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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 6: Ready the cannons!

AN - I've thought about 1 game world and another anime world that i'll involve in the story. But they'll mostly be in the background until i use them as an interlude for main story stuff and their own little side stories. There'll be a hint later about the game world somewhere in this chapter. You just need to find it.

This chapter will show how the girls will end up more personally involved in the Rizer arc, and I ended up having a thought about how cannon Kiba might change if he had more information about the man himself, and then i had to figure out a way to introduce that in a way that made sense. Thank you Irina!

Also, time for the best Satan to make a short appearance!

Next chapter will be the start of cannon, and the longest timeskips will most likely be a single month now compared to the months and years that have been standard till now.

{Tara's general POV}

Rias was great! I'm pretty sure she knew the house was warded, but she still came over to hang out. Having another person to weeb out with and just connect with was awesome. We hung out almost daily, and she even introduced Martha to a younger version of herself. I swear, they took one look at each other and they were then joined at the hip. She even let Sona into her library a few months after they met, and i swore me and Rias heard their cackling in our nightmares. We came to a joint understanding that if those two went to the library, we were leaving. Our house was usually where we hung out, but when Rias decided to show me her house, i think a part of me, probably my dragon part, roared in delight.

It was a 3 story house, kind of like ours, but that was where it ended. As soon as i stepped inside, i practically smelled the gold. I didn't know where it was, i just knew there was gold somewhere in the house. Though, that wasn't the only thing i smelled. I could smell something that smelled like nature... And cat. Later on, i found out what the smell was coming from, and found a little girl reaching for my cake when i wasn't looking. The little white haired child stirred something in me and i just put my hand on her head and scratched. I didn't know what i was doing, Rias didn't know what i was doing, and the little cat-girl didn't know why i was doing it, just that she enjoyed it. She eventually melted into my lap as i scratched her and fed her cake.

Rias just looked at us, and took a picture when i wasn't looking, and sent it into the group-chat we were all a part of. I felt Martha's amusement across the link and she even called me a lolicon. Jokes on her, technically were all Loli's! She sent back her annoyance when i said that, but i was right! After my impromptu meeting with the cat-girl, i met the weird guy, Kiba, who asked me for a spar as soon as he laid his eyes on me. I beat his ass in a minute flat, but he would keep coming back for more... Maybe it was a kink? I didn't know, didn't care. If he kept coming i'd keep knocking him down. The real interesting meeting was between Irina and Rias. I called Irina one day, and Rias was on my bed reading an issue of Ranma 1/2, and the moment Irina heard Rias, i thought i saw electricity shoot out of my phone aimed at her.

They somehow got into a 'Superior younger sister' war, and i just zoned out due to how dumb it sounded. But hey, Irina was 9 at that point so she could still afford to be a little brat. Rias on the other hand? I had to console her with cake and a promise of taking her with me the next time i went manga hunting. Our days seemed to fly by, and then came the day Rias, Akeno, Sona, Tsubaki and Momo started at kuoh's junior high. Martha, Kiba and i saw them off, and watched as they walked in with mom leading the way. They had a good day and eventually that was added to our routine. At that point kuoh was still an all girls school, that only changed before we were all going to enter the high-school division. And that wasn't the only thing that changed. Mom decided it was better to ask for forgiveness then permission. Oh we let her have it that day!

{Illiya Sakura's POV}

It was going to be today. Today would be the day i did something that might end up getting my little angels angry at me. The kids had freely let us in on their origins after my girls 12th birthdays. None of us were surprised, my girls knew the day they met that Rias and her friends weren't human. Sure, they never told them they knew, but they would imply it. I was pretty sure Sona knew, but didn't tell Rias and her gr- peerage. That was what they were. She didn't tell them and the look of disappointment on Rias' face was adorable. Akeno drank that in and we teased Rias about it whenever we could. But now, i came to a decision. They were all going to be entering kouh's high-school division in a year. And i'd finally made up my mind. I requested for a teacher to call Rias to my office after my P.E class was done for the day, and i waited.

This was going to be one of the most important decisions i'd make in my life. Almost as important as choosing to go to term with my little angels despite how sick i was. It was nerve-wracking, Eventually, Rias walked in to my office, and i had to admit she was going to be a stunning young woman when she was fully grown. But there was something else that deserved my full attention, so i cleared my mind and steadied myself. "Hi dear, can you sit for me? I want to talk about something." Rias looked a little unsure, probably why this couldn't wait for when we were home, and wasn't that a thought? Rias was pretty much my 3rd daughter, even looked like it too! That thought aside, she sat down in the chair in-front of my desk and waited for me to talk.

"After you all told us about being devils, Martha has been grilling Sona for all she could... And she told me something about it a while ago, but i've only just decided to follow through on it. Those evil pieces, the ability to turn a normal person into a devil. When i first heard about it... I knew. That's what i needed. The lifespan to match my girls and the abilities that would come with it. But hearing about being bound to someone until i was strong enough? That's the only thing that gave me pause. I had to think. 'Did i want that?' And i decided to wait. To learn what kind of people you were, and see if you were people i could really commit myself too. So i did. I waited. I watched. And i got to know you all. for 4 years, i've watched as you and all of your friends interacted with each other and with my girls. I'm proud to say that you, Rias Gremory are like a daughter to me. I've seen how Tara and Martha interact with you.

