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A Dragon's Family(Rewriting) by Pandora's Reader

Anime X-overs & High School DxD/ハイスクールD×D Xover Rated: M, English, Family & Adventure, OC, Rias G., T. Koneko, S. Irina, Words: 187k+, Favs: 175, Follows: 180, Published: Oct 25, 2021 Updated: Nov 17, 2021

22Chapter 5: A crash course in combat pt 3

AN - I haven't felt the urge to stop yet so we're still going full speed! And i'll do more of a personal 1st POV when we get to kuoh academy. Also, first time with combat. Hopefully i do good. This'll help connect the girls to Cannon and later give them an actual reason to be involved in something like Raizer's rating game.

{Tara's POV}

It was 2 years since we told our grandparents about ourselves. And they were going great. Sure our grandma may have gotten a bit carried away with my scales and stuff, but the clothes she made and the little accessories she gave us were worth it. I almost never took off my locket, and neither did anyone else in the family. She made one for all of us and i didn't even mind it was my own fang. Grandpa was a little scary though. With our permission, we trained against each other. In both my human and dragon forms. When i was a dragon, grandpa got to test moves he wanted to show me but didn't have a target too, or moves he wanted to try creating. And my extremely durable self agreed. I wish i could go back a year and hit my year younger self with a roar. I must've been out of my mind when i agreed!

Since then, i was losing scales way faster then when i shed them. But whenever that happened, grandma would collect the broken ones for grinding and used the dust in other ways. I didn't know what she was doing with them, but i knew she was making waves in the industry. That became real apparent when she thanked me by renovating our house and making it bigger with the money out of her own pocket. Sure i got a share, we all did, it was just out of our hands until we were legally old enough to touch that money. Our house ended up a 3 story home with more space then we knew what to do with. It took us some time, but eventually we figured out what we'd do with the space, more like Martha figured it out. Me and mom just stayed on the side and let her do her thing.

Our rooms were made bigger, like at-least twice the size they were before, and we had shelves of stuff alongside other things. My room had my bed, a nice and big bed mind you, a nightstand by the side where i kept whatever manga i was reading that night, and a lamp. I had some other stuff in the drawers but they didn't matter. In-front of my bed, and connected to the wall, was my desk. I had a normal setup and a ok PC,(As ok as a 2010 PC can be.), and a jar of lightning beads that Martha made for me. They were exactly what they sounded like, lightning compressed into beads. Martha spent months on figuring out how to do that without them blowing up at the slightest touch. They were my version of coffee, just healthier.

The shelves, as in plural as there were two of em, next to the desk were filled with manga and anime movies. I had a Fairy Tail poster above them, since the anime started airing last year and merch was officially out, and a box of other stuff under it. I had a fuzzy blue rug in my room and liked to build up a shock with it as entertainment when i was bored. The room itself was painted a sunset orange and i loved it. On the opposite side of my bed away from the first nightstand, was another nightstand, but that one had my phone and stuff from our grandma in it. I even had 2, 3 after today, different closets next to that nightstand. for normal clothes, clothes made from my materials, and then the new one that grandma was bringing today. Speaking of our grandma.

{Tara, get up. our grandmother's on her way with your new closet.} Yup. I remembered that was today, and woke up. I was still tired so i dragged myself over to the jar of lightning beads Martha made for me and popped one in. The jolt got me up and i was ready for the day. I sent Martha that i was up and started making my way to the bathroom. Well, to my bathroom. We had an extra one now so we each had our own bathroom. Looking in the mirror, i could see i was getting closer to looking like real life Erza, and that made me smile. I was also happy that i was toned in a good way, and not the obnoxious way. Grandpa gave all of us a diet to stick too and we did. And because of that, i was healthier then cannon Erza was. When i realized i might end up with a better figure then her because of that, Martha had to drop a boulder on me or else i would've flown out of the bounded field.

Anyway, i finished brushing my teeth and started to head downstairs, letting my tail thump down along the way as i did. Mom was in the kitchen helping Martha set the plates on the counter while Martha herself was making us a western breakfast. The scent of bacon made my tail thump against the stairs as i almost drooled. Given the fact we were 10 now and 4'4, Martha didn't need a stool to cook anymore, and she ran with that. Me and mom ate like queens ever since. Which was an ironic thought when i had it. I made my way to the table, and sat in my spot on the left. Martha would be on the right while mom sat in the middle. It was like that ever since the kitchen was made into a mini restaurants kitchen. After another minute or two, Martha was done and we all dug into our breakfast.

"So girls, What do you plan on doing today?" As usual, mom would start off the conversations. I was usually too zoned in on the food, while Martha was thinking about her magic.

"I think i'll look for anything i can add to the library." Ah, the "library" the extra room that we didn't know what to do with. Martha, the nerd that she i- {You know i'm right!} a mental whack and scoff was the response to me thinking the truth. Anyway, she made the room a small library. It was filled with books i knew she loved, and there was even a hidden section with whatever magical books we, or our grandparents, found. I just knew she would sometimes go to that room on her own and just cackle like a madwoman, no matter how many times she denied it! Both rooms were big enough for her to practice her non destructive magic, and it was usually where she did it. She even had a book on wards and runes that she damn near devoured the moment our granddad gave it to her.

Martha soaked up the knowledge of wards and runes and found her new favorite passed-time. The amount of times mom would sic me on her to get her out of her library was starting to catch up to the number of times she woke me up. Though the wards and runes book was just what we needed. Thanks to them, Martha perfected her bounded field and made it so only people she keyed in could see us when we were training. She even warded the house to high heaven! There were at-least 3 different security systems in the house. Our rooms even had healing wards full of Martha's healing ability just in-case we needed them. She even made a discount Hiraishin for mom so she could return home if she was ever in danger.

Speaking of Martha's healing ability, she could put limbs back on now. Well, it depended on the thing she was healing. We figured out how her ability worked, and it was surprisingly logical for magic. Which didn't annoy me. Not at all! If she understood the physiology of whatever she was healing, whatever it was that she wanted to heal, and had the power/stamina to do so, she could heal anything. She had enough time to study my dragon form and figure it out, so she could heal it if i was ever too tired to heal and regenerate on my own. It was also the reason she slept so much after we were born. If she doesn't know what's wrong, she can just pump more magic and stamina into her healing and brute force it. Doing that as a baby for 4 days straight made her tired though.

