Little Brother.

Azazel called Kurayami to his lab as he needed to be there as he was the next leader. If they were going to be meeting with the current leader of Heaven, Kurayami and Azrael had to be there as well.

Azrael was considered the trump card of Grigori so Heaven would want to talk to him as well. Kurayami needed to get used to some politics as Azazel knew his personality. Kurayami was far from patient and liked to solve things with his strength.

When Kurayami walked in he saw Azazel standing over a shivering and terrified male fallen that supported Kokabiel. Azazel would have normally not been all too onboard on using Fallen as test subjects but these were exceptions.

As they all planned to betray Kurayami if he took over, so Azazel had to nip that issue before it started. He did not care at all that he was sacrificing these guys' lives for Grigori. He was now Governor-General in name as he was taking his job as head researcher seriously.

"Kurayami, watch this."

Kurayami and Shin walked over as Azazel was going to show him the problem he was facing. Azazel grabbed a syringe that contained a glowing red solution. He patted the fallen on the neck as he looked for a good vein. When he found it, he placed the syringe over it and made a small joke to liven up the mood.

"This is going to hurt you more than it will hurt me that is for sure. Don't bite your tongue."

Kurayami focused on what was going to happen as he was interested in what Azazel had found at this time. The subject thrashed and struggled, but he was weak. Only one set of wings so these restraints would not so much budge. Azazel stuck the needle in his neck and injected the drug into his body.

Kurayami observed the changes that happened nearly instantly. He knew whatever Azazel just injected contained some of his blood so this was interesting to watch. As for Azazel, he pulled out his notebook as he watched the veins begin to glow bright red.

Currents that looked like lightning rippled through the body causing the fallen to thrash in total agony. Azazel took notes as he noticed that magic increased by about 250% and the body seemed to be getting slightly larger.

Kurayami shook his head as this was a failure.

"Incinerate Anthem and Canis Lyacon abilities have saturated my blood which normally is fine. It gives small boons to the ones I turn, but this is diffrent. The drugs made the abilities hidden in my blood activate fully instead of just boosting. The body can't handle it."

Azazel nodded.

"Good catch, still if I can figure out how to make it work, I can boost all of our trusted members. This is still new research so for a month's work this is already massive progress."

Kurayami patted Azazel on the shoulder as he was still impressed with him.

"Take your time, you have three years to perfect it."

As they talked the test subject started to show the negative effects of containing even a tiny bit of an activated Longinus. Small burns started to show up over the body as a purple glow flowed around the body.

The flames burned everything in their way, but that was only part of it. Strange cuts seemed to flow everywhere on the body in a brutal display. Azazel took note of it as this was good material to research.

This was not the only issue as the pairs of wings were increased, but not in a good way. From the initial 1 pair, the test subject now had 4 pairs, which had similar traits to Kurayami's metallic-like wings. The difference was that, unlike Kurayami, they cut open the back as they made their way out. Azazel knew Kurayami was there so he asked for some help.

"What else do you notice."

Kurayami stood over the thrashing test subject that kept on thrashing in agony. The veins were glowing and bursting open. The sizzling smell of meat and the cuts all over made him realize what the issue was.

"You mixed my blood with a drug meant to increase power. You also boosted the power of Incinerate Anthem and Canis Lyacon. That is what is causing the burning and cutting as his body is too weak to handle it. His mana is growing too rapidly while his body is lagging behind."

Azazel nodded as the Fallen died. With him dead, Azazel pulled out some surgical tools as it was time to dissect him.

"Your blood is the key to stabilizing these drugs. On their own they are great and I have managed to reduce the side effects by over 40%. The problem as you saw is how I can get it to combine properly without destroying the subject."

Kurayami saw how Azazel skillfully cut open the fallen and took every part of him for study. Limbs, organs, skin, tendons, and everything in between.

"Have you thought of giving him the drug first and my blood after?"

Azazel nodded as he removed the steaming heart from the chest cavity. It was cut apart and slightly burned from the effects of the new drug.

"When I did that, they got the increase in mana, but the body was weak. If I do it in reverse, your blood does not take well to the Drugs as they are poisons. It destroys the body and explodes. When I put them together, this happens."

Kurayami put on a pair of gloves ad picked up a scapal and began to help Azazel.

"Maybe you need to reduce the amount of my blood or increase the drug amount."

Azazel rejected that idea though.

"If I do that, the subjects seem to go through mana overload as your blood is the key to making stronger fallen. The issue is that your blood is too good. Azrael's also gave me the same amount as you and I found that it and the drugs decay the subject at a rapid rate. Both of your blood has extra power in it and the drugs awaken it."

Kurayami removed the lungs and placed them on a table.

