Might Versus Magic

As the days passed within the space-time orb everyone busied themselves with one thing or another as they prepared for the coming battle.

Those with access to the Chatroom worked to complete as many quests on it as possible to obtain the powerful rewards they offered, along with whatever they were after on its shop. Meanwhile the new arrivals that Alex had summoned were working to familiarize themselves with Asora and the people they were with.

Some buried themselves into work, either training or studying the different skills and magics that were now available to them. Megumin for example was learning everything she could about Explosion based magic in Asora, while simultaneously completing as many quests as possible to acquire the Bomu Bomu no Mi.

Veronica and Serena meanwhile were studying the different types of Magic Asora had, and were already making plans to challenge the replica Great Labyrinths as soon as possible. Hermione was of course doing the same thing, though she was more or less coming to grips with the fact that the laws of magic she knew in her world did exist in Asora.

Then there were those like Eris, who were still trying to come to grips with everything that was happening. What had especially alarmed her was when the people of Asora already began to pray to her newly built statues, despite only being up for a few hours according to Grayfia.

Of course, there were also those who were having a harder time adjusting, like the Amaterasu team.

Every day they were away from their home world made them all increasingly worried of if it will even still be there when they got back. Plus, they had also received the order from their commander to start a sexual relationship with the man who had summoned them.

"I swear! How much more ridiculous can this situation be!?" Hayuru demanded, even as she scrubbed herself in the massive bath, still incredulous at the sheer idiocy of the situation.

Not only had she been pulled into this world alongside Aine and Yurishia, but now they had been ordered by their commander to do lewd things with the guy who summoned them. The entire mess was enough to boil her blood.

"I actually agree Hayuru..." Yurishia sighed tiredly from the side, while feeling more than a little anxious on the inside of what was happening back home.

"Well I for one, unlike your pea-brained selves, see this as a great chance to obtain more power!" Aine declared with an intense look in her eyes. She, unlike the other two, was more than willing to perform the HxH(HeartxHybrid) if it meant acquiring more power and being able to fight more.

"I agree. This whole situation is utterly nonsensical." Replied a certain bushy-haired know-it-all.

"RIGHT!?! I mean, why would you make a goddess, such as myself, into a MAID! It's ridiculous!" Aqua declared angrily, though there was actually no argument against THAT particular decision based off what they'd seen of her so far.

"I don't mind being a maid... But I wish master were around more..." Darkness said after her, before a slovenly expression appeared on her face as she thought of being used by her new master.

Everyone else meanwhile grew curious, as none of them had seen or heard from Alex in the last week.

"By the way, where IS that guy?" Veronica asked curiously, looking to Alex's gathered wives as they all bathed to prepare for the day.

"Training, would be my best guess." Erza said immediately.

"Training? For a whole week?" Serena asked, surprised that no one would hear from him just for that.

"It's not too surprising. Alex disappeared for three months without a word one time." Mirajane stated as she thought back.

"He even tried to tell us that he spent the entire time on a binge of booze, drugs, and alien hookers!" Anne exclaimed as she thought back to that incident.

"How do you know he didn't?" Jade asked them curiously.

"Because he can't get drunk, can't get high, and Alex would NEVER abandon his own children for three months just to play around with hookers. A night maybe, but not three months." Grayfia stated mater-of-factly.

Hayuru opened her mouth to say something what SHE thought of him, but as she did so everyone suddenly went silent.

"What's wrong?" Serena asked curiously.

"Alex!" Lala stated happily, while everyone else had markedly different reactions.

Incredulous, awe, fear. These looks and more appeared on everyone's faces as they seemed to notice something the new girls hadn't.

"Oh come on...." Shia groaned in defeat, which would've shocked Caulifla and Sala if they both weren't feeling exactly what she was.

"Don't worry Shia. I got to properly test my strength out already." Said a manly voice suddenly, making everyone jump as they realized Alex was suddenly in the bath with them. Completely naked.

"""ALEX!"""

"""KYAAA!"""

Two different cries rang out at Alex's sudden appearance. First was the wives who were glad to see him, and stunned at his current look/strength. Second were the newcomers, who hadn't expected him to suddenly appear IN the bath with them.