Anyway, Martha's schedule was crazy. She'd wake up before 8am and start her day there. She'd spend the morning making breakfast, and moms lunch, she got a job as a gym teacher at kuoh thanks to granddad, and from there her schedule would depend on the day. Every morning was spent in the library for 3 hours, take a break for an hour, to make sure she never overworked herself, and to really absorb whatever she was working on. Then, she'd come with me to our clearing to do some martial arts training and test whatever she wanted for an hour and a half, and depending on the day, we'd spar at different levels of intensity, and then go home. I would stay down there and practice mixing my [Renewal Taekwondo] and my 'Lightning dragon slayer' magic. I made great progress, and could do it reliably against Martha.

After that, she'd go research biology, diseases, and anything else that would help her healing. Other days, she would work on her wards, either for fun or research. And the days she wasn't doing that, she was searching for magic books. The hours after that, she'd get ready to cook dinner for when me and mom came home, and we'd spend time together as a family. After that, it was either her playing with wards and runes, reading her books, all of us just going around kuoh, or relaxing. She knew that she'd have to take time off to not overdo it to keep herself from burning out, but the shit she was researching made my brain hurt. Anyway, back to the conversation.

"Hmm... Tara? Are you doing anything later?" I had to think. Was i? Issei and his family were on vacation, so i couldn't bother them. I didn't have anything to do after training other then hunt for manga, so i was free. "Nope. Why?" Mom just finished drinking her coffee and got up to put the dishes in the sink. "There's a new gym opening up and i wanted to check it out. Who knows, we might have fun there." That did sound interesting. "And i want to try fighting against you in an actual training environment." Huh? That got mine and Martha's attention. Granddad involved mom in our training and was teaching her both [ITF and Renewal Taekwondo], along with her diet, mom was physically at her peak. She could probably fill in for a actual martial artist if the event called for it. So to hear that she wanted to spar with me? That just made my brain stop.

Martha was in the same boat for a bit. But then she bounced back and just looked at mom, who was starting to was her plate, back still to us. "Why?" Mom started to hum for a bit, and when she was done with the plate and cup, she turned off the water and stood still. "To be honest... I'm worried. Everyday i see you two train or study, and i love that, don't get me wrong, but i don't remember when, but i had a thought. 'Do i want my girls to do all of this on their own?' And when i thought it, i knew my answer on the spot. I don't want you two to just stay you two. I want to stay with you even when i don't need to be there. I talked about it with mom and dad once. If they had the chance to live for as long as you two would. Mom just thought about it for a second before she said she'd rather be at peace with dad.

And dad? Dad agreed. But he gave me a longer answer. 'We've seen you grow from the little tyke that ran into the world headfirst, into the wonderful woman full of love that you are now. We've seen all there is to see, a few more years would be fine, but i know i'd rather let my time catch up to me. This world's bigger then i expected but i'm fine with my place in it. But what about you my little flower? Are you fine with your place in this world?' And i had to think about it. Was i satisfied? And before i had you two? I still don't think my answer would've been yes. But now that i KNOW the world is so much bigger then being a secretary or a gym teacher? That i KNOW my little girls are going to be fighting in a world like that while i'm doing a normal job? I don't want to let you two to leave me behind. I want to stay with my two little angels and be right by your side throughout whatever you go through. I want to watch my little girls grow up and take the world by storm while i'm there to cheer you on!"

Martha and i just sat there. We sat there and took in our moms words as they flowed out from her. Even without a link, we could feel her conviction from our seats. She was serious. This might have been the most serious we've ever seen her be. And i could tell Martha was thinking that too. {Martha, what do we do? There's not a snowballs chance in hell she's saying no... What do we do?} There was silence on her end. Just silence. She was still and i felt her emotions raging in her. And how could they not? She did everything she could to make sure mom would be safe. And now she's hearing our mom outright say she wants to fight by our side? What was she supposed to do? {I-i'm not sure Tara... I-i don't know... I know of ways and things she can do, but... I don't want to see her get hurt Tara... I don't want to lose her... What do i do?}

I could feel Maria's fear surge through her. Our choice might lead our mother into whatever fights would come our way. Neither of us wanted to see her hurt, but she'd never take no for an answer. Martha was too scared to come up with an idea... So i had to lead the charge. "One condition. On one condition and that condition only." They both snapped towards me as i said that. {Tara wha-} "Name it." I looked at her. Right into her ocean blue eyes and stated my condition. "You need to beat me at the gym. One win. That's all you need. But i'm not going to go easy on you. If you say yes i WILL break your bones." {TARA VALERIE SAKURA! WHAT ARE YOU SAY-} "Deal." "WHAT! NONONONO TAKE IT BACK RIGHT NOW!" ""No."" Martha just looked at us and i felt her fear and panic turn into anger. There weren't many things we disagreed on, i could count the times we had actual arguments on one hand. But now? It looks like we found something we'd disagree on for the first time in years.

"Tara. You will meet me at the training ground in 2 hours. You will not be late." Then she left. She got up left her plate and cup at the counter, and started heading up the stairs to her room. "You're screwed aren't you?" "Oh fucking definitely." Mom just hummed, came over to me and gently ran her fingers through my hair. "Thank you Tara. For giving me this chance." I just hugged her and started heading up to my room. Sure me and Martha sparred, but that was that and this was this. Martha was PISSED. I went over to the chest we used to hold scales and that stuff, and prepared to strap it on. But first, i had to go get disposable clothes and extra clothes. 30 minutes later and i had everything i'd need for our fight. Martha was already gone. I heard when she left. And i could tell she was heading to the training ground. I took a peak inter her room and saw her ward box was open. (hehe... I'm in danger.)

Future me must HATE me with all this shit i keep dropping in her lap. Martha's ward box had her strongest wards, including a healing ward that worked on plant-life. And that ward was gone! Hopefully no one noticed a portion of the woods being gone until it was all fixed up. I went downstairs in a normal white shirt and sweat pants combo, i didn't need shoes since i was just going to fly there when it was time, with the chest strapped to my back. Mom saw me off and i started walking around town. The stuff like my chest had a concealment rune on it, so people wouldn't notice it. I just walked around kuoh and prepared for my fight with Martha. Eventually, it was time. I flew over to the training ground, which changed from the clearing it was before, into an actual training ground. We cleared out trees in a 60 foot radius, and and flattened the grass around the area. That and a illusion ward, it made a perfect training ground. It was a smooth area that was big enough for my dragon form and then some.

I saw Martha standing in the center of the training ground, looking directly at me. I could tell she calmed down a bit, but she was still VERY pissed at me. I walked over to the only stump we left in the area, and set my chest down onto it. It was far away enough that it would be safe. I slowly started moving to the center and eventually stood in-front of her. Martha looked at me and i couldn't tell what she was thinking. "I'm not going to tell you 'this is your last chance to take it back' because i know you won't. I just want you to remember that you chose this." I just sighed and got into stance. She copied me and we just stared at each other. Then we moved.

