Let's wrap this arc up.
Epilogue to come
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"Amazing..." He muttered to himself as he watched from a distance. "Simply amazing." He floated in the sky around Kyoto, having watched the fights unfurl. "So this is what a fully realized Red Dragon Emperor can do, huh? And Lilith's mate is pretty good as well." A grin came to his face as he thought about what he had seen, he was a little surprised Georg had survived that, but imagined that the Longinus user had warped out of reality with Dimension Lost at the exact moment the attack hit him. "Excellent! I can..." He trailed off as he heard a throat clearing itself in an exaggerated amount. "Hmm?" Turning around, he came face to face with a large green Dragon and an old man who looked more like a monkey than a man on the Dragon's head, holding a staff in one hand, a pipe in his other and had a black visor over his eyes. "Ah, I do believe that I've not met either of you. But I suppose I could introduce myself. My name is Jedah Dohma."
"Well, I was here to punish that nasty little shitstain Cao Cao, but it looks like the Red Dragon Emperor and his buddies took care of that for me ahead of time." The old man grinned at him. "I guess since you introduced yourself, I can return the favor. I'm Sun Wukong and this is my buddy Yu-Long."
"One of the Dragon Kings?" Jedah raised an eyebrow at the large Dragon. "I see. You're the famous Sun Wukong, huh? The monkey Youkai that became a Buddah and serves the wargod Indra?"
"Well, for a giant blue condom with purple packaging, you're well-informed." The old monkey Youkai took a puff of his pipe and blew out the smoke slowly. "Considering what you did to Princess Yasaka, I think I should dole out some punishment for that young lad that caught her attention on you."
Jedah raised his hands in the air in an attempt to show that he was harmless. "Don't mess your adult diapers, old man. I know enough not to fight one of Indra's flunkies directly. As strong as I am, catching the ire of one of the ten strongest beings on this planet is a bad idea."
"You're forgetting about me." The Dragon said to Jedah. "Are you not concerned with me?"
Jedah scoffed and grinned at Yu-Long. "Tell me, are you as strong as one of the Heavenly Sky Dragons or Ophis?" When Yu-Long answered negatively, Jedah chuckled. "Then I have nothing to fear from an over-sized lizard like you."
"What did you say?" Yu-Long hissed in anger. "I am one of the five Dragon Kings! And a lowly Devil like you will treat me with some respect!"
Jedah put his hand to his mouth and laughed in the Dragon's face. "Your power is strong, I admit that you would trounce me if we were to fight, but I'm not scared of you regardless."
"THAT'S IT!" Yu-Long charged at Jedah. "You're going to die now!" The Devil continued to smirk at the Dragon and just before he could get to Jedah, he felt his being throb and power start to drain away. "Wh...at?"
"Oh, I'm sorry," Jedah pulled out a crystal and grinned as Yu-Long cried out in pain and started to fall out of the sky, "I forgot to mention that there isn't a Dragon short of Ophis or Great Red that I fear right now."
"That won't work on me." Son Wukong stood up and pointed his staff at Jedah. "I'll deal with you and..."
"Tell me something," Jedah looked at the elder monkey Youkai, "how bad would it be for your boss if the Norse, Heaven, Hell and the Grigory were informed that he's supporting the Hero Faction?"
"What?" Son Wukong asked in shock as Jedah put the crystal away and Yu-Long was able to steady himself. "How do you..."
Jedah smirked at the old monkey. "Cao Cao is very... Shall we say, informative about who was helping him before he joined the Khaos Brigade." Holding up his left hand and crossing it over his chest, Jedah bowed again. "I'll take my leave, but know that if you had tried to do something to me, the information on the wereabouts of the entire Hero Faction would have ended up in the hands of Michael, Azazel and Sirzechs."
Watching the Devil pull out a scythe and slice the air, cutting a hole in it, Son Wukong frowned. "You're the most dangerous being I've ever met. What is your game?"
Jedah smirked at him. "Just tell your boss that I have no interest in whatever petty games he wishes to play," stepping into the portal, he chuckled as it started to close, "domination of a religion, petty grievances against other factions, fear of the current Dragon Emperors, I am beyond all of that! I will have everything I want soon enough."
When he disappeared, Son Wukong frowned heavily. 'Just what is this young pup planning?' He knew from the feel of that Devil's power that he was at least as strong as any of the current Devil Kings that were in power. In a way, he was glad that Jedah didn't desire a confrontation, since such a fight wouldn't be beneficial to either of them. Sure, he was sure he could win out in the end over that arrogant brat, but he was sure that the blue and purple condom Devil would find a way to win even if he lost regardless.
"I...I'm sorry." Yu-Long panted, sweat on his face. "Whatever that crystal was, it was causing such severe damage to me that I felt like I was dying."
"No way we could have prepared for that." Son Wukong admitted as he chewed on his pipe. "I'm going to have to talk to Azazel and Indra about this, this Devil is probably the most dangerous person on this planet right now. And as an apology, I'll treat you to some of the best food in all of Kyoto, okay?" People with power and ambition, especially if Jedah considered what Indra was doing and planning as a petty game, was far more dangerous than anything else. 'What are you planning, Jedah Dohma?'
(---)
Meanwhile at Nijo Castle...
"Where's Yasaka and Kunou?" Ranma asked, looking for the two.
"Over here, daddy!" Kunou yelled and waved at him from a nearby row of trees. "I helped Asia and Vritra's host pull Issei's girlfriends over here too!"
"I guess that describes me, not sure about Irina and Rossweisse though." Xenovia said weakly before smirking at Kiba, who was blushing hard. "I thought you were a boy, Kiba. I guess I didn't know you were a cross-dresser."
"I didn't mean that!" Kunou yelled, blushing as she realized her mistake. Looking up as Ranma walked up to them, she smiled at him. "We're all safe, daddy." She blinked as Ranma knelt down next to her and pulled her into a hug. "Daddy?"
"Just glad you're okay." He said and let go, before walking over to Yasaka, who was resting against a tree. "Sorry I'm late."
