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Chapter 24:
Safe Travels
'Thinking'
"Talking"
"Talking"
- Kuoh Academy -
"Mmm~" Aika moans into our kiss, wrapping her arms around my neck and pulling me in close as our tongues swirl around each other's. The flavor of the strawberry smoothies we stopped off to get before her classes start leaves a lingering taste on our tongues and makes the moment sweeter.
All around us, other Kuoh Academy students pause at the front gate to the school in order to point and whisper between each other as they watch the spectacle we're making.
This isn't the first time we done something like this, though. Aika has made it a point whenever I come to pick her up after school or drop her off, to show every one of her classmates just how close the two of us are.
Perhaps she does it as a way of showing up those who once criticized her personality and proclaimed she would never find a boyfriend if she continued to be as perverted as she is. Or maybe it's because she's developed into quite the exhibitionist after Akeno caught us together that first time.
Whether or not she's revealed to the other girls she's made friends with, like the Kendo Club, about just how far we've gone isn't something I really care to ask. As long as she's happy, and our relationship continues to thrive as well as it has - despite the road bumps inherit to my interactions with the supernatural - then I have no problems with making out in front of everyone for as long as she wants.
Slowly opening our eyes as we break the kiss, Aika's tongue darts out to lick off the strand of saliva still connecting our lips. The small, intimate act drawing a few gasps from the onlookers as her flushed face stares up at me lovingly.
Ignoring everyone else, I roam my eyes over her face with interest. The noticeable absence of her glasses - having been replaced by contacts - and the brown locks flowingly freely around her face is such a change from the pig-tailed bespectacled girl I met so long ago.
Before, she was an average-looking girl who wouldn't get more than a single look from some of the boys at Kuoh. Now? More than half the male population couldn't decide whether to stare at her with interest, or glare at me with hatred.
"I'll miss you." She whispers, her voice trailing off at the end as her fingers gently play with the short white hairs on the back of my neck. "Text me when you get there?"
"Of course," I nod.
With everything finally in place for my trip to Kyoto, and Aika's grandmother already staying with her at her apartment, there hasn't been an opportune moment for us to say goodbye before I'm supposed to leave to catch my train.
Honestly, I could probably just fly straight to Kyoto with my abilities and get there in a few minutes. But the thought of getting to relax on a train and kick my feet up sounds far more appealing to my lazier side than flying through the skies while being buffeted by occasional gusts of wind and dodging flocks of birds that seem hellbent on flying directly into my path.
RIIIING!
Hearing the sound of the first bell go off, I place a last lingering kiss on Aika's lips as she sighs. Finally releasing the hold she has around my neck, her arms fall to her side as she smiles up at me one last time before turning around and making her way into the building.
Knowing withing having to turn around that my eyes are watching the curve of her backside underneath the short school-girl skirt, she makes it a point to sway her hips as seductively as possible while flashing the slightest bit of cheek with every step.
As she prepares to step inside the building, Aika waits until the rest of the students walk by her before throwing a wink over her shoulder as she lifts up her skirt to flash her cute butt at me. Seeing the look she sends me; I chuckle as my head shakes from side to side. 'Heh, that girl.'
Waiting until she disappears beyond the double-doors of the main building, I turn away and begin walking across the grounds towards the ORC building. 'Now to check on the others.'
It's only fair that I take the time to stop off and see how Rias and Akeno are doing before I go on my trip. Despite the public relationship Aika and I have, Rias and Akeno may as well be considered my girlfriends for how close we've grown.
As I walk across the familiar green fields of the school grounds towards the ORC, I can't believe how much has changed since the day I followed this same path to face off against Riser. How much I've changed.
Sora Sakai - Level 200 [62%] - Summoner
Human - Sacred Gear User
Not only am I now almost 3x the level I was before, I'm now in a relationship with three beautiful girls - and on the cusp of entering into a sexual relationship with a Satan that's the older sister of one of those same girls.
That, plus the overwhelming number of powers and abilities I've gained, has made all of my struggles to reach this point seem so very worth it.
Knock Knock!