She led off with a palm strike aimed at my arm and i countered with my elbow, but before we made contact, she grabbed it and followed with a low sweep. I was falling, but i brought out my tail and slammed it against the ground as hard as i could, and back flipped back to reposition myself. I didn't get much time to breath since she followed up with a bolt of fire and a brace of earth binding my legs. She was always able to read me, but i knew i had the better physique, so i broke through the bindings and backhanded the fire bolt. As soon as i was free i rushed her and slammed my tail against the ground as i jumped, gaining even more height as i flipped and brought out my wings to rush my descent, and give my [Renewal Taekwondo Axe] the extra strength to knock her down.

That's what our spars usually amounted too. One good hit from me and Martha would NEED to take time to heal so we could keep going. But it was never easy. Martha easily evaded my Axe and lined up 4 more fire bolts right at center mass. I dodged the bolts and braced when i saw the wind pick up around her legs. Martha rushed me and started out with a Roundhouse-Kick that seemed to snap something in my arm. But she wasn't done there, she used a blast of air to push herself back before i could go for a return strike and used it to reposition herself so the earth spikes she made behind me would knock me off balance. When they did, she rushed me again and coated her arms in stone, letting me know this was gonna hurt. And hurt it did. She smashed one of her fists into my stomach and brought the other one to my head, which she grabbed and combo-ed into a knee strike to my jaw.

Before i could do anything, she let me go and i could feel the winds pick up as she used it to spin and set up a [Renewal Taekwondo Ground-Drawer.] But right as she was going to make contact, i coated my knees in lightning, getting her to flinch and give myself an opening. So, ignoring the pain in my knee and arm, i charged forward and coated my fists in lightning as i started firing off Fist-Strikes. She had to avoid them or else the moment i got an opening i'd take it and deal a massive amount of damage. She kept dodging, refusing to give me anything to exploit. I tried to get her with a feint, but she read it and used that to make a small root latch onto my leg, which threw off my flow and gave her an opening to hit me with the first half of a [Renewal Taekwondo Nigawa-Kick] she flipped back and uses the top of her foot to hit my jaw like a bar of steel.

I snarled and ripped the root off as i brought my wings out and took to the sky. Martha was EXTREMELY competent on the ground, but i owned the sky between us. She started sending dozens upon dozens of fire, earth, and water bolts after me but i avoided them all. While i was dodging, she was making a stone bardiche, her new favorite weapon, for when i would come back down. And i usually would, but this was different then our spars. This was a FIGHT, a fight at 70-80% of our full strength, but a fight nonetheless. So instead of rushing down and doing something she was used too, i did something we kept out of spars. She recognized that something was wrong, and then she saw it. The golden glow making its way up my throat. 'LIGHTNING DRAGON'S ROAR!' Her eyes widened and she quickly made a concussive blast of air to throw herself out of the way. But even when she did that, she was momentarily blinded and deafened by the cloud of dust and the clap of thunder that followed.

I knew where she was, my dragon eyes were unbothered by the dust and i could still hear clearly. I took that moment to fly up higher, and then i started to flip and spin like a deranged sonic as i dove towards her coated in lightning. 'LIGHTNING DRAGON'S RAZOR!' An original i came up and was satisfied with. I dove towards her and she could feel it, but she knew she wouldn't have time to dodge, so she raised wall after wall of water and stone, and raised her bardiche to block me. The walls were slowing me down and i knew i wouldn't make it through as i currently was, so i did something new. I started charging out a Non-Vocal-Roar, and fired it. Sure it wasn't even half power with how fast i did it, but it would give me more momentum and it would help me pierce her defenses. I started gaining speed and then i tore through the walls blocking my path. But she had enough time to set up a counter.

I spun directly into a flaming slash of her bardiche! She had regained her barrings fast enough to tell where i'd breakthrough and when. The slash hit me and BURNED one of my wings. Until it healed, i was grounded. But the roar portion of my spin hit her and i could see one of her arms dangling by her side. She growled and tried to strike back with her bardiche, but before she could follow up, i sent out a Non-Vocal-Wing-Attack with my good wing to force her back, and to pull my wings back in. We were both starting to get tired, me from the damage i took, and Martha from using more energy she was prepared too in order to defend herself from my Razor, and the damage to her arm. But i recovered faster. I coated my legs in lightning and kicked the ground as i charged towards her. She set up her guard and i prepared to hit her with a kick. But as she prepared and raised her guard towards her face to stop that, i brought out my wings and flapped one of them hard enough to spin me as i brought out my tail and slammed it into her already weakened side!

She didn't expect it since i had just put my wings back, that's why i did it. I flashed forwards and sent out a [Renewal Taekwondo, Lightning style, Thunder-Punch!] towards her. The fist made of lightning hit her before my flesh fist, but they both struck true, and Martha was sent reeling. She stabbed her bardiche into the ground as she slowed herself down and stared at me. Then she smiled. That immediately put me on edge. Why would sh- then i felt it. The ground i was standing on erupted into a pillar of blue fire! And it fucking HURT! I had instinctively fully transformed and wrapped my wings around my body to defend myself from the damage. But even with my scales and wings defending me, it BURNED. I roared in pain and wasn't able to respond to the fucking BOULDERS and TREES Martha threw at me. They impacted my massive frame and sent me crashing through who knows how many trees.

When i could finally focus back on the fight, Martha had to be at-least 50 feet away. But even then, i could see the green arcs of healing light glowing around her arm and side. Martha would end up tired faster, but she would be able to use her good arm again, and the ribs i knew i broke wouldn't hinder her anymore. I just groaned and rose to my feet... Well i tried, my forelimbs looked broken if the bones i could see sticking out of them were any sign. Those boulders did a number on them, and my wings didn't seem any better. So i had to change back. Damage to my dragon form and my normal form correlated differently. My damaged wings wouldn't hinder me unless i brought them out. And i was in no way going to do that. So i went back to normal, and forced myself up. I heard my legs creak, but i pushed passed the pain and got to my feet as me and Martha stared at each other. We both had one good clash left in us, so that's what we did. We ran at each other.

Martha started to coat her bardiche in flame and spun it, and i coated my legs in lightning. When we were a dozen feet away from each other, we struck. I jumped and spun as fast as i could to deliver a spinning [Renewal Taekwondo Scissor!] Martha on the other hand, slashed out with her bardiche, keeping the flames burning on it instead of sending them out as a strike. I could feel the bardiche break from my kick, my leg burn from the contact, but we both crashed into the ground after the clash. The arm Martha held the bardiche in was twisted the wrong way and my leg was charred. My body was wracked with pain, and i felt like i would break something just from moving. I could tell i was healing, the broken arm i got at the start would've been fine by now if i didn't get slammed by boulders, which was probably why she did it. Oh well. I just laid there, and so did Martha. We just laid in pain and silence.

