The Gamers Emporium

Perks Added

[Handy at Hand]

You have an knack for improvising solutions to problems.

This improvisation takes the form of fashioning barricades out of whatever is at hand, quickly identifying safe escape routes, and utilizing your surroundings to the fullest extent.

[Finesse]

Your bodily coordination is perfect, to the point that you can dodge bullets by the smallest of margins, if you're aware of them. With this perk, you have the grace and poise of an Olympic gymnast or world renowned dancer, no matter what form or figure you have.

[Maturity]

You've gained the uncanny ability to influence the emotional maturity of others. With just a few words or gestures, you can make them feel like a child, eager for parental authority and reassurance; a teenager, prone to emotional extremes and taking risks; or an adult, more composed and wielding perspective. Basically people act the age you treat them.

[Gun Show]

You are fit, sleek and toned, just what you need to survive in a chaotic apocalyptic world.

This perk improves your endurance, changing how you respond to exertion. You can move or work faster and harder the longer you've spent exerting yourself.

Gain a 1% Increase to Speed and Damage for every 1% SP you have missing.

As an added effect, you look good no matter how hard you've been exerting yourself. Better even.

Gain a 1% Increase to CHA for every 1% SP you have missing.

If your SP is below 50% gain the Entrancing Looks buff

[Improvised Weapon Mastery]

As a disaster survival expert, You're good at improvising weapons out of nearby materials. Broom sticks into Spears, pipes into clubs, etc.

In addition to that, you have a competent grasp of gun-smithing. This means you know how to maintain guns, and manufacture bullets, to make the tools that manufacture firearms and bullets, and what raw materials you need for all of the above.

Gained the ability to craft weapons out of resources found.

Items Added

[Glasses]

A Pair of Glasses that can take the form of any kind of Eyewear.

They will correct your vision, tuning it to perfect focal clarity at all natural distances. They can never break, scratch or be lost, appearing in your pocket if knocked loose. Finally, any grime or muck that gets on

the lenses immediately slides off.

[Silk Everything]

A wardrobe of incredibly comfortable, self repairing, damage resistant clothes.

[Keys to the Tank]

Can be used to summon the mount [The Tank]

A heavily armoured Oshkosh L-ATV, that cannot run out of fuel.

[Them Survival Guide]

A Guide on how to survive a Zombie Apocalypse, or any other Horde-style opponent.

Calms the holder, banishing fear.

[Them Defence Kit]

This sleek, incredibly tactical roll-away bag has everything you need to survive in the field, medically speaking. Inside is a constantly replenishing supply of ointments, clean bandages and sterile field surgical tools.

[Survivor] Class Added

[Soldier] Class Added.

Dressed in a fine silk suit, with my glasses on I smirk as I walk through the soon to be undead filled streets. I haven't summoned my 'Tank' yet, it would attract much attention.

Three days, I have three days before this world goes to shit.

Which means I need to prepare. First I need a place to hunker down and build my Sanctuary, I've decided to find two places, one far more isolated and one in this city.

My Spirits are already searching for an uninhabited island I can take as my own... or one that is inhabited that I can clear out, like one with a low population that I can... evict.

I have my eyes on Sado Island, a population of 55kwill be no issue to eradicate if they get infected and it's close to Niigata which I can loot for resources.

My plan is that if they get infected I'll summon my Undead for a sweep and clear, wiping out every zombie on the island... and possibly any survivors who see to much. Then I can build my own little Island Paradise away from the chaos of the world. I've already sent spirits to scout it out and prepare for Translocation.

I've also sent them to a few other places, Military Bases, Banks, Fort Knox, the usual. The moment this all goes to shit I'm robbing the place, fuck Goldo and his little stash I'm going for the main prize. It'll take them a while to reach the other side of the ocean, but they'll get there eventually. They don't need sleep or rest, and they can move surprisingly fast for ghosts. There's also the Federal Reserve Vault in New York, and the Bank of England, I'm looting this world for all it has.

It's nice to have access to the Internet again... I'm... borrowing someone's smartphone for my googling, he won't be needing it any more, and they won't find his corpse any time soon. The police won't start investigating for a a day since he won't be reported missing immediately unless the corpse is found early, I haven't really hidden it well, I just possessed him and made him draw some money out of the bank, move to a nice abandoned location and then slit his own throat. Then I put his body in a unused Dumpster, it was locked with a padlock and looked like it hadn't been touched in weeks so he'll be fine until he starts to smell, but by then it'll be too late. He would have most likely died in a few days anyway, so it's no real problem.

I have seen some things that made me pause though. Most specifically a news report on a far too familiar company.

The Umbrella Corporation. The boogie-men of Resident Evil. The report itself was boring, nothing worth mentioning just some mentions on rising stocks but that's not the important point, the important part is that they exist at all.

That's one world crossover confirmed... sending more spirits I send them towards America, they'll hunt down the Resident Evil cast, hopefully. Racoon City exists so that's where I will start.

For my base in this City I like the look of the east police station, it needs some improvements obviously, but it will serve as a good forward base with a little work.

And now onto my next piece of preparation. Shido. The cult leader teacher.

I was just going to murder him and call it a day, but I think he can serve better with a little Evil Presence, I'll be... disposing of him when he's served his use but having him be close to the story will allow me to move unhindered, I'll keep a Spirit following him for now and wait till I see an opening to switch with it and crush his pathetic will.

One thing I want to know is how quickly will it spread? And where does it begin? Umbrellas Presence suggests Raccoon City will be Ground Zero, but that doesn't match up with Highschool of the Dead which says this will be city will be Ground Zero.

I suppose I can only wait and see for now.

As I'm moving down the street I pause, glancing at a store that draws my attention. There isn't anything out of the ordinary about the store front itself, just a regular looking shop but the name stands out to me.

'The Gamers Emporium.'

...The smaller sign saying 'Discounts to first time Gamers' makes me wander in its direction, frowning at the much smaller text.

'Yes, that means you Kuro.'

Cute.

Fine, consider me interested Game.

Entering the store I pause looking around the room,it looks like a regular Antiques shop... or it would if I couldn't recognise the items scattered around the store. Not to mention quite a few don't quite fit the posh antique look the store seems to be going for.

The deactivated 2B in a glass stand for instance looks very much out of place, what antiques store has androids for sale? And I can see a Lightsaber on a pillow at the other side of the room... the Master Ball occasionally shaking makes me back away from it slightly, I don't know who's in there but I don't think I want them coming out.

...Where's the shopkeeper? I'm not dumb enough to try robbing the Game, but I do want some answers.

Walking to the counter I spot a small note on it.

'Currently out for lunch, use the terminal to purchase items... prices non-negotiable.'

...That terminal wasn't there when I picked up the note.

Also, it's clearly Sci-fi, come on... at least stick with the theme of the shop... a magical tome would have been a better choice.

Watching the high-tech terminal vanish, immediately being replaced with a floating tome I pause... thanks.

It was killing my immersion.

Picking up the floating book, I open it up reading the first page.

It simply explains the Rules of the Emporium.

One, it can only be entered once per world. Once I leave the store will disappear and move to the next world, so if I want to purchase anything I need to do so now.

Two, Money is no good here. Each Item has a 'cost' but actual wealth will do nothing for me here. The cost is non-negotiable.

Flipping the page I read over the Items on offer.

Cheat Gacha Token

Allows you to select the item you want from the Gacha, instead of leaving it to chance...

Cost – 5 Gacha Tokens

Well that's great... or it would be if I hadn't spent al my Tokens immediately.

The Most Popular Man in the Multiverse

Makes People in organisations desperate to recruit you into their organisations, or if that is impossible then they will attempt to ally you with them.

Warning, Desperate People do stupid things sometimes. This won't always be to your benefit, as Evil Organisations, or Evil Members of Neutral or Good Organisations may attempt methods such as Blackmail or Threats to force you into their organisation.

Makes people more likely to join any Organisation that you are the leader of.

Cost – Spin the Wheel of Misfortune...

I can see why this would be useful, but also... the Wheel of Misfortune? That sounds problematic...

Everything in the Wheel of Misfortune is something that can be dealt with in time, it's a temporary inconvenience for a permanent Perk.

Fair enough, I do like permanent bonuses... something I'll have to think about I guess.

Background Customisation

Allows you full customisation of your chosen background when it is selected during a Jump-chain, allowing you to alter it to your will.