Rapping my knuckles politely against the door to the ORC's main room as I wait a few seconds for a familiar voice to welcome me in, before opening the door with a smile.
"Morning, Rias!" I greet warmly to the incredibly beautiful redhead as she looks up from a stack of papers on her desk before she returns my greeting. Spotting the head of black hair next to her, I try to greet her ever-present Queen. "Mor-…-MMPH!-"
Before I can even get the words out, Akeno takes several quick steps to cross the room before she throws her arms around my beck and pulls me into a heated kiss.
Hearing Rias chuckle at her bestfriend/Queen's behavior, I return the kiss with equal vigor as my hands come to rest at her waist. Our tongues twirling and battling playfully for dominance between our joined lips as she presses her body closer to try and deepen the kiss, pressing her massive breasts against my chest as her harden nipples - covered by her uniform - noticeably make their appearance.
Finally breaking the kiss with a gasp, I chuckle out my words. "Heh! Good morning to you too, Akeno."
Panting with flushed cheeks, Akeno's violet eyes stare up at me lovingly as she smiles beautifully. "Morning Sora!" Allowing her hands to slide down from my neck to rest against my chest, she adds. "Sorry for that… I get a little excited when I see you."
"A little?" Rias's teasing voice questions as she gets up out of her chair in order to walk over to us. All the while smiling joyfully at the look of pure happiness on Akeno's face. "For a moment there, I thought you were about to tear his clothes off."
Shifting in my grasp while managing to keep my arms around her, Akeno's smiling face turns smirking as she replies. "Oh? Like you would have any problems with that, my King." Feeling my growing excitement pressing against her rear, she subtly grinds herself back against me as she continues trading words. "As if you weren't seconds away from doing the same thing I did."
The mood in the room is rather open and lighthearted, but even an onlooker can tell a growing sense of lust was gathering around the three of us as Rias moves to take Akeno's place. Her blue eyes sharing an equal amount of love and affection for the two of us as she wraps her arms around me before our lips meet in a slower, more sensual way than the one I'd shared with Akeno.
While they might be similar in terms of body-type and levels of beauty, the way in which they express themselves couldn't be more different.
For Akeno, her passion comes out like a raging wild-fire. Intense, fast growing, and with a heat behind it that leaves everyone flushed.
Whereas Rias allows her passion to come out slower, and more controlled. Preferring to let every new sensation linger before she moves onto the next one. And as her tongue runs along mine, her hands slowly move across my clothed body as she breathes through her nose before slowly breaking off the kiss as a strand of spit connects our swollen lips.
"Well…" I breathe out as I try to catch my breath, "If that's how you are going to greet me, I should come by here more often."
"You should." Rias replies with a smile, and I can see Akeno nodding along at our side. "I know you don't need to come to school any more, but I think Akeno and I can think of some way to keep you… entertained while you're here."
As she says that, her hand snakes down between our bodies to rub against the bulge that's been pressing against her stomach.
"Heh," I chuckle, moving my hands from their spot on her waist around to her backside as I grab her surprisingly thicc butt, drawing a small gasp from the now blushing redhead in my arms. "I'll keep that in mind."
+8 Affection with Rias Gremory… Affection: 100 [Locked] | Obedience: 14
+10 Affection with Rias Gremory… Affection: 100 [Locked] | Obedience: 24
And just like that, with little fanfare, I locked Rias in at max Affection.
Thankfully, I didn't need to sit around wondering what her requirement was to get it. The incident with Riser and helping to break off her engagement was undoubtably what I'd needed, since in the anime that's where her relationship with Issei really took off.
'Wow… I haven't thought about that oppai-obsessed idiot in a while.' Sure, I might not have cared for him at all, but the way in which everyone else seems to have moved on from his death quite easily shows just how much my presence has changed the story of this universe. 'It's better this way anyways, I probably wouldn't have gotten as close with Rias and Akeno as I have if he was constantly in the picture.'
Knock Knock!
The sound of someone knocking on the door I'd just entered interrupts the little moment the three of us were having as we watch a familiar blond-haired Knight open the door.
