Chapter 13: Bahamut Flying Express

"And that's how I defeated the giant demonic toad and rescued the goddess from being eaten alive." Kazuma finished his storytelling to Alice with a heroic smile plastered on his face.

Alice clapped his hands at the ending of Kazuma's storytelling, "Wow! That goddess is really useless!" Instead of being in awe of his heroic and exaggerated story, she's more in awe that there's a goddess who's useless in doing anything except for doing a party trick.

Misogi and as well as Rimuru, who joined them to hear about Kazuma's adventure in Axel town, were wearing a wry smile at his exaggerated story.

Initially, Misogi wants Alice to hear funny stories that Kazuma's party experienced in his world, but Kazuma makes his story exaggerated and heroic, which is the opposite of the original.

But what Kazuma tells in his story is not a complete lie. He only made up his adventuring part of the story more rather heroic than pitiful so as not to embarrass himself to a child.

"By the way, Misogi." Kazuma turned his head to Misogi after finishing telling Alice about his adventure in another world, "Who is this kid?"

Well, after waking up from his sleep and about to head to the kitchen to search for some food, Kazuma met with Misogi and Alice, who suddenly snatched him away and pestered him to tell stories of his adventure in Axel town without knowing his reason for it and immediately begin his storytelling to them. Rimuru joined them after taking a quick warm shower in the bathroom after caught them in his sight.

"Oh right, you didn't know her," Misogi remembered that he hadn't introduced Alice to him after they met and started pestering him to tell his daily comedic adventure, "You can introduce yourself to him, Alice."

Nodding happily at him, Alice introduced herself to Kazuma enthusiastically, "Hello! My name is Alice Maresato and this little puppy is Zeke! Nice to meet you!"

Not expecting an enthusiastic greeting from a child, Kazuma was taken aback a bit but quickly regained his composure, "O-oo. Nice to meet you too Alice! My name is Kazuma Satou! Let's get along!"

"Yes! Kazuma onii-chan!" Alice replied with a happy expression.

As if being struck by lightning, Kazuma froze. "Alice... What did you call me?"

"Hmm? Kazuma onii-chan."

"... Say my name again..."

"Okay, Kazuma onii-chan!"

"Say it again."

"Kazuma onii-chan!"

"Say my name again!"

"Kazuma onii-chan!"

"Again!"

"Kazuma onii-chan!"

"My lovely imoutoooo!!"

When Kazuma is about to jump and hug the innocent Alice, who thinks that they are playing the name-saying game, he is slapped upside the head by Misogi and Rimuru.

"Stop that, it's creepy." Said Rimuru to Kazuma.

"I didn't know you are Lolicon and have an imouto fetish, Kazuma," Misogi said in disappointment.

Rubbing his head, Kazuma glared at them.

"Oi! I'm not a Lolicon! And I didn't have such a fetish!"

"Pedophile then. It appeared when you changed your nickname to PedoNEET before, after all." Misogi turned his head toward Rimuru, "Should I call the FBI?"

"Yes please." Rimuru agreed without a second thought.

"Oi, you guys! My preference toward girls is normal!"

"Prove it then." Said Misogi.

"How should I prove it?! I didn't have a girlfriend to smooch!"

"Then prove it by kissing one of the survivor girls."

"Hmph! Easy, I'll show you that my taste in women is normal!"

With that said, Kazuma ran off toward the living room, where the survivor's group was still resting or sleeping.

"Huh? Is he really going to do it? I was just joking."

A few seconds later.

"KYAAAAAH! PERVERT!!"

*SLAP* *SLAP*

A loud girlish scream of a teenage girl who sounded like she was about to be molested was heard, followed by a loud slapping sound twice.

A few seconds later, Kazuma came back to them while running quickly. His cheeks on both sides of his face had red hand prints on them. He immediately grabbed Misogi's shoulders and shook them heavily.

"Bastard! You tricked me!" Kazuma barked at Misogi as the latter wearing a sheepish expression and smile.