Yasaka stood up, took a stumbling step forward, before grabbing Ranma and pulling him close to her, kissing him on the lips. The kiss didn't last long and was rather chaste over-all, but still had most people blushing at it. "I knew you'd come for me." She sighed and slumped down and let go as she fell to her butt. "I'm a bit too worn out from what I did."
Watching that, Irina practically swooned. "So romantic!"
Kiba shook his head. "So, what happened out there?" He stood up slowly.
Ranma shrugged at him. "Showed up right after you guys were beaten by the jerk squad, fought them off, Issei got a new power, beat up Cao Cao with it, then they all left after Atsuko nearly killed their Vash wannabe."
"You... Beat them?" Kiba stared in shock. "How? Siegfried beat both myself and Xenovia easily."
"Yeah, I don't get how he did that myself." Ranma frowned at Kiba. "Seriously, you're a damn good sword fighter, how'd you lose to him?" He then pointed at Rossweisse. "And you?! How'd you lose to that wannabe demi-God anyway?"
The Valkyrie pouted. "Those missiles hurt! Plus I'm still suffering a hang-over." Her face turned green and she turned away, dry-heaving.
"How did you win?" Kiba asked, hoping to pick up some tips in case they fought again in the future.
"Hit Heracles with over three thousand punches in an instant, blasted the Ashura wannabe with lightning, then hit their pressure points to take out their voluntary muscle control." Ranma replied, causing the others to look at him in shock. "What? They're strong and tough, sure, but they're human and have all the human pressure points. I train with two masters who are both over three hundred years old and they use a lot of pressure point attacks since their bodies can't handle taking the blows that they used to be able to take." Though no one would be able to tell, considering how tough and durable Cologne and Happosai were.
"I'm more shocked that you can punch that many times in an instant." Xenovia muttered, unable to believe it.
Ranma shrugged as he helped Yasaka to her feet. "There's a reason that speed punching technique has kept the Emperors of China quaking in their boots for over three thousand years after all." Yasaka put her weight on Ranma and rested against him. "So... Who's got the energy to move long distances right now?" Most everyone groaned and he nodded. "Yeah, thought so." He slowly sat down, pulling Yasaka down into his lap. "How about we stay here for a bit until some people come to pick us up?"
"I don't mind." Yasaka threw her arms around Ranma's neck and rested her head against his shoulder, sighing happily.
"AWW MAN!" Issei was heard yelling and everyone looked up at him. "I WANTED TO RUB MY FACE IN THOSE TITANTIC TETONS!"
Most everyone just groaned in dismay.
"They are not for you, young man," Yasaka stated firmly, as she pulled Ranma closer. "Don't you have some woman here who might let you do that?"
"Several," muttered Mittelt. "But for some reason, he won't touch any of them, no matter how much they want him to."
"...I heard they have a blue pill to fix that now," the Kitsune replied.
"I DO NOT NEED VIAGRA!" Issei yelled.
"...Should that young male over there cuddle you?"
"I'M NOT GAY!"
"So your penis works and you prefer women ...and yet when offered, you don't molest them," she replied. "You have some major issues."
"We're working on that." Asia and Xenovia said at the same time.
Mittelt looked around, wondering where Lilith was. "Hey, where are you, Lilith?"
"SHH!" Lilith was heard from inside her shadow. "If the scary fox MILF doesn't know I'm here, she can't eat me."
Mittelt would have said something but the sound of wings flapping had her looking up as Azazel came upon the scene. "Well, at least we don't have to worry about pick-up anytime soon."
(---)
Back at the hotel, Lilith had decided to stay in Mittelt's shadow while everyone else was escorted to their room under the pretense of breaking some school rule or something and was being punished. After all, she didn't want to run afoul with Yasaka, even if the big tittied fox MILF was tired, that woman was scary when she was mad!
Looking at Azazel as he got her into her room, Mittelt took a deep breath. "Azazel-sama!" He looked at her and she stepped into the room fully. "Can you close the door? There's something I want to show you."
"Hmm?" Azazel looked at the small blonde. "What is it?" He asked and closed the door. "I do want to say though, good job out there. I wasn't able to see what happened, but the fact that you all survived is testament to how far you've come along." The leader of the Grigory smiled at her.
"Well, I want to show you something!" Her eyes seemingly lit up as she unfurled four Fallen Angel wings from behind her. "I got a promotion!"
Staring in shock, Azazel had to shake his head to clear the shock away. "That shouldn't be possible. You're a Devil now, correct?" Mittelt nodded and one of her Fallen Angel wings disappeared, being replaced with a Devil wing. "Okay, I have never, in all of my life, ever seen a Fallen Angel that was reincarnated into a Devil get a promotion and gain additional Fallen Angel wings."
"I've begun to just accept it as being part of Ranma's family." Mittelt said to him. "Our unofficial motto is 'do three impossible things before breakfast', you know? So if this is impossible, well... Just blame it all on Ranma."
Azazel sweat-dropped at the thought of charging into Ranma's room yelling 'Ranma! This is all your fault!' and had no idea why it felt like reality was sighing in relief at hearing someone think that. "Well, either way, even if I've never seen it happen, I guess it doesn't mean that it can't happen." Smiling, he put his hand on her head and ruffled her hair. "Good job, Mittelt." He pulled his hand away and grinned at her annoyed look. "I mean it, too. I'm glad that you got a promotion. Keep working hard, okay?"
Mittelt smiled, her face flushed in glee. "Yes!"
"Anyway, you should get some sleep, we're leaving tomorrow." Azazel said as he left her room. Sighing as he saw everyone off to bed, he made his way out of the building and looked into the night sky. "...I almost wish I smoked." He looked to the side and gave a wry smirk. "You sure were late, old monkey."
"Calm down, whippersnapper." Son Wukong grumbled at him. "Ran into that blue and purple condom Devil. Called himself Jedah or something."
"I take it things didn't go as planned?"
"BAH!" Wukong grumbled in annoyance. "He's too arrogant for his own good, but he's probably the most dangerous Devil this world has seen since the four Great Devil Kings." Looking at Azazel, the Fallen Angel leader could feel the original Monkey King's seriousness permeating through his pitch-black visor, "I have no idea what he game is, but he's cautious enough to have something that made Yu-Long nearly fall out of the sky. If your boy, the Red Dragon Emperor, fought against him, he might actually die."