Cost – In each of the worlds you have currently unlocked a random person will be marked for Death, you must kill those people. It will not be anyone you are connected to. Until you kill them you will suffer a de-buff halving your stats, at the moment each person killed would return 10% of your stats, the last person returning the rest...

Ouch. That's three people I would need dead immediately. But it could be anyone, anywhere... but it could be very useful to be able to fully control my background... also the longer I wait to take this, the harder it'll be to complete the quest... I should be able to eliminate the person in this world and Overlord easily enough, but DxD could definitely be a problem, the power range there is scary. That being said if I wait till I'm stronger I could end up with a dozen targets instead of three...

Logically, I should take it now if I want it, which I do... fuck it. Three People are dying.

Perk Added

[Background Customisation]

Quest Added

[Blood Perk]

You took the payment, now it's time to do the job...

Objective 1: Eliminate Valper Galilei

Objective 2: Eliminate Senator Drearius

Objective 3: Eliminate Souichiro Takagi

...Okay, all things considered it could have been far worse. Honestly I was expecting someone like Great Red or Odin for DxD, but he was on the to-kill list anyway.

Do I have to do it myself? Or can I just arrange it?

As long as it results in their death you can do it however you please.

Excellent. I'm at 50% stats at the moment... and considering my Second Form was already at a third of my stats... that puts me down to a sixth of my full power in this world.

Not as bad as it could be, this world can be survived by mere humans, and a sixth of my power could still crush anyone in this world... unless there are some buffed bosses, but I plan on dealing with this Asap anyway.

My True Form has already taken lengths to deal with Drearius, and I will do the same to deal with Souichiro once I leave here.

I skim some more, mostly items that have a cost that's just too much for me, or just not worth the price. I'm not being invaded by an army of machines just to get 2B, I'll get her some other way, or I just won't get her at all.

Companion Background Maker

Allows you to create a background for your companions in other worlds, allowing them to blend in easier with real documents to prove they are who you say they are. The backgrounds will be made true, Altering the History of the world you are creating the background in.

Cannot explain away races foreign to the world you are in.

Cost – A Special Invasion will occur at one of your Domains soon.

...Again, being able to explain away my companions has some major benefits, in this world it's no real use... but in any modern or sci-fi world, it could be a major boon in letting my use my companions without getting people like Nick Fury breathing down my neck because I'm surrounded by people who shouldn't exist.

But a special invasion? What the hell does that mean?

It would be a high-level Invasion lead by someone from a unvisited world.

Every Penalty is Designed to be something you can handle, but not with ease. Impossible Quests are bad game design.

I'll take your word for it... fine, bring it on... I need to deal with my lowered stats immediately... but I can't leave here and come back, and I don't trust this place to keep the same stock each time.

Good instincts, the stock is randomised every world. It could still be there... or it could just not be.

So, I'll take it. I can rely on my Summons and Followers if it becomes too much for me I suppose.

Perk Added

[Companion Background Maker]

Moving on.

Companion Alignment Suppressor

Companions aren't always going to agree with you, Heroes won't want to help villains and Villains won't want to be made act like do-gooders... that's where this comes in.

This Perk prevents Companions from disobeying or betraying you due to your actions... they won't Approve of your actions if they are against the Companions code but they won't Oppose them either.

Does not prevent Affection and Reputation Loss from actions.

Cost – Hated Enemy Penalty

Hated Enemy

Someone somewhere despises you, you don't know who they are, or what world they are from but they know you. They'll obsessively try and counter you, no matter what you are doing. They will be able to see though any forms always recognising you, and they will always know where you are. They cannot be more than 35% stronger than you.

Defeat them to stop their efforts.

Fuck it, guess I'm dealing with a bunch of issues soon. I want that, and if that means someone decides to target me, fine. I'll end up with enemies anyway, might as well benefit from it. Lets go.

Perk Added

[Companion Alignment Suppressor]

Quest Added

[Hated Enemy]

Objective: Track down who has started working against you and eliminate them.

- DxD (Moments after Kuro returns) -

He had taken everything from him.

And for what? Who even was he? Just some human with a strange form of magic.

His Reputation was in tatters, his family in pieces, his Peerage taken and his Fiancée stolen... he was a laughing stock, and Kuro? He was the most popular man in the Underworld, he had fan girls, Satans wanting his attention, Fallen and Youkai throwing rewards at his feet. It was pathetic... he was just a human.

He had to do something, anything.

The 'Necromancer of Kuoh' would learn to fear the name Riser Phenex, he'd get his Peerage back, rescue his mother and sister, and show Rias her place...

But he couldn't do it alone...

- Kuro (Second Form) -

For this one I'll have to wait and keep an eye out for any attacks or signs of sabotage, I can't do anything till I know who I am hunting.

And moving on again.

Soulbound Bets

Any Bets made with you are Soulbound, forcing all participants to follow through with their bets, unable to try and worm out of it no matter what their personality is like.

Warning! All Participants includes you...

Cost – None, it can hinder as much as it helps...

Why wouldn't I accept? All I have to do is not make stupid bets I can't afford to pay, that's gambling 101, never bet what you can't afford to lose. Anyone who doesn't know that is clearly a fool amongst fools.

Besides... it doesn't say I can't cheat.

Perk Added

[Soulbound Bets]

Interdimensional Assignments

Allows you to send those who serve you on Assignments to worlds you yourself cannot yet travel to. However you cannot have them change the 'Main Plot-line' or do anything to affect the 'Main Cast' of that world.

Cost – Interdimensional War: A group from another world will be given the task of eliminating you, and the ability to travel to your Worlds. They cannot be targetted by your Servants and will not stop until you have eliminated each 'Legendary unit' of their organisation. The Legendary units will lead each attempt to defeat you. The Organisation will not be more powerful than you can handle, but still be difficult to fully defeat.

I'm just going to be swarmed by enemies aren't I? I know it's just a bad idea, but I want this as well. If I had my full strength I would be less worried, but at half strength I don't really want to deal with a constant wave of enemies...

That being said, I do want the power to send people into worlds ahead of me, and the game says it would be doable... am I really going to miss out on a potentially great reward just so I can play on easy mode? No risk, no reward I suppose, let's do it.

Perk Added

[Interdimensional Assignments]

Quest Added

[The Interdimensional War]

Objective: Defeat every Legendary Member of the 'Assassins Brotherhood'

...shit. It could be worse, I suppose but thinking about it the Assassins are a major pain, I doubt they have the powers to truly kill me, but what they can do is what they do best. Cause rebellions and weaken my empire.

The Assassins aren't going to play fair, it's kinda in the name. They'll work in the shadows to counter me, trying to make my Domains turn on me, like Ezio did so many times, they'll play games in the shadows to cause me problems and they are very good at recruiting people.

If I leave them long enough they'll make hideouts and start recruiting people into their group, increasing my problems.

What even counts as a Legendary unit? The playable characters? The Leaders? Until I can confirm it I will just assume that it means the playable characters...

...How many Assassins Creed games are there now? Too many, I stopped paying attention after Black Flag, I played some of the others, like the London based one since it was cool to play in my own...

Huh, I'm English? That's... good to know I guess?

As I was saying, I stopped really follow the series after Black Flag, so I didn't play the French one, or the Egyptian and Greek one...

I need to increase my surveillance of my Domains... Assassins work best ini the shadows, time to drag them into the spotlight.

And moving on again, I can deal with Assassins later.

They're your Number One Fan...

Any group that you have high Reputation with will produce 'Groupies'.

These people will obsess over you and your life. Different Groupies will act different ways, some will simply admire from afar, others will take to stalking, it depends on their personality... Groupies can be useful, if you know how to utilise them.

The higher the Reputation the more Groupies the group will create, and the more fanatical they will be...

Cost – Must take the Yandere Lure Perk at the same time.

Yandere Lure

You draw Yandere's to you like a moth to a flame, expect stalking and creepy love letters from now on... Yandere's don't handle being ignored well, so you should deal with them one way or another before they take matters into their own hands. Better avoid that Nice Boat...

Am I smart enough to not stick my dick in a Yandere?

…

…I am a lustful man. And I like getting relationship rewards, so realistically... no, no I am not. Some of my biggest fictional crushes were Harley Quinn, who is basically a Yandere, and Yuno Gasai... who is The Yandere. This... look I highly doubt I'm going to get killed by a stalker, and I can use the Game's Relationship System to track them and keep an eye on them just in case. Honestly it'd probably just help with getting them maxed out, which would remove the problem since at maxed Affection and Obedience I can keep them from acting out.