{Are you satisfied now? Or do we need to go again after we're done healing?} {... We're fine... But when you're testing her i'm coming along to fix her.} I had to snort at that. {As if you weren't already.} {Just felt like you should know... Can you move yet?} {Bitch, you broke my everything!} She had to audacity to laugh at that! I'd be offended if i didn't laugh with her. {Oh fuck off, you fired a ROAR at me!} {You dodged!} {Of course i did! I can't fight that stupid shit Tara! Who the fuck do you think i am? GOKU?!} We just laughed even more at that, despite how much it hurt to do so. It was hard to get Martha to curse, but when i did, it was always great. {But ughhh, did you have to throw the TREES at me too? The boulders on their own would've been enough.} {Eh, i was still pissed at you.} {Are you now?} {Not really. I got it out by the time i hit you with that Arc flame pillar.} I just blinked at that. {Wait a minute... Didn't you just say...} {Whoops. Guess you'll have to figure out which one was the lie then.} {Ex-fucking-scuse me?} {You heard me Tara.} {So you threw BOULDERS AND TREES AT ME FOR THE FUCK OF IT?!} {Hmm... Yeah. Pretty much.} {... You are so unbelievably lucky i am in excruciating pain right now.} {I'll heal you right now if you drop it.} {You dastardly bitch... Fine you have a deal.} I felt her smirk, i didn't even need to see it.

Martha eventually managed to reach me and put one of her hands on mine, and started healing me. She even made a bolt of lightning and fed it to me. 5 minutes of healing and lightning later and i was as good as new. Martha on the other hand was better, but she still had some broken bones and was too tired to move on her own yet. So i fully transformed and let her lay on my back as i healed. {You're such bullshit. I broke your 'everything' and now it's like we never fought. This world needs to nerf dragons. You're all bullshit.} I snorted at that. {You're at-least 70% responsible for me being all good again, you can't complain. And i'm literally the only dragon you know.} {Yes i can complain, and i will continue to do so. And so what?} {Whatever... So... I definitely won that, right?} {Tara... Do not make me drop another fucking tree on you.} {So a draw then?} {... Gods i hate you. Fine, it was a draw.} {Love you too Martha.} It always amused me how much our dynamic changed after a spar, and in this case, a fight.

I shook my head from those thoughts, and just looked out at our training ground. The earth where my starting Axe kick hit was cracked open, the grass was either wilted or scorched, a bunch of trees were either up-rooted, broken, or just straight up gone because of my roar. Speaking of my roar, {How long do you think it'll take for THAT to heal?} Martha raised her head to look at what i was pointing at, and just groaned. There was a straight line of devastation for miles on end, i think it was a record. {Probably a month. You blew it to high hell with that roar.} Definitely a record. I just hummed and looked around the rest of the training ground. There were still some stone bolts laying around, and there was some mud and puddles pooled around the area too. It'd probably take a week for that kind of stuff to be cleaned by the runes, oh well. We just laid there in comfortable silence as Martha went back to healing herself.

15 minutes later and Martha was good as new. I went to my chest and grabbed the spare clothes i knew we'd need, and put mine on and went to collect all of my broken scales and fangs while Martha put on hers. After we were done, we were about to head back home when i smelled something weird. Thanks to granddad and by extension Irina's dad, i knew what holy smelt like, but this? This smelt like the opposite. And with the knowledge we had? I knew right away what it was. {Martha, i think there's a devil coming here.} Martha stopped fiddling with her sandals, and just processed what i thought. She turned thoughtful and i could feel the gears turning in her head. {How long till it gets here?} I started to sniff, and tried to figure that out. {5 minutes?} The gears kept churning and eventually she came up with something. {Go in the opposite direction and try to get to lower ground. Your scent is probably scattered all around here, so if you go somewhere lower it should be harder to find you. I'll see if it's hostile. If it is, come back and help me take it down. But don't kill it, we need information about this race after all.} I nodded and took off.

I couldn't find somewhere low low, but i did find an empty burrow of something big. It wasn't big enough to fit in, of course, so i enlarged it and crawled in. I had Martha in my line of sight, so she wouldn't be in danger, and i could just lightning enhance myself to flash over. The only thing that we were waiting on now was the devil. And it didn't take long for it to get here. But the scent of the thing almost made me puke. I smelled the dark scent first because it was the strongest, but now that it was closer? The damned thing smelled bloody! And it just looked disgusting. It was at least 7 feet tall and the thing looked like a corpse. The top half looked like someone tried to fuse a mantis and a deadpool's face with a blender! It even had this sickly bug wing twitching out of it's back and this mangled arm that ended like a cleaver. Whatever the thing was, there was no way in hell it was sane! It didn't help my thoughts that the fucker had a mandible that was flapping like it was broken either.

"DraaaAaaGGOOnnlIIng whEEErEEEE" Even the way the thing talked was wrong. Martha didn't even hesitate and just skewered the thing in a cage of stone spikes. It didn't even get to react when it was turned into a shish-kabob. {Ok... Now i know why they say plans never survive contact with the enemy.} I just walked over to her and looked down at the thing. "Think this is one of those 'strays' we know about?" Martha just looked at it with me. "Definitely. If there was an entire race of creatures like this then it's a miracle they survived for as long as they have." I nodded to that. "So what do we do with it?" She raised a brow at me and just conjured up a ball of blue flames and launched it at the corpse. 30 seconds later and it was nothing but ash. "What corpse? I don't see a corpse here." I just blinked at her and snorted. "Mom is a horrible influence on you." "Oh absolutely, but i wouldn't change it for all the money in the world." "Damn right." And we left. Neither of us were bothered that we just killed / watched something get killed, and that made me think.

"Why am i not bothered that you just killed that thing?" Martha hummed before she answered. "Thank our grandfather for that. It was a subtle thing. He helped condition us into accepting killing as something that happens. He knew that i realized, but we never brought it up." That made me stop and just stare. Even as Martha kept walking. "When the fuck did do that?" "2 years ago. After we told him about who we were. It was his hidden reason for upping our training." That made so much sense it was embarrassing that i didn't realize it. "Ughhh, and when'd you realize it?" "A week after. It really was a subtle thing." At-least she didn't figure it out on the spot. That would've made it worse. We just kept walking home and eventually made it. It was a sunday so there wasn't any school for mom to be at, so she was there when we got home.