"Filthy! Lascivious! Indecent! Pervert!" Hayuru exclaimed accusingly with an incredulous expression, while quickly trying to cover herself.

"Haaa... Takes you back, huh Yui?" Momioka Risa said teasingly to a certain former head of the disciplinary committee of their school.

"I have no idea what you're talking about Momioka." Kotegawa Yui stated, even as she turned away with reddened ears.

While Hayuru was screaming at him though, and the rest of the newcomers were trying to cover their bodies, Alex's wives were all gaping at him incredulously.

"So he doesn't seriously train for how long? And when he does THIS happens!" Moka exclaimed irritably. Though her frustration was understandable.

Currently Alex was in his base form instead of his SSJ4 form that he'd been remaining in for so long. However, none of the tattoos that had been present on his body for so long were there, and the power they could all feel coming from him felt even greater than when he was in his SSJ4 form.

"You know, I think I liked it better when you WEREN'T training." Shia shamelessly griped at him.

"Sheesh! 'Train'! 'Don't train'! You guys are giving me whiplash." Alex said, though it wasn't like he couldn't understand their frustrations.

After all, Alex had gotten to the point where he no longer needed to keep his strength in check with his tattoos in only a 'week'. But what the girls didn't realize was that time dilation in the orb they had been using on his floating island was quite a bit more extreme than this one.

"All the muscles in the world won't do anything for you against 'real' magic though." Hermione said suddenly, drawing Alex's attention to her as she conjured a set of robes on her body to cover it.

"Is that so?" Alex asked with a growing smirk.

"Try it then." He challenged as he began walking towards Hermione slowly.

Panic began to set in on Hermione as she hurriedly raised her wand, before crying out with a flourish, "Petrificus Totalus!"

For some of those who could see it, they noticed a flash of magic that shot from the tip of Hermione's wand at Alex. And for anyone unfortunate enough to be hit by this particular curse, their entire body would freeze in the shape of a board until the counter-curse was used.

Or that's what SHOULD have happened.

Instead, the flash of magic ricocheted off of Alex's skin to hit Shia instead, who's entire body went rigid as a board as she fell face first into the hot water.

"Oops." Alex said with a flinch, before waving his hand to undo the curse on the rabbit-girl. He then teleported Shia away before she could go berserk, before turning his attention back to Hermione.

"Next?"

"Furnunculus!" Hermione screamed, only for Alex to effortlessly flick the spell away from him, where it wouldn't hit anyone else this time.

"Locomotor Wibbly!"

"Slugulous Eructo!"

"Impedimenta!"

"Titillando!"

"Levicorpus!"

Hermione tried every curse, jinx, and hex she could think of against Alex, but none of them worked as he continued his steady advance. Every single one was either deflected or bounced off his skin with such minimal effort on his part, that it was frankly insulting.

Eventually Hermione got so fed up, that she even tried Stupify against Alex to stun him. The result was of course Alex GRABBING the burst of red light, stretching and playing with it for a moment as if it had physical rubbery form, before dribbling it like a basketball and shooting it into an imaginary hoop.

By this point Alex was right in front of Hermione with his confident smirk still plastered on his face, as if daring her to keep going. And while Hermione briefly entertained the idea of using one of the Unforgivable Curses on him, she quickly banished the thought since that would be going WAY too far.

Of course, Alex intended to ask her to perform them so he could see how they worked at some point, just not right now.

Instead, he placed his arm on the wall that was now right behind Hermione, pinning her to it as he inched his body ever closer to her own, his eyes taking on a seductive hue.

"S-stay back!"

"I'm warning you!"

"I-I'll use an Unforgivable!"

Hermione threatened and bluffed nervously as she tried to halt Alex's advance, but it was no use as he gently grabbed her wrist and pinned it above her head, knocking her wand out of her grip as it clattered to the bathroom floor.

Hermione's breath hitched in her throat as Alex inched ever closer, to the point where she could feel his breath upon her face, and she was sure he could hear her heart pounding in her chest.

"Please..." She breathed out, though that was all that could escape Hermione's lips as Alex suddenly sealed her mouth with his own.

