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The Wolf prowling across dimensions by Pandora's Reader
 Highschool of the Dead & My Hero Academia/僕のヒーローアカデミア Xover Rated: M, English, Family & Adventure, [OC, Rika M., Shizuka M., Saeko B.], Words: 820k+, Favs: 1k+, Follows: 1k+, Published: Nov 17, 2021 Updated: Nov 9 779Chapter 70: Honney I'm homeee!
As much as I would like to end on chapter 69, I'm nicer then that. So, this is going to be the last chapter for a while, since I'm going to start stockpiling for this next arc.
When I got started, I just didn't stop.
Also, this is now the longest chapter at 13k words.
Dragon Slayer - Well, this is going to tell you the next world, and the world after that. So, enjoy.
Jell - I don't really think it is. Back in RWBY, I had Yin bring up the skill, and show that it was a multiplier. Then, when we got to the Danmachi saga, I brought up where they stood without a Falna. They were at level 2/3 range already, and only got stronger from there. So, it's not really an asspull if it's information we already know, but hasn't been relevant until it is.
{Kiriko's POV before they came back}
(Why.) I slammed my head against the desk. (The fuck.) Up, then back down. (Did I.) Another slam. (Agree to this shit?) Bringing my head up, I slammed it into my desk again, and heard the wood creak. Groaning, I brought my head back up, and just glared at the paperwork that was either up in the air, still on my desk, or littering the ground.
"Fucking evil shits. Who the hell even fixed the fucking printers anyway?" When I found that out, I was going to shove a printer up their ass. Growling at the paperwork, I put my pen down, leaned back into my seat, and just stared at the ceiling. "Ughhh. Maybe I should go kick Yuriko in the lady bits for this... That'll help me feel better." I was so tempted to do that, I REALLY was.
But, before I could go down that train of thought, there was a knock at my door. "It's open!" There was the sound of my door opening, and someone stepping inside. Looking down, I raised a brow at my visitor, and gave her my full attention. "Hey honey. What's up?" My daughter gave me a grin, and came over to give me a hug. I mentally hummed, and hugged her back. "Alright, what do you want?"
Rei pouted at that, and moved back. "Can I not just visit my awesome and beautiful mom?" Oh yeah, she wanted something all right. Seeing that I wasn't buying it, she sighed, and sat on the edge of my desk. "Sooo... Me and Takashi were thinking about going on vacation. Maybe to Africa or Brazil... And um... We wanted to just let you know we'll be somewhere on that side of the planet for a bit." Ah, there it is.
I felt my lips curl up, and clasped my hands together as I looked at Rei. "And for how long are you two planning on being 'on that side of the planet' for?" I saw a flicker of hope in her eyes, since I didn't say no.
"We're thinking a month, maybe two. Depends on if anything comes up or not." Oh REALLY now?
"So you want a month at least, where your 'awesome and beautiful' mother, isn't around so you can be with your boyfriend? Unsupervised and all... I get that right, Rei?" She awkwardly scratched her cheek, a tic she got from Takashi, and looked away.
"... Maybe." I raised my brow at that.
"So... You want to make me a grandmother? That it Rei?" My daughter choked, and whipped her head over to me.
"MOM!" The blush and embarrassed look on her face was so perfect, I wished I could take a picture.
My grin turned into a smirk at her response, and I drove the nail in more. "Wasn't a no."
She spluttered, raised her hands to her face, and started waving em around. "I-It's not like that!"
"I don't know honey. It sounds awfully like you're eloping.~" Rei's face turned into a tomato, and I could practically hear her thoughts. 'Why did I think this was a good idea?' 'Oh gods why?' Stuff like that. It was honestly the best. Though, I'd might as well go on. "But eh, go for it. As long as you use protection and don't come back pregnant, I'm fine with it."
She paused, blinked, then looked down to me. "Eh? Really? Really really?!" I nodded, and Rei squealed before getting off my desk, and hugging me again. "You're the best, mom!" Chuckling a little at her reaction, I just hugged her back, and let her be happy. "Oh this is going to be great! Nothing can stop us now!"
And then I twitched. I broke out of the hug, held her at arms length, and stared her in the eyes. She was a little confused at my change in demeanor, but it was whatever. "Honey... There was a man called Murphy. H...-" And before I could say anything else, the both of us started glowing silver, and I felt my body changing. (God fucking da...-) I twitched a bit, and had to let Rei go as I started to spasm. I could hear and feel Rei going through the same thing, but I couldn't do anything about it.
Whatever was happening, it only lasted for a few seconds. The moment it stopped, I turned towards Rei as fast as I could and sa...- I blinked once, then twice, and on the third, realized I wasn't seeing things.
Rei and I looked at each other, and I saw her lips quiver as her eyes moved up to my head... (No wa...-) Bringing a hand up to my head, I grabbed something soft, that made me twitch. I closed my eyes, took a deep breath in, felt something near my ass pressing against the chair, and opened my eyes. "Honey... This is why you don't temp fate. You turn into a fucking wolf girl." That did it, she burst out laughing. I just leaned back into my seat, and twitched when my MOTHER FUCKING TAIL hit it the wrong way. "Ugh... This is gonna take some time getting used too."
Through her laughing, I saw Rei nod, and just closed my eyes.
I didn't know how, but this was all Ma...- My eyes shot open, and I almost smashed my leg through my desk. "MOTHERFUCKER!" Rei stopped laughing, and just started blinking at me. I looked at her, and ignored the sound of running coming towards my office. "Honey... How much you wanna bet they're back?"
Rei blinked, and then the biggest fucking grin I've ever seen, grew on her face. "We need to go! C'MON MOM!" She grabbed me, and just ran in the direction of my office door.
Now, I could've stopped this. But I just didn't feel like it, so I let my daughter treat me like a rag doll for the fuck of it.
After running out of my office, and pausing when we both heard the sound of running, and turned to see who it was. And the moment we did, I laughed. Hell, even Rei couldn't stop herself from laughing. "OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD! TAKASHI! KOHTA!" Yup.
Takashi had fucking wolf ears and a tail. And so did the gun head. The both of em looked so distraught, that I could just feel my sides ache at how much I was laughing. Rei even let me go, just appeared in front of Takashi, and put her hands on his ears. "THEY'RE SO SOFT! OH MY GOD!" She started scratching them, and I swear to god, the way his tail WAGGED was the best shit in the world. Fuck being annoyed at paperwork, I could watch my daughter make her boyfriend squirm by playing with his dog ears all day.
"R-Rei, s-st-sto...- Ohhh..." He gave up when she started playing with his inner ear. The moment she did, he closed his eyes, and just submitted to her.
(There's an S&M joke here, but I'm not sayin it out loud.) That aside, I saw Kohta watch the two of em, and even he looked amused.
I think he was gonna say something, but we were all interrupted by the loudest howl I think any of us have ever heard. 'Get over here, fuckers!' We all recognized that voice, and the asshole attached to it.
Rei stopped fucking with Takashi, and I saw her eyes and grin go so wide, I was scared for her health.
Takashi got himself under control, and looked happy at the call.
Kohta did his maniacal grin, and straightened up, looking ready to move on a dime.
I was happy I guess. It was something that was going to get me away from my paperwork, so I'd take it. Though, as I thought about it, I realized something. "They're back in America... Aren't they?"
The kids blinked, and as one, we sighed. Another howl just confirmed it. 'We're in Times Square, and it looks NOT fucked up. Nice!' We sighed again, and I took the lead.
"Alright. Let's just go before he starts something or blows something up again for the fuck of it." The kids nodded, and we shifted. Takashi took the lead, and jumped out the nearest window.
It says something about us that none of hesitated, and followed after him.
{45 minutes later}
As we were running along the goddamn sky, I could tell just how excited the kids were. Hell, despite downplaying it earlier, I HAD to admit, I was just as excited as they were. With the apocalypse over, and the rebuilding going on, there was nothing interesting happening... Other then my issue with Tadashi... But I wasn't going to go into that now. So all of that aside, I was bored out of my mind. And that was BEFORE Yuriko slapped me with a mountain of paperwork.