When we opened the door, she just turned towards us and muted the TV. "Everything good girls?" ""Yeah."" "Great. The gym opens in an hour. Want anything while we wait?" I thought about it, and eventually decided to spoil myself. "I'm going to the cake shop. Anyone want anything?" ""Strawberry/Red velvet."" We just turned to our mom when she said that. She even looked offended when we did. "What? I'm going to work it off aren't i?" She had a point. I just took it in stride and went to her room to grab her purse. She trusted us with her money so she just left it on the nightstand. After i got enough Yen for the cakes, i left and went to the cake store. It was only a 10 minute walk away, so i had enough time to think about how i was going to test mom. I knew she was going to pass, she was as stubborn as me and Martha were, so i just had to think about how long we'd go for until i let her pass.

I was still thinking when i reached the cake shop and didn't notice the other redhead that i was about to crash into. And crash we did. The girl i walked into, looked to be my age. an inch or 2 shorter then me and had a slightly darker shade of red then mines. Her hair was flowing down like mine was and she even had blue eyes too, though hers were darker then my baby blue ones. She had a nice red sweater and had a black skirt and stockings on. Adding on her slip on shoes too, made for a cute kid. While i was looking at her, she was looking at me. Her eyes lingered on my hair and eyes before they reached my sweater. And i swore i saw a spark in her eyes. I didn't know of what, but i recognized it. We just looked at each other until she ended up speaking first.

"You're a woman of culture aren't you?" I checked where she was looking, and realized my spare sweater was a bleach sweater with Ichigo's hollow mask over my heart. When i realized that, i swore i felt the strongest sense of Deja-Vu in my life. "This is the start of something great. I just know it." She just grinned at me and we helped each other up. {Hey sis, i think i just found a new best-friend.} I got back a feeling of amusement. {Oh really? And what's her name?} {Ugh, give me a sec.} After we got back up, i helped pick up the box she dropped, and found it was miraculously ok. Fucking anime logic right there! "The name's Tara Sakura, what about you?" My potential new best-friend grabbed the box of cake, and smiled at me. "Rias Gremory, and i think you're right about that Sakura-san." {Her name's Rias.} {Ok. Am i supposed to know her?} That stumped me for a second. 'Cause i thought i heard something ring at the back of my mind, but i wasn't sure if it was that or if i was still tired from our fight.

"So, whatcha doing here Gremory-san?" She just gave me an amused look and looked at the box holding her cake and then back at me. "Ok smartass." That got a laugh out of her. "I'm getting something for a friend of mine with a sweet tooth. How about you Sakura-san?" "Getting some cakes for me my sister and my mom. Wanna come with?" She had to think on that. It'd make sense considering she literally just met me, but eventually she settled on coming with. I bought our cakes and me and Rias left the cake shop. "So Gremory-san. out of the big 3, what's your favorite?" "Naruto. No question." "Heathen! I thought you were one of me! How could you!" The laugh that roared out her throat was great. {She's one of mine! Suck it Martha!} {Oh joy of joys.} We kept talking and eventually we got to the topic of school. "So Sakura-san, where do you go to school?" "I'm home-schooled for now. Though me and my sister are going to test into Kuoh when we're high-school age. What about you Gremory-san?"

That seemed to surprise her. Did she never meet someone home-schooled? Or was it something else? I didn't know and didn't feel like asking. "I'll be going to kuoh's junior high division in a couple of years." "Ooh, nice. You'll probably see my mom around there then. She's a P.E teacher." Now that got her attention. "Really? Wait a minute... Sakura-san... I've heard that name before... Aha! Is your mother Illiya Sakura-sensei?!" She damn near squealed the last part out, and i had no idea why. "Ugh... Yeah? Why." That just set her off even more. {Hey Martha, can you ask if mom's famous? 'Cause my new best-friend is squealing like a rabbit on crack.} I got a mental snort back, and had to wait for Martha to respond. Me and Rias were still heading home, but she was practically clinging onto my arms as i dragged her home. {She says she doesn't know.} {Great.} {I can hear the sarcasm in that Tara, you don't need to send it along with it.} {Whatever.}

A few minutes later, we were at our front door and the security systems keyed Rias in temporarily. When we walked in though, i think i felt her tense a little bit, but i wasn't sure. We walked right in and saw mom on the couch with Martha sitting right next to her watching Sailor moon, for some reason. Rias went back to fan-girling over mom and the fact that we had anime on. "How're you going to rake on me for being a weeb when you're watching sailor moon? The fuck is this double standerd? ""Language."" "Oh c'mon!" Rias just observed the byplay and went back to chatting with our mom. That's how we found out that mom had a following and title of 'Most Gorgeous Teacher on campus' and i swore, i could physically SEE her ego inflating before my eyes. Even Martha could see it. {{The fuck?}} We just looked at each other and neither of us knew what to do.

{You brought her here! Take her away, quickly!} I sent over my annoyance but i still did it. "Hey Gremory-san, wanna see me room?" Her eyes lit up up like jewels and she practically leaped at the offer. I led her up the stairs and over to my room, where she immediately zoned in on my shelves of manga and anime. But then she laid her eyes on the Fairy Tail poster above them... And i swore i could hear something click in her mind. 'Red hair, blue eyes, likes strawberry, has an eye covered, sounds exactly like her...' It helped that she was muttering what she was thinking. 'Oh my MAOU! YOUR ERZA!" "{HAH!}" "{NOT NOW YOU TWO!}" There was a part there that my mind saved for later, but that was later and this was now. "Bitch, I'll be better then Erza! Just you wait!" "You admitted it! You're ERZA!" Ah fuck. I think she heard 'I and Erza' and didn't register the rest of the sentence. She was all over me at that point. If i didn't think we'd be best-friends before then i definitely did now that we were talking Anime and manga.

Rias was in my room for like 15 minutes before we heard someone ring the doorbell. We were curious so we left my room and peeked over the wall as Martha went to open the door. Standing there was a girl with long black hair tied to a high ponytail, a pretty face and violet eyes, and she looked like she was in a miko outfit. Huh... Whatever. "Hello, this is the Sakura residence, how can we help you?" Martha went straight to the point. "Hello, i believe a friend of mine is here? Is there a foolish redhe-... Hmm, a foolish girl who was supposed to buy a cake and be back home a half hour ago?" The girl had to correct herself when she realized both Martha and mom were redheads. Speaking of redheads. "Akeno! Up here!" Said girl was waving at this 'Akeno' as if she wasn't just insulted. I feel like Martha and mom would like this girl. Why did i suddenly feel a chill when i had that thought?

I didn't have much time to think about that further since Rias ran down the stairs to join her friend. I heard her say 'I met Erza!' and i just groaned. The 'Akeno' girl looked up to me and i could see the amusement and the sadistic light that shone in her eyes. I realized why i felt that shiver now. I'm pretty sure Martha saw it too, but she was only half worried and half expectant. {I think i just found my new best-friend as-well.} {Oh you spiteful bitch.} {I love you too oh sister of mine.} I gave up. I just went to grab my strawberry cake and left for my room. But not before Rias said goodbye. "Sakura-san can i come over sometimes?" """Sure./Which one?/Who?""" Mom, Martha and me answered in that order.