Everything that came afterwards was like a blur to Hermione as Alex's lips and tongue ravaged her mouth. She hadn't even noticed when he slipped her robes off her body so that she was naked yet again.

Hermione only realized when she felt Alex's hands kneading her breasts and butt, and even then she was too weak to stop him.

How many kisses had she shared with Harry? Hundreds? Thousands?

NONE of them made her feel the way this one kiss with Alex was.

The only one that came close was their first kiss during the Yule Ball in their fourth year, but that one was NOTHING like the kiss she was experiencing right now.

"Ehem!" A voice suddenly said, interrupting the kiss before it could get even more heated than it already was.

"Yes?" Alex asked as he turned away from Hermione to see Aine standing there, naked as the day she was born.

"Can we do Heart Hybrid now?" Aine asked with an intense look in her eyes. She REALLY wanted the power up they were supposed to get by performing it.

Alex looked at her, before looking back at Hermione to see her in a daze from their kiss, and then back to Aine.

"Sure. I think Hermione has had enough for right now. But let's be a bit more efficient."

As he said that Alex waved his hand, and Hayuru suddenly appeared beside him along with Yurishia.

"Wha-!?" Hayuru exclaimed, before Alex grabbed the two of them by the waist and pulled them close.

"Think I'd forget about you?" Alex asked them with a smile.

Hayuru was about to snap at him for his deplorable behavior, but then Alex's hand smacked her butt, and her voice suddenly sang a VERY different tune. One that made Alex smile widely at her.

And the entire time Hermione stood there beside them, dazed, confused, and more turned on than she'd ever been in her entire life.

...

A short while later Alex and the girls exited the space-time orb along with their new arrivals, after a very 'interesting' experience in the bath.

Not only had Alex successfully managed to perform Heart Hybrid with the three girls, replenishing their energy and unlocking what was called their Corruption Armament, but he had also discovered what made them all 'tick'.

For Aine it was 'shame' and 'humiliation'. Alex toying with the proud her in front of so many people, even if they were his wives, had sent her over the edge immediately.

Yurishia, surprisingly, was a masochist. When she left the space-time orb for the first time she had numerous red welts all over her butt and breasts, along with a collar that marked her as Alex's newest sex slave.

Hayuru, had been the most fun for Alex to play with. Despite being the most uptight and strict of the three, all it took was Alex massaging her butt cheeks and tickling her butthole a little before she sang like a Jigglypuff. Except Hayuru certainly wasn't putting anyone to sleep.

Though Alex was certainly looking forward to discovering more interesting plays with the three of them in the future, especially with Lala's Love Room at their disposal, it was time to become serious.

After greeting Remia and helping the children prepare for school, Alex led his group outside as they made their way to their first destination.

Accompanying him was Altina, Francesca, Tracy, Tio, Moka, Akasha, Kokoa, and Jade. The first four were returning to Tortus in order to assume control of their native factions, the Demi-humans, Demon race, the Hoelscher Empire, and the Dragon Clan. The three Vampiresses were also returning to their own world to enlist the help of the Youkai that lived there, while Jade was accompanying them.

After wandering through the streets of Asora for a bit, where Alex pointed out the various places of interest to Jade, they arrived at a massive rectangular archway with a keyhole in one of its pillars.

"Is this it?" Jade asked curiously.

"Yep." Alex said while pulling out his Skeleton Key(not the one used by Nocturnal). "Unfortunately I can only use these to access world's I have already been to, or those who are considered 'neighbors' of one of those world."

What Alex left unsaid was the possibility of Jade's home world of Erdrea being one of those 'neighbors', as the creator of Dragon Ball also worked on it. But that would be for later.

<BOOST!>

Cried out a red gauntlet that suddenly appeared on Alex's left arm, startling Jade slightly since this was her first time seeing it.

<BOOST!>

<BOOST!>

<BOOST!>

<BOOST!>

<TRANSFER!>

After Boosting his power enough times, Alex Transferred all of the energy into the Skeleton Key so that it began to glow with an intense iridescent light. Alex then slid the key into the keyhole on the right pillar of the arch, making the entire thing light up as the portal formed within it.