It didn't help that my old habit came back either. Sure, the apocalypse was fucking horrible, but the thrill of running in the wilds, feeling the wind whip around me, to just be free and have fun. Those were feelings I wanted more of. Hell, I didn't even need to hold myself back since Rei was all for it too. (She might not be a thrill seeker, but ya don't have to be one to enjoy being a Werewolf.) Which was true.
I was brought out of my thoughts when Takashi barked, and told us to look ahead. We did, and after taking a moment to recognize we were back in New York, we saw them. Sitting on the ledge were Maccillian, Rika, and Saya.
Saya looked the same, if not a little taller then before. Though, there was some kinda whip on her side, which seemed kinda kinky for the girl.
Rika still had Maccillian's coat wrapped around her waist, and was DEFINITELY more toned then before they left. I saw something that looked like a spear peaking up behind her head, and that got me interested. (Wonder if she got any better with it?)
Though, before that, there was the grand fucker himself. Maccillian had his sweater tied around his waist like Rika, was maybe a little taller? (I'll see when we get there.) His height aside, it was his hair/fur and eyes that were different. Putting the goddam lizard slits aside, his eyes looked like gems. It was kinda cool in my opinion. Anyway, did I mention he had lizard eyes? Cause he did.
The three of them saw us coming, and Saya looked behind her. "They're here. Finally!" My eye twitched, and I barked at her.
'Well excuse us for taking an hour to run across an ocean!' Rei even barked in agreement.
Though, Saya just rolled her eyes. "Excuses." After that, she got up, and walked over to another part of the roof. I wondered where, though after Maccillian snorted, I got distracted. But I could deal with him later, so it was whatever.
The byplay done, we made it onto the roof, and shifted back. As soon as we did, we realized Maccillian and his harem weren't the only ones here. There was a pair of women sitting around an aura table, a short one with a rack on her, who was being hugged by Shizuka, while being in her lap, and the most 'librarian' looking woman I'd ever seen, with Saya sitting next to her.
(Fuck, if someone told me she was the head librarian of all libraries, I'd buy it.) Saeko was standing in front of the table, and greeted everyone with her usual smile. Shizuka did too, far more enthusiastically then she should've, and the woman in her grasp squeaked... Though, after taking another look at the woman, I realized she looked a little pale.
"Anyway, sup kids." Maccillian turned to me, and for some reason, I wanted to kick him in the stupidly smug face. "And Kiriko."
(Smug asshole.) Shaking off my annoyance, I watched as the kids burst into motion, and ran towards Maccillian... Only for them all to collectively trip on... Something. They all tumbled into each other, and just turned into a heap of bodies. I saw that, and just quietly made my way over to Shizuka and the new women. I didn't say much, because I just didn't know what to say.
We were all confused as fuck, and the kids started squirming to get back up, but stopped after something happened. Maccillian started laughing, and we all had an idea of who the culprit was. "See! Told you it would work. Now where's my money Sealgair?"
When I got there, I made, then took a seat at the table, next to Shizuka. As I did, the librarian sighed, and rubbed her eyes. "I will never understand how he can be so immature." I agreed with the librarian. Her aside, Saeko and Shizuka had their usual smiles, while Saya responded with an eye roll.
"That's just how he is. I doubt he'll ever be mature enough to live up to his age." I saw one of Maccillian's ears twitch, and he gave Saya an annoyed look. "What? I'm right after all."
He huffed at that. "The best kind of mature is immature. Just simple logic." A double eye roll from Saya and the Librarian were the responses to that. Maccillian shrugged, then turned back to Rika. "Anyway, Sealgair, cough it up."
Rika clicked her tongue, fished out something, and handed it to Maccillian. "Don't even know why you give a shit. They don't take Valis here Silver." Valis? So that must've been a kind of currency.
He shrugged again, and looked in some other direction. "It's the thought that counts. Anyway, smols, you can come back now." Huh?
Looking at the spot Maccillian turned too, I, and the rest of the kids, watched as a... Child? Materialized outta nowhere. The brown haired girl pouted at Maccillian and Rika, then opened her hand. "Where's Lili's share? We did all the work after all." What the fuck? Another Asami?
Maccillian shrugged, then tossed her the thing Rika gave him. When she caught it, she smiled, then stashed it away. "Thank you Papa." That said, she skipped over to us, and made a seat on Shizuka's other side, so she could be between her and the librarian. The nurse welcomed her, moved her chair a bit, and made space. "Thanks Best Mama."
There was a beat of silence, and then all at once, we reacted. """"PAPA?! MAMA?!"""" What in the actual fuck did we miss?
Maccillian snorted, his girls shared a grin, and the other shared another sigh. "Atleast this can't get any more ri...-"
"Yup. Call me daddy now kids." The librarian groaned at that.
"You did that on purpose, didn't you Maccillian?" He gave her a grin, so that was a yes.
Shizuka giggled at the situation, Saya sighed, and Saeko just looked amused. Rika smacked him upside the head, and he raised a brow at her. "Why are you booing me? I'm right." Another smack upside the head, and Maccillian looked away. "Anyway, you kids gonna get up anytime this year?"
Looking to the kids, I realized that yes, they were still on the floor, just looking confused as fuck. The kids took a moment, then shook off their confusion as they got up. After they did, they moved over to their friends, while Rei went over too, and pouted at Maccillian. "That was mean Uncle Za!" Ooou, this. I obviously knew Rei had that cooking, and I wanted to see how Maccillian would react to it.
Said man gave Rei a raised brow, then reached out to ruffle her hair. She took it, and dropped her pout as she did. "Sure. I guess I'll take it. Anyway, you have to admit, it was funny, wasn't it Cavalry?" Rei huffed, but didn't deny it. Seeing that, Maccillian smiled, and looked over to the rest of us. "Anyway, let's catch up, hmm?" We all nodded at that, and so, Maccillian opened his mouth to explain. "First, say hi to my daughter. Lili Zaka." The girl smiled at us, and waved, getting a 'hi' from us, and he moved on. "Now. Say hi to our resident goddesses, Athena and Hestia." We all froze.
As one, I, and the kids, slowly turned our heads towards the... Goddesses? It didn't take a genius to understand who was who, the Librarian was Athena, and the short one with the rack was Hestia... The goddesses gave us a smile and wave, and I just couldn't stay quiet anymore. I whipped my head towards Maccillian, and just went fuckin mental. "ALRIGHT! EXPLAIN YOU FUCK!" After a laugh from Rika, Maccillian gave me a smirk... Then he started to EXPLAIN.
{3rd person POV}
"Time the fuck out, you fought a DRAGON after you left? A DRAGON?!" Kiriko's surprise was warranted considering that was both one of the most ridiculous things she'd ever heard, and something she really wanted to do now.
Maccillian gave her an annoyed look at the interruption. "Yes. It was fun at the time too." Because it was. Sure it may have ended in a few minutes, but those were some good few minutes... He paused. There was a sex joke there, but it felt like a backhanded one, so he ignored it. "Anyway, after I shit on the dragon, figuratively, we grouped back up with the kids..."
From there, he talked about their days on Remnant, with the girls adding their own two cents. The HOTD group listened with rapt attention, and when they heard about Remnant's version of aura, they expressed their desire to have it 'unlocked.' At that, they all lined up, and had their aura unlocked by Maccillian. With that done, they went back to the story telling, only interrupting when something truly surprising came up. "Mechashift?! A melee weapon that could function as a gun?!" Such as that.
Everyone took a moment to see Kohta's face, and Saya sighed. "Before you say anything else." Saya reached over to her satchel, and flipped it open. The group watched as her hands sunk into the bottom of the bag, and as she rummaged around in it for a bit. "Now where the fuck..." Grabbing something, they saw her take out a book. They could all see the words 'Alchemy' on the front, but that was all they saw before she shoved it back in. "Not that... Let's see... Aha!" She took out another book this time, one as thick as a history textbook, and placed it on the table. That done, she went back into her satchel, and rummaged around some more. "And... There you are!" This time, she took out two a pair of yellow gauntlets, with shotgun shells inside of them. Placing the gauntlets on top of the book, she slid them over to Kohta, whose eyes were glued to the gauntlets. "Here. The book has my notes on Mechashift weapons, their mechanics, and whatever I thought could be improved. That's a replica of Ember Cecilia I made when I was bored. Go crazy."
