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I returned directly besides the lake in the backyard of my home, I smiled as I saw the cabin me, Serafall, Wiz and Yunyun made into our home a while, it has been a while since I left to go help the Nakashima fanily and now that I'm back I felt happy.

The Pokémon hanging out in the backyard immediately ran up to me, when they saw me and I couldn't help but smile and watched them rush over to me.

It seems my Pokemon had missed me quite a lot and I missed them aas well, I couldn't summon too many while I was staying with the Nakashima family because there wasn't a lot of space for them to relax and I didn't want to summon them just to send them back afterwards.

So I just summoned whoever I needed and kept some around, I hugged and gave headpats to everyone as I said hi to my Pokemon, it was early in the morning so most of the girls were either in school or at the shop.

I have some time, so I decided to play with my Pokémon and feed them some treats that I've been working on making for my Pokémon, in the Pokémon In-Game store I could only buy Pokepuffins from Sinnoh for some odd reason.

So I decided to try and make other kinds of Pokémon food, and so I made the Pokeblocks from Hoenn which is a type of semi hard candy and the Poke Puffs from Kalos which look like cupcakes.

I made these with Berries so they're both healthy and delicious for Pokémon to eat, and seeing as how all my Pokemon are devouring them I'd say I did a good job with them.

I'm still trying to think on how to get the Poke Beans from Alola but I honestly don't have any idea how, other than going to Alola when it's time to visit the Pokémon World though that's still a ways off.

After checking on all the Pokémon and noticing that some weren't here, which means they're probably off doing who knows what, in both Kuoh or Kyoto, so I decided to walk to the cabin.

Once inside my home and walked into the living room and saw that there was no one here, but I could sense two energy signatures upstairs, so I went upstairs to check out who was home.

I eventually reached Yasaka's room which was open, I decided to walk in after knocking once to let whoever was inside know that I was coming in, once inside Yasaka's room I found both Serafall and Yasaka sitting on her desk and looking towards me.

They both smiled as they saw me, Serafall got up from her chair and immediately rushed towards me.

I barely had time to catch her when she launched herself at me, the moment she was in my arms she wrapped both arms and legs around me like a Koala and refuse to let go "Rean your back!".

I hugged Serafall back and chuckled "yup, I'm back Sera!".

Serafall brightly smiled and gave me a big long kiss, that I was more than happy to return, Yasaka smiled and then got up from her desk and walked over to us.

As soon as Serafall finished kissing me, Yasaka also gave me a soft and tender welcome kiss, she then smiled at me and spoke "it nice to have you back Rean, I knew you would be back soon now that the Japanese Government is moving against the Five Great Principal Clans".

I nodded to Yasaka "I take it everything went well on your side as well, right?".

Yasaka nodded "yes, we the Yokai Faction were able to facilitate the governments investigation, even now were still uncovering horrible crimes committed by the Clans... to be honest I feel a bit bad for the current heads".

I nodded in understanding "yeah... they're the ones paying for the sins of their Clans now, but this will hopefully help them cut down the ones who were causing more harm than good in the Clans".

Serafall let go of me and stood besides Yasaka and me "I've heard from Yasaka about what happened and some of the crimes committed by the Five Great Principal Clans, they're were true monsters Rean so I wouldn't worry too much".

Yasaka smiled and nodded, I sighed and nodded as well since she made a good point, everything that the Clans are going through is a result of the actions of bigotry and cruel traditions

They're paying the consequences from their actions and it was a long time coming too "has anyone told Akeno and Tsubaki yet? they deserve to know what has happened".

Both Yasaka and Serafall shook their heads, Serafall then chose to explain "we haven't had time since we've been pretty busy lately, but your right we do need to talk to them about what happened".

Yasaka then spoke next "plus we were hoping you could talk to them, you know far more of what happened and you can give them more details".

I sighed but nodded " sure, I did almost destroyed the Himejima Clan so Akeno at least needs to know that they'd finally got what's coming to them".

Yasaka nodded but Serafall raised an eyebrow "what? you attacked the Himejima? that's pretty big Rean but...why did you do it? your not one to go after anyone for no reason".

I closed my eyes and nodded "well let's sit down and I'll tell you both what has happened while on my mission, there's a lot I have to tell you that I didn't want to say over the phone.