"Have you tried putting my blood, Azrael's, and the drugs together?"

Azazel thought about it and decide to try it.

"It would be something as I am running out of test subjects."

Kurayami decided to make do with his promise to Walburga.

"I will get you more, I will go to America and take a bunch of Death row inmates and turn them into Fallen for you to experiment on. Unless this stuff is 100% safe, it is not worth it."

Azazel understood that well. Just as he was about to bring another one of the subjects, Baraqiel burst into the room. Both Kurayami and Azazel were confused as he was never this frantic. Baraqiel looked in a panic and explained what the issue was.

"Come on, Shuri is giving birth today."

Hearing that made Kurayami and Azazel stop what they were doing as this was more important. Azazel waved him off as he prepared to call Michael to inform him why they would be arriving late.

"Go, I will call Michael. He will understand this involves family."

Kurayami nodded.

"Thanks, Azazel."

He teleported them in a flash of black flames as he searched for the girls. They would not want to miss this, especially not Akeno as that was their mother giving birth to their little brother. These days the girls were normally in Grigori or the new training rooms in his new house.

These rooms were made with the best skill in magic, engineering, and construction that Azazel could muster. They could increase gravity, slow time, temperature, air content, and magic density for magic control training.

When he appeared in his house all the girls were in separate training rooms as they were fully focused on getting stronger. He spread his sense to all of them and sent them the same message.

'My mother is about to give birth. Does anyone want to come?'

In a few seconds, the room was filled with flashes of teleport circles as despite wanting to train this was more important. Akeno was at the first of the line despite the fact her clothes were messy and her eyes bloodshot from her experimenting with more time and space spells.

Even now those two branches of magic were classified as advanced as not everyone was like Latia born with time abilities. The same with all of them as they were training to make use of the boost he had given them.

Raynare rushed in front of him and took his right arm.

"Come on, teleport already. We need to be there for her."

Esdeath walked up to him and placed her hand on his back.

"Let's hope your brother is not as troublesome as you."

Baraqiel smiled as his son's family was growing. Now that everyone gathered here, he teleported them all to the new house that his parents moved into.

It was about the same size on the outside as their old one, but it had an underground bunker made for any attacks. More importantly, the whole place was guarded by highly trusted Fallen loyal to Azazel.

They all had sacred gears that were taken by humans and implanted into themselves. They wanted to do this for Baraqiel who had helped them in the past. When Kurayami and everyone appeared in the house they saw Suzaku and Amaterasu here.

Seeing Suzaku was not too odd, but not Amaterasu. He sneaked behind her and placed his hand on her shoulder. When she felt his hand she looked up and saw Kurayami.

'OH MY! HE GOT BIGGER!'

She practically drooled as he had grown from the last time she saw him. She shook her head as this was more important.

"How are you doing Kurayami?"

"I am doing well. I am glad you came all this way."

She nudged him with her elbow to get him to back up.

Akeno had a funny thought in her head and questioned something.

'Amaterasu is a god, so incest is normal to her. She also wants to date my brother so is that why I love him? Is my brother complex a result of my god heritage?

Amaterasu hugged Akeno tight as she knew they were together. She whispered in her ear to congratulate her.

"Your father has not noticed the ring on his hand."

Akeno hugged her back and did the same.

"You're welcome to wear one grandmother. He likes you."

Hearing that made her giddy as she had a high chance to be accepted, but she was not going to show it on her face. She greeted the rest of the girls as they were all family to Kurayami.

"I am glad I can see you all so soon. Your mother invited Suzaku to be a midwife so I came along as well. Kuroka, I see you have grown your third tail. Congratulations, I hope you two have healthy children soon."

Kuroka perked up when she heard that.

"Thank you, lady Amaterasu."

Grayfia already knew they were close to their godly ancestor, but not this close. Amaterasu waved to Grayfia as they met when they were allowed to take Kuoh Town.

"Grayfia I did not know you were close to Kurayami. How have you been looking after that little spoiled girl Rias?"

Grayfia covered her face and answered honestly.

"She has not improved at all since you saw her last."

Amaterasu shook her head with a smile.

"One with so little drive has very future. Now, who is this new face?"

She referred to Latia as she had not met her. Latia bowed politely and introduced herself to her fiance's ancestor(and suitor).

"I am Latia Astaroth, of the Astaroth family."

Amaterasu smiled as she was polite.

"I wish you a happy marriage as well. I see you're wearing an engagement ring, he is running out of fingers you know."

Baraqiel turned to look at his hands and saw both his hands were full.

'Raynare, Esdeath, Akeno? AKENO?'