Kohta gave Saya a look, one that you'd see a devoted priest when talking about their god, and reached for the book and weapons as if they were the holy grail itself. "Th-Thank you so much Saya!" Said woman just rolled her eyes, but everyone could see the small curl of her lips.
From there, Kohta had tuned out the conversation as he started going through Saya's notes, while also gently dismantling the replica of Ember Cecilia. Despite his murmuring, it was easy to tune him out while the rest of the HOTD group listened to the tale of Remnant.
A few minutes afterwards, the tale had ended up on Yin, and her situation. "So... She's basically an RPG character? Quests and everything?" After a nod from Maccillian, Takashi sagged in his seat. "That's just not fair." The group laughed at his response, and Rei just rubbed his back.
Meanwhile on Remnant.
-1 Reputation with Takashi Komuro. He's a salty boy. [-1/100]
Blinking at that, Yin took a moment to stare at the prompt in front of her. "The fuck did I do to him?" She didn't know, and after another few moments, she decided she didn't care enough to bug Maccillian about it.
When Takashi got over his dejection, the tale of Remnant went on.
Though, midway through, the group got hungry, and so the food came out. Despite not being able to freeze time, Lili's inventory was still used to carry food. After an idea from Saya, any perishables were placed in containers laced with Saeko's mana. Just as Saya couldn't separate her affinity from her mana, neither could Saeko. So, by having laced those containers with her mana, they essentially became portable freezers.
With the ingredients out, Maccillian created a kitchen, and he, Saeko and Kiriko, went to work. A few minutes later, and the group had lunch. The moment Rei took a bite of sandwich Maccillian made, she squealed in happiness. "What's this made of?! It's amazing!"
Maccillian huffed at that. "Sureee. It's the ingredients. Not my hard work, blood, sweat and tea...-" He was cut off by Rika, who had finished swallowing her bite.
"Battle Boar and Sword Stag meat, along with some kind of goat cheese from one of the floors. The bread's nothin special." Giving her an annoyed look at having been interrupted, Rika responded by shrugging. "No one wants to hear you talking about 'blood, sweat and tears' while we're eating, Silver. Have some common sense."
Clicking his tongue, Maccillian took a bite of his sandwich, and grumbled as he ate. "'Common sense' she says. 'Oh a dragon! I wonder what'll happen if I shoot it in it's asshole. Surely, that'll go great!' Fucking pot."
Rika whistled at that, and looked away. "No clue what you're talking about." Saya and Saeko shared a look, and both girls decided to just eat in peace. Lili didn't know the context of the situation, and neither did the goddesses.
Shizuka did though. After an 'aha,' the nurse turned Werewolf smiled, and swallowed her food. "I remember that! One time, Rika had this GIANT swarm of Grimm chasing her, she was screaming her head off, and for Silver to save her. I'm sad I couldn't record that... That would've been funny... Hah..." They could all tell that Shizuka was truly sincere about that, and as a group, sweat-dropped at that.
Having her shameful moment exposed, Rika pulled a vanishing act. The HOTD group just blinked, and started looking around, while the ones in the know all raised a brow. "Rika... You know WE know that you're still there, right?" Hearing that, the HOTD group turned back to see where the others were looking, and saw none of them looked away from the chair.
After a beat, they all heard a 'tch' and Rika returned, looking both embarrassed, and annoyed. "I could one shot that stupid fucking dragon now, so it doesn't matter!" One collective, 'uhuh' later, they moved on.
With lunch done, the tale of Remnant was coming to a close, which naturally led up to the 'war' the girls fought through."So there we were, being besieged by an army of Megoliath, Sabyrs, Griffins, Man..." Rika paused, then looked over to Saya. "Can you make like, chibi versions of all those fuckers? We need visuals here for this, Smarts." After an amused raised brow from Saya, she shrugged, and started creating Grimm constructs in order of the ones Rika had listed. Seeing that, the resident sniper gave Saya a nod, then went back into the story.
The HOTD group were practically at the edges of their seats as they listened in. "And then the fucking Titan. That big ass turtle." They watched as Saya sighed, and started recreating the Grimm. For added effect, she made it big enough to cover half of the table, while she arranged for the other Grimm to either line up in front of it, or above it. For reference, the smaller Grimm were no bigger than a midget water bottle, while the Titan was the size and length of a two textbooks stacked atop each other. After a collective gasp from the HOTD group, Rika nodded. "Yup. That fucker was annoying. But, we dealt with it."
After a hum, Saya made the normal Grimm disperse, and created figurine sized versions of herself and the other girls, standing opposed the titan. That had gotten a squeal from Shizuka about 'My own figurine!' After a promise to make the woman as many figurines as she wanted, the recounting of the battle went on. "It was here that Rika challenged us about defeating the Titan. She made a valiant effort in destroying one of its legs. An act I took offense too personally." Maccillian snorted, and after a second, promised to introduce Lili to the meme whenever he had the chance. Saya had recreated Rika blowing off the Titan's leg, and Saeko kept going. "My lord aside. I gathered all my aura, and sent out the strongest slash I was capable of at the time."
A recreation of the event went down, and after the leg was torn clean off, they saw Saeko fall to the 'ground' with the words 'THUNK' emboldened over her. Everyone turned to Saya at that, and saw the vindictive smirk on her face. "To be fair, you REALLY deserved that." Humming, Saeko shrugged, and took it in good fun.
Turning back to the display, it was now Shizuka's turn to take a shot at the Titan. "Ah yes... I doubt any of us will be forgetting this moment." And so, everyone watched as the aura construct of Shizuka kicked off the 'ground' and took flight. They also saw a panicked Saya wrap her whip around Saeko's leg, and run for the hills. Seeing it from an outside perspective, Saeko herself blushed and coughed into her hand. "... Not... Not my finest moment. I will freely admit that." After a giggle from Rei and Hestia, they watched the mini Shizuka start to roll from her hammers thrusters, and descend like a meteor.
The moment she hit the Titan, everything froze, and the words/kanji for 'BIG BANG' appeared. Another look at Saya, and she shrugged. "All you assholes are too theatrical, so I'm choosing to have my moment." No one had an issue with that, other than Athena, who just muttered 'So crass, my dear.' Turning back to the display, they saw the Titan's shell cave in, and the explosion that came afterwards. With that done, the next scene was of Shizuka's maniacal laughter, which was again, subtitled by Saya. 'Mwahahahahahaha!' No one chose to say anything about that, while the woman herself just nodded along, and happily hummed.
"It's so easy for Lili to forget that Best Mama is that strong." She wasn't the only one, since despite never saying it out loud, Hestia had been momentarily frozen in surprise when Shizuka had created another earthquake back in Orario. She had just been so used to Shizuka healing, or caring about everyone else, that she forgot the woman was a power type. But again, not that she'd ever admit that.
After the Titan was dealt with, Saya dispelled all the Grimm, aside from the Sabyr Rei was treating like a plushie, and they went on with the story. "It was all types of bullshit on my end. There I am, running across the ocean, and I'm missing out on BOTH wars! Like, you know what? Hold on." Maccillian fished his scroll out from his pocket, and after opening it, went to his gallery. "I missed out on some cool shit... Where the fuck is... There you are! Like this!" Saying that, he placed his scroll on the table, and projected the video, a feature courtesy of Saya, for all to see.
As it started, they could all see Grimm like the Nevermore and Griffins coming towards the camera. Those Grimm were effortlessly cut apart by Crescent Rose, letting them see where the camera was focused on. Said focus was Yang, screaming 'Geronimo' as she fell towards a Sea Feilong, fist cocked back, and a massive grin on her face. When the two collided, the boom was enough to make the HOTD group flinch, since they were still getting used to their new baseline hearing. "Like, c'mon! I was running across the fucking ocean, and then there's Yang, punching a dragon in the face! Complete bullshit I tell you."