Both Yasaka and Serafall nodded and then we all moved to Yasaka's desk, where we all took a seat and I began to tell them all about my time with the Nakashima family.

Some time later I finished telling both Serafall and Yasaka about everything that happened while I was protecting the Nakashima family, they of course where disgusted and angry at some of the things the Nakiri and Himejima tried to do.

They even agreed to what I had done to the Himejima after they tried to cursed them with that horrid Curse, Yasaka sighed and shook her head "thank goodness you were there Rean... I dread to think what would happen if I didn't ask you to go protect them... thank you".

I smiled at Yasaka "your welcome and it worked out for the best, plus I made some very good friends as well".

Yasaka nodded with a soft smile on her face "I knew you would like both Isamu and Hanako, they're good people after all, though Hanako is a very funny woman".

I chuckled because that's very true, Hanako the smol Oni is a riot and a small bundle of silliness, Serafall smiled "I want to meet Kaede! she sounds fun~".

I laughed a bit "please go easy on her when you meet her Sera, she's a shy girl so you might traumatize her".

Serafall smiled and nodded but I knew she would probably barrage Kaede with questions as soon as she meets her *sorry Kaede but this is a battle I can't help you with...*.

Kaede was happily playing with Torchic when she suddenly felt a horrible shiver run down her spine that made her shake, Torchic tilted her little head in confusion while Kaede looked around as if she was looking for a monster or something "why did I just felt a horrible shiver of foreboding?...".

Torchic just stared at her training not really understanding what she was concern about, but she needed her trainer to go back to giving her headpats so she began to peck her on her hand.

Kaede smiled at Torchic and continued to give her headpats as Torchic happily chirped in joy, Kaede giggled and decided not to worry about that foreboding shiver she just got.

Yasaka giggled as she watched the face I was making, more than likely she knew what I was thinking "still to think little Kaede is an Oni now and a very powerful and versatile one at that".

I nodded to Yasaka, Serafall hummed "a fun sized Oni capable of both Martial Arts and Magic... it's sounds pretty awesome to me".

I laughed a little at the way Serafall described Kaede, while Yasaka smiled at her "well a Magic wielding Oni is pretty rare, most choose to stick to physical attacks and even less choose to learn the art of stealth".

I grinned "well Kaede's connection to the Elements of Fire and Earth is so high that I thought it would be a waste not to teach her Magic, the stealth part was a surprise though".

Yasaka smiled and seemed proud "I was there when Kaede was born, even back then she was a very quiet baby and Hanako and Isamu would call me very often to ask if that was normal fufufu".

Yasaka seemed to be having fun reminiscing about Kaede as a baby, I let this go on for a while but decided to shift the conversation "so what else has been going around here and the Factions?".

Both Serafall and Yasaka turned their heads towards each other, Yasaka then nodded to Serafall giving her the chance to go first.

Serafall smiled and turned her head towards me "I can tell you that that none of the Factions are aware about what happened to the Clans, they have been too busy trying to find out more about you when you appeared in your True Dragon God".

I closed my eye and nodded, I'm not surprised they're still investigating my sudden appearance but I do think is such a waste of time, not like they'll ever know that though.

Serafall continued on "the Supernatural World is still I'm a bit of frenzy and many are terrified that a being capable of slapping the planet and destroy it has appeared out of nowhere, it has broken their self entitled arrogance, it's not surprising though, now they know they're not at the top of the food chain so they're afraid".

I opened my eyes and nodded to Serafall who went on "but all of this has put the attention of the Supernatural World into Japan, we suspect that other Factions will soon send spies or something to check things out".

I frowned "yeah, Yasaka had already told me about that, I already asked the Pokémon to keep a even closer look at both Kuoh and Kyoto, the will deal with any intruders with extreme prejudice plus I will also raise some intent wards around here".

Serafall and Yasaka nodded and quite like my idea of raising wards around Kuoh, Serafall then continued on "other than that, the Mundane World has also being going crazy investigating you, surprisingly they were able to find a very old ruin with a depiction of a massive Dragon overlooking the planet".

"Huh?".

Serafall looked at me confused to my reaction "huh?".

Yasaka giggled and shook her head in amusement "I take it you have no idea where those ruins came from right?".