Azazel bit his lip at that. That wasn't a pleasant thought. It wasn't like he had major plans for Issei, other than helping the boy reach his potential and dreams. But Issei was key for helping unite the factions, since he was the Red Dragon Emperor and his desire for peace carried a lot of weight in the Moonlight World. Vali didn't care for war either and just wanted to find a strong opponent to fight and potentially die against, which was helpful in that regard as well. 'Besides, I've got something that might help him get what he wants soon enough.'
"I want to warn you." Wukong looked up at the sky. "That Devil, Jedah Dohma, is planning something big. I don't know what, but I do know that he's using the Khaos Brigade."
"There's someone that I know that might know, I won't say anything more than that." Azazel liked Son Wukong and respected him enough, it was the Buddah's boss that Azazel neither liked nor trusted in the slightest. It was too bad that Indra was so strong that there was no way that Azazel could hope to deal with him on his own. "So what will you do now?"
"I'll report back to Indra and tell him everything, I guess." Wukong took a drag of his pipe. "I should warn you though, what your boy did against Cao Cao is going to have more than a few of the Gods of this world looking at him with more than a little concern." He nodded at Azazel's discomfort. "I can put a good word in for the boy, but the best you can hope for is that one of the ten decides he's not worth killing and asks the others to not harm him."
Azazel sighed and nodded at the first Monkey King. "Thanks."
When Azazel turned back in and walked off, Wukong shook his head and took a drag of his pipe. "I don't mean to put that weight on your shoulders, kiddo, but I don't want you to be uninformed if the Gods move against your boy." He knew his boss and Azazel didn't get along, it wasn't outright hatred of each other, but the distrust between the two was palatable.
(---)
The next morning at the train station, Azazel stood by the train, along with Issei, Asia, Xenovia, Kiba and Irina, smiling at Yasaka, Kunou and Serafall. "I'm sorry that we weren't able to forge a true agreement while we were here."
"It's fine." Yasaka smiled at him. "I'm just glad that things didn't turn out as badly as we all feared."
"Something's bothering me though, I haven't seen Ranma since the battle." Azazel knew that Ranma had requested to spend time with Yasaka after the fight and he couldn't begrudge the young man for wanting to spend time with her. "You wouldn't happen to know anything, would you Lady Yasaka?"
The elder fox's cheeks turned a light shade of pink. "Well, I never did get a honeymoon."
Azazel stared, gob-smacked, before laughing softly. "I hope you weren't too much for him." When Yasaka shook her head, blushing more, he couldn't help but be impressed. "You mean he wasn't worn out by you?"
"If anything, he was wearing me out." She said, coughing into her hand.
"OH COME ON!" Issei cried out in annoyance. "HOW IS THAT FAIR?!" Issei started grumbling loudly. "First he has the hottest loli in school in an open master-servant relationship, now he's flaunting his relationship with the hot fox mama and he's not even here!"
Yasaka coughed softly. "If it's okay, I hope you don't mind me keeping him here for the next week. I know you're his teacher and all that..."
Azazel waved her off. "No, no, I don't have a problem with it." He wondered if Mittelt or Lilith would have a problem with it, but decided he'd find out when he got back to Kuoh city. "Have fun on your honeymoon, but do remember that we need to get the treaty done between our groups."
"Of course." She smiled at him and looked at Serafall. "Lady Leviathan has offered to stay in Kyoto for an extended time to iron out the details of the pact."
Azazel nodded and looked at Serafall. "Well, enjoy your stay here."
"Of course!" She winked at him. "We'll have the agreement hammered out in no time flat. I wouldn't want to keep a wife away from her honeymoon for too long after all."
Issei grumbled about Ranma being a lucky bastard. "So not fair."
"You have the hottest redhead in school after you," Lilith said from Issei's shadow, if Yasaka couldn't get her, she couldn't get eaten after all, "and you and Xenovia actually broke the ice finally, stop complaining."
Issei looked down and jumped. "What the heck?!"
"Lilith, is that you?" Yasaka asked in surprise. "Come on out of there."
"No! You'll eat me! Issei! Get me to the train! If she pulls me out of here I swear I'll give you dreams of a bunch of guys dicking you in the ass!"
Everyone blinked in shock at the sudden gust of wind that took Issei's place. "I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES!" Issei yelled from the train doors.
"Well, I guess that means it's our time to go." Azazel chuckled, though he didn't blame Issei in the slighest. Raising his hand to Yasaka, he gave her a firm handshake. "We'll see you around."
"Of course." Yasaka smiled at him. "Oh, and tell Lilith that I wanted to thank her for her help."
"I'll tell her, I don't know if she'll listen." Azazel chuckled as everyone said their goodbyes.
(---)
Later...
Laying on Yasaka's bed, Ranma blinked as he sat up, completely naked. "What a dream..." He muttered, wondering why he had dreams of a woman with blue, pink and green hair and wore a blue kimono with a golden Dragon embroidered on it. "Why was she asking me to go to Nepal anyway?" He had never even been in Nepal, though he knew it had a lot of mountains, seeing as it was located by the Himalayan mountains. Yawning and stretching, Ranma made a note to head there sometime, just to seee the place. "Hmm, maybe I can ask Nabiki to look into it."
"Who's Nabiki and why are you asking her to look into something?" Yasaka's voice came from the doorway.
Looking at the large breasted woman, Ranma just smiled at her. "Someone who has a Sacred Gear that gathers information, I wanted to ask her about Nepal. Got a dream saying to head there but I don't even know where to start looking."
Yasaka nodded, she could believe it. Dream visions weren't her specialty, but she knew enough to not doubt something like that. "I see..." She walked towards the bed, undoing her robe and letting it fall to the floor, revealing her nude form. Crawling onto bed, her face was flushed as she crawled over Ranma. "Up for a repeat of last night?" She asked, her eyes widening as she felt something hard poke her thigh. "Well..." She fanned her tails out and wrapped them around Ranma. "I take that as a yes."
Ranma smirked at her as he ran his hands over her sides and positioned her over him. "I'm good to go anytime." He said before kissing her large breasts.