There was a snort from Saya at that, and she slid his scroll back over to him after the video was done. "Uhuh. You say that now, but didn't you literally bring someone back to life like, a half hour later or something like that?" That made the HOTD group, and even the goddesses, pause.
Seeing that, Maccillian sighed, and went into THAT situation.
One explanation of how that happened later, the topic shifted over to the earring on Maccillian's ear. "Yin called me back, and when she brought the core out, it zoomed into me. After a whole Dragonball Z power up, I became the Silver King."
Silence, then Kiriko spoke. "I call bullshit. Pull it o...-" She paused, ignored the snickering from Rika, Lili, and Maccillian, then went on. "Show us the fucking sword Maccillian." The man himself grinned, and raised his aura. All at once, the atmosphere around the area changed, and the earring begun dissipating.
When it was fully gone, all eyes went towards the sky, up to the Sword of Damocles hanging upon New York. The HOTD group was awestruck, while the rest of the group weren't that different. "Seeing that construct will always astound me. Nothing in Orario compares to it, neither in function, or image. Taking my time to discover and research things similar, if not better then that out in the multiverse, is something I cannot wait to act on." Athena's words brought the HOTD group out of their stupor, and got them to refocus on the table.
After a few minutes of silence, and Maccillian recalled his Sword of Damocles, they were ready to go on. Eventually, they reached the 'confrontation' with Salem. "Ah. That was a good time. Her screams were truly wonderful. Just thinking about the way life seemed to drain from her eyes will never fail in bringing a smile to my lips."
Giving Saeko a look, the group was quiet for a bit. "... All in favor of pretending she never said that at all?" Hestia broke it with that, and with a unanimous 'Aye,' they once again, moved on. Though, Saeko did pout at them all.
"Anyway, after Saeko was done with the wicked bitch of the west." Kiriko and Rei snorted at that, while Athena muttered 'how crass.' Maccillian ignored her though. "I decided to nuke the fuck out of her, and I ended up destroying the continent. One of my best works, really." There was a silence after that, and Maccillian looked around the table.
The HOTD group were all blinking and staring at him, while the rest of the table seemed to be thinking. "Eating Freya and Ottar might've been better." And with that, all eyes were on Shizuka, who was tapping her cheek. Seeing all eyes on her, she blinked, and elaborated. "It was like a movie scene! The moon and stars were out, the atmosphere was just right, and it was pretty..." Shizuka stopped there, and hummed for a moment. Everyone could see her slightly frown for a moment, but smile brightly the next. "Getting rid of the whore made it even better too!"
It took the HOTD group a moment to process Shizuka calling someone a whore, and speaking with so much disdain for someone, but they managed to get themselves together. "Well, if someone can piss off Shizuka, they deserved it." Rei's statement was met with a round of nods/agreements.
"The casual admittance that Maccillian ate a god aside, when do we get to the part where we suddenly have wolf ears and a tail?" Kiriko had a point, one she accentuated by pointing to her tail, and wagging it about as fast as she could.
Maccillian raised a brow as he looked at her, and hummed. "What? Not liking being a wolf girl milf?"
There was silence again, but not for long. Kiriko leveled a deadpan at the man, and stared at him. "Did you seriously just call me a milf, to my face?"
Not being intimidated at all, he shrugged, and sported the cheekiest of grins. "Am I wrong?"
Watching the exchange, no one really knew what to say. Though, seeing Kiriko grin back, and shrug, surprised a few of them. One of which was Rei. "Nah. I know I look damn good for my age, and not a single fucking thing is going to change that now that I'm a Werewolf. Just wanted to get that out."
Now, Rei dropped her head into her hands, and groaned. "Why are the both of you like this?" Her uncle and mother both looked at each other, then after sharing a look, grinned as they turned to her.
""Just runs in the family."" With them both saying that at the same time, they leaned across the table, and high fived each other. ""Nice."" There was an 'ah' from Lili, followed by her going 'so that's how it is.'
There was another groan from Rei, and this time, it was Takashi's turn to rub her back. "That's not helping at all!" The mother uncle duo shared a snort, and let Rei stew in her embarrassment.
"So, while Cavalry accepts the new family dynamic, I guess we should keep going." And so they did.
Going passed the Remnant saga, the story of Danmachi unfolded for the group to hear. "And then there they were. Maccillian and Shizuka just came out of nowhere, and after taking their hands... And after taking a few days to realize that it wasn't some weird dream, they came into my life, and I loved it." There were smiles all around at that, and everyone watched as a very happy Shizuka squeezed Hestia, and they all heard something in said goddess crack. "Ack! ShizukAAAA! Mercy!"
"Neveeer!" Another crack followed that, and everyone else shared a look.
Maccillian shrugged, and they all nodded. "Moving o...-"
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN MOVING ON?!" Refusing to meet his goddess' eyes, Maccillian looked away.
"Moving on. From there, we moved into the church..." The story went from there, and after Shizuka had let up on crushing her goddess, the two of them joined in on the story telling.
Hearing about the hounds, Maccillian gaining new skills, how the girls 'braved' the dungeon, the magic they gained, made all of them, including Kohta, sit at the edge of their seats. Turning towards her friend, Rei almost reached across the table to shake her shoulders. "Magic?! Saya, please. Gimme magic, gimme gimme gimme!"
Saya looked at Rei, an amused smirk on her face as she did. "What? You wanna be a magical girl or something, Rei?" Immediately after saying that, Saya realized she made a mistake. There were stars in Rei's eyes, and she wasn't the only one. There was a whisper from someone on her side, and she turned to the source. When she realized it was Shizuka, whose eyes were radiating the gold of her aura, and her tail was wagging a storm, Saya paled. "I WAS JOKING!"
"Magical girl..." Everyone felt a shiver in their spines at the pure intensity Shizuka said those words. And as one, they turned to Maccillian.
Said man blinked, and after grumbling about getting them back for this, got up, and went over to Shizuka. After draping his arms around her shoulders, and placing his chin on her head, she broke out of her state, and started humming in bliss. Hestia was able to free herself at that point, and made a seat next to Athena. Seeing that she was not only placated, but tuned out of the conversation, they all breathed a sigh of relief, and moved on.
As they did, the event Lili named 'the yoinking' came up. The smol supporter was putting on a face of mock distress as she started, as if she were an actor. "Lili was just walking on the road, not expecting anything to happen. And then BOOM! Papa yoinks Lili off the road, puts her on his shoulder, and just starts laughing as he ran away, with us clinging to his shoulder for dear life."
That said, all eyes, other than Shizuka, were on Maccillian. He just gave them a raised brow, and looked to Lili. "And you've gone on record to say you'd let it all happen again." His daughter grinned at that, and hummed in agreement.
"We would. Papa was the best thing that happened to Lili, and probably always will be." There were some 'awws' from Kiriko and Rei, while the rest of the group smiled at that.
From there, they told stories about the monsters they faced, which were once again recreated by Saya, and their own time in Orario. "I just chilled with Aisha, Haru, the twins, Loki, and the rest of em. I went into the dungeon, sure, but only when I felt like it. That, or when Silver pissed off the dungeon."
Maccillian rolled his eyes at that. "To be fair, how was I supposed to know the dungeon would lose its shit when I brought out my Sword of Damocles?" Rika shrugged, and chose not to say anything else.
That led to them going over the War Game, which the promise to set up a movie night where that video, and others taken during their adventures were shown, was made. The promise aside, they then spoke of how the dungeon went crazy, and the mad dash the pack made to go after Lili's party.
When the story reached their stand against the monsters, and Juggernaut, Kiriko exploded. "Alright! That's it! You're taking us somewhere fun, so I can beat the dog shit out of something! I'm not gonna go back to that goddamn stack of paperwork after hearing all this!"
Maccillian blinked, then nodded. "I mean, that was the plan. Though, we're going to a starter world first, so you guys so you can take time getting used to the whole multiverse jumping thing."
Kiriko hummed for a bit, then shrugged. "Eh, that's fine. As long as it's a fun world, I don't mind." The rest of the HOTD group nodded at that, which prompted the others to respond.