Rias looked like a child on Christmas morning when she got her confirmation. And then they left, with her cake in hand. I was going to get into my room and gorge myself on cake when Martha stopped me. "So... What are they?" "Huh?" The deadpanned look she gave me confused me even more. "The wards read them as non human. Tara... Did you just bring an unknown entity into our home and not even realize it?" I had to give my brain time to process that, and when it did i noticed i never did smell Rias. I was too focused on getting our cakes and had that smell fill my nose. But now that she mentioned it, Rias did make that 'Maou' comment in place of god... "Oh son of a bitch! She was a devil!" ""What?!"" Martha and mom had completely different reactions to that news.

Martha felt like she was one move away from beating the shit out of me, again, and mom was intrigued. "You sure honey? She didn't look like a soul stealing demon to me." We both turned to our mother, who was still watching sailor moon, and both wondered what to say. "Well, if Tara says she was a devil, then i'm assuming that's what she was. I'll key the wards into any signatures like that and label them correctly." {But know, we will talk about this!} {Yes ma'am!} With that said, she started to walk away. "No mental threatening while i'm talking!" Did she just suck her teeth at our mother? Was she still annoyed by our fight from earlier? "Anyway, as i was saying. She seems like a good girl."

"How much of that is you being genuine verses her inflating your ego like a bouncy castle?" Mom just seemed to pause for a minute, and i thought i could see her doing calculations in her mind. "50/50?" I just raised a brow at my mother. "Ok, 60/40." I gestured for her to elaborate, and she started fidgeting in place. "60 genuine... '40 because she let me know i was considered the baddest bitch on campus.'" If it wasn't for my dragon hearing, i might not have caught that. But thank gods i did. "Language!" The sheer annoyance and vindication on my mothers face when i said that was so worth it. I went to my room, laughing all the way. The cake helped me take my mind off of inviting a literal devil into our house. I would've never guessed she was a devil, she was pretty much a normal girl. Hell, if i didn't decide to look like Erza, i'd probably be seen as a normal girl too until i slammed someones face in with my tail.

I thought about where we might go from here, and decided that as-long as she didn't threaten our family, i'd give her a chance. With that sorted, i started to prepare for moms test. I needed something light and breathable, so i settled for a silver sports tank top and shorts that stopped above my knees. I decided to put my hair up in a ponytail, and grab some good sneakers. When i was ready, i went downstairs and saw mom come out of her room with a ponytail like mine, a good sports bra, which did not make me jealous no matter how long my eyes stared at her chest, and form fitting yoga pants that did nothing to my jealousy. She had a jacket in one hand and her purse in the other. Meanwhile, Martha just stayed in the spare clothes i brought her, sandals, a blouse that looked like a smaller version of Erza's, and some jeans. "We ready to go?" I looked at mom and nodded. She walked ahead, and i fell in alongside Martha.

The gym was 5 minutes away, and i was surprised i didn't see it when i went out for my walk. It was already open, and i could see people filtering it. It was a 2 story building, which seemed to have normal gym equipment on the first floor, and fighting rings on the second. We all just walked up to the second floor, ignoring the stares directed at mom, or glaring at them whenever they got too annoying, i learned the Erza glare so i used it whenever i could, and got into a ring. "I'll set up a notice-me-not ward, so as long as you stay in the ring you'll be fine." We just looked at Martha, who didn't look ashamed in the slightest. "Nerd!" "Shut it Erza." Retribution would be so sweet when i fi-... I knew what to do. I'd have to wait for a few years, but i knew what to do. I shook my head and looked at mom. "Ready?" Mom fastened the tape on her hands and got into stance. A nod later and i followed suit. Martha counted us down, and i made sure to limit myself to base human strength, and went after mom when the count hit zero.

I started with a jab, to test her response, and she grabbed it and threw me over her shoulder! Oh she was serious. If i hit the mat it would be counted as a loss, so i reached out with my other hand and sent out a punch aimed at her wrist, mom wasn't fast enough to respond, so my fist struck and she released me before i could hit the mat from her throw. I couldn't put enough force to break her wrist, but it was enough to keep her from using it for a bit. As fast as humanely possible, i got up and went for a [Renewal Taekwondo Rising-Back-Kick.] Mom must've felt the danger since she split to dodge, and got back up a beat later, despite how difficult that should've been. Something we knew, was mom was VERY flexible, and her balance beat both me and Martha. She re-positioned herself and then moved towards me. She led of with a [Renewal Taekwondo Gor-Yo] but i grabbed her leg and tried to follow up with a [Renewal Taekwondo Fang], but she leveraged the fact that i was holding her and brought up her other leg and struck me in the jaw as she used that momentum to perform a full [Renewal Taekwondo Nagiwa-Kick]. I hated that technique with a passion. Using my face as a springboard was infuriating.

It was time to kick it up a notch. I rushed at my mom and didn't give her time to breath as i started striking out with my palms. She easily avoided or blocked my hits, but i would focus on the wrist i hit earlier every-time she needed to block. And when i heard the sound of it cracking? I took the opening that gave me and swept moms legs. She was falling, and i was going to take the chance it gave me... Well, i would've if she didn't use her good arm to hit the ring and flip back, hitting me in the chin, again! Mom just clutched her wrist for a bit before she got into an [ITF stance] and waited for me to come to her. I just narrowed my eyes at her. Sure she practiced ITF, but it was her weakness, she sucked at it. She could defend herself with it, which was the point, but she relied on her [Renewal Taekwondo] for her attacks... What was she thinking? I thought of the options, and decided to see what she had in mind. I charged at her and kept my eyes on her legs, it was the most likely thing to be a threat in my mind.

And i would've been right, if she didn't strike out with the hand i damaged. I was caught off guard, and hit straight in the stomach! I didn't have time to respond as she hit me with a [Renewal Taekwondo Baekdu] and brought me into the the air! But instead of using that for a combo, she grabbed my leg with her good arm and swung me! She let me go before i could strike back but by that point, i was already flying out of the ring. She lured me into a trap... And i was getting a vague sense of Deja-Vu. {Ah karma, i love you.} {What?} {You did the same thing to me earlier, i even feel better now that it happened to you the same day.} That made me remember. I did do that earlier! What the fuck?! Martha came over and saw the look on my face and just burst out laughing. Mom came out of the ring, clutching her wrist as she joined me on the ground. "Did you really need to break it honey?" "I planned to break an arm before i would let you win." That got her attention. "What do you mean, 'let me win?'" I could tell there was an edge in her voice, but i didn't have to lie.