"Well, I thought you would refuse, but I didn't think that you have the guts to do it right away after I finished saying it."

Rimuru tries to calm down Kazuma with a bit of difficulty since he is shaking Misogi heavily on his shoulders.

Kazuma finally calmed down ten minutes later with Misogi apologizing to him for a few times.

"By the way Kazuma, who is the girl you kissed?" Rimuru asked curiously.

Kazuma went silent after hearing Rimuru's question.

"... The pink-haired girl... Saya Takagi..."

""Ah...""

A moment of silence fell over to them.

"You kissed her on her cheek or forehead right?" Misogi asked.

"..." Kazuma is silent.

"You kissed her on the lips?!" Rimuru put his hand on his forehead, feeling amazed by his friend whose status is single but has the guts to kiss a girl he just met right on the lips.

"It was just a small peck!" Replied Kazuma.

"What if that was her first kiss? Isn't the first kiss important for Japanese people like us?" Rimuru said while crossing his arms.

"That also my first kiss you know?" Kazuma added.

Well, Kazuma, your first kiss was actually stolen by a horse in your world. But he didn't know that.

Misogi pinched the bridge of his nose while sighing, " *sigh* Kazuma, let's go apologize to Takagi-san."

Kazuma looked at Misogi with stink eyes then also sighed, "Fine. But you also coming with me to apologize!"

"Of course, this is practically my fault too, with the kissing joke and thinking you would chicken out, but to think that you are doing it pretty seriously." Misogi admitted it with a sigh, "Rimuru, could you accompany Alice and her little puppy?"

"No problem." Replied Rimuru with a thumbs up.

"Let's go to Takagi-san, Kazuma," Misogi told Kazuma.

"Yeah..." Kazuma replied without enthusiasm.

When the two of them arrived at the living room, they saw all the survivor group was awake and inched away from an angry Saya Takagi.

Even Takashi, Rei, and Kohta didn't dare to calm down Saya; they felt frightened by the angry pressure that she emitted.

Seeing the situation, Kazuma was about to flee but was grabbed in the arms by Misogi, who dragged him toward the angry pink-haired girl.

"Why are you trying to run away?" Misogi sighed at his friend, who tried to flee.

"Just look at her! She just sitting there! Menacingly!"

"Then what's the problem? We came to apologize to her. It's normal to be angry when, for unknown reasons, kissed by a stranger unexpectedly."

And with the struggling Kazuma, they arrive on the site.

"Heya! Takagi-san!" Misogi greeted Saya cheerfully.

"What do you want, Kumaga-" Saya stopped his sentence as soon as she saw Kazuma hiding behind Misogi.

"You!" Saya immediately stood up from the chair angrily, "How dare you kiss me when I was half asleep!"

"C-calm down, Takagi-san." Misogi tried to calm her down but was ineffective.

Saya shifted toward Misogi with a glare, "How can I calm down!? He just stole my first kiss! And he's doing it when I was half awake from sleep!"

Misogi looked toward Kazuma, "You really kissed her lips huh?" Said Misogi.

"Hey! You aren't being specific with your words! So I thought I should kiss on the lips instead of the cheek or forehead! This is partially your fault as well!"

Misogi sighed, "Well, that's true."

"... Kumagawa, you also involved in this?" Saya narrowed her eyes angrily at him.

Seeing Saya's glare, Misogi replied calmly. "Let me explain it first, Takagi-san."

And so he explained what just happened before the incident that happened with Kazuma. They also apologized for it.

After Misogi finished explaining, Saya rubbed her forehead in disbelief, "So it's because Satou didn't want to be labeled as lolicon and pedophile; you tell a joke to him that he should kiss a random woman without being specific about where the area he should kiss?"

"Yes. I also apologize, Takagi-san. This is also my fault after all. Telling such a joke to him. But I didn't expect he would go straight up to the lips thought." Misogi said it with a wry smile.

"You didn't be specific to me! Of course, in my mind, kisses are a person's lips touching with another person's lips!"

"You, be silent," Saya said to Kazuma with a cold voice.