"About that, should we vote again? We're going to be bringing fo...- Actually." Turning back to them, Saya hummed. "What about Asami and Rei's dad? Are they coming along?"
At the mention of those two, Rei, Kohta, and Kiriko shared a look, and then sighed."Asami believes in helping bring 'order' back to the world, and doing the best she can for everyone. So, she's not coming." Kohta seemed sad about that, and he had every right to be. Saeko and Saya gave him a soft look at that news, and Kohta appreciated it.
After Kohta was Rei, who looked uncomfortable about the subject, but pushed through. "Dad... Dad's not coming. Uhhh... He and mom kind of had a falling out." That surprised the members who left on their journey, since they didn't expect THAT to happen.
Seeing her daughters uncomfortable posture, Kiriko took point. "Tadashi had an issue with Rei putting down Shidou, and enjoying it." An annoyed scowl formed on her face, and she huffed. "At first, it didn't seem like there was anything different, but after a bit of time, the little things started showing up. His eyes would linger on Rei's claws for a second or half a sec longer, he'd slightly tense if someone started to annoy Rei, a little sprinkle of 'all life has value' here and there. Things like that. It was stuff neither of us would really think that hard about." She stopped to huff for a moment, then went back into it. "It only got noticeable when Rei, the kids, or I would joke about killing someone that pissed us off. Now granted, that was just talk, unless someone crossed a line, but Tadashi didn't like that... Nah. He only REALLY blew up when Rei kicked some guy in the dick too hard, accidentally busting his cock and balls in one go."
As one, Takashi, Kohta, and Maccillian flinched. The latter looked towards Rei, who had a sheepish smile on her lips, and refused to meet his gaze. "Well damn Cavalry... Just... Damn."
"An excellent move in my opinion." Saeko's words only made Rei more embarrassed.
"... Lili will take notes..." Getting a look from Maccillian, Rika, Saya, and Saeko, Lili added onto that. "Later." A collective nod, and they turned away.
Rei whined, and fidgeted in place. "He wouldn't leave me alone... Or back off."
Seeing his girlfriend's embarrassment, Takashi started rubbing her back again. It helped. "Not saying there's anything wrong with that Cavalry, you did good." Rei paused for a moment, then grinned. She was kind of worried about the reaction that bit of news would get, but after hearing that, and seeing that no one was saying or looking at her like she did something wrong, reassured her.
"... I wish it was that easy to deal with Apollo. One good ol kick to the nuts could've saved me decades, if not centuries, of annoyance." Hearing that, Hestia became the center or attention. She didn't seem scandalized at all though. "It's true! I might not be on the 'put someone in the ground' train, but I'm kinda ok with bodily harm. As long it's for a good cause though!" Most of the table shrugged, but not all of them.
One such person was Athena, who after giving her friend a look, sighed, then turned to Maccillian. "I blame you for this, and any other development in the future." A shrug was his response to that, and Hestia lightly hit Athena's arm.
"Heeey! I'm right here!"
Athena raised a brow at her for that. "Yes? And?" One pout later, the conversation returned to Rei's 'ball busting' performance.
"I believe we all followed so far. But how did that situation lead to Rei's father blowing up?" A good question from Saeko, which prompted Kiriko to resume telling her story.
Said woman sighed, and rubbed her temple. "So... Because we don't have FULLY functioning hospitals, and doctors are still hard to get, the guy kinda died...-" Kiriko was interrupted by the sound of a snort, which after another moment, turned into outright laughter. The source was obviously Maccillian, who had stopped scratching Shizuka's ears to hold his sides. Though, he wasn't the only one finding humor in the situation. Rika started wheezing, while Lili's lips were constantly twitching, and by looking at her face, you could tell she was holding back her laughter. In the face of those reactions, instead of being annoyed, Kiriko just nodded. "Yup. That was mine, and Rei's reaction to that. The dude died by getting his dick kicked in, and we lost our shit." A sigh. "And so did Tadashi." The laughter stopped, and everyone saw the acceptance on Kiriko's face. Though, before she went on, she looked to Saya, and gestured to her satchel. "Got any alcohol in there?"
Saya shook her head, but turned to Lili. Maccillian did so as well, and the smol supporter understood. Turning her chair around, she grumbled a bit, but held both arms out. Her hands disappeared for a moment, surprising the HOTD group, but they were only gone for a few seconds. After those seconds passed, Lili found what she was looking for, took out a massive crate, and placed it on the ground. That done, she turned to Rika, who nodded.
Watching as she opened the crate, the HOTD group could only stare as the top came off, and rows of alcohol bottles were revealed to the world. "Don't go to the second layer by the way, those are too strong for em right now." Rika gave Maccillian a nod, and picked out the closest bottle.
That done, she put the lid back on, placed the bottle on the table, and passed the crate back to Lili. Her daughter took the crate, and grumbled again as she put it away. "Good goin Very mini me." Following that up by ruffling Lili's hair, the smol supporter didn't mind the alcohol in her inventory anymore.
"Alright... While they're doing that, here. Courtesy of the god of wine himself." Kiriko raised a brow at that, but took the bottle. After popping the cork, she took an experimental sip, decided it was great, and started drinking straight from the bottle. Maccillian and the others watched as she drank a quarter of the bottle, and put the bottle down after doing so. It was a testament to her constitution and experience that there was only a light blush on her face, and she looked in complete control. "Well fuck me then. Not like I would've drank some of that myself or anything."
Kiriko just snorted at that. "Ah fuck off, you don't give a shit about me putting my lips on this thing, so don't act like you do."After Maccillian shrugged, and said 'true' as she went back to the story. "So anyway, Tadashi went off. 'Now, more than ever, life should be protected! Killing should never be condoned, but now, where the world is still recovering after the apocalypse, that stands more then true.' Pfft. I knew he would never compromise his morals, but after the literal zombie apocalypse, I just can't be asked to put up with it. Hell, the first signs shit hit the fan, people turned on each other, shot and killed other people because they could, and would've gladly stomped on whatever morals someone had. Hell, it's what Shido and his little cult did to me! Morals almost got my ass killed, and he wants us to stick by them?! Like, what the fuck?! Fucking hell, we aren't even HUMAN anymore, so why the fuck is he still trying to impose outdated morals on us when we're Werewolves? We literally eat animals raw if we're in the mood for it!"
At this point, Kiriko was just ranting, and no one wanted to interrupt. Kiriko looked at the bottle still in hand for a few seconds, then after a nod, brought it back to her lips. They watched as she chugged another quarter, she put it back onto the table, and licked off whatever traces of wine that were still there. Again, her cheeks only got the tiniest bit brighter, and she still didn't look that inebriated. "Like, Jesus fucking Christ, who gives a shit about some annoying and frankly bullshit morals after Z-day? Ughhh, that damn idealistic idiot!" Everyone watched her scowl, and after taking another look at the bottle, and a sigh, push it away. "That's good shit. Anyway, that's our whole thing."
There was a silence at the table, which was only broken when Maccillian reached over to the bottle, and gave it a look. "Well damn... 5% by Soma's standards, and you're not shit faced... Nice." Kiriko gave him a raised brow at that, and he elaborated. "5% by Soma's standards is like 25-30% ours." She went 'ah' then nodded. "Yeah... Anyway." That said, Maccillian drank his own shot, and stopped after the bottle was empty. After finishing it, he hummed, tossed the bottle into the air, and made an aura cube to compress the bottle into nothing. With the bottle gone, Maccillian looked around, and saw the looks on everyone's faces. "What?"
"... Why do you have to be so extra?" Shrugging at Saya's question, Maccillian didn't give her anything else to use against him. Seeing that, Saya sighed, then turned back to the group. "Alright. Well, since... Hmm... What about mama and papa?" Lili's ears perked up at the similar way Saya addressed her parents, but Saya didn't notice.
Kiriko hummed for a moment, then shrugged the next. "I think I asked em that last month or something like that. They both agreed on fixing our shit hole of a world first, before moving on."
Saya nodded, and went back into it. "Alright. Well, since we're all here, should we do a recount on our next world?"