And having Groupies can be helpful, having a horde of fans sounds troublesome for my privacy, but it also means I'll have a lot of potential pawns to play with...

Perks Added

[They're your Number One Fan...]

[Yandere Lure]

Will I regret it? Maybe, I don't know. But having the Perks be time-limited, becoming unavailable for who knows how long when I leave this store is making me anxious to take everything I want immediately...

Oh for fucks sake. It's my Greed. Of course it is, why else would I be taking so many challenges? Damn it, I thought I had it under control.

Heroes Reward

When you act the part of the hero, people will believe it necessary to give you the 'Heroes Reward'. If the deed affects an area like a town or a specific group, it could be any woman from that group. If it affects a single person it will be that person, or if they are male it will be a woman connected to them, Their Mother, Sister, Childhood Friend, Girlfriend, Etc.

The importance of the deed will affect the reward, helping a lady carry her groceries will get you a kiss on the cheek, maybe a but more if it was a long walk, but nothing more. Saving a Kingdom will get you the Princess's hand in marriage... if there isn't a princess then you'll just have to take the Queen instead, the King will understand...

Cost – Over the next month you must do 31 good deed without accepting a reward. If you fail to do your good deeds in 31 days you will be approached by someone wanting you assistance, and you will be incapable of refusing no matter the request. Maybe they'll want help finding a missing child, maybe they'll be a beggar wanting change, or maybe they'll be a party of Heroes of to slay the Level 20,000 Demon God, who knows? Best not to take that chance. For each Good Deed you didn't do you will be given another mandatory request.

31 Good deeds, that's easy right? I can smash through that fast, and I can save people from zombies and refuse want rewards offered right? That makes this one easy to deal with. The Penalty sounds bad but I can avoid it easily enough. A Good Deed a day is nothing.

And this seems like it would make Affection Rise quicker as well, and that's wonderful.

I'll take it.

Perk Added

[Heroes Reward]

Quest Added

[A Good Deed a day keeps the Demon God away.]

Objective: Do 31 Good Deeds [00/31]

And with that I think I am done. Or I will be after I decide whether I want to spin the wheel of misfortune and get that Recruitment Perk. It would let me charge a lot for just being an ally with different groups, and extort a fortune to actually join any group. Plus, better recruitment is always good. I can handle people trying to blackmail or threaten me, if they do I'll just kill them and their organisation after all, but the Wheel of Misfortune sounds like a pain.

…All my logic says don't do it. But the Gamer in me says spin that Wheel and see where it lands. The Game said it could be dealt with and I don't think it's lying.

Fuck it, let's go. Temporary problem for a permanent upgrade.

Perk Added

[The Most Popular Man in the Multiverse]

Penalty Added

Class Changed to EXP DRAIN.

Class cannot be changed until EXP DRAIN is maxed.

Ouch... EXP Drain has 100 levels to it, and I can't level any other classes until I max this one out, obviously it has no skills or stats, it's just there to eat my experience.

It's fine, it's fine... all things considered this is a pretty light 'Misfortune', and I can deal with it quickly enough I just have to level up a lot.

Looking around the store one more time I put the tome down, my 'shopping' done for now, I guess I'll see this place again in the next world?

...Why would a Game Shopkeeper be out for lunch?

Whatever, I have things to do.

Not least of which is to eliminate the target in this world, then I'm going to do some preparation for the Apocalypse, gathering food and other resources. I'm not paying obviously, so tonight it's back to my roots... robbing stores.

There is something amusing about me, a Powerful Dark Lord, robbing supermarkets.

Heading to my motel room, paid with cash drawn from my unfortunate victims bank account, I didn't draw out everything because that is a quick way to raise alarms in this modern setting. Banks notice when accounts are drained so I only took enough to pay for my cheap motel for three days.

Cash won't be any use in this world soon enough, and I'm not sure about using money from one world in another, at least not notes anyway, seems like a good way to all kinds of negative attention.

Laying down on the bed I send my consciousness out as I set off, flying in the direction of the Takagi Estate, thank you google maps, I almost feel bad since this is the father of one of the main cast... that being said he is in between me and my full power so he has to die.

Fortunately that is very very easy... he has body-guards, with guns, who have no way of stopping me from just possessing them...

Heading through the walls I smirk as I see him being followed by two men in black suits, both with handguns. Flying down I easily suppress the will of the guard, my INT far surpassing his.

Letting them take a few steps forwards while I trail behind I quickly draw the handgun, pointing it at his back as I pull the trigger...

Oh right, the safety.

"Put the gun down!" the other guard says drawing his own as I turn the safety off aiming again.

"No... Souichiro... I quit." I say pulling the trigger as the large man rushes me, he's a big one... but he's still human and humans don't survive when you put a bullet between their eyes.

As the other man opens fire with a yell I feel the bullets tear through the body, not wanting to leave any evidence that he wasn't in control I turn the gun on 'Myself', putting the gun to my head as I pull the trigger, immediately banishing my spirit out of the body as it falls to the floor.

And that is 10% of my stats recovered...

Now, I have some preparations to do... I have a lot of late night 'shopping' to get ready for.

- Kuro (True Form) -

Senator Drearius lives in a villa outside the stupidly named Empire City.

Well, that makes things easier, I don't even have to invade the Empires Capital to get rid of him. And I already have an Agent in the Empire to do it for me.

Sending an order to Kushimaru I have him set off on his magical adventure, right into the Empire Heartlands. He's lurking around the Everlight Jungle at the moment, occasionally wiping out small patrols of Imperial troops. He'll infiltrate the Villa, assassinate the Senator and be gone before anyone knows he is there.

In and out, nice and quick... almost like he is a Shinobi or something.

Warning! Legendary Units have entered the world!

Units: Jacob Frye, Evie Frye, Lydia Frye, Jayadeep Mir, Jack the Ripper

Already? Also, who the fuck is Jayadeep? Wait, is that Henry? I vaguely remember there being an Indian guy with an fake English name, but I can't remember what his real name was...

If it is he's going to stand out like a sore thumb. An Indian in this almost completely white world? Except Jewel, Archie and Inferna the only other coloured people are the Raiders I guess, they are from a desert region. Anywhere but the Ruborian Desert and he'll stand out, making him easy to find... is what I would be thinking if he wasn't a Legendary Assassin, hiding in plain sight is kinda their thing.

The Fryes are annoying, but Jack the Ripper is the most unbalanced out of them, he's the one most likely to just rampage through my Domains...

First things first, I'm doubling my Spirits, I want them everywhere.

Secondly... if I was an Assassin trying to bring me down... where would I start? They will try and turn my people against me, it's kinda their thing, and that means either Spree, the Halfling Village, the Elven Village or Heavens Peak. Unlike my other enemies they're 'Good Guys', they aren't going to go around killing off the villagers or destroying the building, and they can't blend in at the Elven and Halfling Village.

So it's either Spree, or Heavens Peak... Spree is small, and that makes it hard for new people to go unnoticed, it's also full of my guards... but I didn't have the money to add Guards to Heavens Peak.

So that's where they would start. No Lord or High-Ranking Leader, no Guards, Big Population... it's an easy starting point for them. So I need to counter that... but how?

I don't have the money to fill it with guards, and realistically what would guards do against assassins? Even if they got found then the Assassins would just kill them.

I need two things... one, I need someone to rule Heavens Peak, maybe even more than I need a Lord Spree, and I need someone to keep an eye on Heavens Peaks peasants...

Fortunate that I already have a spy in my organisation, isn't it?

Sending for some of my people I lean back in my throne, waiting.

"You called for us, Lord Kuro?" Mata asks as she and Rose approach my throne.

"I have a new assignment for you both. A new group calling themselves the Assassins Brotherhood have started acting against us, Rose, I want you to increase your Spy Network and try and find them... Mata, I want you to take over the Halfway to Heaven Inn in Heavens Peak, you're good at going unnoticed, the Assassins specialise in causing rebellions, recruiting commoners to their order, I want you to keep a close eye on the peasants of Heavens Peak, if they start grumbling about me I want to know about it before it can become a full blown rebellion." I order as Rose narrows her eyes.