"You're as stubborn as us, so i knew you'd never take no for an answer. The plan was to see how far you'd go and to eventually let you bring me down. But i underestimated you. Sure i limited myself to base-human strength, but i've only sparred with Martha for so long, i didn't realize how crafty you were. But still, you won, fair and square." Mom just watched me as i spoke, and let Martha heal her, and i knew she could tell i was telling the truth. She earned that win and we all knew it. "I wouldn't have fallen for such an obvious trap though." And then it was ruined. My sister, my wonderful sister just had to say that didn't she? Mom just laughed and i groaned on the floor. We just took it in as we all sat there, oblivious to the spying of a little bat on the building across from us.

{Rias' 3rd person POV before crashing into Tara}

Rias Gremory, heir to the Gremory family of the 72 pillars, and younger sister to the strongest Satan. For her, it was another day. After fulfilling a contract and heading back 'home', she decided to treat her little rook for a rather difficult contract she fulfilled. And so, she started heading to the cake shop she knew her rook would visit in her spare time. Even she did, the cakes they made there were were divine and she knew it. She didn't have too much money on her since this was a rather last minute idea, but it was enough for one slice of cake and that was all she needed. Even if she wanted one for herself, her peerage came first. After she got to the shop, she browsed the displays and wondered which one her rook would like more. Eventually, she decided on a slice of chocolate, cake and paid for it. But as she was walking out of the door, she ran into someone that would later be one of her greatest confidants and a new best-friend.

{Rias' 1st person POV}

(Owww, did i just crash into a wa-... Pretty). That was the first thought i had when i saw what, no who, i crashed into. Her hair was red, almost as much as mine was, just lighter. (Kind of like a cherry). Her eyes were even blue too, hers were just a baby-blue kind while mine were blue-green. Her hoodie hid some of it, but i could tell she was toned and had muscle that spoke of rigorous training. But the thing that really caught my eye was the sweater she had on. It was a bleach sweater! I would recognize that mask anywhere! I couldn't even stop the words that came out of my mouth. "You're a woman of culture aren't you?" For a moment she was confused, and i was worried i was wrong. But when she noticed what i was looking at, i saw the recognition and amusement that shone in her eyes.

"This is the start of something great. I just know it." And it really was. We hit it off immediately. She even asked me what i was doing here, and when i just looked at her and the box of cake she handed back to me, she got the message. Even had the nerve to call me a smartass! Oh i was already loving this girl. After we introduced ourselves, and i ignored the bell that went off when she said her last name was Sakura, and she told me she was here to buy cakes for her family, i walked back in with her and we talked as she bought her cakes. After that she asked if i wanted to come over to her house, i had to think about it. I had just met her, like 5 minutes ago, did i want to go to her house? I didn't have to think long, redheads had to stick together after-all.

So as we walked to her house, we talked. When she said she was home-schooled, i was interested. Before i came to the human world i was home-schooled as well, but after i managed to convince my brother that it would be fine to let me learn here, i was able to make a plan that would let me have a normal life away from the underworld and thoughts of that marriage contract. I was able to bring my peerage with me and even had Sona to help me with my plan. Sure it was mostly for her to experience what human schools would be like to further her own agenda, but it was fine.

Her reaction to when i said my favorite of the big 3 was Naruto brought me out of my thoughts and made me howl in laughter. The 'Heathen' comment made it that much funnier to me. She didn't even know how hard on the nail she hit it. Then when she told me she'd got to Kuoh later, i was ecstatic! Another girl i could share my love for anime with later? Yes please! Then when she told me her mother worked as a P.E teacher there? It clicked into my mind why i thought the name "Sakura" sounded familiar. Since kuoh was a devil owned school, the faculty all had to be vetted and i remember the manager of kuoh sounding impressed when she read Sakura-sensei's profile.

Her father was a former soldier and a famous martial artist that had won a championship match without sustaining anything worse then a sprained ankle, and it was his fault it happened in the first place. I could remember my cousin was obsessed with martial arts and when word reached him a famous martial artists daughter was going to be a faculty member of kuoh? He almost charged out of the underworld to meet her himself. Unfortunately he wasn't able to use our teleportation magic, but he still made his desire to meet her known. But what the manager was really interested was her mother. When word of a human woman making clothing and accessories out of what seemed to be dragon scales, fangs and claws reached us, some of our families worked on getting ins with her and her company, but the wards on her and the building kept anyone that wasn't a high-class devil out.

And even then, her and her husband had wards that kept them safe from any form of tampering. They were stumped. Here was a human woman making clothes out of dragon materials and we couldn't approach her without considering outright kidnapping her. But even that wouldn't work since the fallen were watching her as-well. My brother and Azazel had to settle for just waiting and seeing what happened. And then there was Sakura-sensei herself. Whenever P.E was scheduled, i would let my familiar observe her. And the first time i saw her? I adored the woman! She was everything i wanted to be. She had confidence in her steps, a physique that showed she put in work, a resemblance to us Gremories that was almost uncanny, and an attitude that made all of her students love her. I wasn't even sure if any of the faculty disliked her!

And then there was the locket she wore on her neck. It was something i noticed on both Sakura's but i thought it was another accessory that could've been bought. But the runes that were etched into the locket they both had were near identical. Tampering prevention, near unbreakable, self repairing and tracking if it or the person it was on was lost? Things just fell into place. I could even feel the little prickling sensation that felt like holy energy, but it wasn't doing much to me, so it seemed like it was passive until triggered. But my mind stopped focusing on the runes when i figured out i was walking with the daughter of my essentially idol! I latched onto this girl without a care in the world!

She looked so confused, but i didn't really care. I was going to meet my idol! I just let her drag me to her home as she walked forwards. Eventually we made it to her house, and i was snapped out of my daze as i felt the wards prick at my skin. (Dangerous) The first thing that i thought when we reached the door. I've known wards for the majority of my life, and i knew it would be hard to break through these as i was right now. I could destroy them with my 'Power of Destruction' but i couldn't exactly blast a house out of existence because the wards put me on edge. I just shook those thoughts out of my head, and just followed Sakura-san into her house. I didn't even need to work long to get the wards out of my mind, since right there sitting on the couch were 2 more redheads!

I remembered the manager of kuoh say Sakura-sensei had twins, but i only remembered it when said other twin was sitting on the couch watching SAILOR MOON with Sakura-sensei! I was in heav- OW! I was in paradise. I ran over to Sakura-sensei and set my cake on the table as i talked to her. She didn't seem to know she was essentially a celebrity. So i told her about her title, and she seemed to glow at the praise. I thought i could see the other twin send a look at the sister i met, but i was distracted from that thought when she offered to show me her room. If it was anything like mine, then i was definitely interested. I bolted from the couch and followed after my fellow redhead, ignoring the other wards i felt on a door i felt upstairs, and into her room.