Tara sees you as i do. A younger sister to protect, family, and someone that's part of her hoard. Martha sees you as family too, but she leans more towards Sona, but we all know that. I've seen how you treat Akeno, Kiba and little Koneko. I haven't met Gasper yet, but i can tell you care for him as much as you care for your other peerage members. And i know you. I know the caring Rias, the Rias i would adopt in a heartbeat if i could. And i finally came to my decision. So i'm asking this of you, Rias Gremory, will you allow me to stand by you and support you and the rest of our family? Will you make me your second rook?"

When i first started speaking, she was still confused. When i got to the point where i told her i was contemplating this? Her eyes widened and i saw it click into place for her. She knew what i was asking before i was even finished. But she kept listening. She soaked in the words coming from my mouth and just waited. When i got to the part i told her how i and my little angels saw her? She started to tear up and i could tell it was taking all her strength to not cry. But by the end of it? She was freely crying as a black rook materialized above her palm. I smiled as i got up and walked over to her. I pulled her into a hug and we stayed like that for a bit. I nabbed a few tissues from the box on my desk and gave them to her. She wiped her eyes and i watched as the rook piece went into my chest.

That was it. I didn't feel any different, but Martha told me it was apparently a process when the person was still alive. It would be a bit, but i'd eventually be able to play on my girl's field. But now i'm tired. Can't wait to get home and... Oh wait... "Oh shit..." Rias was surprised at my sudden outburst but i didn't mind that. I had an issue on my hands... Who would figure it out first? Martha, because of her wards reading me as a devil, or Tara from her nose telling her? "I am so fucked." At that point, Rias put together why i was freaking out. "You didn't tell them!?" "Of course i didn't! Martha would skin me alive and put me back together again! And if i told Tara, then Martha would know an hour later! That girl can't keep secrets from her!" Now me and Rias were just freaking out in my office. Then i knocked out.

{Tara's general POV}

Oh boy, wasn't that a day. Rias called me out of nowhere, and was freaking out after reincarnating my mother. She was rambling about how she didn't know that our mom kept it from us and was going on and on, but i zoned out after she said "Your mom's unconscious" and just lightning coated myself and ran all the way to kuoh academy. I still wasn't able to do the shit Laxus did and turn into lightning, but i'd figure it out eventually. When i told my sister, over our link, what Rias told me, she teleported to the academy at the same time as i got there, and we both rushed towards our mom. Martha tried to diagnose her, but she was in the process of turning into a devil and Martha had never studied someone in that transition period. So it was just up to our mom.

That had to have been the most tense 4 hours of either of our lives. But when she woke up, all fine and dandy acting like nothing was wrong? We crashed into her like meteors. We fussed over her, made sure she was ok, and then i let Martha at her. And damn was Martha pissed! She didn't want to over-do it, but she still tossed a fuck-ton of trees at mom. That was also when we revealed what i was, and how strong we were to both peerages. That was fun.

{Tara's 1st person POV, 1 year ago.}

"Illiya Sakura, we are going to the training grounds and that is final." "Noooo, honey please! We can talk about this!" "Oh now you want to talk about it! That won't work mother! You're in for it as soon as we get there!" Me, Rias' and Sona's peerages were just watching as my mother was clinging onto my sisters leg like a baby koala. Now normally, the sight of a 6' tall woman clinging onto the leg of a 5'6 teenager would be both strange and hilarious, but considering our mother gave us the scare of our new lives, all i could feel was pity. "Now you'll feel a fraction of my pain, mom." "Traitoooooor!" I just snorted at that. Meanwhile the others were just following us as we were walking towards the training grounds. They knew we had one, we just never brought them there. But if mom was fine with being reincarnated by Rias, then it was fine for them to know. It didn't take long for us to get there, and when we did, i just sat down at the stump, and the rest of them followed me.

Martha had to pry our mom off her, and practically threw her away from her. Mom just got up and looked at me. "Don't look at me, we'll be even after this. It's your turn to break some bones!" The others just looked at me in confusion, aside from Koneko. She was on my back uncaring about the world around her as i ran my fingers through her hair. "Are they going to be ok? Should i do anything?" Rias was a nervous wreck. She was worried sure, but i just reassured her and told them all to just enjoy the show. Mom and Martha just stared at each other and were only waiting for a signal. No one else looked like they were going to do it, so i just sighed, pried Koneko off my back, and walked closer to them. I did say it'd be a show. "On the clap of thunder you'll start! Ready?" They nodded, and raised my head and started charging up. My throat gave off a golden glow, and the peerages of devils were suddenly very focused on me. 'Lightning dragon's ROAR!'

My roar filled the sky, and the clap of thunder started the match. They started off using only martial arts, and they were actually even. They were both technique fighters, and with moms flexibility, Martha had a hard time actually hitting her, but when the magic started coming out, mom was in trouble. But when Martha started using roots from all the trees around us against mom? Mom was having a hard time not getting entangled or outright stabbed when the bardiche came out. But when mom avoided a lightning coated slash, she brought out her wings. Then the fighting stopped for a bit. We've seen devil wings, and my family has seen my dragon wings, but mom's were a mix of both. They had the structure of my wings, but the sharp ends and color of devil wings. They ended up calling a ceasefire, and i went over

I ran a finger across mom's wing and just felt it. They felt sleek, but firm. So they would probably be fine if they were used to defend. Then i noticed she seemed to have a faster healing factor then devils, and even a weird sense of familiarity around her. I didn't know what it was, but when i tried to touch her wings again, there was a spark of blue lightning that jumped onto my finger. I just blinked at it and reflexively ate it. Then i got it. It was close to my lightning, but it was moms now. We all just stared at that point. Mom and Martha because of what we just figured out, and the others because i just ate some blue lightning. "Ok, i've been trying to keep calm, but what the fuck is going on!" Ah. Sona had enough. My family and i just turned to each other and blinked. Mom didn't seem to mind them knowing, and i was pretty sure Rias understood because i swear i saw stars in her eyes, but Martha was contemplating. {Anything except for the reincarnation. They'll probably earn the truth later.} {Kay.}