"I'm back, Buchou." Kiba politely greets as he enters, his eyes taking in Rias and Akeno's slightly ruffled clothing and red-ish cheeks before landing on me as he freezes.
-10 Affection and Obedience with Yuuto Kiba… Affection: -25 | Obedience: -10
Oh wow, what a surprise.
The lighthearted atmosphere that the three of us have been enjoying dies a swift and brutal death as Kiba glares hatefully in my direction, uncaring of his King who's currently still in my arms and taking some of the brunt of his scathing look.
"Kiba…" Rias's tone comes out warningly as she tries to hide the shocked but knowing look in her eye at his sudden anger. Her hands moving to my own waist as she begins turning me behind her while keeping her front facing him. "That's enough. Sora is my guest here, and you will conduct yourself as a member of House Gremory should."
At hers and my side, Akeno's body language turns protective as she slowly moves to stand next to her King in front of me. Her maxed-out Affection showing itself as she prepares to interfere in the event Kiba tries to attack me.
It's rather unnecessary seeing as I'm much stronger than anyone else in the room, but it's a nice feeling to watch as two beautiful women show how much I mean to them as they try to keep me safe.
And from my taller vantage point, I can see over their heads as the compulsion in Rias's words reach Kiba's ears and interact with the Knight piece inside of him, subtly forcing him to smother his look of open hostility as he pauses before bowing woodenly.
"Forgive me, my King." His apology comes out hollowly, keeping his eyes straight ahead as he no longer looks in my direction. "…I must attend to my other duties." Without even waiting for a response, he quickly teleports away while still radiating a feeling of anger and hostility.
I'm sure that won't be an issue later!
'Yeah…right.'
-Rias Gremory-
Watching her Knight teleport away with a curt, borderline disobedient apology, Rias sighs deeply as the good mood that had built up earlier seems to have gone for good now.
"Sorry about him." She apologizes to Sora, turning back to stare up at him with a sad look. "Kiba's…He's dealing with a lot right now." Sparing a knowing glance with Akeno, her Queen frowns as she looks back to where he disappeared. "And after he found out about your Blade Blacksmith, it touched on one of those issues that's caused him to react the way he is."
That was a loaded statement in itself. Both Kiba's reaction to seeing Sora's Sacred Gear, and just how deep his issues run, are things she feels she doesn't need to put on her boyfriend…sort-of lover?... at this time.
Her Peerage is her responsibility to maintain, and as their King it is her job to make sure that not only are they taken care of, but that their interactions don't reflect negatively on herself and her House.
And Kiba's response just to seeing Sora in person was a massive red flag.
'It's a good thing Grayfia wasn't here to see that,' She muses to herself. 'She would have dragged him off by his ear the second she saw that look. Let alone what she'd do if she heard that I'd had to use the Voice on him.'
The Voice, for lack of a better term, is the commanding tone in which a King can relay direct orders to the Evil Piece lying within their Peerage's bodies. Allowing her to issue a command that they are expected to obey, and will be compelled to follow; or risk becoming a Stray.
She normally never used the Voice on her peerage, and it was typically a worrying sign for any King to have to use it in order to control their servants. But the sudden and open hostility Kiba had displayed towards Sora bothered her a lot more than she expected, and Rias had felt her body instinctively moving to protect her boyfriend as soon as it thought he might be in danger.
It would have been a rather heartwarming sight, knowing that their relationship is blossoming into something beautiful, but the fact that Kiba had paused momentarily before following her Voice-compelled orders put a damper on any joy she might have felt.
"It's alright." Sora replies easily, playing off what just happened as soon as his eyes caught sight of how stressed her face must look right now. "We all have things we struggle with… I'm just glad you both were here to help keep things from getting out of hand."
Looking to her side, Rias notices the small arcs of lightning that run along Akeno's fingers. A tell-tale sign that just like her, her Queen had been ready to step in at a moment's notice.
"I'll talk to him," Rias states more to herself than to the others, bringing a hand up to run through his absurdly soft hair as a way to calm herself as she sighs. "You're a guest…more than that, actually… And he should have known better than to act that way."