And it was just as i imagined! Entire shelves and anime and manga were right in-front of me! But then i saw the poster. And i swore my brain froze before going into overdrive. 'Red hair, blue eyes, likes strawberry, has an eye covered, sounds exactly like her... OH MY MAOU YOU'RE ERZA!' I heard a pair of "HAHs!' and Sakura-san just shouted back. But i was too focused on the real life Erza standing next to me! The next few minutes just flew by, and eventually my time here had to end. We heard the doorbell and i followed Sakura-san as we left her room and peeked out from the side of the wall to see who it was. When i saw it was my Akeno, my Queen, i realized i was supposed to be home by now. She even said so when she had to keep herself from insulting the family of redheads she found herself looking at. I knew she jabbed at me but i was too happy to address it.

I ran over to her and grabbed my cake as i did, and asked if i could come over again sometimes. When Sakura-sensei said yes, i was over the moon! I was practically skipping along as we left. Though i almost tripped when Akeno yanked me by the hoodie. "~Oh Riaaas-samaaaa, mind explaining why i found you in a home with wards prickling me like an anthill?~" Uh-oh... Now i knew i was in danger! "W-well, one thing led to another and..." "Ah ah ah, details. As precise as possible pleaseee~ or you may find yourself a little shocked if you take too long.~" Oh no. "Well, i was going to surprise Koneko with a slice of cake because she completed a contract i thought was too much for her, and i may have run into one of Sakura-sensei's daughters.. Literally... And then-" I told her everything. Akeno seemed to focus in on Sakura-sensei though, which was expected of course, and eventually i got up to when she rang the doorbell.

"Hmmm~ so, how many pieces?" "Huh?" "How many pieces were they worth?" That made me stop in place. King's sight. A passive/active ability a king of a peerage was granted. When we left it alone, it would give us a feeling of whether someone we met might be more then what they seemed. But i couldn't remember if i felt anything from the twins. I could feel something from their mother, but i didn't feel anything from the twins. I didn't even use its active version on them either. I just didn't think about it. The active portion of King's sight let us focus on a person and see how many pieces it would take to reincarnate someone into our peerage. I instinctively used it on Sakura-sensei once and saw she'd take up to a rook if i wanted to reincarnate her. And that was still true after i met her in person. But the twins? I didn't feel anything... And that was strange. The passive of King's sight worked off of a persons potential. Even if they could be a fraction stronger then they currently were, i should've felt something but i didn't. That should only happen if... If they were stronger then me... But that couldn't be right... Could it?

I told Akeno about my thoughts, and she turned serious. We'd have to talk about this with Sona. They shouldn't be dangerous, since our siblings checked over kuoh before they allowed us to stay here, so this should be something we can handle. I'll have my familiar watch them later. But first, i had a cake to give to my cute little rook.

{Rias' POV after Tara and Illiya's fight}

"What the hell did i just watch!" That was really the only thing i could say to that. Serana, my familiar, saw the Sakura family leave home, dressed in clothes that looked ready for fighting. That in itself intrigued me, so i started projecting and recording what she saw to the members of mine, and sona's peerage, since this was during my meeting with her to talk about them. So me, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, Sona, Tusbaki and Momo watched as the Sakura family went into a gym. That was when we saw the other twin, Martha Sakura i was told, set up a 'Notice-Me-Not' ward, which got Sona's attention as she got the reference, and Momo and Akeno's attention because it was magic. Koneko just looked on, impassively as she didn't really have any stake in this, and Kiba wanted to see how they fought. And damn did they fight! We were all confused about why, but we could think of that later.

When Tara-San jabbed out at Sakura-sensei, we watched amazed as she was grabbed and almost thrown behind her mother, but the attack to her mothers wrist and the recovery afterwords was so smooth! Then the kick she unleashed at her mother and the way Sakura-sensei split to dodge and re-positioned herself away from Tara-San made me start to understand why Sairaorg liked martial arts so much. Sakura-sensei moved with grace and purpose while Tara-San was like a tiger going after its prey. Seeing Sakura-sensei charge and fire off two very fast kicks, only to be caught and almost attacked back, only to THEN kick Tara-San and FLIP backwards as she used her other foot to jump back. Then Tara-San started to charge and began putting the pressure onto her mother, and even break her guard, which she followed up by sweeping her mothers legs ONLY FOR SAKURA-SENSEI TO RECOVER BY DOING A ONE HAND FLIP!

Then she settled into another stance and waited for her daughter to attack. And when Tara-San was in range, she struck out with her damaged hand and slammed it into Tara-San's stomach, and was followed by a knee strike that sent her into the air, only to be grabbed, spun, and thrown out of the ring by her mother! What else was i meant to say?! It didn't seem like anyone else had something to say, so i just sat back down and thought about how strange the day went. Though the first person to break the silence wasn't who we expected.

"Awesome." My little rook, Koneko said that one word and suddenly everyone else seemed like they remembered they could speak. "The other girl, Martha Sakura, is she using a sacred gear?" Sona was next, and that was a good question. All high-class devils are taught about Sacred Gears to look out for, and the green glow from Martha-San, seemed to fit the description of Twilight Healing, a sacred gear known for its healing prowess. I couldn't remember any mentions of green lightning coming off of it, but it could still be Twilight healing. "I'm not sure. It could be? But even if it is, what do we do about it? I don't think we can reincarnate the twins, so we can't do anything about it." Sona let out a discontent huff, and just leaned back to think. Kiba seemed to be re-watching the fight, studying their movements. "Buchou, i don't recognize their styles. Does anyone know what they are?" "If i remember correctly, Sakura-Sensei's grandfather is a master of a Korean fighting style called [Renewal Taekwondo.] I believe that was what they used for the majority of the fight." Sona had the answer, of course she did.

"I'm more curious about the 'Notice-Me-Not', ward. You know where that's from Sona?" Sona almost laughed when the name was said. "It's a reference to a book series called Harry Potter. It does what its name implies, it makes it incredibly difficult for normal people and even other magical species to notice the person or thing hidden under it." That made sense. There were 3 other rings on that floor, and no one inside them noticed a 10 year old girl almost toss her mother. I shook my head and zoned out of the meeting. But not before i did something i would later regret. "Sona? Can you send the recording of the fight to Sairaorg? It might help distract him for a bit." I think Sona knew it wouldn't but just let me make that mistake anyway. But after that, i just laid back and wondered what i'd gotten myself into now.

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