I debated on the best way to tell them, but then i just said fuck it and transformed. When i was 14, i was a 43' long and 11' tall golden scaled beauty. I almost took up half of the training grounds on length alone, and combined with my height? I was a fearsome creature of legend. Everyone agreed with that... Except for Koneko. She took one look at my form, tilted her head, brought out her wings, and just flew onto the top of my head. She sat herself between my horns, which grew out straight behind my head for 10 feet and curved to the side like the letter J. We all just looked at the little cat-girl who just laid on my head like a... Well, a cat, and just stayed in silence. Then Rias squealed and started firing off questions about my dragon slayer magic, because why wouldn't she recognize Fairy Tail magic when she pretty much lives in my room?

A sigh, another body on top of my head, and my slamming my tail against the ground to restart the match later, and i was curled around my friends as we watched mom "fight" my sister. It could only be called a fight after mom figured out how to use her lightning. She managed to learn coating, and turned into a damn blur when she tried to mix that and her [Renewal Taekwondo] on the first try. We found her buried into a tree 12 feet away from Martha. The rest of the time passed and eventually Martha was fine with mom's decision. I had to carry her and everyone else on my back after that, but it could've been worse. Martha hadn't broken more then 5 of her bones, so she definitely got off easy. Later we found out mom's rook piece had mutated, probably my fault but oh well, and that was why she had the wings and the 'Dragon lightning' we'd call it. The rest of the day passed by with us talking about what our abilities were, and Rias fan-girling over the fact i could use Dragon-Slayer magic.

After that, our days were filled with a new schedule. When me and Rias weren't hanging out at home, we were all training at the grounds. It all started when Koneko asked me "How do i kick a tree?" and things went from there. It was fun. The training ground was full of so many people, and we didn't want to butcher the woods anymore then we already had, so Rias managed to get us another training ground to use. It was up in the mountains, and with their teleportation magic? It was perfect. Eventually time rolled on and on, and the time for us all, except Koneko, she was still too young, and Kiba, since he was a year younger then all of us, to start in the high-school division of kuoh academy came.

{Tara's 1st person POV}

"Are you SURE that skirt is required? Like, absolutely 100% sure?" "For the love of gods Tara, yes! Stop asking!" "Ughhhh! Can't you just put an illusion on my pants or something?!" "Sto-... Tara you fucking genius!" And that was how we conned the system on day 1. I knew Martha didn't really care about skirts and all that, but i definitely knew she didn't like the skirts of kuoh's uniform. So, after celebrating avoiding that travesty, i grabbed a pair of my dragon scale jeans and threw them on as Martha put an illusion on our clothes. We walked downstairs, and stood side by side as mom came out of the kitchen. Since me and Martha were getting dressed, she didn't have the time to cook, so we left it up to mom. Thankfully, she wasn't a lost cause and could cook a good 8/10 meal. Everyone else was waiting for us, they all got up early since it would be the first time we all went to school together, and looked ready to start the day.

Though, when they saw that we were in jeans and sweatpants, Sona had something to say. "Tara i can understand-" "HEY!" "-But you too Martha?" I huffed at her for clearly ignoring me. "Martha's illusion is at 100." Sona didn't get the reference. But Momo and Koneko? They got it. Koneko just blinked twice and nodded as if they were the answers to the world, and Momo just looked like she was slapped. Sona still didn't get it, but Rias put context clues and my years of references together, and figured it out. She looked conflicted though. And why wouldn't she? She liked the attention she got from showing off, and when you were as beautiful as Rias was? She was basically 'if you got it, flaunt it' personified. Hell, it even feed into her sleeping naked thing, which was weird the first few time she did it whenever she'd sleepover or join our cuddle pile, but we got used to it when we figured out we'd never get her to drop it.

After Momo translated my reference to Sona, she just stood there and blinked until she took off her glasses and facepalmed. 'I can't believe this' was all i heard after she did that. My sister looked far too prideful for something that was my idea. I just rolled my eyes at that thought and walked over to Rias, while Martha walked over to Sona. We all had our lunches and our school gear ready. All we were waiting for was mom. She said she wanted to walk us all to school, and she was just finishing up packing all of our lunches. Even though Martha offered to wake up earlier to help, mom just declined and said she'd do it. After another minute of packing the lunches, mom was ready, and so we all started heading out of the door. Mom was the last one out, since she had to lock the door, and then she started walking ahead of us while i was by Rias' left with Akeno to her right, while Martha was on Sona's right and Tsubaki on her left.

We all walked as a group and made side conversation about small stuff. Me and Rias talked manga, i think i heard Momo say something about Risette getting engaged? I wasn't that too tuned in to the conversation on that side of the group, but i just kept talking with Rias. Until we were at the gate to kuoh academy, where Kiba greeted us before he took Koneko to the junior high division. From there, we split off again. Me, Rias and Akeno all had the same homeroom, so we kept together, and soaked in all the whispers surrounding us. I already knew Rias and Akeno had a title 'The 2 great ladies' but when people saw me with them? A 5'8 bombshell with a bust to match Rias, nicely toned arms, i had my sleeves pulled up because i liked them like that, and a face that demanded respect. My ego was getting a healthy amount of attention. Until i heard one of the rare guys in the school wolf whistle, then i sent a glare that promised pain his way.