"Yes ma'am!" Kazuma responds immediately as he is intimidated by Saya's glare and her furious atmosphere, which is emitting from her person.

"Humph!" Saya tore her gaze away from Kazuma with arms crossing and asked Misogi.

"So, what punishment that befitting to him?" Saya pondered, "Should I chop his dick?"

Every male within the room immediately feels scared and covers their crotch at Saya's words, Misogi included.

"Wait a minute! Why do I still get the punishment?! I already apologize to you! And don't say scary things like chopping my freedom magnum with serious expressions!"

"Ohh~" Saya then smirked evilly, "It seems chopping your thing with a saw is the perfect punishment for you, huh, Satou?"

"You're serious?!"

"Of course." Saya said with a serious expression, "Kumagawa can you create a rusty saw?"

"Err..." As a male, Misogi didn't want his fellow male friend's genitalia getting chopped by a saw. Just by hearing the words alone, Misogi would be running out and hiding from the pink-haired girl, "Don't be too extreme, Takagi-san, just let Kazuma take responsibility for his action."

Saya raised an eyebrow, "Responsibility? Like becoming my boyfriend?"

Misogi nodded, "Exactly. His appearance is not bad, right? Not too handsome or ugly. His body is also not skinny or overweight. He can also transform into the son of the sun god Surya from Hindu myth, which is Karna. When he's transformed into his Karnazuma form, isn't he becoming a bit good-looking? And also-"

"Wait just a damn minute!!"

Kazuma interrupted Misogi as he pulled him to the corner of the room.

Misogi's words made Saya recall Kazuma in his transformed state, remembering his ability to fight and his power over divine fire, and his appearance. His white hair and his body physique were hugged tightly by the black bodysuit. When recalling that, Saya's cheeks had red tints on them, making her lost in her fantasy.

"Oi, Misogi! Are you planning a matchmaking for me and her?!" Kazuma asked incredulously at Misogi as if his black-haired friend had grown two heads.

"Yes. Isn't this the perfect opportunity? You always whined about not having a girlfriend many times in our chat group, right?"

"W-Well, yeah, I mean, I do want a girlfriend like you and Rimuru, but..."

"That's why this is the perfect chance!"

"Isn't it going to fail horribly? Our personality is pretty much different."

"For that part, you just need to be patient when with her. Then in the long run, she will accept you."

"But..."

"Or did you have feelings for your adventurer party member? Which ones? The useless goddess, the explosion maniacs, or the masochistic pervert?"

"Hell no! They're weirdo! They're not waifuable!"

"There's no problem then! You and Takagi-san maybe would bicker a lot, but that also progress of being in love!"

Kazuma looks like he's thinking hard about the situation. He actually didn't mind dating Saya Takagi since he is a bit attracted to her when watching or reading Highschool of the dead anime and manga. That was the reason why he chose Saya as the target to kiss, while he was not in the right mind that time.

Kazuma sighed softly. Already deciding what to do, "Ok. I accept being her boyfriend, If she didn't mind though."

Misogi grinned, "Excellent! Now I don't have to read your complain about you didn't had a girlfriend in the chat group! Then let's see what Takagi-san would decide. I bet she was having fantasy about you when you're in Karnazuma form!"

With that, the two of them return to Saya whom looked a bit red on the cheeks while having a strange expression.

Takashi, Rei and, Kohta who's watching her reaction were having conflicted feelings from watching her for having such expression.

"So, what do you think about my suggestions, Takagi-san?" Misogi asked her when arrived.

Saya seemed a bit conflicted, but in the end she said, "Fine. I accept it. What about you Satou?"

Kazuma nodded slightly, "I also accept. We might be just meet, but let's get knowing each other from now on, Takagi."

Saya also nod her head, "Yeah let's get along. BUT! No funny business and shameless behaviour. Understood?!"

"You got it lady."

Then Kazuma and Saya shake hands. Making the onlookers confused.

"Hey, Kumagawa." Takashi whispered to Misogi.

"Hm? What is it?"