Her face dropped into a frown as she continued. "I shouldn't have let his issues go on unsolved long enough that he felt comfortable showing such open hostility in front of us… but maybe seeing how he himself reacted will be the wakeup call Kiba needs to finally face his problems."
A brief glance in her Queen's direction tells her that she's the only one who thinks it will be that easy.
But Kiba, no matter his attitude problems, is still a member of her Peerage. And that means he is her responsibility.
"Let me know if there's anything I can do to help," Sora offers with a reassuring look, leaning down to place a gentle, comforting kiss on her lips that lasts for several seconds. Leaving her slightly breathless and feeling her heart racing in her chest as he tried to be supportive. "I don't know what it is I can do… but I'll be there whenever you need me."
The sudden rush of blood racing to her cheeks as her heart flutters at his words causes her to reach up and pull him into a deeper, more heated and tongue-filled kiss as she tries to express with actions how much his support means to her.
And a sudden thought occurs as her fingers run through his hair while his grab handfuls of her behind.
'…I'm in love with this man.'
- Train Station -
-Sora Sakai-
After a fond farewell to Rias and Akeno, I made my way over to the train station where Ichi and Juuichi are waiting for me with our tickets to head over to Kyoto. A few bags of clothes and other basic necessities are all that we bring with us since I've basically become minorly wealthy bordering on rich after all of my trips through the Dungeon, and what we don't have I can now just buy as soon as we arrive.
The ride itself is actually quite pleasant. Having bought tickets for a private section of the train, we are able to just sit back and relax without having to worry about the other passengers bothering us while we watch out the window as the train moves across Kuoh's countryside.
"I've confirmed our trip with a representative of the Yōkai Faction." Ichi states as soon as she ended her call, placing the phone off to the side as she settles back in the seat next to me by the door while I enjoy the one nearest the window. "Thanks to Azazel's connections, I was able to schedule us an all-access tour of both Kyoto's normal and supernatural sides. Our guide will be meeting us at the station and then will direct us to the hotel. From there we'll have the afternoon free to do as we wish before our first tour begins tomorrow morning."
Sitting across from us and having needed two seats to fit her large, muscular frame, Juuichi crosses her tree-trunk sized tattooed arms over her busty chest with a frown. "An' they're just lettin' us go wherever we want, without raising a fuss about it?"
A lone eyebrow raises incredulously. "Sounds a little fishy to me, Master."
Shrugging my shoulders, I turn away from the window with a sigh as I look up at her wild features and red Oni mask with an appraising eye, taking in the way her normally massive breasts seem to be even larger with her arms crossed and pushing them up.
Something she notices immediately if the twinkle in her dark eyes is any indication. A deft movement of her hand undoing the topmost button of her sleeveless suit as she smirks at my encouraging smile.
"There's not a whole lot we can do about it." I eventually say after watching Juuichi for a moment. "Whatever their reasons, Azazel assures me that they mean well."
"The Governor-General may not be the most… responsible of individuals." Ichi replies as she watches the byplay between us with fond exasperation. "But even he knows better than to trust them at their word. And has made all inquiries necessary to make sure our trip was safe before giving us the go-ahead."
The relationship we've established with Azazel is very much a give-and-take business arrangement.
In return for supplying him with basic things like my weaker potions - not that he knows I have better ones - and a few weapons that I've been improving my enchantments with, he's agreed to take on certain requests through the Grigori as long as they don't have any lasting repercussions towards his Faction.
Arranging an opportunity to explore a different Faction's homeland toes that line a bit; but so long as I and my Summons don't cause any trouble for the Yōkai, he was able to accept my request while keeping it strictly within the limits of our contract.
Scoffing, Juuichi moves around in her seat for a moment as she deftly unbuttons her suit top further, allowing almost the entirety of her massive cleavage to be seen for my viewing pleasure while she huffs. "Like that lazy bastard actually did anythin'. He probably jus' ordered a bunch of his people to read the reports to him, jus' so he could come and stare at my tits while repeatin' what they said."