He slapped his face hard as he looked at that exact ring and looked at Akeno's hand and saw she also had one.

'SHURI WAS RIGHT!'

He knew he had to talk to both of them and ask them about it. He also wondered if it was a thing about them being a part god that made them like this. Gods were known to marry relatives as Amaterasu had done in the past. Not to mention the Greek.s

Suddenly they heard Shuri call out from her room.

"Kurayami, Akeno. Please come here."

Her voice sounded slightly pained, but they did not panic and did as she asked. They both went into her and Baraqiel and Shuri's room. She was taking deep breaths and holding her big belly as she kept calm. Her pain tolerance was higher as a normal woman so she needed no morphine.

She took both of her children's hands and felt the rings both were wearing. She sighed as she looked at both of them.

"Are you two really going to do this?"

Kurayami nodded.

"Blame it on the god part of us talking."

Akeno rubbed her head as she got a little red.

"Since I was a kid I only ever looked at brother like this. He is the only man worthy of me."

Shuri covered her face as she was disappointed.

"Let's not talk about this for now. We will have a detailed discussion later. Kurayami, have you decided on a name. I wanted you to name him and Baraqiel agreed as well."

He and Akeno had talked about it and both came up with a name.

"I know it is not Japanese, but what about Dante?"

Baraqiel walked in as he wanted to be there for his wife. The fact his kids followed the god path of incest which would have to be ignored for now.

"Baraqiel, they want the name, Dante."

He thought of it and took held his wife's hand.

"That is perfect. Your brother will be Dante Himejima. You two are going to be a big brother and sister so look after him. We can talk about your engagement later."

Shuri still sighed when she heard that. She knew both of them were powerful so no risk to their kids was going to happen. That was only an issue in mortals as the stronger you got, the more refined your DNA got.

No two supernatural beings were the exact same as the more power they gained changed their DNA. Just as they were talking the same middle-aged-looking doctor who had treated Esdeath years ago came in with Suzaku.

Seeing that made Kurayami and Akeno get up. Akeno smiled at her mother as she was happy she did not get rejected.

"We will wait outside. Doctor, Sazaku look after her."

The doctor scoffed.

"She did most of the job, I am just here to make sure nothing goes wrong."

He placed his hand on Shuri's belly as he used some magic to scan her baby. He made sure nothing was wrong with him before he walked away.

"You have no further need of my help. The umbilical cord is clear and your body knows what to do. You had twins for your first pregnancy so this will be a cakewalk. The birth should start soon."

When Kurayami and Akneo left they waited for 45 minutes outside. During that time, he spent it talking with Amaterasu. This was not a good time to talk about marriage so they did not bring it up at all.

It was just casual conversation that gave them time to take a second to see how the other was doing. At the 45-minute mark, Shuri's water broke and Suzaku prepared to help her deliver.

The doctor was right in the fact this pregnancy was even easier than last time. Baraqiel cut the umbilical cord while Suzaku washed the baby of the blood. During that time no one was worried as the doctor was the best one in Grigori.

When they heard the cry of Dante was heard everyone got up to go see him. Shuri had already begun to breastfeed her son with a happy smile. Something so simple was different from the busy life of Kurayami and the girls.

The room was filled with beings that could destroy cities and countries, but right now they were just taking a step back. Akeno walked next to Kurayami as she took his arm. She watched Dante with a jealous look as she wanted one of her own.

Seeing her sad look, made Shuri reach out to take her hand. Kuroka's tail perked up as she felt her hand.

"Kuroka, I know you want children, and I can't wait to be a grandmother. Maybe when he turns 16. Kurayami just needs two more years and you will get your kids, give him more time."

Kurayami now started to feel bad about keeping that from her. That was her biggest wish, but he just did not want to do it yet. He had a reason for that as he wanted the best for his kids and the stronger he got the better start at the life they would get.

Especially for Kuroka's race which was all but extinct. He frowned as he looked at Kuroka.

"I am sorry Kuroka."

She saw she had troubled him and felt bad.

"Don't say sorry Kurayami, 2 years is not a big deal. We have thousands of years to have as many as we want, 2 is nothing."

Hearing that made him feel better. Now the other girls looked at Dante as they did not want kids any time soon. Esdeath, Raynare, and Akeno did have the time or drive to be mothers so they would take a while to warm up to the idea.

Annabeth was too young to even consider it, so she was out as well. Lavinia also did not want kids either so she was out. Latia on the other hand thought it would be a good chance for to cement her place as his wife, but shook the idea out of her head.

Why rush when she would be with him for a lot of time.

Out of all of them, only Kuroka was one who wanted kids as they still wanted to enjoy their lives for at least a century. Kuroka had suffered greatly and just wanted a happy calm life, but she was not opposed to preparing for the worst-case scenario.