"Intsead of officialy becoming a new couple, why they're looks like CEO's from a corporation making a deal."

"Yeah, why not hugging or smilling happily? They only shake each other hands like business partner." Rei added.

Indeed. Misogi also feels that's was the case and thus making him sweatdropped at them.

"Everyone! Breakfast ready! But it's just only sandwiches!" Shizuka announced happily after entering the living room. Making the occupant of the room growling in the stomach.

Akeno, Kurumi, and Saeko enter the living room to distribute the sandwich two for each person.

Rimuru and Alice also got theirs after notified by Misogi via the chat group that breakfasts are ready.

The survivors all eating the sandwiches woth gusto while the MCG group, Saeko, Shizuka, Saya, and Rei eating calmly and slowly to savour the taste of the sandwiches which prepared by the girls. The taste is good enough, said by Rimuru while he could make it a better but keep silent so that he didn't hurt Akeno, Saeko, and Kurumi feeling of their cooking.

Misogi asked Akeno and Kurumi about Shizuka which are his new girlfriend and glad that they're accepted her as their new fourth sisters.

Kazuma was seemed eating while in conversation with Saya. When Akeno, Kurumi, Shizuka, and Saeko heard that Kazuma and Saya are newly formed couple, they're was surprised at first but then congratulating them while Rimuru was not Surprised as he already know after being told by Misogi via pm from the chat group.

After breakfast, the MCG group and Takashi group are discussing what should they do from here now on.

Misogi and his friend tell them that their mission are to protect Takashi's group from <Anti-Thesis > and kill all the zombies in this world, which pretty annoying fir them. So they would stick to them and send one or two of their member to search and kill more zombies factories. For how they're going to search and find it, they have the solution for it.

With the Misogi's group would sticking close to Takashi's group, the survivor's group decided that they also followed Takashi's group since they will be protected from any danger by Misogi and his friends who have power out of this world.

When the discussion takes on, a sudden ring of a musical instruments are ringing, making them stop talking and looked toward the source of the noise, which is from Saya's direction.

Blushing slightly as everyone looking at her, Saya taking her phone from her pocket and look who's the caller. Seeing the caller ID, she widened her eyes.

"Excuse me, everyone. I need to answer the caller." Eating the last sandwich she almost finished it, Saya get up from the chair and going to another room.

Every person inside the living room fell into silence, waiting for Saya to came back since it's seem the person whose calling her are an important person.

Twelve minutes later, Saya come back to the living room with complicated expression.

"That was my father. There's a good news everyone, and it's connected to a bit of bad news too." Saya informed them.

"The good news first please." Takashi choose the good news option first.

Saya nodded her head, "My parents, along with other people, make a safe shelter in Takagi estate. In there we will meet the other survivor and we'd be given place to sleep and food there. So our goal right now should going there for better."

All of them seemed to agree after hearing Saya's explanation.

Kohta raised his hand, "And the bad news that connected with the good news?"

Saya closed her eyes and pinching the bridge of her nose, "The distance of this house and the Takagi estate is too long." Saya answered with a tired sigh.

Misogi opened this city map that Shizuka give to him this morning on the table.

Saya looked at the map and searching for Takagi estate, and found it at the oposite direction of Shizuka's house which is pretty far.

"That's... Very far." Kazuma commented.

"It's probably more than 45 kilometers." Saya concluded, "If we go there with group this large, even with otherworlder group protecting us from the zombies while we walk. It would take long time from here to my family estate without transportation."

"Then what should we do?" Takashi asked, "We also can't stay here for too long. We can't always get Kumagawa for groceries shopping when we out of food supply."

They became silent. not knowing what to do.

Misogi who watching them was confused, "Why are you guys silent for? We can go to Takagi-san family estate for better shelter."

Rei turned to Misogi, "Yeah, it's easy for you guys who had superpower, we just normal human. We can get tired if we fight many zombies and walking to there even with you guys protecting us."

"Who said we go there by walking?" Said Misogi, making them confused.

