Lucifers

Inside of a separate dimension, stood a spacious white manor that was 3 stories tall. Inside one of its many rooms was Bikou who was excitedly watching the American hero film, "Captain America: Civil War". Thanks to the perks of being a member of Vali's team, he essentially was free to do whatever he wanted unlike back on Mountain of Flowers and fruits where his ancestor would harshly train him in the ways of monk.

Upon hearing of these hero films, Bikou was more than thrilled to see the fights and the conflicts that would ensue in them. Right now, he was close to reaching the famous "Avengers: Infinity War" film. There had been other hero films that he tried out like the DC films, but he doesn't really like to think about that train wreck of a film franchise, except "Wonder Woman" he really enjoyed that one.

"No way, h-he! How did Zemo get the…? That's right, the stuff with Hydra, they collected surveillance of Bucky's assassinations." Bikou was breathless at the revelation.

"Oh, shit! Tony's going for it. Hell yeah, fight! Fight! Fight!" Bikou vigorously chanted.

"Bikou-sama?"

"Eh?" Peeved off, Bikou looked back over the couch to spot his other comrade on Team Vali, Le Fay Pendragon, the younger sister to Artoria Pendragon, or Arthur since she prefers to go by the alias of her ancestor.

Le Fay was quite a cute girl, like Arthur, she possessed a foreign air around herself due to hailing from Britain. She retained the same blonde hair and blue eyes like her sister while having an attire consist of a blue and white mage's robe and a blue witch's hat that had a star pinned to it.

"Ah, there you are! Vali-sama has been searching for you." As she approached the television, she smiled, "Oh, you watch these American hero movies, too? Wonderful, but aren't you a bit behind because this is the part where-."

"Ssssh! No spoilers!"

"Whoops, sorry!"

Bikou made sure to shush the girl before she started rambling on about the plot points that he has yet to see. Le Fay was quite taken with stories about heroes and made a bad habit out of excessively geeking out about them. She's the reason why Bikou had to skip the first 3 Spiderman movies since she explained each film's individual plot.

"So, what does Vali want?" Bikou asked.

"Vali-sama wanted to ask if you knew where Onee-sama and Kuroka-sama went."

It may sound strange, but the two would usually bicker due to their conflicting personalities and feelings towards the White Dragon Emperor, so if neither of them was making any noise around the manor then that could only mean trouble.

"Of course, I do, but I'll tell him later, so shoo." Bikou turned back to the movie and realized he had forgot to the fight, "Tch, now I have to rewind it back…"

"Ah, Le Fay, so that's where you are and Bikou appears to be here too." Entering the room next was Vali Lucifer, he now sported a blank tanktop and black pants. Wiping off the sweat dripping down his brow with a towel, he had just finished with his training for the day and took it upon himself to find Bikou.

Surprised by his arrival, Le fay said, "Vali-sama?"

"Forgive me, I figured that searching for Bikou would have been a hassle for you so I decided to do it myself. However, it looks like you beat me to it." Vali nodded, "Thank you, Le Fay."

"No problem~! Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going tidy up the new "gift" that Onee-sama got for me. Hm… Vali-sama, Bikou-sama? How do you feel about the name "Goggy" for it?" Le Fay asked while Bikou's eyebrow twitched in annoyance.

"I don't personally find any interest in naming things, but I believe that "Goggy" is an adequate choice for a name. What about you, Bikou? What do you believe the name should be?" Vali asked the steaming Monkey youkai.

"Oh my god! I don't care! Can't you see that I'm watching a movie? Sheesh!" Bikou snapped.

"I'll be sure to do that, but first, tell me where both Kuroka and Arthur went." Vali asked.

"If it will get you out sooner, then fine! Those two went off to the Underworld to track down your rival, the Sekiryuutei."

"They're doing what?" Vali narrowed his eyes.

"Yeah, they said that they wanted to see the guy, who caused you to start acting strange this past month." Bikou inferred, he noticed Vali's apparent change as well.

The Lucifer Descendant used to have a certain air about his confidence. Not to say that he lost confidence in his own power, but in a sense that his confidence was no longer as prideful. While he wasn't as overly arrogant as the stuck up devils from the Old Satan Faction, he still retained some of that form of assured pride, but that changed after his fight with Michael. Now, he still holds a great amount of confidence in himself, yet he's become more calm and focused than before while seeming a bit more intense than usual.

Most of his comrades had even noticed how he much more interactive with things or subjects that were not pertaining to his thirst for battle or his main "goal".

"So they decided to get some help from some other faction in the Brigade." Bikou explained.

"Another faction? So was is the Old Satan Faction? …The Hero Faction?" Vali sounded grave when he brought up the second suggestion.

"None of them, but I can't quite say who's faction they're apart of. All I know is that they mentioned something about a member of said faction being one of the lead attackers at the Three Faction meeting. Didn't you manage to come across one of them there?" Bikou asked.

"I was preoccupied with my...own interests to notice anyone else." Vali admitted.

"Kakaka, you always did have tunnel vision when it came to battling, so are we done because…" Bikou unpaused the movie.