"Rebellions... I hate rebellions, this side of the world is finally almost calm and orderly... I won't let some idiots plunge it back into chaos." she says with a scowl. "I'll find these fools." she promises as I smile at her.

"So, back to spying? Easy enough, is there anything I should look out for?" Mata asks.

"There are five of them, Jacob, Evie and Lydia Frye, Jayadeep Mir who might be going by Henry, he's an Indian so he should stand out, and Jack the Ripper, a serial killer, watch for particularly gruesome murders, he's a messy one." I say with a sigh.

I spend some more time going over everything I know about the Assassins with them, before they leave to get to work.

Now I just need a new lord of Heavens Peak to take Williams place...

And I know exactly who I can get to do it.

- Arthur Pendragon -

His new lord was an odd one, he wasn't even aware that other worlds existed, and yet here he was... ruling a city in the name of Lord Kuro.

When he offered his life for his sisters he had expected to be little more than a mercenary, but this was pretty good.

Time wasn't moving in their world, so he wasn't missing anything, and as a Pendragon he had been taught how to lead, he could handle this with ease.

He didn't know much about these... Assassins, but he would repay his debt to Kuro and halt their little shadow war before they could become a real threat.

He owed Kuro that much.

- Kuro (True Form) -

I could have gone full dictator and really brought an iron fist down on Heavens Peak, but I remember at least this much from the games.

The Templars tried that, and every time it ended in failure. The crueller the rulers were, the easier things ended up being for the Assassins.

Arthur is a Noble, Intelligent man. He'll be kind but firm with his people, and having the peasants be satisfied under his rule takes away from the people the Assassins can recruit into their war.

...I need more people who specialise in fighting in the shadows, I have plenty of Warriors, but I need more Rogues.

Still, my newly summoned Spirits are heading off to each Domain, if they show up, I'll know. I also have them circling the Tower, no-one is parkouring their way into my home.

This is my first Subtle War, it'll be good practice for the future. That's basically Gaming 101, learn a mechanic and master it, so you can use it to your benefit later on.

The Assassins might think they're a threat, but they're just a tutorial.

First I need to increase my defences everywhere, and put every one on their guard.

It's summoning time again. Another Fate Summon could help me here if I utilise them properly. And I have so many to choose from... but really there is only one true choice.

They brought Jack the Ripper to fight me, and I'll counter it by doing the same.

- Evie Frye -

She wasn't sure about this plan, splitting up seemed like a bad idea in a world they knew little about. But the others had convinced her of the necessity, they would all split up and gather intel on their newest foe, The Overlord Kuro.

The Assassins fought for Freedom, and if he wasn't stopped countless worlds would be conquered and enslaved by the man hiding in his tower. Including her own. They had to stop him now, before he managed to fully conquer this world. The longer it took the more powerful he would become, and the harder it would be to deal with him.

Jacob and Jack would go to Heavens Peak (and she definitely wasn't happy to see Jack alive again, but they needed all the help they could get, and Jacob would keep him on a tight leash), she was handling the village of Spree, and Jayadeep was going to see if the Overlord's hold on his Raiders could be broken, and Lydia was trying to see just how difficult it would be to infiltrate the two non-human villages, something she was pretty sure the Assassins had never dealt with before.

...She was still trying to wrap her head around the fact that her Grand-niece was working with her, neither her or Jacob had even had children yet. But after all the mess with the Pieces of Eden, and meeting so many Assassins from so many time periods she supposed it wasn't that weird.

Meeting people like Altair, Ezio and Edward Kenway was mind-blowing, true legends in the flesh.

She wished she had longer to speak with them, but the method they had to enter other worlds was not fully under their control, and her group had been the first chosen by the being that was sending them after the Overlord.

The city walls were tall, and impressive... but they wouldn't stop her. She had climbed taller, but that wasn't the problem here... the problem was when she used her Eagle Vision, staring at the spectral figures floating around the walls. Ghosts. The Overlord was using ghosts as guards, and they didn't rest as they flew around the walls watching for any intruders. That along with the constantly manned watch towers were a major concern.

She'd already marked someone as problematic, a spear-man with blue hair and a glowing red spear. She'd seen him casually jump the massive stone wall instead of walking through the gate, he was incredibly powerful, but fortunately he wasn't that observant, it would have been unpleasant if she'd been spotted hiding in the forest.

If she was spotted, and it became a fight then she had no doubt the beast-like man would crush her in a fair fight, but then... she didn't fight fair did she? Even if she could get close enough without him noticing she wasn't sure her hidden blade was up to the task of taking him down, and she wasn't about to lose her life testing it.

It was a small village... and in these kinds of places strangers like her stood out like a sore thumb, everyone knew everyone, and everyone would know that she didn't belong.

Even this late at night there was still guards patrolling, she'd counted thirty guards, and they never seemed to stop or rest... or eat for that matter. She had been watching the Village from a distance, usually in tall trees, for an entire day, and the guards hadn't stopped once.

She had gotten a idea of the guard patterns, but she wasn't quite sure how to approach it in a way that wouldn't result in the enslaved spirits of the dead spotting her... They didn't seem to follow any patterns, some just floated in spots she'd marked as possible entry locations, never moving from their station, others flew around changing directions at random as they flew around chaotically.

Feeling the hairs on the back of her neck stand up, she spun around her blade drawn as she ran her eyes over the forest they were in...

She knew their was a group of bandits hiding in the Forest, but they reluctantly decided to ignore them since she suspected that they were the Overlord's men, and attacking them would give her presence away... she'd sworn to come back when she could and take them out, freeing the girl the leader kept as a pet, but she couldn't risk her mission for a single person, no matter how bad it made her feel. The Bandits were a long way from here, and they weren't exactly subtle. They couldn't sneak up on an Assassin.

She frowned at the mist that had appeared, she hadn't thought anything of it at the time, even seeing it as a boon to hide her better...

But now... now she was feeling... hunted. Like a rabbit being watched by a hungry wolf...

She spotted her hunter quickly, hesitating to attack at the sight of her opponent.

A child. She was being hunted by a child? A child in a thong? With Daggers?

What?

The white-haired child tilted her head to the side in an almost innocent way before she spun the daggers in her hands, leaping forwards at unnatural speeds, despite her years of training her body was far too slow to bring her own blade to parry the daggers as they stabbed into her chest, the girls eye lit up as her blood burst out and landed on the childs barely covered body.

She tried to move her own blade to get the girl off her, but the girl was unnaturally fast, before she could lift her hands the tiny killer stabbed a dagger into her wrist pinning it to the ground as she held in a scream from the pain.

With the other blade the girl simply slit her exposed throat with a small smile as she watched the blood pour from the wound, covering her chest.

"...It's time to go. Mommy wants to see you." the child said in a innocent voice as she climbed off Evie, showed baffling strength by grabbing one of her legs and dragging it behind her.

Her vision darkened as her body started to give out.

Even as she died her mind was racing until the very end, wants to see her? Had the child misunderstood her orders from this 'Mommy'? She wasn't going to be in any state to meet anyone...

- Jacob Frye -

Listening to the 'Lord of Heavens Peak' denounce them, warning the people of Heavens Peak of the evil Assassins, something that their name really doesn't help with, he frowns.

The Overlord was acting fast, and clearly knew they were here.

"Fortunately, the Overlord takes the safety of his people seriously. He has already taken steps to remove the threat. The Assassins sent five of their leaders to threaten and manipulate us... but fear not, our Lord has already captured one of them." Arthur continued calmly.

Wait... what? He could here Jack chuckling darkly at his side.

"The Assassin Evie Frye has been captured in their attempts to sabotage the defences of the Village of Spree, and imprisoned in the Overlord's Tower. Once they have been interrogated on the location of their partners in crime, they will be executed removing the threat to you all." the man continued as his eyes widened.

"Well... that's an obvious trap. The question is are you dumb enough to trigger it anyway? If you don't your sister will die... slowly no doubt... but if you do you'll join them. So tell me, Master Assassin... what are you going to do?" Jack asked mockingly as they joined the crowds dispersing, leaving the area quickly.

"We need to get back to our hideout, stop talking until than." he ordered his mind racing, Jack wasn't even trying to hide his cold amusement at Evie's capture, chuckling to himself as they walked, but then Evie killed him before all this so he could see why he wouldn't care.