"Kumagawa, do you have a plan how to go to my family estate safely?" Saya asked Misogi with a bit of hope.

"Of course." Answered Misogi clearly, "Kurumi?"

"Yes, darling?" Kurumi looked at Misogi with curious expression.

"Your reiryoku already full, right?"

"Yes, thanks to MP Absorption Materia that I get before, the recovery speed of my reiryoku are three time faster than usual."

Hearing Kurumi answer, Misogi grinned, "Then all is ready then. Just waiting for when you all are ready to go to Takagi-san family's estate."

The survivor group was a bit anxious when seeing Misogi grinning face.

"Wait! Please tell us how we go there first!" Saya who also get anxious after seeing it asked.

Misogi grinning mouth become wide, "By flying of course!"

"... Eh...?" that's all the survivors can say.

~~~Scene Change~~~

Outside Shizuka's house, Misogi been seen standing while looking at the surroundings. The survivors and his friend from MCG are watching behind him.

"Hmmm... This street looks too small to put the thing I'm going to create." Misogi mumbled to himself, "Ok, let's erase a few house with All Fiction first."

A few house in front of him suddenly disappeared, making the survivor group bewildered about what Misogi is going to do.

"Alright! I think this much space are enough." Said Misogi with a smile.

Using his Imagination Manifestation, Misogi started to make something.

When the thing that Misogi made had finished, the survivor's group was speechless while the MCG's group looked a bit surprise.

The thing that Misogi had made are vehicle. Especially for air transportation.

"Ok, it's finished!" Misogi happily said while crossing his arms with satisfied smile.

"Y-you can create an Airplane?!" A perplexed Saya are voicing what all the survivor's group thinks right there.

What Misogi had made was indeed an airplane more specifically, a private jet type Airbus ACJ320, which can carry more than thirty people inside.

"Yes, I can. But this one can't fly though."

"Huh? It can't? Why?"

"I only make the body and inside. The machine and others thing which can fly a normal plane are not included in it."

"Why?"

"I didn't have the knowledge to make it. I'm not mechanical engineer." Misogi shrugged when answering Saya's question. Making her and the other people confused.

"Then how it's gonna take us to Takagi-san estate?" Saeko asked, wondering about how they're going to go there by flying when the airplane itself can't fly.

"And that's where Kurumi doing her part." Misogi answered while looking at Kurumi, "Kurumi can you summon Bahamut ZERO?"

Kurumi nod her head, "Yes I can. You want it to carry this airplane right?"

"Yeah."

"Okay~ One overpowered dragon being called~"

Kurumi then taking out Bahamut Zero materia from her inventory. It was a dark blue spherical object. She then put it inside of her right arm. After the materia safely put inside, Kurumi right arm emiting a blue spherical glow. When the glow are growing more bright, she raised her right arm toward the sky. A second later, the glow on Kurumi's right arm are shooting out and went to the sky while leaving a trail of bluish light. (A/N: I didn't know the description of how they use the Materia in Final Fantasy VII. So I make it like in FF7 Advent Children Complete. Imitating Kadaj when using the materia.)

The light then stopped in the air and beginning to spread, it then making an outline of a something. It didn't take five seconds and the being are formed. It was a big and huge majestic jet black dragon with three pair of wings.

Bahamut ZERO roared on the sky as it floating above them.

The appearance of Bahamut on the sky are making the survivor's group below it shaking in fear at the appearance of a huge black dragon while Misogi, Rimuru, and Kazuma are in awe at how it more majestic seeing it in real life instead of television.

Bahamut then descent to it's summoner in the ground and lowering it's head at Kurumi.

Seeing the dragon again, Kurumi pats Bahamut's head with a pleasing smile.

No one else are making noise as they, except Misogi's group, are scared at Bahamut since this was their first time seeing a real dragon. A real life dragon outside of fantasy movie.

Misogi turned toward the scared group.

"Welcome to the first Bahamut Flying Express!" Misogi said with excited voice, "Now everyone, let's get inside the airplane before Bahamut carried the plane with it's arms and start flying!"