That got a round of nods from the group, and Saya gestured for Maccillian to go. "Alright. The plan was to head over to Monster Hunter, and go wild. Rika and Saeko get to shoot and fight dragons, Saya and Athena would get to dissect them or do whatever the fuck they wanted too with em, while Shizuka, Hestia and Lili could do what they wanted and visit the locals. I'd get to eat some dragons, so that'd be cool. Though, with you four coming, we might need to make Monster Hunter be the world after."
That got an annoyed grunt from Kiriko. "Why? I'm all for beating the fuck out of a dragon." Rei and surprisingly, Takashi, nodded at that.
Humming, Maccillian looked at them, and grinned. "Well, as much fun as it would be to see you try to punch a Rath out of the sky, there's another world that'd work better as a starter world, while also being one everyone would enjoy." That got their attention, and the HOTD group leaned in. The others had an inkling about the world he spoke about, and all could see Shizuka perk up. "How would you guys like to go the future? A future with superheros?" If before he had their interest, now he had their attention.
"Superhero's are fine and all, but what are WE gonna do there? As we are, unless they got a superman, nothings coming close to us." Rika had a point there.
Though despite that point, Maccillian shrugged. "Not EVERY world needs to be about fighting shit Sealgair. Hell, other than Shizuka, you visited the dungeon the least. Besides, you can fight dragons when we go to Monster Hunter." Rika thought about that, and after realizing that he had a point, shrugged. "Good. Now, anyone got objections or comments about going to My Hero Academia?"
The group looked at each other, and took in each others reactions.
Takashi seemed fine with it. He always did enjoy a good hero comic or manga, so seeing some in real life could be cool.
Rei was excited, and while no one would ever know, was thinking about picking up the spandex. Who knew, it could even be used for some private time with her and Takashi.
Kohta was still giving Saya's notes, and Ember Cecilia, most of his attention, but he didn't mind going to the future. After all, the future had to have some impressive guns, no?
Kiriko was mildly annoyed that she wasn't going to punch any dragons in the face, but couldn't deny the appeal of not only going to the future, but of going to a world that wasn't a shit hole.
Shizuka was almost vibrating in excitement. Who WOULDN'T want to see a superhero after all? Sure, she was a Werewolf who could make earthquakes, but superhero's!
Rika didn't mind the detour, since she was curious about what the future would look like, so she could probably find something fun to do when they got there.
Saya wondered about what kind of advancements to technology, science, and for some ungodly reason, mathematics, were made in the future. The chance to study those, and also spend some time in a pre-apocalypse Japan sounded like fun too. Who knew, perhaps if they all agreed to it, it might end up their hub world, since no one had decided on just where that should be.
Saeko didn't mind going to 'My Hero Academia.' She knew it would perhaps be a weak world, but she also recognized that just dropping their friends in a high stakes world wouldn't be the best of ideas. They would need time to adjust to the whole world hopping they did. But other than that, she also recognized that it could be a nice vacation for all of them.
Lili wanted to know what the future would be like, since despite some of the buildings still not looking complete. they impressed her. She also saw the 'cars' that Mama Rika and Papa pointed out, so she also wanted to see how those worked.
Hestia didn't care where they went, as long as she was with her children/lovers/friends, she was fine with going anywhere.
Athena on the other hand was inwardly shouting in excitement. She saw the architecture of this world, how advanced the 'cars' were, and grew excited. There was knowledge to be learned here, stories and myths to be cataloged. So going to the future would obviously excite her.
Maccillian didn't really care where they went. Having fun or chilling was more his speed. Sure, power was cool, but he didn't want to have an arsenal full of shit he'd never use, so power could come whenever he felt like getting it.
Seeing that no one had any objections, the group nodded, and Saya spoke up. "Great. I'm going to go say hi to mama and papa first, then we can just go to the future." That said, she got up, and looked at the HOTD group. "Who's leading me over?"
They shared a look, and after the three young adults shrugged, they got up. "I can't just go without saying bye to my mom and dad." Takashi had a point.
"... We might not be ok... But I SHOULD say bye to my dad." Rei also had a point, but Kiriko gave off an annoyed huff at her daughter's words.
"Asami would be disappointed if I just left... And I don't want a disappointed Asami on my hands... That'd just suck." There was a snicker, and after Maccillian said 'whipped,' Kohta blushed. "Am not..."
"Sounds like something a whipped man would say." Getting a raised brow from every single woman on the roof, Maccillian scoffed. "I'm not whipped. I don't know why any of you would even insinuate such a thing."
The women all shared a look, then in sync, turned to Shizuka. They all knew she was the easiest way to prove him wrong. The nurse smiled, pat her legs, then spoke. "Scratches?"
Maccillian blinked at that, then looked at his wife. "You drive a hard bargain, but fuck it." Shifting, he trotted over to her, and placed his head in her lap. Shizuka started humming, and ran her fingers through his fur. The sound of snickering/cooing filled his ears, and he chose to ignore them. They might've won the battle, but he would win the war. He just knew he would.
From there, he tuned out whatever else was happening, and focused more on the ministrations of his lover. As he did, the women all shared a triumphant smirk, and moved on. "Anyway." Saya reclaimed their attention, and hopped onto the ledge. Her aura flashed, and after a light stomp, began forming a construct in front of her. The HOTD group watched as it took form, and became an absolutely massive Nevermore. When it fully formed, the Grimm construct let out a caw, and bowed its head to her. With a smirk, Saya gave it a pat, hopped on, then turned to her guides.
Rei had stars in her eyes, and rushed to join Saya on the massive bird.
Takashi just blinked, looked down to his hands, and dejectedly sighed as he followed Rei. He wanted to do something like that...
Kohta looked at the construct, his eyes scanning over the entire frame of the creature, then sent another look at the gauntlets. "Soon, my pretties... Soon." That ominous phrase said, Kohta hopped onto the Nevermore, and sat down as he went back to tinkering with the gauntlets, and reading Saya's notes. No one said a word about his moment, and just let it pass.
They were about to go, but another person stood up. "I would like to meet the man and woman that raised my seeker. It would be interesting to say the least." Athena. Saya shrugged at her goddesses words, and motioned for her to get on, which she did.
With Athena there, Saya tapped the Nevermore's head. "Mush." It let out a caw that would be heard for miles, and ascended to the sky.
After they did, Maccillian huffed, and barked afterwards. 'And she calls ME theatrical. Hypocrite.' Saeko and Rika chuckled at that, and were about to say something in response, but were interrupted.
"I HEARD THAT!" Everyone recognized Saya's voice, and looked over to Maccillian. He didn't seem to care, and just went back to tuning out the world. Though, there was a small smile on his face.
The kids gone, the only ones left wondered where to go from there. Kiriko's cheeks were returning to normal, showing her Regeneration was in a higher stage then before. Though, despite that, she still seemed annoyed. "So..." All of them, aside from Maccillian, turned to Kiriko. She was looking between Maccillian and Hestia, sporting a massive grin, which couldn't fully hide her annoyance at her own situation. "You fuck yet?" Hestia started choking, while Rika and Saeko laughed.
Shizuka started humming, and they all knew what that meant. "Nope. But I've been giving her lessons! We have to have a lot of them because Silver's cock got bigger. She's too small and not ready to take it yet..." She licked her lips here, and sent a glance to Hestia. Said goddess froze at the look, and subtly shook. "Yet.~" Turning back to Maccillian, who had an eye open, showing he was paying attention to this conversation, she went back to scratching and petting him. "We don't want to break her now, do we? No we don't, no we dooon't.~" Staring at his wife, Maccillian raised a brow at her. Shizuka didn't mind, and just giggled.
That little interaction aside, the rest of the table had some interesting ones. Rika was rubbing Hestia's back, trying not to laugh, as was Saeko. Said Werewolf samurai had amusement practically radiating off of her. Hestia was still trying not to die via choking on spit, while Lili had disappeared, wanting NOTHING to do with a conversation where her father's cock was being mentioned.
Meanwhile, the woman who had started said conversation just blinked owlishly. "The fuck you mean it got bigger? By how much? And where'd the kid go?" Now, Kiriko knew of his 'equipment' of course, mainly because Rika and Shizuka freely spoke of it when asked.