"Mah mah mah,~ was that really necessary Tara-chan?" I just sighed at that. "Akeno, we all know you liked that, you've no ground to critique me on." "Mhm, so?~" Another sigh and a head-shake later, we made it to our homeroom. I never knew how to fight against Akeno. Her S&M tendencies made it hard to really win against her. She liked verbal play and liked to let her enjoyment in verbal sparring sessions known. Rias was quiet, just taking it all in with a happy look on her face. Homeroom was a normal thing, and Rias had made it so we would be seated on either side of her, but other then that, the whole day was normal. It was a nice change of pace. And boring. Oh so very boring. I got to the point that as soon as it was time for P.E, i grabbed Rias and Akeno getting a yelp and a sultry sound i wasn't going to let irritate me, and bolted to the gym.

I steamrolled my way through the halls and made it there in minutes. As soon as i saw my mom i couldn't hold it anymore. "MOM! Fight me!" I heard Rias choke and heard Akeno pat her back. Mom just raised her brow and did the 'come here' motion and we sparred. I didn't care who saw, i was bored out of my mind! Mom still had her class do stuff while we sparred, and i ended up gaining my title that day. 'The Valkyrie queen' and my sister got hers as well. 'The queen's knight' after she was brought into the gym to drag me away. We found them hilarious considering who we looked like and how they got our titles wrong. Even Sona saw the comedy in it, and she only had second hand knowledge of Fairy Tail. I ended up mellowing out after a week or two and got used to the normalcy. Sure being swarmed by girls and the few odd guy got annoying real quick, but other then that? It was peaceful. The days went by like that, and a month later, the ORC - Occult research club, and the student council were formed.

The former was a strange event, Rias came up to us at home and asks mom to sign up as the advisor for this weird club, outta nowhere, but after explaining why, mom happily accepted. But the student council? One day it doesn't, the next it does and Sona's president. When she told us that, all i could say was, "What kind of fuckery?" because no one batted an eye at the sudden existence of a student council. I had no idea if it was devil fuckery or anime logic bullshit. But Sona explained why she did it, other then to learn how it felt like to have a position like that for her own school dream, which Martha was completely on board with. Our days were peaceful and i enjoyed the quiet. Sure we still trained, and i was able to learn how to do the 'turn into lightning' thing Laxus could do, but not before mom figured it out before me which was total bullshit! But it was good.

Eventually, despite my years of effort, Issei met Rias. And i was annoyed beyond belief. Me and Rias had just finished manga hunting, and doujin's, only because Rias dragged me along and she's learned how to get a 100% yes from me every time. After we left the shop, i turned when i smelled dragon and knew who it was. But despite how many times i smelled it, this time was different. The dragon smelled closer, which was weird, 'cause that scent was always fused with Issei's, so for that to change, meant his sacred gear would awaken soon. But i wasn't the only one that noticed the other. "Tara-chan!" The little gremlin b-lined to me and almost made it to me if i didn't hold my hand out and grip his head liked a baseball.

"Hey idiot. Whatcha doin here?" He grumbled into my hand, and i got what he said. It was Fairy Tail bullshit at work on that. "Why the hell are you even friends with that weirdo?" Issei was about to respond, but Rias cut him off. She knew OF Issei, because i told her how i grew up with the pervert, but she's never met him. I worked for years to keep it that way, solely because i didn't want him to perv on her. But it looks like all my careful planning has ended in failure. "Umm, Tara-neesan? How did you know what he said?" "Fairy Tail logic." "But how does that..." When she trailed off, i turned to her and saw her eyes glowing. That was a sign that she was using King's sight on him. When i noticed, i saw her blink, rub her eyes, and blink again. If i remembered right, the pervert used all of her pawns, but even i can tell the kids got to have -f in his magic reserves. That's probably what's confusing her so much. "I'll fill you in later." She just nodded to that, and i finally release the kid. 'Even though i eventually forgot and Rias didn't bring it up.'

As he was, Issei almost looked like his cannon self, he was just 4 inches off and he'd be there. "Anyway, back to you. Why are you still friends with the loli weirdo again?" "Hey! Motohama is just misguided. He'll find the true path eventually!" He was going to make me pop a gasket one of these days. "And besides, he actually appreciates my company." I just sighed and tried not to pinch the bridge of my nose. "I do appreciate your company. Just not when your being immature. Besides, Irina still talks to you and appreciates your company, despite your comments towards her." And that was all true. When Issei finally got a phone, Irina asked me to give him her number. I was baffled that she still had a crush on him, but i did what she asked. They were still friends, and he was slowly realizing Irina liked him. She swore me to secrecy to let him figure it out himself, and i begrudgingly have, despite that having been years ago.

And surprisingly, i did appreciate his company. When he wasn't perving on anyone, he was a surprisingly pure and good guy. It might've taken him a kick in the nuts to get the message that i didn't want him to perv on me or my sister, but after he got it, he was fun to be around. He was stupid as shit and dense as fuck, but fun. He was like a hamster sometimes. Just one i needed to train not to be a pervert. "Irina's different. She's like my only girl best-friend-" I narrowed my eyes at him, "-ASIDE FROM YOU OF COURSE!-" Good. "-But anyway, it's just different!" God i wanted to strangle him. Simpson's style, but i couldn't. I'd probably break his neck on accident if i tried. By my side, i could SEE the annoyance in Rias' eyes. After her and Irina's 'Superior younger sister' war, they got along great. Sure they may not have known they were each others enemies, but they'd figure it out eventually. But anyway, she knew Irina had a crush on him, so hearing him put her in the best-friend zone was bound to annoy her. It was also at that point that Issei seemed to notice we weren't alone. Which was a miracle since i'd assume he'd see her tits and go ape-shit. Maybe my training was working?