"We're far from done, Bikou." Vali shook his head.

"What now?" Bikou slowly groaned.

"If Kuroka had told you her plans, then that must have meant that she wanted you to go with her and yet you're here. Why?"

"Because there's no way in hell that I'm going to the Underworld! Not when there's a chance that he'll be there!"

Running into his relative, Son Kai, was the last thing that Bikou wanted. Last time, he was able to get off scott free, but if he were to encounter the man again, then he'd probably be forced to go back to Mt. Sumeru. Their original ancestor, the First-Generation Sun Wukong currently holds the official title and duties that comes with the position because Bikou up and left. Now out of retirement, the old monkey was now searching for him to take back the title and receive a severe punishment.

This includes Kai because if the Old Monkey couldn't find Bikou, then he would obviously be given the title and load of work that came with it despite already serving the bare minimum of his time with the position before quickly passing it off to the next generation of monkey youkai.

"No way in hell!" Bikou shivered.

"Well, you are because you're going to bring them back. I was able to notice some strange activity somewhere and it seems familiar with the Norse mythology. I need everyone to be back so that we prepare for a possible fight."

"No, I'm not doing it and besides, I'm in the middle of a move." Bikou angrily huffed and sat back on the couch with his arm crossed.

"Bikou, go."

"No."

"That's an order."

"Hmm? Oh, I'm sorry, I couldn't hear you. My ears appeared to have stopped working." Bikou picked at his ears.

"I see if you're going to be this stubborn then fine. I'll go get them myself."

"Good luck." Bikou waved his hand.

"Won't need it, Le Fay." Vali turned to girl.

"Yes, Vali-sama?"

"After we retrieve Arthur and Kuroka, can you prepare to detect any power signature resembling a monkey youkai?"

"No…" Bikou gasped.

"Why yes, but the Underworld's population may have a few reincarnated youkai, so the process may take a while."

"No…no…no…no…no…" Bikou paused the movie and held his head down into his hands.

"Don't worry, as soon as you detect a large energy signature resembling a youkai, then that would be person that we meet. Once we arrive, I'll be sure to cut a deal and have him give Bikou something to do around here other than just lazing about." Vali said.

"Great Heavenly Buddha…FINE! I'll go!" Shaking his head, Bikou catches a small staff from his ear before growing it out to full size. Tapping the butt of his staff on the ground, he creates a portal.

"That's all I'm asking, nothing more…" Vali sighed while Le Fay laughed at the two's dynamic.

"Bye-Bye, Bikou-sama~!" Le Fay waved goodbye as the grumbling monkey vanished through the portal, "So Vali-sama, what should we do now?"

Turning back to Le Fay, Vali said, "Until they come back, just go about your business."

"You got it! Here I come Goggy~!" Le Fay saluted before scurrying off to her room.

Noticing the turned on television, Vali walked over and grabbed the remote, "Might as well turn it off."

["This isn't going to change what happened."] Captain America panted.

["I don't care, he killed my mom…"] Tony coldly said.

"…!" Suddenly the image of a bloodied blade looming over the body of a blonde-haired woman invaded his thoughts.

*DOON!*

{Vali!}

The moment that he heard that line, Vali's composure fell as he destroyed the television with a blast of demonic energy. Before things could escalate, Albion's call to his partner was able to settle the young man down.

{Are you well?}

"Yes…" Vali took a deep breath and watched his trembling hand, "I'm fine, thank you…" Grabbing his arm, he stopped himself from any unwarranted shaking.

{Vali, I was already skeptical since you've been at this for days, but after this I must suggest you take a break just this once. Continuously training to find an alternative for Juggernaut Drive isn't an easy feat. As the first to ever attempt this, you must be at full strength.} Albion explained.

"Don't worry, I'm fine. Rest isn't going to get me any closer to achieving the power that I need. Using Juggernaut Drive is no longer satisfactory if I can't freely hold the form without wasting my reserves of demonic energy. Mere minutes won't do me any good against those two "monsters" which is why I'll keep searching for a solution and that will all tie with the past possessors and their influence within Divine Dividing."

Exiting the room, Vali clenched his fist, "Besides, knowing Azazel, he must already be training Hanamura. As much as I enjoy the thought of him getting powerful, I absolutely can't allow him to keep up with me. The thought of him potentially gloating about his strength with that moronic smile of his makes me sick to my stomach." Finding it difficult to walk, Vali pulls something out of his pocket to stare at it.

{You've been holding on to it ever since its been repaired. When will you finally decide to put it on?} Albion asked.

"Never, I'm just holding on to it."

{For who exactly?}

"…You're asking a lot of questions, Albion…" Vali deadpanned at his inquisitive partner.

{I simply wish to…uh…know you're intentions was all…} After many years of inhabiting this young man's body while befriending him, Albion has gotten quite used to no nonsense attitude to the point to where he wished that Vali would unwind for a while.

"You can simply read my mind for the answers, yes?" Vali replied as he pocketed the object.

{Yes, but I wish to hear you openly speak it to me about it. Preferably all within the span of 35 to 2 hours.} Albion offered.