After that last question, there was a shout from... Somewhere. "LILI IS RUNNING AWAY! WE'LL COME BACK WHEN IT'S SAFE!" Rika and Maccillian snorted at that, but didn't say anything.
Speaking of Rika, said woman gave Kiriko a smirk at that. "Another 2 to both."
Kiriko blinked for a solid thirty seconds, then clicked her tongue. "You lucky bitches." Saeko's laughter turned into an outright cackle, while Hestia was struggling to survive. Maccillian was just amused at the conversation, while Shizuka focused more on playing with Maccillian's fur, paying the conversation half a mind. "Welp... Lay the goods on me, I need SOMETHING to get my mind off of Tadashi." There were some hums from Rika and Saeko, then the two nodded. "Great. Let's get into it."
That said, the two of them obliged.
{Saya's POV}
Flying across the sky on my Nevermore, I had to admit, was always nice. Sure, I could make my own wings, but flying in luxury was more fun in my opinion. "... Hey Saya?" Grunting, I looked over to Takashi. He looked so jealous, which was made even more apparent by the way his tail wouldn't stop swaying. "I'm gonna need you to teach me how do this." I snorted at that.
It looked like I wasn't the only one. "Sure, sure. Though, it'll probably take you months, if not years to get close to this."
Takashi made a choked gasp, and I derived way more amusement from it then I should've. "Y-Years?!"
I smirked at that, and decided to have some fun with this. "Of course. There are MULTIPLE reasons for that. Firstly being my natural affinity for aura techniques. Surely you haven't forgotten I'm an aura type." Takashi hadn't, and after reaffirming that, I went on. "Secondly would be my semblance. Laplace is absolutely perfect for me in regards to the creation of my techniques, and for future studies. I've already made amazing strides with techniques like my Grimm Legion, aura enchantment, and my own magic. You could say my semblance was pretty much a cheat code, letting me skip a few months if not years." Takashi deflated at that, and I could tell Rei had too. (... Eh, they'll get over it.) I knew they would. "And lastly," My smirk grew here. "I'm just that good. I mean honestly, have you forgotten I'm a genius? How could you eeever compare yourself to ME of all people? The conventional rules just don't apply to me."
Takashi and Rei practically had storm clouds over their heads, almost raining on them. It was hilarious.
Kohta wasn't even paying attention, too engrossed in my notes, and tinkering with Ember Cecilia, which he was making an ungodly amount of progress with if I might add, to care. A part of my mind found it endearing, seeing him so single mindedly focused on the task in front of him. It helped that his tail was slowly curling into itself, to then uncurl, re curl, only to repeat its previous actions. Though, I'd never outright say that.
Other than my best friends, my goddess was giving me a look, as she folded her arms under her breasts. "Saya. What have I said about arrogance?"
Returning the look, I shrugged. "It's not arrogance if I'm factually correct. I'm confidant in my abilities, in the progress I've made with them, and know just how much time Laplace has saved me. I think I have the right to be prideful about them in front of my friends, my lady."
Athena hummed at that, then tilted her head. "Pride comes before the fall my dear." I just HAD to roll my eyes at that. Athena took that reaction, then hummed again. "You know I am not wrong my dear, so what is your counter argument?"
It was a simple one. "While I may brag about how good I am, I know my limits. I have to know them to be able to improve in the first place. Besides, I'm not going to get into a fight, and brag about my abilities to whatever I'm fighting. I'm not some B rated movie or anime villain my lady."
Athena snorted at that image, and gave me a satisfied nod. "You are not. Just see too it that you do not grow arrogant, Saya. Stay confident, have pride in your abilities, but do not let either of those become your downfall." That was a good message, so I nodded, then turned back ahead. My Nevermore didn't need me to steer, since I could give it minor sentience, but I still liked it.
Though, after turning back, I heard a whisper behind me. "Takashiii. They're multiplying!" Turning back around, I gave Rei a flat look, and she just responded with a sheepish smile.
Deciding saying something wasn't worth it, I shrugged, then turned back. "Whatever. Anyway... Kohta?" I could hear Kohta stop taking apart Ember Cecilia, and grunt at me. "In a percentage, how much about Ember Cecilia and Mechashift weapons would you say you understand?"
I heard him hum for a bit, then answer. "I'd say about 30-35% with Ember Cecilia, and 15% for the mechanics of Mechashift. There are some mechanics and terminology that I know I'll be coming back too later to make sure I REALLY get them, but I think that's where I'm at right now." That said, he went back to tinkering.
But as he did, I whipped my head over to him, and STARED. "No fucking way! I gave you those at MOST three hours ago, how the actual fuck?!"
Kohta turned back to me, and I swear to Athena's firm but jiggly ass, he smirked. "The conventional rules just don't apply to me, Saya." And with that, he turned back to my notes and weapon. I knew he had LONG since grown out of his shy shell, but that was probably the third or forth time he's actively pulled a fast one on me.
I just kept STARING at him at that, and my goddess giggled. "Ah, you did walk into that one my dear." I huffed, and turned away from her. No way was I going to justify that with a response. I heard Rei and Takashi share a small laugh, so at least they weren't 'depressed' anymore.
The rest of our flight went well, and nothing else worth mentioning happened.
{20 minutes later}
We made it to the base the rest of the pack had been using, surprise surprise, it was in Japan. (Why we didn't just make our way over here, I don't know... Well, I do, but Zaka's just too Zaka to stay annoyed at for too long.) I knew there was an issue with that statement, but I didn't really give a shit. (Besides, Lili tripping them WAS funny.) It really was.
But my little sister's, and her father's antics aside, we were at the base now. It was interesting to see them scattering around like ants as my Nevermore hovered above the base, wings beating, and just looking as menacing as a massive pink monster bird can be.
I shrugged at their panic, and was about to jump off, when I heard someone call out to me. "Saya! I'd like to kindly remind you that scaring our personnel is not one of your more brightest ideas!" I knew that voice!
Jumping off my Nevermore, and making sure I wasn't giving everyone below me a free look, I fell towards her. "Mama!" My mother grinned as she saw me falling towards her, and spread her arms for me. I idly noticed that she was in casual clothing, but I focused more on her inviting grin. Seeing that, I couldn't help but mirror her grin, and practically crash into her.
Obviously, my mother caught me, and held me. Sure, I KNEW I was stronger then her, by leagues, but there was something instinctual about being held by her, that just spoke of safety. Looking at her, I realized I was ALMOST as tall as her now, I was maybe two inches shorter now, which filled me with a sense of pride. That aside, I saw her smile, and her tail sold ow happy she was to see me. "Welcome home honey."
My grin grew, and I held her tighter. Despite me not really seeing this world as home anymore, hearing that just made me infinitely happier. "I'm home Mama." We shared a moment, and it was great.
"Awww! Saya's being a mama's girl." Aaand, it was ruined.
I felt my eye twitch, and let go of my mother so I could glare at Rei, who had managed to softly land while the others were still on my Nevermore, which was landing. "I will end you, Miyamoto." She just stuck her tongue out at me, and turned back to my Nevermore, watching it land. I narrowed my eyes at that, and decided to get her back by making a murder of Nevermore, and letting them annoy her.
The moment the first one pecked her, Rei jumped up, took a look at the constant stream of Grimm constructs, and started running away, while laughing. "I'm not sorryyy!"
I huffed at that, and just folded my arms as I watched her try to outrun my Nevermore. (I say 'try' but she's doing fine. Tch, damn speed types. They all have it out for me, I just know it.) 'All' of them, all three of them. I knew that was just me bitching, but Rei, Saeko and even Lili to some extent, liked messing with me, so I was blaming their affinity. (... Ruby's a good girl though, so maybe it's just them... Hmm... Eh, whatever.) Shaking that thought away, I watched as Takashi, Kohta, and Athena hopped off my Nevermore, and dismissed it after they did. Shrugging at that thought, I went back to watching my bestfriends and goddess come over, and blinked when I noticed Athena and Mama share a look. (... Where is this going?) I didn't know, but there was this morbid curiosity that made me want to see where it went.