"Sorry, i didn't notice you. My name's Issei Hyoudou, nice to meet you!" The fuck? An actual introduction where he looked at Rias' face and not her tits the whole time? He's on a fucking roll right now! After he introduced himself, Rias hid away her annoyance and introduced herself. Issei just took it in and just started to look between us. "Sooo, are you two related? Because i'm pretty sure my mom would've told me if Sakura-okaasan got pregnant." That was one thing i was sort of annoyed with, mom let him call him okaasan, and Issei did it every chance he could. "No, but she's pretty much my little sister in all but blood, so treat her like you would me or Martha, got it gremlin?" Rias glowed at the statement, and he mock saluted, the wise-ass. "Yes ma'am!" Rias and i snorted at that, and ended up including Issei in our day off. He was surprisingly well behaved. It confused me to no end. But then i had a thought. {I think i might've traumatized Issei.} I'm pretty sure Martha fell wherever she was. {Huh? What do you mean?!} {I ran into him while Rias was with me and he was more respectful then i've ever seen him be.} Even that got her. {You know what, let's go with that. I don't even want to think of when or how you traumatized him of redheads.}

That was fair. That day ended up passing without anything else happening. The next day, Irina and i were talking to each other about Issei, and Rias was in the room but Irina didn't know that, and it opened up a whole other can of worms that i was sure i jinxed myself with. I asked her if she knew if she'd be coming back to visit soon, but her response was so out of left field that i wasn't able to stop Rias from reacting. "Hey Irina, is your dad planning a trip back eventually? I'm so close to losing my shit and strangling Issei and i need you here to keep me from doing that." "No strangling him! How am i going to confess and get him to propose to me if he's dead? You can keep controlling yourself, i believe in you! But for a trip? Noooo, i'm unfortunately stuck here even longer now because of a weird selection thing. Otousan said something about a holy-sword but i didn't catch it since he was muttering it."

I was blindsided by her dreams of marrying Issei so i was stunned from that. But when Rias heard "Holy-sword" she stiffened. Then she reacted. "A holy-sword?! You're part of the church?!" "Bwaaah! Rias-chan, you're here too?! And you know?" "Of course i know, i'm a devil, i HAVE to know!" And there it was. The can of worms i jinxed myself with the day prior. And now it was up to me to figure it out. "Ok, before you two get into a shouting match, remember, you've been friends for years and that should matter more then whatever you learned growing up. Firsthand experience is better then biases and secondhand knowledge." They were both quiet, and slowly started talking again. Irina asked if devils could corrupt someone over the phone, and Rias just laughed. "It's a viable question! What if i'm suddenly smote by the lord!" Now that got me. "Irina-chan, we've talked over the phone for years! If you were going to be smote, it would've already happened by now." Rias comes in with the logic, now we had to see if it was effective. "I-i guess? B-but, what about Tara-oneesan? Are you secretly a devil too?" "Fuck no, i'm way cooler!" "Hey!" "What? You know i'm right." Rias raised a finger, and just put it down and shook her head.

"Wait, are you not human either Tara-oneesan?" "Nope. Though i'll leave what i am as a surprise for whenever you do get to come back. Then when you're here, we can beat it into Issei that you like him." "Mouuu, oneesaaaan, why won't you just let it happen naturally? Surely Issei-kun will notice my feelings eventually!" "Just keep telling yourself that Irina, maybe it'll come true this century."This was good, the mood was doing better then i'd expect it. "You know, you're taking this a lot better then any exorcist should Irina-chan." Which was true, but i did wonder why Rias said that. Probably to get out why from Irina, which i could get. "Of course i am! Tara-oneesan's never given me any reason not to trust her, so i'll just trust her with this. And even if you do turn out to be a more unholy Heathen as you are now, i can smite you in the name of the lord!" Now that was a hilarious image. Irina must've known that too, considering she said it way more dramatically then she should've. Rias laughed and told her to bring it and we went from there.

Thankfully, the crisis was averted. Though i did have to deal with a moderately annoyed Rias after Irina had to go. "So, Tara-oneesan... When were you going to tell me one of my friends was a member of the church?" I had to think about that for a second. "You know, i just planned on seeing when it'd happen naturally. That, or making a 'A dragon, a devil and and exorcist walk into a bar' joke, when we were all together." Rias just gave me a 'Are you serious?' look, before seeing i actually was. She just threw her hands in the air and flopped back onto my bed. She even closed the manga she was reading and just stared at my ceiling. She seemed lost in her thoughts and i didn't know why.

"But a holy-sword huh..." I looked over to Rias and saw a conflicted look on her face. That was worrying, but i at-least knew it wasn't about Irina. "What's so special about that?" Rias turned to me and i could tell she was warring with herself. I didn't know over what, but i knew this wasn't something i could rush her on. So i just got up and sat besides her on my bed and waited for her decision. I'd either learn about it now, or later. I was fine with either. But eventually, Rias sighed and started telling me about how she met Kiba. When i heard about the holy-sword project, and what was done to Kiba and his friends, i was struggling to keep my tail and wings from slamming into my bed and wall. Martha could feel me radiate anger over our link, and dropped everything to teleport to my room. "What happened?! Why do i feel so pissed?!" Rias looked between us, worry filling her eyes, but i just sent the memory of what i was just told over our link and saw my sisters face morph into hatred.