He should have listened when Evie suggested they stay as a group... first he needed to send a message to Jayadeep and Lydia and meet up with them quickly so they wouldn't be picked off one by one, then they had a Tower to break into.

He needed information... as much as he could gather before he headed towards that Tower, and the best place to get information? The Bar, where people were drunk and talkative.

- Kuro (True Form) -

...Jack really doesn't know the meaning of restraint.

I'm a Necromancer who deals in corpses, but even I had to pause at the mutilated corpse she brought to me with a proud smile.

Where did she put her internal organs? Cause she didn't bring them with the rest of the body... you know what? I'm just going to pretend I can't see the human heart she's hiding behind her back.

Patting her on the head I grin as she beams at me, so proud of her work.

"You did great Jack, Why don't you leave me with our guest for now... it's my turn to do some work. Go spend some time with Serena while I work." I say getting a smile from her, she's easily pleased.

"Yes, Mommy." she says leaving quickly... Mommy... that's weird as fuck, but if letting call me that is what it takes to keep the infamous killer nice, happy and obedient she can call me whatever she wants.

If it gets me a powerful assassin she can call me Santa Claus for all I care.

Her affection started at 40, and her obedience at 80, and I don't feel like doing anything to ruin that. So I guess I'm a mother now.

I got lucky, I hadn't realised that they would be able to see the spirits with Eagle Vision, but fortunately I was inspecting each of my Domains from my Throne and noticed her lurking in the forest, after that I just sent my new summon Jack the Ripper to do the rest.

I've spent a long time today training her up, all the way to Champion Level 80, she is a Five Star so she started at Tier Three anyway, and getting her to be a badass killer is going to pay off in the future, hell it's already paying off now.

I also got myself up to Level 48 of the EXP Drain penalty class, so I'm making progress on getting rid of that.

Casting restore corpse on her I spend a moment stripping her down and chaining her up in the prison cell, spending a moment trying to work out how the Hidden Blade comes off before I cast True Resurrection on her.

"Wakey wakey, Miss Frye." I say as she quickly comes to, looking around as she takes her situation in.

"Kuro... the Overlord. I was..." she starts with a frown.

"Dead? Yes you were. Fortunately that's not something that can stop me. I'll ask you once, just for the sake of propriety, where are the other Assassins?" I ask calmly.

"Resurrection... Surely you realise that I'm not going to betray my Order?" she asks after a moment with a deadpan look making me sigh.

"I know, but I wanted to give you the option first. It's only polite... I actually have quite a lot of respect for your organisation, so I thought I'd give you a chance to avoid the unnecessary torture and suffering." I say calmly.

It's even the truth, how many hours did I spend playing as Ezio and Altair? Living through the lives of Edward Kenway and the Fryes? I don't think any one who likes the Assassins Creed series could dislike the assassins.

But they are still attacking me. And that is unforgivable.

"Do your worst. Assassins are trained to resist torture... of all kinds." she says looking down at her naked body for a brief moment, yeah a woman waking up naked and in chains in a Dark Lords dungeon isn't exactly subtle...

"I'm sure you are. That being said... I have other things to do tonight, so I'll leave you in the hands of my lovely assistant. Velvet, you can come in now." I say as my Mistress walks in with a cruel smirk on her face. "Try not to kill her, it's annoying to have to resurrect the same person twice... other than that? Go wild. Healing Potions are in the cupboard outside, the tools are in the closet, and the Death Knights will watch her cell and eliminate her if she tries to escape." I say as she gives me a kiss on the cheek as she plays with a small decorated knife.

I have something else to do...

I want their to be a constant threat, and mere bandits won't cut it. But what I do have is the Goblin Attack Force summon, each use summons ten goblins with armour and basic weapons...

Wouldn't having a couple of hundred goblins lurking in the forests give people pause to leave the safety of my Domains?

I'm going to make them build a small camp in the Evernight forest, and commit occasional raids on the surrounding areas, and then I'm going to start summoning the Gravekeeper's in force, I'll spawn the Necrovalley in the Ruborian Desert, and make an army of Gravekeeper's to defend it.

Heading through to the Raider Camp I head off into the desert back to where the Dungeon was.

At the moment, I am weaker than I should be, and as more and more threats reveal themselves it's become clear that I haven't been proactive enough in ensuring the safety of my lands.

I can summon the Oracle, and have him basically secure the Ruborian Desert, it'll be their duty to protect the Desert Region from incursions from now on.

Summoning Necrovalley returns the temple I first fought the Gravekeeper's in, and now it's time to fill it. First I make a new Tower Gate inside the Temple for ease of travel, and summon the Shaman from the tower back to her temple.

The Temple has a 'Master Bedroom' that's fit for a Pharaoh, to be exact it was made for the Pharaoh Atem, and now it's mine if I choose to use it.

Next, all the unique Summons. The Oracle Himself, the Visionary, the Heretic, the Chief, the Supernaturalist, the Spiritualist, the Priestess, the Spy and the Nobleman.

All appear before me one by one.

"Hmm, as I said, the result of our battle mattered little. I take it you have summoned us for a reason, My Pharaoh?" the Oracle says rising with a calm look on his face.

"I have, my Domain has a bad habit of coming under attack, and I needed forces. I'm assigning you all to defend this desert region from outside incursions from now on." I respond as I start summoning the non-unique summons, ignoring the chatter as the Shaman and Oracle get them into line quickly.

Twenty Guards, Cannonholders and Spear Soldiers. Ten Commandants, Ambushers, Assailants, Vassals and Watchers. Five Curse, Headsmen, Recruiters and Descendants.

Admittedly this puts me at 140 of my 171 total Commander summons, but I think once I max it my limit will be massively expanded, so it's fine. Unique Summons don't seem to add to my total, so I can keep summoning as long as I get more Uniques anyway... And my CHA is slowly increasing so that also increases my limits.

"So, our job is simply to deal with intruders in the Desert? A simple task, it will be done My Pharaoh." he says with a bow. He's as calm as ever, even after his death at my hands.

"Excellent. If you require more forces let me know, I want my defences to be impenetrable." I say calmly getting another bow.

Ruborian Raider Camp Domain changed to Ruborian Desert Domain.

I can't help but notice that the Priestess is glaring at me, but I have her leaders obeying me and she isn't strong enough to be a threat, so I'll leave her for now. The Shaman seems to have noticed as well, judging by the scolding look in her eyes, the Priestess notices and quickly looks away.

I think someone is bitter I killed them. No idea why, I brought them back...

Now, it's off to build a Goblin Horde in the forest. An Overlord's work is never done...

- Kushimaru Kuriarare -

Moving over the wall easily he landed in the estates grounds, silently eliminating a pair of patrolling guards with deadly precision as he passed them, leaping up and running up the wall as he climbed onto a balcony entering the unsecured door.

If he wasn't a mindless slave he'd be disgusted by the lack of security in this place.

Moving through the estate quickly he encountered no resistance, all the guards on the lower levels guarding the ground floor doors naively. Hearing the sound of his target he moved to the still unguarded bedroom, hearing shouting coming from within.

"Don't make excuses Drearius, what possible excuse could you have for this harlot being in our bedchambers?" a harpy like voice screamed as he paused for a moment.

"Err... It was witchcraft? She must have enchanted me! Yes, that's it, she's a Witch! Summon the guards and we can have the Sentinels take her away!" his targets voice called out.

"You don't actually think that anyone is going to buy that... right?" a amused sounding female voice said... not a target.

"Yes, that's it... you won't get away with this Witch, your evil ends here! GUARDS!" the harpy shouted making him move into action, opening the door and lunging in as he stabbed Nuibari through the screaming harpy, before he Body Flickered behind his target, separating his head from his body in one swift swing.

Turning to the last person in the room he paused... she wasn't a target, but she was a witness.

"Hey there, dangerous... I don't suppose you'd mind getting me out of here? I've gotta feeling that I shouldn't stay here any more... the Empires getting pretty dangerous... I'll make it worth your while..." she said with a sultry smirk.

If he still had his emotions she'd be raped, and then killed.

Feeling his master take control of his body he let go, his mind going dormant.

- Juno -

Well this had been an interesting night... it'd be a good story to tell if she didn't get killed, and more importantly didn't get framed for all this. The Empire was not a good place to be right now with people dropping dead left, right and centre.

"Juno, said to be the most beautiful in the Empire. I can't say I was expecting to see you here." he said, sounding amused.