Shivering, Yasaka knew she'd enjoy what was going to happen. "Let's make this a honeymoon to remember." She moaned as he bit on her nipple in response.
(---)
Meanwhile, on the train...
"Mind if I sit here?" Irina asked Mittelt, who looked at her and nodded. The blonde was sitting next to an open window in the back row just looking out. "Thanks." She smiled and sat in the seat next to her.
"So what do you want?" Mittelt asked her.
Irina smiled and softly clapped her hands together. "I heard that you got a promotion to be a four winged Fallen Angel." She said so softly that only Mittelt could hear her.
"Oh." Mittelt nodded at her. "Yeah."
"What's wrong?" Irina gave her a confused look. "I would think you'd be estactic. I mean, you're the top Angel of the Occult Research Club now. Well, besides Azazel."
"I..." Mittelt sighed as she looked out the window. "You know, for years I dreamed of raising my rank, becoming more important to the Grigori, to help our leaders out."
"So what changed?" Irina asked softly, wondering what was bothering the blonde. If she had gained a second set of wings, she would have been on cloud nine for days, but Mittelt just seemed depressed for some reason. "Is it because your boyfriend is still in Kyoto?"
Mittelt blushed and shook her head. "No!" She hissed, trying to keep her voice down, before slapping her forehead. "Hold on." Tapping the arm rest, she whispered a few words and Irina blinked as the sound around them seemed to disappear. "Sound dampening skill. It helps when you need to talk in class and don't want to disturb anyone."
"Neat!" Irina would have to learn this, it sounded so useful.
"Anyway, no, I'm not upset that Ranma's still in Kyoto." It would be stupid to be jealous or get upset that he was probably rocking that fox's brains out right now, after all, she was already sharing him with a few other women, so what was one more that probably would only be a part-time thing anyway? "It's..." She sighed, wondering how to explain this. "I should be happier, I mean, I am, but..."
Seeing Mittelt go quiet, Irina grabbed her hand and gave it a squeeze. "Hey, you can talk to me. We're friends, aren't we?" Seeing Mittelt's surprised look, Irina looked at her in confusion. "Aren't we?"
"Just admit that you're only friends with me because of the treaty." Mittelt said and looked away. "No way a pure Angel like you would bother with me otherwise."
"Now that's unfair!" Irina gave Mittelt a stern look. "Look at me." Mittelt turned to look at her and Irina continued. "The only reason I fought against Devils and Fallen Angels in the past was because our factions were at war."
Mittelt closed her eyes. "Do you know Lord Kokabiel?"
"I know of him, I never met him personally." And Irina was grateful for that, from what she had heard from the Angels, both Pure and Fallen, that knew him personally, he was a really bad person. "Why?"
Mittelt sighed softly. "He saved my life once." Irina stared, gob-smacked at her. "It was a few years before the Grigori pulled out of the war. I was fighting against some Exorcists from the Church and losing. I know that he probably didn't care about me, or even care that he saved me, but Lord Kokabiel showed up and in a rain of light arrows eradicated all of them." She gave Irina a wry smirk. "He said to me "you need to take better care of yourself, the next time I won't be there." I know that he was probably just encouraging me to fight harder, but..."
"You really respected him, huh?"
"Hard not to." Mittelt nodded to Irina's question. "He was strong, ruthless, cunning and really skilled." She pulled her knees up to her chest and hugged them. "I guess I developed some sort of hero worship of him after that. I did what he wanted, without question. And, of course, I looked up to Lord Azazel too." After all, he cared about all of the Grigori, even if he was pretty aloof at times.
Seeing Mittelt sigh and tremble, Irina wondered just what the other girl was going through. "Mittelt?"
"Looking back at what I went through..." She chuckled, though it was empty to Irina's ears. "In the end it didn't even matter, did it? When I wasn't useful to him or Lord Azazel, they threw me away, would have left me to die if Ranma and Lilith didn't take me in." She looked at Irina, her eyes shining with unshed tears. "I'm just a stray, someone to be used and discarded when I'm no longer useful. It'll happen again. No one will care when it happens then. Maybe I've already been discarded..." She was cut off when Irina hugged her to her chest. "What..."
"Shh, none of that!" Irina chided the Fallen Angel and held her. "Even if you're a Fallen Angel, you're my friend. I won't abandon you."
"You say that now, but if you were told to kill me by Michael, you'd do it, wouldn't you?" Mittelt said, bitterness in her voice. "It's fine, wouldn't be the first time that I was abandoned."
"No!" Irina grabbed Mittelt by her shoulders and pushed her away. "Listen to me! You're my friend. And I don't think Ranma abandoned you. I'm sure that he'll be back in a week." Irina wasn't a psychologist, but she was beginning to suspect that Mittelt had some deep-seated fears that needed to be worked out. 'Something to ask Azazel, I guess.' There had to be psychologists for what Mittelt was going through. After all, there were psychologists for Dragons. Though Irina still wasn't sure how Ddrag was supposed to take anti-depressants while sealed in Boosted Gear but decided to not think about it too much.
"You sure?" Mittelt asked, getting a nod from Irina.
"Yeah. If he's gone for even one minute longer than a week, I'll personally fly to Kyoto and bring him home, okay?"
Mittelt smiled as Irina let go of the hug. "Thanks." She leaned back into her chair and looked out the window.
"Hey, Mittelt," Irina spoke up after a few moments, "just how did you get a second set of wings anyway?"
"You'll laugh." Mittelt said softly, her face flushed as she tried to look away.
"No I won't. I swear as Lord Michael's Ace! I won't laugh at anything you tell me." Irina smiled at her. "Come on, what caused you to get your promotion?"
"Well..." Mittelt went on to explain what had been going on in her mind to the best of her recollection. "I mean, I was pretty pissed and..."
"YEEEE!" Irina suddenly squealed and rapidly bounced her feet up and down, much to Mittelt's shock. "You got a promotion because you're in love!" Mittelt blinked as Irina blushed lightly. "That's so romantic! Love for your boyfriend caused you to grasp hold of new power." She put her hands on Mittelt's shoulders and smiled brightly, much to Mittelt's slight discomfort, the girl was getting too excitable. "This proves all the stories I heard about Fallen Angels, that they're devious, trecherous and incapable of love, completely false!"