Serafall's eyes widen in surprise "wait, really!? I thought you built that ruin to troll the world".

I shook my head "no, I've been busy remember? and why would I troll the world like that Sera? just what sort of guy you take me form".

Serafall sheepishly laughed while I just sighed and began to think about what she just told me "...I think this is the result of one of the skills, I got when I evolved into a Dragon God".

Yasaka hummed "oh! you mean the one that creates a legend about your True Dragon Form in any world your in, right?".

I nodded "yes, I think that Skill created those ruins in a way to build my legend as the Galaxy Stardust Creation Dragon... where were those ruins found?".

Serafall looked up and seemed to be thinking about my question for a little bit "umm I think they found it in an uncharted island some distance away for Japan actually, hmm now that I think about it, the whole thing does seem very odd".

I nodded "yeah I bet that's my skill's effect, what has been found inside the Ruins? and how did they even find them?".

Serafall suddenly snapped her fingers and a folder appeared in front of her and on Yasaka's desk, she took it and opened "let's see... according to the information I was given, in this uncharted island the found a pretty big mural with an ancient painting of a massive Purple Dragon overlooking the world, around it, there were some sorts of orbs of different colors and seemed to glow... the funny thing is, that no one can make heads or tails of what any of it means so they're still investigating".

Serafall closed the folder and then continued "that's pretty much all they found of importance besides some statues of Dragons and some old pottery but that's it, everything is being kept hush, hush for now though and they found it thanks to an old map someone found".

I nodded and crossed my arms "can you do me a favor and keep an eye on whatever else they find out? I'm actually very curious about this temple now".

Serafall brightly smiled and nodded "leave it to me Rean! I'll keep you informed" Serafall winked at me and I couldn't help to smile at her.

Yasaka then spoke "okay, so now is my turn, as I informed you the Yokai Faction and the Japanese Government worked together to bring down Justice, hard on the Five Great Principal Clans, they're going to be feeling what has happened lately for a very long time and many are very happy about it".

I nodded and I was glad that Isamu's plan worked, Yasaka continued on "also according to some Reports, Amaterasu in a coma and hasn't fully healed from her injuries, this has sent the Shinto Gods in disarray and I'm taking advantage of all of this confusion to build Temples for the Legendary Pokémon, in fact I already started having some of them built".

Now that was good new "oh? which Legendary Pokémon are you building a Temple for right now?".

Yasaka smiled "ah! for Kyogre, Groudon and Rayquaza, thanks to your tales of their worlds we knew the sort place they would like to have as a temple, so I had the constructors build a Tower, Cave and a Salt water lake, in each of these places we will build a Shrine for the Pokémon".

I nodded and quite like the idea "that's sounds pretty good, I'm sure Groudon, Kyogre and Rayquaza will like their temples and will be happy to give their blessings to Kyoto and the Yokai Faction".

Yasaka brightly smiled and seemed very proud right now "I'm happy to hear you say that, any recommendations for the temple?".

I hummed to myself for a little while "for Groudon's cave I would fill it with Magma, he quite likes taking naps in hot dried places like that, for Kyogre I would build her an underwater cave under the lake and for Rayquaza just built the tower very high and that would make him happy".

Yasaka immediately began to take notes while I smiled and watch her do so, she then looked up "there's one Pokémon who wanted to wait until you came back so you could help with its temple".

I raised an eyebrow because none of my Legendary Pokémon had mentioned anything to me "oh? who?".

Yasaka smiled "Mew, she just refused to say what she wanted and seemed to just want to wait for you, she knew you were busy so she probably didn't say or even indicated at anything".

"Mew?..." I crossed my arms as I hummed and thought about all of this, if Mew wants my help with her temple then that means she wants something specific, something only I can help with.

Suddenly I got a realization and I couldn't help but let my eyes widen in surprise "she wants me to make her a Tree of Beginning!".

Both Yasaka and Serafall looked confused, I noticed it so I decided to explain a bit "ah sorry I was just surprised she wants that...the Tree of Beginning isnt a tree per say but rather a rock formation that appears to be a gigantic tree, the Tree of Beginning is actually a living organism made up of crystal that feeds on sunlight...".