"You know about me?" she asked with a smirk, panicking internally... depending on what he had heard could change this encounter a lot. "But I'm afraid I don't know anything about you..." she said sitting down on the bed as she crossed her legs, giving him an eyeful in the process.

"Kushimaru here is irrelevant, he's just a mindless assassin in my service. I however, am the Overlord Kuro. Ruler of almost everything on the other side of the mountain range, and soon to be this side as well... it's a pleasure to meet you, you are on my list after all." he said in amusement.

Ahh... the infamous Overlord. The Boogeyman of the Empire... this could be very, very bad... or it could be wonderful.

"I didn't know I was in the presence of Royalty, your Darkness... I'm afraid I don't know the proper protocol of how to speak to a Dark Ruler..." she said hiding her worries behind a smile, she was on his 'List'? Again, that could be very bad... but it could be good as well.

If it was a hit-list, and she'd wronged him in some way then she was in trouble... but he didn't see particularly angry with her, but then again, maybe he was the kind of guy to kill with a smile.

"Mostly it's a lot of kneeling and ass-kissing as they beg for their lives. But that's not necessary for you." he said with the same lazy amusement. Not Necessary because she didn't need to beg, or because it wouldn't change anything?

"So, your Darkness... your List? I wasn't aware that you even knew I existed, let alone had taken notice of me." she said hiding her growing panic.

"My list of people worth my time. This world is full of empty headed fools, most of them I conquer, the rest I kill. You however are not empty-headed are you? A beauty who specialises in manipulation, I have a place by my side for someone like that..." he says making her calm.

"Hmm... I think my time here is reaching it's end anyway, with how things are going I think it's time for me to find a home safer than the Empire... and being a Mistress to the Ruler of the World is certainly a promotion... well then, whisk me away to your Dark Tower, oh Evil One." she said getting up as he laughed slightly.

"I'll let Kushimaru handle the carrying, I was in the middle of something anyway... see you soon..." he said before the body went slack, immediately straightening up as the masked man grabbed her throwing her over his shoulder, not exactly luxury travel but she supposed it would do...

As they were suddenly moving, the man simply leaping out of a window as he jumped a inhuman distance, she mourned that she hadn't had a chance to rob Drearius before they left.

All that work getting the sleeping drugs into his drink... wasted. The dumb wife interrupted before he could drink it... it was an old trick, get some idiot noble to take her home, get him drunk and drugged, then when he falls asleep just rob everything. If you were good enough at it like she was you could lead them along without ever letting them even touch her, and they were always too embarrassed the next morning to call her out on it, after all... they'd have to admit to their wives that they took her home in the first place... a lose-lose situation.

Watching the Empire fly by below her she had to reconsider... this was actually fairly fun.

Goodbye Empire, she was moving onto bigger and better things...

- Kuro (True Form) -

With a new army of Goblins lurking in the wilds my work is done for the day.

I was going to call Velvet into my bed tonight... but she's... occupied. She's having a fun time with Evie, Evie is enjoying their games far less but that's the penalty of being my enemy.

Juno has been assigned a room, and she invited me to spend the night... but I decide when I fuck, not anyone else. So she can wait.

After a moment it hits me... why the fuck did I never fuck Rias?

Because of Sirzechs? The fuck is she going to do to me? She'd have to get to my Phylactery and she can't travel to other worlds, I don't have to fear her any more.

Sending a maid to call for her I lay on the bed in wait, to my great lack of surprise she appears almost immediately... judging from how long it would take the maid to reach Rias's room, Rias must have literally ran at inhuman speeds to get here so quickly.

"You called for me, Kuro?" she asks, wearing only a skimpy pair of red lace underwear... was she already wearing that? I know she sleeps naked so she must have put them on afterwards... just how fast did she run here?

"I did... did you know that Sirzechs has ordered me not to have sex with you?" I ask making her scowl.

"I suspected... just ignore the idiot. Mother and Grayfia can handle her, even with her power." she says as she approaches me, climbing into my lap. "Besides... if she becomes a major threat we can just not go back until you're strong enough to deal with her, she doesn't get to control my life... I and I alone decide what I do with my life... and I want this, so fuck Sirzechs, maybe literally if you use your normal way of solving your problems..." she says with a giggle as she pulls her bra off, tossing it over to the side.

"...I do solve a lot of problems with my dick. Probably make just as many the same way. Time to make one more." I say with a smirk as I kiss her.

Sirzechs can suck my dick. Her mother and wife already have.

Unequipping my boxers I grin as she grinds herself against me, the silk of her panties the only thing preventing me from penetrating her.

Before I can reach down and move them she beats me to the punch, the tiniest amount of Destruction magic disintegrating them as she smile impishly at me.

"I can't let someone who isn't even a Devil be better at me at my own family magic... I've been practising." she giggles, making small bolts of red power jump between her fingers before she kisses me again, the power dispersing.

I know she's stronger than Canon with the training, but I'm actually impressed... unlike me she doesn't have Game Logic to help her.

I feel her press her wet slit against the tip of my shaft before I determined look appears on her face... dropping down she takes into her to the hilt in one movement, letting out a loud moan as she does...

Immediately she starts riding me, showing no pain or discomfort from the feeling of suddenly being filled...

"Mmm, Akeno was right... I did just need practice..." she moans into my mouth making me pause. That explains a lot, I did see Akeno carrying a strap-on but I decided that I didn't want to know.

"Ufufufu..."

"Should we do something about the voyeur?" I ask her as I wrap my hands around her, groping her ass.

"Let her watch, she'll just bug me for the details if we don't." Rias says ignoring the pair of eyes staring at us though the slightly open door.

"Ufufufu..."

Ignoring the sounds of loud masturbation coming from the door I start thrusting in time with Rias, Akeno can wait her turn.

"Ufufuf- Koneko? Wait, what are you-" Akeno is interrupted by a small explosion as me and Rias pause staring at the door as Koneko opens it with a bored look on her face.

"...I'm taking the idiot away. Good luck Rias-neesan." she says giving us a thumbs up as she closes the door and walks away, dragging a knocked out Akeno by the leg behind her.

"What was Koneko even doing up here anyway?" Rias asks with a sigh. That was kinda a mood killer, or it would be if I could be turned off so easily.

"She's a voyeur who likes to watch, she was probably just disappointed that Akeno beat her to it." I say spinning us around so Rias is on her back as I kiss her again, interrupting her response.

"My Peerage is so weird..." she mutters in between kisses as I start thrusting, her legs wrapping around my waist as she guides my movements.

...At least she doesn't have to deal with Issei? You're welcome!

Moving faster, I rail her into the bed as she moans, I don't think I need to take it slow with her, the harder I go the louder her moans get... moving my hand to her soft breast, I tweak her nipple slightly making her moan lewdly into my mouth, Rias's breasts are one of her best assets, I can't even fit them in my hand in my older larger form.

She cums first, even without me using Eromancy... I feel her tighten down on me as she lets out a scream, breaking the kiss as she bits down on my shoulder to try and muffle the sound.

Joining her I cum, my seed rushing into her.

Pulling back I let the rest out onto her stomach as she breathes heavily staring up at me with wide eyes.

"That was nothing like my practice... it's so much better when it's the real thing..." she says between breaths.

"Glad you liked it... still, before we move onto round two... should we do anything about the voyeur?" I ask with a smirk as she sits up in confusion, looking towards the once again slightly open door as she stares into the golden eyes peeking through.

"Koneko... Ecchi." she says with a smirk as the golden eyes narrow at her.

- Bonus Scene – Rei Miyamoto -

Her father was dead.

No one knew how or why, but her father had been found with a slit throat in a dumpster, was it a vengeful criminal? A Yakuza? No one knew... all they knew was that he was gone.

His phone and wallet were missing as well, and whoever had it had turned off the Find my Smartphone feature, which would have needed her fathers password... more questions and no answers.

She had been given a few days off school to 'recover'. Like you could get over a fathers murder in a few days... her mother was home as well, but neither of them really knew what to do...

Mostly a lot of crying in their rooms...

On the bright side she was pretty sure things couldn't get any worse.

- Daily life in the Multiverse – Yo-ho Yo-ho a Pirates Life for me! -

Watching another ship sink to the bottom of the ocean he laughed, the Empire was trying, they really were... but they weren't trying hard enough.