Mittelt sweated slightly. "Well, it's not like I could return to Heaven since I'm a Devil now."
Irina blinked at that. "...Would you want to?"
"Huh?!" Mittelt was shocked by the question. "Look, I'm a Devil and a Fallen Angel on top of it, there's no way they'll allow me back up there." It would be nice, though she doubted that it would go over well with the Church's followers.
"Oh don't worry about that." Irina smiled at her. "If Lord Michael can make it so that a couple of Devils can pray without any problem, I'm sure that he can make it so that you can come home at least once in awhile."
"I doubt it, but thanks." Mittelt smiled at her and looked back out the window.
"Oh! Excuse me, I just remembered something." Irina clapped her hands together softly and blushed. "Sorry."
Mittelt just rolled her eyes as Irina ran off. 'It's not like you have to force yourself to be around me.' It wasn't like Mittelt wanted to be all mopey after all of that, it was just that unwanted memories flooded her mind and she couldn't help but be downcast after all of that. 'Stupid memories.' She thought to herself as she dispelled the sound dampening ward.
(---)
Several minutes later...
"Hey." A male voice spoke up and Mittelt turned her head, looking up in shock at seeing Azazel standing over her. "Mind if I sit down?" Mittelt rapidly shook her head and he smiled as he did that. "Thanks."
"Um, Lord Azazel, what are you..." She blinked when he waved his hand.
"Enough of that," he gave her a serious look. "I've heard you're dealing with some separation anxiety lately." Mittelt looked away and he sighed. "Really, I should have seen this coming since the meeting at the school." He shook his head, how could he not have seen it? The girl practically glued herself to Ranma or Lilith during regular school hours and had asked if she had been abandoned by him and if he would have left her to die with Raynare, Kalewarner and Dohnaseek back then. 'And the worst part is, I flat-out admitted that I did too.' It was just another regret he had in a long list of them. 'At least I can try to make this one up.'
"It's not like you knew." Mittelt muttered.
"Yes, but I think that you need to see a specialist about this." Azazel watched as she looked at him with wide eyes. "No, I don't think you're crazy, stupid or anything like that. You have issues that you need to work through and there are people that can help, okay? In fact, I know someone who can help you out specifically." Privately, Azazel was starting to wonder why he didn't order the entire Grigori that suffered through the Great War to seek out professional help. It might have helped some of his followers like Kokabiel from becoming more crazy.
"So I'm just a screw up after all." Mittelt sighed, knowing that's the only reason she was going to get help.
"You're not a screw up." Azazel said to her. "If anything, I'm the one who screwed up." Mittelt looked at him in confusion. "Back at the conference, you asked about if I had abandoned Raynare, Kalewarner, and Dohnaseek and I, stupidly, admitted that I had, because I had thought you four had gone rogue and were causing trouble for no reason."
"But your orders were to..."
"Simply observe Issei." Azazel cut her off, glad that he had put a ward up to prevent others from paying attention to what they were saying. "I never intended for Raynare to kill him. In fact, if anything, I would have wanted Issei to join the Grigori freely."
"Then..."
"I don't know why Raynare decided to kill Issei, it's a moot point now anyway." It wasn't like he could bring back the dead and there were others he would want to bring back first anyway. And even if he could bring them back, he'd have to find some way to keep them in check. "But there is something I want to say about all of this."
"What?"
"I'm sorry." Those two words had Mittelt staring at Azazel, utterly shocked. "I should never have said that for one, and for two, I should have shown up in Kuoh City to diffuse the situation, protect those three and offer to help Issei gain control over his Sacred Gear as a repayment for Raynare's actions." He could have sent Shemhazai or Barquiel as well, they could have diffused the situation. 'Well, Barquiel might not have been able to considering Akeno.' That was another thing he blamed himself over. "I really should have taken a more active role in Kuoh myself."
Mittelt stared at him, completely dumbfounded and shocked. "Lord Azazel..."
"So I want to ask if you can find it in your heart to forgive this old fool." He held up a hand to forestall her for a moment. "I know you might not blame me, but I know that this is my fault, Mittelt. So, please, don't be hasty, okay?" He stood up and was about to leave. "I'll get you an appointment with that specialist, okay?" Mittelt nodded softly and watched as he walked off.
"Lord Azazel." She muttered softly and sighed. "Thank you." She whispered to herself, glad that he had come to see her and talk to her over these matters. At least she felt better now.
(---)
As he stepped back into his train car, Azazel nodded to Irina, who was sitting on a chair and looking at him nervously. "Thank you. I would never have noticed what she was going through if you didn't tell me."
"You're welcome. I don't like seeing people suffer from problems."
Azazel gave her a small smile. "You're going to go far." She was the kind of person that this world needed, able to emphasize with others and help them over-come problems. 'I know you can't see this, Kokabiel, but Mittelt, Irina, Akeno, Rias, Issei and even Ranma are proving you and everyone with your mentality wrong. The world doesn't need warmongers like you anymore.' He idly wondered what Father would think about all of this before mentally laughing at what he imagined God would say.
"The fact that forces that are opposed to each other could come together for the betterment of the world should fill everyone's hearts with hope for a better tomorrow."
'You're right about that, Father, you're right about that.' Azazel had a small grin on his face, knowing that true peace between the various factions of the Moonlight World was possible, but it wouldn't be easy. 'And I know of the perfect way to appease those who desire conflict without needing to spread to war on top of it.'
(---)
A few hours later in Kyoto...
Yasaka was panting hard as Ranma pulled out of her pussy with a loud pop, cum running out of her abused hole. "I think... I think that's enough." She panted, suddenly remembering something from when she first met Ranma over three years ago...
*Flash*
Yasaka giggled as the visiting youth looked at the Youkai Kama Sutra book. Oh, the embarassment that he would show when...
"Done it, done it," Ranma said, going through the pages. "Done that, this one is missing several steps, that one nearly threw out Lilith's hip."
She blinked at that.
"Did it, did it, don't have a tail, so I can't do that... Unless I change step six with a variant of... That could work..."
So... He had power, wisdom, and had nearly dislocated the hip on a succubus!?