In spite of how her demeanor might seem, I know Juuichi found the whole situation hilarious.
Apparently, Azazel had taken a single look at Juuichi's unbelievably large chest and decided he wanted to see her naked. Whispering to himself about how her tits rival even the most voluptuous of Fallen women, and that he had always wanted to try taming an 'Amazonian' woman like her.
Sucks for him, though. Because none of my summons care about anyone else other than myself, and Juuichi wouldn't ever dream of touching another man. Another woman? Sure, as long as they're in bed with me.
But any other guy? Not a chance.
She just thinks it's funny that the supposed "horniest Fallen in the Underworld" is so dead-set on getting her naked and in bed with him, when a boy - me - who is not even a fraction of a percent of his age has already seen, touched, licked, and more importantly… cum on every surface of her body.
Feeling my groin stir at that the thought, it takes Juuichi barely a moment before she notices the growing bulge in my pants.
Letting out a fanged grin, she undoes the last of the buttons on her suit top before pulling it open with a simple gesture, freeing two massive pale mammaries that sit high and perky on her chest. The added view of her unbelievably ripped eight-pack abs only adds to her appeal as she slides out of her seat and down onto her knees in front of me.
The moment that her massive body connects with the floor of the train, the entire cabin shakes as she wastes little time in reaching down to undo my pants.
"Honestly…" Ichi sighs, shaking her head even as she watches everything with a hungry look. "You two can't even be in the same room together without trying to rip each other's clothes off."
"Like you're any better," Juuichi smirks. Already fishing my length out and pumping it eagerly as she drools over it long enough to get it wet. "If you two'd stop blue-balling each other every time ya wanted to bang, you'd probably already have Master's cock stuffed balls-deep down that pretty little throat of yours b'fore we even left tha' station."
As if to emphasize her point, the towering woman on her knees opens her fanged mouth as wide as it can go before taking every inch of my cock in a single movement.
The feeling of her throat instantly wrapping around my shaft as her plump lips kiss my groin causes me to groan in pleasure as my hand moves quickly to her head. Threading my fingers in her wild, messy black hair, I don't even try to set the pace as she instantly starts bobbing her head up and down, taking me to the hilt every time in she desperate attempt to make me cum quickly.
[Sexual Experience] (Passive) - Lvl. 88 (Expert)
Unfortunately for her, I've been improving my capabilities with sex long enough now that I can control exactly when I want to cum.
Which means that I can sit back and relax, letting her do all the work for as long as I want while enjoying the pleasures of her enthusiastic ministrations, and never have to worry about losing control of myself.
Guck…guck…guck!
"When Master and I decide to… as you said… 'stop blue-balling each other'," Not the least bit bothered by the scene playing out next to her, Ichi continues on with a huff as if Juuichi didn't currently have her lips around my shaft. " I have no doubt that he will come to enjoy having his - what was it you said? - 'cock stuffed balls-deep down my pretty little throat' as he discovers why I am his favorite summon."
Glancing briefly at Ichi, Juuichi's eyes look up at me with a certain gleam in them as I realize that Ichi's just played right into her trap.
"-PAH- Those are some bold words ya' got there." She replies as she momentarily lets my shaft free from her hot, wet, mouth before wrapping her massive breasts around it, using her spit as lube to jerk me off while she gives Ichi a smirk. "But you've only ever done, what… a couple blowjobs with Master, at best, after he used Promotion on you? That's nothing compared to what I've done for him."
"There's not a single hole Master hasn't used, and every inch of my skin has felt the warmth of his seed." Seeing Ichi's eyes narrow, Juuichi briefly winks at me before intentionally staring straight at Ichi as she plants a kiss on the tip of my dick; both of them watching the way it throbs at the sensation. "And that's why I am his favorite summon, not you."
I'm…not exactly sure where this little debate of theirs is coming from, but I can't say that I'm not enjoying the direction is heading as Ichi subconsciously starts to unbutton her own suit in response.