Yasaka tilted her head "that actually sound amazing but why are you so surprised Rean?".

I sighed "well, the Tree of Beginning isn't a simple structure... it's a living organism bonded to Mew, the one from Mew's original world is massive and its tree like roots extend far and wide, what makes it unique is this Circulatory system that looks like roots".

Yasaka and Serafall listened intently since what I was talking about seemed very important "this unique Circulatory system comes with a very powerful Immune system as well and violently reacts to any intruder... I think this is why Mew wants a Tree of Beginning in Kyoto, she wants to protect it with everything she has".

Yasaka's eyes widen in surprise, she knew that the Pokémon really care about Kyoto and the Yokai, but this? this was physical proof, Rean then sighed "the original Tree of Beginning has one weakness though".

Serafall nodded in understanding "all powerful things in the world have a weakness... that's just how nature works".

I nodded in agreement to Serafall's words "yes, since the Tree is bonded to Mew, if something happens to Mew, the Tree will grow out of control and bring chaos and destruction until it dies, its the same the other way around as well".

Serafall hummed "I see... but the Mew from the original Pokémon world, isn't as strong as yours right?".

"Yeah, my Mew is hundreds of times more powerful than any Mew could ever hope become but that only solves half the issue ".

Yasaka looked down "the Tree... it would be vulnerable and if something happens to it, Mew would be affected regardless of her strength because of the bond, right?".

I nodded "that's right and Mew knows that too, that's why she wants me to do it, I can fix that problem with my Conceptual Domains over Nature and Creation".

Serafall widely smiled "ah! then you can make sure to make the Tree of Beginning invisible!".

I grinned at Serafall and nodded to her "that's right! it will take me a bit of experimenting and trying out some stuff but I'm sure I can make it happen, plus I'm sure Gaea would love to help me as well!".

Serafall looked excited and seemed to be almost bouncing on her seat, Yasaka however looked worried "Rean, are you sure you want to do this? I'm thankful don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't want to risk Mew...".

I smiled at Yasaka, it makes me happy that she's genuinely worried about Mew but she doesn't have to, I got up from my seat and walked up to Yasaka, once reached her, I gave her a headpat and an ear scratch which she seems to really like.

Especially because one of her tails wrapped around me and held me tightly, it made my chuckle how she would unconsciously become clingy whenever I did stuff like this "you don't have to worry Yasaka, Mew wants to protect Kyoto and this is a good way to do so, I'm going to have to summon three Mythical Pokemon for this to work better and few more common ones too but it would be a great defense mechanism".

Yasaka looked up and stared into my eyes "I know you have collected some Common Pokémon Tokens but you don't have any Mythical Pokémon Tokens right?".

I nodded to her letting her know she was right "yeah, but don't worry about that, I'm sure I'll be able to find some soon and this is the best way to protect Kyoto from anyone! Mew will know immediately if anyone comes in with evil intent towards Kyoto or the Yokai and will be able to act right away too"

Yasaka looked down but nodded "okay, just make sure everything is safe for Mew and thank you, to the both of you".

I smiled at Yasaka and nodded "your welcome Yasaka but if you want to thank Mew, then you better make it a rule to bring sweets as an offering once we have her Shrine ready".

Yasaka giggled but nodded nonetheless, Mew has a very big sweet tooth and she would be happy if people visiting her shrine would leave sweets for her.

The rest of the day before I had to go and visit Kuoh academy at the end of the day, I decided to spent some time with Yasaka and Serafall, they both missed me quite a bit and wanted me to be with them for a while and I was more than happy to do so.

The school day was over for Kuoh Academy and many of it's students rushed to either go home or to attend their clubs, many also wanted to visit Wiz's Shop or play with the Pokémon that hanged around Kuoh Town or the school itself.

This was how everyday went in both the Academy and the Town, the Pokémon had become a big thing here and everyone had gotten used to them and quite like them as well.

They had become a normal sight by now and even though no one knows where they come from, and exactly how many there are, since more and more continue to appear, everyone living in Kuoh couldn't imagine living without them anymore.

This was something the young devil Ravel Phenex was very much in shock for, to her who has seen the Pokémon use their true power was an inconceivable thing to see them walking out and about among the normal population.