"Can't do that one unless my spine is double-jointed, can do this one if I can hold some low-level lightning magic on my fingers, done it, done it, did it last weekend...
"Is this like the first book of a series, or is there more?" Ranma asked.
"..." Oh, she was SO marrying him. He was the perfect age for it by human standards!
Or had that changed? They changed those rules so damned often...
*End Flash*
'Well, this is what I wanted.' Yasaka thought to herself and panted. "You're still this..." There was a thud and Yasaka sat up, wrapping her tails around her and yelping. "Who?! Lady Leviathan?" She blinked in shock as she saw Serafall on the floor at her open door.
"I'm sorry!" Serafall clapped her hands and bowed. "I overheard you two having sex and I couldn't help but listen in and..." The way her face was flushed, the fact that her yakuta was almost completely open, and the smell coming from her clued to two in on what she had been doing. "I couldn't help it, it was too hot!"
"Could you at least close the door?" Yasaka grumbled and Serafall nodded and grabbed the door and started to walk out. "Hey, wait!" She called to Serafall and looked at Ranma. "I need a break, eight rounds is too much for me all at once."
Ranma gave her a confused look. "Really?" Yasaka nodded tiredly. "So..."
"I normally wouldn't say this, but..." She turned to Serafall. "Lady Leviathan, seeing as you were... Peeping on us, would you care to join? I need a break or I feel I won't be able to sit up tomorrow."
Serafall's eyes lit up. "Uh, you mean it?" When Yasaka nodded, she closed the door behind her, threw off her yakuta and leaped into the bed. "Take me, you glorious hunk of man meat! I've been wanting to ride you since I saw those DVDs!"
Ranma blinked as the Satan pushed him down. "...What DVDs? I knew that Lilith and Nabiki wanted pictures of me in the shower, working out and having sex, but when did they record DVDs of me?"
"Shh!" Serafall put her finger to Ranma's lips. "Less talky, more fucky."
"Well, can't complain about that." Ranma chuckled and put his hands on her bare ass.
(---)
Later in Kuoh City...
Sitting on the floor, sieza-style, Issei, Kiba, Irina, Asia, and Xenovia all looked at an upset Rias, Akeno and Koneko. Gasper was there, but he wasn't looking as upset. On the couch sat Azazel and Rossweisse, the latter of whom was still suffering the effects of her hang-over.
"I can't believe you didn't call us." Akeno said, pouting softly. "We got so worried about you."
"And then you summoned me out of nowhere." Rias had a light blush on her face, though it was masked by her annoyance.
"I'm sorry!" Issei clapped his hands and bowed to her. "I really am. I didn't mean to summon you in your undies in front of everyone."
"Eh, give him a break." Azazel chimed in. "He managed to help save Lady Yasaka, unlocked a new power and accidentally set off an international crisis in the process."
"HUH?!" Issei yelled, shocked. "What are you talking about?!"
Azazel blinked in surprise. "Didn't anyone tell you?" Issei shook his head, as did the others and Azazel sighed before pointing a remote at the very wide-screen television on the wall and turning it on.
A female reporter was seen. "...And while no one has any real idea who set off the powerful nuclear blast in the Pacific Ocean, Russia, China and the United States all immediately denied their action in this. North Korea has blamed Japan for attempting to make them look bad and Japan officially has no idea why the blast is being traced to Kyoto, which recently withstood a terrorist attack that destroyed Nijo castle, a small hill and did considerable damage to the surrounding area."
Turning it off, Azazel smirked as everyone but Rossweisse, who wasn't paying attention, had a large sweat-drop when they heard that. "Yeah, so congrats on scaring all the nuclear-powers in the world, Issei. You officially did more to shine light on the Moonlight World than everyone else did despite fighting for centuries."
"Well, I guess since everyone's okay, I guess I can forgive you." Rias muttered, happy that everyone was home, safe and sound.
"Good." Koneko nodded and leaned in close to Issei, sniffing at him. "So, perv, how come you smell like Xenovia?"
Both Issei and Xenovia's faces turned red as everyone but Rossweisse, Irina and Asia turned to look at them. Rossweisse was in too much pain, Asia was blushing as well as she twiddled her thumbs and Irina had a blank look on her face. "Um, well, that is..." They both said at the same time before looking at each other and wondering how to explain things. Sure, Xenovia wanted to copulate with Issei for some time, but she wasn't sure it was right to talk about it after the fact.
"You should just tell them." Irina said and the two gulped.
Clapping his hands and bowing his head to the floor, Issei trembled. "I'm sorry! I really am! But it got hot and heavy and before I knew it..."
"What's with all the noise?" A new voice spoke up and Issei jumped backwards in surprise. Everyone watched in surprise as Lilith pulled herself out of Issei's shadow, yawning and stretching. "Oh, we're back in Kuoh?"
"You were still in my shadow?!" Issei yelped in surprise. "I thought you would have left!"
"I fell asleep." Lilith said as she finished stretching. "Oh, hi, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Gasper, what did I miss?"
"The perv was about to explain why he smells like Xenovia." Koneko gave Issei a dirty look.
"Huh?" Lilith blinked before realizing what they were talking about. "OH! Yeah, that's my fault." She giggled and rubbed the back of her head. "See, Issei and Asia were making out in the closet and Irina, Xenovia and I came across them, I got a bit too excited and it made Xenovia and Issei too excited and they ended up sexing each other up in the closet."
Everyone who hadn't seen it happen stiffened to the point that they looked almost like statues, well, except Azazel, who was grinning at Issei and giving him a thumbs up in congrats.
"You didn't need to say it so bluntly." Issei muttered through gritted teeth as he waited for the reaction. When no one said anything, he tried standing up. "Well, now that we have that cleared up, how about we..."
"SIT. DOWN." Rias ordered, finally able to react.
"Yes, ma'am!" Issei yelped as he did just that.
Rias slowly turned to face Lilith.
"Lady, please," the succubus snorted. "I fear few things. Your angry face is not one of them."
"..."
"And in his defense--and bless you for making me do THAT," Lilith continued, "you've been with him for how long? If you wanted to break his wrapper, why didn't you make the first move? Or ...order him--as his King--to pound you like pledges at a frat?"