"No."

{Worth a shot.}

Albion sighed at his partner's reluctance to take a break as they made their way back to the Training room. Almost slipping out of his pocket, the object had light shine onto it which created a rather bright glare. Noticing his hand slightly tremble, Vali slowly makes it into a fist as it instead shakes in unbridled rage.

"Soon…" Vali's blue eyes burned with hatred, "Soon…"

XXX

"…" Somberly looking down upon a gravestone were a pair of shining gold eyes. Silence accompanied Zethyr as he and another were currently the only visitors in a private graveyard located in the Underworld.

"So, this is where you've been." Approaching Zethyr was Katerea, who wore a breathtaking purple dress with blue heels as she allowed her long brown hair to be down. Not even moving an inch as Katerea walks past him, Zethyr remains quiet as the beautiful woman kneels next to the gravestone.

"Did you decide to end your day off visiting this place?" Katerea smiled.

"…I've been here since dawn…" Zethyr said, lowly.

"Punctual as always…" Katerea quietly laughed as she gently placed down a bouquet of flowers on the gravestone.

"Thank you…"

"I'm not the one that you should be thanking, Kalia was the one, who insisted that we pick some roses from the garden. Hmhm, she was too hasty that she even pricked herself by picking one without wearing any gloves." Katerea reminisced back to just this afternoon, despite getting cut, the little girl still tried to put up a tough front even with tears forming in her eyes.

"She should have been much careful then…" Zethyr harshly replied.

"You're right about that, but her devoted drive at times reminds me of a certain someone back in the day." Katerea smiled.

"…"

"Well, I'd best attend the party and try to enjoy myself before Serafall makes trouble. Make sure to go read Kalia a bedtime story, she's diligently waiting for you, you know." Katerea walks by Zethyr and glances back at him, she had already asked him before if he wished to attend, but his answer was what you'd expect since Kai would most likely be there stirring up trouble.

*ZING!*

"Not even a step away from home and this happens… What, Kai?" Katerea answers the small communication magic circle near her ear.

["OOOOOOOOOOH! Kate-chan, you have to come over, quickly! Shit is going down~!"] Kai hollered.

"What do you mean?"

["Miwu~ Miwu~ Spiwaaaal! Prepare to put up your dukes, Si-Si-Zerches-chan, today we shettle thish!"]

["Rwed Sathan Ranga! GO! Yeash, lets Serafwall! Today, is the day we finish things!"]

["SO-TWAN IS THE BEST!~!"]/["RIA-TWAN IS THE BEST~!]

Serafall and Sirzechs' slurring could be heard from the phone.

"Was that Serafall? No, was that Sirzechs!?" Katerea was surprised that Sirzechs of all people would be inebriated, at this point, she would have expected Serafall to do this at a party like this, but Sirzechs of all people?

["Yeah, things sort of went south fast. The two have been at each other's throats for the Rating Game that's coming up. Eventually things turned up this way because of a certain someone deciding to settle their argument with a shot glass drinking contest."] Kai laughed.

"Why would you do that?" Katerea grumbled.

["W-What? Why did you think I was the cause of it?"]

"…"

["Look, just listen to my story first okay?"]

"Ugh, fine…"

["So first, I was minding my own business…"]

"Bullshit!"

["But I was~!"] Kai cried.

"You expect me to buy that? Seriously, who else but you would have started this mess in the first place?" Katerea groaned.

["Well…"] Kai's voice trailed off.

["Yes… Grown adults fighting in costumes, I can sell this… Hahahaha!"] Azazel's laughter could be heard in the background.

"…" Katerea and even Zethyr deadpanned at this as Katerea simply sighed, "Just make sure they don't kill each other before I get there."

["Heh, don't worry things won't escalate too-!"]

[*GRAB!*]

["F-Far…"] Kai squeaked.

["Thish ish MWINE! THISH ISH WHERE MA BABY CAME FROM!"] Serafall roared in her drunken stupor.

["P-Please hurry…"] For the first time, Katerea felt sorry for Kai as the man tearfully turned off communication with her.

"You'd best hurry." Zethyr shook his head, the current Maou were just insufferable and undignified sometimes.

"And here I wanted to enjoy my leisurely drive to the hotel, I guess teleportation will just have to do. I'll be back as soon as things wrap up." Katerea creates a magic circle beneath herself and waves goodbyes as she vanishes leaving Zethyr to himself.

"…"

*WHOOOSH~!*

After a momentary silence, Zethyr sighed, "…You had best explain your presence here right now before I'm done counting to ten."

In a bright light, the figure of a well armored man appeared behind Zethyr with his menacing brown eyes glaring at the Lucifer descendant. A mixture of light and dark aura surrounded Zethyr while the mysterious man surrounded himself in a deep black aura.

"I had expected a proper greeting from my old friend and comrade, but that was me expecting too much from a treacherous traitor such as you, Zethyr."

"The same goes to an uninvited guest that rudely barges in, Shalba…" Zethyr summoned to his hand a sheathed claymore and drew his blade.