Not that effort alone could stop him, he was Blackbeard dammit, the most feared pirate to ever sail the seven seas, it took more than some wannabe Romans to defeat him.

Every so often, he performed a raid on the Empires lands, pillaging whatever was close to the shore before he left with his plunder, saving it all on a island he found for his base. He'd been tormenting the Empires Resort Town for a while, he wasn't going to destroy it, he knew a conqueror when he saw one, and his 'Master' would want things intact to take over. But he could still give them hell, and take all the Nobles valuables for his loot.

There was something very few people knew about him... he was an Otaku, a massive one at that... and a Lolicon.

And he had found the greatest of Plunder! Elves! Real Pointy Eared Elves! The Empire had a slave trade based around Elves, and he, with his love of Freedom, hated slavery, so he attacked one of their slave markets running off with the 'inventory'.

He took them to his island and they treated him like a hero. He, Blackbeard, was a hero to the elves. Some had even joined his crew as they plundered the Empire for all it had.

He was even showing them how to make a ship, it was a slow process but they were getting there, with resources he took from the empire, and they had started building their own little town on his island.

This world was the best!

"Captain Blackbeard! Another ship from the starboard side!" the voice of his quartermaster called out, a Teenaged Elven girl he saved from some noble. Taking a moment to admire his adorable quartermaster, ignoring the rolled eyes, he jumped into action, barking out orders to his crew.

That's one thing about slaves... take off their chains and they'd use them to strangle their former masters, his crew was filling with bitter elves looking for revenge. These angry elves threw themselves into the Pirate Lifestyle.

Take what you can, and give nothing back. For former slaves that had everything taken from them, it certainly appealed to them to start taking things back.

As the ship got closer he rolled his eyes at the sight of the self-assured idiot at the helm. Another fool thinking they could match Edward Teach on Open Water? Davy Jones's locker must be getting overcrowded from all the fools who thought the same. Some Nobles son with delusions of competency on doubt.

Oh well, where there were Nobles there was loot. Time to get to Pillaging.

- Himawari's Past – Hinata pt2 -

Sitting in my office I calmly do my paperwork... being a Ninja sounds great until you realise that you have to do a after-mission report after every assignment, and they will cross-examine it obsessively with your team-mates to make sure it is all above board... Ninjas are paranoid, even with how Renowned I am in this village.

I normally use clones but I actually kinda like the calmness of writing my reports, it helps me plan everything out as I go over my previous mission, planning on how it will work into my various plans.

I came to an 'agreement' with Hinata, in exchange for me keeping Himawari's actions secret and me 'keeping Himawari under control', she'll satisfy me sexually when I ask as long as I don't demand actual sex. I've played on her insecurities, blaming her and Naruto's bad parenting for Himawari's actions, and then I came back with a 'very apologetic' Himawari, who is making sure to basically hype me up to everyone. She's always been a teachers pet but she's a teachers fanatic now.

Feeling someone teleport in front of me me I finish my document and look up, raising an eyebrow at the sight of Albedo.

"...are you my Albedo or Shiros?" I ask after a moment before I move my eyes lower, looking at her obscenely large breasts, barely covered by her slutty dress... "Never mind I worked it out, what does he want this time? Or did he just send you to brag for him?" I ask with a sigh, Shiro got our Albedos confused once and decided to change his to stop it happening again, which just meant added a few cup-sizes to her breasts and taking more of the fabric from her dress. He seemed to find getting decapitated by my Albedo when he tried to grope her funny.

We have a simple agreement, he doesn't go for my girls and I don't go for his. There's enough Multiverse for the both of us, and an infinite amount of each girl.

"My Lord... just wants to gloat a bit but he is very busy at the moment..." she admits.

"It's an orgy isn't it?" I ask going back to my paperwork.

"It is... shall I just deliver the message?" she asks, Albedo gets a bit confused since both Shiro and me are the Supreme Being of Nazarick, and the guardians can't disrespect the Supreme Beings... literally it's in their code. Also, she's used to the weirdness of mine and Shiros 'Friendship'.

"Get it over with." I order as she pulls out a note.

"His message reads... Hahahahahahahahaha. Hahahaha. Ha... that is all." she says as I sigh.

"Of course it does... that was really worth the effort of sending you here? Do tell him I'll be getting my revenge once I get out of here... and I'm still in the lead. 15-19, I'm winning, he's losing." I say with a smirk.

"He said you'd say that... and he said 'The Insect one doesn't count.'" she replied immediately. Heh... turning Shiro into a literal ant was fun.

Of course I came back to find he'd made a Ant Empire of superpowered ants, and was trying to overthrow humanity but it was still funny. If anything it was even funnier.

"Yeah, but if that doesn't count, neither do at least two of his, so I'm still winning."

Do you two really have nothing better to do?

- Hinata -

Looking at the see-through black nightie she felt herself blush, it didn't even reach her ass, and the tiny thong wasn't covering anything either... she was waiting for Kuro to arrive, he did what he promised, a single serious talk with Himawari and he'd brought her in line, she'd been an angel since then...

And it was because she disappointed her teacher... she didn't care about what her parents thought, only that her sensei was disappointed in her... and wasn't that a painful realisation.

And then he'd easily calmed the angry Inuzuka Clan, soothing their anger and stopping a potential civil war with the same ease that he would do his groceries...

She'd been watching him closely and she came to a mind-blowing realisation... Kuro was more of a Kage than Naruto was... Kuro was the one who kept everyone from being at each others throats, he handled a lot of the logistics of the village, he even handled the entire ANBU... what did Naruto even do? It seemed like every Kage duty was pushed onto Kuro, and yet Naruto was eternally busy, even sleeping in his office several times a week.

Naruto was going to be late tonight... very late, he was off to meet up with Sasuke for some secret thing that she wasn't told about... and Kuro had taken advantage of that to call on their deal while Naruto was gone.

The more it became clear how much the village, and her family owed him, the less she could bring herself to turn down his advances... they'd had 'Parent-Sensei' conferences on a regular basis, which always immediately devolved into him molesting her, and forcing her to pleasure him with her breasts or mouth.

So far he hadn't pushed her to do any more than that, but he was getting bolder in the locations, at the start he'd only done things behind closed doors where no-one could see, but he came around for dinner recently... and spent the whole dinner messing with her.

Naruto, her husband and their Kage was right there... sitting opposite them, and Kuro still left his hand on her thigh, getting bolder and bolder as the dinner went on until he was fingering her right there in front of her husband and children.

Himawari knew. She'd realised that immediately but she never said anything, even distracted Boruto and Naruto when she was forced to orgasm.

After that he'd gotten incredibly bold, if they met up in the village 'by coincidence' it always resulted in her being molested, Kuro had a Jutsu that made him hard to see, not invisible but when you looked in his direction your eyes would just glaze over him... something he used to it's full potential as he pulled her into alleyways right next to busy streets...

There was something terrifying about being forced to suck his hard dick in public, when she could see people she knew less than a few meters away from her... and too her shame there was something exciting about it...

Talking to the people who had walked passed her while she was going down on Kuro mere moments later was... sinful, something she would have never believed she could have ever done... let alone enjoyed it... but she did.

A village full of Ninjas... and not one of them would notice, no matter how bold Kuro was.

Which brought her to a thought that terrified her... what would happen if Kuro turned on them? He was clearly dissatisfied with Naruto as a Kage, and she couldn't blame him since he seemed to do all the work with none of the rewards... but what would happen if he finally decided that he'd had enough and left?

Naruto, the 'Strongest Ninja in Konoha' couldn't notice his wife being blatantly molested a few feet away from him... would he notice if Kuro decided to kill him? She knew she was being ridiculous, but the more she thought about it the more the thought burrowed into her head...

Kuro controlled the ANBU, he managed the T/I division, he knew just about every secret Konoha had... he could crush this village without even trying if he tried... and only she had realised how pissed off he was behind his calm facade... the facade he only seemed to drop when they were alone.

She couldn't try warning people, Kuro was a well-loved war hero, even if he was overshadowed by Naruto and even Sasuke, and even if she did... he ran the information side of Konoha, any rumours or talks would end up getting back to him, and she didn't want to make him think he wasn't trusted... what if her actions made him leave?

So she could only try and soothe his anger herself... and there was only one thing he seemed to want in Konoha... her. The only thing Kuro had ever seemed to want, and the one thing Naruto had taken from him...