The moment the portal filled the entire archway, a small army of magic drones built by Hajime rushed through to quickly construct the archway on the other side, stabilizing the portal on both ends.

"Ok. You're good." Alex said to the quartet of princesses behind him, who eagerly stepped towards the portal.

"Mine liege, this one will'th dost her best to meet thine's expectations!" Tio declared with the mannerisms and appearance of a proper noble lady. One wouldn't realize she had barbed wire wrapped around her body in bondage fashion, and an ass full of anal beads.

Oddly enough, Alex had long since learned that princesses and perversion went hand in hand. Altina was another masochist like Tio, though not as intense of one, Francesca liked it so rough she was borderline masochistic, and Tracy, while not a masochist, loved being dominated by Alex or dominating others when he wasn't around.

But they were all also focused and committed when they needed to be. Alex had a job for them to do, and they were all gonna do it, regardless of the toys and whatnots they currently in or on their bodies.

With the other three also voicing their intention to do as Alex requested of them, they all stepped through the portal onto Divine Mountain, where Alex had decided to place the other end of the portal.

With Tortus taken care of Alex, turned his attention to the next portal that needed to be opened.

A snap of his fingers and the entire group was there, with Jade feeling slightly disoriented from the sudden shift. And once there Alex repeated the process to open a portal to Moka's home world this time.

After saying their goodbyes Moka entered the portal along with Kokoa, Akasha, and Jade. Thankfully, the Heliodorian Princess had already been shown and taught about the 'modern' world, so she shouldn't freak out too much.

"Nya?"

"Where have you been?" Alex asked a certain black cat with golden eyes as she approached him.

"Nya?"

"Well, let's go see a friend." Alex told her as she leapt up onto his shoulder.

He then headed towards Anne's hospital with determination in his eyes, going straight to the room he wanted, where he found a certain Saiyan laying in bed.

"Yo Grant." Alex said in greeting.

"Alex... Hi..." Grant muttered in a dispirited reply, his expression empty and eyes hollow.

"I take it you're still not doing that well." Alex stated bluntly.

"Well of course not!" Beth snarled from Grant's bedside, which she had refused to leave from the moment he'd been brought there. "Do you really expect him to be ok after what happened to him!?! What if YOU had to experience that?!"

"I'd want revenge." Alex stated immediately and bluntly, leaving Beth at a loss for words. "And right now, I want something from you, Beth."

"Why the hell should I give you whatever it is you want?" Beth snapped at him angrily.

"Because, it's to help prepare for when Markus attacks us. And no one should want to see him fail more than you right now." Alex told her seriously, which actually made Beth think on his comment for several minutes.

"Fine." She stated finally, standing as she did so. "I'll be right back." She told Grant in a much softer voice, taking his hand and squeezing it slightly as she did so.

The two then exited the hospital room while closing the door behind them, leaving Grant all alone. Or so it seemed.

"How pathetic." A voice suddenly stated.

"Huh? Who's there?" Grant asked in a low voice, lacking any urgency.

What he wasn't expecting, was a black cat with golden eyes to jump up onto his bed.

"I said you were pathetic." The cat told Grant bluntly in what sounded like a masculine voice.

For the first time life filled Grant's eyes since Alex revived him as he stared at the cat in realization.

"Y-you.... It can't be!"

"Oh, but it is." The cat smirked, having already suspected that someone with their own Zanpakūto would recognize her.

There was an explosion of steam in the room that made Grant cover his eyes, before it cleared to show him the naked form of a beautiful dark-skinned woman.

"Y-Y-Yoruichi!" Grant exclaimed in shock, his mind racing to try and explain why she was here. He was so shocked, that he couldn't actually register that she was completely naked.

Casually taking a hospital gown for herself, Yoruichi donned it before casually approaching Grant.

"That's my name, but let's focus on you."

As she said that Yoruichi looked Grant over, and was surprised to discover that he actually had quite the spiritual powers. Probably because he'd had his Zanpakūto for so long.

Smirking evilly at him, Yoruichi declared suddenly, "you'll pass."

"P-pass for what?" Grant asked nervously.

"I'm going to turn you into a Shinigami."