Some of the Pokémon were huge and very scary looking but here they are being petted and fed like Stray cats and dogs by everyone, it left Ravel completely speechless, even now during class the Pokémon just continued to do what they want and no one seems to mind.

Like at this moment when she was watching the pokémon Known as Gardevoir packed her things and walked out of the classroom after giving a class in Chemistry.

She didn't even know how everyone understood her for Maou's sake!, poor Ravel was holding her head in utter confusion, she even looked to be in pain while trying to wrap her head around the fact that a Pokémon was giving classes here.

Koneko saw this and was grinning smugly towards the poor Phenex, which Rika noticed and sweatdropped *woah... Koneko seems to really enjoy watching Ravel suffer...".

Rika didn't know why, but Koneko seemed to get some sort of sick glee in making life difficult for Ravel, even when she herself introduced her to her and told her about Ravel's true nature as a Devil, she had called her a Fried Chicken much to Ravel's annoyance.

It was sort if funny watching them bicker but even she was feeling a little bad for Ravel, so Rika got up and walked up to Ravel "Ravel... come on its time to go home, school is out".

Ravel stopped holding her head in despair and seemed to jump up in surprise, she turned her head towards Rika and gave her a strained smiled "ah! Lady Rika, thank you for letting me know".

Rika sweatdropped at the overly polite way Ravel insist in talking to her, but decided to not say anything since Ravel just refuses to drop the Lady when addressing her.

However Rika noticed Ravel's strained smiled and got worried "are you okay Ravel? you seem to be in quite a bit of pain...".

Ravel sighed and quickly began to pack her things, she quite liked Rika since she is a very nice and energetic girl, her being Rean's sister made things even better in her book "I'm fine...it's just I don't understand how such majestic and powerful creatures like the Pokémon, would be fine letting people just approached them like the students of this school do".

Ravel stood up and began to walk with Rika following by her side, Rika nodded "ah I see, well I don't know what anyone else would tell you but I think the Pokémon act like that because of Rean".

Both Ravel and Rika walked out of the classroom, both didn't noticed Koneko following them since they were busy talking, Ravel hummed "because of Lord Hayashi? how so?".

Rika sweatdropped again upon hearing how Ravel calls her brother, she knew Rean isn't going to like that, but she decided to elaborate "well Rean is the Pokémon's friend and master, so they take after Rean, my big brother is a nice and caring guy... he's always been like that and his Pokémon reflect that".

Ravel raised an eyebrow when she noticed a bit of sadness in Rika's voiced but decided to not ask about it, meanwhile Rika continued on "but like Rean can be very dangerous and brutal, so can the Pokémon too, they're just more prone to be friendly and since everyone feeds them and gives them attention they naturally came to be the way they are with everyone now".

Ravel nodded in understanding "ah I see... so the Pokémon act like that because Lord Hayashi is a good guy, that makes sense".

As they left the main build some time after, suddenly Koneko grabbed Rika's hand and pulled her away from Ravel, Rika squeaked in surprise while Ravel raised an eyebrow at Koneko.

Rika turned her head towards Koneko and stared at her in confusion "Koneko?".

Koneko frowned at Rika which confused her even more "bad Rika... no cheating, especially with Fried chicken...".

Everyone around the girls gasped after hearing Koneko say that, Ravel gaped while Rika sweatdropped "Koneko, don't say stuff like that out of nowhere!... people are going to get the wrong idea!".

Everyone was already whispering around them and some of the stuff they were saying was very intense, it made Rika blush in embarrassment while her eye twitched in annoyance.

Koneko however ignore all of that and pointed a finger towards Ravel who jumped in surprise "Rika is mine... don't try to steal her Fried Chicken!...".

Rika sighed and scratched her head in exasperation, ever since Koneko began to go to therapy she had started to open more and more, don't get her wrong though.

She was glad her friend was getting the help she needs but she's been very clingy to her and has made some very weird rumors to start to go around school, especially since Koneko seemed to be very prone to jealousy.

Ravel snapped and pointed her finger at Koneko "stop calling me Fried Chicken! and I'm Lady Rika's friend too you greedy cat! Rika this is why you shouldn't feed strays! they'll follow you everywhere!".

Both Koneko and Ravel suddenly slammed their foreheads together and began to growl at each other, Rika just deadpanned at all of this "why is this happening to me now?...".