Feeling a hand on her body she jumped before she calmed... he really was too good at being stealthy.

"Really Hinata... what kind of Kunoichi is so easily caught off guard? I've been here for almost five minutes..." he says with a smirk as she turns to him, there was a reason he was one of the most feared Shinobi around, especially amongst Konoha's enemies, how do you counter someone who you can't see? Who could be lurking right behind you and you'd not know until you had a sword of bone through your heart.

He was already naked as he groped her barely covered ass, laying a series of light kisses on her neck.

"Do you have to do this every time?" she asked with a sigh. He always popped up out of literally nowhere, and it usually turned out he had been there for ages.

"No, but it's more entertaining for me that way. There's something highly amusing about constantly catching Ninjas off guard, made Kakashi jump a mile earlier... But we both know I'm not here for amusement..." he said as she could feel his shaft rubbing against her backside.

"No... which do you want this time?" she asked flipping around as she pulled her nightie off, it was a nice one and Kuro would just rip it apart if she didn't...

She didn't want to have another awkward conversation at the lingerie store about why she was going through so many pairs of underwear...

"I want something different tonight..." he said with a smirk, his hands groping her ass as he squeezed it roughly. "I'd ask if you mind... but lets be honest, you don't have a choice. Lay on your front, you have an amazing ass and I want to put it to use." he said with a cold look in his eyes, the laid back facade gone as he forced her onto her front, his hand gripping her thong sliding it down her legs, tossing it over to the side leaving her naked...

He'd promised that he wouldn't fuck her... vaginally, as she felt him spread her ass cheeks and place his shaft between them she flinched, she never mentioned anal, but then she'd never even considered it. Naruto was... extremely vanilla.

"Don't worry so much, I'm not going to fuck your tight little ass... not yet anyway." he said with a laugh as he thrusted forwards, his shaft in between her ass cheeks as he groped them, squeezing her ass.

A buttjob? She'd heard about this from the far more... experienced Ino, she supposed it was better than Anal.. each time he thrust forwards his balls slapped against her pussy, sending a wave of pleasure through her body as she bit down on the quilt, forcing her face into it as she tried to muffle her moans.

Feeling him reach around, his hand sliding under her as he played with her nipple with entirely too much skill, she wasn't sure who he'd been with since she couldn't remember him ever dating but he was clearly experienced, he knew every weak-spot on her body, he knew exactly where to touch to make her mind become clouded with pleasure...

Feeling his lips on the back of her neck she moaned, it took him about one session to work out all of her weaknesses and that was one of them... but his habit of leaving love-bites where people could see them was dangerous.

Sakura commented on one of them, but naturally she thought Naruto did it... and Naruto didn't even notice... there was unobservant, and then there was Naruto...

After a while he pulled back, making her instinctively push back against him before she blushed, realising what she was doing...

Grabbing her he flipped her over onto her back, before he smirked down at her, placing his hard shaft resting on her pussy, her legs being moved up against his chest as the hard dick was trapped between her thighs as he started moving again.

As he grinded his shaft against her pussy she moaned, covering her mouth and looking away, not wanting to see the smug look on his face...

Closing her eyes she tried to suppress the pleasure he was forcing on her... it was due to the fact that her eyes were closed that her hearing was just a bit more enhanced...

Hearing a door open downstairs her eyes shot open.

"Hinata! I'm back!" Naruto shouted as she tried to get up, Kuro calmly placing a hand on her chest pushing her back down as he sped up his thrusts, coincidentally groping her large breasts as he did.

Not wanting to make noise she covered her mouth as she felt her own climax approaching, the feeling of his shaft rubbing against her wet pussy becoming too much, her lower lips being spread apart with each movement.

Kuro didn't share her worry of being discovered, as he made it a game to make her give them away, roughly groping her breasts as he thrusted against her pussy wildly.

As she was pushed over the edge, biting her lip hard enough to draw blood in a vain attempt to keep quiet, he joined her, pulling back as he came, his seed bursting forwards as it coated her pussy and thighs.

She paused as he used a small water Jutsu to remove most of the mess, except the cum covering her wet slit.

"Put these back on." he ordered passing her the nightie and thong as he threw his own clothes back on.

"I need to get dressed properly." she said trying to get up and move to the wardrobe before he pulled her back.

"Either put these back on, or I can just hold you until Naruto comes looking." he said as he groped her.

Trying to pull herself from his grip she struggled futilely, before she pulled her thong back on, wincing at the feeling of the silk keeping his cum in place, and threw on her nightie as Kuro took her hand and pulled her out of the room.

As they went downstairs to the living room, she wasn't sure where Naruto was but as Kuro pushed her into a seat, sitting next to her with a grin she felt herself panicking.

Surely even Naruto wasn't this oblivious? Her breasts were clearly visible under the see-through nightie, it wasn't something that she should wear around anyone but her husband...

"Hinata... Kuro? You're here to?" her husband said as he entered the room.

"Yeah, I was just talking about Himawari's training with Hinata, wasn't expecting you back so soon, how was Sasuke?" Kuro asked as Naruto threw himself down in the seat opposite them with a sigh, Kuro's hand came to rest on her exposed thigh, stroking it gently as he smirked.

"Same as ever, you were right by the way, there's something weird going on in Iwa... so what's going on with Himawari? I haven't had a chance to see how she's been doing lately..." he said leaning back with a stretch

...Did he not see the problem with this situation? Her nipples were exposed in the skimpy nightie... and he wasn't even mentioning how close they were sat together.

"Have I ever been wrong? And Himawari's doing great, but obviously I can't teach her to use the Hyuuga's Gentle Fist, so I was just talking to Hinata about her joining us to help Himawari." he said making her eyes briefly widen before she got it under control. That sounded an awful lot like an excuse for them to spend a lot of time together...

"Good idea, Hinata's not had much to do since those two became ninja anyway, it'll be nice to have something to do, huh Hinata?" he said with a laugh looking right at her.

"Y-yeah, it'll be nice to spend some time with Himawari as well..." she said, that at least was the truth...

"Yeah, I wish I had time to train Boruto, Himawari fights to differently to me for me to be any good, but that's what you two are for. Are you staying for dinner Kuro?" he asked making her panic slightly.

"Nah, I have other things to do tonight, my work is never done... I'll get going now." he said rising as he pulled her up giving her a tight hug, her barely covered breasts pressing against his chest as one of his hands slid under her nightie squeezing her ass before he let her go, giving Naruto a fist bump, and then promptly vanished.

Not left, she just blinked and he wasn't there any more.

- Naruto -

"Huh... one day I'll work out how he does that." he said staring at the spot Kuro was in moments ago.

"You've been saying that since you were thirteen." Kurama mocked making him sigh.

"I'm going to get dinner started..." Hinata said quickly leaving as he watched her with a frown before he sighed.

"You do realise what's going on.. don't you?" Kurama said making him sigh again as he collapsed into his seat.

...He wasn't that unobservant.

He was a really bad husband and father, he'd put his dreams and job over his family, and Kuro had clearly filled the spot he left. When Kuro told him about Himawari's actions he knew immediately that she was just acting out for attention, and she'd gotten it.

Just not from him.

Himawari had a father figure, and it wasn't him. He'd realised that when he spied on her talking to her friends, she only ever called him Naruto, not Dad or Father, just Naruto.

But Kuro? He could hear the love and respect in her voice when she talked about her Sensei...

Even Boruto looked up to Kuro, he even came to his office and whined that he hadn't been put on Kuro's team.

And now Hinata... the love bites, the skimpy clothes, the flushed face...

"So what are you going to do about it?"

Hinata was his wife... and Kuro was his best friend. His first friend back in the academy, the only one who didn't listen to the bitter adults who called him a demon... Kuro supported him when he tried to get Sasuke back, no matter how many other people tried to talk him out of it, Kuro was there for him when Jiraya-Sensei died, he fought by his side during the war...

And when he realised he loved Hinata, he went to Kuro, not wanting to make things awkward since he knew they used to date. Kuro admitted that Hinata dumped him because she loved Naruto,and told him to go for it.

His Negative Emotion sensing went off the chart, but Kuro pushed him to go for it anyway.

He took Hinata from Kuro, and then he fucked it up, and now Kuro was taking her back...

He was a shitty husband, and a shitty father... did he even have the right to say anything?