"Tara, we're raiding the Vatican." "How many places do i get to burn down?" "We'll find out after we search for any and every file pertaining to this 'holy-sword' project." If Rias was concerned before, she was outright panicking now. "NONO WAIT, YOU CAN'T JUST RAID THE VATICAN!" "Why not? They'll never notice us if i hide us under a 'Notice-Me-Not' ward. Even if by some universal fuck-up we are caught, then i'll have obscuring charms with me so our features are never fully identified. I could even be extra safe and get us our invisibility cloaks. We cannot get caught and we will be back before the end of the week." Rias seemed to be looking for anything, anything to pick apart or say, but she didn't know if she could. That combination of items and magic was so perfect for an infiltration mission that even Sona wouldn't be able to come up with a flaw. "I-i'll tell okaasan?" ""She'd join us."" We knew it, she knew it. That's why it was a question. " If you don't have anything else to say, we will be leaving for the Vatican in a few minutes. And then Martha left.

She was silent for a few seconds, but then Rias turned to me and just hugged me. "Please... Be safe. And come back to us." That calmed me a bit, just a bit. But the love and concern that laced her voice made me even more protective of her. Rias was family to me, and i couldn't imagine anything horrible happening to her. That included her peerage, they were her family and part of my hoard, an attack on any of them was an attack on me. And dragon's took great pride in making anyone that intruded upon their hoard pay for it. I was even tempted to go to wherever Irina was and make sure she was safe, i was almost on edge enough to just roar the Vatican apart. Dragon instincts were hitting me hard. "We will. See you soon little sister." With that, i got up and headed off to where my sister was. I wasn't in the mood to walk, so i just used find her, and just flew towards her.

We were on the roof, and Martha had our cloaks, her obscuring wards and the 'Notice-Me-Not' wards. She even had her personal double sided bardiche with her, made of obsidian that she took months crafting and engraving with runes. She was serious. Perfect. We didn't need to say anything, i just transformed into my now 45' long and 12' tall dragon form and waited for Martha to get on. When she was ready, she kicked once and i was off. With her pointing me in the direction of the Vatican, and my flying faster then a military jet, we'd make it there by tomorrow the latest. So, we flew in silence, as our anger towards the church burned and fed into us through our link. We were going hunting.

[Next day Tara's 1st person POV}

Flying over the ocean was a nice thing. And normally, it'd be calming. This was not a normal situation. Something new we learned about our link, if we were both pissed at something and together through the whole thing? Then we'd just have a constant loop of anger. I hadn't stopped flying at all, and i don't even think Martha slept. We were just going off a simple and focused objective. 'Raid the Vatican and find everything about that disgusting project.' I was starting to get annoyed, because we weren't there yet, but Martha told me we were about to make landfall soon. Which was good, the sooner this was over the sooner i could make sure Irina would be ok.

We made landfall 6 minutes after Martha called it, from there we were going straight to the Vatican. Martha had learned a-lot about devil magic thank to Sona, so she found a way to hypnotize people, and used that to get the information we needed and directions to the archives. The archives was a fucking massive room, and that made me even more annoyed, I couldn't read any of the European languages, and some of the records were written in them. I had to just sit on my haunches and wait for my sister to figure out where the records were. It would be so much easier if she could use shit like 'Accio', but the damn place was warded against divination's, and trying to remake Accio ended up needing divination magic as a core part of itself, and even with an affinity for divination magic, Martha fucking sucked at it. So even if she could, it wouldn't even work. I was getting close to losing it. {I've got something!} {Thank the fucking maou!} Martha managed to find a file that wasn't redacted to high hell and went through it.

There was some basic information about the project itself, and the file referenced others and where they were. That got her going, and she snowballed from there. She found files about the man that headed the project, Valper Galilei, and what became of him. But that seemed to be it about him. It was cited that he was excommunicated for his crimes, but that was it. The man disappeared. Martha found some more about the other researchers, the people that signed off on the thing, and even about what became of the results. The holy-sword selection that Irina told me about used a derivative of his research. Gems that gave the user an affinity for holy swords, but only if they were compatible. If they weren't then they'd just reject whoever tried using them without hurting them. The files didn't say what the new source of those gems was, but it was decreed by Michael himself, that projects like that and humans were not allowed to be used in that way ever again, so that pacified me. Learning that Irina would be fine made it better, but i still wanted to destroy something.

{Can i blast the archive to hell after you're done?} {Go for it. I don't need anything else from here.} That made my day. I flared my senses, and listened for anyone that would be in range for when i decided to blow this place sky high. I didn't hear anyone and i didn't feel anyone moving around us, so i waited for Martha to leave and come over to me before i transformed back to my dragon form, waited for her to get on my back, and started to fly up and charge a roar. I wouldn't be satisfied if this building survived. 'LIGHTNING DRAGON'S ROAR!' I fired a beam of pure destruction at the archive building, and watched as it exploded into a giant mass of dust and debris. I felt our anger lessen, and slowly we got back to normal levels.

"Hmm... Tara. The next time either of us get that pissed, we should probably wait before getting too close to one another." I thought about that... Martha was never impulsive, but when i got pissed and brought her into it, she didn't even try to talk me down from my quest to burn down the Vatican, she just agreed on the spot. That could be dangerous. "Ok. I need my voice of reason to keep me grounded. Don't want me to go obliterating another building now do we?" Martha just hummed, and we started flying back home. "We're so grounded aren't we." "It'd be a gods-damn miracle if we weren't. Now hush, and on-wards home my trusty stead!" "Oh i know you did fuckin not just do that! She just laughed and kicked my side. Oooh, i'd get this bitch later.

