draig and I were working on it with mental training to pull it off and that was the closest that we got."

Ranma let out a soft sigh and nodded. "Fine, I'm going to have to train you on how to use that move so you don't kill yourself by accident."

"I, too, would like not ending up like that every time you used that attack." D'draig said from within the gem on his left wrist.

"And finally..." Ranma motioned towards the door where Sirzechs Lucifer was standing.

"Ah!" Issei gawked in surprise. "I didn't..."

"It's fine." Sirzechs said with a smile as he walked into the room. "You put on a heck of a show, Issei." He looked at Serafall, who smiled and nodded. "To think a Devil as young as you could rise up to fight on par with one of the four Devil Kings and so fast."

"Well, I had to get stronger or people would beat me up too much." Issei laughed softly.

"Yes, that being said," Sirzechs gave Issei a calm look, "you did defeat Serafall Leviathan in combat. Even if you didn't know before, I suppose congratulations are in order."

"Uh..." Issei blinked in surprise. "Thanks?"

"What Sirzechs-chan is saying," Serafall grinned at Issei, "is that you're the new Devil King Leviathan, Issei-chan."

"Oh, that's..." Issei trailed off and gawked in surprise. "WHAT?!"

"Well, anyone who can defeat a Devil King in one-on-one combat should be a Devil King." Ranma said with a nod.

"...But my dreams of being a Harem King..." Issei whimpered. Sure, he had a harem, but if he was a Devil King, did that mean he had to divorce his wives? What was going to happen? Suddenly the others in the room laughed and Issei glared at all of them. "What?"

"Well, for one," Serafall said between laughs, "no one's going to force you to get a divorce. And that rule about having a harem has a bit of a caveat to it."

"Since you have a harem, you can't add more girls to your harem..." Sirzechs continued, "unless your wives all agree to it."

Issei hung his head and groaned. "No fair..."

"Also, Serafall married me," Ranma pointed out, "despite the rules stating she couldn't be in a harem. Everyone looked the other way since it tied me to Hell and gave me an alliance."

"Which would have saved me stress had I known before I had Rachel." Serafall grumbled, remembering how some of the clan elders had told her and the other Devil Kings a few days before she had gone into labor about the whole thing and that she didn't need to worry about it. "But, you aren't ready to be the next Devil King, Issei-chan." Serafall winked at him. "I'll help train you in your duties as a Devil King before I step down completely."

"Which should take around five to ten years." Sirzechs said with a nod. "After that, a Rating Game for all Devils will be opened up. Everyone who isn't one of the four Devil Kings can participate. The last ones standing can choose to be one of the winners or challenge any of the Devil Kings to take our place."

Issei stared in shock. "W-what? Why?"

"I worry we've become too soft in the years of peace." Sirzechs told him. "Hell should have the strongest defenders being the rulers. Don't you think so?"

"Y-yeah."

Ranma chuckled and stood up. "Don't worry, you've got time."

The door opened up and Rachel ran into the room, followed by Rias, Ikusu, Akeno, Lilith and Sona.

(---)

A few days later...

Azazel blinked as a woman with tanned skin, burgundy eyes and long, green hair walked into his office. "Hello?"

She smiled at him pleasantly. "Azazel, General-Commander of the Grigori, correct?"

"Ah, you have me at a disadvantage, miss..."

"Meiou. Setsuna Meiou." She walked over to his desk as he stood up and the two shook hands. "I have a student that will be transferring to Kuoh soon."

(---)

Two weeks later...

Sitting in the club room, Shirone let out a soft sigh and Azazel shook his head. "You knew that Gasper was going to take that job." Azazel told her and Shirone nodded as she thought back to what Gasper had said.

*Flash*

"I'm going to take early graduation tests." Gasper said and Shirone and the others looked at him in surprise. "I want to go help Nabiki in Las Vegas with her plan, but I can't do that if I'm still in high school. So..." He bowed to them. "Please..."

"Gasper..." Rias said as she walked over to him and smiled at him. "You're taller than me now, what happened to my cute little Bishop that used to sit in a box like a cat?" Gasper chuckled and rubbed the back of his head as Rias pulled him into a hug. "Of course you have my support. And don't hesitate to call and ask for help or if you just want to talk."

"Of course." Gasper said with a smile as he hugged the woman he thought of as his big sister back. "Thank you."

"Just keep the time zone difference in mind." Akeno said as she walked over to Gasper and smiled at him. "I'll be cheering for you."

*End Flash*

"He left this morning." Shirone said softly and shook her head. "Well, I hope he does well."

"I'm sure that he will." Azazel said as Chloe, Leonardo, Lillie, Kunou, Millicas, Bennia, and Alicia all walked into the room. "Ah, glad that you're all here. I have an announcement to make."

"I get to shave your head?" Bennia asked and a few of the others laughed, though there was some bewildered looks among the group.

"No." Azazel shook his head while smirking at her. "And if you keep that up, I'll ask Lillie or Ophis to make you wear something really embarrassing to school tomorrow."

"You mean..?" Bennia gasped in surprise.

"That's right." Azazel nodded and grinned at her. "If you don't want to come to school wearing a pink tutu, you should behave."

"I'll be good!" Bennia said while running for a seat and sitting down.

"...Is it that bad?" Chloe asked Kunou, who shrugged.

"If she's allowed to wear a normal pink tutu, probably not. But knowing that pervert, if he's like daddy, he'll make her come to school in a thin leotard and no panties and people will see a lot of stuff they shouldn't see."

"I'll be good." Bennia repeated while her face turned blue at the thought of all the leers and ass slaps that she'd have to avoid if she came to school in such an outfit.

Azazel shook his head as he saw Rossweisse walking towards the room while the others made their way to various desks, chairs or the couch. "No, we have a new member of the Occult Research Club."

The door opened to reveal Rossweisse and a young-looking girl with straight, black hair, purple eyes and a calm demeanor following her.

"Hello." The new girl said with a bow. "My name is Hotaru Tomoe." She straightened herself up. "But I'm also known as Sailor Saturn."

Azazel smiled at her. "Thank you, Miss Tomoe. Normally she wouldn't have told us who she was, but I met with her guardian before today and worked out some details. She's here to represent the Sailor Senshi while they're busy helping Nabiki Tendou out in Las Vegas."

Kunou's eyes widened. "Oh right! This is part of uniting the Moonlight World, right?" Azazel nodded and Kunou walked over to her. "Hello, I heard so much about the Sailor Senshi. Is it true that Sailor Moon can drop kick a person to China?"

Hotaru just scratched her head as she tried to imagine Usagi doing something like that. "...I don't think she's ever drop-kicked anyone before, but she might be able to do that."

"Magical girls?" Chloe asked and Hotaru nodded. "...Do you have talking magic sticks that have weird attitudes?"

"No, just talking cats." Hotaru said and Chloe laughed. "What?"

"Well, that's probably more normal than a magic stick that drugs your brother." Chloe said in amusement. "Come on, let's talk more."

"Sure." Hotaru smiled.

End Dance in Time

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Ignore spelling errors here, I hope you liked it. I'll fix them later.