So, I watched as my goddess walked up to my mother, smiled, and held her hand out. Mama responded in kind, and they shook hands. Whatever silent conversation or analysis the two were doing had ended, and they seemed satisfied. "Greetings Mrs. Takagi. My name is Athena, it's an honor to meet the woman that raised my seeker."
If Mama had any reaction to her name, she hid it well. Hell, even her tail didn't react, which was astounding considering she'd only had it for a few hours, and even now, our tails would still give us away sometimes. "The honor is all mine Ms. Athena. Your seeker, was it? It seems there's a story for Saya to share." Blinking at that, I saw the looks on both of their faces, and came to a realization.
(... I'm going to be here for a while.) I nodded in response, and internally sighed. I just hoped we didn't take TOO long.
[Omake - A princess in white Weiss' POV]
(Ash's presence is far more comforting and empowering then I think was intended.) That was the thought that went through my mind as I laid on his back, in the garden. Mother and Winter were in the gazebo, taking their respective time off from Father's depraved ranting. Today had been far more annoying because of said ranting, and also because Whitley was being an incorrigible prat, but that was neither here nor there... Ughhh. "If only we could stuff him in a rocket locker, and send him off."
Hearing a snort from the gazebo, I let my gaze land on Winter, the source of said snort. "As delightful as that sounds, he would only use that against us when he is inevitably dragged to court." Ah, she thought I was talking about father... There was no need to correct her. Winter sighed here, and after taking another sip of her tea, leaned back into her chair. "But still... It IS a delightful idea." She had a point.
I wanted to go down that train of thought, I REALLY did, but mother chipped in here. "Girls, we should probably refrain from threatening bodily and perhaps mental harm on your father and brother." Ah... She understood who I meant. Whoops.
Winter gave me an amused look, and I shrugged. They may understand, but I was unrepentant. Both Whitley and father were prats of the highest order. No one would mind the small bit of physical and or me...- I blinked. "Wait a minute, no one said anything about mental harm."
That made me, Winter, and even Ash, look towards mother. She looked like she hadn't even heard me. "Mental harm? My, that sounds absolutely disastrous dear." And with that said, she just casually took a sip of her tea. "Absolutely disastrous." Winter and I shared a look, and came to the decision that we were just going to ignore that.
As we did, I decided to look back to the sky, and went back to thinking about my situation.
Due to Ash's presence, the three of us now had a preferable safe haven in the Schnee compound.
If Father thought he could boss any of us around? Go to the garden with Ash, and watch father try to argue against a 30ft predator who had no qualms about baring his fangs at him.
If Whitley thought he could be a prat, then just say Ash's name, and he cowers in fear like a babe.
If either of them tried to make a play, to do anything to try and make me surrender my right as the Schnee heiress, just whistle, and Ash will come barreling through the walls to be by my side. That, or use my mental connection with him to call him. But we both decided the whistle was more dramatic. (Note to self, thank Yin for her 'Familiar Gem' again later.)
After a month of making minuscule progress against him, and a convenient 'drop' from one of her dungeons, Yin found and offered me said gem. I was curious if it were possible, since Ash hadn't been a TRUE creature before, but surprisingly, it did. It was interesting when Yin had told me her Observe worked on him now, and that he had a detailed stat sheet.
It also made me curse Maccillian for an hour when we had first seen Ash's stats. When Yin saw his level, she informed me Ash was 3x my level! 3! (Honestly, can that man do NOTHING by halves? A third would've been preferred!) I was still slightly peeved at that fact, but only slightly. It was thanks to Ash's overpowered capabilities that we could relax in our compound.
Now, I still wished to go to Beacon, and I would, but the 'shitstorm' that were politics, kept me from doing so. Who knew turning into a Werewolf, as a Schnee, would lead to so many White Fang attacks?
Not I, or even the rest of us. That was who.
As it stood, information about Werewolves as a species was not exactly public knowledge. Well, it wasn't SUPPOSED to be.
But when you have a father who would do anything to ensure he held onto 'his' company, then leaking information such as that was just something for him to use. The people of Atlas, Vale and Vacuo, did not exactly take kindly to information about a race of people, similar/superior to Faunus, that could be spread to normal humans and said Faunus. Fun fact, Blake did NOT turn into a Werewolf. She became a Were PANTHER. Her Faunus heritage seemed to merge with her Werewolf Physiology, and turned into something knew. And after sharing the bite with her parents, the results showed that Faunus would turn into whatever animal they were closest related too. Surprisingly, Mistral did not care, maybe not as much as the others, but still.
Anyway, with the damage done, human and Faunus alike begun to rally against us. It was ridiculous! The moment the Grimm became a lesser issue, and a new 'enemy' appeared, they both joined together to protest against us. (Yes, look upon those who have brought you salvation, and shun them! It makes perfect sense!) I knew I was being dramatic, but seriously!? Faunus could become stronger, more in tune with their animal heritage, and just generally advance. So could humans, but both species splintered into 'Purebloods' and 'Evolutionists.' Yin had a laugh at that, and brought up a book series called 'Harry Potter.' That was an interesting conversation.
Because of that, I and the rest of my teammates/pack members weren't being allowed to attend Beacon, or any other hunter/huntress academy really. Father capitalized on that, and started his own campaign on trying to get me removed as heiress. He even had the audacity to try and have mother completely removed from the company! (Thankfully, she had called for Ash when he tried that. Without Winter or I there, something disastrous could've happened.) That was the true final straw for mother.
She had already begun taking legal action against father, and was making great strides in both evidence gathering, and helping us with this whole mess. But after that, mother had re-taken to training, and preparing to beat down father physically if the need arose. (That would be an entertaining sight, it really would.) Thoughts on mother castrating father aside, I sighed at my predicament. (Perhaps I should've taken Maccillian up on his offer earlier. I AM rethinking his right to live... Oh well, we'll cross that bridge if we ever have too.) Now, I knew being a Werewolf lessened my guilt/inhibitions toward murder or more 'practical' thoughts, but I found I didn't mind. No, I welcomed it.
Winter, Qrow, and even Raven, explained that if we ever needed to take a life, the action would scar us. But thanks to our change in mindset as Werewolves, the scarring would be minimal, if not non existent. The change in mindset was an invaluable resource, one that would help us for the years to come. Not only on Remnant, but on whatever worlds Yin leads us too... (She said she's leaving in a month... Perhaps I should head out for a 'run' around that time. I haven't seen her or the others in person for a month or so.) I smiled at that thought, and agreed on that course of action. Unless something came up, I SHOULD be free to go. (Well... It's not as if anyone could stop me, Ash, mother or Winter, if we wanted to go anywhere.) Which was true, we were simply too strong now as Werewolves.
As Werewolves... (Hmm... I wonder what Saya is doing... Maybe I'll ask Yin to check in with Maccillian to find out.) That was an interesting thought. One I could follow up on later. Now was time to sink into Ash's fur, and just relax. Thoughts about my friend and her dimension hopping pack could come later.
So, Kiriko coming. I wanted to give her a valid reason to come along, while also not having to bring Tadashi. I didn't want to have to write him in, so tada, they're fighting.
Asami. I just didn't wanna write Asami. Lili's the only 3rd person speaking character in this cast dammit!
A look on what's going on back in Remnant, because it's mostly been Yin's POV whenever I did, so there's that.
[Status]
Name - Maccillian Silver Zaka
Title(s) - The Silver King of Wolves/Sköll/Godslayer
Level - 4
Age - 20(2,821)
Strength : C -619(1,340)
Endurance : A -804(285)
Vitality : 153,085
Agility : C - 649(1,280)
Arcane : B - 779(575)
Wisdom : 3,170
Charisma 4,085
Luck : 2,780
Unique Skills - Apex Shifter, Werewolf Form, Apex Physiology, Wolf King's Wisdom, Wolf King's Wrath, The One True Wolf, Fenrir, Sword of Damocles.
Development Abilities - Magic Resistance D, Spirit Healing E, Mage I
Sub Skills - Iron stomach, Flames of Helios, Magic Sensitivity, Terrain Master, Hunter Senses, Blessed by the Ocean.
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