After we got home, a bunch of stuff happened at once. We were grounded, obviously. Mom understood why we did it, and even congratulated us for not being noticed 'till i blew the archives to hell. Kiba was told what we did, why we did it, and what we found. He went through, a few emotions at once. He was touched, angry at what we found, pissed that the guy wasn't anywhere we knew, and was being hidden from divination, outright livid when he found out the original gem that was made from his friends was still with the guy, and determined to put his head through a pike and reclaim that gem for his friends. After that day, Kiba got closer to me and my sister, and he even offered to train me in swordplay, which i took up. Martha had her double sided bardiche, but i wanted a cool ass weapon too. Akeno just seemed sad that no one got hurt.

Rias just leaped at us and enveloped me and Martha in a hug. She was happy how far we went for Kiba, and even more happy that we came back without a scratch. Koneko was happy in her own way, and hugged me followed by giving me pieces of cake that i bought. We had decided to not tell Sona and her peerage, because she'd hound us into the ground and scream our ears off. And then a month later, Sona inducted a new girl into her peerage and the student council. A Tusbasa Yura, and she was Sona's first rook. Even before she was reincarnated, i knew the girl, and knew mom would teach her some stuff about martial arts when she asked. She was an inch under me, and that was saying something, was a bit toned and was a total battle enthusiast. After she was reincarnated, and we really started to hang out, she was basically always with me. Whenever she asked for a spar, i'd indulge her and we'd go at it until someone stopped us. She even had a little rivalry with Koneko, they were both rooks, they were both learning martial arts from me and mom, and they both liked to spend time with me. Which was also hilarious in itself. They were polar opposites, and seeing them spar or try to one up the other in martial arts skills made our training sessions all the more fun.

Time kept marching on, and then the day came. The day i'd embarrass my sister was here. Parent teacher conference. I managed to get mom on my side, and we both made sure to be extra careful about keeping our plan under wraps. But when the day came? I had to make sure Martha was going to have her braids in, which she was, and the plan was a go. I ran to mom and we bolted to her room. We had flags of Erza and Irene commissioned, and another pair of flags with baby and other pictures plastered onto it. They ranged from baby pictures to a few she took last month. Sure i had to accept i'd be embarrassed too, but i'd take it. Martha was none the wiser, and i made sure to have my phone ready for the moment my plan came to fruition. It would be a surprise for the others, minus Rias since she was ecstatic about my plan, but hopefully they'd roll with the punches.

"Ok, you have everything mom?" "Yup! Plan 'show campus my little angels are the best' is a go!" She seemed entirely too eager for this. I knew she'd enjoy the idea of embarrassing us, but i might've under-estimated just how much she was loving this. I just shook those thoughts out of my head, and got ready for the day. It started off normally, with both peerages in our house, which we would need to renovate if they kept adding people to them, and eventually, we left as our group. Mom teleported to her office to get a head-start, and so i was leading the way as i had come to do. When we were first seen as the unit we were, people just stared and whispered. Eventually we would be called 'The Queen's Court' since i was usually the one leading us when mom had to break off with Kiba and Koneko. Everyone just accepted the title in time, and we'd even play into it sometimes. But today was different. With parents around, the students that usually praised the ground we walked on, were keeping it together for them.

But then when we got to the school itself? My plan had come to fruition. Mom was there waving flags full of pictures, and the commissioned artwork of Erza and Irene in kuoh uniforms with their equipment. She was shouting about us being 'her little fairies', and the scene seemed to be too much for my sisters gigantic brain. She just crashed and had to reboot herself. I saw my chance and took it, which just meant i grabbed my phone and took as many pictures of her face going through the process of taking in what she was seeing and getting to the embarrassment i was after. Oh it was glorious! Rias and even Akeno were right there with me, taking as much advantage over the situation as we could before Martha could retaliate. I swore, Akeno was even having the time of her life! But eventually, my sister got herself together enough to threaten to break our phones, so we stopped. I still had a massive smile on my face though. {I'll get you back for this, you know.} {Sounds like a future me problem.} She just sent me a mental whack, and walked ahead.

From there, we broke off. Mom, me, Martha, Kiba, and Koneko all went together, since they didn't have parents, mom took it onto herself to be there for them. I didn't mind going with them, even if it meant letting Koneko attach to me like a koala to a branch, but i was used to it by that point. I saw Martha trying to confiscate the flags from our mom, but she was failing. Sure she could just use magic to do it, but she didn't want too and she was secretly happy about seeing mom support us like that. The day kept going after that, and after we were done with Kiba and Koneko's teachers, we broke off as they went home and we started to head to the high-school division. We all knew our grades were great and we all behaved, so this was just a formality, but it was a nice break from the normality that was school. Even if mom had to explain why it was just her with no father with us, but we already knew the story of us ending up from a VERY drunk one night stand. But it was still normal. Except that was something that was about to change soon. When we got close enough to the high-school division building. As soon as i got close i felt it. Danger.

(RUN! ESCAPE!) My instincts were screaming at me and it was a miracle in of itself that i didn't instinctively transform and fly away. Mom saw me stop moving and Martha could feel my panic. They didn't understand why, they couldn't feel it. But i could. There were monsters in school, and i didn't think i'd be able to survive if they were hostile. I think mom was about to say something, but then one of those monsters started coming our way, and i almost bolted then and there! But when we saw Sona run out of the building as she was being chased by a magical girl shouting about her "So-tan" My brain and instincts froze. Sona ran passed us, and i could feel Martha stiffen as the Magical girl came close enough for her to realize why i was shutting down. I'm pretty sure even mom felt it. So there we were, frozen stiff as my sisters best-friend was being chased by a monster wearing a magical girl outfit.