Baraqiel took Dante in his hands and looked at him oddly. At the edge of his head, there were streaks of white hair.

"Why does he have some white hair? Neither Shuri nor I have white hair."

Shuri also had no clue where it came from so she wanted to know as well. Baraqiel called Azazel who decided to stop experimenting, for now, to answer his friend's call. When he walked into the room he smiled.

"Is it another depressed baby like Kurayami?"

Kurayami scoffed as he had good reason to be depressed. He did not have to be such a dick about it though. Azazel took the baby and frowened when he saw a sign on the back of Dante's neck.

"What do you know? He was born with the signs of the Berserker Armor. A mid-grade Sacred gear."

Kurayami was interested as sacred gears were always odd.

"What is it?"

Azazel gave the baby back and sat down to explain.

"It is a mid tier sacred gear as no one has made it far with it. It pushed you past your limits while breaks your body down in a berserker rage and it is overall a nasty sacred gear. However, this is the first time in history this sacred gear has shown up in a half-fallen. This is good. Why are you two so lucky with your kids?"

Baraqiel instead of being happy was worried. The Berserker Armor was a type of sacred gear that needed great willpower. If it activated when his son was too young he would be consumed by his own rage.

"What can we do to fix it Azazel?"

Azazel shook his head at Baraqiel.

"Nothing, I will help him master it. Simple as that, let's see how far your son gets."

From Raynare emerged Viritra as he floated above the baby.

"I would not be too worried. A fallen angel will have a stronger will than a normal human."

Kurayami shrugged.

"He has a gift. He was lucky that he is in Grigori."

Esdeath picked him up, but she was not too giddy about it.

"So he will need plenty of mental training. I can help him with that, I have to deal with an angry demon screaming in my head every moment of every day. Even now he is trying to get me to rip his heart out."

Shuri looked at Esdeath with some hope.

"Please do so. I don't want him losing his mind."

Esdeath gave him back and backed off.

"No big deal at all. I can do that."

Amaterasu approached him and poked his forehead gently with her finger. A small bit of her magic made him fall asleep as she put a small enhancement to his mind.

"This should make his mind stronger over time. He should be fine as long as he can master this power."

Shuri and Baraqiel were grateful, but now that they had finished this Azazel informed them of the next order of business.

"Oh right. Kurayami we will be leaving for the meeting with Heaven where we will be meeting with two of the Seraphs. There we will discuss how this will proceed. Grayfia, will you come as a representative of the Devils?"

She nodded.

"I will do so."

Amaterasu decided to come as well.

"I will go as well. They also have some dealings with us so I will show my support for Kurayami and Grigori."

Azazel accepted her offer as she was the head Goddess in this country.

"That is fine with me. Raynare, can you call your grandfather to let him know."

Raynare nodded as she called her grandfather who was always off training. When he picked up, Azrael perked up.

"What is it Ray-Ray?"

She grimaced and sighed.

"Come to Shuri's room."

He did not ask why and teleported to their new house outside the door. He knocked on the door to be let in. When Raynare let him in he saw baby Dante. It made him remember the birth of his son making him a little sad.

"You never forget that do you?"

Shuri smiled as she called him close.

"Carry him."

Azrael with shaking hands took the baby in his hands. The small baby fell asleep in his arms bringing back so many memories.

'Just like you Andres.'

Tears rolled down his aged face thinking of his dead son and he gave the boy back.

"I swear to look after the boy. I am glad you called."

Azazel explained a bit more about why he was called here.

"We will be meeting with Heaven to return their holy sword, and discuss our issue with Satanael. Grayfia and Amaterasu will be coming with us as well to represent their factions. Kurayami will also get his pet I guess."

Azrael nodded as he understood the use of this.

"When?"

"Tommorow. It was supposed to be today, but Shuri gave birth."

Azrael sighed as he decided to stick around for now.

"I will stay. I will make sure no one tries to mess with you during this time."

Kurayami patted him on the shoulder.

"Thanks. I owe you one."

Azrael shook his head.

"Family helps each other. When are you marrying my Raynare?"

Raynare answered for him instantly.

"When I turn 16. We already agreed on this."

Azrael accepted that, but now there was more to talk about. Kurayami turned to Amaterasu.

"For now you can stay at my house. We can talk a bit more there."

Hearing his invite made her accept.

"I will accept your offer. I wanted to ask you something important."

Shuri and Baraqiel decided to wait to interrogate their children about their relationship later. Now that everything was fine, Kurayami teleported himself and the girls with him. This was the first time Amaterasu had seen his new house so she was very interested in seeing it.