"Now that's a saying I've not heard before." Azazel muttered in amusement.
Rubbing her head, Rias directed an angry glare at the rest of her peerage before taking a deep breath. "Did any of you think about any possible problems that could stem from this? Are any of you ready for what such a thing entails?" Granted, taking care of any babies wouldn't be too hard, her family was rich enough that getting baby sitters wasn't a hard thing to do.
"Yeah." Lilith nodded and put her hands behind her head. "I may not have stopped what was going on, and encouraged it, but I'm not stupid. A little magic spell kept his little swimmers from swimming for a week."
"I'm more curious how Irina's not a Fallen Angel if she watched that happen." Azazel looked at Irina, who had her halo pop out in response. "Okay, I know for a fact that Angels who observe sex that closely will have trouble staying pure, so..."
Lilith raised her hand. "I also thought of that, so I made it so that she wouldn't feel anything for a few days in regards to sexy time."
"That reminds me." Irina looked at Lilith, "this will wear off, right? No offense, but I don't think I'd like having part of me cut off."
"None taken, and it will, though I think it's a total dick move by your dead boss to not let Angels at least have sex without falling."
"We used to." Azazel told her, causing everyone to look at him. "What? Don't you remember the story of Noah? God had to flood the whole world for over forty days and nights because the Nephilim, you know, children of Angels and Humans, were doing too much harm to the world and humans specifically. It was after that event that the first of us Angels fell." Not that he blamed the old man, their brats had been stronger than their parents and even most of the Gods out there.
Lilith tapped her chin. "Nephilim? Wait, they were all giants, right?" Azazel nodded, it was a long time ago, it was like a human talking about their dead grandmother or something. "Hmm, neat." Privately she wondered if her father, Belial Aensland, had been one. The information Jedah had put into her mind about her father had him as a giant that towered over everyone in Makai after all.
"So..." Rias looked at them. "What do you have to say?"
"Sex is awesome and I'd totally do what I did over again." Issei responded, sweating as Rias had a dark look covering her face.
"Oooh, wrong answer." Lilith muttered as she and the others slid away from Issei to avoid Rias's anger.
"Issei, you JERK!" Rias yelled and ran off, tears in her eyes.
"Rias!" Issei tried to move, but was stopped by Koneko. "What?"
"Right now, I wouldn't go near her." Akeno answered for everyone. "Quite frankly, I'm feeling quite upset myself right now." She looked at Xenovia, who was at least looking at the floor in shame. She didn't blame Xenovia, it was probably amazing, but Rias was understandably upset over everything. "If you want to talk to her, give her some time to calm down."
Issei nodded, sighing as he saw Koneko and even Gasper's looks of disgust. He didn't bother looking at anyone else, he knew they'd all react the same way.
"And this is why I told you to not tell others." Lilith said to him. "Because the rumors would have gotten to Rias before the truth did."
Asia was pouting heavily. "Can't believe I froze up and missed my chance to do that with Issei." Her eyes widened and she slapped her hands over her mouth as her face flushed.
"Well..." Azazel chuckled at that. "Good thing you didn't say that in front of Rias."
"Must you still be here?" asked Akeno.
"Oh, I must," Azazel smirked. "Someone has to remind you of your own failures, from time to time."
"Our failures?" growled Koneko.
"Well, you each wanted him, each desired him," Azazel stated. "But none of you were willing to take the first act, to make a move to attain that dream you wanted. You expected young Issei to do such. Well, you got your desire," he said, his face blank. "He made a move, someone had sex, because they were willing to take action." Turning to those who were glaring at Issei, he kept his eyes focused. "Don't complain that those who chose to take no action, didn't win. Like the lotto, if you don't play, you can't complain you didn't win."
"Jerk!" Koneko narrowed her eyes at Azazel before turning to Issei. "You know that none of us cared if you started to go to pound town with any of us, but you should have did Rias first."
"Everytime I try someone always jumps in." Issei responded. "I didn't even like that my first time was in a closet with three others watching." Though he didn't complain about Lilith being there too much, she was a big help in making sure that the first time was really pleasant for the both of them.
"You sure weren't complaining when you were grabbing my butt and sucking on my boobs." Xenovia said, before her eyes widened and she blushed. "DANG IT!"
"As a teacher," Rossweisse groaned, "I should be against you having adult relations while on a trip. But as a woman, I want to hear more about your first time."
"That's because you're still a virgin." Lilith said, sighing as a blue aura of despair covered Rossweisse. "SERIOUSLY! The reason you're still a virgin is because you act like that! Men don't like women who cry about some bad luck!" Standing up, she walked over to the Valkyrie and tapped her shoulder. "Listen!" Rossweisse looked up, sniffling. "If you want a man, stop being so damn pitiful!" She pointed at Xenovia. "Don't be as aggressive as her, but having confidence in your sexy butt and big boobs, lovely hair and pretty face already! If you want to get laid, you can ask Issei or Master! Either of them will gladly plow your unused fields!" She sighed when Rossweisse's face turned red and she passed out, steam coming out of her ears. "Sheesh, I swear, if she doesn't get laid in six months, I'll take care of it myself."
"I'm not sure she'd appreciate that." Kiba finally spoke up, grateful no one had turned their ire on him.
"I think I'm forgetting something." Azazel muttered, trying to remember what it was that he had forgotten. "Oh well, I'm sure that if it's important I'll remember it later."
(---)
Up in her shared room with Issei and Asia, Rias laid on her stomach, face buried in her pillow. She wasn't crying, she was just upset. "Stupid Xenovia! Stealing my man before I got a chance to take him first!" She knew Issei wanted a harem, heck, she grew up with her father having a harem, so the idea didn't bother her in the slightest. She just wished that she had been the one to take Issei's virginity! Considering what Raynare did to him and now Xenovia, Rias couldn't claim to take any of Issei's firsts. 'Wait, did either of them give him a titty fuck or a blowjob?' She could at least do that for him.
Still, it bothered her that he had to get away from her to get laid. 'Maybe I should ask mom how she handles dad's harem.' She knew it was set on a day to day basis or something and heavy scheduling that her mom meticulously planned out so that everyone was able to be satisfied and happy.