As she goes to slide off of her seat and down onto her knees next to the much taller woman, all three of us stop as soon as we feel a presence begin to make itself known on the train.
"Oh, you've got to be fuckin' kidding me." Juuichi growls out, placing a quick apologetic kiss on my saliva-covered tip as she gets off her knees and re-buttons up her suit. "Someone's about to get their ass kicked for fucking up my servicing Master."
Putting my slowly deflating length back into my pants, I scowl heavily while nodding in agreement at her words.
Whoever it is that's currently on the train and making their way towards us - radiating power that I think is another Sacred Gear user - they're about to get seriously beat up by a horny, pissed off Oni; and a blue-balled Gamer with a broken OP system.
Internally commanding some of my Spirits to get a visual on who it is, I mentally scold myself for having not taken better precautions before stepping on the train.
While I already have several dozen Spirits in Kyoto scouting out the place for possible enemies - keeping the bulk of them in Kuoh with Ni in charge of monitoring everything - I hadn't thought to have some of them search the train itself before we left the station; figuring that no one would be stupid enough to risk a quick and gruesome death if an attack were to miss its target and derail the train with them on it.
But I forget this is DxD, where stupidity seems to be a common theme - like Asia excommunication, Rias's peerage management, Issei's whole harem situation - and that even though I've caused massive ripples to the DxD storyline, it still has a way of forcing me into the plot no matter how much I deviate things.
"…you've got to be fucking kidding me." I echo Juuichi's earlier statement in a deadpan voice, recognizing the dumbass wearing black sunglasses - in doors, of all things - and the black Japanese school uniform.
My two Summons glance at me curiously after hearing me and seeing the look on my face, but they both keep quiet as the intruder finally makes himself known by stepping up to the doorway of our private cabin. '[Observe].'
Connla
Level 81 - Inheritor of Connla's Spirit
Human - Sacred Gear User (Night Reflection)
Affection: 0 | Obedience: 0
…This dumbass just stepped onto the wrong motherfuckin' train.
- Underworld -
-Unknown PoV-
In a dark warehouse located on the edges of the Fallen-occupied territory of the Underworld, a group of over two hundred Fallen bearing wings of one to two pairs stand at attention as a magical circle appears. From it, a massive holographic image of a Fallen bearing 10 wings and pointed elf-like ears stares down at the gathered crowd with a sinister smile.
"The time has come, my brothers and sisters." His voice - amplified by magic - echoes across the entire warehouse in a surprisingly suave voice given his appearance, and the sound of it causes all of the Fallen to straighten up in attention. "For too long we've watched as our leadership bent the knee to the other Factions. Watching… helpless, as our people are forced to play nice with the Devils and Angels who once sought to slaughter us all."
Seeing the crowd grumble and scowl amongst each other at his words, the Fallen leader holds back a smile at how easily he is riling them up.
"But not anymore!" He shouts, spreading his arms so that the enlarged projection's hands nearly touch the ends of the building. "Forget what our weak, cowardly leaders at the Grigori might say! The time has come to cast all notions of peace aside, and reclaim our rightful place as rulers of the Earth!"
A great cheer rose up at his words, and more than a few brandish weapons of Holy Light in gleeful bloodlust.
"The time for peace has ended!" The Fallen proclaims. "Let the Era of the Fallen…begin!"
"Onwards, to Kuoh! BURN IT TO THE GROUND!"
- END -
Author Notes:
And that's Chapter 24!
Aaaaand I'm back, everyone! I finally got some time off from my new job to type out another chapter.
Who knew getting a job in Apple retail would be so busy? Sadly, it's not something I can build a career off of, but I need whatever money I can get.
Also! Keep your eyes peeled for another story on the horizon that I'll be posting within the next month or so! It's a different style from what I've been doing, and I've already got a couple chapters written and waiting to post. The story is based off pieces of the Gamer System, the Highschool DxD Universe, and some things from the Fate series that I've wanted to write for forever.
Obviously, it's going to be a heavy mix of plot, action, and lemons…lots of lemons. But I'm hoping to create something that's less chapter heavy as this series is starting to turn into.