But then the monster stopped. She stood in-front of us and just looked at me. (No movement's, no threatening actions, look as small as possible!) I was already passed the run for my life portion of my breakdown, and now i was just afraid. The monster even looked at Martha and mom, and i felt my wings and tail pop out and instinctively cover and wrap around them. I was scared out of my fucking mind, but apparently 'protect my family' won out against the fear of death. The monster just looked some more, and then just went back to chasing Sona. The three of us were still there, glued to the spot. Rias and Sona told us about their siblings, but i don't think we ever realized what it really meant to be Satans. After she was a reasonable distance away from us, our brains seemed to restart.

"That... That's one of the pinnacles of devil strength? I-i've never felt anything like it... I... I'll need to squeeze Sona for more information later." I heard her, mom heard her, we still didn't say anything. "Tara, Sona's sister is gone now, it's ok. You're safe." I still didn't move. I couldn't even open my mouth. {There's another one.} And that kept Martha from saying anything else. Mom saw her stiffen, and tried to help us out of it. But we were frozen there. It didn't help that the other monster was making its way to us either. And when i saw Rias walk out of the building, with a gender-bent version of herself clinging onto her leg like a child. I was almost done with this day. But Rias saw us, saw my wings and tail out in the open, and started making her way towards us with worry in her eyes. But as soon as she stepped in my direction, the monster looked at us, and i felt something snap inside me. I fully transformed, grabbed my mother and sister and just flew.

I didn't care. We had to leave! I couldn't breath with that thing near us. I think i heard Rias shout, but my brain wasn't working at the moment. I was full dragon-brain, and my dragon-brain told me to run if i wanted to live. I was almost out of kuoh when i felt mom trying to get my attention. She was smacking my horns, sending that feeling through my head, and that helped me start to reign in my instincts. "Honey, honey it's ok. You're ok. We're ok. Slow down, please." Mom spoke very softly, and it was soothing. "We knew about them, we know they love Rias and Sona, Rias and Sona love the both of you as well. You're going to be fine. It'll all be ok." She was doing her best to calm me down, but my instincts were still screaming at me to run. I was warring with myself, with my fear and desire to fly to the other side of the world to escape, and with what mom was saying. It was going on for so long, but Martha had calmed herself enough to help and send reassurance through our link.

I had to trust her with this, i couldn't trust myself to not run away, so i just did what they wanted, and flew back to school. I did it very slowly, because i was still terrified, but still did it nonetheless. We made it back, and saw both peerages waiting for us, all clearly concerned about me, and Rias just came up to me and hugged my snout. I was still too scared to change back, but she clearly didn't mind. Koneko followed Rias' example but crawled up to my head and sat by my horns. The others just crowded around us, and talked with mom and Martha. But then i felt the monsters again, and my eyes SNAPPED towards them. I didn't even realize my wings were seconds away from flapping. But the monsters didn't seem to mind, they just turned to each other, looked at their sisters who were clearly close to me and my family, and just apologized.

I felt the magical girl's power slowly start to decrease, and it did help me feel better. But when Rias' brother said "This is as low as i can go" my fear spiked back up again. Rias berated her brother for scaring me again, and it helped seeing how highly he valued Rias' opinion. The rest of the day was spent getting rid of any pictures, videos and memories of my dragon form, and trying to get me used to the monsters that were our best-friend's siblings. They had to leave after a few hours, but i had at-least managed to change back. My wings and tail didn't want to leave me though. That had to have been the 2nd most terrifying moment in both my lives. It took months of Serafall spontaneously teleporting in, for me to get used to her presence. But i was always unnerved and a little afraid around Sirzechs. The man was too terrifying for me not to be, even if he would always cling to Rias despite being centuries older then her.

They both warmed up to us sure, but the first time Sirzechs hugged me, i transformed and crashed through our wall. It'd take another year for me to get used to him. But eventually i would. But speaking of getting used to people. Sona added 3 more girls to her peerage, and i was slowly wondering if that was a subtle hint to her orientation. She added a knight by the name of Tomoe Meguri, a girl that seemed to always be on a sugar rush, a bishop by the name of Reya Kusaga, and a pawn named Ruruko Nimura. Reya and Martha hit it off and started talking magic right away, Tomoe looked like she'd have an excitement-gasm when she saw my dragon form for the first time, and Ruruko passed out. Having Kiba walk with us to the high-school division was a nice experience, and we raked on him for being called 'a prince' which he just took in stride. Our time there was great, they were all great girls and the increased amount of friends helped me get used to the Satans. Other then that, our second year at the high-school division of kuoh academy went by in a flash.

And it was on a particularly nice day that would be the start of our 3rd year at kuoh academy, me and the girls, finally including Koneko, as she finally turned 15, even if she didn't look it, and could come with us, that i heard and smelled someone i knew was going to end up coming here. I heard Issei shout "The promised land" and had his pervert friends with him as he did so, and i just sighed. The sound somehow reached his ears and the gremlin turned to me and the genuine smile on his face instead of the perverted one made me feel better. "Tara-chan!" The gremlin launched himself at me and i just held my hand out to grip his head. "Good-morning to you too gremlin." Everyone just watched from the sides as Issei mumbled something into my hand and i sighed. "This is going to be a long year isn't it. {Oh i have no doubts about that.}

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