Rias sighed and laid there for awhile, she wasn't sure how long, when she heard the door to the room open and then close. She felt a body sit down on the bed next to her. "Rias..." She heard Issei's voice. When she felt his hand on her shoulder, she rolled over and pulled him down on top of her. "WAGH!"
"Issei," tears were shining in her eyes, "am I not good enough for you?"
"What?!" Issei stared at her in shock. "No! If anything you're too good! No matter how I look at it, you're way out of my league! You're gorgeous, wonderful, rich and absolutely perfect. Me? I'm just a screw up who's no one really special."
"Even with a Dragon inside you?" Rias gave him a wry smirk. "No matter how you cut it, Issei, YOU are the special one, me? I'm just a high ranking Devil that happens to have a really powerful ability from my mom's side of the family. Don't let the fact that you were a normal human before you were turned into a Devil distract you from the fact that you are the Red Dragon Emperor."
"Yeah, but..." Issei shook his head. "Even with that, I'm nothing really special. Every day that I'm able to wake up with you in bed with me, I'm happy. Just being near you is more than I could have hoped for back when I entered Kuoh Academy."
Rias was silent for a few moments before nodding to herself. "Tell me something, Issei, when you think of me, what is that you think of?"
"The best woman in Kuoh Academy, with the best breasts, beautiful red hair, a killer bod that would make anyone go nervous just being near." Issei rattled off what he thought of, "and that's not even going into the fact that you are Rias Gremory, the most perfect, beautiful and gorgeous woman that I've ever met."
"...Flattery will get you nowhere." Rias giggled at him. "Issei, tell me," she stopped giggling and ran her hand over his arm and enjoyed him shivering, "you know who I am, who my family is, do you think anything differently of me?"
"Um, I think you're way out of my league and I'm thankful that you even bother to talk to me." Issei answered, wondering why she was asking. "I've thought that since I first saw you, since you first turned me into your servant."
Rias smiled at him and cupped his cheeks. "Do you see me as "Rias Gremory, the heir to the house of Gremory" or do you see me as "Rias Gremory, a person"?"
"...That's a stupid question." Rias stared at him in confusion. "Who cares if you're the heiress of a major Devil family? To me, you'll always be Rias Gremory, the best woman I could ever hope to be near and... MMMPH!" Issei's eyes widened as Rias suddenly pulled him down and kissed him on the lips.
For Rias, that was all she wanted to hear, and she was thankful that Issei saw her as a person, not as a status symbol. She knew he did, but it was nice to hear confirmation of it.
After she broke the kiss with Issei, the boy blushed hard. "Um, so, does this mean you forgive me?"
Rias smiled at him and nodded. "Yes. You know..." She moved her hands away from his cheeks and ran a finger over his chest even as her face slowly turned red. "If you want... I wouldn't mind giving you my virginity."
"Like... Right now?!" Issei's voice was cracking and pitched upwards in his excitement.
"Well... Didn't Lilith say that you couldn't get anyone pregnant for a week?" Rias was blushing hard. "Besides, if you want to be a Harem King, you're going to need experience, right?"
"You..." Issei blinked as she put a finger on his lips.
"If you do this, just call me Rias, please?" She asked and Issei nodded, mentally cheering as he slid out of his clothes while Rias made hers fall off of her body. "Well, someone's happy." She blushed as she looked at what he was packing. It was weird, she had seen him naked plenty of times in the past, but seeing him naked now, it felt... A lot different.
"YES! YES HE IS!" Issei's voice was stiff and loud before Rias shushed him and pushed him down onto the bed.
(---)
Meanwhile downstairs...
Lilith grinned and started giggling pervertedly. "I guess they made up." In truth, she was happy for those two. She liked Issei, despite her teasing of him, and if Rias wasn't obviously head over heels in love with him, she would have tried to hook the redhead up with her Master. Idly, she wondered if Rias and her Master had a kid, how crazy-strong that kid would be before dismissing it. 'Bah, Master wouldn't steal Rias away from Issei anyway.' Though maybe in a few decades she could bring up the idea of partner swapping.
Irina clapped her hands together and sighed. "How romantic!"
Asia pouted, it wasn't fair! Now Rias and Xenovia were a step ahead of her! And she had already chickened out once. No way Issei would be as interested in her after all of that.
Azazel was smirking, happy for the two. He'd have to talk to Issei about making sure to use protection every time, because he had no doubt that the kid would sire a lot of brats in his life if he wasn't careful.
(---)
Meanwhile in Hell...
"ARRRRRGH!" Riser's scream of frustration was heard all across the land.
(---)
At the Phenix estate...
Ravel looked outside and slumped. "Where does all this snow come from? I am sick and tired of seeing it!" When she heard her brother scream again and start swearing, she could only agree. "Mother, I can't..."
"I've already gotten the transfer papers written up." Lady Phenix said as she looked outside the estate. "I begin to tire of this endless snow myself."
Ravel nodded, glad to be getting out of this place until the insanity ended.
"Oh, Ravel, dear, that reminds me, we do need to check out the place of your hero. I don't want you sleeping in a hovel after all."
Ravel blushed and poked her fingers together. She hoped that Ranma didn't mind her moving in with him. Her face got redder as her mind started to wander into naughty territory.
Seeing how flustered her daughter was getting, Lady Phenix shook her head in amusement. 'Ah, to be young and in love.' Idly, she wondered what Ravel's hero was up to at that moment.
(---)
In Kyoto...
Sneezing lightly, Ranma blinked as he woke up. "Nnngh, what time..." He looked to the left but found it really hard to look any further as his face was obscured by a fleshy wall. Blinking a few more times to clear his eyes, he realized that he was looking at Yasaka's boobs, or rather, one of them, as his head was using her other breast as a pillow. 'This is great.' He thought to himself before shifting slightly and realizing there was a weight on his body. Looking down, he saw the sleeping and nude form of Serafall Leviathan and mentally sighed. 'Dammit, Lilith! I really did Seduce the Satan.' Ranma then mentally groaned at what he thought while his hands ran over Serafall's back.
'Bless you, Lilith, this is all your fault!' He thought to himself before he decided to go to sleep.
End Chapter 7