Suddenly a voice caught her attention and of everyone around them "looks like you have two people fighting for your hand Rika? should I prepare myself to give my sister away?".

Rika turned around so fast that everyone got scared she had gotten hurt, but Rika instead took off running towards the person who just spoke "big bro! your back!".

Rean's eyes widen when Rika jumped towards him, but he was able to catch her, though he was a bit surprised with the way she reacted to him, it appeared she had missed him more that he thought "Rika?".

Rika tighten her hug around Rean "sorry... its just I missed you a lot... the first time you've been away for a long while".

*Ah that's true... I've never been apart this long from Rika, even when she was acting up, the Original Rean was always around her so this was really the first time I've been away for an extended time plus Rika has been very clingy lately so she must have been lonely*.

I smiled at Rika and sighed "sorry about that Rika, I was just very busy".

Rika Let go and nodded " I know... sorry about being so dramatic, I just reacted when I saw you".

I gave her a headpat and nodded "it's fine Rika, how have you've been?".

Rika smiled "I've been good! mom and dad missed you too Rean, so make sure to visit the house okay?".

I chuckled and nodded "of course, I was planning of visiting tomorrow with both Kunou and Weine, I have a lot to tell you three".

Rika brightly smiled and seemed very happy, Koneko walked up to Rean and gave him a small smile "welcome back Sempai".

I smiled at Koneko and gave her a headpat as well, she seems more cheerful now than before so my guess is that the therapy was helping and that made me happy for her "it's good to be back but what's this about Rika being yours?".

Koneko looked up at me and gave me them most serious look I have ever seen on her and that's saying something "she my best friend... but she's cheating on me with a Fried Chicken...".

Rika was blushing crimson red while I started to laugh at the ridiculousness of that statement "ah, I see, I'll talk to her later and make sure she sees the error of her cheating ways".

Rika gaped at me while Koneko nodded, Rika them suddenly started to fidget "Rean! don't humor her! people are going to get the wrong idea of our relationship! we're just friends!".

Rika began to looked towards everyone who were smiling at her knowingly, it didn't help her case that Koneko suddenly hugged her arm and said "mine...".

Rika groaned and seemed to have just given up on life, I just laughed at the whole thing, I then turned towards the third girl besides Koneko and Rika, I knew who she was and was aware that she would show up here eventually.

But I was still somewhat surprised to see Ravel Phenex here and way ahead of canon thought she seemed very nervous for some reason, still I have to act like I've never seen her "and who might you be?".

Ravel looked very fidgety and nervous, she then looked around and stared at everyone around them, I guess she was concern about everyone listening in to our conversation.

So I snapped my fingers and stopped time except for Rika, Koneko and Ravel, Ravel looked stunned at what I just did "there you can speak in peace now".

Ravel turned her had towards me and stared at me with wide eyes full of shock "you just stopped time... but how?".

Ravel knew Rean was very powerful and could do some very amazing things but stopping time? that's on a whole other level.

I raised an eyebrow and shrugged "it's just something I can do, now who are you excatly? I can sense that your a Devil but I don't know your name".

Ravel snapped out of it and was about to introduce herself but Koneko beat her to it "she Ravel the Fried Chicken...".

Ravel froze unable to react in any way after Koneko not only stole her thunder but also insulted her in front of me, Rika sighed "Koneko, that was cruel... you know Ravel has been waiting to introduce herself to Rean for a while now...".

Ravel looked devasted for about a second until she snapped and turned around towards Koneko and looked about to launch herself at her, Rika shook her head "Rean, this is Ravel Phenex, she arrived recently, something about acting as a liason between you and some Devil families".

Ravel snapped out her rage and immediately turned around toward me and gave a little bow while holding her skirt in a curtsy "ah yes! as Lady Rika said, I'm Ravel Phenex and I'm here to offer the support of the Phenex, Gremory and Sitri families to you Lord Hayashi".

I sweatdropped at the way Ravel just address me and Rika, I turned my head towards Rika who just shook her head and shrugged not knowing what to tell me.

I honestly did not know how to act about all of this, but it's seems like I'm going to have to get used to both Ravel being around and her calling me Lord Hayashi and I don't know how to feel about that.